The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-03-11

mer Governor Eberhart and has been
fire marshal about four years.
Fred Weyerhauser, reputed to have
been the possessor of fortune esti-
mated at a low figure of $4,000, 900,
left less than $1,5O0,OOO according to
an inventory of all of his personal
property and his Minnesota corpora
ton and real estate holdings submit
ted to Attorney General Lyndon A.
Smith last week.
Of course Mr.. Weyerhauser may
have had large real estate holdings in
other states, which would make his
fortune larger than what has been re-
ported to date. His executors told Mr..
Smith that the lumberman gave most
of his property to his children about
ten years ago.
The inheritance tax which the state
will receive from this estate is esti-
mated now at about $4,000.
1t has taken the Legislature to turn
the trick in favor of the working man
and get him out of the clutches of the
loan shark.
The semi-monthly pay bill passed
both houses. 1t has been before the
Legislature for IA years. The public
service corporations as was expected,
opposed the enactment of the law.
The workers were for it.
George Lotus VS.. J. H. McHugh or
the Equity against the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce.
There you have the principals in a
fight which was contended for holly
at the 1918 session and which is crop
ping out during the present law-mak-
ing period.
The fight of 1913 was brought
about by Equity supporters. who at
tackled the Chamber on the ground
that it's practices should be investi-
gated. Nothing tangible came out of
the investigation.
Last week the us-McHugh diff
ferences were aired before the House
grain and warehouse committee at a
hearing to consider the Magnus John
son bill for track scales at terminal
points and abandonment of hopper
scales.
Mr.. McHugh charged that Mr.. Lof-
tus was trying to knife the Chamber
by means of the committee.
George Lotus jumped to his feet
and iptimated that if Mr.. McHugh did
not stop rejecting on him he would
"take care of him after the meeting
No fist fight was reported in the
Capitol. The men apparently cooled
down during the debate. The commit
tee decided to take more time before
reporting out the bill.
In nine weeks since the first of the
year almost 10000 automobile licen-
ses have been issued by Julius A.
Schmahl, secretary of state.
Before the end of the year we will
have 100000 automobiles in the
state" said Mr.. Schmahl last week.
Those who bewail their lot in this
world and difficulty to get along had
better drop down to Faribault and see
Vera Gammons, the little blind and
deaf girl at the school for the deaf.
She was in that condition when she
no f0 tho cohoD1 L. I.
with her teacher by the sign language
The teacher makes the signs with her
hand resting against the blind girls
The girl tells from feeling what her
teacher is saying.
She can use typewriter in better
style than most reporters. Her COM
position is good. The girl has the
faculty of being able to tell her
friends from the sense of smell. If a
man comes into the room that has
been smoking the girl Immediately
knows it. She can tell a woman by
means of the face powder or perfume
that she uses.
Despite her great handicap the lit
tie girl wears a smile and is very will
ling to demonstrate her powers to Wis
itors. She is second HELEN Keller
Though the Senate voted down the
Sageng suffrage bill, the supporters
of suffrage have not given up hope
off having passed some sort of favor
able legislation this season.
This is the A. S. Larson bill in the
House that has yet to be acted upon.
1t is expected this bill will be report
ed out of committee in about two
weeks. By that time the suffragists
hope that county division and state
wide prohibition will be disposed of
and that there will be little oppor-
tunity to trade votes.
Two years ago the Senate "threw
down" the suffrage measure. 1t pas
sed the House with "a votes. Upon
submission of the House measure to
the Senate the upper body refused to
consider the measure and it was lost.
History may repeat itself this session.
If it does the suffragists will receive
another setback to their ambitions.