Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-24
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All R State
Condensed Stories Of happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

| 1Detroic-Damag0 OF $lUU,UUU TO-
suited from fire In the business dis
trict here which completely destroyed
a store, offices and living apartments
above it, and an adjacent plumbing
shop.
ST. PauI-Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg,
wife OF the secretary Of state. arrived
in st. Paul to spend the Christmas
holidays in her home. Mr.. Kellogg,
detained in Washington by OFFICIAL
business, will arrive in few days.
LItchfieId-An attempt to wreck
Great Northern passenger t-ains was
thwarted, because four sticks Of dyna-
mite placed on the rails froze and did
not explode. Six trains passed over
the dynamite without mishap.
DuIuth-Though less hard coal was
received, total coal shipments to Du-
luth-Superior in the 1925 navigation
season were 651,829 tons more than
last year. Figures ave the total
| shipments to this port for 1925 as g.
672,7O1 tons compared to s,o2o,S72
tons for 1924.
Minneapolis - Minnesota commune
| ties are supplying work enough for
residents of their own cities, with
building operations expected to con-
| tinue as long as weather is favorable,
r. T. Jones. district director, employ
| ment service of the United States de-
partment of labor, says in his month
ly report.
Observation-Disclosures men Of Min
nesota we're at Owatonna for the
| funeral services of Ernest T. Win
ship, leader in good roads and good
dairy cattle in Minnesota. Members
| of the Minnesota State Automobile
Association, the Ten Thousand Lakes
of Minnesota Association and the
| Minnesota Holstein Breeders Associa-
tions Of which groups he was presi-
dent, attended the funeral.
Barnum-This village of Barnum,
| where there are 125 white Leghorn
hens for every man, woman and
child, will become the poultry CAPT.
| tai of Minnesota January 4, when the
agricultural extension service Of the
University of Minnesota moves bod
| lily OF Barnum, for short course.
Seven Minnesota counties and six
| from Wisconsin are taking part in
| the course.
RenvlIIe-The much postponed in
quest Of the st. Paul road wreck
near here November Is was post
| poned for the fourth time and reset
| for January 4. According to- Coron-
er August Dirks Of Olivia, Irwin Buck
| lin, Minneapolis, the only one of three
engineers in the wreck to escape
death, was unable to appear as the
result Of injuries suffered in the
| crash.
Minneapoiis-More than $50 exhib-'
itors have signified their intention of
entering the. 1926 Twin City automo-
bile show, Feb. 6-13, Manager Harry
e. Wilcox announced. This figure beats
all preceding records at this stage Of
the preparatory efforts for the annual
motor car display. A large swimming
| pool; Minnesota trees and foliage in
their native state; running streams
and comprehensive display of fish
and game will be included in the "Out-
doors" department of the show.
st. PauI-Seven million dollars will
be spent for extension of Minnesota's
system of improved trunk highways
in 1926 The total for permanent i'm
provements in 1925 will be larger than
the expenditure for that purpose in
1925. In 1926, the state will pave
twice as many miles of highways as
were paved in 1925. Charles M. Bah
cock, state highway commissioner,
made known that his department has
/ prepared a s14,000,0O0 budget for
1926.
>. Montevideo-T farm purchases
totaling nearly 100000, of which more
than half was in cash, are considered
indicative Of agricultural prosperity in
Minnesota. John Matthees paid $780,
| 900 cash for 160 acre farm near Fair
haven. In another $4,000 transac-
ton, most of which was cash, Theo-
dore Kunee, of Bellingham, bought the
Alfred Okeson farm The biggest deal
was the purchase of 264 acres four
/ miles east Of Montevideo, for 5000 an
acre, total of $50 800, by Anton Wick,
Montevideo farmer, from John Beh-
rens.
Minneapolis - Minnesota, having
harvested its tourist crop" which in
1925 was worth more than its wheat
crop and two-thirds as much as its
famous butter crop, now is preparing
to spend $2,000,000 in improvements,
so as to be ready for a greater bust
ness in 1925, the Ten Thousand Lakes
of Minnesota Association was told, at
it's annual meeting. A total of 1,099.-
SIT tourists from outside Minnesota
| spent a total of $59,672,850 in the
state in 1925, in the process of enjoy
ing their share of the 10000 lakes and
resorts, H. C. Hotaling, secretary, re-
| ported to the association.
Observation-Disclosures of nearly
! 100000 pounds of cheese in rs CO
operative cheese factories in Olmsted,
Goodhue and Dodge counties in the
first 10 months of this year, has