Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 2, 1909, Page 1

Vor, XVI.—No, 50. GRAND RAPIDS NINTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT An Even Dozen Graduates Will Receive Diplomas From Grand Rapids High School COMMENCEMENT OPENS TONIGHT Program Begins With Manual Train- ing, Domestic Science and Art Exhibit, Continuing until Tues- day Night June 8th THE CLASS ROLL RAYMOND SISLER ALBERT RAY TUEL WALTER AMOS REUSSWIG HERBERT RICHARD GROVE MADGE IRENE McGEE CORRIE EVELYN McGEE EMMA JOY FREDERICK DONALD FRASER HAROLD JAMES LUTHER LESTER JOHN LOFBERG WILLIAM JAMES McALPINE JEROME HENRY MEYERS The ninth annual commencement exercises of the Grand Rapids High School will open this evening at the auritorium, with the following inter- esting program for the week, which closes next Tuesday evening. Wednesday evening, June 2nd—mar ual training, domestic science and art exhibit. Friday evening, June 4th—Highth grade commencement. Saturday evening, June 5th,—Class night exercises. Sunday evening, June 6th,—Class sermon. Monday evening, June 7th—Class play. Tuesday evening, June 8th—Com- mencement. There will be graduated this year nine boys and three girls, the largest class in the history of the school. The nine boys began and complete their High school work in Grand Rapids. During the past five years that closes with the present term, that class with the present term, there will have been graduated from this school a total of forty-three pupils—twenty-three boys and twenty girls. Superintendent E. A. Freeman has been at the head of the Grand Rapids schools during these years of splendid progress in our educational history. The percentage of young men gradu- ates over the number of girls is signally remarkable and bespeaks much in favor of the management of the local schools. The percentage of girl graduates the country over is generally much greater than that of boys. This is accounted for by the fact that it is more difficult to keep boys in school to the graduation per- iod than girls—much more difficult to keep them interested in High school work. To do this requires tact on the part of the instructors, and especially is good management and skill required of the superinten- dent. In this capacity has Supt. Freeman shown his qualifications to an extent that stamps him as one of the most successful educators. in the state. Grand Rapids is indeed fortunate in possessing his services to direct our public schools. Walter Reusswig has been chosen salntatorian, and his subject will be “Abraham Lincoln.” Emma Frederick is the class val- edictorian, ‘Woman Her Sphere,” being the subject selected. These honors are won in contest, the judges deciding as in similar cases. Walter Sissler was declared the third highest in marks received. The students winning first and sec- ond honors have received free scholor ships in Carleton and McAllister Grand Uapids ap set et ass ES - Granp Rarips, ITasca County, Minn., Wepnespay, JUNE 2, 1909. colleges and Hamlin University. All members of the class will par- ticipate in the class night program. The commencement sermon will be delivered sat High school auditorium Sunday evening next by Rev. S. G. Briggs, D. D., and Rev. Miron D. Shutter, D. D. will deliver the class address Tuesday evening. His sub- ject will be “A Working Theory of Life.” no No charge for admission to any of the exercises will be made except to the class play on Monday evening, when the tickets will be 25 and 35 cents and 10 cents extra for reserv- ed seats s Following is the program for “‘clas night,” Saturday evening, June 5th: Overture—High School Orchestra. Salutatory ‘‘Abraham Lincoln” Reusswig. Essay, ‘‘Child Labor’’ Albert Tuel. Chorus, ‘“‘Won’t you come and dance with me” Girls’ Glee Club. Class Prophecy, Herbet Grove. Piano Solo, Selected, Corrie McGee. Oration, “Back to the Soil,” Raymond Sisler. Class Gifts, Lester Lofberg. ‘Walter Chorus, “The Postillion’ High School Chorus. Oration, ‘‘America for Whom” Jerome Meyers. Class Will, William McAlpine. Selection, High School Orchestra. Presentation of Class Gift, Donald Fra- ser, Class President. Vocal Solo, Selected, Irene McGee. Valedictory, ‘‘Woman her Sphere,” Em- ma Frederick. Music, Selected, Orchestra. On Monday evening, June 7th, the class play will be given by the fol- lowing cast of characters, in the play entitled ‘‘Charley’s Aunt:” =, a Chas. Wrychoff—A College Boy, Jerome Meyers. John Chesney—His Chum, Herbert Grove. Sir Francis Chesney—‘Jacg’s” Father, Walter Ruesswig. Lord Fencourt Babberly—‘‘Babbs,”” Donald Fraser. Mr. Spetigne—A Stern Guardian, Raymond Sisler. “Brassett’’—A College Servant, Lester Lofberg. ia Footman— Albert Tuel. Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez — Charley’s Aunt, Emma Fredericks. Miss Amy Spetigne—Mr. Spetigne’s Neice Irene McGee. Miss Kitty Verdun—Mr. Spetigne’s Ward, 7 Corrie McGee. Orphan, Miss Ella: Delchy—An 3 " May Benton, *10. Acted Suspiciously. During the noon hour last Wednes- day, while Sheriff Riley was at din- ner one of his young sons reported to him that two men and a woman were looking through the bars of the windows in the rear of the jail. The sheriff went out to investigate and found the woman and one man ap- parently standing guard while the other man was trying to work his arm between the bars. The man and woman on watch said ‘‘sheriff,” and the three started torun. He called to them to halt. They refused to do so, however, and ran east on the wagon road crossing over to the rail- road track. Sheriff Riley ran into his office for arevolver and gave chase. R. W. Heideman and Kd. Holum saw the men and woman being persued by the sheriff and they, with others, joined in pursuit. The woman and man with her when first seen were caught and returned to the bastile. The three suspicious visi- tors were Austrians, from Bovey. The woman had been an inmate of the jail during the winter, having been held as a witness. She and her companions were here to consult G, Spear inthe matter of securing a divorce for the woman who desires to separate from her husband. They explained that they went to the jail for the purpose of seeing some Aus- trians confined there, as Spear ad- vised them they might do. The two caught were brought before Justice Bailey and fined $2.50 each for tres- pass. The man whohad his hand through the bars is still at large, but he is known to Sheriff Riley. Whether the visitors were intent upon doing any mischief is not known, buttheir actions were sus- picious. Please Take Notice. It has been called to my attention that some members of visiting clubs contracted certain obligations and had charges made to the Grand Rap- ids Base Ball club, and to me as man- ager. I wish to announce that it will be our aim to pay cash as we go this season and nut run in debt as hereto- fore. In order to do this it will be necessary to confine the authority of purchasing supplies, or otherwise con- tracting in the name of the club, to the manager, and thus avoid misun- derstanding and the creation of bad debts. Hereafter. as manager of the Grand Rapids base ball team, I shall refuse to pay any debts contracted without my verbal or written order. This will apply under all circum- stances. M. EB. Winsor, Manager G, R. Base Ball Team. I ec ea me a ra pe a ptr tie eet a en DISTRICT COURT — |TWO HOT GAMES HAS ADJOURNED| AT GRAND RAPIDS Judge McClenaban Adjourns Court |Honors Divided on Games Between to June 10 and Goes to Crow the Grand Rapids and Wing County. Brookston Terms. Last Friday evening Judge Mc-j It now begins to look as though Clenahan temporarily withdrew from Grand Rapids fans are to be given Itasca county to take up court duties | Somthing to fan themselves with this at Brainerd, a term being in progress) Season in the way of base ball. The there, having been opened by Judge | eames Sunday and Monday between Stanton. The three judges ard all| Brookston and the locals indicate busy and have business enough onj| very strongly that Grand Rapids.has band to keep them busy during;some mighty good material for the the summer months without the|Dational game, and when the boys usual recess. This is pretty good|get “worked out” they will present a evidence that a third judge wasjBine that will average up with apy of needed in the Fifteenth district. the amatures in this section of the The last case before Judge Mc-|sporting world. Clenahan and a jury was that of| Sunday the rain interfered, making Andrew H. Randabl, charged with|@isagreeable and uncertain grounds, having audited and ‘allowed a false|apd the game was a chance either claim while acting as an official in| way. Brookston sent up a very fair the township of Arbo. There are|a@ggregation and the team put upa two other indictments against the| very creditable game, winning by a defendant tor the some offense. {Score of 9 to 12. Several witnesses had been called,| The tables were decidedly turned in when the attorneys for Randah] made}the Monday game, when the home a motion for dismissal on the ground|team was victorious by a score of that the indictment was defective.}9 to 0. The court over ruled the motion, but} Thé home team lined upas follows: stated that in yiew of the facts|Lofberg, p.; McCaffrey, c.; Brandon, developed he would assume the re-|8s.; Fraser, 1b.; Sherk, 2b; Lafre- sponsibility of taking the case from} Dlere, 3b.; Wellien, rf.; McLaughlin, the jury and discharging the defend-|1l.; Withrow, cf. The only changein ant. The particularcharge on which | Monday's game was the substitution Randahl was being tried was for the} 0f Albert Benz as pitcher in place of issuance of a warrant for $40 payable Lofberg. to the town treasurer, for services a rendered, which in turn was assigned } Watching Forest Fires. to Randabl, who acted as deputy} Thomas Ward has just returned treasuer, At the same time he wasjfrom a trip of ten or twelve days of town superiser, deputy town clerk, |patroling the district which he has deputy town assesser—in short he/under his jurisdiction as state forest was the whole official force in the|ranger. Mr. Ward states that there township. It had been shown that|has been a great mapy fires in differ- at the first meeting of the board ajept parts of Itasca county, and he is salary of $40 per year had been voted | very well pleased with the work the to each of the supervisors, the trea-|locsl fire wardens, and also 1ndividu- surer and clerk. While this action|als, mining and railroad companies, was illegal, the court questioned the| have taken in getting fires under con- advisability of continuing with the|trol, and he praises very highly those trial of the case in view of the fact} people who were willing to turn out that the other town officials were|and fight fires. equally guilty and had not been in-|< race BOM ORS TE — He stated that the state had (GRAND RAPIDS IS een ably represented by Attorney Price and he had apparently left DESTINED TO. LEAD nothing undone that was calculated to fully present the state’s side of! A. B, Clair Tells of Railway Exten- the case. He felt, however, that to Sa continue would be a useless waste of sion Work and Development time and large expense to the of Iron Ore Industry. county that should be avoided. The SSR defendant was discharged. Attorney| Grand Rapids is assuming the pro- Price says the other cases against the | Portions of a solid, substantial place Randahls will be tried. There are| that is bound to lead therange towns several criminal cases that will be|in the near future, according to A. brought on for hearing on June 10th] B- Clair of Grand Rapids, who came when Judge McClenahan will resume | to the city yesterday afternoon from the term, the Rapids, says the Bemidji Pioneer. Mike Radovich No. 1 and Mike| - “Tbe extension of the Great North- Radovich No. 2. found guilty of|¢T branch from Nashwauk to Grand assault inthe first and second de-|Rapids means that the iron ore in- grees’ respectively, were sentenced by |@ustry will soon take tangible form the court last Thursday. Mike No. 1|i0 the vicinity of the Rapids, and got seven years at Stillwater and|the mining of ore will soon be a Mike No. 2 got five years at the same | Teality,” says Mr. Clair. ‘So anxious institution. Sheriff Riley took the|4%9 the Great Northern officials to two men to the penitentiary last|Complete the extension of the road Friday morning to begin their terms| tbat: they have installed an electric of servitude. lighting system so that crews of men cap work both night and day in the cqnstruction work, which means that FIRST RACES ON the construction of the road will be Tusbed with all possible speed to THE NEW TRACK Some Fast Horses Performed to Good Sized Crowd Last Monday Afternoon. completion. ‘During the past few years, explor- ations for iron ore 1n the vicinity of Grand Rapids have been carried on much more extensively than many people ituagine; and success has The first public racing seen on the ¢rowned the efforts of those who have new race course at Grand Rapids was|prospected in a large measure, and pulled off last Monday afternoon.| there are many locations that are re- The event had not been extensively |garded as being very valuable—and advertised, but there was a fair-|they areclosely adjacent to Grand sized audience present to witness the | Rapids. events. The gate receipts were} ‘G. G. Hartley of Duluth has been about sixty dollars, at 25 cents ad-|4 great factor in the development of mission. The money taken in wil]|the iron resources of Itasca county, be used to make improvements on|#0d he takes much interest in the the grounds. The track was neces-| Progress being made to advance the sarily heavy apd the best that was in | industry. the horses could not be developed| “Grand Rapids will, from now on, under the circumstances. W. E, | take on added solidity and business Myers stallion, Gale, took the first| activity, as a direct result of the iron two heats from Dr. I in class B. The |0re industry.” ' time was 1:19. In the class A event Death of Mathew Passard. Exception took the two last heats ainst American Co! 217. agi unt in 1:17. EX) «ne people of Grand Rapids were shocked and grieved Sunday morning ception trotted adead heat in the first start, but thereafter made good. when the announcement was made that Mattie Passard was dead. He The Juvenile Court. had been around town and attended A law passed by the last legislature} —- : scnool up to Wednesday last, and was gives ‘the probate court jurisdiction apparently enjoying his usual good in all matters that come under the ‘juvenile’ heading. This law practi- a page i popeced ra Se cally establishes a juvenile court in| «14 and pronounced the trouble to every county of the state. The) ). rneumatism. The boy grew worse ghee need legal Oaing wie until Sunday morning at 1:30, when be operated on by Judge Huson. he passed away. The Passard family If you are looking for a snap, go to bad been quarantined for scarlet Johnson’s, on second street, and buy fever from April 11 to May 11, six of goods at wholesale prices. the children having had the disease. | Mattie was fourteen years of age. He was a boy that had the respect of all who knew him. He was industri- ous, ambitious and had a bright fu- ture life before him when he was so suddenly taken away. The bereaved family has the sincere sympathy of the community in its sad affliction. Funeral services were beld at St. Joseph’s Catholic church at 9 o'clock yesterday morning and interment made in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Passard requests the Herald- Review to express the deep apprecia- tion of himself and family to the ma- py kind friends who gave them aid and encouragement in the time of their sorrow. Will Put Up a Brick. M. McAlpine will build-a brick store room 28x65 on the lots now occupied by the Reishus-Remer Land company and J.S. Gole. The new building will be occupied by Lieber- man Bros., clothers, Mr, McAlpine has not yet determined fully, but be hasin mind making the structure one story at present. He intended to move the buildings now on the Third street lots to Leland avenue just south of his coroner building, but it is said that the fire Jimit ordi- nance will not permit this, and that objection will be raised by property owners who are interested in the block andon the street. It is time that Grand Rapids should begin to emerge from a “shantyvillie” ap- pearance and hereafter the fire-limit law should be rigidly enforced. ANOTHER HORSE RACE SCHEDULED W. E. Myers’ Molly B. and M. E. Winsor’s Pacer Will Try Con- clusions on the Track. A week from next Sunday, June 20, there will be an attraction at the Grand Rapids race course. W. E. Myers thinks his Molly B. can out pace Mody Winasor’s fast horse. Mody dosen’t agree with Mr. Myers and the resultis arace to.a, finish. There will be other events pulled off at the same time and those who like to see the horses go will be givena good entertainment. Lincolns Gettysburg Speach. This classic gem should be commit- ted to the memory of every patriot and little children should know it: Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this con- tinent anew nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposi- tion that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged ina great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedi- cated, can long endure. We are met ona great battletield of that war. We have come here to didicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their liyes that that nation might live. It is altegether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in alarger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have ¢onsecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, butit can never forget what they did here. It is for the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. 1t is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us —that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall haye a new birth of freedom—and that govern- ment of the people, by the people, for the people shall sot perish from the earth. Notice for Bids. The village conncil of the village of Grand Rapids, Minn., will receive and open bids for the laying of 1,236 feet of four-inch water pipe, connect- ing two hydrants, two valves, three crosses and two T’s on June 7, 1909, at 8 o’clock p. m., at the council room, in Grand Rapids, Minn. By order of the Village Council, W. C. Yancey, Village Recorder. we Men’s Heavy Shoes—the kind: that’s guaranteed—at just what they cost wholesale. The place to get them is at Jonson’s down on Second street. . Two Dollars a Year. HONORPAID 10 THE NATION'S HERGES Memorial Services and Decoration Day Observed at Grand Rapids in Befitting Manner LARGE ATTENDANCE AT THE CHURCH Veterans, Citizens and School Chil- dren Pay Tribute to Soldiery of the Rebellion on Sunday and Monday of This Week DEPARTED HEROS LAID TO REST AT GRAND RAPIDS. L. F. KNOX aid | _JAMES McLEOD 2 ALFRED KENNISTON ~~ JOHN E. BOWDEN I. L. ANDERSON B. B. GLINES L. H. HAWKINS JOSEPH A. SAYERS COLUMBUS BROCK. Eb bbb FEE EEE THOSE LEFT TO MARCH LAST MONDAY H. S. HUSON ROBERT H. BAILEY WILLIAM WETZEL JOHN GODDILL BH. D. JACKSON ISAAH ETHRIDGE J. W. MILLS A. J. BROCK E. L. MITCHELL W. L. PALMER E. A. BRIGGS M. A. YANCEY DAVE COCHRAN THOMAS SWANTON Ce ee Another memorial day has fitting- ly been observed throughout this great nation. Patriotic honor has been shown to the soldiers dead and living who took up arms to preserve the United States in the dark days of the sixties. May 30th in this na- tion is a day made sacred so long as patriotism shall endure in the hearts of the American people. As the years go by the ranks of the sol- diers grow less, and soon there will be none left. to march to the graves of their dead comrads, but the march: ing columns will increase in memory of their valor and heroism. When the last soldier of 1861-5 will have been laid to rest there will still be thousands upon thousands of sons of veterans to fill the depleted ranks and the customs of the solemn ob- servance of this hallowed day shall ever remain green in the hearts or a grateful people. * The program for Grand Rapids as announced last week was carried out in detail. There were but twelve vet- erans marching in the ranks last Mon- day, while Comrad E. L. Mitchell coulé not stand the exertion of walking and he rode to the cemetery. The services Sunday last at St. Joseph’s Catholic church were beauti- ful, impressive and appropriate. About 9:30 in the morning the vet- erans and Fraternal Order of Red Men met at the court house and marched in file to the church to attend di- vine services. The church was decor- ated with many national flags and presented an appearance calculated ta inspire patriotism and prayer. The choir never sang more beautifully in St. Joseph’s and the music was such as to entrance the congregation. The church was filled to the doors and many were unable to gain admittance’ The veterans and Red Men were first admitted and seated. Very Rev. Dean Buechler delivered a sermon that found a sympathetic response from those who had the ~ Conninued on Page Four. secemcenaon }