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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
Northwestern Land Values.

The Huron, s. D., Huronite tells the
following story which illustrates con-
ditions not only in the Dakotas, but
in Minnesota, and to some extent
turnout the central northwest.
During the present month a trainload
Of finished stock consisting Of twenty -one
cars of cattle and hogs, were shipped from
Frederick, Brown county, to Chicago. The
hogs topped the market. the cattle brought
within few cents Of the highest market
price. This attracted the attention Of an
Illinois stockman Of long experience, who
asked the South Dakota stockman: Where
were those cattle Of yours raised?' TN
South Dakota was the reply Where
were they fed?" TN South Dakota, = came
the answer. Where did you raise the
corn?'' I'm Brown county, South Dakota. .
How long were they fed?" Ninety
days." answered the South Dakota stock
man. What did the corn COST? TWEEN
ty-five cents bushel.,9' Whats your
land worth up there?' From $40 to $40
an acre. answered the South Dakotan.
Well, replied the Illinois stockman,
IF you can raise such hogs and cattle as
these in South Dakota. bring them here
and compete with our market. fattened on
corn at so cents q bushe1 and fed on land
worth $100 an acre. either one of two
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
A Critical Juncture.

z III e Journal believes that the.
welfare of this country and Of the re-
publican party, as dominating the poll
icies of the country, would be best
served by revising some Of the prin-s
cipal schedules of our present tariff
along the lines of moderate protection.
on a sound republican basis. We
realize that this policy is vigorously
opposed by the great majority of the
leaders of the party, and especially
by the great business interests of the
country which have a stake in the
maintenance of the present tariff
schedules. The only method, then, of
accomplishing anything along the line
which T he J ournal believes is
right and necessary, is for the plain
people who are adversely affected by
these schedules to express their opin-
ion upon them, when given the OPP
portuntty, and direct the action of the
republican party in their several sec
lions Of the country upon this impor-
tant question. This should be done in
state conventions and in district con-
venttons, in the framing of platforms
and in the nomination and election of
suitable candidates for congress who
will stand for these principles, and,
fully as important as either, in the
| selection Of delegates to the great
quadrennial gatherings Of the repub-
lican party, which formulate on broad
lines the general policies Of that party
for the quadrennial period.
The urnal, believes the peo-
pie Of Minnesota agree with it's posi-
ton, and do not wish to be represented
by men who might naturally be re-
garded as unfriendly to tariff revision
The Journal believes in stand.
| ing for it's position at the critical time
for framing these policies, as we'll al
at a time when advocacy Of prin,
ciples will have but little effect. Il
the people of Minnesota select dele.
gates committed to or representative
Of interests supporting the doctrine O.
high protection and "standpatism,
they must not complain If hereafte1
the republican party and the repre-
sentatives of the northwest in con
gress follow their lead.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
new SYSTEM
SAVED PETRA
IT COMMANDED FOR HIM HIGH-
EST SURGICAL SKILL.
Leading Surgeons of City Are Subject
to Call for Difficult Emergency
Cases at the City HospitaI-PIan
Originated Under the Present Ads
ministration.

John Petra, the Italian shot in fiji
of jealousy by Pietro Vergata, another
Italian, who has since fed the CITY,
owes his life to a new system at the
city hospital. This provides the best
of surgeons for all emergency cases.
When the Italian was take nto the
hospital. suffering from wounds which
in a majority Of cases would prove
fatal, he was not attended by a recent
graduate but by one with years of ex-
perience and who stands high in his
profession. It is to this surgeons
skilful treatment, as much as to any
other cause, that Petra's remarkable
recovery is due.
When DR.. George e. Kicker took
charge Of the city hospital, he changed
the system which provided the hospital
with surgeons from among recent
graduates who desired experience. He
found that several of the best sur
geons in the city were willing to give
their services to the hospital in rota-
ton for the charity patients. Not only
We're these surgeons willing to donate
their services, but, remembering the
injunction about the right and the Left
hand in charity, they preferred to say
nothing about the matter.
The night that Petra was taken to
the hospital it CHANGED to be DIR. Knut
Hoegh's day ION CALI He examined
Petra and found three bullet wounds.
One was in the left cheek and. another
thru the triceps muscles of the left
arm. Neither of these was serious.
The third wound and the one which at
the time was thought to be mortal,
was in the abdomen.
DR.. Hoegh made an fncision four
inches long in the medal line of the
abdomen and the small intestines were
taken out and, one by one, the punc-
lures, seven in all, were sewed UP. In
the mesentery two punctures were
found and these were properly treated.
The organs were then replaced in their
normal position and the incision seWed
up.
So successful was the operation that
the patient began to recover rapidly,
and, altho he has been In the hospital
| only since Feb. 20, the surgeons think
| he will be able to go home within ten
days.
The surgeons who give their services
| to the hospital and who compose the
regular surgical staff are Drs. j. H.
Dunn, Knut Heogh, w. j. Byrnes, J.
! w. Little, w. E. Rockford and G. g.
lEitel. These surgeons are called in
j turn to perform such operations as are
considered too delicate for the house
surgeons. Under the arrangements
they are subject to call not oftener
than one day In six.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

things has got to happen; your land has
got to go higher or ours has got to be-
come lower. We can't compete with you
on the present basts.''
& Now 1t is not likely that Illinois lands
will become less valuable, but 1t is quite
certain that South Dakota lands will be-
come higher.
Some apprehension has been felt
lest the advance in the prices Of
northwestern lands had reached the
limit of safety, but as the Huronite
says, as long as land in the older
eastern and central states remains at
high figures there seems to be no rea-
son to expect that northwestern farm
lands Of good quality viii, not be in
demand at present prices.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
LIGHT ON CHANGE
The New System of Illumination
Works Like Charm.


The new lighting system devised
by the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce and installed at great expense
in the exchange-room, came in for a
severe test this morning and proved
eminently satisfactory in every way
When trading began it was so dark
in the pit that the brokers could
scarcely see the cards they always
carry on which they record their sales
and purchases. But when the new
system was put to work the gloom was
dispelled, the members pleased, and
loud and long We're the praises of the
new system, heard in the smoking
room and in the Hobbies.
Plans for the new system were not
perfected without the expenditure OF
much time and energy, yet, like all
things truly great, it has a basic prin-
ciple Of which simplicity is the pre-
dominant feature. Small, white, cir
cuIar rolls are provided, in form not
unlike a lead pencil, but larger around
and longer, and white in color. Thru
the center Of each Of these runs a
cord of loosely woven fiber technically
known to lighting experts as the
wick The roll is set up perpen-
dicularly, a match applied to one end,
and instantly there bursts upon the
view a steady, white light.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Dr.. Gray on Parks.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
I wish to place myself right before the
public in regard to the Lowry park that
we are to have. 1t Is true that I circu-
lated a protest, but 1t was simply to show
the park board that we were opposed to
having another Loring park injustice i'm
posed upon us. I had not the least idea
that we could defeat it. Lam not opposed
to the park but opposed to being heavily
taxed for another park in that locality. We
will be pleased to see that worthless
swamp made into a beautiful park. It is
worthless for any, other purpose. There
is no value or bottom to 1t. But the whole
city should be made to pay for it. The
park board says it cannot be done. My at
torney tells me it can be done by getting
a, bill thru the legislature. Mr.. Lowry
will hold his offer until that can be done.
The part Of our city that represents the
money value has never yet. paid a dollar
towards any Of our parks or parkways. If
not over the whole city the assessment
should extend at least twelve blocks each
way, north, south, east and west
When circulating the protest I discov-
cred that much fault is found with the
present board of commissioners. People
even go so far as to say that they have
parks on the brain. Water on the brain
Is a very dangerous thing. Those who
have it scarcely ever recover. Being a
doctor, do not wish to alarm the honor
able Dody, but gentlemen, parks on the
brains must be something terrible. When
Loring park was first agitated was as
sured that I should not be assessed over
| 81 or 50 a lot each year for ten years. but
! / was assessed $50 a lot. I paid 50, 900 on
my residence property; also about $500
where my flats are on the corner OF
Oak Grove and Nicollet avenue, making
$4,000. Some lots that face the park were
assessed all out of reason and forced some
poor people to mortgage In order to pay
the park tax.
Gentlemen, this is no laughing matter
These people are badly frightened over
this park that has already been accepted
| by the board. 1t will cost to buy an6
/ beautify as much as the Loring park has
and Luing park has cost the people
around it $500. 00O All other property hold.
ers in the city went free. Parks benefit
the whole city-fully as much benefit to {
lot ten blocks away as one block. People
are afraid OF parks. They know It cost.
much to keep them up. I have lots fac
/ ing Prospect park on Lyndale avenue N
j One of our oldest real estate men TOLD
me, when / said T wanted to sell them
i some ten or twelve years ago, that HI
could get more money for them IL they
were six or eight blocks. away from tn,
park. 81
/ have paid for parks in this city a
least $4,000, and have failed utterly tt
a see the benefits received. IT. *. Gray.
i 1882 Spruce place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
Race Rioting in the North.

Southern newspapers will find
fruitful text for their discussion of the
negro question in the disgraceful race
riots at Springfield, Ohio. They will
point out, with some show tsOf truth,
that northern community Is about
as quick on the. trigger" in handling
colored lawbreakers as the southern
people. The Springfield mob shows
the same vindictiveness that is so of
ten criticized in the present genera
ton of southerners. 1t can be said
in defense that the Ohio, incident was
result of long provocation, and
a very exceptional occurrence north
Of Mason and Dixon's line; but In
reply, the southern apologists will
compare the vast colored population
they have to deal with with the COM
paratively scattered sprinkHngs OF ne
groes in northern cities. They will
endeavor to show that, in cempari-
son, the south is as tolerant ais the
north in it's conduct
There is justice In this view, as the
northern people are beginning to see.
There is no longer the misunderstand-
ing and prejudice between the Sec
tions#over the race question that pres.
vailed. during the decades following
the civil war. Broad-minded south
ern men like Joel Chandler Harris
and Thomas Nelson Page have done
much to show the people Of the north.
the true relation between the races
in the south at the present day. Ex-
cept when inflaned over horrible
crimes, the southerner is disposed to
be fair to the negro, and to do his
part toward lettering the condition
Of the race he once owned.
Doubtless southern mob under the
same conditions would have behaved
in about as disgraceful a manner as
the whites in charge Of the reign Of
terror at Springfield, but no worse.
In any case, 1t is the brute side Of
human nature coming to the surface
and dominating the situation. It is
not for the north or the south to ar
que or recriminate. It is to the shame
Of the entire nation that such things
occur. They are object lessons, I'M
| pleasant ones, to drive home to the
authorities and to the public con-
| science the necessity of strict law en-
| forcement. Laxity in the treatment
Of crime, wherever it exists, brings it's
dread reactions. For all these evils,
prevention is the only cure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
NEWS or THE BOOK WORLD
Eve the First Poet-A Deduction from an
Article In The Journal OF American
Folklore on primitive Woman as Poet
Cooking for convalescents Discussed
In a New Cookbook.

Primitive Woman as Poet is subject
that suggests the possibilities that Eve
was a poet. II she was, what would first
edition dug up in the Garden OF Eden
be worth now? But that is vain specu-
latlon tan observation made, because so
necessary. Were the first poets women?
Is question, however, suggested by the
above subject under which Alexander F..
chamberlain writes in The journal Of
American Folklore for December which
seems OF considerable interest. Professor
Chamberlain quotes Professor O.. T. Ma
son thus:
The idea Of a Maker or Creator OF
all things found no congenial soil in the
minds OF savage men, who manufactured
nothing. But as the first potters, weav-
ers, housebuilders were women, the idea
OF a Divine Creator as a moulder, de-
slgner and architect originated with her,
or was suggested by her.
To the mother beside the cradle, where
lies her tender offspring, song comes as
natural as speech itself to man." says
Professor Chamberlain. In Guiana we are
told farther on ''the old women take the
place Of bards and hand down the tradi-
lions, NEUROLOGICAL and others, from one
generation to another An Eskimo
malden's song runs thus:
Why did you become estranged, estranged,
By running in neighbors' houses, estranged,
estranged?
The following is the song of Kioway
mother, whose son has gone to war:
Young men there are in plenty,
But I love only one;
!. Him I've not seen for long,
Tho he is my only son.
When he comes, I'll haste to meet him,
| think of him all night;
He, too, will be glad to see me,
His eyes will CLEAN with delight. h
An Aztec girls song runs thus:
I know not whether thou hast been absent;
lie down with thee, 1 rise up with thee,
In my dreams thou art with me.
| If my eardrops tremble in my ears
| l know it is thou moving in my heart.
OF course, all these suffer somewhat il
the translation; still they show that sons
is natural with primitive women now ant
doubtless was away back in the histor!
| of the race, so that Eve, after all, mal
have been the first poet.
| The Journal Of American Folklore il
published for the American Folklore so
ciety by Houghton, Mifflin & co. of Bos
| ton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
$4,000
The journal
Goes Home.
Another Thunderbolt.

The Japs have struck again. The
reports are all too meager, but it ap-
pears that they have turned the right
flank Of the Russian force on the Yalu
and have landed an army in Man
churia. The Russian army seems to
have been caught asleep as easily
as the fleet was surprised at Port
Arthur. This brilliant f1anking move
nent, if it has been executed in
sufficient force, means that the first
great battle of the war will not be
fought at the Yalu on a battlefield
chosen in advance by the Russians but
from the railway line.
Possibly this new Japanese move
ment may be followed by an over
whelming Russian catastrophe. A
large army encamped on or near the
Yalu may find itself deprived of pro-
visions and forced to fight its way back
into it's own country on an empty
stomach or else surrender. This all
depends. Of course, on what Russian
strategy has been. No large body Of
Russian troops may have been adj
vanced 50 far that It cannot be with
drawn in time to prevent isolation. 1t
Is possible, too, that no large army of
Japanese has been landed, and that by
the time the advance guard has re-
ceived achievements and the little
brown men are ready to advance, they
will find the way blocked and time for
hard straight-out fighting at hand.
The amazement with which the lat
est Japanese move has been received
In Europe suggests the possibility that
If it is successful and is to be followed
UP by series of similar crushing
blows, completely overwhelming Rus
sia's power in the east, it will have to
be acknowledged that not only has
Japan becomes the greatest Asiatic
power, but also one Of the foremost
of the world-powers.
six years ago Dewey's guns al
Manila and those of Schley at Santiago
generously reminded the powers oil
Europe that there had grown UP or
the western continent a, national giant
To-day in Manchuria the Japanese are
striking the Russian colossus such
fearful blows that the echoes resoune
around the world and cause the ole
nations to tremble with apprehension
as they realize that the time is comins
for a new division Of world-power.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
THURSDAY EVENING,

ton for astuteness and cleverness which
they have hitherto enjoyed. These lead
ers are a stupid lot Old Brigham Young
would never have been caught as they
have been. In the first place he would
never have provoked the inquiry which is
laying bare before the eyes Of the world
the most foul and offensive spot in Chris
tendon,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

The grand jury has come to the conclu-
sion that the majority in this community
do not want the laws against gambling
and the social evil enforced. That is a.
statement which is likely to jar our self
complacency as a community great deal.
The important point IS, is it true? It
sometimes looks like 1t, but surface In
dications are not always reliable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

Undoubtedly the council will grant to
John Burns the permission which he
will ask for to provide at each Of the
horse fountains a basin at which dogs
may drink. Mr.. Burns is actuated by
humanitarian motives entirely, and with
the guarantee that no public expense shall
be incurred there would seem to be no
reason whatever why he should not be
allowed to carry out his laudable plan. 1t
is a very commemorate undertaking.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

I This dragging Of the Mormon church be-
fore the public and putting its leaders on
the rack Of the smoot investigation is not
only exposing the moral rottenness of that
institution before the world as it has not
been exposed before, but It is robbing the
leaders OF that institution Of the reputa-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

or course, we cannot pronounce YER
dict In advance of all the evidence in the
matter of the prison labor contract. as
some Of our contemporaries appear to be
able to do, but we expect Warden Wolfer
to come out of the affair without faint of
dishonorable action A mans record of
honesty and efficiency is something to be
taken account of in a case of this kind
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
AT THE THEATERs
Foyer Chat.


Vaudeville, with Fanny Rice as the lead.
ing feature assisted by Bobby Gaylor in
an entertaining monologue, and six other
pleasing acts, is drawing good sized audi
ences at the Metropolitan this week.
embarrassing Julia" in which Fay
Davis and members of Charles Froh-
mans Empire theater company will be
seen at the Metropolitan the latter half
of next week, is q story on the Lady or
the Tiger order.
Commencing tonight, Joseph Murphy
will present for the rest of the week at
the Bijou the favorite Irish dramas
Shaun Rhue.
The only Swedish comedy drama that
has ever been an. out-and-out money win
ner is the ever favorite Yon Yonson,"
which comes to the Bfjou next Sunday fof
a weeks engagement.
Bad weather did not affect the attend
ance at the Lyceum this afternoon. Par
sifal" is doing record breaking business.
"Chim1nie Fadden.' Edward w Town
sends clever story of the Bowery.g will
hold the boards, starting Sunday evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
HE Press Room which is the finest IN the west vest
The battery Of presses consists OF three FOUR
ieck Goss Presses with total capacity OF
LA. 900 eight-paRe Journals an hour. printed,
folded and counted. The best time to call Is from
BIO to 4!3o o. m. Inquire at the business ofnce
and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

The Pioneer Press says the trouble is
TOO Much Johnson. Wouldn't wonder
II that were true. but not in the sense
intended by the p r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
CALM SOUL OF THINGS

Calm soul Of all things, make it mine
To feel amid the city's jar 8:
That there abides al peace Of thine
Man did not make and cannot mar.
The will to neither strive nor cry,
The power to feel what others giye,
Calm calm me more nor let me die
d Before have begun to 1--we.
Matthew Arnold,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
IT'S civilization a failure?

And Is the Caucasian played out?''
That depends on what view you take
Of the race war in Springfield. Ohio, re-
Numbering that the Caucasians COM
menced it. Esg
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
BOOKS RECEIVED

FOOD AND COOKERY FOR THE SICK AND
& CoNvALE6CENT. BY Fannie Merritt Farmer.
Boston: Little, Brown 4 Co.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

By the way, what has become of Kit
tie .Tingley, the San Diego maha tina?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

Rev DR.. Conwell of Boston asserts that
the only reason a young man goes to
church nowadays is because he knows his
best girl is there. Too many young men
are driven away by the variety Of noise
they hear in the front end of the church
after the preliminaries are over with.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10

President Harper was pretty badly cut
up over the appendicitis but is already in
fair shape again to make his spring touch
down with John D.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
How They Learn Spanish.

Tourists in Nagasaki, Japan. are
often surprised to hear the sampan-
men and the rickshaw men in the
street shout Spanish words to white
passers-by; as, hey, amigo" (hey,
friend). or "hombre," a common ex-
clamatlon of attention, meaning
man. In the stores the statesmen
also use similar terms. as mo sabe, -
meaning don't know" etc.
The explanation is simple. The Japs
themselves do not know that they are
using Spanish words; they believe
them English slang. They have
learned them from American soldiers
homeward bound from the Philippines.
The Yankee boys, used to employing
Spanish phrases in speaking to Fill.
pinos. instinctively do the same with
the laps, forgetting that their Ian.
guage is different.