Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 2, 1911, Page 1

“MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY, Vor, XXII. —No 6 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, tQII Two Dollars a Year LAND SHOW WILL OPEN DECEMBER 12 It Will Continue Twelve Days and Will Be Housed In St. Paul Auditorium. PURPOSE, TO BOOST THE NORTHWEST It Will Be More Than A Mere Land Show, For It Is An Educa- | tional Movement To Give Out Facts. From December 12 to December 23, the Northwestern Land Products Show will be held in the St. Paul auspices Development inclusive, Auditorium under the of the Northwestern ue, » dates were announced today advices had been received from Western states and the es of other shows and expositions d been considered. The dates se- those who will exhibit in Chicago an opportunity to bring their: various | d give exhibits here. Ttie Chicago show closes December 9. The entire euterprise has but one object in view, according to officials of the league, to aid in the develop- | ment of Washington, Oregon, Mon- tana, Idaho, North Dkaota, South Da- kota, Minnesota and Alaska, More Than a Mere Land Show. it is more than simply a land show, hence the incorporated name will be the Northwestern Land Products Ex-; include not only own but things taken he show will be more an a mere instrument for the use Jland man in selling land. It graphically what can be don lands in the _ territory of the Twin City, what it costs to produce the crops and the profit. . Paul and Minneapolis business rests have pledged their co-oper- ation on the theory that every man dollar put to work in the ested, will be a direct to the local markets. An Educational Movement. The Northwestern. Development’ ue is defined by Secretary Will, ‘an educational moves bit, and it 1 hose things g from the soil. of the show produce west in und every inte mpbell a and he says, “after all, a s an educator, seeking to} people acquainted with the and only the facts, about a {trance to the Ponti building was ef- ‘tained tools to the value of about (Continued on page two.) ESTABLISHMENTS ARE BROKEN INTO Three Robberies Are Reported) During the Past Week—First | Since Last Fall. SMALL AMOUNT OF CHANGE FOUND Wellein’s Billard Parlors and Pon-| ti’s Store Entered and Tool Chest and Plans Stolen at Catholic Church. Since Dr .Dumas was arrested at | (ass Lake and the report was giv- | en that an orgamized band of robbers have been infesting northern Minne- nesota Grand Rapids business men | have been careful to leave only a} small amount of change in their reg- isters and safes, so, when Wellein’s | billiard parlors and Ponti’s store were entered by robbers some time Sunday morning they were not very | well rewarded for their pains. In Wellein’s billiard parlors about | eighty-five cents was stolen, that being all that was left in the regis- ter. The thieves first tried to gain an entrance from a window on the south side, but failing this they made their way in from the rear. At Ponti’s store about $3 was secured. It is not known whether they made away with any cigars or candy. En- fected from the rear, While it is not definitely known who made the robberies, two young men who hung about town are sus- | pected, they having suddenly pull- ed up stakes the evening of the robbery. One of them was a young man, dressed in dark clothes, and wearing a cap, about twenty years old, while the other was about the same age and dressed similarly, but was only about five feet in heighth. The fast robbery reported was that of the tool chest belonging to the darpenter at St. Joseph’s Catho- lic church, which is now in process of construction. The chest con- $50 and in addition the plans of the buildings. They have not been found. Supt. E. A. Freeman, who has had charge of mathematics at the summer schoo] at the Duluth nor- mal, returned home this morning and will spend the period before school begins in recuperating. BANK AC Copyright 1509, by C. Es The clowns of life are those who all they made and still think and they will always be funny start a bank account. First Dationa Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. Sulfpluss Capital $2 5,000,00 OFFICERS t, F. P. Sheldon. TE REAL CLOWNS Are Those Without A COU Cc. E. Aiken. Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Peterson DIRECTORS . Sheldon. D. M. Gunn. . Wedge. W. C. Gilbert. . Aiken John Beckfelt H. D. Powers. NT Zimmerman Co.--No. 55 | always thought it funny to spend it funny that they can’t get ahead till they cease to be clowns and | 5 000,00 Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr {as an average per acre than | cials, tall interest is ‘| ty alone. SETTLERS EAGER FOR STATE LANDS State Auditor Iverson Says Sales in Northern Minnesota Break All Records. SETTLERS BONA FIDE PURCHASERS Colonies of Iowa and Illinois Far- mers Are Making This Section, Once a Wilderness, Productive. More state lands have been sold in northern MMinmesota during the last three months than at any other similar period in the history of the state. A larger price has been obtained ever before. The fact that so much state Jand has been sold, say state offi- indicates that more settlers have gone to the north during the last three months than at any other time. Only a comparatively small number of the people who go to buy land in the north purchase state lands. State Auditor Iverson has prepar- jed figures showing that nearly 80,- 000 acres of state lands have been sold at an average price of $7 an acre. The amount of the sales to date has reached $550,000. When state lands are sold all min- eral rights are reserved. The buyer also pays the state for all timber on the land according to its apprais- ed value. The first payment on state lands is 15 per cent of the selling price. In addition to this one year’s paid in advance. The vest of the payments extend over a period of 40 years. The average number of acres sold to each buyer during the last three months has been 120. This means that there have been over 700 buy- ers of state lands. These figures, according to Mr. Iverson, disprove tthe idea the land is being sold to speculators. “There seems to be an idea preva- lent in some sections of the state,” said Mr. Iverson, “that the state lands are being sold to speculators. This is far from true. The fact that the average sale to each pur- chaser is 120 acres diisproves any such statement.” Roseau county has had the largest sales this summer. There have been nearly 28,000 acres sold in that coun- The following figures show just how the land has been distrib- |uted throughout the northern sec- tion. Sale of state lands by counties, May, June and July: Koochiching. - 1,183 Beltrami. . oe 6 810 ‘Oags.. ++ 9,390 Itasca... Ton ae 3,905 OBTMIONI > oc: i5). sie, fee ee + 1,040 St. Louis. . + 4,765 Aitkin. . 10,563 Roseau.. "27,995 Kittson. . - 2,938 Marshall. . - 8,051 Polk.. + 8,008 Clay.. 1,890 Becker... + +885 Wadena. . + 2,231 Todd. . +785 Total acres. 79,439 The sale of state lands ‘will con- tinue during the rest of the summer and the fall. It is thought that the rush will continue so that this year will be the record breaker. Immigration Commissioner Welsh in d@scussing the unprecedented rush to the North during the present spring and.summer said: “Never before have so many peo- ple gone to north. The very fact | can show that more state lands have been sold during the past three months indicates that there is a great exodus to northern Minnesota. We have no way of telling how much private land is sold. It would be safe to say that 10 times as much private land as state land is sold during the year. It is likely that the ratio is even greater than that. “We are receiving many inquiries from all over the country regarding land in the north. Upwards to 100 (Continued on page 2.) RECIPROCITY 19 NOW UNDER WAY Sir Wilfrid Laurier Fires Opening Gun in Battle to Have Canada Favor Reciprocity. PREVIOUS EFFORTS FOR TREATY. For Last 40 Years Political Parties | in Dominion Have Worked for Inauguration of the Plan. The opening gun in the campaign which will determine the fate of the} reciprocity agreement between the FIND ORE DIGGING RAIL RATES ON ChEAMERY WELL certain How Large the Deposit Is. OPERATE CREAMERY AUGUST 15 Building Is Nearly Completed and, Workmen Are Busily Engaged In Installing the Neces- sary Machinery. The fact that Grand Rapids rests on an immense body of ore is being amply proved. The contractor who United States and Canada was fired | Monday by the Liberal leader, Sir! Wilfrid Laurier. It was in the form | of an open address to the Canadian ! people and in it is set forth very | clearly the issues involved in the present campaign. The question at issue is not new one, Sir Wilfrid asserts, recip- vocal relations with the United Stat | es having been sought by both par- ties for over half a century. The present Conservative party, he de- clared, is seeking to reverse this lifelong policy of its leaders of the past. The enactment of the agree- ment, the premier predicts, would fur ther improve the friendly neleaons | existing between Great Britain, Can- ada and the United States, and would! be an important factor in bringing | about a general treaty of arbitra- | tion. | | “At all times during the, last 40 years,” says Sir Wilfrid, “it has) been the constant effort of all politi- | cal parties in Canada to make with | the United States an agreement for | the free exchange of natural pro-/ ducts between the two countries. \ “In 1854, Lord Elgin, on behalf of Canada and the maritime provinces | negotiated with the United States a treaty for that purpose which lasted until 1866, and which within the memory of many alive, was of the} greatest advantage. “Ever since the termination of that treaty all the public men of any | prominence in Canada, whatever dif-| ference on other questions, have! been unanimous in the attempt to} again secure the free exchange of! natural products. Nor is this to be wondered at, seeing that in the in- dustries of agriculture, fisheries, lum- bering and mining, Canada possess- es advantages not enjoyed by any other country on earth, and that ducts of those industries depends the growth of our manufacturing and commercial interests and the pros- perity of all classes in the Dominion. “The atest attempt of the Con- servative party to that end was made by Premier John J. McDonald, who dissolved parliament in 1891 for the purpose of submitting to the electorate of Canada the expediency of his again approaching American authorities for a renewal of the treaty of 1854. ! “After the present government took office, it renewed in vain this offer to the Unitd States, but meet- ing with no response, it declared that no further overtures of this nature would be made by Canada. | “Within the last 12 months, the president of the United States sent to Ottawa, two commissioners for the purpose of opening negotiations loking tward the lowering of the tariff barriers, which have stood in’ the way of freer exchange of com-, modities between Canada and the United States. These negotiations | resulted in an agreement. “This agreement was strenuous]; | resisted in the United States by var- | |that the state auditor, Mr. Iverson, | fous interests on the alleged grounds | |that it Was all to the advantage of | | Canada and to the detriment of the | other country, but the viéw that it | was mutually advantageous to both | countries finally prevailed in con- | | gress and the agreement stands to- j day as an offer by the United States to Canada of that very measure of | reciprocity which for over 40 years | has engaged the earnest and con- stant efforts of every leading a adian statesman, “The present Conservative party (Continued on page 2.) | struck several hundred feet upon the markets secured for the pri¢ H is sinking the creamery well ran jinto evidences of a large deposit of {ore yesterday afternoon at a depth | of 180 feet and the stockholders in| article in the Engineering and Min- the concern are naturally much in- tel rested in the find. The directors have decided to con- tinue the well and ascertain the depth of the ore and also to obtain a good flow of water. Supt. A. J. McGuire informs Herald-Review that the machinery is already being installed and in a few| ‘days the construction work will be finished. , to have the creamery in hon August 15. Forget It G. Be The county seat is all heated up over the fact that a drill had struck iron ore while going down for water for a village water supply. The re- | port states that mass meetings were called and the people asked to de- ‘cide what the village council shall ‘do in. the premises. Lots valued eat ! a few dollars only have suddenly ac- quired fabulous values. The ore was down and has been penetrated so far about forty feet into the red. It will be wise for the RéPids to forget the rust and add another section to the paper mill. With an iron ore mine there conditions will change and no more for them the quiet home town. operation the | The board of directors plan} ‘At Depth of 180 Feet—Will As- | | | OnE COMPARED Marquette Range People Are Fol i lowing Dr Lum’s Example in | Comparing Rates. OF IMPORTANCE TO IRON MEN Discussion Brought On By Objec- tion to Mesabe—Duluth Rates for Hauling Tron Ore. Discussing the recent hearing be- fore the interstate commerce com- mission as to the reasonableness of the rate on iron ore between the Mesaba range and Duluth, Dwight E. Woodbridge, a mining engineer of that city, contributes an interesting ing Journa) of July 22, in which he shows that the railroad rate per ton mile on ore is higher between the Marquette range and Marquette than to any other Lake Superior port says the Marquette Mining Journal. The iron ore rate question was brought to the attention of the interstate commerce commission by L. E. Lum, of Duluth, who asked | that the Great Northern be forced | to name a rate from Grand Rapids to Lake Superior, he suggesting that forty cents per ton would be reason- able. The present rate from all points on the Mesaba to Duluth is eighty cents per ton, and as Grand Rapids is on that range, the case re- solves itself into a demand for a low- er rate for the entire range. The case will be heard in October. According to Mr. Woodbridge, the rate from Marquette range mines to | Marquette, an average distance of 125 miles, is 32 cents or 1.28 cents per ton mile; from the Marquette range to Escanaba, 70 miles, 40 cents or .57 cents per ton mile; from the Menominee range to Escanaba, 50 miles, 40 cents or .8 cents per ton mile; from the Gogebic range to | Ashland, 45 miles, 40 cents. or .88 Fill up the hole and forget it.—Bo- vey Iron News. om page two.) 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