davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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al defense. All were included In
the Federal-aid system then estab-
lished. In 1885 re-study was made
by the Army to develop the revisions
deemed desirable and to determine
priorities of route improvements.
sArmy Views.
The position of the War Depart
ment is that ysstem of highways
that is adequate to serve industrial
and commercial needs will also
serve the Nations military re-
quirements. However, the rapid
development of motorized army
equipment and changes in military
practices, taken in conjunction with
tremendous increase in the general
public use of the highways and
peace-time dependence upon them
for swift movement of commodities
which an emergency would greatly
accelerate, have precipitated major
problems which now require joint
consideration by the Army and the
Public Roads authorities.
Proposals several months ago for
a national system of toll roads,
purportedly self -liquidating to the
extent of billions of dollars. but
which were frowned upon in the
report to Congress dwelling on the
financial unfeasibility of the project,
obscured vital aspects of Americas
road problem. Outstanding is the
question of adequate rights-of way,
which, authorities declare, must
soon be dealt with regardless of
whether the United States becomes
involved in Europe's quarrels.
In its eagerness to bring its high
ways into some approximation of
adequacy for the tremendous bur-
dens brought by rapid expansion Of
motor vehicle traffic, the country at
large has not given the right-of-way
phase the attention it deserves. Pub
lie Roads Administration oficials
emphasize that in conjunction with
national defense aspects there must
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also improve the minds Of con-
servationists. The 150-year- old
Snowden Hall, long the center of a
tobacco plantation and reputedly
built from bricks brought up the
Patuxent from England, mas been
converted into barracks for training
technical employees of the Biological
Survey. officials declare it takes
10 years to train a man for all man
ner of survey work and administra-
ton. The postgraduate course,
which will vary from six to eight
weeks, is expected materially to re-
duce the time and increase the
number of qualified experts, for
which there is reported to be no
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ing and jealous squabbles, the quail
are also carnibalistic under certain
circumstances which DR.. Nestler is
studying He found that excess
illumination and powdery feed may
cause a lady bird to eat her mate
or her offspring. Lack Of sodium in
food may also cause cannibaism.
In the disease-control laboratory.
under DR.. r. Coburn, hospital for
sick ducks will be established in an
effort to eliminate the scourge of
botulism, type c, which kills thou
sands of wild fowl each year. Caused
chiefly by eating decayed food, bo-
tulsm is one of the biggest pro-
blems facing conservationists.
Before the Commission, directed
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be not only serious consideration
but positive action toward acquire
ment of suitable and suficient
rights-of-way If the United States
Is to possess the national road
system it ought to have.
Expense Considered.
EXP ense has been and still is the
chief obstacle against long-range
right-of-way planning, particularly
in large cities. But there is a school
of thought which contends initial
expense can be recouped through
excess condemnation, or the pur-
chase of more land than is actually
needed for road purposes and the
sale of bordering areas at a profit
created by the increase in land
values for business, industry or
home-building accruing from the
improvement.
There are encouraging signs of
some municipalities attacking the
challenge with vigor, in spite of
heavy cost. Instances are the West
Side Highway and Henry Hudson
Parkway in New York City, with
their connecting parkways in West
chester County and the Merritt
Parkway in Connecticut. There is
also the new depressed highway in
st. Louis. the right-of-way for
which cost as much as its con-
struction. In the improvement Of
Woodward avenue, in Detroit, the
property damage and right-of- way
cost was $9,806 900 of a total ex-
penditure of $11.127, 900. 1t is said
that 20 years ago the right.of-way
could have been acquired for about
$3.50, 600.
It is such instances as Detroit's
experience that reinforce highway
oncials' contention that long-range
planning must be adopted more
generally and rights-of way bought
perhaps well in advance Of their
actual use for construction of roads.
This expense might diminish the
annual mileage of highways i'm
proved but it is argued that in the
long run the expense would be less.
There Is another important reason
for avoiding delay in building. or at
least planning, new transcity
arteries and express highways. In
most cities, but particularly in the
older ones, there Is q slow but
steady decay of business districts
that will not be arrested until there
Is radical revision Of the city plan.
Such revision will have to permit
a refrigeration Of facilities for vari-
GUS forms of transportation-rail-
road terminals, docks, airport and
the various highway approaches to
each-more consistent with their
modern relationships, particularly in
war or other emergency.
Just how far Congress and the
States will be willing to &c in
formulating and putting into execu-
ton a more far-seeing national
highways policy remains to be seen.
There is ground for belief, however,
that continued and increasing road
improvement, now demanded for
national defense as well as general
public service, will be a major item
on Uncle Sans work sheet. And
with nearly q third of a billion
dollars ready to 60 to work on the
Job this summer as q starter, i'm
portant achievements may be ex-
pected-motorists, commerce, In
dustry and the national defense al
benef1ttinR.
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Bv WilIiam Austin.

In the midst of the most stupend-
GUS peacetime national defense pro-
gram in its history, Federal Govern
ment initiative this year is improv-
ing the roads of the United States to
the tune of almost a third of a
billion dollars. In recognition that
an efficient highway system is as
sential to defense, not only in war
time but also for expeditions wove-
ment of preparedness materials and
finished military equipment, it is not
unlikely that emergency supple
mentary appropriation will be forth
coming that will provide more and
better pathways for all motor vehi-
Gle traffic as well as that concerned
with girding the country for what
ever menace the future may hold.
The current program revolves
around the $156,00O, 900 recently al
lotted to the 48 States, the District
of Columbia, Hawaii and Puerto
Rico by the Public Roads Admini-
stration. Next year and for the fis-
cal year 1912, the Federal contri-
button will be even more, Congress
providing $178 100000 for each of
those IL months.
All this money from the Treasury
at Washington must be matched by
the recipients, dollar for dollar, un-
der the Federal-aid highway law.
The largest portion will be used for
improvement of main arteries, but
generous provision is made for Sec
ondary, feeder or farm-to-market
roads and the elimination of haz-
yards at railroad grade crossings.
Presents Policy.
Concerning national highway pol
icy. Chairman Wilburn Cartwright,
of the House Roads Committee, said
during Congressional discussion of
the new highway appropriations:
THE Importance of adequate
highways to all people and the need
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examining stomachs of fowls and
beasts.
DR.. Ralph B. Nestler, associate
biologist, is currently studying the
value of sumac as food for quail.
More than 500 of the quail are
penned atop the tallest hill of the
reservation and are in the midst of
their mating season. Some were
fooled into egg laying two months
before their usual time by Is hours
of bright light each day-sunlight
augmented by electric highland
the flock has increased.
May Eat Mate.
Although closely resembling most
humans in their homogeneous mat
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ington, on 5000 acres of submar-
ginal land, the last laboratory
has been installed on the worlds
first national wild life research sta
ton, adjacent to the Department
of Agriculture's national research
center at BeltSville, Md.
Like the Rothamstead Agricul-
tural Station in England, where
records have been kept for over 400
years on developments in each plot
of farmland, the Patuxent Research
Refuge is designed for long-range
studies in wild life.
Leo K. Couch, assistant chief of
research, explained that its pri-
mary purpose is to study over a
long time the use by wild life of the
land, the changes made by nature
in the vegetation and the effect of
man-made cultivation upon wild
life of the Middle Atlantic States.
Other Centers Proposed.
The principles evolved at the
refuge will be applied elsewhere,
and it possibly may be the FORE
runner of similar research centers
In other sections of the country.
I'VE don't have enough informa-
ton anywhere as to the economic
value of wild life" said Mr.. Couch.
I'VE are trying to work out the
economic and social values on the
area"
Economic value" of wild life is
currently playing a major part
among European countries in dan
ger of having food supplies reduced
by blockade and counter-blockade.
And already the research center
has received inquiries on its findings
from the European nations. Sci
entists there expect the refuge to
become a mecca of foreign experts
before long.
In Germany, they pointed out,
pheasant, deer, grouse and partridge
are supplementing the supply of
meat, although prices place the
game beyond reach of the wage
earners. Supplies are limited, how
ever, and have been since feudal
times, with the monopoly OF large
estate owners in Germany as well
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
ing and injuring are taken calmly as
a matter of course and as necessary
evil.
A Trifle Hasty

Many Minnesota sportsmen who had
purchased 1910 fish house licenses
in the spring of 1910 good for the
first two months of the year and for
the month of December for the spear
ing of pickerel and northern pike now
find that it is illegal to take the fish.
1t appears that the order forbidding
the spearing of the fish was issued
after the licenSe for 1910 were
printed.
It would seem that as long as the
license had already been printed, sold
and paid for it would have been wiser
to keep the spearing season open.
Or on the other hand, the situation
could have been investigated little
more thoroughly before the licenses
were printed. The matter as it now
stands will only make for misunder-
standing between the fishermen and
the conservation department and in
some cases may result in breaking
the law regarding the taking of the
fish.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12

them. 1t was Mussolini's idea to over
run the little Greek country and then
arrange a great demonstration where
in dramatic way he would tell the
Italian people of his might and of
what an all powerful leader he is. The
incident was to rebuild fast waning
confidence in him and restore enthusi-
assn for the general war.
But he reckoned without the valor
and bravery of the Greeks. He is get
ting bad trimming and has started
something it is going to be tough to
finish. The weather is against him
and getting worse. His mechanical
equipment is useless i'm the mountain
passes and the Greeks, fighting in
guerrilla fashion, have demOralized his
soldiers. His attack on Greece was I'M
provoked, cold bloOded and ruthless. 1t
was cOwardly because he thought he
could overrun the country without re-
sistance. The whole world is viewing
the situation with open delight and
satisfaction-just as it always does
when bully gets what is coming
to him.
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compensation for the harm she had
done to the Allies in that aggressive
war. 1t was too cheap way to get out
of it. The Allies were foolish to let
them come to full strength. They
know the Germans are war-loving
nation, and could expect them to
come again as soon as they were
ready for it.
1t is gratifying, that Mr.. Sexton at
the same time that he is claiming
the Allies (now England) to be the
aggresSors of the present war, was
so filled up with truth he had to
blow it out by saying Germany has
some cause for taking up arms against
the Allies. There he admits that the
Allies were not the aggresSors when
he says that Germany took up arms
on account of other causes (mentioned
above) than declaration of war
against her.
That can be used as an excuse, but
there is no reason to it. And he
says: 81 condemn and oppose all I'M
JltSI dSSICSSOlS OuI Ilc waits W Oc
the judge of what is just and unjust,
according to his action in this case.
Under no circumstances can there
be an honest settlement by war; first,
because the best, and best prepared
fighter will win whether he is right
or wrong. Second, because in all
cases innocent people are to suffer
for it. If Hitler would do right, he
would have appealed to the world
court, instead of going at it in the old
barbarian way, but his demand was
too great to get it through court
He wanted the world
In the American of October 10
Mr.. Sexton said: Germany has some
cause for taking up arms against the
Allies. She wished to be rid of the
Allies. She wished to be rid of the
gold-based capitalism of England and
to get her colonies back" Mr. Sexton
thereby admits that Germany is the
aggresSor of the war.
This is the last l will write about
this. l think that l have explained
it so it will be understood by ALL
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
Buffalo Set Trail
For Western Trek
Path of Least Resistance
Found by animals.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.-The BIZ
son made trail centuries ago which
was followed by the Indians, then
by Spanish explorers. later by pio-
neers going west and finally by
builders who stretched the first rail-
roads across the continent.
Proof of that fact has been
brought out in the research prompt
ed by the Cuarto centennial celebra-
ton of the expedition in 1910 led by
Francisco VaSquez de Coronado, the
first Spanish explorer to lead par
ty into what now is southwest con-
tinental United States.
The great buffalo herds, number
ing thousands, roamed the plains
and moved with the seasons across
the mountain ranges to the mesas
and the valleys. The Indians, learn
ing that the bison followed the east
est routes, began to trod these buff
falo trails in search of food and shell
ter.
Later came the explorers. Coro-
nado blazed his trail, which extend
ed from the west coast of Mexico
north to Arizona, across New Mex
leo, Texas and Oklahoma into Kan
sas. Along the way he generally fol-
lowed the Indian trails and paths
made by the buffalo herds.
Nearly three centuries later came
the westward movement in the
United States and these same
routes, because they followed the
same paths of least resistance-lit-
erally-became the Santa Fee, Slim
son, Loving, Goodnight and CHS
holm trailS-the tranScontinental
stagecoach routes.
Finally the steel bands of the rail-
roads were laid down across the des-
ert country of the Southwest and
when the builders came to the noun
tain ranges, they, too, found that
the buffalo had found the easiest
route. Highways and tracks now
follow, in many instances, the routes
laid out by the bisons, and traversed
by the Indians, explorers, trappers
and pioneers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
HIGH FINANCE IN UTILITIES
(The Union Advocate)


There isn't a thing in the story of
Alice in Wonderland any more fam
tastic than the strange manipulations
of Howard c. Hopson, former head
of the now defunct Associated Gas &
Electric company. Hopson is on trial
no less than $2O,OOO,0OO in cash
through crooked bookkeeping methods
and outright thievery.
Here's how he worked
In 1923 Hopson drew a $13,OOO,OOO
check on the Associated Securities
company, one of his personal "hold-
ing companies. When Hopson drew
this check he violated the law be-
cause he did not have sufficient funds
in the bank to cover this check. AS d
matter of fact he was exactly $9,000,-
900 short when he bought" $13,0OO.
trio bonds from himself. That same
day, be ore his check had had q
chance to bounce back for insufficient
funds, he sold the same Associated
Gas & Electric bonds to the Associated
Gas & Electric company for $4,000
900. BY the time the rubber check had
returned he had covered the shortage
and made a cool 100000 profit
which he pOcketed.
In another case HOpson had As
ISOLATED Gas and Electric issue q
100000 shares of special" stock
which he bought at one cent share
and then resold 100000 shares of the
same stock for $50 a share-exactly
5000 times the price he paid for it.
This transaction netted Hopson
profit of S9O,OOO,OOO.
During the recent presidential cam
paign Mr.. Willkie went out of his way
to defend utility holding companies.
He declared that the shady practices
Of Samuel insult belonged to a day
that has been past for 20 years or
more; he insisted that the trickery
and skullduggery of the insult regime
could not be practiced today, but he
was not fair enough to declare that
these strange methods of highway
robbery had been outlawed by the
Securities and Exchange act-a law
Mr.. Willkie opposed just as vigorously
as Howard Hopson ever opposed it.
The only difference between Willkie
and Hopson was a difference of oppo-
sitiOn.
Alice in Wonderland saw some
strange things, but the jury-and the
cOurt-now hearing the governments
case against Howard C. Hopson are
hearing and seeing even stranger
things.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
USURY DEVOURS THE FARMER
Editor ASkov American:


have just examined the briefs in
a case pending before the Supreme
Court wherein an aged farmer con-
tends the Federal Land Bank of Saint
Paul is collecting usurious interest
on farm mortgage.
Some interesting facts are revealed
in this brief.
In December, 1922, this farmer
borrowed $1,000 from the Federal
Land Bank from which S295 was
withheld as payment for Federal Land
Bank stock, leaving S5,605 as the net
loan to the farmer.
Forcing borrowers to buy stock in
lending institutions is just nice
way to collect commissions because
the stock is seldom salable or has
any market value
The mortgage provides for the pay
ment of principal and interest in
semi-annual installments of S191.75
over period of 3412 years.
Now let us do a little figuring.
Sixty-nine semi-annual payments
of S191.75 equals S13,230.75.
When this farmer complies with
the terms of the mortgage, he will
have paid S7,625.75 interest alone on
S5,605 loan.
When the Federal Land Banks came
into being there was a lot of bally-
hoo about giving the farmer 33 years
in which to pay his loan.
wonder how many farmers figured
the cost of this easy CD way.
Usury (politely called interest) de-
YOURS the nation.
S. o. SANDERSON.
Rochester, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
MORE ON AGGRESSION
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOV American:
Mr.. Sexton says in your paper: "In
Mr.. Rasmusson's recent article he
says: why didn't Chamberlain stop
Hitler from robbing Poland?'"
l didn't say that, but Mr.. Sexton
had said in the issue of October 10th,
Before the outbreak of the present
war, Chamberlain was trying to make
peace" Then 1 said: 81 would like
to know what he did in trying to keep
Germany from robbing Poland. That
robbery was the start of the war"
Mr.. Sexton neglected to tell us. OF
course he could not.
Then he tells us that England
financialists had Chamberlain ousted
and put Churchill in his place to get
war. Mr.. Sexton is bound to have
England blamed for the war. I must
say Germany was the aggressor of
the war when she started war on one
of the three nations that were allied
for defense.
Anyone, Mr.. Sexton included,
should be intelligent and homes
enough to consider that an honest
agreement for defense against rob-
berry war should be binding. So
England and France, when Germany
was making war on Poland, were also
at war with Germany. 1t surprised
me to read from Mr.. Sexton: Ger
many has some cause for taking up
arms against the Allies"
First, Germany will have chance
to issue currency and circulate it
without having it come in for re-
demption, so they would never run
short of money; just run the paper
machine and printing press. And
Germany wished to have her colonies
returned; but by reason she is not
entitled to that, as that was small
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
AGAINST ANTI-SPEARING LAW

Editor Askov American:
We have paid for fish license to
spear fish until January l. Now they
close the season. Wonder what they
think us fellers are, or what they will
do next? l am member of the Carl
ton Sportsmen's club of 900 members
and they are SO per cent for an open
season for fishhouse spearing.
If they don't want any summer
fishing just close the spearing season
and we won't have any fish left for
the summer fishing. Have seen several
notices against this and would like
to hear from others. 1t won't do any
good but can not do any harm.
The old timer fisherman,
EDDIE E. CLOUGH,
Barnum
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12

pensions. That war set us back about
SO billion dollars and it will remain
heavy load on the next five or six
generations-possibly longer 1t is
estimated that before the last veteran
of that war, and his dependents, have
passed away, that war will have cost
us 100 billion dollars, which is more
than one-third of our total national
wealth.
We must not allow ourselves to be
dragged into this war. According to
the rules we may furnish war materi-
al, just as Germany and Italy furn-
ished material to Spain in the late
revolution. Further than that we can
not safely go.
Census to Bring House Changes.
AS result of the late census the
states of Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Okla
homa and Pennsylvania will each lose
one seat in the House of Representa-
tives. Under the new reapportion-
ment, California will probably gain
three seats, and Arizona, Florida, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon and
Tennessee one seat each.
1t will be observed that Oregon
is the only northern state that will
increase its membership, otherwise
the benefited states are all in the
south. One reason for this is that
many northern industries have moved
to southern states because of the
cheap power that is furnished by the
government. We in the north are
taxing ourselves to build and operate
these power plants and now we are
being made to pay through the nose
for our folly in supporting this So
cialistic program.
Must Register by December rs.
Alien registration will end on De-
cember rs and all non-citizens who
have not yet registered are warned
that heavy penalties will follow fail
ure to comply with this Federal law.
All aliens, ID years of age and older,
must register in person and be fin
gerprinted.
Alien children, under IA, must be
registered by their parents or guardi-
ans.
Registration takes place at the post
offices.
There is no charge of any kind con-
nected with alien registration.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
Hospitable Auto Owner
ACQUIRES a STRANGE Bow

CLAY CENTER, KAN.-It was so
bitter cold that Tom Bigler didn't
think much about it when a stranger
climbed in beside him as he sat
warming himself in front of his cars
heater while parked on a Clay Gen.
ter street. Then small boy crawled
in and snuggled between the two
men. The stranger left and Bigler
called to him that he had forgotten
his son. "'Taint my boy" said the
stranger, 81 thought he was yours"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12
Police Ingenuity Leads
To Arrest of Fuel Thief

EAST LONGMEADOW, MASS
Investigating thefts of gasoline from
a local business man, Police Chief
Marshal Laviolette found the miss
ing fuel stored in cans in nearby
woods.
After removing the gasoline, Law
olette filled the cans with water. A
day later he arrested a motorist for
larceny when the mans auto, the
fuel tank partly filled with water,
stalled in the bus mess district.