Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-30
! What's Doing
in Minnesota

payment for Minnesota soldiers Oh the
Mexican border.
Austin. - Theodore Christensen of
Dawson was endorsed as speaker OF
Minnasota's lower house at the coming
legislature at conference here OF rep
resentat.ves OF the First district.
Virginia. Helmer Johnson, aged
9, was seriously injured here and five
boy companions received less serious
injuries when blasting powder cap,
thrown into a bonfire around which
the lads were playing, exploded.
Sank Rapids. -- Governor Burnquist
has announced the first of number
of appointments he will make before
the end of the year. J. K. Bonner of
Sank Center was named special mu-
nicipal judge in that city.
st. Peter. - Deep inroads are being
| made into the poultry population OF
| Nicollet county by chicken thieves,
| who have been operating the past two
months. 1t is believed an organized
| gang Is at work. The farmers OF one
township have offered a reward OF
5000.
Crookston-The Northwestern Min
nesota Educational association held
three days session here. The opening
address of the convention was on The
School in Education" by Dean Joseph
Kennedy, North Dakota university.
| Education AS Preparedness" was the
topic of a lecture by A. c. Prosser,
Minneapolis.
| Holdingford -- Hard work and regu-
lar habits are preached as the gospel
Of longevity by Mrs. Katherine Comp
ton, 102 years old, of this village. Mrs.
Compton was born in Virginia in 1914.
She married at the age of 16 and her
| oldest child is now "a. The baby of
the family Is So Mrs. Compton is still
able to do needlework.
st. Paul. - DR.. l. j. Murphy, eXecu-
tive secretary Of the Minnesota Public
Health association, which is acting as
state agent for the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals, reported that the
sale of seals in Minnesota this year
will be considerably larger than they
were In 1915. Judging from the first
orders received from the larger com
munities.
| Minneapolis. The University of
Minnesota has defeated to some eX-
tent the high cost of living. With
prices on all commodities increased
approximately so per cent over those
of 1915, Controller G. H. Hayes said
that the maintenance cost of the uni
versity for the fiscal year ending July
81. 1915, was approximately only II
per cent higher than for the same
period last year.
st. Paul. The state free employ
ment agencies in Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth filled 5,202 jobs at an aver
age cost of l6la cents during the last
fiscal year, according to figures made
public by w F. Houk, state labor com
missioner. Maintenance costs OF the
agencies were $441.92 a month in Min
neapolis, s1S0.2l in ST. Paul and
$227.32 In Duluth. Men were given
S,229 places and women 1887. the
statement shows
Fairmont The Minnesota Crop
Improvement association will hold its
annual meeting in Fairmont February
1915. c. l.. Blanchar Of Fairmont.
president of the association. says the
meeting should be unusually we'll at.
tended because of the success of Mar,
tin county in growing good crops. The
county Is said to produce more corn
and oats than any other county in the
state and also to have the greatest
number OF champion corn breeders,
Ga .t,, -
labor In its biennial report shows tina.
the application of the workmen's com
pensation law providing for SO pei
cent Of the wage loss to injured work
men who are disabled for two weeks
or more. resulted in the payment OF
about 81 8 per cent of the wage loss
There were about 10000 accidents
which caused disabilities lasting less
than two weeks. The total compensa
ton paid in the l2.76S cases closed
by June 30 was 1888. 4ls06.
Bemidji-The seventh annual meet
ing of the Northern Minnesota neTel
opment league will be held in Bemidji
Mimi, December : and The SEES
sions will be giver over to a Coco
hOauS meeting anu Il IutnDeT OF proWi
nent speakers have been engaged
Among them are Senators r. c. Dunl
of Princeton and John H. Baldwin o
Frazee. Senator Baldwin will sneal
on Prison Labor on Public High
: ways" He Is sent to Bemidii by tn
office OF public roads at Washington
Duluth Twenty prominent cit
zens OF Hibhing are said by county off
!. cials to be among those indicted b.
the grand jury. That body returne,
80 secret true bills in district court
The names OF the Indicted person
We're temporarily kept secret Accord
. ing to officials, the jury has been dt
voting much time to investigation G
Hihhing matters and has taken a
enormous amount of testimony. hear
- ing many witnesses In connection wit
' the charges of alleged "extravaganc
and graft"
i. Mankato. Drs. Arnold SchwyZe
|. and Archibald MacLaren of ST. Pat
. viii be speakers on the opening pr,
. gram Of the two days annual meetin