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ae VoL. XXIII. —No 15 Gran Granp Rapips, ITasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 912 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, | Two Dollars a Year DISCUSSES OALE OF money comes in to pay for them. It, needs the aid of the state) and must have it. “The selling of th is not a question of politics. It is a Virginia bonds question cf right and justice. Every VIRGINIA BONDS 232 = sors North Mi ta Wants Bonds tion rests have a grievance against Sold and Money Invested in Public Improvements. QUESTION OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE Money Should be Loaned in State| October Returns Brisk at Clerk of --Auditor Iverson Said to Op- pose Bond Sale st This Time. The Bemidji Pioneer had an article in a recent number dealing with the Virginia bond sale, for which north- ern Minnesota is at work actively, in order that the money may be re- invested in public improvements throughout the state. The Pioneer says: “When Governor Eberhart was in Bemidji Saturday he stated that he and other members of the state in- yestment board were in favor of sell- ing the Virginia bonds but that Aud- itor Iverson was opposed to it and that Chief Justice Start, also @mem- ber of the board, was not strongly in favor of it. The board must stand together before the bonds can be sold, for one vote will kill the reso- lution. Minnesota has several millions of dollars loaned to the state of Vri- ginia. This money was taken prin- cipally from the schoo! fund which at present has apout $29,000,000 in it. The people of Northern “Minme- sota want the investment board to sell these bonds amd re-invest the money in public improvements in Minmesota. In this way, the state will receive four per cent on its funds where it receives three now and the counties will get money at four per cent where now they pay six. “From what the governor said, it appears that the Virginia bonds at present are not Worth par, OW- ing to the present money market. Consequently if they were sold now, the state would lose something as they were bought at par. Iverson is said to urge this as his reason for not selling at this time claiming that by holding on a little longer, the ponds will probably bring par and the state will save that mangin. “On the other hand it is pointed out, and the governor appears to fa- vor thise point of view, that even if the bonds are sold now at a slight loss, the increase of one per cent in the income from the money will nearly make up for the loss;and in the second place the, state asa whole 21 be ahead and the people will be saving two per cent of their bonded indebtedness. “An example of how this bond mat- ter works out was furnished by In- ternational Falls last spring. The school district wished to sell $125,- 000 of twenty year bonds to the state, When the investment board wag approached the International people were told that there were many applications ahead of them and that the board did not have mon- ey for all. It was only by pointing oat that there were but $15,000 bonds alread‘ of the $125,000 and that the district had an assessed valuation of over $2,000,000 that the Interna- tional people were able to get their loan. The difference is getting the is sold at more than four per cent the tax payers om whom the obliga- the state. The Virginia bonds should be sold for loans for state public improvements.”’ SIX COUPLES AGREE TO PLIGHT TROTH Court’s Office for Early Days of Month. Six couples have already taken out the necessary matrimonial papers of the clerk of court's ofice this month, a good reord for the opening days | of October. A license was issued October 2, to Charles Murphy and Miss Emma Pahl of Deer River, the happy pair being married that day by Judge Bailey. Joe Krugel and Miss Lettie Betts also received a license to wed October 2, Judge Kearney reading the mar- riage service. On the fourth two licenses were is- sued, one to Fred Ahiskob and Miss Anna Bergman, and the second to John Kan and Miss Kustaa Lehato of Deer River. Leslie Edward Patterson and Miss Myrtle Voss of Cohasset were grant- ed a license, Saturday, October 5,} Judge Bailey reading the marriage service at the court house that af- ternoon. A license was obtained October 7 by Albin Demeyerea nd Miss Sylvia Ghequire of Deer River. GREAT NORTHERN AGENT IS KILLED Struck by Train When Riding; Speeder Near Bovey—Body Horribly Crushed. George. Wickman, station agent at Holman for the Great Northern, was killed on the tracks near Bovey last Thursday night, about 8:30 o'clock. Wickman was riding a speeder and had reached) the middle of the high trestle on the Great Northern, cros- sing the opening imto the Oliver Iron Mining company’s mines, when an engine struck the speeder. The body was horribly crushed, not a bone remaining intact. The body was picked up about 50 feet below by Night Switchman Ernst of the Oliver company, who saw it just in time to drag it off the rails before it was struck by an Oliver en- gine. The night wag foggy and the lights not showing very clearly. It is supposed that Wickman, thought the lights of the approaching train were on the Misseba tracks. Wickman was unmarried. His fath- er and mother arrived Saturday from Granstburg, Wis., to take charge of the remains, STRAW VOTE SHOWS WILSON FAVORITE Democratic Leader Gets 32 Out of 66 Votes on the Duluth-Grand Rapids Train Monday. { EX-OFFIGIAL FACES: SERIOUS CHARGES F. E. Ruesswig, Former Chairman of the School Board, Arrested _ Saturday. CHARGE OF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. Following Investigation of Books of the Schoo} District, County Attorney Issued Warrant --Hearing Oct. 15. F. E. Reusswig, former chairman of the school board of district No. One, was arrested] last Saurday on 2 charge of knowingly consenting to the payment of fraudulent claims | against the district. The warrant was issued following the findings of the Marwick, Mitchell company, public accountants, who ex- amined the books of school district No. One last summer for the board of county commissioners, on the re- quest of County Attorney McOuat who was taking up certain alleged discpreancies in the books of the district. The accountants’ reports disclosed sufficient evidence of fraud to war- rant the county attorney in taking steps in the matter. The chief piece of evidence on which the arrest was based was found in orders is- used to Miss Frances Bluntach, who taught two months at the Sand Lake school, beginning September first, 1910. For these two months, Miss Bluntach received $45 a month, put the examiners’ report disclosed the fact that seven orders of $45 each had been issued in Mires Bluntach’s name, the handwriting endorsing two of the orders differing widely from Miss Bluntach’s. Mr. Reusswig gave bail in the sum | of $750, amd the preliminary hearing | was set for October 15, Mr. Reusswig | served as chairman of the board of schoo] directors for about six years, resigning. at the annua] school meet- ing in July, 1911, when C. E. Burgess wag elected to the board. The affair came as a surprise to Grand Rapids’ residents, as, while it was believed that there might have been carelessness in the hand- | ling of the district funds, the charges which the warrant contains were to- tally unexpected. If the charges cited in the warrant are substantiated in the preliminary hearing the case will go te the dis- trict court, which convenes here No- vember 12. INITIAL GAME WAS GOOD ONE High School Football Team Show Good Form in Saturday’s Game at Hibbing. : The high school footpall team play- ed at Hibbing Saturday, losing by a score of 24 to 26, All through the game the Grand Rapids bunch played consistent football and if there had been another five minutes’ play the score might have been differently. If a vote taken on Monday morn- money from the state at four per cent ing’s train between Duluth and Grand and from a loan company ait six per cent made a difference in ithe twenty |nesota citizens will cast their bal- years of close to $50,000. A slight matter! , “a year ago Beltrami county sold $101,000 of ditch bonds to outside The county pays for these in fifteen payments and the bonds |32 votes for Wilson out of 66. The lots this fall, Woodrow Wilson will have a vote equal that given his op- ponents, combined. The straw vote taken on the Great Northern train Monday resulted. in run twenty years. The county pays vote stood: five and one half per cent on these WORRY Ne ki Senet etre Oe ponds, This year, the county was a ele HR ER Pet Be Meee 8 ableto get the ditch money from the | Roosevelt .. Soe Ne Sg RISO able to get the $101,000 at four per cent, it would have saved between $30,000 and $40,000, or $2 for every person, im the county. “jt is hard for people in the South- ern part of the state to realize the imporatnce of this question tojer's books for the town of Feeley. Northern Minnesota. They do not| Karl Heyman, the treasurer, left|tober first, but this was found im- know that we have to spend as much! about two weeks @go, and it is un-| possible. im five years for improvements as/derstood that his whereabouts Want Feeley Books Examined. The board of county commissioners have requested the public examiner t make an examination of the treasur- Rapids in am augury Min- sgiokenge tipo ocr ping bunch, who were doing a stunt of ‘The locals got busy righ toff the reel and began to score on the Hib- grandstand posing that didn’t help their team work to any extent. The Grand Rapids players! showed excellent form, considering the dif- ficulties under which they have been, working, and there is every reason to expect a lively game here Satur- day, when the Coleraine players will try conclusions with the Grand Rap- ids boys. Magazine Section November First. The agricultural section which the Herald-Review will issue to its sub- seribers this winter will not be avail- able until November first. It was ex- pected that the. special agricultural section would be available by Oc- Until the first of the year the pt; sli snes, |have the faintest tendency to low- | COWARDLY ATTACK ~ DRAWS RESULTS Slanderous Statements of Examin- | er’s Editor Brought Reckon- . _ ing to Writer. FAILED TO RETRACT FALSEHOODS Culmination of Long Series of In- sults to Teachers of Grand Rapids Schools Came Friday Evening. ~ Several weeks ago an article ap- peared inthe Grand Rapids Examiner, charging the department of English at the high school with using obscene literature in class instruction. The editor claimed that one young woman, refused to mad a passage from a Shekespearian play aloud before the class, as she considered the passage improper, and ‘stated that she was excused from class for this reason. In two columns of imsult and vili- fication, directed at the teaching staff of the schools: the Examiner demand to know whether or not the schools were to be made a training ground for the white slave traffic. A statement im regardithe incident was published the following week by Miss Burlingame, head of the Eng- lish department, and Prof. Fred F. Carson, assistant instructor in Eng- lish. A passage from “Macbeth” was being read, which included the mur- der scene, and one young woman ask-| ed to be excused. As her teacher thought that the dramatic power of the passage had affected her nerves unpleasantly, she was excused. in their published statement regard- ing the affair, the teachers explain- ed that the school library was open to the public and the school patrons were invited to inspect the books and | decide for themselves whether there was anything being taught that would er the moral stamdarcs of boys and girls. Before last week’s issue of the | Examiner, Prof. Carson called on the i editor and laid the matter before | him, insisting that Mr. LeFevre go | with him to the school and look over | the books. In compamy with Prof. Car- son and Prof. Fraser, Mr, LeFevre | went to the high ‘school and, at their | insistent demand, went over the boo! § carefully. He could find nothing to | criticize beyond a passage in Mil- | ton’s “Paradise Last,” whichi he said | he did not think should be read in class, and promised) Mr. Carson that | he would retract the insulting remarks made about the teachers in the next issue of the Examiner. Mr. Carson: told him that his insults to the teach- | ers had reached the limit, and it was up to LeFevre to retract the malic- | ious lies circulated or take a thrash- ing: The next issue of the Examiner contained no illusion to the matter— | in spite of the editor's promise— and Mr. Carson made good his prom- ise, with the result that since Fri- day night the Examiner’s chief has | been wearing a countenance that re- sembles a head-on collision with a Kansas cyclone. S Mr. Carson called on the editor of the Pxaminer Friday evening, but that worthy (?) made an inglorious exit | from the back door of his establish- ment rather than wait for explana- tions. About twelve o’clock Mr. Car- son met the Examiner man on Sev- enth street and proceeded to give him the promised punishment, do- ing the job so thoroughly that a lengthy session ofsrepair shop meas- | ures were required to put the Ex- aminer countenance in commission again. Contrary, to the reports which some friends of LeFevre’s have been busy circulating this week the Examiner man was not “waylaid.” He had pun- ishment coming—and he got it, the school man making up in nerve what he didn’t have in size; as in physi- cal proportions he lacks about half the heighth and breadth of LeFevre. teachers of the Grand Rapids schools. ‘WOULD REDUGE TAX © ing against a man who owns nothing but debts contracted wherever cre- dit was available. Under these condi- tions and ling with a man of the LeFevre type there sometimes arise occasions where adequate punishment can only be given in the old-fashion- ed, redblooded, twisted way. There is not a mam in Grand Rap- ids who if some one wantonly insult- ed his wife. or mother or sister, would not beat up the cowardly cur who did it. For months the Examiner has been insulting the teachers of the local schools, women who are do- ing a splendid work in training the young people of the community and who should receive ssupport instead of misrepresentation and abuse-. The deserved punishment last Friday night) came in the only way that a cow- ard of the LeFevre type could feel punishment, and Carson has the com- mendation of the community for his action. ON IMPROVED LANDS Interesting Letter From Pine River | Man on Chang¢s in Taxation. The Heraid-Review is in receipt of an interesting communication from T. Wells, of Pine River, on some points of legislation where Mr. Wells considers beneficial changes could be made, that would, tend to assist the settler and aid-in the develop- ment of the north country. The letter says, in part: “The ar- rangement of the taxation laws are purely legislative in character. To be a good lawmaker one must, x necessity, know how the laws we al- ready have fit into existing condi- tions, in order to know what changes are needed and what new laws if any are required. “A tax on industry has a ten- dency to retard development. I should! like to see the tax on improved land | reduced and the amount of reduction assessed against the unimproved land- Then the nonresident land speculator would either be compel; led to sell his land to some one who wanted it for a home or start to improve it. By the time the land was fully developed the income and inheritance tax would supply all the needs of the state government. I/ urge lands be applicable to state as well | as private and corporate holdings. { “Another change I would like tos 4 made in our state laws is the Mort- gage Registry tax—a burden which | falls on the borrowers. I think it should be repealed.” ITASCA TAX LIST WILL STAND AS MADE} State Tax Commission Finds Noth- ing to Change in County Board’s Report. Count¥ Anditor Spang has been notified by the state tax commission that no changes will be made in the Itasca county assessment as equal- ized by the county board, with the exception of mineral lands, on which there are usually many changes each year, owing to the difference in ton- nage ,new prospects developed and new holdings leased. The report from the 1ax commis- sion indicates that a fair and im- partial assessment was made by the county board of equalization, as Itasca ranks with the smail list of counties of the state where no changes have been made by the tax commission in the county report. DISTRICT COURT AFTER ELECTION Judge Wright Continues Fall Term of Court From October 22 to November 12. | that the tax on unimproved |: GAUGE CONTRAST “LETLAST WEE Substantial New Bridge of Steel and Concrete Will Span Big Fork River. MISSISSIPPI BRIGGE Tis WINTER Number of Contracts for New High ways and Improvements to Other Roads Were Let at Recent Meeting. The commissioners of Itasca coun- ty let the contract for a steel and concrete bridge across the Bigfork river, at their meeting last week. The bridge will span the Bigfork on County Road No. 28, and will be another addition to the substantial pridges which the county is erecting as a part of the extensive road and bridge improvement taking place tais year. The contract was let to the Hen- nepin Bridge company for $4,486.00, and the plans cal] for a steel ané concrete structure with concrete foun- dation. The bridge is to be ready for travel by the 15th of March, 1912. Work on the bridge which is to be erected jointly by the county and Grand Rapids township, to be built across the Mississippi river, one mile west of Grand Rapids, will not pe begun until the river freezes. The contract does not call for the comple- tion of the work until March first, and the bridge company can do the work more expeditiously and cheaper by working from the ice. The Henne- pin Bridge company has the contract for this bridge also, which is to cost $2,200.00. James Dowling of Duluth awarded the contract for a five-mile piece of roadway in Otenegen town- ship» northwest of Deer River. The price for the contract is $3,200, and the road in question will give a large number of settlers in the Deer Riv- er country access to market with their was produce. G. H. Johnson of Blackberry receiv- ed the contract for a mile of road- way south of Blackberry, between -24 and 55-24, the contract price be ing $604.00. Two miles of new road north of Bigfork in Township 62, Range 26 was awarded to William Smiith, at a price of $1,600, and P- S. Kinney of Cohasset received the contract for one mile of road construction on the Smoky Hollow road, south of Grand Rapids, the price being $500. A number of roads received appro- priations for improvements, among them being the road leading to the new Blackberry bridge in the town of Blackberry » for which $300 was ap- propriated. A similar sum was 4s- signed for the construction of ap- proaches to the Bigfork bridge in the town of Sand Lake. The county board appropriated $460 for the use of the Itasca County Agricultura] association, to assist im defraynig the expenses of the school and agricukural exhibit at the state fair. The next meeting of the county poard will be held November 20. COUNTY HAS MANY NEW CITIZENS Itasca county hes 28 new citizens, that number taking out their natural- ization papers at the special term of district court held here by Judge B. F. Wright lest week. Those who completed, naturaliza- tion are John Edward Backs, Bovey; Aloin Manninen, Bovey; Albin Kak- konen, Jessie Lake; William John Schultz, Inger; AxelF abian Skallman Bigfork; John William Sjoberg, Deer River; Ambros Olson Folkestad, Deer River; Mike Donjuk, Togo; John Chruszez, Togo; Hams Johnson Mar- tinson, Coleraine; Ingyalad Andrew Did- rickson, Deer River; Andrew Broquist, Max; Olaf Persson, Raf, Max; Sam Teseker, Popple; John Kopepen, Max; Danijel Wolf, Max; John Lindall, Deer ‘A message received here last Sat- urday from Judge B. F. Wright an- For months the Examiner has been,| nounced that the fall term of district|Green, Bigfork; carrying on a system of petty in- court would be postponed from Oc- sults and lies directed against the | tober 22 to November 12. This will allow the election to get out of the way and the judges to com- River; Wilhelm Edstrom, Wirt; Vic- tor Kanjas, Bovey; Henry Haskell, Isaac Muotta, Bo- yey, Willian Dedosevich, Bovey, Wii- liam Chapp, ovey; Nils Ekman, Chis- holm; Herman Purra, Bovey; Michael Stramd, Grand Rapids; Joseph James Young, Marble; Daniel McIsaacs, Jes- sie Lake.

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