Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 28, 1909, Page 1

Grand Rapids Granp Rapips, Irasca CounTyY, MINN., Wepnzspay, JuLy 28, 1909. MINNESOTA | HISTORICAL | so HET Y. ‘Two Dollars a Year. \ ‘MICHIGAN HOTEL - BUILDING AFIRE Old Michigan Hotel Occupied by Johnson’s Meat Market Catches Afire Monday Morning. VoL, XVII.—No, 6. { the way in which it, accompanied by numerous other viands, disappeared SOUTH SIDE WINS under the fierce onslaughts of the mer i ry banqueters would surely confute \ FROM NORTH Cit the statement that those who work the meeting and after numerous toasts had been drank business mat- a, 4 ling, to give a picnic at Lake Pokeg- ama on August 17 and a team will SBA pointed to take charge of the matter |and to make all necessary arrange- ever been gotten up in the range country. ROOF WAS COMPLETELY ABLAZE inside have little or no appetite. At the conclusion of the “spread” James Given was chosen chairman of South Side Clerks Win Seven Inn- : . | ters were taken up and disposed of. ing Game Sunday by Score It was decided, the ptoprietors and| of 11 to 9. ; managers of the various stores wil- be organized and they will endeavor | to secure a game with the regulars |for that day. A committee was ap- | ments. It will be a public affair and 'the clerks propose to make it one of the most successful picnics that has But Fire Was Soon Under Control, Losses Were Wholly Covered by Insurance—Quick Work by Fire Department. A Banquet Was Given After the | Game and a Committee Was Appointed to Make Arrange- ments for the Picnic. shesteatoete / ee COUNCIL OPENS i Fire broke out in the old Michigan hotel building Monday morning at about 2 o’clock and the second story was partially destroyed by the flames. The building, which is situated at the corner of Leland avenue and Fourth street, is owned by M. Me- The crowd which assembled at the South Side park Sunday afternoon to witness the contest for baseball hon- ors between the North Side clerks and the South side clerks were in nowise disappointed, as the game was certainly interesting from start to THE PAVING BIDS toed heated ee Two Bids Are Received for Grani- toid Pavement—Will Act Tonight. Soot test eens cS sSonteegeeten finish. Alpine and is one of the old land- On account ,of the game between| At the council meeting held Mon- 3 marks of the city, having been used Bovey and Grand Rapids, which was} day night, bids for the paving of z as a hotel in the early days of Grand scheduled for 3:30 o’clock, only seven | Third street were opened. As the 3 3 Rapids. Both floors were occupied innings were played, but they were | “live’’ones. The game called at 1:45 with the | North siders at the bat. By some well placed hits, they managed to bring in two runs before the side was called out. When the South siders went to bat, they, not to be out-done by their neighbors from the north, al- so pounded the bag for two runs be- fore they were retired. | In the second inning the Souths tightened their belts up another notch, that is, those that wore belts did, and went in with the grim de- termination to knock the cover. off | the ball or die in the attempt. No- body died, except at Ist and 3rd, but they succeeded in getting two more scores. The Northerners had ‘‘blood in their eye” when they went to bat and it could plainly be seen that they ment business. They struck the “bargain counter” with a rush and managed to keep the ball mixed up with the ozone until they had se- cured four more scores to their credft The trird inning was noted for its spectacular plays, but both teams had settled down to business, each succeeding in getting only one score, the Souths still maintaining their lead of two. Blanchard of the Northerners was the hero of the fourth inning. Two scores had been brought in, two men were out and a man on third when Blanchard went to bat. He walked to 1st, stole 2nd, and not noticing the | man on 3rd, run him off. The Souths | became somewhat excited and a wild throw enabled the man on 3rd to get safely home. The next man at the bat fanned out, so the credit for the additional score can be chalked up to Blanchard. When the Souths went to bat they “put a look of grim de- | | missioner; advertisement specified that only one kind of paving would be used there were but two bids submitted, one from the R. S. Bloome company of Chicago and one from Hugh Steel of Duluth. The latter must buy the right from the former to use the granitoid composition for which he pays a royalty of 25 cents for each yard used. In addition to this he is required to employ a man to be fur- nished by the Bloome company at six dollars per day to, superintend the handling of the cement. The Bloome company’s bid was $20,400 and that of Steel $19,000, about 7 per cent less. In view of the fact that the owners of the granitoid cement have a num- ber of large contracts at the present time in some of the larger cities of the country at only a slight advance above the fligures made on the small job to be done here, and the addition- al fact that the company now has a large costract in Duluth at a bigher figure than that made by Mr. Steel, caused the council to stop and con- sider. The matter will be taken up at a meeting this evening. Saturday Closing. We, the undersigned public officers of the county of Itasca, state of Min- nesota, and other officers and public servants and business houses in the Village, do hereby agree that, from and after the 10th day of July, 1909, to and until the end of the month of September, in said year, we will close and keep closed, after the hour of one o'clock of Saturday, our offices and places of business in the Village of Grand Rapids: I. D. Rassmussen, Clerk District Court; Jno. A. Brown, County Sur- veyor; Chester L. Pratt, Court Com- i H. S. Huson, Judge of eset Qe seaseegestony es 4 Sostontontont etetetetetetetetenitentintnintnintntntntetetetetetetetetetetetntititich The Sunken Gardens A Floral Feature of the Minnesota State Fair, September 6 to JJ, 09 Re ee eee ee eee ss ss by .J O. Johnson, the ground floor as : a meat market and the second floor 5 4 z the garret, as when first discovered as a residence. ° The fire, it is thought, started in the entire roof was in flames. Mr. MAKES A REPORT ON CELEBRATION Fourth of July Committee Makes , Detailed Report to Village Coun- cil Monday Evening. The committee in charge of the, Fourth of July celebration, Messers. ' LeFebre, McEwevu, Aiken and Pat- tersop, made their report to the vil- dage° council Monday evening. In their report to the council, the com- mittee made mention of the fact that they very strongly favored the pas- Sage of an ordinance making the use | of explosives at celebrations -probib- itory, thatis, with the exception of | small firecrackers, Resolutions were | passed by the committee thanking ; Ube business men and and others for the liberal contributativas made by | them. The foilowing is a condensed report | of the money received and disbursed by the committee: The b receipts were $495.50, the sum of $300.00 being received from the village and $195.00 from other scources, 1 The following are the totals of the cash prizes givea for the various events: Parade, $78,00; borse races, | $210.00; marathon, $15.00; Grand Rapids Band, $100.00; base ball as- sociation, $31.90; miscellaneous expen- ses, $60.60; making a total of $495.50. Pioneer Store Cool Wearing Appare ror Warm Weather Through these warm, sultry days every lady is looking for something cool to wear. At the Pioneer Store you will find a complete line of the following: White Lawn Skirts. White Linen Skirts. White Shirt Waists. Wash Suits in Lawns and | Ginghams. | Muslin Underwear. | Gauze Underwear, in two pieces and union suits. | Hosiery of all kinds and de- scriptions. Ladies’ Oxfords and pumps. Parasols, white or colored. Johnson and two children were alone in the house at the time, Mrs. John- son being away visiting. There is only one entrance to the second story that being at the back end of the building and when awakened by the smell of the smoke the way of egress was blocked by the flames. Mr. Johnson retained his presence of mind, however, and raising a window at the front of the burning building lowered the two boys to the ground by means ofa sheet tied to their bodies, jumping out himself when the child- ren were safe. The alarm was quickly responded to by the firemen, Lester Lofberg being the first to arrive on the scene. He ran out the hose cart and made a coupling on the hydrant. By this time others had-arrived and they soon had two streams of water play- ing on the fire, one from the south side of the building and one on the jnorth from the roof of Browne’s | plumbing shop. In forty-five minutes time they had the fire under complete control. The origin of the fire is un- ; known. All the furniture and wearing ap- parel of Mr. Johnson and his family was completey ruined. He estimates | his loss on household goods, on which jhe has $500 insurance, at $1,000. He | has $500 insurance on the meats and | shop fixtures which will fully cover | the The building insured |for $900. Mr. McAlpine has not ; decided as to whether he will he | the building repaired or tear it do | Statement by J. O. Johnson: “I loss. was | did not | ter tion” on their faces and re- solved to die. When the smoke of wake up until the | Probate; «Frank F. Price, County At- | torney; Robert H. Baily, Justice of A Timely Move. In addition to this you will find a full and com- | pretty well under headway the battle had cleared away it was See, = ms % i Ape Ge R : . ia | S ave rted in the found that they also had-run im three the Peace; M. A. Spang, County; Grand Rapids is about to’ pave her|# plete line of Wash Fabrics, Laces, Embroide- aes have ted in the | ss oS Auditor; Kremer & King, Abstract-} main streets. It shows that there*is | ries, etc., at the Pioneer Store. pe ude telling was. am scores. i x mit ‘ B "9 . ieiaxves enti: ‘ The fifth: inviting. cde emiGkablad ors; A. A. Kremer, County Treasurer | @ little progression left at thecounty flames. . 1 go not knowhow —} sipped: ae Sete eth tomma aiy. | C: 2: Aiken, Cashiere, First National |Seat. The move is timely. Grand pee oc unless tywestrom rie: 6 : for its hard plas ng, bol penms ma | Bank; Vernon W. Knapp, Asst. Cash-| Rapids has a boomlet hidden away O H N B E¢ RFE I I ent Wares: ae their epee a support. Each) jere, First State Bank; James D.| that will just have to be sprung soon }. Sistement by A." A. Garris,.‘super- side secured another run. > > te : __, | Dordn, Attorney; C. C. McCarthy, At- and she ought to fix up a little for intendent, electric light plant ras (3 In the ; h and se haaey innings torney; Price & Stark, Attorneys; | the occasion.—Lovey Iron News. | GRAND RAPIDS, MINN lis impossible that the building could pane side a ; Both penal a A. L. LaFreniere, Independent; Spear | have been set on fire by the electric ed down to business and caused the | . hi i ‘ iS zi & Stone, Attorneys; D. Costello, jlight wires. I was all through the | eninge fan the air three times Dentist; J. S. Gole, Real Bstate and COMMERCIAL CLUB |building after the fire and found straight. . th | i vhi ae Loans; W. C. Yancey, Village Recor- | nothing which would lead one to z The score by inning as der: E. J, . McGowaii,. Register of k 5 HOLDS A MEETING) suppose that the fire was caused by | South - - 3 ) x— | Deeds; Reishus-Remer Land Co. i adies defective wiring. Should two wires North = - + 7 7 32:28 100-99 | Real Estate; M. E. Winsor, Insurance B. C. Finnegan Resi Presi- | P®°om® crossed in any manner Batteries: Souths—Strain and Ro- | ; eee 8 eee ee v isc i ) | a | Thwing & Rossman, Lawyars. R fuse would’ be discharged which | mans. Northerners—Whalen and E dent and H. D. Powers Is r i 7 eee Gini Sinner tee Ri Hs would instantly shut off the current a Pp ‘Ss, Will Dedicate Bell at Deer River. retty 3.00 Gray Suede Chosen to the Office. at the power hotise for that particular 1 P. . 104 | a 5 ars é: fs { building. It looked as though the | ane ; The line-up of the teams was as A very pretty and attractive cere- | Th fire had started in the garret and as A | follows: Northerners, Whittemore, | mony will take place at St, Mary’s foe nea aance ab 8! regular meet; |tnerg-were no wires running through | rf; Daniels, cf; H. McLachlan, 2b; | church at Deer River Sunday oe OXFORDS ing ofsthe Commercial club last Pri-| it, the fire could hardly be blamed Miller, ss; Trask, 3b; Shoaff, c; | ust 1, the occasion being the dedica- day evening was not as large as usual ito that source.” E . | McAlpine, 1b; Whalen, p; Blanchard, | tion and blessing of the one thousand Pp Styl src a8 Janie 88 ts should have: 1 lf. Souths, Romans, c; Latta, 3b; | pound bell which was recently given van wae, ris or the conclusiou of the regn- | ar_order of business President B } Sherman, 1b; Richalad, If; R. Strain, p; M. Strain, ss; S McLachlan, 2b; Seamans, cf; Wheaton, ri. the church by Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lois- elle. Beautiful music will be render= ed during the ceremony and an invi- At the Unique Theatre. 4 Bobby Bruce and Mabel Rogers, the 3 innegan tendered his resignation of the office and requested that it be accepted forthwith and his successor Some good work was done in the way of fielding by Daniels. Whalen and Strain both pitched a good game and they were ably seconded by tation is extended to all without dis- tinction or creed. This isan event of unusual occurance, such ceremonies seldom being held in this part of the $2.38 — elected. After some insistence on the part of some of the members that Mr. Finnegan reconsider the matter his resignation was accepted. H. D. the balance of the week. See them. For Sale—My farm of 160 acres, comedy duo, will be at the Uuique > Shoaff and Romans behind the bat. j country. The sponcers for the bell with or without crop stock or machin- , 9 Powers, though not present, w ; | At 7 o’clock the clerks repaired to | will be Mr. and Mrs. Loiselle, Mr. and O’D ll p » was + | the new dining hall, which has just | Mrs. Mobr, Mr. and Mrs, Lacroix, Mr onne Ss elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. pa Vr aes ate weet of Grand | been opened by Harry Benjamine in| and Mrs. Moran and Wm. Hulihan. Powers had been vice-president of the ¢ ississippi river. Half | | club, and thus another vacancy was |! ™ineral right goes with land. | the Lent building, to enjoy a ban-| The bell will be christened “Eliza- quet which the losing side had agreed | beth’’. to furnish. The chief piece de re- i sistance was fried spring chicken and THIS WEEK created. E. C. Kiley was elected Part time given if desired. For par- ticulars write to vice-president. ' ji U. C. GRAVELL, Box 356 Grand Rapids, Minn. THe Herald-Review for job work. Subscribe for the Herald-Review.