The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-02-27
CO.
DIVISION BILL
MAKES. DEBUT; !:
May not PASS
,Beltrami : Commissioners 2 Re-
ceive Increase in Salaries 4
From $3.50 to $500 Year + ;. ! !:
BILL WOULD FORBID '
BOOZE SHIPPED HERE
Deputy County Clerk at Bau-
! dette Would Be Full =
Pledged If Bill Passes
BY W.. T. Noonan.
[ (IL,.s&knSa fnr Pi0n aar

G7' written for Pioneer) II.
st. Paul, Feb. 26.--Divorce pro-
ceedings with q view to separating
the northern part Of Beltrami county
from the south were started today
when the county division bill made
its 1919 debut Before the war, if
you can remember, that far back, a
similar bill was on the menu, but the
governor made it a total loss when
he threatened tosNeto it if the valua-
ton was not. boosted to three million
from two. The present bill totes a
valuation Of two and a half millions,
. the territory affected having added
a half million to its assessment dur
ing the two years. There is many a
skid between a law and a bill, and
it is too early yet to guess whether
this one will be among those present
at the end Of the session or whether
It will be inferred in the political
graveyard. <:.s - ~
Raise Commissioners Salaries.
Two bills affecting Beltrami county
will have passed the house by the
time you are squirting at this. One
gives more clerk hire to the treas
urers of Beltrami and Koochiching
counties, and the other is a package
of good news for the commissioners
r,of BeltramiE county, as it fixes their
annual .stipend at, Eight hundred dol
lars instead Of Two hundred fifty, but
it clips OF mileage and other trim
mings, limiting the commissioners to
actual expenses. Both bills were
boosted to the calendar yesterday
without a single member raising his
voice in protest, and tomorrow they
will get the final "O.K." which will
put them on the law dictionary.
In q recent debate Representative
McPartlin came out strong for an
eight-hour day for farmers wives,
and if he ever runs for attorney
general the suffrage vote ought to be
.Behind him to man."
Fair Sex Lobbyists.
Before we came down here we
heard a lot about; lobbyists, and we
expected to find large focks of them
rubberheeling around the corridors,
but the only ones we have been able
to toss an eye eae are members of
the shriller sex. almost any day you
can see two or three of, them on the
trail of members. They represent the
Society for. the Prevention of Wattus
to Whoozus or something like that,
and for all the influence they tote
they might better. be at home playing
tunes on the old kitchen orchestra so
that hubby could page meal when
he returns from "the end of a per-
feet day" down town.
There is about thirty-four million
dollars in -thesoh appropriation sock
this session. and every member is
hunting for the sock. If. Ed. Rako
and Senator Nord get their eyes on
it the Bemidji normal won suffer
to any great extent, and a few arm
cries will add to, the scenery OF the
north country. ~ ~ A. =
- .. Begin Roads Now. -
The highway commission has gwen
out a little chunk of news that
should not cause any gloom in Bel
trami and Koochiching counties. 1t
is to the effect that before the gov
ernor's signature on the Babcock law
is dry work on the northern roads
will commence. The idea is to make
good gravel roads first and to have
the hard surfacing to follow later.
This depends of course on the people
of the state ratifying the law, OF
which there is little doubt.
Would Dry Up County.
A bill introduced the other day
will provide foor fun for thirsty cltl-
zens of the two counties of Beltrami
and Koochiching. 1t prohibits the
shipping of "licker" into dry coun-
ties, and if it passes thirsty lads will
have to do without their packages"
and they will be as dry as the old
Sahara desert unless they take to
gargling varnish or painkiller: The
bill, if it escapes the shoals, will sure
" put them in low spirits, and you
can take that either way.
In the meantime the Twin Cities,
realizing that they will soon have to
go into dry dock, are improving each
little shining hour. The two biggest
burgs in the state are the wettest
places we have heard of. since Noah
discovered that somebody had gone
off and left the spigot open.-
No Phony Endorsement.
A, bill passed yesterday aims for
the protection of candidates for
office against friends of J. doubtful