Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 17, 1909, Page 1

“MINNG TA. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Vow. XVII—No, 22. Granpv Rapips, Irasca County, MINn., WeEpNESDAY, NoveMBER 17, 1909. Two Dollars a Year. THE REPORTS ON SWAMP LANDS State Swamp Lands Cruisers Turn In Their Findings to State Au- ditor S. G. Iverson. They Recommend that the State Pay Taxes Upon Its Swamp Lands to Aid Settlers in Road Making. The Herald-Review is pleased to{ prmt the report of T. L. Duncan of Northome and Nils Ottersted of Tur- tle River, state swamp land cruisers, who began their duties last spring and have recently finished their task. This is a matter that the state! should have attended to years ago! and if it had been done many bona fied settlers would not have been distressed and still many more of a like character would be actual resi- dents of the forest portions of the slate today The report of these men certainly Dear the ring of honesty and fair play Report of T. L. Duncan. Northome, Oct. 20, S. G. Iverson, State Auditor, St. Paul, Minn Dear Sir:—In reporting to you the completion of the swamp land = ex- amination to which you assigned me last spring, | take advantage of the opportunity to make some explana- tion of the work and comments on the situation which has come about from the swamp land contest. There has been some criticism of the state i» defending its right to swamp land on which squatters had settled, and the matter has appeared in some quarters in ap altogether wrong light —the state being accused of driving settlers off their lands, forcing them into a heavy expense to defend their land office whether the state appears or not These accusations, as presented by one writer, have been so plainly made in disregard of the fact and so illogical on the face that it is claims at the total wholly hardly worth while making any re-| ‘ply to them, but some discussion of | the siiuation may interest you The town in which these swamp land contests arose were late in be- img surveyed and settlers pushing in} ahead of the surveyors, located on} whatever land they wished Many | of these squatters were not aware of the fact that all swamp land had been conveyed to the state by the yact of March 12, 1860; some believ-) ed that the state would make no} fight for swamp land on which there were settlers; others were of the opinion that it would be “easy to beat the state.” Some were misled by thelr own and their neighbor's views of the matter, others by ignor- ance or unscrupulous locaters. The opening of these towns was further) delayed by re-surveys, and when set- tions as to the method of examina-! , | | Rapids during the past week, where | bringing im the first kill of the sea- ‘the land, if entitled to it—the land te | if not swamp, without a hearing. It was for the purpose of ascertain- dmg the facts and presenting them |at the hearing that our party af ex- aminers were placed in the field. It ‘has been charged that these examin- ers were “sworn to perform certain | you know to be absolutely false. | The examiners were sworn only when) called to stand as witnesses at the hearing and them only by the regis-| ter or the receiver of the United) States Land Office. Hard Labor at Stillwater—Oth- ers Plead Guilty. HIGH SCHOOL TEA OBBNG UL CAFE} DEFEATS WEBI work in a certain way,” which charse| Wa, Conners Was Seatenced to Are Now Acknowledged of the Range—Hibbing Players Entirely Outclassed. In looking over the correspondence | ||| LAST 10 THE MARCH TERM WANT GAME WITH DULUTH CENTRALS I find no imstructions from you as to the manner of procedure in making j these examinations, except to con- fer with Mr. WEE. Culkin of Duluth, | Judge Stanten Will Go to Walker|Made Gains at Will—Score 46 to 9| Powers, quarterback; Blood, fullback the special attorney for the state in icharge of the hearing. Before enter-| Tuesday to Open Court—Judge ing the field each examiner received | Wright Will Preside in from Mr. Culkin typewritten suggse- His Stead (Continued on page five) ae | A number of cases were disposed jof before district court by Judge Stanton during the past week. The verdict was returned Saturday even- ing im favor of the plaintiffs for the _ sum of $2,953.53. The case involved Fall of Snow Saturday Evening | an accounting between the parties Greatly Aids Sportsmen In jover cedar transactions covering a Tracking period of five years and the amount Game. sued for was $4,023.84. | County Attorney Price. moved the criminal calendar Saturday morning and William Conners, who was in- dicted by the grand jury on a charge of having robbed the I X L cafe of $16.50, during the absence of the i + | night cook, on the night of June 28, First Kill of the Season Brought in|... ane oe Placed on trial, he being re By L. C. Peckham—Was a | presented by Attorney Pratt, the y I Noble Specimen Weighing State being fepresented by County Attorney Price. The trial was com- 188 Peunds. HUNTERS ARRIVE ON EVERY pleted Monday evening and the jury after deliberating about an hour, re turned a verdict of guilty. Judge Stanton sentensed him Tuesd A sixinch fall of snow Saturday) inree years at hard soa ms evening proved a boon to hunters.| srjwater, The woods in the north country are) ini) Maki, charged with assault in full of deer and moose, but 4 l@ree/ine first degree, pleaded guilty to number of hunters were unsucces€! ine charge of assault in the second ful in obtaining game, on account) qooree with the consent of the court of being unable to follow the tracks}, .4 county attorney, and was sentenc The recent snow has changed this,| 4 io two years at Stillwater at hard covering the ground so game will labor. have more difficulty in obtaining feed Three young men, Arthur J. Donnel- * tl bunch u . and also causing them to Pliy, Wm. M. McDonald and James more. | Rourke pleaded guilty to the charge Hunters from every part of the) of grand larceny in the second degree state have been flocking to Grand) 1. having been charged with larceny in the first degree, County they have obtained supplies and als0| atronney Price having agreed to ac- information concerning eee cept this plea, with the consent of where deer are most plentiful. a the court. It is alleged that the L. C. Peckham has the honor boys broke into some box cars on the ne Great Northern railroad at Nashwau son, he knocking down @ fine buck) 414 stole some liquor, candy, cloth- Thursday afternoon. It oes ser ing and other articles. Donnelly was pounds. H. K. Finch “| given a sentence of 2% years in the Billeadeau spent Sunday at JobD! ciate. prison at hard at hard labor, Hofer’s camp and the former gentle-| Rourke two years, and McDonald, on man had the good luck to bring dowD| acount of his youth, he being only a deer. Oscar T. Anderson, the! pinateen years of age, was sentenced popular clerk at the Pokegama hotel,| +, tne state Reformatory at St. Cloud returned from Wabana lake Monday| 7) ow. vuchkovich with where he spent several days in quest ee Pace cable Gene.” His aed broelt 8 the crime < org in the first degre deer home with him. A party of|? ed -petlhze ase alia % iis, ails of | S@ult im the second degree, and was the state drove in Sunday with two sentenced by the court to five years ‘oat at hard labor in the State's Prison H. B. Craig of Orrock and Leon | Stliwater. Mauch Credit Due Coach Krue- ger for the Fast Team Work Developed. t The football game Friday between pte High school teams of Hibbing and Grand Rapids was one of the best from a technical point of view, ever. ‘Played in the range country. For knowing and playing the fine points of the game the Grand Rapids team has no equal im the north country and their plays would put many sup- posedly fast teams to shame for the brilliancy of their execution. « It was thought by many at the be- gimning of the football season Grand T Rapids would be unable to retain the |reputation won by former teams. fThe reason for this was the fact the ‘team was constructed entirely from “raw” material, with the exception of one or two players. The new- comers, however, demonstrated they were imbued with the same fighting spirit which has heretofore given Grand Rapids the honor of claiming the championship of the range, and although the team is not a heavy ome it has the faculty of making good Although great credit is due each individual player for having the stay- ing qualities which are indispensable in the make-up of a successful foot- jball player, more credit is due Prof. | Kraeger, of the German and science j}department of the Grand Rapids | schools, who has coached the boys |through the season. He is very pop- lular with the team and one of its | members questioned concerning Prof. | Kruger replied: “He does’t say much | but he certainly knows the game and |when he makes a suggestion it is of | practical benefit.” | The kick-off was made by Hibbing |Grand Rapids brought the ball well ‘up to the center of the field before | the visitors could break through their | interference, and with a rapid suc- icession of two line smashes, a for- | ward pass, another line smash and a | final successful forward pass, Murphy ‘crossed the line for the first touch- |down, the entire time consumed lbeing only two minutes. A goal kick jmade the score 6 to 0. At this junc- |ture the Hibbing fullback was retired from the game. he getting one of his limbs injured in one of the line smashes, which unfitted him for further play. The next score was made in a short) | time, Grand Rapids sending their men through the line for big gains, their plays being made so fast the visitors | were unable to locate the ball until ten or fifteen yards had been made. O'Brien and Tom Brskine, backed by Champions | *"° anxious to try conclusions with The Hibbing team consists of a nice gentlemanly bunch of fellows, but the locals were too fast for them and also outweighed them. This will close the season for Grand Rapids unless a game is secured for Thanks- giving with Duluth Centrals. Al | though the Centrals have a reputa- tion for being a fast team, the locals them and would like to play the game on home ground. The following was the line-up of the opposing teams: Grand Rapids— Murphy and Reussvig ends; O’Brien and Tuel, tackles; Erskine and Graf- fam, guard; (During the latter half their positions were played by Cost- ello and Strain) Erskine and Bran- don, halfbacks; Tyndall, Center; and captain. Hibbing—Schrimer and St. Julien, ends; Adams and Webster, tackles; Peterson and Andenson, guards; Bordessona and Duyer, half- backs; Cohoe, center; Hooker, quart- erback and captain; Cobb, fullback. OBTAINED MONEY BY FRAUD METHOD Matt Milbach Will Be Tried For At-| tempting to Obtain Money Un- der False Pretences. FIRST NASHWAUK TRAIN ATURDAY Time Card Has Not Yet Been Sent Out—Schedule Will Favor Grand Rapids. FIVE STATIONS ON THE NEW LINE They are Coleraine, Bovey, Marble, Holman, and Calumet—Tele- graph Fixtures Installed—- Agents Appointed. The long talked of train service be- tween Grand Rapids, Nashwauk and Hibbing will be put into operation Saturday or Sunday, according to a prominent railroad official, who was here recently. There are various reports out as to the schedule the trains will run on, but railroad men here] think the passenger train will depart immediately upon the arrival of the 2:45 o'clock east bound after- noon passenger which will give good service to those desiring to visit the range towns. It is thought this train will return from Hibbing to Grand Rapids as an evening passen- WAS ARRESTED IN MILWAUKEE Wes, Asacieted. in Bisiness Wah Travica Bros.—Drew Checks on Firm and Then Shieped: Coustey: | | Matt Milback, who -was formeriy! engaged ip the butcher .Qusiness at Grand Rapide, being located in the! building now occupied by Roscker's | ger. The report is also out that a train will leave Grand Rapids at 7 o'clock, a, m., arriving at Hibbing at 9:30, returning to Grand Rapids in time to make connections with the westbound Duluth-Grand Forks train. A party consisting of F. S. Elliot, superintendent of the Lakes district; J. C. Hass, roadnfaster; R. M. Knox, superintendent of construction and H. Birmingham, epgimeer in charge, went over thé new line Saturday and pronounced it in readiness for service The first two named gentlemen were The tailor shop, was arrested at Milwau-' accompanied by their wives. kee, Wis., on a charge of obtaining | ballasting is now complete and line- money under false pretences by is-'men are busy installing telegraphic suing checks on Travica Bros., of | service. Marble, and he is now awaiting his| Depots have been erected at Cole: jtrial, which is expected will come raine, Bovey, Marble, Holman and up’ tomorrow. | Taconite, and agents will be sent to He wis arrested on the specific the various stations Saturday and charge of having drawn a check on) with the installation of the passenger Travina Bros. for $25 which wascash-: service Grand Rapids will have ed by John Hurley, of Bovey. Milback! direct communication with villages was associated with Travica Bros. in on the range which have heretofore the business of buying and selling peen inaccessible, except by team. horses and it is claimed he drew sever This will be of great benefit to local al checks on them for several; men who have business on the range amounts varying from $10 to $100,/and wish to return the same day. It alleging it was used to purchase Wag- has been impossible to do so in the ons, fittings, etc., which were to be past, a fact which has caused much used in the butchershop they eX- inconvenience pected to start im partnership. In, irae A? Rieaie lie e on¢ instance is is alleged he drew) a check for $100, which was cashed) ATTEND SUPPER by a Marble merchant and when AT L O. 0. F. HALL asked by his partner what purpose | the money had been used he stated, Catholic Ladies Will Serve Supper for rent on their building. It is also stated Milback wi i ° whien| Thursday Evening, the 18th, At 25c per Plate. sums amounting to about $300, which! it is understood was to be used in purchasing a team. After drawing! the check for $100 he skipped the country and was located at Milwau- The Catholic ladies will serve sup- kee, where he was apprehended by | per at I. 0. O. F. hall Thursday after- | Lom of Duluth departed for the north tlers were allowed too present their mtry jay. application at the land office many saeces Monday land, but on the one hundred and sixty acre tracts claimed as a home- stead of which the were & part In all cases where ap- plications were found to be in con- flict with the state swamp land grant season. Sweet and Chas. Hendlein. departed for 60-24 Monday. and settlement was alleged prior to erday, but as thay are mihet te the opening of the plats at the land office the settlers were allowed to] tient concerning the trip, we — institute contests against the state|! they brought no game home and hearing was ordered by the U. them. S. land office to determine their re- spective rights. Here it should be zemembered that the legal subdivi-| sion considered in the designation of swamp land is a forty acre tract and paar tarageapet peters application | !nexperienced sportsmen. was in conflict with the state or a forty or more, the applicant had the ° option of droping off these forties Will Hold School Friday. that were swamp and taking only) Heretofore it has been customary 120 or 80 acres as the case might be| with school district No. 1 to allow and retain a personal right to enter/|Friday following Thanksgiving as a ‘on additional tract to make up the holiday. stitution of a contest by a was the only way he had to gain|the 26th inst. Mr. Craig, though Tuesday to hold a special term court for Cass county. of them nad made valuable improve- ee aoe, wk anes wil last about a month and during | ine gave the ments—not in all cases on the swamp mage to Itasca county each bunting his absence his place on the bench/ gown and a successful A party arrived here from here will be taken by Judge Wright | ,ade the score 12 to 0. An end rup Fairbault, Minn., Sunday, consisting} The cases are beimg disposed of a5 Kame more line. smashing tactics and swamp lands of R. D. Pettier, Fred Chaffee; Frank rapidly as possible, but from the un- another forward pass added five more They | sal length of both the civil and crim! 4, the score. The Hibbing team, Hon, | ial calendar it is not thought they wasch pefore had been playing a will be cleaned up much before the ; C. C. McCarthy and Geo. F. Kremer P rather weak game, rallied during the for all or a part of the land claimed drove to the old Kennedy ranch Sat- March term of court commences. Since Christmas falls on|Hane, died at the hospital Sunday shortage in his homestead. These | Saturday schoo! will close on Thurs-|morning of appendicitis. The young! of contests so initiated, were all against|/day, Dec. 23, thus permitting teach-|man was about 15 years of age and G1 the state, and were not commenced|ers and others to visit their homes/has been Ili for the past two months. by state against any settler. The in-|or friends at a distance. Hence, the} He ie the second eon to die during a settler|reason for holding echool on Friday,| period of six months. The remains Judge Stanton will go to Walker] powers, plowed through the line like | steam rollers, it seeming impossible This terM|.. stop them. A rush through the locals another touch- goal kick Sheriff Riley It is understood his wife, who is staying at the home of her father, O. B. Seaman, wil) institute proceedings for divorce. latter part of the half and by means of a forward pass crossed the line for a touchdown. A successful goalkick was made and the half ended with Trout Lake School Crowded. At @ meeting of the school board|ehe score 23 to 6 in Grand Rapids’) Thus far, no fatalities have been /of district No. i held Monday evening) fayor. |reported in this immediate vicinity,|t was decided to build an addition but we note a majority of hunters|to the Trout Lake school. At Bre-| secured are wearing scarlet caps as an added|sent the school is greatly overcrowded - | protection against hair-brained and|and the addition, which will be 18x18, = During the last hal touchdowns and goal- a triple will be erected during the present month. The usual grist of bills wer allowed. Death of Carl Hane. Carl, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lore were laid to rest in Itasca cemetery. z FIREMEN’S BALL THANKSGIVING Members of Grand Rapids Volun- teer Fire Department Will Give Annual Dance. In a few days bills will be issued advertising the annual Thanksgiving Grand Rapids} g,nce of the Grand Rapids fire de- partment. It will be held at Village three at short intervals, one of the}. on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 25, on and the money received will be used “stunts.” Give it a boost by purchas- ing a ticket. Get your pictures framed at Sickler’s and savd money on them. noon and evening, November 18, be- ginning at 5 o’clock and, as the ladies have a reputation for the excellence of their suppers it is expected they will have a large number to serve. A charge of 25 cents per plate will be made and everybody is invited and urged to attend. The following is the menu: Roast Pork with Dressing . Apple Sauce Mashed Potatoes Mashed Turnips Baked, Beans Pickles Bread Coffee Cheese Rolls Tea Returned Disgusted. A party of hunters who went out two days before the season opened, consisting of John Johnson, Will Mc- returned the camp was burned and they were forced to leave for home, but stopped at C. C. Smith’s place, 32 miles north of home, and hunted four days with success. ae ec