Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 11, 1909, Page 5

Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. THE HERALD-REVIEW ISTHE Official Paper of Irasca County. | RRAND RAPIDs, COHASSET. KEEWATIN, NASHWAUK, HoLMAN. Official Paper of U, S. District Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. ° Official Paper of Village of HE DECLINES THE HONOR. A number of papers in this senator- ial district have been mentioning Hon. D. M. Gunn in connection with the lieutenant governorship of late, and even our own booby-boy, Timid Tony of the Independent, has copied the compliments with no unfavorable comments. The daily press has taken up the suggestion and it already ap- pears as though the popular senator from the Fifty-third district might become the unanimous choice of the Republican party for the second highest office in the state—and that without his knowledge or consent. When broached on the subject by a Herald-Review representative, the senator said he could not bua ap- preciate the many nice things said of him through the press, but he would » to decline the lieutenant gover- norship should it be tendered him with a certificate of election. ‘ “That is one office that I do not want and vould not accept under any circum- tances,” said Senator Gunn, “There 1 be no reconsideration of this de- on—it is final—and you. may so ite to the boys of the newspaper ernity, and to anybody else who y be interested.” Should Gunn be- come a candidate for the senate, how- ever it is not likely that he would en- counter any opposition, as his record is such that the people of the district e to retain him in his present position. He is recognized as one of ablest and most influential senators in the state, and he is already being importuned by men _ of influence throughout the district to again be- come a candidate for the senate in 1910. de em DRAGGING ALONG THE SLIMY WAY On July 25, 1906, more than three years , Harry Thaw killed Stan- ford White. It was seven months be- the case came to trial , result- eleven weeks latter, in fore , April 12, 1 disagreement of the jury. January 4, 1908, nearly nine months later, came the second trial. in not quite a month, on February 1, he was acquitted as insane, and he was committed to Metteawan, the asylum for the criminal insane. Since hen he been transferred to more congenial surroundings, and never for a day has been deprived of special privileges and the indulgence his wealth could procure. For weeks at a time the press has reeked with the salacious details of his worse than worthless life. Almost incessantly for more than three years the public has had to read something has twice of his depravity. He has kept him- self constantly in the public view, and our laws have permitted it. His case is no less disgusting in itself than in the laxity of our court procedure and its malleability in the hands of wealth. The San Francisco graft cases, the Cooper trial in Ten- nessee, and the night-riders cases are but other examples of which there are hundreds. Thaw was guilty. sane, He was not in- and he is not insane to the ex- tent of irresponsibility for the crime. Had he been poor, he would have his life snuffed out in the electric chair nearly three years ago. President Taft says “the greatest question before the American public is the improvement of the administra- tion of justice, civil and criminal, both in the matter of its prompt dis- patch and the cheapening of its use.” If he can bring this reform about, much else will be forgiven him.—Duluth Herald. ——______ ~» SHACKLES OF THE EAST. Governor Johnson preached no self- ish sectionalism, no call to senseless battle between brothers across imags wary dividing lines, when he said at Seattle yesterday that “it is time that the west. threw off the shackles of the east.’ Too long bas the grédt aad growing West, that broad and throbbing American empire within at empire, ‘wich stretches from the Great Lakes = ieg Pacific and from Canada to the westward projection of the Mason and Dixon line, beet the cat’s paw, the spending oe the feeding trough, New England. pa fertile acres, its fruitful fields, its rich mines, its stalwart citizenship deserves better things than that 16 should be the mere political tool of the East, the place to draw wealth from for which arrogant disregard is back in return. ae pation is to be saved from ~| the price can order from outside the DEFECTIVE PAGE the fate ofother naticns that have gone down under the corroding and corrupting rule of platocracy, it will be the indomnable., self-reliant and independent spirit of the West that will save it. Governor Johnson bade the West awake toits opportunities when he said yesterday: “I preach no sectional -! divisions and nosectional strifes, but Minnesota and Washington and the states between, with those to the south of us, should arise in their might and claim for themselves that fair share of influence in the halls of con- gress and inthe administrstion of national affairs to which they are en- titled by every law of common sense, as well as of political economy. It is time, indeed, that the great North- west should come into its own and by the force of its energy, the ability of its sons and the co-operation of its various constituent parts, exert ao influence for good, not only as to its own particular prosperity. but as to that of the country at large, to which every element invites it.’’ And in the speaker whose ringing words are quoted here the Northwest has a leader of clean-cut, vigorous, earnest quality, a leader whose sym- pathy is with the plain people from whom hesprung, a leader whose pat- riotism koows nosectional distinction a man whose broad sympathies, fine lntelligence and stalwart manliness fit him to bring the purer patriotism of the West into the councils of the nation, that greed may be abashed and discomfitted, and that govern- ment of the people, by the people.and for the people may again vecome something besides a marbled thought remlaiscent ofa former day.—Duluth Herald. Enforce the Law. The Cigaret law should be strictly enforced. This, because itis the law, and perhaps that should be reason evough. But beyond that it does not deprive any one of his favorite smoke who should have it, while it may pre- vent its being an annex of the cradle. It has been unlawful for years to sell cigarets to boys, and since this pro- bibitation has extended to adults, its enforcement should not be difficult, if the spirit is willing. Within the law and by grace of in- terstate commerce, any one who has State and have the papers shipped to him. But to those who have the habit, this means shipments in quan- tity, and a nickel will not be enough to pay the bill, This makes it suf- ficieutly inconyenient and expensive to get them, to prevent the small boy from stocking. up. There is not acigaret smoker who reached the age or discretion, if it may be claimed there are any such, who would not approve of forbidding them to youngsters. This not only because they make learning to smoke abnormally easy, and inhaling is un- doubtedly bad for infant lungs and stomachs, but because the infantile attachment toa cigaret is no lessa Stigma toone than to the other. The Minneapolis Jousnal is right when it says “a law whicb discrim- inates between forms of smuking is illogical enough to make its violation seem a merely venial offense. Many brands of tobacco are made for either pipe or cigaret. Thus the anomaly is presented of a law that aims to prescribe how the package of tobacco one buys must be smoked, The dealer may sell one a pipe in which to consume one’s pur- chase, but must op uo account sell ne a package of papérs in which to rol! the same identical tobacco. st Anyway it can be enforced and hould be enforced, and if repealed, it should not be as a dead letter. Try it honestly an siacerely, maybe that, in itself, may relieve the cig- aretof some of its present respons- bilities. —Duluth News Tribune. Newspaper Is Better Now. A discussion is now going on_ in certain parts of the country as to what a newspaper should or should not priut. “he discussion will not prov anything because the character of a newspaper is largely determined by the character of those who conduct it and the stendard varies as widely as thaf of the men in charge, says an exchange. ; The averagé KéWspaper is better thamit used to be. There is no doubi of that in the minds’ of intelligent | men who know what it once Was. It is more accurate in the publica: | tion of news, and takes more and| greater paitis to give every side a hearing. It is this increased solici- tude and vigilance which leads to in- creased complaint of intrusion. Re- porters, owing to this anxiety of the newspapers to print no story with- out giving every body concerned a chance to be interviewed, often be- comes obnoxious to people who have nothing to say. Since being inter- ~ eek wn THE STORES WILL BE* CLOSED The Retail Clerks’ Picnic on August 17 Will Be Gala Day For All. One of the Main Features of the Occasion Will be Five-Mile Marathon Race For Purse of $25.00. The “weather” committee has re- ported favorably and preparations have all been made for the biggest event of the year—the first annual picnic of the retail clerks of Grand Rapids—to be held on the Hotel Ogema grounds at Pokegama lake, Thursday, August 17th. The Grand Rapids band will fur- nish music during the day and the pleasure of listening to the music is well worth making a trip to the lake, not to mention the numerous sports that have been arranged for the oc- casion. Of course, the ball game be- tween the North and South side clerks will be the main feature of the occasion and both teams are in fine shape for—attacking the picnic din- ner. A five-mile Marathon race will also attract considerable attention. A purse of $25 has been hung up by interested parties and a large num- ber of the young men about town} are training for the race. The route selected over which the race will be run is from the Ogema to the Gravelle school house and return. There will races, ladies’ races and in _ fact, every kind of a race imaginable, even the human race. The band will be conveyed to the} lake at 8 o’clock, a. m. and ‘busses, coaches and rigs of all kinds will be on hand at the Pokegama hotel cor- ner for the purpose of carrying those who wish to ride. A very reasonable charge will be made for the trip to the lake and return. A majority of the business houses in the town will be closed and it is} expected that the entire city will turn out en masse and attend thé Clerks’ Picnic—the first one of its kind held at Grand Rapids. Tables have been provided for all and a committee will be on hand to take charge of the baskets until such time as the owners call for them. It will be a basket picnic dinner and those who do not wish to} take baskets along can secure ac- commodations at the Ogema. The hotel has three launches and/ a large number of rowboats which | will be placed at the disposal of the public and those who are so inclined can spend the day on the lake. Capt. Ward of Cohasset will also be on the lake with his boat, the steamer Undine, and he will conduct ex- cursions to various points of interest for the small sum of ten cents per! hour for each passenger. In the evening a dance will be} given at the Hotel Ogema_ which] will end the day’s enjoyment. Re- memeber this is a public picnic and everybody who comes will be made welcome and given permission to en- joy themselves to the fullest possible extent. about the inaccuractes of a sensation- al press. it is all very perplexing. Men who have been in the work a long time are not wholly able to understand the lines of present evolution in newspap- er making. It is only those who have never touched the work at all who have a complete and masterly grasp of the entire subject. | All that the veteran journalist {s sure of is that the average’ in journ- alism is higher than it was a quart- er of a century ago. There is less of epithet, always a sign of weakness, and less of crudeness in preparation of facts, of material and presentation of facts. None but sober men can keep the hot pace which the journal- ism of this day sets, and unless _so- briety can be more inaccurate than inebriety, then everybody must ad- mit that the opportunities for rais- ing the average of newspaper work are excellent. For Sale—My farm of 160 acres, with or without crop stock or machin- ery. Located 3 miles west of Grand Rapids on Mississippi river. Half of mineral right goes with land. viewed no longer carries with it the distinction it once did there are many’ who, designing to escape an inter- view which would result in em- barrassing questions, resent the in- trusions of the reporters and they cry, Part time given if desired. For par- ticulars write to U. C. GRAVELL, Box 356 Grand Rapids, Minn. Subscribe for the Herald-Review. ance’ & G0. THE POPULAR STORE GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA $I to $5 WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO SHOW COODS Patterns 10c & 15c September Styles Here We have all the New Things: Jet Buttons, Jet Pins Jet Hat Pins, Etc. New Fall Suits We have just received a sam- ple lot of the Celebrated Cook Garments We are in shape to take your individual measurement for suits, skirts and coats. Shoes Our Line of Edu- cator Shoes for Children is com- plete. Wash | Suits $10 quality two- piece coat suits,lace and inserting trim- med, colors light blue and white, while they last at — Silks Our silks stock is very complete in as- sortment with prices from 15 to 25 per cent below the big city prices. This week we are offering three new specials: $1.50 quality 27 inch Messaline $1 25 silk, all newest.shades, a yard.. Satuaday Specials 25c to 39c_ child- ren’s hats, about a dozen to pick from 12 1-2c 25c quality new et hat pins for $1.35 quality full 36 inch black taf- * J P eta, wear guaranteed, per yard...... 98c na ian g low price OI, eac! 15c 59¢ quality 27 inch China silk in a 48 : dozen new shades..:.............3545 Cc 50c quality Bar-} 256 quality Check and Striped silk 48 $5.00 retes, new large 24 in. wide, 1 doz. pieces, new pat’ns' Cc ‘| size, all the new Hand- Kerchiefs 18 dozen hand- kercheifs, worth up to 25c, your choice Shades and colors. : 39c Waists Cornation braids Beautiful new tailored waists at manufactured by one of the best exclusive waist companies in the 10c, 12 1-2c, 15c; east at | A bunch of 6 yds. | 1.25,1.50, 2and up Serge Skirts $7.50 White Serge skirts at this BRIO FOG. 2530. hs LOR deae see $1.98 Wash Suiting 18¢ and 20¢ quality, white and col- 15 ored wash suitings, per yard....... c Ribbon Bargains 35c¢ and 39¢ ribbons, gray, white 19 and fancy striped, 1 doz. pieces, yd.. c Neckwear We have just received a big lot of the very latest thing in men’s neckwear. Wash Shirts FOR CHILDREN 50c,75c,$1, $1.25 ‘ Ladies’ Shirts $10 quality black Panama, French serge and Batiste, for... 7.00 Ladies’ Dresses ac 3 Binet ameaaeate $283 | ug one ep $9.00 | PIIOLILOLELILELLLELLII OES LOLS We Seli Fverything to Eat and Everything to Wear ES EEN ESE ST INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE The Sunken Gardens A Floral Feature of the Minnesota State Fair to be Held September 6 to 11, 1909 We 7” c the Standard ao