Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 8, 1911, Page 4

Brand Repits Weraias'Review Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grahd Rapids, Minnesota, as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County Come to Itasca county where you can have an iron mine on one side of your-farm and a potato patch on the other, if you wish to get away from the cares that beset farmers in other Plenty of prosperity here for everybody. a GOOD ROADS. sections. That was a significant statement made by Directors Burgess and Doraw of school district No. 1, when they returned from a trip of inspection of the schools in the nertheastern part In order to reach some of the county schools they were compelled to travel in St. Louis county a portion of the time and they stated they could tell the difference at once when they cross- of the county Friday. ed the county line—the roads were so much better. older county than Itasca and has more mon- ey to spend on its roads, but they ave adopted a system that should Of course, St. Louis is an be put in vogue in this county as soon For every stretch of of five to seven miles of road, the distance, being according to the topographical location, St. Louis county has a man whose sole duty it) is to keep the stretch under his care During the summer he is supposed to keep the low spots filled in and after each rain he is supposed to go over the road with a drag. In the winter time he keeps the road broke up. Of course, this plan is only in use where the highway has been reg- ularly established and graded and this is another fact that is worthy of In the past, in Itasca county, there has been so great a as possible. in perfect condition. comment. need for roads in every part of the county that the commissioners have been compelled to. spend just enough on each one to make it passable in yrder to accomodate all. The ola way was to spend $50 here and $100 and at the beginning of the next year it had to be done all over there again. The board, however, is gradu- ally adopting a system, and it is a wise one too, of not trying to break the record in the miles of road built, but rather to see that each piece constructed is put in such condition that it will cost very little to keep it in repair, In the past it was im- possible to do this, owing to the lack of roads all over the county, but from now on, in a majority of in- stances, Itasca county will so con- struct her roads that they will be there to stay and after a heavy rain it will not be necessary to get out a search warrant in order to locate a missing section. eee A SQUARE DEAL. An item in the Bemidji Pioneer reads: ‘Because the conductor on a north bound Minnesota & Internation- al saw Aleck Halvorson taking a drink from a bottle handed to him by a friend, Halvorson was put off the train at Blackduck and was taken before Justice Oberg where, under authority of the new law which pro- bibits drinking on railroad trains, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $25, and not having the money was sent to the county jail here for 30 days.” Now, isn’t that carrying the matter too far? We'll all admit that the law which prohibits drinking and carrying bottles on trains and pro- vides a penalty for violation, is a good thing, but this law doesn’t prohibit who rides in the buffet car and does likewise. Everyone can readily see that the law which prohibits drinking on trains does away with one of the disagreeable features of traveling, but why was there discrimination in fa- vor of the few? Take the case of Aleck Halvorson, referred to above. Its a safe bet that Aleck is a lumber- Jack, without friends and money—and they made an example of him. But on sober reflection, don’t you think it was carrying the “letter of the law” a little too far to sentence Hal- vorson to thirty days imprisonment when four or five persons were un- doubtedly being served in the buffet car at the time he took a “snort” from his joy jar. ———— WANTON SPIRIT OF MISCHIEF. The Herald-Review does not be- lieve that boys should be restrained from indulging in harmless pleasant- ries and pranks on Hallowe’en night. Neither does it believe they should be permitted to go unpunished when they are the authors of so wanton an act as tipping over a shed con- taining sixty gallons of gasoline. It was something unwarranted—wholly uncalled for—and if they do not curb their appetites for unwholesome mis- chief, they will some day wear a number and a stripped suit of clothes, Last Tuesday evening the gasoline shed at the Itasca laundry was tip- ped over and sixty gallons of gaso- line spilled. We woul take a more lenient view of the case were it for the unusual circumstance that, although there were other buildings in close proximity, none were tipped over with the exception of the one mentioned. In every village there is a small crowds of youths whose only aim, ap- parently, is to do things that will cause them to be admired by the younger boys. Grand Rapids is no exception to this rule and as little or no parental restraint is exercised, they go on their way, unheeding and un- checked, Something should be done. eee THE ST. CLOUD MEETING. The next meeting of the Northern Minnesota Development association will be held at St. Cloud Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9, and every commercial club, village, town- ship—and in fact every organization that has for its purpose the better- ment of the residents of this county and the northern part of the state, should send delegates to the conven- tion. This will be an important meeting and every person who has the inter- est of this section of the state at heart should attend and boost. The program has not yet been arranged, but things of vital importance to.every- one will be discussed. At the last meeting one of the things decided on that will be of great benefit to the northern part of the state was the establishing of a northern Minnesota immigration bureau at Minneapol’s and it is now being opened by Secre- tary Mackenzie, who will have charge of the bureau. He will make it his especial business to direct all the at- tention possible to northern Minneso- ta; secure publicity for this section in the public press of the state; com- pile statistics showing what is being done along agricultural and dairy lines; sell lands to prospective set- tlers; show samples of the soil and its products; in fact, he will do every thing possible to direct public atten- ttion to northern Mintiesota— and in doing this he should have the cordial co-operation of every person who calls northern Minnesota his home. . One thing that will be taken up at this meeting will be the Good Roads Amendment, which will be submitted to the voters on November 5, 1912. This amendment is of vital im- portance to the growth and prosper- all the way through. You can still ob-| tain your “pony” or “small bottle” in the buffet car—and as many more as you like, providing you are Will- ing to pay the additional five cents premium on each drink. Is this a square deal? The man who rides in the smoker is subject to a fine or imprisonment if he takes a drink, while there is immunity for the man ity of northern Minnesota and every man should familiarize himself with its provisions. On to St. Cloud De- cember 8 and 9. EE ES CLEAN UP THE VILLAGE. The first real snow of the season fell Monday and this brings a per- tinent subject to mind. Today is “clean-up day”, so designated by the governor, and every property owner should see that his or her premises are cleaned up and all the refuse carted away before another snow. During the past year Grand Rapids has been singularly free from dis- eases and pestilence of every kind and we ascribe this condition to the fact that the Woman’s club did their work so thoroughly this spring in their campaign for a ‘city beauti- ful,” that all the germs were burned or carted away with the refuse. “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” and it is absolutely necessary if you would keep the death rate down. But aside from this, clean up the back yard and save your own self- respect. Of course, when winter real-, ly sets in, the heavy fall of snow will cover all this—but think how it will look when the snow melts away in the spring. eee THE COLERAINE GAME. In the’ football game between Grand Rapids and Coleraine at the latter place last Sunday, a week ago, neith- er team played good football and neither team scored until, just before the end of the last quarter, King made a drop kick. It was declared | gal, which made the score 3 to 0. Af- terward a discussion was started over whether the ball went between the goal posts and the decision was re- versed. We are not going to questi a the decision, although it is unsports- manlike to reverse one, but what we wish to speak about is the man- uer in which the Coleraine Optic re fers to the Grand Rapids team. The Optic says they “started in playing their usual slugging and neck-tackl- ing game.” Football at its best—or worst, according to the viewpoint, is a struggle of brain and brawn, ver- sus brain and brawn—and drawing- room manners have no place in a game. If they did, football would not be football— that’s all there is to it. The Grand Rapids team has always had a reputation for playing on the square and, while the boys play a rough game, there is nothing dirty or underhanded in their methog Its a poor plan to make a other of play. howl about the tactics of the team when you lose and all it does is to promote bad feeling between organ- izations that should be on the friend- liest possibla terms. ESA THE PROPER MOVE, Farm, speaking of State Forester Cox and his plan to take the strictly agricultural lands in this section of the state and embody them in forest reserves that “this is a move in the right direction—one which adopts in part the conservation plan laid before the last legislature for its con- sideration, viz: The careful survey of state properties, and the setting aside for future use of all lands not now or in the near future available for agriculture. The state cannot af- ford to waste men on land unfit for present farming. That it should have deferred action looking toward a complete and detailed knowledge of its holdings strikes the average man as ample evidence of lack of business sanity in the management of its affairs. gle of view the action of the Forester is one directed by sound judgment— an act’on for.siazow'ng, we confident- ly believe, a radical change on the part of the state with regard to the handling of its public domain, includ- ing not only the lands, but also the unsurveyed minerals belonging to the state, and the waterpowers that must ultimately play a commanding part in the development of the agri- cultural life of the people of the Northwest.” So ee The hunting season opens Friday. Only one deer is allowed each per- son and everybody must have a li- non- From every possible an- Stock and Home says in| cense to hunt, even in their own county. . peas oe te as Fifth annual convention of the Itasca County Sunday School associ- ation at Coleraine Friday and Satur- day, November 10 and 11. ——————E If you’re going hunting, wear a red coat and cap. —_—_ oe Boost for Itasca county. To Be Taken With Moderation. As Compounded By “—THE OTHER GUY—" Speaking of past celebreties, where is “Tom” Lawson? eee The Bigfork Settler says: ‘There Was a good attendance at the pool hall Wednesday.” ee One of Grand Rapids’ business men has a dog so well bred that he won't eat dinner without his collar on. eee Grabbed from our ‘Gooseberry Tree. As Conductor Leonard punched a ticket reading “first class passage from Grand Rapids to Holman,” he glanced about the finely appointed day coach of the “Merry Widow” train and softly whispered: “If I side-tracked at Cohasset, And was lolling at my ease; And the engineer was sleeping, Oh why should C. H. Frees?” * “Tf I was coming home at an hour, When even the birds were mute; And tumbled down a cellarway, Please tell me, would the coal- chute?” * No, Jessica, the Independent man was not “throwing the hooks” into us; he was jes’ provin’ to The Other Guy there are other “wise guys” in this broad land of ours. eee A headline in the News’ Tribune reads: “Not enough gas in the big balloon.” Wonder if it referred to Taft’s recent western tour? eee Mary McFadden says: ‘Don’t ev- er try to learn anything from the in- dividual that knows it all.” Impos- sible, Mary, the son-of-a-gun doesn’t give you a chance. eee The capitalist of a “one man town” in the southern part of the state died the other day and in writing of his good deeds, the editor of the village paper said: “His egoism was unparés, lelled.” ete An editorial heading in the Brow- erville Blade discusses “holding back eggs.” Yes, they’re holding ‘em back up here, too. At least we haven’t had any thrown at us yet, although we’ve been threatened. eee Our Weakly Limburger. A young man with a lisp from Duluth Said: “Thay, kid, I’m telling the twuth; If you wefuth my gwate love, I thwear by Above; I'll dwound mythelf dwinking Ver- mouth.” * A wild-eyed young man from Trout lake Said: “Just one more drink will I take;”” But he met an old friend, They had drinks without end; He now calls the bed post a snake. eee A news report says that “the Du- mas trial cost Beltrami county 50 cents for each inhabitant thereof.” That’s nothing. By the time they’re through with it, it will probably cost some of the officials their jobs. ed Carlton holds the record for the stingiest man. They have a man down there so stingy that when he spills a bottle of ink he soaks it up with a blotter, and then wrings it out and uses the ink again. Ms ee D. A. Crichton, bookkeeper at the First State bank was up in the north country recently looking over some lands on which the bank was think- ing of making a loan, but when he returned this was his answer to Cashier Bolter’s queries as to wheth- er it was a good risk: “One survey of a vernal wood May teach you more of man; Of moral evil, and of good Than all the abstracts can.” eae They were speaking of the general practice all over the country of cari- eaturing the English language in i verse, when Geo. W. Moody, court reporter to Judge McClenahan, said: “Down at Brainerd the other evening I was at a little gathering and they commenced springing some of that stuff. Everybody contributed except one guest who was not noted for his mental brightness. He was op- portuned, but didn’t seem to have “AUDITOR MAKES APPORTIONMENT Mailed Out Checks to the Various School Treasurers in the County Aggregating $11;787.17. County Auditor Spang mailed out checks to the school treasurers of the various districts in the county Thursday aggregating $11,787.17. Of this amount, $9,420 was the regular state aid of $3 for each pupil that attends school the required length of time and the balance, $2,367.17, was one-half of the amount received from penalty, interest and costs for the current year. The other half goes into the county revenue fund. There are 3,140 pupils in the schools of Itasca county who shared in the state aid and the following was the way the money was appor- tioned to school districts: Dist. No Pupils Amount No. 1 1,421 $5,334.26 No. 2 808 3,033.12 Wo. 5 31 116.38 No. 6 378 1,418.96 | No. 9 441 1,655.46 No. 10 28 105.11 No. 11 33 123.88 $11,787.17 During the past four years there has been an increase of over 50 per cent in school attendance through- out the county, while during the past year the increase was 25 per cent. There are high schools at Grand Rap- ids, Deer River, Coleraine and Nash- wauk, while Taconite, Bovey, Cohas- set and Keewatin have graded schools. HOW TO SELECT THE DAIRY COWS An Article From Farm, Stock and Home That Should Be Saved By Every Creamery Patron. One of the best contributors to Farm, Stock and Home is G. W. Pat- terson, the dairy cattle expert and in a recent issue he deals with the question of how to select dairy cows. The article is a good, sensible one from all points of view, containing much valuable information, and ev- ery creamery patron should cut it out and paste in a book for future reference. The article follows: “The dairy cow is a machine in one sense of the word. She is here simply for the purpose of manufac- turing concentrated and rough feeds into milk. The cow that can make the most milk out of a given amount of feed is the best animal. She wastes less. Thus if we keep in mind the type of cow that will produce the most with the least attendant waste it will be easier for us to select a good dairy cow. “The fact that a cow is a hard work- ing animal—giving milk for 10 or 12 months during the year, producing a should be straight in the lines. We should be able to notice three dis- tinct wedge shapes on her. The top of the shoulder should be the apex Of one which has for its base the floor of the chest. The top of should- er should also be the apex of another one which has for its base the hook point. Looking at the cow from the side we should notice that the hind part of the cow corresponds to the base of a triangle with the ‘head as the apex. There should be great length from the shoulder point to the hook points. The ribs should be long, open and well sprung. The body should be deep and wide. The muzzle and mouth should also be \large. The skin should be pliable {and the hair soft. These things in- | dicate the power of the cow to con- sume and digest large quantities of feed. “The head should be clean cut. The eyes should be large, clear and plac- ‘id. The joints on the back should be prominent. There should be an absolute freedom from fat and beefi- ness. “The circulatory system should be large and well developed and flow- ing in the right direction. The vein- ing should be prominent. The milk veins running forward from the ud- der should be large, long and winding. The holes or wells thru which they pass into the body should be large In many of the highest producing cows these milk veins are branched a number of times on each side. The udder should be large and well devel- oped, having four good sized teats located nicely on the quarters. “Each breed of dairy cattle has some distinct qualities as color of hair, shape of body, size, shape of horn, etc. It is necessary that the judge be familiar with some of the best animals in the different breeds in order that he can judge of their merits in breed type.” MINNESOTA STATE BAND AT LAND SHOW Arrangements have just been made for the Minnesota state band to play at the Northwestern Land Products show to be held in the St. Paul au- ditorium from Dec. 12 to 23. The band is to give four concerts daily, two in the afternoon and two in the evening. This is the organiza- tion which has been furnishing the principal music at the Minnesota state fair for years and is considered one of the best musical organizations in the northwest. Besides the regular band concerts, one of the best solo- ists of the organization as well as others coming especially to St. Paul for the show, will present a number of solos daily. The entertainment features at the land show will be numerous and all of the highest class, the band concerts alone being worth a visit to the show. TO BE WELL DRESSED is ,after all, as much a matter of judgment as of money. It merely in- volves care in selecting a_ reliable value at a price consistent with the calf every year and sometimes living under unfavorable environments makes it evident that a strong consti- tution is necessary. Large nostrils, well sprung ribs, a deep and’ wide chest indicate strength of constitu- tion. A cow must have capacity. She quality. When Ed. Herschbach takes your measure for clothes tailored to order by Ed. V. Price & Co. you get not only best quality-value, but unsurpassed workmanship and a cor- rect fit for a reasonable price. See the woolens today. QUEEN QUALITY BRAND THAT SHOE COMBINATION one in stock until, finally, his face brightened and he said: ‘I believe I’ve got one that’s good.’ Everybody cried, ‘what is it?” He then declaim- ed the following: ‘If Taft felt bad when congress adjourned, how did Rossevelt’?” eee While at Cohasset yesterday, a “Cousin Jack” asked the O. G. if Jos. Violet was a bloomin’ French- man. o STYLE COMFORT AND WEAR Wanted by women is always found in our Queen Ouality Brand Shoes. You can not go wrong if you will let the above brand stamped on your rhoe be your guide. Tans, Patents, Gun Metals, Vici Kid, High Toes, High Heels, a fit and styles for every women. AT POPULAR PRICES $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 $3.00 $2.50 Sole Agents for The Ladies’ Ideal Tailoring Company Made to order—Coats, Suits, Skirts. Grand Rapids SHOES JOHN BECKFELT.