Reminiscing: February 19, 2009

100 Years - Thursday, Feb. 25, 1909

St. Paul Letter

The White bill “to limit the granting of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors” has, by decree of the Republican steering committee of both house and senate, been made a party measure.  As it is perhaps the only measure at all likely to be adopted by the legislature designed to carry out the pledge made by the Republican party in its platform to extend the operation of high license and local option laws and secure their just enforcement, it is important to enquire exactly what it does.

It professes to limit the granting of liquor licenses to one in each five hundred of the population in the municipality or county granting the license.

This it does not do.  If at the time of the passage of the act any town or village issues licenses in excess of one to each 500 population that state of affairs is permitted to continue until “the total number of licenses ..shall equal one for each 500 population.”

Reminiscing: January 29, 2009

100 Years - Thursday, Feb. 4, 1909

Board of Health.
St. Charles, Minn., Feb 3rd, 1909
This is to certify that I have this day inspected the St. Charles Bakery and find said premises kept in a cleanly and sanitary manner as required by the State Board of Health.
I further certify that a rigid physical examination of P.M. Dauser, proprietor of the St. Charles Bakery, fails to reveal any trace or sign of any form of tuberculosis or any other communicable disease.
F.H. Rollins, M.D., Health officer for the City of St. Charles.

Reminiscing: February 5, 2009

100 Years - Thursday, Feb. 11, 1909

In the debate on the Johnson bill for the establishment of a system of county agricultural schools, which has passed the house, Representative Adams advanced a somewhat novel plan to bring agricultural instruction to the farms.
His suggestion was that a corps of instructors be selected from the graduates of the agricultural college, who would become itinerant teachers.  Each of these teachers would go to a separate district, not too large, would help the farmers select their seed, give them instruction as to how to prepare the soil, how to plant and how to cultivate, right on their own farms.

Reminiscing: February 12, 2009

100 Years - Thursday, Feb. 18, 1909

The committee on dairy products and livestock has been considering for some time the senator’s bill making the use of the tuberculin test compulsory, and preventing the receipt of milk at creameries from any but tested cattle.  This is generally regarded as too drastic, and as imposing conditions on dairymen to comply with which would involve great loss and hardship.  Besides, it would be practically impossible, on account of the great number of herds and the limited number of veterinary surgeons competent to test them to have all the herds tested within a reasonable time.  Recognizing the force of the objections made to this bill, Senator Wright has prepared another one designed to bring about the same result gradually in another way.

Reminiscing: January 22, 2009

100 Years - Thursday, January 28, 1909

Farmers’ institute.

Two sessions of the Farmers’ Institute will be held in St. Charles on Monday, Feb. 1st.  The Institute will be in charge of Mr. Forest Henry of Dover, Minn., assisted by Mr. A. Brackett of Excelsior and Mr. C.W. Hale of Stewartville.  These men are practical Minnesota Farmers, working under Minnesota conditions, and knowing what the farmers of Minnesota have to contend with.  Each one is a good speaker and can be of much help to those who attend the Institute.

Reminiscing: January 15, 2009

100 Years - Thursday, January 21, 1909

Many questions come to our minds about agriculture that we would like to have explained.  How to feed roots; how to keep the boy and girls on the farm; the hired man question; how to grade up our cows; the best method to follow in various work; the latest ideas in building and cooperation, and a thousand other every day questions.  All of the above you have the privilege of asking at the Farmers’ Institute and they will be answered by men who are paid by the state for knowing how the answer them.

Reminiscing: January 8, 2009

100 Years Ago - Thursday, January 14, 1909

St. Paul Letter.
St. Paul, Jan 12, 1909.
Senator Cashman has also introduced his distance tariff bill, which is an exact copy of the law which has been in force in Iowa for the past twenty years and also a bill for joint freight rate, and at the option of shippers for continuous transportation without unloading over two or more lines.

It is well known that for some years past the railroad commission has had all to do in supervising steam railroads that it could handle.  It has even been intimated in some quarters that it has been unequal to the duties imposed on it.