The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-03-28
MARKED FOR PASSAGE
HOUSE TAKES FAVORABLE AC-
TON ON COUNTY AGRicUL.
TURAL SCHOOL BILL.
SENATE IN NO HURRY 10 ACCEPT
THE RATE PROPOSITION OF
THE RAILROADS.

st. Paul, March 27.-The house COM
mittee of the whole took favorable &C
ton on the county agricultural school
bill, although hard fight was made
against the measure. Efforts to amend
it so as to cut out the most objection
able features were made and lost, and
the bill will go through with the orig
Inal provisions giving 100000 to each
of the home towns of eight members
of the house.
The only amendments adopted were
those offered by Elmer Adams of Fer
gus Falls, which are intended to make
the schools turn out farmers instead
Of teachers. He had stricken from
the bill the section providing for the
certifcation Of graduates of the
schools as first grade rural teachers
and had inserted in it's place a section
providing that they will reside on a
farm in the state for three years, or
failing to do this they shall pay $50
annually for tuition. These amend
nlents were adopted without objection.
The house committee on tax laws
has decided to report for passage J.
B. Murphy's bill for a permanent tax
commission.
The house in committee of the
whole took favorable action On the
mortgage registry tax bill. The bill
was adopted as reported by the COM
mittee.
CoWcatchers on Automobiles.
Automobiles with cowcatchers, or
tenders, will be a common spectacle
If bill introduced in the house by F.
B. Phillips of St. Paul is passed. It
provides that all vehicles propelled by
steam, electricity or gas, and having
motive power of five horsepower,
traversing public streets and high
ways and capable of running at
greater speed than five miles an hour,
must have attached to the front end
fender sufficiently large to protect
lives of persons and domestic animals.
Automobiles will be required to
contribute SO apiece to the state road
and bridge fund through the medium
of license fees if bill introduced by
Senator S. A. Nelson of Lanesboro be-
comes a law. The bill requires the
owners of automobiles and other mo-
tor vehicles to take out license from
the secretary of state, for which they
are to pay a fee of IS, which is to be
turned over by the secretary of state
to the treasurer and to be added to
the road and bridge fund. The bill
limits the speed at which automobiles
may be driven in cities to eight miles
an hour and to four miles an hour at
{. crossing or past schools or churches
during session therein, and limits the
speed on any roads in the state TO
twenty-five miles an hour.
The bill! requires the attachment of
mu.1ers to gasoline engines in cities
or villages. and they must be equipped
with lights and bells or signals. The
driver Of an automobile is required
to stop his machine, upon being sig
nailed to do so by the driver of
horse or mule until the driver has
passed the automobile.
Goes Slow on Rate Proposition.
A compromise that will give prac-
tically 2-cent rate on all passenger
business in the state, guarantee the
continuance Of special state fair and
excursion rates and guarantee large
reduction in freight rates will be pro-
posed to the legislature for considera-
lion if the legislators will give their
committee the right to carry the pro-
posal to them. The railroads in re-
turn ask the right to charge 21@ cents
maximum on their interstate business
and the dismissal of the suits pending
for the reduction of the freight rates
The resolution authorizing the con-
ference committee to receive the Of
fers of the railroads came up in the
senate but was laid over on notice of
debate.
The members of the senate commit
tee on public buildings do not think
the proposed capitol approaches plan
is q state matter and will recommend