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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
MONEY AND CREDITS TAX

The law passed by the last legislae
tuYe known as the three mill tax on
money and credits is explained by the
Minneapolis Journal as follows:
"Debts may not be Offset against
credits in listing them or taxation
under tho new law, fixing a fiat 3.mill
rate of tax on moneys and credits.
Attorney General Il. T. Simpson has
ruled on this question in response to
an inquiry from Frank L. Powers, as
SCISSOR Of Ramsey county. Under the
old law. before listing moneys and
credits for taxation, the owner had q
right to deduct his debts. On the
balance he listed he was compelled to
pay the regular. tax rate. AS taxation
of credits on the regular rate confis-
Gates fully half the revenue, very little
has been reported, and the tax COM
mission secured passage of new act,
the Al. Peterson bill. Cnder this law
taxpayers may list their money and
credits, excepting mortgages and bank
stocks. separately, and upon this they
will pay a fiat rate of mills on the
dollar. The attorney general finds that
this law does not provide for deduct
ing debts, and taxpayers are supposed
to list full amount of their credits.
Granting that he get per cent in
come. and the tax commission believes
that taxpayers will be willing to give
IN their holdings and pay this small
tax. u.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

Golfers describes q legislative trick
attempted in the New Hampshire Leg
islature, which is a good illustration
of how good legislation can be changed
to bad or made Ineffective. Governor
BASIS secretary told the governor that
the senate, which was not reform
body, had passed the important tax
bill, a very progressive measure. The
governor wasn't jubilant. suspecting
something wrong because of the ready
passage. He asked for the amend
ments, and with several friends spent
the night looking for the Joker. -
They found it. In the original bill
one section provided that every public
utility company should be taxed on
the actual value of it's property and
estate" An amendment of little I'M
portance had been added to this Sec
ton. but in doing so the words and
estate were dropped out. Digging
INTO supreme court decisions it was
found that the court had decided
that franchises were not property but
part of the estate. What the object
was is evident: to relieve franchises
from taxation. The trick was exposed.
In just this way has the popular will
been thwarted, not only IN New
Hampshire, but in Minnesota and
every other state in the Union.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

Cooperation Needed In Road Work.
There is no sort of public work in
which folks are interested generally
where the principle Of cooperation
could be followed to better advantage
than in the care Of the public high
ways. In some sections this fact seems
to be recognized, in some others not.
Especially is there need of this CO.
operation in those sections where earth
roads are the rule and where the char
acter Of the soil is such that there is
need of working 1t at critical time
following heavy rains or wet seasons.
Particularly is this true Of stiff clay or
adobe soils, which can be advanta-
geously worked and leveled only when
they possess the proper amount of
moisture and the right consistency.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

Thesouuds OF jubilation over the de-
cision OF the supreme court in the
Standard Oil case died away when it
was found that the court made a dis
tinction between reasonable and
unreasonable monopOlies, and as
sumed for the courts the privilege of
deciding whether trust was good or
bad. The dissenting opinion of Justice
Harlan says that such doctrine is a
usurpation by the courts of Legislative
power never contemplated by the
founders Of the republic, and whose
practice would be dangerous to free in.
stltutlons Justice Harlan also says
easy for aggregations Of wealth, un-
abe to control the legislative power,
to get from the courts that the people
do not wish to give them. He says
that such action by the supreme court
is in effect an amendment of the con-
stltution, a power never conferred on
the court. The decision will serve
anew to show the gradual usurpati IN
OF governmental power by the highest
tribunal in the land, and Is likely to
intensity the dlstrust of the federal
judiciary which has been brought on
by decisions which overturn and
ignore the will of the people even
when shown in constitutional forms.
If the people through their re-
presetatlves, pass unconstitutional
laws, it is of course the duty Of the
Supreme court to point out the error
and then it is for the people to change
their own constitution if desired. But
here we have the oldest OF the supreme
court judges making the deliberate
statement that the court is amending
tbs constitution by fiat of It's own
arbitrary assumption of power never
delegated to it. We shall sooner or
later have national campaigns where
the question of judicial usurpation
will be the main issue.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

From the first speech IN congress of
William Kent. insurgent republican Of
California:
1T argued that by taxing one in
dustry for the benefit of another in
dustry' and VICE versa, we create
a home market that is productive OF
wealth. This brings to mind a story
told by David Starr Jordan concerning
the eagle and the bluetailed lizard. 1t
seems that the eagle one day swooped
down upon the lizard and bit off and
ate the lizards tail, there-upon the
eagle acquired sufficient energy to lay
an egg. The lizard climbed the tree
sucked the egg, and through the en-
couragement thus afforded, grew a
new tail. This process continued
through many years, apparently,
without much profit to either party
save as it added to the interest of ex
istence. daughter.
"A tale ct similar import, but of more
profitable sequence, was related OF a
man who lived near the Petaluma
marshes and started to raise carp. He
was doing fairly we'll selling carp
from his pond, when he suddenly con-
ceived the idea of raising side line
of cats for the fur. He discovered
that he could feed the carp to the
cats and the cats to the carp, SO that
they increased nightly in his output
of cat and carp and became wealthy.
(laughter.)
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19


County of Morrison}
In Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of John
Georgen, decedent:
The state of Minnesota to all persons
interested in the allowance and probate
of the will of said decedent:
The petition of Josephine Georgen repre-
sentinR that John GeorRen, then a resi-.
dent OF theCounty of Scott, State of Iowa.
died on the 18th day of July 1910, testate
and that his will has been allowed and
Admitted to probate in District Court in
and for the County of Scott, Estate of Iowa.
authenticated copies :of said will and of
mitted to probate in this state, and that
letters of administration G. T. A. be
granted to Don NJ. Cameron:
Now Therefore, you, and each of you,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any you have, before this court,
at the Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House, in the city of Little Falls, County
OF Morrison, State of Minnesota, on the
10th day of June, 1911, at 10 o'clock
a: ~, why the prayer OF said petition
should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable,
F. SHAW,
Judge Of said court, and the seal of said
court. this 18th day of May. 1911:
Court seaD EFF. SHAW,
Mo st Judge Of Probate Court
D. NJ. Cameron,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Fortune Hunter.


Believe me. gentle Carrie.
And take my word for 1t, ::
The man you want to marry
Is neither good nor fit.
Although he calls you "Honey
And tries his best to please.
He only wants your money
To live a life of ease.
So when he comes tomorrow
To make friendly call
Your ucc!e's pickax borrow >.
And niee-! MIN in the hall,
And if the walls you spatter
And slightly nuss the place
It really. Will not matter.
Such stains you can erase.
Harsh looks will never feaze h1mt
A mint won't drive him hence.
He'd like to have you raise him.
So raise hin? DER the fence.
And when he has departed
On finding where he stands
GO To \r'l. room light hearted
And wash your dainty hands.
It's not the fortune seeker
Who makes the husband true
And helps the vessel weaker
To steer the passage through.
They sound ali right in counting.
They talk Of love and life,
But as for the supporting
They leave that to their wife.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
OUR LEGISLATORS.

Lynn Haines, secretary of the Min
nesota Citizens League, writing for
the St. Paul Daily News, sizes up
our legislative delegation as follows
Charles W. Bouck, Morrisou-A m ere
politician; always active and always,
with one or two minor exceptions,
closely associated with the special in
terest members.
l.. D. Brown, Morrison-Did more
than vote for the special interests was
oneof the speakers leading lieutenants
and did more than almost any other
one member to block progressive legis'
lation.
G. D. johnson, Crow Wing-A Dem
ocrat who made the mistake Of casting
his vote with the reactionary group.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Texas on tho Good Roads WAGON.
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~~~~ VT e''o @oo0 ssod09 "d90Hs
The use Of the automobile in Texas
has caused demand for better roads.
1t has taught the farmers to see the
saving in having good roads and road
improvement, and road building is 20.
Ing on In nearly every community.
Texas will have one Of the longest
automobile roads in the United States
when a few unfinished links are COM
pleted. This road will extend from
Houston to Brownsville by the way of
Corpus Christi Kingsville and inter-
mediate points Connecting with this
at Corpus Christi will be another road
to San Antonio This will be COMPLETED
the coming summer.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Found TO- Give Best Results
When Mixed With Soil
CAN SUPPORT HEAVIER LOADS.
Though This New Method Costs More,
It Makes a Road That Will .0utIast
Gravel and cinders-straw to Play
an important Part In tho Good
Roads Movement.

Wheat straw win play an important
part in many miles Of new good roads
which will soon be built in this coun-
try. Straw has been used for years on
roads in Washington. It has been
found to give the best results when put
on wet and mixed with the soil. When
scattered loosely on the road it ignites
and the work Of weeks is lost.
The newer plans are better yet for
the application Of straw. In the first
place, the roads will be plowed and
graded and brought to crown. When
the roadbed has been narrowed and
made level the straw is put on to
depth of six inches. A disk cutter Is
used to cut the straw up and mix it
into the earth. If all the straw works
into the roadbed more straw is put
on until a cushion is formed. A steam
roller packs the earth and straw into
q hard mat as durable as asphalt and
a road which will turn of water If the
grade is right. /
The new method of mixing the straw
with the soil costs more than that Of
throwing straw into the ruts and
makes q road that will outlast gravel
and cinders. Gravel is expensive, and
the cost Of hauling is heavy. In all the
lowlands and uplands in this country
straw will be used with the clay soil.
For $25 mile year the state high
way commission Of Minnesota can
take the most sandy road in the state
and turn it into a highway which can
be worked with road grader, by the
use of straw, sawdust or clover, which,
ever is the most convenient. It has
been doing this in various parts of tho
state for the last few years, paying
for the improved roads from the ex.
pense fund Of the commission, but it
will ask the legislature for more mon
ey to extend this work to other parts
Of the state and will extend it Just as
far as the legislature sees fit to permit
1t by the limit on the appropriation.
Near Cambridge, MIMI. an expert
Mental road was made with sawdust
several years ago, but the supply at
the local sawmill gave out, and straw
was used during the past season and
with better results. The straw works
into the sand, forming a vegetable
loan which can be handled by the
road grader and will also support
heavier loads than are possible with
the sand in it's natural condition.
G.. W. Cooley, state engineer, also
has shown the people what can be &C.
complished by constant watch Of the
roads, as is done in foreign countries,
by maintaining man on stretch Of
road all the time. Last season a road
six miles south Of Saltwater. Mimi,
was under experiment. The year be-
fore road leading from st. Paul into
Dakota county was watched. For $25
a mile for the season these or other
roads can be kept in such condition
that they may be used every day dur
ing the experiment.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
WHAT BAD ROADS COST.

Bad roads cost the people Of
America $3.50 "a head" each
year. That is the waste com.
puted from government stats
tics. II represents the extra ex.
pense Of hauling foodstuffs to
market over bad roads contrast.
cd with tho expense Of the same
hauling over good roads. That
loss is much more in amount
than the total Of all the revenues
OF the nation and forty. six
states for the same PERIOD
Kansas City Star.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Hlll1l0r and
Philosophy
i Z 80, " -
~ DUNCAN ~. .s1s,rw
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

T6nI PARAGRAPHS.
'\aERE Is only one person who ia
concerned in seeing that you get
what's coming to you, and that's your
self.
When ones finances are short, time
seems short, too-the time the bank ex-
tends.
A visit to the dentist is painful
enough without his making it neces-
sary for you to visit the bank as well.
The children Of a maiden ladv are
everything that heart could desire, in
Guiding being nonexistent
Some people are no more capable of
forgetting their injuries than they are
of paying their debts.
The most generous people are apt to
be those who give freely of other peo-
pies goods.
The facility with which some people
keep out OF trouble is equaled only by
their ability to get you in.
The reason that everybody is giving
advice so freely is because it is a per-
ishable commodity and would spoil IL
not disposed of.
1t Is easy enough to attend to ones
own business, but 1t isn't always so
profitable.
An angelic disposition isn't proof
against an overdue plumber and an
UNDERGONE laundry job.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
VuICanife
Roofing

You don't have to take our avordfor
It. Wen show you how to find out
. for yourself Ask our dealer for the
book, Ten Years of Wear In Ter
Minute Tests, and a sample of Vul-
canite. The contents of this book
will enable you to absolutely determine
theUear-value of a*yprepared roofing.
If you'll use the method we offer.
Vulcanite will sell itself in competition
with any other roofing on the market.
If you'll get the book today. you'u
tsow the facts about roofing fonos1o1
Ask Our dealer.
an Patent Vulcanite Roofing Co,
Chicago. III.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

"Steel Bard," in the Prison Mirror
hits off Perpetual notion thus.
The duck eats the worm
The man eats the duck
The worm eats the man
The duck eats the worm.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

Martin County Sentinel: Bryan 8
Commoner declares that the two
farmers who are the most active in
opposing the reciprocity agreement
with Canada are the president of the
lumber trust and the president of
the wooden trust. These are farmers
who are not particularly horny handed
but are extremely horny voiced.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

The Oregon recall applies to judges
as we'll as to other officials, and four
out OF five OF the supreme court Judges
of Oregon have endorsed it over their
signatures. Those Judges have
different view of the recall than ex-
Judge Taft.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

ANY man will fight fov his home,
but nobody wants to die for his board
ing house," Moral, land Of tenantry
IS land of slavery. Work for system
that will create homes, not tenantry.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

"Why did the ladies' whist club
break up2"
"1ts demise became a necessity"
As h0W?'
'aThe ladies discovered that they
got each others husband and children
dreadfully mixed up, they saw them
80 seldom"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Unfounded Rumor.

Great baby that one Of mine, old
man"
what is he like?'
''The picture Of his dad"
"Poor child! Doesn't his mother feel
bad about it? l heard the baby was
pretty"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

AMONG THE NEWSPAPER BOYS.
The st. James journal Gazette, has
discontinued its sem1-weekly paper,
and has gone back to the one-a-
week issue. For some reason or other
the twlce-a week is a failure in
Minnesota. there having been a great
number discontinued
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

7alIow Candles.
The utilization Of tallow candles for
illuminating purposes commenced In
1890.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Lonued For a New Linz,

"Why are you going vest?
"Just for a change"
"Change of What?"
"Of creditors"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Preferred COMPANY,

TO dodge the lights and blare Of bands
Into quiet way he turned.
4 robber said. Hold up your hands,"
Then for the madding crowd heyearned.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
The Difference,

"She is clever"
"Why?"
"She made such a fool of him.
"But not as clever as the other?"
"Why?"
"She kept him from being fool"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

Prison Mirror: A man who has no
bill against him, belongs to the no.
bill.ity in more than one sense.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

Preferred to Mediate.
HE has an ear for music"
(which ear:
"The deaf one"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
To Make II Desirahle

"Going to move this springs?
mo; we are satisfied where we are"
"Can you stand the landlord of for
mother years rent?'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
Evident,

"She is quite young"
"Think SOP
II know it. She is lot younger than
the other women of her age"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
The Mexican revolution has been
called joke A CHASTITY one judging
from the bodies piled around Juarez.

st. Peter Herald: Decisions like the
one which abollshes two.cent fares in
Minnesota increases sentiment in
favor Of the recall for the judiciary.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

The Moorhead Independent has
been sold to E. j. Taylor, the founder
OF the paper more than twenty years
ago. J. II. freeman, who got out a
very creditable paper, will move to
Fargo, he having established large
linotype composition business.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

III CHEST Prices 10 Not
Insure Best RO0finua

The minute you pay over
a certain price for prepared
roofing, somebody is getting
too much b,yft. When you
pay less than that price you
take years off the zvear of
your roof and add paint and
repair expense.
Cost of material and make
governs the Price of Vul-
canite Roofing. Nobody
can fmb>vUe on Vulcanite.
No maker can turn out as
good a roofing to sell at
less money.
If you want a roofing that will
yield the high-water mark of soh;5-
faction and still sells at a rsasona-
able price, investigate
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

The Wing Free Press has installed a
Standard linotype to accommodate i'm
provements to be made in the paper.
Brother Olsen will have to spread
himself to do this, as he has already
one of the snappiest country papers,
both in local news and editorial
matter in Minnesota.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TON FOR PROBATE OF FOREIGN
WILL
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19

The reason that everybody is giving
advice so freely Is because it is a per-
ishable commodity and would spoil IL
not disposed Of.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-05-19
estate OF JOHN CEORCEN

State of Minnesota
County of Morrison
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-03-10

down cows will soon show clean
flanks for the first time since last
fall.
II much chilled, the lamb should
be taken at once TO warm room,
and plunged in water as hot as the
hand will stand.
II a eve loses her lamb she can
be taught to mother a twin by
combining her in a narrow stall.
A small quantity of oil meal is
valued addition to the grain ra-
ton at this time.
Keep the pens level and dry.
You can't tougher a horse to the
spring work in a day. Start in
easy. Think how it is with your
own shoulders.
Take pains to exercise the horses
and harden them up before the rea
spring work begins. This is neces
sary if you w to avoid delays an'
risks.
Standing in the barn will spoil
horse sooner than good stead
work. When you see his legs beg'I
to stock up, hurry and get him T.
work at something, if it is nothin
more than exercising in the var
every day. Keep that up till 20
have some real business to do.
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