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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
DENHAM

The Oak Hill Ladies' Aid will hold
an ice cream social Friday evening,
June s, at the church. Everyone is
invited.
Miss Myrtle Overland and Alyce
Elaine Larson visited at the Upgren
home Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Christensen of
Minneapolis, visited in this commun-
ity over the weekend.
Miss Myrtle Overland and Mrs. l..
]. Larson called on Mrs. Hilda Carl
son Wednesday evening of last week.
Mrs. McVicker visited with Mrs.
Guenther Monday afternoon of last
week.
Ferdie Alberg is seriously i'll with
quinsy and has been taken to the
University hospital. All hope for his
speedy recovery.
Carl ]. Johnson is employed on the
boats plying the Great Lakes.
A group of friends and relatives
were entertained at luncheon at the
Guenther home Friday evening, after
the graduation exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Rye and family
motored to Isle Sunday and helped
Mrs. Lena Rye celebrate her 18th
birthday.
Mrs. F. E. Anderson and Clifford
and Margaret drove to st. Paul Sun
day. from whence they went to st
Peter Monday to bring Milton Ander-
son home for his summer vacation.
Miss Myrtle Overland and Mrs. L
]. Larson called on Mrs. McVickel
last Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Selmer Hanson anC
Dorothy Joyce and Mr.. and Mrs. Hen.
ry Hohensee and Lawrence were Sun.
day guests at Chas. Upgren's. Mrs
Hohensee and Lawrence will remain
for few days visit.
The Swede Park Luther League viii
meet at the church Wednesday eve
ming, June 10. The following program
will be rendered: Song, The Church's
One Foundation" audience; scripture
reading and prayer; topic, 'Worl6
Lutheranism," Grace Hillbrand OF
Miss Peterson; reading, Growth, Elk
tension, Size," Charlotte Amundsen
song, Gladys Wallin and Earl Grover
reading, The Broad Program of Ac
tivity of the Lutheran Church" Mae
Upgren; song, "My Church" Marion
Anderson and Hazel Nelson; reading
Lutheran Church Unity" Leonard
Nelson; and song, With God and Hi:
Mercy, His Spirit, and Word audi
ence.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Bruno.

Bible study Thursday evening at the
church.
c. E. this week, Saturday evening,
at the Kerrick church.
Sunday school at 10 a. M; service
at 11:15 a. m.
Daily vacation Bible school will be-
gin Monday morning and carry on
through Friday. The Misses Eleanor
and Aida Turbak and Leona Starch
will teach.
Kerrick.
G. z. this week Saturday evening,
at the Kerrick church.
Service at 9:45; Sunday school fol-
lowing.
Willow River.
Bible study Wednesday evenings at
the church.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Daily vacation Bible school pro-
gram at the church, Sunday evening,
at s.
Sunday school picnic and Bible
school picnic combined at the picnic
grounds First lake, Saturday.
Denham nj. E. Church.
Daily vacation Bible school at the
church, next week, June II to Is
All children invited; 9 a. m to p. m
The Misses Flora Canedy and Elda
Golf will teach.
Arthyde.
Daily vacation Bible school June
IL to Is, 9 a. m. to p. m. All chill
dren invited. Oliver Whitson and
Gerald Grotey will teach. Meetings
each evening at s in the town hall.
DAVID HARRINGTON, in charge
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
STURGEON BEACH

Lorraine Beccue stayed at the Eng
Void home Sunday and Monday night
to take the bus early for school for
examinations.
Mrs. ]. Cunningham and two sons
were visitors at the Mrs. Hilda Cum
ningham cottage Monday night.
A party of people drove here from
st. Paul Tuesday night of last week
and occupied the Seaholm cottage over
Memorial day.
Mrs. Hilda Cunningham and son,
Monroe, drove to Duluth Tuesday and
did some shopping.
Mrs. Ellis Whiting returned home
last Thursday afternoon from Cloquet.
where she had visited relatives and
friends since Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gay and baby
daughter were entertained at a 3
O'Clock fish dinner at the Mrs. Hilda
Cunningham cottage last Thursday.
John Erlinger met with an acct
dent last Thursday morning, when
his mule kicked him just above the
knee, severing an artery. Tracy
Street, driving by the place, took him
to Willow River to the doctor, where
several stitches were taken to close
the wound.
Lorraine Beccue is staying at the
Mrs. Parnell cabin for while.
Ellis Whiting dug a we'll Friday for
Mrs. Hilda Cunningham at her cot
tage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Anderson of Stur-
geon Lake, were Sunday evening Wis
itors at the H. Beccue home.
d. Jeffries and family of Cloquet
were at their cottage over Sunday.
Mrs. Ed Molis and son, Ralph, were
callers at the Whiting home Saturday
morning.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
GRONINGEN

Church services will be held Sun
day evening, June 10, beginning at 8
o'clock. You are all welcome.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. A. Jensen on the second
Thursday of the month, June IA. You
are all welcome.
Alice Nelson left for Duluth Satur-
day, for an extended visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kauppd and
two children and Mrs. Chas. Pearson
and daughter and Emil Haglin of Du-
luth, visited Sunday at the S. Haglin
home.
war on grasShoppers" meeting
was held in the hall here Friday eve
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07

ming. Mr.. Price, chairman, led the
meeting. w. G. Ausmus, candidate
for county auditor, was also present,
explaining how, where and when to
use the poison. The town of Dell
Grove was divided into four parts,
with Mr.. Price in charge of the south
east part, Mr.. Hartland in the north
east, Mr.. Ness the northwest, and Ben
Nelson the southwest. Watch for any
grasshopper signs as you must go to
one of these men and get an applica-
tiOn. The distributing points are
Sandstone, Friesland, and Groningen.
Mrs. A. Nelson spent a few days
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rain in this vicinity Monday afternoon
and evening, which were badly needed
for all growing crops.
Our school closed Monday for this
term with a picnic for the children.
The school board of District No. 81
picnic to the children Monday after
noon. Ice cream, sandwiches, cake
and nectar were served. A few races
were run by the several grades, small
prizes being given, but owing to the
rain showers only half the sports were
held. Ed Schwartz, Anton Anderson,
]. H. Miller, and Ben Nelson had
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07

last week. at the o. E. Oslund home.
at Friesland.
Carl Peterson and friend of Pine
City, called at S. Haglin's Sunday.
Miss Mildred Swanson of Bass Lake,
spent few days visiting her sister,
Mrs. A. w. Haglin and family.
A. C. Haglin drove here from Du-
luth Saturday evening with some sup
plies for his father. He returned the
same evening. Miss Alice Nelson ac-
companied him on the return trip tc
visit her sister, Rose Ann, who is en-
plOyed there.
There were several nice showers OF
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charge of the races, and as usual the
ladies took charge of the lunch. The
picnic was a success in every way and
the board wishes to thank all who
brought eats and helped to make it
such a success.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
Wanting But Not Weighed.

George your wife ever weighed
in the balance and found wanting?
BILL never weighed my wife in
the balance, as l would be afraid the
balance wouldn't stand it; but | have
found her wanting lot of things.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
Not to be OutdOne.

Teacher-You know, the camel can
go a whole week without touching
water.
Boy-So could l if mother didn't
make me wash.
Evening star., 1934-06-07
FIGHTING MAYOR
CUTS GAS PRICES
Trenton, Tenn, Official
Runs Own Station to Force
Down Rates.
BY the Associated Press.

oS Niic hsSOSAaSSU Aesss
TRENTON, Tenn, June Mayor
w. D. Landrum, who donned his
fighting clothes and went to war when
he couldn't do anything else about
the high price Of gasoline in Trenton.
had licked the enemy at every turn
yesterday.
With the approval of the City Coun-
Gil. Trentons fighting mayor" bor-
rowed S64 from the municipal
treasury, obtained the loan of an un-
used filling station from a friend and
in less than a week forced the price
Of gas down from % to 18 cents a
gallon.
Price Now Is 18 Cents.
Today he was able to close the
municipal filling station, for on every
downtown corner of this county seat
Of 5000 persons signs advertised the
price Of gasoline at 18 cents.
The 57-year-old lawyer mayor had
fumed for weeks as citizens, including
the local gaSolise retailers had COM
planned that while gasoline had to
be retailed at Trenton at 22la and %
cents a gallon, neighboring cities, in
cluding Humboldt, in the same county,
were offering gas for 18 cents.
I'VE worked with the big distribu-
tors" Mayor Landrum said, but
didn't get anywhere. On May % I
asked the Council to approve, tempo
rarily, municipal station.
Bought Gas at 16 Cents.
I'VE hired a young fellow and
Negro helper and opened our station
May 90, buying gasoline from inde-
pendent dealers and anywhere we
could at 16 cents a gallon. We sold
it at 18 cents. Some of the local re-
tailers took similar steps and gasoline
before long sold on every corner for
13 cents.
The big distributors came to terms
and today all are making it possible
for retailers to sell at this figure,
which includes the 7-cent State tax
and the Federal levy"
The mayor said he stood ready TO
jump back into the filing station
business if the emergency arose again.
Evening star., 1934-06-07
ENGINE is INSTALLED

LONDON, June 7 P).-Mechanics
today hoisted a rebuilt motor into the
transatlantic airplane of Capt George
the flyers hoped to be of for Rome by
Saturday.
So many delays have been encoun-
tered since the ayiators were forced
down at Moy, on the west coast Of
Ireland, May IS, that they hesitate
to set a definite time for resumption
of the New York TO Rome flight.
Evening star., 1934-06-07
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ST, 200 MONTH ALIM0NY
AWARDED MRS. CUDAHY
Sum Is Largest Permanent
Amount Ever Ordered by
Milwaukee Court.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June T.
Monthly alimony of $1,000. the larg-
est permanent amount ever ordered
here, was awarded Mrs. Alice Dick
son Pinto Cudahy, divorced wife Of
Michael F. Cudahy. wealthy packer,
yesterday in Circuit Court.
The figure is a reduction by $475
from the temporary support money
she had been receiving.
After July IS, custody OF the cou-
pies s-year-old son Richard will be
transferred to the father by the court
decree handed down when the sports
man president OF the Cudahy Broth
ers Co. here was awarded divorce
on grounds OF mental cruelty.
The court set hours for brief visits
for the mother and son.
Attorneys for Mrs. Cudahy, who
asked $4,000 were granted fees Of
$500.
The Washington times., 1934-10-26
Exit Pretty Boy
Few Will Grieve

Boy Floyd to join John Dilnger in the next
" assisted on his way by Federal agents. Dinger was
baoy race Nelson is scheduled to make the same trim
persons will regret the departure of these gentlemen
ney nave not been assets to the nation to anybody else
In better managed country it would be practicable per-
10 capture such public enemies try them confne them
70 an for while and seek rehabitate them
berer STILL it might be possible to keep young men from
pubic enemies by taking thought for them
before they embarked a career of crime.
But as things these careless United States the
average man and woman will say that the way to deal
WIN Ine Dngers and Floyds and Nelson's to shoot them
oWn "nout mercy or to send them to the chair forthwith
If they caught alive.
That may not be enlightened penology but right or
1t is the way the great majority Americans feel about
these human rats today. ava ~
The Washington times., 1934-10-26
Marry-GO-ROund
Bv Helen ROWLdnd

pressure gal-but one with
real understanding, sympathy
and enthusiasm and above all
with a ready smile and an in
fectiouS laugh.
Above all things, men love an
AMIABLE woman. A sweet tenn
per and an easy-going disposition
will do more to make Woman'S
life one long path of velvet and
rose-leaves than all the 1T" in
the world. In fact, most of the
divorce colonies are filled with
women who were too "TT-iSh' to
be amiable.
Of course, all men admire a
feminine" woman. No woman
has so much beauty or so much
wit or even so much sex-appeal,
that she can afford to scorn such
subtle charm as gentle manners,
permanent waves, alluring per-
fumes and the use of her eyes.
have never yet seen a mans
eyes glow with fervor or admlra-
ton when he heard a woman
swear!
All men like a woman Who
knows how-to-wear-clotheS! I
sometimes think that the aver
age man admires a woman'S doil-
ity to doll herself up more than
he does her natural beauty; and
nothing gives him such a thrill
as to see a lot of eyes turned on
the girl who precedes him down
the aisle to the table.
Last, but not least, ALL men
admire a woman who is not TOO
accessible-a woman who is not
always on tap. This does not
mean an Icy Isabel or Naughty
Hannah who purposely refriger-
ates them: but merely a woman
whose life is so full of interests
that she cannot be dated up on
20 minutes notice. A woman
who does not fall for an invi.
tation, a compliment or a kiss
too easily. A gal who gives a
man little run for his
money"
Copyright. 1894. King Feature
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1934-10-26

E. W. Marland, Oklahoma
oil man, had $30,00O,00O and
controlled 5000, 100000. He had
some nice, self-starting. self
sustaining properties. Then he
got into some deals with New
York bankers. His affairs be-
came more and more complex.
And one day. there was a sleek
Wall Street banker wearing Mr..
Marland's shirt. His regal pal
ace, in which the de Medicis
could mislay and lose the Pal
ace of the Doges, was gone,
and so were all his millions.
At 81 he started over again
six years ago. On January /
Of next year he will be Okla.
homa'S governor. replacing the
erratic Alfalfa Bill" Murray.
Attacking Wall Street as a
grade "a" menace, he liquidates
a powerful grudge. He backs
the New Deal clear up and
down the alphabet; he articu-
lates with the Administration
as a powerful ally in the
Southwest; he brews bad medi-
cine for holding companies. af-
filiated bankers. jug-handled
finance and looterS of national
resources.
He affirms a new construction
program of conservation, of di-
versified farming, of social
equity and co-operation-all
within the framework of the
capitaliStic system.
NEW NOTE
He is no "Sockless Jerry"
Simpson. There is a new note
in this backtalk across the
Alleghenies, which breaks loose
in every big depression. His
mansion at Ponca City. Okla
homa. was a blend of Versailles
Palace and Hampton Court
traditions. More than one-third
of the adult population of
Ponca City worked for him. For
ten years, he paid $1,000 a day
in taxes.
There were vast reaches of
gardens, golf and polo grounds,
game and bird preserves and
deer parks. Marble statues by
great sculptorS were set in the
exotic Shrubbery. They were the
placid and beautiful gardens of
the Mignon.
Tall, handsome with a kindly,
scanned face, he walked amid
these splendors in baronial ease.
His was, indeed, a great feudal
empire. He had given much to
philanthropy. He had eStab-
liShed public utilities - being an
advocate of public ownership
which had left Ponca City tax
free. He had the loyalty of his
thousands of employees and in
Vulnerable friends.
Little tendrilS of outside inter.
ests began to creep into his gar
dens of Eden, along in the mid
die years Of the boom decade.
When the depression came, all
his SplendorS were swept away.
as if by the fiat of Omnipotence
which took the cattle of the
nomadic Job. There was no sack
cloth and ashes. Marland rented
q little bungalow near his es-
tate. He sat on the front porch
The Washington times., 1934-10-26
Two Modern Martyrs
They Did Not Fear Death

wherever men dwe-in the most impenetrable parts of
tropical jungle and the most remote reaches of Arctic
Of the Catholic Church co. Drawing trials and
dangers.
Four years ago the Rev Father Baz of obate Order
set out from Ponds Inlet Ban Island reach Craig Harbor
Elesmere Island 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle where
lew Eskimos dwell year ago the Rev Father Griffin
Yorker, tried to make the journey.
Nothing has been heard from either Father Bazn
regarded as lost and felt for the safety
Father Griffin.
Other missionaries will try to reach Elesmere Island
The danger of death will not deter them
The heroism inspired by faith to the machna
tons of those who ooish think they in the of
political creed extpate religion from the hearts of and
women.
The Washington times., 1934-10-26
By Nelson Harding

ernor-elect. And like the widow
in the Bible, who found her
cruise of oil magically re-
plenished, the oil king profited
by a miracle. The Government
returned to him various sums
found to be excessive in tax
payments. Together, they made
a small fortune. But, without
benefit of bankrolls, he had
made his own comeback; he
was on his way again.
Twenty-Five years ago, a
brawny lad in greasy dun
garees, he drilled the first of
string of oil wells which eventu-
ally gave him control of one
tenth of the worlds oil supply.
From western Pennsylvania, he
had gone to the University of
Michigan, and thence to the
oil fields.
BAD MEDICINE
When he opened his first
gusher, old Chief White Eagle
of the Ponca tribe, standing
by, conveyed a message in sign
language. Bad medicine" was
his warning, as he pointed to
the oil we'll. ''It was bad
medicine" said Marland years
later. cleft to unrestrained ma
nipulation and looting, without
regard to any social significance
of the discovery of vast wealth"
And so, in this new career,
with the gushers and the mar
BILE palace a tale that is told,
he pleads for social coopera-
tion, a scientific and stabilized
economy, equity and justice in
the use of land and energies
and fair rewards Of labor and
capital.
But. he insists. II am an
exponent of capitalism, by
birth, training and conviction.
1t is the best social system his
tory has known, and through
it the people of this country
must find their well-being and
their happiness. But there
must be some notifications OF
the system, or in the practice,
operation and control of it."
That, of course. is for some
other forum than this one. But
one might profitably explore the
human side of the news to mar
shall and appraise those vast re-
sources of character and courage
in the face of disaster exempll-
fled by Ernest w. Marland.
counted out in his late middle
age, valiantly returning to the
attack, rich in the inalienaole
wisdom of experience and good
will.
Have the economists. writing
off $3.50, 900 900, 900 of the wealth
of America, computed any sum
total of the staying power, the
building power. the recuperatlVe
force represented by its cour-
ageouS, intelligent and socially
minded citizens? One thinks OF
a confluence of these streams OF
aspirations and finds a vast and
incalculable asset, and isn't it
possible that it more than off
sets those vanished paper bill
lions?
(Coryright. 1874. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-26

normal human belngS are DOTH
with a lot of nice, shiny virtues
loyalty and stability being
some of them-and if they
aren't like that there's some
thing wrong. This, Marion, IS
Nutty Notion No. 546,983. We
come into this life with a lotta
things, but practically no social
graces. We are, naturally, as
restless anG generally unre-
liable as Mexican jumping
beans.
Nor do we automatically out
grow this condition. Character
doesn't lust happen" or pop
no over night like second teeth.
We humans achieve backbones
only AS and IF we work Tor
them.
You haven't some rare ma
lady. You're simply a NOR
MALLY restless young human
who is still at the mercy OF
her emotional moods. you're
on-again-off-again in your
likes and dislikes BECAUSE
ALL HUMANS ARE LIKE
THAT. And you'll never get
over it until you do a job on
yourself.
No ones naturally loyal,
loving, honest or brave" one
hundred per cent of the time,
Marion. We all vaccilate.
run hot and cold. change
our minds dozen times an
hour. And until we sprout
wings, we'll continue to be
pestered by our on-again-ott-
again natures. So what can
you do about it?
You can do what every fine
person learns to do
YOU CAN LOOK THINGS
OVER. DECIDE ON A GER
TAIN COURSE OF ACTION
AND THEN STICK TO 1T
NO MATTER HOW YOUR
EMOTIONS MAY SHIFT OR
FADE.
In other words, stop expect
ing some miraculous change
in yourself which will make
you "stay put" 1t will never
come. Also, stop thinking that
some day you'll find a per-
son or a situation so COM
pletely enhancing that youl
interest will remain at fever
heat for the rest or your
life. 1t will never happen.
But you can-IF YOU WILL
make yourself be loyal to a
friendship or an interest, just
as you can force your wiggly
young body to stay seated in
a chair.
All of which applies to
everyone who's reading this
column-including the writer!
If you're afflicted with on.
again-off-againitis, so are we all.
Remember that, the next
time you're forcing your re-
belliouS emotions to play the
game. It's hard job, young
Ster-BUT YOU'VE PLENTY
OF COMPANY.
(Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc)
The Washington times., 1934-10-26

former employees rushed to his
support. Every filling station
was a Marland boosting sta
ton. He was swept into office.
In Congress he hammered
hard for Government conserva-
ton for oil. He ripped into
ace-in-the-hole finance. Vigor-
Gus. concise, courageous, he
hammered on the theme that
America had all the materials
for rebuilding, without sacrifice
of her traditions, and that she
should get on the job. His con-
gressional record added to his
prestige and leadership.
When, last summer, he ran
for governor against the Muir
ray candidate, it was a one
sided contest. He is the gov
The Washington times., 1934-10-26

Picking On You. and maybe
if you died, and they found
you Lying Cold and Still,
they'd Be Sorry? Well, Ma
rion's like that, too.
AS in your case. people are
her worst trouble. They're
just crazy about her when they
meet her-and maybe it lasts a
week. Then it's all over. They
seem to forget she's alive.
No, it isn't Marion's fault.
She's a nice girl. Pretty.
Wears the right clothes. Goes
to the right places. Yet she
hasn't a single REAL FRIEND.
Sounds familiar. doesn't it?
And, like Someone You Know,
Marion's stumped for an on
SWer.
She admits, of course, that
she's a little funny herself.
Has a sort of on again of.
again feeling about people and
things. Liking people Just Ter
ribly one moment and not car
ing a hoot for them the next.
Wanting Frightfully to do a
thing today and feeling all fed
up with it tomorrow. Which.
she's sure is unique affliction
Surely no one was ever ike tnlS
before!
You're wrong, youngster.
Everyone HAS BEEN, is and
WILL CONTINUE TO BE like
that. 1t isn't rare, mysterious
malady. It's simply an newt
able condition of our present
state OF human nature.
There's a popular idea that
The Washington times., 1934-10-26

and talked things over with his
sympathetic neighbors-as Job
did, too, of course. But he didn't
ask for sympathy.
Leave it to me. boys" he
said. I'll make a new start" He
apologized to friend for not
showing him the big house and
grounds. Il don't own a scrap of
anything" he said. THE Wall
Street bankers took it all. can't
set foot on the grounds. Pic
lures, statues, horses, they've got
it ALL"
He ran for Congress. He had
been a lifelong Republican, but
he ran as a Democrat, in a
district which had elected no
Democrat since the year of the
big wind. Thousands of his