Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-02-17
STATE FUNDS FOR
MINNESOTA ROADS
HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO MEET
MARCH 2, TO MAKE ALLoT.
MENT--S1 SOC. 900 AVAILABLE.
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
The allotment OF the state
road and bridge fund. amounting
to about s1,500.oo0, to the counties OF
the state. will be made by the State
Highway Commission at 4 meeting
March 7. According to the state law
every county must have allotted to II
at least per cent OF the fund and the
maximum allotment for any one coun-
ty Is 3 per cent. Since the three larg.
est counties contribute about so per
cent OF the fund IL In usual to allot
nearly the maximum to Ramsey, Hen
nepin and st. Louis counties and some
OF the others which contribute much
more than l per cent, generally get
back what they pay In. &s
IL this custom is followed this year
the commission will not have more
than or at most per cent OF the
fund to distribute along the other
counties Of the state over and above
the minimum.
A preliminary meeting of the high
way commission was held In the Shu-
bert building to consider the applica.
tons OF some counties for special n
lotments.
r r 4
Rural Youth Ambitious.
Minnesota Is the home OF small high
schools. or 221 schools I'm the state
recognized by the state department OF
education as 'high." lis have enroll
ments of less than 100, 81 have fewer
than SO students each enrolled and one,
the smallest star In the high school
constellation, at the little village OF
Welcome, has 81 pupils. But small
as the great majority of the high schools
may be, large part OF their pupils
come from the outlying rural sections.
In fact there are many such institu-
tons where less than half the young
people turned over to the high school
teachers are home products, the 9TH
ers hatling from the country.
This may indicate that the love of
knowledge, the ambition to obtain an
education is keener in the rural youth
than In his urban cousins. DR.. c. G..
Schulz, superintendent OF education.
believes that the country boys and
girls prize school facilities more high
ly than city children. but he Is not
prepared to submit his figures ON en-
rollment as proof OF his belief.
He thinks. however. there is great
Significance in the fact that among the
2s.b20 students enrolled in high schools
for tho school year ls14-f5. 6.627 were
nonresident pupils. More than one.
seventh. almost II per cent. were Out
sidera.
Would Unity state Duties
Definite plans for the consolidation
OF correlated state departments have
been presented to the state economy
and efficiency commission by Samuel
G. lverson. former state auditor. He
said he offered no new system Of gov
eminent but simply 4 practical plan
OF unifying and co-ordinating allied
state duties and eliminating overhead
charges without disturbing methods or
upsetting the general routine. The
| suggestion or plan was prepared by
him at the request OF the commission.
| Orders Joint phone Lines.
The railroad and warehouse commits.
| sion has issued instructions to the
| Northwestern Telephone company ia
make connections with toll lines OF
the Tri-State company at Owatonna,
Mimi, within 30 days or show cause
why 1t should not do SO. The order Is
the first under the Minette telephone
law requiring connections with rival
lines under certain conditions. The
ore~r was made at the request Of the
city of owatonna.
/ 4 4 4
400 File For Delegates. ~ 49,
The rush on the office OF Julius A
Schmahl. secretary OF state of those
who desired to file for delegates te
the national convention resulted In the
totals reaching the 200 marx. Former
Governor s. n. Van SAINT hlsd - .
Cummins delegate~at-large and A. ID
stephens, Crookston, member OF this
immigration commission. nled for Cum
Minis.
/ Il 4 r
careiessness Causes Fires.
Minnesota property valued at $4.7.s,
s2s Was destroyed by fire during 1915
Robert w. Hagardine, state fire mar
shai has announced In an appeal SEN
to the newspapers OF the state to aid il
campaign for greater care in the us,
OF comhustihle materials. Three
tourths of this less liz attributed 1,
carelessness. Mr. Hagardine said.
Il = X r
Ten Railroads Reduce Tariffs.
Ten railroads affected by the CON
mon rate point order Of the Raslroa,
and Warehouse Commission hare ole,
their new reduced tariffs. Reduction
On the different classes OF freight ri
! fected by the order ars from Q cent
down to small fracttoa OF cen,