Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-07
GOVERNOR EbERHART DELIVERS
FINAL MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE

/ aehfav aments covering only that short
| period
| Of state and national ntfieers,
| Nun~naTtigan selection Of judicial,
| Legislative, county and city officers.
The merit system extended 80 the
! Labor Department and the expert Hef~
| vice I'D other departments.
MattaFB' pensions.
Adult probation law.
| The lndetermiuate sentence and pa
| role sTsfeIns
| Abolition Of capital punishment
| A practical w0rkmena compensation
Added r7B teachers. 1897 students
| ana "a. boB. 900 worth st building" to the
| stats university.
! Tns university budget system result
I ing tn maintaining all expenditures
| within appropriations,
Bringing the university In direct COM
| tact with every, rural section Of th@
state through the extension depart
mentt which this year conducted 2as
aHs win a, tSt" viii 7s me Of
| inWa and idD, 3s8 attendance Ave years
| ago
/ contest with 100 entries fer 1873 and
! I'll prtge gfnnera securing an average
| Etaid st Sa huahaia per acre, and with
/ a,i0U boys already entered TOR the 1914
| ELIMINATION of political oouRidera~
| tions in tlia appointment Of university
| regents aud tudHaa of tile various
courts
| establishments of Industrial branches
Of training In 1856 schools throughout
| the state In whlnh &C least 100. 900 OF
| MinuesutaT8 $4,000 school children are
| given t1re advantages OF practical
/ education
/ The hast constructed aud equipped
/ prison I'm the wgrid, ooRting apnroSi~
! tnatsIg s2,25H,00D with itH farm ma
/ ctiiupty manufacturing activities.
| The most modern md aIereaAfat IN
dnHif'tal school for girls In the United
| states.
Organization of tina public highway
system with 5000 miles of state high
| ways improved and plans furnished FOR
Esteualon of atata drainage system
Ewith tHae reclamation Of a23. 400 acres
las tile Iaw average cost of only Sraa
per acre, and the construction Of 4eB
t ffttAsa OF rauaH iii connection Herewith.
L Publicity far Minnssutas agricultural
and Industrial resources in every NOOK
and anvuHr Of tho Euftad States
+ wnny setNtwws AtsgaUfua4
+ Murs actual SETTLERS ware attracted
| 10 MluneHatn than was obtained by all
surrounding states combined resulting
| I'm thu inrraaag af Minnesota farm land
| values nearly taa per cent
| FrtendliHr relations ana better cn~
operation between country ami city.
/ iEatAbliahaH state eantr14 Of railroad
| rates. by Il complete valuation Of rail-
/ r48ad properties aud the final anladlea~
| tian aE tha MiHnnA0ta rate case la the
| e8n8tHa States Supreme Court by means
Of which merchandise rates were rg~
4 I81IfFA IN pHH can't EHAfiaFa8t8A FHE@S
| reduced TO per cent. and &2tdab,a s1,3l in
refunds rwtlirnea to shippers up ra Sep
/ tafnher ;id tais year
/ A thorough and complete system Of
| inspecting weights ana measures
| tAFaatghuut tae auttrp state
| Collected Through The ATTORNEY gen
| eraI aud bahtle examiner So ~ 224 ne
! ba back taNaa uenattiest tiHtter tres
| HNsat toretnu tnaart#amee aud n4acal~
| taneama ansaa, and THaan4A 40 In afiat~
| tiau thereto liz now under process OF
| muraaHe In number ct state banks
hetneeu Nav. Ia taaa and oct II. 1914
3a per cent capitalization ~ par cent
i and deposits SIS neE cent
i4acrWasa GO national banks during
IthAE peeled it1 number per ce3&t, e&tpf@
/ taltEatiau III per cent, and deposits also
ER6 per cent, nurtHg ttlta antafa Ave
VaBr period emily four state banks have
/ failed aud B these Instances dep1Ritars
raatiaea from no ia S3ta per cent.
Established a. system, aT TAXATION AZ
complete and practical aa that of any
/ state In the Enian, and the only one
| this state has ever had, Ghdar thta
taxed ou more equitable basis than
| ever before ana aa a. result all taxes
wtlI uitimately he towored,
fasttaH IT. T39 ardeFa ia pTaTaet labor
by safeguarding machinery, installing
safety aagtress ana providing better
| sanitary conditions. practically ail of
| whseh have been complied with. As a
result fatal accidents have been re-
/ 4ueed frum 2al Ia 1910 60 tfa TN 1874
/ ar to per cent and non fa9at aea'iden tn
nave been reduced LA a similar prapar~
| ton,
cine hundred and aftp~seveu thousand
tailaFs has sHeE paid 10 employees WH~
I der the woFRtnan's compensation AIT
| ta a.s8S cases, and LtaA other cases are
| In proeHEa ut satisfactory settlement,
| The net results have been ttSo he@f
| ets~apagH ttpu hetWaen Labor anu capital
| ever experienced TN this stAtet
Surpassed every other state la maxi.
ing Appropriation 10 stamp aut t9bHF~
| aanre. of Tuberculosis hospitals ~
/ counties have already made provision
for such hospitals. tire" az which arA
already completed and Atne are Nnd~F
| process OF construction.
The investments and asttnfui&tfa lon af
the states sehaHL internal hapPav -
aaW a8#feAateS il total 0f sd, QUO aot
without the Toss at Il singh c"pt,
Five years nf administration without
| n charge 90 ihponlpSteAUye az uttSeaH"
d8FeH against a Single state ngtfp4ak
A complete revision ana eadtfiea ttFts
OF tha state educational laws ~ 81
educational commission,
And anatlS, d definite cnmp"ehenr
alive and practical plan fer the organ
iaatlon aF aN state departments Sa tbs
Interest," of efficiency and eeanaBlV. tia
merit system sc apnn4a tmertS, aad the
h4tts@Nt sgatam af appropriations.
The value az puhlto servtoa taa hs
measured aaly in terms NJ auaHesSfW
assfagavefnRnr for the een~ist at an tina
EpRapte ana TIA Friendships that with no.
/ vary with tire rapid changes At Rnt1rtca
fortune Maasurest tANs I cannot helg
hut feel that my administration has
I been woFth while, 4 SHAH close liz witt
more arattmeh and t0ga& fsfsnai
I Ehrn0 ghaWt the state than has avHl
been nay good fortune ta pajsw@ya before
kaersuaasw tn Appointments.
'ra tine vartanS officials Cannevt@t
, / with this administration desire aE
this aeeaaioH Go express ray aNepes
gratitude. Ne governor I'm all tho pas
> history at the AtAtA was nast@ eaFt0Ratt
| IN hig appointments than [ have been
Not il single Charge af Incompetence
l az misconduct against a state 0fficiat
! Atll cloud this period of uupaFaE@}at
/ astt8eg enanf, re has been an WnAt6kel
! nsrSta az loyalty and effaetant ea~opsFa
} tsan,
: public sentiment liz essential tn she en
| we'll a. In tire Adoption of all ttt1paF
/ earnest sappreetasfo az thu fsaaportan
= / servfsp rendered ta this eonaNetIan h,
| THE neass aE tRe ssafe. Personally put
= / relations wtFh tiae newspaper men hav,
! been mogt assfeeabEs, and I cat eS
! / press nay apNfsRts IiNE wf their vaEaafaE
. Incorporation tA asaa higher terms THAI
, Ika state that tatEa.tn9 HaY eatRre aetaatA
/ sarratgua they have asNee yet hetEaye
Day condolences,
\ ( Words fail nae ga this occasion II
! express nay gratitude TO tAe people u
/ Minnesota far comforting en Hae th
/ ! greatest honor th0E can Ae eaaf@sges
- | an any efti8sn of the state. haN
) 4 tried Ia give tn return the HWa4 kMeP