The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-08
CHAIRMAN RAIL COMMISSION
eLAMEs FAILURE TO RETURN
CARS FROM THE EAST.
STUDENTS PAY OWN EXPENSE
Four Hundred Boys at Farm School
seif-Supporting, According to Prin-
cipal-Majority Work During
Summer Months.


products in the Northwest to failure
Of Eastern and Southern roads to re-
turn cars owned by Northwestern
roads, Chairman Ira B. Mills of the
State Railroad and Warehouse Com.
mission has demanded in letter ia
Chairman B. H. Meyer of the Inter.
state Commerce Commission that that
body issue an order to correct the
cause of the evil.
Calling attention to the shortage Of
cars needed to move Minnesota farm
products, particularly potatoes, Chair,
man Mills says that last December he
took the matter up with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and an
interchange of refrigerator cars was
suggested, but that does not meet the
situation now, he asserts.
1T is impossible now to get foreign
cars, either refrigerators or others, to
move any farm products from this
state either east or SOUTH" Chairman
Mills complained.
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Students seIf-Supporting.
Every one of the 400 boy students
in the school of agriculture of the
University of Minnesota is self-sup-
porting, Professor D. D. Mayne, prin-
cipal, announced after completing reg
istration figures for the fall semester.
II did not find a single boy in the
school who is a financial burden to his
family" Professor Mayne said, in COM
menting on his roll of ambitious farm
boy students.
"The majority of them work on
farms during the summer months and
many of them gave more than enough
money to pay $heir expenses for the
six months OF s:.hool"
Most of the Buys are compelled to
support themselves, and because of
this, come to school to get the most
out Of it, the principal said. The aver
age age of the boy entering is 10 years,
and this factor of maturity enables
them to earn good. wages during the
summer. Since nearly all of them
work on farms, the opportunity for
spending their earnings is minimizcd
Besides this, their vacation season
comes when the highest wages of the
year are paid on the farm.
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TO Educate Prisoners.
Early reorganization of the educa.
tional systems in Minnesota pene, in.
situations, with special regard to sub
shutting day for night classes and es
tabllshlng vocational courses in the
state reformatory, was predicted by
Chairman c. j. Swendsen and G E.
Vasaly of the State Board Of Contro!
on their return from a meeting of the
American Prison congress and visits
to correctional institutions in the
East.
"Minnesota's prison and reformatory
are models, except as to their educa.
tional facilities" said Chairman
Swendsen. Eastern states have no
institutions to compare with the new
Saltwater prison, and this state is
leader in other respects. Our big need
now is for an Industrial building at
the state reformatory, where building
and other mechanical trades may be
taught the prisoner There should
also be a gymnasium at that institu
tiOn.''
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Securities Are Renewed.
State Treasurer Gocding. in his
campaign to renew and bring w. tc
date securities for state funds, has
just presented new bonds flied by thir
ty-four state depositaries which were
approved by the state board of de
pcsitors at a special meeting. Mr.
Gooding began the campaign upon find
ing that some Of the surety bonds had
not been renewed for several years.
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Need Instructor for Battery.
The formation Of a cadet field ar
t1llery unit at the University of Mime
sofa is dependent on the possibility OF
finding a United States army artiller,
officer as instructor, Major George w
Moses, new commandant at the Uni
versity, said after comforting with
President George E. Vincent.
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Plans Tour for Students.
An inspection trip through northern
Minnesota agricultural districts, for
University of Minnesota students, is
the plan Of Prof. Dana D. Durand
head Of the agricultural economics de-
partment at the University and former
director of the United States census.
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Fund for Miiitie Only 1915.
Because Minnesota state troops were
on the Mexican border serving thel
country at the time of the fall inspec
ton, the state will get nothing but sta
tionery money from the federal militia
superintendent. The total will be 1915
according to Washington dispatches
The militia apportionment of $1,000,
900 under two bills is allotted to the
states according to the number of me1
enlisted at the time Of inspection
Minnesota had no men that were no
under the government call Sept. It
hence no monav was sent.