The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-07
WOMAN IS LEADER
IN ROAD BUILDING
HAS DRAGGING CONTRACT IN LIN
COLIN COUNTY AND MAINTAINS
FINE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY.
UNIFORM STATE PRINTING
Committee OF Publishers. Working
That Standard Style May BE
Adopted for Publications
and Type.

st. Paul.
Officials of the State Highway de-
partment are on the verge of coming
out for equal rights for women They
are not brought to this state of mind
so much by President Wilson's stand
as by their own observations in road
building
When w. F. Rosenwald, district
engineer, went over the state road
south of Ivanhoe the past summer, he
was impressed with the splendid con-
dition of the highway for six miles.
When he asked who was responsible
for dragging asd maintaing' the road
in such good shape he as told by Ell
meg Keller, county engineer, that
woman was the dragging contractor
for that stretch.
"She is Miss Anna Mccartney of
Ivanhoe," said Mr. Keller, "and I
defy you to pick anyone in the state
who does better work She has been
the dragging contractor for the north
six miles of Road No. 9, in Lincoln
county for two years. During that
time she has done all the work her.
self, and everyone who has been over
the road comedies that her section has
had the best care of any state road in
Lincoln county"
In addition to her road work Miss
Mccartney has attended to the work
on her 16O-acre farm, described by
Mr.. Keller as one of the finest farms
in the county. She does most Nof the
work herself, hiring men only during
the busy seasons of the year.
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Uniformity in State Printing.
Standardization of legal publica-
tions as undertaken by committee
of Minnesota publishers is explained
by Sam Y. Gordon, state expert print
err
There has always existed in Min
nesota more or less discrepancy in the
style and forms of legal notices re-
quired to be published in newspapers,
some newspapers using one style,
some another, the law not being ex-
plicit in the matter" said Mr. Cor
don. "Such discrepancies lead to
more or less controversy between pub
fishers and officials and others having
to do with such legal publications.
"The work as mapped out by the
committee is to suggest, and eventu-
ally to establish under the law. uni.
form style and system covering all le-
gal publications in newspapers; to fix
basis of type measurement gradu-
ated for the different sizes of type il
a way that there can be no question
about it's accuracy"
Mr.. Gordon first called into consul
tation on the subject Harry Wheelock,
Wheelock's Weekly, Fergus Falls;
James Morrison, Morris Tribune;
Herman Roe, Mortified News, and
Frank J. Meyst, Western Newspaper
Union, Minneapolis. These were later
appointed regular committee of the
State Editorial association by Presi-
dent F. +. Hadley, when his attention
was called to the importance of the
work to newspaper men and officials
throughout the state.
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Babcock Approves Order.
. Highway commissions and road en-
gineers all over the country are find
ing fault with priority order No. 2,
which has restricted the cars to be
used for shipping road material and
hampered their work, but the Mime
sofa commissioner of highways, c. Fl.
Babcock, has written l.. w. Page, d.
rector of the office of public roads at
Washington, expressing approval OF
the order
This department believes the or
der restricting the use of open cars
to be absolutely necessary" Mr.. Bah
cocks letter to Mr.. Page said. 1--WE
have so arranged our work that the
closest cooperation will be given the
railroads in carrying out the order,
without interference with other activ-
tiles.
MANY of the towns in this state
are without fuel, and it will require
close management by the railroads to
avoid actual suffering when cold
weather sets in"
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Farmers Told to Salt Corn.
Minnesota farmers may save thou
sands of bushels of soft corn this
winter by adding a barrel of salt to
each 1000 bushels, James A. Larson,
assistant secretary of state, said.
The salt draws the moisture from the
ear and causes it to keep better, he
explained. The method has been tried
successfully in Illinois and Iowa,
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State Aid to Schools Delayed.
State Treasurer Rines has notified
all county auditors in Minnesota that
payments of state aid to school dis
tricts will be delayed until the time OF
the tax settlement next March because
of pending litigation which has tied
up funds now totaling more than 3d.
100000. The notice was given in re-
ply to many inquiries All to when re
mittances might be expected on aid
usually distributed in November, aud
the treasurer suggests that it be given
out to school officials that school f.
nances may be adjusted accordingly
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Work on Mayo Trail.
The first work on the old Burling-
ton trail, which probably will be
named the Mayo trail, will be done in
Goodhue county next spring. The
trail runs from the Iowa line into Min.
| neapolis and st. Paul c. M Bah.
| cock, state highway commissioner
mas met with the county officials and
dples afoS from the counties through.
which the trail runs 1t as been q
ciGed to expend about 100000 in Goo
hue county in 1913. Commissioner Ea