Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 6, 1910, Page 1

| a | —E _—— Grand Uapids ? Minn Historical Gos. $T PAUL Herald-Review. Vor. XVIIL—N, 42. GRAND RapiDs, Irasca CouNTY, Minn., Wepnespay, APRIL 6, IgIo. Two Dollars a Year, COMPULSORY LAW WORKING WONDERS County Superintendent Hattie F. Booth Reports Attendance Is Doubled. BETTER RESULTS ARE OBTAINED 7 Out of 13 Applicants Passed Re- cent Examinations—State High School Board Exams May 22 to June 2. “The compulsory school law is working wonders,” said County Sup- erintendent Hattie F, Booth recent- ly to a Herald-Review representative. “The attendance through the county has increased 50 per cent and much) better results are obtained by the teachers where the pupils attend reg- ularily.” At a recent teachers’ examination test, which was held at Grand Rap- ids, there were 13 applicants and out of these 7 were granted certifica- tes. Chelsea Sampson, Laura F. Sampson, Mary Randhal and Ruth L. Haigh were granted complete second grade certificates. Alice Martin, Le- nore Coolen and Emma. Box were granted limited second grade certi- ficates. State High school examin- ations onj all subjects will be held at 20 different points in the county from May 22 to June 2. Mrs. Booth stated that while making the rounds of the various schools she visited the Feeley school and found the teachers, Misses Grey and Bigbee doing excellent work. It is expected the brick factory will ma- terially imcrease the attendance at this school, as about 40 men will be employed. This school is one of the appraisers price the state auditor may lease the same for a period of not more than five years for graz- ing or pasturing purposes. The annua rental shall not be less than ten cents jper acre and at the end of the term the lessee may remove all fen- ces or temporary structures thereon. “Section 2—On the second Tues- day of April of each year the several county auditors shal] receive bids for the leading of state lands in their counties and the land shall be leased to the thighest bidder. The rent shall be paid annually in ad- vance and whenever any lessee fails to so do before the second Tuesday in April of each year, the county auditor shall declare the lease ter- minated and again offer the land for 10 per cent of the gross amount re- ceived for the use of the land and remit the balance to thé state auditor who shall turn it in to the several funds of the state to which the land belongs. COMMISSION FOR WATER AND LIGHT Village Council Appoints Board At Special Meeting Held Wed- nesday Evening. MEETS} WITH GENERAL APPROVAL Will Consist of H. D. Powers, C.H. Dickinson and B. C. Finnegan --Recorder LeFebvre Is the Clerk. BUILD MANY ROADS COMING SEASON Commissioners Instruct Auditor to Advertise for Construction of More Roads. WILL ALSOIMPROVE OTHER ROADS | rent. The county auditor shall retain Contract Let to John Lofberg for Removing Old Bridge Across Prairie River--Next Meet- ing May 7. The county commissioners held their monthly meeting Saturday and the greater portion of the day was devoted to letting contracts for construction and grading of roads and hearing, petitions for new ones. John Oaks of Swan River who was present the meeting offered to construct © a drainage ditch) along the road run- ning south fron} Wawina for $60. It was moved that CommissionerMullins g@ to Wawina and let the contract fox the work. Bids were opened for the construc- tion of county road No. 12 and the contract was given to Wm. Smith for $700. He also agreed to put in 3 steel culverts to be furnished by the county. The bid for county road No. 1 was rejected and a committee of 3 was appointed to meet at a point on the road, known as Coal Docks, on April 8 and let a contract for the work. L. E. Hunter was given the contract for construction of county At a special meeting of the village council held Wednesday evening it was decided to place all public util- road No, 20 at $1.25 per rod. The bids for county road No. 68 were re- jected. George Harding was given the contract for the construction of county road No. 18 at the following terms: $2.65 per rod for grading; 17 ities in the hands of a water andjcents per cubic yard for ditching; light commission and a resolution to|$10 each for putting in culverts to that effect which was introduced by} be furnished by the county; 19 cents Trustee Arscott was adopted by unan }fow cuts. / , mous pote. County Auditor was instructed to A law was passes at 1907 session|advertise for bids for the ditching ‘of the legislature, providing that any|of the west side of the state road city or village with less than 10,-|north of Deer River, the dirt from 000 population could adopt a water |the ditch toi be put im the center of and light commission plan, which|the road. (He was also instructed to commission would have entire super-| advertise for bids for the construc- vision bf all public utilities. tion of county road No. 40 in section After the resolution was adopted,|13, 145-25; for the construction of the names of . D. Poiwers, C. . Dick-|county road No. 63, in section 13, inson and B. C. Finnegan to serve asj56-23; for grading of county road members \of commission were men-} No. 27 in the town of Feeley; for the the most beautifully located in the state, being situated on the bank of the Big Logan river and when the grounds were cleared the big yellow birch were left standing. Mrs. Booth also spent considerable time the past month visiting the schools on the range and in the Deer River terri- toryi She states that the new school building at Deer River is one] of the most complete and modern in the northern part of the state, the rooms being arranged so that all get a north light. The heating and ventilating PATRICK LYNCH CASE (SNOW ON | Five Jurors Secured and Panel Ex- hausted-Special Jury Empanelled. GRAND JURY STILL IN SESSION Did Not Indict Yancey—Returned True: Bills In Phelps Arson Case and Palmquist As- sault Case. During the past week the grand jury has returned no indictments in the following cases: W. C. Yancey, who was charged with setting fire to Village hall; Henry Logan, who was charged hvith illegal voting im the Sand Lake precinct; Chas. G. Stark, L. M. Hooper and Chas. A. Dalgren, who were arrested on a charge of perjury in connection with the Riley- Riddell contest for sheriff; Matt Mai- Tele, who shot Joe Persuvich in self defense in his saloon at Nashwauk; | tom Carven who was charged with complicity in robbery of Charley “Por chops.” ‘gThe grand jury is still in session and has returned an indictment in the tase of John A. Palmquist, who it jis alleged attempted to kill his wife about B weeks ago. A true bill was also found in the Phelps arson case, im which E. H. Phelps, Mrs. E. H. Phelps and Ray Phelps are charged wéth firing their resort at Winnibigoshish dam, wherein a man was burned to death. District court has been having a busy session. Ih the damage case of Chas. Johnson vs. Iver Larson, in which Johnson attempted to _ re- cover damages for the alienation of his wife’s affections, a verdict was brought in for the defendant Thurs- day morning. In the case of Travica brothers vs. J. Shere, E. E. Zees and Alex Scott, which grew out of the bogus checks which were drawn by Matt Millback the first two named defendants were dismissed, there being no case agains them, but in the case of Alex Scott a judgment 'was given in favor of the plaintiffs for $150. Scott was the constable who made the levy on Tra- vica brothers meat market to enforcc the payment on one of the checks appreciated by Grand Rapids patrons. At present all the long distance work ‘or Duluth and beyond is carried through the Hibbing office, but it has been stated that 3 copper circuit lines will be installed in a short time giving Grand Rapids direct communi- cation, with Duluth. Mr. McGrath is a very pleasant gentleman to meet and we predict he will do much toward increasing the business of the Mesaba) company. As soon as a suitable dwelling can be secured Mrs. McGrath will arrive and they will make Grand Rapids their permanent home. Purchased Farm. Quackenbush & Pearson have pur- chased the James O’Hara farm near Trout lake and in the next few years will make it one of most, up-to-date in this vicinity. The gentlemen state that farming opperations will be on ajsmall scale this year but in the future they rill be gradually in- creasedy NEW COMMISSION HOLDS FIRST MEET ey Friday Evening and Discuss Plans for Reducing Expenses of the Plant. EMPLOYES TEMPORARILY RETAINED Will Have Engineer from Duluth Inspect Plant and Make Recom- mendations—Regular Meet- ing May 3. The newly appointed water and light commission, consisting of H. D. Powers, chairman, C, H. Dickinson and B. C. Finnegan, held a special meeting Friday evening. That the council could have made no better selection of a commission there is no doubt. H. D. Powers, the chair- man of the board, is one of Grand Rapids’ pioneer business men and is imterested with his brother, W. J., in the hardware and implement business under the firm name of W. J. and H. D. Powers. He is also presi- dent of the Commercial club. In any matter tending toward the bet- terment of Grand Rapids he has alWvays been found at the front and is modern in every respect and the citizens of Deer River should feel proud of their building. The new Olcott school building at Marble will soon be occupied. In the past the students have been quartered in a cottage and at Village hall and the sanitary conditions are mothing to be proud of. However, the new building will do away with all this. The teachers are very lax about sending in their returns from the recent state high school examina- tion tests and Mrs. Booth states it is causing her much inconvenience. Mrs. Booth urges the teachers to lend every effort to encourage garden ing among the pupils and she has written Congressman Miller request- ing him to send seeds to the various teachers throughout the county, whic] he has very kindly agreed to do. The school exhibit of vegetables at the last county fair was very interest- ing but it is thought that the ex- hibit at ithe coming fair will far sur- pass it imi every respect. STATE LANDS TO BE LEASED | to some other spectat find, shall be | New Law Authorizes 5-Year Leases and Does Away With Sales. The regular grass land spies which have been ‘held in the various counties of the state each year, are now a thing of the past. A new law jhas done away with the grass land sales but in their place a date has been set on which the county audi- tors will ‘lease state lands in their respective counties for pasture or grazing purposes. the matter: land belonging to the state has been offered for sale and no one offers tioned and they were electd, Mr. Powers to serve 1 year, C. H. Dickin- son 2 years and B. C. Finnegan 3 Wears. The law provides that the villagd recorder shall be clefk of the board. The putting of the public utilities in the hands of a commission meets general approval of all as it is thought by this plan the expense of operat- ing can be materially reduced. A refolution was introduced at the meeting that all moneys received for water, light and hall rentals and al- 60 all the Moneys collected by the county treasurer as electric light and water tax be set apart and designated as a water and light fund and all| expenses incurred im the operation of public utilities shall be charged to to this fund. A resolution was also introduced by Trustee King and adopted, provid- ing for the establishment of a con- jtingent fund, out of which, all run- ning expenses of the village will zbe paid with the exception of the water and light expenses. The resolution provides that all money that hereatte may be paid inte the village treasg ury which are not otherwise paid in-; paid into the contingent fund. All bills will 6 allowed at the next regular meeting of the council, but at the meeting) a warrant was issued payable to S. J. Moran of Deer River to aSsist the work of Itasca county grading} of county road No. 50, in section 5, 54-24; for the construction and grading of county road No. 53, starting in section 12, 55-27 and run- ning to the Mississippi rivre in sec- tion 26, 144-25. separate bids to be submited for each mile of road. The job for remowing old bridge across the Prairie river on the Grand Rapids-Bovey road was let to John Lofberg, the bridge to be removed before_April 10. The county attorney was instructed to notify the railroad company to open all ditches between Deer River and Dumas’. + Appropriations were made as fol- lows: ($300 to the town of Harris to aid in the construction of the west road; $300 to the town of Bigfork, to aid in the construction of the King road. $300 to the town of Sand Lake to aid in} the repair and construction of roads! and’ bridges. A petition was presented asking that a highway be established, com- mencing at the northeast corner of section 4, 55-25 and running east to and the suit was on grounds of ex-|his sound business judgment _ will cessive levy. be of material assistance in placing In the case of John Malevitch vs.|the plant on a business basis. C. Zivko Matchovich, a verdict was re- H. Dickimson is another well known turned in favor of the defendant The|Grand Rapids business man, he be- suit was the outcome of a slashing |/mé& manager of the Itasca Mercan- scrape. tile company store, and he has also The case of Patrick Lynch, who is done much for hte vlilage as secre- charged with killing J. O’Neil at Ta-|tary of the commercial club. B. C. conite in ‘April of last year by crush-| Finnegan ing hig head with a rock is now on.| Pioneer| residents and is well known |any one purchaser. In the regular venire of jurors, only | far and wide as a man whose judge- five were secued for this case. They|ment can be thoroughly relied on. Mr are: John Smith, Thomas Munce, J.|Fitmmegan is a member of the Itasca F. Richardson, Ezra Watson and Ol-|Cedar and Tie company and is also lie Frazer. Another panel of 30|interested in many other business jurors has been subpoenaed and the| enterprises. securing of jurors will be resumed At the meeting Friday evening it this afternoon. , was decided to retain A. A. Garris as temporary superintendent of the NEW TELEPHONE plant and also all other employes MANAGER HERE |v! be held Tuesday evening May 3, until the first regular meeting which when permanent appointments will F. M. McGrath, of Duluth, Arrives ‘bd made and salaries fixed. It was decided at this meeting to the Prairie river. It was designated a county road No. 76 and a hearing on it will 88 held at Grand Rapids on ithe 4. A petition was also receiy- ed asking that a highway he estab- lished commencing at the, northeast corner of section 2, 146-25 and_run- ning west along section line to the northwest corner of the northwest quarter of section 4, 146-25. It was alse decided to advertise for development association. NOTICE. All persons who are interested in the establishment of a Finnish Luth- eran church at Wawina, Minn., are bids for the improving of the Grand Rapids Bovey road and for the widen- img of county read No. 21, known as the Feeley-Bovey road. An unusually large grist of bills was allowed and the board then ad- hereby notified that a meeting wi!l |journed to Saturday, May 7. be held at the home of Perte Heik- kisen on Friday afternoon, April 15, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose of con- Judd Romans, who owns the neck of land lying between Pokegama and sidering the proposition of building] Hale lakes has had the strip platted The following is the law covering|a church at Wawina and also for the |by the Itasca Engineering company for the raising of funds. ANDREW LYLY, Sec. “Section I—After any| purpose of devising ways and means |and will offer the lots for sale. They are 50 by 150 and wil) make ideal residence locations. to Assume Charge of the secure an expert engineer to look Ran the power plant over, with a view to ee — ascertaining the condition of the TGR machinery and to also obtain re ‘A.W. Hostetter) who has had charge| commendations for the improving of of the local telephone exchange the/the service. When the engineer’s past six months, has gone to Biwabik|report is made the commission will to take charge of the Biwabik and|then know on what lines to proceed. Aurora exchanges and F, M. McGrath who has been employed in the Duluth office for the past three years, ar- rived here to assume charge of the Tax Levy May Be Reduced, SCHOOL AND OTHER TATE LAND SALE 30,000 Acres In Itasca County Will Be Offered for Sale on... May 14. SOME CHOIGE TRACTS ADVERTISED Soil Varies from Clay Loam to Dark Sand Loam—Particularly Adapted to the Growing of Vegetables. In this issue wlil be found the des- criptions of the state lands which will be offered for sale at the court house by State Auditor Iverson on May 14. The appraised prices of these lands is $5 per acre. Although the timper has been removed from these lands, to a great extent, a sufficient amount is left on almost every tract to provide building fenc- ing aid-fuel purposes for the settler for many years to come, and as a rule a considerable amount of merch- antable timber suitable for cordwood, pulpwood, bolts, posts and ties can be found, providing a settler with profitable labor while opening up his farm. 5 The SOW insthis section varies from a clay loany.to a dark sandy loam, the latter being very warm and quick giving forth splendid crops, particul- arly‘of the root variety. Northeast- ern Mimnesota leads all other sec- tions in the production of vegeta- bles. This portion of Minnesota is conceded by the best authorities of this and other states to be a natural dairy country; clover and timothy grow wild in the woods and thrive when cultivated, being of a nutritious character, and this combined with an abundance of pure water and the pure air is conductive of the best results with the dairy cow. At the Itasca county sale, which will pe held on May the 14th, 30,000 acres of land will be offered for sale on the following conditions. The lands are first appraised and no sale can be made for less than $5 per acre. Fifteen per cent of the pur- chase price and imterest on the un- paid balance of the purchase money from the date) of the sale to June 1, following must be (paid at time of the sale; the balance can run for 40 years on interest at’ 4 per cent per annum, payable annually in ad- vance on June 1 of each year, pro- vided the principal remains unpaid for 10 years. If the principal is paid in full before the expiration of 10 years, the rate of imterest to be paid is 5 per cent. No more than 320 acres can be is one of Grand Rapids’|sold or contracted to be sold to Within five years of the date of the sale the purchaser or his assigns must perform at least one of the following requirements: (1) Fence at least 25 per cent of said tract for pasture and convert such portion into pasture land, or (2) Cul- tivate at least 5 per cent of said tract, or (3) build a house and ac- tually reside upon said tract for a period of 12 months. No land can be sold at private sale and the state reserves the mineral rights on all its, lands. WILL ESTABLISH SUMMER CAMPS Dayton Cash Register Company Will Send 100 Salesmen to Sum- mer at Deer Lake. On top of the neWs that 50 stud- enst will summer at Pokegama lake Gyand (Rapids exchange and also @| State Auditor Iverson has made number of systems in the adjoining |the statement ‘that the levy for the villages] : state revenue fund for next year will The Mesaba Telephone company) be only one half as much 4s it was has inaugurated a new departure.|this year. This year a million dol They have combined the systems Of] jars was collected put the increase Grand Rapids, Deer River, Cohasset,|in the states income has been so Bovey, Coleraine, Taconite, Holman| pig that next year only $500,000 will Calumet and Marble under one head pe needed. This does not include |and have made Mr. McGrath business|the agsessment for soldier’s relief manager with headquarters at Grand) fund, state road and bridged fund, Rapids. H. R. Shortman will have| university campus fund and prison comes ‘he intelligence that the Day- ton Cash Register company, of Day- ton, Ohio, will send 100 of their best salesmen to enjoy an outing at Deer Lake, as a reward for good work. The outing will take place during the months of July and August. A knock down cottage will be a part of the outfit and they will have a complete ‘equipment, The Salmage Auto works of De- troit, Mich., will also send a number feharge| of the lines in this territory.|Wufiding fund. These are entirely |of their employees to enjoy an out- The company is planning some exten-| separate from the levy for the state|ing at Deer Lake, but they will rent sive improvements) Which will be| revenue fund. cottages.