Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 18, 1910, Page 1

nem ee ETE inden i ¢ ems Grand Rapi } j i i j | rald-Heview. SOCIETY. 12 PAGES VoL, XX.—N, 49. GRAND Rapips, Irasca CouNTY, MINN., WepNESDay, May 18, tgro. Two Dollars a Year. THE TENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT Five Graduates Will Receive Diplo- mas From Grand Rapids High School. Boys’ Glee club. Oration, ““Men’s Ideas of Manhood,” sp sag ae rophecy, Mae poe oo Rapids oor Valedictory, “The Soul of a De- spised People,” Nellie Williams. The Peace Pipe, Presidents of the Junior and Senior classes. Part 11. Cantata, “Joan of Arc,” Gaul. This cantata will be sung by the full High school chorus of sixty voices, assisted by Miss Rae Potter and Messrs. J. A. Davis and L* M. Bolter. It is planned to have the COMMENCEMENT OPENS JUNE 5 saa tableaux of this cantata il- And Continues Until Friday Even- ing, June 10—Class Play Tuesday Evening, June 7. CLASS ROLL Mae Benton Hugh Logan Bernice Mallory Howard Reusswig Nellie Williams. The tenth annual commencement exercises of the Grand Rapids High school] will be opened at the auditor- ium Sunday evening.June.5,with the baccalaureate sermon by.Rev.E.S.Mur- phy, rector of the church of the Holy Communion. The following is the bal- ance of the program during the week: Tuesday evening, June 7th, Class play. Thursday evening, June 9, Class night. Friday evening, June 10th, Com- mencement night. The graduating class consists of three girls and two boys and all, with the exception of Miss Mallory began and completed their High school course at Grand Rapids. Dur- dmg the six years that closes with the prepent term the Grand Rapids High school will have graduated a total of forty-eight pupils, twenty- tive boys and twenty-three girls. The fact that the number of boys graduated out-numbers the girls speaks well for the tact employed by the instructors in our schools,as boys are a more difficult proposition to handle than girls and it requires in- finite tact in dealing with them. During the six years in which this number of pupils have graduated, Supt. E. A. Freeman has had charge of the Grand Rapids schools and much of the credit is due him, in fact, it stamps him as one of the foremost educators of the state and Grand Rapids is fortunate in having secured hiis services. Howard Reusswig has been chosen salutorian of the class and his sub- ject will be “The Place of Industrial Education in the Public Schools.” Miss Nellie Williams is valedictorian amd her subject is “The Soul of a Despised People.” On Sunday evening, Rev. E. Spen- cer Murphy will deliver the bacca- laureate sermon, taking for his sub- ject “Character.” There is no need to comment on Rev. Murphy’s abili- ties as a speaker and his remarks will be listened to with imterest by all: Class Play Night Following is the cast of characters for the class play “Esmeralda,” by the celebrated authors, Frances Hodgson Burnett and William H. Gillette, \which will be given at the auditorium Tuesday evening, June 7: Mr. Elbert Rodgers, William Pow- ers, ‘12. Mrs. Lydia Amn Rogers, Nellie Williams, ‘10. Miss Esmeralda Rogers, Mae Ben- ton, ‘10. Dave Hardy, Howard Reusswig, ‘10. Mr. Esterbrook, Hugh Logan, ‘10. ppoonmer ad D8 Program Overture, Grand Rapids Orchestra. “High School. Days,” by Adams, High school chorus. Invocation, Rev. Samuel G. Briggs, D. D. “Bridal Chorus,’ from the Maiden, High school chorus. Commencement address, Mr. L. B. Wickersham. Solo, selected, Miss Rae Potter. Presentation of diplomas, Mr. F. E. Reusswig, president of school board. Selection, Grand Rapids Orchestra. Benediction Rev. Samuel G. Briggs. D. D. TOURNEY WILL BE HELD HERE IN JUNE Northern Minnesota Firemen’s Tour- 4 nament,Will Hold Forth at Grand Rapids. DATES SET FOR JE 21-22-23-24 Rose Thursday Evening Com- mitt/e of Three Was Appointed _ to Solicit Funds for the Tournament. The time is rapidly drawing near when the Northern Minnesota Fire- men’s Tournament association will make merry at Grand Rapids. Here- tofore the tourney has lasted only three days, but as they were insuffi- cient in which to pull off all stunts it was decided at the executive meeting of the association, which was held at Cass Lake, February 25, to extend the meeting one day longer, making a total of four days. At the Cass Lake meeting H. D. Powers was elected president of the association for the ensuing year and J. D. Doran was elected secretary, and on them will devolve consider- able of the work of making the Grand Rapids tournament a success. The dates fixed on for the tourney are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 21 to 24, and ata meeting of the department Thursday evening, a committee, consisting of Wm. McAlpine, Allen Doran and Les- ter Lofberg, was appointed ‘to solicit funds for the successful carrying out of the undertaking. About ten departments will take part in the competition for prizes, and it is up to the citizens of Grand Rapids to live upto the reputation be- stowed on it as being the most hos- pitaple village on the range. It is planned to make each one of the four days one not to be soon for- gotten by the visitors and during the evenings they will be taken out to enjoy the beauties of Pokegama lake. The work of arranging for the vari- ious races and prizes will soon be taken up in earnest by the members of the Grand Rapids Fire department and all should lend all the assistance Mr. Jack Desmond, Edward Erskine| in their power to make the tourney ng Miss Nora Desmond, Bernice Mal- lory, ‘10: Miss Kate Desmond, Miriam Cordes, ‘11. Marquis DeMontessin, Tom Erskine ag George Drew, Galen Finnegan, ‘1 Sophia, Hulda Fisher, ‘11. Class Night Program Part 1. Thursday evening, June 9, is Class night and the program follows: Overture, Grand Rapids orchestra. Salutatory, “The Place of Indus- trial Education im the Public Schools”, Howard Reusswig. Class Will, Hugh Logan. Rodney’s “The Clang of the Forge”, thd most successful in the history of the association. The managers of the Gem theatre experience great annoyance through 1.) the filthy habit of some patrons of the show house in spitting on the floor. There is a state law which makes spitting in public places an of- fense. It is a habit that cannot be lemned too severly. It is»a con- stamt danger to public health, and such measures that are necessary should be resorted to in bringing about a reformation. The village council should pass an ordinance on the subject. BIG ATTENDANCE AT THE CONGRESS Lettters Assuring Large Delegations to the Big Development Meet- ing at Crookston. TO BE HELD JUNE 1, 2 AND 3) The Business Men of Northern Min- nesota Are Showing Great Inter- est—Duluth and Twin Cities Heard From. A news dispatch from Crookston says: As the date for the summer meeting of the Northern Minnesota Development association approaches, June 1-2-3, every indication points with imcreasing emphasis to a big- ger and more result-getting gather- ‘ng Ithan was at first dreamed of. Secretary Brown of the Polk County Development Association is daily receiving assurances of the attendance of large delegations from all sections of northern Minne- sota and especially large delegations from St. Paul, Minneapolis and Du- luth as the great commercial cen- ters of the state. The interest shown by the three large cities of the state in the efforts to mage the convention a success, aided by their great daily papers, is arousing a feeling of friendliness to- ward them from this section which means closer relations than ever be- fore. The interest they are taking in the betterment of northern Min- mesota has been an eye opener to many, who now realize that the com- mercial centers of the state are look- ing to this section, not with an eye single to their own profits by a@ increased volume of busines, but with a genuine desire to assist in.the development of this section along comprehensive and substantial lines, purely commercial interest being a secondary considreation. The result of the outside interest will be a desire on the part of ail business men to confine, more than ever before, every bit of business possible to the wholesale houses of GRAND RAPIDS {1S OTILL IN THE LEAD City Team Defeated Floodwood Ti- gers Sunday Afternoon By Score of 14 to 7. JUNIORS DEFEAT THE BOVEY CUBS |Put Up Interesting Exhibition and Easily Demonstrated Their Sup- eriority Over the Visiting Team. Baseball enthusiasts had an oppor- tunity to witness two games Sun- day, the first between the Grand Rapids Juniors and the Bovey Cubs, and the second between the Grand Rapids Grays and the Floodwood ‘Tigers. The Juniors can always be depend- ed on to put up an interesting exhibi- tion and the spectators were in no wise disappointed Sunday. The Cubs were first up and succeeded in get- ting @ man to second, but they fail- ed to connect with the sphere and the score sheet remained blank. The Juniors ran in two scores and both teams were blanked in the second inning, but the Juniors seemed seiz- ed with a desire to tear the cover off the ball in_ the third and pounded the Bovey twirl- er for nine runs.The Cubs got spunky in the fourth inning and chalked up @ run, but the Juniors retaliated by getting three more tallies. Bovey se- cured another run in the seventh and one in the eight inning, the Juniors not attempting any more fancy stunts as the city team was waiting for the grounds. The following was the score by in- nings. Juniors—2 09 300 0 x—14 Cubs...—0 0010011—3 The teams lined up as follows: Jmiors—H. Lee, c; Powers, p; McAl- pine, ss; Whaling, 3b; C. Lee, rf; Doran cf; Costello, lf; Sennitt, 2b; Benton, 1b. Cubs—Franti, p; Doyle, 2b; Caskey, c; LaValley, 3b; Carlson, ss; Loganfield, rf; Thorp, cf; Pelke, lf; W. Caskey, 1b. Minnesota and business in other GRAYS vs. TIGERS lines as we gather than maintain- At the conclusion of the game be- ing business relations with business twwen the Juniors and Cubs, the institutions in the great centers of | Grand Rapids Grays lined up against other states farther east. There is a general feeling of a desire to re- ciprocate the efforts being made by the great commercial centers of the state to aid northern Minnesota, by aiding them iin preference to helping the growth of concerns out- side the state who are not in a position to favor Minnesota any more than they would any section of any great state. This means a closer relation in the future and a getting together that will be mutually beneficial, and this same line of talk is being heard and spread by practically every business and professional man and the entire traveling fra- ternity connected with Twin City and Duluth houses. STATE LAND SALE WELL ATTENDED 105 Parcels Sold at Sale Held By State Auditor Iverson at the Court House Saturday. ‘The amnual sale of school and other state lands conducted by State Auditor S. G. Iverson at the court house Saturday was one of the most successful of the season, according to the statement made by Mr. Iver- son. There were over 200 bidders pres- ent and a total of 105 tracts were sold to prospective settlers. The aver- age price at which the land sold was about $7 per acre, but one tract of forty acres in the town of Nore sold to T. M. Partyidge Lumber company for $15 per acre. The timber on this tract sold at $25. During the sale a little over 4,200 acres were dis- posed of. This was the largest sale that has yet been held, and will not likely be duplicated in any county this year. The next largest amount disposed of was at Walker when over 4,000 acres were sold. the Floodwood Tigers. The Tigers started to rush things at the start and hit everything that came with- in hailing distance of the pan. They sdcured two runs the first inning while the Grays quietly grabbed a goose egg and laid it under the bench. In the second inning it was one, two and out for the Tigers and the Grays made things pick up by tallying four runs. On account of errors the Tigers ran in two more scores in the third innimg. The last half of the third however, was a walk-away for the Grays. Wellein started the ball roll- ing by getting to first on account of being struck by a pitched ball. Kent- field drove a liner through the short stop and secured two bases. Metzger landed for a single, Wellein came home and during the excitement Kentfield also rgisteted at the init- ial pan. Romans and Shortman con- nected with singles and Metzger scor- edj Peterson failed to connect with the sphere, but Brownlee got to first on an error and Lofberg found anoth- er single. In the meantime Romans and Shortman scored and excite- ment began to run high. Reerdon failed to reach first, but scored Brownlee and advanced Lofberg. Wel- lein got to first on 4 single and Lof- berg scored. Kentfield lined out a ttwo-bagger through the third base- man and short stop and Metzger got ed first on a fumble. Kentfield stole hhome with the pitcher holding the ball and {Romans also got fo first put Metzger, in attempting to steal third, was put out and this endef the inning with nine runs to Grand Rapids’ credit. During the fourth imning neither team scored but some good work in the way of fielding liners was done by Kentfield at second. In the fifth there was nothing doing for Flocdwood,.two sky serapers being hooked in by Ro- mans while Skortman, on the limb of a tall pine, raked in the third one. Kentfield. got three bases on a ground er and registered up another score on ‘well. He went to his room at the Romans put a fly to the right fielder and the short stop picked up a liner slammed out by Shortman and he failed to reach first. On account of errors the Tigers ran in two more scores in the sixth inning and neith- er team scored the balance of thq’ game. The following was the line-up of the opposing teams: Grand Rapids— Lofberg, ss; Reerdon, 3b; Wellein, If; Kentfield, 2b; Metzger, 1b; Romans, rf; Shortman, cf; Peterson, c; Brownlee, p. Floodwood—Chournarc ss; Williams, rf; Merrier, If; McCaf- frey, c; Mathews, cf; J. Couchie, 3b; MeMorick, lb; H. Couchie, 2b; Auger p. | There was no protest made on deci- sions and the Floodwood bunch show- ed themselves good losers.Both twirl- ers showed plenty of speed and the Floodwood man had the Grays guess- ing for a time. The following is a summary of the,hits and strikeouts: Safe hits’ on Brownlee, 8; safe hits on Auger, 12; strike-outs by Brown- lee, 11;strike-outs by Auger,13. Each pitcher walked only one man to first, so it can be seen.that.they were very evenly matched. The game, however, was somewhat ragged and replete! with errors on the part of.both teams The score by innings: Grand Rapids—0 49 0 10 00 x—14 Floodwood...—2 0 3 0:0 20 0 0—7 FIRST AUDITOR OF COUNTY DEAD Henry R. King Succumbs to At- tack of Paralysis of the Side Sunday Morning. Henry R. King, aged fifty-six years, died at the hospital at 3 o’clock Sun- day morning of paralysis of the side after an illness of three days’ dura- tion. The deceased returned from a busi- ness trip to Bena Thursday after- noon and stated -he was not feeling Pokegama hotel, thinking he would soon be relieved, but on the following day he became worse and was taken to the St. Bendict’s hospital where symptoms; of paralysis of the side |, were discovered and he died the fol- lowing morning. Henry R. King was born in New York on January 9, 1854, and - while still a young man he came to Aitkin, | where he served in the county audi- tor’s office for a number of years. In 1890 he was appointed by the late | Governor Merriam to assess the then | unorganized county of Itasca. When) the county was organized in 1891, he was appointed county auditor by | Govenor Merriam, serving from April! 1, of that year, until January 1, 1893. He then engaged in the drug business for a period of two years, when ‘he again ran for the office of county auditor and was elected. He served in that capacity four years and at the expiration of the second term engaged in the lumber and log-/ ging business, which he continued in to the time of his death. For a number of years the deceas- ed made his home at Minneapolis, but spent the greater portion of the time looking after business inter- ests in Itasca county. Besides a wife, he leaves two daughters to mourn his loss, Mrs. A. W. Schroeder, of Medina, N. D., and Genivieve King, who makes her home at Minneapolis with her mother. W. B. Patton, of Duluth, most wor- shipful grand master of the Masonic order of Minnesota, was present to conduct the funeral services of the order this afternoon. Mr. Patton in- stalled the deceased as the first master of Itasca lodge No. 208, more than twenty years ago. The deceased was the head of Ttasea lodge, A. F. & A. M., being Worshipful Master, and funeral ser- vices were held under the auspices of that order at Masonic hall this afternoon at 3 o’clock, interment taking place in Itasea cemetery. The foflowing relatives were in attend- ance at the services: Mrs. H. R. King and daughter, Genivieve, of Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Schroeder, of Medina, N. D; James A. King, of Mankato. School Exhibit. The exhibition of work done in the manual training, art and domestic science departments of the Grand Rapids High school will be held Thursday evening, May 26, and all who are interested in the work or the progress of the pupils are cordially the strength of a single by Metzger. | invited to attend. |cream, $1, | milk, $13.91 | heifers with their | sota. DAIRY INDUSTRY 15 THE MONEY MAKER Experiment Farm Press Bulletin No. 86 Sets Forth Facts for the Farmers. SOME ADVICE WORTH READING Figures Showing Profit to Be Made on a Few Cows and the Advan- tages to Be Derived From Co-operative Creameries. (By A. J. McGuire, Superintendent northeast Experiment Farm, Grand Rapids, Minn.) Ten dairy cows may be made the means of a good, prosperous living for the average farmer of Northeast- ern Minnesota. Ten dairy cows averaging 250 pounds of butter yearly would bring an income of $700 a year for butter alone. The skim milk fed to young stock, pigs and poultry, would mater- ially imerease this amount. For twenty years there has been no decline in the price of dairy pro-- ducts, but a constamt good market amd increase im prices. There is no other products produced on the farm that is assured of as a market and as compensating a price as butter. There is no product that the farmer of Northeaster Minnesota can pro- duce to @ better advantage. In dairy- ing there is an income every day in the year. The dairy farmer can pay cash. On the Experiment farm dairying has been the chief work.From a herd of six cows and few headof young stock in.1904 the herd has increased to seventy-five head, of which thirty are cows, twenty are heifers that will tome in milk within the next year, and twenty are ‘heifers under one year. The sales from the herd last year, 1909, amounted to $2,376.97. The sales were as follows: Butter, $637.68 milk, 67.80; butter surplus stock, $501.06. These were actual sales, the herd not |credited with the butter and cream | used on the’ farm. No fancy or spec- ial prices were received, everything | being sold at prices received by far- mers on the same market. Of the thirty cows milked six were first calves and milking period With did not begin their until the middle of the year. | the exception of six cows (pure bred) the cows are representative of the common cows of Northeastern Minne- (The aim Ddeing to show what can be done with the common cows.) Every farmer in Northeastern Minnesta can, in a few years, build up a herd of ten cows that will aver- age as productive and profitable as the Experiment farm herd. The production of the Experiment farm dairy herd will be taken up more in detail in a later bulletin, in- dividual records, kinds of feed, care, feeding, etc. The aim of this bulletin would be to encourage a greater effort toward the developement of the dairy indus- try where it is not receiving attention, and to point out a few things upon which the success of diarying in Northeastern Minnesota must depend. First—the production of more feed, fooder corn,roots and clover hay.The buying of feed at prevailing prices very quickly reduces the profits in dairying. Second—Stop selling the heifers for beef in the fall. Nearly every day I receive letters from farmers asking where they cam buy cows this time of the year. I don’t know. Good dairy cows are not for sale at a price the pio- neer farmer can afford to pay. The only profitable dairy cows is to raise them. Club together and buy a pure bred dairy sire im every community and raise the future dairy stock. Frequently the question of a‘cream- ery comes up in different sections and the objection is soon raised that there are not enough cows. There never will be while the heifers are solc for beef (and at five and six cents a pound). Butter sold from the Exper- iment farm at the grocery store av- eraging thirty-one cents per pound (Continued on Page Twelve) HISTORICA