Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-08-30
ABOUT THE STATE
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
happenings Of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience Of the
Busy Reader.


the Hastings public schools, is dead,
aged thirty-one.
Mrs Augusta A. Storer, for many
years a resident OF Minneapolis, Is
dead, aged seVenty-five.
Cattle barns on the insane asylum
farm near Rochester were struck by
lightning and destroyed.
The state conference of charities
and corrections will be held at DIVA
tonna Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will
speak In st. Paul Sept. %, instead OF
Aug. %, as previously announced,
Red Cross picnics in Murray county
have netted $4,000 for the fund to be
used for American soldiers in France.
r. T.. Warner, clerk OF Redwood
Falls district court AMI formerly clerk
OF the Minnesota house OF representa-
tives. Is dead.
Mrs Anna Wanchura, eighty-fve
years old, Is dead at st Paul from
burns received when her clothing
caught FIRE from a lighted candle.
The moneys and credits assessment
In Minnesota this year will approx
mate s270, 900. 900. according to returns
fled with the state tax commission.
Minnesota has passed the 1000
mark OF soldiers enlisted In the resu-
lar army Its original volunteer quota
was ALSO and the total recruited is
4.011.
Two booths. one for information and
one for demon stration, will be promi-
nently placed In the Woman's building
at the state fair to display the work Of
the Minnesota Red Cross.
To care for the sick in the new ma
tional army, which soon will undergo
training at Camp Dodge. Des Moines.
base hospital Will be established i'm
mediately at Fort Smelling.
Roger Vail. for many years con-
neeted with the Irish Standard. pub
lished In Minneapolis. and we'll known
In newspaper circles throughout the
state. Is dead In the Mil City.
The present population OF Minneap-
oils is 3S0,261. according to an esti.
mate made by the Minneapolis Direc-
tory company, based on the lumber
OF names In It's 1917 city directory.
Fire which started In the basement
OF the store Of John Nanreck at Aus
tin. destroyed the building at loss
CT $4,000. When discovered the fire
had gained such head.ay that the de-
partment was unable to control it.
Ivy Burns, seventy hvc-year-old ne
gress. who was born In slavery at
Nashville, Tenn. sold away from her
parents when eight years old. and re-
sold several times in the eleven years
she toiIed as slave, Is dead at st.
Paul.
Edmund G.. Walton has been ap-
pointed British vice consul to succeed
Charles f. Hamilton, St Paul. making
Minneapolis headquarters for the
British consular service in the North
west as we'll as recruiting terminal
for the American mission.
The Third Minnesota infantry has
gone to Camp Cody. Deming. ~ NJ.
where they will undergo strenuous
training preparatory to being placed
on the battle line somewhere in
France" Three special trains carried
the soldiers out Of st. Paul.
". l.. Oswald. in charge Of the state
seed laboratory Of the College OF Agri-
culture. University of Minnesota, has
been asked by the division OF markets
pat Washington to assist for a year In
making complete survey OF the seed
situation In the United States.
Consolidation of the state dairy and
food and oil and hotel inspection de-
partments recently effected by Gov
ernor Burnquist with the appointment
Of James Sorcnsen as tricommissioner
Is held legal in an opinion from the
attorney generals department.
Carlos Avery. state game and ash
commissioner, announces that wild
ducks killed in South Dakota. where
the season opens Sept I. cannot be
brought into Minnesota until after
Sept. II. the date of the opening Of
the small game season in this state.
Or. Frederick r. Laws. one of the
oldest and best known physicians OF
South Minneapolis. is dead aged
aged sixty-eight. Or. Laws was one
OF the founders OF the Norwegian
Lutheran Deaconess hospital in the
Mil City and was widely known for
his charitable work
The Red Cross war council. through
Chairman II. T. Dawson. announces
the appointment OF A. x. Rogers. pres
ident Of the Rogers Lumber company
of Minneapolis. as manaser of the
Northern division Of the Red Cross.
which includes Minnesota. North and
South Dakota and Montana.
Carl Wilhelm Rodunz. a German
farmer living six r.:.es from Dassel,
was arrested by Deputy Marshal John
Mcclure. He was taken to Minneapo-
lis by way Of IAtchfeld. The arrest
was made under the direction of
United States District Attorney Alfred
jacques. acting under instruction from
the attorney general.