Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-02-05

Inmates be filed August Is, instead OF
December /, preceding legislative ses--
sions, and that a budget officer, or
board, be provided to make recommen.
dations on the estimates
For Higher Salaries.
The Wilkinson home bill, raising the
salaries of the State Dairy Commits
sioner from $4,000 to $4,000 and that Of
his associates to amounts more nearly
in proportion to the high cost of living,
was recommended to pass.
Spirited Clashes.
Spirited clashes between members
Of the Bendixen committee marked
the resumption of the bran price probe.
Representative Howard insisted that
the committee quit wasting time"
when Representative Wilkinson sought
to establish that the millers are now
getting more than reasonable price
for their feeds.
1--WE are here to find the cause Of
the rise in price If we can," said Rep
resentative Howard.
John S. Pilsbury of the Pillsbury.
mills, said the millers are little inter-
ested in bran. "We are in the milling
business and bran is a by-product we
cannot get away from. Hence we sell
it for what we can get and take it
from the cost price Of the -four
Chairman Bendixen indicated the
next hearing will not be held for sew.
eral days.
Urge Land Clearing Bill.
Members of the senate committee
on relief and reconstruction have rec.
commended for passage bill intro
duced by Senator Fred Bessette OF
Orr which would permit county boards
to authorize land clearing on the re.
quest of settlers.
The bill would in effect permit the
county to play the same part in the
land clearing work that it now has in
the operation Of the state drainage
system.
Fire Aid Bill Opposed.
The house appropriations committee
was thrown into an uproar when Pro.
fessor Fred Sardeson,r state geologist,
opposed the granting of $1,800,000 re.
lief money to settlers in the forest fire
swept regions of northern Minnesota,
The house will be asked to send a
special committee, consisting of Rep.
resentatives Bernard, Pattison and
Bendixen into northern Minnesota to
make an inspection trip.
Among other. things, Professor Sar.
deson charged that the settlers, were
an unambitious set who lived in log
houses and having cleared few acres,
were content; that they were in the
habit of setting fire to the timber for
the purpose of clearing land and that
the fires of October II got away from
them; that it was poor precedent to
set in giving so much aid; that the
settlers would presume upon the gen
crosby of the state. ...s .sexe. -.
Those familiar with conditions in
the north country were ready to point
out that the settlers were entitled to
all the credit in the world for going
into the wilderness to carve out homes
for themselves; that hundreds had
built beautiful homes and had cleared
many acres; that, they were q thrifty
set of people and that the state, ITSELF
was remiss in not giving them the nee
essary fire protection.
Military Map Of State. +:
A state appropriation OF $4,000 will
be asked in the Legislature to defray
the expense of making a military
map of Minnesota. The work, origin
ally undertaken by the war depart
ment, is now to be done under the di
rection of Adjutant General w. F. Rhi
now The announcement was made
by Major H. c. Boyden, central de.
partment, Chicago. following 3 confer
ence. with Governor Burnquist. Other
states in the middle west also will be
asked to provide like funds for similar
maps Of territory within their houn
daries .,.@ssz@...
Fixes Date Of Special Elections.
Governor BurnQuist has ordered .
primary election for February II and
4 general election February Is to Al
| the vacancies in the legislature caused
by the recent deaths of Senator Car
L. Wallace of Minneapolis and Senator
Harry F. Weis of lie Sueur.
New election machinery, provided
/ ir laws effected when Governor Burn
cNist signed the bills. will be used
These provide for primaries sever
DAYS before the special election and
fteen days advance election notice
Permits Loars on Urimproved Lands
In anticipation of a general coloni
cation scheme to develop unsettled
| lands in northern Minnesota, Senator
| Leonard H. Nord of international
Falls introduced a bill to permit banks
! to extend loans on unimproved agri
cultural lands of the state, in amount.
equal to one third of the value of thu
| land.
Would codify Game Laws.
| Codifcation of the state game ant
fish laws, as suggested by Carlo!
Avery, state game and fish commits
sioner, is proposed in bin introduced
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