Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 2, 1913, Page 5

Brand MRapias Weralde' Review Published Every Wednesday By KILEY © SPENCER ‘WwG DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Swtered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap. t as, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County Building the State The Minneapolis Journal, in its issue of March 27, commenting on the Duluth News Tribune's call for an alliance of Duluth and the north @ountry against the Twin Cities, asks: “Is it not time that we in Minne- sela began to figure on doing the most and best we can for the state, imstead of merely grabbing for lo- gal advantage. What we need above all things, in the Legislature and eat of it, is a real Minnesota spirit, and with it a breath of vision that will enable us to see beyond city limiis and county boundaries. “The fact is that City and Coun- avy are interdependent. Each has #s share in progress, and neither ould do without the other. Let ‘ws, then, have done with hostile al- Hances and fighting combinations. Bei us, at any rate, take thought e@ecasionally for the good of the whole State. Let us serve ourselve by serving each other.” The Herald-Review entirely a- grees with this sentiment. It. re- fects credit upon the Journal, and without doubt comes from the heart. We hope, for the good of fhe cities as well as of the north- ern counties, the advice will find 2 response in quarters where it will do the most good. As between the Twin Cities and Duluth the North country has no ehoice in trade and barter. But we up here cannot be blamed for liking best those whom we have a chance to meet once in a while. HM is human, and the north is a eountry of human beings—although at times residents further south have been loath to admit it. At the present time our affec- tion goes to Duluth perforce, but not to the extent of joining a hos- tile alliance. Duluth’s wholesale and other business interests have given us service—at a big profit to} themselves. The Twin Cities have} aot recognized our existence. Theig wholesalers seem not to be aware ®heré iS any north. They have per- mitted Duluth houses to gain a mon- epuly of this section, with seem- imgly never a thought of the mor- gow. And that hold is becoming so firm that it will soon be a hope- Yess task for any rivals to attempt} &e break it. The Twin Cities have practically mo communication with the coun- ties of the north. There is not a @irect. line of road between — this section and St. Paul and Minnea- pais. The business concerns and their | gailroad brethern have done no- | thing to develop this country. Great | stretches of it are without rail- woad service, although they are} building up faster than any part | af the state, contain more wealth, and are populated by a more pro-} gressive and productive class of people than any other. fs that the Minnesota spirit? St. Paul and Minneapolis are as @ar removed, on the time schedule, #rom the northern counties as is Chicago.. Ove can leave Grand Ra- pids in: the afternoon and be in @hicago early the next morning. Bt takes the same length of time & reach St. Paul and Minneapolis. Is that a manifestation of the Wicnesota spirit.” "The only roads built into north- ern Minnesota were attracted by @he mines, or struck here on their | weute across country. The rich farms have been passed by in eontempt. | When the Itasca mines near this willage show tonnage we may eX" yect the Soo road to build in here. | But. there is a larger population at present om our farms than ever will! Be employed in or about the) mines and the farms insure a far larger tonnage. The Soo % a Minneapolis road. Let as hope it is not displaying the | upper waters, or a less rapid thaw.’ puffalo ranch at Willow River. Minneapolis spirit of state building. The Great, Northern refuses to give service that would develop the summer resort country of Itas- qm and nearby counties. It isa St. Pant road. Does it display the St. Paci spirit’ ‘Phere is a vast traffic to be had Bere, if rates were made that would gender possible the shipping of the ets of the farm and forest to ig markets to the south, but poy sd rates exist. When the xin Cities and the Twin City road ghaw some concern and some en- ‘erprise: in giving this county its @ue, which is a fair deal, it will be time-for more consistent talk about somewhere else, and Duluth natur- ally took advantage of it. Duluth is about the most selfish town in the country. On the distance tariff proposition, it fought the country that made it. It is ready to fight it any time it seés a selfish advan- age in doing so. The twin Cities *m to lack the sense or enter- prise to attempt to get their share of the best trade in the state, and to help the people from whom they could get it. In state building, the Twin Cities have an opportunity to do more than talk. The northern Minnesota De- velopment association is doing a work that is bearing fruit. The Twin cities could help wonderfully by contributing financial aid. Will they do so? We hope they will, and now is the time. The northern part of the state is in their terri- tory if they wish to make it so. A substantial cash contribution to the work the association is doing will be more convincing than all GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEWWEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1913 year after’ year, have been the ove these rivers can be made j OFFICIALS’ APRIL SCHEDULE harmless at all times, and improved as avenues of commerce and sourced of power at comparatively little ex- pense. Without doubt the government will wake up sometime. That it has not done so long ago is merely another proof of the incompetency of those who have been in charge oe affairs for the last titty April 6.—County treasurer pre- ‘pares and files with the clerk of SPOPOSO HITS the district court a list of all un- $ CHEERING BUSINESS OUTLOOK Es Mucome muons ae z 1912. Between the dates .April 6 HPD eeteetecteterettnieeegs and April 22 delinquent personal (Furnished by First State Bank) property taxes will be paid to the Business over the entire country, clerk of the district court. continues to reflect satisfactory! April 8—Annual sale of grass conditions. Thé pause in some lies ieases on State Lands. Sale is of industry noted earlier in the he'd at the county auditor's office year, and which were considered and leases are sold at auction to as reflecting commercial uncertain- the highest bidder. The success- ty based on probable tariff chang- ful bidder has the privilege of re- es, seems to have been a seasonal newing the lease each year for a * For the information of the pub- lie, County Auditor Spang, has pre- pared a list of official activities of the county officials during. the month of April. April 5.—Last day when person- al property tax can be paid to county treasurer. ”* jthe stricken }come to look for it along about th that can be said about working to- gether for the common welfare, but keeping the purse strings of the Twins drawn tight. The support of the bureau of in- formation on the north country, maintained by the association would be evidence of good faith. recession of short duration, | A peculiar feature of the present situation has been the diverse ten- dencies in the business and finan- cial fields. Trade indications re-| flect commercial activity. Declin- ing securities on the stock exchange ——_—___.____—_ have indicated a severe internation< Now that the winter is over, let| al credit strain, with some want of us get ready to swat the fly. optimism as to the future, but| domestic conditions do not dis- close any fundamental weaknesses. The appaling loss of life and pro-| perty destruction with which the’ month of March closed must, of | course, be now reckoned as a fac-: ~~. tor, the importance of which on A Duluth court chased out all the} the general prosperity of the coun- maudlin people who came to hearjtry is not yet determinable. A the testimony in a nasty trial last|rich area of territory has been week. If other courts would only} stricken. The probability that the follow suit it might mark quite a) floods which have raged in the stride in the way of decency if not | Qijjo valley will be followed in sone purity. {degree by floods in the lower Mis- sissippi river region makes the outlook more grave. ple aie ee ae Duluth has ended her first politi- cal revel, the commission election. It does not appear that the new governmental body is much of an improvement on the old. But time may prove that it is. 2 The stream of cash pouring into| districts of Ohio is| | But the influence that will have erhood. There is little that is c Has . another proof of our common broth- | ™0re to do in determining the sk jus good about such disasters, but they| ture activity of business is do go far toward teaching the les-;SWinging into prominence. April son of charity and generosity. j will bring the first government crop ‘report that will permit some anti- Grand Rapid is to be the cen-|cipation of the ultimate harvest, er of a mining district, of course-| even though it is to early to have t is rapidly becoming the center | positive values. Its worth as a of a great farm country, and it has! forecast of the probable winter always been the center of the nat- | wheat crop is in the margin of lee- ural playground of the northwest.' way is gives for possible impair- And it's sadly neglecting the last ment before the condition declines ereat_adyantage, |below the point of normal yield. W. E. McEwen, editor of the La-| There is every indication thal the bor World, thinks a high standard! April condition will be above the, of wages would help solve the so-| average unless the flood damage in cial veil. Right. And besides it|the soft winter wheat belt is more wauld eliminate the evil of not|serious than is now anticipated. being able to pay the butcher and/The exceptionally mild winter has, the grocery man. That should be| undoubtedly minimized losses by} taken into account, also. | winter killing and the moisture de- FE Cae PE | ficiency last fall in important areas A lot of papers are howling'| of the winter wheat belt stimulat- against an investigation of women’s! eq the underground growth and Wages as related to white slavery |produced an exceptionally vigorous | in Minnesota. They say it would piant, Since the last half of March | be an insult to the women. But) <i) conditions have been improved | how about the $2.50 in the weekly by rain and snow, dissipating all | pay envelope of a lot of department fear of drouth at the beginning of | store employes? Maybe that’s | the growing period. a ca ne | Reports from the south and ‘Wuy not a lock at the Grand | southwest are favorable. In the Rapids dam on the Mississippi? | Northwest, where farming opera- It would make the river navigable , tions will begin with April, the into the village and give us a | soil is in excellent shape. North chance to develop a summer resort | Dakota and Minnesota are consider- here by opening the upper stream/ed, from the moisture standpoint, and Lake Pokegama to motor boat) as being in the best condition for people. Besides it is pretty near) years and recent snows in south an invasion of public rights to! Dakota have relieved the deficiency shut off the navigation of thejof precipitation in that section. greatest waterway in the north. Noticed It, Too. Sao | The flood disaster in Ohio, with | The Duluth Trade News says: its loss of hundreds of lives at : : “When it comes to stagnation, take \the Great Northern road. Its depot/ Columbus, Dayton and other points, eqrries with it a lesson which, it | is to be hoped, will be taken to|at Grand Rapids, its station at Du- heart in a way to prevent its repe-|luth, and at practically every other tition. place along the line—they are a The flooding of the Miami and/ disgrace to the road.” Also they other rivers in that section is a|are a disgrace to the places they regular yearly event. It oceurs|“ornament,” which is the worst every spring, and the public have | feature of the deal. Will Raise Buffalo end of March, as surely as that time arrives. That it has not ex-/ Northern Minnesota is to have a| acted as great a toll of life | new brand of livestock. Emmet formerly was due merely to the | Mack, a horse breeder of the accident of a lesser snowfall on the | Fargo country, has decided to start | Little effort has been made to |He has purchased a herd in Mon- control these floods: Homes have ' tana and will remove them to Min- been washed away year after year, nesota this spring. and great suffering entailed. Vast) J}, jg nis intention to find a mar- amounts of property have been des- ket with show men and zoologi- troyed, but the people who shoul al’ parks have seen to the remedy remaine Sa he idle, or nearly so. A substantial . 2 system of levees in the endanger- Little Disease Here. ed zone would have obviated the| While nearby . towns are_ be- appaling tragedies of last week. | ing scourged with scarlet fever and Action now will prevent another | diptheria, Grand Rapids has cause such disaster, which is bound to oc to rejoice in its immunity. cur if the old do-nothing policy is} Doctors report only a single case persisted in. in the village, one child hav- The world has not been over in-|ing recently fallen a victim to an dustrious in the control of its riv-|atiack of diptheria. The disease ers. American has been particu-/is not virulent, and is not expected 2B. sections working together to larly lax. The lower Mississippi,|to have a fatal outcome, - jceeds to collect same. ;Saturday and Sunday with friends ‘A, Martin of Dunbar Lake, visited mild: up the state. the Missouri, the Ohio, and other Doluth gets the north trade Now| great streams have been allowed Ieecause of an accident. The to run wild, and flood disasters, were built in here on their way] desolating a whole country side The general health of the adults is also reported to be of the very best, typhoid and other serious dis- orders being entirely absent. _ period of five years. April 14—Warrants issued for claims allowed .at the March 27, 1913, meeting of the board of coun- ty commissioners are due and pay- able unless appeals therefrom have been taken. The auditor will mail warrants to those. entitled to same, except where certificates have been issued. April 145.—The board of county zommissioners meet at the court house, and hold a hearing upon the petition for the establishment of state rural highway No. 4, known as the Duluth, and St. Vincent ‘Trunk Line road. No other busi- ness will be transacted at this meet ing. April 21.—Sale of state lands in Itasca county’ at the office of the county auditor. Upon request Aud- itor Spang will furnish lists of lands offered for sale. April 23—Last day to pay de- linquent personal property taxes for 1912 to clerk of district court. April 23.—Clerk of district court | turns over to the sheriff, list of all unpaid personal property taxes for 1912 for collection, and sheriff pro-| April 24.—Assessors meet at coun- ty auditor’s office and receive in- structions, books and blanks for making presonal property, and such real property as*may be sub- ject to assessment in their respec- tive districts. The county auditor desires that all persons wishing information | upon official matters, write him | fully, and stands ready at all times to clear up all points on which correspondents may be in doubt. FUNKLEY RANGE ; ae a oe al isses Irene Price and Ag- nes Cassidy of East Alvwood spent at Alywood. A social party will be given at the Shallow Pond school on Satur- day evening, April 5. Everyone cordially invited. Miss Carolyne Bardsley and Mr. friends in east Alywood the first of the week. Mrs. Fryckman of Bergville, spent Thursday with Mrs. O. O, Vander- vobt. J. M. Pricé left Monday on a busi« ness trip to Bemidji. All those attending the dance at Rosy on March 29th, reported a most enjoyable time. Roy’ Clokey was lucky enough to eapture a couple of timber wolves last week. Syvert Hanson also shot one. F - The Misses Carolyne Bardsley Agnes Cassidy, Irene Price, Hazel Vandervort, Marie Price and Mes- srs Archer Martin, Cecil and James Vandervort and Harry Price en- joyed a jolly evening spent at the Evergreen Park Farm, on Monday. Johnnie Bardsley left last Fri- day for California, where he will remain indefinitely. Miss Myrtle and Frank Knaeble spent Sunday with the Vandervort young folks. Allens Electrocuted Floyd and Claude Allen, father and son, Virginia mountaineer out- laws, leaders of the gang who kille Judge Massie and three court offi- cers last year, have paid the pen- alty with their lives. They were || electrocuted at Richmond Friday. Their death ends the reign of this notorious family in the dis- trict they so long.terrorized. It was their boast that no Allen might be oblidgéd to obey any law but his own will and the will of god, and they made it stand for a hundred years.’ But the law has triumphed at las The death of these two will make the mountains of Virginia safe to the law abiding, and bring them a step nearer present day civiliza- tion. NEXT WEEK’S SPECIALS NOTHER lot of extra specials go » on sale this Friday morning, April 4th, and continues for a week or until the goods are gone. S, : A greater number of people are take ing advantage of these specials every week, The cash coupons, worth Four cents on every dollar purchase, given with these specials the same as on reg- ular priced goods, 50c Jumpers. 29c mens blue plaid heavy ging- am jumpers with two orthree colors. Assorted pockets. The best 50c value. piss and dotted or mene this week. 29C || theyzoasaa”.... 106 they go at,.yard __ $1.50 Shirts, 48c 2c: Netion Sale Men’s white bosom _ shirts. Ball Darning Cotton, Hairnet, Pearl Buttons, Cotton Tape, Tight calored Ried shirts and ack satine shirts without col- Thimble,.Card Invisibl lars. The lot includes some Byes, Red Embroider Cotte of the ‘Gold’ and ‘Silver’ Box:Gilt Hair Pins, Silver Hat shirts that sold for $1.00 and Pin, Pair Side Garters, Skein Filo Silk, Snap Fasteners, $1.50. aE sour aise is in the lot you can buy them at Cotton Tape, ete. For _48c this week's eale, each.--. Cc The American Beau- this sale at each. ROSE PANEL. ty Corset company FREE has sent us 100 panels of an american : ‘ Beauty Rose held in a lady’s hand. The size is 11x20 inches and there is no advertising on the picture, which makes it worth framing and finding a place in any home. These will be given away with any american Beauty corset at any price from $1,00 to $5.00. 35c Veilings, 0c Face Veilings in black and ITASCA DRY GOODS CO. WCretregoedeateetontontentonteetoteateetoateetotontoetontoeteetoatoetoeteathe g | | =e Pera, i 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 Nation Ba GRAND RAPIDS. MINK. Capilal §2§,000,00 Ketpless $ 5,000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge Jr. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. DIRECTORS D. M. Gunn. W. C. Gilbert. H. D. Powers. F. P. Sheldon. A G. Wedge. Cc. E. Aiken John Beckfeit Grand Rapids Village Lots 95 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. Ae. ~ es = # a 2