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

| OFFICIAL PAPER OF Grand Rapids and Township ‘ald-Heview. OFFICIAL PAPER OF Itasca Co. and School Dist. No. One Vor, XXIII. —No 1 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WepNEsDay, JULY 3, (912 Two Dollars a Year DEVELOPMENT MEN =: | officials with the work of this com- | mittee has our cordial appreciation, Resolved, that this association re- news its, approval of the pending ; Dunn amendment to the constitutior,| ; authorizing @ one-mill state highway Progressive Measures Urged for! Development of Northern Minn- esota Resources. ALL ROADS ARE 10 BE LISTED Recommend That Each County Pre-| pare Maps of County and State Roads— Urge Support of Dunn Amendment. Resolutions adopted by the North- | ern Minnesota Development associa- | tion at International Palls last week @re progressive in every respect and if the instructions and advice they contain are heeded Northern Minne sota will be assisted materially dur- ing the coming year. The resolu- tions have been published by the committee in charge and are as follows: Preamble. | The committee on resolutions at the meeting of the Northern Min-| nesota Development association in tional Falls on June 20 and 21 ,1912, present the following resolutions for adoption: Education. ; Whereas, the Minnesota Agricul- tural High schools have been such an unqualified success, and Whereas, only thirty of these schools at the present time receive the $2,500-00 state aid provided un-! der the Putnam act, the balance re- ceiving $1,000.00 under the Lee Ben- son act. Resolved, that we urge the legisla- ture to amend the Putnam act, granting state aid of $2,500, to ex- tend to all High schools in the state where the teaching of agriculture, domestic science and vocational training is compulsory, provided on- ly that the schools applying for this aid shall conform to the standard set by the High schoo] board. Resolved ,that we urge the consoli! ‘dation of rural schools under the Holmberg act wherever practicable | to promote the best possible actual advantages for our farmers’ boys an girls, and further be it | Resolved, that county superinten- | dents of schools use their best tax amd urges thet in each county an) ) Organization be formed to further the amendment and see to it that a full vote is c2et in its favor. | Taxation. Resolved, that we reaffirm the rec- ommendations made by this associa- tion at its December, 1911, meeting, jwith reference to the R. C- Dunn “One Mill Road Tax Amendment” and again urge upon the voters their, support of this amendment. We heartily commend the actions and activity of the State Tax commt sion in publication of its series of ar ‘jcles im local newspapers on taxa- | equalizing same, also its policy of visiting local communities in refer- ence to taxes and taxation, and urge | continued and additional activity | along this particular lime. Resolved further,.that we favor.de-| veloping specific recommendations for further needed tax legislation at the December, 1912, meeting of this agsociation as being nearer in point of time to the next meeting of the state legislature, and we deem that (Continued on Page Five) GRAND RAPIDS WINS. FIREMEN BANNER Association Prize Won By Grand Rapids Team From Park Rapids. ‘SCORE 19 POINTS AT MEETING Good Attendance and Much Enthus- iasm Over Events At Firemen’s Tournament at Coleraine Last Week. By a score of 19 points the Grand Rapids fire team won the big prize of the Northern Minnegota Firemen’s tournament at Coleraine last week, and the association banner was prought home by the fire team Fri- day evening. When the closing day of the tour- endeavor to encourage consolidation ; of rura] school districts. | | Reclamaitiion. | Resolved, that in view of the greal interest that attaches to reclamation | of state lands, both before and after | nament began Gnand Rapids was one point behind Park Rapids, who held the banner last year, but when the events of the day were over Grand Rapids had 19 points, leading the field by 4 points and winning the oveted prize sale, that we hereby instruct the ex- |© i ! Formerly the association banner ecutive committee of this associaticn to gather as much information as appears best concerning the subject | and to present a report and resolu- | tion, embodying the ideas gained , from such information, to the De-| cemper meeting for action. | Printing and Advertising. We hereby endorse the work of the immigration commission andj commend the energetic work of Cors missioner W. R. Mackenzie. We urge that the commission us? | all pessible means to continue the immigration headquarters in Minne- apolis and to place exhibits in the centers of population of the Central states, believing that conditions wer | never more propitious for interestin | the prespective settler in Northern Minnesota. Good Roads. Your committee recommends that the road projects undertaken undet | the auspices of this association to gain improved highways from mar ket town to market town under the benefits of the Elwell law be ratificd and that the good roads committee ‘be instructed to continue its labors until roads are developed to connect every principal center with adequate radial and lateral lines of communi- | cation. Be it recommended, that every county prepare a carefully studied plam of county and state roads to be completed as means will permit and to be so supplemented py township was awarded as a result of a single race, but at the business meeting of the association held here last Feb- ruary this ruling was changed 60 that the banner would go to the team making the highest number of points during the tournament. The events during the tournament and the winning teams were: Tuesday, June 25, Parade, prize f q most men in line awarded Grand | Papids. Wednesday, June 26, Association hose race won by ‘Grand Rapids, time, 29 flat. This time broke the association record, which stood for- | merly at 30 2-5. } Hub and hub race Grand Rapids first, time 24 flat. Ladder climb, Coleraine first, Grand Rapids second, Akeley third. Thursday, June 27, Novelty hose race. Park Rapids first, Coleraine second, Grand Rapids third. Rapids second, Grand Rapids third. _ Friday, June 28, Combination hook ‘and ladder and hose race, Grand Rapics first, Park Rapids second, ar} Coleraine third. Coupling contest: Lofperg, Grand Rapids first; Csmund, Coleraine sec- ond; Churchill, Park Rapids third; ‘time 4 ,flat. Wet test, Coleraine, first, Grand Rapids second, Park Rapids third. The result of the different events | gave Grand Rapids 19 points) Park i 100-yard dash, Coleraine first, Park roads that a good road shall touch | Rapids 15 and Coleraine 14 points, every farm leading immediately to so that the big prize of the tourna- a direct road to marke.t ‘ment, the association banner, was Be it resolved, that the co-opera- tion of the state highway commis- brought home to Grand Rapids—and will stay here, so the fire boys say, for several years. — See. : NORTHERN MINNESOTA EDITORS UNITE TO PRAISE GRAND RAPIDS Newspaper Men Are Loud In Their Praises of Grand Rapids and Towns of Range—Tell of Good Times at 1912 Meeting of Association. EXTOL BEAUTY OF ITASCA COUNTY LAKE REGION IN SPECIAL ARTICLES Editorial Writers From Many Sections Express Surprise at Development | and Progress of This Part of Northern Minnesota—Tell of Trip Through Open-Pit Mines and Con- centeating Plant of Iron Ore Country. The editors who foregathered for the 1912 annual cuting of the Nor- thern Minnesota association ate home again and have set down their impressions of Grand Rapids and the other towns in the district which had the pleasure of entertaining the newspaper men during ‘their visit here. | Dublicans, are planning to WILSON-MARSHALL CLUB ORGANIZED Prominent Democrats Already Have County Organization Under Way for Candidates WILSON 1S NAMED FOR PRESIDENT Vote On Forty-Sixth Ballot Gives Wilson 990 to Clark’s 84 Votes. The democrats of Itasca county ) are Icsirg Lo time to get in the field ‘for the New Jersey man, and when the eccd news came yesterday that Woodrow Wilson would be the! ;Democratic choice for president, a MARSHALL FOR VICE-PRESIDENT ‘club was organized to work for the Itasca county vote. Prominent democrats who have been loyal to the party in the days \fwhen the outlook was gloomy are expris irg themsel.es< sures rved- ly in favor of the party’s choice, the progressive sentiment being echoed everywhere, together with expres- sions of satisfaction that the ideals for which W. J. Bryan has worked so untiringly in the past are in a | fair way t ized. y to be realized. |Was nominated Tuesday. afternoon Not only the democrats, but @ "tor the presidency by the Demo | large number of erstwhile loyal Re- \ orally: uaiiivead- comrention come | The nomination was made after Underwood Withdraws From Con- test, Clark Released Supporters —Victory Signal For Wild Demonstaation. | i Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey The Herald-Review quotes below from a number of the editors who jin under the Wilson banner this | Underwood's name had been with- took part in the association outing and have expressed their views on |,year end cast their votes “for the this section of northern Minnesota and their experience at the associa- tion gathering: Editors’ Outing. We were convinced, almost against our will, to attend the summer outing of the Northern Minnesota Editorial convention or outing at Grand Rapids last week, not because we did not want to be with the boys while they are building up their association and enjoying the pleasures of the rarest region of the earth for ple2@sures, but because our physicial condition was not just up to the point where we considered it safe to engage in such recreations. But we finally got our courage screwed up to the starting point and have to thank the attentions and «care of our brother editors and the good people of Grand Rapids for one of the very best outings of our existence. We were aware that there are many royal gocd fellows occupying the tripod in northern Min- nesota. The business men of Grand Rapids have established and earned a reputation as entertainers that fewcommunities of our state have ever thought of; nothing was wanting in the eforts of the reception or enter- taining committecs to make the st»y of the pencil-pushers not only agreeable but the real event of life. But the entertainment force was not confined to the committees: every vilizen, with a grain of human kindness in his make-up was on hand with open arms and pocket to see that the editorial visitors wanted nothing that their lovely town con- tained. Every carriage and every @uto in the town was placed at the disposal of the visitors and the citizens vied with each other in their ef- forts to render all the service possiple. We had the pleasure of view- ing the great paper mill which the town boasts of and the kindly super- | intendent took great pleasure in showing vs all the workings of the im- mense plant from top to bottom. On Friday evening, after viewing the paper mill we had the pleasure of listening to the speeches of Attorney General Smith, Miss Mary McFadden and others, instructing us in the necessities of extending the elective franchise to women and we came home, satisfied that the women ‘who wart to vote should be permitted , to do so. Saturday morning we took in many of the beauties of the city arid at neon were whirled out to the Experiment farm, superintend- | ed and farmed by A. J. MeGuire amd his gocd wife. At two o'clock | we were served a most delicious diner, made up entirely of the pro- ducts cf the farm. The menu was unique, every item served in ele- igance by a bevy of girls from the high school. The ore item of the | menu wes an ice cream made of 30 per cent cream, sweet and coo] from, the farm refrigerator, and we had some suspicions that the stomachs of a few of the rural visitors might haye been agreeably surprised. It was a glorious repast served to the taste of the most critical. We were not surprised at the condition of the farm, knowing Superintendent Mc- Guire and were prepared to see evrything in complete order and condi- tions just 2s our fancy might have dictated. The farm is one of the Jovely spots of the earth and@ is Conducted by a man who knows the | gamut and is determined to make the lessons there taught useful to the {public as well 2 to the state at large, At 2:30 we were whirled by | Rapids will see a big gathering here auto to ‘Coleraine and Bovey to inspect the mines and sce sights that | tomorrow. were new ard engaging tu most of us. Leaving Grand Rapids for the north we soon crossed Prairie River, once the ideal townsite when | railways were prcspecting for a route, now rothirg left of the embryo city but the little river and a rank growth of weeds and pushes where | the city stood. Crcssing the little river we soon came to the foot hills of the “Range” and saw great gravel banfs end hil’s of boulder clay | $10 and: $5. that had teen spilled over at the time cf the volcanic uplift that ‘brought the iron ores to or near the surface. The run from here was | grounds. over the old boulder clay, here and there showing vivid indications of what might be expected to pe foung in the hills just beyond. At Coleraine we were taken aboard 4 Special train and carried to the enor- mous washirg ard separation mil’) a mile below the town where we saw tors of crude ore, as taken from the mines, washed and separat- ed from the sand and rocks and turned out of the great mill, com- plete and ready for the smelter. Leaving the operator we were carried hy the same conveyance through the open-pit mine where steam shovels Dite off great mouthfuls of precious orcs and dump it upon ore cars to be transported to the separator. Returning from the mipes we were car- ried by autoes to the Fitger hotel at Bovey where another banquet was served in the early evening, which, if not 2s uniquely served as at the farm, was a rare occasion and we noticed that many of the newspaper boys vho had filled up their knapsacks at the farm, even to an uneasi- ness, did not fail to improve the opportunity and laid in a good sup- ply of the elegently, dressed food served bY mine hest at the Fitger. At| an early hour we returned to Grand Rapids and retired for a long and ‘much needed sleep at the Pokegam?, all of us well tired and satisfied. ‘The next day, Sunday, the program was to Cohasset, up the Mississippi to the outlet of that famous lake and along its shores several miles, returning to Grand Rapids at nigatfall. There is no more lovely spot on the map of northern Minnesota, than Lake Pokegama, it is really one of the “Gems” of the north and will fascinate the most malignant kicker if he dare visit it. Mine host Senator Gunn and his always ever pre- sent wife who tock care of us while in their attractive city, are entitl- ed to the thanks ard good wishes of every member of the association for the kindly care and attention shown their many guests. Cass Lake ‘makes a bid for the next summer outing cf the essociation, and while ‘we may not be able to care for the boys, their wives and sweethearts as munificently as Grand Rapids just dene, we ask for an opportun- ity to try it—Cars Lake Times. | Big Industrial Parade First Number drawn, Clark had released his sup- | Porters and New York, as a climax, had moved to suspend the balloting man from New Jersey. i ) end make the nomination of Wilson unanimous. BG CELEBRATION | Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana wil? be Wilson’s running ;mate, though it wes expected at first , that Governor Jehn Burke of North } Dakota would be chosen for the vice |presidency. When it was seen that Marshal] lead easily, Burke's name Independence Day Will be Observed was withdrawn and the Indiana in Grand Rapids With Good 9 =, 22 Dominated by acclamation. | The nomination of Wil 4 Program of Sports. aan great victory for the Minnesota dele- | gation, who stood firm through the , long days of balloting, never waver- ing when things looked darkest for Wilson’s pomination. “The honor is as great as can come tio any man by the nomination ;of a party,” said Governor Wilson, ; When he received the news,” especi- jally under the circumstances. I j hope I appreciate it at its true |yalue; but just at this moment I ,feel the tremendous responsibility it jinvelves even more than I feel the honor. I hope with all my heart the Grand Rapids will celebrate the Party will never have reason to re- Fourth of July in good old-fashioned , £ret it.” style tomorrow and there will be| something dcing every minute, from | the opening salute at sunrise to the | FILINGS FOR OFFIGE last Roman cardle and concluding | ‘dance. Only Four Candidates Yet Indicate ‘From all indications there will be a big attendance from the neigh- | Their Willingness To Serve As County Officials. NEIGHBORING TCWNS WILL ATTEN —Will See Ball Game With Canisteo Team — Other Sports. boring towrs, as Coleraine and Bovey are planning to be here en masse to see the result of the big ‘ball - game to be played by the! Grand Rapids City team and the Canisteo lall tossers) Brightly col- ored lithograpks have been freely Register of Deeds McGowan, distributed around the country, an- nouncirg the celebration and Grand , Sherif Riley, Attorney McOuat and Surveyor Brown have filed as candi- dates for renomination for the of- tices they now hold. There will be others. Auditor Spang, Treasurer Strader, Clerk of Court Rassmussen and Judge of Probate Wepster ad- vise the Herald-Review it is their intention to file for re-nomination in due time. The people of Itasca county might look about carefully ,and not do better than to retain 1:30 p. m., Races on Leland ave- the gentlemen mentioned in public mue. service. 110-yard Dash for Men—prizcs $5.00, | The terms of office of County $3.00 and $1.00. , Commissioners O’Brien and Mullins 50-yard Dash for Men—prizes $3.00> , will expire January 1st, 1912. It $2.00 and $1.00. is understocd they will both be 100-yard Dash for Boys under 16— candidates for reelection, although prizes $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00. _the Herald-Review hes not authlori- 50-yard! Desh for Eoys under 16— tive information as to their tnten- prizes $2-00, $1.50 and $1.00. , tYons. |50-yard@ Dash for Boys under 10— W. B. Taylor of Deer River, the prizes $1.50, $1.00 and Tic. |present district court commissioner, 60-yard Dash for-Girls under 15— has not filed} but that he will do so | prizes $2.00, $1.50 and $1.00. is among the political probabilities. High and Low Hurdle Race—prizes He has made an efficient court of $5.09, $3.00 and $1.00, ,ficer and during his incumpency Apple Eating Contest—prizes $1.50, there hes been no kangaroo scan- $1.00 and 50c. dals. 4:00 p, m., Base ball game, Grand | Judge MecClenahan’s term on the Rapids vs. Canisteo. | bench will expire next January, and 7:30 p. m., Concert by Grand Rap- |it is very likely he will be a candi- date to succeed himself. The program for the day is as fol- lows: : , 9:00 a. m., Big Industrial and Cali- |thumpian parade, lead by the Grand Rapids band. Prizes for floats, $15, school Central Band concert, ids City band. 9:00 p. m., Big firemen’s dance at Under the primary law passed at village hall- j the late extra session of the legisla- In addition ¢o the program given ture district judges, judges of probate iabove there will be several special j and superintendents of schools will features during the day, including , appear on the official ballot as non- /an exhibition by Newton, the cele-) partisan. rated tight wire walker, fat men's race, log rolling contest and &@ num- ber of other special events that will insure something doing every minute | The list of killed in the recent cyclone that devasted the city of Regina is given now at 80.