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Income Tax Debated
Following the publication of a
comprehensive article on the his
tory, purpose and results of the
state net income tax law by Hjal
mar Petersen, an article was
written by Senator A. J. Rockne
and published in his Zumbrota
News. Opposing views are ex
pressed by the two men. Here
with is published the Rockne ver
sion followed by a Petersen reply:
As Senator Rockne Sees It.
I was both grieved and surprised
to note the article that my friend.
Hjalmar Petersen, wrote in the Min
nesota Leader on June 1 in which
article he attempted to justify the in
come tax. I was grieved because
my friend. Hjalmar. seems to think
that he can reform the party that has
made such a miserable effort to run
our state, which party has a lot of
Mexican generals and Communists
and that element which disagrees with
the conservatives in the management
of state affairs. I had hoped that
Hjalmar. who helped us so much
two years ago to clean up things in
the state capitol. would now come
over and join us because we can use
men like Hjalmar Petersen.
I was surprised to see Hjalmar’s
arguments on the income tax law be
cause it demonstrated to me that
Hjalmar either has not been thinking
as he should or he is uninformed as
to what the income tax law is.
It is true that we conservatives
opposed the law and our reasons for
voting against it can be found in the
Senate Journal of 1933 as we had it
recorded there under the constitu
tional provisions. We said then that
the income tax, which was to go to
the schools, would only be another
additional tax and until there was a
constitutional provision enacted to
make the income tax a replacement
tax so far as real estate was con
cerned, we would not vote for the
law. Now, Hjalmar says this has
helped us out.
Here are the records: In 1933 the
aid to schools was 55,750.000. In 1939,
against the finance committee’s vig
orous protest, the legislature gave aid
to schools from the state treasury of
57.750.000 the first year and $8,050,000
the second year. Now, as everyone
knows, business and industry do not
pay any income tax because all they
do is to add it on to their goods and
the tillers of the soil carry the bur
den. I want to say to my friend.
Hjalmar, that the farmers are aware
of this now and when he thinks he
is trying to demonstrate that the
farmers get any benefit from the in
come tax law and its enactment, he
is sadly mistaken. On June 1, 1937,
all products, including machinery the
farmer has to buy, went up 30 to 40
per cent and the tillers of the soil,
who cannot fix their prices, have
to carry the load. Yet he is stay
ing with a party who call them
selves the Farmer-Labor party. The
farmers are wise now and in my
opinion he cannot put this kind of ar
gument over on them any further and
I was surprised when he attempted
to justify the income tax law.
I want to say to Hjalmar that the
thing we predicted has happened with
a vengeance and the quicker he con
siders a little more fully state affairs
the better it will be for the organiza
tion to which he belongs, or what
would be better still, to get out of
there and come over with us conserv
atives because I know he is reason
ably conservative and a man that I
would trust with most any affairs of
state.
I like the attitude of Senator A. J.
Rockne in disagreeing with me on the
merits of the state net income tax.
Bringing out points of difference in
such friendly manner makes for better
understanding of the issue and for
cooperation and progress in other
fields where there may be no dis
agreement.
The Senator writes that I am sadly
mistaken in trying to demonstrate
that the farmers get any benefit from
the income tax.
It is agreed that real estate, per
sonal property and social security
taxes are overhead expenses in any
business or industry and are passed
on to the consumer in the price of
the products sold. Not so with net
income, gift and inheritance taxes.
Business competitors have much
(ENT NEWSPAPER
A. J. ROCKNE.
Petersen’s Position.
the same general property and social
security taxes and are therefore on
equal basis in passing on those taxes.
The individual or the corporation
doing much more business than com
petitors usually has a profit or net
income on which there is the addi
tional income tax, but not so big as
to be a deterrent to business, no
hindrance to progress or initiative.
That tax is ascertained after the
year’s business is completed.
The income tax certainly is not
passed on to the consumer. It if
were, the firm would be undersold
and hurt by competitors. It is only
monopolies that can pass on the in
come tax to the farmer and consumer,
and there should be no business
monopolies.
The Senator seems to think that all
taxes are easily passed on by business.
Would he therefore eliminate all taxes
on business? He is still against the
net income tax and virtually makes
an argument for its repeal.
Where would the needed money for
the public schools have come from
had it not been for the income tax
law since 1933? During the last three
years it has netted between $10,000.-
000 and $11,000,000 annually. With
out the income tax, we would have
had to collect that much more in
local school districts on general pro
perty or through some other form of
taxation.
Mr. Rockne mentions the advance
in the price of machinery and other
farm necessities. There is a virtual
monopoly in the manufacture of farm
machinery, handled in the main out
side Minnesota, and the prices are
not set here. Those prices went up
and down long before enactment of
the Minnesota income tax law, and
certainly our tax does not govern
machinery prices out over the nation.
The Senator might look up the prices
paid for farm machinery a dozen
years prior to the Minnesota income
tax law.
I really should not be "uninformed
as to what the income tax law is,”
recalling that I sponsored it while
chairman of the House Tax committee
in the 1933 session, but I am willing
to learn and be corrected if the Sen
ator will point out errors in my de
ductions.
"The farmers are wise now,” writes
the Senator. They have been wise for
a long time and were amongst those
who advocated and worked aggres
sively for the income tax. They know
it is a tax that cannot be passed on
to them through commodities except
by monopolies.
Yes. there was some straightening
up which had to be done in the Farm
er-Labor party and therefore my fight
in the 1938 primaries against Com
munistic influences. But. brushing
aside Republican and Farmer-Labor
political label considerations, we
should get along nicely as we have
in the past, especially in view of the
fact that Mr. Rockne writes Hjalmar
is "a man that I would trust with
most any affairs of state.”
As a progressive. I appreciate the
Senator’s many years of service to the
state, and I still respect my superiors
in age and experience. We may differ
now and then, but it is well to have
a few balance wheels and checks
against new-fangled ideas that have
not been thoroughly considered before
introduction in the halls of legisla
tion. Conservatives and liberals may
all at times need to check on one
another.
HJALMAR PETERSEN.
Propaganda And Ballyhoo
Political writers in other states
surely must smile if they pick up
Minnesota daily newspapers and ob
serve how several of the local writers
continue to build up our young gov
ernor.
For days and weeks prior to the
keynote speech at Philadelphia, we
could read in the Minnesota daily
press that “the keynote was awaited
with tremendous curiosity.” and if
“his address goes over with a bang,
Minnesota’s governor immediately
will become a national leader of com
manding stature in the Republican
party.”
The following paragraph was also
heralded: “Should his address sweep
the convention off its feet—and Min
nesotans will not be surprised if it
does—it is almost inevitable that
scores of delegates and party leaders
of the midwest will want to know his
position on candidates and will force
him to assume a position of leader
ship despite the traditional non-parti
san role of the keynoter.”
“Curiosity and interest over what
he will say is at fever heat,” was more
of the advance publicity. All of which
was propaganda and ballyhoo for the
step that he was to take in coming
out for Wilkie as the candidate for
president, though traditionally, key
noters do not express their opinion
on who should be the party candidate
until such keynoter casts his own
ballot.
One comment given space after the
keynote, quoted a Minnesota delegate
as saying that he was most impressed
by the “tempered tone” of the address.
Anyone who heard the address or
read it could not help but observe that
instead of containing constructive
criticism, it was in the main one of
condemnation. One Minnesota polit
ical writer had it figured out that
there was applause on an average of
once each minute throughout the key
note address, and another writer said
it was received with “universal ac
claim.”
The keynoter criticized the Demo
cratic party and the president for an
“un-American desire” for a third
term, though the keynoter broke pre
cedent, himself, by going contrary to
■nsl
the tradition of keynoters remaining
silent on who to nominate.
Joseph H. Ball of the Pioneer Press
and Dispatch, can be counted on to
defend and boost the governor early
and late. He even went so far as to
greatly discount the address of former
President Herbert Hoover in an effort
to have Stassen loom up all the more.
Mr. Ball wrote that "the ovation he
(Hoover) received at the end of his
talk was phony as a plugged nickel.
It was an organized claque and noth
ing more.”
Ball went on to state that Congress
man Knutson grabbed the state ban
ner and marched around the hall.
The rest of the state delegates were
unmoved and “some did not even
bother to stand up.” Ball even went
so far as to say that Hoover’s speech
was “a flop.”
A political writer, Lyle C. Wilson,
down in Washington, who likely has
not yet received a gold wrist watch
from the governor, writes from a
more unbiased standpoint. He states
that "delegates received his (Stas
sen’s) address with alternate periods
of cheering and silence, and it failed
to provoke a parade which is the
final gesture of appreciation from a
political convention audience.”
Mr. Wilson also wrote: "Stassen’s
speech hit hard and often but it did
not throw the switch for a whooping
convention demonstration and not a
delegate left his place nor was a state
standard yanked from its moorings
parade bound.”
Political propaganda and ballyhoo
may be satisfying to those who are on
the receiving end and enjoy it. Let
us not have servile citizenship, but
let us be building toward more and
better understanding through frank
and open discussion. Closing of col
umns in the public press to frank
discussions, or greatly reducing the
publication of anything but propa
ganda and ballyhoo for chosen can
didates who bow to the will of wealth,
certainly will not build for more
democracy. It only leads toward
fascism.
An intelligent Republican recently
wrote: "Even in our state affairs, one
has to enter the valley of humilia
tion to question the dominant polit
ical crowd!”
Opinions Of Others
(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer’s name for our information.
Signed articles always are more ef
fective, but if the writer does not
wish to have his name used, it will
be withheld).
WEAKER NATIONS SUFFER
Editor Askov American:
This letter is to call the attention
of the people to the character of the
German government and the inhab
itants of Germany, who uphold such
a government.
Ever since the first World war.
Germany has used all its energy for
preparing for more war. They have
used all their young men for soldiers,
not only training them to be good
men-killers, but to make tools and
machinery to do it with.
Then they took one country and
territory after another by bluff, so
Germany became a great, powerful
nation. Then Poland. England and
France joined each other in an alli
ance for defense.
When Germany started war on Po
land the Allies notified her that they,
according to agreement, were bound
to help Poland. So Germany was the
aggressor in the war against the three
Allies who were united for defense.
Germany took Poland easily by brutal
robbery as England and France could
not get there to help them. Now
Germany had become a large country
by all its bluffs and robberies.
The first thing for Germany to do
was to sink all nations’ ships, and to
start on France, but there was the
Maginot line and the Germans knew
that it was next to impossible for
them to go through there, so they
did not try it; but the German lead
ers were lucky, not to have such hu
manity, conscience and Christianity
in them which forbade robbery and
any other actions of brutality. The
Germans had to go north of the Mag
inot line and through the two neutral
small peaceable countries, Holland
and Belgium, killing innocent civil
ians as well as soldiers; and robbing
them of everything so they had that
much more with which to fight
France.
Late last winter I had a letter from
Denmark. In it I read: “We are
alright here; we are having plenty of
everything except coal. The Ger
mans are sinking our coal to the bot
tom of the sea so we are suffering
from the awful, cold winter. It is
not like it was during the World
war when we had to sell everything
to the Germans so we, ourselves,
were in need.”
Last winter the Germans had no
money and their worthless paper
marks nobody could take in pay
ment, so the Germans did not buy
the Danish food. They knew where
it was and they knew of an easy way
to get it, so they came there in the
early morning like other robbers do
and took the whole country by land
ing troops 12 places and placing bat
tleships to bombard Copenhagen if it
resisted. They took the whole coun
try, with the people and all their
property, without warning. Now the
Danish people are German slaves.
They took Norway the same way, at
the same time, but Norway resisted
and had to suffer for it as robbers
will kill people if they can’t take by
bluff. Both nations were peaceable
and had no dispute with Germany,
so it was plain robbery.
ASKOV AMERICAN, ASKOV, MINNESOTA
From Exchanges
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
Askov American.
FIND THEY WERE MISTAKEN
(Tri-County Forum)
The Stassen crowd sought to charge
the Farmer-Laborites in 1938 with
squandering a great deal of money
on projects, especially in the con
servation department. They have
had to take a lot of that back, though
they are not openly confessing the
fact, acting like all tricky politicians
do. One of these “squandered” pro
jects is the Waskish spawning
grounds on the east end of Upper
Red Lake. Not only have they kept
up this project since they got into
power but they have expended still
more money to enlarge, as it is one
of the best pike spawning grounds
in the entire country.
INSURANCE COMPANY FARMS
(Swea City Herald)
There is among the statutes of lowa
a law requiring insurance companies
to sell the farms they own after it has
been established that “an emergency
has passed.” Thousands of farms had
been acquired by the insurance com
panies during the depression at the
beginning of the last decade. For a
time it was plain to all that a market
for these lands did not exist. So
many farms for sale would flood the
market, and potential buyers did not
have the means to finance the deals.
At length it was agreed this emer
gency no longer existed so Governor
Wilson and the state insurance de
partment ruled the statutory limit
had passed, and they asked the com
panies to start selling. The Herald
became acutely aware of this activity
last year when it printed a story
that certain insurance companies had
withdrawn their farms from the local
market. Straightway there came a
sharp letter from the state insurance
department at Des Moines asking for
particulars.
At the outset insurance company
holdings in this state amounted to the
equivalent of eight average size coun
ties. When selling started there was
some fear that farm land prices would
be disrupted badly. The outcome is
described by H. A. Grantham who
writes a Republican press letter from
Des Moines. Plainly Mr. Grantham
picks out stuff favorable to Repub
lican administration, but, nonetheless,
the facts he presents in this instance
are interesting. He says:
“During the first year, 1939, 2.147
of such farms were sold by insurance
companies and the process continues.
More than 80 per cent of these 2,147
farms were sold to tenant occupants
on long term contracts and at low
interest rates. It is estimated that
an area equal to one lowa county has
been sold back into the hands of
owner-occupants. Strangely enough
the insurance companies who were
most dubious of the plan are now its
strongest supporters. Their own at
tempts to operate them had not been
highly successful. Real estate depart
ments created by these companies to
administer their holdings are being
gradually eliminated. Prices for the
farms have been satisfactory to both
buyer and seller and the number of
farm homesteads in lowa is on the
increase.”
MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN
(Minneapolis Star-Journal)
While we’re speaking of the toll of
war in lives lost and money wasted,
let’s consider the cost in similar terms
of Minnesota’s highway carnage.
State Highway Commissioner Hoff
mann reckons that Minnesota motor
ists and pedestrians lost 511.456,615
through traffic accidents last year.
Of this amount, $5,640,000 was lost in
human life, on the basis of the legal
figure of SIO.OOO as the value of a life.
Eleven million dollars would build
11 first-class, modern high schools;
it would build three up-to-date hos
pitals; it would build several city
libraries of the kind Minneapolis so
sorely needs. Think what could be
done with 11 millions in health edu
cation and disease prevention, in
supplying food and clothing to the
needy, in any number of things that
conduce to a better society.
We don’t know how many of last
year’s traffic accidents were prevent
able. The great majority were, in
the large sense all were. It’s money
and lives “down the drain,” irrecov
erable. Automobiles represent wealth
and their number indicates prosperity.
But mishandling of them represents
pure liability, on the red side of the
ledger. To drive carefully is to help
preserve both human and material
assets of tangible value.
It should be plain to all intelligent
people that Germany is a first class
robber nation. Nobody troubled
them, but they started to do one rob
bery after another to get more power
ful. They planned to rob from others
to have materials for war. If they
had been what they claimed to be.
a Christian, civilized nation, there
could not have been war. as no other
nation wanted it. To be the aggressor
of war is left for barbarians as the
principle part of the Christian re
ligion is as Christ said: “Love others
as you love yourself.” Anyone op
posed to that teaching can not be a
Christian. When planning the war,
they would be bound to think of the
millions of people who would have
to suffer; thus they were destitute of
such love.
ANDREW RASMUSSON.
3030 West River Blvd., Minneapolis.
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
(Continued from Page 1)
Rumanian shipments consigned to
Germany. It was then that the
dispatches in the daily press, not
without reason, spoke about the
possibility of a rift between Rus-
sia and Germany.
Bessarabia is one of those unhappy
border regions whose fate it is to be
always tossed back and forth between
contending great powers; it is a ter
ritory corresponding in area to that
of Vermont, and famed far and wide
for its wheat, corn, orchards and
caviar; there are pretty close to 4 mil
lion inhabitants, and almost 3 mil
lions are said to be Rumanians. The
Russians maintain that the larger
part of the population is Ukrainian.
Complications.
Northern Bukowina was prior to
the last world war a part of the
Austro-Hungarian empire, not of Rus
sia. Now the Russians have taken
it, anyhow.
At the same time the Soviets have
demanded that Hungary cede to them
the province of Ruthenia which for
merly belonged to Czecho-Slovakia,
and as if to balance matters, Hungary
insists that Rumania must cede to
it the region known as Transsylvania,
one of the Rumanian world-war
spoils, taken from the now defunct
Austro-Hungarian empire.
Apparently proceeding from the
theory that one must pick while the
picking is good, Bulgaria has put in
a claim for the Rumanian province
of Dobrudja, and has emphasized it
by placing troops along the southern
frontier of Rumania.
So far, the two other major
Balkan states, Turkey and Yugo
slavia, confine themselves to the
tedious task of awaiting further
developments. But they are
doing so with the finger on the
trigger.
It is said that King Carol of Ru
mania has appealed to Hitler and
Mussolini for support, and it is not
impossible that his prayer will be
granted, for Germany and Italy are
just now not very anxous to have to
establish a new front. They feel they
will have their hands full disposing
of Great Britain.
Rumors of Peace.
A few days ago Berlin. Rome, Lon
don and neutral capitals were filled
with rumors to the effect that Ger
many might make peace proposals to
the British government, “generously”
offering it the retention of 95 per
cent of the British empire but in
sisting that the Suez Canal and the
Gibraltar Strait be internationalized.
The rumor was promptly
speared. London announced that
under no circumstances would it
talk peace with Hitler now, and
Berlin insisted that the “clumsy
peace manoeuver” was of British
origin, therefore to be laughing
ly discounted.
In the meantime, the major German
offensive against England is expected
at almost any moment. There have
been, during the last few nights, a
number of German bombings of Eng
lish. Welsh and Scotch positions, sev
eral persons have been killed, much
property damage done.
The British have retaliated with
attacks on German cities and fac
tories.
But all this tit-for-tat business is
merely in the nature of skirmishes.
The real battle is yet to come, and
England is fearful of the possible re
sults but steadfast and determined
in her will to resist with all her
power.
After the Debacle.
Post-mortem analyses of the col
lapse of France are now in progress
and are revealing a sorry state of
affairs, for as the sordid story un
folds itself it becomes increasingly
clear that the French republic has
once more been exploited, to a large
extent, by corrupt politicians and not
too efficient generals.
The core of the French people
is sound, as always. The decay
is visible only in the top layers.
No definite word has come as to
the fate of the French navy, second
largest in Europe, and several rumors
to the effect that it is in safe British
ports have not in each instance been
confirmed.
One outstanding fact remains and
that is that France is out of the war,
and that. Great Britain now fights, un
supported, the formidable armies and
navies of Germany and Italy, with
Russia still an undetermined factor.
A Little Spice
The last place to take your troubles
is to court.
A person who helps a church gets
greater good for himself.
If we could manage to be more
just, we would not have so many
calls for temporary charity.
Character and health seem to be
more appreciated when they are lost.
When you hate another, you in
jure yourself far more than him.
If hard luck comes now and then,
remember that too much sunshine
makes a desert.
Young lovers have always “petted”
but not in public as now.
Registration Act
Is Effective Soon
(Continued from Page 1)
Thereafter, it shall be the duty of
every alien who is a resident of the
United States, or parent or legal
guardian of any such alien, to notify
the commissioner in writing of each
change of residence and new ad
dress within five days from the date
of each change. Aliens in the United
States but not residents thereof, must
notify the Commissioner in writing
of his address at the expiration of
each three months period.
It is provided that the forms for
the registration and fingerprinting of
aliens shall contain inquiries with
respect to (1) the date and place of
entry of the alien into the United
States; (2) activities in which he has
been and intends to be engaged; (3)
the length of time he expects to re
main in the United States; (4) the
criminal record, if any, of the alien;
and (5) such additional matters as
may be prescribed by the Commis
sioner, with the approval of the At
torney General.
Records Kept Confidential.
All registration and fingerprint rec
ords are to be kept secret and con
fidential, and shall be made avail
able only to persons or agencies des
ignated by the Commissioner and ap
proved by the Attorney General.
The following penalties are pro
vided for those who fail to obey the
registration law: (1) Any alien, or
any parent or legal guardian of any
alien, who willfully fails or refuses
to apply for registration and finger
printing, shall be fined not more than
SIOOO, or imprisoned for not more
than one year, or both. (2) Any
alien, or any parent or legal guard
ian of any alien who files an appli
cation containing statements known
by him to be false, or who procures
or attempts to procure registration of
himself or another person through
fraud, shall be fined not more than
SIOOO, or imprisoned for not more
than one year, or both, and any alien
so convicted within five years after
entry shall also be deported. (3) Any
alien, or any parent or legal guardian
of any alien, who fails to notify the
Commissioner of each change of resi
dence and address shall be fined not
more than SIOO, or imprisoned for
not more than 30 days, or both.
Special Regulations.
The bill provides that all aliens
seeking to enter the United States in
the future shall be registered and
fingerprinted, and it authorizes the
Commissioner to prescribe special
regulations for the registration and
fingerprinting of (1) alien seamen,
(2) holders of border-crossing iden
tification cards, (3) aliens confined
in institutions within the United
States. (4) aliens under order of de
portation and (5) aliens of any other
class not lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent resi
dence.
There are several other important
provisions of this bill that affect
aliens. The following groups are
added to the classes of aliens subject
to deportation:
(1) Aliens who knowingly and for
gain encourage or aid other aliens .to
enter the United States unlawfully.
(2) Aliens who have been con
victed under any state narcotics law
(addicts who are not dealers in or
peddlers of narcotics are excepted).
(3) Aliens who have been convicted
of possessing or carrying certain fire
arms.
These provisions do not apply to
acts committed prior to the date of
the enactment of the act. Another
section of the bill excludes from the
United States any alien who has ever
been a member of the anarchistic and
similar classes defined in the Act of
October 16, 1918. It also provides
for the deportation of any alien who
at any time after entry has belonged
to any of these classes, no matter for
how short a time, and no matter if
he is not now a member.
Law Allows Discretion.
In striking contrast with the sever
ity of this last provision, another sec
tion of the bill gives officials a dis
cretion in certain deportation cases
which has long been urged and which
constitutes an important forward step
in humanizing our deportation law.
In cases where an alien proves good
moral character and where he is de
portable only for illegal entry or cer
tain other non-criminal causes, the
Attorney General is given discretion
not to deport, if he finds that deporta
tion “would result in serious eco
nomic detriment to a citizen or legally
resident alien who is the spouse, par
ent or minor child of such deportable
alien,” and to record such aliens as
admitted for permanent residence.
Another important part of the bill
makes it a crime to counsel disobedi
ence or interfere with discipline in
the army or navy, or to advocate the
overthrow by force or violence of
the government of the United States,
or of any of its subdivisions. These
provisions apply to aliens and citi
zens alike, except that aliens who are
convicted must in addition to other
penalties, be deported.
Minneapolis is exactly midway be
tween the equator and the North Pole.
The chief gambling games played
in the Casino at Monte Carlo are
roulette and trente-et-quarante, with
stakes ranging from 5 to 6,000 and
20 to 12,000 francs, respectively. The
gaming tables are patronized by peo
ple from all parts of the world, but
are forbidden to the natives.
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940
City Boys Enjoy
Camp At Willow
The Citizens Club Camp, founded
by George Henry Christian of Min
neapolis in 1916 and sponsored by the
Lion’s club of that city, opened a
branch organization two weeks ago
on the east shore of Clear lake, south
west of Willow River, where the club
purchased 40 acres, a part of Mark’s
Ranch. C. E. Caffee of Minneapolis,
who has had 18 years experience in
this kind of work in handling and
guiding the young boys and young
men, is camp director. Kenneth Clov
son is his able assistant. They have
22 boys in their charge this week,
ages ranging from 11 to 15 years.
H. G. Christian, son of George
Henry Christian, and his assistant,
John Skurdolsvold, has supervision
of 24 boys whose ages range from 6
to 11 years. Most of these boys are
under-privileged and would not be
able to get out on these trips if left
to the parents. Some have never
been outside the city limits and it
is a great treat for them to get out
and live with nature. They have
six tents with eight cots each, later
on when they become better organ
ized, they will put up permanent cot
tages.
This location is one of nature’s
beauty spots. They have a secure
place to swim, they fish, clean and
fry their own catch. They have an
overnight hike, pitch their tents and
stay until morning when they return
to camp. Each group of boys are
permitted to stay two weeks, when
they are taken home and a new group
arrives. They play horseshoe, ten
nis and other outdoor games, when the
weather is nice and have a large
tent for indoor sports for rainy days.
Each boy prepares his own evening
meal and they have much fun doing it.
Edward Clough, who has lived in
Willow River the past half century,
was invited out to camp recently to
tell the boys about this country when
he first came here. He told them
many things about the passing of the
white pine forests and some of his
experiences of camp life during that
time, including some of his favorite
stories which the boys enjoyed. The
Poslusny Bros, are putting in a well
at the camp and when it is finished
there will be a good supply of water
for all purposes.
i Health Ward
Information furnished by Pine County
Nursing Service.
The class in home nursing in Oge-*
ma township, met recently at the
home of Mrs. Huntley. There were
23 women present. To this group
Miss Virginia Karlson demonstrated
the care of a sick person in bed. a
bed bath, prevention of bed sores and
other things to be known. It is wise
for these women who live in rural
areas far from a hospital or doctor,
to know something about proper care
of the sick, so they will be better
prepared to carry out the doctor’s in
struction after he has made a call.
The Ogema township class will hold
its next meeting at the home of Mrs.
Soens.
First Aid Work.
The Askov Girl Scouts class met
recently. They studied first aid for
poison ivy, boils, cuts, objects lodged
in the throat and eyes and other
things that occur quite frequently
which, if not given proper care, may
have serious results.
First aid is immediate, temporary
treatment given before a doctor can
be secured. These Askov girls are
going to have a picnic Thursday. July
11, at which time they will give a
demonstration of the things they have
learned for their sponsors, the Le
gion Auxiliary.
Miss Karlson has found that many
young mothers ask for and appreciate
the literature on infant care, and the
schedule cards which the government
furnishes. These booklets and cards
do not take the place of a doctor’s
care, but supplement it. Many prob
lems a mother has with her babies
such as rash, belching, colic and
teething, are discussed in these book
lets. Miss Karlson, with her exper
ience in nursing and care of babies,
can help these mothers with their
problems by actually showing them
how to do things for their children.
County Nurse Works for All.
Many people have an idea that
the county nurse is only for the poor
people. This is not so, as every
mother, whether rich or poor, should
learn and needs to know good care
for her family.
Feeding problems, habit training
and childhood diseases mothers need
to know a great deal about to have
healthy children and healthy grown
ups.
Families of children who attended
the Orthopedic clinic in St. Cloud in
April, are being visited and advised,
through the doctors, the necessary
care in various matters, and how it
should be done, as for example, how
a “lift” should be put on a shoe.
Attention is again called to a com
mittee meeting in Askov July 5.
Allison of the Cincinnati Reds, in
1869, was the first catcher to wear a
glove on his left hand.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing says that the star before the
serial number on a bill shows that
the bill has been substituted for one
that has been found defective after
being numbered and sealed.