Askov American., 1924-08-28

composer. died Of heart disease here.
She was the daughter Of Mrs. ]. n
Pugh. and sister-in-law of Charles X.
Mayer, president OF the Mankato
Chamber OF Commerce.
crookston-c. Z. Nickel, agricultur.
al entomoiogist from University Farm.
st. Paul. was called to the Red River
valley counties to help quell an out
break of the sugar beet web worm. one
OF the most destructive leaf Eating in
sects attacking the suger beet.
slayton--Work on the foundation for
the monument to mark the graves Of
the settlers at Lake Shetek who were
killed by the Indians In the massacre
Of 1851 is about completed and It 10
expected the monument win be set up
by October 1. Thirteen Shetek pio-
neers were massacred.
81. Psui--Bishop Charles Bayard
Mitchell took formal leave Of the St.
Paul area of the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which he has been head for
eight years. His address Of farewell
was largely q story of his relations
with Bishop Charles Edward Locke.
retiring head of the Manila. p. l.. area.
with whom he is exchanging posts.
Mani<ato-The butter entry Of Mar.
v'n Frederickson of the Cambria Co
{ Q, ntive Creamery. was given the
highest award OF any butter submitted
from the Is cooperative creameries In
this section at the exhibits OF the Min
nesota Cooperative Creamery Associa-
tion at the Mankato fair. The Cam
bria entry score s4A points.
Thief River FaIis-The OFFICES Of the
Minnesota Wheat Grower Associa-
tion which have been located In this
city since It's inception. will be moved
to Minneapolis occupying quarters
there In connection with the American
Wheat Growers Association. OF which
William J. Brown OF this city. has been
president for the last year.
Duiuth--District Judge H. J. Grana.s
refused to grant third trial to the
Model Woodland fire case, which In
volved the settle. ent Of several mil.
lions dol,irs losses in the Woodland
district OF Duluth In the Octot-r 1918
forest fires. Mr.. and Mrs. larry r.
McCool were awarded q verdict Of S..
ss5 for losses suffered in the are.
Albany-A six weeks intensive cam.
paign has been started in Stearns
county to place pure-bred sire at the
head OF every herd. Although spon'
sored by the Minnesota Holstein
Breeders association. the effort is not
being put forward to place any speci.
fic breed OF cattle. but rathe- to gel
purebred sires to head the cattle
herds.
Red Lake Falls--seventy farmers
and business men attending q meet
ing at the court house here to discu q
the sugar beet situation in this 10
cality and to ascertain sentiments to
wards building a new sugar refinery
| at East Grand Forks. A committed
will be appointed to canvass the com
munity and see how much stock car
be subscribed.
ortonvlIie-Chinese ringneck pleas
ants within the county of Big Stone
will be protected from hunters thii
season, II Governor Preus acts favor
ably upon q petition being circulated
among the sportsmen of this county
| The petition asks that closed season
be ordered. as the pheasants have MOI
increased sufficiently in numbers and
cites the effect OF the severe winter
OF 1922. when hundreds Of the birds
were frozen to death.
Albert Lea-Following the example
OF the Sumner Valley Gre. merry al
| Sigsbee, the Moscow Cresmer- Is the
second in Freebor .Aiy to refuse
to receive milk or cream from any
herd that has not Deen tested for tub
erculosis. The good result OF what
was then consics. I'd a drastic step by
the Sumner Valley Creamery was
shown by the fact that all the herd-
supplying II with milk and cream be
came 100 per cent free Of tuberculosis
by test.
Anoka-Minnesota farmers set In
motion the machinery of their newest
cooperative marketing enterprise
when they opened the first OF nearly
200 warehouses to the first load OF po
tatoes OF the 100000 bushel crop
they expect to handle this year
through their own agency. The Min
nesota Potato Growers Exchange
made up OF 12.s00 farmers received the
first shipment OF the 1924 crop at Its
Anoka warehouse, with more than q
dozen other warehouses opening the
same day.
MinneapoIIs--F. A. Ludwig. cashier
OF the First National bank Of Mime
sofa Lake. who disappeared on August
6, following an examination Of the
banks books which showed shortages
said to total between $4,000 and s45.
900. was found living In an abandoned
barn on q farm in Belgrade township
10 miles south OF ST. Peter. He ap.
parently was q victim of aphasia. fall
ing to recall anything OF the past or to
recognize his wife and sister during
an examination by police who arrested
him
HIbblns-Hibbing's paving program.
now In progress. Is the greatest under
taken by any city In Minnesota this
year. not even excepting the cities Of
Minneapolis. St. Paul and Duluth Ap-
proximately 40 blocks win be put In
here, all Of the thickness required BY
A. ...s~ hgxh-.u dauo rfrnouf In 90.