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PAGE FOUR Grand apics Wheraid-Review Published Every Wednesday By KILEY © SPENCER Two DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap. ids, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County After a while, perhaps, the Re- publican politicians will conclude that their attempts at “ridiculing Secretary of State Bryan, avail- eth nothing. Bryan has a definite purpose in all his undertakings, and his purposes are so high,| 80 broad and patriotic that the in- |gone out through ignorance of the | sincere criticisms of that class of politicians wilh v terferes find little sympathy with the American people in these Democratic days. In the delivery of his inspiring lectures Bryan is performing a public service that American statescan can se plans he min no other equal. —_———.. JOHN LIND, DIPLOMAT Mr. Lind won his first praise from who did not know that the west trains men as spe- cialists in whatever comes next, by the mastery of the art of si lence, says the Duluth News Tri- bune editorially. He has not yet been interviewed and no statement, indeed not so tence, has come from him except through official channels. He has not accomplished what possibly some hoped, but he has accomplished more than most ex- pected. Moreover, the rest will probably follow, and this all the quicker;and more certainly by his return just at this time. He has completed his mission; he has delivered his message; he has made p'ain the issue; he has done his work, and refusing to become a party to a mere verbal dispute for purposes of delay, to Hiaggle or dicker, he leaves Huerta to converse with his lonesome. in the meantime, this mission has brought the active assistance of Great Britain, France and Ja- pan, whose moral influence enlist- ed for President Wilson’s policy is of the utmost importance. those si- much as a seu- pat pee SIDE LIGHTS ON BRYAN An amazing amount of misinfor- mation relative to Secretary Bryan has crept about the country late- Jy, due in part to joeose criticism and in part to prejudice. It is in- teresting to read in the New York @imes this week a full-page ar- ticle giving the inside of Bryan’s position in Washington, which | contradicts the recent widely tra- veled rumors concerning him. The Times has always been a strong anti-Bryan organ, and loses, few lambast the Nebra- defense occasions to skan. Its article in therefore is significant. The correspondence conveys that, contrary to expectation, Mr. Bry- an is the hardest working Secre- tary of State this country ever had, that he spends more time at his sk than any previous secre- tary, and that his nding with the diplomatic corps is very high. Mr. Bryan is pronounced excep-! tionally popuiar in Washington, and it is said that his genuine good nature has quite the his wou About That Old Furniture We'll cheerfully give you in- formation and suggestions for the best method of refinishing old pieces of furniture, refrig- erators, chairs, tables, beds, etc., the Chi-Namel Way and give you estimates on the cost H.D. POWERS various ambassadors he has ‘¢ daa: with. The story also asserts db- solutely that President Wilson ap- |proves Mr. Bryan, that he thinks most highly of him, and that Mr. Bryan has taken a vrey prominent part in all the administration ac- tivities, his apparent lack of in-, fluence being due to the fact that his devotion to the President had | led him deliberately to play sec- | ond fiddle and cheerfully to allow | all credit to go to his superior. | This inside story by a man who, knows rings true and sounds} plausible. It will be worth while if it tends to correct some of the un- fortunate impressions that have actual conditions surrounding the administration.St Paul Dispatch pole che Ea MINNESOTA’S MASTERY | A glance at the fat fields of Minnesota reminds us that though drouths andpests have afflicted other states, the seasons this year have visited Minnesota with no crop-destroying affliction, and the yield in every part and every crop is to be abundant, observes the Duluth Herald. For some reason, Minnesota this year has been specially favor ed by Providence, and this fall | bursting granaries and fat bank ac-) counts will attest its generosity to the North Star State. This reflection, which must have} occurred to most observers, is strengthened by the report which Frank A, Chamberlain, president of the Security National bank of Min- ueapolis, brings back from the bankers’ conference in Chicago, and gives the public through the Minneapolis Tribune. He heard of states that have fair crops. He heard of states that ‘have good crops, and of states | that had bad crops. But there was | uo mistaking this striking fact— that Minnesota leads them all. | “IT do not wish to give any par-| ticular state a black eye,’ said Mr. Chamberlain, “but I am sure that Minnesota is the fairest land of | them all. This is not being unfair | to the other states of the Northwest. The two Dakotas have far from a | crop failure, but they have not} nearly the crop which Minnesota | has. Montana is better than the | Dakotas but she cannot boast what | Minnesota can. The states of the far Northwest have some good re- | ports, but there is not one in the nation which can show when the harvest is over what Minnesota will display.” The institution of Thanksgiving was established by the | Pilgrim | Fathers that due gratitude | to; God might be shown for fhe ab- | undant yield of the new-tilled fields on which so mighty a his- tory was to be reared. | Thanksgiving in Minnesota this year should have a meaning deep- | er than usual, and should be ob- served with a heartfelt solemnity, more like that which attended its first observance, than is customary. THE FARMER AND THE TARIFF “Perhaps the most significant speech made in reference to the tariff was that made by C. B. Kegley, master of the Washing- ton, State Grange, in which he declared that the only logical thing for the farmer to do now is to fight for the absolute de- molition of the protective tariff system. The fight against tariff reduction has been made largely in the name of the farmer. Mr. Keg- ley sees that this is futile. Among other things he said: Make no mistake—we are face to face with the entire removal of the protective tariff from farm products. In my judgment, there is noescape from this conclusion, and’ the thing for us to dois to meet the issue fairly and squarely. As a system, protection is doom- ed. If we, as farmers, stand for it, we shall lose our share, and! the public believing that it has se- cured relief from the burden of living cost, will stop there, caus- ing whatever of loss occurs to fall upon the farmer. Consequently the businesslike course open is for ‘appeal to farmers everywhere | to | some interests may hold it to be at) the farmer to fight, not tocon- tinue the system, but to 8mash it. Fight, not to hold his own ques- tionable benefits of tariff on grain and livestock and wool, but to strip the cost of privilege off from the back of every business engaged! in. supplying the necessaries of life. The time to cure the whole diseased system has come andthe proper medicine is the ax. es Let us stand steadfast to this and join with us and wipe every tariff privilege off the statute books now and forever. If the farmers begin to see this there will soon be a logical way out of the tariff problems. The greatest wrongs done by the tariff have been through attempts to equalize the system, which have, invariably Ifte some one class, or some one industry, at a disad- | vantage. The tariff will be settled | finally when there is no industry | or class seeking the protection of | an artificial safe-guard. However | necessary protection has been in | the past, or however necessary | present,it is bound to be purchased) at the price of ruining some ele- | ment by favoring some other. | RES ee THE FINLANDER CITIZEN | There comes the report that the | Great Northern Railway company is to, or has, issued a blacklisting order against the Finlander. The | report, however, is not very defi- nite and we donot know whether it is the policy of the grasping railroad outfit tosimply refuse to employ the Finn on any of its 4 work, or to refuse his person or his freight, or torefuse him per- Flowers: Order Plants and Cut Flowers at Miller’s: Ives Brick Ice Cream on hand all the time at Miller’s: Confectionery inission tolive at all, says the Crosby Cruicible. Hither or all of these things, we belceve, would becarried out 1f/) the Great Northern had the power io doit, and the operation would not be confined to the Finn alone, but teanyone and everyone who might be in opposition to the Hill railroad policy, and that would em brace a great many of us. ‘There are bad Finns and there are good Finns, but where you | find one that is bad you will find hundreds that are good, and you will also find that as a nationality it isnoworse and no better than any other. The Finn is just as hu- man as the Swede, the Scot, the German, the Breton and the others tht goto the making of the Ameri- can race, and because there comes a bad Finn now and then is no goo reason why the Hill or any other interests or persons should con- demn the whole nationality, any more than they should condemn the whole race of Swedes, Scots, Germans or Bretons, because there happens to be now and then a black sheep in the flock. To the Finlander the state of Minnesota owes a gréat deal, and the Great Northern railroad more, because the Finn is a natural farmer and a natural developer, | operating the blazed the trail and put his little blazed the trail and put up his little homesteader’s shack—he is hardy, frugal, industrious and saving, and his thrift and enter- prise has put thousands upon thousands of dollars into the cof- fers of the Great Northern railway. The Finns who came from their cppressed land to America took -|up our lands and made rich} acres of them, they engaged in our busi- ness ‘enterprises and have become just as good citizens as_ the na- tives—they have helped materially in the: great work of state de- velopment, and have become men of prominence in state affairs. They have brought forth children land of the free that are just as true-blue Americans as are any Americans that ever lived. ° ee oI AUDITOR'S CALENDAR For the Month of Sept., 1913 Rrsorsonsotondoedergerdenteedenterteteedenteedeeterdeeteedeeteedeederdertee Sept. 4 Labor Day, Second An- nual Celebration by Farmers at Bovey, Minn. Sept. 2. Schooi Canisteg District, No. 2. Sept. 8. School opens in all schools in District No. 4, also in No. 5, 6, 9, 10 and 41 Districts. Sept. 9. September term of Dis- trict Court opens at Grand Rapids. Grand Jurors are subpoenaed to appear on this date. Sept. 10. Petit Jurors are re- quired to be in attendance at the September Term of the District Court. s 5 Sept. 44. County Board meets. Warrants for bills allowed August 27th, 1913, are due‘ and payable. Sept. 15. Monthly sale of State Land at County Auditor's office. Sept. 145. .On or before this date the Village Council shall by reso- lution determine the corporation tax to be assessed, which shall not exceed 2 per cent of the as- assessed valuation of the village. This tax includes all taxes raised Ly the village for all purposes except for the maintenance of pub- lic libraries, the interest and prin- cipal on outstanding bonds, In de-~ termining the leyy the Council should make estimates of all mon- jes they desire to raise for say; hydrant rentals, lighting village streets and ppblic buildings, and street improvements where same are to be made at general public expense, and kindred expenditures; and afiter adding same to amount estimated for general expenses certify the whole amount as a gen- eral corporation tax. Chapter 244, General Laws 1913, provides that when the water and light plant of the village is operated by a Com- mission, a tax of not to exceed five mills may be levied for the purpose of paying the cost of village water and light plant in supplying such vil- opens in the School. District, lage with the necessary water for | firé protection and street sprink- ling and the necessary electric cur- rent or other means of light, for lighting the streets and public parks in such village, provided such Commission shall have, on or before August ist, filed with the Village Recorder, (clerk), a statement containing an estimate of the probable cost of supplying such village with the necessary water and light for the ensuing year. To aid the Village Council and Commission in estimating the amount they may levy, the follow- ing valuations for 1912 are given; Bovey, $182,885 Bigfork, $16,734 Cohasset, $69,930 Coleraine, $4,441,745 Calumet, $72,685 Deer River, $93,352 Grand Rapids, $485,869 Holman, $12,869 Keewatin, $4,618,607 LaPrairie, $6,563 Marble, $5,343,265 Nashwauk, $1,728,548 Taconite, $2,109,910 Warba, $620,53 Zemple, $536,99 This tax levy must be certified to the County Auditor on or be- fore October 10, 1913. Sept. 25. Meeting of Board of County Commissioners. Sept. 25. Opening day of the Itasca County Fair, at Grand Rap- ids, Minn. Sept. 26. Warrants for Claims against County, allowed at meeting of County Board September ith, 1913, will be due and payable. Sept. 26. Second Day of Itasca County Fair. and many of the very best farms in ‘derness when the sturdy Finn Sept. 27. Last day of Itasca County Fair. _| show GRAND RAPIRS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1913 1h? Soreoorergososseooseosoers | Seventh Grade, Miss Rosalie Hud- BUSINESS AND CROP REPORT . Reported by the First State Sank, aeand Rapids. - Worse pate statenpatetetentetetoetnteteettetnetetete: It has become Very evident* that’ the country i¢ in too confident’ ai) mood and strong a position to be disturbed by éitlier tariff changes or crop shfinkages. Commercial rev) ports show the jobbing centers crowded with.buyers from all sec- tions, and the country stock- ing up for, the fall and the winter trade nothwithstanding tha Congress still debates the jtariff bill and that the month has seer a. tremendous loss i} the corm prospects. American business has become hardened to exaggeration. The cal- amity talk that has been indulged in by some of our statesmen, ad certain to follow the drastic chan- ges in our tariff policy has not been taken seriously, but rather as turning on the political necessity o going on record. The great drouth in the large and important pro- ductive corn. belt is more serious, but here, it is believed, that the final returns will not be quite as bad as the present estimates of losses, although it will be bad enough. But it is known that outside of corn the country has gathered ex- cellent crops and that the indica- tions point to the largest wheat harvest ever gathered, and of the highest qualliy and milling value. Winter wheat is a record. Fortu- nately, the Souluwest had gathered this crop before the _ blistering heat} came andthat at least, was saved. In the Nojthwest agricultu- ral production will be less than last year’s phenominal yields but the month’s development has tend- ed in the direction of enlarging estimates of yields rather than the reverse. The threshing returns good yields although, of course, the best of the country is being heard from just now. There has been some specula- tive excitement in cotton owing) to the Southwest drouth. The reports) from Oklahoma and Texas have been disturbing, especially in Texas where the acreage isso large, but as there has been some relief the extreme strain of unfavorable weather may be said to be off the crop. Eart of the Mississippi river the crop is reported to be in very good condition. The move- ment of the new crop is getting well under way and it is expected to; enlarge soon. The advance in prices has made a very favorable selling position for growers as well as hedgers against country pur- chases. The demand from spinners for cotton is light and reports from abroad,indicate a conserva- tive tone im trade circles. In the financial market, money continues firm but all fear of a tight situation this fall seems to have been dissipated by the de- positing of .. government funds throughout the country. The Euro- pean markets have improved their positions, the bank of England be- ing in the strongest condition it |has been in’ many months. The political situation is complicated now only by the occupation of Ad- | rianople by Turkey which is vexa- tious but rot disturbing. The chief feature of the end of |the summer months is the decid- ed improvement at home abroad in financial circles. From deep depression there has been.a steady advance to a most confident feeling that broad trade activity. is ahead. SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY NEXT Continued from Page One ler is a graQuate’ of Northwest- ern University, and a teacher of very successful experience. The following is a complete list of teachers. j High School. High School Principal, Miss Mary C. Strickler, Lanark, Illinois. English, Miss Florence Burlin- game. German, Mrs. Clarence B. Web- ster) Latin and Mathematics, Mise Mary ‘Ellis, Chicago. ‘ Music and Drawing, Miss Bessie erle, Hutchinson, Minn. ~. Central School. ’$} Principal, Miss Sadie Garrett, Mankato. > aFitth Grade} Migs Alice Gren- dahl. Fourth Grade, Miss Rue Beatty, _ Third Grade, Miss Alida Holmes. “Sofond’ Grade, Miss Mabel Nord- strom, Fairmont. dst Grade, Mrs. Clara Grove Kindergarten, Miss Dorothy Ely. Assistant Kindergarten, Miss Mae ‘Benton. Forest Lake Sixth Grade, Miss Lavina Guthrie Fifth Grade, Miss Anna Knudson. Fourth Grade, Miss Meta Erick- son. Third Grade and Principal, Miss Margaret Aiton. 2nd Grade, Miss Clara Thompson First Grade, Miss Florence ‘Thoirs. Cohasset High School and Eighth Grade, Henry Baldwin, Principal. Sixth and Seventh. Grade, Mise May Virginia Wildes. Fourth and Fifth Grades, Phoebe Smith. Second and Third Grades, Lillian Johnson. First Grade, Miss Jessie Aiken. Miss Miss: Sealed bids will be received by the County Board of Itasca County, Minnesota, up, until 10 o'clock A. M. on Thursday, the 25thday of September, (1913, at fhe office of the County Auditor, in the Village of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the construction of a portion ofa highway, known and designated as State Road No. 5; said road being also familiarly ‘known as the Old Duluth & Winnipeg Right of Way Road. = ' All bids must be in accordance with plans and specifications om file in the office of the County Au- ditor, and all bids musti be ac- companied by a| certified check payable to the County Treasurer of said County for at least 5 per cent of the amount bid. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. M. A. SPANG, County Auditor, Itasea County, I Minnesota. Herald-Review, Sept. 3-40-17. NOTICE OF SEALED BIDS: Sealed bids will be received by the County Board of Itasca County, Min nesota, up until 10 o’clock A. M. on Thursday, the 25th day of Septem- ber, 1913, at the office of the County Auditor in the Village of Grand Ra- pids, on each of the following prop- ositions for work upon State Ran Highway No. 4, in Itasca County, said improvements to be made in accordance with plans and specifi- cations on file in the office of the County Auditor of Itasca County, Minnesota, and also at the office of the State Highway Commission at St. Paul, Minnesota. All bids must be in accordance with said plans and _ specifications and accompanied by a certified check payable to the County Treas- urer of said County for at least 5 per cent of the amount bid. All bids must besubmitted on blanks, furnished by the County Auditor or State Engineer. First. For all clearing, grubbing grading, turnpiking, ditching and installing culverts on that part of said road beginning at the last end of said road and running west to the Village of Grand Rapids, being Sec- tions A. to F. iuclusive, as shown by_the plans and specifications; Second, For all clearing, grub- bing, grading, turnpiking, ditching and installing culverts on that part of said road beginning at the Village of Cohasset and running West to the Westend of said road, being Sec- tions H. to M. inclusive as shown by the plans and specifications; Third, For the furnishing of cor- rugated iron culverts, of the sizes and | hereinafter stated, to be delivered and business|at the stations on the Great Nor- thern Railroad. as. hereinafter set forth, to wit: Diameter Length in a in feet 15 12 No. Required Station Ball Club Deer River. Mee es “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Cohasset Ls Warba . “ “ “ u Campbell, St. Cloud. Domestic Science, Miss Norton. Commercial Department, Miss Eva Cowles, Stevens Point, Wis. Manual Training, John Klug, Two Rivers, Wis. Assistant Manual Training, Har- ry Vestal, Peoria, Ill. History and Public Speaking, Fred Carson. Science, R. R. Turner, Spring- field, Illinois. Agriculture, W. C. Corwin, Sher- ‘burn, Minnesota. Normal Instructor, Miss Minnie Ashton, Boone, Iowa. Eighth Grade, Miss Leila Bush, Dover, Minn. Grace ean, For gravelling said road’ rhere necessary, vel to be pro-- vided and auied euder. the dices: tions of the Engineer in charge of the work. Bids for graveling must. be by the cubic yard for hauling a quarter of a mile or under, aodhee over haul for each quarter of a mile- in excess of a quarter ofa mile. ~ The Board reserves the ‘ht to reject any or all bids on ea and every ropent ya i. . A. SPANG, County Auditor, It; i Mineeontn: erie oe Herald-Review Sept. 3-10-17. & | gRueueugauaaenanssaaunanemasaane alg?

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