Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 20, 1904, Page 1

XII.—No, 28 Vou Gi Se Pretty Feet Often it happensjhat a foot 1s made prettier Are sometimes clumsily clad. “by selecting the right shoe. Our ladies’ and gentleman’s shoes are - skilfully. modelled; they are««made in shapes to fit all kinds of feet,and to make any foot attractive. You may say, “My foot is too broad or too flat to look sty- lish in any shoe!” Dozens of our pat- rons have said the same thing, but’ we have fitted them and pleased them. “FORD.” Supply of onr gruniteiware can be bought at our store for very little more than good tinware .costs. And a very good housewife Knows how easy these goods are to- keep cleti and bow pleasant iv ix*bo use them. THESE .GOODS Are not imperfect or damaged, but are. bright and new and at the prices we are offering them it will pay you dhandsomely to replenish your stock. They ¢ come in so handy you know. : you should always: try to get the best goods in thé -miarket at the lowest prices. You should buy oF resh and Salt Meats, Fish, Game etc., ; at the Market of Thos. Finne- an. They always Bavedh hand the very best — at lowest prices. Thos. Finnegan, Thos. Finnegan, | Proprietor. WM. C. TYNDALL, A. FITGER& CO’s., _Fine Bottled Beer a and Malt Extract. Highly RAcommeiaed by Leading Physicians a “Try It. gt ae ‘Best Nerve Tonic.” ‘Telephone. No.—— and: Have a Case Boel SOPOT to Your Home. Our] gents’ “Walk- Ore" shoe is ade | i for style and comfort and for $4. you, cannot buy its equal in any lines And our ladies’, shoes are made ‘by },, A shorf,name and an easy.}- - one, yet it stands for the very Inghest’ in* shoe. wear and Style, not advertised at an enormus expense for which’ you mustpay, FORD quality is “all thé advertising the line has-ever need ed, and Ford’s manufacturing “facilities are equal to the demand every year. “| res| Thesé shoes are’, CANISTEO MIN iG co, Dessbatchin In Section ton 24 and 30, 56-24 ae "The Cznisteo S acioe company, B. Hoveiand, superintendent; is: p' paring-so open two mining properties’ on. thietwest end of the Mesaba' range. Supt. Harry. Thomas, of the, Sellwood thines, has been engaged * to take charge ,of the. work. and superigtend the preliminary operations, and that gentleman informed the Mesaba Ore of Hibbing that he already had things well in Rand.’ Sapt.*‘Thotiivs Still re- titains as the resident Superintendent Of the Sell'wood mines. in this district. The. ‘Canisted properties ars situated Via sectigns 21 and 30, 56-24; the sec+} tion 30 property being near the Buck: eye mine, and the forty in seetion 21° is-adjoining*the’ Diamond mine, both’ of whict propertiés hate ‘béen #town to contain lz ee ore* “bodies. “ The, propérties ar bine ‘ai “twelve miles’ east of Grand Rapids and all supplies will be ‘taken, .inxfrom that .point. That the company, means to. mine, | and .ship.ore is shown. by the work contemplated, whieh ~will: consist of a@-Uhrce-compaftmept shaft *at“each: urifie. The shafts will be 6 by 16” stoet; threé com/patthiébts ot B’by 6 feet in the clear. ‘The shaftd! will” he .rpa down to a ‘depth of, 15u, feet. each. which will give them :75 feet in the ore. This. section..of. the range. was the scene-of great activity in explora-"| tory operation ‘the’ past* year, aad aside from-the fit of tie Lewia prop- erty, this is the. firgt Giscyy nade known to the public. Otes of he Diomond and Buckeye mines Go w considerable mixture of'sam ca somewhat detracts from the’ value of the product,#ut the:-condition of the Canisteo ores is Rot stated S something doing ‘Th frergeo: about the corrido eran P. 5 Swear - ing vengeance ati % ar Ste wear ‘the Magnet and Cémmissti Fraser announeed ‘that “it avowed intentiou tu lick the editor of the Herald-Review. That’s a great mistake that is made by many «men when they contemplate administer— ing corporal punishment to.an editor. —they first make public announce- ment of their intentions. And asa result the editor gots armed to the teath and on the’stightest provocation the irate citizen is liable to get “shot in the: leg. -Many'a: ice man: Rouncin hesueendea se a iM aig in reeggn to pain ys protect ce ss oth ose. that ihe Herd et a may his Med si e shy a | ‘also recorisider the miatter, so iat will not be. neeessary to get is" “his .- ever lost; bis lite - superiatcodeny Tor the elec! lant. No editor’ tan aff 1 Wealsgracetal. % ‘ our. PART body. else in town, except the old 1902 s|e8timate of the municipal electcic -been told. We are informed that it’s | best“ever installed in the state; the "* Fort Wayne meters are more accurate ;{ omically handled and their successors ‘cannot even read a meter correctly. 4 ib brig ht and brainy young journal- 3 new journalistic electrician the Her- -Heview, HISTORIC A). SOCIETY. Two DoLiars a YEAR. is DEFENSE AT LAST ‘The New Faitor of the Magnet Flies to| a gold brick in the electric light plant i petaiee of the Electric Light Dump. | deal. The.Magnet lays much stress IS THE BEST Ae ling fo the. New Authority Noth-| fairly good une, “but,” said he, ‘‘you {> inp Like it. Was Ever Before At- “‘ténipted’in‘Minnesota.—Incom- _ petent Men in Charge. ear i ’ es, the Herald-Review and every- council and the vew editor of the Magnet, have been, in error in their light plant. :. The trutb las only just much larger than necessary ; is the n.iny obher meter ever conceived 4 ad constructed by the genius .of mortal mab; Superiutendent O. P. Finnis is utterly incumpetent. In short,,exerything done by the 1902 gdniibistrvtion was well and econ- are an ignorant, incompetent lot who These new found facts are revealed tous through the forensic furce of st who, ¢ameé ip from Duluth to tell us where to head in at. Yes, the 1902 cguoci| have .at last been vindi- gated and the people have been justly reprimanded for .turning,them out last March... Until the advent of this sald-Review was conscientiously of the nion that it was wrong to pay for- |ty-thdusand dollars for a twenty or twehty-five thousand dollar dump. But we were mistaken. The new journalistic, electrician has set us ‘ight. A couple of weeks ago we were -yery much 1n error to protest month and two or three kilowatts the next’month when about the same amount of eléctricity had been con- sumed. Notwithstanding this was the experience of furty or more cus- toniers the Herald-Review should not, have mentioned it. It was the fault of Superintendent Finnis. He should ha é read them correctly, no matter what the meters indicated. The coun- gil should at once employ the new Magnet éditor to read those Fort Wayne meters, One can readily per- ceive by reading his defense of the Gunn council that-be is an expert on Fort Waynes. ‘The indicator on the face of the Meter might stand still, run’ “backwards or register twenty thousand kilowatts in a single month —aty of these little peculiarities wouldn’t phase him in the least: Be- ing an expert, lie‘d read em anyway, and by some subitlity not known to the,unibitiated, he’d read them cor- rectly... It would be unfair to charge that the Magnet defense of the Wa- terberry..meters and the forty thous- and dular electric plant was inspired by ‘certain members of the 1902 coun- cil, but the arguments therein pre- sented have a familiar sound to us. They fecal some spirited arguments that took place last spring when the péople first began to ask foolish ques- tions about the plant. The all con- quering ; arguments put up by the de- fendants was to inform the seeker of information that he had no business to make jpquiries or.criticisms as he, was anot a electrician and didn’t Jgsow anything about it and wouldn’s know if told. In short, the enquiring critic was dismissed with the informa- tion that he was ignorant of the sub- Ject and asa loyal citizen he should retaaih’ so.’ Thé ‘only trouble the Magnet can find with the plant is the ignorance Of Superintendent Finnis. If the present council bad retained the services of that intellectual look- ing yap, Roy Stinklefinger—or what- ever his name may be—everything would have been O. K.,and our twen- ty-five thousand dollar dump would have been worth forty thousand dol- lars of any man’s money. The Herald- Reviewdses agt wish to convey the idea that it 1s an authority on thiags electrical. What this paper does no, “| know on the subject - would, fill quite asized volume. Nor would. 4 single interview “with evén the: illustrious Mr. Van Bergen of Duluth be suffi- T enioeedat of Shallenberger, Tesia, | Scott, Nernst, Morse, Wurtz, Edison, |W cians of the past, and present.. We are, apta scholar a as our friend of | ithe use of meters that would | ient to impart to us the © combined | average taxpayer of this community. we are able to distinguish the differ- ence between a trainof Jim Hill's cars and a farmer’s wagon. And we do know that Grand Rapids was handed on the opinion of C. E. Vau Bergen, manager of the General E}ectric com- pany of. Duluth. We will give his opinion as he gave it to the Grand Rapids council last April. He stated to the council that the plant was a paid a good, big price for it. In my opinion, $24,000,should have, paid for it. Fifteen thousand dollars would be a good figure for. the generators apd equipment at the power house, *} $5,000.00 would put in the line work jand extensions, $3,000.00 would be ample to get the necessary transform- ers and meters, and $1,000.00 for in- cidentals might be necessary—$24,- 000.00 in all—that’s putting the tig- ures at top notches.” Thus spake Mr. Van Bergen. He also added that he thought the village had made a big mistake in putting in marine boil- ers instead of wood burners, as wood would be a cheaper steam producer than coal. These plain statements are not generalities, but facts, and if corroboration is wanted the Herald- Review refers you to President Rid- dell, Becorder Gole, Aldermen Becker, Clair or Rassmussen, A. E. Wilder, W. B. Holman and others might be mentioned who talked with the Da- luth gentleman at that time and to whom he expressed himself in alike manner. lt might be proper tu men- tion that Van Bergen and a man named Meagher came here from Du- luth on April 18, 1903, for the purpose of inspecting the system, and that Superintendent Finnis only took charge of the plant on April 14, 1903. Mr. Van Bergen did not say one word either to the council asa body or to any individual member thereot as to Mr. Finnis’ competency or incompe- tency. These gentlemén were asked to’ run the engines in parallel, but they absglutely.refused tv do so, stat- ing thatsuch at undertaking might result disastrously, and recommended Uhat the contractor be called upon | to re oe e keep in step. About six months ago Recorder Gole saw Van Bergen in Duluth, The latter told Mr. Gole at that time thdt it would require the constant services of two engiteers to run the engittes in ‘parallel. The ser- vices of an extra. engineer would cost the viflage tot less than $1,200 per year. .This is the contention that bas been-made by the Herald-Review and others ftém thé first and the Mag- net's: high ‘authority: confirms the opinion. The few “prominent” gen- tlemén of Grand Rapids who have re- sorted to evefy conceivable means to bolster up the eiectri¢ light plaut since its institution have been forced to silence on -every claim fpat bas been made by those who hold that the village was defrauded out cf sevetal thousand dollars through the macbi- nations of Consultivg Engineer EB. P. Bureh, and their last resort is to, place all blame oa Superintendent Finnis. The defetisé is too tiimsy. It will not be accépted: by the people of this community. The only difference between the preseut council and Cou- tractor Robertson rests in the fact that he has utterly failed and refuses to make the two engines rua in par- allel. Twenty four hundred dollars is held -back by. the council on this accouut. The fact-is, Mr. Robertson cannot make the engines work to- gether and he knows it. His only hope rests iti the possibility of elect- ing a council that vel pay him with- out question. sis ‘The article contained in the Magnet two'weeks ago answered in advance ‘the claim made by ‘that paper on Wednesday in regard to the meters. Out of a total of 88 Fort Wayne meters bought by tne council of 1902, only 23- are today in commission. The Magnet seems to labor under the impressivi: that meters require acivil engineér. a blacksmrth or carpenter to run them. ‘his is-a mistake. Good meters are sealed by the manu- facturers and when they get out of order they must be returned with the séal unbroken. When the Westing- ‘house meters are found to register incorrectly they will be repaired by the manufacturers without cost to the user. But itis different with the Fort Wayne. It costs about five dol- lars to send one of them io to the re- pair shop, and then it’s no good, The Laurcl Press says: “Just why the county: printung was awarded to inghouse, and other great electri- sie Bat iv,common with the | he te to salve.” | the highest bidders is a question the | commissioners in the south end of the ‘county willfind hard to answer. How- ever, ‘tisa mighty easy problem for DEFECTIVE PAGE LOCAL POLITICS QUIET Not Likely to Be Any Opposition to Re-Election of Present .Council. A GUM SHOE GAMPAIGN The Taxpayers Have Been Doing Some Thinking Along Municipal Lines— An Effort Being Made to Get Up Opposition Ticket. There would be the liveliest kind of a village election in Grand Rapids on the 8th day of next month if a few of our prominent citizens could have their own way. But there are a great many voters in Grand Rapids who have been dving some quiet figuring on municipal matters. and past.expe- rience has taught them some costly lessons that will be remembered yery vividly when considering the selection of a set of men to transect the public business of the village for another year. The taxpayers are strongly in- clined to look with favor upon the men who held up a balance of twenty- four hundred dollars claimed to be due on the electric light contract of J.G. Robertson. The taxpayers bave not forgottenjthat Contractor Robert- son brought suit against the village for the recovery of twenty-four hun- dred dollars, with much blow and bluster. They will_recall that Village Attorney Price was prepared tu defend on. bebalf of the village and that when the case was called for trial Mr. Robertson’s attorneys pleaded for a continuance on the grougd that the plaintiff was not ready for trial, and that a continnance was granted. The. taxpayers will also remember that Mr. Rovertson, after .bringing action, offered to discount his claim one thousand dollars and settle for fourteen hundted. They will recog- nize,in the action of Robertson in se- cyring.a continuance of the case the spring election a council might be elected that would settle with him at bis own figures. They will remember these and similar transactions, and will be careful to guard against the possibility of elect- iuga council that will work for the interests of J. G. Robertson rather thin fer the interests of the people of Grand Rapids. As we stated in the beginning, there are a few “promi- nents” who would give up very lib- erally if thereby they could command a following of sufficient ‘proportions to warrant wakipg the attempt to defeat the present council. .H. D. Powers, it is.said, has been urged to head an opposition ticket, but he de- clines the empty honor. Mr. Powers is an exceilent citizen and those who know hit would have no fear of his personal endeavor to give the village aclean and economical administra- tion, but the majority of a council that would be acceptable to those who desire a change at the present time would be pledged to a policy not calculated to serve the best interests of the public. In short, the orily de- sire fora change is with those who have personal reasons for the election of a set of men whose purpose it would be to remave the odium that attaches to certain members of the council that was retired by the people a yearago. That forty thousand dol- lar electric light plant stands as a monument to their disgrace. They seek vindication, and the facts will hot vindicate them. They want a council that will whitewash that fraud. H. D. Powers will not lend his name and influence to further the plans of the opponents of the present council. There has been considerable gum-shve politics by the ‘‘ promt- nents” referred to in an attempt to get up a tickét, but up to the present time they have been umable to geta qicket started. They cannot finda likely looking candidate to head the proposed aggregation and they are at a loss which way to turn. If they are wise politicians they will conclude af- ter looking the fleld over to retire from the contest and say they don’t care whether they are whitewashed or not. Mrs. Christ Lindeman died at her home in this yillage on Tuesday at rr o’clock a. m. from childhirth, The deceased was 31 years of age, haying been born in Germany in 1873. The family hed lived mm Grand Rapids two years. Rev. Sans of Duluth con- ducted the German Evangelical ser- vices at the M. E. church, yessterday, interment being made in [tasca ceme- tery. A husband and two children are left to mourn the loss of wife ang mother,