Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-03-17

VAS seventeen. Fifty negatives were L
registered. The temperance commit
tees Of the two houses are loaded
with proposed liquor regulative meas.
ures and some of the members are
firing of the activity in this line.
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While on this question OF wet and
dry 1t may be said that the recent
town and village elections are indica-
tive of one thing and that is III
e'elock is sounding flor a bunch of
saloons in Minnesota Over thirty
towns and villages, some of them of
respectable size, bid goodby to the
saloon and as result heavy addl
tion to the dry territory of the state
was made. The liquor people attrib.
Ute the activity to- the recent pas.
sage of the county option bill by the
legislature One feature of the vote
was the number of ties and the mar
row margin of victory recorded in the
case of others
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H county division as proposed by /
the Iron Range residents of ST. Louis
gets by it will not be because Duluth
residents are not on the lookout For
q week now a contingent of Duluth
business men have been on the
job and have been watching the
moves Of the other side like hawk,
"a Minneapolis house, member has Of
fered a bill limiting civic expendi.
lures to $25 per capita. per year and
it is stated without reserve that it is
directed at the Iron Range cities,
where civic expenditures are the
greatest of any section in the state.
The bill is intended as a backfre to
the extent of curbing the activities of
these who are urging county divi
sions.
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The ElweH road law, the repeal OF
which was directed BIZ the senate last
week, was given a slight respite by
the house. Consideration of the sen
ate's action was laid over week and
in the meantime the friends Of the
measure will direct their energies at
heading off similar action by the
house. While the ElNell law is under
fire town and county boards of the
state are bombardine Governor Ham
mond with petitions1 asking his aid
in Kidding the state of the highway
\ commission. 1t is charged with being
inefficient.
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Representative Gordon Of Browns
! Valley, with his committee of twenty,
| has come forward with government
reorganization bill and its adoption,
he says, will rid the state of lot of
useless employees and boards and save
/ the taxpayers fully $350,O00 year.
| The scheme is to consolidate NUM-
Der of the present boards and CONF
missions, among them the forestry
board, the game and fish commission
and the state oil inspection depart
ment.
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You will have to pay your tailor it
La bill offered by Representative
Il LNuldIu- VI Mluu6dIOllS U0CUnCS q
law. He would give the tailor a lien
on all clothing made and sold by him.
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E. J. Westlake of Minneapolis
i agreed to father the bill increasing
i the railroad passenger rate in Mime
sofa from 2 to 211s dents. He offered
it in the senate and prefaced its in
PRODUCTION with lengthy statement
/ justifying the increase. 1t is said an
effort was made to have a member
from the rural district introduce the
i bill, but that those approached de
clined. It is not q s1actly a popular
measure in the country.
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/ Governor Hammond has named
+. Robert w. Hargadine |of st. Paul state
) fire marshal and w G. Nee of Fari
hault state hotel inspector. Both Sc
lections have been approved by the
senate.
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It is stated that the chances o1
the passage of the bill legalizing box
ing in Minnesota are not the best in
the world. Several influential mem
bers in the senate are against it, The
: promoters say it will pass the house
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Two vital amendments to the Min
+ nette-Burrows telephone bill, which
passed the house by unanimous vote
were made by the senate committee
i, On public service corporations. On
: eliminates the referendum clause il
!. the bill which would allow cOmmuni
ties by a vote of SIS per cent Of thu
: qualified electors to grant franchise
to a second and competing company
! The other changes the section havinl
= to do with physical connection of tol
J. lines SO that the company resistin,
; an application that such connection
: ho made 10 not rpunirhd tn nrOVn tina