Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-04
News From County
Agricultural Field
BY Emergency County Agent.

Five cases were submitted to the
Pine County Agricultural Advisory
Credit Committee at the regular meet
ing on June %, at the Madison hotel,
Sandstone.
John Percy of Pine City, chairman
of the committee, states that there
are good prospects for making a sat
of the cases considered. The balance
will be studied carefully by the COM
mittee in hopes of bringing about a
peaceful settlement between the
debtor and his creditors.
A careful check on the work of
these committees throughout the
United States Indicates that approx
Tmately 125,OOO farmers who were
about to lose their farms have had
adjustments made as a result of which
they Will remain on their farms and
be given an opportunity to work out
their financial difficulties. Our own
committee reports that ten cases have
been settled in Pine county, through
agreements between debtors and cred
itOrs, and that in practically all
cases the circumstances of both the
creditor and debtor have been i'm
proved.
Since the men receive no pay for
should furnish complete Information
on their liabilities and assets. For
their convenience special application
blanks Will be furnished free upon
application to the secretary or any
member of the committee, or your
county agent All Information fur
nished is treated confidentially and
used solely for the settlement of
particular case. All members of this
committee were appointed recently by
the Governor of Minnesota.
Other members of the committee
are: Ben Street. Sturgeon Lake; Rob-
ert BissOnette, Sturgeon Lake; Chris.
Frederiksen, Askov; N. P. Nedegaard,
Askov; Erwin Nelson, Pine City; Rich
ard Downing, Braham; and Clark
Pennington, Pine City.
Change of Emergency County Agent.
Lloyd Millhouse who formerly was
Emergency County Agent in Isanti
and Kanabec counties, will now have
Isantf, Kanabec, Mile Laos, and Pine
counties.
Mr.. Millhouse will be in Pine City
on Thursday and Friday morning of
each week. The office will be open,
however, every day.
Francis Brady has been transferred
to Redwood Falls, where he will be
employed in regular extension service.
Express Appreciation.
Miss Teckla Nelson, secretary of
the st. Louis County Federation of
All Clubs, wrote under date of June
% to the county agent of Pine county
as follows:
"AIl the boys and girls of st. Louis
County All Club wish to express their
sincerest gratitude to the Boys and
Girls of Pine County All Clubs for
their timely remembrance of the
$4,000 building honor which has
come to our county as a national
prize.
your gift of eighteen evergreens
contributed by the F'erndale Muir
sery of Askov) which are all doing
very well in their new home was
greatly appreciated by all of us and
a good many remarks about their
beauty and their meaning and the
good will they typify of our neighbor
club friends were heard at our camp
which ended June 81, or yesterday.
We have planted them in a Friend
ship Ring which we call it on the
hill beside the building site which
overlooks our lovely Lake Eskqua-
CANA. Will you kindly convey this
thank you message to your county
boys and girls leader.
ION August Goth, we have our dedi-
cation of our building and we extend
hearty welcome to all Pine county
folks to come.
again we thank you, boys and girls
of Pine county,"