Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-02-28
NEWS Of STATE
TeRSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Gwen In Bret Items For
Busy Readers.

a&c8. Tor TIE " .ENG3 SNasS Farm
asUaaa, ovsaalztt. here under the fed
e-a) aid proposition, was authorized
by the county hoard
Naakato, The school Of the Sis.
tiers Of No.ra DAME Of this city has
been beQueathed three valuable city
lots by the viii o: The late Miss Mel
lie Thomson. a former resident of
Mankato.
Fergus Falls.-Aslak c.. Teisberg.
who died in this city recently. be-
Queathed fortune of $4,000 TO il.
situations connected with tho Norwo-
gian Evangelical Lutheran Church OF
America.
Crookston.-T. b. Degman, superin-
tendent of this division of the Great
Northern. has been transferred to
Seattle. The vacancy is filled by L.
NJ. Davis of Grand Forks, former
trainmaster of that city.
Hawley.-Six horses were burned
to death when the barns of the Eel
ton consolidated school were de-
stroyed by fire. Six large carryalls,
used for taking the children to ana
from school, also were destroyed.
Cloquet-The horse donated to the
Red Cross by AL Provost, now in the
National army camp at Camp Dodge,
now belongs to William Peterson OF
this city, the sum of $500 being real
lied for the society from the sale
of the animal.
Bemidji Fully a thousand regis
tered delegates and several hundred
visitors will have to be entertained
by the people OF Bemidji June Is to
16. when the Goth state convention of
the Minnesota Sunday School associa-
ton is to be held in this city.
Wheaton.-Red Cross workers here
declare they still have to hear Of
better knitter than Mrs. William
Nordin. Mrs. Nordin Is 70 years old
and does all the Homework for her
self and son. Since the war began
she has knitted % pairs of socks, rs
sweaters, s pairs of wristlets and 3
mufflers. which Wheaton workers
claim comes pretty near being a ma
tional record.
st. Paul.-Plans for the main build
ing Of the woman's state reformatory,
Shakopee. were finally approved at
conference between the state board
Of control state architect and the
board Of women visitors. The struc.
ture will include the administration
Offices and will cost about $4,000
Bids on the building contracts prob
ably will be received next month
Work will be pushed to completion.
Mora-FOod conservation and the
Red Cross shared in the benefits
from 60 meatIess basket socials, all
held on the same evening in the
schools of Kanahec county. The So
Gals were held for the benefit Of the
Red Cross and to celebrate the be-
GINNING OF the Junior membership
drive in that county 1t was expected
that the proceeds would amount to
about ss00 Instead the net pro-
ceeds totaled $1,S12
St Paul-During January Sl1.7S7..
81 was paid out to farmers OF the
United States by the federal land
banks. of which amount $2,137 100
was loaned by the land bank in st.
Paul. according to statement of the
Federal Farm board The grand to,
tai Of loans closed by the st. Paul
bank is $3.50. 400. or the st. Paul
bank loars in January sl,655. 700 went
into North Dakota. $692,5Oo to Min
resota. $1946G0 to Wisconsin and
$1S4.300 to Michigan.
St Paul.-Chargcd with being dis.
loyal. Iudce J. =, Martin. Mantorville.
OF the Dodge county probate court.
has been suspended by Governor
PurnQuist pending an Investigation
J. NJ. r. Cooper, also Of Mantorville.
-'ae appointed acting Judge Judge
Martin is accused Of publicly stating
his opinion that the war is all wrong
ard that the President is iusincere.
and otherwise being disloyal and dis
courasing enlistments. The COM
nlaint on which his permanent re.
nova, Is asked is signed by eight
Dodge county citizens and was filed
With the State Public Safety COM
r'ission.
st, Paul-With only 23.433 deaths
reported IN 1917 among its 2.3l2.445
people Minnesota is living up to its
reputation as one OF the most health.
ful states In the Union. The 1917 NOR.
tally rate Of 1912. or slightly more
than one death In each 100 of the
population. during the year. Is re.
garded as a record showing. because,
while an Identical rate was previ.
ously recorded 1t was several years
ago. when the average age Of the
state was lower. The showing Is
cxcc.ied only by those IN a few West,
ern states. newly settled by young
generations. The Minnesota rate last
year was LAO, and it placed the
state far down In the list Of mos,
tally tables.
st Paul-More than 1000. oo0 trout
fry which now fill the state fish
hatcheries at ST. Paul. Glenwood and
Detroit. will be distributed in Mime
sofa waters at once to make room
for aDDrpyimafelv 1l2 f0l On0 D}le