The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-03-08
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE


st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 27-These are
days when committees are springing
into Importance in the legislature and
doing more interesting work, some.
lines, than is accomplished through
ne routine grind of the sessions. The
ecial committee which is investi.
eating ore lands and taxation has
hurried lot of officers of the law to
Duluth armed with subpoenas fol
men prominent in mining operations
in northern Minnesota. The commit
tee recently returned from jun,-et
over the range, on which trip they
were feted and banqueted. Now that
they have had their fun, the commit
teemen are going to settle down to
real business and make a thorough
investigation. Rumor goes that the
committee is after evidence to show
that the $40, 1000, 900 at which st. Louis
county mines are assessed, is not a
drop in the bucket compared with
their real value.
The so-called Knutson committee,
which is investigating the j. ]. Hill
ore land deal, has demanded that
Louis w. Hill, son of the magnate,
produce all the books and records of
the Superior company which holds
the lands at present for the Great
Northern stockholders. There is an
opinion around that the records will
not be produced.
An interesting bill which put in an
appearance today in the senate, was
by Senator j. T. Ellwell of Minnea-
polls. 1t is a bill to appropriate
$12, 800 the next fiscal year and $25, 900
the following year for maintenance of
a new clinical hospital to be built and
established at the state university by
donation and free of expense to the
state. Walter J. Trask of Los An
gelea gives $114, 200 for the building as
a memorial to DR.. Adolphus F. Elliott
and Mary H. Elliott, his wife. The
institution will be known as the FL
lott Memorial hospital. In addition,
the alumni of the university have
raised fund of $4,000 for the pur-
chase of site for the building.
Senator Seward is author of bill
to appropriate $1,000 from Farmers
Institute funds, for experiments in
destroying weeds, breeding cattle,
raising poultry, etc., on the Coteau
farm in Lyon county under direction
of o. G. Gregg, who for so many
years has been so prominent in Far
mers' Institute work.
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 2S-This was
a day of small things in the legisla-
ture. This was especially demon
strated in the senate by the spending
of nearly an hour on debate of the
merits and demerits Of bill calling
for the muzzling of all dogs and the
killing of dogs running at large un-
muzzled. Senator G. A. Johnson
offered an amendment exempting
"useful dogs'' from provisions of the
bill. Senator Harrington went so far
as to remark he could "never look
his dog in the face when he went
home if he voted for that BILL" Sen,
ator Frank Clague pronounced the
bill "a measure to permit the COM
hitting of MURDER Senator Julius
Collier and others thought all wan
dering CANNES should be shot on
sight, but the pathetic stories had
their effect and the Johnson amend
ment was first voted down and then
the bill killed, Al against, 20 for it.
The incident was amusing In view OF
the fact that the senators were really
in earnest In their remarks.
The Standard Oil company came in
for shots in both senate and house to-
day. Senator Hinton introduced q
bill prohibiting determinations in
trade or contracts between different
sections of the state by the same trade
interests. The bill, evidently an anti.
oil combine bill, went to the commit
tee on Illuminating oils. Thomas
Brady introduced resolution in the
house which calls for special invest
igation to see whether the Standard
Oil company controls the oil market
I'm Minnesota. o. F. Christensen of
St. Paul catered to "yellow" story
in ST. Paul paper alleging that cruel
ties are practiced at the St. Peter
hospital, by introducing RESOLUTION
calling for an investigation of tbs
institution. James s. Spencer of the
committee an hospitals, said he knew
about the alleged case and that in
truth the institution is all right, j. III
Dorsey characterized the story as 20
lurid article from the mind of fool
reporter The resolution went over
for the day on notice of debate. But
few bills of Importance were intro
duced today. One by Senator E. s.
Durment permits cities of over $4,000
inhabitants to levy taxes for auditor
iums and appoint auditorium boards.
Senator Witherstine presented a
measure to impose three per cent
gross eaYnings tax on telephone COM
panies. Senators Hall and Donaldson
father measure jointly to appropriate
$50, 900 to enlarge Buffalo Creek for
drainage of swamp lands mostly in
Sibley and adjoining counties.
In the house bill by Dalzeii aims
at preventing purchasing of supplies
J,,, tho hoard Of cOntv0l outside the