Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 8, 1909, Page 5

4 GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1909. Brand‘ opts Terais Review SLELELLE LE LLL LE LLELEE EES EES ESSE LY 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. IEW ISTHE Paper of Irasca CounNTY. \ RRAND RaPips, COHASSET. Official Paper of ) Krewatin, Village of NASHWAUK, HOLMAN. Official Paper of U. S. District Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. paint For more than fifty years Uncle Sam has allowed liquor to be sold in the “Indian country” in Minnesota and has taken license money by the millions of dollars from dealers, but it has been discovered that was an article in the treaty i the Indians forbidding the in- troduction of liquor on the lands or to the Indians; hence, along} an official of the Indian de- at Washington who issues that all saloons shall be the 27th day of this month first one chunk of the for- territory and then the other, ves it out flat-footed that there © appeal from his kingly decis- If the people of the northern ‘tion of the state are to be ruled Indian lovers they might as well zo over the international bound- line The situation is certainly ning fierce. recently ment mandate penn EE SS ee Scott Nearing believes that a who spends most of her life children is not fit to bring what we need are and better citizens. Another ar- nt against Mr. Stork advanced Prof. Nearing is that increase in f lies means shortage in food sup- Prof. Nearing is instruetor in conomics in a Philadelphia college und speaks as an expert. emer Ee Our merchants shouuld remember that only two weeks remain in which to advertise their Holiday goods. The facilities of the Herald-Review .for joing your jobbing and advertising double those of a yéar ago, hav- added about $3,000 worth of ma- hinery and other materials. No mat- ter how large your order, send it in at} once see The statememts of banks are in- lications of business prosperity. The First National bank of Grand Rapids ast report was $299,805.10, within less than $200 of a quarter of a mii- on, and all other banks in the y show a corresponding increase f funds renee to note the nultiplicity of stunts that the editors of amusing acrobatic It really many of republican éschutcheon. What do you think of this? De- troit, being in the Indian prohibition district, lost her saloons, but the very |next day a contract was made with the Northern Pacific road to furnish water for all sleepers, dining and passenger cars from St. Paul to the cost. Wonder if the water will be the pure stuff. Miss Josephine Bretto won the house and lot in the Hibbing Trib- une’s lottery. Judging from her pic- dure in that paper it is no wonder the young men within her zone voted early and often. If she is as lucky in drawing a life partner there is no reason why she should no* be happy. All the newspaper fellows hope she will get the best fellow in the bunche Since the cow is determined to persist in harboring consumption .why not resort to milch goats? As an authority on this matter it may be stated that the problem of food for goats is easy. They will thrive on jin cans, decayed \barrel hoops, old rags and paper, any article that may be displayed on the family clothes line, old shoes and rubbers, old cloth- es, etc., and for dissert they are par- ticularly fond of straw hats, especi- ally of the merry widow variety. Who of our dairymen will have the courage to at least experiment along this line? Would be pleased to print any results that may be handed into the editor of our agricultural, live stock and sporting department—regarding tthe billy goat as a sport of no low degree. Agent C. L. Frye, of the Great Northern, was insulted Friday. This statement is made unqualifiedly and with the knowledge that it is a sweep ing assertion. As a rule depot agents are commonly supposed to be in- vured to disagreeable remarks of all kinds and can generally smile when selling tickets, checking baggage and hauling mail all at the same time— even when asked for the twentieth time “How late is the 2:45 train?” On the day mentioned above, however a traveling salesman, who was evi- dently on his first trip out, made, a remark which was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Mr. Frye was standing op the platform, com- muning ‘with himself and wondering when the freight situation would. be relieved, when this drummer stepped up and asked: ‘Are you the porter, at the hotel? I have two grips there which I would ‘like to have carried to the station.” When the ‘smoke rolled away, the traveling man could not be found. TIMELY ADVICE TO CITY PEOPLE Regarding the Storing of Vege- sheets are throwing these get a firm grip on n political. -_ all fry days trying te and ¥ Squibs eeetedeeteepeeeteete ational Falls is utterly help- she’s destined to become a city and nothing short of an etarthquake agitate her egg from hatching. can Dr. Cook, not content with having discovered the north pole, has surrpititously abseconded, probably to clandestinely flirt with the southern flagstaff Does any sane man really believe that the Standard octopus will really be desolved? It would require the whole force of the standing army to cause thhat huge monster to obey the mandate of the court—and then some Plate matter is appearing in some of our exchanges in the shape of late stories written by “MM Quad”. All of you fellows ought to know that “M Quad” of forty years ago has been off the earth for many moons. It must be a typographical error and. should have been marked “N Quad”, his son. The day of the flying machine has arrived and it will hereafter be an easy matter for them to sail over the Indian country and drop parachutes to the earth’s surfacce loaded with pints and half pints of liquor which the bucks will eagerly grab and con- tinue their war dance until the end af time. The John Albert Johnson memorial fund is closed and about $25,000 is the Since Minneapolis, the New Sweden of America, donated a meagre portion of the fund, consid- ering population, etc., she may Tre- deem her negligence or penurious- ness by offering park room for the statute. Ole Bull fiddles in Loring Park in that city and a large portion of the money ‘given for tbat bond- seme statue was donatel by the Norwegians vnd Aimericcus cf the state. Hut stil nie little circum stance shouuld not be considered a result. + So a Rs a Os es al tables and Fruits for the | Winter’s Supply. Be sure to place your onions in the | warmest portion of the cellar in or- |der that they will sprout early, and as soon as they become decayed will | impart a very desirable odor through- out every room in the house. Put your apples in barrels tight enough to hold water, head out. Don’t sort them over, as it is only time wasted, and if they are kept in) a warm room it will not be many days before you will. wish you had mever seen an apple. When you put your winter supply of potatoes in the cellar be careful that they are covered with all kinds of dirt and filth, and if some of them have begun to decay, so much the better. Within a few weeks you will wish the scavenger would show up in order that you might have the pleas ure of paying him about a dollar a bushel to convey them ito the dump- ing grounds. ‘Cabbage are a very succulent vege- table to place in a heated cellar un- derneath your parlor floor. The cab- bage is not to blame if when your friends call they remain quick or ask “who's dead!” The above are but a few timely suggestions to thoughtful housekeep- ers. The King of Tramps Coming. The King of Tramps, a Yankee Doodle, musical comedy melo-drama will be presented at Village hall Sun- day evening, December 12. It con- sists of four big laughing acts and contains more actual wit, more in- nocent mischief, more admirable act- ing and singing and dancing than is to be fouund in any ten of the aver- age so-called musical comedies. The bill is replete with funny situations and nothing stale is used. The songs are all mew and up-to-date and the show is guaranteed to be clean and LLEELELEE EPL SSS SEES EL ELS = STATE COMPILES oer Bulletin of Labor Bureau Shows Prevalence of Accidents. A man is killed or injured in some line of “industrial employment in ‘a death. | 1 | days in the average year, the average | daily record on 10 hour basis, would be as given above. The casualty list in fact, is indeed much héavier, for not all the imdustries are included ‘ers, builders, foundrymen, general | metal workers street railway men and others in occupations considered hazardous or semi-hazardous, not ap- pearing. \ Much Work Involved. W. E. McEwen, commissioner of |labor, worked long upon the compila- |tion, assisted by Don D. Lescohier, Mr. McEwen, with George M. Gillette, ation, Jas. A. Diffenbaugh, secretary and H. V. Mercer of the Employes’ Compensation commission, appointed by Governor Johnson in April last, has given serious attention to the matter of injuries to workingmen, the increasing general interest there- in and the various plans of remedial legislation proposed, raising the ques- tion to one of national importance. The tabulations prepared will afford a basis, the report says, upon which later and more comprehensive figures will be compiled. The work of bettering the condi- tion of, the industrial employes went forward in Minnesota after the meet- ing of January last, at which the men above named met George B. Howley, E. G. Hall, A. E. Kellington and A. L. Rich df the state Federation of La- bor; G. W. Deacon and M. T. O'Con- tive engineers; G. H. Becker of the labor “ederation’s legislative commit- tee; Philip Herzog and A. V. Wil- liams. The question of proper com- pensation was raised and after a sec- ond meeting Governor Johnson ap- pointed the state commission. Report Summed Up. Since then the commissioner .has been endeavoring to bring together figures that should show just what the fatality and accident toll means, in loss of life and labor availability tc the state. A summoning up in the re- port says: “Minnesota’s industries are annual- ly casting forth from mills, work- shops and railroads, an army of men whose prime of life is blasted by moral in every respect. The com- pany numbers eight people and the management has decided to lower the admission to popular prices, 15, 25 and 35 cents. It will be given on Sunday evening December 12, and seats are on sale at the Itasca Mercantile store. darkened ° sight empty sleeves, mangled legs or disabled bodies. Are these accidents preventable or are they inevitable? Are the injured workingmen and their families com- pensated for their losses? What changes, either in law or in industri-| been alienated illegally shall be re- practices, would alleviate the situ- \in the report, the structual iron work- leaving the | President of the Employers’ associ-) nell of the Brotherhood of Locomo-! Christmas is Coming ‘The bulletin of the state bureau of | next that of lumber, labor, ‘ndustries and commerce, just) three killed. issued, shows this record. The fact$jinhe disparity) is not are not stated in just that. way, but| while railroads again the report shows that 220 were killed whelming lead, with 2,420,” mining and 3,292 injured in 1907, thé latest] shows only 66, lumbering accounting period for which statistics ave obtain-|for the injury of 293, meat packing able and as there are 306 working|¢or 132, threshing manufacturing for | | | | Pioneer Store THE ° Has so long been in Grand Rapids that it is acquainted with the needs of everybody. The busy force has been unpacking the immense stock of Holiday Goods For many days and a large portion of them are already on the shelves. All manner of useful articles for ation?” The statistics would appear to be CASUALTY LIST not unfavorable to Minnesota. I New York’ state 39,244 industrial ac- cidents were recorded in a five-year period. This is at the rate of 7,848 a year. Wisconsin reported 7,186 ac- cidents in a year. Population con- sidered, the showing for Minnesota is comparatively favorable. Record on Railroads. Of the 220 ‘killed in 1907, in Mitine- Minnesota every working hour of the|‘sota, the railroads show 129, and the labor year. ‘Every 14 hours there is| mines 82. No other employment comes anywhere near these two. The shows only In the list of injured so great, for have an over- 102, and the quarries for 64. In gen- eral contracting work 62 were in- jured, in manufacturing carbolite, 13; in the flour mills 34; im paper manu- facturing and confectionery, 11 each and from (there the decline is rapid, such injuries as shoe and carpet manufacturing showing no fatalities and only two injured. The! fingers are the parts of the |body most susceptible to injury, ac- cording to the report. Of 324 cuts or lacerations 164 were on the fingers injuries to the head coming next with 89. Seven injuries to the eyes are reported. The authority on preventability quoted, is that of Eastman, with re- ference to the Pitsburg district Thirty per cent of the accidents there, it was found, were due, it was concluded, to hazards inevitable in the use of modern machinery. Mr. McEwen hopes in time to work out statistics that shall be moré com- préhensive and shall" increase the prestige of Minnesota among the states that are giving serious thought to the question of injuries to work- men, employers’ liability and em- ployees’ compensation. INDIANS MAY HAVE LANDS RESTORED Big Lumber Interests of Minne- sota Watching Possible Ac- tion at Washington. Big lumber interests of Minnesota are watching with concern the pos-| sible action of the department of justice which has under consideration the question of instituting suit to re- store to the fullbloods of the White Earth reservation of Indians title to timber and to lands sold by them contrary to law. The privilege of disposing of such holdnigs is by act of Congress restricted to the mixed bloods of the tribe, but a thorough investigation, made by the Indian of- fice has disclosed that a large number of the full bloods have disregarded the law. After ascerfaining the facts, the Indian office turned the whole mat- ter over to the department of justice. It is not.the desire that criminal prosecutions be pushed against the purchasers unless fraud is shown to have been committed, but that the in- terests of the Indians which have stored|, to/ them. Christmas Present Are there and Customers will be welcome to call and see them. The stock of General Merchandise is more complete than ever. Call on Us Before Purchasing JOHN BECKFELT S THE PIONEER STORE GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Sad LEP E PEE EE E ETE ETETER Se ss es ee ee he es ee OUR FURNITURE IS THE FAVORITE : Christmas Shoppers Talk as you like there is nothing can take the place of Furni- ture in the esteem of gift givers. Nothing else is so servicea- ble—nothing else reminds one of the giver EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR as Furniture does. For reasons of newness and variety and all round goodness we ask you to do your choosing from this stock of ours. You can’t buy under our prices for these goods. In all respects this store stands ready to offer you Furniture certainties. Christmas shoppers are requested requested to make it a point to at Jeast SEE how well we aae prepared to make their shopping satisfactory. Today is not a bit too soon to get inrerested. GEO. F. KREMER, Grend Rapids. THIS WILL APPEAR BUT ONCE Iam buying Furs for a firm in London, England. and will pay as high a price as any house in the United States or Canada . $7.50 to $32.00 Mink . . . 4.00 to 9.00 Muskrats, fall . . .30to .40 And other Furs in proportion. It will cost you nothing to call before you sell. If not satisfied with my offer, no harm. WM. WETZEL Lynx Minnesota. 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