Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 28, 1914, Page 4

=. Beana ‘Rapies Heras Review Published Every Wednesday By KILEY ® SPENCER peal Biers of Itasca — SUPPORT THE N. M.D. A. The Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association collection of funds to finance this is starting on its year’s activities. This work should, and we doubt will, sponse yet given to any have no appeal for the support of this association; for the N. M. D. A. beginning most important and most promising is the year of labor in its history. The association has set itself the task of interesting the state in the) adoption of a new state land policy that will redeem Northern Minnesota from the incubus of state neglect and that will foster the development of idle acres in the north to the enrich- ment of state school funds, the in- crease of the state’s productive wealth and the profit and prosperity of every section of the commonwealth. The N. M. D. A. has set itself this task as it set itself in its inception the task of bringing about legislative reapportionment. It is the highest responsibility it has yet assumed, and ; and it enters up- the most prom the work of carrying it out with a spirit that will brook no defeat. on it is a work primarily of education. | Tne whole state must be must be taught to see that state de- velopment is not a measure alone for the relief of Northern Minnesota, not a scheme to profit private land spec- ulators, but a plan to put the whole state higher up in the list of rich and productive states. This requires money. other agency that can do the work, and the money to do it must come from the same sources and in the the money that has maintained the association and its useful work thus far. Under a law passed by the legislature at its last counties are empowered to There is no same way as session, appropriate public funds for this pur- pose, and no county in Northern Min-/ nesota should fail to do its share, for no county can fail to get its share of the benefits. This is public work of the highest importance, and it deserves the full- est possible sympathy and support.—} Duluth Evening Herald. Lyceum course night. number of hall Saturday Fourth at Village result in the largest re-| informed, ; CHANGES MADE BY NEW PRIMARY LAW Second Choice No Longer Applies | to Legislative and County Offices. | The new primary election law, passed at the last session of the leg- islature is radically different from the} one heretofore in force. All the coun} ty and legislative offices are non- partisan and the second choice fea- ture is elimmated. Attorney General Smith holds that the second choice} feature can no longer apply to these offices, since they have been made non-partisan. The new law also pro- vides that county and legislative of- ficers elected at the next election shall be for a term of four years. This does not include however, the judge of prcpate as the term of \this office is fixed by the state con- stitution at two years and cannot be changed by legislative enactment. All candidates for office will be} required to file forty days before the primary election. That means that May 9th will be the lats day for filing, as the primaries come on June 16. The new law also provides that in cases where there are not more than two candidates for a county of- fice, the candidates names will not appear on the primary election ballot. | Where there are more than two can- didates for an office the two receiv- ing the highest vote at the primaries | will appear on the ballot at the gen- jeral election. DULUTH TO HAVE A BIG FARM MEETING A conference of people interested in agricultural education will be held in the rooms of the Duluth |Commercial club on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 4th and 5th, at which [speakers and educators representing the nation, state and counties will ‘be present. We note that among the jmames on the program are those of George B. Aiton and Supt. A. J. Mc- |Guire of Grand Rapids. This conference will be composed of representatives of the division heads of farm management, field studies and demonstrations, of the federal department of agriculture, Washington, D. C.; the state leader and district supervisors of the agri- cultural extension work and the home economics depatmrent of the state uni- versity of Minnesota; the state super- intendent of schools and high school inspectors; the county agricultural agents; county superintendents of schools; teachers of agriculture in high schools and consolidated rural schools; superintendents of the exper- iment station at Grand Rapids and the demonstration farm school at Du- luth; the United States supervisor of | boys’ and girls’ clubs in Minnesota; | delegates from board of county com- missioners; officers of the Northern !Minnesota Development association jofficers and members: of commercial | clubs representing business organiza-| | tions. | Doe-wah-jack presents the Incomparable Round Oak Chief Round Oak Special Iron—will not rust or A NEW PLEASURE Made for service—to last— ticular people who know reasonable price. 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By the time I’d washed the dishes I was dead tired and, set- tin’ down in front of the fire, got to thinkin’ what a lot o’ work I had to do that was usually done by women. 1 could stand it all till it came to washin’ dishes, and that I always hated. There came a rap at the door and Cynthia Jones came in to ask me if 1 wouldn’t lend her mother a quart of milk, The Joneses have the next farm to mine. There’s one boy and five girls. I’ve often wondered what Farmer Jones’l] do with all his girls. | There’s only one livin’ at the farm, and that'll go to the boy. I went to the springhouse and got Cynthia the milk, and as I handed it to her she said: “You're very comfortable here, Mr. Crabb, ain't you?” “Well, yes,” 1 answered. fortable enough.” “Don’t you ever git lonesome livin’ all alone?” “No. I don’t git lonesome at all. You see, by the time I git the dishes washed it’s perty nigh bedtime.” “Do you like dishwashin’? men don’t.” “I hate it.” “Why don’t you git a woman to do it for you?” “I don’t know anybody that would like to hire out for that purpose.” “You might marry some one. She could do all the woman’s work—the sweepin’, the cookin’, the milkin’ and all.” “] don’t know any one that would marry me.” ‘ “You don’t mean it! Why, there’s lots o’ nice girls would be glad of the position. I know a girl that would marry you and make youa good wife.” “Who's that?” “Why, Mr. Crabb, you wouldn't have me tell you. She wouldn’t thank me for doin’ so. If she did it would be immodest of her.” “Is it Susan Park?” “No.” “It ain’t Melis Billings, is it?” “No; I don’t refer to Melis. But I won't give you any more guesses.” “Seems to me that’s kind o’ mean.” “T’ll tell you what I’ll do. Come in to our house Sunday night and I'll give you the first letter of her first name.” I made the call on Sunday evening and found all the family except Cyn- thia gone to church. There was a fire burnin’ on the hearth, and the brass andirons shone beautiful. Cynthia had some apples and cider on the table waitin’. and altogether everything Somehow I could never make my livin’ room look like that, and I told her so. She said men couldn’t do such things; only women could. Cynthia made me feel so good that 1 forgot all about askin’ her the letter she was goin’ to tell me, and I went away without it. I met her on the road the next day, and I said: “What was the letter you was goin’ I clean forgot it.” ‘You'll have to come for it next Sun- she said as she hurried on. I went the next Sunday night, and “I’m com- Most | the first thing I did was to ask for | that letter before I forgot it. | said she’d tell me just before I went | home, only I was to remind her of it Cynthia The family was mostly at home this time, and Cynthia took me into a little 6 by 9 room off the dinin’ room. There was only one easy chair in it. Cyn- thia set herself down in that and left me a chair with a wooden seat. To- ward 10 o'clock I got so tired I couldn’t 3tand it any longer. 1 got up and walk- ed about to rest myself, and Cynthia moved aside, and, seein’ she didn’t in- tend to be mean about it, I set down beside her. Would you believe it? 1 went away without thinkin’ to remind her of the first letter of the girl’s name who would like to marry me! I met her in a few days in the store and asked her for it, but she said I’d have to try it again and if I didn’t remember this time she wouldn’t tell me at all. I went round the third time to get that letter and found not only the fam- ily at home, but a lot o’ friends there. So Cynthia had to take me to a closet where they kept old books and maga- zines, and we set on the pile with our legs stickin’ out into the hall. The closet was narrower than the easy chair we'd set in the second night I was there. and there wa’n’t no room for my arm, so I had to put it around her. We set there that a-way from 7 till 10 o'clock. “By cracky,” 1 said jest as 1 was a-goin’ away, “if I didn’t pretty nigh forgit ag’in to ask for that letter!” Cynthia larfed and said that the first letter I had missed by not askin’ for it at my first call and the second I'd missed on my second call. So I was only entitled to the third letter, which was “n.” I didn’t like that way o’ puttin’ me off and went back and set down ag’in to persuade her to tell me the whole thing. She wouldn't, but ‘we had our heads perty nigh together, and a lock of her hair brushed my cheek. I kissed her. Then | said 1 didn’t care a rap for all the letters of the other girl’s name. I wanted her to come in and do the woman’s work on my farm for me. And, laws, how we did kick up our heels at the weddin’! 6.0.P, LOVEFEST NOW TALKED OF Anti-Administration Crowd May Emulate Democrats, SOME OPPOSITION TO PLAN Uncertainty of the Outcome Keeps “Insurgent” Leaders From En- dorsing the Meeting. St. Paul—(Special)—Now that the | state Democracy has decided on a big get together meeting in Minneapolis Feb. 23 a number of prominent Re- | publicans are agitating a similar gathering for the G. O. P., to be held , the latter part of March or early in April. The prominent Republicans agitating the movement, however, are outside the pale of the administration crowd, so I fear it will not get very far unless they “take the bull by the horns” and issue the call over their own signatures. It is certain that the state central committee will not give the scheme encouragement, as Gov- ernor Bberhart has already aired his | views about self-constituted leaders | and the beauties of the primary law, which is supposed to represent the rule of the people. The agitation for | a general Republican get together | was started a week ago, receiving its | real impetus from W. E. Lee of Long | Prairie, who. in a communication to | the press, proposed a solution of the: gubernatorial question through the | medium of a meeting of Republicans | and the selection by it of one man to make the race against Governor Eb- erhart, the administration candidate. | Since then the proposed meeting, but | with a different object in view, has been discussed, but so far no one has | been found with nerve enough to take the initiative. The administration | naturally will not stand for it and as for the insurgents the outcome is de- cidedly too uncertain for them to risk it. If any attempt at putting those who might attend the propos- ed meeting on record could be con- fined to the gubernatorial questicn the insurgent leaders might attempt it, but it is here where the trouble comes. Some one might trot out op- position to Henry Rines of Mora, who is a Republican progressive, for state auditor, and after that anything might happen. +e + “Why,” you probably ask, “does Gov- ernor Eberhart and his lieutenants oppose any general meeting of Repub- licans, the object of which is to dis- cuss issues, decide on principles and discuss matters pertaining to the good of the party?” For the simple rea- son, dear reader, that Governor Eb- erhart is not ready just yet to giv? aid and comfort to Jim Peterson, S. G. Iverson, W. E. Lee and others who hanker for his official scalp. In brief, he is not desirous of committing po- litical suicide at this time. He has plans in mind that tend to a long po- litical future and he is not desirous | | of having them shattered. His excel- | lency is standing behind the primary law, and rightfully so. When the mi- | nority failed to get his goat in con- vention it insisted on a statewide primary law. Governor Eberhart gave | it to them and now he is more firmly | entrenched than yer The Eberhart Aid Society is sure growing. Elias Steenerson of Crooks- ton, a brother of Congressman Hal- | vor Steenerson, is said to be-prepar- | ing to ask for membership. He would file for the Republican nomination for governor, with the Equity Grain Exchange forces in the state as his sponsors. James A. Peterson of Min- neapolis and S. G. Iverson of St. Paul | have already joined the society. Oth- | ers expected to tender the required | filing fee are Senator Elwell and Fred | B. Snyder of Minneapolis, Congress- man Lindbergh of the Sixth district and W. E. Lee of Long Prairie. Come on, you fellows, the membership is | unlimited. +t “Prexy” Cyrus Northrop of the state university is said to be pre- paring to enter the arena of politics. The state senate is to be the step- ping stone and friends, it is report- ed, will file his name shortly. If he does get in it is hardly likely that he will be opposed. President Northrop was talked of for governor four years ago, but declined. +e + It looks pretty much as if a de- cision had been reached in the matter of putting up State Insurance Com- missioner Preus as a candidate for | state auditor against Henry Rines of Mora. Mr. Preus was busy among the auditors in attendance at the meet- | ing of the State Auditors’ association : in Minneapolis and it is reported gave ! out the information that he intended to file. During his visit Mr. Preus had no lack of backers. Administra- tion friends were on hand to introduce him and he made a hit. When he| files Mr. Preus will give his residence as Minneapolis, although his residence was given as Ada when he was named as executive clerk by Governor Eberhart in 1909. ++ + That National Committeeman Fred B. Lynch of St. Paul is very much in the Democratic saddls as far as the | speaker of the next house. Buy Your Next Order of Groceries of The Live Grocer CAR GRAND RAPIDS, AND ALWAYS GET THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES MINNETOTA Gold Banner Oranges; we have them Strictly fresh eggs Case, per dozen__ 25-pound sack sugar___ 100-pound sack sugar_._ Fine Rio Coffee_ Zenith Ham, the best_ Zenith Bacon, the best_ Cream Cheese Clothes baskets, large willow. Copper boilers. Copper bottom boilers Wash boards—brass and glass Fresh strawberries, box__ Fresh tomatoes, pound_ Lettuce, bunch Celery, bunch Se * McIntosh creamery Butter, none better__ We always handle everything in fresh vegetables and traita: Pease idomen< 55 22 1 Head lettuce_ & Rabe Phone Your Order to Carl—No. 219 state game 1s concerned was evi- denced at the meeting of the execu- tive committee of the state central organization when a Democratic leve feast to be held in Minneapolis Feb. 23 was decided upon. Incidently the gubernatorial hopes of Daniel W. Lawler are supposed to have gone glimmering, as the gathering is gen- erally expected to be antagonistic to the St. Paul man. Frank A. Day, who is a Lawler supporter, opposed the meet, but he was unable to stand out against the Lynch forces. t+ + State Treasurer Smith is threaten- ed with a rival. D. C. Armstrong, a banker of Albert Lea, says he might get into the game and the filing of his name as a candidate is looked for almost any day. The scramble for state jobs to date has been confined to the governorship and Mr. Arm- strong’s threatened entry comes some- what as a surprise. +e S. Y. Gordon of Browns Valley, former lieutenant governor, writes friends that he will probably file for the house from his county and this has invited gossip anent the fact that SAM Y. GORDON. if elected he may be a candidate for As lieu- tenant governor Mr. Gordon made an excellent presiding officer of the sen- ate and this will undoubtedly be of- fered in his favor. eS Secretary of State Schmahl has just completed the task of indexing over 35,000 corporations listed in his of- fice and the job, which included a scrutiny of each, together with the necessary notations on a card for fil- ing in a card cabinet, is the biggest job ever tackled by that department. Over 75,000 entries, many of which were amendments to corporations al- ready listed, had to be gone over. The system installed is said to be the finest of its kind in the United States. +t t The office of lieutenant governor will be among the offices to be voted on this fall, but if any one has designs on J. A. Burnquist, the present incum- bent, he has not made known the fact. Since the close of the last ses- sion Mr. Burnquist has been seldom heard from, but this need not be taken. to mean that he intends to retire. bre t Congressman Halvor Steenerson of the Ninth district has a new scheme for the curtailment of the liquor habit and incidentally the suppression of snuff or tobacco in all forms. He would bar from the mails all publica- tions carrying illustrated or pictorial advertisements of the articles named. These include intoxicating liquors of any kind, snuff, cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form. That Congress- man Steenerson evidently failed to consult the newspapers in his district before he introduced the bill is evi- dent, as a howl long and loud has. gone up against the measure. te + Is your name on the legislative slate? Have you made your peace with the powers that be? Legislative candidates who will be right, the gos- sip runs, have been picked in every county in the state and they will be given the needed support at the proper time. The name of the king bee of this movement is not stated, but |I miss my guess if the whole thing | does not go by the boards before elec- tion time. I gather from the talk that the slatemakers will not have it all their own way. + ee The Albert Lea Tribune believes. that Thomas E. Cashman, author of the distance tariff act bearing his name, would make good gubernatorial timber and announced that it stands ready to give him its support. The Tribune says there is a demand for Senator Cashman from all over the state. How the Twin Cities, which claim to have been damaged by his dis- tance tariff law, would take to Sena- tor Cashman is not known, but I feel, certain that he would hardly have the best wishes of the Twin City dailies. tb + E. T. Young of St. Paul, in a letter made public, comes out for W. B. Lee as the logical candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. He says Mr. Lee is entitled to the honor. Mr. Young figured in the last scramble for Governor Eberhart’s goat. and with the others went down to de- feat. He says he has no intention of trying again. THE COUNTY ‘CHAIRMAN, A new line of Box Papers, Tablets, Envelopes, Inks and Pencils, Stationery in General, Memo- randums, Notes, Receipts, Drafts, Journals, Ledgers Day Books, Mucilage, Glue and Library Paste. Hess’ Roberts’ International Humphreys’ These goods are the best to be found in their line. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Full line of guaranteed proprietary medicines. Druggist