The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-11

M HEN Doc Bixby has trouble in filing out his
wv daily column, he writes few sticksful of
moan because at such times as he has Sc
cured halfNelson bite of something tough but
palatabe, his false teeth slip on him. One does not
have to imitation sozodonts to that it is
serious matter to have his teeth slip just he is get
ting his shoulder under bite. It jars the mind and
leaves in position where he has to bite
all This serious loss of time when the
food is rapidly disappearing.
Yet to man without teeth, false teeth are CRATE
full boon and when they lost misaid he is in
dilemma.
P I. Pfetfer Of Ocean Point, Minnetonka is a VIC
tim of dentists teeth, but willing He is de-
pendent on his teeth onelegged man is on his
hgneous member. Going home the other night on the
street boat Hopkins, Mr. Pfefer was reading this
column and at point laughed SO heartily that
he blew his false teeth into the lake. Being man
of rapid thought and action he instantly his
pencil and made mark on the side Of the boat where
the teeth went the intention being to note the
spot and send back diver to the teeth.
Mr. Jenson's boys last year took lessons in cabinet
making. They much interested. One day when
they did not want to hunt for mislad tool they used
grandpa's teeth, upper and under, to draw a nail.
One day while looking for plumber in the second
hand store, noted fine set of lttle-used second
hand teeth Some wonder expressed as to who
would to secondhand teeth. The dealer was
oneommittal and refused to say whether people
came IN to try them on.
The man who Is growing his teeth should thank
. heaven and take courage.
The Excitement and somewhat bitter feeling over
the attempt to equalize taxation is not local phe
noanenon It is seen everywhere Some of the news
paper exchanges are full Of the complaints of the
who has than sufhciency, but who naturally
does to give it up to the community as it is
at present run
One result of activity the part of the assessor
Is that the who cannot conceal his property and
the truthful heavily penalized.
For generation Marshall field was upheld before
the eyes of young men model citizen He a
man OF clean record He honest, frugal and indus
t1aous He was kindly in all his Instincts, prncely
in his charities He seemed to feel his debt to the
community that helped make his success Yet when
revealed, it found that he had for many years
withheld from his assessment millions of value In
PREPARATION penalty laid against the estate. The
incident caused some comment but not much of a
shock to the public mind.
One is sometimes tempted to think that after all
perhaps Henry George right and that the COM
1nunity should take for It's share only what the
munity makes namely ground rent, the unearned in
crement. Under this system taxable property cannot
be concealed. And the rich is not fined for his
activity in building up the community.
In the eighties the country appeared to be full of
single takers. There great activity The liter
azure abundant and studied The single tax
ers were bright men and they were loaded to the
zle with enthusiasm and argument. No single taxer
refused to talk about it. But, somehow, the
propaganda seemed to die slowly away Single takers
stopped talking. Other excitements came on. The
single takers who left believe it STILL butt some
how, they do not boiler long, loud and persstently
The socialists represent in this decade the enthusi
and noise of the single of the eighties. Dc
you suppose the socialists will die down peter
1920 leaving us the heritage of of their better
Ideas or was the single tax the John the Baptist Of
the idea that is to come?
1t will certainly pay any man to live to 1850 JUS
to see '*whither we are drifting'
In to diatribe in these columns 1eveled a
the integrity of the gas meter the gas company send
beautiful and artistic pamphlet entitled, eth
Sign of the DALI This interesting little publication
makes a careful study of the mechanism of the ga
meter and shows how that wonderful little bit Of dar
lantern mechanism is as straightforward Con
necticut deacon and simply cannot lie STAN
After reading it, persuaded that tn
hired girl the guilty partyor else that the pric
of gas is too high Possibly little of both is wha
is eating moth holes in frugal salaries.
"A. J. r.