The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-03-09

the ruck emerged the fact that a
grevious injury had been done to
many people, but who is to blame
and how to remedy it, is the ques-
ton.
Profitable for the State
During discussion of bill to
withdraw from sale all state lands
which contain peat, the charge was
made that Minnesota had been rob-
bed of most of it's natural re-
sources" Authors Of the peat bill
in their anxiety to save to the state
its "last remaining natural re-
source" and in their indignation ov-
er the despoilations of the past,
charged that the state had lost $12,-
600, 900 in the rape of the Mountain
Iron mine. DR.. Folwell in his His
tory of Minnesota so declares, they
stoutly asserted. In thia they are
entirely mistaken. State Auditor
Bob Dunn once made such a state
ment it was investigation by a Min
nesota legislature and completely
disproved. The state never had ii.
tie to the Mountain Iron mine. The
truth is that Minnesota has never
been despoiled of a pound of it's
iron ore. That resource has been
the best conserved and has yielded
the state the largest return Of any
of its natural resources. Mime
sofa today owns every foot of iron
ore lands to which it ever had title.
One small tract of worthless"
Northern Minnesota cut-over land,
which it accepated in lieu of an
agricultural tract in Southern Min
nesota, has already yielded millions
and will in the end net the state
trust funds more than $2O,OOO,OO
A Particular Lady
This colorful week in the drama
of the forty-eighth Minnesota leg
islature was made still more pic
turesque by the temperance of
Mrs. Jean Witch, budget commits
sioner, on the front page. Mrs. Wit
itch suddenly recalled several hun
dred 'Tblue books" the biennial d.
rectory and compendium Of state
government information by the leg
islature. It appears that Mrs. Wit
itch was displeased because the
word personnel appeared in the
blue book beneath her good looking
picture. Mrs. Witch is budget
commissioner" and director of per-
sonnet" of the big Three, but she
prefers budget" to personnel be-
meath her picture; so she got the
books back and paid from her own
pocket SIS to have printed and
pasted over the word personnel
the word budget" It hardly seems
worth the money, but according to
an official who had to do with get
ting out the blue book it was nee
essary because Mrs. Witch con-
siders her office next in import
ance to the Governor" Mrs. Wit
itch will have to show us; she has
set a couple of members of the leg
islature down pretty hard, we will
admit, but she has never slapped
state senate or spanked a supreme
court.
Sees Its Finish
The legislature sees it's finish; it
will adjourn sine die on April 10.
It paused last Saturday for the
Inauguration at Washington 1t
will give way next week for the
day of township selections, but 9TH
erwise it will rush forward at con-
stantly increasing speed to the fin
ish line. Evening sessions for local
bills began this week and will con-
tinue during the remainder of the
session. Special orders on chain
store taxation, truck regulation, in
come tax, unemployment insurance,
educational bills, insurance bills,
tax restriction bills and tax COM
pounding and forgiving bills, reap
portionment bills, and a host of
others will demand elbow room on
practically every remaining day of
the session.
The bill hopper is clogged with an
offering of so per cent greater than
two years ago. The times are out
of joint and bills pour in to set
them right.