Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 19, 1909, Page 5

— —— i ' CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF FIRST STATE BANK OF CALU KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That; -we have agreed to, and do reaigd te ourselves together as a Banking Corporation. under and Cenee tothe provisions of the Laws {of the State of Minnesota governing Banks of Discount and Deposit; and to that “end we do hereby execute under our hands and seals the,following Certificate of Incor- Poration, to-wit: FIRST. OFFICIAL OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS | PROCEEDINGS —OF THE— VILLAGE COUNCIL —OF THE— OF THE BOARD , re) Village of Grand Rapids. /§(HOOL DIRECTORS Grand Rapids, Minn. May 10, 1909. The alar meeting of the wiles cena at the council room, were Froeent, pear Hughes, K, Leroux, E.N. er and W. C. Yancey. Upon motion Keo Leroux was appointed as president pro tem. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. On motion the village attorney was in- The name of this corporation shall be the| structed to draw an ordinance requiring First State Bank of Calumet. nature of its business shall be banking, re- ceiv' pa beng sits, buying, selling and discount- ing notes, bills and other evidences of debt, domestic and foreign, g in gold silver bullion and foreign coins, issuing cir- culating notes and ning money on real estate and personal security; and the place where the business of this corporation is to | F E Patterson, line work.. be carried on is calumet, Itasca County, Min-| P Richland, work at plant. nesota, SECOND. Said corporation shall commence on the 25th | N W Electric Equipmeat day of May, A. D. 1909, and shall continue for a period of thirty years. THIRD. The names and places of residence of the incorporators, and the number of shares held ‘by each ot them are as follows; mM. Bolter, Grand Rapids, M: shares. Anselm C. Bossard, Grand Rapids, Minn., 20 shares. F. V. Wakkinen, Calumet, Minn.. 10 shares. Vernon W. Knapp, Grand Rapids, Minon., Shares. FOURTH The government of this incorporation and inn., 63| Great Northern Railway Co,, freight on The general | water main connections to be of lead pipe. On motion made and carried liquor licenses were granted to Peter Leroux. M. McAlpine, and Patelle & Cloutier, this being the time and | set for hearing applications for same. The following bills were audited and allowed: C W Forrest, draying... Thos Kerr, livery .... WC Yancey, freight etc. tric su; John Hofer, witness fess.. Chas Sawyer, work at plant. ¥ Lasarge, street work C Sterns, street work... P Herschberger, street F Lasarge, hauling cinder: The report of the village treasurer was read and ordered to be filed. Matter of construction of sidewalks was re- the management Of its affairs shall be vested | ferred to the street committee. The matter ina board of three directors. who shall be elected at the peguiae annual meetin; stockholders to be held on the first succeeding the first Monday of January of each year between the hours of 12 P, M. of the said day, The first Board of Di- rectors shall consist of the following mem- n M. Bolter, A.C. Bossard and F, V. Wakkinen, who shall hold office until the first annual meeting. and until thelr succes- sors are elected and qualified. FIFTH. The amount of the capital stock shall be Ten thousand dollars fully paid in, in cash, which shall be divided into one hundred shares of one hundred dollars each. _The capital stock may be increased from time to time by a majority vote of svockhol- ders, but not to exceed the sum of Twenty- five thousand dollars. SIXTH The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility to which the corporation shall at any time be subject shall be One million dollars. In witness whereof, we have hereunto. set our hands and seals this I4th day of May, A. D. 1909. In presence of Frances B. Winsor M. E. Winsor Robert Johnson | Meyer Cohen Anselm C, Bossard, Vernon W. Knapp, F, V. Wakkinen. Name } Leon M. Bolter, STATE OF MINNESOTA, } 8s. COUNTY OF ITASCA aia On the 14th day of May. A. D. 1909, before me, a Notary Public in and ‘for said County, rsonally appeared Leon M. Bolter, Anselm €, Bossard, Fk. V. Wakkinen and Vernon W Knapp, to me known to be the persons de- scribed in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that they each executed the same as their free act and deed. M. E. WINSOR, Fs Lszax] Notary Public, Itasca County. Minnesota. My commission expires June 4th, 1913, STATE OF MINNESOTA, \ Office of Public Examiner This is to certify that the name First State Bank of Calumet, as given in the foregoing Certificate of Inccrporation, has been approy- y me. A ae this Seventeenth day of May, A. D. ie A. SCHAEFER, fsEaL] Public Examiner STATE OF MIN emeonaet Department of State. § I hereby certify that the within instrument was filed tor record in this offiee on the 17th day of May, A. D. 1909, at2 o'clock P. M., and was duly recorded in book 1, of State Bank Kecords, on page 179. JULIUS A. SCHMAML, Secretury of State. 43961 OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS, i County of Itasca ;Minnesota. Lhereby certify that the within instrument was filed in this omce for record on the 19th day of May, A. D. 1909, at 9:30 o’clock, A. M., and was duly recorded in cook 33. of M. R., page 15. E. J, McGOWAN, Register of Deeds. Per Irene Becker, Deputy. ——————————————————— Citation for Hearing. Estate of N. Webster Gilliland, Deceased. ‘STATE oF MINNESOTA, | County of Itasca. 'j** In Probate Court. dn the Matter of the Estate of N. Webster Gilliland, Decedent: ‘The State of Minnesota to all persons inter- ested in the final account and distribution of the estate of said decedent: The representative of the above named de- cedent. having filed in this court her final account of the administration of the estate ot said decedent, together with her petition praying for the adjustment, and allowance of said final account and for distribution of the residue of said estate to the persons there- unto entitled ; Therefore you, and each of you, are hereby cited and required to show cause, if any you have before this court, at the probate court rooms in the court house, in the village of Grand Rapids, in the county of Itasca, state of Minnesota, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1909, at 10 o’olock a. m., why said peti- tion should not be granted. Witness, the judge of said court. and the seal of said court, this foo day of May, 1909. (Court Seal) Judge of Probate. James D, DoRAN, é Attorney for Petitioner. Herald-Review May 5, 12, 19, Advertisement for Bids. Whereas. Pursuant to and under authority of a majority of the electors of the town of Balsam. Itasca county, Minnesota, voting at a special election duly called for that pur- pose, the board of supervisors of said town duly passed a resolution that said town issue its coupon bonds in the aggregate sum of $10,000; $3,000 payable five years from date of issuance, $3,000 payable ten years from date ot issuance. and $4,000 peyabe fifteen years from date of issuance, a! aring interest at six per cent per annum. the proc: to be used for purposes in said resolution stated, which said resolution duly appoint the time and place of holding a meeting of said board for the receiving and opening of bids for said ‘bonds and Gesignatiag the manner of adver- tisement for said bids: A ‘Now, therefore, pursuant to said resolution notice is hereby given that at the office of Feria clork of said town of Balsam, in said town, on Tuesday the first day of ‘apa 1909, at one o'clock in the afternoon, there will be held a meeting of the board of supervisors of ‘said town to then and there receive, open and consider bids for said bonds and to effect the sale of the same. ‘Notice is further given, that any bids to be submitted may be delivered to the under- signed, as clerk of said town at his residence in said town, or through the mail directed to him at Release, Minnesota, and that he will furnish any necess: information concern- La ores ee a Oe e sale thereof. ya ter pri 5 . HERMAN BRANDON, x ‘Town Clerk. Herald-Review May 5, 12, 19. of grading alley in block 10 Houghtons addi- of the | ¢ion was referred to the street committee. ‘thursday | ‘The village attorney was instructed to pre- pare an ordinance to establish a firemens’ M. and 5) relief fund. The board of health was instructed to re- quire all alleys tobe cleaned up. The re- corder was instructed to adverties for bids for laying two blocks of water main on Sleeper avenue and two blocks on Eight street. ‘ The recorder was instructed to procure plans and specifications for a sewer on Hoffe man avenue from Seventh street north to 175 feet north of Eleventh street. On motion the council adjourned. W. C, YANCEY, DISTSICT NO. 1 Grand Rapids Minn., March 15th, 1909. Regular meeting of the school board of district No. One was held in their office, C. E. Aiken and F. E, Reusswig present. Upon motion the following pills were allowed, James geal wood for Forest Lak Tim Hoey, wood for 87 50 Julia Coolen, clea: building. 400 J F Metzge: science department. 12 St. Paul Book and Stationery company, supplies...... SPRINT Sk nb a 8 68 Mrs V Harrington, cleaning Harring- ton school building... .........+++-.... 2 50 Mrs Sarah Pehrson, cleaning Carpenter school building 3 00 EA Freeman, ex; ing We teachers. 35 58 Frank Myers. ord for wood furpisned for Forest Lake Alden Clairmont, order of John Hermans for wood furnished for Forest alee ae school...... sete ce cessens ane C E Aiken, order of John O’Brien for wood furnished for Central school. .128 15 TT Th wood for Third River 5 CO W Forest, Guy Kelly, repairing High ‘school veil The Macmillan Co., text books - Harper Bros. library books.... te Ed Trepanier, order of John Hermans for wood furnished Forest Lake William Lake, woed for Bigfo! O E Aiken, prepaid freight C H Allen & Co., pain school. Itasca Laundr; EA Freeman, orchestra. DC Heath & Co., text book: Houghton-MiMin Co, library books. John Hermans, wood furnished for Forest Lake school......-.....s--- -.+187 84 Napoleon Benoit, order of John Her- mans for wood furnished Forest Lake school... Gon 1B First National Bank, St. Paul Book & Stationer company, Mbraeg DOOKS. 0022. <5-2-cvseteeeteeces L Upon motion the mies adjourned. JAMES D. 28S sesss wo ok laun Pd work “- funds for High school Bes RES BR PROCEEDINGS MOULD SAVE THE VILLAGE OF HOLMAN. Special Meeting. HouMAN. MrNn., April 14, 1909. A special meeting of the village council of the village of Holman was held in the village hall April 14, 1909, at 3 o’clock p. m., fer the purpose of hearing liquor license applica- tions and Lory acewn other business that might properly come before the council. Present—Truetees Hodgens, Amonette and Collins and Clerk Faulkinghor. Upon ‘motion, duly seconded and carried, Trustee Hodgens was appointed president pro tem. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The following bills were aliowed: Walter Booth & Son, books and spa tton . er. Bevey Hardware Go. dors Moved by Faulkinghor, seconded by Collins, that the following applications for liquor licenses be granted and bonds approved. and that upon treasurer's receipe of money paid the president and clerk be instructed to issue licenses as follows: Earnest Johson, bonded by Banks Surety Company. Schalga & Nygart, bonded by U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. Mike Kalamber., bonded by U.S. Fidelity & Guaragty Co. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, the application of Harry Witz to sell intoxi- cating liquors was denied, as granting of said license would not be legal. Moved by Trustee Collins. seconded by Trastee Amonette, that the bond of Justice Faulkinghor, with John Costello and W.C. ‘Tyndall as sureties, be approved. Motion being carried by unanimous vote, The meeting then adjourned te regular meeting in May. JAMES HODGENS. Attest: President pro tem. JOHN FAULKINGHOR, Village Clerk. Special Meeting. HouMAN, Mrnn., Apri! 17, 1909. A special meeting of the village council of the vi oer of Holman. held the {ith day of April 1909. at 2 o'clock P. m., for the purpose of considering the aig ing of a well for the use of said village of Holman. Present—President Johnson, Trustees Hod- gens and Cojlins and Clerk Faulkinghor. John Loyd was present and offered to dig and curb a well seventy-five feet deep, and to be paid for as follows: $2.00 per foot for the first twenty-five feet; $3.00 per foot for the second twenty-five feet and $4.00 per foot for the third twenty-five feet. a.l labor and tools to be furnished by him; all material used in curbing of said well to be furnished by the village, and he further agreed to haye the well completed in thirty days, the eure council having the privilege of stopping the digging of the well at any depth that they may see fit. Moved by Hodgens, seconded by Collins. that the proposition of said John Lloyd be accepted and the president and clerk be in- structed to have tLe same put in form of con- tract and execute the same in behalf of the said village of Holman. The motion was carried by a unanimous vote. Trustee Collins and Clerk Faulkinghor were appointed a committee of two to pur- chase all material necessary for said well, There being no further bussiness the meet- ing was then adjourned to the regular meet- ing in May. ROBERT JOHNSON, Attest: President. JOHN FAULKINGHOR, Village Clerk. In the district court of the United States for the district of Minnesota, Fifth division, In the Matter of FREDERICK BURTON WINSLOW, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy To the creditors of Frederick Burton Wins- low, in the county of Itasca and district aforesaid, a bankrupt. Notice is hereby given that on the 13th day of May, A.D. i the said Frederick Burton Winslow was adjudicated bankrupt; and that the first_ meeting of his creditors will be held at Suite 604 Palladio building, Duluth, Minnesota, on the 3ist day of May, A. D. 1909, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims and appoint a trustee, ex- amine the bankrupt and transact such other business as may properly come before said Meeting. Dated May 13th, A. D. 1909. WILLIAM O. PEALER, Referee in Bankruptcy. Feank F, Price and C. L. Pratt, Attorneys for Bankrupt. Herald-Review May 19. This twenty-six thousand dollars for the conviction of criminals and the relief of poverty may have been justly expended uvder the circum- stances, but while we expend so much to run down the unfortunate criminal aod to relieve the poor, would it not also be well fo look into the cause of this horrible catalog of crime and poverty, and to devote some attention to its prevention, rather than so much to its relief. The convicted criminal is a crimi- nal still, and the family whose hus- band and father is a worthless drunkard finds smal! solace and but little help from the hand of pnblic charity. It is time a halt was called to this unnatural and unnecessary expense, and from the farmers’ standpoint more than any other, for it is against the land that this tax will be largely charged. In some ofthe counties the land tax has already nearly reached the limit, and for what? Not for roads or bridges, the crying need of the country, but for court trials—for the trials of crime—crime that has its origin in the saloon; in the drunken- ness, idleness, poverty and political degredation that they cause. Saloons are built for the so-called “lumber jack” and “miner.” ‘They will spent their money anyway” ’tis said, “so it don’t matter.” But it has mattered in that the men who have tried to make an honest living; to make their homes here, and to buila up the country, are now having to pay over twenty-thousand dollars a year in taxes in asingle county for criminal courts, poor houses and the burial of paupers. That tax is needed for.the building of roads and schools, for the develop- ment of the country. Remove the liquor traffic and it may be. . If the only effects of the saloon were in an increased tax it might be borne, but this is only secondary to the waste of time and industry they cause to the able-bodied men who cease steady employment and become saloon-loafers and tramps—worth- less to themselves, a disgrace to their families, and a burden to the public. You seethat man ino the gutter and you scorn him a worthless druok- ard. But that mana few years ago was on a farm—a producer—a benefit tothe whole community. Through driok he has become what he is. You may put himin jail at the ex- pense of the taxpayers but if that saloon had not been there that man would have been an industrious citizen. We tolerate the saloon for the miserable license it pays, believing it a source of revenue; but no saloon has ever yet created one dollar. That man the saloon made a drunk- ard and a pauper was a producer. His labor might have cleared upa farm from which more of the neces- duced. Had his money rot been Spent in the saloon 1t would have been expended for a better home, for farm machinery, for merchandise. Who willsay that such a man is not worth more to a community than the 8500 license the saloon buys its existence with. But every saloon in Northeastern Minnesota is the ruination of more thanone man every year. The miner, had he not bees thrown in contact with the saloon, would have saved his money and ina few years bought a farm, He would have become a producer, and his labor on the farm would result in cheaper and better farm preducts for the people in town. But you saw coly the license money from the saloon as being helpful to the town and you allowed the saloon to poision and rob him. You got part of his money through the license, itis true, but you will pay it back twice ever in the results that will fol- low. The results are adepraved man —robbery, murder—court trials; a burdensome tax for the conviction of criminals instead of for the upbuild- ing of the country. The saloons and their followers have had their way. They have filled |- the jails and poor huuses and the potters’ fields, and placed an indebt- edness on many sections of the coun- try that will take years to remove. The man in the lumber business need not care. He could leave the country when the trees were down, but the farmer is here to stay. The farmer’s business is one in which the home and family consti- tute the foundation. The saloon. more than all other evils combined, is most disastrous to the home. That farm woman waiting there on the corner, with faded clothes anda careworn face, and toil-worn hands, represents a home that knows the blighting influence of the saloon. “When,” she asks, ‘‘are the saloons to be removed from this town? I heard that they were going to be. The timber we had on the farm that might have made us cumfortable my busband spent for liquor, and now he is spending what little we can make on the farm, and I don’t know what to do.” That same cry is in the hearts of hundreds of farm women who come here to the wilderness and have borne its privations and hardships and lone- liness, and year by year their hopes have died until they ‘don’t what to do.” God forbid that this state of affairs sbould longer exist. The saloon stands in the way of progressive farming—in poisoning the farmer who drinks and breaking the hearts of his family; 1n robbing the farmer who does not drink through taxation for crime and poverty; in de- grading the working men of the woods and mines who otherwise would seek homes on the land through their earnings and become useful citizens. The saloons must go if Northeast- ero Minnesota is to becume the pros- perous farming section that its rich resources entitles it to be. Notice to Taxpayers. To all Owners of Real Estate in Itas- ca County, Minn.: Take notice: That on June 1, 1909. a ten per cent penalty will be added to all current real estate tax not paid on or before that date. A. A. KREMER, County Treasurer. Now is the Time to Buy A PERFECTION Kerosene Stove 3 Burner with cabinet — $16.00 3 Burner without cabinet $10.50 2 Burner without cabinet $8.50 1 Burner without cabinet $2.65 HENRY HUCHES & CO. THE POPULAR STORE] > GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA For SALE—Safe, good as new; en- sities of life could have been pro- quire of Miss Sickler, (Grand Rapids ae Sale of School and Other State Lands STATE OF te pens FO AR a coh ee State Audi- St.Paul, April 19, 1909. y given that on is hereb: and date and at the time and place here- ed below in this notice, in the Office the spocuys county named in the State of I will offer for sale the fol- st unsold state lands, and the following described state lands, which have reverted to the state by reason of the non-payment of interest will also be then ‘and there offered for resale. Fif- teen per cent of the price and interest on the unpaid balance from the date of sale to June ist, 1910, must be paid at the time of the sale, The balance of the purchase money can be paid at any time, in whole or LA ones within forty years of the time of the sal rate of interest on the unpaid the purchase money will be four per cent pe annum, payable in advance on June it of each year, provided the principal remains unpaid for ten years; but if the rincipal is paid ore the expiration of en years from the date of the sale the rate of interest on the unpaid balance of the purchase money will be five per cent per annum; interest is pare in ad- vance on June ist of each year. Pion of Cae Cage ts nies terest payments are in default can have their certincates reinstated on pa before the sale, of the interest in full to date and the penalties thereon, when the lands covered thereby will be withdrawn sale. All mineral rights are reserved by the state. All sales made will be subject to the provisions of Chapter No. 299 of the General Laws of 1905. SAMUEL G. IVERSON, State Auditor. 4 ITASCA COUNTY. Gale at Court House, Grand Rapids, June 80, 1909, at 9 o’Clock A. M. UNSOLD LAND. PARTS OF SECTIONS. Sec. Tp. Bg. 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STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Itasca, Village of Grand Rapids. Notice is hereby given that application has been made in writing to the village couacil of the said village of Grand Rapids and filed in my Office, praying for license to sell intoxi- eating liquors for a term commencing on the 22nd day of May. 1909, and terminating oa the 2istday of May, 1910, by the follow- ng person and at the following place as stated in said application, to-wit: HERMAN BOLIN In the southeast frontroom on the first floor of the building situated on lots 23 and 24 block 26 in the original eS of Grand Rapids, in the village of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Said application will be heard and deter- mined by said village council at the council room inthe Village hall in said village on Monday. the 14th day of June, 1909, at 8:00 o'clock p. m., of that day. Ww. C, YANOEY, Village Recorder. Herald-Review, May 12, 19. Notice. Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the board of auditors in and for the county of Itasca, Minnesota, to be held at the office of the county auditor, in the village of Grand Rapids, in said county, on Tuesday the Ist day of June, 1909, proposals will be received for the payment of interest on mont! balances of the funds of said county. Each { bid for a deposit to state the security offered y | to said county for funds so deposited. each of said bidato bealso conditioned that said coun- ty funds with accured interest shall be sub- ject to draftand payment at alltimes upon demand. : Further, that at saidtime and place said board of auditors will also receive proposals for interest to be paid on any portion of f county funds which may be deposited for | any certain length of time, each bid to state the security offered forsuch funds so de- posited. ig atGrand Rapids, Minn., May Lith, NE(L MULLINS, Chairman of County Board, I. D. RASSMUSSEN, Clerk of Court. M. A. SPANG. County Auditor. Board of Auditors, Itasca Oounty, Minn. ; Herald-Review May 12, 19. ; ’ GTS CONCERNING. TASCA COUNTY (Continued from page 1. ee ern part of the state in the famous “Park Region.” Itasca countv lies within the area covered by glaciers in by-gone ages. The soils, as they exist in the county today, are nearly as they were left in the retreat of the ice and subsidence n (| of the floods. They are marked by a i great diversity of character, and vary from a stiff clay, usually light col- } ored, toa sand or gravel. Sand pre- | dominates, but is generally fine, | mixed with silt and clay, and uader- laid at varying depths by the clay. 1 | The same causes which distributed i the soils, left the surface rolling, aod Bi) | sometimes broken, thus providing na- tural drainage The county has a large number of lakes of clear, pure water, many of which rival the most famous lakes of the world in beauty. The Missis- sippi river, ‘‘Father of Waters,” flows southeast throngh the county fora distance of 200 miles. Large portions of the county are heavily timbered | ns Cea with the folluwing varieties: Maple, oak, elm, ash, birch, pine, norway, poplar, spruce, cedar and tamarack, which are rapidly being cut and man- ufactured into lumber, etc. The area of the county is 2.844 square miles, or 1,819,676.52 acres, of which 1,690,907.91 acres are land and 128,768.61 acres are water. Some parts of the county are supplied with U. 8. = mail rural free delivery and telephone systems. The population of the county in 1905 was 11,529, of which 7,422 were native born, the foreign population being as follows: Germany, 254; Swe- den, 967; Norway, 714; Great Britain and Ireland, 13,29; Denmark, 78; Fin- land, 433; Austria, 122; other coun- tries, 120. Their occupations are the various agricultural pursuits, iron mining and lumbering, together with manufacturing industries, of which the county has 32, with an inyested capital of $312,704. [The population at the present time may be estimated at 18,000.] The cereal crop, and average bushel per acre, according to the last statis- tics, were as follows: wheat, 16.16 bushels, oats, 28.27 bushels; barley, 17.14 bushels; corn, 25.28 bushels; rye, 10 bushels. The hay crop had an average of 1.69 tons per acre and in vegetables, potatoes averaged 126.52 bushels; on- | ions, 271.57 bushels, and miscellaneous vegetables had an average value per acre of $72.41. Darying, live stock, poultry and small fruit raising are carried on in this county. The live stock of the ; county in 1907 was as follows: horses, ¥ 1,913; assessed value per head, $70.05; ! cattle, 2,582; assessed value per head, $21.67; sheep, 243; average value per head, $2.28; swine, 492; average value | per head, $3.78, | The county bas eight banks, the : deposits of which are $800,000. It has 49 rural schools, 6 graded schools, 1 high school, 16 churches, with denom- inations as follows: Methodist, Pres- byterian, Episcopal, English and Swe- dish Lutheran and Catholic. It also has 6 newspapers. It has 13 villages, viz: Grand Rap- ids, county seat, population, 3,000: Bovey, 1,200; Cohasset, 600; Deer Riv- er, 1,000; Nashwauk, 1,200; Coleraine, 600; Bigfork, 200.