The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-25
Hanson Wants Farmers to Have
Right to Raise Them and Other
Fur Bearing Animals.
FIGHT TO KILL ROAD HOUSES
O'Neill Proposes Law Prohibiting
Licensed Saloons Outside Of In
g. &C. corporated Villages.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 25.-Twenty-
eight bills were passed by the senate
yesterday in the afternoon session
which lasted three hours. In addi-
ton, there were a half-dozen bills
introduced, only one Of which is of a
general nature. The senate grain
probe committee, Sen. S. D. Works,
chairman, also continued it's investi-
cation, but it was rather tame af-
fair.
Or the bills passed most were Of
a local character. One was Sen. A.
L. Hanson's bill providing for the do
mestication of skunks and other fur
bearing animals.
Sen. James Handlan proposed a
radical bill, which is intended to re-
peal that section of the statutes
which permits newspapers to retract
purported libelous statements, in
mitigation Of damages. The author
the bill because when he ran for Of
flee the last time the newspapers
made some misstatements on the eve
of the election which could. not have
been retracted in time to undo the
damage they were intended to work
Had it not been for the fact, he says,
10 hn ho
instituted a suit for damages.
G. A. Magnuson, president of the
N. w. Elevator company, was on the
stand before the grain probe COM
mittee most of the afternoon. He de-
tailed the methods of his firm with
regard to the buying, handling and
selling of grain and denied that he
had any knowledge of any discrep-
ancies between the number of BUSH
els Of grain weighed Gin" to eleva-
tors, as compared with the number Of
bushels weighed "out." Attorney
Drake endeavored to have Mr.. Mag
nuson admit the discrepancies.
II can see why the number of
bushels might be less when weighed
"out" than when weighed Gin" be-
cause many elevators clean the grain
before shipping it "out" and the re-
sultant grain is much better than the
incoming" said Mr.. Magnuson: = j /:
The hearing will be continued to-
day re
The two temperance measures
which came up in the house this at
ternoon may start the most spectacu-
lar fight of the week. The bill CIV
ing fourth-class cities the right of
local option has already passed the
senate and is expected to go through
the house without much opposition.
The "roadhouse" bill, introduced by
D. P. O'Neill of Thief River Falls,
may cause as much of a fight as it
did two years ago.
As drawn this year it prohibits is
suing licenses for saloons anywhere
outside of Incorporated cities or vii
lagos.
"A final vote is expected in the SEN
ate this week on the primary election
bill, providing non-partisan nomina-
ton of county officers, changing the
primary date to June and giving
the Progressive party recognition.
bill has been debated at several sit
tings of the senate and most of the
contested points have been settled
by votes on amendments.
Listing total receipts of $22,862.30,
which with the annual appropria-
tion and cash on hand after disburse-
ments of$82,194.42, leaves a balance
to the credit of the department OF
$5,159.07, the report of the state bud.
lie examiner on the game and fish
commission for the fiscal year end
ing August /, 1912, was filed in the
Office fthe governor today.
The largest classified receipts were
$7,947.46, returned from miscellan
eous sources, such as overseeing OF
fishing and SEEMING, refunds, shipping
permits, trappers' licenses, etc.
The report of the public examine,
also is on the state dairy and food
department from March 1912, to
January 81, 1913. A balance OF
s42,840.75 is reported, with cash or
hand Of $3.50 Total disbursement:
during the period were s54,7o9.44.