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LEGISLATORS MUST
WORKON SATURDAYS
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED AS
YET AND ONE THIRD OF
SESSION GONE
(LEAGUERS INTRODUCE SEVERAL
PROGRESSIVE MEASURES
MORE COMING
One-third of the session which is
limited by the Constitution to 90 days
has gone by, and the meinbers are be
ginning to realize that they are not going
to properly handle the vast number of
bills introduced unless they'put forth
extra ^effort and are commencing work
on Saturdays. The organized farmer
members in the House have been in
favor of putting in lull time from the
very beginning, but have been voted
down. More than 100 ibills are now on
the calendar for final action.
The Highway Bill.
The Babeoek plan for a comprehen
sive system for public highways or trunk
road covering every part of the state
was the most important bill that so far
has passed both Houses. It went
through with little opposition, only
three senators and eight House members
voting against it. The bill provides
for a bond issue not to exceed $10,000,000
a year to be retired by a sinking fund
created by a heavy tax on autos and
motor vehicles, .supplemented by a
general property tax if necessary. The
latter feature the League farmers at
tempted to strike out, but were un
successful.
The Bank Guaranty Bill.
Hon. A. C. Welch, the League floor
leader, has introduced a bill to guarantee
bank deposits. The bill is similar in
substance to the law now in force in
Kansas, Oklahoma and some other
states. There is a tax laid of from one
fourth to not exceeding^one and a half
per cent on all bank deposits to create
a fund out of which ^all depositors of
any bank that might fail shall be paid
in full and without delay. The House
banking committee, being composed
almost entirely of bankers, is probably
hostile to the measure, but under the
rules this Committee will be compelled
to report the bill back in due time for
action by the House when a hard fight
will be made tq,secure its passage.
The Motor Corps Act.
ThejMotor Corps bill as finally amend
ed and passed provides that the Motor
Corps shall be at all time subject to the
call of the -Governor fgr the use singly
or in coroperation with other military
units, as occasion may arise for the
purpose of affording aid and relief to
communities threatened or stricken by
fires, floods, storms or pther calamities
and fOT the purpose of transporting the
military l#£?s of the state when .called
into active service. In its course through
the House the bill was badly* ''dgfeprned/^.
many of its objectionable feature's being
eliminated. The number of men was
cut in two in the middle, the gatling gun
and armored cars and the provisions for
airships were all struck out, but Rep.
Girling who has a penchant for blurting
out the truth just when it is most em
barrassing owned up when the debate
was getting the hottest that the main
purpose of the measure was to provide
the governor with easy and ready means
to suppress labor troubles and similar
gatherings. Every non-partisan League
farmer voted against the measure on
final passage.
To Take Care of Returning Soldiers.
The House Committee on military
affatrg has prepared a bill which if it
becomes a Jaw will create a "Soldier's
Settlement Board" composed of one
man appointed by the Governor, the
State Auditor and the Dean of the
Agricultural College, who will have
one million dollars to spend in aiding
returned soldiers and sailors in estab
lishing homes. Projects in co-operation
with the national government may be
undertaken involving the reclamation
of lands within the state by drainage,
irrigation, clearing, building of Jevees,
necessary roads, fertilization and sani
tation. The bill contemplates a com
^ftehensiye system of development of
state lands fJ* -d -Ott£$t .of soldiers
and sailors, The Jegi»ltture being
stirred iftto Unusual activity in this
on by\the example set by the
league- Legislature in North Dakota.
But Httle* if any opposition to the plan
has so far developed. ,*^
ferret Bill
RepV, ^bWgffeh^ biU^b prohibit the
kale, of cfglirfeta tb boys under l&and
their juse has been favorably reported
and will, very lik'ely become a law./ A
tax of $12.00 per year is Imposed upon
dealers from which',isi expected a revenue
of nearly $100,000 will be derived an
nually for the benefit of the road fund.
Public Re st Rooms.
Rep. Darby has introduced a bill to
require towns and villages of the 4tth
class to provide "Rest Rooms" where
farmers' wives and daughters may go
when they come to rown and feel "at
home". Quite a number of the smaller
cities like Willmar already provide sueh
accommodations. Opposition to thb
measure has developed and letters from
farmers to their representatives would
help push the bill. This is an important
measure as every farmer's wife can
testify.
The Safety Commission.
By skillful maneuvering and not a
little personal pleading on the part of
Rep. Norton, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Rules, and Burnquist, Floor
Leader, all of the resolutions and the
bill aimed at the Safety Commission
have been temporarily side-tracked
iRep. Pittinger introduced a bill abolish
ng the Commission at the very first
of the session, but has allowed the
measure to slumber in the Committee
on Civil Administration far beyond the
time limit. The Nett resolution asking
for an accounting for the fund expended
and the resolution by Siegel to investi
gate all of the activities of the Com
mission are still in the hands of the Com
mittee and Mr. .Norton would like
mighty well to keep them there, but may
not succeed, for both »Nett and Siegel
are really in earnest, and if these reso
lutions do not get before the House for
consideration it will be no fault of theirs.
To Emasculate The Primary Law.
The House Committee on elections
Warner Chairman—has perfected a bill
doing away entirely with a state wide
primary in the nomination of state
officials, except members of the Legis
lature and the bill, has been made a
special order for Feb. 20th. This bill
has the support of all the re-actionaries
and moderate progressives. The League
and labor members and real progressives
will oppose the measure as a step back
ward that should not be taken. This
is one of the pet measures of the Governor
and his supporters will try hard to put
it through.
Notes.
Some of the anti-agitator howlers in
the Legislature seem to be sublimely
ignorant of the history of their country.
George Washington was an agitator, so
was John Adams and Ben Franklin and
all of our revolutionary forefathers. The
Tories and super-loyalists of that day
did their level best £o suppress these
agitators and if they had succeeded
what a calamity would it have been to
the human race.
A fire cannot be started -where there
is no kindlings and agitation will not
amount to anything unless there is a
just grievance. That has been the
history of the whole human race. I
commend this observation to those
timid law makers who profess to fear
the results of the work of professiona
agitators.
Some super-patriots in their own
estimation in the House are loud and
bold in denouncing what they call the
I. W. W. Bolsheviki, Anarchists and
Socialists, and probably would include
the Non-Partisan League if they dared.
But when the roll is called on important
measures they nearly always line up wrJi
big business and against the interests
of the. common people.
There are a few law makers among the
farmer haters who see the cloud in the
political horizon and expect a deluge.
WeU. their expectations are likely to be
realised, ....
The Welch bill to tax ore on its net
value rather than on its tonnage or
quantity is rapidly gaining friends in
both Houses. Some think 10 per cent
tax is too high and may seek to reduce it
which the League farmers will'strenuous
ly resist. The Governor never men
tioned tonnage tax in his message and
the presumption is that he is against
it, but he will hardly dare to defy public
sentiment and veto the bill.
The difference between a re-actionary
and a progressive is strikingly illustrated
by two bills introduced in the House on
the same subject. Briggs of Pipestone,
a pronounced re-actionary has fathered
a bill, making it a crime for "derigatory
remarks," concerning a bank or banker
while Hon. A. C. Welch, a league Leader,
has presented one to guarantee bank de
posits, so that no matter how badly a
bank may be looted by its officers the
depositors will all be paid promptly
and in full. See the difference?
ICE PROSPECTS GOOD.
The ice harvest in New Ulm started
last Wednesday, according *o Henry
Held, Superintendent of the city dray
department of the New Ulm Ice Co.
The prospects for a full harvest to satisfy
the ordinary needs of the city and its
^rronnding territory ha,y% b& very
"much brightened tturlnfc fchfc last two
weeks. Although the nignts were not
extraordinarily cold the temperature
always remains low enough to keep^ a
thick ice coating on the water. .^
More than 15 teams are iaily at work
hauling the ice to tfce 'different store
ottEem, one belbriginjg
to thejfjhicg|6& Northwestern Railroad
Co. tind the other owned by Stork Bros,
already have been filled. The ice is
now Being hauted"to the company's own
store houses arid to tire stations to1 be
shipped to many of the surrounding
localities. "V
Miss Ariha ^Fimeyer is spending the
week visiting'witih relatives in the village
of *Nicoilet. -""'J:,. ~i£fJ
Mrs. A. "W. tyalsh and little daughter
"Mern,:frbtn St. Paul are visiting at the
'home of'the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs.'Onas. F. Kaiser.
W O O N O E S
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should take steps to root out such in
fluences.
Under Jurisdiction of Probate Judge
According to reports from the Child
ren's Bureau ofthe State Board of Con
trol, in many cases children under the
age of eighteen years, guilty of some
violation of law, are being tried before
the ordinary criminal courts. Probate
Judge Mather is the juvenile court judge,
and is the proper official to hear all cases
where offenses have been committed by
children under the age of eighteen. The
child welfare board, if it knows this law
is being violated, will see that the proper
procedure is followed.
Experience of the State Board of
Control, according to its report, has
demonstrated that the unmarried mother
and the illegitimate child are very often
neglected, ignored or reviled. The board
believes that the child welfare board of
the county can lend friendly assistance
and help both the mother and child.
When the father fails to support his wife
and children, the child welfare board,
according to the State Board of Control,
should co-operate with the county
attorney in bringing a prompt action
against the husband and father for de
sertion or non-support.
Records compiled by interested persons
have shown that there is considerable
violation of girls under eighteen years
of age. The Board of Control has asked
that all such cases be vigorously prose
cuted under the carnal knowledge statute,
and the child welfare board will co
operate to that end. All communica
tions should be addressed to the secre
tary Mrs. John G. Wooldrick, SleepyEye.
TRUST COMPANY PROPOSED
Ex-Gov. John Lind who was in the
city for several days last week came to
look over the field with the idea of form
ing a new banking institution, or trust
company, according to a rumor. It
is further rumored that A. L. Boock Is
to be made president of the new institu
tion which is to be organizwed under the
name of "Farmers' and Merchants' Trust
Company". Mr. Boock would neither
confirm or deny this rumor.
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Mr.4and Mrs. Leonard Henkel have
returned to their home in Chinook,
Montana, after a several weeks vM«=
Mrs E. F. of thi city
HACKNEY MF6. CO. St. Paul. Minn.
Great Assortment of Flowers.
Carnations, 80c. per doz. LongrStem
Roses, $2.00 per doz. Sweet Peas
Daffodils, Narcissas, Cyclamen and
Primroses. Fine stock at
Adv: 8
JVfss Gertrude Bigot underwent an Rooming house for sale on account of'
operation for removal of tonsils at the poor health. Will sacrifice if taken by
Loretto hospital last week. She has April 1. Railroad center. Fine loca
returned home and is getting along|tion.- For particulars address Box 618
/:.- '. '-.•:-.••' .i Tracy, Mirn. /",. Adv. 8-11
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You will find that you'need a few weeks to get
acquainted with your new tractor. The man who has
his tractor early can become familiar with it, so that
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Miss Clara Kagerrheier entertained a: FOUND—Sheep-Hned coat, Franklin
group of friends Sunday evening, the St. road ^to Loretto Hospital. CaU
occasion being her eighteenth birthday at 605 No. Franklin.
Mr. Bosky, zither player of St. Paul,! Adv. 8 fe»^^p^N.C, HOFFMAN.
was among the guests. He assisted in'
entertaining the crowd with his playing, FOR SALE: 4 Lots in city of New
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a S 7 FOR SALE:' 120 acres of improved
and
vicinityHermerding
Mrs. Hankel
issa
Mrs. Margaret Schmidt will entertain
twelve young ladies at a six o'clock I
dinner today in honor of her grand-' MONTANA FARMS FOR SALE.
daughter, Miss Estella Schmidt, from!
FOR SALE:—7 Room house, cistern,
gas, electric lights.
.-% '. J. HETLINGER,
225 S. Franklin'.
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near Searles who is visiting here. The interested write for particulars.
occasion is the young lady's eighteenth W. R. VEZINA,
birthday anniversary.
New Ulm, Minn.
TRACTORS!
Demonstrating
FACTORY
MACHINES
REBUILT BY US, and sold with our
5 S 2
A A N E E
SPECIAL
PRICES WHILE THEY LAST. Plows
included. FIRST COME, FIRST
.SERVED.
lowv
prices.
NEW ULM FLpRAL CO.,
Tel. 666 Lavrid Nielson, Prop.
Adv. 8
FOUND: Auto Tail Lamp and License
near Milford Club House, owner can
redeem same by paying for adv.
"Herman Buessmann, Phone 2504.
Enjoyment for young and old at
the Parcel Post Sale and Evening
Festival given by the Young Ladies'
Sodality at the Catholic school
house, Wednesday, Feb. 2$, after
noon and evening. Prize bowling
and all kinds of other entertain
ments. Music by Hofmeiser's or
chestra. Adv. 8
Keariy five thousand of our boys in khaki and
blue are coming back to work. We shall, of course,
make a place in our organization fOR every one of
them, but we wish to do it without throwing out of
employment the men who took their places and have
worked faithfully for us ever since. This is not go
ing to be so easy for us as for some others, because
the Government designated ours as an essential in
dustry during the war, and we actually increased the
efficiency of our organization after our boys left to
join the ranks.
FARMERS PLEASE NOTE
On Mogul and Titan Tractors
Ou Early Delivery Discount Plan
If you will take delivery of a Mogul or Titan tractor now we will' re
ward your co-operation as follows: "*-'.*
To those who will accept delivery of a Mogul or Titan 10-20 on or be
fore March 8th we wll give an Early Delivery Discount of 5 Per Cent
from the price of the tractor. (This amounts to $61.25 in the case of the
Titan 10-20 and $56,25 on the Mogul 10-20.)
After March 8th the following discounts will be given: .,
For delivery during week of March 10 to March 15 inclusive 4 Per Cent.
For delivery during week of March 17 to March 22 inclusive 3 Per Cent.
For delivery during week of March 24 to March 29 inclusive 2 Per Cent.
Ftr delivery during week of March 31 to April 5 inclusive 1 Per Cent,
Thi* discount will go along ways toward paving the fuel bills of your
tractor during this season.
By talcing advantage of this Early-Delivery Dis
count, yon will not only be helping yourself, bat will
enable us more easily tq put back to work our army
of returning boys without breaking up our present
organization,
International Hafvester^Company ofAmerica
'ffiti In this County these Tractors are sold \n&&&+ Ai* -H
R0BT. FESENMAIER/New'inilMi^iyilARTIN WINDSCHITL, comfr^.M^
E A & STEVENS, Sleepy Bye, & R, C.^JQliNSON, Han8ka,MnU5.
SPRINGFIELD IMP. CO., spn^eid,
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Ulm. For further information call
Tel. 1140 or
writ^.-w^
sister of.{ i«„^ _, c:_iL
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Mrs. S. Wiswell,
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to^jj Adv. 8-9
farm land i- town of Sige
buildings. Good terms.
Alex Wai-bel, Searles, Minn.Adv.8 11
A
number
of big bargains. If
Adv. 7-10 Dooley, Montana', supper at 6
"r,
Here's A Perfect Open Fire!
Here's comfort for your Dining-Room
—a warm room and a cheerful, cozy,
open blaze for every meal. No wood
to carry—no smoke—no sparks.*
The KumpKrey KacJiantfire
is new and different from' any gas heater you
have ever seen. It floods the room instantly with
Radiant Heat—and glowing Firelight. A practi
cal heater that is an ornament to any home—and
and an economy,
We can, however, give steady work both to our
present help and to the returning soldiers and sailorsr
if we can bring about an immediate increase in trac
tor production. In order to do this we must move
forward to the farm some thousands of tractors that
are ordered for delivery at various dates up to May
1st, and we shall also have to ship a large number
of tractors that farmers intended to order later this
season, but could just as well take now. To those far-,
niers who are so situated as to be able to take Ad
vantage of it we make the following proposition:
when the first day of good plowing weather dawns, 'V
he wiU be able to get in the field without a moment's
That in itself is a very good reason for
lost time.
taking early delivery.
Oo to your dealer and ten him that you will accept
immediate delivery, of your Mogal or Titan 10-20
hersepower tractor, so fie can make up' his carieat
^shipments without delay, ,«\
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Peter' Welter atended to business
matters in Morgan last weekJ,^MM/j.
FOR SALE: 8 Room brick house, -M
good barn, good well, on So. Minn. St.
Also other property. For mfonna-V
tion call on Jul. Krause, Phone 1043C
FOR SALE:—160 acre farm with build
ing near Hector, Minn, For infor
mation write to
,£ „. ,RJ£HARD STEINKE,
*^*'*v*""? New Ulm, Minnv
Adv. 7-8 ^iSS^W'i G«n-- Del..
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The Turner Ladies will hold an Apron
Sale Thursday, March 13. Lunch,, will
I be served during the afternoon and
Adv7
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