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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 72-H. F. No. 497
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SAAhA L GAe III awe
A BILL
FOR AN ACT to amend Sections I
and 6, Chapter 34S, Laws of 1885,
relating to the eradication of nox-
iOus weeds.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State Of Minnesota:
Section l. That Section 1 Of
Chapter 348, Laws of 1885, be
amended SO as to read as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner Of
agriculture, dairy and food, herein
after in this act called the commits
sioner, is hereby authorized and it
shall be his duty to administer this
act and he shall have the authority
to make, promulgate and enforce
such rules and regulations as 10
shall deem necessary to SO do, and
he shall cooperate with the dean OF
the department of agriculture of the
University of Minnesota in the study
of the life habits and eradication
methods Of primary noXious weeds
and from time to time shall publish
such information upon the subject
as may be of public interest and
value to the agricultural communi-
ties of the state.
When farm produce is grown on
lands secured under the provisions
Of this Act for the study Of life
habits and eradication methods, tho
commissioner, in cooperation with
the dean of the department Of ag.
riculture Of the University Of Min
neSota, Is directed and authorized
to sell such produce, and all moneys
derived from such sale shall be de.
posted with the state treasurer IN
the same manner as other state re-
ceipts are, but shall be set aside and
constitute a separate fund to be-
known as the Primary Noxious Weed
Fund, and shall be used in the con.
duct of the studies provided for iri
this Act"
Section 2. That Section 6 Of
Chapter 348, Laws of 1885, be
amended so as to read as follows:
SEC. 6. Ca The expenses of field
operations, including cost of chem
icals and other materials employed
in weed eradication except machin-
cry and other equipment, shall be-
paid from the fund herein provided
which fund shall be reimbursed not
later than January first of each
year, 20 per cent thereof by the
county and ten per cent thereof by
the township in which the land SO
quarantined and improved is situat!
ed.
(b) When the infestations Of
primary noXious weeds, against
which the activities of the commits.
sioners are directed, are found log
Gated on the sides of public high@
ways, the expenses of eradication
shall be paid, so per cent by the
state from the fund herein provided,
so per cent from the funds provided
for the maintenance of the state
highway department if the infesta-
ton is on a state highway, so per
cent by the county if the infestation
is on county or state aid road,
and so per cent by the township if
the infestation is located on town.
ship road or cartway.
Co When infestations of primary
nOXious weeds, against which the
activities of the commissioner are
directed, are found located within
the corporate limits of municipali-
ty or on property used by munich
patty, the expense of the eradica-
ton of such weeds shall be paid as
follows: so per cent thereof by the
state from the funds provided for in
this act, and so per cent by the
municipality from its general rev3
enue fund
Approved March 10, 1887. s
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CHAPTER 65-H. F. No. 81

FOR AN ACT relating to the grant,
ing Of relief to needy or destitute
farmers Of Minnesota by furnish
ing seed grain in certain cases
during the emergency declared to
exist; providing for the purchase
and distribution of the same; and
providing for payment or reim-
bursement in grain to the several
counties of the State or to the
State for the seed grain so fur
nished; providing for the admin
istratiOn Of such relief; granting
a first lien upon all or a portion
OF the crops grown from seed so
furnished; appropriating money
to provide funds to furnish such
relief; authorizing the levying of
a State tax and authorizing the
issuance by the State Of certifi-
Gates Of Indebtedness in anticipa-
ton of the collection of such tax;
authorizing counties to borrow
money upon their warrants and
bonds for the purpose of provid-
ing funds necessary for such re-
lief; and providing for the reim-
bursement of the counties for loss
es suffered in connection with the
furnishing of such seed grain.
Whereas, during the past year
many farmers of this state have had
crop failures due to drouth and
other causes beyond their control,
and are now unable by reason there
of and because of the severe econ
omic depression to purchase seed
grain with which to plant their
fields for the crop season Of 1897,
and
Whereas, farmers so situated are
needy and destitute and will be I'M
able to purchase the necessities of
life unless they can put their fields
into crop during 1887, and
Whereas, it is desirable to keep
our people self-sustaining so as not
to enlarge our relief rolls, and
Whereas, the legislature believes
that an emergency exists by reason
of the facts set forth above and does
hereby declare that such an en-
Urgency exists justifying the state
in providing adequate seed grain to
permit farm operations to continue
in every agricultural area of the
state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section /. The several county
boards of the state of Minnesota are
hereby authorized to purchase from
time to time, as may be needed, up
to July l, 1887, seed grains of such
kind, quality and amount as may be
necessary to comply with the provi-
sionS hereinafter contained. The
term seed grains" shall be con-
strued to include grains and seeds
as hereinafter defined.
Section 2. There is hereby appro-
priated out Of the Minnesota State
Seed Loan Fund in this Act created,
the sum of $750,O00 or so much
thereof as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Act. To
provide the funds hereby appropri-
ated the State Auditor is directed
and empowered to issue and sell
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feet any action or proceeding now
pending.
Section 5. This act shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after
passage.
Approved March 10, 1887.
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By Lucy Salamanca.
A N EFFORT to rehabilitate thou
" sands of the young women of

A N EFFORT to rehabilitate thou
n sands of the young women of
~ the United States who, as a
"A result of unemployment or the
lowered financial status of their fam
lilies, find themselves with very little
to look forward to in the immediate
future and very little with which to
provide for the present, is growing
with such leaps and bounds with the
coming of Spring that it bids fair to
run a close second in national i'm
portance to the rehabilitation program
for young men that got under way with
the establishment of the c. C. C.
Educational Camps for Unemployed
Girls the projects are named, and as
such they function under the National
Youth Administration. A mililon-and-
a-half-dollar appropriation set up in
September, 1886, under the emer-
gency relief appropriation act OF 1886
was allocated to the project, follow
Ing an experimental period under F. E.
R. A. funds in 1885, upon which the
newer forces of w. P A. based their
plans and from which they adapted
the camp program to the National
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girls. Each unit has a staff that in
cludes a camp director, camp council
lor, nurse, recreation leader, a
Work-project supervisor, a teacher of
English, a teacher of household main
tenance and a teacher of economics
and sociology.
The first aim of this camp personnel
is to aid the girls in adjusting
themselves to the social conditions of
the times and to develop qualities of
leadership that will be of value when
they return to their own communities.
In the words Of one camp director
with whom spoke: Its primarily
an opportunity for spiritual rehabili-
tatlon. mean by that the girls
come, for the most part, from homes
where no particular attention has ever
been given to their individual abilities
or emotional needs or avenues of self
expression. AS a result, they have de-
Veloped inferiority bugaboos and they
are all at sea with respect to their
niche in society. For the first time
IN the lives of many Of them, they
nnd themselves in an environment
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Each Enjoys Contacts in
Daily Life With Every
Type of Human, and Some
Have Their Experiences
With All Sorts of Business.

always full-it's hard to get on them.
The only way you can get a fare from
a big hotel without waiting in line an
hour or two Is to take fare there and
pick up another before the starter can
chase you away. Then, Of course. in
bad weather you get more business,
although the drivin' then is terrible.
When it rains people get into your cab
that never sat in a taxi before in their
| lives"
How do you know they havent?"
Because they perch right on the
edge OF the seat, and when you run
up behind another car in traffic and
stop quick they yell and want you to
let 'em out"
WE PULLED up to the curb at my
destination, and I paid my fare
! and got out, rejecting on the CONVEX
satlonal powers OF taxi drivers, and on
how different life must look from be-
hind the wheel of a taxicab.
You don't usually think of that. of
course. To most taxi passengers the
driver is not much more than an au-
tomaton. He is a silent figure-that
Is, occasionally silent-Who takes them
where they want to go; part OF the
machinery, like the motor Yet when
he gets to talking you find that he is
very human being indeed, and he
has a tight, hard philosophy all his
own-a philosophy distilled from hap
hazard but curiously close contact with
all sorts of people, under all sorts of
circumstances. II you want to get
some penetrating comment on the
vagaries Of human nature, go to a
taxi driver. Likewise, If you want to
get the low-down on life in big city.
The taxi driver sees all, knows all, and
some Of the things that he can tell you
are surprising
He will describe the reactions of
various types of people to the matter
OF tipping, and how it often happens
that the more money people have the
less inclined they are to tip; of the
tricks and dodges that passengers en-
ploy to beat driver out of his fare
such as saying that they haven't any
change, going into drug store to get
some and coming out another door.
He Will tell you Of the antics of in
ebriated persons who hail him at the
doors of night clubs, and of the strange |
hotsam he gets as passengers in the /
small hours of the morning.
MOT all of the drivers give you
dolorous tales of their bad luck
and how hard it is to make ends meet.
Some Of them seem to be doing all |
right-perhaps because they follow
the business shrewdly and methodic-
ally, with knowledge Of its ways, or
because they got in on the ground
floor. They often have families to
support. and through either luck or
good sense they manage to get ahead.
Some Of them are business men in
their own right and own not only the
car they drive, but another as well,
which they rent out to another driver.
A driver of this type said that he
had five cabs on the streets-the one
he was driving and four others which
he was operating on q rental basis.
He started driving several years ago,
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determined by physical examination
by camp authorities, must be normal
in intelligence and be interested in the
camp program of education
The enrolment period is for three
months in some States, and for four
months in others. A girl is not per-
mltted to re-enroll, at least not i'm
mediately A girl from one State
cannot register at camp in another
State, unless that camp is designated
to provide also for registrants from
her State. In some instances, camps
are conducted in this way, co-opera-
lively. For example, the camp at
North Haverhill, in New Hampshire.
IS conducted comparatively by the
youth administrations of New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Maine, enrollees
being assigned proportionately from
each of the three States. Rhode Island
and Massachusetts, youth admins
trations function under similar
arrangement at the camp at Che
pachet.
THE idea of a camp for unemployed
women goes back to 1884, when
physical rehabilitation was the prime
consideration, and needy, unemployed
women were released in this way for
a period from underprivileged homes.
These camps were set up to run only
in the Summer months and for
period OF four to eight weeks. There
were 48 camps in all, with 4,8OO women
registered
In 1885, when F. E. r. A. funds
were exhausted, and the w. P. A.
entered the Federal scene, the camp
program, as it then operated was
abandoned. But, based on the expert
ment, the National Youth Administra-
ton took over the responsibility of
establishing similar enterprises. The
N. Y. A. camps differed, however, In
that they were essentially work prof.
ects, and educational in limited way,
and age limits were fixed for the
groups registering. An hourly wage
was decided upon, the money earned
TO apply against the young woman's
subsistence cost, with the additional
IS monthly for personal use. The
Old set-up, under F. E. R. A., was
entirely relief project.
To date not penny has been spent
for the purchase of camp sites or erec-
tlon OF camp buildings. Nor do the
camps occupied belong to the Govern
ment. 1t has been the objective of
the National Youth ADMINISTRATION
IN which they have been successful-to |
secure sites and buildings rent free
or at very nominal rental. AS a |
result, the camps are in a great di-
Verslty OF structures. Some occupy |
old school buildings. Others are in |
abandoned c. c. c. camps, old hotels,
unoccupied farms. One OF the Rhode |
Island camps is in q charming old |
Colonial homestead, known as the |
Betsy Williams Country Residence,
that was turned over for the purpose.
The house is fine, rambling old |
structure, set in the midst Of tower
ing ancient trees.
the Educational Camp for Unem-
ployed Girls at Wolf Lake, ILL.,, reads
like travel or vacation brochure:
The school Is located on highway
$50 in the Shawnee National Forest,
about a mile from the village Of
Wolf Lake and Is miles from Anna,
Ill, which town offers the nearest
train connections. The rolling hills
and woodlands of this Ozark region
provide ideal opportunities for hiking
trips, nature study and all types of
outdoor recreation"
Each camp takes care OF 30 to 100
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CAB DRIVER is PHILOSOPHER

when the first cooperative associ-
alton was formed, and he had much
to say Of the war which his aSsoci-
alton waged to break the grip Of the
taxi trust" of the insurance protec-
tion which it provided, and so on. He
was now veteran of the game, with
MS own little f1e~t, fairly good in
come, and a voice in the association
councils. He belonged to the top layer
OF the taxi world; yet he was still
"one OF the boys" a member Of the
close fraternity which seems to unite
all taxi drivers.
Many Of the drivers are part-time
operators. They work a taxi a few
hours a day to help put themselves
through school or to supplement SAL
aries from their regular jobs. An
other group is composed OF men tenn
porarily down on their luck, who have
turned to this work as a stop-gap to
tide them over lean period. You
will find school teachers and elec-
trlcians and architectural draughts-
men driving tads, all looking forward
to the break which will enable them
to get back into their professions.
Then there is the element which drifts
into taxi driving as it drifts In and
out OF observation-disclosures, adven-
turers, who roam from city to city,
driving cab just long enough to see
the town and get enough money laid
up to enable them to move on.
GOT into conversation with a
young fellow of this sort recently.
His cab had a very unusual-sounding
horn-so much So that after q few
blasts from it I commented on it.
Eyes, it's French horn" he said.
Its kind of a souvenir. I-er-got
it off big limousine that was stand
ing on the dock at Cherbourg."
What were you doing over there?"
I asked.
Deck hand on freighter. I've
been to Europe twice that way. Going
10 work myself clear around the globe
some day, too"
l asked him what he was doing I'm
washington and he said he was lust
looking the town over and as soon as
he had little money saved up he
would go on somewhere else.
In other words, this lob Is ,ust
about the same as shipping on 4
freighter,' 1 said.
Sure. Drive taxi and see the
world"
Haven't you any desire to settle
down in one place." I asked.
He gave me a sardonic glance. II
used to once. But had that knocked
out of me. I got out Of college all
full of ambition. Sure-out of COL
lege,' he said, noting my surprise
I've got a bachelor Of engineering
1egree from -" The named famous
Middle Western university. IT grad
lated full of pep and raring to 20.
was going to be famous engineer.
Like Hoover. That was just about the
Time the depression struck So what?
Ihree or four years Of looking for a
Job, when there isn't any, and YOU
get cured Of being ambitious. It's all
DUNK. AL want to do Is roam around
and see the world and have a good
lime"
Taxi drivers are just as willing to
ak about their personal affairs a
hey are to discourse on business mat.
ers. They will tell you about the
'aby being sick, about their wives
having to have an operation, or of the
approaching visit OF mother-in-law.
IN recent ride 1 conversed with 4
lriver who had spent the previous
week and all Of his savings seeing his
'rother through murder charge.
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Patron Saint of Emerald Isle
Holds High Place in Church
History and in ireland,
Where He Won People to
Christian Religion.

the time before st. Patrick lived. that
even then Ireland was free from rep
tiles, and the cause he alleges is the
climate"
There only remains for u.s. says
this writer, "the poetry of it; for in
preaching the gospel and founding the
churches, st. Patrick drove the evil
out from the hearts of men. Certainly
Tor his coming Ireland was less venem-
Gus and horrid"
NE shamrock IS said to have been
associated with st. Patricks name
about the year 1900, when 1t was as
serted that the saint used it as svm-
Dol OF the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
1t seems, however, as thougi. st. Pat
TICKS actual use of the shamrock is
open to serious lestion.
Throughout his mission, st. Patrick
was imbued with an undying love for
his people and for the land which
has come to be known az his own
IhB he showed In bidding farewell to
his flock in Munster. His blessing
spoken from the hills of Tipperary, is
a glowing heritage OF the Irish people
ST Patrick died at Down, in Ulster.
about 493 A. D. after long ministry
In Ireland. In l1s5 his body was dis
covered buried in part OF the church
removed and reburied.
The first celebration of st Patriots
DAY IN America was said to have taken
place when group Of Irish gentle
men and merchants" met in Boston
on March II, 1887, and founded
benevolent society with quaint off,
ciais bearing silver keys" In 1857 one
f1nds that st. Patrick was honored
among Irish soldiers in the British
camp at Fort William Henry on Lake
George. In 1853 the saint was SINH
larly honored at Fort Pitt, now Pitts
burgh.
Gen George Washington gave orders
Tor the day In honor OF st. Patrick in
1870, at Morristown, N. ]. Later Tho
Father of His Country Is to be found
olnlng with the Friendly Sons of St
Patrick and paying tribute to Ire
lands patron and guardian.
st. Patrick's day was observed en-
Enthusiastically in the American Army
during the whole OF the Revolution
OASTS and songs for many Years
were an important feature of St
Patrick's day festivities, and they are
OF rather fascinating interest. par
ucularly the many which are his
torically significant.
For example, regular toasts." drunk
In 1882, in New York City:
The day we celebrate--thouRh It
oaWns and closes upon us as exiles
yet we gather the memorial shamrock
by Its light and rejoice"
The United States OF America-the
best model Of perfect Government;
securing the rights and increasing the
happiness of the people"
lreland-The gloom Of despotiyA
has failed to obscure the genius; the
chains OF slavery have not DESTROYED
the energies of her sons"
The Hibernian Society of Baltimore
held banquet In 1905 at which, &C.
cording to the Federal Gazette, the
company dined together and spent
the evening with much harmony and
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~
nj er as he shifted gears ana
started of.
Fine" I said.
Lots better than all this slop and
rain we've been having. Glad it's
kind of chilly today. I been driving
all night, and this cool air helps to
keep me awake"
I settled back in the seat, resigne d
to quarter of an hour Of conversa-
ton. Taxi drivers are a rather talka-
tive lot, on the whole, and have
learned from experience that when
they want to talk, you might Just as
well listen. Besides. it helps to kill
time.
What's the idea of driving all
night?" I asked.
ITO try and get enough money to
pay for this car. Brother, I'm telling
you it's tough. tryin' to make ends
meet. Fifty-six hundred taxis on the
street. Yes sir, flfty-six hundred by
the last count. That's way too many
for this town. We're just cutting each
others throats. I sit in this cab day
in and day out, and it's all can do
to make living Living-heck, it
amt living. I'm just existing"
What do you make day, on an
average?"
There amt no average. Some days
I take in as much as ten bucks, others
I'm lucky If get three dollars. And
look what I got to pay out of that.
Three dollars day payment on the
car; that has to be made regardless.
Then there's my gas and oil. I average
$3.50 on that. And don't forget my
license-twenty-f1ve bucks. And nv
drivers permit and my tags. Well, it
figures up to about six dollars a day
have to pay out just for the privi-
lege of pushing this thing around The
streets. After make that I've got
to make living. I got to eat and
got to have place to sleep. And you
know what it costs even to draw a
breath in this burg
There wasn't any argument there,
and didn't try to make any. Instead,
began to check up on some Of the
items OF his financial balance sheet.
/ TRIED to tighten the picture he
he was drawing by asking him il
he didn't get lucky break once in
while.
"Once in while. But it amt often.
During the Spring, when the tourists
are here, you may get job hauling
party around to see the sights. That's
good money-tWo dollars an hour
Now and then you strike somebody
who doesn't care about the expense
and has you haul him around all day.
Then you clean up ten dollars, easy
driving, just sittin' around most of the
time while they're inside looking at
things. Then in the Spring and Fail
you get a chance to haul a crowd |
out to the races--Laurel and Bowie.
Good work II you can get It.
The trouble Is, we're all so cussed
anxious to get jobs like that we let
the customers beat us down. There |
are established rates for the trips, but |
it's hard to stick to them. A couple
gets in your cab and asks you the rate
for the Mount Vernon ride. You say
Sc. They wave IS bill in your face
and say, how about it? Well, you've
had a run Of tough luck that day
haven't made your gas and oil. So
what do you do? You grab the IS
and start movin'.
THE race-track crowd don't do that
the tourists. They'll beat
you down to nowhere il you let EN-"
ANY other breaks?" asked.
Mighty few. The good stands are
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O These home, sweet homes at the girls camp
in Zarah kans. ~ Kitchen duty 3) Discussing social
problems in the camp Brevard, N. c. ~ Doing their
home work at supervised study hour. (5) Girls are
taught simple nursing and of the sick 6) Playtme
in the camp at Chepachet, r. l. ) Letters from home
in camp in Illinois. w p Photos
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By Eugene Guild.
Continued on Page B-2.)

n VICE day" said the taxi driv-
nj er as he shifted gears ana
" started of.
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