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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
CreScO Union
Savings Bank
ROBERT THOMSON, Cashier

That is to say, depend up
on yourself. Have you a Saw
ings account?
The man or woman who ex-
poets to make money had bet
ter learn. how to save some
thing out of their present in
come.
Fortune is for those who by
diligence, honesty and fru-
gality place themselves in a
position to grasp hold of for
tune when it appears in view.
Application in youth makes
old age comfortable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
Pianos and Organs
c.,.M..&,st. PAUL r. r.

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c.,'M.'&,St PAUL r. r.,
Time Table.
Trains leaves rescu as follows;
PASSENGER GOING EAST.
p. m Daily except sunday, tol
McGregnT and Dubuque.
1852 p. m Daily for Chicago
$3.50 p. m. Daily except Sunday for
Milwaukee.
FREIGHT.
$3.50 M. carries passengers to CANA,
IL M, accumulation.
PASSENGER GOING WEST.
1870 a. M, for st. Paul Il Minneap., lis,
connecting AT Austin for South
ern Minnesota points
l2:48 p. m., for ST. Paul & Minneapolis
FKElGHT.
10 o. m., accnmnd anon.
3:lO m carries passengers
unpnn tickets On sal, for all poinS
In U $. and Canada; also ShanSh
tickets. NJ. j. WHITE, apt
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
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Business opportunities for mer-
chants, bankers, blacksmlths aud
manufacturers in 300 towns nn thu
hicago Great Western Railway /,
iowa Illinois, Minnesota ard Misstur
send for maps and Maple Leaf Is and
sk specific information from u J
Reed, Industrial Agent, ga Enr,catt
Bid x st. Paul. MINI. dc3I.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
With the Long Boz
-"zye Natures Walks. Shoot Folly as Flies.

You cannot raise football players that nothing but
ground and line and that half Of it least than father
at the conclusion OF paving deal here made to Nebraska
This apahec beginning noble red
charged full Of reservation frapp dog meat and of injustice
When Count Fush arrives Chicago will he be taken the stock
yards see half million Of Mr. Armou hams having smoke social?
There is one thing that we enjoy at Joint debate like that Monday
night and that the Of hard feeling Instead of wanting shoot
office during freeze-up.
Whatever boys ticket going
Minnesota like of those fragile wowy delicate
thru hotel dinner
Was your lot tipped Monday night? - F.*
Port Arthur cast heavy Japanese vote next week.
Mr. Lawson Of Boston has entered his canaon the Chicago
flower show It's the Standard Oil produce its it has
If mistakes British fleet for fishing craft there is
likely to be "doings
Rev Dr. Hills Of Plymouth church. Brooklyn has opinion about
book Saint Orchard with
the his publishers Manhattan The boy lost the manuscript
the time has been obtained the lost work After
writing the the also fohy threw his
But what do think of that boy?
There campaign Clearwater county around the forms
Mr. Kaberg who something The
Relgon politics may go
policy deeds simply because the church Of
Bagley him for a choir singer. -
linen comes pack the ohevln advocate thus
Duing the three that Mr. Kabeg has resided the county, he
has twohrds of the his Minerva
in store Mr. Rngborg has county about three years
this time with short exception he has either tended bar
gentleman Kalberg
that he occasionally sings in church choir
going for something doubtless he would have done his
in disguise. A. J. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02

and the convenience with which neces-
sary amendments can be obtained. have
removed all Of the objections that were
ever made to the plan. During the last
two sessions of the legislature, the eff
forts of this city have been directed, not
to securing needed amendments to it's
charter, but to preventing legislation in
the interest Of either st. Paul or Mime
apolis that would in some way interfere
with the provision Of our charter. Amend
ments to the charter can still be made
thru the legislature, but such amend
ments must apply to all three of the cities
in the state having populatio of over
$4,000.
My own Judgment is that this method
Of adopting a charter is the most impor-
tant step that has ever been taken in
this country toward the proper govern
ment of municipalities. It enables the
municipality itself to give proper con-
sideration to the peculiarities of its local
conditions,
I am not sure but that the provision of
the law allowing the legislature to make
general laws overriding the home rule
charter is wrong, but healthy and de-
termined spirit in the municipality will
generally prevent improper amendments
The adoption of such charter is GER
tainly a decided step in advance and no
city that has once adopted it would ever
willingly give it up and go back to the
old method
In the interest Of good city government.
trust that the Minneapolis election will
| result in favor Of the proposed charter. I
| know nothing of its provisions, whether
/ they be good or bad, but know that if
any Of them are bad they may be easily
corrected and, if necessary provisions are
omitted, they can easily be supplied, and
| If the charter is once adopted and the
people once realize that they may rely
| thereon and regulate their own affairs,
that after the system is successfully in
augurated no inducement can be offered
! that would cause the city to abandon the
| method and take up the present one
| again. Yours truly, Oscar, Mitchell,
Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 81. 1904.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
A Republican Revolt.

The Tribune says: "We did not
support him (Dunnl- fnr~.the nonina-
ton, tho we protested against SLAM
derous detraction Of him, before as well
as after.'
And yet, in spite Of the Tribune s
protest against "slanderous detrac-
tion,' it described him prior to the
convention as a "coarse bully.'
Spoken of some men this would be re-
garded as "slanderous detraction.
Evidently the Tribune does not regard
it so in this case.
Our contemporary continues: "The
Tribune would go to the defense of a
yellow dog, if he were beset by a pack
of pampered poodles, because he had
not been nursed on silken laps and fed
on sugarplums.
Such apt comparisons! But does
the Tribune really feel that the terms
it uses are appropriated
Speaking Of Dunn as singled out fo1
an attack, our contemporary says il
upholds Dunn because the attack or
him is an attack on republican su
premacy in Minnesota. The absurdity
of that proposition is apparent from
the fact that what threatens Mr.. Dunn
today is not menace from democrati
sources at all. The Tribune knows
and everybody knows, that there ar
not enough democratic votes in Min
nesota to elect a governor. It knows
and everybody knows, that Minnesot
is not in danger from the democrats
What threatens Dunn's defeat, an
what will bring it about, if it is accom-
plished, will be a revolt on the par
of republicans. These republicans ar
not attacking republican supremacy i
Minnesota. They are attacking a
unfit candidate, with record that ha
not stood investigation, whose elevatio
to the office Of governor they cannc
approve Of, and whose election woul
be in effect an Endorsement by the r,
publican voters of official acts lai
plain before the public which no part
can afford to become responsible for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
An Interesting Wheat Problem.

The most important price-making
factor that the American wheat-supply
situation may be expected to afford for
some time to come, is now being worked
out to a point Of defniteness. The de-
partment of agriculture is quietly car
rying on an investigation for the pur-
pose of determining the average mill
ing quality of the spring wheat crop of
Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
Some time during the month the grain
trade will know the finding of the de-
partment, unless it should be found
impossible to complete the investiga-
ton before Dec. /, in which case the
department might delay issuance until
the date generally identified with i'm
portant departmental reports, which
would mean Dec. 10.
The southwest lost considerable
wheat, and the floods in the winter
wheat country following bad weather
afforded the basis for the first advance
in prices. Then the northwest lost
much wheat and prices passed the dol
lar level and remained above it. The
northwest, however, presents different
situation than the southwest, for the
reason that here there was a vista
ton of rust, and a considerable part
of the crop was in some degree affected
by it. That the quality of wheat af-
fected by rust is lowered, even where
there remains fair yield in bushels
is accepted fact. To ascertain to what
extent this has affected the milling
quality of the spring-wheat crop on the
whole is the task the department has
set for itself.
The only official figures bearing upon
this subject are found in the last gov.
eminent report, which gives the quail
ty of the spring-wheat crop at 1871 as
compared with 85.5 a year ago. John
Hyde, the government statistician, has
since explained that this means only
that, in the opinion Of the department
based upon reports obtainable at time
Of compilation of that report, the cro1
is 10 per cent lower than that of 1903
in a general way, no one element
being considered alone. Hence 1t woult
appear that the quality of the whea1
for the purpose of milling remains {
s matter to be determined.
The trade has noticed that consider
able of the low-grade wheat comin}
into northwestern markets is unde
weight. This is matter not to be los
sight of. If any important part of tn
crop weighs under sixty pounds to tn
bushel, it might make a difference il
quantity enough to cut something of
the estimated yields that refer to meas
ured bushels only. The report will b
awaited with the greatest interest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
! Bill to the Rescue.

The spectacle Of Buffalo Bill setting
out with a carload Of English tourists
and two of his old-time Sioux scouts, to
catch bank robbers who have about a
days start Of him, is a fine one. #
This story, being telegraphed abroad,
will doubtless lead to a great influx Of
English tourists armed to the teeth, and
still entertaining the classical English
view that the United States consists of
fringe of backwoodsmen along the
Atlantic coast backed by savage viii.
derness.
Bill has been in the posing business
50 long that he can't forget to pose
whenever there is an opportunity. Still
we fear that there is more method than
madness in this formidable dash of Eng
lish tourists in special car to catch a
bunch Of train robbers. We observe
that the stirring dispatch from Omaha
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
AS to Picking Winners.

Mr.. Dunn says "The MINNEAPOLIS
Journal never yet supported winner"
He then proceeds to point with glee to
The journals support of Mr.. Eus-
tbs i'll 1898, when Mr.. Eustis was de-
feated for governor.
T he Journal has not been en-
gagged in. the business of picking win
ners, and has never yet looked for the
band wagon. However, T he Jour
nal has had the pleasure of support
ing great many successful candidates.
1t supported McGill and Merriam and
Nelson and Van SAINT. Two years ago
I he Journal did it's part toward the
reelection Of S. R. Van SAINT, who broke
all records with his plurality. Mr..
Dunn was not riding winner in that
campaign, but was giving secret aid and
advice to the democratic state commit
tee. Van SAINT $ triumphant election
was disappointment he could hardly
conceal. -" 49,.
But speaking Of Mr.. Eustis, the 1898
campaign was one in which T h Jour.
al was disappointed. At that time
Mr. Dunn showed better Judgment in
picking winner and it must be adj
mitted that the man favored by MI
Dunn received more votes than Mr.. Eus
tbs, who received The J urnal'E
I support. However, The Journa
, has no apology to make on that score.
In short, T h g Journal has not al
ways supported the winning candidate
in Minnesota, but T he Journ has
never taken a position to be apologizet
for, or to be reversed afterward.
By the way, there is Senator Clapp
Mr.. Dunn boasts that he supported tn,
8Black Eagle" in 1901. What beau
tiful Illustration Of consistency in hi
letters to Joel P. Heatwole, made pub
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
The MAGAZINES

Where Is Russia to Get Her Next Loan
Yves Guyot. a pro-Japanese French
man. writing for The North American Re-
view for November, seems to think the
car will have a hard time in financing his
struggle in the far east. Indeed, he says
that Russia Is very close to the fiat money
stage Of the war game. His grounds for
his belief are set forth in a convincing
article.
Baron Kentaro Kaneko. member of
Japan's house Of peers, and a Harvard
LID, writing for the same magazine of
1.-THE yellow Peril Japan's Opportunity, -
shows that the use the Japanese purpose
making Of the opportunity pulls the teeth
of the peril with which many have sought
to frighten the people Of the west. He
says:
The Japanese mind is earnestly engaged in
moulding into one the two forces Of culture,
the oriental and the occidental It's ambition
being to harmonic Them even as Rome har-
monized the militarsm of the northern tribes
with the culture of the southern races of Eu-
rope. 49,
a sia
The same cry ("Yellow Peril''), moreover in
tended to work US injury and disgrace provides
Japan with golden opportunity to show the
world that selfish ambition has no part in the
aspirations Of her people.
The magazine contains much else that
is very timely and to the point
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
No Politics in This.

A number of republicans, democrats
and prohibitionists, including two cler-
gymen, one Protestant and the other
a Catholic, have put their names to a
paper stating reasons why Mr.. McMil-
Ian should be reelected to the school
board, and expressing the hope that
he will be.
So say we all Of us-all who know
of Mr.. Mcmillan s record in that ca
pacity. We regard Mr.. Mcmillan as
exceedingly useful to our schools and
shall deplore it very much if his SER
vices are not retained by the public.
He belongs to the minority party, but
who would think Of considering poll
tics when it comes to choosing men to
manage the educational system Of the
city7 The idea is absurd. It would
be just as reasonable for man to
employ physician for his family with
reference to the politics Of the doctor
as to be governed by political consid-
erations in voting for men who are to
have the management of the schools
where his children are educated.
Mr.. Mcmillan has been diligent and
faithful and the city is extremely for.
tunate to be able to avail itself of his
expert knowledge in it's extensive build
ing operations. Instances could be
cited where this has saved the city
considerable sums of money. The prac
tical knowledge which he possesses ir
this direction costs the city nothing
whereas, if it had to be hired profes
sionally, it would add an item of i'm
portance to the expenses Of the board
Minneapolis needs F. G.. Mcmillan {
great deal more than he wants a place
on the board It would be relief tt
him to escape the heavy tax which tn
work of the board makes upon hi
valuable time, but he is a candidate
because a great many people urged hin
to continue on the board for anothe
term. Now let the people of Mime
apolis who want the schools to hav
the best available business talent EN-
ployed in their care and general man
agement 60 to the polls and vote TO
| him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02

AS a practice. it was more profitable to
trespass on state lands than to buy the
timber at public auction.
Mr.. Dunn's policy did not discourage
trespassing. and the practice has stripped
lands belonging to the state school fund
of timber worth many thousand dollars.
Since the publication Of the public ex-
aminer's report the present state auditor
has observed the law, collecting double
and sometimes treble the value of the
timber taken.
Congressman G. B. Buchanan tresoassed
on five tracts of state land in the winter
of 1S98-1899. Cruisers estimated 2,S2s,0 g4
feet of timber taken. worth on the stump
S., 351.03. The state did not seize the logs,
and Mr.. Buchanan sold them for So thou
sand, or $22,624.75. He settled with Mr..
Dunn for $4,000, which he paid in 1902
Attorney General Donahower has brought
suit against Mr.. buchanan for s45, 2495o,
or double the value of the logs.
Mr.. Dunn says he made the best settles
ment possible. The trespass was adj
mitted, and he could have brought crinni-
nal proceedings. He could have seized
the logs and sold them for four or five
times the amount he received in the set
Element.
Many other cases justify similar actions
to recover money for the state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
DULUTH'S TEST OF
HOMERULECHARTER
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF
BENEFIT OF sELFGovERNMENT.
The Municipality Has Been Enabled to
Apply Regulations Suited to Peculiar
tiles of It's Local Conditions, and to
Prevent Interference of Legislation in
Interest of Other Cities.

AS is well-known, Duluth, the third
city in the state, made the first expert
ment in adopting charter under the
home rule law, and it's experience should
prove Of interest to Minneapolis at ibis
time. The following letter from for or
Duluth, shows that the Zenith city's
experiment has been abundantly salts
factory. Mr.. Mitchell in his | etter
makes the point that since adopting it's
own charter Duluth has been interested
in preventing legislation in the interest
prove detrimental to Duluth, thus up
holding the contention that the only
way to secure relief for Minneapolis is
by the home rule route. Mr.. Mitchell 8
interesting communication is as follows:
B. F. Nelson: Dtar sir-I was a mem
Der Of the charter commission that framed
the present charter of the city of Duluth.
and was attorney for the city during the
first four years after is adoption.
The first proposed charter for the city
was defeated at the polls and the second
proposed charter was only adopted by a
very narrow margin. It was opposed by
different interests in the city, largely, I
! think by reason of a misunderstanding of
its effect
We have adopted amendments to the
charter at two different times and. under
the present law, amendments that re-
ceive the support Of the people generally
can be adopted with no difficulty and
with very little expense, while the re-
| quirement that an amendment receive
| three-fifths of the entire vote cast at the
election, will usually prevent the adop-
ton Of an amendment that does not have
the general support of the community.
Under these conditions, the city Is giver
the fullest possible measure of local self
government, and so far as I am able tt
judge, If the question of abandoning oul
present charter and leaving the city t
it's former charter with such amendments
as could be secul ed thru the legislature
should now be submitted to vote, Il
would receive practically no support from
any class of voters in the city.
So far as we have been able to deter
mine, the practical demonstration which
has been made Of the successful opera
ton of the charter, the harmonious CO
operation of all Of the different depart
ments of the city government under i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
K. c. DUNWS OFFICIAL RECORD


? The state land law Of 1895, in force dur
ing all of Mr.. Dunn's term as state au-
ditor, made it a felony to cut timber from
state lands without a permit The crime
is punishable by fine Of $1,000 or two
years in the penitentiary, or by both, in
case the trespass Is adjudged to have been
wilful.
During Mr.. Dunn's eight years in office,
there is no record Of single prosecution
for trespass, tho hundreds of cases were
reported to him and settled.
The law also makes the trespasser la
BILE for three times the value Of the timber
in cases Of wilful trespass, or for double
the value if the trespass was unintention-
al. The auditor is given power to settle
with trespassers, but never for less than
double the value Of the timber, as scaled
and appraised.
The records Of the office show that in
most Of the cases Mr.. Dunn exceeded his
authority and settled for the bare esti-
mated value Of the timber, which was
always low; or even for less than the
estimates
E The average price he received for tres
pass claims during the eight years was
1924 q thousand feet.
The average price he received for tim
Der at public sale during the eight years
was $3.50 a thousand feet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
A WARNING TO DEMOCRATS

Robert Treat Paine, Jr.'s, declaration
for President Roosevelt is weakened
somewhat by his record as Bryanite
leader. None the less, it is warning to
the democrats that men of high character
who still believe in the equality Of all
citizens before the law will desert them
by the thousand if the party is to adopt
the southern negro doctrine. There is one
thing that the north will never agree to-,
and that is a proposal to nullify the re-
suits of the civil war by the establishment
of a class Of poems and serfs, taxed with
out representation, because of the color
of their skins Every time this issue is
raised it costs Judge Parker votes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
w ednesday Evening,

lie today He would not declare for
Clapp under any circumstances. He
would see the governors office in the
most undesirable location before he
would do SO.
Now, once more, Mr.. Dunn says he is
for Clapp. The governors office has
not gone to the place he consigned it.,
and the people of the state are not go
ing to allow him to see it there.
It is now plain that Dunn was first
for Clapp, then preparing to eight
Clapp openly and now once more for
Clapp. What he will be next winter,
no one knows.
In one thing MI. Dunn has always
been consistent, it must be admitted.
He has always been for R. G. Dunn.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02

A London caterer with sufficient
nerve" has started a practical crusade
to abolish the tipping nuisance. He has
inaugurated his campaign by paying his
walters living wages and posting signs IN
conspicuous places requesting his patrons
to refrain from giving gratuities for serv-
ice. So popular has his establishment
become that other restaurants and cafes
are planning to adopt the anti-tipping
system -5 .-..-. ....-. o..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02

The rectifiers of the country are mad
at Professor Wiley government chemist,
for saying that IS per cent of our whisky
is adulterated and bad. One rectifier
writes him as follows:
The rectifers of this country pay into
the United States treasury more than
$3.50, 100000 annually. They do more than
any other industry to support the gov
eminent Of the United States. It will be
found that your policy is short-sighted
and inimical to the governments inter-
ests and we believe that you have out
lived your usefulness. &r
The argument, of course, is 1--WE pay so
much into your national treasury that you
have right to annoy us. II this arBu-
ment were sound, adulterated food prod
ucts might buy impunity with a tax. It
is vicious.