The Ely miner., 1916-05-19
CONDITIONS PLACED ON SALES BY
STATE AUDITOR PREUs THIN
OUT BIDDERS.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events Of Gensral Interest In Mime,
sofa Condensed and Revised for
The Greater convenienee
OF Busy Readers.

ward to possess timber of value, the
certificates will be cancelled and the
timber reserved for the state.
This announcement has been made
by j. A. o. Preus, state auditor, fol
lowing his visit to Bemidji, where he
sold two small parcels of land.
Mr.. Preus, for the first time an
nounced the new rule, and as result
the bidders were scarce.
Mr.. Preus said that in the past many
instances have come to his notice,
where purchaser would buy the state
lands containing timber, pay the Is
per cent. of the purchase price requir-
ed by the law, cut off the timber and
then let the land 60 back to the state.
He cited instances where buyers had
purchased state land on which the ap-
praisers had estimated the timber at
$3.50, and that 100000 feet of lumber
had been cut off, At the minimum fig
ure of $4 a thousand feet, this timber
would have been worth $4,000.
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Regents Increase ~" Fees.
II lS kOluk " COSI oIuuOhIo PlV
each to attend the University next
year in the colleges of arts, agriculture,
education and engineering. The board
of regents has directed increase of fees
in these colleges from the present to-
tai Of $50 yearly per student to $40.
The increase was said to be neces-
STATED by the heavy enrollments in
these colleges, which demanded larg-
er teaching staff than the Legislature
had provided for.
On motion of c. L. Sommers of ST.
Paul. the resolution to increase fees
was made to apply to the year 1861
specifically. The other regents concur
red with Mr. Sommers in holding that
the old fee schedule might be resumed
If the coming Legislature would appro-
pirate literally enough for instruction
purposes. A. E. Rice of Willmar vot-
ed against the fee raising. A fee of IS
semester was voted to apply to stu,
dents in the University high school,
beginning next fall No fee has been
heretofore exacted.
Reforests Cut-Over Lands.
Minnesota has 2.S00,000 acres of idle
land, unsuited to agriculture. OF this
acreage more than half Is cut-over
land, most of which has reverted to the
state because it was too poor to pay
taxes on. Why this land, capable of
raising the finest timber in the world,
should lio idle ;o uorrvipo ctoto ooo,,
omists. The college of forestry of the
University of Minnesota is offering a
solution to the problem and through
the work of the station at Cloquet is
obtaining tangible results. Millions OF
young trees are being seeded each
year and other millions transplanted-
the initial work of reforesting the cut.
over lands of Minnesota
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Plans For Prison School.
Erection of a separate building at
the Minnesota state prison to house
the prison school is proposed by the
State Board of Control in its program
to develop the educational facilities
Of the institution. Authorization like
ly will be asked of the coming legisla.
ture. With the purpose to provide a
modern school building, the board
plans also to engage full-time prin-
cipal and civilian teachers to supple
ment inmate teachers and to institute
day sessions which inmates will at
tend on part-time basis.
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Wind Damages Timber.
The recent heavy wind did great
damage to the forests of Northern Min.
nesota, according to State Auditor ].
A. o. Preus, who has returned from
International Falls. He said he saw
great paths blown through the forests
between International Falls and Du-
luth, and he estimated the loss to the
state in timber will be hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
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Inspects School For Boys.
Gov. J. A. Burnquist has gone to Red
Wing to look over the state training
school for boys. His visit was part of
a program for a personal investigation
of every state institution in Minnesota.
Normal Head Not Chosen.
The state normal board at its meet
ing in Moorhead deferred selection of
president for the normal school at
st. Cloud until the annual meeting to
be held in the capitol June 6.
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Seeding About Completed.
According to reports received by the
state immigration department seeding
is about completed in Minnesota. Wet
ground has interfered in some sections
but on the whole the state is well
advanced. Tame grasses are in ex-
cellent condition. Clearwater, Dodge
and Meeker counties report excellent
winter wheat. Norman county expects
about the same corn acreage as last
year. Pennington, Jackson and Clear
water counties expect larger corn
acreage. There is promise of a larg.
er fruit and berry yield in Aitkin.
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On Weights and Measures.
Information regarding official weights
and measures and weighing and meas
uring devices that conform to Mime.
sofa laws is contained in supple.
ment that makes an unusually large
booklet of the annual report of the
state department of weights and meas.
ures, now ready for public distribution.
Minnesota is fourth among the 4S
states to take up this important work."
said Commissioner c. c. Neale, of the
department, "and pro1ting by expert
ence, Minnesotas product has become
foremost IN America