Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-19
ASKOV

Mrs. Harold Dietz and daughter,
Betty, left Sunday for Owatonna where
they expect to visit relatives and
friends for several days.
Mrs. Walter T. Thomson came from
Minneapolis the first of the week for
a visit at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Jensen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eiler Fisher and some
friends from Minneapolis, were Sun
day visitors at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bertel Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Carter and
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Nygaard, from Alces-
ter, S. D., came last week for visit at
the Chr. Hyldahl home.
Wilburt Jensen and lady friend
from Newell, Iowa, and Miss Elaine
Petersen from Minneapolis, visited
from Wednesday till Monday at the
home of the latter's grandmother, Mrs.
j. Aug. Nielsen.
Jens Thomson was home Saturday
from Little Canada, near st. Paul, to
take his wife and daughter, Miss Es-
ther to that place, where they will
likely stay during the time Mr.. Thorn
sen is employed there on a construc-
ton job.
Mrs. Morten Rasmussen and her
daughter and sOn-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Christensen, also her son,
Albert, and his wife and son, all from
Kenosha county, Wis. visited from
Saturday till Monday at the home of
nGr MrS MiEEalSpn
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred johnson and
daughter, Miss Herds, and the Misses
Regina Petersen and Edith Hansen
went to the summer encampment at
West Denmark, Wis.,, Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. johnson returned home the
same day while the girls remained
for a longer visit. Returning home
the Johnsens were accompanied by
Peter Miller from West Denmark, who
is visiting relatives here.
The quarterly meeting of the local
congregation was held at the parson-
age Monday evening and drew only a
very small attendance. Rev. H. c.
Strandskov read the sermon which he
delivered here 20 years ago at the
dedicatiOns of the present church
structure. BY a vote of Z to 3 it was
decided to start Sunday services at
10 a. m. instead of 1920 a. M, during
the months of August and September.
Routine business matters were taken
care of in the usual manner.
Donations to the park at Kettle
river does not measure up to the beau
ty and enjoyment that are available
in the park. The committee in charge
requests everyone who will donate a
little, to please do it novelist your
contribution with ]. r. Petersen.
Since the last report the following
appear on the list:
Thorvald Sorensen $500
"AnOnym" 200
Ditto .................. 500
Vic. Jensen NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.O0
Bert Smith LOO
Askov Mercantile Co. .......... 1000
July 4th wiener roast ........... 1.25
Borge Thomson ................ LOG
Geo. c. H. Jensen loo
Arthur ClauSen ................ 1.2O
Richard Buck NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1.20
Peter Petersen (viL) ........... 2.40
Lawrence Jensen .............. 4.S0
The ballot cast at the school cleo
tion Tuesday evening was likely the
largest in the history of the district
there being 30S voters registered.
They cast their votes as follows: H.
r. Buck 175, A. w. Conway 1877,
Adolf Jensen 81, ]. c. Jensen 1874, and
Harry Mortensen 65; the latter's name
was not on the printed ballot. The
two highest are j. c. Jensen and H.
r. Buck, the latter being reelected
and they will thus become members
of the board for a term of three years.
A printed information sheet was hand
that there has been a constant reduc-
ton in school expenditures the last
four years; there has been a reduc-
ton of between three and four thou
sand dollars each of those years-the
total cost for the year just closed was
$16,014.56, of which only S5,677.S4
came from local taxation If similar
economy can be effected for a few
more years it will apparently not re-
Quire much local taxation to operate
the institution. By vote of about
three to one it was decided to have
the board set the price on the various
bus routes and then select drivers for
each route, thus eliminating the price
cutting which is generally the case
in the competitive bidding method.