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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
THE WOODS AND WILD LIFE

Editor ASkOv American:
Some time has elapsed since
deemed it necessary to write in re-
question of our everyday life which
We have in our fair state and county
and which concerns chiefly the con
servatiOn of our natural resources and
wild life. To the sportsman of Pine
county l wish to state this (and never
forget it) that we should and must op-
pose the one buck law, which the
legislature enacted for trial over a
period of one year, and | urge each
and every SpOrtsman'S organization in
Pine county to draw up resolutions
and go on record as opposed to such
a measure, and forward to their di-
rector Of conservation, urging him and
the commission to close Pine county
to the hunting of deer over that per-
iod.
Gentlemen, | quote the words of a
great cOnservationist and heed their
warning: Human life is absolutely
dependent upon wild. life and forests.
thCot tH1HSS VIC "oulu DC-
come extinct as a race. If all vege-
tation, all wild life. and all forests
should disappear tomorrow, the hu-
man race would become extinct upon
the face Of the earth within one year.
James Oliver CurwoOd.
Game Warden Charles Beckman of
Pine City. has been very active
throughout the county and he deserves
much credit so far as organization
work is concerned. for the benefits de-
rived therefrom towards conservation
Ct wild life
dozen or more conservation clubs.
which have in turn become members
of the United Farmers and Sports
mems Protective Association" whose
object Is to secure strength to push
plans through increased membership
of local units, and this organization
is principally opposed to the one buck
law. and therefore may l urge the
members and officers Of these units
to try and pass resolutions as | have
stated previously.
Now. then. perhaps | may say a few
words in regards to forest fires and
their evils. of which | have had con-
siderable experience. and may I ask
you as a citizen and taxpayer to
cooperate with the State Forestry De-
partment in their battle to conserve
what We have left here in this dis
trict-CIr forest which was DESTROYED
50 terribly by the great Hinckley and
Sandstone fire of September 1. 1894,
which burned over 100000 acres and
resulted in the loss Of AS lives. You
can. in this manner. by making sure
your match is out when you toss it
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
EVILS OF SALES TAX
Editor AskOv American:
ndstone. Minnesota.

An article in favor of sales tax
which appeared in this paper last
week hits me somewhat hard, and
being in the circumstance that l am,
it just about makes it necessary for
me to refute that article.
| do not maintain to have the
knowledge of lawyer like Mr.. Dodge
citizens with inferior educ tions have
right to express their opinions.
The article stated that sales tax
is advocated to Tighten the burden on
real estate. / fail to see that it is
for any other reason except defeating
higher rates on net incomes, inherit
ance tax, telephone gross earnings
tax, mining company taxes, money and
credits tax, and corporate excess tax.
Why is it that the reactionary forces
did not advocate a sales tax until
after Olson's forces started a cam
paign to increase taxes on big bust
ness?
The seven mentioned taxes will
Bring more revenue to the government
than the sales tax or gross income
tax advocated by the reactionaries.
The sales tax will be a tax on pow
erty while the seven other kinds of
taxes that / mentioned. will be taxes
on wealth.
Study the following carefully:
1. A sixth Of the entire population
of the United States is on relief
2. A fifth of all formerly employed
workers are out of job.
3. third Of all our aged are de-
pendents.
4. Two-fifths of those on relief are
children.
8. Nearly half Of all Americans do
not get proper medical care.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
FOR FARM RELIEF

Attorney General Harry H. Peterson
of Minnesota appeared before the Su-
preme Court of the United States on
April to defend William w. Radford,
ST., of Howell, KY, in a case involv-
ing the validity of the Frazier-Lemke
farm mort gage moratorium act.
This is an important case to all
Minnesotans. 1t involves the consti-
tutionality of an act by the national
Congress which is similar in purpose
to the Minnesota Mortgage Morator-
ium act. in that it is designed for
the relief of farmers facing the loss
of their property through mortgage
foreclosure.
Attorney General Peterson also ap-
peared before the United States Su-
preme Court to argue in favor Of the
Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium act,
which was upheld by the Supreme
Court in 1888.
The case now awaiting a decision
by the highest tribunal i'm the coun-
try involves an appeal by the Joint
Stock Land bank! of Louisville, KY,
from ueclSlOn OF DSCTlcC Judge
Charles I. Dawson of Louisville,
granting relief under the Frazier
Lemke act to Mr.. Radford, farmer
who had been adjudged bankrupt.
The Joint Stock Land bank took
the case to the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, which upheld the
act. Attorney General Peterson pre-
scented arguments before this court
in support of the act. After the court
had handed down a decision upholding
the law. the land bank carried the
matter to the highest court in the
land.
Mr.. Peterson, while in Washington,
also appeared before the Agriculture
committee of the United States Sem
ate in behalf of the Frazier-Lemke
reorganization plan permitting farm
ers to borrow money at low rate of
The attorney generals efforts should
have the hearty commentator of
every farmer in Minnesota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
IOWA'S SALES TAX
BY A. L. Mutschler
Dubuque, IOwa.)

The tax situation in Iowa appears
to be deplOrable, due principally to
the tax program of the governor who
has advocated sales tax which is a
tax on poverty to provide for the
unemployed. Instead of soaking" the
public utilities, chain stores, divi-
dends, net incomes and other evil
dences of wealth, the governor has
seen fit to take it out Oh the poor"
hence the deplorabBe conditions about
which he speaks.
The governor is about as much re-
sponsibIe for this condition as any one
due to the things which he has advo-
the things which he omitted. He is
great defender of the capitalist sys-
tenn. As far as l know he has not ad-
vanced one constructive principle Of
taxation but is principally interested
in securing taxes from the poor to
build up a POLITICAL machine for the
Democratic party. After soaking the
average man with SIS or $50 a year
for sales taxes, how can this indi-
vidual pay his property taxes?
Elihu Root once charged that the
Hearst press was Indirectly respOn-
sible for the assassin alton of Pres.
Whether or not that was
the case. there is no doubt the Hearst
are doing all lin their pow
er to promote a movement that will
mean the assassination of democracy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
HARDWARE MAN AGAINST
SALES TAX
Editor ASkOv American:

Editor ASkOv American:
Last week the good old Askov
American carried an item which was
written by G. J. Christopher, secre-
tary for the Minnesota Retail Hard
ware Association. of which | happen
to be a member. We will note that
the Hardware Ass citation is opposed
to retail sales tax for such reason
that it is vicious tax that would
tax those that are least able to pay.
The sponsors of the retail sales tax
appear to be clique who call them
selves independent Progressive; they
represent the eastern monCpolists who
logue concerns, doing interstate bust
ness, and they are not affected by a
retail sales tax. This clique also rep
resents the preferred minority, who
are large owners of real estate: they
will get the benefit of reduced real
those least able to pay. by enacting IA
retail sales tax. These Progressive
Independent lawmakers. who were
sent to the state capitol for the pur-
pose of enacting laws that would he
of benefit towards the welfare of the
majority of taxpayers residing in our
good state of Minnesota. appear to be
gifted with super intelligence: they
have failed to use good common sense
by ignoring their promises to ease
taxation to those that are least able
to pay. They dare to come out and
tell us that the sales tax will ease the
real estate taxes, but forget to tell US
that the average home owners. farm
ers, and small business men will pay
considerably more in sales taxes than
what the easement on real estate
taxes will amount to.
Let's consider a few figures and we
will be convinced as to who gets the
benefit. The assessed valuation # the
average small real estate owners is
about $500. Since the sales tax is
to cover only that portion Of real
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
A BIG TAX

Report of the Ways and Means COM
mittee of the last session of the U. S.
Congress included the following:
Your committee is of the opinion
that the tObaccO-tax burden is without
reason and unconscionable 1t has
long been the philosophy of some, that
an indirect charge upon the public
is painless and less troublesome to
lawmakers. Without entering into
discussion of such philoso PITY. the
fact remains that the man who con-
sumes one pack of cigarettes per day
pays into the federal treasury $3.50
per year. :. We suggest that this tax
monstrOus proportions. ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
MUST BE BRIEF

The increasing use Of this col.
umn Is certainly welcome and
contributors on issues and ques.
lions of interest to the general
public are solicited, but cOntribu-
lions must be brief and to the
point. An article that Is longer
than 500 words Is too long and
may not be used ii space Is
crowded. Furthermore PERSONAL
tiles should be kept out of discus.
siOns and local issues, as much
as possible, should be aired To-
cally and not placed before the
eyes Of hundreds outside Of the
community. The Editor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
A VOICE FROM ALABAMA
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOv American:
1t gave me, a former Minnesotan,
great pleasure to have read in your
the many items of important interest
to the average man. First of all
might say, were l in your town, I'd
surely want to visit with Mr. l. Mos
back and others to study and discuss
that very vital and most fundamental
problem having to do with the art Of
making living, namely our relation
to the Land and how taxes are applied.
Allow me to call attention of your
many earnest and sincere citizens,
especially the young men and women
whose brains are on the alert for
truths unhampered by an interest in
stocks, bonds, and other worldly pos
sessions, they are the ones we have
to look to to understand natural law,
and shape our statute laws to con-
form thereto and establish Justice.
fair play, and equal rights.
In Chicago a group Of citizens have
taken to study this problem Of read
JuStIlclt, uSlDS IOT LHeIT Su1Uc the
book entitled, s2O,OOO.OO0 Every Day
Including Sundays This amount can
be had for meeting government ex-
pense, without putting any tax on
labor products, on ones factory, store
or home. This is Of vast importance
to the rising generation, and it be-
hooves all truth loving and God fear
ing people to try and get the neces-
sary literature on this subject
! would be glad to loan my book to
anybody. or to those wanting facts Of
their own, just drop Csc in stamps, or
get four for one dollar to Otto Gull
man. manufacturer. 1874 Altgeld st..
Chicago. ILL.,, for his booklet; it's the
very information our business men
need and our legislators to follow.
Read in the Bible-Leviticus 1923.
EMIL KNIPS.
Box Gal. Fairhope, Alabama.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
DEMAND

Editor Askov American:
We farmers and laborers do not
want the sales tax, turnover tax, etc
We have suffered long enough, seems
to me. Why don't we go to our Rep
resentative Mann advisors? He said he
had picked out five in Pine county who
would advise him, who had helped
him into office.
;Iet US all in Pine county go to them
and demand no such tax. His ad-
visors are Pierce of Pine City; Proto-
savage, Sturgeon Lake: Frederiksen
Askov: and Belfour. CT verton. Every
one who is against these taxes should
go to these men and convince them
We do not want these taxes; been
taxed long enough.
A. j. ANDERSEN.
Cloverton, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
HADN'T READ NEWS ITEMS
THOROUGHLY

Editor ASkOv American:
|, and for that matter scores and
scores, were the recipients of an UNI
usual treat for which neither | nor
anybody else as far as l observed, Of
fered as much as an Il thank you"
l allude to the excellent performance
given by our young people in the as
sembly hall last week. | don't recall
that have participated in anything as
delightful for many a year. 1t GER
tainly was extraordinary, and then
afterward come to think of it l did
not express my appreciation then and
there; and then on top of it coffee
and lunch, all free of charge. Why
didn't they charge at least so cents?
1t was worth many times that to any
old sour stomach to get its laughing
muscles vibrating in unison with a
full house of a seemingly equally
delighted audience.
The only criticism that comes to
my mind is that it was not we'll adver-
tised. | had not seen or heard of it
but what would have been the use?
The hall was crowded. | went there
to listen to r. COmpere whom l had
heard dubbed as red or very radical
he is? Yes, very radical.
he did not want people and nations
to keep on killing other people whole
sale, how unpatriotic! If that kind
of agitation" be allowed to go on
unhindered, what will become of our
poor underpaid ammunition makers
and other patent patriots such as
d. A. r.. the Elks, and the American
LUDWIG MOSBEK.
Askov. Mimi. April 9, 1885.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
IDEA WITH POSSIBILITIES
THE MINNEAPOLIS Star)

The proposal that drinkers be Ii
censed by the state suggests interest
ing possibilities.
Applicants for drinkers cards might
be tested for capacity and charged
accordingly.
Bartenders might be required to
note capacity rating on license and
limit service to stated amount.
Space could be set aside on license
cards for head walters and bartend-
Double price might be charged for
licenses for all persons wanting to
organize quartets and sing sweet
Adeline."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
Cloverton, MINI.
SCORES FOREST PROPOSAL
Editor Askov American:


notice by the Askov American
that a meeting had been held in our
State Capitol regarding the pro-
posed forest Cungle) in this part of
the county. The advocates insinuated
that we had been public charges all
these years. In at least one of these
towns not single resident freebooter
is getting county relief at the present
to my knowledge, but the town is pay
ing almost twice as much county tax
as town tax. 1t looks like the county
is the relief client. not the township.
Will these gentlemen be kind enough
to go into the county records for 10
years and credit all revenue from the
territory in this proposed forest map
and charge US with every item in
Guiding commissioner salary actually
spent on people and roads, The re-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11

suits will surprise some benighted
minds.
When we came to Pine county, We
came to trackless jungle with no
roads or schools and we have built
both with hard labor. Comfortable
homes have replaced the filthy lum-
Der camps. Community life and So
ciability have replaced the boredom
and isolation of camp life. We paid
for our land and assumed the respOn-
sibility not only of maintaining but
also building up the community.
These blood thirsty coyotes who now
want this country do neither. Instead
of step forward they propose a jump
toward the jungle. South America,
Liberia. part of northern Minnesota,
have an abundance of jungle, so why
not give the foresters parachutes and
free ride in an airplane and drop
them in the middle of one of these
jungles and make their own living in
an atmosphere to their liking. The
brave lion hunters want to stalk their
prey in somebody's calf pasture, so if
they get lost they can follow the farm
ers calves in at feeding time. 1t
provides all the modern game hunter
needs, parade ground for hunting
paraphernalia and good background
for snapshots.
They pretend it is interest in wild
life conservation when any enlight-
ened person knows that from five to
ten times as much game is bagged by
hunters in this territory as in wild
district.
They pretend interest in the coming
generation when any blockhead knows
no trees planted at an expense of SAB
each can possibly ever benefit any
generation after they have paid i'll
terest on that for so years. They
feign helping the settlers, then pro-
pose stealing the shirt off their backs.
They claim land more valuable for
timber than farming. Is that why
the Indians lived in such fine man.
sions? If this be true, buy the land
at what it was purchased at for agri-
cultural purposes plus cost of all inn
provements, mortgage the timber to
be grown on this land to some ricn
financier for enough to purchase land
and plant and care for it, then we will
all move out and leave the profit to
the children of these rangers, who
won't need to be hampered by schools
of the settlers or roads either.
Why rob the settlers to provide a
for some overgrown forest
baby, then rob the government tax
payers to pay their salaries while
they thin willow brush, trim charcoal
off of pine stumps and rob mother
earth of few we'll rotted logs at an
expense of perhaps several hundred
dollars per acre.
1t looks to me like If the govern
ment were to appropriate ten mil
lions for Pine county forest it would
be divided as follows: Settlers and
small land holders 0. big land holders |
81 per acre, 100000 for 100000 acres;
brush thinners. stump trimmers, etc., |
100000; promoters, governmental |
agents, etc., $9.800,O0O.
No wonder we farmers are unani-
nous in asking these fire rangers, |
game wardens, ETC., to leave our cOun-
ty. They appear to be only deadly |
schemers in disguise drawing a salary
from taxes.
HARRY HENDRICKS.
Hinckley, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
OF public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's Opin.
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective. but If the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. 1t will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11

The perfect husband has been found
at last. He is an Englishman who
cooks breakfast, scrubs the floors,
does the washings and most Of the
other house work, besides holding a
steady job, giving his wife all his
wages and never leaving her alone at
night. This all came to light last
week when she sued him for divorce
through her attorney.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11

If man does not make new ac-
Quaintances through life. he will soon
find himself left alone. A man, sir.
should keep his friendship in con-
slant Samuel Johnson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11

The hotel room door cards. read
ing stop, Have You Forgotten Any
thing" have caused many guest to
chase back after another hotel towel
Tribune.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. Which May or Nay Not
Conform With the Opinions
Of the AskOv Ameriean.)
THE CAPITOL Is TORRID NOW
(The Minneapolis Starr

Governor Olson says he may have
to call a special session of the legis-
lature next summer to get some nee
essary work done.
July couldn't be much hotter for the
boys than April, what with politics
and the problem of cutting taxes while
finding ways to raise more money.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-11

She-"Marry you? Are you foot
ball player?"
He-You bet. I'm substitute"
She-"Well. ! accept NO substi-
tutes."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
ELLIS H. PARKER
 CALLED BY MOORE

Trenton, N. J., Dec. 11-(UP)-El- lis H. Parker, Burlington County detective, was called into the Lind bergh case by former Governor A. Harry Moore, Gov. Harold G. Hoff- man said today. He said he pos sessed letters refuting Moore's de- nial that he had asked the servic- eS of the famous detective.
 Moore, now United States sen- ator, called in Parker at the in- stance of George M. Hillman, Jr., Moorestown democratic state com- mitteeman, Governor Hoffman said. Hillman wrote a letter to Moore's secretary on March Il, 1882, advis- ing that Parker had been working on the Lindbergh case and suggest ed it would be to the advantage of Governor Moore to get in touch with him, Hoffman related.
 Three days later, on March IS, the governor asserted, Moore wrote Parker, requesting him to exercise all of his ability in connection with the Lindbergh case and stating that he would be very glad to facilitate his efforts in any way possible"
 Parker assured Moore in a letter on March 16, according to Hoffman, that The would do everything with in his power to clear up the mat ter"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
MILK INDUSTRY
 MAY BE REVISED

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 11.-(UP)- Revision of the administration methods governing the milk indus try, to-day were advocated by ap- proximately 2,50O members of the Farmers National corporation.
 Through 50 delegates attending a round table conference in the old senate chamber late yesterday, the corporation adopted resolutions proposing:
 Abolition of the classification sys- tenn of purchasing milk from pro- ducers and establishment of a basic, uniform price.
 Reduction in the butter-fat con- tent from per cent to the aver age standards in other states.
 That all dealers be required to furnish proof of financial respon- sibility to meet weeklyy obligatoi1ls.
 The Connecticut Milk Producers association and the state milk ad- ministrator were criticized for "in- activity" in equalizing the spread among producers and dealers.
 The corporatoin reelected Irving P. Campbell, Rockville, as presl- dent, and chose A. s. Edwards, Monroe, vice president; Thomas J. Foley, Kent, secretary. and John K. Foster, Kent, treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
TRUCK DRIVER IS
 HELD UP, ROBBED

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 11-UP) A Fall River truck driver reported to police here that he was kidnapped at Dighton early today by hi-jack- CTS who robbed his truck of about $10,000 in Christmas merchandise.
 Camille Cardinal. about 30, said he was forced at gunpoint to ride in the bandit car with a bag over his head. After footing the truck, the hi-jackers tossed him into the rear of the machine and fled. Car dinal said he freed himself in North Cambridge.
 He was enroute from Boston to Fall River with the merchandise. including radios and jewelry, in a truck owned by brother, Lucian Cardinal, of the Fall River and New Bedford Express company.
 At Dighton, man jumped onto the running -board and ordered him to stop, according to Cardinal. He was forced into the bandit machine, but when one of the hi-jackers was unable to operate the truck, Cardinal was ordered to turn it around. He complied, he said, and then again was placed in the other car, where he was bound and the b thrown over his head.