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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
YOUNG WILLOW
GIRL is SUICIDE
Shoots Self With Shotgun In Mothers
AbSence.-Funeral Was Held
Wednesday.

A tragic end came to the life of a
young girl near Willow River some
time between the hours of 1 and
o'clock Saturday afternoon when she
took her own life with a II guage
shotgun. Cody Golf was the girls
name and the suicide verdict was
reached by County Coroner Frank p
Gottry after he had viewed the body
The suicidal act was cOnsumated at
the c. A. Keller farm about three
miles southwest of the village.
According to the mother, who was
recently married to George Warden,
the girl was left in charge of the
house work while she went to neigh
boris home to get some milk. Upon
returning home later in the after
noon the mother found the housework
still undone and started to search for
the missing girl who was found in
her bedroom slumped on the floor
leaning against chair with II
guage shotgun lying beside her. The
coroner ordered an autopsy performed
at the Hamlin Mortuary in Moose
Lake and this revealed that the
charge of shot entered the body just
below the heart and Travelled down.
ward severing the abdominal artery
causing instant death. Indications
were that she had held the gun in
an upward position with the butt
above her head in order that she
could reach the trigger.
1t seems that the girls rash deed
was the result of dependency over
her4afge size, her weight being about
260 pounds. She was known to be
melancholy because of her size and
seldom went out with other young
folks.
Cody Lois Golf was born in Mime
apolis on January 5, 1917, and had
resided in the community for about
one year part of which she and her
mother stayed at Marks ranch. She
is survived by her mother and step
father and one sister. Mrs. Willard
Ware, living in Minneapolis, and sew
eral other relatives.
The funeral was held from the
home Wednesday at p. m. and the
body was laid to rest in the Willow
River cemetery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
HIGHWAY PATROLMEN
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL

Minnesota Highway patrolmen are
going back to school. Thirty-five OF
the departments 20 men have been
ordered to Fort Smelling from jan
uary 20 to February to review new
highway laws and to plan additional
highway system. The other 35 men
will be in classes February to TO-
inclusive. Chief John P. Arnoldy
said no new men are to be added to
the force and the school will be
merely a general review of the pa
bilities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

More or less obscured by stories OF
increasing naval ornaments ana ru-
mors of war highly significant item
appeared in the daily press this week,
fer announcement was made in Berlin
that a German-Polish non-aggression
and friendship treaty had been con-
cluded; this Agreement for Under
standing" as it is officially known, is
to be in force for ten years, and while
it does not provide for mutual as
sistance, it does make war between
the two countries impossible.
Generally speaking the treaty is
lauded as a master stroke of German
diplomacy, for, in the first place, it
eliminates much of that friction
which for years has characterized
and threatened-the relations be-
tween the two republics, and, in the
second place, it apparently decreases
Poland's potential value as an ally OF
France. So that the treaty at one
and the same time strengthens the
German and weakens the French pc
sitiOn.
Austrian independence.
In regard to Austria, Germany has
often enough made it clear that these
two German-speaking countries should
be united. But that would be a
breach of the Versailles peace treaty,
and would also be highly objection
able from the. viewpoint of the present
Austrian government. Just now, how
ever, national-sOcialists in both cOun-
tries are working so feverishly to pro-
mote consolidation that Chancellor
DOllfuss in Vienna has found it neces-
sary to remind Chancellor Hitler in
Berlin that Austrian independence
must be respected; the Entente powers
are supporting this viewpoint, and the
League of Nations is said to contem-
plate action in the same direction.
Some sudden coup d'etat" seems to
be feared, for the Austrian capital
these days looks like an armed camp,
and the military forces of the coun-
try are held in readiness to step in,
effectively, if any move is made in
the direction of politically uniting
Austria with Germany.
Disarmament.
In the meantime, the big cause of
disarmament lies dormant; perhaps it
isn't dead, but most certainly not
much life is left in it. Tomorrow it
will be two years since the interna-
tional conference for reduction and
limitation of ornaments was opened
at Geneva, and since then not one
concrete, step toward the goal has
been taken. A few days ago a meet
ing was held at Geneva to discuss the
possible future of the conference, and
it was then decided that the steering
bureau of that organization is to meet
February ia date which is the
tentative result of a good many post
ponements- the purpose of deter
mining whether or not the conference
will ever be resumed. Most people
believe it will not; some think it may,
but add that it is not likely to &C.
complish anything.
FrancO.German.
Apparently the future DEVELOPMENT
of the disarmament movement hinges
upon the outcome of conversations
still in progress between the German
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
ASKOV HIGH DEBATE
TEAM BEATS PARKERS

The Askov high school negative de-
day night and defeated the high
school team there by vote of two to
one. This was the last round of de-
bate in the county contest which re-
suited in Sandstone winning the
championship. Askov will next de-
bate Rush City in the first of the dis
trict contests. This debate will be
held some time the first part of Feb
ruary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
DOSEY GAME REFUGE
WILL BE VACATED

A notice appears elsewhere in this
issue of the Askov American, as or
Fish, pertaining to the vacating of
the Dosey Township Game Refuge.
AS stated in the notice the Refuge
will be vacated Is days after the ap-
pearance of this notice in the paper.
A hearing was held recently in the
ClovertOn school house at which the
proposition was gone over thorough
ly. A vote was then taken with the
result that 80 favored vacating the
Refuge to only three against.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01


ument is to be found in encyclo-
paedias, dictionaries, biographies,
in many school books, public Ii
braries, and accessible to all.
The chief justice said to his
listeners that editors are fortunate
to be living in a time of changes
like this-a momentous one. But,
continuing, he said the country has
passed through more trying days
the Revolution and the Civil
war. We have an understanding
of freedom as has the people of
England, the Scandinavian coun-
tries, and parts of Germany and
France. Here with 95 per cent
of the people able to read and
write, they understand the prin-
ciples upon which this country was
founded.
Great things are happening to-
day. People as never before are
watching for decisions of the
courts, especially the United States
Supreme Court. Such cases as the
Minnesota mortgage moratorium law,
upheld by the highest court, the New
York milk case, and others were cited,
cases which will have a bearing on
the MIRA codes. The courts have
never before been called upon to
write decisions that so affect the lives
of the people and their future well
fare, said Mr.. Devaney.
No Danger of Communism in U. S.
Having visited Europe last summer
the speaker related some of his OBJ
servation, stating that they are not
afraid to help the people, and folks
lined up to receive the dole. Eng
land has its unemployment insurance.
In Germany they have their political
meetings in the parks, one night for
one party, another night for another
party, and so on. The danger which
faces Germany is communism.
In Russia the older folks cannot see
the utopia, said the speaker. How
ever, they are doing great things in
Russia. There is no need to fear
Communism in the United States
The government in Russia must be
different--in a country that had IS
per cent illiteracy in the days of the
car.
The first great nation in the his
tory of the world to solve production
was the United States. Only few
things such as coffee, nickel, rubber,
and some drugs are not produced
here. Russia always will be faced with
the problem of producing food, being
too far north. China and India like
wise, or in greater degree, will con-
tinue to be faced with the food prob
lem, being Over-pOpulated.
Some day some man with intelli-
gence and vision will bob up to solve
the distribution in America.
Chief Justice Devaney said he
would even be reluctant to ask a
lawyer group just how many have
read the American Constitution. Glad
stone said the Constitution was the
greatest document ever read by man.
Trying Days.
When the IS men were formulating
the Constitution in Philadelphia, re-
bellion was raging in Massachusetts,,
and England and France were disre-
garding their treaties with America.
The men were fearful of the outcome
when the Constitution was being writ
ten, principally by Madison. Of the
SIS men who gathered in Philadelphia,
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
MARKVILLE CREAMERY
HOLDS ANNUAL M E E I

The Markville Cooperative Cream
cry held its annual meeting Saturday
afternoon. The financial statement
shows that $4,000 pounds Of cream
were received by the creamery during
the year and that $3.50 pounds Of
butter were churned. The net price
paid for butterfat was 1876 cents.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
COMMISSIONERS WILL
MEET ON FEBRUARY 5

The board of county commissioners
will meet at the court house in Pine
City Monday, Feb. 5, at O'clock p. m.
Regular business will be transacted
as we'll as other matters which may
be brought to the attention of the
board at that time.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
Folks Talk Constitution;
How Many Have Read It?
Excerpts of Address by Chief Justice John p Devaney

Many people talk about the Constitution the greatest heritage
by civilization today but how have read it? asked
John p Devaney chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
when he spoke the annual dinner the Minnesota Editorial
Association in Minneapolis 1t should be the business of
school teachers and lawyers to educate citizens their rights
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01

DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler says
that the sole thing needed to end war
is ordinary common honesty.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01

Something to worry about-A COM
mon pigweed plant may yield as
many as $4,000 seeds.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01

Do your shopping through the col
umns of the Askov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
NEW RIVER HIGHWAY

NEW RIVER HIGHWAY
Melody: Santa Lucia"
Here. meath the silver moon,
Water is flowing;
Ger the high tree tops
Soft winds are blowing;
Here beauty's call we heed;
Hillsides invite us;
Spring water to enjoy,
All things delight us.
CHORUS.
Hark, how the children shout,
Joyously play about,
New river highway,
New river highway,
Home of the meadow lark,
And of the wooded park,
New river highway,
New river highway,
When skies are clear and blue
And birds are singing,
We go thy winding way
With laughter ringing;
You lead us to the hills
Where peace and joy abound,
And pleasant fellowship
For all folks is found.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
Governors Secretary and
Road Officials Visit AskOU
Engineers and Contractors IN
Social Gathering, Day Talks
on Legislation.

A social gathering of men from the
State Highway Department. location
and project engineers, contractors
and others who have had to do with
the building of trunk highway No
SO, connecting Askov and other COM
munitieS with the pavement, took
place Friday evening at the Hjalmar
Petersen home in AskOv.
This was a sort of preliminary to
the big public celebration which the
community is planning to have on
the banks of Kettle river in the
month of July when the road and
bridge will be entirely completed, and
at which time Governor Floyd B.
Olson will likely be present, as well
as Highway Commissioner N. w. Els
berg and other public officials.
Mr.. Elsberg had been invited to the
social Friday evening but could not
attend as he had to go to Chicago
and Washington on business pertain
ing to trunk and federal roads in the
state. 1t was the desire to show a
little appreciation of his co-opera-
ton in the building of T. H. No. SO
and the action now being taken in
making the location survey on T. H.
No. % from Duluth southwest to No.
SO. His mission down east, however,
lis the more important, as he is work
ing to get federal road appropria-
tions direct without any strings at
tached. If this is granted it will
mean the building of T. H. No. 90 this
year.
Day Speaks.
Vince A. Day, secretary to Gov
ernor Olson, came Friday in Mr.. Els
berg's stead, and gave the principal
talk of the evening. He dwelt on
how legislation is brought about and
the Importance of having men of
character, honesty and willingness
to work in halls of legislation. He
said that legislators are talked to
by this, that and the other individ-
uals and groups, they are petitioned,
given all kinds of suggestions and
advice, entertained and so on-all of
which is naturally to be expected in
democracy-and msst of which is
proper, but it requires clear think
ing and stability to withstand the
pressure.
The speaker also mentioned the
trip which the governor just made to
Washington to secure more funds for
CWA programs, in order that Mime
sofa people may be given more work,
improvements made, and thus build
up the buying power of the masses.
Short talks were also given by
mel of the State Highway Depart
ment; Gil Carmichael, head of the
Auto Drivers License Bureau; w. j.
Wilkinson, manager of the ClOquet
division of the Minnesota Power and
Light Co.; G. G. Gladman, head of
the surveys and designs division of
the Highway Department; G. M.
Christilaw, location and project engi-
neer; and Svend Petersen, Askov
postmaster.
The contractors, John Runquist, C.
H. Taylor, j. w. Runquist, and H. j.
Taylor, all from Duluth, were amongst
the guests.
All Joined in singing many songs,
two of which were written and
printed especially for the occasion.
One of the songs written for the &C.
casion, New River Highway" is re-
printed herewith:
NEW RIVER HIGHWAY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22

900. For navigation aids (dams, canals, seawalls, lighthouses), some $170,OO0,O00.
 The navy got 2ss,O0o,OOo for new ships, and the coast ua about SPA, 100000.
 The CWA was operated last win ter with PWA money at a cost of $400, 0,000,000 and the eco has talk en so far about $470,000,O0O. in- cluding some money spent to buy waste land.
 MONEY NEARLY GONE
 The housing division was given $127,564,000 for slum clearance and low-cost housing. Odd tens of millions went into such things as wharves, swimming pools and other recreational equipment, airports and landing fields, plant disease campaigns.
 More than half the schols being built today are being financed through the PWA. The fund is about exhausted.
 II admit it's better to spend all that money and have something to show for it in the form of dams and channels and lighthouses and roads and sewers-and even bat tleships-than it is just to pass 1t out for nothing at all," meditated Pa Jones.
 "But, gosh! Pretty near four bil- lion dollars is a lot of money to blow inside of two years time. You can't keep that up forever. You can't even keep it up for more than few more years!"
 REVIVAL DEEMED SURE
 "It hadn't ought to be neces- sary," retored John, Jr. You've got to assume that sooner or later private industries are going to open up jobs for most of these houses and buildings are going to heed rebuilding and that their own CTS will replace them by them selves.
 "You've got to assume that states will get on their feet and start carrying their own weight. "No plan will succeed perma- nently if that doesn't happen. Be- sides, some of that moneys coming back into the treasury" "How's that?' Pa Jones quer- | jed. .'It's spent, isn't it?" Certainly. And the money for battleships, and federal postoffices, and the CWA and eco is just spent. But a lot of the rest was loaned.
 SOME OF IT'LL COME BACK
 Usually PWA said to a city: 'We'H give you so much outright and loan you so much at 4 per cent if your plan looks sound. You give us bonds for the loaned part So PWA has some $150,- 000,O in bonds that it's holding as security for loans. "Now the law provides that the REC can buJ some of these if 1t ] wishes and if they seem good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
RUSSIA WANTS GOODS

Washington, Nov 22.-(UP)- The Soviet Union probably will use profits from gold ore shipped to the United States to pay interest
 on large credits for which it is negotiating with the United States, Soviet officials said today.
 Gold thus may solve one of the biggest problems of the American government; that of reviving the still depressed heavy industries by opening for them the market of Soviet Russia. & The Soviet government is in the market for several hundred million dollars worth of American goods. It wants steel products, railroad rails and other transportation equipment, electrical goods, pro- duction machinery and some semi manufactured metals.
 Normal annual purchases of $10 100000 or more are forecast on the basis of previous purchases.
 American officials are eager to get this market because heavy in- dustry lags behind in the recovery program. The main obstacle has been the question of, old Russian debts and new credits to finance the sales.
 The United States has establish ed the special Russian export-im- port bank to advance credits to exporters as soon as the money questions are settled. A difficult point has been the method of re- payment.
 Here gold enters the picture. Un- mined sources of gold in Soviet Russia are described by some en- gineers as practically inexhausti-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
PWA MONEY WELL SPENT, YOUNG JOHN INFORMS HTS DAI

hand trick;7' suggested Pa. You take out of one REC pocket and put 1t in the other PWA pocket and it looks like you have more" CUTS DOWN, INTEREST
 'Not quite that bad,' said John, Jr., with laugh. You seet PWA can then sell the bonds to the pubiic---and 1t has, several million
 Might as well have sold 'em to the public in the first place, eh ?" suggested Pa.
 Certainly, except that this gets things started when they're needed, and of course the money that was given with the loans was sweet ening' to persuade cities to go ahead
 Matter of. fact, quite few cities are now finding that they can borrow from the people direct for less than the 4 per cent REC charges.
 'What it's really done is knock down the interest rate on munich pal and public borrowing"
 SAFEGUARD FOR FUTURE
 Every country in the world has tried the public works attack on the depression; 1t is one of the recognized ways of fighting it. Now committees are trying to lay down plans for years ahead so that really valuable public works may be planned and ready, and in fu- ture all that will be needed will be to turn the spigot of federal funds.
 hat will save the year of sift- ing that was necessary this time to keep pork-barrel and foolish plans out. It is figured that such works. launched at the right mo- ment when private employment begins to fall, may even head off future depressions by spiking them before they get really bad. Copyright 1884, NEA Service Incl
 NEXT: Sums and Housing - the Jonesesgfind, to their surprise, that even their own town has lot of homes unfit for Americans to live in. hey Tdiscuss what the gov- ernment is trying to do about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
OIL PAINTINGS ON
 EXHIBITION HERE


 Oil paintings by the members of the Waterbury Art school class of last season, directed by Lewis E.. York, are now on exhibition at the new quarters in the Buckingham building. The paintings are by Jo- seph Casaly. Miss Elizabeth Kirk, William Birkenberger, George Mar inko and Francis Jmanie.
 Members of this seasons class are Christine Calvin, Courad Carls- rude, Ruth Pulford, Joseph Casaly, Francis Jaminie, Marjorie B. Barr, William Birkenberger, Michael Sh- kimba, Ronald McNeill, Souther Battrick, Irving w. Chase, George J. Marinko and Edith H. Wayne.
 Trustees of the Waterbury Art schol are: President, Mrs Elton $. Wayland; secretary. Rodney Chase; treasurer, Miles IA Martin, Mrs Glenn H. Wayne, Miss Mary F. Burra1l, Miss Elizabeth w. White, John P. Elton, Rev Joseph Baldambr Edward B. Tracy and Edwin c. Taylor of the Yale School of Fne Arts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
WHEN LOVELY WOMAN sTooPs TO FOLLY
Ha13S BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good Evening.

When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray,- What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye To give repentance to her lover And wiring his bosom is-to die.
 Oliver Goldsmith
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
fCopyrieht 1884 by United Press)

Copyright 1884 by United Press) New York, Nov 22.-(UP)- Soviet Russia is sending shiploads of gold bearing ore to Tacoma, Wash, to build up reserve of hard money for the purchase of Ameri- can goods, the United Press learn ed today.
 Through special process avail able only in Tacoma the gold is
 refined out of the residue and sold
 to the United States government for cash. This gives Russia a big
 reserve for American purchases. One shipload has arrived in Ta- coma via the Panama Canal and another shipload is enroute. These two consignments are estimated to
 have value of $1,7OO,000. They
 originated, as will all such ship
 ments in the future, at Leningrad, center of the Russian gold indus try.
 Leningrad smelters, however, are not equipped to. take all of the gold out of the ore brought there from rich mining areas in Siberia. After
 the Russian industry has extracted all 1t can the residue piles up out
 side the smelters and is sold as a by-product.
 Until recently the residue has
 been marketed abroad but due to the inefficiency of the smelters there the sale has not been inn
 mensely profitable. Last years sales amounted to only about $10,- 100000. How much more than that will, be realized in the United States through the more efficient
 refining methods employed in Ia coma is not known.
 The gold bearing ore is being sent out of Russia by the Indus trial Exports Corporation and the American transactions are in the
 hands of the Omtorg Corp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
Russia Sending Gold Ore To United States
Shiploads on Way to Tacoma to Be Refined -SOviets
 Want Millions of Dollars Worth of Goods

ble." Some great Siberian rivers have been washing gold out of the mountains into their beds for mill lions of years without being touched.
 The Soviet government plans to exploit this gold and use it to pay for imports. Gold is acceptable payment in the United States whereas wheat. oil, timber or other Soviet predicts might not be. Some of tn gold profits probably will be used to purchase gold pro- ducing machinery so that more precious metal may be obtained.
 Soviet representatives today said that ore shipped to America to date Is only the beginning of larger shipments.