Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 23, 1913, Page 1

von, XXIV. No. 3 HIGH SCHOOL WILL HAVE MORE ROOM Forty Thousand Dollar Structure to be Added to North End of Present Building. PROPOSITION CARRIED TWO 10 ONE Twelve New Rural Schools Author- ized in Different Sections of the County — Meeting Largely Attended. At the annual school meeting held at the Village hall Saturday evening the people decided, by a vote of 80 to 41, to erect an addi- tion to the high school building at a cost of $40,000. Twelve rural schools were also provided for at a total cost of $9200. The meeting was called to order by Chairman C. E. Burgess of the board. E. C. Kiley was elected mod- erator and J. D. Doran, secretary. The annual reports of the clerk and treasurer were read and that of the treasurer ordered published. Twelve rural schools, at a total cost of $9,200 were authorized af- ter a short discussion. They are locad as fejicws:One in Ticut Lake township, $800; an addition to the present building at Trout Lake, $1000; new building at Dora Lake, $1000; additional buildings at Max, $606; new school at north end of Squaw lake, $600; new build- ing in southeast corner of Wawina township, $600; new building in towuship 24-30, near Bergville, $12- 60; new Svilding:in township. 62-25 $600; one in: téwnship 148-29, $600; new building to replace Freestone sclic! at exst end of, Deer Lake #000; new schvol in town of Good Hcpe, $600, .ew butlding in’ town of Togo, $800. These preliminaries out of the way, the principal business of the evening, that of authorizing an ex- penditure of $40,000 for an addi- tion to the high schcol at Grand Rapids, was taken up. There seem- ed to be no division of opinion as to the necessity of the improve- ment, the sole question apparent- ly being whether or not it were not Letter to wait a year and see if certain developments now go- ing forward in the neighborhood would materialize. If this proved to Le the case, it was the opinion of many that the district had bet- ter get along for another year, as at that time it might be found that any provision now made would be inadequate. Superintendent A. E, Freeman of the schools, spoke of the crowded condition of the building at pres- ent, and maintained that the best of work could not be done in the space now allowed to the different depariments. He was followed by Miss F'orence Burlingame, who spoke of the handicap under which both teacher and pupils now labor- ed, and presented many arguments gcivg to show that more room was absolutely necessary. C. C. McCar- thy, Ralph Stone and others, also made telling addresses in favor of the extension being made at this time, contending that the commun- ity’s future prospects had nothing to do with the matter—the build- ing was too small for the school population already here. No one spoke in opposition to the bond issue, although that all present did not share the views of those advo- cating the improvement was evi- enced when the matter came to a vote. There were 80 votes in fa- vor of the measure and 41 against. Many explained their negative vote after the meeting by saying that should Grand Rapids go forward at the rate now confidently expect- ed of it, this high school would not be adequate anyway, and pro- | vision would have to be made ina ' year or two for still another bond , issue. The majority of those pres- | ent, however, seemed to consider the urgency of the matter, and voted to build at once. A street carnival concern is look- ; dng for a Grand Rapids date. | Maddy. ‘ Off for Aurora. The competing team of the Grand Rapids Fire department left yesterday for Aurora, where the tournament will be held during the remainder of the week. These at- tending are: Leo Sutton, Joseph Cloutier, Arthur Cloutier, Fred Bentz, Clem Doran, Hugh Logan, Lester Lofberg, Wallace Aitken, David Kribs, Otto Litchke, Edward Farrell, Allen Doran, Thomas Mc- Veigh, William Powers, Lon Pow- ers, Henry Graffam, Edward Mur- phy, John Benton and Albert Ho- fer. The members of the base ball team left this morning, an will play the Aurora team today. GETS TIRED OF LIVING; DYNAMITES HEAD OFF Finnish Farm Laborer at Trout Lake Concludes He is of No Ac- count in This World. Oscar Aho, a Finnish farm labor-; er about 30 years old, living near here ,committed suicide Sunday af- ternoon by blowing his head off with dynamite. Aho walked from his boarding place to where several men_ were putting up hay and told them that after figuring the matter over, EXPERIMENT FARM Agricultural Committee of Univers- ity Pay Visit to Institution at This Point. RECLAMATION OF SWAMP LANDS Visitors Do Not Believe That This Would Prove a Paying Invest- ment—Crops in Fine Condition. Dean A. F. Woods and Ex-Lieu- tenant Governor A. E. Rice of Wil- iar, agricultural committee of the university of Minnesota, were here cn a tour of inspection to the local experiment station the first of the week. They expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the appearance of things at the farm, and complimented Supt. he had come to the conclusion that | McGuire very highly on the suc- he was of no account in the world and had better leave it. He then prccuced a piece of dynamite with a short fuse attached, and ig- niting it, held it on top of his head with both hands, calling out to the workman: “Now watch me.” The explosion shattered his head com- pletely and ~ both hands were ‘blown off. The men who witnessed the deed said that they could have -done nothing to prevent the man from destroying himself even had they ‘known that such was his inten- tion. The fuse was so short that any attempt in this direction might“ ‘ave *caused the “death ..of anyone approaching. “The causal and: rational way in which Aho spoxe, however, convinced them all that he was joking, and they did not attempt to siop him. Sheriff Riley and Deputy Coroner Peterson of Coleraine, viewed the remains and ! rought them here. No inquest will be held. NASHWAUK RESORT RAIDED BY SHERIFF Five Women Arrested and Fined| For Running Unlicensed Drinking Place. Deputy Sheriffs Carson and Gun- derson returned early Sunday morning from Nashwauk, where had arrested five women for il selling of intoxicants. The women gave their names as Gladys ' brown, Jessie Wilson, Myrtle Pe- tervson, Amelia Gardner and Dolly on. They were arraigned be- fore Judge Kearney Monday and. | pleaced guilty. A fine of $25 and costs was imposed, totaling $42,- | £0 each. The fie was paid by the , Brown woman who left to secure’ funds with which to secure the release of the others, but she has thus far failed to show up, and the ; others are still in jail. | To anyone who has observed the activity of Sheriff Riley’s office in arresting and securing the con-! viction of people of this character : it would seem that it would hard- ly be worth while to evade the law | in Itasea county, but every little | while a raid is made that discloses | | the fact that undesirables are still i trafficing in the community. The | sheriff is determined to rid his! jurisdiction of people of this kind, ' lut it, seems hard to make them ! understand it. This is only one of | a half dozen raids in which the | culprits have been captured and’ punished, and the sheriff says that. the program will be continued un- | til it is thoroughly understood that Itasca county will not harbor peo- ; ple of this character. | Odd Fellows Install, | Grand’ Rapids Ledge, No. 184, I. | O. O. F. held its annual installation of officers on Wednesday evening: last. The following were installed by Deputy District Grand Master George Riddell: Noble Grand, Will- | iam Lehman; vice grand, Elmer | Brock; recording secretary, William | cess of the season’s work. In conversation with the Herald- Review, Dean Woods said that the committee's visit was prompted at this time primarily by a desire to. investigate the condition of bog lancs in the neighborhood with a view to ascertaining the possibil- ity of draining them and thus bringing them under the head of producing acres. In this connec- tion Dean Woods said: “These swamps are nearly all sour blue- berry marshes and would require a tremendous amount of lime before the soil would be sweetened suf- Yiciently to carry any kindof cul. [tivated crop. In time the drainage | of these lands may become practi- catle, Lut it will have to be done cn a large scale by the state, as the cost would be too great for in- dividuals, or even for local com- munities. There is really no very great need for attempting the cul- tivation of these acres as there is plenty of land that the labor might ke expended on that would bring tigger and surer returns. The swamps should be devoted to hay, as they will carry good crops of this staple even in their present condition.” After completing’their inspection, Dean Woods and Gov. Rice spent the remainder of their stay in this neighborhood at the summer home } of Prof. W. M. West, at Pokegama lake. Don't Kick Against a. Stone Wall | ——— ICKING a stone wall does ; no good and only prevents further progress. As a pastime it may furnish some exercise, but it is extremely wearing on the nerves, shoe leather and temper. The parcel post is a stone wall that the small mer- chant thinks falsely he has rea- son to kick. It has brought bim increased petition with the quail order houses, according to his view. But the parcel post stone wall bas a hole in it that leads the small merchant into a fertile country where his erstwhile competitors can only follow aft- er considerable delay and at greater expense. The “hole” is the zone system, which makes every merchant the center of a circle whose diameter is 100 miles, within which he can de- liver goods much more quickly and at 4 lower postal rate than any maj! order house. ‘The parce! post is no longer a theory, but a fact; and facts, like stone walls, are futile things to kick.. Take advantage of what it offers instead. AN INVESTMENT The Proposed County Bond Issue Should be Carefully Investi- gated by Tax Payers. (5 1T SOUND BUSINESS PROPOSITION? That is the Question—Ascertain What it Will Cost the Average Tax Payer and Then _ Figure the Benefits i i i EfSewhere in this issue of the Herald-Review is to be found the notice of special election called to Le held throughout the county on August 19th, 1913, for the purpose of allowing the electors to decide whether or not the bonds of Itasca county shall be issued in the sum of $300,000 for the purpose of ling certain roads throughout the county, The rcads it is proposed to ex- pend this sum on are specificially set forth in the notice, together with the amount that it is contem- plated such improvements will cost, and ly reference thereto it will Le seen that these roads reach all parts of the county. The -Herald-Review cannot go into an extensive investigation of the matter in this issue, but from the investigation that we lave made of the proposition we have no, hesitancy in stating that the proposition should receive a un- salve sae of approval at the tors of the county. » ‘But at‘ this time we will briefly state the principal reason that act- uates this newspaper’ in’ support- ing the proposition. cellars have Leen raised for the building and improvement of roads by the county, and while the money has, perhaps, been judiciously ex- perded, yet for the vast sum that has been raised by taxation there are no apparent attainments in the matter of having the county cover- irirg all parts of the county in close touch with each component Jpart. As a matter of fact, it was not until the past few years that roads were laid out with the pur- (pcse cof making them a part of a system that would eventually cover the entire county. Thousands of dollars of both county and township money has been expended upon roads that, as has been aptly put, “Begin nowhere and end nowhere.” ‘she present plan is to con- struct these roads as trunk line roads, making them the main ar- teries in the road system of the jecunty, into which all the roads hereafter built by either the coun- ty or towns will lead, thus event- ually ‘having a net work of roads that will bring the vast acerage of tillable lands in the county in close connection with the markets of the county. This being-a move in the right direction, the Herald- Review will lend its aid to the con- suination of the proposition, and this is one fo the chief reasons that the aid of this newspaper will be given to the proposition. The Herald-Review well knows that the financial end of the matter will appeal strongly to the aver- age voter, but we believe that when it is ‘known that the rate of taxa- tion for county purposes will not te increased to ary material ex- tert Ly the issuance of the pro- posed bonds, that our people will give the proposition a practically unanimous vote of approval. As stated, we cannot enter inlo an extended resume of the facts at this time, but we feel that there is one fact that the average taxpayer should be put in possession of, and that is that regardless of the ‘fact that there is money in the county treasury to liquidate bonds that opening up, improvirg, and gravel- Since the organization of the | county hundreds of thousands of , ed with a system of roads that will | taxation to provide principal, and interest to liquidate these bonds will net again be neede hen these bonds ($60,000.00 wi re cor- less of the fact that the amounts so levied can hereafter be applied upon the amounts necessary. to be levied to pay the principal, and in- terest of the proposed bond issue, it is an absolute fact that ifalevy of an amount sufficient to liquidat the debt incurred by reason of the issuing of these bonds was) raised annually during the next 49 years, ard the valuation of the taxable |property throughout the county remain the same as at present, $25,591,755.00, it would require an additicnal yearly tax levy of less than one mill to raise sufficient money to liquidate the bonds, and the interest thereon. One mill levy raises $25,591.76 in the county, a sum in excess of the required amount to care for the obligation. ‘This would mean that the aver- age farmer and home-owner would ke called upon te pay a sum less than 75 cents per year addilional «ccurty itexes. If the valuation of your property is $1,000 you would ke called upon to pay $1.00 more yearly; if $10,000 it would be $10.00; if $100,000 there would: accrue $100.00, and if you owned property valued at $1,000.000 the tax increase would be $1,000 annually, In its mext issue the \Heraid- Review will undertake to give more in detail facts and figures that will enable readers to reach intelligent conclusions relative to the business status of the proposition as if will effect taxable property. Marth-Partridge. Jarvis M. Partridge of Grand Ra- pids, and Miss Winnie L. Marth of Barnsville, were united. in mar- riage at the bride’s home,.in the latter city on July 16, the Rev. E. Erickson, performing the ceremony The groom is the son of, Mrs. El- vira Partridge, has grcwH.up in first graduates of the high school here. He chose a pedagogical caree and has made a success of ‘his call- ing. He is at present the instruc- tor in science at the schools.in Vir- ginia, to which city the couple will return after the summer. folidays. The bride is also a schoolteacher, having been employed during the past two seasons in that edpacity at) Stillwater. We join in thee ngnrat- ulations extended by their. many friends. Anent Shade Trees, Charles Keath,. attorney, capital- | ist and extensive land owner of Princeton, evidently reads the Her- ald-Review, of which he is a sub- scriber. The comment hereii relat- ing to the destruction of shade trees! FIROT RECLAIMED TATE TRAGT SOLO Twenty Acres Ready For Seeding Purchased by Grand Rarids Young Woman, SOLO AT THE APPRAISED VALUATION Six Hundred Acres Disposed of at an Average Price of About Six Dollars Per Acre— Mostly Local Buyers The July siate land sale was: conducted at the court house on Monday by County Auditor Spang in the aksence of State Land Ag- ent Nelson. Nearly 600 acres were disposed of, the price averaging about $6.00 per acre. The reclaimed 40-acre tract in 16-54-24, 20 acres of which is ready for seeding, was sold to Miss Marie Farrell of Grand Rapids, at the appraised valuation of $17.50 per acre. County Commissioner John L. Shellman secured an 80-acre tract. Other purchasers were: Michael T. Daly of Minneapolis, 40 acres; Jas. McVeigh, Grand Rapids, 40 acres; Ernest L. Barlow, Chester, Iowa, 460 acres; Joseph Taranto, Nash- wauk, 40 acres; Tony Palumbo, Nashwauk, 40 acres; Charles C. Rose Bear River, 40 acres; William Hutchins, Rosy, 40 acres. Miss Far- rell also secured two forties ad- joining the reclaimed tract bought by her, Secure the Small End of 4 to 1 Score Against the Invincibles Here Sunday. Nashwauk has a niné that can alsa play some ball. The fact that they were all but blanked. by the locals on Sunday is no disgrace, be= cause “everybody is doing it” this season. The visitors collected a choice assortment of goose eggs up to the eighth inning, when the lo- cals dropped into a siesta long c.cugh to allow a run to get around to where it counted. Grand Rapids’ score card also showed seven ciphers, they securing two on the Grand Rapids boulevards} runs in the third inning and an- seems to have attracted his\vatten-|other brace in the eighth. Bentz ticn, and he enclosed to''this of-j|‘on the mound for the locals was fice the following supreme court ja star performer, striking out decision on the subject: ». \‘ j eleven men and allowing but four St. Paul Realty and Assets company, hits. Hicks, his battery mate, play- respondent, versus the Tri-state ed his usual consistent game, and Telephone and Telegraph com-! the others balanced up well. Aura pany, appellant. !and Carlson, at the points for the Syllabus: The license conferred by visitors,also put up a very good R. L. 1905, section 2927, toconstruct exhibition, but the support be- and maintain a telephone line in a hind them was more ragged. A road or street, is not exclusive of j the rights of the abutting land owner, and the rights of each must ! be exercised as not unnecessarily to impinge upon, interfere with orj impede those of the other. A telephone company having the right to construct and maintain a! line upon the boulevard of a public street must exercise due care not! | to injure trees growing thereon and upon the adjacent property. Evidence held sufficient to. sus- tain a verdict for damages to plain- tiff’s trees from defendant’s wires and cable strung along the boule- vard in front of plaintiff's premi- | ses. 4 «l Assignments of error upon refusal to instruct held without merit. Order affirmed. —PHILIP E. BROWN, J. New Instructor Here. John Klug, who has been appoint ed by the school board of District ‘No. 1, as the successeor to R. C. Hoisington in the manual training department of the high school, ar-j rived here last week. Mr. Klug oc- | cupied a similar position in the | schools of Two Rivers, Wis., fir mature in 4914 and 1915, and leave | four years, and comes most high- fair crowd witnessed the game. In Favor of Building. Cc. E. Saunders of Bergville was amo1.g those who attended the an- nual school meeting of district No. One last Saturday evening from ‘distant parts of the district. In common with a majority of out of town people he was a strong advo- cate of the proposed increase of the size of the Grand Rapids high school building. Some Fine Attractions. é “Ihe Power ci the Cross,’ o26 of the strongest two-reel features presented at the Gem this season, will be the offering on Saturday and Sunday next. The star roles will be played by Arthur Johnson and Lottie Brisco, and these are favorites here.’ On Friday even- fing a modern drama and a high grace comedy will divide the bill with Pathe Weekly No. 24. A packed house witnessed the (Presentation of “From the Man- ger to the Cross” on Monday even- ing. There is nothing of a plot connected with this production, it being simply a pictured series of ceicents in the life of the Sav- a goodly balance over, and regard-.| ly recommended. Mr. Klug is mar- less of the fact that the amounts | ried, and the family that have been raised annually. by |.oné of the Arscott h our. The scenes were laid in Pal- occupy | estine and Egypt and are interest- 4