Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 29, 1911, Page 1

sae] tae os erald-Veview. 22, VoL, XXII. —No 22! GRAND Rapips, Itasca County, MINN., WepngsDAy, NOVEMBER 29, (gII Two Dollars a Year CLUB DISCUSSES — CATALOG HOUSES Sabject Was Taken Up At Meeting of the Commercial Club Friday Evening. WANT BETTER TARIFF RATES Rate on Potatoes to Kansas City and Chicago Is Higher Here Than at Cloquet or Cass Lake. The Grand Rapids Commercial club held its regular monthly meeting Fri- day evening and a number of meas- ures were taken up, that if carried to a successful conclusion, will be of lasting benefit to the farmers, business men and every person inter- ested in the welfare and advancement of Grand Rapids and Itasca county. T. P. Munfort, Jr., a special repre- | sentative of the American Lumber- | maa, published at Chicago, who is | making a study of why people pat-j| ronize catalog houses, for that publi- | cation, was present at the meeting and gave the members of the club a talk on the results of his investi-! gations. He said the principal rea-- | son the catalog houses were gradu-| ally encroaching on the territory of the local merchants were the lack of cooperation among the business men and the lack of publicity. When the catalog houses obtain the ‘first or- der ftom a new patron, he continued, they follow it up with a personal let- ter, asking him if the goods are in satisfactory <ondition; if he got what he ordered; and assuring him that if there is any mistake thry will gladly rectify the error. They make him fee] they take a personal interest in bis welfare—and thus the new patron becomes a regular customer. plemental lists of their from time to time; they keep well supplied with literature de- scribing and pricing their wares. On the other hand, the local merchant does little to stem this. lack of cooperation among the busi- ness men, and between the business men and their patrons. The latter have gradually grown into the habit new stuffs of not submitting their lists to the home merchant before sending away for supplies, when by so doing, they could undoubtedly obtain better val- He is furnished with SuP-) 1. along “thé lines advocated “by aa One of thé most important matters There is| ues for the monéy and, what’is more important, keep a larger percentage of the money in circulation here at jhome. Reports have shown that the catalog houses are receiving larger returns on their investment than are the local merchants—and it follows | thetr goods are of cheaper quality. Mr. Munfort stated the reason for his investigations was the fact the catalog houses have now started en- | { i | croaching on the trade of the lum- bermen and that the American Lum- berman was taking the matter up in the interests of the dealers in or- der to ascertain why people buy of catalog houses and a rémedy there- for. be He made the astonishing statement that about $100,000 is sent from Grand Rapids to the catalog houses, | annually, and, as he spent four days here last week, interviewing the business men and patrons of the catalog houses, there is no doubt his, estimate was very accurate. Mr. Munfort is making a very thorough investigation and, in interviewing |the farmers, he asked them _ their reason for patronizing the mail order concerns. In nearly every instance the answer was “the catalog hous- es give us descriptionss and prices ton the goods.” F | E. C. Kiley then gave a talk on | how to stop this growing evil and} the benefits of cooperation. He said | that the merchants must get togeth-| er; they must meet the catalog hous- es on an equal footing and let the people knowi, that they not only can compete with them but that they can and do give better goods for the | money; that in order to regain their | lost trade they must foster the spir- it of good will between themselves and the farmerss—take an interest in pleasing them and catering to their wants. This remedy is not only ap- plicable to Grand Rapids, he said, but also to the whole of Itasca coun- ty. The $100,000 sent from here dur- ing the past year is only a tithe of what is being sent out of the county. This. money, if it remained at home, would be ased to erect ‘buildic, establishments or res den- ces and thus enhance the value of surrounding property—which would benefit all the people. He strongly urged the business men to cooper- Mr. Munfort. | discussed was' the question of freight rates on‘ the Great Northern. At present there’is a rate of 22 ~~ cents} per hundred on potatoes from Cloquet} to Kansas City, while the rate to/| Chicago is 20 cents. The rate from Cass Lake to Chicago is 26 cents, while to Kansas City it is 29 3-4 cents. Grand Rap‘ds is given the Cass Lake rate to Kansas City, with | (Continued on page eight.) PUT THEM The flighty dollar—elusive a in a bank where it will be made you day and night, 365 dayain Capilal $2 5,000,00 OFFI President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. F. P. Sheldon. A G. Wedge. Cc. E. Aikens ist National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MIN Sulfolus $5, DIRECTORS John Beckfelt — IN THE BANK AND THEY WONT w—EbLY FROM YOU . citimetrman Co.--No. nd hard t#hold—should be ‘placed to work the year. for you, work for 000,00 CERS Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Peterson ‘UNKNOWN KILLED. AT DEER RIVER|1,174,565 ACRES TAXABLE LAND ITASCA COUNTY THE FOURTH WEALTHIEST IN THE STATE THREE FATALITIES _ Completed by Auditor, Gives Valuation of $25,449,577. DURING PAST WEEK’ wwe.1s coven nas ven 2s Abstract of Taxes For 1911, Just nigtork.. Bert Clifford Drowns in Trout Lake | Grand Rapids Rate Will Be 61 Mills | crattan.. While the Township Will Only Pay 31 Mills. at Coleraine Friday Evening While Skating. Are Synonymous and This Coun- ty Offers Unusual Advantages | to Struggling Settlers, cidentally Killed by Brother in Bowstring Country With 22 Rifle. ‘Clara Donnelly, Aged 8 Years, Ac- Words “Itasca” and “Opportunity” | ene Two homes have been made deso-} The total valuation of Itasca coun- late during the past week, one by|*¥ for the year 1911, as shown by drowning at Coleraine and another bj} the tax records is $25,449,577. On accidental shooting in the Bowstring | this valuation a total tax of $885,183. country, while. the body of an un-| 64 will be, assessed, which means an known man Was picked up near the|@Verage rate of about 38 mills. | Great Northern depot at Deer Riv-| In wealth, Itasca county is the! er Monday afternoon. fourth in taxable valuation in the Bert Clifford, a student in the] State, the counties of St. Louis, Hen-' Greenway high school at Coleraine} tepin and Ramsey taking rank above was drowned in Trout lake Friday|it. When it is remembered that the night about 9 o'clock While skating. total valuation of the entire state Clifford was one of a party of sever- in, 1860 was only $36,753,000, or a al young men who:had skated down little more than a fourth more than to Bogalusa, disstant a mile and a Hasca county at the present time, half from the town end of the lake. |5¢™M¢ ‘dea, of Itasca’s greatness can The ice and the weather were par-| ¥@ obtained. ' ticularly fine for the sport and the| A Herald-Review representative has skaters proceeded on down the lake |Just gone over the abstract of: taxes, chased at from $5 to $8 per acre. Town Valuations. The valuation of the towns in [Itasca county are as follows: PLANNING FOR BlG Alvwood.. .. -.$ 43,396 ; | Ardenhurst.. - 80,319 Arbo S02 5 206,878 Bearville. . - 189,449 | PSS . »- 82,389 i] 4 a = . | Bass Eeeck.. ..540,047/ Catholic Ladies Altar Society Will | Bass Lake.. . . 61,084 Pagedags ges Have Booths of All Kinds At Blackberry... . 87,984 the Annual Fair. Carpenter. . «+. «61,249 : . 52,062 Clrntiesie eemeye to. +. + 75,985 Grand Rapids. -“.ove'256 | THREE BIG DAYS, DEC. 7, 8 AND $ Goodland. . . 105,204 Greenway... m a bea. Hope. Will Serve 6 O’clock Dinner Eack Harris. . i .. ..70,151| Evening and’ a 15 Cent Lunch- iren Range.. .. - 6,734,351 | ii a a on Lake Jessie.. 70,387 | con, Dae acted Moose Park.. ‘ | and Evening, Marcell... . -214,931 Nore.. ve 4 0188,178 SS Nashwauk., - 6,773,303 | Thursday, Friday and Saturday of --41,752 | next week will be important days Popple.. --48,271 |to the Catholic Ladies’ Altar sociedy, oe at oa --40,473 | for the annual three days’ fair and Sand Lake.. --10,996 |supper will then be in full swing. Spang... a 99,647 |'There will be booths of every de | Troat Lake.. 3,020 | scription at which you can purchase Third River.. < 62,335 | Christmas presents, useful house- Wirt. . - -263,006 | hold articles, candy and in fact, most Wawina.. - 61,032 | anything you desire. Zempel.. --55,769| The fair will be held in the base Unorganized No. 1.. ... 1,108,901 jMent of St. Joseph’s Catholic charck Unorganized No. 5.. % -- 76,350 and the Young Ladies’ Sodality will Unorganized No. 6.. -+12,834 | also have a booth at which the ax Unorganized No. 10.. -- 48,400 | ticles manufactured by them wil Valuations of Villages. {be on sale, On all three days, 6 | Bovey... --$ 202,466 ' o'clock dinner will be served at 35 Bigfork. . --19,313 | cents per plate for adults and 2% Cohasset... - 67,223 | cents for children. The menus fob Coleraine. . . 4,616, low: Calumet. . - 2 Thursday, December 7 Deer River.. «114,772 | pork, | Grand Rapids. . Ss 0 . 16,178 | Roast Pork Supper—Roast brown gravy, dressing, apple sauce, Holman. . mashed potatoes, riced turnips, cab- Keewatin.. - 4,132,611 page salad, pickles, rolls, cake, tea , LaPrairie.. 13. GREER ant cabbies Nashwauk.. 1,624,656 Friday, December & to a point about three miles distant from the village. During the day mild weather had opened an airhole | some 200 feet. long, which young Clifford did not sce in the darknesss and into which he-skated. At the point where the unfortunate man went down the water is of the depth of about 40 feet. Edward Donnelly, aged 13, — aeci- dentally shot and killed his little sis- ter, Clara, aged 8 years, while re- turning from the Bowstring school Tuesday. When going to school that mrning Edward, with his little s‘ster, Clara, was instructed to go to Mel- house’s on an errand on their return from school, and the boy was per- mitted to take his 22 rifle along to shoot rabbits. He was very careful and before arriving at school made certain the gun was not loaded and set it safely away. When they reached the woods on their way to the neighbor’s, after school, the boy began to load his gun, and turning it away from his sister, warned her to stay back until he had the loading done. However, girl-like, she could not remain behind, and playfully ran up the road ahead, The lad was having some difficulty in getting the magazine te work, and gave it a jerk causing the cartridge tq discharge. and his sister being then in range the bullet struck her in the right side, penetrating the lungs and lodg- ing in the heart. She lived about ‘five minutes. While attempting to steal a ride on a Great Northern freight train at Deer River Monday afternoon an un- known man Was run over and in- stantly killed. The body was removed to the un- dertaking parlors of Herreid Bros., where it will be held pending efforts to make identification. The dead |man was apparently a Polish laborer. Shortly before the train left. Deer River he asked a member of the train crew to be permitted to ride and his request was refused. * The: supposition is that he attempt- ed to ride on the drawbeads be- tween two cars and in some manner lost his, hold and slipped under the wheels. The body was picked up about a half block from the Great Northern depot and had been cut in twain. a A search of the clothing made at the undertaking rooms revealed noth- ing by which identification could be established except a trainman’s clear- ance dated Oct. 9, issued at a Great Northern division point. It bore no name and was so badly bloodstained that its contents were deciphered with difficulty. young | which was recently completed, by |Auditor Spang and his ass stants and e total acreage on which taxes are vied is 1,174,565" acres, while the \ taxable acreage last year was 1,173,- 585, an increase of about 1,000 acres. However, 6,240 acres of state land have been sold the past six months which will appear in next year’s tax- es. The total acreage of the county after deducting for the area of the numerous lakes, is, roughly estimat- 4d, 1,800,000 acres. This’ means {there are still about 600,000 acres, or one-third the acredge of the entire county, which is still subject to home stead entry or can be purchased from the state at a low figure. Of -this amount, 30,000 acres of state and school land will be placed on the state auditor's list next spring. Some time ago the Herald-Review made the statement there are more opportunities existing to the square inch in Itasca couaty for intelligent farmers than in afy other county in the state—and up to this time, no one has attempted to disprove the’ |statement. The soil is prolific and especially adaptable to the growing of potatoes, although other crops can also be raised. as has been show ‘by the agricultural displays at the Itasca county fair. It is also a nat- ural dairying county, as has been proven by the records at the North- jeast Experiment farm and, if in a country like th’s, where land is cheap and can be purchased on long time payments, a man cannot succecd| it is because he does not know the meaning of the word “opportunity.” The words “Itasca county” and “opportunity” are synonymous—they mean one and tle same thing to the man who is possessed with the desire to acquire and have something for himself.. This cannot be accomplish- ed without hard work—and plenty of it. Itasca county is a land of plenty, true enough, but nature only makes returns to those who transfer her cut-over lands into fertile fields, and aside from the labor and cost O1 | clearing, this is easily done. The lands are naturally rich in fertility | and after the ground is prepared and the crops sown, they spring up like magic. Itasca county has no place for the sloth, but for the intelligent | farmer, she offers a world of oppor-' tunity, According to the tax records, the average value of each acre of land is $18.48, but this is no fair estimate, for, included in this valua- tion are the mines. Good land can be purchased here from private in- dividuals for from $8 to $20 per acre, according to the distance from, town, while state land can be pur- Marble. . 5,398,837 | Oyster Supper—Oyster stew,.crack- i Sa -:1,817,877 ‘ers, lobster salad, cold sliced ham, hp ace --31,339 baked beans, brown bread, rolls, i pumpkin pie, fruit, cake, tea and Total. . - $25,449,577 | coffee. On this sum, a levy of $885,183.64 is required to meet Itasca’s propor- tionate share of the expense of the administration of the state’s business | jng sliced ham, chicken and all kinds in addition to the expense of the} or vegetables; cheese, pickles, rolls, county, the school districts and the | mince meat, pie, tea and coffee. towns and villages. The state tax) 1) aditition to the 6 o'clock dinner, is 3.88 mills, the county tax, 7-62, , luncheon will: be served each af while the school tax is as follows: ternoon and evening, consisting of District No. 1, 15.30 mills; No. ice cream, ¢ake, sandwiches and cot- 8.30; No. 5, 12.40; No. 6, 32.10; No. | the price of which will be 15 ~~ (Continued on last page.) — Saturday, December 9 New England Boiled Dinner—the genuine old-fashioned kind, contain- fee, cents. Dear Amy:- di éveny home Should have a cozy sitting Avom, whehe the whole family ean get away from the dining ‘zcom ‘dishes and spend a jolly evening. She sitting room is the ‘neat center of the home, and no'woman should neghect furnish- ing it. or the sitting. Aoem, substantial furnitune “is: Lest, because it gets so much wear. ; ‘Be good; f Sieg? US fou. . S.-You can buy substantial buaniturze that will Last a Life-time and jor a reasonable price, if you go to a F, E. REUSSWIG FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING