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

on rand Vout VIII.—No, 33. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., Sarurpay, MARCH 17, tgo00. Two Dotiars a YEA (Me Se AE AE AEE eRe ae eee ee ea ee ae ae ate ae ae ae eae ae Re ae ae ae Ee ea a eae a ae ae ae ae eae EE RR Se ae eS HR aE SI a a HE A HEED | ‘SEE EE EAA Aa ea a a a a New Dry Goods Season of 1900 Our Spring line of Dress Goods, Dress Trimmings, Laces, Allover Laces, Congo Silks, Mercerized Goods, very serviceable and within the reach of all. In color they are black. red, blue and pink. 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RIDDELL CHOSEN PRESIDENT O'Connell, Hepfel and Huntly, Trust- ees; Fred A. King, Recorders C. E. Aiken, Treasurer; Barn- ard and Huson, Justices. In response to the call for village and township caucuses to be held Monday evening, a goodly number of citizens gathered at Village hall and placed in nomination the following tickets: For President of the Village— GEORGE RIDDELL. For Trustees— J. F. O'CONNELL, JOHN HEPFEL, L. W. HUNTLEY. For Recorder— FRED A. KING. For Treasurer— CHARLES E, AJKEN. For Justices of the Peace— JOHN L. BARNARD. H, 8. HUSON. For Constables— J. F. McCORMICK, THADDEUS O'REILLY. These nominations were all made unanimously, as were also the follow- ing for the several township offices: For Chairman of the Board of Supervisors— ANTHONY MCALPINE. For Supervisors— Cc. $. BROCK. V. H. BLOOD. For Clerk— FELIX MALLETTE. For Treasurer— JAMES PASSARD. For Assessor— CHARLES MILLANEY. For Justices of the Peace— Cc. A. BUELL, JOHN L. BARNARD, For Constable— : MIKE HAGEN. For Road Overseers— ALBERT HUTCHINSON, JAMES RICHARDSON. The above tickets were elected on Tuesday with the same unanimity that characterized the caucus the night before. There was no fight on and it ap- peared that the voters had made up their minds about the class of men that are needed to serve as village and township officials during the en- suing year, and that conclusion was so pronounced that it left no room fora kick if there were any who felt so inclined. The vote was the lightest ever cast here since the organization of the village. There being but one ticket in the field everyone felt satisfied to let it go as it was. and where it was the least in- convenient to go to the polls that feeling of security was the cause of their failure to report and cast their ballots. Messrs. Riddell and Hunt- ley are the only new members elected on the village council, but they are as well known and as much relied upon as if they had served for a decade. Messrs. O’Connell, Hepfel,,King and Aitkin bave each been weighed in the balance and found to be the correct unit of double standard value. The same is true of the township officers chosen. There was but one ticket. The public library proposition was carried by a vote of 67 to 7. This will insure the establishment here of a library that will soon grow to most gratifying proportions. Our citizens should at once become interested in the work and a united effort put for- ward to make it oneof Grand Rapids’ most creditable institutions. ELECTION AT DEER RIVER. There was a warm time at. Deer River, but those whom the little paper thereaway designated as ‘“‘de gane” won out with a majority of nearly two to one. Following ere the names of the successful candidates: President, W. J. Coffron; trustees, Fisher Baker, F. L. Churchill and W. A. Everton; recorder, C. W. Robin- son; treasurer, James Everton. LAPRAIRIE VOTED, TOO. The following officers were elected at Laprairie to serve for the coming year: President, E. A. Arnold; trust- ees, C. A. Buell. Alexander ''homp- son, O. J. Mellen; recorder, William McKewen; treasurer, Matt Spang. RESULT AT COHASSET. The following officers were elected for the town of Bass Brook: Chair- man, Dojph Dunn; supervisors, John W. Poole and F. S. Searles; clerk, Joseph Crowther; treasurer, T. P. Conk; assessor, I. C. Thomas: justice cof the peace, Morgan Snell; constable Robert McCabe; road overseers, Alex- ander Dunn and Andrew Salter. THE CASS LAKE VICTORS. As many of our citizens are inter- ested in the village of Cass Lake, they will read with interest the re- sult of Tuesday’s election. It is as follows: President, P. H. Wall; trustees, M. W. Kelley, D. Smith, P. A. Walsh; recorder. Con. Costello; treasurer, A. J. Abercrombie: justices of the peace, Harry C. Berlau and William Stymiest; constables, Christ Engen and Gust Ryder. ANOTHER NEW ENTERPRISE. The Old Howes Saw Mill Bought py G. W Moore of Cohasset. After lying idle for three or four years, the old saw mill formerly owned and operated by Dr. J. R. Howes, will be thoroughly overhauled and refitted for active service by G. W. Moore, the Cohasset mill man and logger. Mr. Moore will bring the Machinery of his Cohasset mill to Grand Rapids and add it to the plant here. The machinery is now located on the terminal of Houghton avenue as it approaches theriver. This land was condemned as a street but itis still the property of the village. If Mr. Moore can secure the right to use the land he will begin repairing at fonce and in a short time will be turno- ing out lumber. We need such hust- lers as George Moore in town. Rowed on the Train. Smith Gordon, a young man who is quite well known here as a dealer in rhorses during the past two or three years, touk the south-bound passen- ger on Wednesday, going to Duluth. Between here and Swan River he en- gaged in a quarrel with a woman of |the town who was on the train. Gor- don accused the woman of robbing fhim of a sum of money. It seems that Gordon was somewhat under the linfluence of liquor, and he drew a re- volver to force payment of the amount then and there claimed to be duc and unsatisfied. The woman screamed nd protested her innocense; the con- }iluctor interfered and a mix up fol- awed in which Gordon lost his gun. At Swan River he was put off the train. The fair siren continued her journey east with the boodle—if she had it. ARNOLD’S RESTRAINING ORDERS. A New Departure in Law by the Itasca County Court Commissioner. In Wednesday’s issue of the Mag- net Eugene A. Arnold, court com- missioner, is taken severely to task for issuing fourteen orders restraining that many ex-employes of the Itasca Lumter company from filing liens against logs belonging to the com- pany to enforce the payment of wages claimed to bedue. As near as can be learned the Itasca company alleges thatit sustained serious damage by reason of the men quitting-work when they did. Whatever merit there may be inthe case on either side, it ap- pears to be the unanimons opinion of our local attorneys that Commussion- er Arnold exceeded bis authority, and the complainants’ attorney will pro- |. ceed just as though there were no Arnolds on earth. We certainly can- not disagree with our contemporary in what it has to say of Mr. Arnold personally. here was a fee of $21 attached to the transaction. “Itasca jcounty could get along first rate if Mr. Arnold should get mad and refuse to live here any more. Myers’ Successor. County Auditor Farrell this week received word that on March 9, T. M. Bolin, president of the village of Rainy Lake City; John berg, chair- man of the town board of Koochi- ching, and C. B. Lang, chairman of the town board of Ray, held a meet- ing at Rainy Lake City, and after accepting the resignation of W. E. Myers as county commissioner. for district No. 2, unanimously elected Frank S. Lang to fill the vacancy. This appointment completes the membership of the new board, which will hold its first meeting next Wed- nesday. Paid Their Fines. About tbe time the east-bound train was pulling out from the station here on Thursday afternoon, Henry ‘aylor and Gust Nelson were making themselves conspicuous by the very large quantity and the decidedly bad quality of the language they were using. Marshal McCormick asked them to be decent, but they. had too much aboard to heed hissadvice, so he thought it best to. give them a little room all by themselves in the lockup. Yesterday morning they forked up five dollars apiece and costs at the demand of Judge Barnard. STUDYING THE FOREST | Sup’t. Chapman of the Experiment Station Returns From the East. EPIDEMIC OF SCARLET FEVER May Be Looked For in Grand Rapids Unless Greater Precaution Is Taken By the Authorities to Guard Against it. Superintendent H. H. Chapman of the Northeast Experiment station, returned on Tuesday from the east, where he had put in the greater part of the winter studying the question of re-forestation. His headquarters were at the department of forestry, Washington, but he also put in some time in New York and Pennsylvania, getting much valuable information along his lines of study from the practical results already attained in these states. He also visited the Vanderbilt forest preserves at Bilt- more, N.C. Mr. Chapman says that both New York and Pennsylvania are buying up large tracts of cut-over lands which will be utilized as forest reserves, and experts who have charge of the work say that there is no doubt but that the move will prove a protit- able and wise one. Mr. Chapman thinks, and his opinions on the sub- ject are shared by forestry authorities everywhere, that one of the first steps to be taken as a protective measure is the prevention of the destruction of young trees when the merchant- able timber is removed. If the small growth were protected from fire and other destructive elements a large portion of our forests would prove self-perpetuating, but as long as half- grown timber is destroyed this is im- possible. Mr. Chapman thinks that national, or probably better yet, state supervision should be exercised in this matter, at least where the timber tracts come under ‘the immediate control of either of these authorities. He has an eye on the Indian reserva- tions in Northern Minnesota, and while he does not believe that it would be good economy to withold the timber on them from market, he will labor to the end. that so much of it as is not at present merchantable shall be protected by the government. He also intends planting a large num- ber of pine trees of defferent varieties and under different conditions at the experiment station here. He will watch their development closely so that when the state is ready to take the matter up it will bave valuable information gained by practical ex- periments to commence with. The superintendent also stopped at Madi- son, Wis., on his way home and says that the people of Minnesota are far ahead of those of the sister state in forestry agitation. He believes that the question is one of the most im- portant ones confronting the people of th‘s section at the present time. ENFORCE QUARANTINE LAW. Apparent Apathy Among the People That May Result in Scarlet Fever Epidemic. A week ago today a scarlet fever sign was posted at the home of Mr. A. Lord. Other cases were reported at the same time but it was claimed by some that no _ evi- dence of the presence of the disease was apparent Prof. Car- roll has employed every possible pre- caution to prevent the attendance at school of children who had been ex- posed. In some cases he has been charged with being too strict as to the regulations observed, but he is deserving ot the highest praise of every parent in the village. A dis- puted case at the home of L. W. Huntley—a child about three years old—was acknowledged last evening by Dr. Gilbert to be scarlet fever, and a sign was placed on the house by Marshal McCormick. Eight .cases have been reported during the past two months, and not ina single in- stance has the state laws bzen ob- served. Dr. Russell has made an ef- fort to established absolute quaran- tine, but it appears that there is no public sentiment to sustain him. Strange as it may seem, the people of Grand Rapids do not appear to realize the awful consequences of an epi- demic of this dread disease. Parents should become alarmed at the pos- sibility that confronts. them and de- mand the strictest observance of the state law in such cases. Section 1 of lowed to enter or leave any building wherein there is a case of scarlet fever or other contagious disease, and it further proyides that it is the duty of health officers to enforce these provisions. - They Must Pay Taxes. County Attorney J. R. Donohue is after the tax-dodgers and is deter- mined to compel them to pay up. Un- der the law of 1899, timber cannot be removed from lands until the taxes have been fully settled. It is ¢ duty of the county attorney to plac« alien on logs that are cut when it ap- pears that there is delinquent taxes against the land. Heretofore it bas been the habit of lumbermen,in mar cases, to take the titaber and allow the cut-over tracts to revert to th state by the delinquent route. A torney Donohue has notified all such that they must either settle or stand the consequences of having their legs handled by the state. Failure or re- fusal to comply with the provisions of the act is a misdemeanor and sub- ject to criminal prosecution. SOME WARM LOGGING. Will Nisbett Relates the Hottest Log Haul- ing Story Ever Told in Itasca County. “T have visited the lumber camps of this county for a number of years,” said Will Nisbett, the jeweler, to a Herald-Review man the other day as he lighted one cf George Booth’s choicest cigars and squared himself to relate a good story. Sam Hamilton stood near by, and Will called him to join the listeners and to certify that no such story had ever before been truthfully told in the history of logging in Northern Minue- sota. “Did you ever hear-of or see a load of loys literally burn up while being hauled to the landing, Sam?” he first enquired of the veteran logger. Sam declared that he had not. ‘Well, I did,” said Mr. Nisbett. “I always knew that Price Bros. were warm loggers and that . they keep pretty torrid crews, but when it comes to hauling logs to the landing so fast that a spontaneous combus- tion of heat oceurs and burns up the |load,.it seems.te me that the climax has about been reached. One day last week—I think it was Wednesday —one of the teamsters at Ben Rafter’s camp started with a luad, but bad not navigated far when he discovered a right smart fire gnawing into the rear end of his logs. He threw. snow on the fire and thought he had sub- dued it. A little later the flames again appeared. Another effert’ was made to extinguish it, but the logs were dry. and one or two were hollow, so the fire burned on. The only es- cape from complete. destruction was to thurry with all possible speed to the landing. It required the assist- ance of two or three men to get the horses unhitched in time. Not only did the logs burn up almost complete- ly but the sleigh was aiso destroyed, and the next morning the logs were still burning. ‘That’s the hottest logging I ever witnessed in Itascg county, and Ben Rafter can easily lay claim to be the warmest foreman that ever took charge.” CAMPS BREAKING UP. Quite a Number of Men and Teams Are Already in and More Coming Daily. The past week has seen the wind- upof logging operations in quite a number of the camps in this vicinity. The soft weather at the beginning of the month played havoc with logging roads all over and many loggers thought it was better to quit with what they had in than to wait fora possible cold spell. Some of the camps that have broken up have mau- aged to bank their full quota, but others are considerably uuder the es- timates made in the fail. The cold weather we are at present experieuc- ing will keep the loggers who have not abandoned their works guiug a while ionger, but it is too near the natural breaking-up time to expect maby more logging days, and by the tirst of the month it is likely that all camps will be deserted. Among those who haye broken up are the Willow river camps of theBackus-Brooks com- pany and the Swan River camps of Buckman & Nichols. Three of the Pokegama Lumber company’s con- tractors have either ceased operating for the season entirely or have senu the greater portion of their crews aud stock out and are working on dray hauls. ‘These contractors are Brnce Polly, John Hedquist and Kremer & Lotberg. Besides these the company has alse abandoned its Buck lake camps. chapter 133, laws of 1897, relating to the duty of health officers, specifically provides that no person shall be al-* Prof. H. Lemontree, practical opti- cian, will be at Hotel Pokegama March 19 to 23, Examunation free.