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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
Park Township

Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Thomson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Matthes and
son were Tuesday evening callers at
the o. T. Rudd home.
A shower was given at the Adolph
Larson home Friday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Edward Mach. She re-
ceived a number of nice and useful
gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Matthes and
baby and Mrs. T. B. Thomson were
Sunday afternoon callers at the Art
Budd home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sway made a
trip to the Cities last week.
Jim Murphy has been taking out
stumps and trees recently for Adolph
Larson and John Southerton.
Glen Jones has been doing some
blowing for Nels Berg recently.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
Norman Township

Mr.. and Mrs. Bud braves of Moose
Lake, spent Friday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Degerstrom
moved onto the Bert Forsyth farm
recently and Mr.. and Mrs. MCGEE
moved onto the place vacated by the
VIM. Degerstrom family.
Mrs. J. L. Tuttle and Mrs. Aug.
Kruger spent Friday evening with
Mrs. Elmer Berg
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Berg and Mar
garet motored to Braham Monday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Purull and
Mrs. Elmer Berg and Sonny, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Eells.
Several neighbor ladies went to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Berg Saturday afternoon to help Mrs.
Berg celebrate her birthday. A de-
licious lunch was served and Mrs.
Berg received several nice gifts from
her friends with the well wishes for
many more happy birthdays.
MI. anu mis-. AT odllSIeue were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Olof Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Pembleton of
Moose Lake, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Gust Overbecke.
Mrs. Elmer Berg and Sonny spent
Monday at the Steve Purull home.
Mrs Furey and children went to
Walker Friday to visit Mr.. Furey
who is patient at the hospital there.
Vernon Sangrene took them there.
Mrs. Steve Purull and son, Frank,
were in Sandstone Wednesday of last
week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
Fifteen Years Ago
November q, 1924

Orval Hammer of Bruno, died in
the West Side hospital in Minneapolis
Saturday, November %, of pneu-
monia. He was working in South st.
Paul when stricken. Funeral services
were held in the Presbyterian church
in Bruno Tuesday at o'clock, Rev.
Simpson officiating. Mr.. Hammer
leaves to mourn his passing, his par
ents, three brothers and seven sisters.
Mrs. Olaf Nelson of Norman town.
ship, was in Duluth Saturday to see
her daughter, Agnes, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis.
The Askov community mourns the
death of Mrs. Anton j. DietZ who
passed away at Duluth hospital last
Thursday afternoon following an op-
Grafton. She is survived by her huS-
band, II children, her parents, five
brothers and two sisters. Rev. S. D.
Rodholm conducted the funeral serv-
ices which were held Sunday after
noon from the Danish Lutheran
church in Askov.
Byron Olsen of Askov, left today
1Ol 1ylCl "llSlS llC 10 W NC OllC VI
the instructors at the Danebod folk
high school during the winter term
which commences Monday, Deem
Der l.
Harold Underhill of Rutledge, mo-
tored recently to Detroit, Mich, where
he has accepted a position with the
Buick Motor Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Skinner of Bruno
drove to st. Paul Saturday, return
ing the following day. They pur-
chased Star sport model car which
they brought along home.
John Viborg of st. Cloud, arrived
in Bruno last week with his farm
machinery, etc. He has erected q
house on his land near the Schrader
place and will make his home there
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
Duquette

Douglas Berger returned Saturday
night from Washington where he had
been the past several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hilgemann
moved to Amery, Wis, Wednesday
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faye Adams and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Ander-
son and family and Einard Edin spent
Sunday at the Anna Edin home.
Irene Anderson of Finlayson, spent
the weekend at home.
Mrs. Gust Peterson came home
Monday from Minneapolis. Her
brother, Frank Lindquist, came with
her for a visit.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
Croningen

Thanksgiving church services will
be held Sunday, Nov. 26, at $50 a. M;
Sunday school at 10:45 a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Feyma and family
of Sandstone, spent Sunday afternoon
at the John Postma home.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Evjen and daugh-
ter of Minneapolis, spent the week.
end with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Postma, before leav-
ing on their five months visit to
California. Miss Hilda Postma will
accompany them.
John Postma, John Bloom and Cor
don Palmer were among those who
took the recent trip to Winona to the
Watkins plant.
O. E. Oslund and Albert Haglin
spent Sunday evening at the Jack
Karsky place at Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
Oak Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. Wally Wicklund and
children were callers at the Ross
Barnett home Saturday evening.
Miss Hilma johnson of Duluth,
visited at her parental home Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Brandt and
children of Moose Lake, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Brandt Sunday.
Everett Barnett visited at the Lars
Olson home Sunday.
Mrs. Ross Barnett called on Mrs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
(From Another Correspondent

(FrOm Another Correspondent
Albert Haglin spent last week in
Duluth.
Charles Lawrence visited at the A.
Jensen home Sunday.
Callers at the Ben Nelson home
during the weekend were Mr. and
Mrs. Blaine Bush and daughters, Will
lard Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mel
son of Duluth, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Bagge
and daughter of Askov, Paul Jensen
and Hilda Postma.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Johnson called at
the A. c. Haglin home last Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Cottrell Wis
tied at the Ben Erickson home Sun
day.
Mrs. Dave Karsky and children and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23

(From Another Correspondent
Philip McGrath returned home Sat-
urday night from Seattle, Wash. He
had spent the past four months work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23
Distance IS Your Problem

Almost everything tho Northwest produces
must be hauled long distances:
Wheat, to flour mills and, as flour, to far-fung
cities everywhere;
Cattle, from western ranges to packing plants,
and eventually to the tables of consumers through
out the nation;
Seed potatoes, from the Red River Valley to the
Southern States,-1 500 miles;
Apples, from the State of Washington to Chicago
and New York,-from 1000 to 5000 miles.
Most of our products, in fact, must find their
way to populous, distant markets where they are
consumed or put to use.
But after they are hauled these long distances,
and unavoidably at considerable cost, they gen.
orally cannot be sold for any more than similar
products which shipped to the same markets
from producing areas that are closer.
These great distances are inescapable facts.
All that any of us can do about it is to try to
minimize this handicap so far as possible.
And that has been the policy of the Great North
ern Railway from its earliest days,-to provide
highly efficient transportation; to help you find prof
liable markets for what you grow; and to try to
make rates that will enable you to sell your products
pOIlSaDly III liOSc Aieuhcl
But the extent to which the Great Northern
can be helpful depends upon two things:
l.-Hou cheaply ve can produce the trans
portation you require; and,
2.-HoO closely ve can come to using our
transportation facilities to their full capacity,
because VOLUME is the only thing that wiU
spread and thin out the expense Of maintain
ing our railroad plant and its overhead costs.
The handicap of distance is only made moro
burdenson1e by public policies, laws and regula-
tons which add unnecessarily to the cost of furnish
ing your railroad transportation; or which artii-
cially divert traffic from the railroad to other forms
of transportation through subsidies, unequal regu
lation and unequal taxation.
When the bulk of what you produce must be
moved hundreds and euen thousands of miles
by railroad, the effect of public policies on the
cost of each mile of this transportation be-
comes a matter Of grave concern.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23

In II A. D. great plague ravaged
Rome. The death toll was as high
as 10000 in one day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-11-23

The Order of the Jesuits, or $50
ciety of Jesus" was founded in 1910
by Ignatius de Loyola, son of Span
iSh nobleman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
LOVE SICK SALESMAN
ENDS LIFE WITH GUN

MEDFORD, Ore.-A Aldrich,
27-year-old automobile salesman.
was through making suicide at
tempts today, for the fifth was
successful last night.
Despondent over a love affair,
Aldrich last week took what he
thought was an overdose of Sleep
ing tablets. But he recovered.
On Sunday, he twice tried un-
successfully to slash his wrists.
Even few whiffs from his auto
mobile exhaust failed to turn the
trick.
Still determined. he abandoned
makeshift methods last night and
fired bullet into his brain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08

VICTORIA, b. c. - Provincial
police headquarters announced to-
day a police motor launch is being
sent from Prince Rupert, B. c., to
investigate wreckage found in La
redo sound. which is believed may
be that of a 36-foot power cruiser
in which Mr.. and Mrs. John Ross
ick, Seattle, disappeared Is months
ago.
On Oct. IS, 1887. Rossick, So,
wrote his brother. Ted l.. Rossick,
Tacoma, that he would be in Seat
tie in November.
Ted Rossick became anxious
when the couple failed to arrive
and at his request police conducted
an unsuccessful search late in
1887.
Ted told police that the couple
left Seattle in the summer of 1887
for pleasure cruise to Alaska,
alone in their nine horsepower
cruiser.
Rossick's last message was from
Butedale. b. c., 90 miles south of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
CONTRACTS FOR CITY
LIGHT EQUIPMENT LET

Close to $64 900 in contracts for
light department equipment were
awarded Tuesday by the board of
contracts and awards.
The Allis-Chalmers company
won two contracts for interrupting
capacity breakers. Under one, they
will furnish six 15-KV-10O, 900 volt
breakers for S6,557; under the
other six 15-KV-500, 900 volt break
ers for S17.162. These are for the
Nisqually plant.
Love Electric Co. won contracts
for the annual supply of electric
meters for which $4,000 is appro-
priated. and for the annual supply
of instrument transformers, for
which there is $4,000 available.
In both cases Westinghouse units
will be provided.
Decision on award of the con-
tract for the annual supply of in
candescent lamps was postponed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
CERTIFICATE GIVEN
TO TACOMA COUNCIL

An ornamental certificate of
award for distinguished commun-
ity service was received Tuesday
by the city council from the U. S.
Community Appraisal committee
of the state of Washington. and
signed by the committees chair
man. Jesse Epstein. Its test
reads:
This certificate of award is
granted to the City of Tacoma in
recognition of the initiative and
sound judgment exemplified by its
selection of federal emergency aid
projects, not only TO relieve unem-
ployment but also to provide per-
manent and lasting benefits to the
community"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
FAVOR Acquiring
Sixth Ace. Site

Officers of the Private Flyers
Association of America were on
record before the city council
Tuesday as favoring the acquiring
and development of the 9Th ave.
municipal airport site urged by the
Young Mems Business club.
A letter from William Sprengle,
Northwest correspondent of the
association, was filed with the
city clerk.
Sprengle wrote that he and the
associations president. Yale Smith
of Enugene, Ore, had spent
several hours discussing the site
and viewing II. and reading all
available information upon which
their conclusions were based.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
tavern LOOTED
OF CASH, Wine

Boring a hole through a rear
door to gain entrance, providers
early Tuesday entered and ran
sacked Harry Jonszyk's tavern at
1919 Mckinley ave.
The proprietor told police the
burglars broke open claw ma
chine, a monograph and an auto
matte dice box. stealing about S6
in nickels. They also took $3.50
from a cigar box cache. seven
gallons of wine, three cartons of
chewing gum. two pipes and SIT
worth of cigarets.
Gilbert Paulson, $3.50 Ea. NJ st,
the theft of a quantity of
food and clothing from his home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
CLEAR UP MORE
LOCAL THEFTS

Detective Capt. Cliff Osborne re-
ceived word Monday night that
two Tacoma youths who had been
sought here for questioning in con-
nection with several recent burg
laries are already serving terms in
Washington state reformatory.
The two are Chester Shade, 10,
of 2019 So. sth ST., and Leonard
Grout. Is. of s14 East SD st. They
were arrested in Ellensburg for
burglary on Feb. 81. three days
after series of four break-ins
here. Two other Tacomans. John
Wallace Johnson and a juvenile
whose name was not learned, were
also reported sentenced In Ellens-
burg.
Capt. Osborne said Shade and
Grout, who received suspended 30
day sentences early in January af-
ter being caught burglarizing the
Mountain tavern at seth and Pa
cific ave, were suspected In the
following later burglaries:
V. Beuzer's grocery store at 1902
Mckinley ave-; J. H. Engle's gro
Gerry store at 1872 So. 9Th St; Ken
McCormick's service station, 801
Center St, and the New Deal SER
vice station. 1921 9Th ave. The
thefts occurred on Feb. Is. and
entry in each case was made by
breaking windows.
Shade and Grout each received
71a year terms to the reformatory,
Osborne's information showed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
STEVENS DAM
IS SUGGESTED
Would Change Name
of Mud Mountain
Structure

The first step toward changing
the name of Mud Mountain dam to
Stevens dam, after Gen. Isaac l..
Stevens. first governor of Washing
ton territory. was taken Tuesday
by Chamber of Commerce officials.
Letters recommending such a
change were sent to Rep. John NJ.
Coffee and Sen. Homer T. Bone,
both in Washington, d. c. 1t is
understood an act of congress is
necessary to change the dams
name.
Frank ]. Walsh. industrial en-
gineer of the chamber. said money
is available for construction of the
dam and that contracts probably
would be let this summer. The
project, a part of the inter-county
flood control program, directed by
B. P. Thomas of Tacoma. will cost
approximately 50 900, 900 to S5,0O0,-
900, according to Walsh.
L. $. Directs Work
The dam will be financed entire
ly by government funds and con-
struction will be directed exclu-
sively by u. S. engineers.
Decision to name the dam after
Washington's first territorial gov
ernor was made by chamber Off
Gals after they had considered
many names intimately connected
with the historical development of
the Pacific Northwest.
Gen. Stevens was born in Massa-
chusetts March Is. 1918. Follow
ing graduation from the U. S. mill
tary academy at West Point, where
his record was brilliant, he was
assigned to river and harbor duty
in New England. Later, with other
engineer officers, he served in
Texas.
At the close of the Mexican war,
Stevens, then a major, aided in a
survey of the Pacific coast. Elec-
ton of Gen. Franklin Pierce as
president in 1853 resulted in a
more vigorous policy of explora-
ton and settlement of the territory
west of the Mississippi river. And
when congress formed the Wash
ngton territory in 1853, Major
Stevens applied for the governor
ship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
Men Arrested in Chelan Co.
Clear Up Recent Burglaries

The machine belonged to d. l..
Mayes of 615 So. 40th St, Tacoma,
and was stolen last Feb. %.
Get Confessions
Hinton and Simmons assertedly
confessed the following burglaries:
r. w. Uhlman Oil Co., Wollochet
bay, five gallons of oil; Kinzer
Service station, Lake Bay, 40 gal
Ions of OIL Sc in cash, two auto
batteries, two tires, cigarets and
cigars; Brown Bros. Service Sta
ton and Tavern, Gig Harbor, $2.25
in cash, one case of beer, tobacco;
and the Gig Harbor high school,
a cornet belonging to Jackie Miller,
a student. All the burglaries &C.
CURED on the night of March 2
and the morning of March 3.
The cornet was found in the
stolen machine, which was driven
by Simmons.
At the Triangle Lunchroom, rs
pints of assorted wines, So in cash
and a small quantity of cigarets
and candy were taken. Finger
prints were found on a fruit jar
in which the money was secreted.
Two penny vending machines were
also stolen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08

Identity of burglars who broke
into four places of business and a
schoolhouse in rural districts of
the county was learned Tuesday
following the arrest in Chelan
county of William Simmons, %,
and William Hinton, %, both for
mer Tacomans.
Sheriff Bjorklund said he had
been advised by Chelan county
authorities Simmons and Hinton,
released from the state reformatory
at Monroe last October after serv-
ing 26 months on burglary charges,
had confessed to burglarizing four
places in Pierce county last week.
Find Fingerprints
A fifth burglary was marked
solved when Lyle Lathrop, in
charge of the sheriff's bureau of
Identification, said fingerprints
found on a glass jar after the
Triangle Lunchroom at Eatonville
was broken into last Thursday
night, were those of Hinton.
Simmons and Hinton were ar
rested in Chelan county in a stolen
car following running gun battle
with officers of three counties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
Youth Accused as
Duer Act ViOlatOr

Harold (Bud) Higley, 20, &C
cused of transporting a stolen car
from Rickreall, Ore, to Tacoma on
Jan. %, was formally charged
with violation of the federal Dyer
act before U. S. Commissioner H.
G. Fitch Monday.
Higley was arrested earlier Mon
day by an agent Of the federal
bureau of investigation. He is
being held at the city Jail in
custody of L. s. Marshal A. j.
Chitty. Higley. a truck driver,
gives Yamhill, Ore. as his home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
AUTO WORKERS
union SPLITS

DETROIT - The Homer Martin
faction of the United Automobile
Workers, disavowing any connec.
ton with the Congress of Indus.
trial Organizations, today estab-
lished an independent union.
The action was taken at con.
vention of the Martin faction, rep.
resenting purported 100000
JAW members. 1t officially COM
pleted division of the JAW into
two unions.
The convention, speaking for
JAW members who regard Martin
as the rightful president, adopted
a resolution calling for a referen-
dunn to decide any future affilia-
ton. 1t charged that since forma.
ton of the CLIO 'it has become
apparent that affiliation Herewith
could only be accomplished by sac
rificing our democratic autonomy"
Martin said the resolution was
the conventions answer to CLIO
President John L. Lewis. who has
supported his rivals in the JAW,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
DR.. CUTHRIE'S
TALK ENJOYED

characterized by subtle humor
and interesting examples, the lee
ture of DR.. Edwin r. Guthrie. u.
of W., on How Man Adjusts Him
self to Culture" was much en-
joyed by the audience that gath
cred in the auditorium of Congre-
gational Talmud Torah Monday
evening for the third in the series,
rs Civilization Doomed"
Tracing the process of adapta-
ton of the human being to his
struggle for survival, DR.. Guthrie
pointed out that none of us has
ever had any ancestor who died in
infancy" He contrasted mans
process of adjustment with simpler
forms of life that react automati-
cally and do not have the capacity
for learning by experience.
DR.. Guthrie stressed the import
ance of roles" which we all play.
These roles" may be our way of
adjusting ourselves to opinions
others have of us or that we de-
velop for our own satisfaction or
protection of our self-esteem. Some
roles" that carry us far away
from reality are destructive and
lead to lack of adjustment. with
life and consequent unhappiness.
Rabbi Baruch l. TRIGGER, or
ganizer of the lecture series, pre-
sided. Judge E. D. Hodge spoke
briefly as one of the endorsers of
the series. Walter Hopkins, pi-
anist. pleased with three numbers.
The fourth lecture in the series
will be given next Monday evening
by Prof. Russell Blankenship of
the University of Washington, and
Rabbi TRIGGER. Their subject will
be: How Can Literature Enrich
Life %
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
SURPLUS FOOD
PLAN COMPLETE
Substituting Buying
for Relief Clients
Includes Stamps

WASHINGTON-The gov
ernment's new plan for sub
sidizing the purchase of sur
plus food by relief clients was
put in final form today for
submission to a conference of
grocers next week.
The food and grocery conference
committee. composed of food re-
tailers, will be asked to approve a
revised plan to be offered by the
federal surplus commodities cor
poration. II approved. it will be
put into effect in selected cities
about April Is.
A late revision removed a pro-
vision In a tentative draft that
would have required relief clients
to take part of their government
pay In food stamps. The new
plan, subject to possible further
revisions. provides that a relief
client may take part of his pay in
food stamps If he wishes.
Relief clients. under the new
plan. would be given the OPP
tion Of taking all Of their pay
In cash or part In cash and
part In orange-colOred stamps
which could he exchanged at
any grocery for food.
Those who took part pay in
orange stamps would be given blue
stamps equal to one-half the value
Of the orange. The value of the
blue stamps would in effect be an
Increase in their relief pay. The
blue stamps. however, could be
exchanged only for surplus food
products. Blue stamps could be
obtained only by those who pur-
'hased orange stamps.
Sponsors of the proposal pre-
iicted that II 1t is adopted 1t will
enable relief clients to increase
heir purchases of food by one
bird, improve living standards
md reduce farm surpluses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
GAS, OIL CASE
IS POSTPONED

Illness of Milton Simons. one of
the nine defendants in the gov
ernment's mail fraud case against
the Peoples Gas & Oil Co., caused
postponement of the trial until
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Judge E. f. Cushman ruled in
federal court here Tuesday.
Simons repeatedly was suffering
an attack Of flu and had a high
temperature. II was believed
possible he would be transferred
from his room at the Walker
apartment-hotel to a hospital.
The case was to have been con-
tinued Tuesday after recessing
last Friday with James G. Engler,
former Tacoma and Spokane sales
manager for the large oil-stock
enterprise, on the witness stand.
He was to have been subjected to
further dissemination by the
five defense lawyers, who had
already questioned him for two
days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-08
Annual Ball To
Be Held April |

Robert B. Abel. chairman of the
military and naval affairs commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce,
Tuesday set April as the date of
the annual ball given by the COM
mittee in honor of Fort Lewis Of
ficers and their wives.
The affair, according to Abel
will be held in the Crystal ball
room of Hotel Winthrop and will
be cabaret in style. Virgil l..
Anderson was named chairman of
the committee.
He will be assisted by Fred Don
oughue. E. M. Densmore, John
Mueller, L. w. Hansen, J. w.
Snowman and A. w. Melchoir.