Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 20, 1912, Page 8

REPLIES TO ATTA Som as = , ‘cnowing ‘that it would be vacant for 4 some time Trustees Burgess and Do- ran, when in the community last fa'l, ON SCHOOL BOARD. jerriad @ notice on the school hous=, 3 jasking co-operation of the people in i protecting and caring for the same, Local Man Takes Exception to Ate | 35 at some future time it would be A |meeded again for school purposes. tack Made by Examineron | county Commissioner King informed Members of Board. us that was the sentiment which h« Tita |and Commissioner Nelson endorsed. To the Editor of the Herald+ Review: | cada in the slightest degree con- A shameful and startling criticism | yey the idea that the building was appeared last week in the shect Call-’ ciogeq against the people. €d the “Grand Rapids Examiner’ re-| Now, Mr, Examiner, if you were, ferring to C. E. Burgess, our honor-|, man of principle and character anc Able school officer. Mr. Burgess hs | gesired to play fair you would have| borne several such attacks and suf- | printed that notice in your criticism fered in silence, as it is beneath the /jagt week for the public to interpret LIBRARY REPORT | There is nothing in said notice which|* {displayed an active interest “in the Mrs. Huntley, librarian, the circula-} sk Z sis . ‘A gece: : , | potato industry~ are: Kelsey, Big tion of books from the public library |rork, Floodwood, Deerwood, Aitkin, | j during the month of February totall- Bagley Ri cock aes ea dignity of gentlemen to notice such |instead of misconstruing the import.|Dooks loaned amounted charges after considering the source | from which they originated. lthe As a citizen who has the interest ef our great commonwealth at heart, especially that of the rural people ij have been wondering what motive | the editor of the Examiner could hav | Dorrow a little: in view for so abusing and slander;> ing am upright. innocent man who is today one of our best public bene- factors. | This attack made on Mr. Burgess ¥ the so¢alled ‘Examiner,’ which ame, by the way, is a misnomer and we would suggest that the pro- priector change it to “Prevaricator,” that being much more appropriate to represent its true character, reminds} | me of a story I once ‘heard of young lawyer who had taken the losing side of a case, and, when rea- lizing that he was beaten’ called ov his council, an old veteran in evi fa- he should now pursue, as the dence was all in his: opponent's vor. He received the following ad- vice: “Abuse your opponent, throw) all the mud you can.” The only olution we can find for the attack ou Mr. Burgess is that the editor wants his job, and evidently ‘the pub- lic does not want him—hence he has commenced to throw mud. The specific charge brought against Mr. Burgess by the “Examiner” is that he is a liar, based on the state} ment that Mr. Burgess, together. with the other members of the school board, caused notices to be posted on the school buildings prohibiting the use of such buildings for other than school purposes, and that Mr- Burgess denied the charge that his mame appeared on such notices. You, rural people, are all aware of the truth in the matter; that your @choo] buildings are open for any legitimate purpose upon complying with reasonable conditions for the protection of school property. Hence this article is not for your enlight- ment, but for the patrons of the dis- trict who live in towns where there is no occasion to use the school ‘puildings for other than school pur- poses. I am writing this that may know the fairness with which eur school board is dealing with each community. I quote the following from a docu-| ment that I hold, given by order of the school board, dated September 1 1911, “#H. J. Snyder, Grand Rapids. Minr, Dear Sir: Your petition of the 12th imst., has been given very careful yonsideration and er a full and thorough discussion the board came to the following decision, based, how- ever, upon this consideration: The beard wants it generally understood that as servants of the District INo..One they have a duty to perform in protecting the prop- erty with which they are entrusted. They want the schools to be social centers, but at the same time privileges granted certain persons in the past have been abused; therefore,/ the board desires that the privilege be sought just as frequently as _ re- sponsible persons in any community desire to use the buildings, yet at the same time reserving the right to close the building whenever the property rights have been, or are be- ing, abused.” It is generally understood among | the people of the rural settlements} that their’ school house is open to; them for any legitimate purpose, on| condition that the same be cared for. This is all they have asked for, and) the request has been granted in the fullest measure. The Examiner states as follows: “However, shortly after Mr. Burgess | stated emphatically to the writer that his name was not signed to those notices we came into posses | gion of one of those notices tacked up on the door of a school house | just west of Big Sand lake. Down on the lower left-hand corner of this notice appears the following: En- dorsed, C. M. King, A. Nelson, Coun- ty, Commissioners, October 10, 1911. Commissioners King and Nelson said —to one of the neighbors at this school the thing looked so rotten to then. they” would just endorse it. Excel- fentiword | for the character of our, _ county commissioners, isn’t it?” ‘The above-mentioned notice refers | comes along with a scheme which is| year, it is understcod that many of/tion in a land where development is! ‘ta a school building which at the law practice, and asked. him what course| you} 2,1 the other hand, forestry can be as patrons of | the | ‘has been brought to light at | follows: |man from out of town solicited Red |giving it an interpretation of which language employed will not admit. The method you have em- ;Ployed is nothing short of BOLD i FACED LYING. Your logic is very good; of which I will just now “A man who will jlie. will steal. He will graft or do anything that will bring him returns. | We will remembeg this’ saying of lyours and remind you of it when you again ‘pose before the pudlic in the capacity of an office-seeker. H. J. SNYDER, j Grand Rapids, Minn. | TIMBER DISCUSSED The average production of wheat per acre in Minnesota, ‘for a long pe- riod of years, has been 13 cre, per acre. Some experts declare jit takes. 12 bushels of this to ws the cost of raising and marketing the | crop. This leaves only one bushel of !profit. The farm value of this bushel jof wheat, Jan. 1, 1912, according to |the government report, was 94 cents, | Supposing these averages, both of production and price, are maintained tor fifty years, the net income from 1¢0 acres of land for that period would then be $4,700. Supposing the cleared wheat land to be worth $40 {an acre, this means a net return of lonly 2.35 per cent per annum on the investment. Land devoted to forestry, in vari- ous European countries, pays three per cent net on the investment; often) considerably more. Some experimen tal planting of pine in our Eastern | states, and of quicker-growing trees in the West, have yielded a far higher jreturn. But on the basis of only 3 | per cent, the 100 acres of $40 wheat- \land included in the foregoing calcu- |lation, if planted with trees, would in 60 years yield an aggregate net jreturn of $6,000, or $1,300 more than if devoted to wheat. The addition of only one more {bushel of wheat per acre to the ‘average yearly product wouki of course wipe out the above difference jin favor of forestry land; but, on | successfully earried on on rough, ‘proken land as upon the comparative- ly level ground desirable for wheat. Such rough land being obtainable at from $5 to $20 an acre, percentage of profit returned inom forestry is jagain brought into rivalry with that obtainable from a larger per-acre pro- | duction of wheat. It is taking a long time to disabuse jthea minds of our farmers of the old jidea that land left to forestry is prac- [tically land left waste. But more {and more the truth is gaining ground (that trees, in the long run, are one {of the most profitable of crops, and {that the timber-raising serves a most | useful purpose in the economy of {the universe. FAKE ADVERTISING PLAN GOT THE GOODS Another fake advertising scheme Red The Republican tells of it as “The other day a young Wing. Wing merchants for advertising on a card which was to be sent into the country. Also, the solicitor agreed to furnish the merchants with the names of farmers on the rural jroutes at one cent per name, or 8 total of $8 for the list of farmers on the rural routes going out of the city, After half.a dozen: firms had contracted for this service, somebody happened to think that the recent city directory contained such a list of names which can be had for the asking, and the solicitor gave up the idea of carrying out his work. This worthless.” diamond ring to the girl that | to agree. Some little souls peeving between their thoughts of ‘me’ MANY WAREHBUSES —'="'==-" General Benefit of Rural Highways “The drainage law of 1905,” said FOR POTATO CROP Mr. King,” provides for the building | @f drains, roads, dikes, etc., and having declared that’ the northern Minnésota ‘soil is peculiarly well ad- apted to potato production. Andrew Conquist, a banker at Ers- kine, Minn., has announced his inten- tion of ‘putting up a new potato warehouse at that point this spring] and will plant 400 acres to potatoes. | A number of Cloquet people are rae | going into the potato business quite jextensively. Other towns which have! MADE FOR FEBRUARY nny Seley Wiedakans ot Rides: tunites Offered by Public Lib- rary to Readers According to a report compiled by d 983 volumes, an average ~ dail; i circulation of 43. e heiaghadr gs Fiction loaned to adults during 1 the month reached 455 volumes, with ¥ juveniles totalling 352. Non-fiction ROBERTS TRIAL HELD i i to 176 for the month; 753 borrowers taking advantage during February of the OVER TILL FRIDAY opportunities the library offers. In addition to the excellent coilec- ae tion of fiction, the public library ; Case Against. Overseer of Highways contains a fine assortment of non-} In St. Louis County Will be fiction, including books on natural} Heard H Frid | science, history, philosophy, bio- em ere Friday Andrews Roberts, overseer of highways for the town of Stuntz, St. Louis county, will appear for trial here Friday, March 22, charged with hunting in Itasca county without a; licerse. Roberts was arrested by Game War-! den Wood Monday, March 1’, and | brought to Grand Rapids for trial. Bail im the sum. of $200 was ‘urnish-; graphy and travel. There are also cases of books in the Swedish, Nor- wegian, French and German lan- guages, these latter being received from the state traveling commission. New books«added during the past month are as follows: Money Moon Broad Highway The Amazing Adventures of Farnol ..Farnol Letitia Carberry .. Rinehart Queed Bk es ..Harrison|e@ for him by J. B. Connors and, Kennedy Square .. _.Smith| Roberts went back home, winning out in his fight for overseer of highways. | The Iron Woman .. . Deland : Winning of Barbara Worth .. Wright| The case was set for last Friday, Luc Weaver of Dreams .. ..Reed|@ continuation was sccured, and sit Martin Eden ..London| Will come’on for hearing Friday, March 22. IKING DISCUSSES THE ELWELL LAW (Continued from page 1.) these roads odes begin during early summer.” Asked if there was not danger that jcounty boards might plunge coun- |ties in grave debt under this law, |Mr. King answered: “No, they can bond for no sum above the legal limit, and they cannot bond for any} sum nof approved by the state high- raises | Way commission and sanctioned by the finest tomatoes for display at | the attorney general.” the Itasca county fair this fall. Hib- Regarding the action now before ‘bing girls have an easier way than the court in Ramsey county affect- that for getting diamonds to wear.|ing the Elwell law, Mr. King stated: They get them from lobsters.” | “The action is an injunction proceed- You never would guess that Marc | ing, seeking to restrain State Treas- Atkinson wrote that cynical.paragra: yj Urer Smith, State.Auditor.Iverson and for the Mesaba Ore, would you? We the several members of the state wonder—O well, never mind! highway commission from construct- Mary MoFadden thinks the dia-|img of assisting to construct roads mond ring may fure girls back to under the Elwell law, on the ground the old homestead, for she says: that the law is unconstitutional. If “The Grand Rapids girl who/the injunction is made permanent it secures first place at the tomato ex-| Will stop the laying out and building hibit next fall will be presented with of every one of the roads mentioned a diamond ring. That’s a good way | 2bove. to encourage a back-to-the-farm movi, “The sole point argued is whether ment for the girls.” [the puilding of a wagon road through But the fellow who does editoria]| Property is a local improvement. If stunts on the Duluth Herald is evi-|it cam be proven that the building of dently “hep” to the general situation, | such a road enhances the value of as this comment will show: | land, the law is constitutional; if it “Over at Grand Rapids, ERR not increase the value of the Helen of the High Hand LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ’ Grand Rapids’ tomato club for.girls |! has givem the state editors food for comment, as the following observa- tions will bear witness: ‘Grow tomatoes and wear dia- monds’ is the slogan of the Grand Rapids girls now, as one of the jewelers in that city has offered a Bennett the | Minn. some business men are offering a/| Property the contention of the diamond ring to the girl who can|eDemies of the law will be AoE raise the best tomatoes. That's all| tained.” ‘ i right. The girl who can cook the “Who are the opposers of the El- best dinner won't have to get her | Well law?” diamond ring from the business “Some politicians ‘playing the men.” game.’ Some county boards unable lhas given rise to the oft-repeated question: ‘Why can the owners of | low lands in Minnesota have the | right to drain and. builld-roads.throu; Hi | their lands, and.the.settler.who-owns |nigh lands not have the same right?’ The Elwell law has for its beneficient | purpose the correction of this con- Grand Rapids’ Lead Followed by Many Towns of Northern Minnesota Northern Minnesota’s fame as a potato raising country is evidently just being realized by its own farm- ers, of potato warehouses would indicate. Grand Rapids lead with a building of this nature last year, and Cohasset is formulating plans to begin a simi- lar building in the early _ spring. Other towns to manifest active in- terest in the erection of these warehouses are Bemidji and Cass Lake, where buildings will probably be erected in time to shelter the fall. crop of tubers. With potatoes selling now at 50 cents, and buyers scouring the country to run down any shipments that may have escap- ed them, the agriculturalists have seen a great light, and it is likely that the acreage of potatoes in north as the reports of the erection! dition and is the only comprehensive measure under which we are able or \shall be able to construct any suffi- cient numper of good roads. “This law recognizes the ‘general ben@fit” of the rural highway to the public, and so provides that the state shall pay one-half the cost of the building and the county one-fourth. Its authors believed that a special benefit comes to the lands near by, as abuting or. contiguous ‘or adjacent, and 60 provided ‘that ‘such benefitted property should pay one-fourth the cost) of construction. “Minnesota's crying needs and the more recent decisions of our Supreme Court call for a just interpretation of the Elwell law at the hands of the em gba 34 will be doubled this year. During the past year many Nor=| thern Minnesota towns, which sab nasa roads, making it possible for tofoere ‘imported spuds for their “own consumption, engagéd “quite ’ sively “in shipping potatoes out. | BaP ni te no ag! their Jand so giving him a market, for his judiciary, so as to safeguard the only possible way to provide for the con- struction all over the state of good the farmer to reach his market town preduce—the most important ques- eee of fulfillment.” Is next of importance to the doctor's orders. 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