Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-29
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All 3 State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week IN Minnesota

working in a field on the farm of Mar
tin Schrotcrop, two miles south of
here.
Mendota-The new Mendota-Fort
Smelling bridge, $1,870,00O span link
ing Hennepin county with trunk high
way No. on the opposite shore Of
the Minnesota river, is expected to be
thrown open to traffic November 1.
st. Paula huge distillery for con-
verting denatured alcohol into boot
leg liquor, which had daily output
estimated at $4,000, was seized by
federal prohibition agents on farm
nine miles from st. Paul.
st. PauI-Returning from crop in
spection tour of southern Minnesota,
Paul H. Kirk, agricultural statistician,
reported that fields and pastures are
fairly prosperous" and gave an OPP
timistic picture of prospects in that
district.
st. PauI-Declaring that "the battle
for equality for the west can and will
be won," Governor Christianson,
tural relief, proposed an economic sur
vey as the first step in solving agri-
cultural problems of the middle west.
White Bear-Frank Dolp, of Port
land, Oregon's state champion. cap
tured the 1926 Western amateur golf
championship by defeating Bon Stein,
of Seattle, Washington's state title
holder, 6 and in the final match
over the White Bear Yacht clubs
course.
ST. PauI-Ludwig I. Roe of Montevi-
dec was chosen by Governor Chris
Hanson to serve as chairman of the
Republican state central committee.
The selection was made at meeting
of nominees for state and congress
sional Offices held in the governors
office.
St. PauI-Seizure of $1,000 worth
of beaver pelts by J. F. Gould, state
game and fish commissioner, resulted
in the sentencing of a man to six
months in the workhouse and the
filming of a woman 5000. The two were
alleged to have dealt in furs obtained
out of season by "poachers" In north
ern Minnesota. sss,s:ss !sz *
Lake city-More than 1000 officers
and men of the 135th Infantry, the
state senior national guard regiment
returns to their homes by bus and
train. Four hundred return to Mime.
apolis with the remainder bound for
OWatonna, Austin, Hutchinson, Jack
son, Madison, Saltwater, Pine River,
Aitkin, Dawson, Ortonville and Apple.
ton. -..'- 49,: ttzs93 ==5st
MinneapoIis-The first carloads
of newly-harvested northwest wheat
came into the Minneapolis grain mar
ket. The shipments, three carloads
Of Montana winter wheat; were e
choice milling duality, high n test
Weight aid protein content, and after
being graded at the top grade Of No.
/ dark hard, sold at cash prices rang
ing from $1.52 to $1.56 bushel; --e~evss
St: Paui-one hundred members OF
the Northwest Dairy Exposition COM
mittee, representing seven northwest
states, were named by Governor Theo-
dore Christianson to sponsor the 1926
Northwest Dairy Show, at the Mime
sofa State Fair, September to II.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota, Montana and Mich
igan, are represented, Governors of
all seven states are on the committee,
s. Peter-App1ying the p principle e e !
anti-horse thief activities to present
day conditions, a Nicollet County
Protective Association is being Or
ganized among the farmers of the
county. Five hundred members is
the goal Of the new organization which
plans to pay reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of anyone COM
hitting grand larceny against mem.
bers, and 500 for petit larceny of.
Tenders, ;s
st. Peter-Pioneers of southern
Minnesota, who knew Cole Younger
and Charley Pitts, when the North
field bank raiders were accepted as
nothing more than visiting United
States army officers, and descendants
Of pioneers who carved roads through
the wilderness and built cities on ST..
600 an acre prairie sod. were banded
in campaign to save the historical
centers of Minnesota for posterity, as
duty to the builders of the state and
as an asset in the present tourist in
dustry.
St. PaW-Taken i'll while visiting
his brother, J. S. Arneson, publicity
director for the Minnesota Wheat
Growers in st. Paul. s. M. Arneson,
s. D., president of the
Northwest Grain Marketing Company,
died at Bethesda hospital. He was so
years old. s. M. Arneson was known
in western Minnesota and the Da-
kptas and Montana for his efforts in
organizing the Northwest Grain Mar
keting Company, cooperative enter
prise.
st. Paul-Heads Of the newly or.
ganized Minnesota Council of Agri-
culture are preparing to establish
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