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Askov American., 1943-09-23
BRUNO GRANGE NEWS
EDNA Wernowsky, reporter)


September 80 is booster night. And
again we invite you to come and
spend few hours with us. The
Grange needs many new members.
The farmer needs the Grange.
You remember the fable you read
in your second grade reader about
the woodcutter and his sons. He came
home from work and found his sons
quarreling among themselves. He put
down his bundle of sticks he had on
his back and handed a stick to each
one of his sons and told them to
break them. OF course they broke
easily. Then he tied the rest of the
bundle together again, and had each
son try to break it. Of course it
didn't even bend. He told his sons,
singly they were weak, but united
they always would be strong.
So it would be with the Grange.
Your grocer, banker, doctors and all
labor is organized. If it helps them,
it will help the farmer too. The
Grange creed is: We desire a proper
equality, equity for farmers. Protec-
ton for the weak. Restraint on the
strong. In short, justly distributed
powers. These are American ideals.
Our county agent, Clyde Shumway,
will speak on timely topic, "Our
Feeding Problems" There will be
talks, funs and songs.
We are also having bond booth.
Help our boys to come home sooner.
Back the attack with war bonds
until Johnny comes marching home.
Askov American., 1943-09-23

some ways it takes more courage to
resist under such circumstances than
to oppose in hot blood the original
onset of the aggressor. The Danish
navy was not large, but the scut-
Ting of part Of it and the escape OF
other units is one of the great epi-
sodess of the war.
"By these acts, of defiance in the
face of overwhelming power, the
Danes have shown where they stand
Their lot. will be hard one, but let
it be hoped, not of long duration"
Askov American., 1943-09-23
Health Ward
Information furnished by Pine County
Nursing Service

There are several cases of whoop-
ing cough in the county. OF all the
diseases with which health officials
have to deal, whooping cough is one
of the hardest to control. Whooping
cough is highly contagious. 1t is most
infectious in the onset or "cold" stage.
Children who have colds should
therefore be kept home from school
and put to bed. This "cold" or
catarrhal stage lasts about 10 days
and is followed by the whoop stage
during which the patient has spells
of coughing which end with long
inspiratory whoops. In this stage, the
patient often vomits and has nose
bleeds. This stage lasts from four to
six weeks. The coughing spells grad
ually occur less frequently, are less
severe, and finally disappe"r.
There is no natural immunity for
whooping cough as there is for some
communicable diseases. One attack
confers definite, prolonged but not
always complete immunity. Babies
are most susceptible to this disease
Most deaths due to whooping cough
occur in children under five years OF
age. Bronchitis and bronchio pneu-
monia are frequent complications.
In recent years the whooping cough
vaccine has been greatly improved
1t is most effective if given before
the child is exposed to the disease
Children who are suspected of hav-
ing whooping cough should be under
medical care. If the doctor is calle7
early he can do much to relieve the
patients distress and to make the
siege less of drain on the child's
constitution.
Askov American., 1943-09-23
County 4H Clubs

The Ambitious Willows held their
annual meeting at the Willow River
school on September Is when the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Lorayne Fritz; vice president,
Lyle Thompson; secretary-treasurer,
Doris Wickstrom; and reporter, Rob-
ert Thompson.
Reports of the state fair were given
by the delegates, Lorayne Fritz and
Lyle Thompson.
It was decided to divide the club
members for winter work into two
groups and have the meetings begin
at p. M, so that the time of ad-
journment of the meetings would be
earlier. Business would be conducted
with the entire group. All members
would again be together as a group
for lunch or refreshments.
A number of new members have
been enrolled and more will be well
come.
Mrs. Otto Reuer and Otto Sander
son are the leaders, assisted by Miss
Geise, teacher of home economics in
the high school.
Askov American., 1943-09-23
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
A. E. GUsrArsoN. County supt.

Please keep these dates for future
reference:
(1) Information just received in
dicates that registration for Ration
Book No. will be held at your re-
spective schools sometime during the
period of October" 20 to October 81:
(2) Our Pine county school officers
meeting has been scheduled at the
Pine City school auditorium all day
on Tuesday, November Is.
(3) Our Pine county (ruraD teach
ers' institute is scheduled for Hinck-
ley (two days) Monday and Tuesday
December 6 and Z.
(4) The second "Quolifying Test
for Civilians" will be held at high
schools and colleges for eligible ap-
plicants on November 9. This test is
for the purpose of selecting candi-
dates for army specialized training
Contact your high school superin-
tendent, if interested.
Vacancies Filled.
Our vacancies were all IllleO on
schedule. Two schools are without a
teacher but will not open until Octo-
ber 4. We still have a few prospec-
tive (retired) teachers on our list
These will be needed badly for va
cancies that usually occur during the
term. Last term we filled Is vacan-
cies during the period from December
l to May 1. We appreciate the splen-
did response of busy people who have
thus volunteered to help out in this
war emergency. More than 80 of our
teachers this year ere married teach
ers who are maintaining homes. Most
of these have added responsibilities
of young children or farm work or
both. We have only one man oscar
Haaviisto) on our rural faculty this
year, and he Is also maintaining an
80-acre farm with the usual live
stock. Thus we carry on.
Pupils and parents must do all in
their power to cooperate in every
way so that all school work will work
out successfully. Good schools. are
essential even during war.
Askov American., 1943-09-23

The following interesting and
timely hints and suggestions for
gardeners are from the Farm
Journal end Farmers Wife, Oc-
tober issue:
Storage enables the garden to keep
on supplying the table with vegeta-
bles during the fall and winter. The
kinds of vegetables that can be stored
without processing make a much
longer list than you might think.
There is no need to guess about how
to store them if you follow directions
in various bulletins put out by the
agricultural colleges. If in doubt, get
one.
Store the Best-the ones that are
mature, sound, clean, fresh and of
good size. Handle them carefully so
they won't be bruised-don't handle
them when wet. Don't expose them to
heavy frost before storing. Some
kinds of frosted vegetables are not
likely to keep so well.
Half-Inch stems should be left on
root crops. On pumpkins and squashes
leave two inches; if stems are short
er than that, leave all the stem on.
Cold, moist storage is best for root
crops and cabbage. If only few
heads of cabbage are to be stored,
take the plants up with roots and
leave attached and transplant them
in box of soil in cool basement
or cellar, and keep the soil moist
Ground the roots. Heads of cabbage
with roots cut off, will keep if laid
on shelves in cool, moist place. For
outdoor storage, dig shallow trench
or pit in a well-drained spot, then
stand cabbages on their heads (roots
attached) and cover with straw and
layer of soil.
Storing Root Crops.
Root crops can be stored in moist
sand in tightly-covered boxes, in a
cool basement or in garage. Keep
these vegetables just above the freez-
ing point. Crops that can be SO
handled are beets, turnips, carrots
winter radishes, rutabagas. Parsnips
,alsify, parsley roots and horse-rad-
1ish can be handled the same way
,r they can stay in the ground all
winter. Cover them with mulrh o.
-traw and they will not be so likely
% decay from alternate freezing and
thawing.
Cool, dry storage Is the kind for
Askov American., 1943-09-23
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page II

tCOnSlnue0 fsom Page ~
it, but the general tendency was 10
accept it as probably true. Obvious
ly, the man could not have been
killed some time ago, and still ap-
pear before a microphone, but this
mystery may be cleared up some
time during the week. In the mean
time, it is well to remember that
there are excellent impersonators of
public men and their voices, and that
Mussolini's own voice has been pre-
served in large number of trans
cription recordings.
Whatever there may be behind all
this dizzy, fuzzy Muse business-one
thing is fairly certain, and that is
that no one now considers whatever
influence he may have, an important
factor in the further development Of
the war.
Southwest Pacific.
American General Douglas Mac
Arthur, in charge of United Nations
military operations in Australia and
the southwest Pacific, long ago made
it clear that his one clear and out
standing goal is to drive the japanese
out of all the territories they have
conquered and occupied, first of all,
the Philippine Islands.
With that objective In mind.
he has been directing his Ameri-
can and Australian forces against
the most important enemy air
bases in the southwest Pacific,
and has captured the three most
formidable, VIZ, Munda, Salam-
aua, and Lac. The victory at Lac,
won q few days ago, was for
many reasons considered the
most important of them all, and,
in its effects, msst far-reaching.
But these triumphs are merely the
beginning of what is to come, and
serve as reminder that the United
Nations have not yet won the war.
At the same time, they are much
closer to the final victory than they
have ever been, and one almost sure
sign of that is the fact that neither
German nor japanese foe has been
able to register single victory for
ever so many months.
Patiencei
In his message to Congress a few
days ago, President Roosevelt warned
the nation to be patient, and not be
misled by optimism because of the
momentarily bright situation. He ad-
mitted that it really was encourag-
ing, but he did not want the Amer
lean people to think that the end IS
Immediately in sight.
Askov American., 1943-09-23
John O. NOrkOli
CONTINUED. from Page II.

to Wyoming, but in 1905 again came
to Finlayson and have since made
their home in Pine Lake township.
Mr.. Norkon farmed for some time
but retired % years ago.
The survivors are two sons, John
E. Norkoi and Ray M. Norkoli; two
grandchildren, Iver in California, and
Emil at Camp Farragut, Idaho; and
four great grandchildren.
Friends extend sympathy to the
sorrowing relatives.
Askov American., 1943-09-23

81 notice that farm products cost
more than they used to-" remarked
a salesman to a farmer to make con-
versation: eyes," replied the farmer.
"when farmer is supposed to know
the botanical name of what he's rails
ing, an the geological name of the
insect that eats it and the chemical
neme of what will kill it, somebody's
got to pay"
Askov American., 1943-09-23

Members of the st. Croix Pioneers
All club met at the Joe Clementson
home. All new officers were elected
unanimously and are: President, Lor-
raine Wiedemann; vice president,
Russell Clementson; secretary-treas-
urer, Darlene Clementson; reporter,
Dallas Madison.
New projects were discussed and
a program of work planned for fall
and winter.
A carnival and basket social is
planned for October 20 and will be
directed by the leaders, Joseph Nord-
rum and Miss Jean House.
Askov American., 1943-09-23

The Hinckley Hot Shot members
held their annual meeting September
13 at the c. P. Shumwsy home The
following officers were elected: Rich
ard Shumway, president; Tom Bren-
nan, vice president; Nancy Nyline,
secretary-treasurer; and Jack Shum-
way, reporter. A committee meeting
for planning the years program of
work will be held at the c. P. Shum-
way home on the evening of Septem-
ber %.
Visitors at this meeting were Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Cabeck. Four new men,
bers have enrolled.
Askov American., 1943-09-23
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
Askov American.
Askov American., 1943-09-23
PROCEEDINGS OF
SCHOOL BOARD
District No. II.

School board meeting September
16, 1943. .
All members were present except
M. L. Melberg.
DR.. w. C. Ehmke called the meet
ing to order.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
On Recommendation Of Superin-
tendent c., G. Aakhus, the following
basis of salaries of bus drivers was
on motion carried, approved by the
board: John Waletzko, $105 per
month; Chester Waletzko, $105 per
month; Louis Standish, $88 per
month; Paul Carlson, $82 per month;
Oscar Peterson, $50 per month, and
to transport office secretary; Phillip
Busman, SIS per month; Roy Alberg.
$110 per month; Rudy Anderson, $l35
per month.
On motion seconded and carried
Mildred Johnson was elected office
secretary at $40 a month. 1t was
moved, seconded and carried, to levy
Al mills for maintenance.
On motion, seconded and car
ried, the following bills were al
lowed:
First National Bank of st.
Paul, interest on bonds----$65l 81
H. Nortrup, expenses and CEN
sus --- 1925
Elmer Stepan, telephone - 2.75
Willow River Mere. Co., sup
plies -.----- 11.9s
Shirley Giese, expenses --- 1895
Southwestern Publishing Co.,
supplies ----------------- SIS
Houghton Mifflin Co., pro-
grams l.5s
j. r. Stanton Lumber Co., coal 376.2o
j. r. Stanton Lumber Co., sup
plies - 40.3s
School Activities Fund, refund 89.45
Minnesota Power & Light Co.,
service 2455
It was moved, seconded and car
ried to adjourn.
H. NORTRUP, Clerk.
Askov American., 1943-09-23

The Mission Happy HIS All Club
members met 1T the home of their
leader, A. j. Dillon and visitors were
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Vayder and Miss
Florence Chesbrough.
All 1943 officers were reelected
for 1914 and projects for the coming
year were presented by the county
club agent, Mrs. Jones. More members
will be enrolled in poultry than last
year.
1t was planned to have some of the
livestock members ettend the Junior
Livestock show in South St. Paul on
October II to IA if transportation
could be arranged for one day there.
Askov American., 1943-09-23

There is special county award
for all All Club members enrolled
in 1943. The best written report on
the subject, "My Contribution to Vic
tory All Work This Year., will win
S. in cash if received by the county
office by October Is.
The stories must be 500 words or
more if it is needed to tell COM
plete story of the members All
work.
This is sponsored by the Land
OLakes, Inc. It is hoped members
will compete in this contest.
Askov American., 1943-09-23
Gardeners Nook
By GARDEN CLUB EDITOR

The following interesting and
timely hints and suggestions for
gardeners are from the Farm
Journal end Farmers Wife, Oc-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-13

Replying to the editorial in the Mon
tana Oil journal dated February 81,
1913, wish to make the following state
ments
precedent was not established
merely a determination as to which
operator offered the best bid that
would bring the most revenue to the
State of Montana for the sale of state
oil leases. First, let me mention that
the difference in cash price bid was
$4,000 instead of $4,000, and the
state received 2159o royalty in lien of
$4,000, and without a doubt the state
made a wise decision in accepting the
bid with royalty in preference to the
cash bonus.
/ differ with the writer Of this
editorial that this is a 21A@o over
riding royalty. It is not It is merely
basic royalty included in the original
lease, the same as many landowners
royalties in California are taken on the
basis of One-sixth or sixteen and two
thirds per cent and cannot be con
sidered an overriding royalty by any
stretch of the imagination.
/ might mention at this point that
more equitable way to lease state
lands would be to issue a lease for a
minimum amount of acreage-640 or
even 1880 aeres-and the lease should
be issued to the original applicant
without competitive bidding, but the
applicant would be required to put up
bond to drill at least one well on one
100 during the first year and then must
proceed to drill an additional well on
each 100 each year thereafter or for
felt the balance of the lease, provided
the lands leased are in proven territory,
but if in wildcat territory, well should
be required on the structure within a
| definite radius of the state lands and
during the second year a well should
be required on the state lands in
order to hold the lease with, say, $10O
per acre rental per year.
For the information Of the public
shall say that four years ago my or.
ganization spent some 100000 making
a geological map of this area. We
leased up considerable acreage and
fdrilled a well into the lime without
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-13
Stcxte Leases 10
Be Sold on Gosh
Bcxsis Hereafter

No further disturbances over the sale
of oil and gas leases on school lands
in wildcat districts are expected follow
ing the action of the State Board Of
Land Commissioners in special session
in Helena in ruling that sales in the
future shall be for cash for standard
87h96 leases. Recently a bid was
accepted calling for an $50 lease, in
lieu Of higher cash bonus and rental
Hereafter the call will be for open
competitive bids on cash basis.
At this weeks sale leases on 16 tracts
of land were sold, all at the minimum
of rs cents per acre. Carter Oil Co.
bought 10 tracts, some in Cut Bank area
and the rest in Townships 5, Z and ON
in ranges 90, %, 81, 80 and ssE. The
Texas company bid in two leases in
North Cut Bank. John Murphy bid in
one section in Petroleum county, in
Township 13N-2SE.
The largest state land lease sale in
the history of the state is set for
March % when over $4,000 acres will
be offered on a cash basis
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-13

results, having spent some $4,000 in
this venture. Last fall / decided the
area was worth another well, so l have
attempted to lease up enough acreage
to justify the drilling of this wildcat.
This school section was in the acreage
selected and was necessary to complete
my block. In going into competitive
bidding, I found that l was confronted
with the opposition of a billion dollar
corporation, the Carter Oil Company or
the Standard Oil of New Jersey, and
it is evident to all operators that the
sky is the limit in competitive bidding
for any acreage that they may want
1t dawned on me that the only way to
acquire this section was to make a
bid with royalty along with cash
bonus, feeling that the major corpora
tion would not 20 over l2l5Ge, which
found to be true. This is the only
way that an independent shoestrihg
operator can compete with a major
corporation in bidding on state or
government lands.
It is a known, fact that the northern
Montana oil field is the only poor
mans oil field in the United States
and Montana should hold up that
uiStiACAAouf AitltuEh VIC Ao say w
would like to have the majors come
in and take their place with other
operators, still allowing the small in
dependent to exist This fact has been
proven as the Standard Of California
came in and retired Likewise the
Standard Of Indiana, through the Mid
west; likewise the Carter Oil Company
and finally the Ohio Oil Company saw
fit to retire due to the fact that they
did not have a complete unit Of pro
duction, refining and marketing Thus
it is evident that a major corporation
cannot exist in northern Montana from
production standpoint, but must have
the complete unit, which viii take in
the Texas Company and the Glacier
Production. It is a fact that the Con
tinental still holds a few leases in
northern Montana, but they are ready
and willing to retire when they can
receive reasonable amount for their
assets.
The small producer has kept the ball
rolling in northern Montana, gone
through the depression and struggled
on, and now there is a demand for
oil after six years of proration, and
for one would like TO see the in
dependent producer continue to exist
and to be able to acquire enough
acreage to carry on and develop with
out allowing the major corporations to
control hundreds Of thousands Of acres
of land that would be ehalked down in
their reserves for posterity.
f. B. Coolidge
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-13
From PIWC Report

'Unless some action is taken soon we
face the possibility Of a petroleum
shortage that viii embarrass not only
the petroleum industry but every di-
vision of government which has in any
way failed to take cognizanee Of this
situation and has exhausted every
known method to avoid the serious
consequences that must follow such
failuren
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-13
Facts and Opinion With Reference to the
INTERESTING PRECEDENT"

l would appreciate it if you or any
major company that wishes to, would
present their viewpoint to the general
public for public consideration.
Thanking you in advance for your
willingness to allow this eommunica-
ton to be printed in the only paper
published in Montana that reaches
practically all of the oil fraternity, 1
beg to remain.
Very truly yours,
E. B. Coolidge.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-13

MT. ~. 4. OeSCnOn3 GQ1tOf
Montana Oil Journal
Great Falls, Montana
Dear Sir:
Having taken exception to an ar
ticle in the last issue headed "One Oil
Operator Freely Confesses That He
Done IT. leading the public to believe
that / had committed some crime, and
then going through my reply TO your
editorial Of previous date headed "In-
teresting Precedent" it was evident
you only mentioned a very few points
on my defense to your editorial, and
/ am requesting that you print my reply
in full, together with this letter. Your
plea was that my article was too
long, but I offered to pay for the space
necessary to print my full reply as the
public is entitled to know all the
facts so they win be able to Judge
whether this incident had merit or not.
We note that the pressure brought
on the State Board of Land Commits
sioners by you and undoubtedly some
of the major companies in getting re-
suits in the interest of these same
major companies, as the call for bids
advertised in your paper of March 9th
stated that open competitive bids on
any recognized competitive basis win
be received for oil and gas leases, and
another call for bids on March 23rd
will only be made on a competitive
cash basis. Under this condition it
should not be necessary to hold COM
petitive bidding at all-merely the
State Board should turn all the leases
on state lands directly over to the
major corporations, as they are the
only ones who will be able to compete
for these lands as the independents
are forthwith chased out of the pic
ture. The only defense that the in
dependent has against major domino
tiOn is combination bidding of both
cash and royalty, as originally the state
owns 1000 of the oil rights and they
are privileged to issue basic lease
for any percentage of the total that
they so see fit or the public is willing
to consider, and the more royalty
the state retains the greater the
revenue win be for the school children
of this state.
/ do not criticize you or anyone else
if You differ with me in an opinion
but when you go around the corner
to take back hand slap without pub
fishing all the facts and reasons, be
leve you are taking an unfair ad
vantage. just remember that Montana
still carries on under a Democratic
form of government and people should
be allowed to bid under competitive
bidding either in cash, royalty, cattle
sheep or any other commodity.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-03-13
cAN THIs BE- TRUE?

Ban on non-essential driving in the
East henceforth be modified by forth
right explanations of need for saving
gasoline "instead of harrassment of mo-
florists by the police" announces OPA
Administrator P NJ Brown. "The time
has now come to stop all unnecessary
Inconvenience of the public" he said.
Police methods viii be applied to
criminals but not to the general public.