Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-08-17
StateIleWsin Brief
Dolngs OF Last Few Days Throughout
Minnesota CONDENSED for
Hssty Perusat.

| legged |. w. w. ringieaders We're ar
rested and jailed There was no fur
Their rioting.
| winona. To introduce into the
schools for Indians more vocational
training. party of leading educators
In government service are holding in
stitutes In Indian schools this sum-
| mer.
st. Cloud. ~- Harvey Grimmer, news
paper man has been named chairman
| OF the Democratic congressional COM
mittee Of the Sixth district by w. +.
Donahue of Melrose party nominee
for Congress.
| Glyndon, John Zeigler, escaped
| inmate OF the asylum for the insane
at Fergus Falls, and charged with the
theft Of four horses at Dilworth. Mimi,
was arrested here. Zeigler was work
ing for a farmer.
Fergus Falls. Men who quit work
| on the state road construction at Peli-
can Rapids, near here, have an oppor-
tunity TO return to their posts without
| losing pay for the time they have been
| off, ii they resume operations at once
The men left their jobs when dissatis-
fed with the meals. according to re-
ports.
Preston. The cutting of grain,
more difficult and tedious this year
because of the lodged conditions on
many farms, has practically been COM
pleted In Southeastern Minnesota. The
threshing operations are well adj
vanced, and In spite OF several days
delay due to rain the progress Is nor
NAL. as compared with other years.
Detroit. J. Farrell state dairy
commissioner, was unanimously elect
ed president of the American Associa-
ton of Dairy, Food and Drug Officials
at the associations convention In De-
troit. Mr.. Farrell succeeds w b. Bar.
| ney, food and dairy commissioner of
Iowa, who was elected president at
the San Francisco convention i'm 1915.
st. Paul. Twenty-three deaths
have resulted from the 244 cases of
infantile paralysis recently reported in
| Minnesota. Grouping of the cases
shows a large number In the central
| part of the state, where the disease
had large run last year, though the
reports from SO sanitary districts in
40 counties indicate il Is widespread.
| Winona. Puzzled for three weeks
| by mysterious fires, officials of the
| Northwestern railway In Wlnona. be-
| lleye they have solved the situation
by the arrest of Warren h. Hanscom,
| 19-year-old son of minister of a lead
ing church of Tracy, Mimi. He is
charged with setting at least five fires.
| The authorities say he has confessed
AT preliminary hearing the young
man was held on $500 bail.
Austin. Austn's streets may be
| graded with gold-a least to n limit
| ed extent, A. G.. Runyau washed out
| St9S worth of gold from thirty pans
| Of sand from the same source as that
used on local streets All along the
| Cedar river. where indications Of gold
| have been found. eager farmers have
| turned prospectors and are "panning"
! the sand. Traces of gold in Austin
were found for the first time two
| weeks ago.
! Moorhead. Clay county farmers
marketed 2.752, $50 bushels of grain
during the past year, according to u
| report filed with the state tax COM
mission by County Auditor G. Hong
lam. The report is made as basis
for taxation of the receipts. The
years marketing record Is 759.774
bushels greater than that of the pre-
vious year. Wheat led, with a total OF
1,2S4.a3S bushels marketed through
the a. elevators in the county
Minneapolis, So much interest Is
being taken in the auto show at the
Minnesota state fair. Sept. TO 9, that
every foot Of exhibit space on the
ground floor OF the Varied Industries
building has been sold. indicating the
largest auto show ever conducted In
the northwest. Such q demand for
space has been received from firms
which cannot be accommodated in the
; main showroom that the state fair
management has decided TO convert
the building formerly used for the
good roads exhibit into an auto show
annex.
st. Paul. Headquarters will ID
opened by the Republican state cen.
trail committee September Is in the
, new St Francis hotel, Seventh and
Wahasha streets.
The opening will mark the begin.
: ming Of the fall campaign by Republic,
!. ans in Minnesota.
These plans were adopted at a meet
ing of the state central committee In
the office of Secretary of State Julius
A. Schmahl at the Capitol
1t was decided that to avoid any
r factional trouble, each county will be
i asked TO organize its own county com
p mIttee, Call for big Republican or
y ganiEation day in Minnesota. on which
+ mass meetings will be held in every
county. viii be sent out probably next
week.
Dututh.A closed season for prairie
chickens and partridge for three years
establishment of state game hreedins
. farms, extension Of the system oil
;. game refugees and measures to encour
= age killing of predatory animals were
the principal recommendation framed