Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 25, 1912, Page 2

Herald Meview= | ston Tb ive . FAVOR OF HELPING Iverson Thinks State L-nds Should Pay Their Share in Cost of Development. SETTLER NOW BEARS THIS BURDEN He is Forced to Pay for Improve- | ments That Baaefit State Lands Vastly -- Legisla- tion to be Urged. “Tam heartily in sympathy with} the movement started in northern} Minnesota, fo secure an appropri mel tion from thestate. legislature equal to what, the tax would be on state and°school lands for the purpose of! building schools and roads in the now undeveloped portions of the state,” said S. G.’ Iverson, auditor while in Duluth Jast week. “think the plin_thai posed at-ihe Crookston “meeting of the © ‘Northern - Minnesota Develop- ment . association is soo0d one,” continued’ Mr. Iverson. “While the state constitution specifically pro- hibits. the taxing of fe and schools. and, still -an. appropriation secured in’ thissway, will get around the constitutional — provisions, I believe. “Tt is tartan that good schools and goods roads must be provided. If they are not the farmers will nass this séction of the state by in heir search for a new location in ‘hich to begin life anew. This is ipecially true in Lake, Cook St. Uonis, Itasca, hiching and Roseau counties, where there is such a v acreage of state land still remaining unsold. “Under the present plan, if, say 40 families settle in a township where the balance of the land is owned by the state, they are tax- ed for all the improvements that are made, despite the fact that these same improvements advance the price of the adjoining tracts. Of course there is state aid, but it is a small amount. An appropriation was also made by the 1911 legisla- ture of $50,000 for school aid. This was supposed to be at the rate of five cents per acre for all state lands. The appropriation was too small, however, and in reality it amounted to only three cents an acre. This was made with the pro- vision that no school should re- ceive more than $250. “Tam of the opinion that the leg- islature will be found in a recep- tive mood for any plan that will tend toward the development of northern Minnesota. It is no more than fair that the state should pay for the benefits that acrue through the efforts of the settlers. They should not be compelled to pay a tax rate that keeps them im- poverished when the state will in time reap a harvest fromthe fact that these pioneers have made the improvements that will bring in oth-) ers. “They are entitled to all the bene- fits possible under the existing laws. Theirs are the hardships. Theirs is all the suffering and pri- vation, and I think that it is only a simple act. of justice to make this talked-of oppropriation.” THE STATE SHOULD PAY TAXES ON LAND E. L. Buck of Cohasset, Tells Du- loth Paper That Farmer Shoule be Helped. “T heartily favor the proposition to get a bill through the legisla- | t ture providing for an appropria- tion equal to the tax there would be on state and school lands if they were privately owned,” said E. L. Buck of Cohasset to a News Tribune reporter while in Duluth last week. This question was discusesd at the Crookston meeting of the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion, and a resolution was adopted approving it. z In speaking pe the good results state | s pro-| that will acerue from the ques- | tions that were taken up at Crook | ston Mr. Buck said: “Better in--) ducements must be offered to heed, settlers. We have the finest see- | tion of country im the northwest. | | Ii is well wooded, well watered and | the soil is unusually fertile. High | tax rates however, will keep farm- jers away, and in a new country such as this, where soe much of \the land is owned by the state and | is not taxable, the burden of the }cost of all the improvements rests ‘on the settlers. “This should not be. Men are | needed to develop northeastern Min- | nesota. It will be the greatest | dairy and truck garden district in the world some time, but that day ; lwill be delayed unless the people already here awake to a reali ‘tion of the fact that settlers are passing up this section and settling jin Canada, the Dakotas and Mon- tana. | “The first thing a new country Wests is good roads. The next is |schools. Without them the better class of farmers will not locate, here. | | They want a place where they can | visit with their neighbors, and {where their children will have an opportunity to acquire an education. These things cost money. If an ap- |propriation is made by the legisla- | ture sufficient to cover what the tax on state land would amount to, they jecould be be provided without tax- ing the settler to death. I hope the} bill carries. “Tam glad this proposition was | brought up. Miss Annie E. Shel- } land, supreintendent of schools ef Koochiching county, has the honor of putting forward the plan, I be- lieve, and with men like G. G. Hartley and W. A. McGonagle to urge on the project, I think there should be no question of its sue- eess. However, all who are alive to their interests and those of north- ern Minnesota should write their senators and representatives re- questing them to give the propo- sition their aid.” PLEASED AT OUTLOOK B. P. Munson of Grand Rapids, and M. Callahan of Ray, Look for Average Season. While in Duluth the other day, B. P, Munson, one of the leading cedar loggers of Itasca county, gave out an interview in which he states that he is far from through operat- ing in this section. Mr. Munson es- | timates that he will get out about 60,000 ties this winter. In speaking of the cedar siutation, he said: “While cedar is becoming more scarce, I will not be compelled to worry over contracts for a year or two yet. I recently completed a deal for 11,000 acres of standing timber, the biggest part of which is cedar. “T have already secured options ‘on standing stuff to fill my 1913 contracts and will not be compelled |to touch this stand until next fall.” M. Callahan, of the firm of O'Brien & Callahan, loggers at Ray, Minn., was in Duluth last week in regard to a logging contract. He re- ports that all indications point to a prosperous season in the woods, and that while there has been con- siderable difficulty in securing help, men are hiring out, now that actual winter has set in. While the season’s cut has not yet been estimated, Mr. Callahan says that his firm will get out a bigger bunch of ties, posts, poles and small stuff than ever before, and that they will employ about 300 men. Curious Russian Law. Russia has a law which to outside ob- servers seems almost to put a premium on theft by which stolen goods become the property of the thief if he can | prove that-he has had possession of them for over five years. In the thieves’ | market—which is, of course, licensed by the police—goods that adimittedly have been stolen (more than five years be- | fore) are openly offered for sale, and the place is a veritable Mecca for the | {light fingered gentry and their enter- prising friends. as also for the more honest members of society, who secure many a tempting bargain. SEAN NEL BOER | } An Even Break. i Mr. Jinks—You’ve spent fourteen | |mortal hours and $35 and what have | you got to show for it? One hat worth about $3.50, Mrs. Jinks—True. And | Jast week you spent five days and $118, and what have you got to show for it? Qne fish story about a big | be held at Deer Rixer will announte ;oeecasion these amounted to $16.30 ITASCA A LOGGERS “ARE + }schaol.on Sunday sonia bre | |eifts and the purposes for which » tendered by the differ=|, THE DEER RIVER MEETING JAN, 9 'Ttasea County Development Asso- | ciation Will Have Interesting Program. The program commiltee for the January 9 meeting of the -Ttagca | County. Development sociation to the subjects and speakers next week. The arrangements committee at Deer River will have everythit in readiness for the reception ad« entertainment of guests when they arrive in that hospitable town. The Herald-Review is assured that an interesting and important program is being arranged and it is hoped representatives will be present from! all sections of the county. Matters pertaining to county affairs will be} diseussed and plans proposed for the ea ng out of certain improve} ments many directions. | Pek Ne Er Ree os { CHRISTMAS GIFTS BY SUNDAY SCHOOL Presbyterian Remember Those Less Fortunate in Their Cele- brations. The annual Chirstmas eniert ment of the Sunday school pupil ot. the Presbyterian churéh was held ‘on Sunday evening, will an | appropriate service of song and story, entitled. “In Quest of the King.” It is a very pretty story of the birth of the Savior and was well attended and muéh eujoyed. As is the custom@f the Sunday school, the gifts topéhe King are rendered on the o@easion of the Christmas pro; and this in ram, on les $3.98 mission by in money be: foreign 9 donated for the. Sap lay | they we: ent S were as. follows: Cla No. 4, one dollar for toys to be} presented to children who other- wise were likely to receive none. Class No. 5, $11.65 to be added to} the nd for new singing books. Class No. 6, Christmas gifts to the sick child in the hospital. Class No. 7, Christmas dinner to family in need. Class No. 8, dinner and cloth- ing to needy family. Class No. 9, $1.00 worth of candy and fruit to help out a family’s Christmas din- ner. Bible class $4.85 worth of groc- eries and provisions to needy fam- ihes. The Junior Endeavor society dressed dolls and presented them to needy children. The plate col- lection, amounting to $7.80 will be expended for Sunday school or charitable work under the direction oft the Sunday school. The primary department, Class- es Nos. 1, 2, and 3 held their party Tuesday and it was well at- tended, the parents and smaller brothers and sisters haviing been especially invited to this gather- ing. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND. St. Paul Prelate Has Been Fifty-one Years a Priest. Archbishop John Ireland, venerable prelate, celebrated quietly in the se-.-| clusion of his home at St. Paul the; fifty-first anniversary of his ordination 48 a priest. The archbishop declared -that he was in the best of health and trout it got away and an awful cold dn your bead.—Country Gentleman. j ‘expected to see many more tions of the day. | tatoes for the present year over 1911 |Fee Owners Seeking to Restrain DEFECTIVE PAGE THINKS FARMERS ARE MAKING MISTAK medicines as you would of a pesti- Grand Rapids. te Buiness Man Be-!ience. Remember that a mustard! bath for ward off a cold than will a gallon jug, tor j dollars for a funeral. Many a cough ing onto over 100,000 bushels of po-| ends lieves That Holding Potatoes Will Not Help Market. | Farmers in Itasca county are hold- tatoes in the hope of receiving bet- ter prices in the spring, according to Henry Hughes, one of the lead- ing merchants, who gave his views to a Duluth paper last week. Mr. Hughes stated that the in- creasé in the country’s yield of po- is 198,000,C00 bushels, and to this fact he ascribes the cause of the present low price, cents per bushel. He does not believe the re- port that the eastern potatoes have been ‘attacked by rot in the cel- lars and warehouses is true, and is of the opinion that unless con- ditions change perceptably during the next two months, the present. low prices will hold next spring, “There is an overproduction of potatees,” he said, “and I believe farmers who are holding onto their crops) will be doomed to disappoint- ment if they are doing so with the hope of better prices. Potatoes are a drug on the market, even at the present time. Conditions in It. county is typical of northern } nesota, I believe, and next sp you will see the market flooded “T took a canvass in the viein of and Rapids recently and as certained that at La Prairie, Grand Rapids and Cohasset there are still ears in the cellars and root houses. Big potato raisers like N. Mullins of La Prairie, and William Hoolihan of Grand Rapids, have not yet marketed any of (their crop.” Mr. Hughes was on his way to Columbus, Wis., where he will vis- il over the holidays with relatives. “CASE ON TRIAL Operators From Taking Out Low Grade Ore. The case of the Mississippi Land company, fee owner-of the Hawkins mine, against the Wisconsin steel company, operators and lease hold- ers which is being heard in the dis- trict court at Duluth before Judge McClennahan is of vital interest to the citizens of Nashwauk because it might result in the closing down of the concentrating plant and the clos ing down of the mine temporarily, or until the fee owner and operator effect a settlement. In this action the fee owner is seeking to restrain the operating company from mining and shipping ee declared to be ore below merchantable grade, and Capt. Sell- wood was questioned as to what merchantable ore really is, and as to whether the washer plant was constructed for the purpose of mak- ing unmerchantable ore merchant- able, and as to the quantity and quality of ore lying in the Hawkins The witness testified that the wash- er was put into commission for the purpose ef making low grade mer- chantable.—Nashwauk Herald. ‘Home Cures for a Cold. A man once forgot to speak to a Missouri muie when he wanted to the mud from the left hind foot. Many attended the funeral. Another man forgot to take off his wet shoes when he went home at night and contracted pneumonia. The minister remarked that the floral offerings were profuse. Fooling with the left hind foot of a Missouri mule and neglecting to take care of one’s body in the win- ter time, are equally dangerous. Both usually pave the way for a long Journel unaccompanied. The hazzard may be removed from each pwith; ‘proper care. If the man had {been affable and approached the mule in a gentlemanly way, and spoken, he probably would have liv- ed longer. If the man with the wet shoes had removed them when he reached home, he probably would haye avoided the subsequent pneu- monia. There is no‘better treatment for cold that the old fashioned time- tried r , “the kind that moth- rept | on met, Leesa a hot bath to! the feet, warm bed, and blankets, may ward off an impending pneumonia. the one who had wet shoes. care in time. i ‘MEETING AT AITKIN. ON DEC. 30 j “Battle | many, and more especially in Saxony, | Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepnespay, DECEMBER 25, 1912 Two Dollars a Year some ginger tea, then al cold and possible Of all things, beware of patent the feet will do more to and that two dollars for a doc- is cheaper than one hundred in a coffin, all because of neglect at the outset. Remember the man who had the mule and Take A VERY ANCIENT * TUNE. It Is Also Probably the the Most Popular | One in the World. Perhaps the most firmly established popular song in the world is the aér fa- miliar te Americans as “We Won't Go Home Till Morning.” The origin of the tune is obscure, but Louis Elson be- lieves that the music was composed as a love song in the tenth century or earlier by one of the troubadours, the wandering minstrels _ of southern | France. Chateaubriand, the French writer, heard it sung by the Arabs, and he suggested that it might have been carried to the orient by the French cru- i saders. It was certainly sung by the French soldiers during the war in which the first Duke of Marlborough won his fame. It was the lullaby of the baby son of Marie Antoinette. It became one of the most popular songs of the | French revolution. Napoleon whistled and sang it throughout his life. Beetho- ven used it as one of the themes of his | ympbhouy.” It has been for more than a century one of the most popular street songs in Europe. And there is probably not a ten-year-old boy or girl in America who does not know the tune. | The French words, beginning “Mal-|! brook sen va-t-en guerre,” were invent- ed by some forgetten French soldier during the war of the Spanish succes- sion. They describe the supposed death | and funeral of the Duke of Marlbor- ough, which death, in the words of Father Prout, “did not then take place, by some mistake,” since “the subject of the pathetic elegy was at the time of its composition. both alive and kicking all before bin.” The song it up from the peasant nurse she had employed for her baby: thereupon it spread rapidly, as songs do in France. Beaumarchais introduced it into “The Marriage of Figaro.” and it was used, by the red repul s for incendiary | purposes of their own, Several sets of words have been sv to the tune in the course of its histor) and it has itself undergone some’ mod fications, Bit -its identity is ar through alf the changes. Probably i familigr, to 4 greater number of pec at the nitime than’any other tune) in théayorld.“Youth’s Companion. WON THE JURY. | A Couple of Shrewd Queries and the! i Railroad Lost Its Case. A number of years ago Benjamin F. Butler was a guest of friends in Brook- lyn. During bis visit be noted the rule of the street railway companies com-/ pelling conductors to register fares as} soon as passengers entered the cars! and before the fares were actually col- | lected. Two or three years afterward he represented the plaintiff in a damage suit for $15,000 in which a Brooklyn street railway company was the de- fendant. The principal witness for the company was the conductor of the ear on which the accident occurred, and his testimony was so strong as to make things look bad for Butler's cli- | ent. But Butler recalled the unusual | rule he had remarked years before, and | on cross examination he said: “Your company requires you to ring up fares as soon as passengers enter the car, doesn't it?” “Yes.” “Suppose a passenger boards your car and then finds he is on the wrong line. Do you state that fact to your superiors, and do they make allowance | on your returns for that fare?’ “No. I lose the nickel.” “Do you mean to say the company won't take your word for 5 cents?” “No, they won't.” “Yet,” said the shrewd veteran, sane ing to the jury, “the company asks you | to take this conductor's word for $15,- 000.” Butler's client received a verdict.— | Brooklyn Eagle. 1 | “Spanish Mutton.” { Dog meat, we learn from the Frank- furter Zeitung, is largely sold in Ger- | but rarely under its own name. Trad- ers describe it as Spanish mutton, and their customers are less chary of ask- { ing for it. Catfish in England is treated fn the | same euphemistic way. There was a time when this fish was never seen in the shops. Then some fishmongering genius invented the name of “rock salmon,” and bestowed it upon the despised catfish, which now has an es- tablished place in the market—London ‘Chronicle clude the ocunties of same } had nearly died out in| France when Marie Antoinette caught | - jbe well repre NORTHERN CIRCUIT MAY GE FORMED North Central Counties May Band Together to Hold Exhibits Later in the Fall. Might Prove Advisable to Include Koochiching County and Thus Extend Circuit to Boundary Line. A special from Wadena t ews Tribune says tha kin county has taken the initiative in starting a movement to band six counties into a fair circuit. It is desired that Wadena county join the circuit, which will, if formed, ia- Aitkin, Carl Itasca ag ton, Cass, Crow Wiug, Wadena. Secretary J. dena County H. Mark of the We Agricultural society, tas received a letter from C, Ee Warn of Aitkin; requesting that the Wadena society send a repre~ sentative to Aifkin on Dec. 30, at which time the matter of forming the proposed circuit will be consid ered. ‘It is pointed out that such & fair circuit as is proposed would be a good thing for all the counties concerned. Fair dates could be ar- ranged so as not te conflict, aud ne doubt some uniformity rules, premiums, purses, could be arranged. Endorsing the above proposition, a special from Grand Rapids to the paper ou Monday morning The announcement in Sunday's Tribune that Aitkin county had started a movement to bring about the forming of a county fair circuit was received with satisfae- ete, tion by the farmers and business men here who could be reached for an opinion today. ‘The ouly im provement su. sted to the pre- ain outlined was that Koochich county be included as part ef | circuit. For years the papers and people ‘of Itasca county have advocated the holding of a fair later t the state exhibit which the fully matured j produ of northern Minnesota might be shown. It is contended that the state fair dates as set do not give the northern tion an opportunity to displ sroducts to the best advant sort of supplementary circuit fair vould meet with enthusiastic - en dorsement on all sides. Itasea coun will undoubtedly nted at the Aitkin meeting on Dee. 30, although -it is thought here that a more satis— factory gathering would result if the meeting were to take place af fer the holida Garingar-Avery Wedding, Christmas will be a memorable celebration for Earl Garinger, man~ ual training teacher in the Oleott school at Marble, for today he will marry Miss Edith Avery of Grand Rapids. They will be wed- ded in a new home all ready fer them on Kate street, Rey. Mr. Or- ris Suver of Hill City, formerly loo- al preacher, officiating. Mr. Garin- ger came to Marble from Traverse City, Mich., where he was diree- tor of manual training, twe years ago. He has been very successful and. is well known in school and church affairs of& the Western Me- saba. Miss Avery came te Marble from. Kansas about two years age. She was closely identified with lec~ y school work until she re- moved to Grand Rapids where she lias been identified with church work; being a member of the choir of the Methodist church, also pres- lident of the Epworth league. Taconite Mines Active. Stripping operations prosecuted in the vicinity onite during all of the winter the Oliver Iron Mining are te ‘Bs of Tac- by company. Two shovels are now removing ov- erburden at the Judd properties and it is said that another will be added in a short time. The threes shovels will keep a large number of men employed throughout the winter months. ea ee u