Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 3, 1909, Page 1

VoL. XVII.—No, 20. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 3, [909. Two Dollars a Year. EDITOR OF BOVEY Vo, POSTMASTER Lammon Ably Fills Both Jobs But Postmaster’s Friendship Inter- fers With Editor’s Duty. WILL MOVE POSTOFFICE ANYHOW Nine-Tenths of Citizens Prevail With- out a Paper’s Aid and Put Up $1,000 for New Fixtures —Postmaster Won’t Chip In By George |. Reid. This is a tale of conflict between an Editor’s duty to his town and his sense of loyalty as Postmaster to a friend. The citizens of Bovey had to fight their battle for a change of the post- office site without the support of their only newspaper, The Itasca jron News, whose Editor, L. D. Lam- mon, is also Postmaster of the town. Duty demanded that he espouse the cause of nimety per cent of his townsman but friendship connected three blocks in length. Locate the postoffice in the central block, said the citizens. The only available building is known as the Star. It is two doors north of the Hotel Fitger, on the same side of the street, and in the recognized business heart of the town. Likewise the residence section is to the east of the site chosen and everybody was satisfied except the people of Second avenue, which runs from Coleraine to the railroad just beyond the present postoffice. Post- master Lammon was appealed to. He decl‘ned to interfere. Then Editor Lammon was called on. He stood by the Postmaster saying that the post- office was where it belonged, that it was adequate to the town’s needs and he saw no necessity for new fixtures Now it is a coincidence that third- class postmasters are expected to furnish the fixtures, and Bovey is in this class, paying $1,400 a year., Then the citizens got nasty. They remem- bered that Erik Johnson, in whose stone the postoffice is, was large- ly instrumental in securing Lammon’s appointment and alleged that Lam- mon in return had pledged his word to Johnson to keep the postoffice where he found it. Postmaster Lam- mond sawed wood, but said nothing. So did Editor Lammon. Not so the people. They hollered—hollered so loud that the postoffice department sent an inspector from Washington two months ago, who decided the ITASCA SKI CLUB WILL HAVE SLIDE Club Getting In Readiness to En- tertain National Tournament In February. WILL HAVE A NEW STEEL SLIDE Nearly $500 Already. Donated For Project—Large Crowds Expect- ed From Eastern Cities—A Clean Healthy Sport. Preparations are being made at Coleraine by the Itasca Ski club for entertaining; the national tournament, which will be held in that village dur- ing February. A tornado, a short time ago, wrecked the old scaffold and slide, and the club is under the necessity of erecting a new slide. Public spirited people of the range district have taken an active interest ANOTHER VIEW ON WATER QUESTIO |Herald-Review Reader Registers | Protest Against Proposed Change to Meter System. WOULD MODEL AFTER BOYEY PLAN Pass Ordinance Making It Com- pulsory for Property Owners to Install Water in Resi- dence Building. A reader sends in an interesting article which We publish below regarding the pro- ‘posed change to a meter system for the city water users Editor of Herald-Review: In a recent issue of your paper qj read that, “There is considerable; talk of putting the city water on a! present quarters inadequate and un- desirable and recommended the re- moval of the postoffice to a more central site. But Postmaster Lam- in the matter and the result is that already nearly $500 has been sub- scribed for the purpose of building a new steek slide. The Itasca Iron News with the postmastership pleaded equal] mon would rot consent to furniss new | 2#S the following to say in regard to ~ly louder—louder even, if one is to judge by results. And so, it is ex- fixtures. Uncle Sam said, no new fixtures the matter: meter system,: which would, in the! increase water rentals.” From thej| of the Herald--Review i | ple as the compulsory school law. If | the present day masses are too ig- | poraant to provide for their own good jor to take advantage of their op- | portunities for themselves and child ren, it behooves those of | telligent class, who are in authority, |to wield their “big stick’ and com- intelligently and prevent them from | visiting their ignorance upon the suc- | ceeding generation. | Then, let not the village of Grand ! Rapids be outdone by an upstart min- | ing, town. Even in this day of our boasted | twentieth century civilization, in the most enlightened communities of ‘our own enlightened nation, the peo- 'ple of the masses have not come to an imtellegent use of water. In jan address which Prof. Maria San- }ford gave recently before the Hen- |nepin county teacher's association she is quoted as follows: ‘You can’t have too much fresh air nor use too much water when washing your face | oY tbody.” Now this seems lige a very com- monplace statement for Miss San- ford to make, especially to a body of teachers, but this remarkable wo- ;man has taught school for fifty-three years and she knows whereof she speaks. There are few people, if any, who are so well prepared as the teacher to say how great a majority same issue 1 also quote, “The Pav-. ine of Third stveet already marks! Grand Rapids as the most progressive villase in the :ange country, and with! “It wouldn’t be Western Mesaba pected that in a few weeks the post-|commensu:ate with the new site, xo spirit, if on the occasion of holding office at Bovey will be moved to the centers of business and residence of|on. Raised the $1,000 required to fit] 2Ot have the best ski hill the town, where ‘it belongs, and that}yp the new building they wanted, | ¥°T4- Postmaster Lammon will go unwilling ly along and be placed in charge of $1,000 worth of new fixtures which he does not want, paid for by pro- zressive fellow citizens, whose pleas} GIVEN TWO YEARS |¢?%!0, by the addition of a splendid | Rapids the former statement is enough! steel scaffold, the second ahd =) to chip in both the Postmaster and the Editor refused. It’s a long story but worth the tell- img. It was thrown at me before I had been inf the town an hour, with the statement that the Itasca Iron News would not print the people’s side of the story and they were sure that Editor Kiley would when he knew the facts. Nobody has any fault to find with Postmaster Lam- mon’s administration of the office. Nobody wants his scalp, but they are indignant that Editor Lammon __re- mained silent and if anything threw his influence on the side of Postmast- er Lammon im his desire to keep the postoffice where it is, in the rear of a friend’s store. has tried to persuade me that The Grand Rapids Herald-Review has no business butting im and that he is able to do all the editing that is necessary in this town, a view in which I do not share, and neither, I think, will Judge Kiley. And now to our muttons. The postoffice is located on the northeast Editor Lammon ; patola and Frank Tino, new postoffice. Citizens got a move (Continued on page six) PLEADS GUILTY Emil Maki Pleads Guilty of Assault “In Second Degree—Petit Jury Meets. The grand jury has been busy the past ten days and have already indi- cted a large number. It is expected they will finish their work Saturday. George Moffert and Matt Fay were indicted for burglarizing the Great Northern depot at Deer River. A. A. Kremer, formerly county treasurer, | Was indicted on two counts. was fixed at $10,000 which was atte shed. John Mouseillano, Dominik Pap- suspected members of the black hand organi- zation who robbed and threatened the life of a fellow Italian at Bovey will have to stand trial. Abill of assult in the first degree was returned against Emil Macki, who nearly kill- ed a member of the gang with whom he worked in one of the camps on the) Grand Rapids-Nashwauk extension. edge of Bovey. West is a stump covered swamp and there is a rail- road barrier to the north. South not far away is Coleraine. East is nine-tenths of Bovey, which objects to going to the northwest corner for its mail, which it wants to receive in center of town. Second avenue marks the west end of Bovey. The postoffica isi located on this street, one half block to the north of Second stndet, the main street of the town. You can walk around the corner from this street and enter the postoffice through its own door if it is not be- ing used for the passage of garden truck and other goods from the ware- house just north and across the alley from the postoffice and thence throngl: the other entrance of the postoffice into Johnson’s general store. Through the postoffice is a short cut between Johnson’s store and the warehouse. Otherwise the goods would have to be carried down half a block to the front entrance of the store. Also you can get into the postoffice from the main street by entering Johnson's store, travel- ing through it for half a block and entering the postoffice at the side. That is if no boxes are littering the entrance, because the postoffice is When his trial came up he pleaded guilty of assault in the second degree and was sentenced to two years at Stillwater. Patrick Lynch was indicted for murder inj the second degree. He killed a fellow workman in one of the construction camps near Taconite. Theo. Vuchkpvich was also indicted. He attempted to carve Peter Zurish at Nashwauk, with a knife. The petit jury met Tuesday atfter- noon. They have 159 cases to con- sider and will have a long grind of it. ~ ARRESTED FOR ROBBING CARS Nashwauk Section Men Arrested For Breaking In Box Cars— Held to Grand Jury. Twelve members of an extra sectior crew of the Great Northern were ‘ar- rested here on the charge of break- |ing imto four box cars in the local yards last Tuesday night. The men were arraigned before Justice Lippin- cott and held to the grand jury of the, district court. They were taken, to Grand Rapids to be lodged in jail Mo often used temporaily for the over- flaw of goods from the store. But these are not the only reasons the citizens roused to demand a new site. The postoffice is too small and in every way inadequate for the needs of such a bustling, growing place as Bovey. The people demand that the postoffice be moved to the center of town. Second street, lin- ed on both sides by business houses, hotels and the town’s only bank, is day. Since the robbery railroad detec- tives have been investigating the af- fair and as « result of their fitdings the arrests were made. ‘ the national tournament, we did in the Nature has furnished us with some fine hills, but the Itasca Ski club is giving mature a little assistance, to bring conditions up te the importance of the auspicious oc- to be built in this country. “It is generally admitted that the promoting of this fine sport has been a rather expensive luxury, for this district. The Itasca Ski Club have taken cognizance of this fact, and are making plans to leave the sport after the National Tourna- ment on a busimess basis, where it will assist in supporting itself, and not throw all of the burden upon the business men. A part of the plan lies im the mew steel scaffold. His paig Which will leave the club with some- thing permanent, and will cut off the expense from year to year, in remodling and remaking of the hill, Plans are made for a grand stand, to which admission will be «charged, and here will be a nomin- al charge of admission, im the past admission having been , practically free. The sport should be left after ‘this year self-sustaining. This will be as it should be. “The visitors at the National Tour- nament will be the largest crowd ever in Itasca county. Already the club has received notices of promin- ent visitors from the east, among them being guests from Chicago, New York, Washington and Boston. The real problem before the club will be to take care of these. people. But no one doubts but that this problem will be taken care of and Peon canQ of right. Following is the amounts subscribe to date: Wreit of the Dark Ages. | inevrporation, there are situated six the addition of the Tungston lights | which are now being installed, she is far in ad\s2ce of other villages Ol iike size. While the laiter statement is suf-' ficieat to abtormally inflate witb justifiabie pride the bosoms of all residents, whose good fortune it is} to have had tieir lot cast in Grand| to overwhelm her intelegent citizens with shame. Such a thought is a’ In this day and age"and in a town, within whose fresh water iakes, riot to mention the ‘‘Father of Waters” which flows through the midst, it is a filthy blot, on the intellegence and principles of our village council that they, would for one moment, harbor such a pro-- position in view of gaining a few paliry, dollars. if the council is convinced that the finance of the village demand an increase revenue from water rentals,! let them increase the ordinary family | water tax of five dollars per year to eight dollars or even ten. I will venture this statement that ten dol-! lars water tax would impose no great hardship on any family of Grand Rap-| ids. If it is the object of the honorable council to teach its people thrift by limiting or giving the water patrons a chance to limit their water sup- ply, through fear of running up a big water bill, in the name of the town of Grand Rapids, which holds a fore- most place im our state as regards education and the imtellegence of her citizens, let them desist, and cast about for some more modern method. I will not deny that many of our citigens may be greatly in need of a leyson, or even a full course of les- of all our fair town, wherein nature has lavished such a bountiful supply of people are filthy; yes, actuaily fil- thy about their persons, just for the lack of an intellegent use of soap and water. Even teachers, themsel- ves, are no exceptions. The majori- ty of them are of the common peo-- ple, the struggling masses. They have been reared in homes where the parents have made a brave struggle to educate their children so they (Continued on page six) SPECIAL TERM OF COURT HELD Itasca County Will Have Six Special Terms Each Year Until Further Notice. The following is a copy of the order issued by the judges of the 15th Judical district in regardt o the holding of special terms in Itasca county when matters will be con- | sidered except those of fact. State of Minnesota, County of Itasca. In District Court, Fifteenth Judical District. j Order for Special Term of Court, It appearing to the satisfaction of the undersigned, Judges of the Dis- trict Court in and for the Fifteenth Judicial District, State of Minnesota, that it will add to the convenience of all persons interested and great- ly facilitate the work of the court to provide for special terms of court in said county at designated times, therefore, It is ordered that a special term of the] District Court in and for said county, for the hearing of all matters except issues of fact, be held at the court house in the village of Grand Rapids, at 10 o'clock im the forenoon, on the first Thursday of each of the following months, to-wit: January, February, March, June, September !and October until further order of the courty j Ordered further that a copy. of this orderffbe forthwith posted in a sons, in thrift, but in no place, least} conspecious place im the office of the clerk of the district court and that the same be kept therein continuous- of .purm, soft water, should the sup- Ply be limited for such a purpose. In our neighboring village of Bovey | the council has passed an ordimance Aig a ERR S| RG Pai cuba eesaat ----$200 00 J. ©. Greenway .. ..... 50 00 Erick Johnson 25 00 Itasca Iron News .. 25 00 E. H. Lehrke .. 10 00 Hans Nelson 10 00 H. A. Clark ., 10 00 Mike Curley .. 10 60 E. J. Anderson 5 00 Alexander King 5 00 W. E. Bowden .. ... 5 00 Lieberman Bros., Coleraine 5 00 Napoleon Morrissette ... First Nat. bank, Coleraine Unnamed Donor 5 00 - 100 00 $470 00 “Boost for the National Tourna- ment. Its the big event in .West- ern Mesabe history.” Install New Jail Cells. with four new steel cells, two up- compelling all property owners to put im the city water im all buildings which are used for dwellings. They did this for the purpose of keeping in check typhoid, to which all min- img places are prone, and unthinking- 00/1: bY so doing, they conferred an even greater blessing on their town by giving all cleanly housewives a bountiful supply of water, and an opportunity to the ignorant foreign- ly during the life of this order. Dated October 2ist, 1909 the in- 'pell them, as far’ as possible, to live | |Many Eastern Sportsmen Will Hunt ‘UNTERS REPORT DEER PLENTIFUL In Itasca County Woods the Coming Season. ABUNDANCE OF OTHER GAME ALSO Many Deer Seen In Woods Across Hale Lake—Large Number of Moose Reported In Town of Balsam. From the reports coming in from the surrounding country indications are that deerf and other game will be very plentiful. Deer have been seen across Hale lake from the pump- ing station and a large number are also reported from various parts of the county. Eastern sportsmen are flooding local hunters with letters asking questions relative to the abundance of game in this vicinity. Wm. Weitzel, the taxidermist, has been in receipt of numerous letters from Penn- sylvania Sportsmen and he has_ in- formed them there is an abundance of game this season. The season for killing deer and male antlered moose is limited to twenty days, from November 10 to 30. The law reads in part as fol- lows regarding the killing of game animalq by resident hunters of the state: “Every resident of this state over twenty-one years of age is pro- hibited from hunting, taking or kill- ing any game animal unless he shall first procure a license therefor from the county anditor of the county in which he resides, provided, however, that this shall not apply to any re- sident of said county. Said auditor shall, upon application, issue to such person a license under his seal, up- on blanks to be furnished him by the game and fish commission, and upon payment of a license fee of $1, which license shall expire on the 15th day of December following its issuance. **Only one of such licenses shall be issued to any one person, and it is hereby made the duty of such lic- ensee to exhibit the same to any per- son upon request.**Any resident who has paid such fee and procured such license to hunt such game may, durtn the open season, hunt, take and kill one moose and two deer.” The law in part regarding the kill- ing of game animals by non-resident hunters reads as follows: “Every person not a resident of this state is prohibited from hunting, taking or killing any game animal unless he shall have first procured a license therefore from the game and fish commission. Said commission shall upon application issue to any non- resident, a license to hunt game ani- mals, upon the payment to it of a ticense fee of $25, which license shall expire upon the 31st day of December following its issuance.**Any non-re- sident who has paid the fee and pro- cured such license to hunt game ani mals may, during the open season, kill in the manner authorized in this chapter one male antlered moose and one deer and also ship such deer so killed by him to his said place of 1esidence outside the state, and ship W. S. MecClenahan, B. F. Wright, Cc. W. Stanton, Judges Fifteenth Judicial State of Minnesota. Dry Farming Congress. A special train passed through here Friday afternoon carrying delegates from the Dry Farming congress, which met at Billings, Montana, last week. On the train were the fol- lowing: President L. W. Hill of the District, esr to make the acquaintance of wate Great Northern; United States Sena- from which they too often shrink as|f0r Moses E. Clapp, St. Paul; Sher- if it were a thing accused. man Linch, wholesale dry goods, St. Parl; #. A. Patrick and Mille Bannell Each family is taxed fifty cents @/ 1.41.44; Fred P. Nash, wholesale fruit month for water and they have all/ Gang Forks, N.D., Charles Patterson, The county jail is being equipped spas? bnacaeaquapva oma tecaa mkxpees wholesale boots and shoes, St. Paul; or noti The only thing that is W. S. Jones, manager Evening Journ- The men arrested and taken to|stairs and two on the ground floor | Tegretted is that the council can’t! 4}, Minneapolis; J. H. Beck, secretary acd a cel lon the ground floor is being|COmpel them to mse plenty. Never-| st, Paul commercial club; P. L. How? padded. The jail is in a very over-jtheless they made a great stride| grain and lumber, Minneapolis; Wil- crowded condition. At present it has|in the right direction in providing| lian. Kenny general traffic manager fortyfour immates where there is| the opportunity. Grand Rapids were Tom Rowan,Archi Donnelly, Martin Lee, Wm. Johnson, Bert Bowman, Pat Laughlin, Amos Storms, Edward Amos, Jas. Rourke and Mike Murphy. : of Great Northern; Charles Dalrymple} This is backed by the same princi- secretary to President Hill, St. Paul. ReeeAPrUsSE PARE such moose to any place within the state.” Resident hunters of the state are allowed to ship one moose and two deer to any point in the county in which they reside. When a license is issued, both to resident and non- resident hunters, it has coupons at- tachee lettered A, B, and C, resp- ectively. For resident hunters the coupon marked deer is divided into two sections. In shipping the deer these coupons must be attached to the animals and it is made the duty of the common carrier to detatch one section of this coupon and send to the game and fish commission. The license for the non-resident hunt- er is lettered in the same manner, with the exception that the coupon marxed deer is good for only one ani- mal, wi’ch may be shipped outside the state. At the 1905 session of the state legis!ature the act relating to man- slaughter was amended to read that (Continued on page six)