Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 9, 1913, Page 1

Grand Rapids VoL, XXIV. No. t Granp Rapips, IrascA County, MINN., WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 1913 THE LAND. CLEARING ANONYMOUS LETTERS |RESCIND ACTION ON (CLERKS WIN FROM | MEETING AT DULUTH The Problem of Reclaiming Cut- Over Lands is Discussed at Large Gathering. The land clearing meeting at Du- luth on July 1, was well attended and the results of the delibera- tions of those present should be far-reaching. There was no divi- gion of cpinion as to the 4 a- bility of aiding the settler in mak- ing a start, and the discussions were simply to how best ac- complish tl The report of | the proceedings which follow are | gleaned from the columns of the | Duluth Herald. and gives a good | account of the business transact- ed: “It will pay to clear the land,” A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids told the delegates to the land clearing convention, which opened at the | Commercial club Tuesday morning. | With that assurance on which to} base their efforts, public spirited | men of Northern Minnesota, act- | ing individually and as representa- tives of Commercial organizations, endeavored to work out some means by which the land can be cleared. They had no visions of a sud- den transformation of the cut- over wilds of Northern Minnesota into rolling fields. The clearing of | great acres did not enter into their , calculations. ‘They endeavored to | work out a plan by which the heavy | handicap now placed on the set- tler during the time necessary for him to clear sufficient land | raising of products for hi terce and that of his fam be removed zation of land clear- the organization of | behind the The ing com commt to stand deserving farmer credit, the formi of community co-operative land eheating organi- | zations, the county bond plan of the lands and the cheap of dy! it for wer i consideration. The commitiee on resolutions con s of A. J. MeGuire of Rapic n of Inter- natic Minn r in clea distribution sisting fart stump before the convention for leen — of Bmpey of Du- luth. | The members of the committee | on the cost of dynamite are Ch les Swain of Hinckley, C. L. Goo- dell of Barnum, H. E. Reynolds of | Bemidji, G. T. Robinson of Big Falls and Fred Ward of Duluth. While not as large as wais ex- pected, the gathering was thor- oughly representative, not only of Northern Minnesota, but of North- ern Wisconsin. , After the opening of the con- ; vention in the morning an inspir- ing talk was given by A. J. Me- Guire, superintendent of the North- east experiment station at Grand Rapids. Mr. McGuire advocated the pasturage of stump land as op- posed to the pulling of green stumps. Land that may be cleared fou €10 an acre after a few years of pasturagemay cost $50 if an effort is made to clear it while the stumps are green. Mr. McGuire said the yield at the experiment farm last year was an average of sixty-five bushels of eats to the acre, thirteen tons of fodder corn to the acre, 396 bu- shels of potatoes to the acre, five tous of hay tothe acre.“Where a farm has been intelligently farm- ed it has shown that land in this section is as well adapted to agri- culture as land anywhere,” he said. “Twenty acres under the plow will afford a man asplendid in- come, so that he can make a liv- ing and pay for his farm,” said Mr. McGuire. “The brush should be removed from the remaining land: and grass seed sown. Then if cows are put on that stump land it will yield a return while time is re- ducing the cost of clearing by rot- ting the stumps.” “Mr. McGuire said there are two | reasons for no land clearing com- panies being in operation in this section. One is the fact that the farmers haven't the money topay cash. The second reason is that the land companies prefer to sell ‘es it is a fair sample of all | proper in the matter of | = irand | of STILL REACH SHERIFF ‘Latest From Keewatin in Line With! Others Previously Received by Official. ( Sheriff T. T. Riley has of late heen pestered ‘considerably by, par- ties who write letters telling him of this or that misdemeanor being perpetrated within the county, and erally requesting the sheriff's office to do something about it. The latest is from Keewatin, and the others, we reproduce it: Keewatin, Minn, July 8, 1913. Mr. Riley, Grand Rapfas. Sir: Lunderstand that the saloons in Keewatin should not be open dn a Sunday. There is one that is busy every Sunday and that is Gust Johnson. I don’t see why he should be allowed to run when the rest of us ‘have to keep closed, and if you want him you can easily get uim. He has from 3 to 4 on the watch for you all the time. { From a Citizen of Keewatin, There is absolutely nothing that the sheriff can do with a econ n- ication of this kind except cor- sign it to the waste basket, If “A Citizen of Keewatin” will go be- fore the county attorney and swear out a complaint, setting forth his grievances, he will find that there | will be no hesitancy on the part of | the sheriff offender. Letters ave simply in apprehending the like the above | peace officer in America would pay the least attention to them. These pecple make should have faith enough in their genuineness to go before the authorities with them, otherwise they will be disregard- ed. wenty or even ten acresof every forty; thére would be’ a “mich ater development here. The d owners who have land to sell ould follow the same cours w, and his initial-problem will Le solved.” Willard, development agent Noriern Pacific railroad, ad F. D. Visert of Cloquet gave some land cl ig experiences, and they were followed by in of Hinckley. Talk aring methodss, Mr. Swan said that the best system he found was | lo encourage every man in his own method. “Tf you can get a man to clear ore acre, go over fo his neighbor ard get him to clear two,” said Mr. Swain. “Then come back to the first fellow and taunt him, and he'll get busy. I have cleareda lot fof my own land, and have alsq | cleared a lot of other people’s land hy getting them mad.” the meeting, called C. S. Mitchell to the chair while he gave his views. Mr. Duxbury summed up the problems of hardwood land, pine land and tamarack swamps. He suggested that land-clearing as- sociations should be organized in each county, net to do the work but too interest others, informing crews and doing the actual work of clearing. He said country mer- chants, bankers, city business men ard railroads should unite to put dynamite in the reach of the set- tler. “Any business man who is not ested in his own business,” he waid. “I don’t believe any banker ip Northern Minnesota would re- fuse afarmer credit for the pur- chase of dynamite’ or stock, if the farmer is worthy, and those who are not worthy should not be given credit.” W. B. Kellogg, of Superior ex- plained the method of organizing a land clearing company there. Cc. S. Mitchell of Duluth unged the convention to get down toa | Program. He outlined five subjects | for discussion during the afternoon session—land-clearing, commun- ity co-operation, county bonds for j land clearing, andcheap dynamite. The meeting was an outgrowth of the recent convention of the Northern Minnesota Development association at Hinckley. At that meeting a committee consisting of the and without clearing. “The clearing of land should be the business of the state,” said Mr. McGuire. “If the state cleared °F, R. Duxbury, D, E. Willard, C. S. Mitchell, George W. Empey, and W. R. Mackenzie was appointed to call the meeting at Duluth. a nuisance and no, who have. complaints to} | ve the settler a little land under | ors were dispersing when. for some COUNTY SANITARIUM COURT HOUSE TEAM To Build Hospital and Have No Latter Are Beaten in an Exciting Voice in Its Management is Contest by a Score of 7 to Not Approved. 4— Two Hurt. At the meeting of the| The widely advertised base ball | board of county commissioners! game between the court house nine held last week the action taken land the retail clerks came offac- | at the June meeting appropriating | 2crding to schedule on Monday $15,000 for a tuberculosis hospital !e\ening. The clerks proved them- for Itasca county was rescinded and selves the better batsmen and { amount ordered replaced by the | von by a score of 7 to 4.An.en- | auditor. It seems that the com- | thugiastie crowd witnessed the ;.er- missioners discovered after the |formance, and when the fact that | jmatter had been decided that while mostof the players had not the county was authorized to make | tou¢hed a base ball for years, the this provision for consumptives result is rather surprising. There the management of the institution was no way in which the number of ‘would practically revert to the} hits and errors could be kept track state upon its completion. As this of, “and there may have been a did not exactly coincide with the | maa or two struck out. Clerk of views held by the members of the | Court Rassmussen, who performed board, the matter was dropped for, in left field for the court house the present. It may be taken up | outfit, threw his arm out at the again, however, if further study‘ shovlder, but the injury_was at of the requirements of such an in-| once remedied and he continued in stitution make its construction|the.game, although he did not at- seem advisable at this time, tempt any more fancy throws. Mort ee Tayler, first baseman for clévks, sprained his ankle and has BALL BOYS KIGK ON since been navigating on crutches, j but as he hit out the only home KEEWATIN OUTCOME :::: in the game, he says that he does not mind the injury. Say They are Entitled to the $50.00 A fair sized crowd witnessed the ‘ fe tmanueyers, and made up in enthu- Promised if They Won f Game on Fourth. ;siasm what they lacked in num- The members of the Grand Rap- | -ers. \ids base ball team are somewhat | Clerks Respond Slowly | | miffed at the treatment they al-| The new law ordering all town tlege was acec rded them at Kee- tang Village clerks 40 have mort- | watin on the Fourth. Manager}. then : ve ace O'Day claims the understanding | ®*S°* ard other ee) anaes was that the team should receive; !eir custody recorded in the of- §£0 if they won the game against |fice of the register of deeds has | the ageregation “cf the ‘mining , 20° met with very general response town, and that he has the letters |i Itasca county. The only officials ot. the committee haying the. mat- | who have thus far complied with ter in charge to show for. it The, the, law, are these of Grand Ra- | tapids-teamr-had- the gane won, |J'ds town: and village, Bovey _vil- | seven, to four, in the fast half of ;,J#seand Marcell and Deer River | ‘the ninth inning, when Shortstop | eweships. As there are over 50 | Lee was fouled by a runner on the | towns and villages in the county, ‘Zeewatin. team as he was in the | the rest should get busy and bring cot of fielding a grounder. This in their reports in order that the \performance the Grand Rapids|!¢conds. may, be completed. Clerks | players objeeted to and the um- | *#?¢ allowed & mileage oe wel pire called the runner out, A num-}¢cRts per, mile for taking docu- ler of the Grand Rapids players | ets to the county seat. | left the grounds and the spectat- Bere EN he RON Hurled Stone at Sweetheart. on the umpire reversed his de- Herman Risinen of Keewatin ;4 and called the play fair jand the runner safe. As a number poe dle sei Raatti he idee che of the Grand Rapids players were: (@ys in the Itasca county jail just alreacy far away and could not |because he is of a jealous, suspic- handily be recalled, the umpire jious nature. It seems that upon go- gave the game to Keewatin, claim-jing to call upon the lady of his ing it was forfeited., "A ehoice the other evening over at A demand has been made upon| xeewatin, he found her in the the Re the money, and Mitchell & Co. | lowed by the commissioners. Two Dollars a Year COUNTY MUST PAY FOR ROAD WORK DONE Mitchell & Company are Awarded $1,402.61 for Work Done on Thief River Road, After having been before the courts for nearly a year, the case of Mitchell & Co. against the coun- ty of Itasca has been decided in favor of the company. The case DESTRUCTION OF BOULEVARD TREES Destruction of Shade Trees to Ac- comodate Flectric Wires Should be Prohibited. The “City Beautiful” and the Electric Light and Water commis- sion are confronted with some- what of a problem. The city hag laid out a street boulevard system was brought to compel payment for| on which many citizens have trans- extra work done on the Thief Ri- ver road in the summer of 1912. Upon completion of the work, County Surveyor Brown refused to approve the bill for any greater sum than the contract price, al- though the company claimed that work other than that included in the specification had been found absolutely necessary. Surveyor Lid- berg, who succeeded Mr. Brown, made an estimate of the work done and recommended to the commissioners the payment to the firm of the sum of $1,607.90. Sev- eu taxpayers secured a restrain- ing order preventing the payment brought suit. The amount of the judgment with costs will bring the total up to about the sum recom- mended by the surveyor and al- MISSIONARY MEETING OF SWEDISH LUTHERANS Many Clergymen Will Visit Grand Rapids and Pastor Will be Called. A missionary meeting of © the Swedish Lutheran church will be held at Grand Rapids, on Monday, July 14. It is announced that there will ke about a dozen clergymen present,.and meetings will be held | yn the evenings of Mont tird Tuesday. The subject for diseus-| sion on the first evening will be: “Can a persen be Held Responsi- ble for His Own Condemnation?” | with introductory remarks by Rev. Dr. Krantz. The sermon, on Tues- day evening will be in English, and will be delivered by Rev. Ryden and Rey. Thoren. At the meeting a call will also be issued by the ,congre- gaticn here for a pastor \. to fill th local pulpit. aN BEAR RIVER PEOPLE WANT COUNTY FAIR The Duluth News Tribune says planted shade trees at consider- able expense, care and labor. They constitute’ the most valuable asset of the municipality from the artis- tic view point, and in which ev- ery citizen feels a personal interest and pride. These trees should be protected with jealous care, be- cause their real value is inesti- mable. The beautiful branches of these trees, in many instances, have stretched out and up until they are mingling with the elec- trie wires, and the contact makes a ground current, charging the trees with electricity. Along comes ‘Mr. Line Repairer of the electric department, who proceeds to mer- cilessly slash off the interfering branches without regard to re- sults. One instance of this van- dalism was called to the attention of the Herald-Review this week. A beautiful elm at the corner of Sixth street and Kindred avenue in front of Postmaster MeVicar’s residence, Has been practically ruined in this manner. The bran- ches were hacked off and left hang- ing in the tree as they fell. When Mrs. MeVicar appeared and pro- tested against the destruction of the treethe workman calmly in- formed her he had authoroty from the commission and Mr. MeVicar’s permission to remove the bran- ches. She at once called up her hus- band whom she found to bein en- tire ignorance of the proceeding. the’ co ssion, him lthat no such authority -had~ been given the men employed under thom. : In the meantime the tree wag practically destroyed. A number of other trees have been simifiarly treated. Whoever may be at fault De ‘boulevard trees must cease. The trimming process would be a year- ly aceurrence and in a short time the trees would all be hacked to death. The electric wires properly belong in the alleys. Why they werg not put there originally is beyond ithe Herald-Review’s power to ex- plain. What is true in this respect of Grand Rapids, however, is true of nearly every ‘town in the coun- ‘the work of destroying the city’s - - I’. R. Duxbury, who presided over | interested in farming is not inter- | the Keewatin committee for the | $0 and steps may be taken to enforce payment. | AWORD: I} To || THE |; WISE Dest be a pessimist. A pes- simist is_never wise. He only sees the other fellow’s advantage—not his own. The company of another man, and this so angered him that he hurled a reck threugh the window at the pair. He was arrested and fined twenty-five dollars, which he was unable to pay. He will therefore ‘put im the time at the rate of a collar a day with Sheriff Riley. Likes Life at Soldiers’ Home. Robert H. Bailey, who recently left Grand Rapids for the old Sol- diers’ home at Dayton, Ohio, has written to B. L. Lieberman de- scribing conditions there. Judge Bailey says that it isa first-class place, plenty to eat, clothing fur- nished and permission granted to jj wear civilian clothes outside the | home grounds if desired. The in- mates go to bed at 8:30 and roll oub at 5:30, have breakfast at 6, dinner at 12 and supper at 5:30. Mr. Bailey is going on the police July 1, and while the pay is only $10 per month, the duties consist that the Bear River Farmers’ club jat a recent meeting decided to make some changes in ‘the plan of conducting their business in orde that a large number of the mem- i bers may be utilized for active work in promoting the welfare of the community. As a measure of promoting greater efficiency com- !mittees on publicity, agriculture, entertainment and finance were |mamed with from five to fifteen jon each committee, the agricultural | committee being the largest. Plans were put on foot for hold- | ing a tri-county fair—Koochiching, Itasca and St. Louis counties—at Bear River, August 25thand 26th, with a two days’ session of Farm- ers’ institute. In addition to holding the tri- county fair, plans are also on foot for capturing the community prize Hibbing, and the Itasca county fair try. It is to be presumed that the early village authorities felt there was some reason for erecting the unsightly poles in the street. Be- cause of this however, is no reason why they should remain there. Che time has come for their re- tiremennt to the alleys, evidently, and rather than destroy one tree the work of stringing the wires in ;the alleys should be instituted forthwith. Wife-Beater Arrested. John Gothard of Deer River was brought to the county jail charged with having beaten his wife to such ;on extent that her injuries were for a time deemed dangerous. Jus- tice Tellin at Deer River, before whom the case was first brought, eentinued the hearing for ten days, gvhen the case will come before Judge Kearney. % !at the St. Louis county fair at |p, M. Examination fie Sec ask River. An examination will be held at mostly of sitting around and do- ing nothing. ‘ He sends Mr. Lieberman the money with which to pay. off a number of small accounts, asks to ie remembered to all the old friends and demands particularly tohave the Herald-Review sent to gaim. average merchant {is a pessimist about the parcel post. He sees in it only an advantage to the H mail order house. But if he would look a little further he would see in it possibilities for his own development hitherto unsuspected. By means of it he can reach” every customer within fifty miles of him more cheaply, more quickly and more satisfactorily than any mail order house in a big city. He should hasten to make the buyers in this territory acquainted with this fact. Then he should back up his advertised A Challenge. The Has-Beens, an organization formed for the purpose of show- ing the natives how the game of hbase ball used to be and ought to played, hereby challenges the ches- ‘ty clerks to a game to be played at Grand Rapids. There is much in- Grand Rapids on Saturday, July terest in the competitive commun-| +g phefore 0. A. Radke, deputy post- ity exhibits already on and the] master and local secretary of the youngsters with their parents, the! Givi] service commission, of par- old maids and bachelors have join-|tjes who wish to serve Uncle Sam dd hands to win the first prize | gs postmaster at Swan River. for «the Bear River Farmers’ club} ‘rhe compensation received by the in all three counties. postmaster at Swan River during | t as $54. Give The Baby Water the past year w: A Grand Rapids business man A Good Man in the Right Place. who sometimes takes notice of} M. B. Hershler, well known to things when he sees them says| many of our people through hav- that a great many times on the|ing made this territory as a tra- trains or other places when little; veling salesman for a number of babies have “cried their heart out”| years, has become the manager of in the heat he has gone and given|the new Rex Hotelat Moose Lake. ce claims for his goods with abso- lute fidelity. The sequel will be inevitable success. WATCH HIM GROW. at any time within a week or ten | them a little cold water and al-| The building is 30x117 feet long, In| most without an exception the|and one of the best appointed ho- days at the South Side park. case the clerks dare to accept the |baby has at once quit crying. jtels in Carlton county. With a mam challenge, their communication | The little things do not drink much} of the ability and experience of Mr. : making known this fact should be | at the time but they get justas|Herscher in charge the hostlery addressed to Jesse Harry, Manager. | thirsty as a big person and need|should prove most popular from _,.| water much oftener, = * Grand Rapids theoutset. — y a ee eh teed