Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-09-12
COMMUNITIES
WILL GET AID
Over Fifty Million Dollars
Worth of WPA Projects
Being Considered.
Counties in This Section
Would do Consider
able Work.


With the approval this week by
Victor ChriStgau, state works pro-
gress administrator, of S1S,400, 900 in
projects, Minnesota was assured of it's
full share of WPA funds. This swelled
the total of Minnesota's works pro-
posals now in Washington to $780,
$4,000. Among the S25 projects in
the latest group were four from Pine
county. They included Identification
of school grounds at ASkOv, with
total of $7,13S of federal funds and
$50 sponsor. Mission Creek township
ditch and grade roads projects would
receive S4,161 federal funds and S405
sponsor. Brook Park township road
maintainence would draw $3,096 fed
eral and STA sponsor. At Hinckley,
the construction of a bass rearing
pond calls for 1857 in federal funds
to $92 sponsor.
Aitkin County.
Section 25-ditching and graveling,
federal funds, 1851, sponsor 1925;
sections 19-31-roadwork federal
funds S2,3SS, sponsor $40; section
21- construct culvert and retaining
wall, federal funds S1,793, sponsor
S672; section 11-road work, federal
funds $500, sponsor $500. Hill City
general repairs to park, federal
funds S9,3S4; meadow improvement,
federal funds 1920, sponsor $40.
Aitkin-grade and ditch gravel road,
federal funds $2,744, sponsor $50.
Jaccbson-brush out township-owned
telephone lines, federal funds $1,715,
sponsor S340; brush out, repair and
clean bitches and gravel town road,
federal funds $3,0S6, sponsor $500.
Seavey Twp.-brush. ditch roads, fed
eral funds S2,25S, sponsor $500. Ver-
don-roadwork, federal funds $3,0S6,
sponsor $3.50.
Carlton County.
Barnum-grading sch DOL play
ground, federal funds 1926, sponsor
$2SS; painting school building, fed
eral funds $135, sponsor $109. Atkin-
son-painting and repairing school
building, federal funds $3.50, sponsor
$422. Cloquet-lay water main, fed
eral funds 1920, sponsor $3.50.
Carlton-imprOve roads, federal funds
$3S6.050, sponsor $4,000.
ChisagO County.
Stacy brushing roads, federal
funds S1,425, sponsor $50. Harris
cemetery and street maintenance,
federal funds $435; roadwork, federal
funds $3.63S. sponsor $243. Taylors
Falls-open large sand pit, federal
funds $3.50, sponsor $50; water main
extension, federal funds 1852, sponsor
$536. Lindstrom - construct three
parks, federal funds S1O,464, sponsor
$500; road construction, federal funds
$3.50. sponsor $2,S6O. Rush City
clean out Rush Greek, construct play
grounds, federal funds S9,120. spon-
sor $1,000; roadwork. federal funds
S2,O74. sponsor S216. North Branch
build masonry dam, federal funds
$2,160, sponsor S1S6.
Kanabec County.
Brunswick Twp-grade roads, fed
eral funds $S,417, sponsor 81 100. Hill
man Twp.-roadwork. federal funds
$4,000, sponsor 1894 Mora-repairs to
town hall, federal funds S424, spon-
Sor 500; water main and sewer eX-
tension, federal funds S4,237, sponsor
$2,S77; construct county garage. fed
eral funds S1S,S9O, sponsor S2.017.
Kanabec Twp.-general repair of
school buildings, federal funds 1865,
sponsor S147. Kroschel Twp.-repair
school building. federal funds S122.
SPONSOR $3.50. Brook Participating
school. federal funds SLABS. sponsor
1852: roadwork, federal funds S4,305,
sponsor $500. Knife Lake Twp
roadwork. federal funds $3.50. spon-
sor 1886. Whited Township-grading
federal funds S1.102, sponsor s129.
Most of Counties Apply.
In the final drive to secure jobs for
their unemployed, communities of 81
of the states 81 counties submitted
projects to the states WPA head
quarters during the week. The rush
followed the presidents announcement
that September IL is the dead-line
for getting projects to the nations
capitol.
The groups submitted this week
will furnish jobs for year. to close
to $4,000 persons, it is estimated. AL
together these proposals will give
steady employment during the COM
ing year to approximately 5S.40O per-
sons now ON relief.
The cooperation Of communities
over the state, have given us assur-
ance that Minnesota will get its full
share of WPA funds Christgau
stated.
The projects now in the capitol
are sufficient to provide jobs for the