Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 5, 1901, Page 7

| Capital Gossip. Bits of News Gathered at St. Paul. (Special Correspondence.) A permanent state tax commission and the abolishment of the present State board of equalization or the de- crease of the numeral strength to work in conjunction with the proposed tax commission, will probably be one of the important features of the tax- law-revision bill which the tax com- mission will submit to the legislature. The proposition in its general out- lines has been submitted to the state board of equalization by Gen. H. W. Childs and Gen. W. J. Hahn of the tax commission, and a majority of the members of the board expressed them- selves as believing a change from ‘the present system jis desirable. The plan provides for a permanent State tax commission of two or three members, to be appointed by the gov- erpor; then ‘the appointment or elec, tion in each county of a supervising assessor ‘to see that the township as- sessor makes return ‘in accordance with ‘the rules laid down by the state commission. It is believed ‘that with such a system the county and state beards ‘of equalization, upon which is inevitably brought to bear much ‘local pressure, may be dispensed with. All assessments, it is believed, would be made-on the same plan, and ‘the great mass of equalization the board is now called ‘upon to perform would ‘be avoided. To guard against mistakes and to provide protection for assessed and assessor it is proposed to have 2 beard of appeals to be composed of the gcvernor, the state auditor and the attorrey general, who, ex-officio members, shall sit with the members of the permanent tax commission. as The Red river valley counties are overrun with hordes of prospective purchasers of the state’s fine wheat lands, which will be sold next month. In a dozen towns in the northern coun- ties livery rigs are at a premium, and the hotels and farm houses are full of homeseekers. State Auditor Dunn will sell at auc- tion this month 90,000 acres of choice land in the twelve counties of the Re@ river district. The state laws provide that not more than 100,000 acres ot state land may be sold in one year, and from the apparent demand the tracts selected for sale this fall will bring high prices. The auditor is sending out of the state on the application of homeseek- ers an average of fifty descriptive lists of the tracts per day. The majority ot the applications for lists come from Minnesota. Next in order come Iowa, Wisconsi Nebraska, Missouri, Kan- sas, Illinois and Michigan. Most of the land in the tracts select- ed is fine high, dry }$wheat land and the rest !ower lands that have received the benefit of the extensive darinage operations of the past ten years. With the exception of a few minor tracts it has been appraised. at from $3 to $15 per acre, and it is expected to bring at auction a good margin over the ap- praisement. The dates and location of the sales follow: Wadena, Wadena county, Oct. 7; Detroit, Becker county, 9; Moor- head, Clay county, 10; Fergus Falls, 11: Roseau, Roseau county, 12; Ada, Norman county, 14; Crookston, Polk county, Warren, Marshall county, 16; Halloc Kittson county, 18; Red Lake Falls, Red Lake county, 18; Lit- tle Falls, Morrison county, 22; Foley, Benton county, The state drainage commission has awarded contracts for 16.2 miles of a@jtches in Beltrami, Marshall and Reseau counties. The contracts ag- gregate 200, practically exhausting the drainage fund for the current year, and no further work will be at- tempted until next fall. ‘The main ditches contracted for will open several thousand acres of state land, beside afforcing an opportunity for drainege to private holders with an acreage several times greater. Beltrami county gets 3.7 miles in the Lost river district: Marshall, 4 miles of twelve-foot di and Roseau 8.5 miles of fourteen-foot ditch. The contract for the Lost river ditch was awarded to Halvor N. Engeland of Gilly, Polk county, at 12 cents per cubic yard, an approximate total cost of $3,000. Gunerius Satness of Thief River Falls received the contract for the New Solum ditch in Marshah county at 10.2 cents per cubic yard, an approximate total of ‘$5,600. John R. McKinnon, Crookston, got the Badger and Skunk creek contract in Roseau county, which will amount to about $13,000. This ditch -will be 8.5 miles long and fourteen feet wide at the bot- tom, which will give it an average width of about twenty-eight feet at the surface. The contract price is 143-4 cents per cubic yard. The con- tract calls for the completion of at least 50 per cent of the work this year. bee t no ‘licenses to shoot r, moose or caribou jin Minnesota si ‘year. Bxecutive Agent S. F. Full-, erton of the state game ‘and fish com~- mission has ‘sent a letter to the county auditors directing that no licenses be issued to men under the voting age. “ach season has resulted ‘in an ever growing list of accidents from the tareless handling of firearms by bay hunters,” said Mr. Fullerton. pet course the accidents are not con ne be ‘boys, and it is very true that ee La thundreds of adult fools who should ee 2 allowed hunting license. anes ssl Toes not afford us any protection from these, and we can nly await Sa iad say Gf the fool killer, who will be with Ut soon enough when the season epens. Minors will ge Louis A. Ceass, proprietor of the white Front saloon, puluth, was stab- bed twice, he alleges, by Charles Wil- mofski, alias John Murray, and before the flow of plood could be stopped he nearly bled to death. He is now in a ay to recover. Soy Kkoppes %f Luxemburg, Ger- many, Was the guest of Father sk ory of St. Cloud, and was the guest 0! jonor at a reception tendered by ore emburgers and their descendants at 8t. Mary's hall. Four hundred Luxem- burg families live in Stearns county. The boys, though, we can shut out, and by so doing we will save some lives.” The deer season opens Nov. 10 for twenty days. Residents may secure license frem the auditors af the coun- ties in which they reside on the pay- ment of a fee of 25 cents. The non- resident license fee is $100, but it is frequently evaded by the connivance of: residents who secure fictitious l- ecnses. Only four non-resident licenses have been issued this fall. aot Ample proof, if proof was needed, that the state fair just closed was the greatest in the history of Minnesota, was supplied yesterday morning at the meeting of the state agricultural society in the office of Secretary Randall at the fair grounds. Both in point of attendance and in profits the fair excelled all of its predecessors. The magnificent exhibits were witnessed by 185,212 people who contributed $130,012.41 for the privilege. The session yesterday morning was characterized by the usual harmony which has marked all meetings of this organization. Every member was pres- ent. There was no talk of the resignation of any member, nor has there been a suggestion of it at any time. Although all of the bills are not in and will not be in for some time, it is es- timated that the fair cost fully $90,000. ‘vaking this as a basis of calculation, the society will have $40,000 te begin work for the new fair A portion of this amount, however, will be held in reserve to guarantee premiums to exhibitors, in the event of bad weather and correspond- ingly Gecreased receipts. Many improvements are necessary to prevent the fair from outgrowing its sur- ‘roundings. The accommodations for speed horses are not sufficient and a new barn will be built of the same pattern as the other barns, to cost $750. A new sheep pen, cost $1,100 has already been ordered. Extensive repairs are to be made on the grandstand and some of the posts that have been weakened with the weather are being replaced. It is estimated that it ‘will cost $4,000 to put the grandstand in thorough repair. The board autnor- ized the purchase of 1,vw new chairs for ‘the stand. ‘he architect has been azked to draw plans for an additional bleacher at the east end of the grandstand. This structure will be double-decked, the same as the main grandstand, and will have a seating capacity of 5,000. It is estimated that the cost will be $5,000. These changes will give a seating capacity of 16,000 at the race track, a much greater capacity than any other state fair grand- stand in the country. The society authorized the construction ef cement sidewalks along the prominent avenues and leading to the exposition buildings. It was agreed by the members of the board that another modern toilet room should be constructed to replace the one adjacent to the women’s building. One new building was constructed this year at a cost of $2,000 and the next one will be modeled on the same lines. Following is a detailed statement of state fair attendance and finances... The attendance: Niebt. Monday 1.768 Tuesday 2,067 Wednesday .. 4,403, Thursday . BAS Friday .. 7.516 Saturday . 440 10,214 Total secicse ssc tins ovine vase tee esee clan 185.212 The total receipts of the society during the week were $130,011.51. The money came from the following sources: Balance on hand.. - $18,286.5 State appropriation Fe con.oo Sta Privileges Races Tickets sold by railroa Rent of grounds ..... Shorthorn association premium: Lator account . Miscellaneous Dairy Commissioner McConnell is using the power conferred upon him when the creamery inspectors were made deputy health officers by the state board of health to close any creamery found in an unsanitary con- dition. A creamery in the southern part of the state has been notified that unless the unsanitary condition was remedied within ten days it would be closed, One or two creameries in other parts ot the state will also be notified to close unless they are cleaned. “I do not want this action to be con- strued as any reflection on the cream- eries of Minnesota,” said Commission- er McConnell. “There are 635 cream- eries in the state, and the average con- dition is much better than in other states. Scarcely one-half of 1 per cent are operating under conditions detri- mental to health. We are watching these and will force them to clean up or close, and then a stranger may visit the entire 635 creameries and find them all operating under conditions that will excite the envy of other states.” The butter entered in the October ex- hibit conducted by the state dairy and food department was of a higher and more uniform quality than ever before. The high scores were: E. L, Paulson, Irving, 97.50; W. Thompson, French Lake, 97; W. A. Paulson, Grove City, 9650. Each of the three winners were buttermakers who had never figured in the distribu- tion of ‘honors, although they had ex- hibited ‘before. Eighty-two tubs of butter were scored. Only one tub scored as low as 90, and by far the greater portion scored 93 er better, making an ex- tremely ‘high average, and a uniform- ity of grade that has never before been equalled. James Vietory, who has been work- ing on the Grandin farm, in North Da- kota, was found with three bullet holes in his head at Barnesville. He cannot survive, and has not been able to tell anything of the murderous assault. He was found, covered with blood, lying beside the Great Northern track. Patience--Is your preacher sensation- al? Patrice—I showid eay so! Why, he preached a sermon last Sunday, and he took for his subject :“It's Hard to Keep a Good Man Down. “well?” “Oh, it was all abovt Jonah and the whale.”—Yonkers Statesman. The Advance of Sctence. “Yes, I wrote home for money.” “I suppose you got it, quick?” “Oh, yes. I got it by wireless tele- graph.”—~Cleveland Plain Dealer. {In Minnesota. State News of the Week Briefly Told. Albert Barch, one of Luverne'’s oldest citizens, is dead from consumption. Mrs. Frank Horton died at Winona, after a brief illness, from appendicitis, Mrs Christian Quant of Cottage Grove, aged seventy-three years, is dead. c. D. N. Haugan and Miss Lottie Marie Blyberg were married at Fergus Falls. The population of Duluth, according to the new city directory, has increased about 5,300. Frank P. Ayer was found dead in a corn field near Luverne. He evidenty died in a fit. t+ Alex LaFrax was thrown from a horse at Duluth, and died from a frec- tured skull. Rev. G. Rosenwinkle of Woodbury died at the St. Elmo sanitarium of can- cer of the stomach. Andrew Nelson, an old settler of Ot- ter Tail county, diei at his home, in Eagle Lake township. Mrs. Christian Mortenson, wife of M. P. Mortenson, manager of the Stock- holm creame died at Cokato. Mrs. Dorothy Kreig died at the resi- dence of her son, Hehman Kreig, at Hastings, aged eighty-two years. Frank A. Carlson died at Hastings, after a brief illness. He was forty- eight years old and left a wife and family. Solon Porter of Willmar is dead after @ protracted illness. He was fifty-sev~ en years of age and served in the Civil war. ‘Nick Mertes, a farmer, was kicked by a horse at Bird Island, resuiting in in flammation of the bowels, from which he died. Chris Séhriver, who was so badly in- jured at Belgrade on the Fourth of July by a falling porch, died at New Paynesville. The board of directors of the Daketa County Agricultural society decided that no fair would be held at Farming- ton this year. M. F. Barfber, agent of the Lake Su- perior Powder company, was drowned in Half Moon lake, near Virginia, fall- ing from a boat. Black diphtheria is raging in the family of Ole Applen, seven miles south of Preston. Two children are dead and another is in a critical condition. The assassin of President McKinley was hanged in effigy at Sixth and Front streets, Brainerd, and, while suspended in the air, was shot full of holes. James King, charged with killing William Carson at Hibbing, a few weeks ago, is on trial in the district ecart at Duluth. A meeting of the purchasing agents of the constituent companies of the United States Steel company, will soon be held at Duluth. Edward Erickson, formerly of Foss ton, Minn, fell eighty feet into one ot the bins of the Peavey concrete elevat- ors at Duluth, and was instantly killed. John McDonald, a traveling sales- man, died of Bright’s disease at Hunt- er hospital, Faribault. He was seventy years old, and formerly lived in Owa- tonna. The Blue Earth ccunty fair, at Gar- den City, was partly spoiled by rain. The last day, however, was fair, and the usual crowd was in attendance. Arrangements have beer made for a debate between Cornell college, of Mt. ‘Vernon, Iowa, and Carleton coliege, of Northfield, to take place at Mt. Vernon on Feb. 27. Prof. William W. Payne, Ph. D., di- rector of Goodsell observatory, North- field, has completed thirty years of faithful service at Carleton college. He came to Carleton in 1871. Anton Oster, Urban Sheffield and Paul Parker were caught stripping en- gines at the Needham foundry, Farm- ington. They were fined $5, $10 and $20 and costs, which they paid. E. H. Mortimer of Minneapolis, mas- ter mechanic of the St. Cloud division of the Great Northern, slipped while trying to board a train at St. Cloud, and had both feet partially crushed. The new Methodist, chapel. costing $1,609, has heen dedicated at Five Cor- ners, near Rochester. Addresses were made by Methodist, Presbyterian and Universalist clergymen. Louis Kenetty was shot while hunt- ing, near Two Harbors, the bullet en- terlug the arm and lodging in the shoulder. While not necessarily dan- gerous, the wound is a bad one. The work of clearing out the debris of the wrecked light and water plant at Willmar is being vigorously pushed, and it has been found that the damage is not so great as at first supposed. Mrs. Charles Green of Duluth, who was shot in the head by her husband Sept. 5, will recover, the doctors say, notwithstanding the fact that the bul- Jet fractured her skull and lies embed- ded at the base of the brain. Charles H. Davidson, president of the Austin National bank, died of anemia, aged fifty-five. He came to Austin in 1858. In February, 1887. he was made president of the Austin State bank, af- terwards the Austin National bank. He was postmaster at Austin for six years. A DAIRY COUNTRY. What Prof, Henry Thinks of the New Lands in North Wisconsin. Prof. W. E. Henry, dean of the college of agriculture, in an article on the dairy in- dustry of northern Wisconsin,says: “After careful study of all the conditions prevail- ing in northern Wisconsin, the writer is firmly impressed with the belief that this will become one of the great dairy regions of America. First of all, there is that prime requisite for fine butter and cheese, namely, an ample supply of pure cold wa- ter everywhere uccessible. Second, an abundance of wholesome stock foods. In summer time the cattle of northern Wis- consin will find in its pastures the finest of grasses and clovers (red and white clov- ers flourish), and timothy and blue grass pastures are as prevalent and productive as anywhere further south.” If you are interested, and want to learn more about this country, we suggest that you write to D. W. Casseday, land agent of the “Soo” Line, Minneapolis, and ask him to send printed matter. He will be glad to do so. Accounting for It. “It may be merely fancy,” remarked Mrs. Selldom-Holme, “but since my hustand commenced drinking the wa- ter from that iron spring he has seemed to be ten times as obstinate as he used to be.” “Perhaps,” suggested Mrs. Nexdore, “the water is tinctured with pig iron.” —Chicago Tribun What Did She Do? Miss Prism--Don’t let your dog bite me, Ifttle boy. Little Boy—He won't bite, ma’am. Miss Prism—But he is showing his teeth. 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They Play Good Tennis Game. Golf has rather gone back at Meadow Brook, and tennis ‘s now in the asccnd- ent. Three new courts ave just com- pleted and are in daily use. The wo- men have taken up the racquet with much enthusiasm, and pretty Mrs. “Dody” Havemeyer and Mrs. Clarence Mackay are keen rivals. These queens of society are both beautiful, but of entirely different types, Mrs. Havemeyer being a pro- nounced blonde with bright golden hair, and Mrs. Mackay? a brunette, with a mass of black hair which she usually wears coiled low on the feck.—New York Journal. A Luxurious Traveler. Ceci. Rhodes never does anything by halves. When he came over to Eng- land by the last mail from Africa, be- sides other specially-provided comforts, he was accompanied by his own chef, his own poultry and his own cow. Turning the Tables. Mrs. Newbride isn’t at all satisfied with her husband's salary.” ‘No; she says it isn’t near as her father used to make. 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