Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
EDUCATOR LAUOS
STATE SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT or EDUcA
TON WOULD COPY STATE
AID SYSTEM.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events OF General Interest in Mime
sofa CONDENSED and Revised for
The Greater Convenience
OF Busy Readers.

Minnesota's consolidated school
system and the subject of state aid
for public schools are being studied
by Nathan G. Schaeffer. state super
intendent OF education of Pennsylva
MIA, who was a guest OF G. G. Schulz
Minnesota state superintendent oil
education. Mr.. Schaeffer visited St.
Paul on his return from meeting OF
the South Dakota Teachers associa
ton. He left Friday for bis home at
Harrisburg. He was astonished at
the large permanent school fund OF
Minnesota and praised the rural
schools Of the state.
Our state school fund 10 distributed
by enumeration insteas of attend
ance, as here In Minnesota" he said
Your plan requires actual attend.
ance at the schools, which l consider
splendid. The Minnesota system Ia
very efficient In raising the standard
| OF rural schools
Mr.. Schaeffer Ia planning to request
new system 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
nel ID. Works, state insurance com.
missioner. Rates which have pre-
vailed in southern Minnesota are 10
be applied in northern and northeast
ern Minnesota, where formerly they
We're 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 it's rate-makins
accordingly. The action came after
Mr., Works had had several confer.
ences with Walter |. 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 IL 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
a. AZ fnnlnAtnn CT II rtyt. nd To- al,
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.
Dat Crop Worth $4s,s34, 9os.5o.
The farm value of Minnesota's oat
| crop this year is si3,s34 ,s06.50. The
farmers planted 3.129.5oo acres In
oats which produced l46.ll6,355
bushels These figures were given
out by Fred ID. sherman. immigration
commissioner. The yield per acre
was 1859 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 S,0a0.0oo acres planted
| The increase in acreage for this year
| lis $4,000.
1.-The average yield per acre for
Minnesota was rs bushels last year
This yield has been Increased this
year by 1859 bushels per acre. The
total production OF oats in Minnesota
last year was S5.l2o.00o bushels, The
gain in total production this year was
6o.s96.S55 bushels
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Schools Receive $t,sf4,ooo.
All but sas6, 900 of the 81, SOC. 900 due
the public schools as special aid ha:
been sent out by Walter ]. Smith
state treasurer. The remaining none,
will be- forwarded when MIR. Smith
horrows 100000 from the Federal Re
serve hank, which is provided for II
the resolution signed by Mr.. Smith
J. A. O. Preus, state auditor, and Gov
ernor Hammond.
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Wants Field Notes.
! The state highway commission ha
suggested to Governor Hammond tina
! the government field notes of survey
In Minnesota be turned over to II
The records are now in possession 0
. the secretary of state. An act Q
| congress viii be necessary to max
the change.
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: Suggests Advisory Board.
II Reluctance on the part of one stat
) department to suggest changes or In
!, provements in another prompte
| Ralph w. Wheelock. a member of tn
! state board Of control. TO direct
letter to the new efficiency and ecol
. omy commission suggesting an nj
4 viso~y commission of experts to b
!. composed OF members Of several [
a the principal state departments.
a his letter Mr.. Wheelosk says he
y acting as an individual ana a ta2payt
& and without reference otiioially to u
board OF which hs Is a member.