The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-21

Bill Creates compensation Board.
| All stock companies doing a casu-
atty business, under the terms of the
bill as it passed the house, will be
barred from the state.
The bill creates an industri. 4 acct
dent compensation board for the state,
consisting of three members, one a
representative Of employers and one
of the employees. The members are to
receive $4,000 salary each. They viii
fix the rates to be charged employers
and enforce the present law with it's
schedule of benefits for injuries. The
system is to start operating July l.,
and an appropriation of SIPS, 900 year
is made. dating from that time.
County Libraries Proposed.
Establishment and maintenance Of
county free Libraries. is provided by a
bill introduced by Representative w.
H. Mclaughlin of Faribault. The bill
provides for one mill tax on all prop
erty outside of municipalities where
in free library is located, for coun-
ty library fund Petition by 100 free
holders of the county is made suffici-
ent to submit the question to the yot-
ers of the county. A majority vote
is required.
Provision also Is made for the coun-
ty boards to contract for the use of any
free library already established to be
paid for out of the one mill tax.
| To Change Election Laws.
The House has passed the Corn
ing bill, changing Minnesota election
laws to eliminate the word "nonparti-
san" from the general election ballot
and substituting the words without
party designation" The enactment Of
the bill into law prevents confusion
arising from the activities of the Nom
partisan league in elections.
Provides Purchase of Liberty Bonds.
| The Nimocks bill, authorizing the
state of Minnesota to purchase $780,
900 in Liberty Bonds, was recon-
mended to pass by the House in the
committee of the whole.
| Oppose Grain Futures.
Farmers of Chippewa county ap-
prove the F. II. Peterson bill to abol-
ish future trading in grain, according
to A. F. Teigen, former house men,
Der, who spoke before the senate COM
mittee on grain and warehouse. Mr..
Teigen declared that market gam
bling" is largely responsible for high
prices paid by consumers.
when hogs are selling on The farm
at II cents a pound" he said, "arid
bacon is being sold to the consumer in
the city at 60 cents a pound, when a
meal in city restaurant costl dol
lar, it is time for members of the leg
islature to take off their coats and go
! to work"
'' Women Urge 8 Hour Day. "
ne eight-hour day for women is as
sured Minnesota in the near future, il
the enthusiasm of the working girls
and women is any criterion of success
for the McGrath- Callahan bill, which
was before the Joint Senate and House
committees on labor.
The bill provides for an eight-hour
day and a 48-hour week for women,
with provision for nine-hour day I'M
der certain circumstances so that the
week should not exceed 48 hours. Do
mestics in private homes and nurses
in hospitals are exempted from the
provisions of the bill.
| l. For Soidier-Saiior' Memorial.
A bill proposing the erection of a
joint soldier and sailor memorial
building was introduced in the Legis-
lature by Senators ]. D. Sullivan Of
st. Cloud and Fred Bessette of Orr.
The bill provides for the erection of a
to the state Capitol, one floor of which
would be used as soldiers and sail
ors' memorial, another for legislative
committee rooms, another as expert
mental laboratories for the state
health department and the rest of the
building for state offices and commits
sions. ~ -
Development Bill Lost.
With it's own author leading in the
attack upon it as amended, the Cliff
Besette land development bill, pro-
viding for county improvement of ag-
ricultural land, went down to defeat
in the Senate by vote of 81 to II.
Senator Leonard Nord of Interna-
tional Falls led the opposition to the
bill, declaring that it would bankrupt
counties in Northern Minnesota to
take advantage of the law. He Of
| fered an amendment which would pro-
hibit any Improvement of land in the
county except by majority vote Of
all electors at special or general
election. The amendment was car
ried by rising vote and the question
then required upon the passage of the
bill as amended.
On the roll call, Senator Fred Bes-
settle of Orr, author of the bill, voted
against the measure, declaring that
the Nord amendment had killed the
effect of the measure.
| Past Half Way Mark.
The Minnesota Legislature is now
well past the halfway mark of the
session. Making allowance for re-
naming Sundays and Good Friday, a
legal holiday, this will bring the end
of the session on April "a. Two years
ago the Legislature adjourned on
April 10, but it got an earlier start.
Crookston-J. D. Lucas, better
known to railroaders as dad" Lucas,
| 60. died suddenly at his home here