Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 23, 1909, Page 1

= Orand Napids Herald-H VoL. XVII.—No., 1. Granp Rapips, Irasca CounTY, MINN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1909. eview. =. Two Dollars a Year. GRAND RAPIDS WILL TOWNSHIP BOND CELEBRATE THE oT ISSUE CARRIES Contrary to Expectations This City |Qut of a Total of 236 Votes Cast Has Decided to Put Up the Big- gest Celebration of the Year 175 Were Favorable to the Proposition; 61 Against. $1000 0 BE GIVEN IN PRIZES) BIDS WILL NOW BE ADVERTISED FOR Village Council Appropriates $300/The Board Feels That the Twenty and Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men Contri- bute Cash and Prizes Grand Rapids has decided to cele- brate the Glorious Fourth in the year 1909. When Grand Rapids does things they are done rght, and her public entertainments are second to none. All that can be planned and carried out to make it memorable in the annuals of the nation’s natal day will be handled by a committee that knows how to carry out such undertakings. In Grand Rapids it will be a safe and sane Fourth of July. The usual dynamite features will be cut out entirely. The com- mittee does not propose to burn up its money. The promiscuous ex- plosion of fireworks throughout the village will be prohibited. But there will be abundance of all kinds of genuine enjoyment for everybody. It will bea day of excitement and interest from early dawn to late Mon- day night, and the dancers may con- tinue late into the morning of Tues- day. A genuine old-fashioned calithum- fian parade, including many new and novel features, will open the regular program in the morning, and from that time on there will be no intere missions, except for necessary r1e- freshments. Horse racing at the new track for substantial prizes will be pulled off in the afternoon. ‘Two base ball games between Grand Rapids and the Marshall-Wells team of Duluth will furnish fun for the fans. These events are scheduled for 10 o’clock in the morning and at 3 in the afternoon. Athletic games of lesser magnitude will take place at the fair grounds and ball park at regular intervals throughout the day. The Grand Rapids band has been engaged for the entire day to furnish music for the multitudes. There will be bowry dances for the entertainment cf all who enjoy trip- ping the light fantastic. In the evening a public band con- cert wil! be given from the balcony of Village ball. Prizes worth winning will be given forevery athletic event. The mer- chants of Grand Rapids have contri- buted far more liberally than ever before on similar occasions, and the long list of costly donations will merit the best efforts of the best per- formers to win the laurels. The vil- lage council generously donated $300, and in a short time after starting dut the committee had secured sufficient to make the total more than one thousand. The program will be prepared and published inthe next issue of the Herald-Review, and it will also ap- pear.on the posters to be generously distributed thoughout the county. PAYS SIX THOUSAND FOR 30 FEET FRONT Lieberman Bros. Buy Business Lot From M. McAlpine and Will Put Up a Brick Block. B. L. Leiberman closed a deal with M. McAlpine this week for thirty feet fronting on Third street between the First National bank and the Mc- Alpine block, for which he paid 200 a front foot, or six thousand dollars for the lot. Tne Lieberman Bros. will erect atwo-story brick block on the lot, the first floor of which will be used for their clothing and gent’s furnishing business. The second story will be rented for office rooms. This is one of the most desirable business locations in Grand Rapids and the Messrs Lieberman Bros, are to be congratulated upon securing it. The location could not be better for any line of business. Thousand Dollars Can be Se- cured at a Rate of 4 1-2 to 5 Per Cent. The township election held Mon- day went off very quietly and the number of votes cast is evidence that considerable interest was taken in the matter by the taxpayers of the town- ship. There were a large number of farmers seen throughout the day at the town hall where the voting was done. Those who were opposed to the measures carrying got busy early in the day and appeared to be quite active during the’ polling hours but the result showed that a big majority took a business view of the proposi- tion and favored taking advantage of an opportunity to reduce the rate of interest on the township’s indebted- ness and fix the dates for payment of amount at convenient periods during the next fifteen years, The additional sum of $6,500 more than sufficient to refund the out- standing indebtedness was evidently considered necessary for road build- ing and repairs. It was a case of where all the voters were not inter- ested in all the roads, but all the yoters were interested in some of the roads. A big majority were not in- clined to amputate their own pro- boscis to spite their own features, The vote stood 175 for the issue and 61 against, being a total of 236. The members of the town board will advertise for bids on the bonds to be opened on the 15th of July. It 1s expected that there will be many bidders for these bonds as the assessed valuation of this district 1s such that dealers in securities regard the issue as very desirable. If the bonds are placed the extra $6,500, together with the regular yearly collection, will enable the board to do some very much needed road work, and in a substantial and permanent manner. It is the purpose of the board to let all work by contract, after first having it laid out by a competent engineer who will also furnish detailed plans and specifications. A thorough busi- ness policy will be pursued and we look for good results from all funds expended by the township this season. IS CONSIDERING STREET PAVING Village Council Receives Bids From Several Contractors and Citizens Meet to With Talk Officials. The council held a meeting at the village hall last Monday evening and opened all bids received from con- tractors on the Third street paving proposition. There were in all about ten separate kinds of paving submitted for the consideration of the council together with bids thereon. The representatives of contractors present explained the different kinds of paving handled by their respective companies, the cost, durability, etc. The council adjourned without action to Friday evening, when it will be definitely decided whether the con- tract will be let. Last evening there was a meeting of property owners at Village hall to consider the matter. Those pres. ent were owners of property facing on Third street and who are directly in- terested. There appeared to be a unanimity of opinion favorable to the proposed improvement, and a vote taken resulted in favor of using the Granitoid system of paving. A contract may be let at the meet- ing Frday evening. If the council concludes to order the work done, seven blocks will be paved. We are still selling the famous “Grinnell Gloves” at cost—the $1.25 and $1.50 kind at 75c and the $2.00 values at $1.00. This glove has a re- putation from -coast to coast and is positively the best on the market. You can get them at Johnson’s. CONVENTION OF PLAINTIFF GETS WOMEN'S CLUBS} $1,000 DAMAGES Women of Eighth Congressional/Case Against Itasca Paper Com-| Almost Unanimous Verdict Favors District Hold Interesting Con- vention at Grand Rapids. pany For Death of Boy Results in Favor of Plaintiff AT LAKE POKEGAMA WEDNESDAY DEFENDANT COMPANY WILL APPEAL District Officers Were Elected and|Exilda Decker, Mother and Admin- Topics of General Interest istratrix, Sues For Recovery of Were Taken Up and Thor- oughly Discussed. The Eighth District convention of the Minnesota Federation of Women’s clubs was held at Grand Rarids yes- terday and today. The following delegates were in attendance; Mrs, Higbee, St. Paul; Mrs. Kinney, Min- neapolis; Mrs. Washburn, Duluth; Mrs. Conant, Wells, and Mrs, Hollis- ter, Mrs. Falkner and Mrs. Galar—| neault, Aitkin, The convention was held at the Presbyterian church and at 2:30 p.m. it was called to order by Mrs. B, L. Hollister, district president, of Aitkin. A piano solo was rendered by Mrs, Conant, after which Mrs. Huntley de- hvered the address of welcome which was responded to by Mrs, Hollister, After hearing the reports on clubs a paper on “King Lear” was read by Miss Burlingame. Miss Loretta Do- ran rendered a vocal selection “Down the Vale,” after which some general remarks were made by Mrs. Higbee. A discussion on “Obstacles in Club Work and How Shall we Overcome Them,” was led by Mrs. Hollister and taken part in by all the members, after which a question box was conducted by Mrs. Higbee. A committee, con- sisting of Mrs, Hollister, Mrs. Wash- busin and Mrs. C. C. MeCarthy was. appointed to draft plans for the organ- ization of the district, after which the convention adjourned until 8 o’clock .m. B The evening session was called to order by Mrs. Hollister and Mrs. Co- nant rendered another of her delight- ful solos, after which the committee’s report on the organization of the dis- trict was read and adopted. Mrs. Kinney then spoke on the “Minneso- ta Industrial School for Girls,” and her remarks were followed by a talk on the ‘Federation of the South,” by Mrs. Washburn. Mrs. Higbee spoke on “The Federation,” after which Mme, Daix Despret rendered “Shu- bert’s Serenade,” which was received with delight. An adjournment was then taken until Wednesday, when the ladies spent the day at Lake Po- kegama. Mrs. B. L. Hollister of Aitkin was again chosen vice-president of the Eighth district and Mrs. L. W. Hunt- ley was elected secretary and treas- urer fora term of two years. The local club, of which Mrs. L. W. Hunt- ley is president, numbers twenty-two, and Mesdames Gilbert, McCarthy, Peach, Erskine, Kribs, G. F. Kremer and Huntley served as a general com- mittee on arrangements and enter- tainment. The Federation of Women’s Clubs was founded for the moral, social and intellectual up-lift of women and is certainly doing a noble work. PRAIRIE RIVER DRIVE ABOUT IN Sutton & Mackey Bringing Logs Down Prairie Into the Miss- issippi on Schedule. The Prairie River drive this year is estimated at about fourteen millions feet, and the lot is all practically in the Mississippi at this writing. Sut- ton & Mackey had the contract to drive the logs of P. B. Munson and those of Clarence Buchanan. They had a crew of about forty men on the river and with a favorable wind they went through the lake dam and into Prairie river with little effort. The Sutton & Mackey logs in Pokegama lake were put through the thoroughfare by John Sutton last Thursday single handed. He found the logs all boomed with a favorable wind, and as he expressed it “there was nothing toit but an automatic outfiow into the father of waters.” The Reed & Nisbett logs in Pok ama are also into the ‘Mississippi. They had a mixed lot of ties, cedar! and pine that were towed into boom| and a favorable wind put them into. the main stream without any effort. $5,000 Damages For Acci- dental Death of Her Child The case of Exilda Decker, as ad-. mivistratrix of the estate of her son, who was killed at the paper mill of the Itasca Paper company in Grand Rapids, was called for trial on June isth, last Friday. John Jenswold, attorney of Duluth, represented Mrs. Decker, and George H. Spear of Grand Rapids, represented the paper company. The plaintiff undertook to show by evidence that children had been allowed to play about the mill and ride up and down the elevator. This was denied by the defendant company which showed by evidence that strict Tules had always been observed to ex- elude al! persons, adults as well as children, from entrance to the mill unless by special permission. The boy killed was five years of age and had accompanied his father to the mill, who was an employee there, one Sunday evening in March, 1907. Evidence was introduced to show that the dead boy and two others, a little older, bad been driyen out of the mill by the night watchman. Unnoticed by the watchman the boys gained entrance to the lower floor of shea _and climbed onto the eleva- The unfortunate child was lying on the elevator with his head over the edge, talking with a companion when the counter-weight on the elevator eame down and struck him on the Back of the head, breakingis neck, and causing him to fall from the elevator tothe floor, where be was picked up by the night watchman. The boy’s name who was killed was Francis Paul Decker. The jury was out about tive hours aod brought in a verdict Monday evening forthe plaintiff fixing the amount of damages at $1,500 and costs. It is said that an appeal will be taken. Freddie Smith is the boy who was with the Decker boy at the time of the fatal accident. When he was put on the stand the following dialo- gue took place between him and Judge McClenahan.: Q How old are you? A Ten. Q Have you been in court before? A No, ma’am. Q Have you ever been told itis wrong not to tell the truth? A Yes ma’am. Q What doyou understand will happen to youif you don’t tell the truth? A. I will be sent to jail and sent to the reform school, and when T die I will go to hell. Wants $1,800 From Dumas. The case of John LaVoie against D. Dumas was brought on for trial Wednesday morning. Itis a claim on contract for $1,800, alleged to be due the plaintiff. The defendant is the well known lumber dealer at Dumas’ Spur near Ballclub. The plaintiff, Joon La- Voie, is now living on the reservation near Ballclub where he is putting in ties for the Great Northern. The $1,800 is claimed to be due on acontract made in February, 1907, whereby the plaintiff putin timber for Dumas. A counter claimis made for goods, supplies, etc., furnished. On Thursday afternoon, at the close of the plaintiff's case, Attorney Price stated that he had been so busy with criminal cases and other county matters during the past six months that he had been unable to prepare a defense, and by the payment of $100 to the plaintiff for his costs in the case, Judge McClenahan permitted the case to be taken from the jury and the pledings amended. The case may come up again for trial this term, or may be put over to the October term. The jury brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Frank F. Price against J. H. Miller, for $104. Mr. Price brought suit against Miller for services as at- toroey. The plaintiff asked for judgment in the sum of $109. UGHTVOTE CAST THE LOCALS LOSE FOR BONO ISSUE) TWO GOOD CANES Refunding the Present Float- ing Indebtedness DISTRICT WILL GO ON CASH BASIS School District No. One Will Save Money’ by Abandonment of Discount Plan Hereto- fore in Vogue The electors of school district No One voted almost unanimously in fayor of the bond issue of $90,000, submitted at a special election last Saturday evening between the hours of 7 and 8:45 o’clock. That is, those of them who turned out to vote had very one-sided views on the subject. As is usually the case where there is @ unanimity of opinion on such matters most voters considered their ballot unnecessary and employed the time required to vote in some other way. The meeting was held in Village hall, and was promply called to order at 7:00 o’clock by Director F. E. Reusswig, who was chosen moder- ator by the citizens present. C, H. Dickinson, James D. Doran, H. R. King, F. A. King and E. C. Kiley were chosen judges and’ clerks of election. At first it appeared that the vote would be even lighter than it turned out to. .be..This is a big district in area, with 4 total vote of probably 2000, including males and females. The proposed bond issue | had been thoroughly advertised through the press and as required by law in. the posting and publishing of notices, The financial condition of the district was such that the bond issue was desirable from every point of economy and the taxpayers gener- ally endorsed the proposition. The district is aboutone year’s taxes io debt, thus makingit necessary to issue orders on which a discount was paid by the district amounting to nearly five thousand dollars a year in addition to the legal rate of interest. This was not a business proposition and never should have been intro- duced. Butit was, and the obliga- tion thus increased to that extent. By the refunding of these outstand- ing orders the rate of interest will be reduced atleast two per cent, and the payment of the principal extend- ed over a period of years that will make the debt more easily met by the taxpayers. The voters took this sensible view of the matter and thereby the financial affairs of the district are greatly simplified There were but 103 votes cast, including eight women’s votes. Of the total number cast 98 were for the issue and 5 against. Two ballots were used, one for or against the holding of the election and one for or against the bond issue. STATE LAND SALE AT GRAND RAPIDS State Auditor Iverson Will Conduct Sale of State Lands Next Wednesday, June 30. Parties interested should bear in mind that State Auditor Iverson will conduct astate land sale in Grand Rapids next Wednesday, June 30, He will offer 30,000 acres, particulars of which have heretofore been pub- lished in these columns. Five weeks official publication was made of the discriptions to be offered and the public should be acquainted with the lands that are to be sold. J. C. Anderson Cottage Burns. The J. C. Andersen cottage, for- merly known asthe Matt Lolla cot- tage, about one mile northeast of town was burned to the ground Tuesday evening about 6:30 o’clock. It must have been caused by a defective flue, as when first discovered the ftre had eaten a hole in the kitchen ceiling, around the chimney. A fire alarm was turned in and Frank Myers hauled out a number of volunteers, who at- tempted to put out the fire with buck- ets of water, but it was of no avail, as the flames had gained too mitch head- way. The piano and the greater por- tion of the household goods were saved, as were the outbuildings, but the house was totally destroyed. Wahpeton Won by a Score of Nine to Three—Grand Rapids Had a Bap Case of Stage Fright DEER RIVER WINS SUNDAY GAME Vistors Play Good Ball and the Local Team Was Handicapped by Absence of Three Star Players—Score 2 to 0. The weather was fine and there was a large turn-out to witness the game between Wahpeton, N. D., and Grand Rapids, Thursday, on the local diamond. The Wahpeton boys are a semi-professional bunch with a repu- tation for playing some fast ball and the locals had a severe case of stage fright during the first inning. The Wahpeton bunch seemed to be able to hit anything that Huss pitched to them during the first inning and his support was no better as they weae al] pretty wobbly on their “pins.” After the Wahpetons had run in two scores they had the boys rattled and the other four runs which they secured during that inning were easy “pickins.” When Grand Rapids went to the bat . it was.one, two, three and out, but at the beginning of the second inning the boys rallyed and neither side: got a run until the fourth inning when théy each secured one. In the sixth "Wahpeton secured two scores and Grand Rapids got one more. At the beginning of the seventh inning the boys were in fine form and shut the visitors out,the balance of the game, securing one more run them- selves in the ninth. The following was the score by innings: Grand Rapids 00010100 1—3 Wahpeton - - - 60010200 0—9 Batteries:—Wahpeton, Monroe and Forsythe. Grand Rapids, Huss and McCaffery. Umpire, Thomes. One of the features of the game Was a three-bagger by Wallein. The local team is fully as strong as the ‘Wahpeton bunch, but they simply got a case of scare and lost their nerve. The next time the boys go up against a bunch of semi-professionals we shal expect them to wipe the earth with them. Deer River vs. Grand Rapids. The game here Sunday between Deer River and Grand Rapids, while a good game, was attended by a large amount of “rag-chewing.” The game was called at 3:30 and Deer River went to bat. Neither side scor- ed the first inning but in the second Deer River ran in one and the locals failed to score. Both teams were shut out for the next three innings, but in the sixth Deer River managed to run in another score and Grand Rapids scored a goose egg. The last three innings were shut outs for both teams. Credit for winning the game is bue Harriet, the Deer River catcher, who thoroughly understands the game and can certainly size up the batter. In the seventh the locals had a man on second and a man on third with no one out, but the pitcher pulled the visitors out of a bad hole by fan- ning three straight. A number of the Deer River team are old-time Grand Rapids players and the remark was made that it looked like a game between two local teams. The locals were handicapped by the fact that three of the star batters were gone, LaFreniere, “Sport” and Scherk, just when they were needed the worst and also by the fact that they don’t get out and practice eough. Each team made three hits and eleven men were fanned by Huss and nine by Vauest. The following was the score by innings: Grand Rapids 00000000 0—0 Deer River - - 01000100 0—2 Batteries:—Deer River,Vanest and Harriet. Grand Rapids, Huss and McCaffery. Umpire, Roecker. It is rumored that there will be considerable of a shake-up in the line up of the team when they go to Deer River Sunday, when they not only expect to recover their own scalp, but also bring back D eer River’s with them