Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 19, 1912, Page 8

“he to a great many others. / HELD MONDAY Nineteen Hundred Acres of Itasca County State Lands Sold Here Monday Morning. PRICES RANGE FROM $5 10 $15 Many North Dakota Men Invest In} Itasca County Lands-Demand Reported Brisk for Lands all Over North Country. Nineteen hundred acres of Itasca county lands were.sold.Monday.morn- mg by Theodore Nelson of the state fand sales department to people who fare planning to convert the hitherto mucultivated lands of Northern Min- mesota into fruitfu) farms. The land sold was’ scattered over practically all sections of the county the prices ranging from $5 to $15 pe acre, th@“highest price being paid by Henry\W. Winslow, forest ranger of ‘Northome, who purchased a tract on Island lake. A large number of North Dakota and Iowa buyers were in evidence, ‘but the majority of the purchasers were Itasca and St. Louis county fpeople. ° * George F. Coger of Grand Forks, IN. D., bought 160 acres in section 16 62-26, and an additional lot of 480 jacres for other Grand Forks parties. Whe last named tract of land is lo- eated in section 16-147-25. t F. J. Kuppenger, the Davenport flowa, land man secured three tracts ‘in section 14-54-24, <A party of St. Cloud purchasers, Frank L. Randall, Winona, E. Randall, Marshall, E. Jones and Fred Paulson bought 480 acres in section 16-149-29. The average price paid for the land was $6.70, although several tracts ran from $12 to $15. Mr. Nelson reports ‘tthe demand brisk all over northern Minnesota, the sales for the month of “une alreedy having reached 16,- 000 acres During his visit here Mr. Nelson inspected the northeast experiment farm and is enthusiastic over the) work being done by Superintendent McGuire to demonstrate the agricul-; tural possibilities of northern Minne- sota- “I wish that more people would visit the experiment farm,” said Mr. Nelson, “and see for them- selves what can be accomplished here along dairying lines. It was a revelation to me to see the work at the state farm ard I pelieve it woul “Most of the people who are ibuy- ing lends are coming with the expec- tation of making homes on the land. A large number who have purchased land are now buying for their frien @ “pack home,’ and we can safely say that every land sale means a new family for the country.” Mr. Nelson left Monday for Carl- ton county, where he conducted the monthly land sale Tuesday, going from there to Duluth, where the sale for St. Louis county will be held Wednesday. UNIVERSITY WEEK SESSION NOW ON, (Continued from First Page). Elizabeth Wallace, assist. ant professor of romance languages, university of Chicago. University Dramatic club in “The Merchant of Ven- ice,’ the dramatic club is under the direction of Prof. Charles M. Holt and the immed‘ate leadership cf Robert Wilson, an acknow- ledged star. PUBLIC HEALTH DAY. Friday, June 21. Illustrated lecture, “War Against.the White Plague, A. R. Blakey, for the state ‘board of health. “Provision for the Pro- tection of Public Health in Minnesota,” Dr. H. W. Hill, state board of health. Dramatic Recital, “Poly of the Circus,” or “The Dawn of a Tomorrow,” Miss Harriet Hetland, Min- neapolis school of music, oratory and dramatic art. 4 Noon. 2:00-2:45 “Fighting Dr. H. W. Hill. Anti-tuberculosis, Trinko, trained nurse. Reading hour, Miss Har- riet Hetland. 8:00 10:00 (10:45 11:30 Contagion.” 2:45-3:30 Miss 3:30-4:30 STATE LAND SALE |°* Mass meeting at city hall for the purpose of or- ganizing political equality ub. Serator C. C. Me- Carthy will preside; Miss Mary McFadden and Prof. Phelan will speak at this meeting. 8:00 P. M. President Geo. E Vincent, “The Mind of the Mob.” FARMER’S DAY. Saturday, June 22, 9:30-10:15 “Poultry—Care and Man agement,” N. E. Chapman, poultry specialist, exten- sion division, college of agriculture. 10:15-11:00 “Our Insect Friends; and Foes,” Prof. F. L. Washburn, logist. 11:00-11:45 ‘Marketing Poultry Pro- ducts,”N. E. Chapman. Noon. “Kind of Live Stock to Keep,’ Supt. A. J. Me- Guire, State Experiment farm, Grand Rapids. “Social Possibilities of Rural Communities,” E. M. Phillips, rural school com- missioner: “The Visiting Nurse In Rural Communities,” train- ed nurse. “Care and Management of Live Stock,” Supt. A. J. McGuire. Question pox for farm- ers. Scientific demonstratio “The Gyroscope” Dr. New- kirk, department of ma- 2:00-2:45 2:45-3:30 3:30-4:15 4:15-5:00 5:00-5:30 8:00 thematics, university of Minnesota. Coior photo- graphy, Francis C. Frary of the school of chemistry, University of Minnesota, This demonstration will be of unusual] scientific and popular interest. The ap- paratus alone costs hun- dreds of dollars, and the performance is in charge of acknowledged experts. BEAR RIVER TALKS RAILWAY EXTENSION Missaba & Northern May Extend! Line Through Itasca and Kooch- iching Counties. According to the Bear River Jour- nal the Missaba and Northern rail- way may extend its line to the Cana. dian border, passing through the town of Carpenter in Itasca county and then through Koochiching. The Journal! says: There have been persistent re- forts the past wéek that the Du- luth, Missabe & Northern contem- plates an extersion of its: road from some point on the range to the Canadian border, headed apparently for Winnipeg. This report first comes to us from the company’s of- fice at Hibbing, and a later report eminates from the office of the Oliver Iron Mining company at the same place, this latter report be- ing seemingly the most authentic. . It is said the proposed line is to follow nearly the line of the survey made about twenty-five years ago; this runs northweet from Mountain Iron, passing through the towns of Sturgeon and Morcum in St. Louis county and crosses the Bear river @bout two miles north of this place. ‘and thence northwest through the town of Carpenter in Itasca county into Koochiching county toward Win- nipeg. It is said that a party of engipeers are now at work on the north end of this line working south- ‘ward, establishing the permanent route, and that its construction will begin at an eariy date. Considerable strength is given this rumor by the increasing in- quiry, as to iron indications during the past year in this section. Sev- era] parties, who were known to be in the employ of the steel corpora tion have visited this section, among them have been cruisers, mining en- gineers and laporatory chemists. That there is iron ore in the Bear River country has been known for some years, but not to what extent, though it is thought there is enough to make it worth looking after. It is said some years ago a drill was brought in amd some test work was done in the town of Linden Grove; after putting down two holes the operators pulled up their drills and moved them away and they have been conveniently silent ever since. | Strong indications of ore are found in the towns of Bearville and Car- penter in Itasca county, and within a short distance of the proposed exten-| sion of the Duluth, Missabe & Nor- thern. The extension of this road will give the Bear River country a direct con- mection with the Head of the Lakes, besides passing through the heart of the community, and every settler SPECIAL SESSION EXTRA SESSION ENDED YESTERDAY Governor Censures Legislature For Failure to Pass Reap- } portionment. MEMBERS MAKE QUICK GETAWAY state entomo- | Corrupt Practices Act, Primary Mea- sure and Gross Earnizgs Tax Bill Passed—Recall Bill Discarded. The extraordinary session of the legislature, convened by the gover- nor, adjourned Tuesday morning, af- ter having passed a direct primary biJ], a corrupt practices act, a gross earnings tax Dill, ratified the pro- posed income tax amendment to the federal constitution and ratified the Proposed amendment to the federal] constitution providing for the elec- tion of United States senators by popular vote. Immediately after the adjournmer4 of the extra session of the legisla- ture Governor Eberhart issued a4 statement in which he definitely an- nounced that the body would not be reconvened to take up an apportion- tment bill. The governor praised the direct primary act, apploved the secord choice feature and declared in his statement that the failure to pess the reapportionment bill was the only offset to the excellent rec- ord the session had made. { 'Thd Lundeen bill for the .recall of judges and state officers died in the senate. It required a two-thirds (vote to carry and only 41 members were present—one less than the re- quired number. Just before the adjournment of the senate, Lieutenant Governor Gordon appointed as the committee loon situation in Minnesota Sena- ‘tor Jchn Saugstad of Polk county, Senator James P. Boyle of Eveleth and Senator John Rustad of Whea- ton. The committee was appointed ursuant to a resolution offered by Senator Saugsted and adopted by the senate. CORRUPT PRACTICES Special Session of Minnesota Legislature Adjourns, The corrupt practices act, passed in forced through the senate by a mar- gin of only three votes after a combi- nation of ten senators deadlocked the legislature for three hours by refusing to vote for it. The threat to adjourn until Thursday night and hold all members broke the combine. Both branches wound up the busi- mess of the extra session and ad- journed sine die at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning. Technical errors were found in the primary bill and it was corrected and repassed in both houses. The new conference committee came to unanimous agreement on the form of the new corrupt practices act, probably the most stringent enacted by any state in the Union. The Lundeen recall bill, passed by the house, met its death in the senate through failure to muster enough votes for suspension of the rules. AGED COUPLE PERISH IN FIRE Many Other Lives Endangered In Min- neapolis Blaze. Two lives were lost and many oth- ers endangered in a fire which par- tially destroyed a three-story du- plex house at Minneapolis. The dead are: August Swanson, seventy years old, suffocated by smoke; Christine Swanson, sixty-five years old, wife of August, crushed when she jumped from the third story. Half a dozen other residents of the house were overcome by smoke and were saved with difficulty by firemen. The fire loss will reach $5,000. The blaze started in a shed in the rear of the place and was discovered by the janitor. He aroused all the people in the house, but the flames communicat- ed to the upper stories so rapidly that many had difficulty in reaching the open. Winnipeg, June 18.—While return ing from church and driving across the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks at Tyndall, Man., forty miles east of here, Annie Steranberg, aged seven- teen, and Annie Winkler, aged nine- teen, were killed, and their escorts hopes for its early construction. | were fatally injured by being struck by a westbound expresa, te investigate the brewery-owned s:* BILL PASSES SENATE: the lower house of the legislature, was | MAKES A RECORD Several Important Laws Enacted in Brief Space of Time, CANDIDATES ARE NUMEROUS Passing of Primary Bill Followed | by Great Rush to Secure Placeson State Ticket. | (Special Correspondence.) primary law, a corrupt practices act, an increase in the railroad gross earnings rate, two federal constitu- tional amendments and nine candi- dates for governor is the record of the special session of the legislature. A pretty good line of work for a trifle over two weeks of steady atten- tion to work, but do not delude your- self into believing that is all. There is more to come. Candidates will from now on be the infliction and the prospects are for the greatest crop in the history of the state. For the bene- fit of those not in touch with the new order of things I will say there are candidates for the Republican guber- natorial nomination, three more whose names may figure at any time, two candidates for secretary of state, at least that number for each of the two | department and several who are un- decided whether to cast their hats Into the ring for either lieutenant governor, state treasurer or attorney general. As things stand, however, those holding the minor positions who aspire to renomination have the best of the argument. They have been lost sight of in the scramble for the big job, but such need not be taken as meaning that they are entirely out of danger. The new primary law, the latest addition to Minnesota’s list of things official, puts within the reach | of all every elective job within the gift of the state and the only thing necessary is the filing fee. That is | the price and there is not going to be any lack of bidders. The law, as passed by the two houses, provides | for a first and second choice and is novel in other respects. As to the | accompanying corrupt practices act, if it lacks anything in the way of “thou shalt not” then its framers have overlooked a bet. eo With six candidates for the Repub- | lican gubernatorial nomination now in | the field—the last to throw his hat in | the ring was R. C. Dunn of Princeton —necks are craned to witness the next comer and if rumors count for anything the curious will not be dis- appointed. I would not be surprised if an even ten did not constitute the ‘list before the next two weeks. Here is the list to date; count ’em; look ’em over: Adolph O. Eberhart, Man- kato; S. Y. Gordon, Browns Valley; L. C. Spooner, Morris; W. E. Lee, | Long Prairie, and last of all R. C. Dunn of Princeton. In the making is S. G. Iverson, present state auditor, W. B. Douglas and E. T. Young. Julius Block, former state treasurer | and now of Duluth, and J. F. Jacob son of Lac qui Parle, it is said, have the bee. Could any one ask for more? R. C. Dunn’s announced fling at the | tid bit, which came last Friday, while a surprise to some was not unknown to a number who have been in the confidence of the old warrior. In- clined to lay back and give Governor Eberhart another nomination, some- thing he figured was fairly sure under the convention system, the adoption of the statewide primary changed the entire order of things. As the old war horse explained it, “If he lost there would be no regrets and if he won, well he would show them some- thing.” Mr. Dunn declares, however, that there will be no unholy scramble on his part for the job. He will file and that is all. As to his record he thinks the people are pretty well ac- quainted with him and his past official services. +e + Where, you probably ask, is Gov- ernor Eberhart all this time, and Sam iron country solid, and Bill Lee and L. C. Spooner, whose candidacy for Republican standard bearer preceded that of Mr. Dunn many weeks ago? For your benefit I will say they are very much on the job. Governor Eberhart has been dividing his time between the capitol and numerous commencement exercises throuzhout the state, while the other two, when they were not busy in the legislative halls, have been trying to chase the elusive voter through the medium of headquarters maintained at the Mer- chants hotel. That Governor Eberhart was aware that some one would ask the question, “How about it, old man?” was evidenced when he turned his batteries upon the senate and raked it fore and aft for what he called frit- tering away valuable time when the people were demanding results. The occasion permitted some hot shot for those senators who have been block- ing legislation and his excellency was not sparing in its use. ++ + That former Attorney General E. T. Young and State Auditor S. G. Iver- son have the gubernatorial fever was | them all luck. erally been credited to the Gordon | Mr. Iverson no one discounts his abil- \it right he has an organization that St. Paul, June 18—One statewide | 20W in the state’s employ, the latter now no fewer than six announced | Places in the railroad and warehouse | Gordon, he, who it is said, has the | evident the first of the week when friends of both saw I. A. Caswell, the Roosevelt boomer, with a view of hav- ing him take either of the two on in a managerial way. Mr. Young talked with the clerk of the supreme court personally. Mr. Caswell, however, re- fused. He declared that he was for any man other than Governor Eber- hart, but that he would not discrimi- nate in the matter of those after the governor's scalp. He said he wished Mr. Caswell has gen- candidacy, but he has denied any con- nection beyond that of friendliness for any man who aspires to oust Gov- ernor Eberhart. Mr. Young’s connec- tion with the railroad rate cases is looked upon as in his favor. As to ity to make trouble if he gets into the | game, for if those on the inside have is about as good as any in the state. Both Mr. Young and Mr. Iverson are as auditor and the former as one of the state’s attorneys in the rate cases. It has so far netted him about $20,000 | in salaries. ++ + Swatting the railroads is always popular, even if the people do have to pay the bill in the end, something that was shown during the speeial session of the legislature when both bodies almost unanimously passed the bill increasing the gross earnings rate from 4 to 5 per cent. Only two mem- | bers of the house voted against it. strange to say, however, there was no railroad lobby as of old on hand to combat the increase and in the com mittee hearings little in opposition was heard. This absence of opposi- | tion has caused quite a few to sit up and take notice, and there are some who hint that the increase is wanted by the roads who desire it for future litigation. It might be possible, they say, that it would come in handy in the present rate suits as evidence of an added burden suffered by the roads. It was only by hard work on the part of the legal department and others interested in a victory for the State in the rate suits that a similar obstruction, the proposed distance tariff, was headed off at the last regu- | lar session of the legislature. | ++ © ‘While it is hardly likely that the present legislature will interfere in, any way with the insurance affairs of the Modern Woodmen, which have re- | | sulted in a factional difference that | threatens the disruption of the order | in the state, it is pretty certain that | the next regular session will see some strong laws covering the matter of | fraternal insurance. The fight now on in the Woodmen is because of an| increase in the rates by the national | organization, which is resented by | hundreds of the local policy holders. | Both factions were represented at the | Session of the legislature last week | and the fight was quite bitter. For | years the state has been tightening its grip on matters in an insurance | Way compelling rates that were fair | to both company and policy holder, | but sentiment and a reluctance to in- terfere because of its home nature | has been responsible for the state | keeping its hands off the fraternals. The present controversy has shown | that this is wrong and it is sure to be corrected at the next session. The; rates in many of the fraternals are) considered entirely too low for safety. | = a, See | Superintendent Whittier of the Red | | Wing training school, who was finally | compelled to resign because of the! activities of a number of clubwomen who alleged cruelties to those in his charge, can now sympathize with | Judge McPherson of the district fed- {eral court. The judge, whose regular residence is Omaha, is now under fire | because. of a sentence imposed by him on a “white slaver” which the women say was so lenient as to be a disgrace. The prisoner received | three months and a fine of $1,000. The whole thing so angered the women) that they appealed to the St. Paul) officials and now the prisoner faces | | rearrest after he finishes his present sentence. It is great stuff for the St. Paul papers and they have been de-| voting columns to airing the griev- ances of the women, but no one so far has thought it worth his while to say something for the wife and six chil- dren at Chicago anxiously awaiting the return of a husband and father. Whether they have “eats” in plenty or are starving does not seem to have | a place in the controversy. ++ + | Unlike those on the Republican side of the house the state Democracy does not seem to be concerning itself regarding the coming fight for place. P. M. Ringdahl of the state board of» contro] is most talked of in connec- tion with the gubernatorial nomination and there is some talk of running Pro fessor Andrist of the state univer- sity. Andrist, it is said, has the bee bad, but Mr. Ringdahl is not so keen. Both have decided views regarding things progressive. With the expect- ed fight on in the Republican ranks for practically every office on the list and the disturbed political atmos- phere generally this would look like a good year for the unwashed, but they refuse to be disturbed. I have a hunch, though, that several of the leaders, among them F. B. Lynch of St. Paul, are watching things more closely than some think. bt + The new gross earnings bill bears the names of Representatives Warner of Aitkin and Rines of Mora. It is the same bill introduced by Repre sentative Spooner at the last session. KILLS WOMAN AND HIMSELF Jealousy Probable Motive for Crime at St. Paul. After mortally wounding Frances Kwosek, twenty-four years old, pro- prietress of a lodging house at St. Paul, Frank Ray, thirty-five years old, pierced his own brain with a bul- let. The woman was still alive when a detective broke into her apartments, but she died half an hour after reach- ing the City hospital without regain- ing consciousness. The only witness of the affair was a Spitz dog. When the detective broke into the place the pet was standing guard over his late mistress and mas- ter and held the police at bay for some time. Jealousy is believed to have prompted the crime. Jurist and Warrior Dead. Judge Henry George Hicks, in the past judge of the Hennepin county district court for eight years, member of the legislature six terms, sheriff of Hennepin county in the early days, once city justice of Minneapolis, past commander of the Loyal Legion and one of the first Minnesota department commanders of the G. A. R., is dead. Judge Hicks was seventy-four years old. Noted Charity Worker Dead. A. W. Gutridge, manager of the St. Paul Provident Loan society since its opening, died suddenly at White Bear of heart failure. 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