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

81 ,OOO, 900 per year income tnrOugn
his insurance holdings and other in
come, which it was mentioned might
have been influenced partly by his
being the Presidents son. Now an
other article has been printed to the
effect that his taxable income for the
last five years has only reached $170,-
600 poor boy; no wonder his
dad gave him a job as his secretary
at $4,000 per year. You know pa
rental love will not allow starvation
in the family.
Well, dear farmers, campaign time
is drawing nearer and from all the
talk as to the aid you are going to
get governmentally, l bet you feel
like there is new day dawning.
But don't let all this dull your senses,
for by reviewing and Analysing, you
will find that you have been the OBJ
ject of much admiration just before
election time for many generations.
BY gum, you have considerable vot-
ing strength.
My nomination for the diplomatic
post in Japan or some other foreign
country would go to the person who
coined the phrase: Tell your wife
now and then that she's growing slen-
der and you don't have to worry about
holes in your socks" Gosh, diplo-
mats like that could keep war from
the face of the earth.
A headline in a recent daily read:
Officials Talk War; People Want
Peace" Well, there is nothing like
having everybody happy. We, the
people, will just let the officials have
war if they want it and we will go on
with our peace. We might even go
to see them fight, dunno, but don't
just like to get out beyond the good
old Statue of Liberty when there is a
fight going on.
see where my brother, c. H. Con-
away, is chewing the rag with Gov
ernor LANCER about the price of wheat
in North Dakota. You know my
brother should know what he is talk
ing about for he has raised plenty of
the stuff, when he says that LANCER,
in pegging the price at IS cents per
bushel, is doing it for political rea-
sons and that there is no need for
it since he, Conway, could name at
least two places within the state
where wheat was brining 81 cents.
By golly, my brother is secretary of
the North Dakota Farmers Grain
Dealers Association, having thousands
of elevator members and he should
know.
You know though, those fellows in
North Dakota who always chew the
rag over politics, remind me of the
effect a political speaker had on a
farm gathering. When the workers
of the soil began to file out of the
meeting place after the speech, one
man was heard to remark, THAT
fellow was right good, wasn't he?"
And the one he addressed his remark
to answered, Il suppose, but half
hours rain would o'done us a heap
more good" Yep, it's rain they need
up there in North Dakota, and then
after that little less gambling in
their grains.
They call this country the melting
pot of the world. Well, by golly,
if it is there are some hard elements
in it that won't melt Commun-
list, Fascist and Nazi chunks. Well,
whoever saw a pot of anything that
would completely melt and mix even
ly; there is always a rind of meat
in lard rendering and there are near
ly always spoiled eggs in setting
hens nest, but that doesn't mean that
the whole batch is spoiled. We can
always throw out the bad elements