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JUNE 21, 1928.
THURSDAY,
A Romantie Story 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
V—Swamp Land. Findings
Next to the school lands in volume
and perhaps even more productive to
future trust funds are the Minnesota
swamp land grants. By rights, it
should have cohie to 5,800,000 acres
as compared with 3,000,000 acres in
the school lands, but a lot of it got
away by one slip or another, and the
state gave away nearly 2,900,000 acres
of it for railroads and other promo
tions. What is left is a trust fund of
$10,000,000 and much more in sight,
of which one-half the income goes to
the school fund and the remainder is
divided pro rata, among the state in
stitutions.
Swamp lands were given in the first
instance to the state of Missouri be
cause something ought to be done
with them and the federal govern
ment w’as not supposed to have the
right to engage in public works ot
any sort. Therefore the states along
the Mississippi could have the swamp
and overflowed lands if they would
make them worth something. By the
time Minnesota.was admitted, swamp
lands were granted to the state as a
matter of course. ,
As Ramsey pointed out, these were
not overflowed lands to be protected
by extensive levees. Reclamation
could be left to the owners, and that
is how so much was given to rail
road companies. And that is one rea
son why there are no swamp lands in
southern Minnesota. The grants to
railroads completely exhausted the
nearby swamp lands and had to reach
out into northern Minnesota in some
cases, w’here the lands were more ex
tensive and claims were less pressing.
At the outset the option was given
to the state to accept the government
plats and field notes as conclusive or
to check the survey.-> for the state.
Ramsey advised the legislature to
take the government designation and
his recommendation was adopted.
Now in those days they used to
say a conscientious surveyor would
climb a tree and spot the swamp lands
in four townships. If he was less
conscientious he did not climb the
tree. And a good deal of swamp land
turned out to be high and dry when
the woods were cut off.
We got along pretty well under
that arrangement until a fearfully
honest and terribly suspicious com-
missioner of the general land office
arrived whose name was Andrew
Jackson Sparks. He stopped all deliv
eries of patents under the swamp
land grants, declaring that every sur
vey made since 1880 was fraudulent
and was designed to turn these val
uable lands over to the state for the
benefit of pine land thieves and other
land sharks. It was years before a
decision was made i eturning to the
original rule and by that time the
lands which might have been swamp
were pretty well gathered in. So the
land grant finnaly stands at 4,711,000
F.cres.
But a large part of the swamp lands
are underlaid by peat bogs which
should be valuable in the future. And
considerable areas are good agricul
tural lands—in-southern Minnesota
some of the fattest lands of all were
WASHINGTON LETTER
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tial political observers say that the
Democratic platform will be as con
servative and in many ways as indef
inite as that adopted by the Repub
lican. The belief prevails that the
question of the personalities of the
two leading candidates will be fore
most in all political discussions. The
veteran political leaders in the Hoov
er camp quite frankly agree on the
vote getting ability of the New York
governor, but insist they have the
edge on their opponents.
Stewart Case Important
The decision of a local court in
freeing Robert W. Stewart, chairman
of the board of the Standard Oil GJpm
pany of Indiana, for refusal to answer
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old lake beds, originally designated as
swamp, Other large areas will pro
duce spruce and cedar and sometimes
pine. Still other tracts cover deposits
of iron ore.
Minnesota lost 1.000.00 ti acres desig
nated on the plats as swamp, and
gave away without much benefit near
ly 3,600,000 acres more—still what is
left may run not far below -the school
fund in ultimate values.
The swamp land grant to the state
and the grants to railroads from the
swamp lands by the state, are distinct
from the railroad land grants by con
gress. That was a gift to the terri
tory of 8,000,000 acres, in trust, to be
given to railroads which would build
on certain routes. Unhappily the
contracts were made just in time for
the companies to go under in the
panic of 1857. The lands were not
salable at any price and the venture
was a total loss. Then the state
loaned the companies $5,000,000 under
a special constitutional provision and
that was also a total loss.
Finally the state redeemed its out
standing railroad bonds partly oy
taxation and partly by the -proceeds of
500,000 acres of internal improvement
lands given by congress.
Cutside of that experience with the
railroad land grants and the internal
improvement lands, Minnesota has
fared singularly well in the care aryi
protection of its trust funds.
Swamp Land Grant
Deri q noted ’Swamp'
but never patented
to State
yy to Railroads ///
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Unsold
1,2 95,000 Acres
scales
620,000 Acrer
S\vamp Land Fund
$ 10,33 1,000
questions of the Senate Invest
igating Committee is expected to have
a far-reaching effect on the mania for
investigations of Congress. Stewa-it
was acquitted by a jury in the Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court. It
is expected that this court action will
have a tendency to put the senate
back in a legislative capacity rather
than an investigating body which has
marked its deliberations in recent
years.
Visitors to Washington find the
chief attraction is closed for the sum
mer season. President Coolidge is
away and the White House is not
quite the same with the occupant
missing. Mr. Coolidge carried the
major portion of his staff to Wiscon
sin which indicates that the “summer
White House” will be more active
than in other years.
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“Two Minute Talks
BY
MISS AUBYN CHINN
Children are g-reat imitators.
Children form their habits from
watching their elders and imitating
tne things they do and say, and many
parents have the sad experience of
finding that the child has imitated
something altogether too accurately
for comfort.
This is often true in regard to the
food habits of the child. How often
has a child always liked his spinach
from infancy to two or three or more
years of age, when, on an unfortunate
day, a thoughtless careless visitor
came and remarked. “Does Paul eat
spinach? I never liked spinach and
can’t make Bobby eat it. I’ve tried
every way”; or just “No spinach for
Bobby, thank you.” From that day
on, the child who has always eaten
spinach without question may have a
new idea and refuse his portion. This
of course, is a sad situation, and must
be dealt with carefully.
“Good for Mother, Good for Son”.
The natural thing for a child to do
is to imitate. If Mother and Father
are very careful w’hen the baby is old
enough to first come to the table, his
food habits may very easily be started
right. I do not believe in keeping the
young child away from the family
meal, but I do believe in teaching
him that such things are good for
older folks, and that he may have
them when he is groUn up.
“Little boy pie” of applesauce in a
ramekin w’ith meringue frosting in
stead of crust is an easy substitute
for apple pie, or he may have lettuce
cut up with orange juice for dressing
instead of French dressing or Mayon
naise. Many times, however, it is not
necessary to even change the menu
that much for him. Simple meals are
good for big as well as little folks.
Little folks soon grow to be big folks,
and if the big folks have the right
food habits it will be easy for the
little folks to imitate them and make
them their own.
That “Bread And Butter” Letter.
There is a nice custom which has
grown up through the years of writ
ing “a bread and butter letter” to
one’s hostess after a pleasant visit.
Of course the usual hostess serves
pie ana cake and a lot of fancy things
for her company, but the name of the
letter of thanks is based on bread and
butter being, after all, the main
standby for the hungry visitor.
Thinking over the importance of the
butter part in its contribution to our
good health and happiness, it almost
seems that numanity owes a “bread
and butter letter” to the cow; for
what is bread without its spread of
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butter, the appetizing top-off?
You know there are things in food
that our bodies need called vitamins.
Whole grain bread made with yeast is
rich in vitamin B, while butter pos
sesses a la>rge quantity of vitamin A,
so you see why bread and butter are
such inseparable twins, one giving
the vitamin B and the other the nec
essarv vitamin A.
Butter for babies has been the sub
ject of some rather interesting invest
igations in recent years. Experi
ments with the use of bptter for
young children has shown that sup
plying them with generous quantities
of vitamin A, whicn butter contains,
pot only facilitates growth, but builds
up resistance to diseases of the throat
and respiratory tract, such as colds,
pneumonia and grip.
The Arab flappers used the first
butter for cold cream. Today butter
is regarded as a beautifier, but we ap
ply it on the inside rather than the
outside of our faces. Healthy skins,
bright eyes and personality' depend
upon healthy living. Butter is one of
the best foods for the diet of health
and beauty, with leafy vegetables,
whole grain cereals and fruits as ad
ditional beauty foods. The proper
growth and formation of our bones
and teeth depends upon vitamin A
which butter supplies so plentifully.
In case you are not so interested
in what butter does for the babies
•<nd the beauties of this world, you
will want to know why we say “butter
for bread-winners.” Butter is good
for the worker because it means
energy. Each pound of good butter
contains over 3200'Calories and gives
our bodies as much energy x-as four
dozen eggs or twenty pounds of string
beans or four pounds of spring lamb.
Butter also contains vitamin A.
Vitamin A, since food authorities be
lieve it particularly governs the
growth of the body, is needed in the
worker’s diet to build up the cells
which his exercise and labor wears
down every day.
If you are interested, then, in feed
ing a healthy breadwinner, either as
a breadwinner yourself or one who
plans menus for breadwinners, you
cannot afford to be without a liberal
supply of butter not only on your
bread but on your vegetables, in soup
and other foods where butter is need
ed for good taste and nutrition.
Chocolate Drop Cookies
1-3 c. butter
1-3 c. sugar ,
2 squares melted chocolate
1 beaten egg
1 c. flour, 1-2 tsp. baking powder,
sift together
3-4 c. chopped nut meats
Cream the butter, add the other in
gredients in the order given. Drop
from a teaspoon on a buttered pan.
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Bake 10 minutes in a moderate oven.
Nuts may be omitted. Makes about
36 cockies.
Oatmeal Drop Cookies.
2-3 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
% c. milk
2 c. rolled oats
2% c. flour
1 t. baking powder
Vy t. salt '
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. nutmeg
1 c. chopped seeded raisins
Cream butter, add sugar, eggs well
beaten, milk, and rolled oats. Sift
flour, measure, add salt, baking pow
der, spices and raisins. Add flour
mixture to first mixture, thoroughly
mix. Drop by spoonfuls on a greased
baking pan and bake in a rather hot
oven. This makes 32 to 36 cookies.
Hollandaise Sauce
1-3 c. butter
Yolk of 3 eggs
Juice of half a lemon
1-3 c. boiling water
Salt and pepper to taste /
Put egg yolks in top of double boil
er, add boiling water and one piece of
butter. Divide butter into three parts
and when eggs and water begin to
thin, add one piece of butter. When
this is melted, add lemon juice and
serve immediately. Hollandaise sauce
will curdle if allowed to stand or if
cooked too long.
Tartar Sauce.
1 T. vinegar
1 T. Lemon juice
1-3 c. butter
1-4 t. salt
1 T Worcestershire Sauce
Mix vinegar, lemon juice, salt and
Worcestershire, sauce in a small
bowl. Heat over hot water. Brown
the butter and pour into the first
mixture. Serve with sea food or
meat.
Drawn Butter Sauce
Use a generous piece of butter foi
the amount of vegetable; add a little
of the vegetable stock and pour on
vegetable and serve.
Hard Sauce.
1-2 c. butter
1 c. medium brown sugar
1 t. vanilla
Cream butter and sugar together
until foamy. Serve with hot pudd
ings, apple dumplings and the like.
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I’ve done it al! my life;
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
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