Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-02-04
Neurt BriettMau
All @ State !
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

taliated, in the rate war now in prog
ress, by asking the Minnesota railroad
and warehouse commission for per-
mission to increase all Minnesota
class rates. not already raised, by ap-
proximately 40 per cent.
Fort SneIling--A drive for funds
necessary for the erection of chap
ell at Fort Smelling at cost of $780,
600 was begun in the Twin Cities by
groups of business men. The cam
paign brings to head the scattered
efforts extending over several years.
Minneapolis Prince Paul of Greece,
who is making tour of the United
States, arrived in Minneapolis and was
wildly greeted by his countrymen who
rushed him away to breakfast, took
him to church, showed him an Amer
lean skiing contest and sandwiched in
during the day.
ST. PauI-On the eve of a sweeping
investigation into paroles, law en-
forcement and indeterminate sentences
by Governor Theodore Christianson's
interim crime commission of Is mem
bers, the state board of parole grant
ed paroles to four prisoners in state
penal institutions and denied 202 ap-
plications.
St. PauI-Because they refuse to OBJ
tain new automobile licenses until the
last possible moment, and because
there is no state legislature in session
to extend an iron clad limit set by
law, 10000 automobile owners
throughout Minnesota faced the neces-
sity of paying delinquency penalties
ranging from 25 cents to $40 each
a total of at least $4O0,OOO-in spite
Of everything they can do.
MinneapoIis-A 100 per cent liabil
ity assessment on the par value of the
stock of the U. S. l. Realty Co. total
ling $63S,S00, was ordered by Judge
Paul w. Guilford in Hennepin county
district court The order fixes the
assessment at 500 a share, the par
value of the stock, based on total
of 6,3S8 shares. Approximately 1000
stockholders in the northwest are af
fected by the order.
st. PauI-The number of prohibi-
ton enforcement officers in the
northwest district, supervised by
General w. F. Rhinow, will be 81 be-
low it's quota after February l. The
cut was ordered by General Lincoln
G. Andrews. There are SO federal
agents working in Minnesota, II in
Wisconsin and IL in North Dakota,
besides 10 inspectors under Mr.. Rim
ow's supervision.
neapoiis-Stressing the point
that rediscounts of the Federal Re-
1917, rejecting the financial improve
ment of the northwest, Roy A. Young,
governor of the bank, called upon in
vestment bankers of the district to
aid in perpetuating the renewed pros
perity by continuing the high stan
dards of their business and safe
guarding the quality of their offerings
to commercial banks and the invest
ing public.
PIainview-Deputy Sheriff Edward
Fitzgerald of Wabasha county left for
Gulfport, Miss, to bring back to Min
nesota Edwin L. Sylvester, Sc years
old, at one time president of the Plain
view State bank. He is charged with
having wrecked the bank II months
ago by having embezzled approximate
ly 100000 of it's funds. Sylvester was
found, bent and feeble old man.
working as fireman in hotel at Biloxi,
Miss. He seemed almost anxious to
admit his identity.
St. Paul = Indian Commissioner
Burke has ordered special investi-
cation into reports that the Chippewa
Indians in northern Minnesota are in
distress and almost faced with ia.
mine. The inquiry was directed on
the basis of letters received by Sen.
ator King, Democrat, Utah, from In
dian families at Beaulieu, saying that
moneys due from the government
have been withheld and that many of
the Indians are without proper
amounts of food.
MinneapoIis-More than $150,000
will be spent to advertise Minnesota
and it's cities to tourists, convention
visitors and prospective new resi-.
dents during 1925. The total will be
the largest fund ever spent to adver
/ tise Minnesota and will be done by
the following groups: The Ten Thou
sand Lakes association, advertising
campaign and tourists service, $40
00O The Arrowhead association, $780,
600. The Minneapolis Civic & Com
merce association, committee on con-
ventions and publicity, including the
| tourists bureau, 100000 The ST.
Paul Association, committee on con-
| ventions and publicity, $4,000.
st. Paul-Complete financing of the
| Upper Mississippi River Barge Line
| corporation was assured when the
Greater ST. Paul committee agreed to
underwrite that city's quota of $4,000.
The Minneapolis quota of $4,000 has
been underwritten by the committee
of 100 and down-river cities have
agreed to provide their share OF the
$4,000 being raised by this method.
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