Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 18, 1911, Page 5

~ Conasset HERALD-REVIEW IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE COHASSET, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 18 1911 BOOST FOR COHASSET MILLINERY OPENIN I have moved my stock in the new building and will hold my Spring Opening ABOUT APRIL tsi, 1911 My Stock will be the Latest shapes, colors, designs and inspection. I invite your MRS. W. W. FLETCHER J.H. Grady & Co. carry a very Complete Line of ae General Merchandise} Call and See Them for Any of Your Necessaries COHASSET, MINNESOTA { ; LEE este % Bass Brook Hotel: . Sesto toetentee tested Bo OEP teen Up-to-Date Accommodations Sonat peroneal Crees betoatontele Heats | i | John Nelson j Proprietor ‘Cohasset, - Minnesota % Se ererted * sSoegoeontoetercotodtoetoncoetontn i! icharles Brown! | SALOON | pO NSS 2 | The Very Best ofEvery- thing Alwayson - Hand PROPOSITION TO BOND PROPOSED Indebtedness Created to Build Co- basset Vilage Hall. Might Be village council; held on Tuesday, Jan. came up USED. deoteimess was ,racipally ne-cas tare ed by the building of the aew vil- lage hall, and is, represented by the outstanding village order issucd at the time the hall was built and are now due. A. portion of these orders have been pad by the . treasurer since their isguance, but the balance of jthem, amounting. to something over } $4,000.00, are sti outstanding and are due ap fast.2g revesue wy wh ch to pay them comes to the treasury. However, this is proving a slow and expensive pla of payilog the debi, and the counc | c@ pror viding a better amd more economical one, and at its last mecting decided to take steps to provide for the sub- mission of the question of the vil- lage iasuing bonds to take the place of the outstanéging orders, at the coming anmual election in March. it ig estimated by the council that | it will be more economical for the village to issue bonds, p%yable say in 10 years, and with the proceeds from the sale of the bonds pay up the outstanding village orders that are now due, as it ig expected the bonds can be sold at a lower rate of interest than the orders are draw: ig aad bessd-s tae pond plan is con- siicred to be better and 2 namical for other reasors. As now, the village orders are afl due, and the village is unable to meet the payment in a lump sum, be easily able to pay the debt were it im the form of 10-year bonds, by each year providing a sinking fund whch, atthe .erd) of, the ten years would be sufficiently Marge to pay off the debt. in this way the in- debteduees would be pa‘d gradually instead of ail in a lump at one time. Th. bonding plan ig one in use in such cases.in most of the states and is provided for by the laws of this gave, amd the plan, @ carried out must ibe as perseribed by law. Of course the debt .now. exists, and must be paid in,one way. or another sooner or later, ae a is Jogilimate and was created by the building of the new v.llage hall, a th ng that. was greatly nected, and which stands Soday 2. great eredit to the town, and the voters will no doubi agree with the council that the bond- jag plam will be the more economical way of paying off the imdebicdness and will vote in favor of it at the coming-spring..election.inMarch, if the question is submitted as now seems the intention. The committee | from the council which have had the matter in hand consists of President | 2°" BR L, Buck ard Curcilmen 0. wy. | CTY | Skelly and Jas. B. Grady MAKE THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL Now| The Desirability of Park Grounds | Should Interest the People | % of Cohasset Today The question of providmg a ceM-) you had i elery for tne velage of Cohacset is asin under discussion and ie having tor atte.wow of Lhe Guns neod of 2 cvluelery is apparent au Jone will no doubt be provided the vilage autnorities the Ssurap. th is propoed tha. the vil dage secure a suitable piece of ground in some go0d location quiside the vil- lage limits and easy of access and subdivide it into two burying grounds ome for the use of the Cathoiic and one for the Protesiaut denominations, with a drive-way between and sep- maung the two. ‘vnis plan secs to receive favor from all concerned and appears likely to be carried out in the spring. | Another thing that the people ghound vede for ig a public pars. ‘The park question has bad more or less discussion from time ta time bul no headway bas been made. Most tor make the migiake of wating ‘until afi the beaut ful and ava lable sites for park purposes are gathered up iby imdividva’s and them tater on up to the fact that the town needs Ghe or Wore Paras ur vreatamge placcs for the p<ople, and then compelled to pay scmecny y prices fot what they wart, if be had at al. That day is surely coming to Johasact as it does to all aiher towms m ‘Lo- are locations t kirts, and yet lose in- side, that could be easily and eco- nomically ‘irausiormed into peanut ful park grounds, for nature has al- ready done much im the way of beautifying them amd fitting them for such Durpoecs, but it cannot be expected diwi these suitable loca tions will long remaim im their pre- sent state for these same locations are the aues first sought aftic by the incoming settler who desires to have sth Dlaces én or close to a@ growing town, and they wH shortly all be gathered up and used for such purposcs. Some of the beauty spots along the near by lakes and the sightly locations along the river bank should be secured amd kept for play grounds and breathing places for the poopie, for they will surely be want- ed-in a few years, indeed they are wanted now. What would be nicer tian for the village to have one of nature's cwn little parks which could At the jagl meeting of the Cohasset | ttle ple could go on Sunday’s and hol’- days to meet: and lunch, dance, play aed: breath fresh ar. ‘there is a demand for it now, and this demand will inerease with the years. Let Cohasset not make the mistake that SO many oiher towns make. The business men of the town, who live here and must continue to live here owe it to themselves, ther fam.lies and the people to provide these parks, and steps should be taken while the sites are available ‘prices that are in reach of the | village finances. : Civic pr.de is awakening in the vil- | lages, towns and c¢.ties all over the country today. How to make the ‘own look, more attractive to those Who are seeking new homes; how to mase tt more autractuve a. d agrevable to the residents, and how to make the inst, impress.on the stranger gets of it, a good impression, is a MINES ARE CLOSE TO THIS TOWN Develagenest of Mines on Pokeg- Jeff Stewart was brought down from camp Saturday, injured by a falling tree. He was taken to the hospi- tal at Grand Rapids: Mrs. F. W. Stockwell is down with the grip.. She has net been in the ama Lake Means Much to best of health since her husband’s ill C I attack of typhoid fever. Vi e of t _Dr. Hursch’ will preach at the morn- ; The report that, the Poole Mines < Pokegama lake are to be developed, | 8 Pleasing news to the people af that vicinity as well as to ‘the citi- veng of Cohasset. These mines, situ- ated on the shore of Pokegama lake, are within two miles of Cohasset and are reached froom that burg via the new road which was built last fall and which wid be opened to travel as soon as the new steel] bridge which “;.|piles gradually increasing 2s but would | Ae subject in all pushing communi- }spans the Mississippi river at Co AS. ; a hasset is completed: It iis expect- The appearance resented by a = e nce town to the pa snby orien the eed the bridge will ibe ready within railway station, is of great im- res Sere a town, is ee an imposing appearance as the work y the for pression one gets 1 it ii it from the car. window or. the ata. | AVE tto a close.’ It is 610 feeet long tion platform. If it presents a run- | with”a draw span at ‘the’ north ‘end down-at-theheel appearance, broxen for the accomodation of Cohasset’s ey decaying sde-walks, tn cans and increasing steamboat traffic. ashes in the door yards, weeds grow-| j¢ connects South Cohasset, th ing at the street sides, it is con-! bi - Athan demned on genera] appearances, and SNE TR Pe 2 the man looking for a new home or | bringing} 4 fine section of territory, location will only stop long enough |heretofore isolated, within a few Ad eae ee pe ge ee pase hundred feet of the center of the old ings more to liking. | i exe: oca, a it is easy for a town to get [sown and: offering w jello: atthe-heel, It is easy for the tious for homes, garden tracts and i the business men, to ‘aatural parks, all close to the rail- get_so engrossed with their own pr>|way station, schools, churches and ald affa'rs, that they do not see i anything ChiecsTiey do mak ere Sie ptretated by this new road that dirt, the ashes the tn cans, garbage, heads dractiy wo Gould Wine, ule etc., accumulating about Sein, the | Thoienebfare and the new iron mines they all within a short distance of and become more and more acctsiomed to | directly wbutary ta Cohasset) W th them. Rest a.surcd others see UheM {the opemnig cf these mimes as and they look like mountains © pojied and ‘the opering of che them. and they pass you up as 2/| bridge and hjshway Go. ss! 1d thing net beautiful. forge ahead with renewed energy. tidy town with its | ————__—__ s of amusement, good churches is the live, Buy the Lyons Farm. town today. The inhabit- A syndicate conssiing of H. H. pane it aud ate a | Carrier, HK. L. Buck and Skelly Bros. | ag others Know it, and so the | nave nought the old John L. Lyons and ET ot 14. The tract joins South Cohasset | OUR STAT LAND oa Ube east aod ms nortoe. ly poron POLICY WORKS BAD lis but 2 tew minutes walk from Co- ie thagse? proper, while its southerly | Minnesota’s “Generosity” One of one raiaieaerale grat a i ae ; Causes of Retarded Settlement ae ee ee on Lintle Gould Jake. and close up; of the State’s Holdings to the new Poole mine. | The north side of the tract fronis , There are some very good wacts|the Miss.ssippi river for a distance of state Jand in the vicin.ty of Co-|o¢ a mile, amd has beautiful niver hasset as wellasekewlere in Nor h-| eS : i en Moneta wich, tea. lyi ce s.| 2umks offerime sightly locations for as tae sevucrs ‘wrouguout | homes, The frontage of ihe tract on ake headway wih whe! Little Gould lake ig also very beauti- the day aud minute the sate aud.tor | Toubles, never to return, Jeaving the ts, and if you hurry up about it |duildings and the farm can have a chance ‘to tid on | unecared for. for a few minutes, pro The new owuers contemplate some il allow yourself to eet | mmportant improvements on exe.ted and Outwid SOue-} id vl ti ar’ Wilene id ielye hace, YOu" Walt. Ie | (Comte era See eke getting tthe + under cultivation and has been farm- , aud which you pre-jed, and they may lay out a portion ni days or poss-bly weesS/o¢ the place imto tracts suitable for will get a siate land |, a m truck farms and pbuilding sites for vacant ax you suc | v-ously oO Bdiect, you he tract, w. the 8-2 rve to itself any mineral y be found to be onthe land m the contract wdl requ-re u to so.ahead and make certain im- ovementg on the Jand before you ‘ land | vay for the land; you pay for z = the timber; the state naserves the | Sepppeeeeerenet you cam have the | % i i free, aiso pay the taxes]# Cohasset Cullings was just high enough to 4 your amd and also any Jand |" |that, the state ot) owns iD ocort|P. H. Himes; Great:Northern, tie in if aie pa abet pea a in the village Monday. pay any taxes but compels the in- epector, -was,in the “ge ze 0 dividual owner to carry the whole Miss Alta McMann is v | burden. Miss Jennie McMahon. 13 vantage of farm life to some de- gree, raise garden truck, keep a cov or two and a horse and poultry, pigs. etc. Many a man pines for a little farm where be cam have these things z ia i ting with ate land policy may be one things that is the matter wiih herp, Minnesota. Four new members were taken in- to the Methe nh rg eT ete ie pas were Grand Rapids visivors Saturday. leat into the hands of investens and Mrs. Cltas. Pogue, of Grand Rapids sp jtows. They would be sure t0| visited with frends in the vihage advertise them and induce sett ement | Puesday. | upon them by farmers and olhers ard) 7, pecker boys were im from the | us develop the country. Specula- ihre tkea tar Ah rs wold offer these jands for sale | lake ee evening to take in the to. anybody and everybody every day in the year at a known price ard Wm, Baird, proprietor of the i vould. give a man all the tme he Glenwood hotel is down with an at- wanted to look them over and pay x of la grippe. foe them on 998s, FOPDF Mrs. Wm.’ Kirt has been il for It is a well known fact that the eee Abts in helen aidarerne: wholesale Jand dealers are lamgely Te- | ing sponsible for the rapid settlement of the next two weeks, and it presents; he place t h wil require you to 2 3 * heat : in percentage of | Which there is a growing demand | sig ae ie = I af the land; aluo pay the people who prefer to live a little 7 ..5 iste the value of any t.mber tha‘! gutsde where they can have the ad- ing service of the Christiam church Sunday. There will be a special song at the evening service. G. M. Woor, vice-president and gen- oral inanager of .he Minneso.a Wood- enware Co., is spending the week in Chicago, attending to eastern busi- ness for the company. The social given by Mrs, Dicky and her class last Saturday in behalf of the building fund of the Christian church, was a success both socially and financially. Mesars E: L. Buck, J. H. Grady and O. E. Skelly were visitors at Grand Rap.ds Monday to consult an attor- ney. in relation to the proposed bond- ing of the village of Cohasset. | The Catholic Ladies’ Altar society lof St. Augustine’s parish will meet with ‘Mrs, Jos. Claremont Thursday afternoom January 26. All are vited to attend | The Methodist Ladies’ Aid socieiy new addition, with the main town,/ Will meet with Mrs. Ward Thursday afternoon, and with Mrs. Staplston {the following Thursday. All mem- bers ane urged to be present. The Cohasset Danee club gave an- ‘other of its pleasant parties F: | day evening and one of the features | was the Iuncheom, which was con- ! coc ated by the.boys and was a tr.umpk | of cal.nary art, | R. K) Stokes has purchased the iinnesota -Woodenware Co. store and | Wl hereafter conduct it on his own | initiative, Mr. Stokes is a good | bustien and we predict he will build up a good trade. Dr. Hursh occupied the pulpit at Methédist church last Sunday and the church was. filled to its ut- mosd capacity. ‘Lhe doctor is an kowiiammg speaker and all en- joyed his d.scourse very much, Dr. Copper,. presiding elder of the Duluth district, w.ll adm.nister the nh grows. Ths town, or that ° 4 ment for the second quarterly town, fs simply what the imhaiit- farm Om ithe south side of the river | confureuce Sunday afternoow, He ants, themselves, make it. oppos.te’ Cohagsat; im eoctvons 11 and | has many friends im Cohasset and Pi iaareitt there will undoubtedly be a large attendance. S. H. Thompson, president of the Minnesota Woodenware Co., left, for his home at Fort Dodge, lowa, after spend.ng some time here in the in- teres.s of the company. Mr. ‘lhomp- son is a very. pleasant gentleman to met ah has many friends in Co hasset, Mss ida Nelson arnived here from Rush Ciuy Monday to visit with her rother, John Nelsom the popular proprietor of the bass Brook hotel. S Nelson has been living out on coast and thm is the time ‘own laud; fy se brother and s.ster have met for br-dges, and generady; ‘ EN ebt years. the burden. Meantime ihe| The farm wae oniginally the home) | ony conststing of Henry land derives equal benert|Sstead of John L. Lyons, whom the py) xett, Gene Vashaw, Johx Olser of the settler, and without |earlier settlers will remember, and ¢ ray, Art Besemann "Geonse © the state, who some yeans ago left the place O Albert Robideau, Fred ea r you cam buy siate land ang the country om account of family nkle, “Doc.” Lambert, Wi.bur Loh. if you @i the county seat on | » Jos. Violet to Grand Rapid oon, and proceeded to on of the roller rink ned on. the night train take All re- sset needs a badly antral office any of the satly in an bu conve on, party rebell nce se than tl geth from that und a few in is enjoyed a siegh ride e Jeiliscn home on I y evening and the bt had. a jelly, time. On their the Jellson home. osed’ of che-r in games ous k nds. luncheon w ded to the ed of Mesdames Fletcher, and Stapleton; Misses These peculiar and unheard of} Miss May i Sunday Smith, Carroli, Prescctt, | e land laws were made to pre-|/at Gram Rap-ds. | McNaughton, Robidean, 3H wn Hoe ent, speculation. in state lands, they J. M. Stackhouse and Dr. Hursh tton; Messrs. O’Brien, Main, Snyder Skocdopole, MeNaughton, Gift, Rev yon Stijli and Dr. Hursh. j pee { For Sale. | I have a claim relinguisihment o 80 acres of land for sale. It con- tains $2,000 worth of timber, som« | improvements, house with some furniture, imcluding stove, cooking | utens'Is, ete. The claimant has poor health and wants to sell his im- provements amd move to lower Cali jfornia, This claim is about six miles the wes‘ern states. They advertise their lands far ard wivle, take colom of settlers into uvoscunied disr te of the west and sell them lord cn long time and easy payment, often on the crop payment plan whereby _ W. Aiton came up from Grang from ralroad and only a short d Rapidg Tuesuay to look after his tamce from a driving stream into the camps. | Mississippi river. Don’t delay. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mulaney, of Land is land now-a-days and the Grand Rap ds, were visitors at the cost of living is still going up. Ad- O’Brien home last week. {dress or call on Thomas Wells t farm was pad for by turning L ees er owner -f *h> Jand {camp to stay over Sunday in the Peter Robideau came down from Remer, Cass county, Minn. DR. THOMAS RUSSEL a, share of the crop earh yeor unt! village with his family. che payments were completed. Th whaivsale land dealers did that for other states and it worked out. The plan gave many a farmer a chance to be. selected from unoccupied tracts | 54t'a home that our state land policy would not afford in a thousand years. Attorney W, A. Rossman, of Grand Rapids was a visitor im the viliage ici Tuesday between trains. | Physician and Surgeon Mr: and Mrs.’ Wagner and party Office and Residence Corner Lelend ot four drove'up from the “Rapids” Avenue, and, Sixth,Street r Saye reodia Chie | GRAND RAPIDS," MINNESOTA