Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 31, 1912, Page 1

ct { tt ' ' : 7 FOR GRAND RAPIDS Class | New Factory May be Erected Here : for Manufacturing Staves TASCA GOUNTY COUNTY FAS ARE IS NOTIN DepT) SEATLY MeRove Statements Alleged to Mave Been} | Making Way for Hi The county fairs in Minnesota this CONTRACTS 00 NOT EXGEED LEW fall promise to be better than at HALF CAPITAL STOCK SUBSCRIBED any time in their history—a condi- tion of which the state may well be Sc aah proud. Under the inspiration of in- a : jcreased state aid, the county fair is |Has Site Already Secured for New Building of Bridges Mandatory! rast pecoming what it should be. Enterpri . ter Gives Under Provisions of Law— What a change is htis from the : @ Dr. Shellman Probably character of the fairs held a genera- Interesting Interview : tion ago! In the fairs of years ago, Regarding Project Misquoted the wheel of fortune, the cane rack, | and other gambling games held sway HAGA. RC EET ‘Persons seemed to attend the fairs J. J. Russell, of Memphis, Tenn., \to watch the fakirs, to see the horse who has n spendi time | races, and to visit the side shows. Desay ieee ware ie The statement alleged to have been made by Dr. John Shellman of Nash | Now they have found that these |here interesting local capitalists in | | the erection of a stave factory gave | tion and chairman of Itasca county's | here this week are planning on buy- wauk, which appeared in the Du- j luth papers last week, charging 1 RoC bring no lasting benefit,’ some interesting information on the mmbers of the board of commission |>Ut only take money out of the com pronosed project to thé Herald-Re- of. Ttaeen county with. grose. extrav- | munity. Even the horse races are ncf view. agance, are not borne out by an ex- pamensed with the interest manifest-| “The stave factory” said Mr Rus- amination of the county record 8 afew years ago, Visitors are tcd oy) “win) provide a market for for- ipooks: _ , jimterested in the pure-bred stock jest products that in a large majori- Dr. Shellman is said to | f the fair. ity of cases would be waste other- have stated that the county is in| At present, premiums are becoming | wise, and will thus give an impetus | debt $12,000 as a result of careless- | larger and are extending over @ larg'to clearing the land for agricultural | ness in letting roadcontracts, which er field, and, as a result, the exhibi @ use. he claimed have been allowed to, @re increasing im number and ‘ the; “@Ve will take timber from the run up ‘in many instances very much quality of these increased exhibits' farmers in the form of bolts 2% ft. im excess of the original sum for/|is better. Farmers are beginning t lin length or any multiple of 2% ft. whic theroadwas to b built’ The /see in the county fair a chance to which form makes it very convenient yey \MoyS syoog Soypne 4sunog learn more about live-stock, an op-' for those who are not equipped with at no time has the expenditure ex-| portunity to study the different | jogging outfits.” ceed the tax levy. , breeds and types, a chance to buy! In regard to the wood to be used, County Auditor Spang was ques- Stock suited to their needs. The Mr. Russell said. “We will use | tioned regarding Dr. Shellman’s p1b-|f4Tmers study better machinery and ‘yellow birch, white birch, elm, ash lished statements, learn more about better seed. He popple, basswood, balsam, balm of “4 wrong impression has been tbrinew his family with him, and the | gilead and spruce. It is our inten- given,” Mr. Spang said, “in regard |4#¥ 18 spent in whole-hearted er-'tion to manufacture barrel staves to th county being in debt, If aj) JOYment and in becoming acquainted | one-piece heading, woven-wire boxes the road contreats now let.had been | With the neighbors. When- the fam-| and barrels in the sheet or knock- due at the time the contracts 2| fy leaves, all are better satisfied down form. Our principal business, ewitGbt~ihene eightcriesetiaye been | With the farm, and there\ is imprint- however will be the manufacture of sufficient money in the road 4 ed a feeling that life is worth while, | flour and sugar barrel staves by a bridge fund to meet the dem nq-- , after all, special process owned by me and but these contracts ‘were not cue! Still while a gocd start has peen | patented.” and many will not be due for movikg ade, much remains to be done. We’ Asked regarding the new process | In the meantime the money on count have not yet scratched the ground. in he replied: “The staves now being sual reaping the crop of possibilities in made by the old way are of irregular | rate and unless something unpreced- that direction. Too many times the | Width, while ours are uniform width ented occurs—such as fire flood or |Jea@lousy of the fair association, or ;length and thickness. By our met- pestilence—they are reasonably sure _ the city officials in which the fair is hod the surface of the staves are of coming in at the acustomed rate. to be held, leads the farmers to stay as smooth as if sand-papered and at There has rot been a time when| Yonw Moy ‘ou ayey Je omoy je the same time roughened at the the contracts awarded have exceeded 'wtter would it be if he and his four points where the hoops come, the tax levy.” amily were to drop farm work, vis't to prevent the hoops from slipping. The other members of the board‘ the fair, swell the exhibit with the | With the old style machines only of commissioners expressed surprise best from his herds and fields, help about 2,700 to 3,000 staves can be at the statements credited to Dr.'to make his county fair the best cut from Or ee eae an Shellman, which seriously misrep- , fair in the state, and make his coun- ; our process 4,000 staves can be i resent the condition of affairs in ty appeared to be the best place in a}! from the same amount of timber. Itasca county: | the world fcr a man to live in and! Mr. Russell states that a site has 3 i ora /@njoy the apundant life about him. , been secured for the new enterprise -akhulpd cinimedthet te | A few years ago, the agricultural ‘and that more than half the amount built in the vicinity of Cohasset! _ ty in a certain county sold wea- |0f capital subscribed. He points and Grand Rapids which are ee son tickets to the fair at a ridiculous to the freight rates as a big factor Jutely useless and that the: Srpineea ny lowprice. It was hpode that every |in good returns to the promoters: of sioners had been squandering large ‘ene would buy a ticket and swell t! 4 the enterprise here; the rate from | sums on these bridges. attendence as well as assure the his southern factory to Minneapolis The residents of the towns Of /s, cia) standing of the fair. One is 27 cents, while from Grand Rapids) Bass Brook and Grand Rapids voted |, oo4 iq gady—and, undoubtedly, to Minneapolis the rate would be 8¢ | by special election to build bridges \tyerg were others, as well—spent |thus more than counterbalancing the | across the Mississippi river at points) on of ner.time in urging her neigh- higher price paid here for the raw | taxes are coming in at th | chance. It is possi | absolutely necessary. C.-M. KING IN FIFL() LAND SALES ARE | ReishusRemer Land Company Re 2 Good i Itasca County Man Files for Demo- | — a aga tenant-Governor Apout %5.000 acres of realty has been sold this spring by the Reishus- Remer land company, according to the figures of E. J. Farrell, while STRONG IN NORTH COUNTRY! s2 1ncs norcnased sm tne county ‘durmg 1912, including the state {lands sales, will reach the 200,000 ‘acre mark. Head of Northern Minnesota Devel- | sola has been to settlers who intend A ooo The large proportion of the land opment tion Enters -- has been to settlers who intend Race For State ,to take up their residence and im- Honors | Prove their holdings during the 2om- j ine year, many getting on the land | this fall while a number will wait ‘for spring to start farming opera- C. M. King, president of ‘the Nor-| tions in Itasca county- thern Minnesota Development associ A party of Illinois and Iowa men board of commissioners, has entered |ing extensively, one of the number ship, filing for the Democratic nomi-|in Trout Lake township. nation last Saturday. Other recent sales made were to In Mr. King northern Minnesota | Mr. Hawkinson of Sioux City, Iowa, has a pioneer citizen who has had|Who purchased 315 acres in the much to do with and exercised an|Deer Lake district. Walter Dan- infience in public affairs. His|iels of Smithman, Iowa, was another work at the head of the northern|recent purchaser, buying 100 acres Minnesota Developmeat association | in Bass Brook vicinity, and Jacob hag proven him a man of vision, | Claus, also of Smithman, Towa, pur-! capable of looking beyond the pre-;chased 160 acres three miles south sent and bringing the light of the |of Grand Rapids. | future to bear on the problems of} E, L. Wortham, a Chicago realty public service which his office has | man, with extensive holdings through called him to face. out Itasca county. was here this week He has been for the past ten/| With a party of Indiana men, who a: years prominently associated with securing land and expect to take up| the development of northern Minne-| their residence and farm their new | sota, and has formed one of a grovy 20ldings next spring. of men who have thrown themselves in publie service apart from private FLOPING COUPLE profit, with resultant gain ‘to the| territories in which their zeal has | IN COUNTY JAIL: | | | | BRISK THIS YEAR ‘the race for the lieutenant-governor- securing 640 acres of unimproved land Two Dollars a Year POLITICAL NEWS. FROM MISSOURI C. E. Burgess Back From Native State With New Angle on STATE BITTER AGAINST BRYAN | Accuse Bryan of Betraying Champ Clark—Latter Was Pawn of Stone in Presidential Warfare C. E. Burgess, of Cohasset, presi- dent of the school board of District N. 1, returned last week from a visit to his native state Missouri, and has somein teresitng things to tell of how the Missourians view the presi- dential situation. “The political situation from the Democratic view, is exceedingly interesting in eastern and central Mis- souri,,” said Mr. Burgess in discuss- ing the southern view of the Demo- cratic nominee for president, “in the old Burbpon counties of Boone, | Saline and Callaway may be found the stronghold of demcracy. Here one is either a “Joe Folk” Demo- crat or a “Bill Stone’ Democrat, and no keener joy can come to a “Joe Folk” man than to knife a “Bill Stone” candidate. “From this conglomeration came (Champ Clark, astride the fence, | claiming the closest friendship with ;each class. Missouri democrats were confident that he would win, for the progressives felt that Clark had Bryan with him, -while the “Bill Particularly in the field of better roadways Mr. King has distinguish-; Nick Popovich been expended. and Mrs.P eter jed himself by his activity, though Melusinich, former residents of | hardly an interest, civic or political, | Keewatin, who eloped last April, will! that makes for the development of have to face the result of their folly Minnesota, has missed his hand and before the next session of the Itasca | mind, and if elected to the office county grand jury. for which he has filed—through Popovich was accused of stealing request of men who have the inter- the wife, family and about $800 ests of northern Minnesota at heart- cash of Peter Mehisinich. Charges he will bring with him a practical of larceny, grand larceny and _ kid- knowledge of the needs of the napping were preferred against hin.,, |} state and a steadfast and unfailing and he and Mrs. Melusinich were brought back last week from Calu- met, Mich., where they have been since their flight. It developed during the hearing | In the current issue of Farm and before Judge Carney that Melusinich Fireside appears the following: did not object to the departure of “There ig always trouble with mil Bis wife and family, neither did he | and cream in hot weather. They Jay claim to the money, alleging that will spoil if ‘you give them half a it belonged to his wife, who Comey: ple tc’ keep them €4 @ boarding house at Keewatin. | Popovich and the woman are being | held on an adultery charge to the next grand jury. Victor Power of Hibing represented Popovich at the ‘preliminary hearing and County At-| torney McOuat appeared for the! state. | energy in public service. Milk In Hot Weather. good, however, and on a dairy farm | “The bacteriologist says that in warm milk or cream the bacteria multiply every twenty or thirty min- utes, so that before long our milk is a@ regular| menagerie. It seems that ; the: system is like that of the old| where they would one pee needs | bors rot to buy aticket for; as she | material. : | of the respective Caden MOS paid, “Tt might he a rainy week, you! The factory would employ 2bout | thoroughly. Under the jee law know.” Dollara may be waged: to 60 operators, and the sale of act when a township votes half the re- ao synuts that this good woman terial would bring to Grand Rapid quired sum for the erection of @ — 1 any times the price of a sea- about $100,000 yearly to be dis-| bridge the county must pay the oth 4 ecu ticket that year for things that | tributed through the channels of trade, half ofthe required amount. TRS ina not do her, or her county, one-{I* would also tend to draw other | commissicrers have no vole 1D tooth the gocd that would have been Wood-working industries here. the matter, the law in this respect secured had she purchased a ticket} “We ‘have orders now,” said) Mr. | being mandatory. _ even! though she never visited the Russell, “for 25 carloads of staves | Both these bridges have been desig ¢, +. jAnd a carload is worth, and will | nated for points hae nae Pia, The courty shculd not forget the bring at the mill, $400. We can good and long-established roads. 1. advertising value of a well managed | ™#Ke, on an average, one carloat p & ing to them, only requiring approac* county. fake At a certain eounly fair | 4Y- This means to the community corte Une gumavatty, potievel tint inst 7007, © eplondl tently of. otes | OTIS, Meee al wer can, make it is no : was made. There were many farm | Duluth and Minnéapolis would take | each nail. The result scon amount: I | to enormous figures. | hard to see them unless they were horseshcer who charged a cent for SAVED CHILD FROM ' the first nail and doubled the price " TH Bert Weeks and Mike Nurich, brakeman and news agent on the Great Northern train ru be- es, But tweer Grand Rapids and Vir cued Eva Douglas, a settler’s child, quickly if it stands a.while warm. We from certain death Wednesday when dre able-to make it slay sweet @ long, ‘Be train. was within 2 short - time—a couple of daye if we wantea tance of Mt Iron on its rum ¢ ling it immediately after Grand Rapids. ; : ; pss es 2 As the train was within a mile of + k the village the crew was startled by Where there is much milk 0 144 shrill blasts of tha whistle. In- “Im actual practice, we are too ‘busy to stop and count the ‘bacteria. And if we tried it would be pretty inia, - magnified a few hundred tim ginia, res: we know that the milk sours very for the Dr. Shellman is responsible for ers from Iowa at that fair, and all statements credited to him, as he stated most emphatically when, re- signing from the chairmanship of the county board that’ the general were astonished to see such corn, _They said that they had never know that Minnescta cculd raise such corn and predicted, if such displays could! i to the of- : pusiness attaching pe made at succeeding fairs, that tld handle the best way is to ices one = stinctively the men made up their pits crenniee coterts or beh eaig minds that danger threatened. Lean- They. are: Riek expenatre, 4s Sher ing far out the vestibule of the help wonderfully in keeping the milk smoker they discerned, standing in in good condition. if there is only 14. middie of the track, around a all the staves we could make, even ‘if we had four mills here.” Best Crop Ev2r Harvested. In the opinion of bankers and grain *Stone” men knew that they had Tammany back of the Clark forces. “What is the feeling at the present time toward Bryan? was asked. “Very bitter. The big attractions of Missouri Chatauqués up to the Present time has been one of Brayn’s lectures, but vow they are ccucelling his dates, because the people re fuse to buy tickets to his lecture. “How does the feeling toward Bryan affect the Wilson outlook?“ “They say: ‘That man Wilson is @ good man—but I didn’t expect it of Bryan,’ and so while the Missouri voters are preparing to line up solid- ly for the Democratic nominee, Bryan will become the scapegoat and it is safe to say that he isthe best-hated man in Missouri today.” “For a time it did seem that 1 would not find anyore who was not thoroughly soured with the result of the convention, but when they asked me how Minnesota stood aid I told them that Clark made no appeal to northern Democrats, except with the politicians, they became confidental and told me the inside <tcry of the Clark boom for the pres ney. “When Joe Folk was dis‘rxt attor ney and later when he wes governor, avd still later, when he contested the senatorship with E. oLe— which Governcr Hadley cl jwon by lolk throveh fraud in 4 Louis—he made a great meny enem- ies among the old-line democrats inj Missouri. So, two years ago aims was when Senator Warren resigned, there was wer on for the coveted seat, ‘waitt| Reed, an old line man and Folk, a progressive both reaching fox the coveted prize. | “ ‘Let us endorse Folk for the presidency, said Bil Stone, and Folk swallowed the bait. Two ‘yearns later Champ Clark cast his ‘eyes toward the senate and this time it wes Stone’s seat that was in danger, so he started in te get the men in the Twin Cities the crop this fall will be the largest ever harvest- | ed. The bumper ercp of 1905 wil] he greatly surfassed-cn account of the hig increase in land under cultiva- fice often seriously interferred wi q his professional duties, and for this reason he esked to be relieved from the chairmanship of the» board. fand would raise $20 an acre. And so let us all go to our county fair. Let us attend it, realizing that, we are bcosting one of the greatest bgblic agencies for good that the . NOTICE. county, possesses. Let us’ “Look up, |*ion, which hre been brought under the plow during the last two years. /Wheat between St. Paul and Fargo is so thick there isn’t room for more.” is the way one man puts it. Minnescta will have more money” than ever before, if there are two, and food commissioner, is beiN®! yeeks more of normal weather. This | _ talked cf as one of the Democratic | means unprecedented somone for candidates for state railroad and |everyone in the Northwest bit : not, down, look out, not in; and len y hand.”—George F. Howard, Exten- sion Division. Wotice is hereby. given that all Grand Rapids Township orders dray on contingent furd are now paya- ple and all interest shall stop on sa 1 -paamew rence PR RE aus date of this notice. _— Dated this 31st day of July, 1912. JAMES CONNELL, a little milk, it may be cooled pretty sharp curve in the rails, a little girl! presidency for Clark. Tammany hall pode. page oa eRaS scarcely three years of age Carry-'wes approached, so the story goes, “People are deceived sometimes in ing*in her hand a pail full of berries. and Murphy, realizing that it would the length of time it takes to cool @ weeksand Nurich rushed through |be impossible to put Harmon across big can of milk set in the cellar. T-f tne smoker, climbed over the coal!lined up with the Clark forces it with a themometer and see. It junkers and out over the engine to| Everything went well. Clark stood won't te ®fl cool for nearly twelve tne cow catcher. Weeks grasped | well with the progressives, for they hours. And that gives those germs the handhold with one hand and' believed Bryan to be behind him, a big start. Sudden and rapid cool- yitn the other took a vicelike grip'and therefore had no anxiety. Then ing is the big cecret in keeping milk o¢ Nurick’s belt while Nurick leaned | Bryan sent the momertous telegram. and cream in'eummer.” ‘over and grasped the child, lifting ‘Clark was lead to the mountain top — - ~ ‘her to safety when the locomotive |and Bryan ‘asked him to choose be- The county ‘division row between was within less than two feet of her. tween expediency and principle. “and d was stopped within 100'Qjark smiled; his manager chocse (Cass and Todd counties is being The engine y pes -d ore state officials at St. yards of the spot upon which the!expediency for him—and principle child stood. . - | won in the convention.” i { j sr