Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 16, 1911, Page 5

OLIVER'S RELIEF AND ACCIDENT PLAN Was Put Into Effect May 1, 1911 and Allows Specific Sums for Injuries. Following is an outine of the Olli- ver company’s relief and accident plan, for the relief of men employed; in the mines and their families. The} plan was put into effect May 1, 1911. It follows: This Company offers to all its employes who may be injured and to the families of those who may be fatally injured in the course of its work, after May Ist, 1911, voluntary accident relief. The money needed for this relief will be furnished en- tirely by the Company without any contribution from the workmen. Ev- ery employe injured, and the family of the employe fatally injured in the work of the Company can obtain this relief upon the conditions stated in the plan, promptly and surely. The relief can be obtained immediately and without the aid of lawyers. The Company desires that the whole amount of money paid out in this relief plan shall go to the employees or their families. The amounts nam- ed should be sufficient to prevent | want or hardship among the families} of the employes who are injured. By this plan our former method of dis- tribution Accident Relief is hroaden- ed and made wider in scope, and simpler jn application, particularly in that the sums to be paid are fixed in advance and the payments rend- ered automatic. The plan will be thoroughly tested by a trial of ort| year, beginning May Ist, 1911, This plan of relief is a purely vol- untary provision made by the Com- pany for the benefit of employes in- jured and the families of employes | fatally injured in the service of the | Company and constitutes no contract | and confers no right of action. The entire amount of money required to carry out the plan will be provided by the Company with no contribution whatsoever from the employes. Where the word “Manager” ap- pears in this plan of relief it means that officials of the Company who has charge of this relief for his Com-| pany. The decision of the Manager of | this relief shall be final with respect | to all questions arising under this plan of relief, and he shall have full discretionary power in paying relief|cept the injured man or some mem-| to meet any conditions which may arise and may not be covered by this! relief to be paid under this plan, be- | statement, The privilege of this relief will take effect as soon as the employee enters the service of the Company will continue so long as the plan re- mains in operation during such ser- vice, and terminate when he leaves the service. Payment of ths relief will be made only for disablement which has been caused solely by accidents to em- ployees during and in direct and proper connections with the perform- ance of duties to which the employ- ees are assigned in the service of the company, or which they are di- rected to perform by proper author- ity, or from accidents which occur in voluntarily protecting the Com- pany’s property or interests. Relief will not be paid unless investigation of the injury shows that it was ac- cidentally inflicted and that it ren- ders the employee unable to perform his duties in the service of the Com- ‘pany or in any other occupation. No relief will be paid for the first ten days of disablement nor for a period longer than 52 weeks. No employee shall be entitled to receive relief except for the time during which the surgeon certifies that he is umable to follow his usual or any other occupation. Employees will not be entitled to receive Disablement Relief for any time for Which wages are paid them. The Company will provide treat- ment by surgeons and hospitals of its selection. The Company will furn’sh artificial limbs and trusses in cases where these are needed. All men injured in the service of the Company must obey the Sur- gecn’s instructions in reporting for examination, using the remedies and going to the hospital if directed. No relief will be paid unless these in- structions are obeyed. All employees who are disabled but not confined to the house must report in person at the Surgeons office from time to time as reasonably requested, and must keep any other appointments made by the Surgeon. All employees who wish, while dis- abled, to go away from their usual place of residence must first arrange with their employing officer and with the Surgeon in charge as to the ab- sence and the evidence of continued disablement to be furnished. Such employees must report as often and in such manner as may be required ! of them. No relief will be paid to any em- | of the injury. ployee or his family if suit is brought against the Company. In no case whatscever will the Company deal with an attorney or with anyone ex- ber of his family in the matter of It Cures The Composed of Purely was before the drink habit was do so. forced to come to us, as we do the kind in the United States, Officially endorsed by th Inebriate Law. The Murray Cure Institute Of Minneapolis Destroys the appetite for drink, removes the alcohol from the system and builds the system up to its normal condition, leaving the patient mentally and physically the same as he to look back to, one who has a desire to be a man again can We do not want a patient to come to us who does not desire to stop drinking, and we will not take any one who is giye value received to our patients in return. One of the most thoroughly equipped institutions of Thousands of testimonials to be submitted on application. Write for our illustrated booklet; (sent in plain wrapper) All correspondence confidential. Murray (Cure |NSTITUTE Liquor Habit Vegetable Compounds formed. With past experience not care to take money and not e Medical Profession. Minneapolis, Minnesota cause it is part of the plan that the whole amount paid shall be received by the employee and his family. All employees of the Company who accept and receive any of this re- lief will be required to sign a release to the Company. Under the terms and conditions stated here, employees shall be en- titled to the following temporary dis- ablement relief (but no relief will be paid for the first ten days nor for longer than fifty-two weeks, as stated in paragraph six): SINGLE MEN: Single men who have been five years or less in the service of the Company shall receive 35 per cent of the daily wages. they were receiving at the time of the accident. Single men of more than five years service shall additional 2 per cent for each year of service Over five years. But in no case shall single men receive more than $1.50 per day, after deducting the first ten days. MARRIED MEN: Married men liv- ing with their families who have been in the service of the Company five years or less shall receive 50 per cent of daily wages they were receiving at the time of the accident. For each additional year of ser- vice after five years 2 per cent shall be added to the relief. For each child under sixteen years 5 per cent will be added to the relief. But in no case shall this relief exceed $2.50 per day, for married men, after de- ducting the first ten days. The amount of relief which will be paid to employees who have sus- tamed some permanent disablement, such as the loss of an arm or leg, will depend upon the extent to which such disablement renders it difficult for them to obtain employment. The kinds of disablement that may occur and the extent to which each interferes with employment dif- #er so greatly that it is impossible to provide any adequate shedule of peut meena amounts which will sagen a not specifically menti at ie eee of necessity be left can nate ane to the discretion | of the Manager; but it is the inten- tion of the company that this discre- tion shall be excercised in ail cases as to afford substantial relief cor- responding as far as possible with the amounts stated below, consider- in the special circumstances of each case and the character and extent For the loss of a hand, months wages. For the loss of an arm, eighteen months wages. For the loss of a foot, nine months wages, For the loss of {months wages. For the loss of one eye, six months wages. | Relief for the families of employes fatally injured in accidents. which happen in the work of the Company | will be paid only where the death of | the employee is shown to have re- sulted from an accident (or twelve a leg, twelve sun- stroke or heat exhaustion) in the work of the Company during and in ‘direct and proper connection with the performance of duties to which the employee has been assigned in the service of the Company or which he has been directed to perform by Proper authority, or from accidents which occur while voluntarliy protect ests. Death Relief will be paid as soon as possible after the required proof of cause of death is obtained and a satisfactory release given. The Company will pay reasonable funeral expenses not to exceed $100.00. No relief will be paid for death caused or contributed to by the in- toxication of the employee fatally injured or his use of stimulants or narcotics or his taking part in any illegal or immoral acts. No relief: will be paid to the family Recommended and Designated under the Minnesota ||°f 22” employee it suit is brought against the Company. In no case will this relief be paid until the receipt by the Company of a satisfactory release properly exe- cuted. Under the terms and conditions stated here, the widows and children of the employees fatally injured in accidents which happen in the work of the Company shall be entitled to the following Death Relief: In the case of married men living with their families, who have been in the service of the company five years or less and leave widows or child- iren under sixteen years of age, the receive an} |ing the Company’s property or inter- | | | } | above five years, three per |disturb the quietude. GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1911. PAGE FIVE Company will pay relief to an amount equal to eighteen months wages of the deceased employee. For each ‘additional year of service cent shall be added to this relief. For each child under sixteen years, ten per cent shall be added to the re- “lef. But in no case shall this Death Relief exceed three thousand dollars. 90,000 ACRES OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT Time is Drawing Near When Cass Lake Lands Can Be Filed On —August 22nd. With but a little over a week to wait for the opening of lands on the Fond du Lac reservation, the land- seekers who have been waiting in the corridor on the second floor of the federal building in Duluth for weeks have become rather restless. For many days they sat quietly in their places and nothing scemed to Yesterday, however, they were seen gathered in groups and discussing the propo- sition. The approach of the time for the drawing seems to bring excite- ment which will be gradually accen- tuated as time passes. It is believed that some fear that there is a chance of their being “beaten to it” when the drawing is made and everything is being done to protect themselves so they will get a fair deal and an even break after their long and vig- ilant siege and display of patience. Emp'oyed chair-holders will not be permitted in the line, an ultimatum having been issued by those who have patiently awaited for the open- ing. They wlli net permit bona fide land seekers to hire others to hold chairs for them while they are out of the building. There is an increase in the number in line and 30 or more are now holding positions. Next week it will be all over and the grand scramble to secure select por- tions of land will come. Those having been in line for any length of time are ready to protect themselves from any who try to usurp their rights and will be the first inside the door on the opening day. Uncle Sam will throw open to white settlement over 90,000 acres of land in Northern Minnesota; 82,- 220 at Cass Lake and 8,884 at Fond du Lac. Any American citizen who does not own more than 160 acres of land or who has not already used his homestead rights, can get 160 acres of this government land under the homestead law for only $1.25 an acre. This can be paid on long time pay- ments at 25 cents an acre a year. The first payment is made at the end of the first year. The other payments are made at the end of the second, third, fourth and fifth year. If the settler desires he can obtain title at the end cf 14 months con- tinuous residence amd cultivation by paying $1.25 per acre additional and a‘l his other payments. At 9 o’clock a. m., Aug. 22. there will be hundreds of people in Cass Lake and Duluth. First come first served—squatters will have no rights on the land and the only entries which will be accepted will be those who file Aug. 22 This is not a lot- tery proposition—the first man at the land office will have the first choice—the second man the second ‘choice, etc. The land will be select- ed and filings made at once. E. C. Leedy, general immigration agent of the Great Northern railway at St. Paul, says he thinks thousands of people will move to this country because those who do not get gov- ernment land will be so pleased with the country, that they will stay and buy other lands which are very cheap im price. Will Log Near Bena. George W. Cochrane, Jr., of Bemid- ji will soon begin the logging of four million feet of pime timber, near Bena, having obtained a subcontract for the work from his father, George W. Cochran, who is one of the heav- iest loggers in northern Minnesota. The timber is one mile directly east of the Great Northern railway station at Bena, and jies on both sides of the track. Spur tracks are being built into the stand of Nor- way pine from the main track, which will aid materially in the handling of the logs. The timber is the property of the Leech Lake Lumber company, owners of the saw mill at Walker, to which place the logs will be hauled for manufacture into lumber. Mr. Cochran will have one -large camp, and 65 men will be employed. James Robb, formerly of Pennsylvan- ia, will assist Mr. Cochran in manag- ing the job. J. A. Zimbrick, supeerintendent of construction at the court house for the architects, D. V. Case & Broom- ‘hall, announces the work will all be completed by August 30. STAFFORD KING IN SALT LAKE GITY Thinks Utah Is A Great State and Writes About Some of Its Advantages. CITY'S STREETS ARE 132 FEET WIDE Over $15,000,000 Expended on Building Improvements During Year 1910—Several Millions For Paving. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 9, 1911. Mr. Editor: The state of Utah is larger than Great Britain. It has an area of 87,750 square miles, and is rich in vast underlying fields of mineraals. Not only is it rich as a mining state, but also as an agricultural state. Or- chards abound everywhere; vineyards and grain fields, pastures and mead- ow land, all find ample room in which to yield their fruits. Salt Lake City, or “Zion” as it is often called by the Mormons, is one of Utah’s most beautiful cities. It is situated at the foot of a spur of the beautiful Wasatch mountains. The streets of this city were the most beautiful of any I have seen. They are all 132 feet wide, (including side- walk, 20 feet wide), and are bordered with shade trees. The streets were carefully surveyed and are laid out | at right angles. There is not a crooked or irregular street in Salt Lake City. Each street is paved and kept neatly cleaned. Salt Lake City is the seat of Salt Lake County and the capital of Utah. It covers an area of 20 square miles, and contains 39 wards. Each ward contains its Mormon church, beside churches of other denominations. The regularity and beauty of Salt Lake City speaks well for the characters of those old Mormons who laid it out, In the city three are 35 schools with a total attendance of 19,222 pu- pils. There are 83 churches of the various denominations and only 3 saloons—to each church. During the year 1909 approximate- ly ten millions of dollars were ex- pended in Salt Lake City for new buildings. Several millions in addi- tion were spent in street paving and other city improvements. During 1910 it is estimated that $15,000,000.00 were expended for building purposes. Utah will soon be perhaps the great- est mineral state in the United Stat- es. Today it claims to be the great- est copper center in the world. Real estate is lower jin Salt Lake City than any city of its size west of the Missouri river. The coming new great commercial, mining and agricul- tural city of the west; the most beautiful city of the west is Salt Lake City. The Jordan river borders Salt Lake City on the west and is the outlet of Utah Lake. Both the Jor- dan river and Utah Lake are fresh water, but Jordan river flows into Great Salt lake, which is so salty that a person cannot sink in it. The lake is in reality an inland sea. It covers an area of 2,500 square miles, and contains one bucket of salt to every four buckets of water. In Salt Lake City, is located the great Mormon tabernacle. This building is of immense size. It is ob- long in shape being 250 feet long and 150 feet wide. There is no sup- port to the roof, except that furnish- | ed by 46 columns of sacred stone which, with the windows and doors, forms the wall. This roof is the largest self-sustaining arch on the continent, except that of the Grand Central Depot of New York. The ceiling of the roof is sixty-three feet above the floor. The whole build‘ng was built without a nail; wooden pegs serving instead. In one end of this building is a pipe organ, of 5,500 pipes. The tabernacle is used for church services and other large gatherings of people. It will seat 13,000 persons. It is so perfectly con structed that one can hear a_ pin drop, or a person whisper at the op- posite end of the room. In my next letter I shall endeavor to describe the Great Temple, the most picturesque building I have ever seen. Respectfully yours, Stafford King. DR. THOMAS RUSSEL Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence Corner Leland Avenue and Sixth Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA STATE FAIR} AND EXPOSITION ser4.9 IN I911 BIGGEST AND (Rear PROGRAM $25,000.00 | IN PURSES GRAND MATCH RACES Ips tT 4 MUSIC AEROPLANE IGHT BROSs MACHINE UR FLIGHTS ® THRILLING CONTESTS) EVERY DAY ROMAN TANDEM RACES CHARIOT RACES SCOTCH SHEEP DOG TRIALS ATER CARNIVAL RACING TO BREAK THE WORLDS RECORDS HUNDREDS ¥ OTHBRL SPECIAL FEATURES ETC.,ETC. NO FAKES OR FRGAKS ONE WEEK AT THE FAIR IS A LIBERAL EDUCATION Seer. 49 MIDWAY BETWEEN ST.PAUL 0 MINNEAPOLIS