Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 5, 1913, Page 2

OMMESOT. 5 HIST SOOIETY, _ . + f Grand Uapids Herald- Granp RapiDs, Irasca CouNTY, MINN., WepNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1913 FARMERS WILL GET |PREPARE 70 FIGHT NOVICE OF EXPERTS, FORHOME BUSINESS Institute Here Last Two Days of |Itasca County Merchants Soon to Week Expected to Draw Be Called Together to Large Attendance. Lay Out Plans MAIL ORDER MEN UNUSUALLY ACTIVE Two Dollars a Year TWO HOTELS BUR, LIVES ENDANGERED Montreal and Grand Rapids Build- Is $16,000 Vor, XXIII. —No 28 PENNINGTON MAY | BE GUEST OF CLUB Boosters Hope to Have Head of Soo Road as Speaker at Next Banquet. date stock wiil be impressed up- en the merchant, also the fact that he must let the people know about it. The buying classes will be urged to bestow their trade on the live home merchant. These two ends accomplished, no doubt is entertained that the money of Itasca county will remain at home —where it belongs. | The advantages of the parcel post for shipping out home grown or manufactured goods will also be impressed upon all who have such ‘things to sell. This service can be utilized for marketing eggs and butter in small quantities by farmers and poultry men, and the handling of innum- rable articles by other classes of trade. {and dinner a campaign will be con- ducted for a larger membership, and the securing of funds to carry out the program that will be laid down. It is the intention to place the name of every businses man in the village and every person of importance in the county on the rolls. Prospective members will be shown that it is to their | advantage to aid in the work of ad vancing the Claims of Grand Ra- | pids and the county to the atten- tion of settlers, as every produc- ing unit added to the population means just so much added to the business of the merchant, the pros- HAS HS EYES ON Bib ORE TRAFFIC perity of the land owner and the —+ | value to the city village home. SLAYER OF WOMAN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO TAKE PART CHILDREN FLEE IN NIRHT CLOTHES Possibility of Line Being Built Into Domestic Science Class to Furnish| Parcel Post Gives Them New Ad- Girl, Barefooted, in (‘otton Gar- \ Grand Rapids From Remer Is Lunch One Day— Outsiders to vantage--Country Store Must ments, Faces Terrible Cold, { Now Considered Very WELL KNOWN HERE be Given an Especially Meet Competition or BOOSTERS PUT Two With Almost Naked Baby / Bright. Hospitable Welcome. Lose Trade. WOMEN ON BO ARD ~Others Also Suffer _—— 4 : | 1 Hugh Sorenson Ran Barbe2 Shop aS The Boosters’ ‘club plans to| at Floodwood aad Often Visit- Agriculturists from all over the The country merchant in Itasca | Mrs. McGuire and Miss Burlingame The Montreal house and the the March dinner, which Grend Rapids. county will assemble here Friday |county, as elsewhere, is beginning | Among Those Elected Grand Rapids hotel, two story be held shortly after the mid- Hugh Sorenson, a barber, who|and Saturday to atterd the farmers}to feel the effect of the facilities i frame buildings, Third street and of the month, an event me-|murdered Mrs. George Bevington at} institute to be held in the village|given by parcel post for the pur- Dircetors. Houghton avenue, were destroyed — able in the history of Grand} Frederick, Wis., last week, was/hall with a session at the high|chasing of goods in small quanti- = : : by fire last night, with their con- yids and Itasca county. Full! quite well known in this district, | school. auditorium Friday afternoor# ties at distant points, and their The Grand Rapids Booster’ club |tents. The total loss is estimated plans will be madee follewing the|having run a_ barber shop at The program will include ad-|cheap delivery to the customer. jevidently believes that women are at $16,000. The insurance on the ry dinner, which is set for} Floodwood, some time ago, and been|dresses and discussion on many| The catalogue houses are not let-|as effective in its work as meN. | former building, bar, ifxtures, At the meeting held Wednesday ‘night to elect directors, two mem- bers of the gentler sex were placed jon the board. They are Mrs. A. J. McGuire and Miss Flroence Bur- lingame, who have already done phase { farming by experts and men engaged in the cultivation of land. Those down for formal ad- dresses are C. O. Carlson on dairy- ing, E. W. Smith, clover growing ting grass grow under their feet, but are doing greatly increased busi- ness throughout the country. Local trades men’s, and parti- ecularly those in the small settle- stock. and furniture is $5,200, and on the latter $3,800. The loss on the former is estimated by Mr. Patelle, proprietor, at $12,000. The fire started in the kitchen h. 'a frequent visitor here. is hoped to have as the guest! The crime was committed with- nor Edmund Pennington, pres out c while fhe murderer was it of the Soo railroad, and it is | intoxicated. He invaded the wom- not improbable that announcement ' ans’ house, and affer being ejected = ° i t | " will be made of the intention of | procured a revolver and shot her that line to enter the Grand Rap-jfive times, killing her instantly. ids district to tap the mining lands | Following arrest his only excuse south of the city. was that be was drunk. The road now touches at Remer, Sorenson is about 30 years of age | and the construction of 16 miles of |and comes of a good family, his i track would take itinto Grand Rap-|father being postmaster at Har- ids. It is known that the Soo peo-jris, Minn. He is a man of reckless ple have their eyes set longingly | habits, however, and was known to on the large iron ore tonnage that; be quarrelsome and dangerous whem . is promised by the impending de-| drinking. velopment of the Grand Rapids! He is in jail at Frederick await- mines. ing trial. The prospective mining district — is served in part by the Great PIONEER ANSWERS GRIM ANGEL'S GALL’ Northern, which runs close to some | of the land. on which .merchant- ~~ >< sea@ble-ore has beeen shown up, leav- ing only the building of spurs and! the necessary yards to be done.! | But the Soo is in the competitive | P, R. Vail of Virginia, Prominent eld, in the strictest sense so far . . the Hill roads are concerned. | Old Rimer, Dies Snddenly The ore business from the ranges | at His Home. to the lakes is about the most at-} Jp the death of P. R. Vail at Vir-} tractive traffic in America, so itis’ ginia last Thursday morning, there hardly to be expected that Presi-| passed out a character prominently dent Pennington and others who} jgentified with the growth of the direct the policy of the system of north country, particularly the iron which he is the head, will let it|ranges. 3 Vail was known to slip by them, | practically every person from Du- sident Pennington has already! juth to the Canadian border. That 1 sounded on this subject by!he was popular is attested by the owners of lands outside of the Hill! fact that he was elected mayor of holdings that were included in the ‘Ely three terms and represented recently voided leases held by tka pis district in the state senate i trust, and, it is reliably re- | His death came suddenly and was ported, has given assurances that a surprise, although he had been road will not hesitate to build}in poor health far some time and as soon as there is reasonable | his complete recovery was not assurance that the tonnage to be looked for. He is survived by his taken out will warrant it. | wife and four grown children. He The lands for which one of the He was 54 years old and a native big independent iron manufactur- |-o9f Wisconsin. ing concerns is negotiating, lo-' For years he has been identified cated between the Mississippi river | with many lines of business on the \ and Lake Pokegama, are reported | Mesaba and Vermilion ranges, to contain about 30,000,000 tons of} among them being the liquor and ore. This territory contains only | hardware trades. For the last six 41 forty acre tracts, and is but/years he was at the head of the a small fraction of the mineraliz- | Virginia Brewing company,and was ed land lying close to Grand Rap- president at the time of his death. ids. Across the lake, it is said,| He was a member of the Knights Re are several tracts greater in eX-/of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Elks. tent than those referred to, all!The burial took place at Virginia, containing ore that is above the!and the funeral was one of the market test, and some of them| largest ever held there. much richer in values than any ly- | days. and crop rotation, and L. H. Bugbee on potato growing, clearing and marketing. O. J. Niles will pro- bably talk on the work of creamerye On the days of the institute free luncheon will be served to the far- mers and their wives coming here ments throughout the county, are beginning to complain that their people are going outside for a not ineconsiderable part of their mer- jchandisey A .eemmittee is to be named by the lecal business men’s from outside the city, at the high school auditorium Friday, where they will be the guests of the do- ; mestic science class of the high school and at the basement of the Catholic church Saturday. Towns people, attending the in- | titure will be served dinner at 25 cents at the Catholic hall both The institute will. start at. the village hall at 10 a. m. Friday, | {and assemble at the high school auditorium in the afternoon. Prof. Freeman and the domestic science class of the school will be their hosts. The entire Saturday session will be at the village hall. HIGH SCHOOL PLAY TO BE BEST EVER Seniors Promise Rare Treat in “The Scarlet Arrow” Satur- day Night The Scarlet Arrow, a dramatic production mingling Indian and col- lege life in a surprising and en- tertaining way, will be produced Saturday night at the high school auditorium by the senior class, to raise funds to help defray com- mencement expenses. The pro- moters promise the best entertain- ment ever given by the high school students. The cast of characters follows: Searlet Arrow, the swift of foot eS sk tr ee John Benton Gray Eagle, medicine man nied wee cae na Howard Sherman Red Thunder, war _ chief fear ed SoA ...-Warren Poppe Wood Dove -Frances Finnegan Squaws, Braves, ete Steve Trent, captain of track ing between the two bodies of 3 team of U. of M...Robert Gilbert water. . Tipped Into the Snow. “ Murray MeTaggart, always in In addition to President Penning-|, “ Party that drove over to Co-| trouble............-. David Rima ton, or some other representative | basset Saturday Ke ae US to Jay Morton, Steve’s rival of the Soo, if he findd it impos-|STief near that village when their) .................Morris Bowman — sible to attend, will be other speak-| Sleigh was upset and its eeicye Fred Irving, his friend........ ers who will discuss the needs of thrown out in the sees sah of Sail ....Ray Boorman the country in other directions, | ‘hem was injured and the incident, | Roh, Robert Peterson iwhile unpleasant for the paoment, {added to the enjoyableness of the occasion. Those in the party were | Ed Erskine, Ed Micha, Barney Nar- veson, Jack Mulvihill, Dave Crich- ton, Miss Rosemary Logan, Marie ; Aiken, May Benton, Katherine Burke and Frances Winsor. Finds Good Indians Alive Bishop Morrison of Duluth, head of this Episcopal diocese, who has jeaving nothing untouched which will be of interest to the people of this section. The club, while made up in great part of the business men of the ? village, by no means excludes others, and farmers of the sur- rounding country are especially de- sired as members. The officials of the club and its membership are well aware of the fact that, notwithstanding the brilliant pros- pects of Grand Rapids as a min-j just returned from a tour of the ing center, and the home of a not/|north country, reports that the In- inconsiderable manufacturing in-/dians are conducting their affairs | dustry, it must look, as all centers|very like respectable white men | y of population to the surrounding|and have good homes, farms, and Bill... Frank LeMere Morton Pratt, runner..Fred Rosholt Coach of Parnell..Richard Fischer Coach of U. of M...Elmer Carpenter: Constance Norwood..Clarissa Clay Kate Shannon......Winnie Meyers Lolita Littleby..........Ella Mills College girls and boys, chorus, ete. Shot a Black Fox James arden, who lives on a homestead near Jessie Lake, shot a black fox on his place Monday afternoon. The hide is said to be worth about $200. These animals are very rare in this district, not more than a half dozen of them { have: for years. been. formidable.op- ave: for_Yeal pre ) association, to work in c@pjunction with other committees <alben vil- lages throughout the county, to formulate plans to meet the situ- ation. Those behind the move have begun to realize that the old policy of taking things as they come will no longer serve to meet the new | competition. The catalogue beep | considerable part of the business that should have gone to concerns on the ground. To undo this it is realized that local merchants must meet the big city houses with arguments as con- vincing and prices as attractive! as their own. They believe that! when this is accomplished the mail order people will no longer form a! ‘serious menace. i A meeting will be called, probab- | ly within the next few weeks, at which plans will be discussed. It is realized that these plans must include greater attractiveness of display, economical and judi- cious publicity; the elimination of shelf worn goods, the frequent re- newal of stock, with the added feature of letting customers know | of the fresh stock on hand; and an appeal, on an even basis, to the patriotism of the buyer, par- ticularly ‘the women. Movers in the scheme believe that when convinced that every- | thing else is equal the average per- son would. rather buy from the home merchant than one in a dis-| tant city, where the article pur- chased assumes a good deal the aspect of a pig in a poke, no mat- | ter how hard the mail order house may try to give satisfactin. They are convinced that local people will not send money a thusand miles for needed articles, and thus rob the community, in cluding themselves, of that much capital, when it can be expended as economically at home. They feel that the buyers know that’ once their money finds its way into the hands of the coffers of the big Chicago house, it is not bor in their own community—in other words, that once it escapes, it is practically a dead loss so far as any member of their com- munity is concerned. They feel certain, also that Itas- ca county people have enough prac tical common sense to realize that such a drain on its communi- ties cannot but mean business dis- aster in the end, and that a north- ern Minnesota town or village can- not thrive on the prosperity of Chicago. It is fully understood that the mer chant, the professional man, the much for the suecess of the organ- ization. The other directors are C. A. Buell, C. C. Peterson, E. H Beck er, O. J.’ Niles, and Ralph Stone. cers |River railroad, is due to be decided j and farm products, which up to i mercial fairness being ordered.. suffering from paralysis, of the Montreal hotel shortly after 41 o'clock, and spread so rapidly that before midnight both buildings were in ruins. At the Montreal house the fire The directors elected club offi-| care near resulting in loss of life. as follows: Mrs. MeGuire, treasurer. MAY SOON DECIDE on Logging Road Appeal . Case This Week The case of. George H. Herried against the Minneapolis & Rainy by the supreme court possiply next Friday. It is an action in which the set- tlers in the western part of Itasca county are vitally interested, as it involves rates for hauling forest the present time have been pro- hibitive, and which it is sought to have reduced to a basis profitable te all concerned. It was brought before the state railroad and warehouse commission more than a year ago, and after A lengthy battle was decided in favor of the plaintiff, a schedule more in conformance with com- From this order the railroad ap- pealed to the supreme court, and there the case has been hanging fire ever since A favorable deci- sion will mean a great deal for settlers along the line of the road, who will be enabled to seek outside markets with assurance of selling their products at a profit. The railroad involved is owned by, lumber interests, which, -it is claim- ed, it has been serving without much’ regard to the farmers or the development of the country it trav- erses. It joins the Great Northeren at Deer River, and is the only out- : Ralph Stone | sever, of the children of Mrs. Pas president; H. E. Becker, vice presi- telle, wife of the proprietor, were dent; C. C. Peterson, secretary, and| Jjeeping and came near being burned to death in their beds The family lost everything and the children fled to the street im scanty attire. The temperature stood 18 degrees below zero, and some of them suffered severely be~ fore-reaching shelter at the Greak lers of Mrs. Patell particularly unpleasant experience. She was fast asleep at the time the firemen broke in the door of her reom, and hardly had time te make her eseape, in her night clothing. Her two year old broth er, Gene, was in’ the room with her, and catching him up she fled down stairs. to Third street. She was barefooted, and clad only in a single cotton garment. The little hoy was as scantily attired. Miss’ D’Anjou was panic stricken, and unable for the moment te make her way to the hotel across the avenue. The crowd was intent ly watching the spread of the flames, and it was several min- utes before her presence and condi- tion were noted. During that time she was exposed, practically with- out clothing, to the terrible cold, and was almost ready to fall ex- hausted when bystanders picked her up and carried her the the Great Northern. Arthur, Pearl, Jeanette, Laura and Eva, her brother | and sisters, had experiences only less harrowing. They lost all their clothing, but were supplied with wearing apparel on reaching their temporary refuge, The firemen were on the ground within a few minutes after the out- break, but were handicapped be- cause of low préssure in the water mains. Had the service been ade- quate both buildings could easily have been saved. Théy made a magnificent fight to save the burn— let for a large and fairly populous district. It has been playing the part of a common carrier, how-|@ Aiton not been working overtime at it, ever, as required by law, but has likely they will ever again see a|it is said. dollar of it in the purchase of 2 tthe articles of commerce or la- Guide Meets Accdent Frank LaValle, of Lawrence Lake sustained a broken leg Thursday due to an accident while loading logs. men“from all over this district as |down for a distance of two blocks one of the best guides in Itasca|east, greatly endangering county, and his misfortune will be | Property. regretted. by many who associated with woods in search of game. He is{hotel, and Patelle & Clouthier ran getting along satisfactorily. LaValle is known to sports- have him in the In Serious Condition J. F. Mundigel is seriously ill, having ing houses and»prevent the fire spreading. The feed store of Niles just eeast of the Grand Ra- pids, was damaged by water. The firemen were wet through and their hands number. John Beckfield added much to their com- fort by going to his store and dis- tributing heavy mittens to all of them. Showers of sparks and fire brands rose in the air and rained other The Montreal house was owned by Sam Patelle, who conducted the the bar room on the first floor. The Grand Rapids hotel building was owned by Robert Johnson, and conducted by J. W. Johnston. Rumors that the range leectrie | country to sustain it, to furnish it}other things that make for ma- i with food at reasonable prices,|terial well being. Wealth is | and make it a desirable place for|coming to many of them, and | people to come to live. with wealth education and refine- Following the February ene ment. ‘ | | suffered a severe stroke Saturday. He has been getting along well, in farmer and the laborer must co- operate in the work, and that the united effort of all classes is| view of the nature of his ailment, necessary, For that reason the|and attending physicians are hope- necessity of keeping a fresh upto-|ful for his complete recovery. having been taken in the last ten years. Several silver foxes, usu- ally even more rare, have been caught at various points in the fur country this winter. railroad line is to be extended to Grand Rapids and other Itasca county villages, are again numer= ous, but cannot be traced to ‘any. authentic source. pi cata cama ma INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE