Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-03

long been jealous. The way Duluth is
alleged to hog everything in st. Louis
county has given rise to a demand
Tor county division. Indeed the name
OF Iron county has already been picked
out for the northern half Of. st. Louis.
Besides Duluth itself the United States
Steel corporation is very much OPP
posed to such division, which in all
probability would mean to it tonnage
tax on iron ore, as in such case Du.
luth could not share in the local tax
alton Of iron properties.
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Otherwise the tonnage tax seems
far enough away. It has not been pos.
stble at this session to create senti,
ment in favor of the bill recently in.
troduced for that purpose, members
apparently having concluded that the
contribution from ore lands is a fair
one, and that the objections to legfs-
lation of this kind make it inlpracti-
cable. Whether this is so or not, the
prospects. of the bill at this session
are anything but bright: -. :.
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(! *A:numeer Of minor changes have
been made in the game and fish laws
In bills which have passed the house.
The beginning of the bass season has
been advanced from June l to June
49,, A.. change is made in the closed
season for fur bearing animals. In:
stead of two deer as::formerly it is
proposed that in the future a hunter
may only kill one. :" .>-~
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h An effort to secure an advance in
the salary of the state treasurer has
been opposed by the committee of
the house. The salary:is now $500.
An increase of $500 year is asked
for. The trouble about this salary
business is that the salaries of Offices
created in recent years have been
! planned on more liberal scale than.
those of the Offices which have been
in existence longer time. Thus, for
instance. we have the bank examiner
getting more than the public exam
liner and the salary of both exceeding
that of state treasurer-a manifest
Improperly. The officers first men:
toned also get more than the state
superintendent of public instruction.
who also remains at $500.
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It is interesting to compare these
salaries with the remuneration re-
ceived by the governors private sec
rotary. The salary of the private Sec
rotary is fixed at $1,000, but he is per-
mitted to pocket, in addition, fees es-
timated bv the state auditor to amount
to $4,000 a year. The scandalous Gus,
tom has grown up of giving to this
official the fees, among others, paid by
notaries public. which the original de-
sign was to have turned into the state
treasury. This seems to be a case in
which reform is demanded quite as
much as ir the office of oil inspector
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The appointment of committee
to investigate the state drainage
board, or rather it's engineer, which
has hung fire for long time, has at
last been made and the undertaking
will begin The investigators on the
part Of the house are Robertson of
Argyle, Moriarity of Belle PLANE, Fow-
Ter of Minneapolis and Crane of Grand
Meadow. The senate also has ap-
pointed committee to find out what's
wrong. It's members are Works. Muir
ray and Swanson. III
The immigration board is not to es-
cape either, it appears. Representa-
tive Cal Stone of St. Paul wants the
commissioner to furnish the names of
the men his advertising has brought
into the state-a manifest absurdity
Behind this move are understood to
be certain st. Paul publicity agents
who have never been quite satisfied
! that they were not allowed to share in
the states appropriation for adyertis-
Ing purposes.
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| The senate has defeated the much
discussed eastman Il distance tarin
bill, the final vote being 20 for and
81 against it. The opinions OF Attor-
ney General Simpson, ex:Attorney
General Young and former Justice T..
D. O'Brien that the passage Of the bill
would wipe out the work done BY the
state in the commodity rate cases
were used with telling effect. But for
these opinions the result might have
been different.
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Liberal pruning will have to be
done this year to keep tho expendi-
lures Witnin the anticipated revenues.
Applications are already in, accord
Ing to Mr. Spooner. for something like
| 81. 600, OOo, which is in excess Of that
made two years ago. OF the demands
made 5000. 900 are for university pur
l poses. JOHN LAWSON.