The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-07
MINNESOTA NEWS.
AFTER PoAcHERs.

AFTER PoAcHERs.
John Bsutner, who succeeds g. 3. FIJI
lerton az executive agent Of the state
game and fish commission, was inter.
viewed az to his intention with regard 70
the protection Of the spawning fish In
the lakes OF this and adjacent counties
during the month Of April. It is during
April that the gill net is used so efYec-
lively by poachers at Minnetonka and I'm
the smaller lakes Of that region The
spawning fish being up along shore, net
Is set almost blocking the entrance to .
little bay or inlet, after which the boat
men row in behind the net and drive the
fish into it. This sort Of poaching has
been carried on every spring and II ever
EFFORTS have been made by the wardens
to stop it the same have been curiously
ineffective. Spring spearing up in the
shadows is also extensively carried on,
and while it is not so deadly form OF
poaching as the other, It is still prac-
tice that ought to be stopped.
Mr.. Beutner said that a new fish war
den was about to be appointed to look
after the interests Of the north shore, and
while the name of the appofntee had not
been officially given out he felt satisfied
that the man selected would give good
account of himself in the territory under
his jurisdiction.
CENSUS JOBS -..
Ex-Governor Merriam has announced
his policy with reference to Minnesota's
share of patronage in the census bureau
This was done to Representative Stevens,
who called In the interest of some Of his
constituents. The director informed Mr..
Stevens that beyond the 5000 position al
ready given Labor Commissioner Powers,
one $500 job would be given to the state.
Any other Minnesotan appointed will get
a salary Of 3, 200 or less, probably less.
These appointments will be given without
reference to the supervisors, of which
there will be seven, one for each con-
gressional district. and the necessary
enumerators, the latter of whom will get
not to exceed SIS for their work Cow
ernor Merriam desired to have this an
nouncement made public for the reason
that he is being deluged with applications
from all oyer the state, and he desired
the people of Minnesota to know just
what he can do at the outset, so that no
false hopes may be raised among the
applicants.
Minneapolis should get the 8, 800 place,
as st. Paul has the dictatorship, but no
selection for it has been yet made
THOSE FEES
Senator'S Underleak, Dougherty and
Collier, the special committee appointed
to ascertain the exact amount Of income
enjoyed by officials of the state receiv-
ing fees as part Of their emolument, has
been turned into the senate. It shows
that the total income Of the clerk Of the
supreme court is ss,S4s.57 annually, with
disbursements Of ss,7ee.12, leaving for the
clerk, $5079.45.
The governors private secretary re-
ceives, all told, $4,4SO, of which 1850 is
salary and the balance fees.
D. q. Bloomfield, boiler inspector for
the Third district, secured net return
of 1884. His total receipts were 1854.
The state oil inspector has the best
Office in the lot, the figures showing that
his net income during the year ending
Jan. 1, 1899, amounted to s13,s92.51. Fees
were collected upon 100000 barrels of Oil
to the amount Of s3o,so2.2o. When the
report of the committee was read SEN
ator Collier Oemocrat) member of the
committee, testified as to the handsome
treatment accorded the committee by the
officials investigated, especially mention
ing the supreme court clerk
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The state military commission awarded
contracts for supplying the uniforms for
the national guard. The Plymouth Cloth
ing Company will furnish the trousers at
$2.75, if the samples to he furnished are
approved by the commission. The Boston
gets the contract for the campaign hats
at 80 cents. The blankets are to be fur
nished by H. H. Liperr, Milwaukee, at
1919 each. The blouses will be made by
Browning, King & Co., at $3.50 each, the
forage caps by the same firm at 81 cents,
plus 121ac for the ornaments. The dress
coats at $7.35, helmets, $1.57, overcoats
$3.50, and gloves at $1.0S a dozen were
awarded to the same firm.
LUMBER.
Five new sawmiIls will be at work in
the Duluth district the coming season,
and it js estimated that the cut will be-
at least 1901 10000 feet more than last
year. Some men in the trade claim the
cut Of the year will be ,0oe feet,
which will probably be the largest total
Of any district In the United States. Near
ly every mill in the district is overhaul
ing and increasing its power plants. Fig
ures indicating the change in the timber
trade, and the methods of logging show
that of 100000 feet to be sawn ON the
harbor front at this city, 195, 000,G eU will
be hauled to mill over railroads. \ few
years ago the mills would not touch the
logging trade.
ANOTHER BIG ONE.
J. J. Hill, having broken the record for
large elevators by his 5000 CO., busheI eIe-
vator project at Duluth, will now procsed
to break his own record by the erection
of another gigantic steel elevator at Du-
1uth, with a capacity of 6.000, 600 bushels
This is known to be Mr.. HiITs plan, and
he has said that he will carry It out soon,
although no date has been set
Mr.. Hill is quoted as saying that the
enormous growth Of the grain business
more than warrants this move, and that
the elevator capacity at the head OF the
lakes Is entirely Inadequate.
BURNED TO DEATH
A boarding house fire at Ronneley,
new town twenty miles east on the
Hinckley line, burned to death I-year-
old Abe Rowlands, the son Of the land
lady, Mrs. E. Rowlands. Four boarders
were saved by jumping through the sash
Of second-story window. The boy was
awakened In time, but became bewfldered
and failed to follow his mother out The
building was a small frame structure