Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-01
l Would Say
BY A. w. coNAwAY

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see by the paper that the Journal
Downtown Quarterbacks-a group of
Minnesota football fans-felt so good
over the fact that Bernie Bierman's
Golden Gophers won the Big Ten
championship that they presented the
famous coach with new automobile.
Well, that ought to enable Bernie to
get along nicely during the long win
ter months on his measly seven or
eight hundred dollars month. How
ever, there are several of his team
who accepted his instruction in suf-
ficient magnitude to make his honor
possible, and who, possibly, are walk
ing.
Far be it from me to say that Mr..
Bierman did not earn the new car
and far be it from me to condemn
the givers, for it is the great Amer
lean custom to give literally to those
who already have. Why shucks, we
give them the power to run the gov
eminent and tax the people for it; we
give them the power to loan money
to the government for which we, the
people, pay the interest. Certainly
it is no sin to give Bernie Bierman
an automobile. Why, would have
been willing to present him with the
Foshay tower when he won that
game from Michigan.
You know it is almost always the
way with we of the great American
public to call up another friend who
has a good automobile and ask him
to ride with us, when others of our
group need way to 60 to the same
place.
Well, you know the longer I am an
American the more clear it becomes
to me that we have many peculiarities
which at times seem laughable. Why,
one of our great American traits is
to shudder in dread of ruin because
lars for education while at the same
time we are spending two and a
quarter billion for tobacco.
Those "Three Kings of the Orient
Are" modern version of course
doing things in a big way.
Mussolini, Hitler and Japan are about
to sign a war pact. 1t will forbid
one of the three to make peace with
out consent of all and if one goes to
war it will insure immediate military
assistance to him and his country.
The world, with that alliance in its
midst, will not be any safer than
her new home was to be to Miranda,
the colored servant who was about
to be married. On the day before
her wedding she came to her mistress
and asked her to keep her savings
in trust. "Why, thought you were
going to be married." said her en-
ployer. $50 1 is, Missus," was the
answer, 'but do you s'pose I'd keep
all dis money in. de house wild dat
strange niggar."
Recently Undersecretary of State
Sumner Welles made the first public
declaration that large navy for the
United States will enforce the Monroe
Doctrine in this Western hemisphere.
Now, why did he bring that up? Hit
Ter, now since he knows of its ex-
istence, will want to test it just as
he did the mettle of the large Euro
pean powers when he wanted Sude-
tenland. That fellow is as curious
as gray-eyed kitten and seems to
have just as long claws.
Maybe there won't be any need
to enforce the Monroe Doctrine now
since the Mexican government has
taken over our big oil companies
property.
A news report tells us that New
York state farmers earned ST per day
for their labor and management in
1887. By golly, it seems those fell
lows are easy to please, judging by
their vote in the recent election.