Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 25, 1913, Page 1

Grand Rapids 1 " No. st S00 AGRES SOLD AT LAND SALE Smallest Amount Yet Disposed of by State at a Sale in Itasca County. FIRST IMPROVED TRACT JULY 21 Forty Acres Reclaimed by the State to be Put on the Market at that Time—Ready for Seeding. The third land sale for the sea- | son was conducted by Theodore Nelson of the state land depart- ment, at the office of County Au- ditor Spang last week. There were only 500 acres sold, the smallest amount yet disposed of at any sale held here. The prices ranged from 5 to $40 per acre. Nels Vogt of Hill Cityand Alice Giroux of Two Harbors were the only buyers outside the county. Mr. Nelson attributes the slump to the heat and the prevalence of mosquitoes, which makes it a Ahardship for prospective buyers to get out and view the land. Following are the purchasers, together with the description of the pieces secured: Sarah Messer, Swan River, 40 acres in 32-54-22; Fred A. Leipold, Liepold, 80 acres in 24-53-23; Arthur Witta, Bovey, 40 acres in 8-55-23; John Critch- field, Grand Rapids, 8-55-23; Nels Vogt, Hill City, 40 acresin 36-53- 26; Michael T. Daley, Grand Rap- ids, 98 acres in 16-54-26, and Alice Girous, Two Harbors, 160 acres in 40 and 36, 53-27. } On June 21 the first sale for Itasca county of a tract improved by the reclamation board of the state will take place. A 40-acre tract has been improved, one half of this having been cleared and plowed in readiness for seeding. In order to enable the purchaser of this land to secure a larger farm, the tracts adjoining the improved] charity, plot will be put up for sale at the same time. jall, neighbors and eould devise and apply for her comfort and assistance were em~ ployed, but the fiat of Him who rules our incomings and outgoings had been issued and after the brief struggle, despite the prayers and jentreaties of all who knew and l¥oved her, the sufferer’s spirit tock its flight to that home the [Christian believes is the fulfill- ment of the life everlasting. | Mary Fermenich-O’Brien was born in Sanbern, Wis., in 1870, and in that town was married to Maur- ice O’Brien twenty-six years ago. Fourteen children were born of the union, eleven of whom remain to mourn the loss of a mother ever kind and indulgent. i; In 1890 the family moved to Co hasset where they have since re- sided. St. Augustine Catholic church in Cohasset at 40 o'clock, and will be conducted by Rev. Father Hen- Buechler of Grand’ Rapids. In- terment will be in the Cohasset cemetery. A meeting of the board of coun- ity commissioners, of which Mr. \O’Brien is a member, called for July 4, in respect to the deceased. |The court house will be closed Friday forenoon. Mrs. O’Brien was a true Chris- tian, a life-long mémber of ‘ the Roman Catholic church. The beau- tifying influences of a pure reli- gion were spread over a life and character as spotless and charm- ing as was ever possessed by any of the noble women ‘who have lived and died during the ages that are gone. As such a life was a bless- ling andbenefaction to all within the sphere of its influence, so is the death of such a’ one a public misfortune, as well as an irrepar- able loss to the home circle made desolate by her departure. It is difficult to pay a fitting tribute man—one whose every-day life was embellished by the most charming and loveable attributes of her sex. She seemed born to inspire the love and respect of all who were so fortunate as to be acquainted with her. No one was more will- i o aid the suffering, cheer the onding, sustain the weak, and tothrow over the frailties of others the mantle of Christian and when sickness and death came to her, as it comes to friends vied The description of the tract thus} with each other in acts of loving improved is as follows: The south- west quarter of the southeast quar- ter of section 16, township 54, range 24. The price of this forty has been appraised at $200, and the cost of cle g and of plowing amounts to $500, making a total ap praised value of $700, or $417.50 per} acre. With this will be offered three adjoining forties at an ap- praised value of £5.00 per acre. The terms of sale are as follows: Fifteen per cent of the purchas price and the interest on the bal- ance fromthe time of purchase to June i, 1914, the balance payable the same as is now the case with unimproved state lands. This is the first sale in this county under the reclamation act passed by the last legislature, and it is thought that the plan will prove so satisfactory that tracts similarly improved by the state ‘will be placed on the market as fast as the clearing can be done. MRS, MARY O'BRIEN SUMMONED BY DEATH Mrs. Mary O’Brien, aged forty- three years, wife of Maurice 4’Brien, died at her home in Co- hasset at six o’clock this morning. The word flewover Grand Rapids as on the wings of wind. Wherever it touched it left sor- ow, and the expressions of sym- pathy for the bereaved family and at the loss of one so well beloved by all were sincerely from the heart. Only yesterday the attend- ing physician, nurse and members of the family were overjoyed at indications of improvement in their patient's condition. It proved to be but a moment’s sunshine before the final summons to the Great Beyond. The immediate cause of death was pronounced by the at- tending doctor to be phletitis. The end came after a severe illness of about ten days duration. All the ‘care and love that skilled physi- cians and an anxious household kindness and tender solicitude, and many were the willing hands and hearts ready to assist in attempt- ing to fight back the ravages of disease—to avert the inevitable— but love and skill were equally of no avail. The great destroyer had placed his signet on her brow and today, hundreds who loved her liv- ing, mourn her dead. sow, how cold and impotent are words and how doubly deep would be the grief over the grave did not the rainbow of Christian hope span the dark gulf between’ time and eternity, and such pure, bright lives inspire the belief that there is a better world beyond, relieved from the corroding cares of earth, twhere the good and true are re- united “after life’s fitful fever.” As the death dew gathered on her marble brow the soul went out as she peacefully closed her eyes and was rounded back to God. Up to within an hour of the end she was conscious and realized that the parting was at hand. When her aged father arrived: on the mid- night train she feebly raised her hand in greeting, smiled sweetly, as he kissed her, and seemed all resigned. The children and hus- band were gathered around her bedside. Vain is the attempt to méasure the loss of this mother to her children. The lifeso long interwoven with theirs was passing over as they watched with tearful eyes and breaking hearts. Let us believe the tender care devoted to those nearest and dearest went ~ith her to the better land, and in the possibilities of eternity, may be needed in the hereafter. P. A. Daley, one of the oldtime woodsmen of Itasca county, now in charge of bridge structugal work for the Hennepin Bridge ‘ompany, was in town this week removing the company’s outfit that was used putting the Mississ- fppi’s bridge west of town. Mr. Daley operated in Itasca county thirty-five years” ago. The funeral services will he at | neberry assisted by Rev. Father | to-day, was adjourned to Tuesday,’ to the memory of so noble a wo- | In tht presence of such a sor- | NUTR’ OFF ~ SISTEMIZES WOR ‘Rapid Growth of County Makes New Division of Duties Necessary. “EMPLOY SYSTEM OF DEPARTMENTS People Generally Have No Idea of Amount of Labor Involved in Conduct of Th's Most Important Office. | -Ag Itasca County grows older and as new industries are opened up and the County becomes more | settled, the routine work of the County Auditor’s office grows apace, and so voluminous have the labors become that Auditor Spang has found it necessary to place every department of his of- fice under a system that will allow a speedy handling of the labors of each department, and on account of the vast quantity of work en- tailed he found it necessary to em- ploy additional help to complete the systemization of the work in his office. That our readers may have an ifea of the extent of these im- provements that are well under way, and the scope that they cover, the Herald Review herewith gives a synopsis of some of the most important changes being promul- gated by Auditor Spang in his of- rice, One of the systems that Auditor Spang has inaugurated in his office jis that of opening up- ledger ac- counts with each of the municipal subdivisions of the county govern- ment. He has had prepared a Tax Ledger, in which record the amount | of taxes levied in each subdivision ; are charged up to the treasurer, | and as payments are made in these subdivisions, and taxes are abated or cancelled the treasurer is cred- ited with these amounts. To ex- plain this system we will take the account with the Town of Alywood for 1911. There was levied and. }assessed for all purposes in that | town for 1911 taxes in the sum of | $2,203.71, of which amount $169.42 was for State purposes, $331.68 for County, $928.19 for Town, $665.96 for School District No. 1, and $108.- 46 for state loans to the Town. | These amounts under the said | subdivision of funds were charged !to the Treasurer when the tax rolls for 1914 were turned over to him in January 1912. The first ap | portionment of taxes paid for 1914 | was in March and there being found | to have been collected for 1914, in said town, the sum of $211.08, the town is credited with said amount, $16.99 tothe State funds, $32.42 to the County, $86.32 to the Town, $65.05 to the School District and $10.80 to the State loans to the Town. Then a balance is taken, and it is found that for 1911 there was $992.63 taxes unpaid in the Town, of which $152.43 is for the MORE SCHOOL. ROOM ‘SEEMS NECESSARY Informal Meeting of Citizens Mon- day Night Considered High School Building. DIFFERENT PLANS ARE SUGGESTED ereased Room for Work of High ‘School is Conceded to be Almost Imperative— Sentiment Fav- ors Substantial Addition. in response to a call published 4 the last issue of the local press about twenty-five citizens met Monday evening at Central school puilding to consider the advisabil- ity of increasing, at the present time the Grand Rapids High school building. Supt. Freeman explained tke conditions as they now exist, lahd made it clear that the size of the present building is entirely T7- adequate. It has been necessary «curirg the past year to use the auditorium as a class room. The ‘roman, as it is now seated, is not suitable for this purpose. Public sentiment appears to oppose the idea. of giving up the auditorium, ‘eq even if this were done it would only provide a makeshift accommodation, and the school would continue without a gymnas- ium. The purpose of the meeting aves lo present the subject to the voters of district No. One ina manner that would enable them to ‘egnsuler the project between now ae the annual ‘esting on July If the opinions expressed by these present can be iaken as an indication of sentiment through- out the district, it is evident that if any action is officially author- ized at the annual meeting it will be for a substantial improvement. No temporary provision appeared to find much favor with those who expressed themselves. A vote ta- ken strangely indicated the same sentiment. The three members of the board were present, and strong- ly urged the voters to discuss the matter and give it careful consi- deration between now and the time for holding the annual meeting. It was not their desire to offer ,or urge any plan whatever. A proposed acglition to the north end of the present building, two stories and basement, 45x73 #eet in dimensions, had been prepared by Architect -W. J. Sullivan of Duluth. The 2pproximate cost of this ad- dition was given by the architect at £40,000. It would practically double the working capacity of the present building. As planned the gymnasium would te in the basement with a mez- zanine floor, providing a running jtrack, and gallery, shower baths, lockers, and all conveniences for toth the boys and girls On the first floor two large class rooms fre provided, one 48 by 30, ac- state taxes, $209.26 is county taxes,|commodating 104; and the second, $841.87 is Town taxes, $600.91 for |43 by 40, accommodating 156 pupils. school taxes, and $98.16is on ac-|The ‘second floor would be divided count of State Loan to the town.jinto three classrooms, 49 by 30, From these balances the amount| accommodating 120; 20 by 30, ac- paid in to the treasurer-up to May |commodating 30, and 21 by 30, ac- 31st, together with the amount of | commodating 30 pupils. Two toilets personal property taxes that it was|and ample dressing raoms are also found by the County Board to be|provided on this floor, together uncollectable are deducted,and then] with two small retiring rooms, one if any additions have been made,jon each side of the present stage iy ‘sacon of tae aading of omiiledjin the auditorium. property, the amount so added to the original levy is charged to the account. From the balance thus ob- tained theamounts cellected by reason of the conductance of the forfeited sale of lands for taxes, if any there be, and the amount of taxes reduced and cancelled for 41911 in the town, together with the amount paid into the treasury up to Nov. ist for 19141 taxes are de- | dueted, and then from the bal- | ances the amounts collected by the The third floor would give three extra rooms, two lighted by sky- lights which would make ideal artrooms, one 30 by 32, and the other 32 by 96. The classroom which could be lighted from the ‘sige and rear, would be 30 by 32 and accommodate forty-five pu- pils. § In the discussion it was brought out that the increased high school building as proposed by this plan, treasurer up to the first Monday in January of 1912 are deducted. The treasurer then turning the books over to the auditor, the tax ledger shows that in the Town of Alywood (Continued on Page Four). would provide adequate accommo- dations for a town of 10,000 in- habitants. The seventh and eighth grades, it was pointed out, could be provided for, if necessary in the years to come, with an inde- | | sechol building for the exclusive use of high school pupils. The different plans suggested will be placed on exhibition at the Hotel Pokegama, and it is to be hoped that the people of the dis- trict will be prepared to act on the matter intelligenfly at the annual meeting. ITASCA'S HEALTH RECORD IS 6000 Accidents Lead as Cause of Death, Followed Closely by Pneumonia and Tuberculosis. The mortuary records of the State Board of Health forthe year 1942, have just been issued, and they show ‘that Jlasea county is well up toward the head as a heal- thy community. The total sum of deaths was 146. Accidents claim the largest list, 18 deaths being attributed to this cause. Next in order come pneumonia and, .tuber- culosis, with 17 and 15 respective- ly. Cancer claimed 7, while-diar- rhoeal diseases of children craved {3 victims. Koochiching county reported a total of 140 deaths. Of these 25 were due to accidental causes, 11 Two Dollars a Year VoL, XXIII. GRAND Rapibs, [Tasca CouNnTY, int, WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, 1913 MR. KING EXPLAINS ELWELL ROAD LAW President of Development Associa- tion Tells How Measure Will Place Minnesota First. MOST IMPORTANT LAW OF YEARS The Long Time Allowed for Pay- ment and State Assuming Major Burden Makes Measure Very Popular. Following is an address delivered ‘by Hon. C. M. King, president of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association at the recent meet- ing in Hinckley: All over Northern Minnesota let- terscome to me asking after the progress being made in the es- tablishment of Elwell roads. Of- to tuberculosis and 8 to pneumonia, ten times these requests for in- Cass county had a death roll of 8&6, while Aitkin reported 82. St. ‘Louis county had a total of 1749 deaths, 246 of which were due to accident, 221 to tuberculosis and 196 to pneumonia. NO CELEBRATION OF FOURTH HERE Band and Ball Team are Scheduled to Perform at Keewatin on Nation’s Natal Day. There will be no celebration of the Fourth at Grand Rapids. It seems~-that.. commencement. university week, circuses and sun- dry other forms of entertainment have about glutted the appetite of our people for this sort of thing, and a committee appointed to sound feeling in the matter has ceciced that the demand for a splurge on the Glorious Fourth is not great enough to warrant)an at- tempt to make the eagle scream being made. ia Our band and base ball team will put in the day at Keewatin, and it is likely that many of our people will do their celebrating at that enterprising mining town. HOME TEAM PLAYS — OAK HALL SUNDAY ‘Fhe Oak Hall base ball team of Duluth will be here for two games on Sunday. This aggregation of ball players is perhaps the best ama- teur article that Duluth boasts, having defeated the Adams nine in h game last Sunday. As Grand Rapids also has beaten Adams this year the teams shouldbe evenly matched, and the game the best here thus far. We have a right to \ke proud of the record thus far made by the ball team, and every- one should show that they appre- ciate the good work being doze by them by turning out on Sunday. The admission will be 25 cents for everybody, ladies as well as emen. Farewell Party to Pastor. Th Duluth News Tribune of Fri- day contained the following. con- ferning the new pastor of the Presbyterian church here: The Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Sutherland, who are leaving the pastorate at the Lakeside Presbyterian church, for Grand Rapids, Minn., will be the guests of honor at a reception by the members of the church at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. E, Wells, 48114 MeCviloch s!reet, at eight o'clock this evening. , “No program has been planned. The women in charge of arrange- ments are avoiding anything of aj formal nature, because they wish the evening to be devoted to vis- iting. Mrs. C. S. Prosses, 4232 Lon- don Road, and Mrs. A. L. Smith, 4302 Robinson street, president of the Ladies’ Aid society, a: in charge of the arrangements.",.’ Rev. Sutherland will occupy the pulpit here next Sunday forenoon «'pendent building, leaving the High |end evening, = formation are accompanied by com- plaints touching the delays in get- ting the highways established. Fer these reasons it seems that. it would be advisable, at this time, to report to this association as to the causes which have contributed to the delay, and: a brief history of the work of this committee. _ At this session of the legislature of 1941, I did what little I could to secure the passage of the El- well law. I was only slightly ac- quainted with its author but I believed that the law, if upheld by the supreme court, would furnish a means of securing the much de- sired traveable roads. I had no hand in drafting the measure. I ney General Smith and its author. After the measure becamea law, I first took up the matter of at- tempting to build trunk roads with Mr. G. G. Hartley of Duluth, on board the train from Deer River into the Zenith City. When the delegates from Deer River were elected to attend the meeting of the association held in Duluth in June two years ago,M. J. Taylor of Deer River, at my suggestion, prepared the resolution asking for the establishment of a road from Duluth to East Grand Forks. This came up in the resolution committee and after discussing the matter sometime, it was suggested by M. N. Koll of Cass Lake, that we recommend the appointment ofa permanent Good Roads committee; and the association at that time, elected Chris lucns ef Cass Lake, Z: A. Green of Stephen, D. P. "O'Neil of Thief’ River Falls, J. §. Pardee of Duluth, and your pres- ent chairman. We at once adopted the plan of holding a meeting at different points and laying out an intersecting, interlocking system of roads for the whole north part of the state. This work required con- siderable time; meeting in differ- ent places in different counties were held, at irregular intervales of something like three or four weeks, in a number of different coun- ties, and as a result of these meet- ings, it was decided by the un- animous vote of all the delegates present, at all the meetings, that the system as finally determined, beconstructed. The system in- cluded a highway running from Duluth, to the Twin cities; from the Twin cities via Lake Mille Lacs; to International Falls; from the Twin Cities via Itasca Park tothe same interesting city on the north; from Duluth via Brainerd to More- |head; from Duluth via Bemidjito. | East Grand Forks and St. Vincent; from Breckenridge to Crookston; from Deer River to Northome;from Brainerd to Moose Lake and ; Some shorter roads. All the roads proposed intersected with all the other roads and the system as it , Stands, is an interlocking, inter- secting and complete system. The view of the Good Roads committee of your association in ‘planning and pushing forward this work is briefly this: The town supervisors being charged with the duty of building roads in their | respective townships should have before them the map and typogra- phy of their township and to so (Continued on page Eight) _j