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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
FinIaysOn School
Wins Recognition

The Finlayson school has been in
formed that it won first place in the
senior high school division of the
English Essentials contest This is a
contest in which ability in grammar
and spelling is rated
A fine silver loving cup has been.
sent to Finlayson as a permanent re-
minder of the achievement. Miss Wy
berg teaches senior high school Eng
lish.
This is not the first time Finlayson
has won recognition in scholastic
way as two years ago that school won
second place in the same contest
behind Saltwater and Last year Fin
layson lost first place by a point and
a half to Kensal, Md. This year Fin
layson won over Chisholm for first
place. Mae Wallio, Earl Esse and
Ruth Osladil made perfect scores on
the last test.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
POPPIES WILL BE
SOLD AT ASKOV

Poppies which will be distributed on
the streets here Saturday, May %, to
be worn in honor of the World war
dead have been received by Jens H
Jensen Unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary from Veterans hospital at
FIT. Smelling where they were made by
disabled World war veterans.
The peoples are made of crepe
paper in exact replica of the wild
peoples of France which grew along
the World war battle front, the one
touch of natures beauty in that re-
gion of death and desolation. Hun
dreds of disabled veterans have been
given employment through the winter
and spring shaping the little flowers
for the Auxiliary. The work has
been conducted in 60 different hos
pitfalls and convalescent workrooms.
Gives Vets Aid.
Poppy-making work is restricted to
disabled veterans receiving little or
no government compensation, with
preference being given to those hav-
ing families in need of their support
Materials are supplied by the Aux
iliary. The number each veteran is
allowed to make per day is restricted
so that the work may be spread
among as many needy men as possible
and to prevent over-taxing the work
ers' strength.
Making pOppies is considered valu-
able occupational therapy treatment
in the government hospitals. The
work gives the disabled men an inter-
esting, profitable occupation, relieves
them of the long hours of idleness,
and is a positive aid to recovery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
COUNTY FAIRS
MAY HAVE HELP
Ferty.fOur Additional Counties Will
Receive Improvements Since Re.
StrictiOnS are Removed.

Removal of restrictions which prev
iously prevented WPA work for coun-
ty fair associations occurred this
week. This will make it possible for
A additional counties to receive i'm
provements under the federal work
program. Forty-three projects to cost
more than 100000 including IS in
operation or completed already are in
the program. These facts were
brought out in an address by Victor
Christgau, state WPA administrator
before the Minnesota Federation of
County Fairs held in the Nicollet
hotel in Minneapolis Saturday.
washington has ruled" Mr.. Christ
gau said, that recent legislation de-
filming municipalities brings district
and county agricultural societies
clearly within the scope of NUM-
cipality for the purpose of WPA pro-
ject sponsorship"
Discussing the status of fair ground
projects which have been approved
but not yet started, the administrator
said their future depends entirely
upon whether the WPA program is
continued beyond June 80 as well as
upon the amount of relief labor avail
able i'm the localities.
Improvements such as construction
of All Club buildings, laying SAM
tary sewers, general improvements of
grounds and building repairs await
final approval from the following
counties: Cooke, ST. Louis, Itasca,
Koochiching, Mile Laos, Pine, Isanti,
Morrison, Hubbard, Ramsey, Freedom,
Mower, Hennepin, Ottertail, Norman,
Becker, Swift, Blue Earth, Mobiles,
Rock and Murray.
"As soon as we have definite word
that the program will continue into
the next fiscal year." Mr.. Christgau
said, 1--WE hope to have as many of
these county fair ground projects as
possible in our new program. We
consider them especially valuable to
communities of the respective coun-
ties they serve"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
MASONS GIVE
EVENINGS FUN
Sandstone Lodge Entertains A Good
Sized Crowd in Temple Mon.
day Night.

Approximately 80 people, MasOns
and their ladies and Eastern Star
members and their escorts, gathered
in the Masonic Temple in Sandstone
Monday night for a social get-to-geth-
err. After the regular business meet
ing of the Masonic lodge the enter
tainment committee had arranged a
program of vocal and novelty numbers
together with dancing at which others
had been invited. Music for the oc-
casion was furnished by Fritz's Or
chestra of Sandstone, and a delicious
lunch was served at the close of the
evenings entertainment.
The ceremonies were begun with
grand march led by Mr.. and Mrs.
Svend Petersen of AskOv, and Joined
by practically every couple in attend
ance. After this three dance num-
bers were played by the orchestra to
introduce the entertainment part of
the program, the first number of
which was a chalk talk by Marvin
Peterson of Askov, who was intro
duced by master-of-ceremonie Dr.
H. D. Stokes, as Prof. Daubit. Mr.
Petersons number was much enjoyed
and well received by his audience.
The next number consisted of a short
skit by some high school pupils and
this was Immediately followed by a
vocal duet by Miss Jean Robey and
Mrs. Guy Thorne, accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Arthur Martin. The
final number on this phase of the pro-
Gram was tap dance novelty by the
Misses Maxine Prenevost and Edna
Walker, accompanied by Mrs. Robert
Goodell at the piano.
Dancing then took up the remain
der of the evening until lunch was
served, during which Kenneth Ga
brielson sang a vocal solo, "Oh, How
Dot Lena Can Eat"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
BY GEORG STRANDvOLD

Last week it was pointed out here
as on several former occasions, that
there is a growing tendency to charge
the United States, Germany and ia
pan with the indirect responsibility
for the Italian war against Ethiopia;
these three powers, not members OF
the League of Nations, remained al
most totally inactive in regard to the
League efforts to stop the war and
thus, no doubt contributed a great
deal toward making inevitable the de-
feat of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Stan
ley Baldwin of Great Britain is OF
that opinion, too; in speech in AL
bert Hall, London, the other day, he
said:
Il have often pointed out that
the United States to our regret is not
a member of the League of Nations
and that in the last two years two
great powers, Japan and Germany
have retired from it. 1t is no use
overlooking or underestima ting the
difficulties created for this country
(Great Brittany as long as these three
great powers are outside the League
Even if you consider only economic
sanctions, how can they be really eff,
fective if three countries such as
these remain outsider"
Another Detection.
Mr.. Baldwin raised the cry OF
League reform, voiced the demand
for a change of it's framework so as
to make it possible for the United
States, Japan and Germany to
become members, but at almost the
very same hour the Central Ameri-
can republic of Guatemala sent no.
tice to Geneva that it wished to re-
tire from the League. Exactly what
was the motive of this step is not
known. 1t is, however, recalled that
Continued OH Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
TWO MORE FILE FOR
PINE COUNTY OFFICE

The Last filing date will include
Tuesday, May 26, at which time all
county filings must be into the audi
tors office at Pine City. Filings for
state and legislative offices closed
on May 6.
During the past week two more
filings for county offices were re-
ceived at the auditors office, when
F.. w. Stepan filed Tuesday to sue
seed himself as county commissioner
from the Fourth district, and Guy H.
Brown of Barry township. filed for
the office of Judge of Probate.
Mr.. Stepan, who has served in the
office he again seeks for many years
has issued a statement which ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
ASKOV WOMAN
IS MOURNED
Mrs. j. August Nielsen's Death DC.
ours at University Hospital I'm
Minneapolis Monday.

A death which was not wholly I'M
expected occurred in the University
hospital in Minneapolis Monday when
Mrs. j. August Nielsen of the Askov
community, passed away. Mrs. Mel
sen was taken ill several weeks ago
with gallStones and was Immediately
taken to the hospital where she re-
Gently underwent an operation. She
rallied for time after the operation
and seemed at one time to be on the
road to recovery, but her weakened
condition made it possible for cOmpli-
cations to set in and after numerous
blood transfusions she was called.
Mrs. Nielsen was born in Aarhus,
Upland, Denmark, on Aug. p, 1874,
and came to the United States when
II years old in 1885. She, with her
family, came to Askov in 1914 from
Newell, Iowa, where she had resided
from 1885 to 1914.
Mrs. Nielsen was member of the
Bethlehem Lutheran church and was
married to j. August Nielsen at
Newell, Iowa, on Sept. IL, 1895. Her
husband passed away June Is, 1880,
after which she operated the farm
with the aid of her children from
that time until this spring when she
decided to leave the farm in the
hands of her son, Sigurd. who was
recently married. However, her ill
ness prevented her from enjoying any
of the rest period planned for her.
Was Considerable Mother.
Mrs Nielsen, as her husband before
her, was a kind and considerable par
ent always quietly suffering, herself,
while in ill health while she at
tempted to appear normal to her chill
dren. Her thought was for pleas
ant time for them The children who
survive her are Mrs. Clarence Matt
son (Clara), Mrs. Alex Madsen (Elna),
Miss Alma and Sigurd in the Askov
community; Mrs. Louis P. Jensen
(Estella) of Northfield; Harold of
Minneapolis; Mrs. Norman Peterson
(Margare) and Mrs. C. L. Van Beuse-
kom (Annetta) of st. Paul; and Alfred
and Einar of Pontiac, Mich. Another
daughter, Agnes, passed away at the
age of three months. s.a'
Mrs. Nielsen's body was laid to rest
in the Askov cemetery Wednesday
afternoon following funeral services
conducted in the Danish Lutheran
church in Askov at 2 o'clock. Rev.
jobs. Knudsen preached the funeral
sermon and old neighbors and friends,
Anton Dietz, John Dietz, Bertel
Fisher, B. r. Petersen, R. P. Rasmus-
sen and A. c. Jorgensen acted as
pallbearerS.
Many friends and neighbors of the
family are sad in their deep loss.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
ROAD SURVEY
WILL BE MADE
Purpose Will be to Provide Data for
LOng-term Planning of Road
Programs.

The Minnesota Highway department
will commence upon a general plan
ming survey throughout the state with
in the next few weeks, according tc
an announcement contained in a state
highway bulletin issued this week
The work is already under way on
small scale but will be expanded
rapidly in June and July as traffic
steps up to its summer pace.
The Minnesota survey is part of a
national highway study being con-
Quoted by the United States Bureau
of Public Roads in cooperation with
state highway departments. The
first phase of the study to be initi-
ated in the field is the weighing and
classification of traffic loads at
strategic points on the highway.
Parties equipped with portable
truck scales or loadometers will
handle this part of the work, analyz-
ing traffic on state, county and town
ship roads.
Other phases of the study will in
clude comprehensive inventory
showing the condition of rural roads
both on and off the state system, a
study of the use and traffic import
ance of specific roads and of gen.
eral road financing problems.
The purpose of the survey is to
provide data for long-term planning
of road programs so that the public
will obtain the maximum of high
way service at a minimum of cost
according to N. w. Elsberg, state
highway commissioner.
Data developed in this survey will
supplement the findings of the eco
nomic road study made in Minnesota
in 1894 under the supervision of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Forty states are now working with
the federal bureau in it's planning
project
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21

who spoke at the Sixth district con-
ference held in Sandstone Sunday,
May IL, issued what was termed as
his keynote in his campaign for NOM
ination in the primaries as Congress
man from the Sixth district. Mr..
Galarneault, war veteran and at the
present time county attorney from Ait
kin county, and endorsed by the Sixth
District FarmerLabor association for
representative to Congress, gave a
good talk in which he discussed the
necessity for changes in the economic
and political system. He brought out
the fact that the Farmer-Labor party
is the political party which best rep
resents the program for the interests
of the average man. 1t is expected
that Mr.. Galarneault will appear in
various places in this section during
the political campaign just ahead.
Hartig Also Speaks.
DR.. Paul Hartig, secretary of state
candidate, spoke on the danger of
chain store expansion to the indie
pendent merchant.
The speaker also gave an ANALYSIS
of the Republican platform, its lack
of clarity and evasiveness on such
problems as taxation, old age pension,
etc. DR.. Hartig gave, also, an in
structive talk on the sales tax, its
detrimental effect upon the consumer,
the injustice of same upon the indie
pendent merchant and the advantage
of such tax system to the mail order
houses doing an interstate business;
these corporations being exempt from
same.
The morning session was devoted
to the work of the delegates of the
central committee of the various
counties in this district and was pre-
sided over by Chairman Ralph Nor
gard. A general discussion as to Or
ganization work during the campaign
was INDUCED in and county reports
were given.
The afternoon session was attended
by good crowd to hear the speakers
as introduced by Representative John
White, the popular Kanabec legislator
with a 100 per cent record for the
common welfare.
The next meeting of the Sixth dis
trict will be held at Brainerd on June
just before the primaries.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
F|REMEN WILL
MEET SUNDAY
Sandstone Will be Host to
Visitors in Training
School.
Fire Fighting Methods and
Other Information Will
be Presented.

The Sandstone fire department I'M
der the supervision of c. j. Amund-
sen, chief of the department. and H.
d. Stokes, secretary, together with
the State Fire Marshal department
and the other fire departments in
Kanabec and Pine counties will hold
a regional fire school in Sandstone
Sunday, May "a.
The school will open at $50 in the
morning with registration of the var
ious chiefs and firemen. There will
be an address of welcome by Mayor
Fred Walker. Talks by the fire mar
shall and lectures on fire fighting.
The session will include a talk on
Hydraulic and Hose Lines" with a
demonstration by Sanford Herberg,
engineer of the Fire Underwriters In
spection Bureau. Captain Rudy
Tersch of the Minneapolis Fire De-
partment and former volunteer fire
instructor for the state of Iowa, will
handle volunteer drills and evolution
and will give a general course of in
struction in volunteer fire fighting
dllu Iii ouSllouI lhO uiy
L. j. Jones of the Duluth department,
and his squad, will give demonstra-
tion of first aid and rescue work.
Certificates Will be Presented.
The visiting chiefs, firemen and
municipal officials who have been in
vited to attend the school will be
guests of the Sandstone fire depart
ment during the day. Firemen at
tending this school and completing
the course at the school will receive
a certificate signifying that they have
completed the first of series of
courses in firemanship.
The municipalities which have been
invited to attend the days instruc-
tions are Pine City, Beroun, Hinck-
ley, Mora. Quamba, Brook Park,
Askov, Finlayson, Rutledge, Willow
River, Sturgeon Lake and Bruno.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21

Some kind of a record for this sec
tion of the state and especially for
the Pine County Baseball League
when, during the four first games of
the current schedule, 116 strike outs
were rung up by the pitchers.
Monroe Cunningham, pitching for
Sturgeon Lake against Askov, topped
the list with %. j. Danelski of Den
ham, whitfield IS of the Sandstone bat
ters; Pearson of Willow River, did
the same against Moose Lake. Enerd
Edin of Duquette, struck out Is of
his Rutledge opponents while Schmidt
of Rutledge famed 10. Otto Jensen,
pitching for Askov, caused IL of Stur-
geon Lakes heavy hitters to go down
by the strike out route. Martichuski
of Moose Lake, was next in line with
9 in 2-3 innings; Calender of Sand
stone 4, Peterson of Moose Lake 2
and Klinker of Sandstone 2.
One home run was hit by Palon,
shortstop on the Sturgeon Lake team.
Altogether IS hits were made by the
eight competing teams. Going into
the second game of the schedule next
Sunday, Denham, Duquette, Moose
Lake and Sturgeon Lake will be out
to maintain their victory lead while
Askov, Rutledge, Sandstone and Will
low River will turn on the heat"
to make it "a $3.50 break in the stand
ings.
Following are the box scores as re-
ported for the games:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
WINTER TAKES
TOLL ON ROADS
Abnormal Season Sends States Extra
Expense and Loss Past the
S3,OOO,OOO Mark.

Minnesota's trunk highway system
suffered abnormal damage of more
than 100000 this spring as an aft
ermath of the unusually severe win
ter, according to figures submitted to
Highway Commissioner N. w. Elsberg
by maintenance engineers of the state
highway department..
This total does not include damage
to bridges in recent spring floods nor
abnormal expense incurred in plow-
ing snow off the roads this year.
Total abnormal expenditures and
road and bridge damage resulting
from unusual weather conditions since
January 1 this year approximate
more than 100000, listed by Mr..
ElSberg as follows:
Damage to gravel roads Isl 10000
Bituminous treated gravel
roads ................. 9O5,OOO
Shoulders, slopes and
ullCHSS ....... IIV,UUU
Bridges and culverts ...... 100000
Abnormal snow removal eX-
peuSo I0U,UUU
This situation, combined with re-
duced maintenance funds resulting
from lowered automobile license fees,
creates a serious situation for the
trunk highway SYSTEM" Mr.. Elsberg
said. Federal funds cannot be used
for maintenance work, so our expen-
ditures are limited in this field to
available state revenues.
"Minnesota's experience with the
weather this year should be sufficient
proof of the danger in cutting down
highway revenues below a reasonable
margin of safety. After abnormal
cold and snow in the winter, we ex-
perienced spring clOudburst in the
southern part of the state. Such con-
tingencies must be provided for or
our trunk highway system cannot be
satisfactorily maintained"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
GIRL WEBS
IN MONTANA
Miss Karen Petersen Becomes Bride
of South Dakota Man, A Long
Acquaintance.

ASkov friends were agreeably sur
prised the past weekend to learn that
Miss Karen Petersen had become the
bride of Mr.. Rasmus johnson of Lake
Norden, S. D.
The wedding ceremony was con-
Quoted Sunday, May 10, in the Dag
mar, Mont, Lutheran church by Rev.
Marius Larsen, pastor at that place.
A wedding dinner was served at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs. Fred
Winter, following the ceremony, after
which the newlyweds left on honey
moon trip which took them to Askov
and various points, terminating at
their Lake Norden home where they
will commence housekeeping.
The groom is known to several in
the Askov community, having been
here at various times where he visi-
ted with his relatives, Henry Ib Han
sen and Mrs. John Christensen. He
has been in the South Dakota COM
munity for many years and is con-
Quoting an undertaking establishment
in Lake Norden.
The bride has spent many years
in the Askov community and had
taken nurses training in Iowa. This
profession she followed intermittently
for the past several years. During the
past few months she has visited with
her sister in Dagmar, Mont, where
the wedding took place.
Askov friends join in the extension
of best wishes and congratulations to
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21

The address at the Askov high
school commencement eXercise S
Thursday evening, May %. in the D..
B. S. hall, will be delivered by Dean
Carl C. Guise of Itasca Junior College.
During the past years Dean Guise
has served as professor of philosophy
in numerous educational institutions
throughout the middle west, among
them Parsons College of Fairfield,
Iowa, and Buena Vista College of
Storm Lake, Iowa. Since 1888 he has
been connected with Itasca Junior
College.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
Marriage License Applications

The following have applied to the
clerk of district court of Pine county
for marriage licenses:
Joseph James Mack to Violet F.
Berkey, both of Pine City.
Rudy H. Skalicky to Jeanett Broz
both of Pine City.
Louis Pearl Cole to Eva Mae But
Ter, both of Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
WEBER is CANDIDATE

Frank r. Weber of Paynesville, who
aspires to the Farmer-Labor nomina-
ton for Congressman from the Sixth
district issues the following statement
In the start of his campaign for that
Office: Il heartily endorse and pledge
my support to the sixteen basic prin-
ciples of the National Union for So
cial Justice"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
A CORRECTION

In last weeks issue of the Askov
American appeared a statement by
William Mista, clerk of court, con-
corning the automobile drivers Ii
censes issued. In this appeared the
line, Total drivers licenses issued
$6,177." 1t should have read Total
drivers licenses issued 6,177."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
STURGEON FL. MEETING IS
ANNOUNCED

There will be a meeting of the
Sturgeon Lake Farmer-Labor club in
the village hall there Wednesday,
May ~, at p. m. A good speaking
program has been arranged and the
public is invited.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
ASKOV SCOUTS GET
BADGE FOR WORK

The Askov Boy Scout troop No. 1877
badge for its past years record.
George l. Glen is scoutmaster and
William Coombe is assistant.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21

Summary-Two base hits. Peterson.
p. Danelski; sacrifice hit. Dolly; struck
by Klinker 2; hit by pitched ball.
Hrubes by Klinker; bases on balls. off
J. DanelSki 4, off Calendar 8; left on
Jupe Johnson; scorer, Norbeck; time.
2:10.
CONTINUED on Page ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21

Let American Want Ads do your
detective work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
COUNTY LEAGUE
SEASON BEGINS
Denham, Duquette, Moose
Lake and Sturgeon Lake
Win First Round.
One Hundred Sixteen
StrikeoutS Registered
in Four Games.
Schedule Sunday. Nav "a,

Schedule sunday, May a.
Willow River at Sturgeon Lake,
Askov at Rutledge, Duquette at Sand
stone, Denham at Moose Lake.
Standings of the Teams.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21

| A NATIONAL RECORD
Largest circulation of any
newspaper in the United
States published in a COM
munity of it's size.
By far the largest circu-
latiOn of any newspaper in
Pine county.
A good advertising medium.