Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 11, 1911, Page 1

Grand Uapids: ® Herald-Neview. XXIL—No, 29 GRAND RapiDs, Itasca County, Mrinn., WEDNESDAY, January Ir, 1915 Two Dollars a Year- JOME 1910 POTATO CROP FIGURES Average Potato Yield Durmg Year 1910 Was 94 Bushels, 11 Bushels Less Than 1909 Average. ITASCA COUNTY'S AVERAGE WAS 180 Yield on Northeast Experiment Farm Was 250 Bushels Per Acre—En- tire Yield of County Estimated At 70,000 Bushels. Some idea of the importance of the potato crop throughout the United States can be gained from the fact that the total 1910 acreage was 3,- 691,000 and the production from this agumber of acres was 338,811,000 bush- els, an average yield of a little over 94 buskels per acre, The 1909 acreage was 3,525,000 and the total production was 376,537,000, am average per acre of 105 bushels. Thus it) cam be seen that despite the fact crop cond:tions all over .the country were not as good this year as the preceding one, the average yield per acre was only 11 bushele Jess. i Superintendent A. J. McGu're est'- mates the 1910 potato crop in Itasca county at about 70,000 bushels and places the average yield at 180 bush- ele. AisumPng these figures - are correct, and there are none in this section of the state who are moro Rhoroughly competent to make a cor rect estimate than Mr. McGuire, the ~sacreaze of Itasca county devaied , i< potato growing during the year 1910 was about 400 acres. : Super: _AeGuitre . states . ‘taat the average yieli on the Ex- periment farm was 250 bushels ..per acre and a number of farmers living mear Grau Rapids report . their yield was over 200 bushels per acre. There is food for thought to both those already located here and those who are planming to move to this section of the state im the fore going paragraph. The cost per acre of rais'ng potatoes, according to Superintendent McGuire, which. im- cludes every cost, from seed to ma- ch'nery and help, is omly $26 per acre. The aerage price per busel was 40 cents and taking 180 bushels per acre as the average yield, the farmers of Itasca county received a return of $72.00 for each acre of potatoes amd a net profit of $47.00 per acre. As the total acreage was about 400 acres they rece've a tota profit of $18,800.00 for their ent're crop. When the fact is taken imto consideration that this acerage will probably be doubled the present year, it can easily be seem the potato crop in Itasca county is an important item. You farmer living in Iowa and Ii’nois have no idea of the amount (Continwed on page eight) MASONS AND STAR INSTALLATIONS A-F. & A. M. and 0. E.S. Install Officers At Masonic Hall Thurs- day Evening. With mpress've ceremonies the officers of Itasca lodge No. . A. F. & A. M. and Jepthah chapter, No. 122, O. KE. 8., were installed at Masonic hall at a joint inatallat‘on © two fraternities Thursday evening. The installation was of a semti-public character, the Masons beng accom- panied by their wives, and the large | lodge room was well filled. The installing officer for the O. E. S. chapter was Worthy Matron Clara R. Grove, who for the past year has” been the guid'ng officer of the lodge. H. D. Powers acted as marshal. The following officens were insialled and will act during the yeay 1911: W M., Mrs. Bd-e, Commenter; W. P., Dr. Cc. C. Carpenter; A. M., Mrs. Jos‘e Powers; secretary, Mrs. Clara R. Grove; Treasurer, Mrs. Margaret Fin- negan; conductress, Mrs. Abbie J. Luther; associate conductress, Mrs. Neil’> -y- Adah, Miss Blanche, Dewey; Ruth, Mns. Mattie Thwing; Esther, Mrs. Ione Gole; Martha, Mrs. Sadie Becker; Hrecta, Mrs. Lydix Stevens; warden E. J. Lather; sent! nel, T. H. Shoaff; chaplain, H. G. | by Manshal Fred. A. King, ; Becker; marshal, H. D. Powers. ®ollowing the installation of the O. B. S. chapter, Itasca lodge, A. F. & A. M. was called to order and Past Mester H. D. Powers, aisiste: installed thie foftowing officers: W. M., T. H. Shoaff; 8. W., W. A. Rossmam; J. W., A. A, Garris; S. D. Charles Kear- ney; J. D., B. L. Lieberman; S. &., A W Sitz; J 8.,.P. A. Warner; tyler, Cc. B. Aiken; secretary, F. E. Reuss- wig; treasurer, E. A. Kremer. The Masoon:c trio. “Messrs. Blasin Came@ier and Rossman, rendered vocal selections and Miss Dewey pre- sided at the piano. At close of the ceremonies, a social time was enjoyed, after which they repaired. to the banquet hall, where an elaborate luncheon was spread, to which full justice was done. The Masomic fratermty in Grand Rap‘ds ik in a flourishing condition and cer- ta'nly iinows how to do things up in! tle proper’ style. Old Time Resident Dies. ‘Thomas Miltchell, aged 39 years, a brother of Mrs J. F. McCormi-k. d'ed at St. Benedixt’s hospital Wednes.a. after am imess of a week’s duration. The deceased had been a res:dent of Grand Rapids for a greater part of the Jast twenty yeans and was both well known and liked. Funeral ser- vices were conducted from the Mc- Cormick home Thursdav morning b Very Rev. Dean. Buechler and inter- ment was made in Itasca cemetery: He leaves three sisters to mourn his foas, Mrs. J. F. McCormick of this v-1 lage, Mrs. Copelanl, of Stanley, N. | both of whom were present at th | funeral and Mrs. ‘W. C. Messenge: Portland, Oregon. | SENATOR D.M.GUNN ON 8 COMMITIEES Predicts a Dey Score With Some Good Reésults—Discusses Reapportionment. State-Senmvor D. M. Gunn of the Mility-second district arrived home last. Fr-day night after spend.ng the firet week of the legislat.ve s.s s.0n, im St raul. He remained here until Monday when he returned tc be present at the session called foi thet evening. In reply to the in- quiry as to the provable outcom- ot important measures relating to this section of the state the senator said: “I look for some very satis- factory resus. There is a qu.te noticable change in sentiment among members from the southern part of the state im iboth houses, relating to, northern Minnesota. In ‘the mat ter of reapportioament there is rea son to believe that the committe will report a bill that cannot be re jected. 1 regard the make-up of the committee as beng very favorable to form'ng a just measure that will sive all soct#ons or ibe state a’ square deal” In his opinion the ialk concerning dissatisfaction With the senate commi‘tees as reported by Lieutenamt Governor Gordon, comes mostly from certa‘’n newspap- ers and correspondents whose aim rit is to create factional strife and discord. ‘“Personaliy I have no k'ck to register unless it should be the number of committees that I will serve on,” said Senator Gupn. He sad there was very little talk during the past weck relative to a tonnage tax bill, but memarked that such < measgure might be brought up later © the sece‘on. The comm'ttees to which Senator Gunn has been ap pointed are the following eight: Logs and lumber, chairman; reapportion- ment, game and fsh, immigration, public bu'idings, public lands, publi: parks, taxes and tax lds. New Town Officials Here. The following town officers from the town of Oteneagen were im the village yesterday to answer to thei Summons in regard to the Deer River Lumber Co.'s request before the d strict court that the town or gan‘zation of that township be dis- solved and resiorea w the unorganiz od territory: Robt. Medtke, chi'r man board of supervisors; Henry Brewer, supervisor; Wm. Hurlburt, elerk; Peter Cossun, treasurer; A. L. Holdtrieh, justice of the peace. Th« action is supposed to have grown irom the fact the town board quested the state tax commiss‘on tc mse the valuation of the Deer R've: and Dumas-Bachus Lumber com- pAncs. If it’s printed at the Herald-Review Job department it will be printed right and the prices right, too. COHASSET POLICE CAPTURE BAD MAN TUBER WAREHOUS SNOW ASSURED = ay, is gomg to be Built, On th otner hand, I expect that the Soo lax wll extend tae Deer. River road to Remer on the Duluth-Thief-River Falke main line. “Ths extension of the Deer River road would amount tc peor for the road running north of’ Deer River reaches practic- Marshal Stapleton Gets “Drop” on About ee eS Representative Far-|#¥ the same tecr.tory. and Arrests Suspicious Char- acter Friday Evening. mers Met At Village Hall Sat- urday to Discuss Matters. THOUGT HE Was wre IN DULUTH ANOTHER MEETING ver SATURDAY + When Searched, -Colt’s Revolver, Skeleton Keys, Nitro Glycerine and Other Burglar Access- ories Were Found. Friday, followimg the killimg of the Duluth policeman, the viilage offic- ers here and at Cohasset received word to keep a lookout for suspue- vous characters, as it was thought they had stolen out of Duluth on <. west bound Great Northern freight. No one answering to the descr.pt.on given was found here, but at Colas- set Marshal M,. Stapleton noticed two strangers who were acting sus- piciously and trailed, them around. They skuiked about the v.lilage ail even.ng until 12 o’clock, when Mar- {sha) Stapleton came up to them ix the doorway of the Itasca Clothime Co,’s store and asked them wha they weve doing there. They re- plied they were waiting for a tr and the marshal then invited ther into the hotel lobby of the Bass Brdok hotel saying tt was too col to stamd outside. They accepted his invitation, aid after loafing about for a short time, they asked permission } 4, to use, the lavatory. This was grant- ed them and they laid their over | @‘spogition to settle the matter un-| coats ovor a chair and entered the |] Supt. McGuime-went down to St. | room.. This gave Marshal Stapleton the opportunity ‘he -was looking fo: | yreaten’ag to whip several clerks | and he commenced a search throug! the pockets of their coats. The stranx. ers returned unexpectedly, howeve’, before he completed the job anar surprised him in the act. Seein< their suspicions were aroused, = pulled a gun and got the “Aron” on them. One promptly put up hs hands, but the other made a do, for the door and made his escape. 1 the meantime John Nelsom, propriet on of the hotel, came to the officer’s »s'stance and with the ald of “I>, Murphy and C. H. Frees, p‘nioned ‘the captured man, while Stapleton gave chase to the one who escaped. He caught sight of him west of the hotel and arunning fire was.exchanget between the itwo, but he was fnally lost to view in the brush‘ and, al- eluded his pursuers and has not since been heard of. When the captured man again sighted Marshal Stapleton, he re- marked: Its a ipoky, Bet for you; (Continued | on page e Tye DISTRICT COURT IS RECONVENED Judge Stanton ‘Senn Court This! Morning--Matt Mairle Case Called. merning rain from St Paul and opere@ court at 9p o'clock. The judge was uuavedably delayed im St. Paul and did not arrive yesterday, term, W. A. Rossman was sworn im by Judge Stanton as assistant county at-| ‘temey. Mr. Rossman has had can- siderable experience as assistant county attorney, having served in \that capacity under A. L. Thwingj and George Spoar, during their terms | of office. Upon the call of the petit jury all membens responded to their names except ope The first case called was that of the state vs. Matt Mairle, on a | ctuarze of assault in the first de gree. Ma%rle is an Austrian and it is alleged that he shot a fellow countryman at Nashwauk. There are ‘about fifteen crimimal cases on the holdovers from the Price regime. Attorney McQuat, however, has made every possible preparatiqn of his cases and will serve the state to the yery best of d's ability, and serve honestly, which will be an inmova- tion, though a careful search was. made,! Judge C. W. Stanton arrived on the the time eet for reconvenmg the | a Also Practically Assured __Supt. McGuire Will Ask For $1,500, Each, for Both Ware- house and Creamery. About thirty representative farm- ers forming. the Grand Rapids. Grow- ers’ association gathered at Village hall Saturday afternoon to talk over the matter of erecting a potato ware- fouse and creamery. The. meeting was called to order by Secfetary Mc- Guire and the methods of the as- sociation were explained to those present by Mr..McGu‘re, N. A. Hop- kins, manager of the Duluth associa on being unable to attend the, meet- ing. At this meeting a report of the bus!- ness dome by the local assoc’at’on was read by the secretary. During the past shipping season a total of i4 cans were shipped and the aver- age price per bushel was about 47 cents after deducting all expenses. <ine car shipped to Montana has not becn paid for yet, but a check expected im a few days and another | was destroyed by fire while beins | livared by the Great Northern. The | Nad company did not evidence a Kaul.emd, as he states it, after he was granted am audience with the proper officials and laid the matter before them, After the mat- ter and the good work be‘ng accom- plished by the association had beer explained, there was no difficulty in obtaining a settlement and the mar iket price of the shipment will be re- ceived. The prices received for car- rots and other garden truck was over $1 per bushel, Many bave expected pay for the'r potatoes immediately on being loided in the car and the fact that payment has not been made in some cases for aj period of thirty to sixty day: Supt. McGuire, secretary of the as sociation and the moving factor im providing a ‘market for the farmers of northeastern, Minnesota. The Duluth Farmers’ Cooperativ Market association is now recogniz: all over ‘the northwest as one of ithe best ‘comm'‘ssion honses in the United States and: the Hig teeta of : (Contnned on page eiaht) S00 LINE IS SAID TO HAVE D.R. ROAD road Becomes Part of Soe, Is the Eatest Report. Will ‘the people of Grand Rap‘ds ek idly by and see railroads built about, the bonyinis on every sde aad do noie'ng wo wet isome relief from the Great Northerr imenopoly? About a year ago the local commercial club took up the matter and a committee confered j with the Soo officials, but since then no appareat effort has been made t. jsee what might be done to attract the attent’on of railway officials i |this direction. The rumor that the iItagca, Lumber company’s line, run nimg north from Deer River has be«: bought by the Soo, is practically con- firmed. Th’s ‘is a deal in which ; Grand Rapids should be greatly in- terested. Concerning this we take the follow’ng from a recent issue of | the Duluth News Tribune: “A northern Minnesota man, who 4s quite familiar with Soo line opera- tions in th’s part of the slate, siy. calendar to be tried this term, alj|there is no question but the Soo has taken over the Itasca Lumbe~ company’s railroad, running north from Deer River. “And for this reason,” he said “I doubt if the proposed branch from near Portage Lake and north yin Bena to the Cut Foot Sioux coun- iG has lod many to reg'ster “kicks” to | | organ ized oi “I know that the Soo lime has had an option on the Masea Lumber com- peny’s lines, and I have reason to be- lieve dhat it has exercised it. It is not. impogsilble, of course, that the Soo Hine may bufld thé branch road trom near Portage Lake, but I would hardly think that’ it will, assuming that the deal for the Deer River roaki has gone through, and I think it bas.” . William Edwards Dead. William Edwards, aged 64 years, died at his home in’ Gramd Rapids Monday morning of this week. The cause of death was Br'ght's disease, from which the deceased had suffer- ed for some time. The remains w/]l be Kaker to Frazee, Minn, for im- termeni, on the 2:30 train tomorrow morning. During the past three years Mr. Edwards had been a resi- dent of Grand Rap'ds, working ‘as a carpenter and contractor, He was @ membeer of the Masonic fratern'ty, having joined in Emgland where he was born. The local lodge will hold services at the home of the deceased this evening. The Masons of Fra- zee wil take charge .of the funeral when, the remains reach that town. The decersad leaves a4 wife, adopt- id daughter and two grown children by a former wife. INSTALLATION BY SAMARITANS Addressed By Prominent Workers im the Order—Spread After Correnenies. The bocal counc} of Modarn Samar- jaus held public installation of offi- ers at K. P. Hall Monday evening. There were present from Duluth W. A. Hicken, imperial scribe of th grand council, Mrs, Lucy Purdy, dep- wiy organizer, and Mrs, M. Donah« rand junr messenger, of Bemii! The following officers were in'tiated for the ensuing year: H. . Neveux, Past Good Samanitan; Carl ood Samaritan; Mrs. Anna Wright, Vice Good Sakaarian; Willi O’Don- nell, treasurer; W.1] McAlpine, scribe and financial secretary; Mrs. H. EB. eveux, High Priest; Mise Viola urke, centurion; 8. oO. Stardils, Thomas Riley, chief watchuan, 44 ue wer. Mrs Feavey, junior mes- Followng the instatation Im- perial Serihe Hieken a. very tive teh on the order, and ex plaineal im detail the plan under which the Modern Samaritars are He was I'stened to with much interest. Mrs. Purdy spoke briefly and her remarks were re- ceived with evident pleasure and pro- fit by the members present. Vocal and instrumental music were among the featurds of entertainment at the hal. Miss Lucy MéCormick re- spqided to many cally for a) reci- Minneapolis & ie. Lake Rail-|tation and her elocut’on, wae appreci- ated to such an extent that made necessary her ealbus asic ercore., At the conclusion af the exercises and entertainment, ab@m forty modern Samaritans and ther guest repaired to the McAlpine cafe wher Caterer Bilodeau had prepared < chicken supper for the party The Samaraitans fs one of the most flour'shing and largest fratern:) insurance orders n Grand Rapids. CRIES LIKE A PUP WITH A SORE PAW One Quinn of Brainerd Dismissed From Service aad He Whines Thereat. J. M. Quinn of Brame was in the setice of the Minnesota Game and Fish Commission. He iisn’t now. He was employed by the state om a sal ary and he was supposed to give, his entire time to the service of the | state. But he didn’t, and hance he was “canned” by the commission. He undertook to steal part of his time from the state and sell it to the Pussyfoot p'rates. He was caught in the attempted theft and very natur- ally and justly was dismissed. Ther itv was that he sent up a great howl, same thing as the proposed new | treaty! of F855 Wiler, | reappearance to the | DEFECTIVE PAGE. | THE GOURT LIFTS THE LIQUOR L Injunction ao Agents of the Interior Department Sustained by Judge Willard. jA NATIONAL FARCE 1S ENDED The- Court Holds That Minnesota Has Right to Regulate Its Own Affairs---Pussyfoot- ism Must Go. The imevitable has come to pass and northern, Minnesota will be relie ed’ from ‘the tyranny aid lawlessness dihat hag prevailed since the advent of federal government agents, who were sent into this section to sober up the “Indians.” Johnson and his bunch of bandits wiil be retired as stations. When the people of ths ‘te get ready to abolish the I quor ‘xc they know how to go about it x r state kws. But they object to the establishment in th’s country ot conditions and methods that have been known only in Russia and similarly tyranized mations. A dis- patch af yesterday giv > follow- 4ag report -of the outcome of the ir junction proceedings brought by twelve Bemidji liquor dealers be fore. Judge Willard of the United States district court in St. Paul: An ‘mjynction restraining W. E. (Pussyfoot}) Johnson, svec’al agent of the bureau of Indian affairs, and bis deputies from interfering wth Hever, traffic in Minneso’a, under the amti-anor prowisions of the Indian ‘atwad by Judge A: Wiard of the United States -ourt, hee today. If the hols, means the end of government. inter with the Yiquor question in Minnesota outside of the reservations Indiam treaties haviog liquor clauses caver nine-temths of the area of the siate. dve WiMard holds that tl on of Mimnesota to s* tthe state the power to r decision, foranca the liquor traffic and r ed the iWyquor clauses of the Ind‘an j land cessnt om treaties, | < viunection, many the northern which have been several wecks, may re- ai the md express anies may resume the shipping of Tquor imio the “Ind’an’’ country. United States. District Attorney Howpa wili take no actiqn toward an appeal unt’) he heans from Attorney- ral Wickersham. e tral ~ neticuted by twelve | saloon, k asked to enjein V “hurr terfering with who epers the coum and his in the y wrong- they ail few days the press was full of ament the “Quinn owtrage.’’. ly 40 the critic: the state > and fish cos the follow'ne statement in explanation of jthe’s action in the diischarge of Quinn. “Replying. to the criticisms of some of the newspapers on the action of the game and fish commission for dismissing Mr. J. M. Quinn, a deputy game warden, from their serice, the commigsion wishes to state that the dtsmiasal was not because Mr. Quinn wae asssting the federal agents in suppressing the liquor traffic, but because they were paying Mr. Quinn a stated salary to work for them, and they expected him to devote his time to the protection of game and fish. Had he been working for the state on a fee basis, the commis- son would have raised no object‘ons: to his assisting the federal agents, but the commiss‘on d'd not feel justi- fied in paying a man to work for the goverament when it, the govern- ment, has ample funds to pay its own men. { “Mr. Quinn had been told before {his dismissal that the two positions were incompatible, but he still in- sisted upon working for the govern- ment, hence b's discharge. The com- mission does not like the idea of a man in their employ drawing two ) salaries.” wi iain AOS ————EEE