The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
NEWS Of MINNESOTA.
The New Park.

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The New Park.
Mankato. -Attorney General Young
IL engaged in preparing the deeds BY
means of which the owners Of Minneo-
pa falls and some Of the land adjacent
arc to convey It to the state. It IL e1'
pected that the transaction will be
completed this week, when Minnesota
will add real jem to its park system.
The last Legislature appropriated S.
600 for tho purpose Of acquiring the
falls and the surrounding land for .
state park, and the negotiations for
the purchase Of the property has been
in progress ever since. only having
been closed 1T the time of the recent
visit of Governor johnson, State Audi
tor Iverson and Attorney General
Young to the spot The negotiations
were actually conducted by commit
tee of the Mankato board Of trade,
and it made such q bargain that the
state officials Immediately approved OF
the matter. This committee consisted
Of Dr. ;. w. Andrews, Thomas Hughes
and C. N. Andrews
Eight Years.
St. PauL-Eight years. imprison-
ment in the state prison at Saltwater
was the sentence imposed by Judge
Page Morris in the United States dis
trict court on Thomas B. Clement. the
Faribault banker convicted on twenty
four counts of misapplYing the banks
funds and Of making false entries In
the books and in reports to the con-
trollcr of the currency.
The sentence imposed was eight
years imprisonment ON each OF the
twenty-four counts, making . total OF
lo2 years, but tho court ordered that
the sentence under the counts be served
concurrently.
When Judge Morris asked tho de-
PENDANT If he had anything to say why
sentence should not be imposed he an
swered:
"No Only to say that am inno-
cent of the charges certainly perfectly
innocent of any intention to defraud
anyone" The case will be appealed
All Paid.
St. PauL-The state has now paid
all the loans it has promised to make
to school districts, municipalities,
counties and townships In some Of
the cases the borrowers do not want
the money right away, but the state
has the money ready with which to
pay them when they want it.
When the state investment board
met Got II, it approved loans for $751;
600, although 1t that time there were
already several approved loans waiting:
This brought the amount OF the prom
ised loans up to $2o5, 900 above tho
amount then available. The invest
ment board approved the loans upon
an estimate that there would be about
$500, 900 turned into tho permanent
school fund from the sales Of land and
timber. The actual returns have gone
above expectations, and now there is
money awaiting the requests for loans
Hedeed In.
A-aA dioaeapolis- --sEhe y Improvement
League may take action to proven,
saloons from cashing checks for labor
Ing people. The idea came up as an
incidental subject in a general discus
sion that was held in the court house,
The reason given was that many
men who 60 to saloons to have checks
Dashed are moved to exchange a part
Of their wages for the doubtful de-
lights OF the barroom, and also that
with weeks wages in their pockets
they are apt to display generosity In
s'treating" that is unusual after they
have turned over part of their money
to their families.
One member told of large firm oil
liquor dealers that draws between
IS, 900 and S, 900 from the bank every
Saturday for the convenience of people
whose pay is given them In checks,
and the average amount which they
receive is 81 on each check.
Hits Minnesota.
Washington.-Under a recent order
from the secretary of the interior nc
entries for issolated and disconnected
tracts of public lands containing less
then forty acres will hereafter be al
lowed until congress is given oppor
tunity to enact further laws for thei'
disposal
Under the present law these tracts
I'll le In