Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 8, 1913, Page 1

Grand Uapids ; VoL, XXIV. No. 13 WISCREANT OTOLE School Board Meeting. The school board of district No. met Monday afternoon and disposed of business relative to schools and buildings in the district. The plans.for the addition to the high school have been almost com- ~ GranpD Rapids, Irasca County, MINN., EDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, I ALUM! BANQUET [FOUR PRISONERS AT GRAND RAPIDS! ARE LIBERATED SUIT AND GHEC Some Weary Willie Entered the Home of Fred Betz on Sunday Night. MADE AWAY WITH VALUABLES Monthly Check and Two Drafts, Besides Several Articles of Wearing Apparel Filched. No Clue as Yet. Some miscreant entered the home of Fred Betz Sunday evening and relieved him of the greater part of his business clothes, amounting to a value of something like $30. Mr. Betz, who lives in the Cath- olic parsonage, had hung this suit of clothes in the closet which is between the sitting room and the outside. Mrs. Betz was upstairs, at the time and he was alone down stairs. The outside door of the house had been left open. While Mrs. Betz was upstairs someone came stealthily into the room and stole his suit of clothes, a good cady and an overcoat. The coat had in it his check month’s wages and two drafts that he had collected and intended to send to his employers. The tramp, for tbe thief must have been a tramp, left in the place of the wearing vpparel taken, an old hat which looked mightily as if it had been in the ark. When Mrs. Betz came down. stairs,sbe remark- ed that the room was: cold. On investigation it was found that the euter door was open. In going out and back the door to the clothes room was noticed and on entering that the clothes were seen to be missing, Mr. Betz went out and found the nightwatch and together they made a pretty thorough search of the vil lage during the night but found no one who could be identified as the| man wearing those ; clothes. He left Monday on his regular travel- ing trip. He of course can stop the payment of the two drafts and the cheek, but his loss will be in the neighborhood of $30 anyhow. MINE WILL SOON OPEN AT CALUMET Camps for Workers are to be Done To-day According to Contract Provisions. According to reports received from Calumet, the new mining fiel to be opened a half mile north of there is now humming with activ- ity. A large crew of men are |at work laying the foundations for the machinery to be used in jthe mine. Axel Carlson of Virginia men at work. It is probable, how- ever, that with all the attempts to hurry the cement will not all be down before January first. The contracting firm of Baum & Chalberg has taken the job |of erecting camps for the miners and these are expected to be finished by this evening. To provide water for the men at the camps a line of pipe is; being laid from the Hill mine at Marble to the new mine at Calumet. This pipe line is 4,500 feet in length. Much material is now being unloaded with which to construct the railroad from the : 31 Great Northern main track to thé! oq for the postmastership at that, theless has a creditable represen- mine. ; Everything looks promising for Calumet and the people there are beginning to bestin thémselves over the prospects. When this mine opens up there will be a string of mines, unbroken from Marble through Holman, Taco | his candidacy, and this makes it|R. A. McOuat, A. J. McGuire, J, D. and| almost a certainty that he will|/Docan, John Siverts, Mies Leila and from |soon be rene: {the mail for his}Bush, Miss Maude Welles, |Jarvie * r 8 : there down to the Buckeye nite, Bovey,! Coleraine Prairie Rirer mines. has|the proper standards than charge of the stone |cement con-|and as a consequence the lesser tracts and he now has a big lot of | number presented for examination. | pleted. Some time ago the state superintendent of public instruc- tion disapproved of the architect's plan to put cross lights in the school building and these had to be modified in order to insure the approval of that official. Since then a change has been made so that the plans have been accepted, except some slight details. The architect is to go from Duluth this week and meet the state sup- erintendent, in order to explain On October Fifteenth the Minnesota State University Graduates to Gather from Range. W. A. ROSSMAN SENDS INVITATIONS Arrangements are Under way for the new proposals. The board mem Entertaining Visitors with sup- here.are puite sonfident that he will give his assent and that the bidg| PeratPokegamaHloteland for the building can be received on Visits Over Village. the 22nd of October. A route north of Warba for which Mr. Rosholt is the hauler, wag discontinued some days ago, for a day, on account of a belief of the board that the children of Carl Johnson who are being hauled to Warba were within walking dis- tance of the school. Mr. Johnson fi: Monde: d ‘anes ih who reside in the range towns or was in Monday and convin Cc} E ae Hoant that ‘his children are/outeida tet, Oe oe ee of the walking limit and so the gathering, anyone who is attending route has been continued. the university at this time or ere who has been fortunate enough! |to, HIGH MARKS FOR have graduated from that school BABIES AT FAIR) rs'vacaus 1 to be hata atts of learning is extended a condial Pokegama hotel at Grand Rapids at One of the notably interesting events of the fall season is to be the banquet of the range alumni of the state university at Grand Rap- ids on October 15. While those for last | Thirty-Six Contestants at Baby Con- | g.50 p..m., and among the speakers test Give Individual Evi- dence of Fitness. to respond to toasts will be George E. ;Vincent, president of the uni- The scores in the baby health versity, and Prof. West, now contest at the Itasca fain gave un- Chagas af Ate “uniyenaly 12° mistakable evidence that this isa} y special train will be run from healthful and invigorating locality |), range towns and will bring for babies to keep in proper physi- | ombers of the society from Vir= eal shape. In the-class*for baby! ¢i4jn, Hibbing, Coleraine, Bovey, girls under 18° months old theré yeowatin, Chisholm and perhaps were ten entries. The examination other places along the line. made by Dr.Luther showed that the 4 short reeeption will be given entire number came close to the ' preceding the banquet during perfect line. The winner Wasivnich a few addresses will be Eleanor Kent with 970 points, The made. The speakers will be Prof. second prize was taken by Ruth Willis M. West, toastmaster; Pres- Cook scoring 961 points. No one ofj ident George E. Vincent; E. B. the ten went under 930 points. | Johnson, formerly registrar of the The boys entered in the class un- { ini id ‘ ee ~~lot the department of mining en. der 18 months old numbered seven- gineering; Judge C. W. Stanton of teen. While some of these went below the mark maintained by the | girls, nevertheless the greater part|"\'<" places. Is, nevertheless gree : rangements for the ban made a good record. The prize! The ,arrang A ‘puet and entertainment are under woul ie Jerome Larsen who Wasi ine direction of Superintendent A. given oes points. Nearly all of the J.. McGuire of the Northeast) Min- ae rey Aig Be the pon nesota Experimental farm, and Hage aa nee ocaae aie | Aitorney, W. a Rossman of Grand These scored on an average as alt Rapids. Invitations have been, sent is ; jout to all members. who reside on as the younger girls but the lowest é the range or anywhere in Itasca score here was 922 while the low- : invitati Q ty. Thes itations conve; est, mark made in the under 18! feos cowv ation that th i aE 1 931 ‘at the information that the plates to nonias cass was v3i points. ithe banquet will be $4.50 apiece Gladys Lieberman carried way the and that in order for the prepara- prize in this contest with 980 |tions to be complete and satisfac- points. Florence Dion came second ‘tors those who intend to attend with » marking of 979, Dorothy | sould send word to Mr. Rossman King third with 966 and Ida Kent | a¢ Grand Rapids. .The attendance fourth eiaans ns : will no doubt be between 250 and There were but six entries of |399 as the wives and husbands are boys over 18 months old. While ; invited. It will readily be’ seen these were all well up in tle |that some preparation will be re- conditions necessary to give them quired in order to give a satisfac- proper credits it seems that boys tory reception to this number. are more prone to fall away from During the afternoon of the ban- girls | quet evening, or the following day a visit will be made tto the experi- mental farm and to the paper mill. Also the members will be interest- ed in the new mining operations enough to look at the new barge to be used by the Inter-State Iron com pany. The machinery which will h placed in position by that time the contest with a mark of 981./50 that perhaps a practical dem- Clyde Blair was a close second, hav | onstration can be made of this ing 980 points and tieing with method of mining. Gladys Lieberman for the second| The president and secretary of place among the entire list of con-|the association reside at Hibbing, edji; and represeniatives from These six were Carroll Lee, Hubert Herschbach, Chas. McMahon, Clyde Blair, David Doran and Leslie Slapp. David Doran took: first place and for that matter the first \place among all of the babies at testants. and it is understood that about 30 re members of the alumni are 'jalso May be Crosby Postmaster. residents of that. village. Mark Atkinson, whi edits the| While Grand Rapids has not so Crosby |Crucible, is said to be slai- |™any members ag Hibbing it never place. Mr. Atkinson was formerly | tation, as will be seen when the , located at Hibbing and is well and|list is called. Here is the local favorably ‘known on the range. It|W. M. West, O. J. Niles,'L. A.Whit is staatde in an item from St.Paul; temore, R. A. Stone, F. R. Harrison,| that Fred Lynch, who is on te in-|Mrs. F. R. Harrison, A. L. Thwing, side of matters \political for the|]W. Rossman, E. A. Freeman, tsate of Minnesota, has endorsed|C. B Webster, Mrs. C.'B. Webster, Partridge, H.W. Stark. f Jury Decided that Louis Nocovitch Killed the Vukobrotovitch Boys in Self Defense. IANS CAN HUT OW RESERVATION Story Told By Foreman of Bennett Mine at Keewatin Was Not Taken Seriously by the Jury Members. The prisoners who came before the court this week on charges of tnurder and assaul, were set free in veerord breaking time by the different juries having the power of decision. ; _ There were, after the civil suits the first three days of the week, two criminal charges. The first One was the case of the state of Minnesota against Louis Nocovitch, charged with killing Mike and ve Vukobrotovitch on the even- ihg of April 19, 1913. ; - The side of the state under the direction of County Attorney Mc- Quat presented evidence to show that the two dead men, the prison- er, and a fourth man named Co- coviteh were at the © Wranich boarding house in Keewatin on that evening playing sards, and that the four later started for home, the boarding house of the three being further dowh the street in Keewatin while the accused map lived at Stevenson. On the road the-two brothers were killed and two. men are left who ‘anything about how it was done. The claim of the state was that Nocovitch murdered the two men and the other man says that so far as he knows Nocovitch just turned around and shot them. He alone escaped by making a quick get-a- way. | The prisoner told a different story and one that was evidently credited by the jury for they turne him loose after having taken two ballots. The first ballot indicated that eleven jurors thought him Lot guilty and one was for con- viction. The second verdict was not guilty, in the clear. The story which was told by the accused man was that he had been working at the mine at Stevenson and went over to Keewatin to visit on the evening in question, and that he went into the Wranichi boarding ouse to visit a friend and that the three men before men- tioned came in. The four got into a card game. According to the be- lief of Nocovitch the other three men were banded together to get his money |and he soon saw Steve Vukorotoviteh cheating. He imme- diately got up and quit the game. Shortly afterwards the boarding house keeper told them that he |wanted to shut up for the night an that they must go home. The four started down the road together and about half way to the boarding house of the Vukobrotovitch{ boys they suddenly turned on him and one took him ‘by the throat while the other grabbed him by the shoulder and began {striking him. One of them said at the same time, “Give us your money or we will kill you.” He said that he was frightened and began to shoot. The two were killed while he did not know where their companion ent to. It was certainly established that the three men were bad citizens land that the prisoner was a worker All the cireumstances seemed to point to the plausibility of the story told by the prisoner. ' Attorney Stark was appointed to defend the prisoner because he had ‘no means with which to se- cure an attorney to defend himself. Then he has been’ in jail! ever since the shooting and has had no cially. As he killed two men the county attorney had two indict- ments ‘against Wim and not being satisfied with ‘the verdict intends to bring him to trial on the other 913 | Spoke At Nevis Fair. Prof. A. J. McGuire head of the experiment farm near this place, spoke at the Wadena county fair held at Nevis, Friday. His address was directed to a discussiom of the needs of the agricultural sections of;the north and the new methods tat are constantly being inaugu- rated to secure better results. Quack Doctors on the Scene. Reports from several localities in the jstate of Minnesofaa\\indicate cholera.! Notice has beens sent out from the University to‘the effect that these are all fakes so that the farmer who may think) he has hog cholera in his herd)should look out for such persons. Fair Premium List: ° Two Dollars a Year STOCKHOLDERS 10 ~—-WEET OTH TIME Building & Loan Association of Grand Rapids Completes De- cade of Creditable Effort. running around vaccinating hogs fo | that a number of quack A ee are ONLY ONE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE It Now Has About $33,000 Loaned on Houses and Has Issued Nearly 600 Shares Since The readers of the Herald-Review will find in this issue the’ entire list of premiums awarded\\at the county fair. On account,of.a great amount of work on hand at this office it was not possible to get this type up in time for the last issue. The record made. ‘cohistitutes the important part of the fair and this paper is therefore as,anxious as its readers to get this, before the | public. [ENROLL OVER SIX’ HUNDRED PUPILS Average Attendance of District No. 1, Rural Schools Shown to be About Eleven in Sept. fice of Superintendent Freeman from the teachers of rural schools for the month of September for 54 schools, it is learned that this number of schools have a total en- roliment for the month of 558 pu- pils, or an average of almost 11° The smallest attendance among th rural schools is that of the Hayden. school which has an enrollment of but two so far. Those schools | which have an attendance of 15 or more are as fol- lows: The Bear River school, Em- ma Engstrom, teacher, with 24 pu- pils; Bergville, ;Winnifred Myers, 45; Big Fork primary, Mary Brand- on, 20; Busticogin, Attelia Allstad, 16; Carpenter, Minnie Engstrom, 16; Cunnigham, Phillis E. Moore, 15; Houpt, Carrie Rosholt, 23; Rahier, Elizabeth Allstadt, 16; Round Lake, Myrtle Peterson, 17; Squaw Lake, Frances Bluntache, 26; Trout Lake, Maud Amberg, 27; Warba, Margaret O’Connell for the higher grades has 19 pupils, and Lucy Stevens in the primary has 26; Wawina, Nellie Williams, 15; West Fork, Violla Franti, 22; Dunbar, Mae E. John- son, 16. Of the total in the 54 schools there are 284 boys and 274 girls. In one school, that of Shal- low Pond, there are no boys, the entire school jconsisting of three girls. pe If the other nine schools whose reports have not yet beens receiv- ed for the first month of the year has the same average, number 'of pupils there would be’ approx- imately 650 pupils enroljed in the rural cshools of district, No 1. Since the above was: written the reports of two more sehoels have been received. The Hoptin’ school, 45 pupils, and the Ki ‘school, five pupils. GEE: 8 Farm Women Elect. : The newly organized:Parm Wo- men’s club held a medéting at the Laprairie school houseyvon “Oct. 3, at which the following! officers were elected: President,. Mrs. John Frazer; vice president,\Mrs. D. C. Anderson; secretary, Mrs..A. J. McGuire; treasurer, Mrs.. A. M, Sis- ler. A program committee was. ap- pointed for the ensuing term con- sisting of Miss Cooper, nell and Mrs, Peterson. “The next meeting of the club will be held Oct. 16 at the home of. Mrs. Sum- ner and a program has been ar- ranged for the occasion i follows; Song—“America” cess eah .. Clu Poem: “Me cy Autumn, ae cans o nes Mrs. , MeGormick ‘Paper—“My Idea of a Country Club. .......-..+... Mrs.\Bunnell| Mr. Bailey expressed the view, fol- Extension Department, University] clubs will h vith a sity | clubs will herafteer cooperate with Out of reports received at the of-' The tenth annual meeting of the Grand Rapids Building and Loan association, will be held im the office of the secretary, Fred A. King, Monday evening, October - 13, at 8 o'clock. On that date the association will have completed its ten years.of existence and as an institution its usefulness and success looks brighter for the fu- ture than at any time heretofore. The present officers are: C. H. Dickinson, president; A. C. Bos- sard, vice president; Fred A, King, secretary, and Emil Litchke, treasurer. Mr. Dickinson has been president for the past four years, but Mr. Bossard was the first pres- ident. After serving for a num- ber of years he desired to relin- quish active management on ac- count of business interests else- where. Aas : During the years of the exist- ence of this association Many Mans ive been” Mads and more than a dozen houses erected that could never have been built without this loaning organization. One thing that speaks well for the just and generous manner upheld by the management is that but one mort- gage foreclosure has been made in the entire time. The shares have a par value of $200, and at present there are in the neighborhood of 600 shares. The original issue consisted of 85 shares. Issues are made semi-an- nually and at those times enough shares are put out to satisfy the demand. The first issue is i to be retired and the holders arg to be paid money for them or wil] take new issues of stock, to th value of the shares they hold. While the association was not organized primarily for the pur- pose ‘of making money, neverthe- less, those who have had money invested are well pleased with the management. Several things have distinguished this concern from others. The expenses amount tq almost nothing. The only sal- ary paid is for a secretary, and there isno rent, the secretary, Fred A. King, providing the office room without cost to tha asso- ciation. i Loans are sometimes made for three-fourths of the entire valua- tion of tite building to be erected or for the home on which the loan is made. At the present time the loans held on real estate amounts to $33,000. These figures imdicate 2 sdeysed uo prey ore Sweo, 4eq} hundred houses. The officers are all under sufficient surety bonds to provide absolute safety for the business of the association, After The Gun Clubs. Game Warden at Large, S. ©, Bailey and Warden Smith, Grand Rapids, went to Virginia Saturday to look after the game law en- forcement sitation, The gun clubs which have been working on their own accounts in the vicinity of Virginia, Hibbing, Coleraine and Bovey have been invited to get in touch with the game wardens and to assist in game law enforcement in that way. A good deal of dis- satisfaction ‘exists over the way: in which the work was handled through these private agencies and lowing this visit, that the gun