Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 26, 1909, Page 1

VoL. XVI.—No. 49. Pg Herald-Neview. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepnzspay, May 26, 1909. SOLDIERS DEAD: SOLDIERS LIVIN Will be Honord by Grand Rapids in Befitting Manner Next Sunday, May 30 SERVICES AT ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH All Old Soldiers Will Attend Church Service at 10 O’clock—Appre- priate Program to be Rendered and Sermon by Fr. Buechler in befitting manner the thirtieth of May will be observed in Grand Rapids this year, as has loug been the custom. When Memorial day falls on Sunday the decoration of soldiers’ graves place on Mon- day the 31st, an ad the soldiers attend services al churchina body. This year B. F, Huson Post G. A. R. of Grand Rapids, the Ladies of the G. A. R. and the Order of Red Men, and any other local civic socie- ties that may see fit ty do so, will attend services at St. Joseph’s Catholic church next Sunday. All old soldiers are requested to meet at the court house at 9 o’clock a, m. Sunday morning, from where they will march to the church. The local societies and all uthers who will join in observance of the day are request- ed to meet at the same time and place to march with the soldiers to the church not later than 9:30. The procession will leave the court house at 10 o’clock. The doors of the church will not be opened to the general public until after the soldiers and others in the procession have entered. The following program will be rendered. PROGRAM Processional.......,....«2 Reveille and Prelude Orchestra Solemn High Mass, Very Reverend Buechler, D.D., Celebrant Kyrie in E, flat........ Gloria in E. fiat - Leonard Leonard Choir Epistle Interlude Gospel Veni Creator.... ...sceceesere seer Mozart SERMON By Very Rev. Buechler, D. D. Credo, Choir...... sine on'eeoced swe 4 eneney ADORE Offertory National Anthems Orchestra Sanctus. -++++.-Leonard Benedictus soe seeeees. Leonard Choir Pater Noster Interlude........ 00.6.5 see eeeeee . Orchestra Agpus Dei Sadadion ... Leonard Choir Postlude ..... . ... Orchestra Recessional .-National Airs Orchest The assembled congregation with full orches- tra—‘My Country Tis of Thee” Orchestra... i LaMarsaillaise CALUMET HAS A $30.000 FIRE LOSS Six Business Houses on Main Street of Village Burns to the Ground. Calumet, Minn., May 26—[Special to the Herald-Review}—A fire that originated in the store building of Fienberg & Rose about 10 o’clock last night destroyed six of the princi- pal business buildings of this village, entailing an estimated loss of $30,500. The fire started on the interior of the building occupied by Fienberg & Rose asa clothing store, and the strong wind blowing at the time. with no means at hand to fight the flames left the entire street at the mercy ofthe fire fiend. The origin of the fire is unknuwo. The total insurance carried on the destroyed buildings, bousehold goods and merchandise was $11,500. The buildings aud contents burned were the following: Max Crow], saloon and residence, loss $3,000; insurance, $1.500. Fienberg & Rose, clothing, loss 000; no insurance. alvor Aas, saloon and residence, loss $8,000; insurance $2,000. Gilbo & McGuire, saloon and resi- dence, loss $3,000; insurance, $2,000. Oscar eke saloon, loss $2,500; OTe peat building, $2,000; in- surance unknown; vccupied by Lieberman & Seigel, clothing, loss $2,000; no insurance. Cohen & Zeman, two-story building just completed and stocked witb clothing, loss $10,000; insurance, 7250. ; DISTRICT COURT STILL GRINDING The Calendar is Still a Weighty Re- cord of Cases Not Yet Disposed of-—Marki Girl Acquitted. The case that attracted most atten- tion at this term of the district court was that of the state against Sinia Marki, the Bovey girl charged with infanticide. C..C. McCarthy and Vic- tor Gran appeared for the defendant and County Attorney Frank F. Price represented the state. The trial of the case lasted about two days, and resulted in a verdict of not guilty by the jury. It is said that the first vote taken was unanimous for acquit- tal, but the verdict was not immedi- ately returned. The case was ably handled, both by the attorneys for the defense and by the state's attorney. The defen- dant was a Finlander girl nineteen years of age, who came to*Bovey last October frum Crystal Falls, Mich. The dead bodv of a newborn infant boy was found in a Coleraine lumber yard on the 22nd of last month. Circumstances surrounding the case and actions of the girl pointed strong- ly to her guilt. About the time of the finding of the child’s remains the girl left Bovey and was traced to Houghton, Mich., by an officer. She was brought back to face the charge of infanticide. The court instructed the jury that theif verdict must be murder in the first degree or acquit- tal. The evidence presented was by nO means ‘conclusive of guilt of the accused and the verdict is geoerally approved. The cases of the state vs. Nick Podovac No 1, Nick Pudovac No. 2and Eli Vracar, tried last week, resul! in the conviction of the twe for assault in the first and ibe degrees respectively. Eli Vracar found not guilty. They were charg- ed with having assaulted John Gjawains at Bovey, and inflicting several knife wounds. The jury disagreed in the case of Axel Person, charged with perjury in the securing of a town warrant from the town of Arbo. The case will be retried. ‘ Hannis E. Randabl, indicted by the grand jury last fall on three separate counts for falsely auditing and allowing bills, etc.,asclerk of the town of Arbo, was brought up for trial Monday, A jury was secured, sworn and one witness called when Randahl’s attorneys, Spear & Stone, demurred to the indictment. The attorneys held that as clerk of the town board, the defendant had noth- ing to do with the auditing and allowing of claims. The objection was sustained and the defendent dis- charged. This morning Judge Mc- Clienahan discharged all jurymen and ordered the sheriff to report a special panel of twenty-four jurymen for to- morrow at 9 o’clock. The next case to be called will be that of the state against Andrew H. Randahl, for falsely auditing and allowing claims against the town of Arbo, -as ap official. Mayor Johnson in Town. Mayor Robert Jobnson of the vill- age of Holman was a business Visitor in Grand Rapids Monday. He was one of the parties interested in the adjustment of damage claims to lands used by the Great Norchern Railway company for right-of-way purposes ip io the construction of the extension to Grand Rapids. The matter was up in Judge McClenahan’s court Monday afternoon for final settle- ment. The Holman chief executive has a fine hotel property in the new town of Calumet, in which place he takes a lively interest, and predicts that it will be one of the very best towns on the Western Mesaba range. He is trying to adjust his business affairs so that he may pay a visit to his parents this summer in Sweden, whom he has not seen for eighteen years. Assessors to Hold Two Years. Assessors elected this spring will hold their office two years instead of one asin former years, the legisla- ture having passed a law to that effect. The purpose of the law, we presume, isto prevent the too fre- quent changes in that important office, past experience having demon- strated that any assessor deviating from the old custom of listing pro- perty, no matter how efficient bis service, met defeat at the ensuing election. Another point gained by the new law is that an assessor’s first year of histerm will require the assessment of persona! property only, and in his second year when required to assess both personal and © pro- perty he will haye at least one year’s experience, HERALO-REVIEW'S NEW TYPESETTER Mergenthaler Linotype Machine In- stalled in This Printery With Which to Set the Type. TAKES PLACE OF HAND COMPOSITION An Important Addition to Present Facilities That Improves and Increases Capacity to Give the Public the News. This article is composed on the Herald-Review’s new Junior Lino type machine, which has just beep installed. The accompanying picture is a very good representation of the appearance of the instrument as it stands ready for operation. It is one of the modern marvels of invention that a few years ago was regarded by printers as impossible of perfec- tion. The old-time printer wa want to ridicule the idea of producing a mechanical device that would set type. The points impossible to over- come were many and plain to us all. Yet today it is a realization and has System that has heretofore prevailed since its establishment. This will make possible the publishing of a largely increased amount of Itasca county news, and at the same time Bive to every advertiser desiradle Possitions for the display of business announcements. Hereafter special attention will be given to country correspondence. This feature of the Herald-Review will be made creditable to every sec- tion of the county, wherever it is pos- sible to secure service. Special de- partments will be given to surround- ing villages and townships, making he Herald-Review the real home Paper of every community within the borders of the county. The work produced on the machine this week is not that of an. expert op- erator, Mr. M. A. Boorman, foreman of the Herald-Review, having under- taken the mastery of its intricacies with no help whatever except his nat- ura) mechanical ability, which, by the way, is far above the average. He unpacked and put together the several Parts with no guide except the in- structions given in a catalogue. We wil venture to say that it was put in as safely, as correctly and as rapidly as could have been done by one of the manufacturer’s experts. The composition used in this issue igs done partly by hand and partly on the machine, hence the difference in appearance of one celumn from another. An experienced operator will set as much type in a given time on the ma chine as can be set by three fast compositors in the old way. The power used is a one-quarter ve i) been for a number of years. The price of the machine, however, makes it prohibitive to most country pub- lishers, and the Mergenthaler Lino- type is not in general use outside the cities. While it is but a small piece of machinery, occupying a floor space of only about four feet square, its cost is about as much, including the necessary equipment, as the average country printery in its entirety, The rapidly increasing business of the Herald-Review made it necessary for the publisher to make the invest- ment. In a short time the Herald- Review will be an all home print pa- horse electric motor. The metal used is melted by gasoline heat and each line is cast on a body of solid metal, and when used is remelted and re- used indefinitely. The extra time required in setting up and getting the new printer start- ed encrouched largely upon other work this week, and if a considerable amount of expected news matter is not found herein the reason will be understood. 5 The Herald-Review extends an in- yitation to the people of Grand Rapid to call and see this really remark- able meehanical device in operation. —_ eee Held to The Grand Jury. George Moffot, an old-timer in Itas- ca county, and Matt Fay, also well known hereabouts, were brought down from Dear River today and lodged in the county jail. They are bound over to the grand jury by Justice Burges of Deer River on a charge of stealing two suit cases from the Great Northern station at Deer River. They are alleged to have taken the stolen property to the Everton Hotel and made an inspec- tion of the contents of the traveling bags by cutting them open with a knife. ——— SS -—SCSTTlClUle . e Dangerous Forest Fires. There is great danger of destruct- ive forest fires, and much damage is feared unless this section is favored with rain at once. There has been a@ fire in the woods east of town since yesterday morning. A crew of men under the direction of Road Overseer Bowden was out last night and they succeeded in saving a large amount of cord wood belonging to D. M. Gunn east of towm ; Yesterday a fire alarm called out the department toa fire in the Gilbert cedar yards in the west end of town. The blaze was shortly extinguished with but little damage. MINNESOTA SOCIETY. Two Dollars a Year. per abolishing the “patent inside” | PREPARING FOR THE NEXT TERM Teachers Re-Engaged to Teach in Grand Rapids Public Schools For Term of 1909-10. The school board of district No. 1 has practically engaged the complete core of teachers for the term begin- ning next September throughout the big district. The list of ‘those en- gaged forschools outside of Grand Rapids is published in another column of this issue in the official board proceedings. The new teachers engaged for the High school are: High School/Principal, Miss Mary Lothrop of University of Minn. Science and German, Richard Kreu- ger of University of Minn. Latin, Miss Ada Kremer. English and matbematics, Florence Burlingame. Eighth grade and high school, Miss Katherine Fiske. Eighth Grade, Miss Kelurah Cobb. SPECIAL TEACHERS Domestic science, Miss Dalziel, University of Chicago. Manual training, Mr. F. Schuma- cher, Sioux Falls, S. D. Music and drawing, Miss Amelia Denewith, Morris, Il), CENTRAL SCHOOL Miss Honora Hessian, and seventh grade. ”” Miss Effie Hall, sixth grade. fifth grade. Miss Carmen Miller, fourth grade. Miss Alida Holmes, third grade. Miss Katherine Doran. second grade. Mrs. Clara Grove, first grade. Miss Bessie Santee, kindergarten. FOREST LAKE SCHOOL Miss Anna Sampson, fifth and sixth grades. Miss Ruth Backes, fourth grade. Miss Margaret Aiton, third grade. Miss Irene Norby, second grade. Miss Viola Backes first grade. Two of the teachers appointed to the Grand Rapids schools. are young ladies who received their first school training in this town, and who grew to womanhood here, viz: Miss Ada Kremer and Miss Katherine Doran. They have both received special training for school work in colleges and normals. Miss Kremer has been instructor in Latin at Wadena dur- ing the past four years. This year she was selected by Inspector of High Schools Aiton to write the Latin questions submitted to High school pupils of the state and to superintend the marking of the some. This was certainly a very flattering compliment to Miss Krem- er’s ability asa Latin student and instructor. Miss Doran returns to Grand Rapids after two years experi- ence as teacher in the schools of Tower and Ely, with the very highest recommendations from the superin- tendents of both of those schools. Prof. C. L. Newberry, who had charge of two terms of summer school in Grand Rapids, and who is quite well known here, as superintendent of the Ely schools writes to the school buard that he has no hesitence in recommending Miss Doran for her splendid ability as a teacher. It is not the custom of the school board to employ resident teachers, especially before they have had ex- perience in other places. This posi- tion is well taken for the reason that every resident holaer of a certificate would feel that they should be given prefence in the home schools. This system would svon reduce the effici- ency of the instructors or cause a great deal of hard feeling. In these two instances, however, their ac- quisition to the faculty should be a matter of congratulation. The following teachers declined re- election for the ensuing year: Misses Ellen Roe, Mary Lathrop, Henrietta Fairall, Anna Whiting, Helen Murray, Mabel Edmunds, and Mr. Paul Stanton. Memorial Day Supper. The Swedish Lutheran Aid society will serve supper Memorial Day, May 31, at Village hall. They are pre- pared to serve a large crowd and shall appreciate to see their many friends come and help the good cause. will begin to serve at five o’clock and will continue as long as orders are re- ceived. The Swedish Lutheran ladies have a well merited reputation for the excellence of the meals they serve and are deserving of liberal patronage. BILL OF FARE: Miss Matie principal Veal Loaf GANISTEO. DISTRICT BEGINS TO SHIP ORE Three Trains a Week Will be Sent to the Mesaba Docks at Duluth Beginning at Once HOLMAN WILL BE FIRST SHIPPER Canisteo and Walker Will Also Joi the Shipping List This Season —Some Figures on Roy- alties Now Being Paid The most important feature of the iron mining industry last week was the apnouncement that active shipping will. begin on the western Mesaba this week. ‘The Holman mine, an open pit operated by the United States Stee] corporation, will start to send ore regularly to the docks of the Duluth, Mesaba & Northern in Duluth, says the News Tribune. One shovel will be used inore at the outstart. The ore will be refined at the washing plant which will re- move the silica, leaving the ore of Bessemer quality. After being wash- ed the concentrates will be sent to Duluth. The Canisteo and the Walker outputs probably will begin shipping early in July or the latter part of June. The ore will be washed at the so- called temporary plant which hereto- fore has been used for experimental work. The new concentrating plant is being rushed to completion and when finished will refine the output of the Canisteo, Walker and Holman mines, and other properties which may be opened up and which may have iron of low percentage. Fifty- seven cars of concentrates were sent to Vuluth last week and it is expect- ed that about three trains a week will be sent out for the present. After an expenditure of about $10,0000,00. the United State Steel corporation is beginning to reap the benefits of its investment on the Western Mesaba. Accordiag to the contract with the Hill interests the corporation agrees to take out 2,250,- 000 tons this year. If it takes out 200,000 ton it will be doing well as only the temporary washing plant will be in operation. Itis not pro- bable that this figure will be ap- proached. The corporation will pay a royalty on two and one-quarter millions of tons evenif that much ore is not mined. For the next few years the tonnage on which royalty will be paid are: 1910, 3,000,000; 1911, 3,750,000; 1912, 4,500,000; 1 250,000; 1914, 6,000,- 000; 1915, 6,750,000; 1916, 7,500 000. The annual increase of 750,000 tons is maintained until the yearly ship- ments are 8,250,000. Thereafter the royalties will be paid on that basis of output. The yearly increase in roy- alties is 3.4 cents a ton. In 1947 the corporation will pay $3.01. The price per ton includes the cost of transportation to the docks at the head of Lake Superior and the terms of the lease guarantee the traffic to the Great Northern railroad. The cost of transportation is 80 cents a ton, making the actual royalty for this year, 91.8 cents. While this may seem exorbitant to some, it is not as high as it may appear. The Kellogg mine near Biwabik pays a royalty of $1 a ton which does not include any- thing but the privilege of taking out the ore. The New York State Steel company pays this royalty regardless of whether any ore is mined. The avers age royalty on the Mesaba range pro- bably is about 40 cents a ton. The basis of the Hill royalties is on ore containing 59 per cent of iron, but not one tenth of the ore on the leased properties comes within strik- ing distance of this precentage. The royalty on 49 per cent ore last year was 35 cents. It takes two tons of orein the ground to makeone ton after washing, roughly speaking, so it isevident that the United States Steel corporation did not make as unfavorable a deal as many believe. The report that half a million of tons of ore may be sent down from the Western Mesaba this year is evi- dently erroneous as the capacity of the temporary washing plantis said | to be from 700 to 1,000.a day. With- Continued on page four. HISTORICAL