The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

ing lanuS In northeastern Minnesota
make it necessary for the state to &c
into the business before unsettled
hands in that part of the state are de
veloped
Honor Senator Nelson.
Sunday was Senator Knute Nelson's
seventy-sixth birthday, and the Min
nesota house of representatives hon
ored the senator by unanimously pass
ing a resolution paying tribute to his
worth as soldier, citizen and states
man. A certified copy was ordered
forwarded TO Senator Nelson at Wash
ington.
Want Wheat Price Kept.
Senator Charles w. Gillian of Win
dom, chairman of the senate grain and
warehouse committee, and Represen
tative l.. o. Teigen, member of the
house committee, have gone to Wash
ington in company with o. P. B. Jacob
son, of the railroad and warehouse
committee, to urge that the govern
ment price of $2.26 on wheat be main
tanned until next spring. They will
appear before the house committee on
agriculture in Washington.
Hits Auto Thefts.
The Corning, Nimocks, Lennon
Nordlin bill, providing for the regis
tration of automobiles with the reg
lister of deeds and the transfer and
recording of titles as in real estate
has been passed by the house. It is
aimed to prevent the sale of stolen
cars.
Would Certify Potatoes.
AS a result of the collaboration OF
potato growers in the house, Repre-
sentative Daniel De Lury of Walker
has prepared a bill authorizing a
board of potato seed inspection and
certification, with five members, who
shall be the dean of the department
OF agriculture of the University of
Minnesota, the president of the State
Potato Growers association, and three
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor. These members shall serve
without pay.
The bill calls for inspection during
the growing season and after the har-
vest
Certification of seed is being in
creasingly demanded by the southern
states, said Representative De Lury,
Oklahoma, and Texas will not allow
seed potatoes to be shipped in with
out being tagged. The states of Wis
consin and Michigan already have a
similar. law, and the seed from these
states sells for approximately 81 per
hundred more than equally good seed
from Minnesota.
State Grain Grades Asked.
Re-establishment of Minnesota grain
grades in intrastate commerce, in
preference to the Federal grades, is
asked in joint resolution prepared by
Senator John L. Void of Twin Valley
and Representative Nels T.. Moen of
Fergus Falls.
Federal grades, the resolution as
serts, are too technical for comprehen.
sive use by small shippers, and are
far more strict than those employed
by the state.
Four Motor Corps Regiments.
The new Motor Corps bill provides
that the corps shall consist of not
more than four regiments, With six
teen companies to the regiment, each
company to consist of sixty-two enlist
ed men and three commissioned Off
GERS.
The new bill also adds an airplane
squadron to be attached to the motor
corps for administrative purposes.
The flying squadron is to consist of
three officers and thirty enlisted men
to each airplane. Two motorcycles
have been added to each mDtor COM
pany. The motorcycles weru not pro-
vided in the original bill.
The appropriation is increased from
100000 provided in the original bill
to $4,000, of which s125,OOO is 70,
uniforms and equipment.
Congress Asked to Release Wheat.
A memorial to congress. asking that
means be provided Immediately by the
government to permit the shipment of
one-third of last years wheat crop held
on northwest farms by embargo, was
passed by the house with but one dis.
senting vote. The grain. according to
Representatives o. C. Neuman, ]. B.
Gislason and o. A. Swenson, who
framed the resolution, is jeopardized
by the embargo because the farmers
have no facilities for storing it.
Good Roads Measure.
The good roads bill, covering the
Babcock plan, introduced by Senator
McGarry will, if it passes the senate
ard house, go before the people at
the next general election as a pro-
posed amendment to the state consti-
tuition. In brief, it establishes state
trunk highway system of approximate
ly 5000 miles and limits the state road
construction work to these trunk
roads, which are to be built of hard
surfaced material Tax on motor vehi-
cles and, If necessary. a bond issue
will furnish the $100,00O,O00 appropri-
alton necessary for the prosecution of
the work.
secondary system, approximately
1000 miles in length, of county roads
will connect the various trunk high
ways. Still third system of town
ship roads will complete the chain of
highways which road experts say will
give Minnesota the best highway sys-
tenn of any state in the Union.