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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
Oak Lake

Mr.. and Mrs Bill Lading of Min
neapolis, announce the birth of boy
May 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mervin Fiske of
Superior, Wis, announce the birth
of a baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Anderson spent
Wednesday of last week in Shafer
visiting the Irving Anderson family.
Mrs. Ross Barnett and Mrs. c. E.
Anderson visited school last Thurs
day and also visited Mrs. Skinner.
Miss Jennie Anderson took several
women to the Women's Missionary
meeting at Bruno last Thursday.
Mrs. Anna Anderson, Mrs. o. j
Fiske and Mrs. Roy Brandt visited
school Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Herman Grandlund and two
daughters and Mrs. Herbert Grand
lund of Minneapolis, spent last Thurs
day at the Ed j. Armstrong home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Barnett ac-
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Pull
ling to Happy's Wednesday evening
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Anderson and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22

tons again in both diamondball and
volleyball at our final tournament
for the champions at Pine City on
Saturday, May "a.
The Clint Greedy sluggers, in the
final game defeated Rock Creek to
win first place in the section eight
diamondball tournament, and will en-
ter the county contest for the fifth
time in seven years. Three times
they won the county championship.
Section eight had eight strong teams
this year.
Districts Al and 81 combination de-
feated the combined team from As
and eight by one point to top the
Beroun section.
The Indian school, district 90, from
Ogema, will demonstrate some ex-
cellent baseball ability and team
work. Watch them on May "a. They
easily took first place among the
eight teams in their section.
AS we write this, section seven
tournaments have not been held.
We hear rumors to the effect that the
Henriette teams will have stiff COM
petition again in this section.
The sectional and final county SPELL
ing winners will be announced in
the next issue. The county con-
test will be held in the court room
at nine a. m. on Saturday, May "a.
Two winners from each of the eight
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22

ever, and the fears of those whom
represent, is not the fear of the tax
payer because of high taxes alone,
but genuine fear lest our capital
istic form of Government be de-
stroyed-a form of government which
has given the best living conditions
any generation of mankind has ever
enjoyed.
Gentlemen, the entire history of
nations and especially the economic
history of nations during the past rs
years, shows that we, the people of
the United States are headed directly
towards three steps which occur in
the following order: Initiation, social
ism, and the worst type of dictator
ship. Unless the proper initial steps
are taken by your committee and the
Finance committee of the United
States Senate and the Appropriations
committee it is my sincere belief that
the people of this country will witness
these events:
First: All savings, all property
which today has dollar value, all
life insurance and annuities, in fact
everything upon which we have de-
pended to make us financially indie
pendent when we grow old will either
be wiped out completely or will be
worth only a fraction of its present
value. This happened in Germany,
France, Italy and Russia.
Can Expect Socialism.
Second: Following this or COIN
cident with it, we can expect social
istic form of government. Individual
initiative, private ownership, the STIR
ring of ambition through financial
incentive, all of these and many
other of our cherished ideals will no
longer exist. This happened in Ger
many, Italy and Russia. Although
France did not completely give up
the capitalistic system, the extent to
which socialists controlled the gov
eminent was sufficient to prevent
proper defense preparedness and in
the opinion of many was largely re-
sponsible for losing the war. No
secret is being made of the fact that
the present government in England
is expected to be exchanged for social
ism. According to press reports it
is considered today by English lead
ers as having fewer evils than the
other after the war; possibilities.
While it is true that Great Britain's
leaders are being forced to look upon
future socialism with complacency-
with the thought that no other de-
sirable alternative exists for them
it does not follow that the United
States must likewise accept this phi
losophy. Whether or not we are
forced to later on, depends upon the
steps taken now (before the 1941
tax bill is completely by your COM
mittee, the Senate Finance committee
and the Appropriations committees.
Third: In Germany, Italy, Russia,
other smaller countries and now in
France, the initiation which led to
socialism then led to dictatorship.
This statement is so self-evident
that it needs no explanation"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22

Gloria and Dolores, their two grand
daughters, called at the Ross Barnett
home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Gray and
family of Braham, spent Sunday al
the Jim Fjosne home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Fjosne called al
the Art Lund home in Kerrick Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernie Neuman visited
at the Jim Fjosne home last Thurs
day night.
Miss Anna Larson of Duluth, is
spending her vacation at home while
her mother went to a hospital in
Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Anderson and
family were dinner guests at the Bill
Norberg home Sunday. In the after
noon the Roy Brandt family also
called there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Jacobson and
family visited at the Alma and Carl
Anderson home Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
Fifteen Years Ago.
MAY 81, 1920

J. H. Hennessy of Excelsior, has
purchased the lumber yards at Barn
UNI, Moose Lake, Mahtowa and Den
ham belonging to the firm of Hart
Bros. of Moose Lake, and will take
possession at once.
Miss Dagny E. Wosgaard who has
been working in Los Angeles, Calf,
and also visiting along the west coast
the past eight months, returned to
Askov Friday and is again employed
in the local post office, relieving Miss
Susie Sorensen who was employed
there in the meantime.
The recent achievement day at the
armory in Pine City, arranged under
the auspices of the Farm Bureau,
brought out over 1000 people, 800
of them women j. E. Therrien bid
welcome, Mrs. Duggan, University
Farm clothing specialist, spoke and
there were stunts by folks from
different communities.
The farm home of Robert Thomp-
son, one of the United States trainees
in the colony near Moose Lake, was
completely RACED by fire recently.
The five-year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson, saved the lives
of her two brothers, aged two and
three years, getting them safely out
when the home was in flames.
B. B. Brodin of Minneapolis, was
in Askov yesterday, installing Lam
dis No. 3 harness stitcher for Peder-
sen & Andersen, which they recent
ly purchased from the factory at st.
Louis. This is one of the latest
models and best harness machines on
the market, costing about $500.
The paving of Highway No. l is
progressing satisfactorily. Actual paw
ing began short distance south of
Willow River and already 21a miles
are completed and ready to use as
soon as sufficiently dry. The work.
men are laying 800 feet of paving a
day.
Andrew Miller of Moose Lake, has
bought from G. P. belong 40 acres
of land in Section 10. AS he is stu
ated on the banks of Oak Lake and
has considerable lake shore, Mr. Mil
Ter plans on building summer cot
tages for rent and establishing sum-
mer resort.
Leonard and George Kowitz and
Henry Harmon have taken the con-
tract to build new house for Ches-
ter Waletzko of Norman township.
Many from Willow River went to
Denham Saturday evening to witness
the Sokol program and also the wrest-
ling match between Jim Flanagan
and j. Zalesky. The latter was one
time champion lightweight wrestler
of Idaho and Montana He was the
victor Saturday night.
Rev. Evald Kristensen principal at
Atterdag folk high school, Solvang
Calf, lectured in Askov over the
weekend He delivered four talks at
the church and also spoke at the
school.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
Duquette

Mrs. Wagner returned home Mon
day from Superior, Wis, where she
has been visiting her daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Corwin OF
Nashwauk, spent Sunday at the Pc
der Erickson and ALI Erickson homes
Ellen Johnson, Mrs. Martin Carlson
Mrs. Lester Brown and sons and her
mother in-law, Mrs. Brown, all OF
Chicago, are visiting this week al
their home here and with relatives
Wallace and Wayne Brown are to re-
main here for the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Anderson and
sons of Shafer, spent Tuesday visit
ing friends in this community.
Alvin Torrell is being employed
as carpenter in town this week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22


business are already paying a pretty
stiff tax to the Federal government
Last Thursday we were treated
to an exception when the president
of small Arkansas college appeared
before the committee to give the
membership a lecture on economy
There was so much good, sound sense
in what DR.. George S. Benson had to
say regarding the necessity for rigid
economy in government that I want
to pass some of it on to my readers,
all of whom will approve of every
word that he uttered.
Did Not Pose as Tax Expert.
Mr.. Benson started out by saying
that while he did not pose as a tax
expert, he felt that he knew quite a
bit about economy as he at one time
managed school in Canton, China,
where he raised and expended all the
income and there he learned the value
of 10th of cent so that he has had
considerable experience. in pruning
expenses. Said he, "Although Hard
ing college has no endowment, and
no State financial assistance, you can
send four boys through Harding col
lege for what the government spends
on one CCC boy, providing the stu
dent works about one hour per day
This comparison may not be abso-
lutely fair, because of the $1,O25 cost
for each CCC enrollee, in the 1910
fiscal year, $3.50 was paid to him.
"The costs, other than the $50 per
month paid to the enrollee, totaled
$665. This is more than enough to
send two boys through Harding col
lege, provided they work an hour a
day. Why are we able to do this? We
have learned how to eliminate every
unnecessary expense and we are max
ing real sacrifices to enable these SOC
poor young people to secure educa-
tons. Gentlemen, I sometimes won
der what you think, when the rep
resentative of a multimillionaire or
luxurious corporation, comes before
you and asks for governmental econo-
my. Don't you often think that they
are inconsistent? That cannot be
true with us, however. We have
and have had, Phi. DIS on our facul-
ty receiving only $1,000 per year
who turned down offers elsewhere OF
$4,000 and more. They make these
sacrifices to enable our poor young
people to secure an education. Our
highest salary today is $1,000 and
yet our students, in competition with
students of other colleges, have won
the highest awards in the great ma
| jority of the contests.
Eliminate Nom Essential Expenses.
81 wish to discuss the importance
of eliminating non-essential govern
mental expenses, in connection with
the raising of revenue through taxa
ton. And I may say frankly that
with many of the people of Arkansas
1 am alarmed about the future of ou1
government if we continue to increase
and increase taxation. My fear, how
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
Play Days.
A. E. GUSTAFSoN. County Supt.

Play Days.
The weather man smiled on all of
our eight sectional play days this
year. Last Friday five sections held
their play day contests.
At Sturgeon Lake the Sturgeon
Lake diamondball team nosed out
Rutledge, Is to IA, in the final game
in section one to win first place in
their eight-team tournament. These
two schools also took the two top
h onors in the volleyball tourna-
ment made up of seven strong teams.
Friesland had difficult time to de-
feat the scrappy ball team from Miss
Swendsen's school, district 80, in the
final championship game in section
five. District 80 also had fine vol
leyball team and won first place in
the volleyball tournament in this
section
Of course Kerrick and Markville
will represent their respective Sec
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
Observations
BY CONG. HAROLD KNUTSON
A Timely Warning.

During the course of hearings on
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
When You And
l Were Younger
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
Items taken from the Aslxov American
Of Is and Is years ago.
MAY Is, 1870

Peter Jeppesen of Askov, left last
week for Redwood Falls, where he
will work for Jens H. Jensen doing
tile work.
Cement blocks, cement bricks, &C.
ment culverts and other work will
be made in Hinckley after this week
and company is being organized
with sufficient capital to carry on the
work on a scale large enough to
handle anything that may come to it
John Steinholtz of st. Paul, who
will own a large interest in the plant
and will be the manager, is in Hinck-
ley this week to organize the pro-
ject.
News has reached Askov that a
former resident, L. c. Larsen, died
Friday at his home in Waterloo, Iowa,
the cause of death being paralysis
He came to Askov in 1910 and moved
to the Iowa city last fall. He leaves
his wife and one daughter.
A large crew of men is in Bruno
setting new cedar telephone poles.
Local residents are very glad to see
this done and hope the service will
be improved. In the event that it is
improved there are from 40 to SO
new phones to be put in.
Hughby Brebo of Bruno, has his
new building on Main street nearly
completed. He has already opened
his ice cream parlors and pool room.
There was a sad accident in Bel
den Saturday when Donald Scott got
his hand caught and badly cut in a
saw. 1t is still a question whether
or not the fingers will have to be
amputated.
F. Clarey Nielsen of Askov, has
purchased the residence lot north of
j. ]. Howe, from Carl Miller and will
erect a 24x36 residence there this
summer, the contract having been let
to Peter Linn.
In France fighting of the most in
tense character is in progress in the
Dead Man Hill region northwest of
Verdun, where the Germans are des-
perately battling to break through
the French defenses. The contest here
is entering its fourth month.
Surveyor JAS Buckley of Pine City,
is in Askov surveying land for Lars
Sorensen, L. c. Hassenfeldt and Jens
Poulsen in Section 13, Finlayson
township.
Chr. Frederiksen of Askov, pur-
chased the second business lot north
of the Variety store Tuesday through
the First State Bank. 1t was owned
by Fred Bovberg of Carrara, New.
Consideration $225 Mr. Frederiksen
will put up building in the near
future which he will use as barber
shop.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22

sections will take part. The dia-
mondball and volleyball games for
the sectional champs will start at
1890 a. m. These and the relay
races for the champs are the only
contests this year at our final play
day. All of the 48 individual con-
tests in jumping and running will be
omitted at our final play day as it is
very difficult for the individual
champs to come long distances to take
part, and our time is limited by
complete eight team tournaments in
diamondball and in volleyball.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
CrindstOne Lake
(Too Late for Last Week.

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Trapp visited Mr.. and
Mrs. La Vote Sunday evening. The La
Vote family are newcomers here this
spring.
John A. Zajicek returned to Minneapo-
lis Sunday after spending his two weeks
vacation with his family here.
Fred Voeltz and Jack Zajicek made a
business trip to Superior, Wis, and Du-
luth last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed DePover have been
entertaining company from Moline, ILL.,,
the past week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22

the new tax bill
many citizens have
appeared to give
their observations.
A large majority
came to protest a.
gainst any further
increase in their
tax, which is not
to be wondered at
as most people in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
Kerrick

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson
and son and Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Sandin and son of Minneapolis, spent
the weekend at the >Eldred Parker
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Donitalli spent
Sunday evening with relatives in
Clayton, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Lund and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. c. Jen-
sen of Askov, were dinner guests at
the James Murphy home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldred Parker and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
johnson and son and Mr.. and Mrs.
R. Sandin and son of Minneapolis,
visited the game reserve at Yellow
banks Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Fuhrmann were
visitors in Moose Lake Sunday eve
ming.
Mrs. James Murphy accompanied
Mrs. A. c. Fuhrmann to Moose Lake
last Thursday.
Milton Beckstrom made business
trip to Minneapolis Wednesday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Anderson of
Moose Lake, were callers in town
Sunday.
Magnus Furland and Hazel Berset
of Duluth, visited at the M. Beck
strom home Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
(From Another Correspondent

(FrOm Another Correspondent
Cy. Halverson returned from his
recent trip with a number of orders
for sand. Both pits are shipping
more this year than for several years
previously.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Lundberg
spent Sunday at the w. P. Hogan
home. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nyrud
and daughter Jackie were there also.
Mrs. August Larson left last week
for Rochester, where she will undergo
a checkup for an ailment that has
been bothering for some time. Every
one hopes to see her home within a
short time.
Mrs. Vandella, wife of the cheese
maker, and their daughter spent the
weekend in town. If quarters can
be found they would like to move
here in June Places to live in are
scarce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Donitalli will
move into the Ed Hultgren house as
soon as it is vacated by Harvey Chris
Jensen. This will likely be about
June l.
Mr.. Babcock, the new county pa
trolman, moved his family to Kerrick
this week and at present are living in
a trailer parked near the county
garage.
Work is progressing much faster
now on the Beckstrom building. They
hope to have it ready for occupancy
by June 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Hogan left
Tuesday for a weeks vacation in
Iowa.
Don Hogan flew to Minneapolis
Tuesday morning.
The Neumeyer, Paddock and VIM.
Southerton families spent Sunday at
the Louis Smith home in Bruno.
Patricia Hogan attended the an
nual Homecoming at the College of
ST. Benedict last weekend. She
was accompanied by Margaret john
son of Pine City, who was graduated
from st. Benedicts last June.
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Lund were
Duluth visitors Wednesday of last
week.
Mrs. Leslie Riehm entertained her
brother and his family from Iowa
over the weekend.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14

encirclement of the distrusted
country begins.
In other words, a country is en-
circled by itself. A country which
maintains good-neighborly relations
with its neighbors, which has good
will toward them and does not covet
their lands or goods or position, is
never encircled in the vicious sense
in which the term is used political
ly.
There is only one way for a
country to avoid encirclement: in
time OF peace to adopt such policies
and attitudes toward its neighbors
as to lead them to trust it and CO.
operate with it. When the reverse
policies are adopted then those
neighbors combine, driven by the
fear which is the source of all in
ternational hatreds.
"Encirclement'' is the most false
of all excuses for aggression, for
no country is encircled save by it
self alone.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
STILL A
GRIEVOUS ERROR

(Nall Street JOurnal)
In the first of his series of articles for
Golfers, President Roosevelt writes:
For two decades the Supreme Court
of the United States had been success
fully thwarting the common will of the
American people; and had been divert
ing the functions and philosophy of gov
ernment into channels which ran counter
to the thought and objectives of progress
sive opinions throughout the modern civ
ilized world
He says. further, that he regards the
effort initiated by his message to Con-
gresS on the judiciary dated February
5. 1887. and its immediate results las
among the most important domestic
achievements of my first two terms IN
Office
The most determinative of the lmmeo-
late results of the message was the reJec-
ton by congress of the Administrator
bill which would have authorized the
President at his discretion to increase
the number of Supreme Court Judges
to maximum of Is. If it be true that
the Court had been thwarting the common
will of a maj jority Of the people, IL Is
still true that the peoples representa-
tives in Congress condemned the Fresl-
dents plan to subject the judiciary TO
executive control.
If, where he writes of the Court mes
sage and its results as among the most
important domestic achievements OF his
first two terms, the President has IN
mind the changes in the composition OF
the Supreme Court since the message,
it should be noted that those changes
were expressly authorized by provisions
of the Constitution and statute law al
ready in effect In all human probability
the changes would have taken place as
they did if the Presidents message OF
February 5, 1887, had never been sent
and the bill which Congress rejected had
never been introduced.
President Roosevelt has every right
to take pride, as he does in this article,
in the results of the elections which have
continued him in office and his party in
power. But in the fact of the facts OF
record he cannot take like satisfaction
in the grievous error of his attempted
assault on the independency of the judic-
iary.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
JOINING THE SHOOTING
BIT BY BIT

1t is indeed strange situation which
permits one to say that both the iSola-
tionists and President Roosevelt are
right. Yet such a situation now exists.
The isolationistS are right when they
say President Roosevelt is taking this
nation step by step into the war.
The President, we believe, is right in
doing so.
The isolationists, We believe, have un-
derestimated the seriousness of the pres
ent threat to American freedom. The
President, we believe, has underestimated
the ability of the American people to
face facts We should like to see the
isolationsts admit that this hemisphere
does need defense, and that aggressive
defense is the best kind. We should like
to see the President admit frankly that
he is now waging an undeclared, restrict
ed naval war upon the Axis powers.
Since neither side is apt to make these
admissions, however, It is up to the peo-
pie to examine the situation honestly
and decide with whom they shall travel.
For ourselves, we go along with the
President.
We 90 along with him because we be-
Geve it is vital to America that Great
Britain win this war. Following through
on that belief, we come to the CONCLUSION
that. were Great Britain to STAND SUD
denly upon the brink of quick defeat,
America would enter the war wholly,
without reservation. and without many
davs' warning. This country would throw
ships, men, planes and materials INTO
the conflict in a winner-take-all gamble,
Since that seems to be the case, II
appears to us better to enter the war step
by step in the realistic hope that our pre-
liminary steps will have such weight that
the final, total step will not be necessary.
If our naval patrol, clearing the Atlantic
of Axis raiders, can SO cripple Adolf HIT
Ter that his armies never seriously
threaten Great Britain, it stands to rea-
son that our own army need never go
against the Germans.
We'd rather fight little bit, while our
fighting can help the other fellow, than
wait until the whole force of the battle
depended upon US alone.
if we go in step by step, there is no way
of telling how soon diSintegration will
set in for the enemy. If we jump in all
at once-as we would do if We were TO
withhold help for Britain until the last
minute-we'd lose vastly no matter how
soon thereafter the shooting ended.