Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 24, 1912, Page 1

va | “wood, Island, Wawina, Swan River, OFFICIAL PAPER OF ane Township Grand 6T PAUL Uapids Herald-Neview. == es o= MINNESOTA) °°". _ HISTORICAL... SOCIETY ——___ OFFICIAL PAPER OF Itasca Co. and School Dist. No. One VoL, XXII. —No 43 PRESIDENT KING QUTLINES PLANS President of Northern Minnesota Development Association Talks on Roads GOOD WAGON ROADS IMPERATIVE Highways That Will. Be Built In the Supreme Court Passes Favorably On the El- well Law. An outline of the roads that will be built in northern Minnesota if the El well law is declared constitutional by the supreme court was given by President King of the Development association to the Herald-Review. Mr. King says:. “The roads laid out by our aesocia-| tion, acting through our goods roads | ground sufficiently to remove piles | committee, comprise the following: A| road running from Duluth to St. Vin- cent, and which passes through St. | Louis, Itasca, Cass, Hubpard, Beltra- mi, Clearwater, Polk, Red Lake, Mar- shall and Kittson counties. The work through the last named county being | largely done by private subscription. | This road will pass through Flood- Feeley, Warba, Blackberry, King, Gunn, Grand Rapide, Cohasset, Deer River, Dumas, Bena, Schiey, Cass! Lake, Bemidji, Bagley, McIntosh and many other towns west and north. “Another road contemplated runs from International Falls by a route; through the eastern half of Koochi- ching and Itasca counties, passing through Taconite, Holman, Bovey, Coleraine and Grand Rapids, and thence south by the way of Hill City, Aitkin, Malmo, Opstead, Mora, Cambridge and Bethel, and thence through Anoka county to Minneapolis Another contemplated road runs from Moorhead to Duluth and.follows.gen- erally speaking, the north side of the! Northern Pacific railway, passing} through the counties of Carleton, Ait- kin, Crow Wing, Cass, Todd, Wa- dena, Otter Tail, Becker and Clay. “Another proposed road runs from | Brainerd eastward along the north | shore of Lake ‘Mille Lacs to Moose Lake, connecting on the west with| the Brainerd & St. Cloud road that) runs through Little Falls in Morrison county and connecting on the east with a proposed road that runis from } Duluth to St. Paul through the coun- | ties of Carlton, Pine, Chisago, Wash- | ington and Ramsey. “Still another proposed road runs} from International Falls by way of Big.Falls, Margie, Gemmell, Mizpah, Northome, Blackduck, Bemidji, the Itasca state park, Park Rapids, Men- ahga, Sebeka, Wadena, Bertha, Eagle Bend, Clarissa, Long Prairie, Sauk} Center, St. Cloud, Elk River, Anoka and Minneapolis. | “Another Elwell road is that pro- posed to run from Deer River directly north through the center of Itasca | Joining alleys and have all offal and janyone dumping garbage, or rubbish | ‘DYNAMITERS ARE Granp Rapips, Irasca CounTY, MINN., Wepnzspay, APRIL. 24, [912 tidewater. In the building of these highways our committee has kept in mind the immense value of these pre- posed roads in draining wet lands, in serving as firebreaks and as -ways by be speedily collected at the plece of forest conflagrations. State Forester Cox estimates the value of the tim- ber still standing in Minnesota at a | greater sum than the entire valuation of the state for tax purposes and in the building of these roads we have kept in mind the need of protecting this vast wealth to the state.” MUST CLEAN YARDS SAYS HEALTH BOARD: People Who Dump Refuse In Lake| Will be Dealt With According To State Law. Dr. G. F. Schmidt of the village. board of health is notifying the residents that the state laws gov- erning the disposal of refuse must be complied with. In a communication to the public Dr. Sehmidt says: “Since the frost is now out of the of ashes, manure and other debris | that has accumulated during the} winter months it is urged that every- body clean up their yards and ad- refuse removed. All ashes and dry rubbish can be dumped into the pit between the Great Northern rail- way tracks and the court house. Manure, vegetable and animal mat- ter should ibe taken to some piece of land where it can be utilized as a fertilizer. “Warning is hereby given that of any kind in Ice, Hale or McKin- ley lakes, or near enough to be on the water shed of the lakes, will be dealt) with according to the laws of the state of Minnesota. “After May. first all offal or re- fuse in alleys or yards which in any/ way effects the health or sanitation of the community will be removed by the board of health and costs assess- ed to the property owners.” CAUGHT BY WARDEN Four Men Arrested at Prairie River by Game Warden Harry Tuesday Four men, who thought to escape; the vigilant eye of Game Warden Harry, were arrested by him at Pri e river Tuesday while dynamit- ing fish im the stream. The men were John Bennett, | George Even, Peter Wygalch and Martin Bergeski. They were brought before Justice Prescott in Coleraine yesterday and pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal fishing by the use of dymamite, paying a fine and costs that amounted to $19.25 each. D. D. Greer appeared for the de- fendants and A. M. Peterson for the state. Very few cases of dyna- miting have occured this spring, as county on the meridian line to @ point west of Effie, and thence di- rectly west to Northome, connecting with the International Falls-Twin.City, road at Northome and the Duluth ai St. Vincent road at Deer River. “Another extremely important. asin! rural highway is that which is oo ADD THESE T0 YOUR Bree posed to run from Crookston to kenridge. This road will connect at Breckenridge with the Meridian road, which runs in a generally southern direction to Galveston, Tex., and pr its northern terminus will connect with the Duluth-St. Vincent road, thus making it a part of the famous trunk road now being built from Gal- veston, Tex., to Winnipeg, Can. “Besides these there are some) smaller rcads, in all making a total! mileage of about 1,850 miles of good road.” The Elwell law meets the needs of | Hagen, Mike, res. two miles irecently issued by the Mesaba Tele Game Warden Harry has been mak- ing it so uncomfortable for violators of the game laws that few offences of this nature have been committed recently. NEW DIRECTORY The following subscribers’ names do not appear in the new directory phone company. Paste the list in ‘your directory for future reference: |Blackberry toll station, Blackberry Minn. Burlingame, Florence, res. S. of chy... .. + +-170-31 | igh, We 1s, remy 22 oe oc og 88 which sufficient forces of men may! | ate a company, independent of the }association, to secure a site | a launch- | - of sufficiently frequent occurrence to the moment. Minnesota is behind! S. W. .. .. es --170-14 other states in the matter of good! Hofer, John, res., _Heuetied wagon roads. We are losing for want | Ave . 264 of good reads thousands of settlers, | Kent, A. C., res. ‘Hoffman Ave. .198 who are going upon land greatly in-' Peterson, C- C. res, 7th and Clough HIBBING WILL JOIN ITASCA AUTOISTS ‘Proposed Sites For Club House Submitted At Meeting Mon- day Evening. | COMPANY WILL INCORPORATE, Business Men of Hibbing and Itas- | ca County Will Unite In Erec- tion Of County Club House At Pokegama. j At a meeting of the Itasca Coun- ty Automopile association Monday evening it was decided to incorpor- and erect a club house for the members. W. C. Gilbert was appointed chair- man of the committee that will have charge of the preliminaries regard- ing incorporation. Other members of! the committee are Dr. G. N. Butch- | art, W. J. Powers and Fred M. Smith) of Hibbing: and M. H. Godfrey of Coleraine. One member from Nash- | wauk, Deer River and Grand Rapids will also be appointed to act on | ; this committee. A delegation of Hibbing autoists, including Attorney Power, Dr. Butchart, Fred Smith and Mr. Cong- don, attended the meeting Monday evening and expressed their willing- Mess to come in with the association toward erecting a club house for the use of the members, The committee on a club house site, Messrs. Rasmussen, Wilder aud Wellien, presented several proposi- tions that they had secured. Among the desirable sites available is a | tract at the east end of Pokegama lake, about eight miles from here, owned by Jud Romans. This loca- | tion offers a fine landing place for boats and launches and there are good roads leading out all the way. | The McAlpine place, four miles | from town, is a pretty location on Pokegama that may be secured, and | @ 22-acre tract, owned by M. A. | Spang, is amother available location | on the Pokegama. The Spang prop- erty is three miles from Grand Rap- | ids and includes a small cottage and | The run to any of the sites offered | is a pretty one, over good roads, and accessible from all points im the | county. A delegation of Hibbing | business men will be over shortly to | go over the proposed locations, fol- lowing which the committee will | make its sion. The lack of club facilities has been| # serious inconvenience to automo- | bile owners and the erection of a club’ house at Pokegama lake will give | them the much-desired accomodation in ideal surroundings. Fishing abounds in the adjacent lakes and streams, amd boating and canoeing opportunities are of the most de- lightful. Hibbing people who do not wish to make the trip by |auto- mobile have an excellent train) ser- vice whereby they can reach here easily to spend the week-end at the club and enjoy vacation days dui- ing the summer months. Tt is the plan of tthe association to erect a rustic building that will ‘be in harmony with the surroundings, and will meet the needs of automo- pile parties in the best manner. Since its organization the Automd- bile association has been active in securing improvement to the roads of the county, the road to Cohasset has been dragged and put im excel+ lent condition, and the association has also assisted in securing section men for the Nashwauk and! Cohassei roads. The members plan to wash with the Good Roads committee in| everything that will tend to the} improvement and upkeep of the Itas- ca county roads. ‘He was an old merchant who had built up a big business by advertis-|| ‘OSTAIGT COURT j | quarter, | | hand at the last report, were $14,- | | 1 | Jury Returns Verdict Of Guilty | day Morning. TWO CIVIL CASES HAVE HEARING Judge Scores Attorneys For Failure To Have Cases Ready For Hearing—Hughes Damage Suit Settled. | The Rhody case, which came on day, April 15, was concluded Friday morning when the jury turned a verdict of guilty. last re | | ter users, {service will be given, Two Dollars a Year tions for the quarter to have been | $3, 595.99 and the water collections | $90.40. The total receipts for the including the balance on 266.44. Disbursements for the which includes salaries and pills al- lowed were $5,489.07, {| are considering the advisability of installing a meter system for wa- instead of the flat rate used heretofore, and with this in| view will visit a large number of towns in the state the first of May where the meter system has been satisfactorily tried out by the city: officials. | The commissioners, Messrs. C. H. Dickinson, B. C. Finnigan and H. D. Powers, believe that by installing @ meter system a more satisfactory insuring a arrangement than the The towns that more just present system. ‘the members of the commission will | for trial in the district court Mon- | Visit are situated in all parts of the | | state. i Rhody was indicted by the crane WARBA iS GETTING | jury at the present term under six counts, following a raid made on the establishment by Sheriff Riley. An attempt was made by the defense Cora Rhody, wife of the defendant, | but County Attorney McOuat brought forward evidence strong enough to secure a verdict. The extreme penalty for similar offences is seven years in the peni- tentiary or $1,000 or both. Sentence pn Rhcdy has not yet been passed. The case of John Landy against Edward Baldwin, a suit for wages alleged to be due the plaintiff, was heard Friday and Saturday, the jury returning a verdict Monday morning for Landy in the sum of $113.21. The case of Frank Caldwell was roxt. on the calendar, but was post- ponrd until the following day and | several civil cases called. None of these were ready for hearing at the time they were called and Judge Medias administered a scathing rebuke to the attorneys who had beet dilatory in having their cases in \ Spanien thus prolonging the court session and making needless expénse for the county to bear. Fol- lowmg Judge McClenahan’s remarks there was a hurried round- ing up of witnesses on the part of the offending attorneys, who were amply prepered for the afternoon.ses- sion. The case of A. P. Belanger against | Carl Cusciotto was the next civil action heard, a suit for four months’ rent under a lease. The jury found for the plaintiff Tuesday afternoon. The postponed Caldwell case came on at three o'clock Tuesday after- noon, the afternocm and a part of Wednesday morning being taken up | With securing a jury. Frank Cald- well, the defendant, ment on the charge of a statutory offence, and a large number of wit- nesses are being examined. The most important civil action on | the calendar for this term was the case of Henry Hughes & Company against the Great Northern Railway company. Mr. Hughes had entered suit for $60,000 damages, alleging that engines belonging to the rail- way company ran over the hose be- ing used by the fire department at | the time the Hughes block was burned last spring, cutting the hose and preventing the proper assistance | |e at much higher cost than being rendered in saving the build- | ing. The case was settled out of court Wednesday afternoon. Attorneys in the case were Judge T. B. O’Brien of the state supreme court, who represented Mr. Hughes’ interests, and C. G. Baldwin of Duluth, Great | Northern counsel, appearing for the | railway company- COMMISSION MAKES QUARTERLY REPORT Good Light Siti For Last Quar- ~ ter—May Install Water Meters. ing. “John,” said his wife, “what)) do you want on your tombstone?’’}) “Oh,” he answered, “it isn’t ve ferior to ours, where crop failures ag streets .. .. --160 poe Livery barn, w. ard ctnent:. 116 be remembered by the oldest living inhapitants, and where the settlers Seamans, Lyman, res. Houghton are more than @ thousand miles from Stone, W. G., tailor shop .. .. from! Wawina bss Wawina, Piatt . 210 important what the text is so lon eee ere and is sete The water and light commission of the village bas filed its report for | tense | is under indict- | 1911 Potato Crop There Enormous “No one who has ever lived in Northern Minnescta would care to reside in Southern Illinois or Indi- ana,” says J. E. Foley, real estate dealer, who hes been in that state for the purpose of boosting Itasca county lands. “The roads are heavy, the air murky and the whole country | seems as if it was built on a cheap- \er plan. The buildings, while «sub- ; stantial, were built years ago, and narrow and dark hallways.and poor elevators characterize many.of.them. The hotel service is not to be com ; | pared with what we have here and j in this country.” Speaking of conditions in Itasca | county, Mr. Foley said: “The rich | soil in the vicinity of Warba is at- and we expect fifty families to move | here this spring. We raised over! 12,000 bushels of potatoes last year! | and about 3.000 bushels were held over to this spring. The are now getting from 85 $1.25 for them. | “There is considerable cents to agitation , | for a potato warehouse and creamery! | and both will undoubtedly be erected | this fall.’—The Virginian. WILL SHOW PICTURES OF TITANIC Loss Manager Comer of the Gem theatre | is in communication with the motion | picture firm for films of the ‘Titanic’ While» of course, there are no views of the actual shipwreck, pic- tures will be shown of the fated} vessel, the spot where the wreck’ occured, the ice floes of the north- ern route and the scenes at New} York harbor when the Carpathia ar- rived with the survivors of the tragedy. Though the early production will ordi- the films immediately upon their re- lease for exhibition. PLAN NEW ROADS IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS: Alvwood, Third River and Good Hope Towns, Commissioners Nelson and King The report shows the light collec- } quarter, \ leaving a bal-| In Rhody Case Last Fre | ance April first of $8,737.37. The members of the commission | FIFTY FAMILIES. to prove that the house was run by Prospects For This, Season Inviting- | | the mercamt'le establishments would | not even be classed as second rate | ; cracting a lange number of settlers | farmers | disaster as scon as they are released. nary pictures, Mr. Comer will secure | Commissioners Make Trip Through TURN MISFORTUNE TOGO00 USEHE SAYS Brilliant Editor of News-Tribune Writes of Grand Rapids Conditions MUST GIVE FARMERS A MARKET Charles S. Mitchell Believes That Growth and Prosperity Hinges On Providing Shipping Facilities Charles S: Mitchell, editorial writer of the Duluth News-Tribune, is en- thusiastic over the prospects of Grand Rapids as the produce mar | Ket for the farmers of northern Min- ‘nesota. Speaking of the advanced lstep taken in erecting a potato ware- {house here, the first in this section of the state, Mr. Mitchell s “Grand Rapids greatly regrets the loss of a fine brick block burned a year ago and not rebuilt. The owner of the block took the brick from \the walls and built a potato ware- house, one of the best in the state {amd one of the first. if not the |finst. in all this section of the state. “We sincerely believe that the burning of this block was a blessing in the disguise of a calamity for ali Grand Rapids, except maybe the owner. It would have been difficult to have gotten this warehouse but for this misfortune; quite surely the |city would not have had one so large and so permanent. The block, if standing, would not have - built ys: leasily make the warehouse rebuild | the block. “It is the best possible bagis, or can be made this, for the settlement of the splendid country within wagon distance of the city. It will be used for potatoes only late in the season after all the other more per- i ishable products of the farm are 4 gone. “In the earlier season jt can be |made the place for assembling, sort- ing, grading, selling and shipping the earlier vegetables, small fruit, eggs butter and poultry. One ocr two | bins can readily be made sufficient ‘for temporary cold storage. “Tf the business men of the city will organize to promote such a |market; if they will organize the te to patronize it, it will not another year before there will be bee demand that wil rebuild the | block that was burned. “Grand Rapids is a handsome little city, beautifully located. It has a s:ate experimental farm. It has in Superintendent McGuire the best adviser it could find. It hes every- thing ready at hand, including an awakened interest and enthusi “All the rest will take very little money; it will chiefly take organiza- jtion and united action. The mer- |chants should buy for local con- sumption and shipment through a4 jfarmers’ association that will use this warehouse and that also will ‘ship for itself. “They should carry on a campaign of education as to sorting, grading and packing produce and berries for |market. They should help find the |best markets for everything the farmers will produce in shipping quantities. They should make Grand |Rapids the best produce market in northern Minnesota and buyers will flock there. “The plain, open road to great \prosperity, to settlement and ww growth points to this warehouse. | But nothing comes of itself; it takes effort to get the full results from anything, and the greatest bless imgs are appks of Sodom if not jtaken advantage of and used as | blessings.” | Lett Monday for a week’s trip throu:@ :vays in the townships. the towns of Alvweod, Third River where extensive | Commissioners Nelson, King and ‘Shellman are the committee in the warehouse; but Grand Rapids cam and Good Hope, road improvements are to be made | charge of ascertaining the road con- this summer. | ditions and the needs of the several They went by way of Blackduck, districts in regard to new highways, and will spend the week in the. dis- ‘and they are making a thorough in- tricts where the proposed new roads ppection of the different highways the quarter ending March 31, the de- ‘are to be constructed, looking up the! of the county and the districts where ‘| tailed report being published in this most feasible routes and ascertaining! new roads will be constructed this the ee: ‘the condition of the present road- javee. —+ | —— cr 1 —o