Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 11, 1914, Page 4

7 > 4 Brand ‘TRayias Therata-Review Published Every Wednesday By KILEY @® SPENCER Official Paper of Itasca County NEEDED RELIEF FOR SETTLERS | —— { Editorial in Duluth Herald. It is to be hoped that some tangi- ble relief for settlers in Northern) Minnesota who have lost their hold- ings in conflict with the state over swamp land titles will come of the visit to Washington of C. M. King, president of the Northern Minnesota Development association. Certainly some relief is needed, as a matter of justice and humanity. As we understand the situation a large number of homeseekers settled in Northern Minnesota on lands which the Federal government had thrown open to settlement. They en- tered these lands therefore, by ex-} pressed invitation. Later—years later, in some cases— the government in its very leisurely processes patented these lands to the state of Minnesota under the swamp land act. Thereupon the settlers; found themselves in conflict with the state of Minnesota, and many of them lost their homes as a result Now the question whether or not the state should have contended for these titles need not be considered at this time and in this connection. R. Cc. Dunn in his Princeton Union ex- presses the belief that where there is doubt about whether or not the lands were actually swamp the state should not attempt to set up its claim, but should let the land go to the home- steaders, But that has no particular bearing on the question of govern- ment relief. The government invited these set- tlers to enter upon the land. The} land in some cases was open to set- tlement five and six years before the state’s claim to it was set up. The trouble seems to have been mainly eaused by the government's undue leisure in making its surveys and pat- enting the lands to the state. If this is true—and there seems little doubt about that—then the government should by all means make some pro- vision for the relief of those who have suffered by its delay. The issue between the state and these aggrieved settlers is another question entirely. It may easily be that the state officials concerned felt it their duty to push the state’s claim, and did not believe that there was arg Jatitude in which their personal sym- pathy for honest homeseekers could exert itself. It is more comfortable to take that view of it, especially as the issue in this discussion is not be- tween the state and the homeseekers, but between the Federal government and the homeseekers. It is to be hoped that the Minne- sota delegation in congress will give this matter its most earnest and thor-| Must Go 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 on the 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 | Bditorial in Kansas City Star. | ward. | corrected in the new banking law. ough consideration, and that if it finds that a large number of home- seekers have been unfairly afflicted through government neglect and by no fault of their own, it will devise a measure of relief and push it through. THE WILSON PROGRAM The unity of the Wilson program} becomes increasingly apparent as the program developes. To date the sched- ule of the administration is something) like this: Fundamental Purpose—To remove the artificial restrictions to business that have grown up with the rapid ir< dustrial development of the last cen- tury. First Restriction—The protective tariff has unduly favored a few in- dustries at the expense of all the others, therefore it is revised down- Second Restriction—Defects in the old National Bank act tended to con- centrate money in New York, encour- age speculation at the expense of cur- rent busines and to produce periodical stringencies, when it was difficult to get the funds necessary for legitimate business uses. These defects have been Third Restriction—Big business has used its power to capture undue ad- vantages for itself, which tend to produce monopoly and to stifle compe- tition. The evils are to be corrected by laws prohibiting interlocking di- rectorates and unfair methods of do- ing business. Fourth Restriction—Inflation of se- curities of railroads has imposed a burden on business. The issue of se- curities must be approved by the in- ter-state commerce commission. Fifth Restriction—The country’s de- velopment has been hampered by in- efficient governmental conditions, one of which has been the control of elec- tion machinery by unscrupulous pol- iticians, This is to be remedied by a national primary law and its nat- | waukee sanatorium from apoplexy, ural developments. A remarkable logical and compre- hensive program it is. The various parts are so closely related that they make of it one harmonious whole. Its completion will be a triumph of the first order for statesmanship. “©TOMATOES AND MEAT. BBoeosee “8 BREAKFAST MENU. Cereal, Cream. Tomatoes and Bacon. French Fried Potatoes. Corn Bread. Cafe au Lait. eocecceces eeccceeseses NE of the most useful summer vegetables is the tomato. Not only may it alone be cooked in many appetizing ways, but it combines nicely with other foods. Tomatoes com- bined with fish or meats make a whole- some summer dish. Combined With Fish, Tomatoes With Fish.—Lay alternate slices of canned tunny and fresh to- mato upon a dish and between each slice lay a thin round of onion. Gar- nish the edge of the dish with a bor- der of sliced cooked, cold potato. Sprin- kle the whole with salad dressing. Tomatoes and Bacon.—Take large, ripe tomatoes and cut them into thick slices. Butter a broiler lightly and broil the slices of tomatoes over a clear fire. Arrange on a hot dish, sprinkle with pepper and place on each a slice of tomato and a slice or two of crisp fried bacon. Baked In the Oven. Tomatoes and Hggs—Take some good sized tomatoes, but not too ripe. remove stalks, halve and seed them, season with pepper and oil, place them on a greased pan, then add some minced mushrooms with a little onion and simmer in an uncovered pan with a small piece of butter. Moisten bread in-a little stock veal, then crush and break up with a spoon. Add the yolks of two eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Remove the mushrooms from the fire and add the above mixture, stirring well. Then garnish each tomato with the mixture. Sprinkle with bread- crumbs, add a few drops of oil and cook in a slow oven for about an hour. Nice Supper Dish. Tomatoes and Beet.—Take ripe but solid tomatoes and dredge them with flour. Put a tablespoonful of butter in an agate frying pan and when melt- ed add the tomatoes. Stir and cook smooth. Let cook about five minutes. Have half a pound of dried beef chipped as thin as possible and shred- ded. Add this to the tomatoes and simmer gently for a few minutes and serve. A green pepper with seeds re- moved and shredded is a nice addition and gives a bit of color. L. KOPFMANN, Cosrumen Successor to Smith Costame Co, 705-7-9 2nd Ave. S., Minneapolis STATE NEWS BITS Minor Happenings of the Week Throughout Minnesota, Rev. Patrick J. Gallagher,. sixty | years old, pastor of St. Mary’s Cath- | olic church, Lake City, died at a Mil- Father Gallagher was born in Ireland and was educated for the priesthood in Montreal, being ordained in 1877. | His first charge was at St. Paul as assistant pastor of the cathedral and , later he was transferred Michael’s church, West St. Paul. He went to Winona and was pastor of | to St.) URGE RETURN Part of State Press Against Present Primary Law. SAY IT AIDS MEN IN OFFICE ' “Gang” Control in St. Paul Declared a Certainty Under the New Non- partisan Idea. the procathedral for twenty-two years, going to Lake City in December, 1911. Ms aes That the Minnesota minimum wage law is constitutional and that a wage fixed by the commission authorized to carry out the provisions of the act can be enforced, is the opinion of Attorney General L. A. Smith. His views on the interpretation of the law were submitted to the advisory board appointed by the commission to in- vestigate the hours of labor and work- ing conditions in general of women and minors employed in the mercan-, tile industries of the Twin Cities. ca i Janesville has been tentatively se- lected as the place for an experiment planned by the Minnesota League of Municipalities. The body contem- plates a perfect village to be modeled for Minnesota, and the matter is in charge of the planning committee. The committee contemplates an up- to-date sewer and water works sys- tem, an efficient fire department, a system of parks and everything that would make a village an ideal place in which to live. + + + Minneapolis on Feb. 24 will be the place of meeting tor the Democratic state central committee for the finst time, it is believed, in the political | history of the state. The call for the meeting was issued by Chairman Mar- tin O’Brien of Crookston. It- will convene at 2 p. m. on Feb. 24 at the West hotel. The meeting will be in connection with a state get together dinner of Democrats at 6:30 p. m. the same day under the state committee’s auspices. +r + Receipts in the office of the collec- tor of internal revenue for January show an increase of $5,247.12 over the corresponding month of 1913. “The total receipts last month in Minne- sota were $137,582.90, compared“with $132,335.78 for January, 1913. ° "Phe receipts of internal revenue fe. past seven months were $1) $81. a in excess of thosé for the co! ing months of 1912 and 1913. ++ + s Mrs. Elizabeth Dunnington Schinahl, wife or Secretary of State Julius A. | Schmahl, is dead at St. Paul fallowing a long illness. Mrs. Schmahl had been in poor health for more than two years. Her ailment was diagnosed as cancer of the stomach Oct, 13, 1911, and shortly afterward she underwent an operation which brought temporary relief. Her health declined gradually, however. + © Colonel J. R. Everett of Fairmont has been appointed trustee of . the state soldiers’ home to succeed Frank B. Doran. Governor A. O. Eberhart also has reappointed Dr. Christopher Graham of Rochester as a member of the state board of health. A. W. Berg- strom, Pennock, and O. R. Miller, Crookston, are named as state boiler inspectors. ++ + H. C. Clifford of Robbinsdale risked | his life to save that of a pet cat that awakened him in time for him to es- cape from fire that burned the Clif. ford residence to the ground. Mr. Clifford leaped through a third floor window after smashing the glass and carried the cat down a rain spout to safety. He was painfully burned. ++ + The state oil inspection department cleared $29,068.53 more than its ex- penses and turned $76,186.15 into the state treasury at the close of the fiscal. year ending July 31, 1913, according to the report of the examination oi that department made by Andrew E. Fritz, public examiner. t+ + A telegram from Lodi, €al. an- nounced the death of Ernest Buse, the first settler in Fergus Falls. The town of Buse, in which half of the city was located, still bears his name. He was seventy-seven years of age. Mr. Buse had been a resident of Min- nesota since 1857. si ie George R. Crippen, seventy-five years old, of Cottage Grove, Washing- ton county, is dead after a brief ill- ness. He was one of Washington St. Paul—(Special)—Unless_ yours ‘truly misjudges prevailing sentiment, or at least efforts toward creating a sentiment, the next session of the leg- islature is going to see a modifica- tion of the present state and local pri- mary law. No one would be surprised if the session of the legislature to fol- low did not return to the party label and nomination of candidates by con- vention. Sentiment for such has been ‘ growing and in the past two weeks fully a dozen influential papers pub- | lished throughout the state have tak- en up the cudgel in behalf of the de- sired change. Prominent among them are the Minneapolis Journal, the Northfield News and the Rock County Herald. Two and four yeafs ago these same publications, with the pos- | sible exception of the Rock County Herald, advocated and to an extent were responsible for the present pri- mary inflictions, but now they admit their mistake and ask for a change. Their cry has been taken up by pub- lications of lesser importance and from the whole comes the cue that | some change in the law is sure. Those ; who put the present statewide pri- | mary law and the nonpartisan act, as | applied to members of the legislature } and county officials, on the statute books were the “outs” and it is the | outs who are trying to force a change. , The trouble is that all of us are against any law that helps the other “man’s candidate and—so ‘there you are. The law as it now stands is due | to return A. O. Eberhart to the guber- | natorial chair for another two years, together with others of less impor- tance, and that is what riles. At the state capitol bets are even that a | change is due and unless it be mem- bers of the administration who have and will profit from present conditions sentiment favors a partial return at least to the old order of things. +t + One form of the new order of things ‘will be tried ‘next May,'when St. Paul, the capital city of the state, will élect a set of officers under ‘the commsision .form of government. Fully 150 candi- dates have offered themselves,as sac- Tifices for the dozen or more offices to be filled. In the old days, even | with the much abused machine in charge, the outcome was not by any means a cinch, but what will happen jmext May in the Capital City is al- |most a foreggne conclusion. The “gang,” so called, is going to win. It | is as Certain as the return of the pres ent state administration to power next November. The new charter, adopted after much advertising and pulling by | the local daily papers, makes the out- ; come a lead pipe cinch. Three of the | candidates for mayor, in published ' statements, have admitted their will- 'ingness to accept brewery backing, one of them being so blunt as to ex- | cite indignation on the part of those who believe that the new order of things is a panacea for all municipal and political ills. Looking at it cold Dloodedly the three candidates refer- | red to are playing a good game, for it is this same brewery backing that will turn the trick. Centralize this | backing, with its large following, and | there is absolutely no chance for the others. The opposition will simply be split a dozen ways. + + + That threatened Republican get to- gether meeting, in emulation of the | big Democratic love feast to be held the latter part of the month, is among the possibilities. Republican leaders, | among them J. F. Jacobson of Lac qui Parle county, Representative G. B. Bjornson of Minneota and others are |in the Twin Cities discussing the proposition, while the “Bull Moosers” of the state are actually holding a | convention. And they mean business, | too. Looks like the campaign is go- jing to be some warmer than a few expected. + + + Insurance Commissioner Preus has finally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state | auditor. He is said to have the en- | thusiastic backing of the administra- | tion, which is anxious to get the scalp ‘of Henry Rines of Mora. I do not county’s most prominent farmers and| t@ke much stock in the talk, but a a Civil war veteran. 5 Ue ae Awakened by a midnight fire alarm fifty guests made a hasty escape from the Adelphi hotel at Duluth. The building was practically destroyed. The loss is estimated at $25,000. ++ + A strike has been declared against! three Twin City marble and tile firms by Local No. 2, International Associa- tion of Marble Workers. tobe William F. Kurtz, aged eighty-five eounty, is dead. years, pioneer resident of Dakote| brought and the hearing was set for story is abroad to the effect that the Preus candidacy did not have the full sympathy of the administration back- ers. It is said that two at least and high up ones at that, regarded | Mr. Preus’ entrance into the game as a mistake. They regarded it as liable to make trouble, though conceding that the insurance commissioner would be nominated. +e + Mr. Rines, you probably -heard, is to have his eligibility to the auditor- ship passed upon by the supreme court. A friendly injunction suit was this week. Some contend that Mr. TO OLD SYSTEM Protect Yourself and Loved Ones with a Yeomen Policy ing? crease. your aid when fund: 1 At death. 2 Loss of ey: 8 Broken arm above elbow. 9 Broken leg above knee.... 10 Broken forearm (one bone) HOW WE HELP THE LIVING ACCIDENTS Don’t you know that accidents are constantly increas- This strenuous life and age is the cause of this in- Should you be unfortunate and meet with an acci- dent covered by your policy the Yeomen Society comes to 3 you need it most, and advances to you on your certificate the following cash_ benefits, less the propor- tionate amount of the expectancy deduction for the reserve BENEFITS PAIDON YEOMAN BENEFICIARY CERTIFI- CATES. 11 Broken forearm (both bones) 12 Broken leg below knee (one bone). 13 Broken leg below knee (both bones). 14 For total permanent disability... 15 Each year for old age disabllity, $1000 eeiezes g eEeahase «. E.H. Theil, District Manager, who is assisting the local members in their campaign will be pleased to call and explain fully the Yeoman plan of insurance. The following committee respectfully invite you to investigate the Yeomen policy: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Vipond, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cochran, Mrs. Nellie Mooers, Dr. H. E. Hoepner and Alfred Furley. Rines is not eligible to the office for the reason that as a member of the legislature he assisted in increasing the salary of the present incumbent. ; This is denied by Mr. Rines and his followers. Rines has been devoting considerable of his time recently to the Hennepin county field and ex- pects to walk out of that district with a heavy vote to his credit. ++ + Regarding brewery control mention- ed a few paragraphs back it looks very much as if this designation is going to be done to death inthe coming campaign and right here I am con- strained to remark that it may be overworked with consequent disaster for those who see victory in the slogan. | The trouble is that many forget that there is a strong liberal element in Minnesota, which while not brew- ery controlled, refuses to be desig- nated as wide open, and it slams back hard when assailed. Such designation was what defeated county option in the state and it may put a few mis- guided others on the shelf before the present game is finished. t+ + : Another recruit has joined the Eber- hart aid society—W. E. Lee of Long Prairie. Mr. Lee announced his can- -didacy for the Republican nomination for governor’and in doing ‘so stated that he still stood by his scheme af elimination submitted some weeks Ww. E. LEE. ago. The scheme was to have all the opposition candidates get together, draw straws or submit their future to @ mass meeting of Republicans with @ request that it decide on one of their number to make the race. Mr. Lee, however, has not been able as yet to interest the others. + + Oscar Arneson, chief clerk of the last house, has joined the clerical forces in the department of insurance under J. A. O. Preus. The securing of Mr. Arneson’s services are regard- ed as a feather in Mr, Preus’ political cap, but Oscar refuses to look at it in that light. He says his job is worth so much per and that is the chief fea- ture with him. He expects to give the state return value. re Ft Associate Justice Bunn is the re- tiring member of the supreme court this time and already designing ones: are on his trail. The first to file is Alva R. Hunt of Litchfield and he may be followed by Judge Albert Johnson: of Red Wing. Past corporate connec- tions on the part of Justice Bunn’s: relatives have been used in an effort to dislodge him, but so far they have been unavailing. As a member of the supreme court he is regarded highly and the decisions written by him have a legal standing that above par. The judge’s friends are not greatly alarmed at the opposition so far. ° ++ + Many new faces will be seen in the scramble for places in the state senate this year. John Morley, well z 8 known in state dairy circles, Steele and Waseca counties the day. D. P. O’Neill, a member of last house, has announced his dacy for the upper body, and H. Gardner has filed for the Fe ii be ee Frank Clague of Redwood county. He says’ he is going to get out of the game altogether. ++ + the papers there. ing of publishers in that county $10 and. $5 was fixed as the charge for the nemed. Reprint reading notices will cost 10 cents a line. +e + Former State Senator Henry Burk- hardt.is dead at Wabasha. He was regarded as the father of the state prison twine industry. He intro- duced the first bill for its creation. ++ + Senator Haycraft of Madelia, who is out for congress in the Second dis- trict, is making hay while the sun shines and according to reports is getting considerable headway. So far no one. has come forward to contest his rights to the Republican nomina- tion and he may get by without op- position. Rumor credits Congressman Hammond, the present Washington representative in the Second, as as piring to the governorship, but if he has any ambitions in that direction he has kept them’ to btmself. His vote on the tariff bill is expected to weaken him in the district. +e + James A. Peterson, Republican can- didate for governor, is reported to be working like a Trojan. He is said to have a dozen organizers in the “eld. THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN. 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