The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-05
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS AT
The STATE CAPITOL
Bemidji Delegation Doing Good Work
For This District. Many Bills
introduced.

"On legal business" says Mr.. Tor.
rance.
M. L. Toole, the wdemocratic
chiefton of Cass Lake came to the
Capitol City" Wednesday night
and Immediately cleared for action
and began active work il behalf OF
Representative McGarry's Cass Lake
normal bill. mike" issfvery close
to the Cardinal" Dick O'Conner,
the democratic boss" and the Cass
Lake mans visit here has special
significance at this time. It is
rumored that Mr.. Toole is, slated for
something good in the form of a
lucrative appointment at the hands
of the state administration. Toole
is fine fellow, and is funiver sal
favorite in his section.
Thief River Falls and Red Lake
Falls are having a fine little, back
door" scrap, down here, over the
old score of county seat removal in
Red Lake county: A bill has been
introduced in the house which
changes the method for changing
county seats in the state, which is
the bone of contention" between
the two Falls" at the pres
ent time. Red Lake Falls is
now the county seat of Red Lake
county; and the new bill would pro.
vide new method by the use Of
which Thief River Falls could again
get busy in an attempt to take
the plum from it's neighhor.
Representative Opsahl and family
are CHARTERED at the Hotel Willard
where they will be at home" for the
remainder of the session.
The different delegations which
Bemidji has sent down here have
made many friends for that city, by
the fair and impartial manner in
which Bemid ji's interests in the pro-
posed normal school have heen con-
Quoted. This is especially true
relative to the other towns which
are aspirants for the location of the
new hool-Thief River Falls, Red
Lake Falls, Warren and Park Rap
ids. The representatives of these
places are loud in their praises of
Bemidji, and Cass Lake is roundly
condemned for not displaying fair
attitude and dropping its capture
or destroy" policy. 49, 49,
Representative L. H. Johnson,
speaker of the house during the last
session of the legislature, took an
active part in the debate on the bill
to give third judge in the Fiji
teenth Judicial dis trict. Mr.. John
son dwelt especially on the rapid
development of northern Minnesota
and was convincing in his state
ments. 49,
County boards of school trustees
are established in a bill introduced
in the house yesterday by Donald
Robertson of Argyle. They are to
be elected one in each commissioner
district at the primary election.
The members of the board shall
draw salaries of from SIS to 500,
according to the size of the county.
They shall elect the county super.
intendent and they shall perform
all other duties relating to schools
now performed by the county com.
missioners.
AS the fight for the location OF
the proposed sixth normal school
progresses it becomes more evident
that the matter will be finally fought
out on the floors of the two houses,
as result of the reports which will
be returned by the normal com
mittees of these bodies. That at.
tempts are being made to prejudice
these committees in favor of Cass
Lake is well known, as no secret is
made of the fact that Representa-
tive McGarry has stated several
times that he stands ready to place
a special train at the disposal of the
joint committee to visit Cass Lake
and he is very ably assisted in his
work by the st. Paul Dispatch, which
has not yet made a correct report
of any of the meetings of the norma
committees or the true stand taken