Aakers Business College

He emigrated to Winneshiek county, Iowa, where he was one of the early settlers and for fifty years a prominent and well to do farmer.

Young Aaker received a good primary education and entered Luther ’s College at Decorah, Iowa, where he remained nearly four years, when, coming to the conclusion that a business course would suit him better than preparation for the ministry, he entered a business college at Decorah, graduating in 1882, and from the commercial department of the Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., in 1883.

The record made by Prof. Aaker at the Willmar Seminary was well known and the officers of the new school was very anxious to secure his services.

While located at Twin Valley he was the party nominee for county superintendent of schools and lost by a narrow margin.

The resorts barred from Fargo found a place in Moorhead, and, as no relief could be obtained from the regular nominees, the business men decided upon Mr. Aaker, as the man to redeem the fair name of the city.

Mr. Aaker, though defeated, ran ahead of his ticket, receiving more than double the votes cast for the nominee for governor.

In 1906 he made a strong campaign against gambling and prostitution, in Fargo, as candidate for mayor on a strict enforcement platform.