Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 4, 1914, Page 4

y Published Every Wednesday By KILEY @® SPENCER Official Paper of Itasca County NO WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. One of the most interesting and en- couraging things that has happened lately—in judgment—was the adoption by the Southern Minnesota Better Development league of a set of resolutions that included emphatic indorsement of a number of the vital things Northern Minnesota is fight- our ing for. This is interesting and encouraging not only because it puts the strong Southern Minnesota association on re- cord for right things in state devel- opment, not only because it gives the Northern Minnesota Development association the valuable help of this body in its work for state devel- opment, but, still more important, be- cause it sounds the death knell of the stupid superstition that there is war between Northern Minnesota and Southern Minnesota and that the south takes a dog-in-the-manger atti- tude toward the needs of the north and out of jealousy will not permit it to grow prosperous. We always have been suspicious of that superstition. Time and time again, when the fight for legislative reapportionment was The Herald uttered its con- fident belief that the people of South- ern Minnesota were fair and wanted and that on, no more than their rights, the real obstacle was not them, but their politicians and officeholders. And anybody who watched the pain- ful progress of the fight for reappor- tionment can fail to admit the cor- rectness of this view. And now, when Northern Minne- sota has taken up the still more im- portant work of state development and the fight for the adoption of a new state land policy, the first or- ganization to come to its aid, and to indorse its program in emphatic terns, is the Southern Minnesota Bet- ter Development league. Let us hear no more of that stupid superstition a conflict between north and south in Minnesota, of It is highly pleasing, too, to note that the league resolved in favor of} greater co-operation between the sev- terests of a greater state-wide devel- opment, indorses the movement for a closer co-operation between the three development associations of the state, and expresses its willingness to affil- iate with the other development as- sociations and to co-operate with them in all matters pertaining to state-wide development.” This is approaching the program of co-operation for the common glory and profit of the whole state which this newspaper, a couple of months ago, urged when it pointed out the common benefits to be gained by all parts of the state through joint labor for state development, and the obvious fact that greater and quicker results will come when all three as- sociations work together than with all three working separately. Here's the hand of fellowship Southern Minnesota, and a toast to the common heritage of north and south in the splendor and glory of the Minnesota that is to be—to the making of which North and South shall march shoulder to shoulder.— Duluth Herald. to THE FARMER'S WIFE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA By Mrs. I. B. Bjornson in Baudette, Region. The writer does not agree with the man who recently said that he con- sidereé the position of being a farm- ers wife ‘a darn poor one.” Personally we consider the task of being a farmer's wife in this north- ern empire the biggest and most in- teresting job we ever undertook. The life calls for the use of all the brains and education a woman pos- sesses, and the more she possesses the better.” It is a life that puts a sharp edge on a woman's brain and makes her keen mentally. It is a life that develops resource- fulness. The old hats are retrimmed and the old clothes refashione About the style we seldom worry. If we had our way at the present time we would turn a few snakes loose among the hobbles and split skirts. The suggestion comes to us from the following classical gem: “When Eve in Eden saw the snake she chased around to get some clothes} and in view of the latest styles, we need some snakes now, goodness knows.” Farm life in Northern Minnesota is productive of physical vigor. We learn to tramp the trails and woods; we chase our cattle and those of our neighbors; we help by piling brush when the “mon” is clearing land; help to plant potatoes and corn; we lead the ox for cultivation of the crops; we use the hoe; we seed and leare for the vegetables garden; we work much with the little chicks and turkeys and we spend hours in our eral development associations in the following terms: J “That the Southern Minnesota Bet- ter Development league, The Winter Must Go in the in- Soon all the winter’s cold and snow will be a misty dream, and grass will grow and flowers bloom along each swelling stream; the little red-breast robin will be heard at early dawn and ma will make us take the rugs and shake them onthe lawn, and every nook and cranny in the house will see the light, and dirt and dust and cobwebs will all have to take their flight. The floors will all be scrub- bed and cleaned and all the woodwork too; then we'll buy and use Chi-Namel and make everything like new. Chi-Namel Varnish—any color. All size packages. Sold by wonderful flower garden. We spend | much time out of doors drinking in |the exhilarating northern air, and it jis not to be marveled at that we | come to feel a physical vigor and | walk with a firmness of tread that | we never knew before. And this life is never dull or un- |interesting. We are in a land of mew things, of first things, a landj where history is rapidly being made. We see the land plowed and turned over for the first time in the history of man. We are mowing grain where ‘the forest stood before. The log cab-| {in is transformed into the frame} |house. The graded road takes the | | place of the trail, and the former will soon be changed into a state road, jand the autos will whiz by. Truly the changes are coming rapidly. But we would not paint the life of the farmer’s wife in Northern Min- nesota all in glowing colors, but would mix the rosy hues with the more somber tints of hardships, struggles and even tragedy, but out of these experiences largely there comes the mental keenness, the re- sourcefulness, the physical vigor and strength that make of our women a distinctive type. Kind Words for New Resident Coleraine Iron News: Mr. W. W. Carley cashier of the First State Bank has been called to the cashiership of the parent bank at Grand Rapids, and Bovey, while pleased with Mr. Carley’s promotion, is very sorry to part with him. As a matter of fact there is no man in the village that the good people of Bovey would not rather loose than Mr Carley and that is saying a good deal. Mr. Carley has been identified with the First State Bank for years and has taken an active interest in matters of public interest and the social life of the village, and dur- in this time has kept the good will of every man, woman and child with- out exception. As cashier of the First State Bank he has been a power in ad- vancing the interest of that flourish- ing institution, and in his dealings has been careful and conservative, using splendid judgment throughout meeting the appreciation and respect of the patrons of'that institution. Perhaps in no other circle will Mr. Carley be more missed than among those musically inclined. Pos- sessing a wonderful tenor voice, his services have been frequently re- quested at social and public gather- ings. We are afraid it will be quite a while before we secure someone else to take Mr. Carley’s place. Minor Happenings of the Week Throughout Minnesota. A “woman of mystery,” Mrs. Cath- erine McGraw, ninety-three years old, is dead at the Ramsey county poor farm. She never revealed the riddle of her identity. Her death, due to a stroke of apoplexy, came after an ill- ness of less than two days. The wom- an first went to the poor farm eight- een years ago. She refused to tell more than her name and age and zeal- ously guarded the names or where- abouts of her relatives. t+ + + Fifty-two cities and villages of Min- nesota and two counties are threat- ened by the state board of control with suits to collect the 2 per cent tax on liquor license revenues impos- ed by the state in 1909 as a main- tenance fund for the state inebriate farm at Willmar. Some cities have paid no ‘tax. Notices will be served on each one to pay what is due and if there is not a prompt response suits will follow. ++ + ‘W. A. Sperry of Owatonna, who was stricken with paralysis while attend- ing church services, is dead. Mr. Sperry was county attorney of Dodge county for three terms, county at- torney for Steele county for two terms, served two terms in the state senate, and was a member of the board of education of Owatonna for thirteen years. He was sixty-seven years of age. + % Lumber manufacturers of Minneso- ta are likely to bring a test case against the Cashman distance tariff law to prevent an increase in their freight rates. The railroad commit- tee of the Northern Pine Manufactur- ers’ association was empowered at the annual meeting of the association to take whatever action is necessary to protect the manufacturers’ interests. +r + Mrs. Ella C. Dearinger, fifty years old, second wife of Cornelius Dear- inger, has asked the Hennepin coun- ty district court to grant her a di- vorce on the ground that her husband repeatedly compared her unfavorably to his first wife, and that he provided for her so poorly that she was com- pelled to sell her wedding ring to buy the necessities of life. te te That from 1,500 to 2,000 fraudulent policies in fraternal orders are held in the Twin Cities, aggregating about $2,000,000 of insurance, is the state- ment of Insurance Commissioner J. A. O. Preus in letters sent to local and national officers of seventeen orders. Mr. Preus asks the orders to take steps at once to purge their member- ship rolls. + + + President Wilson sent to the senate the following nominations: To be re- ceiver of public moneys at Crookston, James P. O’Conneli of Warren. To be postmasters: P. H. Kiefer, Barnes- ville; Eugene H. Mangskau, Brecken- ridge; J. W. New, Floodwood; X. E. Kent, Sanborn; John R. Serrin, Glen- wood. od cod Lucas Kingsbury Stannard of Tay- lors Falls, the last surviving member of the Minnesota constitutional con- vention of 1857, is lying at the point of death. Mr. Stannard is ninety years of age and’ although living a retired life at his country home near Taylors Falls was active in affairs up to last fall. cob Saved from freezing to death by crawling with a mangled leg for over a mile to the railroad, only to die in the hospital at Virginia, was the fate of Charles Kallia, aged thirty-two, a painter. Kallia was hunting rabbits. He stumbled and the gun was dis- STATE NEWS BITS|LIND IS FOR GO\ GOVERNOR “Honest John” May Be Democ- racy’s Standard Bearer. AGREEABLE TO ALL FACTIONS Backers Declare His Election Would Be Stepping Stone to United States Senatorship. St. Paul—(Special)—Anything short of United States senator for John Lind, now representing President Wilson in Mexico, would be looked upon by many of his admirers as an afront and with positive rejection on his part, still it might be news to a few to know that “Honest John” is being quietly boomed as Democracy’s choice for standard bearer in the big state fight which will be waged this | fall. Mr. Lind, they say, looks good to National Committeeman Fred B. Lynch, who will dominate the big Democratic love feast to be held in Minneapolis next month. President Wilson, they further say, would like to add Minnesota to his collection of scalps, and John, they add, would not be averse to making the race if the final goal—the United States senator- Copyright by Zimmerman JOHN LIND. ship which comes two years hence— can be assured. “Mind you I am not giving you this Lind talk as authorita- tive; it is only gossip, and probably only very thin gossip at that, and yet it has the earmarks of some one close to the throne. This Lind talk was started last week and like the proverbial straw was grabbed at with | avidity. Some even had the nerve to say it had national administration backing, but Mr. Lynch would not go that far. The best he would say was that if Mr. Lind could be induced to enter the race he would be a winner. Lind gossip aside, the coming Demo- cratic get together meeting is going to be the best Kilkenny scrap ever | held in Minnesota, or I miss my | guess, and probably it is here where | this Lind stuff comes in. He is to be | offered as the egg that will settle the coffee. Anything to put Dan Lawler out of business is generally accepted here as the motive behind the love feast, as promoted by Mr. Lynch, but in the getting process it is pretty cer- tain that some one. is going to be hurt. charged, mangling his leg. ++ ¢ Teunis J. Slingerland, one of the wealthiest and most eccentric charac- ters of Southern Minnesota, died at his home in Kasson. He was about ninety years old. Slingerland was fond of rare books and is said to have owned one of the most valuable libra- ties in the state. SM ed Mrs. Ann McAuley, eighty-one years old, pioneer resident of Minnesota and a resident of St. Paul fifty-two years, is dead. Mrs. McAuley was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1833. She came to Minnesota in 1858 and had been a resident of St. Paul since 1862. ++ + Gas escaping from a hard coal stove killed Mrs. Elizabeth Peymann, living near Fairmont, and nearly suf- focated her nephew, Fred Peymann, who was taken out doors by his brother in time to save his life. Mrs. Peymann was seventy-three years old. ee The automobile no longer is mo- nopolized by the rich city man, that fs, not in Minnesota, for the latest official figures give credit to the farm- er for owning more than half of the machines licensed in the state. + ae Leroy Jackson, a driver for the People’s Ice company of St. Paul, was killed, and Charles Smith seriously burt when an ice wagon containing 5,500 pounds of ice overturned. ++ + Valentine Kill, a pioneer of Arling- ton, died suddenly of heart failure here while sitting in a chair convers- ing with friends. Dan will not stand for it, nor neither | will the O’Connor crowd, with whom Mr. Lawler is aligned, so you see this Lind stuff, if it copld be forced, would | not be a bad thing after all. All fac- tions would practically have to ac- cept him. 5 Dic ee ob Speaking of Dan Lawler and the Lynch designs on his gubernatorial ambitions, I gather from the talk that if Congressman Hammond, who is fa- vored by Mr. Lynch and his lieuten- | ants, is brought out for governor that the flaying the administration end will receive from Mr. Lawler will be worth recording. It will be an echo of the Clark-Wilson fight for control of the Minnesota delegation and some choice linen may be aired in the mixup. Hammond, the Lawlerites charge, though enjoying committee prestige at the hands of Speaker Clark, forgot him in his hour of need and for this | reason he should be treated as an in- grate. Besides they hold that Ham- mond, because of his connection with | the present tariff law, cannot be elected. The farmers, they say, would knife him. i + oe ; While the fight in the Democratic | ranks threatens to muddy the politi- cal waters of that faith, looming up on the horizon of the unwashed is Representative Pfaender of New Ulm and no one would be surprised | if in an effort to settle the guberna- torial nomination controversy the leaders were compelled to take over the New Ulm man and his ambitions. Gossip of this kind is quite frequent down here and mention of Pfaender’s mame generally brings endorsement. | gration commissioner, | gress in the Sixth district. | fight of his life on his hands. CAR ee aa The Live Grocer GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA YOU ALWAYS GET THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES Gold Banner Oranges; we have them Genuine Whole Codfish per por Frozen Herring, per pound_ Shoulder Hams, per pound_ 5-pound Pail Peanut Butter Spiced Salmon, it’s fine, per pound Quart jars Sour Pickles, per jar__ Butter, McIntosh Creamery, per poun Cheese, Imported Swiss, per pound Cream Cheese, 5 pound bricks_ Everything in the Green line; we have it. Strictly Fresh Eggs, per dozen_ Hotchkiss Glass Jars Canned Fruits, per jar ¥ We have everything in the grocery line that is up-to-date. tage Cheese, the finest you ever Milk and Cream always on hand. When you want something the other fellow hasn’t got call on Carl, he has it. Large Cans Asparagus, regular 50 cent size_ 25 10 und Cot- tasted. & Phone Your Order to Carl—No. 219 family. His father was state trea» urer at one time and the son has re- ceived additional honors in a politi- cal and civic way. ++ + State Auditor Iverson has not real | ized his gubernatorial ambitions as yet, still this fact did not prevent | him, when addressing a convention of independent telephone delegates in St. Paul, to assure those present that the next governor’of Minnesota would sign a telephone regulation bill. The independents want a law that will | compel physical connection between lines and a commission which will regulate rates. Governor Eberhart vetoed such a law passed by the last legislature. For some unknown rea- son Governor Eberhart was not asked to address the gathering. Mr. Iver- son was invited instead. ee It is pretty certain that the mini- mum wage law for minors and wom- en passed by the last legislature will be attacked in the courts on the ground that it is unconstitutional. This was made plain by Rome G. | Brown of Minneapolis in a hearing on the law before Attorney General Smith. Mr. Brown, who represents employers of labor affected by the act, says the law is unworkable and un- enforceable as well as unconstitu- tional. About all the commission which resulted from the passage of this law has done since its creation has been to draw on the $5,000 a year set aside for its maintenance. oe H. J. Maxfield, former state immi- has filed for the Republican nomination for con- He is go- ing to contest the present incumbent, Congressman Lindbergh, and accord- | ing to close friends the fight that will we waged will be a hot one. Whether Lindbergh will elect to go after his present job or throw his hat into the | Bull Moose gubernatorial ring is not | known at this time, but if he does try for his Washington job it is gen- erally agreed that he will have the Max- field is some campaigner and is well known in the district. His home is at Wadena. oi ati. Quite a few of the wise ones are | arguing that a Bull Moose candidate for governor stands an excellent show of election. They point out that the | present fight in the ranks of the two old parties will force votes to a Pro- gressive. W. H. Lee of Long Prairie, it is reported, is inclined to take this view of the situation and friends have been putting the same thing up to Congressman Lindbergh, but so far | the two have refused to bite. bi i 2 Admirers of the extreme in election and primary legislation cannot but view with alarm the present tendency undoubted misfits Which now adorn the various statute books. There are wise ones who argue that the next six | years will see a modified convention system in Minnesota and that the non- partisan feature of present election and primary laws will be dropped. Pne paper, the Minneapolis Journal, has already taken up the cudgel in behalf of some kind of a_ political conference and the plea is spreading. Another election and the cry will be louder. + + + J. Adam Bede, former congressman from the Highth district and a noted wit, has absolutely no use for the new order of things in matters politi- cal and never fails to air his views when he can. It is said of him that he was a guest at a banquet given to a well known Minneapolis newspaper man about to depart for another field and that one of the principal speakers was Archbishop Ireland. The remarks of the archbishop were quite pointed j and in his talk he roundly scored the tendency toward Socialistic ideas and their incorporation in matters politic. Mr. Bede was favorably impressed and, rising as the archbishop sat down, said: “Yes, your grace, if the primary law was compulsory in the Catholic church you would have Billy Sunday as pope.” The audacity of the remark rather startled the guests, but the archbishop only laughed and after a slight pause said: “I guess you | are right.” Ce de The state is being flooded with a two-page letter sent out by an organ- ization styling itself the Minnesota State Railway Employes’ Protective association, attacking the Cashman distance tariff law. The letter is pre- sumably for railroad employes only, put many others are being made the recipients of copies. The idea of the association is that what tends to reduce the revenue of the roads hurts the workmen in a wage way and for this reason the Cashman law is at- tacked. During the last session of the legislature the principal employ- ment of the officers of the association was keeping the railroads informed of pending legislation and running er- rands in their interest. se Dr. Egil Boeckmann of St. Paul, a son-in-law of J. J. Hill, the railroad magnate, has been made a member of the state board of health by Governor Eberhart. + + + Governor’ Eberhart is cudgeling his. brain how to rid himself of an em- barrassing situation in Duluth. There a prominent paper is hot on the trail of the police department and has de- manded of the governor that he give needed aid. The managing editor of the paper in question conferred with the governor and report has it that the editor in question handled the big _ stick with vigor. to relegate to the discard some of the 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. 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