Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 26, 1913, Page 1

~ DAY WASTED IN’ MAKING: JOURNEY {mperfect Page istorical Society ra the places being found in operation They also admitted the offnese and paid their fines. The raid on saloons in the range villages was made in consequence of complaints that saloonkeepers there were not only running on Sunday, but that young boys were being served with drinks in many lof the places. x The offenders were given warnin that violation of the Sunday clos- ing law must cease, and that the sheriff will have men to take any- one attempting to open on the Sabbath into custody. They were also given notice that further sell- ing to minors will bring a more se- vere punishment in the future. Vou, XXIII. DEMAND A BETTER TRAIN SCHEDULE Villages in Canesteo District Com- plain of Lack of Service to the County Seat. No. 28 The Judge Protestst In a effort to make itself, the metropolis of the iron country it is said that Chisholm has been running wide open, and the muni- cipal court winking at it. The conditions have been brought to a the attention of the state author- The people of, Bovey, Coleraine, ; ities, and now the Chisholm judge and other villages in the Canisteo, has entered solem protest that it district are cogplainiig about the \is not so. via ali impossibility «of .comigg to Grand} Rapids to #ransact business with= ‘ * a out the loss of an unreasonable; “s”.-~ A Fairy Forest. : Persons who were in the woods amount of] time. . é th 2 iy : «| Tuseday morning witnessed the ae ary depen pg ee ms spectacle of a veritable fairy forest. of the} commerciah bodies of the |The hoar frost of the _ morning Local Schedule to Reach Nearby Lakes and Develop Summer... Resort Possibilities Will Also be’ Asked For. places interested to demand that} ‘covered all the trees, and glisten-} 33 sy NO ADVANTAGE IN DWISION Ot FUND County Commissioners Cut it Even, Each District Getting Fifth of Road Money. PREPARING FOR SPRING ACTIVITY: Preliminary Aetion Taken for Cam- paign on Highways — Two Bridges Ordered Built. Sureties Approved. The county road and bridge fund Was split even between the five commissioner districts at the meet- ing of the board of county commis- | sioners last Thursday. This action | was taken after a petition was heard from citizens of districts Three and Five, ineluding the range towns and other territory in the eastern part of the county; ask- ing for a new policy in deviding the | Attorney With Lurid Record Goes = Granp Rapids, Irasca CounTy, MINN4 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1913 WEL Into Court aud Poses as an In- jured Innocent. WOLENT PAST MERCILESSLY BARED Sheriff Gunderson stepped in and ‘separated them. He said Stark ac- cused -him of talking about him, and abusing him professionally. Cross examined by Senator Mc- Carthy, he denied that he ever set himself up as a fighting man, ney- er boasted of licking people, never waged war in back alleys, and never claimed to be "a pug and general tough man.” ; “Did you assault John B. Shan- non in the court house? asked Sen McCarthy. ”No,” replied Price, musingly, after some hesitancy. “Did you attack Harry Greene in a court of justice?”. *"No. When he was broke I gave him twenty dollars.” Trial Growing Out of Fi ight With PE scyety you give him the twenty Brother Attorney Furnishes Keen Anmsement for Crowd in Court. There is a new thing under the sun, and the brilliant author of the|° Book of Ecclesiastes loses. lars to get him out of the coun- try to avoid trouble over the as- sault?” "No sir, IE didn’t.” "Didn’t you have a battle a few months ago in this building, and in a court of justice?” ““That trouble was in a kangaroo yurt—it was, with Mr. Stark.” “What do you mean by a kangar- fad the son of David and Uriah’s| °°, court?” wife dropped into the court house “A court composed of Judge Bail- Ménday afternoon and wandered | ©¥» and Deputy Sheriffs Carson and into the room where Justice Kear- ney was balancing the scales, he would have come upon the-prodigy, in-the person of Frank F. Price, at« Gunderson.” show that the trouble with Stark on that occasion was due to his The evidence then went on to} torney, posing as an injured inno- having described Stark as a monkey Sigs Garokt |ed under the brilliant sunshine, pre fund, which, they urged, should con; cent, and abused wayfarer, a mild template more generous treatment | atid modest respecter of the rights . ‘even these are so far apart as to ins | I u more on ae cate oat jsenting a scene of winter beauty : 1 They point out that under pres-| ent.conditions the villages mention- ed are largely dependent upon stages run by livery men, and that make the journey a matter of prac- tically a whole day. Trains each way in the forenoon aid afternoon, they think, would meet the situation, the schedule to be within the noon hour and 6 p.m. It is also complained that there | is practically no service to the nearby lakes in the summer; months, and the claim is made that a local train service could be maintained at a profit, that would attract outsiders to this ocuntry during the hunting and fishing; season. Owing to lack of com-j muniaction it is claimed that Itasca county resorts are neglected by! pleasure seekers, with the exception of the favored few who own auto- mobiles. ..No distriet of northern seldom equaled. It lasted for sev- eral hours, as the temperature was low, and the icing did not melt until -well on toward noon. WILL DRAW PUPILS FROM THE VILLAGES Blackberry Consolidated School Will Make Farm District Edu- cational Center. W. J. Sullivan, architect for the consolidated. school, tobe. builtat! Blackberry this spring, spent Mon- day here in consultation with the directors of District No. 4, re- vising and completing the plans for the building, work on which will 2e begun as soon as the weather! will permit. | -This school. is the-first-attempt of the section they claimed to rep- | wesent. Only one vote was cast against the division as made, that of Commissioner O’Brien. Chair- man King was not in attendance, he being in St. Paul looking after road | legislation. Road petitions, in anticipation of the coming of spring, took up a! good deal of time, but only prelim- | inary action was taken on any af them. Matters which went over to next meeting included a_ short stretch of road in the Wawina dis- trict, the construction of a section | DF of the state federal post road peti- tioned for by Carpenter and Bear- ville people, to connect with the post road in St. Louis county, a ‘oad in 53-24, and other highways, | 4 none of which were of unusual im- portance. Bridges were ordered built over the Prairie River at Arbo and the Bigfork in the town of Wirt,. both of others—and the crowd behind the railing laughing until the salt tears ran down to the toes of their boots. ‘The action which brought about the funny situation, ereated as it | were by an unkind fate to discredit |the wisest man of an elder day, | grew out of a little game of fist- | cuffs that occurred near the Great! | Northern depot, in front of the |MeAlpine building, last Thursday, ‘and in which Mr. Price and H. W. | Stark, a fellow attorney, were the pincipals. Price claimed that he ‘fhad been assaulted, and had Mr. Stark in court as his assailant. In tipport of his complaint he . made his hilarious allegations of amiabili« | These were rendered: still more killing’ mirth-provoking as C. C. McCarthy, attorney for Stark, de- and= drag out battles in which’ “it during the preliminaries to an ac- | tion brought against Price by Sher- iff Riley, and in which Stark was attorney for the sheriff. Further evidence went to indicate that in the case of a prospective client, Wm. McVey, Price called Stark a stiff, and advised the client to go elsewhere for a lawyer. He denied this, and also that when Martin Dufficy thought of hiring Stark, Price had called his fellow lawyer a fool. “ J. M. Stackhouse told the court he saw the clash between the at- torneys, and that they both seemed to have their hands up. He saw the back of Stark’s hand strike Price’s head. Mrs. Anderson «a seamstress, said she saw the fight. They appeared to be friendly when they first came together, but soon it grew rough. She thought Price was hit three times. Deputy Gunderson who separated veloped a long line of knock. down them, said he saw no blows. struck: Justice Bailey testified that Price a monkey, which ; Minnesota is slighted in this man- | in the county to erect a consoli- ner, it is claimed. The Duluth | dated buildings in a country district , & Iron Range runs a sportsman’s , Besides this, it will. have the dis-j} train that makes it possible to, tinction of being probably the first | visit all the fishing resorts on the school of the kind in the state that ' line, put in a few hours on the | will draw children from the near-! streams and return home early in by villages in to the farming dis-| the evening. The logging road trict to pursue their studies in-| ending at Knife River, also regulates stead of going from the country its shcedule so as to make connec-jto the village, as has always been tions with the Iron Range train|the practice. a morning and evening, thus giving, The only objection ever made to the country it traverses the bene-|the consolidated school idea was fit of the sportsmen’s patronage.'that it was operating against | None of these districts compares! the “back to the land” agitation with the Itasca county lakes in at-|by taking the farmer youth to! tractiveness to the sportsmen. j the villages and thus cultivating ' Those behind the present agi-|in them a taste for urban living tation believe that a local schedule that often resulted in their giving, including Deer River, Cohasset up the country for the city. The Grand Rapids, and the villages east Blackberry building site has been’ can be maintained at a _ profit chosen to obviate this objection. through the summer from the start Under the Holmberg law the and that it would bring in a sum- | state pays one fourth of the cost} mer population that would go far, of erecting consolidated buildings. toward bringing the claims of the! The discussion of the building beautiful lake country to the at-|;design Monday had much to do tention of the summer pleasure | with the plans for a water sup- seeker. ply,. which will probably be IN SALOON KEEPERS. Five’Found Lifting the Lid Sunday are Taken Into (‘ustody and Pay Fines. | Roads are Melting. ‘The roads in the country dis- triets are reported melting out, and are egainj bare of snow in; ;somse places. The snow fall of last week helped somewhat, was not heavy enough to withstand the assaults} of the sun, which The prying off of the lid received Starts the water running freely a discouraging jolt in Itasca county during the midday hours. The towns last Sunday when Sheriff|!Umber camps are beginning to let Riley and Deputy Sheriff Carson in* Some of their men go in antici- vaded Nashwauk and Calumet, and pation of the end of the season. arrested four saloon keepers found Sa a ass), aera with their places of business run- | After Wood Dealers. ning full blast. They appeared in court Monday night, before Judge and measures in the employ of the Bailey, pleaded guilty and paid finest state, was in town today on official of $20 and costs each. business. He is on the track of Those arrested were Gus Ander-| wood dealers, who, he says are sell of steel and concrete, the tonnes | plied _ with the modern ' citiess) but O. N. Lindh, inspector of weights! son and P. Zayer of Nashwauk; P. Tarro, and J. Matakamtch of Calu- mét. Sunday night, after getting fback | from the thirty mile journey after: the offenders in the villages to the east, the sheriff did a little cate ing at home, and gathered in Me- | Laughlin & Anthony and Ed Grefe, ' ing short cords of firewood, due to cost $2500 and the latter $1200, half the cost to be borne in each case’ by the town. LUMBER CAMPS TO HAVE BATH ROOMS: Bill Before Legislature Promises to Make Jack a Clean, Sanitary Gentleman. That the world is moving with ; sturdy and startling stridds is evi- | denced by the fact that by next winter probably all lumber camps in the north woods will be sup- sanitary appliances that heretofore were supposed to be possible only in the All of them will have bath rooms if a bill now before the legislature | becomes a law. The contractor who starts a camp on the Bigfork will have to see to it that bath rooms | with hot and cold water are installed) where the lumberjack and the bull eook can have their morning tub | before they shoulder their peevies and start for the tall timber. In like manner the boss who climbs ithe wilderness into the far Bow- string must take along his heat- | ing plant, and the material for the: ' variegated tile floors, that the top 'joader jand the road monkey may ; | not go unwashed. ¢ The bill is fathered in the house by representative Warner of Ait- kin and in the upper hody by Sena- tor Cheadle of Duluth. Both of{ these have been in. the woods, and being from the lumber country, pro- ‘bably know the necessities of the | Situation. The bill provides that when camps employing 20 men or over are established to run for 60 days | Was alleged Price has earned his called Stark ‘to that same past on the stand; | spurs. And as the memory of those present, in connection there- |, with, - ran back over nearly a score of years of a belicose and turbulent past, they roared, and could not quit. It was shown by the evidence introduced by Senator ._ McCarthy that some of Mr. Price’s peaceful and law abiding acts consisted« of brawls in the streets, back alleys, and battles in courts of justice. It was alleged that violencé. was part of his plan of business, that he boasted of knocking men down, | throwing them out of windows, and kicking them through doors, closed. or open as they happened to} be, when tke spirit moved him. The light was let in upon his history as a good man with the, dukes by his own harking back and while he squirmed under the; recounting of the rough record Ralph Stone, his attorney, tried in vain to turn the searchlight away | by demanding protection for his! client under the rules of evidence and court procedure. In reply to interrogatories by Sen ator McCarthy, Price stated the onl | trouble he had ever had with anyone in all the years he had resided in Grand Rapids was with E. C. Kiley. Mr. Kiley was drunk at the time, brought on the fight in the “kan- garoo court.” In his address to the jury Sena- tor McCarthy said it was part of the business policy of Price to keep before the public by bullying and violence; that he continually invited | assaull and the present row both as to its origin and the suit, was part of that policy. The jury found Stark guilty, as téchnical assault had in the open occurred, but recommended that the court deal leniently with him. Justice Kearney evidently heeded the suggestion of the jury and im- posed a fine of one dollar on Mr. Stark, ‘OFFICERS AFTER VETERAN’S SLAYER The police in all the towns in the north country are looking for Frank McClusky, who is accused of hhaving murdered san old soldier named Asa Sheppard near Eveleth a year ogo and who escaped. Sheriff Riley has been notified that the fugitive may make for the camps near here, and is alert. Mc- Clusky returned to these parts sometime during the last week, and! to the fact that they measure the, or more, a bath house, with hot and wood before cutting it into stove jcold water, and privacy for the lengths, and there is a loss in saw- | bathers, must be operated in con- ing it. He warns all such that the; nection with it, and shall be open state demands a cord of 128 cubic | to the employes at least once in feet delivered to the customer. He each week. Proper penalties are made several arrests for this cause } provided for violation. No opposi- at Bemidji and elsewhere. 1 tion lias developed to the measure, | battle fee Price said, and wanted money with which to’ purchase more liquor. Price refused to come across and trouble followed. Everybody in} Old soldiers have taken much in- the court room laughed. A_ long) terest in the case owing to the fact series of saloon brawls, kicks and|that the victim was one of them, cuffs and knockdowns administered) and the authorities of all the coun- to Price by all classes and condi-|try around were incensed over the tions of people seemed to appear in) atrocious nature of the crime. memory before them. And, t00; The murderer killed Sheperd to they seemed to recall the many Occa-| obtain possession of a small sum. sions on which Mr. Kiley hadfound of money. After the crime he it necessary to publicly slap Price’s) mortgaged his victim’s homestead fat chops. 1 to a Superior money lender, pos- Deputy Sheriff Carson was the/|ing as Sheperd, for $200, and fled. first witness. He was at the depot; He.evidently left the country, as at the time of the row, and did/no trace of him could be found, not see Stark strike Price. He’was|notwithstanding a particularly dil- followed by the complaining wit-j igent search. ; ness, him he did not has been reported as having been seen at Gilbert, Nashwauk and other villages in the iron country. retaliate, but. pushed extent using his hands. Before the| starving and threatening to kill le went further he said Deputy to rik ~ TOBE DISCUSSED | Program Laid Out for Develop- ment Meeting at Keewatin Promises Reset | pe Re DISCUSSION TO COVER MANY TOPICS Farming and Miners’ Good Have Prominant Place—Train Serv- ice and Other Questions to Receive Attention. Farmers, mine workers and busi- ness men will have their day at Keewatin when the Itasca County Development association holds its meeting March 6. t The program which has just been ocmpleted by Prof. Van Dyke of Coleraine is a comprehensive document calling for papers and ad- dresses on subjects of interest ‘te these classes, as well as to the public at large, by men qualified by experience to deal with their subjects. Each paper will be dis- cussed by men well able to do them justice, critically and otherwise. Aside from the formal program it is likely that matters not al- lotted to the speakers will be dealt with at the business meeting and by the resolutions committee. These will probably include the railroad situation, a better local _ triin schedule, building, the devel- opment of the summer resorts of Itasca county, and such other mat- ters as may arise from discussion of the addresses, The first part of the meeting will be devoted to the farmers and their interests; and the second period to mining, publicity and the banquet proper. The program | follows:y — j { Ip.m. "The Value of Local Far- j mers’ Organizations,” J. J. Johns- _ rud, discussion led by C. A. Buell | of LaPrairié; “Review of Work of State Experimental Farm for Past Year,” Prof. A. J. McGuire, 3 p. m.—"Consideration of First | Aid to the Injured,” Dr. C. F. Car- 'stens, assisted by Keewatin mine relief team, which will give dem- | onstrations. a 4 p. m.—" Organized Publicity im County Development.” Rupert Swia— nerton of the Hibbing Commerciat club, ‘discussion by C, C. Peterson, of Grand Rapids: ‘fhe association dinner will be held at 5, in order to give those who attend from the outside am oppertunity to take the evening train home. The business meeting will dis- cuss and deal with questions of public import, and the ordinary | routine of the organization. There will also be an illustrated lecture on civic improvement, To Outalw Agencies. | The liklihood that a Dill intro | duced in the legislature by Repre- sentative Hillman of two Harbors will become a law, has the em- ployment agents of Minnesota on a more than anxious seat. It prohi- bits the taking of money for pro- curing work for anyone, thus out- lawing the agency business. The work is to be taken up by the state. In the same connection, another | Proposed law, is aimed to do away ; with the hiring of school teachers through agencies, now an almost universal practice. It is intended that the teachers shall be supplied through the office of the state superintendent, in con- | hection with which an employment. | bureau is to be run, Chased the Deputy. Deputy Sheriff Artie O'Dea, base- | ball veteran and man with a smile that won't come off, had almost a battle royal with Virginia Italians | Thursday, when he brought back and eloping Italian woman and Ber child and admirer from Duluth. The father of the baby tried to who said that Stark struck} McClusky, who is about 47 years take forcible possession of it, but three times. He testified that| old, had married a widow far his|O’Dea interfered and hindered. senior shortly before the crime was|Then the miners who were wit Stark away from him, only to that|/committed, and was accused of | the deserted husband started aftet the deputy, and it was a race 4 | the jail. No one was hurt.