The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-02-13
STATE LEGISLATURE

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Babcock Road Bill. With Amend
ments, to Come Up in Joint COM
.mittee This Afternoon.
Resolution to Deport Aliens Who
Took Advantage of Noncitizen-
ship to Evade Duty.
1t is expected that several amend
ments will be made to the Babcock
highway bill before it comes up in
joint committee this afternoon. The
chairmen of the senate and house
committees have already reached an
agreement on some of the amend
ments, one of which will limit the
amount of bonds that may be out
standing at any one time to $75,OOO,-
600. Another will permit the legisla-
ture to provide extensions to the or
iginal plan without new constitu-
tional amendment, after construction
under the original bill is rs per cent
completed, and when there is surplus
in the trunk highways construction
fund to permit such extensions. An
other amendment was approved, per-
hitting extensions to new county
seats in cases where new counties are
formed. One important change fav-
ored by the committee will permit
counties to anticipate their returns
from the bond issues, which have to
be- passed on by popular vote next
year. They will be allowed to con-
struct the permanent highways, to be
reimbursed when the bonds are is
sued. ... ...
A resolution has been introduced in
the house memoralizing congress to
deport all aliens who took advantage
of their noncitizenship to evade mil
itary Eduty. They are characterized as
towards and q dangerous and undesir-
able element in the country. The re-
solution also demands that the jobs
held by these slackers be given to
American soldiers who have patriot
ically served their country. This is an
exceptionally commendable resolution,
and legislatures throughout the coun-
try are adopting similar ones.
Lieutenant Governor Thos. Frank
son has declared himself against sal
airy increase bills in signed state
ment. He says the legislature should
be, 1lloeral with funds for education
and support of state institutions, but
put the brakes on salary raises.
Senator Hamer has introduced bill
to appropriate money to pay the sal
aries of deputy oil inspectors for the
years ending July 81, 1918, and July
81, 1919. .. ..s--......
A bill has been introduced by Rep
resentative Serline relating to the
storing Of milk or cream pending
transportation by common carriers,
providing for sanitary receiving
rooms and fixing penalties for viola
tions. Another measure by Mr.. Ser
line relates to farmers mutual in
surance companies and provides for
insuring county fair buildings.
On Tuesday morning the legislature
appropriately observed the birth an
niversary of Abraham Lincoln and
among the speakers was Colonel Pratt
of Anoka, who recently returned from
France.
A fool measure has been introduced
in the house and a similar one in the
senate calling for the placing of form
ulas on bottles and boxes containing
all medicines. For instance, under
the provisions of this bill, as we un-
derstand it, druggist =. who COM
pounds medicine would be compelled
to copy the doctors prescription on
the bottle label and in case he rolls
box of pills do the same thing. For
a druggist to write lengthy pre-
scription on box Of pills is of course
an impossibility. There are many
other fool provisions in the bill, and
if it becomes a law it will practically
put the druggist out of business The
measure is certainly no indication
that those who are fathering it pos
sess even the proverbial grain of
common sense.
Minnesota can and will buy and i'm
prove land and sell farms, complete
in every detail, to returned soldiers
if a bill introduced in the house by
members of the military affairs
committee becomes a law. The
bill, introduced after conference be-
tween members of the senate and
house military affairs commit.
tees, lis framed to take advantage of
the federal aid plan announced by
Franklin P. Lane, secretary of the