Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 5, 1910, Page 2

v VoL, XVII.—No, 29. TASCA COUNTY'S TAX FORYEAR 909 County Has Immense Resources, | Contains 13,830,554 Acres Taxable Land. TOTAL VALUATION 1S $23,091,598 While Amount of Levy Is $733, 702.02, Average Rate of 32.3 Mills—Fourth in Taxable Size in State. jea county being nearly four 2 of Itasca county’s size can be gained from | nat it has 113,830,554 acres land, not in cluding vil- ns lots, which is valued | The value of city and roperty is placed at $1,144,- the total valuation of and personal property ‘o meet the various ex- d by the state, county, und school dis- | of Itasca -county uired to pay taxes amount- mee township | mount of taxes stat: | average rate of 32.3 nigher than the rate rate in the various county from which is derived, the highest e of Deer River, where is 61.6 mills, and the lowest township of Nashwauk, > is 20.1 mills The rate ids is the second high- 1.4 mills. The total real and personal pro- township and village 79,888 240,221 254,944 € os + 127,609 65,479 221,815 | 107,167 | llae os 81,819 51,303 93,215 129,956 91,289 m vee 53,068 | toodlar .. 224,614,808 67,041 446,172 701,235 8,743 93,100 206,304 31,121 . 3,498,665; ak 644 79,388 Is village $23,031,598 f taxes levied village is as f 40 GRAN university tax, $27,406.41; interest and principal on state loans, due fron certain school districts, $4,152.59. The tax levied for county purposes is distributed as follows: Revenue $98,253.64; road and bridges $44,437.- 49; poor $14,961.33; bonds and inter- est other than state bonds, $29,922.- 78. The balance of the tax levy is | distributed to various townships, vil- {lages and school districts. | Itasca county is the forth in tax- jable size in the state, Hennipen be- ing first, Ramsey second and St. [Louis third. Some idea of the re- jlative value of real and personal pro- perty can be gained from the fact that the total valuation for Rock ounty, one of the most thickly set- tled in the southern portion of the state, is only $6,256,750, that of Itas- times as large. CROOKSTON MAN TALKS 100 MUCH Dr. Kjelland Is Arrested on Charge of Buying Deer at Goodland. ‘HEARING CONTINUED TO JAN. 14 Alleged in Complaint He Purchased Deer of Norman Fairbanks, Contrary to Law on No- vember 25. Ais the result of telling his friends that he purchased a deer, Dr. J. C. Kjeliand, of Crookston, was arrested at that place Friday morning by Deputy Sheriff Doran and brought to Grand Rapids, where was given a hearing before Judge Huson and re- leased on a bond of $100, the hear- ing being continued to January 14. The facts; as set forth in the com- plaint, are that Dr. Kjelland pur- chased a deer of Norman Fairbanks, of Goodland, on November 25, 1909. The doctor was hunting in the vi- cinity of Goodland and was unable to make a_ killing, consequently, he made the alleged purchase. It is. re- ported that on his return to Crook- ston Dr. Kjelland gave the snap away, telling numerous friends of the manner in which he obtained the deer. The story reached the ears of the Crookston game warden and in turn notified Game Warden Jesse Harry of the fact. Mr. Harry immediately inter- viewed Fairbanks, who is alleged to have made the sale to Kjelland, and when he understood that the evidence which he gave could not be used against him, readily signed an affi- davit stating the tacts and cir- cumstances under which the deer was sold. A warrant was immediately issued for the Crookston man’s arrest and he was \brought before Judge Hu- with the result stated above. sgn, The) law clearly ' states that no game animal, or any part thereof, shall be bartered, purchased or sold and provides a penalty of not less than $50 or more than $100 fine, or not less than 30 or more than 90 days in the county jail for the vio- iation thereof. We understand Dr. Kjelland will fight the case. 19 72 09 48 96 36 22 z 9 Bigfork villz 69 Blackberry 07 30 Deer aes 82 Deer River village 30 Feeley . 71 Grattam 41 Goodland 90 Good Hope 5 61 Greenway ssi he 97 Marble village .. 22 Calumet village 91 Grand Rapids .. .. .. 48 Grand Rapids village 48 LaPrairie 71 Tron Range .. 82 Bovey village 71 Holman village 18 Coleraine village .. --117,905 01 Taconite village .. « 52,325 89 Wlarrip ... <<< 00 64) =) oe DOeOo: Total - - - - -)\ $733,702 02 Of the aggregate amount of taxes to be -raised—$733,702.02—the taxes are levied in the following amounts and for the following purposes: State revenue, $35,058.64; school and MISSING YOUNG LADY IS FOUND Nora Culver, Who Disappeared Last Week, Employed as Domes- tic at Coleraine. Considerable excitement was creat- ed last week when it became known that Nora Culver, the 14 year old daughter of W. H. Culver, had dis- appeared. Mr. and Mrs. Culver re- Side on the south side of the river and on Tuesday Miss Nora was sent on an errand. She failed to return during the day, but the parents did not grow alarmed until late in the evening, they thinking their daugh- ter ad dedided to spend the day with friends. On Wednesday morn- ing a diligent search was instituted, but no trace of the girl could be found. The disappearance of the girl remained a mystery until Friday when a letter was received by her distracted parents stating she was employed as a domestic at Coleraine. She gave no explanation concerning her sudden determination to leave home., } It has been demonstrated that D Rapips, Irasca CounNTyY, FOR GRAND RAPIDS Henry Hughes Heading Movement For Much Needed Assistance to Farmers. JOHN BECKFELT ALSO IN LINE Other Leading Men Will Doubtless Take Stock and the Building Seems Assured for Next Season. Progressive business men of Grand Rapide realize the necessity of giv- ing all aid possible to farmers for the general good of the town and county and consequently they will join the movement inaugurated by Henry Hughes, of Henry Hughes & |Co., general merchants, for a potato storage at the county seat. Mr. Hughes has placed himself on record with the Grand Rapids Herald-Re- view as being willing to take as much stock in a company ‘o build a potato storage as any other one man. John Beckfelt the pioneer merchant, has done the same. With such a start there should be no difficulty in getting all the necessary stock subscribed for in short order and in completing the building in time to receive the farmers’ surplus stocks of potatoes next Fall, Senator D. M. Gunn was probably the! first man to advocate/ a potato storage here, which he did several years ago. He was unable to secure the necessary co-operation then. The Senator is non-committal at this tim but there is little doubt that as the formation of the company takes shape he will be found in line along with the other leading men as he has never been known to lag in anything for the betterment of Itasca county farmers and the good of Grand Rap- ‘ids. The Commercial club may depended upon to lend its influence to} the plan. A potato storage would assure to the farmers of the surrounding country a ready cash market at rul- ing prices for all the potatoes they can raise and the opening of the Grand Rapids branch of the Great Northern railroad which puts — this town in easy communication with all the cities and towns on the Mesaba Range will aid in giving easy access td nearby markets. as a potato growing section this county \is the equar of any part of the countr Great crops are raised which usual- ly command higher prices than in any other part of the state. Neil Mullins, chairman of the board of county commissioners, for instance, raised 3,500 bushels of potatoes this year on 14 acres and other success- ful farmers did equally well. Mr. Mullins has received 40 to 45 cents per bushel for the potatoes he has sold so far, although in other parts of Minnesota the price was as low as “25 cents. So important is this matter of a potato storage that it should be taken |up at the next meeting of the Com- mercial club, put into tangible shape and after it has been ascertained what size building will be required, its cost, and the amount of work- ing capital required, subscription } books can be opened and there is \for the public good a potato, storage will pay fair profits and the stock will be good investment. Al] other similar sections of the country have potato storages, particularly Wiscon- sin. to be a model plant. A company here can readily profit by the potato stor- ages at other ‘points to erect a model building which can be operat- ed to the best advantage. This newspaper pledges itself to help this project by every means in its pofwer. Now is ithe time to get together and build the potato stor- age. Charged With Illegal Voting. brought before Court Commissioner | Pratt Monday on a charge of illegal | voting under the name of Ole Logan- son in the Sand Lake precinct during |the 1908 election. Mr. Logan waived |examination and was held to the | district court, his bond being fixed | ‘at $500, which was promptly furnish- edt i} i be| little room for doubt that the stock | will be snapped up Besides being | Baraboo, in that state, has a! grdat potato storage ‘which is said | Henry Logan was arrested and /! Stand Second on List With 21 Seizures to His Credit During Year. NINETEEN GASES PROSECUTED Total of $215 in Fines Collected and 265 Days in Jail Served by Offenders Who Disregarded Game Laws. Tn his report for the year ending Decemberl, 1909, to the state Game and Fish commission, Executive Agent Carlos Avery has prepared tables, showing number of prosecu- tions made, fines collected, seizures made and number of days in jail serv- ed by violators of the game and fish lawst Mr. Avery says concerning the ef- ficient service rendered by the war- deus: “I cannot speak too highly of the efficient service rendered by the wardens as a whole. The degree of physical and moral courage, good judgment and discretion demanded of a game warden is greater than in any other branch of public service. A man who performs the varied and exacting duties of this position suc- cessfully and at the same time creats favorable sentiment towards the work jof game and fish protection is a valu- able officer and he who will under- go the hardship and endure the abuse often, heaped upon him in the perfor- mance of his duties for the paltry sallarfes| we are able to pay, is a genuine patriot, and should always tm looking over the report we find bave the support of all good citizens. teat Game Warden Jesse Harry, of =and Rapids, has been one of the ft vigorous officers on the payroll of the Game and Fish commission. He has a total of 19 prosecutions to his credit, $215 in fines has been collected from these prosecutions and offendefs thave Served terms, ag- gregating 265 days, in the county jail The total number of game wardens in the field is 44 and the total num- ber of arrests made during the year was 503, an average of 11 for each man, and it can adily be seen that | Mr. Harry has exceeded the average. | During the year 283 ures | confiscations were made, Th |cluded nets, deer and moose carcas- |ses, hides, furs, guns and boats. In the ‘ist of seizures Mr. Harry stands second on the list with 21 to his {credit, while the largest number was made by Game Warden Hennessy, of ist. Paul. In reality, however, % Harry is entitled to head the list, as a majority of the seizures by Mr. | Hennessy were made at the depots jon advice from country districts. Minnesota has five. game reserves, ;the Superior game preserve, the Cass | Lake national forest, the Burntside | state forest, the Pillsbury state for- jest and the Itasca state] park. This park contains 31,120 acres and an | area one-half mile wide surrounding | the park is also protected. | Mr. Avery’s report says in connec- ition with this park: “The Itasca state park has been more effectual- hy protected during the past season | than ever before. Wardens report [that no deer were killed within the limits of the park proper and no hunt ing was attempted therein. Several in- | ing on the half mile limit outside the ‘boundary of the park proper. Three of them have resulted in conviction and four are still pending. Three deer killed on half mile limit were seized.” /EXAMINATIONS | FOR WEST POINT At Duluth February 3 to 5—-Boys From 16 to 18 Years of Age Eligible. Congressman Miller has decided to select a candidate for the Annapolis Naval Academy by a competitive ex- amination. This examimation will be |held February 3, 4 and 5, 1910, at \the Normal school building, Duluth, Minn. One principal and three al- ternates are'to be named and they | Will be selected according to rank 'n this examination. The subjects will be punctuation, spelling, arithmetic, geography, Eng- INN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 , [910 POTATO STORAGE — GAMEWARDEN HARRY MAKES GOODREGORD and | prosecu*’ wns were imstituted for hunt-; “sT PAUL ac rem tarred SEB TESTA ACRE Rie ie worlds history, algebra, through quadratic equations, and ‘plain geo- metry. Boys are eligible for this ex- amination who have attained the age of 16 years and who will not be more than 20 years of age on June 23, 1916 Only those in first class physical condition should compete as the later | Physical examination at the Academy j will be very rigid. It is suggested | that boys desiring to compete, should j be examined by their local physicians jand if found defective, much trouble will be saved. The examining board will consist of Pres. E. W. Bohannon, Duluth stat Normal school, chairman; Prof. La- fayette Bliss of the Virginia schools and Prof. George Buck of the Duluth } High school. Any information respecting this mat- ter can be secured from a member of this board or from Congressman Miller. INPROVEMENTS ~ DURNGPAST YEAR i | Many New and Modern Stractures | Have Been Erected at Grand Rapids. VALUE ESTIMATED AT $40,000 Planing Mill _ Erected, Street Paved and Com- pletely Lighted With Tungston Lamps. Third The coming year will see greater activity than ever before in building circles at Grand Rapids. This is the resuit of the overcrowded condition in the business section of the village. Suitable locations are at a premium and last summer Lieberman Bros paid $600 a iront foot on Third street between Leland and Kindred avenues However, this is one of the best lo- cations in the village. With the com- ing of new business enterprises, it has become imperative that Grand Rapids have more and ness buildings a great cry for office rooms. All the {desirable locations are occupied and it is practically impossible for any professional man, wishing to locate \here, to find rooms. However, {men are awakening to the fact that ilatest to announce that he will build {the coming: spring is C. H. Marr. He | will erect a modern two-story brick Wuilding at the site on which now stands the. building occupied by Dod- son's barber shop and Roecke tail- or shop. The building will be 75 feet. long with a 50 foot frontage on | Third street. The ground floor will jbe devided into two model store rooms and the second floor will be | devoted to office rooms, something \Grand Rapids has) been ly lacking. iThe entire structure will ‘be absol- utely fireproof. Mr. Manr’s office, which now attached to the rear of his building at the corner of Kin- dred avenue and Third) street, will be jmoved to the vacant lots fronting on Kindred avenue. The building spoken |of above will be moved to the site now occupied by the office in order {to make room for the new structure. {M. McAlpine is yet undecided in regard to rebuilding at the corner of Leland avenue and Third street. He will have a portion of the roof re- paired and will occupy the front of the tructure until spring. It is prob- lable, however, that, he will erect a modern business structure. There is also considerable talk of Henry Hughes erecting a large and modern store building on the site formerly occupied by the Gladstone hotel, but Mr. Hughes is noncommitt- al on the subject and states he is undecided as ito what he will do. Plans have already been prepared Jon the three story brick hotel puild- ling which will be put up the coming spring by L. R. Root and it is thought Lieberman Bros. will also build on their new site on Third street, al- though Mr. Lieberman states their plans have not fully matured. A larg« faumber are also talking of building |Modern residences the coming spring. and before the year is closed many {changes will take place in Grand | Rapids. | Save money by buying at the half | price sale now on at Henry Hughes j}ish grammer, United States history, | ,& Co.’ store. See advertisement, * v better busi- | © There has also been} Grand Rapids business | ;more buildings are needed and the | Two Dollars a Year. NEW YEAR'S GIFS BY GOUNTY BOARD Dr. Russell Again Chief County Physician and Dr. Gendron | Heads Board of Health. THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS. MADE Grand Rapids _Herald-Review Again Chosen as_the Official Newspaper of the County. Salaries Fixed for 1910. ( Much business was transacted by jthe board of county commissioners at its first meeting of 1910 yesterday two sessions being held, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The law calls for a meeting of the county beard on the first Tuesday after the fi Monday in January and jfor another meeting on the second Monday of July. These are the only meetings that are mandatory. Each mee*'ng may last for six days, or the | commissioners may meet and adjourn jthe same day, thus stretching the meetings throughout the year to mak twelve days in, all. Yesterday’s meet- ing was adjourned to February 5. Special meetings can be called upon written notice of three commissioners filed with the county auditor. First the board proceeded to elect a chairman for 1910, choosing Com- missioner Archie McWilliams, of Nashwauk, with Commissioner Cyrus M. King, of Deer River, as vice-chair- man. Then came the appointment of various county officials. Dr. Thos. Russell was reappointed chief county physician; Dr. George J. Hanley physician of the Deer River district; Dr. George ¢. Gilbert, physician of |the Bovey and Coleraine district and Dr. John H. Shellman physician for the ‘Nashwauk district. wr. Sues. Gendron was reappointed physician to the board of health and S. M. Din- | | widdie was reappointed overseer of S ‘ors for the unor- n of the county were appointed as follows: Ni iS. inn | fahon; No. 2, James Murchie; No. 8, No. 4, Levi Cox and Morrisette. Charles Huss j John vre | No. 5, A. J. | Vas reappointed janitor of the court ‘house and jail. >» salary of the chief county phy- was fixed at $50 per month of the other county physicians per month. The salary of the physician to the board of health | Was fixed at $50 per ;month. Compensation of the over- pr of the poor was fixed the same last year, $40 per month and 50 |cents per day for each inmate poard- ed at the poor house. Assessors are |to be paid $4 per day for the time | nec essarily employed. They must be gin their work May 1 and complete it by the first Monday in July. The Janitor’s pay was fixed at $75 per | month The county las matter elective of compensation for officers was then |taken up. The salary of Mrs. Hattie F. ‘Booth, superintendent of schools, was placed at $1,200 and that of F. F. Price, county attorney, at $2,000. |The salary of the county treasurer, Glen Strader, is compuced upon the essed valuation, and upon this basis the commissioners awarded the weasurer 0. Clerk hire was fix- ed at per month. Two hundred dollars was appropriated for the county attorney’s contingent fund and $350 for the incidentals usec by the county auditor. The county surveyor was instructed to survey two roads in township 55, range 27. Commissioners Trebilecock and King were chosen to act with Dr. Gendron and constitute the board of health. Thirty dollars per month for January, February, March and April was” al- Jowed for the support of Mrs. Andrew Erickson and family of Grand Rapids. The county auditor was instructed to advertise for bids for an addition to the county jail, which has been des- cribed in these columns. The Grand Rapids Herald-Review was again chosen as the official news paper of the county. Publication of * the financial statement was awarded to The Itasca Iron News, of Bovey, and of the tax list to the Itasca News, of Deer River. Bonds in the sum of $2,000 were required from each of the newspapers for the pro- per performance of their contracts, A bunch of bills were approved and the chairman appointed the standing committees of the board for the year. s raw. \ ‘a ; 4