Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 10, 1909, Page 6

CHAMPIONS OF RANGE DISTRIC Grand City Team Defeats Bemidji Team by Decisive Score of 17 to 6. WAS A GOOD, CLEAN EXHIBI Will Do Much Toward Restoring Amicable Relations Between the Towns—Free From football team, of Be- y the Grand Rap unday at South Side of 17 w 0. Hereto has beer a great deal of orhews aad #trile between the two trams and a meet has generally euded| up im 4 mix-up However, the game Sunday was one of the cleanest in the history of football in the range country restoring amicable relations between the two towns Bemidji won the kickoff on the parthipated in many a political fray, and up until the completion of Presi- | dent Cleveland's second term was re- garded as the democratic boss of the state SECOND STREETS SECOND STREET (Continued from page one.) | depots The situation is peculiar. | Nearly all of the mail that comes jhere is for business men on Second | Street or Second avenue Business j bere is on an L, and Second avenue jand Second street is the center of ithe L. As many people come from the west and south as from the east. Then why move the postoffice furth- er east? I do not blame the gentle- men you quoted last week for want- | ing Woo get the postoffice nearer their | places of business, but all of us can- |not have the postoffice next door. Placing the postoffice in the Star building would bring more trade past jour door, but in the interest of the majority of patrons the postoffice should be at or close to Se street and Second avenue.” Charles Peterson owns the south east corner of Second avenue and | Second street. He is noncommittal | about the postoffice site, probably be- and will do much towards | cause he also owns a corner just op- Eith- Peterson Dosite the proposed new site er way the cat jumps Mr | cannot loose tows, but on the first kick the balf § M. Steeves, who owns property went out of bounds, was kicked over a Grand Rapids securing the ball T play then alternated back and forth for a short period with Grand Rapids forging steadily toward Be | finally making @ suc-| they got the bal one to Femidji's goal, boxed tn! dj's goal sful forward pase the left tackle and shot Stewart Mc Lachian acrass the lne for a touch dow the play being made so quick-/| | was no interference Al wa k was made, which made the} ore 6 to 0 | Towards the end of the half Be “ji attempted a forward pass, but King recefved the ball on the pass and made a successful touchdown, interference being made by Mulvi and Wellein They failed to ake a successful goal kick and the half ended with the score 11 to 6 in faver of Grand Rapids The B iji team outweighed the “ae tb veral pounds per man * atter lacked in weight grit Thelr tea ' ie stil ma half ful forward nde & «ta and : of two weeks ' te was unable to play wart MelLachian ably filled at halfback, playing a won favorable comment fro a Lafberg's interference was wonderful, his apeed enabling make some particularily good h to plays Muivilbil!l also played a strong game and could always be counted upon for a gain Myers, al though “wearing” a game leg from | the postoff ic: In Second avenue between Second stret and Coleraine said: “I think Second street and Second avenue is the proper place for the pastoffice, as building ts drifting along Second avenue towards Coleraine and noth- ing can etzp it If the postoffice de partment makes a fair and imparti al investigation, they will not remove to the Star build nor to any other point a stone's thros from Second avenue and strees.”’ F. A. Bentz, whose billard room is on Second street near Third avenue, favors removal of the post office to the Star building, probably because tt ls close to his place of business. He sald “The postoffice is not tn the right place It ought to be in the front of a building. I favor Second the Star site It's a central loca tion.” H. J. Helkkala, shoes and men’s furnishing goods, told me: “I do not favor moving the postoffice to the Star building. It is now midway be- tween the rallraad depots Second is growing faster than Second Great Northern rail sd pute depot at Second aven because it is the most central lo fon The postoffice ought to be or ve lose to i avenu 1 Second| street. 1 howev b and yuarters A obod , Rosines: finial s 1 » \- oe th t t s d - s S. { 1 L Ye Stre a apa per » hack ” a wha “a ! Iran N t 8 Pria ot i “a La @ article preceeding this ir fidenc« He had told me that the only « reasion with which he had to find fault in my postoffice story last wedk was that he was not willing to give the matter an airing jin his newspaper We then arrang ed that Lammon should write what jhe had to aay and I would add it to | this week's story in the form of an | interview | When his paper appeared on Sat- GRAND RAPIDS HERALO-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1909. 5 jconvinced me that there was two j sides’ to the postoffice story. He | honestly believes that Second avenue gad Second street is the best loca- tion for the postoffice. He gave me | many reasons therefore, the principal jone being that more mail goes south fand west of the postoffice than goes east. It is true that he told me that ft would not make a bit of difference to him personally whether they mov- ed the postoffice or not, but at t! same time he used good arguments |to convince me that the postoffice ought to stay where it is or close by In one way, I am sorry for Lam- | mon He is a mighty weak sister in journalism You have to read What he writes two or three times |to find out what he means. Having \ignored the postoffice fight in his columns for months he would have done well to leave it alone at this late day, more especially as he pos- sesses the unfortunate faculty of put- ting his foot in his mouth nearly j every time he onens his Ipis Something else I did not mention| and had not intended to tell had not Lammon compelled me to is that the peaple who want too move the post- office up the hfll declare they are go-' ing to do it if they have to get a new postmaster first At least one of these men was one of the four prin-! cipal men who secured Lammon his! appointment and he is also a power in Bovey | What I had written prior to Lam-| mon’s silly attack of Saturday shows) that I was without prejuice or malice in what IT had written anent the post- office controversy, and that I enter tained the friendMest of feeling tow ard Lammon personally It seems a shame to take a sledge hammer to kit! a fly but) sometimes it has to be done. CROOKSTON BAND GONE TO PIECES That Once Splendid Musical Orgar.. ization Died From the Want of Home Support. | | Crookston cornet band for sever under the management of | 3. Oliver Riggs, which had becom! i one of the proficient musical organiza tions in the northwest, is no more indefatigable in his effort to push each individual member | Mr. Riggs wa te the front, da few years ago} axs Hand of Crookston” filled an! engagement at the state fair, where! ft won great praise A little later Mr. Rregs, induced by a much larger salar wen to Grand Forks, N. D., tage charge of the band in that enterprising city. Thence, the Crook fe ¢r elecant band is defunct The Herald-Review touches upon this te ple of Grand Rap VILLAGE BOARD HOLDS MEETING Grant Petition of Itasca Paper Company to Close Certain Portions of Streets. A regular session of t village council Monday evening and the petition of the Itasca Paper company, praying the village councll to order the vacating of cer- tain portions of First street and Kindred and Hoffman avenues was granted. | The property adjoining the streets. which the company wish closed is owned by the petitioners and was council was held at chambers in Village b ' AUTOISTS BODIES ARE LOST CHICAGO RIVER STILL HOLDS” CLUE TO THE TRAGEDY. | Chaffeur Believed to Have Been Ern est Camp—Severi People Missing. i Chicago, Nov. 9.—With no bodies re covered of the victims of the auto mobile which plunged into the Chi cago river at the Jackson boulevard draw bridge Sunday night, the ident ity of the persous who lost their lives” still is unknown. | Ernest Camp, 22 years old, a chauf- feur employed by a local livery com. pany, is believed to have been one of the victims. He was employed by J W. Schreffter and the wrecked auto mobile dragged from the river proved to be his machine. Camp, it is now believed, took a party of men and women from Van Buren street @ Wabash avenue, with directions to drive them to some point on the West Side of the city He had an engagement to meet a party of women at a downtown theater jater. He never appeared at the thea- ter and has not been seer since. ing at the rete of ste mites ati hour ing at the rate of sixx miles an hour, toward the drainage canal, it is ex- pected that the bodies may be found in the canal within a few days Relatives have reported to the po- lice the disappearance of Max Cohen, a cigar dealer who conducted a store at 514 West Van Buren street, and Miss Beatrice Shapiro, who lived at 1102 South Paulina street. Cohen and Miss Shapiro, were friends and are ; believed to have been together Sun- day night L. M. Cohen, brother of the missing man. believes that his brother and Miss Shapiro were in the automobile which plunged into the river The fact that Cohen would, in go- ing to his home on the West Side in a motor car, undoubtedly go via the Jackson boulevard bridge, leads the authorities to belleve that he and Miss Shapiro may have been the victims of the tragedy WHEATON IS GRAND OFFICER. Minneapelis Man, Keeper of Records and 8 of K. of P. Cleburne, Tex., Nov. 9—To fill the vacancy caused by the death of R. L. C. White, of Nashville, Tena. Henry C. Brown, supreme chancellor of the Order of Knights of Pythias, has ap- Fred E. Wheaton. pointed Fred E. Wheaton, of Minneap- olis, to be grand keeper of records and seals hat lodge. The appointment ctive at once is ef Conference of American Rabbis. New York, Nov. 9.--Pastors of He brew congregations from cities and towns in all parts of the country are here to attend the Central Conference of American Babbis, which began this afternodn with a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee at the Savoy hotel. Rabi David Philipsen of Cincinnati, the president, is in the chair and will de liver bis address this evening at the first general session, in Temple Beth El Rabbi Samuel Schulman will make the address of welcome. Government Wins Oleo Case. Washington, Nov. 9—That the law. requiring dealers in oleomargarin to make returns of their business applies as well as to individ- Granite Cooking and . . . - Bousebole Ware Granite ware buying is something of a lottery—there being so many kinds made simply ts lock nice, but with no thought of wearing quality, such soon chip off, and is sure to become good for naught. There is however one make the Turquoise grade that is made to wear as well as to look nice. Fine steel body white inside—mottled effect outside. It bears the Ture quoise mark of good quality. These prices on goods of this superior quality must convince you that this is the place to purchase your enameled ware. We will sell all the dry goods in our store at cost as we wish to close out all these goods at once. We will carry a clean and fresh stock of Groceries and ask for a share of your patronage. THE CASH STORE Arsenault @ Cashen, Props. ALL KINDS OF HARD AND SOFT WOOD FOR SALE ’Phone 114 JOHN O'BRIEN j “toledo decedent eee | i ‘ Dr. Larson, the eye special- ist, will make his next regular visit to Grand Rapids on usual dates, the 15th and 16th of every month. All those having de- INTERNATIONAL SUGARED fective eyes, or in need of the FE E D proper service for the fitting of glasses, are cordially invited Wor to call at Hotel Pokegama the HORSES, cows, 15th avd 16th of every month. LARSON & LARSON. HOGS. SHEEP. POULTRY CEO. W.SAWYER DEALER IN the contest with the Spaldings, play-| . 4,5 Lammon for the first time bad made to enable them to make addi- corporations | uals was held by the supreme court of GREND RAPIDS, - MINN. ed a good game at half and King at! 4. aicte about the postoffice con- quarter was the star of the team, be] ey in which he placed me in playing @ game that would be bard). nnants club. In so doing he to surpass | placed half the business men in town Bemidji's team conalsted of a nice) i, tne game catagory, because these | TT tions to their large plant | the United States in deciding the case It was decided to advertise for! of the United States vs. the Union paving bonds in the sum of $12,928| Supply Company, of Camdea, N. J, with which to pay for the Third t# favor of the government. street paving. It is proposed to! fesue bonds payable in from one, | clean bunch of gentlemanly fellows| | tiemen, whose names were all! and it will now be an easy matter (0) 24 nad furnished me the facts. (to five years, bearing five per cent cement the amlcabile atheletic rela) is) one turther and broke faith with | interest and bids will be opened and/ tions existing between the two towns.| “Doc” Rutledge, he of the Bemidi\| seine the Second avenue side of the The matter of ‘assessments of bene Pioneer fame, came down with the) cotroversy this week and that “If/ fits of sewers was then taken up and src to witness the exibition, and) 1 poraid-Review is a falr paper,! an apportionment of the cost will while defeat, t rather a bitter Pill) Biyoe Kuey will compel him to 40/s00n be levied. The usual grist of to swallow, “Doc” took the dose)... ‘bills was allowed very gracefully and stated Remidit/ 1.4: netraval of confidence may) This is the first mecting of the would endeavor to return the compli) 2) tammon dear, because right! council since the council chambers mont if ai return game could be ar). is where it plunges him into| were fitted up in a more pleasing ranged for. deep water and he will be lucky if/ manner. A new stove, desk, table —_—_—— he is able to swim oxt. Lammon and chairs add much to its appear- Sturdy Old War Horse. wrote in his paper last Saturday that! ance and all the old fixtures have That sturdy olf democratic WAT) ne had no preference whatever in| peen given a a coat of varnish. horse, Michael M. Doran, Sr, of St-iene pastoffice ite matter. That) (Poise cia mane Paul, attained his eightioth birthday | srarament is false Monday and is stil! hale and hearty | pam Mr Doran is a native of county Meath, | part ing me. _He wrote that I was going to considered on December § sewer, the seuabllny eeariy’ 28 years, | bota"in cearly 1 WILL PAY t Cintas, "or by mall dic. Sore veld ta 1% BS.O0O Each F. sor ater aa ‘Send for free catalogue. ° pettetees or bo refuse MeCALL'S MAGAZINE le bootie More subscribers thee =, able hae ss, ass aceetce, San |€ MINK TIMBER WOLVES Cleveland, red Tren cout) Telading's Toe tera ania WOmEREUL, SDUCEMENTS Seis WM. WEITZEL paved ng! “ic dame. Foal bane specie eattogne Grand Rapids, Minn. - it became THE McCALL CO., 255 to 268 W. 37m St, NEW YoRE known that ONE VEARIONE DOLLAR vos THE GRAND RAPIDS HIRALD-RIVEW 5. C. Kiev Edteor ead Put For Satbed at the sbore price for cash GET IT Now COMMERCIAL Book and Job Printing R= BIND OF WORT 2 wre ores” Let us figure with you nN 3 :