Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1913-07-25

IN the contest for the location OF the
new sixth state normal school author |
ICED by the last legislature. 1t landed |
on the first ballot Senator Sageng |
was the lone negative, he voting for
Thief River Falls. Inasmuch as a |
majority of the commission were |
picked to favor the latter city, the
bunch growing out of charges made
| in a number of Northern Minnesota
papers to the effect that the commit
tee was packed, the victory for Be
midi was real one. Bemidji, I am
| told, went wild when the news was re-
ceived.
There is as much need for sixth
normal school as there is for a second
state university, but that need not de-
tract from Bemidji's victory. Ever
since 1907 Bemidji has been after an
4 institution Of this kind, but was
forestalled by Representative Pat Nc
Garry of Cass Lake, who, after
spirited fight in 1902 landed the Gov
eted plum for his home town, Cass
Lake. Governor Johnson, it was said,
at the bequest of Tams Bixby, then a
political power and the owner of the
Remidji townsite, vetoed the bill.
Every session of the legislature fol-
lowing has seen bill introduced call
ing for new normal school, but it
was not until last session that the
ambitions of its promoters were real
lied. Half a dozen towns, however,
we're competitors and the legislature,
anxious to be relieved of the selec-
ton, provided for a commission to
look over the field. 1t was this COM
mission that selected Bemidji last
week. Money for the construction of
the necessary buildings will have to
be provided by the next legislature
The site is furnished by Bemidji.
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Figuring on decision in the rate
cases against the state the last legis-
lature passed what is known as the
Bendixen law This law made manda
tory 2-cent passenger rate for roads
4 earning more than stipulated sum
/, per mile. The amount / cannot call
to mind now, though it was in the
neighborhood of $4,000. Many think
that this law is not the proper thing,
now that the state has won, and am
told that an effort will be made to re-
peal it at the extra session of the leg
islature which Governor Eberhart Will
call The Bendixen law does not be-
come operative until January next.
You might as we'll try to divorce
the Capitol City from the political
game as to cook eggs at the foot Of
the North pole The latter is easier.
For fifty years the head of naviga-
ton, st. Paul, has been associated
with the game and it just refuses to
let go. The other day the st. Paul
chamber of commerce met to select
press agent. Larry Hodgson, better
known as Larry Ho," and one
Ralph Brown, recently resident of
Omaha and brother-in-law of Mayor
Keller, were the candidates. One fac
ton accused Larry of being the adj
vance agent of the Dick O'Connor
forces in ST. Paul. Of course there
was no getting away from the fact
that Brown was favorable to Mayor
Keller And so the fight continued,
with the finish in favor of neither,
and telegram being sent to an out
slider asking if he would accept. Pol
itics in St. Paul has become so COM
mon that no one does anything with
out first inquiring where the other
stands in the matter of political al
legiance.
The state board of control will in
few days put about 100000 of state
obligations on the market. They rep
resent educational improvement Ger
tif1cates authorized by the last leg
islature The certificates carry nice
line of interest and for anyone desir-
ing a safe investment they will prove
most acceptable. So far the state
board of control, which is trying to
sell the bonds, has been unable to find
bidder for the entire lot. Money is
regarded as rather tight at this time
and nothing better than per cent
goes. The bonds mentioned are for
less than per cent.
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Minnesota produced over 116,000,-
coo pounds of butter last year. To
those who produced the butter fat
nearly $30,OOO,000 was paid. And what
is better the increase in production
over the previous year was nearly
18,00OOO0 pounds of butter. Some
times we are prone to criticise the
legislature for the passage of laws
designed to protect the industry and
which are against what is called the
poor mans butter, but it has to be
said that what benefits one helps all
The payment of over $30,000,000 to
Minnesota farmers last year for one
article must have helped more thar