Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 10, 1912, Page 1

Vou, XXIL —No 28 Grand Vapids Granp Rapids, Irasca County, Mtnn., WEDNESDAY, JANuARY 10, 1912 PROSPEROUS YEAR AT GRAND RAPIDS Despite Fact the Year 1911 Was ajreceive enough to purchase the tam- Quiet One, Business Men Re- port Business Very Good. PAPER MILL ORAWS BIG TRADE John Beckfelt, the Pioneer Mer- chant, Declares That One Pa- per Mill Is Worth Two Tron Mines to Village. Grand Rapids business establish- ments have no cause for complaint, according to the statements of the heads of the various concerns. Some report an increase im business, a few say they ran a little behind, while a large majority state business Was about on a par with that done during the year 1910. However, all unite in etating the volume of busi- mess done was far beyond their ex- pectations. It is a noticable fact that business conditions were not @g good during the year 1911 as they were during 1910, but despite this fact Grand Rapids has held its own and the traveling men who make |tasca Mercantile Co. store: ‘the town say it is one of the best business points im northern Minne- sota, Following is an expression from the business men of the vil- Jaget John Beckfelt, general merchandise: mot yet completed cannot say how muc' done in 1911 exceeds.that in ‘but it was a substantial that am sure. During the summer mous our buses excecied over the same period last year by 2 comfortable margin and I think of the Pioneer store, the business 1910, the balance of the year more than} held its own. It was reported that December wouki be a poor month, yet during the first twenty days our business was nearly double that | try, ef the year previous. Of course, ccnditions have really not been fa- vorable for a brisk trade, but the fact that the country is rapidly set- timg up means that Grand Rapids’ merchants will do a steady business all the year ‘round. The paper mill ’s worth two mimes to Grand Rapids. It employs a lange force at all times. The employes work regularly and then the improvements made during “As we have! ur inventory, I} increase, of | that | the past year have necessitated the employment of a large number of extra men and naturally the mer- chants have benefitted. But they have been benefitted most by rea- son of the market here for wood. The mill and the settlers can bring a cord} or two to town each trip aad thus’ ily necessities during the winter, months, when they are commonly | ‘supposed to be unable to do anything During the coming year, despite the ;fact it is the presidential bugaboo year, I look for an imecrease in busi- ness im all lines. If we want to make this a great country, we've got to in- courage the settlers by giving them good roads, and if Grand Rapids, | Wants her share of business, she |must bestir herself and see that a/ |gair share of these good roads lead linto Grand ‘Rapids.” | H. D. Powers, of W. J. & H. D. buys enormous quantities | | SOME 190 POTATO — START NEW YEAR YIELD FIGURES: CLEAR OF DEBT | ie oh LS tion Has Balance on Hand of About $450. Was 113 Bushels as Against 105 in 1910. ITASCA COUNTY'S AVERAGE WAS 200, SENT A DELEGATE 19 HAMLINE! Yield At Siscthineet Nebiiditines: Posen! 3 Jumes Bickley, President of Asso- Was 250 Bushels—Estimated | ciation, Attending Annual Meet- Yield in County Was ing of the State Fair As- 100,000 Bushels. i sociation, | Powers, hardware: “Business fell off a little bit with us as compared |with the year/1910, but then, that! |year was a record breaker with us} and it will perhaps be some’ time before we equal it again. However, | it was a great deal better than I | expected, for all indications Lag ad | Ito a quiet year. There is a feeling! of optimism in the air at the pres- ent time, though, that leads me to believe 1912 will be a record break- er. Report has it that the range will be worked heavily this summer, jand of course their prosperity in- |dinectly affects that of Grand Rap- ids.” | C. H. Dickinson, manager of the “Busi- ness has fell off with us in some departments and has increased in others. I am not yet prepared to state whether our business exceeded that of 1910, but of one thing I am certain, it held even. During the past 10 years the Itasca has made @ substantial gain in the volume of business done each year, but we will be well satisfied to break even for the year 1911. Business was certainly better than we expected.” Geo, F, Kremer, furniture: “vs, |business was better than we expect- jed. The falling off of business on the ramge naturally affected condi- tions here, but Grand Rapids mer- chants, after comparing their sales with those in the surrounding coun- , certainly can have no cause for ‘complaint. What Grand Rapids wants to do, however, is to forget all about these iron mines and look for set- tlers. The probablities are that these mines will not be opened up for 15 or 20 years and we can’t sit back and wait that long. If we do, Grand Rapids will die a quiet and peaceful death. The thing to do is (Continued from page four.) Copyright 1 05, by vt Zimmerman Co.--No. 4. —- +ee —— First D Pational Bank Csaba} OFFI President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. DIRECTORS F. P. Sheldon. A G. Wedge. Cc. E. Aiken John Beckfeit D RAPIDS. 3. MINH. ae CERS jice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr jcan be | figures. Some idea of Itasca county’s im-| The special meeting of the mem- | portance in the growing of potatoes bers of the Itasca County Agricul- gained from the following tural association was not very well During the year 1911, ap-' attended. The meeting was called proximately 3,500,000 acres were for the purpose of sending delegates devoted in the United States to bapa’ by | the state fair meeting, which is ‘to growing and the total yield was uow being held, and it was decided | a@ little over 400,000,000, or an aver-;to send James Bickley, president of age of 113 bushels to the acre. The the Itasca association as the dele- 1910 production was 338,811,000 on) gate from this county. 3,291,000 acres,'or an average of 94; The county fair association is now ‘bushels, while the 1909 production in a prosperous condition, the treas- was 376,517,000 on 3,425,000, or an/jurer having just received a check laverage of 105 bushels to the acre. \ for $900, this being the state aid Supt. A. J. McGuire, of the North-| allowed. east Experiment farm, estimates = Following is the report of Treas- total yield in Itasea county for the! urer C. A. Buell, which was made ou past year at 100,000 bushels and places before the state aid was received: i Average Yield In United States Itasca County Agricultural Associa-| | particular head weighed 40 oe and the animal which carried weighed in life something over Are pounds. It surely was a prize in it- self and the Old Man of The Iron News sure envies Mr. Richards the good luck he had in being on the spot when this big fellow passed that way. There were like sixteen prongs to the horns and it presented a formidable appearance and one which would readily start a serious case of “buck fever” in well. The head is to be suitably mount- jed by Mr. Weitzel, the Grand Rap- ids taxidermist and suitable inscrip- tions will be emblazoned thereon that succeeding generations will have and know the history of gun! and trophy. BROTHER OF REY, JG, LARSON KILLED | Was Sitatlien: on cli M. & I. and! Was Supposed to Have Slipped on Frost Coated Rails. Rev. J. G. Larson, rector of the church of the Holy Communion, was called to Bemidji Friday by the re- port his brother had been killed whil acting as a switchman or the M. & I. Following+is a report of the acci- dent as given by the Bemidji cor- respondent of the News Tribune: Henry S. Larson, brother of Rev. John Larson, rector of the Grand the average yield at 200 asi, Receipts The average yield at the state farm/|Balance on hamd Feb. 11, i911 i was 250 bushels, while a number of} ...... ...... 0 20... - $ 51.56 j farmers report yields of over 300 Received from county treasurer | bushels per acre. Assuming these) -..... ...... 0 ...... 500.00 | figures to be correct—and there is Recei “a from state auditor 356.27) mo one in the county better posted Gate receipts at fair 222.79 | on the situation than Supt. McGuire, From Great Northern 152.78 | the total acreage devoted to the|From county treasurer 632.24, ;srowing of potatces inyltasca coun+ ae A. M. Sisler, sale of extra tick- ty during the year | tec was “ets and comessions ..... 60 eresuThe entire siek sats Prag Pom trome. Nr Bank. 70,000: bushels. Gres Te 400.00 There is food for thought in the Bese seca Peat foregoing paragraphs for doth those $1,370.59 who already live here and those who, Disbursements living at a distamce, plan to come Paid on orders by H. E. Graffam, ‘to Itasca county. The cost per acre] secretary during 1910....$ 68.28 of raising potatoes, according to| Paid om orders by Sec. A. M. Sis- figures prepared by Supt. McGuire,| ler ...... ...... ‘ 2,241.11 which includes every cost, from rent-| Balance on hand Dee. 29, 1911 al value of the land to seed, machin- PaREEre he Babies! Foice ee 61.20 ery and labor, is $25 per acre. oSSeeeesr The average price per bushel re $2,370.59 ceived for potatoes by Itasca coun-; Of the $900 recently received, the ty farmers the past fall was 50/note for $400, at the First National cents per bushel, although some| bank was taken up and numerous have been sold as low as 40 cents,| small bills were also paid, so that and taking 200 bushels per acre as/at the present time, the association | the average yield, the farmers re-|has on hand about $450. ceived $100 for each acre put into| Many improvements have deen Potatoes, or a net profit of $75 per | made at the fair grounds during the} acre after deducting the cost of pro-|past year. Additional shed room duction, $25. was built, a shed erected to house As the total acreage was 500,|the poultry and other additions this means that the farmers of | added for the convenience Itasca county have received a total)bitors. With the exception of a of $100,000 for their crop, of which!township exhibit building, the fair $75,000 was clear profit. }srounds are now completely When the fact is taken intoconsid-|ed for several years to come. A be doubled the coming year, jit can | ever. Last fall the readily be seen that Itasca county | hibits were housed in the will be one of the biggest exporters |tural building, but this in the northwest. |needed for the displays of vegetables and grasses. Of the CASS AND ITASCA amount paid out this year, about! improvements and the balance INDIANS WANT AID for incidental expenses. eer te Woden Waa For" THE TROPHY 1S. WON BY WM. RIGHARDS agricul- was Charles A. Wakefield, William H. Lyons and Dave Burnoway, a delega- tion representing the Indians in the vicinity of. Bena, Cass county, and Ball Club, Itasca county, passed Set of Antlers and Head through Grand Rapids last Wednes- For $ of 1911 day on their way to Washington where they will present a claim to aes the Indian bureau on behali of the| Mr. William’ Richards, of Grand Indians on the Chippewa reservation Rapids, was in the village, Tuesday, |and White Oak Point. They be-jto get the gun he won for killing long to the same band as the White|the finest buck, says the Bovey |Barth Indians, who have received | Iron News. jlands and money from the govern-| (Mention has been made several | ment during the past forty-five years.|times in these columns of the fact | The Indians represented by the dele-}of this gun being offered as a prize of exhi-| equipp- | eration that the acreage will probably township building is a necessity, how | township ex-} space is, grains, | $900 was for premiums, $1,000 for! 'Grand Rapids Man Produced Finest Rapids Episcopal church, and son of Ole Larson of the Tileston Mill- ing company of St. Cloud, was killed ‘at 6:45 p. m. while temporarily act- ling as switchman for the Minnesota & International road in the fierce storm. He owns a farm near and had completed arrangements to! No one saw the! ‘establish a dairy. ‘accident, but it is believed that he) ‘slipped on the frost-covered tracks. The wheels cut“his neck so that his head hung by a shred. A_ leg ‘and an arm were severed. The body will be taken to St. Cloud for burial. Larson was 30 years of age. His. young widow is ill from the shock. D. V. Case, the popular Duluth ‘architect, who has designed a num- ber of buildings in the vicinity, was here last week to attend the meet- ing of the county board. something | not only a tenderfoot but others as} here, | Adieu: AAS Sh gine tee Two Dollars a Year 03 DEG BELOW [3 THE RECORD | Was Registered By the Thermom- eter Saturday and Sunday Morn- ing, January 6 and 7. “THE COLDEST PERIOD IN YEARS |No Fatalities Reported in this Vicin- ity, But One Man Frozen to Death at Deer River—An- | other’s Feet Frozen. | While northern Minnesota winters |are never so warm it is really notie |able and the inhabitants are inured !to most any kind of weather, still, | there are times when even they are |moved to protest against the weather man and his manner of compelling the mercury to crawl way down in the bulb and remain hidden from | sight for a period of eight days, Sunday, December 31, the ther mometer recorded 3 above zere. However, toward evening it begam te grow cokler and when the cit- zens gazed at the recording instru- *|ment New Year’s morning they found it registered 22 degrees below zera The weather man was mad about something, alright, for he jammed the mercury down till lower Tues- day morning, when it registered 46 below. Following is the record since then. Wednesday, January 3, 45 degrees below. Thursday, January 4, 30 degrees | below. Friday, January 5, 37 degrees be | low. Saturday, January 6, 58 degrees below. Sunday, January 7, 53 degrees be low. Monday, January 8, 30 degrees be- | low. Tuesday, 'nelow. Wednesday, January 10, 44 degrees below. This is one of the coldest periods January 9, 32 degrees (continued on page 4.) | i | i | DearAmy:- auch a nice, new dinin ner upon it. put ina leaf. way through. had so many beautiful ones. of new furAnituvze that S wanted. John has promised to furnish our home nicely alt the that we want you Loth to share our firt Sunday din- We ean | Hl Say! You and Bot must come oven and take dinner with us next Sunday. We have just got g-Aoom table, Bring the kiddies, too. S had a hard time picking outa table. Shes SF also saw lots Qs alway, Lou. | ation have never received any aid from the government, and they claim they are justly entitled to a share of the timber money and the pro- by the Bovey Hardware company to the man who killed and brought to their store, the finest pair of ant- Jers during the deer season of 1911. Mr. Richards was it, For some time this head,, others has been on display in the with, PS. oS bought my new table and chains from) F, E. REUSSWIG FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING