INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS. paper printed at the seat of government, •••ffht to add aa eatlrely new seetloa during the flret .ek in January Sheriff—H. W. FORRER—Republican. of each year, and in the next Airtlcl* IX of the Constitution, to ho volume of the acts of the legislature, kaowa as Seetloa 18, and which ahall detailed statements of all moneys read aa followai drawn from the triasury during .the Sheriff—THOMAS H. KINSHELLA—Public Ownership. "Section 18. .To secure a sustained preceding year, for what- purposes and yield'of timber for the use* of -th*p*ople to whom paid, and by what law authorized of this state, the proper officials and also. of all moneys received, O shall annually levy and collect a- tax and by what' authority and of one-fifteenth of one mill on each Sheriff from whom." dollar of taxable property within this EFFECT. Tkc Conatltutloa reqalrea atate, the proceeds of which, shall b* the a treaaarer to publish yearly detailed used for the purchase of land better Judge of Probate Court—R. F. C, ILTIS—Republican. statemeat of the moneys drawn adapted for forestry purposes than for the -TO THE— from treaaary during the preceding agriculture for the state at not over .giving tbe- aamew year, of the peraoaa fS.OO per acre, and for the production to whom paid and the purpoaea and maintenance thereon-of forest according Judge of Probate Court—-JOSEPH BAKER—Democrat. which for It waa expeaided. It also rea to forestry principles. name* Rke atatcmeat of tbe of "Unexpended balances shall not laps* as the pcraoni, and the source*, to but constitute a fund for forestry purposes. aad a^ money received, In both caaea Judge of Probate Court-CHAS. K. WIRT—Public Ownership. atatement of the law niider which pay••••ta O "The timber produced thereon shall were made, or money paid Into be sold at a fair valuation and the revenue the -treasury. The effect of this therefrom or from other sourc* I••adment, If the aame be adopted, •hall be.paid Into the state treasury, Judge of Probate Court WIU be to repeal the aeetlon of the except that one?auarter the net revenue -OF- Coaatltutloa mentioned aad Insofar relieve shall be paid to the towns, or if Minnesota the treasurer from auch pabllcatloa. unorganized, to the county, in which Thla County Attorney—F. J. McPARTLIN—Republican. ehaage la-the Coaatltatloa, the land is situated, In aid of publlo schools, and roads. ^•w*ver, would not prevent the legislature "Should any tract acquired be found from hereafter directing by law that auch, better adapted for any other purpose 2 or a different publication, of County Attorney—W. V. KANE—Democrat. th* than the production of timber, it may aame or other information should S' be made by the Treasurer. be sold and the proceeds used for acquiring or developing forestry land. THIRD PROPOSED AMEND­ "Until otherwise directed by the legislature, -BY- •County Attorney—AAD A. TONE—Public Ownership. which may supplement thes* provisions with necessary enactments, MENT. the state forestry-board shall draw and disburse the money hereby provided third propoaed ameadment la County Attorney and purchase, manage and control the contained In Chapter 808 of the Lam lands and forests. "No money shall be paid for any at Mlaaeaota for th^ year 1909. tract until th* attorney general shall County Surveyor—S. W. DAY—Republican. 1 PURPOSES. By la thla amendmeat It certify to the validity of the title. propoaed add new section to aa entirely "It shall be competent for two successive IX of to Article the Constitution, General Session regular legislatures, by a twothirds *3 to he kaowa aa Seetloa 17, and which vote of each house, to repeal any County Surveyor ahall read aa followai of these provisions." "Section 17. The legislature may EFFECT. This proposed aneaimeat, provide for the payment, by the State aad the propoaed aaeadaeat of Minnesota, of damages to growing 1909. hereafter mentioned should be read together. County Supt. of Schools—ANNIE E. SHELLAND—Republican. crops by hail and wind, or either, and They conatltute the foaadatloa to provide a fund for that purpose, including for a plan of State reforeatratloa. the necessary expenses tf giving Aa the constitution atanda today, while effect to this act. may impose a the legislature might pass laws pro* County Supt. of Schools-C. A. MILLER—Public Ownership. specific tax upon lands, the owners of vldlng funds to be used for the purchase which, at their opt.on, have listed the of lands, and the cultivation ef same with county auditors for that the same for reforestation purposea, purpose, and no payment shall be made yet It Is aot directed to do ao. Tho 'County Supt. of Schools of any such damages except from the 8t. Paul. Minn.. May 1. MM. effect then of this amendmeat la to fund so provided." COMPEL tbe taxing ofllcera of the atate Hm. Jallu A. Schmahl, Secretary ef to anaiually levy and collect a tax of EFFECT. The effect of thla Amendment, StateSir one-fifteenth of one mill on each dollar 1 If adopted, will be to authorise County Coroner—A. M. JENSEN—Republican. A* required by Seetloa SB ef tfci of taxable property la the state, to bo the State to become a trustee In the Revised Laws as amended, I tare tin aaed aa the legislature- shall direct, for collection and disbursement of a fund the purchase for the atate of laud ff hi honor to (arnlib yon »Ulement herewith for the paymeat of damagea to growlag O adapted to forestry purpoaea, but at a County Coroner of the purpoaea aid effects ot the eropa by hall or wind, or either. nrlee aot to exceed |S per acre. AU Thla fund la to be created und malntalaed to tho reapectlve umdmnti proposed uaexplred balances In the fund at the by a apeclflc tax Iriposcd by the Coaatltatloa of the State of Mlaaeseta end of each fiscal year shall not lapse, legislature upoa the loads of such peraoaa, hy the of aad which LegfilatBre MO# but-shall be carried over-Into the fuad Court Commissioner—GEO. P. WATSON—Republican. ot ONLY, aa ahall voluntarily list the are to he aabmlttcd to the elector* la thus raised for the suceeedlag year aad aame with their respective county auditor* ahall be aa addition thereto. It' also •aid atit* at the geaeral election la for that purpose. Under it there Mt directs the sale, at a fair valuation, of 1010. eoald be ne tax for aueh purpose Imposed O Court Commissioner the timber produced on such land ao on the lauds of any owner who, purchased, the payment of threefourths FIRST PROPOSED AMEND- does aot eoaaeat thereto. The legislature of the money received therefrom la also authorised to Include In into the state treasury, aad tho aaeh faad the aeceaaary expenses of Courity^Commjssioner_j LABADIE-^Repiibltcan. MENT. payment of the remaining one-fourth adailalatratlon of the law. The adoptloa 1st District to the town, tf organised, or otherwise of the ameadment will authorlae to the county In which the land la situated, Tho Srat propoaed ameadmeat la the legislature to direct that the taxlag aad that the aame ahall thero Commissioner_OLE OLSON—Public Ownership. talaed la Chapter BOS of the Law* #1 County machinery of the atate be used to be credited to the public school fuada. 1st District Mlaaeaota for the year 1909. levy aad collect the tax necessary to If after the land- la purchased It Is raise auch fund and to provide for the PURPOSE. Br this ameadmeat It la dlabursemeut of same by the offlcera I ,ou"d "dapted "By better ,or othn •ought to aathorlae the payiaeat hy tho County Commissioner 8 poae than the production of timber, of the State but aay payments to be State from the State Road aad Bridge 1st District authority la contained In this amendment made by tbe State, by reason of damage Fund of one-half of the coat of eoa•irnetlac to aell It, but the. proceeds must by hall or wind will have to be be used for acquiring or developlag or Improving mr road or made from auch fuad and from no forestry laad. Until the leglalataro County Commissioner c. L. HILLSTEAD—Republican. bridge therein, aad la aa ameadateat other. Ia the settlement of any anch provides otherwise, all purchasoa shall 3rd District of Seetloa 16 of Article 9 of the Coa•tttutloa, damagea the State would assume ao be tiader the direction- of the State Forcatry which aow reada aa followai liability beyond the amount of such Board. The title to all laada faad, aad could not further be rendered "Section 16. For the purpose of lendins M. a. County Cwmmissioner ULYEHDAL-Public Ownership. purchaaed muat be approved by tho liable. A similar amendment aid in the construction and Improvement 3rd District Attorney Geaeral before purchase Is waa offered at the general election of of public highways and -made. It Is further provided that two 1 o. 1908, bat aot adopted. The amendment aucceaslve regular legislatures ahall bridges, there Is hereby created a fund County Commissioner then offered read as followai have power by a two-thirds vat* of a to be known as the 'state road and 3rd District "Section 17. The legislature may each house to repeal aay of th* foregoing bridge fund,' said fund shall Include provide for the payment by the State provisions. That la to aay, If all moneys accruing from the income of Minnesota of damages to growing after a trial, such plaa for aay reaaoa derived from Investments in the Internal C°"n5CnCDteSictiPner~WM- DURRIN—Republican. crops by hall and a. ind, or either, and la found to be Impracticable or aadeslrable, improvement, land fund, or that to provide a fund for that purpose, may and It so appears to two saeceaalve may hereafter accrue to said fund, and Impose a specific tax upon lands, the legislatures, aay or all of tho foregoing provisions of the ameadmeat shall also Include all funds accruing to owners of which, at their option, have C0UI5thCDteSicti0ner—H G: ENGLEKING—Democrat. may be repealed. The leglslatar* doe* listed the same with county auditors any state road and bridge fund, however I for that purpose, and no payment shall aot aow possess such power aad the provided. be made of any such damages except same la a distinct ehaage la the methods "The legislature is authorized to add from the fund so provided." heretofore In vogue la Mlaaeaota, C°Ull5th^Districti0ner—T' M* BAKER—Publi5Ownership. to such fund, for the purpose ef constructing In the making and revising of tho Coaatltatloa. The mala difference between the O or improving roads and Heretofore aa ameadmeat ameadment now offered, and the one 8 bridges of this state, by providing In might only be made to the Coaatltatloa last qaoted, bclag that the legislature County Commissioner or a provision of that laatrumeat ellmlaated its discretion, for an annual tax levy la aow to be authorised, la addltloa to 5th District by direct vote of the el*etora. upon the property of this state of not provldlag a fuad for the purpoae of Uader this amendment, If It bo adopted, to exceed in any year one-fourth paylag damagea to growing crops by that power la aot takea' away aad hall aad wind, or either, to further of on* mill on all the taxable property alao exists. But a aew power, that of provide an additional tax upon the within the state. repeal by the legislature, as to thla laada of the persoaa ao listing the PROVIDED, that no county shall receive amendmeat, la created. Sueh power, nnua iias neiioer apparatus xor seizing same, to meet the necessary expenses "litfli to- 8tarve. A student at a techlcal school la in any year more than three (t) however, would extend to no other proVlsloa lacurred la the admlalstratlon of the prey nor any digestive tube. It ls 1(uj years ago aa American naturalist, of the Conatltutloa aad afforda per cent or less than one-half of on* Boston who bad too-frequently asked law aad thus relieve the State therefrom. richly provided with' muscles,-nervous aa easy method of ehaage la oaae ef Dtu, discovered on the surface (1) per cent of the total fund thus Thla last provision was not laeluded leave of! absence offered on one occa aeeeaalty or advisability. system and organs of sense it lacks af tfcr* tea a lUtle animal of so singular provided and expended during such la the ameadment offered la sion as ta reason the necessity of at IMS. only what la necessary to prolong, iltg, y*ar and provided farther, that In aa. a character that he named It SIXTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. tiding the funeral of a cousin. cas* shall more than one-third (ft) of by alimentation. The monstrllla la O O O S E "•fcoustrflla." It Is a small crustacean "Well.V said the doubting instructor, the cost of conatruoting or improving doomed, therefore, to natural death.— go, ilta iof tBie cyclopa so common in MI suppose 1 must let ypu but 1 do AMENDMENT. any road or bridge be paid by the stat* Exchange But. while the latter are fur wish It tarere a nearer relative."—Lipptacott's. from such fund," and to spbstitut* The fourth propoaed Ameadmeat la *h* alxth propoaed ^amendment with all that Is necessary to therefor the following: coatalaed la Chapter 509, Oeaeral Lawa **atalaed la Chapter Bii Law* of Mlaof caoture and digest their food, the mon- "Section 19. For the purpose of lending Mlaneeota for the year 1909. aaaota for the year 1909. aid In the construction and improvement PURPOSE. By thla ameadment It la PURPOSE. By-this ameadmeat It la of public highways aad srx'.fc c."n:..s.«^ w",cV bridge*, there 1* hereby created a fund, •aw reada aa followai "oa Article IX' of the Coaatltatloa to b* known as the 'state road and "Section 23. The legislature" shall whleh bridge fund,' said fund shall include be knoYrn ahall read aa followai provide by law for an enumeration of all''moneys accruing from th* incoia* th* Inhabitants of this State in the "Section 17a. Laws may b* *nact*d derived from Investment* In th* internal year one thousand eight hundred and exempting lands from taxation for th* Improvement land fund, or that •Ixty-flve, and every tenth year thereafter. purpose of encouraging and promoting may hereafter accrue to said fund. »#4 At their first session after each the planting, cultivation and protection The commonest thing we hear from men forty years enumeration so made, and also at their of useful forest trees thereon." •hall also include all fund* accruing of age and older is/ "Insurance is a good thing* I Wish I first session after each enumeration EFFECT. The effect ef this ameadaent to any state road and bridge fund, made by' the authority of the United had taken out more when young, when the rates wet# low. l* te authorUe the: leglalataro te however provided. State*, the legislature shall have the I would have it all paid for now." aaact law* exemptiag from taxation power to prescribe the bounds of con- "Th* legislature 1* authorised to ill Tlve xessional senatorial and reoresentadistricts, to of constructing laad* of private -:per*oa* to be aaed la such fund, for the purpofc* and to apportion anew They realize now, that instead of its being an expense all these years! the plaatlag, eultlvatloa aad protection or Improving read* aad th* senators and representatives among they would have been saving money. They say, "Juatlike finding it. Woul af uaefnl forest trees thereoa, aad tha* the several districts according to thO bridge* of this state, by providing, la have blown it in." provisions of section second of levy this aapplemeat where the laada of aaeh It* discretion, for an annual tax artlcic." private peraoaa are devoted te reforeatratloa, upon the property of thl* atat* of Ml aad to suhatltat* therefor the followtegt Old Line Life Insurance Companies will distribute* {luring 1910, in^payment one-fourth the purpoaea contemplated a* to exceed In any year (U) of Endowment, Annuity and Matured Policies ?6ver $150,000,0(K),'an? te publle laada by the' fffth proposed of one mill on all the taxable pVopbrty "Section 23. The 'legislature shall in death losses as much more. The amount will increase every year. ameadmeat. The authority ao granted provld* by law for enumeration of the' Within' th* state. Inhabitants of thl* Stat* in the year ft* part of a geaeral plaa for the refor—tratloa PROVIDED, that no county shall receive 1916, and every ten (10) years thereaft*r. ef laad within the atat*. If Ten, fifteen or twenty years will soon slip by. -Now is: the time for ydtt to bu| In any year mor* than three At any session after any enumeration th* leglalataro doea aot paaa aueh lawa, when your rates are low, your expenses low—while you are-earniitg good mtiney ant percent or Mes* than onv-ltclf 111) Of bf th*inhabitants of -this' •aeh la^da will not be exempt aad the I can pass a medical examination. state mad* pursuant to law and also power to repeal aueh a law, -whoa ea•eted, on* (1) p*r cent of the total fund thtt* at any session after each enumeration remain* with th* legislature. provided and expended luring suah made by th* authority of the United Power to paa* a law to exempt aaeh We issue policies especially adapted to young people, clear down to fifteeiryteare of and? provided/ 'Mrth*r,that In ho States the legislature shall have the lands from taxation the leglslatar* age. Consult your father and mother and ask our nearest representative to-call and. po wei' to presort be th* bounds of congr**sional, caa* shall mor* than one-half *1 I*— aot aow posaeaa, aad It Is, thereflat*, explain our Twentieth Century Policy or our Endowment Annuity. senatorial and representative aa. aldttlaaal ffraat af pow*r. or th* cost of constructing improving districts, or any of the same, and #.tTours by reap*ctfully, any road or brldg* be pall th* atlto to apportion anew th* Mnators and HOPES OTHERS WILL PROFIT BY HIS EXPERIENCE from *uch fund." representatives among th* several distrfets CUBORQE T. SIMPSON, t.. aceerdhig to th* provisions of Batavia, N. Y., Oct. 26.—(Editor The Life Insurance Educator Monthly)—I became convinced Attorney G*n*ral. EtLU. l! ••cttbn-1 of this artlclo." authorises th* paymeat hy th* Mat*/ mmmk of the value of life insurance when I was a young man, twenty-four years old, and took ouUI KFXTBCT. Th* effect of thla AmeadaMnt' oat sack faad ao weahl efomk wfH be to dlaeet the legislature $5,000 policy, to be paid to me when I was fifty years old.' I1When*I was about forty-eightyear&flldX at th* eoat if HBrtil*l|s| ta prtovM* €er) a ceasa* af the lahabMaata ~4HMHie8S^pportunity'presented itself, requiring the .temporary siise^of. some funds, and the Company or lmproTlag aay road or hrldge ther*la. of the State In the year! 1916, St. Paul, May 1, 1910. Mr. A. loaned me a large portion of the face of the policy* on the usual terms. As a result, by the time If thla amoadateat nds#ted tha aad every teeth year thereafter^ aad Jullva Bchmahl, will •ko aathorlae the legislature te., S*cfetaryof fltai* the $5,000 caime due, I had made an additional 50^t out of it Yciu may put me down as a State eoald th*a pay ONB-IALr (H) «l ,® boaadarle* of coagreaafbnal, Dear Sir:—Referring to proposed Conaeaat^rlal th* ooat of' ooaatractlav aay ameh i«al strong believer in life insurance, and-especially for men, even though it may involve young aad representative dlatrleta, gatutional Amendment No. 2 would say: or bridge, aal th* *ffeat of tha •r of aay eae ef aaeh dlatrleta, aad to Aa atat* expert printer have giv-en th* great temporary sacrifice. Rates are then more favorable and.theyisoongct into the habit apparition anew the senators aad rea- publications -Involved In? thla proposed W'"thaa to laereaa* th* am*aat °f considering their premiums as much a part of their annual expense! as their house^" —*atntlvee amang th* aeveral Sttendment^special*though^ and am of irtdth'th* Stat* amylawiallr, pay to.ward trteta. at aar MHtoa aft*r a»T«.tT^ fpinlon bothtese jpublicationa are en."U* rent and provide accordingly. Would be glad if my experience could have the effeet aaeh'Aeamaa*. 9t*t* t£r*ly superfluous. The extensive annual ..mo'cE. W. Atwater. the teste* Mbilc&tion "in a daily newspaper pubu»h*d of inducing some young man to go and do Jikewise. Mlght therefore, if It deem* at th* capital city" attracts abno S E O N O O S 1 S l«iti Ante at aay ****laa the boundailo* attention. Th* annual reof th* stat* «reasur*r ls publlshed ef *aeh district* aad apportion I^IENDMENT. form, atld to an extent that jooh aa«W th* aehateM aad^Yepreseatatlvca Econcerned ,kea lt'easy for every peraon specialto aad. tha* redlstrlet th* Stat* ••ery^twe secur* a copy. To constrictly Th* '•eewbl" propo**#' nuiriaieat -W with tha law a* it is at pr***nt. m*ans th* expenditure^ under LEONARD Kr THOMPSON- PRES. *—talaed la Chaptar F*T tf ths law FI^TH PROPOSED AMEND Ml N N reasonably favorable printing contracts, af Mlaaeaata f*r the y«ar 1MB. S*approximatelyandOtdtharllyupon af approximately $1,000. $1000, a a sum'which •um PPhPOli. ^y thto aaieaBaieat lt la b* utf*d to exe*u*nt »dvant« tage ungreatest conditions which sjuggest Reference pa*p*s«d to npeal tha pravtolaaa aC R-SEVERTSON^ General Agent. BAUD1 greatest care car* and eoonomy eoonomy* upon the the I*I*m Vk* gfth propoaed ameadmeat G. N.MILLARD. FirstNationttlfiihU,' ••etloa 11 at Artlete IX af tha Coaatttptloa* whl«h a**tloa aow r*ad* a* talaed lil!lChhpt«^ Uti-l«wa af flaUawsi Tonn r*sp**tfully, iHttea 11. Th*r* *hall ha publl*h*l f.T.ICAMNtX, PUBPOSE. Br thl* tha trnimr, 1 at l*aat one newa- It 19 iQMl Printer." 1 t-K* to' v/ 'v