Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-07

place or business.
ST. Cloud.-Arthur Mellum, ~
years old, six feet or better, IN the city
Jail mere, is i'll with the small poX
Mellum was picked up by the police
several days ago.
Minneapolis Penny, IL
years old, disappeared from his home
at 2G45 First avenue south several
days ago and searching party mas
been unable to find any trace OF him
st. Paul.-Bids on the erection OF a
new state normal school building at
Bemidji will he opened March IL by
the state board OF control. The build
ing is expected to cost approximately
100000.
Fertile-Albert Ref1ing of Fertile
has returned from seven-year So
journ in Alaska, having been in busi'
ness at St. Petersburg. He stated
that business conditions in that part
of the country were good.
Remer.-W. e. Provonost, chairman
OF the local war savings stamp
committee, who made special effort
| to boost the stamps in Remer. an
nounces that he succeeded IN inter
esting every family in the project.
Little Falls.-The fire loss in Morri-
| son county last year was $36.Hl3
from thirty-nine fires. This Is an In
crease over the preceding year OF
STRIPES with fourteen more fires, says
George Fl. Nettleton, chief assistant
state fire marshal.
st Cloud.-John Glaidon Of this city
| has been given an honorable dis
charge from the army because he bad
failed to take out his second papers.
He was drafted with the first incre-
nent which left this city and has
| been stationed at Camp Dodge.
Cass Lake-Rev G. NJ. Peacock,
former pastor of the First Congrega-
tiona, church here and who has had
charge of the Congregational parish
at Detroit. Mimi, for the past two
years. has left Detroit with his wife
for Ault, Colo, where he will take
| charge of a church.
Saltwater. - Coroner Wells was
summoned to the southwestern por
tion of the town Of Woodbury. to view
the body of Nels P. Nelson, SO years
old, who committed suicide because
of illness by hanging himself in the
basement Of his barn. An inquest
was not deemed necessary.
East Grand Forks.-Two recruits
fer the aviation section of the signal
corps have been accepted at the re-.
cruiting office by, Sergeant M. f.
CoonIer and sent to the main re
cruiting station at Minneapolis: Will
fred Candette Of Erskine. Mimi, and
Frank Ostrander. of Mentor. MINI
Aitkin-The attempt Of the Aitkin
merchants to do away with deliver
les Of goods has proven unsatiseac-
tory and a new policy is now to be IN
angLrated in which all deliveries will
be made by one MANAGEMENT. The
deliveries will be scheduled to dif-
ferent parts of the town at certain
hours and only one delivery a day
|
ST Paul The wartime farm a. the
state prison in Saltwater will com.
prise 1000 acres. Warden Reed an.
nounced when the state board Of con-
troll leased an additional tract Of 1870
acres to increase the food production
at the institutions. The land was
| leased for five years at an annual rem.
tal OF $1,000 with the privilege of
purchase at 5000 an acre at any time
during the period.
St Paul.-Five Federal aid road
projects in Minnesota have been let
and contractors will begin work "a
soon as the weather permits, accord
ing to c. NJ. Bahcock. state highway
commissioner. The five projects are
The first Of thirty and they have an
aegrl gate length Of 143 miles and
will cost $5t2,000 The thirty pro-
iects will ageregate 700 miles and
will cost So 300. 900.
Minneapolis. Marietta, Mimi
stands high at the Ninth District Fed
eral Reserve bank Of Minneapolis
When Governor Theodore Void open
cd his mail he found a letter from,
Cashier A. c. Miller Of the Marietta
State bank, enclosing $4,000 in
drafts to cover the purchase of Unit
ed States government certificates
| The cashier wrote: 'Kaiserism
must Re stamped out and our boys
returned to their American homes
Until this Is accomplished. the mat
ter Of bank earnings becomes second
ary."
Hutchinson August Mueller o.
Lester Prairie entered plea o.
guilty to the charge Of blackmail and
was sentenced to an undetermined
term in the st. Cloud reformatory by
District Judge c. NJ. Tiff. Peter
Feltmann, farmer. living near here
found note demanding that $4,000
be left In his rural mail box II ne de
sired to escape arrest because Of tn,
alleged fact he had a German flag 1.
his possession. The note was writer
on typewriter. Mueller. who is o