Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
NEWS Of STATE
TERSELI TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

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the good cause $500.
st. Paul.-Areuments on questions
of law relating TO indictments against
! A. G. Townley. head of the Non
partisan league. and Joseph Gilbert
manager, will be heard in the state
supreme court May 81
| Luverne.-Luverne's Red Cross
duck brought ssS50 for the Red
Cross at Beaver Greek and Hard
wick today At Beaver Creek, $4,750
and at Hardwick 500 was realized
The plan is to continue the sale.
So far the total sale of the duck
has brought 100000
rk.-Superintendent r. C..
Weech returned from Murdoch.
Mimi, where he was hired as super
intendent of schools. The school
building is new $4,000 building
and employs ten teachers. 1t is COM
posed of five districts, consolidated
and has gymnasium.
st. Paul.-MInnesota soldiers num-
bering 10000 to $4,000 will be dis
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election June II unless some steps
are taken within the next few weeks
to provide for collecting and count
ing their votes. The subject Is CIV
Ing deep concern to state officials.
st. Paul.-Dr Arthur F.. Kilbourne,
| superintendent of the Rochester state
| hospital for insane was stricken
with apoplexy. according to a report
| received by the State Board of Con-
troll. DR.. Kilbourne was reported to
show some improvement and his
chances OF recovery are said to be
good
Wells.-A new chemical automo-
| bile fire truck has been added to
the equipment Of the department
The truck is large enough to carry
twenty flremen end will be used ON
emergency calls from neighboripg
villages and will also respond to fire
calls from the surrounding farming
districts.
Bemidji-The recruiting Office
here has averaged better than a man
day during the month of March.
From present indications 1t appears
| that this record Is to continue and
that the Bemidii office will retain
the banner as securing the largest
number Of enlistments per capita in
Minnesota.
Wells.-This village. with a popr.
lation of 1000 persons, established
a record in Red Cross sale which
Is believed to be the best OF any
town OF its size in the country More
than $4,000 was raised A single
pig, registered under the name OF
RED Cross Maid" sold for more
than $1,000
st. Paul.-General property taxes
In Minnesota drring the past year
| have increased approximately 10 per
cent. The total amount levied by
the state and all its counties, cities,
villages. school districts and town.
shirs in 1917 and payable this year
Is s62. 446. 401.7o. The total levy in
1916, payable In 1917 was s52,449.-
1lH0 The increase IS S994S .S61 70.
1885 per cent, to be exact
st. Paul-Minnesota fire losses
during February were only s417,O92
compared with total of s2,O35,3
for the corresponding month year
ago, according to bulletin issued
late yesterday by George Fl. Nettle-
ton. assistant state fire marshal
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were In Minneapolis and in loca,i-
ties outside Of ST Paul and Duluth
A corresponding decrease in the
number Of fires also Is shown.
Red Wing,-Joseph Gilbert. l..
Martin and n. s. Randall. Nonpar-
tisan league speakers. through their
attorney. Thomas Sullivan. entered
iemurrers in district court here to
lrdictments charging disloyalty in
Kenyon and Goodhue counties last
summer. The demurrers were based
On the alleged grounds that the
facts in the indictments to not con.
stitute public offense" J. G. See
zach and his son Carl. also under
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entered demurrers similar to the
Nonpartisan men
| Minneapolis. OF the pro-
posed university Road" between
| NiureHr oNs and Rochester. will be
discussed on the evening Of Tues
day. April ., when county commits.
sioners and surveyors OF five coun.
ties meet as guests Of the new South
Town civic club. sponsors OF the
new trail into the southern part OF
the state. at banquet at the South
Side high school In addition to
Henrepin county, there will be coun
ty officials from Dakota Goodhue
Olmstead and Fillmore counties, and
400 men are expected 40 be present
| Brain eri--Fred T. lincoln secre
tarv Of the Northern Minnesota he.
velopment association. has returned
from conference at Grand Rapids
where matters were taken up tc
make the fall meeting Of the asso,
citation there November 20 and II one
OF widespread interest,
Minneapolis-Co f. T. Lee viii