The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-08-22
Capital
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED AT
ST. PAUL.
Especial Correspondence

commission late Tuesday afternoon
elected A. G. Clausen, formerly chfef
grain Inspector, to succeed A. *. Teis-
burg, who has been secretary OF the
commission ever since its creations ff-
teen years ago. t
Clausen was dropped during the adj
ministration OF Gov. Lind, the Demo-
cratic platform OF 1898 alleging various
offenses In his administration Of the
grain inspection bureau. After the ex-
piration of Gov. Lind's term some OF
Clausen's friends endeayored to REIN
state him, in effect. by abolishing the
office of chief grain inspector and plac-}
Ing that department directly under
the secretary. This, requiring a grain
excuse for eIeeting Clausen to succeed
Teisberg. .
A bill to that effect was introduced
by Representative d. l.. Riley OF Jack
son county, but was killed In commit.
tee, the Republican steering commit.
tee fearing its political effect. Now,
however, MIR. CIausen is restored to the.
service of the commission. although not
directly in charge OF the grain inspec-
ton department. 1T is expected, how
ever, that the present chief Inspector,
Il. d. Marshall OF Minneapolis, will
gain much from Mr. Clausen's long
public service.
The commission elected Henry Feig
Of KLndiyohi county, a former member
of the legislature, supervising inspector
Of elevators to succeed r.. c. Burdick
Of st. Paul.
The commission went to Augusta,
Mcleod county, to, inquire into the
necessity for depot which the people
want the Milwaukee road to build
there. A. similar visit will be made to
Org, Mobiles county, on the Omaha
road.
The weather bureaus crop service
bulletin for Minnesota for last week
contains the following summary:
The Temperature was moderate. The
weather was dry In most parts of tho
state till the general rain OF the night
OF the Sth, which was followed by light
and widely scattered showers on diff
ferent dates. The harvesting of all the
small grains except fax Is practically
finished south Of Clay and Becker
counties, while north OF these counties
the cutting or early sown wheat. oats
and barley is well advanced. In north
ern counties wheat sown late and on
spring plowed land Is not doing well,
there being considerable rust In IT. In
the region where the harvest Is over,
stacking and threshing from the shock
were going on rapidly till stopped by
the rain. The rain delayed work IN
the grain fields from half day to two
days In the south third OF the state
stacking Is about finished. The rains
have benefited the pastures, corn and
gardens, but unless more rain rails
soon the benefit will be only tenn
porary. 1T Is said that with the most
favorable conditions from now on there
cannot be better than poor corn and
potato crops. On some corn there are
no indications Of It's making grain. and
this Is being cut for fodder. Flax Is
poor In northern pottions; elsewhere II
lis variable, but poor to fair crops are
more general than good ones; 1t Is be-
ing cut, ana in some places threshed
in the southern half Of the state. A
little blowing Is being done In southern
counties, but in most fields the ground
Is very dry and hard.
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The citizens OF Meeker county will
ask Gov. Van SAINT to call special
legislative election in the Twenty
third district In November Senator
Charles Fl. Dart Of Litchf1eld was IN
st. Paul recently to confer with the
governor. AS the governor was out OF
the city Senator Dart went home to re-
turn later. The special election which
the citizens Of MeekeI county wish 10
have held Is to fill q vacancy for the
extra session of the legislature In Feb
r1ary, and Is almost without prece-
dent. Two months ago the Republican
J. w. Torrey Of Manan-
ah, shot himself dead. The vacancy
thus created in the lower house leaves
Meeker county without representation
IN that body and the Republican party
Of Meeker entirely without representa-
ton, as Senator Dart Is a Democrat.
The only precedent for the special cleo
ton desired was established In 1890
and is hardly parallel case, as the
senator then elected had two years TO
serve, including a regular session or
the Legislature while the member 10
be elected this fall from Meeker coun- "
ty will serve during only TWO weeks
of the extra session.
r, -s 10 r. = - F.,
Smallpox in the state. as shown IN
the report of DR.. Bracken, or the state
board Of health, has decreased ABOUT
10 rer cent. The number OF new
cases reported since Aug. 1 is lz6,
against 239 for the two previous weeks.
Put one death occurred. and that was
an the Fond du Lac Indian reservation
In Carlton county.
The largest number Of cases reported
was in Washington county. oneka
township, where the state ooard Oh
,ea1th has INTERVIEWED to enforce quar-
milne. has "a out of a total Of 70. Stiif-
water has the other 2.
Norman county has 81 cases, OF
which Ia are In Hendrum and Z IN
Flom, Rice county reports IL cases,
With 13 in Faribauit. Stearns county
has 16 cases and Beltran1i 10. Duiutn
,as II of the II cases in st. Louis
county. But case Is reported from
Ramsey county. There has been
,teady decrease in the number or cases
since June. June Is 595 cases were re
ported: July 1, SGT; July is, $50; Aug.
|, 239, and Aug. Is, 12s.
A, r. Spear of St. Paul Will ask the