Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-05-04
TEACHERS RETIRE;
RECEIVE PENSIONS
TRUSTEES ACCEPT APPLICATIONS
FOR MEMBERSHIP IN STATE
FUND-ro INVEST $4,000.
EVENTS At STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
ef the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the convsn-
tencs o. eusy ReadsrA


| st. Paul.
Twenty-Five applications for member
| ship In the state teachers insurance
| and retirement fund have been accept
ed by the trustees In charge Of the
| fund. At the same time three teach
ers were placed on the retired list and
| will receive teachers pensions at once.
| The board voted to invest $4,000 In
| school district bonds of Douglas and
| Todd counties and also to buy 10000
worth of bonds of the city of Blue
| Earth.
Those whose applications for men,
bership in the fund were accepted were
as follows
John M. Duran, Sebeca, taught Is
years; Mary Meighan, Granite Falls,
taught 81 years; W. A. Brown, State
Park, taught % years; Mrs. Ethel
| Hurd Webster, Mankato. taught 10
years; Birdie Summer, Lockhart,
taught Il years; c. A. Ask. Mcintosh,
taught II years: Ella ID. Peass., Roch-
ester, taught 20 years; Edith d. Saith
or, Spring Valley, taught 20 years;
Mary c. Devany, Virginia, taught 80
| years; Jos. c. Marshall, Princeton,
taught 81 years, Theda Gildemeister,
Wtnona, taught ~ years; Frances c.
Bishop, Mortified. taught II years;
Amanda Alasker, Moorhead. taught q
years; Una Hudson, Mankato, taught
| IL years: John A. Maus. Watkins,
taught % years: Emma r.. Reith, Min
nesota City, taught 16 years; Agnes
r. Fosen. Holt, taught IA years; Emily
ID. Wilson, Rochester, taught 81 years:
years; Elizabeth A. Kintzie, Shakopee,
taught 81 years; Isabel Williams, Man.
kato. taught 20 years; Matilda Heuss,
Winona. taught 81 years; Florence
Burlingame, Grand Rapids. taught 2b
years; Eliza Il. Penfold, Houston.
taught Is years; Nina Stewart. North
field, taught 10 years, and Lillian
Stewart, Mortified. taught 20 years.
Those whose application for retire
ment were accepted are: Ella d.
Pease. Rochester, taught % years:
Edith Durham Sather, Spring Valley,
taught 20 years; Eliza Evans PEN
fold, Red Wing, taught Is years.
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Minnesota Attracts Coionists.
| The forward to the land" move
ment 10 under way, and statistics CON-
piled by the Minnesota commissioner
of immigration indicate the colonial
ton movement for the fiscal year pro-
badly will eclipse the record OF 190S-9.
when hundreds of homesteaders and
others settled on government land.
This years movement Is attributed
to the general prosperity OF the coun-
try.
For the first three months OF this
year the Minnesota Transfer handled
1854 carloads of immigrant movables
for various destinations In Minnesota.
| Since not all this business Is handled
through the transfer 1t is probable
that the railroads have handled 1900
carloads Of immigrant freight for Min
nesota points.
Many OF the shipments originated IN
Illinois. iowa and other states where
| land cannot be obtained as cheaply az
in Minnesota.
States bitches Damaged.
Flood damage reports from state
| ditch districts have resulted In the de-
| parture Of K. V. Willard, state drain
| age engineer. for northern Minnesota
| on a special inspection tour. Sudden
| thaws of the deep snow are responsible
| for the conditions reported and they
are such as cannot be reasonably pro
vided for" said Mr.. Willard just be-
| fore having. The chief complaints.
however, are that the ditch outlets
are not sufficiently large and demands
probably VIII be made on the next legis-
lature for action to remedy such con.
| ditions"
increase In Fire Losses Shown.
There was material increase in the
net fire losses of the state in 1915, as
compared with 1914, according to fig
ures compiled by State Insurance Com
| missioner Works. In 1915. the fire
loss Of the state was 1881 .9T1 So as
compared with s4,s31 ,013.33 In 1914.
The total amount o. insurance In effect
on December 81. 1878, was 81. $50. 531.-
113I6. as compared with 81 .o37,9 500,
1897 I'm 1914.
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Spawn Seekers hamperet.
High water In the lakes and rivers
of Minnesota 10 handicapping tbs half
dozen parties sent out by State Game
Commissioner Carlos Avery TO collect
the annual supply OF pike spawn for
replenishing the fish hatcleries Of the
state.
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Extra Shifts Work at Prison.
Night and day shifts are being
worked at the Saltwater prison bind
ing Irvine plant and the factory is De |
ing pushed to its fullest capacity. The
night crew, was added more than
week ago. Last year the prison Irvine |
plant turned out over $1,000, 900
pounds Of binding twinc, and that fig
ure will be exceeded this year, The
beard announces tn ii has ~: ders |
enough on hand 10 take e"Gry pound |
of Irvine the prison can man ufacturs.