Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 26, 1911, Page 1

SOCIETY, Vor, XXII. —No 5 Granp Rapids, Irasca County, Minn., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, [911 Two Dollars a Year COMMISSION 10 - CONTINUE WELL | right to proceed in the matter and gave some good reason for so doing. He cited the fact that taxes in all the range towns are lower than at Grand Rapids and gave as the reason the immense valuation of the iron STAFFORD KING WAXES POETICAL mines. experimenting would benefit who owned the adjoining property, it would also benefit every taxpayer lin the village, for iff a large body of ore is discovered it will boom. the town, raise -property values and pay a large portion of the tax levy. E. J. Farrell, who with W. C. Gil- bert and E. N. Remer bought the lots west of the village lois stated that he had been negotiating fae lots in question for some time. B. C. Finnegan, of the water and light commission, stated the village contracted for the lots with W. L. Mackey, the trustee in charge, June 21 on a verbal agreement. There was a representative crowd |, of citizens out to the mass meeting |fvaor of the plan and made a motion at the village hall Tuesday even-|that the well be continued, but at ing, which was called by the village | Private expense, and that the parties council for the purpose of ascertain-| interested give a bond in case the ing the wishes of the people in re-, Well is spoiled for use. gard to the well which has been Hon. D. M. Gunn stated he would sunk by the Water and Light Com-|be glad to donate to a private sub- mission and in which evidence was | Scription, but that he would refuse found of a considerable body of ore. | to give a bond in the matter. Attor- It Was So Decided At Mass Meet- ing Held At Village Hall Yesterday Evening. BIG BODY ORE WILL BENEFIT ALL Mine Inside Village Limits Will! Benefit All Tax Payers By Lowering Rate of Taxation. The meeting was called to order ;ney A. L. Thwing settled the ‘matter | by stating that such a bond would not be legal, in his opinion. A motion was then made to in- struct the commission to go ahead with the drilling and it was carried as the unanimous wish of the meet- ing. by President Bossard and F. F. Price , got up and stated that in his opin- ion the villgae could not continue the well for the punpose of ascer- taining the depth of the ore; further | that the village should take no fur- ther action as a good flaw of water has been found. He was followed by Hon. C. C. Mc- Carthy, who urged that the citizens look at it in a more generous light,} Village Treasurer John E. McMahon as what would benefit one would ,received a check from State Treas- benefit all. Mr. McCarthy also stat-|urer Walter J. Smith this noon in ed in his opinion the village had a!the sum of $394.90. This money legal right to proceed in the mat-|to be put in the fund for the relief ter. He stated the same matter ;}of sick and disabled firemen, or came up when the Village started | their widows and orphans, and main- condemnation proceedings of the | tainance of the department. The lands abutting the Mississippi river fund is derived from a two per cent between the dam and the Pokegama | tax of all insurance collected by the | Money For Firemen. dam, when ail citizens interested in insurance companies that do business the village’s welfare were attempt- im Minnesota, ing to get the Itasca Paper Co. lo-; cated here. The condemnatjon pro- | Fine Scenic Decorations. ceedings were carried through at the expense of the village, despite; Those who have occasion to pass the protests of some and that ail the Gem theatre should view the by scenic work with which Mr. Comer lis decorating the lobby. He has just completed one of the views, which is a Naples water view, show- ing the gala-covered gondolas. Mr. Comer is a scenic artist of more than ordinary ability and when he citizens have been benefitted the mill there is no doubt. | G. H. Spear also talked in favor of the commission continuing the well for experimental purposes and! stated he concurred in Mr. MeCar- thy’s opinion as to the the act. A. L. Thwing stated it was also his opinion the village had a legality of rank any motjon picture show out- legal side of New York for appearances. Copyright 1909, by C, E. Zimmerman Co.-+No. 23 The days of the month present no terror to those who with) suffi- cient foresight, have started a bank account. For regardiess of . the day when an obligation falls due, they may meet it with ezua nimity, so the morrow is always a day of Joy. irst National Bank endl eon De 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 F. P. Sheldon. D. M. Gunn. A G. Wedge. & W. C. Gilbert. Cc. E. Aiken “John Beckfeit H. D. Powers. ——————— NN He stated that while the those for j on H. W. Stark declared himself in| is completes his work the Gem will out- Over the Beauties of Shasta Springs and Tells of Them in Verse. DOES SOME MOUNTAIN CLIMBING Describes Views of the Falls and Cataracts While Climbing the Plateau on Which is Lo- cated Summer Homes. , Shasta Springs, Cal., July 24, 1911. CONAGSET MAN ON ~ THE SCHOOL BOARD Rev. C. E. Burgess Nominated fer Director at Adjourned Annual Meeting Saturday Evening. SEVERAL GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS For Reducing the Bonded Indebt- edness and Vote to Build Ce- ment Sidewalk Around the Central School. The adjourned annual school meet- | Mr. Editor: The threadike rails stretched far before i As if to tell us what’s in store For us ahead. The thin steel rails stretched far be- hind — As if to ever more remind Us of the past. | The mountains rose on either side As monuments to those who died Who others led. |The dark blue sky arched far above The pictured proof of that Great Love. The First and Last.—S. K. So it was when we reached Shas- ta Springs. For miles through the mountains we had followed the beau- tiful Sacramento River. In the dis- tance we could see the eternal snow capped peak of Shasta, the source of the world’ famoug Shasta water. We alighted from the train to find gqurselves in a long narrow gorge with the mountains rising high above us. Two or three buildings and a long line of water cars were all the signs of civilization to be seen. From above, a liitde stream of water fell in a series of water falls and cataracts to the bottom. Immediately in front of us, @ stream of water spurted straight upward for twen- ty-five feet, clear as crystal and as I was to learn later, bitter as acid. There was an incline railway to the top of the gulch, but I decided to walk up. As I trudged up the path which zig-zagged towards the top. I wondered what the first men through those mountains thought. I began better to realize the hardships of those “who others led.” The higher I climbed, the more I could see. The walls of the gorge on the other side were of stone. Great masses of %t hung just on the brink, seemingly about to plunge ov- er. A little higher and Jj could see over the top on the other side. Far beyond rose the rugged tops of oth- er mountains, down whose _ sides rushed streams like the one far be- low me by the railroad track. Fimally, much elated but some- what out of breath, I arrived at the top. There a plateau, grassy and covered with massive pines, spread {out before me. Here and there were cottages and bath houses, and farther on I came to the big open swimming pool. From a little observation platform I obtained a better view of Mt. | Shasta. Near its base I was told were the great salt licks, where the miners used to get their salt. From Shasta Springs to the foot of Mt. Shasta runs a beautiful automobile boulevard. Shasta Springs is world famous for lits mineral water. The water com- ‘es direct from Mt. Shasta and bub- bles up out of the mountain side at Shasta Springs. The water con- {taing such minerals that it fairly takes away one’s breath to drink it. In the evening the lawns upon | the plateau were lighted with swing- ing Japanese lanterns. The largest series of ¢ataracts, called Glacier Falls, were illuminated by electric lights behind them. The last thing we saw that evening as we left Shasta Springs was the water spark- ling joyously as it. leaped over the twinkling lights beneath. Respe lly yours, - Stafford King ing held at Village hall Saturday ev- ening was one of the most harmoni- ous ever held in the district and that it will be resultant in much Sood there is no doubt. Despite the in¢lement weather there was a large i and a keen interest was manifested by all in the affairs of the district. H. G. Becker, chairman of the committee to go over the tax levy iwiith the school board, read the re- Port of the committee, which recom- mended raising the amount of the levy from $63,000, the amount asked, to $64,500. This additional amount was for the salaries of the board and necessray expenses. The com- mittee also recommended that the commercial department be abolished and that an agricultural department be substituted in lieu thereof. They further recommended that the $500 which the board asked for in their levy for the manual training depart- ment should be turned over to the agricultural department fund. Tt was further suggested that a sunplus of $2,000 in the building fund anki’ $2,500 in the manual training fund be transferred to a sinking fund to be used for the retirement of ovt- standing bonds and interest. ‘Yhe committee also recommended that the levy of last year for building an addition to the high schoo] should be used in the same manner. This levy amounts to about $12,000. The committee reported that if this is done, the school tax rate for the ensuing year will only be about i3 mills, or lower than it has been for years. All the recommendations of the board were approved unanimously iby the people at the meeting with the exception of doing away with the commercial department and atter considerable discussion it was de- cided to continue it, the salary for the instructor having been included in the tax levy of $64,500. It was voted to allow the directors a salary of $50 per month up to the time the new law went into’ effect, which provides a salary of $400 per annum. It was also voted to have the director’s and treasurer's re- ports published. - Iv was also decided to lay a cemert sidewalk around Central school and | the cost was estimated at about} $1,000.00. At the special meeting Monday ev- ening the directors of the board stated they would abide by the choice of the people in a Mr. Reusswig’s successor, and at the meeting Mr. Reusswig’s name was placed in nomination. The name of Rev. C. E. Burgess, of Cohasset, | was also placed in nomination, it; being generally understood < that who ever was ‘put up by the people | of Cohasset as thelr united choice would be nominated. Rev. Burgess had the support of nearly évery citi | zen in the neighboring village . and’ he was nom{nated by a rising vote and will be appointed by the school | board. WILL RECONSTRUCT VILLAGE ORDINANCE School Board Petitions Council for Permission to Lay Walk Around | School 6 Feet Wide. i The Grand Rapids Junjors defeat-, ed the Camp Mishawaka team at th Side park Monday evening by) a, score: 6f 11 to 6. a In the first inning Grand Rapids scored on Erskine’s sacrifice and Mishawaka brought in two runs on | ‘Morse’s two-bagger. In the second the camp team was shut out while Grand Rapids binged the ball for four runs. In the third the camp re- taliated by bringing im three runs NEAR COMPLETION ON COURT HOUSE on a single, a two-bagger and some wild throws, Grand Rapids failing to scora, In the fourth, fifth anq sixth neither team scored and in the Seventh Grand Rapids secured two more runs on a walk, error, wild throws and a single by McAlpine. In the eighth the camp ran in another run on a single and errors and Grand Rapids pounded out four more more runs, four hits and some wild throws being responsible. The camp failed ty score in the ninth. Following is the score by innings: RHE Grand Rapids..1400002°4x-11 10 2 Mishawaka....203000010-6 5 4 Batteries: Brandon and Erskine; Green and Clabrone. Two New Autos. That Grand Rapids people are en- joying prosperity is evidenced by the fact of the number of new autos curchased this summer. ae Browne, the plumber, purchased a new Chalmers 1912 last week, which was unloaded the latter part of the week, and L. H. Philiatrault, the Mutual Auto Co man, of Duluth, ar- rived here in a Chalmers 1912 Mon- day which was purchased by T. C. Kennedy. The cars ave identically alike, both being 1912 models and both are five passenger cars. There are now about twenty machines in the village. Gem Open Every Evening. Managér Comer, of the Gem thea- tre, announces that beg’nning with Monday evening, Jily 31, the Gem will resume its regular evenjng show. As before, changes will be made and Saturday evening and two shows will be given at eight and nine o’- clock, respectively. Received Four Medals. Henry Graffam, who was a mem- ber of the track team that repre- sented Grand Rapids at the range track meet, which was held at Hibb- ing in May received medals for the four firsts which he won. They are for the fifty yard dash, 220 yard, shot put and discus throw. Vault Additions For *Register of Deeds and Clerk of Court Soon Finished. e, COST WILL BE ABOUT $15,000. This Includes Retaining Wall, Which Has Already Been Completed and Vaults in the Basement. A Herald-Review representative was shown over the new court house additions by Architect D. V. Case yesterday afternoon. The brick work has already been completed and Mr. Case estimates the work will be en- tirely completed jnside of thirty days. The new additions have been built on the south side of the court house and, as it was ascertained a retaining wail would be found neces- sary, a wall 300 feet long was con- structed. This wall runs the entire length of the court hoyse and jail and is eight feet high, seven feet wide at the base and tapers to two feet wide at the top. The interven- ing space has been filled in with dirt and over this will be placed @ coating of rip rap. This will insure a substantial foundation and there will be no danger of the foundations of the building giving way: The additions provide additional vault room for the register of deeds and the clerk of court, the register’s vault being 16x22 and the clerk’s 18 x18 feet. Both vaults are reached by entrance from the old vaults. At the southeast corner an addi- tion has also be@n built which will Be occupied by the county surveyor. This room will also be 16x22 feet and will be reached by a passage way from the main corridor. (Continued on page eight.) _S've just Lought me a new kitchen ecatinet, and now it's just fun to get a dinneA Aeady. IS never knew what a convenience a kitchen cabinet was until S got mine. Sf you haven't Lought one yet, Ly all means, do 40 at once. You'll save enough from disings you would waste, in just a few months, to pay for it; and it will save you hundreds of steps every day. SF wouldn't take anything for mine. Baly John is getting Letter. Qkways your friend, Lou. @. S.--Shey have splendid kitchen cabinets oS got it from where J Lought mine. F. -E. REUSSWI FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING G @ erent ee a ~ MINNESOTA ‘HISTORICAL » .