Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 30, 1913, Page 1

VoL, XXIV. No. 4 LAND CLEARING {0 walk was awarded to E. Hachey at | the last meeting of the village council. These new walks will be Hoffman and Kindred ave- GRAND RAPIDS 19 THE YEARLY PICNIC. Vivian was the winner ofthe. $3.00 shirt waist given by the Dry Goods company, and Miss\\Minnie secured five pounds of candy dona, WILL ADVERTISE — alon ‘ 2 Cae and Sixth street, and will ¢ . ed by the candy kitehenn. These | APC (lf THe prove a much-needed as well as 3 itwo ladies also won the tub rage, |°! permanent improvement. H - {the first-named getting’ the $10 The old Laprairie road entering Rn ae | gol chain given by Steenstrup aoe the village from the east has been found toencroach on the right-of- Our Firemen Hold Leadership in| Band and Clerks Annual Blowout Bros. for the event, and Miss’Min- nie having her choice of a 30 day County Commissioners Decide to Companies Organized am : way of the Great Northern railway, Most Events in Which They | Surpasses All Previous Efforts |i<Ket to the Gem theatre) or a) Have All in Readi Should pose Will be Next Step ™ | and will have to be changed. The ~ "tn This Directi half dozen photcs Sy Byam. route decided upon is north be- Are Contenders. | in ection. Ia the men’s tub race E. Roecker Bond Issue Carry. Settlement of North. BEMIDJI MEETING THE BEGINNING Itasca County Will be Next to Fol- tween blocks 2 and 3, thence west along blocks 3 and 4, thence south along the west side of lot 4, all in Wilson & Gillespie’s addition. An action on the part of the council that will meet with enthu- siastic support was an order to no- tify the Great Northern railway i | WINS FOUR FIRSTS QUT OF EIGHT Proctor Proves Most Formidable ' FINE WEATHER AND GREAT CRO Town Practically Deserted and All “vas the only entry and hé was awarded first prize—$3 in trade at the Wear-U-Well store. © The boy’s swimming race was won by Arthur D’Anjou, who re- ceived a base ball mit from the E. D. Powers store, T. Lesarge getting The fishing rod offered for WORK TO BE STARTED THIS FALL Deer River-Northome is The Only low Along Lines Laid Down quit blocking the crossings inthe | Qpponent--Boys Acquit Them- Business Houses Closed--Clerks | second place by the Ten Cent store| Ome of Purposed Highways ; qlee tule so : senree paniog | selves Creditably in Win Ball Game and Band To even matters up for losing Concerning ich An 7 at Meeting Held There than that allowed by law. Train : Which y crews have gotten into the habit of Every Contest. Takes Tug-of-War. the ball game, the band boys won Doubt Exists. Last Saturday. Herald-Review con- paying no attention to the length of time they hold up traffic, and needed a “jacking up.” For the fourth time in succes- Yesterday was undoubtedly one the tug of war from the clerks and were awarded the $5 gold piec put up by the First State bank. Last week's meeting of the board What the a the sneat as sicn the competing team of the | of the finest’ outing days that any- ; of county commissioners was in siders to be by far bee: site thus EUGENE H LUFTIN Grand Rapids Fire department car-| one ever saw, and the annual pic- iS SENTENCED 70, many respects the most important portant. and sensible f Bch sied off the greater part of the |mie of the clerks and band boyg one in many years, All preliminary the vacant lands of Norther honors at the tournament of the|at Pdkegama lake was without work incident to the special elec- sota was inaugurated at the first far made toward the settlement of meeting to organize a land clear- ing company at Bemidji on Satur- day. As is usual with all new pro- jects, only tentative plans could be discussed at the first meeting, but that the beginning of a movement of far-reaching consequences Was made, no one~who has read the proceedings or talked with the de- legates will doubt. ; The great drawk ack to the rapid settlement of this section has not been climate, peor soil or prohibit ive prices of land, but the simple fect that the clearing of a farm sufficiently large. to support a family has entailed an ameunt of labor and expense which most men have dreaded incurring. Many. have in spite of these conditions, braved the discomforts and hardships and have found their toil liberally re- warded, but even these admit that the solution of the vacant land problem is some means of enab- ling a man to begin planting some- thing when he first takes up his residence in a wooded section. Itasca county will in all probob- ility ke the next to Attempt the forming of one or more companies of this nature. That the business offers opportunities that should DIES SUDDENLY Drops Dead of Heart Disease in Duluth Hotel Early Sunday Morning. Eugene H. Luftin, for over twen- ty years one of the best known woodsmen in this section, dropped dead about seven o’clock Sunday morning at the Grace hotel in Du- luth. Mr. Luftin passed through here about a week ago en route to Duluth, where he expected to con- sult specialists as he had not been feeling well since returning from Canada last winter. While the operations of Mr. Luf- tin extended all through this northern country, he considered Grand Rapids his home and gener= ally made the Hotel Pokegama his place of residence when not act- ively employed. One of the things that his many acquaintances here cannot understand is the finding of what were apparently begging cards in his pockets. On these cards was printed: “I want to finish my course in the auto school—give what you can.’ People here who |have been acquainted with the | man for years say that it is im- | possible that the cards were used by him for begging purposes. He was a woodsman of the old school prove attractive to men of capit: there is no doukt. The conditions under which a man might secure the services of a concern of this kind, the terms and conditions of payment and similar matters are still to be worked out, but that any concern undertaking the work would be amply protected is cer- tain. If the land itself is made who has advanced with the times as modern ideas brought about changes and was considered a mas- ter of his craft. As such he al- ways commanded good wages and was never ‘known to be without money. The finding of $300 in bills and drafts upon his person at the time of his death would indicate that he was in no need of funds Mesaba Range Volunteer Fireman’s association at Aurora, on July 23, 4 and 25. They won four first prizes out of eight entries and were second in one event. The as- sociation banner, the prize in the association hose race, was capt- ured by the Grand Rapids team, Their time was 24 2-5 seconds against 24 3-5 for Ely and 29 sec- onds for Aurora. In the combina- tion hook and ladder and hose raca Grand Rapids was tied for first place with Proctor. The tie was not run off,Grand Rapids waiving the right to demand this stipulation, that the prize money was to go to Robert Mathews, a Proctor fireman, who was injured during the tournament. Biwabik carried off the first prize in the flag race. Time, 67 #5 seconds. Grand Rapids was aclose second. in this event, making it in 69. Biwabik and Aurora tied for third position. The only event in which Grand Rapids was the tail ender was the ladder climbing con- test. Proctor won this race, with question the greatest event of its kind ever attempted in this neigh- Lorhood. It seems as if everybody for miles aréund was present and there is no question but that they all enjoyed themselves to the ut- most. The greater part of th day’s €oirgs tock place onthe grounds of the Hotel Ogema, but the lake shore for miles was a scene ‘of festivities. 4 The “first event was the boys and girls runninng race. Mildred Lee and Sandy Dunwiddie were the winners and were presented with a $2.50 gold piece each by the First National bank. In the pie eating contest Will- iam Pratt won the watch offered by Jeweler Peach, and Howard Me- Cormicksecured the second prize of a dozen doughnuts from ._ the Amberg bakery. prize by R. R. Hall. Aurora second, Ely third and Bi- | wabik fourth. | Grand Rapids also won the com- bination hook and ladder race, the time being 23 seconds flat, against 24 2-5 for Aurora, and 26 for Ely. Our team fouled its apparatus | in the novelty hose race and was dis- qualified. The event was won| by ; Proctor with Aurora a close sec- ond and Ely third. The hub and hub race ‘also went to Grand Rapids, the {ime being 17 4-5 seconds. Aurora |was second, Ely third and Proctor fourth. | In the coupling contest Grand from the band boys by 9 to G, vfereby wiunng a box ot cigars offered by Peter Miller. The event of the day was per- harps the ball game between the married and the singie ladies. The game did net go ihe entire nine ings owing to lack of time, bvt # was a aummer v.bile. it lasted. The unincumbered ‘eam hy a score ef 8 to thereby wir- the. box of candy «fered by C. C. Miller. «cme rk “* ‘The line-up was as felfows! - Mesdaimes Misses Comeér-_. -McAlpine ONE HOUR IN JAIL Rather Unusual Case Comes to An End in Judge Kearney’s Court on Friday. The personal assault case brought by John Haralli against Mat Sutari was heard on Friday before Judge Kearney. Sutari was. charged with attacking Haralli with a sythe blade, and while he pleaded guilty to the charge, the circumstances ‘were such that the court, upon the recommendation of County At- torney McOuat, sentenced the de- fendant to spend an hour in jail a week previous to the arrest of Sutari, a cow belonging to Haralli had returned home with abad cut in her side. Harrili aceused his neighhor.of having-inflicted this when he found the bovilie trés- fe A lean men’s race was substi-| passing on his land. Sutari said the intention, therefore, to. stituted for the hay fight amd|eow had probably been tangled up Much of the necessary gravel as won by Wallace Aiken, he secur-|in a wire fence and that if certain! possible hauled in this manner and ing the hair brush offered a8 €|parties would keep their’ stock Gumped along the edge of fenced in such things would not latter, to emphasize his denial, struck his accuser with the flat side of a sythe blade he happened to be carrying in his hand,\and the arrest. followed. aN Justice Kearney and County torney McOuat gave the panties a jrather severe lecture on how and advised them to keep out of each others way in the future if they could not agree. All parties to the case seemed willing to let it go at that, and they were allowed to go home and take care of the hay as punishment. It seems that about’ tion tobe held on August 19, was disposed of and preparations made that will enable the county togo ahead with its road building pro- gram should the bonds carry. It was decided to advertise for bids at once, as some work on the highways expected to be author- ized should be done this fall and winter. This is particularly true of the road between Cohasset and Deer River, and the commission- ers wish to be in shape to push the work on this line as soon as possi- ple. The bids for the work will be opened on August 26th, just one ; week after the holding of ‘the . election. | Another matter taken into con- sideration by the board was the fact that the hauling of gravel ‘can be done much cheaper on ‘sleighs than, by wagon. 5 Fe the ‘right-of-way, ready to be trans- ¢ lhe clerks won the ball game | happen. Haralli insisted that Sutar ferred to the road bed when the a score of |was to blame, however, and the snow goes off in the spring. 1 ROAD QUESTION T0 "| _ BE BOOSTER TOPIC The officials of the Town and Country Booster’s club have is- won out|neighbors should treat one another, sued a call for a meeting to take place at Village hall in Grand Ra- pids on Monday evening, August 11, to discuss the bond issue to be ‘voted on August 19. The calling of this. meeting at this time is not ‘an indication that any decided op~ :the basis upon which repayment is) and his possession of the cards is | Rapids was hea zie then had @ which position to the bond issue has is with Proe which they had mown and which posit d s soured a UAbtS Sete. 08, AOU ear |= aay see first place, the time pri eg OTe unberg |kvas being ruined. vx a, {Manifested itself, but simply to. i acquaint everybody interested with’ ory collataeral could not ‘be found The property would certainly be *vorth more after it was cleared than the total cost of clearing, and no one with money available for investment purposes could re- quire better security. A. J. McGuire, superintendent of the experimental station here, was one of the principal speakers at the Bemidji meeting and Qe is quite ennithusiastic over the out- dook of setting on foot a movement that will mean much to this sec- tion. Mr. McGuire said: “I believe that every county in the northern part of the state should have one or tore of these companies. That only one has thus far been organized seems strange when the. demand for land upon which a man can move with some prospects of mak- ing a living is considered. I believe 4hat anyone commanding the nec- essary capital to engage in this pursuit will find it one of the safest as well as the most profi- table propositions now offered. Not only will the individual farm- er welcome an enterprise of this kind, but land companies would avail themselves of the opportun- kind, but land companies would ity to have part of their holdings cleared in order that the remainder ‘would become more saleable. There is no question but that the organi- zation of companies of this ‘kind Luftin was well thought of in this section. He knew his business, was reliable and honest, and the news of his death will come asa shock to many. The remains were brought here and burried from the Kremer undertaking rooms yester- day afternoon. A sister, Miss Ida Luftin of Chicago, accompanied the body from Duluth. Odd Fellows Visit Neighbors. i A delegation of brothers from Grand Rapids lodge paid a visit to the Coleraine and Bovey lodge on Thursday evening last and were royally entertained while there. The order of the evening was work in the first degree, and this was conferred upon a_ candidate from the lodge here. A lunch was served and everything done to make the trip enjoyable for the visitors. Those attending were: W. L. Maddy, E. J. Coyle, Henry Wash- burn, George Ritter, Gearge Shook, John Hofer, Charles Brock, M, A. seconds, winning the event in the second trial in 4 and 4-5 seconds, Proctor's time being 5 1-5. [ Grand Rapids did not havé ay entry in the foot race, as Lofberg, the star runner of the team, was unable to make the pace dn ac- ‘count of an injury.°This vent was won by Ely, with Proctor sec- ond and Aurora third. Aurora won the wet surface contest in| 34 seconds, Grand Rapids being) sec- ond in 37 seconds. | Ely carried off the honorg for having the most men in line, the best appearing team and best working and appearing track team. | Street Carnival. | A street carnival is booked for the coming week in Grand japids. If it is on a par with street parni- vals generally the people of this community will ‘be thordughly disgusted with the aggregatipn be- fore the week is ended. Strept car- Boorman and H. W. Stark. Some Milch Cow. Raymond Sisler, son of Mr. and iis employed at the university farm, St. Anthony, during the summer months and attends the agricul- Mrs. A. M. Sisler of Laprairie, who | °! the fact. | tural college in winter, is homeon |the cther day fhat Sheriff Riley a vacation. Of late he has had sole} arrested a blind pigger in| Nash- charge of the state’s prize Hols- | wauk. While it was a fact that a nivals are usually frauds of the worst kind and where oncp ad- mitted are thereafter barred for- ever. This one may be an pxcep- tion, but if so, we haye no evidence They’ll Get Theirs. One of the Duluth papers stated Luther MéCormick Rassmussen .B. Benton Patterson. M. Benton Radke .-Hoeper Otto King carried off 4 hice ham offered by the Jutras market as a prize in the fat men’s race, _ and ti Pes Equalization Board Meets The county commissioners met as a board of equalization’ dn Mon- day. The most important adjust- ment made was that of increasing the merchandise assessments made in several of the villages in the| the exact conditions now existing Bs well as in what respect they |will be remedied by the building of ithe proposed roads. The Herald- :Review believes that the vo ting’ ‘of such a large sum of money is a matter that should receive the Arthur Iten secured the shirt of-| .ounty, The commissioners fottid, Widest possible discussion and that fered by the Beckfelt store for thesé in some cases ridiculously }the voters should be affordét ev- the second fat man under the wire.liq. ana remedied the matter by | °'Y Opportunity of finding out just In the ladies nail driving contest |ordering the following increases: Mrs. Washburn proved herself a8)Bovey, Coleraine, Keewatin and to what extent the issuing of these bonds will increase their taxes as most efficient with the hammer |Nashwauk, Thirty-three and one-;Well as how much the roads them- and secured the firs€ prize, a set|third per cent. The rate of assess- of teaspoons from the Hughes|ment for horses was plated as fol- store. Mrs. Tascher was second|fows: Under one year old, $5; one and was handed an order for @/|year old, $10; two years old; $20; hundred pounds of flour on the|three years old and over, $35. Gat- filer store, while Mrs. Roecker/tle: Under one year, $1; one year, X made the third best time and will} 85; two years, $8; three years, $12; , Will be taken up at the meeting. receive three pounds selves will benefit the community. Tn order that they may gain a thorough knowledge of the benefits ‘tod be derived as well as the ex- pense that must necessarily be incurred, the following subjects of Itasca|bulls and all other cattle, $20. Other S@ry to Pay—Principal and Inter- Creamery butter for her dexterity. |items were as follows: Sheep, $1; est—on $300,000, Including Sink- In the single ladies’ running race hogs, $2; dogs, $5; wagons, $12; me- Miss Lucy McCormick won the um-|!odians, $10 and pianos, $70. brellq offered by the Itasca Dry Goods company as first prize, and ‘Miss Painter of Cohasset, gets 25 pounds of sugar from Shannon} school board and Prof. Corwin, the Bros. as second prize. The obstacle race was won by El- mer Roecke, wifo gets a ham fro the Johnson market for his effort, while J. McCormick received a go- cart from the Kremer. furniture store for being next best. . Price was the winner of the box m | yesterday morning from Cohasset, To Visit Rural Schools. Chairman C, E. Burgess of the new instructor inagriculture for the Grand Rapids school, started to make a tour of the northwest part of the county in order ' to board meeting Monday afternoon look over school matters, After the} Source of Such Increase. : they walked to Cohasset in the|has Been Made. In the men’s swimming race D./| yening and left there on Tuesday cf morning's train for Bena, expect-|Surveyor 0. J. Lidberg will be in- ling Fund? What Provision Will be Made to Maintain Roads? F What is the Value of the Split Road Drag? Present assessed Valuation of the County. |. Increase in Last Five Years. Increase in Proceeding Five Years. é ale Sections in Which Such Increase County Auditor M. A. Spang and will prove the greatest aid im the] tein cow, Lady Oaks Fobes Dekol.| resort was raided it was aiot in the settlement of the state that has|Qn a test during a limited -period | village, but there ‘yet been: attempted.” More Sidewalks Ordered. last year this wonderful animal | blind pigs in our midst which are averaged 90 ‘pounds, or 45 quarts | allowed to do business of milk per day. It is the intention | day with no attempt to place the | ‘Fhe contract for constructing se-| this year to attempt a recordcey- | offenders under arrest—Nashwauk ven hundred :yards of cement side-! ering the entire milking season. . cote ; ‘Herald. are dozen night and a - _ the cigars offered as a first prize by|ing to drive from there. Mr. Bur-|vited to attend the meeting and 8. S. McMahon, and Will Longhurst expects to utilize two or|furnish such information concern- receives the umbrella offered by|three days in looking over pro-|ing the matter as they may pos- Lieberman Bros. _. [posed sites for new rural schools, |sees, and it is hoj our The Misses Vivian and Mirnie|jwhile Mr. Corwin will begin an|citizens ‘will take of Coghran were the only entries in|acquaintance with the agricultural] this opportunity to post themecl«