Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 11, 1911, Page 1

i { a ~ Grand Rapids Herald-Neview. ua MINNESOTA HIST! A Voi, XXII. —No 16 GRAND RapiDs, ITasca CouNTY, Minn., Wepnespay, Ocroser 11, tgII Two Dollars a Year PUBLIC SENTIMENT STRONG FOR ROADS Important Meeting Held Last Thurs- day at Cambridge, Minn., to Plan For Road Building. DIRECT ROUTE NORTH AND SOUTH Trunk Highway From Twin Cities to International Falls Laid Out | and Adopted by Good Roads Conference. Minnesota is in a fair way to in- g@ugurate a system of public that will result in solving the highway problem in this state. There was a meeting of much importance held at Cambridge, in Isanti county, last Thursday by representative men of Minnesota to consider the laying out of roads from St. Paul and Minneapo- lis to the Canadian line. Three trunk lines are contemplated and will ultimately be realized—if the people will only demand their construction. The shortest of these will be known; as the central or Twin Cities and’ International Falls road. International alls lies directly north of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The line selected is Jargely along roads already built and in use. It will run north through Ait- kin county to Hill City, thence to Grand Rapids, to Coleraine, Bovey and on to the old Prairie River road through Koochiching county. terminat- ing at Internationa] Falls. Another line is projected from the Twin Cities north via Duluth to the Canadian bor der, while still another will be by the way of Brainerd, touching Itasca state park, through Bemidji and on to International Falls. These Ines are to be constructed under the pro visions of the Elwell law. The state will pay one-half the cost, the counties one-quarter and the owners of lands along the line one-quarter. It is estimated that about one’cent an acre per year for a period of ten years will pay one-quarter of the ex- pense necessary to build these high- ways. All lands within three miles of a main highway w'll be benefitted and | hence the necessary tax levy will be an inconsiderate sum to each land owner. There were present at the Cambridge meeting about one hundred representative business men and roads farmers from counties extending from Hennepin to _ Itasca. Koochiching county was the only one interested not represented. The Itasca county delegation assumed the respons bility of looking after our northern neigh- bor’s interests, and by the assistance of County Surveyor John A. Brown were able to select the best possible route to the Koochiching county capi- tal. : The Itasca county delegates pres- ent were: D. D. Greer, A.. Peterscn, ; J. H. Johnson, Capt. Ramquist, of | Coleraine; County Commissioner Nel- son of Bovey; County Commiss‘oner C. M. King of Deer River; John A. Brown and E. C. Kiley of Grand Rap- ids. The necessary preliminary work he¢ now been done. The road will be con- structed if the people demand it. In making the demand there is much yet to be done by the several counties through which the proposed road will run, The neglect of one c@pnty may greatly retard the beginning an completion of the work. Surveys and preliminary estimates of cost must be’ J” the case of George H. Herreid made and submitted to the state high VS. M. & R. R. Ry. Co., the railroad way commission within thirty days. It and warehouse commission has fixed will be necessary for Commercial the date of hearing. It will be held clubs and similar organizations to at Deer River Tuesday, October 24, | take up the matter and present the'when arguments will be heard for same to the several boards of coun- and against the establishment of ty commissioners for their endorse- | lower tariff rates. Since the peti- ment and co-operat’on The Elwell law tion was filed with the commission, does not require action by the coun- the farmers in nearly every town- ty commissioners but the state high- ship along the line of the Itasca have way commission recommends that the sent petitions containing over 100 commissioners of all counties inter- signatures, asking that the rates be ested take such action as will indi-' lowered. The petition recites that cate public sentiment as to the loca-'the existing rates are holding back tion of roads. the development of ‘the country and A meeting of the Commercial club that they are exorbitant and urges of Grand Rapids will be held at the the commission to make a full and court house next Friday evening at complete investigation. 8:00 o'clock for the purpose of consi@ In answer to the petition of Mr. ering this and other important mat- 'Herried, the company has filed its ters relative to the welfare of Grand reason for continuing the ex'sting HEARING AT DEER | RIVER OCTOBER 25 Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sion Hear Evidence on That Date. ‘THE ITASCA ROAD FILES ANSWER Admits Giving Itasca and Deer River Lumber Companies Lower Rates Than Independents. There is certainty to the return in the bank. Capilal $2 5,000,00 HEN YOU PLANT MONEY ITS SURE TO GROW Nothing increases with such steadey growth and as constant dollars when deposited in a reliable banking institution. to be sure what your harvest will be, you should have some money First National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MINK. Sells OFFICERS Rapids and Itasca county. rates and states that the road does At this meeting the business men hot pay one per cent on the money of Grand Rapids should be present, invested above the operating ex- if it is considered desirable to have’ penses; that the line projects through better roads throughout the county. |a sparsely settled country. which pro- duces little other than timber pro- ducts. MARBLE TEAM LOST ™m answer to that portion of “tie petition which asked that through T0 GRAND RAPIDS rates be established with the Great Northern, the Itasca objects on the ground that an extra set of books The Grand Rapids high school sec- Would have to be kept, entailing ad- ond team returned home from Mar- ditional expense. ble Saturday evening with their’ They admit, however, that the | chests thrown out. They defeated road has transported logs for the the Marble team that afternoon by Itasca and Deer River lumber com- a score of 61'to 0, and this was the panies at less than the published | reason for the swelling. The team rates, but give as an excuse therefor has been working hard and the boys the fact that when the road was claim they are going to give the bought this discrimination of rates first team a hard run for the sea-| Was a part of the purchase price. si record. They want games with The answer also states that if the teams in their class. rates are lowered the company will be compelled to discontinue daily | Neat and tasty job work—our hobby | train service. Insomuch as _ they | would at least be compelled to give | bi-weekly service, this would cut | eta the operating expense less | than $50,000 per year. | AROUND GOODLAND | W. Q. Yost, of Goodland, was a ;Grand Rapids business visitor Sat- urday and informed a Herald-Rveiew | | \for lands in that vicinity, The lands | are known to be some of the fich- | number of Duluth men have purchas- ed tracts of 40 acres each during the | past week and will make a business | of truck gardening. They are: FL Copyright 1909, by C. E Zimmerm= |Lapere, Peter Enos, G. Bovine, |Al-— bert Young and John Young. The | lands purchased are about three mile from money sown in the bank. |! east of town. Frank Passard, of | as || Hibbing, who bought 16 forties, | all In order lying west of town two miles | is establishing a fine stock farm. (He has a force of about 30 men engaged in clearing the land and already has purchased two carloads of cattle and four span of work horses. As a land is only a short distance ftom Hibbing, Eveleth and Virginia, |the | settlers find a ready market for all | their produce, and Mr. Passard lex. | pects to supply the dairy trade the! 5,000.00 coming spring. Goodland has a a mill that employs 20 men, and |the. demand for lumber is so great {hat President, F. P. Sheldon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr the lumber is practically being baight Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Peterson at the saw. 4 DIRECTORS ca Sa F. P. Sheldon. D. M. Gunn. i . ss : A G. Wedge. W. C. Gilbert. Still a few copies of the H ald: Cc. E. Aiken : John Beckfeit H. D. Powers. ‘Review containing the county {fair | write-up. |are held on a charge of selling in-| ‘ed in an altercation which resulted reporter that there is a great demand A |man, are up on statutory charges. A BUSY TERM (lf | In addition to these, there will | probably be several other cases DISTRIGT COURT | brought to the attention of the grand | jury when it convenes. The petit |jury is called for the same date, a Will Be One of the Longest Crim- inal Sessions Ever Held in | October 24, and they will have jong grind, for the civil calendar will Itasca County. also be a lengthy one. While the fact’ is not yet certain, it is under- stood that Judge Stanton will be on the bench and latter in the term he will be relieved by Judge McClenna- han. Following is the list of grand and petit jurors on which subpoenas have been served: Grand Jurors. Keo Leroux, Grand Rapids. A. E. Perrier, Marble. FIVE UP FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER Vincent Woods, Murder of Vincent Earl C. Carlton, Nore. Murphy; Al Kennedy for Nash- ae ae wauk Murder; Three for John P. Raattama, Nashwauk. Holman Murder. E. E. Skoe, Ardenhurst. James Lockery, Bovey. A. L. Roecker, Grand Rapids. H. B. Palmer, Balsam. The October term of district court DR. DUMAS FOUND GUILTY OF ARGON Jury Returned Verdict in This Fam- ous Case After Being Out One and One-half Hours. WILL APPEAL T9 SUPREME COURT He Is Still Out on Bail and Wil Not Be Sentenced Pending the Decision of the Higher Court. After being out only one and one- Max Barber, Nashwauk, Louis Shuirman, Nashwauk. Ed. Folk, Coleraine. John Lom, Good Hope. H. D. McIntyre, Warba. Harry Sonby, Third River. Geo. Spencerbox, Grattan. will be opened Tuesday, when the grand jury will convene. The crimin al calendar is an unusually heavy one and there are five men in the county jail charged with first degree mur- ders, as well as several others on as- sault and stabbing charges. The| Chas. Ellifson, Bovey, grand jury will examine all these| D. Long, Alvwood. cases, Christ Van, Coleraine. Vincent Woods is charged with| Fred Anderson, Bovey. the killing of Vincent Murphy, at E. G. Bergthong, Arbo. Chas. Erven, Splithand. Petit Jurors. Martin Torgelson, Grattan. Stanley on the evening of April 21, in a fit of jealousy, it is alleged. It is said that some sensational testi- mony will be given out when the} H. Haugen, Nashwauk. case comes to trial. John J. Johnson. Good Hope. Eli Yerkovich, Steve Milkovich} Oscar Harlin, Jessie Lake. and Kusman Sorich are held on aj W. A. Gordon, Nashwauk. charge of killing Jovo Skorich on! I. C. Thomas, Cohasset. D. W. Rice, Deer River. Wm. Furley, Deer River. Chas. Riegelsberger, Deer River. A. Hogalee, Wabana. John Murdock, Good Hope. John Daly, Splithand. J. H. Finley, Bigfork. Alex W. Fenton, Grattan. Richard McGraw, Bigfork. Chas. Sumner, Laprairie. Ed. Hanson, Bovey. Fred Bentz, Bovey. Frank Chinelli, Nashwauk. J. F. Foley, Feeley, John Baker, Grand Rapids. Geo. Brusewitz. Wirt. John Bilock, Arbo. Andrew Anderson, Bigfork. the night of June 19, on the road be- tween Taconite and Holman. All three admit they were present at the time the murder was committed, but each claims he was not the au- thor of the crime. Al. Kennedy is held on a charge of the murder of James McDonald at Bray lake on August 17. This whurder was a particularly atrocious one. Kennedy admits he may have committed the deed, but states he had no knowledge of his own actions that evening. Peter Vuinovich is held for stab- bing Mike Lucich at Bovey a short! time ago. This was the outcome of trouble over a girl. Ernest Johnson, James Hodgins and Catherine Fontani, of Holman,’ The October meeting of the board | of county commissioners. will be held | toxicating liquor on Sunday, contrary | at the court house Saturday, October ! to law. The specific date this is! half hours, the jury in the Dumas case, which was tried at Bemidji be- fore Judge McClenahan, returned & verdict of guilty at 10:50 o’clock Sun- day evening. Although it was thought a verdict would be rendered for the state the quickness of the decision came as a surprise to those who have been watching the case. Pending a decision of the supreme court of Minnesota on matters of law Dr. Dumas will not be sentenced to serve a term in the state peniten— tiary at Stillwater, and he will enjoy >his liberty until such decision is- rendered by virtue of a $10,000 bond furnished Tuesday morning. In court Tuesday morning, Judge Spooner for the defendant asked that the imposition of sentence be staid and the court certify to the supreme court the record of the case up to the time that the Judge, when the state rested its case, after a lengthy ar- gument, moved the dismissal of the ease, on the grounds that the indict- ment was faulty and that the evidenc did not show that the crime of ait- tempted arson had been committed. Judge McClenahan granted the re- quest, under the provisions of Sectiom 5409, revised laws of 1905, which provides that if the court believes there is a question of doubt as to the law, the case should be certified to the supreme court, the judge also remarking that if he passed sentence on the doctor a vacancy would be created in the office of mayor of Cas. | Lake. The doctor furnished bond in (continued on page 4.) alleged to have been committed was September 3. John Hamalianen is also awaiting the action of the grand jury. It is claimed he sawed up logs belonging to other concerns. | August DeCenzo and Frank DeCen- ; z0, brothers, are held on a charge} of stabbing John DeGrottee at Hol- | man on July 4. | Peter Caldiand is charged with | stabbing Jim Lapas, at Marble, on | the evening of August 18. It is said | they were drinking together and after reaching the boarding house conduct-| ed by Lapas’ brother, became involy- in Lapas being stabbed.in the side. John and Maggie Barrett, of Hol i SSS ~ Commercial | ‘ | Club Meeting | Friday Evening {| é | Dear Am gr Oct. 13 | S'm teaching Baly John Aight now that p | when he marries he owes a duty to the girt At the i] who gives him her heart and her life. S'm H teaching him that nothing will make his wife Court House as happy as to first furnish her home Leauti- i : fully. oS teach him that if he himself wants 8:30 o'clock to Le happy in his home, he must first make \ || his wife happy. \ Qkways your friend, q legs j All Citizens, whether oe members or not, are P. S.-Akways buy your furniture from urged to be Present. i of Im ce pines doo |] FE. REUSSWIG to be Considered. NITURE and UNDERTAKING ) | & ——