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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
CLUB SPONSORS
A CROW SHOOT
Partridge Conservation Group Has
Chosen Teams and Will Go Out
After Featllery Pests.

The Partridge Conservation Club,
which was recently organized, has
made excellent strides in getting
membership and now beasts a total
of 81 paid up members. At its last
meeting it was decided to sponsor a
crow shooting contest and teams were
chosen, captained by j. G. Thomson
and Albert Juhl. The contest con-
sists of the entire membership and
every other one down the list was TAX
en- in alienation by the captains. The
"shoot" commences Immediately and
will continue until some time in June
when the losing team will fete the
winners to a feed and picnic in the
Askov Kettle River park.
Instructions from the captains are
that any one on the teams may go out
at any time from now on and in order
that the birds killed may be counted
it is necessary that both feet be cut
off and turned in. Besides Kidding
the country of a lot of pests the con-
test should provide plenty of fun for
those taking part.
The teams are made up as follows:
Thomson. cafseain Jacob Han
sen. J. f. Clegg. Carl Madsen. Anker
SmonsenL julius Slott. c. r. Petersen,
Manford Nelson. Henry johnson. CHRIST
Morgensen. Joe Chicos. Carl Miller. Nor
man Jensen. owe krag. ChaS. iron
beck Alex Madsen, Chris Eriksen. chris
Nielsen, Leo Larsen, Raymond Chrls-
tnsen, Paul Plesner. a. @. Danlelson,
Roland Keller, r. \. Thomson. ThorXa,d
Andersen Elmer Morgensen. Jens Hyl-
dahl. Arnold Jensen. Thorvaid Jacon-
SEN Harlan Nielsen. VIM. OleSen. filhe
Clausen. A. w. Conway. Henry La Lar
sen Hans Koed. John I3alhch carr
Dixen. Hans Mosbak. j.. J. Jensen
Chris Petersen, Stanley Madsen, Harald
johnson. Werner Johnsen Carr rear
son. Harold Nielsen. and ole heller.
Albert Juhl captain-FritZ Hoi1n'
Chris Henriksen. Holger BUCK olIo
Madsen Walter Christensen. Harold
Dietz Carl Johansen. Conrad Christen,
sen, Einar johnson. Jens Slott. Paui
Christensen. Svend Petersen. Viggo Jen-
sen. Geo. Ekberg. Henry Larsen. y. w;
John HatIeli Charles Beckman. Harold
Sorensen Jens X. Christensen. olger
Plesner, Chris Keller, Ray Jensen. Jens
Abrahamsen. Hubby Lund. Carl Jensen.
Peter Herrnansen. Albert Thomson, Bert
smith Fred Olesen. Emily Jensen. Vic
| tor Jensen. Harry Mortensen. Tony Sc
| bald Joe Zoller. |. \. Ecklund: Law,
renee Jensen. Emil Jensen. Clifford
| Madsen. Lenard Madsen. Borge Thorn
| sen. Marinus Jensen. Christ Hansen.
| Magnus Lindstron Paul Paulsen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
YOUNG MCGRATH MAN
RECEIVES BAD BURNS

An unusual accident at McGrath
caused the severe burning of Frank
Leier's back and arms last Thursday
night AS stated last week. the par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Leier. moved
to st. Paul, leaving the boys to care
for the farm. Mr.. Leier was at the
farm at the time of the accident
however. Leonard, an older brother
of Franks was making ready the gas
lamp on the table where an oil lamp
was lighted. The generator of the
gas lamp seemed to be clogged and
to remedy it the valve was left open
while pumping pressure into 1t To
try to force the gas through it. When
it suddenly forced air through the
and lamp. igniting instantly. Leonard
grabbed the lamp to hurl it out Of
doors while Frank ran to open the
door with the lamp shooting flames
and gas while being carried.
Franks clothing caught fire and in
the panic he ran toward water tank
in the yard. before anyone could
reach him he was burned terribly.
Ripping the flaming clothes from him
he was taken to the house where
other boys had at last extinguished
the fire started there. The exposure
and shock during the affair weakened
the boy till at this writing his life
is despaired Of
He was taken to st. Paul hos
pital Immediately. Leonard and the
the hands.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
Kerrick Priest
Is Recognized
By Publication

1t has, often been said that great
centers of population have the ad-
vantage over the rural centers since
they attract the most talented and
that which is most educational, but
this is not always the case. The ker-
rick community is served by a Cath
Ollie priest, who has recently been
honored by having published an ar
ticle of worldwide Importance among
Catholic people. The article was
written for THE Ecclesiastical Re-
view," the official publication of the
Catholic clergy of the United States,
and it was in turn commented upon in
the Right or Wrong" column of Our
Sunday Visitor" a national Catholic
weekly with a circulation of over
10000 The article was we'll writ
ten and carried much of the convinc-
ing forcefulness which characterizes
Father OConnor.
Many people of the Kerrick parish,
feel fortunate in having a clergyman
of national reputation, who could and
has held the clergyship of a great
cathedral and the responsibility of a
parochial school. However. this high
station in the service of his church
was passed up for the more humble
free lance missionary work which he
is now engaged in. This does not,
however. prevent Father O'Connor
from imparting much of value to his
parishioners through his nationwide
edge.
Father O'Connor's Pine county
church announcements are weekly in
serted in the columns of the Askoy
American and he serves his churches
by coming from his headquarters in
Duluth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
RETAIL SALES
TAX BRINGS UP
LIVING COST

The Minnesota Retail Hardware
emphatically opposed to the proposed
state retail sales tax.
The manager and treasurer of the
association, C. ]. Christopher, at
Nicollet and oath, Minneapolis, states
in letter to the association men,
bers that, eff customer pays sales
tax the cost of living automatically
goes up. There can be no other re-
suit
The letter written by Mr.. Christie
pher on March 9th, brings out other
arguments against the retail sales
tax as follows:
"As you have noticed from the
newspapers, both the Senate and
House taxation committees are con-
centrating on a sales tax. The time
has come when we must determine
whether the property tax limitation
schemes being proposed are suf-
| ficiently beneficial to offset the ex-
treme disadvantage of a sales tax to
both retailer and the average con-
sumner.
"Tax authorities say that tax limi-
tation schemes do not reduce taxes
as promised, especially to the average
home owner or farmer, but they do
wreck the orderly process of govern
ment. The home owner and farmer
| finds himself hit coming and going.
The interests of the retailer must
always concern itself with the inter
ests of his customers. If the Gus
toner pays a sales tax, the cost of
living automatically goes up. There
can be no other result. He will there
fore buy less in order to keep within
his income.
"The sales tax falls heaviest on the
poor man. The man with a $4,000
income or less has to spend all of his
earnings for the necessities of life.
On the other hand, the man with a
$4,000 a year income, whose living
expenses amount to $4,000, $4,000 of
which is spent for rent, etc., would
pay tax of approximately $50 per
year on $4,000, or on less than half
of his income. You can readily see,
therefore, that the man of limited
income pays go on everything, where
as the man with a large income on
an average will pay less than 1f6.
Thus the low income man pays the
sales tax at rate almost twice that
paid by the high income man. The
rate becomes more discriminating as
the size of incomes increases.
The rich land owner and the cor
porations In the cities will get the
real benefits from the sales tax, be-
cause the tax on what they buy al
retail will be nothing in proportion
to the proposed saving on their real
estate taxes. 1t is significant that
these interests have been permitted
a favorable hearing before the Taxa
tion committees while the associa-
tions representing the small retailer
have been entirely ignored,
And what about the mail order
business? A retail sales tax encour-
ages mail order business because
goods moving in interstate commerce
cannot be taxed locally. 1t is also
advantageous to the itinerant seller
who takes orders locally for delivery
from another state"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
VORK-CREIGHTON
NUPTIALS EXCHANGED

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
York was the scene of a pretty we'd
ding when their son, Wilbert, was
united in marriage to Miss Iris
Creighton Tuesday afternoon, April 2,
at 200 p. m. Rev. Richard Deursen
pastor Cf the Bible church, performed
the ceremony. Mrs. Jewel Nelson.
sister of the groom. and her husband
acted as bridesmaid and best man.
The home was beautifully decorated
with flowers for the occasion and
many relatives and friends were pres
ent. The bride is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Creighton. residents of
the village, and the groom is the
Youngest son in the Work family. Both
are well known and have many friends
who wish them much joy and a good
Journey through welded life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
BY GEORG STRANDVOLD

Since March 16, when Reichsfuehrer
Germany was reintroducing conscrir-
ton and organizing an army of at
least 100000 men. thus completely dis
regarding the Versailles peace treaty
of 1919. Europe has been on edge, the
general feeling being that Hitler is
playing with fire, but playing very
skillfully. The fact that certain other
great powers by their constant arma-
ment increases have been indulging
in that dangerous game for quite a
while seems to have escaped their
own attention.
Conferences between Hitler and Sir
John Simon, British foreign minister,
brought nothing but negative results;
Sir John had to leave the German
capital with the assurance that Ger
many would not stop rearming, would
not remain in the League of Nations
unless her equality with other pow
ers were conceded. Also, Hitler i'm
pressed upon his distinguished Brit.
ish guest his strong fear of Russia
and of the possible ambitions of the
huge Soviet army.
On to Moscow.
Prior to Sir Johns going to Berlin
French. British and Italian states
men, meeting at Paris, had discussed
the new situation. Nothing resulted
from that conference beyond a vague
statement to the effect that all the
participants were keenly interested
in maintaining the peace of Europe
They keep on saying that-while al
the same time their governments are
preparing for new wars on a scale
never before known in history.
Paris and Berlin conferences thus
were devoid of actual results. Ger
many had yielded not one inch-ant
the others plainly didn't know wha
to do about it.
Then Captain Anthony Eden, under
minister of foreign affairs of Grea
Britain who with his chief had taker
part i'm the socalled Exploratory mis-
sion" to Berlin, departed for Moscow
there to discuss matters with Foreigl
Minister Maxim Litvinov and Dicta
tor Josef Stain
Alignments.
To all observers it is convincing
clear that France in her opposition
to German rearmament is as unyield
| CONTINUED on Page g.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
HORSE DIES IN A
CREVICE CAUSED
BY THE DROUTH

Many have seen large cracks in
the earth, especially in a dried
up slough, but few have seen such
cracks wide enough and deep
enough to bury a horse.
However. such was the case in
Nebraska where they had Sc
we're drouth last year. An item
in a Nebraska newspaper states
that a farmer near Arcadia, that
state, missed one of his horses
some time ago and searched for
the animal repeatedly but with
out success. He advertised and
received no results.
Five weeks later while walking
in his alfalfa field he came upon
deep crevices which had been
caused by the hot, dry weather
of last summer. In the deepest
of these he found the horse. The
animal had evidently wandered
into the field, fallen into the
cervice, and being unable to get
out, had starved. Only the horses
head was visible above the sur
face of the ground.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
MORE PROTEST
THE SALES TAX
Consumers and Retailers
Continue to Add Names
to the List.
Over Four Hundred Peti-
toners Names Pub
liShed Last Week.

To the Senators and Representatives
Minnesota State Legislature
State Capitol. St. Paul. Mimi.
We, the undersigned, desire to voice
our protest against the proposed State
Sales Tax law now before the Legls-
lature, also the so-called Nuisance
Tax which includes candy, cosmetics.
cigarettes, cigars, snuff and tobac-
cos, the poor peoples luxuries. we
also protest against the proposed tax
on power and light bills to be paid
by the consumers.
The Retail Sales tax will be a daily
nuisance method of shifting the
wealthy mans burden to the poor
mans bread and other necessities OF
life. 1t is a drive to shift taxation
from those well able to pay TO the
shoulders of the middle classes and
those of lesser means.
ASkOV
Axel Rirkholm. Harry Mortensen.
BRAHAN
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
SANDSTONE COUPLE
UNITED MAN, WIFE

Andrew Anderson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Anderson. and Miss Louise
Klein, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Klein. were quietly married by
Rev. John A. Hughes in the Congre-
gational church Saturday evening,
March 80.
tn have grown up in the Sand
stone community. They are highly
respected and their many friends wish
them a happy married life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
FEED RELIEF DATES
ARE ANNOUNCED

Following is a schedule of towns
where feed relief orders will be is
sued:
Monday. April s, Askov
Tuesday, April 9, Bruno.
Wednesday. April 10. Kerrick.
Thursday, April IL. Sturgeon Lake.
Friday. April ~. Willow River.
Monday. April Is. Finlayson.
Tuesday. April is. Sandstone.
Wednesday April II. Hinckley.
Thursday. April IS. Markville.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
BASEBALL LEAGUE
TO MEET TUESDAY

The annual meeting of the Pine
County Baseball League will be held
in Sandstone Tuesday night. April 9.
at 5 O'Clock. Regular items of bust
ness will be transacted
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
SANDSTONE PEOPLE ATTEND
DULUTH GOVERNORS BANQUET

Mr.. and Mrs. Arne Hokstad and
James Tyre of Sandstone, attended
the banquet staged in honor of Cover
night The event was sponsored bv
a Farmer-Labor club in that city. TIE
governor was the principal speaker.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04
CROP AND FEED
AVAILABLE
Farmers Who are Unable to Obtain
Help Elsewhere are Eligible for
Federal Aid.

Emergency crop and feed loans
from the S60.00O,000 fund appropri-
ated by Congress are available ac-
cording to an announcement by Gov
ernor William l. Myers of the Farm
Credit Administration.
Governor Myers said the emergency
loans will be made only to farmers
who are unable to obtain elsewhere,
supplies. feed. or the necessary credit
to purchase such items, and not to
any applicant who can obtain credit
from any other source. Including
production credit associations. As in
the past applications for emergency
crop loans will be made to the county
crop loan committee already set up
in most counties.
Loans will be made only to appli-
cants who are cooperating directly
with the production control program
of the Agricultural Adjustment Adj
ministration or who are not proposing
to increase their 1885 production in
a way detrimental to the success of
the program. A statement to this eff
feet is contained in each loan appli-
cation.
Maximum Loan Is $500.
Governor Myers said that the max
imum emergency crop loan to one
farmer this year is $500 and the min
imum is SO but no loan for the grow
ing or harvesting of crops may be
do in, &c
actually needed in each case to pur-
chase seed and fertilizer necessary
for production. The fund is appro
priated specifically for emergency
purposes and must be used to assis,
the maximum number of such needs
he said. He also pointed out that {
considerable part of the funds mus
be used to assist farmers whose Op
Grating resources have been depleted
temporarily as a result of the droutf
last summer. Consequently, these
farmers are now in need of emer
gency loans to begin the new croI
year.
Loans will also be made for fall
lowing and for production and pur
chase of feed for livestock, but no
for the purpose of purchasing live
stock or machinery. or for the pay
ment of taxes, debts, or interest OF
debts.
Borrowers who obtain loans of S10'
or less will receive the loan proceed:
in one initial payment while loans il
excess of 500 may be paid in install
ments as required to meet the ex
pense of seed, feed, fertilizers O
other needs.
Each farmer making loan shout,
be sure and have the legal descrip
ton of his land at the time of max
ing a loan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04

Mrs. y. B. Miller, Askov woman
who recently caught one Of her fing-
ers in wringer. had the injured
member taken off at the first joint
Monday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04

American ads save you money.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-04-04

Largest circulation of any
newspaper in the United
States published in a COM
munity of its size.
By far the largest circu-
lation of any newspaper in
Pine county.
A good advertising medium.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-03-14

per bushel for not growing corn.
The plan worked as it might mat
urally be supposed to have worked
ard there was the expected cur
But nature took a hand and the
drouth settled down over the vast
tailment of production.
corn producing areas of the Middle
West. So great was this disaster
that there is not now sufficient corn
to meet domestic requirements.
Importation of corn resulted, and
the port of Baltimore had the nov
ell experience of seeing corn ship
ped in instead of out.
Secretary Wallace has defended
the AAA policies on the ground
that they were exceeding flexible
and could not be used to increase
or decrease production as conditions
required. It seems, however, that
corn has a habit of growing only
during the summer months and if
the production in that period is in
sufficient the winter months must
witness a shortage.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-03-14

ner wields IN the Roosevelt admin
istration. He sits with Mr.. Roose-
welt and the other members in the
cabinet meetings and there is no
doubt among observers here that
those men lean upon the long ex-
perience which the Vice President
has had.
We Import Corn!
The port of Baltimore, Nd, wit
messed an unusual sight the other
day, arrival of q shipload of corn
from Argentina. It was the first
full cargo ever to arrive in that
port and caused some observers to
remark that it appeared to be
carrying Goals to Newcastle"
This would have been true under
conditions such. as we used to
have in this country before the in
auguration of the Agricultural Ad-
justment administration. TIL e
AAA has made the difference. Last
year, the AAA set about reducing
the corn acreage in this country
because it was the conviction of the
New Deal that production had been
too great. Twenty percent curtail-
ment was decreed. To accomplish
that end, the AAA offered to pay
farmers at the rate Of thirty cents
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-03-14
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National Topics Interpreted "a fTY{7{IIf
by William Bruckart REI1l

WOULD s5ldce al UlG pEOCcSSOIS uA-
der licenses from the Department
of Agriculture. Without such IL
censes they become the equivalent
of bootleggers in the prohibition
days and no one can fortell what
the reaction would he to this. My
understanding is that there are
something like one hundred thous-
and of these professors in the var
ious lines of agricultural commod-
tiles coming under the jurisdiction
of the Adjustment act. In addition
to the professors, about none hun
dred thousand retailers handling
these products are subjected to
control, directly or indirectly, by
AAA licenses. Consequently, we
see more than a million who would
do business only if the Depart
ment of Agriculture saw fit to
grant licenses. And when I say the
Department of Agriculture, in law,
it SINNERS down to the secretary
of agriculture. Secretary Wal
lace's policies and his personal at
titude, I believe, are not such as to
give cause for alarm respecting
administration of these proposed
licensing provisions. Yet, it has
been freely suggested that time
may come when the secretary OF
agriculture will be neither as good
nor as wise as Mr.. Wallace.
These circumstances and condi-
lions, in the minds of many observ-
ers here, point only to one thing
now: the Adjustment act and the
program drafted hereunder is not
as popular as it was before it went
into operation. Judging from cor
respondence received by represent
atives and senator's, the Adjust
ment program is. actually repug-
nant to some sections. believe it
only fair to state, however, that
the Adjustment program is not
blamed wholly for the increase in
prices but always in times like
these and under circumstances like
those to which attention has been
directed there has to be a goat.
Apparently that goat is going to
be the Department of Agriculture
and its step-child, the Agricultural
Adjustment administration.
Garner Overlooked
While all of the newspapers are
printing many columns in review
of two years of the Roosevelt adj
ministration and much attention is
being paid to President Roosevelt,
it seems to me that one stalwart
of the administration-Vice Presi-
dent John N. Garner is being
somewhat overlooked. 1t seems to
me, also, that this should not be the
cast because all observers agree
that Mr.. Garner has placed the
Vice presidency of the United
States on something of new
plane.
Much levity always has been di-
rected at any man holding the job
of Vice President. It is true that
the Vice President is seldom, if
ever, out front, as the expression
is. With Mr.. Garner, however, it
has been decidedly different. be-
lieve from all of the discussions
that have heard since his election,
Mr.. Garner has filled, and is fill
ing, a very constructive post in
this administration.
1t is not generally known, I
think, how much influence Mr.. Gar
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-03-14

Apropos of those heiresses who
marry titles, think of the dads who
scrimp and saved so their daugh-
tiers could have a royal time.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
WASK|NGTONTH|RD
AMONG CITIES IN
PRIVATE BUILDING
New York and Los Angeles
Ahead in Nine Months
Ended October |.
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION
VALUE HERE S19,273,717
Same Period of 1884 Showed Only
$8,529, ,600-Increases Gen.
eral Throughout Nation.

Washington was third among the
cities Of the Nation in private build
ing activity during the nine months
ending october /, according to fig
ures just published. For September,
alone, the. Capital also ranged third.
For the nine-month period value Of
construction authorized here was below
that only of New York and Los
Angeles, while in September only New
York and St. Louis, Mo, issued build
ing permits representing a greater
financial outlay than the District.
Statistics compiled by the National
Association of Building Trades En-
ployers show that Washington con-
struction during the three-quarter
period totaled S19,273,717, as against
$6,529,6O in the corresponding period
Of last year, and S8,799,335 in 1888.
For New York the figures are $98,-
700,140 in 1885, S62 ,663, ,259 in 1884
and $51 ,979,53 in 1888. Los Angeles
building during the nine months was
valued at $23,259,7 ,724 in 1885, $685.
354 in 1884 and $10,835,875 in 1888.
The impressive gains in the three
leading cities are indicative Of SIM
(See LOCAL BUILDING, Page 81
Evening star., 1935-10-26
Colors Combined Distinctively.

The present tendency in exterior
painting is toward unusual color COM
binations that lend distinction to the
most unpretentious home.