Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 29, 1913, Page 2

-_ Vor, XXITIT.—No 28 NIGHT SCHOOL 13 DONG GREAT WORK Over 100 Students Stndy Branches’ Ranging From Infant English to Electricity. | BUSINESS MEN DEEP IN ACCOUNTING Domestic Science Class Involved in Mystery of Creatmg Finery | and Doing Good Home Cooking. | | Sears | Supt. of Schools Freeman and his; corps of teachers are running 4| night school at the Grand Rapids | High that for thoroughness and ef-| fectiveness has few rivi in cit- ies outside the first class. The gen= eral idea upon which night schools | have been conducted both in the cit ies and in the mining country is the education of foreigners in Eng- lish. While this is a prominent feature of the work in Grand Rap- ids it is only one feature, the cur- rieulum including shorthand and typewriting, bookkeeping, cooking, | dress making and electricity. | The student body is even more diversified than the studies; the ages of the pupils run from 16 to} 50 years, and on the lists are men ranging from the newcomer strug- gling with the language of the coun-} try to substantial business men who have taken advantage of the op-| portunity to improve their know-} | ledge of keeping accounts. “fhere are more than 100 students} in the four classes, working under | four instructors drawn from the reg ; war teaching force of the solrool. | The most interesting class for; the outsider, is that.composed of} young foreigners, who are painfully, but rapidly, mastering English, un-} der the. guildance of, Miss Flor- ence Burlingame. In this class are about 20 students, one of whom is a young woman. Some of them can hardly. speak a word of onglish, while those who have. been here longer are more or less familiar | with the language as it is spoken on the street and’ in the lumber) camp. : this seemingly im-| possible material, Miss Burlingame is making amazing progress. Fully half of them already can write! a simple sentence. from dictation and seem to have acquired a fair understanding of the peevliarities @ ses |way on the amount of taxes in-! | volved. 'tied up within ‘the village limits.At dents are making satisfactory pro-| gress. } The class in electricity, in charge. of W. M. Frazer, is being instrue-_ sd in magnetism and current elec- | and shown their practical | There are about 12 all young men preparing themselves to become masters in applying the power of the future to machinery and other uses. The school will run through the wial and its success so far gives assurance that it will become a pel» manent feature of the school work jof the village. FARMER 10 START LARGE GRIST MILL David C. Anderson of Laprairie: District to Grind Fleur and Feed There. Itasea county is soon to have its first grist mill. It will be started : by David C. Anderson, a prominent farmer of the LaPrairie district. Arrangements. have already been made for the machinery, and it is intended to have the plant in op-} eration in a few months, | It will be a four-roll mill, and; eapable of disposing of 250 bushels | of grain in a day of ten hours t It will be employed’ mostly} in handling feed and _ broken | grain to begin with, put will manu | facture flour in considerable quant‘ ties later. The plant will be en- larged from time to time, and it is: Mr. Anderson’s ambition to build it; into an institution whose brands | shall ‘be known outside the local | market. | TAX SUIT SETTLED, COUNTY GETS $1000): ore in this vieinity, and if the, as |i prob enterprise is carried: thTU, {45 jand in other parts of this dis- An action that has been tianging! fire since 4909, involving among | other things, the wight of=the~yils| lage to tax logs, under-certain: eon- | ditions, has been settled by the | county and the company involved, | both waiving some of their claims, | the couny, however, only giving | | In the year mentioned the Stand- | ard Lumber company took a dirve! of logs down the Mississippi and the time the annual assessment was} made they were still in the river, | but were overlooked by the as- rs. County Auditor Spang, how 10 spring, and a p | number in other districts. Jones & Laughlin Preparing to Em First Contingent of Year Arrives. ter the Local Field—Options | Being Secured. ir MENTE WORK SCALED Fl ' ip About 30,000,000 Tons of Merchantable Ore. Land Lies Between Lake Pokegama, ‘That Grand Rapids is soon to | be an iren mining center is mi more than probable by the practi- cal completion of an option betwi tracts between the Mississippi riv-~ er and Lake Pokegama, almost on the village boundary and located iv part near the line of the Great Northen railroad. The option will run six months from the first of February, and call for the immediate development of the properties. The land has already been drilled, and about}. 30,000,000 tons of ore shown up; half of it of the washing variety, which will probably entail the building of a washing plant. Mississippi and Dairy Farming Will be Followed yAL of Will Make Home iv Split Hand Country. HUNDRED FAMILIES ARE EXPECTED by Most of Them Because of Advantages in Its Faver. The campaign for the settlement of farming land in the Grand Rap- ids district that has been under way for several years, and which ithe Jones & Laughlin people and | has already borne an abundant har- {local men for eleven forty acte } vest, as attested by the growh of the county, is showing better re- this winter than at any other ime in its history. It is expected iat more than 100 farmers will be jd to the population this spring. the prospective newcomers re Americans from the older ming districts, principally lowa d- Hlinois. Last week eight settlers arrived With their effects to go into the Split Hand Lake country to. make their homes. 'This contingent con- gists of two families and two youn Among the owners. interested | men from Illinois, and four fami- are W. C. Gilbert, G. L. Finnigan | jies trom the neighborhood. of Pom- and T. H. Trapitz. ~ “| eroy, Iowa. He makes the territory north to growth of agriculture is notable in every sectcion. Even the eastern Mesaba range, usually associated with iron ore and nigger coming forward as a net inconsid- erable farming country. ; KILEY [S HONORED BY HIS BRETHREN Nonth Editorial Associati Elects Grand Rapids Man * President at St. Clond. The Northern Minnesota Editor- ial asseciaton, which met in St. Cloud the last days of last week, went on record as favoring suf- frage for women, the reapportion- ment- of the state, and elected E. €. Kiley, editor of the Herald Re- view, as president. The resolutions pased follow: “This association endorses the movement to secure a fair and just reapportionment of state senatorial and legislative districts, and urges its officers and members to put forth every legitimate effort to bring about that result. | The as- sociation further endorses the stan taken by the Northern . Minnesota Development association on this and other: matters. “This association favors the Measure now before the Minnesota legislature providing for a equal suffrage constitutional emendment, and we commend our only woman member, Miss Mary McFadden, for her enthusiastic and persistent ef- forts for this cause.” rocks _jn- fhe public mind, is fast Ff, . feed ~ at Stillwater. é ormer Gets WN, SEVE THREE 10 FV EARS ‘Good However, May Shorten Time--Takes Sentence Without Any Display of Emotion. ‘ ¥. E. Ruesswig, former chairman of the school beard of District No. 1, was sentenced to an indetermi- nate term in the state penitentiary, by Jhucee MeClenahan, last Satur- day. The sentence runs from three to five years, dependent upon good behavior, and with commutation, on the basis of the shortest time, he may. ‘be liberated in two years and three months. Parole, also is- possible, in 18 months. Ruesswig was convicted of the al- lowanee of fraudulent bills, while brought to trial about the middle of the month, and threw himself upon the merey of the court. ‘The downfall of the former offi- cial was due to the discovery of five warrants for salary drawn in faver of Miss Blanche Bluntach, whe taught for two months in the Sand. Lake school, at a salary in office. He pleaded guilty when” There are other large deposits \ scattering families are also ar- ‘}riving or about te-arrive to take The associations new officers ared of $45 per month. Seven warrants President—E. €. Kiley, Grand|had-been drawn, and all of them Rapids; vice president—C. F.)cashed. The five menioned bore it probably will mark the begin- ning of a long period of miming. activity here. qt BOOSTERS 6 aes ‘trict. The growth of the county is largely to be accounted for, say eyidence® in Itasca county as other’ rtions of northern Minnesota, and! pfohibitive to persons of small) means willing to make a home in = a new country. ' All Trains on Great Northern Now {* The lands in the. Split Hand dis- | Stop at the Station of trict, which are now attracting more Wawina. than their quota of the newcomers, — The Great Northern railroad peo- iple have heeded the petition of (the Booster’s club that Wabina be given train service, the trains for- merly passing that station without noticing its existence. * Following action by the club the railroad officials decided to have all day trains stop there and the English grammar, praticularly the|ever, added them to the list when | change was made this week. archaic rules that apply to the| spelling of some words. The less} advanced are still laboriously copy- ing words, learning their meaning and how to arrange them in groups! to express an idea. | The shorthand class is in charge of Miss Lea Benz, and the pupils are being taught the Gregg writing sys- tem and touch typewriting, the most modern and rapid known. There; are 30 students, young women from | the homes of the city, taking their | first lessons in the art of making | a living. The class includes several | working girls ambitious to. better | their condition. Miss Catherine Fiske is in’ charge of a bookkeeping students, and has decidedly the most impressvie class in the building. Some of them are business men who have many years of suecess behind them in the bat- tle with competitors in the hard world of trade. Others are youths and grils, looking forward to the time when they will be able to earn their own money and try new ly fledged wings in the fligh ot fortune. All bend with equal docil- ity to the gentle sway of the teach- er, and are model students. The older among them are looking back at the half century mark. The domestic sciences—cooking and sewing—are being studied by 25-young women, under the direc- tion of Miss Grace Norton. They are being taught plain sewing, the cutting of garments and other branches of the dressmaking trade. The object is to give each girl a grounding in this branch that will enable her to make her the books were turned over to him. They were charged up with $4,500, and the company protest- ed, claiming that the amount °was too mucch, ard also questioning the right to make the levy here. Thursday the county legal depart« ment and the company’s attorneys. reached a compromise, the com- pany agreeing to pay in $4,000 in full settlement, and waiving-all oth- er questions. 5 ; COMPENSATION BILL reform was put into practice this Wabina people are profuse in their thanks to the organization, ‘and incidentally have a more kind- ly feeling for the railroad. | RINK PLAN BALKED; 'City Ready to Build, but Site on River Bank is Not Easy to Get. own cloth-; _ DOESN'T SUIT THEM Miners Call Convention to State Objections to Terms ef the The children of the community are much disappointed at .the fail- ure of the project to build a free out door rink, for which they. peti- Proposed Law. tioned the village board. . Mine workers representing all the The board is entirely sympathet- iron country from the vicinity of{ic, having appropriated $400 for |Grand Rapids to the Lake coun-|the purpose, and the street. com- jtry of the. Vermilion range, will|missioner had the lot staked out meet in Duluth next Sunday to ex- press their opinion of the employ- ees compensation bill now before state legislature. village was likely to become a tres- Indications are strong that they Passer and the work was ¢ | will oppose the clause which dis- | Pending permission of the owner of ‘criminates against foreign depend-|the owner of the property to use ippi rvier bridge. ‘ents upon dead or injured miners; | it for that purpose. The owner is | ithey will also’ protest against the "0 @ resident here, so communiea- tion with him has been slow. | | provision of the proposed law a jwhich requires a tax on the work-| A"d in the meantime the bi ers to help maintain the compensa~| 224 girls have no place to amuse tion fund. The leaders of the men | ‘Pemselves. believe that the mining interests | should bear this burden. Women’s Club Meeting. ~ They will also probably take the ‘The: Wormald) olith fata : et eo ing, or if necessary, enter a shop| Position that the compensation pro- as a worker with a knowledge of|vided for in the bill is altogeth- the business that will insure her fair living wages. Cooking includes all the branch- es of that useful art, and the stu- killed. ; er too low, in-view of large ver-|Mrs. B. L. Lieberman as le @icts awarded in court to injur-|Mrs. Huntley and Mrs. Reed t ed miners or the heirs of those'part in the , NS a air ari rrai Ad brary Wednesday evening, throphy” being the subject. | ee on the river bank near the Mississ- , to. prosperity. It was found, however, that the | geal of land in the Split Hand dis- | i i ‘PRL IiPFaIt im Ar is ‘triets are also getting many set- | fered for the best. local history of and which are uriusually fertile, have the advantage of being eas-j ily cleated. Much of that terri- tory, was lburned over years ago, and the ground ran to sod and grass instead of producing the us- ual growth of poplar and underbruc which seems to be the rule in; northern countries. This makes ing a comparatively cheap op-} fon, the cost on some of the! racts not running over five dollars per acre. ‘¢ The early coming of the new} settlers is due to the fact that ag are not. over confident about ie roads, and are not willing to) e chances on waiting . until, ring, when“ heavy hauling might difficult or impossible, , owing : rains. Practically all of the settlers in-' nd to go into the dairy farming | siness, for the present at least, ie grass offering the inducement ready food for the cattle, -as- ring the farmers of an immediate | income. ‘The cattle will be ableto | forargé food over uncleared lands, | ich grow heavy crops of clover | aad other grasses, and thus fur-} ih many. of the advantages oft farms already cleared. -In_ the! time the work of. clearing’ land for crops will be earried on, ! and withhin a year after arrival) the settlers expect to be comfort- | ably established and on their way L. W. Moody, who owns a good. triet, is preparing to start a large; dairy farm there the coming sprin and will also run a sheep ranch in connection with it. ‘The Floodwood and Cohasset dis-| tlers, who are also runniing large- | ly to the dairy business. - In this connection O. N. Heppie, representing a Minneapolis cream} separator concern, stated yesterday that Itasea county and others of | north country, are fast becom- an ‘important center for his ; ess. The first separator was n Itasea county six years ago. Scheers, Akeley; surer— A. G. Ru sequently prices have not been summer's meeting and Little Falls |could be shown. for next. winter’s meeting. CHILDREN ‘TO PLAY INPORTANT PART County Far Association Decides to Make Their Section’a Big Feature. The county fair association is making preparations that will in- sure. a.great display in the child- en's department. Communications have been sent out to the effect that more sub- stantial premiums will be offered than it. has been possible to give | heretofere,.and requesting the as- sistance of the teachers and par- ents in interesting the youngsters. The section devoted to the young er generation will include exhibits of ahy gardeti products in the rais- ing of which children have done | the greatér part of the work, to | be exhibited under the child's’ name.| | It is hoped that this will lead to experimentation with many of the less..known plants and _ varieties. To make this work. of greater val- sensation, and few believed bis con- nection with the crime charged He was liberated. on bail, remaining at large until brought into’court for sentence. ~ He was chairman of the school district for six years, and was never suspected of having had any | connectcion with possible crooked- ness, until after: the report made | by experts who examined the books ‘of the district. He resigned the ‘office last July @ith. . | He took hsi sentence without any \display of emotion, and was at once remanded to the eounty jail. He was taken to Stillwater on Tuesday morning. ‘MUST SHUT THE LID Virtue and Issues Warning to Saloons. ; Saloon keepers at Virginia have j to close up at the legal hour un- der’ pétialty of losing their licens- es on conviction of law violation, OR LOSE LICENSE. been ordered by ‘the city: council. : | of local scenes, ete., ue to all concerned the premiums, _; ‘ : will be dowbled-itiidseambanst ie ace with the transfer of forfeited per- companied by a record of the work | doné.° The exhibits will be judged ! in classes ‘by themselves, and grad- ed according to the ag - ils: “ a" aero Mie Br | demands of a large number of cit- In the handicrafts seetion the | ene Se eee of the law, and the recent con- shop work from the s¢hools will)”. not compete with rustic and home viction of three saloon men, who were cited to show cause why made work, and they will be run z as separate exhibits. The cook-|their licenses should not be revok- ing department will continue as|@d- There is also a demand that formerly, and the same will be | ‘ie number of saloons be reduced. true of needlework,. things prac-| The council decided, in view of tical being favored in both. the former policy, not to penalize The school work exhibit in writ- the saloon keepers, but gave warn ing and drawing ‘is to be limited; ing that such cases would be dealt to ungraded rural and semi-graded with severely in the future. schools, and premiums will be of- Engiueer Hurt. “The Merry Widow” train, run< There will be many other feat-;ning from Grand Rapids to’ Vir- ures, and flower clubs, tomato clubs ginia, met with an accident Tues- and such organizations will receive | day night near Calumet, when some which conviction has been secur- “The change was brought about by school or community, descriptions special attention. mits denied in the building against ~ of the machinery of the engine Pa Va platal li = i a Fe an |