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


/ t,ltar.s legal residence Is at fefsus
/ Falls
/ Red Lake Falls, Mrs, festy Ridge.
native ~ ireland. ~, wife of
Iprominsnt farmer OF browns Creek
town. died at her home OF ant"Ih'
toxication
| ST. Cloud Dir A, l. hruener or
ST, Cloud. who was made hrs'
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
Din, AGED 81, Is dead. He came TO
| Minnesota in 1886 and settled In
Naple Grove. Henepin county. where
he lived until twenty years ago. when
he moved to Champlin.
Aitkin.-Rev. Father lciek OF pu-
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.
| Raudette -Placing the muzzle Of
pistol in his mouth last Wednesday
Magnus W. Anderson pulled the trig-
ger and literally blew off his head
He was about 80 and leaves a wife
and boy 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.
lenwood-David Boeie. 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 war
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 e
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 a $4,000
damage suit against George Marvin,
Rev MIR. Foster. E. A. Linder. Prot
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 nieht schools at the ST Cloud
state reformatory. Superintendent II
x. w. Scott has reported to the
state board Of control Reformatorv
inmates, of whom 1913, or about four
out of five in the institution are en-
rolled in the school. will be given
seven and one-half hours OF classes
weekly under the new plan, as com
pared with only four and one-halt
hours In the old night schools.
Crookston.-The 10Th annual com
mencement exercises Of the Uni
versitv OF Agriculture began here
with special sermon to the gradu
atine class by Rev w. F.. Dudley. on
1.-The Call for Service" at the First
| Congregational church The com
mencement program continued for
four days. closing with commence
ment day exercises. at which Marion
T.. Burton. president OF the univer
sitv, spoke and presented the diplo
mas.
81. Paul-Employ teachers early
and make contracts for the full time
OF the next school wear; seek on,
qualified teachers who have retired
from teachinc With record Of eft
cient service: and fix salaries ir
some proportion to the increase q
| living cost This is the trinity that
Is being emphasized by educators as