Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 9, 1910, Page 3

Grand Vapids ST PAUL “Mina Historica! Soe, Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, I9gIO. Two Dollars a Year. Vor, XVIL—No, 34. $12 was offered in this class, yet the judges awarded over $40. This is but one of the many instances in which the judges went much further i) making the awards than was in- | tended by the committee that pre- , | pared the premium list, and a sum- mary of the amounts awarded for premiums revealed the fact that At Court House Thursday After- | “* were indebted to the exhibitors $800 more than we had. noon Was Attended By Over “The county commissioners should 50 Farmers. be asked to appropriate at least $1,000 per year for the support of the |fair. When the legislature of our - |state does not hesitate to appropri- MUCH INTEREST WAS MANIFESTED. s2.0% for she purpose ot ret jing a grandstand for the state fair, besides liberal appropriations for the support of county fairs, so rich a Neil Mullins and H. E. Graffam | coutty as Itasca, a county in which Re-elected President ‘andéSecre-< | eee ee ts ee |be fostered and encouraged, there tary —Preparations Under should be no hesitancy on the part Way for County Fair of the authorities in making such ap- propriations, but if in their judgment |they do not see their way clear to such allotment, the opinion of The annual meeting of the Itasca leading taxpayers should be secured County Agricultural society was one and placed before them. of the best in point of attendance} “While our best exhibitors are the in the history of the organization, best workers, an effort should be over 50 farmers being present, A made to secure executive officers number of the business men of the, Who are not extensive exhibitors, for village were also present. jit is a difficult matter to prevent a « had been callea feeling of favoritism where the ex- After the meeting = 5 to order by President Neil Mullins, | cutive officers are premium win- In justice the reports of the secretary and treas-| DOTS in large amounts. urer were read, Secretary Graffam|*® ™y successor, I must refer to the adding to his report the following: compensation of the secretary. The pay for his services is the same as COHASSET SALOONS Proprietors Forestall Any Possible Action on Account of the Indian Question. DRINK AT THE BAR WHAT YOU BUY Village President Also Enforces State Laws Strictly—Saloons Closed Promptly, at 11 COUNTY MODELS} LET CONTRACT FOR JAIL ADDITION the Successful Bidder—Other Bids Presented. ; TO BE ERECTED AT COST OF $6,037) sii our hs mock Commissioners Decide That Village of Grand Rapids Must Provide Own Jail—Want $2,250 From O’clock at Night Cohasset has the game whip-sawed on the sale of liquor to Indians, Not that Indians have ever been able to obtain liquor in Cohasset, either directly or indirectly, but because the far-sighted citizens of the pret- ty town at the bottom of navigation on the upper Mississippi river are determined to take every possible precaution that no complaint by the Indian authorities can lie against the fair name of the village. Per- haps the sad experience of Deer Highway ‘Commission. The county commissioners heid their monthly meeting Saturday after. noon and much business of importance was disposed of. An appropriation of $50.00 was granted to the Itasca coun ty agricultural society with which to pay the premiums to the town of Ardenhurst for the best township ex- hibit. The reports of fees received by the various county officers were read and approved. Emil Johnson of Minneapolis Was | °°""*¥- was approved by the board. members attend the development and reapportionment convention, which will be held at Bemidji Febru- ary, 17 and 18, and in addition there- to, the following were appointed to represent the various districts of the No. 1, David Rose; No. 2, EB. L. Buck; No. 3, ‘W. J. Sfock; No. 4, A.’ J. McGuire; No. 5, Dr. John L. Shellman. This meeting will be held for the purpose of bringing together those who are interested in e development of northern Minne- ood will come therefrom. After allowing a large grist of bills the board adjourned. Made Good at Cass Lake The delegates from Grand Rapids 70 the Cass Lake ski tournament re- turned Monday morning highly elated with their success. Ed Whaling won the long standing jump, making 53 feet, Bert LaFreniere took sec- ond and Will Whaling and Finnesy, of Cass Lake tried for third place. In the two regular jumps, Holm, of Cass Lake, took first. Will Whaling and Finnesy tried for second, Ed Whaling took third and Bert LaFre- nier fourth. The boys state -they were royally entertained by the Cass} Lake ski club and thoroughly enjoy- ed their stay while in the village. The Cass Lake slide towers 50 feet ir year 1909, and after examination it ga county auditor was instructed] the air, running down at a sharp an- to adyertisd for bids for the con-| sie, and when four alleged followers HAVE AUTO GARAGE Wilder Motor Company Will Open Automobile. Garage in Levi Building. EADY FOR BUSINESS APRIL 1 Have Parchased 2 Studebaker Autos and Also Have Agency for That Machine—Will Employ First- ~ Class Machinist. } | Grand Rapids is fast becoming a {metropolitan city with all modern | improvements and conveniences and j the latest to pin their faith in the village’s future is the Wilder Motor {company, of which A. BE. Wilder is {the moving factor and active man- ager. The Wilder |Motor company will in- stall a complete and modern auto- |mobile garage in the Levi building, one door south of Pokegama_ hotel ‘and will keep two Studebaker autos “In submitting the annual report nae yi formerly, when one we we - to this association, I desire to say | 70 ek would pro: | bably be all the time it was necessary River, only nine miles away, Mmay!struction of a bridge across Swan have had something te do with it,/river in section 9, 54-25. This bridge 2 few words to its members, Our annual fair has suddenly grown from a small affair intended not only to give the exhibitors some re- unmeration for their trouble in pre- paring theis exhibits, a reward for their endeavors to attain perfection along agricultural lines, but also to properly distribute the funds donat- i ed by the state for fair purposes, to devote to the work of thefa ir. Now a men that can accomplish all the (Continued on page four) which our failure so to do would re- sult in losing such appropriations. “For years our only revenue has been this state fund and the expen- ditures have been trimmed’ down By the forethought and wisdom of our county authorities the associa- tion finds itself the practical owner of one of the finest fair grounds in the state, with a track second to} | weWvnere formesty a tow extibitors | TO EREGT SIX-STALL ROUNDHOUSE confined to this immediate vicinity competed for prizes, now practically the f. and dairymen of the en-/| tire county have become interested | Is Already Local Division Point for and from a few hundred exhibits Way Freights—Talk of Pas- at the first fair, almost 2,000 entries were presented at the last fair. Com- | senger to Cass Lake petition for the awards is sharp and and Reiurn. will become more so in the future + Iiasea county is just at the threshold ae of wonderful agricultural develop-; conan t | Ace g ourrel . ments and our fair will be one of the i to current rumor the itest factors in such development, | Ste8t None Is planning on mak- aw of our youthful copy ing Grand Rapids ‘a ‘ivision point of books had a more trite ap- | Considerable prominence in the near | plidation: ‘No excellence! dwithout | uUure = Althpush ime soffiial inte great labor.’ “Good: hard united: iapor | UO8 Bes rbeem -recelved shy vrallroad on the part of all our citizens in- | 2uthorities here it has been stated terested in icultural pursuits, can net a six or eight stall round house attain perfection for our county fair. | Will be erected the coming spring. Too much must not be left to one | Phe building of a round house would We do not all think alike be of inestimable benefit to Grand by the expression of the | Rapids and woud bring a or 30 ad-| opinions of the many, and a happy | ditional families “here, as it would} ion of them all into practi-|Teauire that number of men to care) ideas, can we arrive at |for the round house and yards. ‘actory results. It is also stated that in a short time the Great Northern will put oa an additional passenger train on the) Grand Rapids extension, which will} leave Virginia in the morning and} Extensive Railread Yards Here. rmer er but the old never individual amalgi cal work the most K an unfortunate over ht, grave error was made in the con struction of the race track. No re- grets will remedy the error. When| z ‘ | the attention of our county com-|8et to Grand Rapids about 10 o'clock} | missioners was brought to the fact a. m., returning after the arrival of steps were taken to remedy the de-| the afternoon passengers. fect and another year will see a per-| According to information at! fect track, the work already being | hand anew passenger run wiil be cre- partly done. But this additional and/ ated and a train put on running unlooked for expense, followed by | {70m Grand Rapids to Cass Lake and a request for more funds to meet | return. This train would leave here as @ morning passenger. the expenses of the fair, rathered| staggered the commissioners. How-| The way freights ae already us- ever, the difficulties were met and ing Grand Rapids as a division point, all exhibitors paid in full. With, freight leaving here each morning a fair allotment of county funds for a few years, the fair will be on a first-class basis and will become an annual instructive and entertaining event that will be a matter of pride |! ipping facilities. to every inhabitant of the county. As before stated, the officials here “Our premium list should be care-| have received no word of the pro ly tied up at Swan River, but a change was made in order to give the Grand Rapids extension better and the recent scare in Grand Rapids|w* connect the Goodland-Feeley which was groundless, since no In-|read, which was dian can obtain liquor directly or in-|year. The auditor was also instruct- directly, at the county seat. Any-| ed to advertise for bids for the con- how, Cohasset has belled the cat}struction of a small portion of the and Mr. Johnson and other worthyfroad. The report of the board of gentlemen who are determined that| audit was approved, as was also that the red men of Minnesota shall be] of the inspector of mines, Capt. P. for both east and west. They former-} prohibitionists will please take no- tice and leave Cohasset in pewe. To John Nelson, proprietor of the Bass Brook hotel, belongs the credii for inaugurating the movement. He L. Ramquist. A petition was receiyed from the cit izéns of the town of Wirt, request- ing that the board send the public ex- aminer to make an examination of of the great Norse sport from Wil-| ton sized up the slide they packed up their skis and turned their faces constructed last ‘iomeward, HILL CITY ROAD SOLD 10 ARMOUR has got the proprietors of the five) tn§ conditions of, the townshi; ill Establish Large Pail : p gov-| Will e Pail and Tub fe as not to exceed such amount.|/Rumor That Great Northern Plans|>2"s in Cohasset to enter into 4/erjunent, as the affairs are in af cast-iron agreement to sell no liquor, beer or other intoxicant except to be drunk at the bar. No more flasks, no more bottles. This means every- body. No man running a bar in Co- hasset, nor his bartenders, will let even his best friend have a small flask to be carried away, nor a bottle of beer to take home. Drink at he bar or go without is the slogan a- dopted. The adoption of this plan makes it a physical impossibility for an In- dian to obtain liquor from Cohasset by any method that can be devised and speaks well for the sagacity of Mr. Nelson, * Within the last week the hotel and saloonkeepers have re- fused to sell even a flask to their closest friends. If the plea is made that it is required at home for medi- | cal purposes, the applicant is told that Dr. Johnson and Druggist Friese can fix him up, the one with a pre- scription and the other with the whiskey. And he will have to tell} a pretty straight story to the phy- sician and the pharmac to get a very small flask. BE. L. Buck, village president, has always been strict in the enforcement of the state excise laws but he is now more strict than ever. After eleven o’clock at nicht you cannot get a drink for love or money. On) Sunday the town is as tightly clos- .ed as a drum. It wovld warm the cockles of Mr.*Johnson’s heart if he) should visit Cohasset, for it is a model town in the methods ft has adopted to avo‘d trouble because of} the red man’s fondness for red li- aquor which a bevifivent and pater-; nal government has decided he shall | not have. LA VOTE™***** : BFING HEARD | Still Taking Evidence—Judge Stan- | ton to Address Editors February 17. fully revised so that in future the| Posed railroad improvements, but the amounts offered in premiums will not place us in the awkward position in which we founr ourselves the past season. Judges should be instructed to confine themselves closely to the lists and not be too liberal in their rewards. As one example of what can be done with an. elastic premium offer we mierht cite the single in-|Henry Hughes’ store last week, of the premium offered on/| will continue the sa'e for four more See advertisement Northern demands numerous changes in service and additional trains and a round house, as at present four rains tie up here each evening. Conld’nt wait on all the trade at stance pota‘oes in the children’s denartment.|days this week. At a glance one would 3ay that’ but| iu this paper. increasing business of of the Great | The case of Frank LaVoie vs. D.} |Dumas is still being heard in dis- ‘trict court. The examination of wit- \necses is about conluded, however, Grand Rapids is the logical place for ' and it is expected the case will go te At pre the jury to~orrow. Court will adjourn the fore part of | rext week and Indge Stanton will go ‘to St. Peul where he will deliver a> so evlogy on the life of the late Gov- Deer River to Pallclub. ernors John “A. Jo>nson before the Minvecota State sod on Thursday, February 17. }2s the weather perinits. hupMess tangle “and the local offi- ciais are unable ‘to straighten them. The petition was granted. Relief was granted to Steve Billeadeau in the sum of $20.00 per nionth, dating from January 1. W. E. Martin, of Deer River, was appointed appraiser of state lands. It was decided to apply for $2,25.00 from the state Highway commission, with which to assist in the work of road building. $2,250.00 is the maxi- mum amount allowed by any county 17 the commission. Bids were opened for the erecting of the addition to the county jail. This addition is about 37 feet square and will be erected on the east end of the present county jail. It will be coustructed of brick containing 20 cell and will tend to relieve the conge tion which has heretofore been very | noticable at each approaching term| of court. The following bids were| received: Graham & Young, $6,937; J. S. Lofberg, $7,09: Boe-Burke company, $7,760; Emil M. Johnson, $6,037. Mr. Johnson’s bid being the lowest, he was awdrded the con- tract. He plans to start work as soon | For the construction and installing | of the 20 jail cells the following were} received: Pauly Jail Building com-| pany, $15,515; Diebold Safe & Lock! company, $12,416. The latter com-| pany was awarded the contract. Only two bids were received for th« plumbing, heating and wiring of the new addition and the auditor was in: structed to re-advertise for bids. A communication was _ received) from the citizens of the village of} Keewatin, petitioning the board to send the public examiner to straigh- ten out the affairs of that village. The request was granted. There is no suspicion of dishonesty attached to the village officials, the request simply being made for the purpose of ascertaining the financial standing} of the village, which at present is|the northwestern portion of Aitkin | not known. James Labrie was grant- ed license to dispense intoxicating | liquors at Houpt, in the town of Nore’ The auditor was instructed to noti- fy the village council of the village of Grand Rapids that after April 1,' no villaze prisoners will be permitted te occuny cells at the county jail. cent Grand Rapids has no vil- lage ja‘l and this will necessitate the building of one. The county sur-| veyor ws instructed to survey al ditch along the road running from} ‘During the meeting Auditor Snanz receints and expenditures for the \ lroad was owned by local capitali Factory At Hill City At Once. BRING IN ABOUT 200 FAMILIES Road Bought for Shipping Pur- poses-Will Move Two Large Factories from Ithasca, Michigan. It has been stated on thority that the Hill City, ppi & Western railroad, from River to Hill City he been sold to the Armour Packing company, the ‘ransfer taking place the latter part of last week. The good au- living along the route, Mr. Raby of Hill City being the original promoter of the road. The road was purchased by the Armour people for the purpose of obtaining shipping facilities for the lurge pail and tub factory, which they will establish at Hill City, The cempany has purchased a portion of the townsite at that place and will shortly move their two factories from {thasea, Michigan, the supply of wood ranning out in that vicinity. The principal wood used in the making ef the lard pails and tubs is bass, which abounds in the vicinity of Hill City, and it is thought that the sup- ply there will be sufficient to last for years to come. The establishment of the factory will bring between 175 and 200 famil- ies to Hill City, which will mean a gain of about 700 in population. The Hill City, Mississippi & West- ern railroad is about 20 mlies in length, Hill City being located in comnty and it is expected this ad- dition in business and. population wil be the needed stimulus which make it the county seat of the nor- thern half of the county. When the road was built it was intended to extend it further on in a westerly direction, but it is thought that the recent transfer will put a stop to this. Work will be started at once by the Armour company to erect cot- tazes for their working men on the \reeently purchased land and it is expected that Hill City will soon itorial association submitted the financial statement of hecome a city with a population of fonr or five thousand inhabitants. *'enter the on hand for general livery service. Mr. Wilder returned from Duluth Saturday where he has spent the past week looking over the various makes of automobiles and after thor- oughly testing them has decided the Studebaker is the best for general purposes and ordered two of the 1910 models. These machines are 30 horse power, 5 passenger cars and are warranted to take any ordinary hill at second speed. Mr. Wilder has»also-taken the agen- cy for this machime..and. states that in his opinion it has no superior. One instance cited. by..Mr. Wilder of its efficieney in “hill “climbing was when he and 4 others, while in Du- luth recently, rode from Superior street to Cascade park on second speed, the machine taking the _ hill without any apparent effort. The garage will also be equipped with a modern and complete machine shop, with a first-class machinist in charge, and will make a business of pairing and caring for au‘os. Mr. ilder states that while the charge for the use of the machines has not |been definitely settled, it will pr tically be the same as that charged Chauf- h each ma- jfor the use of livery tez {feurs will be furnished w jchine and it is expected {w be more tha coming season ed to go any ble and many will of the a hine the roads e ail them- ntages of rapid transit. Mr. Wilder will lea the first of the; week, shops of the company nd thorou himself h the mach repairing thereof He will stay about a month and upon s return will bring the two machi with him and expects to have the for business about April 1. Mr. Wilder is too well-kr for Duluth re he will obaker li es and the » ready wn to the citizens of Grand Rapids and Itasca county to meed any introduction on the part of the Herald-Reviéw he hav ing served as a member of the board of county commissioners, president of the village council and also as a mem- ber of that body, and for 7 years was manager of the Hotel Gladstone. The enterprise speaks well for Mr. | Wilder’s business acumen and there lis no doubt it will prove a success. | LAY OUT McKINNEY LAKE ADDITION | It is the general opinion that many ‘residences will be erected in Grand Rapids the coming summer and spring and in anticipation of thi event Passard & Spang have had ‘their land on the east'shore of Mc- Kinney lake platted by Suveyor P. C. Warner, and and it will be known as the McKinney lake addition ‘o Grand Rapids. This addition con- sists of 19 acres of choice bu'ld'ne lots and a boulevard has been laid- out around the lake, the lots facing the drive. No prettier lovation for building purposes can be found and Messrs. Passard & Spang will un- doubtedly find ready sale for their lots.