The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06
CHILD DESER7|UN
LAW IS IN EFFECT.
STATUTE FRAMED BY COMMITS.
SION sTIFFENs PENALTY FOR
ABANDONMENT.
FELONY TO FAIL TO SUPPORT
PROVISION Regarding Age of Children
Changed From IS to 16 Years
Maximum Penalty Five Years
Imprisonment.
st. Paul.

Ot. dul.
\ The statute framed by the State
enid Welfare commission and passed
Dy the last Legislature, providing for
more drastic provisions regarding
abandonment has gone into effect.
1t now is a felony to abandon a
child under 16 years of age, and maxi
mum punishment for this crime has
been raised from one year to five
years imprisonment A divorced hus-
band who is responsible for the sup
port of child, or the father of an
1llegitimate child is considered as the
head OF family. Desertion of a preg-
nant wife is considered as sufficient
evidence of intention to abandon the
child
BY the new law not only the wife
OF deserter but anyone can make a
complaint against the offender.
While before it was a misdemeanor
to fail to provide for a child under
Is years, the age now has been
raised to 16.
Brewers to Fight "Piggers."
Representatives of practically all
brewing companies doing business in
Minnesota, assembled in st. Paul, have
assured the Minnesota Public Safety
commission that they will take effec-
tive measures to suppress blind pigs,
according to Judge ]. F. MCGEE who
had just returned from Washington
and represented the state authorities.
Home guard uniforms are to be pre-
scribed by order of the war depart
ment, Judge MCGEE announced. 1t is
believed, the Minnesota home guard
will be able to use the uniforms they
now have, with little modification.
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Red Lake River Survey Begins Aug. 1.
The state drainage engineers will
begin survey of Red Lake river Au-
gust 1. This assurance has been given
Congressman Halvor Stevenson of
CroOkston by state officials. The
survey will be the first step toward
the establishment of drainage and
flood control district which will bring
with it the drainage of 100000 acres
of land, of deep waterway for the
movement of logs and perhaps boats,
waterpower and an all-year supply of
water for the cities and villages that
depend upon the river for their sup
ply.
Expenditures Exempt From Rules.
Expenditures by the State Public
Safety Commission from the $1,000
900 appropriation provided by the 1917
Legislature are held exempt from
general rules and regulations govern.
ing ordinary appropriations in an opin-
ion given by Deputy Attorney Gener-
al Hilton. The question was raised
in connection with the proposal to
place a $1,000 revolving fund in the
hands of Don d. Lescohier, as man
ager of it's wartime labor bureau in
Minneapolis.
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Committee Finds No Labor Trouble.
The committee appointed by the
State Public Safety Commission to in
vestigate labor and law enforcement
in Koochiching county adjourned after
having heard thirty-fve witnesses.
Judge Thomas D. O'Brien of st. Paul,
one of the committee members, de-
clared that the inquiry had disclosed
that there are no labor troubles IN
the county.
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Fish to Cut State II. c. L.
Fish are to be taken from Mime
sofa lakes to reduce the cost of liv.
ing under special plan made public
by the State Public Safety commits
sion. The primary purpose Is to cut
food bills at state institutions, but the
SEEMING is to be on a large scale and
any surplus will be marketed at rea-
sonable prices.
To Receive Federal Allotment.
Minnesota probably will receive the
pending $4,000 federal military allot.
ment, but it will be used chiefly to
equip an ambulance company instead
of the proposed field hospital corps,
Capt. w. F. Rhinow, military secre-
tary to Governor Burnquist, said on
his return from Washington.
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April Supreme Court Term Ends.
The summer vacation period in the
Minnesota Supreme Court has started.
The April term, which has just end
ed, was given to hearings on 254
cases, about sixty-fve of which remain