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GRAND Vor. XXHI. No. 41 Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1913. { 000; Freeborn, $4,000; Goodhue, $5,- | 000; Grant, $3,000; Hennipen, $10,- | 000; Houston, $5,000; Hubbard, $3,- | 400; Isanti, 000; Itasea, $6,500; | Jackson, 800; Kanabee, $3,000; IN SINGLE | Kandilohi, $3,800; ‘Kitson, | Koochiching, 500; Lake, |Le Sueur, 500; Lincoln, ¥ mies Lyon, $3,000; McLeod, $3,50 = * | nomen, $2,500; Marshall, #4,5 Slayer and Wife He Killed) (;,” 000; Meeker, $4,000; Mille Sleep Side by Side in Itasca $4,500; Morrison, $4,000; Mow- Cemetery. e 000; Murray,’ $ Noe ts} $3,000; Nobles, $3,000; Norman, § 400; Olmstead, $5,000; Otter — tai $4,000; Pennington, $2,500; Pine, $4, 000; Pipestone, $3,000; Polk, $5,000; FUNERAL 1S LARGELY ATTENDED py: Per tee ‘ata dou. Rea | Lake, : Redwood, $4,000; Ren- Odd Fellows Conduct Obsequies and Furnish Pall Bearers—Well- To-Do Uncle Takes Or- phaned Boy. 8 $4,000; Sherburne, $4,- ,000; Stearns, & 000; Stevens, $ Wadena, 1, $4,000; Washington, Vatonwan, $3,000; Wilkin, ; Winona, $8,000; Wright, § 500; Yellow Medicine, $4,500. 5,064 GIRLS NEEDED The bodies of Reinholt W. Heide- Marie, were in- {| e in the Itasca | man and his wife. terred in one cemetery Sunday afternoon. Heide man killed his wife and“ commit- | IN ITASCA COUNTY. ted suicide Tuesday of last week. | The funeral was in charge of the | local of Odd Fellows, — of | which Heideman and the pall bearers were furnish- ed by the same organization, The bodies w borne to the ave in two hearses. Several carriages, in which rode many of the promi- nent people of the village, accom- panied the procession to the ceme- Male Population Nearly Twice as Large as Female—Should Be Spinsters’ Paradise, Itasea county needs 5,064 women and girls. It is that many shy. Its male population is almost twice as large as the female. The figures are 11,016 to 6,952. lodge was a member, } $4,500; Rock : $3,- | 0; St. Louis, $10-| Large Representation From Tribu- | raverse| tery. Henry and Albert Heideman, It should be a good place to col- FARMING EXPERTS SDDEN TO FAST | Will be Principal Guests at Booster Club’s Banquet. { i “TILLERS OF SOIL WILL HEAR GOSPEL | tary District Expected—Uni- versity Train to Make Ten-Day Tour I Experts from the agricultural de- partment of the state university will be prominent guests at the next {meeting and banquet of the Boost- jers’ club, which will be held at St. Joseph’s hall April 25. This will be the first gathering of the organization in more than | two months, and the development of |Itasea county lands, particularly as jit is involved with the scientific | propagation of crops by the farmers {now in this territory, will be its dominant note. t Another important feature is the possible presence of a representa- tive of the Range electric railroad system. . For some time a _ move has been under way to have one of | i | | WOULD GIVE EPIC TALE 10. HISTORY 'Representatives of State School | James McAlpine, Pioneer, Says Story of First Comers Here Should be Preserved. “fi ‘ EMPIRE MAKERS PICTURESQUE CREW Man Who Saw the Birth of Grand Rigide- TRS lnepeitingly-of Early Comp: ers on the River. A suggestion made by Jas McAl- Pine that action be taken to pre- serve to future generations the story of the pioneers of the upper Mississippi region, will receive a hearty second from every one who appreciates the history making work of the band of empire build- ers who invaded local wilds nearly sixty years ago. “The history of this country must soon be written, or it can- not be written right,”-said Mr. Me- Alpine, who drove logs down the Father of Waters when it traverset a practically uninhabited wilder- ness between its source and the villages around St. Anthony falls. Mr. McAlpine is here en a visit to brothers and H. D. Steinbach, a brother-in-law of Heideman’s, all of Detroit, attended. Universal respect in which Mrs. onize spinisters with a view to marrying them off. It may be ex- pected that when the figures are the officials come here and indicate} his brothers, Michael and Anthony, to the club what are the intentions} after an absence of more than 35 of those behind the road in regard} years. He is now a resident of On- to construction into Grand Rapids | tarjo, residing 80 miles from Ot- Heideman was held by the people of Grand Rapids was attested by the large attendance of neighbors at the funeral which was held from the Kremer undertaking rooms. Several floral tributes were laid upon her casket, one from the children of the fifth grade of the Central school, where Raymond, the 10 year-old son of the Heide- mans, has been a pupil. The training and education of the orphaned boy have been well provid- ed for. He has been taken to the home of his uncle, Mr. Steinbach, at Detroit, and will probably Ire | adopted into the family. Mr. Stein-| bach is a well-to-do building con- tractor, and has no children, Bott he and his wife several times made | overtures to take Raymond to their home after relations between his parents became~ strained, but Mrs Heideman refused to part with hir although she had frequenly ex- pressed the wish that her boy should be cared for by the Stein- bachs in case of hér death. ‘A local. trustee of the estate left by the Heidemans will be appoint- ed. That Heideman was not in his right mind when he committed the awful deed, is generally conceded by those who knew him well. The trouble between himself and wife that was about to culminate in an action for divorce, instituted by Mrs. Heideman, coupled with the fact that he had been out of em- ployment for some time, and was out of funds, preyed upon his mind until he became mentally deranged. | $6,500 FROM STATE FOR COUNTY ROADS Itasca Fares Well in the Appor- tionment— St. Louis Gets $10,- heralded to the world there will be arush, =~ The stati#es are from the report of the state census bureau and to be taken as official and correct. The same report gives out other interesting infermation regarding: this county. It contains 1,020 more | foreigners than; native Americans, and numbers among its people 65 Indians and six negroes. The fore- igners total 4,720 and the natives 3,700. Of the total population of 17,- | 208 in 1910, there are 857 who cannot read. or write, 798 of whom are foreigner born. There are 4,070 children of school age and 3382 of {them are in school. The students 8 to 20 years of age total 1,026. | foreigners and natives attending is | practically the same, the foreigners having a slight lead. There are 3,484 families, all with | homes except 104. It is not stated | where these sleep, but presumably they live in hotels and boarding houses. The foreign born population, by | nationalities, is made up as_ fol- | lows: Austria 1,204, Belgium 34, Canadi-' an French 294, other Canadians 572, | Denmark 40, England 107, France 9, Germany 209, Greece 104, Holland | 4, Hungary 106, Ireland 111, Italy | 530, Norway 609, Roumania 32, Rus- | sia* 73, Scotland 27, Sweden 1,407, Switzerland 13, other foreign na- tions 337. There is a mass of interesting statistics in the bulletin, most not- able, from a local viewpoint, being the vast preponderance of men} over women in the population of all the northern counties. Through With Criminals. | The criminal calendar in the district court was finished Friday with the exception of a number of saloon cases. The percentage of the children. of | The last offenders to be dealt with were Everett Marchland, who stole a trunk full of clothing from a Deer River home, and pleaded 000; Koochiching $5,500. Itasca county has. been awarded $6,500 as its share of the state road and bridge fund of $350,000 by the | guilty. He was given an indeter- state highway commission. St.| minate term in the St. Cloud re- Lous gets $10,000 and Koochiching | formatory. $5,500. The average is $4,070. The} Thomas Smith who entered the northern counties, where the popu- | room where T, J. Storey of Duluth lation is small, were given more | was sleeping in a Deer River hotel, than their proportion, because of | and robbed him of $24, was convict the great amount of state land in | ed and given a sixty day sentence. this territory. { He is in the county jail. .The apportionment for the state Most of the saloon cases have by counties follows: also been tried. Judge Stanton is Aitkin, $3,500; Anoka, $3,500; | setting a pace this term in clearing Becker, 3,500; Beltrami, $5,500; | up the calendar. The court has Benton, $2,700; Big Stone, $3,000; | been working day and night practi- Blue Earth, $7,000; Brown, $3,400; | cally since the term began. Carlton, $5,000; Carver, $3,800; Cass, $4,500; Chippewa, $3,400; Chisago, $3,400; Clay, $3,000; Clearwater, $3,- 000; Cook, $5,000; Cottonwood, $3,- 500; Crow Wing, $4,000; Dakota, $4,000; Dodge, $3,500; Douglas, $4,- 000; Faribault, $2,600; Fillmore, $5,- Village Board Meeting. At the special meeting of the village board April 4, the only busi. granting of two liquor licer nn ee INITG AL by way of the Canisteo villages. Rumor has been building the ex- tension for seyeral months, but nothing definite has been learned of what the company proposes to do. The agricultural experts will be yin Grand Rapids~on-the~ date’ of the banquet, their schedule calling for a stop: here on the, fen day tour of their train through (Itasca at practically every village, and hold meetings, explaining to ‘ the farmers the most approved meth-! ods in crop raising, soil conserva- tion, animal husbandry, and minor {farm activities. | Preparations have already been | made to insure them a large audi- | jence at every stopping place. The | chools within ten miles of each | | Village where a meeting~will be held will be closed to give pupils and teachers an opportunity to be {present, and notices have been sent |to the head of every family telling of the importance of the. proposed gathering and urging him to at- | tend. The Grand Rapids club will make ;a special effort to have a_ large representation from the surround- | ;ing agricultural population at the banquet. The agricultural train will be better equipped with literature and speakers than any ever sent out | |by the university. New Keewatin Officers. Phil Stone, brother of R. A. Stone, of Grand Rapids, has been named village counsel for Keewatin, suc- ceeding J. q. Lewis of Nashwauk. Mr. Stone has been here for some time, and rgcently opened offices, in the mining village. Other appointments by village board are: | John Webb |chief of police; Paddy) Carmody, night police officer, suc- ceeding John Culleen; Charles Vad- nais, street dommissioner; Dr. C. F. Carstens, John Milan and F. V. Kakkinen, members of the board | of health; Stephen MeMillen and Axel Johnson members of the fire department. | Among imprdvements decided up- on for the year by the council is the placing of; cement walks the entire length oj First Street. Murderer Commits Suicide The body of John Fontana, who murdered his wife at Chisholm Tuesday of last week, was found in the basement of| his home Thurs- day by the police. It was thought he had escaped. The basement ontained four feet of water and mid. It is believed that after Fontana had brained his victim, he wet down cellar and TITLALA ‘rprinrme tawa. Since coming here three weeks ago he has busied himself in a search for his old compeers of the peevy and canthook. He has been cCabe of Cohasset, Chris Burns of Cass Lake and Al Mason of Bena. Mr. McAlpine visited each at his: home... /Pheir * Conversations were largely of pioneer times, men and incidents. “Enough matter of real interes! to the present generation as well as old time dwellers here, was re counted,” said Mr. McAlpine, “t» form a story of thrilling interest, dealing with picturesque men move through a history epoch in this country. Not one but had something to say that the future historian would find of us» in giving color to the story of th* founding of a region that is fast be coming the wealthiest and most productive in the state. The great population that is soon to fill this country should know something of its earliest development, the man- ner of its’ beginning, the circum- stances surrounding it, and the men and women who nursed infant set- tlements to life. The invasion of the Kentucky wilds by Boone is on ‘\of the prominent facts of the na- tion’s history. Every region of this young country has its Boones, whose story is at least of vast lo- cal interest. “How many of the younger gen- eration in Grand Rapids+or the older for that matter—know what the town looked like in its ear- liest. infancy? ster, and noisy. When made a small beginning. two young woodsmen set up a tent at Grand Rapids they had a more unsubstantial one. That was in the woods two years later, my: first drive being on the Rum river, for Fred Clark. There I met the band of original old timers. | There were Low Sevey, Chris Burns Bob McCabe, Hugh Cox, James and | John Quinn, Pat McAvoy, James and Jack Hefferan, Con Deneen— and dozens more whose names have been blotted from my meory That by the lapse of more than half aj} century. Most of them are dead, I guess. They were men who did things. W. D. Washburn was one of the operators on the Mississippi. Ss si We used to take his logs below St. ! ‘ Cloud and deliver them to the boom AL: MEETING. company. He started his boom BiG CROWD EXPECTED AT aes mills later. ; able to find only three—Robert | who} making | “T drove into Minneapolis for six} years, always stopping at the same boarding house. It stands yet, and the widow of the landlord is still living in it. “There is not one of those men, | and the group of pioneer women who came later, about whom some interesting incident does not cen-|* ference Likely to Meet - Strong Disapproval. ter. Something should be done to} The meeting of electors of the : the pioneer’s story.” hall next Monday night for the pur OTS HORE IE Lee pose of setting forth their position WILL SOON START on the construction of a highway PL ANTING SEED FISH west of Grand Rapids, promises” to draw a large attendance. The objection offered by Gom= i |ty assuming the cost of road con- | a Put Young Trout in Local struction in this instance is um— Streams by Mid-April. reasonable and unfair to the Game Warden Ag been in the Winnibigoshish lake |oard divided the road and bridge” country during the week, in the vi-|fund equally between the five com— cinity of Third River, making ob-| issioner districts. By natural collect the material and perpetuate |Pown of Grand Rapids at Village to the bridge being finished just Game Warden Harry Expects to! missioner Shellman to Itasca coun Jess Harry hag/trict. At the annual meeting servation of.the lakes and streams; i"ference, custom, courtesy and — preparatory to the — spring fish |00d business practice, thes com-— planting. missioner front each district ut is expected that the first ship-|e granted the right by his _ col nent of trout fry will arrive about|/eagues to direct expenditures im April 15, and they will at once} his district. If any member of the be placed in the brooks selected.|20ard recommends The young trout flourish in water ei nearly ice cold, and so may be set , #ecessary, ont as soon as the streams are | Pict will “not free of ice. disapproval Mr. Harry has not been informed as to the number of trout fry to be assigned to Itasea~county~ this year. He expects to receive no- tice in a day, or two. Fhe fishintendedfor Itasea~. re of several game varieties, includ- ing lake and rainbow trout, which wul be put into the lakes and larg- er streams. These thrive in lo- er outsider to assume that his - ment in their behalf is of a su- 5 'perior quality. ms. cal waters, and it.is expected that| The people of this district elected the upper Mississippi will in time James Passard because they be- become a first class rainbow trout’ lieved in: him—believed in his in- stream. These fish grow to a great tesvily . and ability to represent — size, and as soon as they begin to | their interests. When his conduck be too large for the creeks, natur- #3 4 member of the board dees not ally seek deeper waters. In this Meet with general approval vit is~ wiy it is expected they will event- | altogether likely they will take ually stock the Mississippi. | Steps to so advise him. oe | the first.of June. ~ I saw the infant. any other business concern, is liab’d It was a small, albeit lusty young-/ for damages sustained by a person Romulus in its care, was declared to be the et z and Remus reared the first trench | law in a ruling made by Judge Di-|thorizing the town supervisors te at Rome, the young town had|bell in the district court at Du-|4ispose of certain road machinery But when | luth last Wednesday. The planting of pike and thetak-} It is for this specific purpose’that j ing of pike spawn will oceur late the meeting of district taxpayers = - im the season. The pike does not! is called for next Monday nae i spawn until the water is compara-| When the subject will be th ae tively warm. It takes the eggs discussed, and an expression of the about forty days to hatch out; so people recorded. — the fry will not be available until} Ten thousand dollars is being ex= pended on a bridge across the Mis-— sissippi river. The approaches | this bridge are in two tow! \ |It is plainly the duty of the to bear the expense of ing all roads that are legally co DAMAGE SUIT GASE LOST BY HOSPITAL ‘=: pene Dibbell Says (haritable.In- | It is urged that the Monday litetion: io: Linkley 2ibi> AIR | noteee’ ines eg Others, Before the Law. - No. Four. ae That a charitable institution, like! A special meeting of the taxpé ers of Grand Rapids i be held at the same time and: to vote on the proposition of now owned by the town. The decision was rendered in the! os appeal case of the Sisters of St. FORCED 10 CARVE Benedict against a judgment ob- | vas was reared in the spring of|tient at the Grand Rapids hospi- | bridge over the Mississippi. They, by a hot water bag in March, 19141, the start of the town. The can-| tained by Cornelius White, a pa- ENEMY; GOES 5 Steve Parlica, aceused of s Izo Negora a score of ing a fight in a Bovey s January, put up a perfect de when he was brought to tr 1867 near the present site of the; tal, whose leg was painfully burned ran a saloon, and the woodsmen! while he was undergoing an opera- gathered to the place from miles tion. He sued for $5000 and was around. There were rough, often! awarded $293 by a jury. violent scenes, when the: uncouth | In his opinion denying a new forest tamers came in. But the, trial and affirming the verdict of , was acquitted of the ch tent gave people the habit of com-| the jury, the court says: |on motion of County ing to the Rapids. Soon a substan-; “The plaintiff was a clean, hon- Ouat. tial building was put up, another | est working man of the betterclass,| Parlica called as wi followed, the place became a rec-;not a crook or a pauper; nor was;eral men who were in ognized trading post. The town ‘he asking charity. He was glad to|at the time, to sustain was on the map.” | avail himself of the facilities fur-|that he acted in Mr. McAlpine thinks there are nished and pay for them. The de-/ testified that many more of the original pioneers! fendant. was glad to receive him/| knocked him down he cannot give his time to a fur-|had been poverty stricken and} It was also in this region than he has been|and care for him and to get pay, |and had a strangle unable to find, He will leave for; and, of course, would have re-|at the time the home in a few days, however, a. him and cared for him if he| slashing with a per | { i tm A =e i =m«ss,.—_

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