Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 19, 1913, Page 7

ry 1 | By E. C. KILEY. ‘TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap. ids, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County 7 if A Chicago painter, member of the complishment will come of it. auto bandits’ gang is sorry he turn-) ed robber. He got caught. ee rehabilitate the national game up Hy here. The coming of St. Paul bring# :he other is made up men ¥ jin one that may be of the class |of range metropolis. and a few-other bush stal ee HOW WE CAN BOOST | The next few weeks beginning with the boosters banquet last night, a good deal will be said about ad- vancing the welfare of Itasca coun- ty and Grand Rapids and other towns. And much practical ac- We have not noticed on the list of toasts, however, that anything in particular is to be said about A New York reporter has refused) 5,. question of a market for the a $2,000 job with the civic center | rarmers who are people in Duluth. He’s no real re- porter. He must be a spy. —_—a———— And while the boosting is going on remember the mail order house. Itasca county can afford to keep its own money at home for a while. — The best citizen in this town is the one who shovels the snow in? front of his house. We regret to say he moved away six years ago. SESE SRE AEE Luther McCarty thinks he can beat up Jack Johnson, but as Lute is a little prone to be, prejudiced one may be pardoned for wanting to be shown. filling up our waste places. If the farmer is to prosper he must have a market for everything useful that grows on his land. And if Grand Rapids is to prospe it must provide it. varieties. How much can he sell here without the expensive process of peddling it? He cuts poles and ties and posts. Are the railroad rates such that he can deliver them to the consumer at a profit? Are ‘his cattle, outside of the | cows, a dead loss because he can- oot get to the buyer?. Nee ee ee A Chicago judge is reported as having paid a rare tribute to Lin- coln. The touching thing is its opportunness—Abraham was so bad< lyr im need of it. PDE EE AES Mr. Magie, the leading Bull Moose of Duluth, says Abraham Lincoln is being forgotten. Still, we think we heard the name mentioned sev- eral times lately. a A farm magazine says the pig appreciates sugar in his food. By all means bring him a box of can- dy on pay night it will make him happy and he will look for your | eoming. eR 2802 PER There is plenty of reasons why Grand Rapids should grow and\ prosper, but there is ene why it eannot grow very fast There are no houses for rent to people from the outside. —_—_—__se_—_ Jack Tredennick, convicted em- bezzler-broker of Eveleth, says he is deeply grieved because he robbed a widow and an c!d man. Well, Jack, there are three ot you|®4 in vain. —and they were sorry first. { ea eg Grand Rapids men who were in Minneapolis at the auto show did |livered by Albert Pfaender, leader {of the Democratic minority.. He | Has he sufficient school facili- | ties? . | Are his chances for social ad- |vancement what they should be? - Are his children getting a fair break? | In fact, are we treating him like ‘a white man who is doing more |than his share to build up the | country? | If we are not, all: the spouting that can be done at feasts won't | help much, If we are not—let us start ata | to get right. | en |THE REPUBLICAN “LOVE | Senator Nelson’s encomium upon | James Jerome Hill did not sit well | upon the stomachs of the progres- sive republicans. The banquet to the senior senator was the politi- {cal event of the week and it served well to indicate the interests which have a string upon the Republican |machine in this state. Senator Nel- son entered the banquet hall arm in {arm with the Empire Builder. The main part of his address lauded Mr. Hill. If Governor Eberhart was | looking for a few boquets, he look- The happiest little toast was de- paid a just tribute to Senator Nel- son’s service to the state. In fact some work against the tonnage tax bill. Nearly everybdoy was knock-! ing it but the steel trust—which is | also said to be ferninst it. a { Everybody has been» wearing | boosters tags the past few days. | Don’t forget that you belong after | the banquet just as much as before,' and it is more necessary to keep it up. alah | A maid from Goodland writes: | “Should a girl know how ot cook | before marrying?” By no- means, | Annabel. Neither should the young} wan be able to earn the price. | Such ideas are decidedly archaic. | | | _—- Wilson says he will not give out | the names of his cabinet until he | sends them to the senate. We are| not worrying so much about that| as about where we are going to got | the price of a spring raincoat. | SIRT ATLA tyrisSRMEER | The merchantile advertisers in | annual convention, favor “pure” ade vertising. They would put noth- ing in the ad that is not so. Well, | boys, you are doing the work. Go} ahead. Nobody will stop you. | ————___ | Roosevelt says that he is the | only party that can mould the des- tinies of the nation in the right way. He still has the big stick ready to swat anyone who suggests peace—or any other candidate four fears hence. 4 ————— | Turkey has again asked the pow-' ers to stop the war. The powers might stop -it if they tried hard | enough, but it will be hard to break the Balkan toe hold before | the allies have secured another | fall or two. j (2. Tt is all right to figure on the fact that this is soon to be a mining center, but it should be re- membered that with a fertile farm- ing country around it well devel- oped Grand Rapids would prosper more in a year than in ten de- ecades gazing down on an open pit. Let us profit by both, but parti- cularly the farms. They will last longer, a | —_—_—_——s_ Virginia is to have a real league Dall team this year, and they are preparing to get the very best there is. It is to be hoped: that getting a real. live. town into the samme bunch with Duluth, Superior |the Smith-Eberhart machiné, was | uring either Rines or Burnquist. ‘The Rines organization had been was not struggling against politi- eal prejudice or bias. There was general comment over the manner in which Henry Rines, speaker of the house and Lieuten- ant Governor Burnquist were ig- nored in the arrangements, T. T. Oftshun, the least objectionable to selected to represent the majority. His voice failed him, however, and W. I. Nolan took his place. The Eberhart organization is not feat- Democrats who attended the af- fair saw the present disorganized state of the Republican party. When Governor Eberhart rose to speak, several insurgents left the hall rather than accord him the greeting due a chief executive. The retreat was noticeable to all. The chief executive received an indit- ferent reception and delivered an indifferent speech. He came out for the legalization of the Progres- sive party upon which point his message was as silent as the tomb and then took occasion to explain that the punch bowl at the inaug- ural reception did not contain any- thing stronger than water. Some alleged humor aimed at the Bull Moosers fell flat as a pancake up- on a frosty morning. Governor Eb- erhart was plainly laboring under the cool reception which the mem- bers of the lower House gave him. ignored in the arrangements and they ‘showed their temper when the chief executive rose to present the) loving cup. ARIES So ED MEXICO AND WEST VIRGINIA Kanhawa county, West Virginia and the city of Mexico monopolized the front page space the past week when it came to stories of fight- ing and murder. Not even the af- fairs near Constantinople received half the attention. The farmer produces food in many, Such dispute should be taken out FEAST” | he was about the ouly speaker who |. one > is. One side is composed ,were patriots last year, when the; jwere taking a shot at the man in power. \ The United States is reported in press dispatches to be getting ready to invade Mexico and make them quit killing each other. Not a word has been said about in- vading West Virginia. It is always easier to kick your neighbor's dog than your own. The trouble in West Virginia, however, should be settled first. Mexico likes fighting and can take care of herself. The mining. bat- tle in Kanhawa county is an econ- omic dispute between employer and employe, and that it should be allowed to assume the propor- tions of a~smail civil war is not complimentary to America’s capa- city for effective government, of the hands of the parties dir- ectly involved, when they either cannot or will not get together, and settled by the state or federal government. The question involved is not in- herently difficult of adjustment. What makes it so it the unyielding attitude of both disputants, who seem to believe there is no way but ,war when their prejudices. or interests, or privileges are op- posed. { A compulsory arbitration law should have been enacted by the federal government years ago. First. lick the captain of indus- try into a reasonable frame of mind. Then do the same with the laborer—and the latter is not dif- ficult—as he generally asks for less than he has coming. After that we might start something in Mexico or China or Timbuctoo. SER As 3 ERIE IS COURT REFORM FORGOTTEN In his last message to the legis- lature Gov. Eberhart advocated a plan for court reform that aimed at doing away with unseemly and unreasonable delay in litigation. What has become of it? Can it be that the fact that the legisla- ture is made up mostly of lawyers is responsible for its being passed over in silent contempt? Certain- ly the long suffering public, and particularly th-t mart of it that is foolish or unfortunate enough to ¢ into law once in a while, would jappreciate it if it could be placed on the statute books. Z Courts are very respectable insti- tutions. But most of them ~ are presided over by judges who are overworked whenever they have anything to do. Many of them hever do today what they can put off until next year. That's wha makes people turn up their noses tat them when they are not. look- ing, and wish that they could recall them, or do something else that might induce them to perform a days labor in a week or so, and finish one job before they begin mankeying with two others. ———_— THE DEAD HERO—AND OTHERS 1 Capt. Robert F. Scott, a British naval officer who discovered the south pole a year ago last January, a month after Capt. Amundson, a Norwegian, had hoisted the flag of his country on the same, was froz- en to death, with a number of his campanions shortly after his exploit. England mourns him, and the whole world is doing some ‘weeping, as it always does when a hero passes. The captain was undoubtedly a stout hearted fellow, but as to the jhero part—well, there are heroes jand heroes, and he was probably one of the latter. We could help the world shed briny tears on Capt. Scott’s honor- ed grave with greater good will if he had died doing something sensible or useful. But we could never bring ourselves to look upon ‘Well, anybody who wants a c er country than Grand Rapids, | Cohasset or Floodwood in Febru-_ ary is just a little bit out of our) style of heroes. In fact we think he is nutty, and if he dies, we breath a silent prayer for the re- i pose of his soul. ‘ | —_—— . You frequently hear of a case drag-|| gin throuh the courts for a quarter | of a century. Do you think there is any excuse for it ? | Certainly not, you say. Well, |) there is. There is a lot of mon-|| ey involved in such actions and it is the business of the lawyers to get’ most of it. That’s why it takes so long. And the court tol- erates the game, not because he is dishonest, or would be guilty of acting unprofessionally, but because he is a lawyer, with a lawyer's training. He was brought up that way. It was always so. Why should he change it? - The famous Section 30 mining case, which dragged through St. Louis county courts and higher trib- unals for eighteen years, was a liti- gation in which a whole lot of money was involved—millions in fact. It was a dispute between homesteaders and the steel trust as to ownership. It was at last de- cided, and the homesteaders won. But they had to give half the pro- perty to the lawyers. During the eighteen years battle some of the homesteaders died. The point is, what kind of evi- dence must it be to take eighteen ryears to decide. the record of the property as tak- en from the files. It is certain that if the courts went at it conscien- tiously the whole questior could be disposed of in three hard day’s work, and the appeal in as many more. That would mean small fees. The govrenor’s idea was a good one, but what would the lawyers do if it were in practice? = COMMENTS OF THE PRESS Bemidji Pioneer: It is too early in the investigation to venture any opinion.as to the facts in the case, but enough interesing evidence has been introduced at this time to kee the farmers and wheat shippers! busy watching the proceedings. Red Wing Eagle: Frank A. Day, former private secretary of Gov. John A. Johnson, is seeking appoint- ment to the office of Indian com- missioner. He has also been men- tioned as a candidate for Marcus Johnson's present position as cus- toms collector. We hope he may land one or the other. Granite Falls Journal: The fellow who says “let the women decide the suffrage question,” hits the point squarely, and it is what we have thought many times. Let the women go to the poles and decide the question whether or not they want the ballot. Austin Transcript: The bill be- fore the legislature providing that in civil cases ten members of a jury may render a verdict should become law. There would be far less danger of perversion of justice than under the present system by which an unscrupulous juryman may hang up a whole jury for dis- agreement. Cincinnati Enquirer: There is a bill before the Missouri legislature which provides that all lobbyists be compelled to wear a’ distinctive uniform. If the bill becomes a law we will kick in with a free design for the uniform. Let it be a green suit with gold buttons and a green It was merely |) Delineator and Butterick patterns March. “New Dpress Ginghams, 10, 12 1-2 15, cen 7 New white Crepe at 22 1-2 cents New white silk stripe Crepe at 39c. New Kimono Plisse at 20 and 25c. New. ee eee shrunk Muslin at 15 a i New Chambrays at 10, 15 and 25c. New Dress linen in white at 59c. New Ratine in white and colors at 29 cents. x : i New Chine Crepe in white and col- ors at 39 cents. : New Devonshire suiting at 25c. ~ New Galatea at 18 ecnts, ‘New wool whipcord in black and ions es, io aad t ew wool serges ai $1.00. New linen laces and beedings at 5 cents up. New oriental laces at 15' to 75c. New Chiffon Veils at $1.25 and $1.36 New trunks at $4.00 to $10.00. New silk hose at 50c to $1.7: New corsets at 50c to $5.00. i New ape weight cotton union suits in high or low necks $1.00 up. New curtains and curtain scrims. New spring shoes at all prices. New outing night gowns, $1.25. New gauze hose at 25c up. 4 New fo scout hose ats cents. Itasca Dry Goods C 0. Grand Rapids, ae —* ‘Minn. Zp va Copyright 1909, by C, E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 19 A man with money in-our bank always has a deep feeling of security. This{is only one of many advantages derived from allowing us to take care of your savings. First National Bank cua AMDRAPIDS MIN ‘OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge Jr. hat with a gold band. a man who went wading deep in snow, just because it was deep and and the weather cold, as a real slam-bang hero. It would be dif- ferent if he had a good scheme for canning snow balls, thus dre- ducing the high cost of living, or investigating the deplorable ravages of the icebug in the Antarctic. But when a man tramps down there and freezes to death finding the pole, why, he may be a hero, but our eyes remain dry and our heart only passably heavy. We are a common, unromatic, unappreciative mortal, and our heart goes out to heroes and her- oines of another stripe. We kind In West Virginia a number.» Of|of take to the lad who goes up miners were fighting to get more|toward Jessie Lake and clears pay, claiming that their families|ten acres of land in a year: buys cannot live on their presentt»wages.|two milch cows, grows five acres Twelve of them were killed in a|of potatoes, sells half of them and pitched battle with officers, and|feeds his family, helping therein to even it up four officers were|by working in the tie camp in shot dead. the winter. And if a tree falls on In Mexico two factions wer@|him we will soak his beir with bombarding each other with can-|rain leaked from out our face. For non. They are trying on the one|the here who goes out spearing side to place a man at the head of| muskrats also, and falls into an the government who is not there|air hole in the river, we heavea now, and on the other to chase|heavy sigh, or the top loader when up}. The Virginian: The gentle, kind- ly editor of the Messaba Ore says the writer of an editorial paragraph in the Daily Virginian “hasn't as much brains as an angleworm,” or words to that effect. We might reply by saying that. the editor of, the Messaba Ore has the disposi- tion of a hyena-and the intelligence of a bedbug, but far be it from us to say anything like that about a nice old gentleman who has always ‘been so considerare of the feel- rings of others. Besides, we don’t believe in that kind of “journal- ism”—so there now. The Village Council of the Villag of Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn., will receive bids up to 8 ders, and the fifteen officers suspend- ed, have been reinstated in their commanding the First regiment, whe Notice for Bids Se ee DIRECTORS F. P. Sheldon. A G. Wedge. Cc. E. Aiken John Beckfeit OFFICERS ARE REINSTATED Colonel Dissolves Minnesota Militia _ -.. Courtmartial. F The five St. Paul officers of the me tional guard who were courtmartiaied recently for alleged disobedience of o1 commands by Colonel Erle D. Luce, filed charges against the men. Colonel Luce’s announcement, ex o'clock p. m., March 40, 1913, for the purchase of 500 feet of Fire ‘Hose, z The Village reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated at Grand Rapids, Minnesot Feb. 11, 1913. Frank Sherman, Village Recorder. ~ INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE i