The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
100000 Spent
FOR GOOD ROADS
EVERY COUNTY PARTICIPATES
TO SOME EXTENT IN STATE
AID DISTRIBUTED.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the conven.
ience of Busy Readers.

on good roads will run far over the
big total of $3,OOO,OO0, thousands of
dollars above the record for 1914, &C
cording to George w. Cooley, secre
tary and engineer Of the state high
way commission. Every county in
the state has participated to some ex
tent in the state aid distributed. This
amounts to s75O,OO0, on both state
and county roads, and has been spent
for construction and maintenance.
Before the end of the year state aid
will have reached $1,500,000.
The remainder of the $3,000,O00 to-
tai is being expended by counties and
villages.
Governor Makes Suggestions.
Governor Hammond believes that
the proposed reorganization of the
state government could be best rea-
lized by the adoption in whole or in
part of the bill prepared by the last
efficiency and economy commission
and which the 1915 legislature reject
ed. To that end he recommended it's
adoption by the new efficiency and
economy commission or at least its
careful consideration. The governor
also believes in the merit system in
the selection of state employees. AS
to his own department he sees no
need of clothing him with additional
legislative powers. Some, he says,
think his powers should be increased,
but he does not subscribe to that be-
lief. He has reduced his views on tho
proposed reorganization of the state
government as entrusted to the new
efficiency and economy commission to
writing and they will be submitted to
that body when it meets Nov. l.
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To Attend Good Roads Meeting.
Invitations have been received by
good roads enthusiasts in Minnesota
to attend the second national confer
ence on Concrete Road Building at
the Auditorium hotel in Chicago, Feb
ruary 1913, and a Minnesota delega-
ton will attend. Louis w. Hill, presi-
dent of the Great Northern Railroad,
has been asked to deliver the princi-
pal address on Feb. 16. George w.
Cooley, engineer of the state highway
commission, is the Minnesota mem
ber of the advisory committee.
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Must Remove Dynamite. -
r. w. Hargadine, Sale fire marshal,
has notified the Dupont Powder com
pany to remove it's dynamite and pow.
der store houses from it's property at
Smelling and Reservoir avenues.
Farmers living in the vicinity have
complained to the fire marshal of the
danger from explosions, and investi-
cation shows that the presence of the
buildings also might menace traffic,
being only 271 feet from Reservoir
avenue.
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Praises Highway Commission.
The present makeup and methods
of the state highway commission are
praised in a letter to the state econ
omy and efficiency commission from
George w. Cooley, secretary and state
engineer of the highway body, in re-
ply to a request from the economy
commission for his ideas on the pos.
sible reorganization Of state depart
ments.
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Land For State Park.
Governor Hammond has signed the
Il ;o1, hoir Of In lyo
convey to the State of Minnesota
1850 acres of land i'm st. Louis and
Carlton counties for a state park. The
legislature appropriated 100000 for
the acquiring and maintenance of the
property and under the act the state
can acquire about 1000 additional
acres.
X X X
Pass Pharmacy Examinations.
Seventeen students passed the eX.
animation of the state board of phar-
macy for registration as licensed
pharmacists. Fifty underwent the
test Seven out of 20 qualified as as.
sistant pharmacists. The result was
given out by DR.. E. A. Tupper, secre.
tary of the board.
X X
For State Naval Militia.
Governor Hammond has been noti-
fed by the navy department that Lieu
tenant Gerald Howe, retired, has
been assigned as instructor for the
minnesota naval militia. His duties
will include the companies stationed
at Duluth, Bemidji, Lindstrom and
Crosby.
Hammond Sends Delegates.
Governor Hammond will send ten
delegates to the conference at New
Orleans, Nov. 16, to organize the JET.
ferson Highway association, which in
tends to build highway from New
Orleans to Winnipeg, through Mime
sofa. The delegates are: G. w.
Cooley, ]. H. Beck Of ST. Paul; How
ard Strong, Minneapolis; P. ], Sober
ger, St. Cloud; w. II. Theisen, Fari-
bault, E. H. Dean, Austin; j. r. Nc
Common, Winona; Henry Holt, Duluth;
E. C. Anthony, Hastings, and ]. D.
McPhee.
4 X X
Cholera Loss Cut to one-Fortieth.
Loss from hog cholera in Mime
sofa has been reduced from the figure
between s3,O00,OOO and s5,0O0,OOO, es-
timated in 1913, to under 100000 this
year, according to statement by DR..
NJ. H. Reynolds, head of the depart
ment of veterinary science at the Min
nesota college of agriculture, and his
assistant, Dr. E. r. Hoskins, in charge