Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 27, 1906, Page 4

By E. C. KILEY. TWD DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE “ntered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Munnesotz, as Second-Class Matter, HERALD-REVIEW ONE DOLLAR The Herald-Review desires to double its circulation within the next ninety days. In order to do this the subscription price has been cut in two—reduced from $2 per year to $1 per year. The Herald-Review has always maintained its position as the best paper published in Itasca county, and will continue to do so im the future. Many improvements are con- templated for the mprovement of the paper, both mechanically and in the news department. We are perfecting arrangements whereby news reports will be received weekly from all sec- tions of the county. It will be the aim to make a newspaper that will be of interest to every family in Itasca county. A first-class weekly paper cannot be published profitably for one dollar per year, and the regular price will be resumed at the experation of ninety days from the first of October. Since making the first announcement two weeks ago of a reduction in »price t have been many to take advant- f the hberal offer. There are several hundred more who should do; so, Parties who are delinquent may pay up and also get the advantage -ef the low price. ee Tue PEOPLE of the north end of the county, includes the Fourth )mmissioner district, have done a very sensible thing in withholding any opposition to the re-election of Frank S. Lang as their representative on the county board. Duncan McPhee filed on the Democratic ticket but withdrew before the time arrived for fling for the regular There was some talk of baving an independent candidate, but Uthat, too, was abondoned. Mr. Lang expressed himself as not being desirous of re-election. In theevent, however, that the division proposition should not carry the peuple? of ‘that; section desired to have the ablest possible representative on the board nd hence insisted on Mr. Lang again Having served asa ‘ommissiouer fer several years the people know that their interests are ably looked after by bim. which election. a naking the run. he, less energetic in guarding his district’s needs and less able to get goes atter would make a pour has displayed splendid legislative ability in getting ail, and even more than bis district is entitled to. In making him the can- didate the people of the Fourth dis- trict haveacted with good judgment. As it now appears he will pot have what be showing. ¢ He | Itis freely admitted that a man less active than | |} each. At this stage of the campaign we deem it important to state to our patrons and readers clearly and tersely why the Grand Rapids Her- ald-Review is supporting Cole in- stead of Johnson. If there is any one thing more than another that Democrats and the Democratic party in Minnesota have advocated in recent years it is that the question of party should be eliminated and put aside in determ- ining who shall be elected to the important offices of the state. In this campaign the ‘Democratic party in the state of Minnesota is appealing to the voters of this state to put aside the question of party and party fealty in their vote for the candidate for governor. Act- ing upon this position of Democrats and the Democratic party in ‘this state we deem it our duty to sup- port Mr. Cole in preference to Mr. Johnson because we believe that it is to the best interest of this state and of Northern Minnesota in partic- ular that Cole should be elected this fall. Commencing with the western border of Beltrami county and ex- tending eastward to Lake Superior and commencing at the southern border of Aitkin and Cass counties and extending northward to the British Dominion there is a vast area of country that ought to be ssttled and developed. This vast region, larger than many states of the union, has been practically ignored in the past. But two of its great resources have ever re- ceived any consideration whatever | —one ifs pine timber the other its iron ore. To the appeals of its peo- ple that this was a great agricul- tural region, capable of supporting a lgrge and thrifty population and should be settled and deyeloped the same as the southern part of the state, the world has shut its eyes and closed its ears. The Herald-Review is located in Northern Minnesota in this vast empire and its interests are identi- cal with the interests of this section of the state. We would like to see in the counties of Beltrami, Itasca and St. Louis alone a million and a half of inhabitants. Itasca county can alone easily support a half million of people. We would like to see the resources of this section of the state developed as they should be, and we sincerely believe that it is to the best interest of Northern Minnesota that Mr. Cole be elected governor of this state this fall. ‘In our judgment he ought to receive the solid vote of Cass, Aitkin, Beltrami, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake, Cook and Carlton counties; not because of party but because of welfare, prosperity and develop- ment of the state, and ‘this section of the state in particular. i At this point of the discussion it is customary for our Democratic friends. who are supporting Mr. Johnson to make comparison of the two men and of the public record of We have also made that comparison, having in view the greatest good to the greatest num- ber, and especially keeping in view the welfare of Northern Minnesota. It is not oratory nor ability of an orator, mor the tact to be a good mixer, nor the characteristics that enable one to be calleda ‘‘good fellow’’ that we need so much as it to serve out the term for which he} will be elected, butitis always well to provide for all contingencies, and this is what the people of the Fourth have done. Beh es GREELEY of the big Fork Compass} that reference to Johnson’s farming experi- | ence. It will act asa boomerang, if| attention to it. “Mr. Johnson is should cut out August anybody pays any The Compass say j yne of the first settlers in this county, having held down a homestead in the} Bridgie in the early 90's. Tired of farming he established a| tailor shop at Grand Rapids.” The| country editor hereof bappened to be a resi-! “dent of Grand Rapids when August arrived from Anoka and established himself in the tailoring business. It was sometime later that he filed ona claim up north for the ‘timber that was Standigg on it. His farming was about on a par with that of other busivess men who filed on “farms” under similar circustances. He did! about as much “farming” as if he had ‘“‘scripped’” the land. Better! drop that gag, Sreeley. It wouldn't stand investigation. RE aes ee People take newspapers nowadays, read them and then throw © them away. They never think what a source of pleasure and profit—or reminiscence and thought, a file or evena few num- bers of sucha paper would be to them twenty or thirty years after- wards. Pay for your papers and then} | originate, |come rolling by. is the native genius and ability to create and construct measures and legislation tending to the development and prosperity of the state. We need at this time a man for governor of this state who can do more than simply catch on toa band wagon of ideas as they It is easy enough | for a man to see something that someone else has produced but it requires more genius to produce than it does to take advantage of produetion. In the line, or upon the ground of | oratory, tact and ability to be what is called a ‘‘good fellow’’ Cole does not suffer in comparison with John- | son. Remember that Johnson has been engaged all his life in a line j of work requiring his constant ap- pearance before public bodies and audiences, while Cole has been en- gaged in mercantile and other kind- red business which have not re- quired him to acquire the art of public speaking, and yet in spite of that fact during his four years in the state legislature, and since that {time, he has developed rapidly into a forceible and powerful pyblic speaker, able to state what he thinks in such a way that his hearers un- derstand him and are impressed with his ideas as he is impressed with them himself. Our Democratic friends point with pride to the record of Mr. Johnson as governor and in their compari- son they speak of the record of Mr. Cole in the legislature and the re- cordof Mr. Johnson as governor. That is both a fair and an unfair , legislature. All opportunity the function of the two officers, The office of a member of the legis- lature is very different from the office of governor. The work of a member cf the legislature is to as- sist in making laws for the benefit of the state. The duty of the gov- ernor is simply to enforce laws that are made by means of the laws themselves, and that entirely through the instrumentality of the other officers of the state. A mem- ber of the legislature in order to en- act any law must secure co-opera- tion of at least a majority of over one hundred and eighty independ- ent men, equal with himself in every respect, members of the same of these men have ideas, perhaps, or think they have, and it requires much more genius and ability and tact and capacity for a man.to be successful in the legislature than it does to be successful as governor of the state. There is one way of comparing these men and when such compari- son is made, accompanied by a little reflection, it will be seen that Cole rises immeasurably above all that is yet claimed for him, and that, too, without in any way dis- paraging Mr. Johnson. Mr. John- son was- elected to the senate of the state of Minnesota in the fall 1898. He was a member of the sen- ate for four years and actually served during three sessions—the long session of 1899, the long ses- sion of 1901 and the special ses- sion of 1902. Turn to the records of the state legislature of Minnesota for the years 1899, 1901 and 1902 and you will find that Mr. Johnson never originated, constructed, ‘ produced, brought forward, conceived or in- troduced any measure or legisla- tion of any kind or character of benefit or tending to be beneficial to this state. Not one of all the bills introduced during those three ses- sions of the legislature, having for their object or purpose the meeting of new conditions or the remedying of defects, devising ways and means to develop the state, to pro- vide for the future or to remedy either wrongs or defects then exist- | ing, was originated, constructed or produced by Mr. Johnson. He was a follower, not a leader. He saw things after others had brought them forth. It is true that he wasa good fellow well thought of but he was nota part of the constructive power or force of the legislature. In the year 1902 Mr. Cole was elected to the lower house of the legislature and served during the session of 1903. He was again elect- ed in 1904 and served during the session of 1905.. Turn now to the records of the legislature of this state for the years 1903 and 1905.and you will find that Mr. Cole was not a follower but he was a leader—he was not one who could only see things after someone else had brought them forth, but he was one who produced things, who origin- ated ideas, who was a creator and a coustructive force in the legislature of those two sessions. When we compare the legislative record of _Johnson with the legislative record of Cole, Cole rises superior to John- son. Now, if when we compare these men in the same field of activ- ity and find Cole is superior to Johnson there, it is reasonable to believe that if we place Cole in the governor's chair, where he will be in the same field of activity that | Johnson has oecupied for the past two years. he will again rise super- ior to Johnson, and that is the only fair comparison that can be made of these men. Cole is a Northern man, he thoroughly Minnesota understands well our resources, our capabilities and our needs and he has the con- structive genius tooriginate, devise andcreate means to accomplish and obtain what we need and in helping Northern Minnesota he will help the whole state and for that reason and all of the reasons here stated this paper, in this campaign, sup- ports Mr. Cole and earnestly de- sires his election as governor of the state of Minnesota. , One Hour a Day. One hour a day withdrawn from frivolous pursuits, and protitably em- ployed, would eaable any man of ordi- nary capacity to mastera complete scinence. One hour a day would make an ignorant man educated in ten years. One hour a day would earn enovgh to pay for two daily and two weekly papers, two leading magazines and a dozen good books. In an bour a day a boy or girl could read twenty vages thoughtfully—over seven thousand pages or eighteen large volumes in ayear. An hour a day might make all the difference between bare exsi- hour day might make—nay, has made on unknow man a famous one, a use- less une a benefactor to his race. Consider, then, the mighty possibil- ities of two, four, yes, six hours a day that are, on the average, thrown away by some of our young men and comparison. | It’is fair if you consi- keep them. der the two men in the positions in | women in their désire for fun-and di- version. this section of the State, he knows | tence and useful. happy living. Anj| DEFECTIVE PAGE the taxpayers “OF Grand mat, ies this end of the county in general that they are getting decidely the worst of it. In the village of International , Falls, where lots are held by the ! owners at prices that range from $2,000 up to'$5,000, are assessed at an! average of about $600, many of them | being as low as $400. From $400 to’ | $600 is the valutation placed on lots. toat contain buildings which cost from $1,000 to $2,000, As an illustra- tion of the manner in which the as- ssessors of the north end do business it might be mentioned that the as- sessor who operated in Joternational Falls was unable to find but two dogs witbin his entire municipality. The south half has been paying the taxes and will continue to do so until divi- sion takes place. i AEP Se “No MAN is atrue seryant of the people,” said President Roosveit in an address at York, Pa., ‘‘if he does not always warn the people that those who take the sword shall perish by the sword; that the people who do|- injustice to any class of citizens mustsurely in the end suffer for doing that injustice. This government will succeed because it shall never fall into such a pit as the republics of old fell into: this government shall not be a government by a plutocracy and it shall not be a government by a mob. It is to be, and it shall be, a goverament of the plain people, where each man zealously guards his own rights and no less scrupulously remenbers his duty and pays due regard to the rights of others; a government whoseogniding principle | is and sbali be that each man, rich or! poor, whatever his rank, whatever) | GEO. BOOTH, Manufacturerot Fine Cigars: ql 4} GRAND RAPID, MINN = 1 92 Have achieved an excellent BOOTHS CIGARS adds el") all over Northern Minnesota. They are made of the finest selected stock by experienced workmen in Mr. Booth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervision. Thisinsures the utmost cleanliness and care in manufacture. For sale everywhere. Call for them. 25 2235 SSeS 25S S250 ei SSeS aSenms 1, SEE SEE HE Ee a A AE Ee a a ee ae ae Grand Rapids im Village ats $5 eed We have choice residence lots all over town and we are sell- ing them on such easy terme that anybody can buy. $%5 down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. A house and three lots for sale cheap. We also have some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY, FOSS OSTEO HEE BESS HT itr BRI AR REAR oe SR SWSVSVISVSVSVVSS 0S Pioneer Meat Market THOMAS FINNEGAN, Prop. SS8SlSSeS his occupation, whatever his creed, | Fresh and Salt Meats ‘ that Can be Had. is to be judged solely ou his worth We Carty. Only tie Beet and merits.” Bngk Our Special Brands of CANNED GOODS are the best offered to the public. JAMES J. HILL and associates have’ Poultry, Game, Etc. sold their mineral lands to the Steel corporation at 85 cents a ton royalty, ! starting in 1907 and an additional Butter. Eggs, Cheese. three forths .of a cent each year. : The Great Northern railroad is to haul Fl N N INEG Al same at 89 cents a ton, from the TH Os. mines to the docks at the head of the SLSLSLSLSLSLSLSESLSLSS: lakes. 750,000 tons are to be hauled from said lands ‘in 1907 and 750,000 toes additional each year. until the tonnage amounts to 8,250.000 which is to remain until the ore is exhaust ed. This means that in ten years the tonnage will be 8,250,000 ton and HERALD -_ RE VIEW t royalty 924 cents, and in twenty years; © $1.00 per ton. | Leland Avenue, Opposite Postoffice. WHEN YOU GET. THE YOU GET THE NEWS The Herald-Review One Dollar. gs rere ee renenteteneeesipctaoerocs ? Don’t Guess on What to ——WEAR sevenseseseessaeecreneneneneseneneseseree Many uncertain styles find their way into stocks of less particular stores and are of- fered as correct in style. Ex- perimenting is disappointing as well as expensive. THere is a marked distinction be- tween the dependable pro- ductions of our Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Coats and Jack- ets, etc., and the different lines of cheap manufacture so often. foisted upon the public as cor- rect in Style. Our advance showing of Fall and Winter Wraps and Furs are now open. We ask your inspection. JOHN BECKFELT f Grand Rapids 2 ' ROOOOSESOOSODOODOOOSOOSSSEOHEDOOTODOOSOOOOOOOS Minnesota 20000 eroovenooreooonesoeoooosoooooooeoooos,