Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 4, 1909, Page 1

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL VoL, XVII.—No, 7. DATES SET FOR COUNTY FAIR Will Be Held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 23-4-5— . Big Premium List The Itasca County agricultural fair this year promises tu surpass all former fairs which have been held at Grand Rapids. The officers of the association bave been Jjaboring bard and expect to have the premium list] out pext week. The officers elected at the last ap- nual meeting are as follows: Neil Mullins, president; W. Q. Yost, vice- president; H. E. Graffam, secretary; C. E. Aiken, treasurer; A, J. McGuire, director of live stock; U. C. Gravelle, director of vegetables and grain; Mrs. O. J. Niles, director of house- hold articles. All inquires regarding the fair should be addressed to the secretary of the association. A number of improvements have been made, among which is the drill- ling of a well, which was much need- ed. Agrand stand will be erected and other improvements will be made for the convenience of the public. It is expected that at a meeting of the county commissioners, which will be held on August 16, a contract will be let for the lengthening of the race track. as at present two laps of the course do not make a full mile. The complete premium list will be published in the next issue of the Herald- Review. 5 Married at Minneapolis Mr. S. J. Fitzgerald and bride ar- rived in Grand Rapids from Minne- apolis last Sunday* morning and are stopping at the Pokegama. Mr. Fitzgerald and Miss Anna McGillis were united in marriage in Minne- apolis at the home of the bride’s parents on July 22. Mr. Fitzgerald bas rented ube George L. Dewey residence and will octupy the same in a couple of weeks, when Mr. Dewey and family will move to Hib- bing for the winter. The groom bas been a resident of Grand Rapids during the past two years, being in the employ of the Longyear Exploration company as an expert diamond drill setter.~ Prior to that time be bad been in the diamcnd drill business at Virginia. He is a young man of excellent traits of character apd his personal popu- larity is only limited by the number of his acquaintances. He is an ex- pert handler of the black diamond and his reliability gives him a high standing with his employers. The bride is a young lady who taugbt in the public schools of Virginia and is highly esteemed for her many wom- aply qualities of miod and heart. The people of Grand Rapids ‘will welcome Mr.and Mrs. Fitzgerald to this community. The “Round-Up” Is Here No advertising by a retail house in Grand Rapids has ever attracted so much attention as that of the Itasca Mercantile store in bringing out the *‘Great Round-Up” sale, which open- ed this morning. Joe Allen, the Itasca’s advertising man, handled the sale with admirable skill. and the publicity given it could not’ bave been improved upon. ‘The Kound- Up” was kept a secret from the public until the hour arrived for the unveiling. ‘‘What’s that round-up show you’r advertising io the Herald- Review?” was asked a thousand times or more by interested readers of this paper. But the real round-up was not known until Joe uncorked the magic bottle. When the store open- ed this morning at 8 o’ciock there was a crowd awaiting to take advan- tage of the rare bargains that were ready for she public. The attraction will last for a period of ten days. The full force of clerks have been busy all day, and there will be bargains galore, says Manager Dickin- sop, during the next ten days, and everything will be exactly as repre- sented in the advertising. School Board Meets. ‘ The members of the school board for district No. 1 held a meeting at the clerk’s office in Central school building Monday evening and trans- acted considerable public business. The Herald-Review was again desig- nated as the Official paper for the district, an act that will certainly meet with general approval. Edward Wilson was appointed truant officer for the énsuipg year at a salary of $25 per month. Other matters were acted upon, a full report of which will be found in another column of phis issue. 48 MILE TRIP I AUTOMOBILE F. E. King Purchases Automobile at Minneapolis—Accompanied by Messrs. Hughes and Storch. TOOK FOUR DAYS TO MAKE TRIP | The Machine Weathered the Trip in Good Shape—Bad Roads Were Encountered Between Marble and Taconite A party consisting of F. E. King, Dr. Storch and Henry Hughes went to Minneapolis Thursday, where Mr. King purchased a Buick touring car. The automobile route from St. Paul to Grand Rapids, via White Bear, Duluth, Eveleth and Hibbing, is one of the most delightful trips imagin- able and the gentlemen made the entire trip without the least bit of trouble with the car. The party left St. Paul at 1:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon, making the trip to White Bear, a distance of twelve and one-half miles, in 21 min- utes, a rate of about 35 miles per hour. 5 From White Bear they followed the route mapped out in the Minnesota touring book, passing through Hugo, Forest Lake, Chisago City and Lind- strom, taking supper at Lindstrom. The next village which they passed through bears the euphonious name of Sunrise, but it was certainly a misnomer in this case as the town consists of nothing but a small store and it is so heavily banked with trees that it would be impossible to see the sun either rise or set. They then drove on through Harris, reach- ing Rush City at 10:00 o’clock where they put up for the night, the dis- tance covered that afternoon being 80 miles. An early start was made from Rush City, but there had been heavy rains and the roads were in bad condition, in many instances being washed out entirely. They passed through Hinckley, Rutledge and- Carlton, ar- riving at Duluth at 1:30 o’clock p. m. although they reached the outskirts of the city at 11:30 o’clock, but in attempting to climb a very steep hill they ran off the road into a ditch, it taking them two hours to get the machine out. The distance traveled that day was 105 miles. It required all day Monday to make Eveleth. a distance of 60 miles, being hung up on the way by bad roads. They left Eveleth at 10:00 o’clock, Tuesday morning, touching at Hib- bing, Nashwauk, Marble, Taconite and Bovey, arriving at Grand Rapids at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon. They had to keep the side curtains up the greater part of the way on account of rain, and found the road very bad between Marble and Tac- onite. Where the roads were good an average of 35 miles per hour was made, but between White Bear and Carlton and other points where the roads were particularily in bad shape, only 15 miles an hour was made. Mr. Hughes left the party at Duluth coming home by train, but Messrs. King and Storch remained with the machine, driving the entire distance— 348 miles. The trip was made with- out a mishap to the machine, the ear being in perfect condition at Du- luth where it was examined and oiled. The gentlemen had many amusing experiences along the route,a chicken being run over on an average of one for every five miles. They also ran over two dogs, and an old mooley- faced cow attempted to ride the fen- der, but they finally persuaded her to seek other means of locomotion. The machine is a Buick model, No. 17, forty-six horse power and will seat five passengers. It has a lea- ther top, glass front and weighs 3,030 pounds. The body of the car is trim- med in dark blue while the running gear is an old olive color. It is cer- tainly a beauty and Mr. King can well be proud of it. The scenery of northern Minne- sota cannot be excelled and the route from Duluth to the range country will be covered very frequently by. automobilists during the coming year. 3 Herald-Review, Job Printing. i E Granpb Raprips, ITasca CouNTY, J PAVING CONTRACT LET TO BLOME CO. Contract for the Paving of Third Street Let to R. S. Blome Company of Chicago. At a meeting of the village council which was held last’ Wednesday, evening, a contract was let to the R. S. Blome company, of Chicago, for the paving of Third street with granitoid from a point two hundred feet east of Leland avenue and ex- tending to the east side of Clough avenue, at $2.00 per square yard for paving, twenty-five cents per cubic yard for excavating and fifty-five cents per lineal foot for curb and gutter work. In their bid the R. S. Blome com- pany agree to furnish a license to the village from the patentee of the pavement compound to lay and relay granitoid for all time to come, free from all claims of royalty. The work of crushing the rock will be done in Grand Rapids and the major number of laborers em- ployed will be from Grand Rapids and vicinity, providing they can be secured, which will mean that a large amount of the money expended in the paving will stay in Grand Rap- ids , thereby benefiting a large num- ber of people. The Blome company was bonded in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for the faithful ex- ecution of the conditions of the con- tract. An ordinance was also introduced and passed at this meeting requir- ing the Mesaba_ telephone company to remove their poles from that part of Third street where the paving will be done. They will be allowed the use of the alleys adjacent to the street or to put in under ground con- duits as they prefer. The foresight of the village council in awarding the contract to the R. S Blome eompany is to be commended for the clause in their bid which allows the village to use the gran- itoid composition free of all claims of royalty in the future will be the means of saving the village a large sum of money in the next few years. The bid of Hugh Steele was $1,400 lower than that of the Blome company, but the latter company was given the contract for the reasons mentioned above. The Blome company will commence the curb and gutter work the first part of next week. RACING EVENT FOR AUGUST 15. Horses From Duluth and Superior Will be Here—Track in Good Condition A racing matinee will be held at the race track at the Fair grounds Sunday, August 15, and it has already attracted enough attention so that four horses from Superior and two from Duluth will enter for the event. Grand Rapids has the best track in the northern part of the state and a large number of horsemen have their horses here under the care of Trainer McGraw. The principal events will be a 2:30 pace; 3:40 trot, 2:45 pace and a free for all, trot or pace. Full particulars and a description of the horses will be given in our next issue. NEW TELEPHONE MANAGER ARRIVES A. W. Hostetter, of Hibbing, is the New Manager—He Arrived » Here Monday. A. W. Hostetter arrived here from Hibbing to assume the position as local manager of the Mesaba Tele- phone company, vice W. N. Delcour resigned. Mr. Hostetter thoroughly understands the telephone business and before going to Hibbing, was with the Northwestern Telephone com pany as manager of the local sys- tem at Little Falls. Prior to- that: he served the same company at Albert Lea. “ As soon as a suitable residence can be secured Mr. Hostetter will move his household goods here. Mrs. Hostetter is at present visiting rela- tives in the southern part of the state and will arrive here about the 20th of August. Mr. Hostetter is a very pleasant gentleman to meet and has that quality of making {REGULARS LOSE AT COLERAINE Hotly Contested Game—Took Ten Innings to Decide—Score Five to Four. Grand Rapids was defeated by Coleraine Sunday on the latters Groynds by a score of 5 to 4. The teams were well matched and it | took ten innings to decide the game, each side having four scores’ at the end of the ninth inning. The Coleraine team has a reputa- tion for some fast playing.. In the Western Mesaba league, they have not lost a game. The regulars have had a remarkably bad run of luck for the past two months, and the constantly changing line-up of the nine makes it impossible for them to get perfect in team work. WALKER MINE IS SHIPPING ORE First Train Load Was Taken Out Thursday—Heavy Shipments From Now On. Thursday, July 29, was a gala day at the Walker pit, the occasion be- ing the shipping of the first train load of ore from the mine. The ore taken from the Walker pit will re- quire no washing, being a high grade ore said to test 58 per cent. Several train loads or washed ore which was taken from the Holman mines has been shipped from the concentrating plant, but the shipment from the Walker pit is the first unwashed ore sent from the Coleraine and Canis- toe district to the Duluth ore docks and it is expected that several train loads will be sent daily from this time on. The work of stripping the Walker and Canisteo mines was commenced oMSut three years ago, and after an optiay of about fourteen million dol- lars the Oliver people will commence to reap rewards on their investment. The Walker and Canistoe mines are the largest open pit mines in the world and are practically in an un- developed state. They will eventuall; become the largest producing mines in the northeastern dart of the stete. BELL DEDICATED AT.DEER RIVER Ceremony of Redicutne of New Bell at St. Mary’s Church Was Very Pretty. The dedication services and bless- ing of the bell at St: Mary’s }church at Deer River last Sunday, August 1, passed off very nicely and proved @ success. The following vocal solos were rendered: Ave Maria by Mrs. S. Moran, Rosseau’s O Salutaris, by Mr. Henry Blazing, with violin obli- gato by Mrs. Bosel accompanied by Miss Peel at the organ; Gounod’s Gracious Angelus Bell by Mrs Stauff. Devries’ Pie Jesu by Mr. Brown was rendered with much feeling and taste. The offertory with the violin was very beautiful. These numbers contributed much to the ceremony and were greatly enjoyed by all. The celebrated Peter’s mass was heard at high mass. The Incarnatus est, Crucifixus and the Agnus Dei were sung with great purity of voice and justness of expression. Light altar boys added to the beauty of the ceremony by their presence in the chancel. Every seat was occupied and the audience showed great in- terest in the ceremony—the first one held in this part of the state. A special feature of the occasion was the tolling of the bell by the priest and sponsers, the latter. christening the bell “Elizabeth.” . The bell ig of steel alloy and has a beautiful sil- ver tone. which is pitched at b flat. The bell.rang out for the’first time) Monday noon for the tolling of thé Angelus,. fo ; Ball Games For Sunday The Juniors of Grand Rapids and Coleraine will meet at the’ South Side park Sunday afternoon, August 8, at 3:30 o’clock. The Juniors of this place have a reputation for fast playing, as they have not been de- feated this season, and the game will no doubt prove an exciting one. The regulars play at Deer River the same day and will try and wipe out the defeats they suffered on two former occasions. 5 INN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 909. ° SOCIETY. Two Dollars a Year. PIGNIG WILL BE HELD AUGUST Majority of Businecs Men Have Agreed to Close Their Places | of Business That Day. WILL BE HELD AT POKEGAMA LAKE | Game Between the North and | South Side Clerks, Foot Races, - Launch Rides, Etc. Will Make Day Interesting. A meeting of the clerks~ @f* the various business houses was held yes- terday evening and plawi® Were per- fected for the picnic which will be held Tuesday, August 17. at Pokeg- ama lake. Truman Shoaff was chosen chair- man of the meeting and the follow- ing committee were appointed: Advertising—Roy Trask and “Doc” | Whitemore; Lunch—C. J. Hiler, Hen- | ry Ranfranz, Ed. Whaling, Mark Latta and Roy Strain; Sports—‘‘Mac’’ Strain, Frank Sherman, Mark Latta, James Given and Mike Mulvihill; Conveyances—Truman Shoaff, Truma Seamans and Stewart McLachlan. A. G, Hachey, manager of the Hote: Ogema, was present and tendered the clerks the use of the base ball grounds and dance hall. He also offered to furnish conveyance for the | band and will provide tables. Mr. Hachey’s proposition was very grate- | fully accepted. A bus line will run between the Po- kegama and Ogema hotels and those not wishing to go in private rigs can take the’bus at a very reasonable eost. The first load will. be taken out at 8:30 o’clock, a. m., and others will follow as fast as loads can be secured. A basket dinner at 12 o’clock will of course be the main feature of the day and those who do not want to take baskets along can secure ac- commodations at the Ogema. Mr. Hachy has has three launches and un oous row boats which will be placed at the disposal of those who wish to! enjoy the beauties of the lake. There will be races of every des- cription during the afternoon and aj ball game between the North and South side clerks which will be the exciting event of the occasion. This is a public affair and every- body is invited to come out and make merry with the clerks. Watch_ bills for program of events. Business Men Will Close Aug. 17. We, the undersigned merchants of Grand Rapids, do hereby agree to close our respective places of busi- ness all day on the 17th day of August, 1909, for the benefit of the retail clerks’ picnic to be held at Pokegama lake on that date. Henry Hughes & Co., George Kre- mer, Itasca Mercantile Co., J. P. O'Donnell, W. J. & H. D. Powers, Lieberman Bros., C. H. Marr, John Beckfelt, R. R. Bell, T. A. McHugh, J. F. Metzger, Nap Miller, Oppegard | & Stardig, Emil Litchke, Joe O’Day, John Costello, Henry W. Hilling, P. J. Billadeau, H. E. Neveux, F. J. Mundigel, C. C. Miller and Wm. Leh- man. Band Boys Enjoy Outing Sunday The members of the Grand Rapids band enjoyed an outing at Pokegama lake Sunday, and they were accom- panied by a large number of the townspeople. A base ball game be- tween the band boys and a pick-up nine was won by the former by a score of 12 to 2. In return the pick-up team defeated the band boys ‘at foot ball by a score of 10 to 0. LeFreniere,, O’Day, Winsor and Ha- chey covered themselves with glory (and dirt) in the football scrimmage. The outing was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The Grill Restaurant. Mr. Harry Benjiman now has his restaurant, which will be known as the Grill, very neatly arranged and is doing a flourishing business. Mr. Benjamin will make a specialty of 2 Sunday dinners and in a short time will keep open both day and night. GOOD SKETCH FOR UNIQUE THEATRE Downey & Willard, the Comedy Duo, Will Present Sketch Eniitied “Matrimonial Troubles.” Manager Douglas of the Unique is ever on the look-out for something good to present to the patrons of the “little home of good shows” and he announces that he has secured Downey & Willard, direct from the Orpheum circuit, who will present a laughable sketch entitled “Matrimon- al Troubles” on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings of this week. Downey & Willard present nothing but high-class comedy and it will un- doubtedly meet with the unqualified approval of all. There will be the usual amount of motion pictures and illustrated songs and the price of admission will be ten and fifteen cents. He Likes Pokegama. Dr. N. D. Kean, wife and son of Coleraine, accompanied by Mrs. G. G. Johnston, of Ishpeming, Micb., were visitors to the Ogema hotel at Po- kegama lake the first of the week. Manager Hachey of the Ogema took the party on a tour of the lake with his launch. ,This was Dr. Kean’s first visit to Pokegama, and to say that he was delighted with its many charms as asummer resort would be drawing it wildly. Dr. Kean says Pokegama has Minoetonka beat toa frazzie for attractiveness. in. many essentials of a desirable summer re- sort. He says it is bard to under- stand why there are not more cot- tages along the lake shore. He hasa party of friends coming north from Kansas in search of an outing place and he will recommend Pokegama lake as the most desirable of any of the resorts he kuows of in the north. Gus Adelsperger Married. Many citizens of this county will read with interest the following item. The groom was a resident of this county for a number of years, where he worked in the woods for various logging concerns: The marriage of Miss Mabel Kush, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Rush, of Lakeville, this county, to Augustus E. Adelsperger, son of Mrs. Dora Adelsperger, uf Notre Dame, took place yesterday in Seattle, Wash. Miss Rush has been for years one of the most successful and popular teachers in the city schools, and the groom bolds a responsible position as superintendent for the C. A. Smith Lumber Co. Mr. and Mrs. Adelsper- ger will live in Maishbfield, Oregon. Chicago Bloomers Coming. Manager Rannfranz has made ar- rangements with the Chicago Bloome1 Girls’ base ball team which is mak- ing a tour of Minnesota to play here on Monday, August 9. They have a reputation for fast playing and all should turn out to witness the game which will be called at 3:30 o’clock. Ball Game This Evening. Lovers of the national game will be at the South Side park in full force this (Wednesday) evening to witness the game between the Court House nine and the Bowlers nine. Both teams have a “heavy” line- up and it is expected that thiswill be one of the most scientific games of the season. ‘The Princton Union rightly says that the backwoods settler of St. ails, Lake, Itasca, Aitkin and Crow Wing counties cannot be expected toenthuse to any great extent over state capitol approaches, university campuses and magnificent grandstands on the state fair grounds as long as they are oblidged to cart their produce to mar- ket over Indian trails. ¢ I or — | a i