Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-05-18
What's Doing
in Minnesota

filed as candidates for denomination
and thirteen new aspirants have en-
tered.
MoorheaA. 49, 3. N. Lee OF Rollas
has filed as . candidate for the Legis,
lature, opposing Knud Wefaid, the leg
islativs poet" for the Republican
nomination.
Chisholm. Blasting powder dis
charged at the rear Of the home OF Joe
Patclch wrecked the interior and en-
dangered the lives of Patcich. his wife
and three children. There are nc
clues.
Fairmont Political enthusiasm
unsurpassed since the days Of torch
light parades greeted Frank B. KEEL
logs, candidate for the Republican
nomination for United States senator
when he spoke here.
Crookston. Hallock ]. Ousted, ~,
tor four years employed at zortman,
Mont, committed suicide in his hotel
room here by cutting his throat with
\ pocketknife. He severed the jugular
vein and died In half an hour.
Minneapolis. With the end Of the
month, President Vincent Of the Uni
yersity will begin round OF com
mencement addresses that will take
him to at least seven Minnesota towns
and as far east as Lowell Mass.
Brainerd. The Mile Lacs-Leech
Lake, efferson Highway association
has been formed here by representa-
tives OF Cass, Mile Laos and Crow
Wing counties to obtain the routing OF
the highway through their counties.
st. Paul. Governor Burnquist is
sued proclamation naming Peace
Day." on which the children of Mime
sofa were urged to keep in mind the
ultimate formation of an international
tribunal for the peaceable settlement
Of disputes.
Bemidji. Archdeacon Heman F
Parshall died at his home at Cass Lake
this morning after three weeks i'll.
ness, septic poisoning being the cause,
He came to Cass Lake from st. Cloud
eight years ago, and had charge of the
Pelican Rapids. - Moorhead was Sc,
lected by the Western Minnesota Con
gregational association as its next
meeting place at the concluding SEES
sion OF the annual meeting here. Rev.
w. w. Dalex. Mcintosh, Mimi, was
elected president of the district organ,
ization.
Minneapolis. The Minnesota Ma,
ttonal guard could not take the field
for effective active war service with
mobilization camp, to give the men
physical fitness to endure the rigors
Of a campaign, Adjt Gen. Fred B
Wood says.
st. Cloud. - UNFOLDING the legality
Of q fve-sixths verdict In case in
which the defendant Ia charged with a
statutory crime, Judge Roeser denied
the motion for a new trial In the case
against William Longwell In which
the validity of the split verdict In
"semicriminal" cases has for the first
time been questioned.
Duluth. Charles P. Craig Of Du
luth, president OF the State Fair board
and chairman of the Efficiency and
Economy commission in 1914, has filed
as candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the Eighth
Minnesota district. His opponent fol-
the nomination will be the presen,
congressman. Clarence B. Miller.
st. Paul. - The four-year term law
for county officers has been upheld b,
q decision OF the state supreme court
All sheriffS, county treasurers. audi
tors. county attorneys, registers oil
deeds, coroners. superintendent oil
schools and county surveyors elected
in 1914 will hold over until 1918, ant
Will not have to stand for reelection
this year.
Duluth. - The ore movement from
the Lake Superior district In Apri
was the heaviest ever known in tn.
initial month Of navigation, aggregat
Ing i,s5S.4ll tons. The next heavies
April on record was that of 1910. wher
l,52o,3o6 tons were shipped The Apri
traffic is indicative of the tremendou,
shipments that may be expected tn,
rest Of the year.
st. Paul. - The fact that a railroad
company gives free TRANSFORMATION I,
a witness In a suit in coming to an,
going from the place of trial, does no
bar the witness from receiving hi,
mileage and per diem from the part,
In the suit who subpoenas him, accord
Ing to ruling handed down by tn,
supreme court in the case of Adam
Jakutis against the Illinois Contra
Railroad company. taken UP from
Ramsey county.
st, Paul. The Minnesota Terrific
rial Pioneers association meeting a
the old capitol on the 5Sth anniye,
sary Of the admission of Minnesota t
statehood, brought together more tina,
100 men and women, notwithstandin,
the cold wind that kept many hom
and the funeral in Minneapolis O
Frank slocun., pioneer. which man
| attended. Governor J. A. A. Burn
ouist and former Governor S. r, Va,
SAINT addressed the meeting.
Wtnona, The banker can hays n
greater prosperity than the commur
ity In which his bank is located. wa
the thought which ran throueh tho O.,