Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 8, 1909, Page 1

AER A ON A aaeanmamaaia a TS eae VoL. XVIIL—No. 25. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Two Dollars a Year. \ WILL GIVE QUEEN EOTHER CANTAT sented By Grand Rapids Choral Society. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Et | Given Under Direction of Madame Daix-Despret—Taken From Book of Esther and Scene Is Laid In Persia. The Grand Rapids Choral society, which has a membership of over forty has been working hard for the past three months on the cantata, Queen Esther, and have deeided to present it at the High school auditorium Fri- day evening December 17. Althouugh am old cantata,’ this is one of the most beautiful ever presented and the theme is taken from the Book of Esther and seventy-five people will take part. The scene is laid in Per- sia which is ruled by King Ahasuerus, a Persian, the’ Jews being ‘1 a state of ‘subjection and looked down upon by the Persians. She is both a vocal and instrumental artist of note.and when anything is given under her direction this is suf- ficient guarantee to the people of Grand Rapids that it is the best obtain able. The coming week the Herald- Review, will give a listof those who are in the Persian and Jew chorus- es, pages, maids of honor, ete, a list of the patronesses, and also a brief synopsis of the program. The Gem Theatre Progress. During the past week. Messrs. Hag- an & Comers have redoubled their efforts to entertain their patrons. The best films ever shown here were iflashed upon the canvas and the il- lustrated songs have been of a pleas- ing character. Monday evening eight pieces of Roecker’s orchestra ren- dered fine selections which the large audience cheered to the echo. The management have the field and are certainly taking care of it properly. COMPULSORY LAW BRINGS RESULTS Schools In Itasca County Report Better Attendance Account Enforcing Law. Jurors Will Be Secured Before Friday. ONLY SX JURORS YET CHOSEN) WILL HAVE EXCELLENT LIBRARY Charged With Misappropriation of Equipment Complete In Every Par- Public Moneys In Connection ticular— Formal Opening of the With Great Western Min- Building Will Be Held ing Co. Payments. December 10. On account of Judge Wright be- Nashwauk, the range metropolis, ing compelled to go to Bemidji Fri-|mow has one of the finest appointed day, court was adjourned until the!school) buildings in the state. Ik is following Tuesday, Judge Stanton|complete in every detail and the having arrived Monday to again re-|formai opening will be held Friday sume his position on the bench. evening, December 10. LaBrosse’s Attorney General George T. Simp-jorchestra, of Duluth, has been en- son and Deputy Examiner M. F. Kain} gaged to furnish music for the oc- arrived in the village Wednesday|casion. The lighting plant was com- and the attorney general was in conference with the county attorney in regard to making disposition of the Kremer cases, Mr. Kain being here a8 a witness. “The trial of A. A. Kremer, ex- county treasurer of Itasca county, Esther was born in Persia, 500 years before the birth of Christ. Be- ing arf orphant from infancy, she is adopted by Mordecai, her uncle, who recognizes her great natural beauty and womanly charms and trains her in the highest accomplishments of womanhood. Ahasuerus, who at that time was unmarried, sent out an edict commanding that all beautiful woman in the kingdom should be brought before him and the most beautiful he would make his wife. Out of the vast throng Esther was chosen to be his wife and queen. She does not disclose her nationality and the King remains in ignorance that she is a Jew. Haman was prem- ier and the favorite minister of the king and the latter commanded that all the Jews should fall down and All did this with the worship him. exception of Mordecai. Haman does not know the relationship existing between Esther and Mordecia and to be revengéd he obtained a decree from the King, commanding that all Jews in| the providence shall be destroyed. Mordecai discovers the plot and charges Esther to petition the king for the safety of her people, which she does at the peril of her life, on account of the law that none shall go before the king unbidden. The king hears her petition and Ha- man is defeated. Haman has pre- pared a gallows for Mordecai and Harbonah informs the king of the fact The king orders Haman to be hanged from it and proclaims Mordecai prim- NECESSITATES LARGER SCHOOLS Addition to Trout Lake School Direct Result Compulsory School Laws—Has Attendance of Twenty-Six. The compulsory education law is working wonders in the country dis- tricts of Itasca county, according to reports received from the teachers of the various schools by Hattie F. Booth, county superintendent, and F, E. Reusswig, director of district No. 1. The compulsory school law, which was passed at the last session of th legislature, provides that all children shall attend school until they have attained their. seventeenth birthday provided, however, that this will not apply after the pupils have complet--- ed the eighth grade studies. Teachers in the rural districts re- port an increase of from 3 to 5 pupils at short intervals and attribute the increase to the effacy of the com- pulsory school law. In the towns and villages the increase is not great, as the truant officers have faithfully performed their duties, but in the yural districts, where some of the pupils live at a distanec of 5 miles \from a school, the increase is par- er in his stead, whereupon the peo- ple all rejoice. The following is the cast of characters: Esther, soprano, Loretta Doran. Ahasuerus, bass, L. M. Bolter. Hainan, baritone, Dr. C. C. Carp- enter. Zeresh, contralto, Mary Bossard. Mordecai’s sister, soprano, Mrs. L. M. Bolter. Prophetess, soprano, Anna M. Becker.) Median Princess, alto, Mrs. W. C. Gilbert.; Persian Princess, soprano, Kremer. Scribe; baritone, George W. Blas- ing. Beggar, bass, Allen Doran. Hegia, bass, W. A. Rossman. Haman’s daughter, Muriel Myers. Herald, tenor, Harold Luther. Harbonah. tenor, W. Guy Finch. Grand Rapids should be proud of ha ing a choral society, as a greater number of villages of this size can- mot claim the distinction. The club bas a list of over thirty-five patron- esses, who are prominent in the social life of the village and these ladies will see that all are given an op- portunity to purchase tickets, the price for which is 50c for adults and 25¢ for children. There will be no extra charge for reserved seats and those purchasing early will have first chance of obtaining good seats. Seats may be reserved at the Itasca and the curtain will rise on the first scene at promptly 8 o’clock. Madame Daix-Despret, the direct- ress, is too well known by the peo- ple of Grand Rapids to need any in- troduction from the Herald-Review. Ada ticularily noticed. In the Trout lake schoo’ in particular, the attendance during former terms has only aver- aged ten, but during the present term the attendance is now twenty-six. The school, as a result, has been greatly overcrowded and “has neces- sitated the building of an addition to the school building, 18x18, and carpenters are now buisly engaged in rushing the work to completion. When completed Trout lake will have a@ very neat school house. Other schools also report overcrowded con- ditions and it is probable many ad- ditioma) will be erected. The small boy is not the only one who regards the compulsory educa- tion ‘aw with aversion. It is caus- ing the school boards of the various districts to do considerable figuring in order to provide transportation facilities for the pupils and still keep within the amount named, as -suffici- ent for carrying on the school work for the year, at the annual meeting. Director Reusswig has been flooded | with petitions from parents request- ing that their children be transport- ed to/ and from schools. In many instances it is practically impossible on account of the amount of expense involved for the number of pupils carried, and as a result the residents of the rural districts are hurling down vituperations upon the heads of the luckless school boards. Miss Rae Johnson is expected to arrive from Minneapolis Saturday to accept a position as stenographer in Auditor Spang’s office. Miss John- son formerly held this position and her friends will be glad to learn of her return. was commenced Tuesday morning, the specific charge being misappro- priation of public funds amounting to $3,363.90, tax payments made by the Great Western Mining company, that amount having been held out from payments made by the company... The state is represented by Frank ¥F. Price, county’ attorney, and H. W- Stark, assistant county attorney, while Kremer is represented by Hon C. C. McCarthy. Tuesday was spent in examining jurors and out of a total of nineteen examined three were chosen. They are James Mc- Mahon, of Cohasset, A. Richardson, of Trout lake, and Harry Johnson, of Deer River. Another venire of twent five was subpoenaed Tuesday and they are béing examined today. Up ito the hour of going to press but three jurors haye ‘ been secured from this venire. They are H. J. Cooper of Coleraine; Rueben Larson, of Bigfork and Wm. Meisner of Deer River. At the present rate it is not ex- pected the full complentent of jurors will be secured before Friday and several more) special venires. will be subpoenaed before the twelve tried and true are secured. On account of circumstances in the case and pub- licity given the matter the court room is filled with interested spectators. POPULAR YOUNG LADY TO WED Miss Minnie Potter to Be Married to Frank Pennimen at Duluth Tuesday Morning. Miss Minnie Potter, one of Grand Rapids’ most popular young, ladies, will leave for Duluth Monday where she will be married to Mr. Frank Pennimen, of Watertown, N. Y., at Duluth Tuesday morning at the First Presbyterian church. Immediately after the conclusion of the wedding ceremony! the young couple will de- part for Watertown where they will make their home. Miss Potter’s mother will accompany her to Du- luth to be present at the ceremony. Miss Potter has made her home at Grand Rapids for some time and for the past year she has held the posi- tion as stenographer in the county auditor’s office. By her winning ways she has made many friends and it is a matter of universal regret that she is to leave Grand Rapids. Mr. Pén- nimen, the lucky man, is to be con gratulated on his choice and their many friends extend feliciations. Numerous showers and parties have been given in Miss Potter’s honor during the past week. On Monday, of last week, Mrs. W. J. Powers en- tertained in her honor; Mrs. I. D. Rassmussen: rta: Wednesday afternoon; Mrs. John E. McMahon gave a party in her honor Saturday evening and a linen shower was given Miss Potter at Mrs. D. M. Gunn’s Monday: “Many tokens of the love and esteem in which she is held by her Grand Rapids friends were pre- sented Miss Potter. Pleted last week and the formal open- ing was delayed on account of the delay of receiving the generator to furnish the electricity. The genera- tor is a 20 watt Allis Chalmers macchine and is sufficient to furnish power for lighting the building, run @ motor for the ventilating of the Behool and to furnish heat for cook- ing for the domestic science classes. At a.recent meeting of the school. board of district No. 9 it was decid- ted to reopen the night school and Tun it continuously until the close of school in June. The night school will be conducted under the super- ; Vision of Superintendent H. A. Gil- jruth. The night school under his charge last year proved a complete Buccess and it is expected over 100 pupils will enroll the first night. Superintendent Gilruth is having a new catalogue of the list of books in the schoo] library prepared and the work is now being turned out by’ the Herald-Review office. We re- produce the list of books below. The building, plumbing and heating of the building is thoroughly ‘modern in ever respect and the library is considered one of the best in the range country. The people of Nashwauk are to be rongratulated both on account — of their school building and the push and enterprise of their school board. Superintendent Gilruth is also con- sidered to be one of the most cap- able and efficient instructors in northeastern. Minnesota. List of Books. 355—Abroad With the Jimmies. 266—Across ihe Delaware. 73—Adam Bede. §98—Adventures of Capt. Morn. 367—Adventures of Capt. John Smith. 623—Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 451—Adventures of Marco Polo. 408—Adventures of Robin Hood. 522—Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 458—Adventures of Ulysses. 392—Adventures of a Young Naturalist. 42—Addison’s Essays. 146—Adrift in the Wilds. 198—Aguinaldo'’s Hostage. 806—Alhambra. 34—Ailce in’ Wonderland. 384—Alice of Old Vincennes. 150—AIl Aboard. 263—Amos Dunkle—Oarsman. 420—American Girls’ Handy Book. 430—American History Stories, 4 vol. 467—American Indians. 499—Among the Lawmakers. 844—Ancient History—West. 1—Anderson’s Fairy Tales. 377—Animal Heroes. 807—Animal Story Book. 14—Arabian Nights. 487—Aspects of the Earth. 652—Art of Elm Island. 808—At the Siege of Quebec. 12—Autobiography of Benj. Franklin. 46—Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. 65—Aunt Dina. 217—Barbara Thayer. 92—Barrack Room Ballads. 214—Battle of Home. 342—Battle Ground. 80i—Bear Stories. — 128—Ben. Bruce. 297—Ben Hur, 525—Beacon Lights of Patriotism. | 425—Beautiful Joe. —Beautiful Joe’s Paradise. 415—Bed Time Stories. 533—Belle of Bowling Green. 224—Beric the Briton. 580—Beside the Bonnie Brier Brush. 572—Between the Lines: 809—Bimbi. 380—Biography of a Grizzly. 486—Bird Neighbors. 478—Birds that Hunt and Are Hunted. 632—Bird’s Christmas Carol. 443—-Bits of Talk About Home Matters. 567—Black Friday. |180—Biack Rifle’s Mission. 671—Black Tor. 3862—Blazed Trail. eo 589—Bpb,: Son of Battle. 252—Bonnie Prince Charlie. 21—Book of. Golden Deeds. 521—Bound in Honor. 141—Bound to Rise. 571—Bosy Tom. 810—Boyhood in Norway. 419—Boy Craftsman. 144—Boy Cruisers. 145—Boy Explorers. 243—Boy Knight. 280—Boy Patroit. 686—Boy Truckers. 848—Boys of ’76. 475—Boy Travelers—Mexico. 476—Boy Travellers—Russia. 477—Boy Travellers—Great E: Islands. 272—Brave Defense. 441—Brave Little Holland. 248—Bravest of the Brave. 176—Brought to the Front. 44—Bryant’s Poems. cs 637—Bud Boyd’s Triumph. 812—Burial of the Guns, 192—Burying the Hatchet. 740—Bunny Stories. 792—RBy England’s Aid. 247—By Pike and Dike. 242—By Right of Conguest. 795—By Sheer Pluck. 341—Cadet Days. (Continued on page six) MOVING POLES AND REPAIRING LINES Britian Mesaba Telephone Company Re- moving Poles From Third Street to G. N. Right of Way. PUT SYSTEM IN COMPLETE REPAIR Crew Will Tighten Slack Wires, Soldier All Connections and Put Line In Best Condition for Efficient Service. Some extensive changes, that will materially improve the service of the system, are being made by the Mes- aba Telephone compafiy this week. A crew of men arrived here Wed- mesday and have set poles on the Great Northern right of way running parallel with Third street and the poles on Third street have been tak- en up. An agreement was made whereby the telephone company was given permission to use the Great North- ern right of way and in return the last named company will be allowed to string their wires on the newly set poles, thus doing away with all superfluous cables and poles. This will also greatly improve the aspect of Third street, as there will then be no string of poles to mar its busi- nesslike appearance. When this work is completed the linemen will put the telephone system in complete repair. All the slack wires will be tightened and all con- nections will be soldiered, thereby patting the system in the best pos- sible condition for efficient service, a move which will be greatly ap- preciated by the subscribers. The cable containing the wires lead ing to Third street business estab- lishments will be run through the al- ley between Sleeper and Leland aven- ues and thence along Second street, tthe business places being reached from the rear by meams of adjacent prey. It will be remembered that during the telephone war, in January of this year, out of a total of 300 ‘phones, 125 were taken out. At that time the rate for business ‘phones was $2 per month and the rate for residence *phones was $1. The telephone com- pany declared the exchange was be- ing run at a loss and raised the rate to $3 for business ‘phones and $1.75 for resident phones. The provision was made, however, that where the rental for a quarter was paid during the first thirty days a discount of 15¢ would be given. During the past six months the greater share of those who had their ‘phones removed have ordered them replaced and Manager Hostetter states additions are being made to the system at the rate of seven or eight a week. and he states that before January 1, 1910, the ex- change will have more than three hundred subscribers, Misses Mand and Flossie Wright, who have given the instrumental and vocal. selections at the Unique. for the past year departed for their home at Bemidji Thursday. The young ladies made many friends while here who regret their departure. EAT NORTHERN ACCEPT FREIGHT Backbone of Strike Broken’ and Great Northern Will Take Freight for Local Points Fr SEVERAL CARLOADS ARE RECEIVED Strike Has Delayed Installation of Passenger Service on Nashwauk Line—No Definite Date Yet Given Out. The backbone of the switchmen’s strike has been brokeen and Agent C. L. Frye has received orders to again accept freight for points on the Great Northern system, although they will not receive freight whose destination is on another system. The situation in Grand Rapids would have soon assumed serious pro- portions' had no freight been received The merchants refused to sell more than $1 worth of sugar to any one person and they were also short in other lines. The meat markets would have soon fouund it necessary to ad- vance the price of meats and saus- ages and the hotels and restaurants were somewhat alarmed for fear they would run out of flour. However, merchandise is being received daily and several carloads of groceries were received Monday. The switebmen still claim the strike has! just jbeguun and the railroads assert that it is practically broken up. The fact remains, however, freight service is in a badly crippled gondition and railway officials are still very apprehensive over the mat- ter. Some freight from Minneapolis and St. Paul is being received and regular shipments are being made from Duluth, but on the lines run- ning out of Chicago, no freight is be- ing accepted for northv points. This will doubtless affect dealers who are expecting holiday from Chicago and eastern points and those who have already received their ship- ments are congratulating themselves on the fact. Affected Service of Nashwauk Line. The strike of the switchmen has delayed action on the part of the passenger department of the Great Northern in installing service on the Nashwauk extension and at the present ‘time it is not known when trains will be run, although Agent Frye received a communication Fri- day stating it was only a matter of a few days. The strike} has tempor- arily delayed the matter, however, as the officials have been busy at- tempting to cope with the strikers, and in many instances division sup- erintendents have been compelled to get out and act as engineers on switch engines. The matter of preparing a schedule has also delayed the installation of service to a considerable extent as it has been a difficuult matter to arrange a schedule which would favor Grand Rapids and yet not s: iously affect the business of the com- pany. Many different plans of running trains have been offered, only to be rejected in favor of some other plans which in tuurn is reject- ed for another. A number of pas- senger conductors have been called im and asked their views concerning the proposed schedule and a majority have expressed themselves in favor of having the morning train leave Virginia and depart from Grand Rap- ids imnfediately after the arrival of the afternoon trains. It has been stated on semi-offici- al authority that trains will be run Monday December 13, but nothing is definitely known regarding the matter Heavy Fall of Snow. Saturday night and Sunday there was a fall of about a foot of snow. Previous to this time the weather had been very mild and the sudden heavy fall of snow did not give the ground a chance to freeze. This will ser- iously handicap the* loggers for some time as nothing can be done in the woods until the ground freezes The coldest night on record for this part of the country was Tuesday morn ing, when the thermometer register- ed 15 degrees below at 3 o'clock. 1