The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
stronger state institutions are de-
cidedly opposed to it.

stronger state institutions are de-
cidedly opposed to it.
A score or more of bills were
dumped in the legislative hopper
the first three days of the session
and it is expected that the figure
will reach the hundred mark this
week. Rep. Frank Nimocks of
Minneapolis as usual was accorded
the honor of House File No. l,
bill providing for certain jury ex-
emptions while in the senate James
Dryer, also of Minneapolis, came
first with bill relating to the
powers and duties of the state board
of health. Following came num-
Der of bills, including the creation
of the house interim committee on
agriculture. These include a state
bank guarantee act, the establishing
of system of rural credits as con-
templated by an amendment to the
state constitution aud bill regulat.
ing the manufacture and sale of fiji
led milk. The rural credits bill is
one of the big things of the ses.
sion and is due to Be heavily de-
bated. The bill proposes commits
provisions, but quite a few members
in both houses are opposed to the
creation of any new boards or COM
missions. They contend that pres
ent state machinery can do the
work.
Again and for the fourth time
Senator F. B. Kellogg announces
&c hot
Grafton is he considering or will
he ACCEPT a cabinet or any other
political position. He is through
and he hopes that the good people
of Minnesota will take his word for
it. When his term expires Senator
Kellogg says he intends to return
to st. Paul and resume the practice
of law.
With Congressman A. j. Volstead
of dry fame due for retirement
next March gossip has been busy
with his future and the latest is
that he is slated for national pro-
hibition enforcement commissioner.
Some weeks ago it was said that
the dry leader had been offered
remunerative position by Will Hayes
of the moving picture trust but that
he had turned it down. Such is
fame.
One of the really distressing hap
penings of the past week was the
sudden death of Judge elect Ralph
Parker Of the tenth judicial dis
trict. Judge Parker, who was a
former speaker Of the house, had
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time when the sudden call came,
decided shock to friends at the
state capitol. Gov. Preus has since
filled the vacancy by the appoint
ment of Norman Peterson Of Albert
Lea.
To those concerned with the en-
actment of law carrying out the
principles of the rural credits
amendment to the state constitu-
ton it might be of interest to know
that the bill as framed is well with
in the demands of caution. Loans
will be on the basis of about sixty
per cent of valuation, interest will
be not to exceed five and one-half
per cent and the maximum loan
will be about $4,000. Needed
capital will be supplied through the
medium of bonds.
With the railroads of the state
reduced to nearly fifty per cent of
normal efficiency the commercial
truck has been a Gods send to the
farmers and small shippers Of Min
nesota and the threatened move to
burden them with an increased tax
because of road deterioration is not
favored in some quarters. The
hint is that the railroads are behind
the move, but so far they have not
shown their hand in a legislative
way. The car shortage of the past
year cost the potato farmers Of the
Red River Valley millions of dollars,
and what little salvage was realized
was solely due to the commercial !,
truck That regulation might be
beneficial is conceded, but over tax
alton would be suicidal. The truck
is the admitted solution Of the short /
haul problem and the sooner farm
ers and shippers in Minnesota real
ize it the better. Over Is per cent
of the milk produced in the state
Is now moved by trucks II