The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-06
THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
w Ant. FREE BRIDGE 4 !: J.
La Crescent Thinks Wis. Should
Make This Concession Before
Securing Barron's Island.
Senator Thompson Introduces a Bill
Appropriating $1,000 for Stu
dent Soldiers Monument.

La Crescent, Mimi, is up in arms over
Senator Laugens proposition to cede Bar
ron's island to Wisconsin. The island
belongs to La Crescent township and the
thrifty sdenizens argue that if the island
is Of any value to La Crosse, the latter
burg should be- willing to recognize the
fact by adequate compensation. La
Crescent: therefore, proposes that Senator
Laugen's- bill be held up until the pres |
ent toll bridge between La Crosse and |
La Crescent is made a free bridge and |
assurances given that saloons and dis
orderly houses be not allowed the
island.
At a recent meeting on the Minnesota
side, the following remarkable resolution
was adopted:
The people of La Crescent in meeting,
on Feb. 2, to, consider the question of ceding
Of L. t9WnSp
denim such action as being against the best inter
ests of this community, and call on the legis-
| the measure, and for good reasons.
We have every reason to believe that the Civ
der the governing power OF La crosse, would re-
suit in its being turned into an d PARE
| that city, licensed to perform.
! AS the matter now stands, we have river
between us in which she can can, wash her NTH nth
| be removed to allow her to pollute our ooof-
yard.
| When the city of La Crosse shall give us
free bridge and positive assurance that neither
saloons nor houses of prostitution will be toler-
ated on the island, in case it comes within her
dominions, then we shall withdraw our objec-
Frank R. Smith, Fred G. Potter,
Clerk. Chairman
/. These Bills Passed.
While in session only an hour this morn
ing, the senate surprised itself by passing
three bills--Joh nson's measure approprl-
ating SIS, 900 for the relief of Beda Wing
strand, who was permanently injured py
Ia snangIe' in the laundry at the st. Peter
hospital for the insane; McGilps. bill in
|creasing the salary of the attorney gen
cral from So, 500 to $4,000; harrington
bill regulating the manufacture and sale
of vinegar. The latter measure provides
that cider vinegar shall be made from pure
apple Juice and shall mot be adulterated
or artifcially colored.. It shall contain
AZ per cent of absolute acetic acid. Casks
; of vinegar shall be branded with name
of ingredients, etc. Violations are pun
| ishable by. fine from $50 to, SO or i'm
: prisonment not exceeding ninety days.
halvor Stevenson a Visitor.
Halvor Stevenson, congressman-el elect
, for the ninth district, was visitor IN
a the senate chamber this morning He was
= invited to a seat beside Lieutenant Gov
: ernor Ray w. Jones and was called. upon
for a speech He replied briefly, thank
+ ing the senators for their kind welcome.
: :.As you are all intent on your arduous
! labors, I will not detain you with a long
4 speech" he said in. closing, and raised a
. wave of laughter by his sally . r.
+ a Student Soldiers Memorial.
Among the, FIVE, Bills introduced this
, morning was one by Senator, Thompson
I appropriating sl,5ooTt aid in the erection
of, a, soldiers monument on the uniYer-
sity campus in memory of the university
students who lost their lives IN the Span
: ish- American war. -. - :ae-,- zt
Senator ThompsoRss bill has a pre-
{ amble setting forth that over 200 univer-
: sity students enlisted and served in the
: army and navy ofthe United States in
! the recent war and that six of them gave
: up their lives in the sacred cause for
= which they had enlisted. The committee
in charge = consisting Of. Governor Van
SAINT, A E., Rice and Arthur: E.. Hayes
e had planned a memorial monument tt
: cost SIS ,Ooo,s but there had been. secured
II only $4,000. r.%Ha ::l.~
e A New Plan on Road Work.
q Senator Stone introduced a bill t.
4 abolish highway labor assessment am
h to require that all road taxes be pai
in cash. The bill also abolishes the offic
Of overseer of highways and authorize
the town supervisors to appoint an over
- !, seer at $3.50 per day,
III In a committee of the whole the senat
- recommended the passage of S. F. q
- which is Senator Wilson'S bill providin
80 for the, filing and recording in offices {
% register of deeds of such instruments re
- =, latng to standing timber stone, ore
~ minerals or similar property.
% S. F. Sc, by Brewer. relating to til
&c, appropriation and expenditure of take
-. paid to the state by fire, insurance con
90 panies. vs., va ,I ~. ..a =.
r. y H. F. 35, by. Rosenwald, relating to IL
n organization of municipal courts organ
an lied under chapter 229, laws of 1895.
an II. F. 103, by Bardwell, providing f
on the disposition of unclaimed dividen,
g. and the closing up of the affairs of co
CHI porations organized under the laws ,
of Minnesota