Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-02-01
Gopher State
Happenings

st. Paul. - Nearly 1900 chickens
from ten states, representing many
small fortunes in fowls, are on exhibit
ton at the Armory for the fifteenth
annual poultry display by the Mime
| sofa Fanciers' association.
Oliyia.-Fifty years ago Charles J.
kuske and Miss Julia Hahn drove by
OK team to st. Peter and were married.
Ihey have just celebrated their golden
wedding, with all their eleven children
and thirty'nine grandchildren.
Akeley. - The first OF the district
contests of the Minnesota Discussion
league. the only one of its kind in the
United States. has just been held at
| akeley. The contests are under the
auspices of Manchester college.
| Duluth.-City Clerk 3orgen's certt
iicate Of sufficiency has been attached
to the wet" petitions and they have
been submitted to the city commission
ers. This means the council must
call special wet and dry election on
general election day Tuesday, April 3.
P1pestone. -- The Great Northern
Railway company has established it's
division headquarters at Ihlen, this
county, moving to that place from
Garretson. S. d., where the division
has been since the line was built
from Willmar to Sioux City and
Yankton
| Mapleton. - III. c. Hotaling, Maple
ton states that the National Editorial
association, of which he is vice presi-
dent and which Is to have it's annual
convention In Minneapolis July g. will
bring more than 1000 delegates and
visitors. This would make a new at
tendance record for the association
conventions
81. Paul.-lncrease of the legal mini.
mum school term from six to eight
months and removal of the legal maxi.
mum restriction of ten months is
recommended i'm the biennial report OF
{. g. Schulz, state superintendent of
education, soon to go to the governor.
Ii gives favorable mention to the ALI
year" school.
| Virginia. The affairs of Virginia,
wealthy iron range town and neighbor
OF Hibbing. the worlds richest village,
are being investigated by Andrew
Fritz, state public examiner, who re.
Gently conducted similar inquiry at
Htbbing. The Virginia investigation
was begun, Mr.. Fritz said, on a petit
ton by more than 100 citizens.
Mankato.-Mrs. Anna Knudtson Ia
dead at the home of her daughter in
this county aged 102 years. She was
born in Norway July 2. 1914. and was
married there in 1914. Her husband
died In 1870. Two of her four children
are living, as well as seven grand
children, IL great-grandchildren and
four great-great-grandfhi
| Minneapolis.--Re to required
strength in the Gateway labor district
In Minneapolis, A battery of the Mime.
sofa Field artillery, for years an artist.
ocratic military organization in St
Paul. proved the crack battery of the
Minnesota artillery unit that won fame
at the Mexican border as perhaps the
most efficient organization there.
| Fairmpnt Publishers of county
newspapers In Minnesota are going on
| with their project for state-owned
paper mills, Frank Day of Fairmont.
chairman of the editors committee
on the subject, said in advance of a
further conference with Attorney Gen.
eral Lyndon A. Smith. on necessary
legislation to permit the state to ad-
vance the scheme
Red Wing.--A court ruling with re.
gard to tishermen's rights on the Mis-
sissippi river, which will have an i'm
portant bearing on rough fishing oper-
atoms In the future, has been filed by
Judge Albert Johnsons of the district
court restraining Alexander Flynn and
Richard. Wilson from disturbing any
nets set in the river by David Ganten.
hein Of Diamond Bluffs.
Minneapolis, masked highway.
men, assisted by lookout" who en-
| tered the Western Newspaper Union 8
| offices at noon, and demanded the com.
| pany's payroll were frightened away
| without obtaining any loot. The hold.
| ups fired "a dozen shots in an effort
to intimidate the Office employees but
no one was injured. They effected
| their escape before the police arrived
| on the scene.
| st. Paul. The Minnesota State
| Highway Commission has been in.
/ formed that s2S4.7ss has been appor.
toned to Minnesota for this year I'M.
der the Federal aid road law as
the states share in the second annual
distribution OF the sio,oaooo0 fund
Last years apportionment for rural
post roads was si42394, That amount
will be increased by s14e3s4 durins
each of the three remaining years GOV,
cred by the law until the total amount
for Minnesota will have amounted to
$e,is5,alo. THE last apportionment ir
1890 will be STlt.aTo.
Duluth. Municipal Judge W, III
Smallwood has found twenty.nine al
legged I. w. w. agitators, arrested Jan
aary Is, guilty of unlawful assembly
I'm front Of the Virginia and Rainy Lake
Lumber company's employment Office
here. and committed fourteen of them
20 the work farm for twenty days
Crookston. What the Minnesots
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