Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 28, 1908, Page 6

Grand Repits HeraiesReview Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. IN ADVANCE TWO DOLLARS A YEAR Entered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter, ——————— THE HERALD-REVIEW IS THE Official Paper of Itasca County. Official 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 Village of Holman. Official Paper of U. S. Dis- trict Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. Designated by State and National Officials as the Of- this section would still be without adequate public highways a quarter of a century hence. The people of these northern coun- ties should strangle the infamous life out of this insidious attempt to rob them of their just inheritance. Vote “No” on the amendment quoted above, and you will be voting for the interests of Itasca county. Se tagee eas IT WAS A JOKE, LAMMON. Our good neighvor of the Bovey Iron News never fails to refer to the Herald-Review when he seeks au- thority on avy important matter, be it politics or business, sociology or science, art or literature—ino short, every subject that concerns theaffairs of mankind are decided for the Iron News man by this great family journal. When the Herald- Review has madea pronvuncement, that settles it with Brother Lammon. The trouble is he 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. nia For President JENNINGS COUNTY TICKET Auditor—M. A. SPANG. Treasurer—A. A. KREMER. Clerk of Court—I. D. RASSMUSSEN. f—T. T. RILEY. ster of Deeds—E. J.McGOWAN. » of Probate—H. 8S. HUSON. FRANK F. PRICE. JOHN A. BROWN. Coroner—THOS. RUSSELL. Superintendent of Schools—HATTIE BOOTH Commissioners: , st Vistrict—CYRUS M. KING. 2nd District—MORRIS O'BRIEN, 3rd District—J NO. P. TREBILCOCK WILLIAM BRYAN: Attorney Surveyor 4th District—NEIL MULLINS. ith District—ARCHIE McWIL- LIAMS BEWARE OF 1ST AMENDMENT roposed amendment to ution to be submitted of Minnesota read on the yple r 3rd_ will nite | | | | | —NO northern Minne- y those of the several 1 ore is being pro- to be produced in the t vothe ‘‘no” on this pros sition they deserve to be robbed. 1 county should cast a solid vote nst the adoption of this attempt avish this part of the state for benetit of southero Minnesota. the proposed amendment is not apparent on the surface. It is calculated to give the legislature unlimited power to enact any sort of tax laws that it may see ta, es A yunties where The significance of fit. That body is controlled by a majority membership elected from the southern part of the state. It is likely to so remain for some time to come, as the power of redistricting is vested in the legislature itself. Since the development of vast ore deposits in northeastern Minnesota the southern half of the state has become seized of a vulturous desire to be derived properties by confiscate the taxes to rich ore evying a tonnage tax thereon and turning the revenues derived there- from into the state treasury for the the state. This would be a clear case of robbing one section for the benefit of another. As well might this part of the state make demand for a share of the taxes derived from the rich farms and their products of the south half of the state. Northeastern Minnesota needs every dollar that can be raised from all her resources with which to build roads, bridges, school houses and to properly maintain her local governo- ments. building roads through this section is vastly different than in the southern prairie counties of the state; it requires a vastly greater amount of money to build roads through pine and harawood regions than it does over level prairies. Without the tax rom these benefit of entire to be received from the iron mines should not be given the opportunity. ! always accepts what appears in these columns as being serious and backed by gospel truth. Therein he some- times errs, and gets badly mixed, making of his papera thing altogether ridiculous, and making of himself an ass. So it happened in his issue of last Saturday. In June, 1907, there appeared in the Herald-Review a parody on prize fighting in which the name of our distinguished citizen, Frank F. Price, appeared as one of the principals. Poor little Lammon accepted it as a cold-blooded news item, and for the purpose of injuring Mr. Price, who will be elected county attorney next Tuesday, reproduced the parody. It was all a joke Lam- mon, and you should make due apol- ogy to your few readers and especially to Mr. Price. Hereafter the Heraid- Review will accompany its parodies with explanatory foot notes. THEY DO PROTEST TOO MUCH. Our newspaper neighbors of the county ought to know better—but they don’t seem to. About the only argument they use against any can- didate for public office is contained in some reference to Grand Rapids’ selfishness in wanting all the offices in the county. Nothing could be farther feom the fact. Looking at the proposition from a selfish view- point the business people of this com- munity would naturally desire the election of candidates from other sections of the county. Every man elected from wutside brings to Grand Rapids a good citizen and bis family. The new addition will buy goods here, spedding his money with local business men. Inaill probability he will become a permanent resident of the county seat when he retires from public service. The man defeated by the outsider Will continue to reside here as before and thus Grand Rapids isthe gainer by as many officials as are chosen from other sections of the county. Take, for example, the cases of Bither against Price and Riley against Riddell. Mr. Bither, in the event of his election, would become a resident of Grand Rapids, and conse- quently a contributer to the busi- ness of Grand Rapids tradesmen. Mr. Price would continue the practice of his profession here. Tne same would be true should Mr. Riley be elected sheriff. Mr. Riddell would coaotinue to conduct his business here just as he has during the past fifteen years. In less than a years’s time, however, these same newspapers would ‘‘turn Turk” on the man from Bovey and the man from Nashwauk and classify them as members of the ‘‘county seat ring,” and they would howl them- selves hoarse in a frenzied demand to *“* turn the rascals out.’’ These worthy contemporaries forget during each campaign that when a man is elected to a county office he neces- sarily becomes a citizen of the county affairs of his former home town. But aside from all this, how silly and illogical it isto talk of the location of candidates for county office, except alone as to commissioners. The auditor, treasurer, register of deeds, clerk of court, sheriff, attorney, judge of probate, or any other county of- ficial can not be of any special benefit to any particular locality or section of the county. They are supposed to serve the whole people on an exact equality. They are not supposed to play favorites—and if they would they seat and looses his identity with the | ‘The man who aspires to public office is presumed to be a desirable citizen, and if the community from which he hails has any kick coming at all it should be because of the possibility of loosing the aforesaid desirable citizen. But to the actual facts as they exist with regard to Grand Rapids’ selfishness in electing resi- dents of this village to office: Auditor Spang was never a resident of Grand Rapids prior to his election; the same is true of Registerof Deeds McGowan; ditto Sheriff Hoolihan — the three best offices within the gift of the people of Itasca county. Considering the center of population up to within the past three or four years, it should be conceeded that the people of this vicinity have been most commendably generous in the distri- bution ot the political plums as to geographical location. Our good breth- ren of the local press should be able to find some more tangible and force- ful argument to offer in behalf of their favorite candidates, and arop that worm-eaten old chestuut about Grand Rapids’ aspirations to form a political trust. There’s nothing to it, boys. Attention is calied to the fact that both the Herald-Review and the Independent have consistently sup- ported Mr. Riley for the office of sheriff from the begioning of his primary campaigo up to the present time against twu good Grand Rapids men. The Independent is supporting Mr’ Bither as against Mr. Price, a most worthy citizea and able lawyer of Grand Rapids. Ofcourse the In- dependent may not be able todo the Bovey candidate much good, but it’s doing the best it can on a shortage of ability. Take it allin all this is a mighty good town, made up of a mighty good lot of folks, and they should not be misrepresented. —__s>—_—— NO, FOR SEVERAL REASONS. In sending out request for cam- paign contributions, the Republican National Committee addressed one to a prominent Iowa Republican manu- facturer. Here is his reply: Gentlemen: We have your letter of the 8th inst., requestiog an imme- diate subscription from us, and that we take aday off and ask subscrip- tions among our friends. We regret our inability to furnish you immediate assistance, butif you will tell us how we can explain to our friends the fol- lowing questions, we will take the matter of raising funds for the Re- publican campaign under considera- tion. “Why did the Republican Conven- tion, at Chicago, vote down the pub- licity of campaign funds, nine to one? “Popular election of senators, seven to one? ‘How we can expect Mr. Taft to prosecute the Trusts when he grant- ed a perpetual franchise to a corpor- ation of the Philippines? “How we can assure the people that Mr. Taft, if elected, will not copy Mr. Roosevelt aad use the office which belongs to the people to name his successor? ‘‘Why thirty republicans could not be found in Congress, last winter, that would join the Democrats ig, laws? “That Mr. Roosevelt was and is in good faithin his attemps to prose- cute the Standard Oil Company? “What assurance can we give them that the many good measures talked of by Mr. Roosevelt were oot like his bear hunts in the South last autumn —tame bears, as you will remember, shipped there for that purpose? “Many other questions might be asked but these are the most perplex- ing, and unless weare fortified with explanations, which we are unable to give, we must decline to assist you.” ——_ HAVE you noticed, Mr. Taxpayer, that the tax rate in Itasca county is lower today than ever before in its history? It’s a fact, and the good condition should be charged to the good business methods of our pres- ent board of county commissioners. oie ee Expert (?) estimators have decided that the timber supply of the country will last twenty-three years, says the Mississippi Valley Lumberman. About thirty-five years ago, experts decided that the timber in Minnesota would be exhausted in less than twenty-five years; but we are still sawing wood. SRE OR ERS AND what do you know about this? Now comes L. D.. Lammon of the Bovey Iron News and says that Brother Seeley of the Coleraine Optic isn’t brainy enough to be a good news- paper man. And thereat does the Bovey brother lamm on the Coleraine brother most unmercifully, the while causing the many good measures, | he does beweep the existance of so talked of by Mr. Roosevelt, to become c es es \ \) — pay, in all $1.0 $1.50 BRowna’'s MARK The Highest ITASCA Cri in A Doll Petticoat —For EN tn town, who brings her mother or big sister HAN down to our petticoat department on the i first day of bur fall pettic he ord sada journalistic condition in that Little Gurl petticoat opening: Making OSrenings Day we. SATURDAY, OCTOBER si See Our Window Display materials. $2.00 $3.00 $3.75 $5.00 marvelously model towo. Now wait till Brother Seeley writes his writ and prints itin print. When these two journalistic giants and Herculean harpies clash there’ll be some clean- ing up to do. pratensis ch Tue Independent was two-thirds incubated last week, as usual, and as unusual it admitted that the Herald- Review had told the truth about Shppery Jim, the peanut politician? * ** “as round and round we run, ever the truth comes uppermost and ever is justice done.” Look out for roorbachs on the eve of election. Grafter Shouters. When ycu know a man who habitu- ally uses the word ‘“‘grafter’’— one who pretends to think that all men are dishonest and all women immoral, jest stop and look him over? What business is he in? What language does he use? What bas he done for the com- munity in which he lives? Just write to the country or state from whence he came; to the clerk of court and see what law suits he has had; to the state penetentiary and see if he has served time and for what, aod in nine cases out of ten you will find that he has abused, divorced or killed bis wife, been indicted for theft, arson, highway robbery, murder or some other crime; or been convicted of some crime, or is living in open defiance of law—in a word the “‘grafter shouters” are nine out of ten of them criminals whose past records if ex- posed now would drive them from the county. Bring the Little Girls Along and Get Them a Doll’s Petticoat Free. Every Woman of Taste Should see this Grand Display of HyArt Petticoats. planned carefully for this opening and are prepared to show a large variety of designs in order that every woman will find just the style and colors that best pleases her, at the price she wants to We've Silks, Sateens, Heatherblooms, Pariseens, Mistletoes and a large number of other light weight fabrics, $6.50 $10.00 MERCANTILE CO. -