Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11
MINNESOTA NEWS

Chishoim-Joseph Austin, so years
old, six times mayor of Chisholm and
one of the leading attorneys in nor
thern Minnesota and on the Messaba
iron rage, is dead as the result of an
automobile accident.
MinneapoIis-Dr. L. B. Baldwin. for
16 years superintendent of University
hospital, died. DR.. Baldwin was a
leading Minneapolis physician and for
three years was director Of the Nicol-
let clinic.
eapoIis-Professor elsie c.
Bothne, head of the Scandinavian de-
partment at the University of Mime
sofa, was awarded the Cross OF st.
Olaf by the King of Norway by e. II.
Hobe, Norwegian consul.
MinneapoIis-Frank A. Custer, SO
years old, a resident of the Twin CT
ties for 46 years. veteran railroad
man and second cousin of General
George A. Custer. died from heart
disease at his home here.
MinneapoIis-An important paint
ing by Rubens, 'The Coronation of
the Infant King Charles of England"
has been acquired by the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, where 1t has been
hung in the gallery with the famous
Titan.
Mendota-Fifteen thousand automo-
biles, the figure based on actual traffic
counts at intervals during the day,
passed over the new Mendoza bridge
Sunday afternoon, carrying approx
mately $4,000 persons over the new
structure, which was opened to traf-
fic for the first time.
st. Paul-Refunds of s12,100,000 to
$2,500,000 in income taxes will be
made to Minnesota individuals and
corporations paying taxes to the fed
eral government this year, if the pro.
posal of President Coolidge for a re.
fund on 1926 payments is approved
by congress.
Hastings-Four pairs Of twin calves
on the half mile tract in Wright and
Stearns counties is no record, John
Krohn, dairy farmer here, proved re
Gently. His herd of 25 COWS has had
a twin epidemic" recently, furnishing
four pairs of twins without any helI
from the neighbors' herds.
st. PauI-With hearings completed
the Minnesota railroad and warehouse
commission had before it the problem
of whether to reduce freight rates or
cream when it believes the higher
rates to be justified. Creamery meI
asked the commission to adjust the
rates, and railroads offered no objec
ton to the proposal.
ST. PauI-C. H. Barnes of Duluth, il
new president of the Minnesota Edu
cation Association, the organization OF
$4,000 Minnesota school teachers. He
was elected to succeed H. C. Bell
Luverne, at the sixty-third annual
convention of the organization in St
Paul.
st. Paui-Three Minnesota colleges
became hosts to thousands of visitors
who returned for "auld lang syne," to
celebrate Homecoming day Saturday
and to renew acquaintance. Macal
ester College and Hamline University
in st. Paul, and St. Olaf College al
Mortified observed Homecoming day
with elaborate programs.
Mendoza Once the handsomesi
stage coach that ever carried its Ia
passengers through western Minnesots
to the Black Hills, and later the pride
of General c. Nee. Reeve when it was
converted into a tallyho to bring
guests from Minneapolis to his "coun
try place" at Lake Harriet, the old
Concord stagecoach is in its fnal
home at Sibley House, Mendoza.
MinneapoIis-Conditi for high
class accomplishment in all phases OF
modern football we're furnished at the
Iowa stadium by ideal weather, a dry
field, fast springy turf, a slight
breeze from the northwest and tenn
perature of go degrees. Minnesots
completely outclassed Iowa in all de
partments of the game, and won by
the score of Al to without having its
own goal line endangered at any time
Breckenridge-Ma the greates1
victory scored by herd from the mid
die west since competition begaI
there, four Holsteins among IL taker
to Portland, Ore, by Mrs. F. E. Muir
ply have been returned prize winners
in the Pacific International Livestock
show. The Holsteins were raised on
the Fence farms of F. E. Murphy al
Breckenridge, Mimi, in the Red River
valley country.
st. PauI-Ninety-seven cowtesting
associations within the state now
make Minnesota a powerful factor In
the production Of butter, according te
E. A. Hanson, University Farm, super
visor Of testing. Eighty-four associa
lions reported that in September %,
365 cows were tested. One hundred
and ninety-eight cows averaged 2E
pounds of butterfat more each for the
month, while $50 cows produced AZ
pounds or more of butterfat each.
Fairmont-Frank A Day, dean OF
Minnesota newspapermen, will stage
a comeback in the state capitol next
January after an absence of 81 years
The veteran editor of the Fairmont