Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 27, 1912, Page 2

~ | VoL, XXIII..—No 22 ALL ABOARD FOR CROOKSTON MEET Third Anuual Session of Northern Minnesota Development Asso- ciation on Dec. 5 and 6. ITASCA BRANCH MEETS ON FRIDAY Celeraine Business Men Will be Hosts at Get-Together Feast. Delegates to be Chosen at That Time. Considerable interest is being evinc- ed here im the third annual session, ef the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association to be held at Orook- ston on Thursday and Friday, Decem- wer 5 and 6. A very interesting pro- gram has been arranged by those in eharge, and it is .1o0 be hoped that Tiasca county will send its usual rep- presntative contingent of boosters. These will be selected at the meet- img of the branchh held at Coleraine on Friday evening. ©. M. King of Beer River has been chosen to res- pond to the address of welcome. There will be am address py Pres. Vincent of the University of Minne- sota on “Team Play,” which is ex- pected to show the delegates the value of working together and with a definite object in view. Fred B. Snyd-| ec of Mimmeapolis will speak on “The Development of Northern Min- mesota”; G- H. Hartley of Duluth will have for a subject ‘Trunk Lines and Their Effect on the Settlement and Market Value of Northern Minnesota Lands,” and J, J. Hill of St. Paul, as chosen as his subject “Minne-| sota.” It is predicted that this will prove the most important meeting the eesociation has thus far held. ITASCA BRANCH T0 MEET FRIDAY NIGHT Business. Men of Coleraine to be Hosts--Crookston Delegates to be Chosen, The business men of Coleraine will be the hosts at a special get-to- gether meeting of the Itasca County Development association on Friday evening: Nov. 29. The invitations and program received at this office, sign- ed by President Vandyke and Secne- tary McGuire, fairly exudes enthusi- | asm, and the program would indicate that one of the most interesting and profitable meetings of the association. ig to be held, It tis to be hoped that all Grand Rapids members who can possibly attend, will put im an appearance. The object in calling this special! meeting at this time is three-fold: First, to arrange for a full delegation from this county to attend the Third Annual meeting of the Northern Min- mesota Development association at Crookston Decembre Sth and 6th; second, to awaken an interest in te development of Itasca county; and third, to consider needed legis- lation, for this section of the state. A banquet will be served at fifty cents per plate at the new Hote! Ar- cama at eight o’clock, after which the wpeaking and business program wiill follow. It is hoped that this may be the first of a series of “get-together” meetings to be held by the Itasca County Development association this season. The object is to get acquaint- ed and boost for a more populous, a richer and better Itasca county- Following is the program. a ht o'clock dinner. (Admission by ticket). I. Northern Minmesoea.. (a) “Getting into the Game for the Crookston Meeting”’—C. M. King, President Northern Minne- sota Development association. (b) “Team Work’'—A, C. Wedge, ttweasurer, N. M. D. A. Legislation. “We Have Waited Long Enough, Now Going After It”—C, C. Me- Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINy., Wepnespay, NovEMBER 27, [912 (>) “The New Surveyor, Let Us See Him.’—Oscar Lildbeng. (c) “Schools for the Settlers,”— Geo. E. Keenan. (a) “Settlers in the Woods, Ver- sus om the Prairie.”—L. D. Lam- mon. y (e) “Opportunities for the Settler IV. Business Meeting. THE “DRUM MAJOR” Date for Presentation of High School Holiday Eotertainment Set for Dec. 5. Owing to the fact that the 3-reel World’s Series basebal] pictures ap- | pear at the Gem on Friday night, De- cember 6, the date of the “Drum |day night, December 5, 1912 at 8:30 at the high school auditorium. ARGUMENT. Sergenat Leroux visits Passy in te ope of gaining recruits for the army. But it is te village fete day, consequently the men have small interest in the needs of their coun- try. He is meeting with no success, when Clarice Dupre—daughter of the general of that name, and the prettiest woman in Paris—comes to his assistance. She is on her way to the South, and learning of the fete, decides to remain and witness the festilities. Her arrival draws his aud- ience from Leroux, who} aments his non-success. Clarice meets Leroux and being an ardent patriot herself, by her fascinations induces the young men to join the army. Jean ns com- pletely enthralled by her chamms, and in spite of the remonstrances of Babette: he enlists, vowing to write a march-song that shajl send the army on to victory, Leroux delighted with the number who have joined the ranks, and) much in love with Clarice, leaves for Paris accompanied by by} fifty-six uture ield marshals. The second act opens with the cele-' bratiou of the Fall of the Bastile, on the 14th day of July, two yeans later. No word has come from Leroux, | Jean, or amy of the recruits in all those months and) their sweetheants fear they are either dead or have |forgotter their homes. Clarice re- turns to Passy, hoping to hear of Leroux: but beyond the fact that the villagers have learned of the suc- cess of the march that Jean has writs, ten, she learns nothing of the war- riors. To te delihght and astonish- ment of all, the soldiers return— tired, hungry and well sick of war. Bapette forgives Jean, and promises o matrry him. Clarice waylays Lerovx and assures him of her affection for | him. In the end, all ends happily. Cast of Characters. CLARICE (Soprano) The prettiest woman in Paris.. Mabe] Thompson SERGEANT LEROUX (Tenor) of the French army.. ..Robert Gilbert} JEAN (Bass) The village musical genius .. . John Benton | BABHT'TE (Alto) His adoring sweet- fe Henne: coir os . Vona Claus | JULAEN, GASPAED, PIERRE, Re- cruits .. . William Whaling, Wayne Gilbert and Frank LeMer? ANTOINETTE, SUSANNE, JACUEL- INE, village girls .. Sev ipa peiioy .. Bertha Durand, Mar- garet O'Connel, Mildred Shipman VICTOR (Speaker’s Role) .. .. .. .. Douglas Price im Itasca County.”—A. J. McGuire! | AT HIGH SCHOOL Major’ has been changed to Thurs- | jagainst Ela Loiselle of Deer River place, for COURT ADJOURNS TO JANUARY 14 ‘Judge Wright’s Court Disposes of Much Business Before Ad- journment. FLEVEN CASES HEARD DURING WEEK : | Civil nnd Criminal Calendar Pretty Well Cleaned Up—GameWard- en Wood Pleads Not | Judge B- F. Wright will adjourn the | October term of district court this afternoon to January 14, 1913. | Eleven cases were disposed of | since last Thursday, which leaves the | calendar in pretty good shape. The case of John Stevens against | Al Erholtz was a suit brought to re- cover on a note. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. | Inthe case of the State against Hd- win Page, charged with statutory of- fense, in which his daughter was the | complaining witness, a verdict of guilty was returned py a jury. The defendant will serve an indetermin- ate sentence of from seven to thirty years at Stillwater. The Nashwauk Cash grocery was given a verdict for $175.50 against Brown. Bros., for supplies furnished. J. Lefevre borrowed $150 from Tony; Sines. a laboring man, for which Le- j fevre gave his note. The interest | amounted to $21. Tony loaned to Le- fevre to assist him to keep the Grand Rapids Examiner on its feet. He brought suit and got judgment for the principal and! interest. Cc. R. McLean, a Duluth contractor, sued Itasea county: to recover albout | $600, alleged to be due him for work on a retaining wall at the court house. | ‘The jury returned a verdict for the | county. | Adelia Galla brought an action) | ' for alleged damages for dispossessing her of a hotel at Deer River which she had remted from the defendant. | Mrs. Galla had a lease of the prem- j ises and Laiselle ejected her a month | before the term of the lease expired. | She got a judgment for $160, Santo Frassini of Nashwauk brougt suit against Samto Lella of the same the recovery of a sum of money. Frassini’s wife was granted a divorce some time ago and is now the wife of Santo Leila. The plaintiff supplied his former wife with goods from a tore after the separation | and wanted the present husband to | reimburse him. The jury found for ‘the defendant. George Good, “the game warden at large,’ as he styles himself. appear- ed before the court to answer ito a | grand jury indictment. He pleaded not. guilty. His case will be tried at the | adjourned term iim January. The Minneapolis Brewing company | brought an action against Berk An- | derson and wife and the Duluth Brew ing and Malting company. The contrc+ versy arose over ‘the use of a five | hundred dollar payment wich An- derson made the brewing. company.’ MARCEL (Speaker’s Role) a promi- nent citizen and “orator of the OBY? oo oes . David Rima CHORUS—Village girls, Recruits, etc. Tickets will be on sale at the Mer- cantile beginning Monday at 35 cents. and 50 cents, Students tickets 25 cents at the window on Thursday night. First Light for Laprairie. Tonight electric lights will be turn- ed on at the residence of E. A. Ar nold in Laprairie—which will be the first. Blectrician Delcour has com- pleted the stringing of lines and is now making connections with the sev- eral farm homes in the neighborhood. The current is fumished by the Grand Rapids plant. Those who are ‘taking advamtage of the opportunity to substitute electricity for soal oil are: John G. Fraser at his farm, A. Sisler, Nei] Mullins, E. A. Arnold, George Sumner, Mr. Gilkey, the State Farm and the school building. M Sisler, Mullins and the State Farm w | also use electric power for wood saw~ aged in raiway service at Deer 3 Anderson made the payment to apply | on a mortgage. The company wish- ed to apply it on an open account. | The jury found for Amderson, Charles F, Oullan, a young who had been in the employ of O’Con- nel & McMailum, forged the firm’s name to a check for $63 and got the cash. He was indicted by the grand jury and pleaded guilty when, arraing- ed. Cullam is 26 years of age and of intelligent appearance. He claimed The judge gave him a fatherly lec- ‘ture and good advice as to how he might retaim his liberty and become ling and Mr. Bird Bitney were married THE REVIVAL OF HOME ENTERPRIS Move Started to Create Sentiment Among Citizens of Grand Rap- ids for Public Welfare. MEETING PLANNED FOR DECEMBER A Get-Together Dinner Suggested at Which Farmers, Business Men and Laboriag Men Will Mingle. As a result of the article by Mr. Cc. C. Peterson, published in the jast issue of the Herald-Review there has been considerabile self- comiemnation by Grand Rapids’ citi- zens because of their lack of public spinitednesss, Towns and communities don’t grow and proper unless there is a reason. Back of community prosperity must be a spirit of enterprise in the people ot that community. New enterprises, such as Grand Rapids should be en- Two Dollars a Year Pecta Koochiching cast 1,644 votes, 1,521 being favorable to the amend- ment. Only six coumties in the state fail- ed to give the amendment a major- ity. They were Benton, Cottonwood, Red Lake, Wilson, Norman and Henne’ pin. The affirmative vote in Henne- pii county was only 35 per cent of the total vote, but that was due to th fact that congestion at the voting ma- chines prevented thousands from vot- ing on the amendments. The negative vote on the amendment in, Hennepin county was very smai?. Norman. coun- ty fell 1 vote short of a majority fon the amendment. | Beltrami, Itasca, Lyon, Cass coun- [ties gave the amendment a vote of over 70 per cenit. The St. Louis coun- ty vote was about 65 per cent of the} total, and the Ramsey county vote was about 63 per cent F. J. CUPPINGER IN GRAND RAPIDS, The Enterprising Davenport, lowa, | Land Man is Doing Good Work for Itasca. F. Kuppinger, manager of the Davenport, Iowa, land company, which pears his name, is in the villaget his week. Mr. Kuppinger’s concern has been, interested in Itasca, county lands for some time and has been instru- mental im securing a large number of ‘are not, never were and never will be! “iS Jargely due to the fact that we | Grand Rapids in the limelight. joying today, are not secured unless | S¢ttlers for this section. In conver- ap efifort is made by the people. Un- | tion with the Herald-Review, yes- less something is done along the linea “Tay, Mr. Kuppinger said that they suggested in Mr. Peterson’s communi+, Were now engaged in advertising this cation, this town will soon become a/| Part of Minnesota throughout Iowa big: funeral. and adjacent states, using actual A series of get-togetheer meetings | PToduce exhibits and — stereopticon, would have a tendency to revivetihe| Views to bear out their statements, public spirit to an extent that good and have already succeeded in creat- results would follow. A few of our|i@S a decided interest among the “most promitent” citizens be | People to the south of us. forgotten. Treat them as if they] “Our Success.” said Mr. Kuppinger, ag| never exagerate the possibilities of Itasca county to a prospective buyer. We have sent many up here during | the past year, notably into the Split- It ig proposed to hold a series ot | hand district and every man who has ngs during the winter monhte of settled there has found things ex- all classes of citizens—meetings that | @¢tly as we represented them to be. will be attended by farmers, mechan- We need not make any claims for ics, merchants, professional men and this country that cannot be substan- ven some of our capitalists. At| tiated, as the actual facts are suffi- th meetings have a six o’clock| ©iemt to turn any man looking for a dinner served where all could meet | home where land is sheap and op- | ma 2 matters of general in- | POTtumities still plentiful in this dé- terest It would have a tendency to rection. The produce we display in pring all classes togethher, especial- | UT show rooms were ail raised right ly the farmers and ‘business men.’ here, and these usually prove suffi- ‘Rano meeting willl be held | cient to create an interest, and this | some evening next week to make | is all that is necessary. When a man ments for the firsst get-to- | ce sees what this country can offer, ‘ : aba: | he certainly will not pass it by when | They are has beens; treat them such and forget them. But there are eMigh of the right kind to | the most popular. The groom is en- | Coleraine is setting a good example. for the people of this town to follow. The meeting to be held Friday night at thie Arcania hotel will be the dinst of the kind in this county, and it is to be hoped that other villages will profit by the enterprise thus shown. M. L. Toole in Town. M. L. Toole ex-sheriff of Itasca county, and one of the most effici- ent and papular officials that ever gave service to the people of this coumty, was here on business Mon~ day and Tuesday. He is now engag- ed in business at Federal Dam, and is much interested in the good roads movement as it relates, to his section of Cass county. He is heading a move- ment to secure a state road, under the Elwell law, that will pass througiy, the richest section of Cass county, and which would accomodate a large number of settlers. Mr, Toole is an aggressive and progressive citizen, who usually accomplishes what he} goes after, and we expet to see good results from his effforts- THE ONE-MILL TAX. GETS LARGE VOTE Dunn Constitutional Amendment Carried by 56 per Cent-- Author Pleased. R. C. Dunn, father of the 1-mill result of the vote on that proposi The amendment carried by a of 195,724 out of a total of 349,- the affirmative vote being 59.7 per cent of the total vote. Mr. Dunn published in the Prince- yote by counties on the good he comes to decide tupon a change of jocation. We have a large number of people that the high price of acre- age is driving out of the more set- tled communities, and of these Itasca county is getting the greater sare, as it no doubt has the great induce- ments to offer the home seeker.” Ninety Per Cent for Cultivation. | Here are some facts and, figures about Minnesota which H. J. Max- field, state immigration commission- er, has compiled: Minnesota has over acres of land that yet remains inj its primitive state and of this} amount, experts estimate that 90 pre cent, or 27,000,000 are fit for culti- | vation. That means sthat there yet re} mains 165,000 160-acre farms capable of producing everything that can be grown in a northern temperate clim- ate, and situated amid the accessories of modern civilization. Minnesota has 2,600,000 acres of state school lands that can be ob- j tained on forty years’ time perchase. The average price on these lands is $6.75 an acre. 's show that Minnesota has become one of the great potato rais- ing states, producing in 1910 more that 18,400,000 bushels. Last year’s: production was still greater. Minnesota as an excellent fruit prc+ ducing state. Apples, plums and cher- 30,000,000 | ald. | Mississippi, Bray, St. Paul and Ben~ THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL GAME The High School Team and City Team Will Try Conclusions Thursday Afternoon. THE WIND-UP OF THE 1912 SEASON Both Teams Find Themselves a Little to the Bad Financially and Hope to Even Up Before Quitting. The last football game of the seasom in Grand Rapids will be played om Thanksgiving day afternoon, the City j team and the High School eleven be- ing the contenders. Both these teams have just completed a rather, strenuous season, and poth finished well up te- ward the head of their divisions, se that a game to decide the city suprem= acy should bring owt a record crowd. The games in which the boys have played this season both at home and abroad have been fairly well patron- ized, but the expenses incident te keepimg the teams going have far ex~ ceeded the receipts, and this last game is scheduled for the purpose of in some degree helpiv: out a rath- er meager treasuny balance. Grand Rapids has two of the best football teams in this section and they have added considerable to the advertis~ ing the town has received during the past season. It will be no more tham right if everybody turned out for this last game amd saw to it that they closed the season square with ther world, The high, schoo! tcan’ has beem strengthened by Coach Carson, whe will go in as halfback and, the Git team weakened by the loss pf Bran~ don. They weigh) up about the same and a very good exhibition of faot- ball is expected. The gridiron will be cleared of al] snow so that the speed cf the play will not be hindered in this mam- ner and large bon fires will be kept going during the game on the side- lines and spectators need noi fear | the cold.. It wilh be a friendly contest and will give the people of Grand Rapids an opportunity to get together and enjoy the afternoon besides giw- ing the boys a boost for which ther will be duly thankful. Bennett Mine Sinking Shaft. That Keewatin has a rosy future before it cannot be denicd. The op- ening of the Bennet mine and the extensive developing of the Bray, mine has practically added two mines to the list of shippers. The village is entering op an era of prosperity that will extend) over a period of years and will add hundre to its populaition, says the Nashwauk Her During the coming winter, the pet mines will employ hundreds of men and business men here are look- ing towards a most prosperous busi-/ ness. The Bennet mime has a large force of men clearing land preparatory te stripping. A lange sha{t 18-20 feet is being suvk and a location will b& at once built which will consist of office, boarding house and a number of residences. The location and strip- ping will be on Section 18 and the shaft on Section 24. Boiler howses and a pumping station is under course of construction. A contract for the strip~ ping of 1,000,000 yards of overburden will be let in a few days as the cam- pany expects to ship ore next spring. This mine which is a subsidiary of the Meridan Iron company. will be, one of the largest iron ore proper ties on the range. It is estismated that 1,000,000 yards of overburien wies.can. be — - Pata x will be removed from the property, ties with as much certain! muc’| which is known to contain an enor- less trouble than in most of the east- ically. Fruit trees and berry bushes: of all kinds are singularly free from diseases and insect pests. Minnesota offers exceptional op- stock of all kinds. Mr. and Mrs. George Dewey, were Friday. mous deposit. The mine is located ons tax amendment is delighted} ¢T™™ and middie states. ne mile from Keewatin and consists of blackberriess and strawberries are in") roy, garties, part of wikich will be digenous to the soil and grow prolif-| 24 as a dump for the overburden. At M. E. Church. The pastor, Rev. A. A. Myers will Union last week a tabulation of portunities for raising and breeding | preach next Sunday morning at 10:3€ o'clock, In the evening at 7:45, Rev- BL R. Cooper, Supt of the Duluth dis tmt will be the preaher and will con~ ers to Duluth Thursday, re-|duct the quarterly conference at the close of the service. All are welcome,