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5 iron ore without the consent Of the
Legislature.
II Amendment two provides for in.
creasing the number of associate
justices of the supreme court from
four to six, and providing that nc
) statute shall be held unconstitu.
tional by less than five judges. This
is a good amendment and ought to
be adopted. 3: 1927 =.
| Amendment three provides for a
revolving fund for guarding and
ditching the states lands. Its
adoption would be of immense bene-
fit to northern Minnesota. Vote YES
on this amendment without fail.
Amendment four is of small i'm
portance. If adopted it might save
the state a couple of thousand
dollars annually. F~.
Amendment five ought to be de-
feated. School funds should not be
loaned to private individuals. The
permanent funds of the state should
continue to be loaned to school dis
tricts, towns, villages, cities and
counties.
Amendment six simply extends the
term of office of the probate Judge to
four years, same as all other county
officers, and should carry.
Amendment seven limits the num-
Der of state senators from any county
to seven. The object is to prevent
the large counties of Ramsey, Hen
nepin and St. Louis from dominating
the legislature.
Amendment eight relates to tree
bounties and is of no great import
ance:
Amendment nine authorizes the
setting apart of certain state lands
for the purpose of reforestation. A
greater effort has been put forth in
behalf of this amendment than for
all the others combined. At the
1911 session of the legislature a. law
was enacted (Chap. 1851 which pro-
vided for the preservation of forests,
reforestation, etc. Under that law
a state forester and a horde of
deputies were appointed at an ex-
pense to the state of S75, 900 per year,
and small good has resulted there
from. Sec. of Chap. 125 laws of
1911, provides that the state forester
shall cooperate with the state
auditor and other officials and indi-
viduals in the preparation of plans
for forest protection, the manage
ment and replacement of trees, etc.
Has the state forester planted a
single quarter section of state land
to trees in the past three years? The
state auditor doubtless would have
been glad to have designated dozen
quarter sections that could have been
so planted, and that without any
amendment of the constitution or
additional legislation. But it has
not been done. II this amendment
carries it means that pressure will be
brought to bear on the legislature
to appropriate enormous sums for
what at best is an untried expert
ment. Conditions here are not SINH
lar to what they are in European
countries as far as reforestation is
concerned.
Amendment ten provides for the
recall of public officials when they do
not behave. properly. Many Of them
ought to be recalled. Vote yes on
amendment ten.
Amendment eleven is too trivial
to discuss.
There are so many amendments
that the voter can not be greatly
blamed if he fails to vote for or
against any of them. But we wish
to call special attention to the fact
that the first amendment on the
little pink ballot is considered the
most important of them all.
Sheriff Shockley and Thos. .Yotten
were naSSenUarS tn MinneanO1iS Mon