Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 10, 1913, Page 1

VoL, XXIV. No.9 GRAND Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1913 Two Dollars a Year RURAL SCHOOLS A EAL FACTOR Prof. Corwin Delivers Timely Ad- dress to Teachers Assembled to Attend Institute. CITY CONDITIONS ARE VERY BAD Advocates the Revival of Social Work Among the Residents of All the Country Districts. At the opening of the institute for rural teachers last week an ad- dress was delivered by Prof. Cor- win, head of the agricultural work in the Grand Rapids High school. The remarks called forth general approval and the Herald-Review considers the statements so time- jly that the lecture is here pro- ‘duced: : My purpose this morning is to show you that the teaching of reading, writing, and arithimetic is not all the important phase of a rural teacehr’s work. ‘To be sure these are important but they are only part. In the rural schools of America we find 12,000,000 boys and girls, which make up one half of our school population. Ninety-five per cent of these never be beyond the rural school. City pupils receive annually $33 per capita. Rural pupils receive $13.00 per capita. Besides in some rare cases pup- ils are systematically dwarfted in annually children.” Those facts tell me that the rural schools must do something to interest the} boys PERIMENTING ON and girls in the affairs at home so}* aN A NA ‘ fag they will be content to enjoy the + open country. ‘The city and coun- ? a try are interdependent and neither ean exist alone. The one fact re- mains that rural school teaching = {must be in terms of country life | Interstate Iron Company Will Try if it is to be effective. Dredging to Remove Over- It seems plain that we are fac- ing a new set of conditions. Most burden From Ore Lands. of our large forests are gone, gas, coal and other minerals are being exploited. This may not be so ap- iparent in this vicinity as_ it wail IS INNOVATION IN IRON INDUSTRY be fifty years hence. But the fu- ture is going to demand more in- telligent labor, profits will depend " more on the cost of productidn. Twelve Inch Dredge to be Given Since the more choice regions are First Test on Grand Rapids nearly all taken, agriculture is Property—-Will be Oper- bound to become more scientific ine Sin and intensive. A man to be sue ating Very gs cessful in the future must be ed- ucated to the point where he can study and understand thd things The Inter-State Iron company, about him, where he will know tha will be the pioneers in a new reason why we should plow certain method of removing overburden soils at a definite time, where he from iron ore deposits if the plan will know how to compound a ra-|akcout to be tried on the Grand tion from the feeds he has; and| Rapids property works out suc- why that combination is best, and| cessfully. It is only an experi- jwhere he will know how to pre-| ment and upon being applied may the underlying principles in grain |e found impracticable and expen- and livestcck improvement, and|Sive. The engineers who have where he will know how to pre-|Worked out the details, however, pare his products and secure for | Present figures that indicate the them the best market, These are |CoDtrary results, and they, expect some of the things with which the | '4 able to reduce the cost of rural communiti ‘nite | Stripping and at the same time help. melee: ted enable exploration work to be car- Oth ries s : ried on ina much more thorough — er ti ings lacking in many! manner than is parsible by the communities are entertain- methods commonly employed. ments, music, reading material, Superintendent Lawrence of this practical lecture courses, and regu- district, says the company has lar club meetings. The best there given cia investigation as is lrg sin lines is none t0o@| possible to the application of the good. _ However, the important undertaking prior to making prac- point is to get the people to-gether tical tests. Engineers and repre- The rural teacher can not; do all|cerns have been onthe ground, this alone, but he or she should! ang finally it was agreed by the know what the community needs | Inter-State management to and get them working together.| sentatives of manufacturing con-' | Preparations Now Under Way for a Magnificent Display of * All HELD HERE SEPTEMBER 25-26-27 Live Stock, Poultry, Domestic. Sci- enc, Fine Arts, School Display, _ Health Contest, Races : and Amusements. The officers of the Itasca Coun- ty Fair Association plan to make the twenty-first annual meeting lon September 25, 26, and 27, the best that has ever been held. The primary purpose of this gather- jing, of course, is to show to visi- tors and to each other in the coun- ity, the results that have been tachieved along agricultural lines ‘ard in order to do this in a cre- ditable manner an extra effort is ‘being made to get together one ef the fine displays that this coun- try is capable of producing. The season of 1913, although backward, has nevertheless been productive, ‘and so the management of the fair {feel well assured that the forth- coming display that will be gather- ,ed from the farms and put on exhibition, will do full credit to this county. | The live stock interests will also be given a due proportion of at- tention so that the thousands of people interested in the advances along that line will be accorded an ‘ ; 80 ample opportunity to observe the and be ready at all times-to'assist | adead with the first experiment. (eerie: a sf There are, as is well Kiown, many of. the very best dairy herds in this county that stead of being developed. when the opportunity comes. Insicad of using steam The above _ Shows that rural] The rural schcol problems then | shevels to remove the overburden school conditions; are not whet are not wholly educational in the|for open pit mining, dredges will .an be found anywhere. It is a they should be to properly prepare boys and girls to take their place it is} tracks hauled by engines in carry- in the affairs of the state. Minne- jeducational alcng lines other than|ing away sota among other leading states! those is bending every energy them more efficient. to make : practice. And right/and social nature seek part of ; Mississippi anda dredge will be writing and arithmetic, but refuse to dumping of ordinary school-room| grounds, a canal will be projected Issues ofan economic| from the river shore line of the here in Itasea County — will be | their solution through the rural; operated on a barge to take up found some of her best equipped schools. Graded schools and col- leges are well enough) established so that their future is assured, school. Teachers aim is the same | the surface material by means of as the philosopher except she|2 cenrifugal pump, and conveyed deals with the child mind anu that | Whatever distance necessary to of a social heart, while the outstde the place of deposit. The vast pro- but the rural schools are not 80! goeial worker deals with the par- jects that have been successfully well founded. Educators of to-day | ents, Since we can only appeal to are beginning to direct their atten- tion toward the rural school. Not all rural schools are bad for we find in many farming commun- ities careful, painstaking teach- ers and good schools. Neither is their generally unsatisfactory con- dition a reflection upon the char- acter or public spirit of the farm population, but rather a result: of unavoidable circumstances. Take for instance the struggle of the early settlers, ! the revolutionary war, the early pioneers of the west, and the land clearing right here; all these are good reasons why the rural ‘school especially has been neglected. Yet in spite of these forces we do find some very good rural schools. Another factor affecting rural conditions has been the rapid de- velopment of cities. To |these many of the best strong country people have been called until we wonder what is going to be left in the country. Worst of all how- ever great numbers of youth needed in the country have been drawn thither by the!glam- ours of city life and its flattering opportunities for advancement.!And right here I must mention that city life is 'very devitalizing. In its artificial, hot-house atmosphere the human organism literally starves and early deteriorates. Their lives are actually shortened. The Journal of American Medicine says that, “City life is very deadly to the young, a fact long known to anthropologists. For hundreds of years country familiés“nave flock- ed to towns, to die out in a few generations; /A man raised ‘in the country seems to stand the ‘un- known strain buf his children per- ish long before he does Every phy- sician knows of these disappearing families where the country | bred ‘parents survive their city bred | the farm) carried out in harbor dredging in- dicates the possibility of success in mining operations on _ these lines when properities are situated the child mind in terms of things that he has seen and had exper- jience with, all our examples and : E jillustrations from fown, have over |2S in this case. jlooked this point. In determining the extent and quality of the ore deposits on properties surrounding Grand Rap- ids, including the Grand Rapids, Fargo and Buckeye locations, the Inter-State Iron company has al- ready expended considerable mon- In the country: the soil, the iplants, the birds, the trees, andj |the flowers must ever remain {natural factors. And nature study, i (plain, careful observations on these natural with cooking and various crafts! has been completed, it will be that shall make the farm child sat« known beyond per adventure the isfied and happy in his surround-|qyantity and grade of ore that Jings are the real essentials inj|Jies buried in the earth here- rural school work.! The teacher} a}outs. !must be able to take the pupils in their own little world and direct | will be one of the means employed their natural abilities so that they|to test lot 7, section 13 in towm will be in sympathy with their! 55, range 26. If the plan works surroundings, and'so that they will out satisfactorily the most thor- see the old farmstead with’ its Goc* ough exploration possible will be given acres the most preciouS}made by this means, and should heritage a man can receive. working open pit mine be finally Through the! use of practical,; developed the dredging scheme common, everyday topics, and per-j may revolutionize iron mine oper- sistent effort ta'serve the needs ; ations to a considerable extent. of your community, make your The barge now in course of school out of the new type. construction will be launched in about two weeks. The Inter-State As those who have already meti company will have time before the Prof. Corwin know he is a real| winter freezeup to subject the un- hustler with a full appreciation of | dertaking to a satisfactory: test. the difficulties under which the, The barge is being built of Wash- farmers of northern Minnesota are| ington fir by the Marine Iron & laboring. The following remarks! Shipbuilding Works of Duluth, were made to this paper concern- | with Charles Oulette, foreman for i~g the work here and the situa-|the concern, in charge. It willbe tion as he views it. a 35 feet 6 inches wide by 76 feet i “As far as I have become ac-j inches long and 6 feet high. quainted with its people, its; Two 350 horse power boilers will plants, and its ‘soil, I believe that , be put into commission to start the future holds much in store for, with. One 42 ineh dredge will the complete development of Itasca; be used. Should the experiment County. I certainly was surprised’ Prove to be what is hoper for and at not only the quantity and'vari-|the ore is to be had, these will) Wealth Contest” at the sense of teaching simply reading,|be used, and instead ofcars on' factors) together | ey and when the exploratory work’ The proposed dredging process | natural grazing country, the stock ubriving here in an extraordinary Inanner. The services of Ray Donavan have been secured for the judging of live stock, grains and grasses. Mr. Donavan it will be remember- ed was at Grand Rapids three years ago in the agricultural ex- tension department work and his selection tothis post in the Itasca county fair work for this seaosn will meet with general approval. , Ihe poultry department display will present some features that will be well worth the while of Itasca county citizens to see. It’s ‘a well known fact that some of ,the best of poultry pens can be found here and every necessary ef- fort is being put forth by the fair /Management to get these to make a showing that will do credit to ,themeslves and the county. | In connection with the fair there will be a display of Domestiq Sci- ence products, accompanied by :demonstrations on the ground. Ad- ded to the Domestic Science work +1 @ display, there will be a de- parement devoted to the Fine Arts jand an educative displayj from the ‘schools of the county. According |to assurances already received ;these departments will be more Uric? patronized this year than jever before. There is a greater field for selection than previous- ly, especially in the school line, as the rural and public schools of the county have been making rap- ‘id grogress in the last year or two and this advancement will no doubt be creditably reflected ‘ by the display to be shown. No exhibit in this year, of pro- ‘ducts of the soil, of fine arts an of school room would be complete without a baby contest. This is a jfeature that has become in the last half dozen years one of the most inspiring portions of nativnal, state and county exhibitions and has led rapidly to a more proper understanding as well as a more thorough care of the physical wants (and necessities of babies. This jwill be ‘known as tha “Child’s Itasca ety of crops but their quality as| later be supplanted with larger! county fair, and will be under the well. While the ‘winters may be a! boilers and dredges of little colder and the summers afew! Capacity. _ days'shorter other factors are very} in8 supplied by the Continued on page four, column five. Continued on page four, column six — The machinery is be-|had charge of that department at Jennings |the State Fair at Hamline. She ‘will be the judge of the children structions to the mothers who ‘and will also give a series of in- | TELEPHONE MAN desire to take advantage of this occasion to receive instruction along the latest lines of discovery and experimentation in baby care. ‘The physical sports for the fair will be in charge of a committee composed of Prof. Corwin, Joe O’Day and Lester Lofberg. This committee will schedule a number of contest features and it is prob- able that one of the best of these ‘will be some ball games. It is unerstood that negotiations are now under way for this but a} this writing no definite announce- ment can be made as the arrange- ments are not completed. A fine program of racing events will be given during the three big days and the preparation for these are now well under way. Mining Delegates Gone. Three hunred delegates from the Lake Superior Mining Institute made a visit to all the towns on the range last week, winding up their visit at Coleraine on Friday, where they were given a fine welcome. SCHOOL BONDS SOLD TO STATE) Full Amount of Issue Received From The State Treasury at: 4 Per Cent Interest. At the meeting of the school board on Monday evening the fin- ishing touches were mostly put on the preliminary arrangements for the addition to the Grand| Rapids High school building. The adver- tising for bids will be published this week and it is expected that work will begin in a short time. The money on these bonds was secured bv the school board on Saturday night, a little less than a week from the time that the decision was reached by the school patrons to offer them to the state. The public is fa~ miliar with the various attempts that have been made to get these bonds on the market at par and at a fair rate of interest, and so PIS UP ILS | Brother-in-Law of Manager Wilcox Comes to His Rescue With $600 for Debts. ALSO RETURNED DIAMOND RING Twenty-Nine New Citizeas Given Papers—Grand Jury Indicts L. Nokovitch for Murder at Keewatinin First Degree. The calendar for the September term of district court has been issued from the Herald-Re- view office and placed in the hands of the attorneys, court clerk and afficials, who will have charge of the sessions of the court. Judge C. W. Stanton will be on the bench at the sessions. There is a total of 68 cases list- ed for settlement during the term. Thirty-seven of these are issues for settlement before a jury and twenty-eight are issues in equity before the court. In the whole number but three are criminal. One of these is the State of Minnesota against Neil Doyle, Charley Oliver, and George McKeeby. A second criminal cause is the state against Dan Vukovich. The third criminal case is the state against Mike Michelich. In each ofthe three criminal cases Frank Price appears for defendants and*the County Attorney for the state. The Grand Jury will bring in some indictments, but none of them will be up for trial at the resent term of court, and many of the cases listed for adjudica- tion in court-mray be settled in one way or another before the time for trial so that no one knows to ie certaintity just how many con- this will be heralded as a happy ! troversies will have to be settled. conclusion of a most difficult problem. C. E. Burgess, the re- tiring president of the board made the statement that the securing of Out of about fifty applications for citizenship certificates twenty- nine were issued yesterday. This work was done by Examiner R. K. the $40,000 or the full face of tha toe of Duluth. 2 bonds at the rate of 4 per cent will save the district a total sum of | dictment fast evening, that of | $12,000 during the life of the bonds. \hiis is compared to the best of? fer that was received from any banking or private source. Mr. Halstead of the architectural firm of Halstead & Sullivan of The Grand jury reported one in- Louis Nokovitch of Keewatin for murder in the first degree. On account of the non appearance of several of the members of the |, Grand jury a special call was made and John Hofer, &. J. Ferrill Duluth, met with the board om | and Fred A. King were called as Monday “vening and submitted plans for the structure and on the basis of these plans bids will be received. The new part will be the same width as the rest of the High School building and 70 feet in length. The board estimates that when the addition is,made the capacity of the high school will be 250. At one time last win- ter there were a total of 140 en- rolled and this fall the opening day there were 150 registered in the High School. Rev. Burgess is to be through with the school board in another week and will move with his fam- ily to Rochester, Minn., where he has been called to the pastorate of the Christian church of that city. He says that two yearg spent as a member of the board of education have been a valuable ' experience. The people have re- i members of the Grand jury. ‘A special call for eleven addi~ tional for the petit jury was made and a deputy sheriff was sent out into the Splithand country for them. The sensation caused by the arrest of Mureas Wilcox, for- mer manager of The Mesabe Tele- phone Company of this city is ‘somewhat over. The arrest wad caused by charges preferred by Steenstrup Bros., jewelers of Grand Rapids. Mr. Wilcox it seems was contemplating the purchase of a diamond ring and so looked at one in the store and tlien asked tobe jallowed to take it home to show, to his wife. He later went to Min- neapolis without saying anything about the ring. The arrest followed in connection with a shortage the accounts of the telephone com- ‘panys books. Officers returned with the prisoner Tuesday. It sponded generously to every planjhas developed that the shortage for the betterment of the schools during that time. Mr. Burgess de-| written bank acocunt and ‘sires to thank the public and in | debts amounted to in the telephone account, the over other abouut $600. the last few weeks the efforts | These bills were settled today by made by Mr. Thwing, of the law|a brother-in-law of the accused, firm of Thwing & Rossman, to get |G, P. Wing of Odana, Wiscon- the issue of bonds on the market j sin, and Mr. Wilcox was thereupon have been most| commendable. The} released and given a suspended new president of the board will be/sentence from the court. The F. W, Stockwell of Cohassett, he | diamond ring was also returned to having been chosen at the meeting} Steensrtup Bros. and they dropped last Monday evening. Mr. Stock- | changes against him. A. EB, Bryn- well has been actively identified |gelson, an attorney of Minneapoils with the business interests of Co-|came with Mr. Wilcox yesterday hassett for several years, but is at|/andg had charge of the negotia~ the present time located on a/tions which terminated in his re- farm near there. His recommend- leage. ations are of the best and he will! The case of Thomas B. Walker, no doubt make a worthy success- | et al, against Harnest Gross is be sreater| direction of Dr. Clara Luther, wholor to one of the most hardworking | ing considéred today. The plain= and most acceptable presidents} tiff holds a deed to property near that has ever headed the school | Marble on which Mr. Gross Tesidese board of this district.