The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-12
GOALS FROM THE FIELD

H.
The sterling qualities of Minneapolis
trees have been& revealed in an; interest
Ing way thru some investigation of the
city engineers office. On Nicollet ave-
nue. beyond Fifteenth street are some
shade trees which by an accident or a
special providence, have escaped the,vig-
lance of the telephone companies. These
trees have grown nightly, and having
bid defiance to- these giant corporations
did not see why they should step aside
for anybody else. They shot their roots
down thru the United States until they
reached a six-inch sewerpipe.a Sewer
pipe, even the. contract KIND, lis pretty
hard stuff foFsaa tEee to tackle and most
trees would have been satisfied to" go
round. But not SO these trees. They
made sure they were right and then went
ahead, with the result that the, city will
have to- rebuild some sewer after disen-
tangling the municipal plant from several
furlongs of root. = "a & ,.~s
c. M. Loring, the father of the parks
and patron saint of shade trees, is alb
sent from the city, but he will read,
doubtless with pleasure, this tribute to
the up and down character Of Minneapo-
lis trees. =
Governor Johnson is gradually getting
the appointments off his hands,; The lat
est decision Is for the retention of w. H.
Williams as labor commissioner. "Billy's"
reappointment is more Of personal trl-
umph than the retention of any other
member Of the governors helpers. He
was not on the Day slate. He never was
ON the Day slate. In fact when the Day
pencil came to the name of Williams it
refused to mark. &.
However, Williams has made good in
his administration of the office of labor
commissioner and, deserves the reappoint-
ment which he has received. His con-
duct of the office has been marked by a
vigorous cooperation with the school au-
thorities In keeping children who, &C.
cord1ng to law, should be in school, out of
the factories and workshops. This is a
feature Of the office which has for a long
time been made very little of, and the
effort to revive activity in this line has
received very warm commentator on all
hands.
So the new. main building is to be
named Folwell hall in honor of the former
president of the state university, who is
still the head Of the political economy de-
partment. The action of President North
rop In offering the resolution to so honor
his predecessor was gracefully character
istic OF the man. The relations of DR.,
Folwell and President Northrop have al
ways been Of the most cordial character.
On the day of President Northrop's in
auguration asfpresident, twenty-one years
ago, the duty fell to DR.. Folwel to sur
render his office OF president to the chair
man Of the regents, General Sibley, by
handing back to him a key, in fact the
key which had been used as the symbol
OF the authority vested in DR.. Folwell
when he came to Minnesota years before
to undertake the presidency of a Young
university, then in the wilderness. His
speech on that occasion breathed nothing
but loyalty to- the new president and to
the university itself. The relations then
established between President Northrop
and Dr. Folwell have remained on the
same high plane of mutual regard. They
have been eminently men who could
work together for the public good.
r. sr 7.4ss James Gray.