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Amador ledger., 1907-12-06

Mineral-The character of land as d
present fact is the question for deter.
mination on issue joined between q
mining and agricultural claimant.
A decision that land returned as
mineral is in fact agricultural puts
the burden of proof upon one aIleg-
| ing a subsequent discovery of mineral.
Mining Claims-Failure to comply
with local regulations matter for pro-
test or adverse suit. "Mineral Claim y
includes tunnel location.
Practice-Ex parte statements in
contest cases should not be filed
without service on opposite party
to hear case orally is within the
discretion of the department
Residence, Homestead-A contract
made by homesteader through which
he secures the cultivation of the land
by party who lives on the land with
him for such purpose, is not inoon-
sistent with the maintenance of resi-
dence.
Coal Land-second filiDg-An entry
{, Of coal land based on second filing
may be permitted to stand where the
first filing was abandoned on account
of the worthless character of the
claim
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06

County clerk Atwood corrects the
Nugget as to the mountain lion killed
by Henry Cook few days ago being
the first one killed in. this county
since the $40 bounty went into effect.
Will Robinson and Ferdinand Perroz
bad each sent in scalp prior to Mr.
Cook, and two other parties whose
names Mr. Atwood had not learned
have scapls ready to send in. In this
connection we can give out the
further information that it is not
necessary to spoil the commercial
value of lion skin by cutting the
scalp off in order to get the bounty.
The whole skin may be sent IN, and
it will be properly marked and re-
turned to the owner without damage,
and thus the value is retained by
leaving the head suitable for mount
ing.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06
How the Baby Talked.

Mr. Bacon-I was up to see the
Smarts' baby today.
Mrs. Bacon : Did they make him
talk?
"Yes."
"What did he say?"
81 couldn't understand. I think it's
a great mistake for a mother to teach
a child to talk when she has hairpins
IN her mouthv'-Yonkers Statesman.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06
Appellate Court
Fixes Fees

TIE appellate court has rendered
an opinion of considerable interest to
the legal fraternity of this state. 1t
holds that the act fixing the fees of
an attorney for an estate, passed by
the legislature of 1903, is valid.
This law provides that an attorney
for an estate shall receive the same
fee as that given to the admins
traitor, instead of receiving an amount
set by the trial judge. as was the
case before the new enactment.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06
The Lovely Life.

Mrs. Proud-What did you think of
Myrtle's essay on 1.-The Lovely Life?"
Mr.. Proud-Excellent No one would
think that Myrtle drinks eau de cologne
and slaps her little brother, would
they, dear?-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06

On Wednesday of last week, five
men were overcome by powder smoke
in the new shaft of the Penn copper
mines at Campo Seco. They had to
be carried to the top, but were soon
revived. Citizen.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06
Preoccupied,

The professor had fallen downstairs,
and as he thoughtfully picked himself
up he remarked, Il wonder what noise
that was 1 just heard ?'-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06

The applause Of a single human
being is of great consequerne.-John-
son.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06

Reported by woodford D. Harlan, Land Attor-
ney. Washington. D. G.
Amador ledger., 1907-12-06
HEADS

COLLEGE at Stockton, one of the old
est and best. prepares in Bookkeeping.
celebrated HEALD'S COLLEGES,
with schools in San Francisco Oaklann
Los Angeles, Fresno, Santa Cruz, Sad
Jose, Riverside, Long Beach, Ocean
Parh and Reno.
Tuition my be used in any of the
Heald's Colleges.
Write to Head IS College,
Stockton, Cal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Mrs. Russell Sage has set apart a
fund of $4,000, 900 for the purpose of
improving social conditions in the
United States. It will be within the
scope of such endowment for the
trustees of the fund to investigate and
study the causes of adverse social
conditions, such as ignorance, poverty
and vice, and to put into operation
such remedies as is thought best for
their amelioration. Mrs. Sage is a
philanthropic woman, but during the
life of her husband she was prevented
by his niggardliness from performing
acts of charity on a large scale. Old
Russell carried the check book and
the key to the safety deposit vault. :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

The two-cent per mile passenger leg
islation is responsible for the fact that
western railroad officials propose to
run fast trains at slower rate of
speed. Such Encouragement of sched-
ules would result in a saving in the
cost of operation, as it would make it
possible to discontinue a number of
local trains by making the fast trains
perform their work. Added to this
the discontinuance of excursions by
many roads, it will be eventually seen
that the public, and not the railroads,
will be the sufferers by the two-cent
fare legislation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21
Probably the Nolan reciprocal d

Probably the: Nolan reciprocal de-
murrage is, al: right but the potato
shippers, niin'ee'-tenths OF WI, whose bust
ness is interstate, want. to be shown.
A has an order for ten cars of ,pota-
toes to be delivered at Galveston,
Texas; B has an order for ten cars of
potatoes to be delivered in st.:Paul:
The railroad company in order to es-
cape paying demurrage bastens to
furnish B with his ten cars. But poor
A can whistle; his is interstate bust
ness, and the Nolan bill applies to
state commerce only. It behooves the
shippers in the potato belt to carefully
examine the provisions of the Nolan
bill. It may work them great in
jury.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21
No Pangs in Starving

Novelists write a lot of nonsense.
about the pangs of hunger and the
extreme suffering that accompanies
starvation. 1t is all poppycock. Any
healthy person with a normal appe-
tite, after missing two or three meals.
is as hungry as he ever gets. After a
while there is a sense of weakness that,
grows on one, and this increases with
the days. Then there comes a desire
Tor great deal of sleep, sort of
lassltude that is not unpleasant, and
this desire becomes more pronounced
as the weakness grows. The end is
always in sleep. There is no keeping
awake until the hour of death.-Out-
ing Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

TIE TONNAGE TAX PROPOSITION. 4
Under the impression that tom
mage tax would be levied on the out
put of the iron mines in st. Louis and
Itasca counties the U n 10 favored a
reasonable tonnage tax, the proceeds
thereof to be devoted to the improve
ment of the highways and the reclama-
ton of the state swamp lands of
northern Minnesota. We have main
tanned that it would be unjust to levy
a tonnage tax which, together with
the present direct valuation tax,
would make the rate to be paid by the
ore-bearing properties higher than
the average rate of taxation through
out the state. But the attorney gen.
eral has held that a tonnage tax for
such purposes would be unconstitu-
tional. That being the case we are
not interested in the imposition of a
tonnage tax. If tonnage tax could
be legally imposed and the proceeds
utilized for retaining swamp lands
and improving highways the major
portion of such tax could have been
expended in St. Louis, Itasca and the
adjoining counties, where it is needed
most and where it ought to be dis
tributed.
While we have no sympathy with
the steel trust and know of no reason
why that big corporation should not
pay it's proportionate share of taxes,
yet we must admit there is considera-
BILE Justice in the claim made by St,
Louis county people that the state has
as much right to impose a special tax
on the pine timber of Beltrami, the
granite of St. Cloud or the pottery
clay of Red Wing as it has to i'm
pose special tax on the iron ore of
St. Louis and Itasca counties.
If the steel trust makes good it's
promises and erects large smelling
works at Duluth there will be no de-
mand for tonnage tax of any de-
scription two years hence. In the
meantime the assessment of the mines
should be increased 200 per cent and
the state would receive 200 per cent
additional taxes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Give the state highway commission
chance. With the means at it's dis
posal the commission. is doing good
work. If the Legislature will submit
wide open good roads constitutional
amendment which will permit of the
levying of a decent state road tax
and remove the restrictions with which
the commission is hedged around bet
ter results will be obtained. It would
be a grievous blow to the cause of
good roads to legislate the highway
commission out of Office.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Why should there be any hesitancy
on the part of the legislature in enact
ing the registry tax mortgage bill into
a law? A registry tax of one-half of
one per cent will produce four times
the revenue that is derived under the
present system of taxing mortgages,
and besides it will cheaper the rate to
borrowers. The registry tax bill
should be placed on it's final passage
without delay. But there is an effort
being made on the part of interested
parties to prevent action on the bill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21
Engineering experts predict that the

Engineering experts predict that the
Panama canal will be in operation
within eight years. Fear is, however,
expressed by scientists who are study
ing earthquake conditions that the
works of God will destroy the works
of man ere the waterway is completed.
Those fellows know no more about
earthquakes than we do. A predic-
ton by us that not an upheayal will
occur in the canal zone during the
next thousand years would be- equally
as reliable as any prophecy made by
them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

The bill to increase the salaries of
district and supreme court judges has
already passed the senate and should
pass the house. Any third rate corpo-
ration pays it's legal adviser larger
salary than is paid district Judge
in this state outside the three large
counties of Hennepin, Ramsey and St.
Louis. The bill which provides for
an increase in the compensation paid
members of the legislature should also
become law. But there should be
no further increase in salaries, nor
should any additional Offices, save a
permanenttax commission, be created,
and if tax commission is created the
state board of equalization should be
abolished. The governor, state audi
tor and tax commission of three men,
bers should constitute a state board
of equalization. 1t should be the aim
of the legislature to decrease instead
of increase the horde of office-holders.
If fifty per cent of the office-holders
were eliminated the interests of the
state would not suffer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Frank Rockefeller, brother of
"Oily" John, has sunk $265,000 in a.
fake mine and claims that he is now a
pauper. No one who invests in wild
cat mining schemes is deserving of
any sympathy after the thorough pub
licity which has been given to such
swindles by the press. '
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

In an article ebullient with lauda-
ton a Minneapolis evening paper
said on Saturday that Governor John
had suggesed that President Roose-
welt call meeting of federal and
state officers to formulate a plan for
railroad control. Why did not the
paper Say that President Roosevelt
z - rssn35$ a&& -
had suggested suchsa course??-for he
it was who conceived the idea and rec
commended it's being put into execu.
ton. The papers staff should read
up on. current events.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Young gentleman, frst-class public
school education, we'll trained, care
full, intrepid, quick, self-reliant, is
prepared to fill any dangerous posi-
ton. Absolutely no fear OF death.
The more danger the better. New
York Times.
Here's a young man who should
find no difficulty in securing a lucra-
tive position in Russia; or, if he pre-
fers to remain in this country. we
might run him for president of the
United States.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Frank Eddy: There has been for
years constant stream of complaints
about the management of the St. Peter
insane asylum. Whether these CON-
plants are we'll founded or not we do
not even pretend to know. A special
legislative committee was appointed
to investigate the matter and left Mon
day for St. Peter to look matters over.
Their appointment was noted in the
press and the day and date of their
arrival in St. Peter and if the author
tiles, no matter what the real condi-
ton of affairs may be, are not in first
class shape to be investigated we will
miss our guess. The idea of appoint
ing an investigating committee to-. in
vestigate any state institution and
sending advance notices of their ar
rival is as ridiculous as it. would he
to 60 up in the northern woods to
hunt moose preceded by a brass band.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

AS menace to public good, organ
lied labor has all other threatening
evils beaten to a finish. ~ Preston Re-
publican.
Organized labor is not now and
never has been menace to public
good. AS general rule members of
trades unions are the most skillful
workmen and the most intelligent and
patriotic citizens.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

AS expected, it has come to pass
that one Lynn Haines, house COM
mittee clerk who wrote criticisms of
the legislature for number of coun-
try papers, has been requested to
hand in his resignation. This should
act as a warming to other employees of
the state who are afflicted with that
irritable malady, cacoethes scribendi.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

"There are men in the state legisla-
ture who never introduce a bill, =" says
an exchange. That is a fact; but, as
we have said before, it is better to
vote intelligently and let the other
fellows introduce the measures than
to occupy the time Of the legislative
bodies with the consideration of bills
which would prove detrimental if
passed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Erick Tornberg, the Isanti county
statesman, is strangely quiet on the
county option question these days.
Erick ought to request the men whom
he supported for Office to put them
selves on record. If Representative
Horton had voted against county op-
ton how Erick would howl.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

A bill has been prepared by J. R.
Randall of Duluth providing that
canned goods sold in Minnesota shall
bear the date upon the label when such
goods are placed in the tins. The
only objection to this measure is that
old labels could be easily removed
and new ones attached. It seems to
US that the suggestion made by the
Union some months ago would
prove more practical. This sugges-
ton was to compel the Gamers to i'm
press the date into the tin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

It is suspected that some of the state
lawmakers have been reading the
newspaper accounts of the woman
suffrage movement in London wherein
the members of parliament were
bearded in their dens by hordes of
furious females. At any rate several
of the legislators have recently
chopped off their whiskers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

the family to which issued, for $40.
This is virtually making two-cent
rate, for but few families that do any
travelling will travel less than 500
miles in any one year. On the face of
1t the substitute appears to have some
features that appeal to ones sense of
Fairness Minneota Mascot.
Not q Bad Idea.
why the printers and publishers of
Minnesota do not organize a stock
company and secure possession of a
completely equipped paper mill, in the
lace OF present outrageous trust prices,
IS proposition that beats US. They
could 90 it and cut down paper prices
20 per cent at least. Why don't thew?
-Anoka Free Press.
's*@
Pernicious Activity.
Lynn Haines, general clerk in the
house, was discharged because he
wrote several letters to newspapers
rejecting on members of the house.
He had been warned but failed to
heed, and was then fred by the
speaker. Too much freshness isn't
always good for the health as we'll as
the wealth. Saltwater Gazette.
i. i. 4
We Remember the Crackers.
Any resident of this state who has
lived here generation will remember
that settlers were told that the lands
first OF the Rum river section, and
then OF the Hubbard, Wadena, Itasca
and Cass county sections were not
worth filing on. Now they are all
splendid, we'll populated agricultural
districts. News Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21
promise settlement Of the difficulty.

The war now being waged between
Honduras and Nicaragua is averred
to have been precipitated by the theft
of government mule, which was pur-
Joined by soldiers of the latter country
from those of the former. Had a
hundred natives been carried off by
the Nicaraguans it would probably
have been considered of small moment,
but the mild-mannered army mule
constitutes a valuable asset in that
cOnntrv
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

The Mortified News man emits this
piece OF smooth sarcasm: "When
Governor Johnson is elected to the
presidency and Attorney General
Young to the senate the preservation
of the present entente cordiale will no
doubt prove of advantage to both.':
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Alienists for the prosecution in the
Thaw trial declare that the prisoner
was of sound mind when he shot White
while those for the defense testify that
he was insane. In this respect alien
lists appear to be constituted similar
to lawyers-their contentious depend
largely upon the side that hires them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Upton Sinclair's cooperative col
ony house in New Jersey has been
blown up with dynamite. Sinclair
could have expected nothing else after
blowing up the packing houses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

One Hypothetical question submitted
by Jerome to the experts in the Thaw
trial contained fifteen thousand words.
Two such questions, tackled together,
would equal in length the annual mes
sage OF that distinguished but verbose
parsonage, Governor John.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

The state legislature will adjourn on
or about April % and no bill may be
introduced, under the rule which
limits the session to ninety days,
within twenty days prior to such ad-
jOurnment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21
An executive order has been issue

An executive order has been issued
by President Roosevelt directing that
Japanese or Korean laborers, skilled
Or unskilled, who have received pass
ports to go to Mexico, Canada or
Hawaii, and to come therefrom, be re-
fused permission to enter the CONT
mental territory of the United States.
This is an outgrowth of the recent
San Francisco school trouble-a COM
promise settlement Of the difficulty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

In testifying before the senate in
vestigating committee James j. Hill
predicted that railroad rates in the
northwest would be advanced ere the
year expires. And Mr.. Hill is man
who knows what he is talking about.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

The Prison Mirror says that it's
printing Office has been whitewashed.
The fellow who edits that paper should
also be given coat of the same ma
terial and turned loose, for his ability
certainly entities him to better Job.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

The city OF Boise, Edaho, seems to
be in hot water all the time. In the
winter time the buildings there are
heated by water from natures boiling
springs and in the summer time streets
are sprinkled from the same source.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21


It begins TO- look as if the wide:
open tax amendment to the constitu
ton, supposed to, have been adopted
at the last selection, in reality failed
to carry. The recount of the ballots
in St. Louis and Ramsey counties in
dicates that the amendment was de-
feated. Certainly if the recount in
the other counties disclose discrepan-
cies in the same ratio as St. Louis
and Ramsey the tax amendment is
overwhelmingly defeated. In view of
these facts the legislature had better
go slow on tax legislation based on
the wide open amendment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

If the speed of trains in this part of
the country is decreased as a retalia-
tory measure for passing the two-cent
fare bill the old-fashioned oxcart will
be able to beat them SO far as making
time is concerned.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21
The Facts.

The Facts.
The Salvation army's anti-suicide
bureau is likely to find that most of
the people who claim to be tired of
life are merely tired of work.-New
York Commercial.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

It is neither feasible nor desirable
to do away entirely with state tax
levy. But it is useless to discuss the
subject for there is not the slightest
probability of dispensing with a state
tax for many years to come if ever.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

If in this whole country trust has
so far been dissolved or a railroad
merger "unmerged' the public would
like to know the name of such corpor-
alton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Representative Wells gross earn
ings tax bill is all right in principle.
The rate proposed in the bill may not
be high enough. But the theory Of
taxing all public service corporations
on their gross earnings is correct. r2
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

There are ffty-eight bills pending in
the Iowa legislature which seek, in
one form or another, to regulate rail
ways. Had these bills been framed
with a view to the Improvement 81
highways Iowa would likely have
gained something thereby. - &S%'s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Representative Horton of Isanti
county has introduced an anti-treating
bill in the legislature which bids fair
to give him considerable notoriety.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Hon. Ambrose Tighe Of st. Paul.
proposes to make little Willie Wash
burn a member Of the railway COM
mission! We had thought Mr.. Tighe
was level-headed man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

Any attorney who has practiced in
the United States senate has no ex-
cuse for ignorance on corporation
law.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

"Russian magazines blow up"
reads heading in daily. They
were probably edited by terrorists.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

While the legislature is engaged in
passing bills to reduce charges coun-
try newspapermen would appreciate
law to compel the paper trust to
cut prices.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

The great food in Pittsburg is pos
sibly punishment being melted out
by the Lord for the moral depravity
existing in that city. Who knows?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21

More wagonroad legislation and
less railroad investigation would
prove advantageous to the country at
large.