Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 20, 1911, Page 1

) i Grand Rapids erald-Uevicw. SOCIETY VoL, XXII. —No 13 Granp Rapibs, ITasca County, MINN.; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, IgII Two Dollars a Year COUNCIL MAKES LEW FOR 15I At Meeting Held Friday Evening Levy Was Gone Over and Fixed at $17,785. PUBLIC PAY FOR WATER AND LIGHT Appropriation of $2,761 Made for Street Lighting and $3,684 Made for Hydrant Rentals. held Friday evening, the following was made the tax levy for certifica- tion to the county auditor for the year 1911: Lighting streets and pub- lic buildings, $2,761; hydrant rentals | and water for public buildings, $3,684 general expense, $5,000; interest on funding bonds, $1,060; interest on water bonds, $1,330; interest on elec- tric light bonds, $1,250; sinking fund, electric tenance public library, $1,200; mak- ing a total of $17,785 for village pur- poses. ;ed bidding on the same tract At the meeting figures were shown in detail, the water and light com- mission presenting figures showing the cost of maintaining the electric lights and the water works as regards village uses. According to the figures presented there are 26 arc lamps that burn 495 kilowats, each, per hour, 117. Tungsten lamps that consume 40 kilowats, each, per hour, and 33 Tungsten lights that burn 100 kilo- wats per hour, each. It has found that each light is used 3,825 hours each year, which figuring at | | At a meeting of the village council | $600. Included in these figures of the cost of production, is the inter- fest on the water bonds, amounting to $1,330. The consumer is charged 10 cents per kilowat amd whem he pays the bill before the tenth of the month he is given a discount of 10 per cent, which makes the rate 9 cents. If the cost of maintaining the electric lighting and village water for public use, was saddled on the consumers, this would raise the rate and the council and members of the commis- sion felt that the property owners This means that village property owners, whether they live here or somewhere else, will, through an equitable division of the tax, pay their just share of the cost of main- taining the public conveniences which enhance and raise the values on vil- |lage property. AT STATE LAND SALE 'Both Bid On Same Piece of Land and Raise Price From $5.00 to $7.75 per Acre. There was an interesting by-play light bonds, $1,500; main- | at the state land sale Monday when John Van Patter and his son, J. A. Van Patter, both of 55-27, commenc- ; of | land, forty acres of section 23, 55- 27, raising the price from $5 to $7.75, when Walter Heinrich stepped in and bid $8, at which price it was sold to him. It seems the elder Van Patter wished to purchase the forty for a younger son and J. A. Van Patter was representing Iowa farm- ers. Both wanted the tract and ‘they raised each othen successively until the father bid $7.75, when the ison laid down. It was at this junc- been | ture that Walter Heinrich made a bid of $8 and secured the tract. The sale was well attended; states six and one-third cents, the cost of | Theo. Nelson, manager of the land production, added to which the vil-|sales department and the following lage council room, fire hall and pub- lic library, would make the $4,869.22. six and one-third cents per kilowat, were sold to: Wm. R. and Chas. H. total | Low, 400 acres im 53-22, $5 per acre; The cost of production, | John C. Campbell, 40 acres in 53-22, $5; Chas. W. Ervin, 40 acres, 53-25, includes interest on the light bonds }$5; Walter Heinrich, 40 acres, 55-27, amounting to $1,200. As these bonds must be taken care of when they fall due, a sinking fund of $1,500 was levied to cover this amount. The rate for 48 hydrants in the vil- lage is fixed at $75, each; fire hall, $9; public library, $ tanks, $200. each; hospital, $100; public horse drinking fountains, $27 of $4,414, to which must be added the cost of drilling the village well, ; 2 sewer flush | town ‘hall, $5; making a total | $8; Fred Adams, 40 acres, 55-27, $5; Grant Harthan, 80 acres, 55-27, $5.- 50; Samuel Harthan, 80 acres, 55-27, $6; George W. Hickok, 80 acres, 55- 27, $6. The last three named men are from Venturia, lowa, and will) move here the coming spring. Mr. |Nelson departed on the Monday af- tternoon train for Duluth, He re ports a 1,800 acre sale at Aitkin. Watch the Herald-Review. Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No, 44 Of ail the unhappy homes, not onee in a hundred has a bank ac- count and not one is unhappy. It seeems almost fo when it is such a simple, easy home in a hundred who has a bank account olish to put it off any longer, matter to start a bank account. First National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MIN Latpoliy Copilal $2 5,000,00 §,000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr . 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. FATHER VERUS SON. ; WADE CAPTAIN IN 0 DAYS SERVICE Such Is the Record of Timothy Teaffe, Whose Wife Sup- posed Him Dead. ane ‘DESERTED WIFE AT BOSTON IN1875 Applied for Pension and Depart- ment Finally Traced Him From Ontario to Swan River and Grand Rapids. Served thirty-five days in the federal army during the Civil war and elevated successively, from pri- vate to second lieutenant, first lieu- tenant and captain, such. is the re- cord of Timothy Teaffe, who has resided in Itasca county for the past sixteen years. Given up by his wife and two sons as dead for more than twenty years, a pension was applied for in 1902 by his selfisupposed widow. The pension department, however, hav- ing mo official record of his death, In 1909 Mrs. Teaffe, who resided at Boston, renewed her application and the government instituted search for Teaffe, with the result he was finally found here by Special Exam- finer E. W. Young, of the pension de- partment, a short time ago. It seems that when the Civil war broke out, Teaffe, who shortly be- fore that time was married to Miss Katherine S. Hill, at Boston, eniist- ed in the Eleventh Massachusetts infantry. As this was a volunteer regiment, the officers in each com- pany were elected by popular vote and ‘Teaffe was elected second lieu- tenant. The regiment was ordered from Boston to Baltimore, where, during the famous street riot, the captain was killed. This elevated Teaffe to first lieutenant. From here it went to Washington and during th battle of Bull Run the acting cap- tain was killed. This made Teaffe captain. Shortly after this, he was asked to resign by the war depart- ment on the grounds he did not have sufficient tactic knowledge to retain the captaincy, and upon the resigna- tion being accepted he left the amny and returned to Boston. There he was taken sick and up- on becoming convalescent he depart- ed for parts unknown and it was, not unti] about three months ago that his whereabouts were learned) It is supposed his mental condition became affected through some dis- ease contracted while in the army. When the government pensjon ex- aminer started tracers after him, it was learned he had departed for Ontario, where with his brothers, Mike and Tom, he worked for a log- ging company. Here he married one departed for Saginaw, Mich. ‘there, with his second wife and brothers he came to Swan River to Logging Co. From Swan River Teaffe came to Grand Rapids with his wife, who died about five years ago. He has lived here since on a farm south of town. Teaffe has several times made ap- plication for pension through local men, but they have all been turned down on account of he only seeing thirty-five days service, when the pension laws call for sixty days in order to be eligible for pension. HAS NIGE FARM ON POKEGAMA LAKE R. L. West, who farms his father’s place on Pokegama lake, reports crop yields as excellent. He has thirty acres under cultivation and will have about double that amount in crop next year. He lately purchas ed a thoroughbred Poland-China boar from South Branch and proposes to improve the grade of his drove of swine. Remember the county fair opens next Thursday, September 28. of three sisters and shortly after this! From | order to expediate matters, enter the employ of J. F. Kilorin,! ENTERTAINMENT AT COUNTY FALR Three’ Days of Profit and Amuse- ment for Everybody at the 20th Annual Fair. A SPECIAL TRAIN FROM HIBBING On Last Two Days of Fair—Leave| There at 8:30 O’clock a. m. and Return in Evening at 6:30 O'clock. Only seven days more—and the twentieth annual Itasca county fair will be in full swing. The opening day, Thursday, September 28, will be devoted to placing the exhibits, but in order that time shall not hang heavy, ‘Bertie’ Newton, the slack wire artist, will give a few exhibi- tions, which will include his funny clown ladder act. | Friday forenoon will be devoted to | judging the exhibits and after the winners are tagged with the blue, red and white ribbons, the amuse- refused the pension on those grounds,.ments will be in full swing. Secretary Sisler announces he has | secured a special train on the Great Northern, from Hibbing to Grand Rapids, which will leave Hibbing at 8:30 o’clock,.a. m.,and leave Grand Rapids on the retum trip at 6:30 o'clock, p. m. This will give all the range towns opportunity to send good delegations to view the exhib- its and take in the sports as well. The racing program will start at 1:30 o'clock, Friday afternoon and the first race on the card will be a pony race, one-half mile heats; trot- ting tuce, farmers’ horses only, one- half ile heats;' 2:20 pace, Itasca county horses. Interspersed among these will be smail races of every description, including dog in harness races, A ball game will also be one of the amusements, but the teams have not yet been selected. The racing program for Saturday will be the same as the day before, with the exception a running race open to farmers’ horses only, will be: added and a 2:18 pace will be on the | cards instead of a 2:20. On this afternoon, the Grand Rapids Juniors will play a team composed of the pick of the western Mesaba range and it will be well worth seeing. The Grand Rapids band has been engaged to furnish music Friday and the Coleraine band will be here Saturday. “Bertie” Newton has been engaged by the management for all three days and will give slack wire performances, funny clown = re- volving ladder acts and each day will finish with a spectacular. act in which he allows an automoblie, | loaded with people, to pass over | him. : i Remember, all entries must be} made on Thursday or before and in those | having exhibits should notify Secre- tary Sisler at once, so arrangemen}s | can be made to properly display ev- general manager of the Swan River | erything. DR. DUMAS ONTRIAL IN BELTRAMI COUNTY The case of the state against Dr. D. F. Dumas of Cass Lake was called for trial at Bemidji this morn- ing. On the eve of the calling of the case, the Pioneer says: There is an air of mystery as to what will happen when the prison- er appears at the bar of justice be fore Judge W. S. McClenahan. That both the state and the defensa have been busy—how busy the pub- lic can not know— and only time will tell what the course of proceed- ure is to be. Beginning at the moment of the| dramatic arrest at Puposky on the night of June 16 last, of Martin Be- han, wounded in the fight between Pinkerton detectives and county of- ficers and Behan and Mike Davsi, the state have maintained that they with the opening of court but a few houns away, this assertion is reiter- | ated. ‘What the defense of Dr. Dumas will be, never has been made public. Dr. Dumas never has made a com- plete statement, although frequently , he has declared his innocence amd { in private talks has attempted to ex- i olain the incriminating attacks made | by the state. i That some move out of the ordi-! nary is contemplated by the defense ! is indicated by the attitude of the at- torneys for the defense that men| to act as jurymen will not be need- ed when court convenes. | BUILD FINE HOME ON POGEGAMA LAKE G. F. Myers and Son, J. H., Erect- ing Residence that Will Cost About $2,000. George F. Meyers and son, Jerome H., who own and conduct the Bay View Poultry & Dairy farm, are hav- | ing a new residence erected on the shore of Pokegama lake that will cost complete about $2,000. Con- tractor Hofer is doing the work. The building will be 26x30 feet, two stories high, with basement running its full length and will be furnace heated. FRIDAY A LUCKY DAY FOR SCOTT James Scott, who is employed on the Itasca paper mill boiler addition, an surely count Friday as his lucky day. He was passing the end of the old boiler house Friday afternoon, when a quantity of brick fell, strik- ing him. It was at first feared he was seriously injured, but on examin- { ation it was found only a hand was crushed. One end of the boiler house had been torn away to permit the joining of the new one and it was some of the loose brick at the cor-| ner that fell. would establish in open court the fact that Cass Lake’s mayor is a) dangerous law breaker, and now, HIBBING MAN [3 ACCIDENT VICTIM Wm. Murray Accidentally Shoots Self While On Hunting Trip to Crooked Lake. HE DIED YESTERDAY MORNING Stood Up in Back End of Wagow and Pulled Gun Over the Seat, Receiving Discharge in Right Leg. Wm. Murray, of Hibbing, while ow a hunting trip to Crooked lake in company with Jos. Flowers, Thos. Reed and Austin Bull, accidentally shot himself in the right leg Thurs- day afternoon and a report from Hib- bing Frdiay afternoon, where he was taken, states he died about eight o'clock Friday morning. As they drove along the shore of the lake then came _ acrogs a windfall and Reed got out to chop it in half. He made only two cuts whem @ shot rang out. Murray instantly dropped to the bottom of the box, clasping his hand to his right thigh. He was lifted from the wagon box ‘and the flow of blood stopped, after |which he was taken to Nashwauk where Dr. Shellman dressed the wound and he was then taken to the hospital] at Hibbing. No one was paying any attention to Murray at the time, but it is thought he intended to take his gum and walk ahead, for he stood back of the rear seat and grabbing the gun by the barrel, dragged it across the seat. It is supposed the trigger caught on the edge of the seat and was in this manner discharged. It was a 12 guage shotgun and as the discharge was received at close range, the thigh bone was shattered in pieces, parts of the bone protrud- ing through the flesh. 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