Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28

a, m, state primaries June ~ Mr.
l}.f'far,S legal residonvc Is at Fergus
Falls
Red Lake Falls,-Mrs festy ridge.
native ut ireland. ~, wife OF
prominent farmer OF Browns Creek
town. died at her home OF autoih'
toNication,
St Cloud DIR. A. l. Rruener or
&, Cloud. who was made frs'
lieutenant In the dental corps OF the
army when he enlisted last year, has
been promoted to a captaincy,
Anoka Chester r. Evans OF Cham
plin, aged 81, is dead. He came TO
Minnesota in 1886 and settled IN
Maple Grove, Henepin county, where
he lived until twenty years ago. when
| he moved to Champlin.
Aitkin.-Rev. Father 1ciek OF Du-
luth delivered an address here In
the opera house under the auspices
Of the third Liberty Loan executive
committee of Aitkin county.
Mankato-The board of education
has decided to abandon the teaching
of the German language in the Man.
kato public schools after the pres
ent classes complete their work,
| which will be in December.
Pine City -Representative Adolph
S. Larson of Sandstone filed as
| candidate for state senator from this
| district He is the second man to
| file for the position. Senator Ry-
strom having also done so.
st. Cloud-One hundred and sixty
cans of trout fry were received here
from the state fish commission and
planted in nearby streams. The
local anglers each contributed 81 to
help defray the expenses of planting
the fry.
Baudette-Placing the muzzle Of a
pistol in his mouth last Wednesday
Magnus W. Anderson pulled the trig-
ger and literally blew off his head
He was abort 80 and leaves wife
and a bow. Financial worries are
given as the reason.
Red Lake Falls.-Oswald Lind. who
has been state engineer for Marshall
county for four years. has been Sc
lected by the state highway commits
sion as the state engineer for Red
Lake county and moved here with
his family this week.
| Glenwood-David Bogie. chief of
police, was stricken with apoplexy
while alone at his office late at night
and was found dead when a search
was made for him He was born in
| ColbOurne. Ont. in 1850, and came to
Glenwood forty-two years ago.
Bemidji-Rev. NJ A. Soper has
been appointed chairman OF the Sal
walton Army drive in Bemidji and
vicinity. The purpose of the drive is
to raise funds for carrying on way
work by the Salvation Army. An
effort will be made to raise 10 cents
per capita in this locality.
| Hinckley.-The Pine county com
missioners have let the contract for
the grading and surfacing of the
Duluth-Twin City highway, from Pine
City to Sandstone, to S. J. Grove &
Sons OF Minneapolis for $37, 1872 go
The stretch is about twenty miles
in extent. The contract calls for an
overhead crossing of the Northern
Pacific railroad tracks at Mission
creek. Work will commence at once
MISUNDERSTANDING that he was
driven from the community through
threats by the defendants and men,
aced by lynching at their hands. w
c, Raderstarts has brought s25 600
damage suit against George Marvin
Rev. Mr.. Foster. f. A. Under. Prof
Wilcox, Syver Johnson c. e. Carl
quist and Martin Berg The com
plant charges that on March II
1916. they threatened to lynch him
ard to do physical violence
st. Cloud.-Day schools will re
place night schools at the St. Cloud
state roformatory, Superintendent II
K, w. Scott has reported to the
state board of control. Reformatory
inmates, of whom 373, or about -four
out of five in the institution are en-
rolled in the school. will be giver
seven and one-half hours OF classes
weekly under the new plan, as com
pared with only four and one-hal
hours In the old night schools.
Crookstou.-The 10Th annual com
mencement exercises of the Uni
versitv Of Agriculture began her,
with a special sermon to the gradu
atins class by Rev. w. f. Dudley. or
THE Call for Service" at the First
Congregational church. The com
mencement program continued 70,
four days. closing with commence
ment day exercises. at which Marion
Y, Burton. president of the univer
sity. spoke and presented the diplo
mas.
81. Paul,-Employ teachers earl!
and make contracts for the full time
OF the next school year: seek on
qualified teachers who have retired
from teaching with record Of eft
cient service: and Ak salaries i,
some proportion to the increase O
| living cost This Is the trinity tina
| = being empha sized nv educators a: