Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 19, 1913, Page 5

i] eee ae 8 | Dry Goods IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE i Cohasset Locals : Nr etentoctetentecentectitectntenteatentetontetesteatenteteatetente Misses Aiken and Roberts spent Saturday at Grand Rapids. A daughter was born at the Bur- gess home Saturday. The M. E. choir will practice on Wednesday evening after prayer meeting. * N. W. Fletcher and — son, ard > in Grand. Rapids Monday. Miss Marie Aiken visited her Miss Jessie Aiken, last Wednesday. i Miss Marie Stapleton attended a rty last Thursday evening nd Rapids. | Cushman, who is running the z engine. at Crystal Lake, spent Sunday at home, Mr. Baldwin, Misses Stenberg, Johnson, Roberts and Aiken — will attend the convention at Duluth Thursday and Friday. Miss Lillian Johnson is still suf- fering from an attack of grippe, although she is at her work again. Pete Robideau was on the sick list the first of the week. He has| sufficiently recovered to be on the hack again. A baby was born at the home of » Best, who lives on the old y farm west of town, the first of the week. S. H. Thompson, returned to Co- hasset Sunday afternoon from a business trip in the western part of the county. Anna Songer spent the day Sun- day visiting with Gladys McNaugh- ton at the home of the latter’s mother, Mrs. Phair. ‘ary, and the A number of the Cohasset teach- ers are going to Duluth to attend the meeting*of educators that takes place there on Thursday. The Winners Sunday school class met at the home of Arthur Baker at Bass Lake Tuesday evening and report an excellent time. | Mrs. Otto King.of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. F. E. King and Mrs. Mur- ray of Nisama, were’ the guests of Mrs. Ranfranz Jast Thursday. | The woodenware factory started again Tuesday. Lights came,on Sun day night in time for church. Ever one seems more cheerful now. The box social given by the Hap- py Hustlers was well ‘attended in spite of the storm and was a suc- cess both socially and financially. Dr. Cooper, District Superinten- dent of the Duluth M. E. church was at Cohasset and preached to a large audience Sunday evening. F. J. Seocdopole, cashier of the Cohasset State -bank, lost a horse last Monday. This is the second animal he has lost within the last month. Harry Hill, from Spring Lake, was in town the first of the week looking for an extra team to aid in getting the winter’s supply of logs to market. A petition was filed with the vil- lage recorder last Saturday re=- questing a vote on the question of local option for Cohasset in the coming spring. election. \ special. meeting of the village board last week served notice that, unless the company furnished ser- vice within seven days the fran- chise would be annulled. R. K. Stokes, manager of tht Stokes & Co. store at Cohasset, was called upon. to run the engine at th woodenware factory until the new engineer arrives. Mr. Stokes is one of the old engineers at the fac- tory, and one who can always be relied upon to make things hum. Dunn & Marcia moved their heav boilers and other heavy machinery across the river last week, prepara- tory to loéating their new mill for the summer. They will work a large crew and will saw everything in the lumber line. This will be a large help to the village of Cohas- set in every way. ag Desire Nedieu of Hill City, took dinner Monday evening with Dr..M./ N. Hursh and family. She reports that Mrs. Nedeau is still in *the hospital at Grand Rapids, where she will undergo an operation. Mr. Nedeau has_ recently invented a fastener for pail covers that is being extensively used throughout the country. re od \ The company which furnishes electric light and power to the. vil- lage, saved its franchise rights by a timely compliance with the order of the village board that it furnish service under penalty of forfeiture. The light which had been out for ten days were turned on Monday, and. provision has been made for uninterrupted service. The eleetric current of the village is a by-pro- ‘duet of the power plant of the Su- : perior Woodenware company, which conducts a large factory here. The plant was foreed to close down for. pairs the first‘ week in Febru- electrie generators were laid idle. As a consequence the ,streets went dark, and the home and business places of other patrons were unilluminated until recourse was had. to the time hon- ored kerosene lamp. The action indicated was the re- sult. KEEWATIN TO. HAVE A $60,000 SCHOOL The school board of district No. 9 has p ractically decided to erect a $60,000 school building > at. Keewatin this year, all details having been agreed upon and the plans of the architect will probab- ly be approved at a meeting to be held the latter part of this week. The members of the board have decided to visit the other towns on the range tomorrow. to get ideas for features that should be ineluded in the new building to make it the most modern in Itasca feounty. r, The board has also decided to en- large the building at, Nashwauk by the addition of two wings which | will take care of the rapidly in- creasing school population. , The present building was erected three years:ago, and was so desigened that the wings can be added with- out detracting from its architec- tural beauty. Millinery. Fancy Goods Mrs. MW. W. Fletcher Minnesota Cohasset, INTENTION AI COHASSET, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 19, 1913 STATE SHOULD BUY BONDS — ISSUED FOR ROAD-MAKING “FORBES SUGCE | "HIGHWAY ENGINEER FORBES SUGGESTS A PLAN Charles A. Forbes, an engineer jin the employ of the state high- way commission, thinks the state should give more practical assist- ance in the matter of — building, roads in the north country, and suggests that as a starter it be- issued for that purpose. Mr. Forbes was in Grand Rapids Friday on his way home? trom the good roads meeting at Internation- al Falls. He is ‘entirely satisfied with the manner in which the ,roads work is being carried on in , this county, and says its continu- ance and enlargement will mean the rapid development of the fer- ‘tile lands which need only a pro- per system of highways to make it \ possible for settlers to bring products of their land to markets. Speaking of the sale of county ;bonds for road purposes he said: | ““Phe legislature will be asked jto provide that county bonds for the building of good roads shall be purchased by the state. I consider this a matter of practical business investment and a move that will, in some degree, give an even break to the northern counties. The state is now purchasing the bonds ;of other states, and has plenty of ‘money for such investment. Why not help the counties and munici- |palities of our own state if neces- sary, instead of making such coun- ties as Itasca and Koochiching go into the bond market and beg that hteir bonds be taken? I be- ‘lieve the state should not hesitate jn giving such financial aid for the northern part of the state. North- ern Mnnesota is paying heavy tax- Well Satisfied With Work-Done in Itasca County, But Says More Ex- tensive System of Good Roads is Needed All Through North Country—Plan for Supplying Cash Will be Put Up to the Legisleture. | come the purchaser of county boncg heard the testimony of the home- es. and will be,a heavier contribu-. tor to the coffers of the comntion- | wealth as soon as development is | advanced as it should be. “There is no question about the richness of the soil of these north- ern counties. You should have steaders who appeared at the In- | ternational Falls meeting. They — all agreed that they are producing large crops, but declared that ‘be- cause of the roads, or rather the | lack of them, they are unable to market what they raise. Mr. Kib- bey, father. of the engineer of In- ternational Falls, told us that on a patch of three-quarters of an | acre he raised enough produce to sell $300 worth and put $200 worth in his own sellar last year. Lots! of others told stories just as con- vineing. + “But there was another side to | the picture. There were the tales , of hardship and suffering testi- | meny that made some of us gasp. One told of a settler living near | him, The mother of the family | became sick. Her husband start- | ed to town to get medical assis- tance. He was almost a week in | making the journey, because of the absence of roads, and returned to his cabin in the woods to find his children weeping around their | mother, who had died in his ab- | sence. : aa Forbes. said that the state’s neg- lect of the northern country and! its settlers is one of the black | kspots on its record, and carries with it the additional fault of being the very worst possible business policy. Y ‘PREACHERS OPPOSE | TONNAGE TAX BILL Ran e Association Sends in Protest | to the Legislature—Praise Mine Operators ! The preachers in the iron coun- try have been as keen as others ;in their opposition to the proposed ‘tonnage tax on ore, and at its meeting at Hibbing Wednesday the Ministerial association voiced {its opposition in the following pro- test toj the legislature: | “We, the Range Ministerial as- ;sociation of the Vermillion and Mesaba ranges, do herewith set forth our position relative to the ‘ Bjorge-Frankson tonnage tax law ;now before the legislature. Since this affects all of our industries and activities, we ask a hearing. “First. We speak of the mine operators. They are humane in ficiais, helpful in the government and protection for all; just in their jdealings and honorable in their methods. Their club - houses are modern and fully furnished for em- ‘ployes; their railroads are among jthe best in equipment and service. “Second. We speak of the fi- | nancial aspect. Our county, just paid the state a tax of over $900,- our county paid over $1,000,000, the tax on their earnings from the iron industries, which was one-third of the entire state tax on railroad earnings. There are 86 other coun- ties in the state, but our county paid 21 per cent, or one-fifth of all the taxes of the state. We have 100,000 people on our ranges, and if the other 86 counties paid as much per capita, the revenue would be $80,000,000. cipal source of revenue. Our real estate had no value after the tim- ber was removed until ore was dis- covered. Ninety-five per cent of the real estate of assessed valua- tion of our county outside of Du- luth is in our mine. their treatment of employes and of- forts to meet them. |000 from the mires; the railroads ia State. “The mining industry is. the prin< tax for the support of state devel- “Third. We speak of the educa- tional and moral conditions. Civil- ization and morals are progress- | ing due to schools and churches. ‘Through the mines we secure mon- ey, erect fine school buildings, pay for them when completed, hire the | best teachers and pay the high- est salaries. Our present tax system maintains the schools permanently | We all have constitutional and equitable right, not one of which is sacrificed by the state in leaving | taxation as it is since no financial | emergency requires the. proposed | change. The mines regard the | state claims and carry their large ; share of taxation People settling | on the range to develop the mines ; found profitable and continued em- | ployment and became part of the | permanent population of the state. | A large number of these were fore- | ign to our institutions, churches, | schools and language, which fact placed great obligations upon the | state. The property holders of | the mining districts accepted these responsibilities and made great ef- Ina few lyears they built up and equipped a school system to prepare the chil- dren for American citizenship. We have 15,000 school children and 1,200 men in the night schools. The iron industries make these advan- tages possible. “We protest against the passage of this bill because it discriminates against the norhern part of the It is an enemy of the iron industry. It originated in jealousy. It festers elass legislation. It is partial aud sacrifices industrial ac- | tivity and success with an unjust and unequal system. Therefore we protest.” : Walker Pilot: It looks as though a bill would be passed at this ses- sion, authorizing county boards to appropriate a five cents per capita A Plain Statement of e OME farmer saves money every time an IHC wagon is sold. Not because it costs less money to begin with, but be- cause of the length of s:rvice it gives, an I H C wagon is the cheapest wagon you can buy. The longer a wagon lasts the cheaner itis. Thatis why it is economy to Luy the best wagon — one that will outlast any ordinary wagon. When you buy.anIH C wagon New Bettendorf Weber Columbus Steel King you invest in a wagon built of the highest grade material which experience and cafe can select or money can buy, built in the most thorough, painstaking manner, by skilled work men, in factories which have modern a} ances for doing work of the highest standard at the lowest possible cost. All lumber used is air-dried in sheds with concrete floors. ‘This insures toughness and resiliency. All metal parts are made of espece ially prepared steel, guaranteeing the longest service. Each wagon undergoes four inspece tions before being shipped so that it reaches the purchaser in first class condition, ready to be put to work at once, and able to carry any reasonable load over any road where a wagon should go. Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears, New Bettendorf and Steel King have steel gears: The I HC dealer knows which wagon is best suited to your work. When you see him get literature from him, or, write International Harvester Company of America (ncorporated) St. Cloud Minn. IHC Service Bureau Th jureau ni rer of charee to al th pest Senitiearss smite on ter farming. I you we ony wosthy: qnee tation: ferfilizers, etc casks yourinauities specific fnd send them to LCS Gervice Bureau, Harvester opment associations. The bill is a good one. There is many a nickle | that goes toward the development of a schooner appetite, that might just as well go toward the devel- Jopment of the state instead. ‘HPIIDILICATE EYPOSIIRE Cohasset, Minnesota A MopeRN HOTEL in EVERY RESPECT John Nelson Proprietor Grand Rapids Village Lots $5 DOWN AND $5 PER MONTH We have choice residence lots all over town and we are seiling them on such easy terms that anybody can buy. $5 down and $6S per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. Wealso have some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY ks Lining dy Sahiba d thie catia