Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 22, 1908, Page 4

rant Rpts Bera Revie! Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE @ntered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesota. as Second-Class Matter, - THE HERALD-REVIEW IS THE Official Paper of Itasca County. ‘ficial Paper of Village of Grand Rapids. Official Paper of Village of Cohasset. Official Paper of Village of Keewatin. Official Paper of Village of Nashwauk. Official Paper of U. S. Dis- trict Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. Designated by State and National Officials asthe Of- ficial Paper for the publica- tion of all legal notices to be made through their re- spective offices in Itasca Co. Recognized by Everybody as the Leading Weekly Newspaper of Northeastern Minnesota. Tue Independent had something to say about the Herald-Review and its editor in this week’s issue. but we must confess our inability to “catch on.” An attempt to read it produces a sensation similar to that experienced by falling down cellar blindfolded, There is something mentioned about being drunk two-thirds ofthe time, and leaving debts for friends to pay, “backlegs,” “propensities,” “black- mail” and jack rabbits. While it can only be described as an unintilligible conglomerate of type “marvelously heaped together,” it must pertain to this brainery, as “Herald-Review” and “Brother Kiley” can be deciphered in places, ‘If, however, it was intended to convey the impression that any money or other obligations ever centracted by the publisher of the Herald-Review were discharged by either friend or foe, we challenge the Independent publisher to name a single instance thereot. If he does not he will stand branded for the cowardly har and dirty slanderer that he 1s. HANNAFORD, editor of the Virginia Enterprise, took the words out of our mouth when he typed the following: ‘The postal department is taking a motherly interest in the conduct of press of late, one of the compelling the paper a good subscription col- ector and another provides that the the country new rulings man to be man that refuses adver- tisements of the same class as it is publishing is liable to be refused ad- mittance to the mails as second-class matter. The Enterprise has refused columns of profered advertising for the big city department stores, for the patent medicine fakirs, for the traveling fake doctors and for the mail order concerns, and weshall con- tinue The post-office de- partment has got to show usa re- ceipt for something before they own newspaper to du so. the columns of this paper.” The Herald-Review is in the same tix, Ovrin East Grand Forks there is a His nameis Kelli- and recently he became a Bene- dict. So well pleased is he with living a double life that he has intro- duced an ordinance to prohibit single men from serving as city aldermen. There happens tv be one free member on the Grand Forks council and he is in aserious dilemma. ’ It isupto him to either defeat the ordinance, resign, appeal to the supreme court, get married or commit suicide. pe rere Mr. PEsstmist has dropped into Grand Rapids and has been silently whispering innuendoes to a few of the susceptible ones. Mr. Pessim- ist can see ‘no good, no hope, no bright future in all the world. With him the past was rotten, the present is rank and the future must needs be rancid. Feeling miserable him- self, his mission inlife is to make others miserable. Mr. Pessimist is always a “‘reformer,” insisting that he alone can remedy the evils that now becloud the human race. He institutes his crusade of reformation by widely advertising the alleged degradation of all the people of his community; he must first convince the world without that this is nota freak alderman. her, | tivity, of growth, of progress. to relia: that eiisinhy in public office is a public thief; that private morals are filled with deadly microbes and need sterilizing; that business is at a standstill with no possible chance. of reviving, that even the church should be investigated, in- dicted and found guilty—in short he would sound the death knell of ac- He is the antithisis of all that is uplifing and ennobling, is this Mr. Pessimist. There is no room for him ina com- munity like Grand Rapids and the sooner he is given a limited time in which to vet out of town the better. PIS ae For’ the benefit of the ignoramus who murdefs the English language through the columns of the Inde- pendent we will give Webster’s defin- | ition of the words “real” and ‘‘man,” hand then, perhaps, he will be able to grammatically associate the two, Webster detines the word ‘‘real” thus: “Actually being or existing; true,gen- uine, not artificial, not affected, oot assumed,” etc. The word “man” is elucidated by Webster as follows: “An individual of the human race; a human being; a person; especially an adult male person, as distinguished from a woman ora boy,.’’ etc. Now, you ignorant imbecile, go back to Jingo George and ask him to try again, PACE OR NE Plies ON THE dead square, what busi- ness man in Grand Rapids would ap- ply to Timid Tony for advise as to how this county should be divided into commissioner districts? Echo answers, ‘‘What!’’ Where is the busi- ness man in this community who would appeal to him for advise or in- formation on any subject? Echo answers, “Where!” Think of the gall of that rat—presuming to discuss public questions and attempting to | dictate the actions of public men! It’s euough to draw hiliarity from an Egyptian mummy. pee Ses THE state board of control will bave to gu into court to establish the va- lidity of the law taxing all liquor license receipts 2 per cent for the cre- ation of a state hospital farm for ine- briates. _The village of Morris has refused to pay its proportion on an opinion by the city attorney that the law is invalid, because it imposes a tax on public funds. The board will ascertain how much is due from Mor- ris and will then call on the attorney general to bring a test case. FRANK Eppy is as mad as a drunk- en sailor. Somebody reported that Frank was indulging in the cup that cheers while at Owatonna recently to deliver a temperance lecture. In refutation of the charge he writes to the Journal-Chronicle of Owatonna and challenges anyone to make the Statement in his presence, and adds: “T will compel him to apologize pub- licly or I will cram the statement down his lying throat.” eres SKI jumping held the boards fora few days at Coleraine and Duluth, and as a consequence the presidential nominationsand other public matters were lost sight of forthetime. When the snow clouds cleared away, how- ever, Taft and Bryan were seen trudg- ing up the hill far in the lead of all competitors for the prizes to be award- ed at Chicago and Denver next sum- mer, fe a Tue man who is eternally parading his own virtues and who is ever ready to point out and remedy the faults and vices of others is asafe individual to regard with suspicion all the time. Beware of the sanctimonious, “1 am holier than thou” element. It is sometimes necessary for the good of a community to send a few of them to the penitentiary for repairs. —-++- THIs squib from the Bemidji Pio- neer applies with peculiar force toa few Grand Rapids folks:_ “What the world needs is more workers and fewer knockers—especially . fewer knockers who work their victims be- fore wielding the hammer.” esseted s US Aiea THE Floodwood Broadaxe has con- cluded that “if President Roosevelt’s last. message to congress was an in- dorsement of any two men in these United States, it was W. J. Bryan and Robt. M. La¥ollette.” DEFECTIVE PAGE Tbata vast majority ofthe Re- publican voters of Minnesota: desire the nomination of William H. Tart as their candidate for the presidency isa fact so apparent that “he who runs may read” the sentiment of the party. Itis equally apparent that those who are opposed to send- ing an instructed delegation to the national cunvention are opposed to Taft, and hence opposed to the policies of President Roosevelt. Minnesota Republicans can no more afford to put the stamp of disap- proval upon Roosevelt policies than cap the Democrats afford to simitarly treat William J. Bryan and what be represents. Men who are interested in honorable business enterprises — no matter how colossal these enter- prises may be—are aot offering ob- jection to the instruction of delegates for either Bryanor Taft. Such corporations as the United State Steel organization are not opposed tu Bryan or Taft, if we may judge from the free expressions ot their foremost representatives. The Steel corpura- tion is a legitmate ‘business enter- prise and therefore does not need to i plan and purchase a set of dele- gates that will do their bidding in j the selection of presidential candi- dates. The Minneapolis Jourval presents the following argument for an instructed delegation that will not be easily answered: Certain Republican leaders in Minnesota are talking and work- log agaiost instructions for | delegates to the national couven- tion. They nave yet to produce, however, a single good argument against an instructed delegation. If this state is for Taft, if the prevailing sentiment among republicans is for Taft’s uomina- tion, then the delegates who represent them at Chicago should be Taft men. Not only should they profess friendship for Taft, but they should be really. sincere friends of,the war secretary, and ready to work for his nomination. If the delegates are really Taft men, why should they object to instructions? Resolutions in- structing for Taft would only bind them to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. If Taft’s nomination became plainly impossible, they would be at liberty to go elsewhere. As long as there was prospect of Taft's success, they would be false to the republicans of Minne- sota as well as to their instruc- tions, if they left bis standard. It may be said:—“1f tae dele+ gates have all declared for Taft, what is the use of instructions?” The answer to that is: What harm will instructions do? Fur- thermore, what would be the result of sending men uninstruct- ed, if they should turn out to be masqueraders? It is possibie that Taft may need every yote Minnesota can give him. We don’t want delegates who will be for Taftif he isa sure winner, but who will desert him if there is a prospect of nominating an anti-Roosevelt man. Delegates who are sincere ‘aft INen cannot object to instruc- tions. They cannot take offense at such an expression from thé convention. Men who object to instructions will inevitably ise serious doubts of their sincerity. = Has Cause to Fear Him. Hivbing Tribune: There is a rumor afioat that C. B. Miller, whose brilliant record as a member of the last legislature attracted attention all over the state, will be a candi- date against J. Adam Bede this fall. Mr. Miller’s ability and bined with bis conservative judg- ment, have inspired a confidence in Duluth which makes it certain that the city will be pretty solidly behind him shouid he try conclusious with J. Adam. Predictious for a brilliant future for Representative Miller have been heard from all parts of the state since last winter’s legislative session. There are a lot of able men in the Eighth congressional district, but itis doubtful if J. Adam Bede fears any of them as much as he does Clarence B. Miller. | Municipal Diniedte Pays. The fruit of Henry. Truelson’s labors for the city of Duluth is rip- ening into good gold. He fought many a battle for municipal owner- ship and finally wou. The people of the Zenith city are proud of his achievements in behalf of the tax- payers. The water and light plants of the city passed from private to municipal ownership through the efforts of Truelson and his co- workers. The net profit on the two plants for last year amounted to $86,700. It is estimated that the profits for the year 1908 will not be vigor, com- [legs than $130,000. Figures given by | ####ee@SReCSSEseSReseees A $26,500: for 1906, $47,500: i907, $86,700. The Herald say: ‘Besides this, the citizens of Duluth bave been saved upwards of a million aod a half dollars in: the cost of the. yas and water service since the city took hold of these plants, Opponents of municipal ownership are fond of spreading items of alleged news regarding the failure of muni- cipal owvership. They never find any comfort in contemplating the operation of the Duluth plants. Duluth never figures in the bulletins that are sent to the newspapers of the country containing matter calcu- lated to discourage public ownership of public utilities. The reason is that, the experience of this city in municipal ownership furnishes a complete answer to all the arguments that are made against fhe policy.” A SAMPLE CURE FOR SMALLPOX Edward Hine, a correspondent of the Liverpvol Mercury, says: ‘Lam willing to risk my reputation asa public man if the worst case of small- pox cannot be effectually cured in three days simply by cream of tar- tar. This is the sure and never failing remedy. One ounce of cream of tartar disolved in a pint of water, to be drank when cold at short inter- vals. At can be taken at any time, and is preventive as well as curative. Itis known to have cured ina hun- dred cases without a failure. I have toyself restored hundreds by this means. It never leaves «a mark; never causes blindness. and always prevents tedious lingering. lf the people would onaly try it and report all the cured to you, you would re- quire to employ many columns if you gave them DepCly ed State Gets Swamp Lands. The state’s claims to the swamp lands in the Chippewa Indian reser- vatiou is valid dccording to a ruling of Secretary of the Loterior James R. Garfield. This }s an important de- cisiou, for it will result ia Minnesota getting control of 187,000acres of land, a great amount of which is scattered throughout the territory that was set off fora forestry reserve. Instead of being tied up ia the reserve, the land and timber will be sold by the state, and the land eveatually improved. The decision is taken to mean that the forestry reserve idea has been abandoned, so far as Minnesota is con- cerned. While Minnesota people gen- erally favored forestry reserve in such sections as were unsuited tor agricul- ture, it has been argued all along that much of the land-set offby the gov- ernment for a reserve was good for farming purposes, and this fact has occasioned much severe criticism. | | phy ght ick och hgh ahd INSURANCE To the Insuring Pubic: I have been act ively engaged in the writing of Fire Insurance for eight- een years and dur- ing that entire time every loss sustain- ed through my agency has been promptly and satis- tactorily adjusted. It doesn’t need a bank back of the local agent to in- sure absolute pro- tection. The Insur- ance Company pays of Odds and ing value. wait in vain. Why not dollars saved. woe Cee — Comes twice a year—and short lengths, broken sizes and small quantities lose half their retail- Hundreds of shrewd shoppers wait for these half-yearly clearings, and they do not morrow? It might mean one, two or even ten Ends look in at the store to- Springward pretty early, but do you Grand Rapids We have already opened up some of the dainti- est and most fetching wash fabrics you ever saw. Not a bit high-priced either; We are men have learned to come here in February and March for wash goods? Cc. H. MARR know that many wo- Why ? - Minnesota | “How Blind The Victims.” Tom Watson is one of the brightest men in the county, and he has some refreshing things to say about the parcels post bill in a recent issne of! the Jeffersonian: ““I’be reason why the mail order houses can take business away from} the local retail merchants is that col- lusion exists between the mail order house and the express company. The mail order house gets special rates. + “If the government carried small { parcels in the mails, at moderate charges, nobody could get special rates. Therefore, the mail order house would have one of the props knocked out from under its business. “Consequently the expres com pa- j test is this: confederated to fight the parcels post. Afraid to show thier hands, however, they are working under the name of the ‘Merchants Trade Journal.’ They have hired men and put them on the road to get signatures to a protest against the parcels post. And the argument which causes the retail {merchant to sign the petition of pro- If the government es- tablishes a parcels post the mail or- der house will get your business! “And the guileless werchants are signing a paper which, in effect, asks the government uot to interfere with the combintion which now makes the express company the partner of the mai] order house io the profitable business of taking trade away from the retail merchant. ‘H sharp the conspirators are! HOw d the tims!” ee Has it Occurred to You; That Spring Will Soon be Here? NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY Advance sales of walking skirts in the very newest shades and styles. New and beautiful colored and white waist fabrics, embroidered Swiss Mulls, Batiste, handsome Ginghamsg, Etc. When out shopping, ask to see ours, the largest and finest line of Shoes and Ox- We have the exclusive sale of Queen Marlow shoes for Quality and Julia ladies Douglas and Watson Plummer for men Red School ue and Albright for children JOHN BECKFELT, GRAND RAPIDS, 7 ! | fords in the city. | SOSSCSCO - MINNESOTA Does Your Wife Complain About the old Cook Stove not baking as well as it used to? Is the loss, not the agent. If your insurance policy is burned or in any way destroy- ed, you will receive pay for your loss just as promptly. Office opposite P. 0. Hi. E. 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