MINNESOTA. 



381 



15,045; 

 11,54.6; 



of the Supreme Court, Charles M. Start; Associate 

 Justices, L. W. Collins, Calvin L. Brown, John A. 

 Lovely, and Charles L. Lewis; Clerk, Darius F. 

 Eeese. All the justices are Republicans. 



State officers are chosen in November of even 

 years. The Legislature convenes in January of 

 odd years, and the session is limited to ninety 

 legislative days. 



Population. The population of the State, by 

 counties, according to the census of 1900, was as 

 follow*: Aitkin, (i,743; Anoka, 11,313; Becker, 

 14,375; Beltrami, 11,030; Benton, 9,912; Big Stone, 

 #,731; Blue Earth, 32,203; Brown, 19,787; Carlton, 

 10,017; Carver, 17,544; Cass, 7,777; Chippewa, 12,- 

 4!t!) : Chisago, 13,248; Clay, 17,942; Cook, 810; 

 Cottonwood, 12.069; Crow Wing, 14,250; Dakota, 

 21,733; Dodge, 13,340; Douglas, 17,904; Faribault, 

 1^.055; Fillmore, 28,238; Freeborn, 21,838; Good- 

 hue, 31,137; Grant, 8,935; Hennepin, 228,340; 

 Houston, 15,400; Hubbard, 0,578; Isanti, 11,675; 

 Itasca, 4,573; Jackson, 14,793; Kanabec, 4,614; 

 Kandiyohi, 18,416; Kittson, 7,889; Lac qui Parle, 

 14,289; Lake, 4,654; Lesueur, 20,234; Lincoln, 

 8.966; Lyon, 14,591; McLeod, 19,595; Marshall, 

 15,698; Martin, 16,936; Meeker, 17,753 ; Mille Lacs, 

 8,066; Morrison, 22,891; Mower, 22.335; Murray, 

 11.911; Xicollet, 14,774; Nobles, 14,932; Norman, 

 Olmsted, 23,119; Ottertail, 45,375; Pine, 

 Pipestone, 9,264; Polk, 35,429; Pope, 12,- 

 577: Ramsey, 170,554; Red Lake, 12,195; Red- 

 wood, 17,261; Renville, 23,093; Rice, 20,080; Rock, 

 9,068; Roseau, 6,994; St. Louis, 82,932; Scott, 15,- 

 147; Sherburne, 7,281; Sibley, 16,862; Stearns, 44,- 

 404: Steele, 16,524; Stevens, 8,721; Swift, 13,503; 

 Todd, 22,214; Traverse, 7,573; Wabasha, 18,924; 

 Wadena, 7,921; Waseca, 14,760; Washington, 27,- 

 808; Watonwan, 11,496; Wilkin, 8,080; Winona, 

 35.1)86; Wright, 29,157; Yellow Medicine, 14,602; 

 White Earth Indian reservation, 3,486. 



Finances. For the year ended July 31, 1900, 

 the receipts of the State treasury were $9,015,168.- 

 24, and the disbursements $6,845,830.72, leaving a 

 balance of $2,169,337.52. The State debt was 

 $1,279,000, having been reduced $70.000 in the year 

 and $380,000 since Jan. 1, 1897. The permanent 

 school and university funds were, respectively, 

 $6,776,767.27 and $925,300. 



The principal classifications of the State treasury 

 receipts for the year were: Revenue fund, $3,640,- 

 061.15; permanent school fund, $1,186,198.71; gen- 

 eral school fund, $1,258,446.75. Disbursements: 

 Revenue fund, $3,582,976.93; permanent school 

 fund. $1,090,455.57; general school fund, $1,306,- 

 ,V>L>.19; general university fund, $383,054.99. The 

 amount of railroad taxes paid was $1,443,992.13. 

 The principal receipts from taxation of insurance 

 companies were: Domestic fire, $62,819.17; foreign 

 fin-. $31.127.04: life, $70,389.85; stock, casualty, 

 fidelity, and title, $11,357.59. 



Charities and Corrections. The number of 

 inmates of the three hospitals for the insane was 

 3,304. Two additional hospitals are being built, 

 and the estimated number of inmates in all five 

 hospitals at the close of the next biennial period is 

 4,100. 



The population of the State Training School was 

 383 : of the State Soldiers' Home, 289 ; School for 

 the Deaf, 173; School for the Blind, 59; School for 

 the Feeble-minded, 608 ; State Public School, 236 ; 

 State Reformatory, 153; State Prison, 508. The 

 year's expenses of the 13 charitable and penal in- 

 stitutions were $909,337, or $187.20 per capita, and 

 the estimates for the following year were $1,066,- 

 330. The State Prison has one of the largest 

 hinder-twine manufacturing plants in the United 

 States, whose capacity was increased in 1900 to 

 8,000.000 pounds per annum. 



S. B. VAN SANT, 

 GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA. 



Lands. The most notable event of the year in 

 relation to the State's lands was the termination 

 of the long-standing litigation over the validity 

 of the swamp-land grant to the Duluth and Iron 

 Range Railroad Company. The amount involved 

 was 606,720 acres. 

 The State had de- 

 nied the validity 

 of this grant, but 

 was finally beaten 

 by a decision of 

 the United States 

 Circuit Court of 

 Appeals in favor of 

 the railroad. In 

 November a great 

 sale of timber 

 stumpagewas held, 

 at which nearly 

 90,000,000 feet of 

 pine were disposed 

 of at an average 

 price of $5.57 a 

 thousand feet. The 

 following shows 

 the conditions of 

 various public 

 funds, derived from 

 the sale of State lands, July 31, 1900: Permanent 

 school fund, $12,546,529.30; permanent university 

 fund, $1,286,817.13; internal improvements fund, 

 $2,754,184.57. The first two funds are invested 

 mostly in Massachusetts, Alabama, and other State 

 bonds. 



Products. There were in the State 582 cream- 

 eries and 60 cheese factories. The creameries 

 were supplied with milk from 331,512 cows, pro- 

 ducing 972,799,299 pounds of milk in the year. 

 The butter manufactured therefrom was 44,007,- 

 933 pounds. Of this there was shipped out of the 

 State 36,750,375 pounds. The amount paid to 

 patrons was $6,959,914.55. The operating ex- 

 penses were $930,739.95. The total number of 

 creamery patrons in the State is 40,189. The 

 amount of milk received by the different cheese 

 factories was 29,998,924 pounds. The amount 

 of green cheese made was 3,076,812 pounds; 

 amount paid to patrons for milk, $217,192.20; 

 total amount of cured cheese sold, 2,970,190 

 pounds; total number of patrons, 1,226. 



Minnesota is the greatest wheat producer of 

 the Union; but in 1900 the crop was considerably 

 under the average yield, being about 65,000,000 

 bushels. The State, which with one exception 

 produces the most iron of any, turned out 8,000,- 

 000 tons of iron ore in 1900. 



Educational. There were in the State 7,303 

 schoolhouses, of the value of $4,405,095, with 399,- 

 207 pupils. The male and female teachers num- 

 bered 2,052 and 8,534, respectively. The average 

 monthly pay of the former was $47.84, and of the 

 latter $35.24. The cash on hand and receipts ag- 

 gregated $7,447,564.70; disbursements, $6,054,- 

 588.99; cash on hand at close of year, $1,602,- 

 903.23; aggregate indebtedness of school districts, 

 $4,586,204.31. There were 2,539 public school 

 libraries with over 300,000 volumes. The enroll- 

 ment in the four normal schools was 2.376, and 

 the graduates numbered 379. 



In the University of Minnesota there were 3,236 

 students, including 907 women. With one excep- 

 tion it has the largest enrollment of any univer- 

 sity in the United States. The students of 1900 

 were thus divided among the different depart- 

 ments: Graduate students, 124 men and 53 

 women; College of Science, Literature, and Arts, 

 416 men and 520 women; College of Engineering 



