Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 10, 1909, Page 3

ame ett Clipped or Condensed The Messapi railroad will in all pro ability be built into Chisholm and the people therein are tickeled over the prospects. Littlefork Times:—The numerous gravel and logging trains at work in this vicinity of late brings to mind the activity during and following the construction of the railroad. The Eveleth Star:—The Oliver Min- ing company are to construct machin shops at that place, similar too those at Hibbing, and about 200 men will be employed therein. Chisholm Tribune:—The range Power company, of Hibbing, proposes to improve the water power of the Little Fork river and transmit power to Hibbing and Chisholm for lighting those cities with electricity. Cass Lake Times:—George Lydick has secured the contract for clearing about ten miles of right-a-way for the mew Soo road. His work will com- mence in Cass Lake and run west.—|' **Chas. J. Curan, who was injured while stealing a ride on an extra freight train last Saturday night in the local yards, died Monday morning at the hospital in Bemidji. Hibbing Daily Tribune:—Every newspaper sets its own date for the beginning of passenger service on the Grand Rapids-Nashwauk extension. How would it do to consult the Great Northern? What’s the use. The G. N. never gives out any news, and it would be preposterous to proguosticate. But that Grand Rapids is to be the start- ing and stopping point there is very little doubt. Floodwood Broadax:—A large hotel now under course of construction in that lively berg, will soon be ready for occupancy. Potatoes are being shipped by the carload from Floodwood, and they are of a superior quality. This week will end the work at the hoists of the Coolidge-Schussler com- pany here for this season, having re- moved all of the material in the Floo: wood river, which cleans up all of the streams on which they have been driv ing this} summer. Warroad Plaindealer:—The firm of} Backus & Brooks, owners of the pulp mill at International Falls, have this week contracted with the local timber firm of Roberts & Marvin for 300,- 000 cords of spruce to be used for pulp; the entire lot to be delivered at International Falls before May 1st, 1910. The enormity of this con- tract can be better realized when it is shown that it will keep 500 men busy during the entire winter and wil repuire a shipment each day from December 15th until the 25th day of April of 20 cars, being 2100 cars, and involves the sum of approximately $100,000. Echo, International Falls:—The work of the J. G. White company, who had the contract for completing the dam and building the power house will be completed in about ten days, when Supt. Doring and the foremen mechanics and office force will scatte and take positions on other contracts which the White company hold. Sypt. Doring and considerable of his force will go to Oregon where the company is to do the work necessary to de- velop another power. Some of his men have already gone to Oregon. The last engine used on the dam job is being taken off of the island and as soon as it is safely on shore the water can be let intd the Ameri- can forebay. The cofferdam which has made it possible to do the work on this side is being unloaded and the timbers} cut off, and it is expect- ed that the coffer will be so weaken- ed im the course of a few days that it will give away and allow the forebay to fill, when the dam work will have been completed. From this time on those who use the dam as a means of crossing the river must go on and come off on this end via the bulk- head and power house. The force of men on the big power and paper mill undertaking has been largely increased in an effort to get all outdoor work cleaned up as far as' possible pefore winter sets in, and all over the work there is unusual bustle and activity. Three weeks more of fair weather will* see all buildings enclosed, after which weath er conditions will not hinder* the work. | Practically one complete paper mak- ing machine is now on hand and is, one of the big four modern machines the Benefit of Herala-Review Readers From Exchanges for of which the success of this great undertaking will be dependent, upon. Its capacity is fifty tons of print paper per day. The cash for the refunding bonds issued by Koochiching county has been received and the county treas- urer has called in all outstanding warrants and notified the holders thereof that interest will cease on the 19th inst. Clarksville Star—Charles City and Mason, City, Iowa, both dry cities, are having much trouble with drunks. The papers report drunken carousals as a common asset, and wonder where the liquor refreshments come from and how the supply can be cut down. s Go below the frost line and a pipe line may be discovered. Tap it and something may flow their way. Nahswauk ‘furnishes items of in- terest as follows: H. L. Bartlett & Co., of Virginia, contractos of the sewerr system be- ing put in here have recently complet! ed putting in several catch basins on low end of Main street in front of the Ollila hotel and they are now busy pushing work on the ditches to the sewer oultet. A new dynamo has been placed in the high school building. Mrs. Brown and daughter Bernette will spend the winter in Aurora, Il. Roseau County Times:—Country editors as a rule denounce the sub- scriber as a coward who marks his paper “refused” and returns it through the postoffice. So far as the Times is concerned a subscriber can stop his paper any old way he wishes. We appreciate our sub- scribers and their good will but ‘f a man, does not like the paper, cannot afford to take it or wants to stop it for any other reason, it is his previ- lege to do so, and if he does not pay he can fight it out with his con- science, if he has one.—Second the motion. Big Falls Compass:—Through the energy of Chairman Hillstead the county commissioners are considering the digging of a few county ditches. -'The road proposition of the northern part of our county is a ditch proposi- tion and the law provides that ditch- es may be dug and roads made and the entire cost of both ditches and roads may be taxed against the land benefitted. Mr. Hillstead proposes to take advantage of this law so that roads may be) built through the lare- est amount of state lands in this sec- tion of the county without drawing on the county funds or burdening the taxpayers. The Mississippi, Hill City & West- ern Ry. which has been operating from Swan River to Hill City since the completion of the road a few months ago, has bought a good combination passenger, mail and ex- préss car which will be run on the mixed train making daily trips be- tween those points. The passengers have had to ride in a caboose so far and additional comfort that the new ear will give will be appreciated. The business of the road is making satis- factory gains and the company is well pleased with the good that it is bringing their community. The Biwabik and Hector mines at Biwabik have finished their shipment of ore for the season of 1909, having cleaned up the stock piles and other mines on the range are nearly ready to conclude sending out ore. For the past few weeks the ore receipts had been very heavy and the crews on the docks have been kept busy da} and night, including Sundays. The allotment of ore shipments over the Iron Range for the season was fixed at 8,800,000 tons and of this tonnage nearly 8,000,000 tons have already been sent out. : COLUMBIA Double Dsik Records. Two records at the price of one. Music on both sdes. Fit any disc machiue. We have just received a large and varied assortment. Com in and hear them. 10 inch 12 inch We Also Handle Cylender Records and Machines. Roy R. Bell Pharmacist GRAND RAP! napkins to match. FURS tin, Pioneer IDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1909. Ladies Fur Scarfs and Muffs in [Isabell Fox, Mar- Mink, Musk Rat, Op- ossum, black and brown oney, Etc. Store In making your selection of table linens, don’t fail to look over the new line at the Pioneer Store. You can get table linen by the yard and in patterns with Scarfs Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum and Mattings The Stock is Complete in all Departments at the John Beckfelt You will find the finest selection of Ladies’ Silk Scarfing by the yard, in lain shades as well as gured materials. ARGUMENTS OVER INR. TAX GAGE N SUPREME COURT ASKED TO PASS! UPON VALIDITY OF TERRI- TORIAL CHARTER. BELIEVED THE STATE WILL WIN State Right to Levy 4 Per Cent Up held By Attorneys-Gener- : al Simpson and Peterson. r Washington, Nov. 9.—The fate of about $800,000 of back taxes due the state of Minnesota and of future large sums to accrue to the state in rail | road taxes, is now in the hands of the United States supreme court. Argu- ments were concluded in the gross earnings tax case, and Attorney Gen-' eral Simpson, Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Peterson and W. R. Begg, attor- ney for the Great Northern road, have returned to St. Paul. The impression prevails here that the state of Minnesota stands much more than an even chance to win the present suit. This belief was borne out by the questions asked by mem- bers of the court during the final | arguments. The questions were di- rected mainly toward determining®:he construction which had been given in the past by the Minnesota courts to the territorial charter of the Great Northern, but indicated an attitude of | mind on the part of the court which tended to support the state’s side of the case. The Great Northern had refused to pay more than a 3 per cent tax on any of its earnings within the state of Minnesota. The road's principal contention, however, is as to the so-called “main line” from St. Paul to Breckenridge and the so-called “branch line” from East Minneapolis to Sauk Center. If the Great Northern secures a decision which affirms its right to a 3 per cent ax on these two original lines, au- thorised by the territorial charter, it wili consider its case won. The state, on the other hand, expects to secure guthority to levy the 4 per cent tax on the earnings of all the lines oper- ated by the Great Northern. Formerly Held Valid? The state’s case was presented in a forcible manner by Attorney General @impson and Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Peterson. Mr. Begg, for the Great Northern, set up the plea that up to the time of the recent decision im this gross earnings case, by the Minnesota supreme court, that body hed always held the territorial chart- er of the Great Northern to be valid. For this reason, he said, a property rgiht had been created. The Great Northern, he asserted, when it made the lease of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, had a right to believe that it had secured the privilege of immunity from other taxation than specified in this territorial charter, namely, 3 per cent. Attorney General Simpson declared that no such property right existed. He cited opinions to prove that the real question now at issue, the right of the state to levy taxes, had never been before the court as to the Great Northern’s territorial charters. The general rule of practice, he pointed out, is that a state’s right to levy taxes cannot be contracted away, and in the present case he asserted the courts had never established proper rights by holding the old territorial sharter to be binding upon the pres- ent state, as to its tax provisions. The state also made the point that the territorial charter, issued in 1857 , the Great Northern, was not argued to the Minnesota and Pacific, under which the Great Northern claims im- munity from more than a 3 per cent tax, had been superseded by the new eharter of 1865, issued by the present wtate of Minnesota, and which does not give a specific 3 per cent tax to the assignees of the old Minnesota and Pacific. The case of the Great Western road, similar in many respects to that of before the court, both sides agreeing to submit it on briefs. The Great Western claims to have a charter right to a 2 per cent tax. LEWIS IN THE “OPEN.” Former Captain of Yale Eleven Candl- date for Governor of Wisconsin. Racine, Nov. 9.—Captain William Mitchell Lewis, of Racine, announces his candidacy for the republican nomination for governor of Wisconsin. Me says he will make the race on the ground that what Wisconsin needs is &@ business administration. He also declares that he is for a further re- duction of tariff duties. | Captain Lewis was center rush and | eaptain of the Yale eleven in 1890 and was chosen by Walter Camp as all-| American captain. Banker Hurt In Auto Plunge. La Crosse, Nov. 9.—W. G. Williams, | head of the Monroe county bank, was! pinioned down and seriously nurt when the automobile in which he was riding swerved in a muddy hole just before reaching Smith Coulee bridge five miles north of here and turned turtle. George Herbst, George Dunn and Seward Letzen, also of Sparta, were hurled into the air and away! from the automobile and escaped with minor bruises. He sustained a broken rib and doctors fear serious internal injuries. _ slap RES BC FOUR CENTS ON COLLAR. Report of the Lund Executor Shows $21,799 to Meet $500,000. { i Minneapolis. — Jesse Van Valken:| burg, executor of the estate of the late John G. Lund, filed his report in the probate court, showing that only $21,799.60 is available to meet; debts amounting to more than $500, | 000. This is about 4 cents on the dollar. Altogether the report contains 375! claims, aggregating nearly $700,000. Of this amount $157,388.62 has been paid out on a basis of 20 cents to the dollar. Of the remaining assets of the es- tate the Security National bank of Minneapolis has on deposit $21,796 and the First National bank of Hop- kins, Minn., $3.50. The report contains a statement showing that Lund had owned real es- tate in Minneapolis valued at $44,- 057.50 and property in the following counties: Yellow Medicine, Lincoln, Lac Qui Parle, Sherburne, Marshall, Aitkin, Otter Tail, Morrison, Stearns and Houstan and in the states of Wis- consin and North and South Dakota. CORN CARNIVAL FOR LE ROY. Superintendent A. D. Wilson to De- liver Address to Farmers. Le Roy.—Charles C. Palmer, a mer- chant, has arranged to repeat, on Nov. 15, the corn carnival which proved a success last year, and has offered prizes for the best ten ears of white corn and the best ten ears of yellow corn brought in by farmers and raised within fifteen miles of Le Roy. After the prizes have been awarded the visitors will be given a free lunch, and Superintendent A. D. Wilson, of the Minnesota Farmers’ Institute, will de- liver an address, he also having been selected to judge the entries. The corn carnival is helping to stimulate interest among the farmers in the | preem court. ‘TO SUPREME COURT CASES INVOLVING MINNESOTA GROSS EARNINGS LAW FINALLY ARE CONSIDERED. GREAT NORTHERN IS THE FIRST Validity of Contract of Territory of Minnesota With Predecessor of Great Northern Is In- volved. Washington, D. C. — After waiting the entire week for an opportunity, Minnesota attorneys were able to pre- sent the Minnesota gross earnings taxes cases to the United States su- The Great Northern case was called by Chief Justice Full- er about 12 minutes before time for adjournment, and W. R. Begg, at- torney for the Great Northern road, spent 10 minutes in briefly outlining the case. The arguments will be tak- en up again Monday morning. Attorney General Simpson and Geo. W. Peterson, assistant, will divide the time for the state when Mr. Begg has concluded his argument. The court exhibited a keen interest in the case when it was brought up. Mr. Begg stated the position of the Great Nor- thern to be substantially this: That the company operates the road built under the contract made by the ter- ritory of Minnesota in 1857 with the old Minnesota and Pacific. This provided for a 3 per cent tax, and the company has refused to com- | ply with the 4 per cent tax law passed in Minnesota in 1903. The case now before the court involves only the taxes for 1905, the one per cent in | dispute amounting to $120,000. The state of Minnesota has a total of over $800,000 at stake in the case, however, representing _the disputed taxes for 1905 and succeeding years in the Great Northern and Chicago Great Western cases. Definite Ruling Expected. The United States supreme court, when it finally passes upon the Min- nesota gross-earnings tax cases, will decide definitely, it is believed, whe- ther or not the charters issued for the Territory of Minnesota to the Great Northern and Great Western main lines, contracted away the state’s right to levy future taxes. Although these charters have been the obpect of form- , er decisions in the Minnesota courts, the attorneys for the state declare that the real question of contractual rights has never been passed upon. The territory of Minnesota granted a charter to the Minnesota and Pacific railroad in 1857. The rights given by | this charter are supposed to have de- scended through many foreclosures and assignments to the St. Paul and Pacific and later to the St. Paul, Min- neapolis and Manitoba Railway Com- pany, from which the Great Northern now leases its main line. The Great Northern claims that the territory bound the future state to a 3 per cent gross-earnings tax on this line, and refuse to pay the 4 per cent tax now In effect. The state of Minnesota claims that the Great Northern has no contract that prohibits the state from exercising its full taxing powers. The gross-earnings tax cases are brought to the United States supreme court by the railroads from the Minne- sota supreme court, where the rights of the state were upheld. In the orig- fnal action of the district court of Ramsey county, the right of the Great Northern to a 3 per cent. tax and the Great Western to a 2 per cent tax were declared valid, and these deci- sions were reversed by the state su {to draw 4% per cent interest. isocratic DEFECTIVE PAGE preme court. The Great Westera claims to have a charter granted to the Minnesota and Northwestern roads in 1854, and amended in 1856 provid. {ng for a 2 per cent tax. This case is submitted to the United States su: preme court on briefs and will prob ably not be argued. ELECTION CLERKS ARRESTED. Three Charged With Perjury by Of cers of St. Louis County. Duluth.—Louis M. Hooper, Charles Charles Stark and Frank Schultz, eleo tion clerks last November in the Sand Lake precinct, Itasca county, were ar rested by order of County Attorney Price on a charge of perjury. The arrest came about through their testimony in the case of a govern ment scaler named Charles Dahlgren, charged with illegal voting. Dahlgres was said to have voted at Sand Lake under the name of Frank Hues. The election clerks testified that they did not know Dahlgren, whereas, it is asserted, they testified in the sheriff contest in Itasca county last fall that Dahlgren voted under the name of Hues. MINNEAPOLIS TAGS ’EM. Mill City Raises $19,000 by Populas Method. Minneapolis.—Tag day receipts here were close to $19,000. This, while short of the $20,000 aimed at by the promoters, is considered by them as satisfactory from many viewpoints. The amount coliected this year ig far in excess of that of last year’s Tag day, when $14,367.33 was raised te carry on the work of the Visiting Nurses. DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT. Citizens of Mankato Will Vote Again on Commission Plan. Mankato.—The charter commission held a meeting and decided to remodel the new charter recently defeated by 28 votes and to submit it again. The changes are not expected to be radi- cal, as the commission voted unant- mously to retain the commission fea- ture, which is considered the strong point in the charter. A sub-committee will draft the amendments and report at a meeting to be held later. Last week the commission held an open meeting and listened to suggestions of citizens who were not satisfied with the last new charter. All favored the commission plan with modifications. The city council Monday night sold $40,000 of waterworks refunding bonds, to mature in twenty years, and A doz- en or more bids were submitted, but _the bonds went to Coffin & Crawford, of Chicagg. for $41,708. TO PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER. | Cambridge Young Man Given 16 Years in Stillwater. Cambridge. — Alfred Anderson was sentenced to sixteen years in Still water for manslaughter in the first degree by Judge Giddings at an adjourned session of the September term of the district court. Last January Ethel Grant, Ander son’s fiance, died under peculiar cir- cumstances. The authorities showed death to be due to phosphorous pot soning. Last April the grand jury indicted Anderson for manslaughter, the specific charge being, that he had procured the poison and administered it to the girl. Since that time he has been under $7,500 bail furnished by. his father, a wealthy retired farmer, during which time he has been in Minneapolis. Anderson is 24 years old and Miss Grant was 17 at the time of her death. !