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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

The acme of Pecksniffian hypoc-
risy and political poppycock was
reached when Chas. Mitchell, the
fierce mergerite editor of the
Alex andria Post-News, was ap-
pointed manager of the republican
press bureau. Governor Van
SAINT must smile when he thinks
Of it, and Jim Martin-who likes a
joke as we'll as anybody-must
often chuckle. Martin probably
suggested Mitchell for the place
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08
Our republican friends like to

Our republican friends like to
speak Of the lack of democratic
harmony-but where are they?
Right in this state there are deep
and vital differences in their ranks
on the tariff question. In the first
district Tawney is being attacked
for his views on the Cuban tariff,
and his opponent bases his cam
paign on the proposition that
Tawney was not loyal to Roose-
welt. Towney says he is standing
by the farmers. In Hennepin
county Fletcher, Peterson and
Hay, republican candidates for
congress, all have different tariff
views, and the contest is warm,
charges of traitor-(to ROOSEVELT
being hurled back and forth.
Morris went down to help Fletch'
er, and intimated that Roose-
welt was very wrong. Then Hay
pitched into Morris. The differ.
ences are not ephemeral. They
are vital. One side wants to lor
off what they term excrescences
on the castle Of protection. The
others don't want the castle
touched. It's a merry war.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

tt" H*,''> Was 1h recently oi a
keDt 'chE "n;nan who Matched a
nuu'H-r If ,.h,cA-u~. u,,l;z nv The
h.a; ii i,-r five! -S' rrt. II. IaiSlt. nj !.
who gas couti ;eh t., his bed. THIS
tale is fairly outdone bg one from
Russia, which says Il MoScows udent
il Is days Matched a guinea fowls
egg under his arm pit. The one q no
tells first stoty always labo:e
under a serious ha ndicap.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

Some people exceedingly OBJ
ject to labor unions, but have
nothing to say about combinations
of capital. The unions of this
country have done more to hold
wages steady and get workmen
their rights, than laws and tariffs.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08
ORDERFOR HEARING APPLICATION
FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADMINS
TRAITOR.
STATE OF MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF MORRISON
E. In Probate Court.
~ Special term, July "a, 1902.
In the matter of the estate of Agnes Lee
doux, deceased:
On receiving and filing the petition of
Charles Gravel of Little Falls, Mimi,
representing, among %other things, that
Agnes Ledoux, late Of Ripley town, Mimi,
in the year 1895. at said town of Ripley,
Mimi, died interstate, and being a resi-
dent of this county at the time OF her
death. leaving goods. chattels, and estate
within this county, and that the said petit
toner is creditor of said deceased, and
praying that administration of said estate
be to E. F. Shaw granted:
It is ordered, that said petition be heard
before said court, on Saturday, the 23rd
day of August, A. D. 1902, at 10 O'Clock a.
M, at Little Falls in said county.
/ Ordered further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased and to
all persons interested, by publishing
this order once in each week tor three sue
cessive weeks prior to said day of hea ring,
in the Little Falls Herald, a weekly news
pa per printed and published at Little
Falls in said county.
Dated at Little Falls this 9th day of july
A. u. 1902
BY the Court,
[SEALl N. RICHARDSON,
Judge of Probate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

Jas. j. Hill aid the other day
that there would be no objection
to the people along his lines of
road owning the lines. That
would be better than to have the
lines own the people.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

''Great cry and little wool''
said the man who sheared the
SOW. The republicans are making
a great cry against the trust-hog
now, but the hog is merely grunt-
ing in approval. He knows that
it Is not going to hurt him-Bulle-
tin.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

The tin pate trust sells it
goods to foreigners at half what
is charged home consumers.
That infant industry doesn't need
any more protective milk, :: ISL
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

The republican congressional
campaign book has been issued.
Everything that is good
since Adam left Paradise, is cred
itedt to the 6. 0. p, and the Lord
doesn't get any credit at all.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

If there is any Morrison county
farmer that would prefer to pay
20 to 40 per cent more for machin-
cry made in this country, than
the foreign farmer pays-let him
stand up where he can be seen.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

and he i respec ted and. liked
throughout the distric His
prospects are bright against any IS,
man named By the other side.
We understand that Mr.. Jacob
son will not be q candi date.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

The Wadena Pioneer-Journal
has finally swallowed the Buck
man pill. The Phone er-Journal
nub]ished most of Chas. Mitchell's
attacks on the senator.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

Strikes everywhere. The
$ .rikers claim that cost Of living
h IS. advanced so much. that they
nsed more wages. But is not
everyone supposedto be content
when ! republican administration
is in power? .s:.. e=s: =:..-...l s !
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08
A Moucrain Lake (Alinn.) young mai

A Mouctain Lake (Minn.) young man
was married on a recent Sunday even
ing at the home Of the brides parents
In that town and when the festivities
were over wandered away absentmind.
eddy to his own home, leaving his wife
behind. The next day his father-in.
law sent him a bill for board and lodg-
ing for one day for his wife. The young
man now declares that be will never
marry into such q stingy family again,
'-f --=4-..
'';IEat duck was Gre. SAID the en-.
thusiastic patron. Il can't imagine
anything more accepta Die than nice
little canvasback.''
Unless" said the proprietor of the
restaurant, its nice big greenback.''
Philadelphia Record. -,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

Tracy the outlaw, rather than
being caught, killed himself and
saved the state of Oregon tie,
trouble of executing him.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

The militia is being used in
Pennsylvania to settle labor
troubles. The ballot is the better
way.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

Horace " a1pole sold every one.
II ID his price, and the glory Of
i ,ading the. republ ican press br s
reau may salYe the HURT that Homer
would otherwise feel. S Il. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20
AUTOMOBILE PROGRESS

The automobile has become so COM
mon and is so steadily making it's way
that it's achievements no longer attract
the public attention that they did two
years ago. Richie B. Belts, in January
Outing, graphically and concisely tells
us what the automobile is doing.
The greatest short distance. speed
achievement of the auto during the past
year was the mile made in 81 40 seconds
by Henri Fournier Of France, the greatest
living automobiles, on an American
track Mr. Fourier asserts that a mile
in thirty-five seconds is possible to the
automobile.
With hundreds and thousands of these
speedy travelling machines, the slowest of
which are good for fifteen miles an hour,
the quest ion of regulation of speed has
become very grave one. A mayor of a
French provincial town has declared that
the speed Of an automobile must not ex-
coed that horse walking Numer-
GUS American cities, and especially SUI
burban villages, have felt called upon to
and have even enforced them by stretch
ing ropes across the highways. These are
the first crude attempts to deal with
new vehicle In the future they will
seem as absurd as early opposition to the
locomotive When people become used
to the automobile and it's speed, and the
drivers become as experienced as the driv-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20
A Netghborho;od Fuss.

Society on Railway row is gossiping about
the fight between the Goulds and Hartman.
The scrapping tendency of these two FACTIONS
In the railway quarter resulted some time
ago IN council of war in the railway dis
trict. and in the interests of ne3ghborhood
peace Bill Vanderbilt was named referee.
Matters have been reasonably quiet until
yesterday, when trouble broke out between
old man Hartman and George Gould over
division of traffic on the dray lines owned
by them. Hartman Is bachelor, and, hav
ing the enmity Of Jim Hill, who lives on the
other side of him, he was forced to fight the
whole Gould family alone.
Particulars of the fuss are hard to get.
George Gould is said to have thrown a tea
kettle Of boiling hot water over the fence at
Hartman. Whether brick bats were ex-
changed after this Is not known, but George
Gould and Hartman accused each other of
cutting rates on Swift's pork and lard out
on the west road, thereby allowing Swift to
make so much money that his family have
turned up their noses at the crowd in rail
way row and gone to Boston in the search of
better society. None of the neighbors inter-
fered, and although some of the other Gonlds
took hand in the fight, the combatants
finally grew tired and quit for the day.
1t appears that Hartman and the Gouds
entered into an agreement some months ago
over the rates TO be charged by the dray
lines of each. Jim Hill was in the deal. He
had succeeded In worsting Hartman in pre-
vious fight and Hartman was glad to get him
out OF the way by giving his dray line the
northern wards. Hartman took the south
All would have been well if the Goulds had
not become ambitious for more business for
their dray lines. Hartman was in shape tc
transport goods from Orange Grove Park on
the west to Little Italy on the east. The
Goulds demanded that he divvy the trade
They threatened to form an alliance with
Bill Clarke, who owns a stub dray line or
the west end, if he does not consent. 1t il
expected that Bill Vanderbilt will be called
in to stop the fight if the situation is un-
changed tonight. -ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20
DEMOCRATIC FINANCIERs

The democratic members of the house
committee on coinage weights and meas
ures have agreed upon minority report
against the bill providing for maintaining
the. legal tender silver dollar at parity
with gold. They contend that only the
notes and bonds are payable in gold or
silver at the holders option. This con-
tention is not valid, for the act of con-
gress, March IA, 1900, provided for the
interchangeability of our currency with
gold, but omitted to prescribe the mode
of maintaining the parity of the standard
silver dollars with gold. The Hill bill
does this by directing the secretary Of the
treasury to exchange gold for legal ten
der silver dollars when the latter are paid
for exchange in the sum of SIS or any null
tiple thereof, using the gold reserve fund
for the purpose, the fund to be increased
to 80 per cent of the outstanding green
backs plus per cent Of all the outstand-
ing silver dollars.
The opposition Of the democrats to this
measure reveals the democratic tendency
to phantom silver currency. They are
Under the act Of March IA, 1900 the sec
rotary of the treasury is redeeming silver
certificates with gold. The act forbids
the treasury to issue silver certificates Of
higher denominations than $40, and when
certificates of larger size are received for
redemption, smaller ones have to be
| issued in their place. and the supply being
deficient, the treasury redeems with gold
| certificates During the past year large
amounts of silver certificates have been
| thus redeemed with gold. The bill in
| charge Of the committee is designed for
| the very proper purpose Of keeping the
| silver certificates and the silver dollars
which the certificates represent, always
worth 100 cents each. gold value
| The democratic mind of Bryanite cali
Der still objects to the term "gold re-
| demption,' more or less. The objection
| is useless, for this nation has had such
an experience with silver and has suf-
| fered so much from the assaults upon the
public credit that there will be no recess
sion from the present attitude on national
finance. There is much to do yet in the
way of financial reformation and the ten
dency is in the right direction. The next
step in reform will be to better the con-
| ditions Of note issue and secure greater
elasticity and sufficiency to our bank note
currency so as to make it adequate to
| meet periods Of stringency. The bank
note circulation has fallen off some
| Sc, 900 600 since September last, due large
! ~ to the purchase Of 2 per cent bonds at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20
"CHERRY RIPE
BY W. BERT FOSTER

Copyright, 1902, by S. s. Mcclure Company
Barron had had hard jol. from girl in
the east. We didn't know that at first and
couldn't understand his deep rooted antipathy
to everything In petticoats about Goshen's
ranch house. He was hardly civil to Mrs
Goshen herself. though she was old enough 20
be his mother, and when her nieces came
up from Walla Walia to spend couple of
weeks Barron begged to go off with Ginger
face, the vaquero, and Tommy Shalley after
stray cattle. But one of the girls, and the
smartest and prettiest OF the lot, Minervy
Bowles, remained at the ranch. He spent
most Of his time lodging her. He'd change
jobs with anybody about the place, no mat
ter what the job was. If he could only keep
away from the ranchhouse. and the boys
soaked it to him Welded and they did.
But Minervy would corral him now and
then, and twas just beautiful to see how she
played him when he was hooked.
She'd corner him on the veranda and get
him talking about the east and about college
and bugs and minerals. She wasn't no SLOUGH
on education herself, Minervy wasn't. though
she wasn't letting on to Barron. He must
have judged her callher from seeing ner
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20

General Chaffee discusses the continue
ton Of the guerrilla war in the Philip
pines and speaks of the difficulty OF
stamping 1t out. The chief reason is the
old one that the native is at the same
moment amigo in aspect and enemy in
fact. The journal has been criti-
cized for holding that war with such a
foe justifies unusual measures. Those
who think otherwise make the mistake
of holding that one combatant has not the
right to alter his tactics to suit those OF
his opponent. The Filipino has a right
to prefer guerrilla to open warfare. But
the American has right to alter the tao
tics Of open warfare to meet those of the
guerrilla.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
The Chippewa Lands.

To the Editor Of The Journal
From an open letter to J. w. Cooper of the
Jobbers union of st. Paul from the president
of the Woman's Federation Of Clubs l see
that we who appeared before the business
men of St. Paul on the Goth ult. to discuss,
among olher things, the opening Of the
agricultural lands in the Chippewa reserva-
ton near Leech Lake to homestead entry, are
charged with making incorrect statements
and using misleading arguments We are
willing to stand or fall on what we then
said. And l therefore suggest that Mr.
Cooper have his honorable body send two fair
men. who are neutral on this question into
this country and look the situation over so
as to be able to report on the 9th inst, when
the park people are to be heard think the
commercial bodies of ST. Paul are sufficiently
interested in the question to make the small
sacrifice suggested.
In my opinion the park project is too remote
to be seriously thought Of, and that the
main question is Do we want to lock up this
territory, which is more than two-thirds as
large as the state of Rhode Island, for an
indefinite period, thus 7etarding the develop
ment of this state, to meet the ends of GER
tain lumbermen who are anxious to get rid
Of their present holdings before the 81 tariff
is removed and their stumpage reduced in
value that much? "A. l.. Cole.
Motley, Mimi, Jan. 10.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20

ers OF horses at the present, there will be
little more to fear from automobiles than
from fractions horses. But the desire
for the greatest possible speed may lead
to the building Of special roadways for au-
tomobiles, with overhead crossings of
walks for pedestrians and roads for horse
carriages, If there be any left, when the
day of special roads for automobiles ar
rives.
1t is notable that the automobile, es-
pecially in France, Is getting away from
the horseless carriage pattern. It is
being designed as an independent, not as
derived vehicle Consequently its shape
is becoming more distinctive and pleas
Ing The evolution is similar to that of
the development Of the railway coach,
which was at first nothing but slightly
modified stage coach.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20

ride and shoot, and he set her down first
card out Of the box az what the eastern
papers call "a product Of the wild ard woolly
west. - He was used to seeing girl all liked
up in silk and furbelows presiding at tea
table something like that
But I want you to show me the female
creature that amt match for the male
every time. Minervy didn't start in caring
a brass farthing for Barron. but i: piqued
her that he still fought shy. She just laid
herself out to bring him down, and-well,
you know the old saying about playing with
fire.
My woman was cooking for the Goshens
then. Reckon one woman most usually sees
another wOman'S game first She let On to me
before many weeks that Minervy was just
about eating her heart out over young Bar
ron.
I didn't believe It at first. Minervy seemed
just the same when Barron was around as
ever-snappy and full of life aud jollying
the peace of mind clean out of the boy. But
/ noticed when he was off on the range she
dropped, and / finally took my woman's
view of it.
And it got me mad, too-mad with Barron
Minervy was as fine a: flly as ever cavorted
over these here foothills, and to have a
darned tenderfoot out here and mix her
up so that she was off her feed just hit me
hard.
To kinder help matters along I begun TO
hint pretty strong to him. But it was dan
gerous business. I never come nearer 20
passing in my checks and settling with the
banker in my life! You see. Barron'd been
jollled more or less right along, for all the
boys was on to the play, but we was careful
about using names. Let me tell you, cow
punchers may be a tough lot. but we don t
handy about women's names mot good wom-
ems names, leastwise. ..-.- ..-s
1 says to the boy one day: IF you wasn't
such thick headed, all sufficient rooster.
you'd see that Minervy was just eating Of her
heart out for you. Why, don't you walk up to
her like man and offer to marry her?''
Now, mind you I was only hnting-didn't
intend to give no offense at afl-but that was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-20
COMPETITION AND RAILROAD RATES

Mr.. Hill tells US IN his Fargo speech
that competition Is not necessary to re-
duce rates; that they are reduced faster
without it. If that be true how is Mr..
Hill going to explain the fact that rates
on mis- line from here to Fargo are 40 per
cent higher for pa miles than they are
over his Sioux Falls line for 239 miles
the Fargo rate, as we are advised by Mr..
Hill, not being Influenced by competition,
while the rates to Sioux Falls must be
made in competition with other Mime
apolis lines and Chicago lines?
T h g j a publishes to-day an
article analysing the question of rates
and competition in the northwest, taking
the figures from the tariff sheets of the
different railroads and showing that in
no direction from this city are rates as
high for a corresponding distance as they
are in the direction Of Fargo and the
Red River, valley, where, under Mr.. Hill S
dominating influence there is practically
no competition.
1t appears, also, from the reports OF
shipments, that this is not due to small
fact that Mr.. Hill has not yet seen fit to
make rates in that direction, where there
Is no competition, which he and other
people are compelled to make in other d.
rections where there is competition.
Nor does it appear that the railroads
are suffering on account of this competi-
tion. The Minneapolis & st. Louis, the
$500" and the Milwaukee, over which
rates are quoted, are highly prosperous
roads, and it is we'll understood that all
the railroads are thriving under the pres
ent favorable conditions of business.
Those who point to the demoralized con-
dition of railroads in '96 and attribute II
to competition, ask us to forget that
every other line of business was demon
allied at the same time, and that de-
moraliZation was due not so much to COM
petition as to other causes, for it is ap-
parent that under substantially the same
conditions of competition, with generally
improved business, the railroads have
generally come up to a prosperous an6
profitable condition.
But the purpose of our inquiry was tc
show that Mr.. HILLS theory that compe-
tition did not contribute to low rates
does not accord with the facts, and if the
people Of the Red River Valley and the
northwest generally want as low rates as
are accorded other sections of that trade
territory of which Minneapolis is the com.
mercial center, they must expect to get
not under conditions of monopoly.