Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1913-05-30

brought out savings of years from
many hiding places. One feature of
the sale was the number of women
investors. They numbered ten to
every one man. Over in Minneapolis
those in charge have been trying to
sell nearly $1,000,0OO worth of bonds
for the past two weeks, but have been
unable to get bidder.
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The Capital City will lose one of
its attractions" shortly, when seven
ty resorts that have long been a blot
on it's fair name will go out of bust
ness. The abatement law passed by
the last legislature is responsible
Chief Flanagan of the local police
force has given the order. The one
problem now confronting the authori-
ties is what to do with those driven
out Of the resorts. When Minneapolis
cleaned up the sore spot in it's con-
fines the tenants were driven into the
residence districts and the same is
feared in the case of st. Paul. Both
police and civilians, however, join in
the statement that the law is a good
one and thay intend to see that it is
enforced.
Speaking of this particular law and
it's passage by the late legislature in
the face Of vigorous opposition from
certain sources, there is hint that
there may be loud boiler on the part
of several when the day to vacate
comes. The intimation is that heavy
slush fund was collected for the pur-
pose of putting the abatement bill out
of business and that several outside
the legislature profited as result.
The amount raised with which to kill
the bill is estimated all the way from
$4,000 to $4,000. Whether all this
is true or not am unable to say, but
just the same there is talk, and it is
nasty talk at that.
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The Westlake bill providing for the
licensing of the sale of cigarettes is
one of the few laws passed by the last
legislature giving to any one who Sc
cures a conviction for violation of
the law a part of the fine imposed.
The informer gets One-half and he
might have gotten more had not the
legal department held that his bit
did not include the license fee paid
into the city or county treasury. Who
ever drafted the bill worded it so as
to include the fees in the event of a
conviction, but the legal department
says nix.
That many bills now laws were
tempered with during the closing
hours of the legislature is coming to
light and it is nothing these days to
see one or more persons studying the
house and senate journal at the state
capitol in an effort to find out how
it was done. One of the bills undoubt-
eddy tempered with and for which
there is no record is that relating to
maximum hours of labor. In the bill
it was stipulated that telephone OPP
orators should have an eight-hour day.
When enrolled the figure S was
changed to 9. 1t is said that the bill
regulating the profession Of pharmacy
was also tempered with.
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AS soon as the state fair is out of
the way st. Paul will take up the pre-
iminaYies for it's spring election and
the promise is that the campaign will
be the waFmest in the history of the
city. st. Paul next spring will take
on the commission form of govern,
lnent and as far as politics is con-
| oerned the whole thing resolves itself
| into the question of who will control
the Keller crowd which is now 'it,"
or r. Z. O'Connor and his forces. St.
| Paul never took on Republican ad-
ministration for more than two con-
secutiVe terms and the bets are now
that O'Connor will prevail. Then the
new primary law is expected to help
| his crowd.
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They say now that the reason Immi-
grafton Commissioner Maxfield was
| lifed out of his job so unceremonious-
ly was because he tipped off valuable
information to friends of the admins
tration and overlooked others on the
outside. Mr. MaxfeId, it is said, ad-
mits that he extended some favors,
| but not Of the kind his enemies claim.
| Just now F. D. Sherman, who has been
! placed in temporary charge Of the ad-
| ministration, is being heavily backed
| by members of the legislature, but
| am afraid it will avail him little.
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This week the members of the state
board of control, together with men,
bers of the medical advisory commits
sion, are at Walker, where they are
inquiring into the needs of the sani-
tarium for consumptiyes at that place
| Improvements aggregating nearly