Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 22, 1912, Page 2

af pra ast ™ eee ed OFFICIAL PAPER OF OFFICIAL PAPER OF aoe Itasca Co. and ‘Village and School Dist. Township No. One Grand Uapids Herald-Review. VoL, XXII. —No 47 Granp Rapips, Tasca County, MINN., WepnEspay, May 22, (912 ELWELL LAW HELD CONSTITUTIONAL State Supreme Court Declares in Favor of Good Roads Measure NORTHERN MINNESOTA REJOICES Decision Means That Trunk Road! Systems All Over Northern Part of State Will Be Built The supreme handed down a decision Friday de-- claring the Elwe!l gocd roads law constitutional, thereby making it) possible to build the projected trunk | roads systems that will be the greats est factor in the development of | northern Minnesota the state has/ known. | court of Minnesota strawberry dinner at State farm by Supt. A. J. McGuire. Two o'clock, automobile party to Coleraine and open-pit mines and trip the world. Launch parties and: trout fishing on famous Trout Lake. Auto sight seeing in and about range towns. Six ocloek panquet at | Hotel Fitger, Bovey. Business} ses- sion following banquet, moonlight | auto trip to Grand Rapids. ‘June 23, Trip to Cohasset by auto, fifty launches will leave Cohasset deckq taking party on Mississippi river trips, thence into Pokegama, lake, outdoor noon picnic dinner, boatriding and fishing during after- noon, return to Grand Rapids, ban- quet at Hotel Pokegama, evening auto rides. HOLD 6000 ROADS MEETING TONIGHT Mass Meeting in Court Rooms Wednesday Evening to Discuss Good Roads The application of the Elwell aA to road building was halted by the! suit brought by F, H. Murray, mayor of White Bear, to test the consti-- tutionality of the measure. The case, was first heard in Ramsey county, | being taken from there to the sv-' preme court, which has now affirmed) the finding of the lower‘court, and) settled the question of the consti-- | tutionality of the good roads law. | C. M. King, president of the Good | Roads committee of the Northern } Minnesota Development association | has been working strenously in de-| fense of the measure. Mr. King | states that, following the decision} rendered, the road work under the| under the provisions of ‘he measure! “TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ELWELL LAW First Highways For Itasca County Under the New Law. A mass meeting of citizens will be held in the county court rooms at 8:00 o’clock this evening to discuss the Elwell law, with relation to the highways that will be built in this will go along with new impetus and! county. that a large amount of work will be! done during the present year. Among the roads which it is pro-| posed to build under the provisions! of the Elwell measures are the! following: A road running from! Duluth to St. Vincent, and which passes through St. Louis, Itasca, Cas Hubpard, Beltrami, Clearwater, Polk, ; Red Lake, Marshall and Kittson coun! ties. The work through the last/ named county being largely done by | private subscription, This road will! pass through Flcodwocd, Istanc, Swan River, Feeley, Warba, kberry, King, Gunn, Grand Rap-' ids, Cohasset, Deer River, Dumas, Bena, Schley, Cass Lake, Bemidji, | Bagley, Intosh and many other| towns west and north. i Another road contemplated runs} from International Falls by a route through the eastern half cf 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, Cam-j} bridge and Bethel, and thence through Anoka county to Minneapolis. An- other contemplated road runs from Moorhead to Duluth, and follows gen-; erally spzaking, 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. Continued on page Five. ENTERTAINMENT =“ FOR EDITOR MEN Good Time For Newspaper Men Of Northern Minnesota Editorial Association. The local newspaper men have been outlining plars the past week for the entertainment of- the North- ern Minnesota editcrs who will, “in | convention assembled,” visit Grand | Rapids Jure 21 to 23, As arranged the entertainment fea-! tures for the editors and their ladies | will be as follows: auto rides about city, view points of interest, including paper mill puildings, ete., banquet at Pokegama, reception and ball- At- tend entertainment given by Univer- sity lecturers. June 22, Automobiling and boating, | ty commissioners will be ! Music .. public | Hotel ' The members of the board of coun- present, and President King of the Good Roads movement will be among the speak- ers who will point out how Itasca county can most effectively take ad- vantage of the opportunities for road ' making that the Elwell act offers. The members of the Itasca County Automobile association will also work actively for the new roadways that are proposed for construction under the provisions of the Elwell law. A large number of the surround- ing counties are taking immediate steps, since the new measure was declared constitutional, and the meet- ing tonight will get Itasca county in line for the benefits of the highway construction planned. PROGRAM MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES Parade Will Be Special Feature—- Program Will Be Given In Ball Park The Memorial Day exercises this year promise to be especially fine. Much of the program wil} be givep by —)|the school children and some beauti- ‘ful features in the way of patriotic ‘drills are being prepared by the achers of the different schools. Classes and grades will be specially costumed for the occasion. The parade will start from the high school, the order of parade ee as follows: Automobiles with veterans. Band- Firemen and other civic organiza- tions. School children and citizens. The parade will proceed to the soldiers’ cemetery south of town and after the ritual service of the .G. A. R., and decorations of the graves the following program will be given in the ball park; ..Grand Rapids Band Invocation Rev, Father Beuchler ‘Music .. Pupils Public Schools | Patriotic drill..Pupils Central School June 21, Arrive in Grand Rapids, } Music .. . Double Quartet Declamation .. .. “Gettysburg” Frank LaMere - Music .. .. .. ..Boys’ Glee Club Drill .. .. Forest Lake School Pupils Declamation .. ..“A Dream Of War” William Powérs Music .. (Bovey, special train through great | through | greatest ore concentrating plant in tizens Of County Will Confer On| | Washburn. | ises to be replete with topics of in- EXPERIMENT HEAD BE GIVEN dUNE 22° ADVISES: FARMERS University Week Session To In- Sacitaent McGuire Issues Bul- clude Special Day For Farm | _letin On Best Time To Plant Top'cs. Root C-ops. ‘FARMERS’ DAY WILL Tivo Dollars a Year | Supt. A. J. McGuire, of the Northeast i arpécimnent Farm, Grand a and le L. Buck, Cohasset. The work of compiling the facts on Itasca county’s agricultural lands ‘and possibilities is directed by J. S. | Pardee of Duluth, former publicity | ae of the Commercial club of | that city. Mr. Pardee states that far-reaching plans have been made ‘for the distribution of the advertis- | ‘img matter. Much of andled by Commissioner Maxfield, jand a large amount by the Northern’ ‘NOTED LECTURERS WILL TALK URGES FODDER CORN FOR COWS | | Program Of Rare Interest Has Been | May 20 To June First Is Given As Prepared On Agricultural Sub- Best Time To Plant Potatoes, jects For Farmers’ Root Crops and Fodder Day. Corn Here. | The week of university extension Frony May 20th to June first is{ work to be held here June 17 to 22, | the best time to plant potatoes, root! | inclusive, will have one day devoted | crops and fodder corn ip northeast-| to farm topics exclusively. The date | ern Minnesota, says Supt. A. J. Mc-} |of “Farmers’ Day” for Grand Rapids | Guire of the northeast eprint | has been set for Saturday, June 22, | | farm, in a bulletin just issued. Plant | | and will include the following inter- | ing may be continued well into June | esting program by men and women | but the results are not so satisfac- | who are experts in their lines: | tory. When’ necessary, fodder corn | “Soil Management,’ py Supt. A. D. | may be planted as late ag July first}! Wilson, of the state agricultural de-! and a fair crop secured if the Season } partment, Prof. Andrew Eoss and E. | is favorable. C. Brown, soil expert. | A clover sed is the best for the “Social Possibilities of Rural Com-! potato, root and corn crop: It shoud | munities,” George F. Howard and E. | he plowed from six to eight inches | R. Phillips. | deep and disked thoroughly. Land “Stock Judging Demonstration,” | that has been in tame hay for a num Prof. H- R. Smith and Prof. R. R. | per of years should be broken up ard | planted to some of these crops this} | Spring. Old hay. land produced less A. D. Wilson, Prof. Andrew Boss than a ton of hay to the acre in 1911- “Cultivation of Corn,” C. EB. Erown.) The same kind of land broken up! A question box to give agricultural-| and put into fodder corn yielded as ists an opportunity to exchange ideas high as five tons of. cured fodder per will be a feature of the afternoon's dere, Fodder corn is splendid feed program, which will also juclude for ‘airy cows and by growing it on talks on the following subjects?, ithe pa land, it net only produces “The Feeding and Management of | more feed but it puts the ground in Live Stock,” Prof. H. R. Smith and ' good condition for a grain crop next} Prof. R. M. Washburn. | year, ' “Possibilities Of the Rural Schools, | | “ % Roots preduce from twelve to eorge F, Howard = E. R. Phillips. ! eighteen tons per acre and roots can| “Home Sanitation” will be discuss- ‘Ba yak », 3 i be made to take the place of expen- x = ie oe Shame whe will be sive mill feed for dairy cows in this! pe ee ee oe heap Ribs section of the state. The old hay} gram, and the topic will embrace ee z land can be made to produce five home nursing, sanitation, cooking for times the feed in fcdder corn and invalids, first aid and the care of roots that it will produce in hay. | infants. The actual way of doing Potatoes planted on sod land and these things will be demonstrated | less subject to scab and produce a ‘agit: the discussion. ‘larger yield. If the potato sced is Rural School Libraries and Books scabby, the scab can be killed by! for, Rurel see will be soaking the seed before cutting for! ess op by Miss Ag ees 5 three hours in a parrel of water in} A scientific demonstration, The | which is mixed one quart of formald-) Gyroscope and Liquid Air,” py Dr. | | hyde. This can be bought at any drig Newkirk and Dean Frankforter, will chal conclude a program, which will un- | ye - about tiestece doubtedly be one of the finest and Ue eae gotten Ets ta tad | most instructive of a week that prom- gamer iy = me corn and root ground. If time will) terest to everyone. The business and erage Sone Uagneuerre ROW professional man, the housewife and { BY £ ae Be ee ee ¥e ” the boy and girl will each find that | JTsinS ee ae ae applied evenly the program which the heads ol aes si | program whic e heads of the | ES, Manure for the above} university are preparing for presen- j Fi ¥ ae Sirus ‘named crops is worth $1.50 a to “The Business of Farming,” Supt. | yard | tation in Grand Rapids will contain ne Le et entertainment and instruction along | WHe? applied on the fi g00 condition. Left in piles around the in which ‘th ay ie | eee ee ee | buildings during the summer it loses interested. ; most of its value. SHUT OUT SUNDAY, | Giy Team Walops Cau Lake Ag- PUBLICITY FOR ae ITASCA COUNTY The City team continued its toll of | 3 Te 0. shut-outs last Sunday, when the local | Data All Compiled and Committee players took Cass Lake into camp ! Report Will Be Followed By Pub- to the tune of 3-0. lication Of 100,000 Folders. Whalen twirled for the local play- ers» while LeRoy of Cass Lake was selected as the one most likely to produce a spell over the local bats- The publicity committee: which | will direct the work of the advertis- | men. The spell got cresseyed, how- | ing matter to be published and dis-| ever, and failed to work as per | tributed in the interest of Itasca schedule- | county agricultural lands, has elect- Cass Lake has a fast team, but | ed J. A. Vandyke, Coleraine, chair- their stickers couldn’t find Whalen | man; E- J. Farrell, Grand Rapids, at any stage of the game, while the | secretary, and S. J. Moran, Deer Riv- City team had their opponents out- | er, treasurer. cfassed beth at the stick and in the | field, there being several fielding | gate from each Commercial club in features sprinkled throughout the | the county and this board will see contest that made it worth the after- | that equal representation is given to -Race Between Harmon and Wilson | The board is composed of one dele- | neisidedoes Development association, while the Great Northern will assist | jin the work of distribution from its display headquarters at St. Paul! and Chicago, local boards and realty , men throughout the county will also | cooperate in the work of placing the | jeepers in the hands of prospective ' settlers. ROOSEVELT AND HARMON LEAD OHIO Delegation To Chicago Will Be. Split One-Retuens Still Incomplete LAFOLLETTE GETS GOOD SUPPORT | i Reported Closer Than the Roosevelt-Taft | Contest Incomplete returns from Ohio show) ‘that Roosevelt ard Harmen it will be! f the state immigration department | | } j leading in the first presidential pre- ot ferential primary, held ir that state yesterday. Roosevelt hes the delegates in the | Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Twelfth, Fourteenth, Seventeenth, | Eighteenth, and Twenty-first d'stricts. President Taft gets the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Highth and Thirteenth, Desite the clese fight between the Taft and Roosevelt forces Senator La Follette received considerable sup- port. The race between Harmon and Wi son is even clcser than between the Republican candidates, but it is con- ;ceded that Harmon will have at least ' 22 or 24 of the delegates to the Baltimore convention. ‘MIKE SHELLY PASSES OUT. LAST SATURDAY, Figure Here. ws of the death of M. J. Shelly pat Minneapolis lest Saturday, follow- ‘ing an operation for appendicitis, came as a shock to many Grand Rapids people, whose friendship for him dated back in many cases to the pioneer days of 25 years .ago. Mr. Shelly wes a familiar figure here in the early logging days, and had considerable interests in Itasca county at the time of his death.h H was born in Minneapolis, where he lived nearly his whole life, and where he played an important part, both in financial and political affairs. A leader of men, Mike Shelly had to an unusual degree the traits that made him steadfast friends where- ever he went. Loyal and unswerv- ing in his friendships and with a heart so big that no ore who came to him in need ever went away un- aided, he walked among his fellows, freehanded and open hearted. No one will ever know the sums that he has given to help the unfortun- ate, the needy and the down-and-out, but hundreds could tell of dark hous when Mike Shelly’s friendship came noon’s time’ and the two-bits. all sections of the county in the The score: liter@ture which the publicity com- Cass. Lake 90 Grand Rapids 01 tion. been complied and is now in the hands of a committee of three, 0 0 ill The data for the literature Tees last tribute of respect to the them renewed hope to face the Bigs Senator D. M. Gunn and | day to join those who met to. pay man, whose friendship. they . have known and valued for more than a Coleraine, | quarter of a century, Nineteenth, Twentieth ‘ |/more than makes up in political! | nificance. |revolution it Well Known Mianeapelis Man An- jot it to the new organiz | swers Last Call--Was Familiar |“ ‘De Minncapel's convention last GOVERNOR STANDS BY Hilo DECISION Appeal Of Those Who Want Extra Session Called Off. Resists STORMY SESSION 1S ANTICIPATED Gordon, Lee and Spooner Plan To Embarress Administration At Every Turn—The Governor's Proclamation. ws there exists through- out the state a clearly expressed demand for the immediate enact- ment of a state-wide primary law applicable to all state ot un effective corrupt practices act and reapportionment law. Now, therefore, I, Adolph 0. Eperhart, as Governor of the State of Minnesota, do 3 lieving that the best interests of the state so require. do hereby issue this proclamation, summon- ing the members of the two, 8 houses of the legislature of this state to convene in extra session at the capitcl in St. Paul, on Tuesday, the 4th day of June, A. \5 D., 1912, at 11 o'clock im the fore- 3 noon, for the purpese of enacting a state-wide direct pri law applicable to all state officers, to- gether with an effective corrupt practices act and a _ reapportion- ment law. Given under.my hand and the Great Seal of the State this 18th day of May, 1912, A. O. EBERHART, 5 Governor. ee eee Refusing to listen to all tions of a compromise that head off an extra session, Governor sugges- would Eberhart issued a preclamation Sat- urday calling the Thirt eventh Legislature in extraordinary session, June 4. The proclamation, which is brief, confines the purpcse of the session to the enactment of a wide direct primary law applicable to all state officers, with an effective corrupt practices act and a re- tionment law. #Vhat the call lacks in length it ppor- Few realize the forecasts; ments its dynamites struggle between fac in. Whether the net merely the snatching of lone political machine results: wi control from the deliver icn born Thursday, time only will tell. Some political leaders honestly hope that out of the confusion and wrangling of an extra session some- thing beneficial to the state will comm to: put it in the list of the so called progressive states- Governor Eberhart refuses to make comment further than is contained in his proclamation. He seid it sets forth his position exactly. Sam Y. Gordon and his followers have planned an aitack calculated to put Governor Bberhart on record on a score of propositions before they give him a chance to pass on a state- wide primary cr reapportionment pills. It is said on good authority that Governor Eberhart willl have to face a distance-tariff bill,, increase of gross earnings, tonnage tax and brewery legislation in various phases before the oppcesition will present the bills indicated in the proclama- | tion. The opening of the session will see Gordon, Spooner and Lee jockeying for pesition on the gubernatorial track. Gordon T. Bright, Spooner’s campaign manager, is wrathy about the report that the man from Morris willl devote his time to redistrict- petween them and despair and gave ing the state so as to put himself in- to the congressional fight. Mr. Bright ‘L.| declares that Spooner is in the guber- mittee is getting ready for distribu- | pads went down to senate ‘Sun natorial fight to stay. Did it ever occur to you that foolish people seem to have monopoly on happiness?