Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
MILLIONS IN CASH
HELD IN TREASURY
BALANCE 10 At REcORo-eREAk.
ING POINT, STATE TaEAsuRER
RiNEs ASSERTS.
PLAN FOR HOME GUARD READY
Total Of About 5000 Men Needed to
Protect Cities and Towns Of Mime
sofa, Public Safety Commits
sion 10 Told.

sofa, Public Safety Commits
sion 10 Told.
st. Paul.
Totaling nearly 100000, the state
treasury cash balance is at a record.
breaking point, State Treasurer Rines
says. The report was made to the
state board Of deposit, which met to
approve bonds Of banks designated az
state repositories, and took no action
relating to the cash fund on hand.
The record for big balances in the
state treasury was broken with total
Of $6,992, 652.02 reached when the ad.
vance payment of nearly $1,5OO,OOO Of
inheritance taxes was made on the es-
tate Of James ]. Hill, late OF st. Paul
Soldiers pay of more than $4,000
and other immediate disbursements on
appropriations of $1,575.O00 soon will
reduce the cash, the treasurer said,
but tax revenue forthcoming In June
will again swell the big total
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Home Guard Plans Ready.
Home guard organization plans,
based where possible on needs shown
by the military guard service and pro-
viding for So companies, totaling 5000
men, have been presented to the State
Public Safety commission as recon.
mended by Major Oscar Seebach, in
charge of details in the home guard
movement.
Home guard units will include IL
companies Of 500 men in Minneapolis,
like numbers of companies of 400 men
in both st. Paul and Duluth and q
companies Of varying strength, but
totaling LAO men in other cities of
the state, according to Major See
bach's plans. These figures are based
where possible on demands made on
the temporary military guard service
and in contemplation of relieving these
forces when called into federal service
Chairman Of county units in the
make and Save the Crop" movement
probably will be announced by the
State Public Safety commission at
once.
Decisive steps in home guard or.
ganization also may be made public.
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New Timber Fraud Probes.
New Investigations of alleged tim.
Der frauds OF state-owned lands have
been begun by State Auditor Preus
under authority of the timber board
to spend $4,000 of the new appropria.
ton of $4,000 granted by the Legis-
lature for that purpose. Rescale will
be made under numerous timber cut.
ting permits, inquiries will be directed
to sales of agricultural lands later re-
ported to contain valuable timber and
other steps will be taken to insure the
state fair returns.
War Takes Normal Students.
Numerous students are leaving their
studies in State Normal schools to en-
gage in military or farming activities
incident to the war. presidents of the
institutions have reported to the State
Normal School Board, meeting at the
Capitol. The presidents and faculties
we're empowered to use their discre.
ton in granting credits and diplomas
to these students, including women
who enlist in the Red Cross.
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Say Farewell to Vincent.
Three thousand students at the
Minnesota university babe President
George E. Vincent, whose resignation
takes effect May 81. farewell at the
last convocation of the year. Repre-.
sentatives Of each class and Of the all
university students council paid the
departing president tribute.
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To Get Land and Men Together.
How to bring together some of
the men who want to return to the
farm, and who have at least part of
the equipment, and some Of the va
cant land that Is waiting to be farmed,
is one of the problems the state food
committee is trying to solve.
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Uniform War Risk Clause.
JOuu ID. oduUOlu, bt6S0 IuUuIdUC0
commissioner, has recommended to
the seven LIE insurance companies To-
Gated in Minnesota the adoption of a
uniform war clause, to be used az q
rider or inserted In the policies as the
companies may see at.
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Transferred to Health Board.
DR.. c. L. Scofield Of Benson will
be transferred from the state tuber-
culosis advisory board to the board of
health by one of q number of appoint.
ments announced by Governor Burn.
quist.
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Celebrates States Birthday.
Minnesota's admission to the Union
was celebrated by the Minnesota Ter.
ritorial Pioneers association in the
Capitol building. st. Paul, May II, the
58th anniversary. Governor Burnquist,
Samuel r. Van SAINT, former governor: