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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
Klein is Rescued
From Stranded
Ocean Steamer

Joseph II. Klein, Sandstone mef-
chant, started out soon after Christ
mas to see what the other part of the
world looked like and he has not only
found out great deal about that.
but he has tasted various other eX-
periences, not the least of which was
a thrilling rescue from his boat which
became stranded on sand bar near
the coast of Italy.
Now. the stranding of a rowboat
on a shallow sandy beach of one OF
Minnesota's lakes is no thrill at al,
but when a large ocean liner loaded
with precious human cargo is stranded
in rolling seas, it is something
which the average person reads about
but seldom eXperiences-and it is ser
ious, many times.
This experience happened to Mr..
Klein and he wrote home about it.
In describing the event, he stated that
the passengers were all removed from
the vessel by airplaneS and other
ships. Deep sea divers went to the
the boat to be in good condition, but
the passengers, insofar as is known,
were transferred to another boat for
their journey homeward. With the
exception of a slight delay, no other
inconvenience was suffered. However,
it is suspiciOned by landlubbers in
these parts that Joe really would
have preferred to be back in solid
old Pine county in the midst of one
of his popular bargain events.
1t is expected that he will arrive in
New York today Thursday and that
he will be back home again about the
last of the week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
ASKOV SEED LOAN
OFFICE is OPENED
Temporary Federal Office Will Serve
Northern Section of County for
Several Weeks.

The temporary federal seed loan Of
flee opened in the office of A. Grave
sen in the American Publishing Co.
building in AskOv Monday morning
with Miss Lucille Howard of Pine City.
III charge. Vincent p. Mccoy, who is
in charge of this district, will be in
Askov two or three days per week to
supervise the work.
The office will be open from
o'clock in the morning to in the
afternoon and will continue for sew
eral weeks.
Mr. Mccoy, in announcing the open
ing of the office. stated that farmers
must have the description of their
land when they come to the office to
make application and that their wives
must also sign the papers. Applicants
are limited to those who can get no
credit for the purchase of their seed
elsewhere.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
TOWN QUINT
BEATS KERRICK BOYS

The Askov independent basketball
team finished its home season auspi-
ciously Tuesday night when it de-
feated the fast Kerrick team 33 to 80.
The game was fast and closely con-
tested throughout with the actual out
come in doubt until the final minute
of play.
Both teams expect to enter tOurna-
ments within a few days, Askov TAX
ing part in one at Hinckley to start
Monday, March s. The local boys
first opponents will be Willow River,
and their game will start at 9:30 p. m.
Other games the same evening are
Barnum VS.. Kerrick at 1870 o'clock;
and Sandstone VS.. Hinckley at $50
o'clock. Pine City drew a bye.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
COUNTY WORKERS.
ALLIANCE MEET
Convention Hears Organizer ayd Acts
on Problems Confronting the
Workers.

Pine County's Workers Alliance
county convention was held Friday
evening. Feb. &c, at Sandstone, with
all locals represented except Pine
City.
Louis Kiichli, state organizer, was
present and gave a talk on oreaniza-
ton and told of accomplishments OF
the Workers Alliance in other parts
of the state.
He stated that Minneapolis is now
granting supplementary relief of one
ton of coal per month because of the
efforts of the Workers Alliance. A
sum of $4,000 dollars will now flow
into Washington county by the raise
to S6O.5O per month in WPA for which
the Workers Alliance put up the fight
to obtain.
Pine County Has Quota.
Speaking on organization, Mr.
Kiichli stated that each local has
things in common with other locals
and organization builds strength.
Pine county quota being 2OS on
WPA the convention voted to send
a delegation to st. Paul on March Is
to present and press for the following
demands:
To raise the quota on WPA in Pine
county.
Demanding the S6O5O wage scale
Demanding WPA work for drouth
stricken farmers in Pine county.
Committees were elected to inter
view the business men of the county
with a view to obtaining their coop
GRAFTON in Il is delegation on March 13
A committee was also elected to
call on the central committee of the
Farmer-Labor Association of Pine
county to urge them to take action
in support of Governor BensOn's pro-
gram, which action the Workers ALI
ance convention voted to support.
A resolution condemning Victor
Christian and published in the Work
ers Alliance column of this issue was
unanimously passed.
The convention also went on record
giving its support to an endorse
ment of the Pine County Holiday AS
sociation and its activities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
TOWN ELECTIONS
NEXT TUESDAY
Annual Event Will Draw Hundreds
to the Polling Places In Rural
Pine County.

The annual meetings and township
elections will be held in the various
precincts Tuesday, March 8, at which
| time officials will be chosen and tax
levies and other matters will be dis
cusSed.
AS a general rule these events are
quiet except in few instances, but
in many places the election this year
will draw much attention since pub
lie issues rest with greater response
bility on the taxpayers and voters
now than formerly. Road questions,
snowplOwing problems and tax ques-
tiOns will all have their innings for
discussion and people in general have
become awakened to the necessity of
taking part in tie conduct of their
government.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
TAX LEAGUE FOR
NEW TAX SYSTEM
A Consumers and Home Owners Body
Is Formed to Further UptOdate
Program.

A Consumers and Home Owners
Lower Real Estate Tax League has
been formed, and the following have
been selected as officers in Pine
county: DR.. w. c. Ehmke, of Willow
River, chairman; County School Supt
A. e. GustafsOn, Pine City, secre' AIRY;
Louis MilgrOm, Pine City merchant;
Harry Madison. Sandstone hotel own
err; and Beauford Johnson, Rock Creek
farmer, as vice-chairmen.
Mr.. Gustafson, the Pine county Sec
rotary, states that the real estate
taxes are too high for the average
farmer and home owner, and an in
telliSent and permanent tax program
must be worked out so as to relieve
this situation and aid this group
which makes up the greater portion
of the backbone of our state and
county.
He further states that we, las citi-
ZenS of Pine county and the state
of Minnesota should oppose any pro
posal to levy a sales tax system on
our consuming public. We should
favor an improved chain store tax
increased rates on net incomes as
we'll as inheritances, gross earnings
and iron ore taxes We also should
favor an elimination of the state levy
on homesteads up to $4,000 valuation
I'VE should favor the increasing
oe 70 hnnnnsn
is a fair tax based on the ability
to pay. We should also favor the use
of the income tax returns mostly fol
school support because this not only
provides a means for the state to full
fill it's educational obligations, but ii
also serves as replacement of eX-
cessive local taxes on property that
in many cases are cOnfiscatOry.
"A county mass meeting will be
held in the near future to discuss
the subject of taxation and school
finance. Committeeman will be Sc
lected in every township and village
in Pine county. We, as citizens and
taxpayers, should inform the mem
bers of the Minnesota Legislature as
to our viewpoints on this very i'm
portant problem.
I'VE also believe that if any old age
pension plan is to successfully con
tinue, the state or the federal gov
eminent will have to assume that
share in the rural counties that now
falls on the home owners in the form
of increased local property taxes.
1.-The people in Pine county ought
to be one hundred per cent for the
greatest possible increases in the net
income taxes because Pine county re-
ceives about S35 in return for every
dollar paid into this fund. Very few
local people will be thus affected, and
none should object.
eff we must revise our obsolete and
Out-of-date tax system so as to meet
changing needs and conditions, let
us all get behind an intelligent and
permanent tax system that is fair and
is based on the ability to pay"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
CREAM PLANT
IN GOOD YEAR
Finlayson Cooperative Man.
ufactured 2S9, 155 Pounds
of Butterfat.
One and One-FOurth Cents
Per Pound Butterfat Re-
funded to Patrons.

The annual meeting of the Finlay-
son Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Association was held in the village
hall in FinlaysOn, March 1, 1887, with
large number of stockholders and
patrons in attendance.
"A short business session was held
in the forenoon and at noon a lunch
was served. The afternoon session
was opened by a short program, con-
sisting of song by sextet of local
high school girls accompanied by
their director, Miss kathryn Harri-
son, also vocal solo by Florence
Lentz and tap dancing by Anita Maui
pin and Marie HOlstein, accompanied
by Marguerite Maupin. S. A. Streigl,
director of District No. 2, Land
OLakes, gave short talk on COOP
GRAFTON, explaining the part Land
OLakeS is doing in finding an outlet
for the butter produced by member
creameries, and acting as purchasing
agent for supplies for these creamer-
les. The principle speaker of the
day was Harry n. Owen, contributing
editor of the Farmer" whose writ
ing on agricultural subjects have been
read with interest by farmers for
many years. Mr.. Owens talk COW
cred the trend of farm commodity
prices before and during the depres-
sion and their relationship to prices
received in industry. He used charts
to illustrate these points. He also
touched on the effect of the tariff on
farm prices and the effect of the SUI
preme Court decisions on agriculture.
Officers reelected were as follows:
c. L. Smith, president; Harold Mack,
vice president; G. Carman, secretary
and treasurer. Hollis Laid was
elected a director for a term of three
years to succeed R. c. Foley. Other
members of the board are Henry Mat
son and George Whitman.
Coed Volume.
In spite of the drouth of last sum
mer and the high price of feed this
winter, the creamery had a very sat-
lsfactory year. Butter manufactured
amounted to 2S9,155 pounds with a
value of S9,S65.04 A total of ia
$50 pounds of sweet cream and 151, ADJ
pounds of No. 1 cream were purchased.
The average test of cream received
was 26.S while the total butterfat in
the cream was 233,051 pounds with
the over-run amounting to 56,64O
pounds.
Favorable conditions made possible
the payment of patronage refund
dividend of 14c per butterfat pound
at the close of the year. This
amounted to S2,4S474 which was pro-
rated to the patrons. In the feed de-
partment, sales amounted to S24,-
O37.3O. "A patronage dividend amount
ing to S1,430.O3 was pro-rated to the
,atrons. This was equivalent to SO
on individual purchases. Cheese to
the value of S534.47 was sold at a
net profit of S3727. An item show
ing that the Finlayson community
likes good butter is disclosed by the
purchase by local patrons of 26,52S
pounds of butter with a value of
SS,922.57.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
HOLIDAY MEETS
FRIDAY, MARCH S

A countrywide meeting of the Farm
ers Holiday Association will re held
i'm the Askov ID. b. S. hall Friday aft
ernoon, March 5, beginning at 1
o'clock.
John Bosch, national president of
the Holiday, will speak as will also
a sharecropper organizer firm the cot
ton states. Lunch will be serS ed after
the meeting. Every one is invited.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04

part of that time there has been an
international nOn-intervention COM
mittee sitting at London. lost in in
terminable discussions. And the sus-
piciOn will not down that some of
the great powers represented in that
committee wanted to make certain
that the fascist rebels would win
before blOckading was resOrted to.
Even though there may be a grain
of sincerity in the present effort, it
will be at best a merely half-hearted
measure, for no steps have been taken
to remove from Spain those foreign
volunteers already there-that is, with
Continued on Page s.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04

on roads which are included in the
approved federal aid system. Under
present regulations, therefore, these
orphaned highways face a prospect
which offers hope for little more than
mere maintenance until such time as
the states revenues for highway pur-
poses are brought UP to point where
they exceed the amount required to
pay fixed charges, to maintain the
1890 mile system, and to match fed
eral aid allotments.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
OVER $1,000 COLLECTED
FOR THE RED CROSS

DR.. A. L. Arends, treasurer of the
Pine County Chapter American Red
Cross, acknowledges the receipt of the
following amounts from the various
communities as listed, as their con-
tributiOn towards the Flood Relief
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04

The American goes in the mail
each Thursday; want your message
to go along?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
MOOSE LAKE
wins HON0RS
Sub-DiS t riot Basketball
HOnOrS are Decided in
Weekend Play.
Northern, Southern Teams
Will Meet at Pine City
March S and 6.


With the completion of the sub-dis-
trict basketball tournaments last week
in District No. %, the stage Is all
set for the district meet to be held
at Pine City on Friday and Saturday
evenings of this week, March 5 and O..
The district was divided this year so
that eight teams competed in each OF
two sub-district events held at Rush
City and Moose Lake. In the south
end, Chisago City and Lindstrom- Cen
ter City emerged winner and runner
I'D respectively and in the north end
Moose Lake and Barnum came
through as winner and runner-up.
Four good teams are now getting
ready for the tournament at Pine city,
with the new high school auditorium
seating over 1000 spectators, as the
place of excitement. On Friday eve
ming at S p. m, Chisaso City meets
Barnum and at p. m. Moose Lake
meets Chi-High Uindstrom-Center
City, On Saturday evening the losers
play a consolation game and the win
ners will fight it out for the cham
pionship.
Northern Division.
The sub-district in the northern
part of the district was very closely
contested. with the ones having good
playing floors showing a slight super
lority. FInlayson. who had played the
entire season without place to rrac-
tice. did surprisingly well and earned
tribute from the other schools in the
district for its record. That team
will have new gymnasium to play
in next year.
Sandstone was slated by many as
being the team that would at least
go into the finals of the sub-district,
but that was denied the Quarry City
quint when it lost to Moose Lake in
the semi-final. Willow River was
rated as good, but it lost its first con-
test as did Askov and Bruno.
Following are the scores in the
northern division:
Moose Lake ................... .27
Bruno ...... INSTRUMENTATION. IL
sandstone ........ .............. o9
<h"ho' ..'''' - -
Barnum $50. ......'..... 81
F1nlaySon ....... ........... IL
McGrath ... pa
Willow River OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
Second Round.
p. %
McGrath ......... 5
c1e. 10
COnSOlatlOn.
-, %
Championship.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT

The week has seen gradual cryS-
utilization of the momentOus court is
sue, with perhaps bit better pubic
understanding of the question, but
with each side of the controversy
sharing equally in the guilt of over
>tatement and understatement of the
facts involved. That may be entirely
natural, in view of the vast nature OF
the issue, but it serves to confuse a
group of thinking citizens that are
doing their level best to understand
what is involved, and who are trying
not to be mixed into purely partisan
or political discussions.
Some officers in the Senate and
House are literally deluged with mail
i'm opposition to the Presidents pro-
pOsal, and they bear strong evidence
of being melted by professional prOpa-
candists. Again, sincere communities
tiOns come from individuals who
make no pretenSe of speaking for any
except themselves. But they are il
the minority. This office, however
is strangely lacking in both. Cit
zens of the good old seventh" evil
IDENTIFY are holding back in formula
ton Of their final opinions, secure in
the belief that all of the present eX-
element is preparatory to a real over
haul of a genuine trouble spot in our
present system of government. For it
is no secret that the President is bid
ing his time to press this issue, and
that his real opposition, and the most
feared, will come from the group, re-
CARELESS of party that have hitherto
been his closest personal and political
friends.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
FREE INCUBATION
FOR THE FARMERS

The U. S. Department Of Agricul-
ture will furnish free to each appli-
cant a sufficient quantity of inOcula-
tion to inoculate one bushel of legume
seed. If anyone wishes to secure some
of this free incubation fill out the
following and return to Congressman
Harold Knutson, Washington, ID. CT:
| desire free incubation for one
bushel alfalfa. 80; sweet clover. ID. {;
red clover. alsike clover. -.
Date of planting ................
name 80.
address ......
This incubation will not keep over
10 days.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04

With the passage Of the voluntary
retirement bill, a feeler has been put
out. 1t may serve to pave the way
for two conservatives on the court.
The Presidential program will never
thele5s be pressed, and apparently
certainly in advance of the sugSes-
tiOnS that have been advanced by men
of such national reputation as
Wheeler, Nye and Borah. Senatorial
opinion, according to informal polls,
is shifting, and were the vote on the
Roosevelt plan to be cast this week,
the outcome would be far from GER
tain, despite the White House opti-
miSm.
The Borah offer, by the way, de-
serves attention. Making new APP
prOach to the deadlock between the
Court and the New Deals administra-
ton, it suggests a way out of this
economic wilderness is to place prob
lens like regulation of child labor.
disputes over wages and hours for
labor, whether or not a corporation is
a person, social problems, into the lap
of the states, rather than under juris-
dictiOn of the Supreme Court. 1t
Continued on Page s.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

ing them to appoint seven new NUM-
cipal officials, including treasurer
clerk, health officer, building, electrical
and plumbing inspectors and allow
ing them to institute equity proceed
ings to collect delinquent town taxes
Other Prince Georges bills passed
by the Lower Chamber are those
creating a Board OF Electrical Ex-
aminers and Supervisors to examine
and license electricians in the county
and reducing hucksters' license fees
to S25 for those who travel on foot
and $50 for those who travel In We
hicles.
Three bills introduced by Mont
gomery County's legislators also were
adopted. They would:
Provide for distribution OF the coun-
tvs share Of lateral road gas taxes
on q road mileage basis between the
towns and county.
Permit the Maryland-National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission to
eliminate Implications in street names
and house numbers in all precincts
Of the Bethesda election district and
all but the frst precinct Of Wheaton
district.
Prohibit any one from throwing
combustible fireworks from a moving
vehicle or boat. The measure Is a
Statewide proposal introduced by
Delegate Ruth E. Shoemaker.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Norris, Last of Six Senators
Opposing War, Remains Firm,
Much Harm Done u. S.
for Benefit of Rich,
He Says.

Twenty years ago today the United
States Senate passed the resolution
declaring war against Germany. Only
six Senators ventured to vote against
the measure-La Toilette of Wisconsin,
Norris Of Nebraska, Lane Of Washing
ton, Stone OF Missouri, Vardaman of
Mississippi and Gronna of North
Dakota.
Senator Norris alone survives to re-
tell the tale to his younger colleagues.
He Is doing so at an unusual reunion
Of the rs former members Of the
House Of Representatives now living
who, with rs others since deceased.
voted against war on April 6. 1917.
The dinner and reunion will be a
private affair, with reporters excluded.
Many Of those invited, including Miss
Jeannette Rankin, former Congress-
woman from Montana and first woman
elected to Congress, have not met each
other since the adjournment Of the
Sixty-hfth Congress
Seated in the Senate Office Build
ing, Senator Norris, veteran Progress
sive, discussed in an interview the
war and his opposition to it. Asked
whether he had ever regretted his
negative vote Of April 4, 1917, or
changed his view of the matter, the
Senator replied quietly:
In my service Of nearly 35 years
in Congress I have undoubtedly made
many mistakes, but I am more than
ever convinced that my vote against
the declaration Of war in 1917 was
not one OF them. I am not sorry I
opposed It. ! should do 1t again II
Congress were again confronted with
that sort of problem in economics and
q moral decision. And would not be
alone-or nearly so-today. I said
then that we were surrendering the
policy of the country to the money
power, and putting the dollar sign
above the nag. And have never seen
any reason to withdraw the statement,
but. on the contrary, much evidence
that confirmed it as the years have
passed.
Commercial, Said Wilson.
"At the end Of the war, Woodrow
Wilson publicly admitted that it had
been primarily a commercial war,
which was another way of saying
what Senator La Toilette and I had
declared to be the facts. It was BASIC
ally fought for, or occasioned by.
economic and financial reasons and
ends-and 1t WAS ruinouSly destruc-
tive to every lasting interest Of the
American people. The large banking
and business interests were making
50 much money, so fast, while we
we're nominally neutral, that they
soon discovered that they would have
to lend money to the allies in large
quantities to keep up the game and
keep our industries humming and
expanding When the allies credit
was stretched to the breaking point,
and the private money-lenders had
exhausted their resources, the next
step was to open the Treasury Of the
American people, by a declaration Of
war
I'VE went into that terrible war
largely to collect the debts of the
money Lenders, who were promptly
paid out of the public Treasury for
what they had lent to their friends
abroad and spent on all sorts Of
munitions In this country. But the
queer thing about it all was that we
were never able to collect the debts due
this Government
This terrible condition we are now
Evening star., 1937-04-04
YOUNG BUSINESS MEN
INSPECT PARK SYSTEM
80 Members of Junior Board of
Commerce Taken on Tour
by Finnan.

An inspection tour of the park sys-
tenn was made yesterday by some 80
members Of the Junior Board of Com
merce with c. Marshall Finnan, su-
perintendent Of the National Capital
Parks, leading the way.
The group looked at the work the
Civilian Conservation Corps is doing
at Fort Dupont, where portion OF the
Fort Drive has been completed; at
Franklin Park, as typifying rehabil-
itated downtown park; Meridian Hill
Park, where formal treatment has
been given a great public area; Theo-
dore Roosevelt Island, in the Potomac
River, downstream OF the Key Bridge.
and Fort Stevens.
Following the trip, the group ex-
pressed pleasure at the progress made
in recent years in the improvements
to the Washington parks, officials said.