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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
NickersOn

The Nickerson Ladies' Aid will have
a sale and pie social at the Nicker-
son church Friday evening, August
10. Car drivers are urged to come
and get duster coats to take along
on trips.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Miller and Nor
man and Ada went to Minneapolis
Sunday. Mrs. Miller went to hos
pital for an examination.
Mr.. Wahlquist went to Danforth
Sunday to stay with his daughter
Mrs. Berger, and family.
Miss Betty Ann Casadont came
home Saturday from Moose Lake to
visit her parents, returning to heI
work the following day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Jacobson and
family called on Mr.. and Mrs. Edw
Beaudry Saturday evening.
Mrs. H. E. Peterson will entertain
the Friendly Neighbors club at hel
home August "a.
Mary Maheu visited Mrs. Alma
Erickson Monday.
Oscar Nyquist visited at the Mrs
Maheu home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Nyquist called on Mrs
Maheu Saturday evening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18

a better fair than in previous years Bring
in your fancy work. canned goods. baked
the %sS as iar Will be- fer early on
one day. The Committees are as follows
Soliciting, Mrs. W. c. Ehmke and Mrs.
sn MRS. Ted hUmpso MRS mrs. aud
olph Klatt, Mrs: Fred LaPlante. Mrs. Carl
Popek: rattle. Mrs. H. Johnson Mrs. C. G.
Aakhus: fancy work. Miss Minnie Bochek
Klatt: baked goods, Miss Hilda Thompson
and .d, Mrs Lyle I Ehmks; flowers Mrs. Ida
Earl Wilson, Miss LuVerne Olson and
Mrs. Milton PRICE; fish pond, Miss Cor
rene Olson and Miss Grace Thornby: ad;
Danelsk; farm products, r. Stende and his
| agricultural boys.
visit Mrsj in e B hnsey Eeturped from her
evening accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Olson and three children of St.
Paul. She found her daughter, Mrs. Ross
and interested in improving some of the
phases of Kentucky farm life: Their main
crop is tobacco corn and different grasses
many nice herds of dairy cattle and feed
ers in the pastures. also hogs and this
territory is famous for its horses and
outdoors than people have here and their
hot summers can be endured as we'll as
our extreme cold winters; Kentucky is
twice the population. 1t is an old historic
state and has many beautiful spots to
visit. Mr.. Linsley remained two weeks
longer to, visit parts of Tennessee and
other southern points.
Harold Olson, who is in the railway
mail service and on vacation here, received
stating that Harry johnson. husband OF
his sister, Mary. had died early Saturday
morning. Mrs. Johnson is daughter of
the late Ed Olson of Sturgeon Lake. She
been employed in the government nurs-
ing service. She lives in California. Mr.
Olson returned to his work Sunday aft
ernoon.
Hjelmer Evjen and his mother, Mrs
Dina Evjen, of Minneapolis, and a sister.
Mrs. Erick Anderson, of Crosby, and Mrs
ChaS. Olson of Duluth, came Friday morn
ing and spent the day with Mrs. M. ].
Thompson. They all returned to Min
neapolis in the evening except Mrs. Olson
mother
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
Sturgeon Lake

Edna Schoefer of Hinckley. called here
last Thursday on friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Sonsteadt and boys
of Duluth visited at the parental Martin
Olson home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Martin Olson were dinner
guests at the Joel GRANDSON home Sun
day.
Mrs. PISTOLS and children of Chicago
came Friday to spend few weeks at the
parental Agnes Toboleski home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Konaski and SON
Richard. of Minneapolis, and Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Zentkoski and children of Moose
Lake, were Sunday visitors at the par
entail John Zentkoski home.
Mrs. Harry Wilson and daughters. Gene
We've and Marjorie, of Minneapolis. spent
over Saturday and Sunday here at the
parental Jenny Kolosky home. They re-
turned Sunday. Mrs. Kolosky accompa-
MED them for short visit.
Sister Jude and Sister Alfredo of Syl-
vania, Ohio, daughters of Mrs. Josephine
Tomczak. spent two days here and also
visiting relatives in Superior last week
Jos. S. Tomczak. who broke his collar
bone recently. is now up and around
again.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
West Rock

Mr.. and Mrs. W.. E. Petersen and fam
lily and Stanley Johnson of St. Paul, and
Petersen home Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Schultz and fam
lily of Kroschel, were Sunday visitors
Mrs Walter Eng and family of East
Rock Creek. visited at the Matt Young
bauer and Eric johnson homes Wednes-
I Mrs sVe Aies Tate bS' of " Rock Creek, and
Mrs Paul Weinberg of Eau Claire, Wis,
were visitors Wednesday evening of last
week at the home of Mrs. Godfrey An
Miss Doris Anderson of Minneapolis, is
visiting at the home of her grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs joel olson o at this writing
week in Minneapolis visiting friends. re-
turned home Saturday.
g. Mr.. and Mrs: vladimer Holmberg and
of last week at the Jacoway home in Rush
City.
of Milton. it being. his birthday August s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Holmberg and Carol,
Mr.; and Mrs: FREQ Feigi and Milton, Mr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Nestor and family of
Rock Creek. and Barbara Ann Lyden were
visitors Wednesday evening of last week
ernoon with Mrs. Godfrey Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Alguire spent Mon
day evening of last week at the Fred
Mr.. and Mrs Eric Holmberg and Roger
and Carol, Barbara Lyden, Mrs. C. E.
Carlson and Leona. Mrs. Henry Johnson,
Mrs: A. Bergendahl and Mr.. and Mrs.
Vladimer Holmberg and Shirley helped
Mrs. August Carlson celebrate her birthday
Tuesday afternoon of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Mcintosh of Pine
City. and Mr.. Mcintosh, ST., of Iowa, were
supper guests Wednesday evening of last
week at the Theodore Thompson home.
Mrs. Helmer Udean of Greeley, spent
Tuesday of last week with Mrs. Eric
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Petersen and Elaine
visited at the Harry Berger home near
Pine City Wednesday of last week. Elaine
remained for a visit with her cousin,
Betty Berg.
A birthday party was given in honor
of c. E. Carlson week ago Saturday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Martinson of Har-
court, Iowa, came for visit with Rev.
E. S. Bloomquist last Thursday. remaining
until Friday afternoon.
Earl Holmberg, Clarence Anderson and
a friend of Minneapolis, spent the week.
end at the Eric Holmberg home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thee. Thompson and
family were Minneapolis visitors Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Berg and Betty
of Pine City, Stanley Johnson and Robert
Anderson visited at the Ernest Peterson
home Sunday.
Several cases of sleeping sickness among
horses have been reported. Arne Akeson
and Bill Hanson lost horses last week and
there have been a few fatalities near Pine
City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
Denham

Sunday school and Bible classes al
the Oakhill and Swede Park churches
at IL a. m. and 10 a. m. respectively
next Sunday. Divine services at
Oakhill at GAS a. m. in the English
language and at Swede Park at Ills
a. m. in the English language. Al
2:30 p. m. there will be a Swedish
service at the Swede Park church
All are welcome.
The Rural Life Day program
sponsored by the Birch Creek Com
munity club at the Maple Grove
schoolhouse Saturday, August Is, was
termed great success. The guest
speakers were Rev. Chas. Swanson
Rev. J. Arthur Dahlstrand, Arne An
derson, Rev. J. o. Johanson and Supt
A. E. Gustafson. The thought run
ming through the whole program was
that living Christianity is the only
thing that will save the individual
and the world from chaos. Duets
were sung by Grace Hillbrand and
Hazel Nelson, by Hazel and Oliver
Nelson, by Charlotte and Marian
Amundson and by group of men,
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Johnson and
son of WatertoWn, visited at the
Guenther, Upgren and Olson homes
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Holmes and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
Erickson and Howard and Annabelle
spent Sunday at Grindstone Lake.
Arne Anderson conducted funeral serv-
ices for NelS Pierson at the OakhiH church
Thursday. August II: The following songs
were the MY W
Open" Tin Swedish by Mrs. Lindor and
Arne Anderson ''Someday Well Under
stand" by Mrs. Lindor: Rock of Ages,
congregation. The pallbearers were John
Dahlstrom, Emil Ramsey, Oscar Danielson
Emil Erickson, Hugo Johnson and Arthur
Johnson. The congregation sang Near
the Cross" at the cemetery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
Arthyde

friend from Graceville, were overnight
visitors at the Alfred johnson home Sat-
ur Mr. az and ias Mrs. weeK f. S. Wood and Miss
Geraldine Brown went to Minneapolis
Wednesday Of last week; They returned
Wood traded his Dodge panel body truck
for a va panel body truck which he
will use on the north bus route.
tiers, Doris, Melvie and Jean, and son,
Walter, and his wife and son of Aitkin,
", went to Minneapolis IN apo Tuesday to attend end
Paugh. Mr.. Paugh lived in this COM
years ago he and Mrs. Paugh went to
was at their former home in Wisconsin.
Sympathy is extended to the bereaved
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Speed and verna
of Cloquet, visited at the Asa Fenster-
maker home Wednesday, evening of last
week. Mabel Fenstermaker went to Clo-
quet with them to visit.
MIR. and Mrs. Malin Raines and daugh-
tiers; Nancy. Judith and Janet, of Mime
ents, Mr and Mrs. Arthur Raines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Novotny and
children came from Minneapolis Friday.
and Mrs. Novotny and children will remain
here until school starts.
Miss Ethel Christensen of Minneapolis,
and Tony Christensen and Clifford Thorn
SON of Osseo, spent the weekend here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Fenstermaker and
children spent the weekend at Dam Lake
(Too Late for Last Weekly
Mrs. Alfred Manula and daughter of
South Dakota, came Saturday to visit at
the home of her brother, Arthur Maunula,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs George Paugh and son of
Aitkin visited at the Walter Paugh home
over the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis and family of Dads
Corner visited at the Asa Fenstermaker
home Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Holm spent the
weekend with Mrs. Hohn's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. August Nortrup.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Emmer and chill
dren visited at the E. c. Ellison home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Olson and family
and Glen Coolidge were visitors at the
Mrs. A. Thomson home Sunday.
A large crowd from this community
attended the Farmer-Labor picnic in Moose
Lake Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Bud Mack OF Virginia,
came Monday evening to visit at the A.
RaineS home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
A. e. GUsTAFSoN. County supt.

Sturgeon Lake and Bruno people
will be interested in knowing that
new architects have been engaged
to make plans for their building pro-
jects. The old architects failed to
live up to the contracts. Without
suitable plans, projects cannot be sub
mitted for approval. Hence, every
thing has been at standstill for 10
months.
One-room and two-room schools
need no architects, because the state
furnishes ready-made plans. Thus
the projects for one-room and two
room schools are more quickly OBJ
tanned.
If four-room school is approved
and built at Sturgeon Lake, the vot-
ers of district Is and district 40
should decide. Citizens should help
push projects.
A general blanket" project for
Pine county schools has been sub
mitted. If it is approved it will take
care of several new schools such as
Sturgeon Lake, Rutledge, etc., as de-
sired. With federal and state help,
little or no cost falls upon the local
property.
The state has collected over twelve
million dollars in net income taxes in
1888 under the new 1887 state law
This tax is based on the ability to
pay, and over four million dollars of
this is used to pay the net income tax
aids to schools, at the rate of $40 per
child on the census lists. This is
used to pay school bonds and to run
the schools. Very few school districts
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18

The women of Windemere have an OPP
portunity to enroll in a free extension
project in clothing this fall Come and
learn more about it at the organization
meeting August "a. at p; m: in the
basement of the M. p church You will
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Pulling and chill
dren, and c. S. Pulling were Sunday
dinner guests at the Teich home near Pine
City. Miss Alyce Teich returned with
them for few days visit.
The M. E. Young Peoples society will
Point Friday evening, August 10. All are
welcome.
Donna Mae Lovness returned to her
home in ST. Paul Sunday after a week S
visit with relatives here.
Harry Vanetta of Duluth, is now en-
ployed at the ChaS. Swanson place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindor Anderson and FAM
lily spent the weekend at the Ole An
derson home.
Mrs. Merle Pulling and children were
last Thursday afternoon visitors at the
Arndt home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18

Sharpen your business by grinding
away with American advertising.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18

is a good reason for it.
The reason is that football fans
are incorrigibly overconfident. They
expect too much of their favorite
team, see its prospects through rose
colored glasses. And when the team
does not live up to the fans anticipa-
ton the coach gets the blame.
Fans speak of a championship sea-
son, or 1000 percent season with
out a single defeat or tie, as if it
were comparatively easy to accom-
plish.
Coaches know it is almost impos-
sible to accomplish. They know that,
even teams who have gone through
a season undefeated, have had to have
lot of luck-and they cannot be sure
that luck will strike them again.
Having the best team in the coun-
try isn't enough, unless luck is favor
able, too; because even the best team
must have its bad days and, if it
catches strong opponent on its bad
day, it's going to lose.
Nearly 100 so-called major teams
start the season. Sometimes not
single team goes through undefeated.
Never more than one or two go
through undefeated Yet fans keep
expecting their own favorite will do
it next time and they are always too
critical of the coach if it doesn't.
Well, if the fans are going to be
unreasonably optimistic the coach, in
self-defense, has a right to be pessi-
mistic in the same degree. There is
another factor-the mental attitude
of a team. 1t is strange but true
in football that the more certain
team is that it is going to win the
next game, the less likely it is to
escape defeat.
In no sport in the world does over
confidence play such determining
part in the outcome Of contest. That
is why newspapers can seldom be
right in forecasting the outcome of
close, hard games.
If they say one team is likely to
win, make it the favorite, that team
will not play up to its peak aoility:
but the other team, having been made
the underdog, will play over its head.
Whatever you say about football
teams, the very saying of it makes
it wrong.
And so, if a coach says he is going
to have great team, his very words
will make the boys overconfident.
They will loaf little in practice, will
be little careless here and there,
will not reach the keenest COMPETE
at all.
This has worked so often in college
football that there is no denying that
it is the rule of the game.
So what about Minnesota'S Gophers.
You may expect no honest statement
of their possibilities after the above
remarks. But 1 believe this is an
honest estimate after all. They will
be big and fast and will have fine
spirit. They will be rather green,
more likely to be fine team in
November than in October. Their
prospects are less bright than the
prospects of 1887 but, in 1887, the
boys missed the mark by long way.
They did not measure up to their
abilities. This years team, less COM
PLEASANT and cocky, may be better
team because it is likely to play up
closer to the limit of its ability. In
any event the boys are in the right
state of mind now. They aren't
counting any victories before the
kickoff; but they have the ability to
steal quite few on Saturday after
moons.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
Sturgeon Beach

Harold and Fritz Void returned last
had been harvesting. Power machinery
is the cause given for the short harvest
season there.
Chris. Frederiksen of Askov, was in this
neighborhood last week helping measure
land for the soil conservation project
Ray Danelski and Lawrence Seaholn
drove to st. Paul Monday noon, returning
the following day.
Eng Void called at the Whiting home
Sunday afternoon and reports that Mr.
McIver is resting fairly well. but is re-
pneumonia.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
SPORTS
BY DICK CULLUM
Sports Editor of
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL

Why are football
coaches always pes
sinistic? Why do
they minimize their
chances of having a
successful S e a S o n
and 60 about in a
gloomy fog? You
say it's silly; but it
really isn't. There
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
(FrOm Another Correspondent

Dolores Grooming of Minneapolis, re-
turned home recently after spending a
week at the Leatherman home.
Esther Ravenstein left last week for
Ellandale, N. D., where she will teach
school, starting September 6.
Mrs. Elmer Leatherman recently spent
a few days in Minneapolis. While there
she had an operation for ulcers in her
nose.
VIM. Johnson and Alta Dahlquist of Min
neapolis. spent last Thursday evening at
the Leatherman home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
Bremen Township

Helen Jirovec, who is employed in St
Paul. visited over the weekend with
her parents, returning Sunday afternoon
Miss StaZie Jirovec accompanied her.
Evening star., 1938-07-04

The earliest known system of writ
ten laws was the code of Hammurabi.
King Of Babylonia, promulgated about
1850 BIC.
Evening star., 1938-07-04
d. C.. Fire Boat
Has Ne,U Pilot
After 33 Years

For the first time since the District
rrehghter, Wasllingtons lone iireboat,
docked st its harbor wharf 80 years
ago. hands other than those of Pilot
James Raleigh. "a, took over" ON
cially yesterday.
Daniel J. Devine. 80. Of l72O
Lawrence street NE, who became
relief pilot in 1898. was promoted to
first pilot. while Mr.. Raleigh took to
another kind Of boat to try out the
rod and reel ''the boys gave him on
his retirement Thursday.
Mr.. Devine received his plotting ex-
perience on a New York -to-Jersey
ferry boat. He came to Washington
about six years ago and is the father
Of twins-a boy and a girl.
Evening star., 1938-07-04
HUNGER PLEA WINS
FISHERMAN CLEMENCY

The plea, II was hungry" got 4
suspended sentence today for Samuel
Garris. 55, Of Arlington, Va, when he
pleaded guilty in Police Court today
to catching five black bass Saturday
from the lake at the Wild Life Sane
tuary on Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway.
When Garris told the court he was
hungry and had been out Of work six
weeks, Judge Edward M. Curran or
dered his case Investigated and found
he had "a large family" and was in al
most destitute circumstances.
GArris admitted without being aues-
toned that he also had caught Ash
from the lake last Wednesday, but
promised not to do so again when
Judge Curran told him 1t would mean
Jail the next time he was caught.
Evening star., 1938-07-04
Feu of Wistful u. S. Citizens
To Realise Colonist Dream
Thousands Ready to Climb Into Couered
Wagons and Head for Frontier. but
Back Lands Haze Vanished.

River Is years ago remained on the
land. The rest had left, either be-
cause they had got rich or were unfit
ted for the work.
The General Land Ofice. tradi-
tional dispenser OF Government land,
granted only 607 homesteads last year.
The public domain. once embracing
,S40, sos. 400 acres, now includes only
l60 900 900 acres, exclusive OF forest
preserves, national parks and other
used land.
Under the grazing act Of 1884. all
OF this land except sites specially set
aside from time to time. was reserved
for grazing The public land was gen.
orally Of such poor quality that by
granting homesteads the government
encouraged farming on submarginal
land, ofiicials said. So Congress with
drew it from agriculture.
In Alaska the General Land ONCE
still has 346,0OO.00 acres to after to
colonists. Although the land costs
the homesteader only about 81 an acre,
only 1877 homesteads were taken up
last year, The cost Of clearing the
land is almost prohibitive.
Evening star., 1938-07-04

MONTREAL. July 4 (P).-Prices on
the stock exchange opened stronger
today on buying induced by Saturdays
bullish New York market.
Price Bros. set up q new 1893 high
at 1917, up n. while Dryden gained
II. Metals were higher. International
Nickel and Consolidated Smelters each
gaining IN.
Utility issues were active.
Evening star., 1938-07-04
j. s. JOINS IN TWO
PARLEYS A WEEK
Nearly 400 Sent Abroad
to Attend Them in Last
Fiscal Year.
Ey the Associated Press.

Es the Associated Press.
A kind Of international co-opera-
ton little noticed by the public has
sent Americans into nearly two inter-
national conferences 4 week in the
fiscal year just ended
Some OF the conferences were polit-
ical. but most were scientific and cul-
tural. Nearly 400 Americans went
abroad to attend them and the State
Department spent S224,300 toward
them.
The conferences covered such varied
subjects as high-tension electric sys-
TENS. seed testing, vacation colonies,
public health, applied meteorology,
sugar, hospital associations, grass
lands, agricultural industries, SANTA
ton. modern languages. architects.
public instruction. mental hygiene,
geology. infantile psychiatry, popula-
ton, art education, the deaf and
dumb, utilization OF unfermented fruit
juices, rural hygiene, universal docu-
mentation and folklore
Secretary Of State Hull said recently
such meetings had been powerful in
fluences in assisting the stream OF
new ideas, OF new discoveries, OF
learning and culture, to now through
out the world"
In addition to the conferences, the
State Department contributed S240,-
27069 to international institutions.
Contributions ranged from 1892 2,942.80
for ho Do TIr,i0n haro fa
$50 for the Bureau OF the Interna-
tional Map Of the World on the Mil
lionth Scale. Southampton. England
The United States also contributed
$565. .499 to permanent international
commissions such as the International
Labor Organization at Geneva, which
received Sl48939
United States participation in inter-
national conferences was determined
| by the Division of international Con-
ferences of the State Department, the
chief of which is Richard Southgate
The invitations for the conferences
generally were sent out from the gov
ernments OF the countries in which
they were held
Delegates were selected entirely by
the Government II the conference was
political. and partly by the Government
and partly by such organizations as the
American Medical Association. the
American Architects Association, the
Rockefeller Foundation and the Car
nesie Institution II the conference was
scientific or cultural.
President Roosevelt personally ap-
proved each Of the American dele
gates, 50 as to make this country 8
weight felt among the nations CO.
operating
Seventy five per cent of all expenses
OF the delegates were paid by them
selves or by their organizations. They
were ofdcial delegates of the United
States. however, the moment they re-
ceived the Presidents approval. They
Travelled with special passports.
/ When the conferences end the dele
gates write reports, which are submit
ted to the State Department. The
department publishes an annual digest
Of the reports and the sources for
future research into the subject mat
ter. The book has a wide circula ton
among libraries and scientific aSsocia-
tions here and abroad.