Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-07-28
| Would Say
BY A. w. cONAwAY

Fred Briggs has an idea of leasing
from the French government an is
land in the South Seas by the name
of Nukahiva for the purpose of found
ing a South Sea paradise. Well, the
name of the island itself, is certainly
a paradise for there is nothing like
it, unless it would be b-e-e-h-i-v-a-
place where one might get stung.
| Mr.. Briggs would take an island
which was once inhabited by a race
of people who were all killed. He
didn't say how, but they were
KILLED" There is group of
''Briggses" here in this country who
would make this a Utopia, but our
population is not dead, but rather
pretty much alive. OF course that
island would make a good place for
budding dictators and un-American
agitators if we all could "chip i'm
and pay their one-way fare.
I see where President Roosevelt on
his fishing trip, hooked a shark, but
his line parted and the big fish got
away. don't suppose, though, that
the parting of that line was any
! omen of his line on the voters for
the next presidential election. He,
however, as always, did catch a lot
| of little fish,
You know Landon must be angling
| for cnrpofhin0 All Of bic foil
have to do with the New Deal or
rather can do without the New Deal
He hasn't just said what he is ang-
| ling for, but if he ever does hook
something, it will not be public SEN
timent, I'll bet
wonder if WPA workers in North
Dakota were really inundated like
William LANCER, defeated candidate
for the nomination as United States
Senator, says. Maybe he knows what
he is talking about; maybe he and
Senator Gerald P. Nye, his conquerer,
both wanted the WPA votes and now
that the election is over maybe the
case of Mr.. LANCER and Senator Nye
is like the little boy and his father
when the former was being taken for
train ride The youngster was very
unruly and hard to handle. When
his father glared at him and told
him to sit down and be quiet or he
would box his ears, the little pest
danced impudently out of reach and
shouted so all the passengers could
hear: eff you hit me, I'll tell the
conductor my age" Politics is funny
sometimes!
The legislative race in the north
half of the Thirty-sixth district be-
tween Tony Curry and Lawrence
Haeg has proved to be real thriller
First the election board tailed it a
tie vote at 903; then a Tipped coin
(usual way to settle tie) gave the
election to Haeg; then a recount gave
the election to Curry by four votes.
1t is understood, though, that the Seth
district does not embrace any part of
st. Louis county.
1t was very appropriate that in
formation to the public that all is not
we'll with our governments way of
letting bids should come from the
Bemidji State Teachers college. That
is school for imparting knowledge
and it has already established rec
ord for itself when it can impart
important knowledge even while the
institution is under construction.
The Attorney General has ruled
that all contracts on the Bemidji
school job are illegal and has there
fore stopped payments on the work.
Other state purchases amounting to
S10,000,000 annually are likewise in
volved in illegal letting. The Attor-
ney General, however, points out that
the practice has been followed for 81
years. But, by golly, even though
the practice of letting state work has
been followed illegally by other adj
ministrationS it is no reason that an
administration pledged to conduct an
honest state government should fol-
low it.
Any administration, regardless of
its political faith, that would follow
another in WrOngdOing just because