The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-07
SENATOR M'GARRY
SUBMITS REPORT
0FCAMPAlGNF0R
AMENDMENT NO. |
Congratulates State on Victory, in
Address at N. M. D. A.
Meeting.
MOST IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION IN YEARS
Legislation Based on Business Meth
DDS Needed to Put Amendment
in Force.

Declaring that Amendment No. l.
which was passed at the November
election, means more to the develop
ment of Northern Minnesota than
any legislation that has been secured
in recent years, Senator P. H. NC
Garry OF Walker, chairman OF the
Amendment No. committee of the
Northern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION, today submitted his report
on the campaign to the delegates at
the seventh annual convention here
He congratulated the organization
on it's efforts for the amendment and
stated that although the appropria-
ton is small it will be the first start
to develop the states holdings in a
sane and businesslike way. He
stated that the legislation needed for
the amendment at the next session
of the legislature is simple.
Praises South State.
Senator McGarry's address is as
follows:
LAS chairman of the committee on
Amendment No. 1, wish to congrat-
ulate this association, the campaign
committee, the citizens of Northern
Minnesota and in fact, the whole OF
the great state of Minnesota, on the
successful termination of our efforts
to have Amendment No. 1 ratified at
the polls at the recent election.
II believe every man on the COM
mittee did his full share of service
to secure the adoption of this amend
Lo1 0f
state, both city and country, rem
dered a great service in their untir-
ing efforts to secure the adoption Of
this amendment.
1T is also pleasing to record the
fact that Southern Minnesota gave
to Amendment No. 1 good, sub
stantial majority. 1t proves cOnclu-
sively what the whole state needs is
a better understanding of the con-
ditions of Northern Minnesota.
Must Have Legislation.
"And now since Amendment No. 1
has been adopted we are face to face
with the proposition of securing
through the legislature the necessary
legislation to make this most import
ant measure effective in every de-
tail.
IT believe I am but stating a fact
that cannot be contradicted when l
state this one amendment means
more to the development of Northern
Minnesota than any legislation we
have secured in recent years, and un-
less my memory is very treacherous,
I cannot recall one single instance
where Northern Minnesota has ever
fallen down on any project Of i'm
portance entrusted to it's care for the
betterment of the state.
1.-THE campaign committee is con-
scious of the fact that the small ap-
preparation or setting aside two hum
dred and fifty thousand dollars to
even partially develop some two mil
lion acres of wild land such as we
have in Northern Minnesota, is a
very small amount for so large an
undertaking.
Sound Investment.
1.-The committee has been criti-
cized even by staunch supporters of
this measure for not seeking a much
larger appropriation. It has been
pointed out as an example of con-
trast that Cass county will spend on
roads alone for the year 1915, about
three hundred thousand dollars. Bel
trami county will soon have spent
about three million dollars on a Sys-
tenn of drainage and bitches, and in
all our northern counties, amounts
in excess of the revolving fund will
be expended for the bettermenr of