Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-12-21
STATE OFFERS BIG
AREA TO SETTLERS
$4,000 ACRES OPENED Bv FILING
OF SELECTIONS UNDER
RAILROAD GRANTS.
FARMERS WEEK AT STATE ~"
More Than Score Of Associations to
Hold Meetings for Discussion OF
Problems Related to Auricui-
ture and Home Life.

St. Paul
More than 36S, 900 acres of state
| owned swamp land In st. Louis, Lake
and Cook counties are opened for sale
and settlement by the filing OF final
selections under railroad grants. &C.
cording to State Auditor j. A. o.
Preus. The announcement, he added,
Ia OF great Importance to the counties
affected
Showing a total of 4.711,27s.1S acres
conveyed to the state under the
swamp land act passed by Congress
| March II, 1860, the auditor reports
that 1882, lal.30 acres, or more than
half, were given away to railroads to
| encourage building projects
The figures relate only to swamp
| land grants, a recent report by ID. l..
Jurgensen, chief engineer OF the state
railroad and warehouse commission,
having shown that tho state In carly
days donated land actually worth
about $G5.000,000 to secure the con.
struction OF railroads that cost less
than $40,0O0,000
AhV hohAl NJ" i1iEh5N0
cludes 2i5,622s2 acres In St Louis
county, 76,623.S5 in Lake and 46,s26.76
acres In Cook county.
Farmers Week at az"
More than score of statewide as,
sociations or groups related to the
agriculture or home life Of Minnesota
will hold individual or joint meetings
at University Farm, during Farmers
and Home-Makers' Week, January 1.6.
1917.
These organizations and groups ara
as follows;
January 2~-Minnesota State Fedora.
ton OF Farmers Clubs; Minnesota
Crop improvement Association: poul.
try Association and Clubs,
Jan. 3~~Minnesota Sheep Breed.
ers Association; Minnesota Horse
Breeders Association: Minnesota Po-
tato Growers Association; Small Fruit
Growers: Farm Crops, farm manage.
ment. and seed grain conference;
Housewives League.
January 4--Minnesota Livestock
Breeders Association: Minnesota Veg
etable Growers: Mothers Club Coun.
eli.
Jan. 5---Ali. Minnesota Development
Association: Aberdeeu.Angus Breed.
ers' Association: Red-Polled Breeders
Association; Holstein Breeders, Asso-
citation: Guernsey Breeders Associa.
ton: Jersey Breeders Association:
Ayrshire breeders Association; Gar.
den Flower Society; Farm Bureau
CONFERENCE.-THE farm bureau associa.
tions In state,
The gathering Of these various
groups. together with those who at.
tend the regular lectures and demon.
STATIONS OF the week will make Farm.
ers' and Home Makers Week this
year the largest gathering Of the hind
ever held In Minnesota.
Fer Women's Reformatory.
After nearly two years OF delibeia 4.
ton and many inspection tours, mem.
| hers of tho state board OF control are
| preparing to select site for the won
| ems reformatory. new state instftu-
ton created by the last legislature.
Towns understood still to be In the
running are Cambridge. Iitchfleld. Co,
kato, Shakopee. Watartown. Cley Gland
and Sandstone The decision Ia &c be
reported to the incoming legislature,
which then win have to make an ap'
preparation for building. The site
probably will be selected with,a 30
days.
Would Restrict Marriage.
| Marriage In Minnesota Of persons
having communicable disease will be
forbidden by law. IL recommends
ton Of the voluntary commission or
laws relating to children passes thu
legislature. The commission tenta
lively adopted the plan at a meeting
In st. Paul II probably will be pre-
scented to the legislature,
Il \ r +
Militia at saltwater.
; Company X, Third Minnesota infan
. try, was given a royal welcome Oh Ii
Homecoming from the Mexican boz
der. The guardsmen arrived In spe
. cial cars from Fort Smelling. wher
they were awaiting their musterin'
out. and accompanied by Colonel Ev
, marched into town to the mussc o
the regimental band.
I'll r + 4
4 Fund 70 Revolve In 5 Years.
+. The proposed revolving fund" a,
. thorized by 4 constitutional ament
a ment passed Nov. Z to finance the d.
. | velopment OF unsold state landa vi
E rcvolve every Ave years. according Z
the plans being worked out In I bill
|. by Senator p. H. MoGArry Of Walker
i. one OF the fathers OF the amendment
). Senator McGarry said that the hi
}. will provide for 4 superintendent I
/. direct the development work. code
n an advisory board Of seven member,
d OF which the governor and state AVID
tor will be sxotlicio members.