Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 30, 1899, Page 1

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H ra) « Catinibal | ' Iv heshonid « rod Rapids j what do you e would do first? We imagine we? that chilly text thi ROUND GAK he only beater that would willie breaking the It is the most eco- est heater made. is possibi keep hin Hank on fret bil nomical aud Ue Hae ERE Come in and look over our Stock of STOVES before you buy. ate ed oe wee ae W. J. & H. D. POWERS. BBLS Y Speaking of Groceries Prompts us to remark that if you want the VERY BEST you will have to go 4 Re el ae to thestore of J.D. Powers for it. Others may insist that their stock is larger— and perhaps it is—but it is not yood, and they know it. In staple groceries he can meet all requirements, while his Teas, Coffees, Butter, Cheese, Pickles, Canned Goods and spices are absolutely the best that be procurred in town. Powers’ coffees are particularly famous, he having a larger trade in this com- modity than any other grocer in the village. I tock of cigars, tobaccos and smokers’ articies is an excellent one and he invites you to try them. Ra A Full Line of Gent's Furnishing Goods. J. D. POWERS. Opposite Hotel Pokegama, GRAND RAPIDS. ee Rosaria Kies Saturpay, DecemBer 30, 1899. Two DoLiars a YEAR GAME FOR TRUSTS. Vigorous Protest Entered by'a Farmer of Pa Minnesota. trom the St. Paul Globe, by —C. Wileox, Farmer, Sunrise, Minn. Itseems strange to me Ubat the farmers of Minnesota make no protest against the rings, syndicates and trusts that are organized nearly every day to oppress and squeeze the farmers. We seem to be public game that no law protects, and can be shot av at all times of the year an@ by everybody, without having any way to retaliase, “The first shot that was fired at us was an increase of 50 per cent in the price of nails. The next shot was the same, so that now we have to pay $4.50 per hundred for the same kind that we used to get two years ago for $2 and $2.50. They gave us ashotloaded with a 40 per cent increase on lumber, and then they gave us a whole broadside that raised the price of barbed wire. iron tubing, wagons, binde mowing machines, and so forth, fret 25 to 100 per cent, and we had to stand and take it, for we could net make much headway returning their fire with oar 56-cent | wheat and 25-cent corn, 20-ceat oats and 3-cent cattle But these trusts will fiud out’ they are shooting atthe wrong kind of game before angther wo years roll around, for how sean farmers under the present conditjons buy any pew machinery or farming, implewents? We can’t do it, Guna won't do it; we will repair ourgoldé binders and mowers and patch upioar barbed wire fen¢es aad barns sheds, and let them run their tories and mills night and day if want to, and next summer there bea great surplus of manufact articles oiNhand and no sale for th down and the times .of 1893 will re-enacted. se gee oe if the farmers of this state wer : hob scattered over such a Jartge téerr tury they might form a comb that would make their po’ over Lhe land, but we. Lrated enough to do any kind, and will bave to cine, L suppose, just as it is giv us, Whether we like it or not. lieve that the farmers of Minnesota should have a state convention next summer and have every county in the state represented. and adopt a_plat- focm and appoint county © sumittees fv every county, giving ticu power to appoint town committees, and thus get well organized, and have every farmer pledge himself not: to ‘vote for any man for the jegislature unless he gennine farmer. Then, perhaps, we might bave a few laws passed that would benefit us. The farmers could make laws that everybody could unde ud; they would mean just as they read; they could not be interpreted three or four different ways, and one tion be just the reverse of another, and I be- lieve that they would make laws that would not be declared unconstitu- tionai almost as soon as they were passed, as has been for the past few years. Who ever heard of a farmer getting apassonarailroad? I believe that JT have bauled produce enorgh to fill fifty cars since [ have lived here, aud yet neve” iode five miles on any train without paying fare, no matter What train Lgoton. It might be a freight or passenger train, I would hardly get seated before the conductor would come along and hold out his hand and say: “Fare, please,” and I had to shell out, but if I had been a judge or a member of tne legislature, oran influential politician, I could have ridden free anywhere. — As I said before, we seem to be a target for everybody to shoot at, but if the ring and trust press us too hard and we once wake up, they will find us just as the English found the farmers of South Africa, good fighters. S A Party of Witnesses. A party of nine orten citizens of of Grand Rapids wi!l leave tomorrow for Crookston as witnisses in the personal damage case of Lemmexy vs. the Great Northern railway. It will be remembered that an old gentleman named Lemmexy lost a leg at this station last summer while attempting to board an excursion car. He sues the company to recover $5,000 dam- ages. The case 1s set for January 3. ‘Those who go from here as witnesset are: L. A.’Huntley, M. McAlpine, WB. Holman.and Ed. Johnson, . DEFECTIVE THE BOARD MEETING. | The First Meeting for 1900 Will be held Tuesday Next. Unless Governor Lind should de- cide to remove Commissioner Leeman befcre the close of today’s busines: the board of county commissioners will meet on Tuesday next with the same members present that organized a year ago. There appears to be less fine- fion among the members than at any previous time, and a friendiier feeling exists between the public and the of- ficials than heretofore. ‘This is due, perhaps, to the fact that all have be- 1 ' come better acquainted and the ac- tions of the individual members are not regarded’ with suspicion, ‘The January meeting 1s the most inter- esting of any heid throughout the year. Salaries of county offictais . are fixed and all the important -appoint- ments are made. It is not thought that any changes will be made in the matter of and those now serving the public will likely be re- tained in their present positions. 1899-1900. Midnight mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph’s Catholic church, Sunday night, 12m. As this is a rare occur- salaries rance, a large attendance is antici- pated. The following musical pro- gram will be rendered: Introduetion. Music Choir r. W. O'Donnell ir. F, T, Bueneman Doran *,T, Bueneman Loretta The Palms”. ICLION. ; “He Came Upon the Midnight. Air’— - Miss -Lorettu Do “O Salutaris”. n and Dr. R. H. Calely. Allare cordially invited to and usher in the year 1900 by solemn come prayer to Almighty God. As much as possible children should not be taken to church for that service. WHAT WILL THE NEW YEAR BRING? The Faith in “Whatever is Right.” Will Make the New Year Happier. With hope millions stand on.the closing day of the year with faces toward. the future,” writes Mrs. Ham- ilton Mott in the January Ladies’ Home Journal. “ ‘What will the new year bring me?’ each one asks himself. No one knows. And how wel] itis that we do not. It requires sober thought to realize that what we are and what we do are along the lines of a wise creation. It is often very easy for-us to feel that we might change things for the better if the power and opportunity were but ours, But the most astute cleverness of man is a poor affair when compared with the simplest wisdom of God. And one thing that can make this new year before us happier js to have that one feeling, that one thought, that one faith alw. with us: ‘bat ‘whatever is, is right’ and for the best. Frequently we cannot compre- hendat the time why this should be so, why that shoul happen, and why some particular trial should come to us while some great joy comes at the same time to another; and we shouid have so little and others so much, But. nothing ever comes into our lives ex- cept what 1s for our good) And some day we shall clearly understand all.” District Court. The regular term- of district court for Itasca county will convene on Tuesday of next week. The calendar is a light one and the session is not hkely to be of very great length. There are no important criminal or civil cases to be tned. Death of L. S. Card. Louis L. Card, postmaster at Zuzu on Ball Club lake. dropped dead at his home last Saturday. Mr. Card conducted a stor¢ and postoffice at Gambler’s Point during the past two George Deweo, Ds. Gilbert, Dr. Rus- | Years and wes well known in this sell, Wm. Coughha, I, D. Rossmussen, | county, having resided here about | eight years, PAGE place. | kind 1 How Minnesota Shines. Minnesota jails and lockups are not perfect. But a catalogue of abuses coatained in the forthcoming report to the national chanties and correc- tions conference makes Minnesota a most advanced commonwealth in its provision for the housing of the weak and erring. The ‘statement. of ill- ventilated, unsanitary, ill-planned fire traps that some states tolerate may make Minnesota people _ relatively proud of the systematic methods for decency in the keeping of prisoners. In the lockups are confined prison- ers not yet tried, and therefore pre- sumed to be innocent, many charged with misdemeanors and minor breaches of the peace or of city ordi- nances, many young and guilty of their first offense. And yet many of these places are such that no “farmer would put a hog in such a place and expect to eat its bacon.” Minnesota Is one of the few states where it 1s no longer possible to build a bad lockup, and where the dangerous and un- healthy places of former years are being weeded out. It is evident from the report that however bad some of these places may be in Minnesota, they are often, one may say usually, worse. It 1s comparatively comfort- able to know it. City lockups are often the worst, down in a basement, or fronting on a noisome alley, sometimes with sewage seeping through the rotting flocrs, sometimes with no_ provisions for sep- arating women and juveniles from the drunken wretches and vile criminals herded together there. again shines by comparison. The city workhouse has a chapter in, the same report, and St. Paul’s plan of working pris: Minnesota ners on the farm orin park improvements is spcken-of with favorable comment. By the same critique 1t appears that the average county jai a villainous constant efforts of the Minnesota state board..of corrections and charities have made those in this state much ahove the average, both in structural plan. method of control and sanitary management. Some of the jails here are shackly ‘structures and some are unhealthy, but there are none of the deadly, ver- min-infested bastiles in this state that some communities are accustomed to without a shock to the sensibilities. It is a matter of public enlightment and it follows that Minnesota has been more enlightened than some other states. It is inconceivable that a community should prefer the worst when its attention has been called to the defects. There is a pub- he vody in Minnesota specially charg ed to pount out defects and excel- lencies in jail construction and man- agement, which accounts in large measure for the satisfactory showing. Expansion. A brave general In battle falls; A broken-hearted family— A nation mourus, A private For his country dies; A mother Waits in vain— “Tis his to do or die.” But, For wh:t? That our capitalists May expand. iN First Insane Indian. Mrs. Blue Sky, the Indian woman that was recently sent to the insane hospital at Fergus Falls, 1s the first Indian woman in Mnesota to be placed in an instution of that kind. The woman’s inind dyring the trip to Fergus Falls was occupied with asso- | clations most dear to the Indian. She talked in Chippewa of trapping and of the woods. Her mind dwelt on such matters during most of the jour- ney. Mrs. Blue Sky is a sister to John Bear Grease, Smal! Fire at Deer River. Last Saturday’s issue of the Itasca News contained a startling account | of an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the News office by some evil minded person or persons. The postoflice was located in the same building and the whole outfit had a narrow escape. ! order. DIED SUDDENLY. Edward Woods Is Taken Down With Pneu- monia and Soon Passes Away. The whole community was shocked Thursday evening when the nouncement was made that Edward Woods had died that day of pneu- monia, after an illness of only five days. Up to Saturday evening. he was employed as drayman by J. M Romans, and appearantly was in the best of health. After Supper Satur- day he went down town when he was taken with a chill. He went home immediately and never left his room alive. Sunday morning Dr. Russell was called. The doctor found that his patient had a severe attack of pneumonia, The deceased grady- ally failed until Thursday at 6 o’clock in the evening when death relieved his suffermg. © Mr. Woods was about forty years of age. He was a nard- working man and a good citizen, re- spected by the whole community an- where he had resided about seven years. A wife and two children, the youngest an infant, are left to mourn their great loss. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment being made in Itasca ceme- tery. i MILL AT CASS LAKE. Wit Be Ready for the Early Spring Sawing. The Neils Lumber company has completed the pile driving for the main part of the mill, and both driv- ers have began work on the engine- room and boiler foundation. They expect to have the pijiing all driven by January 1. Carpenters are at work preparing the frame. The main build- ing will be 36 by 185 feet; the boiler- room 40 by 60, and the wtrehouse, machine shop and blacksmith shop, all in one building, 32 by 80. They have forty men at work now, and tke mill will be-coapléted and ready for sawing when tke ice goes out next spring. The spur track is completed from the main line of the road, a dis- tancejof 1200 feet, and the steel all on and ready for use. Twisting the Lion’s Tail. Milwaukee Sentinel: — Incidentially Oom Paul is giving the Wall Street money devil considerable scare. Chicago Record: = Ano her thing which the British, hold againsc the Boers is that they fight with modern arms instead of using bows and arrows. Detroit Free Press: The /Boers beg to acknowledge the kindness of the Britons in delivermg eleven guns on the northern shore of the Tugela. Philadelphia Times: ‘They now say Chamberlain goes around with a thoughtful look in histye. Formerly it was his monocle that was the most conspicuous. Washington Post: Gen. Buller ex- pected to take his Christmas dinner in Pretoria. The general will do well if he has one of those plum puddings served cold. New York Tribune:\ When the British invite the Boers to come out and be shot at the Boers decline. When tne Boers invite the Bnush to walk into an ambush the British do it every time. St. Louis Globe-Democrat; Last week the British lost 28009 men in battle, of whom 1100 were made pris- oners.. In every fight they were trap- ped and this has been the main feature of their strategy from the first. Baltimore American: It is to be hoped for Cecil Rhodes’ sake that that baloon of his is in. good working He may need 1t shortly, if the generals proceeding to his relief keep on walking into Boer traps. . Chicago News: While the brave and devoted Highland regiments in the British service were dying at the front at Magersfontein, the Insensate stock brokers of London were trying to “rig the market” by means of ru- mors that Ladysanth had been reliev- ~ ed and 19,000 Boers captured. After awhile the British inay begin to ask themselves if there is any justification for the sacrafice of so many gallant men for the sake of saving the invest menis of rapacious stock jobbers,