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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Need Memberships
For Extension Work

The membership committee of the
Pine County Farm Bureau, in making
a special appeal for members, issues
the following statement:
Have you secured your member
ship in the Pine County Farm Bureau
for 1913? You have Joined the Red
Cross, secured your gas ration book,
paid your taxes, turned in your old
scrap iron. All these things are
fine and necessary, but do you real
ize that unless you join the Pine
County Farm Bureau, our county is
in danger of losing All Club work
and Agricultural Extension work?
There is a state law requiring every
county having county agent and
All Club work to maintain the Farm
Bureau with a substantial member
ship within the county.
"The membership year begins No
vember l. AS yet our quota of mem
bership is far from being filed. A
membership fee of 81 will include
the entire family. Many counties
have much higher rates. We need
your membership now. Gas and
rubber shortages make it very diff
ficult for someone to call on each
of you to secure your membership.
Won't you send it in today? Just
enclose a dollar bill in an envelope
together with your name and address
and say, Here's my 1913 Farm Blu
reau membership" Address your
letter to Julius Waletzko, Willow
River, some other member of the
board of directors or send it directly
to the county agents office at Sand
stone. Your official receipt will be
mailed to you promptly. Let's keep
Agricultural Extension work going
in Pine county. Remember, do it
today"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Christmas Seal Sale
Opens November q

The 36th annual Christmas Seal
sale, opening Monday of next week,
finds the nation facing a critical time
in the fight against tuberculosis be-
cause of a threatened wartime rise
in number of cases. If an expanded
program to meet this new danger is
to be carried out, the Seal sale must
have the full support of every man,
woman and child, Christmas Seal
sale officials state.
Mrs. Fred G. Olesen, chairman of
the Askov drive, announces that sales
here will be made as in the past,
through the local schools and the
post office, and that the various or
CARNATIONS in the community will
also be contacted.
Ninety-five per cent of the income
from the Seal sale in Minnesota will
remain in the state and only five per
cent goes to support the medical re-
search and other work of the National
tuberculosis Association.
This years Seal, designed by Dale
Nichols, one of Americas outstand-
ing younger artists, presents rural
scene of the holiday season before
automobiles came into use. Two
horses draw an old-fashioned sleigh
across snow-covered hills on which
stand a rambling country house and
a bright red barn.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Cancer Fatal To
Finlayson Farmer

Ill for several months with cancer
of the right lung, Efram Peura, Fin
layson farmer, died Friday, Novem-
Der 13, at the University hospital in
Minneapolis. He was taken there
about three weeks ago when his con-
dition became serious.
The deceased was born in Jurva,
Finland, the son of Mike and Amanda
Peura, on November 16, 1888. He
came to Winton, this state, in 1904
and moved to Finlayson about Is
years ago to become engaged in farm
ing.
He was married at Finlayson Au-
gust 20, 1919 to Hilma Planman, who
died 10 years later. On June IL,
1887, he was united in marriage to
Sigrid Lehtinen, who is left to mourn
his passing. Mr.. Peura also leaves
three children, Allie, Lillian and AL
bert. Two children died in infancy
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at o'clock from ST.
Johns Lutheran church with Rev,
M. R. Ruohoniemi officiating. Burial
was made in the Finnish Lutheran
cemetery with Ed Maxi, Ray Nor
koli, David Raivo, Elmo Maxi, AL
bert Hannu and Nick Koivisto, pail
bearers. Allie Peura came from Min
neapolis to attend the last rites.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Bruno Youth Weds
South Dakota Girl

Wedding vows were exchanged No
vember 9, at 3 o'clock in the Metho-
dist chapel in Rapid City, S. D., by
Cpl. Wilfred j. Elwell, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Elwell of Bruno,
and Miss Evalyn Hill, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Hill of Rapid
City, S. D. The ceremony was read
by Rev. Carl w. Stromberg. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Hill, Sturgis, brother and
sister-in-law of the bride, were at
tendants. Guests present at the we'd
ding included members of the i'm
mediate family, Mr.. and Mrs. L. E.
Hill, grandparents of the bride, and
Miss Jean Zimmerman, close friend.
The bride was graduated from the
Sturgis high school and later at
tended the Black Hills Commercial
college at Rapid City. For two years
she was employed at the Black Hills
Radio Dealers in Rapid City, but is
now in the employ of the Bear Butte
Valley Bank at Sturgis.
Cpl. Elwell is a graduate of the
Bruno high school and before enter
ing the armed forces was employed
at the Farmers Feed Store in Bruno
two years, at Eklund's Fairway Store
there three years, and later at the
Northrop Aviation plant in Inglewood,
Calf. He has been in the service
since May and is now stationed at
an army flying school at Lubbock,
Texas.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
County Collects
Over 3H2 Million
Pounds OF Scrap
Per Capita Average of
1886 Pounds Gives Pine
10th Place.

With its 21,478 people turning in
$4,000 pounds of scrap metals in
the recent statewide drive, for per
capita average of 1886 pounds, Pine
county finished in 10th place in state
wide competition.
First place, and the United States
Flag given by the Minnesota Editor
ial Association for the best per cap
tia record, goes to Big Stone county,
in Western Minnesota. Scrap col
lectors there turned in 1898, 615
pounds, less than Pine county, but as
the population there is only 1O,447,
the per capita amount was 324.8
pounds.
Douglas County Second.
Second place went to Douglas coun-
ty with a per capita collection of 81
pounds for each of 20,369 residents,
and Sherburne claims third place in
the standings with 28O.5 pounds per
capita. Stevens, Wadena, Grant,
Lyon, Wright, Kittson and Lincoln
counties make up the rest of the first
ten in the state in that order. Forty
eight of the states 81 counties aver
aged better than 100 pounds per
capita during the month of October
and only one was not heard from
at all at the State Salvage Headquar-
tiers.
Total collections in Minnesota were
300,792,414 pounds of scrap for a
per capita record just short of l08
pounds.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Dates Given For
Muskrat Season
Nearly All Portions of
State Open; Season Ex-
tends to December 81.

All portions of Minnesota will be
open this winter for muskrat trap
ping except upon the waters of Swan
lake and Middle lake in Nicollet
county, and except all state game re-
fuges and public shooting grounds.
The season will open at IL o'clock
noon on December l and extend until
IL o'clock noon December 81, accord
ing to an order issued by Verne JOS
lin, acting director of the State Divis-
ion of Game and Fish.
Rules and Regulations.
Among the rules and regulations
are the following: No person shall
set or use more than so traps for
muskrats at any one time. No per-
son shall set, visit or remove any
trap for muskrats between the hours
of 9 p. m. and a. m.
No trap shall be set for muskrats
within a distance of three feet from
any muskrat house which is con-
structed below the waters edge of
any lake containing more than 40
acres of contiguous open water area
Must Not Damage Runways.
1t is also unlawful to set traps for
muskrats in any den or burrow or in
any channel or runway leading to
a den or burrow unless the trap can
be set without cutting into the earth
forming the wall of the den or run
way.
No trap shall be set for muskrats
within SO feet of an active beaver
house, burrow, den, dam or other
abiding place of such beaver, or
within SO feet of a beaver food pile
stored within six months previously
thereto.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Mystery Shot
Kills Hunter

A Willow River deer hunter,
Frank j. Polivka, so, was mys-
teriously killed yesterday after
noon about three miles west of
Rutledge. Death was caused by
a bullet through his throat, the
identity of the shooter being
unknown. Several companions
with whom he had been hunt
ing, heard three shots about the
time the accident was thought
to have occurred, and investigat-
ing a little later found the body
of Polivka lying along trail.
The deceased, whose home was
six miles west of Willow River,
leaves his widow and nine chill
dren.
Funer arrangements are
pending.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Minneapolis Man
Killed In Mishap
East OfHinckley
Birch Creek Youth in Crit
ical Condition Following
Accident Monday.

A hunting mishap 18 miles north
east of Hinckley early Sunday morn
ing claimed the life of Robert D.
Stewart, "a, of Minneapolis, who was
shot in the throat as he knelt to
dress deer he had just killed. Death
was instantaneous.
The fatal shot was fired by Robert
Olson, 10, of Rush City, who with
several companions was hunting in
the same vicinity. According to
young Olson he thought he saw a
deer moving in the heavy brush and
after firing, ran to the spot and dis
covered he had killed Stewart. The
bullet had struck the victim on the
left shoulder, entered the neck, break
ing the spinal column and severing
the jugular vein.
Hold Inquest.
An inquest was held in Hinckley
the following day with County At
torney Albert johnson and County
Coroner Frank Gottry in charge. A
jury composed of Eddie Jackson
Abner Wollan, Frank Olson, Richard
Gust, Arnold Johnson and Howard
Sikkink, after hearing the testimony
returned verdict of accidental
shooting.
Birch Creek Youth Hurt.
Floyd Nelson, younger son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arvid Nelson of Birch
Creek township, was seriously hurt
Monday afternoon while out deer
hunting with his father. The youth
was struck in the chest by the charge
from his own gun, the slug punctur-
ing one lung. Rushed to the Moose
Lake community hospital he has been
given several blood transfusions, but
his condition was still critical late
yesterday afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Music, Sports, Play
On Askov High Slate

The Askov schools will present
full program of entertainment with
in the next few days, the first being
the Parkinson Musical Ensembles this
evening. Tomorrow night the local
basketball season will open with four
local teams competing. The Askov
junior class play, almost Eighteen,
will be presented Tuesday evening.
The Parkinson's National Musical
Ensembles tonight will bring to Askov
a program of instrumental numbers
by picked musicians. Solos and var
ious combinations on modern and
ancient instruments will be presented.
The program will be given in the
high school auditorium, beginning at
8 o'clock.
almost Eighteen" written by
Dana Thomas, is one of the most
popular plays being presented this
season by high school students. 1t
portrays the life of typical small
town family with it's joys and trou-
bles. The theme centers about Eddie
Barry, the almost eighteen" year
old son, who brings disgrace to the
entire family. Uncle George arrives
just in time to unravel the difficulty
and vindicate Eddie.
The cast includes Lloyd Johnson
as Edward Barry, Muriel Koed as
Anne Sherman, Dolores Simonsen as
Mrs. Barry and Richard Frahs as Mr.
Barry.
Long hours of practice have been
put in by the cast to make the play
worthwhile and the sponsors state
that those who want full evening
of laughs and fun should be present
at the school auditorium Tuesday
evening. Reserve tickets may still
be purchased from students and tick
cts will also be on sale at the door.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Slaughter Steer
Trading Weaker
Common and NJ e d i IL m
Crassers are Steady; No
Change in Other Classes.

South St. Paul, Mimi, November
II, 1912: Some weakness filtered
into the trade on good and choice
slaughter steers during the early days
of the week, common and medium
grassers and short-feds, however,
drew broad support and held fully
steady. Other slaughter classes
showed no change from the close of
last week, cows alternating with
weakness and strength on Monday
and Tuesday. The weeks top was
$16.50 on choice mixed steers and
heifers weighing 953 pounds. A few
other choice steers made $1,000 and
$16.25, medium and good grades 60
ing at $500 to $500. Good cows
brought $1,000 in load lots. Gamer
and cutter cows continued to sell at
$3.50 to $3.50, common and medium
grades $8.75 to $1,000. Good heavy
bulls reached $11.50. Top choice
vealers made $500 Stocker and
feeder steers sold steady to strong
or $11.00 to $500 on medium and
good with few choice at $3.50 to
$14.00.
Hog Prices Down 10c.
Hog prices were down largely 10
cents since Friday with the top Is
cents lower Local packers fur
nished practically all of the buying
power, and continued to insist that
prices needed further reductions to
line up with dressed values. In prac-
tically one-price market, the bulk
good and choice butchers above 100
pounds and all weights of sows sold
at $3.50. Stays brought mainly
$3.50 and feeder pigs were fully
steady in a bulk spread of $3.50 to
s13.75.
The weeks opening session in the
sheep and lamb department found
another liberal run. Fat lambs sold
steady to 10 cents lower, while other
slaughter and replacement classes
were mostly steady. Good and choice
slaughter lambs cashed at $14.5O. One
80 pound load of fed clipped lambs
were bought to arrive at the same
figure. Good yearlings cashed at
$12.10 and fat ewes grading good and
choice turned at $3.50 to $3.50. One
load of good and choice. black and
white faced feeding lambs made
$12.75 while other lots turned at
$11.0O to $11.75.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Dates For Selling
Wheat Announced

The Pine County AAA committee
announces that until further notice,
wheat will be sold at bins in the fol-
lowing towns on the days listed:
Sandstone, every Wednesday be-
tween 9 a. m. and 4:30 p. m.
Bruno, every Thursday between
9 a. m. and p m.
Hinckley, every Friday between 9
a. m. and p. m.
Brook Park, every Wednesday be-
tween 9 a. m. and p. m.
Beroun, every Friday between 9
a. m. and p. m.
Finlayson, every Monday between
9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Denham, every Tuesday between
9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Rock Creek, every Monday be-
tween 9 a. m. and 2 p. m.
Pine City, every Tuesday between
9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Board Must Check
Registration Cards

Applicants for gasoline rationing
books, who did not have their motor
vehicle registration cards with them
at the time they applied for the books,
are asked to send in their 1913 card
to the Pine county ration board as
soon as received so that all necessary
information can be checked and en-
tered. The cards will be returned.
The motor vehicle license number
and state must be written on the back
of every coupon in the ration book
before they are presented for gaso-
line.
Between December l, 1912 and
January 81, 1943, and each four
months thereafter, each passenger
car operator must have tires of his
vehicle inspected by an authorized
OPA inspector.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
International News Review
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

Since United States forces to the
immense surprise-and relief-of the
democratic part of the world landed
in North Africa, they have captured
all the important cities lying between
the Atlantic shore of Morocco and
the frontier between Algeria and
Tunisia and are now headed for the
latter country and Libya.
Apparently it is the intention
of the high command to effect
juncture between the British
troops in Egypt and Libya and
the Americans, and, between the
two, to crush the still retreating
German General Field Marshal
ROmmel and his dwindling army.
The North African war has not
been fierce one, as far as the
Americans are concerned, for French
resistance was not very forceful, the
reason being that even the soldiers
serving under the Vichy government
at heart are and remain French, and
are fully confident that President
Roosevelt was sincere when he an
nounced that one of the detectives
of the expedition to Africa was the
ultimate liberation of all France.
Violates Pledge.
In revenge for the American in
vasion of French West and North
Africa Hitler violated another of his
pledges by suddenly occupying all
that part of France which had re-
manned unoccupied as result of the
Franco German armistice agreement
of June, 1940
Hitler also forced the Vichy
government to break off diplo-
matte relations with the United
States.
AS the situation now stands, Hit
Ter, defying his own promises, rules
all of France, but not, thanks be to
the Americans, the French African
colonies, and not, it seems, the
French fleet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Early Copy

Correspondents and others hav-
ing news items for publication in
next weeks issue of the Askov
American will please mail their
copy one train earlier than usual.
Since Thanksgiving falls on publ
cation day the American must be
printed Wednesday night so that
the force may spend Thanksgiving
at their homes. Be sure and get
all advertising copy and news copy
into this office one mail earlier
than usual.
The American will not, however,
be available in the mail earlier
than usual.
Thank you.
THE EDITOR.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
State FieldwOman
On Radio Monday

Mrs. L. j. Benitt, state farmer field
woman, will broadcast over station
WCCO Monday, November %, at 8
p. m. in one of series of programs
being put on by the Minnesota Fed
GRAFTON of Women's clubs, relating to
the homemaker's part in the war.
The farm woman's part is the subject
for November 49,
Others taking part with Mrs. Benitt
will be Mrs. A. N. Satterlee of the
Minnesota Federation and Miss Vetta
Goldstein, University of Minnesota,
College of Agriculture.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
Egyptian Defeat.

The axis defeat in Egypt is near
ing completion as result of the
arrival of the Americans in Africa,
and there is not now any doubt that
Rommel has played his last card on
this particular front.
At the moment his armies are
destroyed, captured, or evacu-
ated, North Africa becomes as
free of Nazi and Fascist domin-
ion as Northeast Africa has been
for the last year or SO.
And when that happens, there is
the possibility that Americans and
British may invade Italy and, while
bombing Germany from the north,
may march into that country from
the south. These are conjectures,
but they are frequently mentioned
as probabilities among leading mill
tary men.
Pacific Battle.
On the Solomons front in the south
west Pacific, Americans also have
distinguished themselves; they have
not yet administered defeat to the
japanese on Guadalcanal, but are
holding their positions and have for
some weeks been successful in pre-
venting the enemy from landing addi-
tional reinforcements.
As these lines are being writ
ten, word comes to the effect
that a major battle is in progress
between the American and the
Japanese naval forces in waters
not far from the Solomon is
lands; later reports tells of
smashing American victory with
% Jap ships being sunk and
seven damaged. Eight Amer
lean ships were lost.
On the island of New Guinea
American and Australian troops APP
pear to have made it utterly inn
possible for the Japanese to reach
Port Moresby; they are retreating
CONTINUED On Page y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
FinlaysonCouple
United Saturday
Miss Elayne Joyce Hobbs
Becomes Bride of Charles
Clayton Smith.

A pretty wedding took place at IL
o'clock Saturday morning, November
IA, at the Methodist church in Fin
layson, when Miss Elayne Joyce
Hobbs, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hobbs, became the bride
of Mr.. Charles Clayton Smith, young
err son of Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Smith.
Miss Betty Tollas played musical
numbers before the ceremony and
also the wedding marches. The
ceremony was preceded by solo,
81 Love You Truly" sung by Mrs.
D. j. Lathrop, accompanied by Mrs.
Hamlin of Moose Lake. The single
ring ceremony, read by Rev. D. j.
Lathrop in the presence of about
so relatives and friends, took place
before the altar rail, which was fes-
TONED with pink and white stream
ers and thanked by large baskets of
chrysanthemums.
Sister is Bridesmaid.
Miss Myrtle Hobbs, sister of the
bride, was bridesmaid and the groom
was attended by Mr. Robert Carroll.
The bride carried white New Testa-
ment and her veil was an heirloom
of real lace loaned by friend, Mrs.
Dean Beeman of Minneapolis, which
was first worn many years ago by
Mrs. Beeman's grandmother in Eng
land. After the congratulations and
best wishes, wedding dinner was
served at the City hotel and the
happy couple then left on short
trip to southern Minnesota and Iowa
The bride has lived in the Fin
layson community all her life, being
a graduate of the local high school
in June, following which she worked
in Minneapolis until two weeks ago
Mr.. Smith came to Finlayson 81 years
ago with his parents from Waterloo
Iowa, and was graduated with the
class of 1927. Both have a large
circle of friends who will wish them
a long life of happiness together
They will make their home on the
dairy farm near Finlayson which
the groom operates with his father
! Out of town guests present at the
wedding were Mrs. Anna Beeman
Miss Ruby Beeman and Mrs. H. E
Cragun of Pine City, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyman Lee of Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-11-19
To Speak Tonight
At Bohemian Hall

Rev. and Mrs. Charles Lukesh,
Czech missionaries, will speak at the
Bohemian hall, near Denham,. Thurs
day evening (tonight) at o'clock.
Slides from Czechoslovakia will be
shown.
At this meeting Rev. Lukesh will
announce the dates and places of
future meetings.