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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
North AskOU Road
Is Opened By PlOW

During the first part of the win
ter when one snow was piling on
top of the other and thus becoming
packed by sleet and rain everyone
was wondering who really owned
the seven and one-half miles of the
old No. % leading north from
Askov toward Bruno. The state
which has had control of the road
during the past two years did not
seem to claim it nor would the
county or townships; it was literal
ly Man Without Country dog
without a kennel" or whatever is
the best term to use for something
which no one wanted to own, but
which everybody wanted to use.
At last after becoming disturbed
over the fact that no understanding
was forthcoming from the State
Highway Department, as to the
ownership of the snowed-in stretch,
E. B. Greenwald and Oscar Eklund,
new commissioners from the
It Jul I'll dllu It It'll ulSll lCIS TcSDeC-
lively, contacted p. d. Mold, divi-
sion engineer of the State Highway
Department with the result that
he ordered out the states snow
plOws that very night to pillow.
Now everyone travels serenely
down the broad expanse merrily
with song on their lips and praise
in their hearts for the two COM
missioners who were responsible
for the "act of providence" but
with their fingers crossed in antici-
patton as to what will again hap
pen to it when the next snow SHOWS
and the next wind blows.
However. in discussing the propo-
sition with Mr. Mold, it was the
understanding gained by Mr..
Greenwald and Mr.. Eklund that the
state will have to continue to pillow
the road until such time as it is
officially handed over to its "heirs
and assigns forever"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
STAFFORD-ROSE
NUPTIALS READ
Bruno Couple Will Make Home I'm
Community Where Groom Oper.
ateS A Garage.

Mary Rose, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Rose OF Bruno, and Carl
ton Stafford, son of Mrs. John Stat
ford of Bruno, were united in mar
riage Friday afternoon, January 8.
The marriage ceremony was read
by Rev. Paul Hendricks at the Pres
byterian manse in the presence of
immediate relatives and Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. O. Pearson of Bruno as the at
PENDANTS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Stafford went
on short wedding trip, returning
Sunday evening when a wedding sup
per was served at the home of the
bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Stafford will
make their home at Bruno where Mr..
Stafford operates a garage. Mrs. Stat
ford is one of Pine county's rural
school teachers, having taught for the
past five years in the NickersOn and
Messenger schools.
Their many friends extend hearty
congratulations and best wishes to
them
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
KERRICK QUINT
WINS TWICE
ASkOv Team Defeated in Close Came
MarShall.WeIlS Team Also
Defeated.

The Kerrick basketball team added
past week when they defeated Askov
and the Marshall-Wells team of Du-
luth on the home floor.
In close contest with Askov last
Thursday, Kerrick took the lead, and
never relinquished it, although there
at stake. In the second half, Askov
came up strongly, but was unable to
overcome the lead which had been
gained by the Kerrick team in the
first half. The final score was 30
to 35.
Saturdays game proved to be OF
great interest, as had been predicted.
With the first tip-off play chalking
up a twO-point tally for the local
boys, the betting odds swung toward
Kerrick shortly after the game had
begun. Both teams played good ball
until the final whistle ended the game
with a count of 3S to II in favor of
Kerrick. The Duluth boys were hand
icapped by the size of the floor, but
came through in fine shape, never
theless. They deserve great deal of
credit for their ability to overcome
the disadvantage of the small floor.
They have consistently played in 4
much larger gymnasium and were I'M
able to get the ball down readily
through the Kerrick defense. The re-
turn game, which will be played at
Duluth Monday, January 10, should
prove to be a very close contest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
Present County Board
Asked to ReScind Form er
Boards Sanction.
P ub1ic Hearing Tuc sday
Brings Forth History of
Water Level Trouble.

For several years the community
in and around Pine City has been in a
controversy over the water level of
Cross and Pokegama lakes, even back
to the time of the old Chengwatana
dam trouble and to the present time
when the state of Minnesota and the
Federal government are collaborating
in establishing a level of 936 feet
above sea level for the waters in
these two lakes or in other words
raising the water level three or four
feet above what it is now in pro-
ject known as the Snake River, Lake
Pokegama and Cross Lake Project
The affair has grown until now con-
siderable pressure is being put on the
present county board to rescind a
resolution adopted by the board of
two and one-half years ago which au-
thOrized the setting of the water level
at 936 feet, providing tie water dam
ages would be paid for by the agencies
sponsoring the project. Delegations
have recently twice appeared before
the present board which only contains
one member who sat on the beard
when the resolution was passed in
June, 1884. The last hearing was at
special meeting of the board called
for the purpose and held Tuesday aft
ernOOn in the court house at Pine
City in the presence of many of the
interested parties, attorneys and Of
ficials from three state and federal
agencies-the Conservation Depart
ment, SERA office and the WPA.
Attorneys Tell History of Case.
The hearing took on the appear
ance of court case when three at
torneys, S. G. L. Roberts and Nj. B.
Hurley of Pine City, and John P.
Kyle of st. Paul, gave an outline of
the water trouble from be inning to
the present time. Mr. Roberts and
Mr. Kyle, the latter being interested
in past litigation proceedings there,
acted as spokesman against tie pres
ent proposal to raise the water level,
and Mr.. Hurley speaking for it and
against the board resembling the ac-
ton of the board two and a half years
ago.
Arguments against the former
boards act when it passed the reso-
luton setting the water level, were
heard and likewise arguments were
given showing that liability of any
damage would not fall upon the
county.
State Men Heard.
Three speakers from the agencies
mentioned before were heard and
they substantiated the latter argu-
ments that the liability would rest on
the state, as seen in resolution,
read by Mr.. Hurley, and adopted by
the Executive Council. That resolu-
tiOn stated that the council would
recommend to the legislature that it
pay all damages accruing from the
flooding of the property and roads.
Ed Hoffman, engineer from tie
WPA in st. Paul, stated that the
state had authorized construction of
the various roads which will be af-
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
MARKVILLE MAN GETS
SEVERE EYE INJURY

Willis Seifkas of the Markville
community, was the victim on
Monday morning of serious and
painful accident to his right eye.
He was cutting wood and was in
jured when a stick struck him,
cutting the eyeball all the way
across. He was rushed to the
Askov doctor Immediately follow
ing the accident, after which he
was taken to the University hos
pital where he is being treated
and where his mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Seifkas, also lies ill.
Mr.. Seifkas is 3S years of age
and has a wife. His many friends
in his home community will wish
him the best of luck in a rapid
recovery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
DISTRICT FL.
MEET SUNDAY
MilaCa Farmer-LabOr Club
Plays Host to About 80
Delegates.
Business Pertinent to State
Convention January %
is Transacted.

Another step toward the state
Farmer-Labor convention which will
be held in the ST. Paul auditorium
January 30, was taken Sunday when
the Sixth district convention was held
at Milaca. A good representation OF
delegates from the various counties
throughout the district was in at
tendance at the all-day event.
Plans were laid for the state con-
vention and business was transacted
in regards to this districts particlpa-
ton in that affair. o. r. Dickson OF
Pine City, was chosen to serve on the
Rules committee at the state conven-
ton together with a Mr.. Holstad OF
Brainerd. Two new central commit
tee members, Mrs. Valeria Pappenfus
of ST. Cloud, and Charles A. Fortier
of Little Falls, were selected to re-
place the present ones.
About 80 Delegates Attend.
E. j. Hoffman of Brainerd, was
elected chairman for the coming year
and a Mr.. Christensen of Meeker
county will serve as secretary. There
were in all about 80 delegates pres
ent at the convention and seven out
out the eight from Pine county were
there. The delegates from this coun-
ty attending were. Mrs. Peter Stulen,
Gus Klatt, Chris. Frederiksen, Nils
Hokstad, Oscar Dahl, Fred j. Brown
and o. r. Dickson.
One good feature of the convention
from the standpoint of convenience
to the visiting representatives was
the fact that the noon lunch was
served right in the convention hall.
This, according to one delegate, made
it possible for the visitors to have
more time during the recess to get
acquainted with several and spend the
time, which would have otherwise
been required in hunting place to
eat, in discussing various problems
and social visiting. Thanks for this
convenience is extended by several
to the Milaca club who was host for
the day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
WILLOW MAN, Moose
LAKE GIRL ARE WE'D

Ernest Price, son of Stanley Price,
of Willow River, and Dorothy Coulard
of Moose Lake, were married Satur-
day evening, January 8, at the Parish
house in Moose Lake by Rev. FIR
Beaver. Mr.. Price has been employed
at the Stanton Lumber Co. the past
year and is still working there He
was reared on farm west of town
and Miss Coulard was reared in Moose
Lake, attending high school there.
The young couple are living upstairs
at the Bohaty home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
WORK STARTS ON
SANDSTONE PROJECT

Work was started this week on the
new auditorium in Sandstone with
Andrew Norton of Minneapolis, in
charge for the contractors. 1t is a
government PWA project and is ex-
pected to furnish work for many local
people.
The structure is planned to be one
OF the most substantial and up-tO-date
of any similar building in this Sec
ton of the state.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
P0KECAMA AND CROSS LAKE
DAM PROJECT DRAWS FIRE
FORMER LAND O'LAKES
DIRECTOR SUCCUMBS

Herman Berg of Rush City, a for
mer director for District No. 2 of the
Land O'Lakes Creameries, was laid
to rest recently at Rush City.
creamery association for 20 years as
a member of the board of dire tors.
His death shocked large circle of
friends whom he had gained through
out the district which he had served
in creamery work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
LIQUOR STORE TO OPEN

The village council of Sandstone, is
making preparations to open a NUM-
cipal liquor store this week in the old
Security Bank building. w. E. Bar
nick will be in charge.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
FORMER GOVERNOR
HEADS COMMISSION

Hjalmar Petersen. who finished his
term of office as governor on January
5, Immediately took the oath of Of
flee for the Railroad & Warehouse
Commission to which he was elected
in the November election. He was
later elected chairman of that body.
He succeeds Frank w. MatsOn whom
he defeated in the election.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
FINLAYSON DANCES
ARE DISCONTINUED

The Saturday night dances which
nave been held at Finlayson during
the past several weeks have been in
dennltely postponed. Further an
nouncement will be made when thew
are to be continued.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
WORKERS ALLIANCE
ANNOUNCE MEETING

There will be meeting of the
Workers Alliance in the Glover town
ship hall east of Hinckley on Satur-
day night, January 16, at clock.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
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.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14

Continued on Page ~
Evening star., 1937-09-11

George Marshall Gives Capital Classy Didn't Appreciate
Group Including Six AlAmei Players
Second Best Team in oesson Game

versity in 1925, climaxing three years
of stellar play. He was an honorable
mention for the all-America team
in '25.
Having been followed by profess
sional scouts toward the fag end of
his college days, Flaherty was signed
by Wilson's Western Wildcats. a team
without home town but which played
% games travelling throughout the
country. So well-known did he be-
come in one season that he was hired
by Red Oranges New York Yankees
the following year, remaining with
them until they broke up in 1928.
Then it was that he joined the New
York Giants, and it was with Tim
Mara's' club that he made his out
standing reputation as professional
player For not only did Flaherty
play the kind of foot ball which
earned him an all-America profess
sional end ranking for five successive
years, but he also played a hand in
coaching the Giants to three straight
Eastern championships from 1888
through 1885. 1t was his idea of
equipping Giant players with rubber
soled shoes on an icy field which
enabled them to outplay the Bears
in the play-off for the 1884 champion
ship.
Recognizing his coaching ability,
Marshall signed him as the Redskins
coach for the 1886 season, and the
teams rise from fourth-place to the
Eastern championship, displacing the
Giants whom Flaherty left, was laid
almost entirely to the latter's credit.
Flaherty's presence ignited a new
Evening star., 1937-09-11

games. That will be a total Of IL.
inasmuch as both the East and West
have teams.
Then there is the little matter Of
the play-off game for the sectional
winners, with around $500 going to
each player for that game alone. The
amount varies, with the two teams
splitting so per cent of the gate re-
ceipts on the 60-40 basis.
Washington and New York, who
open their respective seasons here
next Thursday, will be the last teams
to swing into league competition,
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh having
played the first game last Sunday, and
Brooklyn and Detroit having played
at Philadelphia and Cleveland last
night. Chicago's Cardinals are play
ing at Green Bay tomorrow.
Altogether, Washington is scheduled
to see six league games, excluding. of
course, the possibility of the play-ofY
game being PLAYED here.
Evening star., 1937-09-11

where they traded and that were
owned and operated by the coal COM
pany itself.
II ever there were a system of peon-
age in America. that was 1t, so far as
miners were concerned.
Coming from a mining family-hjs
grandfather and father miners before
hint was the natural thing for
young Percy, once he had left the
seventh grade in the little mining
town of Washingtonville, where he
was born in 1875, to take his dinner
pail and trudge alondside his father
to work in the mines. In those days
all boys of II or more began, as soon
as they had finished the sixth or sew
enth grade, to take up such RESPONSE
bilities. The meager wages the father
was able to earn, working IL hours a
day under the earth. we're not suffi-
cient to take care of the needs of a
growing family and it was the boys
place to assist at his fathers mine car
Evening star., 1937-09-11

But, as We were saying, pro foot
ball hasn't always lured the masses.
Indeed, it hasn't been so long ago
that the paid grid game was con-
sidered tramp" sport, usually get
ting its players by persuading the star
colleeians. by financial means, to leave
school before they had secured their
degrees. Today, colleges are safe
guarded from invasion by a rule which
provides that no college player shall
be eligible to play in the National
Foot Ball League until the class with
which he registered in school has
graduated. Thus even should he drop
out of school for any reason, he would
be unable to play in the National
League until the year he would have
graduated, had he remained.
Eighteen cities and towns of various
sizes formed the first National League
roster in 1922. In addition to Chi
cago's two teams and Green Bay, were
found the Ohio cities of Canton,
Akron. Dayton, Toledo Columbus and
Marion; Rock Island, Ill. Racine, Wis,
Milwaukee. Minneapolis, Hammond.
Louisville, Evansville, Rochester and
Buffalo. The loop continued with a
large membership until 1927, once
numbering % teams, but not until
Red Grange. the galloping ghost from
Illinois, joined the Chicago Bears in
the mid-twenties did it attain promi-
nence.
In fact the league-particularl
the Eastern division-was in danger
of dying a natural death at times, and
only through the efforts of Timothy
J. Mara, New York millionaire broker
and owner of the New York Giants,
was it kept alive Mara was initiated
into pro foot ball by DR.. Harry Marsh,
who was interested in starting team
in New York. unrepresented in the
National League in 1924. Mara gave
Marsh $4,000 as an aid in starting
the Giants, and when the team re-
warded Mara by topping all Eastern
teams to finish fourth in the league
standings, he became sold on the idea.
1t is rumored that one year Mara lost
$4,000, but he never has yielded his
interest in the Giants
1t wasn't until 1882 that George
Marshall got the pro owner" bug,
purchasing the Boston Redskins
franchise in that year. He had to be
contented with fourth-place team
his first season, but that was before
the idea of a post-season play-off be-
tween sectional champions was con-
ceived and the final standings in
Guided both Western and Eastern
teams. Boston's fourth-place notch
Evening star., 1937-09-11

Pennsylvania and Illinois coal fields.
for these were the centers where most
Of the coal was produced 1t was a
movement that proved educational,
for in bringing the miners together to
discuss the problems that confronted
them, these unions did more to edu-
cate and develop young men in the
mining fields than all other agencies
But these local unions had no CO.
heSion, no national viewpoint. And
by 1890 the miners had reached the
conclusion that only through one
union, embracing all miners and mine
employees in all districts where coal
was produced, could they properly
protect or advance their interests So
in January, 1890, the merging of the
various mine unions took place, and
it was called the United Mine Workers
of America.
The 'check-off' system for miners
union dues was natural sequence,
because they had experienced check
ing-off for necessaries all their lives,
even including doctors services-a
company doctor. In some places they
had even been checked-off for main
tenance of the churches and similar
organiza tions.
" HE union of the United Mine
Workers of America grew in
strength from 1890 to 1897, when wage
agreements were made and collective
bargaining was established in mines
and districts. Constant agitation had
succeeded in bringing producers to
one wage agreement, and such an
agreement was signed between pro-
ducers in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Illinois in 1898 1t was known
as the Interstate Agreement, and it
established an eight-hour day in the
industry, uniform wages for miners
and day labor for the basic seams of
coal in these States.
From the time of the establishment
of the national union, miners wages
went upward, although there were
variations over the years. Their
greatest victory was achieved in 1919.
as the result of a Nation wide coal
strike that Winter The strike was
ended by the appointment OF . coal
See MINES Page B-3)
Evening star., 1937-09-11
By Lucy Salamanca.

IS TUST as there can be no peace
between nations without rec
ognition OF the rights Of ma
tons. there can be no peace
IN industry without recognition of the
rights Of capital and labor. And. Of
the two. labor is paramount. because
II is most essential The need Of great
corporations IN America today is to
recognize the righ, Of men and women
to bargain collectively for their labor
II Is fundamental principle that
cannot be abridged. Recognition OF
this principle and the responsibilities
that 60 with 1t toward labor VIII do
more for industrial peace N the years
to come than anything else. The or
ganlzation of workers today Is more
essential than at any other time IN
history. Modern trends al indicate
this. and in the last analvsis the hap
piness and welfare OF mankind must
be supreme, and all agencies and in
strumentahties must be compelled TO
recognize this fundamental human
necessity"
This is Percy Tetlow speaking. erst-
while miner and one Of the seven com
misSioners of the National Bituminous
Coal Commission. here in Washington.
an internationally recognized author
ity on labor questions and a man VINO
has seen service actively in two wars.
He knows more of labor. first hand.
perhaps, than any single individual
in the United States. for when he was
boy Of II he went down into the
mines to help swell the meager earn
ings his father was able to Wrest from
an industry that sent him into the
heart Of the earth while it was still
Clark and permitted him to return 10
It's darkness after u hours OF hand
picking" that could produce, at the
most, only three tons of coal daily and
an average wage Of less than 81 for
support of his family
Since 1887, when this boy of II
trudged long before dawn down into
the OHIO mines at the side of his
father, Percy Tetlow has been actively
engaged in be.terng working condi-
ions Tor the miners, in improving
tnen hours of labor, their wages. and
z eliminating. so far as possible. the
Evening star., 1937-09-11
By yE.C.Canova.

n n USIC is the sound record" Of
M the worlds history. Any one
1 i listening to the native or
Indigenous music of country
can close his eyes and almost trace
backward to it's origin the history of
the people of that nation-and this is
especially true of the Latin American
countries.
SO it is that the Pan-Americsn
Union, in presenting its series of con-
certs of Latin-American music, has
been we'll within its scope of making
better known to each other the peoples
Of the American Continent historically,
politically and economically, and link
ing them closer with cultural bond of
far-reaching influence.
From mere handful of people in
the patio of the Pan-American Union
Building marking some of the earlier
of this long series of concerts, their
popularity and Importance as a social
event in the Nations Capital has
grown until some 1000 music lovers
attend the 85th concert-the final one
in this years series-given Thursday
night, September 2, in the beautiful
Aztec Gardens.
Franklin Adams, counselor of the
Pan American Union. and q talented
musician himself, years ago recognized
the value of making better known the
compositions of the various Latin
American republics, and after many
weeks Of hard work succeeded in
launching the first of the series on
May rs. 1924, in the studios of WRC,
but soon afterward they were switched
to the Pan-American Union as more
fitting place from which to present
such music.
At every turn obstacles had to be
overcome-the union had no funds for
such project; radio broadcasting
companies had little interest in giving
away time unless they just happened
to have an open spot available which
had not been sold; there was no band
or orchestra qualified properly to rem
der such music, and perhaps worst of
all-there was no musicl
This is, there was no printed music
all made up for orchestra or band such
as we are accustomed to stepping into
store and purchasing. Much of the
music wanted was in manuscript form,
created by the Latin American COM
poserS for their own Use and only A
few copies made