Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 9, 1913, Page 6

Rays th ae , f y ecaus Published Eve: ratte TR ly the my jot . 2 reinstatement would justify an in- wai sme SPENCER ) i jeatien of the commission it- TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE self. AS. a personal ‘press agent | Wood Has no equal in these parts. ethods he employed. His || Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap. | fds, Minn., as Second Class Matter. | Official Paper of Itasca County | EX-GAME WARDEN WOOD, Some of the papers and some of the people over on the other | end of the range appear to be} much displeased because the. game and fish commission found it ad- wisable to dispense with the ser- wices of George Wood as deputy game warden. They are making) an effort to have him reinstated. | The attitude of these papers and the alleged “sportsmen” in har- mony with them is subject to! suspicion as to their honesty of | purpose. Wood has _ s: rificed | every consideration asa public of-| ficial, and the commission is de- | serving of the highest commenda-! tior charging him from the | eervice, and also merits the se-) verest condemnnation for its fail- ure prosecute him criminally. If these people who are clamoring for his reinstatement would take the trouble to look up the facts as developed by the official investiga- tion they would advise silence on the subject in Wood’s behalf. Aside from his dishonest practices both with those whom he arrested from time, and the state, he has a positive detriment to the enforcement of the game and fish Jaws since his advent as a deputy | in this section. He has viciously hounded the homesteader, using! dishonorable Means to secure con- victions against men who are striving to make homes for them- selves and families in this north country, while the “sportsman” went unwhipped of justice. No law be enforced until the people are prepared to respect thallaw. No amount of prosecu- tion will bring about the desired results, no matter how relentless} or merciless it may be carried on, the prosecutors are act- and guided by honorable muotives and the prosecutions preceed with absolute impar- tiality to deal with ail alike. It is because of the methods em- ployed by Wood that less respect is felt today for the game and fish paws by the people of this sec-! ticn than when he began opera- tions as a deputy warden. In. fact} he had succeeded in practically de- stroying the good conditions that were established through the ef-/ forts of honest men in the pPicy of the state in the enforce- ment of the game and fish A class of men had been deputiz- ed who conducted themselves offi- cially in a manner to inspire re- spect for Themselves and the laws they were charged to enforce. In- sofar as George Wood exercised an influence on the public mind it} was to create contempt for the deputies and hatred of the state laws relating to game and fish. As in all such cases his operations} simply inspired men to violations | can effectively unless uated em- laws. i | pe | rails! | did not need to burn my fences.” He He was “Jonnie on the spot” with his little stery all written out for the reporter man, whenever he made an arrest, and the man- oer in which he would work in the and inter- view lines would do credit to Rovusevelt’s publicity bureau. By this means he managed to create the impression with people not acquainted with his real character that he was ‘about the only salary- earning deputy on the job. In spite sonal embelishments je it all, howver, he was caught with the goods and the commis- lsion allowed sympathy to over- rome justice in dealing with the fellow. Instead of being “let out”, he should have been “let in.” Raps Leeds cS A DARING SCOUT. His Quick Wit Fooled the Federals and Saved His Neck. Wat Bowie, a scout for the Confeder- ate army, was a young Margland law- yer at the time the great conflict be- gan. After months of successful work he was captured and taken to Wash- ington and sentenced to be hanged. He made his escape, and in “On Haz- ardous Service” W. G. Beymer tells of | the weeks that he was followed by se- eret service men and small details of Federal cavalry and how by his very audacity and quick wit he escaped re- capture. He blundered into a camp of them one morning at dawn and saw instant- |ly that retreat was impossible; they were ready to open fire with a dozen | revolvers. Without hesitation he strode up to the men and shouted indignantly: “You make mighty free with my With all this wood round you seemed very angry. “Who are you?” a corporal stam- mered. : “The owner of the rails, of course!” And then, apparently somewhat mol- lified, he went on: “Well, well! War is war, but don’t do any more damage than you can help, boys.” He sat down with them to their breakfast and chatted with them pleasantly. One of them asked if he had seen Wat Bowie | and described him accurately. At the description they al] stared at him and moved uneasily, in doubt as to what was to be done. He tallied with the description in every respect. But his insolence in walking up to them and upbraiding them for burning “his” rails made them doubt their own eyes. “Why, yes,” he drawled. “Wat Bo- wie was in these parts last week. I know him well. They say he has gone to the north part of the county, where he hails from. I don’t know, though, as to that.” Then rising and stretching himself he looked down into their doubt filled eyes and laughed at them—laughed in their very faces—and said: “I’m glad you all met me on m’ own land. You might have made trouble for me elsewhere, for they all say I look like him a lot. Goodby, boys! Good luck!” Hopkins, the Witch Finder. Though some people still believe in witches, there is no longer any use for the witch finder. Englishmen of ear- lier generations gave this person abun- dant employment, sometimes fetching the real expert enormous distances to cleanse an afflicted town. In 1649, for instance, the magistrates of Newcastle sent into Scotland for one who could find witches, agreeing to pay 20 shil- lings ($4.80) a head for all that he con- | victed. His particular method consist- ed in pricking the suspect with pins, | and fifteen old women were duly exe- cuted as the result of his visit. The most notorious of witch finders, one Hopkins, was finally executed as a ; Wizard after trial by one of the more painful of his own many cleverly de- vised tests. cooked on the ing a dozen other things. Electric Table Cooking Suggests Magic When you have buttered your toast and sweetened your coffee, the eggs are ready. A fried egg deserves a new name when El Tostovo Electric Toaster Stove One top for toasting, another for cooking eggs, baking griddle cakes, frying bacon and do- H. D. POWERS ,excursion to Gettysburg, TO GETTYSBURG? ‘Said Other Than Veterans Trav- eled at Expense of State, GRAND ARMY MEN AROUSED Some of the Best Places on - the Train de Luxe. St. Paul.—(Special.)—In the absence |of facts fair play at this time will not permit of any criticism bearing on the men in charge of Minnesota’s end of |the Gettysburg celebration or the | method of selecting those who at- tended at the expense of a grateful | public; still it is not out of place to mention the fact that criticism is in the making and those who feel time comes to pay the Dill. Who made the trip, who did not and why outsiders monopolized some of the best places on the train de luxe will be {burning subjects at more than one gathering of Civil war survivors for some, time to come. Already there is |a growl, and it is increasing in vol- jume. As you possibly remember the Nast legislature appropriated $25,000 | for the transportation to the Gettys- | burg: battlefield and the return of all living members of the First Minne- sota and others who had participated in that memorable conflict. To the ‘list was added medal men, department corps and others. The governor and his staff were included and it was this latter addition that came near putting the whole thing out of business. Only by the hardest kind of a fight was the appropriation gotten through the house with the governor's staff in- {cluded. How those in charge of the including Governor Eberhart and others with a supposed pull, have been bombarded by persons who never smelled powder or saw a scrap more lively than a dog fight with requests to be taken care ‘of is only known to those named. Every mail brought them and they appeared in person. The greatest care, it is claimed, was taken in arranging the list of those entitled to participate in the legislative appropriation, but 'there are now persons unkind enough te say that a number of “ringers” got by and they will scan the bill when it comes up for settlement by the state auditor. Another story is that several members of the staff took their wives, and another that a member of the |governor’s staff, unable to go on ac- count of business, substituted his bet- ter half. One member of the First, peeved because he was overlooked, passed the hat and a grateful commu- nity sent him at its expense. And so the story runs. + Se | When the Gettysburg special left for the famous battleground it con- sisted of two trains of thirteen cars each and they were all filled. Every veteran had a berth and sustenance from the time he started until he re- {turned. The same provision was made /in the case of the governor’s staff and others entitled to participate in |the appropriation under the terms of | the bill. If there were any ringers |they were not known to those in | charge. However such might be taken from the fact that a number were aboard the train who paid their way {and who appeared in the published list as making the trip. It is a pity that every Civil war veteran in the state could not have been the guest of the state on this occasion and also that provision was not made for those physically incapacitated, but who could have made the trip had attendants been provided. It naturally makes the others feel a bit sore, and so you can readily see what is in store for those who engineered the trip and named those who should participate. The men who will disperse the money expect kicks, but I gather from their talk that the bill will be paid without question when it is handed in by the celebration committee. They are all men of honor and integrity. ee Several laws passed by the last, leg- islature have become effective, among them what is known as the five-sixths jury bill. Under its terms ten men can return a verdict when the jury has been in conference twelve hours or longer. The new act is supposed to sound the death knell of disagree- ments. Another law of interest to farmers of the state is that relating to the sale of seeds. Seed packages under the act must be branded as to contents, including a full history as to growth, age and whether they have been tested as to purity. Still other laws which became effective are pro- hibition of the public drinking cup, compulsory filing of chattel mort- gages with the register of deeds and the abandonment of directed verdicts. ++ + Unless the insurgent members of the Modern Woodmen who were re- sponsible for the passage of a bill last spring permitting them to organ- ize a new association can overcome the recent rulings of Attorney Gen- eral Sniith regarding the act the move | Charged That Outsiders Monopolized | aggrieved will be on the job when the | | time arrives for the selection of thos: commanders of the G. A. R., a drum | of those \ is generally accepted. He cannot be | Schmahl is of the old school and his | state pardon board, but that tribunal that members for the new association would Wrst have to sever their connections with the old organization. This would leave them without insurance for the time being. Last week attorneys for beth sides argued the ruling at length, but they were unable to bring about any change. It is likely that the contro- versy will be renewed at the special session of the legislature to be held October next. a ai ad Those who are fighting Governor Eberhart’s scheme of statewide con- trol of public utilities offer as an argu- ment that it is the utilities who want | the law, not the consumers. In Min- neapolis a fight is on for 60-cent gas and the battle may extend to St. Paul. That the gas companies of the two cities would hail ‘with delight some- thing which would relieve them of this demand goes without saying, so perhaps there is somé®hing after all in what the opposition claims. You certainly cannot blame the utilities. With the cities it is get what you want first and then argue it after- wards. The statewide control idea is first to see if the utilities can stand the desired cut. Fae Educators throughout. the state are more than pleased over the de- cision of the supreme court uphold- ing the Putnam consolidated school act, which provides state aid for schools which add the teaching of agricultural, industrial training and domestic science to their list of learning. The law was attacked as to the provision which permits the | district furnishing such courses to tax nonresident pupils a nominal fee. Justice Hallam wrote the opinion and he upheld the law in every re- spect. +e + That Secretary of State Schmahl will again be on the lists when the who will head the next state ticket headed off, all of which leads up to the remark that perhaps some day the powers that be may have to reckon with Julius in a gubernatorial way. The Redwood Falls man, they say, has the bug, though he is too shrewd a politician to start buzzing at this time. Secretary of State adherence to tried and true methods of playing the game have undoubted- ly helped him in getting by in the face of opposition that would have swamped any one else. No one ever caught Julius following new gods and this, per haps, is responsible for his success. As I say, it might be well to keep an eye on the little fel- low. He has some majorities to his credit which cannot be sneezed at. + ht The late purchase of four mileage books and the consuming of about a/ dozen more since Aug. 1 last, by) Governor Eberhart is engaging the) attention of some of the opposition | papers and bets are on that his ex- cellency will break the tourist record this year. Governor JEberhart is) some traveler, that is certain, but he explains his almost constant absence | out of the state on the ground that! he is boosting Minnesota. Governor} Eberhart once said he likes to travel and he sure is getting his fill. ++ + Heeding a clamor for reform a St. Paul municipal judge gave a steam- | boat captain a straight thirty-day | sentence to the workhouse for per- mitting liquor on his boat. The next day the captain appealed to the handed the case back to the court, which had intimated that it would stand for a pardon, with the remark that the court which sentenced him could give the culprit a new trial or suspend sentence. More workhouse sentences come from St. Paul to the | state board of pardons for consider- ation than any city in the state, and | all, as a rule, backed by the munici- | pal judge which imposed the sentence. From all accounts this particular captain was the goat in a crusade which the court could not very well overlook and he received something that more flagrant but adroit of- fenders should have got, but escaped by fleeing the state. : eee Speaking of the “clean up” crusade which is now on in St. Paul—it is by no means the first—a Catholic priest, Father Donahue, is at the head of the movement and he is after the police and other law en- forcing officials with a big stick. He has threatened to personally enter the next campaign and fight those who, he says, are permitting liquor: violations of the most flagrant char- acter. It is not often this denomina- tion enters a crusade like this, at least publicly, and the activity of Father Donahue has caused some surprise. : ++ + Charles Halverson of Madison, for four years a member of the state / poard of control, died in Minne- apolis last week, following an opera- tion. In the early nineties Mr. Hal- verson was a member of the legis- lature. He was appointed to the board of control by Governor John- son. + + + The other day the comraission provided under the new law giving the state labor department civil serv- ice held an examination for appil- cants and eighty-one responded. embroideries, 10c. Choice of the lot at - Choice of this lot at Lot 2=meme5 Cents Wash goods, white goods, swisses, lawns, foulards, linens, silkolines, etc., worth as high as 25c. —— Lot 3a===10 Cents Crepes, zephyrs, serpentines, curtainings, white goods, lappet swisses, fine ginghams. shirtings, wash suit- ings, embroideries, India linens, white lawns, silkized messalines, silks, etc. as 50c go in this lot at - Goods worth as much yard 10c Lot 4umm=25 Cents Woolen dress goods, panamas, serges, cashmeres, silks, nets, all-over laces, corset cover embroideries, flounc- ings, etc. A great many other in this lot worth as Choice in the lot at : 5 will be found —— Last Call on Millinery For a final clearance we offer about fifty of this season’s trimmed and ready-to-wear hats, that sold up to $5, in three lots at— choice of the lot 25c, 49c, and 98c ITASCA DRY GOODS CO. MEETS TO TALK CURRENCY Committee of Chamber of Commerce to Convene July 9. Washington, July 8.—The currency and banking committee of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States will meet in Washington on July 9 to consider currency reform legislation pending in congress. Members expected to attend in- | elude Irving. T. Bush, Edmund D. Fisher, Edward D. Page and Joseph French Johnson of New York city; John V. Farwell, Chicago; J. Law- rence Laughlin, Chicago; William A. Scott, Madison, Wis., and George W. Bruce, Milwaukee. STORM FATAL TO SEVERAL Twenty May Be Dead as Result of Cy- clone at Carey, Miss. Natchez, Miss., July 8.—Several per- sons were killed at Carey, twenty miles north of Vicksburg, Miss., by a storm, according to advices reaching here. One report places the number of.dead at, twenty, but all wires are down and confirmation is impossible. Actor Kills Wife and Himself. Kansas City, July 8 —Jealousy prompted Frank Bailye, a vaude- ville actor of Atlanta, Ga., to shoot and kill his wife.and teammate, Maz- zie Edwards of Denver, Colo., and to commit suicide here. They are said to be well known on the vaudeville stage. pirate Hugo’s Long Sentence. For the longest sentence on record we must go to the French. In “Les Miserables” Victor Hugo has one sen- tence that runs through a hundred lines, and earlier in the book, in one of the chapters descriptive of Water- loo, there are over fifty lines without a full stop. England’s record rests under official patronage, for it would appear to be the seventh section of the foreign enlistment act, which does not stop until it has very nearly reach- ed its six hundredth word.—London Ansbocher’s The kind that is warranted to do the business. Get it in all sizes at the RED CROSS DRUG STORE INTENTIONA! NIIPILICATE EXPOSURE Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, July 1.—Cattle—Beeves,. $7.10@8.85; Texas steers, $6.50@8.10; Western steers, $7.10@8.20; stockers and feeders, $5.75@8.00; cows and heifers, $3.00@8.25; calves, $6.50@ 9.50. Hogs—Light, $8.70@9.02; mixed, $8.60@8.95; heavy, $8.40@8.95; rough, | 8.40@8.60; pigs, $7.00@8.75. Sheep —Native, $4.50@5.30; yearlings, $5.40 @6.65; lambs, $5.50@7.80. GUARANTEED PURE PASTEURIZED MILK “5 | Ap genset aoe Fe per quart .O7 Cream, whipping_ pbb Cream, cooking... “‘ -25 Buttermilk -05 -15 -10 We Are Ready to Furuish the Goods at any Time of the Day. ITASCA (0-0P CREAMERY PHONE 77. E Weaving In Shadow. In one of the famous lace shops of Brussels there are certain rooms de- voted to the weaving of the finest and most delicate lace patterns. These rooms are entirely darkened except for the light from one small window fall- ing directly upon the pattern. There is only one lacemaker in the room, and. she sits where the narrow stream of light falls upon the thread she is. Canning Tématoes. “Our sporting editor took the place of the ‘Home Hints’ editor yesterday.” _ “Anything happen?” “A lady who wrote asking how to can tomatoes was told to get an old can ~ and piece of string, then to catch her tomato and to proceed the same as if tanning a dog.”—Houston Post,