Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 14, 1905, Page 1

Vou XIII.—No, 16 Saves your arms, your aS it Is the best for all cleaning purposes, \ time and your money. ex] 4 Is unequaled for cleansing kettles, pans and all kitchen ; utensils, a" Is the best made for knives, forks, scoops, measures, etc. 7 It is an easy and quick cleaner for bath tubs, oil cloth : and paint. ‘k ss 7 counters, tables, chairs, etc. al Cleans floors, wainscoting, stair steps, pavements, etc., like magic. \s Will not scratch or deface anything. Cleans quicker, better and easier than any scouring soap. free on fair days. ttat ONLY TEN CENTS. Kitehen Necessities Help heep wife that even temper that goes to make the meal t what 1t should be. 1t’s money well spent buying Fork, Spoon, Bread and Cake Boxes. | \ The investment will return you more for the money than ’ any other you can make. It’s wonderful what handy things we supply for kitchen use, and more wonderful to know how it’s . possible to sell them as cheap as we do. WdJ& AD POWERS Granp Rapips, Irasca Coun’ SKOUREZY Cleaning Powder Scours everything quickly, easily and thoroughly. Used for one day brings rest for six days. Is cheapest because it goes farthest—and only 10 cents, It removes grease, paint, oil and other stains from floors, Cleans window and plate glass, leaving no marks. Tf we did not think this a meritorious article we would not have given away fifty dollars worth You have had a chance to try it now —and when you want another box, we have Itasca Mercantile Co. Grand Rapids, Minnesota. 5 SE A A EE ee a A a a ee a a ea ae aa ES, Grand haps Oh ey ane Village Lots SO uD per me per month We have choice residence lots all over town and we are sell- ing them on such easy terme that anybody can buy. $5 down and$5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. A house and three lots for sale cheap. We also haye some choice business lots on our lists, They . are for sale on easy terms. PESO OSTEO S E S SHCOSSSEHRESSSERESESSE SO SR Sten SetESeeHRESEEES TOS: Ls shasha ahahaha cesta shucde hehehe heahashasastasheshadhaahasteshastasladachaah ? REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY, i . Minw., SaTuRDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1905. evicw. Two Dotuars a YEAR. Po % \SCHOOL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER The following report since the open- ing of schvol up to October 1, shows some interesting fignres that should be read by the parents of pupils and studied with profit. It will be noticed that the highest enrollment in any department is in the High school, with 57; the smallest in grade one with 27. There appears to be but lit- tle difference in the percentage of at- tendance in the twelve grades, while the number registered as neither ab- sent ner tardy is not up to a com- mendable standard: 2 cf zi. 13 ae a. 5 & TEACHER = |es| se a esiss 2 = |Eslae s a |e 14 1 iola_Backes.....] 27 | 92] 8 1 |Mrs. Clara Grove.| 31 | 90} 8 2 |May McLennan..| 36 | 93 | 15 2 |Mabel Edmunds. .| 44 | 97 | 19 8 |Seralda Murdy...| 44 | 95 | 19 3 |Margaret Aiton..| 45 | 96 | 27 4. [Lillian B. Stebbins} 43 | 95 | 24. 5 |Mary McMabone.| 53 | 95 | 3L 6 |Hilma ©. Olson...| 42 | 97 | 25 7 |Katherine Connell] 36 | 93 | 18 8 jOlga Wetzel ......] 34 | 93 | 15 H.§.}Alta Stanvoi 57 | 92 Total enrollment to date, 492. CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFTING Tae following item appeared in Wednesday's issue of the St. Paul Daily News: ‘‘Grace Barnard, 20, charged with shoplifting, togetifer Fredrika Kobb, changed her plea of not guilty to guilty before Judge Brooks this morning. Miss Kobb pleaded. guilty to a similar charge two weeks ago, and the two girls will [be Sentenced same day i this week.” 24, 55-26, near the Pool farm. COMMERCIAL CLUB AND THE TOWN BOARD WILL CO-OPERATE ON THE BOVEY-RAPIDS ROAD Two Hundred Dollars Appropriated by Grand Rapids Town Board—Bal- ance of $800 Will Be Raised By Commercial Club. The citizens of Grand Rapids, through. the Commercial club, have finally taken definite action in the Matter of securing a passable road between this town and Bovey. Ata meeting held last Wednesday evening it was decided to take immediate action to raise funds with which to put the road in shape for travel. A committee of eight 0: ten members of the club waited on the town board, then in session, and presented the matter to those officials, setting forth the necessity of ssutticiently repairing the highway to permit of freighting over it until jthe snowfall will permit ot sleighing, Argument was quite unnecessary before the town board, as the members all understand and realize the importance of the road in question. The commit:ee from the Commercial club asked that the town board make an appropriation of $200, pledging that the club members wouid undertake the raising of a sum fuf- ticient to complete the work now necessary. The board appropriated the amount asked for. It is esti- mated that between eight hundred and one thousand dollars will be suf- ficient to put the road in pretty fair condition. A committee appointed by the club will begin at once to raise the amount required and work wiil begin forthwith. In two weeks’ time, it is estimated, it will be possible tc haul freight to the new mining town without endangering the life and liinbs of teams and drivers. The Grand Rapids Commercial club is to be commended for the enter- prise shown in this public undertak- ing, and the practical manner ip which they do things. Work on the new road to Bovey, as laid out by the county commissioners, is under way, but it will not be in shape for use this fall. The work is being done under the foremanship of John O’Brien, men being employed by the day by the commissioners. PAT HALLORAN IS HELD UP Our former townsman, Pat Hale loron, is now located over in St. Louis county at a small town called Skibo, on the Iron Range road, where he cvaducts a saloon. Pat likes the p'ace first rate. He thinks he’ll stay there and do well—if he can get in with the hold-up fellows. Ina letter to the Herald-Review requesting the change of his address he incidentally mentions that he likes the place goud. “IT started off in my Skibo business career with a hold-up the first night,” writes Pat. “A fellow dangled in, bought drinks fast for a short time, pulled out an ugly looking gun, took aim at the bartender’s head and de- manded the cash. He got it—twenty- one dollars. Then he took him up the track about forty rods, when he ordered the booze clerk back to look after any further business that might comein. The clerk was quite willing to be excused from any further asso- ciation with his new-found friend. I was in bed at the time. and it was just as well. If [had been there it would have been a race between the var boy and myself to see which of us might have the honor of waiting on the gentleman to the cash. That same night he held up another saloon up the line.” TWO MORE DRILLS WEST OF PRAIRIE The Oliver Mining company have started two more drills on exploratory work on the west side of Prairie river. This makes seven. in all that are working on the outskirts of Grand Rapids. Operations at the Buckeye have been stopped so far as drills are concerned, und it looks as though the company is satisfied with the result of the investigating thus far carried on. One new drill was started on sec- tion 3, and two on 16, in town 55, range 25. One drill is duing active service on section 8, one un 9, in 55-26- One drill is elso running in section ‘\ It pays big dividends—Advertising. WILL BUILD THE ROAD) F4VORS HoLpiNe AN INSTITUTE The progress of Itasca county along agricultural lines has reached a stage and condition that calls fur greater effort on behalf of farmers and stock raisers to keep apace of the most ad- vanced methods and results of ex- periments in their respective lines. That uortheastern Minnesota will rapidly develop into one of the rich- est farming and stock raising sections of the west is no longer problematical. it is assured. One of the means now employed to advance the farm- ers interests throughout the state is the holding of institutes under di- rection of specialists appointed and paid by the state. In response to an article published in these columns last week there appears to be a gea- eral sentiment favorable to the hold- ing of an institute at Grand Rapids next month. This move can only be made successful and _ prvfitable through the interest’ that will be takeu by the farmers of the county. Superintendent McGuire, of the State Experiment farm, favors the holding of an institute ang will interest him- self in the details of carrying outa meeting that will be of benefit to every farmer and business man in the county, A paper will be circulated in a few days for signatures to a peti- tion asking the proper authorities to hold an institute at this place. SNAKES THRU THE WATER SYSTEM While using the street hose infront of Anthony McAlpine’s saloon buil- ding on Leland avenue last Friday afternoon, several bystanders were witnesses to the appearance of a smali snake through the nozzle of the hose. It was about eight inches in length and of peculiar colors, being deep red on the under side, black back and varied culored sides. It was the general opinion that it came through the water system, while others pre- ferred to believe that it had crawled into the hose. The only specie of snake known in this section is the harmless gartersnake. This one was certainly not of thattumily. It was picked up and put in a bottle and was on exhibition at the saloon of O’Leary & Fraser for several days. Some peo- ple express the belief that it was a water snake, drawn into the village water system when very small or probably while still in the egg. HE ROBBED A SALOON TILL John Slaugherty, who was a bar- tender for John Fontac at Bovey, is now in the county jail awaiting the action of the grand jury on a charge of robbery. It is alleged that last Tuesday night le appropriated $40 in cash that was in the register of Fon- tac’s saloon, locked up the place and came to Grand Rapids. Sheriff Hooli- han was notified and started on a search. Slaugherty was found at the Northern hotel in this village. When brought before Justice Sims for a hearing he admitted having taken the money, but claimed that he in- tended tu return to Bovey. An in- mate of one of the public houses on the South side, with whom Slaugherty had associated the night previous, testifled that he informed her of his intention to go to Duluth. He was bound over to the grand jury. JACK PINE LANDS GOOD FOR FARMS The next ten years will teach us a good deal about the jack pine lands of Northern Minnesota which we do not now know. We that live upon them know that these lands produce a most abundant crop from any seed sown, but the outside worid generally regards them as worthless. The sooner we disabuse people’s minds of this belief, the better fur the de- velopment of north central Minne- sota. Pure sand is certainly poor soil for agricultural purposes, but the jack pine lands are not pure sand but largely clay, as every-man who has worked them knows. When every- bedy knows this fact the agricultural development of this part of the state will be fully underway, ‘To this end we believe that nuthing more effect- ive can be done than to exhibit each year at. the state fair samples of the products of which this section is so luxuriautly capable.—Bemidji Pio- peer. The Catholic ladies .will meet with Mrs, Clair next Thursday afternoon, ‘HELD TO GRAND JURY MIKE CALLAHAN, OF COHASSET, HELD ON RAPE CHARGE. MARY KERSTING THE VICTIM Two Days in Taking Testimony at the Preliminary Hearing—Public Sen- timent Is Strongly Against the Accused. Michael Callahan, of Cohasset, aged about forty years, was placed under arrest by Sheriff Hoolihan last Mon- day on a warrant sworn to by Mary Kersting, aged 22, charging him with the crime of rape. He was brought be- fore Justice of the Peace Sims and gave a bond for his appearance in the sum of $1,500. Prosecuting Attorney Spear deemed the services of a ste- nographer necessary for the taking of testimony at the preliminary hearing and Court Reporter Cameron, of Be- midji, was sent for. He arrived here Thursday afternoon and the case was taken on a change of venue before Justice C. A. Buell, of Laprairie- County Attorney Spear appeared in behalf of the state, and Attorney Frank P. Price represented Callahan. The fiendish assault was alleged to have been committed on the night of September 22, between 9 and 10 o’clock, on Catlahan’s launch, coming down from Vermilion to Cohasset on the Mississippi river. The complain- ing witness and alleged vietim of the crime Miss Mary Kersting, had been: to the home of her parents on Ver- milion brook fer a two days’ visit, having gone there from Cobasset where she was employed as a domes- tic. The testimony showed that part of the trip going up from Cohasset was made in Callahan’s boat. She had said in his presence that she de- sired to return in a couple of days. Callaban said he would call for tier. He did so, representing to Miss Kers- ting that three or four woodsmen and Mrs Clark and her brother were to ac- company them down the river to Co- basset. Mrs Clark and her brotherac- companied them a short distance but stopped at the home of the laay’s parents on the bank of the river. Miss Kersting said in her tes= timony that she had heard that Calla- had a bad reputation and that she was afraid of him. They had nos proceed ‘far alone, after putting the other two passengers ashore, when the assaultwas made. After striving in every way to defend ber honor she finally jumped into the river, cling- ing to the side of the boat. Callahan then promised to desist if she would yet back into the boat. She testifled that he dragged her intu the boat and renewed the assault, and finglly, when her strength was exhausted and she could defend herself ne longer, he accomplished his purpose, Callahan then put her ashore and she went to the home of Mrs Gary, a friend of hers, near by, where she re- mained all night. She did not tell the awful story until the vext morn- ing, feeling ashamed todo so. When the story became generally koown public sentiment was strong against Callahan and his arrest followed. Several witnesses were called on behalf of the state who gave corrobor- ative evidence. The preliminary hearing was con- cluded this morning at 10 o'clock when the accused was held to the grand jury. The defense did not put in any evidence. An application for a writ of habeas corpus was immedi- ately made by Attorney Price before Court Commissioner Arnold to admit the prisuner to bail. The case will be tried at the December term of court, THE INTERESTS OF TWO SECTIONS It is easy enough for the people of southern Minnesota to see whv north- ern Minnesota wants drainage; drain- age will immensely boost the value of the lands drained and increase the prosperity of the territory affected. But it is hard for southern Minnesota to see the benefit ic wil) derive from drainage because it is always hard for anyone to appreciate benefits which cowe indirectly. Yet there is no man in Minnesota who wall give a half hour’s consideration to the matter that will not admit that southern Minnesota will roap greater benetits from drainage than northern Minne« suba. The southern part of the state tinds it hard to remember that it owns thousands of acres of swamp land in the northern half of the state.—Be~— midji Pioneer. ; |