The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-10
BIENNIAL MESSAGE.
DELIVERED TO THE JOINT SESSION
OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Information and Suggestions ReIn-
tive to the Affairs and Condition
OF the Stnte-The Reports Of the
state Officers are Reviewed and
Recommendations Made.

Va VIC ceuNle duu 11OuSc u 1Scl-
Oomformable to law and custom, COM
nu,ln,ate TO you by this message the fol-
state.
-. During the past year our state has had
IT'S snare In the industrial depression and
ssLagnation prevailing throughout the Ma
ION. "A fairly good harvest, has however,
s sH ,i large extent, measuraby relieved the
SITUATION In those parts of the state not de-
vOteu exclusively to wheat farming prosper
lU prevails, credit Is ample and money far
h ty% scarce scarce, and even In the Notwithstanding
tress. "'AA uss'''u'''A ~ u ~"
Forest Fires.
n, In n one limited locality only have our peo-
an an the LIST day Of last September a forest
IRE, dashed into fury by a high wind. total
stones es'fSSyed the villages of Hnekley Sand
ter, P9kesama, Partridge and Mission Greek
snurd 4ieyastated Il large area Of the sur
ess. More e0 fhary ,S occupied by small farm
susL large number We're maimed and
Wapp1ed Tor life, more than 1000 people
81 40 on6 helpless and destitute, and over
strcyed. The territory rayaged i nv V' thSs f are
saWlre ms an area are Of nearly four hundred
ssied aes; On the Sd day of September
tons for RELIEF Of he tor of fSs
ap e ano appointed g: A. Pilsbury Of Mime
Hart Of S s. paI, CLARK and Hastings II.
tuth and Matthew G. Norton Of WHOM ", ms NJ
oontribStionesrs to collect and distribute such
scheme Seef to r Shapervse the sntrs
nave performed their work with great ems
Collected ir from and diligence. They have
ira 90 maiSS5 51 s among the Survivors of the
mree SS' IL LOS and finding that still more was
relief and ne to ma to complete the work of
the destitute, they have borrooG $40 +, iIr
Smrss Sieoit the sum Of SIS, 900 and have dis
same in or com menfed tie disbursal of the
The commissioning dese sGneme &c OF !. relief lief:
extra our amo state for procuring this
saa s sHs1t Of %ony tn; Reed5a
f fare tS early steps to suitably reimburse them
generonsN o niy thus incurred. They have
Credit to tb even en- both their time and their
suffer Te 'n M state tate can do is to see that they
Suan ec no tho loss or disadvantage in conse-
Grain Inspection.
Two years ago I called the atton+,on 10
nr9,,; ieISisliture to the fact that while dne
rrS 9diSnon .n was made by law for Weighing,
Supervision at ntSbp e grain under
Tau Laul' minneapolis and Duluth, there was no
snI on this subject affecting the primary
sugres ntef'o III markets of the state, aud
ssau Jung ana inspection of grain at Interior
ns %eil as terminal points, under state su
ts s1sson ana state control. Pursuant to
chapter Is, General Laws Of 1s9s c enuEteo
Nv Known WAS, as the Country Warehouse
than at te eFminSg all grain elevators other
n ntS declaring them public elevators
and placing placing them under the jurisdiction
warehouse commlssioners Since the emu en-.
Hctment of this law, all elevators within
les hsvop ur IdeS have taken out license and
to the supervision Of the board Of raiIroad
ana warehouse commissioners. That this
eye mas fr been pr Of good
peen 50 few complaints made nor az little
ne Of 1o srain about the grading and weigh
act me fact as tha since the Of this
now subject to state regulation and state
control makes the warehouseman more care
prone ei to consider Sonslaerate and the farmer less
est Warehouseman finds nothing Oppressive
Ia the law, the honest farmer finds in it
a. reasonable safeguard and protection, and
the demagogue is deprived Of his fayyorite
text of complaint. 'N'e
Special Injury to CroDs,
In several counties Of the state the wheat
frop was greatly injured by the ravages Of
enabled these insects to do more than or.
a o,int havoc . Pr Otto Lugger, entomolo-
made OF ares e4e ef state experimental station
by INJECTING the bugs with the germs ora Of O.
a aaua d dlsease' an experiment that had, in
in other stafes eeeT n tsed and found helpful
gave rei1ef, and he could have accomplish
Cd much a more had he been. supplied with
ample funds and ample assistance for the
to pay all expenses and all help was ASSOC $50
1 r,Hcelyed f by him from the governors con
TO continue with US for years to come. and
we are likely in the future as often in the
past, to have visitations from grasshoppers.
OF recommending that you make an aDDr0-
prlatlon OF not less than $1,000, available
d ntra the purpose of extermina ting these and
Otner COMMISSIONING insects, and for the
protectlon OF the farmers against the raya-
ges Of the same. Such an appropriation
DroVso 0s that ann an7 and s%D with
should at once lapse into the general rev
eaue fund; thus preventing any undue &C.
ton should be placed at the disposal of the
entomo3ogist of the state Experimental
station who should be ex of1icio state en-
assist our farmers in discriminating ali
crop-destroying insects and In protecting
che crops, against the depredatlons and
ravages Of the same.
Itnsca State Park.
From the report of the commissioner OF
Itasca State Park, made on the LIST day OF
last III it appears that the state
1882 acres within the limits Of the park,
ap 30 that there are still within these limits
asfe :, Owned owned By private parties ana
by the state. These lands are covered with
q valuable forest Of pine spruce, fir, cedar,
ash and oak, and the owners are likely al
an early day to cut and market this timber.
When these lands have been stripped OF
forest fires, and q fire breaking out upon
them will inevitably spread to the other
lands of the park and thus the whole area
will become burnt, black and desert
waste, and will cease to afford any safe
guard or protection to the source Of our
mighty river. l..r., W.
The legislature Of 1891 acted wisely and
with rare good Judgment when it establish
ed this park. XItasca lake and Its preserva
ton Is sacred and dear to every American
heart. The lake and all its beautiful en-.
vironment should, as far as possible, be
kept intact in its primitive and normal con
dition; and In order to accomplish this, the
lands In private ownership should, as speed
lily as possible, be acquired by the state
These lands can be obtained neither by pur
chase nor condemnation proceedings unit
the necessary funds are provided for thai
purpose. The work planned by the leg,s
Iature Of 1891 should be consummated anG
completed by the legislature Of 1906. ]
consideration and recommend that you ap
propriate sufficient funds to acquire these
lands by purchase or condemnation.
Game and Fish Law.
The legislature Of 1893 codifed al
our game and fish laws into one
MANY Of tho mora imD0rtant prO