Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-13
ACTION
MAY SETTLE SUIT
SURVEY WOULD END OVERFLOW
or FARM LANDs--NoRTH DA-
koTA SUES FOR MILLION.
EVENTS 1T STATE CAPITOL
interesting and important Happsnines
u the Past Few Days seIeetsa
and Arranged for the convsn.
Lsnes Of Busy Readers-

St. Paul.
The drainage trouble between Mime
sofa and North Dakota, which has led
the latter state to file 81 000, 900 dam
age suit for overlooked lands, may be
settled by federal action which will re-
suit In reservoir control of the head"
waters, both Of the Red river and the
Minnesota river, according to informa-
ton received by Representative L. G.
Spooner of Morris.
II am advised by Senator Knute Mel.
son." said Mr., Spooner, that there has
been included In the pending rivers
| and harbors bill paragraph providing
| for federal survey of Big Stone and
| Traverse lakes and their basins, with
view to control of the fioodwatera
of territory adjacent to the lakes"
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| Irvine to Cost More.
Indications are that the farmers OF
| Minnesota will pay an increased price
| for their binding Irvine next year. This
is forecast In raises In the price of
sisal received by the state board OF
control. According to the members of
the board who are now preparing to
buy raw material for next years bind
ing Irvine to be manufactured at the
Saltwater prison. prices of Yucatan ST.
sal have been boosted from 30 to so
per cent.
The board was preparing to pur'
chase 200 bales of sisal but was com.
PEELED to withdraw its order because
of the raise. This year the prison
product Ia being sold to the farms at
sA cents a pound, but the chances are
that the figure next year will be near
- cents. This years prices are now
2 cents In excess of year ago.
Farmers League To Expand.
The Nonpartisan Political league OF
North Dakota. which scored such a
sweeping victory In the primaries in
that state. Ia turning its eyes to Min.
nesota and to a group OF midwest
states situated similarly to North Da,
kota. for the purpose Of launching a
campaign to bring them under the con.
troll of the organization.
Officers OF the North Dakota league
are signing contracts with organizers
to work Ia Minnesota. The first activi"
ties of the league In Minnesota are
In England township, In Polk County.
lust few miles from East Grand Forks.
The farmers are said to be paying
their money to the organizers and sign
ing up for a program similar in nature
to that proposed for North Dakota.
To Assist Country Papers.
In the interest of a proposed bureau
to handle national advertising fof
country newspapers, advocated by the
Minnesota Editorial association. COM
prehensive survey of the newspapers
of the state will be made soon by the
!, department of Journalism of the Uni
versity OF Minnesota.
, A QUESTIONABLE has been prepared
and will be sent to the publishers
soon. w. b. Kirkwood, department OF
l.. journalism of the University. believes
central advertising agency can fur
nish live papers. with 1000 or 1000
/ subscribers. with $500 worth of nation
, al advertising each year. resulting In
profit to the publisher. the nationa
| advertiser. and the local advertiser.
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Enthusiastic for Roads.
:. Enthusiasm in automobile road worl
l Ia running high in Northern Mime
t sofa, according to J, II. Mullen, dep
4 uty state highway engineer. who ha
: returned from a i.200.mile trip thr.
4 Minnesota in inspecting routes propos
l. ed for the Jefferson highway, TIL,
a inspection party of six, which left 81
@ Paul June %, was accompanied by al
I escort OF not less than ten cars fo
n the whole length of the trip. and n
l. several towns as many as eighty-fiv
y cars formed an escort.
II Good roads meetings were held a
d practically every village and city @
importance, and most of them got on
l. the bands and celebrated
II
: Hurnquist Signs Commission.
II Governor j. A. A. Burnquist ha
5 signed the commission of Lieutenar
# Hugh McGee. United States cavaIr,
+ as lieutenant colonel OF the First reg
o ment to succeed Lieutenant Colonel l
o b, Rowiey. resigned. Lieutenant Nj
II Gee 10 a Minneapolis man. He atten,
IL ed the University of Minnesota unit
~ he received an appointment to Yves
Z Point In 1905, from which he was era,
e uated In the class of 1909 and was q
\, signed to the Second cavalry, wit
which he Is still connected,
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r hundred Seek Pardons.
x Nearly 100 inmates OF Stillwate
y prison and ST. Cloud reformatory HAY
10 applied for pardon or Communication ,
s. sentence, and these were considere
by the state pardon board at It's qua
he terly meeting. Conspicuous among tn
g. applicants are Henry Prolow, who WI
., sent TO saltwater from Goodhue eoul
'e ty August &. 1906. for life for murds
It. In the frst degree. He was an oil
ID steamboat engineer. w. N. Hall. u
rs other lifer, who was sent up from nlu
Earth county 10 an applicant