The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-03-25

too. So they stepped on it like
squashing an earth worm. If the For
estry service had held back two years
and not boosted the soil survey now,
they might have got what they want
ed. People have not forgotten No. 8.
That is, its opponents haven't.
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Minnesota has won fame and for
tune far and wide for it's dairy and
farm products.
If the present activity in banking
circles keeps up at the pace being set
now it is likely to become known as
the banking state of the middle west.
Reports compiled by A. H. Turritin,
superintendent of banks, showed that
the total resources of the state banks
had increased almost $15,000,00O in
the last year. Only few weeks ago
there were ITO different groups of
men seeking charters for banks in
Minnesota.
The more banks the more money
they can call out of chimney and
stocking banks and put into circula-
ton. Let the banks come so long as
the state superintendent sees that
they have the right men behind them.
This is just a guess.
Maybe its wrong. But there are
fellows around the Capitol, who know
politics from A to z, that agree with
this little guess.
Here it is: Governor Hammond can
make a fine political capital out of
the Efficiency and Economy bill,
whether it was lost or passed at this
session. Once the bill is wiped
from the Legislative slate he can go
out two years from now and say to
the people that he tried to have it
passed but that petty office-holders"
and the Legislature defeated his will.
He called for early consideration of
the measure in his inaugural mes
sage. He urged its passage in a spec
ial message.
Wonder what the people of Mime
the $4,5O0,000 white marble capitol
with its fine oil paintings and costly
fixings is without adequate fire pro-
lection?
S. D. Works, insurance commission
er, in a report from one of his inspec-
tors just issued, showed that part of
the equipment for getting water to
the upper floors had never been in
stalled. The Waterman service was
also criticised.
Despite efforts of former Senator
James 7. ElweH to save his Elwell
road law from defeat, the Legislature
repealed the measure.
Senator Elwell worked long and in
dustriously for his pet measure. He
lowered about the legislative halls
He sent copy to the newspapers tel
ling of it's good effects. But men,
bers of the present body could not see
it his way and wiped the law from the
statute books.
One OF the best measures before the
present session affecting the welfare
of children is that providing for sep
arate classes for the deaf. 1t was in
troduced by Representatives North
and Konzen. 1t passed the House last
week. The bill provides that any pub
lie school in whose district there are
five defective children may make a
| special class for these children. The
bill would take 500 year from the
general school fund for aid to each
pupil
The biennial report of Mrs. Fannie
French Morse, superintendent of the
Home School for Girls, shows cur
ious condition regarding the relation
of parents of girls sent to the school
Of las girls; the report shows that
the parents of 60 of them are living
together. Only 16 parents of girls
are separated, said the report. The
next highest number in the relation
table showed that fifteen of the girls
had only father living. Thirteen
girls had step fathers. In ten instan-
ces both parents were dead.
A uniform system of accounting is
to be adopted by the schools of the
state.
c.. G. Schultz, state superintendent
of education, under law enacted by
the 1913 Legislature, has prepared a
system, which will go into effect Aug
ust 1. The purpose of the new plan
is to get classified record of school
receipts and expenditures, which will
allow of fair comparisons between
schools of the same and different clas-
ses.
Ten birds day, except ducks which