Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 17, 1913, Page 5

PAGE FOUR © Published Every Wednesday SP SPINS ON Ni Ds EY By KILEY ® SPENCER el fWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at ‘the Postoffice at Grand Rap. ids, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca a DID YOU ATTEND THE COUNTY FAIR MEETING? The annual meeting of the Itasca County Agricultural association for 1913, was held at Village hall in Grand Rapids last Saturday after- noon. There were about thirty. people present, including four lad- ies. The attendance might have been much larger, and should Nave been. The day was ideal and at this season people generally are not over busy. Our county fair should be the biggest event of the year. The Agricultural. association should be regarded as the most im- portant organization of the kind inaintained in the county. It is entitled to the personal support of every live business man and every live farmer in the county. Tha! annual meeting is seldom suffi-' ciently attended, because, it seems, its significance and importance is not understood. It is at this meet- ing that the foundation plans are laid for the next year’s fair. The election of officers should not be submitted to the judgment of a few citizens of Grand Rapids and a few nearby farmers. The entire county should be vitally concerned in se- lecting the best qualified man to plan and direct and oversee so im- portant an enterprise. The selec- tion of committees to look after specific departments and to carry out the decisions reached by those members in attendance at the an- nual meeting, is a matter that} should not be lightly disposed of. yt is worthy the intelligent con sideration of intelligent men from every section of the county. The raising and disbursing of funds should be everybody's concern. The erection of suitable buildings, care of the grounds and track are mat- ters that should be discussed and passed upon at the annual meeting. As a matter of fact, some of the most important and necessary fea- tures of a successful county fair are passed without consideration at the annual meetings of the asso- | ciation’s members; and hence, the officers, without authority, are compelled to act on their own in- itiative to do the best they can in the face of necessity. The few present at Saturday’s meeting were actualed by a harmonious desire to ,do that which was calculated to accomplish the best possible re- sults, but they acted cautiously and with some hesitation, because of the absence of so many that should have been present. The people of Itasca county must come to a reali zation that their county fair can- not be looked upon as a pink-tea, party or a ping-pong exercise. They must learn to regard it as about the biggest piece of public business with which they have to deal. It is essentially an import- ant part of the county's material progress and development. The citizenship of this county must un- ‘derstand that the fair will not) maintain itself without combined effort. At Saturday’s meeting there were comparatively few of Grand Rapids’ business men present. Are they not interested in the well-fare of the county’s agricultural and allied recourses? It would seem not. ly criticisms of what the fair management does and leaves un- done .It is a ten-to-one bet that’ (the loud-mouthed critic is not a member of the association; never attended a meeting of the mem- berg; never attended a committee ‘meeting or a meeting of the offi- ‘cers, to make a suggestion or to acquaint himself with the plans, purposes and necessities of the or- ganization. When one of these fel- lows is heard inveighing against the officers of the association he should be asked what he has ever done to advance its interests; vo improve its management; to make si 7 a bigger and better fair? If he be mot entirely insengible to a ‘well- merited rebuke he will at least make a secret resolution to there- after do his duty in the premises. AN IMPORTANT OFFICE. The entire state of Minnesota, and particularly the northern por- tion thereof, is far more interest-, ‘ad in what kind of a man is oc~ cupying the position of state audi- tor than it is in the governorship. We have gotten along pretty, well without much of a governor for Asar or five years and the state will not be irredeemably lost even: fif the present incumbent is con- tinued in office for another term ‘or two. ‘It is different with the auditor’s office, A man in that position antagonistic to the in- terests of the north or blind to its neads can do more to retard its On every hand we hear year4]: development than all the govern- yors that ever existed. For this reason we refuse to grow ‘very en-~ thusiastic over any of the candi- dates thus far mentioned as/ suc- eessors to Mr. Iverson. J. A. O, Preuss and Henry Rines are both very fine gentleman, no doubt. but their peculiar fitness for this posi- tion is not particularly apparent, Both are party men and politicians before everything else and their ‘knowledge of what the state re- quires at this time is certainly not gre@ater than that of others that) we can mention. In casting about for candidates: for positions of this kind, fitness ‘seems to be the last qualification considered by politicians of thei old order. Past party services or - ability to hold votes in line. for, Ate head of the ticket seems toi be the rule by which; aspirants are measured, with the result that the hést man available from an effi- ciency standpoint are overlooked. In this connection the Herald-Re- ow has a candidate of its own, to “mention” for the auditor's posi tion. We do not know whether he is a Democrat, Republican, Socia- list or Prohibitionist, and do not care a continental. Theodore* Nel- H. D. POWERS Sends Greetings: The custom of remembering friends at Christmas time with suitable presents grows stronger as the years grow oider, and the good people of Grand Rap- ids and vicinity are not exceptions to the good old way. Suitable Presents—Presents Substantial, Lasting and Useful—are the most appreciated. H. D. POWERS, The Hardware Man, the most desirable of Christmas Presents: For Moth Hammered and Spun Bra: Nickelplated Tea and Coffee Pots Chafing Dishes Casseroles Baking Dishes Aluminum Ware Manicure S Scissor Sets er: ss Articles Dustless Mops, suggests the following as among Bread Mixers and Cake Mixers Razors ets Pocket Carving Sets = Food Choppers Silver Plated Ware For Boys and Pocket Knives Skates Fi Sleds Skies Air Rifles 22 Rifles Baseball Goods Girls: Ranges ‘ootball Goods Stoves Tool Chests Scissors Skates and Sleds For Father: Shaving Sets Knives Cuspidors Desk Sets Tools Smoking Sets For the Household: Heating Stoves Washing Machines and Wringers Eastman Kodaks Manicure Sets Hand Mirrors Candle Sticks FREE Combs and Hair Brushes Ivory Clocks, Parsian Ivory Toilet Sets, Parsian Ivory Work Baskets Tourists’ Tablets Jewel Cases Coin Purses Seasonable Articles for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children Safety Razors Military Brushes Shaving Sets Ash Trays Collar Boxes Humidors Cigar Jars Drinking Cups Playing Cards Purses Central Drug Store - L. A. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor Prescription Druggist gon is a man that would carry: Northern Minnesota hands down, nc matter on what ticket he wasy uominated, and in his selection the state would have a man know- ing more of the really important matters connected with the audi-v tor’s office than .any other candi- aate yet’ mentioned, or liable toy be. We do not expect our advice to be followed in this matter, bu we have a perfect right to thug xpress our choice. GOOD WORK RECOGNIZED. In recounting the good work: done and meritorious measures ad- ‘vanced at the late meeting of the Northern Minnesota Development association at Bemidji, we wish particularly to commend the good judgment displayed in again select- ing C. M. King of Deer River as chairman of the road committee. There are but few men in this country—none in Minnesotia—who have so conscientiously labored early and late in the matter off good roads, and while this re-ap- pointment only means that Mr: King will be expected and allowed to give freely of his time, efforts and money toward further aiding in this work, yet his reappoint- ment must be regarded by him as showing that his efforts have been appreciated. Mr. King has been in demand wherever there has been a good roads discussion, not only in thig state, but far from home, and he has become a figure of na- tional importance in the move- ment. Having studied the ques— tion from every angle. he has been able to give advice of®* practical value whereever he has appeare and those taking advantage of his knowledge and following his lead have discovered that all his prem- ises have been founded on experi- ence and dictated by sound busi- ness judgment. This north country| fishing and would use all reason- is now being built over with a able diligence in protecting the network of highways, the equal of |ftate’s game, but there.are some which will not be found in thej|hings he could not be depended’ west when completed, and to Mr. King’s untirin,g energy is this in leally object to his being placed in a great measure due. He has aide in drawing up and securing the passing of laws for making good roads possible, and has ‘been on‘ the ground when the practicability of those laws were tested in order to gee for himself what good should be retained and what faulty part altered. Being chairman of this import- ant. committee is a hard and seri- ous undertaking, about the only -| satisfaction there is,in it beside the knowledge of work well done, is that it is not a thankless one. IT WOULD NEVER DO. The misguided newspaper men on the Range who would have bad Old Man Aitkinson of the Mesabay Ore appointed a game warden ap- parently do not know what is ex- pected of an official of that char- acter. Of all the men we can think of, Aitkinson is the most impos- sible for the job. For instance. if he. should happen to run across a law~-breaker he would in all prob- bility not pay the slightest. at- tention to the culprit’s rating in Bradstreet or to whether or not he had any particular standin: vith the powers that be in — St. Paul. It is also altogether like! that if the Old Man ran into a party whose sole assets consisted of one wife, four children, thirty- eight acres of stumps and a tw acne rutabaga patch, and) found upon. investigation that the man. aforesaid hed killed a deer in order that his family might eat. ‘meat—it is altogether likely, we repeat-that Aitkinson would fail to confiscate the man’s gun and hail ‘him before the first magistrate within reach and have him placed an, jail until another deer had time to grow up in place of the one killed. No. Aitkinson is as fond as anybody of hunting ang ‘on to do, and we most emphati- Pipes, a large Assortment Look over the following list and we believe you will be able to find something appropriate for your every need: Stationery Bill Books Perfumes Books Copyrights Boys and Girls’ Books Gift Books Bibles Prayer Books Rosaries Etc., Etc. af To every lady visiting our store we will give absolutely free of charge a fine handkerchief and phial of Thelma Perfume while they last. Ask for yours It is absolutely free and presented as a souvenir by the Central Grand Rapids, Minn. a position that would mean—if not the destruction of the game—at ‘least the abolition. of the graft. connected with its protection. WARDEN WOOD AGAIN. Those who thought that the re— moval wf George Wood from the pay roll of the state would put am end to his pernicious activities: (were somewhat mistaken. So en- amoured of Wood’s peculiar style of doing business are people in the jRange towns of. St. Louis county that they immediately put him to work “protecting” game as a pri- mata individual in the pay of cer- ‘ain gum clubs. The results are whiat anyone acquainted with Wood's previous history expected ‘them to be. We clip the follow— ing from the Chisholm Tribune Herald, as besides going to show, that our estimate of Wood has al- ways been the correct one it proves that all the papers on the range are not blind to the damage being done by this monomaniac: _A move is on foot in Bear River district seeking _ the removal of Deputy sheriff Wood, formerly ‘game warden, from office, It is wenerally agreed that it would be better ta have all the game killed off in the Bear River neighborhood rather than have discord created. from the methods adopted by Wooc of playing one settler against the other in an overwhelming desire to obtain convictions. Since Wood began. operations in the Bear Riv- r neighborhood, it is alleged, neighbor distrusts neighbor, infor- mation leaking out that could come from no other’ seouree than from members of the community. Mem- bers of the community are dis-+ trustful one of the other and when it comes tO getting an assemblage of settlers together to discuss mat- fens pertaining to the welfare of the country, none will attend, so bitter has @ the feeling. Parcels Post Changes. Postmaster General Burleson’s proposals to increase the weight } | | oak ‘ | | |