Then the brave head of the house
crawled down from his hidingplace
and said: Well done, us, Betsy us
killed the bear."
An official at the state capitol not
long ago was heard to remark that the
question of the drainage of state lands
did not interest the people of the
southern part of the state he said
that the lands down there had all been
drained. This remark from one in
official life led me to believe that
there is a vast amount of ignorance
on
the subject in high places. This
being true, what might be expected
of the busy farmers and tradespeople
who have no particular occasion to
study the question. The drainage of
the state's swamp lands is of the
greatest importance to every part of
the state, as it is from these lands
that the revenue is derived which the
state ogives to the common schools!"
Originally the United States granted
to the state of Minnesota about 5,000,
000 acres of land. These lands were
given to railroads and institutions of
different kinds until there remained
only about 1,500,000 acres. At this
point some wise headed fellow sug
gested that the remaining lands, and
any further grants which might be
made to the state, should be set aside
Too of ten the knowl-! for the common schools and the edu-
phrase which is a reproach to the pro- to be given to the common schools of
fession. Too often, also, has a false
system of professional ethics been re
sponsible for the defeat of "substantial
justice" in civil and criminal cases.
Too prevalent is the spirit which toler
ates resort to techiqalities at the ex
pense of equity and Which operates to
an unequal administration of justice
as between the poor and well-to-do.
