Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-01-24
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The Minnesota Aggies basketball
team defeated tie st. Cloud Normal,
&c to 9. Ress, with six baskets, and
Molstad with five, were the Aggies
stellar performers.
Mike Osga, ST., of Opole. arrested
on charge of selling liquor withou:
a license, was taken before Justice
Alden in court at st. Cloud and paid
fine OF $50 and costs, amounting to
$G175.
Winona Masonic orders are patri.
otto, and the Winona Temple dedica-
ton, which was to have been attend.
ed by several hundred members, has
been postponed to assist in conserva.
ton of fuel.
An executive committee meeting of
the Grow Wing County Sunday
Scnool association was held at Brain
erd. The county convention. it was
decided, will be held at Brainerd the
week of June II.
Deputy Game Warden Walter Kline
felter ia engaged In cutting holes in
some Of the shallow lakes OF the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of Saltwater in order
to allow air to get to the fish 80 a. to
prevent them from being smothered
Sales Of more than 100000 Red
Cross Christmas seals In Minnesota
already have been reported to the ma
tional headquarters and the total ia
expected to reach 1000. 900, according
to DR.. l. ]. Murphy. executive 1ecre-
tary for Minnesota.
Duluth will derive $9,OO5,637 In
taxes from the mines located within
Its boundaries. The report of the
county auditor shows the value of the
mines as $270.000.000. granting Q tax
assessment over 100000 larger
than ever before collected.
A. A. McPheeters. agricultural In.
structor at the Northfield high school,
has been appointed agricultural agent
in Dakota county. He 10 successor
to H. G.. Pollock. who has been ap-
pointed to an important position In
agricultural work In South Dakota.
The 50th anniversary Of the found.
Ing OF the state normal school ct
Mankato IL to be observed next June.
The faculty has the matter In charge.
but owing to the war 1t has decided
not to make the celebration a. elab.
crate a. lad at first been planned.
War lunches served to the school
students of the domestic science
rooms at the Central school at East
Grand Forks seems to be very popu-
lar with the school children, for 1l1
were served during the hrst week
after the lunches were commenced.
Winona's BARRIERS are the latest 70.
cruits in Fuel Administrator Garfield's
coal saving campaign. They have
agreed to open q half hour later in
the morning and close an hour earlier
In the evening. This, In spite OF the
fact that the Garfield order issued
Wednesday means the loss OF . day
each week.
Az q result Of the liberality Of the
people OF Luverne In purchasing Red
Cross seals, the pupils Of the schools
Of that place are to have the benefits
OF i've weeks service Of q visiting
nurse without further financial outlay
by the taxpayers Of tae city. Christ.
MAI seals to the number OF $4,000
were sold In Luverne.
A resolution condemning the Non.
partisan league and recommending
that its propaganda be discouraged
and promoters thereof be rejected
from our homes. our halls, our
churches. our schools. and all other
places Of public gathering" has becn
adopted BY the public safety commits.
sion Of Faribault county.
A passenger train on the Great
Western railroad was held up for two
hours while the train crew and pas.
sengers labOred to remove q team OF
horses from trestle so feet high,
The team had run away ct Altura VII.
lago and ran out upon the trestle
stretching across . ravine. The ami.
mails legs slipped between the ties
and they were imprisoned.
Pronteering by seed dealers is
charged by A. p. Erickson of Ray IN
. letter received by the State Public
Safety Commission and referred 70
Prof. G. p. Bull OF the agricultural
extension division Of the University
OF Minnesota. Farmers In Koochi.
ching and other counties In Northern
Minnesota, Mr.. Erickson's letter
stated, are forced TO depend on other
sections for seeds Of all kinds except
grain.
BY oversubscribing ito allotment Of
$4,000 in the second Liberty Loan
by $135.S0o. Lake county, or which
Two Harbors IL the capital, has won
the silk banner offered % 4 prize BY
the Public Safety Commission TO the
county returning the largest oversub-
scription. A similar prize was award.
ed Mobiles county - the one obtain.
Ing the largest number OF loan sub
scriptions in proportion to the pobu.
lati0n. Mobiles county returned 4.Co5
individual subscriptions out OF . pop-
ulAtion OF 1912.
Forced to change their plans st the
last moment. because the use OF the
Spring Valley opera house wac re-
fused them, National Nonpartisan
league representatives succeeded in
renting the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows hall there. whore . meeting
was addressed BY Louis Martin.
Following the resignation OF r. J.