Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-05
Nelrt BriettMn
All R State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week IN Minnesota

this place.
st. PauI-The Minnesota Junior golf
tournament, under the direction OF the
Minnesota Golf association, will be
played at Superior from August 80 to
September 4, officials announced.
Pipestone-Plans are under way here
for the seventh annual convention of
the Minnesota State Federation of
Rural Letter Carriers August ~ and
%.
Faribault-Dates for the fifteenth
annual Faribault fair, combined with
the third annual Rice county boys and
girls fair, have been set for August
25, 26 and q.
Winona-Sunday, November %, has
been set as the date for dedication of
the new guild hall Of the Central
Methodist Episcopal church, now
nearly completed at a cost of $780,
900.
owatonna-A purebred Holstein
cow on the B. E. Kuchkenbecker
farm, MIXED thrice daily, was high
producer of Owatonna Cow Testing
Association No. 2. She produced 77.5
of butterfat in the month and 1,076.1
pounds of milk.
Biwabik-Dave Neimi, IS years old,
was killed and Sid Aho, 40 years old,
was seriously injured in cavern at
the Ruddy mine. The men were
working in room of the under
ground mine when one of the walls
collapsed.
BuffaIo-Henry Unschuld, Minneap-
oils promoter of mining stocks, was
found guilty of aiding and abetting a
former bank president in the embezzle-
ment of $4,000, by jury In district
court here. He was sentenced to a
term of from / to 10 years in Stillwa-
ter.
MinneapoIis-The practice of per-
hitting the sampling of grain cars at
seven outside points in Minnesota Is
to be continued by the three railroads
which move the bulk of the grain crops
from the northwest spring wheat belt
to the Minneapolis and Duluth mar
kets-the 500 Line, Northern Pacific
and Great Northern.
Moose Lake-One hundred forest
rangers and patrolmen are concentrate
ing their efforts in extinguishing peat
fires burning in the vicinity of Moose
Lake, Brainerd, Hill City and Park
Rapids. Because of the drouth condi-
lions in the north and central Sec
lions of the state, peat fires this year
are regarded as more serious than in
the past few years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Min
nesota's s65,O00,O00 tourist business,
and provision of the right kind of re-
creational advantages for Minnesota's
youth by preservation Of wild life in
the state, was asked at conference Of
Rotarians from 26 Minnesota cities,
called by the Rotary Club Of Minneap-
oils, preliminary to statewide cam
paign to save Minnesota's natural as
sets.
MInneapoIls-The Minneapolis grain
market received it's first car of Min
nesota grown spring wheat of the 1925
crop. The grain graded No. 1 dark
northern and tested 1914 pounds to the
bushel. The protein content was 1855
and moisture Ia per cent. The wheat
was shipped from Waterville. Accord
ing to grain men new wheat will not
be moving into Minneapolis in steady
volume for two or three weeks.
EIIendale-The grave of one of
Steele county's earliest settlers was
uncovered Saturday by crew con-
structing the new Ellendale-New
Richland road in Berlin township.
The breaking of ground disclosed the
skeleton of woman on the H. R.
Lonergan farm, occupied by Thomas
Craddock. 1t was the remains of Mrs
Louis Schroeder, wife of the first
white owner of the land and one OF
the first settlers in this section OF
Steele county.
MinneapoIis-Wi daily volume Of
air mail business on the ChicagoTwin
City route on the increase, % civic or
CARNATIONS, meeting with the Mime
apolis Civic and Commerce associa
ton, pledged the support of $50 Min
neapolis business men for the service
Congressman Walter Newton, who was
instrumental in obtaining air mail ser
vice for Minneapolis, attended the
meeting, and spoke on the necessity Of
supporting the air mail service.
Henderson-Mayor w. F. H. Win
terfeldt has become interested in min
ing and plans to reopen the shaft Of
the old Klondyke copper mine in Ty
rome township, about mile east o.
Henderson The mayor has entered
into negotiations with the owner fol
a lease of the property and proposes
he said, to procure the latest types O
copper mining machinery. Il am fam
iliar with the unsuccessful attempt t
mine copper here in paying quantities
in the past 40 years." the mayor said
"but 1 still believe the mine can b.
worked probably"
MinneapoIis-Judges and prescott
ing attorneys in "a Minnesota towns
scattered in every part of the state
had united to put intoxicated driver:
of automobiles off the roads and hat