The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-21

elk will eventually be given their
4 freedom i'm the Superior forest and
the wild country north OF Red lake.
+, Minnesota. At one time this was 4
| favorite haunt of the elk and those
i which were not killed migrated into
Manitoba. Only few head are left
in the country between Red lake and
the Lake Of the Woods.
/ License Money For Roads.
4 The senate committee on towns
and counties recommends that 10
per cent OF the liquor license money
in villages and cities of the fourth
class which now goes into the county
revenue fund, be placed in a road
improvement fund in the municipal
ity and expended on roads leading
into the municipality.
Sunday Ball in No Danger
! Sunday baseball in Minnesota is
in no danger for the next two years
at least unless some member of the
Senate makes move to close ball
parks on the Sabbath.
The Morken bill prohibiting Sunday
ball met its death in the general leg
islation committee of the house yes
terday Every member of the COM
mittee voted to recommend the bill
for indefinite postponement.
More Normal Buildings Are Urged.
The state normal school board and
presidents of the state normal schools
met with the normal school commit
tee of the senate early yesterday to
discuss the budget prepared by the
board for the coming two years.
Judge Eli Terrence of Minneapolis
president of the board said LAT the
board had trimmed the budget to the
lowest amount possible and had eX-
cluded the items of $4,000 for a
model school at MOorllead and $100,.
600 for a new school building at Wi
. mona, which are demanded by those
cities and would leave it to the leg
, isiature to determine if it wished to
spend that additional amount l.. a.
HuntOon of MOOrhead and S. II.
SOmsen of WinOna, members Of the
board urged that the two items be
inserted and said that crowded con
ditions at the two schools made the
need almost imperative. Senator Ole
Sageng OF Dalton said it wOu!f
probably be necessary for the com
mttce to visit the two schools before
taking action.
Find Fault With Mrs. Morse.
The state industrial home for girls
at Sank Center came in for grill
ing a. the hands Of the finance com
mittee of the senate yesterday after
noon because Of the manner money
appropriated for it had been used.
Charges were made that Mrs. Fanny
French Morse, the superintendent,
asked fer money two years ago to
build a sort of social center building
and when it became available the
state board OF control permitted it
to be spent tC erect a palatial resi-
dence for her.
Senator Marden told how one apart
ment i'm the house had been set
apart for Mrs. Morse. one for her
son and one for her daughter Then
there is an apartment for use as q
guests chamber. Senator Marden
said he told Mrs. Morse that she was
clever. and when asked his meaning.
he replied
: eff we had known where this
t money was to have been spent the
] appropriations would not have been
made
: st. Paul. February IA tele
: phone message should be just like q
: package of freight that may be load
5 led at anv station on any railroad
ifor carriage to any other station or
!iany other railroad, and we contend
t for that and are supporting the
! Meeker bill now before the Mime
i sofa legislature" said o. GUSTS, man
A ager in Minneapolis for the Tri
;. State Telephone and Telegraph com
: .pany today. D. NJ Neill. commercial
1 manager in ST. Paul, Endorsed Mr.
!. Curtis views.
y E. A. Prendergast, general counse
Ifor the Northwestern Telephone Elk
lcharge company, said that his com
c pany stands for the principle under
0 hlying the bill but is opposed to Tho
= bill as it stands f. T. Young. for
h mer attorney general of Minnesota
S addressed a meeting of st. Paul bust
l. mess men yesterday wherein senti
meDt favored the passage of th'
G Ipcnding measure, although no def
:. mite action toward Endorsement wa
(. taken.
$ Eve favor state control through
" NIL SdlU
v land Theodore ~. Vail. president o
the American Telephone and Tele
d graph company, is on record in tha
|, respect. In twenty-e:ght states wher
r the Bell telephone system now OF
Ell crate there are such commissions
l. We believe that telephone eompanie
should interchange but are not ia
II yorable TO measure that would CON
u pei us to exchange with competin
G lines in a manner that might be vi
III fair to us. The pending measure i
# practically reproduction of the Ne
lette bill that was defeated two year
d ago. We have no objection 10 con
IS mission and to state supervision
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