Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 14, 1910, Page 1

. Grand Uapids Ps ee acy Herald Minn Historical C58. @T PAUL Review. SOCIETY. Vout, XXIL.—No. 13 Granp Rapips, ITasca County, M1nn., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER T4, (G10. Two Dollars a Year AGRICULTURAL FAIR NEXT WEEK Expected to Be the Most Success- ful Fair in the History of Itas- ca County. QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY, COUNTS $800 in Prizes for Race Meet and Base Ball Games and Other Sports Furnish Amuse- ment for All. Just paste this item in your hat nd then take a squint at it every once and a while for fear you will forget the fact that the ninteenth- annual fair of the Itasca County Agricultural association will be held on Thursday,) Friday and Saturday of mext week, September 22, 23, and 24, 4 The officers of the association have done everything possible by them to make the fair a success and it is now upto the exhibitors, When picking and choosing the display the exhibitor should bear in mind that quality and uniformity of size will count more toward securing prem- iums than quantity. In the older days when county fairs were first held, the displays were judged, not o1 their merits, but rather on the size. Yn this scientific age, however, the excellence of the product, and not the size, counts. Hach exhibit is scientifically judged on its merits by men who thoroughly understand their departments. These county fairs are held for the purpose of assisting in the upbuilding of the county, the raising of better stock, grains and vegetables and every farmer who has hid own welfare at heart will not only attend, but will also send an ex- hibit, no matter how small, The intelligent and progressive farmer cwill, when he arrives at the fair grounds, carefully examine each dis- play and note the different points nm which the winners have scored. This is a liberal farm education in itself. ) Thursday, the first day of the fair, will be devoted to entering the exhibits and seeing that they are properly arranged and displayed. The judges will then go over the display and make their awards and tag the winning exhibits, blue ribbons for first premiums, red ribbons for second premiums and white ribbons for special premiums. Although negotiations have not yet been concluded, it is thought the Marble and Coleraine pase ball teams will contest for supremacy Friday and on Thursday the Grand Rapids Juniors will cross bats with the “pick of the range” team. The Grand Rapids band will furnish music: and the Coleraine delegation will al- so bring their ‘band along. Owing to lack of funds it was fear- ed for a while that the races would not attract much attention, but this has been satisfactorily arranged and some good purses have been hung up. Following is the racing program: .Friday, September 23. 2:18 pace .. : purse $200 2:45 pace or trot ... purse 200 Saturday, September 24. 2:20 pace .. 2:35 pace ... A 200 The races will commence at 1:30 o’clock each afternoon im order mot to interfere with the ball games and it is expected in addition to the Jocal speeders that a number of horses from the range will enter, at- tracted by the substantial purses of- fered. Following is the rules and condi-3 tions by which all must abide: The entry fee is five per cent and five per cent additional from money win- ners. Races not filling satisfactorily will be declared off by the associa- tion. American rules will govern, usual reservations. Horses distanc- ing tke field will reeeive first money, only. Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 1@ per cent. Races best three in five mile heats. Assoeiation reserves the right to change order of pregram or postpene or declare off races on as- count of bad weather. Money paid at the wire. Breeders of dairy stock should al- so bear in mind the fact that the state dairymen’s association has presented Grand Rapids with a silver loving cup which will go to the farm- er having the best dairy herd, which must consist of thorough-bred strains. WRIT IIIT DODD IED LODD DOLE S THE FIGHT AGAINST RILEY. The most disagreeable duty that befalls the editor of a newspaper is that which relates to the politics of the community in which he resides. Those aspirants for office, whom he may consider as personal friends, are often totally disqualified to serve the public. He realizes this fact and recognizes his duty to the public He cannot consciently sup- port every man who may feel that past friendships and past as- sociations entitle him to the editor’s kindly consideration. He is thus placed in a very embarrasing posi- tion, and yet if he is worthy of the title which he holds he will not, hesitate to speak his honest convic- tions through the columns of his paper. He will do his duty to the public, The present contest for the ‘office of sheriff in this county is one of the instances to which refer- ence has been made. The three candidates for the office of sheriff— T. T. Riley, Arthur Seamans and John Hepfel—are personal friends of the writer hereof. Sheriff Riley is now serving hia first term. As a public official he has made a most enviable record. He has been im- partial, conscientious, competent. He has made good under the most try- ing circumstancess that any official could meet with. Through the ma- lignant, corrupt and vicious machina- tions of Frank F. Price, the present county attorney, Sheriff Riley has been persistently harassed in every way thata a viciously active mind could plan. The legitimate duties and emoluments of his office have been turned over to constables in vid deen ile a j THE CANDIDACY OF ROSSMAN the sheriff and to injure him finan- cially. To further discredit him the county attorney has made sworn af- fidavits to the district court alleging prejudice in the drawing of jurors. Sheriff Riley has been maligned through this same source in innum- erable instances to an extent and in a manner that would have caused many a man to become a law unto himself in exacting a just retribu- tion of the remorseless wrongs to which he had been subjected. Yet ‘through it all he has camly done his duty, maintaining his dignity and mora] integrity in a manner that challenges the admiration, sympathy and support of every manly man, wha knows the facts, within the confines jof Itasca county. He has maintain- ed an unfaltering faith in the peo- ple and in the justice of their final verdict. To them he unhesitatingly submits his case. In the face of the facts as they exist he should not haye encountered opposition in this campaign and it is the firm belief of the Herald-Review that had it not been for the misrepresentations of Price he would have had no opposi- tion. Price is a candidate for re- election and he takes the position as men of his stamp in politics fre- quently do, that opposition to one whome he has basely belied will have a tendency to mitigate the reaction that he feels is surely com- ing. If Arthur Seamans and youn Hepfel have thus loaned themselves they are both guilty of a most un- worthy act—an act that does their good names a harm in the public estimation that is to be fee They are men who are deserving of a better fate.. That the certain defeat of Frank F. Price for county attorney will follow the certain election of T. 1. Riley as sheriff, is the prediction of the Her- ald-Review. Even the despised Spear would defeaté Price today. SEGRE 1 eaters Of the two Republican candidates for the congressional nomination— c. B. Miller and Alex McKnight— Miller Will be the.choice. McKnight served as alderman in the city of Duluth and wasn’t quite up to the required standard in that capacity. He wouldn’t do at all. Always read the Rerald-Review. I0 Friday, September 23, Fixed On Gain Control of Legislature and as Tag Day for St Joseph’s Catholic Church. EVERYBODY SHOULO WEAR A TAG) WILL ELECT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR) "=: sno were me anvesrs vo be HAVE TAG DAY (MAINE DEMOGRATS FOR OT. JOSEPHS) MAKE GLEAN SWEEP Practically Complete Overthrow of Republicans. Funds Received Will Be Used in| Liquor Laws Will Probably Be Re- Wiping Out Church Debt— Should Be Liberally Patronized. Friday, September 23, is tag day for the benefit of St. Joseph’s Catholic church and everybody shoulc help to make it a success as it is for a worthy cause. St. Joseph’s church is in debt for repairs made during the past year and members of the parish have de- cided on this method of raising funds for wiping out the deficit. Where ever these tag day sales have been held they have proven a success and the tag day sale here on September 23 will prove successful. The ladies will <ce that every one is given an opportunity to purchase a tag, or tags, and any amount, no jatter how small or how large, will be accepted. Boost for the tag day seale. submitted to the People—Elec- ted Two Out of Four Con- gressmen. For the first time since i863 Maine ig to have a Democratic United States senator as a result of the elections held throughout the state Monday. Furthermore the voting brought virtually a complete over- ; row of the republicans, for Fred- erick W. Plaisted was elected gover- or over Governor Bert M. Fernald ty a plurality close to 8,500; the Democrats won twenty-one of the thirty-one seats in the state senate; with but four districts yet to report they have seated eighty-four repres- entatives against sixty-three for the AS TO COUNTY ATTORNEY There are three candidates on the Republican ticket for the office ot county attorney—Willard A. Ross- man, H. W. Stark and Ralph A. Stone. As candidates for the Demo- cratic nomination appear the names R. A. McOuat and Frank F. Price. The former is a young attorney who is practicing his profession at Cole- ersonally very He is not generally known the county, but has campaigned he has made friends and that he will cast a very respectable vote is an apparent certainty. The determination of the people to de- feat Price is so strong throughout the county that he will not be per- mitted to get beyond the primaries, This is not political talk made fer effect, but in fact is am open secret, and is an understanding that has permeated every voting Every man who calls for a Demo- cratic ballot should put an X after the name of R. A. McOuat. Of the three Republican candi- dates W. A. Rossman appears to be leadify his opponents by a distance that will make him the party nomi- popular, through wherever he precinct. ITASCA COUNTY TIED FOR THIRD Exhibit of Canned Fruit Omitted or Display Would Have Won First Place. GOOD ADVERTISEMENT FOR COUNTY Won First Place on Native Grasses and Millet and Tied for First Place with Beltrami on Potatoes. The Itasca county exhibit at the state fair of which Supt. A. J. Mc- Guire was in charge, assisted by U. C Gravelle, T.C. Fulton, John W. Aiton, A.M. Sisler and Mrs. A.J. McGuire, attracted considerable at- tention if one may judge by the re- ports of other residents of the county who were in attendance at the fair. Visitors flocked in large numbers to see the Itasca exhibit each day of the fair and it is safe to assume that many of them will hereafter havea different opinion of this county as nee. George Spear has had a con- suming desire to go back into the county attorney’s office ever since he left it. As an expense account Republicahs; they have selected two out of four congressmen, and they have made good on thirteen of the sixteen high sheriffs of the state who Continued on Page five George was the greatest luxury this county ever maintained. Court ex- penses. under his administration of the office rose to shameless ex- travagance. By his methods the treasury was ravished with a reck- leqsness that knew no bounds. At the conclusion of his second term George realized that the people were regards agricultural possibilities. Not a little credit is due Mrs. A. J. McGuire for attracting the visitors to the Itasca county exhibit, the sign over the exhibit being worthy of any- one’s attention. It was constructed of wheat heads and pine needles and was a work of art. In order to obtained the best re- sults and give the newly settled counties and equal chance with thé older ones, the counties were dividéd into sections and Itasca county be- longed to the class known as the Northern section, which in *addition consisted of Clearwater, Aitkin, POPPI ILO DI LIPLILDOLIDIDDDDDDIDIIODODDDLIDD DDD DDD DD DODD DODO DODD DOD DODD. i wise to his ways and he dared not Roseau, Beltrami, Hubbard, Kooch= strife, more community turmoil, more4#ttempt another election. And so it} iching and Polk counties, In this A story has been started by part- ies much interested in the result of the primary election to the effect that W. A. Rossman seeks the ef- fice of county attorney that he may be in a position to wage war against men engaged in the saloon business. This story, of course, is started pure- dy for political effect and to alienate from Mr. Rossman the vote of those who are not in favor of such a Policy as is suggested in the circu- Jated report. The Herald-Review’s Rosition on the saloon question is well known. It has made the figh for a square deal to men engaged in the saloon business during all the years of its existence, and it is etill making that fight, with no apologies to offer for its position to any man or any set of men. This paper has not hesitated to defend the man en gaged in the sale of liquors wien he has been wrongfully prosecuted, just as it would defend any other citizen under similar circumstances. It recognizes no special class or creed as being possessed of rights paramount to the rights of others, and so long as it remains the pro perty of the present owner it will know no other policy. The Herald- Review abhors sumptuary laws as it abhors any other form of despot- ism. If the story circulated in this connection concerning Mr. Rossman’s attitude toward one class of* our business men, were true, the Her- ald-Review would be the first to raise its voice in opposition to his electiqn. But it is not true, and this paper knows whereof it speaks. He is not ® man who drinks and is op- posed, personally, to the drinking habit. In his campaign he has not demeanet himself, as others have, by quietly sneaking inte saloons here and there to prove that he “is in favor of the saloons,” and to demon- strate in the presence of the bartend- er that “he can drink whisky just like a man.” Beware of the chap who does it. He is not on the square with himself and he cannot be on the square with amyone. He will prove recreant to every pledge. He is a demagogue. Take, for ex- ample, the case of Price. During his term of office there has been more bit'orness engendered, more “perse-}/ cutions,” more money spent in de- fense and greater county expenditure over the liquor question than at anf! other period of the county’s history. Much harm has been done and no good accomplished. And yet Price is known as a “drinking” man. In fact he is so strong a drinking man that his patronage is rated “undesir- able” by men engaged in the busi- ness. He simply attempted to play both ends against the middle, with the usual result. Mr. Rossman bas served as assistant prosecuting attorney under two administrations in Itasca county. He was assistant ‘under Spear and also under A. L. Thwifg. During these years he was not found sneaking through alleys or peaking over curtains after hours or on Sundays to get evidence against liquor law violators. He prosecuted many cases and whatever way they were disposed of settled the matter. gogue. He simply does his duty to the best of his ability, as the law prescribes, and with that he is sat- isfied. Should he be elected to the office of county attorney he will pro- secute any cases of alleged violation of the liquor laws, just as any other competent and conscientious man would do under the circumstances. His attitude on all other matters per taining to the office would be the same. In an interview on this sub- ject with a Herald-Review represent- ative a few days ago, Mr. Rossman said: “I do not take it that the office of county attorney carries with it any detective duties that would re- quire the incumbent of that office to manufacture business for his own satisfaction or personal glory. I cer- tainly have not undertaken that line of operation while acting as assist- ant county attorrmey in the past.} Should the people see fit to elect me I certainly would not undertake to usurp the duties of the sheriff's office and that of all the police of- ficers of the county. But I would prosecute any cases properly brought! before the courts within my jurisdic- He is neither a crank nor a dema-|# man of #ntegrity, ability and one pens that his partner, R. A. Stone, is, bejmg put forward as a blind to again make Spear county at- torney in fact. The endorsement of Kid Stone means the election of Spear. A similar condition obtains, in the minds of many, with relation to the candidacy of H. W. Stark, who was a former partner of F. F. Price. The Herald-Review is not in ‘clined to favor this opinion of Mr. Stark, although it does not favor his nomination because of the fact that it does not consider him as abie or as desirable a man for the pnsi- tion as is Mr. Rossman. The |at- ter is a young man who has suc- cessfully practiced law in Grand Rap- ids and Itasca county during the past eight years. He is at present a member of the law firm of Thwing & Rossman, whose standing is high among #he attorneys of the state. What is needed in the county at- torney’s office, as in all others, is possessed of an earnestness of pur- pose in the discharge of his p::Liic duties; a man whose aim it will be to enforce the laws as they are written and prosecute transgressors in the name and in the spirit of justice. This county has suffered too much already from men elected as prosecuting attorneys whose aim it has been to stir up community and factional strife; to play the game for personal ends; to institute and maintain kangaroo courts. It is time that the people put a stop to the highhanded lawlessness in the county attorney’s office that has heretofore held sway. The opportunity to do so is at hand. The desired change will come by the nomination and election of Villard A. Rossman. a Cat SE Senator D. M. Gunn has reason to feel politically optimistic. Four years ago when he was elected to the senate he hoped to be of good service to his district and the state at large He succeeded, and today he finds that his hopes and the things which he accomplished are in turn ap- class, Itasca county secured second place on coro, first on native grasses, tied for second with Beltrami county on tame grasses, first on millet, tied for first with Beltrami on pota- toes, third on stock vegetables, second on culinary vegetables and took second for the beauty of the display. Heretofore canned fruits were not part of the exhibit and through some oversight they were not sent with the exhibit this year, which was the cause of Itasca county nob securing first place, which was awarded to Aitkin county. As it was, we tied with Beltrami county for third place. Following is the number of pointe awarded on the different displays from Itasca county: Grains 100 Grain in sheaf 60 Corn 32, Native grasses 13 Tame grasses 110 Millet 86 Potatves 147 Stock vegetables 80 Culinary vegetables 86 Fresh fruits 21 Miscellaneous 41 Beauty of display 82 Total 918 ee Ae es Pa THE LEGISLATIVE CONTEST There is ample material from which to select legislative material at the primaries next Tuesday, L, A. Ogaard of Koochiching county; Chas. H. Warner and C. B. Maben of Aitkin county; Chas W. LaDu and G. E. Godfrey of Cass county and T. M. Ferguson of Carlton county are on the ticket headed Republican. A. B. Clair.of Itasca county is alone for legislative honors on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Clair is sure of nomi nation, and it is no certainty that hie will not be one of the next represent- atives in the next legislature. Mr. Chas. H. Warner of Aitkin is a guest of Itasca county today, hav- ing arrived from the west yesterday afternoon. He has been over the district quite thoroughly and feels that his.chances for nomination are exceedingly good. * LaDu has put up a thorough cam- paign and had an early start, L. A. Ogaard looks like a winner Preciated (by the people. It is tion.” an evidence that ability and fidelity = worth while. from this view point. Godfrey, Maben and Fergusom each have a losing chance. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL |