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a NI a MES ——— VoL. XVI.—No. 23. Granp Raprips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepnespay, NovEMBER 25, 1908. Two Dollars a Year. GRAND RAPIDS 15 DULY THANKFULL Our People Have No Reason to | Complain But a Multitude of Reasons to Give Thanks. SERVICES TOMORROW AT GHURCHS The National Day of Thanksgiving Will Be Observed at St. Jos- eph’s Catholic, the M. E. and Lutheran Churches. Rev. Father Buechler of St. Jos- eph’s Catholic church will hold Thanksgiving services tomorrow at to o’clock in the forenoon. A cor- dial invitation is extended to all classes of citizens to attend. Rev. L. W. Gullstrom, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church, will conduct’ ‘Thanksgiving services ne church tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock and in the evening at 7:30 o'clock, There will be Thanksgiving un- terion church, as announced last The furnace at the latter is of order. Rev. S. G. Briggs, pastor of the Methodist church, will preach the sermon at 10:30 a. m. An offering for the poor will All are cordially invited made. to attend. Rev. E. S. Murphy of Holy communion Episcopal church will id communion services Thanks- the ng day at g o’clock in morning, ion services at the M. B. church tomorrow, instead of at the Presby- There is reason and plenty why the good citizens of Grand Rapids should give tomorrow. Manifold essings have been vouchsafed them during the past twelve months. In weneral the people have prospered. The few cases of want and Cistress that have been known were only such as cannot be avoided no matter what the yeneral conditions may be. In all cases where want has been found it bas heen afforded relief either by vate charity or public provision. yusiness and professional men of i Rapids haye prospered: wages been maintained at a fair scale; ent of wage earners has been y throughout the year; the town | »wo by the addition of many su ial business and residence buildings. Best of all the future looks brighter than ever before. Dur- ing the year that has just passed Grand Rapids has been surrounded by hundreds of working drills that have discovered a wealth of iron ore that insures to the community a fu- ture of wonderful growth both in ma- terial riches and in population. Since Thanksgiving day a year agoa number of Grand Rapids’ citizens have become embryo millionaires through the discovery of new iron properties in the immediate vicinity of the town. A number of these gentlemen are already drawing sub- stantial royalties, and when the properties become producers and shippers the fee cwners will be rated among the capitalistic class. They are all good citizens, these fortunate ones, and the Herald-Review predicts that their sudden wealth will largely be used to make the world better and mankind happier. There has also been a steady influx of farmers inthe | past year and they will add much to the prosperity and greatness of Itasca county as the years go by. And with it all turkeys are selling at only 20 cents a pound, and the markets are well supplied. Let us all be happy, thankful to the Giver of all blessings, go to} eburch and love oue another. thanks If you own Grand Rapids city prop- | you have cause to be thankful, { BIG CORPORATION TO SMASH RECORD Next Year to Be the Biggest in the History of Iron and Steel Ac- cording to Reports. The United States Stee! corporation has partly uncovered its hand in the Pittsburg district and has shown that for months it has been planning to make the year 1909 the biggest in the history of iron and steel. Figures were produced to show that all records for carrying iron ore into the Pitts- burg district are being shattered and there is already piled up in the dis- trict about 10,000,000 tons of ore, or enough to run most of the blast furnaces at their full capacity for a year. In addition to this. about 3,000,000 tons of ore will yet be brought io,which will give the mills more material than they have ever used in any year, and arrangements haye been made for using it all in 1909. From the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad the Carnegie Steel or United States Steel corporation’s ore-carry- ing line, it was learned that up to Nov. 1 this line had brought from the lake 4,666,000 tons of ore since the vpening of the season in midsummer. Last year it carried but 5,843,000 tons of ore. There are almost two months of the present year, and local steel men declare they will more than SHRIVALTY CONTEST FILED BY AIDDELL Fifteen Pages of Typewritten Pro- tests Served on Auditor Spang and Sheriff-Elect Riley. EIGHT PRECINCTS ARE ATTACKED! Attorneys Frank F. Price and Geo. H. Spear Appear For Contest- ant—General Charges of Irregularities Made. Notice of contest and appeal from the decision of the canvassing board ot Itasca county in declaring T. T. Riley to have been elected sheriff, was filed by George Riddell, through his attorneys Frank F. Price and George H. Spear, in the office of County Auditor Spang, last Fri- day. Notice was also served upon Clerk of Court I. D. Rassmussen and A. L. Thwing as attorney for Mr. Riley and upon the sheriff-elect at TAX. SETTLEMENT FOR SECOND HALF November Settlement of Money Col- lected by County Treasurer From June 1 to Nov. 1. AUDITOR SPANG ISSUES WARRANTS Total Tax Collected and Appor- tioned $159,899.27 —Warrants Now Ready For Civil Divis- ions and Schools. The Itasca county November set- tlement of money collected as taxes from the first of June, 1908, to the first of November, 1908, ‘was com- pleted the first of the week by Connty Auditor M. A. Spang and Treasurer A. A. Kremer, and the money appor- tioned to the several funds for which the taxes were levied. The total col- lections were $159,899 and the ap- portionment was made as follows: THESE MEN WILL LEGISLATE FOR ITASCA COUNTY NEIL MULLINS, of Laprairie. District No. 4, re-elected county commissioner for a term of four years. M. A. SPANG, County Auditor, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. a MORRIS O'BRIEN, of Cohasset. District No. 2, re-elected county commissioner for a term of four years. JNO. P. TREBILCOCK, Coleraine, District No. 3, new commi who will serve for two years. ioner CYRUS M. KING, of Deer River, District No. 1, continued in the office of county commissioner for another two years. ARCHIE MCWILLIAMS. District No. 5, new commi who will serve for two yea equal the ore record of last year. his home in Nashwauk. Mr. Riley The Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad | was in town Friday last to look after carries about half the ore brought| his interest in the case. into the Pittsburg district. Other Never hav- ing visited the section of country in lines are carrying heavily in propor-|which the Sand Lake precinct is tion to territory they cover, so ore/located, and not having any acquaint- shipments into the Pittsburg district | ance thereabouts that he is aware of this vear will likely be 12,000,000 tons! he admitted that he had no know!- which, added to a surplus left from the shipments of last year, giyes an immense tonnage on which to start the new year. So anxious is the’steel corporation to have enough ore on hand to make a world-breaking run in 1909 it has decided to run its own heavy lake vessels with ores as long as they’ can break through the ice. Will Stanton Contest? 1t has not yet been definitely given out that Judge C. W. Stanton will contest the election of B. F. Wright to the office of district judge. The state canvassing board will not meet until the third Tuesday in December, which will be the 15th of next month, | after which for a period of ten days a contést may be instituted. It has been reported that the judge will contest. edge of the manner in which elections are conducted in that particular| locality, but if the election laws were conformed with as strictly at Sand Lake as they were in the other pre- cincts that are being attacked by Mr. Riddell, he was not much afraid of the result so far as bis interests areconcerned. ‘he case will come up for hearing at the next term of the district court which will convene at Grand Rapids next Tuesday, De- cember Ist. The question will prob- ably arise as to whether or nob the case can be heard before Judge Stan- ton, as he may be interested in the same election through a contest of his own. Either the contestant or the contestee might desire the case to be heard and determined before Judge McClenahan of Brainerd, or possibly in some other district. In the notice filed the legality of (Continued on Page Four) STATE TAX. State Revenue .. + «8 16,018.72 State School . 8,787.33 24,806.05 APPORTIONED TO COUNTY. County Revenue.... -+-$ 23,060.94 Road and Bridge. + « 9,198.47 Poor .. 4,407.62 Bond.. 70 Interest... 540.09 $47,791.82 APPORTIONED TO TOWNS. Ardenburst . +8 215.06 Arbo...... id Alvwood Balsam.... *Cingmars Carpenter. Deer Kiver *Evergreen . *Englewood. Feeley .... Goodland . Grattan... | citizens will serve: 9 | Probably furnish employment to that 5| number of men all winter and it is Nasbwauk 1.... *Plum Creek. Popple .. *Ray .. Sago .. Trout Lake Third River Wirt $23,664.02 APPORTIONED TO VILLAGES Bovey .. $ Cohasset : Deer River. 85 91 Grand Rapids 3,818.34 *International Fall 12.88 Keewatin . *Little Fo Nashwauk $14,344.09 APPORTIONED TO SCHOOLS. District No. 1.. -$ 17,534.54 ee ney 21,067.15 15.25 147,90 898.27 22.92 4,832.68 141.18 105.49 $ 44,765.38 APPORTIONED STATE LOANS School District No. 1. 8 6.83 2 2,853 96 : s eas 4.99 5 184.73 Ardenhurst $ 4,527.91 * Towns and villages marked thus are in Koochiching county, and are entitled to the amounts apportioned to each as settlement of taxes levied prior to the division two years ago. Auditor Spang will, however, with- hold the warrants until such time as Koochiching county remits to ltasca the inoney due to school district No. 1 which Koochiching has thus far fail- and refused to do. Mandamus pro- ceedings will probably be finally re- sorted to. DISTRICT COURT CONVENES DEC. 1 Regular Term of Court For Itasca County Begins Next Tuesday. Judge C. W. Stanton of Bemidji will preside over the regular De- cember term of court for this county, which will be conyened on Tuesday of next week. The calendar will not be as cumbersome in size as usual for Itasca county, and it is the opinion of attorneys that many of the cases will be put over the term, which will prob- ably not last as long as heretofore. The grand and petit jurors were drawn last week. The following GRAND JURY James MeDonald H. G. Horton ©, O. Lind Stark Riddell Harris nk Bowden Cal Gilman Wm. Parker John Hoefer James Doran Daniel Powell George Harding John MeDonald Dun Jack Danielson Ff Charles Tuel John G. George H. k Gran Fred Bried W. L. Buck ath PETIT JURY A. M. Sisler ed. Wilson Jacob Reiglesburger Henry Pohl Vogel Warner ud Fish Sandy Kennedy Charles Johnson Fran Nelsor John Ed. Pither Charl Lee Cochran t L, M. Bolter Ben Benson Paal Tyedt ROAD BUILDING HAS COMMENCED Construction of Great Northern Line From Nashwauk to Grand Rapids Under Way. Construction work on the extension of the Great Northern from Nash- wauk to Grand Rapids, was begun this week, says the Hibbing Tribune. A large number of men are already employed on the work and the total working force will shortly reach 700 men. The company will hoped to have the road in operation early in the spring. The road will touch such towns as Calumet, Marble and give a direct line to Bovey and Coleraine and on to Grand Rapids. Iron Range . *Jamison.... *Koochiching . Lake Jessie. *Manitou . Marcell ..... Moose Park Nore Grand Rapids. Seven Hundred Licenses. | bare |devastations of the lumberm NORTH COUNTIES FOR THE FARMERS Editor of Northwestern Agricultur- ist Makes a Trip Trough This Section of Minnesota. GIVES SOME INTERESTING FACTS Advises His Readers That North- eastern Minnesota is Not Excell- ed Anywhere in Opportunities For Profitable Farming. In a recent issue of that widely circulated, reliable and influentiak publication, the Northwestern Agri- culturist, appeared an illustrated ar- ticle on Northeastern Minnesota from the pen of P. V. Collins, the editem. The following is only a portiom of what he had to say of the wonderfvl things he saw and learned ef this wonderful region while making a trip of inspection from Duluth to Grand For “Eyeryone who is at all familiar with the conditions in Northern Min- nesota knows that it is a wonderful region for clover (which means. in- creasing fertility), and sc it is net surprising that it should prove to be a very remarkably good protein country. It produces muscle. it produces constitution, in stock. The soil in some parts is light, im other sections it is rich and loamy and as the stumps are cleared, vege- tables are grown for man and beast, and behold such yegetables as can Scarcely be found elsewhere, I have seen some of the vegetables recently at the county fairs of Bel- rami and Clearwater connties, and 1 have never seen finer specimens anywhere. The title of this article is a con- cession to the popular error as to the location of “Northern Minnesota,’” for the trip across the state to which I refer was really near the center. The route touched the northerp corner of Pine county, then ran Northwest from Duluth through St. Louis, Itasca, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard and Polk counties, through Swan River, Bemidji. Grand Rapids, Bagley, Erskine, Crookston, Grand Forks to Fargo. The country traversed appeared lonesome ‘enough in parts, with its trunks of dead timber or its foresaken stumpage, with the profligate foliage of the forest nur evidences of man’s culti- vation: but these forbidding sections were relieved by great pine stretching for miles, or were briyht- ened here and there by many of the ten thousand lakes for which the state is famous, and, wherev approached astation rolling and cultivated fields from whic crops had recently been while c irm houses proved sturdy culture was following t veitber virg forests bringing crops of grain, of p or other vegetables to forest. Near Grand Rapids, Itasca county there isa state Experiment Station, which under the efficient charge of Superintendent McGuire, is ¢ a work of inestimable value. The soils peculiar to, this region here receive scientific handling, and all problems of developing this section of the state are here studied and then demon- strated by Professor McGuire, with the advantage of his thorough train- ing in scientific agriculture gained at- the agriculture college and station at St. Anthony Park, and through alife- time of practical agriculture. Land can be purchased in this re- gion at from $7.50 to $15.00 an acre and on very easy terms. In facti the: cash required for the annua) pay- ments is less than the average rental paid for farms elsewhere. Few farms renting for cash rental anywhere cam be gotten for less than $2.50 per acre. Good land can be bought along the Great Northern road, between Duluth and Bagely, for $7.50 to $10.00 an acre, with annual payments of only $1.50 per acre. An eighty-acre farm is as large as one man can cultivate in replace thie County Auditor Spang has issued seven hundred licenses to kill game up to date. Last year the total number issued was 550 for the sea- son. diversified farming and a good eighty acres can be bought for say $800, with payments of only $120.00 a year with eight per cent interest on deferred Continued on Pago Four. ee