Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 8, 1911, Page 5

PAGE FOUR. GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY §, 1911. Grand Repits WeratssReview By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County ee THE CAREER OF “PUSSYFOOT.” In the Duluth Herald the other day a short comment from a Bagley paper was headed “All About Pussyfoot.” The article quoted however, didn’t tell all about “Pussyfoot’ Johnson by Johnsca, for a time the supreme dictator of things tem- in all northern Minnesota, has ny means. pora a history that should be given to he public in all its nasty nakedness. Quite a fellow is that same Johnson. He has made a record for himself in past that if published in pook form would be one of the “best sell-| | er ~among a certain class+-the class | for instance, that likes its reading racy. At one time Johnson published a paper in Kansas City. It was @ notorious paper—its fame was in- It was known as the Kan- Sunday Sun. The Sunday Sun catered to the patronage of the outcasts of the city. It was also a blackmailing sheet, exacting tribute from men on threats to publish scan- them or famous. ( dalous stories concerning ibers of their families. In short, sort of a literary ne carried on a Blackhand” enterprise. Finally his dirty rag became so disgustingly of- fensive that the authorities sup- pressed it and the postoffice depart- ment prohibited its transmission through the mails. Later Johnson drifted to Chicago where he identifi- ed himself with a prohibition publi- Later he landed ir York where he faked a livelihood by questionable methods und finally made his way to South where he was one of the thousands of adventurers who to profit through the condi- cation for a time. New city Africa many sought tions brought about ‘by the British- 30er war. His whole life has been that of the conscienceless) adventurer und it would seem that his qualifica- tions in his chosen line fitted him for the work desired by the Anti- saloon league of the United States. Pussyfoot’s” complete career should be typed and sent broadcast as a ‘horrible example.” ae niegee e REFORM THE SONGS. The M. P. World, a magazine de- voted to the interests of the motion picture business, a copy of which was handed to a Herald-Review rep- resentative by Manager Comer of the Gem theatre, is running a series of articles on elevating the standard | of motion picturea Very good, the} movement is a laudable one, but we do not illustrate some of the old Scotch and Irish folk songs and bal- lads, such as “Annie Laurie,” ‘‘That Delicate Air,” “Erin Go Bragh” and the English songs, “When You and I Were Young,’ “Kittie Tyrell,” ‘‘Mar- guerite” and many others contain- ing real melody and with dramatic situations enough to satisfy any song illustrator. “What, illustrate those,” they say, “why they’re so old they’re covered with moss The public wants something up-to-date with snap and ginger in it.” Thus these old melod- ies that spring from the heart are allowed to die out by virtue of dis- use and many would not have pleasure of acquaintance with them, but for the fact they were crooned by mother in the far away past. Give us the old songs with their memories of the past, recalling the old familiar scenes of childhood. The American public is tired of the effer vescence in song, rightly preferring those that recall memories both bitter and sweet. —————“—— — A TROUBLE BREEDER. The Minnesota house and senate should create a new office and name it “Official Legislative Slanderer,” and Lynn Haines should be unanimous ly chosen to fill the position” He is ‘admirably equipped by nature and | application to do the job full justice. | As a faction builder he is an adept with few equals. He is a harmony hater; an ardent admirer of archal conditions. Heferments dis- trust and discord by methods that |cannot fail to challenge the grinning approval of Satan himself. As a slanderer of the motives and me- thods of public men he is the Herr Most of Minnesota. Who is Lynn Haines? He’s @ correspondent for country papers from the state capital He writes about politics and politic- ians from the viewpoint of an an~ archist. His work in this line will dc more to create faction in the house and senate than any other agency at work. He evidently desires to de- feat reapportionment and other meri- torius measures, and in his efforts to accomplish this end he is filling the country papers with all sorts of reports of faithfulness of one ele- ment to another. The country papers of northern Minnesota should cut the Lynn Haines anarchy out. BOVEY WAY OF DOING THINGS UP (Continued from page one.) forthcoming. In justice to them- 2 the saloonkeepers should do this and show the world they are iuwabiders and not the reverse. A new era has dawned in Bovey. For the first time in its history the saloon with the key last and lock gone is without honor. We have seemingly arrived at a point where the wide open must give away for; law observance. In his speech before the council, Mayor Frank Provinske announced that all faces in the saloon business looked alike to him. He specifically an- 8 Ss think the World is misdirecting its|stated that if the chief of police energies It should turn its at-|besitated in the matter of his duty | tention to the class of illustratea |" enforcing the closing orders, | that a new policeman would be songs which motion picture theatres Enea in the villase. eae cat are compelled to thrust on the public| present and at this critical moment because they can get no others. | when the governor of the state was The World says: “Only by elimin- ating everything that is suggestive | of voluptousness can the standard of | motion pictures be elevated.” Very true, but how can this evil be done away with when song writers make “swimmin’ "rhyme with “women” anc} “the girl in blue” rhyme with “won’t come home ’til two” in some of the songs that accompany some of these pictures? Another one, “take me to! the picture show, that’s where we go to spoon, you know,” has the sug- gestiveness to it that the motion pic- ture shows are trysting places. Not 80, although this is practiced to some extent in every city or village. It would die out {f it were not for songs such as these. In reply ‘to criticisms, the illustrators state that the public demand this class of songs Either they have never felt the throb of the public’s pulse or else they are wilfully stating a falsehood. The people of Grand Rapids do not de mand this class of songs, and “Won’t Be Home 'Til August” “That Lovin’ Soul Kiss” and “The Angle Worm Wig gle,” which were received at the Gem, were placed on the taboo list. We have often wondered why they calling to sheriffs and to all peace officers to do their whole duty in the premises it behooved them all, saloonkeepers as weil to get in line and live up to the laws, else make no holler when the blow fell. A general cleaning up seems in sight. Places where scarlet women are kept, and the things who go about | in their behalf are to get the sig- nal to vanish. While extremes are to be avoided, it is’a pleasure to the better element of Bovey to tha thtye are to have an inning at last. The idea of law and order has been born and whether it shall thrive will depend largely upon local sentiment. If it is considered by the majority as honorable to beat the laws existing then will the thing be done. On the other hand, if a clean government be demanded and vice suppressed to a mininmum they must assist in securing it. The village council had a hard task before them on Friday evening. They felt it, yet to a man they did their duty as councilmen and citizens It was the first time in the history of Bovey that a village council re- voked a license. Perhaps now, for a time at least, the law will be ob- served. At eleven p. m. that night every button snapped and the lights went out. 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Depends Upon the Man “A inan with capital and ability as a farmer may be at an advantage to ouy improved land, but.the homeseek- er of average ability and with small | sapital may find some ground for chought in the following reascus for selecting the timber farm: Labor Payments. “Aside from the advantage of build- ing material, fuel, and water, the farmer who buys land in northern Minnesota or northern Wisconsin has -he advantage of paying for his farm w labor. For example: A farmer with $1,200 dollars has his choice of, buying 80 acres of land ready for che plow, at $30 per acre; a total of $2,400 dollars; or an eighty acre of cut over and timber land at $15 per acre, a total of $1,200. Supposing the | cost of clearing the $15 per acre land is $15 per acre in labor, making the total cost $30 per gcre when ready for the plow. If the farmer chooses timber land it virtually costs him as much in the end as the clear- ed land, but in the latter case he has paid half in labor. This pay- ment falls due on no fixed date and bears no interest, and the farmer may devote his labor to it at such times when it might be of little value to him otherwise. In the former case crop failure may make his payment impossible and interest rapidly in- creases his indebtedness. “Tp clearing land, the farmer is doubles the value of his land. Fif- acre land, and with all the virgin fer- tility, often lacking in cultivated land The cost of clearing should not be regarded wholy as an additional cost the land can be used for pasture, without removing the stumps. The prospective settler should have capi- it? When the cost of clearing is|tal enough to clear up fifteen acres taken into consideration, would it at once, and this he may regard as day evening would not have occurred.|not be cheaper in the end to buy|expensive as if he had bought this/that is located accessible to roads Ttasca Mercantile Co., Druggists. |ready cleared but the balance of his | 80-acre farm he can use for pasture, jfuel, building material and as a mar- {ket for his own labor in increasing its valuation. Responsibility of Debt. | “The timber land is the preferable ; ital and who wants to avoid large in- |debtedness. An acre of potatoes or vegetables may be made to yield as much net profitas ten acres of wheat The acre of potatoes can be produc- ed with much less expense in ma- ehinery and horse labor than the wheat crop. | “Building material and fuel are |other items of expense that the tim- ber farmer need not incur. The log building may enclose as much com- fort, convenience and happiness as is usually found in buildings of costly structure. To have been born in a log house is no discredit and the fact that so many persons of worth and honor have sprung from such humble homes, is probably due to no small |degree to the lesson they teach in j using the common rude material of | nature. : Some Capital Needed.’ “The prospective timber land farmer needs some capital to start with. The term a “poor man’s country” does not mean a man without a dollar. A 'to make at least a third payment on his land and to put 15 acres under the plow the first year and with this earning good wages, as he invariably|a team of horses, four cows and 50 hens and a little cash as .an em- teen-dollar -acre land becomes $30/ergancy fund. From one thousand te fifteen hundred dollars would start farmer nicely on 80 acres of land. 'Numeroue examples mzy be cited where men have started with this jto the purchasing price. Much of {amount and lese, on 40 and 80 acre farms and in ten years are worth ten times the amount they started with. “In conclusion it may be said that | timber and cutover land in northern) Minnesota and northern Wisconsin man should have sufficient capital | j tioned in the beginning of this arti ele. It is worth this much to the farmer who will make use of it. The |mistake is too often made in buying | more land than can be used. From ‘forty to eighty acres are plenty for the man with less than two thousand ‘location for the man with small cap#j dollars capital.” ee ee ae ee ee a WANTS and FOR SALE Five Cents Per Line Wanted—10, 20 or 40 acres of land wiMhin three to five miles of Grand Rapids. Address Box 80, Grand Rap- ids, Minnesota, Notice—Anyone wishing the ser vices of a geod, registered Poland- China boar will find same at my farm on Pokegama lake.—U. C. Gra- velle. Best dry or green body birch and jmaple wood, 4 foot and 16inch, dry |Or green, delivered in Grand Rapids. |Prices, 4 ft. wood $4.50 per cord. 16 inch wood $2.25 per cord. Drop |@ line to B. C. Parker, Grand Rapids. Dike’s Cold Tablets are for the Prompt relief and cure of colds and grip. Dike’s Cold Tablets will break up @ cold in twenty-four hours or less, and the grip can be brought under submission in a little longer time. ‘ard colds are annoying, are ris- [ky and often lead to something worse. Where is the busy man or | Women who cares to be tied to the house by all sorts of home remedies fom breaking up a cold? It weara on one, too. Dike’s Cold Tablets re lieve the strain by curimg the cold. Remember that we guarantee you to be satisfied or we will refund your money cheerfully. aoa