Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 6, 1909, Page 1

4 “MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VoL, XVII.—No, 16. Granp Rapips, Itasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, OCI0BER 6, 1909. Two Dollars a Year. Grand Rapids—Tyndall, center; O’Brien and Erskine, first half, Mc- Lennan second half, guards; O’Toole, and Reussvig, tackles; Murphy and Logan, ends; Will Powers, quarter- back; Brandon and Tom _ Erskine, halfbacks; Roy Blood, fullback and captain. Murphy at right end, Brandon as BEMIDJ! LOSES TO GRAND RAPIDS Bemidji High School Team’ Meets played a magnificent game and de- Defeat At Hands of Grand serve particular mention, although the balance of the team also played Rapids, 17 to 11. a good game. The high school team ERIS at S will play at Cloquet Saturday. Here- CITY TEAM DEFEATS IRVING TIGERS) wisi sam on he rng That Third Street Paving Will be Completed October 30th. winning team on the range and we PAYING WORKMAN $2.50 PER DAY see no reason why they should not attain the distinction this year. The Tigers Rendered Harmless. The Irving Tigers, of Duluth, made] Are Now Working Between Hough- the boast while on the train coming d DeLaittre A: Will into Grand Rapids that they would ton and De e Avenues— play easy and only defeat the city Not Pave Kindred Avenue Until Next Spring. 10 to 0 In Hard Struggle—Plenty ot Rag-Chewing On Both Sides Grand Rapids Juniors De- feat Proctor Juniors. sjesnitltodt eta anaes otacde RIG “They didn’t want to be hard on the boys." Alack! Afas! ‘Alack! They were sadly undeceived, for when the There was a large turnout to|smoke of battle had rolled away Sun-} The paving on Third street, which witness the baseball contest between|day afternoon it was found that|commenced August 23, will be com- the Grand Rapids Juniors and the| Grand Rapids had won by a score of|pleted by October 30, according to Proctor Juniors for the championship/10 to 0. Strange, wasn’t it? the estimate of Superintendent Schon- of Minnesota and the opening con-| In attempting to make a forward |field, who is in charge of the work. test of the foot ball season between|pass both teams failed to make good| The laborers employed in the work the Bemidji and Grand Rapids high|and were penalized. The city team,|Wwho are paid $2.25 per day, struck school teams Saturday afternoon. however, was too heavy for the|for higher wages last week and work Juniors Retain, Championship Tigers and when it came to bucking] was at a standstill until word was The game between the opposing|the line they went through the|received from the Blome company, Juniors started promptly at 2 o’clock| Tigers like a cyclone. In the first} who were paid $2.25 per day, struck with Proctor at the bat. They secured|half Grand Rapids scored a touch-|to the men’s demand and pay them one score the first inning but Grand} down by playing the old-fashon game,|$2.50 per day, The strikers all re- Rapids went them one better by run-| after being twice penalized for failing] turned to work when the raise was wing in two scores. In the second/to make successful forward passes.|announced and laborers are also ar- inning the Proctorites were handed They failed to make a successful goal|riving from Duluth daily, attracted a goose egg while the locals secured|kick and the first half ended with|here by the high wage paid. Here- four more scores. In the third in-| poth teams playing a defensive game. tofore the work has been seriously ning the visitors scored a run on an The second half was a reputation| handicapped by the fact that at no error and returned the compliment}of the first, With both teams mak-|time has there been a sufficient left halfback and Blood as fullpack Superintendent Schonfield States | Auditor Spang’s Ideas, If A dopte d, by shutting'out the locals. In the]ing bold but unsuccessful plays, until numbgr of men to handle the work next three innings Proctor secured|the locals got down to their old tac-;in a satisfactory manner. More men another run, but in the meantime|tics of bucking the line, when they] are expected from Duluth in a few the locals got busy and piled uP|made another successful touch-down| days and it is anticipated that with three more scores. The locals scor-|and again failed to kick gole, which|the present scale in force there ed again in the seventh inning and ended the half with the score 10 to, will be no further difficulty in ob- handed Proctor three straight shut-|9 in favor of Grand Rapids, Several) taining men. | |*)*|¥) s0)7"|«)«# outs, they were also shut out in the] of the Tigers Weft iaid-out at vari-| The work is now progressing sat: eighth and did not play the last half|oug periods during the game and|isfactorily and ‘our complete blocks of the nit, "= fines Blanchaid, whose shoulder was injur-| are new open !o traffic. The crew As usual Billy Whaling and Harold] eq, was retired at the end of the|is busily engaged in laying the pave- Lee held down the rubber for Gran@d| farreniere and Myers were always|ment between Houghton and De- Rapids and it was truly werth th®/tnere when it come to making a gain|Laittre avenues *nd it is thought price of admission to note thé €asy|and both touch-downs were made byjthat the block and i:utersecting c:os- manner in which young Whaling ad- the latter. Chas. Doran, the oldjsivg will ve fnisi-e Saturdav ete- ministered strike-oute and Harold! wheel horse of the team played in the| ning Lee’s throws te second. Benton on] ast half, and although he states that] The makers and layers of the pave- first also played a good game and let| he js going to quit football, we notice} ment, R. S. Blome company, of Chic- nothing go past him. The following|that he generally carries a rule book|ago, claim that the granitoid pave- is the score by innings: in his hip pocket. With a little more| ment is the cheapest and most satis- Grand Rapids..2 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 x—9| practice the city team bids fair to) factory pavement composition obtain- Proctor...-..+ 101001 0 0 0—3| capture honors in the range district.| able, and further claim that the pave- This game definitely settled the|he locals are slated to play Bemid-| ment will not settle and becomes mot Junior championship of Minnesota for) jj, according to reports from that!durable with age. When thoroughly teams aggregating not over sixteen] city, put Manager O’Day states that|dry it has a gray-white appearance years. Both the Proctor and Grand] on account of the bad blood existing}and seemingly substantates the Rapids Juniors have claimed the peN-| petween the two teams he will refuse} company’s claim. nant, neither team loosing a gaMe/to play them except on neutral] Benard S. Andrus, representing the during the season. If the boys stick] prounds. Blome company, was in the village together Grand Rapids will have an Friday and stated to a Herald-Re- invincible city team a few years CHORAL SOCIETY view representative that nothing hence. would be attempted toward the pav- Secured Bemidji’s Scalp. HOLDS MEETING ing of Kindred avenue, between Sec- The first football game of the sea- — ond and Fourth streets until the i dat South Side park Ct 0 . coming s on t of the Sacer pr corbs between Bemidji ral Clab Is anized and Of- samt ds: font ap aa thor- and Grand Rapids high school teams. ficers Elected—A Number of oughly dried, being in danger from The visitors bac i agin: Good Voices in Club the act frosts. cde Lt oa by several pounds an a re year will be commenced about June played one game, consequently they) , ting of the Choral society wasi Ist, and it is thought that when the were in better trim, but gals Cre hela last’ week and was organized in’ citizens of Grand Rapids realize the Rapids boys were aes ub ae due form. The name decided upon is advantagees resulting from paved necessary staying qualities SRO the Grand Rapids Choral society. The|*treets a petition will be circulated ed the gered like -Teterens, ot seed follewing officers were elected: L. by property owners on Leland ave- this is aS first year for a ma. y M. Bolter, president; Miss Loretta a abies ht council to order of the players. : e paving of that avenue, and resi- i a Doran, secretary; E. A. Freeman. , In the first half Grand eee aks treasurer; Mrs. T. R. Pravitz, libra? dents on other streets will also un- a touchdown and a goa ” ieq [440s Madame Daix-Despret, directress doubtedly fall in line. ting them six points. Bemidji rallie Third street now presents a very ‘ The entrance fee is $3.50, which in- z I oeae bale te ee cludes music. Where more than one|eat and business-like appearance an secu - . i d strangers passing through the ber of a family joins the fee is |@™ midji started the ball roll- | @#mber = oe gS touch-down and a| Set at $3.00. — = ee te comment on the ing z Tc gihich” snade'linbis. score |, Numerous cantatashave been talked | Progressive spirit of the people. ane Fee The locals, however, | f but it is probable that the society Lat oy their nettle and by a suc-| Will render the “Rose Maiden” which Banquet Football Teams COMPLETE PAVING COURT HOUSE PLAN ON THIRD STREET) FOR MANY CHANGES ssc Will Relieve Crowded Conditions and Safeguard Records. MOVE SHERIFF TO JAIL BUILDING Give Nearly All County Officials More Room In Which To Work and Are Adequate For Years to Come. An important and inexpensive re- arrangement of court house offices is Proposed which will facilitate the transaction of the county’s business, add much additional space for most of the. county officers, and what is most important of all, will add to the safe- guards placed about the public re- cords by materially increasing the vault space where it is most needed. These plans, if adopted, will not only provide for present needs, ‘but will be adequate for a quarter of a century to come. A number of the county offices and their vault spaces as well are too small for the proper conduct of public business and the safeguard- ing of the records. M. A. Spang, county auditor, has given much thought to the subject and has at last evolved plans which meet with practically the unanimous approval of the county officers. They are here published for the first time. The third floor is being arranged for the petit jury, which is to have two rooms, one in which to deliber- ate upon verdicts, the other, which will be fitted with iron beds and pro- of lengthy trials. A bailiff’s ante- TASCA COUNTY’ ithe bailiff except the jurors. A small Go ° wash room is being fitted up for thei: County Sup erintendent Hattie F. use. Booth Makes Annual Report To Mr. Spang’s plans show much care- State Superintendent. ful thought and ingenuity,’ and’ are worthy of adoption in their entirety. ~ W. Q. Yost Moves to Goodland |TEACHERS MEET AT MINNEAPOLIS W. Q. Yost, who has ‘been handling farm lands and city property at Grand Rapids for some time, has cs purchased an interest. in a lumber| 1WO Thousand Three Hundred Nine- yard at Goodland recently and mov-| ty-One Pupils Enrolled In Itasca ed to that place to take active charge Monday. The yard will run under the Schools Under One Hundred name of W. Q. Yost Land & Timber Twenty-Four Teachers. Co. The company will deal in lands, lumber, cedar products and also has a general merchandise store at Good- land County Superintendent Hattie F. Booth has recently completed her an- nual report to the state superinten- dent of schools for the fiscal year ending July 3, and from it we glean some very interesting figures. There was a total of two thousand seven hundred and thirteen pupils en- rolled, of which apportionments will be obtained for two thousand three hundred and ninety-one, the balance not attending the prescribed length of time—forty days. The apportion- ment amounts to about $2.50 per head which means a loss of $805.00 on ac- count of these pupils not attending the length of time required. One hundred and twenty-four teachers were employed in the various schools, the men receiving) an average of $81.42 per month wile the women re- ceived an average of }$60.13. Accord- Zt ing to these figures-the men are re- ceiving $20.29 Der manth more than Sues Oliver Mining Co. Raymond G. Moran, of Taconite fil- ed suit in district court at Duluth Friday morning against the Oliver Iron Mining company asking $30,000 damages for injuries sustained at the Holman mine at Taconite. His left leg was amputated as a result of the accident. It will be rememb- ered that Moram was hurt on July 7, mention of which was made in the Herald-Review at the time. He was employed as fireman on one of thc locomotives at the Holman mine and alleges in his complaint that while oiling the engine it was started with- out warning. His left leg was caught under the wheels and crusheq so that it was necessary to amputate it. Slee Mr. Spang would remove the Sher- iff's offiee to the jail building. The ottice there Would be fitted up with everything required for the county’s ehiei peace officer. Next he would create @ large-effice in the basement for the Register of Deeds, with a large vault, so that the records are always safe from fire. Practically all of the work of the Register’s of- fice is done in the vault. Mr. Spang would take forty feet of the west end of the court house basement for the Register’s office. He would put a retaining wall’ a few feet from the court house, excavating the interven- ing space to let) in the light, as has been done with the basement in the corner of the Pokegama hotel. He would have a stairway leading into the office from the lawn in front and also from the rotunda of the court house. Mr. Spang would remove the wash room from the large corner office it occupies on the ground floor to the basement also. This would leave thre offices on the ground floor vacant. The present Register’s office and vault is about right for the clerk of court and the vault space is twice as large. The Clerk’s vault is com- pletely filled now. The Auditor’s of- fice is crowded and Mr. Spang would add the present Treasurer’s office to COHASSET GETS the women, which di not seem en- SOO BUSINESS | tireiy right in ‘view \f the fact that pin Ae a majority of the la@er have more a difficult positions to fill. Seo Will Unload 200 Cars Con- Thirteen new school houses were struction Material at Cohasset errected during the past year at a te . 7 tal cost of $82,302.77 and the county Other Interesting News. has twenty-eight school libraries con~ taining a total of one thousand six Cohasset is assuming great impor-|pyndred and forty volumes. The tance as a shipping point, both by following is the average attendance rail and water. The Soo line, who/in each district during the year: are commencing to build a new rail-| pistrict No. 1, 1,196 pupils; No. 2, road from Thief River Falls to Du- 603; No. 5, 28; No. 6, 247; No. 9, 258 luth, have shipped in dump cars and No. 10, 25; No. 11, 34. other tools and material, which will Superintendent Booth made one be shipped by boat to McCormicks| hundred and fifgy-two visits during th “logan.” Some two hundred cars of | year and anyone familiar with the ex- other equipment will also be shipped] tent and physical features of Itasca in the same manner. Arriving at the) (ounty will readily comprehend that “logan” the material will be unload-|4 great deal of time and exertion is ed and hauled overland to the point) ontailed in making these visits, where they will begin operations,! ‘The following is a list of the re- which is about twenty miles distance] .eints and disbursements for the from the logan. Capt..Wards steamer, year: the Undine, has the contract for the Receipts. hauling. _ {Cash on hand - - - -- - $15,041.74 Sutton & Mackey are unloading} Received from state apport- several careloads of their big camp o jonment - - - - - 11,650.91 fit, which they are putting in west} Received from special tax - 149,219.31 of “Sherry’s arm” pf Pokegama lake.) Received from one mill tax - 19,477.83 Capt. Ward also has the contract for | Received from special state hauling this out-fit by boat from XQ] aig. ------ - hasset. " Received from bonds and The rapidly increasing river traffic] other sources. - - - 2,500.00 88,432.18 the Auditor’s which would double the size it is. Where the sheriff is Mr. Spang would put the Probate Judge. As it is the Probate Judge has scarcely any room at all. Books are piled on chairs, and there is no room left in his vault, which is only about two feet wide. In the present Sheriff’s office the Judge would have more office room and a vault twice a: larga as he has now. So far, this would leave the Judge’s room and the office occupied as a wash room vacant. Mr. Spang’s plan would move the County Superintend- ent of schools down into the present Probate Judge’s office from the secon has made good wharf a necessity and SPEAR ors sek tech 8S the village council of that busy by¥g Disbursements. $286,411.97 has let the contract for the construct-| Teachers wages - - $ 59,507.59 ion of a wharf which will be complet-| Fue] and school supplies - - 18,411.54 ed with all possible speed. This will] Repair and improvement of greatly improved shipping facilities; grounds - -.+- - - 9,670.33 at Cohesset. New schoolhouse sites - - - 62,402.61 Another sawmill out-fit was shipped' Bonds and interest- - - - - - 10,071.54 to Cdhasset Monday, and is being uD-|Tiprary books - - - - 975.38 loaded. The site® selected for the! Text books - - - - 2,593.93 mill’s operations is at O’Briens Point! gchool apparatus - - - 728.12 one-half mile up the river. Transportation - - - - 981.97 The contract for building the new| Miscellaneous - - - - 17,437.18 wagon road from Cohasset south tWO/Cash on hand - - - - 103,631.78 miles to the new iron range was let Total - - - - $286,411.97 Monday to Callihan & Skelly and! ‘The Minnesota Educational associa- work will be commenced tition will hold its annual meeting cessful forward pass and some old-|18 arranged so that all the voices are fashioned bucking the line, scored a touchdown, but failed to make a successful goal kick, which made the score a_ tie, eleven points, with only five minutes left to decide the game, the locals went after Be- midji like a pack of unleashed bull- dogs and at the end of the half the score was 17 to 11, Grand Rapids given a chance to display their power} The young ladies of the senior and The next meeting of the society wil!| junior classes of the Grand Rapids be held at the High school, Thursday} High school banqueted the Bemidji evening, October 7, at 8 o’clock, and|and Grand Rapids football teams at all interested in vocal music are urg-|the High school Saturday evening at ed to attend. the conclusion of the game. After Heesaa BE the spread several vocal solos . and Confirms Assessment Roll musical numbers were rendered and Ata insetlae ah Whe wilihke couch — event was thoroughly enjoyed by scoring another touch-down and g04l/heiq Friday evening to hear com- kick. plains and remonstrances in regard lamentable part of the game]to the proposed assessing of the pro- 5 Roan gay rag-chewihg between the op-jperty owners whose property abuts Meeting of School Board posing lines, seeming inevitable that|that portion of Third street being] A meeting of the school board of these two teams can get together| paving, no objections being made, the] district No 1 was held at Central without both losing their temper. assessment roll was confirmed. The;school Monday evening and petitions The following was the line-up of | apportionment is as follows: Eighty-| were received for establishing of a the teams: Bemidji—Brenneman,|five per cent of the estimated cost|school at Trout lake and one in the center; Russell and Peck, guards;|of the paving to be born by the pro-jmorthern end of the district. The McDonald and Larson, tackles; Neu-| perty owners and the balance by the] petitions were laid on the table un- man and D. Gould, ends; Kreatz,|village. No other business was taken] til more information can be obtained quarterback and captain; Stanton and) up at this meeting and the next ses-/in regard to the matter. A number Gill balfbacks; fullback] sion will be held on October 11. Lycan, of bills were allowed. floor, and the County Suveyor fromjonce. This new road will cross the|at Minneapolis, October 28 to 30. ithe second floor into th@oftice now| river at Cohasset with a steel swing The meeting will be held at the oceupied as the wash room on the| bridge. The bonds of the town were| West hotel and Superintendent Booth ground floor. That would leave the|recently sold for this purpose at »!yrges all teachers who can possibly offices of the county superintendent] premium, with interest at the rte|get away to attend. Senator Goer, of schools and the surveyor for|of five and one-half per cent, which!the plind legislator from Oklahoma, jury rooms. The grand jury has tojis the lowest rate that any town in} wil] speak at the meeting and num- meet in the county superintendent’s| the northwest has ever obtained, all|/erous other prominent men will en- office, and when it is in session the|of which goes to show that Cohasset |tertain the gathering. These meet- county superintendent is without an|and the town stand high in financ‘ailjings are of inestimable value to office in which to work. The petit} circles. teachers in giving them new lines of jury meets in the room of the Board} George Becker, chairman of the|thought on which to work and any- of County Commissioners. The} town board, is the busiest man inthe|one who can attend should not fail county surveyors present office would|neighborh.cd. What with oversze-|19 do so. be given over to the petit jury and|ing the tuilc‘ng of the new roaiand| Superintendent Booth said in regar the present school superintendent’s| the bridges across the river and thet-|ty the fair: “Although this was our office to the grand jury. The county|oughfare and also attempting to|first attempt with the children’s ex- commissioners’ would meet in the/ecare for h:s own business, he has his|hnipit, the display could not have present treasurer’s office, which | hands full. been better and the jellies and cgn- would then be a part of the Auditor’s! Some badly needed repairs on th¢|ned fruits put up by the young peo- office. The room occupied by the|river road above Cohasset are tu be|pje would do credit to the most ex- Commissioners, under Mr. Spang’s| made at once the contract having bee] cellent housewife in the land. Next Plan, would be added to the Judge’s|lct at the town beard meeting Mon-| year we will endeavor to have an ex- chambers. | [day to Wm. Smith. hibit from each school in the county” 4