Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14

convey 70 you some idea ofs the magnr
tude OF our school system.
would suggest that the salary Of
the superintendent of public instruc.
uon should be increased from $2,5O0
70 - 300. It seems to me mere state.
|sment Of this should be sufficient The
Iormer sum was ample in the early
days. but with our great educational
advancement and the large amount Of
additional labor, the sum asked for is
not unreasonable Be- "a tz. 81.
!, NATIONAL GUARD NEEDS "
LARGER APPROPRIATION.
The system of inspecting the ma.
tlonal guard In camp, inaugurated last
year, has aroused more interest in the
performance of duty and induced bet.
Ter attendance, entailing, however, an
increase in the cost of encampments.
Necessary improvements and addi.
tlonal buildings authorized by the legis.
lature have been erected on the camp
grounds; rifle practice has also been
stimulated by more liberal allowances
| 0Au uuduC0 Ou Lu0
part OF the federal government. But
the expense at these camps of ad.
Vanced rifle practice and the mainten-
ance OF buildings on the camp grounds
mas been betrayed entirely from the
national guard fund proper, and threat
ems seriously to impair the efficiency
OF the service unless the legislature
makes provision for this increased at.
tendance at the camp, for the main
tenance of the buildings on tho
grounds, and for the necessary rifle
practice.
Whlle our country excels in many
branches OF industry, it is outstripped
Dy many other nations in the care and
development of it's forests Minnesota
can justly claim. great credit among
her sister states for what she has done
to preserve her forests and encourage
| development. Bounties have been
given for nearly thirty years to en-.
courage tree planting on the prairies
and nearly 100000 has been thus
wisely expended.
The establishment of a forest re.
serve of 100000 acres on the Chippewa
reservation is to be commended, and
SO should any measure which has for
its object the creation of other parks
and reserves.
+! It would be wise for the legislature
to authorize che forestry board to be.
gin gradually to buy up, at low price,
tracts of non-agricultural land and to
plant the same with coniferous trees.
l. heartily commend any measure
which looks to the protection of our
forests, or which will aid in their de-
velopment.
STATE sANITARluM FOR
CONSERVATIVES FAVORED.
The last legislature provided for the
appointment OF commission to in
vestigate the advisability of establish
ing state sanitarium for consump.
tives. The following members of the
medical profession were selected: H.
Longstreet Taylor of st. Paul, James
L. Camp of Brainerd and George S.
Wattam of Warren. They spent sew
eral weeks during the past winter Wis
lting the sanitaria in the East and
gathering data upon the subject. Their
| report contains so much valuable in.
formation upon the cause and cure OF
tuberculosis and the desirability of a
sanitarium for treating consumptives
that it was deemed wise to have said
| report published and you will find
upon your desks.
The commission recommends that
$150,000 be appropriated to build a
| sanitarium and procure suitable site
The location they recommend is just
south of Walker, Cass county.
There can be no question about the
benefits to be derived from the estab-
lishment OF a sanitarium as suggested.
1t would undoubtedly accomplish all
| that is claimed. 1t is only a question
! then whether the funds can be OBJ.
tanned in view OF the great demands
! at this time upon the state treasury
That is for you to determine after a
| most thorough investigation
DELAY IN CONSTRUCTING
THE NEW STATE CAPITOL.
The work on our new capitol has not
| progressed as rapidly as was antici
| pated. 1t was confidently expected
that this legislature would assemble
! in the new building and that the sum
appropriated by the last legislature
| would be sufficient to complete the
structure. While the work has pro
| gressed as rapidly as possible under
! the circumstances it will take eighteen
months more to complete it and the
| amount of money necessary to do the
work as suggested by the commission
will amount to $1,500,000. This in
cludes the entire cost of completion
for occupancy, and also the purchase
price of the necessary piece of real
| estate at the southeast corner of the
| present site.
There are many reasons for the de.
lay and the increased expense; fol
the exact information and data I refer
you to the report of the commission
Prices of labor and material have
greatly advanced; contractors, having
| plenty Of work, we're slow to bid, thus
lessening competition, and when bids
were received they were often SO high
that rejection was necessary. New
| plans had to be prepared looking
toward more economy of construction
in order to come within the appropria
ton. This took time, and every ar
ticle used or to be used was increasing
in price. These are some of the diff
! culties under which the commission
had to labor. Much progress, however
has been made.
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