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Evening star., 1939-09-06
DOG Turns Hobo

HAYTI, Mo. P.-Worried over
frequent two-day disappearance OF
Jackie Boy, an Airedale terrier
Farmer Edward A. Ruff discovered
the dog was hopping rides on pass
ing freight trains and visiting
at the home of a conductor some
distance away. Now Ruff's only
problem is presented by hen which
will lay only in his automobile
parked near the henhouse.
Evening star., 1939-09-06
Births Reported

Fielding and B. Kathleen Sheriff.. girl,
George and Alma Joseph. girl.
Kenneth and Mary Aylor. boy.
Arthur and Mary Carroll, boy.
Lester and Helen Shut. girl.
William and virginia O'Neil girl.
Eugene and Angela Ella, girl.
Bruce and Hazel Mahan, boy.
Aubrey and Wilma johnson, girl.
James and Gathering Runyon, boy.
Evening star., 1939-09-06
84.In. Rufned Curtains

Plain pastel marquis
cite with Gin. rufnes;
all colors; 2A yds.
long; complete with tie
backs.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

picked up the knack of cracking the
long thlrtyfoot whip. ITS all in the
flick of the wrist" he explained
1t was Henson, too, whom Peary
assigned to breaking in white assist
ants who were new to the game There
was twinkle in the Negro's eye as
he told me. THE boys l liked never
got their feet froze" And he added.
But it was hard to get some Of them
to understand that their feet were
the most important part about them.
Some of them would get all upset
because they froze their foreheads or
their noses. says to them, You don't
walk on your nose or your forehead:
look after your feet Commander
Macmillan never froze his feet when
was with him. And when he went
out hunting always gave him the
best Eskimos and dogs"
The old Negro smiles as he con-
templates the comfort and luxury of
modern Polar exploration. ''Ours was
all starvation expeditions" he says.
by the time Commander Peary
bought his ship and his equipment,
we had no money left for Dig stores
of food. About all we could take with
us was tea, coffee, sugar. condensed
milk, and kerosene and alcohol for
fuel. For the rest, we lived mostly on
what We could catch or kill. Some
times we had to eat dogs"
Henson, the only living American
who has ever set foot upon the North
Pole. remains unrecognized by any
geographical body or scientific insti-
tute in the land This is sore point
with Commander Macmillan. who
says: ''If ever there was man who
deserves recognition, it's Henson"
Henson has just one token of appreci-
alton from public body A few years
ago he was given a silver loving cup
by the Bronx Chamber of Commerce.
Until couple of years ago, Henson
was employed at the Office of the
Collector of Customs in New York.
Pretty dull. monotonous work for a
man who had put in the best years
OF his life as an explorer But it gave
me livelihood. says the Negro. land
| was certainly grateful to President
Taft for giving me the appointment
As a matter of fact, if he had had
his own way. Henson would still
Evening star., 1939-04-02

be in the service to round out his
thirty years - SO that he could get
full pension - but the rules and
regulations compelled his retirement
when he was seventy. As he completed
only twenty-five years his pension
is smaller. However, Mrs. Henson
works in bank and Henson himself
is still called upon from time to time
for lectures. asked how Mrs. Henson
was able to work in bank and keep
their apartment so immaculate. His
reply was, "Oh, do that. Cleaning
an apartment is no difficulty to an
old seafaring man."
Evening star., 1939-04-02

has compiled grammar and diction-
airy of the Eskimo language.
And here are Peary's own words on
the subject Of his colored lieutenant
Henson, with his years of Arctic
experience. was almost as skillful lin
ice techniquel as an Eskimo. He could
handle dogs and sledges, and was a
part of the travelling machine Had
l taken another member of the expedi-
tion also, he would have been a
passenger, necessitating the carrying
of extra rations."
1t was some fifty years ago that
Peary first worked with Matt Henson.
The Negro had been a foremast hand
on sailing ships. He had made perhaps
a dozen trips around the world. ito
almost every port where sailing
ship could stick her nose," as he puts
it. In 1887. the Interoceanic Canal
Commission. which was investigating
the respective merits of Nicaragua
and Panama tor waterway. borrowed
the services of young Lieutenant
Robert Edwin Peary, then an engineer
officer of the United States Navy.
And Peary. who knew Henson, took
him along to Central America. On
that surveying trip he found Henson
so reSOurceful, so lOyal and unfailinUIv
cheerful. that he kept him in his
employ.
In 1891. Peary finally obtained
from Morris Jesup the means to carry
out a long-cherished ambition,
voyage of exploration to Greenland.
Peary took Henson with him, and
there he found the Negro just as
useful as he had been in the jungles of
Central America. Thereafter Matt
Henson was with Robert E. Peary on
every one OF his Arctic expeditions
and became literally indispensable.
On two occasions he saved Peary's
life. And he became so wise in the
difficulties and necessities of the Arctic
that Peary would often defer to his
judgment and experience 1t was
Henson who not only trained the
Eskimos but broke in the dogs. His
skill in driving the formidable Huskies
he ascribes to the fact that he quickly
Evening star., 1939-04-02
FIRST AT THE POLE
Continued from poee nine

be joking. You take what's fair And
MIR. Brady said: 4 told you what |
want - twenty-five dollars for cigars.
And that is all he took"
Around Matt Henson ccntered a
controversy after Peary's return.
Certain people publicly censored the
North Poles discoverer because the
man he had chosen to accompany him
on his final successful dash was COL
ored. The thought was advanced that
he should have taken one of his white
assistants.
This criticism, believe, was un-
just. 1t was disavowed categorically
by at least one of those white assist
ants, Commander Macmillan, who
has said to me and stated in public:
I'VE had never expected to go that
far. In his letter. offering me the
privilege of going along. Peary speci-
fically and emphatically stated: 1t
must be understood that you are not
to 60 to the Pole The same applies
to Captain Bob Bartlett" And Mac
MILAN continued: The reason for
this was quite simple and overwhelm-
ing. Henson was the most useful man
of us all. He was the best man I've
ever seen, then or in the thirty years
since. in the handling of EskirnOs
1t was Henson who trained the Eski-
mos for all Peary's expeditions. No
body could get along with them as
we'll as Matt Henson They're merry
people. fond of laughter. Henson,
with his flashing white teeth, always
had a laugh in his dark face. The
Eskimos accepted him almost as one
Of themselves. Besides, Henson was
the best man at handling a sledgc and
driving dog team. And we all noticed
that whenever Peary encountered a
difficulty, Matt Henson was the man
he sent for"
Henson furthermore had become
adept in the making of sledges Peary
himself could speak only few words
Of the Eskimo language. whereas
Henson could speak it flucntly. Mac
MILAN says that it was from Matt
that he learned his first Eskimo words,
from which beginning Macmillan
Evening star., 1939-04-02

why they didn and came the conclusion that
they probably thought they couldn't afford TO-
suppose lots of folks think that So asked the Pull
man Company TO let print list of typical fares at the
bottom OF this page think you II Pullman travel
much less expensive than you thought And when YOU
Evening star., 1939-04-02

Now Abovt the Cost i.
| made A mental note of the
women | saw in the day
coach, They were nicely
dressed. friendly people -aP-
parently with the means TO
travel Pullman. | wondered
Evening star., 1939-04-02

Just realize the amazing of comfort and conven
ience you get for little moneythen it becomes travel
value that the economically minded as we'll as the
fort loving, we'll afford.
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dining personally prepared the formula himself! And
that the milk was kept in the refrigerator
Mothers this ,om wav TO travel!
Evening star., 1939-04-02

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Evening star., 1939-04-02

and out of curiosity | asked
her if she didn't find it hard
what with the baby's for
mula and all that. Imagine
my surprise, The chef in the
Evening star., 1939-04-02
That Mattes Of Clothes .

Remember the old DAYS
when we women had 70
wear those horribly drab
travelling clothes'' in
Nrl- e., 1l
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Single Overnight Trip Convinced Ne That Pullman IS
The Womans Way To Get Places

Womans place may he in the home but when she goes
araveling suggest she by Pullman I've just returned
from trip that gave for believing this
Evening star., 1939-04-02

Mere Spses Is Whaf I keed
Here it is the end of the page
and | haven't even told you
about the sleeping accommo-
dations! That oozy sense of
privacy-those deep. soft
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29
Care In Use OF
Fireworks Urged

The modern "safe and sane" Fourth
of July is great improvement so
far as health and safety is concerned
over the GLORIOUS Fourth" of gen.
Grafton ago. 1t is still not so safe,
however, that many disabling acct
dents do not occur to children every
year, accidents that are entirely need
less in the opinion of the Minnesota
State Medical Associations commit
tee on Public Health Education, in
a bulletin issued recently.
Anything that involves playing
with fire and powder, even when the
powder is in the small amounts used
in baby firecrackers, is dangerous u
the doctors declare in this bulletin
Most local ordinances controlling
sale of fireworks and frecrackers per-
nit sale of small torpedoes and cap
guns. In many places small fire.
crackers are added for legitimate sale
If fireworks are allowed at all, young
celebrants should be carefully in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29
Swedes Will Meet
In The Flour City

In recent years there has been much
activity in this country among those
of Swedish descent and their friends
interested in Swedish culture and
history. One of many examples is
an organization that was founded in
1885, and was called "Ostgota Gen.
tralforbund." The purpose of this
group is to bring together people born
in the state of Ostergotland, Sweden,
and descendants of those early pio-
neers. The national chairman is John
Nilsson of Chicago, ILL.,, and the Sec
rotary, Hilmer Borggren, Rockford,
ILL.,
The first meeting or ting was held
in Lacrosse, Wis, in July, 1885, and
a large turnout is expected at the
''ting" that will be held in Mime
apolis on July l, 2 and 8. Special
trains from Chicago and Rockford
will bring visitors here. The head
quarters will be at the Curtis hotel
on 10th Street, between End and 3rd
Ave. So. A sightseeing tour is
planned for Sunday, July 2, through
the Twin Cities and around Lake Min
netonka. The same evening visitors
and friends will meet for lawn party
at the Theodore Wirth Chalet where
the Wennerberg chorus of $50 voices
will entertain.
The landsting, or conference, is
scheduled for Monday, July 8, at 2
p. m. The annual banquet will be
given at the Curtis hotel the same
evening at $50 o'clock.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29
Vacancies May Be
Filled By Veterans

The Minnesota State Employment
Service office at Mora has been in
formed by the United States Veterans
Facility at Minneapolis that it will
be necessary to fill 1875 vacancies dur
ing the enrolment period beginning
July l and extending to July 20.
Every veteran who is unemployed
and is likely to be during the coming
months and is in good physical con-
dition, should be encouraged to file
his application for enrolment.
The wages are $50 per month and
include lodging, food, clothing and
medical care. 1t is not necessary that
the veteran has a relief status to
qualify.
Applications will be accepted at
Minnesota State Employment Service
Offices.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29
AskOv
Many Exhibits at Show.

The flower display sponsored by
the Askov Garden club in the town
hall Saturday was quite success.
There were about IS displays which
all looked beautiful in the forenoon
but the extreme heat of the day made
many of them fade before the day
was over; however, the response was
good and the displays as a whole
were far better than anticipated ow-
ing to the several severe storms here
lately.
The refreshment department did a
nice business and will have favor
able report for the next meeting of
the club. 1t might be said in pass
ing that it would be well if each ex-
hibitor would attach his or her name
to the container, then there would
not be so much confusion later on.
The committee in charge wishes, on
behalf of the club, to thank everyone
for their liberal support and patron
age.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29

structed in handling them and very
young celebrants should never be-
allowed to be near them at all with
out supervision of older and wiser
persons"
One of the most dangerous posi-
bilities in connection with Fourth of
July accidents is tetanus infection,
according to the bulletin. 1t occurs:
often when dirt and powder are
driven into the skin and tissues by
explosion. Immediate attention to-
such injuries is imperative so that
anti-tetanus serum can be admin
istered promptly if it is necessary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29
.Ooverleaf Chapter
I Will Meet Sunday

The next regular meeting of Clover
leaf Chapter No. 4, Disabled American
Veterans, and its Auxiliary, will be
held Sunday, July 2, at p. m. at the
l. o. o. F. hall in Moose Lake. There
will be installation of officers at this
time.
All veterans who are eligible as
well as members are urged to attend
and bring something for a picnic
supper.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
July 4-5-6
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29

James J. Jeffries held the world
heavyweight championship longer
than any other champion; he was
undefeated for the IL years between
1899 and 1910.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Cafe in Pine
county village. Purchaser can have
advantage of the summer business.
Write or call Askov American Of
flee. 25W42-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29
More Want Ads

STRAWBERRIES FOR SALE.-Chris
Frederiksen, Askov. Phone 12F21
25W42-11
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29

FOR RENT-TWenty-five acres al
sike and red clover hay land
Wally Christensen, 4 miles north,
2 miles west, Askov. 25w42-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-29
Lodge Will Hold Picnic.

The local Danish Brotherhood lodge
will sponsor picnic on Sunday, July
2, at the beautiful st. Croix park,
where number of Askov WPA
workers have been engaged for nearly
three years. The committee in charge
advises everyone to meet on Main
street by 10 o'clock Sunday forenoon
and then make the trip over there
together. Bring your own picnic
basket and the necessary utensils;
free coffee will be served at the
picnic grounds. The route over there
will be as follows: Two miles east,
then IL miles south to Cloverdale,
thence about three or four miles east
to the large park sign, thence south
into the park. The committee will
also arrange to sell ice cream and
other refreshments on the picnic
grounds.
Everyone is cordially invited to
join in this event, and the committee
says the trip will be made regardless
it might rain here there can be SUM-
shine in the park, and also it might
rain here in the forenoon and be
fine weather in the afternoon. This
will be an ideal time to visit the
park, especially for those who have
not been there yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Madsen of
Minneapolis, were callers here yes
terday.
Harry NJ Sorensen left short
time ago for Pennington, where he
is now employed.
Miss Roberta Johnson of Mime
apolis, is here for a visit at the home
of Mrs. Marie Nielsen.
Supt Otto c.. Hoiberg and family
left Friday for a few days visit with
relatives and friends at Tyler
Miss Bodil Fenger came from st.
Paul for weekend visit at the home
of her mother, Mrs. P. N. Fenger.
Paul N Froker was in Winona over
Sunday for a visit with Mrs. Froker
who has been there several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Niels Hede and two
daughters returned yesterday from a
few days visit with relatives and
friends at Menominee, Mich.
Miss Myrtes Johnson left Satur-
day for Winona for visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Chris Keller,
and may seek employment there.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. A. Hansen of
Withee, Wis, and Rev. and Mrs. Chr.
Stockholm and daughter, Miss Emile,
from Crawling, Mich, were Sunday
guests at the Svend Petersen home
Rev. Stockholm officiated at the Sum-
day forenoon services in the church
in the absence of Rev. jobs. Knudsen
who was attending the Young Peoples
society meeting at Tyler.
The Askov American Legion's Jun
ior baseball team will sponsor an
ice cream social in the town hall Sat-
urday evening, July l. The COM
mittee in charge invites everyone to
help the thing along so that they can
raise sufficient funds to cover ex-
penses in connection with the ma
tional pastime sport. The Askov
Little German band will be on the
street to do its part toward making
it pleasant evening for those who
come to town.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-11
JACK DUNCAN
Editor and Publisher
4 weekly Newspaper published svsry
Friday at Browning. Glseier County
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove

been kinda brushin' up on gold
1t doa't look Just on the up and up.
the way they been doing this sleight
of-hand business there in Old Bazoo
Citv.
By . simple twist OF the wrist
they make gold worth one thing to-
day and maybe something else next
week. And if a person was to sit
up all night for a month wracklng
his brain--he couldn't think up any
thing that would upset confidence
quicker. than this kind of shennani-
gans.
Gold for money. it has been used
since back yonder around 700 B. c..
1t has been one thing that had value.
And if you had 100 shek els in gold :,
you had a sense of security--dowp
through the ages. But now, we
talk security. If you are caught
with $500 gold piece. you 20 to
Jail.
If anybody should happen to read
this piece l am writing about gold,
and if he knows what the idea is in
burying all of it down there in
Kentucky, l wish 1T would drop
me a note. am up q stump.
Yours, with the lowdown,
10 SIERRA
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-11
TAX COLLECTORS
TASTE BLOOD

When you pegIn Ievying ''class
taxes" against one legitimate bust
ness, you cannot forecast the end
of such poicy-a fact which is
being wildly demonstrated in Col
orado today.
Colorado has an "anti chain
store" tax Some time ago, the
state decided that a group of indie
pendent stores which were affiliat-
ed with a local manufacturer as his
licensed distributors, should also be
brought under the law. The state
sued to collect the tax, and the state
supreme court upheld it. So CO.
operating independent stores are
stuck with the tax sword aimed at
the chains
After this victory, Colorado Off
cials apparently decided that the
tax opened up other lucrative
sources of revenue. The result is
that the state treasurer is reported
to have written to General Mo-
tors, Chrysler, Ford, Hudson, Nash.
Studebaker and Packard, informing
them that automobile manufacture
ers can be classified as chain oper-
ators, and are so subject to the class
tax. These manufacturers, accord
ing to the treasurer, owe the state
more than 100000 covering the
five-year period from 1885 to 1899.
Under the theory now being put
into effect in Colorado, it is obvi-
Gus that the possibilities for ex-
tending the mis-named "anti-chain"
tax are practically limitless. In
these days of high industrial and
merchandising efficiency, coopera-
ton of some sort between produc-
ers, distributors, retailers and 9TH
ers is the rule rather than the ex-
ception. So it looks as if businesses
which never dreamed that they
could be classified in any way as
chains, may eventually come in for
punitive taxation.
Those who sat back indifferently
and watched the chain stores being
gored to death by class taxation"
thinking they were on safe ground,
now find the horns turned against
them with the tax collectors crying
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-11
DEBT-MENAsCE
TO DEMOCRACY

It's bad enough for this country
to have a national debt which is
fast approaching the present legal
limit of $4,000, 100000.
It's even worse that the public
has become so accustomed to def
cit-breeding emergency" spending
that it seems to accept it as some
thing that can go on forever.
Worst of all is the fact that so
few have any realization of the his
torical truth that gigantic debt
is constant, growing peril to lib
erty and democracy.
A nation. like an individual or
a business, can strain its credit Just
so far When an individual or a
business goes beyond that point,
bankruptcy follows. But when a
governments credit runs out (Which
means the credit of all the people,
which is the security behind every
government obligatory there are
various devices which it can use to
circumvent for some time, actual
bankruptcy. We have seen those
devices in extensive use abroad, in
the totalitarian states. Trick cur
rency schemes are set up - rigid
laws making it a serious offense to
take money out of the country are
enacted-barter is used instead of
money for necessary imports -
worker and property-owner are
'bled white at every turn-and the
government is master of every citi-
zen.
, When such devices are resorted
to, the word liberty" might as well
be deleted from the dictionary, for
rigid, dictatorial paternalism, mas
querading under some name such as
National Socialism," cannot be
avoided. The individual citizen and
the individual business are the mer-
est cogs in the state machine. Com
plain or oppose, and prison, a con-
tentration camp or execution waits
Yes, debt menaces democracy, and
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-11

lective-eventually it must become
all inclusive.
1t now remains to be seen wheth-
er future government projects, self
iquidating or otherwise, are of a
nature non-competitive with exist
ing private business. If they are
kept non-competitive, one of the
greatest of industries worries will
be dissipated-and the stage will at
last be set for real economic revival
a nd substantial re employment,
paid for with private, productive
capital, and not with government
borrowings and taxes.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-11
10 SIERRA

1t is harvest time in Europe.
And so for, the moment, there are
no new major crises. Men who are
needed to bring in the crops cannot
be set to marchinR and fighting.
Most experts think Hitler will
provoke another major crisis in his
war of nerves" when the harvest
is over, about the end of this month.
Object will be to win Danzig and
the Corridor. What will happen
then is any mans guess.
1t is widely said that if no war
breaks out before October, the
chance of war occurring at any time
in the comparatively near future
will be greatly reduced.