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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-02

The pro joct is still ne"s out- side. This list issue Of the Set- urdcy Evening Post carries the somewhat innuendo-lGden crticle by Arthur StrinEer which Wo hcvo C. Wci ted since his brief visit here l~st s11rl-or.
 Arvillo Scholoben, who cCme up with tllo s3cond contingent of colo- nists, liv3d with them three busy months md c--rri5d away [ clo1r- cut mind picture o f Whot it is I'll :bout, h:~s : picc3 in this months issue Of the American N"ge zinc.
 Nr. Sch2loben tells in 2 cuito r65dc bl1 r-cnner just v:hc h~ooen3d turing th~.t first trying period of t.ottinc things stcrt3d. :"e talks Of 0or5ons md circuls nces wi tn which ho is f1mi licr....a bit of . novelty ~ft4r Wodin0 through lot of this other stuff thet has boon :ritt 3r by overnight visitors
 And in the Anchorage Tines for Dccomb3r 26 is : long orticlo by n Anchor1o1 attorney "ho I1inces no lords os he t~21os issue v'ith somo or tho thinr5 soid by Repre- g. ntotive zionchock of Washington st. t9. It 2XDreSsCS q comDr5hCn- sivo vioVDoint on tho Colony ond should be rocd by Gvorv person in- tore st5d in the pro ojoct.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-02

th~t V3, believing it one of the essential functions of 2 newspaper to n1osont for renders the high liGhts of both National cnd Terri toricl politics, run elsevhore in t2zli $ issue m crticle by 1zocjs~rd Lyne, member Of the Alc,ska Iegis- llturoo
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-02

Ted Giblin strcys fir from tho truth in trying to justify his vol- untary return to tho StG t5s, md no doubt t2cr7 2ro those who will believe him. Would they if they hcd the following slont on his in- togrity?
 St. Louis county, Him.. g~ve coch r~sidont who boc~r TIC o colonist n3" r2ngJ; mattresses, bedding nd other hous s9nOld eff cts.
 Giblin sold his neV stovo to I'll old sottl5r for @25.OO, 2 trifle moro thot fr0ig ght cost, swing thot ho didn't lire soil tho mattresses s tAoy bore n. c.r2zines which prohib- itod their scl9. One St. Louis Co. stovo T7o kno" of WIS t@6ged S59.5C.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-02
As you will $50 by 0cge l

As you will soo by 7cee l, this issue of tho PIONEER enhroces nu2b3r l9 md 20. R3r rson:- Ink ordorod in November has for some rocson filled to ccr1ivo or boon 1lisloid vi tn othor froiGht. "e mis- sGd out on tho issue of tho 10th, but try to nike ID by giving you increased size in this number.
 Thanks to thc hl@.s .sko Railroad VIC hc1Vo boon cbl1 to borrow enough ink to Got Aur out.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-02

That historic document, Tie Con- stitution Of the United States, 1uerantees to it's citizens religious freedom, freedom of speech, and freedom of the )ress.
 since the writer h7s just becone sole oronri etor, publisher and edi- tor Of the PTOTE32, it is with the last of this triloey oe 'freadons' that he crinci pally is conc erned.
 Ee annroaches 5he task o1 con- luctinc the oeper hurl51z~, realizing full well what the task entails.
 A newspaper is 6 g1:2z~t many things in a con:1uri ty, g. clty, or tovn. It is Q medium by mich it's readers are l1ad3 coGni3ant Of th3 topics of the day = a Jrite ohr2se = but your ne:s2@o >r's duty is to col- lect and ai6somin te tho things of interest that occur t-1ous an3s of niles aE!ay, s yell 1s rHos" events which take Dl@c3 on To@r v%s-v door, steps.
 Your novs2e per, if 1t is to be {: normal entity in the life of this 5tendar6s o+. tn: guild. It must t Ill tirios 3ndeovor to i've it's r3cd- 3rs up-to- tho-niaute nows with all tho accuracy possible. It must not be p2rtis n i1l it's oditori 2ls, md it must be scruDulouslv careful in Ill tho advartisiT& it cerrios. Tn :. word, it must c5hGr3 strictly to the initial yrilcinlos thct endowed this }S;1coc.t country of OUTS with the freedom or tho 1rcss,' md must 3vcr zoclously c:4~rl :::o:~ protect this important corsti titutionol riollt {, given us by tn" tounl"cs Of our Re- public.
 new ye2r is nor It hon1 cn1 the o5 remount issue bef0ro the people of the United States proper md it's Terri tory of All szo is Nhethor or not Mir. Roosevelt md the Nc" Doll re going to survive IS tho detor~ mining fzcJor in our N2tiol@l md Territorial coV3ImIont, or whether some OUz5r political oreCniZ~ tiOn ri tn diff 2cont iAcels md :. moro 3f- cicccious cure-1ll for our economic md sociel ills is to prevail.
 It is vi tn this though in mind, ~:Ner5 IS we ere of tho fact that the -r~ tcnuskc Valley hcs now b3coma the ~biding place of hundreds of new citizens, ell Of Uhom will be oligi- ole to vote in tho fall elections,
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-02
JANUARY 2 l92 $
THE N-hTANUSKA VALLEY PIONEER

J Jack Al:lnla n, -z'ubli-
 sher and Editor
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
MORE SAFETY

The press and the courts are full.
these days, of traffic law violations
and the public is gradually getting fed
up on them too. 1t is recognized
fact that the majority of motorists
are safe and sane drivers and it is
only a matter of time until they will
take things into their own hands more
efficiently through the courts to pun
ish those who insist upon making the
highways unsafe for them and their
families to travel on.
Even though traffic accidents con-
tinue to take tremendous toll of hui
man life, more sincere efforts to curb
them are being made, it seems. Sep
TENDER was designated month for
safety and it is apparent that a large
part of the motoring public was made
safety conscious, which may have
some lasting effect. Let's make every
month of the year safety month"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
DO YOU REMEMBER?

1t has only been a short period ago.
when one thinks in terms of the ter
rible slaughter of the worlds young
manhood, since the World war, even
though it has been Is years by the
calendar And it will be considerably
longer until we forget the sacrifices
we went through then; and it will
likewise be a long time before we can
forget the false propaganda which
was spread to create hatred toward
the German people in order that we
might overlook the folly of the whole
thing.
In a discussion the other day, some
one was heard to remark that it would
be pretty difficult to get us into an
other war. Well, that was the opin-
ion of great numbers previous to our
entry into the last war, but did it
prevent us from entering? The war
propagandists turned the trick and
they will do so again unless we are
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
FORMER BROOK PARK
WOMAN DIES IN CITY

Mrs. John Mans passed away at the
st. Mary hospital in Minneapolis Fri
day, September 25. Death was due to
heart trouble. She had been i'll but
a short time.
Mrs. Mans was born in Bohemia in
1865 and was II years, months and
4 days of age. She came to America
when she was two years old and re-
sided in st. Paul. She was married
to John Mans and moved to Fairfax,
later moving to Brook Park where Mr..
Mans passed away about IL years ago.
Mrs. Mans had since made her home
in Minneapolis. Surviving are seven
children, Mrs. Emma Wran, Mrs. Caro-
line Tolman, Mrs. Nora Calgren, AL
bert and Ben, of Minneapolis, Joe and
Fred of Brook Park, and two sisters,
Mrs. Emma Jerntusky and Mary Hob
rok of St. Paul.
Funeral services were conducted by
Father Ryan at Hinckley Monday
morning. The pallbearers were Mr..
Shaffer, Chas. Vettling, j. B. Fohr-
man, Ben Hancock, Frank Cabat and
Adolph Strohkirch.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01

people believe they pay nearly all the
taxes-that the renter gets off almost
scott free. Let me ask you: Would
anybody build houses for other people
to live In unless he could get his
money back. with a profit? And how
can he get his money back with a
profit until the rent covers all expen-
SEES and taxes first? Every man who
lives in house is taxpayer-he
pays the rent and the rent pays the
taxes. The landlord is only go
between. yet he wants all he credit.
This tax question has to be settled
one way or another. The right way
to settle it Is to abolish all taxes and
turn the unearned increment back in
to the public treasury, as per Henry
George. This would kill two birds
with one stone: You get rid of taxes
and land monopoly at the same time.
This would insure prosperity for all,
for our purchasing power would rise
SO per cent which alone would make
business flourish like a green bay
tree.
But how about the land speculator?
I'm afraid he would have to go to
work and earn his own living like
everybody else. But as that was the
curse laid upon all the sons of Adam
in the garden of Eden, and is there
fore common to all of us, l don't see
how he can complain.
p. w. SCHWANDER.
121 Pierce Ave-, Houston, Texas.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
THE TAX QUESTION
AskOv, MINI

Editor Askov American:
Did you ever know time in your
life when the question of taxes occu-
pied so much space in every publica-
tion from a country weekly to a
monthly magazine. What are we COM
ing to when the tax question is almost
the only thing discussed. And the
only remedy usually offered is to
switch the burden from idle land held
for purposes of speculation to some
useful thing like gasoline or some
other thing of daily use and necessity.
The excuse for removing the tax from
idle land is to encourage home owning.
Bosh! Every school boy knows this
would only encourage land specula-
ton all the more, create a land boom
and push the building sites still far
Their out of reach!
The landed gentry try to make the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
AGED BRUNO
WOMAN DIES
Last Rites VIII be Held for Mrs. Nels
Lindh In Bruno Friday; Burial
I'm Minneapolis.

A wedding tie which had lasted al
most 81 years was broken at $50 p. m
Tuesday when Mrs. Nels Lindh of
Bruno, passed away. Mrs. Lindh's
death was the result Of complications
setting in since an accident a short
time ago when she fell from the porch
OF their home. Direct cause OF her
death was pneumonia. She was near
ly 81 years Of age.
Mrs. Lindh was married to Nels
Lindh in Minneapolis Oct. 20, 1882,
and resided there for 33 years. They
moved to Bruno about 81 years ago
where they farmed for several years
before moving into the village. Mr..
Lindh has been in business there for
the past several years. Mrs. Lindh
Is survived by her husband, three
daughters and one son. A grandson
has made his home with them, but
now Is attending the University of
Minnesota
Four years ago 80 friends and rel
atives helped Mr.. and Mrs. Lndh
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary.
Funeral services will be held from
the Emanuel Lutheran church in
Bruno Friday at 1 p. M, with Rev.
Elmer j. johnson officiating. Burial
will be made in a Minneapolis Gene
terry.
large circle of friends join in ex-
tending sincere sympathy to the be-
reaved husband and children in the
loss of their wife and mother.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News.
papers. Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
Of the AskOv American.)
MENACE
(The st. Paul Daily News)


The drunken auto driver is one Of
the most vexing problems the police
and courts face these days. For he
requires them to treat as criminal
a man who is not. ordinarily, a GRIM
inal at all.
He is usually a married, man. with
a steady job and some standing In his
own circle; II he Is sentenced to a
month or so In Jail for driving while
drunk. as the law requires. he Is apt
to lose his job and his family Is GER
tain to suffer.
For this reason, paroles and sus-
pended sentences are handed out
pretty generously. In most cities 1t
Is the policy to give him good scare
and then let him 80.
1t can be argued that such a policy
is a great mistake. The drunken
driver and his family may suffer un-
duly If the letter OF the law is fol-
lowed-but society as a whole suffers
unduly IL DRINKS drive cars. After
all, no one compels any man to get
stiff and then sit behind a steering
wheel And the man who does so Is
as great a menace for the moment, as
a maniac with meat ak.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
(The Nation)ss

Although Governor Landon has now
climbed on the crop-insurance band
wagon, there appears to be a vast diff
in mind and the plans being drawn
by the Administration. Mr.. LandOn is
Intentionally vague, but seems to be
thinking of insurance in actuarial
terms, possibly to be carried out by
the private insurance companies. Sec
more realistic in insisting that it is
far too big an undertaking to be ham
died by private organizations. We
have learned from the Social Security
act that a complicated, expensive form
of insurance involving the accumula-
than none at all. If crop insurance is
to be cheap enough to attract the
average farmer, it is probable that
the insurer will have to take losses.
Unlike the private companies the gov
eminent can afford to do this, if only
as means of reducing relief costs.
Mr.. Roosevelt has gone beyond Lam
don, moreover, in recognizing that
neither crop insurance nor land con-
servation will solve the fundamental
problem of the ever increasing num-
Der of landless tenants and share
choppers. Whether cheap government
credit will prove an adequate solution
depends entirely on how cheap it can
be made. Long-term mortgages at
80 or per cent. would merely place
the average tenant in permanent serv-
itude to the government. An album
dance of government money at 1 or 2
per cent, on the other hand, might
usher in an agricultural revolution by
returning the land to the men who
work it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
SOMETHING ROTTEN in DENMARK

Editor Askov American:
My opinion concerning the lengthy
correspondence carried on through
the columns of the Askov American
by Mr.. Gustafson. superintendent OF
schools and his friends on the one
hand, and Mr.. Stepan and Mr.. Geb-
hardt, county commissioners, and
their friends, on the other hand, is.
that the matter is getting quite stale.
Still, judging from the stink it causes,
it is evident that something is rotten
in Denmark.
If it simply is family row it
should have been settled behind closed
doors and not before open court by the
readers of the American; on the other
hand. if the irregularities imputed by
the parties to the controversy have
any significant bearing either as to
county finances or as to the honesty or
the capability of the parties of con-
Quoting their respective Offices hon
estly and uprightly, then an investi-
cation should be had by the public
examiner or the courts whichever
ones duty it would be.
The electorate should know as we'll
as the respective officers themselves
whether or not they are wearing some
of the "emperors new clothes"
GratinO
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
SUPPLIES ALL
CLASSES HEAVY
Cattle Prices Hold Up Well I'm Face
of Very Generous Marketings; Hogs
Sell Steady to 1Oc Higher than Fri
day; Fat Lambs Score 25c Advance:

South st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. %, 1896:
Gu. S. d. A.: Around $4,000 cattle
and calves were offered for sale at
South st. Paul at this weeks OPEN
ing. Granted steers and yearlings
sold steady, grass killer stock steady
to 15c lower and stockers steady to
Csc lower. Small lots of fed steers
and yearlings sold at $500 to $3.50,
with nothing comparable to $1,000
kinds late Last week on offer. Fleshy
grass steers earned $6.75 to $3.50,
comparable heifers $5.75 to $3.50, low
er grade heifers and steers $3.50 to
$3.50, good fat cows $5.25 to $5.75,
bulk butcher cows $500 to $3.50, low
cutters and cutters $500 to $3.75, sau-
sage bulls $425 to $5.25, good to
choice vealers $500 to $3.50, odd head
$1,000 and lower grade vealers $500
to $3.50. Desirable stock yearlings
and calves bulked at $500 to $500,
with lower grades at $500 to $3.50
and choice white-faced feeder steers
held at $3.50 and above
Demand was broad for hogs today
and better 100 to $50 pound averages
made $9.65 to $1,000, $50 to 300 pounds
1925 to $500, heavier weights 5000
to 1925, 100 to 100 pounds $500 to
1918, 40 to 100 pounds SS.25 to 1925,
100 to 14O pound killers $3.50 to $3.50,
good sows $7.85 to $S.S5 and feeder
pigs scaling 60 to 12O pounds $3.50 to
$7.25, with lighter weights down to
$500 and under.
Fat lambs scored 25c advance at
this weeks opening and other classes
sold steady. Choice slaughter lambs
made 1925, common throwouts $500
to $500. and common to choice
slaughter ewes $3.50 to 1925. Choice
Washington feeders were held at $S.25,
but fairly desirable Al to 60 pound
white-faces cleared at $3.50 to $3.50
and plain lightweights down to $500.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
For More knowledge

The caption of this editorial has a
broad meaning, but perhaps the most
pertinent definition having to do with
the well-being of the people of the
world today is: better understanding
of public issues and the economic
situation
Many communities have had public
forums or adult education projects
during the past two or three years
and some more are now discussing
the establishment of them. The
North field News has the following to
say in regards to a public forum and
calls it Training in Democracy:
There has been discussion recently
of the establishment in Northfield of a
Public Forum, a means by which var
ious public issues could be discussed
in an interesting manner, providing a
practical training in democracy-a
form of adult education would
be highly desirable. Long an advO-
cate of free and open discussion of
every issue, local or national. The
News hopes the proposal for public
an agency will be formed here this
winter.
"a public forum, when it is we'll
managed, has the effect of creating
an intelligent interest in vital ques-
tions, and when there is wide partici-
patton by persons of varying views,
the result is certain to be helpful and
educational. L never have an argu-
ment when | do not learn something
commented Northfield business man
in connection with this subject-a
canny remark that tells the story
about the public forum idea in a nut
shell. What is more, such an agency
highly desirable when you consider
how prone all of us are to catalog and
pigeon-hole other people because of
their opinions.
America has tradition of govern
ment by public opinion. That is an
essential of representative democracy
as we know it, and because we use
that method so largely in every field
of public relationships it is important
that that public opinion be well-in-
formed, free and temperate. When it
has these virtues you may put your
faith in the ultimate decisions of de-
mocracy and in the Ultimate success
of government by the people, of the
people, and for the people,"
Any open discussion from all angles
of public questions can have but one
end and that is for the good. People
of today are gradually catching up to
the intricacies of government and are
seeing ways of bringing it back to
serve the majority rather than the
few.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
LEGAL NOTICES
ORDER FOR HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION

State Of Minnesota, County of Pine.
IN PROBATE COURT
In Re Estate of John A. KneStang.
also known as John KneStang. Decedent.
The representative of the above named
estate having filed his final account and
petition for adjustment and allowance
thereof and for distribution to the per-
sons thereunto entitled.
1T IS ORDERED. That the hearing
thereof be had on October 26. 1886. at
one O'Clock. p. NJ. before this Court in
the probate court room in the court
house in Pine City. Minnesota. and that
notice hereof be given by publication OF
this order in the Askov American and by
mailed notice as provided by law.
Dated September %. 1886.
court Seal ROBERT WILCOX.
Probate Judge.
ALBERT JOHNSON,
Attorney for Petitioner.
October 1-15)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
REALISM VERSUS IDEALISM

Editor ASkOv American:
In answer to Mr.. Joe Hampeys' ar
ticle of September II, l will first
ask him to read the print under the
Opinions of Others" column. ] be-
lieve this clears the editor of your
charge of taking unfair advantage of
the readers.
In order to further clarity my stand
on COoperatives, Farmers Organiza-
tions, Labor Unions and progressive
political parties and their relation
ship to the social problem. have the
following to offer:
| get the impression from your ar
ticle that you admit there exists a
social problem, urgently calling for a
solution. We are now, in my opinion,
entering a decisive period in the con-
tinuOus battle between reactionary
and progressive forces in this country.
The masses are restless and weary
as it becomes clearer to them that
they will not be permitted to share
the wealth which they have helped
produce. 1t becomes clear also, that
in the future a large part of the toll
ers will not be needed to produce
what society will use under the
capitalistic system.
The effect of this on social relation
ship will inevitably be sharper, more
clear-cut alignment of forces; those
who own and have plenty on one side,
/ and on the other side, those who
oh Of ha f,.,,; -
of life's work and a chance to make
a living in the future. 1t is sheer
| folly to believe that the forces on
the one side will give up their eco
nOmic advantage of their own free
will, and it is ''idealism" to believe
that if enough people wish the same
thing they will then get it without
further effort. This leaves one real
istic way to solve the problem of how
to divide labor and the fruits of la
Dor. Decide on which side you belong
and then line up with your own crowd.
If your interests lie on the side
of the masses, then organize into CO.
operatives, farmers organizations and
labor unions; build your own Farmer
Labor party based upon them; build
great united front and in this way
you can win your demands for an
economic place in the world. This is
the road l will travel, although l am
well aware of the obstacles to be over
come, such as the false leaders who
| in their short-sightedness will try to
solve their own problem individually
by using their leadership as a step
ladder to political jobs; the ISLANDERS
and lies of the mOney-controlled press
and radio, etc. But nevertheless, by
democratic procedure, by speedy cor
rection of our mistakes, we will be
able to build a better economic sys-
tenn with true equality for all humans,
even if this will provoke armed OPP
position from the money changers.
This, Mr.. Hampeys, is my idea of
chasing the money changers from the
temple, and if it is impossible in this
realistic way, then you and l are both
wasting our time and ink.
| LARS P. JENSEN,
| Askov, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE

State of Minnesota. County of Pine.
IN PROBATE COURT
I'm Re Estate of Petronella johnson.
Decedent.
The representative of said estate hav-
ing filed herein a petition to sell certain
real estate described in said petition;
1T IS ORDERED, That the hearing
one o'clock p. M. before this Court in
the probate court room in the court
house in Pine City, Minnesota. and that
notice hereof be given by publication
of this order in the ASkOv American anu
by mailed notice as provided by law.
Dated September 20. 1886.
=. XZfi9o XZfiB0
Court SeaD ROBERT WILCOX.
Probate Judge.
LAMSON & REINHOLD,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
October 1-15)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01

properly awakened before the time
comes. War stories are prevalent in
Spain and Mussolini spread plenty in
his conquest of Ethiopia in order to
make war look justifiable to the
people.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01
Limited Activities.

Policeman Ito motorist): Take it
easy, didn't you see that notice, Slow
Down Here?'"
Motorist: Eyes, Officer, but
thought it was just describing the viii
lage"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-01

When frying salt pork, first put the
slices in cold water and let the water
come to the boiling point, pour it off
and fry the pork. This improves the
flavor.