Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
What's DOING
in Minnesota,

Duluth. 1890 Prediction OF \ record ore
production from the states iron mines
during 1917 has been mado by ]. A. q.
Preus. state auditor.
Red Wing. Minn..-At the annual
convention OF the state council OF the
knights OF Columbus. which was held
here, st. Cloud was chosen az the
1918 convention city.
Pipestone.--F. T.. Cogswell has been
named az manager OF all municipal
affairs In Pipestone. He has been
made chief OF police and chief of the
f1re department and will have super
vision of the other departments.
Rochester. - Ralph Rasmussen, 30
years old, proprietor of the Queen City
restaurant here, was shot and serious
ly wounded by his cousin, Pete Ras-
musson, who confessed, following his
arrest five hours after the shooting.
, Owatonna. - There will be no cur
tailment of the program of the grand
council, United Commercial Travellers,
meeting at Owatonna next month
The question of entertainment will be
left strictly to the judgment of the
Owatonna committee.
Observation-Disclosures Mime
sofa men, including students from the
state university, Hamline university
and Manchester college, will leave New
York soon for France, where they will
drive ambulances in the Norton Harjes
corps on the Western front.
st. Paul. - Warning is given by the
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse
Commission to the coal consumers Of
the Northwest that the fuel situation
next winter, through variety of
causes, may be more serious than the
trying time of the past season.
Jackson, Minn.-Seeding is all done
here and there is good stand of
young grain. Farmers are blowing for
corn and some began planting about
May Ia. Indications point to a big
acreage. Gardening clubs and indi.
vidual gardeners are unusually active
and there will be a big supply of
staple vegetables.
i
men, who left here three weeks ago
with the town on the zenith of q wave
Of patriotism, to become members Of
c battery, First Minnesota field artil-
lery, are home again and wondering
where they are at and what kind Of
system obtains at the military head.
quarters of the state
New Ulm. - A delegation of New
Ulm citizens headed by Major Albert
Pfaender has been granted 10 days by
Governor BurnQuist to recruit Com
pany A, Second infantry; up to peace
strength or lose the company by its be.
ing mustered out Of the state service.
Members Of the delegation gave as
surances that the company would not
be mustered out.
Crookston.-The guarantee of de.
posits in state banks, the operation OF
the Federal Land bank and the food
situation were to be the main topics
Of discussion at the fourth annual con.
vention of the Ninth congressional
group of the Minnesota Bankers asso-
citation in Crookston, May 16. Two
hundred bankers from northwestern
Minnesota expected to attend.
Chisholm. - While their baby boy
slept in his cradle i'm an adjoining
room, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Helstein
battled in the kitchen for the posses.
sion Of three sticks of dynamite. The
woman lost. Just before the explosion
her husband laughed. They are in the
Weber hospital, terribly mangled.
The right arms of both were torn of
a few inches below the elbow.
st. Paul. - Changes in the admins
tration OF several state departments,
involving the elimination Of several
high-salaried officers and the conse-
Quent saving to the state of at least
$4,000 in salaries and expenses in the
next two years have been ordered by
Governor BurnQuist. The changes,
effective August 1, carry out in limit.
c. way recommendations Of the En-.
cheney and Economy Commission
which failed of passage in the Legis-
lature.
III 0uA. - SOuuSy AdlT0 C8uC0lICU
this year for military reasons or war
necessity will not lose their official
status and right to share in future ap-
preparations made by the state, unless
other associations establish fairs where
they omit them without sufficient rea.
son, Attorney General Smith advised
in an opinion given State Auditor J.
A. o. Preus. He added that while
nothing in the war situation now ap.
pears to necessitate abandonment of
fair plans, grounds may arise later.
Center City, Minn.-Loyalty to the
nation and its government were OK.
pressed in a telegram to President
Wilson sent by the Minnesota confer.
ence of the Lutheran Augustant synod,
which held its sessions here. The tel.
egram, signed by President p. A. Matt
son and Secretary J. B. A. Idstrom,
was as follows: THE Minnesota con-
ference Of the Lutheran Augustant
synod, in session assembled in Center
City, expresses its loyalty to our coun-
try and its government in the present
crisis, AMI asks the Lord to guide you