Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-05-03
First payment on Liberty Loan bonds
May 4. Remember the date and save
the banks unnecessary labor.

11ot pay u1CAC O1 AAOOACy u|O0A JULIUS
May 4. Remember the date and save
the banks unnecessary labor.
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Judge MCGEE Of the State Public
Safety commission while pleading fol
trial of certain civil cases by court
martial, is reported to have said that
minnesota is a hotbed Of disloyalty
and sedition.' Yet, every county III
tho state and nearly all the towns and
villages have exceeded their quota in
purchasing Third Liberty Loan bonds,
and have done and are doing nobly in
other endeavors. In fact Minnesota
went way over the top in a hurry, while
other states are still tagging in doing
their duty on the bond issue. The citi-
zens of Minnesota of right are en-
titled to fairer treatment, and especial.
ly from those in high authority in the
state. And it is most necessary if they
expect to hold the needed confidence
and respect of the people.
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Allowing the division of the state be.
tween the Bell Telephone system
Northwestern in this state) and the
TriState, would in effect create mon.
Opoly for each in it's section. This is
admitted. Hearings on the matter were
held before the state railway and ware.
house commission this week, resolutions
from various commercial clubs follow.
ing the lead Of the st. Paul association,
being favorable to the idea. But it is
peculiar that only from Red Wing,
which does not particularly oppose the
idea, comes a demand for thorough
investigation, and also agreements of
a substantial nature from the compan-
les that they would not attempt to use
the position they would gain through
the deal, to lessen the quality of ser.
vice and seek to arbitrarily raise the
rates, competition being eliminated
There is no question that where the two
systems are used, at this time, there
is not only an added expense, but an
Inconvenience. Before strong compe.
tition was evident in the state, how.
ever, service was poor. The main ques.
ton will then be the maintenance of
service and at rates adequate to the
company, but assuredly right rate
to the user. 1t will be up to the rail
way and warehouse commission to use
a strong lever as to rates and service
although the commission is handicap
ped at this time to a great extent from
the fact that there is no physical valu-
alton of the telephone systems Of the
state. Such valuation is being taken,
the report to be made to the next leg
islature, which is to form a legal basis
upon which rates could be established,
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Measures in relation to this matter, will
be one of the big things to come before
tho legislature which is to meet in
January. Monopolies are generally
good only when the people own them.
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Due to great anxiety in relation to
the scarcity Of teachers at this time
and in the future, every effort is being
made to better conditions in this re-
spect. With this end in view the pub,
licity committee of the state normal
board has prepared number of arti-
cles for the press bearing on the situa-
ton, one of which is as follows:
"Our school system is fundamental
activity without which society cannot
go on. With the growing completely
Of our social organization new lines of
activity have arisen to compete with
teaching for the service of young peo-
pie, and now has come the loud call of
the war. Army service, Red Cross
work and clerical work under the gov
eminent, are attracting many of the
patriotic and active type among OUT
teachers and thousands are turning
from teaching to take the places of
those who have entered the service.
GAS result the ranks of teachers
are being rapidly depleted until those
who are interested in public education
are alarmed for the outcome. It is
time to call to the attention of young
people the attractions of the teaching
profession, the personal opportunities
as we'll as the opportunities for service
that it offers to those who enter upon it
with the right spirit and purpose, and
the real patriotism of service to the So
cial body in the indispensable work of
education.
"Naturally the salary that teacher
can command is matter for consider
alton. The special demand for teach
ers has within the year caused salary
advance in many places Of ten or ff-
teen dollars, and as the shortage of
teachers becomes more acute greater
advances will become necessary. School
boards recognize the fact of the finan-
cial pressure upon their teachers and
they are ready to relieve that pressure
as far as they can with the funds at
their disposal. Communities must find
ways of raising more money for their
schools to keep them up to standard.
"One marked advantage of the
teaching profession is the social recog-
milton given the teacher. In this re-
spect the profession has ranked with
the clergy as being made up of educat-
ed and high-minded men and women
who are dealing with the things Of the
mind and of the spirit and has been
h6nored in the same way. While teach
ing has its disagreeable features, it is
free from many Of the objectional con-