Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-10-08
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ment has purchased largo part Of q
block In Willnar where buildings will
be erected for q district headquarters.
lanesboro--Nearly 1000 people gath
cred at Sylvan park here to assist Mrs.
Brtta Hoium Of this place to observe
her Tooth birthday.
NorthhsId-Carleton college 10 given
100000 for q memorial to her hus-
band. the late Cordinio A. Severance.
under terms of the win Of Mrs. Mary
r. Severance.
Minneapoils-An army OF between
5000 and 10000 students will attend
the nrst classes Of the ffty.eighth an
nual fall term Of the University Of
Minnesota.
| Fsrlbault-More than 5000 people
watched troupe OF rs cowboys. COW.
girls. Indians and Juveniles do their
rodeo stun with two carloads of Wild
bulls and steers. and another carload
OF horses here in competition for q 1000
In prizes.
et. Paui-Complete shakeup Of the
present prohibition force in the north
west. with removal Of virtually all
present heads. will take place within
10 days. when General Walter r.
Rhinow. new prohibition administrator,
makes his appointments.
within an inch Of its end.
st. PauI-Trailing q diamond sales
man from q Minneapolis hotel to q
jewelry store in the st. Paul loop, three
bandits strolled into the store. robbed
the salesman of $4,000 in unset dia-
monds. stuffed the gems into their
pockets and walked away.
aremont-Farmers OF Ripley town.
ship have completed an organization
to halt the theft of poultry In their
community and have arranged for q
meeting TO organize the entire farming
population Of Dodge county In similar
township units.
| nsapolls-Discovery of Ave sticks
of dynamite in the ticket Office of the
Wonderland theater, ~ Washington
avenue NJ. led to investigation of a
supposed bomb plot at a place which
once was the center Of labor dispute.
The fuse Of the bomb was burned to
Belle PIaIne-Anton Gansen. q far.
mer near here. received ts14.45 for 80
spring pigs. six months old. Their to-
tai weight was 6.42o pounds. an aver
age Of ia pounds each. and they
brought the top price In the South st.
Paul yards.
enthusiastically A. Whittier, parole
agent for the state penitentiary and
recognized nationally for his know
edge OF criminal psychology, died OF
heart disease In Saltwater. He was
| IS years old. For more than 30 years
he was active in rehabilitating men
Of criminal tendencies, and the meth
DDS which resulted from his studies
were widely followed In other states.
ct. PauI-The state department Of
administration and finance authorized
building program appropriating
$1,000 900, under an appropriation
authorized by the 1926 legislature.
The schedule includes construction OF
buildings at the University Of Mime
sofa, at Teachers college sites at
Moorhead and Bemidji. and an addi-
ton to the epileptic colony at Cam
bridge.
nneapolls-Headed by three drum
corps, two brass bands. one Scotch
"kilties" band, a women's glee club and
a male quartet, mre than 1000 Mime
sofa Legionaries and their friends left
for Omaha to attend the seventh an
| nual national convention Of the Amer
lean Legion and the national conven-
ton OF the American Legion auxiliary.
BarnesvIIIe-Drying racks are being
IN stalled In the pavilion at the Clay
county fair grounds here for the pur-
pose OF drying seed corn. Farmers
held a meeting recently to arrange for
proper facilities for drying the seed.
which is of fine quality this year. A
heating plant is being placed In the
building and racks on which about 500
bushels of corn can be dried have been
provided. !,
81. Paul-The Minnesota railroad
and warehouse COuuAhiSoAoA 49,
arst step in q campaign to reduce the
states annual grade crossing accident
toll by ordering the Northern Pacific
railroad to place stop" signs at lss
crossings on its lines within 80 days.
Automobile drivers who fail to heed
the order to come TO fun stop De-
fore crossing the track will lay them
selves open to fine or Imprisonment
or both. !,
81. PauI-The par capita cost OF
maintenance and operation OF the
Minnesota state government. and the
net Indebtedness showed downward
trend I'm 1894. according to report by
the United States department OF com
merce at Washington. The peak was
reached IN 1913. For the fiscal year
ended June 80. 1924, ssl.oso.oSe was
spent for maintenance and operation
for general state departments, or
s11.sl per capita. The per capita was
s1s.4 AZ in 1873 and ss.15 back In lslI.
MInnsspoIIs-Fifteen hundred MIN.
nesota county rangers were ordered
TO be on the lookout for bandits VINO
broke into the United States Weidins
Company's plant. LEO North Second
street. and stole an oxyacstylens loren
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