The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-02-04
STUDY BEST PLANS !.
REORGANIZATION
MEMBERS OF EFFICIENCY AND
ECONOMY COMMISSION SPEND
FEW DAYS AT HOMES.
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.

ST. Paul.
With q mass Of Information be-
fore them members of the Efficiency
and Economy Commission are spend
ing few days at their homes study,
ing the best plans of recognizing
the civil government of Minnesota.
Representative Charles A. Lindbergh
will be asked to appear before the
board.
TWO things which the commission
is likely to recommend to the 1917
legislature stand out as having
greater chance of being adopted than
the other suggestions. At the hear.
lngs great interest was evinced in
the suggestion by J. A. o. Preus.
state auditor, that the administration
OF lands, minerals and timber be ia,
Ken from the direction of the auditor
and placed in separate department..
The other point which stands out
Is the inspection work being done by
various state departments. They
seemed to feel that there is a pos.
sibility of coupling up the various in.
srection services into ons depart
ment.
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Book on States Rural Life.
Fred D. Sherman, state immigra.
ton commissioners, has completed a
quartet Of books devoted to Mime
sofa agricultural life, which members
of the state immigration board believe
will go far toward bringing settlers
here.
The state is divided by Mr.. Sher.
man into four districts, southern, cen.
trail, northwestern and northeastern.
The book is profusely illustrated
Northeastern Minnesota is devoted
to the great "cut over" country where
lands are cheap and where common
sense and hard work. accompanied by
very small capital, spell ultimate sue
cess. The book takes in everything
from western Beltrami county across
the state to Lake Superior and from
central Pine county to the Canadian
line
Northwestern Minnesota deals with
the great Red river valley prairie
country from central Clay county
northward to the Canadian line
Southern Minnesota is defined as all
that portion Of the state lying to the
south OF an imaginary line drawn
through ST. Paul west to Big Stone
county. In that book Mr.. Sherman
tells in picture and word of the high
ly developed corn belt Central Min.
nesota takes in that territory.
Each book contains "a pages and is
i'm several colors. About $4,000 of
each will be distributed through that
territory from which Minnesota draws
soil.
For Highway Route.
The monthly meeting of the Min. |
nesota Highway Commission promised |
to be alive with suggestions as to |
the proper route for the Jefferson
memorial highway through the state. |
The portion of the route from the |
Iowa boundary through Owatonna,
Mortified and Pennington to ST. Paul |
Is pretty well settled and no one
appears to have any objections to it, |
but with regard to the remainder of |
the route, State Engineer G. w. Coo
ley has had twenty-five letters OBJ
jecting to the route to Bemidji from |
Minneapolis.
The route of the highway from Be- |
midi to st. Vincent is far from being |
settled. 1t may be referred to the |
engineers department for further in
formation.
The route favored by the commits
sion from Minneapolis to Bemidji |
passes through Anoka, st. Cloud, Lit |
tie Falls, Staples, Wadena, Park Rap
ids and Itasca Park to Bemidji.
Smith to Announce Soon.
Acknowledgement Smith, who In on
nounced that on his return he will |
make known what state Office he will
seek in the next election. He init |
mated before his departure that his
choice will be either his present posi-
ton or place on the supreme bench.
In state capitol circles he is expected
to go after his present job.
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Fee Basis For Rail Body.
Before it makes it's final report the
Efficiency and Economy Commission
will consider the ACCESSIBILITY of plac-
ing the Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission on a fee basis of support and
do away with legislative appropria-
tions.
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Wants Interstate Bridge.
The Minnesota State Highway Com
mission will take up at its meeting in
February a proposition just received,
from Hugh Jeffries of the Wisconsin
highway commission to build another
interstate bridge across the st. Croix
river from Danbury, Wis, into Pine
county Minnesota $500