Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-03-15
State Capitol News
By A. /. HARRIS

Although the many details of adj
ministratiOn are not yet fully decided
upon by the state emergency relief
committee, the basic principle OF the
new relief program will be work
relief" Persons eligible for relief
will be given the opportunity to vol
unteer work in exchange for the aid
given them. Payment will be in cash
and according to the Minnesota wage
scale just sent out to administrators,
in which minimum of SIS cents an
hour is established. Work relief will
apply first to drouth areas included
in the direct relief set-up and to 9TH
er direct relief counties.
Enforcement of the new drivers Ii
cense law has already resulted in a
number of revocations of licenses
upon conviction of offenses in con-
nection with unlawful driving. 1t is
estimated that there are still nearly
100000 owner-drivers who have not
yet applied for licenses, and who are
subject to arrest for driving without
this permit. Over 100000 licenses
have been issued by the Highway de-
partment.
In the Minnesota Department of
Banking there are checks totaling
$180,000 awaiting their rightful own
ers. These checks are dividends due
depositors of closed banks. In every
instance the depositor cannot be To-
Gated. Elmer Benson, banking COM
missioner, has decided to employ an
investigator to trace down the own
ers of these unclaimed checks.
A new racket" of forging farmers
names to gasoline tax refunds has
been interrupted by George H. Grit
fifth, director of the State Oil Inspec-
ton department. Two oil station at
tendants were recently convicted on
this charge, others are under investi-
cation. Under the state law, farmers
are exempted from paying the cents
gallon tax when gasoline is not
used to operate vehicle on the high
ways, but the tax must be paid on
purchase and then refunded through
the form of claim to the Oil In
spection department. Mr.. Griffith said
the forgeries were made possible
through the laXity of notary publics
who attested to signatures of per-
sons not present.
The chief difference between a poll
tician, so-called and a statesman is
that the former will lend his support
only to issues which are popular and
which will benefit him politically
while the latter will lend his support
to an issue that may, for the moment,
not claim popular support but which
he believes to be in the public inter-
est. BY lending aid to the campaign
for a municipal power plant in st.
Paul, which was known to have vir-
tually no chance of passage, Cover
nor Olson showed that the support of
principle which he believes to be
sound and beneficial to the people
his own political prestige. That may
be one of the reasons why the people
believe they have great leader in
their governor.
Harry H. Peterson, attorney gen.
eral, is in Washington, d. c., arguing
the boundary waters case of the
United States VS.. the State of Mime
sofa. The purpose of the suit is to
determine a fair price for lands
flooded by the dam erected under
terms of the international waters
treaty between United States and Can
ada. The case will settle the amount
settlers will receive for submerged
lands as we'll as the amount Mime
sofa will receive for flooded state
lands.
Because of the very nature of his