Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10
NEWS o. MINNESOTA,
Defective EyesiRht.

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y. St Paui.-Reports received by the
state board Of health indicate that
there are Ga, 900 to "a, 0Oo pupils in the
public schools OF Minnesota who have
defective eyesight, and that less than:
10 per cent Of these wear glasses or are
taking any treatment to improve their
eyesight. .s:.=.s !. l..=@ Il. !:
This condition is al the more re-
markable when it is known that ow.
ing to the nature OF the test applied
by the teachers, only the more serious
defects arc discovered. II the pupils
eyes were examined by oculists the
number showing defective eyesight, it
is believed, would be much larger.
The reports received by the state
board Of health show that 10 to Is per
cent OF the pupils examined have de-
fective sight. In many cities the per-
centage is much grcatcr. For in
stance, in the public school at Tower,
of 200 pupils examined, SO had defect
eyesight. In Sank Rapids 43 had de-
fectivc sight OF Of EGO. In Red Wing.
the percentage of defective eyes was
about 2o<the figures being 1876 and
oo7. *@537 E T.
No More Mineral Leases. -.
No mining leases to operate in
the beds Of meandercd lakes
will be. issued by State Auditor S. G.
1verson for at least two years. The
recent legislature refused to piss a
law expressly authorizing the State
apditor to lease beds Of lakes, and in
the absence Of authority from the leg
islature the state auditor will issue no
such leases.
Scores of applications for leases COW
ering the beds of most of the lakes in
the vicinity of the iron range have
been filed with the state auditor. Two
years ago he issued prospecting leases
on portion of the bed of Long lake
in st. Louis county, town So, range 20,
in accordance with an opinion fled by
Former Attorney General ". B. Doug
las, who held that the state owned the
land and that it should exercise its
ownership.
:. Irrigation.
Minnesota and North Dakota are
taking steps to catch good
share of the immigration that is being
directed toward the northwest province
of Canada. The legislatures in both
states appropriated large sums for the
purpose of advertising their agricult-
ural, commercial and educational adj
:vantages.
In Minnesota annual appropriation
is ST., 000 and will be expanded by
State Auditor Iverson, who is ex-oficio
land commissioner: Mr.. Iverson is
given authority to advertise the adj
vantages Of Minnesota lands within
and without the state and to prepare
such literature and statistics explain
ing the resources of the state us he may
deem advisable
Flowing by Steam.
Crookston.-Wi,h the arrival OF a
carload of improved steam pillow ma
chinery, including wide-tire traction
engines of improved design and great
power, a movement has been started
in the Minnesota Red river valley
which will, in time, disturb the useful
ness Of the horse as means of turning
over the virgin sod
:. Heretofore farmers have been skep-
tical of the value of steam power as an
agent for blowing, but recent tests
have turned out SO satisfactory and
the saving over old methods has been
80 apparent that they understand the
benefit which is derived from the steam
system, both from monetary stand
point and the quality of the Wort.
done.
The steam plow outfit which reached
here consists of thirty-6ve- horsepower
engines with tires nearly three feet
wide. The wide tires are made neces-
sary because of the unstable character
of the field, which would almost bury
an engine of the ordinary type. The
pillow proper contains sixteen 16-inch
shares and at each trip across a two
mile field six acres of ground is turned
over. The two-mile stretches can be
covered by the machine in an hour
making the result for the days work
of twelve hours IA acres, or three
weeks work for one man with team.
Indian Allotment.
White Earth-Thc reallotment of
of additional land to Indians under the
Steenetson land bill closed here. The
allotment of land will resume again on
Monday, May Is. About 1000 allot-
ments have been issued. - -.
+: Most of the logging camp matters
connected with the cutting of dead