Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 26, 1913, Page 2

od {mwperfect Page {aperfect Page istorical Society an * * : = et : ie | : SOOTY, _ Vor. XXIII. No. 28 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1913 a sigs The raid on saloons in the range T villages was made in consequence jot complaints that saloonkeepers | |there were not only running on |Sunday, but that young boys were | being served with drinks in many . : oe of the places. Villages in Canesteo District Com-| ‘rhe offenders were given warnin plain of Lack of Service to that violation of the Sunday clos- | the County Seat | law must cease, and that the ie eee * ff will have men to take any- Se one attempting to open on the |Sabbath into custody. They were DAY WASTED IN MAKING JOURNEY | 2's° given notice that further sell- ing to minors will bring a more se- | | vere punishment in the future. | the places being found in operation | | They also admitted the offnese and " Pn their fines. she 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 {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 cogaplaining about the is not so. iia alte! impossibility «of .coming to Grand | Rapids to fransact business with- out the loss of an unreasonable, amount of time. : Local Schedule to Reach Nearby Lakes and Develop Summer. Resort Possibilities Will Also be Asked For. A Fairy Forest. Persons who were in the woods Tuseday morning witnessed the NO ADVANTAGE IN DWISION OF FUND | | County Commissioners Cut it Even, | Attorney With Lurid Record Goes Each District Getting Fifth of Road Money. PREPARING FOR SPRING acrwiny PRIGE STEPS FORTH IN BRAND NEW ROLE Into Court aud Poses as an In- jured Innocent. VIOLENT PAST MERCILESSLY BARED Preliminary Aetion Taken for Cam- | paign on Highways—Two | Bridges Ordered Built. | Sureties Approved. i me vs The county road and bridge fund | Avas 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, including the! a afternoon and wandered | Trial Growing Out of Fight With Brother Attorney Furnishes Keen Amusement for Crowd in Court. There is a new thing under the sun, and the brilliant author of the Book of Ecclesiastes loses. Had the son of David and Uriah’s wife dropped into the court house into the room where Justice Kear- mney was balancing the scales, he They are demanding better train | service, and will ‘call a ‘meeting of the] commercial. bodies of the places interested to demand that the Great Northern run trains more frequently. | They point out that under pres- spectacle of a veritable fairy forest. The hoar frost of the morning ‘covered all the trees, and glisten- | ed under the brilliant sunshine, pre |senting a scene of winter beauty seldom equaled. It lasted for sev- | range towns and other territory in | would’have come upon the-prodigy, the eastern part of the county, ask-' in the person of Frank F. Price, at« ing for a new policy in deviding the torney, posing as an injured inno- fund, which, they urged, should con; cent, and abused wayfarer, a mild template more generous treatment | and modest respecter of the rights of the section they claimed to rep-| of others—and the crowd behind : A eral hours, 2 ature was ' ent.conditions the villages mention- hours, as the temperature was jlow, and the icing did not melt ed are largely dependent upon | until well on toward noon. stages run by livery men, and that! 33 even these are so far apart as to | make the journey a matter of prac- WILL DRAW PUPILS tically a whole day. | Trains each way in the forenoon | aid afternoon, they think, would | FROM THE VILLAGES meet the situation, the schedule to b vithin the noon hour and 6 5 or ect |Blackberry Consolidated School It is also complained that there | Will Make Farm District Edu- is practically no service to the | nearby lakes in the summer | cational Center. : months, and the claim is made that W. J. Sullivan, architect for the a local train service could be | sonsolidated. school to be built at! maintained at a profit, that would as : attract outsiders to this ocuntry | Blackberry this spring, spent Mon- during the hunting and fishing; 4ay here in consultation with the : season. Owing to lack of com-jdirectors of District No. 1, re- muniaction it is claimed that Itasea vising and completing the plans for county resorts are neglected bythe building, work on which will pleasure seekers, with the exceptiom Xe begun as soon as the weather of the favored few who own auto-, will permit. mobiles. No district of northern|.This school. is the-first~attempt 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-} 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 sheedule so as to make connec-jto the village, as has always been | tions with the Iron Range train|the practice. morning and evening, thus giving, ‘The only objection ever 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. ‘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 villageseast Blackberry building site has been made to, 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-, slate 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 | pumped by a hot air plant instead IN SALOON KEEPERS Five'Found Lifting the Lid Sunday are Taken Into (‘ustody and | Pay Fines. The prying off of the lid received a discouraging jolt in Itasca county towns last Sunday when Sheriff Riley and Deputy Sheriff Carson in® vaded Nashwauk and Calumet, and arrested four saloon keepers found; with their places of business run- | ning full blast. They appeared in Roads are Melting. ‘The roads in the country triects are reported melting and are egainj bare of snow somse places. last week helped somewhat, was not heavy enough to withstand the assaults} starts the water running freely during the midday hours. The lumber camps are beginning to let some of their men go in antici- pation of the end of the season. out, After Wood Dealers. O. N. Lindh, inspector of weights dis- | | | wesent. Only one vote was cast | |against the division as made, that , tears ran down to the toes of their of Commissioner O’Brien. Chair- | boots. 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 trict, the construction of a section 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 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 steel and concrete, the former ; to cost $2500 and the latter $1200, | half the cost to be borne in each case’ by the town. | LUMBER CAMPS T0 HAVE BATH ROOMS; Bill Before Legislature Promises to Make Jack a Clean, Sanitary Gentleman. | That the world is moving with , sturdy and startling stridés is evi- | denced by the fact that by next | closed. or open as they happened to; | be, when the spirit moved him. winter probably all lumber camps | in the north woods will be sup- plied _ with the modern — sanitary appliances that heretofore were supposed to be possible only in the ¢|the wisest man of an elder day, | Northern depot, in front of |MeAlpine building, last Thursday, ‘and in which Mr. Price and H. W. j stretch of road in the Wawina dis- | Stark, a fellow attorney, were the i] ‘had been assaulted, and had Mr. | Stark in court as his assailant. Psupport of his complaint he made ‘his hilarious allegations of amiabil road in 53-24, and other highways, | 4 | These were rendered still more the railing laughing until the salt The action which brought about! the funny situation, created as it were by an unkind fate to discredit grew out of a little game of fist- cuffs that occurred near the Great | the principals. Price claimed that he In killing mirth-provoking as C. GC. McCarthy, attorney for Stark, de- veloped a long line of knock. down and drag out battles in which it was alleged Price has earned his ; 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, The light was let in upon his! history as a good man with the, dukes by his own harking back} to that same past on the stand; | and while he squirmed under the | citiesi! All of them will have bath rooms if a bill now before the legislature | vain to turn the ‘searchlight away 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 cook can have their morning tub before they shoulder their peevies and start for the tall timber. In in; like manner the boss who climbs The snow fall of | the wilderness into the far Bow- but string must take along his heat- ing plant, and the material for the of the sun, which | variegated tile floors, that the top loader and 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-| !,ecounting of the rough recoraé Ralph Stone, his attorney, tried in by demanding protection for his! ‘client under the rules of evidence | and court procedure. In reply to interrogatories by Sen | trouble he had ever had with anyone | before the public by bullying and | ;the north country are looking for | Frank McClusky, who is accused of | 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, after some hesitancy. “Did you attack Harry Greene in a court of justice?”. ”No. When he was broke I gave | him twenty dollars.” ’Didn’t you give him the twenty dollars to get him out of the coun- try to avoid trouble over the as- sault?” No sir, I 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 | court—it was with Mr. Stark.” “What do you mean by a kangar- oo court?” “A court composed of Judge Bail- ey, and Deputy Sheriffs Carson and Gunderson.” The evidence then went on to | show that the trouble with Stark on that occasion was due to his having deseribed Stark as a monkey 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. MeVey, 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 | them, said he saw no blows struck. Justice Bailey testified that Price called Stark a monkey, which | brought on the fight in the “kan- | garoo court.” In his address to the jury Sena- | tor MeCarthy said it was part of | the business policy of Price to keep | musingly, | ' i 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 | technical 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, OFFIGERS AFTER VETERAN'S SLAYER The police in all the towns in having murdered yan 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 | GQUNTY WELFARE TOBE DISCUSSED Program Laid Out for Develop- ment Meeting at Keewatin Promises Results. 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 ite meeting March 6. ' 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 Itasea 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 H follows:py { I p.m. "The Value of Local Far- 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. MeGuire. 3 p. m.—"Consideration of First Aid to the Injured,” Dr. G. 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 Commercial | club, discussion by C, C, Peterson, of Grand Rapids: ‘The association dinner will be held at 5, in order to give those who attend from the outside am oprertunity to take the evening train home. @ The business meeting will dis- cuss and deal with questions ef 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- court Monday night, before Judge and measures in the employ of the Bailey, pleaded guilty and paid fines 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 son and P. Zayer of Nashwauk; P.|ing short cords of firewood, due Tarro, and J. Matakamtch of Calu-| to the fact that they measure the mét. wood before cutting it into stove Sunday night, after getting fback lengths, and there is a loss in saw- from the thirty mile journey after: ing it. He warns all such that the the offenders in the villages to the | state demands a cord of 128 cubic | ‘bably know the necessities of the jp situsbions | The bill provides that when camps employing 20 men or over or more, a bath house, with hot and ,jcold water, and privacy for the bathers, must be operated in con- nection with it, and shall be open to the employes at least once in | | ator McCarthy, Price stated the onl | | | lawing the agency business. The | camps near here, and is alert. Me- | Ss Clusky returned to these parts Bhs ee is to be taken up by the state. sometime during the last week, and, 1 the same connection, another | Price said, and wanted money with|has been reported as having been | Proposed law, is aimed to do away | which to purchase more liquor.|seen at Gilbert, Nashwauk andj With the hiring of school teachers , Price refused to come across andj other villages in the iron country. | through agencies, now an almost [trouble followed. Everybody in| Old soldiers have taken much in- ; Universal practice. |the court room laughed. A _ long} terest in the case owing to the fact! It is intended that the teachers | series of saloon brawls, kicks and|that the victim was one of them, | shall be supplied through the office | cuffsand knockdowns administered and the authorities of all the coun- | of the state superintendent, in con- to Price by all classes and condi-| try around were incensed over the nection with which an employment tions of people seemed to appear in) atrocious nature of the crime. | bureau is to be run, jmemory before them. And, too} The murderer killed Sheperd to | | they seemed to recall the many occa-; obtain possession of a small sum! Chased the Deputy. sions on which Mr. Kiley had found of money. After the crime he | \in all the years he had resided in | Grand Rapids was with E. C. Kiley. | Mr. Kiley was drunk at the time, Deputy Sheriff Artie O’Dea, base ‘ it necessary to publicly slap Price’s mortgaged his victim’s homestead fat chops. to a Superior money lender, pos- _ ball veteran and man with a smile that won’t come off, had almost a are established to run for 60days|at the time of the row, and did Deputy Sheriff Carson was the|ing as Sheperd, for $200, and fled. battle royal with Virginia Italians | first witness. He was at the depot He evidently left the country, as ' Thursday, when he brought back no trace. of him could be found, | and eloping Italian woman and her notwithstanding a particularly dil-| child and admirer from Duluth. igent search. The father of the baby tried te McClusky, who is about 47 years take forcible possession of it, but not see Stark strike Price. He was followed by the complaining wit- ness, who said that Stark struck him three times. He testified that old, had married a widow far his east, the sheriff did a little raid-| ing at home, and gathered in Mc- feet delivered to the customer. He, each week. Proper penalties are made several arrests for this cause} provided for violation. No opposi- he did not retaliate, but pushed | senior shortly before the crime was Stark away from him, only to that|committed, and was accused of O'Dea interfered and hindered. Then the miners who were with the deserted husband started aftet Laughlin & Anthony and Ed Grefe, at Bemidji and elsewhere. iT’ AIFIPRAI At extent using his hands. Before the) starving and threatening to kill her; the deputy, and it was a race t& ition has developed to the measure. | battle went further he said Deputy to get posession of some money: | the jail. No one was hurt. i oe ea © | ie as < mM 2 Se £4 «4 7 mm 2 oe 8 ls ee oe