Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 13, 1912, Page 1

Ree _| Grand Rapids Village and Township D-Vevicw.. Itasca Co. and pinnae HISTORIGAL— VoL, XXII. —No 37 GRAND Rapips, Irasca CowntTy, MINN., WEDNESDAY, Marcu 13, (912 Two Dollars a Year FARMERS INSTITUTE CLOSED SATURDAY Excellent Program at Two Days’ Session of Itasca County Farmers INTERESTING SPEAKERS PRESENT NO NEW EVIDENCE PRODUGED Formost Authorities in State Talk Dairying, Gardening, Horti- culture, Domestic Science, and Other Tepics Grand Rapids kept open.house.jast Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, for the farmers of the surrounding district, who held their regular in- stitute meeting on those dates. There ‘Was a good attendance when the in- stitute was called to order at 10:00 o'clock Friday morning, the atten- dance growing larger in the after- noon, while Saturday saw an inter: ested audience that filled village hall for all the sessions of the meeting. Reservoirs of useful information were brought by the institute work- ers, and the eagerness with which questions were showered upon them! showed that the value of their | knowledge was fully appreciated and that the information thus distributed , will. tend to inerease production,’ multiply the satisfaction of agricul-| ture and brighten the life of the farm home. Forest Henry of Dover, one of sse| best known among the institute work- ers of the state, was in charge of | the meeting, opening with a talk on | soil fertility and general farming. Mr, and handles his topics in such way as to give the maximum of in-| formation in the minimum of time and in a concise and practical man-, ner. What crops will pay the best! on certain soils and what varieties of seed should be used were} among the important questions trea’ ed by Mr. Henry in his talk. | Second on the morning’s program | was Mr. Andrews of Faribault, who, discussed fruit trees suited to’ north- ern Minnesota and successful meth-/} ods of dealing with trees and small fruits. Im passing Mr. Andrews spoke | on the soil treatment necessary to} produce the desired results in fruit growing. Following Mr. Andrews’ talk Supt} (Continued on page eight.) ‘Mrs. Johnson Repeats Story Told ‘daughter, testified to hearing Me- !Guire tell the same story, her evi- | to the Johnson home, after the shcot- {curred im the county jail Monday, changed the aspect of ys 3 KILLING SAID. TO ‘ites McGuire Discharged After! | Preliminary Hearing For Shoot- | ing Charles Johnson At Coroner’s Inquest—Acciden- tal Discharge of Gun Cause Of Death James McGuire, charged with the BE AGCIDENTAL A Toast To The Irish Blood “Fill me a cup with the ‘Dew of Killarney,’ Purer than chastity, essence of fire; Ogling a laugh at ye, beaded with blarneyr Breath of the peat smoke and blood of desire! Fi me a cup till I drink to St. Patrick; 1 Drink to our emblem, the mystical shamrock! Up with ye! Down with it! The Emerald Isle! } Oh, we are the world’s great lovers; To our hearts love fled from the skies, For we know the secret of laughter, And we know the passion of sighs. And your vanity’s fief to our blarney, And your soul to our Irish eyes. In the van of the world’s great battles, We have followed the scarlet ways. Then to war with our pen’s stiletto! for the losing side, always! And behoki the Pharisee, blatant, Impaled on our poignant phrase. Killing of Charles Johnson, the Sting Lake homestaader shot dring a drunken row at his home February 22, was discharged following the find ings of the preliminary hearing, no evidence being forthcoming that the case was not one of accidental.shoot- ing, as claimed by McGuire in his story told at the coroner’s inquest. The casq came on before Court Commissioner Taylor Wednesday morning, County Attorney McOuat appearing for the state and H. M. Stark for McGuire. Mrs. Johnson was the first wit- ness called, repeating her story told al the coroner’s inquest of leaving the house about ten o’clock the moru ing of the shooting and finding Joha son lying in the snow dead on her return from the barn about three quarters of an hour later. She corroborated the s‘ory that McGuire ‘nag told her previously, of hi! stumbling over a dog in going down the steps! of the house and his gun being accidentally disgharged, the shot taking effect in Johnson's side ausing death. Helen Johnson, Mrs. Johnson's dence adding nothing to the facis brought out at the inquest. A simi- lar story was told by Mrs. Cunning- ham of Chisholm, who had gone out ing, with Helen Johnson. The suicide of Collier, the princi- pal. witness in the case, which oc- March 4, | State’s case considerably, and no evidence being brought forward. that | \the killing of Johnson was not ac- i cidental as claimed by McGuire and Mrs. Johnson, the prisoner was ac-{° quitted, the testimony showing a case of accidental shooting. Copyriebt 1909, by Money once spent is gone acquired again by labor or effort, but money in the bank will work for you day and night till cven doubles itself. the bank grows all the time, | First Dational Bani GRAND RAPIDS. MINH. Capilal $2 5,000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. DIRECTORS F. P. Sheldon. A G. Wedge. Cc. E. Aiken Time passes rapidly and the money in | | ship 148 the bid of $995.00 by L. E.} P Y E cog HAPPY THIS WEEK ! | John Beckfeit: ! from you, and can only be it reaches the point where it Seetpolus’ $5,000.00 OL OLD ALLL OR Oe OPP LPP |BROGE CONTRACTS — ARE im: DISCUSS, PRELIMINAIES | Lawrence lake road with the be erected by Dr. Hursh. The board promises a brighter record tor From cerements of convention The heart and the brain we free— Rebels and mockers and dreaniers, Of the open road and the sea, Our pelf is but love and laughter, Lootless and friendles>, we! Though broken _ our , falling rafters, Though our larder shelf be bare, Better the wit and the music, And the hearts that knownot care, And the hand that if free and ready A crust with all to shar Drink to the harp strains, the song that beguile; ' . Then fill me a cup, til] I drink to St. Patrick; Drink to the harp strains,the songs that beguile; Drink to our emblem, the myst:al shamrock! Up with ye! Down withit! The Emerald Isle!” ener een we nes COMMISSIONERS SHOW SCHOOL WORK TH INSPEGT ROADS. SURING STATE FAIR Plans Made At Last Session sl ilk irc Itas- Board To Inspect. Much’ Road | ' ca County Called For And. Bridge Work. March 25th. | ‘| i Plan to! Have Educational Booth at Hearing. for Establishment -of a |. State Fair. in,.Which School > St. Louis: Counties Set Advantages of Itasca “** “For April 2nd.” Will be Shown. Road and bridge work occupied the| An invitation will ‘be issued this attention of the county commission-| week to the school officials of the} ers for a great part of the session | different) schools in Itasca county to Thursday, February 29. The board|meet in Grand Rapids Monday, Marc | as a whole was appomted.a com- 25, when the proposition of an edu-| mittee to ascertain the condition of|cational booth at the state fair will| roads and bridges in the towns of/|be discussed. Bearville and Carpenter. Commissio; As planned by the board of direc-| ers O’Brien, Mullins and Sheliman|tors and Supt. E. A. Freeman the; were appointed to attend the hearing , afternoon will be devoted to matters! upon the petition for the establish-;pretaming to the welfare of the; ment of a judicial road on the line|rural schools, while the evening will between Iron Range and Balsam was be given over to arranging for an) set for Tuesday, April 30, and a com-| exhibit at the state fair and plans | mittee of three members of the board for financing the undertaking. | appointed to examine the proposed | Supt. Freeman believes that such! route of the road and report at the|a booth, showing the schools of the next board meeting. A hearing for|county, their accessibility, and the} the same date was also fixed in re| work taken up, will be of inestim-! gard to the petition for a highway|able advantage in showing prospec- beginning at the intersection of the | tive settlers they need not fear rack | south|of educational facilities for their} line of section 16. children when preparing to make} The bid of.William.Smith.for.bridge| their homes in Hasca county. across the Bigfork river in township RBCS «SANTA Ts | 62, was accepted, Mr. Smith's fig-; | ures being $495.00. For the bridge! FOUR PEOPLE MADE } across the Bowstring river im town-} Drs. Russell amd Hursh appeared before the board presenting a propo- i sition for the care of the county Marriage licenses were issued to tubercular patients at a hospital to|four people so far this month, which was appointed a committee to in- vestigate the proposition. [that recorded for February. The matter of a rehearing upon th | Rajph West and Miss Elsie War- petition for the formation of a neW| gel of Grand Rapids were granted a March im matrimonial events than RIDDELL WILL BE VILLAGE PRESIDENT Beats Apponent, Al Roecker, By Big Majority At Village Election. REGULAR CAUCUS TICKET ELECTED | Socialist Forces Work Hard For | Candidates But Fail To Land— Brock Will Be Town Supervisor. By a vote of 252 to 138 George Rid dell, candidate of the regular caucus, was elected ay president of the vil- lage counci] Tuesday, his opponent being Al Roecker, thé Socialist can- didate. While the Socialists showed con- siderable .strength, their. vote was not as larse as many. expected to see, .predictions. being made that their returns would.run close to the vote on the regular ticket. « The vote stood: For president, George Riddell 252, Al Roecker 138 for trustees, Dr. Thos. Russell 257, Fred A. King 245, George Arscott 259, Emil Litehke 137, John Longhurst 133, Charles Hammer 131; for recor- der, Frank Sherman 276, Roy Cook 113; for treasurer, John E. McMahon 262, William Wheaton 128; for jus- tice of the peace, R. H. Bailey 259, H. A. Wardell 128; for constable, Frank McCormick 246, E. T. Cassidy 129, On the township ticket Charles Brock won in the race for supervis- or by a vote of 173, Hugh McEwan received 168 and U. C. Gravelle 72 votes. For town clerk Josh. McMahon had 245 votes to his credit, and James Connell received 247 for treasurer. For town constable the vote stood: Frank McCormick 342, Andrew Eng- jstrdm 68, C. T. Cassidy 2, Art Sea- mens 1. Andy Johnson of Cass Lake beat Dr Dumas for president by a. vote of 179 to 85, by a vigorous campaign lasting u | to the closing of the polls. MANY SETTLERS FORITASCA COUNTY E. N. Remer Tells of People Whe Who Intend to Come to Northern Minnesota COMING FROM MANY STATES Farm Lands Here Lure Settlers From lowa, Nebraska, Kansas —Desirable Class of Farm- ers Arriving E. N. Remer, of tha Reishus-Remer Land company, returned home last Thursday after a month’s trip through southern Minnesota, lowa and South Dakota. Mr. Remer is enthusiastic over the way northern Minnesota is being discussed and the number of farmers who are planning to come to, this district during the coming spring and summer. “The prospects of northern Minne- | sota are being recognized, not only through the southern part of this state and Iowa, but South Dakota, ‘Nebraska and Kansas are due te send a big contingent of settlers dur- ing 1912,” said Mr. Remer in dis- cussing his trip. “I do not look for a large num ber until after corn planting time but hundreds of farmers will be out here after their spring work is done. looking for state. lands. Now that the day of free homesteads is past, state lands offer the best investment to those who wish to get cheap land and improve it, and no section ‘of the country offers such opportuni- ties in this respect as northern Min- nesota. “The farmers of Itasca county whe | raised potatoes Mst year averaged $60 an acre from their crop. Wher it is considered that state lands can j be purchased from $5 up—the lends sold during 1921 averaging $10.65— }it- will be readily seen that the farm- jer in this part.ef the country reaps | g00d ‘returns on his investments. | Many farmers’ Mast year reported jfrom 300 to 400 bushels of potatoes Dear Amy:- Some people think furniturze will do fo don't oS have just ne stairs, and Oh! whaia ings! all over my house, her childszen in a throughouk. them. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr. School district to be composed of the | license Saturday, March 9, while a organized town of Marcell was graMt-jjicengse was issued Tuesday to Peter ed, the rehearing to be heard bY] peterson and Miss Eleanor Corcoran the board Thursday, March 28. of Bigfork. Several petitions for the opening of new roads were laid over until The Northeastern Educational associa- tion meets in Duluth Thursday of this from anyone Lut home E. REUSSWIG FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING thai any kind of old r the upstairs, Lui oI wly furnis p- difference in my feet- Row, J am not ashamed to take anyone &S think every mother should try to raise furnished nicely St has a refining influence on Always your friend, Lou. P. S.-S never think of huying my furniture . . '