Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-11-01
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Big Pelican lake, near Pequot,
which has receded to level danger
Gus to natural resources, will be re-
stored to it's former level by the SERA
transient division. The waters of
Pelican brook and Cross lake will be
diverted to fill Big Pelican lake. A
100-man transient camp will be es-
tablished to carry out the project.
The camp-site has been provided by
the city of Brainerd. Civic clubs in
Brainerd inaugurated the present pro-
ject, completion of which has been
sought for years.
Playing his opponents, Governor Oh
son resigned last week as federal re-
lief administrator in Minnesota, turn
ing over the job for the time being
to l.. p. Zimmerman, former deputy
state administrator. Governor Olson
in his telegram of resignation charged
that his opponents have continued in
their political endeavors despite re-
ports from the federal Investigators
proving their charges groundless.
Rather than take a chance of ham,
pering the relief program, however,
the Governor stated, he resigned and
will go out into the state to do battle
with the reactiOnaries opposed to the
present relief system without being
bound by the official position of re-
lief administrator. Il. j. EdmondS,
regional administrator, in comment
ing upon the Governors resignation,
stated that he has always been aware
of the Governors attitude that relief
and human needs should be kept free
from the slightest faint of politics.
Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief adj
ministrator stated, 81 appreciate the
fine spirit which prompted you to
relinquish administrative response
bility.
Hearings before the State Com
merce Commission Investigating the
stock sales of the First Bank Stock
Corporation were resumed last week
but, upon the plea of Bank Stock Of
ficials of previous engagements" was
postponed until October 80. 1t was
intimated that on that date the hear
ing will be formally opened and will
progress steadily until the investi-
cation is ended.
Two men picked up by the State
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension last
week ended the unremitting nine year
search made for the murderers of a
farmer in the southern part of the
state. In addition to solving the de-
cade-old mystery the Bureau of Grim
inal Apprehension since 1880, has one
of the most outstanding records for
crime detection of any state in the
union. Under Melvin Passolt, APP
pointee of Governor Olson's, the bu-
reau has made Minnesota so un-
healthy for bank robbers that only
ported in the state since the first
of the year. Under previous admin
istations only $50 criminal cases and
five bank rObberies were acted upon
by the bureau in four years while
since 1880, over 5000 cases have been
acted upon.
The first hardwood forest nursery
in the state will be established by
men in the Mendoza transient camp
in the Minnesota river valley near
the Twin Cities. The trees will be
ready for replanting in three years.
At that time, they will be used for
landscaping purposes on some of the
projects undertaken in the state by
the SERA transient division.
One of the most serious handicaps
in the enforcement of state liquor
| control is the absence of severe per-
alties for liquor law violations, says
Commissioner David R. Arundel.
Under the liquor control act boot
! logger commits only a misdemeanor
when he sells intoXicants without a
| license. The stiffest sentence he
may be given for illegal sale is so