The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-10
STATE LEGISLATURE
Tributes, are Paid in Senate Memorial
Service to Robert c. Dunn, J.
"A! Rystrom and Others.

Senate Passes, Under Suspension of
Rules, Chill Regulating Dis
ppOsal of Crushed Rock.
Tributes to four former colleagues
wereTpaid by the senate late on Tues
day aata a. special memorial service.
Those! lhonored were Robert C.. Dunn
land j. "A. Rystrom, members of the
HarrylF. Weis, elected to the present
senate, both dying since the session
began. Friends of the dead senators
ATTENDED. Addresses were made by
Senators J. D. Sullivan, CHARLES N.
Orr, Richard Hamer, Arch Coleman,
James A. >Carley, Olnf Gjerset, James
Denegre, Ole O. Sageng, George H.
Sullivan, H. N. Benson and others.
aThe:.senate Wednesday passed, nn-
der suspension of the rules, two bills
introduced at the request of the COVER
nor. The first, by Senator J.. D. Sulli-
vanoof st. Cloud, provides that rock
taken from the quarries at the state
:refornatory in excess of what is need
ed for buildings at the reformatory
shall5be crushed and sold for road ma
,terials to counties. The price lis ITO be
fixed by the board of control and the
state highway commissioner. The
second bill was by Senator S. A. Rask
tof SSteel county exempting soldiers of
the world war from paying peddlers'
license fees.
Minnesota counties are permitted to
s,anticipate their receipts from the pro-
posed state issue for the state road
system under terms of a bill passed
by tthessenate. The bill already had
passed the house. Through this means
the counties will be able to avail them
selves oof the. federal aid this year
without awaiting for the bond issue,
and later will be reimbursed by the
state. The bill allows counties to
spend up to $250,00O year by unani-
NOUS vote of the county board, or up
to $126yO0O by vote of four ifths of
the board. Nonpartisan league sena-
ators fought the bill. Another road
measure, relating to payment by coun-
ties to contractors for work per-
formed, was passed by vote of 81
to 2.
The WEIGH bank guaranty deposit
bill, turned down by the house COM
mittee, has been revived and it is now
on the calendar That it will get by,
however, is doubtful. This bill is
nonpartisan league measure and this
alone will put it to sleep.
After adoption ~of many amend
ments the house passed the new game
and fish code. One amendment hotly
contested was that prohibiting hunt
,aing of prairie chickens with dogs. This
amendment, Chairman A. J. Praxe1
of the game and fish committee, said,
"makes chicken hunting farce"
Farmer members were strong for it,
however, and secured it's adoption.
The house, after a long fight, de-
feated George W. Rodenberg's amend
ment cutting out the section providing
for commercial fishing. Under this
) provision the state game and fish COM
missioner will give permits for fish
ing in state lakes to the highest bid
der. The bill allowing the state to
continue fishing operations passed i'm
mediately after the vote on the code,
without opposition, but it applies only
to Red Lake and Mile Lacs.
The senate killed A. O. 'Devold's
eight hour day constitutional amend
ment, 26 to Al, labor and the nonpar-
tisans clashed again on the measure.
The following bills have passed both
houses: The Bonniwell bill, raising the
amount of reserve Irvine to be on
SSSSaand at the state Irvine factory March
/ from three to four million pounds;
the Nolan bill, authorizing village
councils to acquire land and appro-
pirate money out Of their general
funds for purchase or maintenance of
parks; the bill providing for construc-
ton of bitches through low ground
where roads cannot be kept passab]e
without extraordinary expense and fol-
levying of cost against abutting land
penetrated by the ditch.
The billey bill, amending the stat
utes relating to membership in the
state board Of pharmacy, 80 that mem
.bers must be pharmacists actually en-
gagged in the retail drug business, and
that members ceasing to be so en-
gagged shall automatically be retired,