The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-06-08
UPPER MINNESOTA BOOSTERS TO
STICK TO 1T TILL THE VIC.
TORY IS WON.
NEXT MEETING AT BRAINERD
System Of Township Schools and New
Land Laws Are Resolved Upon.
One-MiIl Tax for Good Roads.
10 Requested.

ed by the Northern Minnesota
Development association at the
afternoon session Friday. They
include:
A demand for reapportionment
at the next session of the legis.
lature.
A 1-miIl state tax for good
roads and employment Of good
roads experts.
A correction Of alleged evils in
the administration Of state lands.
An appropriation of 100000
for the board of immigration.
Establishment Of system Of
township rural schools and modi.
fication Of the present school sys.
tenn SO as to provide for their
coordination with other institu.
tions Of learning.
CrOOkstOn, Mimi, June 1.-The
Northern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION has said it's last word. The
resolutions score the state land policy
and make an appeal for reapportion-
ment. The demand for reapportion-
ment comes first in the resolutions, as
the people of this section believe that
their future development and fair
treatment rests, above all else, on this.
But the state land policy is criticized
more mildly than it would have been
had it not been feared that political
color would be given to the expression
OF the association.
AS it is, the paragraph expressing
demand for change in the state
land policy is in substance as outlined
by Robert J. Wells, candidate for state
auditor in an interview recently given
to the public.
Conservative Counsel Prevails.
There were men on the committee
hostile to State Auditor Iverson. There
was disposition to make the express
sion stronger but more conservative
counsel prevailed and the chapter was
modified. Auditor Iverson had arrived
on the ground and it is possible that
the activities of himself and of his
friends had something to do with ton
ing down the resolutions relative to
the land policy.
The suggestion that mineral rights
be reserved to the buyer of lands was
made, but turned down, even though
accompanied by the suggestion of the
accompaniment of a 25-cent royalty.
The committee did insert declara.
ton to the effect that the timber on
land go to the settler so that he might
have an opportunity to build his home.
In view of the bar of the conctitu.
ton to securing what northern Mime
sofa thinks she wants, F. E. McPartlin
of International Falls, came forward
with the suggestion of legislational
convention, but this was turned down
on the ground that northern Minnesota
would not be ready for legislational
convention until it had secured reap
portionment 1t is proposed to have a
constitutional amendment placed be-
fore the people with view of secur
ing more business-like method OF
handling the state lands.
Good Roads Paragraph.
The good roads paragraph was for
mulated by Robert c. Dunn of Prince
ton, and declares unequivocally for
better roads and for a liberal appro
priation for the maintenance of the
highway commission.
President Louis w. Hill of the Great
Northern and w. H. Gemmel of the
Minnesota and International Falls road
were present, urging separate para
graph relative to the opening of the
$4,000 acres of land in the Cass Lake
Crookston and Duluth districts, which
was done.
A suggestion made by the represen
tatives of the Minneapolis Publicity
club that Upper Minnesota" be sub
stituted for Northern Minnesota,
was not adopted, the delegates prefer
ing to retain the old description O.
Northern Minnesota"
Brainerd was chosen as the mex
place of meeting, the lively Grow Wing
county city meeting with no OppOsi