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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-19

| the meeting was adjourned.
IRENE PATRICK NELSON, Clerk
A special meeting of the school,
board was held on September 81. All
members were present except j. Al
bert Johnson.
The following resolution was Of
fered by Harry Mortensen and Sec
onded by K. L. Lund and carried by
a vote of five yeas:
Whereas, the architects, Ellerbe &
Co., have presented a letter of rec
ommendation, setting forth the rea-
sons.
Therefore, be it resolved, that In
dependent School District II request
PWA for an extension of the pro.
ject completion date to December
Is, 1899.
There being no further business
the meeting was adjourned.
IRENE PATRICK NELSON, Clerk
The regular school meeting was
held on October 10, with all members
! present except Harry Mortensen anc
j. Albert Johnson. The minutes OF
the previous meetings were read ano
approved.
The following resolution was Of
fered by K. L. Lund and seconded by
Mildred Carlson Petersen and car
ried by vote of four yeas:
Whereas, Independent School Dis
trict II has made an application
for an amendatory grant from PWA
to match an allotment from the dis
trict for the purchase of equipment
and
Whereas, PWA has allowed the
grant,
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
above named district accept the offer
of PWA for this amendatory grant
A motion was made and carried
to advertise for bids for the sale OF
the old wooden schoolhouse. The
bids are to be opened at o'clock
p. m. November IA. Specifications
may be had from the clerk. The
building will be sold to the highest
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-19

The Bahamas are group of many
small islands north of Cuba They
belong to Great Britain.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-19

Platinum is said to have once been
so cheap that bricks of it were gilded
and sold to unwary greenhorns.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
New Mining Directory
For Montana

Through a Works Project Admin
istration project known as the Min
eral Resources Survey" a new
mining directory is being compiled
to cover the metals, coal and other
non-metallic mining operations ir
this state.
The last directory was published
in 1885. That directory was incom-
plete, as a great many of the mining
operators did not cooperate in
making it.
Under the present setup, simple
missionaries, easy to answer, have
been sent to over 1000 companies
and individuals, who r operating
or have operated in the last ten
years. A large number of the re-
cipients of the QUESTIONABLE have
filled same out, and returned it to
the project. The project is spon-
sored by the Montana School of
Mines, the Montana Bureau of Mines
and Geology and the Mining Asso-
citation of Montana is cooperating.
Supervisors are DR.. Francis A.
Thomson, Cecil r. Waldron and Carl
j. Trauerman.
The supervisors have sent out
missionaries to all operators of
which they have a record, but nat
urally some operators have been I'M
intentionally missed. Anyone who
has operated during the last ten
years who has not received a copy
of the QUESTIONABLE should immedi-
ately write to the Mineral Resources
Survey, Montana School of Mines,
Butte, and the QUESTIONABLE will be
promptly sent to them.
A new directory is in great de-
mand, and it cannot be a complete
directory unless all operators CO.
operate.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
Mining Firm Offers
Workers $4,000 10
Avoid Prosecution

KELLOGG, Ida.-(FP)-The Sun
shine Mining Co, largest silver
mining firm in the country, has tried
to buy off its employees for $4,000.
The company has offered the miners
a S per cent Christmas bonus" if
they drop all charges of wage-hour
law violations against the firm.
A large number of the company's
miners are members of the init.
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers (CIO), which has been try
ing to get a signed contract.
The silver mining companies have
tried to evade both the Wagner act
and wage-hour law on the grounds
that they sell directly to the mint
and are not engaged in interstate
commerce, the union charges. The
company realized a 20 per cent in
crease in profits in the third quarter
of 1899, The Wall Street Journal
said.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
HOW THE D0NNELLEY
menace CAN AND
DOES AFFECT YOU

The Allied Printing Trades Coun-
Gil of Butte calls to the attention OF
all union men and women, and
sympathizers, that there is a large
sale in Butte of Life" and Time
two non-union publications printed
by the VIGOROUSLY unfair Donnelley
firm of Chicago.
We also call your attention to
three good union-printed substitutes
for Life" They are: Look" pic
and Click" Also three good union
printed substitutes for time" They
are: News Week." 1.-THE New Re-
public" and ''The Nation"
The Donnelley menace affects all
workers, whether union or non
union, everywhere in the United
States. Donnelley dominates the
labor policy of practically every
non-union printing plant in the
country.
Donnelley does not hesitate to go
into other industries to display the
vicious Donnelley luminosity towards
unionism.
The unionization of Donnelley's
will have a far-reaching effect on
the entire labor movement of the
country because it will immensely
strengthen the printing trades
unions. And anything that strength
ems one part of labor's front
strengthens the whole front.
If the union men and women of
Butte each one will perform one
little service against the Donnelley
publications, all unions in Butte and
unionism will be the gamer.
By order of Allied Printing Trades
Council of Butte.
BRUCE SMITH, Pres,
JOE MONTAGUE, Sec.- Treas.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
a OF 10 Farms on States
Plains Make Only 5000
To $500 a Year

WASHINGTON, D. c. (FR) -
Nearly 4 out of every 10 of the
$4,000 farms operating dry-lanc
farming in the plains area of Mon
tana can expect no more than $500
to $500 cash, year in and year out
to meet family needs. These farms
contribute little or no foodstuffs fol-
family use since the semi-arid con.
ditions make for one-crop farming
Summarizing the results of an in
~tensive study of Farm Adjustment
in Montana" Neil W. johnson Of
the USDA states that farms that
will yield no more than $500 to $500
annually may be considered made.
quate to supply the essentials Of
livelihood under Montana condi.
TONS"
Thirty-five thousand persons are
now living on farms with these in
adequate production opportunities in
eastern and central Montana. In
northeastern Montana nearly 300
wheat farms cover only half sections
or less in an area where farms Of
twice this size are considered about
the minimum for the support of a
farm family"
In north central Montana 26 per
cent of the wheat and combination
farms had gross incomes Of $1,000 or
less and % per cent operated half
sections of land or less. OF the
stock farms in this area 48 per cent
had gross incomes of $1,000 or less
and 40 per cent had so or fewer
animal units in 1888.
The Montana investigation finds
that many of the EMBELLISHMENTS
discussed exist, not through ignor-
ance but due to the inability of
farmers in the area to cope ade-
quately with them. A farm may
be recognized as too small for eff
Gent operation, yet enlargement be
frustrated due to inability to rent
or buy land with which it could be
combined profitably." "Individ-
ual action is impotent in deal
ing with many of the collective
problems"
For wheat farming in north cen
trail Montana a farm approaching a
section in size with 300 acres de-
voted to wheat production and at
least 20 animal units of livestock, as
insurance against complete loss in
unfavorable crop years, is consid-
cred the minimum desirable unit.
The minimum livestock farmer
ranch found desirable is found to
require 100 animal units. This area
can carry only about 10000 animal
units of livestock as compared to the
10000 stocked in 1888, an estimate
based on the long-term carrying
capacity of the range land in the
area.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
THE NICKEL UNDER
JOHN BULLS FOOT

If Russia successfully takes over
Finland, which is conceded unless
other capitalist nations intervene for
the Firms, England stands to lose
her international monopoly on
nickel. Morgan and Dupont are in
terested heavily in this British"
monopoly.
Since the invasion of Finland
started, the stock markets of Lon
don and New York have a~nxiously
watched the fighting in the Petsamo
district of northern Finland. The
capitalists great interest in Petsamo
is due to the nickel deposits which
Finland has turned over to the In
ternational Nickel Co. of Canada,
which Is virtually a worldwide
monopoly now.
Canada produces 88 per cent of
the worlds nickel and New Gale
donia 6 per cent. The remaining 6
per cent outside the monopoly is
produced by Russia and Germany,
who therefore have the technical
knowledge to operate nickel indus
try.
international Nickel has spent
S. 900, 900 on its Finnish concessions,
and has plans for spending that
much more.
Significant facts are that next to
the United States, the USSR is the
worlds greatest consumer Of nickel.
Germany is third and England
fourth. If Russia gets the Finn
mines, the trust will be handed a
staggering blow by loss Of two big
customers and emergence of a strong
competitor at the same time.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
Wicker SUFFERS
A BOOMERANG

AS all the facts connected with
the address of Professor Wicker
before the Enthusiastically council
at Missoula, December S, 1889, come
to light, the more the public is in
clined to condemn the professor for
the type and character of the talk
and of the insinuations in it.
It has been a tradition in Western
life to be chivalrous to women, The
working people try to follow this
through. If the administration at
the University has not yet learned
this virtue they should take imme-
date steps to do so.
The abuse and condemnation in
Mr.. Whicker's talk has had the eff
feet of lowering him in the estima-
ton of the people and ennobling
those he maligned.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
Engineers Will 5iage
Elaborate New Year
Party al Carpenter,

The Engineers Union, No. SO, have
made arrangements for one of the
most delightful social affairs Sun
day evening, December 81, to cele-
brate the birth of the new year,
1910.
The Engineers expect both floors
of the Carpenters hall to be crowd
ed with members and guests of the
club, and consequently these floors
have been beautifully decorated
with holiday trimmings.
This party has become almost a
tradition among union affairs and is
looked forward to from year to year.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
NEWS OF THE SILVER
BOW TRADES COUNCIL.

Holiday decorations furnished
cheer and color to the meeting hal
of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council in the Carpenters Union
hall Tuesday, December 26.
Not many delegates were present
but enough of the old faithfuls came
to carry on the business of the
meeting.
Under the topic of Good and We'll
fare, it was decided that the Gus
tomary Tuesday meeting of Janu-
airy 2 would be deferred until the
next meeting, January 8, at which
time President Davis announced the
first series of nominations for off
GERS will take place. The seeord
series of nominations for officers and
the election of officers will take
place January 16, 1910.
.
President Davis received quite q
hand at the conclusion of a talk in
which he expressed appreciation for
the cooperation of the other officers
and the delegates during 1899. He
also extended his best wishes for the
New Year.
Charlie Whitley was selected by
the Council to attend the meeting
of the State Welfare Board sched-
uled for Wednesday, December 81.
It was reported by the Miners Union
delegates that the State Welfare
Board will meet at Helena to dis
cuss the relief situation on that day.
It was brought out that there is ex-
IRENE suffering in Butte among
many poor people. One instance
that was cited stated that a widowed
mother with several children had
insufficient bed clothes. 1t was sug-
gested that Mrs. Mary Phillips, well
fare worker for the Children's Blu
reau in the courthouse, be informed
of some of these circumstances.
Senator Wheeler informed the
Council that no present action on
resembling the tariff on copper
would be taken by Congress.
A letter was received from c. W.
Fowler of the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, Dept. of Labor, expressing APP
probation for the courtesies shown
him when he visited the Trades and
Labor Council last month at which
time he spoke on the Wage and
Hour Act.
The Teachers delegate asked CO.
operation in furthering the sale of
union made merchandise and of
making the men and women in the
Continued on Page d
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
MISS0ULA TRADES
COUNCIL SUPPORTS
CLERKS IN STRIKE

To the officers and delegates Of
the Central Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil in regular session assembled.
Resolution
Greetings:
WHEREAS, The Missoula Central
Trades and Labor Council has APP
proved the recommendation of the
Commercial Trades committee to
concur in the request of the Retail
Clerks Union No. 991, placing the
F. w. Woolworth Co. on the unfair
list and the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees Union No. 427 request to
call a strike against the F. w. Wool
worth Co. in Missoula because of
the company's unfair attitude to-
wards organized labor in this city,
and
WHEREAS, A strike has been in
progress and the Woolworth store
has been picketed for the last six
teen weeks, and
WHEREAS, Several conferences
were held between the management
of the Woolworth Company and the
unions involved in the strike, at
which the company agreed to cease
and desist from intimidating its en-
ployees from joining the unions, and
also agreed to negotiate an agree
ment with the unions, if the Clerks
would prove that they are in posses
sion of cards of at least 40 per cent
of the clerks employed by them,
authorizing the Clerks Union to be
the collective bargaining agent for
them, and
WHEREAS, Immediately upon the
departure of Mr.. c. H. Davis, dis
trict manager of the Woolworth Co.,
who made the above mentioned
declarations, Mr.. Ely, local man
ager, began a campaign of intimi-
dalton and threats to the girls en-
ployed in the store, telling them
that those girls who signed such
authorization cards would not have
any preference for employment in
his store, and
WHEREAS, Some of the en-
ployees who had signed such author
izations attempted to get the cards
back from the officers of the Clerks
Union, explaining, that unless they
got them back, they may be out of
a job with the Woolworth Company,
and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Eby's activities as
described herein constitute a breach
of faith and a deliberate attempt to
ignore the orders of his superior
officials, which is unlikely, unless
this is done with the consent of the
district office of the Woolworth Co.,
and it is reasonable to assume that
this is the case, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That this Council in
regular session assembled reaffirm
its previous declaration of unfair
ness against the Woolworth Co., and
request the executive board of the
Montana State Federation of Labor
to concur in this declaration and to
declare the said company unfair to
organized labor throughout the state
of Montana, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the president of
the Montana State Federation of
Labor be urged to give this declara-
ton statewide publicity, and that
he secure the cooperation of the In
ternational offices of the unions in
volved, and of the local Trades and
Labor Councils in this state, in order
to make this declaration effective,
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this
resolution be sent to the district
office of the Woolworth Co., and to
the labor press, and to other publ
cations that are favorable to the
cause of the organized workers.
MISSOULA COUNTY CENTRAL
TRADES AND LABOR COUN-
Gil, James Gregg, Secretary.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
Calumet & Heda
To Increase Pay

CALUMET, Mich. - Calumet &
Hecla Consolidated Copper Com
pany announced today a wage in
crease Of approximately 10 per cent,
affecting 1900 employees, to take
effect Jan. !, 1910.
The company also announced a
dividend of rs cents a share pay
able Jan. 10 to stock Of record Jan.
2.
In addition to the wage increase,
employees will receive a bonus.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
UNIONS OF GREAT
FALLS CONDEMN
dies COMMITTEE
IN RESOLUTION
Resolution Condemning Activi-
ties of the Dies Committee on
Un-American Activities.

WHEREAS; Congress in the last
session appointed a committee with
powers regulated to it for the in
vestigation of un-American activi-
ties, this committee was concurred
in by men sent to Washington by
citizens who had implicit faith in
their integrity and judgment of
people who are to be chosen to work
for the welfare of the American citi-
zens, and
WHEREAS; The committee now
known as the Dies Committee on
Un-American activities, although
chosen by Congress for duties many
of which we think is necessary, has
not only made a miserable failure
of its investigations, but has con-
verted itself into a political club
to blast any friends that organized
labor may have. It has slandered
many prominent citizens whose sole
aim in life is the welfare of this
country. 1t has attempted to take
away the rights of free speech to
any who dare to criticize its un-
ethical actions. 1t has made ALI
ances with labor spies, vigilantes
and other d~espicable elements,
spending public funds to garner evil
dence from this d~etestable class of
people who sell out their own broth
ers for mercenary gains. 1t has
stopped so low that it has tried to
create mass hysteria by accusing
many leading and prominent citi-
zens of communism, and other isms
of Dies manufacture. 1t has proven
itself SO wholly un-American by its
despicable activities against the
whole trade labor movement of this
country, that, we do hereby,
RESOLVE; That we respectfully
petition Congress to refuse any
further expenditures of the public
funds in this type of malicious in
quiry, that the demented tactics of
groups such as the "Bund," Silver
Shirts, Associated Farmers, Cham
Der of Commerce, Manufacturers
Associations, Associated Industries
and other organizations whose OBJ
jects are to support Fascism, or de-
stroy organized labor, be left to the
Investigations Of the LaFollette
Civil Liberties Committee or the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
whose tactics and procedure are
those of open minded American citi-
zens and who are impartial in their
Investigations, and be it further
RESOLVED; That we request
Congress disbar any attempt to
place the Chairman Martin Dies on
any further committees, for his
TRADES and belligerent attitude
against organized American labor,
his narrow minded views on the
rights of American labor, his un-
ethical interrogation of citizens
whose patriotism cannot be ques-
toned, and his obvious intent to
make the work of the committee
the foundation for further political
aspirations is conclusive proof that
he is in no ways capable, that his
misunderstanding as to the rights
of the American people under the
Constitution is so fragrant as to
make him unfit to be placed in any
position as a servant of the people
of this great democracy.
CASCADE COUNTY TRADES
AND LABOR ASSEMBLY,,
Great Falls, Montana.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28

wake your face up the Elizabeth
Arden way; put your face to bed the
Elizabeth Arden way" says a cir
cular issued by the cosmetic manu-
facturer.
You'll wake up, all right, when
you compare Elizabeth Arden's
prices.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
tennessee TEACHERS
CONDEMN DI(HARGE
OF MONTANA pR0FS
FISK TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Local Gil, American Federation of
Teachers, Box l8l, Fisk Univer-
sity, Nashville, Tennessee
nnnnnnhnr LIZ 1920

December Is, 1889.
Honorable Roy E. Ayers,
Governor and Chairman, State
Board of Education, State Capitol.
Dear Sir:
We have learned with regret Of
the dismissals, or forced resigna-
lions, from the University of Mon
tana of Professors Atkinson, Kee-
ney, Lennes, Merriam and Mollett
Since careful investigation by the
American Federation of Teachers
and by the American Association Of
University Professors found the orig
inal dismissal of Professor Keeney
to be a violation of academic free
dom, and since the Supreme Court
of Montana found his dismissal to
be a violation of tenure rights, and
in view of all the other information
available to the public, this recent
series of dismissals seems to be a
most serious challenge to the rights
and security of university profess
sors. AS American college teachers
we deplore such an attack, even
though our victimized colleagues
happen to work and reside in a dis
tant state.
We wish to register an emphatic
protest, and to urge that you use
your offices to rectify the situation.
Very truly yours,
FISK TEACHERS ASSOCIA-
TION, Addison t. Cutler.
Executive Secretary.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28

The next meeting of union dele
gates to discuss the labor situation
in Butte, and to which invitations
were sent out by the Butte Build
ing Trades, will be held in the Car
penters Union hall on Friday eve
ming, January IL, 1910.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
STATE UNIONS URGED TO HELP J0bLESS
A. F.. OF |. STARTS CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION STANDARDS

Green Mobilizes Organized La
Dor to Fight Reduction in Fed
eral Unemployment Tax; De-
clares Benefits Paid to Jobless
by States Are Altogether Too
Small and the Waiting Period
Too Long; Urges Creation of
Advisory Committee to Study
All Aspects of Unemployment
Compensation.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
Attention., Teamsfers!

ID. f. Tate no longer represents
the Dillon Transfers Union, Local
1893.
PETE A. CONN0RS.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28

KENOSHA, Wis.-The American
Brass Company will give its 1900
employees a weeks vacation with
pay, beginning Jan. /.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28
Present Unemployment Tax Must
Be Retained and Benefit
Standards Raised

We have seen the pressure for tax
reductions through the expensive
and cumbersome merit" and Tex
p~erience" rating plans. When Con-
gress reassembles in January, there
will be a vigorous demand from EN-
ployers of many states to have the
Federal tax rate cut. The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor believes
that no tax reductions should be
CONTINUED on Page ~
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28

Genuine prosperity b .
con dillon and situation
where all who SO desire
may work and receive the
products Of their labor"
Leslie Taylor.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-28

There can be NC prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings Of working people
are the basis and index Of
progress in any community.
The Nome nugget., 1939-04-21
MRS. R. W. SILVER AGED NOME PIONEER PASSES PEACEFULLY AWAY

Mrs. Silver, wife of R. w. Sil- yer, aged TO years and 8 months, passed peacefully away at her home on First Avenue at 11.38 pm. April 18th, following a lengthy condition of paralysis. Mrs. Silver was an esteemed res ident of this community for many years, having first come to Nome in 1900, during the gold rush days of the camp. She was for a considerable time resident of Anchorage and Juneau, where she became a member of the Pic neer Women's organization of All aska.
 MT. and Mrs. Silver were mar ried at Seattle, June 2l, 1911, and returned again to Nome, where MT. Silver has been en- gagged in developing gold quartz properties in the Solomon River section.
 Simple funeral arrangements
The Nome nugget., 1939-04-21

are being carried out, which was Mrs. Silver's wish. Arrange ments are being made to place her remains in the cemetery vault until such time as the snow disappears and the weather will make it possible for a graveside funeral service under the auspic es of the Pioneers of Alaska, of which they are both members.
 MT. Silver recently received the sad news of the death of his mother, aged 90, at Port Madison, Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the Nome Nugget wishes at this time to convey the sympathy of the entire community to him, in this his hour of grief and the loss of a loving mother and a tried and true wife and bosom companion.