The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-06
MUST KEEP HANDS
OFF IN SELECTING SUCCESS
SOR TO CLAPP.
EVENTS At STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven.
fence of Busy Readers.
St. Paul..

States senator from Minnesota this
year. The successor to Senator Moses
E. Clapp is to be named by the people
without the aid of either convention
or legislature.
The selection of United States sem
ator this year will mark the first time
in history when neither convention nor
legislature has had hand in naming
the United States senator from Mime
sofa. The successor to Senator Clapp
must win the approval of the voters
at both primary and general elections.
This placing in the hands of the vot-
ers the direct and untrammeled power
of nominating candidates for the Unit
ed States Senate and then naming their
preference at the general election
comes as tie result of an amendment
to the Federal constitution.
A. o. Eberhart, former governor, has
filed as candidate. Frank B. Kellogg
has signifed he will be candidate
and Senator Clapp is expected to seek
to succeed himself. This will consti-
tute the field for the Republican nomi-
nation unless Congressman Lindbergh
decides to enter the race.
The candidates for the Democratic
nomination are by no means so GER
tain. Probably the name of A. c. Weiss
of Duluth is most frequently mention
ed, though he has not signifed he will
be a candidate.
81, 5000 Spent on Roads.
The Minnesota Highway Commls-
sion announces that 1000 miles of
grading and 500 miles of crawling was
done on state roads during 1915.
This means that approximately rs
per cent more work was completed in
1915 than in the previous year.
With the incidental construction of
culverts the work done last year cost
approximately $2,5O0,000.
There was an improvement in the
character of the work, for the reason
that in most counties there was a
tendency to concentrate the iexpendi-
lures on permanent work on the main
lines of roads, with the result that the
roads of greatest Importance to the
general travelling public are being
brought to high standard in Mime
sofa.
In former years the funds were divid-
ed piecemeal over scattered locations.
Outlines of the proposed work for
1916 indicate that even more extensive
road work will be done this year, and
in all intances the work has been con-
centrated on main roads.
Renville county has the most extern
sive program of any county. A road
running the full length of the county,
As miles, is to be graveled.
South and west of St. Paul great
road improvements have been made.
There is now a gravelod road south
almost to Albert Lee, with branch
from Faribault to Mankato.
The road from Mankato west to the
South Dakota State line is either com.
plete gravel or gravel under contract.
Influx Of immigrants Seen.
Minnesota is due to receive a large
influx of immigrants and to witness
unusual activity in the movement OF
farm lands this season, according to
Fred D. Sherman, commissioner of i'm.
migration. There are many reasons
which lead me to believe that this
present season will exceed last season
in the line of land movements and i'm.
migration" he said. 1T is a we'll
known fact that the back to the land
movement is steadily growing through.
out the United States"
4 X X
Road Meetings Well Attended.
Unprecedented interest is being tax.
en- by the people of Minnesota in the
question Of good roads this year, &C.
cording to George w. Cooley, engineer
of the state highway commission
Every year sees an increase in this
interest, but this year the growth in
good roads sentiment is especially
large" said Mr.. Cooley. This has
been evidenced by the big attendance
at the meetings at which state funds
were apportioned to the counties"
X X X
Says Bridges Cost More.
Increase in the price of steel in Pitts
burgh is materially increasing the cost
of bridge building in Minnesota, &C.
cording to c. E. Nagel, deputy state
highway engineer in charge of bridges.
MIR. Nagal estimates the cost of .
X 4 4
To Aid in Amendment Fight.
In the interest of an educational
campaign by which it is proposed to
obtain the passage of a constitutional
amendment authorizing the creation
of a revolving fund of $250,OOO to clear
state lands suitable for agricultural
purposes, thousands of Minnesota
school children will sell buttons in,
stead of tags at the fairs next fall
Those favoring the constitutional
amendment say that the cost of clear.
ing the land will be added to the price
when it is sold to settlers, who can at
once begin raising cropR