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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-05
LOCAL ATTORNEY
 DISPUTE REFEREE

First of Q series of hearings on the dispute between contractors and employees on the Norwalk post ofice construction project was held at Norwalk today by Attorney Francis P. Guilfoile of this city. Attorney Guilfoile earlier this week was named to referee the dispute by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.
 Attorney Guilfoile was appointed referee under the provision of the Davis-Bacon act, calling for arbi- tration of differences between ern- ployers and employees on federal projects. The referee was named
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-05

Not in 2S years has there been case of or a death from typhoid fever in Connecticut traceable to public water supply, according to published state records. The last time c public water supply was re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-05
HOSPITAL STAFF
 ATTENDS DINNER

The annual staff dinner for phy- sicians and surgeons of the clinical staff of Waterbury hospital was held last night at the hospital. pr. Theodore F. Bevans, president of the staff, presided. Dr. Samuel c. Har- vey, professor of surgery at the Yale Medical school, spoke on medi- cine in colonial times in Connecti- cut.
 The population of Japan has in- creased 4,80i, ,260 since 1030.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-05

Santo Domingo, capital of the Do- minican Republic, has been re- named Cludad Trujillo in honor of the president who helped greatly in developing the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-05
20 COURT JURORS
 CHOSEN FOR DUTY

Names of % jurors for duty il1 superior court will Do chogen in tlaG oface of the clerk of the supeEi01 court Saturday morning at l1 o'clock. Notice of the jury selection was posted today by Clerk oeorua Freeman.
 From the 20 names drawn, men will be selected to sit on cases coma ing up during the remainder of tll9 winter session of superior court.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
WILLOW WOMAN
PASSES AT 50
Heart Attack Proves Fatal to Mother
Of Ten Chfldren; Burial
Wednesday.

Mrs. Joseph Brabec of Willow River,
passed away Sunday at the age of SO
years following an attack of heart
trouble. Mrs. Brabec was born in
Czechoslovakia and came to the
United States in 1890. She was mar
ried to Joseph Brabec in 1897, and
lived in Jackson county, this state,
until 1920, when she came to Pine
county where she had since made her
home.
Mrs. Brabec is survived by her hus-
band. six daughters, four sons, mother
living in Texas and eight grandchil-
dren. The children are, Mrs. John
Hranicka and Mrs. Joe Fiala of Jack
son; Mrs. A. Meidlinger of Finlayson,
Mrs. A. Hranicka of New Richmond,
Wis; Viola and Anna at home; Louis
of Bremen township; August and Lad
die at home and William of Somer-
set, Wis. Mrs. Brabec was a member
of Bohemian Lodge No. BAG at Willow
River.
Funeral services were held from
the home and cemetery Wednesday
afternoon at 1 o'clock with pallbearers
all members of the lodge.
The family has the sincere SYM
pathy of large circle of friends and
neighbors.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
FEED COMMITTEE is
CHOSEN BY HOLIDAY

AT the Farmers Holiday meeting
In Askov Saturday night commit
tee on feed was selected to look after
the requirements of Partridge town.
ship farmers the coming winter.
This committee is made up of Holger
Dixen. H. P. Rasmussen, d. ]. Adolph-
sen, Rasmus johnson and Owe Her.
mansen, and they request that each
farmer in the township notify his
nearest committee member as soon
as possible as to the amount of stock
which will be wintered.
The meeting also passed favorably
on several resolutions which were re-
Gently passed in drouth sections else
where. Among those were some hay-
ing to do with interest and rent mora
torium for one year and also as to
recommendation that relief offices be
In charge OF staffs made up of at least
one-half of the clients themselves
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
FORMER ASKOV
MAN is DEAD
MarinuS Andersen Takes Own Life
in Markville Home
Sunday.

Marinus Andersen, former Askov
resident, but lately of Markville, took
his own life by shooting Sunday
at his home in that village. The
exact cause of Mr.. Andersen's rash
deed is not definitely known at this
time. The coroner was called after
Mrs. Andersen had discovered the
body in their home, and pronounced
death due to suicide.
Mr.. Andersen was well known in
the Askov community, having been
buttermaker in the local creamery
for several years. About two years
ago he moved to Markville where he
accepted a position as buttermaker
for the cooperative creamery there
in which capacity he worked for a
year. When the creamery was closed,
he leased and was operating it him
self up to the time of his death.
He was born in Denmark May IS,
1877 and is survived by his wife and
three sons. Arthur is at home, Thor
valid lives at Mora and William has
been away from home for several
years.
The funeral service was held We'd
nesday afternoon from Larson Bros.
funeral home in Sandstone, and bur-
ial will be made today at Mora.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
JUNIOR FL. CLUB
is FORMED HERE

A group of interested young people
met in Askov last Thursday evening
and organized Junior Farmer-Labor
club. Temporary officers we're elected
and these will conduct the affairs of
the club until it has grown suffi-
GENTLY to afford a permanent board.
Harold Azine, a junior Farmer
Labor member from Duluth, had
charge of the meeting and during his
talk, depicted the awakening of Amer
lean Youth in forming organizations
such as the American Youth Con-
gress, which embraces various relig-
ious, social, political and educational
organizations for the purpose of dis
cussing and pr noting progressive
issues which they have in common.
They declare ttemselve against war.
against fascism and they fight for the
economic betterment of the younger
generation.
The Junior Farmer-Labor club in
cludes the above three points and
adds one more to make it a four
point program. The fourth point is
that they desire a new social order
to revise social, cultural and educa-
tional activities of young people.
Future meetings promise interest
ing discussions and speakers. Social
entertainment will also be included.
The next meeting has been called for
Wednesday evening, August 26. at
which all interested young people are
invited to be present.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13

One team will remain at the top
of the heap in the second half OF the
Pine County Baseball League Sunday
when the smoke of the battles have
cleared away. 1t will either be Stur-
geon Lake or Rutledge as these two
teams play the last game of the sched-
ule on the Rutledge diamond. Rut-
ledge has the better of the argument
so far in the season, having beaten
Sturgeon in a regular scheduled game
and then again in an exhibition con-
test. However the Lakers, all ex-
perienced campaigners in baseball
wars, just wont stay down and accord
ing to predictions in and around that
village this week, the Rutledge-ites
will have to show some fancy base
ball to hold their edge. Each of these
teams have won all of their games in
the second half. A play-Off series is
assured as Askov won the first half.
In the games Sunday Sturgeon Lake
beat the Yellow Banks CCC camp 26
to 2, Rutledge defeated Moose Lake
16 to 2, Askov took the measure of
Willow River in a ten-inning contest
8 to Z. The Duquette-Denham game
was POSTPONED because of many of the
players being called upon to fight
fires.
Following are the box scores:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
FIRES RAVACE
BRUSH LAND
Much Good Timber has Been De.
strOyed and More Threatened
in County.

The drouth regions in the timber
country have not only been suffering
from the Lack of rainfall during the
past several days, but fires are now
threatening to take much of what the
drouth has left. Reports from all
sides, Duxbury, Kingsdale, CT verton,
Rutledge, Friesland and Sandstone in
the county; near Superior and the
Brule in Wisconsin,; and various other
places on the range and elsewhere,
say that danger exists to homes, viii
lagos, livestock and feed. WPA work.
ers have been enlisted and much
available man-power have been called
out to fight the conflagration.
A few scattered showers Tuesday
night helped to relieve the situation
but unless rain covers
the area in general and plenty of it,
the danger exists and grows. So far
no reports have come in as to any
fatalities or great amount of property
being destroyed in Pine county, but
unless the blazes are checked, much
valuable timber will be destroyed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
CHILD is RUN OVER
BY FATHERS CAR

A near fatal accident occurred
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Thomson in the Sand Creek COM
munity Sunday morning when
their little two year old son was
run over by the family car. The
little fellows father, thinking
that the children were all in the
house getting ready for Sunday
school, backed the car out of the
garage. When part way out he
heard the child cry out and in
vestigated to find that one wheel
had passed over its chest. The
tot was unconscious when picked
up but soon was revived and
rushed to a Sandstone doctor
where he was treated.
No serious injuries were sus-
tanned and even as early as the
next morning the young one was
ready to play.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
BRUNO FARMER DIES
IN CITY HOSPITAL

Victor Holm, who had lived in the
community east of Bruno for approx
mately 10 years, passed away in a
Minneapolis hospital Friday morning,
August z. The deceased had suffered
several months from dropsy and heart
complications.
Since the death of his wife in April,
1888, Mr.. Holm had resided alone on
his farm. A few weeks before his
death he was taken to be cared for in
the Fred Anderson home, after which
he was taken to Minneapolis where
relatives of his wife cared for him.
Funeral services were held from
the Emanuel Lutheran church in
Bruno Monday with Rev. Elmer J.
johnson officiating. Burial was made
in Vilstad cemetery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
CIVIL WAR VET
LAID TO REST
Aged Kerrick Resident
Would Have Been 90 in
December.
Twelve Children Mourn the
Passing of James M.
Stephenson.

James Madison Stephenson, one of
the few Civil war veterans left in
the state, died at the home of his son,
Wallace, at 703 East Superior ST., in
Duluth last Thursday evening, Au-
gust 6. Mr.. Stephenson was SO years
of age when death called and took
him to his rest.
Mr.. Stephenson was born in Ohio
on December 10, 1S43, and was reared
in the state of Ohio until a young
man. On January 1, 1862, he en-
listed in Co. H End Iowa Infantry and
was transferred on January 1, 1864,
to Co. A 3rd Iowa Cavalry from which
he was discharged on August 9, 1865.
First Married in 1866.
In 1866 Mr.. Stephenson married
Martha Casady and settled in tie
state of Missouri as cabinet and fur
niture maker. The Stephenson family
later moved to the state of Iowa and
to them were born five boys and five
girls as follows: Mrs. Mary Good
enough, Denver, Colo; Mrs. Grace
Long, Minneapolis; Mrs. Kate Stanley,
Spokane, Wash. Mrs. Maude Chris
tianson, Hills; Mrs. Frank Fitzpat-
rick, Luverne; and five sons, William
Claude, Moose Lake; James H., Du-
quette; Gilbert Henry, Marionette.
Wis; Wallace and Robert c., of Du-
luth. Mrs. Stephenson died on June
Is, 1894.
On June 20, 1903, Mr.. Stephenson
was again married and this time to
Amilia Wanakee. To this family
were born two girls, Mrs. Elsie Fall
and Miss Edna, both of Kerrick, short
ly after his marriage he moved to
Pine county and settled at Kerrick
on November z, 1904. He lived in
Kerrick township ever since. His Sec
ond wife preceded him in death a
few months ago on December 2, 1895.
Mr.. Stephenson was laid to rest in
Forest Hill cemetery in Duluth on
August 8, 1886 with full military
funeral in charge of u. S. N. R.
of Duluth, the funeral was held from
Johnsons Mortuary Chapel. Mr..
Stephenson leaves to mourn the above
named twelve children. The family
has the sympathy of many friends and
neighbors.
Those from Kerrick attending the
funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Strei-
Der, Chas. Ketchum and Hans Chris
Jensen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
PINE CITY SCENE
OFDRUG MEETING
Eighth District Group Talks Over
Pertinent Business Affairs
and Elect Officers.

A meeting of eighth district pharm-
acists of the state association was
held at Hotel Agnes. Pine City last
Thursday evening. After an excel
lent dinner, discussions were advanced
on some of the problems of the retail
pharmacists, professional, legislative
and business.
Roy PaulsOn. president of the Min
nesota State Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton, of Fairmont, discussed the
pharmacists obligations relative to
public health. Charles V. Nets talked
on inter-professional relationship be-
tween the pharmacists, dentists, and
doctors. VIM. Kregel of ST. Paul, the
legislative chairman for the associ-
alton, talked on the legislative pro-
gram of the pharmacists and indie
pendent merchants. He stressed the
necessity of an organization the type
of the community builders to get the
benefit of collective effort.
Against Sales Tax
He spoke in behalf of fair trade
practices, on a proposed chain store
tax and definite opposition to any
form of sales tax. Mr.. Kregel, re-
Gently elected statewide president of
the consumer and merchants anti
sales tax league stated:
The establishment of a sales tax
system in Minnesota will work a dis
tinct hardship not only on every mer-
chant in the state but upon every
consumer, every housewife, and for
that matter every man, woman, and
child whose circumstances force him
to be interested in either the sale or
purchases of the necessities of life."
Elect Officers
The following officers were elected
for this district for the ensuing year:
Harry Anderson, North Branch. chair
man; Les. Schwarten, Braham, vice
chairman; Art Johnson, Pine City,
secretary; Mr.. Elfstrand, Lindstrom,
treasurer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
FL. PARADE WILL
DEPICT CAMPAIGN

Plans have been going ahead rap
idly for the staging of the Askov
Farmer-Labor picnic to be held at
the Kettle River Park Sunday, August
16. Coffee will be furnished free at
noon and other refreshments will be
sold on the grounds in the afternoon.
1t is planned to have a kittenball
game beginning at II a. m. and after
the picnic dinner the band will start
playing at 1870 p. m. After this an
impressive parade will depict the
1896 campaign in pantomime. Com
munity singing, speaking and sports
will follow during the afternoon.
Ida Mae Danielson and her Teenie
Vicente band will be on the program
and it is possibility that a puppet
show will be presented.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
By GEORG STRANDvOLD

Its SPANS business, not ours!"
That is, in effect, the tenor of mes
sages pouring out of number of Eu-
ropean chancellories during the last
few days
There is no denial than an actual
war menace was threatening Europe
as a result of the revolution and civil
war in Spain. for the conflict, internal
though it was, implied wide sramifac-
tions when seen as one Of the turbu-
lent episodes of the fight between fas-
cism and democracy.
But now there is agreement that
certain states will not interfere in
Spanish affairs and will not aid either
side To the French Leon Blum gov
eminent goes the honor of having
made the first definite move in this
direction, for it was from Paris that
the original neutrality suggestion
emanated.
Early this week it was learned that
nine nations are in agreement about
their neutrality toward Spain.
Great Britain is unequivocal on II is
point; at the same time, however, the
London government wants it clearly
understood that it will brook no vio-
lence committed against British ma
tionals, and that it will shoot to kill
if any Spaniard, loyalist or insurgent,
opens fire on a British warship.
Frances own position is necessarily
very clear since it was from that
country that the neutrality plan
came; the neutrality agreement
played havoc with the intentions of a
group of Frenchmen who wanted to
rush to the help of the Spanish gov
eminent; also with intended shipment
of several military airplanes to Spain.
Committed to neutrality, France can
permit neither military assist anc e
nor exploration of military supplies to
Spain.
Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Portugal
and Holland have followed the ex-
ample of Great Britain and France,
the latter country volunteering its
neutrality declaration.
Difficulties.
Italy, Germany and Russia have
accepted the neutrality status lin
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
HOLIDAY DRAWS
FARMER INTEREST

The Bruno meeting of the National
Farmers Holiday, like all other meet
ings held during the past week, was
we'll attended and the farmers in that
community demonstrated an enthusi-
asm for the organization which is
fighting their problems.
N. P. Nedegaard, county president
of the organization, and who is active
in securing members throughout the
county, is optimistic in speaking of
the membership for the coming year.
Mr.. Nedegaard states that farmers in
every part of the county are fluent
getting behind it with large men,
bership.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
POWER COMPANY GETS
MANY RURAL USERS

The Minnesota Power & Light Co.
has been constructing rural electric
lines during the past several weeks
and will soon have many more farm
ers in the Askov, Willow River, Stur-
geon Lake, Denham and Mahtowa
communities ready to give electric
service to.
w. j. Wilkinson, manager of the
Power Company, states that approx
imately so have been signed on the
Sturgeon Lake Denham line, and
about q have been signed on a line
which will run east of Barnum. Work
on this will start soon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
Biz Fish Bites
The Wrong Bait

This country is the home of many
fish stories-some large ones and more
made up of just the plain truth, but
an AskOv man-Car Paulsen is the
name, please,-outdid by actual deed
the best of them Wednesday night of
last week. He was fishing near his
son Mares place on Sturgeon lake in
the evening when a large wall-eyed
pike struck his bait. Mr.. Paulsen Is
an experienced fisherman and landed
the big fellow without casualty and
when he entered it in the Fish E.
Stream contest it weighed II pounds,
which is some fish for the wall-eyed
species.
The fisherman just took his luck as
a matter of fact and even stated that
he thought he had a larger one
soon after he had landed the IL
FOUNDER. That is the stuff good fish
ermen are made of.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
LESS CATTLE;
PRICES FIRM
About 1O,600 Here Monday Against
$4,000 A Week. Ago; Hogs Strong
to 15c Higher; Lambs Csc Off.

South st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 10, 1886
Gu. S. D. Az: Mondays cattle run,
exclusive of calves was 10000 against
$4,000 week ago and granted steers
sold fully steady with trade as whole
showing improvement both in action
and undertone compared with last
weeks close. Good to near choice
steers sold at $500 to $8.25, lower
grade and grassy offerings $3.50 to
$3.50, fed heifers S6.75 to $500, low
cutters and cutters 1925 to $4.25,
grassy butcher heifers up to $5.25 or
more. Common butcher cows went
at $500 to $4.25, best load lots of wes-
terms $4.75, cutter and low cutter COWS
$500 to 1918, most bologna bulls $500
to $4.65, good and choice vealers $3.50
to $500, grassy calves $500 to $500
or better Better grade stockers were
strong to 25c higher, others little
changed, medium to good stOcker
yearlings and calves $475 to $500,
plain kinds $3.50 to $3.50.
Hogs were strong to 15c higher than
Saturday, better 40 to $50 pounds
$10.25 to $1075. $50 to 800 pounds
$3.50 to $1,000, big weights down to
$500 or below, desirable 40 to ITO
pounds 1925 to $1075, fat killer pigs
$3.50 to $3.50, bulk sows $3.50 to $9.15,
stays $3.50 to $S.75. Feeder pig trade
was very dull.
Fat lambs were Csc lower, bulk
good to choice native and Dakota
lambs $3.50, common throwouts $3.50
to $500. Most slaughter ewes turned
at $500 to 1925, a few $780, Some
so to 60 pound Dakota feeding lambs
brought $3.50 to $7.25.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
ASKOV STORES
TO GIVE PRIZES
Tickets Will be Given by More Than
Twenty Business Places Begin.
ming Friday.

Beginning Friday, August IA, AskOv
Merchant Prize tickets will be avail
able at more than 20 business places
in the village to be given out with
purchases. Each merchant who has
the tickets will explain the method to
those making purchases.
Holders of these tickets must write
their names on them in the space pro-
vided for that purpose and deposit
them in box in front of the village
hall each Saturday night previous to
the drawing which will be made at
$50 o'clock. There will be seven
prizes worth IS cents each given to
the seven lucky ones each Saturday.
The committee in charge of this ur-
and get together as many of them as
possible so that each will have Us
many chances on the prizes as pos
sible. Purchasers of one dollar or any
part thereof will be given a ticket.
If purchase of over a dollar and I'M
der two is made, two tickets will be
given.
Following are the business places
who will give out tickets: C. r. Peder-
sen, Askov Mercantile Co., Carl Mil
Ter. Hans Koed, Security State Bank,
Harold Dietz, Haps Service Station
and Sorensens Garage, Conrad Chris
Jensen. Askov Produce Co., Red G.
White Store, Carl Ranum. A. Henrik
sen. Ferndale Nursery, Fritz Holm,
Thorvald Andersen, Askov Co-Opera-
tive Association. Sebald Motor Sales,
Pine Coop Oil Association, American
Publishing Co., Anton Gravesen, J. r.
Petersen, Askov Hardware Co. and
Julia's Place.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13

principle" That means that while
these powers deem neutrality neces-
sary or justifiable, they insist on GER
tain reservations.
Italy's policy will be contingent
upon that of others, but it is strongly
empf ASKED that as long as no sup
port is to be given the fascist rebels
in Spain, support must, just as lit
orally, be withheld from the demo-
cratic Spanish government. Rome
also, it seems, would like a statement
to the effect that Great Britain is
not trying to check the Pre- gress of
fascism in the Mediterranean coun-
tries
Germany hesitated long about re-
plying to the French neutrality invi-
tation, but finally accepted in prin-
ciple," too, thus holding the door
open for further discussion. There
was a flutter of anxiety few days
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-13
CREAMERY PICNIC
WILL BE ON FRIDAY

The annual Askov-Finlayson
creamery picnic will be held to-
morrow (Friday) at the Askov
Kettle River Park. The commit
tee in charge desires that every
one come dressed in their picnic
clothes and have a good time
all day.
No lengthy speakers will take
up time, but a good day of social
visiting and frolicking will be the
order. There will be various
sports, including a boat fitting
contest. Every one is invited to
see this and witness the dump
ing of the luckless victim into
the "briny Deep" There will be
other sports.
Friday, August IA, is the day
and Askov Kettle River Park is
the place. The Askov Band will
play,