The Sauk Centre herald., January 31, 1929, Image 4

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Weather Man Cuts |
Down Attendance
(Continued From Page One)
!»Master. He had booked three
| honest-to-goodness headliners:
Treasurer Julius A, Schmahl, May
or Lawrence Hoagson, St, Paul,
and Cornie Wallon, Glenwood, en
' tertainer par excellence. The doc
' tor would not aliow #r. Schmahl
to make the trip; at 5:00 p. m,
Friday, a wire of regrets was re
eeivedy from “Larry Ho” and im
ruli:ble roads held up Cornie Wal
on.
An improvised program was ar
ranged shortly before the dinner
was served. The ability displayed
indicated there are plenty of head
liners within the membership of
the Northern Association. During
the serving of the meal the Nite
Owls orchestra furnished a pro
gram of snappy masic.
The “Herald Angels” quartet
was first called upvn to its stuff.
The musical ability efsplayed was
a happy revelation. The first song
“The Old Printing yice Towel,”,
was unusually appropriate, and
called for an encore. The person
nel of this clever quartet is: Newel
Barnard, reporter; Clyde Silver,
floorman ; Floyd Clark, n:achine op
! erator; Ed L. Rathe, associate edi
tor. Mrs. Floyd Clark played the
accompaniment. The writer was
| proud of his gang.
| Dr, J. A. Dußois, was the first
| speaker introduced. The doctor
| was in unusually fine fettle. He did
{] not know he was to speak until a
| few minutes beforc .ie sat down to
| dinner. His talk was lled with
}J‘ sound logic and humor. He made
. a splendid impression upon the vis
-75’ itors.
| Grove Wills, former Herald em
-1 ployee, and successful publisher of
. the Eveleth Clarion, told the folks
. how glad he was to get back to the
' old home town and mingle with old
ii friends.
4 R. J. Dunlap, of the St. Paul
" Pioneer Press and Dispatch, was
| introduced. Roy has a fine “line.”
| His stories were very appropriate
| and greatly enjoyed.
H Retiring President Clarence Hill
. man, responded happily, devoting
| much of his talk to the wonderful
. work done at the Home School for
! Girls. :
| President-Elect George Christie,
i“, an old Long Prairie boy, cleverly
H and briefly responded, recalling he
' had many old friends in Sauk Cen-
E; tre and that he was always glad of
gg an opportunity to visit in this city,
.| Lawrence Rossman, of the Grand
gg Rapids Herald, and the next presi
| dent of the Minnesota Editorial As
! sociation, reviewed the history of
. the Northern Association and said
| that he was opposed to any thought
.of discontinuing the winter meet
ings. Incidentally Larry is a rare
| story teller.
. ‘President of the State Associa
| tion, E. K. Whiting, referred to the
' splendid entertainment accorded
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the editors by Mrs. Stewart at the
Home School for Girls; he was al
“Ways delighted, he said to visit
Sauk Centre. Mr. Whiting is clos
ing a most successful year as state
. president. His stories were mas
' terpieces of their kind.
i? Rudolph Lee, editor of the Long
' Prairie Leader, was the concluding
| speaker on the program. The
| toastmaster in introducing Mr. Lee
isaid he had asked him to explain
ito the Sauk Centre businessmen
present the Minnesota Plan of
9¥‘ann Relief sponsored by the rural
‘editors of the state. In a 15-min
ute talk Mr. Lee demonstrated the
practicability of the plan, showing
that an increased tariff on farm
{products would bring the relief by
;putting the agriculturist in a posi
jtion to help himseif, He stated
ithat in 1927 imports of farm pro
ducts that could be raised in this
country exceeded $2,000,000,000.
A proper tariff would cause much
'of this produce to be raised on
wheat and other lands and would
practically do away with surpluses
without decreasing the acreage.
. The Sauk Centre business and
?rofessional men co-operated with
he Herald in splendid shape by
attending the banquet in large
numbers.
| The newspaper men are delight
ed with the hospitality of Sauk
Centre citizens. The slight over
head charged the business men for
dinner more than paid the expens
of the convention, a balance of
E 58.25 being turned back into the
ommunity Club treasury.
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~ How Much to Serve?
o housewives who have been
teeping house “night onto
swenty years” the planning of
h meal for guests is no task.
3ut to the bride or “new”
housekeeper it 1s difiicult to
sstimate how much meat is
heeded for a certain number
of guests.
iNe have helped others plan
their dinners successfully, pro
qding just the correct por
ions, and will be glad to help
. .
Main Street Cash
"~ Market
'Many of the business men have
indicated they would like to have
the newspa({)er men back again next
winter, and it is barely possible
they may return itn 1930.
The following attended the con
vention:
George Christie, Red Lake Falls.
Carl Carlson, Melrose.
Sam S. Haislett, Minneapolis.
Keith Rogers, Park Rapids.
Rudolph Lee, Long Prairie.
Peter Vasaly, Little Falls.
Grove Wills, Eveleth.
E, K. Whiting, Owatonna.
George Webster, Minneapolis.
Fred D. Vibert, Duluth.
Jas. McDonald, St. Paul.
R. J. Dunlap, St. Paul.
IC. H, Bronson, Osakis.
Arthur Place, Minneapolis.
2 Lawrence Rossman, Grand Rap
ids. .
J. Paul Kinney, Alexandria.
Val Renz, St. Paul.
E. P. Spink, St. Paul.
Mr. Carson, St. Paul.
Norman Brekke, Minneapolis.
Asa M, Wallace, Sauk Centre.
M. J. Fleming, Sauk Centre.
Ed L, Rathe, Sauk Centre.
The place for holding the sum
mer outing will be deciged upon by
President Christie and the execu
tive committee later. There are
several available points where the
entertainmnt will be enjoyable and
facilities ample. |
The following resolutions .were
passed: :
We the members of the commit
tee on resolutions of the Northern
Minnesota Editor:al ‘Association as
sembled for its annual winter meet
ing in Sauk Centre, January 25th
and 26th, submit the following res
olutions and recommend their
adoption.
We thank the citizens of Sauk
Centre and particularly the pub
lishers of the Sauk Centre Herald
for the splendid entertainment
they have provided and the genial
hospitality they have shown us.
To Mrs. Mary L. Stewart and
her assistants at the Home School
for Girls we express our deep ap
preciation for the splendid lunch
eon served us and the delightful
program rendered, and assure her
that we were deeply impressed
with the wondertul work this insti
tution is accomplisning. We again
endorse the present business plan
of operation of the Minnesota Edi
torial association and believe that
it has demonstrated its practical
usefuiness to the newspapers of
Minnesota.
We wish to thank retiring Pres
ident C. M. Hillman and Secretary
Paul Kinney for their efforts in be
half of the association the past
year, and all whe participated in
our program, e
We commend the splendid pro
gram of education being conducted
in behalf of Northern Minnesota
by the Minnesota Arrowhead As
sociation and its able Secretary
Fred Vibert. j
Third Street Business
~ Block Destroyed
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building, instructed “John’s” Place,
to furnish the members of the de
partment with all the not coffee and
food they required. It was an act
of thoughtfulness greatly appre
ciated by the firemen.
The Ethon family, consisting of
man, wife and five small children,
lived upstairs and at the rear over
the grocery store. They barely
escaped with their lives. The
clothing and household fixtures are
a total loss, without one cent of
insurance. Monday morning the
Woman’s Auxiltary purchased
shoes and some other apparel for
the children. The family is- in
dire need of clothing and household
equipment. Anyone in a position
to aid should notify Mrs. Steece,
president of the Auxiliary.
Mr. Piche, owner of the groc
ery, came to this city from Perham
about three months ago. He op
ened a cash and caery grocery and
was doing business under the
name of “Jimmy’s Grocery.” He
states that his grocery stock, fix
tures, and stock of blankets, etc.,
recently added, totaled about sl,-
800. He carried an insurance of
SI,OOO. He plany vn re-entering
business as soon as he can find a
location,
Mr. Dirnberger purchased the
building a little less than a year
ago. I%e remodeled it for the E.
W. Kyle Company, St. Cloud,
who opened and operated a branch
tire and repair basmess for sever
al months. The building is a total
loss. Mr. Dirnburger carried $3,-
000 insurance. At this time he is
undecided as to whether he will re
build or not.
The O’Brien family lived in the
rooms over the Home Bakery. They
completely moved out during the
progress of the fire. Their loss is
nominal.
B. O. Vogel used the rear part
of the first floor of the Dirnberger
building as storage room for his
trucks. Three trucks were in the
building when the fire broke out.
The one nearest the door was re
moved. Mr. Vogel places his loss
at S4OO, and it is understood he
did not carry any insurance,
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE HERAILD
Took Soda 20 Years
for Gas—Stops Now
‘For 20 years I took soda for indi
gestion and stomach gas. One bottle
of Adlenka brought me complete
relief.””—John B. Hardy.
Adlerika relieves gas and sour
stomach at once. Acting on BOTH
upper and lower bowel, it removes
old waste matter you never though
was in your system. Let Adlerika
ive your stomach and bowels a
iEAL cleaning and see how fiood
you feel! Overcomes constipation.
Hanson & Emerson, Druggists.
SRR
SR e A,
Respectfully,
Roy Dunlap
Sam Haislet
IC. W. Carlson.
AN APPRECIATION
I wish to extend my sincere ap
preciation to Chief Fish and the
members of the Sauk Centre Fire
Department for the valiant fight
they put up in the extremely cold
weather Sunday evening in an at
tempt to save my business block on
Third street.
Adv. Joseph Dirnberger.
Co-operative Feed
Grinding Feasible
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keting agencies in this city. Reso
lutions were passed pledging sup
{()ort to central competitive mar
ets.
“The meeting was held in the
Dawson armory to discuss effects
of direct selling.” A. J. Melunf,
manager of the local farmers ship
ping association, was chairman.
James Monkman, representing the
St. Paul Live Stock exchange pre
sented facts and figures against
direct buying. He traced the his
tory of the growth of competitive
marketing of live stock.
D. D. Collins, member of the
national board of the Farmers’
Union made a strong plea for
farmers controling their live stock
marketing. “Direct buying is keep
ing our farmers divided and at the
mercy of the packers, who are na
tionally organized, each of whom
are bargaining with every advan
tage to the packers.
“Swift & Co., furnished infor
mation to be read at the meeting
to show that all the hogs slaught
ered in the South St. Paul plant
of the company are bought on the
open competitive market, J. Horm
el of the Hormel Packing Co., Aus
tin presented statistics to show that
his company was saving the farm
ers money. He claimed that on a
load of hogs his company saved the
farmer about $35 in terminal ex
penses. He pointed out that hog
raising had increased in some dis
tricts since the introduction of di
rect buying.
“J. S. Montgomery, manager of
the Central 'Co-Operative <Com
mission association here, spoke for
his organization. Mr. Montgomery
declared that the increased hog
production referred to by Mr. Hor
mel was due to the fact the farm
ers could no longer profitably pro
duce wheat and that they turned
to pork production. He also stated
that Mr. Hormel made no mention
of the ccost of hauling hogs to the
direct buying points, which he said
would counteract the $35 terminal
. ASSETS 3
Accounts Receivable $4,141.58
Cash on Hand : 163.74
Cash in Bank, General Account 613.04
Cash in Bank, Cattle Aiccount 167.37
Cattle Fund ' : 121.27
Cattle Accounts Received 217.20
Inventory—
‘Flour, Feed, Salt : 1,887.73 . \ '
Oil and Greases 81.23 A
Coal - 476.99 2,445.95
| : _—
‘Equipment 3-14-28 $3,475.26 T
'Add, Improvements 194.00 3,669.28 -
Central Co-Opr. Stock ' 75.00
Litte —_—
' : $11,447.04
Liabilities, Capital Surplus— ; :
Accounts Payable . 1,341.77
Notes Payable : 1,500.00
Capital - 3,105.00
Surplus, 3-14-28 5,107.77
Net Profit 12-31-28 225.13 : 5,332.90
.$11,447.04
Trading, Profit and Loss Statement
From March 14, 1928 to Dec. 31, 1928
Sales— .
Flour, Feed, Salt $11,351.54 ‘
Coal 6,772.07 .
Twine 1,084.22 . :
Oils and Greases 99.23 -
‘Wiire 5 58.05
Scales ‘ 1.55 19,366.66
Inventory 3-14-28 ,
Flour, Feed, iSalt 1,187.34
Coal 250.45 :
Purchases
Flour, Feed, Salt 11,412.20 . ;
Coal 4,355.41 "
Twine 1,047.18 - ;
Oils and Greases : 179.21 . ; ;
Wire : 48.60 18,480.39 -
Inventory Dec. 31, 28. . '
Flour, Feed, Salt 1,887.73 ‘
Cdal 476.99
QOils and Greases 81.23 2,445.95° #
- $16,034.44
Freight 1,382.19 .
Drayage i 220.09
| ‘Commission 814.86 2,417.14 18,451.58
Gross Trading Profit " $915.08
Administration ICosts—
Telephone 32.05
Insurance 69.22
Printing, Postage, Adv. 55.563
Lights ' o T 8.00
Bonds, Director’s Audit Exp. 100.50
Coal Shed Repairs ' 13.20
Stock Yards Repairs 61.50
Interest 57.00 -
Misc : 11.49 398.49
Gross Profit : $516.59
Reductions—
Depreciation Equipment 200.00
Loss Jan. 1-28 to March 14-28 91.46 291.46
Net Gain to Surplus - - $225.13
: Stock Division 1928 i
Sales Stock Division : 121,682.94
Surplus Fund : 106.87
$121,789.81 o
; Disbursements
Paid to Patrons : 120,235.56
Paid for Feeds > 1 62.06
Commission to Manager ' : : 1,492.19
s $121,789.81
Number of Cars Shipped - 94 g
Number of Hogs Shipped - 4,798
Number of Calves Shipped 1,332 . ;
Number of Cattle Shipped : 439
Number of Sheep Shipped - _ 222
. Cattle Fund ol i S :
| * : Dr- & —. C.l'- : :
Cattle Fund . , 121, % a 4
Cattle Accts. Receivable : i 217. o b 00l
Cattle Acct. at Bank * i ' - 167.37
General Fund N S s : =5 4.0
Balance Jan. 1,-1928 : crd l‘» ; : 166.60
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SAUK CENTRE HERALD, Saik Centre, Minn.
market saving - referred to. Mr.
Montgomery also called attention
forcefully to the competitive mar
keting system built up in central
markets.
“Dr. H. M. Johnson, of Dawson,
summarized the ‘marketing argu
ments and declared that resolutions
would be of no benefit unless they
were supported,
“It is a good thing for the pro
ducers that there is competition
among the sales agencies at the
terminal markets, as long as it is
fair and legitimate. ‘Commission
men under these conditions, are en
titled to be in business as well as
the cooperative organizations and
should be there. It produces com
petition ' -whieh is good for any
business,” Dr. Johnson said. The
great question, as Dr. Johnson saw
it, was, ‘“‘Shall we aflow the com
petitive markets to be ruined
through direct buying or shall we
keep and build them up by sup
porting them. It is up to each in
dividual to think this over and de
cide for himself and stand by his
decision.” ¢
“The following resolutions were
presented by a committee instruct
ed by the farmers assembled to
voice a protest against the direct
buying system. :
“Whereas—Approximately 1000
farmers from within a radius of
50 miles of Dawson are assembled
in a mass meeting in the armory
at Dawson, Minn., this 16th day of
January, 1929, for the purpose of
discussing farm problems, and in
particular the question, “Is direct
buying by the packers to their best
interests or to the best interests of
the producers of livestock.”
“Whereas: The facts presented
indicate that direct buying as con
ducted at ' Montevideo and other
country points are permitting the
packers to supply a large part of
their trade requirements without
entering the competitive channels
of open central markets under fed
eral and state supervision— %
“BE IT RESOLVED: That di
rect buying of livestock is not to
the best interests of the farmers.
““That direct buying is breaking
down the terminal competitive
!r(xiarkets where prices are establish
ed,
“That prices so established are
the basis upon which all livestock is
bought and sold.
“Therefore be it further resolved
that live stock producers pledge
their support to the competitive
markets.”’ 5
The following is the detailed re
port of Secretary Wm. Rathe for
the year 1928: .
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Basket Ball Fans =
~ Are Nearly Nutty
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field goal in a beauty, bringing
Sauk Centre’s total to 18. Glen
wood was coming fast and a large
contingent of visiting rooters com
menced to make their presence
felt. The score was tied with a
couple of minutes left to play. The
battle raged furiously. Just be
fore the final period was up Miller
and Gilbertson made a double foul.
The suspense was terrible. Miller
was given the ball and sank a free
throw without touching the rim.
The - strain was too much for Gil
bertson and the final whistle blew
with Sauk Centre victorious by an
18-19 finish.
The most improved work of the
Sauk Centre team was the playing
of “Tuffy” Cliff, He covered miles
of territory. The Glenwood lads
are rangier than the Sauk Centre
team. “Tuffy” was almost small
enough to get between their legs.
He was elusive as an ell. His shots
for the baskets were deadly, but
Old Man Jinx was on his trail.
He will sink plenty of them be
fore the season is over.
\ Although hard fought the game
was clean for one so fast. It was
a heart-breaker to lose but glor
ious from Sauk Centre’s viewpoint.
If these two teams play this class
of basketball in the District tourna
ment March 1 and 2 they are apt
to fight it out in the finals.
- The following is the tabulatea
score:
Sauk Centre— fg ftpf tp
Nelg: o 8 oi o 01 2
BB i i bl 8
O’Gara, (Capt) ¢ ....1 1 1\ 3
Lewis, g .......... 8 0 & 6
B M s RS
8 8 719
Glenwood— fg ft pf tp
W.Delue, g :..... 2 1 2 b
DR A v 351 8
C. Hanson, ¢ ...... 4 2 1 10
G. Gilbertson (Capt) 0 0 2 0
K.leDue, rg ..5... 001 9
7T 4 718
Villard Wadnesday, Feb. 6
Villard will meet Sauk Centre on
the local floor Wlednesday evening
of next week. The athletics from
the Pope county village play a fine
article of basket ball considering
the disadvantage under which they
work. The home team are entitled
to fine crowds the balance of the
year soley on the merit of their
play in preceeding games.
Balance of Schedule
- Sauk Centre has five remaining
games to play to complete the
schedule before the district tourna
ment. Friday evening of this week
thev travel to Long Prairie and
Friday evening of next week they
meet Melrose on the latter’s floor.
Sauk Centre has won both games
a’ home,
Osakis comes to Sauk Centre
Feb. 15 and Sauk Centre will close
the season at home Feb. 22 with
Alexandria. The locals lost both
these games on foreign floors by
close scores. They have a little
settling to do in these two games.
The district tournament will be
played in this city March 1 and 2.
Friday the preliminary games will
be played. The semi-finals will be
pulled off Friday evening and the
tournament will' come to a close
with the finals and semi-finals Sat
urday evening, ;
The teams enteing the tourna
ment will be: Sauk Centre, Long
Prairie, Melrose, Glenwood, Alex
andria, Osakis, Villard, and the
winner of the Departmental school
section. This will very likely mean
Bertha as they haven’t lost a game
this season.
On the previous records of the
season Gienwood and Bertha should
be the favorites, but one can never
tell. Back up Sauk Centre for
the balance of the season.
Golfer’s Composition
(1) Although I have practiced,
my game is not good. (2) The
second hole was worse than the
first hole, and the third hole was
the most bad. (3) I have struck
my golf ball over 100 times. (4)
The grass near the fourth hole is
long and very beautiful. (5) I
have lost there my white ball with
the pretty dots. (6) While I am
hunting for it my partner is angry.
(7) No, I have no more golf balls.
(8) Have you found my golf ball,
caddy? (9) Yes, here it is under
this little stone in the sand. (10)
Give me my iron and then give me
my niblick, too. (11) See, I have
struck the ball and it is in the
lake. (12) 1 think I shall not play
golf a_ in because I am tired. (13)
I shall go to church the next Sun
day.—Kansas City Star.
Hats Going Out of Style
Nearly a third of the men seen!
on the streets in New York city’s!
main business section. wear no hats
and the fad is growing. The “Hat
iess Manhattan” movement is partly
responsible. The head of this cru-.
sade, one Abraham Vogel, speaks
every night in Union Square, prom
{sing converts freedom from bald
ness, better health all around and
savings of from 50 cents to $2 a
week in hat costs including tips to
hat-checking pirates. The hat
stores would like to poison Vogel. .
l_’roper Use ?f Trees
We have many millions of acres
of forest left, says the American
Tree association of Washington,
which, for a stamp, will send you
itg Forestry, Primer. We aire using
them rapidly. Not to use them
would be uawise because their prod
ucts are necessary to us. But us
ing them wastefully, allowing them
to burn, failing to protect the young
trees growing naturally—these are
things that should be overcome,.
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THERE WILL BE
SONG AND ORATORY
Minnesota Legislature Passes
~ Resolution to Open Every
Session With Music
TAX CHANGES URGED
“Big Three” Slashes Univer
sity’s Financial Program
—Tax Recommendations
; By Martin W. Odland
Author of “the Life of Knute
Nelson”, iSpecial to the Herald.
St. Paul, Minn.,, Jan. 29.
“Winereas, it is believed that an
occasional song would be pleasing
and interesting and helpful to this
body; now therefore, be it
“Resolved, by the 'Minnesota
house of representatives that we
request our chaplain, Dr. Frank
Doran, to select a few well-known
patriotic and devotional songs and
have them printed, so that each
member may have a copy; and be
it }
“Further resolved, that such
songs, when adopted, be used as
the occasion may arise at the op
ening of the session.”
- When the Minnesota house of
representatives adopted the above
resolution, Tuesaay, January 22nd,
it performed its first notable act
of the present session and created
an inspiring precedent for the
more dignified, more solemn, but
perhaps more prosaic and wordly
minded senate. The author of the
historic resolution is Representa
tive ‘O. H.. Dahl, of Lyle.
So there will be both prayer and
song, as well as oratory, in the
capitol this winter, and if the laws
enacted under such benign influ
ences are not good laws, helpful,
uplifting and progressive, the peo
ple of Minnesota will have reason
to be keenly disappointed.
Neither branch of the legislature
adjourned over the week-end on
Thursday. [Each body held a short
session, Friday and then left for
Fort Snelling, in response to an in
vitation from the commandant and
other officers.
As yet, the reporters who are
covering this session of the legisla
ture can’t devote much space to
what has been done but must re
sort to speculation and predictions
as-to what will take place later, in
their efforts to make copy for their
PRBEN.. s CToaing M el )
THE BUDGET AND THE UNI
VERSITY
The biennial budget of the Big
Three made its appearance in
printed form a few days ago, one
copy being placed on every law
maker’s desk. It’s a formidable
document, almost as huge as Web
ster’s unabridged, and I’'m inclined
to believe that the law-makers are
no more apt to go through it from
cover to cover than they are to
read Webster’s immortal work,
In a letter accompanying the
budget, Commissioner A. J. Peter
son informs the lawmakers that be
cause proper care of the state’s un
fortunates was the first considera
tion of the Big Three in drafting
the new budget they propose to
hold down educational expenditures
as much as possible. Hence the Uni
versity‘s request for $300,000 per
year for new buildings during the
next decade is disallowed. “There
is no immediate necessity for au
thorization of another comprehen
sive building program,” says the
letter in question. @~
But that isn’t all. As the Uni
versity has been able to divert a
part of its maintenance appropria
tion to permanent improvements,
while granting salary increases to
professors since the 1927 session of
the legislature, the Big Three pro
pose to slash another $350,000 per
year from its request.
TAX COMMISSION’S RECOM
MENDATIONS
The State Tax Commission hss
presented its report to the legisla
ture and makes several important
recommendations, - chief among
which is that iron ore be assessed
at 33 1-3 per cent of its true vaiue
instead of 50 per cent as now. The
companies are staggering uader
two super-taxes, according to the
Tax 'Commission, and one of them
must be removed or the mining in
dustry will be crippled. The to
tal taxes paid by the mininz com
panies in the five year paviod ¢l.d
-ing December 31, 1927, n:ale tue
vast. sum of $112,389,350.
Other recommendations by the
Tax ‘Commission are. as follows: |
A county assessor law, abolish
ing local -assessors. ‘
%ep'eal of the SIOO-exemption on
personal property.
Submissio of an income tax
amendment to the voters.
Action to secure amendment - of
the federal law relating to taxation
of national banks, as urged by the
governor oand the intern: commit
tee on hank taxation.
That the true consideration
shonld be stated in all warranty
dee 13, cr furnished to taxing - of
ficials. |
That mutual rural telephone
lines should be taxed on a specific
amount for each telephone, reliev
ing them from making earning re
ports.
That county boards should be
required to furnish assessment
maps to assessors,
That assessors in municipalities of
over 1,000 should be permitted to
begin real estate valuation work
before May 1. :
That reports on public indebt
edness as provided in the 1927 law
should be required only once in
two years. : :
How many of these recommenda
tions will be carried into effect by
the legislature 1 don..’tr},presnmq to.
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guess, but I am willing to risk the
prediction that no county assessor
bill will be passed. That proposi
tion has been turned down again
and again the past twenty years.
STATE WILL PAY SCHOOL
TAXES
Under a tentative agreement be
tween the State Rural Credits Bur
eau and the officials of various
northern counties a bill will ‘in all
probability be passed at this ses
sion providing for the payment by
the state of the annual school tax
on land taken over by the Rural
Credits Bureau on ‘mortgage fore
closure. Many school districts have
had great difficulty sn maintaining
their schools without receiving any
support from the state owned
lands. In some districts one-fourth
‘:{a tthe farms now belong to the
e.
The house elections committee
has recommended for passage a
bill shortening the election hours
to the extent of two hours. Both
in the primary and in the general
election the polls will be oper
from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m., if the pro
posed bill becomes a law.
State Senate Urged to
Help Save Forests -
Memorial to Congress Requests tha
Passage of the Shipstead Bill
Newton Bill
St. Paul, Jan.3o.—Nearly 300
men and women, some from dis
tant parts of the state, thronged
the Minnesota senate ante room
Tuesday to urge members of the
joint senate and house public do
main committee to indorse a me
morial resolution already presented
in both bodies, calling upon con
gress to pass the Shipstead-Newton
bill providing for extension of the
area of national forest preserves
in Minnesota and requiring con
gressional consent for the building
of power dams on power waters.
Proposals have been made by the
interests controlled by E. W. Back
us, millionaire Minneapolis lumber
man, to construct dams in Minne
sota-Ontario boundary waters to
obtain power for their enterprises.
Only those in favor of the me
morial resolution spoke Tuesday.
It is planned to hold a later com
mittee meeting at which advocates
of northern Minnesota power de
velopment may speak. .
‘Among those who spoke Tuesday
and statements they made, were:
Wells Eastman, Minneapolis
“If you approve the Backus power
‘dam project now pending you will
authorize the devastation of the
natural beauty spots in northeast
ern Minnesota.”
Ernest Oberholtzer, of Ranier—
“‘Minnesota’s forest and lake region
as it exists today is the greatest as
set to that part of the state, It
has a greater dollars and cents
value in the tourist it brings than
our mines or our agriculture in
that section of the state. Wi are
asking you merely to preserve that
asset as it is.”
Fred S. Winston, of Minneapo
lis—“ The state American Legion
has twice condemned this Backus
power project. I merely bring
their message.”
Ray T. Speer, of the Minnesota
Horticultural society—*“Our organ
ization is for the Shipstead-Newton
bill. We bespeak your favorable ac
tion.”’
iClarence Hillman, of Two Har
bors “Our little county (Lake)
has an investment of around $3,-
000,000 in roads leading to these
beauty spots. Do not destroy them
and the improvements we have
made.”
0. L. Kaupanger, of the Isaak
Walton league—*The Isaak Wal
ton league is for the Shipstead-
Newton bill and is unalterably op
posed to the exploitation of this
country for private gain.”
John Lind of Minneapolis, form
er governor—‘‘When L was active
in public life, this idea for preser
vation was a new one. I urge you
to do all in your power to keep
what we have left and not turn this
asset over to a private interest
which might be in the end reluctant
even to pay taxes.” ;
‘Mrs. Ruth Haynes iCarpenter, of
Minneapolis— “I cannot see why
there should be any argument in
this question. I cannot even see
that there is another side,”
Citizens Ask Removal of
Freeborn County Sheriff
Officer Charged With Many Of
fenses—Governor Has Matter
Under Consideration
~ St. Paul, Jan. 28—Governor
Theodore Christianson today was
requested by citizens of Freeborn
county to remove Sheriff James B,
Otteson from office.
In a petition filedx in the gover
nor’s office 25 citizens of the
southern Minnesota county charg
ed the Albert Lea officer with a
half dozen offenses ranging from
bribery to extortion.
Albert Lea—Fire which the local
department fought in subzero tem
perature destroyed the First Pres
byterian church here with loss of
$85,000.
Ruthton—A. D. Campbell, of
Tracy found a nugget of pure gold
in the gizzard of a duck which he
bought from a local butcher. Ef
forts are being made to locate the
place where the duck was raised.
St, Paul—Bids will be opened
Feb. 7 for construction of a new
addition to the Mineral Springs
Tuberculosis Sanitorium at <Can
non Falls, which will cost approx
imately $130,000. The state will
pay $11,500.
Austin—Mervin Otteson, son of . :
Sheriff James B. Otteson, of Free- - -
born county, has been sentenced to- < . -
an indeterminate term at the St. .-
Cloud reformatory when he plead- :
:d‘{uilty here to a charge of sec- -
ond degree grand larceny. ¢ o i -
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