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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
Wallace's Wheat
Program

The wheat acreage limitation pro-
gram of Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace is being placed under
fire at the present time and he has
so far stubbornly met all northwest
opposition with defiant attitude,
even to the ignoring of much sound
argument from authorities and lead
ers in this section of the nation who
possibly have forgotten more than
the Secretary will ever know about
the capabilities of this territory.
AS pointed out by some the wheat
production has decreased in this area
and any further decrease will affect
farmers, industry and employment
alike. If the chief crop of section
is curtailed it is bound to react not
only on the growers of that crop, but
those down the line who are and
have been making their living from
its existence If crop acreage is
placed in idleness from wheat grow
ing, then the shipping stations of
that grain will suffer from lack of
activity, the carriers of that crop
Will suffer, lIle IeCelVlIlS CeIllSIS dIlu
then lastly the milling industry will
suffer- And when these various en-
terprises suffer there is bound to
be laying off of labor and with
laying off of labor will come loss
of buying power.
Now, it is seen that when the above
condition exists the purpose of the
curtailment is being defeated, since
it is an experiment of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in its effort to
aid the farmer. If there is a loss in
buying power that will be keenly
felt by not only the farmer but the
laborer as well, will it be worth
while to carry out such a far-reach-
ing program as Secretary Wallace
insists on carrying out?
There will still be one-third of the
population of this country of ours
in-housed, ill-clothed and ill-fed.
Cutting wheat acreage will not help
them and even though the farmer
will get paid for keeping land out of
production the result will not be con-
sistent with the sentiment of the New
Deals program.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
Make Dairy Boosting
Perpetual

In this section and for that matter
the whole state and Wisconsin, the
dairy industry is of prime import
ance. In fact it is the main indus
try whereby the largest number of
people get their livelihood. Not only
the producer, but the farmer and the
laborer. Every city, village and ham,
let is affected when any change comes
in the dairy market. First it is felt
in the small urban centers and then
it finally reaches the larger cities.
Employment is affected accordingly
with the rise and fall of the price
of milk products.
The nation has just completed a
dairy month and the people of this
community know as well as every
other community where dairying is
the chief industry, that dairy months
should be perpetual. We should al
ways keep before us the necessity
of using as much of the product as
possible and take it upon ourselves
to tell the remainder of the world
about the value of our product.
Milk and its by-products are not
only a necessity to health, but it is
the chief food item to healthful
body Whether the business men in
villages and whether the laboring
men in the cities think of the price
of butter, milk, cream and cheese in
terms of money or whether they think
of these products of the farm for
their literal value makes great
deal of difference. If the laboring
man had to pay so cents per pound
for his butter he would enjoy a
fuller and happier life because then
his job would be more secure. If
labor gets high wages and still buys
products in competition to the chief
products of the dairy farmer, then his
high wages may not last. Prosperity
in this country will only last as long
as the farmer is prosperous.
Great eastern centers of population,
whether they know there are any
farmers in the nation or not, will feel
the final thrust of depression caused
by Door conditions on the farm. If
the farmer cannot make living and
have dollars to spend for machinery,
new Shoes, new automobiles and 9TH
er necessities together with certain
items of luxury, the large industrial
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

The Pine County Baseball League
went into its final swing Sunday with
all teams in action. NJ P. S. Club
defeated Moose Lake 2 to l, Rutledge
beat Beroun 6 to 0 and Sandstone
won over Willow River 9 to 8. That
ends the regular playing schedule and
leaves N. P. S. Club and Rutledge
tied for first place in the last half
of the League race.
Proctor will play an exhibition con-
test at Rutledge Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
Following are the box scores of the
games reported: -4.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
FOR CONTROL

Editor Askov American:
In a political campaign the ten
dency is to get away from funda-
mentals diverting the debate in in
consequentials and getting the atten-
ton of the public away from the
main issues. The issue in this state
political campaign is the issue be-
tween the old deal and the new. The
only two parties conceded a chance
in Minnesota are the Republican and
Farmer-Labor parties as far as elect
ing Governor is concerned.
An attempt has been made to get
away from the main issue and to
run the campaign into petty strife
A return of the Republican party to
power in Minnesota means defeat
of the New Deal. 1t was only last
fall when the recession came on, that
the Republican party generally
wanted to 60 back to the old deal
and they generally fought the farm
programs as we'll as the wage bill and
sniped at most of the New Deal leg
islation.
Conditions in the Northwest are
far from what they should be, yet
without crop control and marketing
control, prices would drop to new
lows with the bumper crop in sight
running the northwest which is the
bright spot of the nation and which
will lead the nation back into rea-
sonable prosperity.
Although many will not concede it
there is such thing as overproduc-
ton. The farmers of this nation
could hopelessly flood the market
way beyond the capacity of the coun-
try to consume. Manufacturing
coal mining and nearly every other
form of industry is so efficient that
in few months they could glut the
market, laying off their help with
out any way of making living ex-
cept relief.
To adjust production and consump-
ton insuring steady production anc
avoiding surpluses is a tremendou:
undertaking. 1t will take years to &C.
complish this with any degree o.
efficiency-yet it is the only way.
S. j. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, July 81, 1888.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
Sleeping Sickness Is
Again Among Horses

Sleeping sickness is being reported
in Pine county, according to Max
McMillin, county agent. There was
considerable sleeping sickness in the
county last year and it was felt that
if the disease followed its usual
course there would be very little in
the county this year. However, there
have been several fatal cases of sleep
ing sickness so far this year.
Sleeping sickness is a relatively
new disease in Minnesota and there
is a great deal that is not known
about its treatment. However, the
county agent attended meeting in
st. Paul last winter where this dis
ease was discussed by various vet
erinarians, men from the Federal
Bureau of Animal Industry, as well
as farmers who had had experience
with the disease.
At this meeting the opinion was
that good care and treatment are
most effective in treating the disease.
The serum treatment is of little value
unless it is given in the very early
stages of the disease. There is a
difference of opinion by veterinarians
as to the value of vaccination; but
vaccination at this time is of little
value as the immunity would not take
effect for several weeks and the dis
ease usually lets up when cold wealth
er starts.
The horses should be protected
from mosquitoes and other biting
insects at this time. They should
be kept in at night; and when they
are being worked, they should be
covered with fly nets and sprayed
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
MINNESOTA PROGRESSIVE.

Grand Rapids Herald-RevieW)
If the past were to be compared,
on the basis of progressive or liberal
government, it would be found that
the state of Minnesota was the fore
runner in the enactment of much
progressive legislation. 1t was one
of the first states to adopt primary
system for elections. 1t was one of
the first states to adopt workmen's
compensation act. It was one of the
first states to enact a minimum wage
for women. Internationally, Mime
sofa has been one of the leaders
among the states in the union. Many
citizens of Minnesota need not apollo
gize too profusely for the past gov
eminent of this great state.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
The Progressive Editorial.

Following is the editorial which
the Wisconsin Progressive pub
lished and which was republished
by the Minnesota Leader:
The reactionary newspapers of the
country and the pack of yipping anti
New Deal columnists are trying
nightly to make political capital out
of the results of last weeks primary
election in the state of Minnesota.
They are trying to interpret the
large vote cast for former Lieutenant
Governor Petersen in the Farmer
Labor party primary as indicative OF
a reputation of the policies of Gov
Elmer A. Benson and his state ad-
miniStration.
OF course, the facts are that Gov
Benson defeated Petersen by approx
imately $4,000 votes in bitterly
fought campaign in which the re-
sources of the reactionaries in Min
nesota were thrown behind Petersen
The victory of Gov. Benson is all
the more notable because great num-
bers of reactionary Republicans and
Democrats entered the Farmer-Labor
party primary with the intention OF
defeating Benson.
In Minnesota, like in Wisconsin
the election laws provide for an open
primary and the voter can mark
whichever primary ballot he chooses
on election day.
The Farmer-Labor primary vote
for both Benson and Petersen reached
all time high proportions and was
more than twice the combined vote
cast in both the old party primaries
The old Guard Republicans and
Tory Democrats in Minnesota en-
gagged in deliberate plot to defeat
Gov. Benson by entering the Farm
er-Labor party primary and support
ing Petersen, who early in 1887 broke
with the Benson administration and
has been giving aid and comfort to
the Republican machine in Mime
sofa.
The scheme failed, in spite of one
of the most high pressure campaigns
Minnesota has ever seen. The big
newspapers of the state openly urged
Republicans and Democrats to jump
party lines and vote Farmer-Labor
against the nomination of Benson
Old party leaders and local organiza-
tons throughout the state passed the
word along that the man to get in
the balloting was Benson.
And back of the drive against Gov
Benson was the hatred of the Mime
sofa reactionaries of President Roose-
welt, who saw that a defeat of Ben
son would be interpreted as a re-
pudiation of the New Deal, which
has had the warm support of the
Farmer-LaboriteS of Minnesota.
Taking the facts into consideration
it is apparent that Gov. Benson has
won a really remarkable victory.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

centers are bound to shut down their
activity in those lines and with their
shutdown will come the sad picture
of starvation for the laboring classes
and depleted. tills of the employers.
Yes, let's make this dairy boosting
perpetual and see the wheels of in
dustry turn.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

All, ha, an Owatonna man has just
received a patent for land measur-
ing wheel. III bet the inventor will
be a Roosevelt third term booster.
He probably concocted the idea
through an environment of New Deal
activity to keep land out of produc-
ton. That just goes to show one
can't keep these Americans down. In
the midst of Specialization another
silk hat, possibly, is born.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
Sturgeon Lake Is
Again The Victor
Pine County Entry in Head
O'Lakes League One-Half
Game Out of First Place.

Sturgeon Lake decisively defeated
Allouez II to 2 Sunday at Sturgeon
Lake to remain just half game be-
hind Cloquet in the Head O'Lakes
League race for first place. Cloquet
also won its game
Dutch Gay of Sturgeon Lake, fea-
tured his teams batting by knocking
out home run. The Lakers batted
out IL hits to their opponents S. Cum
bingham, pitching for Sturgeon Lake,
struck out nine opposing batsmen.
Following is the box score of the
game:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

ism, and as one who had given aid
and comfort to the Republican ma
chine, should not have taken public
notice of it However, cannot re-
main silent and thus permit wholly
erroneous impression to be broadcast
here among our people in Minnesota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
Ruled &c, N.P.S.
Tie For Honors
In Second Half
Each Win Their Games
Suhday but N. P. S. May
Have to Play Again.
Protested Game.

Because of a disputed decision
during the progress of the N. p.
S.-M0Ose Lake game, Moose Lake
protested and it was allowed by
vote of the directors of the League
at meeting Tuesday night. The
N. p. S. Club has made a counter
protest and that will be heard in
the near future by the directors.
If the protest is allowed definite
ly, then the game will have to be
replayed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
Opinions of Others

(Short timely letters on topics Of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective. but If the writer does not
wish to have his name used. 1t will
be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
RUTLEDGE

Summary-Two base hits, Tomscak
Arth; three base hits, Arth; home runs
field: struck out, by Schmidt 49, by Frye g.
by Powers 1; hit by pitched ball. Powers
by Schmidt, Anderson by Powers, Tom
off Powers i: left on bases. BeroIin 6
Rutledge IL; umpire. Hogan; scorer, Mer-
ritt
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

Five persons are under charge in
Minneapolis for conspiracy in at
tempting to beat pinball machine
by means of a powerful magnet. II
worked two ways; it pulled the
nickels out of the machine and il
also pulled the gang into Jail. Now
the guilty ones claim that they could
see nothing wrong in beating an lille
gal device anyway. Well, there is
something to that, isn't there? But
it still remains that the five might
also use their ingenuity in other
wrongful ways.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
ALLOUEZ

Klar 2, Olson, Nelson; home runs, Gay;
double plays, Palon to Nelson to Gay;
struck out, by Blyenberg 6, by Cunning
by Blyenberg; bases on balls, off Blyen-
berg 2, off Thbedeau l. off Cunningham 4;
umpire, Deprie; scorer, Anderson; time,
200
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

Headlines: "No Job and No Hub
by" And boy, the article under that
head was knockout. 1t stated that
a prospective bride in Ohio had sued
for $4,000 damages because the pros
pective bridegroom failed to show up
for their wedding after she had killed
80 chickens for a marriage feast.
The man in the case was possibly
marrying her for her chickens and
since she killed them he wanted none
of her.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

Gasoline, benzine, chloroform or
ether will remove chewing gum from
satin slippers
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
Askov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

I see where the President, who is
on his fishing trip, is heading for
Cocos island. No purpose is stated
but some insinuating Republican
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their thoughtfulness and
many kindnesses during our recent
bereavement.
Henry Lahti.
Mrs. Margaret Kallio
and family.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

1t does seem queer, though, that law
enforcement officers will allow illegal
devices to remain at large and then
be so concerned to pick up those who
would use methods to outWit them.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
l Would Say
BY A. w. CONAWAY

The Akeley (Hubbard County,
Herald-Tribune editor is concerned
over the fact that WPA workers in
certain counties, according to recent
ruling, will receive $4.40 more per
month than those in his county. Well,
my Akeley friend, maybe they have
been longer on the jobs in some other
counties.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

thinks maybe it is to find a new
supply of braintrusters.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

see by the papers where the new
North Dakota capitol building will
be provided with a voice simplifying
system in its House and Senate cham
bers so that legislators can make
themselves heard by their colleagues.
My, my, what has come over those
fellows in my old home state? Why
a few years ago when 1 was there
and in the early days of the Nom
partisan League, they could have put
some of Iowa's hog callers to shame.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04
MOOSE LAKE

Summary-Struck out. by Williams Ia,
by Matuseski S; two base hits, T. Ander-
son, P. Hogan, Lampi; bases on balls, off
Matuseski l, off Williams none; time, 2 20.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

with good fly spray. Horses should
be watched carefully and if any
symptoms of the disease occur,
veterinarian should be called and the
horses should be put in quiet, dark
place and kept on their feet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

Well, we can't, expect too much
from those fellows any more; they
have called and shouted so much to
Henry Wallace Tin vain about their
wheat acreage) that their voices
probably resemble those of political
candidates in the home swing just
before election day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

You know, folks, I've been think
ing more lately about the curtailment
of production, which Secretary Of
Agriculture Henry Wallace has made
his hobby. You know it seems to
me that the Secretary has come to the
conclusion, by gum, that there is no
use for that third row of cotton, that
third pig or that third acre of wheat,
since about one-third of the people
of the country president Roosevelt's
statemen@ are ill-fed, ill-clothed
and ill-housed. You know the Secre-
tary possibly thinks, "well, why have
those poor farmers go to all that extra
work when one-third of the people
will have no use for it, anyhow"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

But by golly those farmers, like the
rest of us, do lot of squawking about
what we don't like but in the end we
will take the medicine, as in the case
of the little boy who was very ill.
He refused to take medicine the doc
tor left him and upon his doing so
his mother began to moan and cry,
ooh, my boy will die, my boy will
die" The little fellow tried to calm
her and finally in desperation he said,
Don't cry mother, father will soon
be home and he will make me take it."
1 tell you folks, why shouldn't it
be okey to place that third row of
cotton and that third pig and that
third acre of wheat within reach of
that third of the population? There
sure would be one grand scramble
to make use of it. Why, the trouble
with this old country of ours is not
over production, it is lack of circu-
lation, Why, lack of circulation will
kill newspaper in short order and
the country's wealth of food must be
circulated or some of the people are
bound to go hungry.
No, Mr.. Wallace, you should hunt
under the correct light post for
awhile. Don't do like the foolish
drunk who had lost nickle and
because there was no light on the
post near which he lost it, moved to
a lighted one to begin his search.
see where ]. P. Morgan III, 81
year old-scion of New York's famous
banking family, was working in
cognito on Knightstown, Indiana,
farm to study farm conditions, until
he suffered an attack of Appendix
citis. The illness and subsequent
operation spoiled what "fun" he was
having. Say, 1 know that farming
community, for that is where l got
my start, although 1 didn't get ap-
pendicitis. would say that it would
be mighty good place to study farm
ing for they do about everything there
and most of it in one day, it seems.
Yes sir, some of those old HooSier
farmers come in from chores at night
get ready for bed, throw their over
alls under the bed and catch them
when they come out at the other
side, put them on and start the next
days work.
I see where the President, who is
The Valley settler., 1938-05-20

Since Nay 3, eight new babies have
arrived at our local hospital, they
are as follows:
L. gnodgrass, a boy; stephan'g,
girl; Don Parks, & boy; LIE Roy Han
son, boy; E.". Barry, q. boy;
Claude Hesse, a boy; Bulber9's,
boy; Loberg s, a Girl.
The Ladies Of the Auxiliary held
their regular meeting at the home
Of Mrs. R. B. Heastan Of Camp 2,
on Tuesday, May II.
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SCHOOL TAXES
after June /, there Will be a pen
ality for not having paid your Tor
r1tor1e1 school tex fer this year,
which became jue Nay /. See the
U. S. Comm S. Toner ana get q re-
ceipt when you pay
The Valley settler., 1938-05-20

Continued From Page p
The Manager, Mr.. Nor eman, says
"The Fair Of last year was hand
icapped because of the late grow
ing season but with nearly all
crops two ,'oeks earlier this
year ana better spring weather
the crops should be mature in
adequate time for an unusually ~
large agriculturGl exhibit
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LYE, THE NEW EGG CLE4NER
ll1r. Kempster. Country Gentle-
man June, 1881
Our poultry industry loses sew
eral million collars q year be-
cause Of marketing soiled or i'm
properly cleaned egGs. Where
price differcntiel prevail the
producer may clean the EGGS, but
the packer discouraGes this pra-
cticer on the farm because eggs
(Cont. on page g.
The Valley settler., 1938-05-20
ANNOUNCE TENTS

The Civic Council wishes to thank
everyone for help and coonera tion
in making Colony Day the success
that it was.
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Achievement Day soon
June l, will be Acheime Lay. All
Homemakers Clubs HiL1 1eet in the
Community ditorium and arranoe-
ments have been made to exhibit
some OF the wonderful thing the
members Of each Club have made. An
invita- ton is EXTENDED to ev~ry one
interested. Nursery for babies and
small children Will be available to
all mothers with small children.
Entertainment Will consist Of sing
ing, stunts and style parade;
also, installation Of rev Officers.