Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
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erty classic and ought to be published
in every newspaper.
I'VE have had the good fortune to
listen to some great speeches on great
occasions says Mr.. Eddy. 1--WE heard
Chas. A. Towne's great silver effort in
the halls of Congress, which made
him famous in two continents; we sat
spellbound when Robert G.. Cousins
delivered his brief, but wonderful ora
ton on the destruction Of the Maine
in the Havana harbor, an effort second |
only to Lincoln's Gettysburg address; |
we have heard other great addresses, |
when mOmentOus interests were at |
stake and strong passions excited, and
we have no hesitation in saying that |
Governor Hammond's address, in rhet- |
orical arrangement, appropriateness of
circumstances, OratOrical excellence,
dramatic delivery, earnestness of SEN
| timent and patriotic Americanism,
equalled anything we have ever
heard"
"W S. Hammond is governor sure
enough and every soul around the cap
itOl realized it. He welcomes advice
and then acts as he pleases.-Anoka
Union.
| The Minnesota dairy cow brings her
owner $1OO,O0O,OOO annually accord
ing to figures compiled by ]. ]. Farrell,
state dairy and feed commissioner. In
only two states, New York and Wis
consin, do the COWS bring their own
ers greater gross return. Next below
Minnesota is Iowa while Illinois is
fifth. In quality Minnesota is first.
OF the $1O0,OO0,00O earned for the
farmers by the COWS, nearly $40,000,-
900 was paid through creameries for
butter fat, while the balance includes
the products of cheese factories, all
ice cream, all milk sold or used for
home consumption and the value of
the calves produced each year.
The resources Of the State Depart.
ment of Game and Fish are taxed to
the limit to meet the insistent demand
for fish fry for stocking and replen-
ishing lakes and streams and for doing
the necessary patrol duty incident to
the enforcement Of the laws. Com
missioner Carlos Avery reports that
during the past season, for one variety
of fish alone, the wau-eyed pike, there
were Matched in the Minnesota hatch
cries, 183,277,500 fry, which were dis
tributed generally over the state in
sixty counties and planted in 414 lakes
an average Of 442,70O fry in each lake
stocked. Assuming that one in 100 of
these young fish escape the fate of so
many Of their fellows and reach ma
turity and are caught when weighing
an average of three pounds each, the
result of this one seasons work would
aggregate 100000 pounds of fish,
worth more than a half million dollars
); Besides the pike the department is
Matching and distributing many mill
, ions Of other varieties of fish and
is carrying on an active propaganda
for the preservation of wild animal
and bird life.
Governor Hammond, who has thor.
ough knowledge of the value of this
work, is taking personal interest in
it and is lending valuable aid and as
, sistance by his counsel.
{ The right of state boiler inspectors
: to inspect steam heating plants has
: just been defined in an opinion obtain.
r ed by Governor Hammond from the At.
tOrney General. The Governor asked
for the opinion after several inquiries
! had been made on the question. The
t Attorney General holds that where a
/ building is used for residence pur.
poses, or partly for residence and part.
: ly for business purposes, low pres.
sure steam heating plant is exempt
e from inspection, but that low pres.
: sure boiler in any building not used
}. for residence purposes may be exam.
4 ined by the inspector.
}. Responses have been received by
1 the Efficiency and Economy commits.
; sion created by the last legislature
from most of the state departments to
}, the request for suggestions. Many de-
d partments suggest no change, some
t recommend slight changes, but the
n governor is the only one who urges a
s general reorganization Of the state de-
partment.
f The governor favors the bill pre-
: pared by the former commission. He
s says this does not imply that he thinks
+ the bill can in no way be improved
s but he thinks it is a good foundation
e upon which to build, and recommends
that it be given the most careful and
}, thoughtful consideration and with such
Y changes as the commission deems
q wise, he again presented to the legis
;. lature.
S "The purpose sought is not central
;. ization power but coordination OF
e effort says the governor. MANY com
s missions and boards may be and per-
S haps ought to be retained, but their
4 functions should be to advise rather
+ than to direct, and the executive ag.
ents of all commissions and boards
ought to be under the direction of the
governor and be responsible to him."
Il The governor strongly favors the
merit system in the selection of state
employees and suggests civil serv.
ice commission composed of the gov.
,, ernor, the superintendent of education
and member Of the State Board Of
, Control. At no time, he says, should
:, the members of the commission all be-
, long to- the same political party. The
: clerical work, he says, could be done
in the governors Office, so there would
be no use of any new officers.
Gazette Transfer.
Editor JAG. Brynildsen, who recent
,, ly sold his newspaper, the Review, at
,, North Branch, Mimi, closed a deal
last Monday by which he becomes the
> owner of the Willmar, Minn., Repub
1ican Gazette