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—. SCHOOL GARDEN CLUB VoL. XXIII. No. 44 Grand Uapids Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., WEepNEspay May 7, 1913 ST, LOUIS COUNTY County Commissioners Make Sub- stantial Appropriation to N. M. D. Assn. PRESIDENT KING 1S HAPPY MAN Appeared Before the Board and | Presented Matter With Effect- ual Argument — Others May Do Same. | points. Cc. M. King, president of the Northern Minnesota Development | association returned yesterday from | Duluth, a very happy man. He ap-} peared before the board of come | missioners of St. Louis county in | behalf of the association which he | represents as president, and asked | for an appropriation under chapter 77 of the laws of 1913, which per- mits county boards to make appro- priations for advertising purposes. | Mr. King petitioned for $3,225 and the full amount was granted by a unanimous vote of the board. If | each of the thirty or more coun- ties included in the association membership will appropriate the amounts heretofore assessed against them by the finance committee, the fwork can be carried on and Northern Minnesota will bene- fit and prosper more rapidly and substantially than any other section of the country. The work already done by the a: iation has brought about remarkable results in settle- ment of ant lands, and the tide of immigration is only just begin- ning to turn in this direction. It is shiéwn by statistics that during the past year, Minnesota has tak- en front rank among the western | states in the matter of increased | settlement. Yet, as compared with our coast states and w rn Cana- | da there has been comparatively little exploitation of her wonderful resources. The time is now ripe for increased efforts to reach the peo- ple of eastern sections who are looking for new homes. Their at- tention has been called to the rare opportunities offered by Northern | Minnesota. Follow up the goal work by delivering into their hands literature that will tell the facts and picture the conditions that | * await the coming of an industrious | class of citizens. It should contribute her full and the Herald-Review has no feel- ing of doubt that the commission- | them. Just as they passed ca county | fire, and the smoke arising from saehr | if was so thick that the men in and small prizes will be offered to the one having the best individual garden and to the one making the best exhibit of vegetables grown from his garden spot. This exhi- after the growing» season is over. Any one wishing their children to do gardening at home under the agricultural instructor’s direction PREPARATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY WEEK Grand Rapids One of Eighteen should notify the superintendent or! Places io be Visiied agriculturist. With this as istance ; This Year. and encouragement from the par-| ents, the instructors are sure that th= garden work,can be made interest- | ing and instructive to the children ‘THE SMALL TOWN’S CHATAUQUA and worth their while. Reduced Telephone Rates. | As a result of the protest made | some time ago, the Mesaba Tele-| phone company has somewhat re- duced its tolls between Grand Ra- pids and the Twin Cities. ‘Reduc- tions have also been made to other Under the new schedule a one-minute talk between Grand Ra- pids and St. Paul or Minneapolis may be enjoyed for 40 cents. Thirty | cents for each additional will be charged. In order to take advantage of the new rate it will be advisable for the telephone pa- tron to first make a mental re- hersal of the conversation to be had and have it condensed to the fewest possible words. The rate to : remai s a to-| 3 . Duluth remains the same as herato:| versity by: promoting... halter. une fore. Conversations may be between Grand Rapids and Hib- bing at the rate of 20 cents for two minutes and 5 cents for each addi- tional minute. Telephone commu- nication between Grand Rapids and Virginia is also reduced to 20 cents for two minutes’ talk and 10 cents for each additional minute. Why the additional minutes to Virginia are rated higher than to Hibbing while the first two minutes are the same the Herald-Review is unable to explain. AUTOMOBILES COLIDE IN BURNING FOREST C. H. Dickinson of Grand Rapids, | Has Exciting Experience Near Hibbing. An accident that could easily have had most serious consequences be- fell C. H. Dickinson of the Itasca Mercantile company, while enroute from Hibbing to Nashwauk | last Wednesday. Chauffeur Hepple was taking Mr. Dickinson over in an automobile, and while they noticed that the air was rather heavy wiih smoke, they did not think the fire close enough to be dangerous. Whe about one-half of the journey had} been made, a brush heap on the side of the road suddenly caught the car could see nothing ahead of the minute | ers will exercise the authority vest-- hurning brush, another automobile ed in them by the state legislature | containing Mr. and Mrs. Deare and to make a generous appropriation | Chauffeur Hostetter, going toward to the common cause. No better} Hibbing, ran ful tilt into them. investment could possibly be made.! The ears were both traveling about twenty-five miles an hour but struck each other so squarely that Free Lectures in the Afternoons. Evenings Given Over to Entertainment and In- struction. Beginning June 9th and lasting for one week the University will give a program of lectures, exhi- bits, and entertainments in Grand Rapids. : This work was started last sum- mer, and eighteen towns partici- pated. The University staff ent- ers upon this campaign cheifly to increase the efficiency of the Uni- derstanding between it and the var ious communities throughout the state. If there are ways in which the outlying towns can use the Un- iversity, it is desirable to leave nothing untried that may promote this service. The purpose of the program is to touch as many matters of current interest as possible. The after- noon will therefore be given over jto instructional lectures and exhi- bits. There will be some enter- tainment each afternoon, however, and each evening there will be a big entertainment. The University ;Glee Club, the Dramatic Club, and the University Debating team will to the evening attractions. All of the day work will be free, of course, but a small admission fee will be charged for the evening attractions, beeause the University | does not have sufficient funds avail the undertaking. By selling the } Season ‘ticket at one dollar, each town will very probably be able to 'pay all expenses without burdening japy individual or group. | gu; itee required by the Univer- |sity has been placed at $288 if the {town furnishes the local manager, ‘or $300 if the University must send a man to look after local de- tails. This amount does not near- ly pay the expenses of the week. Some very small towns were able to raise this amount of money and more last year. Where a surplus accrues, it is to be used by the town for some public purpose, as the library or the permanent enter tainment fund. It is hoped that all the citizens of Grand Rapids will give the Uni- versity people a good hearing. It is rarely possible for any town to give the true student.atmosphere » able to cover the entire ‘expense of | The} WILL BE ORGANIZED Pupils Will Again be Given Oppor- tunity to Put in Spare Time to Advantage. All parents who desire their chil- | dren to take garden work under | the Agricultural Instructor’s direc- | tion should sign the card whieh will be given the pupil at school. The reason for taking this step is to; secure the co-operation of the par- ent in seeing that their children are present at the sclrool garden on the days designated by the instruc- tor. The school garden cannot be made a success unless this assis- | | erder, but the springs on Mr. Dick- } ator of the other, so that it had neither left the road, but stopped dead. Both wind shields were shat tered and the occupants of the cars cut by flying glass. In spite of the impact, the en- gines of both cars were in working get a good program running thru an entire week for only $288. This arrangement, in fact, makes Chau- jtauqua privileges evailable to al- most any town. GRAND GAPIDS MEN IN HOLLAND'S WILL C. C. McCarthy and C. L. Pratt Are Left $1,000 Each by Dead Jurist. The will of Judge George W. Hol land, who died a short time ago at Brainerd, is said to be one of the most peculiar documents of its kind ever probated in Minnesota. inson’s car had pierced the radi- to be hauled to Hibbing. In spite of a badly jammed steering gear the other car managed to make this town without aid. TAX JUDGMENT SALE MONDAY, MAY 12TH County Auditor Spang Will Sell tance is given by the oem | Lands on Which Taxes Are ithe seaimeliviad #NiAid bbeuiaate ee some of the Doyo anleeee pe net Delinquent. | is characteristic of the man, stat- ly become tired and want to stop, (par h: , h ’ and as a result, their garden will| On Monday next, May 412, County| 08 1) Pirasology the reasons for grow up to weeds, which will ruin | Auditor Spang, will sell all réal the appearance of the entire gar-| estate in Itasca county on which) den. | taxes for the year 1911 have not The stones have been removed been paid. January 1st, 1943, these from the old garden spot, most of | taxes became delinquent under the the quack grass has been exter- | !aw. On March 22 judgement was en- minated, and the fertilizer which is | tered against them in district court. being placed on the land should |The sale will begin at the court make a fairly desirable spot for | house in Grand Rapids at 40 o’clo¢k his remembering this and that per- son. The estimated value of Judge Holland’s estate, real’ and personal is about $300,000, and his distribu- tion of it was wide. Churches in his home city of Brainerd came in for a goodly portion, the Salvation ing among the beneficiaries. Attorneys C. C. MeCarhty and C. L. Pratt of Grand Rapids, are our school garden work. in the forenoon. . | If the children are not busy at earns | home with this sort of work, or Notice parents should urge them to take up gardening in order that they may be kept from being idle all the time during the summer. All ex- penses will be met by the school, will be closed down for repairsjon Monday, May 12, between the hop of 12 and 3 p. m. By Order of Commission. aA The electric light and power plant. among those whom the Judge grate fully remembered, they being wille $1000 each. F. W. Hall of Aitkin, is another attorney like amount. spares Pepe a fo Se Fr 21-1 Pai Ai Army and Masonic lodge also be-) ~~ COMPENSATION LAW PROTECTS LABORER | Salient Points of New Measure Regarding Compensation for Personal Injury. /NO MORE “ASSUMPTION OF RISK” “Contributory Negligence” Also Bared as Valid Defense. | Rate of Compensation Explained. : | The new workmen’s compensation) law passed by the legsilature at the session just closed is an important piece of legislation. The purpose of the new law is to provide a method whereby those who suffer accident- al injury or death during their em- | ployment may secure to themselves and their dependents prompt and fair compensation without being compelled to sue for damages. This will do away largely with expensive | and long-drawn-out litigation and will come near to putting the “per- sonal injury” lawyer out of busi- ness. It will give the injured work- man aid. when he most needs it, and he will not be compelled to turn over the lion’s share to his lawyer, as has too often been the case be- fore. This new law is divided into two parts. “Part One” gives the plan whereby those who prefer to go to luw to settle personal injury claims may do so. All employers, except : railways engaged in interstate com- meree, employers of farm labor, do-j{ mestie servants and “casual work- ers” are presumed to have chosen law. If they do not desire to do so they must give written or printed { notice to that effect, but in case of | | suit for damages such employer is | | deprived of the use for defense of | assumption of risk, fellow servant | doctrine and contributory negli- ; ; gence. These are the most import- | ant common law defenses of employ< , ers in personal injury suits. | All employees, except in the lines | ‘noted above, are also presumed to | have elected to come under the new | law, unless written notice to the | | contrary is given as provided by the | statute. In case an employe so elects by written notice, and then ' desires to sue for injuPies, the three | defenses stated above are restored | to the employer. These provisions are for the pur-| | pose of discouraging litigation and in reality penalizes the workman or | employer who would rather go to | law than to settle in accordance with! the provisions of ‘Part Two.” In case where neither employer | nor employe has filed written no- | | tice that they do not desire to come | under the new law, then the follow- | ing compensations shall be paid by | employers to injured workmen or their dependents without regard to: contributory negligence, except ac- | cidents intentionally self-inflected or when intoxication of the work- | man is the cause of such accident. | | Such compensation is to be paid as nearly on the regular pay day asis | practical. The employer must provide all necessary and reasonable medical and surgical care, medicines, crutch-' es, ete., during the first 90 days of , ; injury, not exceeding in value $100 except in unusual cases the court ; may direct further expenditure for | this purpose, but not to exceed $200.00 in all. During the first | two weeks of injury no compensa- : tion shall be paid, except for medi-| cal care, ete., as stated above. In case of temporary total dis- | abliity the compensation to be paid | is 0 per cent of the emSployes wa- {ges at the time of accident, but not to exceed $10 or be less than 1 $6 per week. Maximum total time same is to be paid is 300 weeks. Temporary partial disability shall be paid at 50 per cent of the dif- ference between the workman’s wage at the time of injury and what he can earn in his disabled condi- tion. To be paid durmg disability but not over 300 weeks. : For loss of thumb, 50 per cent of For 1 of ‘PRL iraii ima TFT FFAs Fa A AIL ir rf | 10 weeks. ‘ sician present at such examination. ‘wider tlie provisions-of-this+ ges for 30 weeks. Loss of third finger, 50 per cent of wages for 20 weeks. For loss of little finger, 50 per cent of wages for 15 weeks. For loss of great toe, 50 per cent of wages for 30 weeks. Loss of any other toe, 50 per cent of. wages for: Loss of hand 50 per cent of wages for 150 weeks. Loss of arm, 50 per cent of wages for 200 weeks. Loss of foot, 50 percent of wages for 125 weeks. ILoss of leg, 50 per cent of wages for 175 weeks. Loss of an eye, 50 per cent of: wa- ges for 100 weeks. The loss of both hands, arms, feet, legs or eyes, or} any two thereof, or loss of mental faculties or complete paralysis of both legs or both arms, shall be considered permanent total disabili-' ty. In case of death, compensation shall be paid during such depend- ency, but not to exceed 300 weeks. This compensation is as follows: Widow with no children, 35 per cent of wages of deceased; widow and one child under 18, 40 per cent of wages; widow and two or three dependent children, 50 per cent of wages; widow and four or more children, 60 per cnt of wages. The law then goes into more lenghty details in providing com- pensation to other dependent rela- tives in cases where deceased left no widow or children. In all cases of injury the person injured must give written notice of | such fact to the employer or an agent of the employer upon whom a summons in civil action may be served, by personal delivery or by registered mail to the last known place of business of the employer. The employer has the right to veri- fy injury to one of his workmen by examination by a physician engaged by said employer, but the workman has the right to have his own phy- In case of dispute as to the injury the district court upon application, or on its own initiative may appoint a neutral physician to report on the case. If the injured workman re- fuses reasonable requests for exam- FAM BOVEY NE First Game of Season Results im Victory for Locals by a Score of 8 to 4. ‘GRAND RAPIDG HS 8, COLERAINE. Old Rivals of Our High Schoe Team Go Down to Defeat in. Their First Game Away From Home. The base ball game Sunday be- tween Grand Rapids and Bovey oa the home diamond resulted in @ victory for the locals. The score was 8to4,andthe game wasa good one for this early in the seasem when the boys have not gotten the winter stiffness out of their joints. Lofberg was on the mound for the locals, and Bentz did the honors for the visitors. In the first twe innings, Lofberg allowed: two heme runs to be garnered off his delivery but as the bases were empty both times this handicap did not prove serious. After thus having seem how far the miners could hit the ball if given an opportunity, he tightened up and acted real mean to them, allowing but two more men to cross the tally pan in the reamining sessigns. The home sup- port was stronger than that of the range bunch, wheih at times was a triffle ragged, so that although Bentz pitched a_ good, consistent game throughout, our boys joggeil home with eight scores during the seance. The game was witnessed ination he shall forfeit his right to | by a fair sized, well-behaved crowd, whieh“did~ 3 “to tyne compensation during the period of} such refusal. IMMORAL RESORTS RAIDED BY SHERIFF Inmates of Hors:s ct Nasliivendel and Calumet Are Lodged in County Jail. Sheriff T. T. Riley got busy last} Friday afternoon and as a result | nine law violators from Nashwau and Calumet were brought to Grand Rapids and lodged in the eounty jail on cahrges of violating the stat- utes relating to conducting and be-} ing inmatés of houses of ill repute. Theodore Niff, known as “Kid” Niff, is charged with being the pro- prietor and manager of the house at Nashwauk; Charles Mason was his piano player; Jessie Wilson, “Babe” Starr, Verna Barr and Ollie! West were inmates of the _ place. Thomas S. Quinn, is the alleged operator of the Calumet place, with Emma Davis and Anna Cari- son as inmates. When brought be fore Justice Kearney for hearing on Saturday a continuance was asked for by all the defendants. The cases from Nashwauk will be heard Friday and those from Calumet on | Saturday. The bail bonds of Neff and Quinn, the principals, were fixed in each case in the sum of $300, while the others were required to furnish bonds in the sum of $50 each. furnished and the nine defendants allowed liberty from jail. JUSTICE R. H. BAILEY Former Village Justice of the Peace Will Go to Soldier’s Home at Dayton. At the meeting of the village coun- cil last Saturday evening, Robert H. Bailey, for twelve years justice of the. peace for the village, tend- ered his resignation. Justice Bailey who is a veteran of the civil war and over 70 years old will short- ly leave for the soldier’s home at Dayton, Ohio, where he expects to spend the remainder of his days. He has been a resident of Itasca | county for the past twenty-one | State | Bankers _ | meeting years. daily wages for a period of 60 weeks.| After ‘Trot the umpires more than a dozen times during the entire afternoon. Grand Rapids, 8; Coleraine 1. The first ball game of the season for .the Grand Rapids high schooi team, resulted in a victory for them by a score of 8 to 1. The Coleraine high school team were the oppo- nents, and at no time did they prove dangerous. Rima pitched his usual steady game and was well sup- ported in the field. Lee, catehing for the Rapids, nabbed nine men ‘in attempts to steal bases, whieh ought to discourage the practice when he is behind the bat. REP. C. H. WARNER LAUDS GUNN’S WORK In speaking of the work done by Northern. Minnesota members at the last “session of the lezislature, Representative €. H. Warner of Aitkin, speaks in flattering terms of the work done by Senator D. M. Gunn. In an interview with fhe Aitkin Republican, Mr. Warner says: “On all matters pertaining te Northern Minnesota the delegation from the 52nd senatorial distrie& worked together in harmony. Sen- ator Gunn’s long experienes makes him an exceptionally valu- able member. He is a strong mam in the state senate, this being due to his well known and recognizea Satisfactory sureties Were! honesty and integrity as much te any Other one thing. Dan Gunn's word ‘goes’ in the Senate. It i# his bond. Men who have served with him in that body during four sessions say that they have never known Gunn to father a ‘weod- chuck’ or attempt to mislead the Senate or a committee of the Sen- ate. This has gained for him the confidence and respect of the mem- bers, and he is recognized as a mam of experience, ripe judgment ané ability. He contributed largely te the successful fight in the Senate for reapporitonment and other measures in which Northern Minne- sota was vitally interested.” es Banker’s Backing Vice President A. G. viee president of the First National vice presidency. of tl sot is

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