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

F LUMBERJACKS , GET FULL PAY! According to Statement Made By Labor Inspector W. E. McEwen. The lumberjacks of Minnesota are PROVIDE NAME FOR YOUR FARM A Deeds I McGowan Has Received Book for Record- At the last session of the legis- HOW receiving their full pay. This| ature @ ‘law was passed, legalizing statement was made by Labor In- spector W. E. McEwen. Some time ago the labor department started am investigation of the conditions existing in the lumber camps of Minnesota. It was discovered that the men were not receiving the wages agreed upon when ‘they were hired out;that their timechecks were being discounted and that in general the employes’ were losing a large amount of money in many of the lumber camps. Inspectors working under Mr. Mc- Ewen persuaded the Cass Lake Com- mercial club to accept the iumber- jack’s time checks at, their face value joeks’ time checks at their face value, These checks were then sent to the ‘company’s offices at Deer River, where they were cashed at a nominal charge. Mr. McEwen de- clared this morning that the imvesti- gation would save a good many hun- dred dollars ‘to ‘the laborers in the nprfhern woods. Speaking of the sanitary conditions im the lumber camps, Mr. McEwen said: “This is a condition which should be thoroughly investigated by this department, but we are handi- capped by lack of inspectors.” Mr.,McEwen pointed out that the game and fish commission im 1908 spent $63,000, while his own appro- priation for the present year is $45,- 000. GRAND RAPIDS IN THREE STATES Duluth: Hotel Clerks Say That Vis- itors Should Rogister State as Well as Village. There are many people who regis- ter from “Grand Rapids’ at the Du- luth hotels, but it is seldom that Auybody adds the state in which his particular Grand Rapids is locat- ed. There is Grand Rapids, Minn, Grand Rapids, Wis., and Grand Ra- pids, Mich., and citizens these several towns of the same name register, in Duluth almost daily. “Tt, would be a good system if the people of ‘the! several Grand Rapids | would designate} which state they are from, when they register,” said a hotel clerk. “We are often asked by people who scan the book whether tt is Grand Rapids, Minn., or one of the other 2 nearby stations that come son is from. The giving of the © ito so many differnt towns should be discouraged. neapolis out in News Tribune. frre diae | cupied’ by Harding. Few | stant activity people know iit but there is aj Btin- | openings, country development, road- | Nebraska.” —Duluth | ihe could mot fail to learn of the giving of titles to farms. It reads as follows: “The owner of farm. Jands.in the state of: Minnesota may designate a specific name for his farm lands and the said name, to- gether with a description of said farm lands, according to the govern- ment survey thereof, may be filed with khe register pf deeds of thé county wherein the said lands or a part thereof are situated, and the said mame, together with a descrip- tion of said lands, shall be recorded by. the register of deeds in a book to be provided for such purpose, upon payment of a fee of 50 cents there for, but no two mames so desig- Mated and recorded shall be alike in the same county.” Register of Deeds McGowan. has re- ceived one of the books mentioned in the above paragraph and is pre- pared ito register mames of farms. All farms should have names and they should be registered, as it will be of great aid in describing lands, and also give the owner, the exclusive right to a certain name, no other farm in the county being permitted to be recorded under a mame already selected by some one else. | CHARGE FOREMAN WITH BURGLARY B. B. Bartow Arrested for Break-| ing Into Blacksmith Shop. B. \B. Bartow, a dogger who has een lemployed by Martin Bros., of Duluth, was brought before Court Commissioner Pratt] on a charge of burglary made by George Harding, (with whom Martin Bros. had a con- tract for furnishing material. Martin Bros. took possession of Harding’s outfit early in the season, placing Bartow in charge and it ap- pears that Harding resented what was done. The specific charge again Bartow is that he broke open the door of the blacksmith shop oc- A change of vente was taken ito Judge Kearney’s court and the case was adjourned to | March 9, when evidence ' will be taken. Just the Beginning. A cold stranger, sober, and with his eyes open traveling this sec- jtion of country on a: through fast train. would know it is the best part of the Northwest. Besides the con- in immigration, land making and gigantic land draining, the the things doing in private end pub- lic enterprises springing up and thriv- ing at every tation. He would mow of the beet plant being estab- lished at. Bemidji; hear of the new creamery movement at Deer River; the new big saw mill at Cohasset; the new potato market at Grand Ra- pids; the new brick yard at Feeley, and so on down the line between the Red River and Lake Superior. These are new things, actually of min ute; and likely every town in. this stretch. of land has similar testimon- ials to show, or prospective. These things are proof of progress, and they are only in the beginning.—Itasca News. AFFECTS STATE RESERVATIONS Ballinger’s Bill Permits Holding of Water Power Sites on Indian Lands. It is believed that Minnesota: In- dian reservations will be materially affected by a proposed bill, submit- ted to the house of representatives Friday by Secretary Ballinger. Here- tofore Withdrawals of public and al- lotted Indian lands from final patents have in most part been confined to locations where irrigation projects | are either pending or contemplated. But in the bill submitted today there is a provision to the effect that where mo irrigation project is author- ized prior to the opening of an Indian reservation, the secretary of the in- terior may in his discretion reserve water power sites, pending future legislation by congress. CHANGE MADEIN _ HOMESTEAD LAWS Changes in Extension of Time and Leaves of Absence for Home- stead Settlers. The following is the text of a let- ter received by the various land of- fices through Minnesota and the which was approved by congress on on January 28, 1910: “The first section of the act ap- plies to all homestead entries in the States named made after June 1, 1909, and im such cases the entry- men are given until May 15, 1910, to establish residence on their claims J: also applies to soldiers’ declaratory statements filed in the States named after June 1, 1909 and such declarants are given until May 15, 1910, to make their homestead ‘entries and establish their residence on the land. If any payment is required to be made in connection with the entry under de- claratory statement, as in the case of ceded Indiam reservations, the act also. operates to extend the payment | until the entry iis made. “The first proviso to section 1 of the act provides that t'e period of commutation or of actual residence under the homestead law shall not be AGENTS for both the Victor & Edison THEBIG STORE DEPARTMENT TASCA MERCANTILE OMPA 1# GRAND RAPIDS MINN. STORE OF dnceeetocog eet eg gcc tig hove ALT: New Records for March THE New Victor Talking Machine Records 2 By Harry Lauder In Lauder’s work there are so many delicate little bits of comedy, sometimes only a whisper, and occasionally an amusing lisp which an audience at the vaude- ville can catch perfectly, having the mobile face to aid them. In the old Lauder’s records some of these points were occasionally a little obscure, the Scotish dialect be- ing a very difficult one to record. 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We also make special orders for any records for eithér Victor or Edison machines that we do not have in stock. Catalogue Free | Si. Paul, and it is expected that it will soon be followed by another in Duluth, although there has been no announcement to that effect. It was recently discovered that the shortened. Entrymen who have tak- | employment agents had been scalping en advantage of this extension caM | thousands of passes which they were || had expired jprior to the passage of ||months from January 28, 1910, to all } |such leave, such period of absence not submit commutation proof until they have maintained substantially continuous residence for fourteen months from the date same was estal lished; and in five-year proof can not claim credit for constructive residenc for mor4 than six months - prior to} the date actual residence was es- tablished.¥ “Under the second proviso of sec- tion 1 the act will not be held to de- feat the adverse / claim of one fwho had made entry over a soldier’s de- claratory statement, and who prior to the passage of the act had establish- ed a (bona fide residence on the land entered, where the six months from| date of the declaratory statement | the act without the soldier having made his homestead entry and estab- lished his residence on the and. “The \second section of the act gramts a leave of absence for three homestead entrymen or settlers in ‘the States named in the first, section of the act. Entrymen who avail ‘themselves of this leave of absence can not claim credit for residence during time they are absent, under being simply eliminated from consid- eration in cases of either final or commutation proofs.” NO MORE GREEK LABOR SCANDALS Great Northern Railway Will Es tablish Labor Bureau of Its Own. The Great Northern’ Railway com- pany will establish its own employ- ;|Dvent offices as a result of the re- cent scandal caused by dishonest agents and the so-called interpreters. The first office will be started in supposed to give to laborers going out to work for the company. The interpreters were found to be charg- ing the laborers large sums in the aggregate by assessing each laborer part of his wages, without giving any return for the money. The matter was investigated by the state labor authorities; and found to be worse than had been imagined. With the employment of the laborers under their direct control the officers of the company believe that they can remedy the glaring evils shown up by the investigation. Jerry Buttler Dead. Jerry Buttler, one of the best know men tin the north country, died at Si. Benedict’s hospital Thursday morning with typhoid pneumonia. In- terment took place at the Itasca cem-} etery Saturday afternoon. Jerry But-| ler was a colored man, aged about { 40 years and had been a resident of the county for the past 16 years. he having been employed in various posi tions about the logging camps, but the greater share of the time he serv- ed as engineer for the Itasca Lumber company. He was a good and con- scientious worker and had the re spect of all with whom he worked. For sometime past he has made Deer River his home and leaves a widow t maourn his! loss: CORD WOOD WANTED. Sound, green body wood will be | received at ‘county court house, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in kind, quality an fo prices as follows: 50 cords tamarack and birch at! 50 cord. : B as jack pine at $3.00 per ecra. %-, cords popple at $2.50 per cord. ‘All wood to be cut 4 feet long and to be delivered and piled at the re house grounds, as directed by the Janitor of the Court House and Si oe. M. A. SPANG, County A Elect Officers. The stockholders and directors of the First National bank held their annual meeting in the directors’ room at. the bank Saturday and the follow- ing directors were ‘elected: BP: Sheldon, A. G. Wedge, Jr., P.J.Shel- don, C. E. Aiken, D. M. Gunn, W. C. Gilbert, John Beckfelt and H. D. Pow ers. The following are the officers for the ensuing year: F. P. Sheldon, president; A. G@. Wedge, Jr., Ist | vice-president; P. F. Sheldon, 2nd vice-president; C. E. Aiken, cashier; J. G. Peterson, assistant cashier. The institution shows a healthy increase in business and the stockholders were much gratified with Mr. Aiken’s con- duct of the business. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. ™Mhe following is a record of the real estate transfers recorded in the register of deeds’ office for the week ending February! 25. Chas. W. Latvala to S. R. Kirby, lot 6, block 4; lots) 8 and 17, block 8, village, of Nashwauk. {Chas. Latvalaj ito S. R. Kirby, lot 20, block 8, village of Nashwauk. }Elba Iron Co. to Edward Iverson, lot 2, block 4, village of Marble. |King Lumber] Co. to T. A. Brown, fots 5 andj 6, ‘block 8, Itasca City. Max Martin to John Martin, lot 13,; block 13, village of Calumet. Roy of NW%, sec. 35, 54-23. Matt Mattson to Henry Karppi, lot 6, Wi% of SE%, sec. 21, lot 4, sec. 28. 65-24. Edward L. Schultis to Barney Ander- ersley, lots 20 and 21, block 13, | third addition to village of Big + Fork. !Tilford Tilson and wife to Niles é Aiton, SW% of SW%, sect. 3, and NW% of NW%, sec. 10, 54-25. Hope Iron Mining Co. to John Burk- el, lot 9, block 2, third addition to village of Coleraine. John Burkel to B. C. Warner, lot 9, plock 2, third addition to village of Coleraine. — 6, block 2, first addition to village of Bovey. GRAIN EXHIBITS FROM EACH COUNTY (Continued from page one.) to send the ears to the Comservation Congress to be held in St. Paul, Accept Invitations. That the Mimnesota Conservation Congress is one of the most worthy movements started im recent years is shown by the busy men who have ac- cepted Governaor Eberhart’s imvita- tion to speak at the Congress. One of the first was Richard A. Ballinger, Secretary of the Interior; another was James J. Hill, builder of» the Great Northern. Then Dr. John F. Fulton, secretary-general of the In- ternational Hygiene Congress and Edward T. DeVine of New York City, accepted. Gifford Pinchot agreed at once to be present and de- liver an address as did also George Otis Smith, Richard Crosby, M. O. Eldridge and C. J, Blanchard, men high in the department service at Washington. Then|comessuch men as Archbishop Ireland and Howard El- liott, president of the Northern Pa- O. Phelps to A. Harris, SW% cific Ry. who accepted invitations to reside at sessions of the congress. Notice. To the Farmers—We will be in the son, lots 20 and 21, block 13, third| market again for sweet cream on or addition to ‘village of Big Fork.| Barney Anderson to Edward E. Tank-/as we enjoyed your business in the about the 15th of March 1910, and past we will be pleased to buy from you in the coming season. We pay the highest price for butter fat and in selling in this way you realize as much out of your cream as if you made butter but do so without the additional labor. We will also be open for business with the people from who we can obtain milk for this season at reasonable cost. For further particulars im regard to this ‘apply at the factory.—John Costel- ‘uditor. Herman Purra to Maria Wisuri, lot lo Bottting Works.