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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-11
f GU RTH SEQ
AMENDMENT.

The fourth proposed Amendment liz
contained in Chapter 500, General Laws
Of Minnesota for the year 1909.
PURPOSE. BY this amendment it lis
sought to repeal Section 23 OF Article
Nv of the Constitution, which section
now reads as follows:
Section 23 The legislature shall
provide by law for an enumeration of
the Inhabitants of this State in the
year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five, and every tenth year there
after. At their first session after each
enumeration so made, and also at their
first session after each enumeration
made by the authority of the United
States, the legislature shall have the
power to prescribe the bounds of con-
gressional senatorial and representa-
tive districts, and to apportion anew
the senators and Representatives among
the several districts according to the
provisions of section second of this
article"
and to substitute therefor the follow
Ing:
section %. The legislature shall
provide by law for enumeration of the
inhabitants of this State in the year
1915, and every ten COY years there
after. At any session after any emu
meration of the inhabitants of this
at any session after each enumeration
made by the authority. OF the United
States. the legislature shall have the
power to prescribe the bounds of con-
gressional senatorial and representa-
tive districts, or any OF the same, and
to apportion anew the senators and
representatives among the several dis
tricts according to the provisions OF
section of this article"
EFFECT. The effect of this Amend
ment viii be to direct the legislature
to provide for census OF the inhab-
itants of the State in the year 1918,
and every tenth year thereafter. and
will also authorize the legislature to
change the boundaries OF congressional.
senatorial and representative districts,
or of any ONE OF such districts, and to
appOrtfOn anew the senators and rem
resentatives among the several dis
trfcts, at any session after any State or
Federal census. If adopted, the IeRis-
lature might therefore, liz At deems
best, change at any session the bound
aries OF such districts and apporff0n
anew the senators and representative
and thus redistrict the State every two
years.
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FIRST PROPOSED AMEND
MENT.

The first proposed amendment is con-
tanned i'm Chapter 500 of the Laws OF
Minnesota for the year 1909.
PURPOSE. BY this amendment it is
sought to authorize the payment by the
state from the State Road and bridge
Fund of One-haIf of the cost of con-
structing or improving any road or
bridge therein, and is an amendment
of Section 10 of Article Q of the Con-
situation, which now reads as follows:
Section g. For the purpose of lend
ing aid in the construction and i'm
provement of public highways and
bridges. there is hereby created fund
70 be known as the state road and
ridge fund, said fund shall include
Ill moneys accruing from the income
derived from investments in the in
ternal improvement land fund, or that
may hereafter accrue to said fund, and
shall also include all funds accruing to
any state road and bridge fund, how
ever provided.
The legislature is authorized to add
to such fund, for the purpose Of con-
structing or improving roads and
bridges of this state, by providing in
It's discretion, for an annual tax levy
to exceed in any year one-fourth (A)
IF one mill on all the taxable property
within the state.
PROVIDED, that no county shall re-
ceive in any year more than three (3)
per cent or less than one-half ~ of one
% per cent of the total fund thus
provided and expended during such
year; and provided further, that in no
case shall more than one-third ca of
the cost of constructing or improving
any road or bridge be paid by the state
from such fund" and to substitute
therefor the following:
section Is. For the purpose Of lend
ing aid in the construction and i'm
provement of public highways and
bridges, there is hereby created fund,
to be known as the state road and
bridge fund said fund shall include
all moneys accruing from the income
derived from investments in the in
ternal improvement land fund, or that
may hereafter accrue to said fund, and
shall also include all funds accruing
to any state road and bridge fund,
however provided.
The legislature is authorized to add
to such fund, for the purpose of con-
structing or improving roads and
bridges Of this state. by providing, in
it's discretion, for an annual tax levy
upon the property of this state of not
to exceed in any year one-fourth (A1
of one mill on all the taxable property
within the state.
PROVIDED, that no county shall re-
ceive in any year more than three (3)
per cent or less than one-half on or
one az per cent of the total fund thus
provided and expended during such
year; and provided, further, that in no
case shall more than one-half (1h) Of
the cost of constructing or improving
any road or bridge be paid by the state
from such fund"
EFFECT. The present Constitution
authorizes the payment by the State.
out OF such FUND so created of ONE
THIRD (1-3) OF the cost of constructing
or improving amy road or bridge there
in. III this amendment Ii adopted the
State could then pay ONE-HALF (1s) OF
the cost OF constructing amy such road
or bridge, and the effect of the amend
ment is thus to increase the amount
which the State may lawfully pay to-
ward such purpose.
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s ECOND PROPOSED
AMENDMENT.

The second proposed amen siment ii
contained In Chapter 50y OF the Laws
Of MINNESOTA for the year 1909.
PURPOSE. BY this amendment il An
proposed to repeal the provisions Of
Section IL OF Article TX OF fhe Can.
stitufion, which section now reads m
folIowss
Section Ii. There shall be published
by the treasurer. in ut least one news
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-11

ST Paul Mimi. May /. 1910.
Hon. Julius A. SchmahI, Secretary of
State
Sir: AS required by Section 25 of the
Revised Laws as amended, i have the
honor to furnish You herewith state-
ment of the purposes and effects of the
respective amendments proposed to the
Constitution of the State of Minnesota
by the Legislature of 1909 and which
are to be submitted to the electors I'm
said state at the general election In
1910.
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FIFTH PROPOSED AMEND.
M,..E;'NT.

The fifth proposed amendment ID con.
tanned IN Chapter $40, Laws or s1inne-
sofa for the year 1909.
PURPOSE. by this amendment A 1.
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|MoN re J X
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Aza6R Is
What Part Of an Auto?
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I, ,9IStoI " haU Climbed 10

not have died in a nobler cause, and
though their bodies are gone their
memories and names will always re-
main to those left
A DANGEROUS FOOTBALL
GAME
LOUISE MEILIkE.
MADEIRA, Cal Fifth Grade. Age
10 Years
Perhaps the. juniors would like to
know how l escaped from being run
over. Well, l was playing in the
street in front of our house when L
heard some shouts tlnuerh tLa
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hanging began to cut through The
sandy loan of the bank
| kept hold of the root until it was
about three feet above the water,
which was feet deep at that place,
until the root struck on a rock strata
and held there until the rest of the
boys had come up with the raft and
made up my mind there would be no
more cliff climbing for me.
APRIL IS, 1906
PRISCILLA CAVAGNARO.
Ills seventh Avenue, Oakland. Age Is
The most exciting thing that ever
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of untraversed wilds to give
TO OUT gIOr1OuS State have IeIt us
as priceless legacy our courage il

adVerSltN, our strensth OF purpose, our
power of perseverance. and inasmuch
as they have given us let us be CRATE
full to them.
The best way to be grateful is to
continue the work we have begun un-
til we have built for ourselves city
which will be our pride and the pride
of our country.
Let us then be up and doing
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait"
THE BURNING OF THE HOTEL
ISTALIA
ISTALIA RHINE,
1..3 Page street. Seventh Grade.
Age II Years
On the morning of March 25. 1907.
at Q o'clock we were awakened by
the cries of my little brother. Mama
rose to. quiet the child. and heard a
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ireland!
=
PUZZLE CONTEST T
The correct answers to the puzzles
IN last Saturdays Junior are as
follows:
Q Hose. (2) Soldier. (3) Punch
ing bag. (4) Colorado. (5) Curtain.
CO.. Cuckoo.
Watches are awarded to the follow
ing:
Katie McGeehan, 1907 Fell street
San Francisco.
Paul stefren, 20s6 Encinal avenue
Alameda.
Emma Anderson, 1856 Laguna street
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& ~ Il ANT7TR
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was the Victim OF runaway, screamed
loudly for assistance.
L am now an experienced horse
woman, but [ shall never forget my
first ride of stubborn Bess.'
A NARROW ESCAPE
CARRIE 1. PALMER,
1885 Morton Street, Alameda. Fourth
Grade. 10 Years
We We're Just returning from the
Oakland Orpheum in our automobile /
was sitting in front with my father
We had arrived at First street, where
the train passes. told my father that
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What Game?
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the American people burst forth. Great t
hurrahs thundered out over the little
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What City
the young men waited impatiently for
the first signal of action.
the mistress of the west the bride of
the sun kissed Golden gate. behold, like
phenix, she has risen from her ashes.
What more to prove that the blood of
our fathers still courses through our
veins? Those sturdy pioneers who
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We were so excited that we hardly
had time to eat or sleep that night,
talking about what had happened.
Our horses frightened me awfully.
barn for almost a block because they
were tied in their stalls.
We ran out in the yard and right
into almost greater danger for we
stood under the water tank and it was
going from side to side and the water
running out.
That earthquake was the most ex-
citing thing that i ever saw and |
hope that it will be the last, as / don't
want to experience another one.
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3H - o1u It ISH I W
I rIgHt aIUhg WITHOUT having 10 STOP.
re better this week. and this Is ONLY

ere better this week, and this is only
X before you begin to write and find
Der. Perhaps it was long time ago,
have been in school, although it is
day. Whenever it was, write and tell
y Wednesday. Some of the very best
AWARDED A WATCH
AN ENCOUNTER WITH A
BULL
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What Carpenters I
stable in Mill Valley and a groom was
hired to teach me the art of riding
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KNSSY ~ G
What
A-------X.

THE HAPPIEST d.
First, the appearance of the col
times better than last. 1t is just as
If you ever have had lot of papers t
kinder you felt toward the clean, easy
untidy things you had to turn around
what some of the words were. When
time. When it is good one wants to re
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lIIIS IsII I cNdSSeIdleu. DuI q
IA x-ar., b,no;aet ,do,, x,o,, -,

the very happlest day you can remer
perhaps only week or two. 1t ma
more probable to have been vacation
the other Juniors about it,
Remember, the papers must be in
last week came in. too late to be used.
AWARDED A WATCH
WHEN SOMETHING REALLY
DID HAPPEN
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What Sea Monster?

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ALMOST DROWNED
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she bowed her royal head She live

Marie Antoinette, the queen She died
Marie Antoinette, the queen.
A TRAIN WRECK
MARJORIE l.. MAUZY.
l165 O'FarrelI Street. Pacific Heights
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ice!
- ~

Y EVER SPENT
positions this week was hundred
sy to be careful as careless, isn't it?
look over, you remember how much
o read ones than you did with those
nd upside down, trying to make out
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AN EXCITING BOAT RIDE
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=! saw an oVerI1nging branch. /
jumped for. it anf caught it just as
the boat shot ovY the waterfall. 1
was rescued by w uncle, who had
THE HOME cjMTNd OF OUR
SOL ERs
cHEsT FLINT,
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ID Years

few years ago my father was
called east on business and invited
my mother. brother and myself to ac-
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THE EARTHQUAKE
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him with greater sway than does
thought of pelf or fame.
So the lineman moves to his place,
signing beforehand his death warrant.
Outside a storm blows its furious
way and the sheets of rain whip them
selves across the heavens. Inside
there is quietude and comfort, with the
study lamp casting a mellow light
across the open book. Suddenly the
light is not Somewhere something
has gone wrong. Wherefore the house
holder, rising in extreme indignation,
says things. He realizes he has paid
his money-but where is the equiva-
lent?
On the highways the lineman seeks
1t. The storm has torn and smashed
its way across the face of the earth
and somehow, somewhere, something
has happened. The repair gang goes
plunging forward through the dark
ness. A telegraph pole may have
fallen; a short circuit may have been
formed. That is for the repair gang to
discover and to remedy. The break is
found and one man is sent aloft. The
storm drives into his face and the wind
Whips his raincoat about his face. The
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By R. Ellis Wales

T r was slim, but well knit, with
II that wiry grace which comes
TO those accustomed to swinging
out in high places. His face was
like unto leather and his eyes, a curl
Gus mixture Of solemnity and DAREDEVIL
reclklessness. But the most noticeable
feature was his hands. These moved
swiftly but cautiously and drew back,
as II by instinct. from metallic objects.
lie pushed his way TO the desk in the
Office of the light and power company
and nodded grave good day to super
cilious clerk
Gimme" he said. the death war
rant"
The clerk grinned and slipped him
printed blank with requisite spaces for
signatures which he OF the well knit
frame read laboriously.
In effect, the death warrant was the
formal release which employers of cleo
tric lnemen secure from those whose
ways take them among the mysterious
currents OF electric lines. In IT the
lineman agrees not to hold the com
pany responsible for any accident that
might occur, except IN cases where he
obeys all the multitudinous rules and
regulations, and where death or dis
aster comes from outside agencies
Warnings and precautions are galore
and the applicant enters upon his du-
ties with his eyes open-very much
open
The reason for this precaution on the
part OF the employer is obvious The
world at large has a somewhat hazy
idea Of the death message being whis-
pered continually IN the hum among
the wires strung along the poles; and
long years OF experience and advice
have taught it TO steer clear OF them.
But more than this it knows not It
pays It's money and demands its equiva-
lent, and II is the duty Of the linemen
TO see that the equivalent is given.
None knows better, however, than
those nnemen and their employers the
dangers hedging the undertaking round
and about Therefore 1t is that the
companies demand releases, which
from their nature are called death war
rants. Necessarily no man is forced to
becoue e nneman. but neither is any
forced TO hire himself TO go aloft the
mainmast OF q bark, nor to hoist mas
eive steel girders into positions many,
many feet above the earth, nor to dig
among crUmbling tunnels. It is all q
part OF the game Of life and each man
moves TO his proper place among the
fighting ranks. taking his chances and
playing his part. obeying the call of an
~SSsler consciousness which dominates
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last 90 years-an average of 10 cents a
day. That alone amounts to $3.50, and
not a thing to show for the money
Then look at that business of keeping
clean-laundry bills, which empty your
purse almost as deftly as a pickpocket;
BARRIERS, who all but stand you on your
head to shake the shekels from your
jeans; doctors and dentists, who-but
let's not talk about them; we might get
too excited. Now, when you count up
these things, stop and think for q
minute that you have not a rag nor
stick nor stone to show for all that
cash, and never had for the matter of
that Isn't it ridiculous?
Then let's take a peek at what you've
spent for your "eats" and drinks. Ha!
there's one output we won't kick about
enormous as it is, because, by jovel
it's worth it. So we merely clear our
throats and mutter something about
thousands. Suppose you take a look
backward at the number and variety
of things that have gone to cover parts
of you since the time mother tied a
white silk cap with big bow under
your chin (don't blush Mr.. Sixfooter;
we've all been there ourselves) to that
last SIS dicer you did the line in And
from your first foolish little wooIly
booties to the classy pair of pumps
that you are sporting this minute.
Now, I haven't SAID word about
all your clothes, cocktails. cigarettes
candies and flowers for the girlies, the
ater tickets, vacations. ETC., but even
SO your account has amounted pretty
high. OF course, it would have been
easy to look wisely over my glasses
and swamp you with statistics. but ]
was afraid you might remind me OF
what has been SO pertinently said
There are in this world three kinds
~ 1tars-liars blank liars and stat.
isticians."
On the whole man, when he Is a
man. is no very cheap article. And
vet this otherwise glorious globe OF
ours Is as full of him and his gentle
men friends as the brain of suffra.
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men. They repeat IL when something
has happened and they repeated 1t on
the occasion that George Dow clam
bered up the pole in San Pablo avenue.
AS quickly moving hands reached for
ward and grasped the wires there
came shock. His body Strengthened
out, straining his lffebelt to the limit
You see, the telephone wires had somei
how become connected with the cleo
trio service wires and something had
happened. 1t was sufficient to make a
physical wreck of him; but because
that something was an outside"
agency the company gave George Dow
$500 and he went his way.
Consider the case of Jim Stamps.
He was working on some telephone
wires and a short distance above him
were some heavy wires carrying $4,000
volts From the top of the pole came
a tiny stream of water-it was raining
at the time-and along this little
stream the electricity carried until it
reached Jim Stamps.
Not having his safety strap on at
the time, he fell and broke his leg
Also his arm was burned to a crisp
Then, again, there is John Devers,
another telephone lineman. He was
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CONSOLATION FOR MISTER M. T. PURSE

gette Is full of schemes. The land Is
alive with him. the seas threaten him
with hungry roars, but does not scare
him off; the air above us will very
soon be filled with him and his queer
devices Did you ever know anything
as plentiful as man? He's about as
uncommon a growth as a pink ger
anium, and about as extraordinary,
and almost as varied a production as
our breakfast cereals. Really, judg-
ing by the rareness of this plant, we
might estimate man to be, individually,
as valuable as tin-can However.
each little sprig and twig of him, be It
ever so useless, takes a deal of money
to grow.
Now, Mrs. Stuckup-if there happens
to be such a person-next time you
chance to meet our old friend Down
and-Out don't give him that December
stare of yours. Consider what 1t took
to bring him to that picturesquely In
dolent attitude that he assumes over
there on the corner Be sport and
watt him little April smile. Per-
haps you could let one of your little
butterfly thoughts futter around him
for a minute. If you come to sthink of
1t now, he might be almost worth it.
Yes, poor old dowdy one, friend that
we have always with us. true. phtloso-
pher and brave soldier without q gun,
your purse . Ao uoupl aS empty as .
baby's brain, but the next time I see
you on that street corner l verify be-
Heve you will be fabbergasted by that
one swift but dazzling smile / am go
ing to send straight at you- You cost
a lot, old boy. Don't you suppose ]
have an inkling what long row OF
daily cocktails total up to? And juicy
sausages with long steams as accom-
paniments? Get along with you, I
know all about it. At least I have
overheard remarks which might lead
one to infer. But, anyway, let's cheer
up even though. come to think 1t over,
we arrive at the conclusion that
'twould be money In our pockets had
Wa never been born.
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- HEER up, soni Don't let an
empty purse floor you, Never
- mind if it has been in an aggra-
yatingly lightweight condition for
long, monotonous time There are quite
few folk around town, they tell me-
whose satchels could be managed off,
hand by an invalid infant. Whatever
we do we mustn't let the Importance
of our bank account interfere with that
good opinion Of ourselves which is ours
by right. We've earned 1t. We al
ways did deserve 1t. anyway. So spruce
up, old boyl Throw out shat more or
less slender chest of yours and just
cock that greening hat a bit more to
the left Step out and use all the
space and air you possibly can. Kick
the dust up; it can't hurt those clothes
Of yours. Make enough noise to let
the town know you're still with it. OF
course, one knows how it is at times,
when you can't help feeling that dingy
sensation. When Freddy, the fippant,
starts in wasting his college jokes on
you for the amusement of the other
fellows; and when Betsy the beautiful,
as you chance to meet her, gazes abb
sent mindedly at>that jewelless necktie,
or vaguely at the hole in your boot.
Isn't it the deuce, though? Makes you
feel like a wet rooster in an ostrich
farm. Starts you thinking of the styl-
ish outfit that never was yours; of
those long journeys you never took;
of those cool oysters you never ate, and
hose soft conquests you could so easily
ave made If only-oh, it is too sad.
But, anyhow, son. it took thousands
make you-lots of thousands! It
takes so much to build up an ordinary
respectable citizen of 80 years, say, in
q a.
ache to think of it. I am not going to
try to hand out a bunch of statistics
but you would probably find it worth
your while to do a little calculating
yourself. Just take a squint at the
amount of carfare you've spent in the
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rain lashes itself across his eyes and
finds its way under his rubber coat,
soaking him to the skin, chilling him
to the very bone. He feels his way up
the pole and his quickly moving hands
draw back as by instinct, from the me-
tallic objects. He worms his way into
the network of wires and, in the dark
ness, begins coaxing them to perform
their proper functions.
The storm screeches forward with
redoubled anger. The wind lifts
broken, hanging wire. hurls it through
the night and lays it across the form
of the working lineman. He feels its
deadly caress against his rubber coat
and begins to writhe away. The fear
of the unknown grips his heart and
his body stiffens with the agony OF the
moment
Follows silence. Somehow the live
>wire has found place unprotected by
the rubber coverings and there has not
been time for him to cry out. He
remains up the pole, the bone, flesh
and life of him burned out, and his
fellows below, calling loudly to him,
understand that brother. lives but in
memory.