Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 3, 1912, Page 4

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912. | f Brand Repics Wrerata-"Review Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap Ids, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Lg eek eit RE as Official Paper of Itasca County fa AAR oN SES EE SES We “view with alarm” very much eftener than we “point with pride” fn telling the story of the political doings these day —_———___—_—__ No matter what sort of Fourth of | July madness is perpetrated, the celebrations will all seem tame, sate sane and conservative compared wit the national conyentions. —_——__———__ Minneapolis papers chortled glee- ; fully last week over the fact that there was only one divorce to every three couples married there. ApD- parently its two to one that they “live happy ever after” pessimists For Their Sake And every day that dawns it seems _ Is very much like the day before; “fi The nights are full of thesame sweet dreams Of other nights, and the days of yore Were not more sweet than today its sweet. Glad birds are singing the old sweet songs, And everywhere in the city street Is the rush and jostle of busy throngs. And that’s why I like it, I like to know The kids are glad as they used to be; Their glad feet trot in a to and fro That made the world seem eo good to me. epee dees i They know all I knew of the laughing streams, = | Of the bait to use for each kind of fish, 3 > They know all I knew of a boy's glad dreams, oe And every wish that I wished they wish. 3 And when they’ve climbed up the years to wher + I sit and smile at them down the way, < = 3S They'll find the world is ag sweet and fair 3 And full of love as it is today; = And for their sakes I am more than glad a ie The birds’ glad songs are still being sung, 4 And the nights and mornings are glory-clad, = That the world, the beautiful world, keeps young. 4 \$ —Houston Post. 3 WEeafossoctentontecteetentententeeteeteetintoeteeteetie teeta ea tiata teeta beat oedeedeeteate tated ated tee teeteaiee Considering the facts herein % | golumns to all who may wish to set GETTING THE SETTLER STARTED, to the contrary notwithstanding. forth, it will not be remarkable if Sa EL ees there is a mighty exodus of wise The Boston Globe has discovered | virgins from Minnesota during the something new in regard to the hob-|mex¢ few months, as there is no ble skirt: “That the fair wearer |cjoge season on bachelors—and can't cross one leg over the other |this is leap year. iu a street car.” Ha, ha, you cynics and traducers, who think there is THE MAN OF THE HOUR. pastas saved tontieuset eo Democracy® has vindicated itself tle pone |in the nomination of Woodrow Wil- The St. Paul Dispatch wants to |S00 for president. know what will become of the say-| The issues in the Democratic na- ing: “Politics makes strange bed-|tional convention were clean-cut, fellows,” when political equality is Wilson, backed by Bryan, represent- ing the progressive movement and achieved. The Dispatch man had better follow the example of the edi-|the Clark supporters the conserva- tor whose motto was: “One flag, |tive or “stand-pat” element of the | one country, and one wife—at a \party. time.” | In the nomination of Wilson the ves MRE NS Oe party has gone on record as endors- Grand Rapids is celebrating the |ing the principles of Bryan, the prin national holiday tomerrow for the | ciples that declare for real Demo Hirst time in several years. There | eracy—a government by the people. will be of the old- | Never in the history of the nation fashioned kind, lots of red fire jas there been such wide-spread un- and sports of every description. | rest as at the present time, such Come out and bring your neighpors | dissatisfaction With political meth- and help that |ods and political machinations. Out- Grand Rapids is the livest town in |iworn political creeds and customs the district. are being laid aside and the votes of A SAL Se the people are being cast for the The -Herakdeview, “basins me ;men who have proven themselves in twenty-third of its existence sympathy with the progressive with this numper. During that tim |thought of the times. Itasca county has changed from 4/ m4 Woodrow Wilson, as the chose district where the logging industry isender of the Democratic party, it is ‘was supreme to one of the foremost amusements advertise the fact year agricultural sections of northern Min} of mesota. A wonderfully rich and pro- | president—to lead the nation along sane, constructive lines to ductive country is being wrought here by the labor and enterprise of the men who realize the advantages that this district offers and are act-'| Good | | roads are taking the place of wood | ing upon their convictions. trails, the farmers’ home has been erected on the site of the loggers’ amp, the logged-off lands are being made wealth-producers by convert- ing them into potato fields or pas- ture for dairy herds. The Herald- Review has been pointing out for years the possibilities that Itasca county lands offer along all lines of agricultural effort and, in passing another milestone of the journey, it fs gratifying to know that its hopes for development of the county's riches are being realized. . ee We have all been so interested in purely engineering features of the Panama canal work that the most important matter in connection with that stupcucous undertaking has escaped us. We have learned the height, depth, breadth and other dizzy sounding figures—but the real, important fact has escaped general notice. Comes now the vice presi- dent of the Travel Service bureau to tell us that the canal zone fairly pristles with bachelors. Bachelors fin scads, shoals, rafts and oodles waiting to be hand-picked by any girl strenuous enough to pack her steamer trunk and hie her away to where the hunting is good. More- over, deponent sayeth that these bachelors are homesick and desper- ate for the taste of something like “mother used to make,” that there @re all kinds and descriptions to ehoose from, ranging from the do- cile little souls who part their hair iu the middle, to the sentimental the highest ideals of popular govern- ment. pia ASS SSN PUBLICITY AND PRAGMATISM. Have you seen “the ad man’s credo” as written by Elbert Hubbard? Its the kind of stuff that every busi- ness man might with advantage paste above his desk and then get firmly incorporated in his system. Here it is: I believe in myself. I believe in the goods I sell. I believe in the firm for whom I work. I believe in my helpers. I pelieve in American busines me- thods. I believe in the efficiency of prin- colleagues and |ters’ ink. I believe in producers, creators, manufacturers, distributers, and in all industrial workers who have a job and hold it down. I heheve that truth is an asset. » I pelieve in good cheer, and in wood health; and I recogmize the fact that the first requisite in suc- cess is not to achieve the dollar, but to confer a benefit; and the reward will come automatically and as a matter of course. I believe in sunshine, fresh air, ‘spinach, apple ‘sauce, buttermilk, laughter, babies, bombazine, chiffon, always remembering that the great- est word in the English language is “sufficiency.” I pelieve that when I make a sale I must make a friend. And I believe that when I part with a man I must do it in such a ‘way that when he sees me again he ‘will be glad—and so will I. I believe in the hands that work, The International Falls convention of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ecutive committee the investigation of a subject of prime importance to Minmesota ,and one that should and doubtless will call forth the best judgment and the most earnest thought of Northern Minnesota citi- zens, This is the question of how to tide the new settler over his period of beginning, when he must clear his land and put the soil in readi- ness for production. For example: Mr. N. M. Settler, coming from Missouri, buys one hundred and sixty acres of land from the state. He has money enough to put up his buildings and to support his family the first year. ‘He has a team of horses and is | anxious to get a large area of land lunder cultivation. If he starts in jthe spring to clear land, he cannot | expect much of a crop the first sea- son. his time making twenty acres ready for seeding he cannot expect re- turns from it until the fall of the following year, and even then he must market his crop first. He has not enough money to keep him that long, and his funds would run out some time during the inter. He must buy seed, and he and his giver—if elected to the high office ‘family must live until he markets’ his crop next year. What is he to do? Clearly, something must be done for him if his coming is to be en- couraged; and his coming is what (Minnesota needs above all things. This is the problem the executive committee of the N. M. D. A. is pre paring to grapple with. It should have all the help possible. Anybody ‘who has a suggestion to make shoul freely offer it. The Herald would be glad if those interested would use its Open Court column freely to discuss this vitally important prob- lem. . If the state would, it could solve this problem vastly to its advantage. ;Suppose the state should itself clear twenty acres in each one hundred and sixty, adding the cost of clear- ing to the price of the land. Work- ing on a large scale, it could take a reasonable return on its investment jand still profit the settler, though ;settlement is more important to the state than profits. Some method of loaming public Money on the land might be worked jout. A constitutional amendment authorizing the lending of state jfunds on farm lands is to be voted |Upon this fall, but it applies only to \improved farm lands. The settler ;€8n borrow money from the bank, ‘but he must have good security, and the must pay high rates of. interest. It has been suggested that the state might provide for a loan commen- surate with improvements, so that the settler would know in advance that if he put under cultivation a certain number of acres and putting in crops, he could apply to the state for.a loan with the positive assuranc’ that he would get it. This might ‘be worked out under the proposed constitutional amendment. kind who know how to reel off yardg in the braims that think, and in the| Wisconsin has authorized counties of poetic dope on a moonlight night. |hearts that love Amen and @men. (to ioan their credit to settlers by is- ment association delegated to the ex- He feels that if he puts in | suing special improvement bonds for the purpose of securing money to de fray the expenses of reclaiming cut- ‘over land, the bonds to be a lien on | the lands so improved. Minnesota |might with advantage adopt this | Dian. | Manifestly, if settlement is to be | encouraged; something should be done. It igs a problem of first rate , importance, and the N. M. D, A. has | done wisely in taking it up for study }It is to be hoped that they will have ‘the co-operation of every worker for the development of Northern Min-| |mesota, and The Herald offers its take part in the discussion—Duluth | Herald. ee ecessseeenceeskceuesaaSEe > 4 tgs es £ = Among the Politicians ¢ Sostondostestoetoctostesteatoetoctestoateateetoctestectontoetectotedtor Says Campaign \Will Be Better. Alvah Eastman dopes out the gu- bernatorial situation this way: | Messrs, Gordon, Lee and Young | @re reported to have announced that} | they will not support the nominee of the Republican party for the presi- | dent, and this of course takes them out of the runnirg as Republican | candidates. Several of the Minnesota congrese® men are also in a dilemna. Lindbergh @ays he will not support Taft, and it is probable that Anderson, Davis, Wolstad and Steenerson are of the same mind, and they may file as in- dependent candidates ,or enroll ther |; selves under the new Roosevelt ban- ner. The Republicans will naturally put up candidates: and this will en- courage the Democrats to make a more aggressive fight than usual. new party are probably barred from the primary election, but can file af- ter the primary election. As there are several Roosevelt Re- publicans seeking the nomination for) governor, the practical plan will be |for the new party to hold a state |eonvention, agree upon candidates | for the state ticket, and then put on} | these candidates by petition. If this! | is done the third party will be a} | prominent factor in the contest. It is too early to predict the out- |come—public sentiment is being {formed and condition's- wil: be materi- | ally changed before November. The | | Republicans who are proud of the , history of their party will get on | | their fighting armor, and the cam- paign promises to be one of the most bitter and aggressive for years . At present Governor Eberhart may | be said to be the leading Republi- can candidate for governor. R- C. {Dunn may file as a Republican can- didate, and he would have great ele ments of strength. So far Lewis C. Spooner hae given no sign that he is to take himself out of the party, and is busy sending out literature, nd it is presumed that he will \ stick by the G. O. P. Spooner is an able man, and it will be 4 pretty fight between these three. SHSeroeto Seoetocetoatortetoatetratontetpiitosteteatetreteseteatoneetiafeteetentectietectiet 3 a | A if Non-Partisan Judicipry. St. Peter Free Press: The new primary law provides for a non-partisan judiciary and this wil meet with the hearty approval of th people. It is a move in the right di- rection and opens the way for a bet- ter and more independent judiciary, It also tends to make judges more Tesponsive to the people instead of partisan counsel. Judges should stand above parties ,but this can be effected only by non-partisan elec- tions, as now provided for in the bil bust passed. No Republican Presidential Electors? The Rocsevelt polt at Chicago is ; | responsive for all kinds of twists and | tangles. It now develops that there are no pominees for Republican presidential electors. The state elec tion laws provide that all conven- | tion nominees shall be certified to} the secretary of state if they are to, go on the general election ballot. Julius A. Schmahl says that the list of electors at the Minneapolis con- vention has never been presented to him. Thus, officially, there are| no Republican presidential electors’ te be voted on in Minnesota.—Mary. McFadden, in Duluth News-Tribune. The men who seek office under th }| SLAUGHTER SALE of White Shoes We want to close out every pair of white shoes, high and low, before the season is too far udvanced. Our stock contains the best makes that our money can buy and we have made the pricecuts so decisive that one can hardly afford to resist this opportunity. Tn some lines the sizes are broken but we will be able to fit you in something unless you wait too long. Women’s White Nu- buck Pumps with silk buckles. Sizes 3 to 6, Utz & Duns $4.00 quality now reduc- cht Meee SBan aia 2.29 Women’s White But- ton canvas shoes with box top and brown leather heel. Size 3 to5. U. & D’s $3.50 quality marked down to 2 48 . Women’s White One strap canvas pump sizes 3 to 5% U. & D’s $2.50 quality are a eee Child’s White Canvas button, box toe and low brown leather heel. Sizes 12 to 2 worth $2.00 now $1 .48 marked down to {2_ worth Sizes 8 to 1.29 Child’s White Duck Button shoes with small heel and and white silk tassels. Sizes'5 to 7 worth $2.00 reduced “1 $1.59 Children’s White Can- vas slippers, sizes 13 to 2 that sold at $1.50 are now closing out at only $1 19 . Sizes 8 to 12 formerly selling at $1.25 now only. ee 98c Tennis Shoes Black laced uppers with “Champion”’ subber sole sizes 5 to 8 toclose out at only per palit... eae 49c Sizes 13 to 5 in black or white at per pair Oh ye eee 69c $1-75 now THE ITASCA DRY GOODS COMPANY Successor to Itasca Mercantile Co’s Dry Goods, Shoe and Millinery Dept’s, UBeegeedendonbosdendenondontondontontontondondondetentoetentententestonhreeeeteeseateetestestectefetentententententententen : SOME STRIKE IT RIC BUT A SURE WAY | TOPUTALITTLE IN THE BAN etter HERE is no doubt about meney in the bank, Mayby slow, but there is the satisfaction that it is safe. tive in every way, both that it will grow, and tbat it sale te A A A OD First National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. Capital $2 5, ae IDS ae Tam 00 OFFICERS it, F. P. Sheldon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wed: ' Cc. E. Aiken. : aca DIRECTORS it is sure and positive. Pos- F. P. Sheldon. D. M. Gunn. A G. Wedge. W. C. Gilbert. Cc. E. Aiken John Beckfelt) H. D. Powers. La ss ol Grand Rapids Villiage Lots $5 DOWN AND $5 PER MONTH We have choice residence lots all over town and we are selling them on such easy terms that anybody can buy. $5 down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. Wealso~have some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY oa