Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 30, 1913, Page 5

Grand Reapias Hherats-"Review Published Every Wednesday By KILEY © SPENCER — TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap. ids, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County JUDGE GEORGE W. HOLLAND It was with a feeling akin to that experienced when it is learned that a near nad valued personal friend aas departed this life that the peo- ple of Northern Minnesota heard of the death of Judge George W. Hol- tand at last week. So slosely had he been identified with the growht and development of this section of the state that there were few who did not know the kindly, slow-spoken old gentleman. He wa judge for the Fifteenth Judicial dis- trict during the days when this portion of the state was practical- ly a wilderness. This was a time when an- uncompromising attitude ef justice and hard headed common Brainerd sense were of more value than hair- splitting legal definitions, and Judge Holland's inspired by that conception of fair- ness which should be the basis of all jurisprudence. Through careful investments Judge Holland had amassed a _ fortune estimated well up toward a mil!- lion dollars, and it speaks volumes for his character that not a sus- picion of taint ever attached to a dollar of it. He gave of his means freely, particularly toward enter- prises and institutions in the city ef Brainerd, and the people of that town have particular reason to regret his loss. No ponderous legal tomes contain- ing the opinions of Judge Holland May ever be issued'to bewilder eoming generations, but in the sec- decisions were always tion of his activities he will for a Jong timte be rememdered for qualities as a man after his serviceg as a judge have been forgotten. EEE IR A oe session of the legislature i porves that it is quite The just possible for the people of Minne-|} sota to send a_ set of men to St. Paul who will not only work hard but do good work. The most ser- ous objection raised to the perform- ances of the défunct session is on The solons undoubtedly did provide for the expenditure of a pile of money, but a glance over the objects and purposes of these expenditures fail to show where much paring could have been done without a sacrifice to efficient The laws passed were, we believe, meritorious measures, and the few introduced which looked suspicious were promptly strangled or fell clos the score of extravagance. government. under the veto of the governor. pee a Taking things by and large and at their surface value. Governor Eberhart loomes up pretty well jus about now. The gauntlet of severe criticism which the governor been forced torun in the past seems to have had the effect of steady- ing him, and even those who were has foremost in the ery against him admit that he strong. is finishing fairly Gada tea ERE | de Towns That Grow In every county and in every state ean be found towns that are con-| tinually forging ahead, while others and accomplish nothing in the way of advancement. In every case the fault can be found to rest, not with selves. An exchange has been think- ing pretty seriously along this line and it presents its conclusions in this way: “The reason why some towns grow is because they have men in them with push and energy who are not afraid to spend their time, energy and money in anything that will boom and benefit the town. They have confidence enough in their town to erect substantial and work for public improvements in the same order. tablish factories, induce industrial enterprise to locate and use every means to further the best interests of the town. Their work is never considered finished and the accom- centive of another. “On the other hand, the town that does not get ahead will be found to be dominated by either a set of men who are perfectly satisfied with their surroundings or who are afraid somebody else thing is started; consequently -no effort of any kind is made by this class for these two reasons. “If some men or set of men en- deavor to start something they are met by opposition and discourage~ ment and it is uphill work all the way and very often failure. “Every town, however, has a cer- tain progressive element which hopes for a turn of the tide when the town will go farward by leaps and bounds and occupy a position of importance and obtain numer- ous advantages which go to make a good town in every sense. But this stage cannot be accom- plished by mere wishes or suppo- sitions. It can only come from har- money in purpose and action and th eternal vigilance of its citizens. “The town with these things will continue to grow andimprove, but the town without them can be ex- pected to remain in a state of leth- argy indefinitely without affordin its residents anything but a mere existence.” It is all true. M4 \geeoe Sobooooog| WARBA NEWS Westoedoetendoeteadoetenteeteateetentoetoateetonteetoeteetoetentoetontoeteale: R. R. Tichenor went to Grand Rapids, Monday morning, on busi- ness. Miss Stevens of the schools was an over-Sunday visitor with her parents in the Rapids. Mrs. Celia Konig arrived a few | days ago to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Tichenor. Mrs. Konig has just recently been to New Mexico to prove up on a government claim and is on her| way to Utica, New York, where she is in Bible reading work for the} Adventist denomination. Mrs. Konig has been absent from this vicinity fer a number of years. The sessions of the town board were somewhat enlivened Satur day by the appearance of several | residents’ who desired to register a few protests before the board relative to the manner in which} the public business has been lately! conducted. J. M. Pogue created} some lively interest by his objec- tions to the manner in which the} Logan bridge, north of the Tiche-} nor blacksmith shop was built. Two, of the town supervisors, Fred Fish | er and G. H. Fisher, rebuilt the bridge without having called a | meeting of the board and it is held |that this is an irregular way of {transacting public business. Mr. | Schuttle, chairman of the board, that he will not sign ja warrant authorizing payment for |this work. 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POWERS AGENT the town, but pith the people them- modern buildings and residences and ehurch on Saturday and Sunday. He “They organize companies and es- plishment of one thing is only an in- will be benefited in the event some-|t.9 weeks has been engaged in GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913. to apply on the building of a road from Blackberry across the swamp past Rice lake to a point nect with the other road to be constructed from near the Fisher farm north through the Kelly farm. The contract for this road will be let. on May 17. Ppincceenay Rev. Ernest Sheldon of Du- luth was present at the Adventist} delivered four addresses, returning home Monday afternoon. George Boxstrum has a_ section crew of 14 men at present, having taken on an additional force dur- ing the last few days. A portion of the crew was called out Sunday to go to Cass Lake to distribute ties along the way. | Grover Stickles came down to Blackberry Sunday and went on to the home of M. W. Pogue to work. Mr. Stickles has been helping C. M. Pogue with logging work near Hibbing all winter and for the last tearing down old logging shacks! on Pokegama lake. ® The election held among patrons of the Blackberry school district resulted in the selection of a site about two blocks directly south of the Adventist church. The elec- tion was conducted by Rev. Bur- gess, president of the school board of District No. 1. Every possible precaution was adopted to insure fairness. The vote was taken on the different sites in order and the question was explained in three languages before the voting was commenced. The new school house is to cost approximately $5,000 and be entirely modern. The whole Blackberry school membership was taken to Grand Rapids Friday to see the special agricultural exhibit cars which were in the Rapids from 2:30 p. m. until the following morning. Sn a tes es > : FUNKLEY RANGE # ( BERG VILLE POSTOFFICE) Seeder ondeoniecontesdoeons . William Dross, one of our Range bachelors, who has a fine farm near here, was calling on East Side friends this week. Mrs. Oren Carter of | Fosston, TO INVESTIGATE PEAT ca county will remain in the Eighth district, being associated in this near provision with the counties of Carl- the Ed Bracken farm then to con-, ton, St. Louis, Lake, Cook and Koo-; chiching. Aitkin and Cass coun- ties have been joined with Hub- bard, Todd, Stearns, Sherburne, Benton, Morrison and Crow Wing to form the Sixth district, while Anoka, Isanti, Chisago, Pine, Ken- abec and Mille Lacs compose the new Tenth district. BEDS OF THE NORTH Experts From Bureau of Mines at Washington to Look Into Probable Value. Representative Miller has succeed ed in interesting the national bu- reau of mines in the peat beds of Northern Minnesota, with a view to ascertaining their commercial value. These beds are found in Itasca , St. Louis, Carlton and oth- er nearby counties and if the com- modity is found to be commercial- ly available, it will go far toward solving the fuel problem, not only of this section, but of the cities as well. The investigation will be in charge of C. A. Davis, fuel tech- nologist of the bureau, who, with a party of experts, will commence their investigations in August. The investigation is to include not only the extent of the peat deposits but the industrial and commercial con- ditions of that section of Minneso- ta, and the facilities for transport- ting the fuel to market, if the com- ting the fuel to market, if . the commodity if found to be of mark- etable quality. LAST OF INDIAN LOGS TO BE GUT BY 1916 Superintendent of Logging O’Niel Says Standing Timber Will Then be Gone. Timber cutting onthe ceded In- dian lands in the state of» Minne- sota will be a thing of the past af- ter 1916, according to Wm. O'Neil, superintendent of logging at Cass Lake. “During the past nine sea- sons,” says Mr. O'Neil, “we have turned into the Indian fund §7,- 500,000 from the sale of the tim- ber on. the Indian lands. Of this} amount $300,000 has been used for | necessary expenses, such as inspec- accompanied by her daugh-| tion and overseeing. At the close } ter, Mrs. H. L, Price for a few]of the season in 1916, which I ex- | Minn., is visiting with her daugh-| pect will end the cutting of timber | days this week. She will go from) oy Minnesota Indian lands, the In- here to North Dakota, where she] gian fund will be the richer by at | ¢ will make her future home. least $10,000,000.” A shortage of labor is — credited with being the cause of an unex- pectedly low cut this season: Over Harry Price went out on a fish- spearing expedition after pickerel ther day. Results: rheuma- : —" i * sage ag OR a billion feet of timber was cut at the various camps, but this figure O. O. Vandervoid and. S. C.|falls short of the expected result White made a business trip to|by nearly a million feet. Camps Northome on Saturday last. were located near Cloquet, Deer River and Cass Lake the past win- ter. The cutting of Indian timber in Walter Clark is busy these days, | this state is under the supervision putting in his crops. of Mr. O’Neil and a corps of as sistants, in the employ of the gen- Mrs. Dan Price and Mrs. Casey eral land office, and the money is of Shallow Pond, were visitors here] turned into the Indian fund. This Sunday last. is the only state in the country ; where the timber affairs of the In- ieee et eees seer, dian department are in charge of almost impassible. J. M. Price was the land office officials, the order a Laerthaaae aileos crs day. ane having been issued when Hitch- week. cock was secretary of the interior. H. F. Price visited Bemidji last H. L. Price is doing some clear- ing on his farm this spring. week, returning by the way of Funkley. | (€. E. Johnson, the forest ranger, | was in town last week. He says} |that the wet weather is causing! | much delay in the burning of brush jon the slashings and says that the | township will have to burn all the | brush along the right of way of the }roads, and this will be a good thing. | Frank Canably of North Range, , | is doing quite a lot of clearing this | spring. Frank will be quite a jfarmer if he keeps on—and he will. | Miss May Tenny, teacher in the | Bergville school, visited her home- {stead over Sunday. | business trip to Northome last week ready to plant his spuds. | | Albert Stonefield of Shallow Pond jis putting a cement basement un- ;der his house and making other |improvements on the property. Mr.} | Stonefield is one of the progressive! farmers of the range. J. M. Price will leave for Bemidji this week, where he will do some contract work. New Congressional Districts According to the apportionment of; congressional districts made by the legislature just adjourned, Itas- Mr. Robinson of Popple, made a Money (0 Loan B ins farmer, i busy this week getting | ONIMPROVED FARM LANDS Dr. Larson, the eye specialist, will make his next regular visit to Grand Rapids on usual dates the 15th and 16th of every month. All those having defective eyes or in need of the proper service for the fitting of glasses, are cordially invited to call at Hotel Pokegama the 15th and 16th of every month. LARSON & LARSON. If you need money to improve your farm, or to pay up mort- gage drawing a high rate of 1n- terest, send us a description of [| your property and state amount wanted. Loans made for five, six or seven years, with privilege to pay part or all of mortgage after three years. Lowest rate of interest and prompt service. REISHUS-REMER LAND 0. GRAND RAPIDS New Things at The Itasca Hardly a day passes that does not bring something new to this Big Store. This week we had among other things, a shipment of new toilet jewelry from a Philadelphia jeweler. ITASCA DRY GOODS CO, A man with money in our bank always has a deep feeling of security. Thisfis only one of many advantages derived from allowing us to take care of your savings. First Mationa’ Bauk GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. Capilal §25,000,00 Seiplie $ 5,000,090 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. MVice-Pres., A. G. Wedge Jr. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. DIRECTORS D. M. Gunn. W. C. Gilbert. H. D. Powers. F. P. Sheldon. A G. Wedge. Cc. E. Aiken John Beckfeit ‘Grand Rapids Village Lots 95 DOWN AND $5 PER MONTH We have choice residence lots all over town and we are selling them on such easy terms that anybody can buy. $5 down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. We also have. some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. 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