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»g John Danielson, labor on Daniel- son road .. .. S. M. Dinwiddie, board of paup- 2 ens Alex Dunn, labor on Deer River Dunn & Marcia, for culverts and planks .. . Dunn & Marcia, ‘culverts ‘tor “Tyn- dall road . Cc. B. Evert, labor on 1 Deer Riv- er-Cohasset road Cc. J. Franti, Justice fees .. c. J. Franti, witness fees Free Press Printing Co., blanks David Fellows, labor on Deer River-Cohasset road Poavid Fellows, labor River-Cohasset road David Fellows, labor River-Cohasset road . Ernest Gross, justice fees a Chris Grisswold, juror fees on Deer on Dees c. C. Aiken, treasurer services G. R. band, Decoration day .. ©.P. Grambo, payment on road contract, Oteneagen Wayne C. Gilbert ,assistant sur- veyor, on LaPrairie road and road 89 .. .. . anion! H. C. Holmes, juror fees o. John Hermiston, juror fees M. .A. Hutchins, juror fees Lee Harrown, labor on county road No. 63 . L. E. Hunter, payment on bridge contract . . + L. E. Hunter ,payment on . bridge contract .. August Johnson, labor on Deer board of equalization, Cc. M. King, E. C. Kiley, publishing commis- sioner’s proceedings A. Cc. Kent, plumbing at court house A. C. Kent, " plumbing lat. cout house and jail sipieleu: Te. Jno. B. Kelly, witness fees. Sense. J. B. Kelly, constable fees. C. M. King, committee work ‘and mileage . oe oe Martin C. Lindem, “justice fees .. W. W. Libbey, deputy coroner's fees . . E..F. Lawson, juror, tees, . A. L. LaFreniere, publishing com- missioner’s proceedings, etc.. Logan & Schumaker, payment on road No. 89 Pehiierec me P. A. McEachin, justice fees .. Mike Michilich witness fees Meagher & Oas, conveying Mrs. Hendrickson to Grand Rapids hospital s A. A. Mitchell & Co., payment ‘on Good Hope--Third River road contract .. 1 Minnesota State sanitorium, | care of - Henry Kondola . Miller-Davis Printing Co., certi- ficates of title E. J. McGowan, stamps, record- ing bond and deed .. .. .. A. H. Martin, labor on Deer . River-Cohasset road .. .. .. A. H. Martin, labor on Deer River-Cohasset rcad Miller-Davis Printing Co. > Certi- ficates of Title Damase Neveaux, juror fee. Charles L. Nordstrom, juror fees .. % ween ee Nashwauk Hardware Co., buriat of two paupers .. 2 Elvin Wadman, labor on ‘North- ome>Bena road .. .. Andy Nelson, examining ‘Old ‘Big Fork road M. O'Brien committee “work | exam- road and Deer Lake road Andy Nelson, inspecting Logan ing roads Andy Nelson, attending ‘Board ot Equalization .. - P.. Peloquin, juror foes. . Payton Paper Company, paper for rural schools, superintend- ent of schools .. .. - Peyton Paper Co., Nassau letter heads, by superintendent of school¢ Pra ee Hans Peterson, labor on Deer River-Cohasset road James Passard, repairing pumping outfit at poor farm .. . Anton Payment, labor on ” State road No. 1 .. .. T. T. Riley, sheriff’ fees | in “jus- tice court T. T. Riley, board of prisoners John Rosewall ,witness feed John P. Roatma, justice fees .. T.: T. Riley, serving road no- notices oe ee . T. T. Riley, stamps - Matt Rantala, labor on County Road No. 63 .. .. .. L. R. Root, labor on Creek road oe Wm. Schmige, juror fees mane M. L. Smith, telephone services Victor Shoberg, labor on North- ome-Bena road .. .. St. Benedicts hospital, ers .. Blank "Book | ana Print- , blanks for Register's of- Coon care of Blank Book and Print- Co., supplies for Clerk of ing, Gourt’s and Auditor's office .. William Trescott ,justice fees .. Ole O. Thorpe, witness fees.. .. Bob Tinkey, juror fees Nick Trebileock, juror fees E. R. Tellin, constable fees .. Sam Tesaker, labor on Northome- Bena road a ‘Mose Vachon, juror “tees J.iA. Van Patter, payment on Road*No. 113 .. .. «2 2 «so J. A. Van Patter, ashen on Road No. 83 .. se ee ee Henry Volke, labor ¢ on | Coleraine- Grand Rapids road .. .. .. .. ‘Water, Light and Building commit tee, lights for court house and Henry Volke, labor on old Big Fork road .. . William Watkins, labor ¢ on Missis- sippi Toad .. .. P...A. Wilkie, payment on road on line between 65-25 and 56-25 160 00 ‘Wm. Young, juror fees .. All petitions for the formati new school districts and all other * 154 60 5 00 203 92 89 76 24 00 13:15 3 * cy 00 19 8 10 6 30 1 25 00 36 00 00 00 HHH 00 on 200 00 600 0 s 30 00 15 15 152 86; 8 80 12 ve) AHS 00! 00 | 30 Upon motion of Commissioner O'Brien, seconded: by Commissioner Nelson, the minutes of the meetings cf June 19, July 8th, 17th, 18th, and 3ist were approved py unanimous vote. The board again adjourned to Tues- day, the 10th day of September, 1912 at 10 o'clock a. m. c. M. King, Chairman of the Board. Attest: M. A. Spang, County Auditor. "/OFFIGIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE School Board OF School District No. 1, Grand Rap- ids, Itasca County, Minnesota. Grand Rapids, Minn., August 19, 1912 A meeting of the school board of School District No One was held in the board's office at eight o'clock, p. m. C. E. Burgess and J. D. Doran were pres- ent. The minutes of meeting held Aug- ust 12, were read and approved. Bids for the transportation of school children were received as follows: To the Cunningham school, Nick Johnson, $20.00 per month. The bid of | Nick Johnson was, upon motion, ac- cepted. The Lund, McKinley, to the Blackberry school, $75.00 per month, E. L. Miller, Miller children Neil McKinley, $58.00 |per month, R. D. Shepard, $55.00 per | month. The bid of R. D, Shepard was, upon motion, acecpted. | The pupils of the McMahon school to ,the Cohasset school, A. Laliberti, $100, | Geo. B. Best (to get the children at 32 00' their homes) $75.00, M. Barna (to get 6 30 the children at the school house) $65.00. 9 20 1 0; 152 86 805 14 3 05 112 3 00 000 00 31 25 28 00, 24 00 1 90 100! 19 00 23 60 re nS 2 38 88 16 12 17 00 8 25) 8 00 45 90! 19 60 60 00 rey wHan 60! |The bid of Geo. B, Best was, tion ,acecpted. | The children of the Pokegama Lake | school to the Grand Rapids school, Clar- ence Buchanan, $70.00, J. F. McCormic $65.00, L. R. Plummer, $70.00. The bid lof J. F. McCormick was, upon motion, accepted. The pupils of the McCormick school to the Grand Rapids schools, W. T. Sher- man, $50.00 ,Henery E. Hegdahl, $50.00, Dunc. Harris, $37.00. The bid of Dunc Harris was, upon motion accepted. The high school pupils of Cohasset to the Grand Rapids high school, A. |ctusieau, $70.00, Amos Forsythe, $65.00 L. R. Plummer, $68.00, The-bid of Amos Forsythe was, upon motion, accepted. Bids for building a vault in the |Central school were received as follows: L. Courtemanche, $279.87, John Lofberg, $268, The bid of John Lofberg was, up- lon motion, accepted. Bids for building at Swan River upno mo- a frame school were received as s: John Lofberg, $1130.00, DeShaw & Wall, $900.00, Fletcher & McKinnon, | $965, L. Courtemanche, $1051.39, Stock- well & Tracy, $345.00. The bid of Stock- weil & -Tracy was, upon motion, ac- \ cepted. a | Bids for building a frame school house for the Rahier school were received as ;follows: Fletcher & McKinnon, $956.00 | CB” ceiling), Stockwell & Tracy, $965, {( No. 2 ceiling). The bid of Fletcher | & McKinnon wes upon motion, accepted. | Bids for lowering the Sand Lake school building were received as follows: ; John Lofberg, $60.00, Wm. Pogue, $40.00, Chas. Brock, $58.00. The bid of Wm. Pogue was, upon motion accepted. | The bid of Chas. Brock to move the | Shoal Lake school forward in school yard for the sum of $80.00, being the only bid {received was, upon motion, accepted. The following bills were, upon motion, ‘ allpwea: !Chas. Olson, labor at Greenfield school see sues $8 435 \J. D. Doran, postage stamps a 1 50 \Art Clusieau, livery for school board .. , 400 1B tae apreriecs) "publishing pines | ecedings and notices .. .. 17 25 |g. ©. Kiley, publishing proceel- ings and notices .. 17 25 'F, W. Stockwell, labor at Thoro- ! fare school .. .. 14 00 P. C. Warner, plans and ‘specitt= cations .. . 8 00 ‘Gilberk & Finnegan, fence posts, Cohasset wood yard and school | gardens 2 wiser aot Te |George F. Kremer, specifications | for school buildings «toh TOGO Chamberlain & Taylor, paper fas- |, tener .. .. 3 50 | James Passard, filling and grad- | ing at Forest Lake school 57 85 '5. CG. Smart, labor on building | and grounds, Greenfield school 12 11 The bond of DeShaw and Wall, as con- | tractors for the Deer Lake school, with ‘Ben Lieberman and Henry Hughes as sureties, was, upon motion, accepted. Upon motion the meeting adjourned. J. D. Doran, Clerk. —————————— i i May Not Stand For It, ' New York World: Mr. Roosevelt's ‘attitude toward the Presidential elec- 10 00! 100 300 00 300 00 11 75 22 41 - 150 00 14 62 1 00 lon of mat- ters pending before the board were con- tinued to the next meeting. Upon. motion of Commissioner 0" ‘Brien, seconded by Commissioner Nelson, the county auditor was instructed to adver- ‘tise for bids for the construction of a road beginning at the N E corner of Section 28, Township 62, Range 26, and tion is the same as that taken by hi ‘toward the Republican National con- vention. ‘‘Te people are all forh me,” jhe screams. “Ohio is certain for me.” “Pensylvania and Illinois are certain for me.” “Missouri is cer- ‘tain for me.” Here is a candidate as has not yet been nominated foreclosing on great states with as much confidence ag though the votes had al] been counted and the result made known. This is the way in which he elected many of his delegates to the na- tional convention. If the delegates who actually appeared disagreed with him he denounced them as crooks, robbers and brigands. Evidentally the people of the United States are going to get themselves they conclude to elect Woodrow Wil- son. Probably Mr- Roosevelt ‘“‘will [peereeee What then? into serious trouble next November if Days of Ancient Greece. MORE IMPORTANT THAN WAR. —e Battles Might Be Forgotten, but Time Was Reckoned and Events Dated From the Years of the Olympiads. The Fivefold Contest, the Pentathlon According to tradition. the oldest of all Olympian games were established by Zeus in honor of his success over Chronos in his struggle for the sov- ereignty of heaven. The more general belief among Greek writers, though. was that these famous games were instituted by the Idaean Hercules, the eldest of the five brothers to whom Rhea confided Zeus after his birth. These games were held every fifth year, because, according to this story. the brothers were five in number. The games were therefore four years apart. The first of the games, according to this tradition, was simply a foot race. in which Hercules and his four broth- ers were the only contestants. This straightaway foot race continued to be the only Olympic game till the fourteenth Olympiad, when a second contest, the double course, was intro- duced—i. e., to the end of the course and back again. In the eighteenth Olympiad they added wrestling and the pentathlon. Twenty-five years later boxing was made a part of the exer- cise, and four horse races, the pancrat- ium and riding races were introduced. The pentathion was a fivefold con- test in leaping. throwing the discus or quoit, wrestling and hurling the jave- lin. All contestants were admitted first to the leaping contest, and those who crossed a certain space were a!- lowed to hurl the javelin. The four most successful in this took part in a foot race. The last man in the race dropped out, and the best three threw the quoit. Again the least successful retired, and the better wrestler of the remaining two won the prize. The pancratium was a rough and tumble fight. Almost any method of throttling an opponent and compelling him to acknowledge himself vanquish- ed was permitted. Wrestling, boxing, hugging. choking and even the delib- erate breaking of bones were allowed. The prizes in the Olympian contests were merely wreaths from the wild olive trees abundant in the locality, and the games all took place on one day until the twenty-seventk Olym- piad. when the Greeks, desiring to do greater honor to the gods for their de- feat of the Persians, extended the games to fill five days. All Greece regarded the month dur- ing which the games were held. asa holiday. Business of every kind was at a standstill, and even hostile armies’ disbanded and attended the games as friendly rivals. The importance of the games may be gathered from the fact that the Greeks reckoned their time according to the games, just as all peo- ple have reckoned it from the events which seemed to them the most im- portant. The Christians refer all time to the beginning of the Christian era, so the Mohammedans to the flight of their prophet and Romans to the year of the founding of their city. But the Greek historians used to speak like this: “This battle was fought in the fourth year of that Olympiad in which Euryb- etus, the Athenian, won the prize in the course.” While a war mizht be for- | gotten, an Olympiad would never be. Those who were victors were ac- corded the most extravagant honors. Their enthusiastic countrymen would escort them home with unbounded de- | light, and they were given the highest seats of honor at every public festiv- ity. Poets of the highest merit sang their praises. The cities in which they resided erected statues to their honor. It is not surprising that. when victo. ry meant so much, dishonorable means were sometimes employed to secure it. Every attempt, however, was made to prevent foul play, and as unfairness was regarded as sacrilege, the games being religious ceremonies, the guilty ones were not only con- demned by all those whose praise they sought, but they were subjected be- sides to heavy penalties in money and often scourged as well. It does not seem, however, that de. liberate wounding of an adversary in a contest was much deprecated. since Pausanias mentions one man who, though an inferior wrestler, won sev- eral contests by breaking the fingers of his antagonist, but he who killed his opponent lost the prize, and the dead body was crowned victor. The cause of the decay. of the game was that the glory and the substantial rewards which followed victory final- ly became too great. At last there became classes of men who did noth- ing else but prepare for the games, and | contending became a profession. Kings and nobles then withdrew, and their example was followed by the better class of Greek youth. with the result that the games were finally neglected until, when they were prohibited by. an edict by the Emperor Theodosius, in aig 394, few people objected to their Long before this the games had be- tome notorious by their brutality, and foreigners were allowed to compete. Bribery was frequent, and the Roman Emperor Nero on one occasion was per- mitted to take every prize offered.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself. COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING. ‘The Art Was Discovered Through Merest Accident. Every one has pi on his visiting © eard the extremely delicate lines of his name, and almost one knows that they are produced by printing from an engraved copperplate. Like many other things of use and beauty. | this art of copperplate engraving rai | discovered through the merest acci- | dent by the goldsmiths of Florence | i the fifteenth century. It is a historical fact, however, that | one day an engraver on gold. wishing to take a proof of his work, made the | usual sulphur cast and then filled up | the lines with lampblack, thus ena- bling him to see exactly how his work looked. While occupied in doing this | it occurred to him that possibly the same results could be obtained by fill- ing up the original engraving with © lampblack instead of making an im- pression of it and filling up that Struck with the idea, he put it into | practical use and, with a little damp paper, succeeded in getting a fair im- pression from the engraving. The discovery was communicated to | other workers in the art, and they hailed it with joy, as it saved all the arduous trouble of making sulphur casts, but they never saw the full value of the discovery, and consequent- ly the art of plate engraving lay for almost a century before its true im- port was discovered and brought out in all its great and beautiful results. Today collectors of plate engravings rave over the crude results of earlier times and search the world for exam- ples of these early masters to add to their collections. Many of these col- lections have been presented to mu- | seums, where they may be seen and | appreciated by the people. | AIDED THE AERONAUT. Washington Was the Godfather of | Aviation In America. | Apparently George Washington was not only the Father of His Country, but also something like the godfather of aviation in America. “At any rate, he wrote a letter for one M. Blanch- | ard, who made the first balloon ascen- | sion in this country at Philadelphia in | 1793. The letter reprinted in St. Nich- | olas reads: | “George Washington, president of the United States of America. To all | whom these presents shall come. | “The bearer hereof, Mr. Blanchard, | | acitizen of France, proposing to ascend | in a balloon from the city of Philadel- | phia, at 10 o’clock a. m, this day, to pass in such direction. and to descend | ; in such, place as circumstances may | render most convenient— | “These are, therefore, to recommend | | to all citizens of the United States. | and.others, that in his passage, de- scent, return or journeying elsewhere they oppose no hindrance or molesta-. stion to ‘the -said Mr.’ Blanchard. and that, on the contrary, they receive and aid him with that humanity and good will which: may render honor to their country and justice to an ‘individual so distinguished by his efforts to establish and advance an art, in order to make it useful to” mankind in gen- eral. “Given under my hand and seal, at the city of Philadelphia, this ninth day of January. one thousand seven hun- dred and ninety-three, and of the in- dependence of America the seven- teenth. “GEORGE WASHINGTON.” A Japanese Idea. The late Mutsuhito, emperor of Ja- pan, on an occasion shortly before his death took a railway journey in the northern part of Japan and arrived at his dest@fation half an hour-late on ac- count of a slight accident on the road. Next day the manager of the road com- mitted suicide, giving as the reason | for his act the fact that his bad man- agement had inconvenienced the em- | peror. The case attracted a great deal | of attention. and some of the leading men of Japan. commenting on the dead | man’s act, criticised his point of view. In the eyes of his fellow townsmen. however, his deed was commendable, as an ideal exponent of the Japanese | conception of loyalty. A Funny Siamese Custom. They have a very funny fashion in | Siam. When an inferior comes into | the presence of a superior he throws | | ‘himself upon the ground. Then the | superior sends one of his attendants | forward to see whether the prostrate | man has been eating anything or has any offensive odor about him. If he be blameless in this respect the attend- ant raises him from the ground. but if he be guilty the attendant straightway kicks him out. ; A Useful Paragraph. Singleton (readingi—It is said that | the last word in an argument is often | the most dangerous. | -Wedderly—Would you mind letting me have that paper? Singleton—What do you want it for? Wedderly—I want to show that para- graph to my wife. Pretty Long at Times. “I believe honesty pays in the long “So do 1 But I often wish it were not such a mighty long run.”—Chicago | tinuance. -. PARTY LINES A SHOT TO PIECES Three Gubernatorial Hammering National Nominee, GOSSIP ABOUT KNUTE NELSON Good Indications That Alexandria Man Will Be a Candidate to Succeed Himself in the Senate. (Special Correspondence.) What with a prospective third party, and it hewn from the Republican ranks, six candidates for governor and three of them openly knocking the na- tional nominee, party lines shot to Pieces, the press in an angry mood and a primary law the provisions of which, together with the corrupt prac- tices act, has even the state legal de- partment guessing, it would look as if the organization in Minnesota had fallen on evil days. “Its last piece ot vantage ground has been shot away,” is the remark I frequently hear. “That ignorance is bliss,” runs the old saw and it would be unkind to wake up those who think they see in the new order of things the millennium, but for benefit of those willing to be in- formed I will say that the organiza- tion in both panties is far from dead. Its influence and its activities will be felt in both the primary and the gen- | eral election. By organization, mind | you, I am not speaking along the line | of its narrow use, but of those who be- lieve in party regularity and the ele- vation of persons pledged to its con- You possibly read in sev- eral Twin City papers last week—all of them are progressive and abhor the machine—an article of considerable length eulogistic of United States Senator Knute Nelson. The burden of each of the articles was that Uncle Knute again make the race. To per- mit him to retire it was contended would be a calamity. He was the only ene who had held steadfast to the principles of Republicanism and good | government. He was a real progres- sive. Fellows, that bunch of articles was inspired and the chief source of | inspiration was the organization. Its | Yealization is the carrier on which | those persons who have been so indus- triously trying to plant hope to again! | ride into office and control. The pop- ularity of the senior senator is to be used to keep Republican Minnesota in | | the regular column. And you fellows thought the bunch was dead. Wake up. Ca oe And Uncle Knute’s popularity and long service in the interest of the State is not all. There are many fed- eral plums to be handed out and the Progressives will not have the job of Placing them. New blood will be in fused and if you are a friend of the Powers that be probably you will be taken care of. As I get it the pres- ent Republican administration will dictate in this respect. James A. Pe- terson of Minneapolis and D. W. Law- ler of St. Paul are the only contestants for Senator Nelson’s Washington job, but if the Viking from Alexandria gets | into the game—the Twin City news- paper articles referred to are pretty good indication that he will—there is not much hope for either Mr. Peterson or Mr. Lawler. Uncle Knute’s influ- ence of late years has been claimed by some to be waning, but it is a valu- able asset to have j@t the same and the organization is not overlooking the fact. If Knute does not land yours truly will be badly mistaken. ++ & Former Attorney General E. T. Young’s hat is in the ring. He an- nounced himself as a Republican gubernatorial candidate Friday and signaled the event by opening head- | quarters in the Ryan hotel in St. Paul for they erected a statue in his honor | and at the same time taking a fall out | of James A. Tawney of Winona for presuming to take him to task for etating that President Taft stole the | nomination at the Chicago convention. | | His answer was of the peppery kind | | and Jim was the beneficiary to an ex- tent that left little in the way of re- ! turn. Mr. Young completed a term as attorney general that was the most creditable in the history of the state. He compelled many reforms, forced restitution in cases that were literally outlawed and laid the ground work for a number of successes that were later realized by his successor. It might be said that he was one ‘of the best attorney generals Minnesota ever had. In making the race for governor he has named Kay Todd, a St. Paul attorney, as his manager and here he again showed good judgment. Mr. Todd is clean and knows the game. + + But with all this to his credit the question arises has Mr. Young any chance? He should if merit and faith- | ful stewardship counts for anything, but there are those who are fearful that his candidacy will mean only one thing and that is the gumming up of | the cards for the entire opposition to Mr. Eberhart. They are fraid that he will draw from other accepted progres- sive candidates instead of the admin- istration. This, of course, is their side-of the story. It is only natural that they should resent the entrance of any more contestants for Governor Eberhart’s jcb, but the fact remains that Mr. Young’s announcement does not add anything to the general har saw that the nomination of J. F. son was inevitable. He hails from the Seventh district, but St. Paul is his present residence. Ed never was counted as a whirlwind of a politician but he has a good record. And there ‘are a lot who lack the latter. tt + wocaee Congressman Tawney’s name is figuring in connection with his old job, but the general belief up here is that he will have none of it Thomas Frazer, a lawyer at Roches ter, is responsible for the rumor, but those professing to know say that the” talk is in the interest of Sidney An- derson, the present incumbent. Mr. Frazer is a reported candidate for wt torney general against Lyndon A Smith. Most anything goes in these dsys of political wind jamming and hypocricy, but one of the strange things is the indifference of the pres ent First district congressman to the present upheaval. Unknown and with little to commend him Anderson tackled one of the strongest men in the state, James A. Tawney, and wom Insurgency was just then beginning ta be felt and Mr. Anderson had a front seat. Little has been heard of him while in congress and much less since the new order of things became the vogue and now the question prompts itself, who does he belong to? Clim ton Robinson of Winona, a Democrat and a member of the last legislature, has announced himself as a candidate for the place and as both have about the same amount of public experience the outcome is awaited with interest. As for Mr. Tawney he is getting $10- 000 a year now as a member of the international boundaries commission and I do not think he would relim quish it for one with a salary whicao fs much less. Its against human nature & e + George L. Mattson of Roseau filed for the Republican nomination for sec- | Tetary of state last week and his can- didacy has been received with favor by a number of brother editors. Mr. Mattson is a member of the present legislature. The Roseau county man entered the ranks of lawmakers as a comparatively unknown, but he made his presence felt when the state cap itol was reached. The statute books contain a number of laws which are due to his activity and it is to his credit that they are of the safe and sane kind. Mr. Mattson will contest | Julius Schmahl, the present incum- bent, for the place. et & & The new statewide primary law, with its provisions for grouping, sec ond choice and nonpartisan features | for the judiciary and municipal offices, is threatened on all sides with a court attack, but if those concerned. have } any knowledge of court procedure at all they will know that their oppor- tunity to test the act has passed until ufter the primaries have been held. The supreme court is now enjoying its vacation and will not convene again until the latter part of Septem- ber. That the new law is full of in- accuracies and things inconsistent with the constitution is acknowledged but those interested have slept on | their rights. It is generally expected that the next supreme calendar will be burdeng# with election cases. They can not be avoided. | ++ + One of the busy spots in the state capitol these days is the suite of rooms devoted to the department pre- sided over by Attorney General Lyn- don A. Smith. It is there that the new primary law, with its accompany- ing corrupt practices act, is being con- strued and no member of the depart- ment is excused when a conference is called. And these conferences take in the full working day. The attor- ney general's job is to interpret any law passed by the legislature whether it is a misfit or not. Everybody con- ; ected with the department smiles when a conference is called. Mr. | Smith is too seasoned a warrior to quarrel with those above him, but | the comments of the men close to the | department are sufficient to show how every one connected looks upon the entire act. They look upon it as a joke. As one of them explained it to | me there is not a provision in the en- | tire corrupt practices act but what is contradictory of the other and the bal- ance is unconstitutional. t+ + The first candidate to file for the Democratic nomination for governor is Charles M. Andrist of Minneapolis. He is a member of the faculty of the University of Minnesota. When Mr. Andrist filed he offered a check for | $35 signed by the Andrist campaign committee and accompanied it with | $15 cash from his own pocket. As far as Professor Andrist is concerned it can be said that he will have to pad- dle his own canoe. He is absolutely without support from the regular Dem- jocratic organization and the chances are that even if elected he will have to play his own game. The organiza- tion candidate is P. M. Ringdal of the |state board of control. ++ Speaking of the Democratic eontest for the nomination for governor ru mor has it that P. M. Magnusson, at present connected with the St Cloud pormal school, may be ejected into the game. The Johnson crowd regard- ed the St. Cloud man highly, as he was credited with doing much toward helping out the lamented Johnson. Frank A. Day has been haunting the Twin Cities of late with tales of a candidate who will put anything the Republicans have out of the running and maybe Professor Magnusson is the man. THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN.