The Minneapolis journal. [volume], February 06, 1906, Page 9, Image 9

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NEW PARK SUP'T
OUTLINES POLICY
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PAEK FOB THE PEOPLE
MOTTO.
IS HIS
He Formally Advises the Park Board
on Various Plans Which He Would
Like to Work Out In Minneapolis
Business Methods Suggested in Hand
ling Park Affairs.
PARK RECOMMENDATIONS
By Superintendent Theodore Wlrth.
More playgrounds and recreation
features In the parks, making them
more-popular ^nd useful.
Removal of fences, particularly
barbed wire fences, and unnecessary
signs.
Systematic Improvement of shade
trees on public thorofares.
Special forestry work In parks.
Enlargement of nursery.
Properly located and comprehen
sive menagerie or none at all.
Business methods followed In every
departmentfull value received for
every cent expended.
Revision of system of accounting.
Establishment of repair shop and
systematlo care and accounting for
tools and other property.
Theodore Wirth's first official com
munication to the park commissioners
was presented to them yesterday, and if
they had ever doubted" his ability aa a
competent park executive these doubts
were promptly set at rest. lytr. Wirth,
while imbued with fine aTtistic sense
and a thoro technical knowledge, is
above all eminently practical, whether
treating of children's playgrounds, tree
planting or a system of bookkeeping. In
his first report he treats of the entire
subject of the Minneapolis parks in a
general way and later on wilfmake sup
plementary reports on individual feat
ures.
The paragraphs on. the usage of parks
and street trees being so near to the
hearts of the people are repeated in full
a3 follows:
I believe that our parks should be
thrown open to the public for exercise
and sport where and whenever such use
does vnot seriously interfere with the
rights and safety of others.
am in favor that especially the chil
dren he given all facilities to make, use of
those grounds, which as parks have been
primarily set aside for breathing spots
and free resorts of healthful exercise.
The natural slopes and hillsides of park's
_. should not only be. throwkn open to Cnem
for sleighing and skiing and all kinds of
winter sport, but in planning and laying
out those grounds, special thought should
be given to create and develop suitable
accommodation for such sports. It can be
done in most cases without the least det
riment to the general attractiveness of a
park. .To combine the beautiful with the
useful must be the policy of sound bene
ficial park construction and maintenance.
Fences.
Unnecessary restrictions depriving the
publta. from a "free use x)t park lands'
ehoufoVtaa avoided. The people pay for
the parks and consequently own the
parks, and with a few exceptions, will
vsa them properly. Many vandals and
disorderly persons, especially the wild
boys, will not think of walking across
your lawn until they see a sign, "Keep off
the Grass" they even will not steal your
grapes until you put a fence around your
grape arbor.
It has been the experience of most
park auhtoritles al lover the country that
the publlo being given to understand that
they have al Ian individual right and In
terest in all park lands, which they
should recognize and respect, will, with
Tmt few exceptions, not misuse given
/privileges, and I firmly believe that the
people o Minneapolis are as far ad
wanced in that respect as those of other
progressive cities.
Forestry Work.
My recent visits to the different parks
have revealed to me two important facts,
which I did not fully grasp during my
short visit last June. First: I am de
lighted with the magnificent tracts of
woodland and isolated groves of trees
on most of our parks, especially Minne
ha&a, Columbia, Glenwood, Falrview,
Iorin and Lyndale parks. Second:
There is an immense amount of forestry
work awaiting proper and careful exe
cution. I believe a special appropriation
for forestry work should be made every
year to permit the constant employment
of a practical forester and a force of
six to ten skilled men. This force can
be shifted from park to park, and th'e
results within a, few years will be stately
and well-cared-for trees all over the Min
neapolis park system.
Street Trees.
The necessity, for an efficient forestry
department here is also very evident.
The general desire of the property own
ers all over the city to plant street trees
speaks .j well for the people of Minneap
olis, and the city itself has .assumed a
leading position in the street tree ques
tion among most of the cities of 4he
countries by having special laws and
ordinances putting the planting and
maintenance of its street trees with the
necessary power under the jurisdiction
of the city authorities. This is more than
most cities have, and the offered" advan
tages should be made use of.
The means of the department are far
from sufficient to give all the street trees
proper care and attention, but I believe
a start should be made on one or more
of the principal avenues lined with full
of half-grown trees, to make the entire
avenue as nearly uniform in its planta
tion of trees as possible, and to put the
trees, thru proper pruning, in a healthy
and attractive condition.
I have observed, generally speaking,
that street trees are planted too close,
which is a great mistake. Trees so
planted crowd each other, and out of
100 leases the timely thinning out will
not be done in ninety, and the conse
quences are disformed. unshapely and
unsightly trees where there ought to be
specimens of perfect growth and beauty.
You can't set (out a hitching post with
out taking care of the same, much less
can you plant a tree.. Its care cost
money and time. Every superfluous tree
on our streets is a useless expense, and
is detrimental to the development and
ultimate perfection of those that ought
to stay.
Nursery.
In connection with the forestry work
mentioned above, the department is in
need of a nursery that will supply the
demand for all planting materials, both
native and ornamental. To begin with,
part of the grounds at the Iiyndale barns
are well adapted for seed beds and young
stocks in nursery rows.
Usage of Parks in General.
Minnehaha is a poor place'f or a
zoological garden, even if it is a good
one, the superintendent says. He criti
cises the wild animal collection at Min
nehaha from several standpoints, and
declares that his-first visit to Minne-
The site chosen for the new Nor
wegian hospital is considered ideal for
the purposes of the institution, as it
haha was a painful disappointment.
The communication in part is as fol
lows:
The present status of the menagerie is
a discredit to, the department and the city
of Minneapolis. I assert that some of
the animals in their winter quarters' are
suffering from want of sufficient room
for exercise, and that those quarters as a
whole are unfit for the housing of all
those animals.
I furthermore claim that the location
of the menagerie at Minnehaha park,
with the possible exception of the deer and
moose, is a mistake from-an aesthetio
and landscape point of view.
Minnehaha falls, so widely known and
much besought for its natural plctur
esqueness and historic associations, the
beauties' of the creek and gorge and sur
rounding woodlands certainly do not re
quire any side attractions for their visit
ors and admirers.
Mr. "Wirth believes in menageries, as
they interest many people, but the loca
tion and arrangements should be in
accordance with the chief purpose of
maintaining them. He strongly urges
the removal of the animals to another
place. The communication was referred
to a committee.
Other Board Business.
The finance committee submitted an
estimate of the probable receipts for
the year 1906. The special park tax
and assessments is placed at $154,000,
and the receipts from boat rentals and
other sources at $26,000, making the
total $180,000. Maintenance, interest
on bonds, park certificates, tree plant
ing, new Tboats, the improvement of the.
west river bank parkWay and Long
John's pondj some minor improvements
and the liquidation of the $15,000 over
draft will require $151,131.96, leaving
$28,868.04 available for new work.
Commissioner John S. Bradstreet, who
is now in the Bahamas, tendered his
resignation on account of his protracted
absence from the city, but it was not
accepted.
A request from the Commercial club
for appropriate floral designs in the
parks during the Grand Army encamp
ment next summer was referred to the
committee on improvements.
Hoodwinks the Oculist. Madden Eye
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S^SS Near-Fairview Park Selected Frida
THE LOCATION SELECTED IN THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY LYNDALE AVENUE AND SIX TH STREET AND
TIETH AND THIRTY-FIRST AVENUES N.
was decided that a large tract of
ground should surround the building.
The tract is on a ridge, with a fine
grove of oak trees, and contains about
DID OLD INJURY GAUSE
DEATH OF SEGERSTROM?
Coroner J. M. Kistler has obtained
evidence showing that Magnus iSeger
strom, who was Killed Saturday night
in an encounter with Alfred Jorgen
son, in a saloon at 315 Washington
avenue S, was injured three months ago
and that it was probably due to that
injury that his death came so easily.
At that time Segerstrom is said to
have fallen from his wagon and frac
tured his skull. He was in the city
hospital for several weeks and had only
been out .a short time when his death
occurred. It is thought that he had not
completely recovered from the old in
jury and that his skull was exceptional
ly sensitive.
Those who saw him fall said that
Jorgenson. did not strike him hard and
that they were surprised when the man
did not get up. Evidence to prove
that Segerstrom was injured before will
be introduced at the inquest, which will
be held at the county morgue tomorrow
morning.
Jorgenson, the accused, was ar
raigned in police court today on a
charge of manslaughter in the first de-
eld
ree. He waived examination and was
to the grand jury in $3,000 bail.
WILL HIT LIVE ISSUES
Speakers at ..Insurance Meeting Axe
Given Free Lance.--^
The Minneapolis Association of Life
Insurance Underwriters will have its
annual banquet Friday evening of this
week at Hotel Nicollet.
I is planned to make the occasion
of special import, and several addresses
by prominent men are on the program
of toasts. Among those who will re
spond a^e Governor John A. Johnson of
Minnesota, who recently presided at the
meeting of governors, insurance com
missioners and attorneys general at
Chicago H. V. Jones of the Commer
cial West, and L. A. Crandall of Min
neapolis. They will discuss live insur
ance questions, and are being allowed to
choose their own subjects.
Brtabliftfeed 1868
scriptions and has1
MERCHANTS OF FINE CLOTHES
Annual FebruaryClearance Sale Fine Shoes
Men's "Monarch," "Regent" and other $3.50 $ 9 *]K
shoes, Wednesday at per pair
More pronounced is the value when yott
learn that every pair in this entire
are from i to JO and the leathers
Box Calf, Vici and Veloor. The rega-
lar prices are $3.50. Ou Wednesday
pricfe for these great Values is $2.75.
run of sizes from 3 to 7 patent leather, vici kid or box calf every pair valuer
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Wpmeji's $3 Shoes,.S&25Pp Pair|!i-
Aifotfrer profited shot triumph in Women's ShtfefcWUfflt SOo^arfTbf fresh, hew goods) full^
to $3.00.': Our Wednesday price for these great values is.. .^^j^^^^^t^^^ (md
The Great Plymouth Clothing .House, %collet Ay. and Sixth S|.
i^fi^Hta^ged Second Floor for WoniM-Tkr^El^MA Main Floor for J|fe^rf'Boy 'l
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three acres. I is valued at $10,000.
I is the intention of the manage
ment to break ground for the main
building this year.
MAYOR SENDS VETO ON
LIGHTING PROPOSITION
Mayor David P. Jones sent to the
council today his veto of the resolu
tion authorizing the lighting of the city
from day to day'at the rates submitted
by the Minneapolis General* Electric
company, the Minneapolis Gas Light
company and the Patterson Street
Lighting company in their recent bids.
The veto was anticipated as a result of
the public utterances' of Mayor Jones
on 'the terms offered 'by the TPatterson
company for incandescent gas lighting,
which the mayor thinks are exorbitant.
He is satisfied with the electric and
gas contracts and' will sign them when
they are presented to him, and sug
gests that it would be businesslike on
the part of the council if these two con
tracts are disposed of without further
delay.
In his veto Mr. Jones discusses at
some length the price of incandescent
lighting prevailing in other cities, and
advocates that steps be taken to secure
better terms for Minneapolis.
ORIENTAL BUG HISTORY
Attractive Booklet Has Interesting
Facts About Beautiful Creations.
The Alden-Keljik eompany, oriental
rug dealers at 1000 Nicollet avenue,'
have prepared' an Attractive little book
let for free'^scr^RtWB-, entitled, "The
Art of,,the 1&iea%7i:It contains pic
tur es of several
oriental-rugsinterestin
with de-
also' an
history of dyes, weaving, etc.)-,which
iSBINBQFBEAJ
WOMAN IS JAILED
SUSPICIOUS 'CIRCUMSTANCES IN
DEATH OF MBS. ANNIE BEBNAT.
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Nelghtior Finds Woman De4#on Kitch
en Floor After Having Heard Quar-
relChildren Say' Father ,Struck
Their MotherLattery's Actions Must
Be Explained, Declare Neighbors,^
is
designed to impart more knowledge of
oriental rugs. People of refinement do
,not now consider a home properly fur
nished without oriental rugs and' yet
the great majority has only a limited
knowledge of the highly interesting his
tory of their manufacture. I was to
enable buyers to understand these beau
tiful creations of the orient and Select
them, more intelligently t&at the book
let was prepared. Copies will be given
to all persons who inquire at the Keljik
company's store or will be mailed on
request.
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lot is clean, fresh and new. The sizes
BETA THETA PI'S MEET
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Alumni and Active Members of
ternity in Annual Session.
The northwestern alumni and the
active chapter of the Beta Theta Pi
fraternity" at the state university held
their, annual banquet at the Minnesota
club, St. Paul, last night. Seventy-two
members from the twin cities and
other northwestern points were pres
ent.
Rev. Henry B. Taylor of St. Paul
was toastmaster ana Colonel Frank
M. Joyce, DePau Joseph M. Hawks,
Northwestern Roy H. Smith, Minne
sota '06 Arthur E. Larkin, Minnesota
'08, and Rev. J. F., Stout, Northwest
ern, were among the speakers. The
members of the Minnesota chapter pre
sented Colonel Joyce with a silver
service in recognition of his labors in
behalf of the chanter house at Minne
sota. Professor E. P. Sanford made
the presentation speech. Music was
furnished by the chapter mandolin
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Judge E. A. Jaggard, St. Paxil
ice president, Professor F. H. Constant, Min
neapolis secretary, E. Thompson, Minneapo
lis treasurer, O. L. Sommers, St. Paul.
Those present besides the active members of
the chapter at the university were: Colonel
P. M. Joyce, Captain Edward Sigerfoos, U.S.A.
Dr. C. P. Sigerfoos, Professor F. H. Constant,
Professor F. M. Anderson, W. P. Kivkwood.
W. H. Thorp, E. S. Thompson, A. L Hallo
well, Lieutenant A. C. Keyea. U.S.A. G. P.
Huhn, Gecrge B. Penny, C. F. Keyes, R. M.
Thompson, C. P. Barnum, A. B. Joyce, W. A.
Graham, R. H. 'Keyes, I. O. Kosseen, Bev.
George B: i3ilIoway, J. U. Barnes, ft.' G. Mor
rison, P. S. Saunders H.'B. Avery, Dr. H. D.
Lyon. R. R. Knight, W. A. Keyos, N. O. Wer
ner, Jr. Paul Joyslin, Minneapolis F. S. Bissel,
Maple Lake A. B. Fosseen. Whenton: Rev.
H. B. Taylor, J. M. Hawkes, C. J. Backus, C. L.
Sommers, Dr. W. A. Dennis, M. H. Albln,
F. D. Monfort, H. S. Sommers, Rev. J. F.
Stout, Dr. F. J. Savage, F. O. Williams. L. H.
Smith, L. C. West. L. A. Larsen, R. FS, Mc-
1.1, A. J. Dickinson, 0. B. Buckbee, St.
STATE OFFICERS VISIT AUSTIN'.
Governor Johnson Is in Austin today, ac
companied by State Superintendent J. W. Olsen
and Adjutant General F. B. Wood, Who is an
Austin man. They are the guests of Professor
Boostrom of the Southern Minnesota Normal col
lege, and attended a program at the school
this afternoon, where all three made addresses
to the students. This evening a banp,uet will
be given the visitors by the Austin business men.
VKrONDY
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Mrs. Annie Bernat, 30 years old, was
found dead in her kitchen, at 89 Thir
teenth avenue NE, last evening, and
heF husband, Prank Bernat, was locked
up until a thoro investigation can be
made. The actions of Bernat and the
statement of his little boy aroused the
suspicions of the neighbors, who have
demanded an inquest.
Shortly before 5 o'clock Mrs. Vero
nkkt Maguroni, who lives in the rooms
below, hoard the Bernats quarreling.
Suddenly she. heard some one fall and,
running' upstairs, found Mrs. Bernat
lying on tne floor. Bernat would not
allow her to enter the room.
Later Bernat" became alarmed and
called for Mrs. Magurorif. When she
went upstairs she found the woman
dead. There was a gash in her chin
and one' of the children said that his
father bad knocked the woman down*
The police arrived shortly afterward,
and after having the body removed to
the morgue, locked Bernat up at Cen
tral station.
An autopsy showed that death was
caused by heart failure, and no marks
of external violence could be. found.
The neighbors, however, have .demanded
an inquest and promise to give evidence
of suspicious circumstances.
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Men's $3.50
Regent
Men's $3.50
Monarch
And Men's
$3.50 Shoes
A Pair.
The Best
Shoe Values in
:J the City of
//Minneapolis
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J. G. RICKEL,
Oity Ticket Agent.
424 Nicollet Avenue,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
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The Purist Tea 8h the Market
Head Packets Ortly. A All Grocers. 60c and 70c per pound,
or Oolong. HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS,
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rV.^The agents of th\s STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OP
WORCESTER, MASS., have claimed for many years that Massachusetts
.Insurance management and the Massachusetts Insurance law were superior to
conditions In other states.
The Insurance developments during the past year have tested this claim
by turning the lime lights of severe criticism on 'Insurance,
STATE MUTUAL report for 1905 gives the result.
Business written 1 ie,942,63S
*f 'fl A gain over 1904 of 1,4*4,146
And the largest business written in any year dur-
,i- .ing the sixty years of the Company's history-. i
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Business in force Dec. 31, 1906 114,432,961
00O00
Payments to policy holders during 1905. Death claims, _---_.
dividends, endowments, etc 2,728,374
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"Total expenses, including taxes, only 991,080
i. 00O00
Home office expenses, including entire official staff and
clericak force, only 77,uolf^
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Total income during 1905. 6,552,446rf
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A gain over 1904 of 339,816
The preceding figures show two things: That the Insuring public Is turning
to this old-fashioned, conservative Massachusetts company and that the re-
sults explain the preference. "THE END CROWNS THE WORK." One Inci-
dent mentioned In the report Is of special Interest namely, that one policy
holder died only four days after his policy was Issuedand, of course, I was
promptly paid.
If you need Insurance, take It now and take It In the STATE MUTUAL..
Full Information by any of the Company's agents. W
C. W. VAN TUYL, General Agent, 16-21 Loan & Trust Building.
Augustus Warren, Geo. A. Alnsworth, F. W. Woodward, R. S. Thomson, Solon
Roya' O. D. Davis, Delfaert R. Rand, Ezra Farnsworth, Jr.
"The lives of all your loving? complices lean upon your health"and health
&oa not last. If you need insurance, take It now.
Leave this city any Thursday Evening
Arrive in
HAVANA
the following Monday Morning
Id romantic, balmy
CUBA
Via MOBILE
86 hours on summer seas on the superb
express steamship, "PRINCE GEORGE."
Munson Steamship Line
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That is absolutely free from dust^
dirt, and all foreign mixture is
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Black, Mixed, Green
1904.
companies. jThe,
Read It:
A. L. RULAND, G. P. A.,
82 Beaver Street, New York.
Apply to nearest Railroad Ticket Agent.-.
CHEAP
RATES
Go to John D. Rockefeller,
Thoii Shopper
CONSIDER Fife WAYSl"^
TO
CUBA,
HOT SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA,
FLORIDA
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This advice is given because Mr. Rockefeller is an
improvement upon the fabled antformerly chief ex-/
ample of hustle and thrift. *%'&
It is related of the richest American that, in reply
to'a friend who asked him about the reasons of his ^.M
success, he said, in effect: l^"lEl
I THINK MY BUSINESS SUCCESS IS DUE
LARGELY TO HAVING ALWAYS TRIED^TO '&/
PLACE A PROPER VALUE UPONUNITS.
This idea is so big, so all-embracing, that it ia a
safe creed for anyone, business man or who-not. It
goes beyond the ant and the "busy bee," who have
preachedchiefly long hours of labor!
The shopperwhich means the universal woman
and the nine-tenths universal manhas a daily oppor
tunity to test the unit ruleto buy one thing at th*
right store and right price before making a Jacond pur
chase, and to repeat the process indefinitelythus
making right buying yield a real income, as ovr
wrong buying, at the end of the year. Of course,
only shoppers who study Journal advertisements are
able to place a "proper value on units,g^so that the
point of this preachmenfris Pla^^^*^C^%^ii-
brightest boy in MinxveapbllB by advertising
"Boy^Wahfed." "The boy has bis future before him. .nd it matters a
deal in what direction be starts* you^want a boy who caresjabout towrk,
attract him by telling the opportunities you oer. ^*m
to do and what it will lead to.
Te hi what be will have
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