The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-10-11

view the land Julius Schmahl,
state treasurer heard about the
matter and, as he might be called
upon to pay the check, did little
investigating on his own account.
The appraisers returned estimates
| of the value of the land ranging
from $25 to $50 per acre At the
/ highest appraisal the value of the
Hand would be $3.50.
The camps proposed to be To-
Gated in the Minnesota River VAL
ley were rejected by the Execu-
tive Council as inexpedient and un-
wise. Governor Olson, however,
has been going ahead with his
plans for these camps much to the
indignation OF the people of the
valley who vigorously object to any
such undertakings in their vicinity.
| With the first returns of the
statewide auto poll on governor
running so strongly in favor Of
Martin A. Nelson, Governor Olson
is reported to have chewed his
nails and said: 1.-THE latest mask
| for the republican party is the
United Minnesota Voters, the only
| purpose of which is to secure an
| candidate. The latest smoke screen
is a fake straw ballot for auto
owners under which republican
henchmen can cast 1 or 100 or even
1000 ballots for the republican can
! didate."
| Governor Olson and the farmer
labor state organized threw them
| selves with all their resources into
st. Paul election only to have the
voters turn them down; the gov
| ernor went out to Montevideo and
| urged the citizens to establish a
municipal power plant but they
voted no" by more than 2 to L;
! and now in st. Cloud, in the very
teeth of the Farmer-Labor Leaders
"bombshelP' edition, proving be-
| yond the shadow of doubt we are
! told, that we can all be tax free if
we will only resort to public own
| ership and municipal utilities
| now st. Cloud turns down a pro-
posal for a municipality owned
plant carrying with it free gift of
81 100000 from the federal govern
ment, and that by a vote of 2 to 1.
The state administration took it on
/ the chin each time.
| The state tax rate for next year
will be set by Stafford King, state
auditor in all probability before
this appears in print. While the
| people of the second successive
/ time, the state tax rate is the high
est in Minnesota history.
Mr.. King and his very efficient
deputy, Matt Desmond, are doing
everything in their power to hold
! the rate below IL mills but it is
doubtful that they will succeed.
The Department of Conservation
complains that Martin Nelson's
statement, in his keynote speech,
that the Game and Fish. depart
ment ran $150000 behind last year
does them injustice.
If that is the case they have no
/ body to blame but themselves.
On October 10Th, year ago, e.
v. Willard, Commissioner of Con-
servation, stated that one reason
for opening the big game season
last fall was the need of additional
funds for carrying on the work of
! the department.
| Three days later, October 22nd,
A. I. Harris, publicity director for
the Conservation Department, gave
out an official statement, backed
by detailed figures in which he
said that the game and fish bal
ance was estimated to be $2,739.39
as of january list, 1884, and that
the deficit for the first six months
of 1894 would be $141, 900.
On November 10th, 1888, Mr..
! Willard was quoted in the Duluth
Herald as follows: "The game and
fish division is in the hole
! On December Is, 1888, at a state
meeting of the Izaak Walton
League, Mr.. Willard said: eff had
known in July what the financial
| situation WAS, we would not be in
| the present difficulty. There has
been no misappropraition of funds,
but we just do not have any
money"
If we cannot believe the officials
of the department about the bus
mess of the department, whom
shall we believe?
| Minnesota stands aghast today at
the spectacle of farmeraabor de-
partment of education which thinks
more of politics and a plan for $50
cializing', the public schools than
it does of the training and educa-
ton Of the children of the state.
DR.. John G. Rockwell, new COM
missioner of education, has made
two public speeches since he took
office in neither Of which did he
have anything to offer as to the
children of Minnesota except that
they ought to be "socia.ized," and
in both Of which he declared that
he intended to use the public
schools Of the state for that pur-
pose.
His second appearance was at a
meeting of a Minneapolis Farmer
Labor Educational Club on Satur-
day, Sept. %, when for the first
time in the history of the state, the
department Of education took Off
its coat and plunged into politics.
Some Of DR.. Rockwell's outgiv-
ings: The public schools have not
functioned for the best interests of
the people Of the state, particularly
the labor group. The public schools
are not sufficiently socialized. We
must change our textbooks. They