The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-02-02

rage fee of 81 is imposed for each
twenty-four hours delay on the part
of shippers. The bill provides for
monthly settlements between shippers
and railroad companies.
The railroad and warehouse COM
mission is given power to suspend
any and all provisions of the bill at
it's discretion for not more than sixty
days in each year, which is intended
to meet exigencies of traffic that may
arise during congested seasons of the
year, so as not to impose hardships
on either the railroad company or the
shipper. The bill will provoke siren
uous opposition on the part of the
railroads of the State.
Representative Krostue of Fisher
has introduced an amendment to the
primary election law. It is similar to
the one introduced by Senator Schain
of Browns Valley.
A bill providing for admitting wives
and widows of old soldiers into the
Soldiers Home has been introduced
by Representative Hugo of Duluth.
Senator Buck has introduced a bill
similar to the one he introduced two
years ago. The measure takes the
financial management of the univer-
sity, the normal schools and the in
situations for the deaf and the blind
at Faribault from the board of con-
troll, except in so far as the manage
ment relates to the construction and
repair of buildings and additions and
the purchase of fuel.
Deerwood in Itasca county wants a
fish hatchery and Senator Frater of
Brainerd has bill appropriating
$25, 900 for the same.
An appropriation of $25, 900 to pay
DEFICIENCIES in the State aid to rural
and semi-graded schools for 1908 and
1904 is made by bill introduced by
Representative William Wohlhuter of
Twin Lakes. There were 9l6 rural
schools entitled to State aid in 1908.
The appropriation was not sufficient
to pay the full aid allowed and there
were $50 scholars entitled to the aid
in 1904 and deficiency of SIS per
school, making the total deficiency in
the aid for rural schools for the two
years $40, 1852. There were 275 semi
graded schools entitled to aid in 1908,
when there was a deficiency of $40 per
school. There was no deficiency in
1904.
Representative Elmer E. Adams of
Fergus Falls has introduced bill in
the house making it unlawful to sell
lumber which is not of the size and
dimension which it purports to be.
The bill is aimed to stop the present
practice of saving lumber from a
quarter to a half an inch less than
the size which it sold and billed for.
Lumbermen are given until Deem
Der 1st to work off the present stocks
of 'short mearsure'' stuff, after
which time they must sell such stuff
as ''short measure" lumber. Lum-
bermen will vigorously oppose. the
measure. They contend that the bill
if it became law would operate the
same as tariff on lumber.
Senator E. B. Wood of Long Prai-
RE has bill introduced abolishing
the senate ''fireman'' graft. In COM
menting on his bill Senator Wood re-
marked: II am not opposed to the
expenditure of money that will result
in facilitating the work of the senate
or improving the character of legisla-
iton. But I do object to spending
money just for the pleasure of seeing
it disappear. If this is a pleasure,
it is one that the State should not in
dulge in. It may be that forty years
ago there was work for a senate fire.
man. If the senate chamber in the
new capitol was heated by stoves
there would probably be work for
fireman now. But since the new
structure is kept warm by steam heat
and the employees in charge of the
building see that the temperature is
kept just right, fail to see the need
of fireman.
The funny man of the house Billy
Nolan of Minneapolis, would punish
wife heaters by using the lash, and he
has introduced bill providing for
publicly whipping all such violators
of the law.
A bill making the free textbook
system practically compulsory in the
public schools of Minnesota was in
PRODUCED by Representative George
E. Perley of Moorhead. The bill
makes the furnishing of free text
books to pupils one of the qualifca-
tions of schools receiving State aid,
and provides that schools that do not
have free textbooks shall not receive
the aid to which thew would otherwise