Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 17, 1900, Page 1

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Powers Grand Rapids, et ERAS Le ay BRE SE RS BY ER I Minnesota. ‘& | ; In each instance they have been can- | vinced that the opportunities in their | DAM WILL BE BUILT! Mississippi Water Power at Grand Rapids to Be Utilized. PRELIMINARY WORK BEGUN Tne Result of Enterprise and Per- sistent Effurt Soon to be Realized ---Manufacturing Enterprizes Are Sure to Follow. Representatives of the Great North- ero railway are thoroughly convinced that Grand Rapids is an important point on this branch of their road and are taking an active interest in securing manufacturing institutions to locate here. The Great Northern” seldom undertakes anything that it | doesn’t succeed av. The management 4 of the road realizes the value of the] great water power of the Mississ- ippi falls and understand full well the vastness of the valuable bard and soft timber that should be manufact- ured here in many ways. The present village council, together with a num- ber of otber prominent business mea have advanced the project for the | coustruction of adam to a degree that” will soon produce tangible results.) This work must be completed before” the capitalists who are interested wil! beging the building of manufacturing | plants. As stated herein last wee! a bill bas been Introduced in congress by Senator Nelson to extend the time allowed for building the dam. This” Was a necessary precaution as the: original measure limited the time to one} Several well known hard wood manuf s have recently visited Grand Rapids and investigated” the supply and quality of raw mate ial to be found in this immediate vicinity” respective lines vere presentedare not” surpassed anywhere in the northwest. Last: Monday Vice-President L. W. Hill of the Eastern Minnesota and General Freight Agent Eden of the same line, aceompavied by WI" D Boyce, the wealthy Chicago ‘aper man, arrived here in asp lear and remained until Tuesd afternoon. They made investigations and secured facts relating to the supply of pulp material tributary to Graud Rapids aud mude arrangements to secure more detinite estimates. THE VILLAGE ELECTION. General Feeling Is That Present Council Should Be Re-Elected for Another Term. Although it is only about two weeks until Grand Rapids is up against a village election, but little interest has as yet been displayed in it. This is probably due to the fact that the peo- ple are perfectly satisfied with things as they are now conducted and are loth to change administration at this critical stage of the town's develop- ment. And in this they display ex- cellent foresight and very good sense. The council that las now for aimost a year watched over the welfare of the municipality has been an excep- vionally good one. ‘The men com- posing it have gone ahead harmoni- ously and surely in whatever they have undertaken, Matters have come up of graver importance to the future of the village than has at any time confronted, a previous council and these have been disposed of from a business standpoint and witha view to the future. The preset council has at times bad to display a certain amount of liberality, but when this was necessary it met with the unqual- ified endorsement of the eleetors Times have been when the slightest | discord in the council, the most trifl- ing display of friction between it and the people, or a policy of crabbed penury would have shattered the hopes that everyone must admit. are now so near fulfillment. This is why the people do net apparently take any great interest in the coming election—they believe in letting well enough alone. Jobn §. Berney has made an able, conscientious, impartial presiding officer, and should, and we believe will, be re-elected. When approached on the subject of his candidacy by a Herald-Review man, Mr. Berney said that he did not care to again become a candidate, but if the people wanted him and proved it by giving him an endorsement in the convention he might serve another term. Trustee Jobn F. O'Connell has | served three terms in the council and | has served faithfully and well. When asked if he would again be a candidate ; he said that under no circumstances eould he be induced to make the run. This is a matter of mucb regret he isa decidedly valuable member. The friends of Trustee John Hepfel have been laboring with him lately to get him to change his recently ex- pressed resolution that he would not again bea candidate. He is an able, clear-headed man—just such a one as a Village like Grand Rapids needs in its law-making body---and it isto be hoped that he will remain for at least another year. L. O. D’Anjou, the third trustee, has made quitea record for himself during the year he has been in office. We are not certain as to whether or not he will again be a candidate, but should he decide to go before the pev- ple he will undoubtedly be elected by a large majority. The services rendered the viilage by Recorder F. A. King are too well known to need any exten$ive mention He says that he may again become a candidate, although he can ill afford to spare the required time from his own business. He is undoubtedly the most eminently fitted man for this particular position to be found within the limits of the village, and his unan- imous election would be a_ fitting tribute to his work and worth. Village Treasurer C. E Aiken can have the re-nomination and re-elec- tion if be desiyes it. The conduct of his office during the past year insures this. He is an expert accountant, and a better man certainly could not be substituted. The universal sentiment seems to be: ‘“‘Let harmony prevail.” Never bas there been so little strife among the people of the village and never has the demand that politics be eliminated from its election been so emphatic. One idea alone seems to animate both officials and electors and that is to work for the best interests of tbe community. With such conditions prevailing next year should prove an epoch in cur history. KILLED IN THE WOODS. Jerry Drenning Gets Caught Between Two ~Logs and Djes of His Injuries. While loading logs at one of Shev- lin-Carpenter Conipany’s camps on Monday forenoou, Jerry Drenning had the misfortune to be caught between two large timbers with the result that one ot his fees were badly crushed. He was brought here in the afternoon and taken to St. Benedict’s hospital where it was decided that amputation of the member would be necessary. The loss of blood had been so great, how- ever, that before the surgeons could make the amputation the man died. Deceased, who hailed from Geneva, N. Y., was about 38 years old and had lived in this viemity for many years. He had many friends, especially among men of his own vocation, and these sincerely regret the genial iellow’s death. The funer- al was held) on Wednesday, Rev. Father Gamache officiating. As noth- ing could be learned of his relatives, interment was madein Itasca ceme- tery under the direction of friends. A GREAT WORK. Such Will Be H. C. Stivers’ Forthcoming Book on Grand Rapids. Hon. H. C. Stivers, formerly of Brainerd, but now located at Supe:- ior, has been in the village off and on for about two weeks collecting mater- ial, taking views, etc., for his new book which isto advertise Grand Rapids and the surrounding territory. He has just completed a similar work for the village of Bemidji, and it is a very artistic affair. These hooks turn- ed out at Mr. Stivers’ own printing office in Superior, and as he is himself a printer and publisher of much abili- ty and experience, the undertaking could not be in better hands, Mr. Stivers informs us that Grand Rapids presents a much better field fora work of this kind than any other town he has seen in this section. Its public and private buildings are much finer and iff people, knowing the val. ue of such advertising, support the effort liberally. The work will be of 32 pages, about 11xl4 inches in size and will he replete with interesting descriptive mafter and half-tone cuts. Such an undertaking envolves a very large expenditure of money and we hope our people will heartily support it both in the purchase of bevks and by such other ways as ‘Stivers may suggest. Z PS VES See ee A Hibbing paper reports that *Dan Hawkey, proprietor of the Hotel Gi adstone, Grand Rapids, wasin the city Friday nizht.” Can it*be possible that Neil Hickey is travel- ing incog? Or, mayhap, some short. good- looking. red-headed chap is piking on Neil's reputation. The whole mystery is hereby respectively referred to the police depart- COMMISSIONERS QUIT At the Conelusion of Wednesday’s Ses- sion Four Members Retire. THEY HAYE HAD ENOUGH Everton, Fuller, Myers and Leeman Are No Longer Legislators For Itasca Courty---They Accept Their Own Resignations. Grand Rapids, Minn., Feb. 14th, 1900, Toe Hovorable John Lind. Governor of the State of Minnesota, and to the Honorable Board of County ‘Commissioners of the County of Itasea gnd to E. J. arrell Esq. Ex-oflfeio Clerk of said Board and County Auditor of Itusea county and to all others to. whom this may concern and to’ whom this may come Thereby tender to you ¢fhd each of you my resignation as County Commissioner of Dis- trict No.—of the County of , being the District from which I was el dat the Gen- eral Eiection held in and for said County and State on the 8th day of November A. D, 1593, sioner of the County of nd for which office [ duly qualified on the 3d day of January A.D. 1899, and have ever since siid dzy represented. I request that my resignation be accepted at once. Dated this Mth day of February, 1900. The foregoing was subscribed to by commissioners W. A. Evertoniof dis- trict No. 1, W. BE. Myers of district No. 2, W. V. Fuller of district No. 4, and C. EB. Leeman of district No. 5. Chaieman John Rellis of Swan River is the only remaiiing member of the board. The retiring members con- cluded to tke this action after dne deliberation regarding tke proceed- ings instituted by Governor Lind to cause an investigation of a certain official act of the bourd. A hearing was to take place on Thursday at the governor’s office in St. Paul. The facts have been stated and restated in the these columns a number of times. butas this is the last act it will be proper to recite them again in justice to the gentlemen .most im- | mediately interested. In the first instance the trouble arose when Com- missiover Fuller alleged that C, E. Leeman, the tember representing distriet No. 5, had solicited a bribe of $100 from him in cosideration of Lee- nian’s favorable vote on a resolution appropriating $2,000 ostensibly for the purpose of advertising the resources cf Itasea county and the establish- ment of manufacturing industries therein. County Avtorney Donohue acted upon the statement of Fuller and preferred charges against Leeman to which Fuller made affidavit. Test imony was taken by a commission ap- pointed by the governor last Septem- ber. In this testimony it was devel- oped and made of record that the real pui pose for which the $2,0)0 was ap- propriated was for the aid of the establishment of a hub and spoke factory in Grand Rapids by the firm of W. V. Fuller & Co. Th action was contrary to jaw and is technically termed ‘malfeasance in office’? This testimony was reviewed by the yov- ernor and.when he found that the three members—Fuller, Everton and Meyers—admitted that they were cognizant of the purpese for which the money intended to be used he could not act otherwise than he did in the discharge of his sworn duty. On the other hand if is true, and so recognized throughqut this ity, that the accused officials were only technically guilty of any wrong- doing. Eyegy business man and farm- erin the county realized the import- ance of securing an institution that woyld make a cash market for the hard wood of the county. The mat- ter was thoroughly considered and publicly discussed. for many weeks before any action was taken, There appeared to be no opposition, while many of our heaviest taxpayers urged the expenditure of public money for the furtherance of the project much more persi-tently than did the gentle- men who were to conduct the plant, With the Fuller company it was an experiment that would require the expenditure of $15,000. The whole community was interested equally with the original projectors and the people who pay the taxes of Itasca | county urged that assistance in this way be given. As to the illegality of the transaction there is no question, but at the same time it is true that there is not a county in the state that has notat some time in its history expended money for the public good in alike manner. The action was by no means criminal. The measure was a just one. It was sanctioned and advacated by all classes. There exists here no public feeling that Messrs. Fuller, Everton and Meyers are in spirit guilty of proving recre- ant to their public duties. The ¢ Leeman was very commmun= | SS ; similar to that against the others. He was known as the “kicker” on the board and was not on very friendly terms with his colleagues at the time of the rupture. from outside sources what the resolu- tion to be introduced contained and the use to be made of the money therein appropriated, yet he had not been consulted by the other, members and thereat he was mucu inclined to protest in his usual vigorous manner. He did not propose to be ignored and undertook, as he believed, to make Mr Fuller “show bis hand.’? He em- ployed, according tu his own admis- sion, a yery questionable method of arriving at the proper conclusions. The final outcome proved disastrous to all concerned, a result that the entire community deeply regrets. Under ail the circumstances it is be- lieved by many prominent attorneys that the members who resigned might have retained their offices by appeal- ing the case to the supreme court. Such a contest, however, would entail a loss.of much valuable time and good money. The duties of county commissioners are exacting, profitiess and thankless. The ex-members are all active business men and realizing that they are not condemned by their own constituents who know the facts, they decided to gracefully withdraw and thusend the trouble. COMMISSIONER MATERIAL. Considerable Speculation as to Who Will Fill the Places of Resigned Legislators. If anyone thinks that there is going to be a scramble for the vacant places ou the board of county commissioners, they are very much mistaken, For once it will be a case of the office seeking the man. To be sure, any citizen getting au appointment may not absolutely refu to serve, but he will accept the trust as a patriotic duty and not because he is at all desirous of havingit. We have talked with many who, im cur opinien would prove acceptable and popular candi- dates, but 2lmost wilkout exception they have expressed themselves as willing to let the job go to a neighbor. It is still likely to be sometime before appointments are made, however, so that there is plenty of time for any- one wishing to serve in a good cause to announce themselves. The ap- pointing is done by the chairmen of the town boards and the presidents | of the villages situated in the several districts, who meet for the purpose |at some appointed time at the office of the county auditer. Just when | this will be we are at present unable to state. but Auditor Farre!! will un- doubtedly ascertain the wishes of the appointors inthe matter, and fix g date acceptable to allin the near future. In District No. 1, President Church- ill of the village of Deer River, and Chairman A. D. Brooks of the town board will do the appointing. As possible candidates are mentioned former comivissioner C. W. Robinson and A. A. Chase of Chase lake. | From District No. 2, there wil be four appointors, viz: ‘he presidents of the villages of Rainy Lake City }and Koochiching, and the chairmen of the town boards of Ray and Tron Range. It is conceded by ali that this office should fall to the northern end of the county, and as three of the gentlemen who will decide the matter are from the Rainy Lake region it is altogether likely that such will be the case. Postmaster Frank Lang of Rainy Lake City, is the man mentioned ag most likely to be their choice. Prerident John 8S. Berney of the village of Grand Rapids and chairmen Anthony McAlpine of the town of the same name. will do the appointing for District No. 4. This is the smallest district in the county but fully as important as any of the others. Candidates are very scarce, only two having thus far been mentioned— Thomas Trainor and L. F. Knox—and it is not likely that the latter would accept the appvintment. Messrs. Berney and McAlpin, to- gether with President Arnold of the viliage of Laprairie will name the legislator for District No. 5. G. A. Buell and Moses Manston, both of Laprairie are candidates far the place and the choi“e is likely to fall to one of them. M. McAlpine ofGrand Rapids has also been mentioned, but he stated to a Herald-Review represent- ative that he postively refused to be considered. The men who will name the next baard of county commissioners ot Itasea county are of all shades of poli- tical opjnion, and palities will not eater into their deliberations. ‘Their only desire will be to pick out capable and conscientious men to fill the posi- tions and the qualifications ofall can: didates will be subjected to the most careful scrutiny. The men mentioned above are all good ones and should the appointments yo to any of them the affairs of the courty will be wel, looked after, 5 While he had heard ~ iS