Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 6, 1913, Page 4

. pect to return to Ft. Dodge, Ia., CoHASSET DEPARTMENT IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE by ke ee ee ee ee Cohasset Locals $ $ WD eteetentoetoetonroetoetoetontnetenreetentontectontoeteatoeteetenteets te Mrs. Lusk of Virginia is the guest of Mrs. P. Kenney. Rev. C. E. Burgess preached at} the M. E. church Sunday evening. Miss sie Aiken of Grand Ra-| pids visited Cohasset friends Mon- day. County Theasurer John McMahon! was a business caller at Cohasset yesterday. Mrs. Copeley and daughter of Vermilion, were Cohasset visi- | Thompson. They expect to remain time before joining Mr. Nelson in California. Mr. G, A. Williams of San Pedro, California, is the new proprietor of the Bass Brook hotel, having ta- ken charge July 22. Mr. Williams is delighted with Northern Mir ita, and. believes this country has a great future. | Mr. F.C. Corneliussen of Story | City, Iowa, arrived Wednesday, to | join his family, who have been; here on a visit to Mrs. Cornelius- sen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.H. in Cohasset for some time. Baptisimal services at Garrison son Point were conducted by Rev.! tors, yesterday. i 4 | Miss Bracket of Mona, Minnesota, | is visiting at the home of her, brother, Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heilman of Ft.' River, | Dodge, Ia., are the guests of the| Thompson family. Rev. and Mrs. LeRoe returned from a three weeks visit with re- latives at Aitkin. of Wabana, Fletcher, Miss Viola Parker visited with Mrs W. W returning home yesterday. Miss Mabel Thompson returned Thursday from a visit with Mrs E. L. Buck in Minneapolis. Cohasset and E. L. Buck arrived in from California, Friday last, left for Minneapolis, Saturday. The Catholic Altar society will | meet with Mrs. F. X. Goulette on} Thursday afternoon of next week. | of North-| of to Miss Marie Heiberg field, who has been the guest Miss Jane Thompson, returned her home Monday. Mrs. C. M. Erskine of Grand Ra- | pi was the guest of Mrs. Fletch-| er Friday . She was accompan-} ied home by Master Leonard Flet-! cher. Rey. H. J. Snyder filled the es pit at the Christian church Sun-| day and then went up the river to fill Mr. Burgess‘ appointment Sun-| day aft oon. 1 Mrs. Gabe Goddell of Leighton! Brook, was in Cohasset, Monday, and reporis her entire family, in- cluding Mr. Goddell, as being down with the measles. Mrs. W. R. Newman and two | children of Missoula, Mont., a sis-| ter of W. A. Fletcher, arrived this morning on a visit to the family of herbrother. Cloutier & Olson drove their Buick car up to Vermillion Mon- day, just to demonstrate that the Buick car can go wherever a team ean travel and haul a wagon There will be a bakery sale on the Fletcher lawn Saturday after- noon and evening under the aus- pices of the ladies of the M. E. church society. Ice cream and cake will also be served. S. H. Thompson and family ex- to live as soon as Mr. Thompson's health will permit. He has given up the management of the Super- ior Woodenware factory. jEarl Stultz and wife have re- turned from North Dakota, and will live on fheir farm west of Cohasset. They were accompanied home by Mrs. F. S. Ford, who will reside with them for a time. Mrs. John Nelson, who has had charge of the Bass Brook hotel, since. Mr. Nelson left for Califor- nia, will leave today for City, where she will visit a short Rush | Cc. E. Burgess last Sunday. A Ss of four were taken into the Chri tian church, one of whom was a j mani seventy-five years old. Pap- |tism was made in the Mississippi, | “The Happy Hustlers” society of 'the M. E. church entertained in honor of Miss Hazel Roberts of Duluth, at the home of Mrs. Char- les Palmer Saturday evening, | Games were enjoyed and a lunch, was served. Twenty-five guests were present. It was only by accident that Mrs. Pfifer of Deer River and Mrs. C. E. Burgess of Cohasset learned they were cousins. A mention made’ in the Herald-Review of the visit of Mrs. Burgess’ parents in this village was read by Mrs. Pfifer. She recognized the names as those of her uncle and aunt. Further in- quiry confirmed the relationship, land last week Mrs. Pfifer paid a visit to her long lost relatives. | Festi NA RB Oe | | SNARES IN ENGLISH. | | Puzzles For Foreigners Who Ares Learning the Language. It is hard for the person to whom English is his native tongue to realize what a struggle the foreigner has to | understand some of the peculiarities of our spelling and pronunciation. One foreigner gives the following descrip- tion of bis first lesson in an English class, We have been given a book to learn the letters. I arrive at the class, hav- ing learned them perfectly. ° Soon, in the course of the lesson, we have the word |-o-w. “Love,” I pro-! nounce it, thinking the w has the sound of v. \ “No; it is pronounced ‘lo,’” says the | teacher. “Then why is the w there?” I in- quire, mystified. ' “It is there because that is the way i the word is spelled,” responds the; teacher, “but it is silent. Never mind | why; it is sufficient to know that it is there.” Before long we come to n-0-w. i “Pronounce it.” says the teacher. “No,” I reply. “Why will you not?” she asks me. It is some time before she under- | stands that I am trying to pronounce | the word when I say “No.” Then she; declares that, although |-o-w is lo. n-o-w | is now. “If you want to make it no,” she ex- | plains kindly, “you put k before it.” | You may believe I am bewildered. | However, | memorize that n-o-w is} now. The next word is s-n-o-w. I} pronounce it like now with an s be fore it. The teacher laughs. The w is again become silent. apparently for no reason, and the word is called sno. But that is not all. Later I find that if you drop the n from snow you can pronounce it whichever way you like.— Youth’s Companion. “So you broke your engagement with him.” “Yes.” “What for?" “He’s a conceited thing. couldn’t stand bim.” | “I never heard bim brag. | makes you think bim conceited?” “All the time we were engaged he never once told me that be was un- worthy of my love.’—Detroit Free I simply What Press. ' New Line of Fine White Felt Hats for Midsummer —These Hats are strictly up-to-date. are just the thing this season. They Mrs. W. W. Fletcher COHASSET. SPECIAL SALE Announcement will appear in a few days. Watch for it. | self. So he is a shining mark for ev- ‘ments of glittering brass. | come out and present arms, and when COHASSET, MINNESOTA, JULY 6, 1913. HIGH PRICED HONOR It Costs to Represent Uncle Sam at a Foreign Court. HEDGED ABOUT BY DIGNITY. Trials and Tribulations That Beset a New Ambassador—Ceremonies In Which He Must Participate and For Which He Must Give Lavish Tips. An unofficial American can live more economically abroad than at home— that is a fact. Food is cheaper. Serv- ants work for less money. This being so, why is it not possible for an un- pretentious Yankee diplomat to live in Europe for the same money as in America? 1 put the question to a for- mer ambassador who has lived in Lon- don, Paris and Rome. “They tell me one can go to the mar- ket and buy a part of a chicken—a wing or a drumstick. Think of it! Food must be cheap there.” “But the ambassador cannot sally forth with a market basket on his arm,” said the retired diplomat. That sums up the difficulty. An am- bassador cannot do anything for him- erybody. There is nobody so helpless in America, except the poor taxpayer. Let us look into it. International law, which is as full of fine spun distinctions as common law or domestic law. regards an ambas- sador as the direct personal representa- tive of the ruler of his country and ordains that he be treated in a manner befitting such a very important. per- son. This accounts for the ceremony attending the ambassador's presenta- tion of the president’s letter of cre- dence to the sovereign. In detail the function varies in different countries. but the continental custom is in gen eral as follows: At the day and hour fixed by the king, emperor or president a court | functionary of high degree in gorgeous uniform appears at the abode of the new American ambassador. He is ac- companied by numerous other person- ages, somewhat lower in rank, but uniformed in equally bright colors. He is provided with three court carriages, together with attendants and outriders. He is in command of a mounted escort and, last, but not least, of a white plumed band, accoutered with instru- The American ambassador, probably flustered by the ceremony, is con- ducted to the first of the carriages. which is drawn by eight horses. He is politely waved to the back seat, while his personal escort, instead of sitting by his side, takes the seat facing him. The Yankee diplomat wears a frock coat—Prince Albert, be calls it—and a silk hat. and his gloves, dictated by his wife, are of gray suede. Across from him sits the chief func- tionary, attired with a brilliance sel- dom seen outside of comic opera. In solemn stately procession the car- riages and outriders, preceded by the mounted troop, with the resonant band in the van, take up the march to the palace. On both sides of the thorough- fare is a curious, gaping crowd. At that the many corps de garde soldiers the American ambassador, a plain man, perhaps, arrives at the palace there is an elaborate presentation of arms and a beating of drums that com- pletely take the gimp out of him. Unexpectedly simple is the sov- ereign’s reception of the new diplomat. but after it is over the American must again endure the ceremonious proces- sional back to his domicile. Then comes the shock. The first secretary explains that the sun must not set before the pourboire is distributed. This, the ambassador learns, is French for tip. He also learns that the transportation to and from the palace has a purse string to it. The keeper of the royal stables must be tipped. “It is an inviolable custom,” insists | the first secretary. “How much?” asks the fledgling dip- lomat. “For an ambassador,” says the first secretary, “the rule is $200.” There is probably an explosion, but in the end the ambassador pays. A London editor, who was born in America and received his newspaper training on this side of the water, once said: “You can safely give a present, if not a gratuity, to any official below the sovereign on the continent.” “How about England?” I asked. “The present should be more expen- sive, the gratuity larger.” — Henry Beach Needham in Saturday Evening Post. Paint Saves Money. Why not use a little paint occasion- ally? It prolongs the life of the build- ings, adds value to the price of the farm and helps to make a “home beau- tiful.” Buildings last 25 to 50 per cent longer if painted. That means that a building which would last fifty to sev- enty-five years unpainted would last 7 to 125 years if painted. It is the same with fences and farm imple ments. It is easy to see that paint saves money.—Kansas Farmer. | he had guessed correctly. ! the distance and answered, “Damara.” MADE A GOOD GUESS. He Had No Thermometer to Tell Him the Temperature. It often happens on sledge journeys among the arctic ice that the thermom- eters are broken. In that case the party finds itself without any means of determining the temperature. But Roald Amundsen, the Sscoverer of the south pole, says that if the explorer accustoms himself to guess the tem- perature it is possible to estimate the mean temperature for a month with a fair degree of accuracy. This fact he proved by means of a guessing compe- tition during the winter that his party spent in camp on the great ice barrier. As each man came in in the morning he gave his opinion of the temperature outside, and each guess was entered in a book. At the end of the month I ; went over the figures, and the man who had guessed correctly the great- est number of times won the prize—a few cigars. Besides giving practice in estimating degrees of cold, it was a very good diversion with which to be- gin the day. When one day is almost exactly like another the first hour of the morning is likely to be a little sour. The competition engaged every o:e’s attention pleasantly. Each man’s en- trance was awaited with excitement, and one man was not permitted to make his guess in the hearing of the man who followed him. Therefore they had to speak as they came in, one by one. “Now, Stubberud,” I would say, “what’s the temperature today?” Stubberud had his own way of cal- culating, which I never succeeded in understanding. One day, for instance, he looked about him and studied the various faces. “It isn’t warm today,” be said at last. with a great deal of conviction. I could immediately en- courage him with the assurance that It was —69 degrees F.! The monthly results were very inter- esting. So far as I can remember, the best performance in any month was eight approximately correct guesses. A man might keep remarkably close to the actual temperature for a long time and then suddenly one day make an error of 25 degrees. The winner’s mean temperature agreed within a few tenths of a degree with the actual mean temperature of the month, and the mean of all the competitors’ mean temperature gave a result that was almost exactly correct. So if we had been so unlucky as to lose all our thermometers we should not have been entirely at a loss. What Pepys Saw In Church. Once Pepys goes to Hackney church, “chiefly,” he says, “to see the young ladies of the school, whereof there is great store and very pretty.” And on another Sunday, “After dinner I did by water alone to Westminster to the parish church and there did entertain myself with the perspective glass up and down the church, by which I had great pleasure of seeing and gazing at a great many very fine women; and what with that and sleeping, 1 passed away the time till the sermon was done.” And again on a Sunday after- noon to the same church, “thinking to see Betty Michell and stay an hour in the crowd, thinking by the end of a nose that I saw that it had been her, but at last the head was turned to- ward me and it was her mother, which vexed me.”—George Hodges in the Atlantic, Damaraland. Mistakes such as that which makes Uganda of Buganda are frequent when the white man bases his geographical nomenclature on his understanding of the native. Sometimes they are amus- ing when one gets the explanation. For instance, .Damaraland should real- ly be Damaqualand, just as Namaqua- land and Griqualand, for “qua” is the masculine plural, meaning “men.” “Ra” is the feminine dual. The ex- plorer, with a sweep of his hand, gues- tioned his native guides as to the name of the country. But they thought he was pointing to two Dama women in So this portion of German Africa bears a name which signifies “land of two Dama women.”—London Chronicle. Told of a Tailor. A Viennese ‘tailor was so fascinated by his own figure in a suit ordered by a court functionary that he could not make up his mind to part with the garment. He passed hours daily be- fore the or admiring the elegant fit until his mind gave way to lunacy. He finally had to be consigned to an asylum, whither he was enticed, says a correspondent, on pretext of his be- ing invited to attend a levee in his court dress.—Pall Mall Gazette. Happy Relief. “You seem happier.” “Yes,” responded the clerk in the department store. “I’ve been trans- ferred, from the silk counter to the grindstone department. And very few women out shopping insist on pawing over that stock.”—Washington Herald. “You talk about men!” exclaimed the SALE OF SCHOOL AND OTHER STATE LANDS STATE OF MINNESOTA, Auditors office. St. Paul, July 8, 1913. Notice is hereby givem that on August 18, 1913, at 10 o’c\Wtk A. M., in fhe of- fice of the County Auditor at Grand | Rapids, Itasca County, in the State of Minnesota, I wili offer for sale cer- tain unsold state lands, and also those state lands which have reverted to the state by reason of the non-paymnet of Interest. Terms: Fifteen per cent of the pur. chase price and interest on the unpaid balance from date of sale to June lst, 1914, must be paid at the time of sale.” The balance of purchase money is pay- able in whole or in pert on or before forty years from date of sale; the rate of interest on the unpaid balance is four Per cent per annum, payable in advance on June Ist of each year; provided, the principal remains unpaid for ten years; but if the principal is paid within ten years from date of Sale, the rate of interest will be computed at five per cent Der annum. Appraised value of timber, if any, must also be paid at time of sale. Lands on which the interest ts delin. quent may be redeemed at any time up to the hour of Sale, or before resale to an actual purchaser. All mineral rights are reserved by the laws of the state. Not more than 320 acres can be sold or contracted to be sold to any one purchaser. Agents acting for purchasers must fur- nish affidavit of authority. Appraisers’ reports, showing quality and kind of soil, are on file in this office. Lists of lands to be offered may be obtained of the State Auditor or the State Commissioner of Immigration at St. Paul, and of the County Auditor at above address. SAMUEL G. IVERSON State Auditor. Herald-Review, July 16-23-30, Aug. 6. Notice of Sealed Bids Sealed bids will be received by the County Board of Itasca County, Minne- sota, up to 10 o’clock A. M., on Tues- day the 12th day of August, 1913, at the office of the County Auditor.at the Court House, in the Village of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the construction of a building at the County Fair Grounds. Said building to be constructed and completed according to plang and specifications on file in the office of the County Auditor. All bids must be in accordance with said plans ard specifi. cations. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check for at least 5 per cent of the amount bid. The Board reserves the right to re. ject any or all bids. M. A. SPANG, County Auditor. Herald-Review, July 23-30, Aug. 6. Mortgage Foreclosure. Default having been made in the con- ditions of that certain mortgage mads by| Adelaide Cochran and G. W. .Cochran, her husband, mortgagors; to Wm. C. Gitbert, mortgagee; dated January 21st, 1904, and recorded in the office of the Register of deeds in and for Itasca county, Minnesota, on the 22nd day of January, 1904, in Book F. of mortgages at page 235; and which said mortgage was thereafter on the 10th day of April, 1905, duly assigned by the said William C. Gilbert, by written assign- ment to Robert Maxwell, and -which said assignment was thereafter on the 1st day of May, 1905, filed for record in the office of the Register of decds in and for Itasca County, Minnesota, and recorded in Book R, of mortages at page 435; and which said mortgage was thereafter on the 2nd day of July 1913, duly assigned by said Robert Maxwel’, by written assignment, to C. S, Brock, which said assignment was duly filed for record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said county of Itasca and State of Minnesota, on the 19th day of July, 1913, and recorded in Book G, of mortgages at page 507. And which default consists in the failure to pay said mortgage indebtedness and the interest theron, or any part thereof. And there is now due and unpaid on said ‘mortgage indebtedness the sum of Two hundred seventy three dollars. And no action or proceeding at law, or otherwise, having been instituted to recover said debt. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that pursuant to the power of sale in said emortgage contained, and the stat- ute in such case made and provided, the said mortgage wil be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described BOOST FOR COHASSET gister of Deeds, in and for Itasca, County, Minnesota, with the heredita. ments and appurtenances thereunto be- ,onging; which sale will be mads by the Sheriff of Itasca county, at the front door of the Court House in the Village of Grand Rapids, in said county and state on the 15th day of September, 1913 at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of said flay, at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash to pay said debt and interest, and the taxes, if any, on said premises, and the sum of Twenty-five dollars attorney’s fees stipulated in said mortgage in case of foreclosure, and the disbursements allowed by law; sub- ject to redemption within one year from the day of sae as provided by law. Dated July 2ist, 1913. c. S. BROCK, Assignee of mortgagee. H. W. STARK, Grand Rapids, Minn. Attorney for mortagee. Herald-Review, July 30-Aug. 6-13-20-27- September 3. Notice of Sealed Bids. Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Supervisors of the Town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, up to 4 o’clock p. m. on Saturday the 28rd day of August, 1913, at the Office of the Town Clerk of said Town, in the Village of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the con- struction of a highway in said Town, known as The Ranger Road, beginning at the NW corner of sec- tion 24 of said Town and running Bouth on Section line between Sections 23 and 24 of said Town to the South West Corner of said sec- tion 24. Said road is to be constructed and completed according to plans and specifications on file with Hugh McEwan, Town Clerk of said Town, and C. S. Brock, Supervisor of said iTown. All bids must be in ac- cordance with said plans and speci- fications, and must be accompanied by a certified check in an amount equal to at least 5 per cent of the ; amount bid. The said Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated this 30th day of July, 1913. HUGH McEWAN, Town Clerk Town of Grand Ra- pids. Herald-Review July 30 Aug 6-13. Duluth’s — Representative FLORIST Catering especially to out-of-town trade Yours for service with flowers for all occasions : : : DULUTH FLORAL COMPANY 121 W. Superior St. Cut Flowers Funeral Decorations Itasca County Abstract Office Abstracts Real Estate Fire Insurance Conveyances Drawn, TaxeS Paid for Non-Residents Kremer & King and conveyed by said mortgage, viz., Yot 10 of biock 34, Kearney’s First ad- dition to the Village of Grand Rapids, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Re- Grand Rapids Village Lots They are for sale on easy terms. AND $5 PER MONTH We have choice residence lots all over town and we are selling them on such easy terms that anybody can buy. $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. Wealso have some choice business lots; on our lists. REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY Props. Grand Rapids - = Minn. $5 DOWN