Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-05-20
Neuut Brietr6m
All h State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week n Minnesota

Fergus FaIIs-Dynamite in pail
he was carrying exploded, hurting
Rudolph Marvic of Dent, % years
old, 80 feet.
st. PauI-With all state owned min
ing properties in full swing indica-
tions point to an active year for Min
nesota iron ore operators, according
to word received by Ray p. Chase,
state auditor, from inspectors at Hib-
bling.
Minneapolis - Police and United
States secret. service agents raided
the home of Howard Hogan and
seized quantity of alleged counter
felt coins and the molds in which
they were cast.
MinneapoIis-Tw drownings within
800 feet of each other, one a Mime
apolis real estate man, and the other
q University of Minnesota medical
student, marked the first lake fatal
ties of the city's, 1926 outing season.
Arlington-Forty years of con.
tinuous service have won for Hugh
McGovern, chief of police here, father
Of Johnny McGovern, famous Mime
sofa football star, congratulations
from all sections of the northwest.
DuIuth-Horace Johnson, vice presi-
dent of the Duluth & Iron Range rail-
road and veteran employe of the road
since 1883, was elected president and
general manager to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Francis e.
House.
Duluth-Leonidas J. Merit, 81
years old, discoverer of the first iron
ore on the Mesaba range, mining
genius, railroad builder, civic leader.
and the oldest Duluthian in point of
residence, died at his home here, fol-
lowing heart attack.
Minneapolis - The University of
Minnesota football coaching staff was
completed with the appointment of
Louis Gross, former Gopher grid and
track star and conference medal win.
ner, as assistant in football and track
Gross will take up his duties at the
Gopher school next fall.
Fort Snelling-Three Fort Smelling
recruits trundled an airplane out of
its hangar at the Void Chamberlain
field and while two of them stood by
the third climbed in and started to
take off. He rose about 40 feet before
his skill in aviation gave out and the
plane crashed to the ground, complete.
ly wrecking it. The pilot was unhurt.
Minnesota Lake-Efforts are under
way to make permanent memorial
here Of an old Dutch windmill, be-
lieved to be the only one of its kind
in the United States. The mill.
erected in 1868, according to Probate
Judge ]. w. Vance of Blue Earth, was
built by Gottlieb Schostag, who was
born in Holland in 1884. For many
years, the mill ground -four and feed
for the pioneers of this region.
MinneapoIis-For the first time in
many years former Governor Samuel
r. Van SAINT missed his annual walk
to the old state capitol as part of
the joint celebration of his birthday
and that of the state. Mr.. Van SAINT
said that friends and relatives had
dissuaded him from the attempt, al
though he himself feels confident that
it would have had no i'll effects. He
was 50 years old Tuesday and the
state 68.
lie Sueur - An economic school
board at Medina, Ohio, decided SO
years ago that it couldn't afford to
give diploma to the one lone gradu-
ate of the class. Sharply disappoint-
ed, Miss Erva Goodwin, the sole mem.
Der of the class, decided to make the
best of it. This week, Mrs. William
Snow, formerly Miss Goodwin, re-
ceived letter stating that the school
board Of Medina was forwarding her
the long delayed diploma.
MinneapoIis-The first general rain
since seeding was we'll started wa
tered fields of the northwest while
overcast skies in many sections gave
promise of further rainfall. Every
where, cities and country alike, re-
joiced in showers, however light. as
breaking the long drouth. The gen.
eral rain came just in time, and els
the finest thing in the world" for Min
nesota, Paul H. Kirk, state agricul
tural statistician said.
Duluth-Leonidas Merritt, SO years
old, pioneer explorer and mining man
of the northwest, who died at his
West Duluth home, was given mill
tary funeral by United States Span
ish-American war veterans. Leading
city, county and state citizens at
tended the services, including former
Governor Samuel R. Van SAINT and S
H. Fowler.
st. Paul-Denying petition of the
state railroad and warehouse com.
mission asking that railroads be sum
marily ordered to cease charging dis
criminatory rates in certain sections
of the state, Judge ]. c. Michael in
Ramsey county district court held
that courts of the state are powerless
to interfere with the charging OF such
rates.
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