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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
ASPHALT IS CHEAP
WITH CITY PLANT
DETROIT REsURFAoES STREETS
FOR 81 CENTS A SQUARE YARD.
Price of sl.6o Quoted by Barber As
phalt Company for Minneapolis Work
Compared with the Detroit Results
Is Used as Argument for Municipal
Plant Here. -...

In view of the price of $3.50 yard
quoted by the Barber Asphalt company
for resurfacing the asphalt streets, the
annual report of the municipal asphalt
plant at Detroit, Mich, recently re-
ceived by the city engineer, is inter-
esting. Detroit resurfaeed 1880 yards
last=year and patched IL 800 yards, or
a total Of 62,S50 yards, at an average
cost Of 81 cents square yard. SO
successful has this innovation proven
that Detroit is now taking steps to es-
tablish a municipal brick plant.
Before the asphalt plant was estab-
1ished the contract prices for resur-
facing the asphalt streets ranged from
$1.23 to $1.45 a square, yard, the aver
age being nearer the latter figure. At
the lowest contract price the city saved
upward of $27,0 900 in one year. AS the
plant cost only 5000, the city more
than paid for the entire plant in one
year and had money in addition. Fig
uring the contractor g guaranty and de-
probation Of the plant, the cost Of
laying asphalt is raised from 81 cents
yard to 90 cents.
Aside from the economy of the mu-
nicipal plant it is maintained that bet
ter work can be done. The repair crew
is kept together year after year, and
all the ul6n tApClto anu
together much better than crews which
arc picked up all over the country.
Moreover the most careful inspection is
made, the asphalt and oil being an
alyzed daily, and the best materials
being used. In resurfaeing binder
course of ~ inches is used and top
course of two inches.
The wages of the men range from
$1.75 to S. for a day Of eight hours,
and 81 day for teams.
Asphalt plants are now maintained
by Detroit. Montreal, Omaha and Pitts
burg. Winnipeg had such plant, but
it was recently DESTROYED by fire.
aroused renewed interest in a similar
venture for Minneapolis. An effort
will be made soon to have the city
council take up the matter and make
a requisition on the board Of tax levy
for an appropriation for the purpose
The bid for resurfacing the Mime
apolis streets calls for $1.50 a square
yard, which the authorities maintain 10
excessive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
Put ASSEMBLY ON
BUSINESS BASIS
CORPORATION IN CHARGE OF
BAPTIST CAMP GROUNDS.
Young Peoples Society Appoints Com
nittee That Hopes to Make Mime
tonka Assembly Self-Supporting-
Tract at Lake Will Be Improved and
Made Attractive to Cottagers.

Acting under the direction of the
state convention the committee in
charge of the Baptist Young Peoples
assembly has Incorporated and will
take over the title Of the camp meet
ing grounds on the north shore Of Lake
Mlnnetonka near Mound This does
not indicate any change in the manage
ment or policy Of the assembly, but has
bene done to keep the property and ac-
those of the convention, which is also
incorporated.
The assembly owns fair-sized tract
on the lake shore, tho the title is at
has been improved by the erection of
has bene improved by the erection of
several cottages, which are rented for
the assembly, which is held for two
weeks in July or August, or for the en-
tire season if SO desired. The assem-
rentals and fees, but the greater part Of
the expense is borne by voluntary con-
tributions from the church. Hereafter
stock in the corporation will be issued
to contributors and the committee in
charge entertains hopes of some day Sc
curing such improvements as will place
the. assembly upon self supporting
basis. Q
The incorporators are all members Of
the regular assembly committee ap-
pointed by the convention, tho it was
impossible, owing to the difficulty Of
securing the necessary signatures, to IN
clude all committee members in the
corporation. The incorporators are !:
Rev. G. F. Holt, Rev. E. R. Polk, Rev.
Z. A: Crandall, Rev. F. R. Leech, Rev.
+. M. West, E. A. Thayer and F. K.
Pratt. The capital stock is $4,000, as
required Ply the statute governing the
porations.
! The transfer Of the property from the
convention to the assembly will he
made before the assembly meets. The
present committee will continue in
| charge and there will be no change of
policy of any kind, according to F. K,
Pratt, who drew and filed the articles OF
incorporation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
Weather Conditions.

The crest of the high pressure yes.
terday extending from northern Michi-
gan to western Texas has moved east
ward and now extends from northern
Michigan to the gulf coast. East Of
this ores; there are ,northwesterly
winds, and considerably lower temper
atures, this mornings temperatures
being near the freezing point as far
south as northern Florida and. the east
gulf coast. West Of the "high'' there
have been rapidly rising temperatures
in. the states between the Mississippi
/ river and the western part Of the
/ Rocky mountain region, the rise being
due in part to a large low pressure
tain region. In British Columbia and
! Alberta the temperatures are falling
rapidly. Clear weather prevails in
eastern, southern and western portions
of the country, while there is consid-
cradle cloudiness in the western part
gippi valley, the Missouri valley,
Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The
eastward movement of the Rocky
mountain "low' is expected to cause
higher temperatures in this vicinity to-
might, and rain or snow tonight and
Thursday. II. s. Outram,
Section Director.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
POLICE LOOKING AFTER
DANCING PARTY BARS

The police are having some trouble
with a certain form of entertainment
and dance at which considerable guam
titles Of liquor are sold.
The sale Of liquor in any public place
except in saloons il strictly prohibited,
but the managers Of these parties seem
to think that they can get around the
law by issuing invitations to their
functions and supplying their guests
with checks which are redeemable in
beer Or liquor at the 'bar'
The invitations are not difficult to
get: In fact, they are generously Of
are to be had in plenty in return for
the corresponding amount Of cash.
Instructions will soon be issued by
the head of the police department to
break up this practice, which is com
planned Of by the liquor dealers, as well
as others. Due warning will be given,
which, if not needed, will be followed
by arrest and punishment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
BRYN MAWR SINKH0LE
STILL A DEEP POSER

Bryn Mawr's sinkhole is still greatly
puzzling Great Northern officials. The
trouble began last, summer when! the
road began to extend IT'D terminals.
When the sinkhole was reached it
proved to be tricky. After it had been
nicely. filled up by nightfall the hun
ger of the monster was apparently APP
peased. By morning it had swallowed
the gravel, the rails and any cars which
had been left standing thereon
Superinte ndent Clarity has been TAX
ing borings to discover the nature of
the place. The sounding pipe went
down nearly 100 feet before it was
forced out Of line by the side. pressure.
Nothing but 1axle grease" was shown
in the test at that depth. At another
point fine gravel and flowing well
were discovered at IS feet. The super
intendent has an idea that it would be
more profitable for the road to go into
the water bottling business than to
continue feeding the hole the finest
gravel obtainable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
NO POLITICS IN
CODE DISCUSSION
GOVERNOR DENIES STORIES OF
DEMOCRATIC PRESSURE.
Code Takes Effect at Midnight, but
Members of the Bar Outside of Pub
lie OFFICES Have Not Received Copies
Corporations Hurried to Come In
Under Old Law.

Political scheming has had no part in
the agitation for an extra session, ac-
cording to Governor Johnson, who said
today:
No political considerations have
been urged on me by anyone. No per-
son has appealed to me to call an extra
session, or not to call one, because he
was republican or democrat. I have
talked witch great many people on the
subject. Both democrats and repub-
licans among the legal fraternity have
urged me to call an extra session on
the ground that there has not been
time to examine the code, and that
some grave errors may be discovered
too late to mend them. Last Saturday
two attorneys, one democrat and one
extra session. They showed me that
thirty pages of statutes regarding city
administration had been condensed in
the code to three pages, and feared
some important omissions.
On the other hand, have been
urged by men of both parties not to
call the extra session, On the ground
that no actual necessity for it exists
AS far as L concerned, there never
has been any danger of an extra SEES
sion unless this omission OF appropria.
tons had defied solution. That, I am
very happy to say, is all taken care
Former Governor John Lind is one of
day. He agreed with the states legal
department. that the standing appropria
ton for this year may be used any time
up to Aug. l.. R. A. Stone, of the at
torney general IS department, spent the
better part of two days in consulting
authorities, and came to the same con
clusion.
The revised statutes of 1905 90 int
effect at midnight tonight. Members
of the bar have no copies yet. Thu
output SO far has been supplied tt
officials.
/ Each assistant attorney general ha.
stack Of letters raising points tha
come under the code, and they wer,
busy today getting out inquiries. The,
have not struck any more errors @,
radical changes so far.
| many new articles of incorporation
were fled during February, in order t,
avoid incorporating under the provi
sicns Of the revised code. Companie
| being formed hurried their incorpora
tion,- and a rushing business was dom
by the secretary Of state g office. TIL
code makes numerous changes in cor
poration law, the full effect of which
| has not been determined.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
FURNITURE men
PUT ON WAR PAINT
MANUFACTURERS AND JoBBERs
MAKE OFFENSIVE COALITION.
Meeting Is Held to Organize to Pro-
tect Retailers Against catalog Houses
Pledge Themselves to Stop Selling
to Firms Which Do Mail-order.
Business Exclusively.

To protect the retail furniture deal-k
premium houses and to better business
conditions in general, the Minnesota
Furniture Manufacturers association
was organized in the rooms of the st.
Anthony Commercial club last night
Every important manufacturing com.
pany in the state was represented, and
plans were laid to cooperate with the
retail dealers association in manner
calculated to protect all concerned
houses.
The members of the association first
we're pledged to cease sales to the cata-
log houses. Several local manufacturers
had been dealing with the mail-order
companies and the cutting off of this
trade is expected temporarily to incon-
venience the latter and leave an open
ing for the prosecution of other meth
DDS to protect the retailers.
Officers Of Association.
G. NJ. Way, president of the Mime
apolis Bedding company, who called the
meeting of the manufacturers, was
ton. J. A. Luger, also Of Minneapolis,
was elected secretary. The president
and secretary and John McGraw and
Charles Bintliff of Minneapolis and
Paul Joerns of st. Anthony Park are
the board of directors
Annual meetings will be held and the
manufacturers will endeavor to work
in close cooperation with the retailers,
to the advantage of both.
The following firms were represented
at the meeting last night:
Luger Furniture company, st. Paul
Table company, Salisbury & Satterlee,
Gangelhof Brothers, Webster Manufac-
turing company, Minneapolis Furniture
company, Minneapolis Office & School
| Supply company, Grau-Curtis company,
Mcleod & Smith, Bintliff Manufactur-
ing company, Cree-Dixon Furniture
| company, Barnard-C Cope company, Levin
Brothers. Croker Chair company, Peter
son Carriage company, American Baby
Carriage company, Bergstine Brothers
of Minneapolis; st. Peter Furniture
company, st. Peter; Alexandria Manu-
featuring company, Alexandria: Red
Wing Furniture company, Red Wing
Red Wing Manufacturing Co., RedWing;
Genge & Co., st. Anthony Park; North
western Bedding company, ST. Anthony
Park; Twin City Reed & Rattan COM
pany, st. Paul; Phoenix Chair eompa-
ny, st. Anthony Park; Joerns Brothers,
st. Anthony Park; United States Bed
ding company, st. Paul Union Mat
| tress company, ST. Paul; Waterville
Furniture company, Waterville; Fari-
bault Furniture company, Faribault;
National Carriage company, Faribaultj
Faribault Rattan Works, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Shade Cloth company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
SALOONS THRIVE
IN SPITE OF LID
LICENSE REVENUES ARE GREAT I
AS EVER.
Not a Saloon Has Closed Since Mayors
Sunday Order Went into Effect, and
Liquor Dealers Say SiX-Day Business
Amounts to as Much as Seven.

Sunday closing has not affected the
saloon business as far as the license
inspector is able to ascertain. In a
conference with Mayor D. P. Jones TO-
day, Assistant License Inspector A. w.
Strelow said that there had been no
reduction in the number Of saloons since
the famous SUNDAY order went into ef-
feet. In fact, there is one more place
than there was last November.
It will be remembered that there was
no little clamor shortly after the order
was enforced because several places
were closed, and considerable sympathy
was expressed for the men wO were
forced to the wall, as it was termed.
Mr.. Strelow says that all these places
have been reopened. There have been
some changes in proprietors, but the
places are going or have been replaced
by others. ,ass
Same to the Dollar.
The controller IS statement for Janu-
airy shows that the receipts from liquor
licenses for the month were $4,000, or
exactly the same as for January Of last
year, and that all the unexpired licenses
have been renewed. tt was generally
expected that there would be q coasid,
liquor licenses, and the board Of tax
levy made an allowance Of $4,000 for
the difference, but unless the saloons
begin to hang up their shutters pretty
soon there will be no reduction in rev.
enue from this source, but rather an
increase.
A well-known saloonkeeper says that
the conditions are changing with re-
gard to his business. When the closing
order went into effect there was de-
cided loss Of business, but it has con-
tinued to pick up until now he does al
most as much business in six day as
he formerly did in seven The slight
difference in business, the thinks, is
fully compensated by the fact that he,
like other business men, has one day
Of rest in the week.
A year ago, in January, the city paid
out 81 900 in rebates on saloon Licenses.
This year no rebates were allowed,
thereby creating still greater revenue
from this source. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
City News
TIE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota Showers and warmer to-
night; Thursday, rain or snow, with
colder in west portion. high southerly
winds, shifting. to northwest Thursday.
sWisconsin-Fair tonight and Thurs.
day, probably becoming unsettled
Thursday night, rising temperature, in.
oEeasing southerly winds.
Upper Michigan---Rain or snow and
warmer tonight and Thursday, increas-
ing southeasterly winds.
Iowa-Eair and warmer tonight,
Thursday, increasing cloudiness, with
warmer in east and showers and cooler
in west portion; high southerly. winds.
North Dakota-Rain, turning to
snow tonight and Thursday; colder.
South Dakota tonight, turning
to snow Thursday; colder Thursday
and in extreme west portion tonight;
warmer In east portion tonight,
and possibly Thursday; high northerly
winds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
TO IMPROVE WEST
Gas Will Give Way to Electricity in
Burned Portion.

Incident to the repairs made neces-
sary in the West hotel because of the
terrible fire of Jan. TO-, some modern
improvements are to be installed On
the upper floors, where the damage was
greatest, electric lights are to be in
stalled in place of gas
The lobby Of the hotel is lighted
with electric ares operated by. a private
plant in the hotel, but the lighting in
the rooms and corridors has been by
means of gas. On account of the
ceilings and the thickness of the walls
the work of installing electricity would
have been extremely difficult as well as
expensive. While the other repairs are
under way on the upper floors the
change will be made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
HOTEL CHANGES HANDS
Windsor Becomes Property of George
p. Douglas.

One of the new factors in the real
estate market, George P. Douglas, has
bought the Windsor hotel. He intends
to improve the corner, but as yet has
formed no plans. The old lease was
bought by Thomas Lally and has year
from next June to run. It will be pos
sible to build over the old frame part
of the hotel, without stopping business
and: the tenant is agreeable.
The Windsor hotel was bought from
the Levi Cook estate and the deal was
made before the recent partition of the
estate was completed. The price was
between 100000 and $4,000, and the
price is considered low one. The hotel
has frontage on Washington avenue
of Sc feet, with depth Of, 1852 feet
on Second avenue N. The four story
brick portion Of the building measures
about Sc by 80 feet, and is newer than
the corner section.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
JUNIORS PASS HAT
TO PAY UP DEBTS
Ill ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
DIG UP $3.50 EACH.
Outsiders Who Attended Glass Function
Get or with So Ticket, but Insid-
ers Must Pay $S.5O--Gopher Election
Creates Little Excitement and Few
Hard Contests.

Members Of the Junior ball associa-
ton at the university, an exclusive
close corporation of junior students, are
bemoaning the fact that they joined
the ball association, for an extra as
sessment of $3.50 has been levied on
each of the thirty members, and the
members find that their tickets for the
annual party will cost exactly $3.50,
while outsiders were admitted to the
function upon payment of So.
At the time of the organization Of
uted 50 to meet current expenses, and
it was hoped that the proceeds Of the
party would be sufficient to cover all
tendance at the ball, however, fell short
of the expectations of the Junior man
ayers, and it has been found necessary
to levy a second assessment in order
to put the association out Of debt.
In an election marked by little ex-
citement and little evidence Of fraudu-
lent methods the sophomores Of the
university, yesterday elected the board
which will ns ad year publish the junior
In many cases the contests were
close, but the results Of the election
ternity element, "barbs'' being the
victors in every contest in which they
were opposed by fraternity men.
The race for the position of manag
ing editor on the annual was closely
contested between Orrin Stafford, Of
football fame, and Robert Mech
Both Of the contestants were frater
nifty men, Stafford being a Phi Gamma
Delta and Mech member Of Delta
Kappa Epsilon. Stafford won by q
The fights for the positions of editor
ln-chlef and business manager were the
two other contests Of the day that fur
nished the greatest excitement.
The results of the election were as
follows: t-.s,ss
Managing Editor, OrTin Stafford, 500
Robert Mech, 279; business manager
A. L. McAfee 389, Lynn Farnum 227
assistant business manager, H. P. Coun
| Gilman 407, Walter Gessel1 1874; editor
300; artist, Catherine Rittenho1se 3e1
| c. A. Lagerstrom 258; assistant artist
Emily Crosby 427, Emma Book III.
The five candidates who received thu
largest vote and were elected associate
editors were: Lee Sanford, Chester Will
son, Ralph Knight, Esther Chapman anG
Miriam Clark. tAi
This evening lie Roy Arnold Of tn
university English department. will de
liver lecture on Maeterlinck to tn
Tillykum club, a freshman interfrate1
nifty organization. {229 &&&5@ sSas
@ 81 1,-----r| y 2G1 H..
A Minnesota lecture association
composed of university students VIII
are DESTROYS of obtaining for the uni
versity a course Of lectures by prom
nent men, will shortly be organized q
the university. It is proposed to al
range for course Of twenty lecture
/ each year. z -.
March IS has been set as the dat
for the Pillsbury oratorical contest a
the university. This contest is an al
nual event, and the three undergrad
uate orators who rank highest wi
divide cash prize of SITS offered al
nually by the Pillsbury heirs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
NEW FACTORY CENTER
SEEN IN 4 BIG DEAL

Beginnings of new industrial cen
ter are intimated in large deal just
closed by George 81. Miller, the real
estate agent. He has negotiated the
transfer of seven acres Of vacant track
age property at Thirty-f first avenue NE,
near Main street, with access to all
lines, thru the Northern Pacific, for
elevator purposes. Adjoining the prop
'erty are several vacant tracts on
tracks, which are under consideration
at present for business purposes. The The
an acre, or,$14 900. The land was owned
by the Arcade Investment company and
is sold to James A. Gould to be used
by a new elevator organization.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
BABE NOT MURDERED
Autopsy Shows Infant Found in Gene
terry Met Natural Death.

An autopsy on the body Of the babe
found in Hillside cemetery Monday aft
ternoon showed that death was due to
natural causes. and it is not likely that
anything will be done in the matter.
DR.. Harry Irvine, who performed the
postmortem, said that the child nn-
dcubtedly was alive wl,e nborn, but
that it died shortly afterward. Pow
erty Of the parents making it impos-
sible for them TO give the child a
burial is thought to be the cause Of its
being left in the cemetery. 7.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
GETS MONSTER ENGINES
Great Northern Orders Hugs Vauclains
for Mountains.

Five Vauclain compound freight en-
gines have been ordered for the Great
Northern use on the mountain divi-
sions. The original Vauclain engine at
tracted much attention at the st. Louis
exposition.
After the close of the fair it was
taken over by the Baltimore & Ohio
road. The tests on heavy grades proved
tention of the Great Northern was at
tracted and five of the monsters will
be put in commission by the road as
soon as they are turned out by the
builders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28
TO SEE TRICK HORSE:
Schools Will Be Closed for Three
ss' Afternoons.

s children because Of the action Of the
board Of education yesterday in voting
i not to hold afternoon sessions on April
ss8, and 5. The cause of this unusual
action is the coming Of Jim Key, the
famous educated horse, who will ap-
pear at the Auditorium under the aus
! pices Of the Minneapolis Humans So
Eciety.
Harlan P. Roberts appeared before
the school board yesterday and pre-
scented his plan, which was unanimously
D approved. The Minneapolis board is
1 following a precedent set by several
eastern cities, and the object is to give
ae enisn1e aus an ooGci lesson N
dom be had. The horse is owned and
exhibited by Albert R. Rogers, who
does not make any profit out of tho
entertainment, but divides all Of the
proceeds with the local and the national