The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-24
But the EXPERT did go back or the |

But the EXPERT did go back OF the
red line" Furthermore, he found that
back of the red line" the books
showed a peculiar shortage-$5O0.O
was missing from the public library
fund without any record Of it. An in
vestigation on the outside showed that
it had been borrowed" by Mr.. Pope.
while he was president OF the library
board, and neither back nor before the
red line was there any record OF that
sum having been repaid. In fact. no
one knew of the loan. AS result OF
the experts going back of the red line,
the city attorney of Mankato was d.
rected to commence proceedings
against Mr.. Pope for the recovery OF
the s5OO.OO and interest for the time he
had held it-about five years. Mr..
Pope settled the matter by paying
back the $4,000 with interest. Would
it have been repaid yet If the expert
had not ."gone back of the red liner
Even the Democratic papers of Mr..
Popes town condemned his action as
Illegal and peculiar"
II still a Vacancy.
The vacancy in the department of ed
ucation caused by the resignation Of
state SUPERINTENDENT SAAASA SeAs'e AA.~o
not vet been filled. Gov. Lind appoint
ed gentleman named Lewls-Who had
no other experience than teaching in
a small school-to fill the place, but
county superintendents all over the
state are aware of his incompetence.
This is one of the departments with
which the general public is not brought
| in close contact, hence it's workings
pass unnoticed, save when some glaring
| mistake is made. Mr.. Lewis has dis
! tinRuished" himself by two of these.
| The first was by an effort to hold dis
trict" summer training schools for
! teachers. After one trial this was
! abandoned and the former plan of
| holding them in each county was re-
sumed. His second effort was when he
! accused five teachers in Douglas coun-
ty, who were taking examinations for
certificates, of cheating" This was
indignantly repudiated by the Douglas
| county superintendent of schools IA
Democrat), and Mr.. Lewis very will
ingly dropped the hot end of the poker.
"Remember the Twine.''
But it is in the management of the
state prison binder Irvine factory that
the abuses are the most glazing. Not
only has 1t been wastefully and almost
criminally extravagantly mismanaged,
but the results are so apparent and 90
directly felt by the farmer that they
cannot be concealed or CLOSED over.
/ Henry Wolfer was superseded as war
den Of the prison by c. McC. Reeve.
| Mr.. Wolfer was not only one Of the
best prison men in the country, but
| his services as manager of the Irvine
| plant were invaluable. Mr.. Reeves
qualifications" may be summarized
by simply saying that they were the
opposite OF these.
i Last winter Warden Reeve went into
the Eastern market to buy sisal fiber.
It was sending boy to MILL The
| importers Of the fiber kindly took him
in charge. made him believe that the
market was going skyward. and that
nis only saivarlon ray IN Duylng enoS=>
stock to keep the factory running q
couple Of years. Thus it was that he
bought abort 10000 pounds OF sisal
FOR FUTURE DELIVERY at the
highest price the market had known
for years. Not only that, but they un-
loaded upon him q large quantity Of
ROTTEN, NO GRADE FIBER THAT
WAS PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS.
The rest OF the transaction Is history
known TO every farmer in the state
who used prison twine this year. The
Irvine was unsatisfactory. much Of It
rotten and brittle, owing TO poor ma
ter.~ and NOT A SINGLE BALL OF
IT HELD OUT IN LENGTH THE
STANDARD MEASUREMENT OF 500
FEET PER POUND which was guar