New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-13
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just the same, excepting that those
close in say the fish trust is responsible.
Backed by law which prohibits COM
by the state the supply Of food fish is
chases Of eastern and Canadian supplies
sanatorium for tuberculosis is located
| On the shores Of Leech Lake, which,
according to experts, is so full of food
| each other, yet the institution cannot
buy pound of this fshy product.
State Job Holders Wonder
Holders of state Jobs whose monthly
stipend is charged up against the state
! oil department., state boiler inspection,
state hotel inspector and the fire mar
shal's Office are anxiously awaiting the
outcome of the governors consolida-
tion scheme by which according to a
statement given out by his excellency
! some months ago the departments
named will be consolidated with the
state dairy and food and insurancedivis-
ions of the state government. The
governor figures that he can save better
than $4,000 year in salaries by the
consolidation which is something. How
his excellency in the face of laws creating
the departments named is going to
bring about the amalgamation men
toned is not stated and there are quite
few who are of the opinion that he
will run up against a snag when the
change is attempted. Under the law
both the oil inspection and fire mar
lal's office are maintained entirely by
fees and there are those who hold that
if they are wiped out to the extent Of
transferring their duties to other de-
partments that those who pay the
freight will refuse to settle. This is
especially the case with the fire mar
shals office which is financed by the
fire insurance companies operating in
the state.
Gossips Boom Putnam
It is rather early to speculate on next
years Republican gubernatorial posi-
bilities, but the gossips persist in adj
vancing the name of Senator Frank E.
p. Putnam of Blue Earth county,.
Senator Putnam is the senior member
of the upper legislative body and the
members of the Minnesota house of
parliament acknowledge him as leader.
He does not say much, but when he
does it counts. He was regarded as the
safety valve of the late sitting of the
senate. He was not prolific bill maker,
but those that he did introduce counted
Nelson Win Stick
Any Minnesotan having designs on
United States Senator Knute Nelson's
job might just as we'll put his ambi-
lions in storage. This is what friends
of the senior senator bring back from
Washington. They say that the old
Republican war horse is going to run
again and that means he will be nominal
ed and elected hands down. It looks
pretty much has if the Douglas county
man was going to die in harness and in
the language of his admirers good
luck to him. May he live one thousand
years more" It was thought that
Senator Nelson would retire with this
session, but he did not so indicate when
friends visited him week ago at Wash
ington. He was as full of pep as ever
and was right on the job.
Auto Numbers Grow
One of the duties Of the office of the
secretary Of state is the registration of
automobiles and other power vehicles
and the examination and licensing of
chaufeurs. How this one department
" Cl1S SCdCS Ids StOWIl, III Ccl1 years, CiAG
present period Of it's existence, is shown
in the number of vehicles now registered
which is over $4,000. In 1907 when
the department was created by the legis-
lature the number registered was a
trife over 1000. OF motor cycles at
the present time there are 10000 and
of registered drivers about the same
number. Each machine registered
means fee of $3.50 paid into the state
treasury though this will be increased
to 5. per cent when 1918 rolls around.
Check Up Telephone Lines
Work on the physical valuation of
the Tri-State and Northwestern Tele-
phone companies toll lines in Mfnpe-
sofa will begin soon. Blank forms for
making reports Of the the properties
used by these companies in their toll
service have been prepared under the
direction of the Minnesota Railroad
and Warehouse Commission. The
companies will report every pole, every
crossarm, every guy or anchor and every
foot of wire, and other details. Their
reports afterward will be checked in the
| field by force under the direction of
D. F. Jurgensen,, engineer of the Rail-
road and Warehouse Commission. It is
estimated that the work will be COM
pleted in about eighteen months.