Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 4, 1910, Page 1

HISTORICAL | Society, | Gran Herald- evicw. Vor. XVIIL—N, 46. GRanpD Rapids, Irasca County, MInn., Wepnzspay, May 4, 1910 Two Dollars a Year. h BIG. PROJECT TO BE CONSIDERED Considering {the brief period he had for investigation Mr. Burch made a very exhaustive and intelligent re- port. His conclusions are that Grand Rapids should secure the riparian rights from the foot of Prairie river rapids to the head of Prairie lake, or the inlet to Prairie lake. He goes imto details, as to the things neces: HAVE YOU BEEN ENUMERATED YET? TAKE INITIAL GAME OF THE SEASON If Not, Don’t Neglect to Call the|Grand Rapids Takes First Game ger also registered at the initial plate, but this score was not counted for the fact that only one was neces- sary to decide the game. The weather was! too cold for good playing, but the Grays showed the result of daily practice and im a short time will be classed] one of the fast- est teams on the range. The bat- REVERSED LOWER COURTS FINDING Engineer Burch Takes Inventory of |S2ty to do to utilize the power in tery, Brownlee and Peterson, showed | J, Board Case of H rie © tthe yillage and which includes every ’ . s that they were fairly well Pohite . School d Ms cay Electric Light and Water step necessary to take from start to Enumerator’s Attention to By Score of 7 to 6 Against ‘ed with the history of the sport and Hughes vs. Frederick E. : _ Plant. finish. The report says: “Attention the Fact. Coleraine. they engineered several tricks that Reusswig. INVESTIGATED PRAIRIE RIVER POWER Goes Over the Situation in Detail is called to the fact that a munici- pality can condemn andi reap the ad- vantage of water power and can ob-! tain riparian rights with much great-| er success than private corporations,” Continuing, Mr. Burch calls atten- tion to the fact that while the con-} struction would require the expen- diture of a IT 1S A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE Grand Rapids Should Make a Show- SCORE TIED IN THE EIGHTH INNING Grand Stand Was Well Filled and occasioned the visitors to hug the bases up pretty close. In the fourth inning with the bases filled, Brownlee pulled himself out wf a bad hole by striking out two men in rapid suc- cession. Again in the seventh he did a like stunt. The following was the line up: Grand Rapids—Lofberg, ss; Reardon, HOLOS THAT STATE LAW 1S VALID Contest Grew Out of Question of zi Estima’ large sum of money, the = - eae? . ° : sins = — = and corporation could sell a large amount ing of Considerable Gain in Rag Chewing Was Not in Evi- 3b; Wellein, lf; Kentfield, 2b; Metz- Validity of School Law Passed — commendations to of power to private enterprises and P opulation During the dence-Some Clever ger, 1b; Romans and LaFreniere, rf; At 1903 Session of the the New Commissioners. furnish ample power for lighting, Past Five Years. Play Made. Shortman, cf; Peterson, c; Brownlee, Legislature. As was told in the last issue of the Herald-Review, Engineer Edward P. Burch was called on by the electric light and water commission to inves- tigate and report on the condition of the municipal electric light and water plant. His detailed report has been submitted and it appears to be very complete and contains much information that will be of great value years pumping and manufacturing in all nearby towns. Mr. Burch roughly estimated the total cost of developing the water) power at $100,000. He very strong- ly urges the desirability of at once securing the right and later, when the municipality can better afford to as- sume’ the initial expense, to con- ; struct dams, ete., and connect the power with the municipal plant. PREPARATIONS Work of counting noses for the cen- sus is no easy task—if all residents are listed. Some are sure to escape detection, no matter how vigilant the enumerator may be. Harold Lu- ther, who was assigned to this vil- lage and township, has been on the go from early morn to quiting time | since he thas ‘began his duties. He If the game Sunday between Grand Rapids and Coleraine was any augury of the result of those in the future, or of the attendance, then the Grays can expect a very successful season. Despite the fact there was a cold forth wind, there) was a good at- tendance and plenty of enthusiasm shown, Whe game was called with Cole- rane at the bat. Holmes put a p. Coleraine—Holmes and Nelson, p; Conlin, 3b; Rockwell, 1b; Morris, lf; White 2b; Chapman, cf; Peters- borough and Nelson, ss; Halloran anc The case of Henry Hughes vs. Puffy, rf Kruger, ‘c. Score by innings: Grand Rapids 1:21010011— Coleraine 00000203 1-6 The game was’ umpired by Zimmers amd it is sufficient. to say that no kicks were registered against his decisions. Frederick E. Reusswig has finally been decided by the supreme court. This case was the outcome of a question of the constitutionality of the law passed in 1903, relative to school boards, which provides that in school districts containing 10 or more con- gvessional townships, the officers shall be elected at the bi-ennial state election instead of at the annual president of the board. In 1908 it to the commission in handling the has no doubt done faithful service, f important work that is before it. Mr. ; ; gpunder to first and walked back ‘ie schobl meeting. ; t he wa: y ch territor, “ 4 | Burch is the engineer who had Bene wes se dae sania aa 4 a bench, ‘Conlin, the next man % Under and pursuant to this law i charge of the institution of the elec- ;to cover, and if he misses any resl-!yp, put a sky scraper in right field, Abr school district No. 1, of Itasca county I tric plant, which was put in eight dents the fault will not be his. It|pbut Romans failed to connect and he held its election in the fall of 1906. | ZO. is therefore! the duty of every citizen|made two bases on it. Rockwell put Frederick E. Reusswig was elected that the power plant as He sa to lend him all the aid possible. a mate to it im, ‘the same place, but was thought by certain residents of a whole is in fair condition, and Ages ae Nearly every city, village, hamlet|Romans stayed with it and Nelson hr adds that there is nothing to indi- . Ly. and township in northeastern Minne-| put an infield fly to short, retiring Dee gee the district that the law was invalid. (| cate that the entire plant will not Removing Small Buildings From sta) will show a substantial in-}the side. For the Grays, Lofberg was This opinion arose from the fact that give satisfaction during the next ten Leland Avenue to Fourth crease in population during the past the first up and made first by lining out a safety, Will Probably Not Go to the Jury Before Next Saturday the law made no provision for its enforcement; that no means were | years. The building is also in very Street East. five years, and Grand Rapids will Reardon put out a : : sa a good condition, according to the re- stand well to the front if proper as-|grounder which was gobbled up by Night provided! for carrying it into effect. port. The two pumps in use for EEA SS ae sistance is given Mr. Luther by the|the second baseman, but in the mean- i So believing, they proceeded, at an water ervice are said to be citizens. An extension of time to the } time Lofberg stole second. Wellein —_—_—_—__—— adjourned session of the annual inadequate in capacity for present EA f 0 15th inst., has been granted by Mr.|connected with the sphere, but the school meeting in the year 1908, to use and should be replaced with T RING DOWN OLD M’ALPINE BL CK Hollister of Aitkin, who has charge|third baseman fumbled the ball and HAVE EXAMINED TEN WITNESSES elect school officers, and Henry larger and more modern machines. Burch thinks there is an unnec- waste of water by consumers especially at lavatories in saloons and When New Brick Structure is Com-|#*y to look over the*field’ thoroughly. pleted, Lieberman Brothers allowing water to run during the win- of the work in Eighth Congressional district. This affords an opportun- Five years ago the census showed a population in the village of 2,055. It the runner made first. Kentfield got fe balls and Lofberg stole home, bijsing in tho first run and the in- niug ended with ithe score 1 to 0 in Grand Rapids’ favor. Still Have About Twenty to Place on Stand--Two Special Ve- Hughes was elected) president of the hoard. Thereupon Mr. Hughes de- manded the office from Reusswig, who refused to turn it over. Hughes then instituted quo warranto pro- ceedings. ter to prevent freezing in house} Will Occupy Double Store ere hoped that the census this year} During the second inning Brown- . Required Co pipes. The water tank is condemned on Third Street. would give it a total of not less than|lés started to warm up and it was mires Required to Com- Reusswig made return to’ the writ, as being unsafe and specifications Bi 2,500. one, two three and out for Coleraine, plete Jury. alleging he had been duly elected at j are made for many repairs, at an pec eee ae In today’s issue of the Herald-Rev-|in rapid succession, while Grand Rap the biennial state election held in estimated cost of between $1,000 and iew is published a blank form that|ids added two more scores to their S ew 1906, for a term of three years; that $1,150. | These repairs, says the re- C. S. Brock and crew of men re-|may be used by anyone who may not | tally. In the third, it was the same It required two special panels in he had received a legal certificate of port, would make the tank last tWo}moved the small office building, oc-|have been seen by the enumerator.|thing over again for Coleraine and | addition to the regular venire to se-| lection from the county auditor and j years more. “A wind storm might|cupied by J. S. Gole, which faced on| Word may be left with the Herald-|the Grays chalked up another run.|cure a jury in the Phelps case, but jithat. ihe was entitled to hold office blow it over any day mow, particul-|Ldland avenue, to a new site on|Review or with any business man and'Grand Rapids scored again in the; it was completed Thursday evening because of these facts. arly if the tak was less than half! Fourth street. between Leland and|the enumerator will be notified. Do fifth inning, but Coleraine’s tally |and the taking of testimony commenc Thereupon the relator Hughes, tak- full of water,” says the engineer. Sleeper avenues Monday afternoon.|ppt neglect this duty. It is of nojsheet was without a scratch until] ed Friday morning. ing the position that the law under which Reusswig was elected was He does not consider, however, that it would be wise to expend money on these repairs. Mr. Burch sub- mits the following recommendations: The installation of a 1250-gallon pow- He will now commence moving the building occupied) by the Reishus- Remer Land company to the same location; - When this is done Leiberman Bros. little importance. Another Launch, Afloat. Dave Cochran has his big launch the sixth Imning, when by costly er- rors on the part of the Grays they ran in two scores. ) There was noth- ing doing for either side in the seven- th, but in the eighth the visitors The first witness placed on the stand was Frank Wegge, the prin- cipal witness and a brother to Joseph Wegge, who was burned in th fire. He stated’ that he was at the invalid, demurred in the return. The demurrer came up for hearing before Judge McClenahan and the only questions raised were legal ones, x er pump; the installation, of a steel] will swing their building around and|4o0ing business on Pokegama lake./ made business pick up by running in| Phelps hunting lodge on the even-|** Principal one being the validity tower and steel tank having 150,-| move it on their lots on Third street,|This is a desirable addition to th |three scores, which tied the tally.| ing of May 16, Sunday, the night of /f the law. Judge MeClenahan held the law was invalid for the 000 gallon capacity; the use of water between the First ‘National bank craft of the lake and ‘will be appre- ciated by visitors to this popular re- The Grays, however, scored another run and the inning ended with the the fire and ate supper. He stated there were present Mr. and Mrs. E. chat on that it made no provision for meters; the installation of a simple|puilding and the McAlpine corner. system of accounts, so that any in-|This is only temporary, however, for|Sort during the summer and fall. Mr.|score 6 to 5 in Grand Rapids’ favor.|H. Phelps, Jos. Wegge and Nellie it. enforcement. é telligent citizen may read and un-|as soon as the new block is complet- Cochran brought the ‘“‘Wabana” down|In the last inning Coleraine secured Saunders. He said he noticed a The respondent, Reusswig, appealed derstand the records. Considerable attentian is given to the matter of municipal bookkeeping and a great ed, they have made arrangements to occupy a store space in it of 40x65 feet and will raze their old building from the lake of| that name and will be prepared to entertain guests at any time with a cruise about the another score, lending excitement to the occasion, but when the Grays went to bat, the twirler lost his head watch and revolver in a show case and that the watch was afterward found im the ruins, but the revolver from this finding and from the or- der of Judge McClenahan to the su- preme court. The supreme court re- versed Judge McClenahan’s decision | many recommendations made that ap-|and erect a substantial prick struct-|]ake. The ““Wabana” was built two| and walked Kentfield and Metzger|could not be found. He also said : pear to be along proper lines for|ure in its stead. Their lot has a|¥Years ago and is one of the most <" | to first. LaFreniere struck out, but/ihere were two stoves in the puild-|2!4 held that the law was valid. safeguarding public funds and frontage of 28 feet, but as this would |Stantial and safe oats afloat in this|in the meantime Kentfield advanced|ing, one in the front room and an- The supreme court holds, as it has the information of taxpayers. The total cost of the proposed im- provements recommended in the en- gineers report, are as follows: Pump, $2,200; steel tower and tank, $9,200; water mains (about 30 representative installations) $1,000; imventory and maps, $100. Total, $12,500. Water Power Proposition. | The citizens of Grand Rapids have | long recognized the desirability of securing the Prairie river water pow- er for municipal use at the electric and water plant. The original cost, however, would be so great that the project has never gone beyond the mental speculative stage. As the years go, by iit would prove to be a tremenduous money, saver to the tax- payers. Many cities would jump at a chance to secure such a nat- ural power, and willingly pay twenty times the amount that the right would cost Grand Rapids at present. But Grand Rapids’ taxpayers are al- ready well burdened with the size) of their assessments and the under- taking would necessarily involve a} very appreciable imerease of local taxes. It is a problem that will re-| quire the most serious consideration within the next few years, at least, and in all probality the Prairie river jwater power will yet come into mney possession of the municipality of Grand Rapids. : As a preliminary step the electric and water commission had Engineer Burch look over the sight of the pow-| er and submit his opinion of the! feasibility of the village securing it. | make the arrangements stated above. not give them sufficient store room unless they also occupied the base- ment, which would require additional clerks, and they have decided to They will erect their building for rent} ing purposes and already have nu- merous applications. Mr. B. L. Lieberman states the store room in the new McAlpine block will give them ample quarters and it is their intention to make their store the most modern one west of Duluth; and including the cities and villages | on the range. Fixtures befitting the new quarters willbe purchased and everything will be modern in every respect. Bids for the construction of the} McAlpine block will be opened May 11 and Mr. McAlpine states he has already received a large number and it is probable competition will gel lively. The walls of the new struc- ture will be thirty inches thick and will be strong enough to bear the weight of four additional stories, should the growth of the village de-! mand it, and it undoubtedly will. Mr. McAlpine will occupy the store, room at the corner of Leland ave- nue and Third street and it is pro-; pable John Bilodeau will occupy the store room intended for a cafe. Lieberman brothers will commence ‘tthe erection of their building at a- pout the time the McAlpine block is completed; Plans have not yet been drawn, put Mr. Lieberman informs the Herald-Review it will be modern in every respect. northern country. She is 31 feet long, 8 foot beam. She has carried as many as forty people very con- veniently. Mr. Cochran will make headquarters a the Hotel Oger to third and Metzger to second. One of the plays of the game was pulled off at this juncture. As the pitcher delivered the ball, Kentfield started home and Peterson bunted. He made where he may be found at any time when he is not out excursioning. first, in safety while Kentfield scor- ed and during the excitement Metz- 3 Have You Been Enumerated? If not, or if you have any doubt, fill out this cou- pon, and mail to HAROLD J. LUTHER, Census Enumerater, Grand Rapids, Minn. On April 15th I was living at the address given below, but to the best of my knowledge I have not been enumerated there or anywhere else. font Name. Address. Word left at the Herald Review office, verbally or otherwise, will be promptly enumerator. communicated to the other in the kitchen, with fires in each. He went to his room on the second floor about 10 o’clock, p. m.. Asked how he knew his brother was also in the room, the witness said he jfelt. him, as they slept in the ‘same bed. He said he went to sleep and knew nothing more until awaken- ed by the flames, but he spoke to him four times and received no an- swer. He said he was sure his bro- ther was in the room, however, as he felt him (pull on the matress. The room occupied by the Wegges was about 10 feet spuare. He said that after hurridly putting on his clothes he made his escape by dropping from the window to the ground. When ask ed why he did not ascertain whether or not his brother had escaped, he replied that in falling to the ground ihe cut his heal om a piece of glass and was in such pain he completely forgot his brother. Archie Danford was next placed on the stand. He stated that when he reached the scene of the fire he met Frank Weggs walking away from it and he did not mention his brother, neither did he seem excited. | ‘Horace Lydick was placed on the stand Saturday morning and after testifying a short-time, was excused on account of illness of his wife. He was again placed on the stand Mon- day morning. His testimony was held before, that where a law dis- closes the legislative intent, or pur- pose, it is the duty of the court to enforce such law, if possible, and in so doing, they can and will apply all the laws relative to the same sub- ject, and that resort can be had to other relative statutes, that is, stat- utes on the same subject, for the nec- essary means to enforce the law. School district No. 1 contains more than the ten congressional townships prescribed By law and the su- preme court’s decision will act as a guide in the future. Attorney C. C. MgCarthy represented Mr. Reusswig and Geo. H. Spear was attorney for Mr. Hughea, the dam, and John Duncan, dam ten- der were placed on the stand, as was also Mrs. Halverson, formerl¥ ‘Nellie Saunders, a niece to Mrs. E. H. Phelps. “Doc’’, Ben, George and Soule Tibbets, who were fishing in ‘the vicinity the day of the fire, tes- tified as to the general appearance of the Phelps stopping place. Considerable time was spent in argument yesterday, the defense objecting to the introduction of a letter, the origimal of which had been sent Phelps by the War de- partment notifying him to vacate the premises on or before July 1. The ob- jection was sustained by Judge as to the condition of the store the | Wright. day previous to the fire, he and his wife having stopped there on that day. It is understood there are still about twenty witnesses to be examined and the case ‘will not go to the jury be- E. J. Dugan, U. S. engineer = fore Saturday evening.