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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15
Big Attendance
At Coop Meet
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agricultural market, Mr.. Carnes went
into detail pertaining to Central's
business. He pointed out that the
agricultural problem before us today
is that of bringing about equitable
and fair relationships between indus
try, labor and agriculture.
Regarding Central's business, Mr..
Carnes brought out that on Dec. 81,
1889, the Central Cooperative Asso-
citation had as member stockholders
588 Cooperative Livestock Shipping
Associations and 22,526 individual
farmer members.
Total value of Central stock is
sued and outstanding on December
81, 1899, was $42,806. It is interest
ing to note that with this small
amount of stock outstanding, the Gen.
trail handled a business of SOS, 1885,
909.60, during the year 1885," said
Mr.. Carnes.
The board of directors declared a
80 percent patronage refund on COM
missions collected during 1899, as
well as an percent stock dividend.
This made total cash refund and
dividend to member patrons of $685.
458.92. During the existence of the
Central Cooperative Association at
South St. Paul, it has handled over
24h million head of livestock valued
at $466, ASS, 903.76.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15
AskOv

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Tomsen, Mrs.
Anton Tomsen, Mrs. Eugene Etzer-
miller and Mrs. Martin Jorgensen
and Marlene, all of Minden, Nebr.,
came Wednesday evening for the Mrs.
Niels Olesen funeral.
Only a small delegation accompa-
MED the high school basketball team
to Moose Lake Tuesday evening. The
boys continued their record of no
defeats this year by fair margin.
Tomorrow night (Friday) the team
goes to Sandstone and it is hoped
that good sized delegation will GO
with them and cheer them on to VIC
tory. After that they have only two
more games, both on the home floor
Barnum comes here February 20,
and Willow River the 9th.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15
ASKOV
A Narrow Escape.

When Fred F. Hansen attempted
to drive across the railroad tracks
in the south part of the village Sat-
urday evening, he was so busy watch
ing for the z o'clock fast mail train
that he failed to observe slow NOV
ing freight train on the side track
with the result that he drove head
on into a box car. The car (not the
box carr was damaged considerably
so Mr.. Hansen quickly left it. When
the mail train came by the car was
wedged between the two trains and
naturally subjected to more punish
ment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

Demosthenes was the most famous
orator of the ancient Greeks.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

You saw it in the American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

not. If it were, we could receive all
state aids in full including classical
ton, supplemental, transportation and
high school transportation. The en-
tire membership of the State School
Board Association and all other school
organizations cannot be wrong in this
matter.
Some counties have started to or
ganize sectional meetings of taxpay-
ers and other groups interested in
schools so as to study the effects Of
these state aid losses to various
schools and also bring united action
and pressure for the better.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW


(C00tlnue0 nom rage ~
London where he will confer along
the same lines.
Having thus made contact with a
neutral great power and with the
allied belligerents, Mr.. Welles goes
on to Berlin to find out what Mr..
Hitler and his foreign minister,
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, may have
to say.
The American special envoy is not
to make proposals of any kind; he
has no authority to initiate negotia-
tons. He simply asks questions, and
whatever answers he may receive,
he will carry back to Mr.. Hull and to
President Roosevelt On the basis of
such information the American gov
eminent may be able to formulate
peace plans, of one kind or another.
1t is still pretty vague, all OF it, but
there is, at least, this outstanding
fact to remember that the United
States is the most powerful and the
mightiest of all nations now neutral.
That may mean something when the
dCSOQIIlS al Z W NC SANShAN w.
One More Emissary.
Aboard the liner which carries Mr..
Welles will also be Myron c. Taylor,
President Roosevelt's personal and
special representative to the papal
court at the Vatican in Rome. He,
too, will try to find out what may be
learned concerning the general Euro
pean situation, and later on he will
send report to the President.
1t is evidently the hope of Mr..
Roosevelt to compile-through discus
sions at neutral capitals; through the
conversations of Mr.. Welles with
Italian, French, British and German
statesmen, and through direct con-
nection with the papal court-facts
which may enable him to make some
sort of move with the re-establish-
ment of peace as its goal.
No Enthusiasm.
It cannot be said that these plans
have been received with enthusiasm
in belligerent capitals. Berlin is re-
ported to be mildly interested" but
London and Paris insist that there
can be no peace talk of any kind until
Germany is ready to restore political
and economic independence to Aus
tria, Czechoslovakia and Poland-and
to shed Adolf Hitler!
There is at the present moment nc
indication that Germany is ready to
accept such conditions.
Neutral countries express more
pleasure at the American moves, but
even they are skeptical, for they fear
that the wars have gone so far that
they must continue until climax OF
one kind or another is reached
Scandinavian newspaper comments
sound, however, somewhat hopeful
but here it is emphasized that any
talk about peace in Europe of neces-
Sity must include, also, the termina-
ton of the war between Finland and
Russia.
| Line Holds.
That war is continued with no
abatement in sight. For more than
a week the Russians have been ham,
merlng at the Mannerheim Line on
the Karelian isthmus, but have not
at this writing-succeeded in break
ing through. From many accounts il
appears that the Russians have been
reinforced very considerably, and that
fresh troops are of far better quail
ity-and much better equipped-than
those sent into the fray at the start
| of the conflict
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

Farther north at the Lake Ladoga
front and also-still farther north
at the Salla front the Russians are
reported to have met with fresh re-
verses. They are numerically super
ior, but so far it would seem that
the Firms are superior in everything
else but numbers.
Do They Get Help?
It is possible to calculate with al
most mathematical accuracy the out
come of the war unless the Firms re-
ceive very substantial foreign sup
port. Every Finn able to carry arms
is already taking part in the defense
of his country, and whatever reserves
there may be to draw upon are very
meager. So Finland needs men from
abroad, and, first of all, more and
more airplanes.
Reports as to the help being sent
Finland are bit confusing; one can
not very clearly distinguish between
promise and performance" but it
may be approximately correct to say
that much help already has come and
much more has been promised. The
chief Finnish fear is that the help
promised may not be sufficient, and
that it may come too late.
Military experts in many lands
feel that with the oncoming of spring
it will be far easier for the Russians
to conquer Finland than for the Firms
to defend it.
Elsewhere.
The perpetual standstill stage of
the war between Germany and Eng
land-France continues at the Franco
German frontier That is to say that
nothing happens. Many ascribe the
lack of activity to the unusually Sc
we're continental winter weather.
others feel that the armies are held
in restraint by those in power for the
purpose of making early peace talks
easier.
Very little has been going on in
connection with the naval war and the
blockades, too; a few small British
armed trawlers have been sunk, a
Norwegian tank boat badly damaged,
by German aerial bombs. And that
is the record of the last few days.
Northern Sufferers.
There is much to indicate that the
people in the neutral countries of
Scandinavia suffer more heavily than
those in the belligerent nations. Nor
way is very hard hit by the sinking
of many ships during the last few
weeks, Sweden less, but in Denmark
suffering has become acute not only
because coal-laden vessels have been
sunk but also because the country is
experiencing the worst winter any,
one can remember. The tiny reserves
of coal have been rationed; no home
can be heated above a temperature
of 81 degrees; last Sunday all the
churches of Copenhagen remained
closed because they could not be
heated; all the schools have been
closed; traffic between Jutland and
the islands is carried on by airplanes
exclusively, for all shipping, regular
ferries included, has been paralyzed
all the waters dividing Denmark into
various parts have been frozen over
and even the Kattegat sea lies dor
mant beneath dead armor of ice
Late cablegrams from Copenhagen
indicate no let-up, but hope is ex-
pressed that 18 steamers carrying
coal-now icebound in the Kattegat-
may be able to get through one OF
the first days Six icebreakers are
working desperately to bring this
about.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

FOR SALE-1929 Model A roadster
-Jens Bagge, Ingleside Dairy
Askov. 25W23-lt
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15
Hinckley Gets An
Electric Whiteway

Hinckley recently installed white
way, or in other words new street
lighting equipment The new i'm
provement throws good light both
on the sidewalk and the street.
The Minnesota Power & Light Co.
furnishes the electricity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

The salmon fish is noted for its
ability to jump waterfalls while
swimming upstream.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

The goose-step is the name of the
peculiar gait for which German SOL
dierS are noted.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15
Annual Baseball Trip in Making.

The Askov On-to-Nicollet commit
tee is corresponding with officials in
Minneapolis preparatory to arrang-
ing for the annual baseball expedi-
ton to the Millers' baseball park.
Announcements will be forthcoming
when a definite date and game has
been set.
The committee is making every eff
fort to secure a date which will be
acceptable to most of the fans and
urges every one to begin making plans
so that this community may again be
one of the winners and thus receive
good publicity via the radio.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15
More Want Ads

FOR SALE-Studio couch, in Al
condition. Priced to sell. Wanted
Kitchen sink.-Lenny Lewiston, z
miles north, " west, Askov.
25W23- IT.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-15

Francis Bacon is sometimes cred
tied with being the real author of
Shakespeare's plays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31
Dsdd Candidate
For Cosumissioner

Harvey w Dedd ~ puystlap,
winner OF the Democratic nomin.
alton for county commissioner in
district No. in 1898. IL again .
candidate FOR this position and
stresses development OF the public
power program TO aid the return
NJ prosperity 10 Pierce county.
Dodd received nearly $4,000
votes In the 1893 race. just a few
hundred short OF victory. Again
in this campaign. Dodd asks for
better treatment Of the aged ard
an necessary improvement At the
county hospital. He seeks coonom-
ical. dust free roads for rural
areas and demands one hundred
cents in value for every aoIisE OF
county money spent.
Dcdd In az years Of age. ne
has been a resident Of the state
81 years and OF Pierce county ~
years. He Is newspaper writer
and editor by profession.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31

Citing ms engineering tr.sgsuv
- ore qusisfacsfson. Carl o~ss0nd
of Fsrtiand continues hls cam.
paign for the Republican nomina-
ton as county commissioner Of
district ~ 1
Another qualification fsr the
pest he seeks - experience oh
tanned when he previously served
a. commissioner IN the district
There are many people IN
Pierce county who are familiar
with my record then" o-tiund
commented. and know es my fat
meas 10 serve again"
MY engineering training shsssii
prove q vame IN estimating my
competency 10 deal with county
business
ostiund asserts he IL opposed 90
any small clique attempting TO
dictste who district csndidhie
should BE-. OF how county business
should be run
Until recently oStiand WIS engi-
neer FOR the city % puyaiiup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31
F.rpaeh Seeking
Commissioner Post

Born and raised in the district.
Joe f. Karpach. 80. Of 1927 50. X
st. is seeking the democratic nom-
nation for county commissioner
in district No. two. At present he
is county constable. serving his
second term. Previously he was a
merchant. interested in meat and
grocery business.
Karpach is a past president Of
the Commercial Travellers; past
president of the 23rd st. Improve
ment club, an officer of the Eagles
lodge; and a member of both the
Moose and Maccabees.
A businesslilke administration is
promised by the candidate. who
would personally supervise road
construction; urges continued
county hospital improvements and
development OF the tidefists in
dusfrfal areas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31
Din 10 Clean
Up State House

Former u 5. Senator c. c. Dill.
candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor SAYS:
I arm running for governor 10
cic>n cut of the STATE house al
unnecessary. incffscient. Dictator
iei and high salaried commissions
and officials. There are e. bearsis,
commissions and departments
doing only nine kinds of work and
spending SIS. 900. 600 per year he
declares. and we don't need a
forth of them.
Il think this Psuper CLAUSE
requiring old people TO sign away
their last dollar il a tragedy and
IL I am governor, it's out" These
old people were our pioneers
they don't owe US anything. but
we do owe them everything.
Dill has leveled smashing YER
bal blows at Charles Ernst and
the welfare department. pnomis-
ing a complete house cleaning
followed by a reorganization.
A long vigorous advocate of
public owned power. DIN says that
another reason he il campaigning
for governor is his desire to see
cheap electricity available 10 all
Il have been in public life for
20 years" Dill continued. / have
made a record. I could not change
II IL would, and I would not
change il II I could. The voters
know this record. The united sup
port of organized labor first
elected me to the u. s. Senate and
I have continued to keep my.word
with labor and the voters through
out my career.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31

A descendant AZ tse noted plss-
neer family. Henry Fa~s ~ss ears
40 y~zrs sso - thr neash - ti~
rtivsiisrp river Sa.ce thea -
always has been CLOSELY associates
win heth maritIm~ ss,a ciesr -.
nslFs II rsrssaa.
ffis Noteworthy sohs-~vmeat~ !.
me faHmer nss srsszht tnss city
satlsnai psumsn~ucs. whsl- ns~ a.
vetson IN public eneerpst-~s s--s
civic h~ttaFment sntsTsses - ~
splrlnH Ut ~ Accomplishment
whtch has mase he n.use sen~aT-
meus vita community lss<ief~hsp
and un~aeerfsa lsysl1y
Fc~. 10 = rsruhisrsn eaasnaat-
fsr state srnafcr fssm th~ rsta
fistsict ss~nt hss riatfssn. -
sad.
NY whuie ilre - trpetsd staspiy
n Fundamental AnaeHiusaiaa sFd
msnsaitarlsnlsm thune flne prin-
cipi~s whereby we rcspenssHie citi-
zcns strive u kpvrrn sars~i~~-
well. eadesvoring u ~ th~ Frrs1-
eve pea.si.ie permanent god fs~
me eqasl seurflt ~ al tsIusss
values are the onty TRUE valas.'.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31
Taylor Moking Hot
State Compoiqn

Jack Taylor. democratic csndi-
date for state commissioner of
public lands. IN making a whiri-
wind campaign in the state. maxi
ing spirited attacks on the present
administration of the office. Ne
In pointing out that impairment Of
schooi-land assets can fall directly
on the taxpayers in increased
taxes. siso that II Ii hl<ely to occur
soon II school land raids" are not
stopped.
Taylor In a businessman with
six years background of public
service, as county commissioner In
King county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31
Senator Post
Is Sought

Congressman Nen {. Wailsr~n
Of Everett. creator % the Olympic
Nstienal park and the sathor ef =
tariff bsil whGsA projects the erdar
sisineie Industry. in campaigning
for the past cf u. : Senator. hcsd
by L q. Schwellcnbaeh. whe has
accepted appointment 10 a judes-
snip.
w,ssieren. a Democrat. represent
I'd the second congressional dis
tract dasrsnH tine whole ef President
Rooseveits administration. Both
men were electea first In 1a2a and
Wsiie1~n has ceen re-ciccted three
times since.
During the 10 sessions Of con
g1'ess convened In eight years.
Wsllsren gained invaluable exper-
ience which friends throughout the
ststc feel should be utilized In the
senate now that sen Schwellen.
bach Is withdrawing to become a
jurist.
During his eight years in Con
gress. Wailsren has cooperated
with congressman from all dis
tricts. He has worked with them
on great many problems Of state
wide interest and is well versed In
the needs of the state Ne in a
member OF three important comit-
tees: Merchants Marine Fisheries.
Roads and Flood Control.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31

Townsend club members win
hold a mass meeting "Wednesday
evening at 8 p. m. In Odd Fellows
hall. 6th and Fawcett, TO hear
Frank T. Bell. candidate for U. s.
senator. Refreshments will he
served following the political
talks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-31
Candidates


Repubhcan-
John r. McCutcheow
Mel VOORHEES,
Paul II. Hebs
John l.. Finnexna
f7th Dist.
Democrat
Edward L. Pett<>s
Albert Meade
Paul Sandeeren
Edward A. Lafferty
Republican
Walter Berg
J. Fl. Davis
.sth Dist.
Democrat
Hugh ]. Roseilini
J. Fl. Ryan
C. V. Mmsey
Republican
John c. Sullivan
esth Dist.
Democrat
2. A. Vane
Allen Emerson
c. A. cliff" Erdahi
Republican
Arthur W. Sloyer
Carless o. Brown
p. Oscar Storlie
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-02-01

daughter, Deborah, Major Whist
ler's best loved child, created a per-
manent crisis in the family that
was resolved only when Deborah
found escape from Russia in mar
riage.
Young Jimmie Whistler alone
found Russia a continual delight.
In the grayish dreaminess Of north
ern days he discovered the key for
his future painting, and in the gilt
tering snobbery of the aristocrats
he found the manners of democracy
and behaved always as though he
expected to be treated like a SEN
sitive foreign government"
In "Whistler's Father" Mr.. Parry
has written a many-faceted book.
He has told an exciting story of
railroad pioneering in a time and
place that offered every conceivable
obstacle to success. He has pre-
scented to the life a strangely as
sorted American family that boast
ed at least one genius. He has
made a tapestry of the barbaric
splendor and decadence of old Rus
STA; and he has recorded the first
meeting, conflict and collaboration
of Russia's natural resources and
unnatural autocracy with Ameri-
cas- technical genius and demo
cracy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-02-01
BQ8fReeNMew
By Bernice Hnnesan
WHISTLER'S FATHER
By Parry

Whistler's father has the original
claim to the title of the forgotten
man. Though obscured by the fame
of his wife's portrait and his sons
wit, Major George Washington
Whistler was man of parts and
the hero Of strange and colorful
adventure. Whistler's Father is
the story of a Yankee at Tsar
Nicholas court, and of what the
barbaric Russia of the 1S40s did to
an American engineer, his puritan
wife, and his irresistible son who was
to become the famous painter,
James MacNeill Whistler.
Major Whistler became famous
throughout the world for his pion-
eer building Of American railroads
in the 1905. It was his fortune
that he, a dyed-in-the-wool demo-
crat, should be invited to come to
Russia by Nicholas I, the most au-
tocratic ruler Of his day, to build
the first Russian railroad, the line
from St. Petersburg to Moscow
Russia had not emerged from a
decaying feudalism when the
Whistler family settled there to in
troduce the iron horse. Seven
years later, when Major Whistler
died, broken-hearted with home.
sickness and his failure to see the
project through to completion, he
and his family had lived through
enough turmoil and excitement fol
a lifetime.
/ Hollywood could not have con
ceived a more exotic setting, anC
a novelist could not have created
a more absorbing set of charact
ers. Whistler faced all the hard
ships of railroad building in a coun
try of vast spaces. In addition he
was working for a dissolute and
capricous tyrant for whom the rail
road was a military toy; he had
to deal with a bureaucracy whose
brazen corruption and personal
jealousies made any progress al
most impossible; for laborers he
had to use the appalingly ignorant
serfs of old Russia.
How clever this foreign gentle.
man." they said, who has harness
ed this samovar and made it rum
The task killed him, but he remain
ed to the last the ingenious en-
gineer and incorruptible democrat
The other Whistlers did not es
cape from the Russian experience
Ann Whistler-despite the testi
mony of her portrait-was a puri
tan with fanatic zeal for reform
In her eyes all the Russians were
unwashed heather, and for the
sake Of their souls she went among
them distributing Protestant tracts
Her jealousy of her beautiful step
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-02-01

February 18th.
Last Tuesday a Scouter meeting
was held at the Palmer House
advancement meeting at which Ben
Couger, a regional Ten official pre-
sided. The Scouters are as follows:
George Berggreen, district advance
chairman; Louis Lovik, district
chairman; Art Rosenwald. cubmas-
ter; and Don Clough, Scoutmaster.
Rev. Harris ana Harley Forsyth
attended an organization meeting
Tuesday at Brainerd. A Scout rec
reation period Is held every Satur-
day from ten to twelve.
Last Saturday the troop went on
a ski hike.
G. A .A.-Last Monday evening
the G. A. A. members had very
delectable pot luck supper. (Many
of the basketball boys are serious
ly considering joining this club
could it be the food that's getting
them?) Getting back on the sub.
ject, though, the get-together was
enjoyed by all!
ELEMENTARY BUSYBODIES
The children in group one OF
Miss Henkels' class are going to
finish their primer, Day In and
Day Out" Next week they will
start to work on a first grade read.
err and workbook. This week they
had their tests on reading and all
received very good marks. They
can count and write the numbers
to eighty. AS walked in the door
the first thing to attract my at.
tention was the border above the
front blackboard. 1t consisted OF
snowmen with a light blue back
ground and a fine cotton for snow
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-02-01

ing put to a vote, the following vot-
ed AYE: r. T. Pangburn, r. B.
Kettlewell, Carl Eckberg and J. c.
Kinsella. Mays, none. Where
upon the ordinance was duly passed
and adopted.
The motion is as follows: Moved
that proposed Chapter No. 231 Of
the ordinances OF the City, entitled
can Ordinance authorizing the sale
and conveyance to William M. Par
ker of easements in lots No. 2
and of block 81 Of the Original
Townsite Of Sank Centre, State of
Minnesota" was being passed and
adopted. The said ordinance was
thereupon declared to be duly pass
ed and adopted.
There being nc further business
it was moved to adjourn. Motion
carried.