The Tomahawk., 1917-09-13
MANY PERSONSARE
GIVEN POSITIONS
2,O58 MEN AND 961 WOMEN GET
PLACES IN AUGUST THROUGH
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
TO HOLD UP SCHOOL MONEY
Benton County Taxpayer Begins 40
ton to EnjoIn Officials From Pay
ing Past Deficits Out Of Cur
rent School Funds.
St. Paul.

| st. Paul.
The special employment bureau
opened by the Minnesota Public Safe
ty commission in Minnesota to give
statewide war time service, furnished
jobs to 2,058 men and 961 women dur
ing August, the report Of Assistant
Superintendent H. J. Beckerle to the
commission shows.
| While $500 application for help
were received, 3,175 men applied for
places and 2,058 reported that they
obtained work. That there is short
age in harvest help is shown by a
special statement revealing that 1923
applications for work and 996 for help
were received and that 951 places
were filled. - The report showed that
1,134 women applied for places and
that 1,195 applications for help were
listed. Nine hundred and sixty'one
women were hired, including three
on agricultural work.
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Action to Hold Up School Money.
Injunction Proceedings have been
started by J. F. Mussel, a taxpayer
of Foley, Benton county, to restrain
state officials from paying out of cur
rent state school aid funds the de-
fcits in 1915-1916 state aid to high
and graded schools as ordered by the
state high school board after Cover
nor Burnquist vetoed the $1,O7O,1
speciol deficit appropriation voted by
the last legislature.
In the action to test the. legality Of
the high school board order, District
Judge Haupt Of Ramsey county, on
application by the compliments at
torney, signed an order to show cause
returnable next Saturday and ad-
dressed to c. G. Schulz, state superin-
tendent Of education; Henry Rines,
state treasurer, and J. A. o. Preus,
state auditor.
Mr.. Mussel alleges that the payment
Of the deficit from current bonds as
proposed is unauthorized and contrary
to law and that it will deplete cur.
rent school aid funds, increase his In.
dividual taxes as a property owner at
Foley and cause him irreparable dam
age. He contends further that the
1917%state school aid appropriation OF
$2,637,545 for 1917 and $2,4OO.OOO for
1918 will be needed during those
years and that payment of the exist
ing deficits from either amount would
simply create new deficits.
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Sizing Up Draft Timber.
Capt. M. r. Nyman was in the Twin
Cities from Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
comforting with local draft boards re-
garding the quality of men to be fur
nished to the camp in the first con.
tingents. He is executive officer of
ammunition trains and has been de-
tailed to line up the trained timber
in the first delivery to the draft army
for special work in various services,
supply, sanitary, engineering and the
like
AS the local boards have based their
groups Of men to be sent first to camp
according to occupation as well az
previous military experience, Captain
Nyman is getting a line on the number
of skilled men, such as chauffeurs,
bakers, cooks, carpenters, blacksmiths,
wagon makers, and so on, to be ex.
pected from Minneapolis.
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Two Officials Face DisIoyalty Charges.
Two inspectors in the state dairy
and food commission are facing dis.
loyalty charges. A. J. Anderson,
Lindstrom, inspector of canneries, is
accused of using abusive language
toward Governor Burnquist in recent
conversation with w. w. Rich, door,
keeper at the capitol, and was sum.
moned to appear before Commissioner
James Sorenson to explain. Afidavits
from citizens at Barnum received al
legged that John II. Lfndberg cream
cry inspector, said he was ashamed Of
the American flag, as recently report
ed. Commissioner Sorenson said the
Lindberg case will be investigated by
the civil service board and similar
action taken against Anderson If the
charges are pressed.
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SearchIghts for Capitol Dome.
The old incandescent lighting sys-
tenn for Illuminating the dome OF the
Capitol has been replaced by a new
system Of high power search11ghts.
Six 1000 candle power search lights
have been installed on the roof for
lighting the dome, and four 5OO-can-
die lights will be turned on the Amer
lean flag on the East wing of the
building.
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To Handle War Exhibit.
H. E. Wright, former assistant pub
licity agent for the Minnesota State
Fair, has been appointed by the gov
eminent to take charge Of the organi-
cation of war exhibit for the mem
bers of the American Association OF
Fairs and Expeditions, whose fairs are
held late in the fall. Mr.. Wright has
been in New York for several days.
He severed connections with the Min
nesota Fair to assume his new work.
The first fair at which this exhibit
will be shown is the Eastern Stats1
exposition at SprinGfeld. Mass. :.