Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-22
PLAN FOR CORN,
HOG PROGRAM
County Divided Into Seven
Districts and Committees
Are Appointed.
Benefit Payments Will be
Made for Production
Decrease.

Definite plans are now being car
ducers of Pine county to cooperate
in the nationwide reduction program
and to receive benefit payments for
decreasing production.
The temporary county committee
appointed by the government to help
set up the program in the county
met Tuesday, February Is, and elected
officers as follows: Chairman, James
HI. Hogan, Kerrick; vice chairman,
Frank Stepan, Willow River; secre-
tary, Lester o. Gilmore, in charge
of production control, Pine City.
The committee, consisting also of
Richard Downing, Pine City, Chris
Morgensen, Askov, and w. Abraham
son, Hinckley, divided the county into
seven corn-hog districts. The town
ships comprising these districts are:
1. ROyalton, Rock Creek; 2. Pine
City, Pokegama and Chengwatana; 3.
Brook Park, Munich (west of river)
and Mission Creek; 4. Hinckley,
Barry, Arlone, Glover, Crosby, Munich
(east of river) and Ogema; 5. Dell
Grove, Sandstone. Danforth, Wilma,
Arna, Dosey, Keene, Pine Lake, and
Finlayson (west of river); 6. Birch
Creek, Bremen, Kettle River, Stur-
geOn Lake, Norman and Windemere;
a. Partridge, Finlayson least of
river), Fleming, Bruno, Park, Belden,
Nickerson and Kerrick.
Committees.
The following temporary commun-
ity committeeman were appointed to
represent their districts: District l.
Ed Swanson, Braham; Richard Down.
City. No. 2-Wm. Ausmus, Pine City;
S. B. Wells, Pine City, and G. E.
Simmerman, Pine City. No. 3-Wm.
Abrahamson, Hinckley; Harvey Lueth,
Hinckley; Gust Kroschel, Hinckley.
and Alva Gay, Hinckley. No. f
Vincent Stepan, Brook Park; Dean
Fisher, Brook Park, and Henry Klyn-
Stra, Hinckley. No. 5-Nels Oakland,
Hinckley; H. P. Dredge, Sandstone,
and Guy Hendricks, Bruno. No. e.
Frank Stepan, Willow River; Dave
Gorenson, Sturgeon Lake, and James
Ogilvie, Willow River. No. flames
H. Hogan, Kerrick; Chris Morgensen,
Askov; H. ]. Berglund, Bruno, and
Chris Frederiksen, Askov.
Meeting Dates Set.
These temporary committeeman
met in the club room of the Madison
hotel Saturday. Feb. II, and held a
training school led by Supervisor D.
C.. Dvoracek, and Emergency Agent
Lester o. Gilmore. These men have
indicated that they are willing to
discuss the program with their neigh
bors and answer questions regarding
it. Educational meetings which all
interested, are urged to attend, will
be held at Sandstone on February IS,
at 10 o'clock a. m. at school house;
Hinckley, February &c, 1870 p. M, at
Legion hall; Pine City, February q,
1870 p. m. at court room; Willow
River March 6, 10 o'clock a. m. at
Amundsen's Place; Askov, March 6,
1870 p. m, Town hall.
The Pine County Agricultural Of
flee is located in the Farmers and
Merchants Bank Building in Pine
City. Lester o. Gilmore, in charge
of production control for Pine, Kan
abec and Mile Laos counties, will
be in Pine City on Monday and Tues
day of each week and as much as is
possible, meetings will be held in
various parts of the county to take
care of the contract signing. Pro-
ducers are urged not to go to the
office to sign contracts because they
can be taken care of more rapidly
if they wait for the sign-up day in
their districts.