Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 15, 1904, Page 2

em oat — —— ae een ener Tt | | Vou. XIII.—No 9 Grand Uapids Herald-Neview. Granp Rarips, Irasca County, MINN., SaturDAy, OcroBER 15, 904. Prices to Meet Your Purse Possibly your. pocket book is somewhat lean! Then you want to pur- chase where you can buy your needs most satis- factorily. Here’s where a lean purse will go much -farther than ordinarily. Every finger’s length of fabric is just right—a glance will tell the rest. If you want to be warm and comfortable this Fall and Winter, now is the time to get prepared, Or possibly you've got a fat purse and a lean one too. Well, just bring the lean one here and see how much satisfaction you can get and never disturb the fat one at all. Now cool nights are coming, and __ stinging days are not far away-- some things will soon be necessities. We are busy preparing people now. Simply because we charge you the least at all times, and sell you the best, and partic- ularly at the time when the goods are most needed. BLANKETS-- You haven,t been using them this summer except as wrapping for moth ball and such. Now you'll be needins them to wrap yourself in, and it wont be long yet. either. doubt in our mind that you'll appreciate these yalues when you see them. veritable trade magnets, to be sure; but if’you ate ‘ them you had better come now for “They'll not last long” at these prices. FASCINATING FALL LACES—Excepticnally attractive offerings and choicest of the tall and winter designs. handsome and you'll be right in the swin. economically priced than they are right here. attest it. Come aud see for yoursel atisfied, we are. f There isn’t the least These blankets of ours are If you haven’t had time to inspect in our lace section—the most Crowd as much as you possibly can on your gowns * The lustrous beauties of the new season’s designs conld not be more This is the greatest lade se*sou for years, the new laces NEW SILK ALL A-SHIMMER—Just a hint to remind you that our offering of new silks still con- tinues, phatic! about. Lf you have nut seen them, you can know uothing of it. We are giving you the best values that were ever passed from merchant toconsumer—that's em- These are really the bestsilk offerings we have ever had the pleasure of showing you, or to talk Itasca Mercantile Co. SISS SBSLSVSS SASVSMS LSS f TT ) Fresh and | Salt Meats 2 Pioneer Meat Market, THOMAS FINNEGAN, Prop. Fish, Game, ; Poultry etc ASK AN WILL Y OF OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS AND THEY ELL YOU THAT THE VERY BEST D MEATS OF UL, DS ARE KEPT AT THE PLONEER MEAT DOE: 56 i OS Se Be a Oe 8 sas Butter, Eggs, Cheese and Canned Goods ODD FELLOWS’ BUILDING, LELAND AVENUE., GRAND RAPIDS. SWSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSSGSS SOS WSVHLSOSLSLSLESS Grand Rapids Village Lots We have choice residence | the matter over. We also ve some choice b are for sale on easy terins. SPOSeenseceteseoeoeaceaoreanseores ing them on such easy terme that anybody can buy. $5 down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk A house and three lots for sale cheap. REISHUS-REMER LAND OMPANY, SSSSSESSSSHHHSSOSHEKSHHHSKKSSSSSCESS HESS SS HEHE: SRSKSCLSSKSA SSS SAH S AOZAKSSRERLS SSSR SERV STEER ETS S $9 Down and $5 per month ots all over town and we are sell- business lots on our lists. They Pett titi reritit iii t tt Dr, C.J. Larson, z the eye specialist, makes his next regular visit to Grand Rapids in October, Watch tor dates. House or rooms wanted to rent— Anyone having a_ house or living rooms to rent can secure a desirable yenant by applyizg at this office, O. W. HAsTiNas. F. P. SHELDON. C.E. AIKEN, | Asst. Cashier President. P.J. SHELDON. Vice President. lirst National Bank, Grand Rapids, Minn. Transacts a General Banking Business INTENTIONAL Are Iron Mines a Detriment? That a committee of business men of Grand Rapids has not waited on the editor of the Itasca County ’De- pendent and given him warning against the advisability of crying down the value and commercial im- portance of the iron mining interests of this county, is probably due to the fact that they consider the ’Depen- as beneath their notice. That paper says of the mining properties of the county and the hundreds of people who make a livelihood through them, that they are only temporary and at best of no particular importance. For this reason no man who lives on the iron range should be elected tu the office of county commissioner’ The ‘Dependent is interested in but one thing with which the county commissioners will have to do, viz: the designation of a paper in which the county printing shall be done, To gain this end the ’Dependent would sacrifice every other interst in the county. It does’t care a conti- nental whether the commissioners re- present the interests of the iron range or the copper country cf north: ern Michigan, just su it can secure 4 majority of the members favorable to its own interests. The presump- tion that McWilliams would neglect all others except a small territory in the vicinity of Nashwauk is in itself enough to show the motives that in- spire the Dependent in its opposition to him and its advocacy 9f O'Brien's election. But McWilliams will be elected and and when he is a member ofthe board he will represent. the whole district and the whole ceunty. The interests of Cohasset will be looked after as well as the interests of the Splithand cuuntry, Feeley, Swan River, Trout lake and all the territorv included in the big Third. McWilliams is broad-minded enough to, serve as a comwmissioner for the whole county. Cohasset has hada representative on the buard and the other sections of the distriet did not fare very well, at his havds. It is time a change were wade. , MINNESOT AK. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Two Dotuars a YEAR. j AGAINST THE INEVITABLE The Opponents of Register of Deeds Clair Are at.a Loss For Campaign Material---His Record Unassallable. The dishonesty and inconsistency of sgme Republican papers and Repub- li¢an politicians in Itasca county is enough to make the average | person, possessed of an aver- age quantity and fair quality of inteligence, feel that the progress of humanity toward the mil- lennium is discouragingly slow. A great many men and a great many Fapers proclaim their allegiance toj one or the other of the domi- nant parties, according to the probable success of the Republic- an or Democratic aggregations. In this county the class referred to asso- clate themselves with the Republi- an aggregation because the opportun- ities for ‘‘graft” therein appear to be greater thau with the Democrats. The state and nation are both decid- edly Republican just now. These fawning sycophants constitute a dangerous and damaging element in any party. Being politically dishon- est themselves they can see no hous esty in the political acts of others. This is the element that makes more noise during a campaign than all the other people combined. They are loud in the advocacy of party fealty. All men not of their particular poli- tical brand must be denounced. ‘The office-holder who is not ef their party must be maglined, slandered and hounded to defeat, no matter how worthy he may be. When all other arguments fail the cry is sent out that “he has heldoftice long enough;” that while he may be a good and com- petent man he should be displaced to give another a chance. And here- inlics the most damoable effect of all the arguments advanced by these Spurious politicians and counterfeit the rounds must have been densely ignorant of the law fixing the com- pensation of registers of deeds or else be presumed to an unusual degree upon the ignorance and credulity of the average voter. The register of deeds is compensated for his’services by fees and the amount which he may charge fur recording instru- Ments, etc., is fixed by law. The umount received by him yeariy is de- termined by the amount of business done in the office. It would not make one penny’s worth ditference to the taxpayers if the register of deeds Saw fil to pay out every dollar receiy- ed in clerk hire. He cannot call upon the cuunty for any assistance. He is paid by individuals who have work done in that office. he more he bays for clerk hire the less is left for his own purse. The fact that so foolish a story was started fs pretty good evidence that the opponents of Mr, Clair are lard pressed for cam- paign material to use against him. Another phantasmal tale that has been started is that referred to in the last issue of this paper wherein it was asserted in the Magnet that Mr. Clair and his friends were claim- ing that if McGowan should be elect» ed he could not make abstracts of title and hence the business would become a monopoly in the hands of one firm- The Herald- Review's offer to make the Magnet editor a present of tifty dollars if he could produce one person to whom Mr. Clair had advancea this argument still helds youd, and it holds good not only with the Magnet editor but with anyone else who may feel inclined to accept the proposi+ tion. After exhausting every re- source to find reasons why the pres- ent register of deeds should be de- feated these piratical politicians can only say at last that ‘he has held the office long enough.” But be it ree membered that these same pirates— the big Republican politicians of the county and the little Republican newspapers—all supported 1. D. Rass- mussen fur renomination as clerk of court and are supporting him for re- Dapers. They advocate the theory that men in public office are suppos- ed to be corrupt; they discuss it as a matter of course and appear not in the least appalled when insinuating or openly charging officehulders with | malfeasance or misfeasance. These biatant blowhards hold the center of the political stage during campaigns and the result of their represeuta- tions is to lead many people to bee lieve that there is no such thing to be found as competency and integri- ty in public life. The effect is to make men_ holding office less careful of their duties, because no matter how cunscientious their aims may have been they will be subject to the same criticism as the man who has flagrantly abused the trust reposed in him. The man who naturally euter- tains a high regard for the good opinion of his constituency and would Jabor to merit apprebation is deprived of the incentive to make the effort, knowing that the slanderer will hound and denounce him with the same vigor that could be applied to the most unworthy of public ser- vants. A most striking illustration of the work of these counterfeiters is being given the people of Itasca county in the present campaign. A. R. Clair is completing his fourth term as register of deeds and has received the unanimous indorsement of his party to continue in office. The combination that seeks to defeat him would leave nothing undone to he- smirch his good character. If there could be faund,one case of neglected duty or misfeasance in office it would be published broadcast from end to end of the county by speech and pen. It would be magnified a thousand fold and printed in every Repub- lican paper in the county in loud letters and still louder language. Even the hermaphroditical Independ- ent would venture to throw ina stale quotation or two as evidence of its disapproval of Mr. Clair. But after eigbt years of uninterrupted service for the county none of these bitter politicaLenemies of the present reg- ister of deeds can puint to a single instance of official misconduct or neglect. The records of his office have been closely searched for errors, butin vain. As a citizen he stands above reproach. His opponents are left absolutely without material with whicn to assail him. Falsehuods that they have invented against him have been, exploded as fast as they fellfrom the lying lips. Some time ago a story was circulated to the effect that Mr. Clair was conducting bis office at an unnecessary expense to the’ county; that his clerical force was larger than necessary: that Mr. McGowan would be more economical if elected, and would saye the tax- ayers considerable in this manner. he man who started this story en election, notwithstanding he has held office in the county for the past ten years—two years as judge of probete-and eight years as clerk of court. None of those who are so strenuvusly opposing Mr Clair only be- cause he has held office for eight years have any objection to offer to Mr. Rassmussen because he has held office for ten years. ‘Treasurer Miller has also held office for eight years and yet no one has any objection to offer because he is again the nominee of his party. Mr. Rassmussen is a Republican, but inasmuch as he has made an efficient clerk of court the Democratic party is satisfied with him and if be continues in the future as he has in the past he may remain indefinitely to take care of the court records with the full consent of the Herald-Review, These comparisuns are made to illustrate the truth of the opening paragraph of this article, that the dishonesty and inconsisten- cy of some papers and politi ns are enough to make the average pers son feel that the progress of human- ity toward the millennium is dis- couragingly slow. The Fight in the First D. C. McDougall has flnally filed his petition as an independent candi- date for the office of county commis- sioner from the First district. This makes four candidates for that office now in the tleld. Those who have been ina position to know say that the fight will be between ‘Dunc’ and Brooks. Itis said that Mr. Me- Dougall will run well in his own sece tion of the district and will geta good scatering vote. A. A. Tune will geta good vote at Northome and he has it figured out that there are enough voters in his section to elect. A. D. Brooks, the present member, has the advantage of an extensive acquaintance anda good record for past services. Farrell Not a Candidate it was. generally expected that County Auditor E. J. Farrell would be a candidate for re-election as an independent candidate. A petition for his candidacy had been circulated some tune ago and many signatures had been secured, but he finally de- cided to retire from politics for the present. This simplifies matters a great deal and insures the election of M. A. Spang, which means that Itas- cacounty will have one of the most competent auditors in the state of Minnesota. Remember the date, Monday eve- ning Oct. 7th, Miss Grace Charles- worth will sing at the High school auditorium. — Reserved seats fifty cents, general admission thirty-five; Pupils of the school twenty-five cents. RAISE ITASCA ASSESSMENT The State Board of Equalization Raised Thirteen Items on the Last Assessment Roll. County Auditor Farrell has receiv- ed the report of the state board of equalization and on the Itasca county list he finds thirteen items raised from 10 to 100 per cent. There were two items raised 100 per cent; thresh- ing machines and engines and gold and silver plate aud plated ware. The lowest raise was on goods ang merchandise, farm tvols, implements aud machinery, and _penafortes, which -was 10 per cent. The total list of items raised is as follows: Penafortes, 10 per cent; househoid and wearing apparel, 30; office fur- niture, 25; farm tools, implements and machinery, 10; threshing machines and engines, 100; gold and silver plate and plated ware, 100; diamonds and jewelry, 30: goods and merchandise, 10; manufactured articles, 50; manu- factured goods, implements and machinery 50; elevators, warehouses and improvements on railroad lands, 25; real estate throughout the county was raised 15 per cent, except town ship 57 Nashwaak which was raised 26 per cent; miscellaneous not enumerated was raised 15 per cent. The Northome School Building Attorney A. A. Tone of Northome was in town Thursday in the interest of the Northome schovl building. He says the people thereaway are yery much pleased over the prospects of getting improved school facilities, No place in the county had been so grossly neglected ia the matter ofa proper school building as had the village uf Northume and the people were justified in feeling that they were being unjustly treated by the board. The fact tnat the district is able to get a two thousand dollar building is due to,the efforts of Mr. A. A. Clair who made the fight for an ap- propriation of $10,000 for the building of outside schools in the district, in- stead of $4,000 as was suggested in the recommendations submitted at the annual meeting. It was argued at the meeting that. if the appropriation were made sutticiently large Northome would expect a considerable sum for the erection of a building and there- after would withdraw from the dis- trict. Mr. Clair answered this by say- ing that no one hadany right to spec- ulate as4o the future action of the citizens of Northome. It was only necessary fur us to know that North- ome was then a portion of district No.1 and Was in need ofa school building. Mr. Clair said he had Northome in mind when he offered the amendment to raise the amount from $4,000 to $10,000. He described the building then in us2 and stated the number of pupils in the vil- lage of Northome of school age. It was a burning disgrace to the people of the district and reflected upon the board for its failure to make ade- quate and suitable provisions for the school children of that community. Miss Margaret Doran, clerk of the board, also spoke in favor of the in- creased appropriation, aud described the unfavorable conditions under which school work had been carried on at Northome. Miss Doran had per- sonally visited the school and was prepared to endorse what Mr. Clair had said with regard to the uecessity of erecting a school building at that place and have it in readiness by Sep- tember of this year. Mr. Clair’s amendment finally carried, and asa result funds are now available fora two thousand dollar building. While action was taken at a rather late day- in the season, Mr. Tone says the peo. pleof Northome feel that it is better late than never. Entertainmeut at High Schooi The Grace Charlesworth company. will appear under the auspices of the Grand Rapids public school on Mon- day evening Oct. 17th, at the high school auditorium. The artists of this company are Miss Grace Charles- worth, contralto, Miss Cecille Berry- mann, soprano, and Mr. Richard Copley, solo violinist. Miss Grace Charlesworth is the leading artist of the company and is said to have 1.0 superior in the northwest. Miss Ce- cille Berrymann has appeared in many large cities and has won unstinted praise from the press and all who have heard her. Mr. Richard Copley re ceived his musical training in the con- servatories of London and Cologne, and is a violmst of rare ability, A percentage of the. proceeds of this en- tertainment will be devoted to schoo), room decorations,