The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-02-07
. Hilton WiMsPass .Jud dgment On
Route Between { Kellihsr
And Baudette
HAMLET LEGISLATORS 4.
CRAMP HIGHWAY PLAN.

Special to The Pioneer }
BY nv, I. Noonan.

st. Paul, Feb. lit Is our honest
opinion that many moons will pass
before any COW Isl killed on rail-
road between Kelliher and Bandette,
but we are finding it difficult to con-
vince j. j. Opsahi that his recipe for
the road isn't the real thing. He as
bombardinE members Of the legisia-
ture on the scheme, and when II
COMES to manufacturing letters n. ].
has sure. developed the art inf habit
forming quantities. However the
local members are going to give his
plan a trial and they have made ar-
rangements for the attorney general
to pass on it. We hope he puts his
q. X. on it, because there is nothing
that Baudette would rather get IN
its stocking than the proposed road,
but our guess Is that Mr. Hilton VIII
shoot itsas fnlls Of holes as q Swiss
cheese. III our humble opinion "a
deal to buy Rocky mountains would
be easy compared to Mr. OpsailFs
plan to have Beltrami county Duild
railroads. B, :..f'
Rocky Road For Highway.
IS Every little hamlet and eggiet
along the sr0nH will have paved
streets If the Baheoek plan Of hard
surfaced roads manages to travel the
rocky road ahead Of 1t. Unlike the
ElWell road, 1t does not provide that
villages and cities shall pay the cost
az construction within their bOun-
daries, so that they will be donated
payements eighteen feet wide. The
bill will be reported into the senate
Wednesday by Pat" McGarry, and
while It is likely to pass. members
whose doors the proposed road is not
to pass are getting ready to start the
I fireworks.
An interesting statement in con-
. nection with the bill coEles from the
highway commission, which states
that II Beltrami county should be
divided IT will build a hard surfaced
road from. Blackduck to Baudette,
via Kelliher. S.a.7
Ed. Rako is going to take the first
jump In explaining the details Q. ..e
road to Beltrami county residents on
February 8, when he will address
meeting at the. Carr Lake school, at
which he, hopes many residents of
Berniaji will be present. He Will
have big map and other data to
illustrate his talk. Ed. is on the
highway comittee and he isn't over
looking any bets to help put the Bah
cock plan over.
s.. McPartlin Starts Right.
f. y. McPartlin gained his first big
victory in the house the other day
when he got by with a bill providing
free tuition in the state university
for everybody who has been In the
,&service. Some opposition developed,
and there was q lively tilt on the floor
.of the house, but when Mac got
through with a fifteen minute talk It
.evaporated in a hurry. When Mae
gets to his feet his speeches are about
as welcome to his opponents as a
mouse in a sugar bowl, and he is
rapidly gaining the distinction of be-
ing one Of the best orators in the
house. In& this case he carried his
point by 110 to 5, which is only one
jump away from being unanimous.
You can't tell which way a flea is
going to jump by the way his ears
are pointed, but IL members vote the
way they talk Pat" McGarry,s bill
for hundred thousand dollars TO
.
sand lakes is going to go through
with whoop. PATHS only asking
ten dollars for each lake, which is
rather modest when you come to
think of 1t that way.
Three Ring Circus.
The Sullivan-Wilcox contest was a
regular three-ring circus with sew
eral added features. For six long
hours the spellbinders went to 1t bat
tling home made biscuits with home-
made biscuits, and the audience
stuck through to the finish. Ole Sa-
geng, the farmer from Ottertail, had
four of the best legal sharps of the
state opposing him, but he put up
a great fight to prevent Wilcox from
being eliminated from the tourna-
ment Every time he was getting tne
worst of 1T he would change the sub
ject. which shows that Ole knows the
rules of the game as played in the
big building on the HILL It is the
oninfona of one, and ,ran that Ole is
making goo goo eyes at the governor
ship, and IL that looks too tough he
will make an effort In 192flto park