The Tomahawk., 1916-02-10
STUDY BEST PLANS
FOR RE0RGAN|z|NG
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-
ience Of Busy Readers.

| st. PAUL.,
With q mass Of information be-
fore them members of the Efficiency
and Economy Commission are spend:
ing a few days at their homes study
Ing tho best plans of recognizing
the civil government Of Minnesota.
Representative Charles A. Andbergh
will be asked to appear before the
board.
Two things which the commission
10 likely to recommend to the 1917
legislature stand out as having a
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 a 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 one depart
ment.
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Book on States Rural Life.
Fred d. Sherman, state immigra-
ton commissioner, has completed
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
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 Ga pages and Is
| irr eoyarol rn1crc About 0nO ~
| each will be distributed through that
| territory from which Minnesota draws
the most Of her new citizens of the
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
tic Falls, Staples, Wadena, Park Rap
ids and Itasca Park to Bemidji.
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| Smith to Announce Soon.
| Acknowledgement Smith, who ia on
vacation trip In the South, has an
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 be is expected
to go after his present lob.
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Fee Basis For Rail- Body.
Before it makes it's final report t:.e
Efficiency and Economy Commission
| will consider the advisability 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 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.
| The road that the bridge would
| serve runs to Sandstone and Hinckley