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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
Old News.

Hey, mister, my mother wants to
know who is this Teller who has a
house to rent for ST.
The foregoing interrupted a CONVEX
sation between the city editor and the
star reporter of the Free Lance Star
in Fredericksburg, Va.
What house," was the query asked
by both men at once
This one" said the urchin, hand
ing the city editor a bit of paper
which he Immediately recognized as
having been torn from the pages of
the Fredericksburg paper.
The clipping described an attractive
place with an acre of land for rent
to reliable party for So per month"
Then the c. f. smiled and told the
youngster to take the clipping back
to his mother and point out to her
that the heading read. Thirty Years
Ago Today in Fredericksburg Wash
ington Post.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
TAX THE IDLE DOLLAR
(The Austin American)

Idle dollars resting in bank vaults
throughout the country. reached an
unheard of high figure last week. In
our federal reserve banks alone there
is S5O29. 100000. Gold stocks aggre-
gate SO. 109 zoo. 900. Both of these fig
ures have shown substantial increases
during the last several weeks. OF the
reserves in federal reserve banks
S2.5OO.000 constitute surplus reserves
which investors refuse to put into
circulation.
Economists say that one dollar in
reserve can be multiplied by 10 in the
form of credit. This means that if
capitalists should choose to release
only the two and one-half billions OF
reserves in the reserve banks. they
would Immediately establish the Gre
dit base for % billion dollars. One
need not have much imagination tC
picture the production boom that
tional workers would be needed &c
produce enough to supply the demand
Capitalists. however. are not ready
to put their boarded dollars to work
At the annual convention of the
United States chamber of commerce
capitalists pleaded for abolition OF
the NRA so that big business could
go TO work. The NRA has been abol.
ished. but the money reserves are
climbing. Instead of putting the dol.
lars TO work they are boarding more
of them.
When the small merchant wants tC
borrow few dollars To increase his
stocks. or when the farmer wants t.
get some new machinery. or when the
worker wants 10 repair his home. the
bankers dollar is not available. II
any money is to be gotten. il comes
:ro-. ..c fe1c-,i s-~.--S: -, -:
II is about time that the federal
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
WHO WILL RUN?

Political writer's in the most widely
circulated daily newspapers of the
state speculate every now and then
on who will be the candidate for this
and that office in the statewide cam
paign of 1886.
Most of the prophecies. or in fact
almost all of the prophecies are on
candidates to run on the Farmer
Labor ticket. OF course. there is a
good reason for that, the fact that
the FL. party has captured the gov
ernorship in the past three campaigns.
The latest speculation is that At
torney General Harry H. Peterson
may run for the United States Sen
ate on the FL. ticket and in that
event Gov. Floyd B. Olson would run
for reelection.
Harry II. Peterson has been men,
toned frequently as a candidate for
governor on the FL ticket. 1t is,
however, not likely that he will be-
come a candidate for governor for it
appears that he would rather be a
member of the State Supreme Court,
preferably chief justice.
1t is possible that there may be
something to the statement that
Harry H. Peterson may be a candi-
date for the Senate, but it is not
probable. While Gov. Olson has not
made any definite statement he is
apparently all set to make the race
for the United States Senate and
while the attorney general has shown
that he is a good vote getter, and
has made good as attorney general,
it is not very likely that he would
oppose Olson for the nomination to
the Senate.
Olson is serving his third term as
governor and that is as long a time
as ony one has held that office in
Minnesota, so naturally the governor
is most apt to strike out for the Sen
ate i'm the next campaign.
Ordinarily a governor does not sur
vive more than one or two terms;
it is unusual for person to be gov
ernOr three terms in the state of Min
nesota. One of the principle reasons
for this is that the chief executive
has so many appointments to make.
In depression times, especially, there
are bound to be many disappoint-
ments when the chief executive
makes his appointments. Where there
is one position open there are usually
ten or more persons seeking that posi-
ton and only one person can be APP
pointed. In time that works unfav-
orably to the chief executives polit-
zeal future.
Yes, all indications are that Gov.
Olson will make the race for the
United States Senate in 1886 and win.
Maybe the suggestion for Harry II.
Peterson to file for the Senate is to
stir up some friction. There is no
reason for bitter contest between
two able men like Olson and Peter
son belonging to the same party and
n new party. There are places for
both of them without internal fric-
tion.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
THE RELIEF MONEY
Springfield Advance-Press)

Several Minnesota counties have
baked at making the payments de-
manded by the SERA and may cut
lose from federal and state aid.
Steele county was asked to contribute
$4,000 a year for the next two years
and the county board may decide to
stay out and have the county take
care of its poor. Redwood county
commissioners refused to vote the
$4,000 demanded for the coming two
years and unless a compromise is
reached at much lower figure, Red
wood county also will take care of its
own poor. There is a general feeling
that there has been too much poor
relief and that the poor have been
spoiled.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

pine county has one family that
is distinctly literary in their pur-
SUITS" said a housewife to another,
the daughter writes poetry that no
body will print. the son writes plays
that nobody will produce and the
mother writes novels that nobody will
read"
And what does the father do?" in
quired the other housewife.
'Oh. he writes checks that no one
will cashi"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
COMMUNICATION ESSENTIAL

During the depression many tele-
phones have been removed from farm
homes. This was brought about of
cutting expenses. However. il has not
in all eases cut expenses for there i
safety in communication. especially
when fire i on. The state fire mar
shall Of Nebraska. stated that the les
50, :sc:s :.sce :. farms Il; h,s tat
were much greater i'm 1888 than in
1882. He attributes the increase in
g. ,-s. = -. .,., .ss .sla-
phones from the farms.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
SILVER HAIR AND YOUNG
Mortified News)

1t is said that LongfellOw kept the
spirit of youth into his extreme old
age. A friend asked him how he
managed to keep youthful in spirit,
and he said: THAT apple tree yonder
is very old, but l never saw prettier
blossoms upon it than those which it
now bears. The tree grows a little
new wood each year, and l suppose
that it is out of that new wood that
those blossoms come. Like the apple
tree, l try to grow little new wood
each year."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
THEY HOLD ON

The general opinion amongst lay
men seems to be that holding COM
panies are for the purpose of cover
ing up excessive profits. If the net
earnings of a certain corporation are
too big to look we'll in public print
the money must go through the hands
of one or more holding companies.
each to take some net profit. The
holding companies naturally are SUBJ
salaries of the parent corporation or
in other words they are owned by the
same interests.
The holding companies likely also
render some useful services but at
any rate the above is about the con-
sensus of opinion.
1t is interesting to note the diver
gent comments on the holding COM
panies bill, the vote, and the fight
upon it that took place in the House
of Representatives at Washington.
Plenty of money was spent against the
bill. The Nation estimates the out
lay for kilograms to be nearly one
million dollars in one day.
The Duluth Herald in its editorial
seems to make much out OF the fact
that the administration was voted
down on this measure, in spite OF the
fact that the Democrats have a large
majority in Congress-
A different slant on the proposition
is given by reading the editorial in
MI &c OH ont
very plainly the expensive lobbying
done by utilities companies. Both
editorial comments are published
herewith.
The Duluth Herald says:
1.-The House vote on the death SEN
tence' clause of the Wheeler-Rayburn
utility bill was not only an important
victory for those who have been urg-
ing regulation rather than destruc-
tion of holding companies, but also
striking rebuke to attempted exec
utive dictation.
1T would appear that the lower
branch of congress at least has fin
ally wearied of the word must All
the promises and threats of the ad-
ministration liaison' lobbyists were
of no avail. 1t asserted in very posi-
tive fashion it's courage and its in
dependence.
1.-The decisiveness of the vote is
particularly significant. While ad-
vance polls showed a strong Senti-
ment against the death sentence it
was predicted that the pressure ex-
erted would win over a considerable
number of wObbly members and that
the final division would be close. 1t
was then supposed to be part of the
administration strategy to endeavor
to put the clause back into the bill
in conference between senate and
house committees with the hope Of
forcing it through on the second test.
THAT plan might have been feas-
ible if the margin had been close,
but the vote showed PIG against the
section, and only LAG in favor of it..
On a final effort to substitute the Sen
ate for the House bill, the adverse
majority jumped to 40. 1t is obvious
that when senate and house conferees
meet to adjust differences, the upper
branch will have to do the yielding.
1T is almost without precedent
that an administration commanding
normal party majority of more than
200 votes should be beaten by ma
jority of 10-particularly when so
strenuous a fight was made to force
accapfonca of tho pypcutiye'S 'muSt'
order"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

On Tuesday, July End, the House
passed the Public Utility Holding
Company Bill by vote of 1923 to 81.
The bill as passed by the house
delegates to the Securities and Ex-
change Commission the power to dis
solve holding companies where it
deems this action necessary in the
public interest.
The Senate bill which was rejected
by the House contained a provision
that all unnecessary utility holding
companies. more than one degree re-
moved from the operating companies,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

A stranger on a Sunday morning
was looking around for a good church
to go to and happened into a small
one in which the congregation were
reading with the minister. They were
saying: I'VE have left undone those
things which we ought to have done
and we have done those things which
we ought not to have done"
The man dropped into a pew with
a sigh of relief and said to himself:
Thank goodness, I've found my crowd
at last
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. Which May or Nay Not
Conform with the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
PREFERS DEPRESSION
lie Center Leader)

There are people, and many of
them, so selfish as to inwardly or out
wardly express themselves in favor
of another war to create temporary
period of prosperity. Such desire is
brutally selfish, yet history has shown,
time after time, that it is human ma
ture. If we must slaughter our fell
low beings, destroy billions in wealth
created by the sweat of human labor
to bring a short period of wild pros
perity, then we prefer to struggle
along forever with a depression.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
ACCEPTING THE PAST

NV past is NINE and take it all,
Its Weakness it's folly. if you please
Yea, even my sins, if you come to that
May have been my helps, not hindrances.
If saved my body from the flames
Because that once had burned my hand,
Or saved myself from a greater sin
By doing less you will understand
Twas better | suffered little pain,
Better l sinned for little time,
If the smarting warned me back from death,
And the sting of sin withheld from crime.
Who knows it's strength, by trial. knows
What strength must be set against sin,
And how temptation is overcome,
He knows who has felt it's power within.
And who knows how life, at the Last, may show?
Why, look at the moon, from where stand!
Opaque uneven you say, yet it shines
A luminous sphere, complete and grand.
So let my life stand just as it stands,
And let me now. l may, grow old.
| am what am and my life for me
Is the best, or it had not been | hold
Phoebe Cary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

government starts to put a heavy
tax on idle dollars. Idle dollars are
making many idle workers. Put
these idle dollars to work, and at the
same time many idle workers will
find employment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

be dissolved in 1910. The House bill
gives the Securities Commission the
discretion as to abolition.
The Senate bill definitely prohibited
contracts between holding companies
and their operating subsidiaries COW
ering service, sales and construction,
while the House bill gives the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission con-
troll over these features.
1t is reported that the Senators who
led the fight for the bill will do their
utmost to retain provisions wiping
out the more remote holding compa-
MES. 1t is their claim that the COM
pick corporate organizations cannot
be effectively regulated in their pres
ent form.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
Liberal Statement.

She's lovely girl. and so simple
in her tastes. | told her that I hadn't
much of an income yet. but that
hoped | could provide for her every
want"
And what did she say?"
''She said that would be all she
would ask"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

The A. A. A. amendments which
have passed the House were reported
favOrably by the Senate Agricultural
committee on Saturday, June 80, with
reviSiOns.
The bill as it came from the Senate
committee contained provisions which
would prohibit law suits designed to
wreck the processing tax program.
An epidemic of such legal actions
have been instituted by meat packers
and food professors recently in an
attempt to forestall further govern
mental action to reduce the price
spread between the producer and the
consumer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

According to A. A. A. estimates,
there will be over one million con-
tracts signed in the 1895 Corn and
Hog Adjustment Program. If all re-
ported contracts receive final approx
al, nearly twelve million acres will
be withheld from corn production by
farmers cooperating in the 1885 pro-
gram.
Although the minimum reduction
required in corn acreage adjustment
this year is only ten per cent as com
pared with twenty per cent last year,
cooperating farmers are holding near
ly the same amount of corn land out
of production this year because of
the great decrease in livestock num-
bers due to the drouth.
1t is expected that disbursement
of the first 1885 payment will begin
about the middle of July. 1t is esti-
mated that rental and benefit pay
ments to cooperating farmers under
the 1895 program will total approx
mately one hundred eighty-six million
dollars.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

A young Doctors first patient called
at his office and discussed the adj
Visibility of an operation. The pa
tient said: "Rut-er-the operation won't
be-er-serious. will it,"
The young doctor replied: only for
me. I've never tried it before"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

Sing a song of ten cents. packet full
of seeds.
Five and twenty blackbirds pecking
through the weeds.
Thirteen thousand sparrovs. fourteen
thousand crows--r
Where that little packet goes every
Id. hrs
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
OBSERVATIONS
BY Cong. ELMER ]. RYAN

At this writing, representatives OF
producers of rye are in conference
with A. A. A. officials elative to a
plan to increase the price of rye pro-
duced this year.
1t is estimated that this years rye
crop will be about forty-fOur million
bushels compared to sixteen million
bushels last year, and five year av-
erage, 1929-1933, of thirty-five mil
lion bushels.
The average price of rye for the
marketing year 1894 was seventy-one
cents per bushel. On June Is of this
year it had dropped to fifty-three
cents. This drop is ascribed to the
large crop in prospect. 1t is under
stood that plan has been proposed
for a rye adjustment program with
benefit payments.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

forum measure which was recently
held unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court, has been revised and favorably
reported to the Senate by the Senate
Judiciary committee. The bill has
been revised in an attempt to meet
the objections of the Supreme Court
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11

Arcanum Bulletin.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-11
HOLIDAY WOULD
PAY FEED, SEED
LOANS IN KIND
Convention of Midwest States Holiday
Members Drafts Resolution to Con.
gresS and the President to Approve
Beneficial Laws.

County officers of the National
Farmers Holiday Association have
been sent copies of resolutions
passed at the convention of the AS
ISOLATION held in st. Paul June 20.
Among these is Resolution No. 1,
which is pertinent to farmers of
this section and which is here
has to do with the Federal Feed
and Seed Loans and is as follows:
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
NAMED RECEIVER

Albert B. Ring, of the U. S.
comptroller's office, was today
named receiver for the First Ma
tional Bank of Duquoin, ILL.,,
which closed recently
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
'SWAPPED' WIFE
WITH MOTHER

LOS ANGELES, Feb. % G.N.SD
In a fashionable Hollywood apart
ment Mrs. Jane Scholtz Emer-
son, former Denver socialite, and
one of the principals in the SEN
sational wife swapping" divorce
trial, today sought solace in the
arms of her mother, Mrs. Ed
mund Scholtz.
The hearing, resulting from
the divorce complaint of Walter
Emerson, in which the names of
Barton Sewell, millionaire yachts
man, and his wife, Leah Sewell,
were involved, was in recess un-
til Monday.
Mrs. Emerson, who collapsed
from shock after she testified to
having spent the night with Sewell
in beach cottage. while Emerson
and Mrs. Sewell shared the same
bed, will be able to be in court
Monday, her attorneys said.
Both Emerson and Mrs. Sewell
have denied the asserted wife
swapping" incident from the wit.
ness stand. although Mrs. Emerson
testified the swap" at the beach
party was only one of at least two
and possibly more similar occur
enceS.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
PWA NAVY FUND
VOTED DOWN
International News Service


Opposition to the use of Fed
eral funds designed to put the
idle to work building naval YES
sells will be voted by the Senate
Munitions Committee.
The decision results from tes-
timony by Public Work Admins
traitor Ickes, who said he did
not think the use of PWA money
to construct naval craft effected
the purpose for which such allo-
cations were made-speedy en-
ployment of the idle.
Senator Nye (R) of North Da-
kota, chairman of the committee,
tried to get Mr.. Ickes to say that
if he was in charge of Federal
funds he would not allocate them
to build ships, but Mr.. Ickes
eVaded a direct reply. Senator
Nye asked:
"YOu have found ways in
which you believe the Govern
ment's money may better be
Employed"
81 have"
The Interior Department head
was called to tell the committee
about 1898 1000, 900 of PWA money
that was allocated to shipbuilding
in June, 1888. He admitted that
of this amount only about $70,-
00O, 900 had been spent as of last
January /.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
SKIN GRAF TING
FACES SHAFT

Recently freed from the steel
"bandages" in which it was
wrapped for a general "face lift
ing" the Washington Monument
today faced the prospect of a
'Skin grating" operation.
The Washington Ma tic a
Monument Society has given its
support to a suggestion of the
National Park Service that new
granite facing be placed on the
lower $50 feet of the shaft. This
would involve cutting away six
inches of the present surface and
grating granite in its place.
It is held that only such an
operation can prevent the break.
age and staining that afflicts
the older part of the structure.
Mark Sullivan, writer, and
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson
were elected to membership in
the monument society at it's
one hundred and second annual
meeting yesterday in the Metro.
politan Club.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
SAFETY At SEA
To Be PUSHED
BYPRES|DENT
Congress Also to Be Told
of Plans to Promote
Merchant Marine

President Roosevelt will disclose
the Administrations merchant
marine policy and plans for pro-
noting safety at sea in a special
message. probably next week,
Congressional leaders were told
today.
The message is expected to en-
compass the recommendations
made by the Department Of Com
MERGE and the Post Office, De-
partment following investigation
Of the ship subsidy question and
the steamship disasters of the
last year.
Subsidies Likely
The Administrations policy, 1t
Is indicated, calls for payment of
lump sum subsidies to keep the
American flag floating in trade
lanes where business would not
justify it.
Under the present policy, the
merchant marine is aided by pay
ing subventions for the transpor-
tation of foreign mails. Congress is
now providing $2S,OOO,OOo a year
for mail pay.
Although the poStoffice depart
ment conducted a long investiga-
ton into mail contracts, following
the inquiry of the Black Senate
committee, Congressional leaders
do not expect a general cancella-
ton Of contracts such as followed
the air mail investigation.
Seek Early Action
The administration, it was said,
expects Congress to enact COM
prehensive program this session in
an effort to prevent such disasters
as the burning of the Moro Cas-
tie.
A dozen bills designed to pro-
mote safety at sea have been sub
mitted to Congress by the Com
merce Department. Other meas
ures are expected to follow.
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
Amity Club to Hold
Installation Rites

Officers will be installed March
7 by the Amity Club at an elab,
crate program in the Shoreham
Hotel.
Beginning at p. M, the pro,
gram will include the annual din.
ner and dance,
The Washington times., 1935-02-23
80 YEARS ASKED
FORKENNAMER

PAWNEE, Okla, Feb. %
Q.N.SO Phil Kennamer ner-
vously paced, his county Jail cell
today waiting to be formally SEN
fenced as the convicted killer of
John F. Gorrell, jr., Kansas City
dental student.
At 2 p. m. today Kennamer
will be taken before Judge Thur
man Hurst for sentencing on a
conviction of manslaughter re-
turned by jury Thursday night.
The young son of Federal
Judge Franklin E. Kennamer
may be given sentence from four
to ninety-nine years. Prosecutor
Holly Anderson said he would
ask at least so years imprison,
ment.
Kennamer confessed shooting
Gorrell to death in Tulsa last
Thanksgiving night. He said he
was forced to kill the student dur
ing a struggle for Gorrell's gun
caused when Kennamer tried to
dissuade his pal from carrying out
a kidnap-extortion plot against
pretty Virginia Wilcox, heiress to
a Tulsa oil fortune.
Before sentence is passed attor
neys are expected to introduce a
motion for a new trial. A. Flint
Moss. chief of defense counsel
said he will appeal if necessary