Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-28
orders and will be reached In time.


orders and will be reached In time.
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Representatives Hines. Stenvik, Dare
and Miner, upstate members, are back
of q measure to provide for the leas-
ing of Douglas lodge. in the Itasca
State park, and to provide for i'm
provements to the reservation. To-
Gated in the park region of the state
spots in the Union and the desire Of
those named Is to bring It to public
attention and to provide facilities for
the comfort of those who may be at
tracted. Few Minnesotans know 1t,
but 1tasca State park is one of the
show spots of the state. yet despite
this fact little in the way Of legisla-
tive aid has been given.
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The biennial distribution Of the ses.
sion laws by the newspapers Of tho
state Is in danger of extinction. Last
week the senate finance committee
gave its sanction to q scheme by
which the laws are to be printed in
pamphlet form and distributed by the
county auditors. Copies to the mum.
Der of 250,000 are provided for and an
appropriation of $4,000 is given for
the work. For years the newspapers
Of the state have published the session
laws as supplements to their papers,
for which they have received from
$50 to $50 each and it is more than
likely that vigorous protest will be
entered against the adjustment of the
time honored custom. The senate com.
mittee argues that fully $4,000 will
be saved by the proposed new order
of things.
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Senator r. c. Dunn has secured the
approval of the body Of which he is a
member OF a resolution favoring the
appropriation of sufficient money to
reimburse the common and graded
schools of the state by reason of 4
deficit in state aid for the past two
years. II the finance committee agrees
nearly $1,700,00O, which is the deficit
for the period named, will be made
available. Under recommendations
made by Governor Burnquist a further
cut OF 100000, covering this years
budget, is proposed, but the Dunn res
olution demands that such be ignored
and that the schools of the state re-
ceive their full due.
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After all legislation is a question OF
whose foot is pinched. No better H.
lustration of this is to be had than
when the Minneapolis chamber of
commerce and the Duluth board of
trade found unexpected allies in the
Equity society and the Nonpartfsan
league in effectually shelving a reso-
luton designed to permit the investi
cation of grain and other exchanges
operating in the state. A. F. Teigen
was the author, and between jockey
ing on the part of the rules commit
tee, which passed the question of ex-
pense up to the house, and representa-
tives of the organizations named he
was finally compelled to take the
count.
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Next month will sec number OF
town elections in which the question
of wet or dry will figure. st. Charles
drys will endeavor to put that town
in the dry column and Plainview, dry
by one vote year ago, will try to
switch back to the wet column. Mem
bers of the two houses are much in
terested in the outcome, as the find
ings in the case of all towns voting
on the liquor question will largely de-
termine the standing of prohibition in
the state.
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Senator Putnam's bill putting all
roadhouses in the state out of busi-
ness is now a law. The house en-
dorsed it overwhelmingly. The bill
Is designed to curb the activities Of
many so called branch liquor agencies
which have sprung up as a result Of
the operations Of the. county option
law. These agencies are located along
the outskirts of the dry counties and
have been regarded as a nuisance.
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A. D. Stephens of Crookston, a for
mer member of the state senate, has
disposed of his bank holdings in
Crookston and will move to Portland.
Ore. Mr.. Stephens was long a mem
Der of the upDer house. hit waa I'm.
expectedly put out of business by the
use of stickers. He Is also a member
of the state immigration board.
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Friends of former Congressman
Buchanan, who at one time represent
ed the Sixth district at WASHINGTON,
will be panied to learn that he is seri-
ously i'll at a sanatorium in Michigan
Mr.. Buchanan was leading candidate
for the Republican nomination for
congressman last summer, but lost to
Harold Knutson of Stearns county.
Mr.. Buchanan was at one time q men,
Der of the state senate.
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A bill has appeared in the house
appropriating $4,424,050 for the Uni
versity OF Minnesota budget for the
next two years. It provides 81, 637, CPS
a year for maintenance, $4,000 each
year for special equipment in tie VA
rious departments and $522,250 a year
for repairs and new buildings.
THE C0IINTY Ct4AIRMAN .