Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-05-11
| Would Say
BY A. w. CONAWAY

II By A. w. CONAWAY
see where Herman Wenzel, recent
ly ousted Commissioner of Conserva-
ton, will be given the requested spe-
cific charges by the Governor. I
wonder if those charges of miscon-
duct will include planting fish out of
season in our lakes and streams;
counting deer in the woods which
might tend to make them wild; or just
actually belonging to another polit-
ical party?
Nice playful fellows, those British
ers! The Duke of Windsor, who has
been exiled since his abdication in
1886, made a radio broadcast Monday
and his relatives in England don't
even seem to be homesick for him yet
they boycotted his speech. 1t
was not re-broadcast by the British
Broadcasting Company. You know
they are still a little jealous and
afraid that the Duke will become a
popular political figure &. we have
some of their kind of politicians here.
People are queer beings. In die
tator countries men and women risk
and lose their lives in desperate at
tempts to resurrect democracy, but
here in America where democracy is
as natural to us as the air we breathe
we risk losing it, by neglecting it.
We sure want to keep our democ-
racy for look at the fun we have.
In those countries where they have
dictators they don't have the Re-
publicans and Democrats to amuse
them. Why ShuckS, when we get a
Democratic administration here we
can amuse ourselves by just going
around the country, seeing the fine
new buildings they are putting up and
marvel at the way they can get hum
dreds of men to work side by side
without running over each other.
Then when we get a Republican
administration again, all. we need for
entertainment is to pay off the cost
of the buildings and read and listen
to promises of returning prosperity
such as we had in 1929 . . when 1
didn't have an extra suit of clothes
to my name.
l attended the annual editorial short
course at the University during the
past weekend and on the opening
day we got in training for the grind
which was to come, by playing some
golf. Well, when we arrived at the
18th tee, there was a daily news
photographer and reporter to get a
picture and story from our foursome.
l don't know why they wanted ours
for l don't believe there was more
homely bunch on the course; but then
maybe they picked on us because of
our political propensities.
Anyway, when the reporter asked
us for our views on settling the
worlds ills and how to bring the
Democrats and the business men of
the nation in closer harmony we re-
sembled little dog being taught new
tricks by the master we knew
doggone good and well there was
something wrong with both the Demo-
Gratis and business, but we couldn't
tell him what it was, exactly.
But one of my partners finally
worked up masterpiece in his mind
and "spit it OUT You know what
he said? He lowed the ''best gov
erned is the least governed" Now,
how in the name of common sense
could he make such statement, when
everyone knows that to elect gov
eminent and not have it work would
be about as bad as if Paul Bunyan had
and killed him for beef stew :.
there would just be no logs gotten
out.
Well anyway, we had been going
along fine, playing a great game of
golf until after we had given atten-
ton to solving the problems of the
world, then we couldn't even take
care of our problems at hand, which
is like lot of fellows, know.
noticed Burma Shave sign along
the highway with very pertinent
Hardly a Driver is Now
Alive Who Passed on Hills at rs"
And 1 couldn't help thinking that
"those they hit, by the hand of fate,
were ushered to the Golden Gate"
The rebuilding program in Spain