Morris tribune., 1907-01-19

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homes. He also has statistics to show
how many Minnesota people are an
nually compelled to go to Chicago for
the treatment of bydrpnobia and what
| it costs each of our citizens for cure
in that city. Back of this bill is dual
desire to diminish the undesirable ele-
ment in the dog world and to provide
in practical, economical way for
those unfortunates of the state who
are forced to battle for their lives
with hydrophobia.
st. Paul has special interest in tire
present session. Being, naturally,
promising place, but with woeful
lack of beauty, her citizens have an
up to date ambition to add little at
tractiveness-i it can be accomplished
financially in some modern manner
and now these sanity city folks are
fired with a desire to spend two mil
lions of dollars in rearranging things.
At present, as for long time past,
St. Paul has been town of a thous
and alleys and one Summit avenue.
The village, taken as whole, is not
work of art. In view of this fact, her
citizens have conceived the twentieth
century scheme of expending two
millions of dollars in improving the
appearance of the place. That they
did not have the two millions to spend
of course entered into their consider
alton of the enterprise, but little
obstacle like that only intensified their
zeal. With one accord the entire
population of st. Paul agreed that the
thing was easy. There was the legis-
lature.
The why and wherefore of this
simple matter as projected by this
simple people run thusly: A COM
mittee representing the more than
unanimous desire of the city OF st
Paul II 20 appear before the legisfa-
ture and submit a proposition to beau
tify the great state of Minnesota Tin
st. Paul. by expending S2,000,000 on
1
legislature is expected to give its as
sent and the next step in the scheme
is for the legislature to vote to have
{ the state loan the city of St. Paul
So, 600, 900 without interest for forty
years; or in other words, to buy
special city bonds to that amount, mp
! on which no interest will be paid and
which are not to be redeemed for
forty years. The closing act Of the
comedy according to the plan, will be
to have the state, through special ap-
preparations Or otherwise, finally pay
the principal itself
If st. PAM needs beautifying and
there is little doubt that she does, we
would suggest that the town take
about one-twentieth of that afnonnt
of the biennial hold-up of Legislators
and paw cash for their two million
dollar ''capitol approaches" A bona
fide desire to give the state this beau
tifying would hardly carry with It a
request for little loan of two million
for forty years without interest, with
J no ultimate intention of paying even
} the principal. St. Paul has made
special study of the state a1nsGs its legls-
lature; the state should heus max a
special study Of St. Paul. Learning
) along that line would pay.
Senator Frank Clogue desires no
desecration of Memorial Day and will
attempt to make sports unlawful on
May thirtieth.
The first batch of bills in both Sem
ate and House each contained trio
of two rate fare measures
! One evidence of the obliteration of
| party lines was discovered when the
members were given their supply of
stationery and incidentals. Each Leg
islator, republican and prohibitionist
as we'll as democrat, found cork
screw in his outfit.
The amount of personal property
! exempt from taxation viii probably
be increased from 800 to 5000.
Representative Bendixen, of Nor
gan, introduced the first anti pass bill
in the House.
The coming investigation of the bus
mess methods of the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce and the Du-
luth Board of Trade will be watched
with great interest by all concerned in
the raising or handling of grain.
A probe of the lumber combine will
be started soon. The committee ap-
pointed to investigate the harvester
trust and coal combine will probably
be united with the lumber inquisitors
Remedial measures win follow these
Investigations.
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