Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-04-09


are not what they pretend to be.
! Many times, possibly, you have
heard it said that what is everybody's
business is nobody's business" and in
all probability, in many instances in
the past, it has been the truth, but it
! should not be so any longer. Ideas
| have changed in that respect. They
| have been pondered over, carefully an
alyzed and suggested to the minds Of
! the people.
! Our democratic principles have been
blended into them in such clear way,
as to make them acceptable to us all,
and we have become convinced that
they are really for the welfare and
! best interests of the people. We know
that everybody's business, although
placed in the hands of few who have
the confidence of the people, should
receive more attention from every
body. I hope that these ideas have
reached Little Falls, that they have
! been considered and seen in their true
light. The citizens of our city are cor
daily invit e d. TIL ey S h GU d
attend the council meetings, and help
you, gentlemen, to attend to their bus
mess. It is proper to expect the tax
payers, the property owners, the Com
mercial club, to take part in your de-
: alterations. To come here and enlight-
: en-, inform and advise us all on impor-
: tant business presenting, thereby show
a natural interest in everybody's bust
ness, and perhaps avoid unjust, un-
! timely and Improbable criticism.
A city we'll administered by serious
and wise men, means attention not
! only to dollars and cents, but also to
health, happiness, well-being and let
j us not omit, to the morality of it's cit
! liens. Success in the administration
of these departments can be obtained,
in a much easier way, through the CO.
operation and enterprise OF the citi-
zens. Children Of today shall be the
men of tomorrow, and men of the pres
ent should have at heart to furnish
their country with worthy and honest
men for the future. IF the streets are
; breeding delinquency and vice in our
children, why not keep the children
from too early and too intimate an
acquaintance with them? Why not
clear the streets of small children?
That is the question. The question the
National Child Labor committee is
asking the cities, and that is the ques-
ton this city is asking the parents"
The same applies to the health depart
ment. Why do some people seem to
make it special business to render
filthy every foot of ground they have
access to? Why should not the coun-
Gil be given more power in the erec-
ton OF sewers and eliminate, as much
and as fast as possible, the cess pools,
and privy vaults, which are feeding
vxyof T.: H.
gerous impurities. It is fair and right
that improvements, depending on Pc
titions of the people, should be left to
the majority of the property owners.
generally speaking, but in sanitary
questions or street improvements
more latitude should be accorded the
council and board of public works and
less discretion to some people, who
complacently sit in their great great
grandfather's chair and stick, still, to
the tallow candle.
Park improvements as also places
where children can gambol and benefit
by the pure and bracing air of the
North Star state, are matters that
should occupy the minds of the coun.
Gil. For those who find greater enjoy
ment in the reading of books, during
their leisure hours, see that by your
help the library of our city becomes
one OF the best, and one able to pro.
cure our people the books they prefer.
1t is useless to remark here that the
library board as constituted and that
under the supervision of our very COM
petent librarian, no book, which is
not instructive or decent, will find &C.
cess to the houses of our citizens. To
my estimation, no money spent during
the year can be better spent than for
these purposes. 1t is not expected that
the laws OF the state, or the ordinance
es OF city shall succeed in changing
the natural disposition and tendency
OF man. It is hardly possible that,
in spite of those laws and ordinances,
the best intentions and endeavors will
not be annulled by those who have a
purpose to serve, but we should look
to those who wish for and aspire to
higher ideals, to use their energy and
determination for the purpose of coun-
teracting evil tendencies.
Through the very commendable act
OF the Firemen's Relief association
and the gift by that organization of an
automobile fire truck, the members Of
our fire brigade, who for many years
past, under the very able leadership of
Chief Fire Warden Emder, have volun-
tarily and 1avishly given their time
and labor for the protection of our
city against the devastation of the fire
demon, and have been successful to
an eminent degree, will be enabled, in
the future, to give more prompt and
effective service, and no doubt realize
!nereoy a reduction in the rate Of fire
insurance.
The firemen by that action have de-
servedly acquired the gratitude of the
city, and are entitled to full measure
of sincere thanks.
1t is a true axiom that: ian ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure"
and that case amicablly settled out
OF court is the more prof1tably settled,
out that settlement is, after all, but a
cure obtained through the help of a