Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-09-23
Community Fair
AT Willow River
Is The Eleventh
Cold Weather Kept Attend.
ance Down, But Exhibits,
Program Were Good.

The eleventh annual community
fair sponsored by the Willow River
community has gone into the records
and considering the weather it can
be called successful
Bounteous crops in this section
made that department of the event
excellent and the large gymnasium
space in the SchoolhouSe was crowded
to capacity with produce. The sports
program provoked much fun and So
cial contact and the rather small
crowd was kept in a jovial mood
throughout the program.
State Official Speaks.
E. F. Selvig, director of Division
for CooperativeS, spoke in place of
Commissioner of Agriculture Charles
Ommodt, and gave an Informative
address. Mr.. Selvig advocated teach
ing cooperation in the schools of the
country so that the growing children
could have an honest knowledge. If
this were done, the speaker said,
there would be no question as to
which direction the country would go.
The speaker said that those in the
cooperative movement only ask for
the truth; requesting no favors, but
that government should be an honest
and unbiased referee. He condemned
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton as playing favoritism, saying
that the large banks got the lions
share of help.
In speaking of favoritism in gov
eminent, the speaker cited the past
land grants to the railroads when
the lines were built through the
country. He asked why was only
every other section of land along the
right-of-way given to them and then
answered it by saying that it was
done so that the in-between sections
could be opened up by the govern
ment for demonstrating and in that
way make the railroad land have a
value; otherwise raw, wild land would
have no value. Pioneers came to the
wild country and built up homes and
farms, thus raising the railroad land
in value to the extent of thousands
of dollars. The speaker cited that
example to show that government
has been partial.
Pleads for Better Information.
Mr.. Selvig pleaded for more in
formation to the rank and file and
stated that the only real democracy
is where the wise lead the wise. He
enlarged upon that by saying where
the wise leads the ignorant then there
are relationships.
The speaker advised study of Euro
pean cooperatives and said that every
one should read, Sweden, the Middle
Way" He stated that cooperation
has taken Sweden out of the mud
and explained that by saying that
under the old order the common
class of people could not afford to
buy rubbers, but had to be content
to white shoes out of wood. They
finally acquired a factory and made
their own rubberS comparatively at
such a price that they could afford
to pay. Therefore it is seen that
cooperation literally took them out
of the mud.
In advising study of their system
in Europe the speaker said that we
can take what we think is good for
us and let that alone which might
be of no help to us.
The high school band played pre-
ceding and following Mr.. Selvig's
address.
&c hn CT Of r,riznc np6
prize winners, the winner of the first
prize being mentioned first and the
winner of the second, second:
Garden and Farm Produce.
Wheat-Mrs. Okronglis. Arthur Grandahl.
Oats-Mrs. Anton Carnewski, Mike
Bariey--Mrs. Lucy Trachmer. Anton
Rye-Mrs Frank O'Kronglis. Anton Mar
kus.
Peas-Mrs Lucy Trachmer, Mrs. Anton
Watermelon-Art Hermerding. H. Mort
irish Cobbler Potatoes-Arthur Gran
Russet Potatoes-Marvin Hermerding.
Mrs. Hollis Laid.
Katahdin Potatoes-Clarence Christen-
son. Jake Waletzko.
White Gold Potatoes-Jake Waletzko,
Arthur Johnson.
Julius WaletZko
Rural New Yorker Potatoes-Arthur
Grandahl.
Triumph Potatoes-George Koneieski
Early Ohio PotatoeS-Julius WaletZko.
Display-Nortrup, Borchardt Goring,
Kenneth Copper.
Peppers-Fred LaPlante, Mrs. Lucy
Trachmer.
Beets-Julius Waletzko.
Muskmelon-Julius Waletzko, Chester
WaletZko.
Onions-Arthur Grandahl, Emily Dolezal.
Clover-Nortrup, John DoboSZenSki.
SunfloWer-Clem Burak Fred LaPlante.
Beans-George Koneieski, A. E. Bor-
chardt.
Carrots-George Koneieski. H. Nortrup.
Rutabagas-Jack Void. George konele-
ski.
Grapes-Jack Void. Louis Hemza.
Apples-Louis Hemza. Louis Hemza.
Crab Apples-L. HemZa, l.. HemZa.
Alfalfa-Herman Nortrup. Mrs Frank
O'Kronglis.
Tomatoes-H. Nortrup. George Lavan.
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