The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-16
Interesting and Important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected.
and Arranged for the conven-
fence Of Busy Readers.

The building, which is of brick, is
to be used as the serum laboratory
of the plant. There are five other
buildings now in use, two of them
big hog sheds where the hogs used
in manufacturing the serum and virus
are kept. Much of the work since
the manufacture of the serum began
in 1908 has been done in other build
ings at disadvantage, but at the re-
cent session of the legislature, $4,000
was appropriated for the final addi-
ton and $4,000 for maintaining the
plant for two years.
The first manufacture of hog chol-
era serum began at the university
farm in 1908. In that year, $4,000
cubic centimeters of it was manufac.
tured. This amount was trebled in
1909, while in 1910 there was manu-
featured 100000 c. c., in 1911, 240,000
c. c., and in 1912, 250,000 c. c.
An epidemic of hog cholera swept
over the middle western states in 1918.
At that time the losses in Minnesota
alone were estimated to be $4,000, 900.
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School Loses State Aid
BY persisting in using the Bible in
it's schools and giving religious in
struction to pupils, the Mankato high
school will lose $4,000 aid from the
state.
c. G. Schulz, state superintendent
of education, explained that the school
was entitled to $4,000 annual state
aid, $1,000 industrial aid and about
$4,000 as it's share of the apportion-
ment for attendance
The school authorities have been
notified of the resolution adopted by
the State High School board which
denied the Mankato high school fur
! Their state aid, until it stopped relig-
| ious instruction.
The board acted in accordance With
an opinion given by former Attorne
General H. w. Childs, that no RELIC.
| ious instruction could be given in tn
| public schools.
Mr.. Schulz said there was no wa,
to tell what action may result fro.
! the boards resolution to withhold
state aid. The school board may start
court proceedings in the endeavor to
compel the state superintendent to
pay over the state aid or find a means
of commencing a friendly action to
test whether the use of the Bible in
| the schools is constitutional.
The situation was placed before the
| high school board by Inspector R. N.
Phillips, who investigated and found
religious instruction was being given
in the Mankato schools.
X X x
Governor Returns to Capitol
Governor w. S. Hammond has re-
turned to the capitol after an absence
of two weeks during which he attend
ed the conference of state governors
at Boston. 1T was the most success
full meeting Of the kind that has been
conducted since there have been an
nual meetings of governors" said Gov
ernor Hammond. There were &c
present. The entertainment was on
a, princely scale, including the mobili-
zation Of the national guard of Massa-
chusetts at q cost of $25, 900, and a re-
view OF portion of the United States
navy. We attended a dinner given by
the Boston city council at which every
guest had a private telephone, on
which we listened to a long distance
conversation between Governor David
l. Walsh of Massachusetts and Cover
nor Hiram Johnson Of California"
| X X X
Salaries Of Secretaries
An idea of what former private sec.
reta"ies to Governors Of Minnesota
earned from notarial commissions in
addition to their salaries of $1,000, was
gained when J. A. o. Preus, state aud
itor, figured out the amount received
by the state since January 1. The
total is $4,116 for eight months. This
would indicate the secretaries reeeav.
ed In previous years about $1,000 or
$4,000, or more than the Governors
salary. Beginning January z, the fees
were turned into the state treasury.
X X X
Timber Board Meets
/ The state timber board met to con-
slider reports on appraisals of land.
which probably will be sold October
Is, but took no action, due to the
fact that J. A. O. Preus, state audi
tor, and Walter j. Smith, state treas.
urer, were out of the city. The ques-
ton OF whether to hire timber cruis-
ers to measure stumps on state land
from which timber was cut under Fed.
eral permits is expected to be consid.
cred. 1t is planned to ask Congress
to pay for the timber, which included
about ST, 1000 worth.