Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
EDUCATOR LAUDS
STATE SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT or EDucA
TON WOULD COPY STATE
AID SYSTEM.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events Of General interest in Mime
sofa Condo nsed and Revised for
The Greater Convenience
Of Busy Readers.
st. Paul


Minnesota's consolidated school
system and the subject OF state aid
Tor public schools are being studied
by Nathan G. Schaeffer, state super.
intendent OF education Of Pennsylva
MIA, who was guest of G. G.. Schulz,
Minnesota state superintendent OF
education. Mr. schaeffer visited St.
Paul on his return from a meeting OF
the South Dakota Teachers associa
ton. He left Friday for his home at
Harrisburg. He was astonished at
the large permanent gchool fund Of
Minnesota and praised the rural
schools Of the state.
Our state school fund is distributed
by enumeration insteas of attend.
ance, as here In Minnesota" he said.
Your plan requires actual attend.
ance at the schools, which / consider
splendid. The Minnesota system is
very efficient In raising the standard
OF rural schools"
Mr.. Schaeffer is planning to request
q new aystem OF state aid to schools
in his state. He will copy the Mime.
sofa plan.
Insurance Rates Adjusted.
Fire insurance rates are the same
In every part of Minnesota for the
first time. following the order of Sam.
uel ID. Works, state insurance com.
missioner. Rates which have pre-.
vailed In southern Minnesota are TO
be applied In northern and northeast.
ern Minnesota, where formerly they
were much higher. In some instances,
differential of 40 per cent Is abol.
ished by Mr.. Works order.
The ruling by Mr.. Works directed
the General Inspection company of
Minneapolis, which makes rates for
the state, to govern its rate-maxing
accordingly, The action came after
Mr. Works had had several confer.
ences with Walter I. Fisher. manager
OF the company, and with underwrit.
ers OF fire insurance.
In the order. Mr.. Works says the
contention of the bureau for main.
tanning the old rates Is untenable.
The state has been divided into
three sections by the insurance com.
panies. The southern section com.
prises all territory south of Minneap.
oils and ST. Paul and the Great North.
ern railroad to Breckenridge. The
northern district includes all territory
north OF this with the exception of
that In the northeastern part OF the
state, including st. Louis and Isanti
counties, which comprises the north,
eastern section. Rates In the north.
ern section were higher than In the
southern section, while In the north.
eastern. the highest rates Of all pre-.
vailed.
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Dat Crop Worth $43.ss4. sos.5o.
The farm value of Minnesota's oat
crop this year is $4s.ss4, 906.50. The
farmers planted S.129.5o0 acres In
oats which produced 146,1l6,355
bushels, These figures were given
out by Fred ID. sherman, immigration
commissioner. The yield per acre
was 46,69 bushels. There is an In
crease this year In both the acreage
and yield OF oats as compared with
last year." said Mr. Sherman. THE
1914 figures according to Federal re-
ports were 100000 acres planted
The increase In acreage for this year
Is $4,000.
The average yield per acre for
Minnesota was 2S bushels last year.
This yield has been increased this
year by 1859 bushels per acre. The
total production of oats in Minnesota
last year ives Sa.12o,o00 bushels. The
gain in total production this year was
n.ea6, 1855 bushels"
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Schools Receive xt,3t4,ooo.
All but $4,000 of the $500, 900 due
the public schools as special aid has
been sent out by Walter ]. Smith,
state treasurer. The remaining money
will be forwarded when Mr.. Smith
borrows 100000 from the Federal Re.
serve bank. which is provided for In
the resolution signed by Mr.. Smith,
]. A. @. Preus. state auditor. and Gov.
ernor Hammond.
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Wants Field Notes.
The state highway commission has
suggested to Governor Hammond that
the government field notes of surveys
In Minnesota be turned over to IL
The records are now in possession oil
the secretary of state. An act oil
congress win be necessary to make
the change.
Suggests Advisory Board.
Reluctance ON the part of one state
department to suggest changes or i'm
provements In another prompted
Ralph ". Wheelock. a member of the
| state board of control. to direct 4
letter to the new efficiency and econ
omy commission suggesting an ad
| visory commission OF experts to BIZ
composed OF members of several o.
| the principal state departments. In
his letter MIR. Wheeloeh says he 1.
/ acting as an individual anu Taxpayer
and without reference Officially to IA.
board of which he In a member.