Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 7, 1912, Page 1

| | \ OFFICIAL PAPER OF Grand Rapids Herald- evicw. --SMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OFFICIAL PAPER OF Grand i = oe Itasca Co. and Township ore sg le ne Vor. XXIII —No 6 Granp Rapips, IrascaA County, MINN., Wepnespay, AuGustT 7, 1912 Two Dollars a Year TO HELP EDUCATE RURAL PUPILS School District Votes $3,000 to Help Children of Rural Districts DWIDE AMOUNT AMONG STUDENTS Proposition to Aid Children Attend Grand Rapids Structures and Im. District High School Most Advanced Educa- tional Plan A unique piece of school legislation, ‘was adopted by the patrong of school district No- One, at the adjourned annual meeting held last Saturday | ; 400 per evening, when $3,000 was voted to @id pupils from the rural districts who have passed the eighth grade and are ready for high school work. ‘The high school located here is a high school for the entire district— and the entire district is taxed to su port it, yet children from the rural communities have not the chance to | mission, attend it that the children of Grand Rapids and Cohasset enjoy. students | from the latter village being trans- | ported here by school vehicles. Under this condition the directors have been studying some method of | Village of Nashwauk increased 25 per |cen’ |increased 25 per cent. meeting the problem and at the an- nual meeting laid the proposition be- fore the people to vote a sum that would allow each child from the rur-|in the real estate assessment list: al districts, who were ready for high school work, the sum of $7.50 per month from the general fund to help defray the experse of boarding in town. That the people are in sympathy |...) | with the movement was shown by tha fact that the motion to vote $3,000 | almose un- | lages for this carried amiously. was The district high school here mak. 4nd lands assessed for Iron ore de- | work, | posits. a specialty of department | Rapids was reduced 25 per cent; the} MORE MONEY FOR Made Many Changes In Assessment ‘INCREASE FROM 20 10 400 P.C As a result of the meeting of the ! board of equalization a number of changes in assessment made, increases ranging from 20 to cent. Household goods, | wearing apparel, farm stock and im- plements were items which received. the most attention in the increases made by the board. | A reassessment of real estate in the villages of Warba and Deer River was asked the Minnesota tax com- the returns showing that these villages were very much un- dervalued. { In the assessment of structures and improvements the village of Grand | Keewatin and the village of The following changes were made Town of Ardenhurst decreased 20 per cent. Town of Arbo decreased 33 1-3 per | cent. Town of Balsam decreased cent. Town of Blackberry decreased 20 per 20 per} Town of Feeley inereased 20 per cent. Town of Grand Rapids, including vil- which includes commercial training, | agricultural instruction, domestic sci- ence and normal training work, and the directors are anxious to have 12, inclusive, every student in the district who is | qualified take advantage of the oP: | of Grand Rapids and LaPrairie, | decreased 33 1-3 per cent upon all un- plated lands, exclusive of mining lands Town of Goodland increased 15 per cent on unplated lands. Town of Grattan decreased 10 per cit) Town of Iron Range, sections 1 to decreased 10 per cent. Town of Marcell decreased 15 per cent) Town of Nore decreased 15 per cent. | Town of Nashwauk, all of township TAX COLLECTORS County Board of Equalization Have | provements Decreased, Keewatin and Nashwauk fed Aa 5a WSO Get Boost eg _The Market at Home have been | frame building $1,000. the lad had gone for a canoe trip down the Mississippi river lest Sat- urday, and the accident happened _when they were getting into the can- | ing back to his place.the MacDougall made at a lad struck. against it.“ receiving the of the gun in his left thigh. ‘Grand Rapids as quickly as possible, their confi. | but it was one o'clock inthe after- pe taken up at once with the state 16, 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 15, 16, 17.48 of town- Town of Sago increased 25 per cent.’ be legalized. Town of’ Trout Lake, exclusive of ' sota schools for aid to deserving stud Town of Wirt decreased 15 per cent. exponents of practical i aateiersdee a . {creased 10 per cent. Township 55 range | Unorganized No. 2, all lands assessed | schools, which will include inspec- 1 not be decreased below $2.50 per fective eyesight and other prevalent | 1.50 per acre. SE%, section 19, township 146, range The purchese cf five rigs to com- another measure approved. at Cohasset and two at Blackberry, | authorized by the patrons of the dis- Sunday morning by the.accidenta] dis- $900. Good Hope, log building, $500. Grattan log building, $500. Building between cost of about $1,000, and special contents Cohasset scool. by |noon before he arrived here. measure that Sher department of education that this ad- ‘ship 57, Range 22, decreased 15 per Town of Sand Lake decreased 33 | The proposition is the most advanc- 1-3 washing plant and pumping station and ents, and ranks with the most pro-| Unorganized No. 1, township od, range | school measures to fit boys and| Ls increment eetuaeiuant A sum of $1,000 was voted at the at more than $2.50 per acre decreased | tion at the beginning of the school | +: o:ganized No. 3, all lands assessed diseases of children that frequently | Uncrganized No. © decreased °3 2-3 26, decreased $1,000. ply with the provisions of the Holm- of these will be used at pact $1,250 was appropriated for this. | Lorn MacDougall, the 11-year old trict were: charge of @ gun and his recovery has Swan River, Effie, frame building, $1,000. Blackberry, two-room Holmberg morning. Jakes, $$500. repairs will be made .on the The electors showed aeereegand the tax” portunities offered. The matter will) 157, range 23 and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, vanced step in educational work may | °¢"t per cent, ed method yet undertaken in Minne-| plated lands, decreased 10 per cent. gressive measures yet adopted Dy, 24 and 25 and township 55, range 27, in- | girls for their life work. 1 meeting for medical inspection in the 15 rei cent, provided that such lands | year for adenoids, tuberculosis, de-' at less than $1.50 an acre, increased to per cent. Structures upon the Sw% hamper them fm their school work. berg act for school <a aagene was © WDOUGALL BOY Rapids, one for the McMahon ‘school | New buildings and general repairs son of Archie MacDougall, was shot Deer Lake, small frame puilding been considered doubtful Wirt, frame building, $900. Good Hope, log building $500. school, about $4,000. The shotgun was lying across the General repairs will be walks at the high school and at t dence in pest board of directors pital and given medical attention at IS GUN VICTIM: | | In company with two other boys oe about 18 miles down the river at) Blackberry at eight o'clock Sunday | Round and Squaw gunwale of the cance and in crawl-| : : side- His companions immediately went fer , he help and he was brought back to. He was taken to St. Benedict's hos- SPECIAL EDITION OF HERALO-AEVIEW GETS MUCH FAVORABLE COMMENT ‘Newspaper Men Believe the ‘“Homeseekers’ Edition” Will Result in | Great Practical Good to Itasca County—St. Cloud Paper | Enthuses Over Opportunities Here ‘DULUTH NEWS-TRIBUNE PAYS GLOWING TRIBUTE TO ITASCA RESOURCES Many Compliments Given on High Quality of Work and Truthfulness of the Matter Which Composes the Publicity Literature Which the Commercial Clubs of Itasca County are Sending Out to Homeseekers St- Cloud Journal-Press: The Grand Rapids Herald-Review issues in magazine form a splendid advertisement of the agricultural re- sources of that empire known asItasca county. While that county has unto}d wealth in its iron mines, the Herald-Review rightly re- ecognized agriculture as the real prosperity of the country. Recently the writer, Through the courtesy As De Rassmussen, clerk of court, atd E. WN. Remer, manag- er of the leading.Jandcompany of that secfion, looked over some of the beauties and wealth of the ¢ountry around Grand Rapids, and as optimtistic as is the Herald-Review writeup of that country, it has not overdrawn the picture. They have the best roads of per haps any section of the state, immense open pit iron mines, where the wealth is shoveled into the cars at the rate of $20 per shovel, hand- some and modern cities: an excellent quality of land, once it is put under the plow, and some of the hanisomest of Minnesota's beautiful lakes. One point in favor of the farmers of Itasca county is that and at in the mines are con- $ there is a market right at home for all they can produce, good prices. The thousands of Men employed sumers of farm products and they have the cash for what they buy. Herald-Review is its true Itasca county is all right, and the prophet. Glorious Itasca County Duluth News Tribune: The homeseekers’ edition of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review is certainly a gem. No one indeed can give it higher praise than to say it does justice to its subject—the agricultural opportunities offered by Itasca county. Itasca is es large as some of the original thirteen states; it hag enough population now to crowd most of the other counties of the state; it has industries representing. very large investments; it has every convenience and improvement ‘att belongs with this day and age. out It has good markets, fine cities and It hag great mines of iron, as well as a Soi] that pours gold in respond to industry. villages: an energetic people and vast areas of cheap land. These cultivated fields and prosperous communities touch elbows with the wilderness. The tilled fields and the forests are neighbors. The land that is producing liberally on a value of $75 to $100 an acre ig chumming with land that can be bought at from $10 to $25 an acre, Farm after farm has paid for itself from the first one or two crops. What so many have done, any man of industry and a fair knowledge of agriculture can do. It is no wonder that of the thousands of settlers coming to north- ern Minnesota, Itasca county gets its full share. It wants more. It could support and make well-to-do, give comfortable homes and It is all and vastly more than the Herald-Review pictures, yet its picture is a worthy one and should bring results- Northome Record: Editor Kiley, of the Grand Rapids Herald- Review, last week issued a booster supplement to his splendid news: paper that outshines anything of the kind that has been produced in the advertising way in the many efforts put forth to advertise this wonderful north country. The supplement consists of twenty-eight 12 by 16 inch pages, printed on afine book paper and profusely ill- ustrated with pictures that tell stories, but does not tell them any more convincingly that does Kiley’s versatile pen. Aside from the illsutrations the magazine contains many pages of meaty stuff that tells in the Kiley way of the diversified resources, deveopment and possibillities of Itasca county and this northern section of the state, If anything will open.the.eyes of the home-seeker to the advantages Story Told Convincingly | Advertising Itasca County Hipbing Tribune: An advertisement of its resources that will have a far reaching effect in the development of Itasca county is the special agricultural issue of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review now being distributed. Typographically the issue is a work of art and reflects great credit. upon the Herald-Review print shop. It is profusely illustrat ed throughout with some of the handsomest.views.ever.taken-of north eastern Minnesota. The rapid development of farming in Itasca county during the past few years,and the possibilities thet await the settler, are graphically depicted in these illustrations. The issue teems with fects and figures that are of the highest interest to pros- pective settlers. ‘ This special agricultural issue of the Herald-Review is a part of the recently inaugurated publicity campaign in Itasca county, a campaign that seems destined to.bring the county thousands cf home builders and a development that om be yery remarkable during i Bemidji Pioneer: The Grand Rapids Herald-Review last week gave new evidence of the pluck and energy of Northern Minnesota and her ability to do things by issuing a 28 page supplement containing half tone illustrations and yards and yards of splendidly written boosting truths of this part of the state. The enterprising Herald- Review is entitled to much credit. | of this section, Editor Kiley’s achivement will do it. 6! the next few years. ; Pluck and iis Shown | GREAT NORTHERN ——GASTIER SHORT | Jerry Hicks Arrested Charged With | Shortage of $900 Rail- i way Funds } THE CASE WILL BE HEARD MONDAY Agent, Cashier and Night Man: Out as Result of Investigation Last Week by Special i Auditor * » An alleged shortage of apout $900 in his accounts was discovered last | Wednesday, when a specia] auditor | 'or the Great, Northern railway com- pany checked up the books of Tene | Hicks» cashier at the local depot. The auditor, M. H. Johannes, was sent here to check Hicks up, his work having been so good that he was slated for promotion and it was | while preparing to transfer him to a! higher position that the alleged shorts |age was discovered. Hicks could make no explanation | of the missing funds, claiming that the station agent, W. H. LeFevre, | j and the night man both had access |to the safe. Failing to raise the | \sum that was missing, Hicks was ar- [owed Friday and given a hearing in | justice court before Judge Bailey Eriday evening. He pleaded not | | guilty, and the case was continued | | ten’ days, Hicks being released under | : $1,000 bonds, Hicks has been one of the most popular of the Great Northern em- | ployees here and has been of the | most exemplary character. General j opinicn is that he wiil yet free| himself from the charges against him ‘He was married about a year ago to Miss. Myrtle Shook of Grand Rap- | lids and he and his wife have resided | here since their marriage. Ames is the new agent in Proc ‘of the cores since the check- | ing out of W. G. LeFevre, Peter Cur- to, formerly ae here, but now lecated at Virginia has taken the eashier’s position termorarily. Fred | Rowbotham, express clerk, and Jas. Hawkins, operator, are the other ad- | panos to the loca] staff. |money put aside, ;hotel here a number of GRAND RAPIDS MAN DISAPPEARS |A. E. Wilder Dropped Out of Sight Last Friday and no Trace of Him Discovered FINANCIAL AFFAIRS RESPONSIBLE Suicide Theory Held by Some and River Being Searched— Wife Can Give No Clue to Disappearance A. E. Wilder one of the best known among Itasca county residents, disap- peared from his home here last Fri- |day noon and, so far, no trace of him has been discovered. Mr. Wilder has been conducting az automobile livery here for the past three years and the business was closed out under execution proceed- ings last Friday morning. About 'noon that day he was seen walking along the river road east of town, and since then no trace of him has been discovered. When he was still absent the fore part of the week a serch was institut ed, and tracks were discovered lead ing down a steep embankment to. the Mississippi river, no return tracks up from the river being visible. His watch was found in a desk in the garage, but a revolver which had always been kept in the desk Was missing. One theory advanced jis that Mr. Wilder committed suicide through financial worries, while an- other supposition is that he had pending the ex- ecution proceedings against him, and that he wished the impression to gain ground that he has committed suicide. His wife and two daught- ers are prostrate with grief over |his mysterious disappearance. Mr: Wilder conducted the Gladstone years 2 later taking charge of the Morris: hotel at Deer River, now the Hver- ton. For the past three years he has been conducting an automobile livery. His financial affairs have not b@en in gocd condition for @ ;number of years, and large sums are | standing against him on the books of |the local business men and wholesale | houses with which he has had trans- UST OF GRAND F GRAND AND | PETIT JURORS DRAWN: | These Will Serve as Supplemental | List for Fall Term of | | District Court | { The following supplemertal list | of grand and petit jurors was drawn | by the board -cf commissioners at | ; the annual meeting: | | Grand jurors: Jchn J. Johnson, | !Good Hope; John H. Miller, Lake Jes-j |sie; R. E. Beall, Deer River; J. M. Price, Alvwood; Chas. A. Olson: ;Spang; William Clark, Bass Lake; | N. Phillips, Effie; Levi Cochran, Ef-| \fie; A. A. Adams, Cohasset; Frank , | Provinski, Povey; Ralph Whitmas, | Bovey; James Mathison, Bovey; C. A. Buell. LaPrairie; William Richarc-, ‘son, Grand Rapids; George Williams, | Grand Rapids; Fred King, Grand |Rapids;Mike McAlpine, Grand Rap- ‘ids; R. C. Sproul, Marble; E. W.! Kakkinen, Keewatin; Charles Latvola |Nashwauk; Stanley Eooth, Togo. Petit jurors: Claude Fish, Arden- | burst; Edward Robinson, 148-27; |L. M. Hooper, Sard Lake; William Smith, Ball Club; S. S. Attix, Nore; | Joe Wolf, Cohasset; George Rahier, |mffie; Ed. Kerr, Cohesset; John Larson, Big Fork; G F. Leyde, Mar- lee; E. J. Berthong, Arbo; Nils Sundwold, Taconite; Alphonse Dery, Balsam; Chas. Walberg, Balsam; Pet. er Foley, Bovey; John Doran Grand Rapids; Charles Summer, LaPrairie; John McDonald Grand Rapids; Al- bert Hachey, Grand Rapids; Emil Seaberg Marble; Ernest Gross, Calu- met; George Lockwood, Bearville; A. G. Stahel, Nashwauk; William actions. URGE BUIDLING OF STATE ROAD 'County Will Send Representative Before Highway Commission to Urge Immediate Work The county commiss’oners decided at their session last week, to send a representative to appear before the state highway.commissjon.at.the meet jing im St. Paul to urge immediate action to be taken on the Dr luth-St. Vincent road running through Itasca county. It-hags been hoped |to have the read work which is con- |templated under the Elwell law be gun at once, but there has been de- ‘lay through the inspection by the state's representatives. Cc. M. | King, chairman of the county board, will appear before the highway com- mission to state Itasca county's ‘wishes. 7 The letting “ot the contract for the {Deer River-Coharset road was post- \poned at last week’s meeting of the board, and all bids rejected- The board voted $1,000 for repair work on the road to make it passable for vehicles for the present. The construction of the new town- |Ship exhibit building and ticket of fice at the county fair grounds was let to George Williams for $538 and the contract for painting the fair grounds buildings went to William Asbton for $106. The board will hold its next ses- sion August 20, at which time 4 num- ber of petitions for new roadways be up for hearing. —> ae