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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-27

other cities showed similar results. 1
am wondering how it affected bust
ness in Minnesota.
Minnesota's New Congressman.
This Congress has been in session
long enough so that it is possible to
gauge the capacity of the new mem
bers from Minnesota-Joseph P. o.
Hara of the Second district, and Rich
ard P. Gale of the Third district. Both
of these gentlemen are real acqui-
sitions to the delegation. They are
hard and conscientious workers and
with the passing of years, will become
more and more valuable to their dis
trict, state and country.
Mr.. O'Hara is already a member of
the very important Judiciary COM
mittee. Mr.. Gale was given three
committees Affairs, Coinage,
Weights and Measures and Civil Serv-
ice. The first is of particular i'm
portance. In Minnesota we have
10000 Chippewas and Mr.. Gale will
bring to their service sympathetic
understanding. Coinage, Weights and
Measures regulates currency issuances
as well as the value thereof. This
committee occupies a strong position
in the House.
Waterway Agreement.
Last week marked the elimination
of the long fight to bring tidewater to
Minnesota and o t h er northwestern
states. America and Canada have
reached an agreement. Of the total
estimated cost of 266 million dollars,
our share will be 2O6 millions. Canada
is given credit for 1870 million on the
existing Welland canal. A 22OO-mil-
lion h. p. hydro-electric plant is part
of the scheme. Work on the project
will begin this spring.
To Farm out Work.
The need for speed in rearmament
will force showdown with concerns
having large government contracts
and they will be compelled to sub
let considerable portion thereof to
smaller concerns who were not in
position to bid on the original jobs.
AS matter of fact this should have
been done long ago and we probably
have some of the Dollar-a-Year men
to thank for the fact that it was not
done sooner.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-27

group themselves divided on major
issues, such as civil service, there is
not much concerted action in this
body of the legislature, and when a
bill comes up one never knows
whether the bill will pass or not and
there is much hot argument on minor
amendments.
Repeal One-Mill Road Tax.
The repeal of the one-mill road tax
was practically assured, Thursday, by
the granting of a special order on this
measure. Mr.. Finstuen of Goodhue
county stated that the governor would
veto the &c gas tax unless accompan-
led by the repeal of the one-mill and
would also veto the one-mill repeal
unless accompanied by the &c gas tax
With that kind of an ultimatum, there
was only one thing we could do, and
we did it.
The Supreme Court upheld the state
chain store tax, this week, which
means that this act, which expired
the first of the year, will have to be
re-enacted, possib ly with slightly
higher rates. While there is no desire
on the part of the legislature to put
the chain store out of business, we
feel that they should be taxed to the
extent of any advantage they may
have over an Independent merchant.
Debate on Fair Trade Act.
The so-called fair trade act has
come out of committee with a mark
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-27
Oak Lake

Mrs. Arvid Anderson and Curtis
and Barbara spent one day in Du-
luth last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ignatz Pionk and
family spent Sunday afternoon at the
o. j. Fiske home.
Leonard Barnett spent Sunday at
the Nels Johnson home.
John Ferguson came home from
agricultural school Saturday and re-
turned again the next day to get his
belongings.
Miss Doris Anderson is spending
a few days at her home here after
visiting her sister, Mrs. Larry Lind
berg in Duluth. She returned Fri
day from two weeks trip to Chi
cago. She will return to work in
Minneapolis the latter part of the
week.
Willard and Dorothy Fjosne helped
George Tobaleski celebrate his fifth
birthday Saturday. Mrs. Fjosne
visited Mrs. Tobaleski.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Fjosne visited at
the Hans Christensen home Friday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tobaleski and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Art Lund
visited at the Jim Fjosne home Sun
day.
Mrs. c. E. Anderson and Doris
visited Mrs. Glen Ferguson Monday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Anderson and
Hurley, Myrtle, Jerine, Mae and Lyle
visited Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Lindberg
and daughter Barbara in Duluth Sun
day.
Arvid Anderson, Jr., visited Dennis
Anderson Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-27
When You And
| We're Younger
Items taken from the Askov American
of 25 and Is years ago.
Twenty five Years Ago.
March 80, 1870

A number of ASkov people spent
a pleasant evening recently at the
home of their new neighbors, Mr..
and Mrs. Chr. Eriksen, northwest of
town.
Carl Gisselman of Askov, was in
Minneapolis Tuesday and bought out
half interest in dairy business. Mr..
Gisselman will have a public auc-
ton on his place three miles east of
town April and shortly after that
will move to Minneapolis with his
family. He has rented his farm to
Carl Madsen.
Rudolph Lund of Bruno, left for
Duluth Friday morning where he will
be employed as street car conductor.
Ray Fowler, friend of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dye of Bruno, who has visited
them twice, was so favorably i'm
pressed with the country he has
purchased the place known as the
Bird farm owned by Ames & Lin
gren. Mr. Fowler is from Tama,
first of April.
The 'soap house" at the Hogan
Bros. store in Kerrick is causing a
lot of comment. Guessing has ranged
from us to 725 SO some one is sure
to be wrong. About $50 people have
placed estimates on the number of
bars in the house. They will be
counted April first and results an
nounced next week.
Ernest Clegg came to Askov this
week from Des Moines, Iowa, and
will soon take possession of the 100
acre farm which he has purchased
from Erik FrederikSen, five miles
northwest of town. His family will
arrive later. Mr.. Clegg is one of
the original baseball players of Askov
and the boys will welcome him back.
The Dane Lumber Co. saw mill at
Askov is going full blast these days
with a crew of Is men. The supply
of timber is gradually getting smaller
each year and this season they will
only saw up 100000 feet as compared
with 100000 feet last year.
Louis Olsen of Askov, shipped a
carload of potatoes to Chicago yes
terday. Mr.. Olsen says he has sus-
tanned considerable loss through de-
cayed potatoes this year, but still he
does not complain. He is cheerful
in spite of trouble.
The silo meeting at the bank build
ing in Kerrick last Saturday resulted
in ordering five silos. That is what
will make this country.
The measles epidemic at Askov is
about over now, the last family to be
affected being that of Jorgen R. Pc
tersen, their two-year old daughter
Olga being i'll.
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Fifteen Years Ago.
april l, 1920

The Sandstone Masons turned out
in large numbers for their special
meeting Saturday night at the temple
in Sandstone. AS per notices sent
out to members the Summit lodge
degree team of ST. Paul, was on hand
to confer the Master Mason degree
on seven candidates.
Emma B. Anderson of Denham,
Blanche M. Golf of Hinckley, and S.
Merle Pulling of Sturgeon Lake, were
graduated from the School of Agri-
culture at University Farm, st. Paul,
at the 37th annual commencement
exercises held last week.
Jens Sorensen, who has been ailing
with kidney trouble the past winter,
during most of which time he has
been confined to bed at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Chris Petersen, of
Askov, suffered a paralytic stroke
early Friday morning and died soon
afterwards. Funeral services were
held Sunday at Askov, the body then
being shipped to st. Edwards, Nebr.,
for burial beside that of his WIFE
Miss Lizzie Pearson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Pearson of Flem-
ing township, was recently fortunate
enough to win weeks trip to Uni
versity Farm, st. Paul, all expenses
paid, through the Junior Calf club.
She left Monday morning for ST. Paul.
A charter was denied all appli-
Giants from Willow River for a new
bank, by the state commission so the
only way the local residents can get
a bank is to reopen the old one and
this may not be possible for five years
as it is in such a condition to make
it impossible for reopening.
Oscar Mielke and family arrived
with a carload of goods from Roscoe,
Nebr., Friday and are now getting
settled on their home southeast of
Willow River.
Thorvald Andersen of AskoV, who
has spent the past winter studying
at the University Farm, st. Paul, and
previous to~that was local cow tester
for over two years, returned to Askov
Saturday and has since bought half
interest in the shoe store and harness
shop conducted by Olaf Petersen.
A new store building will be erected
this summer.
Harold Dinesen, 8, and brother, Ell
mer, 7, Minneapolis, came up on the
train Monday for weeks visit at
the home of their grandmother, Mrs.
A Jensen, southwest of Askov. They
were unattended on the train and felt
that they were out on real venture.
While at work Saturday evening
Tom Ryan of Ogema township, saw a
large black bear not far distant He
wounded it and then followed it about
a mile to it's den where he shot the
animal, this time killing it. The bear
caused a lot of excitement in the
community.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-27

up of eight per cent, against ten per
cent in effect the last two years,
and with other changes designed to
make this law more effective. This
law provides that no one can sell
goods at less than eight per cent
above cost. Personally, would pre-
fer no MAKEUP, or in other words
that we should say that no one could
sell below cost and let competition
take care of the rest, and 1 think most
of my people feel the same way about
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-27
NickersOn

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hansen were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edw. Beaudry Monday afternoon.
A doctor was called for Ed. Beaudry
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams of FoXboro,
visited recently with her father, Mr..
Trester.
Bud Casadont of Minneapolis, spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. L. Casadont, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Edw. Beaudry were
called to Hinckley Tuesday evening
to the bedside of Mrs. Beaudry's
mother who had a heart attack.
If you are not reading the Askov
American regularly you are missing
something.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-03-27

QltlOnal nVe MIL
lion dollars by the
E Xport I m p or t
bank, which is to
be used for food
purchases. While
this will probably
not be sufficient to
carry the Finnish
people through to
next h arVe (. il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
Keep Courts Open!

ONE of the cardinal doctrines of American democracy
~ is that all litigation shall be conducted in public that
the people shall be denied opportunity to watch and
hear justice being administered.
Since is impossible for all the public to attend trials
the American press has assumed of its first most
important duties the reporting of court sessions That
this is done continuously fully accurately and entirely
within proprees demanded by the court itself is one
of the proud achievements of American newspapers.
Lately, however, there has been tendency among
certain members of the judiciary to cura the rights and
facilities of press in this public service Attacking the
rare and nequent where reports have been naccu
rate or sensational these judges steer toward an infinitely
greater danger-the star-chamber session.
c>UPERIOR JUDGE EDWARD BRAND of Los Angeles
- is not of these judges Speaking for the vast ma
jority of ursts he told the Hollywood Bar Association
recently:
Court trials meant by law to be public. Star
chamber proceedings have place in a democracy.
Once we take that road have fatally undermined the
system of government which has given the blessings
and benefits enjoy This is the way of dictatorship
That is the way of the so-caled Peoples Courts in
totalitarian states"
Judge Brand is entirely right
His viewpoint should be endorsed and supported not
only by his learned colleagues but by the people who elect
them by democratic American processes, to junction
democraticaly toward democratic ideal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
FOreSeeS Dictatorship
BY GEN. ROBERT f. WOOD
National Chairman, America First Committee
j. NJ. WINSLOW,
1926 Merrick avenue,

A MERICA must avoid being eased into an
"a undeclared war. If our present course
means adoption of the Barclay Mccormick
bill, the course we are pursuing means not
only war but also dictatorship.
1t means a dictatorship because one man
would have virtually unlimited power. 1t
means war because these powers would in
clude power to send our warships and mer-
chant vessels into the war zones; power to
open our harbors to warships of nations at
war; power to make military alliances with
nations at war.
Our first job is to make ourselves impreg
nable. If we do this-and we can do tive
need not fear attack from any power or COM
bination of powers. An alliance with England
would mean war abroad with victory only
after a long, bloody, exhausting and futile
world conflict.
We should continue, however, to send to
England the very great aid which she can OBJ
tain under our present laws but which begins
to give diminishing returns at the point where
ii threatens to lead us into war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
Choose Your Judges
CarefuIIy---Then Vote

\ IEXT Mondays primary election is vital to Detroit
voters because they viii be nominating judicial cand
dates
They will be selecting the they hope to confirm
In April as members of
The Wayne Circuit Court;
The Recorders Court,
The Traffic Court
The Common Pleas Court.
These posts a. Of the highest possible Importance to
every resident OF Wayne County Il they are eapaby
filed the people Detroit and Nayne County Will live
secure in their personal and civil rights for another SIX
years.
If they arc not capaby flied the people will be gam
bling with the rights that theirs under oar Constl-
tuition.
NEXT weeks primary peculiarly urgent because 1t is
' enmeshed by unusual complications Already 1t is
under attack by pressure groups
The Circuit Court for instance, Is now by law
nonpartisan contest
But Democratic leaders are urging Democratic voters
to vote for Democratic candidates.
And labor leaders urging workers to vote Tor
labor candidates.
The fact that judges should be judges for all the
people is ignored
You are being admonished to vote, not for men best
equipped with judicial temperament and understanding
but for who expected to judge favoraby Tor this
group that group regardless OF the general welfare and
the law Of the land
GOOD citizens will not succumb the urgings of the
VI pressure blocs.
They will vote for the they believe best fitted
to serve as judges for all the people
They will study carefully the judicial qualifications OF
the candidates and pick accordingly.
Above everything they will get out next Monday and
vote.
small primary vote means the special privilege
groups probably will triumph
big representative vote will fair selection
for the runoffs in April.
Study diligently the judicial candidates
Then next Monday be sure to vote.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
Why Provoke Attack?

THE United States should not enter the
1 European war for the reason that our par
ticipation will greatly weaken our resources
both economically and militarily.
1t is strictly European war, and its prose-
cution should be confined to the foreign
nations which engaged in it without any con-
sultation from us.
Our present course, if persisted in, will GER
tainly involve us in this mass murder racket.
You cannot play with fire constantly without
getting burned: nor can you constantly insult
a belligerent without provoking an attack in
one manner or another.
America should concentrate entirely upon
her own defenses, and in so doing she can
make herself impregnable to any concerted
attack either real or mythical.
1t is an insult to 100000 Americans to
permit the circulation of the false and vicious
propaganda that the worlds richest and
strongest country depends upon the navy of
any foreign nation for its first line of defense.
Let us serve America first and let that ale
glance be undivided. No one can serve two
masters The greatest menace in this country
today is the foreign propaganda who would
sacrifice the youth of America to the mass
murderers of Europe every Is or 20 years.
JOSEPH j. COONEY,
21145 Fenkel avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
It's Gang
JOSEPH j. COONEY,
21145 Fenkell avenue.

/ submit my answers to the following three
questions:
should America enter the European
i war?
Answer-America should NOT enter the
European gang war;
C-Will our present course if persisted in,
4 inevitably involve us in war?
Answer-If you see a gang war and they
are shooting 1t out anywhere. and you want to
get into the fray-just pick up gat and start
shooting. OF course, If this same bunch was
blasting away on the privacy of your estate,
then 1t would be TIME to get together and
make it your business TO PROTECT YOUR
OWN.
C-Should America concentrate on her own
u defense and her own independence, or ally
herself with England as in the recent World
War?
Answer-After the World Gang War of 20
years ago, did we accomplish anything great:
What defense we then possessed was honestly
destroyed as example for other nations to
follow. Our LABOR in the form Of CASH was
loaned-never to be returned in LABOR,
CASH or MATERIAL.
l ask you, did England or Europe heed any
example but to rearm? Why should we think
Europe would change her colors if we allied
ourselves with her in any way, shape or
form?
Any one can see we have been dreaming
long enough. Now is the time that it must
dawn upon us to WAKE UP and be for our
selves.
AMERICAS HONORED DEAD AS WELL
AS HER HONORED LIVING WILL ARISE
ON THIS OCCASION IN SPIRIT AND
TRUTH AND TELL THE WORLD-WE ARE
PREPARING FOR PEACE. PRAY, LET US
KEEP THE DEFENSE WE MAKE FOR
AMERICA AND THE U. S. A.
j. NJ WINSLOW,
1926 Merrick avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
Quiz Answers

|. The guinea is worth about five
dollars in American money.
The farthing. worth the least.
has a monetary value of one
half of an American cent.
2. Shotgun, Japanese; Shah, Per-
sian; Tar, Russian; Pharoah,
Egyptian.
3. The aux.
4. (a) Poison gases.
5. tc) At the arch under the
heel.
S. A female ambassador Is called
an ambassadress; an ambassa-
doris wife is called an am
bassadrix.
Z. Dublin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
Connolly Answers

l. fa) Northern; (b) Western; tc)
Palestine.
2. (a) Germany; (b) France; tc)
Italy.
3. (a) First World War; (cD Civil
War in England; tc) Crimean
War.
4. (a) For; (b) to; (c) of.
5. (a) Mile; (b) sturgeon; (c)
gorilla.
6. fa) Thomas Mast; (b) Anne
Hathaway; (c) Johann Strauss.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
BY HUGH S. JOHNSON

THIS is Boy Scout Week. I
- don't know all that you are
supposed to do in the succession
.of institutional weeks" and
days" that have come upon us,
but, insofar as the purpose is to
call attention to the national
value of the Boy Scouts, I don't
know how to do enough.
1t is not disloyal to my own
or younger generations up to
this time, but the unquestioned
superior class of these kids who
are going into the army today
I.erely confirms my random
observations of continued i'm
provement in our crop of boys
for many years.
The draft is dragnet cross
section of the whole country.
The 1917-1918 output was re-
markedly good. The AEF drew
universal expressions of admir-
ing establishment from all Allied
and enemy observers.
Of COURSE. as these 1871
" boys are, it was cream
. skinned off our very top,
whereas the wearing of war had
forced those other nations to
take run-of-the-mine humanity.
Just the same. the boys going
into uniform constitute a good
sample of what we have here.
No hasty conclusions should
be drawn about the present per-
centage of physical rejection.
That is largely the result of
deliberate policy. About 25 per
cent of them are for imperfect
teeth.
In 1917 and 1918. when the
draft was for the duration"
most of such cases were ac-
cepted and corrected by dental
work. This time. when boys are
Just taken for one years train
ing -eepeTnmehtrI-think
wisely, preferred to avoid this
loss of time and money.
II you didn't see il in all
directions. you might regard this
as inconclusive. But the same
thing is obvious at West Point
and the colleges. II is apparent
al the CCC camps and wherever
you get a good look at young
men in the mass.
The Improvement is in intelli-
gence, appearance and most of
all in cleanliness. tolerance and
high or even idealistic mental
outlook.
OF COURSE, many influences
" have been at work-a con-
stantly increasing population In
schools and colleges. a phenom-
email Improvement in communi-
cation by air. ether and moving
pictures, a more robust debating
forum in the press, and there is
also a more objective handling
of the news.
All of this put together. how
ever. cannot obscure the ire
mendous unobtrusive influence
of the Boy Scout activity. where
kids absorb a cult of mental,
moral and physical decency-not
so much by being preached to or
lectured, not all by punishment,
but by being gently led and con-
WINGED by example and enjoy
able practice in their own
groups.
THINGS taught to kids stick.
L and what is being taught TO
these boys and young men is
almost exclusively to the good
and very wide in its application.
Maybe these new crops of
young humanity aren't being
sufficiently toughened on the
old root. hog or die. Survival
of the fittest" and devil take
the hindmost" formulas. bat
maybe even that is to the good.
They certainly are more pleas
ing TO the eye. ear and mind
/ might add nose-than those
who were so toughened
Anyway, it is a fine, beautiful
and brave generation that g.,
coming along. and to the extent
that the Boy Scout organiZa-
ton contributed. which is great,
it is a national asset of first
magnitude
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
Army Gets
Healthier
Specimens
Win Great Credit
for Youth Work

1.-THE opinions expressed by
General Johnson are not neces-
soriiy\ those of The Detroit
Times.)
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What DO YOU Think?
I-Shoud America Enter the European War?
2-WiH Our Present Course if Persisted in, Inevitably
Involve Us in War?
3-Should merca Concentrate Her Own Defense and
Her Own Independence Ally Herself With England in
the Recent World War?
and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
It's Still the Draft
BY ARTHUR BUGS BAER

Suspicious are Unmatched And my guess
after going through Italy in 1895 that the coming war was
going to be unpopular with the people.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-11
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shook hands with young fellow in January and he
wished congratulations my birthday. His
Winthrop Rockefeller and the day read he was in the
army you capture Rockefeller proves that democracy
b working like a bootbscks elbows.
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