Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
STURGEON LAKE

Mrs. Chas. Swanson and Merle of
Windemere, and Mrs. Chas. Olson
went to ST. Paul Friday Chas. Oh
son. Alice, Lillian and Ethel went to
st. Paul Sunday and Mrs. Olson re-
turned here with them on that day.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed
the house on the Burkhardt farm Fri
day night. There was no one living
in the house at the time as the Burk-
hardts traded the farm away and
moved to Princeton about a month
ago. The neighbors did not discover
the house was on fire until it was too
late to make a successful attempt to
put it out. The house was a total
loss.
The Knapp family received a scare
Sunday when during the fierce wind
that blew in the afternoon the roof
of their house was ignited by a spark
from the, chimney. Help was sum-
moned and quickly arrived and the
blaze was safely put out with little
damage to the roof.
Maybel Upgren returned to Chicago
Friday, after having been home for
few days to testify at a civil suit at
Pine City resulting from an automo-
bile accident last fall in which a Mr..
Brown of Minneapolis, and Mr.. Up
gren were involved. The case was
postponed until the fall term of the
district court.
With the coming of spring and
warm weather the baseball fans and
players are starting to talk baseball
again. As the Pine County Baseball
League is organized and the Sturgeon
Lake club has retained its member
ship i'm the league it is obvious that
this town will promote team again
this year. The ranks of the older
members of the club are getting more
depleted every year and it is probable
that we will see some new faces on
the diamond this season. Although
the personnel of the team is yet in
definite it is certainty that we will
have a team, and we hope a good one.
Max Ciecinski, farmer residing
at Split Rock, was arrested Friday by
Game Warden Myers for the possess
sion of fish traps. He was taken to
Carlton and arraigned and pleaded
guilty and was fined fifty dollars and
costs.
1t is probable that Grant Hide
brandt, the local Northern Pacific sta
tion agent, will be transferred this
month again, this being brought about
by the closing of the station at Saw
yer. In that event the former agent
at Sawyer will move here and take
UP the duties at the local station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gay came
here from the cities Saturday and
spent the weekend at the Cunning
ham home.
The Moose Lake golf course at Sand
Lake was officially opened for the
season last Sunday. The course has
been improved considerably this spring
as all the green's were torn up and
rebuilt by an expert from Minneapo-
lis. Peter Carlson was been re-en-
gagged as caretaker. Some local
golfers, Roger Barnes, Bobby Olson,
Russell Gilbert and Oscar Carlson
went out to the course and tried it
Sunday.
The Olson Mercantile Co. are max
ing some alterations in their store
this week to give them more store
space. Joe Odebraski is doing the
work.
]. C. Smith of Rock Creek, and
well known throughout the county
for his sponsoring of rolling skating
at various places, will open a minia-
ture golf coure at Sturgeon Lake Fri
day night, April II, on which night
he will give two games free to each
lady playing. Mr.. Smith announces
that the course will be open for play
Wednesday, Friday. Saturday and
Sunday nights of each week and that
prizes will be awarded each week.