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FisaJicing San Pramcisco.
San Francisco wants the federal gov
ernment to guarantee her bond issue for
the rebuilding of her municipal build
in^s. especially schoolhouses. .It: ..is.
urged that the city must also have a
place in which to conduct its official
activities, must have water service and
sewerage. To some extent It must be
repaved. All these things might be
provided for by bond issues. But can
San Francisco in her present condition
and under existing money market condi-
$1 tions sell bonds at a reasonable rate of
interest?
Minneapolis, rich, progressive and
well governed, in the flush of prosperiy,
commanding the favorable opinion of
t\ the entiTe country, and growing at a
t"! rate likely to make her first in per
centage of increase in population and
increase in assessed valuation in the
next federal census, is unable to float an
issue of school bonds at 3*4 per cent be-
caue of present money market condi
tions. Money is so scarce that it has
I, been necessary here to raise the inter
i est rate to 4 per cent. How then can
it San Francisco in her present condition
float any bonds at all or -without paying
jj[ nearly, if not quite, double the ordinary
|I rates of interest on such, securities?
San Francisco, as we understand it, is
j fortunate in one particularshe has
verv little outstanding indebtedness,
te practically nonebut it Would seem to
6 be almost impossible for her to issue
.is bonds without paying -wha might seen*
4 to be an exorbitant rate of interest.
This is the view of the matter enter
tained in San Francisco and it is on t!iia
ground,
that her citizens desire
ment, but it does not appear that it is
a function of the federal government
to alleviate embarrassments of this
lexnd.
There is a form of government nearer
to San Francisco which might with
much greater propriety be called upon
to do what it iB desired that the gen
eral government shall do. That is the
state government of California. If
there is to be any guarantee of San
Francisco bonds, why should it not be
done by the state government of Call
fornia? Undoubtedly such guarantee"
would reduce the rate far below that at
which San Francisco alone could borrow
and bring the interest charge down to a
$ reasonable figure.
A dramatic critic on a morning pa
per locates us all in. the nineteenth
century.
Wellman's Expedition.
The "Walter Wellman project to sur-
prise the north pole in its lair by means
of an airship is not the wild-eyed Andre
sort of an expedition. It has been care
er fully calculated and the chances of suc
cess have so.. far impressed scientific
men that 'the American Geographical
society-sends, a representative.
"Weilman is now on -his"w a to Trom-
*goe, Norway. I*fom there he will take
the ship Frfthjof for Spitsbergen, where
I headquarters will be established and
where Wellman will spend 4%D -y|ars
*& preparing for the flight tov
tried for part of-the trip.
The physical'endurance .of man haB
been ,:found to be equal fo the task of
conquering thefolar mystery. Here
tofore it has been a question not of get
ting niett there but of getting animal
agencies which would take him there
and carry in addition- a sufficient sup
ply of food. With,the Wellman expedi
tion it is a question whether the pro
duction-of 'aeri&i- ships' has proceeded
far. enough to iafure one Which cih be
depeiided upon lot^a long ,-journey. If
Wellman fails toreaclrthe pole he will
undoubtedly learn something of value
toward the equipping of the next ex
pedition.. The failures of the first as
saults on the north taught' men what
sort of, ships to build to-j^et farther
north. From Sir John Franklin's ship to
Nansen's Fram was an advance in
water navigation. Peary 'B various ex
peditions touched the highest point of
perfection in- the dog-train method of
approaching the pole. Wellman has
assistance of the latest development of
science in the navigation of .thejair.
When Greek meets American, rit is a
push over for the'Yank. J^J
printed Gac
tha"
the
federal government shall indorse her se
curities, thus enabling her to get money
at as low rates as the government itself
can borrow.
While the country is full of sympathy
for the stricken city of the coast and is
showing that by very generous contri
butions to her present needs, the pre
cedent which woulofTbe created by such
a guarantee would seem to be danger
ous. If San Francisco can secure back
ing by the government in such emerg-
s. ency as this, extraordinary as it is, wha^
1 is to follow from the precedent when
any other town is practically wiped out
by Are or tornado or tidal wave? If
the government -would set the precedent
of aiding San Prancisco as desired, it
could reasonably expect to be called
upon to repeat the operation at fre
quent intervals. Even such repetition
might result in no loss to the govern-
the-?nith.
I'SThe' distance to the pole is calculated
'"Jtt0
be about ten days' journey in a diri-
^gible airship. It will be no light bal
M&loon containing a single man devoting
i^fj himself to death in a romantic and im
possible venture. Here are some' of
the details of the airship: Three gaso
g lenegnotors, two propellers, a steel boat,
motor-propelled sledges, provisions for
five men for seventy-five days, *otal
A weight about eight tons, li the air-
ship falls the motor sledges will be'he goes on record as believing that
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Voters Need Arousing.
The North Branch Review says it
"has yet to hear one voter expross
an opinion on the gubernatorial situa-
tion.'
That Is a surprising condition 4ve
weeks before the oaucuses,' bxit it is
probably typical of many... .^ocalitjes.
Sentiment on candidates for governor
has not developed or crystallized to
any extent, for the reason that the
mass of the voters have not paid any
attention to the matter. About the
only ones to manifest any interest in
the nominee are the politicians, and
with them, in most cases, the motive
is self-interest.
Such a, situation is full of menace
for good government. If the ordinary
voter is going to be indifferent, and
his wishes are not expressed, then his
interests are apt to be iacnoredr 'ISxe
special interests always ta&e? a hand,
and will take advantage of *the:
coming caucuses has merit. If
every republican understands that he
is to express a personal choice from
among the candidates, it will arouse
his interest. He will try to make an
intelligent choice before the primary is
held. The result will be & good index
for the delegates as to the sentiment
of tha county. The plan has been pro
posed for Hennepin. It is too late to
be incorporated in the official call, but
by common agreement the names of
the 'Candidates for governor could be
ballot
eac
vote could express his personaslo choice. That
is one way to enlist the flagging atten
tion of the republican voters, and it
is worth consideration. Such means
ought not to be necessary, however.
Every voter interested in good govern
ment haB a duty to fulfil."^Hei, should
take an intelligent part in the selec
tion of a state ticket.
A folding baby carriage has been
invented. The dispatches do not state
whether the babe is folded once or
twice.
The Miners' Strike.
The Chicago Journal take the posi
tion that the miners' strike is hope
less because of the1
presence in the
country of surplus stocks of "coal suffi
cient to supply the coutj%Vg* 'fjfQm
four to six "months. 'Xiong\*before these
stocks are exhausted it believes the
miners will be at the end of their rope.
The strike is now costing the miners
about $45,000 a day in -wages, while it
is costing the operators practically
nothing, since the coal they have on
hand would probably not^, have sold
readily anyway. ^Meanwhile-' the- strike
is relieving them of the, trails, of, shuta,
ting, down their mines while they
worked off their surplus on,the piarket.
If the Journal's view of. the ..situation"
is correct, the miners have evidently
been misinformed of the situation, or
they are calculating on a "long strug
gle. The miners have been accumulat
ing surplus funds to carry their idle
workmen, just as the operators have
been accumulating surplus stocks of
coal to carry them over a possible
strike. The struggle would seem to~
have narrowed down to a test of
strength between cpal and dashA
Only a few months from May 1 and
Walter Wellman will come flying- back
with a few yards' of north, pole hitched
to bis dragrope. ,'.'v
n^
Digging for the Truth.
Mr. Lindsay Denison, who went to
the canal zone armed with a letter
from President Eoosevelt commanding
everybody to tell him the truth, has
returned and printed his observations
in Everybody's Magazine:"Mr. Deni
son admits that he landed at Panama
very much cast down. He says the
president's letter felt "like lead in'his
pocket. The outside of Panama was
so dismal, the railroad was such an in-!
describably miserable one that her^was!
about -ready to admit that the "knock:
ere' brigade" was a martyr to the
truth. But when he reached the scene
of the real work on the canal he was
reassured.' *s
Making allowance for the fact that
the canal is in a tropical country and
must be built under tropical conditions,
mighty things have been accomplished.
The first and great fact is that the
Americana have made the zone a. fit
place for men to live in, Thi4^ra^t
of course, essential to, the construction
of the.canal, and its neglect Was the
prime oause of 3he French. /'failure.
Colonel Gorgas has subdued the. feypr
and conquered the malaria. "He b$6
given Panama cities pure water supp
'plies'and' the complementary'' depart
ment tO his has built hemses torrthe
workmen which insures, with a little
attention to personal habits, the securi
ty of health on the canal zone.
In addition, considerable digging has
been done and the railroad has been
improved. Mr. Denison entirely neg
lects the question of the blockade of
freight, but a recent statement of
Chairman Shonts is to the effect that it
.has been lifted. The' immediate labor
i8 the double-tracking of the railroad
and the construction of spur lines in"to
the canal work in order to get the dirt
out. Then there is also, in Mr. Deni
son's opinion, a pressing duty resting
upon congress to select the type of
canal. Tho* cutting on Culebra cannot
be much longer continued profitably in
the absence of such informatioh.
Th% Outlook, discussing great fortunes,
remarks that if Adam had lived. 6,000
years, working 300 days a year, and had
laid by $100 a day he would have ac
cumulated no more -than the elder Cor
nelius Vanderbilt was supposed to have
made In his lifetime, about. $180,000,o oo.
The Outlook in this calculation leaves
out the element of interest, it Aflam
had received 8 per cent interest, com
pounded annually, on his savings a very
different result would appear. He
would be worth today more than all the
earth is worth.
popular
apathy. They will name delegates and
convince the powers at the state con
vention that the voice of the corpora
tions ia the voice of the whole state.
This apathetic feeling is unfortunate
for the party prospects. It is astound
ing that a state with 100,000 repub
lican plurality should be considered
doubtful on governor in advance of a
campaign, but that is the conceded
status. The army of republicans wh.
helped elect Governor Johnson gotr av
taste of independence, and .unless, they
feel a personal interest in- the repub*'
iican nominee this year, they will be
hard to hold in line. The leaders rec
ognize the danger, and for the most
part are anxious to learn What the
voters want, if they can only And out.
The proposal to take a direct vote
at the-
Speaking of reform, have you noticed
how the word lady has been getting it
in the neck? The "young lady" has
disappeared. The young woman has
been reborn. The "leading lady," has
disappeared from the theater programs
and the leading woman is there as large
as life. "Wash lady" totters on her
throne.
It Is said that "all Tinman's actions
indicate that he is a candidate for' the
presidency." All Debs' actions for sev
eral years have indicated the same thing*
and in addition, Mr. Teb has offered
himself repeatedly to be voted for. It
takes something besides willingness to
make a real presidential possibility.
Baron Kodama, Who has been appointed
the head of the Japanese army since the
retirement of Oyama, was educated at
Rutgers college, York, Pa. "It's a way
they have at old Rutgers" to turn out
men who go to the head of things.
Some authorities believe that the
practice of singing will ward off con
sumption and there are .others who be
lieve that the practice of singing
should nevertheless be: restricted to^
those who can- sing.
San Francisco architects are -trying
to devise, an elastic chimney to with
stand guajt% The br|e% chimney is
admirably adapted to smash 'things.
flue of- ,steel%
suggested.
and concrete has beeA
iSBiussia is sending an. ethnological
expedition" to look into the Chinese
deserts. Japanese spies are looking
over Vladivostok. Is it possible Eussia
did not get enough?
The Hon. Champ Clark says the. presi
dent has too many duties. Perhaps If
congress would bestir itself and pass
some remedial legislation the president
would not have to work so hard.
Henry Watterson tremulously fears
another Cesar in our politics. The
colonel has a fit of this kind about
every eight years.
The new battleship Delaware, will not
be christened at home for lack of room.
Minnesota Politics
County Conventions and Primaries
Have all Been CalledHamilton of
Aitkin- Makes Statement of His
Promise from Bede.
Practically every republican county
committee an the state has met and
called the caucuses. In nearly every
instance they have been called for June
2, the date recommended by the state
committee. Notices have been pub
lished, and the publication was none
too soon. It is too,late now to com
plete publication of notices according
to the ruling of the attorney general,
who finds under the ambiguous, word
ing of the new code that the first publi
cation should be made thirty-four days,
before the caucuses.
The number necessary to a choice' in
the coming convention is 545. The
sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth dis
tricts will have 544 delegates. The
fourth and fifth will have 189, and the
first, second and third will musteT 356.,
A. L. Hamilton of Aitkin is out with
a personal statement, following J.
Adam Bede's recommendation of N. B.
Morrison for receiver of the Duluth
land office. Hamilton says the idea of
securing the appointment for himself
was first suggested by Bede, who volifn
tarily promised it to "him more than two
years ago. Last summer when he saw
that Bede wanted to hedge, Hamilton
started a campaign for the place. After,
months of indecision "Little Tam
many" bore down on Bede and he sur
rendered, naming Morrison for appoint
ment. The Aitkin editor concludes that
the" Little Tammany" organization
of Duluth controls ihe patronage ^of
the eighth congressional district, -v^s*^..
5*Cii
i^'i.'
W. P. K.
UOVE VERSVdS ATAyiSWI.Lrfv WinB
against a reversion to savage traits In
Alfred Henry Uewls' latest novel Th
Throwback. The story is that of a Gor
don from Virginia, the descendant of a
Scotch Highland family which loved fight
ing for the sake of its blood and action,
who went to northwestern Texas in the
early .days and/became* a leader of tur
bulent men. The flgnilne blood of the
early Gordons was In him, ana with this
blood, a complete disregard for danger
and wonderful skill as a horseman and as
a rifle shot he could not have been other
than a leader in the land of his adoption.
But this fighter, a "throwback" from
modern to medieval times, met a maiden
from the east, andsurrendered.
ALFRED HENEY J^EWIS.
Who Wrote "The Tbrowhaok."
The story is full of stirring Incidents,
almost too, stirring. Some' of the deeds
of daring arei^almost-too much for the
credulity of the reader. There is the
humor of the. p&rioct -and place also, and
these, with the romantic element, how-
ever,' make a book of more than usual
interest.
The book oomes from the Outing Pub
lishing, oompany, -which has only recently
entered the field of book publishing.
The Oullug company, New York. $1.60.
THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIAVOL-
UME XII.The-twelfth and last volume
of "The Jewish Encyclopedia," which
has Just been issued. Is perhaps the most
interesting of the entire ^series to Ameri
can readers. This" volume contains as
complete a history of the Jews of the
United States as has ever been penned.
The article Is from the hand of Dr. Her
bert Fried3nwald, recording secretary of
the American Jewish Historical society,
Philadelphia. It is accompanied by a fac
simile reproduction"of the letter addressed
to President George Washington by the
Jews of the Hebrew congregation of
Newport, R. I The letter is signed .by
Moses Seixas and .is reproduced by per
mission -of the owner, Frederick Phil
lips of New York. Jjlr. Jacobs contributes
a section on Statistjcs, and,the publishers
supply an elaborate' "map in colors show
kff the dist~fftitibrii'o*f'the
Jewish popu
lation of the United States at different
periods from, 1654 to 19Q5.
Other subjects in this volume are such
as would fall alphabetically between Tal
mud and. Zweifel.
Some, very Interesting statistics, show
ing what, an immense amount of labor is
entailed by supha. work, have been
printed by the publishers, as' follows:
Tr, tbe production o* "The Tewlsh Encyclope
dia" no less than 10,606 general articles were
written, which treated, more than 150,000 sub
sidiary subjects. To do this, 9,630,211 words
-were penned, of which 8,168,957 were found ac
ceptable and approved. To furnish this vast
amount of matter, abeut 75,000 separate works
were consulted, excluding the biblical. Talmtidic
and apocryphal books and their subdivisions.
The rate at which the volnroeu were produced
was nearly four a year, eleven volumes having
been issued between February, 1902, and Decem
ber 29, 1905. Each volume exceeds 700 pages in
the aggregate, EO that more than 8.400 pases
type were set, 4and
v:
4C H. Hopkins of Fairfax is It-candi
date for one of the house nominations
in Renville county. He is a, fprmer
populist who has been back in the ,'G.
O. P. for six years, and. in/-the l$p
convention madeth speech nominating
J. T. Brooks for,state auditor. Every
delegate to that convention will remem
ber that Hopkins made a, good speech,
but as be started to leave the platform,
the crowd reminded him that he had
forgotten to name his man.
j. Charles B. Cheney^^
A few dealers still try to substitute
when Foot-Schulze Glove rubbers are
demanded. They make more profit on
the inferior grades. Insist- on the best.
Best dealers won't quibble, ^y-swps
these were read in galley
proof, page proof and plate proof by more than
fifty peisons.
The' promise was made to provide
twelve volumes containing 8,000 pages
supplied by 400 contributors and embel
lished by 2,000 illustrations. The twelve
volumes contain 8,572 pages, written by
605 contributors, and supplemented by
2.464 illustrations, a large number of
tliem full-page, with many photogravures
and 23 reproduced In facsimile by litho
graphic* process In colors.
Attention has been called before In this
department of he rnal to the
magnificence of this encyclopedia as a
work of reference. All that has been said
may be reiterated,-pot only on bur own
investigation of the1
work, but on that of
experts.
Funk ft Wagnalls: company, New York.
GLIMPSES OF MARRIED LIFE.
Stories of married life have come to have
quite as great an Interest for readers as
stories of love's young dream, and one of
the, best of the writers of short stories of
married life is Mary Stewart Cutting,
whose More Stories of Married Life has
3ust been issued. The stories in. this
little .feOoK taKe a dee.p hold on the reader
it is more than the grip of entertainment,
it Is often emotional, and the reader finds
himself In sympathy with, and. suspense
for,' the characters. "The Hinge," for ex
ample, shows the- author has a real
genius for work in the field she has so
successfully occupied.
McClure, Phillips ft Co. $1.25.
THE MAGAZINES
The Key to Lincoln's.Style.Mrs. Gen
eral Pickett, in a contribution' to Llppln
cott's Magazine for May, gives some in
timate personal recollections of Abraham
Lincoln, among which is Lincoln's com
ment on something he had -written -which
had won praise from a reader. Lincoln
merely said: "It was a truth which I
thought ought to be told." The man who
has something of that kind to write usu
ally says it as simply and directly as pos
sible. It is doubtful if that is enough to
account for the directness with which
Lincoln always spoke. To speak always
to the point is a gitt that cannot be won
following rules or keys.
A detecti\$e novelette is the leading
feature ef the magazine.*
Success Magazine for May makes a
feature of the life, and accomplishments
of Wes'tinghouse, inventor of* the West-,
inghouse air brake, and the head of the
great manufacturing- companies of that
name all over the world. Arthur War
ren, who was associated with him for so
many years, presents under the heading,
"Th6 GeniUs of George Westinghouse,"
an intimate Sketqh of this great master
mind who-has'-had so much to do with
the development of the great American
railway systems, and -who has maintained
bis high position untouched by the storms
of financial or political scandal
The-Outing Magatfnt for May.Jack of. America,. 'i*^v^
London opens the* Outing Magazine for
May with the first installment of his se
rial, "White Fang." "White Fang," In
stead of being a story of the return to
the "wild." or "barbaric" Is a story of
the civilisation of a wolf dog. This num
ber also contains the last instaUment of
Stewart Edward White's serial, "The
Pass." Francis Metcalfe appears with
the last of his "Side Show Studies," en
titled "The Tragedy of the Tigers and
the Power of Hypnotism." This feature
is profusely illustrated from drawings by
Oliver Herford.
AMUSEMENTS
Bijou"No Mother to Guide Her."
Just why Lillian Mortimer chooses to
call her latest-production.."No Mother to
Guide Her," is hard to say, but after
witnessing the performance it is safe to
venture, the assfertion that had mother
been present and tried to guide she. cer
tainly would have had a run for her
mpneyl and finished a poor second at
that. Little attention is paid to the
"tear-squeeaing" title in lines or action,
but it is believed that the "Her" Who had
no mother to guide is "Bunco," the sttr
I ring and tempestuous role played by Miss
Mortimer herself. "Her" needs no moth
er, for she is as busy as a scared cat on
the. Fourth of July thru the four acts of
the show. B^Khtlner villains. assisting
mush-headed and virtuous heroines, etc.,
picking pockets, "stalling cops," climbing
thru transoms, taking care of babies,
'getting in and out of trouble, turning
handsprings In bed, and at the same time
i holding: a gun on the villain while, he is
being tied to the foot of the bed, and
jjj caring for the prop baby that Is supposed
to be sleeping on one corner of the same
bed, sermonizing and numerous other
stunts-^-all these occupy the daily routine
of Bunco's strenuous life.
N mother
could do more.
The play Is far above the average melo
drama, tho it is strong on low lights and
hysteria: The. audience "eats it alive?"
and hoots and howls or cheere, as occa
sion demands. The villainy of John Liv
ingstone Is "hot stuff," triple distilled,
and the virtue of Rose Day, Ralph Carl
ton and Bess Sinclair is hopeless and
helpless. There are thrills and sensa
tions to burn, and the audience frequently
gets them so tangled that it laughs in the
wrong, place, and cries when it is all
over.
Miss Mortimer is clewer in a way, and
original, and captures the audience com
pletely. In appearance she Is somewhat
shy, but she is possessed of a good speak
ing voice,, of Lwhich she. has remarkable
contro l, and is there in the action all the
time. The piece Is well staged and the
scenes, tho overdrawn to the full extent
demanded by melodrama, are well and
effectively presented.
Lovers of melodrama will be strong: for
"No Mother to Guide Her." There are
to be two souvenir matinees.
OrnhetimModern Vaudeville.
The. "hand of the potter" who turned
out this week's bill at the Orpheum
shook with a tremor that appears to have
been something of a Jerk. The bill is far
below the general merit of that of last
week and, as a whole, is somewhat col
orless thruout. It opens with a chorus
girl turn In which Caprice, Lynn and Fay
do a little singing and a little dancing
and much changing of costumes. Neither
the singing nor the dancing rise to the
point of commanding tumultuous ap
plause, but the shortcomings are com
pensated by the. earnestness with which
the young women work.
Allan Shaw palms coins and cards, and
outside of the "digita dexterity" does
little to break up the serenity of the act.
Stanley and Wilson have a valueless act
built up around the clarinet imitation of
Stanley, which in itself is new and clev
er, saving the act from a hopeless frost.
Clifford and Burke, of the great and end
less army of blackface "artists," are as
good as any of the kind.
Sandor's .burlescme circus is good. It
Is a, turn which will appeal to all the
children from 6 to 60 years of age. The
animals are splendidly trained and the
stunts are all new. It is one of the best
animal acts of the Orpheum yean
The I Bpun grand opera trio is in
teresting in fragmentary selections from
"II Trovatore." Miss Le Brun's voice is
better adapted to parlor use. thah to the
stage. It is beautiful, trained to a high
degree of perfection, but not of sufficient
strength to answer the strain of such
work as its owner seems to demand.
James F. Stevens was in splendid voice
last night and earned a warm apprecia
tion from the audience. Fritz Huttmans,
the tenor, was thoroly satisfactory. The
staging and dressing of the act were be
yond criticism.
The Ward trio, gymnasts, have gained
great proficiency in a series of acts fa
miliar to most of the patrons of vaude
ville* Three new films are shown on the
klnodrome.
Koyer Chat
Local playgoers will turn out in force
at the Metropolitan tonight to greet
Henrietta Crosman, who returns to this
city for an engagement of three nights
and a matinee in her latest hit, the
modern comedy, "Mary, Alary, Quite
Contrary." Her success in this play has
equaled her triumphs of former year's.
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is said to
be one. of the brightest and cleverest
comedies of recent years, and Miss Cros
man in this play has scored one of her
most pronounced successes." It promises
a treat. The supporting company will
bring to this city many local favorites,
who will be certain of a cordial welcome.
'When the World Sleeps," a sensa
tional melodrama, which is the joint work
of Langdon McCormick and Lawrence
Marston. will be the attraction at the
Bijou next week. Scenically the. produc
tion said to be one of unusual splen
dor and the story is one that is brim
ful of startling and well-worked-out pll
maxes..
"Young Mrs. Winthrop,* the beautiful
little domestic drama by Bronson How
ard, was presented t thfc Lyceum the
ater to a large audience last evening.
The performance of the Ralph Stuart
players In this charming play will be re
viewed in Tuesday's Journal. Young
Mrs. Winthrop" Is the. first of a list of
high-class plays which Mr. Stuart will
present for the summer season, plays
which rely for their success on perfect
acting rather than on scenic effects and
the heaviness inherent of "big produc
tions." Mr. Stuart will give a number of
fine comedies during the next few weelcs,
including the brilliant "The Brixton
Burglary." a funny show if there ever
was one/after the style of "All the Com
forts of Home."
The great Santell, physical
ltu
1
,pert, will head the Uniques big bill of
high-class acts this week. Other stellar
vaudevUle turns which have won fayor
everywhere are Thelrha De Verne, the
girl barytone Bennette and Heavy, Ad
son and Livingston, Bobby Mack and
S I Roberts four. A. great feature will
be motion pictures showing scenes ta
San Francisco during the Are and earth
quake.
The inimitable. Richard' Carle, player
playwright-manager, brings to the.Met
ropolitan theater, for a. limited engage
ment of three nights and a Saturday
matinee, commencing Thursday evening
Say 3, his latest and by far the. most
successful- farcical operatic Production
'The Mayor of Tokio," which la said to
be the most pretentious vehicle in which
he has yet appeared. Among
Ing novelties introduced in The. Mayor ot
Tokio" are the dashing peanut ballet,
dainty geisha girls, and what is, said to
be the best singing chorus on tour this
th Blue JtlbDon Beauty chorus
City News
WOULD BEMES IH
CUT-OVER LANDS
TIMBER SXFSfW MAKES ESTI-
MATE OP GROWTH.
Figures Based on Count of Saplings
on Sparsely Stocked Acre Show that
in Thirty Years Millions of Acres
Could Be Made to Yield Immense
Revenues.
Samuel B. Green of the faculty of the
state college of agriculture, has been
making some calculations as to the
value of the second growth of timber
on cut-over lands in the state. He vis
ited the Tonu du Lac reservation and
made estimates on the ground as to the
results from new timber production
that might be expected in a stated time,
taking a most conservative basis for
calculation. He believes that not less
than 10,000,000 acres, of little value for
agricultural purposes, would become
valuable if grown to timber.
"Your editorial on state forest re
serves,' said Professor Green to The
Journal, seems to be a valuable
and timely suggestion.
Valuable Only for Trees.
"There is ah enormous area in this
state, probably not lees than XO,000,000
acres, that is of little if any value for
agriculture, and yet would produce a
food
return if kept in forests. It may
laid down as a general principle of
political economy that land should be
ueed for those crops which will conduce
most to the welfare of the people. This
would mean that land best adapted to
agriculture should be used for agricul
ture, and that best adapted to forestry,
for forestry.
11 Recently I visited the Pond du Lac
reservation with the manager of one of
the largest lumber companies in Min
nesota, and looked over the reproduc
tion on this land, which was cut over
and thoroly burned about eighteen
years ago. There were left a few seed
trees of white and Norway pine, and
these have brought about a satisfactory
seeding of the land, and there is now a
nice growth on it varying from two to
ten feet high, and from a few to six
ten years or age.
Computing the Value.
"The question came up as to what this
reproduction would be worth' in thirty
years. We paced off an acre that was
poorly Btocked and found something
oyer five hundred seedlings on it. Oth
er acres had two or three times as
many.
"Asa basis of calculation we found
that the growth on these trees for the
last six years had been about one-third
of an inch in diameter, and the height
growth from twelve to eighteen inches
a year. Upon this as the basis for our
calculations (and other observations
bear us out in this), we estimated that
this land would have on ity in thirty
years, a stand of about 400 trees an
acre, averaging twelve inches in diam
eter at breast height. Such trees would
would make two saw logs each, or 800
logs an aere and would probably run
about twenty logs to the thousand. On
this basis the yield would be about
40,000 feet board measure an acre.
''But as ther is always a chance for
error in such calculations, suppose we
cut the estimate directly in the middle,
which would make the yield 20,000 feet
an acre in thirty years. Such material
is valuable for box boards and similar
purposes, and would be worth $12 a
thousand, or $240 an. acre.
New England Experience.
"This -was on land of second and
third quality, which could not be ex
pected to produce anything like the
same value in agricultural crops. In
this connection it should be noted that
white pine in New England, under sim
ilar conditions, often yield 40.000 feet
board nneasure in forty-five years.
"The most discouraging feature
about such propositions is the fact that
bur tax laws are so framed as to dis
courage the holding of land for forest
Surposes but since forestB are of more
enefit to the state than general agri
cultural crops, from the fact that so
many of our state industries are de
pendent upon them for their existence,
and for their effect on soil water, it
would seem as if the state ought to be
willing to put them in a special class
for taxation in order to encourage the
use of land for such purposes."
F. E. NMOCKS A CANDIDATE
He'll Try for the Legislature from the
Fortieth JMstric*.
Frank E. Nimocks today filed as can
didate for the republican nomination as
representative in the legislature from
the fortieth district, which comprises
the fourth ward. He has been a resi
dent of the city for more than forty
years and of the ward for about twenty
years. Ever since attaining his maior
ity Mr. Nimocks has been an aciive
worker for the partv and' for' thej -past
twelve years has been continuously on
the precinct committees. Nevertheless,
he has never held a public office and he
now presents himself as a candidato
for the first time.
Mr. Nimocks is for good roads, a
state pure food bill and a Minneapolis
man for the United States senate. In
event no available man from Hennepin
county enters the field, Mr. Nimocks
will support Knute Nelson for T*-elec
tion,
MV QUESTION GHOSM
FOR HIGH SCHOOL DEBITEl
i
The question for next year's deb*ti
chosen by the directors of the Minnie
aota State Sign. School Debating league
is as follows: "Besolved, That the
policy of -substantially enlarging the
American navy is preferable to the pel
icy of maintaining it at its present
strength and efficiency."
Professor E. E McDermott of the
state university, president of the
league, offered the following brief ref
erences for immediate reading on the
question, and stated that a more com
{tfehensive
I
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
APR1U
hamed
1607-Newport landed and
Old Point Comfort.
1789Washington inaugurated pres
ident of the United States.
1803FFance ceded Louisiana to
the United States,
1812Louisiana admitted to the
union.
1840"Beau" Brummell, celebrated
leader of fashion, died In insane hoa
I pltal. I
1854First railroad opened in Bra-
1863Fast day appointed by Presl- I
dent Lincoln.
1868Burke and Shaw, Fenian
leaders, sentenced to Imprisonment
In*London.
1872Six square miles destroyed
by fire In Yeddo, Japan.
1879Treaty for suppression of
slave trade -concluded by Germany
and Great Britain.
1891-NFIrst train load of wheat for
Galveston port. I
1893National Bank of Australia
failed for |37,500,TJ00.
1900Archbishop Angus McDonald
died.
1906Chicago teamsters' strike as
I aumes alarming proportions.
1905Second trial of Dr. Koch for
murder at Mankato.
bibliography will lie pub
ished in the annual report at the ear
liest possible date:
AFFIRMATIVE.
Navy, Fans
Tl*e Anglo-Amerlcao
Indepecdeat, 58:20.
American MUtreM of the Seas, Captain B. P.
Hobson, U.S.N., North American RTtirc
175:544.
The Need of a Continuous Building ProcrajM,
Henrr Reaterdatil. Outlook T0:48S.
Extent to Which the Navy Should IU Ia
creased, Frederick Rofert, U.8.N.,.. AansU
American Academy. 26:187.
The Needs of the Navy, Captain W.
Beechler, U.S.N., Annals American Academy*
26:163.
The Needs of the American KTJ, ttepgg-
nentaUve Vrrelnna, Cong, ft*cora,
Appendix p. 70,
NEGATIVE.
The Naval Folly, Nation 76:323.
Shall the Navy Be Increased? John D. LoQfc
Independent 58:630.
Important Elements in Naral Conflicts.
MeHille, U.S.N., Annals American Academy,
26.123.
The Threatened Naval Increase, Natlsa
71:363.
William A. Jones (H. of R.) Cong. Effort
SS. Apr-end. 162.
Senator Heroindo ~D. Money. Append,
THIS COLUMN
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AND JIM KEY
Jim Key Bands of Mercy aro now
forming In the public schools. Any
child In the city may Join and the or
ganization will number thousands.
To maintain the enthusiasm and
give It direction. Tha Journal,
In co-operation with Mr. Rogers,
owner of tho wonderful horse, Jim
Key, has arranged a prize essay con
test for pupils In the fourth to eighth
grades, Inclusive. In the Minneapolis
1 public schools. They are asked to
write brief essays, based on ttwlr
own observations, showing how ani
mats respond to kindness and pa
tlenee. This Is the last week of the
contest.
Papers should be plainly written on
one side of the paper only, and ahouM
not exceed 300 words.
I Each paper should bear tha name,
address, school and grade of the
writer, and, of course, all must be
original and neat Spelling will alee
be a factor In the consideration.
If you have done or seen any act
of klndneas to.ny animal, Just writ*
the story simply and send tt to "Unol
Bert," car* of The Minneapolis Jour
nal.
Prizes are awarded each week for
the papers from each grade, each
class receiving three priies, an, 7S
cents and 60 cents, respectively. The
best of these papers will be published
In na I, and the Jim Key
I Band of Mercy column will bo a reg
ular feature of The Journal.
SEND IN YOUR E8SAY8 AT ONCB.
Madison School Bands.
With today begins the publication (A
the Madison school Jim Key hand*
Tho seventh and eighth grades arc
en, There are several bundrel mem
bers in this school band and they an
all interested and enthusiastic.,
Boom A, A. Eighth Grade,
Mary P. Ryan, teacher.
Cella Kregness. prealdent M. F. Regan. ecr
tary Paul Moore, Edgar Lindow, Le Kojr West
faU, Kent Mackenzie, Dan Michaud, Editl
Berkey. Ralph Mackenzie, Harmony Troyer. Car
roU Brown. Florence Elliot, MeVvin Orfberc
Gerald Burgess. Marie Murphy, Dorothy Dodge,
Esther L*mke. Carl B. Nelson, Jwn Knight. Lei
Sternberg. Josephine Murphy. Ruth BeekmaO,
Christie Fairbanks, Ninave Caslson, Fred Loreng
Lola Martin. Clara Jellum, Curtis Kendrlck. Bei
Cohen, Agues Guntner. Arthur Snyder. Hanm
^e-v-nie. Isabel Ssabert.
Boom, Eighth Grade.
M. B. Manley, teacher.
Grant C. McCluskey. president: Dorothy Rlnl
er. secretary Beatrice Lambrecht. David Marten
itotr. Estner Carlgrm, Winnie tarpon. Kelle Sic
Svfeeney, Mabel Nieleon, Helen Dunn. Ralph Mo
Faul, Max B. Dunn, Blaine Pepper, Alice Burr
Grace Hinlin, Arthur Anderson, Myrtle Sampson
Marguerite Farwell, Hasel F. Perry. Lulu V.
W1U, Dawn Hatter. Don-it- Kelly. Frank Carte
ton. Jr.. J. Donald Rohb. Florence L. Patke.Rutl
Sims, Ernest Olaen. Gertrude Bnrton. Glaajj
Slevers. WUfred Kregness, Astrid Anderson,,
Boom, A flieveatiL Grade.
Ella L. Began, teacher.
Margaret Morrtan, president Bart
ecTetwr Minnie Ravicz, Manrtta Hatttltoa
Gate Wheeler Bl.nrt* Row.r^ IfcufUs
Wheelock, Leenore Matthews, Ida GoMUJFer
Robeson Dorothy Overmlre, Noel Fahnestockas-iJessljt^
A*T Larson. Arthur Mitchell. Rutht TanneB
Moeette Burton, Erneat AJjderson. "Haroi,Hotaos
new, Blanche Warden. Walter^ Kearney,
Hunter, Earl Thompson,
Myrtle Inter, LUlian Collins, Bennte OdJorae.
Boom, Seventh 5xad.e
G. P. Owens, teacher.
Samuel Rosenberg, president *tel.*"*AA
line secretary Beatrice Proffltt Reuben Aiooni
EmirSt Ralph WUk. Nellie Boblnaog
KdCirl8ton,Elluibf Dyregrov, JSkoj
bergh. Pearl Price. A^tta T*ayer^Ines A^d
Bon Elixatoeth Werce, Frank Stmlker, *J**3
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George Anderson, Alma Hubrig, Leonard
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nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. Mov
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If you once try Carter's Little I*rv*5
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constipation, you wUl never be withoii
them. They are purely vegetable BmaJ
and easy to take. Don't forget this.
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The high flavor of Pickwick By,
makes it worthy of its high price. Yojfj
can get it from leading dealers eyer^
where.
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Mexico and Return. 180.70.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis rail*o
will sell round trip tickets from .Minne
apolis to Mexico City from April 25
Ma-*- 5, inclusive, limited to July SI H
the exceptionally low Tate o* *eojc
You can eo via any direct route 1 on
of the Bio Grande river and return, v*
any other. For full particnlawinrega*!
to stopovers, etc., call on J. G. Sieke.
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