Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 8, 1911, Page 1

f ~:~ y Grand Uapids Herald-Review. VoL. XXI.—No, 36 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, (911% Two Dollars a Year SUPT. MGUIRE ON MINNESOTA NEEDS Says Northeastern Minnesota Needs Roads, Draimage, Schools and Neighbors fer Settlers. A DUTY ALL THE STATE OWE Irrespective of Representation, This Section Should Have a Square Deal—Furnished Major Por- tion of the School Fund (By Supt. A. J. McGuire, af the Northeast Experiment Farm in Farm, Stock and Home.)—Reapportionment is not the only peed of northern Min- Besota ami it is hoped that in the strife of this issue, other and more ‘“Wital’ iaswes wili not be lost sight of in giving allsections of the state equal representation, based upon population. KM pertains to the south- ema part of the state as much as the northern. It will result in giv- ing northern Minnisota greater re- presentation than it now has, but this in itself is no remedy or relief dor the burdens that are crushing the hopes and lives of of thousands settlers in the timber section of northern Minnesota. Rk should not be necessary to in- erease the number of legislators in northern Mimnesota to get justice from the rest of the state. The state has derived its great school fund (and perhaps the greatest in the world) fram northern Minnesota. The state tanber of northeastern Minnesota ad- @ed millions of doilars to the school fand of the state and yet today from gections in northeastern Minnesota, where this very timber was cut,.ther are strugeliag settlers that cannot afford a school far their chikiren. Why? Because the state holds large reas of lamd there, and this land @ays no }ocal tax, or tax of any kind. Because road building is ten times as expensive in the timber section as im the prairie sections and few raads make tow settlers. The burden of taxation for schools apd roads fallg upon a few. When the state removes the timber for the ‘benefit of the whole state is it any more than justice that the state sbould give that cut-over land some yeturn for the timber in the way of pasisting the settler who must take the lard and build roads through it at great expense amd remove the Roads, drainage, schools and.neigh- bors for the settlers are the real needs of northern Minnesota. Reap- portionment may be neccessary to secure these but it should not be. Not only should the state give greater assistance in the road build- ing, drainage and schools but it should clear and fit for cultivation a part of the land it eslls. It is no] gain to the state to sell a man aj piece of land that bas neither road or market, nor an acre of land ready for crop productéon. A man who tries to live on this lamd is @ loss to the state and to himsel@ and his family. Northern Minnesota needs more wagon roads, more school funds and more farmers. These are needed now, and can be greatly aided by the preseati legisla- ture. It need be considered no act of charity. It is a business proposi- tion. For every dollar invested by the state in development, the farmers following this development will re- turn hundreds to the channels of trade. There are acres of land in the timber and cut- over section of northern Minnesota as abundant in agricultural products as any like area in southern Min- nesota. It is largely unoccupied throu lack of roads, and lack of confidence and support from the rest of the state. Here and there a farmer wilt hang on till he gets the road and the school and the advantage.of civilizar tion, and build up a farm which in productiveness and profit cannot be excelled anywhere in the state. Three hundred and fifty bushels of potatoes per acre, four tons of. clover hay per acre are yields that the value of the soi] and these are jJand no better than millions lying idle. Northern Minnesota has pos- sibilities in agriculture second to no other section of the state, but due to the fact that the natural condi tions there are hard to overcome, ithese possibilities are slow in devel- opment. The help of the state is over ten millions of Declamatory Contest. Last night at the high school audi- torium was held the annual decla- matory contest to select the school representatives to enter the inter- school contest to be held this month at Akeley. Bemidji, Park Rapids, Cass Lake, Akely and Grand Rapids each send two representatives to this contest to sustain the honors of their respective schools. The cortest last evening did not suffer in comparison with contests held’ her in former years, and the evening was profitably and enjoyably spent by those who attended. Addmission was 15 and 25 cents and the money received! will be used to pay the ex- penses of our representatives to Akeley and other expenses incident stumps before aj srop can be secured | to the home contest. TEN, mY Z YOU WORK HARD FOR YOUR MONEY MAKE YOUR MONEY “WORK FOR YOU When you work hard for your m work hard for you. Capital $2 5,000,00 It will, if you only take care of it, and put in the bank. They'll make it work for you--that’s their business. joney, dont fool it away. Make it Mational Bank GRAND RAPIDS.M 5,000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr! Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Peterson DIRECTORS . P. Sheldon. D. M. Gunn. A &. Wess. W. C. Gilbert. Cc. E. Aiken John Beckfelt! H. D. Powers. needed and it is time the state should realize that it is a matter of busi- ness and even a matter of justice. POLITICS QUIET IN THE VILLAGE A. C. Bossard Selected to Head Ticket at Monday Night’s Cav- cus Withowt Opposition. SHERMAN WAMED FOR RECORDER Dr. Thomas Russell, Fred A. King and Geerge Arscott Nominated for Trustees and J. E. Mc- Maben for Treasurer. Despite the fact there were few WM. HOOLIHAN FOR TOWN SUPERVISOR General Demand For Farmer Repre- presentative on the Board Ts Manifest. HOOLIMAR 1S. URGED TO AUN Business Men and Farmers Alike Unite in An Effort to Put a Capable Man in Important Of- fice—Hoolihan Consents. contests on hand there were about 15@ residents of the village present at the caucus Monday evening. E. C. Kiley was made moderator and T. R. Pravitz was elected secretary of the weeting. After the reading of the~caucus cal} by the secretary the chair declared that nominations. were in order for the office of vil- lage president. The only name pre- sented wan that of A. C. Bossard, the present incumbent of the of- fice, “i he was made the nominee unanimous choice of the cau- For village trustees the igiOwing names were placed in nomination: Dr. Thomas Russell, George ‘Shook, Fred A. King, Cal Gilman, George Arscott, Gust Anderson and C. W. Forrest. Ballots were prepared and on being counted by the tellers, the results were given as follows: Dr. Thomas Russell .. .. .. .. 92 George Axgoott © 22.0.2 74 Many citizens of the township of Grand Rapids have been busy the Past tew days looking over the field for a competent man to run on the ticket next Tuesday for the office of supervisor. Prominent farm- ers from all sections have unhesi- tatingly expressed dissatisfaction with! the action of the caucus last week. It was generally conceded that the memben of the board to be elect- ed this year should be a farmer—one who understands and has sympathy with the needs of the farmers as they relate to the work of the town beard. This feeling was shared by a big majority of the business men of Grand Rapids and also by the re- tiring member of the board. While there was’ present quite a number of farmers as well as business men they hardly expected to be outnum- bered by the followers of. a politic- sl aspirant who appealed to a class tat pays no taxes and have only interest in the Free A. King . 6S > ttunsitory ne CG We Bament.. 50 | ™Munity. The farmers and business PS, A nay ere ae 46" en of this community are not un- George Shook cage tl oor 397 ful of the fact that the-nominee Gust Anderson .. .. .... .. 26 {0f the caucus, Jim Passard, is a Messts. Russell, Arscott and King } receiving the highest number of votes cast, were declared the nom- | inees af the caucus. For village recoréer, the names of Frank Sherman and EB. A. LeFebre were placed in nomination and the ballots being cast and counted, it was found Mr. Sherman had re- ceived 93, while Mr. LeFebre receiv- ed 47. Mr. Sherman was then de- clared the caucus bominee. For village treasurer, the only nam | presented was that of John E. Me- Mahon, the present treasurer, and he was declared the nominee by the un- animous choice of the caucus. Chas. Kearney was nominated for village justice of the peace for a ‘jocal contractor, who is only inter- ested in making money out of road and bridge building. The more mon- ey his contracting firm can make out of a job, detracts just that much from the benefits to be derived by the township from the money ex- pended. Passard is a crafty chap. He’s always looking for the best of it. Under the law he could not ap- pear as a contractor for the town- ship while serving as a supervisor. But everyone knows how easy it is to evade the application of this law—and no one knows it any bet- ter than does Jim Passard. The farmers of this township are not un- aware of the job that was worked on them at the caucus. They have term of two years and no one ap- | been busy talking the matter over pearing in apposition, he was clared the nominee by acclamation. J. F. McCormick was nominated for village constable. The moderator caucus committee for year: Heury Hughes, T. R. Pravitz and E. J. farrell. named for the El Trovatore March 17 The story of Verdi’s wel] known opera is generally known and the Pathe company has modernized it and new scores have been written to fit the pictures. The motion pictures of El Trovetore will be shown at the Gem theatre evening, March 17, and the new scores will be played by Mrs. Oman. | | propose to stand for. The public is assured well worth seeing. this reel is A “Punk” Show Miller Bros. “101 Ranch Wild West Show” wap» shown at the Gem the atre Monday evening and the gen- eral verdict is the pictures were “punk” the reels having been run so many times, many of them were imperfect and only a few were clear. Manager Comer states hq was great- ly disappointed with the pictures and in the future no special features will be shown. The Juvenile Bostonians with a new line of musical numbers, an ax- ceptionally fine scenic equipment and a number of new faces and @ prominent New York success for a | dictate terms to the financial | vantage of de- | during the past week and are de- termined to have their interests re- presented if they are able to ac- complish that result at the polls. All taxpayers are agreed that it is the ensuing | not desirable to have a road and bridge contractor as a member of the township board. If Mr. Passard | wishes to bid on contracts for the township, they say, let him take an even chance with other con- tractors. They do not propose to put him in a position where he can ad- his own road building. concern. The taxpayers desire to enrich the entire township by the Friday | building of roads and not any in- dividual or particular set of individ- uals. This is one graft they do not Of the many men _ suggested as suitable candidates Wm. Hoolihan seems to be the one most generally favored, although the township has abundance of good material to serve acceptably as supervisor. There is absolutely no excuse to offer for the election of an incompetent man to this important office. If we are to judge from the freely expressed opinions and wishes of many citi- zens of all classes there is little danger of such a mistake being made. Mr. Hoolihan has finally been con- vinced that it is his duty, under the circumstances, to yield to the gen- eral request of taxpayers to become a candidate for the office of town- ship supervisor. He is recognized as one of the substantial and pro- gressive farmers of the township, vehicle. There are twenty tots in the organization and every one is train- ed to the minute and clever as any grown up who ever trod the boards. Mr. Cosgrove, who is managing the company, declares that the present aggregation is the mast talented he whose interests) are identical with the interests of every farmer in this yicinitv. He is liberal enough to appreciate the fact that his property is made more valuable by the en- hanced value of every other man’s property in every section of the town ship. The business men of Grand RIE TS EDR IPA RADARS” gE 2a DS lt SRA hE a ARS Ss Sl EE etn ne RONSON GASSES SSS AR Us Sb Sc A ea sc aS A ce eR ESN EY Rapids realize and appreciate the fact that it is to their best interest to have a town board that will serve the public for the public’s benefit, and not for private ends. They de- sire to see good roads extended from Grand Rapids in every direction and and for this reason they de- sire to see economy and good judg- ment in evidence. No matter in what business a man may be engaged the farmers hereabouts must prosper if the business man prospers. It ts of the utmost importance to the people of this village as well as to the outlying precincts of the en- tire township that the best man available shall be placed upon the board at the election next Tuesday. By the election of Wm. Hoolihan the interests of the taxpayers will be well represented. The public sen- timent at this writing seems to favor him by a very decided majority, and it is certainly to be hoped that the indications will hold good and be fully realized on Tuesday next. TOWN CAUCUS WAS WELL ATTENDED About 100 Citizen’s Present—Jas. Passard Was Named tor Super- visor for Three Years. CHARGE BOARD WITH EXTRAVAGANCE A. J. McGuire Declares Town Is Running More Heavily in Debt Each Year—Statement Pub- lished This Week. The town caucus held at village hall Saturday evening was better at- tended than that of last year, there being about 100 citizens in attend- ance. E. €. Kiley was chosen mod- erator of the meeting and C. H. Dickinson, secretary. After the reading of the call the chair declared that nominations were in order for the office of supervisor, being for the term of three years. Th names of James Passard and Hugh McEwan were placed in nomination and before the ballot was prepared, Supt. A. J. McGuire declared the present board was‘spending too much money on road building and stated they were running the town more heavily in debt each year. Mr, Mc- Ewan stated Mr. McGuire was mis- informed and that the figures which he presented before the meeting were erroneous. Mr. McEwan _ stated further that the town financial state- ment, published in this week’s issue of the Herald-Review, will give the voters a clear and concise account of the moneys received and expended. In his talk, Mr. McGuire stated the purchase of the steam roller and the engine and cars by the board was a gross piece of extravagence. In answering this Mr. McEwan stat- ed the engine and cars are not yet purchased and are here on approv- al, only while the amount paid for the steam roller, $1,000, was receiv- ed from the Blome company, the first | season, for the use of the roller | while layiing the Third street pave-| ment. The ballots were then prepared | and cast and on being counted it) was found that Mr. Passard received | 62, while Mr. McKwan received 37. Mr. Passard was then declared the | caucus nominee. The nomination of Jos. H. McMahon for the office of township clerk was made unanimous as was also that of James Connell for the office of town treasurer. P. C. Warner was nominated for as- sessor by acclamation and H. S. Huson and J. P. Shaughnessy were nominated for justices of the peace. George Moore was named for town- ship constable. The chair appointed C. H. Dick- inson, Frank Grant and John Cos- tello as the township caucus com- mittee for the ensuing year. i For Town Clerk I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the of- fice of town clerk of the town of Grand Rapids and respectfully solicit the support of those who favor my candidacy at the town election to be held Tuesday, March 14. Respectfully, JOSEPH H. McMAHON. COMMISSIONERS HOLD BUSY MEET Appointed Assessors for Unorgan ized Territory at Monthly Meeting Tuesday. NEW TOWN OF LINCOLN ORGANIZED Accept Architect Case’s Plans for Additional Vaults, Remodeling Court House and the Building of a Retaining Wall. At the regular monthly meeting of the board of county commission- ers, held yesterday, the first mat- ter taken up was the regular batch of bills and an unusially large num- ber were allowed. Mary Oli, who resides in town 55- 23, was granted releif in the sum of $10 per month. The hearing on county road No. 80 in the town of Popple was continued to the next meeting. Peter Oslund appeared be- fore the board requesting a bridge across the Bigfork river in 148-27. Commissioners King and Nelson were appointed to make a report on it. The apptication of Frank Payne, of Ballclub for a liquor license was rejected, the vote standing two and two. The following were appointed assess- ors for the unorganized territoy: No. 1, Charles Erwin; No. 2 Thos, Griffen; No. 3, David Maturen; No. 4, Levi Cochran; No, 5, Herman An- derson. The auditor was instructed to advertise for bids for two miles of road on the town line between the towns of Sago and Feeley. Bids for the bridge across Swan River were rejected and Architect Case, of Duluth, was instructed to pre- pare plans and specifications and the bids will be re-advertised. A petition to survey sections 24 and 31, 5 was ordered reported on at the next meeting. Architect Case’s plans for the re- modeling of the court house, the building of additional vaults and a retaining wall at the south side of the court house grounds were ac- cepted. The remodeling of the court house will not be acted on until the next meeting, but the auditor was in- structed to advertise for bids at once for the retaining wall, as in the opinion of the architect, the mat- ter should be neglected no longer. The bids will be opened April 4. The town of Lincoln, comprising 53-26 and 53-27, was organized. The hearing on county road No. § and the matter of the operation of the Pokegama lake ferry were continued to the next meeting, which will be held Tuesday, April 4 The Juveniles Well Equipped. The Juvenile Bostonians, bigger and better than ever, will be one of the star attractions at the High school auditorium this sez In its reor- son, ganized form the Juvenile Bostonian organizations stands alone the peer of all companies exhibiting the talent lof youngsters. In their infancy they rivaj the best of the grown ups and give performances which are second to none for completeness of techni- que and talent. Mr. Cosgrove who is again presenting this clever ag- gregation of tots asserts that the present company is by far the most talented he has ever presented. The scenic features of the season’s offer- ings will be made in the scenic studio built expressly for the Juven- ile Bostonians in Seattle and it stands to reason that when an organization has its own scene building plant, that the output will be something worth remembering. Costuming of the first order will also be a feature of the new plays presented and everything will tend to give the tone of metropolitan production. New Paper for Marble On Saturday of this week the in- itial number of The Iron Index will be issued at Marble. by the pub- lisher of the Herald-Review. A com- plete printing outfit will be installed and an up-todate paper will be published. The Iron Index will speak for itself when it appears be- fore the public, seerromconng samme oe