Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-30

can afford to purchase new car
costing $4,000. the tax Of $72 on the
basis of leaving the tax as is, is a
small part of the original cost, the
up-keep, interest on investment, and
depreciation on the car. Further
more, the purchaser of new car
now gets the benefit of lower price
while the owner of car a year old
or older pays on the higher base price,
less depreciation.
Aid to but Two Special Departments.
H. F.. 100 was debated and voted
upon i'm the House Monday afternoon.
1t pertains to special courses in the
high schools out over the state. there
being desire to eliminate state aid
to such special departments. The
main author of the bill, Rep. VAIL
strand of Willmar, stated that where
there are special courses 1T means
special training and tax money. Mr..
Wahlstrand added also that where
there are four special departments
| i'm a high school and state aid is
eliminated there will be more in
vestigation by local people into the
costs of same. Folks must make sac
rifices somewhere to keep the grade
schools going.
The bill as brought to the floor of
the House would have eliminated
state aid to all the high school spe-
cial departments within few years,
but as amended no school will receive
departmental aid for more than two
special departments after July 1, 1888.
The special state aid to such high
schools as have the departments now
is as follows: agriculture, $500; in
dustrial training. $500; home train
ing, $500 and commercial training,
$500. Rep. Barker argued that the
increasing cost of education is caused
by the widening of curriculum.
In the course of the debate, it was
also brought out that from $500 to
$4,000 is spent annually by some high
schools in order to receive state aid
of only $500 and that the state aid in
such cases is held out as a bait. 1t
was further argued that if there be
any state aid to distribute then let
it go out straight without bait.
After the amendment by Rep. East
void was carried and which permits
each high school to get state aid for
two departments instead of four as
the law now is, the bill was carried
by a vote of go to %. Older members
stated that there has been a fight
on to eliminate those state aids to
special departments for the past ten
come up in the Legislature, members
from different parts of the state get
up and fight to protect their local
schools. So in view of the fact that
it has been a prolonged fight. it was a
victory for Rep. Wahlstrand and other
educators to have the bill passed by
the House, though they were required
to submit to an amendment which did
not give them all they desired.
AS reported in last weeks legisla-
tive letter. March II, st. Patrick's day,
was big event for the Irish delega-
ton in the House. 1t was also the
birthday anniversary of Speaker Mum
and Rep. Quinlivan. The half hour
program honored such men as Reps.
Nolan, Collins, Finnegan, Costello
Jebb, Powers, Griffin, Brophey, Nc
Nulty, Coughlin, DAILY, McDonough,
Scallon and other sons of Ireland who
proudly displayed the Irish shamrock,
together with Scandinavians, Ger
mans, Bohemians and all the other
nationalities represented in the House.
Speaker Mum and Rep. Quinlivan
were presented with clay pipes but
the Speaker Immediately broke part
of the stem off to make it conform to
the true Irish style. 1t is said that
the popular Speaker is also respOn-
sible for this original poem:
"The Indian with his pipe of peace
Has slowly passed away,
But the Irishman with his piece of
pipe
Has come prepared to stay"