Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-03-19
March /, 1920, the time when all such

representative of employers and one
of the employees. The members are to
receive $4,000 salary each. They will
fix the rates to be charged employers
and enforce the present law with its
schedule Of benefits for injuries. The
system is to start operating July i,
and an appropriation of 1925, 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 a one mill tax on all prop
erty outside Of municipalities where
in free, library is located, for a4coun-
ty library fund. Petition by 100 free
holders of the county is made suff1ci-
ent to submit the question to the vot-
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
ard substituting the words without
party designation" The enactment OF
the bill into law prevents confusion
arising from the activities of the Non
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. H. Peterson bill to abol-
ish future trading in grain, according
to A. F. Teigen, former house mem
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, land
bacon is being sold to the consumer in
the city at 60 cents a pound, when a
meal in city restaurant costs dol
lar, it is time for members of the leg
islature to take off their coats and 60
to work.
Women Urge Hour Day.
Tha ni0 h0v n F0 ;e,S 20
sured Minnesota in the near future, if
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 a nine-hour day un-
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
For Soidier-Sailor Memorial.
A bill proposing the erection of q
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
six-stOry building as near as possible
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-
QlDlL any Improvement u slduu Ill lie
county except by a 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
we'll 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. ID. Lucas, better
known to railroaders as 'Dad" Lucas,
So, died suddenly at his home here.
He was at his duties as Great North