Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-06-17
Neurt BrietrMm
All 3 STATE
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week In Minnesota

WiIImar-Ground has been broken
for new 100000 Bethel Lutheran
church.
Bemidji-The second annual meet
ing Of the Sixth District Izaak Walton
League YVES held here.
Luverne-More than 100 entries
have been made by boys and girls
interested in projects Of the Rock
county farm bureau.
MinneapoIis-Wilbur II. Cherry of
Minneapolis succeeds r. Justin Miller
as executive secretary OF the Mime
sofa crime commission.
Windom-Wool growers Of Cotton
wood and Jackson counties have again
decided to pool their wool through the
cooperative marketing association.
MarshalI-Seven thousand residents
Of Lyon county ate 700 pounds of beef
in half an hour at the annual farm
bureau picnic and barbecue here.
Windom-Farmer members of the
Window Livestock Shipping Associa-
ton received $422,214 for 14,403 head
of stock in the fiscal year just ended.
The gross business was $427,231.
Albert Lea-Four hogs, weighing 700
pounds each, brought their owner, M.
j. Rohne, representative of Freeborn
county in the state legislature, $500.
The animals were shipped to Chicago.
olivia. c. MCGOWAN, editor of
Benson, was elected commander of
the seventh district American Legion
at its seventh annual convention
here.
Virginia-The reading of extracts
from the Bible in public schools of
Virginia, has given the supreme court
of Minnesota the task of deciding
whether such reading violates consti-
tutional rights of certain individuals.
DuIuth-More than 1000 Norwegian
men and women from all sections of
the central west and northwest states
assembled for the opening sessions of
the Tronderlaget of America.
Fort SneIling-Nearly 100 officers
will have charge of the various units
assembled here from colleges and
universities of the seventh army corps
area for the training at the annual
R. o. T. c. encampment.
DuIuth-Sale of his holdings in the
Duluth News Tribune by James E.
Rockwell to Reed Taft Bayne, and
purchase Of an eastern newspaper by
Mr.. Rockwell was announced by the
News Tribune.
Thief River Falls-Members of the
Red River Valley Guernsey Breeders
Association received $500 for 101
pure bred and high grade Guernseys
sold at the seventh annual consign-
ment sale.
MinneapoIis-The alumni associa.
ton of Augsburg seminary expressed
itself in favor of a 100000 building
fund drive among congregations of
the Lutheran Free church and pledged
$4,000 to the fund from its own mem
bership.
orthfieId-Delayed in bestowing
an honorary degree upon Secretary Of
State Frank B. Kellogg By Carleton
College was cause( by his not being
able to attend the graduation exer-
cises. It is planned to confer the de-
gree at some future time.
st. PauI-Memberships in the fif-
teenth annual Farm Boys camp at the
1926 Minnesota State fair have been
won by approximately $50 boys, who
have shown outstanding records in
club projects, it was announced by T.
A. Erickson of University farm, state
club leader.
Minneapolis thousand quarts
of milk were delivered at the new
plant of the Twin City Milk Producers
Association while 1000 farmer mem
bers of the association looked on,
watching the milk become Land o.,
Lakes butter, cottage cheese or con-
densed milk. The new $15O,OO0 plant
is going full blast.
MinneapoIis-A drenching rain,
which continued for the greater part
Of the day Sunday, covered virtually
the entire state, in several places
with precipitation of more than two
inches, brought decisive end to a
long, statewide dry spell. The rain
gave new life and vigor to growing
crops.
St.. PauI-Spring wheat condition
on June 1 was the lowest on record
for that date and the composite con-
dition of all crops for which reports
have been received was per cent
below the 10-year June 1 average, the
department of agriculture announced
in it's monthly report.
Askov-Farmers near Askov, Pine
county, in the heart Of the cut-over
region of the state, who have been
clearing and farming cut-over land for
20 years, were able to earn enough in
1925 to allow per cent interest on
the entire capitalization of their farms
and in addition 10 cents an hour for
the labor Of the farmer and his fam
lily, according to report prepared by
the Farm Management division of the
University of Minnesota from records
kept by 20 cooperating farmers in the
district.
st. PauI-Minnesota's crop of win
ter wheat will be 40 per cent above