Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 13, 1911, Page 1

ea aa | Grand Rapids Herald-Review. Minn Historical Cc eT PAUL et oe Vor, XXII. —No 12 GRanp Rapips, ITasca County, Minn., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, [yII Two Dollars a Year ITASCA COUNTY euvsiens til stGecmetil hae STOLE CLOTHING sociation Says State Exhibit Averaged Well. NORTHERN COUNTIES IN THE LEAD Itasca Will Share in $5,000 Prize For Best County Exhibit with Twenty-Seven Other Winners, (Secretary A. M. Sisler of the Itasca County Agricultural associa- tion, who had charge of this coun- ty’s exhibit at the state fair last week, arrived home Monday. He was well pleased with the showing made and the good results which he has reason to believe will follow. The weather conditions, however, re- duced the attendance to about one- third of what it would have other- wise been, and hence the main ob- ject, that of advertising the county’s resources, was greatly reduced in ef- fect. Itasca county was rated eight- eenth on the list of counties exhibit- dmg out of a total of thirty-six en- tries. Carlton, Marshall and Hub- bard did not score. The score given this county was 875 points on a bas- is of 1,200. Mr. Sisler says the ex- hibit might have been greatly im- proved if more time and money had been expended in making prepara- tions. Most counties had been much more liberal in making money appropria- tions for the state show than He found that the the amount expended by between $400 and $500. appropriated by the commiss‘oners in this county was only $150. Anyone who has had any experience in such matters knows that justice cannot be done the undertaking on that amount of money. The northern counties of the state average made a far better showing than those| of the south. Olmstead county was awarded finst prize on 1,087 points. Roseau, the state, took first on general ar- rangement of its display. Wright, Roseau, Aitkin, Clearwater, Beltrami, Cass were among the first on the list with highest scores. U. C. Gravelle made an individual | _ (IPMaKEs HOME gy SOHAPPY ii! Copyright 1909, br C. P. Of all the unhappy homes, not o count and not one home in a is unhappy. when it is such a simple, easy First National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. Subpolus Capilal $2 5,000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wed Cc r, C. E. Aiken. Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Pe DIRECTORS 1“ County B ts Wednesday. F. P. Sheldon. D. A ) j BS A G. Wedge. W. C. Gilb | 7 one Cc. E. Aiken John Beckfe!t* H. D ‘ esular monthly meet- REPORT ON BOOKS in bundle, second and ‘ Examiner Griffith Gives Treasurer C. H. Dickinson Clean Bill of Health. AND 18 PAIRS SHOES Man Giving Name of John Doe Ar- rested At Swan River for Steal- ing At Grand Rapids. MAKES FEW RECOMMENDATIONS A shoe salesman and A. L. Roocker Found Books of District No. 1 in the tailor, were the victims of a rath- er daring robbery Sunday evening,| _ Best of Shape and Says Mon- wher two suits of clothes, which Mr. ey Is Being Handled Eco- Roecker had just prepared for ship- nomicall jae to customers at Deer River and ‘& Bena, and eighteen pairs of shoes] which the salesman carried as |samples, were stolen from the Great Following statements made by Northern depot here. ‘certain persons looking for notoriety The driection the thief took was not. a the annual school meeting of dis- known, but Ag is ut Agent LeFevre notified | + ict No. 1, held in July, to the ef- |all the agents along the line, giving fect that the financial report of the a description of the stuff. They " found no evidence of him, however, district published) a year ago did not account satisfactorily for $5,- but Mr. Roecker, who was traveling ‘ from Grand Rapids to Hil ity, 9% Mr. C. H. Dickinson, stopped off at Swan River and notic- treasurer of school district No. 1 re- ed that some one was wearing a suit quested Public Examiner Andrew Frit which he had designed for Harry to make an examination of the books. Simpson, at Bena. He promptly gave The request was granted and R. R. information to the agent at Swan Griffith, of Duluth, was sent here to River, who notified Sheriff Riley and Conduct the examination. upon a warrant being sworn out be-! In his report to the state examiner fore Justice Shaughnessy by Agent which is published elsewhere im this LeFevre, Deputy Sheriff Gunderson issue, Mr. Griffith makes several re- was sent down on the afternoon pas- , commendations that are very good, senger to make the arrest. | but they have already been adopted ‘When the deputy sheriff arrivea >Y the board. at Swan River, Mr. Sneak Thief was iy Commeseing (on, the} rena, the first one to board the train, he! Treasurer Dickinson said: “I beg to having purchased a‘ ticket for Flood- disagree with Mr. Griffith’s recom- wood, but the agent at Swan River mendation hat we change to the kept close tab on him and he wag , Pass book aystem of banking. At pointed: .out:-é0- Mr; ‘Gunderson; who ‘the present time the statement sys- | insisted that he come back to Grand tem is peed. and: majowtiy-of allvtite, Itasca. ! Rapids on the local. On being locked large business establishments all in the county jail and refusing to give his name, he was booked a over the country use this same plan. ‘It is as follows: Imstead of using a counties was! The amount | the northwestern county of | It seeems almost foolish to put it off any pass book and having it balanced Nach month, I am presented with a statement the first of each month showing the amount drawn dur- img the preceding month and the jbalance left on deposit. If the pass book system was used I would have no means of knowing, without taking “John Doe.” He was brought up in justice |court Tuesday moming and pleading guilty, was given niety days in the county jail. Too Good a Fisherman. Our old friend, Joe St. Peter, of sae hook for balancing, [aes er — rari Cla ;| “I think Mr. Griffith is mistaken ie me ais * about the bills not being filed in a | fine in » Bailey’s court one systematic manner. The index sys- } day last week of $10 and costs for Joo is used for bills which are filed having more pike in his possession A = i A Dy alphabetically, and when the clerk 'than the law allows. Deputy Game a wer. ee . ,makes out an order on the treasurer, Warden C. V. Smith made the seiz- < ._ the number of the order and the date ure. Mr. St. Peter acknowledged his an toniencaenie of \its issuance is written across the |face of the bill. In regard to the voucher system of payments, we adopted the plan some time ago, and the form has been ready for the printed for three.months,.but.we.wish- ed to use up the old forms first. In; regard to money being banked in the name of the district, that is done as far as possible. The money is banked in my name as treasurer of the district, (school district No. 1, C. H. Dickinson, treasurer, is the | ‘form used) the banks ruling that the | ' panking must be done in the name of the person who draws the check.” In his report, which covers the period of July 15, 1909, to July 15, '1911, Mr. Griffith gives the palances | or overdrafts in the various and at the conclusion of his letter to the public examiner, says: “E tehecked the clerk’s and treasurer's | books and found everything very sat- *. The retiring director, Mr. , deserves a great deal of fer the work he has done, as; ords show he did considerable e than was intended for him. The nt board is handling the moneys y economically for the size of the rict, and deserves credit for the t interest they have and are tak- ng in same.” matte rite (stact a Henk age ouue: The five thousand dollars and all j sums of money received and rror, ut ng an angler funds | Zimmerman Co.--No, 44 m¢ nee in a hundred h hundred who has a longer, disbursed by the school board, is thus 'accounted for. It is to be hoped ithat those individuals who worked | themselves wild to show that money |had been used illegally by the board, | will now be honest enough to admit ‘the grave injustice they sought to {ido honorable men. The columns of th Review are open to their 5,000.00 jfinitions given as to its meaning, but |which causes your neighbor to not | jonly keep his lawn carefully mowed, | \feeling that causes a man to keep) SHERIFF RILEY DOES GOOD WORK Eli Yerkovich, Third Man Wanted in Holman Marder Case, Now in County Jail. FOUND HIM-AT POWER LAKE, N. D. Drove Forty Miles Through New Country From Stanley to Con- struction Camp Where. He Located Man. Sheriff Riley is establishing a repu tation for capturing men wanted for crime in Itasca.county.and.closely.fol- lowing the capture of Kuzman Sor- ich, comes the apprehension of Eli Yerkovich, who it is claimed by his companions, did the shooting in the Holman murder case. Sorich and Steve Milkovich, in com pany with Yerkovich, were wanted | for the murder of a fellow Austrian, at Holman on the evening of June 19. Milkovich was captured the day following the crime and Sorich was captured last Sunday at Niagara, Wis, Both united in stating that Yerko- | vich was the man who did the shoot- img and each stated he attempted to restrain him but was unsuccessful. After the murder Yerkovich could not be located, no one knowing what direction he took. It chanced, how- ever, that another Austrian, who knew Yerkovich in the old country | and who was ignorant he had com- mitted a crime, came to Holman to work in the pit. Last Saturday he mentioned that he had met Yerkovich near Minot working with a railway construction crew and the murdered man’s friends hearing of it, notified | Sheriff Riley. That gentleman start- ed in prompt pursuit, but on his ar- rival at Grand Forks, learned the crew had left Minot and were at Pow- ers Lake, am inland town, forty miles from Stanley, the present end of the road, and over 400 miles further ‘than he had expected to go. Mr. Riley got into communication with the sheriff at Williston, who met him at Stanley and together they proceeded to Powers Lake, where Yerkovich was captured without rouble. As the prisoner made no legal fight, extradition papers were not necessary and he is now in the Itasca county jail awaiting the ac- tion of the grand jury, which con- venes in October. KEEP OFF THE GRASS SHOULD BE THE CRY Short Cuts Across Central School | Grounds Will Result in Fence | Being Replaced. | Civic pride—there are various de- | its true meaning, in the opinion of the Herald-Review, is that feeling but to also cut down the unsightly | weeds that rear their heads on the public’s side of the pavement; the to the sidewalk when by walking | across the lawn of one of our public | schools, or the library, he could ar-| rive at his office a minute earlier. | These are evidences of civic pride. As people are judged by their ex- ternal appearances, so are villages. And Grand Rapids has every oppor- tunity to be known as the prettiest | village in northern Minnesota, But jyou can’t expect strangers to be- come impressed with a village where the public library and high school grounds are marred with unsightly, snake-like paths. | The school board has removed the fence around Central school and the plock is.now.being.boulevarded. When finished it wil present a very at-/ tractive appearance, as it is located next to the business district. The grounds are not yet marred by paths but the board states that if the prac- ‘tice of taking short cuts across the } lawn is commenced, the fence will be replaced. In order, however, to prevent being done, as it will not add to 4 appearance of the grounds, interest: | ed citizens will present the matter | to the village council] and ask that | an ordinance be pes e', prov d'ng that a penalty, in the shape of fines, be! fixed, and that every person who dis- regards it be summarily dealt with. | There is no doubt the council will pass the ordinance, as that seems the} only real way of putting a stop to the practice. WILL SOON FINISH AT CATHOLIC CHURCH Now Laying Flooring and Part of Stained Windows Have Al- ready Arrived. Work has so far progressed at the mew St. Joseph’s Catholic church that the flooring is being laid and some of the stained windows have already been put in place. The transom window, on which is! inscribed the words, “St. Joseph’s | Catholic Church”, was put in place yesterday afternoon. The windows | for the altar, one of which was do-| nated by the altar boys, were also; put in place. The wimdows for the choir loft are very pretty and also very appropriate. In the decorative | work, two trumpets are emblazoned or one while a harp sets off the oth-| er. If the balance of the windows are received this week, the woodwork | will be completed by the end of next | week. After this is done, the tinting will be completed and the pews and altar decorations installed. } It ig not yet known when the church will be consecrated. Married at Faribault. Mr. Theodore in the Itasca store drug department, |bama and Tennessee by the jhas been Topen, pharmacist | trust does much business have de- w= GREAT REPUBLIC STEEL COMPANY Said to Be Name of Combination Organizing Independent of Steel Corporat’on. ‘CAPITAL STOCK OF $36,000,000 Much Foreign Capital Interested and Vast Tracts of Ore Lands Being Secured in Alabama and Tennessee. Several of the independent steel companies have combined to fight | the Steel corporation and have or- | ganized with a capital stock of $36,- | 000,000, The organization is said to have just been effected in New York, according to a report from Cleveland. Ore lands to the value of several Millions have been purchased in Ala- new corporation which will be known as the Great Republic Steel company, and will be ready for business by the time the.Panama.canal.is.in.oper- ation. According to Walter E. Johnson of Chicago, one of the stockholders, the principal stockholders are capitalists of Great Britain, Germany and Ja- pan. It is also said that contracts have been made with Japan for the shipment of large amounts of steel just as soon as operations are com- menced, “It is a fact that such a company organized in New York,” “Capitalists of Steel said Mr., Johngon. foreign countries where the * cided to go into business themselves was marride at Fartwaly on Sunday | ang fight the trust on its own soil.” Se ee ae ce Mr.| Last spring the story was current Toren left Grand Rapids last week in Duluth that a gigantic merger of and failed to furnish the local Press | the ‘independent steel and iron com- with nows of the important et. |panies was in process of formation. but close friends were aware of his| charles M. Schwab and W. E. Corey, intentions and hence the Herald-Re-| ., presidents of the United States view is not wholly unable to make | steel corporation, were alleged to be this announcement. We hasten to, extend congratulations. | (Continued on page eight.) Dear Amy:- SF called yeseterday on Mas. She told me thai Newcomer, who has just, moved here. Lots of her things were Laoken and scarred in moving and asked me, since she was a stranger in town. to tell her where to buy new furni- fue. . S told her to go to no one Lut where we always thaded Lecause she would Le sure to find what she at Aeasonalle prices. } wanted and Bye, Bye, Lou. @. S-Mars. RNeweomer has justi aropped in. She was so pleased with the furniture she Lought from | F E. mE USSW : Gi