Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 3, 1913, Page 2

-of this work last year and the re-|Deer Riiver News. saves Sr PAUL {mperfegt Pago \ Grand Rapids Inpe feat Page iu u Herald-Veview, VoL, XXIV. No.8 sults of her teaching indicated al very high grade of efficiency. The courses in the college and normal school preparatory depart-| PUBLIC SCHOOLS heretofore. which was in charge of Mr. Fra- ments will contain about the same | lines of work as has been offered | f The debating class, | iser last year, will be in charge of An Able Corp of Teachers Engaged| Mr. Fred Carson. Mr. Carson has . . j had sh experience and training for Educational Work in = |'@¢ much experie ie rans | . in this line of work and the high District Number One. standard set by the class of last year will be maintained. A new jsubject will be introduced this | coming year, a course’ in magazine, E A. FREEMAN REMAINS AT HEAD! newspaper study. The purpose | of this course is to Erain students | in the use of the great periodicals | and to give them an intelligent; survey of the great public ques- tions; and what is being done in! \the fields of present day endeav- or. ‘The Literary Digest will be the basic periodical of this, course. Miss Florence Burlingame will |have charge of this work, Mrs, Gc, ‘The schools of District No. One, |B. Webster, nee Kummerer, will | including the Grand Rapids public a ee a aren schools, will open for work on Mon-| (ance of the science department. day, September eighth. The entire} Mp, Atterholt is a graduate of | staff of teachers has been selected | Qperlin college and is a teacher with great care, and it is believed! of suecessful experience. that we shall havethe most effi- Miss ‘Mary C€. Strickler of Polo, | cient year in the history | of the Ill, will preside over the high! schools. At the present time a! school as its principal. Miss Strick-! County Teachers’ Institute is be-| i ing held at the high school under ; the direction of Prof. Young of the University and Miss Grace Sher- wood, former Superintendent of Mower County. All the rural teach= ers of District No. One are in at- tendance at this institute, and the valuable suggestions received here will add much to the efficiency of | the rural school work. Supt. George E. Keenan, Inspector E.M. + aullips | and C. E. Burgess, will have parts on the program. The Grand Rapids High school is from now on to be considered the High school of District No. One. County Teachers’ Institute in Session this Week at High School Under Direction of Prof. Young of State University. Continued on page four, column five. J, M. JONES STABBED. WITH POCKET KNIFE Frank Reigelsperger Becomes An-, gered and Jabs Knife Blade Into Stomach and Back The Deer River Times makes the following report of the Reigelsper- ger stabbing affray in that town} ilast week. At about 12:15 Thursday neon ‘Lhe generous provision made for, the businees section of town was etchaaneta ee 7 startled by the report that Jack rejping tha students living outside; 4 ae a the environs of Grand Rapids ae oo — within the district makes it DOSSi~ | corap which was, in part, true. It ble for ances = hed it prreen appears from reports that while in to secure an pa ae da s Hi i the saloon of George Siverse>, anohes the [erand 1 a . 5"; formerly Jones’, Mr. Jones became in their eee Ge teu involved in an altercation with *he commercie ¥ Frank Reigelsperger over a matter i +“ —— al “a en a of credit Reigelsperger wanted for! iss va owles. or rly , re wh tele nar ore y e Anas wave bottle of Whiskey of the bar Miles City, Montana. Miss Cowles’ tender, who refused credit, stat- experience and training for this | ing the proprietor ‘was away dnd work warrants the board in believ- had left instructions to trust no ing thot the high standard setby’ one, Jones, it is stated, took a this department will be maintain-\pang and talked in a rough way | ed. Any young man or woman who to Reigelsperger. Reigelspers can spare any part of the day to ger had been drinking some and take advantage of its benefits will was in a quarrelsome mood. In| be permitted to enter the classes. front of the place on the sidewalk If only one subject is wanted that the two grappled for a moment, subject will be allowed the appli-' when Jones left the battle and cant providing that he shows by walked home, telling the first per- trial that he can do the work iNjgon he met to send the doctor to ty | | his house, that he had been stab- ~ This department of the high | peg, | school will include classes in pen-; Dp, Fairnall immediately iniadé | manship and spelling, stenography, examination and found Jones had and typewriting, bookkeeping ap incision through ‘the inner lin- and commercial law. What is per-) ing of the abdomen, which ap- mitted in this work will be permit | peared to have beet made by a ted in any of the jclagses of the'small knife point; he did not high school, providing the student | think the intestines were injured. A applying for work in them is able mall cut was also Made in the to do the work. }back above the hip, but in this the A normal department! will be penetration was not deep. Dr. again opened this year. At one(Storeh arrived on the one o'clock time it was thought that there|train from Grand Rapids and as- would not be enough students totsisted Dr. Fairall in dressing the take this work; to warrant the}wounds. Jones was removed to a beard in opening this department,| hospital at Bemidji on the night put @ sufficient number have mani-'train and report from there today fested adesire to take this work, | is to the effect that he is feeling | of” and a most efficient teacher has|well and that no complications been employed to conduct the’ have set in. classes therein. Reigelsperger was arrested shorts) The manual training departiént'ly after the trouble and hé ae- will be strengthened by the addi-j|clared he did not stab Jones. No tion of an assistant, Whe will,also}knife could be found on his per- have charge of the work at Black-|son. He was takéh to Grand Rap- berry and Cohasset. Mr. John Klugjids by the sheriff and yesterday of Three Rivers; Wis., and Mr.|was released on bonds. Harry Vestal will have charge of | Reigelsperger is a labéeérj has the work. | A lived here about ten years and has The agricultural department|4 Wife and five children. Hight will be presided over by Mr. W.©.| Years ago he served on the police Corwin, Mr. Corwin comes from | force. r Sherburn, this state, where he had| ‘charge of the agricultural depart- ment for a period of two years. He. received his preparation at|tler near Island Lake, was brought Cornell Agricultural college, Ithaca, | to town Monday, and induced to go N. Y. Mr. Corwin will spenda large; to Grand Rapids on important bus-| part of his time among the farm-| iness, which; proved to be a mild ersand inthe rural schools. Ajform of insanity from whieh rela- class in animal husbandry will be/}tives have before had trouble. Mr. onened in the ‘high school. Sent To Asylum. John Bergman, for years a set- SEPT. 20, 26, 2 | Bigger Preparations for Bigger Fair Being Made this Year than Ever Before in Itasca County. GOOD STATE EXHIBIT BEING SHOWN President D. C. Anderson, P. P. Elliott and Henry Truempler Have Charge of Itasca’s Display at State Fair. The officers of Itasca County Fair association have been among the farmers | gathering ma- terial for the state fair exhibit at Hamline, and as a result }they are; highly elated over the prospects for the biggest county fair Itasca has ever had. “It’s too bad the real estate men of the county and land holders don’t make a united effort to bring’ a large number of prospective buyers from | other states and the southern part of Minnesota to see the exhibits of the farm at our county fair,” sald Secretary Buell to the , Herald- Review the other day. “It would be the greatest hit they could pos- sibly make in effectually advertis- ing the splendid agricultural re- sources of the county. After be- ing, out gathering up; material for the state fair exhibit and seeing what the farmers are doing,I am convinced we will have the most attractive fair yet recorded for this county. The;farmers are tak- ing more interest, it seems to me, ! in the coming county fair than-ws- ual.” The premium list is now be- ing distributed. It has been thor- oughly revised and made to harmo nize with this year’s require- ments. The attractions, aside from the exhibits, will be of unusual interest. A program of entertain- ment is being prepared on a larger scale than heretofore. D. C. Anderson, president of the! county association, Farmer P.}| P. Elliott and Farmer Henry Truem- pler, are at Hamline, this week with the county exhibit for the state fair. If they fail to bring back some high class prizes it will Le due to the fact that//those in charge of preparing ,the exhibit were limited in time and were forced to neglect Some of the es- sentials required by the state fair directors of county exhibits, Stephen Bilodeau Dies. Stephen Bilodeau, age 68; |died Sunday, at St. Benedict’s hospital after a long illness. Mr. Bilodeau was one of the oldest residents of THE COUNTY FAIR 'INTER-STATE CO. the smelters. Jones-Laughlin people have enter- ed on their task of determining Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1913 Two Dollars a Year ing ore to the Superior port for It is evident the the extent and quality of ore in this district in a very thorough manner. Two shafts are now being sunk on the Fargo and Buckeye | properties and some drifting; will be done. Drills are still} being GONTUES WORK Exploration on Rather Small Scale out | Carried on at Grand Rapids, Fargo and Buckeye Properties. WHEN WILL OPERATIONS BEGIN ? That is the Interesting Question Be- ing Asked by the People of Grand Rapids and Vicinity ; withno Satisfactory Reply ' Since exploratory work began about six months ago on proper- | ties inthe vicinity of Grand Ra- |pids to determine the extent and ‘value of iron ore hereabouts, by }the Jones-Laughlin company of Pittsburg, the Herald-Review has been appealed to quite frequently for information as to the probable wesult of the preliminary tests and “how long will it be before the mimes will be opened and actual ; operations begin in the producing j lime?” Candidly, the Herald-Re- \ view doesn’t know, and it is doubt- ;fu' ifany one does know who will divulge the real purposesof the operating company. | This might have carried some very in- teresting reading each issue based on unauthenticated rumors’ con- cerning prospective developments, as a result of operating iron mines et cur front and back doors; and gn either side. But such a coiirse ;wouwld have been poor joti#nal- ism, A newspaper has no right to portray a condition of prospec- |tive prosperity to the public of which it ;has no definite knowl- edge. In this case it ;would have heen an injustice to those already engaged in business here because ef the fact that such representa- tions as might have been made would very, likely have induced others | to. venture into business pursuits | when the field is al- ready amply supplied. It would also create inflated real estate values where there may be no justification for such inflation. For the benefit of Herald-Re- view readers, however, such in- formation as we have will be given from time to time, and when: this iPaper, makes a statement as a {fact with relation to what is, do- ing or what is likely to transpire, the publie may rely upon it. There are three embryo iron “mines” in the immediate vicin- ity of Grand Rapids, that are in process of being drilléd and ex- paper | State Will Attempt to Collect onUn- and making pen pictures of the tax claim in the history, ; future greatness of Grand Rapids, | Northwest, aggregating more than $600,000, alleged to be due on un- Grand Rapids: The body was re-|Plored by the Jones-Laughlin com- lrwoved to the home of his’ sister, |P@@Y, operating as the Inter-State |Mrs. Bensfield. The funeral took |!"0m Company, with: headquarters place Monday morning at 9 o'clock at Grand Rapids. These preliminary |trom St. Joseph’s Catholic church, | Preparations for | probable future Rev. Father Beuchler officiating. | 4evelopment have now been going TO CONSIDER ROADS TOMORROW NIGHT Booster Club Will Discuss (County Road Matters at Meeting in Village Hall. A call for the Boostei's #f Itasca county has been issued by the offi= cers of the club to meet at Village hall tomorrow (Thursday) evening: Matters pertaining to road build- ing in genetal will be discussed. Mr. Chas. A. Forbes; assistant en- gineer of the state highway com- mission, will be present to de- liver a lecture, which will be illus- trated with | lantern slides. This will be a good méeting to iattend. Sues For $1,150 J. F. Sundloff came down yes’ terday from Jessie Lake. Mr. Sun- dloff has sued 4 neighbor, E. G. Pifher, for $1,150 damage for dam- ming a creek which causes the Bergman was also suffering from|lake to overflow Mr. Sundloff’s | lief there are valuable deposits of The domestic science department! dropsy, which has broken ov on‘| land. The case will likely be heard | ore on for more than six months. On August first, the options held by the Inter-State | company on the lands being tested were extended by fee holders for another six months. The locations of these properties are designated as the Grand Rapids mine, on. section 13, township 55, range 26, west of town; the Fargo mine on section 2, town 55, range 25; the Buckeye mine on section 36, ratge 56, range 26, northeast of town; As is usual at the beginning of iron oré exploration work, the number of miéh employed have been limit- ed to small crews. These have been engaged at drilling, surveying, etc. The same properties were former= ly held under option and lease by the Steel corporation, but for some reason were all surrendered. Under the direction of the Oliver Tron Mining company 4 great deal of drilling had been done jand a large amount of money expended. worked on the Grand Rapids prop- erty. The company established and has maintained offices at Grand Rap- ids since beginning work here, of which H.C. Lawrence has charge. Mr. Lawrence has also directed the field work. In answer to any inquiries as to the probable result of the preliminary investigations, Mr. Lawrence very affably replies that he only knows what he is di- rected to do by his superiors, and whether the Jones-Laughlin com- jpany, will ever mine any ore in the Grand Rapids district, he has no more knowledge than any other resident of the county. A barge 35x75 feet in dimensions is now in course of construction by the Inter-State company at the Itasca Paper company yards. jit has the appearance of a_ huge floating craft that is calculated for some heavy service. The report that it is to be used on Prairie river is absurd. When it is put into commission it will probably be! found operating on, Pokegama lake. | SUE TO RECOVER $600,000 IN TAXES reported Railroad Gross Earn- ings FromG. N. andN, P. Suits to recover the largest back of the reported gross earnings, will be begun by the State of Minnesota against. the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railway com= panies, All but $50,000 of this sum is charged against the former com- pany. Public Examiner Andrew Fritz this morning certified to the tax commission the amount due. War- rants to be drawn on the companies for the amounts are expected to be dishonored, when Attorney General Lydon A. Smith will be instructed to start suit. Prolonged and bitter litigation is expected. Because of the adverse decision in the recent rate ‘cases, it is said that the entire legal force of the Great Northern and Northern Pa- cific roads will be put to work on the case, and the general belief is that the dispute will go to the United States Supreme Court for final settlement. The largest item in dispute is $510,859, the tax on $13,447,703 de- ducted by the Great Northern from its Minnesotarevenue before reporting, on account of payments to the Allouez Bay Dock company for hanling ore shipments at ‘Su- perior, Wis. This covers a period of twelve years and the additional penalty for nonpayment is 25,542. Other items are $21,822 tax on $683,979 received by the Great Northern on hire of equipemnt account, $16,875 tax on $443,803 received by the Northern Pacific for handling freight for other roa at Minneapolis and Duluth, and $21,089 tax on $537,814 received by the Northern Pacific for handling freight at Duluth docks. VOTE TO SELL BONDS ‘TO STATE, 7 T0 69 At thé spe6ial school election for Districti No One; held at the Vil- lage hall Saturday événing to vote on the proposition authorizing the board to negotiate the bonds of the district, recently voted, to the state at 40 per cent, the vote was seven against and 69 in favor of the gale. — Typhoid Fever Henry, the sixt een-year-old son As a result the ‘Steel corporation|of Mrs. John Sjolund, Oteneagen, fdok leases on several tracts’ and|was taken to Grand Rapids Sun- for some time paid advance royal-|day in a very critical condition ties on them. It is the general be~|from typhoid fever whieh he con- tracted by overwork and drinking poor water. Later reports are to immediately surroundi! will be in charge of Miss Grace|his leg. Judge Webster sent hitm|at the October term of district | Grand Rapids,|and of course every|the effect that the lad is’ showing Norton. Miss |Norton had charge|to the Fergus Falls’ asyluti—|court if prior settlement _ ‘MmadeDeer River News is not INTENTIONA resident Hopes for the coming of|signs’ of improvement:—Deer Re the’ day when ¢rains' will be carry- ver News. cress causes L DUPLICATE EXPOSURE PEAT BEDS AS NEW SATE NDUSTAY Expert Makes Investigation and Re- ports on Supply in Northern Part of Minnesota. LARGE FIELOS OF GREAT VALUE A Trip Over Mesaba Ranges Con- vinces Investigator that Immense Industry will Rapidly be De- yeloped in This Section, Northern Minnesota and particu- larly the district tributary to the Head of the Lakes will have a new industry in the near future, that of peat production. If the result of the investigation now being car- ried on by C. A. Davis of national bureau of mines, Washington, D. C., nationally known as a miner- alogist, comes up to expectations. W.H. Emmons, head of the geology department of the univer- sity of Minnesota, will co-operate with the government experts in their work. Professor Emmons, following a week’s tour of. the Mesaba range as a guest of the Lake Superior Mining institute, de- clared thet there was an abund- ance of peat all through the terri- tory covered by the mine experts. Two or three years development would give the northwestern states a peat industry that compared wit the European industry, he said. “¢ Peat bogs of Europe have been used for years as a source of fuel, fertilizer and by-products of vari- ous kinds, Compressed peat, close- ly related to lignite coal, is used” for fuel im Ireland and on the Scandinavian peninsula more than any thing else. ‘ “Americans have never fully rea ized the value of their enormous peat fields,” said Mr. Davis, “and ‘if this survey shows that the bogs are extensive enough, it would give that part of the country an industry second only to that of ore production. The development is not a matter of months. There are thousands of acres of bog in north- ern Minnesota and just across the Canadian line and we feel sure that the result of our tests will be surprising to the average business man.” * “We plan to follow the Euro- pean methods « closely as possi- ble, as they have developed a high- ly perfected system of production,” said Mr. Davis. The climate in northern Minne=- sota is ideal for peat growth, ac- cording to mineralogists, being very similar to that of Ireland, where there are nearly 3,000,000 ace res of bog. The result of the joint investigation of the state and na- tional mineralogists and geologists will be incorporated in a report to the head of the national bureau of mines. crs Substantial Improvements. The Mohaupt! Realty Company of Duluth, proprietors of the5 and 10 cent store, have - sod the August Johnson building on the south of their present place of business and will move it to thé lot om Second street side. Brock & Carlson have the contract and are now. doing the work. A cont crete basement will be {put in and the two buildings heated by steam: ‘The second floors ‘of the double structure will be fitted up into twenty-two rooms for living pur- poses. The jtwo structures will be connected and the entire first floor used by the Mohaupt company for their 5 and 10 cent business. | Dis- play windows will be put in the building at. the ‘corner of Kindred avenue and Second street. A new cement {sidewalk will be laid be- tween Kindred and Leland avenue on Second street. Mr. A. L. Sheldon of the First National bank, accompanied by his son, Raymond, Will leave to- morrow for Long Beaeh, Cal., where they will /attend the golden wed- ding anniversary of Mr. Sheldon’s . parents, |