The Princeton union., 1893-03-16


have in Major Baldwin q represen tia
tive who will cooperate with Senator
Wash burn in securing for the Mile
j Lacs settlers their hts,
Il X
The pine land gang is up in arms.
1 q house committee has had the audac-
|ity to inquire into some questionable
transactions, as for instance the dis
posal OF the best section of white pine
| in the so-called Mile Laos reservation,
at private sale, to g. A. Smith & Co..
of Minneapolis, at the rate Of SO per
i NJ. Remember, there are 6, ,OOO, 900 feet
on this section, yet the auditor claims
4 the estimate in his Office showed onlv
i 700, 900, and he exacted bond of only
$1,000. A private sale is no sale at all
1 because it is unlawful Furthermore.
four responsible Rum River lumber-
men swear positively that the timber
was and is worth 81 per M. The diff
ference between four and two per M. is
only a difference of Sl2, 900 to the State
i school fund. In other words the school
fund has been robbed of $4,000 in one
little transact ction. No amount of
palaver by parasites of Auditor Bier
man can change these figures. Colossal
fortunes have been amassed by lust
such crooked methods. There is no
sense or reason in interested liars
swearing that this timber on section So.
town 42, range 26 is not worth more
than 50 per NJ, when responsible lum-
bermen stand ready and willing to-day
. report of the Investigating committee
will be unanimous, and will recommend
action on the part of the attorney gen
eral to protect the interests of the
State. Anyhow, I would advise those
and Mr.. Smith not to say too much
until the committee has made it's re-
, port. I am one Of those who believe
that the school fund has been SYSTEM
atically swindled out of thousands of
dollars in years past and that rich lum-
ber firms reaped all the profits. I ven
ture the prediction that the pine on
| tho -coafinr, in n
per M. There is no reason why the
State should make a present of S12, 900
to the pine land ring.
= At the instance of the Minnesota Ed
itorial Association [ have introduced a
bill defining what constitutes a legal
newspaper. The small-fry, dead-beat
editors, who subsist by begging and
blackmailing, are jumping onto me.
Here is what the Monticello Times says
of the bill, and this extract is only a
fair sample of scores Of similar ones
, that have been brought to my atten-
tion: e '#a
The Minnesota Editorial association
is composed of a practical BODY of men
devoted to building up and furthering
the interests of their profession. The
1 bill introduced by Representative Dunn
t in the legislature defining what consti-
, tutes a newspaper is product of this
association. The bill provides that a
paper desiring to become a legal news
> paper must have an established place
of business, equipped with a proper
plant and printing material, and this
} office must be located in the town, vii
5 lage or city from whence the paper is
dated, have a paid circulation of not
less than three hundred copies in its
5 own Immediate constituency. It must
, have been published for one year, and
must consist of not less than four pages
OF not less than five columns wide and
$ seventeen and one-quarter inches long
or the equivalent in space. Duplicate
publications or papers made up wholly
> of patents or plates and advertisements
+ are not to be recognized as newspapers
of general circulation, and publishers
desiring to publish legal notices must
file affidavit as to these facts with the
county auditor. The bill ought to be
enacted into law, as it is good one not
t only for the legitimate publisher but
for the general public.
S To-day the railroad land taxation
l bill was again up for discussion in the
3 senate. Senator Tawney, the brilliant
v young lawyer from Winona, made ar
0 eloquent and convincing speech il
Q favor Of the passage of the bill. Sena
. tor Donnelly also spoke briefly on the
same side. The railroad attorneys
talked as best they knew how against
! the measure. Of course, Senator Eaton
who seems to take a peculiar deligh,
), in opposing all popular measures, wa.
], on the side Of the railroads. The lead
= ing Democrats like ,eavitt McHalt