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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
FAULTS IN SCHOOLS

crowdlng and Poor Ventilation Com
planned OF by Mother.
To tho Editor of The Journal.
In these days Of excessive book learning
DIR. Jordan's remarks at the high school
graduations sounds a much-needed note
of warning. A high school education is
largely suggestive and is OF little use to
the boy or girl who does not intend to fol-
low out one OF the many suggestions in
his future career. do not doubt that
four out of five high school graduates
would have been better fitted for their
life work at some good business or tech
nical college, and with less waste of time.
The expense of tuition Is slight when
compared with the gain in time; and
time is money in this world of COMPETE
ton. If we could eliminate from the high
school all to whom that special kind Of
advanced education will be Of little or no
use. we might then gain a part at least
of the means with which to improve our
| lower grade schools.
1t is obvious to anyone who has occa-
sion to visit our primary and intermedi-
ate schools, that they are badly in need
of Improvement. The odor which Of
tends our nostrfls at the very entrance
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
listed among the small cattle rajsers.'
and each owns his own homestead.
w. H. Reynolds, Chadron. .Neb.
]. L. Roseberry, Pullman, Neb.
A. F. Hatch, Mullen, Neb.
Chadron Neb., Jan. %.
FOR clTY's HEROES
Ample Provision Should Be Made fol-
Their Families.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
In soliciting funds for the benefit of
the family Of the late Captain John Ber-
win, was asked this question: What
does the city do for the relief of the
families Of It's employees who lose their
lives in the discharge Of their hazardous
duty?' I was obliged to say. that the
city government made no provision for
anything Of this nature. But the question
was so pertinent that I have since made
some Investigation, and find that there
Is state law which provides that the
foreign insurance companies doing bust
ness in the state shall pay 2 per cent Of
their premiums into the Firemen's Relief
association fund. This, with the assess
ment OF each member of the fire depart
ment, and popular subscriptions enables
them to pay a pension of $15 a month
TO the widow and IS month to each
child; but in no case shall the entire pen
sion exceed $50 a month.
AT the last session of the state legis-
lature an act was passed granting the
Police Protective association of Mime
apol1s tax levy Of one-twentieth of a
nepin county This provides about So, oOC
year and enables the association tc
pay a pension of $40 a month to dis
abed and retired policemen, but does not
make any provision for the families OF
those who lose their lives in the dis,
charge Of their duty.
These are both entirely inadequate
and as q citizen and taxpayer desire
to say that I believe it is incumbent
upon the city to make provision to pay
to the family Of any member of the
| police or fire department whose life Il
sacrificed In the performance Of duty
pension adequate to their needs. an
convinced that the city would receivt
more efficient service, as man would
naturally take greater risks II assured
that his family would be amply provided
| for If he lost his life.
Then. too, I do not believe that tn,
burden of providing for these families
should fall upon the few, as it does |,
| the case Of popular subscriptions. whil
the man Is employed to protect the in
terests OF the entire city.
Such a movement should meet will
general approval, and I trust that ou
city council, sustained by public senti
ment will institute the necessary pro
ceedings to this end.
w. A. Freemire.
Minneapolis, Jan. rs. 1906
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
SIDEWALKS A DISGRACE

( : 4 " I . r
Law Relating to Removal Of Snow and
Ice Disregarded.
To the Editor Of The Journal
Minneapolis is still In the midst of the
old problem Of cleaning its sidewalks,
especially In the downtown districts. The
usual excuse that 1t is impossible
to clean them often on account
of freezing is absolutely worthless at
time like this when the snow is soft
and easily removed
The past few weeks the writer has
been in many Of the cities and towns Of
this country, but nowhere Is SO noticeable
the deplorable condition which faces
Minneapolis every winter. There un-
doubtedly Is absolutely no excuse for
this, and it Is disgrace to our city and
its government that 1t should be toll
Grated.
The proper authorities should make
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
Sunday, January 28, 1906.

some enforcement of the law, and ii the
law is not sufficient undoubtedly the
street commissioners. who have prac-
tically little to do at this season Of the
year besides attention to politics, could
remedy the matter greatly.
A very large number Of the downtown
walks are covered with slush and show,
and many Of the walks have not been
cleaned since the last snowfall. One OF
the noticeable examples Of this is the un-
occupied corner Of Hennepin avenue and
Sixth street, which Is always in de-
plorable condition. Taxpayer.
Minneapolis, Jan. 20.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
"ST. ANTHONY FALLS"
Stranger Proposes New Name fo
Merged Twin Cities. ,-

To the Editor Of The Journal - = ~
I note the comment regarding the merg-
ing of the twin cities: A stranger here
think the idea an admirable one. The
name ST. Paul means nothing, CONNER
cially. and the name Minneapolis less.
It would moro aptly apply to an unpre-
tentious farming town. The city of "St
Anthony Fallsl would carry weight from
the beginning both at home and abroad.
ST. Paul would be known as the East
Side and Minneapolis as the West Side;
or, as the railroad time tables would
put it, ST. Anthony Falls East Side, and
ST. Anthony Falls, West Side.
ST Anthony Falls Is a. name already
famous. and I think you would seek a
long time for a, better one. If the coun-
ties We're to be merged, you might make
it Ramsey Hennepin county, or Mime
| haha county. John M. Burke
Minneapolis, Jan. q.
There is substantial evidence Of the
fact that the writer of the above is a
| stranger here when he says that the
name of Minneapolis means nothing com
mercial1y. He evidently does not know
| that Minneapolis flour has made the name
of Minneapolis better known thruout the
world than that of any other city In the
! United States, barring two or three. This
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
LOOKING FOR LIGHT

Constant Reader Asks About Some Of
Mayor Jones' Appolntees.
To the Editor Of The Journal.
Under the heading Defends New
Policeman" see Mayor Jones said he
did not want politicians for his lieuten-
ants. Please let me know IL an alderman
from the third ward Of Little Falls is not
politician. And who is this Charles v.
Stevens. who drifted into the city and got
an appointment on the police force, and
several others? Please throw a little light
en- them Taxpayers are entitled to know
who they are paying.
Constant Reader of I h Q Journal
Minneapolis, Jan. &C.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
ne, Reupholstering and Refinishing Furniture.

Third shall selection materials
Wool Tapestries Silk Dms corduro Verona veous
Bokharas Plain Silks Wool Mercerd Damks Silk
Cotton Daas Tapestries Plain Reps Cetonn Burlaps
Estimates free charge
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28

may not be sufficient reason for not unit
Ing Minneapolis and st. Paul under one
name. but it is a matter worth taking
into account; the loss Of the name OF
Minneapolis would certainly mean a good
deal to the business of this city both In
this country and abroad.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28

4 archy?n Cannot some civic Stickney
give US a talk along these lines?
-Twincitizen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
Bessemer. Mich, Jan. %.

! "American's" point seems to be that
he objects to descent from an Anglo
Saxon ancestry. h J ourn nal did
not say he was so descended, nor is
there anything to compel such an ad-
mission If it is not true. Many other
races besides those described as Anglo
Saxon have had a hand in settling
America, as Il h e ] ourna al said be-
fore, but the Anglo-Saxons happen to
have given us their language and their
laws, which is pretty fair evidence that
in their time they amounted to something
somewhere, even II they are now con-
sidered very inferior persons in Bes-
.Sener. Mich. -. = -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
"ANGLO-SAxoN" AGAIN
"AmerIcan" Thankful that There Are
None In Bessemer, Mich,f

"AmerIcan" Thankful that There Are
None In Bessemer. Mich,
To the Editor of The Journal.
Having read your reply and definition
as to what constitutes an '.Anglo- Saxon"
and why the poor thing is not allowed to
rest where 1t shines the most-in OBJ
scurity-your Inquirer must confess the
subject Is now as clear as mud.
II those early 'Anglo- Saxons' were
made up Of "Jutes'' as well, why not he
also blazon in this hyphenated constel-
lation?
But. with all due respect for The
j o u r a | and Its ability as an expon-
ent Of true Americanism. as distinguished
from that standpat has-been counter
felt, it is, just a bit behind on it's history
as we'll as 1ineage-so far as these go
back across the broad, Atlantic to the
cradle beyond. .. .~
This so-called migration (properly
speaking, fnvasion) Of a handful of Sax
ons, assisted by struggling pickups from
other groups of the Teutonio family then
domicfled in central Europe, forced prin-
cipally by the pressing Slavs from the
east, in the closing fifth and early sixth
centuries was no more an extinction of
the Briton, Celt and Gaul inhabiting the
British isles than the incursions and part
settlement Of the Moors into Italy and
Spain made those countries and people
African-or Afro-Latin, on the hyphen-
ated plan. Has r e Journal ever
heard an Englishnan, Scotchman or
Irish1nan, modern or otherwise, speak
! of himself as "Anglo-Saxon" Besides
TIL ournal must surely be aware
| that the subsequent invasion and con-
quest by Norman French (always re-
membering this is the hyphenated style)
| in the, early. eleventh century wiped out
| whatever there was or had been of your
| ''AngloSaxon'' in those islands
| That being so, how and whence did
| this "Anglo-Saxon' turn UP over here
| 500 years later?
! The fact of the matter is, in these
United States. and especially among the
! northwestern sisters, an "Anglo-Saxon"
becomes the dude without attraction and
should go seek more congenial surround
ings. Dutch-French, or, to be more long,
winded still, Norwegian Scandinavian are
| equally expressive, in the racial sense
as this "Anglo-S Saxon" l1ermaphrodite
| But he 0 urna1 at least struck
| one good lead in its reference to Bes-
| semer. There are no "Anglo-Saxons'
here, at least they are not visible to the
naked eye, and if there were, wouldn't
know what to do with them. To us plain
American is good enough-and no hyphen
before, behind or in the middle is needed
And this brings us back to the original
bone Of contention, what bearing has
| "Anglo- Saxon versus Latin upon
sympathy or conduct Of this American
nation in the Morocco controversy
r.. American.
ReSsemer Mich Ian %
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
exposed to insult they do not realize,
Were the stores closed. they would not

Who will champion so good a cause?
Who will come to the rescue?
"A Resident of Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Jan. 25.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12
Wild Game Nearly Conc.

Each succeeding year the struggle
10 protect wild game in Illinois must
and will grow more desperate. While
the disappearance of the game is a sad
story. vet it writes in bird-blood the
history of the rush of civilization. In
time the game will be so crowded out
of existence that the question may
arise whether the heavy expense in
Cured in it's protection warrants the
state in maintaining such an expensive
department
But there is none who wishes TO have
wild game disappear entirely. An au-
thority on this subject has written
that there comes time in the history
of game birds when their scarcity is
their strongest protection. y case of
this kind occurred in 1870, says the
Illinois State Register, when for the
first time hunting prairie chickens be
came Improbable. For more than 20
years they dwindled along without
their numbers being sensibly increas-
ed then hunting them would have been
resumed. If il had been possible for
their numbers to multiply it would
have been done. The colossal impedi-
ments which are ranged against their
increase are far beyond the scope of
any laws we may form. This genera
ton builds the sepulchre of the grouse
family more surely than any generation
ever builded or can build after today.
Nothing short of immense parks and
reserves owned and operated by gov
eminent or syndicates that can monop-
Ollie large areas of prairie land. and
can resist the burden of taxation and
preservation can, for a moment. think
of game The Englishman, with Eng
lish habits and money 10 spare. might
reconstruct them from the lands from
which they have been driven, but the
chart which the American people have
wrought out is heavy with dark lines
which betray their certain extinction.
While the efforts of the game depart
of the present game laws nave been
somewhat successful. the State Regis
ter is impressed by the fact that the
large number of violators found indi-
Gates that there is a woeful absence OF
true craftsmanship among certain
classes of nimrods. There seems TO be
a mercenary spirit broadcast over the
state-a desire to convert the few
birds there are alive into cash.
Under such conditions game laws
however drastic can but partially cope
with the situation. for the trappers and
gunners will get the game in spite of
all that can be done.
The giant hand of modern develop
ment has its cruel ways after all, and
none is more pathetic to the lover of
wild game than the crowding opt of
this state of the birds for which I'LL
nois has long been famous-game
which once made Illinois its most hap
by home and nest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12
CROSS AND NERVOUS
Rock Island Sufferers From Kidney
Troubles often Become Very
Irritable.

Cross, irritable people-the kind who
fuss and NOPE and worry over trifles
are not always to blame for the annoy
ance they give others. Frequently
these traits are but the effects of kid
neys poisons on brain and nerves.
Uric acid that escapes the kidneys
irritates nerve centers ard vital or
gans-causes baclache, rheumatic and
neuralgia pains-keeps you languid, all
tired out-leads to. Bright's disease
and diabetes. Stop the trouble in the
beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills.
Twill cure the kidneys and remove
the cause of all these ills. Recon-
mended by friends and neighbours in
Rock Island.
Mrs. ]. Anderson, of 1905 Thirty
eighth street, says: 81 had steady
aching through my kidneys and in
my hips, especially after hard days
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

The farmers have finally awakened
up. After long suffering they have
resolved 10 strike in their own de-
tense. They want dollar a bushel
Tor their wheat and prices in proper
lion for other agricultural products.
At indianapolis a society of farmers
numbering about twenty thousand re-
solved to fight for better prices. and
among them they are said to control
the product of the farmers. What will
become of the people who consume the
truck produced by the farmers?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

be. had on application. The opportun-
ity. however. was not availed of.
While since that time the evils then
referred to have gone on undiSturbed,
and there has been no move so far as
the city is concerned to check them,
The Argus has not deviated one iota
from it's position. In the meantime
the mayor has been over in Dayen-
port making a speech in which he ex
patiated on the high moral administra-
ton he was giving Rock Island-''in
spite of the newspapers"-anG advis-
ing the people of that city 10 follow
his example if they wanted moral
town And yet the actual state of at
fairs here became SO glazing that final
ly county officials took the matter up,
and the result was Saturday nights
raid. Acting under instructions from
States Attorney Scott. Sheriff HeideT
started out TO pull the places which. il
was a notorious fact, were harborins
women.
Sheriff Heider was well along with
his crusade when the self-appointed
chief of police heard what was going
on, and 10 apply the slang phraseology
got busy" TOO. He did net need the
sheriff for a guide. 1t was simply a
case of beating the county official To
it, so to speak, from that on. There
was no difficulty on the part of the pO
lice in locating the places that the
sheriff had not already reached. The
sheriff had the lead. however. and, de
spite the fact that the mayor-chiei
could have had the advantage that
nights ago in the instance of the Twen-
tieth street joint. where women were
shown to be hanging out. he was a
poor second in the race 1t was merely
after all, another grandstand exhibit
ton. The result of it all was that
three dozen arrests were made
there We're no protests on the part OF
the prisoners. all pleaded guilty and
all were fined on the spot.
And of the conditions that were
found to exist,
The Argus has but to repeat that to
its mind the resort that harbors women
will do moro harm to society, and to the
city's moral condition and reputation in
one night than all the legitimate sa-
looms in the city running seven days
week the year round. The saloon
will continue to exist despite vari-
ance of opinion and conscientious OPP
position But the dive that harbors
women and girls has no defense. Ii is
a curse TO both sexes. The saloon may
be and should be regulated, but the
only 10 clInnrnSSR1
And at this particular writing, does
further comment seem actually neces-
sary, beyond mention of the fact that
there has been some calling and that
county officials have done it?
And that the information that the lit
tie mayor desired as a basis of inn
parchment is at hand-and that it is
official
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

\ short time ago. the mayor of Rock
Island defied The Argus to furnish
information to the states attorney of
the existence of places in Rock Island
where women were harbOred. as a basis
OF impeaching him in his high Office
The information is at hand-but il was
not necessary for The Argus TO furnish
It, This paper does not claim credit
for what ii does not do. The glory
belongs TO the states attorney and to
The sheriff of Rock Island county. Let
their good work continue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12
States Attorney and Sheriff Do the
Calling?

Some few months ago. when The
Argus took occasion TO comment on
the fact that the present mayor of
Rock Island in indulging in Sunday
morning parades in pursuit of his We
hement policy of wreaking vengeance
upon the liquor interests because his
course of action in respect TO gambling
had proven deficient and lacking. was
permitting more slaring evils to go
untouched. the executive. so-cailed
lost his head and did some things
which, upon sober reflection. he re-
GREETED One of the things he did in
the heat of passion was to indulge in
a cheap bluff. in which, under the cap
uon of calling, calling, Called he de-
fled The Argus to produce evidence of
the existence of dives in Rock Island
harboring women. He further demand
ed that The Argus lodge complaint
ditions complained of and urged il TO
undertake to impeach him ON those
grounds.
The Argus reply was that it was not
an iE:o:-c-Ht. in the sense of fur
nishing detailed information to public
officials who ought to know their du-
ties, but that the information the may
or then desired as to the actual exist
ence of places harboring women could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

work, when my back nurt me SO
severely that il made me nervous and
restless nights. There was too fire.
quent action of the kidney secretions
as a rule, very annoying and distress
ing. DOan's Kidney pills were rec
commended to me and / obtained box.
In a few days | began to improve and
| continued the treatment until / was
completely cured"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
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falo. y. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-and
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

General Shafter. who commanded
the American forces in the Cuban war.
mas expressed himself frankly about
our expected trouble with China. He
says we have too few soldiers near
enough to the fiowery empire 10 be of
any use. but our navy would helm us
out in trouble. With Shafter in COM
mand an army of two millions of men
might be of little advantage. but our
small navy with Dewey at its head
would be effective.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12
FRENCH CABINET READY
M. Sarien Has Picked Men He Desires
to Aid Him.

M. Sarien Has Picked Men He Desires
to Aid Him.
Paris, March 12.-AlthouSh no for
NAL announcement has been made, the
cabinet is, practically completed, as
follows:
Premier and Minister of Justice
NJ. Sarien.
Clemenceau.
FOREIGN Bourgeois.
War-Etienne.
Marine-ThompSon.
Public instruction and Worship
Briant.
Commerce--Doume
Public WorkS-BarthOu.
Finance-POincare.
Colonies-Leygues.
Agriculture-Ruau
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

Indigestion is much of habit. Don t
get the habit Take a little KOdol Dys-
pepsia Cure after eating and you will
quit belching, putting. palpitating and
frowning. Kodol digests what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

If You are troubled with piles and
can't find a cure, try Witch Hazel
Salve. but be sure you get that made
by Z. c. Dewitt & Co, Chicago. II
is the original. If you have used Witch
Hazel Salve without being relieved il
is probable that you got hold of one
of the many worthless counterfeits that
are sold on the reputation of the gen
uine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

Congress proposes to make Il sweep
ing investigation of all railroads. One
object for the investigation is doubtless
TO ascertain why some of the railroads
no longer furnish passes to congress
men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

Does il mean peace? The naval ex-
penditure of the great powers has in
creased 30 per cent since The Hague
conference in 1899 - mere seven
years. We shall know perhaps within
seven years more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

Secretary Taft is fortunate in oc-
cupying a position that he can resign
at any moment He is ONLY 4 member
of the cabinet. and when he gels tired
ne can quit as quickly as he can wire
MS resignation He will. however.
stick so long as he receives his salary
regularly and possesses the other faciI-
tiles for making money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

Ellsworth Deerance has been pardon
ed from the South Dakota penitentiary
after serving II years for stealing a
mail pouch which contained one cent.
Serves him right for stealing a little
thins" like penny,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-12

New York collector of scraps has
left fortune of $4,000 That is not
surprising. Jim Jeffries has made
more than that by collecting scraps.