Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-06-01
NAMES MEMBERS
OF COMMITTEES
PRECEDENT SNYDER or BoARD o.
REGENTS MAKES PROVISION
FOR CONSULTATIONS.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
interesting and important Happenings
OF the Past Few Gays Selected
and Arranged ser the csnven.
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II. Paul
President Fred q. Snyder OF the
board OF regents Of the University OF
Minnesota has announced appointment
Of the following board committees:
Executive Committee chair
man. Partridge, Sommsrs. Glotfcltsr.
Rurnquist, Snyder, Vincent. Agrtcul-
tural Committee-Rice, chairman. 0iot-
felter, Butler. Schulz, J. @. Williams,
NJ, M. Williams, Sommers, Vincent.
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Partridge, chairman. Butler. Rice. NJ.
Nj. Williams, Vincent. Salaries Com.
mittee--Sommers, chairman, Butler
Schulz, Mayo. Snyder. Vincent. Audi
ting Committee-J. g. Williams,
chairman, Partridge, Sommers, Rice, M.
M. Williams, Vincent. Investments
Committee--snyder chairman. Burn.
quist, nj. M. Williams, Vincent.
President Snyder also recommends
that the president consult with refer
ence to matters which concern the fol-
lowing colleges with regents a. fol-
lows: Agriculture, Regent Rice. medi-
cine, dentistry and pharmacy. Regent
Mayo; Law, Regent Butler: engineer
ing and mines, Regent J, G. williams,
and education and extension. Regent
Schulz.
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jury Law 10 Valid.
Minnesota's "five-sixth Jury law"
which permits a jury hearing q
civil action to return verdict
signed by any ten or eleven members
of the panel after twelve hours con.
sideration, has just been held to be
valid by the United States Supreme
Court and not In conflict with the Fed.
eral Constitution. The case In point
is the Minneapolis q st. Louis Rail.
road company against the estate Of
Constantine Nanos, deceased.
The railroad company attacked the
validity OF the Minnesota law, declar.
ing that II contravenes the seventh
amendment of the Federal Constitu.
ton. The Nanos estate was awarded
. five-sixths verdict against the com.
pany in compliance with the state law.
The company appealed to the higher
tribunal In Washington from the Min
nesota Supreme Court decision which
upheld the validity OF the law.
Chief Justice White, who delivered
the opinion Of the court, said that the
ctntent!on that the Constitution had
been violated rs In conflict with an
essential principle on which our dual
constitutional system OF government
rests"
Case Puzzles Board.
Representatives Of the Alger- Smith
Lumber company, and the Virginia q
Rainy Lake Railroad company have an.
swered charges of trespass on state
lands before the state timber board.
The charges grew out of the cutting
OF timber for the railroads right OF.
| way.
The representatives of the two com.
panies asserted that It was not q case
OF willful trespass, and offered to pay
for the timber they had cut. +.
The case was referred to Attorney
General l.. A. Smith for settlement,
ambiguity in the law relating to such
instances making it impossible for the
board to decide the question.
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Seed Experts Come Here.
Seed analysts from practically every
state and from the United States Dc.
partment OF agriculture, will hold their
annual meeting at the college OF agri.
culture. University farm. July 10 TO
Is. Prof. w. l.. Oswald, director OF
the Minnesota seed laboratory, is pres.
ident OF the national organization.
Dean Woods OF the farm college says
that Minnesota was chosen az the
meeting place because IT has the
best state pure seed law and probably
the one best administered"
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Plane For Fathers Day.
IL Mrs. Virginia B. Powell of Lake
City can bring 1t about Minnesota will
have an addition to its list OF holidays
In the shape OF Fathers day. Writ
Ing to Governor Burnquist, Mrs. Pow.
ell, under the caption, What IL the
matter with father" states that when
Governor Hammond was alive he gave
his approval and she believes that II
he had lived the day would have been
legalized.
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state Sues Lumber Firm.
The State of Minnesota has begun
suit against the International Lumber
company to recover 1886 damages due
to the companys failure to remove
slashings. The damage was the result
OF fire from the slashings.
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Schools To Save Paper.
Teachers, pupils and school author
tiles Of the state have bssn requested
by c. q. Schulz, state superintendent
to save their waste paper In aid OF
the movement which has become m,
tion.wids to Conserve the print paper
supply OF the country. Mr. Schuls