Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 18, 1911, Page 2

“PAGE TWO. GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1911. News G Mrs. David Poole went to Deer Riv- event, about a dozen friends were er Monday to visit friends. George W. Herried, one of Deer Rivers’ biggest hustlers and best boosters, was a visitor in the — vil- lage Sunday. Miss Edith LeMay, of visited over Sunday here with her brother who is baggageman on the “Merry Widow.” Although the warehouse will not be completed for some time, Henry Hughes started buying potatoes Mon- day —he is paying CASH. John W. Oaks, of Swan River, was a visitor in the village Saturday, he| coming here with a number of friends to assist them in taking out} aturalization papers. forestry reserve, near Red Lake alls, week where he will spend the winter. He will go out again next spring. Edw. Unger, he of Nashwauk fame, s acting in the capacity of mixolo- the Roya] buffet during the absence of Mr. Gilman, the propri- or, who was off on a hunting trip. gist at Mrs. E. Vellein, and sister of J. S. Wellein, mother of A. L. Gole, trand Rapids yesterday and return- d to her home in Seattle, Wash. Westland, more familiar- who David B. known hereabouts as “Dave,” vas formerly night operator at the’ Great Northern depot, is now agent at Holman, having been checked in here Thurst Don’t forget the services at the M. E. church Sunday, Preaching at 10:30 o'clock, a. m.; Sunday school at 11:45; Epworth league at 7 pleased with the service given and o'clock, p. m.; preaching following, willing to help in every way. Mr. | Evening subject: “The Men and Burgess states that the state super-| he Religion Forward Movement.” intendent has been invited to at- }tend the opening of the Cohasset A fifteen cent luncheon will 30 | school ah wake on alte Kis served at the home of Mrs. M. Mc- Alpine Tuesday afternoon, October 24, at which the raffle of the set »f silverware being sold by the Catholic Ladies’ Altar society, will Hverybody is invited. ake place. Rey. J. G. Larsen announces that will be held at the Episco- pal church as follows: Holy commun- on at 8 o’clock a. m.; Sunday school services 10 o'clock; morning prayer and sermon, 11 o'clock; no evening ser- ce will be held, Judge Kearney, one of the pioneer residents who is infallible as a weather prophet, states northern Min- nesota is now slated for about three | weeks of Indian summer. ‘We hope the Judge is a true prophet but we are placing no bets on his forecast. Mrs. E. W. Bosworth and daughter arrived here from Chicago Monday to visit with Mr. Bosworth, who is a buyer for the Armour com- pany and here to look after their ontract with the Cohasset hardwood actory. They are guests at the Pokegama. T. F. Cole, G. G. Hartley, A. C. Veiss and W. Pressentin, general auditor for the Great Northern, who joined a hunting party at Sen Gunn's lodge at Wolf lake, returned Sunday and departed on the afternoon train for Duluth. They had very good success and took back a nice bag with them. (better 42nd the Yesterday was George known as “Dad”) Hanvill’s birthday and to commemorate During the Week ® Grand Rapids and Vicinity Hibbing, ' Sdw. Martineau, who has been with! returned to Grand Rapids last/ty were uniformly good. On the 0. inated a two weeks’ visit in| little | athered -featontetonts BOLO re Gitte: invited to a banquet at the Grill ho- |tel Tuesday evening. The table was ‘loaded down with good things to jeat and Mr. Hanvill presided at the punch bowl at the head of the table. 'The occasion was certainly a joyous one. the vil- | A. W. Parker, town clerk of town of Oteneagen, was in the lage Saturday to urge upon the |board of county commissioners the jadvisability of building the road to the head of Ball Club lake. The commissioners acted favorably on the road and the contract was let| |during the meeting. | Talk about your bumper crops. If you live anywhere else you can’t jtalk to us people in northern Minne- sota. The past season was certain- | ily as bad as we could expect to get, yet, crops all over Itasca coun- J. Niles farm, on Pokegama lake the yield on 5 acres was 1,800 bush- jels of potatoes. D. P. Fieldman, of St. Paul, arriv- ed here last week to act as assist- ant to County Surveyor John A. Brown, who is assistant engineer to| the state highway commission. Mr. Brown will have much to do with the laying out of the state trunk roads that are being considered and Mr. Fieldman is here to assist him with this work. | Director Burgess and Clerk Doran, | of the school board, returned Sun- | day from a trip visiting schools’ in ;the country around Bigfork. They {found a number of well equipped schools, as well as two communities that have no schools at all. -They ‘found a majority of the people well jexpected it will be dedicated about | November 3. | Hartley McGuire of Minneapolis | ' spent a few days in Grand Rapids, returning home Tuesday. This was Mr. McGuire’s first visit here for !several months and his numerous |friends were glad to greet him. For jsome time past he had been in poor health, and for a time it was ‘feared his illness would prove fa- tal. His present appearance, how- ever, indicates that he has safely returned to good health and will re- main among the living for many years to come. Possessed of a nat- urally robust physique and in the ; Prime of life he was able to over- ;come what many another would have yielded to. There are too few such men as Hartley McGuire in the world to spare one of his kind lere he has reached the allotted years, ‘and his Grand Rapids friends were | Wanted at Once Cord wood cutters for ali winter’s work. No underbrush, clear cutting, 4 1-2 miles from Grand Rapids. Ap- ply to W. A, Kiley at Pokegama Fer- ry, or Herald-Review office. — Rheumatism Cured at the Bake Ovens, Christie Bldg. DULUTH, MINNESOTA $th Ave. West All Patients under the Care of a Competent Physician (New Management) Lady Nurse Attendant | Consultation Free! delighted to note his old-time good feeling and cheerful disposition. Misses Buelah Claus and May Dod- dridge entertained at the Claus home Monday evening in honor of Miss Gertrude Luther, who leaves for Phi!» delphia tomorrow morning to enter the Philadelphia school for nurses. Before entering the school she will visit a few days at her father’s old home, Ridgeway, Pa. Those pres- ent in addition to the hostesses and guest of honor were: Misses Rose- mary Logan, Lelah Aiken, Marie Aiken, Miriam Cordes, Annie M. Becker, Mary Brandon, Maude Am- berg and Messrs. Henry Graffam, John. Mulvihill, Webster Tyndall, Al- len Doran, William Litchke, Galen Finnegan and Thomas Erskine. Pro- gressive Five Hundred and “Peanuts” were the principal forms of amuse- ment and first honors were won by Miss Cordes. Mr. Mulvihill carried off the consolation prize. During the evening a dainty luncheon was serv- ed by the hostesses. “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men” but a little common sense is a mighty fine thing to have in the selection of clothes. Get yours at The Art Tailo: and there will be no nonsense about your sense. ACCIDENT CAUSED IN THE IRON MINES Interesting Study of the Mines of | Minnesota From the Standpoint of the Laborer. FATAL ACCIDENTS ARE DECREASING Inexperience Largely Responsible | for Most Fatalities—Foreigners Slow to Learn Caution and Care of Self. Minnesota mines, though compara- tively new, have done more than any other one factor to give America the supremacy in iron and steel. They have changed the industrial map of the United States. They have shifted the center of the iron and steel trade from the Ohio river to the great lakes. They have opened up a new territory as large as France. They have built up eight railroads, more than a dozen big towns, and the largest co:mmcrcial fleet in the United States. They have added more than 2 giarter of a billion dollars to the wealt! of the nation. About one-third of all the iron ore mined in the United States, and one-sixth of all mined in the world. comes from the Superior district. Each year the ore mined there brings $18,000,000 in the market. Thirteen millions of tons go down the lakes each season. The ore lands in Minnesota were assessed at $225,000,000 last year. This year it will be several millions larger. It is almost one-fifth of the total assessed valuation of the real property in the state. The “Flesh and Blood Cost” Incidentally perhaps the Minnesota mines employ nearly 10,000 men. Incidentally, also—perhaps there were 4,507 mine accidents in Minne- sota in the year ending July 21, 1910, as reported to the state bureau of labor. Highty three of these re- sulted fatally. The percentage of fatal mine ac- cidents, per 10,000 employed is great- er in this state than any other state or any foreign country. On The Wonderful Mesabe. The number of employes on the Minnesota ranges is increasing very rapidly, much more rapidly than the men are doing the work of laying bare the ore; the increased output will come later. On the Mesabe the ore is not buried deep in the earth, but lies just beneath the surface in heaps and hills. That is one of the wonders of the Mesabe. They just strip off the surface and there’s the ore waiting to be scooped up. There’s nothing like it anywhere in the world. Mills Will Add to Problem. Now the “steel trust” is going to transform the whole mining re- gion. It is spending millions in the construction of a plant which will make Duluth the “Pittsburgh of.the West.” This means that to Minne- sota will come the problem of pro- tecting the workers in the steel mills, as well as the diggers of the ore. The state will not, cannot, do this protection work itself, but, just jter to his state. He New Satteen Petticoats with Knit Tops at . New Aviation Skirts New Aviation Caps with flying pannels $5.50 ae $6.50 for Women and Girls... 50c-75¢e-$1 BACK FROM CHICAGO With a Carload of Brand New Fall Goods and a Lot of Dandy Big Bargains too. We are busy as bees unpacking these new things and getting them ready for you to see, therefore can not tell you very much about them this week, but when you are down this way step in and take a look around. You can find something new on every counter. These are some of the new things we bought that we would like to have you com- pare as to the value for the price we ask: $1.50 Petticoats at. New Waists, New Coats, New Shoes, New Sweaters, New Dress Goods and Silks The fact that two of our firm are traveling men for Marshall, Field & Co., therefore we are in a position to get hold of the new things at the very start and, of course, we got them at a little lower price than most stores and by selling for cash we can give you much lower prices. New Hand Bags— Come and see them at Bo apace $2.95 More of those Big Cotton Blankets at... ‘98 Colors: White, Tan and Grey Cc 50c 69c-$1 as the federal government assists the miners and the mine operators to make working conditions safe, the State of Minnesota will assist the miners and mine operators here— by rigid supervision of mines and mills, by publishing the facts about working conditions and accidents by advising those concerned about the laws and co-operating with them in their enforcement. Minnesota Forehanded. Already Minnesota is busy with this problem. It has done more than many other states—perhaps more than any other state—to prevent ac- cidents to workmen. “Minnesota,” said The Survey, in the number con- taining Mr. Lescohier’s article on the risks of the ore diggers, “is the only state which keeps a complete record of its trade accidents. On the basis of this system of report- ing, the State Bureau of Labor is carrying on an extensive and co-oper- | ative campaign of education and law enforcement in each important in- dustry.” Causes of Accidents on the Range. Mr. Lescohier says the prevention of mine accidents is a serious mat- has made a special study of this and is a pion- eer in the field of Minnesota. He has found that there are three main reasons why there are so many mine accidents on the ranges. First, because of the rapid devel- opment of the industry. Second, because of absentee owner- ship. “Output the Sole Aim.” He explains that in the last five years the production of iron ore here has increased 33 per cent and the labor force 62 per cent. “As a result of the rapid development, mass es of untrained immigrant laborers have been imported, the operators’ time and energy have been much en- grossed with the problem of produc- tion and shipment, and the output has been the sole aim. Stockholders Want Profits. “Absentee ownership,” he continues “has had a similar effect. The stock- holder and his representative, the director, are interested in the larg- est possible profits; and it is large output at low cost that insures the profits. The pressure from headquar- ters is therefore for the largest pro- duction at the lowest cost. The gos- pel of the iron ranges, from the superintendent down. to the day laborer, is “output.” that the fatal accident Minnesota mines rate in the has steadily fall- en from 7.25 for each 1,000 men employed in 1906 to 4.5 for each 1,000 in 1910, in spite of the rapid the large important importation of development of the industry and unskilled mine labor, is itself evi- dence that the mining companies have done much work. And _ they are doing more than ever. The over-emphasis of output and under-emphasis of safety still pre- vail, however, and are serious ob- structions to the protection of the workers.” The Killed and Injured. Here are some facts from the state bureau’s reports of mine ac- cidents which throw light on some of the causes: Fourteen per cent of the killed and injured in 1910 were below 21 years of age; 50 per cent between 22 and 30, 23 per cent between 31 and 40. Seventy-seven per cent of the mine workers are foreign born, 45 per cent have been in the United States less than two years; 30 per cent cannot speak English. Eighty-eight per cent of the mine workers killed in the last five years were of the 75 per cent of the workers born in continental Europe or Asia. “Sixteen per cent of the killed and injured in 1910 had been less than a week with the companies which re- ported their injuries; 23.4 per cent from one week to one month, 30.2 cent from per one month to. six months. Seventy per cent of the injured had been less than _ six months in the employ of the com- panies in whose mines they were in- jured. Youth, Inexperience, Ignorance and Incompetence. Thus youth, inexperience and ignorance of the language appear as explanations of the many ac- cidents, and says the investigator, “when we reflect that most of the immigrant laborers lacked mining experience in their native countries we realize incompetence is another explanation. The Companies’ Responsibility But, according to Mr. Lescohier, “the companies have unquestionably failed up to the present time to achieve the impossible in accidents prevention through the instruction of their employes.” When the suggestion was made that the companies train workmen for the more dangerous occupations the objection was made that after a company has trained a man he may quit it to work for another com- pany that does not provide instruc- tion. Mr. Lescohier says, in ans- wer, that the companies could bear the cost of instruction jointly, pay- ing in proportion to the number of (Continued on Page 3.) 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