Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-12-29
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Battle Lake Review: The man who
handles the local department of q
learns after due experience
not to expect even briefly expressed
thanks from column Of pleasant
things, but he knoweth as surely as
cometh the winter that single line
in which there is an unintentional
misrepresentation will cause some one
to be heard as if from a house top.
And he may add that when he has
made pleasant mention 900 times of
some person, place or thing, but on
the thousandth fails to do so, he must
expect to be forgiven. The omission
may have been from accident, mad
vertence or even lack of knowledge.
It matters not. The simple truth re-
mains and he will be judged by that.
Norman County Herald: The Min
neapolis Journal says that the demo-
Gratis are all in favor of retaining the
primary election law. Good for the
democrats-they believe in letting the
people rule.
Steele County Citizen: It is said
that nearly a hundred country papers
in Oklahoma have gone out of bust
ness owing to the high cost of print
papers, and that many in this state
will cease publication for the same
reason.
Melrose Beacon: The newspapers
that are writing premature obituaries
for the initiative and referendum
movement are the same who are call
ing for the repeal of the non-partisan
law and demanding a return to the
convention primary-reactionary from
PROV to stern.
Mankato Daily Review: There were
eighteen killed at football in the en-
tire United States during the season
recently ended, but there have been
eighty persons killed by careless hunt
ers in the northern woods. The mum.
Der of boys and young men playing
football in the schools and colleges Of
America was undoubtedly much great
er than the number aof hunters for big
game from whom so much heavier toll
of life was exacted. If football should
be frowned upon or prohibited because
Of the hazards to life and limb which
it involves, so much more should deer
and bear hunting be prohibited or
such restrictions be placed on the is
suance Of licenses that only those pos
sessing judgment and decent degree
Of prudence and caution should be per-
mitted to engage in it.
From the biennial report of Supt.
Scott of the state reformatory to the
state board of control:
. In further reference to road making
the following statement showing total
cost of constructing two miles Of mac
adam road throug oh the reformatory
property public highway during the
past summer will prove Of interest.
The reformatory furnished the crush
ed stone and gravel loaded on wagons
in the yard and men to spread it on
the road, about Is inmates being so
employed. Sherburne county furnish
ed the teams to haul the stone and a
foreman to superintend the work dur
ing construction. The city Of St..
Cloud furnished the steam roller and
an engineer to operate it. 4,455 cubic
yards of crushed stone and FOL loads
of gravel were used. It is estimated
that each cubic yard of crushed stone
cost the reformatory $1.46, which es-
innate is arrived at by charging the
cost Of maintenance of the inmates
employed in this industry, the wages
paid them, salaries Of officers in
charge Of the work and other costs of
operating the quarry and crushers. A
charge Of soc per load is made for
gravel furnished. Based upon the
above figures and those furnished us
by the board of county commissioners
and the city Of st. Cloud, the follow
ing is given as the total cost Of the
two miles of road:
4,455 cubic yards of crushed
stone at $1.46 ........... st, 504.30
701 loads gravel Soc. ....... 350.50
701 days inmate labor, 15c.. 105.15
95 days officers salaries, 1888 221.67
Amount paid by the city of st.
Cloud for rolling ......... $4,000
Amount paid by Sherburne
county, hauling and grading $4,000
Total cost. .$1o,317.62
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