Warren sheaf., 1903-05-28
Number 26.
MINNESOTA NEWS. i i W
AID for the Schools.

AID for the Schools:
&s State Superintendent j.. w. Olson
has notified the county superintend-
ents and school officers that applica-
tions for state aid, under the new
law, must be received at the depart
ment of public instruction before
July 13.
The recent legislature Increased
the state aid for high schools from
$1,000 to $1,5o0; for graded schools,
from $400 to $3.50; for semi-graded
schools, from 5000 to $3.50, and for
rural schools, from 100 to 1875.
Last year .141 high schools, 119
graded schools, 244 semi-graded
schools and TAT rural schools quail
fed under the law. Owing to a de-
=fciency in the appropriation, how
ever, only the graded schools received
the specified aid. It is expected that
many new applications will be made
for the increased aid this year.
A high school to receive aid must
have been in. existence at least one
year preceding the application, must
admit students of either sex without
charge of tuition and must have reg
ular courses in all subjects prescrib-
ed by the state high scnool board.
/ Graded schools must have at least
four departments%in charge of a prin-
cipal and teachers, and must be
equipped with suitable school: build
ings, a substantial library and all ap-
paratus necessary for doing efficient
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The department Of public instruc-
tica requires of semi-graded schools
that the school building and each
room be clean, well swept, properly
heated and ventilated; that each
room be supplied with sufficient
blackboard space and a Webster's in
ternational dictionary -....
The department makes practically
the same requirements of rural
school with reference to the care Of
the building las, of a semi-graded
school. The $law stipulates that it
must hold atssIeast eight months
school during ithe.year. ..
Climate and Crop Bulletin
The rain falling in. southern and
eastern parts of the state continued
into the 18th, and at a few points III
the extrme southeast into the 18th;
there were light scattered showers
again on the 18th which visited most
parts Of the state. The temperatures
Fin earl pnrttss OF week were
rather low for rapid grosvt h, but on
the 18th and after that date they were
considerably higher with decided
| improvement in the growth Of pas
lures, gress intended for hay, gar
dens, the small grains and the foliage
| of trees. In the western part of the
state north of Big Stone, Stevens,
Pope and Stearns counties there was
little or no rain till the 18th, allow
| ing of almost continuous work in
seeding fax and barley and prepar-
| ing for these crops. Spring wheat,
oats and early barley are growing
nicely with good stands which are be-
coming thicker by stooling, and the
early flax is coming up.
.. Grasshoppers Poison. Pr"
= F. L. Washburn, state entomologist
at the agricultural experiment station
at St. Anthony Park, has issued a
pamphlet describing new remedy
for grasshoppers, and makes COM
ments upon certain old methods. He
calls the new remedy the Criddle
mixture and he says that the differ
ence between this poisoned bait and
others consists in the substitution Of
refuse for the bran so commonly
used. This mixture is made of one
part Paris green, two parts salt and
forty parts refuse. Enough water
should be added to make it soft with
out being sloppy. It should be scat
tered about the fields well, in quanti-
ty according to the number of grass
hoppers.
District Is curtaiIed.
Advices received from. Washington
are to the effect that the new Cass
Lake land district has been curtailed
to the extent that one million acres Of
land formerly in the Duluth district
but which was lately put in the Cass
Lake district, has been turned back
to the Duluth district.
These lands are in Itasca county
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between townships 81 and IS, fourth
meridian, and north of the line be-
tween townships 152 and 153, fifth
! meridian.
Telephone Earnings.
s. y. johnson, public examiner, has
just received statements of additional
gross earnings Of three telephone
companies amounting to $5,436.21 on,
which the tax aggregates $163.69.i
The companies are as follows: Lu-
verne Telephone company, additional
earnings S2,202.3o, taxes s66.07; Fair
mont Telephone company, additional
earnings s1,o52.30, taxes $31.57;,
Southwestern Minnesota Telephone
company at Pipestone, additional
earnings s2,1s1.61, taxes s65.45. q.
Charged with Forgery.
George w Rentschler of Marquettet
was arrested at Duluth on charges
of forgery and check raising. He
was armed with a check book on the
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