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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
ADULT CLASS
AT WILLOW
State and Federal Emer-
genCy Relief Association
Starts Program.
Modern Problem, Theatre,
Agriculture and Other
Classes to be Held.

Adult education classes have been
organized in Willow River and are
meeting at the high school. This
work is sponsored by the state and
federal emergency relief association
and is offered free to all persons in
terested. 1t is hoped to have a large
enrolment from the surrounding
community as well as from town.
Tentative plans have been made for
each class according to the requests
of those enrolled.
To many these gatherings will
serve as a social enterprise for ex-
changing ideas concerning daily oc-
equations, to others they will serve
as stimulus to renew study habits;
and to others they will afford a pleas
ant and authentic means of keeping
abreast of the times socially, polit-
ically, and economically.
To Present Plays.
Monday evenings are given over to
the dramatic group. This class, di-
rected by Miss Williams, meets at
1870. The plan is to organize
little Theater" movement in Will
low River and present a series of
plays during the winter. Those in
standpoint of acting, coaching, cos
tuning, staging, lighting, or adver-
Using, will be afforded a chance for
excellent instruction. At the meet
ing on December II, Miss Williams
will submit a list of plays from which
the class will choose one upon which
it wishes to begin work.
Varied Program.
Tuesday evenings at 500. the young
men between the ages of Is and "a
will find Mr.. Currelrs agriculture
classes of special interest Knot ty-
ing, rope splicing, and other shop
work are among the projects offered.
Another adult class will be organized
later. The subject matter for this
course will be determined for the
group. Also ON Tuesday evenings,
Miss Sexton is conducting physical
education classes. The first part of
the evening will be devoted to CALLS
themes and games; the latter part
will be given over to basketball. One
may register for either or both of
these classes. Willow River hopes
to challenge Pine City's Business
Women's Basketball team.
Wednesday evenings at 500, the
home-maker's group will receive in
structoin from Miss Kooiker. In ad-
dition to the usual home economics
schedule, Miss Kooiker offers to teach
handicraft such as rug and purse
making, plaque painting, and picture
study. She also suggests that an
afternoon class can be arranged if
enough women are interested.
Thursday evenings at 500, Rev.
Chas. Swanson will conduct dis
cussion groups on present day eco
nomic and social problems. Mr.. Swan
son is a student of modern problems
Glasses will be started at Sturgeon
Lake, Denham, and other points if
there is a demand.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
CHRISTMAS SEALS
PAID FOR TESTS

In Pine county Christmas Seals
have made possible "a varied program
of health education and health &C
Invites during the past five year per-
iOd. During the school year of 1888
and 1894 an extensive tuberculin test
ing program was conducted through
out the county for which a large ap-
preparation from Seal funds was used.
Similar projects were carried on in
other schools in the county in 1880
and 1881.
In 1888 the school children of Brook
Park, were examined by a Christmas
Seal nurse, who also gave several
health talks in connection with the
survey. Infants and children's clinics
were held at Hinckley and Willow
River during 1881 and tuberculosis
clinics were held at Pine City and
Sandstone that year.
Scales have been furnished schoc Is
in three communities and a portable
scale provided for the CWS nursing
project. Each year luncheon has
been given rural teachers of the coun-
ty during their annual institute with
health talks being given by physicians
and Christmas Seal workers.
''Everybody's Health" has been sent
to all the schools in Pine county each
year. and health educational material
supplied the schools, includes: Their
mometers, cup dispensers and paper
cups, towel cabinets and paper towels,
first aid kits, health books, recreation
balls, bats, health balls, and volleY
ball nets
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
Villages.
SICKNESS BESIEGES
COURT CLERK FAMILY

Grantsburg last Sunday where she
had spent two weeks following an
operation. Mr.. Mista received word
from Minneapolis that his daughter.
who has been working in that city,
had been taken to the General hos
pital with a bad case of pneumonia,
Mr.. Mista went to Minneapolis on
Tuesday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
DROUTH HAS MADE
SEED SUPPLY SHORT

b "a serious feed shortage this year
over 1888 is confronting farmers gen.
orally issthe United States stated
d. C. Dvorack, agricultural economist
from University Farm before the Pine
City Drouth committee yesterday.
Grain feed is $50 short and forage
is 20%o less than last year. The pro-
duction in 1884 was approximately
400 less than any of the last three
years. These figures are for the
United States as a whole and the con-
dition is much more serious in the
drouth counties. With feed supplies
over 6012 million tons short and there
is serious question whether many
farmers will be able to plant their
fields because of seed shortage, mad
expected. Feed prices have advanced
rapidly during the last two months
and seed companies have not even
prepared their price list yet because
of the rapid changes in prices
Because the situation is more SER
louo III l. lllC SOuHIy Illtlll lllOoI ldl III
ers imagine, the Drouth committee
decided to take an inventory of the
available stocks on hand so as to be
in a position to contract with the
Federal Seed Stocks committee to Sc
cure some of the seed they have on
hand before it is all taken up. The
federal supply of seed can only be
had in counties where a deficiency
of local seed is found.
Pine County First.
The seed orders must be consol-
idated and distribution will be only
by car lots. The highest grade seed
will be sold first. Pine county is
the first county organized for this
work and will secure the best seed
if the farmers cooperate promptly ir
the sending in of the inventory re-
ports. A series of meetings will be
held in various parts of the county
at which these seed and feed invep-
tory blanks will be distributed.
Farmers will be notified by mail and
unless they attend the meeting they
will have no opportunity to secure
the federal seed.
The Pine County Drouth commit
tee is composed of George Dipprey,
Ben Street and Harold Mack. The CO.
operating agencies were represented
by the following: Frank Stepan,
chairman COrn-Hog committee; Anton
Karas, county Allotment committee
man; James Hogan, county Key Bank
er; Francis Brady county emergency
agent; Albert Bjork, livestock relief
manager; A. S. Dean, secretary pro-
duction Credit Association; d. NJ.
Hall, rural rehabilitation supervisor:
Mrs. Lily Anne Dahl, county SERA
administration. Meetings will be
held at Willow River, Kerrick, Askov
Finlayson, Sandstone, Hinckley, Pine
City, Cloverdale, and Cloverton.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
TAX LEAGUE WILL
MEET AT SANDSTONE

There will be a meeting of the Pine
County Tax League Saturday after
noon, at o'clock, at Madison's hotel
in Sandstone. ALI members are re-
quested to be there, as well as all
Pine county citizens interested in tax
matters, both state and local. This
is expected to be a very interesting
meeting.
The resolutions committee appointed
at the last meeting consisting of Joe
Anderson and Beauford Johnson of
Rock Creek, and Albert Johnson of
Sandstone, will have a number of
resolutions to submit at this meeting,
as we'll as other matters of Importance
that will be taken up.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
NOTED MUSICIAN
PLAYS IN ASKOV
Carl Berggren, Former Piano SOlOist
of Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Gives Concert Lecture.

Fine interpretations of Scandinav-
those few who braved the cold last
Thursday night to go to the Askov
school house to hear a piano concert
and lecture given by Carl Berggren,
noted pianist of Minneapolis. Mr..
Berggren demonstrated his fine art
when he played various folk songs
and told of them and their composers.
Mr.. Berggren, who himself, was born
in the southern part of Sweden, said
the best Danish composer was Nils
Wilhelm Gade and played some of his
selections. He also touched upon the
early history of music and praised
the Norwegian music as the best
among the Scandinavian races, how
ever, with a good sense of humor Mr..
Berggren stated that the only fault
with it was the fact that it was not
Swedish.
The musician also touched on the
lives of other noted musicians in
Guiding the great German composer,
Beethoven. He told about the origin
of the Moonlight Sonata composed by
Beethoven and then played it. He
finished his program with his own
variations of "Gubben Noak" and a
request number, "Saatergentans Son.
dag" by Ole Bull.
Following is a list of selections
played by Mr.. Berggren: Moonlight
Sonata, three movements, Beethoven;
Two Selections, Gade; In the Hall Of
the Mountain King, Grieg; March Of
the Dwarfs, Grieg; Mazurka, Chopin;
Butterfly. Grieg; Spring Song, Men,
delsohn; Hungarion Rhapsody, List.
Mrs. Berggren accompanied her
husband to AskOv.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13

During the last few days a tense
situation has developed in Europe as
result of a serious conflict between
Jugoslavia and Hungary; conditions
are at the moment of writing discour-
aging but not necessarily alarming.
However, the picture changes, almost
from hour to hour
1t has been pointed out in these
columns that when King Alexander Of
on October 9 was assas-
sinated at Marseilles, his government,
supported by the Little Entente,
charged the Hungarian government
with completely on the ground that
der of the king. had been Matched
on Hungarian soil and, possibly, with
the connivance of the government at
Budapest
Irritating Move.
The charges were referred to the
League of Nations at Geneva, and
just when the council of that organi-
zation was about to discuss them the
Jugo-Slavian government made a
move calculated, probably Intention
ally, to embitter relations with Hun
gary, for it decreed that $4,000 Hun
garian nationals, residents, but not
citizens of Jugo-Slavia, must be de-
ported. Immediately the long trek
of the exiles began, and pitiful scenes
were enacted as men, women and
children were shunted back across
the border
However, when a couple of thou
sands had been deported, a new order
was issued stopping the movement,
and it is not improbable that this
was result of the Intervention of
the League. At least, it served to re-
lieve the tension to some extent.
Possibilities.
Angry words are flying back and
forth between the negotiators at
Geneva where the representatives of
Jugo-Slavia sternly accuse Hungary
of responsibility for the murder of
King Alexander. Hungary declares
that the charges are utterly without
foundation and makes the assertion
that the plot to kill the ruler was
fomented at Croat mass meeting at
Youngstown, Ohio, where, however, it
is denied that such plans have been
even discussed.
While the awful possibility of a
new European war menaces the world,
diplomats and generals are comment
ing upon the possible political con-
case a breach of peace
does take place.
1t is known, of course, that if Jugo-
Slavia goes to war, she will be sup
ported by France, Roumania and
Continued on Page b
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
VILLAGES OF FINLAYSON AND
HENRIETTE REFLECT SEVERAL

H. e. Shafer will head the Finlay-
son village council again for the COM
ing year, having been reelected to the
office in the recent election. Sylvester
Petry will again be councilman as will
A. r. Belling, clerk. Mrs. Sophia Arth
was elected treasurer and Henry Petry
justice of the peace. Henry Chris
tcpherson will be the constable.
In Henriette J. S. Olson will be the
mayor for the coming year, having
been reelected; and Robert COnger
and g. H. Allen were reelected as
cOuncilmen. G. A. Peterson and Clar-
ence Ramsey were elected treasurer
and justice of the peace respectively.
Virgil Ramsey and Leonard Chuttz
were chosen constables.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
PINE CITY COUNCIL
CONSTRUCTS RINK

A village skating rink has been
constructed at Pine City on the va
cant lots just south of the water tank.
The lake did not freeze over in time
this year to permit of the usual skat-
ing, as snow fell Immediately follow
ing the first hard freeze. The village
council decided on the skating rink
so that youthful skaters would not
be entirely cheated of their usual
sport The rink is about 200 feet
square and was filled with skaters
on the opening. A warming shed has
also been erected and it is planned
to keep the rink open through the
winter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
SUBDIVISIONS
GET TAX MONEY
Towns Get $24, 1866 in
Annual November Tax
Collections.
School Districts Get $685.
639.11; Shows Increase
Over Last Year.

Warrants issued last week from the
county auditors office in payment to
the towns and school districts of the
annual distribution from the NOvem-
Der tax collections amounted to a
total of s92,7S577 This represents an
increase over the same allotment last
year of $9.7S3.1S. A total Of $24, 1866
was sent to the towns and the school
districts received S6S,639.11. This dis
tribution represents money raised by
Ievies made by these government sub
divisions, there being no state aids
included at this time.
The amount distributed to each town
and school district is as follows:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
WILLOW RiUer Man
Will Enjoy Sunny
California Cline

Stanley Zigmant, pioneer farmer of
Pine county and a resident of the Will
low River community, left Tuesday
morning by bus for Los Angeles, Calf,
where he will visit relatives whom
he has not seen for more than 20
years. Enroute Mr.. Zigmant will stop
off at Lewiston, Idaho, to see his Sis
ter, Mrs. J. l.. Webb, and if the Cali
fornia climate agrees with him he
will spend the winter months there,
a dream nearly all northern people
have at some time or other.
His many friends in the county
wish him bon voyage"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
SULLIVAN MAYOR AT PINE CITY

II is the purpose of this item to cor
rect statement made in last weeks
American to the effect that John
City at the recent village election and
James Sullivan constable. 1t should
have been stated that Mr. Sullivan
was reelected mayor and Mr.. Bieder-
man constable.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Since this review was written,
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

Since this review was written,
word has been received from Gen.
eva to the effect that the League
of Nations council has adopted
resolution calling for the punish.
ment of all who may be responsible
for the MarSeilles asSassinatiOns.
This was coupled with an accord
''in principle" between JugO.SIayia
and Hungary, and thus the general
impression is that the danger of
war has been definitely averted, as
is was intfmated I'm the present
article that 1t might be.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
MIRA OFFICERS TO
SPEAK TO CLASSES

In accordance with requests from
members of the Adult Education
classes throughout the county, men,
bers of the county offices of the MIRA
will present and discuss their pro-
gram to the classes. The speakers
will include Mrs. Lily Anne Dahl.
Clinton Boo, AL Bjork and A. S. Dean.
Mr.. Boo will be in Askov Thursday
evening, Dec. 20.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
BRUNO LEADS IN THE
WHIST TOURNAMENT

Duquette defeated Kerrick Thurs
day, December 6, and Bruno won over
Kerrick by a score of ZIG to- 200. The
standings to date are, Bruno, 1888.
Kerrick 1851 and Duquette 500. Du-
quette has two games left to play;
Kerrick and Bruno one each.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13

He was at the fountain pen counter
making a purchase.
You see," he said, Il am buying
this for my wife"
"A surprise, eh?'
I'll say SO. She is expecting a
limousine"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13
POULTRY SHOW IS
SET FOR DEC. 17-19

The annual Pine County Poultry
Show will be held in the Pine City
village hall Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, December II, 10 and 10,
according to an announcement by the
associations secretary, L. F. Appleby.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13

Shop through the columns Of the
AskOv American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13

The ads save you money.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-13

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ST. PAUL, MINI.
Evening star., 1934-01-22

the Library Of Congress Is exhibiting are
Mr.. Szyk's manuscript Of the statute
Of Kalisz," called the Jewish Magma
Charta," and the Covenant Of the
League Of Nations, reserved for the
National Library, Paris. Also q series
Of 80 illustrations bearing the general
title, washington and His Times" de-
picting personalities and incidents OF
the American Revolutionary War.
Advantage Of Nesr-Sightedness.
Mr.. Sxyk's technique Is comparable
with that Of q miniature painter. Each
tiny detail Is q perfect integral, and
each Is scientifically related to the
whole composition. For instance, the
pupils Of the eyes In Q child's head Q
quarter inch in diameter are as natural
as life, though Q magnifyng glass b
necessary for the average person to see
than. The artist, however, works with
out any such mechanical optical aid.
That, he explains. is the advantage
A keen student of history, Mr.. Szyk
u familiar with six different languages
and literatures. He has illustrated the
"Chanson de Roland" "The Last Days
Of shylock" and life of Simon Bolivar
South American lberator. His pictures
have been shown in Cracow, Warsaw
London and New York. The patron of
the present display in Washington is the
Polish Ambassador, Stanislaw Patek.
DR.. Herbert Putnam. librarian Of Con-
gress, yesterday announced that the
exhibition will continue through this
week. DR.. L. B. Holland, chief of the
fine arts division Of the library. is in
charge.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
COMMUNITY CHEST
WILL MEET TONIGHT
Board of Trustees to Be Expanded
to Give Contributors Larger
Representation.

The Community Chest will meet to.
night to expand its board Of trustees SC
as to provide for larger representation
of contributing members.
The reorganization Of the board will
be the principal business Of the annual
session, which will convene at 8:15 pm
at the Willard Hotel, with Newbold
Noyes, president, presiding.
The Northeast Boys Club Band, new
est musical organization among the
Chest agencies, will give q concert at
the meeting This band has been re-
cruited under the direction OF H. j
Smith, formerly Of the United States
Marine Band, and has had several most
creditable public appearances.
The new board Of trustees will con-
sist of 24O persons, each Of the agencies
electing one board member and one
staff member and the Chest organiza-
ton naming l20 trustees representing
contributors. Increase in the number
of contributor trustees from three
fourths of the number Of agency trus-
tees to an equal number was made
possible through an amendment to the
bylaws passed at a meeting OF the OLD
board Of trustees last Friday.
There will be no scheduled speeches
at tonight's meeting William J. Flather
jr., treasurer of the Chest. will report
on How Your Gifts Were Handled;
President Noyes will report on What
Your Gifts Accomplished" and Elwood
Street, director Of the Chest. will out
line "Our Task for the Year Ahead"
Evening star., 1934-01-22

farmers, and 80 on-wAs S0S, ,037 900 900,
or almost $4,000, ,000, 900 more than was
actually distributed. This $4,000, ,000, 900
and individual savings.
more income was paid out than was
produced. This was possible because
the distributors Of the money were able
actual assets.
Manufacturing was the largest IN
dustrial class contributing to income,
accounting for "a per cent Of the total
distributed In 1929. Trade, finance and
services followed In order, accounting
for II. IL and II per cent Of the to-
tai, respectively.
THE decline In income distributed
was most severe In the construction in
dustry, the 1882 volume being but 20
per cent Of the amount paid out in
1929. Income in mining fell on about
60 per cent and In manufacturing about
IS per cent in the four-year period. In
the manufacture group the construc-
ton materials and metals and metal
products sections declined most Sc
verely. 10 per cent and 81 per cent, re-
spectively. It will thus be seen that
the greatest declines have taken place
In the durable goods industries.
The general downward trend was
least severe tn the field Of Government
Gin which expansion of employment
and bonded Indebtedness slightly raised
income payments), electric light and
power and gas, communications and
food and food products manufacture u
Evening star., 1934-01-22
FINDS ANTARCT|CA
CAMP UNCHANGED
Byrd and His Companions Dig
Administration Building
From Ice.

ADMIRAL BYRD's FLAGSHIP, Bay
Of Whales, Antarctica (via MacKay
Radio) (R January 20 (Delayed) The
thrill Of prowling again over the scenes
OF his first experiences in the deep Ant
arctic was Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd's today.
Just as he left it, he and his men
found the weather station buried in
the snow and ice-a pot Of frozen coffee
on the table, old calendars on the walls,
articles Of clothing flung heller -skelter.
Admiral Byrd even found q fruit jar
half full Of kerosene which had been
his reading lamp. Lighted, it revealed
the empty hunks against the walls-all
just as when the camp was abandoned
February 10, 1880.
1t was Meteorologist Haines who dug
into the administration building, To-
Gated the roof Of the weather station
and then dropped through hole, to be
followed by the admiral and the others
working to reclaim the buried Winter
city.
The task is highly hazardous, owing
TO the dangers accompanying the trans
porting by tractor Of supplies from the
flagship to Little America-2h miles
distant.
Two tractors caught fire and were
damaged before the flames could be ex-
tinguished. The second Of the five
tractors had just been dropped over
onto the ice, its engine having been
Evening star., 1934-01-22

A RTHUR SZYK, Polish artist, Is
n neax-sghted, and the circum-
~ stance goes far to explain The
1 \ intricacy and beauty Of his
work, more than 100 examples
Of which now are on display at the
Library of Congress.
"To the average painter" he says.
"near-stghtedness would be q handicap.
To me, not So"
Mr.. Szyk pronounces his name
Chick" He Is one Of the most widely
celebrated Of living nluminators. Born
June 3, 1894, at Lodz. Poland, he was
the son Of textile manufacturer who
never could understand his prediction
for art. The gift appeared to be Unborn
and inexplicable, but it was 50 con-
vincingly real that at last, in 1909, the
lad was permitted to enroll In the
Academic Julian, Paris. His teachers
there were Bachet and Roger.
Served In Russian Army.
Returning to Poland, Mr.. Szyk worked
with Axentovich until the beginning Of
the World War, when he was con-
scripted into the Russian army. After
the Bolshevist revolution there followed
two years of fighting in the White cause
It was not until 1924 that Mr.. SZyk
staged the first exhibition Of his
illuminations. The place was Paris and
the subject his illustrations for the
Book of Esther" A decoration bestowed
by the French government was the
artists reward. His own native land
gave him a similar honor in 1881.
Among the five large cases Of repre-
sentative samples OF his work which