Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-05-04
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poinss u Last Few Days Throuaheut
Minnesota cond enssd for
hasty Perusal.

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Green lost their lives In a fire which
destroyed their farm home near
Thorpe, before neighbors could assist
them.
Ls Sueur. -- Rev. George Nj. Eyrich,
pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
church of lie Sueur, 10 dead of heart
disease. Rev. Mr.. Eyrich was born
in Germany in 1850.
Duluth. - First consignments of
package freight for Minneapolis which
are travelling from the East to the
city by way OF the Port Huron and
Duluth lake line have arrived at Du-
luth.
Winona.-Enrollment for the year
In the State Normal school here shows
that f33 persons and 513 children In
the elementary department in the
same period. total for the year of
1,345 pupils.
Minneapolis of Min
nssota's natural attractions for tour
lists has been decided upon by mem
bers of the Minnesota State Forestry
association, who held their annual
gathering here.
st. Paul, Minn-Among the %
acts OF heroism recognized by the Car
negie Hero fund commission at the
spring meeting held in Pittsburgh, was
an act of heroism by Mark A. Nelson,
70 West Sunni: avenue To Mark
goes. therefore, a Carnegie medal.
Crookston. The board of directors
of the Red River Valley Dairymens
association, In session here, selected
Thief River Falls for the next annual
meeting. December 8 and 7. The as
ISOLATION plans to make the meeting
the largest in the history of the Or
ganization.
Austin. -- Mayor Anderson has sur
prised the city by deposing the entire
police force, including James NJ. Gait,
who has been chief for twenty five
years. The new chief is Albert Wen
CERT, former saloonkeeper. One of the
new patrolmen also is a former saloon
man. Anderson was elected by a
strong dry element.
East Grand Forks.-The East Grand
Forks Farm Boys and Girls club, the
biggest organization of it's kind In Min
nesota, was to hold its annual spring
gathering. here. Plans for the year
were to be outlined and the several
contests Of the organization placed
under way. These include corn and
potato growing features.
Thief River Falls.-The charter
commission which has been working
on q new charter for Thief River
Falls has made its final report to the
city council. The new charter pro-
vfdes for a city manager. initiative
referendum and recall, while the legis-
lative power is vested in a mayor and
six councilmen, each to be elected at
large.
st. Cloud.-Although the first meet
ing Of the new city council 10 SEIZED
uled for the third Tuesday In May.
none OF the men elected has filed an
oath Of office and one, c. r. Ladner.
has declined to serve. In a letter to
the city clerk. Mr.. Ladner says votes
were procured from his friends by
misrepresentation, as he was out of
the city, and he will not qualify.
Falrmont. - Postofice Inspector f.
F. Egge and Postmaster Botz have
cleared up the mystery Of the pilfer-
Ing of rural mail boxes near this city,
which has been going on for several
months. The culprit was found to be
1O~year-old boy, who was sent to get
the mail for his parents, farmers. A
decoy package containing a jackknife
led to his detection, for he traded the
knife at school. He made a confess
sion.
Minneapolis. Twenty-Five Mime.
sofa cities have introduced Junior high
schools into their school systems In
the last seven years. and are now op-
Grating them, according to a report
compiled by c. c. Bingaman, superin-
tendent OF schools, Goldfield, Iowa
The report aims to present a study of
the Junior high school, or "intermedi-
ate" schools In operation throughout
the country, especially those in the
smaller cities.
Austin, Minn.-Austin is entertain
ing the largest convention ever held
here; 1000 delegates from every part
state are here to attend the sessions
OF the Minnesota Sunday School asso-
citation. A special train from the twin
cities arrived with 400 delegates. They
were met at the station by reception
committeeman wearing large white
buttons bearing the words, ASK me,
live here" High school cadets acted
as escort to the church
Crookston.-Deputy State Highway
Engineer Forbes is here from St Paul
comforting with the board of county
commissioners regarding the good
roads program for the year Mr.
Forbes Is urging greater cooperation
between counties and townships. He
believes If townships made special ap-
preparations for gravelling each year,
working with the county commission
ers and the state highway department
good results would show in a short
time
Duluth. Senator Moses f. Clapp
Will open his campaign for renomina-
ton with a Memorial day address at
Duluth. He also expects that Congress
will take a recess for two weeks or
more in June when the Republican and