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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30
ana substitutes therefor the following,

Section Z. Probate Court
Juoses to be Elected-Jurisdicti
There shall be established in each
organized county in the state a pro-
pate court, which shall be a court
OF record, and be held at such time
and places a. may be prescribed by
law. It shall be held BY one Judge,
VINO shall be elected by the voters
OF the county for the term of four
years. He shall be a resident Of
snch county ct the time Of his cleo
uon,, and reside therein during his
continuance in office; and his COM
Pensation shall be provided by law.
ne may appoint his own clerk
where none has been elected: but
the legislature may authorizes the
election by the electors of any
county, Of one clerk or register Of
probate for such county, whose
powers, duties, term of Office and
compensa ton shall be prescribed
oy law. A probate court Shall have
jurisdiction over the estates Of de-
ceased persons and persons under
guardianship, but no other jurisdlc-
t1on except as prescribed by this
Constitution !"
EFFECT The present Constitutio,
provides That the office of Judge of Pro
bate shall be two years and If thi,
amendment is adopted the term of sucI
office will be four years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30

EFFECT: The present constitution
provides that the number of Associate
Justices Of the Supreme Court shall not
exceed four in number. while the
amendment, If adopted, will increuse
the number to s'~. minority Of the
Supreme Court may now declare a law
unconstitutional, but If this amendment
IA adopted, it will require the concur
renee Of five members. The Office Of
clerk Of the Supreme Court Is now cleo
tive, but If this amendment Is adopted.
the clerk Of the Supreme Court Will he
appointed by the court.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30
1t is proposed to substitute thereto,
the following.

section 1. That Section 2 Of
Article of the Constitution of the
State Of Minnesota be amended SO
as to read as follows:
Section 2. In the next and sue
ceedjng reapportionments of Sen
ators and Representatives the SEN
ate shall be composed Of sixty
three l63) members and the House
OF Representatives shall be COM
posed Of such number of members
as may be prescribed by law. The
representation in both Houses shall
be- apportioned as nearly as practi-
tons of the states in proportion to
the population thereof, exclusive
OF Indians not taxable under the
provisions Of law: Provided, how
into several legislative districts.
put no County or any Of the parts
thereof shall ever constitute or be
part Of more than seven CD SEN
ator1al Districts and no. more than
seven 90 Senators sha. Il ever be
apport1oned to any one County,
EFFECT. The object Of this amend-
ment II to limit the State Senate to
sixty-three members and to prevent
any one county having more than
seven senator's.
EIGHTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT
The eighth proposed amendment I,
contained in Chapter SCI of the Laws
Of Minnesota for the year 1913,
PURPOSE, The purpose OF th,.
amendment IL to encourage the plant-
ing. cultivation and protection of use
full forest trees and it Is proposed Ia
add an entirely new section to Article
o of the Constitution, to be known ..
Section TIA. and which shall read q.
followst
Section !; The folloH'ing amend
ment to Article Nine 90 of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Minnesota,
Is hereby proposed to the people OF
the State Of Minnesota. for their
Tent, when adopted, shall be known
as Section Tia Of said Article Nine
(9), that Is to say:
"'Section TIA. For the purpose
Of encouraging the planting Guilt
walton and protection Of useful for
est trees in this state. laws may be
enacted providing for the payment
Of not more than Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($2.5o) per acre. for
term, in each case OF not more than
Ten Seaes to and an not oee
who shall plant. cultivate and pro-
tect useful forest trees upon his
own land"
EFFECT, This amendment, If adopt-
ed, will permit the LegiI.a to enact
laws providing for the pigment by the
term, to persons who shall plant, cul-
tivate and protect useful forest trees
upon their own land.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30

PRODUCED in either branch. except OF
the written request of the governor,
during the last twenty (2o) days OF
zen sessions, except the attention OF
important matter of general interest
by a special message from the gov
ernOr."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30
FIFTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

The fifth proposed amendment is con-
Minnesota for the year 1918.
PURPOSE; The purpose of this
amendment is to permit the permanent
school and university funds of this
State to be invested in first mortgage
lOnns upon im~roved and cultivated
ment would change Section 6 Of Article
Of the Constitution, which now reads
nx follows,
Sec 6. The permanent school and
university fund of this state may be
invested in the bonds of any county,
schuv1 district, city, town Or village Of
be made until approved by the board
of commissioners designated by law to
regulate the Investment of the perma-
nent school fund and the permanent
university fund Of this state; nor shall
such loan or Investment re made when
wonld make the entire bonded indebt-
the assessed valuation +. the taxable
real property of the county. school dis
trict, city, town or village Issuing such
bonds; nor shall such loans or indebt-
edness be made at lower rate of In
terest than three CD per cent per an
num- nor for shorter period than Ave
60 years. nor for a longer period than
twenty (20) years, and no change Of
the town, school district, city, village
or of county lines shall relieve the real
county, village or city in this state at
the time of the issuing of such bonds
from any liability for taxation to pay
such bonds"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30
and adds thereto the following:

revolving fund Of not over
Two H.undred Fifty Thousand Dol.
!ars ($25O,000) may be set apart
from the funds derived from the
sale OF school and swamp lands. to
oe used in constructing roads,
oltches and fire breaks in, through
and around unsold school and
swamp lands such fund to be re-
PIenlshed as long as needed from
the enhanced value realized from
me ne, sale OF such lands so bene-
EFFECT: The effect of this amend
ment, If adopted, will be to permit the
state to improve the school and swamp
lands of the State out Of moneys de-
rived from the sale of such lands, and
TO bring the State into line with the
conditions of the Swamp Land Grant as
TO Drainage of such lands, by providing
a revolving fund therefor, pending the
ultimate application of the avails of
such grant to the common school fund
OF the State and the educational and
charitable Institutions thereof.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30
and substitutes therefor the following

Sec. 2. The supreme court shall
- consist of one chief justice and six
associate justices. Five shall con-
sttute quorum, and the concur
renee of at least four shall be
necessary to decision, but no
sta tute shall be declared unconsti-
tutlonal unless five mem bers Of the
court shall concu" In the decision.
1t shall have original jurisdiction
In such remedial cases as may be
prescribed by law, AMI appellate
jurisdiction in all cases both in
law and equity, but there shall be
no trial by jury in said court It
snail hold one or more terms in
each year, as the Legislature NAV
direct at the seat Of government,
and the legislature may provide. hv
two-thirds vote that one term
In each year shall be held in each
or any judicial district. 1t shall be
the duty Of such court to appoint
reporter OF its decisions, and a
clerk Of the supreme court"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-30
wh6eoaJe Condemnation.

NE present CON<t:' NttOn
an' thr Investment Of tine per-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
!. ULSTER HOME RULE
!. FIGHT ~AMERICANIZED

Frederic Haskin in Washington Star.
When tens of thousands of armed vol
anaeers are drilling in Ulster with the
any attempt to max Irish home rule eff
fect1ve, 1T is but natural that ono would
ASK: Where Is the British army?''
question. ~
The British army is in sullen and skulk-
ing revolt.
It has not openly rebelled against it's
government. but many of it's officers have
refused to obey orders, have attemnted to
OBTAIN promises from the government as
SSo ona n, Of their obeying orders, and
tainly with the u~nionist party. According
70 unionist testimony this rebellious at
. ubn IS shared by the men in the ranks.
VINO also swear that they will muttny
before they will draw a trigger in the CO.
ercion Of Ulster.
This language all too mildly states the
situation. For army officers nave not
OILY gone so far as to decline to take
steps to uphold the DEGREES of parliament
IN Ulster, but they have also shared in
ane DECLARATION that the government (be-
stores in Ulster by disposing government
troops In the province) was guilty of an
act OF outrageous treachey amounting to
q propocatton OF massacre.
In order that the situation NAV be clear
70 the american reader in all its tragic
llFdlcrousness. let III transfer the circum-
ssa van to American soil. Suppose. for
~ " LOT kA 10 I'M
Ckianoma to the union as a state and
clotne 1t with homo rule, that a portion Of
me people Of the territory had raised OBJ
70 remain under the direct control Of the
washington government. Suppose, then,
ma three general elections had been held
that three congresses had been elected on
the explicit understanding that OklahomS
nnouid have statehood. Suppose, further
Hons. t and me me senate ignored these cleo
pc taken away from it in order that tho
Mandate OF the people might be obeyed.
upRgs t1en, that the bill had passed
ffhe House three times and was ready to
become law.
Nov, ali this time the anti-home rulers
an Inaaa aod dr1 hnye been organizing, and
say, will oppose home rule, Whatever
congress may do. And as the threats be-
come more violent. the government orders
the forts. In Oklahoma to protect the am
mutton and army stores from seizure by
the labor volunteers.
army and the other officers decline to
obey orders. and say that to go into Okla
non ot 70 protect the stores might cause
that would mean bloodshed. Not onlv do
they disobey. ask the government =
give them written guarantees that they
hal, not pc called upon to serve in Okla
mona, at least on the side Of home rule.
Ihen they go secretly to the president and
q few cabinet officers and get, such a
written guarantee, without the knowledge
And, after all that. the army officers
furnish to the opposition party a full ac-
count OF what went on as the basis of a
plot to drench Oklahoma in blood.
That Is not really as strong as the real
situation In Ulster stands, but the anal
has sulleniy.,defed the parliament, and the
parliament is for the time being stunned.
Y Is forced Into inaction. because it does
not know how far is can 20 without bring
Ing the army into open rehellion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
AGAINST WoMEN's POCKETS
New York Newspaper Gives Eight
Reasons for Its Opposition to
Proposed Move.
1. Because pockets are not a natural

l. Because pockets are not a natural
right.
2. Because the great majority OF
women do not want pockets. If they
did, they would have them.
3. Because whenever women have
had pockets they have not used them.
4. Because women are expected to
carry enough things as it is without
the additional burden OF pockets.
5. Because it would make d%issension
between husband and wife as to whose
pockets were to. be filled.
6. Because it would destroy mans
chfvalry toward woman If he did not
have to carry all her things in his
pockets.
Z. Because men are men and women
the women. We must not fly In the
face of nature.
8. Because pockets have been used
by men to carry tobacco, pipes, whisky
TASKS, chewing gum and compromis-
Ing letters. We see no reason to sup
pose that women would use them
more wisely.-New York. Tribune.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
stranger won, now and then Beauprs.

stranger won, now and then Beauprs.
yet more often now the stranger, till
at length Francois was playing not
with the desire to lose, but with a hope
to gain back something at least Of the
considerable sum which he had lost.
Before his he had gone into his pocket
n brought out that honorable 800
francs, n had thrown one louis dor
after another on the black table, and
lost one after another. Yet his con-
1dence was still stronghold would
turn-this was his lucky day. And now
he would not regret carrying away the
strangers money. He began to feel a
fierce eagerness to get the better Of
this antagonist become SO formidable.
And a horrible nervousness was creep
ing over him at the dim vision Of q
thought-a thought kept r%esolutely ON
the confines of his consciousness, yet
persistently pushing Forwarding
thought that 1t might be that he could
not win the money back.
With eyes excited and bright OF the
table, with fingers swapping out the
cards boldly, that thought shook him
suddenly-he jeered at 1t n despised
It. 1t was absurd, grotesque. He was
Francois Beaupre, a rich peasant, a re-
spected and well known citizen; more
over, of good judgment; n moreover
still, lucky. He had been lucky all his
AN~Nf ~ ~ - - CIV LIE VSS >
the trick was not going to fail him now.
"Double!" he shouted promptly as he
lost again.
And he lost again. The 900 francs
were gone; he gave a note now, on his
stock, n again he lost. A deathly
sickening sensation had gripped him
and was holding him: the horrid
thought had come close and was look
ing him in the face; he seemed to feel
an appalling hot breath from it. . He
tossed off another glass Of wine and
for a moment was dumb. Then in a
flash he saw what he must do; this was
of course the last point before he luck
turned--that was evident. 1t would
make a fine tale how LIE Francois had
come within, n of losing all he owned,
but even then his courage had not
failed him. He had drunk off his wine
at that crucial moment and called
"Double!" once more in q stout voice,
and played-and won. Won back all
he had lost and more-so the tale would
run. -
And so Francois set down the glass
empty, and for the last time cried the
fatal word-"Double!"
In silence, with a crowd Of silent
men. who in some way had come to
know what was happening, standing
about them, the two played the last
round. And Francois lost.
In silence ne lgned the note which
gave to the stranger his house n fur
niture and land, all hat he had in the
world, and stood up and looked about
at the faces gathered as if astonished.
A long second he looked at them; then
he bent and stared from the low open
window which faced him, and the men,
following his eyes. saw with a
Of shock that they were focused on the
distant village Of Vicques and on the
church STANDING seDarated at one end
Of it, and on the house next, his home.
With that he stood straight, and fell
through the crowd without a word, and
out Of the doorway, n plunged for
ward with strides which lurched
drunkenly. But he was not drunk.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
CHAPTER VII.
WORK AND HOPE.

The next day a sheriff and his clerk
came and fixed red seals to the house
and to everything in 1t which locked.
n Claire watched in a deep quiet, the
baby in her arms. The children
watcher. too, awed. but yet pleased. as
it is with children. to be part Of an
event. Tomas Dragged openly to AL
phonse Villeneuve.
"You have no affairs at your house."
he observed. AT our house all the
neighbors are crying, and there is a
very fine man, the sheriff, who puts red
things on the table drawers and on my
fathers desk. 1t is amusing to have
affairs"
1t zane as a surprise to such honest
pride to receive at this moment a blow
on the a from his older brother.
"Blockhead," Francois said, '.do you
not understand that we are losing our
home? Is that amusing"
The brown eyes Of Francois were
burning like Goals as he stalked away
from Tomas-quiet for once-like a
tragedy hero. On his shoulders, it
and ne could not, as he longed to, carry
1t. He, being the oldest son, should,
according to his code of II years, take
up his nightmare which had turned his
gay. capable father into a crushed heap
sitting there at the table of the great
room. ana MS happy calm-eyed mother
into a haggard statue of a n He
ought to lift it from them and throw
it far away by some heroic effort, but
he did not know how to begin. The
sheriff seemed as sorry as any one; 1t
was Of no use to attack the sheriff,
which he had considered. And that
evil spirit, that man who had taken
their happiness in an afternoon. Dup
less1s, kept far away. His heart swol-
len with affection and aching for action,
Francois stood about useIessly. In him
grew a resolve that he would give up
all that he had hoped for, the normal
school at Delesmontes, the college after,
everything, to work and win back the
lost home for his people.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11

Jacob August Riis became, through his
work In behalf Of the poorer people in
New York, the most useful citizen" of
the metropolis, according to a tribute once
paid to him by Theodore Roosevelt, his
intimate friend.
AS IN almost penniless immigrant he
obtained knowledge of the slums at first
hand and found conditions there so repel-
liant that he consecrated his whole life to
warfare against wretchedness.
Rils was the. thirteenth child Of a Latin
was born in 1s4s. Protesting at the lit
erary career which his father had cut out
for him, young Riis decided to work with
prentice. The vocation he had chosen did
not prevent him, however, from falling in
love With Elizabeth Nelson, daughter OF
But she refused him, and when Riis was
q years old, having learned his trade, he
embarked for New York with only $40 in
heavy navy pistol as soon as he landed
Ito fight Indians and desperados."
Riis led a varied career during the fol-
in a Pennsylvania construction camp,
mined coal. made bricks, drove a team
and peddled fiat irons and books. At q
he spent hrs last cent in reaching New
consul in the French army against Ger
many for the Franco-Prussian war, but
his services We're refused, and Riis was
reporter for a New York news bureau.
AT the very first he made his most con-
spicuous success in the study of condi.
ti2gs on the East Side Of New York.
With only SIS capital and notes for S57s
he succeeded IN buying the South Brook
1yn News which was on the verge of bank
ruptcy and made Such a success with the
property that he was able to sell it at a
considerable profit a few years lated. He
returned to Denmark and married the girl
who had refused him when he was a car
pIentsr's apprentice. This first wife died
Mary Phillip, of st. Louis.
AS a reporter on the New York Tribune
and later on the New York Sun, Riis took
up his real work in slum lighting. While
attending to routing duty as a police re-
porter, he worked day and night to arouse
the people to the need Of improved living
conditions.
After q years as a reporter, Riis re-
s saa to continue his fight by writing
pen are How the Other Half Lives"
oThe Children Of the Poor" "The Making
The Battle With the Sum-" "Children Of
the Tenements,' The Old Town. ''Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the Citizen,' and Hero
Tales From the Far North"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
Dimes Worth of Land.

Land is cheap. For easy figuring.
let us say 1t is worth $3.50 an acre. A
square rod. then. is worth only 81. and
10 cents worth will be a little more
than ~ square feet. or a little farm
How often q boy win waste a dime
and think nothing Of It. For a dime
he can buy land enough to hold g
hover bed, four hills OF clover or q
peach tree. The boy who can save q
dime can become rich. Make a dino
look ! q tiny farm. The boy who
learns to save q dino and to know
values will some day come into his
own.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
Old Acquaintance.

A resourceful girl, having danced
a pink party frock to ribbons, took
what was left Of it and made a won.
derful lamp shade. The next evening
she was entertaining a caller in the
soft light and she said to him quite
casually: How do you like my new
lamp shade?"
William regarded 1t for a moment
critically, then he said: "The last
time ! saw that shade / danced with
IT."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
For the Collection Box.

Jimmy. agedfour. had been sent up
statrs BY his mother to get ten cents.
which she intended to use for the pur-
chase OF postage stamps.
Not knowing exactly what a ten
can't piece looked like, Jimmy called
AnNnstairs: Mother, is ten cents a
little piece OF money!"
Yes. Jimmy, the smallest piece Of
money In my purse"
Oh, know now. mother! Church
nancy Judge.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
Al M M;ns

From tie National Monthly.
II nature fS8d made me ar ostrtch,s
said young III. Lang, one morning.
quite 4 spefaIed. perhaps I could eat
our coekIrr /. go
Yes. wouldn't that bs fsrIa?' replfsd
b wife hen I would be able to gsx
some new nluraes for my winter hatsH
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
White Vioiets.

White VioIets.
Perhaps 1t was not long ago,
Perhaps q thousand years,
We stood where bright cool waters flow
And ] could scarce keep back my tears,
Behind US rose . little slope
And thick white violets sprang there.
from
Sweet April signing mo to. hope
For happy days to come.
Vain hope. J learned In that brief hour
You loved me not or ever would,
I knew thatI had not tho power
TO o where vol dreaming stood.
Ny heart with every mighty leap
To harpest agony was wrought,
You watched the gusty rippIes creep
# was 80 plain you loved me mott
Hope,t love and pain arc fading ali,
And While watch them dlmly pass,
One thing 4 wildly recall;
There we're white yiolets In the grass
Louise .Foisys
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
Luckily EXCLAIMED.

Mr.. JohnsinsESay, Mr.. Dorman,
what am de meaning Of dis here line
on de ticket whar it says mot trans
ferable?
Mr.. Dorman-Dat means, Bre'r
Johnsing, dat no gentleman am admit
ted unlessen he comes htsself.-Ex-
change.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
Continued next week.)
Tropics for White Mon.

From the Washington Times.
Col. VIM. G. Gorgas, having first proved
1t, will find ready acceptance Of his an
nouncement that white men, women and
children can live In the tropics and enjoy
health and comfort just as well as in the
temperate zone. He observes that people
Of the cane zone, once the most un-
healthy place in the world, live In greater
comfort and better health now tina those
Of like station in other parts of the world.
Therefore, the great sanitary expert de-
clares the tropics will be settled by Anglo
Saxons, and their Tremendous productive
capacity at last organized to work for the
world. There, returns in a given ex.
penditure of effort are vastly greater
than anywhere else. To annex them to
civilizations territory available tor ex-
pansion of population and produc elton Of
necessaries means to solve for generations
yet ~uncounted the problems Of feeding and
maintaining the worlds population More
over, It means added comforts. n lux
uries for the people Of the temperate and
extreme one because OF the huge COM
merce that will develop, with Interchange
OF the products of different latitudes.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11

Under forest regulations in Colombia.
rubber Hatherers are required to Eve
the tres 9 rest period II tapping them
for gum.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11

Some men who pose as high flyers
land with a dull, sickening ker-chug
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-11
JACOB R|IS, AUTHOR
and REF0RMER, DIES
Roosevelt Once Called Him the
Most Useful Citizen in
New York. j

Barre. Mass. Special: Jacob Riis.
author and social worker died at his
summer home here Wednesday, May rs,
after a long illness.