The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-07
OLD AGE PENSION
pFCOMESLAW
VOlstead Says Home Brew
Beer is More Poisonous
Than MOOnshine
u OF M FIGHT HOT ONE
Joint Legislative Session Will
Select New Board of Re-
gents by Order


Nelson. Special to the Sank Cen
tire Herald.
st. Paul, Mimi, March 5.-The
first important bill enacted into
law by the present legislature was
signed by the governor late Friday
the Old Age Pension Bill, intro
duced by several senators and rep
resentatives early in the session.
The new bill provides that INDECENT
person of the age of 70 years or
more, who have been residents OF
a county at least Is years and who
have no children able to support
and care for them, shall be en-
titled to a pension not to exceed
one dollar per day. 1t is left to
the voters of the various counties
to determine whether they want to
adopt the pension plan. If adopt
ed by a majority vote, the county
board must annually appropriate
sufficient funds to carry out the
plan. To obtain pensions, persons
must apply to. the district judge,
who shall investigate and pass up
on the applications and determine
the amount of the pension each ap-
plicant shall receive. In Montana,
where a similar law has been in
force for some time, it has cost
the counties less than 5000 per
year to maintain the aged poor,
who have profited by the act. This
low cost results from the fact that
relatives of the benefciaries agree
to keep them for less than one dol
lar per day.
That home brewed beer is more
poisonous than moonshine, was the
declaration of Andrew J. Volstead,
author of the famous Volstead act
and legal advisor of the North
west Prohibition Enforcement De-
partment, at a public hearing on
the bill, which prohibits the use
of malt, favored with hops or
substitutes of hops, in the making
of beer, either at home or any
where else. The bill has the back
ing of Mr.. Volstead, Governor
Christianson, Attorney General
Youngquist and S. B. Qvale, North
west prohibition administrator.
The bill was attacked at the
hearing by William Geasler, of st.
Paul, representing the Associated
Bakers of America, Scott L. Grip
pie, of st. Paul, representing union
labor organizations, Senator ]. D.
Sullivan, of st. Cloud and l.. F..
Meese, of Minneapolis, speaking for
the Associated Bakers, of Mime
sofa. Reverend B. E. Bergeson, of
Minneapolis and Reverend John
Holland of St. Paul, backed up
Mr.. Volstead in support of the bill.
"A bill to prohibit persons who
are not lawyers from soliciting le-
gal business for lawyers was intro
duced several weeks ago and has
stirred up considerable interest !.
1t is generally interpreted as a
move on the part of the railroad
and insurance companies, for if
such a bill became a law it would
be much easier for them to settle
claims against them for a small
consideration. lat a public hear
ing, Thursday, the measure was
denounced by Mr.. McGrath, of
St. Paul on behalf of the Railroad
Brotherhood and by several 9TH
ers. Another hearing was held
Saturday, when it was both as
sailed and defended. 1t is safe to
assume that no anti-ambulance
chasing bill will be passed, as the
average member of the legislature
sees no need of such legislation.
A bill under consideration which
has aroused much interest is one
that proposes the establishment OF
state weighing and grading of live.
stock at all packing plants and
concentration points in Minnesota
outside of South st. Paul the ter.
lminal market, where there is state
weighing and federal grading
There have been two hearings on
the bill, the first several weeks
back, the second Thursday and
Friday afternoon.
Direct buying of livestock at
various outside points has proved
the severest blow ever dealt the
South ST. Paul market, declared
Thomas E. Good, president of the
st. Paul Union stockyards.
The controversy in the legisla-
ture over the University took an
interesting turn last week, when
Chancellor L.. D. Coffman pro-
posed an interim investigation of
the University and Senator A.. J.
Rockne wrote him a letter in which
he said that no inquiry is needed
as the institution was investigated
by an interim commission only a
few years ago and given a clean
bill of health-a commission OF
which Governor Christianson, Lieu
tenant Governor Nolan, w. |. Nor
ton and r. w. Hitchcock were
members.
AS the state administration is
opposing a full allowance of the
appropriation requests of the Uni
versity and as Senator Rockne is in
favor of generous treatment of the
institution, it is just possible that
the shrewd chairman of the senate
finance committee had merry
twinkle in his eye when he wrote
to Chancellor Coffman.
While talking about the Univer-
sity, let me add that it has be-
come certainty that at the middle
of this month the two branches of
the legislature will meet in joint
convention and reflect the present
members of the board of regents,
in accordance with the territorial
act of 1851, declared to be inforce
by the state supreme court. An
attempt will be made by some