Willmar tribune., 1909-03-31
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HOUSE PASSES THE 40 PER CENT
ASSESSMENT BILL.
leavitt Exonerated, House Voting To-
Have No Investigation Of
His Office.

Have No Investigation Of
His Office.
St. Paul, Minn., March 22.-Thru a
resolution passed at the session of the
house today, by the committee on
mines and minerals, the house COM
mittee on appropriations is unani-
mously requested to grant an allow
ance of $4,000 for the erection of q
state iron lands headquarters building
at Hibbing.
Mr.. Grant of Duluth introduced
measure to appropriate $13,475.94 "for
the relief of Fred L. Ryan," surveyor
general of logs for the Duluth dis
trict. 1t seems that on order of the
state, Mr.. Ryan had large quantity
of logs of the Rainy Lake River Run
Boom company scaled, in Beltrami
county, on which scaling the company
refuses to pay the fees. Mr.. Ryan
desires to have the state pay the fees
to him, and then turn around and sue
the company, on the ground that the
state can make stronger case than
he can Individually. Mr.. Grant also
introduced a bill today for the benefit
of northern Minnesota school districts
which are too poor to collect proper
and needed school taxes. The bin
provides that in such school districts,
where the population is less than
5000, the state auditor, on petition,
may be allowed to grant not to exceed
$500 state aid to each district.
Mr.. Campbell of Minneapolis intro
duced bill which follows out the rec
concentrations of the governors spe-
cial message on the subject of en-
ployers' liability. 1t provides for
state investigating commission of
three, to serve two years without pay
and to be appointed by the governor
one representative of labor, one of
the employers, and the third to be an
attorney. They are to report to the
next legislature. Probation officers in
counties of over 10000 population, to
be appointed by the district Judge, are
provided in bill introduced by Mr..
Holton. A bill by Mr.. Rines requires
that timber and logs be listed for tax
alton In the town where it is located
May 1 of each year. Mr.. Carlson
would help county exhibits and fairs,
by permitting the state to pay one
half the premiums offered. Messrs.
Opsahl and Sulerud have reappor.
tionment bill; the 61st legislative dis.
trict to be composed of Norman,
Clearwater and Mahnomen counties,
with one senator and a representative
for each county; and the Gath district
to be made up of Beltrami and Red
Lake counties, with one senator and
representative for each county. Mr..
Bicknell also has re-apportionment
proposition, providing that the 57th
district shall be composed of Grant,
Stephens and Traverse counties, with
one senator, and representative for
each district.
st. Paul, Minn., March 23.-The bill
for constitutional amendment aim
ing at statewide prohibition went
down and out in the house today. The
temperance committee brought in a
recommendation that the bill be in
definitely postponed. E. E. Lobeck Of
Alexandria, prohibitionist, made a
lengthy speech pleading that the rec
ommendation be turned down and the
bill advanced to general orders. He
contended that state prohibition aims
to protect the weak against the
strong, the first, last, and greatest
duty of the state.'' On roll call, 81
votes were for the committee report
to kill the bill, and but 80 in favor
of advancing the measure to general
orders.
The bill prohibiting treating" met
with like fate. 1t was recon-
mended by the temperance committee
for indefinite postponement, and l. J.
Lee of Glenwood plead with the
house to decline to adopt the report,
and to advance the measure to gen.
eral orders. The house is in favor,
apparently, of the prevailing custom
OF setting them up," and adopted the
committees recommendation by q
vote of SO to 49,
Messrs. w. A. Nolan, J. A. Dalzel,
F. T. White, D. A. Stuart. Carl WAL
lace. w. H. Wescott, r. J. Wells, A.
J. Gates, and Henry Rines, joined to.
day in the introduction of lengthy
resolution which was passed, and
which calls for the appointment of a
committee Of five to investigate the
details of the new state prison bill,
which includes very expensive resi-
dences for the warden and his assist
ants, and green houses alone costing
fortune. The bill appropriates
$2.225,000. John Zelch gave notice of
debate. Some of the items objected
to are as follows: for chapel, $780,
600; green houses, $4,000: warden's
residence, 100000; residence for as
sistants, $4,000.
A lengthy resolution, presented by
L. c. Spooner, was adopted. 1t re-
cites that congress has taken &C.
tion relative to improving the Mime
sofa river and other Minnesota water.
ways, and that c. J. Mershon has
recommended extensive canal i'm