Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26

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N, ID la1taa hospital lie MAS taS
last serving SOLE az ghe Isanper
The village % Nlmhaa Stearns
GouHty. Is eisClu&sd 80 she Red tTr9s
I oaaaee aot oaly sor gAag eo0aty and
the state bUG Eer The tuted States
/ Its population aceorltas 70 the eeaSAs
OF 1910 ~as &l2, Il has seat in SIS
Red Cross memberships,
( H. i, Eerli$S, AGED seyeaty SIX, Gus
( ecaisa OF the state capitol, is dead Al
. dis homie III 81. raul Ne served with
the Second Minnesota regiment III the
{ C1N1 war and Was a member Of the
commission which superintendent the
e0lidIaS OF the state capitol.
The James J. HUI farm AT Northcote
will De coloniZed and disposed OF at
onee, The land Will be sold 70 farm
ers only and will not be disposed OF
10 any person who does not intend 70
cultivate il. The land will not be sold
in more than 320-acre tracts to any
one person.
The auditor for the war department
has informed J. A. O. Preus. state
auditor, that Minnesota will be unable
TO recover from the federal govern
ment any of the SSS000 advanced by
the state to pay national guardsmen
who were sent to the Mexican border
last summer.
George w. Hartwell, formerly reg
istrar and professor of mathematics
at Hamline university, St Paul, is
dead at Columbus, Mont. Overwork
at Hamline last year caused Mr.. Hart
well to go to Montana for his health
Columbus when taken i'll.
Peter K. Roach, pioneer railroad
builder of Minnesota and builder of
the first railroad in Cuba in 1864, is
dead at Minneapolis at the age of
eishtythree years. Mr.. Roach was for
number of years prominent figure
in the railroad contracting and lum-
Der business of the Northwest.
William j. Landon, aged sixty-four.
one of Winona's leading business men
his home in that city. He expired
just after returning to his residence
from witnessing a drill of the Home
Guard company, during which he ap-
peared in his usual good health.
The Socialist delegates to the State
Federation of Labor convention bolted
in body following passage of a reso-
luton endorsing the governments war
plans. f. G. Hall of Minneapolis was
reelected president and George w.
Lawson Of st. Paul secretary. Next
years convention will be held at Vir-
ginia
Organization of the four district
draft boards for Minnesota is expected
at an early date. These boards must
handle, first hand questions of eXemp-
ton based on industrial occupation,
including agriculture. regarded as nee
essary to the maintenance and effec-
tive operation of the military estab-
lishment ~.
Because two saloon keepers at Gil
bert sold liquor illegally on Sunday
to Andrew Fest, who was drowned la
ter in the day while under the infu-
ence of the liquor, their bondsmen
must pay $4,000 to Martha Fest, the
widow, the state supreme court de-
cided in affirming verdict of the
lower court.
Coal is being stacked up along the
railroad tracks between CrOokston
and Fargo. AT certain places along
the Great Northern railroad spurs
have been built and coal cars are be-
ing unloaded. Thousands of tons of
coal have been piled on the ground
as a precaution against a car shortage
during the coming winter.
Patrick Fl. Byrne, eighty-seven years
old. Civil war veteran and pioneer
settler OF Dakota county, is dead at
the home of his niece in Minneapolis
Mr. Byrne came to Minnesota in 1862
and the same year helped to fight the
Sioux Indians and accompanied Gen
eral Sibley south and served through
the remainder OF the Civil war.
The state railroad and warehouse
commission has issued an order direct
ing the Northern Pacific railroad to
restore passenger train service over
the old st. Paul and Duluth line
through Minnesota territory and to
furnish equitable passenger rates be-
tween Duluth and all other intrastate
points on its line within twenty days
or to show cause why the proposed
relief should not be granted.
George W. Armstrong. special as.
sistant county attorney of HennepiE
county. who prosecuted the Frederick
Price murder trial and the vice cases
which resulted in the conviction OF
Joseph ". Bragdon. Minneapolis mil
lionaire. is dead in the Mill City after
an illness of more than ten months
Mr.. Armstrong was born in Dodge
county. this state. He served in the
Spanish American war and three terms
in the legislature.
Professor John A. Weide. seventy
three years old. a resident OF ST. Paul
for siXty-four years and fosterer OF
the fine arts there when Indians still
were IpntpStiDY for Suprprnncy with