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UNE 14, 1928.
THURSDAY,
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A Romantic Btory of the Minnesota Permanent School and Trust Fund-
How It Was Started—How It Has Developed.
Written for the Minnesota Editorial Association
By JOHN STONE PARDEE
IV—SKLU-MAH’S DOWER
Small compared with the school
fund, the permanent university fund
--$3,345,599.62 at the last report and
still growing—is after all quite a res
pectable sum.
It was founded on tw r o land grants
and incidentals. There was 120,000
acres tor an agricultural college
granted under the Morrill act, and
the grant to the university which
came double, 72 sections under the
enaabling act to be selected by the
governor and 72 sections under the
act of admission to be selected by the
land, office. So the state claimed
both and got away with it.
Incidentally the remnants of the salt
springs land, some 22,000 acres, were
turned over to the geological survey
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT $2,909,000
LESS $ 2,500,000 FOR * DEAD HORSES
UNIVERSITY $3,345,000
SWAMPLAND $10,331,000
1/2 TO SCHOOL FUNDS-7aTO INSTITUTIONS
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND $44,143,000
TOTAL MINNESOTA TRUST FUNDSS6I,OOO,OOO
and there were other accretions.
Though it is not part of the fund, the
experimental forest at Cloquet, given
by the lumbermen, has added to the as
sets of the university more than
$125,000, most of which is the natural
growth of the last twenty years.
If the preservation of the school
fund is due to Ramsey and Sibley, the
credit for creating the university fund
belongs to John S. Pillsbury.
It seems the university, like other
pioneers, had been building on hope.
It began business with a perpetual
charter and a land grant and a debt
of $125,000 for uncompleted buildings.
The regents were about ready to turn
in the entire land grant to cancel the
mortgage, only the creditors wouldn’t
take it; they wanted their money.
Pillsbury came to the rescue. As
president of the board of regents, he
handled the business so efficiently
that the debt was discharged at a cost
of 14,000 acres. Of course, the chang
es in conditions worked for him in
the ‘6o’s, but the credit is still his.
At first it was taken for granted
that receipts from stumpage were
current funds. The question was
raised as early as 1864. Ten years
later it was discovered that it was a
mistake to spend the money and, to
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
TO STUDY MARKETING
Because many 4-H livestock club
members are growing up and getting
ready to go for themselves, the agri
cultural extension division of the
University of Minnesota is announc
ing a school for the study of market
ing practices for advanced livestock
club boys. Such boys have been study
ing practices for advanced livestock
felt they should study problems of
marketing.
The school will be held at South St.
Paul late in October and will last for
two days. Not more than twenty-five
boys will be registered this year.
These will be cliosen from county
winners in advanced junior club pro
ject, from participants in ton-litter
contests, and from selections made by
the state club office. The school will
be free to those selected. Transporta
tion will be provided by the South St.
Paul Daily Reporter and hotel accom
modations by the Union Stockyards
company.
The program will include a study
of all of the operations in the han
dling of livestock for the market from
the time of shipment from the farm
through to the completion of the
packing processes, including the func
tions of commission houses and the
livestock exchange.
The school will be in charge of W.
E. Morris of the extension division of
the College of Agriculture who will
be assisted in making arrangments
by Frank Luhrs, representing the
South St. Paul Daily Reporter; L. W.
Kube, representing the Union Stock
yards company, and T. A. Erickson,
state leader of boys’ and girls’ club
work.
The boys who take the course will
be expected, when they return home,
to attend group meetings and tell
other boys and girls what they learn
at the school.
Rockefeller has seven dollars foi
every person in the United States.
Have you received yours?—lowa Fri
vol.
make the accounts square, about
$75,000 was taken from the state ins
titutions fund and put in the perma
nent university fund.
The state institutions fund, by the
way, was the proceeds of 525,000 ac
les set apart from the swamp land
grant for the benefit of specified in
stitutions. Later other institutions
came along demanding their share
and when the swamp land fund was
dedicated afterwards one-half to the
schools and the other half to all the
institutions, the separate fund was
abolished.
The ruling that stumpage should
go to the principal of the trust funds
turned out to be quite important.
Of the total of $61,000,000 in the trust
funds at last report, more than
$13,000,000 came from the sale of
nine stumpage and other timber.
And in future reckonings, pine stump
age and pulpwood will bear an in
creasing proportion of new funds.
With more than $3,500,000 in the
permanent fund and a total of $5,000,-
000 or more in sight, the cackling of
the early statesmen over an accum
ulation of $500,000 in 1880 and a pre
diction that the fund would ultim
ately reach as much as One Million
Dollars seems unimpressive.
But in those days they thought the
income of the trust fund would pay
all the current expenses of the uni
versity and the reports in 1880 found
that the tax of 1-10 mill was produc
ing a surplus and should be cut off-
Happy days!
Like other grants, the university
and agricultural college selections
were cramped. In fact, the agricul
tural college lost nearly 30,000 acres
because it had to take so much
’ double minimum” lands, that is land
within railroad grant limits which
counted two for one. As a result the
university especially was obliged to
fall back on the remote part of the
state where there was nothing of
value but pine and possibly minerals.
And that is where the rest of the
fund is coming.
LITTLE BOY LOSES
LIFE BY DROWNING
(From Pine Poker)
A sad death occurred on Wednesday,
May 30th, when Donald Dunn, 22
months old son of Mrs. Dunn, and
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kruse
of Pine City, lost his life by drown
ing.
The accident occurred on the J. J.
Regan farm, a mile east of North
field, where Mrs. Dunn and her two
children were staying.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Steging from the Lutheran
church last Sunday morning. The
pallbearers were Carl Teich, Oscar
Teich, Howard Lueth and Fred Kruse.
Out of town relatives here for the
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. H. Tapp
from Albert Lea, H. Tapp and
children from Northfield, Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Windish and Mrs. Lena
Schaffer of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Grote and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Lueth of Rush Ctiy, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Tapp of Brook Park.
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“Don’t be dumb —it’s a girl who
works for the telephone company.”—
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SOME LEGISLATIVE
WORK OF SHIPSTEAD
IN LAST SIX MONTHS
In the organization of the senate,
arranged for consideration of farm
relief bill and injunction bill.
Secured recommendation from com
merce committee of senate to provide
for an enlarged lock at the Hastings
dam which is essential to efficient
operation of the barge line on the
Upper Mississippi, and so as to per
mit immediate beginning of the work.
Led fight in the senate for the barge
line bill and secured its passage in
the senate, increasing the capital
stock of the Inland Waterways Corpo
ration to $15,000,000.
Organized the fight in the senate to
restore appropriation of $55,800,000
for the Upper Mississippi in the army
appropriation bill.
Introduced and secured fne passage
of bill in senate to pay claims filed
by farmers’ grain elevators of the
Northw’est against the U. S. Grain
Corporation, totalling approximately
$1,000,000.
Secured the passage of an amend
ment to the revenue bill exempting
teachers pension funds from taxation.
Secured passage of amendment to
revenue bill exempting farm co-opera
tives from stamp tax. Saved farm
co-operatives $3,500,000 per year ac
cording to treasury department esti
mates.
Presented an amendment to the
appropriations committee of the sen
ate and obtained an appropriation of
$25,000 for the bureau of mines at
the University of Minnesota for re
search work in finding a way to make
marketable the low grade ore of the
Minnesota iron mines.
Led the fight in the senate against
the national origins clause and intro
duced a bill for its repeal, resulting
in action by the senate postponing for
one year the effectuation of this clause
which would have very greatly re
duced the quotas from Scandinavian
countries, Germany and the Irish
Free State.
Introduced and had passed law pro
viding for a per capita payment to
the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.
Introduced a bill to carry out the
Webster-Ashburton treaty relating to
the Superior National Forest and In
ternational Boundary Waters. Was
appointed chairman of sub-committee
to conduct hearings on this bill and
obtained order of the senate for com
mittee to go to Minnesota and in
vestigate the area and to report on
the bill to the next session of con
gress.
Presented an amendment to the sen
ate appropriations committee and se
cured the adoption thereof, providing
for an appropriation of $20,000 to
provide for a commercial attache’ at
the American embassy located at Os
lo, Norway. Norway imports $250,
000,000 worth of grain, oil, and metals,
only 10 per cent of which is bought
in the United States. The business
of the commercial attache’ is to get
more of this business, all of which
can be bought in the United States.
Introduced and led the fight for an
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anti-injunction bill, to prevent the
abuse of the power of injunctions
against organized labor.
Secured consent of the senate to
print as a senate document and de
posit in the libraries of the United
States the two volume reports on co
operative marketing recently made by
the Federal Trade Commission in re
sponse to a resolution by Senator
Shipstead calling for a survey of co
operative organizations in the United
States. This report will be of great
assistance to members of legislatures
of various states in shaping co-opera
tive legislation, and will also be a
help to those who want to study co
operative problems.
Passed legislation in the senate to
aid settlers flooded in the Lake of
the Woods region.
Secured passage of bill in senate
for the relief of Mud Lake settlers,
authorizing payment of claims
amounting to $34,850.
Obtained consent of a majority of
the committee on privileges and elec
tions and the committee of contingent
expenses of the senate, and the sen
ate to allow $2,500 to Magnus John
son to reimburse him for expenses of
his contest
Introduced and secured passage of
a bill giving half-holiday on Saturday
to employes in the government print
ing office.
Designed by
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Introduced and. secured passage of
bill in senate granting the consent of
congress to the City of Duluth to con
struct, maintain and operate a bridge
across the Duluth Ship Canal.
Introduced and secured the passage
of bill in senate authorizing and di
recting the secretary of war' to sell
the Armory building and site to the
city of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Passed bill in senate transferring
to the city of Duluth, Minn., the old
Federal building, together with the
site thereof.
In the first session of the 70th con
gress introduced and secured the
passage of 22 special pension bills in
the senate for war veterans and wi
dows; also secured the allowance of
30 pension claims through the pen
sion bureap.
Introduced a bill for farm co-oper
atives and led fight in the senate for
an emergency tariff on agricultural
products.
Was made chairman of the printing
committee of the senate and a mem
ber of the joint committee of printing
of the house and senate. The last
named committee has charge of and
administers the government printing
office with 4,500 employes; does an
nually, business of $13,000,000.
He is a member of and participated
in shaping a great mass of legisla
tion reported to the senate by the fol-
lowing committees: foreign relations,
agriculture, pensions, patents, public
buildings and grounds, joint commit
tee on printing, printing committee
of senate.
Money No Object.
A bank in New Jersey ran this
advertisement in a local paper:
Wanted: A clerk, must be ex
perienced in foreign exchange. Salary
sls a week.”
This is one of the replies received:
“Dear Bank: I would respectfully
apply for the position you offer. I
am an expert in foreign exchange,
in all branches. In addition, I con
verse fluently in Gum Arabic, Zola,
Gorgonzola, and Billingsgate. I write
shorthand, long-hand, left-hand and
right-hand. I can supply my own
typewriter if necessary, and I may
mention that I typewrite half an hour
in ten minutes, the record.
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have the service, gratis, of my large
family of six, and if agreeable to
you, my wife would be pleased to
clean your office regularly without
extra charge. The cost of postage
for your answer to this application
may be deducted from my salary.
“Please note, that if you have a
backyard, I would make bricks in my
spare time.
“Awaiting an early reply, I remain,”
4-ODUNTY 4-H CLUB
CAMP AT LAKE PEPIN
IS RATED AS MODEL
The farm boys and girls 4-H club
camp to be held at Old Frontenac on
the shores of Lake Pepin, June 28 to
July 1, is considered a model of its
kind and will attract visitors from
several mid-western states.
This camp, sponsored by the county
Farm Bureau organizations of Good
hue, Dakota and Olmstead counties,
Minnesota, and that of Pierce county,
Wisconsin, will be attended this year
by more than two hundred farm boys
and girls. Arrangements are being
made to take care of 2,000
camp visitors on Sunday, July 1.
These people will come from various
Minnesota, Wisconsin, lowa, and Illi
nois points.
Preston Hale, of Zumbrota, Good
hue county agricultural agent, is man
ager of the camp and will be assisted
this year by Julius Ausen, Olmstead
county agent; Wayne Watson, Dakota
county agent, and H. G. Seyforth,
Pierce county, Wisconsin, agent.
A. J. Kittelson, of St. Paul, assist
ant state club leader, and Miss Laura
Gerber, of St. Paul, state club agent,
will head the corps of ten specialists
who will direct activities at the camp.
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