Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 27, 1911, Page 1

Te Ne Grand oe > herald-Review. aston f'*torieay [—aletionn OUG Vo., XXII. —No 14 GranpD Rapids, ITasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, [9II Two Dollars a Year HVE BISVHEET === = "Ns The applications of Jos. Flower sell intoxicating liquors at cesar and George Brusewitz at Wirt, were Regular September Meeting Was a' rejected. The assistant state engin- Bigger Displays of Agricultural Ex- Lengthy One and Required a _|eer was ordered to make a report of hibits Than Was Ever Shown the repairs necessary on the state ee Two Days’ Session. ditch north of Deer River. A hearing! Before. was ordered on the petition of resi-, dents of 150-29 to detach that town- | ALL OF COURT HOUSE BE REPAIRED |< frm ete. aoe gio wee TWO REAL GOOD BASEBALL GAMES appropriated for roads and bridges in Bass Lake township and $250 for the: Roof to Be Repaired, Rooms Plas-|®™e Purpose in unorganized 148-27. | Friday Grand Rapids Will Play| tered and Whole Interior Re- Phe splat of “rout dare ere 51 (Coleraine and Saturday, Hib- the head of Big Trout lake, owned | : tinted— Advertise For by the Itasca Lumber Co., was apprcv, bing Team—Some Fast Bids. Races. ed. The sum of $1, 907.95 was trans ferred from the sinking fund to aid in the construction of county ditch \INo. 2, in the town of Blackberry. Pe- The regular September meeting of | titions were received for a resurvey | the board of county commissioner| of sections 35, 55-25 and 16, 56-25 and cH vee ans a be ee aka Y ing is now in readiness. One hun- was a lengthy one and it required a| hearings were ordered. The report dred aiwi den tack wt eiiditional eta of Special Attorney Price, in the dred and ten feet o oe two days’ session to complete pS ae matter, was received ana Shed room has been added to the Work, Mine inspector P. L. Ramquist, s , committee was appointed to Present building and the officers and Sled shi reaper oe tne eer ae examine the road recently completed those in charge of the live stock de- ended and he was notified to attend oe ound Pokegama lake by M. Callahan Partment announce that there will the national meeting of mine inspect-| |The report of the board of audit be ample room for all exhibits. The om babamraseh wali ber held ae aoae: was received and ordered filed. The STounds have been cleared of the} October 26. ‘i purchasing committee was instructed underbrush, greatly adding to their > periion: wee) -Doeeenien Sear A purchase twelve mattresses for ®PPearance and the center of the| by a number of citizens of Deer al Re jail. ;Tace track has been cleaned so that | i | er, asking that the old right-of-way ot, At the July mecting“a petition wan the fair grounds now present an ap- + Di Me een poate fas se |Tecelved from residents of the town Pearamce second to none in the; repaired and declared a public high- lof Marcell asking that an independ. northern Part of the state. ay. This stretch would connect with |C@t School district be formed. The There will be a larger number of way. This stretch wo \jaw required that a majority of the township exhibits than ever before. | the Bena road and open up a rich feo Ste iii oan iaiuetaote tae ta From Deer River comes the report iad to Deer River SSS in the or of the proposition before it can that the farmens from Jessie Lake | lackduck country. The petition ‘dag A RA Inced Gonclokland ae ano hese! arid Ball Club will have township granted and the auditor was instruct- ing the vote stood 2 in favor of grant displays and of course, Deer River 9: to pa vertiee toe: ing and one against. Attorney R. A, 20d Ardenhurst will both be there peeaiere habeas rae -apnroumiNos Stone, who represents the petition 8 usual. Many other townships will the town of Lake Jessie to aid in the te, aexed inet the i take some also make exhibits. Pepelr:and constructs: ot n0ede) and | sation in the matter, either reject or! In the other departments, announce- bridges and a petition to extend ene | aenlate ik aw died lent school dis- Ments are coming in that . warrant Shoal lake road a distance of two). ana fix the boundaries, but the the prediction that the fair will have and one-fourth miles was granted.|) o 4 took no notice. A number of More exhibits, a better attendance Bre. Ted Riley was granted $15 Te-| patements of taxes were allowed 20@ be bigger amd better in every eet maceaniy = and $250 was appropriated to the Way than ever before, F ae ee ee town of Deer River for the repair of nae te ve — a ‘red Johnson, o i re trainin, ‘or at the last meeting asking that cer- Toate. ring oa pas Friday re Sat- tain agricultural lands be detached | ST eter rer ‘urday and several good horses will from the village of Warba, was grant. BURGLARS WORK | be here to compete with the Grand ed. An appropriation of $250 was) | Rapids speeder. made to improve the Prairie river A change has been made in the road and the county surveyor was in- AT KEEWATIN base ball program as announced last structed to survey a road south from ‘week. On account of not being able Marble into the Swan River country. | to get a star range junior team to- The matter of building a new barn Burglars, evidently amateurs, at- gether, the Grand Rapids Juniors for the sheriff was referred to the!tempted to rob the Keewatin post- will take on a picked team from Cole- court house and jail committee. E. R. Office Thursday evening, but they yaine and Bovey Friday. The foot- Browne was given the contract to re-| were unsuccessful, as they were un- pall game has also fallen through, pair the roof of the court house. As- able to blow open the safe. All but in its place, a base ball game has bestos shingles will be used. Archi- they secured was a gold-filled, hunt- been arranged for between a fast Hib- tect D. V. Case was ordered to draw ing case, Hampden movement watch, bing team amd the Grand Rapids Jun- plans and specifications for the re- \ the number of which was 6,776,577. iors. This will be played Saturday. Following is the schedule of the special train from Hibbing to Grand Rapdjs on Friday and Saturday, the last two days of the fair: Leave Hibbing,8:45 a. m.; Kelly Lake, 8 55; Keewatin 9:05; Moore 9:07; Nash wauk, 9:16; Calumet, 9:33; Marble, 9:36; Holman, 9:45; Bovey, 9:62; Coleraine, 9:55; Gunn, 10:18; arrive at Grand Rapids, 10:20 a. m. On the; return trip the special will leave Grand Rapids at 6:30 p. m., day. Regular rates will prevail. To entertain the crowds in the| evening the Gem theatre announces | it has secured special agricultural subjects for all three days and a special program for Sunday evening. A dance will be given each night at Village hall. i Tommorrow—and the twentieth an- (ITMAKES HOME il! SOHAPPY To Have A | Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 44 | ON THE JOB HERE! hundred has a bank ac- Of all the unhappy homes, not onee in a hundre The little god of love, Cupid, still | continues on the job and despite the predictions of a quiet winter, as far as business conditions are concerned, he still goes on his way with seem- ingly no fear of losing his job. count and not one home in a hundred who has a bank accounf is unhappy. It seeems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank. account. First Mational Bank GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Peterson DIRECTORS at the clerk of court’s office during | the past week: Hartwig Jenson to Maggie Davis, Deer River; Louis Bert- ram to Florence Sell, Cohasset; Al- bert D. Ranger to Jen Richardson, of 000,00 Mae H. Dunn, Deer River. Mr. Bert- “ram and Miss Sell were married at the court house Saturday by Judge Bailey. |neapoligs & Rainy River “|loss, it being impossible to ship them ,and reap a profit. jis the same with agricultural juse, for the balance would prove a} jroads are not yet in condition so it | June 1, the road hauled the following | tonnage: |Deer River Lumber company. Inde- The | after petition has been made the following licenses have been issued | company by the Deer River Commer- Grand Rapids; Theo. M. Klement, to’ However, the public examiner went ACTION AGAINST LOGGING ROAD Deer River Business Men and Farmers Protest Rates on M. & R. R. Railroad. DEVELOPMENT COUNTRY DELAYED In Petition to Warehouse Commis- sion, Farmers Ask That Fair Tariff Rate Be Deter- mined, Am action has been commenced be- fore the railroad and warehouse com- mission at St. Paul which will be of more than ordinary imterest to the businéss men of Deer River and the farmers in the Jessie Lake and Big- fork company. The case is known as George W. Herried, et al vs. Min- company, | the complaint charging that the Min- neapolis & Rainy River railroad is charging confiscatory rates for the hauling out of farm products and jobbing stuff, the two principal things the farmers im that section have that are a means of livelihood. The action has a large number of | men backing it, but.the principal ones are George W. Herreid of Deer Riv- \er, general merchant; A. D. Inger- soll, of Deer River, real estate dealer and general promoter; And- rew Melhus, of Jessie Junction, a well- known logger and farmer. It is the outgrowth of petition after petition that has been made to the Minneapolis & Rainy River railroad | asking that freight rates be lower- ed, and to which no attention has been» paid. A visit to Grand ‘Rapids a short time ago by a number of Jessie Lake farmers, also hurried the action. They came here, head- ed by Mr. Melhus, to make arrange- ments to sell their cream to the Grand Rapids creamery and their pulpwood to the Itasca paper mill. The arrangements were satisfactor- ily made, when it was learned the freight tariffs were so high that it! was impossible to ship. The Minneapolis & Rainy River, which is known as the Itasca road, and owned by the Itasca Lumber company, is 60 miles long and runs through a very rich agricultural cour- try, the settlement of which has been. held back on account of these rates. The greater number of farmers all along the line are making no efforts to clear their land, as they claim the pulpwood, posts, poles and ties, realized therefrom, would be a dead Thus, that sec- tion is making little progress and, as Andrew Melhus put it: “{We are simply holding onto our land and merely existing with the hope that some day conditions will change. It prod- | jucts. No farmer figures on raising more than will provide for his own dead loss, the tariff rates making it | impossible to ship by rail and the cam be hauled overland.” During the fiscal year, which ended Merchandise, 1,500 tons; agricultural products, 700 tons; tim- ber products, 375,000 tons. The prin- cipal shippers over the road are the Itasca Lumber company and the pendent jobbers have all been frozen out, it being impossible to ship at a profit, and all who live along the road are practically at its mercy. During the past four years petition cial club, but no attention has been paid to them and when the railroad] and warehouse commission was ap- pealed to, the claim was put up that the road was running at a loss. over the books of the company not long ago and found gross earnings of over $300,000. The road has gen- eral offices at Minneapolis and F. C. Gearhard is general manager. A ma- jority of the stock was owned by F. P. Sheldon. D. M. Gunn. Ball games, races, etc., at the A G. Wedge. W. C. Gilbert. C. E. Aiken John Beckfelt} H. D. Powers. county fair. See the program else- where in thie issue. the late William T. Joyce of Chicago, who also held a majority of the allege stock jm the Itasca and Deer River Lumber companies, they being the heaviest shippers. The farmers along the line and the business men, at Deer River have co-operated, the former alleging the settlement of the country was being held back and the latter alleging that the attitude of the company is injurious to Deer River’s business prospects. The principal towns along the line are Jessie Junction, Stanley and Bigfork. In the way of passenger and freight accomodation, a mixed: train is run three times a week. In the action, the plaintiffs ask that the commission ascertain the true situation and fix a fair rate. They also ask that a thorough rate be made in connection with the | Great Northern. -In a letter under the date of Sept. 13, the petitioners are advised that a copy of the com- plaint has been served on the com- pany @nd they are given 20 days to file an answer. The hearings will be helé at St. Paul and Deer River. POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED AT NOON Paul F. Stanton Wedded to Miss| Mary K. Bossard at Home of Bride’s Parents. Paul F. Stanton was married to Miss Mary K. Bossard at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bossard this noon at 12:30 o’- clock. Only immediate relatives were present. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. G. Larsen, rector of the church of the Holy Communion, They left this after- noon for a short honeymoon trip, af ter which they will be located at Carroll, Iowa, where Mr. Stanton has charge of a large lumber yard for a company in which he is inter- ested. The bride has made Grand Rapids her home for several years and will be greatly missed in social and musical circles, she being prom- inent in both. The gnoom was form- erly at the head of the manual train- ing department of the Grand Rapids high school and both have a host ot friends here who will wish them a happy future life. Itasca County Fair, Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday. APPORTIONMENT STATE LAND TAX ‘First Benefits Received From Bill ; Introduced Last Session By Rep. Warner. ‘ITASCA COUNTY GOT $8,715.75 Of Which, District No 1 Receives $6,655.36, This District Con- taining Largest Amount State Land. One of the bills introduced by Rep resentative Warner and passes at {the last session of the legislature, provided a means of getting around the law that no state lands shall be taxed. His ill provided that am appropriation of $100,000 should be made which was to be divided wp among the common school districts of the several counties containing state land according to the acreage i each one. This money was to be apportioned to the different schools jin each district, but the provision wa: made that no school shall receive more than $250. Saturday morning Auditor M. A. | Spang received a letter from the state treasurer enclosing a warrant for $8,715.75, that being Itasca’s share ‘of the first half of the apportion | ment, which is distributed among the | different districts as follows: District No. 1.. $6,655.36 District No. 2.. .. «316.72 District No. 5.. «300.00 District No. 6.. 1,328.89 District No. 10.. 99.18 District No. 11.. 16.68 This apportionment was made om the state lands there were listed as unsold May 1, 1912, and State Treas- urer Smith advises Auditor Spang that the last half will be sent out about May 1, 1912. The bill provides that the money }so apportioned shal] not be used for | purchasing sites or providing school buildings. It also provides that the amount received shall not exceed jmore than five cents for each acre of state land. { allotting them space in the diffe: space for all displays. day, however, * funny clown revolving ladder act tomobile act. white ribbors will be pinmed on t The sporting program starts of the following: Pony race, half mile heats. 2:20 class pace, Itasca county Automobile races. 50 yard dash. 100 yard dash. Dog in harness races, Ball Game, Trotting race, half mile heats Pony race, half mile heats. 2:18 class pace, free for all. Automobile races. 50 yard dash. 100 yard dash. Dog in harness races. Pee etn et enOenenentnontug OHO" Or HEME MOLe EA OneOnenenentn en enenOne- tn ont end: Ont OnerongriOreni er dere en Outubro O on Se nen One-GVOHONOnEnOnOn OG OnSeonen enon nO Ono 8, i { t { | | | { | must have their entries in thatday. For the entertainmen’ of those who visit the grounds on ; z Fa é H 3 H H z : z . ? 4 ; e Slack wire work, revolving ladder work, automobile act, | $0088 eee BHO HO ROH INOE Ae “OHO O RENO eNO er OOOO Ono O on OOO On Content Program ; ; $ For the Twentieth Annual Itasca County Fair to Be Held At { Grand Rapids Thursday, Friday and Saturday i September 28, 29, 30. : i : : Thursday. All of Thursday will be devoted to entering the exhibits and rent departments, All exhibitors Remember—there is plenty of that ‘Bertie’ Newton will give a slack wire performance, and close with his sensational au Friday. Friday forenoon will be given over to the judges to decide on the winners in the different departments and the blue, red and he winners, at 1:30 o’clock, a, m., and consists Trotting race, farmers’ horses only. horses. Grand Rapids vs. Coleraine-Bovey. Saturday. Running race, farmers’ horses. Free exhibition work by “Bertie” Newton. Ball Game, Grand Rapids vs. Hibbing. MINNESOTA