Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-04

StittW&tUfs~~A meeting ~ tue
Washington coanty haArd the ray fur
. man with 4 team on county road
work was liked At 50 = day,
Minnsapolis,--The Hsnnenin coun'
~ grand jury returned two indict.
msn,s against Floyd Ssdswick. form
or cashier Of the Calhoun State
bank. Minneapolis. charging him
with grand larceny In the second
degree.
| Luverna-The residence and bank
| building Of August Finke Of Hills.
Mimi. former representative In the
| state legislature, were painted with
streaks of yellow. A hardware store
belonging to Finke's brother also was
painted.
Roseau. Mrs. Mabel Norquist
Newberry died last week, having
been married but twelve days. She
was taken i'll with rheumatism. which
| affected her heart, causing death.
She was buried at Roseau. her form.
er home
Crookston.-A drive to raise money
for the war fund by the Disciples of
Christ to help their eleemosynary
work viii be started in the county
under the direction OF Rev. w. ].
Carry. Polk county has been appor-
toned $500.
Crosby.-S. T. Harrison, a former
engineer here, who was a lieutenant
in the Minnesota naval militia and
was stationed on the U. S. 8. Wyo-
ming. has been commissioned lieu
tenant commander, according to ad-
vices received here.
ST. Paul.-State officials and EN-.
ployees have begun presenting their
associates and other friends with
Thrift stamps. The first chain let
ters in national series, started to
promote sales OF Thrift stamps,
have reached the capitol
Washington.-To facilitate the sup
plying of war industries with labor
and the transfer of labor from one
section to another, the country has
been divided into Ii employment dis
tricts, the United States employment
service announces. The Ninth district
includes: Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Montana
Fergus Falls. Carl f. Berg,
Browns Valley, was brought here
charged with having failed to regis
Ger. He says he always supposed he
was 81 years of age, and had no in
ention of willfully failing to regis
ter. Berg was bound over to the dis
trict court, and may be induced into
army. He has wife and one child
Minneapolis. Visiting physicians
OF the Northwest are to be given a
clinical feast on April s, 8, 10, II
and IL. The feast is called clinic
week, and is to be served by the
surgeons and physicians of the city
at various hospitals. The clinical
material furnished by the 1890 hos
pital beds for the city are to be
made available for the purpose.
DulUth.--A government statement
re arding ice conditions on the nor
thern Great Lakes says: THE warm
weather of the forepart of the week
decreased the thickness of ice in all
lakes, but the cold weather of the
latter part has again made the ice
firm. In Lake Superior the ice Is
softeaing and breaking up in the
harbor at Duluth-Superior, but the
field in the lake remains about the
same. 2S inches.
Minneapolis J. r. Bergen,
| pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, one Of the first to volunteer
for civilian defense duty. has re-
ceived a commission as first lieu
| tenant on the brigade staff of the
Minnesota Home Guard. being de-
tailed to special publicity work
among Minnesota Home Guard units
| Mr.. Fergen enlisted as a private in
| company c when the civilian aux
| iliary was formed
ST. Paul.-Governor Burnquist has
gone to Washington to attend a con-
| ference called by the secretary OF
the Interior to discuss ways of
| Americanizing residents of foreign
descent. II Is expected executives
from many states will be present
and that plans to bring residents of
foreign birth or extraction to real
ization of the benefits OF loyal
American citizenship, will be affected.
The Governor expects to return to
take part TN the big civic loyalty
demonstration In Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Boss Of the
University farm announced that the
government was asking Minnesota to
seed 100000 acres to spring wheat
This is about the average Of the
state for the last Ave years, though
last year the spring wheat acreage
was only $4,000. MI. Boss ex.
pressed the opinion that the state
would come up to the demand for
5000, 900 acres. Mr.. Glover reported
that many farmers in southern Min
nesota, who do not usually grow
wheat. are seeding some land "a