The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-04-22
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BIG VICTORY FOR 3EReAsr
Beltrami County Legislator Rewarded
After Long Fight for Appropriation
Others Deserve Credit.

out the entire session of Minnesota
thirty-ninth legislature, which ad-
journs today, Bemidji and Northern
Minnesota have won a brilliant vic.
tory by the action of the senate last
night when it passed the omnibus
bill carrying with it $4,000 for the
building Of a sixth state normal
school in this city, the money to be
available in 1917.
While the appropriation allowed
by the house last Monday, $4,000,
would have been most acceptable
general satisfaction is felt although
it was cut squarely in two by the
conference committee. The senate
committee also reduced materially al
most every other item contained in
the omnibus measure. In view of the
wave Of economy which has played
such a prominent part during the
session and the many other obstruc-
lions which were thrown in the path
of the bill introduced for the purpose
OF allowing the Bemidji appropria.
ton, it is source of great satisfac-
ton that our Northern legislators
were able to muster sufficient assist
ance to secure any amount whatever.
The Glory to Pendergast.
While every resident of Bemidji
worked and hoped that the appro-
priation would be granted, to the leg
islators who are responsible for it's
passage does the honor belong And
of these Veteran L. c. Pendergast,
Bemidji's representative, deserves
most glory, the granting of the ap-
preparation being a tribute to him
especially. He was assisted to a
great extent by Representatives
Miner of Koochiching county; Dare
Of Cass and Kinds of Hubbard.
Nord and McGarry Also.
In the senate, Nord OF this dis
trict and MeGarry Of Walker work.
ed persistently that Bemidji be given
an appropriation.
Representative Pendergast made Il
brilliant talk in favor of the bill
in the house when Representative
Teigen proposed that the omnibus
bill be amended so as to kill the Be-
midji appropriation. He said in
part:
Il hope this motion will not pre-
vail for the following reasons; it is
unnecessary to discuss this subject
as to the needs of the sixth normal
school in this state, that has already
been decided by at least two legisla-
tive sessions in the last two years..
Two years ago bill was passed
creating a sixth normal school and
defining the boundary thereof. A
board was created by the appoint
ment of the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor to locate the school within
the boundaries of said district
Bem1dp PROPER race.
THAT the board after examining
all conditions in all contesting towns
finally located at Bemidji, but de-
manded site for the school should
be given to the state. The City of
Bemidji with it's accustomed liberali-
ty bought twenty acres of land with
in the city with a frontage of forty
rods on the lake shore and decided
the same to the State of Minnesota
free and clear from all membranes
for normal school purposes. The
State Board accepted the same and
placed it on file and it belongs to the
State of Minnesota today. Gentle
men, this property is actually worth
today $4,000, nor is this all: The
city Immediately proceeded to grade
and pave the streets for distance of
two miles south from there through
the center of the city across the Mis-
sissippi River to Mill Park and N.Y.
more a distance of two miles. For
more than half a mile south of the
school site they boulevarded the
streets. put in curbs, sidewalks and
ornamental trees and today is is as
fine an avenue as there is in the
state.
400 Pupils To Start
1T has been estimated by Mr.
Stewart, the Superintendent OF
schools in Beltrami county and alst
by Mr. Dyer, superintendent of thu
schools of Bemidji that at least foul
hundred scholars will seek admis
sion to the Bemidji Normal as soo1
as it can be completed. I will cal
your attention to the fact that there
is law on our statute books that take
effect on August first next compelling
every teacher in any high school o.
graded school of this state to have
an advanced normal school certi
fiCate .{
"Now it has been stated that w
need no normal school because tn
normal school attachments to tn
high schools will supply the demand
Let me tell you this is not fact. tn