S31J74.943.20
APPROPRIATIONS
Made by Farty-First Legislature,
Whose Sessions Have
Come to Close.
MANY MEASURES DIE
Good Roads Bill Biggest Work Accom-
plishedState Tax Levy Fixed at
3.5 Mills for 1920 and Three
Mills for 1921.
St. Paul.The forty-first session of
the Minnesota Legislature has finished
its labors and adjourned sine die.
Many important bills died through
lack of attention during the closing
hours. This was the fate of the War
ner-Hompe convention bill, amended
over into the Rockne bill by the Sen
ate. The conference committee threw
up its hands and asked to be dis
charged. It found it impossible to
reach an agreement.
The bills providing for relief for
Minnesota soldiers .and sailors met
a no less fortunate fate. The $60
bonus bill passed by the House died
in the Senate finance committee. An
attempt was made to take it out of
committee and pass it, but it met
with no success. The Sullivan-Wold
soldier-sailor loan bill also met its
end in the same committee, as did the
Nolan-Christianson bill providing for
state budget commission.
The Senate took action on the plan
for a state war memorial by passing
a resolution calling for the appoint
ment of an interim commission com
posed of members of the legislature
to study the question and report to
the 1921 legislature.
Increased Costs Cared For.
Both houses passed the emergency
bill taking care of the increased cost
of maintenance in state departments,
and providing $35,000 for the new de
partment of agriculture for the next
two years. The increases were all in
cluded in making up the total of the
state's appropriations for the com
ing two years, so the tax levy is not
increased. Some of the larger in
creases are $28,000 for the surveyor
general of logs and lumber $23,400
for the dairy and food department,
$23,380 for the state labor department
$111,000 for oil inspection, and $6,000
for the attorney general, $4,300 for
the public examiner, and $18,700 for
hotel inspection, and $2,800 for the ad
jutant-general. The other amounts
asked for are small.
Auto Insurance Bill Passes.
The Solem House bill providing for
the organization of mutual automobile
insurance companies was passed with
out objection by the Senate, as was
the Siegel bill prohibiting automatic
elevators in buildings occupied by two
or more tenants.
Three bills from the state auditor's
office relating to timber permits were
passed. One by Jacobson, regulating
the issuance of permits, another by
Darby, allowing the timber board to
determine the number of sections of
land that may be covered by a permit,
and a third by Lagerson, regulating
the extension of permits. All were
House bills.
Bulk Sale Bill Fails.
The Senate refused to suspend the
rules and killed the "bulk sales bill"
to prevent the sale of merchandise in
bulk to defraud creditors. Every ses
sion of the Senate for years has wound
up with an attempt to pass this bill,
which has always failed. Last night,
however, the bulk sales bill did not
end the session. Other senators had
bills they wanted passed.
Game and Fish Bill Passes.
The House voted 46 to 39 to accept
the. conference report on the game and
fish bill, according to the Senate
amendments, and repassed the bill, 90
to 29.
Soldiers' Bonus Bill Fails.
Senator James Handlan of St. Paul
tired to bring up the bill already
passed by the House appropriating
$4,500,000 for soldiers' bonuses, but the
Senate would have none of it. Sena
tor James Carley said that the sol
diers did not want a bonus of that
kind. Other senators also protested.
The bill was In the hands of the Sen
ate committee on finance, along with
the Sullivan-Wold bill appropriating
$10,000,000 for a revolving fund to aid
soldiers In need and to make loans
to others who may want to buy homes
or farms or train themselves for
business.
$85,000 for Forestry Work.
Hurried eleventh hour conferences
over the failure to rush through the
bill abolishing the forestry board and
confering its powers and duties on
the state timber board, resulted in a
decision to drop the plan.
But the bill carried the only appro
priation so far made for fire protec
tion work, so it became necessary for
the conference committee represent-
Total Yanks Killed, 75444.
Washington, April 25.Revised cas
ualty totals announced by the War
department placed the total of dead
in the army and marine corps at 75,344
of which 33,887 were killed in action.
Prisoners reported were 4,791. Of
prisoners previously held by the cen
tral powers the records show 281 died
during Internment and 118 of doubt
ful status. The grand total of wound
ed in the list is 201.230. of whom it
has been estimated more than 85 per
cant returned to duty.
IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED.
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State system of hard roads cost
ing $100,000,000.
Ratifying federal prohibition
amendment.
Appropriating $1,800,000 for for
est fire sufferers.
Establishing State Board of
Education.
Appropriating $13,070,000 for
educational purposes.
University building program to
cost $5,600,000.
Establishing State Department
of Agriculture.
Extending the scope of co-opera
tive associations.
Legalizing negotiations of prices
by co-operative associations.
Strengthening State Securities
Commission law.
Codifying bank laws.
New fish and game code.
Special aid to schools in forest
fine zone.
Purchase of $40,000 bonds to aid
Moose Lake in replacing public
works.
Prohibiting the display of the
red flag.
Making English the language of
basic studies in all schools.
To punish seditious and disloyal
acts.
Home schools for deaf, dumb,
and blind children.
Free tuition for returned sol
dieds in all colleges and technical
schools.
Commission to co-operate with
Canada in deep waterway, Duluth
to sea.
New $300,000 Stock Barn on
State Fair Grounds.
Giving women the right to vote
for presidential electors.
Appropriations, $31,774,949.20.
Tax Levy, 1920, 3.5 mills.
Tax Levy, 1921, 3 mills.
ing the Senate Finance and the House
appropriations committees to get busy.
An appropriation of $85,000 a year for
the next biennium was decided upon,
$10,000 more than proposed in the bill
turned down by the House, but still
about a quarter of a million dollars
less than the forestry department
asked for. This $85,000 appropriation
for the forestry department was in
cluded in one of the bills introduced
and passed late last night.
Convention Measure Dies.
If any last ray of hope remained
that a party convention bill or a bill
amending the primary law would be
enacted at this session of the Legis
lature, it was dispelled when, after a
final meeting, the House and Senate
conference committee on the amend
ments to the Warner-Hompe bill, the
committee reported that it was abso
lutely unable to agree, and asked for
a discharge, which was granted.
House members refused to accept
the Rockne bill, which the Senate had
adopted as an amendment to the War
ner-Hompe bill, and the Senate con
ferees would have nothing but the
Rockne bill. Thus all hope of
nominating candidates for office by
the convention system next year was
dissipated.
Appropriation Measures.
Appropriations totaling $31,774,949
were voted during the session. For
the next two fiscal years, respectively,
funds of $15,215,298 and $13,587,992 are
made available, compared with $2,-
971,659 for the current year.
Nearly double the amount of money
remains to be raised by taxation in
the next two years over the last two
as a result of Increased cost of state
government. Minnesota property own
ers will have $11,451,036 of taxes to
pay during the next two years, to
ward making up the appropriations
total. Taxes for state purposes will
be levied at a 3.5 mill rate for 1920
and a 3 mill rate for 1921, compared
with respective 2.5 and 1 mill rates
for 1918 and 1919.
Depend on Governor's Signing.
The foregoing figures, compiled in
the office of State Auditor J. A. O.
Preus by M. J. Desmond, chief of ac
counting, are contingent upon approv
al by Governor Burnquist of appropria
tion measures to be signed by him.
Appropriations totaling $2,971,652
are made available at once and of
$15,215,298 and $13,587,992 for 1920 and
l&jil. Mr. Desmond figured that $6,-
125,000 must be raised by taxation in
1920 and $5,260,000 In 1921 and com
puted the rates according.
Funds to be raised by taxation are
the amounts left after deductions are
made of $20,000,000 for estimated rev
enue from various sources and $323,-
913 taken from current year appro
priations following enactment of a
new law fixing June 30 instead of July
31 as the ending date of the state
fiscal year.
A detailed statement of apropria
tions for state purposes is.to be is
sued after the governor has signed
or vetoed appropriation measures
awaiting his signature.
Negro Guard Bill Slips Through.
The House bill providing for a Ne
gro battalion in the Minnesota Na
tional Guard slipped through the Sen
ate before the members knew what
they were voting on. Senator Devoid
finally woke up and began to voice a
Will Educate Russians.
Thief River Falls. Minn., April 25.
Lieutenant L. R. Hiatt for some time
past agricultural instructor in the lo
cal high school, stated that he with
others will go to Russia for the Y. M.
C. A. to assist in the education of
Russian peasants. Mr. Hiatt intends
to leave some time in June and will
report at either the Seattle or Van
couver headquarters. His wife will
remain in this country with her par
ents. Mr. Hiatt expects to be gone
two years.
vigorous protest, but he was called to
order by Lieutenant Governor Thomas
Frankson. Senator Putnam also said
that he and other members did not re
alize what they were voting on, but the
roll call was finished and the vote was
allowed to stand.
Fight on Drainage Act.
Just as the telephone tax bill prov
ed the center of interest in the Senate
at the closing session, so the drainage
bill furnished the fireworks in the
House. A fierce fight developed when
O. C. Neuman attempted to repass the
drainage bill as amended by the Sen
ate. Theodore Christianson was suc
cessful in having tacked onto the
measure an amendment requiring that
the drainage engineer be a graduate of
a recognized college. The Senate re
jected this amendment and was sus
tained in its refusal by a conference
committee. After some delay the
House repassed the bill minus the
amendment.
Go Through In a Hurry.
Bills were called from the calendar
and general orders at will as the roll
was called during the closing after
noon session of the Senate, and more
than thirty were passed during the
afternoon. Among them was the Ben
dixen and Dorweiler bill requiring the
Railroad and Warehouse commission
to investigate and report on the value
of dockage to grain and report to the
next Legislature, a measure in which
th* grain growers are much interested.
They want millers to pay for the dock
age which is salable, such as chicken
and sheep feed.
Another farmers' bill passed was
the Bendixen measure to put the li
cense fees received from terminal
warehouses in the grain inspection
fund.
So were the Nelson bill to tax ves
sels operating in international wa
ters the McLaughlin House bill to
provide for the establishment and
maintenance of county free libraries
the House tax committee bill for the
taxation of freight line companies
the Kingsley bill separating Minne
apolis city and general elections, and
the Parker bill to punish desecration
of the flag.
The Moen bill transferring oil in
spection to the dairy and food de
partment, and providing for inspec
tion at the selling point, and requir
ing retail dealers to post a list of the
oils they sell and their quality, was
passed without a struggle, though a
hard fight on it was expected.
Other Bills Passed.
The Senate passed the Calahan bill
authorizing the Minneapolis city coun
cil to spend $50,000 to investigate the
feasibility of making a park of Nicol
let island, the Putnam House bill au
thorizing Fergus Falls to build an
armory, the Benson Senate bill to re
imburse school districts placing voca
tional training departments in high
schools and the House bill codifying
the state printing laws, the House sal
vage corps bill, providing for two ships
and increasing the insurance tax to
pay the extra men, the Coleman bill per
mitting state employes to draw pay on
more than one voucher, the Cliff bill
standardizing the requirements and
inspection of canneries, the House bill
authorizing armory boards to sell ar
mory sites, and providing for the up
keep of armories.
THE TOMAHAWK. WHITE EARTH, MINN.
Agricultural Bill Adopted.
Until the last three days of the
session it looked as though the bill
providing for the establishment of a
department of agriculture would go by
the board. An agreement was reached
between the House and the Senate,
however, and the measure was finally
passed. It was the House which first
passed the bill, originally introduced
in the House by Representative Elias
Nordgren and in the Senate by Sena
tor Gandrud. The bill provided for
the appointment of a commisisoner of
agriculture by the governor. It gave
that officer powers of investigation
into marketing condition and charged
him with the duties of co-operating
with both producer and consumer.
One of its main features was the
provision for a soil survey of the
state.
When the Nordgren bill went over
to the Senate that body substituted
a lengthy measure prepared by Sena
tor Cliff of Ortonville. Hurried con
ferences were held. The House bill
was finally amended to include some
of the enforcement provisions of the
Cliff bill, and It was passed in that
form. The House accepted the amend
ment.
A bill relating to co-operative organ
izations was also passed by both
houses as a companion bill to the de
partment of agriculture measure.
Several other bills desired by the
agricultural interests of the state fell
by the wayside. The Legislature did
pass the bill prohibiting the use of but
ter substitutes in state institutions,
but it was vetoed by the Governor.
Tax Bill Passed.
Both houses passed the tax levy bill
for the next two years. The levy is
3.5 mills for 1920 and .3 mills for 1921.
The tax must raise $6,125,000 for the
year ending June 30, 1920, and $6,250,-
000 for the year ending June 30, 1921.
Increase in the assessed valuation of
the state for 1921 will raise the larger
sum of money with the lower tax
rate.
Storks' Return Is Peace Omen.
Strasbourg, April 25.Storks, which
ceased their annual visits to Strass
bourg in 1914. have returned to the
old nests on a building on the Place
de Brogile. Several of the birds now
occupy the nests. Their unexpected
return in the present circumstances is
commented upon by the native popula
tion, who have always held that the
storks brought good luck. The Bank
of France recently has established its
offices in the building with the storks'
nests.
STATt BREVITIES
Stillwater.Walter Klinefelter of
:hia cif.y has been reappointed game
varden of Washington county, by
jOVeMior Burnquist.
International Falls.Boat service
las been established between here and
tanieij. the road between the two
owns being impassable.
Mankato. All charitable organiza
ti'ons'in Mankato will combine activi
ties to avoid duplication, and work un
der the direction of the Red Cross.
Spooner. The work of preparing
the local sawmill for the season's run
Is being pushed as rapidly as possible.
A large crew of millwrights and ma
shinists are to be employed.
Brainerd. George Mazon of St.
Paul* charged with attempting to run
the Indian territory blockade with a
suit case of whisky, came to grief
when he was taken into custody.
International Falls.Serg. Bloom
field, in charge of the local regular
army recruiting station, opened head
quarters in the International hotel
building and reported two recruits se
cured the first day.
Brainerd.Rev. Jesse Bruce, D.D..
field secretary of the board of church
erection of the Presbyterian church,
was in Brainerd and held a confer
ence with the local church in regard
to its building project.
Rochester.Police seek a girl who
forged the name of Mrs. E. H. Beck
man of this city to a check for $55.
The name of Ella Stetz was signed to
it. A similar name was signed to
checks passed in Mankato.
Moorhead. Moorhead will have a
fully equipped glove and mitten fac
tory as soon as the balance of the ma
chinery is received and Installed. This
new industry will occupy the south
room of the Dommer building.
CrookstonAlleged to have taken a
car without the permission of the
owner, Hjalmer Goodmanson was
fined $20 and costs in municipal court
after a complaint had been made by
George Hardon, owner of the car.
St. Cloud.R. A. Voy, In charge of
the agricultural department at the In
dian training school at Flandreau, S.
D., was in St. Cloud seeking two In
dian boys who escaped from that in
stitution several days ago and were
here last week.
Glyndon.The Farmers and Merch
ants State bank here was robbed of
about $20 in cash. The robbers, who
are thought to be amateurs, also raid
ed the safety deposit boxes and prob
ably obtained several Liberty bonds.
They gained admittance into the vault
by hacking a hole through the brick
wall.
St. Paul.Voluntary contributions to
the Moose Lake forest fire relief fund,
sent to the State Public Safety com
mission and to Governor Burnquist,
have totalled $196,058, It was an
nounced in the commission offices.
This does not include donations for
warded directly to the relief commis
sion.
Canby.In the inter-district high
school debate held at Canby, between
the team from Henderson high school,
representing the third district, and the
Canby high school team, representing
the seventh district, the latter team
won a two to one decision. The vic
tory places Canby In the semi-finals
for the state championship.
Moorhead. Chief of Police Cleve
Knapp says he wants to meet the man
with the "big thirst.'* A liquor ship
ment which the chief has seized and
is consigned to a person not yet iden
tified, consists of one barrel, 60 gal
lons of whisky one box, 11 quarts of
liquor one box, 10 quarts of liquor,
and another box of five quarts.
Stillwater. Jamieson, Thorsen &
Sandeen were awarded a contract by
the county commissioners to construct
and gravel five miles of the Hudson
St. Paul highway in Washington
county, for which they will receive
$30,073.34. The work will bo com
pleted by Dec. 1. More than $100,900
will be spent in building new and im
proving state and county roads in
Washington county this year.
Bemidji.Assistance was given to
132 families during March by the Be
mldjl home service of the American
Red Cross, according to the regular
report filed by Mrs. E. H. Smith, chair
man of the committee, and D. S.
Mitchell, secretary. In addition
eighty-five were provided with infor
mation and help and forty-seven were
given information. During March
$315.35 was expended by the commit
tee.
Rushford.Fifty years of married
life and fifty years as pastor of the
Rushford Lutheran church were cele
brated simultaneously by Rev. and
Mrs. E. Jaastaad. The pastor married
Miss Thorbjor Aga in 1869, shortly
after he accepted his first pastorate at
Rushford. He has been continuously
pastor of the Rushford church since
that time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jaas
taad are in excellent health, despite
their advanced age. The celebration
was featured by a dinner served at
noon to the congregation In the
church, and special morning and after
noon services were conducted by visit
ing clergymen.
Moorhead. Plans for entertaining
the Minnesota Holstein Breeders* as
sociation in Moorhead on June 11 and
12 are being considered by the com
mittee of the Commercial club, E. C.
Schroeder and S. R. Melin, as it will
be one of the big events of the year.
MinneapolisFalling*under a heavy
timber while at play, Carl Rothen
berger, 8, spn of S. W. Rothenberger,
was crushed to death in an alley near
his home. The timber was lying
against a barn and Carl with several
companions was walking along it when
it tipped on its side throwing him
tasserneata.
Winton.John Tuzam died hi\
from injuries received in a cave In ai
the section 30 mine.
Mankato.Philip Lead, for six years
chief of the local fire department, and
for 34 years a member of that or
ganization, has rosigned.
Winona.Bills will be introduced In
congress to make Winona or La
Crosse the center of fish rescue work
on the upper Mississippi.
Mankato.Members of the Mankato
Firemen Relief association made the
first purchase of Victory Loan Bonds
in Blue Earth county, when they sub
scribed $1,000 to tne drive.
Walker Members of the Cass
County Development association, in
session at the annual meeting at the
court house here, were unanimous in
favoring a continuance of the state
fair exhibit.
Pillager.The Cuyuna Range Power
company now furnishes power to
Brainerd. Deerwood, Crosby, Ironton,
Cuyuna, Pillager, Motley, Walker, Ake
ley. Trommald, Manganese, Woodrow
and Riverton.
Bemidji. Joe Jerome was bound
over to the federal grand jury on a
charge of having stolen a letter con
taining a returned soldier's bonus
check. The check was payable to
Vaino Niomi and was for $60.
Slayton.Farmers of Murray coun
ty have formed a farm land bank here.
F. R. Blake was elected president and
L. Anderson secretary and treasurer.
Loans amounting to $84,000 were ap
plied for at the initial meeting.
Brainerd.A car for the shipment of
waste paper under the direction of the
chamber of commerce was "spotted"
on the Northern Pacific trackB here
early in the morning and was filled
before night and ready for shipment.
St. Paul.Ernest H. Kiekenapp,
Lake Benton, who recently returned
from overseas, where he was in mili
tary service, will succeed H. T. Hal
vorson, Alexandria, on the state board
of optometry, Governor Burnquist has
announced.
Hibbing. Game Warden George
Wood obtained a warrant In municl'
pal court for the arrest of Gene W.
New, Floodwood merchant, charging
him with buying beaver hides. Ac
cording to Wood he has a sworn affi
davit of A. W. Lindwall of Interna
tional Falls that he shipped the skins,
parcel post, to the Floodwood man.
Bemidji.Miss May O. MacGregor
has returned to her home here after
a year of overseas service as a Red
Cross nurse in France. Miss Mac
Gregor was cited for bravery twice by
the French government, one citation
being for service at Chateau Thierry
and the other for service in the
Meuse, Argonne and St. Mihiel sec
tors.
Minneapolis.The commercial bee
keepers of Minnesota will have their
convention short course at the univer
sity farm. April 21 to 26. The govern
ment extension service is sending
from Washington its staff of bee ex
perts to assist. There are about 20,-
000 beekeepers in the state, of whom
about 500 are commercially interested
in bees and honey.
Mankato.Mankato will stage a
mammoth reception for returned sol
diers on May 1. George M. Palmer,
president of the Blue Earth County
Red Cross chapter. Is chairman of ar
rangements. A parade, in which re
turned soldiers and five companies of
the Minnesota National Guard, Fifth
Regiment, quartered here, will take
part, will be a feature.
Minneapolis. Members of the
Northwestern Hotel Men's association
will be entertained in Minneapolis,
June 16, 17 and 18, the guests of the
Minneapolis Hotel Men's association,
it was decided at a meeting of the
Minneapolis association at the An
drews hotel yesterday. About 300
delegates from all parts of Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Nebraska,
Iowa and Wisconsin are expected to
attend.
Fairmont.It Is believed that Roll
ing Green township, this county, is the
first in Minnesota to oversubscribe Its
Victory loan allotment. Owing to the
fact that farm work had been delayed
by Inclement weather, the committee
in charge of the loan drive for that
township advanced the date for open
ing the campaign. The canvass began
in the morning, and early in the day
the quota of $30,000 had been largely
oversubscribed.
Crookston. Capt. Ernest Orchard
of the Salvation Army was taken 111
upon bis return from a trip to Michi
gan, and is now in a local hospital.
After having influenza last winter bad
luck has continued to follow Mr. and
Mrs. Orchard. Mrs. Orchard's sister
died in Michigan last week and on tho
day they were to leave for the fu
neral the little Orchard boy fell and
broke his leg. On their return Capt,
Orchard was taken ill.
Winona. The harnessing of th*
Whitewater river, in the western pari
of Winona county, by which it is pre
posed to furnish electric light ane
power to several villages and to fanr
residences, is planned. A. L. Bogart
president of the Power Engineering
company of Minneapolis, is making
survey and will report to a meeting
of interested persons In Altura. The
plan is to organize a company, finnnc
it among the farmers and villager,
and build an extensive plant.
Hibbing.Iron range aliens charger
with planning to evade the incomr
tax by returning to Europe must eithe
show their income tax receipts or r*
main in this country, according to in
formation received here. It is est!
mated that more than 400 aliens
sought to evade the income tax in the
Hibbing district alone.
Bemidji.As one of the memorials
dedicated to the Bemidji ooys who
have given their lives for their coun
try in the world war, a clum of elm
trees Is to be planted In th north
west corner of the Library park \$
tho park board
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Sprinkle one or two Allen's Foot-Eaaa
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How did you come out?
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Their Limit.
"Those discouraged-looking gents
over there," said the landlord of tho
Petunia tavern, "are members of our
street-corner board of strategy. They
know how to carry on war, make
pence, cure rheumatism, save tho
country from the dogs, and transform
the hnmnn race into angels. But they
can't persuade their wives that they
the despondent gents just mentioned1
are afflicted with ketches In their
becks, stitches In their sides, and otaV
er symptoms that make It dangerous,
not to soy deadly, for them to spado
up the gardens nnd assist in the spring
house-cleaning."KnnRns City Star.
GAVJ^ UP
Had Lost Twenty-Fife Peoida
From Kidney TrooMe. Don't
Restored His Health.
J. B. Ragles*, carpenter. 210 W. SOth
St., Chicago, III., says: "My back gave
out completely and I bed to quit work,
I could hardly endure the pain in my
back and nights I tossed and turned,
unable to sleep. Often in the
ing my back was as
rtiff an a board, so that
I couldn't stoop to
dress myself. When I
did manage to bead
over, everything before
me turned black. My
head seemed to be
whirling and some
times I was so dissy I
had to grasp something
to keep from falling.
The kidney secretions
were irregular in poo
MR*, getting me op ot
night and they burned cruelly. I lost
my appetite, was weak sad listless and
went down twentv-ive pounds in
weight. After I hod given up hope,
I was persuaded to use Doan'g Kid
ney Pills and they cured me. Soon
after, 1 passed an examination for life
insurance and I'm glad to say my cure
has lasted."
Sworn to before me,
GEO. W. DEMPSTER,
Notary Public
Da's at Aay SSssa, SOs a B
DOAN'S 5ELV
FOSTBUaUUsW CO, BUTPAUO. H.T.