Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 3, 1912, Page 1

——F 4 ids Herald-Neview, OFFICIAL PAPER OF Itasca Co. and School Dist. SOTA No. One HISTORICAL ven, XXIL DISTRICT COURT BRIND CONTINUES Mike Stanich Gets $4,637 in Case Against Pearson Mining Compasy. -—-No 40 DEER RIVER OFFENDER PUNISHED John Welsh Receives $250 Fine for! Conducting Disreputable House —Bigfork Man Gets Sus- pendcd Sentence. The jury returned a verdict for the; plaintiff in the case of Mike Stanich ys. the Pearson Mining company,| which occupied the attention of the| district court from Wednesday to Monday, awarding Stanich $4,637.00. Stanich was injured by a prema- ture explosion in the Pearson c°m- pany’s mines at Keewatin, losing the} sight of one eye and sustaining in- juries to the other. Suit was order-; ed for $35,000 and the case occupied three days, much evidence being in-| troduced by both parties. J. deLa-| Motte of Duluth appeared for Stanich, and the mining company was rep- resented by Alexander Marshall of} ‘Duluth! An indictment was returned by the} grand jury against John Welsh of Deer River on the charge of running a disreputable house and be receiv- ed a fine in district court Monday of $200 on this charge and $50 on a charge of selling liquor illegally. Six women, inmates of the house, were fined $25 each.— ~- silo Ben McGhion of Bigfork, charged with running a gambling house, was haled before the court and released on suspended sentence, pending fu-| ture conformity with the law. Maud .Newman was granted a di- vorce from Herbert Newman and giv- en the custody of their minor child. The charges were cruel and inhuman treatment. In the case of A. C. Thomas vs. John and Kate Hurley the jury found for the defendants. Thomas sued for $100, the price of a buggy alleg-} ed to have been sold the Hurleys. LIBRARY RECEIVES — BOOKS ON FARMING Excellent Collection of Agricultural Books Now in Public Library | —List Given. The public library has received an exceptionally fine collection of books dealing with agricultural problems and these are now om the shelves for the use of readers. The books, are from the state public, library coms mission and are all the work of ex- perts in their various lines, Included in the list are: Teaching of Agriculture in the High School, Bricker. Principles of Rural Economics, Car- ver. Farm Weeds of Canada, Clark and Fletcher. Hamdy Farm Devices, and How to Make Them, Cobleigh. Alfalfa, Coburn- How to Keep Bees, Comstock. Agricultural Bacteriology, Conn. Co-operation Among Farmers, Coul- ter. Farm Machinery and Farm Motors, Davidson and Chese. Cheese Making, Decker. Swine, Dietrich. Book of Wheat, Dondlinger. Feeding of Crops amd Stock, Hall. Health on the Farm, Harris. Farm Development, Hays. House Fly, Disease Carrier, How- ard. Forage and Fiber Crops in Americ Hunt. Animal Competitors, Ingersoll. Home Waterworks, Lynde. Diseases of Animals, Mayo. Creamery Butter Making, Michels. Poultry Craft, Robinson. Farm Dairying» Rose. |For our ball team’s now in training | Mulveyhill will manage. the | third base; ;don, left field. ‘COURT GRINDS OUT ‘RECIPROCITY IS Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepyzspay, ApRIL 3, (912 BIG TIME AHEAD FOR BASEBALL FANS Organized For Season of 1912 at ‘Meeting Last Wednesday Even- ing—Mulvehill Manager. “If you're waking; cail me early, call me early, mother dear, and I'll mis3 some-news, [ fear!” Every fan who acquired a pair of leather lungs in shouting over the victories of the Junior players last | Season will welcome the newly-organ-: |ized team, which is planning to re- peat last summer’s record all over} again—and then some, At’a meeting held last Wednesday evening the new City team was lined-up. The “City” team will be its official name, but the players4 will be from the Junior crowd, the liveliest bunch that ever punted a three-bagger or stole a run. Jack | team, with Will Whalen as captain. Other! members of the 1912 players will bc Tom Erskine, catcher; Will Whalen,! pitcher; John Benton, first base; Frank McAlpine, second base; Har- old Lee, short stop; George Weaver, Will Powers, right field; | Bud Betts, center field; Ralph Bran- Out of 24 games played last year the Juniors ram away with 20, and| Manager Mulveyhill expects to get! his men in shape to beat their last! year’s score. | MANY NEW CITIZENS Twenty-Three New Citizens Take Out Papers in District Court Last Week. One of the impertant matters be- fore the district court last week were the numerous applications for citizenship papers. Twenty-three were granted, a lange number were set aside until the applicants be came a little more familiar witu) American language and cus‘ous. These to wnom citizenship pape-s) were granted are: Andrew Mieoe Aurora; Nels Albin Hallin, Deer 'Plans For Improvement To The jsouth of the Pokegama and | will provide a safeguard, particular- COMMISSIONERS | 'Petition For New Ferry Boat For Pokegama Lake Under Consideration. ‘WOULD SAVE THIRTY MILE DRIVE County Roads and Bridges Occupy Much Of The Session. A permanent ferry for the south arm of the Pokegama lake was peti tioned for at the meeting of the coun ty commissioners held last Thursday, and County Auditor Spang was in- structed to secure figures on the cost of such a boat. The petition by a lange number of interested taxpay- ers pointed out that a large tract of the richest land in the county lies under present conditions it is practically impossible to reach it, except by @ drive cf about 30 miles around the lake shore. It was pointed out that this would be settled af once if the farmers could have assurance of some way to reach town with their produce. The usual batch of monthly bills and tax abatemen‘s were disposed of, and Commissioners Mullins, Nel son and O’Erien were appointed a committee to ascertain needed re- pairs to the Splithand bridge and re- port at the next board meeting. They will also ascertain the conditi a of the Drumbeater road and” the | road running between Blackberry 4 Feeley. Bids were ordered calling for the placing of a railing along a section | of the road leading from Grand Rap- ids to Coleraine. There is a sheer drop at one side of this road that has been a menace to the traveling |public for some time and a railing ly for night travel. County Auditor Spang and the River; Largs Jonson, Zim; Webkamaki. Swan _ River; Joseph | Shapiro, Nashwauk; Daniel Cassidy, | Taconite; Ole Lund, Evergreen; Rag-j nold Wood, Jesse Lake; Oden Tollig, Deer River; Peter Trebnick, Bovey; } Jchn Lahdet, Bovey; Joseph Sch- weiger, Keewatin; Paul Johnson, Alv- wood; Carl Carlson, Deer River; John Tronola, Nashwauk; Gabrie! Pas euzzi, Nashwauk; John Wig, Deer River; Ben Knutson, Evergreen; John Smith, Balsam; John Drobnich; Bo-| vey; John Von Petersen, Deer River; Olaf Bong, Bovey, and Andrew) Niencla, Deer River. DEFEATED AGAIN: Grand Rapids High School Deb .ters Defeated msn eee The debate held in the high school auditorium Thursday evening betweq students of the Grand Rapids and Coleraine high schools resulted, in a victory for the home team, by a unanimous vote of the judges. Yajo , "¥ .tricts for the purpose of assessment} Charles Erven, District No. Oné;| Thomas Griffin, District No. Two; Dave Maturin, District No. Three; |Levi Cochran, District No. Four; embers of the board as a whole were appointed a committee to (at {tend the hearing on the judicial rad between Itasca and St. Louis cqun- ties, which was set for April 2, |be fore Judge Hughes at Virginia. Assessors for the unorganized dis- tricts of the county were appointed as follows, the unorganized sections being divided into five dist MET THURSDAY !fo meet UNIVERSITY WEEK TROUT LAKE MEX WILL BE HELD HERE TO BAGK CREAMERY Twenty Farmers Pledge Support | ROU | As Result of Meetin Commercial Club Guarantees Finan | By tan — . [lcial Support To “University Exthasan Week.” | A meeting held at Trout Lake Wed- nesday afterncon by Supt. McGuire and O. J. Niles of the cooperative creamery, resulted in 20 Peers PROPOSITION HEARTILY EMDQRSED 2s ect suport ne cn ery here. The meeting was well | attended and the farmers are anxious ‘to do everything possible to make Tentative Plans Will Bring Meeting | ; the local creamery a success, a con- | dition which can only be realized Here Latter Part of June- | when the farmers unite to support | Editors May Meet At | the institution. | Same Ti ‘ | Mr. McGuire is enthusiastic over | | the dairying prespects in the Trout | Lake region. The farmers have some: exceptionally fine dairy herds and | Wellkept barns and are going { into | | At a meeting of the Commercial club held in the court rooms at | the pusiness along scientific lines. the county court house last Wednes- A meeting was also held at 2\ack- | day evening the proposition of hold-| berry and, while not so larg at- ing a week of “university exten-| tended as the Trout Lake session, a | sion work” here, as outlined in the | number of farmers pledged support Herald-Review recently, was heartily | to the creamery and will ship their endorsed. | milk in. ly Prof. Samuel Quigley of the uni. The meétings being held by Supt. versity presextcd the plen to the | McGuire and Mr. Niles throughout | club, outlining the proposed pro-| the district « e resulting in large) |gram to be given and pointing out | numbers of f*rmers making arrang- the advantages to be derived. By | Ments to send their miik to the} creamery hereafte t of them be- ing glad to fall in line on the propo- | sition when the benefits to be de- | rived, both individually and collective are pointed out. @ unanimous vote it was decided to accept the umiversity’s offer, the Commercial club guaranteeing $300 the necessary expense. Professor Quigley explained un- | der ordinary conditions it’ won't | TD | Cost $2,000 to place such a progra:. , COMMISIONERS as the university has arranged for | PLEDGE SUPPORT the week’s course, but under Presi- Assure Supt “reeman That They dent Vincent's plans the appropria- |« Will Gie Hearty Supportto tion from the state for university ex- | tension work is available for this | purpose- “A-mumber of the representatives from the Woman’s club vere in hy attendance and, th:ough its president,| Mrs. Peach, the club voiced its will- ingness to cooperate with the Com- mercial club toward making the uni- versity week 4 success. Supt. B. A. Freeman appeared be fore the board of, county commis- sioners at their session last Thurs- day to ascertain their attitude in re- A committee of mine will take | gard to the exhibit from the Itasca charge of the local arrangements and | county schools which it is proposed will also make suggestions as to the| to make at the state fair this year. lectures, which would be _ particu- The commissioners concurred most larly suitable and timely for this | heartily in the plan outlined by Supt part of the state. Freeman, and have pledged suffici- The tentative program includes lec-| ent financial support to insure the tures by men and women who 4re | committee freedom to carry out the authorities in their chosen field, | different lines of work they wish dramatic entertainments, concerts by | to undertake in this connection. the university glee club, library, art Two especially fine features that and health exhibits. A course On| the committee has under considera- agriculture will run through the en- | tion are maps of the county, one to | tire week. ‘Public Health Problems’’| show the school districts and loca- will be an interesting topic treated | tion of school houses, and the other by Mr. Hill of the state board of | to give the roads which traverse the health. The community life course | county and» show the accessability will be another of the topics of vital | of the school houses, this head will be taken up “The W. H. Russell, District No. Five. In the matter of a rehearing on tle petition for the organization of a new school disirict in the organized town of Marcell, the board re-affirm- ed its former decision, creating .@ schoo] district to be known as Dis- trict No. Four, which will commjse all the town of Marcell. A petition for the establishmentof a county road in town 55-26, 55-27 was presented and will be en a hearing at the next meeti The state engineer was ins to make a survey of the prop road- A report was submitted by Anna Wang, visiting nurse for If ca county, in which Miss Wang give a summary of the cases visited The subject under discussion was: ciprocity Act of 1911 Would Have Been Beneficial to the.United.States.’ The affirmative was taken by Coler- aine’s representatives, Walter Van- dyke, Mildred O’Connor and Ches- 'Blanche Gaard and Robert Gilbert, | who supported the negative side of the question. 3 The judges were Judge B. F. Wright, of Park Rapids; Prof. Wal- lace of Duluth and .Supt. A. J. Me- Guire. The debate was repeated at Coleraine Friday evening, at the re-} “Wasn't it Kipling,” asked the man Chemistry of Plant and~ Animal] with the crimson colored ‘eal, * who St. Louis and Itasca counties. 0 “Resolved: That the Proposed Re-;the months of Fepruary and Marcel. quest of Coleraine andi Bovey people. : personally cared for by her dw The auditor was instructed to hc ecee for bids for the construction of a bridge across the Big F Ticats in town 62, range 25. t | The next meeting of the board rill ter Larsen, while the Grand, Rapids be held April 30, at which time yx-| which the di contestants were Muriel Fairbanks, tensive improvements and repairs|to| Rapids abounds. county roads will be taken un¢e consideration. The Mesaba Railway compab (formerly known as the Mesaba El \ tric Railroad company, increased {ts ‘capital stock last week from $50,00(to | $1,000,000. According ‘to the artids filed with the secretary of s y the road was originally intended be an interurban through towns | «pntertainments for Town and Coun- BANKS RANK HIGH try.” 2 .!and be heard the closing night. jthird or last week in June and it is interest to the small town and under MINNESOTA POSTAL School as a Social Center,’ “The Planning and Care of Towns,” and A course in home nursing will be one of the practical features and will take up cooking for invalids, dis- infection and “The Nurse and the School.” Among the other helpful features will be a parents’ symposium, clubs for boys and girls and a local chorus, which will rehearse during the week under a skilled director The postoffice department at Washington has given out the follow- ing statement of the operation of postal savings banks in Minnesota: “On Jan. 31, 1912, there were 212 postal savings depositories in opera- | tion in Minnesota with deposits | amounting to over $625,000. This amount was depcsited by about 7,- 000 depositors, an average of $89 a depositor. Since the opening of the postal saving system im Minnesota, there have been approximately 8,700 accounts opened and over (8,000 It is expected that the university week will be given here either the proposed to have the Northern Min- nesota editorial association hold its meeting here at the same time s0/ deposits made, or an average of: that the editors and their families | about three deposits to each deposi- may combine the delightful course |tor, and 4,038 withdrawals, or an which the university offers with | average of about one to each de- -|talk on print shop problems, while | positor. those who listen to the lure of lake; “Compared with the number of de- | and.stream will be given boundless op-| positors and amount on deposit with portunity for their favorite sport at | other states, Minnesota ranks sixth | the numberless fishing spots with|in number of accounts remaining | istrict surrounding Grand | open Jan. 31, and the seventh in to- tal amount remaining on deposit, | showing that as compared with other | The Knights of Maccabees of the | States the average amount to the World at Duluth, a fraternal and in- |eredit of each depositor is slightly | snrance order, will fight the pay- | lower in Minnesota than is the aver- -|ment of a $1,000 policy claimed by! age amount for the six other states. | the death of Andre Blanchet on the| “As Minnesota is the nineteenth | grounds that Blanchet was a habitu- | state in size, according to population, al, drunkard. The insurance or | and stands sixth and seventh, re-| der claims that Blanchet swore false- spectively, in number of accounts | ly to his application for insurance by | and amounts on deposit, this puts | Ul stating that he was not a habitual | Minnesota in a much higher stand- | juser of liquor. It is also claimed ing when“judged by postal saving | } county all | town boards and arrar | Cohasset, | ed roads will be kept in good repair. | dential elector in von Sesame ne eggeg than the states with a larger popula- cause of death. tion.” ad wo Dollars a Year AUTOMOBILE MEN PLAN T0 FORM CLUB Meeting Will Be Held Thursday To Perfect Organization For The Connty. ABOUT FIFTY MACHINES IN ITASCA Future Plans Include Forming As- sociation of Range Men and The Erection Of a Club . Building. At a preliminary meeting of aute | mobile owners held Saturday after- noon it was decided to form an asso- ciation and a meeting hes been call- ed for Thursday, April 4, of all the | automobile owners of the county, at which time it is expected the County Automobile be organized. At present there are 23 machines in Grand Rapids and about 50 in told- while this will be very largely augmented th spring by the large number of p pective purchasers. The assoc on expects to have representatives” meet with the county commissioners and ge for section to Coleraine and so that these main-tfavel- Itasca association will number men on the ri Last year there was ing an association comp; Rapids, Hibbing, Virginia, Duluth and other intermediate range towns and erecting a club house in some locati the surroundings would be ple sant. for a day’s out- ing and that could be reached over good roads. This matter will be taken up again this year, as an as- sociation of this nature could | aid very materially in having the roads placed in good condition for travel, while the erection of a club house would greatly add to the pleasure of automobile enthusiasts throughout the range country. . In the latter connection it has been pointed out that Pokegama lake of- fers an ideal spot for the erection of a club building, combining unex- celled opportunities for fishing and canoeing with acceysability from all points of the range territory, being } only a few hours run from any of the towns which will comprise the proposed association. Tentative plans for the reorganiza- tion of the range association will be taken up at the meeting Thursday, as it is recognized that much needed improvement to roadways may be | 3 8 | secured by an active cooperation of | automobile owners throughout the | district. ‘GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE HERE W. E. Lee, Candidate For Governor Will Speak Here Tues- day Evening. W. E. Lee of Long Prairie, pro gressive Republican candidate for governor, will address Grand Rapids | people next Tuesday evening at a meeting in village hall. Mr. Lee is a pioneer of Minnesota, and has rendered the state valuable service as an Official, always tak- ing an advanced stand on all ques tions of legislation. He was presi- 1900 and was selected to carry Minnesota's vote for McKinley and Roosevelt to Wash- ington. He was afterward appointed by Governor Van Sant a member of the State Board of Control. Mr. Lee will give his reasons for being in the progressive wing of the Republican party and outline his plans should the people of Min- nesota select him for their chief ex- | ecutive. . A box factory employing between 100 and 200 men will be in opera tion in Bemidji by Aug. 1, accord- ing to an announcement recently made public.