Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 15, 1913, Page 2

HISTORICAL Vo.t, XXIII. —No 29 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1913 GOOD ATTENDANCE: MUCH INTEREST Deer River Meeting of Itasca County Development Associa- tion Best of Season. AFTERNOON AND EVENING SESSIONS Time Filled With Interesting Dis- cussiens and Splendid Banquet at Hotel Everton— Next Meeting at Keewatin. When the Itasca County Develop- |present “in | village of Deer River welcomed the { | guests to which President Vandyke | | responded. “What Itasca Expects of [ts Coun- was discussed by A.| Arbo, as a farmer, | jty Officiats, }H. Randall of |by I 1k Provinsky of Bovey as }a merchant, and by C. E. Bur- | }gess of Cohasset, representing the i schools. the three speak- regret that the commissioners were not bulk” to take their As it was, some crit- sd but not of acon- ar. Mr. Randall and could where | ch of expressed county '“roastings.” | icism was of !demning ¢ |Mr. Provinsky see | some improvements might be made, bi and some money saved, in the mat- {ter of road building. Mr. Burgess | offered some suggestions to the ;county officials how they | could work harmoniously, and help- | fully with the school of als. Coun- ty Attorney McOuat r onded on behalf of the county’s representa- tives in office. Inasmuch as lerities had all taken occasion to !pay tribute to the county attorney’s | efficiency and capabilities, he wa ;Gal Two, oGod attend. RD as to the | ASSAULTED COOKEE WARBA MAN ON WITH A HAMMER R}TTASCA CONDITIONS Patrick Sullivan Raps John UWvich T. R. Foley Says Brick Yard Will Over the Head and is in | be in Operation Again on Jail as Result. February 1. Riley returned Fri- | J. F. Foley of Warba, was in Du- Sheriff T day from Camp No. 4of the Bachus-/ !U¢h the other day, and after com- } Brooks company in 60-24, bringing} plimenting the Ne ‘Tribune of with him Patrick Sullivan, charged | Usb city on the work it is help- by John Ulrieh with assault. 1t| ing to in calling attention to the seems that Ulrich was employed as advantages of this section, said that ‘amp Where Sullivani; # least 30 afmilies will settle in the cooking. Ulrich became dissat-,Viétity of Warba this spring. He d with his job, called for and re-, Stated that the land in that vicin- ved his time. The next morn-| ity is well wooded but easily clear- ing he went into the cook camp and| @d, Men who a few years ago start- as no one had been secured to take; @@ Out with nothing but amibtion his place, he proceeded to help out | Maye well kept farms now and are until such time as he could catch a @! the road to comfortable compet- vide to town. While thus employed, | @#e. * | Sullivan upbraided him for quitting fhe Warba brickyard, which has /to which Ulrich replied that he{ been shut down for a time, will presumed he had the right to do| $#rt operations again Feb. 1, Mr. 0 if he wished. Sullivan thereuponj Féley said. The capacity of the plant rabbed a hammer and struck the|!% about 42,000 bricks daily, Near- ookee three times in the head,|!y all the output is consumed local- kee at the ¢ | defendant's practical control, is es- sentially different from the sys- tem which gave such controll to the transportation company trans- porting the ore, whose interests in the results was, in an important. respret, identical with that of the: plaintiff. This is a valuable right which a court of equity should protect. I have not overlooked the | fact, uncontridicted in this record, that the defendant has expended large sums of money in the work ot developing this mine and con- structing this washing plant, but that cannot justify the court in re- fusing to restrain a breach of these contracts in the matter of weighing where the showing is otherwise such as to invoke equitable inter- | ference. I am satisfied the court substitute for or modification of either of these systems of weigh- ing since the performance of that feature would be continuous and would require protracted supervi- sion and direction.” : The land in question lies in Itas- ca county and is deseribed as the parts of sections 31 and 32, town- ship 57, range 22. On July 1, 1904, should not undertake to devise a} Two Dollars a Year AUESSWG PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE Former Official Admits Issuing Fraudulent School Orders on District No. 1. SENTENCE NOT YET PRONOUNCED Specific Charge on Which Conviec tion Was Asked Was Know- ingly Consenting to Pay- ing Fraudulent Bills. F, E. Ruesswig, former director of District No. 1, Itasca county, om Monday pleaded guilty to having. SOCIETY, a ent associa ‘eorganized some | ° reg em severe a j ment association reorganized s not inclined to treat them severe | knocked him unconseious. As soom | !¥; and on the range. Red and sand | allowed, collected and appropriated i time ago, and the new officials|ly. “No more than any man car put some rea] ginger into the dis-|conduct his private business with |the injured man was able, he had| brick are made, while the yard al- | charge of their duties, consider- able interest was shown by citi- zens in the first gathering held at Coleraine. About one hundred mer had place at the tables spread at Hotel Arcana. Public affairs and business generally was discussed; plans to induce settlement were suggested and withal it was pro- nounced to have been one of the best and most result-getting gath- erings of the kind ever held in this section of Minnesota. Every- body present was inspired with ¢ thusiasm. It was generally remark- ed that the Coleraine meeting was probably the best of the series that would be held. But when a project of publie concern is head- ed by such mep as Supt. Vandyke and A. J. MeGuire, the interest ean- not get slow. They have faith in their undertaking and inspire oth- ers with the same faith. And so River meeting held last Thursday afternoon and evening was even better than that at Coleraine. It was a time of business, education and pleasure throughout, The pro- gram ocmmittee had prepared a splendid program that filled the hours of the afternoon and until atfer one o'clock in the morning. President J. A, Vandyke, super- intendent of for district No. 2, who is president of the as- sociation, opened the afternoon session in a general resume of the object and aim of the organization. He laid particular stress upon the uecessity of improved highways, and ve some of his personal ex periences and observations since becoming a resident of Itasea coun- ty. Cyrus M. King came up from St. Paul to be present, and in an ad- dress at the fternoon — session, went over the road situation from a statewide view. He told of the many projects now under way un- der direction of the state highway commission, as they relate to north- ern Miunesota, and particularly to Itasea county. It is evident from the information given by Mr. King that there will be much doing in the way of road building in this vicinity during the coming year. J. B. Michela, chief of the Oliv- schools er Mining company’s range police} force, presented a very interest- ing paper on the subject of a mounted county patrol. This pro- posed system of policing a county is a new idea, and attracted much out making mistakes, can the pub- ilie official be expected to be {fallable,” said Mr. MeOuat. |all do things in our o ial capac- jities that time demonstrates should jnot have been done, and we leave jundone things which shouid have been done,” said he. “But if we do the best we can, and profit by experience, growing in proficiency as we grow older, good results can- not fail to follow.” Mr. McOuat confidentially admitted in the course of his remarks that hé had com- mitted some errors during the two years he had served as county at- torney, but promised he would not be guilty of repeating the same errors—if he made more, they would be new ones. “Legislation,” was the subject as signed to E. C. Kiley of Grand Rap- ids and W. J. Stock of Coleraine. it is needless to state this import- it-~was’ that~the Deerjant number on the program was ably and exhaustively deat with. Mr. Stock has hitherto served in the Minnesota state legislature and Mr. Kiley is a defeated candidate for the honor. The speakers endeay- | ored to impress upon those pres+ ent the importance and far-reach- ‘ing influence of public sentimnet upon legislation, and also the ne essity of keeping in toueh with Measures in whieh the county is interested, and to have no hesitan- ey in communicating individual and community views upon these {subjects to our representative in the state legislature. Reapportion- j ment, reclamation, state funds, pub- lie domain, agriculture and publie highways were included in propos- ed legislation that should be giv- en attention by every citizen and urged before the ltw making body. Mr. C. C. Peterson of Grand Rap- jids was among those who took part ;in the general discussion, and his remarks were received with much ; favor. In referrence to criticism of county officials, Mr. Peterson cau- tioned the public not to be too |free to condemn. “Of course,” he i admitted, “dishonest and incompet- ent men get elected to office. In a ture, for instance, we could hardly | expect complete freedom from objec- | tionable members. ‘The Savior, him- self, was unable to select twelve j honest men to serve him. How can we poor mortals expect to be free from traitors? 'The best we can do is to watch them, and when-a bad ;one is found, expose him.” comments. Mr. Michela had evident! Hursh of Cohasset, gave some per- ly given the subject much thought and he was able to show that it contained many advantages over our present system. Forest rang- ers and game wardens as they now operate, might be incorporated in the new system. One of the main features of the plan proposed would be the constant keeping in touch with every settler in the county by frequent: and regular visits to the rural homes. Keenan of the Deer River schools, also discussed the mounted patro! system. In another issue the Her- ald-Review will give more detail- ed consideration to the subject. The business was held in the afternoon at which resolu- tions were adopted, reports made and a vote recorded to hold the next meeting at Keewatin on March 6th. At 7:30 in the evening the mem- bers of the association sat down to a splendid banquet at Hotel Everton. Following the sumptuous repast, Mayor Fred Breid of the Supt. George E.| tinent views on road building; more economic methods in construe- |tion of highways, ete. | As chairman of the resolutions committee R. A. McOuat submit- ited the report, which was unanim- ously adopted. The subjects treat- ed are given below in brief: | Was urged to support all measures | granting federal aid for the build- ing of rural highways. This sub- et will also be presented to the ate legislature by a committee representing the association. | Taxation of state lands; urged county commissioners to name as- sistant state engineer; endorsed proposed mounted patrol sysetm; ;county agricultural teacher; ligis- lative and congressional reappor- tionment; thanks were expressed to the citizens generally and the commercial club of Deer River for the hospitality extended to the vis- iting delegates. Booster supper Thursday. his assailant arrested and he was brought before Judge Bailey for | hearing Monday morning, when, in default of $400 bail, he was bound over to the next grand jury on a charge of assault in the second de- | gree. ‘LOCKS ARE DENIED FOR THE RESERVOIRS Engineers Report Unfavorubly on Locks at Leech, Winnibigosh- ish and Pokegama. Lieut. Col. Chas. L. Potter of the corps of engineers, U. 8. A., has is- ued a circular letter advising with ers of the Mississippi, with a view to the construction of locks in the dams heretofore built at Pokegama, | Winnibigoshish and Leech lakes, in the state of Minnesota. You are hereby informed that the prelimin- ary examination of the locality nam- reference to reservoirs at headwat-; 8 specializes in white facing brick. Surveyors in the employ of the state highway commission, Mr. Fol- ey reported, are already at work in Itasca county, laying out the route for the trunk highway trom Duluth; to St. Vincent. The road will fol- |low the route of the Great North- jern railroad. It is understood that a Wisconsin company will shortly acquire con- tuol of the Warba Hardware fac- tory. This factory employs about 50 nien when the plant is running to full capacity, which is about 10,000,- | 000 feet per year. JUDGE M’CLENAHAN GRANTS, INJUNCTION Judge W. 8S. McClenahan has ven- dered a decision in the mining case the Mississippi Land Company in two leases leased to Orrin D. Kin- ney, George H. Crosby and E. B. Hawkins the lands for a term of thirty years with a royalty of 20 cents per gross ton, weights to be determined by the transportation company. On and after June 1; 1907, the defendant, the Wisconsin Steel company, became the owner of the leases. A body of 22,000,000 tons of ore was discovered, of which 14,000,000 tons had an aver- age of 56 per cent iron, and 7,000,- 000 an average of about 45 per cent and 1,000,000 tons an average of 35 per cent. Before 1911 further ex- plorations revealed an additional ore body underlying the first ore body and containing about 15,000,- 000 tons having an average of 44 per cent to 45 per cent iron. In the years from 1902 to 1912, the Great Northern Railway company transported 2,166,047 tons of ore. In 1911-1912 the defendant built a washing plant and installed and. 2zemove 526.530 tons. of irom ore and by washing produces 315,000, containing an average of 60 per cent iron. The defendant, it ap= large body liké the state legisla- | Dr. | The congressional representative INTE ANAITION AI | ed, with a view to certain improve-\.9f the Mississippi Land company vs ments therein, authorized by the | the Wisconsin Steel company heard act of Congress approved July 25,|1. the jurist in Duluth, involving | 1912, has been made, and that the |tue Nashwauk property. report submitted .thereon is unfavy-) | ovable to the improvement. * lege of an appeal from this conclu-|Cept by the transportation com- sion to the Board of Engineers for |P*hy transporting the same from |rivers and harbors, a permanent/the lands and neither of them con- | body sitting at Washington, D. c,, | bemplates, provides for or permits jto which all examination and sur-|the weighing in the manner in vey reports of this aracter are|Which the defendant has weighed referred. Parties desiring to do so | Such thereot as has been re- | may be heard on appeal by the said | Moved since May, 1912, from the | board, either orally or in writing,|™ine to the washing plant. p | Written communications should be|_ The Missssiippi Land company is | addressed to the Board of Engin-|@Mtitled to judgment forever re- eers, for River and Harbors, Room|$tra@ining and enjoining the Wis- | 733, Southern Building, Washington |@0nsin Steel company from re- |D. C., and should be mailed in time |M@ving from the lands in question | to be in the possession of the said | date of this communication. If oral | fhe transportation company trans- | hearings are desired, dates for the |Porting’the same; from substitut~ vespondence with the board. baid leases a weighing on a scale | or scales furnished by the defend- ‘COLD AND BOOZE manner of wigehing the iron ore mined and removed for.the manner eosts hereby allowed at $10 and its a : disbursements herein to be taxed. Mike Shewsburg Drinks Too Much |‘, ;, z and His Frozen Body is Found | of injunctions issued accordingly. A stay of sixty days was granted. The body of M. Shrewsburg, aged | Clenahan states that the real ques; about 50, of Davenport, Iowa, who/|tion in this case is not the right night, was brought here by Deputy|Wash the ores mined under its | Coroner Herried this afternoon, sayz leases with plaintiff; it undoubted- | board within three weeks from hte|*hat the same may be weighed by same may be arranged for by cor-|4& for the weighing provided: in ant; and from substituting any othe | i] of weighing provided in said.leases | MAN $ LIFE! taincite is to have and recover its | =e Judgment was entered and a writ Near Deer River. . In his memorandum Judge Mc- froze to death near Effie Friday/0f the Wisconsin Steel company to ! ly has the right to do so, or other- art, ja Deer River news ‘ | Br It is learned that’ Shrewsbure, | W!S8¢ to treat and dispose of these who was employed by the Shevlin- | ©P°S provided that, by so doing, | Mather Lumber company as a har- | there is no substantial departure r |from the terms of its contracts. | ness maker, became intoxicated at fi z _ Effie Friday atfernoon and about 7; “The process of washing is not |p. m., started for camp, about three covered by any express. provision ‘miles distance. Nothing more was of the leases in question,” says the | heard of him until yesterday when court, “put neither is the treatment | his dead body was diseoyered by aj 0f the ore products at the furnaces. ‘settler alongside the Itasca tracks.|A System of weighing the ore, so It is supposed he fell asleep and | #8 to furnish an accurate basis for | never awakened. ae of royalties and sabe Relatives at Davenport have been portation charges, is so bain ae notified and the body is being) perce’, nowevan and a cnange in held until instructions are popecveds iekiod; “auth wiléther: such: chaige is in violation of the contract is here the controling feature. I can= not avoid the conclusion that the jmew system of weighing under the __ Attend the old settlers meet- jing at Herald-Review office ~ next | Saturday evening. As conclusions of law finds that! neither of the said leases contem- ; You are further notified that all | Plates, provides for or permits the | | interested parties have the privi-| Weighing of ore in any manner ex- | any ‘iron ore except in such manner, NIIDILICATE EFYPOSIIRE | pears, wished to continue washing operations and the plaintiff object- ed to his removing large quantities jof ore, which, except for the wash- ing wouid have been unmerchant- | able. TO DOMESTICATE Hibbing Man Will Ask Legislature for Permissiou to Keep Them in Captivity. J.F. Wilkie of Hibbing was here this week in attendance at the term of court now being held, and ;a measure which he hopes to get | introduted and passed by the pres- j ent legislature. The bill is entit- led: “An” act to permit all resi- dents and citizens of the state of Minnesota to take, domesticate and keep in captivity for commer- cial purposes, deer, moose, eari- bau and all wild fur-bearing ani- mals.” The bill would exclude any animals such as the wolf, forthe destruction of which bounty is paid. | Mrs; Wilkie says that all senators and représentatives thus far ap- proached seem favorable to the measure and a strong effort will to his own use, an order on the district while he was an official thereof in 1910. Irregularities in the school orders issued while Rues~ swig was director came to light last fall, and the school beard or- dered an investigation of the case, {this being entrusted to a firm of expert accountants. Upon the re= port of this concern, County Attor- ney McOuat caused the arrest of Ruesswig on the above charge. The grand jury brought in an indict- ment against the accussed on nine counts and his trial was set for the Oetober term of court. The case was continued by Judge Wright at that time until January 14, when it was the first case brought before Judge McClennahan. The specific charge against the former director is issuing°an order in the name of Miss Franees Blun- tach for teaching during the tach had the employ of ard. The state charged that these orders ‘were en- dorsed, collected and converted te his own use by Ruesswig, and te this he plead guilty. Judge MeClennahan has not yet pronounced sentence wishing te look fully into all the conditions surrounding the ease before making final decision. BUSINESS IS GOOD WILD ANIMALS) IN ITASCA COUNT! W. C. Gilbert Says Last Year's Conditions Will be Bet- tered During 1913. W. C. Gilbert of Grand Rapids, who is perhaps financially inter- ested in more business enterprises incidentally to secure support for} than any other man in Itasca coun= ty, was in Duluth the latter part of last week. Like everyone else he is enthusiastic over the outlook ofr the coming year: “Business, generally speaking, is good in Itasca county,” said Mr. Gil- bert, speaking of conditions. “While there have been temporary depres- sions, still, on the whole, the year 1912 was prosperous for both the settlers and business men and in my opinion, 1913 will be even still better. Money is easy. The banks have more on hand than at the same time last year. The best indication be made-to secure favorable action. Illinois and other states already have similar laws, and*farms de- !voted to the propagation of fur- bearing animals are not uncommon. Woman’s Club Meeting. of prosperity, however, lies in the fact that borrowers are meeting the obligations more promptly than at any other time since I can remem= ber.” Mr. Gilbert was in Duluth in con- nection with several business deals. He. returned to Grand Rapids Sat- The regular weekly meeting of Women’s club was held last eve- — at the public library. “The program subject, “The Common Welfare” was under direction of| Mrs. A. A. Reid. Roll-call was ans- wered with current events relative to commen welfare. Then most in- teresting and instructive magazine articles, dealing with a.pure race, pure food, good houskeeping, good overly etc., were read and .dis- cussed. “Common Welfare” -sub- jects were also. brought to the at- tention of the club. The project of the club to put an outside entrance in basement of library, that the same might be used for social cen- ter work and as a rest room, is meeting with much opposition from citizens, and the wonder is: “Why is this opposition.” * urday. Did Not Violate Game Laws. The case against J. F. Wilkie of Hibbing under bond on appeal from a decision of the justice court at Coleraine was on Monday dismissed by Judge McClenna- han in the district court here. The charge against Mr. Wilkie was that he had killed a cow moose, and he was found guilty by Justice Tres- cott. It seems that Game Warden Wood, who caused the arrest, us- ed more zeal than discretion, an@ the district court found that there was nothing to warrant Mr. Wilkie’a being held. If you are looking for goc will find it, but—what’s ths ome ie alla, A std SELL TI“