Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 18, 1911, Page 7

—} PAGE FOUR. GRAND RAPIDS HERALD REVIEW WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18, 1911 . 3 R t R ie “ THE COUNTRY WEEKLY | apids eview Says the Greenbush Tribune: “Some Published Every Wednesday By E. C: KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entere d atthe Postofficeat Grand Rapids Minnesota, as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County Today in joint session at St. Paul the Minnesota house and senate will renominate Moses E. Clapp to serve six years as United States senator. The vote taken yesterday in both houses gave Senator Clapp all the Republican votes and most of the Democrats also endorsed him. oo us “MR. MEANTOS” There are too many of us “Mr. Meantos” in this Grand Rapids town. We all meam to do a great many things that are calculated to be of general benefit to the community. We conceive big plans and good ones. We all talk wisely and generally agree Population considered, we have the best and most intelligent lot ‘ef business men to be found in any town for miles around. We all know tyhat to do and how to do it. And perhaps this is the trouble with us. A knows that B is a capable man to take the initiative in a certain pro- ject that is for the material or ethic- of Graitd Rapids and, B has the same opinion of A, and so it goes through the whole alphabet of our citizenship, and by thus shirk- ing our moral responsibilities, the things to be done are largely, if not wholly, neglected. If this town is mot all that it should be as a re- sult of public interest, enterprise and applied energy, the fact cannot be atthiputed to any scarcity of well equipped man material. There is abundance of it. But the trouble is as said before. There are too many of us “wise guys’ who are so gen- erous as to recognize the good qual- ability of our neighbor, and realizing to a certainty these qualifications we leave it all al wellfare leaves the work for B to do. ities and executive for “George” to do. “George” doesn’ do itt s a result our golden ap- week portunities are slipning away iby week, manth by month and year by year. Do we need another rail- road or two? Let “George” do it, Do we need to secure title to suitable sites for public park purposes? Let “George” do it. And so we might sas has written an article saying that the country weekly should abolish its editorial page since the daily paper furnishes sufficient amount of that feat- ure, and in short the country editor, ac- cording to this writer, doesn’t know be more or less true, but we will be hanged if we will do away with our edi torial page as long as we run a news- paper. We may not get a brilliant idea very often, ut if amongb the heap of not been in vain. The editors of papers like the Duluth Herald or Minneapolis Journal are only human beings, and we don’t see that they are so all-fired brill. fant that they outshine and dim what we country scribes have to say. A country werkly without an editorial page would be ‘weekly’ indeed.” Comnmenting on the foregoing the Du- luti Daily Herald says: “Right you are, neighbor; right you are. “That Kansas writer is, indeed, a “two-by-four” if not less respectable than that, and his advice measures very much less than two by four. “Nobody but a country editor would dare charge that the country editor “doesn’t know much anyway,” and if you will believe us, it isn’t so, It has been our experience after a fairly long period of brushing up against country exchanges, that the country editor is about as’ wise as the next one, and can see through a hole in ‘a ladder as easily as any city wielder of pencil and shears. He may not know much of anything bout some things, but there are some other things he knows more about than anybody else, and these are the things it is his business to know and that °t 4s for the public good that he should know. He knows what the people, the plain, ordinary people who are, in the mass, neither ordinary or plain, are talk- ing about. He knows what they think, what they want, what they need. “Generally, too, the country editor | is a free man, and therefore he wields more influence through his paper, on the average, than the city writers do. No doubt there are country papers that are “organs,” and their influence nullified by public knowledge of the fact ‘that somebody pulls the strings; but where there is one such country paper there are a dozen such in the cities. “The' peril of the editor.in the city is that unless he studies to do differently he {s likely to get away from the peo- ple. Impulses to progress come oftenest up from the people, and he is the best public servant—an editor, country or city, is a public servant—who keeps closest in touch with fundamental hu- man realities. The impulses of progress {hat seem to come down to the ‘people from “higher realms of thought” usually are simple impulses that have come from the people in vague form. and that have been transulated by those who think they live in those “higher realtus of thought” The closer the edi- tor is w the people, the better equipped continue with two columns of chores he is for ids ligh service; and the for poor “George” to do. But this | country editor can't get away from the is not the way things are done. | pecple. “George” is only a myth, Every| “?2¢ «ditor in the city on the other mint shunt, do hls ahasc ak ue hand, is constantly tempted or misguid- fos ed away from the people. Perhaps his thing that he can do the best. We paper 1s controlled, as some papers are ought to get together and talk this | controlled, by special interests that are matter over earnestly at the next| hostile to the people. Even if it is not annual banquet of the Commercial |#° controlled, his danger is that instead club Let’s apply some of the en- y and utilize some of the oppor- tun that have too long been wasted in good intentions. Now is the time to act. There is much to be done.for,Grand.Rapids and it.never again can be done so easily or cheap- iy ad alt present —— TWOULD KILL THE COUNTRY. The present administration seems to use some mighty peculiar methods in go- ing at things. postal deficit of nearly $17,000,000 and it | proposed to raise the rates of pos- pn all kinds of periodicals. They now propose to do away with this de- ficiency by reducing the first-class post- age to one cent. This reform is being urged by Postmaster General Hitchcock and he appears to have a horde of sub- sidized metropolitan dailies behind him. Whe would this change benefit? The large cities and the mail order houses for it would drive most of the country towns and villages out of existance with in fifty years. If the department has a surplus on hand why not increase the pay of rural carriers who are now only get- ting $900 per annum and must be out in all kinds of weather, maintain from two to three horses, at considerable expense. We do not believe that the agricultural classes are in favor of a move of this character which would in the long run rebound to their disadvantage. The busi- ness interests of the rural sections are opposed to it for it would mean their destruction. Let all classes oppose this most damnable conspiracy to drive the country trade to the large cities for if something is not done immediately the proposed cnange wili be put into effect within the next fey months. Write to your congressman and senator asking him to use his influence against this per| the plain mandate of the constitution on | —— aicious scheme.—Princeton Union. Last year there was a| of; being close to the people he will be close to some people; that instead of | studying the masses and getting his in. spiration from them, inspiration in the classes. “The country weekly should by all | means have an editorial column, and its editor should guard it as the apple of his eye. We don’t mind saying that pome of the best things we have seen in print in Minnesota have been in the | editorial columns of country weeklies.” | os SERS Zs A SHIELD OF HYPOCRISY. | The LeSueur News agrees that Le- Sueur county, which has a population of | but 18,600, “is not fairly entitled to a That is magnanimous, sa faras it goes, since the) new basis of representation will be 33,000 for a senator and 17,000 for a rep- resentative. But it is “opposed to any scheme of reapportionment that will place the peo- ple more at the mercy of the steel trust, the brewery combine, the lumber and railroad interests than is now exercised.’ Of these, it seems to see, blood red, only the ‘‘steel trust,’’ as it adds: “If the great section of northern Min- nesota now undeveloped cannot be made the homes of millions in the future with out fastening the iron grip of the com- bines more thoroughly upon the throats 6f the people now living there, then let us never reapportion.” It certainly is refreshing to have a preachment on political purity come out of LeSueur; we would confidently expect this dread of the interests to place it in the county option ranks, along with its neighbors, Scott and Carver. But this objection of the News is the shield behind which much of the op- position to reapportionment will hide. Men who stand as righteous exemplars of law enforcément will utterly ignor senator and two representatives.” this fiimsy pretext of guarding the peo- little two-by-four youngster down in Kan- much anyway. The latter statement may stuff we write a gem should occasionally appear we will feel that our efforts have he will find his | There is a confi impossible to enjoy any othe Capital $25, 000,00 President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. F. P. Sheldon. A. G. Wedge. C. E. Aiken Copyright 1909, by C. B. Zimmerman Co.--No. 38N nce and and sense of security that comes with the possession of money in the bank, that is First Datioal Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MINH. : Suiplers $ 5,000,00 OFFICERS DIRECTORS John Beckfelt. i way. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr. Ass't. Cashier, J. G. Peterson. D. M. Gunn. BE PROTECTED |? Clothes Make The Man PUT YOUR MONEY IN ANATIONAL BANK = The old saying that clothes do not make the man has been exploded and in the present age the man who wishes to succeed pays’particular attention to his per- sonal appearance. : If you cannot afford a new suit of clothes, you can at least keep the old ones looking fresh and neat by having them cleaned, pressed and repaired at our shop. We make a specialty of pleasing the particular people and invite your patronage. Our facilities for cleaning and pressing ladie’s garments were never better and we guarantee satis ; faction. We do-not want the garment to go out of the shop unless you are satisfied. Yours For Satisfaction. WACTHEL & HANSEN Successors to Chas. Milaney. The Diamond Feed Co. Carries on hand a full line of Hay, Rough Feeds, Shorts, Bran, Oilmeals, etc and is per- pared to attend your wants on short notice. Deliveries made to any Part of the village. W. C. Gilbert. H. D. Powers. ple from, the interests. £ ws) The man who pretends that there is not just as much purity, loyalty, integri- ty and independence in the man of one section of this state as in those of an- other, is either a hypocrite or a self- centered ass. Also, the man who dis- criminates as to law enforcement, as to what laws shall be observed and what ignored where the mandate is plain, is not honest, nor is the man who ‘would disfranchise the votes of a city or section, because they may not agree with him, fit to be an American. The Third district, of which LeSueur county, is a part, has a population “of 182,027.» It now has nine senators ‘and fourteen representatives, Under a fait reapportionment these nine counties would have six senators and ten repre- sentatives. One proposed scheme of redistricting as to this section is as follows; Nicollet and LeSueur counties, population 32,734, one senator and two representatives, Sib one senator and two representatives; McLeod and Scott counties 33,579 popula tion, one senator and two representatives senator and one representative, and itice county, 25,911 population one sena- tor and one representative. That is exactly six senators and ten house members; sgvessional lines undisturbed. It is the loss of three senators and four repres- that disturbs the News, and not what may happen to the it is the fact that in- stead of LeSueur having a senator and entatives, however, state at large; two house members, it and Nicollet.com- bined would have but this same represen tation.—Duluth Herald. | BANDIT HELD FOR MURDER | eee | Slayer of St. Paul Motorman May Be Under Arrest. Identified, according to the St. Paul Police department, as the man who | killed Motorman James Alexander at | the end of the Grand avenue car line | on the night of Oct. 22, William Kohn, | known as “Shaggy Eyebrows,” who, | the police say, is a self-confessed bandit and robber of seven stores in charged with murder. Walter Gross, conductor of the street car in the de- ; fense of which Alexander met his death, identified Kohn at Central po- lice station. The identification cannot be taken as absolutely positive, but it is regard- ed as practically so by the police. | by Fire. | Moorhead lost its oldest and largest hotel when the Columbia was totally destroyed. The flames started in the basement and spread so rapidly that firemen could not control them, being handicapped by the low temperature. Because of the extreme density of smoke in the lower part of the build- ing the stairways and regular exits were cut off and guests were saved through windows. There were no in- juries. The building was erected in 1881 at @ cost of $80,000. It was owned by Joba Erickson, who carried only $20, 000 insurance. Subscribe For the Herald-Review. ley and Carver counties, 32,995 population ~ Dakota county 25,171 population, one * it combirtes the coun- , ties fairly, and leaves the present con-— various parts of the city, has been | GUESTS ESCAPE BY WINDOWS, Moorhead’s Largest Hotel Destroyed ‘* ‘President United States Here. Johan Novac had @ strong imagina- tion and ‘this was the cause of his undoing. It seems Johan has been working up on the Itasca road for the past seven years and dropped in- to Grand Rapids Saturday. Officer McCormick noticed he was acting somewhat queer and accordingly haul ed him up before Judge of Probate -Webster, where he was questioned?, He gave his name as Johan Novac and stated he was president of the United States and was on his we to Duluth to collect back salary. The judge sentenced him to the hospital ab. Fergus ‘Falls and he was takea| there by Deputy Sheriff Gunderson and C. EH. Huson Tuesday evenine ,The examination was made by Drs. , Russell and Carpenter. SENATOR CLAPP. Choice of Minnesota Repub- licans to Succeed Himself. i ——_—_—_—_—— st EXPLOSION WRECKS STORE Number of Persons Killed and Many | Injured. H | Connellsville, Pa., Jan. 13.—Three | | young women missing, four persons se- | verely burned and about a dozen girls more or less seriously burned, repre- sent the known casualties attending an explosion and fire which destroyed McCrory’s Five and Ten-Cent store here, with a property loss of about $75,000. The assistant manager of the store, a store carpenter and two clerks are the most seriously injured of those | who escaped from the burning struc- ture. Bond Issue for Municipal Plant Car- ries at City Election. Helena, Mont,. Jan. 10:—By a ma- jority of 323 the city of Helena, at a special election, authorized a bond issue of $650,000 with which to in- ! gtall a municipal water plant, no sat- isfactory agreement having been ‘peached respecting the purchase of the present property, which is owned chiefly by Boston men. Potato Crop a Winner. Rolla, N. D., Jan. 10—F. Koshnick, | who harvested 3,000 bushels of Early Ohio potatoes from sixty-five acres on his farm near this city, has disposed of the greater portion of them at $1.25 ‘a bushel. The rest he is holding until ‘pring when he hopes te seM them ‘Bt $1.50 2 bushel fer seed. Phone orders will receive prompt attention W. C. TYNDALL Steam Heated Rooms Perfect Service The McAlpine Cafe JONN BILODEAU, Proprietor “Located in the new McAlpine Block is now open both DAY and NIGHT and we are prepared to cater to the most fastidious. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF SUNDAY DINNERS at 35 ceats per plate. Regular meals 25c and up. {When you,are in Grand Rapids give us a trial. If not satisfied, tell us—if satisfied, tell others. this is the Season You Should Think of Paying Your Dues to the Herald-Review. APPLES! APPLES! APPLES!!! ORANGES! ORANGES!! ORANGES! Fancy red apples New navel oranges Fancy large bananas New grape fruit Dates and figs Nuts, shelled and unshelled Candy, cherry and pineapple Cranberries Layer raisins Malaga grapes ‘Honey LEMON, ORANGE AND CITRON PEAL: Raisins and Currants. Mince Meat. The best line of Christmas Candies to be had. Afull line of new canned fruits and vegetables. Cookies, Crackers and Bread. WHAT THE SEASON AFFORDS Celery Lettuce Tomatoes Onions Radishes i Caulitlower Cucumbers H. W. HILLING The Pure Food Grocer Phone Ne. 59, We deliver the goods.