Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-07
Charles Pearson is Selected
as Vice Chairman for
the Year.
Approximately One Hun
dred Taxpayers Make
Demands on Board.

At the annual meeting of the Pine
county board of commissioners which
began at 10 a. m. Tuesday in the court
house at Pine City, j. S. Patrick was
elected chairman for the coming year
and Charles Pearson chosen as vice
chairman. Other business which at
tracted the boards attention at the
opening of the session was the county
printing which was awarded to the
Pine Poker for the year 1887 and the
second publication of the financial
statement was awarded to the Askov
American.
Acceptance of bonds for the newly
elected county officers and the setting
of salaries of the various county Of
ficials also occupied the boards at
tention.
Miss Irene Nelson, relief supervisor
for the county, appeared before the
board for an understanding as to what
the county proposed to do the coming
year in regards to the relief within
the county and she was advised to
continue as in the past rendering aid
on the basis of actual need.
Walter Blanchard was again reap
pointed janitor of the court house at
the same monthly salary of SIS.
Taxpayers Delegation Asks Program.
A group of approximately 100 tax
payers with N. P. Nedegaard and Owe
Hermansen of Askov, and Ed Peterson
nf hair
men, appeared before the board with
requests that the board not rehire H.
V. Jorgensen as county engineer; that
the board issue an official statement
as to the destitute conditions of the
county and requesting immediate di-
rect feed grant; that the board inform
the resettlement office of the immedi-
ate need for the direct grant and to
issue it now and investigate later, if
not enough investigators then to hire
another one but hire some party from
Pine county; that the board encourage
the reOpening of the township projects
as soon as weather conditions permit.
In answer to some of these requests,
County Auditor Joseph E. Therrien
advised that the board should adopt
strong resolution in regards to the
relief situation, which was done. The
resolution follows:
Resolution.
Whereas, due to the drouth during
the growing season of this year,
whereby very few of the farmers of
Pine county harvested any grain
crops, and all our vegetable crops
and cutting of forage, such as hay
and corn, was considerably reduced,
thereby causing a serious shortage of
feed. large percentage of the farm
ers of Pine county are confronted
with a feed and seed shortage and
faced with the inhuman aspect of see
ing their livestock suffer and in
many instances starving, and
Whereas, this predicament has
brought about great reduction in
their income so that the elements of
sufficient human subsistence is now
lacking in many of our farm homes,
and
Whereas, due to the termination of
drouth relief work and a reduction
of WPA employment is now in effect
in Pine county, thereby leaving no
avenues open to the farmers of Pine
county through these sources for en-
ployment in order to supplement their
reduced incomes, so that they will be
enabled to purchase feed for their
stock, seed for the coming season and
oil ino 20 h.:
Therefore be it resolved, that we,
the board of county commissioners,
Pine county, Minnesota, in regular
session assembled hereby petition the
Minnesota legislature now in session.
the officers of other agricultural de-
partments at Washington, D. c., our
honorable state senators and repre-
sentatives and any other officers who
may have jurisdiction in the matter
to use all means at their disposal for
Immediate action to relieve this de-
plorable condition"
Vote being taken there were five
yeas and no nays as follows: Pear
son. yea; Ausmus, yea; Greenwald.
yea; Eklund, yea; Patrick, yea.
Engineer Matter Deferred.
Through suggestion of the delega-
ton present the matter of re-engaging
the county engineer was laid on the
table until the February meeting of
the board, at which time petitions in
opposition to Engineer Jorgensen and
containing IS per cent or more of the
taxpayers of the county were prom
ised.
Both sides of the question were dis
cussed with Commissioner Pearson
and DIR. F. F. Callahan among those
talking in behalf of Mr.. Jorgensen.