Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31
MINNESOTA STATE
FAIR IS TO Be HELD
cANFtEiD SAYS ASSUMPTION
THAT ExPosirioN IS TO 81
CALLED OFF IS FooIlSH.
KINCLING OF FIRES IS BARRED
Safety Commission Takes stepe .
Enforce New Regulations In II
counties-Three Alleged In
cendiaries Arrested.

| st. Paul.
Thomas II. Garfield. secretary Of
the Minnesota State Agricultural so
ciety. says the State Fair will be held
as usual, September 3 to 8, inclusive.
He also intimated that it is to be
Minnesota's greatest exposition from
an educational and amusement stand.
point.
THE assumption that the fair
would be called of this year because
Of the war is foolish" Mr.. Garfield
says. There has never been a time
in the history OF our state when We
needed 1t as much.
I'VE are now cooperating with the
War department, the Governor of
Minnesota and other officials"
Many improvements are to be made
on the grounds this summer and ON
several buildings. One of the largest
will be the entire refacing Of the
grand stand, for which approximately
100000 was appropriated by the last
Legislature.
New Rules to Check Forest Firea.
Steps to enforce new regulations to
govern in the forest fire districts Of
Northern Minnesota have been taken
by the Minnesota Public Safety Com.
| mission.
The commission order followed an
exhaustive report read at. the execu.
tive session.
Incendiary fires of various kinds
we're referred to and 1t was an
nounced that three arrests. two In .
single district, have resulted, al
though no details are obtainable.
Fifty thousand posters bearing q
warning based on the commissions
latest order prohibiting kindling of
fires in forest areas were ordered
printed to be displayed in the eleven
counties In which 1t is effective.
Motorists who carelessly throw
lighted matches or cigars into weeds
or brush along roads and start run.
ming fires are held guilty of violation
| of this order.
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The handling of farm labor as in
past carried on by the state free EN-.
ployment bureaus has been taken
over by the State Public Safety com.
mission through new headquarters es.
tablished In Minneapolis according to
commission announcement made
after another extended meeting be-.
hind closed doors at the capitol. The
statement follows its pledges to the
farmers in the make and save the
crop" movement that labor will be
| furnished.
Four appointments Of county direc.
tors to fill vacancies were announced
as follows:
Manomen county. A. l.. Thompson:
Martin county. Clifford Jones: Wa.
basha county. Linn Whitmore; Wa
SEGA county. DR.. F. w. Prahl.
No other business that could be
made public was considered. the sec.
rotary said.
Food Experts Plan to Tour State.
Tentative plans for tours of the
state next month by experts and 9th.
or moves toward conservation and In.
creased production Of food were dis.
cussed by chairmen OF the state com.
mittees on such undertakings. Chair.
man Wilson Of the Food Conservation
Commission presided and the commit.
teemen reported on plans to be an
nounced later in detail. The general
purpose 10 to aid the people of Min.
nesota In conservation OF all foods
including those for live stock.
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Offensive Posters Destroyed.
The st. Paul trouble over the word
ing Of enlistment posters was ended
when Colonel Luce ordered the OF.
Tending circulars destroyed as Gov.
! ernor BurnQuist has declared that q
man selected in the draft will have
equal military footing with volunteers
In transfers and military courtesies.
officers who used the posters did so
OF their own initiative said Colonel
Luco.
Leads In Marine Recruiting.
Minnesota Is at the top OF the list
not only in navy recruiting. but in
the number of recruits for the marine
corps also, official government figures
show. For the month ending May 10,
recruits in the st. Paul district mum.
bered 554. or tfty-one more than Chi
cago. its nearest competitos. New
York ranked third. with anly ? few
men less than Chicago
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Mtnnes.ta Organization Complete.
Adjutant General Fred b. Wood,
in charge OF Minnesota registration
preparations. has sent a telegram
signed by Governor Burnquist to the
Provost Marshal General at Washing
ton. informing him the Organization
In Minnesota is complete"
"That means 'finis' for Minnesota
preparations FOR the draft repatriation
and marks the end Of a lot Of work
by the sheriffs and other county on,
Gals and those OF the three largest
cities OF the state" General Woo