Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 11, 1913, Page 3

CoHASSET DEPARTMENT IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE COHASSET, MINNESOTA, JUNE 11, 1913. | ae ee ee ee ee : Cohasset Locals OO eeeeetninct Mrs. Newton ing seriously ill. Sesosteeectenttesteectesteteets reported as be- } The Philatea Bible class will ireet with Mrs Jeranto t Thurs- aay evening. J. C. Gilmore, who has undergone quite a severe siege of illness is again able ta be about. Father O’Larrigan of Hibbing, celebrated two Masses at the Cath- olic church on Sunday. Culver left this week which place she make her home. Mrs. for © will her Alice after The Altar society of the Catholic church will meet with Mrs. Joseph Claremont on Thursday next. The little year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Vashau is in a serious condition, caused by an ab- scess on her nec Otto Patten, who ides up the Mississippi r near Vermillion, ‘was a visitor at the R. K. Stokes home last Sunday. The Sunday school classes that are faught by Misses Emma and Myrtle Hirsh, will hold a picnic next Saturday afternoon. Miss Kathlyn Hirsh, who been teaching at the Thornberry school, left Monday to spend her vacation at her home in Henning. Charlie Curtis of St. Louis, Mich., who has been here since his bro- ther, Ben, was injured a couple of weeks ago, returned to his home last Monday. Morris O’Brien and John Skelly motored to Hibbing on Sunday last, taking in the district meet-! ing of the Knights of Columbus, ‘while there. Rev. A. A. Myers of Grand Rap- ids, will preside at the third quar- terly conference of the members of | the Method church to be held here tomorrow evening. ~ Mr. and Mrs. John Russell of Deer River, are visiting the John Shepherd family, which recently moved five miles from Cohasset for the summer. Mrs. Hirsh, mother of Dr. M.M. Hirsh of Henning, is here ona visit iio the family of her son. She is accompanied by her daughter-in- law, Mrs. Perry Hirsh. Mrs. Breen and Miss Annie Skelly returned from Rochester, Minn., this week, much improved in health. Mrs. Breen, whose home is in Superior, will remain here during the summer. L. R. Gift and family, arrived this week from Fordville, N. D., and will make Cohasset their home. The family will reside in town, but Mr. Gift will conduct a farm at Weller’s Spur, during the season. Mrs. W. W. Watkins was taken to Grand Rapids the first of the week and operated on for appen- idicitis by Dr. Hursh. She is re- sported as doing nicely and it is expected that she will soon again ‘be around. The Happy Hustlers are clear- ing a park at the south side of the , town to be used for outdoor sports such as tennis, croquet, etc. The erterprise of the youngsters is to be commended and they deserve all]! the encouragement that we elder cies are able to give them. has | Mr. and Mrs. Guy Finney are re- joicing over the arrival of a bright boy at their place on Sun- day morning. In order to keep the balance perfect, a girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lambert on the same day. The pupils of Prof. Baldwin’s high school classes held a surprise parly on the popular instructor on Sat- urday evening, and presented him with a souvenir spoon as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the scholars. Michael Lone, who has been at- tending college at Austin, Minn., stopped off here, where his sister, Lena, has been attending school | during the term, and together they], left on Sunday for their home at {eer River. Prof. Baldwin of the high school, left Sunday to spend his vacation at his home in Excelsior. He has proved a most efficient and popular instructor, and the people of the village will be glad to know that he has been retained by the school board to teach again next year. Ben Curtis, who about two weeks ago was seriously injured atthe Woodenware Company's plant here, was taken to his home here Mon- day. He has been at St. Benedict's hospital in Grand Rapids since the accident. Mr. Curtis was pretty badly used up but we are pleased to be able to state that the re- sults will not be as serious as were at first feared. A young couple from Cohasset in- tended to take a buggy ride to Grand Rapids on Sunday, but never | reached the county seat. About half way between the two towns they met an automobile and the team furnishing the motive power for the young couple began act- ing up something awful. The oec- cupants of the automobile stopped the machine and helped get the horses past, but the young lady in the rig seemed pretty badly frigh- tened, and the autoists offered to take her to Grand Rapids or back to Cohasset, whichever she chose. The offer was accepted and she ar- rived here without further mishap. Her friends now tell her that is one way to secure an auto ride. Citation for Hearing on Final Account and for Distribution, STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF ITASCA—IN PROBATE COURT. In the Matter of the Estate of John Distasid, Decedent: The State of Minnesota to Joseph Collyard, and all persons interested in the final account and distribution of the estate of said decedent: The rep- resentative of the above named de- cedent, having filed in this court his final account of the administration of the estate of said decedent, together with petition praying for the adjust- ment and allowance of said final ac- count and for distribution of the resi- due of said estate to the persons thereunto entitld; THERBFORE, YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, are hereby cited and required to show cause, if any you have, before this court at the Probate Court Rooms in the Court House, in the Village of Grand Rapids in the County of Itasca, State of Minnesota, on the 7th day of July, 1913, at 10 o'clock A. M., why said petition should not be granted. Witness, the Judge of and the seal of said court, day of June, 1913, (Court Seal) CLARENCE B. WEBSTER, Probate Judge June 11, 18, 25. said Court, this Herald-Review, —e0wWw! HERALD-REVIEW COMMERCIAL Book and Job Printing Be KIND OF WOR’ EST KIND OF STOC. | Letus figure with you eres Reductions in Millinery Goods at Mrs. Fletcher's Trimmed Hats From 10 Cents Up. Every Hat in the Store Reduced in Price Just One-Half CALL AND BE CONVINCED. Fletcher’s Millinery Store + COHASSET 7th | PASSAGE OF LAW SEEMS CERTAIN Governor Likely to Win in Pub- lic Utilities Fight, EFFECT OF ACT QOUBTFUL | Question Whether Proposed Legisla- tion Will Benefit the People or the Utilities. H Special Correspondence.) St. Paul, June 9.—With a full knowl- edge of the strength of the Eberhart administration, knowing its control as far as the Twin City dailies are con- ‘cerned and its many ramifications in a wire pulling way, it is no stretch of | the imagination when I say that the passage of a statewide law for control ‘of public utilities seems almost cer- ‘tain, but what bothers is whether the flaw as enacted will give the proposed control to the people or the utilities. The problem had its first inning last week when the house committee named by Speaker Rines to inquire |into the question of state control of public utilities met at the state capitol and organized. That is all it did, or- ganize, according to the record made, and if my observations. are correct the organization as perfected means that the utilities, which inclue the General Electric company of Minneap- olis, the St. Paul Gas Light company and the several concerns supplying Duluth with heat, light and power, are | mot going to have everything their own way. Speaking frankly the “yel- | low dogs,” as the governor terms | those organizations which are against the scheme, are confident that the best wishes of the executive are with those interests which hope to see the jenactment of a law that will be to their interest only. As far as yours | truly is concerned he is confident that {anything else will have a hard time | getting by and this prediction does ‘not mean that the governor has in | mind anything else but a law that | will treat everybody alike. As stated, 1 |information it will have to come from some other source than that of the cities and for that reason I am | speaking plainly. The biggest chump that walks the earth is the average voter and a half dozen publications that operate in the population centers, ; not to speak of those who indulge in {the biennial sport of kingmaking, are aware of this fact, still it is a matter of history that Nero fiddled once too |often, that Cornwallis met his ‘Wash- ington and Napoleon his Waterloo. ‘Who knows what might happen? +b + To you taxpayers, patrons of gas, water and electric light companies, and the thousands who contribute an- nually to the Twin City Rapid Transit | company, the Northwestern Telephone {company and the Tri-State Telephone ; company, the name utilities is per- haps the least of your troubles. All that concerns you is what you pay, | the fact that last month’s bill was lar- ‘ger than it should be and that when | you protested the best you got in the | way of relief was the merry “ha, ha.” This “ha, ha” answer game is as old as the hills and has put thousands of dollars into the coffers of thoge igter- ested, though in the case of St. Paul |and Minneapolis it has fallen down on a number of occasions with the re- sult that $i gas is now the result. If the public utilities act prevails this “ha, ha” game, those behind the move- ment say, will no longer be the style and it is what Governor Eberhart is trying to enact into a law. So serious is his excellency that half of those connected with his administration are working on the scheme and their desks are covered with literature on the subject. His next step will be an invasion of those municipalities hav- ing public utilities within their midst with speeches covering the subject. His itinerary is now being prepared and, as I said, his speechmaking tour will cover half of the municipalities in the state. | t+ + Duluth, you probably know, already has the commission form of govern- ment, St. Paul has adopted it and Minneapolis is now preparing to take on a charter providing for the new or- der of things. Commenting on the newest idea in things municipal Colo- nel Wilkinson, who used to be con- nected with the Great Northern in a. legal and a political way, but who now puts in all his time farming in Wash- ingtén county, remarked the other day that perhaps the three might offer some explanation for the sudden de mand for a public lities commis- sion. It looked to hiifPlike centralized home government, with a demand for low rates in the matter of utilities titat those operating the utilities were jif you in the country want inside | not prepared to grant. The “colonel” was some boy in his day and he pilot- ed the Great Northern over many a rough political road. What he does not know about the good old days is not worth knowing. be thee lie Governor Eberhart is pretty much on the job, but they slipped one over on him and State Insurance Commis- sioner Preus the other day when the state immigration commission, without warning, met and named Fred D. Sher- man as state immigration commis- sioner. The naming of Mr. Sherman followed the retirement of H. J. Max- field, whe resigned some weeks pre- vious following a disagreement with Secretary of State Schmahl, State Au- ditor Iverson and one other member of the board. State Insurance Com- missioner Preus was decidedly against Sherman, for Sherman, you know, was a Lee man in the last campaign and if there is anything that Preus cannot stand it is opposition to his chief. No man in the employ of the state gov- ernment stays long on the payroll who is so charged. As sop to the governor he was allowed to name John Kinietz {of the Cambridge Press as assistant commissioner. Throughout the pro- ceedings Governor Eberhart made no pretest, but I can see trouble ahead. In the matter of promotion Sherman is regarded as entitled to his new po- sition, but sometimes it does not pay to buck the powers that be. As to what will happen, wait and see. ++ + Attorney General Smith is now wrestling with the problem of wheth- er attorneys employed by railroads and carrying a notarial commission can have free passes. A former de- cision was to the effect that they could not. Inasmuch as the anti-pass Jaw has been modified so as to ex- empt policemen, firemen and mail car- riers almost anything is possible now. The law was never of any value and the chances are that it will be put out of business entirely. eS + The state legal department has been stacked up against the job of defending the cream shipment law passed by the last legislature and as I get it those in charge do not relish the job. The federal courts have issued an order preventing the enforcement of the law and it is up to the state to show this same court that the order should not stand. The llaw prevents the shipment of cream for a greater distance than sixty-five miles unless in iced cars. If there ever was a good argument for a law that will compel the submission of a proposed act to some tribunal to be passed upon as to its constitution- ality and language before passage it is this same cream law. This law was drafted for the benefit of the country creameries and against what {are known as the city centralizers. | No attempt was made to have it sub- mitted to a legal authority. Preju- dice was responsible for its draft and the same prevailed in the case of its passage. Now the state will be at an expense of thousands of dollars to prove that it is constitutional, and the chances are that it will lose. e+ + If the purchases of automobiles are any indication of the prosperity of the country then the number of li- jcenses for automobiles daily issued by Secretary of State Schmahl show Minnesota to be on the up trend. For the past month nearly 300 checks of $1.50 each have been received daily number of automobiles in Minnesota is now near the 50,000 mark. And for your benefit, dear reader, I will say most of the machines are owned in the country. Soe & Frank N. Stacy will sever his con- nection with the. public examiner's de- partment after July 1 and the news will no doubt sound good to a few that I know. The reason for his re- tirement after over fifteen years of service is not given, though Public Examiner Fritz says he knows but is \not prepared to make the facts pub- lic. Undue activity outside his offi- cial line is perhaps as good an ex- planation as any. Nobody could write a keynote speech or an essay better than Stacy—I am told not a few governors have been the bene- ficiaries of his efforts—and no one jcoula handle figures better than he, but Stacy had one trouble, he always took sides, and they were not always on the side of his bread and butter. During the last legislature he was re- ported to be unduly active in a pet- ty investigating way and it is re ported that it was this activity that finally landed him outside the bread line. iA Bs ida The commission named by Gov- ernor Eberhart, Speaker Rines of the house and Lieutenant Governor Burn- quist to select a site for a sixth state normal school is preparing to get busy. The members will visit the several towns which want the school. Among the applicants are Cass Lake, Walker, Bemidji, Thief River Falls and,Park Rapids. Represent’ D. P. O'Neill of Thief River Falls' the anthor of the bill providing for and they still continue to come. The | BOOST FOR COHASSET Grand Rapids Village Lots 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. $S per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter We also have some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. | REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY ot over. $5 DOWN $5 down and another normal school and it is a good bet that Dan will land the plum. te Mayor Keller of St. Paul was pre- sented with an automobile by admir- ing members of his administration last week. He was already the own- er of a machine which he very gra- ciously gave to his brother-in-law. For the benefit of those who are contem- [plating similar action at the state- house I will say that Governor Eber- hart has a machine, but he could use a later model. r+ + State Auditor Iverson, who has been in Washington, is on his way back and is said to be returning with patents for several thousand acres of swamp lands safely tucked away in his inside pocket. They are lands that have been in dispute betweeu the state and the federal government for some years. THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN. HIS FOOLHARDY FEAT. A Nerve Trying Climb Up the Face of a Steep Precipice. In his book, “Trailing and Camping In Alaska,” A. M. Powell, a govern- ment surveyor, tells how one of his party was led into a most hazardous predicament. He says: We landed on a grassy nook at the foot of a precipitous mountain spur After supper one of the trio tried to climb to a ledge of white spar that could be plainly seen from the camp. After an hour’s hard work he reached the ledge, but it proved disappointing. He then saw that he could not de scend without eyes in his toes. If he could ascend a few hundred feet he might lower himself down a draw by the help of scattering alder brush. He spent another hour in getting to that place only to discover a precipice in the path he had expected to descend. There was another chance left; he might climb to the top of the spur far above. No living man could have clung to the face of that precipice a minute if it had not been for the moss that was rooted in the small crevices. He continued climbing until about 10 o’clock, when he paused to look down on the campfire and the water, more than a thousand feet below him. He felt a sickness come over him, so he turned his gaze to the rock wall, a foot from his face. When near the summit he found him- self face to face with a perpendicular wall about twelve feet high. There appeared to be a small bench en top of this wall, on which he might rest if he could reach it. He sat for a few moments on a large rock that lay at the foot of the wall; then with his knife he cut niches for finger and toe holds. Holding on by these he climbed up and dug a sort of trench through the moss on the rim above, through which he might draw his body. Then he descended to the rock for a long rest before making the final effort. He finally nerved himself to the task, put his fingers in the niches and drew himself from the rock which, with the présstre of the departing foot, said goodby and went bumping down, down. down. The man was left clinging to his niches—hope and life above, sure death below. Big drops of sweat stood on his fore- head as he steadily worked up, up, and held with one hand while he dug the other into the moss above. Half of his body finally rested on the edge. while the other half hung in space without a foothold. It seemed impos- sible to move from that position until he saw an alder stem. an inch in diam- eter, that had grown on the little flat bench. He tried its strength. It en- abled him to pull himself up and lie on the narrow bed of moss. where he thought of friends far away and his own folly. There was but one way out and that was along a six inch shelf about 100 feet to the westward that ended on the sloping ridge. Along this a man could edge his body by holding on to the jagged places in the rock wall. He took off his shoes and set off along that sloping path, but he had to be careful not to look down from his dizzy height to the distant campfire. The feat was accomplished safely and a thankful mortal lay on ea grassy ridgein complete collapse. aneroid barometer recorded 2,140 feet thar iow idnat 12 inthe morning j puzzled many, but what of the lady? described herself as a factory hand. When withdrawing money she gave her description as “lady.” master was asked to be careful as to identity before paying the money. His reply was. he was quite satisfied—it was the depositor’s way of saying she was out of work.—London Spectator. classes—those who go ahead and do something and those who sit and in- quire, ‘Why wasn’t it done the other way? "—Oliver Wendell Holmes. makes free, and ajl are slaves beside. —Cowper. ONE YEAR TWO DOLLAR GRAND RAPIDS HERALDREVIEW For a short time the Herald-Roview may be A “Lady” Is Defined, The definition of a gentleman has A depositor on opening an account The post- Two Classes. “The human race is divided into two He is the freeman whom the truth Money to Loan ONIMPROVED FARM LANDS If you need money to improve your farm, or to pay up mort- gage drawing a high rate of in- terest, send us a description of your property and state amount wanted. 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