The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-11-25
HAMMOND CALLS
BOOSTER MEETING
INVITES EACH COUNTY TO SEND
THREE DELEGATES TO CON-
VENTlON IN ST. PAUL.
EVENTS At STATE CAPITOL;
Interesting and Important Happenings
OF the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven.
te7ce Of Busy Readers.

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fence Of Busy Readers.
st. Paul.
The official call for big develop
ment convention in st. Paul to boost
Tor greater Minnesota has been is
sued by Governor Hammond. The meet
Ing will be held in the House chamber
at the capitol. December 1, at 10 A. N.
A program Of development that
will benefit the whole state viii DO
drafted for action at tho next session
OF the Legislature, the Governor says.
Each county is invited to send three
delegates to the convention" Mr. Ham.
mond explains in the call. II would
respectfully suggest that these men
represent as far as possible all the
organizations and agencies interested
IN the welfare of the county, and that
they be selected at county meeting
at which all the organizations in the
county may have a voice in their Sc
lection.
'No formal program will be prepared
for this convention. The delegates
present will be asked to select their
own officers and committees"
Governor Hammond has an
nounced that he will simply address
the delegates at the coming meeting to
explain the purpose of the call, and
will not attempt to influence the dele
gates as to what they should do.
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Gives Patent To State.
The Board of Regents of the Uni
versity of Minnesota have accented
the patent on a process discovered by
E.. w. Davis, member of the uni.
versity mines faculty and experiment
station, which may prove the means
OF more than doubling the STABILITY OF
low grade magnetic ores in which Min
nesota is rich, and which are distribut-
ed widely in all parts of the world.
The patent has been given through
the university to the state with the
right to use it without royalty on all
state lands. Prof. Davis discovered
the process while experimenting as q
member Of the mining research expert
m&t station.
The process involves the washing of
the low gra5a magnetic ores in spe
cial washer Of the log type. The IN
marketable ore is concentrated to the
point where it becomes profitable to
handle it in the smelling industry
Prof. Davis model machine ON which
the early experiments have been made
and the patent right based is being
kept secret in the mines laboratory.
The session of the board was in
secret. At the close the announcement:
of the action was made by President
George E. Vincent.
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To Instruct Assessors.
Every county in the state will be
visited by members of the state tas
commission beginning next February
to instruct assessors in regard to thei1
duties. Three months will be given
over to the task. In conformity with
the law the commission has held meet.
ings each year since it's enactment,
not only has instructed them regarding
the work before them, but also has
endeavored to solve taxation problems
which confront these officials.
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Invites Development Societies.
Governor Hammond has invited The
Northern Minnesota Development as.
ISOLATION, the Red River Valley DeveI.
opment association, the West Central
Development association and the
Southern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION each to name two delegates
to the booster convention, which will;
be- held at the capitol, Dec. I, to de-
eide on legislative program that viii:
be for the betterment of Minnesota
as whole.
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Amendments Too Complicate6.
Julius A. Schmahl, secretary Of state
has about concluded that he win follow
the 1918 presidential primary law in
making up the ballots for the primary
to be held next March. He finds the
wording Of the 1915 amendments too
uncertain in meaning for practical use
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Issues Land Bulletin.
All land dealers and citizens in Min
DesOta who may apply will receive
from the state board Of immigration
weekly bulletin of all Inquiries for
farms and wild land received by the
commission. The board at it's last
meeting directed the immigration com.
missioner to prepare such bulletin
weekly and to mail them to the regis
tered subscribers The service will
cost 81 a year.
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For Farm Week at ~"
A diversity of caurses broad enough
to appeal to every interest of the farm,
er and extra courses designed to al.
lure the city and small town amateur
are on the program of the Farmers
and Homemakers' week at the Univer
sity Of Minnesota farm, the week OF
Jan. to s. Besides the conference.