The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

sage of the county option bill by the
legislature. One feature of the vot'
was the number of ties and the mar
row margin of victory recorded in thu
case of others.
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If county division as proposed b!
the Iron Range residents of st. Loui:
gets by it will not be because Duluth
residents are not on the lookout. Fol
week now contingent of Duluth
business men have been on thu
job and have been watching the
A Minneapolis house member has OF
fered a bill limiting civic expendi
lures to $25 per capita per year ant
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 backfire tt
the extent of curbing the activities o.
those who are urging county divi
sions.
The Elwell road law, the repeal Of
which was directed by the senate last
week, was given a slight respite by
the house. Consideration of the sen
ate's action was laid over a week and
| in the meantime the friends of the
measure will direct their energies al
heading off similar action by the
house. While the Elwell law is under
| fire town and county boards of the
state are bombarding Governor Ham
mond with petitions 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 a government
reorganization bill and its adoption
he says, will rid the state Of lot OF
the taxpayers fully $350,000 a year
The scheme is to consolidate mum.
Der of the present boards and com.
missions, among them the forestry
board, the game and fish commission
and the state oil inspection depart.
ment.
You will have to pay your tailor If
bill offered by Representative
Lydiard of Minneapolis becomes a
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
agreed to father the bill increasing
the railroad passenger rate in Mime.
sofa from to 21a cents He offered
it in the senate and prefaced its in.
PRODUCTION with a lengthy statement
justifying the increase. 1t is said an
effort was made to have a member
from the rural district introduce the
bill, but that those approached de.
clined. 1t is not exactly 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.
bault state hotel inspector. Both Sc.
lections have been approved by the
senate.
1t is stated that the chances OF
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
On public service corporations. One
eliminates the referendum clause in
the bill which would allow communi.
ties by vote of 65 per cent of the
qualified electors to grant franchise
to second and competing company.
The other changes the section having
to do with physical connection of toll
lines so that the company resisting
an application that such connection
be made is not required to prove that
the union with the rival concern is
not public necessity.
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Control and power to regulate the
rates of all merchandise warehouses
and cold storage warehouses are Civ.
en- to the state railroad and ware.
house commission in a bill introduced
in the senate. The bill provides that
all warehouses must be licensed. The
power to regulate rates, change SEIZED
ules or building plans is given to the
commission, with full authority to
enforce their regulations.
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The house committee on labor has
decided to introduce as a committee
bill the measure making statewide the
present female working hours law.
which limits the time to nine hours
day. Eight hours of night work
would be the extent to which any EN-.
ployer could engage an employee, ex.
cept telephone companies in villages
and in cities of the fourth class.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN.