The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-02-21
A BILL OF. Interest TO ..@
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
A. NJ. Peterson Bill on Woman Suf-
frage Reported by
Committee.

| St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 1.-THE bill
introduced yesterday in the legisla-
ture by Senator Duxbury and Repre-
sentative Sitter, providing "whole
family" protection for members of
fraternal benefit associations, is look
ed upon as a very important one and
will be of the deepest interest 20
members of fraternal societies in
Duluth and elsewhere. It permits
such societies to amend their bylaws
and constitutions to include such
widespread benefit as the title of the
bill indicates; and may organize and
operate branches for children of
members, but membership and initia-
tion of the children shall not be re-
quired. The total benefits payable on
the lives of children, the age limits
being 2 to 18 years, will be permit
ted as follows, according to the age
of the child at the time of death:
Two years, $34; years $40; years
$48; S years, $58; 6 years, $40; 7
years, $168; years, 5000; 9 years,
$24o; 10 years, $500; II years, $3.50;
IL years, $460; 13 to Is years, $500,
and 16 to 18 years, where not Other
wise authorized by law, $780,.
The society taking advantage Of
| ho low r>,1+ ;v,
ficates simultaneously, on each of
which at least one assessment has
been paid.
A bill introduced a few days ago
by Representatives Marschalk, Bes-
sette, Stenvick and Miner authorizes
the formation Of corporations for
the purpose Of reclaiming and devel-
oping timber and brush land, pre-
scribing the conditions, powers and
duties thereof and provides for the
issue, security and redemption in
connection Herewith. This bill is
particularly interesting to Northern
Minnesota, and is designed for the
benefits of the lands of that part of
the state. The organizations are to
be OF seven or more persons, inhab-
! itants of this state and owning not
less than 5000 acres Of land, no part
of which can be distant more than
two miles from some other part
thereof. The corporations purpose
would be to clear, grub, plow and do
such other things on the land as
will render it fit for agricultural
purposes. The name of the organi-
zation will be "The Reclamation and
Development Association" The in
debtedness Of the company shall ex-
ceed at no time sum equal to 81
for every acre of land included in
the project. The corporate life of
the organization shall be thirty years.
A public hearing was given by the
house elections committee on the
suffrage bills now before the legis-
lature, yesterday afternoon in the
house chamber and the attendance
was so large as to fill the seats on
the floor and most of the gallery
seats as we'll. Women in favor of
the statutory suffrage proposal,
which would give them the right to
vote at presidential elections only,
some who favored the A. M. Peterson
bill for constitutional amendment
giving the voting right for all offices,
and the anti-suffragists were on hand
and some addresses from all sections
Of the movement were heard which
brought enthusiastic applause.
The executive session of the COM
mittee which followed the public
hearing resulted in it being arranged
to report the bill for constitutional
amendment out as a special order for
next Tuesday morning at 1890. This
is looked upon as good deal of a
victory for Representative Peterson
of Coleraine, who is author of the
bill and who has resisted good deal
of pressure brought to have him
withdraw his bill in favor of the
statutory bill.
This will give two important spe-
cial orders on Tuesday, the other be-
ing on the super tax on iron ore,
which will begin at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and which is looked UPON
as one of the most important bills
OF the session.
Senator G. H. Peterson of Duluth.
has asked the Herald to announce
that it is useless and a waste of
time for people of Duluth to be writ
ing letters in behalf of the bill for
the benefit of the blind and mentally
defective that has been introduced.
The senator says that without the
members of the St. Louis county de-
legation being deluged with letters,
the matter will be given the best
attention possible.
At an executive session of the
house committee on labor and labor