The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
SELECTS ROUTE OF
ROAD IN MINNESOTA
STATE COMMISSION LOCATES
JEFFERSON H GHWAY FROM
ST. PAUL NORTHWARD.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven.
ience of Busy Readers.

~'~AAhSooeo 11iShWoJ SOAh-
mission has selected the route of
the Jefferson Memorial highway from
st. Paul to Bemidji on the route to
Winnipeg. The Jefferson Highway as
ISOLATION designated the road leading
from Albert Lea to st. Paul known as
the Capital National highway which
passes through Owatonna, Faribault,
Mortified and Pennington. The as
ISOLATION authorizes the Minnesota
Highway Commission to select the
rest of the route through Minnesota.
The route selected is through Osseo
to Anoka, Hennepin coutny, to Elk
River in Sherburne county, thence
north on the east side of the Mississip.
pi river to Little Falls, thence north
west to Staples in Todd county, west
and north through Wadena and Park
Rapids to the source of the MISSISSIPPI
pi in 1tasca state park, thence north
east to Bemidji. At this point the So
lection will be postponed until engi-
neers have had an opportunity of pick
ing out the best route from Bemidji
to st. Vincent, where the highway
will connect with the Canadian diyi-
sion.
X X X
To Attack Election Laws.
In the opinion of S. D. Works,
state insurance commissioner and
close political adviser of the late
Governor Hammond, the present pri.
mary election laws will be attacked at
the next session of the legislature.
Mr.. Works says he sees in present de-
mands a partial return to the conven.
tion system.
Reports to the contrary" said Mr.
Works, the meeting of the Democrat.
ic state central committee held re-
Gently, was unanimous ia favor of a
convention to name delegates to our
national convention. We will hold our
convention as of DID,
James A. Peterson, who withdrew
from the Republican nomination for
governor, is reported to be drafting a
plan for convention system of which
he will ask approval. l. A. Caswell,
manager of the Cummins presidential
campaign, has suggested to the dis
trict that candidates for the several
delegateships be named in mass con-
vention.
X X X
No Venison as Free Lunch.
Carlos Avery, state game and fish
commissioner, has announced that he
has a ruling from the attorney general
declaring it illegal to serve venison or
any other game as free lunch, on the
ground that the wild meat is offered as
an attraction to bring customers. st.
Paul saloons and saloons in some
northern Minnesota towns have been
serving venison, wild duck, and other
tidbits. The legal limit of time in
which birds might be kept in cold
storage expired Jan. 1.
X X X
Plans ~" Extension.
More extensive training for business,
comparing with that for law and med
icine training for social and public
service, and short courses for news
paper men are among projects the Uni
versity of Minnesota will take up, &C
cording to the president, George E
Vincent's report. The demands
placed on the university by the rapid
development of Minnesota and which
have not been met are enumerated
by President Vincent.
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Thousand Lakes Stocked.
One thousand lakes and streams OF
Minnesota were stocked with 190,0N,
442 fish from state hatcheries during
1915. Carlos Avery, game and fish
commissioner said. The numbers OF
each kind of fish follow: Brook trout
5,609,624; brown trout, 872,372; lake
trout, 91,110; steelhead trout, 59,250,
pike, 1873 $4,000; bass, 1926; crap
pies, 122,727; sunfish, 1897; perch
S,O87.
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