Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 25, 1913, Page 9

(Continued from Page One.) construct the roads, within the township, as to furnish a complete system of roads, for the entire town, serving the greatest number of residents and at the least pos- sible expense, The county com- missioners in their respective coun- ties, should, in measuring up to their high duties, proceed exactly along similar lines, using only the county administrative unit ingtead of the town. The state highway commission being that body charged by the law with the duty ofkuilding roads for the state sLculd have the State, as a whole, lefore them in the contemplation of building reads for the entire commonwealth. State money col- lected by taxation from. all over the state should be used only to build state roads and state roads should mean roads that conserve the highest and best interest of the entire state as a unit. The El- well roadsfurnish the example of the state, county, township, and individual co-operating in the building of highways. So that, in the use of this law, and it is the only law under which any consid- erable number of miles of road may be built at once, it was the view of your committee that the system of roads should harmonize with this view of the work of the supervising bodies of road build- ing in the state. We wish to have these roads run from market town to market town and so make it possible for the farmer to have the best competitive market, the energetic merchant have the largest field to draw from, and the con- sumer the best possible chance to zet the best and freshest of food stuff. We were opposed to the idea of building roads, radiating from each village as a “hub”, like the spokes on the wagon wheel, realizing that no matter how rapidly that wheel might revolve every felly would hold its relative position “tothe bnb.” That is; such a system of read affords only one market for all the farmers tributary to that ‘illage. and offers no opportunity for opportunities to become ac- wainted with each other. We had progressed very well in eeceiving the approval of about «i! the counties on all these pro- posed lines of road, and the road shown as the Duluth-St. Vincent road was prepared to be presented s a judicial state rural highway, aud the proceedings brought be- ore Hon. W. 8. Me Lennahan, utcee of the district court, at «tairera. In the mean time, in several quarters of the state, there s constant newspaper comment ion the attack of the Elwell law, 1 the ground that it “was un- sey had directed, by resolution, their assistant county attorney, Mr Ryan to begin an action, totest the validiy of the Elwell law. 1 immediately boarded the train, went to St. Paul, talked the matter over wih Mr. Ryan and he told me, that he had decided to do nothing abcut’ it, as he believed the law was constitutional. In a few days thereafter an action’ was brought in the district court of Ramsey county before Judge Lewis, who in the course of a few days after the hearing, held that the Elwell law was constitutional. This of course took some time. The case was im- mediately appealed in Supreme Court, where later in the year, this court, by unanimous vote, held the law valid. This, of course, took more time. After the decision and when we supposed, that we were ready to give notice of our fore Judge McLennahan, I took up the matter of apportioning the cost of the road to each county through first hearing, on our first road; be- which the road would run. The El- well law provides that the road should be approved by the county boards, and that county commis sioners in any county, building an Elwell road, shall issue the bonds covering the cost of the construc- tion. That is, following that so called ditch law, so much usedin the state. It was therefore, neces- sary to have an opinion on this point. We were much surprised when this opinion declared that the entire cost of the road should be apportioned on a mileage basis throughout its entire length. That is, assuming that St. Louis county and Clearwater county, were build- ing the same number of miles of this road in each county, and that St. Louis wished to expend $5000, a mile, on construction and Clear- water County only $1,000 amile, 2ach county would pay $3,- «00 a mile for the building of the road. As soon as this decision same, it was clear that the road could not be built in the manner we had decided, for no one, for instance, could reasonably expect the commissioners in Clearwater sounty to saddle on their county a ‘jebt of $3000 a mile for only a #1000 a mile road, so that all our work had to be abandoned and the work taken up by the commit- tee in urging each one of the sev- ral counties, through which a coad passed, to approve that sec- tion of the road running in their zounty as a separate proposition. The state highway commission orrectly holding to the idea that it was their duty to build state roads in fact as well as in name. This occasioned more delay and nore work, but our committee went on and I cannot comniend too highly before this body these men stitutional.” The chairman of; yhose names were heretofore gi- tr committee began to receive| ven and that of Hon. H. L. Rice of ilers Ly the score, asking about ese comments, enclosing news- per clippings, and the fight on Elwell road law continued. It ally became apparent that there cesim in this attack, and then - eget .to. take counsel as what «cst to be done. We counselled i. Attorney General and his was advised to goon and 1 attention to these news- Park Rapids and L. A. Ogaard of International Falls, whowere ad- ded to the committee, for their faithful, energetic, intelligent and gratutious labors for prosperity- making roads throughout our coun- ty membership. They began again ind have continued to work. When your committee were just well started again, there camea Notice to Taxpayers: Notice is hereby given that pur- suant to an ‘adjournment had June 23, 1913, the Board of Sup- ervisors of the Town of Grand Rapids, will meet as a Board of Review to hear and determine matters in connection with the assessment of personal property for 1913, on Friday Afternoon, June 27, 1913, at one o'clock P, M., and, if necessary, Friday evening. Parties having grievances to pre- sent to the board will do well to attend this meeting, By Order of Board Dated June 23, 1913 HReOeoCKMTPTASC DARL —_—n yassed. Enemies of good roads we finding serious reasons for asking: for this delay. Politicians who- wished to: use the sore needs of the secure political: preferment, were counselling that we wait until the opted. That if we pushed forward our road bill propaganda, Southern Minnesota would fear we were to re- ceive all the money and would vote the amendment. We waited. Your zommittee then took up most en- orgetically and carried forward with greatest persistency a cam- vaign for the One Mill amend- | ment. Practicallf all parts of the OEP OOP eeeeee Don’t Cook Dinner Next Sunday... You can save time, money and your temper by get- ting a popular priced din- ner or supper at the Mc- Alpine Cafe. Your neigh- bors are doing it. SSS JOHN BILODEAU state were visited by good roads advocates. Men who were. can- didates for public positions. rea- lized the need of coming outfor the amendment and it was suc- cessfully carried at the polls after a long, hard and expensive com- paign, and then only through the anselfish course of such splendid commonwealths, as St. Louis and Ramsy counties. But this has caused more delay. Now your committee again be- gan the work of laying out these roads, but immediately began an opposition for this advance on the ground that we could wait until she legislature had acted. It was urged upon the highway commis- sion from different quarters that the members of the commission should withhold approval of the roads until it was certain from legislative action, just how much they would have to expend, and impatinet »as we were, we were again compelled to wait, confi- jently expecting that the legis|a> ture the first days of the sessign, | would enact theamendment that the people had demanded, into aw. All that was necessary to be jone was to write the law as it then stood, leaving out the | word “quarter,” providing that it | was amended and introduced ‘it'by the enaciivg clause, which was the work of a competent clerk fornot over ten minutes. Here again we &ere met by a long delay. The the 45th of April last. Almost the closing days of the session. Thisinbrief is a statement of the record of the delays in bring- ing this road project to aconclu- sion. Petitions that were filed in Aug Roads; fihese delays. Northern Minnesota, in fhe public- licity given to the work in hand, in the emphasis laid uponthe value of good roadsfor the entire state has aroused public sentiment all fover the state, sothat Southern | Minnesota is now at work upon an axtensive road system for that sec- tion,which is more pretentious, and. uilt along more lasting and expen-| sive lines. than anything under- taken in Northern Minnesota. The mtire state has awakened to the fact that the best and most lasting improvement to the state is good wagon ‘roads. Let me emphasize, every part of the state is awake to ‘(|}money that belongs to Northern law only finding final action on)\irained, graded to about a three sould be done since the adjourn- people of Northern Minnesota, t0+ment of the legislature. The work|looked after by your citizens. taken up by the h -commis- | sion. at its last session will agere- one mill amendment had been ad-| gate more than a million and a |e uniformly efficient aid in all the work, Without this moral — half dollars, and let me add, that this proposed expenditure for state rural highways, is divided in about the amount of $400,000 for Northern Minnesota and $1,100,000 for Southern Minnesota. I donot mean by this: to give to ‘any one present hte slightest in- timation that Southern Minnesota is getting more under this. law than she is entitled to. I simply 4th galley Elwell roads want to convey to the members of this association the information that Southern Minnesota is alive, to her needs and to her opportunities. That they intend to have splendid highways and to have them at once. They are using the Elwell law to obtain them andthe Dun law to secure the greatest proposi- tion of the state funds. I donot wish to convey to any one the idea that Southern Minne- sota will receive from the highway commission more than their just share under the. present law, nor, that they are trying to obtain any the Minnesota, or to any county of ‘Northern Minnesota under the law. They are simply taking what comes ‘to ‘them, and taking it now. That they are receiving, under the new law, as much for a county of 12 townships with many splen- did highways already built, as for a county of 142 townships, with few passable roads, is their good fortune. They realize the legisla- ture has. been duly kind and gen- erous to them andthey are mak- ing and will make, the best pos- sible use of this splendid legisla- tive gift. I presume that this report is be- coring tiresome on account of its length. Every one of the highways mentioned at the beginning of this report have sections of their road almost ready to begin work upon. The Duluth-St. Vincent have the most important sections, because the most expensive to build, name- ly these portions through St. Louis and Itasca counties, as far forward as could be expected in the little more than a month in which we have had to work, since the ad- jcurnment of the legislature. The section through Itas¢a is complet-| ed up to the report of the apprais- ;ers, on.swhich notice for final. hearing will be immediately made. [ may say here, as an evidence of what the highway commission can do under the Elwell law and what they intend to do, and what may be accomplished by using this statute; that this road through Itasca county will cost $116,680.09 or within a few dollars of this sum as the estimate. The road cost- ing this sum will be perfectly ust 1944 hvae been finally approved stant supervision of inspectors. in May 1913, by the highway com- |’ mission. This long delay has en-| Which a farmer can haul a hun- couraged the opponents of Good|dred bushels of grain or vegeta- it has disheartened the|bles with an ordinary team of hor- weak; it has thrown suspicion on}ses. Imagine if you can what Roads committee; and it is but|Northern Minnesota will be like, the laudable efforts of your Good|what the counties in this associa- Roads Committee; and itis but|tion will be like when the system just to all connected with the work|0f roads laid out, shall have been of building up the state, thatthe|so completed. The International public should know the reasons for} Falls-Twin city road is practical- Itis of most importance to the national Falls to Itasca Park. In- state, that the efforts of the Good| “eed, the notices for the first hear Roads committee in the work of lay|i?s has already been given by the ing out the Elwell highways for|AUditor of Koochiching county for a realization that good wagon roads 3 per cent grade, and topped 16 ft. wide with gravel or crushd rock, having a4 inch edge and crowned te 10 inches deep in the center, well rolled in with heavy rollers and built under the direction of ex- perienced engineers and the con- This will makea road over ly ready for notices from Inter- that section of the road, from In- ternational Falls to Northome. amount per capita was $23.66. The decade, $5.55; second, $5.64; third, $11.59; fourth, $11.01; fifth, $23.- 66. The total amount of funds | raised by the denomination for all gh t cate that this Your Good Roads committee hes me to thank all the mem- ‘of this association for their success attained could have been accomplished. We rea- lize, all of us, that this association | by its intelligent activities has stirred the entire state. You have done more. You have attracted the attention of the nation. You have aroused theentire West. You have aided the cause of humanity. You have taught well and intelligently the doctrine “that what benefits the whole state, benefits every sec- tion of it,” that ‘what benefits a community, benefits every mem- ber of it. “This is the doctrine of common good of all. You are teachers of the correct answer to the old, question, “Who is my neighbor?” You have made the peo- ple of this North land feel that to the question of Cain: “Am I my brother's keeper?” the answer is: Yes, and in all this work no part is more important, than to secure for the struggling pioneer ways by which they can get their products to market, their children to school, their family to church, the physi- cian to the bedsideof pain, the humanitarian to the cabin of the VERY SUCCESSFUL CHURCH GROWTH (COMMUNICATED) The members of the Seventh- day Adventists churchof Black- bey, had their hearts cheered when they heard of the remark- able growth of their denomina- tion, as contained in a report sent out from the world conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which is now in session in Washington, D. €. The report was sent to Wm. Pogue, an officer of the local or- ganization, and gives the growth of the body during the past fifty years, from May 21, 1863 to the 23 of May, 1913. The report says: “Beginning in obscurity, year by year has . witnessed continual progress, until today this work is being carried forward in eighty-six; countries, where itis making ad- herents and to which laborers have been sent, where missions «have been opened, conferences organ- ized, and schools, printing plants, and sanitariums set in operation and doing their appointed work. “Instead of a handful of believ- ers, with few facilities, there is now a body of believers number- ing 114,206 with many and varied facilities for proclaiming the mes- sage. Among fhese are the excel- lent training schools for the pre- paration of laborers, and it is very gratifying to know that the work of these schools, so well supple- mented by other denominational institutions, has been so effective that today there is one active evangelistic laborer for every twenty-two members in the de- nomination, and including the la- borers in denominational insti- tutions there is one laborer for every twelve members. “The extension of this work in- to so many countries has made necessary the preparation of liter- ature to meet the requirements in all the lands entered. This work has been promptly undertaken, and to-day denominational litera- ture is prepared and circulated in seventy-five languages. There are sixteen other languages in use as the medium of communicating this truth orally, and in which the printed page will in due time ‘appear. } “The year 1912 realized the lar- st amount of funds ever raised by the denomination, as well as the highest amount per capita. The amount contributed for all pur- poses was $182,702,099.02, and the per capita contributions during the closing year of each of the five decades since this work was ‘organ- ized has been as follows: — Fibst —~ week, the striking paper ma the mill of the Itasca Paper pany here, returned to work day morning. The walkout was caused by the unwillingness of the company to grant certain demands of the men involving the hours of Jabor. The mil’ had been run- ning on a two-shift basis, and the men requested that another crew. — be put or, making i possible to work eight hour shifts. The com- pany objected to this, inasmuch as many of the mills in the Fox river valley in Wisconsin were still operating on a two shift basis and the placing of another crew here would give them an unfair advantage. The men went out and the matter was under considera- tion for a week, when the com- pany announced that the men’s de- mand would be met if they would go to work pending the se- curing of the third crew. This was agreed to and work was resumed. At the Gem. On Monday evening “Bedelia be- comes a Lady,” the second Be- delia play will share the boards with the nineteenth Pathe Week- ly. Wednesday and Thursday eve- ning “The Millionaire Cowboy,” a Selig Western comedy,-will be the chief offering. On Friday even- ing “The Midget’s Romance.” “The Coast Defenders” and “The Inven- tor’s Sketch,” will be seen, and on Saturday end Sunday “The Burden Bearer,” by Lubin, and ‘“Check- mated,” a strong Vitagraph play, will be*the offerings. On Monday, July 21, the greatest photo play thus far produced any- where will be the attraction. “It is entitled “Frqm Manger to the Cress,” and is produced in auth- entic locations in Palestine and Egypt. This has been endorsed by Bible students and others every- where as a masterpiece, and none should miss it. Five reels—5000 feet of pictures. —_—_—____ Examinations of applicants for the position of postmaster at Warba, Cohasset, and Calumet will he held at the postoffice- here on Saturday next. These offices are all in the fourth class and come under the civil service -rulings. The result for the position of clerk at the office here, held same time ago, have been received, and Miss Lucretia Dickinson, local edi- tor of the Independent, stands first on the roll with an average of over *36. : hae er G. E. HOEPER, M.D. __ ‘Physician and Surgeon Day and Ni ht Calls an jig ~ 9g am daas we Office over Allen's Dry Goods Store GRAND RAPIDS INTOCNTIONA! NIIDI ICATE FEYPO<