Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 13, 1911, Page 7

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OF GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Leer OOOO C, Bossarp L, M. BOLTER President Cashier FIRST STATE BA Savings Department Farm Mortgage Loans GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA FRANK MYERS Dray and Express Line PHONE 218 Stand —Corner 3rd StreetandvLeland Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. A. L. ROECKER Merchant Tailor Leland Avenue between 3rd and 4tb Streets GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. POKEGAMA HOTEL FIRST CLASS ACCOMODATIONS orner Leland Avenue.and Third Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. j. 0. JOHNSON & CO. Meats and Provisions FRED AND HAY Corner Leland Avenue and 4th Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. KREMER & KING ABSTRACTS OF TITLE Heal Estate and Fire Insurance Office Pokegama Hotel Block GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. REISHUS-REMER LAND Cv. REAL ESTATE AND FARM LANDS Office on 4th St. between Leland and Sleeper Avenves >RAND RAPLDS, MINN. reesers, E. MYEEF CITY LIVERY thee and Barn beteeen Fifth and Sixth streets on Kindred Avenue *RAND RAPIDS, MINN eereerorcccs. TTHWING & ROSSMAN Attorneys at Law Office in Itasca Mercantile Co. Building Opposite Post Office YD RAPIDS, MINN. enone GRAN CHESTER L. PRATT Attorney at Law COURT COMMISSIONER Office on Second Floor of Court House GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. DR. F. R HARRISON DENTIST Office in the McAlpine Block Phone No.6 GRAND RAPIDS, MINN WAWAA1000000000000000000000 DODO EEF DR. G. F. SCHMIDT Physician and Surgeon Office in the McAlpine Block, Phone 6, GRAND Rapips, MINN. HE#BALD. REVIEW Book and Job Printing Sbh WORK GUARANTEED etand Ave. Beowoon éth and 5th Sweem Gmamp Barips, Mim. Alfred Blomberg Wants to buy all the Ties on Great Northern or Minne- apolis & Rainy River. PAY HIGHEST MARLET 1 {CHICAGO GETS — ' THE CONVENTION Republicans to 6 to Gather There on June 18, fovevevevevvervevereeeeeeny F. P. SHELDON, P. J. SHELDON President Vice-President ©. E. AIKEN. Cashier FIRST NATIONAL BANK Transacts a General Banking Business | See GRAND RAPIDS, MINN ' TAFT MEN IN CONTROL DR. COSTELLO | tion Backers Is Adopted, Although Senator Borah of Idaho Protested DENTIST . | Against the Method of Procedure. Office n First National Bank Building | GRAND RAPIDS minnesota | Washington, Dec. 13—The Repub- Nean national committee, in session | here, ratified the program which had been arranged in advance for its de- Uberations. The national convention to nominate eandidates for president and vice JOHN COSTELLO Costello’s Ice Cream BOTTLING WORKS, MINERAL WATERS Between 3rd and 4th Streets on Hoffman Aye. GRAND RAP1Ds, MINNESOTA ginning Tuesday, June 18. The vote in favor of Chicago was overwhelm- ing. " The form of the call for delegates to | the national convention, including the @isposition of the troublesome presi- ! dential preference primary question was still in the hands of a special sub- committee when the national commit- tee recessed for luncheon Charies D. Hilles, secretary to the president and manager of the Taft! FRANK F. PRICE LAWYER CNOUTY ATTORNEY Office in First National Bank Building I GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. C, C. McCARTHY | to see the Taft program go through < | without change. Colonel Harry S. New of Indiana was appointed to-hcad the LAWYER committee on arrangements, as Mr. Office in Murr Building, Corner Kin red Ave- | Hilles had insisted, in his conferences | nue and Third Street with Postmaster General Hitchcock | GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. and others, who were said to be op- posed to the Indiana committeeman. ‘When Mr. Hitchcock failed to appear at the committee the suggestion was laughingly made that he had been “steam rolled.” The Taft forces also dictated the en- | tire membership of the arrangements | committee, which was increased from | five to seven, as follows: New, Indiana; Vorys, Ohio; Mul- | vane, Kansas; Murphy, New Jersey; | Williams, Oregon; Rosewater, Ne- | braska, and Duncan, North Carolina. Attitude of Committee Shown. | As indicating a phase of the attitude of the committee its decision to call for the selection of delegates from the District of Columbia at a primary election was of unusual interest. The committee approved the action H. E. GRAFFAM Lands and Insurance Leland Avenue Opposite the Postoffice GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. GEORGE BOOTH Cigar Manufacturer Bootn’s BogueTs Between 2nd and 3rd Streets on Kindred Ave GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. “ ors eaten eS ing a subcommittee to takesimy hand DR. CARROL C. CARPENTER | the preparation of a call for delegates, ™M. i mdicating the method in which they rat | Were to be chosen. Physician and Surgeon | This committee consisted of Messrs. Office over Itasca Mere. Co. Borah, Idaho; Ward, New ‘York; Ca- Residence first house North of Library | pere, South Carolina; Lowden, Illinois, GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. | and. Rosewater, Nebraska. | There was a brief threat of dn up- | set when Senator Borah of Idaho pro- | tested against the perfunctory ap- | Proval of “a newspaper list” when Mr. | Lowden of Illinois called for the. nam- ‘ *. | fine of the committee on arrangements City Dray and Express Line with Colonel New as chairman., Mr. Phone 134-2 | Borah said he thought the members of Stand—Corner Leland Avenue and 3rd Stree8| the committee should be elected by GRAND Rapips, MINN. the national committee and not chosen on the outside. soocccororcoocooorcocerocnrrrrror~s | Senator Crane of Massachusetts | Moved that the chairman appoint the | committee. Mr. Lowden suggested that . | this would overcome Senator Borah’s objection. Practical Watchmaker and EnFdaver | “Tt will not overcome my objection,” COMOLETE CEWELRY LINE Yetorted the Idaho senator, “but it is Bet. 2nd and 3rd Streets on Kindred Avenue | the course the committee probably will GRAND Rapips, MINN, | follow.” | HIGH OFFICIAL — IS SOUGHT | Bank Said to Be Out ye Out $400,000 by Pecu- as a | lations. Physician and Surgeon | New York, Dec. 18—Federal au- al thorities are seeking a high official of | the Mt. Vernon National bank, indict- \ed by the federal gtand jury as an al- leged accomplice to the loss of more than $200,000 from the institution. Herbert Theodore Jennings, presi- dent, was arrested Monday and re- | eased on $75,000 bond. It is -said | the peculations may reach more than | $400,000. The bank is in the hands | of a receiver. CHARLES W. FOREST WILL NISBETT qecsccccoccocoosononce nsocasononoes | DR. THOMAS RUSSKL Office and Residence Corner Lelan Avenue and Sixth Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA E, 8. BROWNE Heating and Plumbing OFFICE AND SHOP On Leland Avenue between éxb and sth Ste. | SECURE REGISTERED MAIL GRAND RAPIDS, MINN, | Robbers Hold “Up Tr Train Carolina. Savannah, Ga, Dec. 18.—Atlantic W. Q. YOST Const tram No. 89 was, stopped by i robbers near Hardeeville, S. C.. Sev- Farm, Meadow, Timber & Mineral Lands nen sacks of registered mail: were a. . The train was running in two sec. tions. The express cars, at which, it is believed, the robbers aimed;’ were carried on the second section and es- eaped attack. in ‘South LOANS ON FARM AND CITY PROPERTY Office Pokegama Hotel Bidg. GRAND RAPIDS MINN. PAAW000000000000000000200000000 Killed by His Own Gun. Fond du Lac, Wis., Dec. 13.—Her- | man G. Haas, a prominent politician is dead as a result of a shot from his own gun. While rabbit hunting he leaped a fence and the shot from one barrel tore away his lower jaw and the other penetrated the abdomen He died instantly. F, E. REUSSWIG Furniture and Undertaking LICENSED EMBALMER Phones: Res. No. 127, Office No. 33, Mortally Shot Over Woman.. NILES & AITON St. Pauli, Dec. 13.—Mike Ballis PRICE FOR SAME ALFRED BLOMBERG Jesse Lake - + Minnesota twenty-three years old, was mortal) Flour, Feed and Hay wounded ir a quarrel over a \ Sr: His cousin, Frank Scavo, niftvi e FARM SUPPLIES AND MACHINERY 3rd St. Between Kindred and Houghton Ave. years old, shot him through the’?! ¢ GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. ‘men and then escaped; the solice™= president will be held in Chicago, be-| AMID SCENES OF MAGNIFICENCE King George and Queen Mary Become Rulers of India. | CROWDS AT CEREMONY | When King Edward Wes Proclaimed | Emperor—Crowning Followed by An- | nouncement of Large Donations to! Promote Popular Education. Delhi, India, Dec. 13.—-King George V. and his consort, Queen Mary, have, been prociaimed emperor and em-) press of India. The culminating act | of the English monarch’s accession to | the throne of his vast Indian domin-! fons took place amid a scene which | for richnese of color and magnificence ; of decorations probably has never! | been surpassed in modern times. The crowning was followed by an act of geuerosity on the king-emper- or’s part, of which a slight hint had, already been given. The viceroy pro- forces, was about the committee rooms | | during the session and was gratified | of the executive committee in, appoint- | claimed that the king-emperor was to} | donate a large sum of money to pro mote popular education and that fur- | ther handsome gifts would be made. | The huge amphitheater which had been erected in the durbar camp was | | thronged from an early hour. The bright tissues and sparkling of gems ; of the many Indian princes and the smart uniforms of the soldiery con- | trasted strongly with the white dresses | of the European ladies and the sober) garb of civilian officials. The event far outshone the durbar| of 1903, when King Edward was pro-| claimed emperor. | The great feudatory princes and| | Tulers of India, with the leading Brit-} ish officials occupied seats of honor near the pavilion located in the center. Screened from the gaze of the curious by a lattice framework, a number of Maharanis and other Indian ladies of | high rank occupied two sections of the | | front gallery. The interval of waiting was beguiled by the playing of mili- tary music. The soldiers played a of honor composed of one hundred men was drawn up before the central pavilion. Troops of every arm sur- STAT GRAND RAPIDS Sulit isnt DECEMBER 13, 1911. - McKinley and Cowhorn Lake Schools.. .. .. a Ben Benson, wood ‘for ‘Trout ‘Lake school.. .. . ak! oe Itasca Mer. Co. general ‘supplies + 43.00 during Oct. and Nov... .. ....70.97 George Kremer, school furniture, Cohasset... Ea . George F. Kremer, school furniture Cohasset .. .. eee ee D. D. Harrington, wood. for Horton school.. .. . oe 21.00 Clarence “Buchanan, ‘livery. John Beckfelt, domestic science supplies, Oct. and Nov.. | Barto Rosbrook, wood for Squaw . 538.46 + 43.50 Lake School. . 21.25 S. G. Benzing, leantic McKinley school. +++ 5.00 lea. H. Bullock, work ‘at Cohasset school.. .. . + 5.00 | Program as Prepared by Administra-' Event Far Outshone Durbar of 1903, F. ©. Reusswig, framing pictures for Cohasset school and incident- al supplies. . George F. Kremer, Cohasset school. door mats for Frank vers, draying. : City Lumber Co., repair material, Arbo school. . s 27.98 arskine-Stackhouse, ‘supplies. tor Cohasset school.. .. . « oe Hiktai Rejasa, wood for Squaw Lake school. Thos. Kerr, livery ent Jesse G. Whitney, paid for clean- ing West Fork school and hauling Cn Seige ie ep ae + 4.50 Edwin Dibley, hauling desks for Cohasset school. oes 4.50 | Mrs. Nelson, cleaning Trout Lake school.. .. .. . on se 90D. Fred Johnson, banking Ottum | school.. .. .. +3580 i Mrs. C. C. Parmeter, ‘work at Cun- +++ 6,80 ningham school.. .. .. - A. Jandrew, repair work, Cohasset school... .. . se + 19.00 Goodyear-Marshall Publishing Co., text books. . Ses eed O8 Mesaba Telephone Co., tolls... .. ..4.50 Silver Burdett & Co., text books, 60.52 King Lumber Co., training and re- pair materials... .. . a 244.44 Henry Hughes & Co., general sup- Plies. . . a «77.92 John A. Larson, labor at “‘Black- berry school.. .. .. «2.00 Upon motion ‘meeting adjourned. J. D. DORAN, Clerk. OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS C 4h Be OF THE Village Council Grand Rapids | large part in the durbar and a guard | ea aera An adjourned meeting of the Village council, was held this 24th day of No- rounded the arena in a compact mass and lines of soldiers extended along | i the route of the royal approach. Homesteader Killed in Well. | While on his way from Big Falls to his homestead, Fred Gordon, aged | thirty-eight, met accidental death in an | eight-foot well. It is supposed that | he fell in while reaching down to dip water for a dri evidence of a hard struggle. is evident that Rey. C. V. T. Richeson, indicted for the murder of Miss Avi Linnell, has been abandoned by Moses | Grant Edmands, father of Miss Violet School Official Board Publication District of Number 1 Proceedings Dec. 5, 1911. the school board of Grand Rapids, Minn., A meeting of board's office at five o'clock p. m. All members 6f the board were present. C. H. Dickinson and J. D. Doran re- ported that they had inspected the ad- dition built to the McKinley — school ing to contract, and recommended that George S. Williams be paid in full for said contract. Recommendation accept- ed. The bond of DeShaw and Franks, con- tractors for the Sturgeon Lake school, with B. C. Finnegan and B. L. Lieber- man as sureties was approved. Adjournment was taken until seven o'clock. ed with all members present. The minutes of meetings held Nov. 24, and 27 were read and upon motion ap- proved. The following bills were upon motion allowed: George S. Williams, contract price and extras for building addition o McKinley school .. .. - $262.80 F..O. Johnson, building new chimneys on McKinley, Cowhorn Lake and Splithan@ school. + 6.00 Central Scientific Co. labratory supplies... St e28 E. P, Gravelle, labor at Shoal Lake school.. .. . 2-450 Arthur Lund, hauling material to | Splithnad -school.. .. wget «26:00 S$ G. Benzing, labor at McKinley and Cowhorn Lake schools... ....5.00 C. W. Forrest, drayage.. 2... ..9.10 Mrs. John Johnson, cleaning Black- berry school.. .. .. «4.00 H. E. Randahl, wood and repairs Arbo school.. .. 2... +. «2 +++-69.50 George N. Moores, labor at high school,. .. sie W. J. & H. D. Powers, manual training and repair materials.. ..10.94 Water & Light Commission, electric Hipiit.g 6... + de nee + «19-26 Jonas Ainesoja, wood for West Fork school.. .. «- + -gears'e s AT-OD, Ray Vipond, hauling material to Richeson Abandoned by Edmands. | © Boston, Dec. 13.—Despite denials it | School District No. 1 was held in the | petition building and found it completed accord- | mustees Arscott and King and Iv At seven o'clock the board reconven- | vember, 1911. Members present: Trustee King and Recorder Sherman, there not being a | quorum present, meeting was continued until Monday evening December 4th. A. C. BOSSARD, Village President. | FRANK SHERMAN, Village Recorder. Minutes of Meeting Held December 4th, | 1911. There was every | Pursuant to adjournment the Village | Council of the Village of Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn., met at the uncil Chambers in the Village Hall, jin said Village this 4th day of Decem- | ber, 1911, at 8 o'clock 'p. m. Present: President Bossard, Trustevs Arscott and King and Recorder Sher- man. The reading of the minutes of prior Edmands, Richeson’s fiancee. Ed-) moctings was dispensed with. mands has heretofore borne all the! 11 being the time and place for the expenses in the Richeson defense. |consideration of the application of Se a | Quackenbush & Pearson to sell intoxi- cating liquors for a period ot one year from December Ist, 1911, and due and proper notice as provided by law hav- ing been given in said matter, and the proofs of publication of the notice of hearing on said application being on file with the village recorder, President Bossrad declared the matter of consider- ation of said application to be the order of business. The said matter was thereupon taken up, and there being no objections or |remonstrances as to the granting of the in said application contained, onded by Trustee King, the application was granted and license ordered issued to said Quackenbush & Pearson. Upon a roll call, the following voted yea," ‘ord- psicent er Sherman. ‘‘Nays,’’ none FP the same be accepted and centractor | poscard thereupon declared the motion carried. The bond of Quackenoush & Pearson in the sum of $2,000.00 with John | Costello and B. L. Lieberman as suretics was presented, approved and ordered filed. ; Trustee King presented the following resolution and moved its adoption, viz “RESOLVED, That the Village le- corder be and he is hereby instructed to draw a warrant upon the Contingent Fund of said Village in favor of the First State Bank of Grand Rapids, Minn the owners and holders of the warrants hereinafter specifically mentioned, in the sum of $975.75, in full payment of the following warrants, to-wit: No. | 5477, No. 5596, No. 5643, No. 5649, No. 5686 and No. 5948, each of said war- liants having been drawn upon the General Fund of the village whereas they should have been drawn upon the Contingent Fund, the import of this resolution being to correct said error and have said warrants redeemed by the treasurer of this village.” Recorder Sherman seconded the mo- tion to adopt the resolution, nad upon a vote being had said resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. Where- upon the President declared said motion adopted and ordered said warrant issued in conformity with said resolution. It being the time and place, according to due and legal notice thereof given according to law, proof thereof being on file with the Village Recorder, for the determining of the benefits accruing by reason of the construction of sundry sidewalks in the Village of Grand Rap- ids, said matter was declared the or- der of business. Trustee Arscott presented the follow- | upon motion of Recorder Sherman, sec- } ing resolution and moved its adoption, viz: “WHEREAS, a meeting duly author- ized by resolution of the Village Coun- cil of the Village of Grand Rapids, County of Itasca, State of Minnesota, adopted November 13th A. D. 1911, for the purpose of hearing testimony and ascertaining benefits to property front- ing the sidewalk on the west side of Kindred Avenue from 5th street to 6th Street, by reason of the Construction of a sidewalk thereon, was duly held at said Council Chambers in !said Village of Grand Rapids on the 4th day of December, A. D. 1911, at & jo’clock in the evening of said day, pur- suant to said resolution, and said hear- ing of testimony, ascertaining of bene- jfits fully had in accordance therewith, and the benefits to said property duly determined at said time and place ac- cording to law, and WHEREAS, the said resolution adopt- ed November 13th, A. D. 1911, as afore- said, was duly served according to law, as appears by the affidavits of service thereof, duly filed with the Clerk of said Village, on the owners of all lots, parts of lets and parcels of ground front ing said Kindred Avenue where said sidewalk has been fully constructed as aforesaid, Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the Village Council of the Village of Grand Rapids, County of Itasca, State of Min- nesota, have duly determined and do hereby determine that the amount of benefits caused by the construction of [the said sidewalk on Kindred Avenue, from Fifth to Sixth Streets, in said Village of Grand Rapids, to each lot, part of lot and parcel of ground fronting said Kindred Avenue where said side- walk has been constructed as aforesaid, with the names of the respective own- ers thereof, to be as in the statement following, viz: Following is the name of owner, front feet, description of property owned and amount assessed: Ryder L. Cormany and Gretchen Cor- many, by M, L. Cormany, their Guard- jan, 200 feet, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & Block 14, Grand Rapids First Division, $98.66. W. E. Myers, 50 feet; Lots 9 and 10, Block 14, Grand Rapids First Division; $24.67, Arthur J. Harker, 25 feet; Lot 11, Block |14, Grand Rapids First Division; $12.34. Charles H. Marr, 25 feet; Lot 12, Block 14, Grand Rapids First Division; $12.34. Recorder Sherman seconded the mo- tion to adopt the resolution, and upon a vote being had the following voted “Aye''—Trustees Arscott and King ané Recorder Sherman, There being no “Nays”, President Bossard declared the resolution duly adopted, and direct- ed the Village Recorder to cause no- tice thereof to be filed with the Coun- ty Auditor of Itasca county. After considerable discussion upon the | matter of the benefits accruing to abut- ing propery by reason of the construc- tion of a certain sidewalk on the South side of Ninth Street, between Kindred and Houghton Avenues, and it being the time and place according to due and legal notice given thereof for the as- sessment and determining of the bene- s to the abutting property, Trustee Arscott introduced the following resolu- tion and moved its adoption, viz: “WHEREAS, a meeting duly author- jized by resolution of the Village Coun- [cil of the village of Grand Rapids, {County of Itasca, State of Minnesota, adopted November 13th, A. D. 1911, for the purpose of hearing testimony and ascertaining benefits to property jfronting the sidewalks on the south side jof Ninth street, from Kindred Avenue to Houghton Avenue, by reason of the construction of a sidewalk thereon, was duly held at the Council Chambers in jsaid Village of Grand Rapids on the 4th of December, A. D., 1911, at & o'clock in the evening of said day, pur- suant to said resolution, and said hear- ing of testimony, ascertaining of bene- fits fully had in accordance therewith, and the said benefits ot said property duly determined at said time and place according to law, and, “WHEREAS, the said resolution adopt ed November 13th, A. D. 1911, as afore- said, was duly served according to law. as appears by the affidavits of ; thereof, duly filed with the Clerk of said Village, on the owners of all lots, parts of lots and parcels of ground fronting said Ninth street where said sidewalk had been fully constructed as aforesaid, “Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Village Council of the Village of Grand Rapids, County of Itasca, State of Min- Inesota, having duly determined and do hereby determine that the amount of benefits caused by the construction of the said sidewalk on the south side of Ninth Street from Kindred Avenue to Houghton Avenue, in the said Village of Grand Rapids, to each lot. part of lot and parcel of ground fronting said Ninth Street where said sidewalk has been constructed, as aforesaid, with the names of the respective owners thereof to be in the statement following, viz: Following are the names of owners, front feet, description of property owned, and amount assessed. Catherine E. Doran, Mary A, Ehle, James D. Doran, Loretta Doran, Charles Doran, Ida Doran, Catherine Doran, Jennie Doran, Zita Doran, Allen Doran, Howard Doran, Clement Doran and Cath- erine E. Doran, as administratrix of the estate of Daniel W. Doran, deceased; 140 feet; Lot 1, Block 30, Kearney's First Addition to the Village of Grand Rapids; $73.68. Gust Johnson, 140 feet; Lot 20, block 30, Kearney’s First Addition to the Village of Grand Rapids; $73.68. William Dibbert, 140 feet; Lot 1, block 31, Kearney’s First Addition to Grand Rapids; $73.68. ; ©. H. Marr, 140 feet; Lot 20, Block 31, Kearney’s First Addition to Grand Rapids;, $73.68." Recorder Sherman seconded the mo- tion to adopt the resolution, and upon a vote being had the following voted “Aye”—Trustee Arscott and King, and Recorder Sherman, There being no “Nays”, President Bossard declared the resolution duly adopted, and instructed the Village Recorder to certify the same to thé County Auditor of Itasca County, to be ~ able nohe year 712," a ae Upon motion the meeting adjourned, A. C. BOSSARD, President of said Villag Attest: FRANK SHERMAN, Recorder of said Village.