The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
GAIN IN ASSESSED
VALUATION SHOWN
MINNESOTA PROPERTY VALUED
At $4,000, ,s44,s $50 AMOUNT
TAXED $1,7s6,a17,sf2.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
OF the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the conven.
ience of Busy Readers.

st. Paul
A gain of $36, 6,716,439 in the as
sessed valuation of taxable property in
minnesota for the year 1915, compared
Win the preceding period, has been
made pubic by the state tax commits.
slon IN It's final figures fixing the total
assessed valuation of the state at ST..
136,Sl7.S12. The full and true value
OF tnls property is $4,000, ,944, $3.50 as re-
turned by the local assessors. Only
personal property and money and cred
us were assessed this year, real estate
remaining as before except with the
addition of improvements made durine
the last year and which aggregated
somewhat more than $15,OOO,OOO.
10 increase the original assessments
boards on personal property by $685.
fell on three counties, Hennepin, Ram.
perty in Hennepin county is assessed
OF the entire state.
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State Mines Big Iron Output.
F1fteen state mines contributed g..
100000 tons to the worlds output of
iron ore this year. Shipping operations
on the Iron Range came to an end for
this year with the close of November
and the general belief is that the to-
tai shipments from the Lake Superior
region will equal those of the banner
year OF 1913 when 100000 tons was
the record
Mlnnesota's contribution to the i'm.
mense output of that year was $685.
264 tons, which was 63.37 per cent of
the total iron ore output of the entire
United States. This year figures are
not available with which to correctly
determine the seasons shipment, but
they are known to be heavy. The price
realized at lower lake ports was $3S5
ton, the same as last year.
From properties under lease the
state this year will realize $675,OOO,
which represents 25 per cent for ore
shipped and other incomes in the shape
of minimum royalties and lease pay
ments. All of this money goes to the
state school fund.
The heaviest shipper was the Leoni-
das which turned out 7O9,920 tons. An
other was the Messaba mountain with
$685. tons, and other the Woodbridge
with 177,195 tons. Additional state
mines will be worked next year.
Big Demand For State Land.
Demand for state lands is as brisk
q Cfofn An
menting on the land sale season just
closed
"As Salable state lands diminish in
extent" he said, the lands actually
sold are less and less going to specu-
lators and more and more to settlers.
At number of sales this year every
parcel of land sold has been purchased
by local farmers desirous of increasing
the size of their farms.
"The 1917 Legislature should make
some provision whereby local settlers
can acquire with more expedition lands
which they wish to buy. The method
employed now is that lands are aH
praised one year and sold the followl
ing year. The method of selling state
lands at public auction is proving itself
to- be the proper one"
There were 79,565.31 acres of state
land sold this year as compared to
8S,433.66 in 1914. The state received
$561,352.73 for its land this year and
7,41S.03 in 1914. The average price
this yaar was 81 an acre as compared
t. $7.25 an acre last year.
During the year seventy eight state
land sales were held which were con-
Quoted by Oscar Arneson, chief clerk
Of the land department.
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Watch For Impure Candy.
Inspectors of the state dairy and
food department are watching out
for the tummies Of little boys and
girls who are wont to fill up on candy
and other goodies around Christmas
time. Many cases have been prosecut.
ed in court, where dealers have been
caught selling adulterated candy.
Fines totaling $3.50 have been collected
recently by the departments in the
courts for this one class of law viola,
ton.
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Says Too Many Babies Die.
The death rate in Minnesota is low
as compared to other states, but, al
that, too many babies die. DR.. H. M.
Bracken, secretary of the State Board
of Health, has come out strongly as a
champion of the infant, and wants the
people of the state to listen to his ar
gument of stricter attention to the
welfare of these new citizens, who are
unable to look after themselves.