Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 6, 1907, Page 3

ca St. Paul, March 28.—The semi-cen- tennial exposition bill was killed in the senate yesterday by one vote. The bill was a special order for the afternoon session and over five hours were spent in the discussion of the measure. The fight was the hardest and bitterest of the session. The vote stood 31 for and 30 against the bill, 32 being necessary for passage. One senator was absent. The senate passed the reciprocal demurrage bill yesterday, after a long discussion. The vote was 51 to 9. The senators voting against the bill were: Alderman, Calhoun, Durment, Gunn, Hardy, Laybourn, Pugh, Smith and} Vail. ' In the House. | The house yesterday passed the; eounty agricultural school bill, the vote being 68 to 43. The bill permits any county to establish an agricultural school and gives state aid for mainte- nance, but the special feature is the appropriation of $20,000 to the eight towns, Breckenridge, Austin, Willmar, Madison, Marshall, Morris, Slayton and Wadena. Other bills passed were: Relating to registration of dentists; providing | method of foreclosure of mortgages | by advertisement; to provide a regis- | try tax on mortgages of real property; | providing for the discharge of judg- ments against persons discharged ; from bankruptcy; accepting a dona- tion for a hospital and site at the state university. St. Paul, March 29.—The senate yes- terday passed the house concurrent resolution authorizing the conference committee on the 2-cent fare bill to receive and consider the compromise proposition offered by the railroads. The railroads propose, in return for a 21-2 cant fare law, to. make certain re- ductions in commodity rates and to continue the usual excursion rates. Mileage books are to be sold at 2 cents a mile, giving the public practically a 2-cent rate in this state. Considerable time was taken up by different sena-: tors who persisted in discussing the merits of the proposition, notwith- standing the fact that the question before the senate was whether or not the committee should be given author- ity to consider the proposition of the railroads. The resolution was carried by a vote of 48 to 12. Senator Nelson offered a bill provid- ing for a reward of 50 cents for each rattlesnake killed in the state. Senator Durment introduced a bill appropriating $42,186.50 for the repair | of the old capitol. Senator Nelson offered a_ bill that grants’ authority to the board of con- trol to select from the lands of the state not more than six sections con- tiguous to each other, to be set apart and kept as a site for public institu- uions. Senator Elwell offered a bill prohib- iting members of the board of regents from holding any other state office. Senator Sundberg presented a bill appropriating $2,000 annually to the Farmers’ Club of Minnesota, to be ex- pended for the promotion of agricul- tural interests. A bill was introduced authorizing the city of St. Paul to issue bonds for $1,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring iand for capitol approaches. In the House. The special joint committee appoint- ed to investigate the advisability of a tonnage tax on iron ore reported against the proposed tax. It is im-| practicable, unconstitutional and un- wise, declares the committee, and ! should not be adopted. Instead the ad valorem tax on the mines should be in- creased. The special order’ for the consideration of the tonnage tax bill was extended to Tuesday at 2 o'clock. An effort will be made in the mean- time to get definite information as to whether or not the steel trust intends to establish a steel plant at Duluth. The house passed, under suspension of the rules, the bill providing for a state hospital for indigent, crippled and deformed children, to be located in St. Paul. A bill to make the state militia con- form in organization with the regular army was introduced by Representa- tive Gates. Another bill increases the salary of the adjutant general to $3,500, The Peterson bill pensioning all who participated in the defense against the Indian uprising of 1862 was passed. A resolution was adopted commend- ing the board of state capitol commis- sioners, now about to retire, for its fourteen years of painstaking, efficient work. Representative Young presented a bill appropriating $1,000 for a monu- ment to be erected to the memory of Col. Zebulon M. Pike, one of Minneso- ta’s early explorers. The monument js to be erected in Morrison county, ‘on the banks of the Mississippi river. ‘This is supposed to be the site of the stockade erected by him. In committee of the whole the house adopted the bill for the establishment of a normal school in the northern Work ‘Accomplished by the State Legislators. part of the state. The selection of the place is left to the state normal board. St. Paul, March 30. — The observ- ance of Good Friday was evident in the attendance in the house yesterday, fully a third of the members being ab- sent. The work of the session was | confined to general orders, and a num- ber of bills were advanced to the cai- endar. Three railroad bills were passed under suspension of the rules. One prohibits railroads from abandoning any track or switch without first hav- ing the permission of the railway com- mission. The second requires all rail- roads making extensions of lines or building new ones to file with the rail- way commission complete data con- cerning the same and also the cost. The third permits one railroad com- missioner to conduct a hearing when a complaint is involved. New evidence bearing on any matter must be taken with the entire commission sitting as a court. The house adjourned for the day at noon. The senate was not in session. St. Paul, April 1—The judges’ sal- ary bill recently passed by the senate was recommended to pass by the | house in committee of the whole Sat- urday. The house got down to real business Saturday, and as a result forty-two bills were reported for passage and two or three were killed. Most of the bills were of minor importance, many being corrections in the code or local bills, but some of them were impor- tant bills that have been previously discussed and progressed in the com- mittee. ‘ The sum of $895,200 for the mainte- nance and improvement of the state university during the next two years is provided in a bill introduced by Rep- resentative Timberlake. Other bills introduced: Establishing county weed inspector; appropriation for expenses in Itasca State Park; re- lating to loans from school and univer- sity funds; relating to inspection of ballots in recount; providing a license tax on all except national banks; amending game laws; relating to du- ties of school district clerks. St. Paul, April 2. — Yesterday was the last day for the introduction of bills and they poured into both houses during the day. In the house 118 bills were received and sent to the commit- tees, and in the senate 93 were handed in, making a total of 2.056 introduced during this session. The great majority of the bills re- ceived in both houses were of minor importance, a large number being bridge bills. The senate held an evening sesston and put in an hour to good advantage on general orders, several bills being reported out for passage. An income tax in lieu of all other personal taxes will be collected from all persons whos annual income ex- ceeds $600, after May 1, 1908, if a bill introduced by Senator Stephens be- comes a law. Senator Pugh presented a bill giving | the right of eminent domain to public | service corporations, organized for the purpose of generating electricity | by steam or water power. ‘The disposition of stocks of goods | for the purpose of defrauding creditors | is attempted to be prevented by a bill introduced by Senator Vail. The selection of a county seat for a new county may be left until after the proposition of creating the new county shall have been accepted by the resi- dents of the district if a bill introduced by Senator Vail becomes a law. ‘The senate passed ten bills yester- day. The most important were: Au- thorizing boards of education of inde- pendent school districts to designate depositories for funds of such dis- tricts; to tax separately as real estate mineral rights and reservations in lands when held or owned by one who does not own the lands in fee simple; to authorize the board of county com- missioners of any county in the state to change the name of any town with- in such county; to authorize counties | having not less than 40 per cent of un- cultivated land to appropriate money to be used for the purpose of maintain- ing an exhibit at the state fair; mak- ing certain contracts entered into with unlawful trusts and combinations null and void, providing civil remedies in such cases, together with rules of pleading and of evidence and other procedures in reference thereto; pro- viding fees for serving notices of ex- piration of redemption from tax sales. Absolute prohibition is proposed in a bill introduced by Representative | Higgins, one of the Prohibition mem- bers of the house. The bill proposes a constitutional amendment to be voted on in 1908, providing that the “manu- facture, sale or transportation of alco- holic liquors shall be prohibited for- ever after Jan. 1, 1910.” The general legislative reapportion- ment bill was introduced in the house. ! A. general reapportionment affecting In the House. {nearly every county in the state is ; proposed. The number of senators is left at 63, but the representatives are increased from 119 to 129. Representative Brady offered a Dill making the terms of county officers four years. | A bill to increase the salary of the governor trom $5,000 to $7,000 was presented by Representative Brady. A macadamized state road, starting from St. Cloud and headed for the Twin Cities is provided for in a bill in- troduced by Representative White. The house took a large-sized whack at the general orders yesterday and a large number of bills were reported out for passage. None of them, how- ever, were of more than passing inter- est. The state officers’ salary bill was killed in committee of the whole. ‘Two bills were passed, as follows: Providing for a judicial system of drainage of lands and meandered bod- lies of water, etc., providing methods for construction, etc., reimbursement, | also for the collection of costs, etc., | prescribing powers and duties, appro- | priating funds for payment of assess- ments, etc.; amend chapter 230 of the |General Laws of Minnesota of 1905, |and repealing chapter 311, Laws of | 1905. St. Paul, April 3—The compromise proposals of the railroads on the rate question was transmitted to the legis- lature yesterday by the conference committee, together with a 2-cent pas- senger fare bill. The report was re- ceived without comment, and the 2-cent bill passed without argument, | only four votes being cast against the bill in each branch of the legislature. The report reviewed the .work of the committee, the various meetings held and the action taken at each, in- cluding the offer of a compromise re- ceived from the railroads. It wound up by recommending the 2-cent Dill. The report contained the proposals which the committee had been given ‘to understand would be made and the ‘written proposals received Monday. As the proposal received was not what was expected the committee reported that it could not recommend accept- ance and in the same sentence recom- mended the passage of the 2-cent rate bill. The bill provides for a maximum charge of 2 cents a mile for passen- gers over twelve years of age and 1 | cent a mile for those under that age, ' with an allowance of 150 pounds of baggage in the former and 75 pounds ; in the latter case. The bill fixes the maximum penalty at a fine of $5,000 or imprisonment not to exceed five years, or both. The senators voting against the bill were: Alderman, Calhoun, Durment and McNeil. The initiative and referendum bill was killed in the senate, it lacking two votes of a majority. The senate passed the bill detach- ing Pipestone county from the Thir- teenth judicial district and adding it to the Ninth district, and providing for an additional judge for the Ninth district. ‘The senate passed three other bills, all of minor importance. Considerable time was spent in committee of the whole discussing the bill to appropriate $200,000 for each of ‘ the next two years to aid in building and repairing bridges and construct- ing and repairing highways in the state. The bill was recommended for passage. In the House. The tonnage bill was killed in the house. The vote was close, there be- ing 51 for the bill and 58 against. The bill was probably the most important before the legislature. It came up as a special order for yesterday, and the members spent more than four hours discussing it. The special joint com- mittee which had been appointed to investigate the matter of a tonnage tax reported against the measure some time ago. Passing bills under suspension of the rules, advancing pet measures to the calendar and placing others at the head of general orders were the fea- tures of the morning session of the house. 'The bill establishing a state farm chospital for inebriates was advanced to the head of general orders. All insurance bills. on general or- ders were advanced to the calendar. The bill creating an inspector of apiaries and regulating the raising of ‘bees was passed. The bill permitting counties to is- sue bonds in payment of heating plants was passed under suspension of the rules. ‘The bill giving rural electric lines the right of eminent domain was re- | ported out for passage. | Fourteen bills were passed by the house yesterday, but except those al- ready mentioned none were of more than local interest. ——{rvr[’__[T_7"[—_[—_—"7""—_OOrOrOOOO—Ooooworwrrmreeeereeeeererereeeeremrrmemormmrmrmmrmrrnrnr rrr. 1GE GORGE FORMS AT ROYALTON, Danger That Bridge Across the Mis- sissippi Will Be Carried Out. Royalton, April 4.—There is dan- ger that the big bridge across the Mississippi here will ce carried out. An ice gorge is formed above the ‘bridge, and as the gorge is two miles long and the ice is piled up twenty feet it is feared that the bridge cannot long stand the pressure. Men are at work dynamiting the gorge, but so far they have been unable to dislodge it. MANSFIELD WILL RECOVER. Noted Actor Pronounced Much Im- proved by Physicians. New York, April 4—Richard Mans- field, the actor who is ill at his home, 316 Riverside drive, is said to be in a much improved condition. It is fur- ther said that his condition has never been such as to cause any serious alarm as to his ultimate recovery, but owing to the actor’s temper and nerv- ous condition his recovery will be slow. CHAIN LETTER PLAN. Physicians of United States to Aid in Finding Lost Boy. Sioux City, Iowa, April 4. — Physi- cians here have organized a chain let- ter plan to assist Dr. Horace N, Mar- vin, formerly a resident of Sioux City, to help locate his son Horace, stolen by kidnappers near Kittshummeck; Del. The letters will be sent out for circulation among the medical frater- nity of the United States and Can- ada. GOV. JOHNSON TAKES CONTROL. Commissioners Turn Over the New ® Capitol. The state board of capitol commis- sioners Saturday turned over the care of the new capitol to Gov. Johnson, in accordance with a law passed by the legislature two years ago, under which the commission was intrusted with the care and maintenance of the building until April 1, 1907. The commission, however, will not pass into history just yet, as there are still a few things to be done about the building before it is completed. From now on the governor will have the appointing of the capitol employes, but owing to the pressure of business due to the session of the legislature he states that there will be no immedi- ate changes, and probably none until after the session closes. It is possible, however, that before that time a cus- todian or superintendent of the build- ing will be appointed, and the person most prominently mentioned for this position is Thomas Downs of Minne- apolis, sergeant-at-arms of the senate for several sessions. While the number of employes in the capitol varies, being larger in the winter than in the summer, the aver- age number is about forty-nine, not in- cluding the scrubwomen, of whom there are generally three to five. The monthly pay roll of these employes amounts to about $3,400. Added to these figures will be the superintend- ent and possibly an assistant, with their salaries. The position of super- intendent is now held by Secretary Frank E. Hanson of the capitol com- mission. One of the important features of the capitol, which has delayed the turn- ing over of the building by the com- | mission, is the quadriga over the main entrance. This has been housed for severai months while the workmen have been gilding the figures. The FUND FOR A SANATORIUM. Provision for’ Maintaining Institution Near Walker. A request will be made to the legis lature at this session for the creation of a revolving fund of $50,000 to be used for the maintenance of the state sanatorium for consumptives near Walker. It is the expectation that the home will be self-supporting, but as it cannot possibly be so from the start this fund is desired by the board of control in order that the maintenance may be provided for as soon as the home is ready for occupancy, which will be next summer. One wing of the main building is now nearing completion and the care- taker, Ole A. Larson, has cleared about twenty-five acres upon which the cot- tages will be constructed and built a | road leading to the main building. The | location is in the midst of a forest of young pine, with an exceedingly heavy | underbrush, which is being cleared t away. The home will be under the management of Dr. Walter J. Marclay, who has been superintendent of the Massachusetts sanatorium for con- sumptives. at Rutland. ‘The reports for that institution show that the average cost per capita for the inmate is $9.23 a week, andif the price for maintaining patients at the | Walker home is fixed at $1 a day, as | has been suggested, it will be seen | that some fund must be available at the beginning for the maintenance, | and it may possibly have to be made permanent, although the cost per cap- ita may be less in this state than in | the East, owing to the lower price on butter, eggs and farm produce. The per capita cost at such institutions is higher than at most state institutions, owing to the fact that the food pre | pared for the patients must be of the | very best order to! tempt the appetites | of the invalids. NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT ELBOW LAKE, MINN. The new Elbow Lake high school will cost $30,000 complete.. It is 130x 60 feet in dimensions and is built of Pressed brick. The finish throughout will be birch.. An agricultural department is contained in the building, and next year a green house will be added in order to facilitate agricultural work and botanical study. work is now about completed and the house will be removed in a few days, revealing the quadriga in its finished state. The last of the pictures for the governor’s reception room was hung a few days ago and there remain but a few minor details before the building can be considered entirely finished, when the commission will make its final report and pass out of existence after a career of fourteen years. SUPPLIES FOR STATE. Things Needed for the Next Quarter Amount to $171,500. The state board of control has just approved the estimates for supplies for the twelve institutions under its jurisdiction for May, June and July, amounting in the aggregate to $171,- 500. The estimates include all of the supplies of every nature which will be needed at the institutions so far as they can be known in advance. The estimates are prepared by the superintendents of the institutions a month in advance of the quarter for which the supplies are needed. The items are tabulated in their classes by the board and submitted to the dealers for bids. The making of these esti- mate sheets to be submitted to the bidders is a big task, the schedules when completed including 20,000 to 25,- 000 sheets of legal cap paper. In some of'the lines, such as hard- ware, samples of the supplies are sub- mitted and a meeting of the superin- tendents is held for the purpose of se- Necting the supplies best adapted to the purposes for which they are wanted at the institutions. These sam- ples are kept for six months and then returned to the bidders. The aggregate amount of the esti- mates for the next quarter is lower than for the average quarter, due to the fact that the foodstuffs needed for the institution is reduced by the prod- ucts of the farms maintained in con- nection with the institutions. ESE SAE NO WEDDINGS IN 28 DAYS. If the records in the office of the clerk of the courts may be taken as a criterion, the old question, ‘Ts mar- riage a failure?” may be answered in the affirmative, in Crow Wing county, at least. During the present month the records show that not a singie mar- riage license has been issued, while five couples have been legally separa- rated. It is said that this remarkable Showing never before has been even approached in the history of the coun- ty- ‘PLANS GOOD ROADS WORK. Steele Couty Men Hold Enthusiastic Meeting. ‘The Steele County Good Roads as- sociation convention was held last week at the court house at Owatonna, The attendance was over 300. The feature of the discussions in all | cases was the general advocacy of the use of the “split log” drag in smooth- ing the roads. Its use was warmly in- dorsed by farmers who have tried the experiment, and by the local street commissioner, who has been using it ou the streets of Owatonna with great success. The road leading from this city to Faribault is generally conceded to be one of the best stretches of coun- try road in the southern part of the state. Local autoists have taken up the cause of good roads energetically, and have considerable influence in induc- ing the commissioners to do their part in the building of the roads. Another convention will be held soon and regu- lar work will be outlined for each sec- tion of the county. OLD CLAIM COMES TO LIGHT. School District Asked to Pay for Charts Bought Seven Years Ago. The Bank of Arlington has just lately made a demand on the officers of school districts Nos. 8 and 5 Sibley county, for the payment of an account against each district in the sum of $37 for a chart sold and delivered to each district seven years ago, and in- terest for seven years is demanded on the accounts. This is the first demand ever made on the districts for the money and the first time they have ever known where payment might be made, Both the claims, although con- ceded to have been originally valid, are now outlawed and uncollectable, but the districts are willing to and will pay the principal, but will not pay the in- terest. The officers are wondering where the old claims have been sleep- ing so long. CASE STILL UNSETTLED. Suits May Yet Be Started in Widell- Finley Affair. The affairs of the Widell-Finley company of Mankato, bankrupt, are being slowly untangled. The Chicago & North-Western road has just paid over to Trustee Volk the balance due after the completion of the company’s contracts. Judge Lochren has ordered the Illinois Central road to pay over the balance that it is holding back by April 10, or show cause why it does not do so. CANADA. How a Swan River Settler Has Succeeded. Benito, Manitoba, Nov. 26, 1906. At Swan River Valley, in May, 1900, a settler took up a homestead on Sec- tion 30, in Township 34, Range 29 West of the First Meridan, at that time 50 miles from a railway, tele- graph, school or church. There is now a railway within two miles of my farm, and all these other advant- ages close at hand. His story is: “After making my homestead entry fee of $10 I had $45.00 total (forty-five dollars) capital. Through doing homestead duties in slack times of the year, I managed to get a start. I am a married man of 28 years of age. “I built my first house, or shack, and broke up 8 acres, putting five acres in crop the first year. “This year, 1906, I had 80 acres in crop—65 acres in wheat, 20 acres of which yielded 850 bushels, or 42% bushels per acre; 15 acres of oats, which yielded 355 bushels, and one stack of oats in sheaf for feed. “Receipts for the year— Sold 1,755 bu. of wheat for...$1,037.10 In granary, 110 bushels...... 71.50 In granary, 355 bu./oats..... 88.75 Garden roots and vegetables 25.00 One stack of oats in sheaf... 50.00 Otel en. sire Ss kcal wc oe eeeee $1,272.35 Expenses of year— Blue stone for seed.........$ 1.60 Paid for binder twine - 30.00 Paid for hired help 120.00 Paid for threshing . 107.00 Total .. -$ 258.60 Receipts $1,272.35 Expenditures ....... occsece 258.60 Balance... no. 0d tod accs /GL ORIG Assets. 160 acres of land valued at. .$2,500.00 Frame house 20x26, valued at 600.00 Farm implements......... -- 425.00 1 team horses and harness.. 400.00 5 head young cattle.. s 75.00 2 hogs . 15.00 Receipts of this year’s crop.. 1,015.75 Total «$5,030.75 Loan on farm.. 500.00 Balance to my good...... $4,530.75) Particulars as to how to secure low railway rates to the free homestead ‘ands of Western Canada may be se- sured from any Canadian Government Agent. Hours of Labor. “As a matter of fact,” boasted a chronic idler who had been remonstra- ted with on the score of laziness, “f always do my hard work before break- fast.” “Indeed!” said his friend, consider- ably astonished. “Whatever's that?” “Getting out of bed!” was the sloth- ful man’s reply. BLOOD GETS SOUR. Every Family Should Make Up This Home Mixture and Take Now. At this time of year, says a well- known authority, the Kidneys become weak, clogged and inactive, failing to filter out the poisons and acids, which sour the blood, causing not only facial and bodily eruptions, but the worst forms of Rheumatism, Nervous and Stomach troubles, Backache and pain- ful, annoying Urinary afflictions. It is worth anyone’s time now to get from some gocd prescription phar- macy the following ingredients: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com- pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bot- tle and take in teaspoonful doses after your meals and at bedtime. This simple home-made mixture will force the Kidneys to normal, healthy action, so they will filter and strain all uric acid and poisonous waste matter from the blood, and expel this in the urine, at the same time restoring the “full blood count”—that is, 95 per cent. red blood corpuscles—which is abso- lutely indispensable to perfect health. Not Worth Noticing. Hawley—But, surely, you don’t pro- pose to let Huskie’s remark pass un- challenged? Crawley—That’s just what I propose to do. Hawley—Why, man alive, he called you “a blithering idiot?” Crawley—Exactly; but, my dear sir, there is no such word in the Englisb dictionary as “blithering.” Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of LS), In Uso For Over 30 Years, ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought. Her Price. Belle—Yes, Gertrude has decided to marry that dissipated young Van Rochs—she thinks she can succeed in making something out of him! Ethel—About how much? It takes a cute girl to get so close ta a man that when he tries to kiss her it’s impossible for her to get away. _,Garfield Tea is for those who desire an ideal laxative; it is simple, pure, mild and potent; it regulates the liver and kidneys. rene artibation, ane finn Good Health. is guaranteed un tl Food and ath pelican Oh, no, Alphonse, a man isn’t ne cessarily one-sided because he has never crossed the ocean. rf FEF Ass ee me ee FIGURES OF A CROP IN WESTERN” me ee a