Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 13, 1903, Page 1

Grand Vou XI.—No. 45. Granp Rapips, ITasca County, Minn., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1903. , Two DoLuars a YEAR. RE ready to harken to reason when it comes in attractive form, in dainty garmentsprettily trimmed This describes our mus- lin underwear. Have yau seen it? The warm weather approaching will soon necessitate light weight underwear. Are you prop- erly supplied? It not you should certainly see what we have to offer you. The exceptionally fine quality of our garments coupled with their un- usually low prices, offers to you values that it will be impossible to duplicate. The materials would cost you as much as this ready to wear to wear, well made underwear. Listen to reason, save time, save strength, pennies: Ladies and Childreus Gauzeat 1o, 15, 25 and 85 cents aGarment. Corset Covers at 25c to $1.00. Skirts now at $1.00 to $2.50. Itasca Mercantile Company. Don’t Tear Your Shirt Because the hoe flew off the handle and put out your pet dog’s eye. It’s all your own fault. Our hoes, rakes. spades, shovels, etc., are made of the best tool steel obtainable and are guaranteed to give satisfaction or your money back. ‘Try them and be convinced, Sold only by W. J. & H. D. Powers ee lf you must eat, you should always try to get the best goods in the market at the lowest prices. You should buy Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Game etc., at the Market of Finnegan & Co. They always have on hand the very best — at lowest prices. Thos. Finnegan, Proprietor. ~~] | | Thos. Finnegan, SISS SSSSOMES PRINCE BISMARCK. My stalion, Prince Bismarck, weight about 1500 pounds. Sired by Fandango No. 2742. First dam Lady Bradford, will make the season at Grand Rapids and on the Washburn farm at Little Trout Lake. Terms $1o for season or $20 io insure. B, J. Eastwoop, Grand Rapids. ae ' VILLAGE WAS BUNCOED, Material Changes Must be Made Be+ fore Electric Light Plant Will Give Any Satisfaction to the Public. The Herald-Review has always cou- tended that the village was buncoed by the consulting engineer for the electric light plant, and us time passes, and the capacity and work- ings of the plant are developed, the contentions of this moulder of public thought are substantiated. It will be remembered that some thirty day; ago J. H. Robertson the contractor, and A. H. Savage, a representative of the Fort Wayne Electric company, came toGrand Rapids for the pur pose of demonstrating that the plant Was one of the best in all the world= “second to noue in the Northwest” as the contractor phrased it. During their sojourn here it wasdiscovered by the council that one of the ammeterg for which contrat called, and which bad at one time been attached to thi switchboard, was missing. The di appearance of the ammeter is cloat ed with strangeness, to say the least, but inasmuch as the contractor, con- sulting engineer and everbody else who was supplying the village with materials used in the construction of the plant, had played Grand Rapids for an easy mark, and their actions had been upheld by the late village coun- cil, it is not to be wondered at that one of theammeters should turn up mis- sing. ‘Lhe cust of these little pieces of mechauisth is only $60 or $80. so Ubat the fact that it had disappeared would not cause any great amount of comment, if the necessity of its be- ing attached to the switchboard un- der certain circumstances had not de- veloped. Now the plant is equipped with two7 lo watt generators, of) the single-phase type, and it has al- ways been contended that the con- tractors and ‘‘Séventeen Hundred Dollar Bureb,” that those machines would work in unison—or, in the lan guage of the electrical world, in unit orstep. 1t to demonstrate this fact that Mes Atobertson and Sav- age came here some time ago, and while they did get the generators ta ork instep, still the working of the} achines were not satisfactory. It now developes that before they made their test one of the ammeters had been removed from the switchboard. The purpose or work of the machine is to register the current generated by each geverator as 1t passes to the switchboard, from which the elec- tricity is conducted to the distribut- ing lines. With but one ammeter at- tached to the switchboard it is im- possible to gauge the amount of cur- rent generated by either of the machines. In fact. there is no way of determining whether or not one machine is carrying all the load. or in what proportion the load is divid- ed between the generators running in parellel. This being a fact the al- ledged tests made by Messrs. Robert- son and Savage were shams—and it is not to be douted for a second that they wilfully perpertrated the fraud upon our village council. And in do- ing so they simply kept up the bunco game which they have plaved upon us during the entire construction of the plant. That these gents were working a bunco game upon our people, was plainly evidenced at that time, for when their attention was called tothe fact that the ammeter was not upon the switchboard, nor to be found anywhere, they did not in- form the council that its absence was essential to the tests which they were making, nor could either of them giveany information as to its where- abouts. This is a strange order of things, but stranger still is the fact that ten days after the departure from Grand Rapids of these two worthies, the lust ammeter came to hand by freight .from Fort Wayne— without a single line of advise concern- ing the same. Last week Will Burgess, the well-known electrical man, of Duluth, was in the city,and at the re- quest of the members of tke village council undertook to make a test of two generators running in parallel. His test proved the operations of Messrs. Robertson and Savage to be shams. When Burgess operated the machine he had the two ammters up- on the switchboard, and while’ he could get the generators to runin stepfora period vf ten minutes, he could not operate them for a longer duration without the load jumping from one machine to the other, one carrying the entire load for a few minutes and the other generating no current whatever. Before making the test Mr. Burgess was very em- phatic in saying that the two single-phase machines would not work in step, and he demonstrated this fact to the satisfaction of tke council. Thatthe Robertson-Bureh Savage combination has buncoed the Village is a matter of no small mo- ment, inasmuch as we have nearly $40,000 invested in the plant, but the piant is on our hands and we sup- pose we will have to grin and bear it. “Tis true. tis true, and pity tis tis true” Washing Ore at the Arcturus The last of the parts of the experi- mental washing station at the Arc- turus mine are on the ground, and the plant is nearly in shape for a tho- rough test. Upon the practicability of the washing of the ores depends largely the development of the Western Merab? range, as the ores on this end of the range are mixed with sand to a large extent. men claim the machine will do the work satisfactorily, in which event the projected extention of the Great Northern from Nashwauk to the Arcturus and Diamond mines, can- necting with the Fosston branch at Mining j lowest bidder did did not furnish.a certified check for the required amount with his propositiouand when he appeared yesterday before the council he reported that he had made a mistake of one thousand dollars and would have to raisethe price. In con- sequence of an evident attempt on the part of the bidders to do the village up all bids wer rejected and new bids advertised for. GETTING READY FOR TOURNAMENT Ninth Annual Tournament of Firemen of Northern Minnesota Firemen. The Ninth Annu-l tournament of the Northern Minnesota Firemen’s Tournament Association occurs at ‘ark Rapids, Minn., on the 23rd, 24th 25th and 26th inst, and the citizens of that good town are making splendid preparations for the pulling off of the event. Grand Rapids will be present in force, and inasmuch as our depart- ment captured a couple of the best Grand Rapids, will be built next winter. JUDGE SPOONER PRESIDES. The Newly Appointed Jurist Holds Court in Grand Rapids.. District court was openea here Monday morning witn Judge M, A. Spooner presiding. The judge isspoken of in flattering terms by attorneys and people generally who have attended court during the week. There was considerable disappointment felt in Grand Rapids and Itasca county when Hon. C. C. McCarthy was not ap- poiated by Van Sant to the position now held by Judge Spooner, but the* feeling now prevails that the gover- nor made an excellent selection. The state vs .C. W. Robinson bas occupied the attention of the court since Tuesday. ‘This is a criminal action brought againsl Mr. Robinson for alleged defaulcations in the hand- ling of school funds while he was treasurer of district No. 6. The state rested just before adjournment last evening. anditis thought that the evidence will not be all in when the week’s work is finished today. The grand jury concluded its invest- igations. yesterday. afternoon and made its report to the court. The following indictments were returned: George W. May, assault in the second degreé. The defendent is charged with having pulled a rifle on one Harry Ford and threatened to prizes at the tournament held at Cass Lake last yéar, and have been put- ting in some effective practice work these days, it is not to be doubted that the best plums will fall into their hands. The association is com- prised of the departments of Park Rapids, Bemidji, Cass Lake, Walker, Crookston, Hibbing and Grand Rap- ids, and each of these towns al- Ways send goodly representation to the tournaments. Hence Park Rap- ids will be taxed to care for her visit- ors during the week of carnival and sport. The Woodmen Picnic associa- tion will hold their annual gathering at Park Rapids upon the same dates, and have joined forces with the tire laddies to make the uccasion one of much enjoyment, The Grand Rapids ball team: will cross bats with the Park Rapids nine on the afternoon of the 23rd, a purse of $75.00 having been hung up to compete for. About 31 of our firemen, 15 ball players, 25} Woodmen and double that number of citizens will attend from Grand Rap- ids and our contingent will go pre- pared to yutupa good fight for the prizes hung up and tosecure the hold- ing of the next tournamaent in Grand Rapids. The new running cart for the Grand Rapids’ department arrived this week and the boys expect to do some pretty swift sprinting with it. Mountain Iron Marshal Killed Last Saturday evening Marshal McLaughlin was killed by Sam Berg, shoot. Two indictments for assault in the third degree were returned against J. F. McCormick. The ex-marshal recently got tangled up in a couple of altercations in the village and he forgot to fight according to any recognized rules of the manly art of self defense. J.J. McDonald of Swan River is confined in St. Benedict’s hospital as a result of attempting to take an over dose of his own whisky, dnd as another result of the same fateful attempt the grand jury returned an indictment against him for assault in the second degree. On Monday even- ing last Mr. McDonald undertook to regulate his household affairs with an ax, and later he assaulted his wife with a chair, according to report. Following is the report of the grand jury to Judge Spooner. “The grand jury having visited the court house and jail, tind them in good condition and properly taken careof. ‘She padded cell wich has been repeatedly asked for by former grand juries and which this jury considers absolutely necessary has not as yet been installed. We would request the board of county commissioners to give this their immediate,attention. ‘The committee on poor farm find buildings in good condition, but would recommend that steps be taken at once to furnish necéssary water supply. We furthur recommend that the board of county commissioners would take up the matter of a. rock pile in connection with our jail prisoners for the benefituf our roads and streets. We would also rec- commend that some steps be taken for the opening up of new ioads and the improvement cf our old ones, through the opening vf our county now being rapidly settled up by new settlers. We would also recommend that the brook which flows at the south of the court house be straight- ened from a point at the south west corner of the court house grounds to the Mississippi river, thereby drying and straightening the grounds at the rear of the court house.” All Bids Turned Down foe he bids for construction of sewer on Kindred avenue were found by the council to be very wide apart between in‘a shootingaffray,at Mountain Iron, when the marshal attempted to place Berg and a Norwigan companion un- der arrest for the alledged hold-up of aminor. Berg was bimself fatally wounded in the fiasco, and is now ly- ieg in St. Lukes’ hospital, Duluth with but slim chance of recovery. ‘Tis said that Berg was in a measure justified in shooting McLauglin, as while the latter was emptying his re- volver at Berg’s companiod who was struck Berg, ane turned his gun loose in self defense- Onr Railroad Yards It is evidently the intention of the Great Northern Railway company to construct a freight depot in connec- tion with the passenger depot and lay additional side tracks in the yards here. It is ‘unfortunate alike for the village and the railway com- pany as well, |that this action is to be taken. The depot and side tracks are located in the very business center of the town. The rapidly increasing railroad business of Grand Rapids will necessitate a great deal of yard work at this place. There is constant travel across the track atall hours of the day and it will take up much valuable time of the train men in breaking trams to accommodate pedestrians and teams. No matter how accom- modating the employes of the com- pany may be thegpublic will neces- rarily be greatly mconvenienc.d. As it is now trains are constantly in the way and it is no uncommon ex- perience to be compelled to wait for a train to move ona halfhour or so. The yards and depots are a public nuisance, but we will hope for a change some time in the future, Died John E. Gull died at Hill City on Thursday of this week, aged about forty years. The deceased had suffered from typhoid fever about two weeks. He was under thecare of Dr. George C. Gilbert, who reported last week that his patient was very low and expressed fear of his ultimate re- covery. The remains were taken to Manson, Iowa, jor burial. A wite and two small children are left to mourn the loss ofa kind and indul- gent husband and father. The de- ceased was engaged 1u the mercantile bnsiness at Hill City and he was also- one of the owners of the townsite and largely interested in real estate in | Itasca and Aitkin counties. Lefevre-Green Wedding Mr. John Lefevre and Miss Mabel Isabell Green were united in marriage at the home of Mr. and Mrs, J. F. O'Connell by Judge M. A. Spooner on Wednesday of this week. Both the contracting parties are well known in Grand Rapids where they have a host of friends who will join as one in washing them much joy. Mr. and Mrs. Letevre left on the afternoon train for a lake trip to Chi- cigo and other cities. They expect to be absent about two months and will be at home in Grand Rapids after August ro. Who knows where Tom Robinson is? That’s the question now before the community. He was last seen travel- ing west on horseback. Last Monday morning about four o’clock he mount- ed his horse and started across the bridge. He left several head of stock at his ranch on Prairie river without focd and when they were discovered Thursday were inavery bad condi- tion. It is thought that Mr. Robin- © running away, one of the builets son has left for parts unknown. Has some very desirable Rapids that he has placed of the handsomest at his place of business on and Leland avenue. GRAND RAPIDS = & & * * % = * = = & & 3 & * % * % & = * & % = & = & % Sd located in different parts of the village and include some sites within the corporation, Call A. M. JOHNSON REA EA ee eA EE Pe ae ae a ae ae Ee a eee a EA es ea ea ee ee eee a ae ee ae Sage SRE ae AEE RE a aE age ae a ae ate ae a ae ae ee aE aa EE RSE Grand Rapids Village Lots A. M. JOHNSON residence lots in Grand on the’market. many are the cornor of Second street a SOEAE gee A ea aa a a MINNESOTA. OHO! H ) 4 — 10] Seca “BOoTH’s CIGARS ’ For sale every where. Inghest and lowest. 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