Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 1, 1909, Page 1

| MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Vor, XVIL—No, 24. Granp Rarips, Irasca County, Minn., Wepnespay, DECEMBER 1, tgog. Two Dollars a Year. NID FOR SCHOOLS FROM THE STATE Seven Schools In Itasca County Will Receive Appropriations From the State. MORE SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE Al Amount Received for Schools In This County Will Total $2,095 —Maust Live up to Require- ments to Secure Aid. County Superintendent of schools, Hattie F. Booth, states there will be a total of seven schools in Itasca county this year, who have complied with the requirements of the law and who will receive state aid. The amounts received by several school districts of Itasca county, not includ- ing High schools, will total $2,095 and will be quite a factor in pur- chasing equipment and otherwise im- proving the service. The state aid referred to comes from appropriations made by the jJegislature for the direct purpose of promoting better schools, and is given schools that comply with certain con- ditions, the gist] of which, are as fol- lows: Schools must have proper ventilation and where jheating plants are not installed the stoves must be inclosed in sheet iron, so that all gas- es will follow up the flue. They must have a suitable library, to which ad- ditions should be made each year; they must have good school buildings with ample blackboard space and must have good outbuildings. Schools must have a large International. dic- tionary and several academic dic- tionaries for reference..-work; good globes, maps and all necessary work- ing apparatus to successfully carry on, the) work. Schools entitled to receive state aid divided into five classes—High schools, graded schools, semi-graded schools, first class rural schools and second class rural schools, with the following additions for the different classes of schools: A graded school must maintain four departments; mus employ a principal holding at least a first jgrade professional certificate or an advanced Normal diploma; ! seventh and eighth grade teachers } must hold a first grade certificate; intermediate teachers must hold eith- er a first grade or complete second grade certificate, primary teachers must have had Normal training. No limited certificates are acceptable. A semi-graded school must maintain two or three departments; the prin- cipal must hold at least a first grade certificate, and all other teachers at least complete second grade certif: cates. In the first class rural schools | the teacher must hold a first grade certificate and in the second class rural schools the teacher must hold a complete second grade certificate. Further, the graded schools must be open nine months and all others for at least eight months. The amount of aid received by graded schools is $500; that receiv- ed by semigraded schools is $250; by first grade rural schools $125 and by second class rural schools $75. This aid is given in addition to the semi-annual apportionments from the state and amounts to enough to prac- tically pay the difference in salary it would cost to hire teachers pos- sessing first or complete second grade certificates. The following are the schools re- ceiving aid: Semi-graded school at Cohasset and first grade rural school at Bigfork, in district No. 1; Semi graded school at Taconite and first) grade rural school at LaPrairie, in district No. 2; First grade rural schools at McKay and Norman, in| district No. 5; first grade rural school in, Goodland, in district No. 11. County superintendent, Hattie F. Booth, states that where there are now seven schools im Itasca county receiving state aid, there should be twenty-five. So little compared with the benefits received is required from the different schools and the money expended will come back in a short time, the equipment will be ‘petter; there will be a more effici ent and trained class of teachers; and lastly the schools will turn out more finished product—students that are will be in better shape to cope with life’s problems. This being true, it would seem that patrons of every school would as soon {as possible take such steps as will enable their school to receive he state aid referred to. May Be So. There are so many railroads heading for northern Minnesota that - some means should be taken to head them off. If they are allowed to enter this territory they will own all the land as right-of-way.—Grand Rapids, Herald-Revieww. Let ’em come Bro. Kiley. If the railroad componies get to own the land they wlil offer all for sale that they don’t make use of themselves and will hold out some inducements to ged settlers, to buy. ‘They will al- So pay taxes on the land they own.— International Falls Free Press. If the state would condescend to pay taxes on its lands there would not be so much of a kick coming. Its about time the railroads get after the state to compel it to divy up ex- pense) money. APPEAL GAGE TD BE ARGUED IN BRIEF Case of Clerks of Sand Lake Pre- cinct to Be Argued in Brief Before Supreme Court. The case of Charles Dahlgren, a government scaler, who was arrest- ed on a charge of illegal voting in the Sand Lake precinct on election day, in November of last year, came up before the supreme court yesterday. The case of Dahlgren was investi- gated, by the grand jury and no in- dictment was returned, but County Attorney Price decided to investigate further and had a warrant issued for his arrest. L. M. Hooper, Charles Stark and Frank Schultz, who were clerks of election in the Sand Lake precinct | were called before the grand jury to testify to what they knew Cconcern- ing the alleged voting of Dahlgren under the name of Hues. It is stated) that at the hearing in connection witt the Riley-Riddell contest for the of- fice of sheriff, all three former clerks testified that Dahlgren did not start to work at the Simpson logging camp till November 30, 1908, but that he was at Sand Lake election day and voted under the name of Frank Hues. Dahlgren was also said to have testified similiarly, but when the three former election clerks were brought; before the grand jury as witnesses against Dahlgren it is said they not only disclaimed any know- ledge of his having voted as Hues, but stated they had never seen him} before. The three slerks were arrested on a charge of perjury, and through their attorneys, Thwing & Rossman, they appealed to the supreme court in habeas corpus proceedings to compel the sheriff of Itasca county, T. T. Riley, to give them their liberty. They claim to be unlawfully restrained. At St. Paul yesterday it was decided to submit the evidence in brief form for the supreme court's decision. ARRESTED FOR POISONING COWS Nels Nordell, of Orth, Arrested, Charged With Having Poisoned Neighbors’ Cattle. A warrant was issued last week up- on complaint of C. S. Attix and /Swan Norstrom, of Orth, which is in the north part of ‘the county, for the ar- rest of Nels Nordell, of the same place, on a charge of having poisoned some cattle belonging to the above named, gentlemen. It is alleged the cattle trespassed upon Nordell’s property, eating his hay, and he became angered and set a dish of potatoes where the cattle would eat it, containing Paris green. Dne cow is said to have died as a result of eating the poison and an- other was saved with great difficulty. Deputy Sheriff Doran served the warrant and returned jwith the pris- oner Friday. At the examination the case was continued to December 2. ! For First-class, up-to-date job print- ing you will find no better place than the Herald-Revied: DOES NOT AFFECT |GRAND RAPIDS TO ITASCA COUNTY; Indian Service Department Issues Order Closing Saloons Under Treaty Act. NO SALOONS IN THE ITASCA TRACT Order for Itasca County Reads:— ‘That Portion of Itasca County West of Range 26 and South of Township 147. The Herald-Review is in receipt of a circular from the Department of the Interior, of Salt Lake City, Utah, fin regards to closing saloons in the districts affected under the treaty with the Chippewa Indians, of 1855. The order, which includes a portion of Itasca county does not affect any of the saloons, as their are no saloon west of range 26 and jsouth of town- ship 147. The order reads as follows Subject:—Order to close saloons un- der Treaty Act of Congress of Feb. 22, 1855. Td All Concerned: Attention is hereby called to Treaty with the Chippewa Indians, Act of Congress of February 22, 1855 (10 Stat.L.1165) Article 7 of which reads as follows: “The laws which have been or may be enacted by Congress, regulating trade and intercourse with the In- dian tribes, continue to be in force within the several reservations pro- vided for herein; and those portions of said laws which prohibit the in- troduction, manufacture, use of, and traffic in, ardent spirits, wines, or other liquors, in the Indian country, shall continue and be in force, with- in the entire boundaries of the country herein ceded to the United States, until otherwise provided by Congress. Notice is hereby given that on and after December 27, 1909, the above provision will be enforced through- out the following districts in the state of Minnesota: 1—Throughout all of Becker county 2—Throughout all of Hubbard coun- ty. 3—Throughout that portion of Itasca county lying west of Range 26 and south of Township} 147. 4—Throughout that portion of Nor- man county lying east of Range 45. 5—Throughout that portion of Polk county lying east of Range 45 and south of town 148. 6—Throughout that Clearwater county lying Township 148. Liquor dealers are hereby warned to have all of their liquors removed from the above named districts on or before the date given. WILLIAM E. JENSON, Chief Special Officer, United States Indian Service. portion of south of DAN OKA FOUND GUILTY BY JURY Charged With Stealing Clothing From Lieberman Bro.s’ Store at Marble. The case of Dan Oka, who was charged| with stealing a quantity of clothing from Lieberman Bros.’ store at Marble, which has attracted con- siderable attention in court circles, went to the jury Monday afternoon and they returned a verdict of guil- ty of grand larceny in the first de- gree. Under the law he cannot re- ceive a sentence of less than five years, At the preliminary hearing Oka at first stated he had purchased the clothing at Duluth and later made the statement a man came to his place during the night and sold the suits to him for $5 each. In the case of the state vs. Mike Oreskovic, who was charged with grand larceny in the second degree, on account of a defective indictment, it not enumerating the articles stol- en, 2 motion to dismiss the case was made by County Attorney Price. Judge Wright will adjourn court here Friday and will return to Brain- erd. Judge Stanton, who is holding court at Walker, will return Monday to again preside over district court. ~AAVE INSTITUTE Will Be Held Shortly After First of Year—McGuire Now Holding Meetings. FARMERS’ MARKET AT ULUTH Meetings Held at Duluth Friday and Saturday—Propose to Se- cure Better Markets For Range District. Prof. A. J. McGuire, of the North- east Experiment farm, went to Du- luth Friday to take part in a meet- ing held that evening for the purpose of providing a better market for the Products of the range. The meeting Was held under the auspices of the Duluth Commercial club and a large number of delegates were in attend- ance. Mr. McGuire was appointed to gather statistics as to the amount of the different crops grown and he has issued the following buletin; “At a joint meeting of the Duluth Commercial club and deligates of the Farmers’ clubs of northeastern Minne sota held in Duluth November 26th and 27th, it was decided to estab- lish a Farmers’ market in Duluth. The plan of organization and opera- tion is now being drawn up by a committee and will be submitted at the next meeting of the above men- tioned association. “A committee was also appointed to determine the products (potatoes and other root crops) the farmers of Northeastern Minnesota now have on hand and for which they have no home market. When this is deter- mined, steps will be taken to provide sale for the same in Duluth. “Secretaries of farmers’ clubs or other persons, in a position to learn local conditions, are requested to write to A. J. McGuire, Experiment Farm, Grand Rapids, Minn., stating the amount and kind or farm pro- ducts for sale in their respective com- munities.. This report should be made before January Ist.” ’ A farmers’ institute was held at Du- luth the following day and Mr. Mc- Guire gave the farmers practical talk. Mr. McGuire is engaged in conduct- ing institutes on the Western circuit this week, owing to the illness of the regular conductor, and in a let- ter received by the Herald-Review this morning, he states a farmers’ institute will be held at Grand Rap- ids shortly after January 1. Prof. McGuire can ill aford to spend his) time for institute work as he is engaged in logging and clearing the land on the Experiment farm this winter. The farm comprises 450 acres and all this, with the excep- tion of 50 acres which will be de- voted to forestry, will be put under cultivation} the coming spring. MOB THREATEN TO LYNCH MAN Gilbert Man Dunned for Board Bill Kills Landlord With Razor. Angered because he was dunned for a board bill of some standing, this morning, at 10:30 o'clock, Agobito Suciarelli drew a razor and nearly severed the head of Luigi Grillo, his landlord, from his body. The murder- er fled, but was captured and con- veyed to the Eveleth jail for safety from a mob, which threatened to lynch him. Gaillo was a baker and also kept a boarding house. Suciarelli, who is 24 years old and single, has lived with Grillo for some time and owed him.a bill, which he determimed to collect this morning and which has caused trouble between the two for sometime. After they had quarrel- led in the house, Suciarelli drew his razor and attacked Grillo. They struggled for a time and finally went out into the rear yard, whee the as- sailant a slash at his victim, which mearly severed his head, cut- ting a deep, gash into his neck from which he bled to death. Suciarelli fled after committing the crime; but was seized by a force of telephone linemen near the Pitt mine He broke away from his cap- tors and after pursuit was again cap- tured in a boarding house where he had secreted himself. He was taken to the village jail, but owing to the excitement and the aroused feeling among his countrymen, who desired to secure possession of the prisoner and, theartened to burn him if they caught him, Chief Murphy, of the po- lice, and Judge Welsh managed to elude} thea crowd and took him to the jail at Eveleth. Dr. Francis worked over the vic- tim for over an hour in an effort to resuscitate him, but could accomplish nothing. The murder is the most shocking that has ever occurred in this vicin- ity. Suciarelli is said to have been under the influence of liquor when he committed the murder, but has not born a good reputation here. Grillo} leaves a wife and eight chil- dren in fairly good circumstances. RAILWAYS TIED UP BY BIG STRIKE Switchmen of Thirteen Railroads Go Out on Strike and Freight Traffic Is Paralysed. There will be little doing in freight traffic in the west for the present and perhaps the tie-up will last for an indefinite period. The switch- men of the west, including the ter- ritory from the lake Superior dis- trict to the pacific coast, went out on a strike yesterday. The cause is a matter of wages, as usual. Freight traffic is paralysed and busi- ‘ness will suffer incalculable damage. Local agents have been notified to accept no freight for shipment. BEMIDJI DEPUTY | SHERIFF SHOT Deputy Sheriff Johnson Seriously Injured In Running Fight | With Yeggman. |livered $5—all he had. | stead, TWO GLACK HAND MEN SENTENCED Dominik Pappatola and John Mous- illano Given Stiff Sentences By Judge Wright. GOT FOUR YEARS IN PENITENTIARY In Company With Companion They Were Arrested at Bovey for Al- leged Extortion of Money From Fellow Italians. If there is a black hand organiza- tion operating on the western Mesaba the society was given a black eye Friday when Dominik Pappatola and John Mousillano, two of its alleged members, were} given sentences of four years each at hard labor in the state penitentiary at Stillwater. The trial was commenced on Tues- day afternoon of last week and went to the jury Friday. After being out a short time they returned a verdict of guilty. They were arrested on complaint of Joe Iannone, of Bovey and in his complaint he set forth the fact that Pappatola and Mousillano, in com- pany with Frank /Tino, who was afterward sentenced at Fort Francis, Canada, on a charge of fmanslaughter, had a systematic manner of ex- tracting money from their Italian countrymen. It ‘seems they had forc- ed Iannone to “cough up” on several former occasions and jbecoming em- boldened by their success they, upon meeting Iannone and two compan- ions, forthwith demanded that each man hand over $25, the alternative being instant death. A dagger in the hands of one of the gang was used to strenghten the demand. One of Tannone’s companions jmanaged to get away and the other de- Iannone, who had been held up on former occasions declared he had no money with him but would go to /Bovey and obtain the necessary amount at once. In- however, he made complaint In a running battle with two yegs-| men who robbed the postoffice at| Posposky Thursday, Andrew Johnson, deputy sheriff of Beltrami county | was shot and seriously wounded and | one of the yeggmen was shot an in-} authorities stantly killed. The robbery was dis- covered shortly after it had occured | and the sheriff at Bemidji was | im- mediately notified. The men made! their escape from Posposky by means| of a handcar and Sheriff Hazen im- mediately |sent men to intercept them The sheriff and his deputy posted themselves alongside the track and upon the arrival of the handcar they stepped out and called the highwa) men to stop. Instead, they opened fire and started to flee. At the first discharge Deputy Sheriff Johnson fell, seriously injured. Sheriff Hazen and Patrolman Benner returned the fire with the result that one of | the robbers was killed instantly by Ben- ner. His companion made good his escape and at this writing has not been apprehended. Grave doubts were entertained for Johnson’s recovery. but the doctors in attendance now [state he has good chances of recovery. The dead yegg- man’s identity was at first unknown, but it was latter established. His name is Swan Johnson and for sever- al years has made his home at Hen- ning where he resided on a farm with his aged mother. He bore a bad reputation, at Henning and it is now believed he and his companion are the same two who robbed the Pos- posky store about a year ago. John- son’s jcompanion is described as fol- lows: At least six feet tall, rather stooped shouldered, with a red mus- tache and a few days’ growth of beard. He made good his escape and the probabilities are he will not be found. | Taken to St. Cloud. Wm. McDonald was taken to St, Cloud Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Hachey to serve a sentence in the state reformatory. McDonald was arrested and proven guilty of com- plicity in the [box car robbery at Nashwauk a short time ago, but on account of his youth he was (given a reformatory sentence. —_— amnpae=pese 2. epee 6 aD |* the police and a warrant was is- sued for their arrest, with the re- sult they were captured jand landed in Jail. It. was afterwwards Tino was wanted by on a learned that the CAnadian charge of | man- slaughter and, as Pappatola and Mousillano were not American citi- zens and had come to this country by way of Canada, an attempt was made to compel the Canadian to export them, but they used to do so. Inspector W. H. Dean, 6f Du- luth, in charge of the department of Commerce and Labor of the United States Immigration service, who had the matter in charge, returned them to Sheriff Riley’s care on September 6, and since that time they have languished in the county jail. After receiving sentence they were taken to Stillwater by Sheriff Riley and they will now spend four years each of their alloted span in the employ- ment of that great and glorious com- monwealth, the state of Minnesota. ment Hy MORE PRISONERS FOR STILLWATER Sheriff Riley Took Black Hand Members and Two Others to Penitentiary Friday. Sheriff Riley, accompanied by M. (McAlpine, took four prisoners to Stillwater Friday to serve terms in the ‘state penitentiary. They were: Dominik Pappatola and John Mous- illano who received sentence of four years each for extortion and Fred Myer and Thomas Grainer, who re- ceived sentences of cighteen months. Myer stole two shirts it Deer River while Grainer made a with a quart er of beef at Cohass: i = i More Clothing Siclen. An epidemic of stealing articles from stores at Deer River seems to have broken out. John Roukki was ar- rested and bound over to the grand jury Monday on a charge of having stolen a pair of trousers from the Itasca store.) } gen ff Ae ee