The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-08
So Decides Members of Commercial
Club at Regular Monthly Meet
ing Held Last Evening.
APPROVE KAISER CURATIVE ACT
Metropolitan Club Decides There
Should Be A Consolidation
Committee Reports.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Bemidji Commercial Club, held
last evening in their club rooms In
the O'Leary-Bowser building, the
main subject discussed was the pro-
position of Representative D. P.
O'Neil, of this district, asking if the
commercial club of this city would
accept in behalf of the residents the
establishment of a hospital for the
insane, if the legislature should see
fit to appoint Bemidji as the proper
location for the asylum.
In Mr.. ONeil's letter he said that
if the town of which he is a resident,
i mel River Falls, was of more GEN.
trail location, he would gladly, if it
were within his power, give Bemidii
two normal schools, if Thief River
might have the insane asylum.
1t seemed to be the general opinion
of those of the members who attend
ed the meeting last evening that Be-
midi would not like to have the in
sane hospital, but would take
normal school, and Harry Reynolds,
secretary Of the commercial club,
was instructed to write Mr.. O'Neil
to that effect. 49, f., .- 81.
A bill for an act to Iega1ize an
preparations heretofore made by any
county, town or village, for road
purposes, to agricultural fair associ-
ations or societies, was read to the
members and it was decided that the
bill should be recommended to pass.
The bill was drawn up by A. Kaiser,
of Bagley, and is as follows: .a
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota.
Section 1. All appropriations
heretofore. made to aid towns and
villages in constructing roads and
bridges, and all appropriations here
tofore made in aid of agricultural
fairs, to any society or association
holding the same, by any county
board be legalized.
Section 2. All outstanding war;
rants issued by reason of such appro-
priations are hereby legalized.
The Metropolitan club asked that
a committee of three members of the
Commercial club be present at the
meeting of the Metropolitan club last
evening, and so explain the proposed
plan Of the consolidation of the two
clubs that there could be no reason
for misunderstanding. IT,
This request was granted and
before the meeting of the Commercial
club had been adjourned, the COM
mittee returned and gave as their
report that the Metropolitan club
had voted unanimously for CONSOLE
dalton, but that the consolidation
could not be made legal until after
meeting of the Metropolitan club
which is to be held in two weeks.
when another vote will be taken on
the matter. It is very probable that
no change will take place in the vote,
it being very evident that the mem
bers of the Metropolitan club wished
to consolidate the two clubs.
The report of R. H. Schumacher
and H. E. Reynolds, the men who
were appointed to act as a committee
to attend the meeting of the Mime
sofa Federation of Commercial clubs.
which met in St. Paul last week,
was made and accepted.
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Mr.. Reynolds made a brief report
of the way in which he found con-
ditions in Mankato, under the COM
mission form of municipal govern
ment. During his remarks Mr.. Rey-
nolds said that Mankato had one of
the best fire departments in the state
and that everyone seemed perfectly
satisfied with the workings Of the
plan.