Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-06-24
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All Mp State
Condensed Stories d Happenings
Of the Week n Minnesota

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than half century q resident here,
died at his home after prolonged ILL
ness. He was SO years old.
Blooming Prairie-Royal Neighbors
of south central Minnesota held their
annual district convention here, about
$50 attending.
Waseca-Leading farmers of Wa
SEGA county are planning the circula-
ton of petitions asking for the area
testing of the county to eradicate boz
vine tuberculosis.
DuIuth-Directors Of the Minnesota
Association of Commerce Secretaries
selected Minneapolis for the annual
winter meeting Of the association next
February.
Hutchinson-John and Henry Otto
of West Lynn township were found
guilty in justice court of refusing to
submit to the area T. B. test of their
cattle.
Alexandria,. L. Engle Of Monte
video turned in the low score of 81
in the Is holes of qualifying play in
the annual golf tournament of the
Central Minnesota golf association at
the Alexandria Golf Club.
MinneapoIls-Despite rain and wind,
1000 persons of Danish birth or an
cestry assembled at the Minnesota
State Fair grounds for the first Danish
national festival. Loyalty of Danish
citizens to America and their love for
the homeland were stressed by the
speakers at the festival.
Dodge center-The first area test
for the eradication of tuberculosis in
Dodge county area cattle begin, pre-
parations being already underway at
the hands of the Minnesota State
Livestock Sanitary board. The board
will send corps of about 80 veteri-
narians into the county to make the
test.
Windom-Jonas Moede, 10 year
old boy, living here, has just received
letter which he greatly prizes, as 1t
bears the signature of ]. J. Prentice,
superintendent of this division of the
Omaha railroad. The letter thanks
young Moede for his promptness in
reporting a broken rail on the main
line of the road here.
st. Paul-Minnesota's crop of win
ter wheat will be 40 per cent above
the five year average, and the states
oats and barley production should be
almost as great as last year when the
best crops of these grains in three
years were produced, Paul H. Kirk,
state agricultural statistician, said in
his June crop report.
st. PauI-Payment Of taxes on
iron ore mined, totaling $1,6S3, 1854,
was made by the Oliver Iron Mining
Co. in the office of Edward w. Stark,
state treasurer. This amount is more
than half of the entire total of taxes
levied by the state under the occupa-
ton tax on iron ore mined in Mime.
sofa. The payment by the Oliver
company is on net taxable value Of
$2S,053, 087.31.
st. PauI-Leaders and workers in
the cooperative movement, represent
ing associations and organizations
that carried on a $3,000,000, 1000 mar
keting business in the United States
in 1925, gathered at the agricultural
college of the University of Mime
sofa, to pool their knowledge and ex-
perience for mutual benefit and the
advancement of American agriculture.
neapoIis-After celebrating for
IS minutes, jury returned verdict
of guilty in the case of Edward Berk-
ner, Sleepy Eye banker charged with
grand larceny in the first degree, and
he was sentenced by District Judge
e. F. Montgomery to from one to ten
years in the penitentiary. Berkner
was charged with selling two can
celed railroad bonds.
MinneapoIis-Th first shipment of
new winter wheat from the 1926 crop
reached the Minneapolis market. The
car came from Gibbon, Okla. 1t
brought price of cents bushel
over the ruling quotation on Mime
apolis July futures. The wheat was
heavy; testing .61.2 pounds to the
bushel, and protein contest was esti-
mated at 12.45. The grade was fixed
as No. 1 hard.
Anoka-The state highway depart
ment will build new bridge across
the Mississippi river at Anoka at
cost of $25O,0O0, following approval by
the war department of bridge plans.
The old bridge will be moved to one
side and used as detour during con-
struction. 1t is the largest bridge
project ever undertaken by the high
way department. Work will start in
the fall.
Observation-Disclosures the Mime
sofa Supreme Court ordered r. H.
Benham to trial on charge of grand
larceny in connection with transac-
tions at Argonne Farms, veterans
colony, he probably never will be
tried, County Attorney Floyd B. Olson
said. Clifford Beale, prosecuting wit
ness, died two weeks ago, and Gin
view of his death, it will in all prob
ability be necessary to nolle the
charge" Mr.. Olson said.
Belle Plaine-The loss Of $4,000
cabbage plants and 5000 tomato plants
at the Eisele brothers truck farm here
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