Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 24, 1913, Page 1

VoL, XXIV. No. 11 ALL 1S READY FOR BIGGEST FAIR EVER Race Track and Exhibit Buildings | was Avel H. Johnson and the ma- Have Been Put in Readi- ness for Evant. ENTRY BOOKS CLOSE TOMORROW Farm Products and Live Stock to Excel Former Showings in Number and Quality— Lots of Sport. The final touches preparatory to the opening of the Itasca county) fair here tomorrow are being put on. The buildings about the fair grounds have been put in readi- ness for the exhibitors who will bring their products. The various structures which have been con- structed for the purpose of ac- comodating stock men are of a good variety and they have been reduced to a condition of cleanli- ness throughout. A feature which will be of im- portance and to which the secre- tary, C. A. Buell, attaches much importance is the woman's rest room which has been provided. This will befor the special ac- comodation of women and chil- dren who become fatigued during the progress of the fair. All will tbe welcome to go there at any time and enjoy a rest. In addition to the football and base ball games, the jumping, and hay fight that has been announced, there will be some horse races. On Friday a free for all farmer's trot-| ting race is to be put-on... The purse is to be $15 for first and $10) for second prize. On Saturday afternoon a free} for all farmer’s running race is} to be called. The purse in that rae will be t me as the day prev-| ious. These races are to, be for} | horses owned on the farms of, Itasea county and not for profes- | sional race horses. One thing to which the attention of all is directed is that) all entries must Le in by the night of Thursday. The secretary is then expected to be in shape ‘to close his books and report. ‘Those residing at a distance and unable to come in person. with exhibits so early, can mail the list of entries to the secretary at Grand Rapids. Persons mailing entry lists should be sure to write plainly their tame: and address on the communication, From present indicaitons the corn display will far excel anything that has been seen heretofore. The live stock, too, will exceed in num- ber and quality that of former years. Likewise the domestic sci- ence department will be a hummer. In the way of amusements, there will be something doing all the time. Those who might refrain from attending on account of @ lack of interesting things to look at, or of amusements have no fear on that score. Aside from the racing there is to be 4 football game one afternoon and a base ball game the other. The live stock judging is to be done in a public manner. Judge Donovan will, in placing premiums. announce it publicly and give his reason for his decisions. This will bea valuable educational feature for stock raisers and should be ta- ken advantage of by them as; it will be a splendid opportunity to, in which | this snow melted in a short time; to participate or to applaud, need | and nearly three months GRanp RapiDs, Irasca County, MINN, Wedding Bells, Saturday. Fred G. Johnson and Miss Hilda Salstrand were united in marriage at 5:30 p. m., Saturday, Septem- ‘ber, 20. The ceremony was per- formed at the Methodist parsonage C) TOWNS TO REGENE. =o csc AD FROM GDINT and carried roses. The best? man Nore Township Will be Assisted By An Appropriation of $300 for Roads and Bridges. tron of honor, Hilda Johnson. The Misses Minda Cain and Kerrie Sal- strand were the flower girls. The young people are favorably known in the village and vicinity and their many friends here wish for them prosperity and happiness. NEW ROAD GRADER FOR COHASSET They will make their home in Duluth. Ps Ardenhurst Also Among Those Re- ceiving Assistance—State High- way No. 140 Ordered at Board Meeting. Finish Splithand’ Bridge. | J. S. Lofberg, returned Sunday} night from Splithand, where he had been with a crew of men for the greater part of a week, building a bridge over the Little Splithand river, The bridge is about 43 us ; is 3 miles out from Grand Rapids. Its The town of Nore received an completion will be appreciated by appropriation of $300 from the a number of farmers who have County Commissioners at their been greatly inconvenienced, as jast meeting to ke used by that prey had to go several miles aroun |town in the construction of roads orser hoe and bridges. Quite alot of improve- ments and building has been done Brought Daughter to Hospital. jat that town during the past) year Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartley were “and this assistance will come in over from Deer River Sunday, with handy just now. and eight year old daughter, whom! A petition has been presented to they left at St. Benedict’s hospital the commissioners signed by Will- for treatment. They returned home aug agate eter ee as Sunday night. or the constructicn of a highwa; ere — in townships 57-26 and 57-27. The} BIG FORK PLANS A assistant state engineer will make a survey of this proposed highway and report his findings, at the) COMMUNITY FAIR next meeting of the County Com missioners. : Prof. Corwin, Agricultural Teacher| With the elimination of stumps G aR id: Assi from the highways, the need of at Gran napids, to Assist | joa graders has been increasing, and Deliver Address. for the purpose of keeping the What has been desiginated as a apace in ond shape tom year to to be held at Big Fork on Septem- ; *usse”™” Be ag ReS ased, ber 30th. The display will be of /and Send wale - ee agricultural and domestic science one No, 5 ek road pee wills products on..whiehtprizes will be shipped to ensesel for, use, A given. From the Big Fork Settler pe arae No. 4 sas heen secure the fact is gleaned that numerous Bo use in Good Hope township and prizes will be given. An apron will aber alee _— of John Murdock be given to the bachelor who make of if pepe ee tiecdonets best loaf of bread. 3 , ast He ay is to be givento Commissioners consisting of Com- the bacheler who makes the best missioners Passard and Nelson, is pic. The gir] under 46 who makes ma ing an examinaticn of roads the nicest and best pan of bis- lee bares grote _ peek sails: via varded ¢ inished is a 0. von AeA nnd SE outh of Grand Rapids. Another One half bushel of tomatoes will 7024 which will be inspected by Le given to the person with’ the oe peter Bowed best fancy work of their own make so oe we i Paes ee one Other prizes will be given on die- /P%; eee a Aah ay play of tomatoes, butter, potatoes! Sssistance in the sum of $200, and other articles. i ; i Superintendent Freeman has beatiiet aoe - pedbss on agreed to allow Prof. Corwin to Hien gear ge ba visit Big Fork on that date ‘and pone caw mill to give an add. : . e rou ern Repairs will be made on what is Snow One Year Ago. oat oa = types road — in A cold snap has been experienced SAS a aE ee bes a here during the last week but the 7004 in th ton Minette weather is sure to clear up and |i" fa pike Be ae a e. the remain pleasant for a long fime. ugh ae pended. on the It will be remembered that one! Ls - ea a ae to exceed $100 year ago tonight snow fell here |, oe e 5 ee road not more and over the norhtwest. The snow ect ast el bey ve ie Pie began to fall on the night of Sept- pte pata We direct ember ‘2s, about: 41 clolock: “aiid” sects nig No. aM ‘Will uaa continued all the day of the 25th. : , n- It will also be remembered that Bs eile ae Paps _ rected to file an. order. establish- jing such highway. i of nice weather followed. Lasting snow did not fall until about Christmas. So cing and. stow nat att MAYNE STANTON = if you want to. GOES 10 BEMIDJI Gem Special for Fair Week Thursday night, Sept 25—Full or- Severs Connection With the Hibbing chestra; a two reel vitagraph, “Th Rear Slayer." ; Paper After Two Months Friday Sept., 26, only, Pathe Service There. Weekly No. 40; “The Carpenter,” ys Mayne Stanton, son of Judge C. a strong vitagraph drama. “The w. Stanton, now holding court at come acquainted with the points] Switch Tower” a vitagraph drama.| Grand Rapids, who has been con- in animals that are considered im-j portant by the most advanced of this field. ( Several men have been at work during the last week under the di- rection of C. A. Buell and D. G. Anderson, fixing up the race track,!and 28, “Solitares and Mr. Buell announces that it, is perfectly fit as a place for hold- ing the series of events scheduled for the fair. Should the weathen g@nain fair this ought to be a hummer long to be remembered. “Old Doc Yak,” this is a series of cartoons by Sidney Smith, run- ning in the Chicago Tribune. “A Joke for the JanitoW Selig com- dy.. nected with the Hibbing Tribune for the past two months as man- aging editor has severed his con- nection with that paper and will take a place on the editori Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27|of the Bemedji reine ir. Blan ‘i and Millinery |ton was a former worker on the Bomb,” two vitagraph comedies. Bemedji Pioneer and the manage- “On Her Wedding Day,” a Lubin ment) was very desirous to get Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 29 (his services again. During the two and 30., “Hubby’s Toothache,” John: months spent in Hibbing he dem- Bunny. Sandy and Shorty Work | onstrated his ability as a newspap- Together, a Vitagraph comedy. er man, making a_ very, satisfac- . “A Gambler’s Honors” a stonrg tory record. Forty-eight; depositors in the postal savings bank at Grand Rap- ids have to their credit a total of $4172.25. biograph. Wednesday and Thursday, Oct.,) Grand Rapids will tomorrow he- 4 and 2, “Alone in the Jungle,” a) gin halding the greatest county fai two reel Selig animal picture. in its history. | OIRIPPING METHOD “WAY BE CHANGED Inter-State Iron Company Launches Hydraulic Dredge For Re- moving Overburden. GRAFT HAS BEEN CALLED “JOHN B.” Idea is Advanced by Consulting Engineer E. F. Bradt and is Expected to Simplify Reaching of Ore. The launching of the barge which has been under construc- tion for the Inter State Mining company here for the past six weeks, took place at three o’clock Saturday afternoon. The craft, which has a surfaca measurement of 35x75 feet is. gom signed as a dredge and will be used in removing the earth from over the ore on the properties to be operated by fhe company. Credit for the idea of removing the overburden from ore bodies by hydraulic means belongs solely to ing engineer of the Inter-State com- ing engineer of the Inter State com- pany. The process of “stripping” with steam shovels, heretofore em- pleyed by all mines in Northern Minnesot'a, is an item of vast ex- pense and slow operation, and should Mr. Bradt’s innovation prove a success it will mean the revo- lutionizing, of this part. of the, mining companies’ labors in- this section. This is particularly true where the properties are located! along streams or on the shores of lakes. ¢The general manager and presi- dent’ of the Marine “Tron & Ship~ | Building Company of Duluth, and Consulting Engineers were both present, besides a large at-. tendance of spectators from Gri}:d Rapids. A few minutes before 3 o'clock the whistles of the Itasca Paper Co. were blown, and the preparations for the setting afloat of the barge began. A few minutes after the hour of three the cover- ings were removed from the name § vi. Z The| naming of hte boat is a Sequence to a long list of events which are of much local interest. Do you want a $400.00 Claxton Piano FREE? yes! The Herald-Review : and Allen Dry Goods Co. Have one to give away — absolutely FREE, to the most enterprising girl or woman in Itasca County. Read an- nouncement on 8th page of this paper and the barge slid into the Mississ- | EDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1913 | Much of the land. upon which the mining company will operate is owned by John Beckfelt, one of our pioneers. While the range, was being developed and suclf places as Virginia, Chisholmy and Hibbing, were being exploited suc- cessfully, people generally, includ- ing mining men and business men of Grand Rapids, were quite sure | that the iron ore bed did not ex- tend as far as this. John, Beckfelt, however, was one that had a be- lief that there was ore here and his faith in that belief was of no wavering sort. He conducted | tests and experiments at ‘his own; expense on some of the land where | ‘now ists. The result of those tests were disappoinitng to almost everyone but Mr. Beckfelt, and many wits directed their shafts at | him. Now when it seems that there is ore there, it was thought that the discvoerer of the bed deserves was named aftre him. The Grand Rapids friends of Mr. Beckfelt, who have long known! of his conviction that iren in pay- ing quantities existed in'this im- | mediate neighborhood and of his efforts and expense in trying to convince unbelieveing mining men that such was the case, have at-: tached to his name the title of “Commodore,” and full credit is iven him for the conspicuous part, be has played in the development of Minnesota’s newest iron pro- ducing section. As an aid in the dredging work the Inter-State company has or- dered ten pontoons and these will be built by the Marine Iron & Ship, Building company of Duluth. The manager, Peter Grignon, has con- tracted for his company to do the work, which has already started. These pontoons will be used to sustain the discharge from the line to the dredge. The manner in which the dredge is to be used has been explained b tendent of the company, and has, heretofore appeared in the columns of theH Herald-Review, so that our readers are familiar with the , purpose ang plans of its promo- BANKS IS LEADER IN | AUTOMOBILE RACE Forty Mile Run from Grand Rapids to Hibbing was Made in 1 Hour and 4 Minutes. | In what was cailed the forty mile road race between Grand Rapids and Hibbing, which was pulled off on Saturday, Frank Banks was the winner, making the run in 1 hour and 4 1-2 minutes. Seond in the race. was Fred Smithi who made the run in 48 seconds more time than the winner William Messner was third, mak- ing the ditsance in 1 hour and 7 minutes and 56 seconds.\ Elmer Shannon was thought to have been ahead of the best time when the water in his’ machine gave out and he was.stalled on the Stevenson hill. The start was made from Grand |Rapids from 42 o'clock to 12:20. The first driver, William Messner was given the starting signal by Henry Hughes in front of the Pokegama hotel at exactly 12 o'clock. . Messner drove a Kissel car. The next two drove Veilies and chugged out at 12:05 and 12:10. The last to go was Elmer Shannon, a Chisholm driver with a Case car at 12:20. The enfrance fee for the race | was $10.00 and the prizes awarded were—first, $100 cash and a $100 silver trophy. The second prize was $50 cash and the third $25 cash. ‘The race was known as a forty mile race but the distance is all the way from 40 to 43 miles, ac- cording to the person or the sped meter making the test. Build New Church The Methodist congregation of Big Fork is building a new church and a force of carpenters are now at work that will assure its completion in a very short time. Rey. Mathews, the pastor believes that church services will be held there in two or three weeks. it is declared that @re ex-|- consideration and- so the barge H. C. Lawrence, the local superin- ; DAMAGES ALLOWED AGAINST RAILROAD F. Seamans of Deer River Allowed $4,000 Against Minneapolis & Rainy River Company. THREE CASES OF SAME CHARACTER of Court---Expect to Finish Same Before Adjourn- ment Ton’‘ght. The second one of the damage suits against the Minneapolis & Rainey River railroad, wherein F, F. Seaman was the complainant, was voncluded Monday night by the jury awarding Mr. Seaman dama+ ges in the sum of $3445.25 and in~ terest from January 1, 1910. The interest computed at the legal rate of 6 per cent would amount to $749.42. The whole sum would ac- cordingly be $4194.67. The first one of the three dam- agé suits was brought by the 3 J. J. Logging Company of Stillwater and was claimed because the rail- road had charged it more for ser- vice than had been charged tha Itasca Lumber company and the Deer River Lumber Co. The de- cree of the Jury was in favor of the plaintiff in a verdict for $5650. F.-F. Seaman of Deer River asked for damages amounting ap- proximately to $3500. In his claim he did not specifically state the amount but said that it should be -whatever sum he had paid the de- fendant railroad above the freight paid. to the Deer River Lumber Company. es cae It was disclosed in the evidence that the Deer River Lumber Co. had been charged the flat rate of $10 per car for shipments along the line of the road, while the plain- tiff had paid the tariff rate. As an example of this, the tariff rate on ties was five eents per tie. If a car of 350 ties were shipped, the freight to Deer River would be seen to be $17.50, a difference of ‘$7.50. The freight bills were sub- mitted and the jury was asked to ascertain the amount of the dif- ference. The third case of a similar char- acter to be tried against the rail- road is one in which the Minne- sota Cedar & Logging Co. is plain- tiff. Their claim is slightly dif- ferent as in it they claim a return for charges for side trackage along the line of the railroad. The personel of the jury to try the Seaman case was as follows: Jonn Unger, Merrit Kniffin, Mar- tin Dufficy, Theo. Peterson, Ed. Hiller, W. 8 Wobie, P. Amiund- son, A. L. Pierce, Joe Allen, J. S. Gole, John Costello, W. S. Kingston Attorney Simpson for the de? fense stated that should judgment be given in the three cases they ‘will all go to the U. S: Suprema Court. Pinched Deer River Cop. ‘The cop at Deer River got in Dad al few days ago and received ® fine for hitting a prisoner whom he was trying to arrest. The offi- cer in question is Louie Dagenair. He attempted to arrest Nick Moris- set on a charge of disorderly con- duet and got rough with his pri- soner, going so far as to hit him with his fist and gave him a black eye. There was a number of wit- nesses to the act and nearly all of them insisted on Morisset hav- ing the officer arrested. Morisset signed a complaint before Town Justice A. T. Reid, charging Dag- enair with asasutl. He was arraign- ed this morning and pleaded guilty to the charge. He was fined $10 and costs, amounting in all to $28.48 Clear Keewatin Addition. Forty acres of land as the Hayes forty, near the village of Keewatin, is to be cleared and The Neemee club gave a well-jadded to that place in the shape attended dancing party at Village|of lots for residences. The work of hall on Friday last. These dances|clearing has been contracted ta will be bi-weekly events from now] Verity & Johnson, who expect ta on. : _ jlget busy right away. ; Last Suit is Now Eugaging Attention — en eee | i j