Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
MINNESOTA news

Fergus FaIIs-The fire department
here is already making plans for the
state firemen's convention, to which
it will be host in June.
Little FaIls-Joseph Barden, SIS
years old, the oldest Civil War vet
eran in this city, died at his home.
He joined the Goth Wisconsin Infan-
try when he was 20 years old.
DuIuth-Of a total of GIG automo-
biles reported stolen during 1927, Du-
luth police recovered all but Is, STAN
ley Krawczyk, local automobile inspec-
tor, said in his report for the year.
WiIliams-William May last fall
caught two wildcats near Washkish in
Beltrami county and tried to tame
them at home. The attempt was I'M
successful and he has sold them to
a zoo in Philadelphia.
st. PauI-Survey of the Upper Mis-
sissippi river to determine the prac-
ticability of nine-foot channel from
st. Louis to the st. Paul high dam
will be started early next summer by
the Army engineers.
ST. PauI-Creamery men from many
parts of Minnesota will be in st. Paul
March 1 and to attend the annual
meeting of the Minnesota Egg. Butter
and Poultry association at The Saint
Paul.
Minneapolis-Con will be
given tax problems. state and city, at
the University of Minnesota when the
Minnesota Tax conference holds its
twelfth annual session February Z
and s.
NorthfieId-W. w. Payne. pioneer
member of the Carleton faculty and
founder Of the college observatory,
died at Elgin, ILL.,, according to word
received here. He was 80 years old.
He retired in 1908.
MinneapoIis-Herb Joestlng, captain
Of the University of Minnesota's 1927
football team and all-American full
back of the last two years, has &C
copied an appointment as field repre-
sentative of the Ten Thousand Lakes
Association.
cass Lake-Howard Hopkins has
been named supervisor Of the Min
nesota national forest, succeeding G..
E. Marshall Marshall recently re-
signed to become associated with a
lumber concern at Cloquet.
st. cIoud-The courageous act of
Frederick G. Michaelis, SIS, st. Cloud,
on July %, 1924, when he snatched a
2-year-old baby from certain death
under the wheels of train was re-
warded with a citation by the Car
negie hero fund commission.
MinneapoIis-More than $S6,000,000
was invested in securities by the gen.
eral buying public with Twin City
dealers during 1927, an increase OF
$16,7OO,OO0 over 1926 and a new high
record for all time, according to the
monthly review of the Federal Re-
serve Bank.
St. Pathfinder orders issued by
Governor Christensen, state business
was halted for the funeral of Attor-
ney General Albert F. Pratt, who died
suddenly at his home. Flags over the
state buildings were at half mast un-
til after the funeral, having been
lowered on order Of the governor.
orthfieId-Discovery of unknown
uses of tropical woods and collection
of plant life specimens for the Garlic
ton College herbarium are the aims
of DR.. Harvey Stork, botany profess
sor who within a month will be pur-
suing research work with Carriage.
Costa RIGA, as a base.
Minneapois-With "a of its mem
bers present or represented by proxies,
the Democratic state central commit
tee of which q. H. Austin is chairman,
held its first meeting of the 1928 cam
paign in Minneapolis and arranged
dates and details of precinct caucuses
and county and state conventions.
The state convention will be held
March Is in Minneapolis.
st. PauI-Sale and transfer of 200
miles of routes of the Mesaba Trans
portation Company in Northern Min
nesota to the Northland Transporta-
ton Company was approved by the
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. The addition will give
the Northland more than 5000 miles
of routes which it operates over Min
nesota highways.
St. Paul-Plans for preservation of
the Superior national Forest and the
Rainy lake watershed, and creation of
an international Superior-Quetico rec
reation area will be backed by the
entire resources of the Izaak Walton
League of America. This was an
nounced in the Twin Cities by Seth E.
Gordon, conservation director of the
league.
DuIuth-Duluth's famous aerial
bridge spanning the Duluth ship canal
since 1904 is to give way to a modern
lift bridge After "a years of service
between the mainland and Park Point,
the world famous structure is to bow
to modern progress and safety. The
unique span, a marvel of engineering
science "a years ago, Is now deemed