Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
NEWS OF STATE
TERS[LY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

Red Lake. Falls.-Sheriff Charles
Fellman. arrested John Pope here
charged with evading the draft.
Albert Lea.--The Brita Lite factory
here was destroyed by fire. The loss
Is estimated at more than $4,000.
st. Feter.-The rural school in dis.
trict 45 realized $500 from box So
cial and entertainment for the Red
Cross.
st. Peter.-County schools will
hold public graduation for eighth
grade pupils on June s. There will
be about seventy graduates.
Observation-Disclosures officials are
greatly disappointed over their inabil.
ity to locate Farmer Armstrong, who
murdered his wife and shot his STEP
son.
Brainerd.--Crow Wing county's
call for the National Red Cross war
fund is $4,000. ID. d. Schrader has
been named chairman of the county
committee.
Minneapolis than fifty sen.
Tors and seventeen graduate students
at the University of Minnesota have
taken positions as teachers so far
this spring for next year.
ST. Cloud.-A new scenic highway
will be built here during the coming
months, 1t Is announced. 1t will ex-
tend north from the city tn .hs Sank
Rapids bridge, completing a loop
which will be formed by connecting
with the drive on the other side of
the river.
Thief River Falls-Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Jacoby Of this city have gone
to Grand Forks, n. D.. to make their
home. Mr.. Jacoby was assistant me-
chanic at the 500 roundhouse until
couple OF months ago and has &C.
cepted position with the Great
Northern as engine inspector at Grand
Forks
Cambridge.-A. b. Hallin, local
banker, chairman of the Isanti county
Liberty Loan committee, announces
that lsanti county oversubscribed
the third Liberty Loan over 60 per
cent. He says: Instead Of meeting
the county'c allotment of $4,000.
the amount has been increased to
m~fe than $345,0O0, an oversubscrip-
tion OF more than so per cent.
Manufactured Marka, writing to
relatives here, describes the taking
of German spy OH the ship he sailed
aboard to the Philippines with his
regiment. Marka says the man was
found sending a wireless message
from the ship when they were about
three days out OF Manila. and those
aboard considered themselves lucky
to reach port without being made
target for submarine attack.
apolis.--Everett G. Engelin,
charged with having violated the es-
p:onage act, was found guilty on two
counts by a jury In Federal district
court here. The first count charged
him with attempting to incite mntiny
In the armed force OF the United
States and the second with having
INSTRUCTED recruiting and enlistment
service. The indictment was ha-ed on
an address made by Engelin on q
farm near Winsted, Mimi, last Aug.
ust.
Anoka.-State authorities are IN
vestigating fire here which destroyed
the harn on the farm OF Mrs. p.
Gorham, burning Is head OF cattle,
FIVE horser, some pigs and new auto
mobile. Mrs. Gorham has been out
spoken In her loyalty and evidence
found by local investigators pcint-
Ing to incendiarjsn indicates that
persons not so out -nokon in their lov-
atty may have recented Mrs. Cor
hams attacks on CerTanism. The
fire. according to officials. started IN
several places at once.
Hinckley.-The work on the state
road is now well under way south OF
Pine City and north OF Sandstone.
Ore mile OF road routh OF Rock
creek Is said to be about completed
and crews are at work on both the
north end and the south end OF the
road between Sandstone and Rutiedge
Between Pine City and Hinckley work
Is expected to begin during the com.
ing week. The road between Pine
City and Hinckley will be closed dur.
ing the ptocess OF building and the
old government road will be used.
Winona.--Rev. Father Leo p. Dev.
lin, a young priest who has been ~
sistant at the Winona Cathedral, has
returned from Fort Smelling, where
he changed his garments OF the prieet-
hood for United States army uni.
form. Father Devlin applied several
weeks ago for commission IN the
army a. a chaplain. He received his
commission thic week as first lieu
tenant and reported at Fort Smelling.
There he was equipped as a soldier
and assigned to Fort Shelby, Miss.
where he Will be assigned to his
duties this week.
Red Lake Fallss-The patriotism OF
the Red Lake farmers IL being ahown
by the way in which they are join
ing the Service Acre Club" The
club already has 1O4 members, each
Of whom have promised to give the
crop raised on an acre plot to the
Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. or knights OF
Columbus war work,
Minneapolis. Gardner Stevens.
born 81 years ago In the first house