The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-27
STATE LEGISLATURE
r. G. Dunn's Good Roads Bill Goes
Through House by Vote of
Ninety to Thirteen.
After Battle Lasting Four Hours
G. II. Warmers ReappOrtion-
ment Bill Passes House.

ment Bill Passes House..
r. G. Dunn's good roads bill, upon
which he has been working assidu-
ously for months, was taken up as a
special order on Friday morning. but
it proved too formidable for the
house to digest in one session. After
Mr.. Dunn had discussed it for more
than two hours it was continued UNI
til yesterday, when it was again
taken up for consideration with the
result that it passed by the decisive
vote of 80 to -, which showed that
the house Loyalty stood by the meas
ure. Under this bill Mile Laos,
Isanti, Sherburne and Anoka coun-
ties cannot get less than $16, 900 and
may get a great deal more. There
were no amendments made to the bill
except those by its author, R. @.
Dunn.
G. II. Warmers pportionment
bill passed the house last Thursday
by vote of 81 to 49, after battle
lasting more than five hours in which
several Of the giants of oratory took
part. Friends of the measure con-
cede that there will be determined
efforts to kill reapportionment in
the senate, and foes of the bill are
canvassing for the purpose of amend
ing it to death.
II. II. Dunn's antitrust bill was
Withdrawn from the house calendar
on Friday upon motion Of it's author
and placed on general orders, where
it can be amended. The bill as it
stands is considered too drastic by
house members and, if passed at all,
will have to be materially amended.
The author of the bill recognized the
situation and saved his measure from
defeat by putting it back.
V. G.. Sundberg has introduced a
bill in the house prohibiting boys
under p years of age from playing
pool, billiards Or tenpins in any
public place.
A bill creating a public education
commission to revise the school laws
of the state has been introduced in
the house by the committee on edu-
cation.
William T. Coe, former state oil
inspector, informed the house COM
mittee on public accounts at a recent
meeting that the oil inspection by
the state is useless and a waste of
money. He said that since gasoline
has become more valuable than kero-
sene there is no likelihood Of any
mixture of the two and the old flash
test for kerosene is a waste Of time.
The present gasoline test, he stated,
is a quality test and does not deter
mine the degree of safety. The in
spection does not, in his opinion,
improve the quality of oil.
After a long discussion in which
many telephone officials took part,
the house committee on telephone
and telegraph on Friday voted to re-
port for passage the bill placing all
telephone companies under the su-
perVision of the state railroad and
warehouse commission. By this
measure the commission is empow-
cred to regulate telephone rates and
to compel competing companies to
make connections with each others
system at junction points.
A bill prohibiting; the shipment of
cream more than fifty miles unless
it has been pasteurized or is conveyed
in refrigerator car has been report
ed to the house without recommen-
dation.
The most important tax measure
OF the session was passed by the
house on Tuesday. The bill was
that offered by the tax committee
providing for doing away with the
present dead-letter law requiring the
assessment of all property at ''its full
ana true value in cash. and substi-
Cutlng classified percentage system.
Under the provisions of the bill CITY
homes owned by the occupant would
be assessed at only one-fourth of
their full value, while other city real
estate would be assessed at one-half
of it's value. Farm lands are to be
assessed at one-third value excent
homesteads which are limited by law
to eighty acres of land and the build
ings thereon, and the homesteads
are to be assessed like those in the
cities at .one-fourth value. Other
classifcations established by the bill
are as follows: Unmined ore, so per
cent; stocks of merchandise, 80 1-3
per cent; household goods and furni-
tire, agricultural products, livestock,
tools and implements, ,25 per cent:
other personal property, so per cent.
L. @. Spoonner made written argu-
ment for the bill, reviewing previous