Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-03
MINNESOTA
NEWS BRIEFS
Items of Feature Interest
as Clipped From Various
Newspapers Throughout
the State.

farmer and wCodsman living near
Nisswa, challenged Captain Nate Dab
ly, veteran Indian fighter, wOOdsman
and author living at Laporte, to a
wrestling match "any time he wants
it." Mr.. Sinclair had heard a report
that the Laporte pioneer had re-
marked that he could out-wrestle
ANY man my age who has taken
drink of liquor Mr.. Sinclair didn't
know how old the captain is, but he
would certify that he was sc years
old, and had taken a drink Of liquor.
Captain Daily is champion of tenn
perance. Friends of Sinclair said that
the match, if consumated, will he
held either in a Brainerd hall or the
Pine River armory, with suitable pre-
liminaries.
Detroit Lakes-A truck containing
six tons, or $4,000 pounds of pike.
pickerel, perch, eel pout and tullibee
was taken into custody at Detroit
Lakes recently by two game wardens
while it's owner, Clarence Fradet of
Edgeley, N. D., stopped at Detroit
Lakes restaurant for breakfast. Fra
Diet was taken into municipal court,
where he pleaded guilty to a charge
of possession of over the limit of pike
and pickerel. He was fined $50 and
$3.50 costs. Fradet, who did not have
commercial license, said he pur-
chased the fish at 10c pound from
the meters at Warroad. The fish
were being taken to North Dakota to
be put on sale. In an effort to dis
guise the load. eel pout and red
eyes" had been placed at the top of
the truck. Fradet bought back the
load of fish from the state game and
fish divisions through its agents.
Hfbbing-Mayor Zimmerman of
Hibbing, announced recently that he
had authorized Bill Clarity, former
World war aviator, and Pharis Sarff.
local aviation instructors to fly
plane as low as possible. over the
woods north Of NashwauK In an effort
to locate cattle with binoculars. The
animals are federal cattle that have
strayed into the woods, and an effort
is being made to butcher them and
bring them to Hibbing to be stored
for distribution to needy families dur
ing the winter. Charts of the loca-
ton of the animals will be made, and
village crews will be sent out to shoot
them and bring them out to roads
to be loaded onto trucks. Permission
has been obtained from the federal
government to take all of the cattle,
which are choice Herefords, that can
be found.
Faribault-A trucking company
made an unwilling contribution to
someone's Christmas dinner recently
at Faribault. Three turkeys escaped
from a crate perched on top of the
truck. Two were easily recaptured
and returned to the crate, but third,
/ more lively and sensing freedom, took
to the air. He was brought up sharp
ly against drug store window, when
a woman shopper, barely nosing out
several competitors in a close race
for the bird, seized it fondly by the
neck and started home with her
Christmas dinner.
Sank Center-The days of pink ele-
plants and green lizards passed out
with the eighteenth amendment, they
say, but here's one about horned rab-
bits. Not long ago Norbert Botz went
hunting for rabbits. He shot one, but
didn't like its looks, and left it lay
ing in the field. He told his parents
he had shot a rabbit with horns, and
they sent him back to get it. Sure
enough, the rabbit had horns grow
ing from the back of the ears. The
horns are explained as a kind of
fungus growth not uncommon in rab-
bits.
Glencoe-A unique fire occurred at
the William Alsleben farm north of
Glencoe recently, consuming a large
amount of shreddings in the hay loft
of the barn, but leaving the barn
substantially uninjured. The fire was
discovered about six o'clock in the
evening eating at the rafters placed
across portion of driveway. Help
was Immediately summoned. and more
fire was found in a huge pile of shred
dings that had been stored in the
barn. A crew of about sixteen men
spent all night in removing the burn
ing shreddings, about eight cubic feet
of which had been reduced to cinders
in the center of the pile. 1t is sur
missed that the fire was of spontaneous
origin. and had probably been bum
ing all afternoon. About sixteen hay
racks full of the shreddings were re-
moved before the burning area was
cleaned out.
CaSS Lake.-Curley Gamache went
deer hunting. He hid beside run
way and soon bagged a fine deer.
Curley dropped his rifle, drew knife,
and rushed for his quarry. He put
his identification tag on the animal.
then seized its throat and poised his
knife for the final death thrust. The
deer lunged to his feet, knocked the
knife from Curley's hand. and threw