The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
Governor Decides to Call Special
Session of the Legislature
H. in September.
Emergency Confronting the State
Institutions to Be Met as
t. Best It May.
Special to- The journal.


ture The exact date for the session has
not been fixed yet, and will not be until
the governor returns from trip thru the
state, on which he will visit the different
institutions affected by the 1nValldatlng or
the bonds, and ascertain from the trustees
and managers Of the institutions what
amounts of money they can make essen
TALLY necessary Improvements with.
The governor desires to have an agree
ment reached between the different 1nst1-
tutions, so that when the special session
conyenes there will be no friction between
institutions as to how much each shall
receive The institutions specially affected |
are the state asylum at Jamestown normal
schools at Valley City and Mayville agr1-
cultural college at Fargo, university at
Grand Forks, school for the deaf at Devils
Lake and reform school at Nfandan.
The state capitol also has an issue OF !
800, 900 Of bonds authorized, and legisla-
ton for this will be Of a different class
than for the other institutions, as sale |
of capitol lands may be authorized and the |
proceeds thereof appropriated directly TO
the work of building. ---.-.
The reaching of an agreement between
the other institutions will enable the hllls
for them to be prepared in advance and
the session, the governor says, need not
last over three or four days. The total
expenses will not be over $10,0 900.
Interview With the Governor.
an my opinion" said Governor White
to-day, there is only one way out OF the
existing emergency, and that is to call a
special session and make direct appropr1-
atoms from the general fund for neces-
sary buildings. There Is in the general
fund of the state, after paying all eX-
penses about $150,000, of which amount
s1OO 900 Gill be available to the instttu-
TONS Last year at this time the state
was borrowing money. Our receipts have
been larger from all departments than we
have expected, and this year we have all
bills paid and a comfortable surplus. II
the legislature will make the $l00,OO0 we
can spare now available, we Will nave
800. 600 to $3.50 900 that will be available
in March next, after the taxes for the cur
rent year are paid, that can he spared TO
the institutions, without curtalllng the
general expenses of the state. The 1egis-
lature can make that amount available
then, and with the present available funds
and a. basis of credit established, the nee
essary buildings can be erected and the
emergency existing at present can be re-
fieved.
Il have been investigating the require
rnents of the different institutions and
upon my return will be able to state about
what total sum the institutions can get
along with. Considering the fact that
many Of the institutions have gone ahead
in good faith, after the state board OF
university and school lands bought their
bonds and before the action was begun In
the supreme court, let contracts, incurred
expenses and pledged themselves to con-
tractors for the payment or .bllls, leel
that this is an emergency or when the
state must take cognizance, and the only
remedy can see Is in a special session.
"At Valley City, some 100000 CT ex-
Denses has been incurred toward the erec-
ton of new buildings. At jamestown, con
tracts were let for the new ward buildings,
and the institution is badly In need OF ad-
A. fhn
deaf EXPENSES have been incurred which
there are no means of meeting, and the
university at Grand Forks has large
amount Of obligations which is due"
Another Question.
The question of the bond Of the state
treasurer may also come before the legls-
lature. The treasurer gives a BOND OF
100000 at present, and there IS a: balance
Of about $500. 900 in the permanent school
fund Of the state. Under the law, state
funds are deposited In designated depos-
itaries and the bond Of the treasurer is
therellpon relieved, but there Is question
whether the permanent school fund is
state fund, or only special fund winch
the state has in trust and whether the
bond of the treasurer is relieved when
these funds are deposited. This matter
will probably be settled by the special SEES
sion.
Population Increasing.
The school census of the state, figures
from which have been compiled by the
state department Of public instruction.
show an increase of children of school
are in the state from lO3,72S IN 19O2 &c
iii os4 In 1903, or per cent. Some re-
markable increases In school population
have been made showing the growth Of
the state from the large immigration OF
the past few years. Mclean county
shows an increase from 1862 children tt
2434, an Increase Of 70 per cent. VII
Hams county shows an increase Of So pei
cent "Bottineau, 81 per cent; Logan, 2
Der cent; Rurleigh IS per cent; McHenry
% per cent; Stark, Is per cent; Stutsman
IA per cent Morton, IA per cent; Plerce
16 per cent and other counties show In
creases ranging from to per cent. =.
The apportionment Of the interest am
income fund for August, just completet
by the department, distributes s66,620.4
to the children Of school age for schoo
purposes, being at the rate OF gu cents
child. !:
The increase of school children In Ware
county does not properly appear In tn
census, as the department mas recelVe'
the figures only from the new dlstrlct
that have been organized. The depart
ment thinks that when the figures OF IN
crease from the old districts are received
Ward county should show an increase o
at least 60 per cent.
The Mines at Wilton
improvements aggregating $4,000 il
cost are being made by the Washburn Lig
mite Coal company at its mines at Wilton
A new mine has been opened in the mid
die Of vein Of coal covering a thousan
acres east Of the old mine. The vein
IL feet thick, and the mine will be fltte
with all modern machinery. BY the addi
ton of new hosting apparatus, the out
put Of the old mine has been increase
from 500 to 1900 tons day. The tote
producing capacity of the two mines wi
be $500 tons Of Ignite daily, which wi
be by far the most extensive Ignite min
industry in the state. A hotel for the &C
communication Of the company miners ha
been erected and will accommodate Il
men It Is three stories in height, steal
heated and electric lighted. From pres
ent indications there will be no shortae
of fuel the coming winter.
The grading for the extension OF tf
washburn road from Washburn to Ur
derwood, twelve miles north, has bee
completed and the road will be ironed 3
the middle Of September. NotW1tf
standing the reports Of poor crops on II
Missouri slope, it is estimated there WI
be 100000 bushels of grain hauled fro
Underwood this fall. \
The Northern Pacific extension is I'll
ished to within few miles OF Linton, II
county seat Of Enmons county,, to Whie
place the Milwaukee has already bee
completed.