Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10

| 1ngs OF telephone companies. The
Grant bill was passed which requires
all counties effected by judicial ditch
petitions, to receive notice of the
hearing; also the bill 10 permit trav-
cling men to vote for the state and
national ticket in any part Of the
state they happen to be.
The house spent the entire morn.
ing today in fighting over the pend
ing bills for a new normal school,
These bills calls, respectively, for a
school to be established at Warren,
Bemidji, Red Lake Falls, Thief River
Falls, Cass Lake, and one bill calling
for school to be located by the nor
NAL board in northwestern Mime.
sofa. After much discussion, p. NJ.
McGary, author of the Cass Lake bill,
got the house to adopt his minority
report by vote of 60 to 57-a "close
shave" Representative Opsahl then
asked that the Kinds bill be given
fair show, and that it be printed and
advanced with the Cass Lake bill to
general orders. The house then turn
ed around and granted his request by
a vote of G2 to 54.
Senator Vail today introduced a
bill in the senate which provides that
no railroad shall charge for the trans
portation of non-bessemer ore, more
than 60 per cent of the present tariff
now charged for the transportation
of other iron ore within the state. The
bill was referred TO the committee on
railroads.
Senator Stephens of Crookston
introduced the biennial appropriation
bill for the Crookston agricultural
school and experimental station. 1t
provides for number of improve
ments, as we'll as maintenance; for
the agricultural school for 1909-10.
for expenses, $4,000; a water sys-
tenn, $4,000: for building, library, Of
fees, etc., $4,000; for 1901, ex-
penses, $4,000; girls dormitory, $25,.
600. For the northwestern expert
mental station, 1901, expenses,
$4,000; root cellar, $1,000; to estab-
lish and maintain denatured alcohol
plant, $4,000; for 1901, expenses,
$4,000; swine barn, $1,500; a
slaughter house, $1,000.
Senator Harrington comes to the
front for the state fair, with a bill to
appropriate $25O,00O for a new state
fair grand stand. harrington and c.
A. Johnson join in bill to appropri-
o$4 coz 000 - 1N1-
Stone lake, the Minnesota and Whet-
stone rivers, to prevent future floods.
St.. Paul, Minn., March 4.-Interest
centered at today's session of the Min
nesota legislature in the final action
ct the house tax committee which has
been conducting series of hearings
on the Bjorge bill for a tonnage tax
on iron ore mined in the state. Mr..
Bjorge occupied two hours in an ar
gument for his bill, going at length
into constitutional questions. C. A.
Congdon of Duluth replied, charging
that the bill aims to place a much
higher rate of state taxation on iron
ore than on any other class of prop
erty in the state. The committee then
went into executive session, conclud-
ing by deciding to return the bill to
the house without any recommends
tion. 1t was also decided to have q
subcommittee of seven members
make an investigation as to whether
the iron mines are at present assessed
properly, and as to the progress made
toward establishment of a steel plant
at Duluth.
The house got rid of lot of routine
business today, but did little else Of
general Importance. This evening, in
committee Of the whole, the T. j.
Greene bill to permit six-round boxing
matches was the subject of consider
able fun. Mr.. Bicknell moved to
amend to limit the contestants to
members of the tri-county delegation,
and during the remainder of the legis-
lative session only; but the amend
ment was not voted on. The commit
tee recommended the bill for passage,
then reconsidered its action, and was
on the verge of adopting motion by
Haugland to indefinitely postpone,
when O'Brien of St. Paul came to the
rescue with suggestion to continue
the bill on general orders, which was
accepted. The bill for an additional
district judge for st. Louis county was
recommended for passage.
Tho conofo fnAo1y noccoH ovonno
other measures, the house bill which
declares state ownership to all ore de-
posits beneath the waters of mean
dered lakes.
Senator Elwell of Minneapolis intro
duced an important bill. It provides
that city councils in cities of over 50,-
600 inhabitants may regulate the rates
of all public utilities, including gas,
waterworks, electric light and power.
Senators Dale and Collier joined in the
introduction of bill to repeal the
mortgage registry tax law. Senator
Thorpe offered an important banking
bill, which is a copy of the New York
law providing that when banks become
defunct the public examiner and his
deputies, shall assume full control, in
stead of receiver, thus saving con-
siderable cost. The live stock commit
tee presented bill prohibiting the
sale Of blooded cattle unless accom-
panied by health certificate.
Mans Rough Path.
Times are not alWaDs hard. hut n