The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-02-12
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STATE cAPlTOL NEWs.

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Substantial relief has been assured
the fire sufferers Of the North forest
country and the tornado sufferers Of
Tyler, Minnesota, as a result Of i
Joint meeting Of. house and senate
members held Wednesday. It was.
agreed TO appropriate 81, 800, 900 for
relief purposes and this amount will
be raised through the medium Of an
issue Of certificates Of indebtedness
covering a period Of years and which
will be retired by a small tax to be
imposed annually during the life Of
the same. Of !, the amount $50, 900
will go to the tornado suffers Of
Tyler. Active in the understanding
reached were Thee. Christianson.
chairman of the house appropria-
tions committee, A. j. Rockne of the
senate finance committee, and Sen
Fred Bessette of St. Louis County,
Gustaf Lindquist, private secretary
to Gov. Burnquist and Chairman of
the Republican, State Central Com
m1ttee will not resign as secretary,
as reported. "Gus" returned Satur-
day from the East where he confer
red with Chairman Hays of the Ma
tional Republican Committee and at
once announced that he had decided
to stick with the governor. At the
same time he will be actively con-
nected with the National organiza-
ton. Chairman Lindquist brought
word that the National Committee
is going to start work at once on
the organization of the republican
forces in the Northwest and that
most OF the activities would be
worked out of Minnesota. Chairman
Hays will visit Minnesota next month
when big Northwest Republican
Rally will be planned.
Last year the state paid over s72.-
900 in interest on money borrowed
from the banks of the state with
which to tide over the Irvine and ma
chlnery plants at the Saltwater pris-
on until the regular collections were
received. Sen. H. N. Benson of Nico-
llet County does not take kindly to
such a waste of money and has pro-
posed in bill just introduced that
the prison management borrow the
money from the state revenue fund
instead and pay the state the inter-
est that has heretofore gone to priv
ate parties.
For several days now a special
committee in the house headed bv
Rep. Bendixen of Redwood County
has been delving into the exorbitant
prices charged by the milling COM
panies for bran and feed stuffs gen.
orally, but the prices keep up lust
the same. The fact that bran Jump
ca up overnight from $27 a ton to
almost $47 a ton following the re-
tlrement of the government price
1lxlng committee from the field was
shown, but no one could be found
who could explain. A. D. Wilson, for
'ner food commissioner of Minnesota
at one of the hearings tried to ex-
plain that the whole thing was the
result of an abnormal demand and
that the prices would soon drop. but
this did not help the thousands of
poor devils in the cities and popula-
ton centers who have been compeu-
ed to pay almost prohibitive prices
Tor milk and butter as a result of
the jump. Bran heretofore almost a
worthless product in a way has been
verhtlble gold mine for the millers.
This week the senate will take up
the election contest brought by Geo.
IL. Sullivan of Saltwater who wants
the seat now held by w. w. Wilcox
OF White Bear and the outcome is
being watched with interest. Late
Saturday the belief was that MIR. Sui
Ivan was slipping. This was due to
the fact that unexpected opposition
had developed at meeting of the
elections committee to discuss the
contest. Three members it was said
had raised their voice in protest
where only one was looked for. Sui
ivan's friends, however, insist that
ne has sufficient votes to put him
over. Final action on the contest
will likely be taken Tuesday of this
week.