Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 15, 1902, Page 3

a ae ACTION AGAINST MERGER. United States Files Suit in Federal Court of St. Paul. St. Paul, March 12—The papers in the suit of the United States against the railway merger reached St. Paul yesterday afternoon and were filed in the federal court. It is a voluminous document. The suit is against the Northern Securities company, the Great Northern Railway company, the Northern Pacific Railway company and others, and is signed by M. D. Purdy, district attorney, Philander C. Knox, attorney general of the United States and James K. Richards, solici- of the United States. It all of the ground covered by the suit of the state against the merg- -r company and charges a violation of herman act. It declares the hern Securities company was not 1ed in good faith to purchase the of the two railroads in Minne- and is simply a conspiracy to It asks the court to sota evade the laws. perpetually enjoin the Securities com- from voting any of the stock din its possession, to return that and virtually to be dissolved and business. The papers also ask t the Northern Pacific and Great Northern companies be also enjoined from turning over any stock to the Se- curities company or accepting any of its stock. ELECT SENATORS. vO Towa Legislatare Will in All Proba- bility Adopt a Resolution Asking an Amendment. Des Moines, March 12.—Representa- tive Hughes yesterday introduced & olution in the house and it was >mmended for passage by the fed- relations committee, requesting ess to call a constitutional con- tion for the purpose of amending ne constitution so as to permit the election of United States senators by popular vote. There is little doubt but that the resolution will pass. The house committee on judiciary recommended for passage the bill in- troduced by Temple, Hurn and Paine, providing for a board of managers for the educational institutions of the , similar to the present board of trol of charitable institutions. The sard is to have control over all three the educational institutions which re at present governed by boards of stees. The committee on compensation of public officers recommended for pass- age the bill increasing the salary of the governor to $5,000 and that of his secretary to $1,800. FOUR DOLLARS A HUG. ged Man Embraces a Fifteen-Year- Old Girl and She Sereams. La Crosse, Wis., March 12. — Hugh Corbitt paid into Judge Brindley’s court $3.50 for hugging fifteen-year-old Philippa Abbott. Judge Brindley de- od that it was worth this amount, and fined Corbitt, who is sixty-five years old. Corbitt, it developed, went the Abbott home to see the mother of the girl. As he was passing through the kitchen he noticed the girl stand- ing there, and, going up to her, placed his arm around her neck, gave her ee tight squeezes, and remarked: like to make you my wife.” The screamed and caused such a com- BRAKEMAN HANNON KILLED. Run Over by Omaha Train at Com- stock Station. Cumberland, Wis., March 12.—James Hannon, a brakeman on the Omaha, e switching at Comstock, six south of here, was run over and stantly killed. He resides at St. Paul and leaves a wife and two chil- wh WHEAT AND FLOUR LOST. ight Wreek on the Northwestern Near Baraboo, Wis Barekco, Wis., March 12. — A de- tached brake beam caused a disas- trous freight wreck on the Northwest- near Ablemans Saturday night, ailing and wrecking thjrteen cars aded with wheat and flour. The loss is $8,000. No one was hurt. SEVERAL DEAD. ern Moore Iowa. big ex- at the several Verrific Explosion in the Powder Works at Keokuk, Keokuk, Iowa, March 12.—A piosion occurred yesterday Moore powder works, killing people and wrecking buildings. Aequitted of Arson Charge. La Crosse, Wis., March 12.—William Dutter, accused of attempting to burnj the tewn of Eleva, has been acquitted’ at Trempealeau by a jury. The evi- dence was mostly circumstantial and: consisted of warnings he is alleged to! have given the citizens some time be-! fore the fire; also of advising the peo- pls where the fire recently started to insure their property. He claimed them as idle boasts and the subse- quent disastrous fire a coincidence. Falls to His Death, Eau Claire, Wis., March 12.—Word was received yesterday that Charles A. Stouch was killed by falling off a ailroad bridge at Willoughby, Ohio, March §. He was some years ago as- sistant cashier of the Eau Claire Na- tional bank. He and his wife were prominent in society here. She sur- vives him. Dakota Prospects Good, Miller, S. D., March 12.—Not for sev- eral years have the small creeks been running so turbulently as now, caused by the sudden melting of the snow. Al: sloughs are filled, making the pros- pects excellent this year for the stock industry. jt ELEN So Took Fatal Dose of Carbolie Acid. St. Paul, March 12. — Anpg McCoy, an eighteen-year-old girl employed as a waitress at King’s hotel, South St. ‘Paul, killed herself by taking carbolic acid. Melancholia resulting from ill jealth was the cause of the act. DOCTOR TURNED AWAY. People of Sullivan Township Are Stirred Up. Crookston,. Minn., March 13, — The citizens of Sullivan township, north- west of this city, are much wrought up over the mysterious death of a Miss Hendrickson, whose parents are reput- able and prosperous farmers of the township. Miss Hendrickson has been employed for the past two years as a domestic in the femily of Alfred Peter- son, an influential farmer. About two weeks ago she was taken sick and a doctor was summoned, but when he ar- rived he was told that his services would be of no avail, and he returned without seeing the patient. Shortly after Miss Hendrickson died. Her par- ents now claim that they had no know]- edge of her sickness until they learned of her death. They have made com- plaint to County Attorney Rowe, ask- ing to have the body exhumed. He has summoned witnesses and will make an investigation. PLOWS THROUGH COWS. Electric Car Kills Three and Injures iy Seven. St. Paul, March 13.—Three dead cows and seven so badly injured that they may have to be killed were the casual- ties occasioned at 8:30 o'clock last even- ing by the wild coasting of Interurban Car No, 643 down the western incline of the Minnesota Transfer viaduct on University avenue. The cattle were stubborn, according to the driver, and he was not able to drive them from the irack in time to avoid the car, Which simply plowed its way through them, scattering them on both sides of the tracks. LAST OF LIQUOR RESORTS. Bismarck Police Nab Two Men and Find Liquor. Bismarck, March 13.—Police officials raided two blind pigs in this city kept by Millard Shibley and Solomon Bish- op. Liquor was found in both places. Proceedings in both cases were criminal instead of civil, and both men were ar- rested and lodged in jail to await the action of the avthorities. These places are about the only ones that have been running since the city administration began its crusade against the liquor re- sorts, and ollicers have been waiting their chance to raid the places. AN ALLEGED FORGER. Hiastings Judge Rema Is Accused to Jail tor Safekeeping. Hastings, Minn., March 13. — J. M. Gilmore of Lakeville, who was arrested y Sheriff J. J. Grism at Osseo, charg ith forgery, was arraigned befor Justice Stephen Newell yesterday, and committed to the county jail in default of $400 bail until the 19th inst. He is uleged to have forged a promissory note of $100 Sept. 16. ALMOST IC GORGE. River Ice in North Dakota Rushing Out. Merdan, N. D., March 13.—Ice in the Hart river has broken and is running cut, bank-full. on top of the Missouri river, which has not yet broken at this point. There has Deena little delay in moving some Northern Pacific trains, but all trains are now moving on time west of here. Heart Accidentally Hanged. Aberdeen, S. D., March 13. — Henry E!lsing, the ten-year-old son of Henry Elsing of New Hope township, near here, was found hanging dead in his father’s barn, death having evidently been accidental. The lad had been at play alone in the barn, and was putting up a swing. The position of the body and other circumstances indicate that the boy became tangled in the rope and was unable to extricate himself. ‘Trapeze Performers Injared. St. Paul, March 13.—Charles and Ada Smith, trapeze perfcrmers at the Em- pire theater, Wabasha and Third streets, while performing last night, fell to the floor of the theater. They were rried to their rooms uncon- scious. Mr. Smith had two scalp wounds. Mrs. Smith was badiy bruised and had her ankle severely sprained. Seeding in Steven: Morris, Minn., March 13. — Stevens county farmers are certainly taking time by the forelock this year, for in several parts of the county they are seeding. Not for ffteen years has seed- ing been begun so early in March. Clear Case of Glanders, Finley, N. D., March 13.—Dr. Wins- loe, a veterinary surgeon of Coopers- town, who makes regular visits here, had a pronounced case of glanders brought to him. The horse was ordered shot. Justifinble Homicide the Plea. Black River Falls, Wis., March 13.— It took nearly all day Monday to secure a jury in the case of Hall for shooting E. P. Parker in February. Justifiable homicide will be the defense. The state has rested its case. Episcopal Rector Dead. Lisbon, N. D., March 13—A boy named Ensworth, for nearly two years rector of the Episcopal church at Lisbon, died of lung trouble and other compli- cations after an illness of less than a week. Boy Instantly Killed. Hurley, Wis., March 12—A boy named Collins, twelve years old, fell into a shaft at the Ashland mine and was in- stantly killed. He was playing with others near the shaft and fell a dis- tance of 500 feet. Heirs Get Property. Faribault, Minn., March 13. — Judge Buckham has decided the litigation over the city market property in favor of the heirs of the late Alexander Fari- bault. The property is valued at $4,- 000. Gets Life Sentence. Lincoln, Neb., March 13.—Frank Mar- shall, a Lincoln negro who last July killed his sister and niece during a family quarrel, was last night found guilty of murder and sentenced to im- prisorment for life. Che Legislature tt bee State Law Mil : : : In the Senate. * St. Paul, March 6. — The Jacobson tax bill was killed in the senate yes- terday by a vote of 35 to 28. The de- bate was the warmest that has oc- curred in the senate for several years. The committee on taxes presented a majority report recommending indefi- nite postponement. The minority pre- sented a report favoring the advance- ment of the bill to general orders. When the committee reported to the senate Senator Young opened the de- bate in favor of the minority report. He reminded the senate that this ex- tra session of the legislature has been called to consider ‘the subject of taxa- tion alone, and that the people of the state would demand something in the way of reform. Senator Sheehan supported the ma- jority report for indefinite postpone- ment. - The debate -ontinued until late in the afternoon. The vote by which the bill was defeated came on a call for the previous question on the adoption of the minority report advancing the bill to general orders. The vote stood 35 to 28. To make the death blow more effective a reconsideration was moved and Mr. Jacobson’s bill was sent to its last resting place. In the Hoase. The house spent the greater part of the day in discussion of the proposed amendments to the constitution to be submitted to the votes at the Novem- ber election, Representative C. D. Allen of Fill- more offered a resolution that the house adjourn sine die Tuesday at noon. ‘Notice of debate was given and the resolution went over. In the Hoase. St. Paul, March 7.—The house yes- terday adopted a single constitutional amendment for submission to the vot- ers at the next general election. In ef- fect it is as follows: To strike out the provision of the constitution that all taxes shail be as nearly equal as may be, and all prop- erty on which taxes are to be levied shall have a cash valuation, equal and uniform throughout the state; to sub- stitute a provision that “the power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away;” to strike out the words “laws shall be pessed taxing all moneys, credits, in- vestments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise, and also all real and personal prorerty according to its true value in money;” to change maximum personal property exemn- tion from $200 for each individual to $300 for one member of a family; to provide that “all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects and shall be levied and collected under general laws for public purposes; to provide that existing railroad gross earnings taxes shali not be affected. . As yet the proposed constitutional amendment is the only thing in the way of tax reform to show for the $50,- 000 which the extra session has cost, unless it be the repeal of the 1901 dog tax law, which, after ten months’ trial, proved unsatisfactory. Private bills had the call in the house yesterday morning, and although of trifling importance, effectually pre- vented the consideration of more seri- ous matters. Mr. Jacobson objected :0 every attempt to suspend the rules. There was an interesting debate on Senator Schaller’s bill removing mu- nicipal and school officials in cities of less than 10,000, from the provisions of the primary election law. The bill was passed. Puklic Examiner Johnson and his staff were made happy by the passage of the bill appropriating $11,500 for the maintenance of their department. A bill was introduced providing for the representation of Minnesota at the Louisiana Purchase exposition, and ap- propriating $159,000 therefore. In the Senate. The old board of control controversy opened in the senate yesterday. It was occasioned by the introduction of a bill by Senator R. V. Brower of St. Cloud to exclude from the financial management of the board of control, all the state’s educational institutions. and re-establish such financial man- agement with the respective boards which previously had it in charge. He succeeded in getting the bill ordered printed and referred to the reception committee. The “restrictive” constitutional amendment in taxation prepared by the senate judiciary subcommittee was de- bated for three hours on general orders yestercay afternoon, recommended fa- vorably without a single amendment, and passed. In the House. St. Paul, March 8.—The Minnesota iegislature will undoubtedly adjourn sine die Monday, which makes to-day the last day for passing bills. Mem- bers of both senate and house are con- fident that all necessary business can be transacted to-day. The house yesterday passed a resolu- tion to adjourn Tuesday, which went to the senate and was not acted on. The ready agreement of the conference committee on constitutional amend- ments, members ‘hink, will make it possible to adjourn a day sooner. The house yesterday passed by a vote of 90 to 11 Representative Sher- man Smith's bill submitting the ques- tion of calling a constitutional conven- tior. to the people at the next election. The house spent a large part of the day discussing Senator Miller's bill iroviding that a majority of votes east on a constitutional amendment shall be sufficient for its adoption, in- stead of a majority of all the votes cast at the election, as under the pres- ent law. The bill went to the judiciary committee. : ~ The Minnesota legislature will send ne memorial to congress protesting against selling mules to Great Britain for use in the Boer war. Senator Stock- well’s Boer resolution ceme to the house yesterday morning and was in- definitely postponed. In the Sonate. Senator Brower’s bill divesting the state board of control of authority over the educational institutions was de- feated yesterday in the senate, fifty-one out of the ninety-two sec- tions of the Anderson bill, which in- cludes ‘the administrative features of the real estate provisions of the tax code, were adopted yesterday by the senate. \ in the Senate. St. Paul, March 10.—The conference ecmmittee report on proposed consti- tutional amendments was adopted in the senate Saturday forenoon with but one dissenting vote There was no objection to the added provision empowering the legislature to estab- lish a mortgage registry fee. The house refused to concur when the new bill was presented after pass- ing the senate, and its conference com- mittee was reappointed. The senate reappointed its committee and a ses- sion was held in the afternoon, at which minor changes were made in the bill. ‘The remaining sections of the Ander- son tax bill. embracing the administra- t:ve features relating to real estate formerly contained in the report of the state tax commission, were adopted Saturday by the senate. The work of the senate is represented by a mass of amendments, but none affects the prin- ciples of the bill. After spending the entire afternoon in considering the measure the senate decided to defer action until Monday morning, when the bill will be contin- ued as a special order and brought up for passage. There is no opposition in the senate and its enactment is not doubted. In the House, Representative Alford Saturday tried to have his bill divesting the state board uf control of any authority over the state university, state normal schools, and the schools for the blind and deaf, placed at the head of general orders. After considerable discussion a motion was lost by a vote of 43 to Representative Johnson had recom- menced for passage by the committee of the whole his bill making an appro- priation for the Louisiana Purchase ex- position. Senator Daly's resolution instructing the railroad and warehouse commission to inquire into passenger rates in Min- nesota and to try to sedure a rate of not less than 2 cents per mile or more than 41-2 cents per mile, first-class, passed the house. In the Senate. St. Paul, ‘March 11.—The senate and the hcuse yesterday passed the consti- tuticnal amendment bill permitting an inecme tax on credits and upon earn- ings, with $1,000 exempt; an inher- ite nce tax, a registry fee on mortgages and the option of three methods of taying public service corporations. In the senate the passage of the bill was secured on a vote of 46 to 11, after a sharp fight. In the house the bill passed almost without debate by a vote of 99 to 3. The board of control fight was re- opened in the senate by a bill intro- duced after a hard fight, to take from the board of control the financial management of the state university, leaving the institution under the ex- clusive control of the board of regents. The bill was passed by a vote of 35 to 25. ; In the House. The financial officers of the state university must remain under the di- rection of the state board of control another year. The senate bill divest- ing the board of control of all authort- ty over that institution encountered a storm of opposition when it reached the house yesterday, and after some discussion the motion to suspend the rules made by Representative Roberts was withdrawn, and the bill was al- lowed to take its regular course. which meant its death, for yesterday was the last day for passing bills. The Pennington bill for a tax on for- eign corporations was passed with only 2 dissenting votes. Sherman Smith's bill to raise the personal property exemption from $190 to $200, the present constitutional lim- it, was lost, commanding only 52 votes of the requisite 60. In the House. St. Paul, March 12.--The legislature, or more strictly, afraction of it, as- sembled yesterday'morning in a frolic- some mood, preliminary to the final adjournment at noon. A number of the members drew their salaries last Satur- day night and did not come back. The house spent its hour and a half session in discussion of the resolution to appropriate compensation to the re- porters for the extra session. The res- olution, with the amount placed at $50, was passed under suspension of the rules, and Messrs. Roberts, Pugh and Bush were appointed to wait upon the governor to inform him that the house had finished. The governor sent back greetings and good wishes. In the Senate. The senate wound up all its business at an early hour and was ready for adjournment long before noon, the time set in the joint resolution of the house and senate. Senator Miller succeeded in getting his resolution passed calling on the at- torney general to examine into the combinction of the Duluth & Iron Range and the Duluth, Mesaba & Northern railroads as to whether they should be proceeded sgainst as an il- legal merger. Bee The usual committees were appoint- ed to wait on the governor and house eng! inform him and them the senate was ready to adjourn. A recess was taken until 12 o'clock, there being hard- ly a dozen senators present when the motion was at that time put and car- ried to adjourn sine die. NOT TO ENFORCE CRIMES ACT. British Cabinet Decides That the Time Has Not Arrived, London, March 13. — At the cabinet meeting yesterday it was decided that the time ‘had not yet arrived for en- forcing the drastic clauses of the Crimes act. For the present, therefore, there will be no proclamation of the United Irish League. The govern- ment’s new land bill will be introduced next week in the kouse of commons by George Wyndham, -the chief secretary for Ireland, and it is understood that his view prescribed to the cabinet that coercion should be avoided as far &s possible until it is seen whether this bill will have the effect of tranquilizing Ireland, and that it would be injudi- cious to revive the recriminations about goercion at the moment of introducing the new Dill News of the State. TO MINE WITH A DIVING BELL. Application for Leaze of a Lake «Bottom Is Refused. State Land Agent Flynn has refused the application of Alfred Merritt for a mineral lease covering the bottom of Longyear lake in St. Louis county. 'The action was taken apon the advice of Attorney General Douglas, who holds that the state cannot grant such a lease. The lake is public water and is merely held in trust by the state ac- cording to the provisions of the stat- utes of 1897 relating to riparian rights. The lease was asked for by Mr. Mer- ritt or the ground that the bottom of the lake contains deposits of iron. Iron croppings’ have been found on both sides of Longyear lake, and the infer- ence is that there ‘s iron in the bottom of the lake as well. Mr. Merritt want- ed a lease in order to do some subma~- rine prospecting. The statute upon which the refusal is based was drawn on lines laid down ia decisions of the higher courts re- lating to rights ‘n lakes and streams. The statute provides that properly surveyed and meandered lakes large encugh for boating, fishing or having sufficient volume to furnish water sup- ply for a town or village shall be con- sidered as public water and shall be held in trust by the state for such pur- pose. The statute also provides that lakes too small for such purposes shall be considered private lakes subject to ownership by riparian rights according to the provisjons of the statutes. STATE OFFICE AT STANDSTILL. Public Examiner Is Waiting for an Appropriation. The office of the public examiner will remain in a comatose state until the legislature passes the appropriation bill providing funds for the outside work of the department. The inspect- ors will not be sent out, no new work will be undertaken and no appointment will be made to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of H. C. Koerner until the public examiner is. sure of the money to,meet expenses. Public Examiner S. T. Johnson stated that he is waiting for legislative action on the appropriation bill. He does not care to make any move until he is as- sured of its passage. “TI have enough money in my fund to provide postage for two or three months,” he said. “‘The correspondence of the department requires an ex- penditure of from $50 to $100 a month. If the arpropriation fails, I shall trans- act the business of the office from the capitol until the fund is exhausted. I shall not appoint any one in place of Mr. Koerner until I know that there is money to carry on the work. We now have but one man out and are handling our business lergely through the mails. I think the legislature will pass the ap- propriation bill. Then we shall be able to take up the work as laid down in my statement to the governor.” BELOW LAST YEAR’S. Amount Per Pupil Under the March Apportionment. State Superintendent Olsen has com- pleted the March apportionment of state school funds. The amount in the fund is small this year and the num- ber of pupils has increased. The schools are allcwed but 85 cents per pupil, as against $1.25 last March. The number of pupils entitled to participate this month is 343,662, and the amount to be apportioned is $294,452.79. A year ago the number of pupils was 341,609, and the amcunt distributed $427,434.10. Ramsey county under this apportion- ment, comes in for $21,787.20; Hennepin county, $24,112.20; St. Louis county, $11,917. Some of the other counties are as follows: Blue Earth,’ $5,086.40; Brown, $2,961.40; Dakota, $3,672.8 Douglas, $3,454.40; Faribault, $4,008.60; Filmore, $5,260.05; Freeborn, $4,029.85; Goodhue, $5,417.90; Lé Sueur, $3,745.10; McLeod, $2,592.10; Martin, $3,114.40 Meeker, $3,- Otter Tail, $8,312.15; Polk, $6,- Redwood, $3,458.65; Renville, $4,- Rice, $4,129.30; Stearns, $8,253.50: $3,061.70; Todd, $3,931.25; Wa- Steele, < pasha, $3,528.35; Washington, $4,172.65; Winora, $5,768.95; Wright, $5,287.85. LUMBERJACKS. KEEP WATCH 0: State to Prevent General Spread of Smallpox. The state board of health is prepar- ing for the breakup of the umber camps, already beginning with the close of the logging season, with a view to preventing as much as possible the spread of smallpox from those sources. "The state during the winter has waged an unceasing. warfare against camps where an attempt was made to hide the presence of smallpox, and a large number were placed under quarantine by the local health authorities in the northern towns. But with the breaking up of the camps there will be a general exodus of lumberjacks to the cities, Many of the camps which, owing to their loca- tion in the intericr, have kept their infection a secret, will turn their men loose to spread the disease over the state. It is not possible to quarantine the infected camps and keep the men there, owing to the great expense, but the board expects to find a way of dealing with the conditions through the local health authorities in the northern part of the state. Dr. H. M. Bracken, sec- retary of the state board of health, is at present in Cloquet in conference with the local authorities. To Navigate the Rainy. Koochiching, Minn., March 8—A com- pany comprised of the leading business men of Koochiching has been formed to purchase a steamboat to ply between Littlefork and Koochiching, a distance ‘of about forty miles. The company is composed of John Berg, L. A. Ogaard, D. R. Ross. Charles S, Jamieson and E. J. Holer. Mason City, Iowa, March 8. — Mrs, Linhoff was sentenced yesterday morn- ing to two years in the; penitentiary for killing Aug. 30, Ed Bromley on the night of vey of the ditch was made by Surveyor MINNESOTA SCORES AGAIN Flouring and Grist Mill Statistics of the Census. The census preliminary of statistics of flouring and grist mills of the Unit- ed States in 1900 shows a total of 25,258 such establishments, with an aggregate capital of $218,714,104; wage earners averagings 37,073, drawing $17,703,418 in Wages; miscellaneous expenses, $10,- 325,588, and cost of materials used, $475,826,534. Of these materials there were 488,914,- 004 bushels of wheat, costing $317,933,- 257; 241,029,249 bushels of corn costing $93,882,609, and all other materials cost $64,010,479. The total value of the prod- ucts of these mills in 1900 was $560,719.- 063, which comprises 102,524,094 barrels of flour, valued at $348,185,800; 40,035,- 977 barrels of corn meal, valued at $73,- 177,402, and all other products were valued at $139,357,861. The capital and value of products respectively of these mills by states follows in part: INinois—Capital, $12,662,626; $31,006,294. Towa—-Capital, $13,823,083. Michigan—Capital, uct, $23,593,981. Minnesota—Capital, $24,125,761; prod~ uct, $83, 09. product, $6,421,073; products, $7,933,587; prod- Montana—Capital, $715,189; product, $995,702. Nebraska—Capital, $4,835,934; prod- uct, $8,100,794. New York—Capital, $23,384,858; prod- uct, $42,796,340. North Dakota — Capital, product, $4,134,023, South Dakota — Capital, $1,754,752; product, $3,379,843. Wisconsin—Capital, $9,611,754; uct, $26,327,942, $1,359,296; prod- BUTTER IS GOOD AND STAYS Goop. Minnesota Product Stands the Tent of Time. The fact that Minnesota butter is not only good, but is good for a long time was shown in the retesting and re- scoring of thirty-five tubs of butter which had been in storage at St. Paul since the previous scoring thirty-five days ago. The first scoring was con- ducted under the plan adopted by Dairy Commissioner McConnell some time ago for the purpose of determin- ing the keeping qualities of Minnesota butter and the respective merits of the various methods of buttermaking. The butter was kept for thirty-five days, or about a week longer than the meximum length of time butter is kept before it reaches the consumer. The tubs will be kept in storage five days longer when a ‘hird scoring will be made, after which the butter will be taken to the department chemist for analysis. It will then be determined by scien- tific methods whether the butter should be moist or dry, rich or poor in albu- men or cosine, in order to have the best keeping qualities. The butter ex- amined yesterday was found to be in very good condition. Only a few tubs of the high average butter had lost anything of flavor and the larger part of the entire lot was in excellent condi- tion. The butter which kept the best was that made in the manner recom- mended by the authorities at the state school of agriculture. The scoring of the regular monthly contest gave the first prize to W. Lund of Forest City with a record of 96.5 points; second to Peter Miller, George- ville, 96 points; third to H. A. Goetsch, ‘Winthrop, 9 KILLS GERMS IN THE CREAM. New Muchine Improves the Quality of Butter. The experiments made at the state agricultural school with the pasteuriz- ing machine recently imported from Denmark have, in the estimation of Creamery Inspector B. D. White, proved a great success. The pasteurizer was brought to test in a a broad and comprehensive way, the efficacy of pasterized cream in the manufacture of butter, both as to the flavor and to its keeping qualities. The pasteurizer has been tried at the dairy school on the ‘state experimental farm and it will be removed to some cream- ery for further trial. Before the tests are completed experiments will be made in many creameries. A close record will be kept of the work at each place, and when the records are completed a comparison will be made not only of several records, but also of the character of the butters made from pasteurized cream, and that made in the ordinary way. Mr. White stated that the butter made at the school from pasterized cream scored from two to five points higher in quality than that made from unpasteurized cream. A sample of the butter made at the school was kept by Mr. White for five weeks, and at the end of that time, he says, it could not be distinguished from fresh butter. Nothing was lost either in flavor or in aroma. Mr. White says that the ad- dition of the pasterizer to the crenm- eries of the state will give Minnesota an additional advantage along the line in which the state is now so success- ful. WILI. DRAIN STATE LAND. Contract Awarded for Big Ditch ta Polk County. The state drainage commission let a contract for the construction of the Grand Marais drainage ditch in Polk county. The ditch is to be one-half mile long and connects the Grand Ma- rais with the Red river, For some years the mouth of the Grand Marais has been choked with sand and the waters, which extend back for half a mile and have a depth of six feet, soon became stagnant and pest breeding. Cattle have been lost and a large amount of typhoid fever caused by the presence of the back water. The whole area will be effectively drained by the The work will be done in time to run off the spring floods, which usu- ally inundate a large part, of the sur- rounding country. : The contract for the construction the ditch was let to John Sanders East Grand Forks for $1,900. The Fag Ralph of Crookston, ——+- : ee