Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 30, 1910, Page 4

Brana Rapids Herat Review 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 Oficial Paper ef Itasca Coury, RRAND RaPips, Kennedy Estate and Minnesota. The de T. Simpson declining to com- claim of the State of against the Kennedy es- for an inhertance tax on its of Great Northern — stock, consequences ‘ision of Attorney General Georg premise the Minnesota tate holdings may have momentous The situation is without precedent. When John T, Kennedy died in New York, leaving a! vast estate, it oc- curred to Mr. Simpson that as the Great, Northern is a ‘Minnesota cor- State was entitled to tax on the poration, the inheritance value of the Great Northern stock held by the The tax would amount to approxi- half dollars, and entatives of the estate of- the state $135,000 rath- claim, professing that the claim not be pushed in This offer was based on the proportion of the mileage in Minnesota to that of the entire sys- tem. collected an estate. mately a million the repres d to pay er than contest the contidence, however, could successfully the courts. after some delibera- tion, announced that he could find no Eith- en- Mr. Simpson, warrant in law for compromise. of Minnesota was inheritance tax Kennedy Great Northern stock er the state titled to collect an on the or if it was not, then it is not entitle to the $135,000 offered. If it is entit- led to anything, it was entitled to the full face of the claim. According ly, if the ate decides not to pay, will be pushed through the courts to a final adjudication. the case The attorney general's decision we believe to be sound and right. Minne sota wants nothing to which she is not legally entitled, and she wants all that is due her. If Mr; Simpson wins the case—and tthe offer of the estate to settle seems to indicate tha he has a good case—it will mean not only something like a half a million dollars now from the Kennedy estate but amounts from other hold Great stocks when but the suc- Minnesota im collecting such also large New Northern or rich Yorkers who othe Minn. they die. Not only that cess of a tax will inspire other states to col- Wisconsin for in- stance will demand inheritance taxes on the Northern Pacific stock held by outsiders Who die. If New should decide to collect inheri- tance taxes on all New| Jersey stocks held by would into the treasury of that state, lect similiar taxes, Jersey, following our ex- ample, vast estates, sums pour where so many corporations have hea | quarterst! Great credit is due Mr, Simpson for his decision to get every cent to which the state is entitled, As the large guardians of the estate’s in- terest, he has made wise decisions.— Minneapolis Journal. ee CANADA AND THE TRAFFIC. -The folly, supreme of follies, would be a tariff war with \Canada. Yet it is reported that the situation is most and that it is impossible to President Taft can avoid it If that is so serious, see how and be within the law. is but another Aldrich tariff law and the maximum|@lly, and so set a precedent, which he fram-| and minimum clause. stands. law did nothing for It showed no good w. fourteen in Can- s stood for wider mutual trade ‘onto Golb Says: “For the dominant party with our neighbors.” Canada has repeatedly invited eiprocal trade, and this country, un- der the dictation of favored manu- facturers, has as often refused it, nor ean it be blamed, if it refuses to give this country the concession, granted for corresponding concessions, to re- France, We have hay similar to. offer. The best] we can do is to give the minimum rate. For this canade gives its Iminium rate, but not the special arranged discrimination against the United States, then) 25 per cent must be added to our minium rates. In return |Canada ‘will add its sur- tax of 33 per-cent ‘to its tariffs as against us. ' The war would then be on, and we would have sacrificed our second best market. And have gain- ed what? Nothing on earth except more wealth for our lumber and pap- er trusts, higher prices for our peo- ple and the active enmity of Canada. Is that worth the price? It is al- together propable that with tact, good sense and fair play, we may yet win some extra consessions from our near est neighbors. But, if{mot, then let us win their friendship by showing that we are bigger and more honest than some of our laws. 3 The Jumpbermen, when tariff was framed, refused to loosen their grip as also did the papermen. Ever since the new law took effect this tariff war has been predicted, and always for this cause. For once it is hoped the trusts will fail in such schemes and will find that the people are, afte all, the greater power—News Trib- | une. oo Preserving American Ideals. Entirely, without regard to the personalities of tha would-be recipi- ents of the govermnent’s bounty, the lower house of congress of congress is to, be commended for refusing to buy and maintain automobiles for the vice-dresident and the speaker of the house. There would be no passiible ex- penditurey Each of these officials receive a sufficient salary to maintain a resp- ectable establishment in Washington excuse for such an neither has a position which calls for, or makes obligatory, any social display, or that involves any large social obligations. Nor has this country so far outgrown its tradition of simplicity, that an automobile has become a casual Bubstitute for shoe lefther’. As a matter of fact, both of the men who now occupy these offices, are very wealthy. If they have not automobiles of their own, it is mere- ly because they care so little for then that they would only use them if they came as manna from the peo- ple. Both \can iwell afford them as a personal luxury if they will. But ‘the time is not here when the American people are willing to pro- vide their officials with luxuries. This may {be fa prejudice, but it is a most welcomed one. It is one that ex- tends to a preference for men of small financial means in these nat- iont!l positions, men who by their as- sociations, manner of life, and con- sequent point of view, are in sym- pathy with the people. It is strangely incongruous, that Mr. Cannon who has always affected the homespun, the manufacturers of a commoner, and has made a rather ostentatious display of personal sim- plicity and guardianship of the treas- ury, should wish to ride to and from the capitol in a touring car at govern ment expense. It is rather a confes- sion of insincerity and of willingness to take for nothing, what he would scorn to buy. Seldom in the history of this coun try have the vice president and speal er been men of as large fortunes, as Sherman and Cannon, and never before in the case of the speak er. It is hardly seemly that they are Mr. | should be willing to accept as a gift, Canada. | , extended no | hand and gave out no note | ent. It is true, as the To- | of personal extravagance and display | that would not stop short of addition- |al White Houses, with all indictment of the} What they can so amply afford person sO con- trary to American ideals. j But irrespective of them as indi-|, viduals, it is fortunate that th house has refused to set this perced- It has refused to enter the path the elabor- ate entourage of social elegance.— News Tribune. We Loan Money At reasonable rates on improved farms and unimproved farming lands. Itasca Farm Mortgage company, First State Bank building, Grand Rapids, Minn. { f GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1910. “BAD BOY” TALKS ABOUT DRINKING Ex-Governor George W. Peck of Wisconsin, equally famous as the author of “‘Peck’s Bad Boy” and sim- ilar fun-provoking stories, is making a campaign of the upper peninsula in favor of the license movement, the question most discussed in Michigan at present. He spoke in Ironwood, Monday ey- ening and! kept his hearers in) good temper by his frequent sallies of wit. He denied he was a drinking man and claimed that for forty years he had done what he could to induce immoderate drinkers to’ be more tem- perate, “T am not an advocate of he bad saloons or bad! saloon keepers,’ de- clared the ex-governor. “I think there are more saloons in every city than there ought to be. I do mot approve of having four or five places in a couple of bolcks where a man can get drinks. | I presume you have got | plenty of saloons here and that some | of them are not the best. I think there should be a law that could wipe out the saloons of the undesirable class. The law that provides that if a man is arrested twice his license is taken away from him, and he can- not secure another, is a good one. “Do not treat. If you want a drink} go in and buy tit Put do not treat. I would like to see the saloons so clean that! a girl cashier could stand at the cash register and not hear amy-} thing improper. A bad saloon or bad saloon keeper should not be allow-| ed to exist fn any! community. “There is more harm in hard cider than in beer. Beer contains only 344 per cent alcohol, while cider has 8 per cent, @nd-it iis the worst 8 per cent you ever knew of. Cider will do more harm in a short time than beer would in a hundred years; cider} will stir up more commotion inside of an honest man than beer. Halley’s Comet Again. Wa do not vouch for this but the Crookston Times has the following to say regarding the comet that some scientics have predicted will hit the eartig with a jolt that will settle ‘the question of north and south pole for- ever.. It says: “Those who have good spyglasses or an ordinary| opera glass can get a glimpse of Halley’s comet these evenings, according to advice from Washington, if condition is favorable These instructions have been recently given. “The most favorable time to look for the comet is between 6:30 and 7:30 p. m., with the glass elevated somewhat above the point where the sun sets. “The comet is at present in what the astronomers Call the ‘twilight region’ and its brightness is there- fore dimmed: It will be visible all through April and May, but at its maximum brilliancy on May 18. When the comet is nearest the earth it will ibe only about 14,000,000 miies away.” OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOA RD SCHOOL DIRECTORS DISTRICT NO.1 ITASCA COUNTY, MINN. Grand Rapids Minn., March 21, 1910. A meeting of the school board of]; School District No. One was held| in the board’s office. All members of the board were present. The following bills were motion allowed; Itasa Laundry, | laundrying Ee 00 | Houghton Mifflin Co., | text books «.. 3.0. ....... 494 W. |W. Dayton, wood for Reed Lake school .. John Samuelson, | wood for Bearville Toy oe ROSE pete, A Sass eye aie 7 50) Aaron) Eyjie, wood for Spruce Parle upon) | MAROON 9s: sjsaatinatss Vice Cas 14 00 Pure Oil Co., ino dust’... 22 05 C./H. Dickinson, freight and express .... 111i Village of\Grand Rapids, electric light - 0... 535 17 47 W. EB. Myers, livery .. . - 3 00 Matt Metzger, suppligs for domestic HNN SC ie ah 2 24 Houghton Mifflin Co., library books... .. ...... 50 00 Will J. Massingham, library books .. .. ...... 4 20) Ginn & Company, MOxt DOOKS? 2.0395 aoc cs 2 42 Ole Lee, 34% at $3.25 2... 112 94 J. P. O'Donnell, dishes and supplies .. 21 0 F. L. Vance, material for repairs on Vance school 6 75 Upon motion the meeting adjournec J.D. DORAN, -Clerk. | dolin fochoafocochechecfechechecboclocociochodbocdoclechechebechedhochochoddocdeche destoclecioobosdechechealechechechedhediochechdhe tetcttedet tot LC THE PIONEER STORE A STORE FOR EVERYBODY Waists Skirts Coats NEW Department Dress Goods Shoes and Oxfords ANNOUNCES AFTER-EASTER ARRIVALS IN OUR ihdekeddedpeddpdedeledsdudededAa kana ne oe Come In and Look Them Over Boys’ Suits Dry Goods and Ladies’ Furnishing | Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing : Department : / Hats Caps NEW Shoes and We Will Try and THE PIONEER foofesouSoofocfocfectechechoctestostecteskestoctoskeotokectectocfocfedtectantestectestesteclestestecbechechectechecece eect LT CLE Sy sReshectoskechechosbechoctochoskocbouiedkeciecks chk kL Ae one hachechscleckechockoskoctectostookoot Seahechosbocbeohestockestostostocfestostoctoobschectectect, chschects ct Please you STOR JOHN BECKFELT, JonfeofeoteofeolesBestestentostestestestosdesdechechechecheche torte Grand Rapids Rschoshe heshechevko chester’ SORE HOES & % FH be ofa Rote ofa che stoste Re steote tebe checks ce obect Third Street Cleaned. A move which which all will com- mend is the clearing of Third street yesterday afternoon. Before the light shower of rain the dust clouds raised by the wind blinded the eyes of all who passed by, but this nuisance was done away with when the pave- ment was cleared. During the even- ing Third street now presents a very pretty aspect with the street lights all aglow. Fireman Injured. Will Dotson, of Deer River, fireman on the Itasca Logging road, was brou- ght to Grand Rapids on a special train with a broken bak and limb Tuesday afternoon, which was caused by the falling of some poles. It is thought he wil be a cripple all his life. Wselaineed Letters. Weekly list of unclaimed letters for the wee& ending March 28, at the Grand Rapids, Minn., postoffice. Brynilsen, Miss Karrie, ‘ Durdin, Alex, Erickson, Iver. Grace, G. J. Johnson, Gust. ! prettily Easter Services. services at the various churches were particularly b ful this yee At the Catholic church the altar was banked with ferns and wih the electric lights all ablaze, made of | Easter very pretty sew The choir, whica | had been ned, was assisted by Roecker's vest.e. and added very tunch to the Leosiy of the music The Episcopal churci was also very decorated with flowers aud ferns and a feature of the morning services Was the surplice choir. The Fresbyrerian and Methodist churches were also very prettily decorated and Easte™ sermons were delivered at all the churches. Auditor-Treasurer’s Statement of Moneys in Treasury. STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY of} Itasca—ss. A statement of the exact amount of money remaining in the Treasury of the county of Itasca State of Minneso ta, on the 28th day of February, 1910, with the amount belonging to each particular fund. Taxes and Penalties Current school fund County revenue .. Poor Fund .. .. ea Road and Bridge fund ae + $54,243.66 1,000.10 11,835.55 2,730.09 15,480.38 Ditch fund .. .. 7,132.48 Redemption fund 1,078.16 School district fund 5,119.82 Town, city Incidental and village ... Lig a i Mtg. Registry tax State land and interest 144.69 State Loans .. 12,013.93 County #ords 21,898.80 County bond interest 12,085.05 Co. Atty. Contingent .. 655.89 Bond purchase fund .. . 3,067.95 Mort. loan fund .. - 11,500.00 Total amount in the Treasury, 2.156 2% Checks and drafts Consisting of pennies Nickles and dimes Silver . Currency Bonds purehased | Mortgage loans .. - - $164,812.56 +-$ 411.97 ° 2.04 11,500.00 Deposits in ban! woe e148)184.45 Refund acct. overdrawn 6,450.55 Total .. + $164,812.56 That the folowing is a statement jof all other pcperty, bonds, se- curities, claims, assets and ef-, fects belonging to the county, in ithe custody or under the control of the County Treasurer, with the val- ue thereofi as nearly as! we are able to ascertain the same. We certify that the above and foregoing statement is true and car- rect) ss Dated this 28th day of March, 1919. GLEN STRADER, County ‘Treasurer. M°A. SPANG, CountyAuditor. } + Herald-Review Mar. 30. McCormick, Chas. Pause, Otto. Sullivan, John ‘H. Thomas, Oscar, card. Whipple, J. H. F. A. MeVICAR, P. M. Sunday School Institute. A Sunday school institute will be | held at the Presbyterian church Wed- nesday afternoon and evening, April 6, and) subjects of interest to all will be discussed. The following pro- minent speakers will be present: Rev | Dr. C. Humble, of Chicago, [ll.; Rev. Gerrit Verkuyl, of Appleton, Wis.; |R. F. Sulzer, of Minneapolis, Minn. | These meetings wlli be open to all 5 /and a cordial invitation is extended to attend: ADDITIONAL LOCALS The subject for Very Rev. Dean! Buechler’s sermon at the 10 o'clock) mass Sunday morning is ‘Faith.” Miss Blanche Dewey, deputy in the] 7 county treasurers office, returned fro | ja two weeks visit with friends and | relatives at Minneapolis and Scan- yesterday. She reports a very; enjoyable time. Mrs Merea Copley, who died on a} claim near Kelliher, was brought to} |Grand Rapids for interment Tuesday | | She was a daughter of James M. Wil- son who was well known in this section. Nick Papas, who liome is unknown, died at the hospital Monday. In- terment took place at the Itasca cemetery. He was 24 years of age. stand the test of good hard we know from what it has it a test. A Dependable, always Satisfactory Plough The JOHN DEERE Plough It is made of the very best steel--it will turn the soil as no other plow will, it’s made to do it. Frame of thoroughly seasoned timber that will use. 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