Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-04
MINNESOTA NEWS

srunswlck-Tear gas released after
a hole was burned through the vault
door foiled an attempt to rob. the
State Bank Of Brunswick.
MinneapoIis-Dr. w. B. Riley. pastor
of First Baptist church, will be given
an opportunity to speak in an anti
evolution address at the university. &C
-cording to letter dispatched to DR..
Riley and made public by President
Lotus d. Coffman.
Ada farmer near here received
a yield of 240 bushels per acre Of po-
tatoes on an eight acre plot. At the
present price he received more than
enough to pay the cash rent on half
section farm at IS per acre and had
seed left for next year.
Austin-Farm boys of southern Min
nesota are to be organized into county
clubs, following a conference of agri-
culture teachers of 20 high schools
here. The plan calls for county clubs
of boys to be affiliated with national
and state farm boys clubs.
DuIuth-Cemmitting himself to the
early construction o. the Great Lakes
to the Sea waterway and to the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river
from Minneapolis to the Gulf, Herbert
Hoover, secretary of commerce, in po-
1itical speech here, forecast the COM
pletion of the waterway survey before
the close of the present year.
st. Paul-More than $4,000 Mime
sofa boys and girls are now enrolled
in club work, T.. A. Erickson, state
club leader, estimated, gain of near
iy 1000 members in the last year.
Mr.. Erickson says the increased in
terest in club work is due to the CO.
operation of the newspapers, business
leaders and school men.
st. PauI-Minnesota has arrived at
the time when winter fishing must be
curtailed if its 10000 lakes and rivers
are to continue well populated. This
is the belief of Thaddeus Surber, SUI
perintendent of fish propagation in the
state department of conservation, in
"a communication addressed to James
F. Gould, game and fish commissioner.
Hokah-On her 101st birthday Mrs.
Dorothy Reed Smith Durham, still
active, alert and cheerful, expressed
the wish that this might be the last
year of her life. 81 have lived long
enough" explained the Hokah pio-
neer. "All Of my family is dead-my
mother, father, brothers and sisters.
/ have outlived them all-and l guess
/ am lonesome. l want to go to the
other side.'"
ST. CIoud-A number of investors
who lost money in the defunct $6,000,-
900 Pan Motor Co., were among spon-
sors of benefit performance for the
promoter of that ill-starred venture,
Samuel C. Pandolfo. The former head
of the company is here after his re-
cent parole from the federal peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth, where he had
been sentenced to 10 years on charge
of using the mails to defraud. The
benefit was intended to give him new
start in life.
Staples-Andrew Denniston of Ger
mania, Todd county, lays claim to the
title of the states oldest consecutive
voter. 1t will take an army to keep
him from the polls November 2, he
declares. Mr.. Denniston's first vote
went to Franklin Pierce for president.
Later he voted for Willard Fillmore
and James Buchanan, Abraham Lin
coin, Grant and then through the gal
saxy of republican candidates to Calvin
Coolidge. Now he is Sc years old
st. PauI-Distribution of approx
mately $735,350 to Chippewa Indians
of Minnesota was authorized at the in
terror department in Washington. The
sum comprises interest accumulated
ON tribal funds of these Indians in the
United States treasury for the last
year. Under the authorization, ap-
proximately 14,707 Chippewas will
participate in distribution, 1896 of
whom reside under jurisdiction of the
consolidated Chippewa agency at
Cass Lake and LII on the Red Lake
MinneapoIis-A sunny sky with a
slight breeze, a firm, dry, springy turf,
a temperature of 40 degrees and a
moderate breeze blowing lengthwise
down the field from the north goal on
Camp Randall stadium, furnished an
ideal setting for an exciting hard
fought game, replete with thrills that
was won by Minnesota from Wiscon-
sin by score of 16 to 10 in the clos
ing moments of the game when Mally
Nydahl, who had replaced Peplaw,
caught punt on his own.45-yard line
with Wisconsin leading by one point
and raced around the entire team for
q touchdown.
St. PauI-Minnesota leads the ma
tion in the amount Of business done
through cooperative associations, the
new cooperative marketing section of
the United States department of agri-
culture had reported. Even Califor-
mia, which 10 years ago led all other
states, has been outstripped by Min
nesota. In 1915, California was first,
Iowa second, Minnesota third and New
York fourth. In 1926 Minnesota took
the lead with California second Iili-
nois third and Iowa fourth. In 1925,
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