Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 27, 1909, Page 8

ae oe Be News G What time does the clock stop? J. L. Killorm and wife of Mis- sissipp1 Landing. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. McAlpine Monday, The Swedish Ladies Aid society will meet with Mrs. Gust Hagen Tuesday, February 4. The Ladies of the Altar society will meet with Mrs, John Doran Thursday afternoon next at the usual hour. During the Week Grand Rapids and Vicinity In response to news of her brother Amon’s serious injury, Miss Blanche Dewey arrived from Springfield, Mass., last Sunday. The ladies of the M. E. church will give a supper in Village _ hall Wednesday February 3, beginning at 5:00 and will last till all are served. Lost—Pair of rimless eye glasses, enclosed in case with Dr. Larson’s name and address stamped threon. Return to this office. G. A French, superintendent of the Mesaba Telephone company, has been in town a couple of days looking after Jocal business in com- pany with Manager Dalcour Attorney C. L. Pratt, district court commissioner, has office room at the court house, having taken the room adjoining that of County Attorney Pne. P, C, Warner has been engaged for some time past in securing data and material for a map of Itasca county. It is his purpose to make it complete and accurate in every particular. Gapt. Remer and Dr. O, N. Pearce of Keewatin were kindly permitted to eturn home last Friday by the at- torneys for the contestant in the Rid- dell-Riley case. The time for discount on telephone rentals will expire Saturday next, January 30. Payment must be made on or before this date if subscribers wish to take advantage of the dis- count rate. A bouncing baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fredricks last Thursday morning. The young man weighed in at 144 ounces when ke entered the battle of life and promises to come out a victor. Miss Jose Crossley, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Charles Kearney is here on a visit. Muss Crossley is a professional nurse engaged at one of the St. Paul hospitals, Deputy Coroner Reusswing was salled to Swan River Friday last by a telegram announcing the death ofa man near that plece as the result of a railroad accident. Supt. A. J. McGuire arrived home’ Saturday last from St. Pauland Mon- tevideo, where he attended a meeting of the state fair association at the former city and a meeting of the state dairymen’s association at the latter. John O’Brien and Joseph Stevens returned from a horse purchasing trip through Stearns and adjoining coun- tes. Mr. O’Brien bought one team and Mr. Stevens brought back thirteen horses. F, A. Culver and Pat McGuire were two business men of Keewatin called tothe county seat this week as witness in the shenff contest case. The Herald-Review acknowledges a} pleasent call. “The Riddle-Riley election contest case, in Itasca county, brings out the fact that there is much ignorance hereabouts as to the necessary qualifi- cations of an electors,” observes the Hibbing Ore. Picture postal cards and an occas- ional letter indicates that George F. Myers and County Treasurer Kremer are greatly enjoying their far western trip. The last heard from them they were at Los Angeles, where the orange blossoms bloom. Mrs. C. Halvorsen, accompanied by her daughter Ruby, will leave to- day for Lincoln, Neb., where they will spend the winter with relatives and friends. Mrs, Halvorsen has not been enjoying good health of late and by the change she hopes to be benefitted. A basketball game between the local city team and Floodwood has been arranged for Thursday of next week at Grand Rapids. The city team from here will play Bemidji tomorrow evening at the latter place. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T. H. McHugh on Monday. Notwith- standing this is the eighth—six boys and two girls—Tom Seems to be as much pleased as - if the last were the first. The mother andson are getting along nicely, ‘Thomas Bailey of this city returned last evening on the north bound M. & I. passenger train from St, Paul and Minneapolis where he has been spending the last week or ten days on business. Mr, Bailey was called home by news of the serious illness of his son, J. Howard of Crookston, athered ’ oe. ! é who 1s_ sick with pneumonia at the residence of John Bailey of this city. —Bemidji Piqneer. County Attorney Price has been too busy since the first of Janu- ary to move that part of his law libgary which he will use at the court house. He has engaged Miss Minnie Durand as stenographer in the court house, while Miss Olson will remain at the offices in the First National bank. Mr. Price does not intend to abandon his private practice and will continue to occupy the rooms as heretofore in the’ bank building. Arnold Pfenninger, teller of the First National bank, is being trans- ferred to the First National’ bank of Grand Rapids, following out a plan of rotation which President Sheldon has established among the clerks of his banks. Mr. Pfenninger has proven himself a popular young man, and has been actively identified with both religious and educational inter- ests. His many frends hope that the changing order ot things will soon allow Mr. Pfenninger to return to our midst.—International Falls Echo, A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs, D. M. Vermilyea of Bovey on Monday of this week. The young lady is getting along on very friendly terms with her parent and grand par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. King, at whose home she has been a guest since her arrival. Dave manages to “make up cash” at the Bovey First State Bank since the advent of this charming daughter, but it all looks hke thirty cents to him compared with the wealth of joy at home. Grandpa King actually looks ten years younger this week and appears more overjoyed than Pa Vermilyea— if that were E pose. A Column of Lies. In its last issue the Deer River News devotes a column of its valueless space to a discussion of the Herald- Review and county printing, in which there is not one truthful statement made. Murry Taylor must certainly peasume that the taxpayers of this county are stupidly ignorant. He deliberately states that the laws of Minnesota require county commis- sioners to designate for public print- ing the lowest. bidder therefor. Murry Taylor isa liar, and what is more, he knows he is a liar. The iaw that formerly existed cou- taining that provision was repealed by the state legislature for the express purpose of excluding from considera. tion by county boards just such pub- lications as. are now howling at the heals of the Itasca county commuis- sioners. The Herald-Review knows that Taylor knows this statement to be true because the editor hereof heard him read the law relating thereto. Any whelp who is so_ utterly de- void of regard for what he knows to be the fact is unworthy the considera- tion of any man and we hereby dis- miss him with a final kick under the coat tail. ——_- Comparatively Well Used. “O, Hell-o” is the language in which telephone subscribers at Grand Rapids express their appreciation of the action of the Mesaba Telephone company io “raising” its rates to $3 per month for business ‘phones, and many subscribers are reported to have ordered their instruments out. In Virginia the bussiness men would appreciate a reduction in ‘phone rates to $3 per month. The good people of the Rapids seemingly do not know when they are being well] used. —Virginia Enterprise. Swindling the Farmers. A news report’ from Moose Lake says that a smooth appearing gentle- man has of late been interviewing some of the farmers of that vicinity, about starting a large produce house in Duluth. He would lay his plans carefully before the farmer and when he got through talking he would have the farmer’s money for a few shares of stock, which he said were worth $10 per share. He has operate ed very extensively around Sturgeon Lake and quite a number have been caught jn his net. . sooo NOTICE eri HE time for discount on telephone rentals. will expire Saturdax next, January 30th; payment must be mads on or before this date, if sub- scribers wish to take advant- age of the discount rate. . il SOSS SCSSOSCOCOCOCOSSCOSOO MINNESOTA WINS $230,000 IN LAND State. Victorious in Controversy Over Swamps in Indian Reservation. A victory for the state of Minnesota in the controversy over the swamp lands in Indian reservations was gained at last Wednesday’s hearing before Secretary Garfield in Washing- ton. Asa result of that hearing, the examination which has been in pro- gress to determine the character of lands clained by the state as swamp will in the future not’ only include them, but will be extended to all other Jands in these reservations, the state to get the 40-acre tracts shown to be more than half swamp and the Indians those tracts shown to be more than half dry. The state will get patents fur the lands already examined and shown to be swamp, and the patents will be is- sued in the future as fast as the ex- aminations are made and a sufficient area passed upon to make a list for that purpose. The Nnmediate gain to the state will be about 23,000 acres of land which on a valuation of $10 an acre are worth $230,000 At the hearing Senators Neison and Clapp, State Auditor Iverson and At- |GRAND RAPIDS. - - DR. JOHN DICKIE Veterinary Surgeon AND DENTIST WILL BE AT Pokegama Hotel Livery barn All work at- Or every Saturday. tended to on that day. call at office at WILSON’S LIVERY COLERAINE POSOS COVES OLV~CCS ITASCA SOUNTY ABSTRACT OFFICE ABSTRACTS, REAL ESTATE, FIRE INSURANCE. Conveyances Drawn. Taxes Paid for Non-Residents, KREMER & KING, Proprietors. Vooecoocooes coocce torney General Simpson appeared for the state. Secretary Garfield, Assis- tant Attorney General Woodruff and Commissioner Fred Dennet of the general land office, sat as a board on behalf of the government. Senator Nelson was the only one to make a statement on behalf of the state. ‘We are not here to make any pro- test against your present order :e- garding the examination inthe field,” Mr. Nelson said. ‘‘We recognize the rights of the Indians as a third party, but we do ask that in the fu- ture not only the lands included in the lists already submitted, but those within the reservations and not in- cluded in these lists, be axamined, in order that justice may be done to the state as well as to the Indians.” | ‘Nothing could be fairer than that,” said Secretary Garfield prom pt- ly and aa order will be drawn in ac- cordance with your suggestion. The land already examined and found swamp will be patented to the state, and as fast as a sufficient acreage is examined in the future :ists will be prepared and patents issued to the state for such as are found swamp. Charged With Arson. Charged with the malicious de- struction of a warehouse by fire at Big Falls, Tom and George Meagher, brothers, were held to the grand jury of Koochiching county last week. The twoboys were formerly well known in Grand Rapids, but of late years have inade their head- quarters at Big Falls. Court for Koochiching county will convene on February 9, County Attorney Frank F. Price has been retained to defend | the Meaghers. FINN SETTLERS | GOOD CITIZENS. Isaiah Henry Bradford Says They Can Build a House With an Ax—Improve the Soil. Of all the people who come from other lands to America there are none that excell the Finlanders as settlers. This isy the opiniou of Isaiah Henry Bradford of Duluth who has known the Finlanders as settlers in Hubbard’ and Wadena counties for a quarter of a century. Mr. Bradford was clerk of the court | at different times in both counties} and in that capacity dealt with the Finnish settlers for many years, says the News Tribune. * He says with no other tool than an ordinary ax a Finlander will build a house out of logs, truly squared on four sides and will put in a floor of} hard wood that will match up at the joints so that a pin could not get lost in the crack. He will dovetail the corners as neatly as though the work were done with the latest mode of machines in a furniture factory. Mr. Bradford says it is character- istic of Finnish families that they establish a school early in the settle. ment and the children learn to speak English quickly. Hesays a Finnish settler will almost invariably buy another piece of land near his origi- nal claim and that the way in which be turns tamarack swamps and marshes into hay meadows is re- markable. Once a Finnish settler is on a claim, he stays with it and makes an improved farm out of it in afew years. Mr. Bradford also has a word of commendation for the Finnish young women. He has ob- served that they almost invarirbly marry young farmers of their own nationality and that there is no tendency among them to go to the cities nor to get mto any stratum of society other than that in which they have been reared although they are generally vivacious and good looking and thoroughly Americanized so far as speech and manners are concerned. H. E. GRAFFAM REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE FIDELITY, JUDICIAL, EXCISE, CONTRACT, and Bonds issued. 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