Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-09-02
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Minnesota's 10000 lakes next month,
and while here will give concert at
Kenwood armory.
Lindstrom-The 1927 convention OF
the Northern Swedish conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church will
be held at Duluth it was announced at
the closing session of the conferences
annual gathering.
st. Paul-Poultry. entries for the
Minnesota State fair and Northwest
Dairy exposition, September to IL,
closed, with the biggest prospective
exhibit in the history of the fair. Pre-.
miums for the poultry show were In.
creased nearly 20 per cent this year.
Montevideo-A. M. Grandprey of
Montevideo and the sister, Mrs. Fanny
Bradon of Chicago, met here recently
for the first. time in 81 years. Grand.
prey came from Owatonna 81 years
ago, leaving home when his sister
was three years old.
st. Paui-Negotiations are under
way for taking over Charles Dickin.
sons Twin City-Chicago air mail
line and it's operation, both as a
mail and passenger route, by repre-
sentatives OF Henry and Edsel Ford,
it was learned from authoritative
sources.
ST. PauI-Revenue received by the
state of Minnesota from all sources
for the fiscal year ending June 80
totaled $74,288,468, 1t was shown In
compilation by State Auditor Ray
P. Chase. The total state revenue
for the year exceeded that of the pre-
vious year by $277,0O0.
st. Peter-Bearing the signature OF
H, H. Sibley, first governor of Min.
nesota, the original plat of Traverse
des Sioux village, prominent Mime
sofa valley trading post during Civil
war days, but now marked only by a
monument, is being reconstructed
here.
acknowledgements Of three north
western states have been invited to
participate in the ceremonies which
will mark the completion Of the new
Mendoza bridge, tentatively scheduled
for October Is. Invitations have
been extended to the governors OF
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. The
program will include a barbecue, and
arrangements will be made to accom-
modate $4,000 persons.
Jackson-Posing as special traffic
officers, two strangers compelled au-
tomobile drivers failing to stop at the
Milwaukee railway crossing to pay
fines" under threats of arrest. The
sums collected from drivers ranged
as high as SIS.
Chippewa FalIs-A white stone"
which Alvin L. Kruse, owner OF q
restaurant here, found in the gizzard
of a chicken was discovered to be an
unmounted diamond, a jeweler saw
It, examined it and told the restaur-
ant man that it was of perfect quail
ity, one-haf carat, worth $3.50.
Fort SneIIing-Warren Pershing Of
Lincoln, Neb., son Of General John j.
Pershing, selected by Fort Smelling
officials as the best all around basic
student at the Citizens Military Train.
ing camp, was awarded a watch do
mated by the st. Paul Kiwanis club,
at the final gathering Of the c. M. T..
c. at the fort.
Minneapolis = Seventeen concert
bands, orchestras and drum corps
will furnish the music for the Mime
sofa State Fair and Northwest Dairy
exposition, September to II, Super
intendent Tony Snyder announced.
This does not include the many spe-
cial bands that are coming on county
tours.
ST. Paui-Governor Theodore Chris
Hanson was asked to set October 8
and as the dates for a statewide
safety conference, to which all organ
izations and individuals Interested in
traffic problems will be invited. Safe
ty leaders are. preparing a proposed
Bill cedifying safety measures, to be
presented to the conference for dis
cussion. Control of drunken, reckless
and incompetent driving is con-
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censing of all drivers, with automatic
revocation of licenses as a feature.
st. Paul-An increase of approx
mately 40 cents a bushel In the whole
sale market price of potatoes In the
last 10 days has added approximately
| $10,000,000 to the farm crop value of
the states 1928 potato crop. according
to estimates. A production of 25,187,.
900 bushels of potatoes in the state
Is forecast by the Urited States de-
partment Of agriculture, and at pres
emit average prices being paid farm
ers, the farm value Of the crop will
total approximately $27.600,00O.
st. Paul-Although divorces are re-
ported to be increasing in many parts
Of America It is not so in Minnesota,
according to a preliminary survey on
marriage and divorce for Minnesota.
The survey shows there was a de-
crease OF 4.6 per cent in divorce In
this state In 1925 over the previous
year. At the same time there was an
increase In marriages, 1854 ceremo-
MES having been performed as COM