Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 3, 1906, Page 4

= Brand Rapids Beraias'Review Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE tered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Enterfinesota. as Second-Class Matter, NOTICE Anyone not a regular sub- scriber to the Herald-Review receiving a copy of this issue will please accept the same as a sample copy. Last week there were over two thousand copies¢ of the Herald-Review distributed throughout Itasca county. The cir- culation of this paper has increased more than two hundred within the past month. With the ad- addition of several hun- dred names from the Magnet list the Herald- Review will be prepared to show a subscription list nearly double that of any other paper pub- lished in Itasca county. This is a significant fact | for advertisers to con- | sider. It pays to adver- tise, but pays better when | -you reach all the people all the time. A¥FTER Tuesday next we may re- sume the even tenor of our accustom- ed ways and the old world will wag along just the same. eel No MATTER what the result, that New York fight was a sure enough Billy Hearst knows how up, whether right or warm one. to stir ‘em wrong. ‘Tue Grand Rapids Herald-Review in its last issue gives several good reasons why it supports A. L. Cole for governor instead of John A. John- son, and the best reason is that it de- sires the development of northern Minnesota,— Virginian. nes Neste: Te people of Grand Rapids appar- ently desire to get rid of the northern balf of Itasca county because the southern portion pays the more taxes. Duluth people desire to retain the northern part of St. Louis county be- cause it pays the more taxes. "Twas ever thus.—Virginian. pares Sr “Do you want $2,000?” is the bold interrogation that captions an anti* division card that was circulated through the local postoffice this week. Yes, we are free to admit that we do, but we'd probably bave to wait a damlongtime before Tom Shevlin would willingly give it up in taxa- tion, or otherwise. SS SEE NES Ir’s a comical situation, that pre- sented in the county division fight. The opposition to division—which is "Tom Shevlin—makes a plea for the people of the north end that they be spared from the blighting irfluences and dominition of the terrible Back- us-Brooks company. Funny, isn’t it. otnliee 4 Tue election of D. M. Gunn tu the pesenate from this district, and George “W. Knox and Walter L. Case to the thouse was assured when these gentle- men were nominated at the primaries. ‘But 1m order to make assurances doubly sure it would be just as well +o put an X opposite each of the pames mentioned next Tuesday. ———_ > —— ‘THE Big]-Forks Compass, speaking yawot the visit of the jobbers of the ewfwin Cities and Duluth to that “It fs well for Big Fork citizens to appreciate the smportance of that visit. And they should also remember that A. L. Cole, cexsection, says: was the author of this idea to'convince southern law-makers by a personal inspection of these state lands. This is an unbiased statement. The keen interestaroused throughout the state, and especially in the cities, in the question of state developement is the direct result of Mr. Cole’s ef- forts. This is generally recoguized and we are confident that the people gives no opportunity tor Johnson sympathizers to shout ‘‘timber thief” or “dirty politican.” A united party has been busy and the name Cole isa household word in southern com- munities where a few months ago the man was known. The Twin Cities will probably not cast the decisive vote this year. While Gov, Johnson will gain votes in St. Raul where his hired men hold office, he wiillose heavily in}Minneapolis where will, by electing him governor, place; the commerica) interests are tired of the seal of their approval upon his|his do-nothing policy. efforts. a THIs anti-county division talk is really amusing, when one stops to think it over. Last spring every- body wanted division. Grand Rapids pronounced in favor of it through its commercia{ club and the local press. It was unanimous here in the senti- ment expressed. Big Falls and all that section of the county wanted it, be- cause, did the people thereof not present a petition for division to the governor? Northome and Deer River wanted it, because they, too,presented a petition for division. International Falls wanted division and gid as the others would do, but did it first: So, Gear taxpayer, you can see everybody wanted division. It was voted de» sirable by unanimous consent. “The only objectors are Tom Shevlin and county seat aspirants. That’s not our fight. Surely the people here- away will not vote ‘‘No” to keep Tom Shevlin’s taxes down, nor will they vote.‘‘No” in order to perpetuate a county seat fight in which they are not interested, Ae DA THE Democratic press bureau has sent broadcast a statement to the effect that A. L. Cole, the Republican caudidate for governor, owns several thousand acres of northern swamp land. This, they clam, explains his enthusiam for state develupment, as, if the state drains these lands it will add to the value of Mr. Cole’s prep- erty. Itisalie made out of whole cloth, A. L. Cole does not. own one acre of swamp land, or one acre of land of any kind that would be benefitted by the drainage of swamp lands. Briard on Sueno JamEs E. Cuixps, editor of the Waseka Herald sends out the follow- ing warning: “The tax amendmeat to the constitution to be voted on this fall, as I believe, will, if adopted, exempt from taxation vast properties and thus compel taxpayers “to indi- rectly support all the churches and houses of worship, heathen or chris- tian, by taxation. The present con- stitution (sec. 3 art. 9) (to which I assent) provides that ‘‘all churches, church property used for religious purposes, and houses of worship,” shall be exempt from taxation. The proposed amendment’ strikes out “used for religious purposes,” leaving it to read ‘‘all churches, church pro- perty, and houses of worship, shall be exempt.’ If this is adopted any church in the state may hold vast landed estates for rental and large en- dowment funds which may be used for many purposes, even gambling in Wall street, exempt from all tax. It will effectually umte church and state and should be yoted down.” The Duluth News Tribune tells it all plainly and pointedly in the fol- lowing paragraph: ‘This is the first opportunity Northern Minnesota has ever had to have a governor of its own. That is why party lines will bave to give way to business sense and the Democrats will vote for A. L. Cole.” Let Northern Minnesota be True. our state is to a close, and the results | undez-represented. It remains for northern Minnesota, we repeat, to elect or defeat Cole. If we casta heavy vote for our friend and neigh- bor of Walker, the battle is won.— Big Fork Compass. JUDGE OF PRO- BATE H. 8. HUSON The Herald-Review has frequent- ly called attention of its readers to the great importance of the office of judge of probate and necessity of electing to that office only a man who will attend strictly to his duties and keep up his records in a proper manner. The judge of probate holds abéut as responsible a position as there is ina county. The compensation is by no means great, but the duties and responsibjlities are. As has been pointed out in these columns, re- peatedly, it is only a matter of time when the title to nearly all real estate in the county will pass through this office. The records should be kept with conscientious care. It would be a grave error to elect a manas judge of probate who is not known to be possessed of the charaeteristics that will make him areliable official in all that the term implies. Judge Huson as proven himself to be such. Vote for him next Tuesday. Legislative Reapportionment, One of the most important duties of the next legislature will be to redivide the state into legislative districts. Southern Minnesota, since the census of 1900, has lost population, while Northern Minne- sota has made large gains. Under reapportionment the southern coun- ties are due to lose heavily in the proportionate number of their repre- Sentativs, and, while they are show- ing a disposition to be fair, it is not human nature to surrender a political power held since the state was organized. It is as near certain as anything in the future that Nortern Minnesota will have to fight for what it gets, and in that fight it is essential that it have the sympathy and suport of the governor. As ap example of what should happen, it is only necessary to state tbat senatroial districts one to twelfth, inclusive, comprising twelve southern counties, now have a population of 258,703, and have twelve senators and twenty representatives. This is ona basis of a senator to every 21,500 of population and a representative for every 12,930, On the other hand, St. Louis, Lake and Cook counties, with a@ population of 125,248, have but three senators and six representative, or a senator for each 41,500 and a representative for each 20,900. Carl- ton, Kitson, Itasca and Cass, Mr. Albet L. Cole’s home district, with one senator and two representatives, are in alike position, and other In other wordt, The most remarkable campaign H northern counties are as seriously of next Tuesday’s election will soon be boldy announced while as yet it trembles in the balance. A. L. Cole will be the next governor, if the northern portion of the state will but do its duty and vote solidly for the first northern nominee for that office. We have no reason to doubt the loyalty of this portion of the state. State development is a bread and butter question to the new counties and Mr. Cole is generally credited to being the foremost champion of our rights and needs. It takes pretty narrow politics for apy northern man to deny a vote to our splendid leader. In southern Minnesota tHe democratic nominee lacks the strength he had two years ago, as this ys ae ‘there dre no ng the republicans: the southern districts have about double the representation of the equity will be granted without a struggle is not to be expected. This is an added reason, and ao important one, why Northern Minonesvta should give Mr. Cole its vote regardless of party. Govenor Johnson is a South- ero Minnesota man. His home dis- trict will have to lose in representa- tion. All that could be expected of him would be that he be neutral with his sympathies altogether with his home associates and neighbors. Mr. Cole's district, on the other hand, is entitled to double its present repre- sentation, and he will give the weight of the raeuee of his office toa] kasi ation Sey northern districts on a population | basis, and that the full measure. of ; box in which they had come this country. but with the vote in the legislature so largely against it, Northern Minnesota will certainly need the governor to even up its forces and get its just dues.—Duluth News Tribune. Scant Measure Business. It may be somewhat premature, since the state legislature will not be in session for & number of weeks, to cull the attention of hold-over members of that body to aa abuse that affects the average citizen fully as much as any possible object of legislative attrack in the past. We would also direct the atten- tion of candidates for the legislature to the matter, and ask for a definite statement as to their standing, so that the people they are importuning for votes will be able to cast their ballots inteiligently on election day. Another reason for speaking of this matter this early is, that members of the coming state legislature who have the true interests of the people at heart may cast about for ways and means for checking. if not absolutely doing away with the evil, which is becoming unbearable, and which is causing more heartburnings than were ever caused by the tuking of an extra shaving off the side of manufactured lumber. Legis- latures are supposed to represent and work for the interests of their constituents. They are supposed to seek out wrongs from which the public suffers, and to devise lfws that will curtail the bad effects of these wrongs if they can not entirely remove the cause. No member of any legislative body does his full duty unless he at least makes an effort along the suggested lines, Every man who is elected to represent his‘people, and who fails to do so, should be marked, and when he again presents his clams for office, should be buried under the usual|“avalanc! of votes for the other man. A few days ago it became the duty of the editor to remove from the from the grocéry, one dozen eggs. Some of these eggs were nice, clean looking fruit. and all of them bore the date stamp indicating recent pro- ducticn. So far as investigation has gone, they weredelightfully fresh. But we noted thata number of them were not up to the standard size. Recently the price of eggs of various grades from “strictly fresh” to “doutful” has advanced materially. We do not attribute this to the overations of the egg trust. We recognized that natural causes such as the scracity of raw material and the growing demand, are in a large measure responsible. But we do seriously object to the practice on the part of many hens of laying measly little eggs about the size of a walnut and at the same time raising the price fifty to one hundred per cent. The only possible defense they can make is the one that people refuse to accept from the lumbermen, but we contend that if “inch lumber” is not inch lumber, it is equally untrue that *‘eggs is eggs.” M. & I. Going North. In the last issue of the Littlefork Times the following interesting rail- road news was pyjnted: “The people of the village of Littlefork and its surrounding country will no doubt be pleased to learn after five years of patient waiting that they at last have the positive assurance of a rail- road. Messrs. Backus and Brooks have decided to extend the line from Ripple, its present terminus to Inter- national Falls. Mr. Doughtery, one of the firm of Dempsey and Dough- erty, railroad contractors, in company with the supervising engineer of the M. &. I. made a thorough inspection of the proposed route preparatory to cutting the rightofway. The engineer in charge returned to this village where he engaged men enough to im- FURNITURE Onr Fall Stock of Rugs, Art Squares and Linoleums is the most complete ever shown in this city. A call at our store will convince you. Geo. F. Kremer opposite Postoffice. IMPORTANT JUDI- CIAL DISTRICT Judges McClenahan and Spooner who preside on the district bench of the Fifteenth judicial district of Mimnesota perhaps enjoy the dis- tinction of having more varied and important questions come before them and have jurisdiction, in a larger territory than any district or circuit judge east of the Missouri river. Chis fact has probaly not occurred to many people who will be interested in knowing it, but a glance at the map will present which 1s nearly a third of the entire state of Minnesota. It extends from the southern border of Crow Wing county to the Canadian boun- dary on the north a distance of nearly 350 miles. In the district there ure seven Indian reservations, which give rise to endless complicated and delicate questions at iaw. On the north of the district is the Interna- tional waterway of Rainy river, an- other source that is prolific of liugation. Bestdes this the criminal matters in the district will very nearly equal that of the state put together as the record for the past year will demonstrate, The devolopment, settling up of the county gives rise to qusstions regarding townsites that are delicate and complicated. Besides the ordinary matters that every dis- trict judge is ound to consider Judges McC'enahan and Spooner are calied upon to decide many matters of the greatest importance. Despite all this the number of cases that go to the supreme court from the district is comparatively speaking small and the number of the decisions of the lower court that are reversed is even cess. all of which 1s sufficient to democstrate that the Fifteenth judicial district has upon the bench two of the ablest judges, im the state of mediately start cuting the rightotway. | Minnesota.—Bemidji Pioneer. show that the Fifteenth] judicial district comprises a territory at] The Tailor IS THE MAN You Should Consult ABOUT Clothes Charles Hammer The Second Street Tailor Is the Man to Make and Mend ‘Them. He guarantees the latest styles and perfect fit. Talk to him about clothes and you will learn some- thing worth while. The Rey, Ir] R. Hicks 1907 Almanac. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks has been compelled by the popular demand to resume the publication of his well known and popular Almanac tor 1907. This splendid Almanac 1s_ now ready. 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