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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-21
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MAIDS Bollesen Succumbs.

From Tyler comes the news that
MAIDS Bollesen died at the Tyler hos
pital on November 9, reaching the
age of n years. Mr.. Bollesen has
been very active in church work and
for many years has attended every
national convention of the Danish
Lutheran church that he could pos
sibly get to. Nearly everyone knew
him by his first name and just called
him MAIDS. His cheerful smile and
pleasant personality will be missed
by many friends throughout the land.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-21
Red Cross Membership Drive.

Mrs. E. l. Parson, chairman of the
local Red Cross Membership drive,
states that she is well pleased with
the results obtained here the first of
the week. The village was divided
into three districts in which a house
to house canvass was made by the
following teams: Mrs. Manford Mel
son and Mrs. Edwin Sorensen, Mrs.
c. Richard Petersen and Mrs. Ed
mund Rix, Mrs. Carl c. Paulsen and
Mrs. E. l. Parson.
Askov's quota is set at 70 men,
berships. This was not reached, but
the chairman is in hopes that there
will come in large number of men,
berships from people and organiza-
tons in Fleming and Partridge town
ships. A number of people who
could not take out memberships at
81 m e donations of m a | e r
amounts. There were also several
places where they did not find any
one at home, so anyone who was
missed is asked to advise the chair
man of their desire to take part in
this worthy program.
The Morgensen Chevrolet Company
delivered a new International truck
to A. Henriksen the first of the week.
The American Legion post and its
Auxiliary will have venison supper
Saturday, November 80. A quilt will
no oiuQr ouyou Of fhaf fiy,oo
Mrs. J. P. Sorensen was in Mime
apolis the first of the week to visit
her son Harry who has been confined
in hospital. He is slowly improv-
ing now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Folmer Hansen of
Tyler, came last Thursday for visit
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chr. Sandahl. The following
day Mr.. Hansen went to the northern
part of the state to hunt deer.
The first of the week Einar Ras-
mussen completed the installation Of
a new smoker table which seems to
be the main attraction for those who
are proficient in the art of playing
pool.
Holger, Thorvald and Eiler Fisher
and another man from Minneapolis,
were here over the weekend to do
their annual deer hunting as well as
visit at the home of the boys parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bertel Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Sorensen and
children of Pennington, were here
Sunday for a visit with relatives and
friends. Mr.. Sorensen is employed
in Minneapolis now but they still
live at Pennington.
Mrs. Bud Christensen came from
Duluth the first of the week to stay
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Christensen, while the latter
is ill. Carl and Svend Christensen
and friend from Duluth, were here
Sunday for a visit at the parental
home.
A carload of eight John Deere
tractors was unloaded here last week;
three of them went to Barnum and
the other five to the Sorensen Imple-
ment Company. Dealers are obliged
to take them at this time as the fac
tory might not be in position to make
the usual spring deliveries due to
anticipated orders from the govern
ment.
A "quitter" never wins; winner
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-21

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the big display case and cooler is
well stocked with meats of all kinds.
Under existing conditions here the
store should enjoy fine business in
this line.
Evening star., 1940-01-22

top floor. 2 rms. kit. bath back porch;
pvt home: heat. gas. elec. furn.; unlimited
phone: available February lst
Evening star., 1940-01-22

1O1 4VU1I u II :. ~ w
Ideal residence for b. .iness people. Pri-
vate baths, showers. attractive lounges;
selective menus; switchboard service.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

This creature is never spoken of
IN polite society. In fact, when
mentioned at all, it is when there
are two or more in huddle de-
vising a plan to rid the premises
of the willy beast. Cockroaches,
having become. domesticated, are
well aware of their limitless oppor-
tunities in the land of plenty.
Further, they must train scouts to
find out just where abundance may
be found, when too vigilant house.
keeper puts her whole attention on
routing the intruders. It is not an
uncommon sight which many scien-
lists and others have witnessed, to
see colony of these reddish-brown
runners of the gloam marching
away from a place where food IS
unobtainable to one that promises
great riches. The army, by the way,
takes the shortest cut to supplies,
and turns neither to the right nor
the left, apparently under instruc-
tions.
We have left this vast group to
promote their own interests too
long. We have not counted upon
their intelligence, their determina-
ton to prosper, and their ability
to find what they seek.
When an insect survives through
centuries, that is proof of ability
to outwit mere human tolerance.
Cockroaches have been found in
carboniferous rocks and one form
in Silurian sandstone. That shows
how persistent the type is. Great
numbers existed in geologic periods
prior to the tertiary.
One thing has been found out.
"A young couple will set up house.
keeping in your kitchen or pantry
and within a short time grand
mother and father will be help
ing to take care of the younger
generation. Old age is around eight
years and when you inspect one of
the egg-baskets you can hardly
compute the number you will be
feeding within short time. Since
food is always so obtainable in
America, it will take only one year
for maturity. In Europe, this period
takes from four to five years.
Mother cockroach will trust nc
member of her family with the egg
purse dt is the original design,
upper and all, for the familiar to-
bacco pounch), but she carries it
about with her until the babies are
Evening star., 1940-01-22

OF valor. Besides, even busy reaches
sleep and rest during the day be-
cause they have earned their living
through the night hours.
Since the digestion of the crea-
lures is superb, it is difficult to
find any food that will disagree with
them. Hunger will cause great un-
rest among them. Therefore, spend
your money on air-tight containers,
keep your kitchen and pantry free
from even an odor of food. In a
short time you will be free-your
neighbors, alas, will unknowingly be
the victims of the hungry horde
unless you remind them of your
strategy.
Evening star., 1940-01-22

5100 BLOCK NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. NV.
private home; available Feb Ist.: gas
stove. elec. refg.. heat. light and gas
furnished; to employed gentiles, S4S. BOX
Evening star., 1940-01-22
9. <. Osborne Named
To Rail Industry Group

Harold D. Jacobs, administrator of
the wage and hour division, United
States Department of Labor, an
nounced today that George E. Os-
borne of the law faculty of Leland
Stanford University has been ap-
pointed public member of the
Railroad Industry Committee. Mr..
Osborne was appointed to succeed
Oscar K. Gushing, attorney of San
Francisco, who resigned.
The committee will meet in Wash
ington February IL, under the direc-
tion of Frank P. Graham, president
Of the University of North Carolina.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Natures Children
American CockrOach
(Periplaneta americana)

about to step from their egg shell.
Sometimes she helps them from the
satchel, and has been known to
have the assistance of one Of her
older daughters, even her own
mother. The young reaches grow
slowly, passing through as many as
seven molts, changing of tight
clothes, before they are fully grown.
Any kind Of food appeals to them.
What one group eats in one estab-
lshment may not be the diet Of
their friends and relatives next door.
During the day these creatures
remain undercover, having found
that discretion is the better part
Evening star., 1940-01-22
FOUND.
SPECIAL NOTICES.

DOG, black and white mongrel, mostly
pointer, found near Capitol. 5070 Lowell
st: Emerson $3.50.
Evening star., 1940-01-22

CEDAR COURTS" NEAR WALTER REED.
. 40 Cedar st-3 or 4 spacious rooms
bath. porch; near everything; Fairgrounds;
utilities incl: S62.5O-$79.50. Mgr. Geo.
Evening star., 1940-01-22

WEAVER APIS. 1873 IRVING ST. NV
Conv. to schools, churches, shops; excellent
trans. facilities: 3 rooms. kit. and bath.
S55;, See resident manager or call Adams
Evening star., 1940-01-22
HELP MEN.
(Continued,)

sAIEsMEN-.Those who nave hsd expert
eisties W. have moved %Gee e our own nn1 buile i
saMdr0Ns afse xRaEsT 10Fos AppHAscs
HOUSE and sell refrigerators, ranges and
eom@lsslen. IN Hsi.s. M nGSi 81 e1o g. ns ssiaf' ana
in washinston B. G.. and Vicinity. Pleas
for sppolntment. Boz 2ss aas.z. Star. star "''''
WANTED young married man with car for
sales service and collection work We pay
ssure salary and q and
Apply Mon. or Tues. / pm. to s pm. GIL
Georgia ave. NV.
4 PAY PAY CHECK every week for right man
District of annss.
sssEary; season starting. KayBee. New
AGENCY. writing all lines Insurance. look
commission contract to those able to pro-
6sce. 6.ss Don Don't aIfsger unless you mean busi-
Observation-Disclosures
Re Ueek kSu 1sys WNy,d 1aT few 81 spare hours days
cpeas,ne CT M % your income $l90 per month"; II
you. The work is dienified and interesting
ana ana hhsiptul st. to humanity. Car necessary.
AS0N OI-H1 0thI
AT ONCE.
msa "a to So t. national
have car and furnish % " best sfd references; fUanes
position permanent with moderate income
aas e 54a App ctoy
WHITE MEN,
II years Of age; with one year residence
IN p S or nr neaIsy - Md dvs o. Va with D.
DIAMOND CABS.
FREE INSTRUCTIONS.
Apply Mr.. A. L. Livsie. Rm. Ill. 1888
14th 81. NV between and pm.
PERMANENT-Must be depend
able, conscientious and of neat
appearance. The business is a
reliable one with good income.
References required. Apply 205
Denrike Bldg, 1910 Vermont
ave. NV, at 1880 sharp, Wednes-
day morning.
WANTED MECHANICAL
ENGINEER. WE HAVE AN
OPENING FOR A MAN WITH
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
TRAINING AND EDUCA-
TION. HE MUST BE ABLE
TO DIRECT AND GET CO.
OPER RATION FROM A
GROUP OF MECHANICS.
WE WANT TO GIVE HIM A
THOROUGH TRAINING IN
OUR BUSINESS so THAT
HE CAN IN DUE TIME TAKE
OVER THE POSITION OF
MANAGER OF ALL OUR
M MECHANICAL OPERA
TIONS. HE MUST WANT TO
MAKE THIS HIS PERMA-
NENT BUSINESS AND
MUST HAVE EXECUTIVE
ABILITY. MUST BE MEN
TALLY ALERT. SALARY,
MODEST AT FIRST, BUT
DEPENDING ON HIS ABIL-
ITY, WILL BE A VERY SAT-
ISFACTORY CONNECTION.
BOX 27O-Z, STAR.
Evening star., 1940-01-22

1872 RANDOLPH ST. NV.
S49.50.
$40 NEWTON: :PL. NV.
rms, bath. elec. refg.. S31 80,
1928 LYMAN PL. NE
rms. bath. S42 So
OLIVER T. CARR
Mills Bldg. Natl. 2s65.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
MAEFRED ARMS.

Wesley Hall and Annexes,
1903 K ST. NV, offers the best in down.
town room and board accommodations Ex-
rms. :: moderately priced District 100.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
TO HANG A SHOE
ABOVE THE DOOR
Nevada State JournaD

An eastern newspaper is in receipt OF
the following letter for a reader:
Sir would appreciate it very much
if you would inform me the proper way
to hang horseshoe in the home.'
pause, please, in a welter of world
worries to ponder a pertinent problem.
If Lady Luck is to be wooed, she must
needs be wooed in a way to win.
Casual inquiry leads to the conviction
that two schools of thought divide con-
troll BY one school nail is driven into
the wall at slight angle from the hori
zontal and the horseshoe placed over it
there to be suspended simply by its own
arch. Thus is the horseshoe held to be
magnet that attracts good luck and re-
pels bad, radiating its beneficence like
beacon
If the shoe be considered however as
a trap that collects luck floating thinly
in the atmosphere, the heels and the
open end must point skyward, for one
would not set out a bucket upside down
to catch the rain. Others think that a
shoe is no good unless hung over a door
or fireplace
Still another school insists the only
lucky horseshoe is a cast one found by
chance, and there are those who will de-
clare solemnly it is but a bit of metal,
useless when not nailed to an equine
hoof.
And there are the cynical who insist
that the most important thing to do when
hanging a horseshoe, either way, is to be
certain that the nail is firmly in place
lest the horseshoe drop off and inflct
a bump of bad luck on someone's luck
less head.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
by Willis Thornton ;.
Home Guard. Proceed with Caution

In the heat of the election few
people noticed that Congress on
Oct. 2l passed an act authorizing
the setting up of "home guard"
units in the states.
The idea, of course. is to pro-
vide some sort of a force which
could be used as a substitute for
the national guard as the guards
units go into the federal service
and, in many cases, leave the state
1t has been Congress thought, evi-
IDENTITY, that it. would be unwise to
leave states without some force
which could be called out in case
of fire, flood, or natural disaster,
OF riot or internal disturbance, or
of concerted sabotage of manu-
featuring or producing facilities
The basic idea is. probably all
right. But any activities of this
kind ought to be carried out only
in a completely responsible man
ner. The country wants no anna
teur vigilantes trooping up and
down the land, acting on whatever
sort OF wild hunch seems to them
a good idea at the time. We are not
at war, and there is so much the
less excuse for any of the acts
OF terrorism that were perpetrated
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

in 1917-18 in the name of "home
guarding"
Private organizations, no matter
how patriotic, should not be al
lowed to organize or support any
such forces. They should be public
forces, completely organized. train
ed, and controlled by the army. sub
ject as the army is, to proper
civilian authority.
In fact, it would not be a bad idea
to raise any such force by the
draft, just as the regular army is
raised, That would insure that
nome defense, as we'll as national
defense, be entrusted to a cross
section OF the nations people, and
not overweighted BY any single e.
conomic or political group. 1t would
insure that the burden of such
service would be evenly distributed.
Only completely responsible and
properly trained officers should be
placed IN charge, and all activities
snould be subject to control and re-
view by public civilian authority.
Only thus will any home guard
activity be properly geared to ac-
compllSh what it is meant to ac-
compllsh, and nothing else
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
TWO KINDS OF UNITY

Unity is dangerous word in this
country, or any other free country 1t
is a dangerous word because there is
more than one kind of unity.
We want one kind We have it. We
do not want another kind, and God will
ing, we will never have it.
We have and want to keep the kind of
naity in which we present single front
8 Eainst aggression from without and
tlosion from within the kind Of unity in
. which we can debate and disagree among
ourselves yet offer no weakness at which
others can strike
We have not, and do not want, the kind
of unity in which the word of one man is
all-powerful We do not want the blind
unity in which we must forever agree
with each other about everything, for
fnaf-uf deathIff we do not.
Germany has unity under Adolf Hitler.
Rt is not the kind we want
Pur unity must be the democratic kind.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
MELTING POT
(Chico Enterprise)

Visitors to Hawaii are always i'm
pressed, sometimes concerned, by the
racial pot-pourri they find there. What
ever aspect the United States proper still
retains as racial melting pot are far
overshadowed by that which is simmer
ing in the islands.
Consider recent primary election
after which the following extended pub
lie thanks to the voters for victory.
Steere G. Noda, Clement T. Moriyanna,
Sam lchinose, F. Lang, Akana (who
sound very Japanese indeed) Yew Char
and Philip n. Sing (no more Chinese than
Chang Kaishek), David L. Conklin,
Hebden Porteus and James G.. Needles,
breath of England), Oliver Kinney and
James M. Tramp O'Dowda (sod of
lreland), Edwin P. Murray (touch of
Scotch Heather), NJ. C. Pacheco (dash
of Spanish).
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
RESPECTFUL BY LAW
wall Street JournaD

\
The danger to democracy lurking in
free press had an airing in the Senate
last Thursday. Proposing to exclude
from the congressional press galleries
correspondents who are careless of the
sensibilities of our lawmakers, Senator
Wheeler said:
"People must have respect for men,
bers of the Senate and the House, espec-
tally in these times when there is trend
to totalitarianism throughout the coun-
try"
Quite so. But if we want to stop this
trend toward totalitarianism why not do
more than only bar disrespectful CORE
spondents from Capitol press galleries?
Why not
Be it enacted-That writer's for the
press shall always be respectful of men,
bers of Congress, no matter what said
members of Congress do or say.
This one simple statute, with an ap-
propriate penalty clause, would preserve
democracy for all time-embalm it in the
memories of this passing generation and
when we are gone, in the book of history
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
by Bruce Cation :.
The Inside Track in Washington

we're really trying to reform most
of the United States just by the
power of example" says Corwin
Edwards, Arnold's chief aide in the
drive.
Edwards office today has on
file a list of 70 specific cases on
which complaints have been re-
ceived, and on which action is in
dicated, which cannot be handled
because there is no one to handle
them.
Nor has the division been able
to do anything effective yet TO
loosen the innumerable complexi-
ties of the various city building
codes-one of the biggets single
reasons for the high price of houses.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

In asaa~.@-ership you cannot decide
how much you're going to give to help
support those who are needy and en-
courage those who are worthy. You get
an order to give a certain percentage of
all you make, and you give it-or else!
In this democracy of ours, you don't
have to give anything if you don't want
to, except through the federal taxes lev
led by your own representatives.
But the thing that keeps this a democ-
racy is the willingness of ordinary folks
to shoulder responsibility to help their
fellows, to encourage character build
ing and to make-possible the hundred
and one activities which no amount of
federal or state relief could take care Of
There is no room in a dictatorship for
sympathy or understanding; there is no
room in democracy for any activity in
-yhich these two things are not blended.
Only free people can, out of the good
ness of their hearts, give active support
to agencies and organizations intended
solely 10 help the needy, the homeless,
the handicapped, the young and the suf-
fering.
sOnl,'a democracy could offer such a
Community Chest drive as gets under way
this VI tx, with non-salaried leaders in
the community giving their time and eff
1OIt eHdhc IL success. Only IN de-
mocraE will you find such free, unfet-
as the Welfare Board, the
US. u. Mathe Salvation Army, the Y
lCatbol;c he Camp Fire Girls, the Boy
Hard of Hearing Society and
Missouri lealth Camp banded together
wa,o fish drive for funds to help
" aAe ed help most.
'iiNes' such organizations, each
Wisconsilfferent purpose, each doing
good it is little enough to ask
oregon unity to contribute $10,9OO-the
.s4rSfas present drive.
1t is privilege of democracy that we
can contribute, each according to his abil-
its. {
Let's live up to democracy Let's put
the Community Chest over the top.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.-The
Department of Justices campaign
to lower building costs is beginn-
ing to stall just at a time when the
governments defense program is
being handicapped by the lack OF
low-cost housing at various muSh-
rooming centers of defense produc-
ton.
Two things are wrong with the
picture. =
In the first place, the antitrust
division has neither the men nor
the money to make fully effective
the campaign it began a year ago.
Early this year Thurman Arnold
warned a congressional committee
that to succeed, the campaign must
expand constantly. He asked for
a s30O0,000 appropriation and got
81 1926 900, which made expansion
impossible. Today he is being for
ced to lay off men to keep within
his budget
In the second place, the anti
trust division has never been able
to attack the chief restraints that
make small houses expensive 1t has
acted against combinations which
boost the prices of certain mater
ials. and it has hit a number of
trade union rackets But in the
main these things are more impor-
tant in the field of large-scale
building than in the small-house
field
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
So They Say

l always pray when l get in one
of them things.
Aged colored lady of Little Rock,
explaining why she did not have
her eyes open to see the cause
OF an auto accident.
A Slogan is good only after it
has been repeated 1000 times.
Price Gilbert advertising expert.
North American militariSm will
be the most grandiose of all his
tory 1t will begin by inheriting the
British Empire.
The late Leon Trotsky in the last
press interview before his murder.
1t is automatic to say that in the
current struggle of forces to sway
The destiny of South America Bra
zil holds the key.
Walter R. Sharp in the Inter
American Quarterly.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

The oldest era in geological his
tory is the Archeozoic Era. Rocks
dating back to that era yield no
fossils.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

The United States produced 327,-
09G000 pounds of raw aluminium in
1899, as compared to 286,882, 900
pounds in 1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

Rain halted University of
Alabama students 66-hour cam
paign speech. Rain usually comes
after long dry spell.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

Oakland farmers claim covering
eggs ruined by a National Guard
shell was refused. Egg-shell shock
doesn't count.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

DR.. Roy Chapman Andrews,
scientists, predicts future man will
have no little toe. Oh, well, that's
the one that never fits into a new
shoe.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
Did You Know?

The Indian Dischidia, a climbing
plant, has leaves that develop as
pouches and roots that grow in
side the leaves.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

What's biting you draftees? Your
Uncle Sam has ordered 100000
yards of mosquito netting.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
Famous Sayings

He that will believe only what he fully compre-
hend, must have very long head or very short
creed-Colton.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

Measurements made during 1898
the circumference of the
planet Venus by seven miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
Baf'bs

Half loaf is better than working
all day Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
DEFENSE HOUSING
SHORTAGE ACUTE

But while the attempt to get
housing prices down is failing, the
government is being forced to spend
a lot of money to meet a housing
shortage, caused by expansion of
the defense program.
In many areas this shortage is
acute. Civilian population of some
towns has doubled almost over
night, and rents have gone sky
high. New housing must be had
at once-yet 1t may be needed only
Tor a few years, and the private
builder naturally hesitates to go
into the field unless he can get a
high price.
To meet this problem, Defense
Housing Co-ordipator Charles F..
Palmer has approved. immediate
construction OF housing projects
ID 63 vital defense areas.
MANPOWER
NEEDED 4#=
1t is fair to say the whole anti
trust campaign against high build
ing costs so far has only scratched
the surface.
When it started, the antitrust
division investigated the situation
IN 26 American cities. In "a of
them it found circumstances re-
quiring action. To date it has
been able to act in only 12-and
IN some OF these it has not been
able to get effective results be-
cause OF lack of manpower.
What it amounts to is that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

Wouldn't it be nice if we could
wear new shoes for a few days be-
iore putting them on?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
NOTICE

Notice that Mr.. James c. Grigsby
IS no longer connected with the
Brennecke Farm, Tract 81, Town.
ship Is, Range Ia, County of Imper-
ial, State of California"
HENRY and JOSEPH BRENNECKE