Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 23, 1912, Page 1

+} = ' B . , _ J ; Oran MINNESOTA: _RISTORICAL J, SOCIETY, Vor, XXIII. —No 17 Granp Rapips, ITasca County, MINN., WepnEspay, OCTOBER 23, (912 Two Dollars a Year TRADE JOURNAL — TALKS OF HUGHES Duluth Trade News Cites Henry Hughes in Clever Article on “Builders of Business.” BUILT FIRST POTATO WAREHOUSE Business Man Who Has Cashed in! Experience and Made Good--- Live Wire of North Country Industry. In its last issue the Duluth Trade; News had the following to say of Henry Hughes, Grand Rapids’ mer- chant, creamery and potato warehouse booster, and all-around good citizen: “Two years ago Henry Hughes was building a new brick block in Grand Rapids, Minn., one of the most sub- stantial structures in the town. Just when is was ready to occupy in May 1911, it took fire amd burned down. ‘And that wasn’t the worst of it. The new insurance had not been plac- ed abd Mr, Hughes stood to bear a heavy loss, = Pe “Mr. Hughes looked about him, ‘I hhave here’ said he to himeelf, ‘a quantity of perfectly good brick, slightly scorched round the edges. This town,’ said he to himSelf, ‘is in need of a potato warehouse. The best thing to do with those brick is to build them into a warehouse.’ And the smoking ruins were hardly cold before he was doing that very thing. It was the first potato ware | house in Itasca county and it is builds ing up trade not omly for Henry Hughes & Co. but for the communr ity as well. | game “Building something new and usefu out of a) misfortune is ome of his} characteristics. His parents came} over from Ireland to see iif the streeis in America really were paved with | gold and they found something a little petter though not quite as gaudiy; and clinky and that was @ farm in south- ern Wisconsin. On that farm Hen- ry Hughes was born 46 years ago and there, he lived till he was 21. Then he decided to strike out. “and he struck for the Gogebic range where al one had ito do was to get a stone and timber claim and hold it dowm till somebody leased it for a hundred thousand dollars @ year. He got his stone and timber claim and spent a good part of the) next five years holding it down. Be- tween whiles he clerked in a store and worked for one of the minime companies and otherwise gathered experiance. “Experience was all. His claim did} not tum out to be one of the hun- dred thousand dollar a year kind. [Hie struck out all right but not as he intendied. “Im, 1892 the Gogebic flattened and seemed likely ko be a total -loss. Hughes put his experience in his pocket, invested his capita) in a rail- road ticket and chased into Itasca county, Minnesota, whch was just | then connecting with civilization. He put infive years more in Grand Rap> fds working for the mercantile com-| panies which did a big business out- fitting lumber camps. All the time ad- ding to his experience and maybe buying a little land which they were} giving away in those days. Two years he spent in Chicago acquiring more experience. “Twelve years aigo he returned to Itasca county and set up in business for himself. And it was not long be- fore he bought out the firm he used Stamton to play, who has been a col-| November 2. Grant county. to work for. He was ready by this the Fra says is the sign of a success*, fal man. “They were discovering iron ore ;he is interested in one in Cohasset score of 19 to 6. doom fore Ba cote» meee RANGED FROM $5 10 $25 SAY ITASCA MAN WILL BE WINNER coaching of ‘Professon Carson, then lost the ball on a fumble. Stan-} | his pusiness. “What is your meth- od?” I asked him. “TI try to give them fair treat- ment,” he says, ‘and give them the kind of a dea} that will bring them back. I never tried any pamticular istunts that I kmow of. Just tneat them fairly, and that’s about ail.” “Mr. Hughes is one of the quiet kind. He looks reflective. He moves as if there was no great hurry and speaks as though he didm’t wish to disturb anybody. But his gait is de- with his stride and he doesn’t have to raise his voice to get attention at the bank, for instance, where they are often hard of hearing. “Besides his store at Grand Rapids and another in Nashwauk, He cul- tivates some land and creamery in Itasca county, he was one of the first om the list of sub- scribers, The first potato warehouse in the country he built himself of the ruins of his - business block. Every community has about three men, seldom more, to whom ail schemes are referred. Before any pro« ject gets a hearing the plain citizen. wants to know, what does Sam John- son or Tom Sampson think of it? Henry Hughes is one of those three men in Grand Rapids,” cathe GRAND RAPIDS TOOK SATURDAY'S GAME Defeated Bemidji by Score of 19 to 6--Maurice Ryan Has Collar Bone Broken. In a lively football game on the home grounds last Satunday after- noon,. the High school team ray alway with the game from Bemidji by a work while the loca] boys have been, ceitful if you are trying to keep up, keeps some! cattle. When they started the first! A SHAMELESS SCOUNDREL J. LeFevre, perpetrator of the Grand Rapids Examiner, makes public confession that he is a | Perjurer, Deadbeat, Confidence Man, Professional Swindler, Political Chariatan, Dangerous Demagogue, Slanderer. He admits and certifies to his own degeneration; he glories in his shame. He admits and certifies to those grave changes, and. in the face of | them, proceeds to advise the electorate | of this community who they should ‘and who they should not vote for. In order to carry on his campaign: ot brazen slander he resorts to his only stock-in-trate—unblus ing fa’se- hood. This happens to pe a particularly ‘busy tiie for the editor of the Her- ald-Review; time is too valuable and newspaper space too much need- ed by the reading public to rehearse the character and career of the whip- ped cur, but instructions have been given, to institute criminal proceed- ings against him for the sland STATE LAND SALE HELD. MONDAY Thirty-Six Hundred Acres of Itasca Lands Changed Hands at October Sale. making good) headway under the | The only accident that marred the, | wags wien Ma ce Ryan of} Bemidji fell in try to intercept; a forward pass, receiving a broken) collar pone. | Bemidji won the toss and the game started) at 3:45. The ball was| sent back to the Bemidji 50-yard! line. Bemidji made eight yards and ton tackled Grand Rapids for a less} but on the next play the Grand Rap- ids boys swept around right end for 30 yards, securing a touchdown. On the kickoff Bemidji meturned the pall to the 40-yard line andj) Lycan of Bemidji went through for, eight yards, Haymer lost the ball on a fumble and Grand Rapids got the ball on the Bemidji 10-yard line, Farrell making goal. The first half ended with Grand Rapids 12, Bemidji 0. In the third quarter the Grand Rapids quarter back carried the ball on a forward pass, Grand Rapids making a touchdown and a goal kick. Score 19 to 0. In the last quarter Bemidji took the ball to Grand Rapids’ 1-yard line put Grand Rapids recovered on her 8 yard) line and punted. Lycan of Bemidji broke through, got the bal! and crossed the line for a touch- down. Stanton for Bemidji missed an easy goal and’ the half ended with Grand Rapids 19 an@ Bemidji 6 on the score. The Grand Rapids players showed up in exeellent form, making four, out of six in forward pass plays. Harold Lee, as quarter back, John Costello, left tackle, and John Ben- ton, left end, did some whirlwind, work for Grand Rapids right through the game. Some undeserved criti- cism was given by the Pioneer of Bemidji, which claimed that unfair Thoedore Nelson--Schedule of | Northern Minnesota | Sales. | State lands im Itasca county ta} the amount of 3,600 acres passed into’ regular monthly sale of lands was! conducted by Theodore Nelson, man- | ager of the sales department. i Many of the buyers were from out- | side states and there was some spir- | ited bidding, particularly for the lamd > comprised in section 36-57-26, The | land in this locality ran from $2 to) $3 over the appraised vailutaion, Those purchasing land and the acre- age obtained were: Edward J. Gregg, Duluth, 40; F. A. Howard, Pine Is- land, 80; Andre Bagley, Leipold, 40; Roy G. Staples, Stillwater, 240; Clem< entine A. Staples, Stillwater, 320; Bd ward Chicker, Bovey, 40; Harlan G. Grosscup, Minmeapolis, 120; Luella B. Burr, St. Paul, 280; Alexander R. Burr, St. Paul, 240; Frederick E. Nel< son, St- Paul, 80; John Clark, Wasih- burn, Wis., 106.75; Elmer Turner, Hill City 40; John M. Deering, Deer River, 13.40; William H. Caldwell Stillwater. 289; Bertha D, Cald- well, Stillwater, 280; Allie A. Bure, Minneapolis. 5; Joseph A. Anderson, St. Paul, 80; Otto Luettge, St. Paul, 40; Jennie D. Siegler, Stillwater, 280; Mary A. Staples, Stillwater, 320; An- jna M. Gregory, Lake Park, Iowa, 80; Ora Gregory, Lake Park, Iowa, 160; barrage Erickson, Osakis, 80; Jobal M. Leonard, St. Paul, 13.76. ! The last sale of the year for Itasca county will take place here Novembey 20. November will be a busy month |for the state lands department, as there are a number of counties, wherd regular sales have not been held this | decisions were rendered. The Pio- neer evidently fongot—in speaking, of unfair tactics—that Bemidji put in lege man for two years, while Grand schoo} team, and were weakened by, | the absence of their star player: Will Whalen. Next Saturday afternoon the Col- eraine team will be over thirsting for and kept out of it. He can point to several forties now worth a million “in which he was implored to take an 4nterest when they were going for ext to nothing, On the other hand! Grand Rapids players after Satur) ton counties. forties, then the Grand Rapids scalps, while the local boys feel confident that if any scalping is done the gory troph- jes will dangle at the belts of the day's performance. ber sale will be held. The schedule for the month will be: November 1, Houston county. November 7, Mille Lacs county. ‘November 8, Cass couaty. i} i November 9, Todd county. jof troubles.in the Republicna camp. | | November 11, Koochiching county. November 12, Hubbard county. November 13, Beltrami county. November 15, Aitkin county. November 14, Wadena county. November 18, Itasca county. November 19, Lake county. November 20, St. Louis and Carl- ‘typical of the way the newspapers | summer, but where a special Novem- | e¢ faithfully. On the strength of pop- is capable of conceiving hurts oun feelings one iota; not with any | “how.sht that what he says is believed: | iWe simply say to him: You lie in your teeth, You lie in your throat, You lie in the black depths of your putrid heart, rat “nd we propese to prove jt in | a ccant of justice avid put it on | record, | The Herald-Review promises to | keep that scoundrel before the pub- | lic in his true light until this commun- , ity is no longer poisoned with his | pr ea. { Ava yet, in fait, the community at | lars- is not deserving of much sym- pathy. The fact that he has been | tol-vated during the past year is | pretty good evidence that there is | really something wrong with the com- munity itself. Since the task falls to our lot, how- ever, the Herald-Review will not shirk its duty. The job will be well and completely done. In the meantime our campaign is progressing very satisfactorily, DSTRIGT PRESS DISCUSSES FIGHT Opinions From Press of Fifty- | Second District on Legislat- ive Campaign. | '|November Will be Busy Month for V*:<isis Bond Sale Factor in Race | | speeches throughout Koochiching and) Mr. St. Louis county the fore part of the | ,,, sr Representative— Partisan- & skip Plays. Little Part. The press Of the Fifty-second dis- | triey is saying things, emphatically | resentative from this district. Al | though the district is Republican py | an overwhelming majority, those wiho | have an ear to the ground pelieve tha personality and principles are going | to play a much larger part in this | yean’s election than party politics. | The comments given below are | in this district view the situation. Kiley Has Good Chance. The unanimity with which the newspapers in, the Fifty-second legis- lative district are supporting E. C. Kiley of Grand Rapids for the legis" lature is not surprising, but is dis- concerting to the old-line Republican who hold partisanship above person- | The count of the votes cast Nov. 5 will be the real test of Mr. Kil- ey's popularity, but unless all signs fall; he will stand the test. Though the district is normally Republican by a large majority, Mr. Kiley as a Democratic candidate stands an ex- cellent chance of being elected. The first element in Mr. Kiley’s opportunity is his great personal pop- ularity. He is a man who makes friends on acquaintance. His winning | smile, his unfailing geniality, his | enthusiasm for every cause that will | perefit Northern Minnesota are qual- | ities that few can resist. Those who do not know him personally, know him through the columns of his pa- per, the Grand Rapids Herald-Review in which Kiley in the flesh is reflect- ularity alone, aided by the widespread knowledge that he is sincerely and) unselfishly for Northern Minnesota’s ‘pest interests, Kiley will poll a big vou. Mr. Kiley will also be a peneficiary be Republican contest in the dis- | trict was: bitter. P. H. MeGarry of Walker, and Thomas Brusegaard of Hal City formed a combination against C. H. Warner of Aitkin and Ginry and Brusegaard espoused) the isswe of the sale of the Virginia ers he has published concerning the | St00d for the sale of the Virginia editor hereof, Not that anything he body. The association has always | gave their support to McGarry andi | plade was also broken. Frank Pas- : | succumb t C. H. Malnke of Moose Lake. Me- | yet whether he will 0 the had indorsed the candiday of any maar The indrsoement claimed by Mc- Garry and Brusegaard was not an ine dorsement by the association as a stood for the sale of the Virginia bonds. Many prominent members of. the association living in the district Brusegaard individually amd they claimed the support of the organiza- tion om that ground. Warner defeated Brusegaard, but McGarry triumphed over Mahnke leaving one member of each faction in the field. The result also left} some sore spots. i Kiley is taking no sides in the Re- publican contest. He is going about | his business boosting his own cause. Many friends of Warner prefer Kil- ey to McGarry. Many friends of Mc- Garry prefer Kiley to Warner. The Grand Rapids editor is certain to get mamy votes from each side, and unless signs fail, he will get a suf- “ecient number to elect him. | The Fifty-second will make no mis- take im electing Kiley, He is the kind of representative who will do things, When any measure affecting northern Minnesota is up, Kiley can, (Continued on Page Eight.) JENSWOLD TO SPEAK HERE THURSDAY Democratic Candidate for Congress Will Talk to Itasca Voters This Week. John Jenswold, jr., of Duluth, Democratic candidate for Congress from the Eighth district, will speak to Grand Rapids people Thursday evening. Mr. Jenswold will be at Deer River for a Friday evening speech and will finish the week ait Aitkin Saturday, | Mr. Jenswold has been malding); week und the lange onc euetaue. de crowds which have been greeting him) is a surprise, even to his most ar- dent supporters- Mr. Jenswoid is a nestor of pro- | gressives im this district, For the | advocating what are now known as} progressive principles. He thoroughly understands the philosophy and the need of the present social and) politic movement and this knowledge is the keynote of his forceful campaign. The feature that most impresses his hearers is Mr. Jenswold’s plain, rugged and sincere talk. He makes no; glittering generalities or oratorical flights but gets down to facts and talks about them in the way the vot- ers wanks to hear the issues of the day discussed. Honest progressives are comingt o his support every day and his elec- tion looks like a pretty sure guess. GRAND RAPIDS MAN BADLY INJURED: Eugene Davis Received Serious Injuries in Runaway—Frank Passard Hurt, Eugene Davis received injuries that may prove fatal when, the team he was driving at Larimore, N. Dak, last fFriday, ram away, throwing him out of the wagon. Mr, Davis in company with Frank, Passard went to North Dakota two months ago for the harvest work, While driving a team Friday after- noon the horses became frightened and Tan away, throwing the occupani@ of the rig out. Mr. Davis had sev- eral ribs broken, one of which pene- trated the lung, and the shoulder { i | sard- who wes with him, had severab teeth knocked out and sustained in- juries to his jaw.. The two men arrived home Sunday: morning, and Mr. Davis’ condition is such as to Warrant anxiety on the part of his friends. It is not known injuries or will rally from the shock. Mr. Davis purchased the Passard farm near McKinmey lake about a gnand claimed to have the imdonse-, year ago and has made his home there since that time. The October term of the district court opened at Hibbing yesterday LEFEVRE CASE NOW ON FOR HEARING Criminal Libel Charge Being Aired in Grand Rapids Courts - This Week. CASE WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS Many Witnesses in Hearing of Charge Brought by Superin- tendent Freeman Against J LeFevre. The case of criminal] libel, charg~ ed against J, LeFevre of the Grand Rapids Examiner by Supt. E. A. Free- man of the schools of district No. One, came one for hearing in Judge Kearney’s court Tuesday morning at tem o'clock, The court room was crowded with interested spectators to hear the op~ emjng of the case, but it was not until about four im the afternoon that a jury was secured. Those who will decide the case are John Smith, Louie Jurgensen, J- O. Johnson, John Billodeau, Otte Ranfranz, M. Ponti, Joseph Burns, A C. Bossard, William Weitzel, John Unger, John Baker and William Ash- ton. F. E. Reusswig was the first Witness called to the stand, testify- ing to the fact that ce sums money paid by the board to Mr. man were for legitimate school penses, The examination and cross~ex- amination of Mr. Reusswig) failed to bring out any te dama. i gainst ex- imony of ¢ ing or incriminating character Mr. Freeman. Reusswig was oF DTG wht djour ing at witness ment wes take o'clock, Tues was ihe Wednes nomning. W. E. Washburn, caminer office, and foremam of the Rose LaFond, private ownership Monday, when the | andjto the point, om the fight forrep-| past twenty-five. years he hes beem | compositor for the Examiner, were om the stand next, their testimony be ing langely taken up with proof of the publication of alleged slanderous article. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Freeman was placed on the stand and tioned in regard to the salary paid him during the time that he has been superintendent of the district schools and the expense money paid him when securing teachers for the district. Mr. Freeman was sti]l on the the stand at four o'clock this afternoon, About 20 witnesses are to be called and the case may continue over several days. HIBBING BANKER WAS ARRESTED Game Warden Jess Harry arrested, Cc. W. Magnussen of Hibbing last Sunday on a charge of illegal hunt- ing, Mr. Magnussen had started out to hunt in St. Louis coumty, buy strayed over the borders into Itasca —where he had no county He put up $15 cash bond for hig appearance in Justic: Trescott's court at Coleraine Monday, but fail- ed to make am appearance and the bond was forfeited. His gum was also confiscated by the warden, William Sprague of Cohasset, was arrested Tuesday by Warden Harry for trapping illegally in the Bass Lake country. His case was contin- uer and@ will come on for hearing im Judge Kearney’s court Saturday, October 26. COUNCIL MAKES. UP 1912 BUDGET Tt will cost $17,624 to conduct the village affaing for the coming year, according to figures prepared by the village council, These figures will fmelude $2,850 for lighting streets and public build- ings; $3,434 for hydrant rentals and water for public buildings; $5,000 fon general expenses; $1,060 for bond- ing funds interest tax; $1,330 for water works bonds interest; $1,250 > fund and $1,200 for the pub- ques~ license.