Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-09-16
MINNESOTA NEWS

Rochester-Senator Robert M. La
Toilette of Wisconsin arrived here
from Madison to enter the Mayo clinic
for q general examination.
Sleepy Eye-A party of $50 rela-
tives and friends gathered at Milford
township to assist Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Mol celebrate their Goth wedding an
niversary.
MInneapolis-A field house to &C.
commodate 1880 spectators at bas-
ketball games and other athletic
events will soon be constructed by
the University of Minnesota.
New UIm-General divisional off,
GERS for the Minnesota Electric Dis
tributing Company are to be estab-
iished here. The personnel will be
transferred from Hartford. S. D.
: crookston-Four scholarships Of SIS
each will be given by the Northwest
School of Agriculture at Crookston to
students of the Red River Valley this
year. The awards will be granted to
boys and girls clubs members for
highest attainment in that work.
st. PauI-Diversified farming and
benefits it has brought to the agricul-
tural industry in Minnesota was the
keynote Of addresses before the fourth
annual meeting Of the Northwest
Dairy Exposition executive committee
in the cattle building at the fair
grounds.
WiIImar-Establishm Of fox
farm in the vicinity of Willmar is be-
ing planned by D. Svennungson of
Mortified, representing the National
Fox Breeders Association. There al
ready are two fox farms in Kandiyohf
county, one near Raymond and the
other at Lake Elizabeth.
st. PauI-Governor Christianson was
the center of attraction at his own
fireside Sunday and forgot all about
being governor while he celebrated
his forty-third birthday. In the eve
ming, accompanied By Mrs. Christian
son and Lieutenant Governor and Mrs.
W. i. 4NOldu, IAC SCiCoAot1o VOC WI
timed in hotel cafe.
Detroit Lakes - Detroit, Mimi,
passed out of existence as the result
of vote on the question of changing
the towns name. New name is De-
troit Lakes. Detroit, as name, was
all right, but citizens here have had
too much trouble with mail, freight
and express being missent to Detroit,
Mich.
HinekIey-Forest fires raced from
two directions 80 years ago, met
here and cost the lives Of 400 Mime
sofa settlers. Wednesday several
score of "old timers" survivors OF
Minnesota's greatest fire tragedy, gath
cred here for a~reunion in response
to invitations sent out to all known
survivors.
MinneapoIis-The body Of Willis
Golf, SO years old, who lived on a
farm near Wildwood, was discovered
in scrub oak thicket on farm three
miles northwest of New Brighton.
There were two bullet holes through
his head, in addition to a fractured
skull. Golf had been missing since
Aug. 20. .--
MinneapoIis-Reduct in rail and
water tariffs from Minnesota to the
gulf and to eastern points are the first
fruits of the middle vests demand for
relief from inequalities forced upon
100000 landlocked citizens by the
Panama canal, Governor Theodore
Christensen told joint meeting Of
the Minneapolis Real Estate Board and
Commonwealth Club. ~. .- -.--4s
:, inneapoiis-Senator Thomas D.
Schall, who went to Eitel hospital for
a thorough clinical examination, will
remain at the hospital, to take COM
plete rest. Preliminary examinations,
which included X-rays, disclosed no
ailments of serious nature or which
would cause the slightest alarm, Mrs.
Schall said. She said that Senator
Schall appeared to be troubled from
fatigue mores than anything else.
Minneapois-The haunts of the Sc
ductive "hot dog" have desecrated the
highways of the country to such an
extent that the American Automobile
association launched ! countrywide
campaign to restrict the operation Of
vendors along the roadside. G. Roy
Hill, secretary of the Automobile club
of Minneapolis, said that the numerous
shot dog" stands and lunchrooms
along the highways are unsightly and
nuisance. - 49,
st. PauI-Thirty-seven millionaires
are credited to MINNEAPOLIS in re-
port made public by L. M. Willcutts,
internal revenue collector for Mime
sofa. ST. Paul, with % millionaires, is
listed second in the report while Du-
luth, with IT, comes third. There are
1900 millionaires and one Millionaire
in the United States. Minnesota, &C.
cording to the treasury figures, has
ITO millionaires, and ranks nth among
the 4S states.
Minneapoiis-Six prize-winning Bel
gian geldings, exhibited as "six
horse hitch" at the state fair, were
sold by their owner, Sheriff Earle
Brown, to CharlesL. Weaver, Anoka.
head of the Charles L. Weaver Con-