The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-04-27
FRAUDS AFFECT. ......
SCHOOLS FUNDS
AUDITOR 70 PROSECUTE PER.
SONS CONTRIBUTING TO LOOT
! ING OF TIMBER LANDS
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
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Events OF General interss. in Mime
] sofa Condensed and Revised for
T., The Greater Convenience
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St. Paul
Prosecutions will be brought against
anybody contributing to the footing of
state timber lands, State Auditor J. A.
y. Preus said in a statement issued up
on his return from Washington, d. C.
tie was suffering from an attack Of ap-
pend1citis and gave out the statement
from the bedside at his home. The
state has $12,000,000 or $15,O00,00O
worth of timber still standing on state
lands. the proceeds of which are in
tended for the school fund.-" said Mr..
Preus.' Anyone, be he an employee
OF the state, logging contractor of a
lumberman, who for selfish purposes
and greed is willing to dip his hand in
to this fund, shall be dealt with &C.
cording to his deserts. It shall be TO
the interest of the state that not one
stick Of timber shall be pilfered."
Oscar Arneson, who recently investi-
gated alleged timber irregularities, cor
ferred with Attorney General Lyndon
A. Smith on legal aspects of the stu
alton. His report has been submitted
to the timber board.
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Fire Marshal Makes Report.
Practically half of the fires of Min
nesota are from unknown origin, ac-
cordinG to the annual report OF Robert
w. Hargadine, state fire marshal The
lire loss in the state in 1916 was a..
722,925, and the loss from GAO fires of
unknown origin was $2,319,602. Smok-
ers carelessness caused III blazes
last year. The property burned be-
cause of the combination of rat-and-
match caused a loss of $23,935. Defec-
tive fiues were responsible for a loss
of $164,1S0, and children and matches
! combined, caused eighty-two fires and
property loss Of $4,000.
Mr.. Hargad!ne in his report recon-
mends that the law be amended to give
the state fire marshal more authority
to regulate motion picture shows. to
prohibit the use of buildings in which
occupancy is hazardous and to pro-
vide a state building code and to- OK.
tend the term of the fire marshal to
six years.
,.. X X X
,Risk Firms Report Gains.
Statistics compiled by S. D. Works,
state insurance commissioner, show
that the year 1915 was an excellent
one for the Township Fire Insurance
companies OF Minnesota. He has Just
completed a report of tho figures for
the year ending December 81. The as
sets OF these companies at the end of
the year were $49O,149.0a, a gain of
$50 ,262.02 for the year.
The insurance in force December 81
was $399, 990,209.95, whereas the
amount in force one year previous was
1872 ,633, 1903, showing a gain for the
year of $26,757,012S7.
The number of policies in force De-
cember 81, 1915, was 172,467, "a
against 165,4S5 at the end of Deem
Ter, 1914, a gain of 6,9S2 for the year.
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Favors Road Bond Plan.
The issue Of highway boEds is CON-
ing to be looked upon as the best meth.
cd of raising funds for road construc-
t1on," declared George W. Cooley, Sec
rotary and state engineer of the Min
nesota Highway commission, in speak
ing of Winona countys issue of
100000 in road bonds and the proposal
OF County Commissioner Cook of Hen
nepin county to raise 100000 for bet.
ter highways in the same way.
Experience has proved that
steady supply of money, which is nee
essary to good road work, cannot be
obtained by annual tax levies." said
Mr.. Cooley. Bond issues form the
method adopted by nearly half of the
counties in the United States"
4 X X
Advises Use Of Bulk Seed.
Package lawn-grass seed is generally
worthless, the state seed laboratory at
university farm has found. Much at
tention has been given this spring to
testing samples of grass seed and the
results of the tests this year added to
those previously made have formed
the basis for the almost wholesale con-
cemnation Of package grass seeds. On
the other hand, the seeds carried in
bulk lots by most Minnesota dealers
have been found generally good.
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To Improve State Hospital.
The State Board of Control, tollow-
Ing visit to the state hospital for the
insane at Fergus Falls, said it will
ask the 1917 Legislature for appropria-
tions of $4,000 for improvements at
the institution. The board plans to
erect a building for tubercular men.
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