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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10

CHAPTER 2es-H. F. NO. 44o.
AN ACT to amend section two thousand
three hundred %ninety-nine (2399) Of
chapter thirty-nine $3.50 Of the Revised
Laws Of 1905, relating to the bounties
for killing wolves.
Be It enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section /. That section two thousand
three hundred ninety-nine (2S99), chapter
thirty,nine 800 Of the Revised Laws Of
1905, be amended SO as to have such
section read as follows:
.Section 2s99. The town clerk shall
med the ns'c carcas: that it was s1 that Of a full
grown wolf or cub, as the case may be;
and that the toes Of both front feet were
nee of the witnesses named. All ami
mails produced at any one time shall be
shall furnish a copy thereof to the claim
ant, who shall pay a fee Of rs cents there
for, and 10 cents for its filing. Provided,
that in unorganized towns the application
shall be made to the nearest town clerk
in the county,"
Approved April %, 1907.
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Approved April %, 1907.

3lO-S. F. NO. 1914.
vised Laws Of Minnesota for 1905, de-
filming the powers of counties.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
vised Laws Of Minnesota for 1905, be and
the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
county. is a body polite and corporate,
and as such empowered to act for the fol-
lowing purposes:
l. To sue and be sued.
2. To acquire and hold real and per-
sonal property for the use Of the county,
n lands sold for taxes as provided by
law; and to purchase and hold for the
benefit of the county real estate sold by
the county is a party.
3. To sell, lease and convey any real
or personal estate owned by the county,
n to give contracts or options to sell,
sonal estate, and make such order re-
specting the same as may be deemed con-
ducive to the interests of it's inhabitants;
any such real estate, nor any contract or
option therefor shall be valid, unless a
resolution fixing a time for considering
ditions thereof, shall be published in the
official proceedings Of the county conn.,
missioners at least thirty days and not
more than sixty days prior to the time it
further, before causing the publication of
any such resolution, the commissioners
may require a satisfactory bond to be
furnished by the person or persons de-
string such sale, a lease. conveyance. con-
tract or option, conditioned to abide by
the terms thereof, If granted to him or
them; provided further, If at the time so
fixed any more favorable proposition or
propositions shall have been filed with
the auditor affecting the same property
and accompanied with like satisfactory
bond, all propositions may be at that
time considered, and the one most favor
able to the county accepted; provided
further, that in no case shall any such
lands be disposed of. without there being
reserved to the county n and all iron
upon the same, with right to explore for,
mine and remove same nor shall such
minerals and mineral rights be disposed
of, either before or after disposition OF
Ing lease, in similar general form to that
provided by section 2491 Of the Revised
Laws Of Minnesota for 1905 for mining
leases affecting state lands, such lease to
be for a term not exceeding fifty years,
atty to be not less than Is cents per ton
of 2,24O pounds, and to fix a minimum
amount Of royalty payable during each
year, whether mineral is removed or not:
provided further, prospecting options for
periods not exceeding one year. such
options to require, among other things,
periodical showings to the unit board
of the results Of exploration work done.
other acts in relation to the property n
concerns Of the county necessary to the
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect In
be In force from and after its passage
Annrnved Anrf1 22 1907
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sotasfor the year 1905 shall be and the.
same hereby is amendednto read as fol-

lows: ~
60 Counties-In the case Of counties,
house and jail. or either Of them; for. the
purchase OF a. poor farm and equiping
the same with suitable buildings, tools
and stock; for establishing morgues and
ing and improving public highways in
the. nature Of county roads,; for laying
out and opening steam traction roads or
other special public highways authorized
by law; and for the bridging of waters
within the county or bordering thereon"
Approved April %. 1907. rs
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CHAPTER s11-s. F. NO. 255.
AN ACT to amend section -four thousand
five hundred and twenty-four 4524) of
the Revised Laws of Minnesota for
1905, relating to justification Of sure
ties on official and other bonds.
BE it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota.
Section 1. That section four thousand
five hundred and twenty-four 4524) OF
the RevisedgLaws of the State OF Mime
sofa for 1905, be. and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
.4524. The Justification OF sureties.
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CHAPTER 29s-H. F. NO. 1914.
AN ACT to provide for the incorporation
of ca operative associations, formed for
the purpose of selling, or otherwise dis
posing of products Of any cooperative
manufacturing or agricultural associa-
ton heretofore or hereafter organized,
and authorizing such corporations to
hold stock in any corporation, organized
under the provisions of this. act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Section 1. That any cooperative as
ISOLATION may be formed for the purpose
Of selling and otherwise disposing Of any
product of any manufacturing or agri-
cultural cooperative association, organ
lied under the provisions of section 3O73,
Revised Laws, 1905, or chapter 276 or 313,
General Laws, 1905. and any amendments
thereto. Its certificates of Incorporation
shall be filed for record with the secre-
tary OF state, and thereupon it shall be-
come a corporation. A majority of the
incorporators thereof shall be residents
Of thia. state, and Its duration, without
esnsWal, shall not exceed twenty years.
6ylf1. such Rseclation shall
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practically, when it is worked out in detail, q
method of compelling the corporations to do
their bookkeeping in the presence of employe
close inspection. Under such system watering
of stocks and Juggling of funds would PROBABLY
decline sadly in popularity.
Then there numerous other phases of ac-
tivity, still less apparent to the general public.
in which the commission Will expend much en-
ergy and no little money in the coming year 1t
has asked the Controller for SJO,OOO for special
rapid transit NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the
increase in population, the drift of that increase
toward special localities of this city; therefore
the need of certain transit facilities for GER
tain places. 1t is the aim of the commission 10
map out broad general transit system. eacn
link Of which, when constructed, shall give re-
lief to the situation, yet shall form an integrai
part Of the big system Another SJo.oUc mas
vestigations which the commission hopes to
take up. In this class may be noted the llgnt-
Ing inquiry and two others projected
Hundreds of little things are remedIed each
day-those things which excite the Ire OF the
who uses the subway or elevated or Brook
lyn Bridge twice day as the bigger evils 10
which he is used do not. Gates are ordered for
a dangerous platform some new planks put into
rotten station platform. leaky roof patched
up, a new fender ordered for surface car. the
shaving off of few seconds from the running
time of train by slight change in operation
work and scarcely are noted save as some clerk
writes satisfied across the face of the record
of the complaint. Yet each goes also into
big total which notes genuine reduction In
the discomforts to which the public of this city
are subjected; each one is genuine cause for
Will be a trffe less frkSome, thanks to the Pub
lie Service Commission.
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him down inspector for the commission
If man with an official badge puts you through
grilling cross-examination as 10 an accident
you may have witnessed. he is not OF necessity
an employe of the railroad company seeking in
formation 10 forestall damage suits; II Is more
likely he will prove TO be another inspector for
the commission.
The commission is accommodating a large corps
OF these Recently it appointed forty. at
$1,000 year. from a list prepared by the state
Civil Service Commission. They are men or
considerable technical knowledge of railroads
and transit conditions many of them men or
long with railroad companies Possess
ing this knowledge with knowledge also OF the
citys geography and its needs, many OF them
furnish suggestions of great value for improve
ments in the service of the companies, which
suggestions the commission Is not slow 10 en-
body into provisional orders to the companies
These men have the transit service or TINS city
under their eyes every hour of the twenty four
Reports of each accident all the transit
lines are forwarded TO the commission. These
fr the six months of the commissions existence
have numbered about five thousand month. OF
which probably 20 per cent were serious. SHSht
computation produced death list Of about six
hundred a year-a perceptible addition To the
citys death rate. Each accident Is investigated
BY inspectors, and analysis of the reports soon
showed the commission that tho accidents re-
solved themselves into few well defined classes
attributable to certain general conditions.
Promptly a subcommittee on safety devices
was appointed to check this dreadful accident
list The electrical engineer, man OF expert
enCe the head of the inspection bureau ana the
chief clerk Of the accidents department, com :
prise the committee-men whose integrity IL
known to the commission, mon who VIII produce
results men also whose valuable service in this
direction will cost the commission the fancy
prices OF experts" but viii be given in addition
to their daily work for their regular modest
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
PROTECTING NATURE.

The love os beauty is a deep love in the hearts
of millions who have had opportunity Of ac-
auiring what we call culture. n appreciation OF
architecture of tragedy. OF sculpture. education
counts for much In response TO the beauties OF
nature i'm the upft given by budding trees. rising
moon peaceful stretches OF level snow. the most
untutored often equals the scholar who has trav-
elIed much in realms of gold The beauty which
lies about us everywhere belongs fully to the
poor TO the rich. to the simple to he learned.
TO the Iaoorer to the artist Nothing fs more
significant to man. a more compelling influence.
than the qualities OF that environment Of which
he is in very truth part. and by which his SEN
sibties in small degree determined Vine
shall say to what extent the outburst Of .he
Renaissance made possible by the magic OF
Italian hill and dale and sky? Or whether the
greatest of art periods could have existed lad
signboards of corsets and Cascarets obscured the
loveness of Greece? That dearest CT England .
art. her poetry-the shining river of natural song
which flowed before Chaucer. and included Shake
speare and Wordsworth and Burns and Keats. and
which is flowing still-could hardly have been
the winning and intimate fairness Of the isle
We in America rich in landscape From
Maine TO the sands of Florida, from the Rockies
TO gentle New England lawns. every mood IL found
in nature-to awe. to soften. to inspire. Sadly
allowed this birthright to be destroyed
We have given away 20 private money making
those waterfronts which mean infinitely much
in 4 peoples happiness and outlook. and are
now fortunately laboring in many towns TO win
them back again. In careless hurry cave
killed trees. but at last awake
to the role they play in a nations history. The
business men Of Cincinnati have lately combined
for the purpose of fighting uginess in the BILL
board Our people, although the country is still
new, busy and commercial. ambitious, alert,
and entering upon stage where they have leisure
to consider those things which affect the intellect
and the character through the taste--coier'si
Weekly.
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THE UNCHURCHED MASSES.

Vast masses Of people left unchurched.
There is presented the singular spectacle of
Christendom sending missionaries to the heather
beyond the seas and contemplating with indif-
ference and hopelessness the extensive and Wig
orous growth of heathenisn in the very vitals
of its own country. We pay the travelling ex-
penses for our best men and women TO preach
the Gospel to foreigners at the ends Of the earth.
and when these same foreigners come to OF
their own accord. paying their own travelling
expenses. we turn away from them with apathy
and despair.
But these neglected masses in the lower wards
of our city have their revenge They are a con-
slant menace to our distinctive American insti
tutions We cannot escape them They cling
to our fanks and follow we proceed north
ward on our narrow islana. We catch their dis
eases They have a saloon on every corner
They outvote US at our elections. nniasm6
stealing up from our social svamps infects our
whole municipal life
The masses in our cities require tho ve1y best
preaching architecture and music. II II q mis-
take 70 try to reach them with cheap and nasty
appliances II had my way would put the
most beautiful churches among tho poor. % that
IL would be only step from the squA1or OF the
tenement house into a new and coutrasted world.
The poor used to be taught to be patient under
their sufferings In hope OF q bnssfl hereafter
But now they are waking up 10 the fact that the
rich, in their refinement Of selnshness. propose
TO get the better Of them In both worlds NOT
only to monopoiize tho good things Of iifs. bus
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G1S AND ELECTRICITY.

Besides its jurisdiction over the transit com
panies the commission under the public service
commissions law has jurisdiction also over gas
and electric lighting companies. The law COM
rnands that no gas meter shall he sst until il has
been tested and found correct by the commits
sion This when the commission first took office,
caused considerable inconvenience for few
davs as no testers available, and no ap-
psratus Now twenty-five testers are at work,
and meters are being proved at the rate of six
hundred thou sand year.
Any consumer Of gas who doubts the propriety
of the bills rendered has only to write to the
commission have his meter tested and It's &C
curacy assured. An employe or the commission
visits his home and seals the meter in such
fashion that il cannot be tampered with unless
he knows IT. Then 1t Is removed by employees
of the gas company and taken to the company :
shops. it's place is put a new meter. OF as
sured accuracy. Each company Is compelled 10
keen in it's plant two meter testing machines,
whose accuracy the commission guarantees. ON
one of these the doubtful meter is tested by the
commissions tester, not by any employe of the
gas company If II runs fast or slow, II Is cor
rected and whenever thereafter reset is guar
anteed as to ita accurate registry 1 the amount
of gas consumed
meters is being established Complaints about
electricity have been far fewer than about gas.
Nevertheless complaints have been numerous
enough so that a general inquiry into the sun
iect of electric lighting. service and prices VIII
he begun by the commission about the nrst OF
the new year When the S0-cent gas dispute
gets out of the courts. the commission VIII ne
in a position take up the subject OF gas ser :
vice and prices. At present Its work IN that
direction is confined largely to defending the
acts of the old Commission or Gas ana Eiec-
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THE CAUSE OF THE sMAsH-uP.

The old darky was suing the railroad company
for damages The eontended that. not being
by the whistle engine bell. he had start
ed drive his riS across the company's track.
when a shunted box OF said company crashed
into his outfit causing the death of the horse. loss
of the wagon and minor injuries to himself. After
prosecution had closed its side OF the case the
conpanys lawyer called the old darky TO the stand
at him.
Mr.. T4anSon'' he began. your rig was struck
by the box ear in full daylight was IL noty
Il fink Gar was clouds ovahsad. SUM-, an
swered the cavilling witness.
Never mind the clouds And only Few days
before this accident the railroad company rad puE
a new sign that crossfng2
''Dar sign dar- a-as. sum
And didn't that sign say Stop, Look Listen -
Now dar am de whor accusation ub de trouble 80
declared the darky. with animation. III dat Stop
sign hadn't cauyht lis c.ie's jes' 8 All war
suuar' on dat track. dar wouldn't q Sesn -
smash -up.'-The Bohemian.
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A TROUBLESOME HERITAGE.

When the Public Service Commission came
into existence July it inherited from the
former Rapid Transit Commission work under
contract amounting TO about S20.OOO,OOO- There
the Battery tunnel in Brooklyn, about TO
be opened within few weeks now there was
the Brooklyn loop line, the subway which is to
connect the Manhattan end OF the Williamsburg
Bridge with the Brooklyn Bridge, with a spur to
the Manhattan Bridge; the Van Cortlandt PARK
extension of the present subway. and various
changes in it,j including the completion or
ventilatng system, the installation OF new stair
ways at some stations. and the project for
change of tracks the 96th street station. a
delicate undertaking which had been dropped
midway by the old commission Then, too, three
days before IL went out Of office the old COM
mission set a day for hearing the route
for the Fourth avenue fBrooklyn) subway to
Coney Island. practically binding the incoming
body this route.
The commission after a hearing decided to
ratify the choice OF its predecessor to this
route. BY doing ii added work amounting to
about S23 100000 to that already under way.
and placed its engineering department the
task of preparing the contracts and supervising
the work on this great underground road.
The commission in its budget had estimated
about $4,000 as the expenses Of its engineer
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against churches. jostle another-Latin. Celt.
Slavic. Semitic. They behold the spectacle Of
Protestant churches slowly dying out before
their face and eyes The growth of great eccie-
siastical institutions uptown in the suburbs
makes no impression upon them. These people
have narrow horizon. They draw their con-
clusions from the outward appearance and from
phenomena close by They are overawed by
that only which obtrudes solid materialistic
'front.', like great schoolhouse or a massive
commercial building. or gaudy saloons and
theatres The church edifices are in disrepair-
The wealth has gradually leaked out of them
through the removal of members uptown or to
the suburbs, and their appliances for worship
are correspondngiy weak. This vast neglected
population provided the environment and the
field for the institutional church
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

the surface system of Manhattan revealed trans
acuons which set the financial world a-talklng,
7ho caused the District Attorney to busy him.
seh with the evidence obtained by the COM
mission A great part of the history still re-
mains unprobed. a task for the new year. The
general survey of the history and service or
the brookIyn Rapid Transit Company showed
many weak places but a consistent. honest ef-
tort 10 build up a workable railroad system.
A general investigation into conditions on Staten
lSiaad stlll is in progress. while specific invest-
Sauohs IN reply to specific complaints are
scheduled three and four day for a month
ahead.
Yet all of this. notes of which appear daily
IN the newspapers. gives little idea of the great
scope OF the work of the Public Service Com
mission These phases are merely the surface
manifestations of activity. It's work also goes
on in small. quiet offices, in consultations OF
members of the commission and engineers. in
long hours of midnight o' OF these things
the general public knows nothing, seeing the
result only in the issue of a new order for some
much needed improvement. The reason that the
Public Service Commission has fighting chance
Of solving the problem of decent transit. before
which the old Rapid Transit Commission went
TO defeat. is that this commission is building up
a machine. provided for in the lava great
business mechanism which will be bigger than
any individual commissioner the entire COM
mission itself; which, once fairly started. will go
of its own momentum and achieve results
almost involuntariy
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Day and Night 1t Seeks to Get
fer the Public More and
Better ConVeniences.
r ConVeniences.

The Public Service Commission has almost
completed six months of existence and vet the
general public has little detailed knowledge of
the vast scope of its activities which justified
Commissioner Bassett when he presented the
other day budget of 81 O95 900 to the Board
Of Estimate the reauisition for the 1st Dis
trict alone for the coming year. One million dol
lars in these times of tight currency and munich
pal poverty is certainly a substantial sum. And
yet
With the letting of the contracts for the
Fourth avenue subway to Conev Island, the
Public Service Commission for the 1st District
will have under contract work amounting to
nearly S50.oo0.ooo 1t has army of five hun
tired employees of its own at work night and
day 1t has jurisdiction transit corpora
tions and lighting companies whose captaliza-
tion. even minus a few of the foundations which
have swamped some of the concerns. makes the
entire municipal debt of this city look small: and
II is giving 10 the vast travelling public of this
vicinity, slowly but along broad. comprehensive
plan. a dawning hope of relief from cattle car
transit and straphanging.
The Public Service Commission for the Ist
District which is New York City. consists of
five menlF paid by the state and a secretary
It houses itself and its army of employees in
three floors OF the Tribune Building and al
ready needs more room for its rapidly growing
work.
In this day Of enterprise all night restaurants
ere common. and all night tailors and all night
banks not unknown. The Public Service Com
mission, though, is about the only public body
which stays ION the job" day and night. Under
the law which created it its Offices must be open
every day in the year from a. m. to IL p. m
AS matter Of fact, they are open frequently
until after midnight All the force. to be sure
does not work day and night; the executives have
arranged the business system that there is
day force and smaller of night workers
Accidents TO streetcars must be reported TO the
commission Immediately by telephone A trust
worthy man stays at the end of d wire every
hour OF the commissions day; intelligent inspec-
tors at his elbow ready to be sent out to