Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-25

The tyraoid fever epidemic AT CHS
holm cannot be traced TO the water
supply. Ia the belief o. DE-. /. j. Barns.
state board OF health Inspector. ~hc
investigated conditions. A haeierioic8
tcai Investigation revealed no typhoid
germs in the water. One OF the cases
was traced to Ely and two to kee-
vatin- The spread OF the disease
may be through carriers." said DR. Rip
pert chairman OF the local health
board
A proposal to increase the minimum
carload os potatoes b being discussed
by Minnesota railroad traffic men ~
. move toward relieving the car short
age situation A. reported At the Cap
itol the plan 10 to increase the mini-
nAum from sS.oee pounds, or abc-t 500
sacks, to 4S.0eo pounds, or 800 sacks
The Nurses Alumni Association Of
the Northern Pacific Railway Hospital
Trimming School for Nurses 1t Brain
erd and the Brainerd Musical club
have invested in Liberty Bonds
John Bergstrom, postmaster OF
F1ynnsburg, was run down and killed
by the Morris train Bergstrom
rushed to tie train with . bag Of mall
and stepped directly In the path Of
the engine
John F. Kassube, who was dissuad
ID from registering for the draft by
j. O. Benta,l. appeared II the United
States navy recruiting once in Min
neapos.s and applied for enlistment a.
. fireman.
Store houses to preserve foodstuffs
may be established in Duluth n tho
result Of the appointment Of L. o..
Young by the Public Safety Commis-
sion ~ special Investigator OF alleged
destruction OF foodstuns by commits
sion merchants.
The Feckenstein brewery at Fari-
bault WAS Quilted by Gre. entAiling .
loss estimated at $4,000. Tho con-
denser and brew room were destroyed
and the walls Of the building 50 weak
ened that the police have ordered that
no one pass the ruins until the walls
have been wrecked II 10 believed
the building was struck by lightning
Profits OF the Minnesota State Fair
this year totaled $2s,s.e, more than
four times these of the 1916 Fair. &C.
ecrding to report daed late yester-
day By Secretary Thomas II. Cantseld
In the Office Of State Auditor Preus
The statement shows expenses of
&14.,2es aad receipts Of $e75-Sss. ex-
elusive OF . state appropriation Of
$45.eeo
The Otter Tail county commissioners
q Fergus Falls voted to accept $780,
600 in Federal government aid. and
70 Appropriate IN equal amount from
the county treasury to be expended
on the stale road from the county
line near Ashby, to this city. next
summer The distance Is twenty-five
miles. The read viii cross the state
from ST PaRl To Fargo
Posfmzsters' EXAMINATIONS. the frss
In Minnesota are announced By the
United States Civil Service board ier
November IA 1T Duluth. New Tim,
Pigss;nne. Rochester and ST Cloud.
The tests viii he 10 al vacancies in
the pos1oface at Albany, salary <lssa,
Buifsrfesa, salary Sl,1ss0; Carlton.
$li{e, Egefa- Si,2oa: Hallock. 81 SOC.
Hanska- $1,000. and Rnthton, $l.ess
Publicity regarding Aliens in possess
sion OF firearms. they being violaiors
of the law unless the weapons are sur
rendered bias resulted in = wholesale
DEPOSIT OF hundreds Of guns o. the
iron ranges with deputy sheritfs Game
vsr6eax lave estimated that N aeasi
i.eaa deer and moose have been killed,
In ard cut al s<ascn annually By
alien +shacKers- and hunters.
Although native Of Germany and
with frs brothers doing compulsory
service ! tire G-aisers army. Mrs.
Veronica Shoas q Mshnnrer is an
American through and through Re
Gently hs- son ealsssed ae was her
principal support yet Mrs Shcus
eheertn4ly Endorsed his acijoa- These
facts were related in q les.er To the
Federal Farm LOAN Raa1 Of ST. Paul
by . feaa appraiser. H. r. Vessel to
who Mrs Shons bad applied fer aid
&tger her son had enlisted
Destitute RelgiAns viii he cared tor
O . large tract Cd aAad sevenfy-tve
o. Ice railes from ST. Paul. IL WIS an
Dcznee6 yesterday by lanes Saevin.
delegated By the Socsese 10 Colaaixs-
f5cr Amerscaise Of Paris to maize the
arEz1ssneats In the Ceile6 States.
"oa Ire tract ot aand which WIN s.e
SET aside In Minnesota for the esaAA-
issAueas cf the eOsaoy." Mr.. Saexsn
SAID. we viii establish churches and
HcsAooss. ssssso s,er~s. homes ard auss-
ness boas~s hare plans a1lS Ton
The COLONIZATION IL Ninreacta and via
seseea the site eccn
Friday Was the nrsR yay Cay ID sAs
worlds hsgA<Ss paid msliaATy c-y1ni
sxssca- rh~ Fourth Minnesota in.xnsry.
vAscA rxsxn1ly relieved the FIRST In
f1asrr eo Erosersy guard duty. AFTER
eelEg organised with the eHpeeextSoa
tAAi It ~sscic be ccntSnUeG II that
service xEa net he cxIaeG hy the War
department AheRss 5&R c4scers ana
Eae1 c-~x Encre than kee.F sec srpr1 The
stare general revsnue .1ad Tor See-
tesssssr services. exclusive cs TIE sub
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