Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-02-11
NeuI1 BriettMm
All M State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

DuIuth-E. J. Wilkinson shot the
first wolf killed within Duluth's city
limits for 1925 while hunting rabbits,
it was learned when he applied for a
bounty.
Bemidji-Establishment of ma
tional park on the east peninsula be-
tween upper and lower Red Lakes de-
ponds upon ratification of program
of this kind by the Chippewa Indians
who own the Red Lake reservation.
Morton-Married IS years and
residents of Minnesota for so years,
| is the record of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Witte, who just observed their we'd
| ding anniversary. Mr.. White 1892
years old and his wife two years
younger.
st. PauI-More automobile-in interest
| ed persons visited the Twin Cities
automobile show the first day, than
ever before attended the exposition
on its opening day The attendance
was more than 1920, as against 1856
| in 1925.
ST. Paul-The house agricultural
committee approved bill by Repre-
| sentative Knutson, Republican, to
preserve the navigability of Cass lake.
The measure would authorize the
| government to accept title to dam
at the outlet of the lake and to con-
struct and maintain it in gooL condi-
ton.
ST. Paul-On the eve of a sweeping
investigation into paroles, law en-
forcement and indeterminate sentences
| by Governor Theodore Christianson's
interim crime commission of Is mem
bers, the state board of parole grant
ed paroles to four prisoners in state
penal institutions and denied 202 ap-
plications.
nneapolis-Preparing to handle
100,000,000 pounds of butter in 1925,
| the Minnesota Cooperative Cream
cries Association, distributing the
| dairy products of $4,000 farms, will
move into new, specially built $780,
DOT. building at the Northwest Terminal
in Minneapolis, marking the greatest
development in cooperative market
ing in Minnesota in years.
White Bear-A st. Paul man and
woman were killed almost instantly
and two others injured when the auto
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by Twin City-Duluth North
ern Pacific train at the outskirts of
| the village of White Bear. The dead
are: Frank Erickson, % years old;
Mabel Magnuson, 10 years old, both
| of ST. Paul.
| Pipestone-A contemplated airplane
| trip from Pipestone to Wichita Falls,
| Texas, where he planned to visit his
| family eight hours after his take-off
came to an end when the plane of
Earl Smith, commercial f1ier of this
city, crashed to the ground but few
seconds after the take-off. The ma
chine was wrecked almost beyond re-
pair, but Smith and his assistant, Ha-
rold Tofflemeir, also of Pipestone,
escaped unhurt.
Lake city-America's oldest old
time fiddler" who won national rec
ognition when he played "Old Zip
Coon" over WCCO, died at his Lake
City home. He was Oliver Perry
Francisco, nearly 81 years old, who
fiddled for the Back to Paris" radio
revue staged by the Minnesota
American Legion over WCCO Janu-
airy 22s He had been resident of
Minnesota for 70 years.
st. PauI-Despite the postwar de-
fation in prices of Minnesota farm
lands, the farms of the state in 1924
were valued at $2,01O,S29,S45, a gain
of $422,729,111 or 26 per cent over
the value of $1,5SS, 1O0,734 reported
in 1914. The figures were made pub
| lie by the state commission. The
buildings on Minnesota farms during
the 10 years gained nearly 60 per
cent in value, mounting from $685.
9S6,036 to $34S,207,22S, an Increase of
$129,221, 1872.
Minneapoiis-Stressin the point
that rediscounts of the Federal Re-
serve bank now are the lowest since
1917, rejecting the financial improve
ment of the northwest, Roy A. Young.
governor of the bank, called upon in
vestment bankers of the district to
aid in perpetuating the renewed pros
| perity by continuing the high stan
dards of their business and safe
guarding the quality of their offerings
to commercial banks and the invest.
| ing public.
Winona-Representatives OF the
upper Mississippi river cities meeting
at Winona, pledged $4,000 as their
share of the $4,000 stock subscrip-
lions being raised to finance barge
feet on the upper Mississippi river
and thereby completed the financing
work. With the financing details
settled, officials of the barge line
corporation are expected to rush the
work Of placing the barges and tow
boats on the river in readiness for
the government, which will operate
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