The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-03-22
STATE CROP REPORTS
SENATE BILL PROVIDES FOR Is
SUANCE OF THEM BY THE
STATE AUDITOR.
LOCAL OFFICERS MUST ASSIST
IN THE COMPILATION OF
THE STATISTICS.

St. Paul, March 21-The collection
and compilation from official and other
sources of statistics of the state per-
tanning to agriculture, horticulture,
commerce, manufactures and other
useful facts bearing on the material
and social welfare Of the state are
added to the duties of the state audi
tor, who is made commissioner Of sta
tistics for this purpose in bill intro
duced by Senator George H. Sullivan
Of Saltwater.
The bill provides that special at
tention shall be given to the products
of the commissioner of statistics to
gather and publish at intervals during
the year, crop statistics showing the
exact condition of all kinds of grow
ing grain, seeds and root crops.
The commissioner is given power to
address special or general inquiries,
pertinent to the purpose Of the act, to
any state, county, city, village or
town officer, and it Is made the duty
of such officers to answer fully and
promptly such inquiries, and for such
services such officers shall be allowed
by their county treasurer reasonable
compensation, at the rate Of Is cents
per folio or 10 cents for each farm or
manufacturing plant.
Refusal or neglect to answer such
inquiries Is made punishable by a fine
Of not exceeding $50 for each offense
Money for Saltwater Prison.
The senate committee on state pris-
on has decided on a favorable report
on the Senator G. H. Sullivan's bill
providing for an appropriation of $780,
600 for the construction Of the new
state prison at Saltwater The land
for the new prison has been purchased
under the authority Of a bill passed by
the legislature two years ago, and this
bill provides the funds for the con-
struction of the buildings. The build
ings are to be constructed under the
direction of the state board of CONTROL
which is to let the contracts to the
lowest bidders. The money is made
available at the. rate of $250,000 Il
year, beginning with the present fiscal
year ending July 81 next.
A joint bill by Senator S. D. Works
Of Mankato and S. F. Alderman Of
Brainerd, authorizing all counties in
the state to adopt the Torrens system
Of land title registration was intro
duced. Both of these senators have
introduced such bills, which will be
withdrawn and the joint bill substi-
tuted. The bill amends the present
law which authorizes the three largest
counties In the state to adopt this sys-
tenn by making 1t optional with all
counties to do So
The bill providing for turning over
the st. Paul hospital for crippled and
deformed children to the state was
passed by the senate.
The Hollister bill providing for the
establishment of farm for inebriates
was reported for passage by the house
committee on public health and pure
food.
Canned goods must be labeled with
the date of their preparation under a
bill introduced in the house by J. r.
Randall of Duluth. The year and
month must be stated in eighteen
point blackface type.
Report on Tragedy at Red Wing.
That the state has not made proper
provision for the return and care of
escaped patients from it's institutions
for the insane, is the statement of the
house committee on board of control
In report submitted to the house re-
garding the escape Of August Bloom,
who killed the chief of police and a
policeman at Red Wing.
The committee introduced a bill au-
thorizing the state board Of control to
employ state agents to care for the