Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 3, 1909, Page 2

as a 2 Brand Rapids Weratas'Review Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. THE HERALD-REVIEW IS THE Official Paper of Irasca County. RRAND RaPips, COHASSET. Official Paper of (EKEWATL Village of ke NASHWAU HOLMAN. Official Paper of U. S. District Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. BAD BRAINERD FIRE THREE HUNDRED THOU- SAND DOLLARS. GROUP OF LODGE HOMES LOST Big Columbian Block in Ruins and Ransford Hotel Heavily Damaged. Starts Early in the Morning. Brainerd—The most destructive fire known in Brainerd for many years Is still raging, although under control. Phe total loss is estimated at fully 00 flames broke out in the base- t of the Columbian block on Sixth about 5:30 a. m. At 9 the ng, a three-story brick, and all contents the whole valued at $100,- 000 or more, was in ruins. Clark’s dware store and Schwartz’s drug- occupied the main rooms on the iid floor, On the second were s of business and professional 1d on the third floor were the s of various fraternities. The Odd Fellows’ building, adjoin- ing the Columbian block, was then gutted by the flames. The postoffice was next to follow. All the letter mall e fixtures were taken out, although in a badly damaged condition. 0 the fire attacked the Rans- hotel, which is three stories in ight and occupies half a block. The made their fiercest fight at realizing that if the big could not be saved, many rs adjacent to it would have to go hotel was thoroughly drenched y tloor with water and the loss The iture and fixtures, chiefly i by the water, is estimated at $100,000. Jameson building in which was and and saloon of Warren & Co., restaurant and saloon, estaurant, were burned. olumbian block was occupied Black Haw club and was also esidence and flats. The Ma- nd Red Men lodges lost all aphernalia as did the Grand and Modern Brotherhood, Hi- and Machinist lodges. Sev- dwelling houses on the north side fire from sparks, but were r’s Phe insurance will run‘ from one- two-thirds of the individual PHILLIPS HEADS TEACHERS. Sessions of State Association Draw Big Crowds. Minneapolis. — The annual primary ction of the Minnesota Educational Association concluded with the fol- wing results: President, E. M. Phillips of Albert Lea; secretary, John M. Gui St. Paul; W. F. Webster, Minneapolis, the retiring president, be- president under the rules. y of Mankato, the treasurer, holds over. Every available seat in the Audi- torlum was filled, standing room was at a premium and more than one hun- dred teachers waited in the street for 2 thinning out of the audience at the second general session of the Minne- sota Educational association. Best Convention Ever. “This is undoubtedly the best con- vention we have ever held,” said President W. F. Webster. “I am sure that every one in attendance feels re- paid for coming and the schools of the state are certain to reap big re- wards. The teachers who were per- mitted to close their schools to attend the convention are attending every session possible, and the only trouble s that the Auditorium is not large enough.” The opening address was by Super- intendent S. L. Heeter of the St. Paul public schools, on “The Lagging Half.” His address was along the line of the general theme of the convention, econ- omy in education. GREAT LOGGING CONTRACT. Swan River to Get Out Weyerhaeuser Timber. Duluth. — The Swan River Log- ging Company has taken a contract from the Weyerhaeuser syndicate to log about 3,000,000,000 feet of pine in the Sturgeon river district twenty-lve miles north of Hibbing; also 15,000,- 000 feet near Beauty lake, south of Hibbing. The logging company has about six years’ work in the one con- tract. DICKINSON ON DEED WATERWAY THE WAR SECRETARY TALKS ON SUBJECT AT NEW ORLEANS. FEATURE OF THE BIG MEETING Believes Only Shallower Channel Should be Undertaken at Present Time—Army Engineers Await Only Instructions. New Orleans, Nov. 1—The big Wa terways convention got down to se- rious business today. Many addi- tional delegates arrived Saturday night and Sunday, and the city has thrown wide its hospitable doors in honor of all visitors. The chief event in the program of today was the address by Secretary of War Dickinson, and his words were listened to with marked attention, as all realized the fact that he spoke for that part of the federal government in whose charge the work of building the waterway would be, and that through his department a careful analysis of the whole subject of Mississippi river Improvement had been made. Secretary Dickinson’s Address. Secretary Dickinson said in part: “The war department only executes the will of the people when expressed in legislative form. Its functions have no bearing upon initiating or control- ing legislation, except in so far as data ascertained, and expert opinions was saved and a large part of | Secretary of War Dickinson, + given, by its engineers, may aid those who are charged with the responsi- bility of, or those who influence leg- islative action. “The powers and duties of the army engineers are fixed by congress, and they are prohibited from making orig- inal investigations or recommending new projects or schemes of improve- ment. “The proposed improvements to navigation that now absorb our inter- est are of stupendous magnitude, and present questions involved in much | controversy. Heretofore the work has been detached, spasmodic, inter- mittent. It has largely depended upon the activity of merely local in- fluences. Now all the forces of pub- lic sentiment in the states bordering on the Mississippi and its tributaries have converged, and there is a con- clamatory cry for inaugurating and carrying to prompt execution a com- prehensive and permanent plant that development that its natural transpor- tation facilities, aided by the best en- gineering skill can afford. Is Vast and Costly. “The work is too vast and costly to be improvidently undertaken. It 80 vitally affects the fortunes of so large a territory that no immature plan, nor one that will not be acquiesced in by the country, should have your advocacy. “As was said by the president, who was then secretary of war, in his ad- dress before this association in Chi- cago: ‘A plan should not be adopted until fully confirmed by expert opin- fon and careful investigation, but when its utility is made certain, then it is neither economy to the govern- ment in the matter of expenditure, nor is it a benefit to the people to de- lay the furnishing, as rapidly as it can be economically expended, of the full amount of money needed to make toe improvement a useful and com- pleted thing.’ “The government has already de- voted approximately six hundred mil- lions for the improvement of water- ways, of which two hundred and eight millions were expended in the Missis- sippi valley. “This question has been considered by a board of engineers created by authority of congress. Three of them are from the army and two from civil life. All are experienced in Missis- sippi river problems. It is said by ex- perts that it has been demonstrated that coal and iron can be carried by vessels, with profit at a rate approxi- mately less than one-tenth of the av- erage rate of freight per ton per mile earned by the railways of this coun- size. There is a great volume of traffic, and the waterways have prac-| tically unlimtted facilities. Saving on Great Lakes. “Coal is carried from Pittsburg to New Orleans by river at less than $2 per ton, and sugar has been carried back at a cost of $2.30 per ton, as against a rall rate of $6. 1 is sald will give to that region the highest | try, provided the vessels are of large! that the saving to the nation by trans- portation on the great lakes was over $100,000,000 for the year 1906. The improvements projected by the New York canals are based on the expecta- tion of reducing freights on grain to two-thirds of a mill per ton mile. “It is stated by Mr. Hill, one of the greatest living railroad authorities, that, under normal business condi- tions, the railroads are unequal to the work demanded of them, that traffic is increasing with amazing rapidity and that the capacity of the railroads is taxed to handle business that can- not or will not use other routes. “It 1s declared by leading railroad men that they are not hostile te, but, on the contrary, are ardent advocates of waterway improvement. There is conclusive evidence that something should be done as early as practicable on a large scale for utilizing the transportation facilities with which nature has provided us. “Qur people will undertake any ex- penditure that they are convinced is well justified. “In considering competition with the railroads, it must be borne in mind that it can only be sharply ap- | plied as to freight that originates and ends on waterways. Any considerable movement to or "from the water in- volves a serious factor that increases the expense in proportion to the dis- tance. A fact that must be dealt with ls that, notwithstanding the increase of traffic and improvement of water: | ways, the total river traffic has stead- (ly decreased, and few rivers are now ased to anything like an approxima- | tion of their capacity. Must Assume Burden. “The report of the special board of engineers makes a prima facie case | against a depth of 14 feet. It has been | reviewed by permanent board on riv- ars and harbors, and on the main point is approved. This is not con- slusive, but the burden will have to be assumed by those who assail it. It sannot be overcome by assertion or general criticism. It may be wrong. {t may lead to a demand for a much greater depth. * “In determining upon a course of action, it is well to consider that much | time may be lost in standing out now | for the deeper channel unless the ar- | guments preponderate in its favor, | and also that the work recommended In the report is of sufficient magni- tude to absorb all appropriations that may, under the demand in other di- rections, be made for this particular line of improvements, and that all of It is a necesssary preliminary to the | construction of a deeper waterway if developments shall show that it is eco- aomically desirable. Secretary Dickinson closed his ad- dress with a review of the establish- ment and development of the engineer department of the army and the.) work, both military and civil, which it had accomplished, and said: “By the use of the ocean-going*| | dredge they have mastered problems | {on the southern sandy coasts for- | merly insoluable, as is illustrated at | Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Gal- | veston and other ports. | Services Will be Invaluable. | “I make no reflection upon other en- | | gineers, but looking to the condition, | |the complexity of the problems, and | |the time required for the work, after | several experiments, the conclusion | was reached that the construction of the Panama canal, the greatest single | engineering work ever undertaken by ja people in the history of the world, | Should be intrusted to the army en- gineers. | “The consensus of opinion of those | |who are informed justifies the wis- dom of that course, a justification | which is based upon the demonstrated \care, skill and devotion, which gives | assurance of its speedy completion un- | der a record that will redound to the | honor of the whole country. “With this estimate of the engineer | |corps, it is hardly necessary for me |to express the belief that their serv- ices will be invaluable, not only in | executing whatever work may be un- | dertaken, but in reaching a conclusion as to what is best, looking to all the conditions.” wordontonseetretentonsontontedtretoesentoateeteeteeseaoatoetoeteetecsoatoatendtoeteeteesosoatontonteeteetosoetonteeteeseeteeseereateeteeteet | GREAT LOGGING CONTRACT. 8wan River to Get Out Weyerhaeuser Timber. Duluth, Nov. 1—The Swan River Logging company has taken a contract from the Weyerhaeuser syndicate to log about 3,000,000,000 feet of pine in the Sturgeon river district twenty-lve miles north of Hibbing; also 15,000,- 000 feet near Beauty lake, south of Hibbing. The logging company has about six years’ work in the one con- tract. . CASS LAKE SALOON CLOSED UP. Liquor Confiscated by United States Indian Agents. Cass Lake, Minn., Nov. 1—H. A. | Larson, H. J. Coggeshall and C. C. | Brannon, deputy special United States | Indian agents, entered the saloon of | Archie Siddon, with drawn revolvers, | ordering all those present out ex- ; cept the proprietor, and locking the | doors. Siddon had been running, cor- trary to the wishes of William E. Johnson, who ordered the saloon closed Oct. 27. TRAIN STRIKES AUTO; 2 KILLED. Another Victim Probably Fatally In- jured at Lynnbrook, L. |. New York, Nov. 1.—Dr. William J, Terwilliger and Robert Welch, a real estate dealer, both of Brooklyn, were instantly killed and Gilbert Rhodes, a law student of Milton, N. Y., was probably fatally injured when an auto- mobile in which they were riding was struck by a Long Island passenger traia at Lynabrook, L. L - Sets “BUCKS” RADIANT BASE BURNER It’s Use in Your Home Stands for Economy and Better Heater Service Without exception the finest Base Burner made; perfect in design, construction and finish, containing the largest amount of radiating surface ever put into a Base Burner; flues so constructed that the floor of your home is always warm, and the heat through your rooms evenly distributed. A poorly constructed Base Burner is dear at any price, because poorly made Base Burners are leaky Base Burners and cause an awful waste of fuel. Buck’s are pro- my made, tightly made, do not leak and are fuel savers. Make “Buck’s” your choice. $1.00 a week will put any “Buck’s” in your home. 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