Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 25, 1913, Page 2

ce 4 Vor, XXII. 0 ACRES SOLD AT LAND SALE No. 51 ‘Smallest Amount Yet Disposed of by State at a Sale in Itasca County. FIRST IMPROVED TRAGT 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 | 45 to $40 per acre. Nels Vogt of Hill City and 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 Aardship 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. 2 } 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 plot will be put up for sale at the same time. The description of the tract thus 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 «ost of clearing and of plowing amounts to $500, making a total ap praised value of $700, or $17.50 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 purchase price and the. interest on the bal- ance fromthe time of purchase to June 1, 1914, the balance. payable the same as is now thé 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 40’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- wow, 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 {Buechler of Grand’ Rapids. She seemed born to inspire but a moment’s sunshine before the final summons to the Great Beyond. The immediate cause of|work for the Hennepin death was pronounced by the a!-|tompany, was in town this week | January of 1912 are ucte tending doctor to be phletitis. The} removing Laer 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 entreaties of all who knew and loved her, the sufferer’s spirit tock its flight to that home the Christian believes is the fulfill- ment of the life everlasting. Mary born in Sanbern, Wiis., in 1870, and in that town was married to Maur- ice O’Brien twenty-six years, ago. | EMPLOY SYSTEM OF DEPARTMENTS I Fourteen children were born — of. the union, eleven of whom remain to mourn the loss: of a mother ever kind and indulgent. In 1890 the family moved to Co’ hasset where they have since re- sided. The funeral services will he at St. Augustine Catholic church in Cohasset at 10 o'¢lock, and will be conducted by Rev. Father Hen- neberry assisted by Rev. Father In- terment will be in the Cohasset cemetery. A meeting of the ‘board of cqun- ty commissioners, of which Mr. O’Brien is a member, called for to-day, was adjourned to Tuesday,’ 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- ing 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 ky her departure. It is difficult to pay a fitting tribute to the memory of so noble a wo- | man—one whose every-day life was embellished by the most charming and loveable attributes of her sex. the love and respect of all who were so fortunate as to be acquainted with her. No one was more will- ing to aid the suffering, cheer the desponding, sustain the weak, and tothrow over the frailties of others the mantle of Christian charity, and when sickness and death came to her, as it comes to all, neighbors and friends vied with each other in acts of loving 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. In th® presence of such a sor- 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, where 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 wwithin an hour of the end she was conscious and realized that the! school taxes, and $9816 is on ac- 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 ‘with 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 structural Bri the company’s outfit Fermenich-O'Brien was | OT otal New Division of Duties Necessary. | Amount of Labor Involved in Conduct of Th's Most Important Office. ‘As Itasca County grows older and as new industries are opened up and the County becomes more j 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 icea 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 fis 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 1914 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. 4, 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 ENUZES WORK ‘Rapid Growth of County Makes | People Generally Have No Idea of |! ig | sechol ERENT PLANS ARE SUGGESTED Room for Work of High School is Conceded to be Almost _ Imperative— Sentiment Fav- - ors Substantial Addition. ‘In response to a call published ii the last issue of the local press about twenty-five citizens met Hoeday evening at Central school ilding to consider the advisabil- wo increasing, at the present tin e the Grand Rapids High school building. Supt. Freeman explained fke conditions as they now exist, ahd. made it clear that the size of the present building is entirely Ti- adequate. It has been necessary curirg the past year to use the auditorium as a class room. The roam, as it is now seated, is not suitable for this purpose. Public sentiment appears to oppose the idea. of giving up the auditorium, eed 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 gvas lo present the subject to the Yoters of district No. One ina manner that would enable them to ‘egnsuler the project hetween now aged the annual ‘resti:g on July If the opinions expressed by these present can be daken 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 tothe north end of the present building, two stories and basement, 45x73 ?et in | Yolls 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, said town, the sum of $214.08, the $16.99 tothe State funds, $32.42 to in| at £40,000. dimensions, had been prepared by Architect-W. J. Sullivan of Duluth. The »pproximate cost of this ad- dition was given by the architect It would practically double the working capacity of the town is credited with said amount,|Present building. As planned the gymnasium would | will be placed on exhibition at the ‘Duluth will be here for two games!‘O'Neil of Thief’ River Falls, J. 8. the County, $86.32 to the Town,|te in the basement with a mez- 65.05 to the School District and|zanine floor, providing a running $10.30 to the State loans to thej|track. and gallery, shower baths, Town. Then a balance is taken,|lockers, and all conveniences for and it is found that for 1914 there|toth the boys and girls On the was $992.63 taxes unpaid in the|first floor two large class rooms Town, of which $152.43 is for the }@re provided, one 48 by 30, ac- state taxes, $299.26 is county taxes,|commodating 104; and the second, $841.87 is Town taxes, $600.9t for|43 by 40, accommodating 156 pupils. The second floor would be divided: count of State Loan to the town.|into 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 rooms 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,|on each side of the present stage iy 'sucon of tae aading of omiiled|in the auditorium. property, the amount so added to The third floor would give three the original levy is charged to the} oxtra rooms, two lighted by sky- account. From the balance thus ob-|jights which would make ideal tained theamounts cellected bY|artrooms, one 30 by 32, and the reason of the conductance of the|other 32 by 96. The classroom ee ere of lands for taxes, if) which could be lighted from the an ere n tof pee reduced pe gia Pas ea ee Soils A : 32 and accommodate forty-five pu- 1914 in the town, together with the] pjjg, 5 amount paid into the treasury w z vs : ‘ to Nov. Ist for 1914 taxes are de-| 2 the discussion it was brought ducted, and then from the bal=|OUl that the increased high school ances the amounts collected by the om be 3 pis ig ey eee treasurer to the fi: londay . up to the first Monday in| sations for a town of 10,000 in- ‘habitants. The seventh and eighth treasurer then turning the books end came after a severe illness|that was used putting the Mississ- of about ten days duration. All the|ppi's bridge west of town. Mr. -eare and love that skilled physi-|Daley operated in Itasca. county cians and an anxious household | thirty-five years* ago. : A ee LAIST’ AITPIPLAILA 1 over to the auditor, the tax ledger shows that in the Town of Alvwoo building for the exc , use of high school pupils. +4) Cea The different plans suggested Hotel Pokegama, and it is to be hoped that the people of the’ dis- trict will be prepared to act.on the matter intelligently at the ann meeting, sh ITASCA’S HEALTH — Accidents Lead as Cause of Death, Followed Closely by Pneumonia. and Tuberculosis. The mortuary records of the State Board of Health for the year 4942, have just been issued, and they show ‘hat Ilasea 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| Following is an address delivered order come pneumonia and,.tuber-|by Hon. C. M. King, president of culosis, with 17 and 15 respeetive-|the Northern Minnesota Develop- ly. Cancer claimed 7, while-diar- | ment association at the recent meet- sega diseases of children craved | ing in Hinckley: 3 victims. All over Northern Minnesota Koochiching county reported a|terscometo me asking after oo total of 110 deaths. Of these 25|progress being made in the es- were due to accidental causes, 14 |tablishment of Elwell roads. Of- to tuberculosis and 8 to pneumonia, ten times these requests for in- Cass county had a death roll of | formation are accompanied by com- 86, while Aitkin reported 82. St.| plaints touching the delays in get- ‘Louis county had a-total of 1749| ting the highways established, Fer deaths, 246 of which were due to|these reasons it seems that. it accident, 224 to tuberculosis and|would be advisable, at this. time, 196 to pneumonia. ; to report to this association as to: NO CELEBRATION athe. delay, ana’ tuleh eee tion Tells How Measure Place Minnesota First. The: Long Time Allowed for Pay- Burden Makes Measure Very Popular. of the work of this committee. At this session of the legislature of 1914, I did what little I could to secure the passage of the El- well law. I was only slightly ac- Band and Ball Team ace Scheduled | tuainted with its author but I to Perform at Keewatin on. oe tae that the law, if upheld by . he supreme court, would ‘ Nation’s Natal Day. a means of securing the pr There will be no celebration of |sired traveable roads. I ha the Fourth at Grand Rapids. It|hand in drafting: pone university week, circuses and si ~G ’ author. dry other forms of entertainment) After the measure became a law, have about glulted the appetite of|1I first took up the matter of at- our people for this sort of thing, | tempting to build trunk roads with and a committee appointed to} Mr. G. G. Hartley of Duluth, on sound feeling in the matter has| board the train from Deer River ecided that the demand for ajinto the Zenith City. When the splurge on the Glorious Fowrth is|elegates from Deer River were not great enough to warrantvan at-| elected to attend the meeting of tempt to make the eagle scream the association held in Duluth in being made. ) s\ [June two years ago,M. J. Taylor Our band and base ball team will|f Deer River, at my suggestion, put in-the day at Keewatin, andit | Prepared the resolution asking for is likely that many of our people | the establishment of a road from will do their celebrating at that|Duluth to East Grand Forks. enterprising mining town. This came up in the resolution HOME TEAM PLAYS. crate mi OAK HALL SUNDAY == cieced Chis ashe ct Gas tne by M. N. Koll of Cass Lake, that we ‘Phe Oak Hall base ball team of|F. A. Green of Stephen, D. P. recommend the appointment of a permanent Good Roads committee; on Sunday. This aggregation of ball Pardee of Duluth, and your pres- players is perhaps the best ama-|ent chairman. We at once adopted teur article that Duluth pboasts,|the plan of holding a meeting at having defeated the Adams nine in| different points and laying out an ’ game last Sunday. As Grand! intersecting, interlocking system of Rapids also has beaten Adams this| roads for the whole north part of’ year the teams shouldbe evenly} the state. This work required con- matched, and the game the best| siderable time; meeting in differ- bere thus far. We have a right to|ent places in different counties (Le proud of the record thus far| were held, at irregular intervales of made by the ball team, and every-| Something like three or four weeks, one should show that they appre-|in a number of different coun- them by turning out om Sunday. | The admission will be 25 cents for everybody, ladies as well : omen. Farewell Party to Pastor. Th Duluth News Tribune of Fri-|Duluth. to the’ Twin : day contained the following, con-|the Twin cities via Lake Mille erning the new pastor of the|'0 International Falls; from Presbyterian church here: The Rev.| Twin Cities via Itasca Park tothe and Mrs. H. B. Sutherland, wha |%#Me interesting city on the north; are leaving the pastorate at, the | from Duluth via Brainerd to More-. Lakeside Presbyterian church, for| heads from Duluth via Bemidji to. Grand Rapids, Minn., will be the | 2st Grand Forks and St, Vincent; guests of honor at a reception by, {"0™ Breckenridge to Crookston; the members of the church at. the jfrom home of Mr. and Mrs. B. EB, Wells, 4844 McCv!loch sirvet,. at. o'clock this evening. “No program has been pla 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 ‘TAILIRI IRATE” PCMUAaKROLTI DL