Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 26, 1913, Page 5

ee PAGE FOUR Brand Rayias Wersids Review Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. ‘TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap- tds, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County Uncle Sam doesn’t want to see, the Mexicans hang their ex-presi- dent. Wonder why the old fellow} ean’t let every nation follow its na-| tional sport undistrubed. {Sen eT ck There isn’t a place on the map that has the advantages possessed | by Grand Rapids and its vicinity as| a summer resort—nor one that says, Jess about it. Bie sam cet ee The wife of Gov-elect Dunne of | Dlinois is going to cook his meals} after he takes the job. Which will, be all right. The governor must} be used to it by this time—maybe. oo __— i A Chicago physician says 10 cents | a day is enough to spend for food, and offers to prove it. We've seen that kind of hash foundry oursely:$ —but why not change boarding} places? RPS alr Sal aes Claude and Mark Atkinson of the Mesaba Ore, are goingsto turn out} a paper at Crosby on the Cuyuna range beginning sometime next) month. It is a sure bet that Crosb | will have a good paper, and it look | like a town that deserves it. DREAD SASS EES: The Essex man, the original Bri- ton, who lived about ten million years ago, has been reconstructed from remains recently found, and| his picture is going the rounds of the press. He looks much like the} present day anti home ruler or; anti suffragist. Eili deaie— Duluth promised to eliminate the professional politician as an office holder under the commission form ef government The list of candi-| dates for commissionerships in- eludes every professional politician im the city, and a few others who admittedly have no chance of elec- | tion! Pe i dimes The coming meeting of the Itas- ca County Development association at Keewatin should be-attended by every business man in the county. To make its work effective the or-| ganization must have the loyal. sup< port of the people it is trying to serve. The best way to show your| loyalty is to attend its meetings} and lend financial and moral sup- port to its plan for development} work. It is accomplishing much,| were given a railroad station some-| Supt..McGuire’s summary follows: and can be made an instrument | ping with the impor-| The work of the Experiment Sta- that will be of permanent use in|tance of the place. The present /|tionsduring 1912 consisted of the upbuilding the county it represents. station might be all right for a | growing’ of field crops common to ———j$-2~_—__ lumber camp siding, but it is °ajthe timbered section of northern The Senate has been a “‘busy” Tittle body this session. Outside of Moonan’s recall bill, about the most) important bill passed by that au- gust be prebibits tie bunting of hares in Hennepin county by the means of ferrets. Although the gislature has been in session for nearly two months not an impor- tant bill has been erated into law. Some of the glowing promises made previous to the session relative to the dispatch with which the Burn- quisi-Rines organizaticn would har-, dle legislation do not seem to be realized. a |be allowed to take up the time |ous opposition to Representative R. |The present road laws of Minnesota {his opinion 4 for. which would be rendered possible handled, as the people’s money is for other purposes. His course in the matter was generally com- mended, as it deserves. ‘ was a good deal of regret expressed that such actions should of a court, involving the expense} of a jury, and prolonging a miser- able row which should have ended | in the exchange’ of blows with! which it began. Price’s ocurse in rushing to court after getting the worst of if in the brawl he provok- ed, reecivea general condemnation. Se THE DUNN ROAD BILL. If there is justification for seri- C. Dunn’s road bill now before the legislature, it is to be regretted. The Dunn bill is‘a voluminous do- cument and embodies serious and careful consideration of all existing} laws of the state relating to roads and bridges. It practically repeals, most of the acts under which the | state has been operating and codi- | fies all into one. C. M. King, presi-| dent of the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association, has been in St. Paul of late laboring with other | good roads advocates to bring about} certain amendments to the bill, | which, they feel would bring disas- ter if passed as originally presented. are in a deplorable condition and need just such treatment as Dunn aims to administer through his measure. Mr. King has given the! subject much time and study and iq several important amendments should be made before tha ‘bill becomes a law. ——————— -.—____ BETTER SERVICE NEEDED. The cities and villages of Itasca | county and the iron country certai¥ ly have not asked much from the | railoads in the way of service. And they have got as little as they aske Grand Rapids, Coleraine, Bo- vey and the other centers of pop- | ulation in Itasca county, only a}! few iniles apart, are so well taken | eac: of Ly the Great Northern in| this respect, that it is a fair days | work to go from one to another | and make the return trip. It :s beginning to dawn on the traveling public of these towns that there shoulc be a local service that will make it possible to make the} journey from the county seat to tha villages*on the Canisteo iron range a matter of a forenoon or afternoon the local train making a return | trip before and after midday. | This question should be taken up by the commercial organizations of the interested places and laid! before the Great Northern officials. Il. is also about time Grand Rapid GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEWWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1813 The Duluth Commercial club has begun a campaign of advertising for its city. The first installment was in the shape of "a message to the whole northwest” telling about the good points of the town on the lake shore. And notice is given that “another story about Duluth “would appear in the same publications shortly.” There is nothing out of the or- dinary about this advertising cam- paign except the fact that not a single paper in the whole north country was given a look in, no at- tempt made to reach Itasca county or the ranges. The papers up in this district were evidently con- sidered by the Duluth Commercial club to be published in a country either not in its territory or not worth reaching. Or, it may be that the Duluth commercial interests, represented by the Commercial club, believe they have this country so securely in their pocket that there is no use giving it further consideration. Perhaps they are right. But the way of expressing their claim of possession was far from diplo- matic/ f The papers of northern Minneso! will not be poorer at the end ‘of the year nor at ‘the end of the week, because of the narrow, in- sulting course of the Duluth Com- mercial club. These papers have .|been for years sturdy advocates of the claims of Duluth to recognition as the commercial center of the great territory it proposes to serve commercially, and might: be Duluth Consistency taken into account somewhat. Evi- dently Duluth ‘is going the way of the poor man grown rich, and forgetting the friends who helped it over rough places in the day of its weakness—if the commercial club represents Duluth. There have been no men of more than mediorce attainments,commer- cially or otherwise, connected with the official list of the Duluth Com- mercial club. This may explain thd present “break.” The club has long been under suspicion in its own city. It is now under fire, accused of incompetency, subser- viency to interests inimical to its city, and lack of initiative. Any commercial body in Du- luth which, claiming to represent the city, sends out a "message to the northwest” and leaves out the} iron ranges and Itasca county is incompetent. That it lacks initia- tive is a natural condition of its | incompetency. That it is controlled by any live , commercial] interest is hardly likely; for what could a commercial concern gain by con- trol of such an assinine organiza- tion? And at the same time Itasea coun- ty and the iron range country will remain on the map of the north- ‘west, and Duluth will continue to come up this way for the bulk of the business on which it flourishes. Also, some little men on the pay- roll of the Commercial club will continue to draw their weekly pay envelope; and once in a while they may come uj here and tell us how to build up our cities, villages and farming districts—and Duluth. TOOK $7,144 OFF 110 STATE NORTHEAST EXPERIMENT FARM, The repert of the work at the state epxerimental farm for 1912 has been issued by Supt. A. J. Mc-| Guire, and is a record of success in crop: cultivation and animal hus- bandry that should be convincing proof of the great possibilities of Itasca county for the farmer. In the summary given below the yield of garden vegetables and field crops forms a ocnvincing item, and the record of the dairy will be found worth the careful considera- tion of the intending husbandman. The total receipts from the culti- vation of 110 acres of ‘land was $7,144.47 | disgrace to any community which | Minnesota; the breeding and raising |lays claim to being on the map as | of dairy stock, hogs and poultry; a fixture. Warba will have a far!the rotation of crops and the settl- {more sightly strucutre when its new ing of the value of stable manure | depot is finished. and fertilizers; the testing of the The railroad station is a consider-| different varieties of grains, gras- able part of the front window dis-|-€s, corn potatoes, forage crops and ACRES AT THE and the testing of the value - of muskeg swamp land. The chief field crops grown were oats, wheat, barley, potatoes, fod- der corn and clover. The oats yielded 60 bushels per acre, the wheat 22 bushels, the barley 26, po- tatoes (early) 230 bushels, potatoes | (late) 394 bushels. per acre, fodder | corn, 15 tons (green weight) per acre, clover hay, 5 tons, (two cut- tings) per acre. These’ were the that have been obtained on the ex- periment farm, but are the result | of a normal increase from year to year,dueto the increased number of dairy stock kept on the farm. Forty cows and seventeen heifers were milked. The average produc- tion of the 40 cows was 5629 pounds of milk, and 247 pounds of butter | fat. The heifers milked less than half the time, most of them com- ing in in September and October The total sales from the dairy in 1912 were $5267 09, of which $4,720.5 was for milk and cream. The to- tal sales from the experiment farm in 1912 (410 acres under cultivation play of a community. Persons | fruit trees; the cleaning of land coming to Grand Rapids, who see were $7,144.47. |the barn like structure maintained ' aes evs 5 ‘by the railroad cannot fail to think | shops to repair the mining machin- the place is in keeping with it—|CTY and the rolling stock of the and first impressions ‘go far. | ore carrying roads. : i Grand Rapids and the other vill-| _Is there not room up in this sec- ages in Itasea’ county are giving | HO" ae a considerable aire ad: the Great Northern sufficient pa- facturing industry, particularly in tronage to demand better treat-| turning out structural steel, mining The Duluth Commercial club evi-|ment both as to train service -and EOREEIRENY, car equipment and dently doesn’t’ think the north! depot buildings and an insistnet de- SY°h? The field furnishes its own eountry is in the northwest, al-| mand should be made that the road market, and the manufacturer could though if has made and is making | furnish something near the accom- | P® his own customer. Certainly it Duluth. Its recent adveritsing feat} modations the people are paying | Would seem that the great amount might make the north sore at Du-| for. jot ies ca used around mines luth, but most people are aware | RTE aN Se sea boa ig en ea - the that the commercial club repre-| | ground as well as two hundred or ‘sents nothing more than a mackin- aw maker, a commission ring that excludes local farmers from the Duluth market and some realty manipulators more addicted to thimble rigging than business. The misunderstanding comes in when it is realized that Duluth hasn't yet seen fit to repudiate the organiza- tion. ns, M’OUAT’'S SANE COURSE. That action brought by bullies, village cutups, nuisances and dis- turbers of the peace for the pur- pose of getting even with those who cuff them into submission, are! not to be allowed to force the tax- payers to stand the cost of a quest for private vengeance, is evidenced by the course of County Attorney McOuat in the case of Frank Price against H. W. Stark, tried in jus- tice court Monday. While the action was brought in the name of the state, Mr. McOuat declined to prosecute it, on the ground that it was trivial and friv- elous, and said if Price wanted to even up the score in court, it was his business. and he must hire his}Not one of them maintains any-|the ‘““good hktings” for its party ewn attorney. Mr. McOuat furth-|thing like an industry in the iron |hencemen is well illustrated in the SHOW SOME GRATITUDE. |two thousand miles away. It also | The tonnage tax has been defeat- | !0oks egaeye Pe eee Ledsagain, «at dees seen suffering | 25 economical to haul fuel to the | that fate, or executive undoing, for |‘"°" aie seiodl — sige “aac: a8 some years now, but comes baek | * arom ed ee sagen: a for more regularly each two years.| CmAg® o oo f i ennsylvania. And it is likely to continue, al- e~people of the iron country 'have showed their loyalty when it. tho its experience last week should ; convince its advocates that it has|V4S needed by the mine owners. < 7 Is it not about time the mine own- no big place in the hearts of the dns bagel” to’ Wiv6 “some iiidicalion that they appreciate it, other than | wordy gratitude which costs nothing] and means nothing. ; If they do not there may come a time when local loyalty will tire ‘of its thankless task. ; \state’s lawmakers. The opposition to it has - come entirely from the northern part of | the state. While there were many votes from ! other sections, they were the result of missionary work by the nerthern members. Mining is certainly an important industry | of the counties in which mines are located seemed to be a practical unit against tonnage taxation. is as it should be. There is however plenty of room for the people who stood so layally something in return. The big cor- porations which are taking out the iron, and which have been assist- ed in the fight for fair taxation, should now show real gratitude. wy wom ene zosiees MABHINE FARMS OUT = THE FISHING RIGHTS by the mining companies to expect} | Investigation Connects Keller With Scandal—Other News Com- ments at the Capitol. Saint Paul, Feb. 25—How the Re- publican machine carefully guards counts and expenditures. The names of Mayor Keller of St. Paul and of Lake Chetek are indelibly written into the annuals of political scandal of this state. Aaron Margulis through the in- fluence of Mayor Keller and Mayor Keller’s law firm, Loomis, Keller | & Schwartz, secured the seining rights in Lake Chetek for the 4914 season. lected to treat with the Keller or- ganization in getting the privelege and they blocked him in securing that right. . Lake Chetek was with-} drawn from competitive bidding an William Summers of Hastings, a friend of Archie Hayes, Governor Eberhart’s executive clerk, was se- lected to figure in the Ideal. Mar- gulis testified before the committee that Mr.- Schwartz, a law partner of Mayor Keller’s, came to him and! said: “Keller will fix it, so we get the lake we want.” It is common report about the city hall that re- ports of the amount of fish seined in the lake have been received at ayor Keller's office. Another strange feature is that Abraham Makiesky, side-walk in- spector, and Louis Pavin, a politi- cal associate of Mayor Keller's, are interested in the fishing enterprise. Because Margulis would not allow! a “vakeoff,” he-was successfully blocked. It is urged that the fish- ing privileges in this lake alone are worth between $15,000 and $20,-) 00u. The committee is trying to ascer-' tain how many more lakes are be- ing seined by the Eberhart admin- istration. { Politics is a strange institution as the members of the House Com- ittee on public accounts and ex- ( largest yields | This year Margulis neg-| Ladies’ Cotton Union Suits, New Shoes heel and medium box toe. toe. toe. ford with low heel. sole. leather bow. the new, low sprin: Prices range from $2. a pair. New Curtains and Nets CURE FOR COLD good rubbers. that will wear about twice as Brown Buck, 6-button New Oxfords, with the adapted 13-8 New Brown Kid, 4-button Oxford with 13-8 heel and box New White Buck 4-button Oxford with 13-8 heel, round New Gun Metal 4-button Ox- New Gun Metal 5-button Ox- ford, 11-8 heel and full, wide New Gun Metal Pump, with 11-8 heel, wide sole, round toe, This is our first shipment of styles. to $3.75 New Scrim Curtains in ecru color with wide band and lace eo to match, at per 1.50 bers will wear as long as the heel does. for men, boys, youths, ladies, misses and children. New Spring Underwear with low neck and elbow sleeves a medium weight for wearing before putting on ena amg Oe, ENCE Git eet OLN eee PAN 1 00 Same quality with long neck and sl eeves.__.__...._..._____. 1.00 New Voile Curtains in White avd Arabian. These are the latest ideas, and they are handeome. Prices, 00 a peir, $250_......_. ‘= New Marquisette curtains, made from fine, twicted mer- cerized thread, with edge of * a linen cluny lace. inet. 3255 $4.50 Among the many new curtain materials fs a two-toned lace net in Arabian and white com- bination at per yard 2 Plain curtain scrim, viole and marquisette, in Arabian, cream and white, af from lic per yard gd eS SE Soe ST SPECIAL For ths next week we offera lot of cnrtain lace, plain and figured scrim and madras cloth worth all the way from 2Uc, 25c, 35c and up to 7oc_per ‘d. Choi f th 1 lot. per oan # x ig 1 Zc The best treatment for colds and pneumonia is not to catch them. Keep your feet dry with a pair of Our new rubbers have an extra re-inforced heel long as the old style. And the rub- We have now a full line } Capital $2 5, 000,00 President, F. P. Sheldon. Cas! , C. E. Aiken. F. P. Sheldon. — A G. Wedge. Cc. E. Aiken ITASCA DRY GOODS CO, 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 Nationa’ Banki — GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. Serpoles’ §5,000,00 OFFICERS Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge Jr. DIRECTORS John Beckfeit fish and game department. Ap-|by petition, however;the law drags proximately $100,000 of this goes fojthe judiciary into politics much salaries and operating expenses. This leaves about $25,000 for stock- ing the lakes with fry and spawn, Then the machine leaders come along in the fall and sein the var- ious lakes for private gain under the guise of protecting the game fish. ‘The indications are that everything finds its way to, the packing box whether it be bass or pike. The senate has upheld the non- partisan feature of the primary law passed at the special session. Why should it not? There has as the selection of judges was con- cerned as there has been under the guise of a non-partisan law. If the legislature repeals that portion er stated it as part of his policy| district—if you except the digging|hearings held last week béefore|penditures have discovered. The! of the law cutting out nominations that ali such ateions must be so|of ore—outside of a. few small! the house committee on public ‘ac-|state appropriates about $125,000 for by petition, with the right to file! prone 141, never been so much politics as far |" more than the old convention sys- tem. By what turn of “fickle poli- tics” could the situation have been more muddled as regards the su- preme court judges than it was at the last election?. ; BOVEY-COLERAINE - GRAND RAPIDS STAGE Covered and Heated Daily Daily Excépt Sunday Latham’s Livery