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

Vor. XXII. —No TF a. Rerald-Hevie Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEepNEspay, DECEMBER 27, (QII Ww, ‘ Two Dollars a Year j : j Apportioned to Villages aoa aE =} }Cobasset.. .. .... -- . 247.24 i i j |Coleraine.. .. .... .. -. --17,574.83 ! | Deer River.. ‘ - ++ 269,15 a * | DEAD H ' otly ;Grand Rapids.. .. .. .. ..6,298.81 ; PHM A Stes Se . 22.95 au ais i erating’ - -19,605.83 iH OR Rumor is That Branch Will Be Stockhold ‘armers” ; . i pee olders Auditor Spang Mailed Out War-| marie... ; _.29,469.65 | Railroad Commission Hears Argu- | Built Co secs Desir Rivc anol . _ ro . i ee eg eee i necting e Association rants To Various Treasurers |Nashwauk.. .. .- --11,048.77 | “ ments at Deer River in Regard i d Little Fork pe! 3 | Taconite.. .. .. . 7,079.93 | Lowerinn Tariff R i] 9 and Little Fork. | First Annual Meeting. Saterday Afternoon. ce See: to Lowering Tariff Rates. 3 ' Se ae ca | Zenit ste Re). se si | | x i } Apporti to Schools. : BIB om rn oo AUTNER HERG IMMRY 16 cS sce cone | MEH HOW SURVEMNE ROUTE BEST CREAMERY THE STATE ~ nO. oe sees foe. ‘i % ned | AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED $335,0 fe | Dist. No. 2.. . 43,801.04 3 Rapids like to see their town | Pain ADS A Dist. No. 5.. NE - -218.53 | eich ae 4} classed among the live, active, . _ - | : Se | Dist. Ni =e il *t i : : Little Fork Times Thinks Work on’ First Two Weeks December Paad | Dist. No. 6.. . ~ 4,505.39) }} growing ones of Northern Min- One of T Poss) | 4 Which Goes to Village, Town, and| Dist. No. 9.. : . 20,507.64 | Will Be Held at St. Paal and ‘| Dente sor; i of Two Possible Routes | 38 Cents for Churning Cream; Schools and County—Largest Dist. Xo. 10 "+> $00-8| Report Submitted by the State Would they prefer to see it Will Be Started Early | 40 for Table Cream and 50 Amount Ever Apportion- | vippdtncnbe @tain Loans” 1 Examiner Will Be Part = _j}_ quietly inurnea? | the Coming Spring. for Butterfat in Milk. ed im Itasca. Town of Ardenhurst.. .. ..$ 10.71| of the Evidence, | ae ee ae tO i | fia: Bios. 0. ees Ss Gass = Which shall it be? The latest railroad rumor is that} The first annual meeting of the- ae | Dist, No. 2.. 0.5, .0 2 2. 96,265.78 or fae Towns, villages, cities grow’ || the Backus-Brooks people will byild| Itasca Farmers’ Copperative Creeanesr County Auditor Spang completed |Dist. No. 6.00.5 6000... "TR D2PS AT “the rate hearing “which was and prosper in proportion to || line from Little Fork to connect | association will be held at Village the November apportionment of ae Me 8 oe - 2547 held at Deer River last Tuesday byj| the enterprise of their citizens. With the northern terminus of the;hall Tuesday afternoon, January 2, ee ‘ ‘ ‘1D No. 10.. .. .. .. -. -+ +-20.30lthe Minnesota State Railroad and; They. stand sll,’ they “eo Itasca Logging road. The Herald-Re-|at 2 o'clock, and all shareholders, par = last week and mailed warrants Dist. No. 11.. pre rape --12.49 | Warehouse Coniinieaion, ‘diets Ward 4 ‘ 4 ge as view hopes the rumor will come true,/trons, and im fact, every one inter the various village, town and school! These taxes are the last half of| ome important developments. The proke,”- Miey «decay toe lac as it will open up a rich country to|ested in the ultimate success of the treasurers the same afternoon. The | those levied for the gear 1910. The | hearing occupied an afternoon an€ of citizenship enterprise. wettlement. The article from the|creamery is invited and urged to at- amount apportioned, $335,006.13, was |2e€Xt apportionment will be made ™ | evening session and was attended by A town gets what it is en- Litlte Fork Time follows: tend this meeting. ce onsiderably in excess of any dis-| M4rch, 1912. Chairman Mills, C. F, Staples andj| ‘titled to if the people go after || The Backus interests are still en-|| During the first two weeks of tribution heretofore made and was /C. B, Elmquist, members of the com:|] tne things their town naturally ||%#@°d with their railway surveys in/ December the creamery paid the fol 3 distributed as follows: state rev- mission, Thomas Yapp, traffic ex} sidtith hive. the insane Sd south of here. A Sur-'lowing prices: For butterfat and KS enue, 26,525.94; county revenue, WOULD INCREASE ipert of the commission, and a mim. || SOW D8V° _____|Ivey line has been run straight from| churning cream, 38 cents; table 3 $78,695.80; school revenue, $97,321.-! lber of the officials of the M. & Ru If the people fail in their ||/Nakota to the northern terminus of! cream, 40 cents; butterfat in milk, ES 64; village revenue, $93,062.84; town! SUPREME COURT iR. ‘} duty, the town will fail. the Deer River railway in the south-|50 cents. We know of no creamery 2 revenue, $34,074.85; state loans, $5,-| tes | During the hearing it appeared} It is inevitable, bar hale feat ea bere in the ne that or paid as high a 325.06. The detailed statement of; | | 5 that a re-examination of the books} If Grand Rapids has all it || St aaa th a eae | Pe ae eee ee aa amounts distributed follows: Chief Justice Start Says That the|ang records of the railroad company Se es the _ Fork river near William! Ip speaking of the creamery, Supt. " i ; <eiver’ lace. A crew 2 i McGuire.: w! sident Apportioned to Towns Tribunal Has Too Much [had been made by the public exam: | eS ere are |[peivers Place. A crew of 12 men) McGuire, who is president of the as 15 f If its railway facilities are //are now employed in running a sur-|gociation, said: “We are certainly Aly wood .$ 139.43] Work to Do jiner and that he has submitted a! seta 8 et : 2 ail Ardenhurst 413.90 | ‘ |detailed report to the attorney gen-|| CNUs jy Yevo line south from. the: dept bene: | gratified ‘with: the spiritof coonaye i | leral showi ri ‘hich | If its manufacturing plants as far as section 8-67-25, or in the! tion among the townspeople. They 4 = ioe Semana mee Speaking from an experience whieh | re rae toh =, hela wien, y ae: town south of here, this follows the lare certainly doing all in their pow 5%. a Mea tee ek has covered the space of 17 years, | fie canter ey oc ee Hy au Be = eee |Jeast sixteenth line in sections 8,/er to assist the farmers in making — vcr itr ss ss ss alig | Chief Justice C, H, Start of the Metis ae : | If its lateral highways are 17, 22, 29 and 32 in this town and|the creamery a paying institution ae a cour tt tt Si |Preme, court declared the time has! This disclosure came in connec-||) sufficiently good and numl- ||sections 5 and 8 in town 67-25. Fur-|One of the most successful feature, © at os ‘1 331.99 [COE when the court’s membership | on ee an bess nig made of, the erous; ther than this we are not informed,}y think, is the pastuerizer. All the = Blackb« ye =f Si Ota ‘313. iba Per ee d properly to care |Seneral superintendent -W. Qa | If its surrounding vacant but it is said this survey will con-|mijjk and cream is thus cleansed af a} *y ie “"y4n.72 20 the great volume of business Croix, as to whether or not ghe}) | lands are better idle than in ||2ect With the Deer River road. It/ai germs and those who are patrons aeeniver (OT Vage.6g [Bat is coming before it, With an Ti#sea Lumber company had paid ve is reported that a rock bluff thirt:! or the creamery are assured there 4 5 ae 548.85 Average of 500 cases a year on the’ reight ou supplies, equipment ..and,| | tillage; ‘ feet in length was encountered inj can pe no danger in-using {ts pre 2 2.7.50; Court calendar, the working power of! Horses which were shipped trom lirer)).. If paying higher freight rates |/the northeast quarter of section 32) aucts,” 5.80 Goodia: |the judges is sorely tried and re- | Xiver to the Itasca camps. than its neighbors is satisfac- of this town, and this may cause a Gratt oe 980.08 lief should be afforded, according}. Before the hearing concluded the! tory; |Jdetour in the survey at that point. | ~~ ‘ ' Greenw see 7,047.11 to the chief justice. ‘commission ordered “the railroad | It sending seventy-five to Which line will be built remains wail leaving the M. & I. bis hed Good Hope . 621.21 | The chief justice did not speak in| company to prepare and submit a! i pet at the secret of the promoters as far, remains the same but the new —_ Harris “957/142 tone of complaint. Rather he im-j statement which would show many || P€ hundred thousand dollars //., ye can ascertain, but it is said} will, it is said, run more to the west Iron Range . 1,057.81 | Plied that the inerease should be |important features of the operation | yeaily to catalogue houses is with some show of authority that|connecting with the line run by Eng Lake Jessie. 623.16 made because of the increased im-|of the road including the total earn-|| good business; \lsome line will be under construction} Sheffield somewhere due south of, Moose Park .. a. .-193.00]Portance of the character of cases|ings, the total operating expenses, | If public parks are not de- before spring. and between the state eae Marcell Pataca: . 1,248.42 | that are coming before the court,/the dividends and interest paid, andj irable: It was announced last week that/ tract on the west side of agetion ¥ More /y “7 "7 *" """"" "582.051 As the years go by, the points. in-| the cost of the property to date. pe we : _ [the rock bridge in séction 32, men-|and the south boundary of this towm Nasbwauk.. .. ., .. .. .+++7,753.12|Volved become more technical. The! ‘The nature of the questions asked | It modern buildings are not’ |i Kheq above, has caused the aban-|The southern connection is with the . 136,32] cases require more study, more de-! witnesses and the action of the com- needed—in short, if advance |}gonment of that line, and a start is}Deer River, road, and the line is ss s+ +-818.24|liberation, The chief justice fly} mission in ordering certain figures ment is not wanted— then being made this morning. The| practically the same. -249.00|accords with the views expressed /to pe submitted by the railroad com-| These remarks are uncalled Sand Lake.. .. 1.,,6.98|by Associate Justice David F. Simp-/pany indicates that the entire ‘ques: ae Trout Lake. ....940,05/60n, who has handed in his resigna-/tion of rates is to be thoroughly gota : i lutions Third River:. .... . 379.94) tion, effective Jan. 2. Mr. Simpson |into, Upon adjournment it was ar-| How can present con Wirt -. 714.63 | says the work is too much for five | ranged to hold a hearing at St, Paul| be remedied? ‘Wawina.. ++ 168.36/men to do. some time about January 15, This | By remedying them. will allow an opportunity to examine: the report of the public examin-|| er and to obtain certain information || from the books and corporation | Mr Herried was one of those who|| {made it plain to the commission | |through testimony that the prohibit- How can it be done? By doing it. Through the Grand Rapids | re- |} . P 3 cords of the railroad company. | Commercial club conditions can | i | i ndred thou- i The witnesses who testified includ- || be improved a hundre jed farmers from Jessie Lake,|| Sand dollars yearly. How? By taking active and getic action on the enterprises ener- |ory rates prevented th set s ¥ e Ke i i Lad Lede and subjects herein noted; by from opening up their farms and ‘ ffrom marketing produce. A | intelligent and pers'stent ef- significant question was asked {Chairman Mills in this connection j |when he inguiréd in effect it it was | jclaimed by the railroad company | }that the territory through which } the road passed would not become a) fort by abandoning the ‘what’s the use” policy that now pre- vails. There will be a regular meet- ing of the Commercial club productive agricultural region when | at the Court House Friday ev- it was settled and cleared. i] ening. The exhibits in the case included! Every male citizen of Grand freight bills which show that in| gules i any ‘inate ; 2 " | Rapids, who is interested in pede = ER oe many instances it costs little more, | : 2 1 atiould ‘ab Dear Qmy:- It is not as easy to get a foothold in business or to own if any, to ship from Deer River to! ine etal ‘eae ad : ‘ ‘ . aioe 2 real estate as it was a generation or two ago. The easiest and Duluth than it does to ship from a|| tend this meeting. May AS going to invite you an 2: = surest way to be prepared for the inter of life is to put money point 30 miles north of Deer River It is not necessary to be @ take New Year's dinner with them. John and in the bank. Money in the goes a long way towards insuring to Deer River. Other exhibits show- | a happy Christmas and it always enables Santa Claus to visit ing that the rates charged on ties your home. You can see examples every year at this time of by the M. & R. R. were excessive. | unhappy families who have no bank account. Start your bank The investigation involves a very | account at once and you will always be prepared for this event large amount of work both on the! in the future. Part of the commissin and the attor-| First National Bank |e brought to a conclusion some time | during January. i GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. Capital $2 5,000,00 Setpolier’ $ 5,000, 00 The report of the public examiner | OFFICERS was made for the purpose of enabling the state to collect taxes on gross | President, F. P. Sheldon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Ass't. Cashier, J. G. Peterson member of the club to attend the meetings. It is not necessary to be member of the club to offer suggestions for the club’s con- sideration, Be present and take an in- terest in the affairs of the community in which you live. During the winter months. there should be a series of in- and SI will be there too. We wanted to be at home New Years and have you with us, but Lecause Shad helped May pick out her new dining Aoom set, she insisted that John and &S take a dinner with her. Akways, Lou. ®. S.-May is tickled alt kinds of ways with earnings Which Were not communi-| room sek. cated to the state authorities by the! i i ing meetings held railroad company, The original _ in-| yeas e é 1 vestigation by the public examiner} these meetings should be well |; showed such unreported gross earn-! attended. her new dining She, of courie, bought it from DIRECTORS ings, according to the contention of} Grand Rapids should be F E e R E U S S W I G F. P. Sheldon. the state, to be about $300,000. The aroused from her present leth- e FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING A G. Wedge. " railroad company denies any gee argic condition. Cc. E. Aiken JohnSBeckfelt’ ity for the gross earnings tax or earnings not reported. Imperfeat Page