The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1915-12-30
ORDER MAY CAUSE
BIG LEGAL BATTLE
REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE
RATES SUBJECT OF CON-
FERENCE IN CHICAGO.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events of General Interest in Mime
sofa Condensed and Revised for
the Greater Convenience
of Busy Readers.

st. Paul.
Insurance men and state officials
saw omens of a legal battle between
the two in the trip of State Insurance
Commissioner S1muel G. Works and
Walter l. Fisher, manager Of the Cen
eral inspection company, which fixes
| fire insurance rates for the entire
state, to Chicago. A conference is said
| to have taken place there in which
there was an effort to effect compro-
mise on a situation that has grown
| out Of an order by the commissioner.
| reducing the fire rates for northern
| and northwestern Minnesota.
The order causes a reduction OF az
much as 40 per cent on some classes OF
| property and the companies are said
| to be preparing to resist the order IN
| the court.
When the order reducing rates IN
| northern and northeastern Minnesota
| followed another order reducing the
| rates on grain elevator insurance,
there were rumors of a war. Many
said that the companies were prepar'
| ing to fight.
Then, after Mr. Works and Mr.. Fish
er had left for Chicago, it. was said
that representatives of insurance com
| panies were to meet there and talk
over the situation.
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State Fair Big Success.
Every dollar the state has put IN
its great fair has been returned with
better than compound interest, $3.50
for every 81 being the exact ratio, 40
| cording to John G. Simpson, secretary
of the Minnesota State Agricultural
society, who uses the figures in his an
nual report to Governor w. 8. Ham
mond.
The fairgrounds at Hamline repre-
sent value Of $1,713,780, of which
$929,937 represents the value OF the
land, covering more than 300 acres;
s721,S56 the value of the buildings
s25, lit the electrical plant and $36,79
tho personal property Included IN
the assets should be the $16,627 on
| deposit with the state treasurer, rep
resenting the net proceeds Of the 1915
| fair. an,
"The greatest educational institution
/ in the state" as Mr.. Simpson calls the
fair, in 1915 was the most successful
the state ever has managed, having
more new features and more extnSlu
than any Of its predecessors.
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| Treasurer Handles Millions.
The business handled in the office Of
Walter J. Smith, state treasurer, dur
Ing the year ending July 81, 1915, waa
the largest in amount in the history
of the state Receipts and d!sburse
ments have been mounting slowly year
by year until they have grown IN the
last forty years from $2,O14,1l3.94 dur
Ing 1875 to $45 ,439,69o.33.
Thas largest single account handled
| by the state is the general revenue
fund. During the last fiscal year there
was a total of $12,1O7,656.O4 turned into
the fund This large amount was pa1d
out about as quickly as it came IN
During the year the total dlsburse
ments from the revenue fund were
S11 500 ,91E42 OF this amount $685.
1854 was paid out as special aid to
the public schools and for administer
ing the special school aid. The re-
| mainder Of the revenue fund was used
to meet the expenses Of state govern
| ment. .
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State GIaddens Wards.
Ten thousand wards Of the state OF
Minnesota were gladdened at Christ
| mas time, as the stase board of con-
troll placed this order for Christmas
| goodies:
| Two and half tons Of csndies, a
like amount of nuts, 2S5 gallons OF
oysters, 10 barrels of cranberrie3, half
q ton of bananas and 46 &ses OF
oranges.
la Bar Gets New Trial.
| Dan La Bar, alleged member of the
Palace court gang Of wire tappers,
| convicted in Hennepin county district
court of swindling, will have to DO
| tried again. The state supreme court
has reversed the lower court, and
granted LIE Bar a new trial on the
ground Of prejudicial errors by the
trial court in the admission of testl'
mony.
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r ate Point Order Delayed.
The common rate point order OF ths
State Railroad and Warehouse Cora
mission, scheduled to go into effe;t
January /, will not become operative
until February / as a result Of an oral
stimulation made in District Judge J.
| c. Michaels court.
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Ruling May Stop Plans.
| The ruling of Attorney General
Smith that the Board of Regents OF
the State University cannot be tamper-
ed with by the Legislature, probably
will put damper on the plans OF soms
| members of the Efficiency and Econ
| omy Commission to create one central
| board to have charge of all the educa'
| ~ tho state and III