The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-07

which the discharge of my duties has
required the cooperation of the state
duqltor 1t is only fair to- that officer that
d SHOULD say at this time that he has CO.
IN a spirit of zeal for the public good
hands - 1tsil a. my
About one year ago application wa.
mace to me to execute a patent convey
ing some swamp lands In Eipestone ro16-
" 70 the Southern Minnesota company
IN IN investigating the claim of title 10
swamp lands by that company 8 7 fund
mat 1t never had a swamp Land granf
1nat the grant under which it claimed
was WAS on account of branch of a MAR
me Wnlcn was never constructed. That
notwithstanding this fact my pI edecess0rs
IN once RAD, from tire to. times .certifia5.
10 mat company without any excuse for
suGh actlon upwards of $500 acres of
state. Unfortunately this land was cer-
uued SO long ago that the statute Of i'm
naeaoh mas run on most of the convey
ahceS. Besides, regret to saw thst Az
attorney general, after some recent re-
necuon,- has concluded not to concur in
1ne view tnat have expressed, is to tie
s si;m character of this claim. But one
tE4hg is certain. that company shall NOS
nave another acre of the states lanIs SO
long as | am in ctJice unless AWARDED by
Inc Inc courts. and 1 hope to be able to have
matters settled so that none can bf
claimed after l am ont
IN the case of the swamp land grant
TO me Little Falls & Dakota Railroad
company, now owned by the Northern Pa
cific, former governors convened to thai
company over 1900 acres Of land in ex.
cess of what it had earned, and which II
was not entitled to.
Suit has been instituted for the recovery
OF this land to the state. I feel confident
OF successful outcome With this suit
settled, and within the next two wears
| believe 1t possible to adjust and finally
state Several hq al 51-
finally adjusted and settled l have de-
voted much time and study to the cues
ton, as l believe it absolutely essential
to the interests of the state that these
matters should be finally and speedily
adjusted, SO that the state can husband
and care for what little is left of its once
magnificent donation.
ADMINISTRATION OF GRAIN sERV-
ICE.
To other important branches of state
administration | can only give a passing
notice. Since Jan. l a majority of the
members of the railroad and warehouse
commission have been in full sympathy
with my aims in the administration of
management Of that board. / believe
that am justified in saying that the
grain service, which was reOrganized at
the opening of the crop year of 1S99-19OO
by the appointment of Hon. E. S. Reishus
as chief inspector, has been managed in
a way to do full justice to all interests
projecting the farmer IN his just rights
by fair grades and just weights, on the,
one hand, and establishing the fxity and.
reputation of the Minnesota grade on the.
other. That individual cases Of error
have not occurred 1 do not claim. Such
state of facts cannot be looked for in
a business so extensive as the handling of
the crop contributary to the terminal
markets of this state. But 1 am gratified
to be able to say to you and to the.
people of the state that since the reor-
ganization Of the service there has not
been single instance of complaints, either
from the East or from European markets
either. as to shortage in weight or grade,
of single bushel of wheat that had pass
ed through the Minnesota service. Prior
to that time, and under the administra-.
ton of Mr.. Reishus' predecessor, com
plants from Buffalo and from England,
both in regard to grades and shortage in
weight, were persistent and common
Minnesota's leading grade, No. northern,
Duluth, has stood on an average as COM
pared with the four leading competitive
grades in the Liverpool market, two cents
higher than those grades. During the crop
year closed, No. 1 northern, Minnesota
inspection. has ranked one to five cents
per hundred pounds higher in the Liver