Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 2, 1912, Page 2

Vou, XXIII. —No 14 Cvicw. Granp RapipDs, Irasca County, MINN., WepnEsDay, OCTOBER 2, [912 ONE-MILL OAD TAX AMENDMENT Important Measure Which Will be Submitted to Voters at Gen- eral Election. MUST RECEIVE MAJORITY OF VOTES Failure to Vote on Amendment Will Count Against Important Measure for Northern Minnesota. The constitution of the state of Minnesota, provides that the legis- lature may levy an annual] tax upon the property of this state not to ex- ceed one-quarter of a mill to be used in the construction and improve- ment of public highways (the term “highways” includes bridges.) At the Jast, regular session of the legisla- ture an amendment was proposed, chamging this section so that the legislature might provide for an an- nual tax levy of one mill instead of one-quarter of a mill to be used in the construction and improvements of public highways. The change is a simple one. It increases the tax levy | for the purpose mentioned only three- quarter of one mill and this produces law provides for a road tax of one- quarter on one mili] and this producse a little more than $300,000 a year. A | one mil] tax levy would raise approx- imately. one million, two hundred thousand dollars annually to be exé{ pended by the state upon the high- ways and bridges, amd in a manner, that would not be felt ‘by any tax- payer. The pending amendment in, creasing the levy from one-quarter of a mill to one mill becomes vitally. important for the reason that the only manner in which aid may be ob- tained from the state for the con- | struction of highways and bridges, is through the State Highway Commis- sion. The rule governing the adoption of amendments to the constitution of the state of Minnesota, makes it necessary ivr the amendment to re- ceive a majority of all the votes cast at the election at which the amend- ment is submitted. It is not sutf- ficient that more voters vote for the amendment than vote against it. To illustrate—suppose there are 300,000 yotes cast at the general election in November, 1912, and suppose that only 200,000 vote upon a given con- stitutional amendment, 101,000 would be. a majority of the 200,000 vot- ing upon the amendment, but this | would not adopt the amendment. In fact, it would be lost. For the amend- ment tocarry and be adopted, it would | be necessary that it receive affirma- tive votes amounting to a majority of 300,000. votes, the total number cast | at the election. For instance, 151,000. Many persons not feeling that they understand the amendment fai] to vee at all upon it. Such failure to vote at all counts as a negative vote | just as effectively as if the voter had voted no on the amendment. This rule places the burden upon the ad- vocates of all constitutional amend- ments. A burden much greater than in the state are solicited to take up a campaign in, favor of this amend- ment, to the end that the voters thoroughly understand the purpose of the amengment before the Novem- ber eleetion. Speakers one of the undersigned. tion, Deer River, Minn. F. W. Murphy, president, West Cen- tion, Wheaton, Minn. T. R. Bonnallie: president Southern Tracy, Minn. RAILROAD RATES } WHITTLED DOWN Minneapolis & Rainy River Rail- road Must Lower Rates—Big Fork Country Profits Lower rates on merchandise, tim- per products and farm produce went into effect on the Minneapolis & Rainy River railroad last Wednesday, as ordered by the state railroad and warehouse commission, the time for appeal from the order Bai gee ex- pired, The road has headquarters a Deer River and has two lines, the princi- pal one running to Big Fork. The freight tariffs are lowered) from 15 to 50 per cent amd certain track- age charges are abolished. The com- missioner’s order also provides for a lower car capacity. The action that brought this low- ering of schedules about was insti- tuted about a year by the merchants, loggers and farmers tributary to the road. It was claimed that the rates then in existence were so excessive that the developement of the country dent loggers were being frozen out in {favor of the Itasca and Deer River lumber companies. The same inter- ests that owned these properties also held the controlling imterest in the road, and it was claimed that sup- plies, houses, logging machinery and Men were hauled practically without charge for them. On the other hand, it was claimed, the independent log- gers were compelled to pay trackage charges and twice the amount of the ordinary hauling charge to Deer River where logs, posts, poles and tics were transferred to the Great North- ern, out, they were compelled to sell their timber products to the Itasca and Deer River companies at prices that would not permit them to make a profit. For this reason they made no effort to clear their lands. Aig a re- sult, no progress was made in the settlement of the country and no new settlers came in, it was sitted in the complaint, During the investigation made, the | fact was established to make a re- port on gross earningss amounting | to nearly $5,000,000, This was on mer-} chandise, and timber products the compeny claimed it was under con- trica to haul at cut rates for the two lumber concerns. On account of this fact being brought out at the hear- ing, the siate recoverey back gross earnings taxes totaling nearly $15,- 000- Three hearings were held before all| ‘the evidence was taken, one at Deer River and two at St. Paul. Charles F. Staples, a member of the state is planned upon the advocates of a | railroad and warehouse commission, certain person for election to of- | presided. fice. For a candidate-to be elected governor or any other office within the state, it is only necessary that he receive more votes than any oth- Board Finished Thussiay. The county canvassing board fin- er candidate for the same office. It | ished its labor last Thursday and re- is not necessary that he receive a majority of all election. Thus, it will be noted that | it is made much more difficult to | adopt a constitutional amendment . turns were made to the state board the votes cast at | that day The count showed that 2252 votes were cast on the general ballots and 476 on the woman's ballot, About 300 than to elect any officer within the | Democratic votes were cast, 275 Pub- state. Friends and advocates of the | lic one-mill tax amendment should fully understand and bear this rule in} mind in their efforts to secure the adoption of this amendment at the coming general election. The object of this tax is so meri- torious and the amount thereof to “be borne by the average voter is so very insignificant that every one should be especially interested in securing the adoption of this amend- echoed for thelg. object mership and a scattering Pro- hibition and Socialist-Labor vote. As usua] Itasca county goés strongly Republican, which was empha- jsized by . the provisions of \the laws requiring voters to call for their party ballot at the primar- ier. There are, however, a number of Democratic candidates who will poll a big majority at the genera] elec- tion when the party ballot restriction is removed. ‘ Fae torte ta toes eck t The sine campaign bas aman dem, and literature will be furnished upon request made to any C. M. King, president of the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tral Minnesota Development associa- Minnesota Better Development league, was retarded and that the indepen | The farmers claimed that as a re-| | sult of the independents being frozen | PIGSKIN KICKERS PLAN SCHEDULE High School Team Will Play Hib- bing at Opening Game : Saturday. FINE SERIES OF GAMES OUTLINED Shape for Initial Kickoff-- Will Pl-y Hibbing, Vir- ginia and Eveleth. A schedule of games that will oc-’ cupy the football season up to the big Thanksgiving game has been planned by the high schoo] football team which, under the direction of Prof. Fred F. Carson, director of ath- letics, will play the first game of the 1912 season at Hibbing Saturday afternoon, The games arranged are: Hibbing, at Hibbing, Saturday, Oc- |] tober 5. Coleraine. at Grand Rapids, urday, October 12- 4 Bemidji, at Grand Rapids, Saturday, October 19. Virginia, at Grand Rapids, Satur- day, October 26. Hipbing, at Grand Rapids, Satur- day, November 2. Sat- vember 9. Bveleth, at Grand Rapids, Thanks- giving, day, November 28. Coach Carson has his men in good shape for the first of the seasom but the Hibbing team are said to be in good form and the game Saturday will undoub’ Wi fab ina the weak spots are. The lineup for paturday’ Ss game is: Wayne Gilbert, 1. €.;, John Cos- tello, 1 t.; George More, |. g.; Rob- ert Gilbert, ¢.; Richard Fischer, r. g.; Fred Rosholt; r. t.; David Kribs, r. e.; Edward Farrall. f. b.; William Whalen, 1. h, Walter Aikin, r- h.; Harold Lee, quarter. The strike of twenty-four hours in the textile ‘mills of Lawrence, Mass., when 12,000 operators went out, ended yesterday, and normal conditions. have; been resumed. Coach Carson Has Team in Good) Virginia, at Virginia, Saturday, No-! SOONERS NABBED BY GAME WARDEN Warden Harry Rounds Up Bunch of Bovey Offenders Last Saturday. PAY FINES FOR ILLERAL KILLING Game Birds Plentiful This Year and Good Sport for Hunters Sight—Partridge Sea- son Now Open. Abunch of “sooners’ were round- ed up by Game Warden Jesse Harry last Saturday at Bovey, charged with killing partridges before Oct. first, and were given hearings before Jus- tice Trescott at Coleraine Monday. Dominick Karteno, Tony Gronger, James Larry and Jerry Vacell, all Bovey men, pleaded guilty to the charge preferred of killing game birds out of season, and were fined $10 and costs each. Jam«s MacPherson of Taconite fell a victim to Game Warden C. V. Smith Monday, on a charge of shooting the ‘birdies before the game laws de- clare them ripe, and paid a fine of $10 and costs in justice court at Tac- onite Monday afternoon. Four shot guns, seized by Game Warden Harry, were sent down to the state game and fish commission at St. Paul. The game wardens report all kinds of birds unusually plentiful this year, owing in a measure to the bounti- ful crops of the season. The season for shooting partridges evedy hunter in tOWDRy Was, away at daylight yesterday for the first shot at the beauties. The law provides that turtle doves, snipe, prairie chick- en, pinnated, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, wocdcock, up- land plover and golden plover may be killed between the 7th of September and the 7th of Novemper. Quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pheasant, other than the Mongolian, Chinese, ring-neck or English pheas- ant may be killed between the first of October and the first of December, following. The law further provides that no person may killin one day, more than | HEAD OF IMMIGRATI J. Maxfield, commissioner of th that of an expert, his work at partment, putting him in touch being employed by the several in charge. Mr. Maxfield’s E. C. Kiley, Est., Dear Sir: Coming County.” ards ow 0 it, last SP gs I made quite a than that, it tellg.the facts and readable manner, twenty counties in the state'lave county book more nearly covers published vy the other counties; Grara Rapids, ti ‘s a concentrated effort for about your county in a forceful Throughout the year, perhaps fifteen or * DEPARTMENT LIKES BOOKLETS H. J. Maxfield Commends Work Done by Commercial Clubs of of Itasca County---More Complete Than That of Any Other County in the State, He Says. In a recent letter to the editor of the Heralé@-Review, H. e siate board of immigration, gives his impression of the booklets which are being published by the commercial clubs of Itasca county. Mr. Maxfield’s opinion is the head of the immigration de- with the best publicity methods states, and his commendation, therefore} shows that the publicity work for Itasca county is not falling short of the high stamdard set for it by the men letter follows? St. Paul, Mian. Sept. 27, 1912. T anr if receipt of your booklet entitled “Itasca County—The I have lopked over the same very carefully, “eh %@ heartily congratulate you upon the effort. As , 1 hove long been in favor of this kind of publicity. In campaign for these county book- good advertising. More published pooklets of one kind or another. Without hesitation’? believe I can say that the Itasca al] of the points that I think should be contaimed in a work of this sort, than any of those although we have some very good booklets from other counties. The map idea is a good one. send this office, at least a couple of hundred of these book- I trust that you will be able to lets at an early daté, as we get many specific inquiries for in- formation about Itasca county. If it is possible for you to give us a few separate maps,I would appreciate that as well. opened Tuesday, October first, and | Two Dollars a Year 15 birds, or have in his possession at amy time more that 15 turtle dove, prairie chicken, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pheasant, woodcock, upland plover, golden plover, or any for all of the same combined, of 50 sulpe, wild duck, goose, brandt or any | variety of acquatic fowl. ‘JURY LIST DRAWN | FOR FALL TERM These Will Sirve at | at October Term of District Court in Grand Rapids The following list of grand and petit jurors for the term of district court which begins October 22, was drajwn last Friday: ‘Grand Jurors. John Van Patter, Cohasset; H. Haugen, Nashwauk; Homer Wright, Cohasset; Henry Thelin, Goodland; C. Brown, Nashwauk; Jas. Mattison, Bovey; Ben Larson, Bovey; Thomas Box, Otenegan; J- M. Price, Alvwood; Charles Attiv. Orth; S. P. Hegdahl, Harris; Stanley Booth, Togo; Ralph Whitmas, Bovey; Axel V. Anderson, Blackberry; Frank Voight, jr., Deer Lake; James Higgins, Holman; Claude Fish, Ardenhurst; Wm. Hen- jty, Feeley; J. H. Grady, Cohasset; Cal Gilmam, Grand Rapids; Bd Keer, Bass Lake; A. Johnson, Nashwauk; Louis Courtemanche, Grand Rapids. Petit Jurors. John Larsen, Bigfork; A. C. Stahl, Nashwauk; Frank Larson, Bigfork; Joe Wolf, Cohasset; James Passard, Grand Rapids; C. S. Todd, Grattan; ‘Dim, Mahon, Grand Rapids; G. F. Leyde, Marcell; Charles Sumner, La- Prairie; Sd Kerr, Cchasset; oJhn Doran, Grand Rapids; David Cochran, Cohasset; J. M. Garner, Balsam, Wil- liam Anderson, Goodland; Adolph F. Andersen; John Lom, Goodhope; Emil Seaburg, Marble; Albert Hach- ey, Grand Rapids; James Duffy, |Grand Rapids; A. H. DeLap, Alv- wood; Carl Heyman, Warba; C. S. Attic, Nore; Charles. Parmenter, Ar denhurst; Seam Petele, Grand Rap- ids. ISOLATED FAMILIES CAN'T HAVE SCHOOL Attorney General’s Opinion Holds No Comfort for People in District No. Six. An interesting decision was nand- ed down last week by Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith in regard to a peculiar situation in schoo] at- Thirs in district No. Six. | A part of the cut off by the Mississippi river and Island Jake from the main territory of the ditsrict, which is one of the largest in the state. The isolated section contains five or six famil]- ies with children of schoo] age, and thees families trict officials to build them a school house in their section, but this re- quest was refused. Seeking further relief, the isolated portion petitioned the county com- missioners to attach them to district No. Ten. This the commissioners were willing to grant, but the resi- dents of district No. Ten presented a counterpetition in which they stat- ed their disinclination to have the territory in question included in their domains. The matter was laid before the at- torney general, as his opinion in school matters is binding until re- versed by actofthe legislature, and his opinion states that the county authorities cannot compe] the school board of district No. Six to build the desired schoo] house, neither cam it attach the territory to district No. Ten against the wishes of the people- Under this decision there is no re- lief for the isolated school children {school meeting» when the voters can Jexpress their wishes in the matter, and if a majority desire the build- ing erected, the board will be com- pelled to follow the voters’ instruc- tione. District Court Today. A special term of district cour, is being held today, about 55 applica- tions for citizenship papers coming on for hearing. Some 15 of these were left over from the spring term, "The regular Ociober term of court will convene Tuedsay, October 22, but present indications point to a light criminal calendar, though the }| civil calendar will be well filled. | be as large | school district is | petitioned the dis- | of district Six until the next annual | POTATO GROP 1s NOT TOO LARGE ' Returns From Early Fields Indicate Yield Will Not Reach 1911 Mark. DWGGING GENERAL NEXT WEEK Cold and Rainy Weather Has Re- duced Itasca County’s Crop —Neighboring Farmers Will Store Tubers. The impression has seemed to pre vail that the potato crop of Itasca county wouki be as large as last year, but later and closer investiga- tion dces not appear to bear out this idea, and if similar conditions exist elsewhere. and reports are to the effect that they do to a great- er or less extent, ithe crop will not as last year, and spuds will command a fair price, instead of being a t on the market as sonle pre ted im the earlier part of the s . Last year was a ban- ner year in Northern Minnesota for potatees, the crop being the largest | ever produced, and the quality was prime, but weather conditions this season have not been the most fay- orable for the crop. The dry weather of the early summer reduced the quantitv of the spuds and the unus- jual’y coo}, wet weather of the last | month has not been conqucive tothe maturing of the crop in the best manner. From the fields on the heavy |clay lands comés the report that {some of the potatoes are rotting in | the ground on account of the con uel wet weather, and grub have attacked them in some In addition to this the averé will not be as large, anyhow, season. In view of these conditions it begins to look as though the ers would get at least a fair pr |for their potatoes this year. It is |claimed by good author that | there is a reasonable prof jing potatoes when the pr \low as 25 cents per bus 20 cents, where the conditions 4 | extraordinarily favorable. Of |the cause of the very hig j last year was the shortage crop in extensive portions middle west and the South, | is said these conditions do 1 this year to any great extent. potatces were imported to the U. last spring and summer on aco of the shortage in this country, but that the U. S. authorities have plac- | €d a bam on imported potatoes now. for the reason that much of th jimported stock has been found to be diseased, and they propose to stop the danger if possible. This might have the effect of making a better demand for the home product, if it is true that the e of the crop jin this country has been overest mated. KING BACK FROM SOUTHERN PART Spoke to Southern Minnesota Citi- zens on Dunn Amendment Last Week. c. M. King returned this morning from a trip through the southern part of the state, speaking at the Rochester fair and at other points in the south counties for the Dunn amendment. While in St. Paul, Mr. King called {a meeting of the presidents of th | development leagues of the sta so that the. differemt organizatio: | may work as a unit in boosting | good roads movement. “I consider the Dunn amendment 'one of the most important measurés si | | Mr. King, “and I shall work in be- half of the amendment from now un- til the general election, making 4 state-wide campaign in its behalf.” The attorney general has ruled that ; Women can not be policemen in Min- nesota, answering a query of the club women of Minneapolis, who want @ woman officer. lin- the good roads campaign,” said