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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

vital necessities, and would consti-
tute another step towards the pauper-
izatiOn of those who already have vir-
tually nothing 1t would have the eff
feet of reducing the purchasing power
of those who now are living from
hand to mouth or who actually are on
relief. 1t would require the people to
pay large part of the revenue that
corporations are now paying in the
form of taxes on real property. We
cannot solve our economic ills by
forcing the poor to stand the cost of
government Our economic system
cannot endure on a basis of ever
widening inequalities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

ries, and wholesale agencies could
easily keep prices lower than inde-
pendent competitors because there
would be no turnover between the raw
material state and the retail stage
on which to pay taxes. Out-of-state
concerns could ship goods to Mime
sofa on consignment and Minnesota
could not tax these goods. Shippers
of wheat to eastern terminals, pack
ers. and the mining companies would
have their present property tax re-
moved and avoid payment of the gross
income tax. The benefits of the tax
would largely accrue to absentee
landlords.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

I'VE all use government" argued
Senator eastman, land it is only fair
to make everybody share in its ex-
pense. We should educate youth to
bear a just share in the burden of
government" The senator did not
say that youth already is bearing an
unjust share of the burden of govern
ment He did not say that govern
ment has done very badly by youth.
He did not argue that the gross in
come tax will get at those wealthy
persons who escape payment of taxes
by investing in tax exempt securities
no. because the ones it will get at
are those too impoverished to afford
paying taxes but must eat and go
clothed nevertheless.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14
Pleasant Hill Neighb0rhOOd

Miss Frisendahl spent the weekend
at the Billman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Kvasnicka were
visitors at the John SouthertOn and
Chas. Kunz homes Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolf Larson and sons
visited at the Erfck lack home Sum
day afternoon.
Carl Kvasnicka and Ralph Matthes
were callers at the Joe Slater home
Sunday afternoon.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Erick lack Monday morning. Mother
and baby are doing fine.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

The tax would be paid by the con-
sumner. The argument that it would
be borne by the one who directly pays
it is falacious. There is no profit
margin for the average merchant
which is large enough to absorb the
tax. Experience has shown that the
prices of commodities would be raised
much higher than the amount of the
tax.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

and will employ an average of $50
persons from the relief rolls each
month With the recent addition of
a plant in St. Cloud, the number of
mattress making units in the state
has been brought to five. Others are
located in Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Duluth These plants, Mr.. jacobson
said, employ between 600 and 700 re-
lief clients. Materials are furnished
the SERA without cost by the Federal
Surplus Relief corporation, and the
finished articles are distributed among
state relief clients.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

The tax is discriminatory against
the lncal independent merchant and
other forms of business. The federal
government prohibits taxing of inter-
state commerce. A large share of the
business of chain stores and national
corporations is interstate Chain
stores operating their own mills, bake
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

All Political groups are agreed as to
the necessity for revision. The ques-
ton is: How shall the system be re-
vised? Is it going to be by trans
ferring the load unto the broad
shoulders of those with ability and
capacity to pay-who should pay be-
cause those who have are in greater
need of governmental protection than
those who have not? Or is it going to
be by making poverty pay?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

Judged by the mass of tax bills al
ready introduced, the Hobbies, the
whispers, the forces at play, one can
not escape the conclusion that Mime
sofa is in for a sales tax, albeit under
a different name. But rose by any
other name is just as sweet; and re-
versely, thorn by any other name
is just as prickly. AS usual, the dear
old people the common people whom
Lincoln loved so well because there
are so many of them-will save the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

The committee listened to what
amounted to a very pathetic apology
for the gross income tax by Mayor
Hayek of Albert Lea. When questions
by opponents of the proposed tax
measure began coming thick and fast,
the mayor was unable to conceal a
desire to get away from it all and sit
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

At recent joint tax committee
meeting of the House and Senate, a
flood of oratory was Embossed extOlling
the virtues" of the gross income tax,
a form of sales tax. Every taxation
system from the time of Moses to the
present day was taken for a ride.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

L. H. jacobson, industrial engineer
for the SERA work division, has an
nOunced plans for the operation of a
manufacturing plant at Will
mar. The new plant will have capa-
city of about 300 mattresses weekly,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

If anything needs revision-not
merely alterations and general re-
pairs-it is our obsolete tax system.
The appalling increase in tax delin-
quencies is the handwriting on the
wall that we are taxing real estate
more than the traffic can bear.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

quietly in chair. One of his tor
mentors" was Harry Boyle, tax COM
missioner, who put some severe dents
into claims of proponents as to the
amount such a tax could be expected
to produce in Minnesota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14
Naughty! Naughty!

A story is going round of an en-
counter between two well-known high
school girls.
Said the first: Il have just been to
beauty parlor."
"And was it closed, dearie?" asked
the other, sweetly.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

The principal objection is that it
taxes poverty more than it taxes
wealth. Basically, the sales tax is
a tax on poverty. The masses who
are without means bear the largest
share of the burden. The man with
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

At the Senate investigating COM
mittee hearing:
Chairman Carley: Most transients
do not want to work, do they?
L. p. Zimmerman: You would be
surprised how many of them want to
work. There are a lot of fine men
among these tramps.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

tax situation by digging deep into
their jeens-unless, of course. Cover
nor Olson comes to their rescue by
use Of his veto power, which he is
quite apt to do.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14

The sales tax violates the cardinal
ment according to ability to pay.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-14
State Capitol News
BY A. l. HARRIS

Tax revision is due to receive more
than passing attention from the pres
ent Legislature.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

I OCAL police, county detectives and
State police helped. Seven men
were apprehended and killed: five are
now serving sentences. 1t was found
that the crime had been CAREFUL"
planned in every detail. The bandits
had selected the site of the hold-up
only after following the mail truck
from post Office to destination on at
least eight occasions before they finally
held it up.
Only men of general breadth of mind
make good postal inspectors. Their
work requires that they be real estate
experts, selecting post office sites; con-
tractors for buildings, so they can
lease and deal with construction con-
tractors intelligently. Nor do they ar
rive at the position of postal inspector
all at once. Usually each man has
about four years equivalent to a pro-
baton period. If they show any spe-
cial talent after this time they are
then given assignments in that line
The best men. however. must be gifteC
in variety of ways. OF 100000 cases,
usually one-third is inspection of pos
Offices; about one-fifth is checking o
management and efficiency. Othe,
phases of their work include study
transportation, overseeing of rural de
livery. robberies, fires, accidents. buckle
shop Investigations, mining and oil in
vestigations. Few of us probably hau
ever stopped to think what wonderful
system and organization goes toward
bringing our mail to US, seemingly
with SO little trouble
These stories relative to mail banditry
are only few of the innumerable ones
kept in the United States postal serv-
ice records. For ethical reasons some
of them may not be told, but If these
with all others could be collected into
one book it would indeed be a thick
| one.
One would think, with the records
showing the postal services almost
perfect work in running down mail
outlaws. that criminals would see the
futility in pursuing course which had
proved so fatal to all those before
, them.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
What Do You Know About Fishes?

openings are present, the nasal pits
do not extend back to the throat, and
no apparent assistance is rendered to
respiration.
There is some detection of the power
of smell in fishes, but this sense Is
not independently and acutely de-
veloped. Likewise the eyes. While
well developed cornea, lens and pupils
are absent, it Is not believed that
vision, although acute within limits,
has advanced to a degree correspond
ing to the high position in the animal
kingdom held by fishes. OF particular
interest in connection with the eye
of fishes is the fact that there Is not
fixed point of focus. Fishes do not
see objects, even in motion, at great
distances.
The taste in fishes Is seated In the
mucous membrane ,of the mouth and
offers fair sense of discrimination
in the selection Of food. This mem
brance Is sensitive, well out to the
edges Of the mouth and not confined
to the tongue and mouth cavity.
The most conspicuous external or
gans of fishes are the fins. The fms
are composed Of non-scaled MEM
branes supported by bony rods
through the movement Of which To-
comotion is accomplished. The high
speed which most fishes are able to
attain tells of the efficiency Of the
fins, the most powerful Of which is the
csudal fin. The PICTORIAL fms are
located one on either side Of the body
| (Continued On Page 2, Column a.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

form, many variations have crept in,
as in the case of eels, which are snake
like, and butter fishes, which are
greatly compressed. In the founder
depression has gone on to such an
extent as to necessitate the placing
Of both eyes on one side Of the body
and the fish swims on its side. The
shape and form of a f1sh's body Is
closely related to its habitat. Thus we
find the eel in and around the rocks,
weeded areas and in holes, the nat
fishes near the bottom or in crevises,
and others in which resistance is so
greatly reduced in the open waters.
Distances from the surface are
gauged by lateral lines, one on each
side of the fish's body, extending for
ward backward, usually in the upper
half, sensitive to pressure. 1t Is prob
able that these lines function in an
auditory capacity, and at the same
time register disturbances in the water.
such as the approach Of an enemy.
Organs common to higher animals
are found in fishes. The ear, an in
ternal chamber, lies near the brain,
but it has no opening to the exterior.
In 1t are otoliths, or ear stones, which
function, apparently, in determining
the equilibrium so necessary to fish
life. 1t is highly probable that the
ear shares with the lateral line the
recording and Interpretation OF sound
and water disturbances.
Nostrils are present, but the part
they play In the fish makeup Is not
clearly understood. Though external
Evening star., 1935-05-05

The bandits "wife" welcomed the op-
portunity to testify against him and
was permitted to under the law be-
cause he had failed to divorce his
first wife before marrying a second.
The Post Office Department records
did show one example of bandit S
wife keeping faith with him, even to
the point of having half-compli-
mentary epitaph inscribed upon his
tombstone. Sam Bass, a mail bandit
captured by the Government in 1878,
has this unusual notation on his
tombstone: Would that he were good
as he was brave"
The dangerous burden Of actual cap
ture Of mail bandits rests upon the
shoulders Of State, county and munich
pal officers. This means that a net
work Of co-ordinated methods is in
volved. Rapid organization OF State
police has been in progress for some
time, Maryland and New York having
ranked foremost since the inception of
this branch Of internal regulation.
The hazard of using motor cycles is
shown by a mail robbery case at
Elizabeth, N. J.
A mail truck was being escorted by
Motor Cycle. Policeman Jacob Christ
man. A large touring car shot out
in front of them and the driver OF
the truck was shot and died instantly.
Postal Clerk Quinn, accompanying
him. was shot in the hip and thrown
to the ground. The bandits ran over
his body twice, from feet to head. Mr..
Quinn lapsed into Inconsistencies,
but, fortunately, recovered. The police
man suffered the same treatment as
Quinn. The bandits cut the locks from
the rear door Of the mail truck with
large bolt cutter and escaped with
the mail pouch, but in their haste left
behind their bolt cutter and machine
gun with which they had sprayed the
surrounding street with bullets. One
hundred fifty million seven hundred
thousand dollars In registered money
was their loot.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
By Perry Miller.
PPROXIMATELY Is thousand
species of living fishes have
been named, while the earth's

"A been named, Wnlle Cne eartnS S
1 \ deposits are constantly yield
ing forms that once competed
for an existence but were unable to
survive. While fishes are dispersed
to every quarter Of the world and are
found in every body Of water through
out, by far the greatest number is
found in and around North America.
And of this number 228 are found in
waters within comparatively short
distance of Washington.
At the start of the fishing season
when thousands of anglers are pre-
pairing to whip fresh-water streams in
quest of trout, or cast in tidewater
and salt water for their favorite specie
of fish, it may be interesting to know
something about the fish they catch.
Just what is fish, anyhow? Whales
have been sighted in the lower part of
Chesapeake Bay. These leviathans,
entirely aquatic, are not fishes, though
the common environment has effected
changes which give them marked
similarities. They are mammals.
Fishes represent the maximum eff
cheney in stream lining. For the most
part there bodies are spindle shape
with extremely smooth surfaces to
offer little resistance as they travel
the depths In which they live. While
the spindle-shape body Of trout or
perch, for Instance. ts the prevailing
Evening star., 1935-05-05

herence to duty which marks our
postal service.
The Fleagle case is the most COM
plicated of the major ones and reads
like movie thriller. Twenty thou
sand dollars in currency and two
hundred thousand in securities were
involved.
The money was stolen from the
Lemar Bank and taken to the Horse
less Horse ranch, near Maranthal,
Kans Two bank employees were abb
Quoted, one of whom had only one
arm. The bandits, fearing easy de-
lection if found with the one-armed
man, murdered him and threw his
body out Of their car. The other bank
clerk was taken to the ranch, blind
folded. One of the bandits had been
shot by. the bank president and de-
veloped blood poisoning. The other
bandits discussed the adviSability of
killing their injured companion, but
were overruled by the fourth, his close
friend. A physician, called to dress
the wound, was held two days after
performing the service, then driven
40 miles, murdered and his car pushed
over ravine. In catapulting the car
one bandit left tell-tale fingerprint
on the glass.
Some time later tip was given the
authorities that three persons, two
men and woman, planned to holp
up mail messenger of bank and
procure 100000. They were arrested
but released for lack of evidence. In
formation reached the authorities
linking these three persons with the
Fleagles. They were rearrested and
their f1ngerprints taken. One print
showed the same as that left on the
glass Of the dead physicians car. All
traces of the Fleagle brothers, Ralph
and Jake, had been lost, but q liquor
prescription label on an empty pint
bottle was found through friend of
theirs. Alarmed at what he had re-
vealed and fearing for their safety, the
friend wrote warning letter to Ralph
Fleagle. This act was the convicting
clue and Ralph confessed, duplicating
the others in an effort to save his own
life.
THE capture Of Jake F1eagle, the
last Of the gang, was dramatic in
more ways than one. Two detectives
caught him on train. One pushed
ahead Of him, the other remained be-
hind. Jake was squeezed against q
compartment. He refused to put up
his hands and attempted to shoot one
Of the detectives. Swiftly, the other
detective thrust his thumb into the
hammer of Jake's gun, saving the life
of his associate. Jake was shot and
died the next day. The three re-
naming members of the gang were
hanged In the Colorado State Peni-
tentiary.
Cowardice and q woman were ia
cident to the st. Cloud train robbery
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Agricultural Exports Low

THE passing of last year found
exports of farm products also
passing and in some cases almost TO
the vanishing point. Wheat and
flour, for instance, were down to about
one-sixth Of the pre-war level and
hams and other pork products are
at about the same low level of COM
parison.
The totals Of A products was down
about one-half from the pre-war level.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

AND EVERY ROBBER WAS CAUGHT
took the bandits killed
to Another K
inspector of the United States Post Office Department r
Railway mail involved the robbery
left Another the
highway meet. right:
robbers Below: interior of the mail
Evening star., 1935-05-05

another OF the six major cases. A
young man presented fictitious Gre
dentials to mail clerk on a train and
gained access to the mail car. The
bandit made the mistake of saying,
by way of establishing his credentials,
that he had been out with certain
woman, also known by the mail clerk.
This statement was responsible for
the bandits 25-year term at Leaven-
worth.
As the clerks were all busy assisting
with an extra heavy distribution of
mail, the pseudo clerk gave sudden,
sharp command, "Stick 'em up!" The
clerks thought it practical joke until
the bandit shot twice in the direction
of the mail sacks. One clerk made a
motion to brush away the weapon and
was fatally shot.
Peters, the bandit, bound the clerks
with coil wire, plugged the keyhole
of the rear door with cotton, emptied
the trunk case belonging to one of the
clerks and filled it with registered mail.
With $50, 400 in currency, he made his
getaway.
Unfortunately for Peters, he had
become acquainted with the family Of
a mail clerk, and, as he had related,
was friendly with the clerks daughter;
but he made the mistake of taking
stationery from the girls father, Hend-
ricks, in charge of railway mail service
supplies. Using the typewriter at
Hendricks home, the bandit had writ
ten himself permits in the presence
nf tho Io.1rhfar Srt,N aud rood
them over. The stolen money was
taken to an aunt and uncle of the
girl. Peters, Of course, was traced and
sentenced to Is years imprisonment,
the girl to 8 years, the mother to
year and the aunt and uncle to l year
and months. Peters also faces two
more indictments for murder and a
Federal indictment for robbing United
States mails.
TN ANOTHER robbery Of . mall
truck 81 800, 900 was stolen, $27 900
Of which was currency, $35,0o0 in
Liberty bonds and large quantity Of
stock certificates. A numbering ma
chine was used to add extra numerals,
| q laborious task for a thief and q
clever and far-reaching scheme which
could have been carried out to the
extent of cashing several hundred
thousand dollars worth Of bonds II
1t had worked. The "if' this time was
woman, but not one who consorted
| with criminals
The girl was employed by the
Bankers Trust Co. of New York City.
Two bonds of Bethlehem Steel having
the same number happened to show
up at the same time and came to her
shrewd notice. The investigation
which followed brought ahout the
Evening star., 1935-05-05
By Mae joseph.

N INNOCENT-LOOKING bolt
I cutter or a Woman's revenge,
a a piece of gauze or charge
a of dynamite-theSe are among
The Washington times., 1935-05-01
BOARD DELAYS
NAMING HEAD

It'll be another week before the
high school board announces its
selection of the new physical
education director, latest reports
from Franklin School indicated
today.
Members had hoped to erase
the business" off the records to-
day, but a last-minute application
was received, necessitating the
usual routine in considering all
applicants.
It is the general opinion, how
ever, that Bruce Bayh, director
of physical education at Terre
Haute, Ind, will be appointed.
The announcement of this is ex-
pected to come next Wednesday,
following the boards weekly
meeting.
Bayh is well qualified for the
position because of his experience
and excellent record at Terre
Haute. His application has been
favorably considered by the school
board and it is almost a certainty
he will be chosen.
The Washington times., 1935-05-01

fall to nigh 60-year-old Talbot.
Talbot is perhaps WaShington's
oldest pin-boy. Back in the days
when a chap named Grover Cleve-
land had politicians frothing at
the mouth, Talbot used to set
up pins in the first bowling alleys
around Washington.
Crude RunWays
They were two crude runways.
each one made up of three Pinch
planks with an inch or so space
between them so that rain and
snow would not damage them too
much.
There was a roof over them but
no side walls to keep the elements
at bay. They were built shortly
after the FrancoPruSsian war.
These makeshift forerunners Of
the CLASSY mapleways of today
were located in Schutzen Park,
where Andrew Loeffler, Nick Auth
and other noted German butchers
of the period, all members of the
Schultzenverein, staged frequent
and celebrated beer and barbecue
parties during the 1905, to which
Washingtonians of all descents
turned out with gusto.
Schutzen Park was a heavily
wooded area on the Hip border
ing on Seventh Street Pike, about
a mile beyond the Boundary"
That was considered long ways
out of town, then, and any one
who wished to partake of the Ger
mans generosity, and all were well
come and beer and barbecues were
free and plentiful, left early in the
morning to get there on time.
Schutzen Park Gone
Today the Schutzen Park site
is completely obliterated. Schutzen
Lane is now Columbia Road and
Seventh Street Pike is Georgia
Avenue and the Boundary" is
downtown Florida Avenue.
Talbot, then a gangling boy in
his early teens, managed to get
to Schutzen Park whenever they
had one of the big celebrations,
and set up pins for the jolly Ger
man coW-carvers.
"And. boy, were they LIBERAL"