Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 16, 1910, Page 3

= Clipped or Condensed From Exchanges for the Benefit of Herala-Review Readers BIG FORK ¢ a a Held Meeting. The Bigfork Farmers Club _ held their regular meeting Friday eve- ning March 4th at the village hall. The following new members were re- ceived to membership, H. D. Hor- ton, Oron Prose. John Erickson, Anon G. Evje, Gus. Gustafson, Carl Hanson and Ole Peterson. The club holds their regular meétings on the first Friday of each month at the village hall, and all farmers are in yited to attend these meetings. The Farmers’ Club is increasing their membership right along. Watch Bigfork and the productions exhibit- ed by these farmers at our next coun- ty fair. A Broken Leg. Henery Tarahak employed at camp 12 of the Itasca Lbr. Co. was brought in town Tuesday with a broken leg and shoulder. A tree falling on him while at work. He! was taken to the hospital at Grand Rapids. Held Services. Rev. Blair and Jamieson of Du- luth, arrived Tuesday returning Fri- day. Services were held at the local church Tuesday and Wednesday eve- ning which were largely attended, as they are both eloquent speakers. They were guests of Rev. and Mrs. Sornberger. Complete Logging Oerations. Sam Momb was a visitor here Tuesday. Mr. Momb has complet- ed his logging operations, having over 900,000 feet at the landing. Louis Pinette assisted Mr. Momb and we all know that Louie is a pustler. Always Make Good. Axel Damgren and Wm. Welte were in town Tuesday and Mr. Welte tells us that he expects to complete his logging operations in about two weeks. Billy is another of our hust- lers that always makes good. Left for Pearson left on train for Duluth, where he expects to work at his trade for a few months, and as we all know Oscar is mechanic and his ser- ys in demand. Duluth, Oscar Tuesday's a first vlass vices are alw: Incr ase Business at Hotel. Bruce Gordon is now clerk at the Woodland Hotel. Owing to the vast amount of business Mr. Gilbert is compelled to put on an extra force of help This speaks well for Mr. Gilbert and the way he is conducting his business. COLERAINE i Mrs. M. C. Hanson Dies. | ‘M. C. Hanson, of Coleraine, Thursday, and the funeral ser- vices will take place Sunday at 2:00 P. M. at the Presbyterian church in Coleraine. Mrs, Hanson came to America about one and a half years ago, a bride, and has been known as an estimable woman. She was about 33 years old. Beside her hus- band, she leaves a child about two wedks old. Mrs. died Goes to Virginia. Mr. Chas. Tuel, who recently re- signed his position with Jno. Fergu- son, departed yesterday for Virginia where he has taken a position with the Oliver Iron Miming company as specia policeman. Fractured Knee. Harry Wessel is laid up this week with a fractured knee, which he re- ceived while working in ‘No. 2 shaft last Monday. He was working on a level about 20 feet from the bottom of the shaft when he slipped into an ore chute, striking his knee against a board protruding from the wall of the shaft which prevented him from dropping to the bottom. Easter Ball. The local. Ladies of the Macca- bees will, give the Easter Ball this year and if you intend to have a good time during Haster, just plan to attend this Grand Easter Ball. The ‘Mac’s’ have been organized but a short time in this city, but are com- posed of ladies who have heretofore proven themselves very efficient in arranging social events of this kind and therefore everybody that attends will undoubtedly have a good time. The dance will ‘be given on Easter Monday at the Auditorium. For fur- ther particulars see the posters. Health Still Poor. Capt. Jas. Murchie returned Thurs- day from Minneapolis where he was under medical care the past month and though improved, Capt’s health is still very poor. Easter Sale. The M. E. Ladies’ Aid society will hold an Easter Sale in the basement of the church Saturday afternoon March 19, opening at 3 o’clock the ladies will serve one of their famous suppers at 25 cents cents the plate. Pohl-Willis. Cupid héld sway at the Methodist parsonage on Thursday afternoon fol- lowing the Perr-Hanson nuptials, Kea ton Willis led to the altar Miss Anna Pohl, and Rev. Orock tied the knot uniting them for aye. The -bride is a young woman from Wisconsin who has lived with the Willis family the past year near Bowstring and is little acquainted in Deer River. The groom is a prosperous lumberman, a tem- perate and ambitious man who has lived here for about ten yeras and has a standing in business circles. May the fates attendant upon their life journey be merciful and kind. QOOOO OHI ODOPOSOSOOR BOVEY ; Goes to Hill City. Dr. Stewart.has gone ta Hill City tof open up a practice at that place. While in Bovey the genie] doctor has made| many friends among old and young, who will be sorry to see him go, but whq will wish for him every success in his new field. Saw ‘Mill Running. Charles Clifford, the head sawyer jin thd D. D. Russell saw mill on Trout Lake, opened the throttle at the mill Friday and began sawing. Mr. Clifford has been employed since February 1st, im installing machinery in the iO, I, M, Co. power plant on Trout Lake. Ice House Being Filled. The new ice house on the G. N. sidetrack is being filled this week with ice from Forest Lake. Two cars are arriving daily and a thous- and tons of the frigid will soon be housed. There seems to be no scarc- ity of ice in sight for the thirty- one days in August to come. 1 Baby Boy Dies. Mr. and Mrs. John Kempinen have the sympathy of the commun- ity in the loss, Thursday, of their John Edward, 7 weeks (baby boy, and 1 day old. The little one was taken with cholera imfantum and enly lived but a short time. The fimeral occurred Friday, Mr. Ross, the local undertaker, having charge of the remains. Lad Badly Scalded. Edward Nelson, the five and one- half year old son of Chas. Nelson landlord of the Unique hotel, met with a very painful and serious ac- cident on Tuesday noon. The little fellow had just returned from school and while playing with the handle of a meat grinder stepped backward falling into a boiler of hot clothes. The little lad was badly scalded on the hips and arm, the boiling water taking off the skin. At the present time he is getting along nicely, con- sidering the seriousness of the scald. Officials Go Over New Line. There was a special train on the Great Northern Tuesday, which stop- ped at Bovey. D. M. Philbin, gener- al superintendent, F. S: Elliott, di- vision superintendent and division roadmaster, J. J. Heff were on the train. These officials decided to have a house track laid immediately north of the depot that freight in car lots or otherwise might be placed directly im the freight room. This will be a great convenience to all. Eagles Will Dance. The order of Eagles are preparing to give a dance on the evening of March 28th im their hall. Elabor- ate invitations are being sent ov’ and all preparations are being made for a good time. The general com- mittee is ‘composed of the following well known hustlers: Ben Dixon. Chas. Weston, Al McDonald. The finance committee has for its mem- bers, Bert Anderson, Ben Hendrick- son, Nels Lexon. On the floor com- mittee Al McDonald, Oscar Fried- lund an@ John Griffin will see to it that all are properly cared for. The ¢ Gaitely, Ben Dixon, Andy Nelson, Erik Johnson, John Pennala, Mr. Nurmi, Webb Latham, James Down- ing, J. E. Gravel, Eugene Benoit, Jas. Barlow, Claude Belchner, Octav Al- len, Fred Beaujuenault, N.. Morris- sette, R. Hanley. The decorating is in the hands of -Chas. Lieberman, Chas. Weston, Jno. Griffin: This affair is to be “swell” and you will be favored in receiving an invitation. ae ecaeenl Teacher Resigns. Miss Rosabelle Carlson has tender- ed her resignation as teacher in the first primary grade of the school of Bovey. This is to take effect at once She has been a teacher in the dis- trict since October, 1906 when she! began teaching in the Prairie River school. This is her third year in the Bovey school where her kindly inter- est in the little children has en- deared her to many homes in that village. A reception was given for her at the Bovey school on Tues- day evening, March 15. Miss Har- riet Dennis of Aurora will assume her duties next Monday morning in the place made vacant by the resignation of Miss Carlson. WORKS SWINDLE | ON FOREIGNERS Clever Rogues In Spain Use Clever Methods of Obtaining Money From United States The Department of State, at Wash- ington, has received a; report trom | the American Consul-General at Barec lona, Spain, in regard to the band of swindlers operating in various towns and cities iin Spain, who make a prac- tice of. writing to persons in the United States respecting the impris- | onment of a relative and the guardiar ship, of a child. The Consul-General states that the alleged prisoner generally describes himself as a political prisoner from G&ba she is at the point of death and has but one friend—the prison priest—through whose good offices he is enabled to smuggle an occas- sional letter out! of ‘the prison fort. The prisoner is rich. He has a fortune in cash on deposit in the United States, but the certificate of deposit is concealed in a secret re- ceptacle of his valise; the valise itsel has beer taken possessian of by the court at Carthagena, which tried and condemned him, and will be held un- til the prisoner or his representa- tive has satisfied the costs of the trial. The prisoner thas an only daughter; dying in his prison, his sole thought is of this beloved off- spring. He has no friend or relative in Spain to whose care he can com- mit her. In this emergency his thoughts turn to the distant relative in the United States whom he has never seen and of whom he knows on} through hearsay or the family tree. | Will the distant relative assume the guardianship of the darling daughter, and the darling daughter’s fortune of about $30,000? If the distant rela- tive accepts the trust one-fourth of the prisoner’s entire fortune will be the material reward. The good priest will go at once to the United States and take the darling daughter with him. There is but one condi- tion: ithe ready money which the prisoner brought with him to Spain has been exhausted; the distant rela- tive is therefore requested to send enough to liberate the valise contain- ing the secret receptacle and the cer- tificate of deposit. This money is to be sent to the good priest at an ad- dress indicated, and, having received it, the good priest will at once secure the valise and start for America, the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” with the darling daughter The above is generally the first let- ter of the seribs. It is quickly fol- lowed by ‘ another in which the pris- oner pathetically states that his strength is rapidly failing and the end is near. He beseeches his dear distant ‘relative to assume the trust and ‘be a loving father to the darling daughter. The third letter is from the good priest himself, who in brief, touching terms, and hopelessly bad English, announces the death of the unhappy prisoner; the good priest adds that the darling daughter is under his care. He is ready to put his promise into execution and start for the United States as soon as he shall have received the necessary funds from the distant relative.. The good priest frequently incloses with his letter a bogus newspaper clip- ping announcing the death in prison at Barcelona of the famous Cuban patriot (sometimes called Augustin Lafiente); the newspaper also speaks cunningly of the confiscated valise and‘the darling daughter; It is a simple scheme, but present- ed in such a plausible way that al- most any unsuspecting “distant rela- tive” of European extraction would | be more or less deceived by the glad prospect of falling heir to the agree- ARCH 16, 1910. compense, Naturally the first impulse of the distant relative is to ask a lawye: or a judge or some authority what course he-ought fo pursue in the premises, but as he ‘thinks of so do- ing this his attention is taken by the warning in the risoner’s letter be Seeching him not to mention the mat. ter to any living soul lest the sec- ret of the valise and the hidden re- ceptacle be indiscreetly betrayed. The valise, after all with its con- cealed certificate of deposit, is the key to the situation and possession must [be taken of it before anything can be done or said. This (so cun- ningly set forth by the prisoner) is very evident to the distant relative, and so he quite frequently preserves the secret intact, and instead of con- sulting a lawyer or writing to the American Consul-General at Barcelo- na he quietly sends a draft for the sum demanded to the good priest and awaits results. Of course he waits in vain, and the poor, dead prisoner and the good priest and the dprling daughter in the course of time pass out of his life forever, leav ing him only an uncomfortable memo- ry of the money he so cheerfully con- tributed to the confidence game. For nearly twenty years these same knaves have practiced their swindle, and it is needless to sug- gest that they are very carefully or- ganized; they have confederates not only in the United States but in most other countries. The confeder ates in question select a man and find out all they can about him; they get hold of his family names, family origin, and family character- istics. This in formation is trans- mitted to the rascals in Spain, anc letters wre atyi once written to the} Prospective victim. The scheme is presented and developed in a very plausible way and many of our fel- low-countrymen have “bitten” prompt ly and cheerfully. Under the Spanish laws a felony must be consummated before the police may act, and a mere attempt to obtain money by false pretenses does not appear to warrant arrest. The money must be actually paid over and the prosecuting witness must be present in propria persona to testify; otherwise prosecution would be use- less. e HILL ROADS BUY NEW;,EQUIPMENT Great Northern, - Northern Pacific and Burlington Share in $3,200,000 Order. The Hill lines have placed with eastern car builders, additional to orders previously reported, specifica- |tions for new rolling stock that will |cost approximately $3,200,000. There will be 4,000 cars built for delivery during the summer and fall of this year to the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington roads. The Great Northern has ordered 1,000 box cars and 500 coal cars. The Northern Pacific will receive an allotment about equal. “Automobile” cars to the number of 1,000 figure in the Burlington's order. These are cars constructed somewhat on the principle of a fur- niture car, with special arrangements for handling the increasing business in automobiles from the factories, that makes a high-class railroad ton- A feature of the “automobile” nage. car is the wide door. The Burling- ton has also 1,500 box cars in the order! | Most of the new equipment will be puilt at the Haskell & Barker works at Michigan City, Ind., and as fast as completed in lots of ten or more, the cars will be turned over to the to the Burlington at Chicago and thence distributed over that road, distributed over that road, or over or over the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Why the Train Was Late. While the great white headlight on the engine of the evening Mesaba passenger train was burning a hole in the; horizon between Taconite Jc. ata Bovey, last night, the engineer saw a man lying beside the track. The air was applied in time and a hiuran life was saved. It was just a case ot plain drunk, only this time the engine was not mussed up. The man asked if he was hurt and this was a Clue that he never got his drinks in Bovey. No one knew him He was just a bit of human flotsam and but for the piercing headlight, uni the ever ready hand upon the throttle, would have been Crossing the Styx, ere this, and his wharfage known. The train, Friday evening (was late from this cause should any- one ask about it—Iron News. For Sale at a Bargain. The Grand Rapids Roller Rink. Building 48x80 ft. including 2 lots 50x140 ft. $2,600 cash takes it. Must sell at once on account of other able custody of a darling daughter with a big fortune, and a one-fourth GEO. BOOTH ; Manufacturer of i FINE CIGARS. tirand Rapids, Minnesota. Have achieved am excellent reputation all over Northern “Bootu’s CiGaRS” 8 Minnesota. They are made i of the finest selected stock by experienved workmen im Mr Booth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervisi This insures the utmost cleanliness and care in manufacture. Call for them. For sale every where. Sovegesescocosoqooooooooos i. E. 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