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.

the good cause $500
| st. Paul.--Arguments on questions
Of law relating 10 indictments against
partisan league, and Joseph Gilbert,
manager, will be heard in the state
supreme court May 81.
Luverne.-Luverne's Red Cross
duck brought stS50 for the Red
Cross at Beaver Greek and Hard.
and at Hardwick 500 was realized.
| The plan is to continue the sale
So far the total sale of the duck
has brought $4,000.
rk-Superintendent r. G..
| 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 a gymnasium.
st. Paul.-NIlnnesota soldiers num-
| bering 10000 to 10000 will be dis
| franchised in the statewide primary
| 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 firemen end will be used on
emergency calls from neighborirg
villages and will also respond to fire
calls from the surrounding farming
districts.
Bemidii.-The recruiting Office
here has averaged better than a man
a day during the month Of March.
From present indications it 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.
iation 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. single
rig, registered under the name OF
"Red Cross Maid" sold for more
than $1,000.
st. Paul.--General property taxes
In Minnesota drring the past yea
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 s52.44a.-
40 o6, The increase is $9,94s. SCI. 70,
1895 per cent, to be exact.
St Paul--Minnesota fire losses
during February were only s417.O92
compared with total of S2.035,333
for the corresponding month a year
ago, according to a bulletin issued
late yesterday by George II. Nettle-
ton assistant state fire marshal
Greatest reductions in fire losses
were in Minneapolis and in locau-
tics 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
II diCtments charCing disloyalty in
Kenyon and Goodhue counties last
summer. The demurrers were based
| m the alleged grounds that the
facts in the indictments to not con.
stitute public offense" ]. c. See
e1ch and his son Carl. also under
indictment on disloyalty charges
entered demurrers similar to the
Nonpartisan men
Minneapolis OF the pro
posed university Road" between
Mirnen rolls and Rochester, will be
discussed on the evening OF Tues
lay. 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 DakotaI Goodhue.
Olmstead and Fillmore counties. and
| 400 men are expected 40 Ne present
Brairerd,-Fred T. lincoln secre
tary of the Northern Minnesota De
| 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 u one
OF widespread interest
Minneapolis --Col r. r. Lee viii