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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

THE New York Sun. says II. II. H., cdorially
laments moving picture English and gives these
horrible examples:
Neither mother I free to act as we
desired"
81 didn't expect to find her here. only came
to you"
There is man in all the world as good
as you"
All Of which makes wonder what the Sun
would say had It supposedly very fine
movie, In which Cor am European prince travel
ing in this country receives this telegram:
''The King is seriously III. Return at once
'SeC. to King"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

1T NEVER COULD HAPPEN.
"As pretty as her picture" she
By all her friends is knOiUH;
And yet, of course, she couldn't be
As pretty as her otoa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
Overheard at a Five O'Clock Tea

Overheard at Five O'CIOrk Tea
GIVE received s5 per cent. OF them already"
We'll what about the other s5 per
cent?
He was speaking in some foreign tongue
that l couldn't understand at all. Oh, I caught
a word here and there. such as Dec volente'
of course, I knew that was Freneh!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

IN meet you in a quarter OF an hour"
Let's see, that's only is minutes. isn't 1t p"
Hugh Merr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

And what is more Il makes your breath
Like something that is stale in death!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
First Military Bands.

Military bands first came into exis-
tence about 16S5-in the reign Of
Charles II. That monarch had a par
TALLY for music. Anyhow, it was he
who, by royal warrant which he is
sued in that year, authorized the en-
ployment of IL musicians in 'the COM
pany of the Kings Regiment Of Foot
Guards in London" Furthermore, in
order to secure higher pay for the mu-
sicians than was granted to the other
Tommies Of that day, the merry mon
arch very honestly" directed shat a
fictitious name should be borne on the
strength Of each of the other compa-
MES Of the regiment Quartered in the
country" The money received for the
payment Of these Tommies who did
not exist was then divided amongst the
bandsmen-a simple, IL not very
Straightforward, arrangement Ger.
tainlyl ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27

At the time of the seven years war
there was very little knowledge of sur
gerry, and the surgeons were often no
more than BARRIERS, inexperienced and
uneducated. They were commonly
known as the Company of Pain" a
name that fitted them admirably.
Lieutenant Butcher, afterward the IA
nous field marshal, was wounded in
the foot by musket ball. At the
hospital to which he was carried sew
eral surgeons began to probe the
wound and cut prOmiscuously in its
vicinity. Finally Butcher inquired, in
spite of the pain. "What sort Of tail
oring are you trying to do? The wound
is large enough already, should
think!" "We're looking for the bullet"
answered one of the offended surgeons.
"Oh! Ohw cried Butcher angrily.
why didn't you tell me that before?
have it in my pocket" And with
that he drew from his pocket the bull
let, which he had extracted from the
wound himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
Japanese frames.

In his book "On the Laws of Japa-
nese Painting" III. p. Bowie states that
Japanese paintings are seldom framed.
The reason for this is that frames take
too much room. "Frames are used
chiefly for Chinese writings" he con-
tinues, "hung high in public places on
about the dwelling, and are called
.jaku,' meaning forehead in allusion
to raising the head to read what the
frame contains. 1t is etiquette that
such framed writings be signed with
the real name rather than the nom de
plume Two kinds of seals are af-
fixed to the frame-one, on the right,
at the beginning Of the writing, and
called Yu In, containing some pre-
cept or maxim; and one or two, on the
left, after the signature, bearing the
artists name and any other appro-
pirate designation. All writings in Chi
nese or Japanese read from right to
left, and frequently are the sole orna-
ment Of pair of screens"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
UTILIZING Fish Waste.

Nearly 10000 tons of valuable stock
and poultry food high in protein can
be produced annually from the wastes
of the salmon and sardine packing in
dustries, and of the menhaden fish oil
and fish scrap factories ON the coasts.
This is exclusive of additional wastes
from the tuna packing companies and
does not include a large additional
tonnage of valuable stock food that
could be made from dogfish, now the
bane of the market fisherman. This
statement is made in United States de-
Dartment of agriculture Professional
Paper No. 37S, Fish Meal: It's Use as a
Stock and Poultry Food, which was is
sued Jointly by the bureaus of chemis-
try and animal industry after they had
completed experiments in making a
stock feed from fish waste and had
rested it at the government farm at
Beltsville, Nd, as a food for dairy
cattle, pigs and chickens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
Fashion In Haiti.

It Is the ambition of almost every
Haitian to possess a black suit for
pecial occasions. If he Is q private
itizen without hope Of political pref
renee or place, he is content with a
.0at cut in sack effect. If he pre-
lends to fashion, he likely wears a
ong cutaway. If he happens to be
4 general, or a member Of congress,
IT an ex-member, or minister, or ex-
minister, he affects the extreme frock
n prince albert, and the heavier and
Kicker the cloth, the happier the wear
r, though he swelter in his raiment.
t is also the ambition of every Haitian
20 have pair of shoes for Sundays
md funerals at least, as their posses
sion raises him considerably in the so
cial scale. If caught out with shoes
N during a rain, the owner usually
takes them off, puts them carefully un-
der his jacket; and finishes the jour.
ney barefoOted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
Fiji islanders Civilized,

The Fiji islanders of today are more
orderly and sober than any peoples of
European ancestry, and illiteracy is
rarer in Fiji than in Massachusetts,,
writes DR.. A. G.. Mayer in Popular
Science Monthly. You were safer
even Is years ago in any part of
Fiji, although your host knew how you
tasted, than you could be In the streets
of any civilized city. 1t is clear that
in disposition the Fijians are not IN
like ourselves, and only in their time
honored customs were they barbarous.
Indeed the lowest human beings are
not in the far-off wilds Of Africa, Aus
tralia or New Guinea, but among the
degenerate Of our own great cities.
Nor are there any characteristics of
the savage be he ever so low, which
are not retained in an appreciate de-
gree by the most cultured among us.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, 1,

PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 4.
BY Chapter S7s. Laws 1915. the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors. an amendment of Section Two
ton. by adding to said Section Two a
new paragraph.
Section Two n IL now stands reads
n follows,
LANDs-sCHooL FUNDS FROM SALE
or hereafter may be granted by the
United States for the use of schools
within each township in this state
to the state; and not more than one
third Of said lands may be sold in two
years. one-third in five years, and one
the greatest valuation shall be sold
first: Provided, that no portion of said
lands shall be sold otherwise than at
public sale. The principal of all funds
arising from sales or other disposition
of lands or other property, granted or
Entrusted to this state in each town
forever be preserved inviolate and I'M
diminished: and the income. arising
from the lease or sale OF said school
ferent townships throughout the state,
in proportion to the number of schol-
ars in each township. between the ages
be faithfully applied to the specific
objects of the original grants or ap-
preparations. Suitable laws shall be
enacted by the legislature for the safe
investment of the principal of all funds
which have heretofore arisen or which
may hereafter arise from the sale or
other disposition of such lands. or the
income from such lands accruing in
any way before the sale or disposition
thereof in interest-bearing bonds of
the United States, or of the State of
Minnesota issued after the year 1860.
or of such other state az the legisla-
turs may By Law from time to time di.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
Band Saws Freak.

plant broke the other day, the acci-
dent was marked by peculiar fea-
lures. AS the saw was cutting
through a large log it came across
a spike that was imbedded in the
wood, and as the band was travelling
at immense speed when 1t snapped,
one end of it broke off and passed
through the log as If shot from a
cannon. This part was eight feet in
length and half Of it projected and
as it came out in curve, it is to be
surmised that the other half remains
coiled in the log in the same form.
The occurrence was no less unusual
than remarkable. q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
Production of Pins.

The production of pins of all vari-
cites in the United States in 1914 was
pins formed the principal variety, the
production of which was valued at
$1,25S,757. These pins were made Of
steel and brass wire, and the quanti-
ties were reported to the United States
bureau Of the census partly in pounds
and partly in packs of 1880 and 1900
pins each. The production Of metal
hairpins was 9,242,O12 gross, valued
at S52S, 1862, and the safety pins, 4,744,-I
3O3 gross, valued at 1896, 1853. The out,
put of hooks and eyes was reported as
1,076,177 great gross, valued at ST.,
394,745.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27

also provide for the drainage or d.
version of the waters of the lake or
river with reference to which 1t so
legislates, 1t could also prescribe by
whom such minerals could he mined
and the compensation to be paid to the
state therefor. The proceeds of the
sale of any such minerals would con-
stitute fund to he loaned and invest
ed the same the permanent school
and university funds, the income of
such fund to be used in the construc-
ton, Improvement and maintenance of
public roads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27

THE PURPOSE of the amendment II
to authorize the investment Of the per-
manent school and university funds in
FIRST mortgage loans secured upon i'm
proved and cultivated farm lands
where the amount Of the loans 50 Sc
cured does not exceed 80 per cent Of
tho value of the land mortEaged.
THE EFFECT of the adoption of the
proposed amendment will be to permit
the legislature to authorize the In
vestment of the permanent school and
university funds In farm mortgages rs
above stated, as well n I'm the bonds
Of any county, school district, city,
town or village of this state. Under
Section Six as 1t now reads bonds cam
not be purchased unless they mature
at least i've and not more than twenty
years after purchase. II the amend
ment Is adopted, bonds and mortgages
may be purchased II they mature net
less than ave nor more than thirty
years after purchase.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 9.

By Chapter 3s4, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed an amendment of Sec
ton Thirteen (13) of Article One (D
Of the Constitution.
The section n 1t now stands reads
M followss
Section IS: PRIVATE PROPERTY
FOR PUBLIC USE = Private property
shall not be taken, destroyed or dam
pensation therefor first paid or Sc
cured"
II the amendment IL adopted the Sec
ton will read as follows,
Section IS. Private property
shall not be taken, destroyed or
damaged for public use, without
just compensation therefor first
paid or secured, and such private
property may be taken, destroyed
or damaged for the purpose of pri-
vate as well as public drainage
upon just compensation therefor
being nrst paid or secured"
THE PURPOSE of the proposed
amendment is to permit the taking Of
private lands for the purpose of drain
age purposes where the drain or ditch
will be of NO public benefit, but ON the
contrary will only benefit the land or
lands of the person or persons con-
structing the drainage ditch.
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rect All swamp lands now hold by
the state, or that may hereafter accrue
to the state shall be APPRAISED and hy a the
same officers. and the minimum price
shall be the same less one-third. as Is
nS sas .h aw io5 fhs
thirty-eight of the General Statutes;
The principal Of all funds derived srrrs
late and undiminished. One-half, of
the proceeds of said principal shall be
fund Of the state; the remaining one
half shall be appropriated to the edu.
cational and eharitable institutions OF
the state in the relative ratio or cost
to support said institutions"
The paragraph which 1t Ia proposed
to add to said Section Two reads ns
folIOwsi
"A revolving fund of not over
two hundred fifty thousand dol.
lars 926o.eOO may be set apart
sale of school and swamp lands.
to be used in constructing roads,
bitches and fire breaks in through
swamp lands and in clearing such
lands. such fund to be replenished
as long as needed from the en-
HANGED value realized from the sale
Of such lands SO benefited
Under Section Two a. It now stands
the proceeds of the sale of school and
swamp lands constitute the principal
of trust fund, the income Of which
IN used for the support Of the schools,
educational and charitable institutions
of the state. Section Two as 1t now
stands provides that the principal of
such fund shall forever be preserved
inviolate and undiminished."
THE EFFECT of the proposed
amendment, If adopted, will be to mod
ify the provision last quoted to the
extent of permitting the legislature tn
set aside not to exceed $25O,OOO of the
principal of the trust fund as q revOlv-
ing fund to be used for the purposes
stated In the amendment proposed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. ..

BY Chapter ss1. Laws 1915. the lsgis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an amendment of Article Nine
60 Of the Constitution by adding
follows:
,. Section II: The legislatgars I.
law for the mining and sale of any
iron ore or other minerals which
the state owns, in its sovereign ca
pie Of the state. which are situate
under the waters or bed Of any
meandered public lake or river.
and for that purpose may provide
or river. or the diversion of the
waters. thereof. to a new bed or
cha channel; provided. howeyer: that
vate persons or corporations own
ing land adjoining such lakes
shall not be destroyed or damaged
pensation therefor shall be first
paid or secured. The principal of
all funds arising from the sale Of
such iron ore, or other minerals.
late and |undiminished. but the in
come therefrom shall be used for
the construction, Improvement
roads Of tSe stsfe The ehe pri peR
of such funds shall be loaned or
invested in the same manner, by
the same omcerS and upon the
same terms as is, or from time to
time hereafter may be authorized
by the constitution and laws. for
the loaning or investment of 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, n
adopted, would he to confer power or
the legislature to provide by law fol
the mining of iron ore and other min.
erals. which the state owns In it's SOW.
erefSn capacity and situate under tn,
bed OF any meandered public lake Of
river, subject to the restriction tina
the rights Of riparian owners ON nm,
such lake or river. shall not be de.
stroyed or Injured without compensa
tion. IL the Legislature exercises IN,
power n ease Il - conferred. Il eeult
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27

members elected to each house,
the same shall be a part of the
law. Notwithstanding the objec-
tons OF the governor. All the
provisions of this section, in rela-
ton to bills not approved by the
governor, shall apply in cases In
which he shall withhold his APP
proval in whole or in part from
any item or items contained in q
bill appropriating money"
PURPOSE AND EFFECT, Under
the Constitution ms 1t now is, the gov
ernor may veto any item In an appro-
priatiOn bill, but he cannot cut down
the amount appropriated for any spe-
cific purpose. The amendment, IL adopt
ed, will give the governor power to
reduce the amount of an appropriation
for any given purpose, unless upon
transmittal to the legislature of .
statement of the part of an item of an
appropriation bill to which he objects
the two houses, each by a twO-thirds
vote, approve the item AZ 1T was origin
ally passed.
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Addressed to
julius A. SCflI1la|l|
Secretary of State
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GEN.
ERAL. ST. PAUL.
April I. 1914

TAOAs
April Z. 1914
Honorable Julius A. schmahl.
Secretary of State,
Capitol.
DEAR SIRi Pursuant to your re-
guest and in accordance with the pro-
visions Of Section 4s, Statutes 1913.
herewith hand you statement of the
purposes and effect of all amendments
TO the Constitution proposed by the
legislature Of 1915 and to be submit
ted to tho electors at the next general
election; such statement also shows the
reading of the existing sections and
the way the same will read If the
amendments are adopted
Yours truly
LYNDON A. SMITH,
Attorney General
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Said Section now read. n. follow

ton Two CD or Article Six of the Con-
stitution.
Said Section now reads M follows,
section 2. SUPREME COURT
The supreme court shall consist of
one chief justice and two associate JUS
tees. but the number of associate JUS
tees may be increased to number
not exceeding four by the legislature.
by a two-thirds vote, when it shall be
deemed necessary. 1t shall have orig
as may be prescribed by law and APP
pellate Jurisdiction in all cases, both in
law and equity, but there shall be no
hold one or more terms in each year year.
as the legislature may direct, at the
seat OF government. End the legislature
BY IN .aeS Shall H0ts
shall be the duty Of such court to APP
Shall Be Chosen, by the ' Qualified ei ece
tors Of the state, one clerk of the SUI
preme court, who shall hold his office
his successor is duly elected and quail
fed: and the judges of the supreme
court. or majority Of them, shall have
the the power to MI any ny. vacancy in the
until an election can be regularly had"
II the proposed amendment II adopt
ed the section will then read As fol-
lOwsi
Section 2. The supreme court
shall consist of one chief justice
and six associate justices. Five
shall constitute a quorum, and the
concurrence of at least four shall
be necessary to a decision. 1t
shall have original jurisdiction in
such remedial cases as may be pre-
scribed by law, and appellate juris-
diction in all cases, both in law and
equity, but there shall be no trial
by jury in said court 1t shall hold
one or more terms in each year,
as the legislature may direct, at
the seat of government, and the
legislature may provide, by a 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 a re-
porter of it's decisions and q clerk
of the supreme court"
PURPOSE AND EFFECT, The su-
preme Court AZ now constituted con-
sists of a chief Justice and four assoc
ciate justices. The clerk of said court
is now elected. If the amendment is
adopted, two associate justices will be
added to the court and the clerk will
be appointed by the court instead Of
being elected by the voters.
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1t II proposed to amend that sectio
80 that 1t shall read N follows,

Section II. Every bill which
house of representatives. in con-
formity to the rules of each house
s soa the sha an' ss sHss ns "s
a Ia the Be- !,nes he
shall sign and deposit it in the
office Of the nty, OF ,s state So 1es
where 1t originated Of the fact.
But If not, he shall return it, with
his objections, to the house IN
tered at large on the journal Of
the same, and the house shall pro-
coed to reconsider the bill. II,
after such reconsideration, two
pass the bill, 1t shall be sent. to-
gether with the objections, to the
other house, by which 1t shall like
wise be reconsidered; and II IT be
approved by. two-thirds of that
in all such cases the votes Of both
houses shall be determined by
yeas and nays, and the names of
the persons voting for or against
journal of each house respective
ly. If any bill shall not be re-
turned by the governor within
three days, Sundays excepteG
utter II Shall nave DcSu
to him, the same shall be a law in
like manner as If he had signed
it, unless the legislature by adj
journment within that time, pre-
vent it's return; in which case it
shall not be a law. The governor
may approve, sign and file in the
Office of the secretary of state.
within three days after the adj
journment of the legislature, any
act passed during the last three
days of the session, and the same
shall become a law. II any bill
presented to the governor contains
several items of appropriation of
money, he may object to one or
more Of such items in whole or In
part. while approving of the other
portion of the bill In such case
he shall append to the bill. at the
time Of signing 1t. statement Of
the items and parts of items to
which he objects, and the part OF
any appropriation so objected to
shall not take effect. L the legis-
lature be in session. he shall trans
NIT to the house in which the bill
originated q copy of such state
ment, and the items objected to in
whole or in part shall be separate
ly RECONSTRUCTED. If, on reconsfd-
Grafton. one or more of such items
be approved By tvo-thirds eS the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, 2.

IL
BY. Chapter $50, Laws 1918, tho legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
I Of A aa Eirns Of sss cenz
stitutiOn.
Section Six n 1T now stands reads
N follows,
Section 8. INvNs TMENT OF
S G H 90 L FUNDS : The permanent
school and university fund Of this state
county, school district city. town or
village of this state, but no such in
yestment shall be made until approved
mated by law to regulate the invest
ment Of the permanent school fund and
the permanent university fund of this
ment be made when the bonds to be
issued or purchased would make the
entire bonded Indebtedness exceed fif
teen per cent of the assessed valuation
county. school district city. town or
village issuing such bonds; nor shall
such loans or Indebtedness be made at
cent per annum, nor for shorter Pc
Rod than five years, nor for longer
period than twenty years, and no
change cha EN-, OF the town. school district,
relieve the real property in such town,
school district, county, village or city
snsn Sesds at the time of the
taxation to pay such bonds"
II the proposed amendment IL adopt
ed it will then read as follows,
Tho permanent school and uni
yersity fund Of this state may be
invested in the bonds Of any coun-
ty,, school district. city. town or
village of this state, and in first
mortgage loans secured upon i'm
proved and cultivated farm lands
ment or loan sh.il be made until
approved by the board Of commits
sioners designated by law to regu-
late the Investment of the perma-
nent school fund and the perma-
nor shall such loan or investment
be made when tho bonds to be is
sued or purchased would make the
entire bonded indebtedness exceed
10 per cent of the assessed valua-
county school district, city, town
or village issuing such bonds: nor
shall any farm loan, or Investment
be made when such investment or
the actual cash value Of the farm
land mortgage to secure said in
vestment; nor shall such invest
ments or loans be made at a low
err rate of interest than 3 per cent
per annum, nor for shorter period
period than thirty years, and no
change Of the town, school dis
trtct, city, village or of county
lines shall relieve the real prop
county, village or city in this state
at the time of issuing of such
bonds from any liability for taxa
ton to pay such bonds"