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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
COAST 1851 MILES '0N0
Sailors Engaged in Philippine Coast!
wise Trade Cannot "Get Home
to Dinner"

Deep-sea sailors used to laugh at
their brother mariners Of the coast
wise trade, and refer to them as men
who like to go to sea when tlei'i
could get home to d~ir"nr." This giba
would have little point in the Philip.
pines, the coast line Of which has
been found to measure more han H.
600 miles-to be exact. 11.511 statutd
miles. In the Philippines there is one
mile of coast to every ten miles OF
area, the total area of the islands be4
ing 115,O2G square statute miles.
These figures are interesting when
1t is considered that the r1tio in tho
United States is 232 square niles Of
area to one mile Of coast line. The
figures for the United States have ref
erence to the cast line o. tn" main
part of the country, including islands
lying zeal the coast, but not including
non-contiguous territory such as
Alaska and Porto Rico. The coast
line of the United States sc measured,
with what the experts call three
mile steps," is 1926 miles, less than
1000 miles in exces Of the coast line
Of u eastern possessions.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
OF
johnson

granted to Ida E. johnson OF
said county and state;
It is Ordered, That six months be
and the same is hereby allowed from and
after the date of this order, in which all
persons having claimsor demands against
the said deceased are required
tofile the same in the Probate Court OF
said county of Hennepin for examina-
ton and allowance or be forever barred.
1t is Further Ordered, That the first
Monday in May 1917, at 10 o'clock
a. M, at a general term of said Probate
Court, to be held at the Court
House in the City of Minneapo-
lis, in said county, be and the
same is hereby appointed as the time
and place when and where the said
Probate Court will examine and adjust
said claims and demands
And it is Further Ordered, That no.
tice of such hearing be given to all Gre
ditors and persons interested in said
estate by forthwith publishing this
order once in each week, for three sue
cessive weeks, in the Echo de pOuest
a newspaperprinted and published in
said county.
y Dated at Minneapolis, this 23rd day
of October 1916.
By the Court:
lilo JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
Ida E. johnson, 1917 Harriet Ave.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
No. 1899

NO. 10000
ORDER o HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
In the matter of the Estate of Emil
johnson, Decedent.
On receiving and filing the petition
of Ellen johnson of Hennepln
County Minnesota, praying that Letters
of Administration on said estate issue t.
her;
It IS Ordered, That said petition be,
heard and that all persons interested in
said matter appear before this Court or
Monday the Goth day of November 1915
at 10 a. m, at the Probate Court in Tho,
Court House at Minneapolis, in said
county, and then, or as O thereafter
as said petition can be heard. show
cause, if any there be, why SAID petition
should not be granted. t''o"
And it is Further Ordered, That no.
tee OF such hearing be given by pub
fishing this order once in each weak
for three successive weeks. nrior.
to SAID day of hearing in the Echo,
de lOuest a newspaper printed and NH.
lished in said county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 25th. dav Of
October 1915. VI
By the Court:
lilo JOHN A. DAHL: Il
Judge of the Probate Ccnrt
Ellen johnson, 1l37 So. 7th. St.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that default has
gage executed by Albert e. Melin and [
Anna M. Melin, his wife, and John IS. }
Melin, unmarried, mortgagors, to Mary
Regain, mortgage, dated August twenty
ninth, A. ID. nineteen hundred and twelve,
and recorded in the office Of the register
Of deeds for the County of Hennepin,
State of Minnesota, August tw~enty-ninth,
A. d. nineteen hundred and twelve, at
five o'clock p. NJ, in Book seven hundred
hundred eighty-seven. And, Whereas, the
said Mary Regain died testate in Hennepin
County, Minnesota, on the 9th day Of
January, 1915, and thereafter in proceed
said Hennepin County, Minnesota, the
last will and testament Of said Mary Re
gan was admitted to probate and the exc
cutors named in said will duly appointed
by said court as executors of the last will
and testament of said Mary Regain, de-
ceased.
And, Whereas, said mortgage was, by
ed to Joseph M. Regain. by instrument
dated September 2Sth, 1916, and recorded
in the office of the said Register of Deeds,
as document No. s19o13; said assignee as
authorized by said mortgage, paid One
hundred thirty-six and S7-100 (s136.SO
dollars, for the taxes assessed on the
1915, and has elected and hereby declares
that the entire debt secured by said mort
gage is now due and payable; and no &C
ton or proceeding has been instituted at
law to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof. The
amount claimed to be due, and which is
due, on said mortgage at date hereof is
Three Thousand seventeen and 90-1O0
($3,017.90) dollars, together with the sum
Of One hundred thirty-six and S7-1Oo
($136.SD dollars, paid as aforesaid for
fifty-four and 77-1OO (s3,154.7O dollars.
Notice is hereby given, hat by virtue
of the power of sale therein contained
and pursuant to the statute in such case
provided, said mortgage will be foreclosed
by sale of the land and premises therein
described, viz
Lot three 90, in Block one %, in East
man and Secombe's Addition to Minne-
apolis, according to the plat of said ad-
dition on file or Of record in said Regis
ter of Deeds office, said premises lying
and being in said Hennepin County, by
the Sheriff of said County, at the main
entrance on Fourth Street, of the County
Court House, in the City of Minneapolis,
in said county on the 9th day of Novem-
Der A. D. nineteen hundred and sixteen at
ten o'clock A. NJ, to pay the amount then
due on said mortgage, together with the
costs of such foreclosure, including twen-
ty-five dollars, attorneys fees, stipulated
in said mortgage.
Dated October 10th, 1916.
JOSEPH M. REGAIN,
Assignee of Mortgage.
PHILIP J. RIORDAN,
Attorney for Assignee,
sos Oneida Block,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
No. 1865

1NOs io1oo
ORDER FOR HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT
N PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION
STATE OF MINNESOTA IN PROBATE
County of HENNEp1N COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of Ola
T. Hanson Decedent.
On receiving and filing the final &C.
count of the Administrative of the Fs-
tate of said decedent, and her petition
praying for the allowance of said ac-
count and for a decree assigning the
residue of said estate to the persons bv
law entitled to the same.
1t is ordered, That. all persons inte-f
rested in said estate appear before the
said Probate Court, on Monday, the
10th day of November 1916, at ten
o'clock IN the forenoon, at the Probate
Court. in the Court House at Minnea-
polls, in said County, then and there to
show cause, if any there be, why said
account should not be allowed and said
estate should not be distributed as
prayed for in said petition.
And it is Further Ordered, That no.
tice of such hearing be given by pub
fishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks, prior to said
day Of hearing in the Echo de TOuest
a newspaper printed and published in
said county, and by mailing a COPY of
this order to all the heirs at-law of said
decedent when their address is known
or can be ascertained by due diligence.
at least fourteen (14) days before the
date of said hearing, unless notice is
waived.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 25th. day of
October 1916.
By the Court:
ITO JOHN A. DAHL.
Judge Of the Probate Court
q. b. Sigurdson, ALSO N. Wash. ,,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27

one receiving the Highest number
Of affirmative votes shall prevail
as to conflicting provisions
The style Of all legislative meas.
afHs ana initiated by tt the me people pie
under this section shall be: B
i enacted by the People of the
The provisioas Of this section
may be enforced by appropriate
legislation, but until such legisla-
ton a been enacted, this section
shall be self executing.
THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT Of
this amendment, If adopted, will be
three-fold.
(a) 1t will permit the voters to pro-
pose amendments to the state constitu-
ton, for adoption, without action by
the legislature. Under the constitution
as it now stands constitutional amend
ments can be proposed only by the leg
islature.
(b) So, too, If adopted, the end
ment will permit electors to OpO
laws for enactment and if not enacted
by the legislatures, the voters may by
sufficient petition. require the question
of the enactment of the proposed law
to be submitted to the voters. If APP
proved by a majority of the electors
voting, thereon, provided the vote in
favor of the proposed law is not less
than thlrty-three per cent of the total
number of votes east at such election,
the same becomes u law with the same
force and effect as though passed by
the legislature. The governor will
have no power to veto a law so passed.
but the people cannot SO pass any Law;
which is prohibited by the con-
s%titution.
(c) So too, If adopted, the amend.
mcnt will permit the voters by proper
petition to require Il vote ON the quca-
ton of whether or not any law or part
thereof, of certain classes of laws.
passed by the Legislature shaIi be re-
referendum is signed by fifteen per
rent of the voters of the Etate, the nGln-
Der of whom il tI be determined by
the number of votes cast for Governor
at the preceding election, the law sd
referred to the voters will not talk
effect pending the referendum vote
thereon. The vote required to repeal y
law passed by the legislature srhh the
classes of laws which cannot he so
repealed are specified in Subdivision
&C" of the proposed a%mendmen as
above printed.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3.

BY Chapter s81, Laws 1915, the legis
lature proposed for adoption by tn
electors, an amendment OF Article Min
(9) of the Constitution by addins
thereto a new section, which reads a.
follows:
Section II. The legislature is
hereby authorized to provide by
law for the mining and sale of any
iron ore or other minerals which
the state owns, in it's sovereign ca
pacity, n as trustee for the peo-
pie Of the state, which are situate
under the waters OF bed of any
meandered public lahe or river,
and for THAI purpose may provide
eer r i've ar or TIE q air aas snc Of '5 The
waters thereof to a new bed or
channel, provided, ever, that
the vested riparian rights of rrf-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27

By Chapter 1888, Laws 1915, the leg1s-
lature proposed for adoption BY ths
Eleven CD of Article Four (4) of the
Constitution.
BY rse S6%hk Il; AP H THT6 qG REHHs
senate and house of representa- $, in
conformity. to the rules of eac house
ana the 6e{ }olnt - rules heeom 0t the y two he 10 ! nrs.
scented to the governor Of the state. II
he approves he shall sign and deposit
it, in the rase oftlGf of the the s 1cfff1 fhe of h state
where it originated of the fact. But
if not, he shall return it with his oh;
jections, to the house in which it shall
shall be entered at large on the jour:
nal of the same, and the house shall
proceed to reconsider the bill. II,
of that house shall agree, to pass the
bill, it shall be sent, together with the
OBJECTIONS, to the other house by which
il It be approved by twoothirds Of that
house it shall become a law. But in
all such cases the votes Of both houses
and ind the names Of the persons voting
for or against the bill shall be entered
on the journal Of each house rrespec-
turnsyd BY " t any g 4i1e neah within tn t 0f three rec
days 1sundays ~excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him. the same
he had pc sig a iaT It, IN Unless 1ake the i Il aS E,
by adjournment within that time, pre-,
vents it's return; in which case it shall
pro- ppdv BE- sign Z 1aM And TIE fFe i g%0 tSe Office @a Sf a 9Re
secretary of state, within three days
after the adjournment of the legiSla.
tpre, any act passed during the last 5
shall become a law. If any bill pre-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO.

By Chapter 379, Laws 1915, the legs.
nature proposed for adoption b; ,n
%ciectors, an amendment of Section t.
90 Of Article Eight Of the Cous,itn
ton, by adding to said Section Tw"
rev paragraph.
Section Two MS 1t now stands read
Ms follows:
section 2: SCHOOL AND SWAN
l..\NDS-SCHOOL FUNDS FIaCM S.Ai.
Jr-The proceeds Of such lands as u,
hereafter may be granted by u,
A tied States for the use of ssnoui
v.thin each township in this stat
snail remain a perpetual school iun
t. the state; and not more than one
,hird Of said LANDS may be sold in ~
ears, one-third in FIVE years. and on,
ti,ird in ten years.; but the In q
the greatest valuation shall be 50.
Hlst: Provided, that no por1l"" VI 80.
rupllc sale. The principal OF al. ..n
.us'ng IRON sales or other a.sp,a-e.
entrusted to This stats IN eaci. co.
bnlu for educational purDu-~s. ~.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
The section now reads as follows.

IL SCSN1NbA AsN GS
There seet a1all T. be astapiished in each q o.
ganized county in the state a probate
court, which shall be a court of rec
ord, and be held at such times and
It shall be held by one judge, who
county for the term Of two years. He
shall be a resident Of such county at
the time of his election, and reside
therein during his continuance in Of to
provided by law. He may appoint his
own clerk where none has been elect
ed; but the legislature may authorize
the election, by the electors Of any
county. Of one clerk of register of pro
bate for such county, whose powers,
duties, term of office and compensation
shall be prescribed by law. A probate
court shall have jurisdiction over the
estates of deceased persons and per-
SOM under guardianship, but no other
jurisdiction, except as prescribed by
his constitution"
The amendment simply proposes to
substitute the word ''four" for the
word "twO' so that the sentence pre-
scribfng the duration of the term Of
Of1fc e will, If the amendment is adOpt-
ed, read as follows:
cit shall be held by one judge,
who shall be elected by the voters
of the county for the term Of four
years."
amendment, If adopted will make Inc
term Of office of the Judge of PrObnto
four years instead of two.
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Easo R{ snd & sd 30 eGasors saeh i AXE.
shall sho, not tb BE- d%e eenssnf 9 or dam cSm1
paid or secured. The principal Of
all funds arising from the sale Of
shall forever be preserved invio-
late and undiminished, but the in
come therefrom shall be used for
and paintenance of the public
roads of the state. The principal
Of such funds shan be loaned or
the same officers and pon the
same terms as is, or from time to
time hereafter may be authorized
t Hy ' ioan iDas' or inVes TIM I" 81 the
permanent school and university
funds of the state"
THE PURPOSE of the proposed
amendment cannot be more clearly
stated than is expressed therein.
THE EFFECT of the amendment, II
adopted, would be to confer power ON
the legislature to provide by law for
the mining of iron ore md other min.
erals, which the state owns in its SOW
ereign capacity and situate under tho
bed of any m~eandered public lake or
river, subject to the restriction that
the rights of riparian owners on any
such lake or river, shall not be de-
strOyed or injured without cOmpensa-
ton. If the legislature exercises the
power, in case it il conferred, it could
also provide fer the drainage or di-
version of the waters of the lake or
river with reference to which 1t so
lcgislates; 1T could also prescribe by
whom such minerals could he mined
and the compensation to he paid to the
state therefor. The proceeds of the
sale of any such minerals would con-
stitute a fund to be loaned and invest
ed the same as the permanent school
and university funds, the income of
such fund to be used in the cOnstruc-
ton, Improvement and maintenance OF
public roads.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27

House in the City of Minneapolis in
said county, be and the same is hereby
appointed as the time and place when
and where the said Probate Court will
examine and adjust said claims and de-
mands.
And it is Further Ordered. That no.
tice Of such hearing be given to all Gre
ditors and persons interested IN said
estate by forthwith publishing this order
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
Deem PhjIosophv.

DVEP nHTVoVPUys
Bystander-I suppose you would like
to take q ride without worrying about
tires and the Ike?
Motorist (fixing o puncture)-You
bet I would.
Bystander-Well, here's a car ticket
-Chaparral.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27

Minnesota, being granted to Walter s.
Briggs of said county and state;
And it appearing upon proper proof
by the affidavit of the said Walter
g. Briggs, made and filed herein, that
there are no debts against the estate of
the said Susan T. Briggs deceased.
IT IS ORDERED, That three months
be and the same is hereby allowed from
and after the date of this order, in which
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27

all persons having claims or demands
against the said deceased are
required to file the same in the Probate
Court of said County of Henne-
pin for examination and allowance or
be forever barred.
IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That
the first Monday in February 1917 at
10 o'clock q. m. at a g~eneralterm of said
Probate Court, to be held at the Court
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
Addressed to
lu|iuS A. SC|1gl|2.,
Secretary of State

a,FFICE OF THE ATTORNEY f.
ERAL, ST. PAUL.
April 7, 1916
Honorable Julius A. ~Schmahl,
Secretary OF State,
Capitol.
DEAR SIR: Pursuant to your ,
quest and in accordance with the rr
visions of Section AZ, Statutes 1913.
herewith hand YOU statement OF |
purposes and effect OF all ameEd.nvn
80 the Constitution proposed by /
icgislature Of 1915 and to be suii.i
cd to the electors at the next gelrr
lection; such statement also shows I'll
aiding Of the existing sections an
i.le way the same will read if III
amendments are adopted.
Yours truly,
LYNDON A. SMITH,
Attorney GenerH
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If the amendment is adopted, h
section will then read as follows:

s1 sss; /: r Two ,e1 H9usEs-s s5Si
representatives, which shall meet
b%iennially- at the seat of severn
ment of the state, at such time as
session shall exceed the, term Of
ninety 600 legislative days, and
no bill shall be Introduced in either
branch, except on the written re-
quest of the governor, during the
last twenty days of such session,
except the attention of the legis-
lature shall be called to some i'm
portant matter Of general inter-
est by a special message from the
governor. but the people reserve
lows:
(a) CONSTITUTIONAL INITIA-
TIVE.-When at any time prior. to
the commencement Of any session
been flea with the secretary Of
amendment to the constitution,
signed by. two per centum OF the
s Of State Of t9 shall d5a'e' tr ana %adif'e't thy
same to the legislature not later
than ten C0) days after the COM
mencement of the session. If the
amendment SO propose a. pc tb not SUD
lature at such session, or if it be
submitted in an amended form,
then, upon 2 further petition or
petitions, each signed by eight per
filed with the secretary Of state
within six months after the adj
journment Of the legislature, the
amendment proposed in the first
forms thereof, shall be submitted
10 the electors for their approval
or rejection at the next general or
special statewide election occur
ring not less than ninety days
Their petition. Any amendment
proposed by i%nitiative petition and,
h Its original Or in an amended
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once in each week, for three successive
weeks in the Echo de POuest a news
paper printed and published IN said
county
Dated at Minneapolis, this 23rd day of
October 1916.
By the Court: .
lilo JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge Of the Probate Court
Walter s. Briggs, "a Melbourne Ave.
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house Of Representatives., in con:
and the joint rules Of the two
houses. shall. before it becomes :
Of the state. II he approves he
shall sign and deposit it in the
office of the secretary Of state for
preservation. and notify the house
But If not. he shall return it, with
1 %hicS 10} It sSali fs the ori Ransf If
when when such objections lection tSa shall be n
the same. and the house shall pro-
coed to reconsider the bill. II,
after such reconsideration, two.
thirds of that house shall agree to
eether with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall like
wise be ,reconsidered; end If it be
approved by two-thirds of that
house rs i it shall al sl bef f1a VAL e law y BYt
yeas and nays, and the names Of
the persons voting for or against
". If any bill shall not be re-
turned by the governor within
three days Sundays ~exceptedl
like manner as, if he had Signed
it, unless the legislature by adj
3ournment within. that time, pre-.
may approve, sign and file in tho
office Of the secretary Of state.
act passed during h last three
days of the session, and the same
shall become a law. If any bill
presented to the governor, contains
money, he may object to one or
more of such items in whole or in
part: while approving of the other
time of signing it, a statement of
the items and parts of items to
which he objects, and the part Of
any appropriately SO objected to
lature be in session, he shall trans.
init to the house in which the bill
originated a copy of such state
msnt, and the items objected to In
ly rec%onsidered: If, on reconsid.
be approved by two-thirds Of the
the ssme e sheti be to a e psrt d afoq th:
TONS n4'" the sovernor. "' All H0' the
provisions Of this section, in rela-
eo y ~ oii sSam not ,n aIpiy ~ = ~ in
which he shall withhold his APP
prevail in whole or in part from
any item or items contained in a
bill appropriating money"
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Under
Constitution as 1T now is, the gov
,rnOr may veto any item in an apprO-
sriatfOn bill, but he cannot cut down
amOun appropriated for any spe-
life The amendment, If adopts
ID, will give the governor power to
the amour of an appropriation
or any given purpose, unless upon
to the legislature of q
,tatement of the part of an item of an
bill to whieeA he objects,
he two houses, each by a tvvO-thirds
vote, approve the item az 1T was Origin-
lily passed.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-27
An Economist.

Judge-You let the burglar 60 to
arrest an a~utomobilist?
Poljceman-Yes. The autoist pays
a fine and adds to the resources Of tho
state; the burglar goes to prison and
the state has to pay for his keep.
Life.
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THE PURPOSE of the amendment n
to authorize the Investment Of the per-
manent school and university funds in
"frst mortgage loans secured upon i'm
proved and cultivated farm lands
where the amount of the loans 30 Sc
cured does not exceed 80 per cent of
the value Of the land mOrtgaged.
THE EFFECT of the adoption Of the
proposed amendment Will he to permit
the legislature to authorize the in
vestment of the permanent school and
university funds in farm mortgages as
above stated, as we'll rs i'm the bonds
of any county. school district, city,
town or village of this state. Under
Section Six as it now reads bonds can
not be purchased unless they mature
at least five and not more thzn twenty
years after purchase. IL the amend
ment is adopted, bonds and NOR
may be purchased If they mature not
less than five nor mere than thirty
years after purchase.