Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-05-24
ASKOV

Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Kolstad of
st. Cloud, visited friends here Sunday.
Niels Merrill who works in the
creamery at Harris, visited friends
here Monday.
Carl ]. Hansen of Minneapolis, Wis
tied at the T. w. Hansen home Mon
day and Tuesday.
A. Henriksen purchased a new
Chevrolet coupe from the local deal
ers Friday, trading in his old car
on the deal.
Miss Dora Christensen returned to
her work in Duluth Monday after
having visited at the home of her
folks here for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hansen's son,
Roy, passed through the crisis of his
pneumonia attack Friday night and
was dangerously i'll. He now is re-
covering rapidly.
Peter Topp, who has been in hos
pital at st. Peter, is now staying
with the Carl Degn family at Hutch
inson He and Mr.. Degn visited old
friends here Saturday and Sunday of
last week.
Due to a change in the running
schedule of the local G. N. freight
train. which now arrives in Askov
about 1 p. m, the noon hour of Sta
tion Agent A. G. Danielsen has been
changed to be from IL a. m. till -
noon; consequently the depot will be
closed during that hour.
Hedge B. Kilstofte was in Henning.
in the western part of the state,
Friday to bid on job. He left here
at 9 a. m, attended the meeting at
Henning, and was home again at II
p. ma round trip of 416 miles
which almost makes one believe that
the new Ford can travel.
Mrs. O'Leo Nielsen, Mrs. Glenn An
drews and Einar Christensen visited
relatives in Askov Monday, being en-
route to Minneapolis from Virginia
where they had visited with the for
mer's husband. Mr.. Nielsen has re-
Gently moved from Minneapolis to
Virginia where he is working and
may later move his family up there.
The local Diamond ball players re-
ceived their first real workout last
Thursday evening at the park. The
railroad track makes the dividing
line between the players and incl
dentally makes quite an even match.
However, the northsiders got the long
end of the deal at the first game.
1t will be a weekly affair hereafter,
another game being scheduled for
tonight.
Miss Irene Christine Jensen, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. C. Jensen.
Askov, and James VIM. Murphy of
Bruno, were married Saturday, May
IL, at the home of the brides parents,
Rev. o. C. Fillinger of Bruno, Off
ciating. The ceremony was perform
ed at o'clock in the evening and af-
ter the wedding supper was over with
the evening was spent in social Wis
itation, with only the relatives of the
contracting parties participating. The
newlyweds have gone right to house
keeping at Bruno. The American
joins with other friends in extending
congratulations and best wishes.
The Great Northern Railway has a
crew of men here improving the ap-
pearance of the right-of-way. The
company has placed a large order
with the Ferndale Nursery for ever
green trees to be planted along this
line. At cut a little more than
half way to Bruno there will be
planted 700 trees; by Sebalds cross
ing, $50 trees; in Askov village 1000;
by Jensens crossing, 600. Another
large quantity has been ordered ship
ped to Nickerson and Cambridge. The
now but a few years hence they will
be very effective as a snow fence and
certainly will beautify the scenery.