Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
MINNESOTA news

LUCK, thieves uTOV6 away Will IuOI6
than $4,000 worth of goods from the
Fred w. Kruse Company's women's
Quitting store in this city. Four hum
dred silk dresses end nearly the en-
tire stock of fur coats were included
in the haul.
MinneapoIls-More than 25,000,000
bushels of southwest wheat has been
diverted to Minneapolis from Kansas
City, Chicago, Omaha and other COM
peting markets, during the last three
months, primarily as result of the re-
dnction of cents per hundredweight,
instituted in July by railways linking
Minneapolis with Missouri river cross
ings.
I Aitkin-A net profit of $511.50 from
a quarter acre of land! This record
amount was realized by ]. A. Beau
champ and his son, Wyota, farmers
of Sunset Lake, near here, from a
patch of strawberries rods wide and
1914 rods long. The heavy rains late
in the season spoiled about $40 worth
of berries.
nneapoIis-Control of the drunk
en- driver menace by system Of IL
censing every automobile driver, with
automatic revocation of licenses on
conviction for drunken or reckless
driving, is proposed in bills being
completed for consideration by a state
safety conference.
Minneapolis - Minnesota public
schools will receive $2,0s4,643, repre-
senting income from the one mill
tax and the state school fund, in the
first distribution of state funds for
the current fiscal year. The payment
was certified under the semi-annual
apportionment of school funds by j.
M. Mcconnell, commissioner of edu-
cation.
MinneapoIis-Solid trainloads of
Montana and western South Dakota
sheep, totaling 10000 head, are NOV
ing east to be placed on more than
1000 farms in Minnesota, North Da-
kota and South Dakota by the Agri-
cultural Credit corporation, c. T. Jaf-
fray, chairman Of the board of direc-
tors of the corporation and president
of the 500 Line, said.
Observation-Disclosures service on
the air mail line to Chicago will be-
gin October 20, preparations are be-
ing speeded to complete safety pre-
cautions, which will include series
of emergency landing fields and
flight signal lights, w. A. Kidder,
northwest manager of the Northwest
Always, Inc, operators Of the air
line, said.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Spring
field and visitors from miles around
were gorged on "Sauerkraut Day.,
the annual festival inaugurated by
citizens of this town, and those in at
tendance ate "bales" of the succulent
kraut. Those at the festival consumed
thirty-four thousand pounds of sauer-
kraut, twenty thousand weiners, ten
thousand buns.
ST. Paul-Automobile travel in Min
nesota is IL times greater than travel
by train, c. M. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, says, adding that the
people Of the state are riding $780,
100000 miles year in motorcars. Al
though Minnesota has developed bus
traffic more than most states, esti-
mates show that only about 8 1-3 per
cent of the riders travel by bus.
Owatonna-Fifty-eig purebred Hol-
stems brought total of $6,419 in the
eighth annual sale conducted by the
Holstein Breeding Association Of
Steele county at the fair grounds.
Breeders from Iowa and southern Min
nesota attended the sale in large num-
bers, bidding 1910 for the top dairy
cow price and $205 for % months
old heifer in the younger stock class.
The average price was $110.67. "a
Minneapolis = Using a slashing
straight attack featured by end runs
and delayed thrusts into the line,
Notre Dame defeated Minnesota in
the .emorial Stadium here today, 20
to Z. Notre Dame, although victor
by commanding margin, suffered a
great loss when Boland, it's star
linesman, had his right leg broken
early in the struggle and Collins, the
fullback, suffered a broken jew a few
minutes later. $4,000 fans filled the
stadium.
Observation-Disclosures of potato pro-
duction department here, estimate
that Hollandale gardeners face loss
of $4,000 on their potato crop be-
cause of abnormal rains. The esti-
mate was made by D. J. Davis, who
added that the loss involves about
$50 acres. There were $500 acres
planted to potatoes this year and
about go per cent of the crop is har-
vested. Mr.. Davis announced that
more than 200 families have bought
land here and will move to Hollan-
st. Paul-Motor vehicle operations
in Minnesota have reached such ex-
tensive proportions that the invest
ment in automobile traffic exceeds
that of the entire railroad system of
the state, according TO tabulations of
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion last night. Taking item for
item in rolling stock, roadbed and