Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-19
MINNESOTA BRIEFS


here, is exhibiting corn IL feet in
height. Three stalks carry four we'll
developed ears.
Willmar--Two thousand persons
attended the ceremonies for the lay.
ing Of the cornerstone Of the new
Bethel Swedish Lutheran church.
which win cost 100000 when finish
ed. July /. 1927.
Mankato-By reclamation OF the
hundreds Of women assembled here,
Mrs. J. NJ. Bishop of Thief River Falls
was elected president of the Mime
sofa department of the American Le-
gion auxiliary.
Fergus FaIls- Buyers from Balti-
more, Nd, purchased q carload OF
Holstein and Guernsey cows here.
Prices averaged $3.50 cow. A ship
ment of % cows was made and more
will be purchased.
Minneapolis - Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, recently returned from his
hunt for the owls poll in Asia, will de-
scribe his adventures in big egame
hunting at the annual "Pow Wow" of
the Hennepin County sportsmen's
club, September 1, at the Asmory.
st. PauI-7-Edwin L. Lindell, state ad-
jutant of the American Legion, has
been appointed a knight of the Royal
Order of Swords, according to infor-
nation received in the office Of Gov
ernor Theodore Christianson from the
king of Sweden.
Winona-11 tons of glass, 80 tons
Of vinegar and 24S tons of general
merchandise were shipped here from
st. Louis on four barges of the Upper
Mississippi river division of the In
land Waterways Corporation, the
Federal Barge line.
st. PauI-Minnesota, with one car
for each four and one-half persons,
ranks well up among states in this
country having a high percentage Of
automobile owners. The average for
the United States is one automobile
for each 81 persons.
st. Paui-With premiums aggregat-
ing more than 100000 offered as
prizes for the winning exhibitors, the
state, county and community fair
season will open in Minnesota with
prospects favorable for the establish
ment of new attendance records,
officials say.
St. PauI-Five persons, named IN
warrants as connected with the $780,
900 distillery plant raided in st. Paul,
were being sought while a crew OF
workmen prepared to start wrecking
what was declared to be the largest
illicit whiskey distillery in the north
west. The number of persons sought
may reach Is, Major B. B. Wilcox,
chief aid to General w. F. Rhinow,
enforcement director, said.
st. PauI-The Minnesota Anti-Sa-
loon league and the w. c. T. q. of
the state will be more active than in
former years during the coming fall
election, according to plans. Mrs. 10
sephine Sizer Of st. Paul, president OF
the W. c. T. q. said that work has
been started by her organization to
see that the 100000 women voters Of
the state go to the polls election day
to insure 100 per cent dry vote.
RobbInsdaIe-Over the grave of Ma
thaniel Smith, the only soldier Of the
war of 1872, who is buried in Mime
sofa, a marker with the inscription
"In Honor of Service in the War of
1872" was placed by his descendants.
Ceremonies were conducted by the
Minnesota state chapter, United
Daughters Of 1872. The grave is in
the Rockland- Crystal cemetery, four
miles from Robbinsdale on the Jeffer-
son highway.
st. Paul-Minnesota winter wheat,
with an estimated yield Of 1885,, 900
bushels, averaging 171z bushels to the
acre, is expected to exceed the states
winter wheat average for the last five
years, it was revealed in the monthly
report of Paul II. Kirk, agricultural
statistician with the state department
of agriculture. The condition on Au-
gust 1 was 90 per cent of normal, Mr..
Kirk said. The crop matured under
favorable conditions in southeastern
Minnesota, where most of it is grown.
Melbourne--A crowd of $4,000 per-
sons welcomed Alan j. Gotham Eng.
ish aviator, who completed the first
half of his fight from England to
Melbourne. Cobham's plane was said
to be in as good condition. as when it
left England on June 6, it's engine
not having required repairs during
the flight. In March 1926, Gotham
made a round-trip flight to India
from England. In November Of the
same year, he LEFT England by plane
for Cape Town, arriving in February,
1856, and returning to London in his
plane in March.
Minneapolis - WallHsar Dostrom,
Swedish ambassador to the United
States, who stopped here for two
days ON his return from Seattle
where he took leave of the royal
party says: "Ten weeks in the Uni
ted States, daring which he has met
thousands of citizens who greeted
him with real interest. has left an Inn
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