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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14

The death of Theodore Mariner was an untlmely one. One deplores the loss of life through normal courses and acci- dent. But the ruthless wiping out of life by the assassin is pretty tragic. The as- sassin is usually fanatic Mariner was acknowledged one of our finest diplo- mats, man of diverse attainments, a linguist and keen analyst. His loss to the diplomatic service is very great.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14

Tn tho death of ogden L, Mills, the United States suffers an un. fortunate loss. He was endowed with Q keen intellect, His life and work had developed an unusually clear understanding of complex problems of government partieu; iarly governments fiscal problems He was gifted with StraightforwArd- ness and with an attractive person. allty. He had 0 desire to serve. Ho was adapted for leadership.
 His will to be of service took him to tho legislature Of his state and to the national Congress. His ap- plication in both places fitted him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14
SPOTTED FEVER AGAIN FATAL

Hamilton, Mont. (Up)--Montana's third fatality resulting from Rocky Mountain spotted fever was report ed here with the death of Lee Max. ton, %, who contracted the disease while working in the mountains. His father, Grover c. Maxton, was Q victim of the same disease in April. los6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14

1. What does pro tempore" mean?
 2. Who was Henry James? 3. Was Vermont ever an indepen- dent republic? \
 4. What and where is Nankings s. Where was the first settlement by. Europeans in Connecticut !? 6. Name the former capital of the Turkish empire.
 2. Who wrote the novel, ''The Pi- .lot?"
 8. In law, what is c minor? 9. In chemistry, what is an Oxide9 10. Where was Nathaniel Haw- thorne born?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14
Joe Davies Spends Three And One Half Weeks In Moscow For
 Ambassadors Pay Of $17, 800
'W 0a2W AAne@

WASHINGTON, October IA = Joe Davies, husDanu of Mrs Post Hutton the Post Toasties heiesS has now been American Ambassador to Russia for exactly nine months.
 During this time he has been at his post in Moscow for three and one-half weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14

@. When Is tho breeding season of oanaries9
 A. It begins normally in March, although some eanarles Show Signs of 1t earlier. The more common practice Is to separate the sexes ex- cept when breeding. The beginning of the mating season ls marked by ringing, vigorous song among the males, accompanied by much rest-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14

It's quite customary, says the man about town. But "how many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14
Answers To Questions
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By FreasrlOk M. Kerby

Enclose . three-oent stamp for reply whom addressing any guess ton Of fact or Information to Tho DomOcrNtN Service Bureau At Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot Do given, nor can extended research Do undertaken. No sure all mall ls addressed to The Waterbury Democratic 6erv. leo Bureau, 1918 Thirteenth street Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14
Test Y O u 2 Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-14
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets 12.1O a. m. Sun rises 6O2 a. m; sets 5.14 p. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
A Weak Law

Of course it is impossible to make
laws without getting some on the
statute books which have weaknesses
and perhaps many of them, and the
duck hunting law which would make
biologists of hunters is an example.
According to the law hunter could
shoot, legally, any species of ducks
except red heads, buffle heads, wood
ducks, canvas backs and ruddy ducks.
Now we will venture to say that very
few hunters could tell the difference
between them unless they had taken
up the study and had field glasses to
get a closer view than is afforded
most when on a pass. Especially
was it impossible to distinguish many
of the species on a foggy morning
such as were several during the first
part of the season.
The best way to avoid shooting
of the prohibited species, would have
been to prohibit shooting on certain
bodies of water, because it is a well
known fact that certain species gath
er where there are certain kinds OF
food and only occasionally does one
see a variation from this except
when the kill is made in full flight
We venture the guess that many
ducks were left lying on the ground
when the law abiding hunter learned
that he had made an illegal kill.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
THE REAL THINGS OF LIFE

Editor ASkOv American:
The real things of life very seldom
appear on the surface. Underneath
the surface often lie the real things
trying to upright themselves. AS
the tide of the ocean comes in, it
brings its scum and riff-raff on the
surface. When it hits the breakers
the scum and the riff-raff is thrown
high into the air, the surf leaves it
lying on the beach, while the puri-
fed water returns with the tide to
the ocean, cleansed and purified of
its impurities. 1t is natures way of
cleansing the ocean.
When untruths have saturated the
moral fibre of mankind, an eruption
eventually occurs. In these upheavals
humanity is churned until the scum
and the riff-raff are separated from
the real things, which like the scum
of the ocean, is thrown high up on
the beach. The unquenchable urge
of mankind to upright itself prevails.
Humanity passes onward, rid of its
impurities, towards higher goal
S. J. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, Oct. 10, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28

While the traffic accident and
death rates of all but IL other states
have increased so far this year, Min
nesota's traffic death rate in 1887
has decreased IA per cent below last
year, according to the highway safety
division. Only Maine and Kansas
have better records. Education,
which the state has been stressing
during the past two or three years,
is playing large part in the cutting
down of motoring accidents and its
tightening of traffic law enforcement
is surely playing part, not to forget
the better construction of its high
ways with care to eliminating driv-
ing hazards.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
FOR BETTER HOUSING
editor Askov American:

EQltOr ASKOV Amerlcan.
l wonder how many Americans
have recognized the implications in
the proposed visit of the Duke of
Windsor to this country in the in
terest of better housing. The Duke
has long been a student of, housing
and his forward looking social views
in this respect was the real reason
for the loss of his throne. No one
any longer even pretends that his
marriage to Mrs. Simpson was so
distasteful to the English govern
ment or to the English people. Too
many American women have been &C
copied there for this psuedo explain
alton to be tenable. The Duke, as
Edward VIII, was too popular with
the people and too interested in the
wages, living conditions and hous-
ing of the miners and other industrial
workers in the highly industrialized
centers of the Empire. Cornelius
Vanderbilt recently stated that
"WindsOr holds to the theory that
under nourishment and ill-housing
are the cause of most internal strife.
Wherever you find nearly intOler-
able living conditions you will find
internal strife he once said to me-"
Although England has done a great
deal toward solution of the housing
problem much more remains to be
done and it would never do for the
leadership in this particular move
ment to come from the immensely
popular king The situation in Eng
land was somewhat analogous to that
in this country and particularly this
state, where President Roosevelt and
Governor Benson are providing the
enlightened leadership in housing re-
form. The difference is that while
England has accomplished substantial
reform, this country has done practi-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
West Rock

Rudolph Carlson, Reynold Holm
berg and Darwin Carlson spent Sun
day afternoon at the Ed Houde home
near Beroun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erick Holmberg and
Roger were Sunday afternoon visitors
at the August Carlson and Henry
Johnson homes.
Harvey and Mylo Carlson visited
at the Andrew Johnson home Sat-
urday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Holmberg and
Shirley were Sunday afternoon Wis
itors at the Fritz Swanson home.
Ardell Swanson was an overnight
guest at the c. E. Carlson home.
Hamlet Johnson and Elmer Blost
left Saturday morning for Oregon on
a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Olson of Beroun,
Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Carlson and Har-
vey and Mylo spent Sunday in Prince
ton and Milaca.
Mrs. Godfrey Andersen visited Mrs.
Eric Johnson Friday afternoon.
Lois Swanson spent the weekend
with Alice Lindstrom.
Miss Eva Blost was an overnight
guest at the Hamlet johnson home
Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Theodore Thompson visited
at the Axel Johnson home Friday aft
ernoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson and
family of Pine City, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Stub and family of Hinckley,
were Sunday afternoon visitors at
the Emil Anderson home.
The Misses Grace Olson and Viola
Carlson, Vernon Mattson and John
Swanson and Ardell were Sunday
visitors at the Eric Carlson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson and Mr..
and Mrs Erick Holmberg were there
in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Petersen and
family, Doris and Evelyn Lindstrom
and Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hansen,
all of st. Paul, spent Sunday with
Alice Lindstrom.
Mrs. Gotfrey Andersen and Mrs.
Ernest Petersen and daughter spent
Wednesday, afternoon of last week at
the Axel Johnson home.
Carol Holmberg spent Sunday night
at the c. E. Carlson home.
Mrs. Arvid Carlson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis Carlson of Greeley, Mrs
Hamlet Johnson and family, Mar
garet Petersen, Carol Holmberg and
Leona Carlson were Sunday after
noon visitors at the E. Blost home
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
Magnus' Memorial

Friends of Magnus johnson, in the
state of Minnesota, have started a
drive for funds which is termed by
them a memorial for the late United
States Senator and Congressman. AS
is stated in the appeal for funds the
movement is to primarily save the
Johnson homestead for the family
and secondarily is to erect suitable
monument on the grave of the be-
loved Swedish immigrant boy who
rose from dirt farmer to fight the
battles of the common class in the
halls of congress.
The movement is as admirable as
it is different, because Magnus was
so conscientiously busy in behalf of
his fellowmen that his own business
of farming suffered to the extent
that his widow and children are about
to lose the homestead which they
have worked hard on to keep.
Magnus gave unselfish devotion to
the cause of raising the standard of
living for the common people and
it now becomes fitting, rather than
to raise solely monument of granite
to his memory, to lift burdensome
mortgage so that his loved ones may
live more comfortably in the sense
that he would have had every one
live
1t is worthy cause and one which
should meet with real success. A.
E. Pfiffner of Litchfield, is treasurer
of the association and Senator Vic
tor E. Lawson of Willmar, is chair
man.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28

is in the land, more or less, but it
will lie valueless until work is ap-
piled to it, so work is what gives it
its value. Rent of land must be in
proportion to what benefit is derived
from it so products must be sold to
bring money to pay the land rent,
but Knips says that products of
labor should not be taxed. 1t is
plain that the land rent must come
out of labor, and in proportion to
the benefit of land and labor together,
so the right name for it will be in
come tax.
Income tax is the only honest taxa
ton. Property not giving income can
not pay taxes and sales taxes and
other indirect taxes are added to the
cost of living, and comes hard on the
poor people with the small incomes;
even the paupers have to pay such
taxes on the little they buy. Such is
robbery. 1t looks like they are getting
little and a large part of it is taken
away from them in taxes. Instead of
that, there should be an income tax
on all net cash incomes which is more
than what is needed for living and
expenses for upkeep, but not for pro-
motion or improvement by installing
Ilabor-Saving machines instead of
other good machines. That tax
should be at rising scale so as to keep
the profiteers from gathering up the
money to get richer on it, as the
buying power by that is reduced.
All money laid aside as a saving is
reducing the buying power that
much. There can not be sold for
a larger sum than there has been
paid for work in producing and hand
ling it from there to the consumer.
When some people are having more
income than they need to buy prod
ucts, some other people are having
/ that much less than they need and
that amount of products can not
be sold and this is what chokes off
opportunity of people to produce.
So let us get an income tax at a
rising scale to take the place of all
indirect taxes, SO all that we pay
when we buy goods is for that and
not taxes, so there can be paid more
for goods and be more chance for
the producer
Think that over Mr.. Knips.
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28

cally nothing. Windsor is not COM
ing here to study good housing but
to see outstanding examples of poor
housing unparalleled in the western
world of today. President Roosevelt
and Governor Benson are being sub
jected to some of the same persecu-
ton and evil smelling politics, for
their stand on housing, that Wind
sor encountered in England. Such
opposition can usually be traced back
to vested real estate interests and
speculative builders who have long
been the parasites feeding in the
blood stream of underprivileged
Americans.
It is important to Minnesotans that
special session be called to enact
legislation which will make the pro-
visions of the Wagner-Steagall law
effective in our state. Unprincipaled
and defeatist DIRECTORS may cry that
it is not a good bill. True it leaves
much to be desired but it is progress
in the right direction. Unsocial OBJ
jectors will object to making low
cost houses built under the new law
free from certain taxes yet it is a
well known fact that So per cent
of our urban population have incomes
of less than 1000 per year. Shall we
tax such incomes further? Opponents
may bemoan the fact that the fed
eral government will loan only 80
per cent under the law Qeaving 10
per cent to be provided by local hous-
ing authorities) and yet these same
interests have been crying that the
relief load should be shifted back
to local communities.
America must have better housing.
Private business will not provide it.
Public demand under the leader
ship of our president and governor
can and will make minimum decent
housing available to low income
groups who make up rs per cent of
our citizenry. This program will also
provide good work for skilled labor
now idle.
A. E. GUSTAFSON.
Pine City, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28

against all established institutions.
They would choke the fountain of in
dustry and dry all streams. In a
country of unbounded liberty they
clamor against oppression. In a
country where property is more even
ly divided than anywhere else, they
rend the air shouting agrarian doc
trines. In country where wages of
labor are high beyond parallel, they
would teach the laborer he is but an
oppressed slave.
what can such men want? What
do they mean? They can want moth
ing but to enjoy the fruits of the 9TH
er mans labor. They can mean moth
ing but disturbance and disorder, the
diffusion of corrupt principles and
the destruction of the moral senti-
ments and moral habits of society,""
Yes, the man who wrote this has
been dead nearly 80 years. He was
the great Daniel Webster.-Industria
Press Service.
Webster's speech may have con-
tanned much truth over ninety years
ago when millions of acres of public
domain were open to homestead en-
try, and vast stores of timber and
other natural wealth were barely
touched by the hand of the exploiter.
There were no millions of unem-
ployed people in this country in his
day, and he very likely never dreamed
that such condition would come to
pass. Were Webster here today he
would very likely be leader of the
progressive movement, because he
was a man of great intelligence.
With a leader like President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt in the presidents
chair we do not need to dig up what
somebody said hundred years ago
to discover what is the matter with
the country, and what should be done
about it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
CrindstOne Lake

Mrs. Mabel Albers, who has been
in this community all summer, left
for her home in New Ulm Sunday
Mrs. Steve Holms and Mrs. Robert
Holms and children spent Sunday at
the Will and Louis Ziegler homes.
Sylvester Ziegler spent Sunday at
the Guy Garner home west of Fries
land.
John Tollesson and son, Harold,
of Pine City, were Sunday visitors
at the Hans Myrvold home Mr..
Tollesson is an uncle of Mr. Myrvold
Mr.. and Mrs. August Nelson and
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dallman, of Cokato, were visi-
tors at the Alvin Haugen home Sat-
urday.
Alvin and Kenneth Haugen are
spending few days in New Richland.
Mrs. Iva Grace and two daugh-
tiers, Margaret and Mrs. Earl jane
son, spent the past week in South
Dakota visiting relatives. They espe-
cially went to see the young ladies'
two grandfathers who are 80 and 81
years of age. They are Mr.. Ketchem
and Mr.. Grace who live at Wakonda
and Woonsocket, S. D.. The ladies
report very pleasant trip.
Earl Jameson and Steve HoIms
made a trip to Cokato the first of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Olson and son
of Pine City, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. SjodahI.
A large crowd attended the Dell
Grove Ladies' Aid sale at Friesland
Friday and everything sold well. The
ladies feel we'll repaid for their eff
forts.
Mrs. Carrie Tucker is suffering
from badly infected finger at this
writing.
Mrs. Clifford Watrin and son called
at the James Ness home recently and
then they and Mrs. Ness and children
called at the I. Orstad home.
Frank and Henry Zajicek, Bill
Pohonka and Don Dobratz of Hutchin-
son, called at the Zajicek home Sun
day on their way home from a moose
hunting trip in Canada. They brought
some beautiful specimens of moose
and deer with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barnes called
at the Frank Miller home Friday and
on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. M. Cum
mings of Minneapolis were dinner
guests there.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Trapp called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Durstberger Sum-
day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
A World Peace
Program

Much is said and written these days
about the state of the world and as
to the possibility of its becoming
embroiled in a general war, perhaps
more than at any previous period
in history Few have voiced such
a practical plan for peace as is the
program of Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull
Mr.. Hull, several weeks ago, out
lined program whereby he felt peace
could be maintained throughout the
world 1t called for national and
international patience and self-re-
straint; avoidance of force in the
pursuit of policy; non-interference in
the internal affairs of other nations;
the use of peaceful methods to ad-
just differences; the faithful observ-
orderly process; the reduction and
limitation of over-burdening mill
tary ornaments; and cooperation
and interchange in the economic field.
We have commented on that program
before and it would certainly be a
good program for every nation to
follow, but unfortunately every ma
ton is not following it.
Too long have we been taught that
might makes for right and that is
the trouble with the world today.
A nation gets to be powerful and
Immediately it becomes as a little
boy who has fought successfully with
the recognized bully of the town; he
carries a chip and looks for further
fields to conquer.
Secretary Hull, speaking before a
Toronto, Canada, University audience,
called upon action against interna-
tional lawlessness. Mr.. Hull adj
monished aggressor nations by calling
attention to the fact that modern
gone forward because the violators
of order, the breakers of peace, have
always been the exception rather
than the rule.
"Whatever tragedies they have
caused during their brief appear
ances on the stage of history, in the
end they have always bowed to the
Will VI lIldl ONel w IlSlIlllIlS IIldJOIlly
of mankind which desires a continu-
ing, rather than an inglorious de-
cline, of mans civilized existence"
said Mr.. Hull.
He hit responsive cord when he
stated that there must be firmly
established sense of mutual respect
and consideration of nation for ma
ton. That is true with neighbors
and communities and it can likewise
be made true with nations.
The real cause of war today is that
nations have gotten away from the
principle taught by the Golden Rule
When nation needs more land for
its population to spread out upon it
goes and gets it by armed force,
rather than by purchase. That is
the trouble with Japan and it is also
the trouble with Italy. Creating war
and fighting it is an expensive way
for nation to acquire more land
but nations still continue to do it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
A COMPROMISE WILL BRING
HARMONY

(Kanabec County ProgreSSiVe)
Both the CLIO. and AT. of L. are
organizations for the interest of the
working men. They have much in
common; their only differences are
the courses to be followed.
Years of sitting on top of the world
has dulled the fighting spirit in the
AT. of L. that is so essential to the
growth of a labor union. On the
other hand, the years of complacency
have brought about clear and concise
judgment on the part of the leaders
in many respects. The same restless
energy that arouses all the friction
between the old and the new has
built up the CLIO. Each organization
has its points of merit. The only
way the union member can achieve
his just dues and all the benefits the
union should bring, is to have these
two great bodies of organized labor
welded into a single unit When the
CLIO. becomes a bit more cOnServa-
tive and the AT of L. more progress
sive, the conditions will be perfect.
Representative of the two organi-
cations are to meet next week and
out of that meeting will come pro-
gram that will bring the needed har-
mony. If such a course is not fol-
lowed, the union men will suffer,
not the high salaried leaders.
We are for more unions, bigger and
better unions, but believe that true
unionism is to protect the interest
of the members-not to satisfy the
ambitions of the leaders.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-10-28
Rare Event Is Not
So Rare In County
Continued from Page u

program for the occasion. After that
the bridal couple received best wishes
and congratulations from all those
present and that was followed by a
lunch in the church dining room. A
large two-tier wedding cake with
gold and white decorations in the
room, made that part of the function
impressive. A large bouquet of gold
and white chrysanthemums, a gift of
the daughters, decorated the table
Rev. Burman presented monetary
gift from those present and this was
received by Mr.. and Mrs. Olson by
few fitting words of thanks.
Married in Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson were married
in Minneapolis and resided in the
Birch Creek community for nearly
40 years and in Sturgeon Lake vii
lage seven years. They have four
daughters, one son and ii grand
children. All of their children, with
exception of a daughter in Milwau-
kee, Wis, were present for the cele-
bration. Their friends term them
a happy and congenial couple who
never seem to get any older.
Friends near and far join in the
extension of best wishes for many
more years of happy and healthful
life to Mr.. and Mrs. Olson.