Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-25

tnere, tnat a large, sweeping curve to
the southwark at the Askov junction
with the pavement would be a real
ity by a certain time? Do you re-
member that we were told at various
times that the new prison farm was
due in Sandstone long before it came?
And remember there was to be a new
Sandstone bridge where the high
bridge now is and the surveyors had
it all surveyed? Now since review
ing the whole thing and seeing only
the prison farm reality, we remem-
Der that we forgot to remember that
all the time we have been doing BUSH
ness with the government.
All these things which we have
relied upon to make life a wee bit
happier for the people in these parts
have suffered from the red tape
which accompanies almost everything
which government undertakes. AT
least two times the Commissioner of
Highways has promised that the road
through here to Duluth would be
finished before the end of a certain
year, but each time that year has
come and gone and still we have
no completed road, even though il
extends almost near enough for one
to see the smoke stacks of the lake
steamers and to hear the arguments
of the politicians in ST. Louis county.
Our position is almost like that of
the pet dog that has been taught to
go no farther than the alley boundary
He stands with watering mouth look
ing at the delicious (for a dog) NOR
sells thrown in the neighbours gar
bage pile, but, no sir, he can't touch
nary piece for he can't get to them
We can go to the end of No. % and
stand at the edge of a dense wilder
ness, but we can't complete the jour-
ney to the promised land.
We trusting souls of this section
of the state, have in the past stood
on the threshold of the many things
which have been promised to us with
the essence of the hymn, where He
Leads Me Will Follow" permeating
our thoughts, but always from the
direction of the State Capitol build
ing comes the echo of a refrain we
have often heard-"Trust and Obey
Have you had your fair yet, dear
people? If you haven't please bear
in mind that it can only be as big
as you make it. Only your coopera-
ton and the cooperation of everyone
can make it successful. Don't do like
the wife was willing to do when her
husband, after a crop failure, ad-
vised her that they would have tc
economic. She agreed and offered
the suggestion that he shave himself
and that she'd cut his hair.
President William Green of the
AF'L, some time ago endorsed Repub-
lican Congressman Harold Knutsor
for reelection and more recently has
endorsed Republican Congressman
August H. Andersen for reelection
1t is also reported that ALL unions
in Duluth have endorsed Republican
William A. Pittenger for Congress
over Congressman John T. Bernard
Holy smokes! Now I know what
ALL means .. Away From Left
Then I suppose by the same method
of deduction the CIO would stand for:
Conflict In Order.
see where Great Britain has asked
that General Franco, of the Spanish
rebel army, quit receiving foreign
aid. Franco refused. Well, who
wouldn't? If he didn't get foreign
aid his army would be on the "run.'
And that calls to mind the description
fellow once gave for the naming
of the Civil war battle of Bull Run
He said that all those who didn't run
are there yet. General Franco would
rather make history than be part of it