The Tomahawk., 1916-05-04
MINNESOTA SCHOOL SUPERIN-
TENDENTS SEEK LEGlSLA-
TION-ELECT OFFICERS.
EVENTS At STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and important happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven.
ience Of Busy Readers.


longer tenure of o1sce. A committee
on the subject was appointed by the
superintendents section of the Min
nesota Educational association meet
ing at a conference in the engineer
ing building of the University OF Min
nesota. The conference ended with the
election of H. C. Hess of New Ulm for
president of the superintendent sec
ton of the Minnesota Educational asso-
citation. J. B. Hagen Of Detroit was
elected vice president and c. H. San
berg Of Crookston, secretary and
treasurer.
The superint enlets also took up the
problem before the state normal board
of electing president for the normal
school at St. Cloud and prominently
mentioned Dr. c. G. Schulz, state sup
erintendent of education, for the posi-
ton.
The short course for principals end.
ed with addresses by E. p. Cubberly
and C. Bagley.
At banquet at the Elks' club the
state schoolmen were addressed by
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist, w. F..
Webster principal of East high school;
P. Tonning, assistant state superin'
tendent of education; Mr.. Cubberly
and Mr.. Bagley.
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Hunters of State to Meet.
Preliminary to the state conference
Of the Minnesota Game and Fish Pro-
tective league to be held in Duluth
August Gil there will be many meet.
ings of hunters throughout the state.
Sportsmen of Waseca, Steele, Dodge
Olmstead, Wabasha, Winona, Free
born, Mower, Fillmore and Houston
counties will hold banquet at Vino
ma under the auspices Of the
Winona Sportsmen's club and the
Winona County Fish ermen's associa-
ton the second week in May.
It is expected plans will be made
then for the formation Of branch clubs
In each Of the counties named. Fol
lowing the Winona affair a similar
meeting probably will be held in each
Of the 10 congressional districts of the
state. 4. .
1t is expected that the meetings will
stimulate interest in promotion of pro.
lection to wild life and that large
attendance at the state conference
where the sportsmen are to discuss the
need of legislation will be insured.
r X X
Holds Auditors Are Liable.
In an unofficial opinion Attorney Gen
eral Smith said undoubtedly state au.
ditors who inaugurated any system by
which the state lost money or was
defrauded could be held liable on
their bonds. This, he said, would ap-
ply to any state officer, but had parti
cular refernce to the alleged timber
frauds, in which it developed state
auditors enforced rule that four
1000 board feet, whereas members
of the timber board declare only two
single cords are required.
X 4 r
Order Protects Irvine Plant.
The preliminary order for 1000 bales
of sisal placed by Warden Reed Of the
Saltwater penitentiary is for the pur
pose of assuring the state plant enough
raw material to keep going, according
to members of the State Board of Con
troll. The order was placed through
the Federal government. The plant re.
quires about 10000 bales of sisal an
nually, and now has On hand enough
to last Until July.
X X X
Conference Of Executives.
The next quarterly conference Of
executives of state institutions with
the state board Of control will take
place at the training school at Red
Wing. DR.. George Williams Beack Of
and state sanatorium will discuss "Ad-
vantascs and Disadvantages of Civil
Service Law in State Institutions
Dr. R. M. Phelps, St. Peter, Labor
Problems in State Institutions"
4 X 4
Commission Orders Change.
The State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission in an order just issued
has raised the minimum amount Of
grain in sacks which can be shipped
in any car from $4,000 to 1000 pounds.
The order will take effect May IL.
x X X
Preus To Ask inventory.
An inventory Of all of the state tim
Der, mining and ether lands and water
rights will be recommended to the 1917
Legislature, by ]. A. o. Preus, state
auditor, in his biennial report be says.
4 + 4
UphcIds Compulsory Vaccination.
The fact that a member of board
of education votes to exclude a pupil
who he's not complied with the require
ments of the board of education or the
health department Of a city to be vac
cinated, does not constitute sufficient
cause for penalizing the member, &C
cordiny to the opinion by the supreme
court in the case of Grace M. Bright
against Harrington Beard. The plaintiff
was excluded from the West high
school, Minneapolis, in February, 1914,
because she had been exposed to