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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19

had the possum and sweet taters"
cleaned up and the bones and litter
in the pan he peeps back and sees
Mars Johnson still asleep so he takes
some grease and rubs it over Mars
JohnSOn's hands, some on his face,
and left the pan set and went on his
way, feeling very we'll fed.
After a while of course Mars John
son awakened and saw the pan Of
bones, etc. He looked at his hands
and saw they were all grease, then
looked in the looking glass and saw
his face was all grease; he stretched
up and laid his hands on his stomach
and said, maybe l did eat you, but
it done me the least good of anything
l ever did eat"
Now it has been a long time prov
ing out, but l am sure that some of
our sO-called great men realize that
it has done them the least good of
anything they ever did do and one by
one they are thrown in the ditch just
for the lack of standing up four
square for what the Constitution stood
for, and if our congressman and 9th
ers just get down to real facts and
don't play so much cheap politics we
will soon get somewhere.
| do hope that Francis Shoemaker
lets AndreSOn's crows nest rest and
remember he is a congressman now
and he ought to find bigger things
than just cheap politics. l might say
the same thing of Senator Shipstead,
but | do not know him as | do Shoe
maker, although | consider either one
of them as good men as | know in the
state OF Minnesota, and | have met
the present governor, also Magnus
johnson and many more of the Lead
ing men in Minnesota, and if we once
get down to principles we will just
put up a good clean slate of men and
women or women and men, as | be-
heve that the men have made such
a blunder that we could not do worse
if we let the women go in front for
while, and the idea of being Repub-
licans and Democrats or what not is
surely cheap politics and the quicker
we get behind issues of Importance,
regardless of people, the better.
l am yours for success and perma-
nent prosperity.
ARIA E. GRATREAKS.
ClOverton, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
WARNS OF SPELLBINDERS
Editor AskOv American:

Editor ASkOV American.
Friends, be careful nowadays, Re-
publican spellbinders may get you
dizzy any minute and if you happen
to fall down and hurt yourself, they
may even blame Governor Olson n
Mayor Mahoney of st. Paul, for it.
ReactiOnary newspapers like the st.
Paul Daily News" might point out
this accident to it's readers for the
next six months on its front page, as
an outstanding reason why the Repub-
lican party should be pushed back in
to power, and of course this would
also give the Republican party IN
other chance to work itself on to an
other argument on fusion with DEM
ocrats, in order to beat Governor OIL
son at the next election.
Some time ago the Pine County Re-
publican convention was held at
Sandstone, and according to the press
report, it seems there was no talk
made on fusion between Republicans
and Democrats. Brother Alva Gay of
Cloverdale, happened to be there, and
on that historical afternoon made his
keynote speech, and as the old saying
goes, a keynoter always thinks first,
and fusion might also have been mis-
taken for confusion, and so probably
for that reason that word was left out.
Now to present true picture of
these Republican spell-binders, one
will have to turn his head to the right
and take side glance at the state
Republican platform, a highly tech
nical document specialized by large
number of bankers, grain gamblers,
coupon clippers, and farmers in gen.
eral residing on Hennepin Avenue,
Minneapolis, for the sole purpose of
making the poor poorer and the rich
richer. If only my dear Republican
friends had not forgotten to send me
an invitation to the Republican con-
vention at Sandstone, and had this
convention been postponed to some
later date when dandelions are in full
bloom, could come along softly bring
ing with me lots of flowers to revive
the old dying Republican spirit.
JOE HAMPEYS.
Brook Park, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
DOES NOT SCARE

(The Six-TOwn (Brownsdale) News)
The campaign that will appeal TO
the intelligent voter this year will
show an honest effort to place our
national finances in Government con-
troll and to take taxes off homes and
place them where they belong-on
those who are earning profits. The
idea of taxing a farmer who has lost
money on his operations or on home
whose owner hasn't had job for a year
is absurd. No one with sense would
dream of suggesting such tax plan
today if it were not already in opera
ton, yet the men of financial and
political power will not change to the
sensible plan. Is it any wonder that
the cry of Socialism" fails to scare
the farmer?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
FORMER SENATOR DIES

The state of Wisconsin and the ma
ton lost an able and aggressive citi-
zen Monday when former United
States Senator John j. Blaine of Bos-
cobel, Wis, died following 10 days
illness from pneumonia.
Blaine was one of the outstanding
political figures of the state for more
than quarter century. He was in
the progressive Republican faction
headed by the late Senator Robert NJ.
LaFollette, ST..
From the minor office of clerk in
the village of Montfort. where he first
established a law office in 1896,
Blaine became mayor of Boscobel, a
member of the state Senate. attorney
general of Wisconsin, governor and
United States senator.
His passing at the age of So is a
distinct loss to the progressive cause
of the country.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
REASON FOR NAMES

William A. Anderson, former mayor
of Minneapolis. who was engaged by
the governor and the Minnesota Tax
Commission as special tax investl-
gator, is revealing some facts and fig
ureS that are opening the eyes of Min
nesota citizens, and he has the tax
evaders on the jump and very uneasy.
OF course the tax evaders would like
TO have him and the entire Farmer
Labor party out of the way because
the administration is out to enforce
the tax laws.
The corporate excess tax law shows
the greatest evaSionS. 1t is section
2021. Mason'S Minnesota statutes, and
has been on the statute books of Min
nesota for more than fifty years. The
value of real estate and personal prop
erty upon which the corporation pays
taxes is deducted and the balance be-
tween that value and the capital stock
value is to be assessed at 40 per cent
and the regular millage rate paid.
1t is conservatively estimated by
Mr. Anderson that the excess capital
stock tax in Minnesota for the year
1888 and payable in 1894 will amount
to S2,50O,O0O.
For some years this tax was col
lected but during the last Is to 20
years it has been practically ignored.
In December and January Mr.. Ander-
son and his assistants sent out blanks
to approximately 5000 corporations,
mostly in Hennepin, Ramsey, and St.
Louis counties, for them to make out
their reports upon. A storm of pro-
test came back from the officers and
their attorneys, but Mr.. Anderson goes
ton and will collect the money in
spite of the noise.
Another tax that has been evaded
TO great extent is the moneys and
credits tax. Only about One-eighth
of what should have been collected in
the state has been paid in. Filings
of estates show up the discrepancies.
As an example, one Minnesota cor
poration reported $4,000 as taxable
for moneys and creditS-their cash in
banks, money receivable. notes, ETC.
The Tax Commission set the figure at
about S1,250,000 and then the corpo-
ration was willing to admit S174,000
The moneys and credits tax carries
a low rate of only three mills. The
original amount of 5000 would have
meant a tax of 500. Their later figure
of $4,000 would make for a tax CT
1922 and the Commissions estimate
of S1,250,00O would swell the tax to
$3.50. The matter is not yet settled
but it is an indication of what has
been going on.
The foreign corporation tax in Min
nesota has also been neglected.
Is it any wonder that the large cor
porations with their holding compa-
MES and other tax evasion methods
are out to do their utmost to defeat
a political party that dares to per-
form its duty to all the citizens of
the state?
No wonder there is so much talk of
Reds Communism" "Un-Amer-
ican'' and the like. Lack of issues
and program usually brings out those
epithets. Meekly crawling on your
knees before the money lords you are
a good fellow, but stand up for your
own rights and then comes the blast.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
GONE OF THE MOST LAW.ABIDING''
{ MINNEAPOLIS Tribunel

The New York Post, commenting on
our recent riot before the city hall,
quite magnanimOusly classifies Min
neapolis as lone of the most stable
and law-abiding of American Cities"
The compliment is deeply appreciated
and all the more so because The Post
is staunch supporter of the admin
istratiOn and would not deliberately
go out of its way to suggest that At
torney General Cummings, when he
set down Minneapolis as a sinkhole of
crime and iniquity, might have been
talking through his hat.
On just what grounds The Post
bases its conclusion that Minneapolis
is one Of the most law-abiding Of
American cities" we do not know.
The one certainty about the situation
seems to be that it has forgotten, or
never knew, that Mr.. Cummings
wrathfully remarked last February
that IF there are any two cities
in the country that need cleaning up,
they are Minneapolis and st. Paul."
But even SO, that would not account
for The Posts positive and highly flat
tering opinion of the city. To explain
that, perhaps, we may have to assume
that The Post has been studying the
figures compiled by Mr. Cummings
own department of justice. Those
figures, which were recently published
in The Tribune, showed that in seven
major classifications of crime, Min
neapolis fell far below the average
for the nation in all save two-burg-
laries and auto thefts.
The evidence here was strong
enough to warrant The Posts gracious
tribute to the city, and may easily
have been the basis for 1t. But whe-
Their or not it was, one fact remains
unchallenged, and it is not without
tinge Of irony. We refer to the fact
that whether one chooses to call Min
neapolis zone Of the most stable and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
THE OVERTHROW

They used a woman speaker too at
the state convention of the Republi-
can party last week. 1t was Mrs.
Chris Carlson of Blue Earth. who
called upon all Republicans to defy
the Farmer-Labor aim to overthrow
the government of the United States.
It's pathetic, but what is next? She
must have been stirred to great
heights of oratory and patriotism.
Anyway, she got her name in print.
On the other hand she may not be
to blame. Some one at the convention
probably told her that the Farmer
Labor party imports men from Russia
or that they get wild men from
BorneO.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
Not Interested.

Mrs. Smith: I'd like to sell you
ticket, sir. We're getting up rattle
for poor sailor.
Mr.. Krusty: Not to me; | shouldn't
know what to do with a poor sailor
if | won him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
Chitina, Alaska.
DEFENDS NORTH DAKOTA N. p. l..
PROGRAM

Editor AskOv American:
In the Duluth News-Tribune of
April 9, the editor bemoans the fact
that Minnesota is going into Social
ism, and he points to North Dakota's
experience in socialism by the Nom
Partisan League and he goes on to
say that the experience was a dear
teacher to North Dakota; that the
people of that state are poorer and
sadder, but much wiser.
Is the editor of the Tribune ignOr-
ant of the condition in that state, or
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's opin.
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our Information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective. but II the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. 1t will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
Exercise Not Wanted.

Salesman: Yes, sir, of all our cars,
this is the one we feel confident and
justified in pushing.
Prospective Customer: That's no
good to me. l want one to ride ia
Washington Labor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19
Count Us in. Too!

An artist was showing a friend his
studio.
See this picture?" he said.
Eyes"
well, it's about my best. A thou
sand wouldn't buy it,"
I'm one of the thousand" said mis-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19

I believe that our industrial and
economic system is made for individ
ual men and women, and not indi-
vidual men and women for the bene-
fit of the system.-Franklin d. Roose-
volt
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19

law-abiding of American Cities" or
whether one wants to prove that 1t
is one Of the two most conspicuously
in need of cleaning up, it is not
necessary to go beyond Mr.. Cum
mings and his department Of justice
for ones authority.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19

Power and liberty are like heat and
moisture. Where they are well mixed
everything prospers; where they are
single, they are destructive.-Saville.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-19

For $3.50 year you get money
saving advertisements and wide news
coverage in the Askov American.
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ClOvertOn, MINI.

Editorial Comment From Other News.
papers. Which May or May Not
Conform with the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
LICENSED TO MARRY

John R. zimmsrli, q 1903 Seven
10. 1888 P st. N. W.
Ralph e. Darling, 25, 1927 G st. N. W..
tieth Pl. N. w.
Claude R. Collslssser, rs, 54Os Illinois
Ave. and Eleanore L. Middlekauff. Fl.
John r. Hnl, 20, 1905 Twenty first
St., and Persis c. Myers. Is, 1910 s st.
Thomas e. Pesram, 3r. q. sO17 s
st. N. W, and Georgia Meriwether, 20,
4S17 Connecticut Ave. N. w.
William e. Pell, S5, and Lee r. OCon-
nell, 80, both Of 2S46 Connecticut Ave.
N. W.
Herbert W. Wood, 21, Alexandria,
Va, and Alice M. Gallagher. %, 613 CO.
Aubrey W. johnson, q, 1924 Four-and-
a-half St 8. W., and Wilma G. varnes,
scaldafern, 21, both of 12s D st. N W.
Herbert H. Denham. 33, Coral Gables.
Fla. and Martha g. Turner. 27. 1875
Eugene S. Byrd, Is, sO8s P st. N. W.,
and Louise r. Hudson. 49, s01s st.
Robert withers, q, 44o N st. N. w.,
and Lucy Holland. rs, 1926 Nails CT.
A. Leckis Cox, %, 1850 Monroe St..
and Doris P. Champion, II, 34Os Ma
Raymond NJ. wisgs. 20. 71s Fairmopt
1890 Eleventh st. N. w.
Harron L. Abbott, "a. 2sO7 Sherman
Ave; Az 9. and Lucille Payne q, 1887 Irv-
Benjamin queen. %, 1884 corcoran
St., and Ella E. Lee. Il. 2452 Georgia
Henry G. Maker, %. and Cecilia H.
Frlel, 81, both of b ltimore. Nd
Clement Smith, 20, 611 II st. N. W.,
and Mary Singleton. "a, 1919 Sixth St.
Arthur e. Wade. "a 1880 corcoran st.
w: and Edna G. Henderson, 21' Up
Nerno T. Adkins. "a and Elizabeth D.
Adkins 16, both of Rolway Va.
James A. Lancaster, -, 719 r st.
n; w. and Juanits Brooks. II. 424
isiah Lucas, 25. 1922 Tenth st. N.
W.. W., al and sarah a Andrews "a 124s Co.
and Nellie N. McDsniels. g, Hope. Hs;:
Ira H. Miles. 21, sos Twentieth St.
n; W.. and Mary e. contea 21. 2s14
Laursncs R. Becht, %, U. 8. Naval
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Abner L. Rosendorf. IS. 2st7 NJ St.
N Va w.: and Yetta Brill g. N st. n: W.
Slater, "a. both / Of M 14ss N n st. t" n. W. W. D.
Thomas P. Cribbins, 2S. and Anne E..
Faye, both of 81 Bryant st. N. W.
60 CGnrad A. Dodd, q. and Pauline N.
Gale Rice, 20, and Anne scherr. a.,
Allen F. Anderson, Il, MakesviIie
Va: VIa;,.sn111 and Margaret E. Gollsday. 90
Macon /. Meyer. 90, Luray. Va. and
Helen Klein 10. New York city.
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
Mrs. Candy GiUen
Absolute Divorce

In a decree signed by Judge
Charlie w. Woodward in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville yesterday, Margaret
Hamilton Candy, Of Bethesda, was
granted an absolute divorce from
Alfred Candy, Of Rockville.
Mrs. Candy, a minor, filed her
action through her mother, Grace
A. Copeland, had charged inf.
deity and cruelty. She was rep
resented by Attorney Kenneth
Lyddane, Of Rockville. She was
given the right to resume her
maiden name.
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
RITES At CRAVE
FOR NAVY MAN

Services at the grave will be the
only ceremonies attendant upon
the burial of Rear Admiral Charles
F. Hughes, U. S. n, retired, in
Arlington National Cemetery at
$40 p. m. tomorrow. Capt. Sid
ney K. Evans, chaplain, U. s. NJ,
will officiate.
Born in Bath, Me-, in 1885,
Admiral Hughes was graduted
from the Naval Academy in 1883.
During his long career he saw
active service during the Spanish
American War, the occupation Of
Vera Cruz in 1914, and in the
World War. He was once COM
mander-in-chief Of the battle fleet,
and later the chief of naval opera
tions.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Carolina Russell Hughes,
and a daughter, MRS. Otto Nin1itz,
wife of Lieutenant Commander
NimitZ, U. S. N.
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
UNIFIED POLICE
SOUGHT FOR
COUNTY

With the evident purpose Of
determining whether law enforce
ment agencies of Prince Georges
county overlap in their duties, a
committee of the county Cham
ber of Commerce will conduct a
study of the county and local
policing systems during the com
ing summer.
The committee then will report
to the full chamber, which will
advocate the findings, II adopted,
before the January session Of the
legislature.
Two Plans Suggested
The committee, during its study,
will be asked by proponents OF
governmental consolidation to de.
termine whether the entire polio.
ing work should be put in the
hands Of county police, or, If the
Maryland Planning Commission
should recommend a State con
stabulary, whether Prince Georges
county can adequately be Joined
to that scheme.
At present, there Is q five-way
policing arrangement for the
county. There are the State
police, concerned mainly with
motor vehicle violations; the
county police, the sheriff's office,
constables, and local bailiffs. Con
stables and bailiffs work on a fee
basis.
The condition has become i'm.
practical, in the eyes Of Ormond
w. Phair, president Of the Board
Of County Commissioners, who is
advocating q State constahulary'
Peach Heads Study
Chairman of the committee to
study the question is Marvin
Peach, Upper Marlboro lawyer,
who originally backed the idea to
organize an independent police
force. Whether the set-up should
be changed or had shown its
value, he would not say. The
committee, however, which has
such members as H. c. Byrd of
the University Of Maryland,
Charles Clagett, and Irwin Owens,
former chairman of the Mary.
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, viii adopt
the most efficient and economical
plan it can find, he said.
It is expected that the COM
mittee will hold several open
hearings to determine the senti.
ment of residents and then call
in experts on county government
who will aid in the study.
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
OFFICERS
Of ARMY DIE

The deaths Of Col. William D,
Forsythe, retired, at William
Beaumont General Hospital, El
Paso, Texas; Capt. Mason NJ
Maxon, retired, at Cincinnati,
and of Capt. Woodbury. F. Pride,
Field Artillery, at Fort Riley,
Kans., were announced at the
War Department today.
Col. F'orsythe was born in Chi.
cago, March 28, 1876, and was
retired for disability in line Of
duty August ~, 1925. He is sur.
vived by his widow, Mrs. Epsey
D. Forsythe, Of San Antonio,
Texas.
Capt. Maxon was born in Cedar
Greek, Wis, January 20, 1847, and
was retired January II, 1891. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Grace L. Maxon, of Cincinnati.
Capt. Pride was born in Lewis
ton, Me-, December S, 1891. At
the time of his death he had been
on duty with the Eighteenth Field
Artillery at Fort Riley, Kans. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth jeanette Pride, of Nc.
Allen, Texas.
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
MERCHANTS HIT
1-WAY Street
IN TAKOMA

Takoma Park merchants are
opposing the ordinance passed at
the last meeting Of the mayor and
town council making Elm Avenue
a one-way street from Carroll Ave
nue. to Ash Avenue, a distance OF
several blocks.
The ordinance was passed on
recommendation Of Councilman
r. G. Sherburne, police commits
sioner, who stated it would elimi-
nate a bad traffic hazard in the
business section of the town.
See Blow to Trade
Many of the merchants declare
that by making this street one way
going east the town blocks one Of
the two main arteries into the bus
mess section.
BY blocking this entry into the
town it causes residents Of Prince
Georges county and the eastern
part of Takoma Park to detour
around close to District Of Colum-
bia stores where they will do their
shopping and thus keep the trade
from the local merchants.
Some residents say they have
moved out into the suburbs Of
Washington to get away from one
way streets and now the Takoma
Park town officials get the one
way street craze.
Petition Presented
One of the towns leading mer-
chants presented a petition to the
mayor and council last night which
was signed by every merchant in
town, asking them to annul the
ordinance.
No action was taken on the Pc
tition at last nights special meet
ing but it will be considered at
next Mondays session, officials in
timated today.
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
TREASURY AIDE
BURIED HERE.

Simple ceremonies yesterday
marked the burial in Arlington
National Cemetery Of Jesse Frank.
lin Sprinkle, member Of the legal
department Of the narcotics dt-
vision of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Previously funeral services had
been held in the Metropolitan M.
e. Church. DR.. James Shera Mont
gomery, chaplain Of the House,
officiated.
Mr.. Sprinkle, who was IS, was
a native of Iowa. He saw service
with the Army during the Spanish
American War and in the Philip
pine InSurrection.
In 1917 he was appointed chief
of the watch system Of the Treas
ury Department, but was trans
ferred to the Bureau of Narcotics
q year later. He was q charter
member of Miles Camp, United
Spanish War Veterans, the Boil
giano mems class at Foundry M.
E. Church, and the Battery Park
Citizens Association.
Mr.. Sprinkle, who lived in the
500 block of Wilson Lane, Battery
Park, Md, is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Marie o. Sprinkle, a
son, Leland Wilfred Sprinkle,
three brothers and a sister.
The Washington times., 1934-05-30
College Parks
Lost Turtle
Returned

When q terrapin travels 80
miles in "a hours, that's news.
And it's still better news when
the terrapin in question is the
massive, 600-pound bronze ef-
figy of o terrapin that guards
the entranuce to Ritchie Sta
diurn. at the University Of Mary
land.
Night before last the statue,
which in true turtle fashion had
not moved from its perch since
its unveiling q year ago, was
discovered to be missing. Some
body had lugged away a quarter
Of a ton Of metal, and in its
place left the initials "JHU.,"
painted on its pedestal.
For some reason or other,
Maryland students figured that
those initials meant Johns Hop
kins University. They became
more certain when arch
bishop" as the effigy Is called.
was found in q walk near a fra
ternity house at the Baltimore
institution.
"Hoodlun1S'' were responsible,
said Dean Edward w. Berry, Of
Johns Hopkins. The terrapin
was returned to its accustomed
place.
ImpaSsive as ever, "Arch-
bishop showed just a trace Of
a smile at having out-traveled
all other known terrapins.