Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 10, 1912, Page 1

‘i FICIAL PAPER OF } Grand Rapids | Village and | Township Gran VoL, XXIII. —No 2 Granp Rapipbs, ITasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, (912 Itasca Co. and ‘A School Dist. Two Dollars a Year CANISTEOS WIN GAMES ON FOURTH Grand Rapids Team Loses At Bovey and On Local Diamond July Fourth. WILL PLAY HILL CITY HERE SUNDAY Switzer, Superior League Pitcher, | In Box for Canisteos—Marble To Play Here Sunday July 21. “Nothing doing” was the story of the two games played by Grand Rap-| ids with the Camisteo team Met Thursday, July Fourth, the Canis- teos winning both the game played at Bovey in the morning and here in the afternoon—thanks to their im-} ported pitcher, Switzer of the Su- perior League players. It was understood between the two teams that the lineup of the|the county and every te school last game at Coleraine during the Fireman's tournament wags to hold good for the games here on the jclass, prepared with much care and Fourth, but the Camisteos were un- able to resist the jure of again im- | facts relating to what can be ac- porting talent to win the games for them, with the result that they scor- ed 9 to 4 in the game played at Bo- ‘vey im the forenoon and 14 to5 in the game at the ball park here Thursday afternoon. Next Sunday there will be a gamé on the local diamond between the Grand Rapids and Hill City players, end the following Sunday, July 21, ‘Marble will be over to try conclu- sions with the Grand Rapids team. CELEBRATION ATTRACTS MANY Large Crowd of Visitors From Sur- rounding Towns Spend Fourth in Geand Rapids. Coleraine, many of the smaller districts sur- rounding Grand Rapids sent large delegations of pleasure seekers to spend the national holiday here last) Thursday. Many went to the lakes near the fwillage and spent the day in the cool shadows of the trees, while others stayed in town for the pro- gram of sports provided. Races and similar sports filled the afternoon hours until four o'clock when a game of ball took place on the local diamond between the Grand Rapids amd Canisteo teams, the latter win- ning by a score of 14 to 5. There was a band concert and display of fireworks in the evening: and the day’s festivities ended with | @ dance im village hall given by the firemen which was largely attended by a crowd of warm, tired but happy pleasure seekers, who enjoyed their favorite pastime until a Jate hour. TO BE INDEPENDENT S:HOOL DISTRICT Nashwauk Herald:—At a special election held Monday evening in the Nashwauk high school building for the purpose of deciding whether the district would remain a common or independent district the vote cast.wa. 49, four against-and forty-five for an independent district. As no opposition was expected against an independent! district by Nashwauk or Keewatin citizens the vote was therefore light. The annual election will be held July | Large Representation From Duluth Bovey, Cohasset and | THE HERALD-REVIEW SPECIAL EDITION ' Homeseeker’s Nine Will be Iss- ued on July 24--Free Distribution The Herald-Review has in prepara- tion a special edition in magazine form that will be issued July:24. It | will contain twenty-four pages bé- sides the cover, made up conven- iently for mailing, a copy of which | will be sent to every resident of Itasca county, whose address can be secured. The paper will contain about fifty illustrations of farm scenes, public school buildings, etc. | The reading. matter will relate ex- clusively to the agricultural resour- ces of the county. Anyone desiring extra copies for mailing are request- ed to leave orders in advance at the Heraild-Review office. One hundred thousand copies of a | four-page folder relating to agri- cultura] Itasca county, have just | been turned out by the Herald-Re- view and are ready for distribution. Following the Homeseekers Edition will pe a sixty-page Hlustrated book- let on the same subject, which will carry a three-color map of the coun- ty showing every public highway in building. These publications are all high- |at no small expense. In presenting complished on an Itasca county farm! mo exaggerations or rosy embelish- ments have been resorted to. The plain, unvarnished truth is sufficient and in these publications will be found only such statements as the actual conditions will substantiate. The matter of effectual destribu- tion of these publications will be carefully attended to under the di- rection of the Itasca County Pub- licity committee, which consists of members of the several commercial clubs. DULUTH BUSINESS = MEN ARE COMING Commercial Club Here Thurs- day, July 18 About 100 Duluth business men, representatives of yarious commercial interests at the head of the Lakes, | will visit Grand Rapids, Thursday, July 18, The party will arrive over the Great Northern railway at 2:07 and will remain here for 30 minutes. They will be accompanied by the famous Third Regiment pand, one of | the finest musica] organizations in the northwest. Leaving Duluth Monday morning July 15, the party will travel over about 800 miles of northern Minne- sota, going to International Falls, west to Warroad and Crookston, and back to Duluth over the Great North ern. Stops will be made at 60 of the towns on the route, that Du-j luth business interests may mingle friendship and business and get bet- ‘ter acquainted with their northern Minnesota trade. ' | Grand Rapids people should turn ‘out en masse to welcome the Duluth visitors to the prettiest town of northern Minnesota. Dickie, McVeigh, Huson. During the week three new filings have been made for office. Dr. John | Dickie, the local veterinary surgeon, seems to think he'd like to be sheriff of Itasca county amd paid $10 into the treasuary to get his name on the official pallot as a Republi- can candidate. Billy McVeigh offers his services as county commissioner | in district No. 4. He filed as a Re- publican. H. S. Huson would again 20, when six directors will be elect- take possession of the probate court ed, three representing Keewatin ard and has filed for the preliminary three representing Nashwauk. The, six directors chosen at the annual election will then elect a treasurer | and a clerk and decide on compensa- tion, the treasurer and clerk will re-| ceive a monthly salary. The candid- ates for directors in Nashwauk are “Chas. Latvala, P. H. Tyedt, and Max H. Barber. The candidates represen ing Keewatin has not been decided _upon as yet, but Judge McBachin, F. ‘Vv, Wakkinnen and EB. L. Cochran mentioned. oe Sa Poni skirmish. Under the new law candi- ‘dates for this office are noted as non-partisan. ‘Mrs. ‘Sinnett and Miss Maude Am- perg went to Duluth today to be present when Miss Madge Sinnett } takes the vows in the Benedictine sisterhood. Miss Clare Breslin arrived from St. Paul Tuesday night, to visit her aunt) Sister Jane of St. Benedict’s and hy MORE COMMENTS BY NORTH COUNTRY EDITORS ON GRAND RAPIDS MEETING Mas ba Ore Man Tells of Impressions at His Initial Meeting With the Northern Minnesota Association—“Get-Together” Idea Best In the World, He Says. COMPLIMENTS RANGE TOWNS ON HOSPITALITY SHOWN THE EOTORS Newspaper Men Enjoy Delightful Dinner at State Farm and Have Many | Complimentary Things to Say of Superintendent McGuire— All Boosters for This Section Henceforth Says Hibbing Paper. DPN PIII = their earthly happiness comes The summer outing of the Be Minnesota Editorial associa- tion was held at Grand Rapids on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and it was the most successful meeting in the history of the organization. Amd it is not out of place right ere to say that the successful out- come-is due to “Governor” Kiley, of the Grand Rapids-Herald Re view; A. L, LaFrenier, of the Independent, and Miss May Stanley, of the Herald-Review, the fair little geddess of things as they ought to be, forming a triumvirate that hag made Grand Rapids the biggest spot in the grazing grounds of the association. The newspaper people began to assemble Friday morning at the Hotel Pokegama headquarters, @nd when Doc Rutledge arrived on the afternoon train from Bemidji, everything was in full swing. Friday afternoon the editors were invited to attend a woman’s suf- frage meeting in the city hall, at which Mary D. McFadden deliver- ed a characteristic address. Mar mentioned, among other things, “the brave young woman of Saint Paul who appeared in the great New York suffragette parade in a thirty-eight cent hat’’ and the young man hereof quite agrees with Mary that it takes a mighty brave woman to appear in public in these piping days of hobble skirts, peach-basket lids and Waving pom-poms (at sixteen ninety- eight the pom), wearing a thirty-eight cent sky-piece. But Mary made a dandy talk, as she always does, and some of the visiting edi- tors remarked a few dines for the good of the movement—because, likely, their wives were present- b In the evening the editors listened to a gatling-gun talk by Presi dent Vincent, of the State University, and it was a treat that ame as a surprise. Mr. Vincent talked on “The Mind of the Mob,” the subject was an apt vehicle for displaying his-exceptionally rare oratorical power. A dance was held the same evening im the spacious dining room of the Hotel Pokegama ang it wes a fitting close-to-a day of great pleasure. The summer meeting of the State University was in session at Grand Rapids all the week and the dance was attend- ed by many of the fair young lady attaches, and it is no breach of confidence that some of the editors doubted the wisdom of having brought their wives along—at least, they acted that way. Saturday morning the fats and leans of the association played the annual championship game of pase ball, and there appears to be some conflict of opinion as to the number of runs made and which side was victorious. Doe Rutledge, of the fats, hung tenaciously to the victory and as he can out-talkk any member, including Denu, of the Bemidji Pioneer (and ‘that’s going some), there was no further argument. At ten o’clock the party left in automobiles for the State Ex- periment farm, about two miles out, where they were met by Profes- sor amd Mrs. A. J. McGuire, who gave them a royal welcome. The newspaper people visited amonggt themselves in the shade of the majestic pine trees until dinner was announced. The writer has stowed his number twelves under many a banquet board, but the feast spread by Mr. McGuire and his charming lady was beyond anything in his memory, To say “jt was a feast for the gods” is thread-bare and common-place—pecause it is not common knowledge just what the gods feasted on, put welll gamble our chances on heaven that all of the famed gods of the Tarquin category never sat to a feast the like of this ome. It was a feast in every sense— a feast prepared for hungry people whose palets have become attun- ed@ to the common every-day liver of commerce—and it was most ample and satisfying. Tables were spread under the pines and the guests were served by @ lumber of attractive and most charming Normal school young ladies, adding the more to the lovliness of the scene. Professor McGuire is mot only a finished farmer, a mighty fine chap up and down and clear around but he has the one right idea of entertainment that will forever endear him to the bunch that moulds public opinion and kaowsa rattling good dinner when they can catch up with it. During the afternoon thé party drove to Coleraine, nine miles away, in automobiles. M. H. Godfrey, general superintandent of the Camisteo district for the Oliver Iron Mining company, met the party as it came in, and the visitors were soon thereafter taken aboard ‘the famous ‘Mike Godfrey Se¢ Coleraine First’ observation cars and whisked out to the nearby mines and the great washing plant. This was the first sight of an ion mine to many of the visitors and it wag truly a revelation to them. The washing plant, for separat- ing the sand from the iron ore, * a@ ‘wonderful sight, even to those who are familiar with iron ore and its mining. Superintendent God- frey was everywhere and if it wire possible to answer questions faster than they were asked he;was equal to the occasion. From the washing plant the sditors ‘were taken to Bovey, near Coleraine, where Old Man Heajh an@ Lammon run a newspaper ood enough for a town ten times as big as Bovey. The editors were here the guests of the city and its officers treated them to a most satisfying banquet at the Fiteer hotel. The banquet was concluded by a number of spicy after-dinner talks by the editor men A dancing party was given in hogor of the visitors and they made merry until the midnight hour, when they started on a Sunday | morning ride for Grand Rapids. | Sunday morning the visitors|were taken by train to Cohasset, a pretty little Mississippi river town five miles west of Grand Rapids, and upon returning they were taen to Pokegama lake, three miles in boating, fishing, bathing and out, where they spent a happy ohter opportunities of keen enjo; saber And that night they left their several homes, to resume the grind that pays the devil, and to try to re-accustom themselves to the regular diet of liver and dardelion greens. t The meeting goes to prove more than.ever that the newspaper are the veny best of the hole ‘world and the greatest of n gettin’ together. rs Hitchcock, of the Tribune, people are NOTED DULUTH WOMAN WILL SPEAK HERE Dr. Mary McCoy of Duluth Will Speak Before Political Equality Club July 18 Grand Rapids people will have the pleasure of hearing Dr. Mary Mc- Coy, Duluth’s brilliant lecturer, on Thursday evening, July 18, when she | will speak at the public library here at the request of the Grand Rapids Political Equality club. Dr McCoy is a woman of broad isympathy and culture, and her lec- ture here promises to be one of the dience will hear this season. “Mankind must learn to vote in terms of humanity and not m terms of dollars and cents,” said Dr. Mc- Coy in her equal suffrage creed pub- | lished recently, ard it is from this | {broad humanitarian point of view | that she will discuss the question of | equal rights during her visit here. | PLANS FOR COUNTY best things that a Grand Rapids au- | COMMISSIONERS PLAN ROADWAYS Grant Petition for Improvement to Highway Between Deer River and Cohasset APPROPRIATION FOR JUDICIAL ROAD |Highway Between St. Louis and Itasca Counties Will open up Fer- tile Bear River Country The county commissioners at their annual meeting Monday granted the ; petition for the improvement of the Deer River-Cohasgset road, which will do away with ithe last bad link in a series of roadways leading from | Grand Rapids to Winnibigoshish, and to Blackduck in Beltrami county. Contractor Mitchell is just finish- FAIR UNDER WAY | Premiums Will Be A Be Advanced Along | Ail Lines. of Live Stock and Dairy Exhibits A number of improvements are be- ing planned by the Itasca County Fair association for the annual fair, | which will be held this year, Septem ber 19, 20 and 21. Plans and specifications are being prepared for the new building which ; will house the township exhibits, all | the puildings will be repainted and the main building will be reshelved. A considerable part of the grounds will be parked, and the association | plans to continue this each year, | until all the grounds are parked and | put in excellent condition. j The premiums will be advanced | along all lines of live stock this yea | partiuclarly in the dairy department- Among the new features added will 00°09 be the special prizes for boys who} have entered the potato-growing con- | test and for girls in the tomato growing department of the agricul- ing work on the stretch of highway | between Deer River and Winnibigosh ish, while the government road from Winnibigosish to Blackduck is said to be in gocd condition this season. There is a fine roadway between Cohasset and Grand Rapids, and the only remaining link on about 40 ; miles of gocd rcad was the Deer- River-Cohasset road, which the re- cent action of the commissioners will put in shape for travel. The commissioners also appropriat- ed the sum of $3,000 for the judicial road on the lire between St. Louis and Itasca counties. This road was approved at a hearing before Judge Hughes last April and work will be commenced shortly. The roadway will open up a large section of farm land in the Bear River country, said to Be one of the richest in the state, but which has been hampered through jlack of road facilities. The county tax levy for 1912 was fixed as follows: tural work iin the schools. | A number of prizes for floral ex- hipits will be giver, including a priz for the best floral display made by} any girls’ or boys’ club. The prem-| ium list for this year’s fair is now in! the hands of the printer and will be | issued in a short time. NEW TOWNSITE IN NORTHERN PART Town of Dora Platted This Spring —Will Serve Many Settlers ae fund .. - -$85,000 “puny eSplig pue peoy Poor fund .. oF 20,000 Bonds fund +. 10,000 Interest .. . oe - 10,000 Tuberculosis sanitarium fund .. - 20,000 The revenue fund 9 was fixed at $15- |000 less than last year, and the bonds fund at-$5,000 less, and this $20,- 000 was made into a sanitarium fund. A sum of $53.00 was appropriated for a railway crossing for the Great | Northern tracks at Blackberry. The application of the Internation- ;2l1 Boom company to construct a dam across the Ppple river was continued Bey July 31. The hearing on petition to attach certain un- per tirnin territory to the town of [ceenee was continued until July eee ssistant state engineer was in- structed to prepare plans and speci- | fications for a bridge across Split | Hand brook, on the state road 15 ‘miles southeast of Grand Rapids A new town ip the northern part | of Itasca county hes been platted on | the shores cf Dera Lake, 20 miles southeast of Northome, and 40 miles north of Deer River. The town was platted on the 40 acres of land owned py C. A. Stumpf, on the sheres of the lake and the | lots are being placed on sale this month. A general store is already being erected at Dora Lake, lumber is on ; the ground for a hotel and 10 acres | oma teen purchesed for a saw mill | site. There is no doubt as to the | future presperity of the new town, | as the country around is thickly set- tled with pioneer farmers and home- | steaders, who have realized the (pos- | |sibilities that the district affords an a in early to await the develop- ment. All manner of hardwood timber is abundant in the district, and as very little logging has been done! that industry ‘will furnish employ- ment, to the people who are seeking | @ new home in the north country. Game is abundant and all kinds of | game fish abound in the waters of | Dora dake and adjacent lakes. It would seem that the location for a new town has been well chosen, and that it will serve the needs of a The commissioners and the county auditor will meet next Monday, July 15, as a beard of equalization and will held the next meeting of the board July 17. Georze McDonald Grand Rapids people were shocked ito learn of the death of George Me- | Donald, a former resident here, | who died at Williston, North Dakota, last Friday, July 5. Mr. McDonald had been jiving on his claim near Williston and had been in his usual good health until June 26, when he was taken to the hospital] at Williston for treatment, but in spite of the best of medical care and nursing he died last Fri- day. Mr. McDonald came to Grand Rap- jids 19 years ago last September from Woodstock, Ontario, and lived here |? til a few years ago when he te- moved to Marble, where his family now reside. Two years ago he took up @ claim nesr Witiston and was | performing his homestead duties when the illness which proved fatal attacked him. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife and two sons: Howard E. and Harold Bruce McDonald, six sisters and one brother, besides a large very large number of settlers who are coming each year to make their homes in Itasca county. circle of Itasca county friends who regret the passing of one of the well ‘known pioneers of Grand Rapids. waged soit et ete ee eee heat eh ae nes nemo RT