Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-20

At q meeting Of Norwegian Danish
editors at Fergus Falls, loyalty was
the keynote. Members toured the city
in automobiles. Resolutions indorsing
the President we're adopted.
The record for patriotic relatives Is
claimed by Mrs. John Murphy Of Gil
bert. She has nine brothers and cous-
ms in the British army. Two have
been killed and one slightly wounded.
The Moorhead normal school attend
ance will probably be ~ large this
fall 40 last fall In spite Of the war.
according to the large numbers Of
young women arriving in that city
for the opening
The board Of directors of the IN
ternational Bowling association at its
meeting at the West Hotel, Mime
apolis. awarded the eighth annual
tournament to the Mill City, the meet
to take place in February.
A letter found written by Mrs. Lot.
tie Dunbar. wife Of Freeman Dunbar
Of Brainerd. dated Aug. 20, shortly
before she committed suicide by hang
ing. gives proof of the dependency
suffered by her and which led to her
death.
In letter to the Commercial club
Of st. Cloud. Congressman Harold
Knutson expresses his belief that the
$4,000 appropriation for an addition
to the postofiice building for that city
will be one of the appropriations that
will not be cut down.
Indians are beginning to gather the
wild rice crop near Tower and will
soon have 1t on the market. The crop
Is said to be fairly good. 1t will bring
30 cents pound here, the highest
price ever paid. In previous years 1t
has been sold at 8 and 10 cents.
The legal battle which has been
waged In court at Red Wing for the
past few years between Emma Math.
ews and her sister, Clara Mires, for
possession Of property left by their
mother. 10 over, the suit In partition
brought by Emma and Robert Math-
ews against Miss Mires being settled
out Of cour..
The Norman county exemption board
has been forced to use newspaper
space to make right an error which
exempted Manly Madison OF Halstad.
The board. thinking Manly was the
postmaster of Halstad, married and
having q family, allowed the claim.
Through the Ada newspapers. the
board advises the public that his name
has been certified to the district board
at Duluth.
Several millions of dollars damage
was done to the corn crop and to
late garden truck ia Minnesota, North
Dakota. Northern Iowa and Northern
Wisconsin by the killing frost. This
Is the earliest killing frost known In
the Northwest for IS years. and II
lacks two days OF being a month
earlier than the average arrival GOV.
ering that number of years. which 10
October s.
Arnie Barton Clayton Swanson, 81
years old. Of Center City. Mimi. was
arrested by Chell NJ. Smith. United
States deputy marshal, charged with
failure to register June s. He was
taken to st. Paul and arraigned be.
fore Samuel Whaley, United States
commissioner. and pleaded not gull.
~. His mother accompanied him to
st. Paul and gave bond Of 1000 for
his appearance next October at the
Minneapolis session OF the Federal
court. The young man said he was
III at the time Of registration.
e. T. Sandberg of Aurora has more
Jobs. official and otherwise. than any
other man In America. And he fills
them all capably. He Is the follow.
ing: Mayor of Aurora, chief OF the
fire department. member OF the park
board. member of the library board,
manager Of q motion picture theater
and chauffeur for himself In his lei.
sure moments Sandberg cultivates a
war garden. 10 q baseball fan. goes
fishing. does odd jobs about the house,
corresponds for a Duluth newspaper
and follows the war In the newspa-
pers.
Mrs. Mary Wolter. Just on the edge
OF st. Cloud on the st. Joseph road,
pleaded guilty to charge preferred
against her by Anna Marshall this
morning and was fined 50 and costs
In Justice court. 1t was alleged she
pulled the others hair during quar-.
rel.
A dispatch from Washington, D. G.,
states that a man named Kueffner.
who worked with Frank Getchen. was
killed last week. He was q member
OF the tenth engineers tforesters
from Bemidji. He was on the runnin
,oard OF an auto and struck q tel
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