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OFFICIALS OPEN NEGOTIATIONS
TO DISPOSE or RICH Be.
POSTS NEAR AURORA.
WANT ONLY n ENG IsH TAUGHT
State Safety Board Urges Exclusive
Use il That Language In Pub
lie and Private Schools
y Of State.
WANT ONLY ENGLISH TAUGHT

Negotiations for the iron ore under
Syracuse lake, near Aurora. estimated
at 100000 tons, which will bring the
state $1,50O,000 in royalties, have been
opened by Fred E. Snyder OF Mime
apolis, representing mining COM
pany. with Governor Burnquist, State
Auditor Preus and Attorney General
Smith. as representatives. of the
state.
The offer to purchase the ore un-
der Lake Syracuse is the first made
under the new law providing machin.
cry for the sale of such ore, the title
to which is held to be in the state.
The law fixes minimum royalty OF
so cents against the 25-cent minimum
that obtains in most iron mine con-
tracts now affecting state property.
The state officials agreed that E..
a. Wfldes of the state mining depart
ment will make an Immediate inves.
tigation and report. Arrangements
for sale by competitive bidding will
be perfected at another meeting.
Want Only English Taught.
s The exclusive use of the English
language in all public and private
schools in Minnesota is urged as 4
patriotic duty Of school officials in a
resolution adopted by the Minnesota
Public Safety commission and made
public by Commissioner C. w. Ames,
to whom 1t was referred for revision.
Foreign languages are to be prphib-
tied except as q medium for the study.
of those languages themselves OF for
religious instruction.
The Public Safety commission took
up the subject first on complaint
that private school in Dodge county
was giving instruction in German
exclusively. c. G. Schulz, state su.
perinte1dent of education, was re-
to investigate, and the reso-
luton is the result of recommends
tons by Commissioner Ames based
on findings in the survey. The COM
mission previously inquired into the
suitability of various German text
books used in Minnesota schools, with
the result that a large number were
Eeported undesirable. ,5s
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Board Clashes With Rhinow.
U A clash between state draft Off
Gals and District Board No. 3, st.
Paul. over exemptions for about $50
men in the new Second Minnesota
,F;eld artillery regiment and steps to-
ward the removal of the Ramsey
county local board, White Bear, have
been made public at the office of Ad-
lutant General Rhinow at the Capitol.
Inclined to believe that enlistment
in the Second artillery should entitle
a man to draft exemption, especially
after the new regiment was granted
Federal recognition, state draft Off
Gals appealed to authorities at Wash
ington for a reversal of ruling to the
contrary.
a telegram from Provost Marshal
General Crowder was interpreted 10
authorize such exemption for the
present, but the St.. Paul district
board rejected the construction placed
Va In0 uSSSdS0.
Major w. A. Curtis, chief draft aide
to General Rhi1ow, then announced
that local boards would he requested
to reopen each Of the $50 cases hing
Ing on the question. to remove juris.
diction from the district board.
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State Hygiene Board Named.
The Minnesota Public Safety com
mission, meeting behind closed doors
at the Capitol, approved the forma-
ton Of the Minnesota Social Hygiene
commission and Governor Burnquist
later appointed So members Of the or.
ganization. The commission is to as.
sist in the control of venereal dis
eases and in the better enforcement
OF laws governing social conditions in
the state; to promote the education
OF the people in social hygiene AID
to afford protection and employment
to the socially unfortunate.
Koch Must Remain.
Hugo Y. Koch, st. Paul. will not be
permitted to resign from the Elev-
enth division draft beard even to
take up other Federal work connected
with the prosecution Of the war.
The announcement was made by
Major Curtis. chief draft aide to Ad-
jutant General Rhinow. Major Curtis
notified Mr.. Koch that local board
llembers are under Federal draft and
MS services cannot be dispensed with
1t this time.
To Push Brewers Suit.
With the final warning having bee1
given, the attornty general will pro-
ICED to institute suit against all brew
cries where action is justified IN the
sas e of evidence of violation OF the
tate laws, It was asserted at the Cap
toi. The seriousness Of the safety
commissions attitude was empha-
sized by Ambrose Tighe, commission
sounsel, who asserted concerted ct
,ort will be made to see IL Illegal
'ales may be- stopped without resort