The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-02-20
SPECULATORS IN LANDS
WILL GET THEIRS"
IF BILL rs PASSED

WILL Gil IFiElNS, 81
IF BILL IS PASSED
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il Mr.. Rako's bill passes the potatoes
will bestested and guaranteed. and
1t won't be long before the people
OF the south will be hollering for
potatoes grown In Minesota.
Taft Addresses House.
Ex-Pfesident Taft spoke In the
house fol, an hour the other day, and
we had d reserved seat only q few
feet away from him. Bill was Sin.
trodured as one Of the worlds big
gest mem.but the description fits bis
mind only, as he has eliminated
about one hundred pounds from his
frame, and he is almost graceful now
He has d habit of chuckling when ne
has something humorous to say and
1t makes his audience warm up 70
him right of the reel. He was given
q splendid ovation, and his address
on the League to Enforce Peace Waa
a great effort.
100000 For Be1nidii.
Is AS you already know, the budget
has been amended 80 rs to Inc Jude
! an appropriation Of one hundred
thousand dollars each for dormt.
tories for the, Bemidjf, Mankato and
Winona Normal schols.
II isn't time for the armory ques-
tion to come up, but II any are passed
around Bemidji won't be found look
ing the, other way, and 1t stands
better, chance Of coping the tur-
key" than many of the other applt-
cations. The situation will not de-
velop, for q few months, however.
Issuing lame checks on q crippled
bank account will land the signer
ID q place where he will get his air
! filtered through iron bars II bill
by Mr.. Briggs goes through. A SINH
lar bill Is on the statute books. but
the new one adds a few more teeth
to be used on lads who specialize In
.oyerdrafts without making arrange
tments for the same. 5...E .& 81
Beltrami Should Act.
S Beltrami county won't be taking
any chances II 1t grabs time by the
.toupsa and starts at once to improve
the highways, In the county to be
st1ayefsed BY the Babcock route, The
.everwhnlmin Esmajortty accorded the
hill H. both house and senate makes
it certain that the people Of the state
will take II ta.their bosonns, and as
you know any money spent by coun-
ties Will be:, refunded by the state
after the amen dment Is carried
!, Vic Powers Of Hibbing got a great
speech :QH: HIS chest at the Lincoln
club banquet Hast week. 1t was ex-
pected that his talk would be In the
nature of, easing himself into the
ranks of the republican oldtimers,
but the Impression we got from Vics
spiel was, that instead OF getting into
the fold he was inviting the bunch
to 60 over and play in HIS back yard.
:" ::;Nord's Land Bill.
I, Senator Nord 'sxland bill appeared
Friday . and already has been
ttokeyed,' by, those. who have read It,
Lsenard,s bill would bring a regulns
rush M settlers andsfarmers to north
ern. Minnesotas, and would put the
land In reach OF all by the issuing
at bonds with, long time payments
He. has put in q lot of time on 1t
eliminating any kinks that might
collide with the law, and 1t is likely
20 pass with few II any amendments
y,.s McPartlin Wallops Reds
Every time red flag advocate
comes up for air Representative Nc
Partlin takes a swat at him, and last
week he centered his attack on Miner
Of Minneapolis, who objected to the
motor. corps bill and who published
an edition OF Bolshevik noise In The
house. When Miner got through
making a nuisance. of himself Mac
ups and let's, loose flow Of .oratory
that made Miners arguments look or
queer as "a. counterfeit dollar, and he
YHs given d great hand. Everything
issAeiAg waved In red, white and
blue DOWN here this year, and the
Bqlsheviks are having d.; tough time
Of IT. At d committee meeting the
other day someone asked II it didn't
look as IF some members of the St
Paul and Minneapolis police force
weren't in ""cahoots'ssWith keepers Of
dives whose main objectrin life is tc
relieve returning soldiers and sailors
OF LHelr money. some people are al-
ways wasting breath asking useless
questions, arn't they?
The police department down here
is only. missing on one cylinder. The
trouble Is that 1t only has one cylin-
der, ~&S
Would Eliminate Forestry.
The bill to, annilhilate the state
forestry department has been intro
duced, and 1t is difficult to say VIII at
will become OF 1t. The department
Is accused Of being long on converse
ton and short on conversation, and
while itsmay have It's faults. abolish
ing 1t looks pretty much like cutting
of a5chaps head to cure his head
ache. ..s S@s