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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
RUTLEDGE

A large and appreciative audience
attended the pragram given by school
pupils of which Mrs. Harold Bloom is
teacher at the hall last Thursday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hedberg and
Miss Mildred Kepler arrived Sunday
to spend Christmas at the T.. Kepler
home.
Word was received here telling of
the death of John Wagner in Super
ior. August Schubert, father-in-law
of the deceased, attended the funeral
in that city Saturday. Sympathy is
extended to Mrs. Wagner in the loss
of her husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mills and Lor-
aine were Sunday visitors at the T.
Kepler home.
Despite the severe cold and snow, a
large crowd was in attendance at the
NJ. E. Sunday school program Satur-
day evening and was enjoyed by all
present.
Mrs. r. Bowers, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.
Brooks, Andrew Stockey and son. So
fas, were dinner guests at the F.
Bowers home Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Peterson and
daughter, Arlene, of Denham, were
guests at the Liljedahl home Christ.
mas eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Liljedahl and Le-
roy were dinner guests at the Nyruc
home in Willow River Christmas day
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cich, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Joe Salkiewicz were Christmas
day guests at the Jaros home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Christensen ant
Ed Peterson motored to the Cities
Saturday where they did Christina:
shopping.
Mrs. Art Liljedahl accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Reuer to Duluth Friday
where they did some shopping.
Miss Laura Dummer arrived Sun
day from New Ulm, to spend Christ
mas at her parental home.
All are glad to hear that Mrs. Houdt
Is able to be out after her recent in
jury of falling downstairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cich and sol
of Moose Lake, were guests at the F
Guss home on Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Houde were
dinner guests at the Doty home ir
Finlayson Christmas day.
The Misses Dora and Laura DatkC
accompanied their brother, Joe, tt
Sandstone to do some shopping re.
Gently.
May the New Year bring health
happiness and prosperity to the pub
fishers and readers of the Asko,
American, is the sincere wish of the
CORRESPONDENT.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

A special meeting of the village
council was held Dec. II, 1884. ALI
members were present except Hans
MOSbak.
The bonds of the following newly
elected officers were approved by the
council: Thorvald Andersen, treas
urer; Thorvald l. SOrensen, clerk;
Bert Smith, constable; and Anton Ora
vesen, justice of the peace.
Oaths Of office were taken by the
newly elected officers.
Meeting adjourned.
CHRIS ERIKSEN, President.
THORVALD l.. SORENSEN, Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
ASK FOR NEW
PARK ACREAGE
CONTINUED from Page -
By Osborne
0 Western Newspaper Unisa

petition for a proposed park and re-
construction project:
Reconstruction project includes:
Il. Development of new road bed
to eliminate present dangerous curve
and site of old wagon bridge.
"2. Condemnation of present mar
row bridge, which is detriment to
traffic and business in general
90. Construction of new bridge
across Kettle river.
"a. Dam project involving repair Of
present dam, which is situated
ON Sandstone quarry property, to
insure year-around water level.
(a) To eliminate water pollu-
ton.
(b) To increase fish supply.
(c) To preserve natural beau
ty of Kettle River Valley.
Park project proper includes:
"All of the Kettle river valley from
point commencing at proposed road,
due south about two miles to Mime
sofa Power and Light Company dam
and due north approximately two and
one half miles to connect with new
bridge and Askov park, making a con-
tinuouS stretch of park along an al
ready naturalistic environment.
Il. Points of natural interests.
(a) Natural ot-bridge crossing
river at southern extremity of
park.
80. Natural mineral springs.
(a) Beneficial to sufferers of
skin disorders.
"3. Natural islands of peculiar for
nation.
(a) Banana Island.
(b) Maple Island.
(c) Rock Island.
a. Sandstone stone quarry.
"5. Sandstone natural cave, COM
posed of natural formed alcoves.
(a) Natural spring water at
cave entrance.
90 Butternut trees and wild
plums are in abundance on river
bank below cave
&c. Wolf Greek and directly across
from Wolf Creek the river bank is
formation of islands affording protec-
ton for muskrats, beaver, racoon.
(a) Ideal for picnic grounds.
81. HellS Gate-Sheer walls of rock
forming the banks of Kettle river.
(a) Vital interest and scenic
beauty.
IS. Rapids approximately one-half
mile long.
(a) Abundance trout, bass, pike
etc.
(b) Attractively beautiful
80. Historical Old Banning Quar-
ries.
40 Remains of Old Banning bridge
and logging road.
Proposed river trail and foot
bridge project:
"This trail to commence on the east
bank Of the Kettle river at the upper
end of the proposed park and to con-
tinue to Hells gate, crossing at this
point by proposed "foot-bridge," con-
tinuing on along west bank of river
through proposed park"
Those interested in signing the
above petition are urged to do so soon
at the office of Svend Petersen, Askov,
or Alvie Johnson at Sandstone.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
Tells of Western
Trip Into Idaho
CONTINUED from Page u

that We could hardly see the top of
them. On the east slope of the noun
tains there are but few villages. They
are small and of no Importance, put
the towns and cities on the western
slope are large and prosperous look
ing. Butte. Mont. is a beautiful city
that depends mostly on mining copper
They have the largest copper smelt-
ing plant in the world. The smoke
stack Of that plant is $50 feet wide in
diameter at the base, and 60 feet at
the top. and 600 feet high. Just out
of Butte the bus stopped to let the
tourists look at government owned
herd of buffaloes. There were about
60 Of them in a small corral. They
were noble looking brutes with the
curly haired heads and the big hump
on the back. A little farther on the
bus stopped again to let us look at a
deer that was standing in the ditch
driver opened the door and whistled
at her. She just walked up the noun
tain side about three rods and there
she stood looking at us till we got
ready to drive away.
After about one. hours drive we got
into a deep narrow valley, and while
going through small village the
mountain side on the left of U.s. was
all covered with snow. 1t almost
made me feel cold to look at it, and
on the right hand side of us, there
was no sign of snow, with beautiful
green grass in the front yards. 1t
was beautiful and rare sight.
Poor Transportation.
This western slope of the mountains
is rich in copper, lead, link, gold, sill
yer, soft coal, and timber, but most
of this country is undeveloped be-
cause the transportation is bad.
l got here Friday to Lewiston, Idaho,
after three days travel. Lewiston IS
in valley surrounded by mountains
1900 to 1900 feet high, they got their
first snow here last Thursday night
from one to two inches deep. 1t all
disappeared in two days. The cold
est weather here this fall was %
above zero and the coolest day here
last winter was IS above zero.
The weather here now would COM
pare pretty we'll with the weather in
Pine county in September. The
lawns are green with flowers. In the
gardens some of the vegetables are
left in the ground all winter and are
pulled as needed.
The farmers are now blowing for
the early spring crop; they have new
potatoes here in April.
was out sightseeing yesterday.
Lewiston is in the bottom of the
Lewiston valley. Eight hundred feet
higher is a flat table land, with end
less acres of fruit trees, and about
1900 feet higher there is the rough
and mountainous country.
Some of the land in the mountains
is very productive; they raise good
crops of wheat, cattle, horses, and
sheep. l have seen about 5000 sheep
in one bunch up in the hills. Right
here in this town they have the big
gest white pine mill in the world. It's
capacity daily output is 100000 feet
of lumber. 1t struck me kind of funny
as l went into store to buy some
landscape cards and in making the
change for SIS they gave me four sill
yer dollars; you know, we have no
silver dollars in Minnesota, and here
it is all silver. I expect to stay here
about one month, and then go on
down to Los Angeles, Calf.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
SANDSTONE BIBLE CHURCH

Sunday services Dec. 3O-Sunday
school 10 a. M, morning service II "a
m; subject, His Leading Hand
Evangelistic service s p. m, subject:
Lost Moments"
Wednesday, p. m, prayer meeting.
Friday, p. m, choir rehearsal.
Saturday, p. m, Junior c. E.; 3 p.
m, Junior choir.
REV. R. DEURSEN, Pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
WILLOW RIVER

The communion service will be con-
Quoted at lis p. m, at st. Pauls
Lutheran church by the pastor, Rev.
H. Sporleder. The confessional
address will be, Are our names writ
ten in the Book of Life?" There will
be no Sunday school.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
VILSTAD NEIGHBORHOOD

All children in the Sunday school
program should meet at the Vilstad
church Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock
for practice. Be sure to come.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27

Shop through the columns Of the
Askov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27

d. S. S. meeting in D. B. S. hall
Wednesday, January 2.-Secretary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
ASKOV
Appreciates Calendar.

John Walta, northwest of town, up
Willow River way, writes the Amer
lean: Il wish to thank all the Askov
business people for the wonderful cal
endar sent me. Such sincere kindness
will always remain pleasant mem
ory."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
A. w. Conway Attends Fathers
Funeral.

A. w. Conway left Friday after
noon for Indianapolis where he was
called by the death of his father, H.
L. Conaway. The funeral was held
at the Indiana capital city Monday
afternoon and burial was made there.
Mr.. Conaway returned Christmas day
noon.
The senior Mr.. Conaway will be
remembered by several here in the
village through his two visits at the
home of his son. He had been i'll
since in June and at the time of his
death was n years, 3 months and
days of age.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27

The ads save you money.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
marie Galante"

The great show that just closed
a most successful run at the
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The cast includes Spencer Tracy
and a marvellous new star KEITH
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And always a Paramount News
with other Selected Shorts!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
Sunday and Monday, Dec. 3O-31

One of the most thrilling of oil
modern pictures! Melodrama and
comedy dealing with passing the
United States Fleet through the
Panama Canal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Scheme Would Scatter
Unemployed Millions
on HOmesteads

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. - The
abolition Of all cash relief payments
by the government. the complete
ALLEGATION Of all relief activities to
purely local bodies, and the launch
ing Of plan for binding millions Of
families to slave-like subsistence"
homesteads scattered throughout the
country are the latest developments
in the Roosevelt Administration
Social program. as outlined tenta-
lively by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal
Relief Administrator.
AS part of this new attack against
the 100000 now officially ad-
mitted as subsisting solely on relief,
Hopkins tentative plans provide for
a program for housing which, it is
alleged, would provide new business
for the building monopolies while
giving homes to those families with
incomes of less than 81 600 year.
Hopkins has admitted that all pre-
vious Roosevelt housing schemes had
been failures since the great major
ity of American families are unable
to pay for the $4,000 homes pro-
vided for in the Roosevelt housing
program.
But even the present tentative
program amounts only to the
vaguest talk without any specific APP
preparations or plans. There have
been rumors of a ten-billion dollar
program, but thus far only s23,000,-
900 is available for this purpose.
The Roosevelt housing programs
have as their main objective the
reviving of profits for the heavy in
dustry monopolies. AS part of this
drive, rhe Roosevelt government has
launched a drive to reduce wages
in the building industry. The re-
lief slaslles are also part Of the
housing program.
1t is significant that the proposed
subsistence" homesteads are in
tended to permit the workers to
augment their work relief earnings
with home farming, thus forcing
the workers to accept new low stand
ards of payment on the work-rehef
jobs. Also. these homesteads are so
placed as to disperse the great army
of joOless in the cities where their
increasing militancy makes them a
growing threat to the Roosevelt Wall
Street policies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
A N E DIT o RI A L

headline, 's4O,O00,000 Tax Masses Voted This
is misleading II oms the fact that the food Of
the masses is exempt from the sales tax. More
over, the small purchases of people of scanty In
comes will yield but small portion of the $780,
100000 revenue which is required and expected.
The bulk of it will come from persons able to pay"
Whom is the Times trying to fool with this fake
argument? Certainly the very gentleman whom they
are trying to whitewash Mayor LaGuardia, knows
better. Speaking as an opponent of the sales tax
when he was in Congress in 1882, LaGuardia said:
"a sales tax :. i. is odious >. To say that the
tax is equitable is ridiculous. family spending
$1,000 for subsistence, exempting the mercy of
bread which is generally bestowed means that
family will pay $3.50 tax. Such burden is
out of all proportion even to the gentleman who is
dieting caviar and pate de foie gras"
Certainly the workers and small business people,
already Keeling under the blows Of the crisis will
not be fooled by this type Of argument. They see
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

of the people. The LaGuardia administration, with
its loyal Tammany opposition. is helping to carry
out this fundamental line Of policy
The Daily Worker has consistently proposed tax
alton of the wealthy of the millionaire class their
banks and corporations, to pay for the maintenance
OF the unemployed. This is method which CORE
spends with the needs of the masses of the city
These political truths, at which the Daily Worker
has hammered away day after day, have a pro-
found power. They are making their way among
the masses of the city-the workers professional
people, small home-owners and little business peo-
ple-with speed which the New York Times and
the class it represents finds alarming.
This, and this alone, explains why the New
York Times, the most consistent organ of Wall
Street, must take up the editorial cudgels against
the position of the Daily Worker on the sales tax
GAYS the Times in its editorial, entitled Driven
To It.:
In yesterdays Daily Worker there is a big
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
BY PHILIP STERLING

The working class of New York
is determined to maintain and build
its own revolutionary press by any
sacrifices which may be necessary.
More than 1 500 delegates of Com
munist Party groups and mass or
CARNATIONS gave an enthusiastic
demonstration of this determination
on Wednesday night at banquet
for the Daily Worker at the New
Star Casino, 107th st. and Park Ave
The banquet, arranged by the New
York District Committee of the
Communist Party to rally all SYM
pathetic forces for the final stages
of the Daily Workers 100000 fund
drive, resulted in contributions
totaling $3.50. The sums making
up this total represented the collec-
tons of Communist Party units and
sections and mass organizations,
trade union and professional groups,
Most of the organizations repre-
sented indicated, by their contribu-
tions, great forward strides in COM
pleting their allotted amounts. All
except two sections of the Commu-
mist Party went over the top.
The contribution reports were
opened amid vigorous enthusiasm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Plans Subsistence Farming
And Forced Labor for Jobless;
Councils Urge Relief Strikes
National Organization
Urges Resistance to
FERA Attack

The National Unemployment
Councils yesterday denounced the
attempts of the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration to slash wages
in private industry by ordering the
abandonment of the thirty cents an
hour wage rate on work relief jobs,
and called upon relief workers to
resist any attempt to lower their
wages by the election of job COM
mittees and the calling of work re-
lief strikes.
The National Unemployment
Councils further called upon all re-
lief workers to elect representatives
from their jobs to participate in the
Naional Congress for Unemploy-
men Insurance, which will convene
in Washington on Jan. 5 for a
three day session.
The Council statement declared:
THE federal government has an
nounced that henceforth workers
on relief projects will not receive
thirty cents an hour, as provided
up to the present, but will have to
work at the prevailing local rates.
This means that the hourly rates
may be reduced to as low as fifteen
to twenty cents an hour. Negro
workers, particularly in the South,
will not get more than five to six
cents an hour. The reason given
for this slash in pay is that the en-
ployers are complaining that they
cannot obtain workers in the fac
tories because the pay on the relief
jobs is higher.
Cuts Are Cited
THE real purpose, however, is to
reduce the pay of the relief workers
to a starvation level and to use this
in drive to cut the wages of the
workers in the shops. In various
cities, workers are now being trans
ferred from work projects to home
relief, relief thereby being cut. BY
Jan. /, they will be assigned to re-
lief jobs and will then receive as
pay what they are now receiving
in home relief.
This is part of plan to reduce
the wages of the workers
generally throughout the coun-
try. Thus the government an
nounces a building construction
program which will be put into eff
feet provided the building trades
workers agree to reduce their scale.
This is to be put through on the
promise that they will receive
more work and thus get a larger
yearly wage In reality, it is a
wage -slashing proposal.
This drive against the working
class is backed up with promises
by the government; actually it is
designed to reduce the standards of
living even lower than they are to-
day.
cat the same time, the govern
ment declares that relief can no
longer be responsibility of the
federal government On the con-
trary, the government is cutting
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

YESTERDAYS New York Times, like Mr. Shake
Aspeare's well-known lady, doth protest too much
1t protests loudly and lengthily that the heav-
lest part of the burden of the sales tax will not
fall on the masses of the CITY, Significantly enough
it picks the headline in Wednesdays issue of the
Daily Worker, "s4O,OOo,o0o Tax on Masses Voted"
with which to argue.
Here we will not stop to comment in detail on
the fact that of all the opponents of the sales tax
the Daily Worker is the chosen by the New York
Times at which to direct its main blows. 1t is EVIL
dent however, that the editorial writer's Of the
Times are perturbed for good reason. The Daily
Worker alone, of all the English language news
papers IN the city, is leading militant, uncorn-
promising fight against the sales tax
The Daily Worker, as the central organ of the
Communist Party, has explained the class char
acter of the sales tax pointing out that it is but
another expression Of the main line of policy of the
capitalist class in this crisis to load the burdens Of
the economic crisis on the shoulders Of the masses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Benjamin to Speak
At Detroit Meeting
Against Relief Cuts
Especial to til. Daily Worker,

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. %
Herbert Benjamin, national or
ganizer Of the Unemployment
Councils, will be the principal
speaker at the great countrywide
mass meeting at Arena Gardens,
Woodward Avenue and Hendrie,
on Sunday at 2:3O pm. to pro-
test the drastic relief cuts. The
meeting has been called by the
Detroit conference for unemploy-
ment relief and insurance, con-
sisting. Of 38 trade unions, 10
unemployed organizations and as
fraternal and social organiza-
tons.
In the midst of the prepara-
tons for the mass meetings, the
Detroit conference for unemploy-
ment relief and insurance has re-
ceived letter from the Wayne
County Welfare Commission, re-
jecting all its demands for in
creased relief presented at a con-
ference with John F. Ballenger,
County Welfare Administrator.
Ballenger and the Welfare
Commission have been invited to
appear at Sundays mass meeting
and defend their policies which
have slashed relief from 10 to 80
per cent for over $1,000 families.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
GREEN ADMITS
UNEMPLOYED
ON INCREASE

While the administration and
manufacturers are engaged in a
wage-cutting campaign with the
tacit cooperation of William Green
and other leaders Of the A. F. of L.,
Green admitted yesterday that the
nation was entering the winter Of
1884 with $4,000 more out of work
than we had at this time last year
The A. F. of L. figures show that
10,671, 900 were unemployed in Oc-
tober, 1884, as compared with TO-
$4,000 in October, year ago
These figures, it has been shown by
the Labor Research Association, are
serious underestimation of actual
unemployment, and 100000 is
probably far more accurate fig
ure.
In November, Green said, unem-
ployment also showed a greater in
crease this year than last, and the
number on part time work in the
first half of November was the
highest during the course of the
crisis. Consequently, many of those
who have jobs have lower income:
this year than last, despite the neee
(Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
GREEN DEF|ED
IN BUILDING
RADE WAR

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. o.
The building trades department of
the American Federation of Labor
was declared reorganized by officials
of seven building trades unions in
the iurisdictional war with officials
of twelve other building trades
unions. The convention of the build
ing trades department just con-
cluded here, ended with the reor-
ganization. The officials of the seven
unions, supported by William Green
and the majority of the San Fran
cisco A. F. of L. convention, de-
clared the offices of the building
trades department vacant and cleo
ted William Williams of the Carp
enters to head the reorganized de-
partment.
Meanwhile, heads of the twelve
building trades unions which adhere
to the old department met in the
Federation building under Michael
J. McDonough, president of the old
building trades department, and de-
fed Green and the reorganized de-
partment. Both factions of officials
met in the American Federation of
Labor Building.
The dispute between the two sets
of officials is a fight for control of
jobs and for control of the building
trades department. The officers of
(Contirued on Pane ol