Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 28, 1906, Page 4

Sra Rate Tare Ree Published Every Saturday. By I E. C. KILEY. 1K? DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter, Official Call. Democratic State Convention to be held at Minneapolis, Minu., Sep: tember 4th, 1906. A Democratic Delegate Convention for the Stato of Minnesota is hereby called: to meet at the city of Minneapolis, on Tuesday, the 4th day of September, 1906, at 12 o’clock noon, for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates of the Democratic party of said State, for the following state offices to be voted for at the next general election to be held Tuesday, November 6, 1906, to-wit: Goy- ersor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,of State, Auditor, Attorney General, Treasurer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the Supreme Court and one member of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission. In addition the said convention will select a State Committee for the ensuing two years and perform such other business as may properly come before it. The basis of representation of the said State Conveation shall be one delegate. ior every one hundred and fifty votes or a major fraction thereof cast for Governor John A. Jobnson in November, 1904 and in addition thereto three delegates at large from each andevery county in said state, excepting Henueptn, Ramsey and St. Louis counties, eaeh of which shall have five delegates at large. The delegates to the said State Convention will be chosen by the County Conventions to be held in each aud all of the counties of said stateon Saturday, the 25th day of August 1906; said County Convention to be called for that date and for said purpose by the Demo- eratic County Sommittees of the several counties in accordance with the requirements of the election laws of said state. Ty addition the said County Conventions in each county are requested to recommend to the State Convention the name of one rh county to represent such tic State Central Committee. Jer of the Democratic State Central nittee; Frank A. Day, M.F. Katy, Chairman, Secretary, Daved St. Paul, Minnesota. June 27, 1906. Democratic ‘Com Election and Primaries. A Democratic delegate convention for the County of I and State of Minnesota will be held on 8 h, 1906; at 3:30 clock in the afternoon of said day, at the court house in the Village of Grand Rapids insaid county, for the purpose of selecting lelegates to the Democratic State Con- . to be held in the City of Minneapolis esday, September 4uh, A. D. 1906, for the urpose of nominating candidates for gover= nor and the various other state office, Also for the purpose of designating: a resi- dent of said county who suall be recommend- ed to the said convention for election as a member of the State Central Commistee, and to transact such other business as may pro- properly come bef. id convention. The basis of re entation shall be one twenty votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for Hon. John A, John- verner in November 1904,.cand also eat large for every voting pro- son for In accordance with the above apportion- ment the several precincts will be entitled to the following number of delegates: Alwood,.... 2 Iron Range. Arden lurst, 2 Jamiesor Ball Ciub, as! Pine Top. Pokegema Rainy River. Round Lak Feeley Fraser Green Rock:..: Goodland Grand Falls. Grand Rapids Grand Kapids Sherry . Split Hand Grand Ka ‘Third River. Girard. Hanson Lake... Hut. Hartley L: The primaries for the election of deleg: shall be held in the usual voting place in the severel precincts, on Weduesday.the 22nd day of August A. D. 1906, from seven o’clock p.m. Dated July 23rd, 1906. By order of Democratic County Committee. A. E. Winner, Chairman. Frank F. Price, Secretary. tion of law, which reached its height, as a probability, during the earlier sessions of the duuma. Bat in the end they will be the force to bring order out of chaos, organized government out of anarchy, and they will be the saviors of the people. No one can now foretell what even the day will bring. But should the army have to be held in the centers of population, or if the revtlutionists should win over a greater part of the army, horrors upon horrors, mountain high, may be expected in the more remote districts and smatler com- munities that will exceed even those of the French revolution. In the meanwhile the other great powers, the other great Christian nations, the whole civilized world, sit with hands folded, their only anx- iety being for their commerce and their hordes of wealth, while the Cossacks, those demons of Europe, are let loose to glut their lust for blood on a starving, oppressed, ignor- aut and brutish people, whose only recourse will be the bomb and fire brand.—Duluth News Tribune. A CALL for Democratic county con- vention is published in the Herald- Review today. At this convention delegates will be elected 10 the state convention to be held in Minneapolis on September 4. ———>_—$____ Many Democrats in the northern, part of the sg are pushing forward the name of L. G. Pendergast of Be- midji, for nomination as lieutenant governor. 1t is claimed that Judge Pendergast is a good campaigner and would pull a big vote in the northern counties. —_——_.s Roger J. Bett, editor of the Roseau Times, has announced his candidacy fox the Tegisiature in the Sixty-third district. Mr. Bell is father of Grand Rapids’ popular druggist, R. R. Bell,aud is well known in this town. He as a man of wide public experience and would make a strong representative 1n the state legislature. He has a host of friencs here who hope to hear of his nomina- tion and election. See ge ae THE announcement of A. L. Thwing’s candidacy for the Republi- can nomination as county attorney has been received with favor through- out the county. For some time prior to tiling Mr. Towing had been urged by friends -from many sections. of; the county to become a candidate and he finally consented to make the run. He has built upa splendid law prac- tice since locating in Grand Rapids and today he is one of the most pron- inent attorneys in Itasca county. Mr. Thwing is a man of integrity; a man who will enforce the laws without posing for notoriety before an audi- ence; a man who will prosecute all violators alike, and will not spare his political triends while he seeks to persecute political enemies; a man who will conduct the business of bis department with conscientious re- gard for the rights of the taxpayers. Mr. Thwing should receive the un- animous nomivation of his party at the primaries. . Annual School Meeting. The regular annual school meeting for district No. 1 was held at Village hall last Saturday evening. Lnas- much as there was no, election of officers this year—no false reports in circulation about the religion of candi- dates—only abcuta half dozen elec- ~ While the World Looks On. “Strike and spare not.” This is the order of the ¢zar, issued to the gover- ners of all the provinces by Premier Stolypin, The reply of the revolu- tienists has been the death sentences of the emperor, General Trepoff, M. Pobiedonstseff, former procurator of the holy synod, and of General Orloff. This is in Russia, one of the great powers of Europe, one of the great Christiav nations of the world, and in this twentieth century of our boasted civilization. Ltis the reply to: the demand of the people for those same rights granted now by every other government in the civilized world, and defiance hurled back at their ruler. What the immediate future will bring, 00 one can foresee. The re- actionaries, who are now in complete cvntro!, have but one code of govern- ment, that of force, of the most cruel and bloody tyranny. The peasantry is at beart bestial and brutal. Be- tween these stands the intellectuals, the real patriots of Russia. Com- paratively few in numbers, it is hardly to be hoped that they can snow accomplish their “object of a te volution. throngh peapepa exclu | Os a aa tors turned out. ‘The action taken by those who had sufficient interest, in public affairs to attend the meeting appears worthy of general endorse- ment tu the Herald-Review, but if there be those who are not satisfied we are glad of it. At the annual school meeting of this district an im- mense amount of muney is voted for schoul use; ever action taken is a matter of great importance. The education of nearly 1,500 children.is DEFECTIVE PAG ee | provided for by vote of those who take part at these annual meetings. At these times the board receives its instructions direct from the taxpay- payers and parents. Last Saturday evening a tax levy of $65,000 was made upon the property of the whole district by half a dozen men. ‘This same half dozen men decided to in- struct the board to install an indus- trial and domestic science departmeat at an expense of $3,000 for the next term. Sualraies were fixed for the school officers for the year, | It is safe to predict that whatever was done or approval of the many hundreds of citizens who were unneeessarily ab- sent. The absentees will he very free with their criticisims, no doubt. If two equally good citilens had been candidatés for one of the three offices everybody and his wife would have turned out and helped to engender ill feelings and circulate malicious false- hoods about his neighbor. And when the election was decided nearly every- body would go home and brag. about the victory or tell bow the defeat happened. The real business would be left toa very few. The duty of instructing the directors as to what the people desired them to do would be left undone entirely by 99 per cent of those most interested. And itis a 10 to 1 bet that the 99 per cent would be kicking before the year had passed because the school business was not directed as “they think they think” it should be. This condition’ ap- plies to other public affairs as well as the schools. The dverage American citizen is a peculiar cuss in the matter of looking afterhis public affairs. That which is of the least consequence receives his greatest consideration. The Hatred of ' Monopolists, “The iho an supports every proposition for strengthening poly is sure to acquire agreat reputa- tion for understanding trade. If he opposes them, on the contrary, and still more if he have authority enough to thwart them, neither the most conspicuous probity nor the highest rank, nor the greatest public service, can protect him from the most in- famous} abuse and detraction, from personal iusults, nor sometimes from real danger, arising from the in- fluence of furlous and disappointed monopolists.”” nature has not changed very much since Adam Smith wrote these words in his “Wealth of Na- tions” in 1776. The railroad, sugar, meat and paper monopolists are heaping abuse, if not threatening personal danger, on Theodore Roose+ ‘velt, who has thwarted their plans to further explort the people. The dull and brutal resistance of intrenched mono- Human oil, personal peril of its promoters. in its hatred of the man who dares to ex- pose and curbit. Listen to the pri- vate conversation of Wall st. brokers in New York and corporation sym- pathizers in Washington. Nothing is too meav Lo attribute to.the brave president of the United States. Note the ill-concealed sneers of corporation lawyers who speak of the president's messages as “Jeremiads” and of the present pupular indignation as “a species of hysteria.” It is perhaps a difficult thing for a food poisoner, ora rate rebater or a trust magnate who has lost his moral bearings by reason of his business, to understand the wrath of a people as voiced by their president. He judges people by his criterian, Popular ob- jection to his methods of doing busi- oess is, in his esteem, a sort of hys- teria fostered by demagogues. He fails to understand the temper of the times. A great change has come vyer the spirit of the people. They are shocked today by revelations that 10 years ago they would have accepted as quite the regular thing. Every- body knew about rebating 10 years ago. But who made a fuss about it? Insurance looting was a matter of public knowledge. Who cared or said-anything apout it? But today the regnerating fever is upon the people and the presidentis simply a voice proclaiming that spirit. The president is a’ mighty good Christian to turn. the other cheek to these smiters—fighter though he 1s. In return fur the personal abuse heaped upon him the president re- plies, in the language of Abraham Lincolm: “I have not willingly placed a thorn in any man’s breast.” Charged with ‘“‘persecuting” certain interests, the president replies that he is not actuated by malice but by justice. Heeven gues so far as to make excuses for some of these angry rich, pointing out-that some men are wrong dvers “through force of cir- cumstances.” Itis plain that he is not moved by a rancorous spirit. His bravery in attacking the evils as he sees them is tempered by a surprising | evil will stop at uothing short of the, does not willingly put a thorn in any man’s breast. ‘If the thorn is there it is self-inflicted. ut the president comes in for the larger share of the abuse from the monopolists forced to Jet go ofa part of their loot. They cannot indict a a whole people. They select the leader and representative. ‘I'hey call him a meddler, an interferer with “business,” a dangerous man, a poser anda hypocrite. Suchis their hatred the wonder isthe president has not been assassinated. Well does old Adam Smith remark «that he who thwarts the will of monopoly is not safe either in reputation or person. Aud meantime Theodore Roosevelt is loved most of all by the people be- cause of the enemies he has made.— News Tribune. Hartley’s Model Farm. In the Duluth Herald’of recent date the following brief description was giyen of Hou. G.G. Hartley's model farm near Floodwood. It is here re- produced fur the purpose of giving outside readers some idea of the agricultural progress that is to be found in this region of the new north- west: This puts in the shade the trite suying, ‘A little farm, well tilled, is better than 1,000 acres,” for this farm has 6,500 acrese It is the property of G.G. Hartley of Duluth. The first work done on this Island Barm was in July, 1904. ‘Today it has 125 acres cleared, sowed to timothy and red clover, five acres to rutabagas and three to potatoes. There is a crew of twenty-five men clearing up the land. The standing timber is sawed or chopped close to the ground and turned into posts, pulp wood, miniag timber, ties, telephone poles and cord- wood. They clear, when at work, an acre a day, which is then ready for sowing to timothy and red clover, which yields two tons per acre the first year. Plans are now matured to clear up three acres a day, until 850 acres are put under the plow. This is a new idea in clearing up timber Jaud, as the stumps are left to rot out, which will take place in two ‘to three years. They will then be plowed up, piled into heaps tu dry and then be burned. There has been expended on the Island farm, $35,000 iu buildings, which con- sists of a country house, size 28 by 33, -Lwo stores and basement, heaied by hot air, with hot and: cold) water throughout; men’s quarters, size 24 by 40, where the male help is fed aud roomed; cattle barn, size 42 bv 200, that holds 125 head of cattle and 300 tons of hay. There is ruuning water iu each stall. taken from a well, ninety feet deep, pumped into a stand pipe holding 40,000 gallons, having an elevation of twenty feet, also direct pressure from pumping house. ‘There are self-feed- thav. The water supply istsure to find it out. pp! ing bins, having 9,000 bushel capacity; feed mills for grinding feed, having a capacity of 5,000 bushels per day; power cream separator and power circular saw, for sawing stove wood, all run by a gasoline electric motor, There is a horse barn, size 36 by 66, with eigth single and five box stalls, running water in each stall. It hasa capacity for holding eighty tons of ‘There is a machinery hall and blacksmith shop 24 by 56, where all the farm machinery is stored and re- paired; driving shed, 20 by 72, root house, 28 by 60, frost proof, for celery; smoke house, 10 by 10; slaughter house, 16 by 20; ice house and cold storage, 16 by 24; hog house, 28 by 50; with running water in each trough; poultry house, 16 by 60, with adamant walls and all modern improyements, and a green house, 20 by 75, for pro- pagating vegetables and celery plants. CELERY CULTURE. One of the very interesting features of Mr. Hartley’s Island farm is the ce!- ery culture, which is under thecare of Mels Van der Ploeg, who came here from Grand Rapids, Mich., an expert grower of celery. This is the first season,two acres having been planted, or 50,000 plants. This isa crop that has to be grown from seed every sea- son, the plants started in the green house and transplanted. The ex- periment is proving an unqualified success, as within avother two weeks the celery will be ready for market. Mr. Van der Ploeg has a residence set aside for his Gwn use, size, 18 by 28, two stories, with all modern im- provements. The whole of the Is- land farm is under the care of R. C. Sproul as superintendent. Island is a station on the Great Northern rail- road, in St. Louis county, eighty-two miles northwest of Duluth, and five tiles trom§Floodwood, in the most fertle agricultural district in the beautiful and fascinating new North- land. The Function of Newspapers. Judge Sulzberger of the Philadel- phia court of common pleas, a man of high ideals and pronounced views on all public matters, recently expressed himself as follows on the functions of pewspapers: “It sometimes makes me out of patieice with newspapers that all do not realize their function, and that they are victually a part of the gove ernment, Lu is their duty to fipti out evils. wherever they exist and © bring tbem to the attention of the respon- sitle authorities. They are the great safeguard against corruption iu pub- lig efiice, “Aud how much better they can do | this work than any grand jury. They | have their men going about every- where, nusing into everything. Ir} there is anything wrong they will be drop a hint. Then the fore the administrative officer who is responsible. still in the newspapers. They can: bring the matter of the negligence of the public official to the attention of the persons to whom that, official is responsible, and lastly they place all the facts before the people, who at. any time can regulate anything uader our form of government. “No, I am not one who believes that the function of the grand jury has passed away. I have the greatest faith in the value of a good grand jury. But it is not the function of a grand jury to investigate and criti- ~ cise purely administrative matters. It will have all it can do to consider cases of crime brought before it.” For summer yacation trips, the Duluth, Shore and Atlantic Railway now have special low round trip rates to all Eastern points. ‘Toronto and. return. Buffalo and return... Ottawa and return... Montreal and retzrn .. Albany and return.. 26.50. Boston and return... 31,00 Quebec and return 32.50 Proportionate rates to all Intermed-_ iate points. These tickets are on sale daily and good for return passage until Septem- ber 30th, 1996. THROUGH SLEEPING CAR SERVICE from Duluth daily to all points East. For full particulars and sleeping car reservation kindly apply to A. J. Perrin, General Agent 430 West Sup t., Duluth, Minn, For Sale or Rent—New six room house. Inquire of King Lumber Co. Order your ice cream by the pint, quart or galion at Miller's. Fhone 223 and it will be delivered. SundaySchool Junior Leagui Epworth League Prayer Meeting Choir Rehew Ladies Aid Society meets every Wed- nesday afternoou A cordial invitation is extended toall. 1d Meadow Landstn (row Wing, Lake, il northern counties. nd reo map of Minnesota. with fall te Poh lands aud descriptions of northern Minnesota. 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