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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our neigh
hors and friends, who so willingly
assisted us during the illness and
death of our beloved father. Espe-
cially to Mr. Uhlir during the illness,
and for his comforting words. These
many kindnesses will never be for
gotten by US.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arazim.
Mrs. Mary Jacobovitz.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
DENHAM FARMERS WILL MEET

The secretary of the Denham local
of the United Farmers League an
nounces the annual meeting of that
group to be held either at the cream
cry there or at the Frank Laufenburg
place on December 10 at 8 p. m. The
meeting will be held in the eve
ming providing the roads are passable
for cars and If they are not then
the meeting will be held at 1 o'clock
instead of at s.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
OAK LAKE LUTH. CHURCH NOTES

Sunday school Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
Bible class Sunday at $50 p. m.
There will be rehearsal for the
Christmas program Sunday, Dec. 16,
at $50 p. m. All that have parts
please come. Meet at church.
The Christmas program will be held
in the church Wednesday evening,
Dec. 26 at 8 p. m.
There is therefore now no con-
domination to them that are in Christ
Jesus" Rom. 81.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
MCGRATH

Mrs. Ed Bergman, who was in the
city few days for medical treatment,
returned Wednesday much improved
in health.
Mrs. Morris Ruud of Elk River, was
calling on old friends here last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ruud and Edna
Ruud were Duluth shoppers Wednes-
day of last week, Albert bringing
home a new car.
Herman Toebe and Ira BashOre
made business trip to Minneapolis
Wednesday of last week.
j. L. Sandkamp took Oscar Ruud to
the Veterans hospital in Minneapolis
Monday.
E r. Lyman and ]. L. Sandkamp
went to Onamia Sunday to attend the
Sixth District monthly meeting.
Mrs. Frances Lowerman, who has
been staying with her sister, Mrs. J.
L. Sandkamp, for the past few weeks.
returned to her home in st. Cloud
last Thursday.
Ed Lyman and family of MalmO.
were Sunday guests at the r. Laswell
home.
The Misses Hanson and Martin
called on Mrs. E. r. Lyman Sunday
night.
Max Henkel and wife and Betty and
Mrs Sandkamp and children attended
the show at Mora Sunday night.
Stanley Humphrey and family of
Mora, visited at the Hans Ekin, Jr,
home Sunday, also calling on other
friends.
Miss Genevieve Clarity is visiting
with her sisters in Minneapolis for
an indefinite time.
The McGrath V. F.. w. post insti-
tuted an Auxiliary to their order Tues
day night. Mrs. Margaret E. Butler.
chief of staff of the state Auxiliary,
officiated. After the initiation and
election Of officers, the members of
the post were invited to attend the
installation of the new officers. A
lunch provided and served by the bud
dies was an appreciative conclusion to
the evening. There were fourteen la
dies present, which, considering the
heavy SHOWS that made side roads
treacherous, was encouraging and
much hope was felt that in short
time the membership would be
doubled. The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Emeline Ly
man; secretary, Mrs. Elenore Sand
kamp; treasurer, Mrs. Olga Anderson;
senior vice president, Mrs. Clara Ras-
mussen; junior vice president, Mrs.
Mabel Lyman; chaplain, Mrs. Sigrid
Zimpel: patriotic inst, Mrs. Martha
Laswell; conductress, Mrs. FTeda Pau
lin; guard, Mrs. Anna Phillips; trus-
tees, Mrs. Pearl Strok, Mrs. Clara Lar
son. Mrs. Anna Adams; historian, Mrs.
Anna Standish.
The Holden church held its annual
bazaar at the o. Langrued home Sun
day afternoon and evening. August
Anderson was the auctiOneer and did
fine work, and everything brought
good prices. A good time was enjoyed
by all.
L. P. Garrity took some of the local
boys to the show in Mora Sunday
night.
Miss Martha Schmidt was a week
end visitor in st. Paul. She was de-
tanned until Monday evening with an
eye infection, but is now back at work
again.
The local boys won their second
basketball game of the season Friday
night when they played at Willow
River. The game was hard fought.
but shows that McGrath has a good
team this year. Keep up the good
work, boys.
The basketball game at the school
auditorium Friday night will be d
double header featuring the high
school team against the Finlayson
high school and the local town team
against the Finlayson town team.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13

Bible class, 9:45 a. m, church at
1915 a. m, subject, "Oh, Lord, how
shall | receive Thee?" The junior
choir will sing an anthem. Senior
choir practice at the H. Shafer home
at p. m Thursday. Saturday school
at 10 a. m. at Mrs. Lentz's. The
Christmas program will be given Sun
day evening, Dec. %, at 7:45 p. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
st. PauI's Luth. Church, Willow River.
Rev. H. Sporleder. Pastor.

Rev. H. Sporleder, Pastor.
Church at 1:15 p. m, subject, ION,
Lord, how shall | receive Thee?" Sun
day school at 2 p. m. The children
will rehearse for the Christmas pro-
gram at 1870 p. m, at the home Of
Mrs. Borchardt
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
Home Talent.

Little Boy: Isn't fathers queer!
Auntie: In what way?
Little Boy: When a boy does any
thing for his pa, he doesn't get any
thing, but if another mans boy does it
he gets a nickel-Christian Advocate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13

A school teacher asked the pupils
their own subjects.
A little girl sent in the following
paper:
my subjek is Ants Ants is of two
kinds, insects and lady uncles."
Sometimes they live in holes and
sometime they crawl into the sugar
bole, and sometimes they live with
their married sisters"
THAT is all know about ants"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
DENHAM CHURCH NOTES

There will be morning service,
Swedish, at the Oak Hill Lutheran
church at 9:15 o'clock, and English
service at the Swede Park Lutheran
church at II a. m.
The confirmation class will meet
next Saturday at 10 a. m. at the home
of Mrs. Mary Lehet
Bethlehem Lutheran.
Sunday school at 10 a. m; English
service at p. m.
]. A. BURMAN, Pastor.
Evening star., 1934-10-10
The Alley Authority.

The Presidents appointment Of the
Alley Authority, under the terms OF
the Capper-Norton act, should at
least mean the coordination of vari-
Gus plans and proposed plans regard
ing alley clearance and low-cost
housing construction in the District
Up to this time there has been ap-
parent confusion, if not conflict, be-
tween the objectives of alley clearance
and model-housing construction.
There is P. w. A. project in
model housing, which, as far as the
public is concerned, has no definite
relation to alley clearance. There
has been Commissioner Aliens pro-
posal to provide low-coSt housing for
a necessarily small number of those
who are on relief rolls, the financing
Federal Emergency Relief Administra-
tion apparently being prepared to sup
ply not only the capital investment
but maintenance funds as well. Then
there has been the local alley-clear-
ance legislation, which has the broad
objective of Transforming slum OF
"blighted" areas within the city by
removing unsuitable dwellings and
utilizing the land for new purposes
Part of the latter scheme might in
clude the erection of low-cost housing
The Alley Authority appointed by
the President will have direct juriSdic-
Evening star., 1934-10-10

getting $5,941 and each of the
losers $4,313. They owe their victory
to the remarkable work of two pitch
ers, the Dean brothers, who won two
games each, all of the four necessary
for the triumph. They owe it also
to their superior Craftsmanship against
the handicap of inferior fielding Per-
haps they owe it in some part to the
factor of luck in the breaks, which
inflicted greater injuries in the course
Of the play upon their rivals than
upon themselves.
All in all, this has been one of the
most interesting of world series con-
tests in q long period. In the first
place, the competitors in the series
were not determined until the final
stage of the regular season, the De-
troit team winning the American
League championship from the Yam
KEGS only few days before the end
and the Cardinals overtaking and
leading the Giants in the final half
dozen contests. The sensational squirt
of the Cardinals at the finish of the
season made them the popular
favorites for the series, irrespective
Of league affiliations, and they justi-
fed that faith by their performances.
1t was a case OF supreme pitching
skill that won for st. Louis. The
Dean brothers, spectacular in their
performances, superb!y confident,
masters of twirling and gifted with a
psychology that weakened their oppo-
nents' bats in the pinches, were more
than half the team. Without them
the Cardinals would have been prob
ably easily beaten. With them they
were able to overcome the Detroit lead
and by winning two games in success
sion to take the world championship
when it seemed to have been lost.
AS a financial proposition the series
was great success, though not as
great as it would probably have been
had it been staged in part in New
York, with its greater population and
its more capacious park. AS it was,
the gate" was more than a million
dollars, with a total paid attendance
of 281, $40 for the seven games, which
is doing pretty well in a time of de-
preston. The figures, financial and
otherwise, of the series show that base
ball is still the major popular sport
of the American people.
Evening star., 1934-10-10
Drought Area Forest Belt
Called Doubtful Experiment

troller's ruling" and observes that
the ruling was ION a technically
rather than through any opposition
TO the idea in general"
The New orleans Times-Picayune
says of Mr.. McCarl's action: De
spite withholding of the entire Is
millions. the controller has con-
sented to approve the use Of one
million dollars for the establishment
of forest nurseries and for the setting
up Of an administrative and scientific
organization for the project. This is
reasonable. since those preliminaries,
in case the Congress approves the
main measure, unless set going now.
might cause a serious delay later on
for the big undertaking.
The Youngstown Vindicator con-
cludes: THE test planting, while on
a smaller scale than the Govern
ment intended, will be an interesting
part of the PRESIDENTS reforestation
plans. for upon the results some years
hence will depend a policy for pro-
lection against wind erosion and for
increasing the Nations wealth"
Evening star., 1934-10-10

Up-tO-the- minute news OF China
from the foremost American au-
| thority will shortly be available to
President Roosevelt and Secretary
! Hull. with the arrival of Nelson T
Johnson, United States Minister at
Marking Mr.. Johnson sailed from
Shanghai yesterday. 1t will be his
| first visit to this country since he
was appointed in 1929. Vast changes
have taken place in the Far East in
| the interval. and both White House
and State Department welcome the
opportunity for first-hand discussion
with our unusually Well-infOrmed en-
voy. Mr.. Johnson'S 81 years in the
American foreign service have prac-
tically all been identified with China.
| Beginning with appointment as a
student interpreter. he held many
posts there and advanced to an as
sistant secretaryship of State in 1927
The Minister speaks Chinese f1uently
ard ranks as one Of the worlds
Oriental experts. What he has to
say about China'S resentment of our
silver policy is awaited with special
interest.
4 X x
DR.. James Brown Scott, secretary
of the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace at Washington, finds
himself in the thick of the revolu-
tionary fray in Spain. He is lectur-
ing at the University of Salamanca
this week on the Spanish origin
l., Co1a
manca DR.. Scott planned to proceed
to Madrid for the annual meeting of
the Institute of International Law,
scheduled to open there October IS.
Owing to the sudden fireworks dis
play in the Spanish capital, the meet
ing was transferred to Paris.
X X x
President Roosevelt's commendation
! of the Civilian Conservation Corps
recalls that in 1882, when the bonus
march on Washington gripped the
| Nations attention, F. D. R. felt that
some such scheme as the c. c. C.
was the ideal way Of taking care OF
unemployed bonus-seekerS. C. c. c,
leaders continually have to meet the
charge that the camps are merely
training schools for the Army. In
rebuttal a camp commander explains
This is an utter misconception. Our
men are not even allowed to march
to work. They must walk. In case
| of another war, they would be just as
useless as average unframed civilians
would be-"
X X X
! Organized labor is proud of the rec
| ord made by Robert Fechner, director
of the C. C. C. A veteran trade
unionist, he was in his youth q
boomer machinist," travelling from
town to town seeking employment
while preaching the gospel of unionism
to fellow workers. Fechner was q
Grand Lodge officer of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists when
President Roosevelt put him in COM
mand of the C. C. C.
Attorney General Cummings ma
tional conference on crime in Decem-
Der will appropriately be held in Con-
tinental Memorial Hall. stately scene
of the Washington Disarmament Con-
ference. One of the effects OF the
Department of Justices sure-footec
work in the Dillinger and Lindbergh
cases is a heavy increase in applica-
tions for jobs in J. Edgar Hoover's Bu-
reau of Investigation. They come
notably from graduates of recognized
law schools like Harvard, who are
anxious to serve Uncle Sam in g
Sherlock Holmes capacity. Mr.. Hoo
yer accepts only men between 25 ano
35 who have legal education are
! are otherwise exceptionally equipped
Evening star., 1934-10-10

ton over this last-named undertaking.
But certainly it will attempt to CO.
ordinate its own plans with those OF
the other agencies concerned witE
model housing development. AS con-
stituted by the President, the Authority
consists of Commissioner Hazen, rep
resenting the Municipal Government;
Col. Horatio Hackett, director of the
P. w. A. housing division and Arno
B. Cammerer, executive officer of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, and the agencies thus
represented are those which will be
principally concerned with alley clear
ance and low-cost housing develop
ment
Alley clearance and low-cost hous-
ing are not, necessarily, the same. 1t
requires the action of Government,
exercising the powers of eminent do
main, to transform blighted areas in
the city to new uses. The new uses
are not confined, of course, to dwell
ings. Some of the alley areas might
become parks or Fairgrounds, and some
of them might be best suited for COM
mercial establishments. Model, or low
cost housing on the other hand, should
be undertaken by the Government
chiefly to demonstrate the posSibili-
ties of providing good housing at low
cost which at the same time will yield
return on investment. No govern
ment has yet undertaken to provide
housing, other than institutional hous-
ing, for indigentS.
Evening star., 1934-10-10
Federal Dollars Help.
From the Asbury Park Evening Press.

From the ASbury Park Evening Press.
From Missouri, Kansas and Me-
braska, terribly punished by drought,
come encouraging reports. There
have been rains-heavy ones. There
will be fodder crops this Fall, suffi-
cient to carry the dairy cattle
through the Winter. The choice
stock, foundation of the herds, ap-
pears safe. The corn crop is almost
an utter failure, but the stalks have
been saved to feed the cattle. There
are fine tomatoes maturing in Mis-
souri,, and grapes in the Ozarks are
bringing three times the price they
brought last year.
Missouri farmers succeeded in
raising considerable wheat, which is
selling at prices above last years
supply. In spite Of losses, it is es-
timated that Missouri farmers will
have an income nearly $75, 900 900
above last years, due to, in part,
Government payments. Nebraska is
making money, it is spending money,
and it is living well. In only a small
section were crops a total fall
ure, and there the Government is
stepping III Win reIlef. Hogs are
bringing almost twice as much az
last year, cattle so per cent more
Farmers who borrowed from the
Government on last years surplus
corn, figuring they would get more
money from it. find their sealed
holdings worth IS cents a bushel in
excess of the loan.
Rain, corn-hog and wheat checks
from the Government, and the in
creased prices of farm products, have
made Kansas cheer up. The rains. if
they continue, will grow Fall pasture.
saving the herds,
The important item figuring in re-
ports from all three States is Gov
ernment aid-not the drought aid
alone, but the money coming on
farmers contracts to reduce their
wheat planting and kill of their
pigs. To cry against Federal ex-
pendltureS for these purposes may be
enectlve i'll the East, but these paw
ments have been the salvation of
thousands of families in the Middle
West. But for them, the vagaries Of
the weather would have created
u9speakable ruin.
Evening star., 1934-10-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Humanity Must Survive.
It's mechanistic era,
There is little left to do
When a curious chimera
You are bringing into view.
Inventors are so clever
That We half expect to find
The fruits of their endeavor
Leave no need for human kind.
When you hear a recitation
Or you listen to the band,
Electric agitation
Puts them both at your command.
Though machinery may fout us,
We retain our confidence.
If it tries to do without us,
Who will be the audience?
Evening star., 1934-10-10

Since the ruling by Controller Gen.
eral McCarl that without further au-
thority from Congress only s1,000o00
of Federal relief money can be spent
on the administration plan to plant
a tree belt through the drought terri
tory from Canada to the Texas Pan
handle, critics are arising TO declare
that the project is a doubtful expert
ment anyhow and never should have
been undertaken.
The West is not enthusiastic over
the plan" says the Davenport, Iowa,
Daily Times, offering the explanation:
1T appears the greatest objections to
the project come from the residents
of the area involved. whose lands suf-
fered severely during the drought.
They want quick recovery from the
drought's damage, and immediate
protection against a repetition, and
this certainly cannot be accomplished
through planting, which will not
become effective for a decade or
more. 1t is asserted that if the
money set aside for this project were
expended for drought relief and the
planting of soil-binding, quick grow
ing native grasses and forage crops,
the results would be of immediate
benefit"
"The proposal was never funda-
mentally sound" according to the
Atlanta Constitution, because it
called for the expenditure Of a huge
sum of Federal money on a project
that would benefit only a compare
lively small part of the entire area
Of the country. 1t is well enough
that, having had its day in the news,
it now seems definitely on the way
out" AS to the theory of the plan,
the Constitution states: Forests
made up of that type of tree would
not furnish the windbreaks necessary
to bring relief to farming areas during
drought, nor would they furnish suf-
ficient shade for the protection Of
sources of water courses"
"When the matter was considered
in its practical phases" the James
town IN. " Post recalls, ''it was
realized that difficulties lay in the
way. Great obstacles would confront
its execution. If these were sur
mounted and the trees were actually
set out, the question of their growth
would remain. That was the sticker.
Trees never had grown within the
territory included in the project.
Efforts of settlers in that line had
been failures"
Nevertheless, the Flint Journal in
sists that 1.-The project is almost GER
tain to be financed next Winter" !"
and the Sioux City Tribune, protest.
ing against the controller generals
action, asserts that Congress ap-
propriated the money intended for
relief and it was left largely to the
discretion of the President as to how
ano where it was to be used"
Congress" the st. Paul Pioneer
Press points out, will have to decide
whether the drought States are to
have a gigantic forest belt reaching
from the Canadian border to the
Texas Panhandle. The shelter belt is
designed to prevent future droughts by
preserving moisture in the soil. Judging
from the recent experience of drought
and the success of similar projects in
other countries it is expected that
Congress will readily authorize use
of the money" The Pioneer Press
feels that "the friends Of the shelter
belt are not discouraged by the COM
Evening star., 1934-10-10
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

The brightest crime detection idea re-
Gently to reach the department is
proposal that automobile tire treads
should bear Identifying letters and
numbers. The only trouble with the
suggestion is that to be of any prac-
tical value it would mean replacing
the country's macadamiZed and as
phalt roads with dirt highways capable
of absorbing imprintS.
Norman Thomas, Socialist nominee
for the United States Senate in New
York, is making his sixth successive
try for public Office. He ran for Gov
ernor of New York in 1924, twice for
mayor of New York City, and twice
was Socialist nominee for the presi-
dency Of the United States (1928 and
1892.
Louis Bleriot of France, who made
history IS years ago as the first man
to fly the English Channel, is an out
standing figure at this weeks Wash
ington meeting of the International
TEOCI dllO1 W. olCl lOJ
was asked how long he thinks it will
be before regular transatlantic pas
senger. airplane flights will be prac-
ticable. He thinks five or six years
will see such a service in operation.
Its simply question of capital" he
says.
For help on the Indian program
authorized under the Wheeler Howard
act the Indian Service has taken into
its ranks Miss Gladys Tantaquidgeon
of Norwich, Conn, almost literally
the last of the MohicanS." She is
a direct descendant of one of the
aides to Uncas, made famous in the
Fenimore Cooper novel, and SAMSON
Occum, a full-blooded Indian in the
early Connecticut days who educated
himself and became a successful mis-
sionary and minister. The Indian
lady's job is to make a survey of the
surviving Indians in New England in
order to determine which Of them are
entitled to educational and other priv
ileges under the new law Miss Tanta-
quidgeon is specially trained in an
thropology, having studied at the
University of Pennsylvania and served
there as an assistant professor.
X X X
Over at the War Department they
evidently believe more flies can be
caught with honey than with vinegar.
One of the newest Army advertise
ments reads: Excellent men only are
selected by the United States Army to
fill its vacancies. Is your name on the
recruiting officers list?"
Copyright 1934)