The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-12
COUNTY SPLIT
CERTAIN
0RBELTRAMl;;
NOW 0N0RDER
Amendment Makes 1t Plain
Bemidji Not to Suffer
-. From Boundary
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
BILLS SEEM HEALTHY
Beltrami Commissioners Are
Given Raise in Pay, Also
Clerks of Treasurer
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
RuIS SEEM HEALTHY
nv w. T. Noonan.

St. Paul, March ll.-Not d sinSie
..oneronce measure was passed by
either branch Of the legislature,
either on Monday or TUESDAY, nor
was there an "ice water" Dill 1ntro-
duced. You see the members were
ali home attending the village ana
township elections, and the. legisla-
ture declared q two day armlstlce.
Rut there will. be young storm on
Thursdav when the Moen bill, max
inc the state bone dry as far as snip
ments are concerned, comes up as
special order.
! County Division Looms.
Re,trami's county division Dill
came through committee WITHOUT
stumbling it's toe and Is now Oh sen
eral orders. However, an amenu.
ment was tackled on making II plaln
that Bemidji is not to get the "orst
of it. The amendment reaos thas
there must be distance and pieh'y oi
n between the boundary OF the ne"
county and the county seat OF the
Koochiching county warrants
which have been considered total
loss in some instances will get an
20 K" from the legislature II, 2
hill chaperoned by F. J. McPartllh
GOES through, and Mae isn't over
looking any bets to put 1t over;
# begins to look as If Fred Sher-
man commissioner of Immigration
n,,Iled a lame skull stunt the other
fav. The McGarry bill providing an
anpropriation for advertising Min
nesota,s ten. thousand lakes was up
for consideration, and one OF the
sneakers opposing it stated tnat MT.
Sherman would be delighted to nave
the hill thrown out in the back YARD
The storm that followed was
"humdinger" but the bill was passed.
It about two hours another OIL was
Introduced eliminating the 1mmlgra-
tion commission from the tourna-
ment. and whattzmore 1t stanas al
excellent chance of passing, and un-
less the legislators switch tneir
minds the time, which Fred may con
tinue as commissioner is likely 10 pe
shorter than the time between IN
stallments on flivver. Talk may pe
cheap. but the chap who tries TO con
vince Fred of the truth OF 1t Will De
running awful chances. HIS actloh
made pat" McGarry and other sup
norters of the lakes bill about as
canal as porcupine with the
cramps, and they will annex FRED
erick's goat If they can.
The genial "Pat" treated the mem
hers to cigars this week. He was as
t;cbled as a kid with a new toy when
thew passed his bill changing the
name of. Crooked Lake in Cass county
tn Roosevelt Lake, and he blossomeo
forth with the treats as result.
Road Publicity Bureau.
A hill to create bureau OF 1nfor-
nation for the Babcock road law mas
hoen introduced, and there is as Dig
a fiock of aspirants for the JOB as
there Is for the Bemidji postofffce
which. YOU will admit, is going some
The big excitement last week was
tho sneech of Will Hays, national re-
mblican chairman, and he MADE u
Main that the next presidential
election is not going to be any PINK
tea affair. but a fight to fn1sh.
Among other verbal bricks tossed oy
Mr. Havs is his chattologue were the
following:
Germs of Thought.
THE income tax Is d i'hs III
on you for living outside OF the cot
ton belt 1,,,,.,
"Some people blame Mr.. Wilson
for going 5000 miles away from
Washington. but l don't blame any
bodv for putting 5000 miles between
himself and Burleson and Tumulty.
"f)emocrats say that the name OF
woodrow Wilson will go down in
history linked with that OF Geor se
Washington. 1t was wise guy VINO
picked out the boat on which the
president sailed for France
That the democrats don't care lot
those kinds of kisses was made EVIL
dent after the meeting when leading
democrats introduced some very styI.
ish language in discussing Mr.. Hays
-speech-language that can't oe
printed here but which would nave
raised blister on Mr.. Hays ears had
he been around to inhale it. FROM
the above you can see at a glance
that the next election will be SOME
scrap.
Suffrage is Coming. T..
Many an old hard shell may NOT
like it, but he might just as well
make UP his mind that bis father