Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-03-14
NEWS OF MINNESOTA.
Educate,Food INSPECTORS.

st. Paul-All the food inspectors Of
the state dairy and food department
We're called in to receive instructions
on the enforcement Of provisions OF
the new code. Commissioner E. K.
Slater told them that while they are
to enforce the law without fear OF
favor, the department does not aim
to impose any unnecessary hardship
on the retailers. The department is
for education rather than punishment
and the inspectors will devote their
time as much to instructing grocers
in the provisions Of the law as in spy
ing out violations. Retailers will be
given an opportunity to obey the law
before they are arrested.
In the case of baking powders, for
instance where the new law makes a
change in the requirements, many
brands which may be illegal under
the new code would be legal under a
different label. The department will
give the grocers a chance to change
the labels to comply with the provi-
sions Of the law. In many cases this
can be done by scratching out some
OF the fancy adjectives attached to
the names Of the ingredients.
The law prohibiting the use Of coal
tar dyes, terra alba, barytes and par
ATTN in candies must be strictly en-
forced, Mr.. Slater told his inspectors.
Retailers who have a large stock OF
candies made illegal by the code will
have a chance to destroy or return
them before they will be prosecuted.
but should they continue selling them
they will incur the danger OF fine.
School Apportionment.
A total of s637,991.30 will be ap-
portioned among the state schools this
spring as against $547,655 a year ago,
according to the figures filed with the
state auditor by State supt. Olsen,
The money available for this purpose
is apportioned twice a year, and the
apportionment per pupil this spring
will be $1.70, as against $3.50 a year
ago. Last fall there was distributed
$3.50 per child, and in October, 1904,
1920 per child, so the apportionment
per child has increased from 1910 to
81.
The apportionment is based upon the
number of children attending forty
days or more during the last school
year, so each county will be paid for
the same number Of children now as
last fall. There are 375,29S children
on the list, and a year ago there were
$4,000 pupils entitled to share in the
states distribution Of money.
Ask for Later Date.
Representatives of local parochial
schools and Of the forestry committee
of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs called on Gov. Johnson and
asked that the date for Arbor day be
fixed a little later this year than in
past years. It is understood that the
governor and the state superintend-
ent of schools had agreed upon April
FL for Arbor day this year, but the
local women thought this would be too
early, as trees planted that date would
be liable to suffer from spring frosts
They quoted Prof. S. B. Green Of the
state farm school on the subject OF
frosts and the time for planting trees
Gov. Johnson could not give them
any definite promise and told then,
the date had not been definitely decid-
ed. No matter what date is fixed 1t
cannot please all, for the time for
planting trees is different in different
parts Of the state and also varies with
different years.