The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30
Worth Thinking About.
TO the Editor News-Herald:
Dear SIR

TO the Editor News-Herald:
Dear SIR
I noted with interest the article in
the last issue of your valuable paper
entitled "Thlnking;;" I even took
pains to read it over twice.
Perhaps with others 1 have not
studied Woman Suffrage or the
Mexican War as much or as long as
l should have, but my mind if firm
ly fixed on either or both, for [ be-
lieve in the former and not in the
latter-and where does this land me ?
neutral? | kind of think it lands a
fellow between the two. Think Of
the position - between women's
suffrage and the war.-Could you
think Of a worse place? You see |
am just trying to get you a-think-
ing.
If every citizen of the county
would fix his mind on something
for the betterment Of 1t, even for a
short time each day, I believe we
would soon be at the head.
You see, here is the thing in a
NUTSHELL: Each community has to
work out it's own problems, in the
same manner as each individual has
to work out his or her problems, or
difficulties Of whatever nature they
may be, and all is done by thinking.
Truly this county has advanced
on the road of progress on very
large scale, within the last few
years, and we look with pride upon
it, especially so in the line of travel,
l refer to our so nearly completed
"North Shore Roulevard," heavy on
the "Boulevard" please, for such It
is. The pride of the county, and by
the way, I believe that no harm is
done in handing it to the County
Board for the truly business like
manner in which they have handled
this very important undertaking.
But this is not what has bothered
my mind Of late, and set me a-think-
ing it is another matter, something
else has struck me more forcib]y, in
deed to such an extent, that I ven-
ture to ask every reader to Join in
with me "thinking' ask you to
spend at least five minutes OF your
time each day from now on until we
reach the goal-aclequate mail Scr
vice for Cook county.
Have you ever stopped to think
seriously of our present system?
Have you ever stopped to thing of
why we have such inadequate SER
vice as we have? Perhaps you have
blamed it to the Postal Department,
maybe you have LAID tito the steam
boat company, just stop right here
dear reader and think, think honest
ly, and I believe you will find the
fault is right with ourselves.
Has there ever been any move
made by the people of this county ?
l have never heard Of 1t. Don't you
know that "what is worth having is
worth asking for" and it is no one
mans job to have the present con-
ditions bettered; no indeed not, it
requires united and determined
effort Of many, and 1t seems to me
that it is high time that something is
done for there is no use in barking
at the moon any longer, for it will
not fall, not if we keep up barking
all winter.
AS mentioned before 1t is the dutv
of every community to work out its
own problems and difficulties. It Is
the duty of every citizen of this
county to solve this problem, and
ask some kind reader to join in and
suggest in this paper how, where
and when steps should be taken for
better service.
Would it not be a good idea to
have mass meeting some day of
our county fair to discuss this mat
ter and have petitions drawn and
circulated to be forwarded to the
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