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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
BASS LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Nelson and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Nelson spent
Sunday afternoon at the George Smith
home. Friends are glad to hear that
Mrs. Smith, who has been very i'll,
is much better at this writing.
Alfred johnson and daughter, Phil
lys, visited Sunday afternoon at the
Richard Swanson home.
A number in this vicinity have been
ill with the flu recently but are get
ting better at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Carlson and
family were Sunday dinner guests at
the Harry Gustafson home near Grind
stone Lake.
The Bass Lake and Lake View
schools opened again Monday after a
three weeks vacation.
Mrs. Richard Swanson and Betty
and Evelyn spent one day last week
at the Ben Carlson home.
Alphild Olson left by bus Tuesday
for the Cities where she will have
a medical examination.
Mrs. Victor Carlson and Kenneth
visited Mrs. Alfred johnson Monday
afternoon.
Arlene Swanson has been helping
with the work at the Geo. Smith home
during Mrs. Smiths illness.
Mrs. Richard Swanson and Betty
visited at the homes of Mrs. Clarence
Swanson and Mrs. Mary Swanson
Tuesday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
KERRICK
Herbert Holz spent the weekend at
his home in Minneapolis.

Herbert Holz spent the weekend at
his home in Minneapolis.
The barber will only be in this shop
every two weeks from now on during
the winter months. His next time
here will be Thursday. Jan. 81.
Arthur Lund of Blackhoof, spent
the weekend at his home here.
Milton Beckstrom and Victor John
son made a business trip to Duluth
and Moose Lake Monday.
Ronald Anderson accompanied M. F.
Beckstrom Friday to Duluth and Carl
ton. They purchased a snow pillow.
returning Saturday noon. They opened
some of the town roads Saturday aft
ernoon and Sunday.
Ole Berset and Ryder Edison Wis
tied at Lund's camp in Blackhoof
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. James Murphy was a caller in
Askov Monday.
Lee Potts of Minneapolis, was a cal
Ter in town Tuesday night of last
week.
L. H. Lund of Askov, was business
caller in town Monday.
Milton Beckstrom made a business
trip to Duluth last Thursday.
Donald Small of Lunds camp, in
Blackhoof spent Saturday and Sunday
in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wahlberg of Moose
Lake, visited at the Gust and Ralph
Wahlquist homes Saturday.
Rudy Swatek made business trip
to Bruno Saturday evening.
Mrs. Milton spent few days in
Moose Lake recently with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miner.
Cy Halverson returned recently aft
er spending the Christmas and New
Year holidays in Minneapolis and at
his old home in South Dakota.
Milton Beckstrom is making the
snow fly these days with his new
snow pillow.
Bob, the Maytag man, has moved
his family from the Curry farm resi-
dence to the Bank house recently
vacated by Eldred Parker.
The basketball boys deserve Lot
of credit for what they are doing in
the way of winning games. They
should be supported. The last two
games were fast, well played games.
Watch for dates for more home games.
Warren Golden spent two days in
the Twin Cities last week.
The school is again buying wood
for the coming winter. Because of
the number of people offering wood,
not more than 10 cords of soft wood
are being accepted from any one per-
son; no limit is set on hard wood.
Ed Hultgren and Ben Peterson are
getting out spruce and balsam from
Section near Nickerson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
SOIL CONSERVATION
MEETING ANNOUNCED

The Agricultural Conservation pro-
gram will be explained by various
meetings out over the county as an
nounced in letter to individual farm
ers this week. These meetings are
being held much earlier this year,
the letter states, so that each farmer
will know how much money he can
earn and just what he will have to
do to earn it if he cares to participate
in the 1897 farm program
Following are the scheduled meet
ings:
Dell Grove, Sandstone and Danforth
townships, Hotel Madison, Sandstone,
Friday, January Is, $50 a. m.
Keene, Dosey. Wilma and Arna
townships, Markville hall, Friday, jan
uary Is, 1870 p. m.
Bruno, Park, Kerrick and Nicker-
son townships, Bruno schoolhouse, Sat-
urday, January 16, $50 a. m.
Bremen, Norman and Kettle River
townships, village hall in Willow
River Saturday, January 16, 1870 p. m.
Partridge and Fleming townships,
Village hall in Askov, Monday, jan
uary IS, $50 a. m
Pine Lake and Finlayson townships,
Village hall in Finlayson, Monday
January IS, 100 p. m.
Birch Creek, Sturgeon Lake and
Windemere townships, Village hall in
Sturgeon Lake, Tuesday, January 49,,
$3.50 a. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
EAST OF BRUNO

MILFORD Charpentier spent a few
hours Sunday at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Bob PiersOn.
Little Billie Ames and his sister,
Janet, spent Tuesday with the July
children.
Clifford Gage spent Saturday night
with Harry Osterkamp. Harry spent
Sunday afternoon at the Gage home.
Pearl Rupp of Nickerson and Cliff
ford Torell and Francis Melancon of
Duquette, spent Sunday at the Edward
Rupp home.
Paul Ridgley spent Sunday with his
children at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Rupp.
Miss Ruby Rupp called at the Bob
PiersOn home Tuesday morning.
Mrs. George July has been ill sew
eral days recently.
Several of Mrs. Otto Domning's
friends helped her celebrate her birth
day anniversary Saturday and wished
her many happy returns of the day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
HINCKLEY MOTOR
FIRM IN NEW HANDS

Tom Deebach, son-in-law of Mrs.
II. NJ. Dempsey and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Deebach of Pine City,
took over the operation and manage
ment of the Dempsey Chevrolet Co.
at Hinckley on January 1, thereby
replacing T. j. Mcclure, who has
managed the concern for the past
two years.
Mr.. Deebach is not a newcomer to
the concern nor is he strange to the
community which he has chosen for
his business career. The Dempsey
company serves a large field and ell
joys the privilege of being the author
lied dealer for Chevrolet in this sec
ton of the county.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
DUXBURY

Lennard Wegwerth, Mrs. Grabner
and sons, Wayne and Wally, and a
end at the c. Wegwerth home.
Mrs. Carl Bjork left for Luck, Wis.,,
Sunday to visit friends a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Anderson came
home from Minneapolis Saturday.
Raymond Swanson. James Matson
and Nels Matson were Pine City Wis
itOrs Monday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
DUOUETTE

Mrs. Anna Edin fell Sunday and
broke her hip. She is in the Moose
Lake hospital. Mrs. Olaf Anderson
and children came to be with her
mother and keep house for the boys.
Friends wish Mrs. Edin speedy re-
cOvery.
Einard Edin and Wayne Stephenson
returned home this week from Duluth.
Wayne is driving 1880 model A Ford
which he purchased recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stamina were
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
DAM PROJECT
DRAWS FIRE
Continued from Page ~

fected by the project to height of
four feet above the level set for the
water and whether they be township
or county roads they will be con-
structed according to certain speci-
fications laid down and when COM
pleted they will, said Mr.. Hoffman,
be in better shape than they are at
the present time. He stated that the
project had already been approved
and the money is available now. In
fact work on the dam has been under
way.
Walter McGregor of the SERA in
charge of buying right of way, prom
ised that his agency was in the pro-
ject to do a good job and to COM
pensate for damages where damages
are DONE He invited any one. who
thinks his property will be affected
and who has not been surveyed, to
make application to him and the
property would be surveyed. He
stated that it is not necessary for
every one to be listed in the condem-
nation proceedings which have al
ready been published. Mr.. McGregor
promised that if too little money were
now available to see the project
through, more would be forthcoming.
Dam Would Allow for Control.
j. H. Downs, of the drainage and
waters division of the State Conserva-
ton Department, described the dam
and told of its design which will allow
control of the water between the levels
of 936 feet and 932 feet. He stated
that the dam is so constructed that
during an extreme flood period the
flow can be so regulated that no more
damage would be caused than if the
dam was not there.
After hearing the arguments from
both sides, Chairman J. S. Patrick OF
the board asked County Attorney AL
bert Johnson's opinion on procedure
which the board should be governed
by and the county attorney said that
it was not exactly clear whether the
board had legal right to rescind an
action taken by the board of more
than two years ago and therefore he
would advise that the matter be laid
on the table until such time as he
could get written opinion from the
attorney generals office, which was
done.
When the opinion is received then
the board will act on the matter as
set forth in the opinion.
Hurley Causes Laughter.
During the process of the argument
presented to the board by Attorney
Kyle, he stated that the apparent rea-
son for the raising of the water level
was to furnish water power for the
power company who would profit by
the larger head of water and whose
dam and plant is in close proximity |
of the project dam.
In rebuttal Mr.. Hurley stated that |
any insinuation that the project was
sponsored to help the power company
is entirely fallaciouS and without foun-
datiOn when it is seen that two of
the members sitting on the Execu-
tive Council at the time of the ap
proval of the project were none other
than the late Floyd B. Olson and
Harry H. Peterson. This caused
laughter from the crowd who appar-
knowing that both Mr.. Olson and Mr..
Peterson would not have been parties
to anything which had as its pur-
pose, aid to power company.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14

dinner guests at the Ellen Anderson
home Tuesday evening.
Jack Klein and Bill Crosby were
business callers in Duluth Tuesday.
Jack recently purchased Bills car.
Miss Smith of the Duluth State
Teachers college visited school Mon
day and Tuesday. She was ar over
night guest at the Anderson home.
Edwin johnson was Kerrick WIS.,
itor between trains Tuesday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES
Oak Hill Lutheran

Sunday, Jan. 17-Worship in Eng
lish at II a. m. aG
Annual meeting and Ladies' Aid
Tuesday, Jan 10, at p. m.
Swede Park Lutheran.
Divine service in Swedish at p. m.
The annual business meeting of the
congregation will be held Tuesday,
Jan. 10, at 1920 a. m. The Ladies'
Aid will hold its meeting at the same
time and place.
The Luther League will meet Friday
at p. m.
BlOmskOg Lutheran.
Annual meeting this Friday at s
p. m.
The Confirmation league will meet
Wednesday at 8 p. m. at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Anderson.
Prayer service Tuesday at 8 p. m.
Bethlehem Lutheran, Moose Lake.
Sunday school at 10 a. m; English
service at p. m.
Luther League meeting Thursday
at 8 p. m.
]. A. BURMAN. Pastor.
The American goes in the mail
each Thursday: want your message
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14
FINLAYSON

There is no news from Finlay.
son this week. The correspondent
states that the news letter was
mailed Tuesday night but 1t has
evidently been missent I'm the
mails.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14

Let American Want Ads do your
detective work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-14

Notice: The State. County and Teach
er'S Fund Rate are included in all
the above Total Rates. Agricultural
Land Rates in Village School Dis
tricts are marked with the letter
a. before the District Number"
Evening star., 1937-01-26

ance which she maintains between
her strong, outspoken temperament
and her musical feeling is the chief
marvel of her playing.
Miss Neveu chose an arduous pro-
gram, yet she accomplished it without
the least abating of glowing zeal or
the brilliancy Of technical display.
Her thoughtful rendering Of Bach's
Grave" and the Haendel-F1esh
"Priere" on one hand, her delicately
subtle understanding Of Szymanow-
skis "Eocturne" and Ravels
"Tzigane" and the broad sketching of
the Tartini-Kreisler Variations on a
Theme by Corelli" and Brahms Hun
garian Dance" showed the remark
able adaptability Of her musical ma
ture. The young artist has but begun
her career, yet already she is so out
standing as violinist that one can
imagine how her progress will enrich
her chosen branch Of music with the
wealth of new thought and new feel
ing which she brings to her art. Ex-
cellent accompaniments were provided
for Miss Neveu by Wolfgang Rebner.
The two dynamic personalities
which Mrs. Townsend presented yes
terday keyed the audience up to a
high pitch Of appreciation and, al
though the program was long one,
the enthusiasm for the superb per-
formances never relaxed. Next Mon
day Gertrude Wettergren, contralto.
and Lauritz Melchior, tenor. both cele-
brated artists of the Metropolitan
Opera, will be heard.
Evening star., 1937-01-26
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing.
National-"Iolanthe," at 8:l5 pm.

NATIONAL "Iolanthe," at 8:15 pm.
EarIe-"Man of Affairs" at 1O:15
am. 1890, PAS, sos, TAO and 9:55
pm. Stage shows at 1885 am, 1855,
4:10, $50 and 9:05 pm.
Keith's-"Three Smart Girls" at
11:51 am, Isl, 3;5l, 5:51, 7:51 and
9:51 pm.
Capitol -" "Stowaway," at 1o:45
am. 1:30, 4:20, 7:1o and 10 pm.
Stage shows at 1890, 3:2O, 6:10 and
9 pm.
Palace Champagne Waltz" at
1910, 2:30, 4:50, 7:1O and $50 pm.
Metropolitan Mind Your Own
Business" at 1870 am, 1875, 3:35,
5:35, TAO and GAS pm.
Columbia -" College Holiday" at
11:55 am. 1:5o. 3:45. 5:45. TAO and
$40 pm.
RiaIto-"As You Like It." at 1870,
1888, 5:36, 7:44 and 9:52 pm.
Ittle-"Les Mserables," at IL am,
I'LL, 1922. 5:33, 7:44 and s:45 pm.
Ambassador-"Man of Affairs" at
6:l5, 8 and $50 pm.
Tivoli-"Sing Me a Love Song" at
2:25, 4:10, 6, 7:45 and 9:35 pm.
Uptown-"God's Country and the
Woman" at 2:25, AIS. 6, 7:45 and
9:35 pm.
Howard-"Td Give My Life" at
1890, 3:55, 7:05 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows at 2:30, $50 and 9:10 pm.
Evening star., 1937-01-26

BECAUSE Saturday is President
RooSevelt's birthday anniversary
and Hollywood is sending several Of its
brightest stars to his local party,
Warner Bros Earle and Loew's
Capital Theaters are going to COM
bine their stage shows into one
huge something or other. Rob-
ert Taylor, Jean Harlow and Joe
E. Brown will make personal appear
anceS at the special performances at
both theaters. Traffic should be
pretty congested In the vicinity of
Thirteenth and Fourteenth, E and F
streets as the seven acts and special
stars start dashing back and forth
between the two theaterS.
The Earle acts on the unusual pro-
gram, which will start at HAS pm.
at both theaters, will include Harry
Reser and his orchestra, Paul Gerrits,
the Keene Twins and Vic and Lamar.
The Capitol will contribute Eleanor
Holm Jarrett and Husband Art, Harry
Burns and his company, Ross WySe,
jr., and Jane Marion, and the Honey
Troupe.
T UNIVERSAL opened its new film
exchange at 913 New Jersey ave-
nue. yesterday. Lots of guests were
present and many sandwiches con-
sumed A sort of preview trailer
of the Presidents ball, made by Movie
tone News, is being shown at down.
town theaters today. Scenes made at
Childrens Hospital and speech made
by Commissioner Allen are included
=. Moviegoer, the monthly magazine
distributed by Loew's theaters here
and elsewhere, is going to quiz 1,000,-
900 fans on what they like and dis
like in the way of screen entertain
ment. The QUESTIONABLE is designed
to cover every subject on which fans
have likes and dislikes-subjects re-
lated to the business. of course .
Ray Henderson rushed through Wash
ington again yesterday in connection
with John Gielgud's Hamlet" the
kind of play that would be a success
even without the good advance press
offices Of Mr.. Henderson :. Speaking
of Sylvia Sidney, she is going to be
all over town next week; at Keith's
in you Only Live Once" and at the
Metropolitan in "The Woman Alone"
Evening star., 1937-01-26

as II mas SelOOIIl UteIl SllIlS dlIu VIII
together with Ginette Neveu, French
violinist, was introduced locally yes
terday at the Mayfower morning con-
cert.
Any artist worthy of the name brings
a highly developed technique to his
presentations. This was also to be
expected from the reports that fol-
lowed Mr.. Serkin's concert tour in
this country, but what no review can
fully describe is his magnificent pene-
tration into the very heart Of the
music and the many individual ways
he has discovered of making his
knowledge known to his listeners. Yes
terday the apex of Mr.. Serkin's art
was reached in his Interpretation of
the Beethoven Sonata in C Major
Op. So" known as the "Walstein'
sonata.
Performance Inspiring.
So superbly planned an interpreta-
ton has seldom been heard, for from
the beginning to the end one followed,
absorbed the revelation Of the inner
meaning of that work as Mr.. Serkin
carried the thread unbroken through
the three movements. And how lovely
and inspiring 1t was. The themes
spoke with new intonation at each
repetition, the nuances as expressive
in their place as though words &C
companied them. A feat Of rare COM
prehension was his manner Of making
the Introduzione a real introduction
to the lovely Rondo of the finale. which
in itself was a masterpiece of tonal
beauty. His gift of sensing the proper
tonal changes and the originality he
brought into each recurrence Of the
same phrase was based on an unusu-
ally clear and profound analysis cou-
pied with an exuberant giving way to
the influence of his artistic feeling.
On the technical side, he is dy-
manic and authoritative with steel
like fingers that griup the chords
with crisp power or soften for the
purling flow of feet passages. AL
these characteristics entered into his
playing Of the other numbers on his
program, Brahms 1.-TWO Intermezzi
Op. 49," Mendelssohn's "Rondo Ca
priccioso," three etudes from the
twelve Of Chopin's Opus IS and
his "Polonaise in A Flat Major" As
Superbly as was the presentation of
these numbers, he never quite reached
however, the same height Of spiritual
understanding which glorified his per-
formance Of Beethoven.
Violinist's Tone Sonorous.
Equally interesting in her way was
the appearance of Miss Neveu, vio-
linist, young in years but mature in
musical perception. The time is
ripe for another great woman violinist
and it seems that Miss Neveu Is des-
tined to fill that need. She Is a
musical personality, with all that
that implies Of poise, artistic feeling
and mechanical fitness. Her tone Is
sonorous and powerful, directed by q
splendidly developed bow arm, while
her intelligent appreciation Of musical
values is warmly colored by her youth
full temperament. The careful bal
Evening star., 1937-01-26
MARCH ACCLAIMED AGAIN
IN "LES MISERABLES"

Revival of Film in Which Star
Eclipsed Previous Work
Shown at Little.
TWO years ago, Frederic March
was being acclaimed for his
Limning in celluloid of one Jean VAL
jean, haunted in his wanderings over
the countryside by persistent specter
that is the laws conception of justice.
March's sterling portrayal was
achieved in the Twentieth Century
perturbation Of Victor Hugo's trench
ant novel, lies Miserables," being
unreeled currently in return en-
gagement at the Little, and there
arises no justification for altering the
previous laudatory appraisal-the ac-
tor has not eclipsed that performance.
With meticulous and quite un-
Hollywood care, Screen Writer w. P.
Lipscomb followed the Hugo narra-
tive in a manner that makes for
prompt and continued recognition of
the tale by those who have read, and
most probably reread, this potent
treatment of tribulation and dis
proportionate zeal toward a reckon
ing" 1t is not over often that the
film moguls see fit to bind themselves
to the printed word, no matter with
what degree Of fame the work has
been endowed, but here is perhaps the
most noteworthy exhibit.
Cast as the retributive Javert
Charles Laughton can record his
work here well toward the top in d
list Of noteworthy film endeavorS, with
the uniformly capable supporting east
Evening star., 1937-01-26

severely At Roland Leigh's cock
tail party for Sophie Tucker and
Oliver Messel, Sophie greeted Binnie
Barnes thuswise: "You throw me,
honey, every time you change your
hair" Miss Barnes is now in the
platinum blond class.
A bad luck jinx continues to delay
completion Of THE Last Of Mrs.
Cheyney." First came the death of
Director Richard Boleslawski. Then
George Fitzmaurice, scheduled to re-
place him, went down with the flu.
Dorothy Arner, next to be awarded
the assignment, had barely reached
the set when stars William Powell and
Robert Montgomery developed 102
temperatures an6 were ordered to bed.
Most OF the other performers, includ-
ing Joan Crawford, have held up pro-
duction on the flu count.
Some one asked Composer Oscar
Levant whether the music of George
Gershwin would be played 100 years
from now. "Yes-if George is alive"
replied Levant. (Gershwin is famous
for playing his own compositions any
time, and place.
(Copyright. 1897. by the North Am.rt:an
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1937-01-26

unreeling Miss Sidney's latest film. 1t
Is called "You Only Live Once" and
If you have to live through what Miss
Sidney does, that's too often. Walter
Wanger has made potent drama, but
q sad one, out of the story of what
society, in its righteousness, can do
TO two very nice persons. Miss Sidney
Is one Of them.
Immediately after the screening the
audience was rushed to the Variety
Club. There a battery of telephones
awaited the ambassadors of the local
drama desks, who were given grand
total of 10 minutes in which to inter-
view Miss Sidney, who presumably was
seated in her comfortable Hollywood
home. She was jittery and so were
they, as you might expect long-dis-
tance extemporaneouS speakers to be-
The interview, however, developed
that:
Miss Sidney is against capital pun
ishment. (She ought to be. after what
it does to her husband and herself in
her latest finn
She would like to come to Wash
ington. She used to come here. but
that was in the days before any one
had seen her on the screen, and while
the visits mattered to Miss Sidney
they did not to any one else. How
ever, she is coming again some time.
She, too, likes her new picture. More
over she thinks the woman character
she interpreted in it is one of the
most extreme sufferers she ever por-
trayed.
She enjoyed playing with Henry
Fonda, cast as her husband in "You
Only Live Once" (She should have
Fonda's good in one of those somber
angry parts that are perfect for good
actors, but funny if the Interpretation
Is inadequate)
Immediately after the interview Miss
Sidney went back to her bridge, OF
whatever she was doing when the
phone rang, while the drama reporters
went on the air to answer Hardie
Meakin's questions.
As for "You Only Live Once" unit
Saturday it shall be dismissed will
the statement that it is grim, remorse
less drama that should make societ.
pretty well ashamed of itself for som'
of the mistakes it makes.