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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
RELATIVE MERITS
(NOrthfield independently

In a discussion of the relative mer-
its of private and public operation OF
business, II. F. Luers, former editor
of the OwatOnna JOurnal-Chroniclt
and now acting editor for few
weeks. makes a concession to the eff
ficiency of the Owatonna municipal
plant. and the news columns of the
paper contains a laudatory reference
to two faithful and efficient employees
of the postoffice y II Il with a quarter
century or more of service behind
them" y s. = who are now advanced
in merited promotions and are
placed exactly where their special
capabilities belong" All of which
would seem to indicate that there are
efficiently operated private firms and
also efficiently operated public agen-
cies, their efficiency depending upon
who is in charge of them, not upon
their ownership.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
in VILLAGE JAIL

Some months ago the public school
to the ground. A PWA grant has been
approved for the school and erection
of the new building will soon be com
menced
In reporting the news item last
week the Moose Lake Star Gazette
states that starting the first week in
September students will again be
housed in the churches. town hall. N
P. depot, and village Jail, for tempo.
rary quarters"
However. with good books and good
instructors the children will likely
receive good learning even in the vii.
lage Jail.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
PRINTERS ERRORS

Here are few new ones, from the
Readers Digest, to add to the collec-
ton of typographical atrocities:
When on the death of President
Mckinley, Theodore Roosevelt sue
ceeded to the highest office, q New
York editor desired to contrast the
event with a recent coronation in Eu-
rope. But-the composition, coming to
the word oath" in the manuscript,
struck wrong key and the sentence
appeared: For sheer democratic
dignity, nothing could exceed the mo-
ment when, surrounded by the Cab
met, Mr.. Roosevelt took his simple
bath as President of the United
States
to the typesetter. A collision be-
tween train and cow, reported
in newspaper. ended with the re-
mark that the engineer putting ON
full steam, dashed up against the
COW and literally cut it into calves"
An unfortunate impression was
given when a newspaper. reporting a
wedding with double quartet Of
bridesmaids. said 1.-The bride was
accompanied to the altar by tight
bridesmaids" The word window has
harassed the editors of all English
speaking countries, but it was never
theless astonishing to find House &
Garden" remarking casually: Moth
ing gives a greater variety to the
appearance of a house than few
undraped widows"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
SECOND THE MOTION

Commenting on the tax bill before
Congress to increase income, gift. and
inheritance taxes. the Springfield Ad-
vance-Press closes an editorial with
the following words: Instead of aim
ing at an increase of a quarter of a
billion dollars. the bill should be
drawn to raise an additional billion.
Editor Gus Erickson is about right for
the federal budget should not remain
unbalanced too long.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
ENJOY ONE ANOTHER

Saturday evenings in ASkOv, have
very apparently developed to be shop
ping nights, go-to-town nights. or Wis
iting nights of the community.
A few years ago there were not
many people in the stores or on the
streets of Askov or Saturday night,
but for the past two or three years
the custom or habit of the farmer
and his family of going to town that
night has developed extensively.
Saturday night is the only night
that the retail stores are open and so
it affords an opportunity for those
who have been busy at home through
out the week. to do their shopping.
1t seems also, that inasmuch as Sat
urday night is the end of the week.
and the material and worldly cares.
so to speak. have come to their usual
seven day ending, there is feeling
of something being completed, and
time for little rest, a breathing spell,
and a visit with friends and neigh
bors.
1t is a pleasure for farmer business
man, tradeSman, men and women
young and old alike-in carefree
way to visit or that night with friends
and close neighbors or others living
farther away. There is a good fellow
ship feeling and the music by the
brass band adds zest and color to the
evening.
The streets are literally lined with
automobiles and naturally they all
desire to get on main street. or the
main drag as it is sometimes called,
so for the past few Saturday nights
it has been found necessary to also
center park the ears. But AskOv has
4 wide main street. 100 feet. and can
accommodate the crowd as well as the
ears.
A good friendly feeling between
town and country and the community
as whole is perhaps the greatest
asset a community can have and GER
tainly it is an asset that adds to the
social and spiritual welfare of the
community and its people. Friendly,
cheerful. and helpful folks do not
grow old so fast and when they do
SCt up III .tsIS tHSs are dS pIcdSdHl
to meet as when they were young.
One thing very noticeable about the
Saturday go-tO-town night i'm the
ASkov community is that the folks do
not congregate i'm the village because
they want lot of entertainment such
as movies. dances. pool. billiards
bowling night baseball. or what not.
They come to DO their buying and
then to visit friends and neighbors
and the visiting apparently is thor
oughly enjoyed. In this way they
bring their own entertainment.
The Saturday go-to-town night idea
has grown naturally and normally.
without any special effort on the part
of any individual or organization. 1t
seems to be Il thing that folks want
and enjoy. When they have had their
visits and have looked around in the
stores and completed the buying they
wend their way homeward again. feel
ing that they have had a pleasant
evening and without much expense.
Let this good community and friend
ly spirit continue to grow in its nat
ural and normal way to the satisfac-
ton. ACKNOWLEDGMENT and appreciation
of all.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
FIRE SUFFERERS LOSE AGAIN
(Springfield Advance-Press)

For the steenth time Congress has
turned thumbs down on the claims of
property owners of Cloquet. Moose
Lake and other northern Minnesota
towns and farming communities whose
property was damaged or destroyed
in the cOnflagratiOn that swept the
forest areas of northern Minnesota in
the autumn of 1918. The S12,0OO.00O
relief bill in the present session is the
victim of parliamentary procedure.
Nothing beats the persistence of
these claimants, or rather of their at
tOrneys. Undaunted by defeat, they
come back year after year and press
their claims. Many others proved
their cases in court and received
their money. The claims are based
on the theory that sparks from rail-
road locomotives caused the fires. 1t
was during the time the roads were
being operated by the Federal govern
ment.
Such claims were difficult to prove
in 1918. 1t must be still more diff
cult today. Northern Minnesota has
thousands of forest fires for which
railroads are not to blame. The 1918
conflagration consisted of many small
fires famed by the winds into holO-
causts that destroyed large areas.
However confident the claimants may
be that the government is responsible
for their losses. it is difficult to con-
vince Congress that after II years it
should pay the losses out of the public
treasury. There is a lot of suspicion
that the claims are without sufficient
foundation to warrant paying s12.-
0OO, 900 of public money.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. Which May or Nay Not
Conform with the Opinions
Of the AskOv Ameri~an.)
THE HALF.CENT AND THE MILL
(The Country Press, Moorhead)

(The Country Press, MoOrhead)
1t begins to look like the old
fashioned half-cent piece is coming
back, and more to the point, that it
will be accomplished by a new de-
vice, known, as the mill. or One-tenth
of cent.
Washington reports demand for
these coins from states which have
adopted the sales tax, requiring the
payment of small amounts on certain
transactions. At least two states have
attempted to meet the demands of the
tax by use of tokens, which are il
legal.
The half-penny. it is said, will be
smaller than the copper. The mill
will be light-colored coin easily dis
tinguished from other loose change.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

IF | were to read, much less to
answer. all the attacks made on me,
this shop might as we'll be closed for
any other business. | do the very
best l know how-the very best |
can: and l mean to keep on doing sc
until the end: if the end brings me
out all right, what has been said
against me won't amount to anything;
if the end brings me out wrong, ten
angels swearing l was right would
make no difference. Abraham Lin
coin.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

name and address Of the woman who
had pinned the purse to her clothing
and lost it. was published in The St.
Paul Daily News. Maybe reading it
in public print will shame her into
giving the boys each $500 or more,
and thus be doing something to en-
courage honesty.
If the woman was not so narrow,
selfish and stupid she would know
that had the money been picked up
by a dishonest person, she would
never have recovered a red penny.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

certain extent, we must admit. But
it should also be the goal of leading
politicians to develop their stock to
higher plane. Europe considers pol
tiles as an outstanding and respect
able profession for which youths are
trained carefully. Cannot our nation
some day reach that height?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
LITTLE DISCRETION

When a printer is presented bill
on statement printed by some con-
with local business place" says Bill
Wilcox OF the Elysian Enterprise. LIT
makes him feel like merchant.
when a customer comes in with a
sack OF peanuts bought some place
else. and sits around the store scat
tering the shucks on the floor
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
Difficulties exist for the principal
purpose of being conquered.

The original Siamese twins were
two brothers-Chang and Eng-who
lived to be SO years old and died with
in two and a half hours of each
other in 1874. They were born of a
Chinese father and a Siamese mother
in Siam.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

1t is theoretically possible for a
pigeon breeder to start with dozen
pairs of birds and have $50 squads
at the end of twelve months.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

We come to college not alone to
prepare to make living but to learn
to live life.-M. J. Riggs SO.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

If Cyclamens are kept in too warm
a room the stems of the blossom lose
their firmness and the flowers drOOp.
Keep the soil about the roots quite
damp.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

Mistress: "YOu will drive to the
station, James, and meet my mother
in-law. And here's dollar for YOU"
James: And if she doesn't come.
ma'am?"
Mistress: You shall have another
dollar"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
A BIT OF HUMOR

Big Sister: Jimmy, Aunt Becky
will never kiss you with that dirty
face"
Jimmy: That's what l figured"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

II I am clever. l hope I'll never
know it.-Marie Dressler.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

THAT husband of mine is a worm"
Eyes, l notice a chicken just picked
him up
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

Brown: There goes Ezra Shank.
Old Ezra amt the man he used to be-"
Jones: mo. and gol dern his lynn
hide, he never waS!"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08

Friend: l bought your book in
Hamburg.
Author: Oh, so 1t was yOu.-Lustige
Koelner Ze;itung (Cologne.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-04
''but we CAN have a
 BETTER HOME"
An intimate interuie,o by Clutch Tou,re
 for the Juneau Better Housing Committee

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Evening star., 1935-10-22
Mrs. Roosevelt Box
Holder for Concert

Society in large numbers will meet
Thursday night in Constitution Hall
at 8:45 o'clock for the first Of the
series of evening concerts by the Phil
adelphia Orchestra. The list of box
holders and patrons guarantee a bril-
liant audience to hear a brilliant pro-
gram, Stokowski conducting.
Mrs. Roosevelt is a patron of the
evening concerts and also on the list
as box holders and patrons are the
Ambassador of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and Nine. Troyan-
ovski, the Ambassador of Brazil, Mr..
OsWaldo Aranha; the Minister of the
Union of South Africa and Mrs. Close,
the counselor and charge d'affaires of
Brazil, Mr.. Wlaadyslaw Sokolowski;
Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. Hugh
Campbell Wallace, Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes, Mrs. Roger Gaucheron, Mr.. C..
de FreitaS-Valle, Mrs. Moria Arch
bold, Rev. George w. Atkinson, Mrs.
w. H. Baldwin, Mrs. Henry Ber-
linger, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, DR..
S. Bogdonoff, Miss Mable T. Board
man, Mrs. Paris Brengle, Mrs. H. c..
Browning, Miss Alice Clapp. Mrs. w.
B. Conant, Mrs. H. B. Crenshaw, Mrs.
Edward Clifford, Mrs. William Crozier,
Rev. F. Ward Denys, Mrs. Tracy
Evening star., 1935-10-22

Dows, Mrs. Carl Droop, Mr.. Edward
H. Droop, Mrs. Lewis c. Ecker, Mrs,
Henry Gardner Ferguson, DR.. Herbert
Friendenwald, Mrs. Pierce Gaillard,
Mrs. Frances H. Hagner, Mrs. Chan
dler Hale, Mrs. c. N. Henning, Mrs.
Carl Henning, Mrs. c. B. Hill, Mrs.
Christian Heurich, Mrs. Charles B.
Henderson, Mrs. Laura Harlan. Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe, Gunston Hall,
Mr. Oscar Jarecki, Mrs. Henning
Jennings, Mr.. Warren johnson, MIR.
August King Smith, Mrs. Edwin Phil
lips Kole, Mrs. Milton w. King, Mrs.
j. D. Kendall, Mrs. George A. King,
Mrs. Frederic A. Keep, Mrs. George
Cabot Lodge, Mrs. Arthur Lyons, Mrs.
M. F. Macomb, Mrs. D. K. Mccarthy,
Mrs. James K. Mckay, Mrs. T. H. D.
Mcknight, Mrs. Adolph CaSpar Mil
Ter, Mrs. Harry H. Meyers, Mrs. D. B.
Merrymau, Mr.. Henry Morgenthau,
Mrs. George Hewitt Myers. Mrs. Eu-
gene Meyer, Mrs. Norman Oyster,
Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs. Elizabeth
P. Patterson, Mrs. Duncan Phillips,
Mrs. Ord Preston, Mrs. Wendell P.
Raine, Mrs. Martin Shepard, Mrs. Isa-
bel Sedgley, Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes,
Mr.. D. H. Sheridan, Mr.. Henry F.
Stimson. Mrs F. w. Van Slyke, Mrs.
Henry Watson, Mrs. Charles Warren,
Mrs. I. C. Wells, Mrs. J. H. Wellbrook,
Mrs Price Whitaker and Mrs. F. B.
Wright.
Evening star., 1935-10-22

Miss Eleanor Rust, daughter o.
State Senator and Mrs. John Warwick
Rust, returned to Fairfax, Va, yeSter'
day from Annapolis, where she at
tended the week end dances at the
United States Naval Academy. Miss
Mary Blake. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Ronald Blake, returned from Blacks
burg. where she attended the v. P. I
dances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Hyler of Pitts
burgh will arrive today from Asheville,
S. c., to be the house guests of Mr
and Mrs. Henry T. Porter in their
home in Sligo Park Hills Md, until
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Parsons of Silver
Spring, Nd, have visiting them for
several days Mrs. Parsons niece, Miss
Haldane Pyne of Marshall, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Farr and Miss
Jessie williams, who have passed a
week with Mr.. Farr'S brother and sis
ter-in-law, Commonwealth Attorney
and Mrs Wilson M. Farr in Fairfax,
Va, have returned to their homes in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Gibson enter
tanned Mrs. Gibson'S sister-in-law,
Mrs. Frank W. Gibson. and Mrs.
Ralph T. Coe of Rochester, N. Y, over
the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Chandler of
Takoma Park, Md. are in East
Gloucester, Me-, where they were
called, owing to the death of Mr.
Chambers father.
Mrs. Elicit Snead and Mrs. Chester
Key will arrive in Fairfax, Va, today
from Fork Union, Va, and will spend
week with Supt of Schools and
Mrs. Wilbert Tucker Woodson.
Mr.. and Mrs F. L. CLANCY enter
tanned at dinner Sunday evening in
honor of Mrs. A. w. Mccormack with
whom they became acquainted many
years ago in Australia. The Rev. and
MTS. MCSOTHldCk I6CeLlIly Cdlllc W
America from India where they have
been for IL years at Poona. he being
the president of the Southern Asia
Division of the General Conference
of Sevnth-Day Adventists. He has
come to Takoma Park to be secretary
of the General Conference. Among
the other guests was Mrs. H. Camden
Lacey of Iona Linda. Calf, who is
spending a few weeks with her son,
Mr. H. L. Lacey. Mrs. Lacey, with
her husband, also spent some years
in Australia. All three families were
in New Zealand for some years.
DR.. and Mrs. William Meyer of
Herndon, Va, entertained at dinner
Sunday in compliment to DR.. and
Mrs. Harry L. Claud of Washington
and their two young daughters, Kath-
crime and Julia.
Miss Nancy Hewitt, daughter of
Capt and Mrs. Frank L. Hewitt of
Silver Spring, Md, was hostess Sat-
Lrday afternoon at theater party in
celebration of her tenth birthday an
niversary. After attending the mat
inee the guests were entertained at a
party in the Hewitt home on the
Evening star., 1935-10-22
Georgia Ladies
Lunch Tomorrow

Georgia ladies will sponsor another
Dutch treat luncheon tomorrow at
1890 noon at Nunnally's. on F street
to which all the ladies from Georgia
who are at present living or visiting
in Washington and vicinity are cor
daily invited. After the luncheon
those desiring to play bridge may do
so. Among those who attended the
last luncheon. given october 9, were
Mrs. Julia Overton Almand, one of the
charter members of the Georgia State
Society; Mrs. Lamar Cox, Mrs. Arthur
Sanders, Mrs. C. P. Graddick, Mrs.
Denise Harris, Miss Ellyne E. Strick-
land, Mrs. Ella Evans Hgman, Mrs.
James w. Thurston, Mrs. George Ed
ward Scott, Mrs. r. w. Gordon, Mrs.
A. A. Howard, Mrs. A. L. Carter of
Atlanta. Mrs. L. H. Thaden, Mrs.
Elizabeth Chambers, Mrs. r. B. Flem-
ing, Mrs. Irene B. Freeman, Mrs. w.
G. Brown. Mrs. Homer S. Burden,
Mrs. j. Phil Campbell. Mrs. w r.
Reeves. Mrs. Ida B. Battle and Miss
Frances Young.
Evening star., 1935-10-22
Mrs. Shouse Hostess
To Music Society

Mrs. Jouett Shouse was hostess at
luncheon yesterday in her Georgetown
home to the members of the Washing
ton Chamber Music Society, which
opened its third season of activities
for the group. The luncheon was in
connection with a board meeting, at
which plans for the season were made.
The first candlelight concert will be
given Monday, November 4, in the
Phillips Memorial Gallery.
The board members during the past
season included Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. Minna Adams, Mr..
and Mrs. Vinton Chaplin, Mrs. Tracy
Dows, Mr.. AND Mrs. E. r. Finken-
staedt, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wyman
Horton, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, DR.. and Mrs. Hans Kinder,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Emory Lane,
Evening star., 1935-10-22
G. w. u. Sorority
Arranses Two Teas

Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Gamma,
national sorority for graduate women,
will hold two teas for women students
registered in George Washington Uni
versity tomorrow and Thursday after
moons from until o'clock, in Co.
lumbar House at TIA Twenty-flrst
street northwest. All women students
registered for graduate work in the
university are invited.
In the receiving line will be the pres
ident, Miss Elsie E. Green; the vice
president, Miss Dorothy Carson; Mrs.
Sara Branch Adams, Miss nellie Shan
Evening star., 1935-10-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nash, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker, Mr.. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith,
Judge and Mrs. John Sternhagen, Mr.
and Mrs. L. Corrin Strong and Mr..
and Mrs. Wayne Chatfield Taylor.
Additions to the board will be an
nounced at the time Of the first con-
cert.
In the quartet are Mr.. Robins. first
violin; Mr., Seveley, second violin; Mr..
Hamer, cello, and Mr.. Essers, viola;
and Nine. Helen Stover of New York
will be the guest artist for the first
concert.
Evening star., 1935-10-22

non, Miss Frances Alexander and Miss
Gertrude Speiden. Assisting, also,
will be the patronesses Of Beta Chap
ter, Mrs. Cloyd H. Marvin, Mrs. Jessie
FAINT Evans, Mrs. Winnie @. Barrows
and Miss Blanche Cullen. Former
presidents of the chapter are also ex-
pected to be present and to assist in
receiving the guests.
At the tea tables will be Miss Ella
Fraser. Miss Elaine Arnaud, Miss
Ellen Anderson, Miss Mildred Green,
Mrs. Marjorie Cade, Miss Janice
Brown, Miss Mary Smith and Miss
Frances Willoughby.
Evening star., 1935-10-22
Farce.Comedy at
Arts Club Tonight

. Mrs. H. Newton Blue and Miss
Marie Saunders will be hostesses at
the dinner this evening at the Arts
Club preceding the opening event
of the clubs dramatic season. Mr..
M. Fordney Reese will direct a per-
formance Of the farce-comedy Apron
Strings"
Evening star., 1935-10-22
Virginia Maryland News
Miss Rust Returns to Fairfax.
Visitors in Sligo Hills.

Colesville road. Among those present
were Billie and Ann Feely and Do
lores Hanan of Washington, Faith
and Hope Clements, Jean Clements,
Helen and Dorothy Kline, Audrey
Phoebus, Louise Hughes. Peggy Cissel
and Eleanor Reid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-23

to mix with a crowd very well and
feel at ease. always have wanted
to be popular. l do not drink or
smoke and most of the crowds do.
Could this be the reason I am left
out? How can I become popular
and be able to mix with crowds?
FEELING BLUE.
Answer-You put your finger on
the trouble when you said you
did not mix we'll with others. Do
not let it worry you for you are
only IT and can learn. You speak
of an inferiority complex as if it
were strange and unusual instead
of being something which is
shared to some extent by the
whole human race. When you
learn that others feel just as I'M
comfortable as you do with
strangers and that they respond
to the friendly smile and kindly
gesture as readily as you do, you
will have taken the first step in
the solution of your problem.
The first rule of popularity is
genuine interest in others. The
shy person is too interested in
himself to flow outward. His
mind is so taken up with his own
reactions that he does not remem-
Der to make the simple friendly
gestures which win people. The
pleasant smile alone is worth a
million dollars and the good lis