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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
BROOK PARK MAY
GET WPA HELP
Four Years of High School Would
Result i'm Approval of the Pro.
posed Project.

A proposed WPA project for Pine
county in which the Brook Park COM
munity is very much interested, is
the one calling for an addition to
their present grade and high school.
For the past half dozen years, the
Brook Park school has maintained
but three years of high school. In
stead of sending their children to the
high schools in Hinckley, Pine City,
or Mora, to finish the last year, par
ents would much prefer to have the
course completed in their own COM
munity, thus also affording the stu
dents the opportunity to complete
high school together with classmates
of many years standing.
Indebtedness is Low.
A meeting of citizens and taxpay-
ers of the school district was held in
the school house last Friday after
noon after school was out, at which
time questions about the proposed
WPA project were asked and an
swered and the matter thoroughly
discussed. William Scanlon, superin-
tendent of the school, presided.
Questioning brought out the fact that
the bonded Indebtedness of the Brook
Park community, including the school
district, township, and village is now
only about $4,000, having been re-
duced from 100000 of few years ago.
1t was argued at the meeting that
the Brook Park high school has the
opportunity to work up a good en-
rollment if the complete four year
course is maintained. Complete high
schools are not maintained at Hen
riette. Grasston, Quamba, and Beroun,
neighboring villages, and Brook Park
has big territory to the northwest
from which to draw.
Not Yet Accredited.
The fourth year of high school has
been added at Brook Park this year
by permission of the State Board of
Education, looking forward to the
building of an addition so as to main
tinuously But inasmuch as it has
not yet been designated as an ac-
credited high school there is no state
aid for the fourth year.
The proposed addition to the pres
ent frame building would cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000. eight thou
sand of which, under the plan, would
be furnished by the federal govern
ment. and $4,000 to be furnished by
the local school district under bond
issue. 1t was suggested at the Friday
meeting that the addition be built of
brick, so that in years to come, when
the frame building has outlived its
usefulness and is torn down, it may
be made of brick or stone all around,
and practically, if not entirely, fire.
proof Citizens of the community are
anxiously awaiting word from Wash
ington and are hoping that the WPA
project may be approved.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
PINE CITY WILL VOTE
ON NEW BUILDING

Pine City village may have a new
school building IL the voters support
eral grant of about S34,65O has been
approved and present plans are to
raise $4,000 by bond issue, max
ing the total project cost about
$4,000.
The district is in good financial
condition having paid off all bonded
Indebtedness and having a cash bal
ance on hand. For several years the
school has been crowded, with the
high school being filled to oyerflowfng
because Of many outside pupils COM
ing in.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
SWEDISH TEACHER
VISITS SANDSTONE

Miss Ida Bengtson. a pensioned
school teacher from Sweden, is spend,
ing a few days with friends in the
village of Sandstone, being a guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Dahlberg. Miss Bengtson and Mrs
Dahlberg were schoolmates in the ole
country years ago.
Leaving Sweden on the American
visit, Miss BengtsOn journeyed first
to the state of Washington, where she
visited with a sister. She came tt
Sandstone Saturday, and will leave
again Sunday, starting on the return
trip to her native country. AS a for.
mer school teacher she receives a
pension of 100 crowns a month.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
Rutledge Pair Describe Their
Auto Trip Through the East
BANGS DISEASE
TEST CONTINUED

To those who have not yet signed
have their herd tested. word has been
received testing may continue in all
parts of the county. with Dr. W. E.
Rocker. DR.. A. w. Nyline and DR.. ].
R. Freidline doing the testing. DR..
Freidline who will test in the south
ern end of the county. however will
not begin testing for about a month
but applications should be sent in
so he might begin work when he ar
rives.
Applications may be signed at the
county agents office or blanks may
be obtained by writing to Lloyd Mehl-
house, Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
CONSTRUCTION WORK
STARTS ON A NEW
BOTTLING BUILDING

The Pine City Bottling Works has
started work on its new building in
Pine City, having leveled the ground
down to street level and excavated
for the foundation. The plans call
for a new building to house the
trucks used for distribution of their
products, also new work rooms, and
new offices.
The Pine City BOttling Works,
under the management of Albert Nell
son and sons, has shown a steady
growth since coming to Pine City
some ten years ago. Trucks now take
the products of this concern in all
directions from Pine City, radiating
over a territory of a hundred miles
or more.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
ANTI-COMMUNIST
SPEAKER HERE
DIR. Louis r. PatmOnt Presents Ad.
verse Side OF the Com
muniSt Picture.

A good sized crowd attended the
meeting sponsored in the D. B. S. hal
at Askov, Tuesday night when DR.
Louis Richard Patmont of Berkeley
Calf, delivered an address anG
showed slides on conditions under the
Soviet regime in Russia. Before the
address Rev. R. Deursen and a Mr.
a vocal duet after which all but a
few in the audience stood while one
verse of America" was sung.
DR.. Patmont, a world traveller and
student of international affairs, told
in detail of the things he saw in
Russia, and stated that there is nc
freedom of the press, speech, nor pri-
vately owned newspapers: everything
is censored that issues forth under
the present form of government
No Freedom There.
All books, including the Bible. are
being confiscated and 100000 chill
dren are homeless and some do not
know who their parents are. He
lold VI IlC GULL dSt vi
tours with the actual conditions
pointing out that conducted tours went
just where the government desired
to go and did not go into the more
desOlate and dark precincts of the
land. DR.. Patmont told of the abol-
ishment of the churches and that
there is no freedom of worship now
He took his pictures under a constant
menace of being imprisoned, but his
pass into the country was given him
in a capacity of newspaper correspon-
dent. He stated his photos were sent
in the lining of envelopes and mailed
to his outside address where they
were later collected and assembled
as he has them now.
The speaker in discussing the pres
ent world turmoil, stated that Russia
is a military menace in its possession
of some of the most modern machines
of warfare and its tremendous trained
army. They, however" said DR.. Pat
mont. would have us disarm and be-
come pacifists while they are in con-
slant training"
DR.. Patmont spoke in the Bible
church at Sandstone last night and
will be there again tonight.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
Martha Nicholson and Mac Lund
Get Real Educational Thrills
Ont of Trip Which Was Gu
mared By Witnessing Congress
Session.

After the usual amount of neces-
sary and unnecessary hustle and sour
ry, our party was off for a three
weeks jaunt to the east coast. Auto
mobile Journeys of extended length
are no longer considered an accom-
plishment. but we wished to make
our trip more than a lark. We tried
to include in our routing a maximum
number of points of interest. histori-
cally. geographically and industrially.
Our starting point was Escanaba,
Mich. 1t was here where we assem-
bled, one from Minnesota, one from
Illinois and three residents of this
northern Michigan city. Arising at
six o'clock in order to get started
by six-thirty We made the usual nine
o'clock leave and at noon found our
selves rolling through the great rich
agricultural section of Wisconsin. Our
destination was Rock Island. ILL.,.
where we arrived at shutdown.
See Factory Centers.
There. on the Mississippi river are
located the tri-cities. Moline and
Rock Island. ILL.,. and Davenport.
Iowa 1t is there that the main
plants of the worlds great imple-
ment manufacturers are located. For
miles along the river extend the fac
tories of the John Deere Company
and others.
Having visited the metropolis of
Chicago several times and having re-
ceived therefrom varying impressions
we avoided the traffic in that vicinity
by travelling slightly to the south
ward through central Indiana and
Ohio.
Northern Illinois could be charac-
terized as a region of extensive agri-
culture. dotted with small but pros
porous cities and villages. Occa-
sionally one would see the towering
of a coal mine sticking up
in the middle of a field of grain or
corn. like a huge scare-crow calcu-
lated. perhaps, to scare away birds
of gigantic proportions. However. one
would soon come upon a roadway
leading to the mine and see there
Confines On Page .
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
AUTO DRIVER
FATALLY HURT
Moose Lake Man Drives
Car Into Side of Moving
Freight Train.
Wife is Recovering From
Shock and Severe
Injuries.

Joseph Zasoski, ST., Moose Lake
mill operator, is dead and his wife
is in the Community hospital in that
village seriously injured as a result
OF an accident on a 500 Line grade
crossing, mile west of Moose Lake
Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zasoski had attended
a Polish wedding about ii miles west
of that village. They left there about
1870 p. m. to make their homeward
trip. 1t was foggy, and this, together
with the darkness, caused Mr. Zasoski
to approach the crossing unawares
of fast moving freight train until
his auto struck it. The car rebounded
from the impact with the train but
did not Overturn. M. Kusti of the
Gamble Store in Moose Lake, was the
first one to reach the scene and took
Mrs. Zasoski to the local hospital and
returned to the wrecked automobile
with DR.. Moe and R. E. Hamlin, after
he had notified the deputy coroner.
Killed Instantly.
Upon examining Mr.. Zasoski, it was
found he had suffered fractured
neck and internal injuries. dying al
most instantly. Mrs. Zasoski appar-
emily is suffering from severe in
juries both external and internal
Mr.. Zasoski was very we'll known
in the community surrounding Moose
Lake. having resided in that village
for the past IA years where he oper-
ated saw and lathe mill, besides
threshing machine.
He was born in Minneapolis on July
IA, 1889, but was reared in Split
Rock about IA miles west of Moose
Lake. He was a member of the Cath
Ollie church in Sturgeon Lake, and is
survived by his wife, nine children,
Louis, Joe, Raymond, Leonard, Mar
garet, Helen. Agnes, Rose, all at
home, and Gertrude of Cloquet; two
brothers, Walter of Max; John of Clio
quet; one step-brother, William in
Oregon; three sisters, one in Denver,
Colo; one in Cloquet; and one in
Superior; also a step-sister living at
Kettle River.
Funeral services were held from
the st. Isadores Catholic church in
Sturgeon Lake, at 10 a. m, after
which burial was made in the Cath
Ollie cemetery. Sympathy is extended
by a large circle of friends and
neighbors to the family in their hour
of sadness.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
CONGRESSMAN ON
OFFICIAL TRIP

Congressman and Mrs. Elmer J.
Ryan of South st. Paul, left Monday
with a party Of Senators and Con-
gressmen and their wives to attend
the Inauguration of the president of
the newly formed Commonwealth of
the Philippine Islands at Manila on
November Is.
The Congressional party was to sail
Wednesday from Seattle on the USS
President Grant and will visit China
and Japan before reaching the Phil
ippines.
House and Senate leaders Of both
major political parties are making
the trip. Included among those to
sail with Congressman and Mrs. Ryan
are Vice President and Mrs. John n
Garner. Joseph T. Robinson, Demo-
cratic floor leader Of the Senate, and
Mrs. Robinson. Senator Charles L. Nc
Nary. Republican Senate leader, and
Mrs. McNary. Honorable Joseph
Byrns. Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives. and Mrs. Byrns, Ber-
trand H. Smell, Republican House
leader and Mrs. Smell and John H.
Bankhead. Majority floor leader of
the House, and Mrs. Bankhead.
Mr.. Ryan is making the trip as
member of the House Committee on
Insular Affairs. The Insular Affairs
Committee is making the journey as
the official delegation of the United
States Government with Vice Presi-
dent Garner representing the Presi-
dent However. the trip Is being
made without expense to the q. 8.
government.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
POKEGAMA RESIDENT
HAS FATAL ATTACK

Joseph Smetena, resident of Po-
kegama township, died suddenly Fri
day, passing away at the Pokegama
Sanitorium where he had been taken
following an heart attack the day be-
fore.
Mr.. Smetena was So years of age,
being born in Bohemia on March s,
1877. He came to America in 1895,
and moved to Pokegama township
where he bought a farm and devel-
oped it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
EDWARD VOID RITES
HELD AT MOOSE LAKE

The body of Edward Void. who
lived between Sturgeon Lake and
Moose Lake. was laid to rest Wednes-
day afternoon in the Sturgeon Lake
cemetery following services held from
the Methodist church in Moose Lake.
Mr. Void was born in Norway Dec.
%. 1865. and passed away Monday at
his home He was married to Han
nah Helgesen on April Z. 1897 at st.
Paul. and came to the Moose Lake
Sturgeon Lake community where he
lived until death. He is survived by
his wife. two children, Lee and
Indy at home. and two sisters Of
Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
WILLOW YOUNG LADY
WEBS ST. PAUL MAN

At six o'clock Saturday evening the
marriage of Miss Jennie Myrdahl of
Willow River. to Mr. Frank Young of
st. Paul, was solemnized at the resi-
dence of Rev. L. R. Larson. pastor
of the Lutheran church at Sandstone
Oscar Holbeck was best man and Miss
Ruth Myrdahl, cousin of the bride,
was bridesmaid. The mother of the
groom and several friends and rela-
tives were present
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
COUNTY RED CROSS
CHAPTER WILL MEET

The Pine county Chapter of the
American Red Cross will hold its
annual meeting at the Madison hotel,
at Sandstone, Wednesday. October 80.
The main business will be the roll
call rally and the election of officers.
Everyone who is a member of the
American Red Cross is urged by Mrs.
A. E. Eddy of Hinckley, chapter
chairman, to attend. The meeting
will commence promptly at 2 p. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
COUNTY BOARD WILL
MEET ON TUESDAY

The board Of county commits
sioners will meet Tuesday. Octo-
Der %, at / p. m. I'm the court
house at Pine City. Regular
items of business will be trans
acted as well as any other mat
tiers which may be brought to
the boards attention at that time.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17

and Fish Division will reflect greatly
upon the commission and cause the
people to doubt the. good faith of the
members in conservation matters.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17

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 Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16
Three

pitiful by this time, but as he said
later, What could l do? 1t was
the guys own car" The wreck
ing of the Car was not mere van
dalism, however. The garage-own-
er intends to take the battered car
to the auto show and there dem
onstrate the body-mending abil-
ity of his men. The glass will
be replaced, the dents smoothed
out, and the roof mended until
the Car will once more be COM
pact, smooth, cleaning. Not bad
advertising.
/. ODDITIES: A one-legged
man peering through knothole
in the board fence which has
been raised around the spot on
Nicollet where laborers were
drilling for water, at ten p. m.
A sign in a musical in
strument shop window: Player
Pianos For A Quarter. (The
catch is that the last part of the
sign was hidden from passers-by
eyes at a certain angle. The sign
really reads in full: player
Piano ROLLS for A Quarter"
/. Buns strain canned heat"
through sock, and the sock
needn't be clean People
prefer jazz to classical music :.
People continue to get married in
spite of Reno Movie stars
don't make as much money as
we'd like to believe they do.
The picture "It Happened One
Night" starring Claudette Col
bert and Clark Gable is tip-top
entertainment, but / can't see that
the opus merited medal for be-
ing the best picture of the year.
Gable and Colbert, however,
earned their medals for best per-
formances of the year.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

Mr.. Smathers 'Mose, can you
explain wireless telegraphy to
me-?
Nose: "Yessuh, it LAX dis: Eff
yo' all had long, long houn'
dawg, an he stretched from Gin
cinnaty to Pittsb'ug, an yo'
slept on his tail in Cincinnaty, he
would howl in Pittsbu'g. Dat
am telegraphy. Only in wiahless.
yo' does de same thing without
de dawg."
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16


a technical K. O. over Steve
Haraas, leading contender for
the title Max Baer now holds. 1t
takes very little acumen to fore
see Schmeling, according to the
sports pages as Staging the first
round of a sensational comeback ;
Schmeling May Get Chance at
Baer, ETC." We wouldn't even
be surprised if he was hailed as
an "iron man." probably Frank
enstein.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

currency. Russian money is now
comparatively worthless, and
American money is at a prem
ium; the natives fairly cry for
American money Though &C
cording to tourists they chisel it
out of you instead of crying it
out). Since this is the day of
experimentation, we move that
the mint turn out several billions
of Townsendite currency and try
it out on Russia. We never did
care for Russia anyway.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

Not all writers starve in gar
ret before they become famous.
Upton Sinclair, however, was
one who not only had to starve
in a garnet but had to eat his
own cooking. And he didn't know
how to cook. The result was
dyspepsia and a general peevish-
ness and dissatisfaction with the
world, and especially with any
one who had enough money to
hire a cook to ward of dyspepsia.
Since then Sinclair has written a
great many books, and practically
all of them on the subject of
capitalists and social injustice. If
you're looking for moral or a
reason for this thunbnail sketch,
here it is: Whenever you meet
any one with a peeve against the
world or those who have succeed
ed in life, investigate the kind OF
cooking he was raised on, and
we say this, realizing that any
thing we say can be used against
us.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

The greatest damage the revo-
luton in Greece has caused is the
epidemic of sore and broken jaws
suffered by radio announcers
who foolishly try to pronounce
those Greek names.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

While we're talking about
Huey-an English gypsy has pre-
dicted Hitler's death before
April. If it works, we should
invite said gypsy to the U. S.
Maybe she could help us do
something about Kingfsh.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

Wife Cat dance)-This is the
twelfth time you've been to the
refreshment buffet.
Husband-Oh, that's all right.
l tell everybody I'm getting
something for you.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

Most reform movements are
failures, but we should thank the
decency movement that forced
film producers to give us the best
motion pictures ever made by
driving them back to the classics
for scripts that in most cases are
wonderfully upmutilated.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

The stomach surgeons are way
ahead of the brain specialists.
Experts have fixed Alyce Jayne's
topsy-turvy stomach, but the
in-choppers haven't even start
ed on Huey.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

The Drivers License Bureau
threatens to 60 out of business
unless it receives an annual bud
get of $115,OOO. It's gross re-
ceipts were about 10000, while
maintenance came to $l04, 900. If
we remember rightly, it is housed
in that Brown & Bigelow build
ing that paid such exorbitant
rent. We aso recall that when an
investigation was limited at, the
rent was paid IN Advance! Who
got that gravy?
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16
Paragraphs
By Seth

Last week it was mentioned in
this column that Gov. Olson
couldn't look $4,000 in the face.
Now it's 100000.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

Like Governor Olson, we
don't think much of the constitu-
ton, but have to admit it comes
in mighty handy.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-03-16

He had just arrived in Heav-
en-, and having been through
the Johnstown food, he told the
story over and over to all who
would listen.
Each time he told Of the great
mass Of water which hurtled
down the Pennsylvania gulch,
a little, dried-up fellow over in
a corner would turn up his nose
and say:
"Fooey!"
This continued razzberry fin
ally got on his nerves. He went
to Saint Peter and complained.
"Do you know who that little
shrimp ISL" Saint Peter asked.
"No," said the Johnstown
man.
"Well," said Saint Peter,
that's Noah!"