Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 11, 1912, Page 1

) "4 pids cald-Beview, +f MINNESOTA SCOIETY, - Vou, XXIII.—No 11 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepnespay, SEPTEMBER II, 1912 C Two Dollars a Year ee PRIMARY CANVAS CLOSES TUESDAY Forecast of the Probable Result of Next Tuesday’s Vote in Itasca County. LEGISLATIVE FIGHT GETTING WARM McGarry Promises to Lead in the Fifty-second District on the Republican Ticket~War- ner Not Certain. A week from today a lot of the boys and a few of the girls will know who’s who and who isn’t. Primary election will be held on Tuesday of next week, September 17, when the sovereign people will record their preference for party candidates. The aspirants for office throughout the state have pretty well adver- tised the date on cards and litera- ture during the past several weeks. It: is evident there will be much con- fusion im the voting ranks on the first and second choice provision of the new primary election law. Some people may thoroughly understand the way it works out, but a majority will be guessing blindly as to the re- sult of their markings on the ballot. ee The Herald-Review ventures the following predictions on the general result in Minnesota—subject to cor- rection in the next issue: Adolph O. Eberhart will be the Républican choice for governor; Knute Nelson structing about a mile below Grand continued as county surveyor, I. S. Rassmussen will be nominated as clerk of courts; for coroner, Dr. Russell; county commissioner, Second district, Peter Elliott; in the Second district, James Passard. The pub- lic Ownership candidates has no con- tests and will all be nominated on the pailot. BOOSTS FOR THE COUNTY FAIR Mesaba Ore Man Wants to See Good Attendance From Hib- bing Here Next Week. | Mesaba Ore: Now that we have our own county fair all over with and things started for next year, it is meet that. we should turn our eyes to Grand Rapids, where the Itasca county fair will be held on Septem- ber 19, 20 and 21. Grand Rapids has the reputation of doing things right, and you may rest assured this year’s Itasca county fair will be just a little better than those Of any previous years. Let’s all go over and show the Itasca county punch we are live wires even though the representa- tives from that county to our fair were few and far between. CONSTRUCT DAM IN LOWER RIVER Government Engineers Building Wing Dam in Mississippi Be- : low Grand Rapids. —— Work will be completed the last of this week on the wing dam, which the government employees are con- Rapids in the Mississippi. The dam is part of the work of will be endorsed for United States by the Republicans; A. Schmah! will be placed on the Re- ppublicam ballot for secretary of state; Walter J. Smith has no Republican opposition for the office of state treasurer; Lyndon A. Smith will be the Republican nominee for attorney Republican candidates raijroad commissioner are in doubt: C. B. Miller goes it alone for another term as Republican congressional rep resentative, with John Jenswold to recken with at the general election; P. H. McGarry will be renominated as one of the Republican candidates for in the Fifty-second with C. H. Warner and Thos. Brusegaard contesting for first place in Class One. The Democratic winners look like this: P. M. Ringdal; lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state senato1 feneral; representative district Cyrus M. King; For governor Harry Grimmer; Henry Wessel; attorney general, Wil- liam F. Donohue; railroad and ware- house commissioner, doubtful; con- gress, John Jenswold; representa- tive. Fifty-second district, E. C. Kil- ey. Getting down to the county ticket M. A. Spang will be nominated on the Democratic ticket for county auditor and elected by all the voters on Nov. Sth; John E. MeMahon is the only Democratic candidate for county treas- urer; George Riddel is alone for the Democratic nomination as sheriff; the same is true of R. A. McOuat for county attorney and F, A. King for clerk of court; Dr. N. D. Kean for coroner and John Hepfel for county commissioner in district No. 4, are also without opposition; Morris O’Brien will be nominated by the Democrats of the Second district to succeed himself as county commission er, and will be elected in November, and the same thing will happen to C. EB. Burgess of school district No. One. There is some strenuous Ccon- tests in the local Republican field. C) J. Franti, a Democrat, has filed for the Republican nomination for coun- ty auditor, and as he has no opposi, tion will probably be the party nomi- nec. W. J. Powers, Glen Strader and Keo LeRoux are after the Republican nomination for county treasurer. Mr. Strader being the present incumbent, and a competent official, has some advantage over his opponents: but its not a petting chance if the other two are high-class politicians. E, J. Mc- Gowan has no opposition for reelec- tion as register of deeds. Sheriff T. 'T. Riley looks like a winner for re- nomination; Tom Ward and Chester L. Pratt are contesting for the Re- publican nomination 4s county attor- ney, with the chances of success in favor of Tom. John A. Brown will be clearing and improving the river channel for a mile below, this point» the werk being done under the sup- ervision of W. Carey, one of the en- gineers who have been engaged on the extensive improvements which the federal] authorities are making at the Winnipigosh dam. E. J. Dugan, who is in charge of all the government work at the Leech Lake, Gull, Winnibigosh and Poke- gama dams, was here the latter part of the week looking over the work here. x Mr. Dugan had nothing defi- nite to say regarding the opening of the Mississippi to traffic, by instal- ling a series of locks at the dams, but it is understood that the work that is being done along the river toward clearing the channel] is pre- liminary to the construction of the locks, which has been one of the im- portant measurer that northern Min- nesota has been advocating for years. ENROLLMENT IS HEAVY THIS YEAR Grand Rapids Schools Show In- creased Attendance in All Departments. The schools of district No. One, and particularly the Grand Rapids schooie are showing an increase in at- tendance for the beginning of the present school year. The Grand Rapids high school started with an attendance of 152, while 228 pupils are attending the high schoo) building. In the Central building the enrollment this week was 229, and in the Forest Lake schoo] 167, making a total attendance of 624. This is a substantial] increase over last year, partly due to the number of eighth grade students who have come in from the outlying dis- tricts and will take this year’s work in the local high school. The money voted by the school board to assist students from the rura] districts who desire to attend the district high school has had con- siderable bearing on the attendance from the country districts and is prov- ing a wise measure on the part of the school authorities. Dumas Must Serve Sentence. ‘PROGRAM OUTLINED “FOR COUNTY Fa Sports Committee Have Planned Excellent Series of Entertain- ment for Fair Visitors. MANY TOWNSHIP EXHIBITS COMING Itasca School Exhibit at State Fair Will be Shown Here—All Sections of County Will be Represented. Just one more week and then the big Itasca county fair will open its gates for the twenty-first annual ex- hibition, beginning Thursday, Septem ber 19, and closing Saturday evening, giving three days of entertainment and demonstration of the county’s agricultura] possibilities. Reports from all over the County indicate that there will be a banner attendance this year, as well as an unusually fine exhibit from the dif- ferent districts. In the township ex- hibit four Ardenhurst, Deer River, Warba and Trout Lake have signi- fied their plans to show what their district can produce, and from the individual exhibits planned it is evi- dent that every part of the buildings, old and new, will be filled. One of the most interesting fea- tures will be the big exhibit made by the Itasca county schools at the state fair. This will be shown here just as it was on the fair grounds at Hamline, and much of the county exhibit shown there will also be in evidence here. The sports committee. Messrs. Hen ry Hughes, G. F. Kremer and W. J. Powers, have an excellent program outlined for those who like to see the ponies run, The 2:17 pace will be on Friday afiternoon and there will also be a pony harness race Fri- day. Roman standing races, broncho busting exhibitions and trick riding will be featured both Friday and Saturday by a team of clever riders who were star performers at the re- cent St. Louis county fair at Hibbing. The free-for-all will be run Sat- urday, followed by a pony harness race and the farmers’ free-for-all har- ness race. The team of riders, who are putting on the fancy riding and cowboy specialties during the fair offer to ride anything that may be brought in—from balky horses and “ornery’ mules to steers with in- gronving temper. Friday, the second day of the fair, will see the second annual picnic of the Itasca Cooperative creamery as- sociation, This will be held on the fair grounds and will be a basket pic nic coffee and cream being furnished by the creamery management,” There will be talks given Friday afternoon by G. G. Hartley of Duluth, Supt. A. J. MeGuire of the Northeast Experi- ment farm, and several of the farm- ers and business men who have been supporters of the local Creamery and who are realizing the possibilities the north country holds for dairying. Arrangements are being made to serve lunches on the grounds, and every convenience that can be plan- ned for the visitors’ comfort is be- ing taken care of by the fair man- agement. 2 Secretary A. M. Sisler especially requests that exhibitors, particularly those who plan to make a number of entries, will make their entries by mail, and so expedite matters when the exhibits are brought in ready for display Fine Road Will be Opened. A ready made road. 28 miles in length, and one of the finest in north- west Minnesota, will be thrown open to the public in the next few days, the stretch beginning at a point three Miles west of Solway and continuing to the northwest corner of the Itasca state parg, tapping the towns of Regina, Mallard and Long Lake. This highway is the old roadbed of Dr. D. F. Dumas, former mayor of Cass Lake, was given an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary at Still- water, by Judge McClenahan at Bemid- ji Tuesday afternoon, the Red River Lumber company, built about 12 years ago, at an expense of $160,000. Farmers are pulling up the ties and leveling the road, which RETURNS TO STATE TAX COMMISSION Board of Equalization Figures Sub- mitted by County Auditor Spang. TOTAL VALUATION OF $25,014,900 County Again Takes Rank as Fourth Richest in the State—Real p> Property Totals $23,- - 014,900. fal —— \ Folhenug ‘ihe’ Yeport of the coun- ty beard of equalization, a detailed report to the state tax commission has been made by County Auditor M. A. Spang, showing that Itasca coun- ty takes rank as the fourth richest county in the state, St. Louis, Henne- pin and Ramsey leading. The total value of real property this year, as equalized by the coun- ty board, is given at $23,833,833, and the persona] property is listed as $1,181,067 making a total of $25,- 014,900, The assessment of money and cred- its was given by the assessors at $211,465, while the amount of assess- ment figures on money and credits, as equalized by the board is $211,765. exclusive of firms and corporations, The number of persong assessed, is 2,638. According to the assessor rolls the county is possessed of 72 horses and mules under one year old. These are valued at $768. Horses of two years old number 65, valued at $1,221.00. Those three years and over number} 1,982 at a yaluation of $65,941. There are 2,281 cows in the county, showing the steady increase that the dairy in- dustry has been making in the past year, These are valued at $27,106. The goods of wholesale merchants are valued at $3,847, and those of retail merchants appear at $140,183. {n the real estate assessmens it is shown that the total value of real property, exclusive of the 15 vil- lages of the county, is $7,157,360. As equalized by the board this was re- duced to $6,784,634. The total] value of the real property in the villages was given by the assessors as $17,122,586, and reduced by the board to $18,049,199 making the total value of real property this year $23,833,83. The average value of land in the county including structures and im- provements is given at $19.08, while the average value of land, exclusive of structures and improvements, is placed at $18.73. The value of rea] property in the towns and unorganized districts as} follows: Town Valuation Alvwood .... .. .. ..$ 46,105.00 Ardenhurst 63,836.00 Arbo .. 202,847.00 Bearville Big Fork .. 60,775.00 |Bass Brook .. Be es Bass Lake .. .. -. «. ++ 51,446.00 Balsam 198,599.00 | Blackberry .. e Carpenter .. .... «. Deer River .. 61,481.00 PRG RS 6k. oe cee 84,086.00 Grand Rapids.. .. .. .. 487,001.00 Grattan .. .. .. .. + 42,122.00 Greenway .. .. .. -. -- 722,206.00 Good Hope 6,159.00 po SOT Mie Tet Oy aero emenes 77,740.00 Tron Range .. .. .. 78,465.00 Lake Jessie .. .. 59,975.00 Moose Park .. .. .. -. 57,841.00 Marcelle .. .. -. ++ 170,424.00 Nore ..°.. .. Ree 83,873.00 Nashwauk .. se se ee 1386,469.00 Oteneagen .. .. .. -. 42,780.00 PODDIB 65 50 Los oe ce POEM i aa! oe. sn 46,631.00 Spang .. .. .. « + 103,047.00 Sand Lake .. .. - 8,593.00 Trout Lake .. +. 295,071.00 Third River .. oe 61,447.00 EG So pgs ca em. SOTO Wawina. .. .. .. « 65,684.00 Unorganized No- One .. 248,349.00 Unorganized No. Two .. 359,690.00 Unorganized No, Three.. 248,746.00 Cnorganized No. Four .. 208,489.00 Unorganized No. Five .. 49,118.00 Village Valuation. has a clay bed with gravel ballast.!Bovey .. .. .. .. .. --$ 150,965.00 | tion.” Ce eae 13,342.00 Cohasset.. .. .. .. 53,684.00 Coleraine.. .. .. .. 4,812,894.00 Se ag. 5 a ae 67,352.00 Grand Rapids .. .. .. .. 393,674.00 Holman 1,510.00 Kewatin .. 3,015,579.00 Laprairie.. 5,087.00 Marble .. 4,947,068.00 Nashwauk . 1,396,539.0 Taconite .. 2,179,663.00 MMI ac santo cto!) ca 4s 250,00 WILL SPEAK HERE SEPTEMBER 12 Dr. Mary McCoy, Duluth’s Noted Lecturer, Will Give Two Ad- dresses Here. Dr. Mary McCoy of Duluth will be one of the speakers of note to vis- it Grand Rapfds this week. Dr. Mc- Coy will be here Thursday and will give two addresses, speaking to the teachers of the schools and the moth- ers at a meeting in the high school auditcrium Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, on the subject of sex hygiene. The best manner of dealing with this important topic will be taken| up fully by Dr. McCoy, who is em-| phatic in her declaration that this| is one of the most vital problems that confronts the teachers and moth- ers. An evening, mee‘ing in the interests of the equal suffrage movement will be held at the court house at 8:15. Dr. McCoy is appearing here under the auspices of the Grand Rapids Po- litical Equality club, and Senator C. C. McCarthy, president of the club, will also speak on this important phas: of present-day politics. Dr. McCoy’s views are well given in the platform of the Duluth Woman Suffrage association, drafted by her, which declares: “Moulding and forming the charac- ter of our children, we demand every human right which will better fit us for the task. “Being taxpayers, we claim the right of representation; the right to have some voice in the manner of spending the tax money. “Costing the treasuries of our coun-} ties nothing, we protest against ack-| nowledging the male pauper 4s our political superior. “Being educated women, we want the power to offset the illiterate} vote of our state. “Belonging to the more temperate, | more law-abiding and more devout class of citizens, we Zelieve our vote jis necessary to the welfare of the na- tion, “Believing that sons inherit their mental powers from their mothers: we know that so long as we cannot participate in state craft, we cannot endow our sons, With the attributes of statesmanship and patriotism. “Realizing how many of the natur‘ equalized by the county board is 48/ resources of our country have been (wasted, we majntain that we should be allowed the vote to protect and conserve those which yet remain, “Allowing men to make laws for women and not allowing women to 154,928.00 | make laws for men is manifestly un- fair and not a square deal, we ob- 431,609.00 | ject to such unjust discrimination. “Knowing that in future, there is no standing still, that unless we go not admit of our further advance- ment. i “Maintaining that emancipation is 135,423.00} a step forward: in evolution, we ob- ject to being hampered and hindered on our way toward a broader and better womanhood. “Being 21 years of age, we object ITASCA POTATOES TAKE HIGH RANK Exhibit at State Fair Takes 184 Out of Possible 200 Points for Tubers. ROSEAU LEADS IN NORTHERN PART Large Part of Exhibit Will be Brought Back for Display at Itasca County Fair Next Week. Itasca county potatoes stood sec ond at the state fair, ranking next to Beltrami, with a score of 184 out of a possible 200 points, Beltrami county scored 190, A. M. Sisler, secretary of the Itasca County Argicultural association ,and T, H. Shoaff returned Monday from the state fair, where they arrang- ed and were in charge of the exhibit made by Itasca county. “We were rather disappointed with the rating given us on grain,” said Mr. Sisler, “as we had expected to make a better record with the speci- mens we had, Next year the fair management will have a larger num- ber of judges at work and a more careful examination of exhibits will be possible. “Ttasea county was hampered by the sniall appropriation made for the state fair exhibit. We had $150 te do the work with, while Roseau. the Winning county, had an appropriation of $900. With this amount it is easy tu get around the county and secure representative exhibits. Most of the eoulties of northern Minnesota had appropriations ranging from $300 te $600. Baltrami county, which le potato score, had $500 for the fair exhibit.” Mr. Sisler was enthusiastic over the exhibit made by the Itasca county schcels and believes that it will be productive of a large amount-of good, by impressing prospective set! lers with the excellent schoo] facilities offered here. Roseau county took first place of the northern Mnunesota countiies, with a score f 1,071 points; Cass cz next with 1,058. The other north county scores were: Becker, 1,047; Beltrami, 1,03; Clearwater, 999; Red Lake, 997; Polk, 982; Hubbard, Marshall, 955; Clay, 921; Itasca, Koochiching, 906; Crow Wing, 761; Carlton, 742; Cook, 728. CROPS THIS YEAR ARE BOUNTIFUL All Sections of Itasca County Re- port Banner Yield—Oats and Potatoes Especially Fine. Reports from al] sections of Itasca county show that the 1912 crop will be the best the county has ever seen. In the upper Mississippi river coun- 71,797.00 |forward we must go backward, we} try the oate and corn are a particular- 60,984.00 | protest against a condition, which does | ly fine yield, while the same is true of the district surrounding Deer River. The potato crop this year is 4 heavy one in the Grand Rapids and Cohasset districts. The potato ware house opened here last year will care for the season’s crop, while at Cohasset the new $3:000 warehouse to being classed with minors. Born chops, we protest against being made perpetual aliens. classed with the lunatic. Possessed of an average amount of intelligence, with the idiot. is being rushed through to care for im America and loyal to her institu" jth. season’s yield of tubers, On the Northeast Experiment farm the crops tell the same story of a “Being sane, we object to beiMS|pountitul harvest, Supt, A. J. Mc- Guire reporting excellent returns in *jall lines of graimg and vegetables. 60,712.00 | we protest against legal classification) , qetaieg report of the Experiment farm yield will be prepared and is- “Instructing the youth of our coum-| 104 shortly. try in the duties of citizenship, be- lieving that we best impart that of which we have practical] knowledge, we, as teachers, protest against our Political classification. “Women who object to being thus classed and men who Object to thus classing wives, mothers, sisters and daughters are urged to join the Wo an’s Suffrage Association and help Stranger Than Fiction. When a doctor says, “You need no medicine.” When your wife refuses a new gown. When a magazine accepts your poem. When a summer girl declines to women to obtain a higher classifica-| gir, When a vacation is a real rest. RIST@RICAL