Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 8, 1913, Page 2

Grand Va VoL, XXIV. No. 13 pids Herald- GRAND Rapips, Irasca County, Mrnn., WEpNEspDay OcroseR 8, 1913 NISCREANT STOLE SUIT AND GHED 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 for last month’s wages and two drafts that he had collected and intended to send to his employers. The tramp, fur the thief must have been a tramp, left in the place of the wearing vpparel taken, an old hat which looked mightily as if it bad been in the ark. When Mrs. Betz came down. stairs,she remark- ed that the room was, cold. On investigation it was found that the outer 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 check, 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 has charge of the stone |cement con- tracts and he now has a big lot of 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 Hil | 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 Great Northern main track to thé| mine. Everything looks promising for Calumet and the people there are beginning to bestin themselves over the prospects. When this mine opens up there will be a string of mines, unbroken from Marble through Holman, Taco j are more prone to fall away from | 'Slapp. | place. , located at Hibbing and is well and} 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- pleted. Some time ago the state i superintendent of public instruc- | On October Fifteenth the Minnesota Jury Decided that Louis Nocovitch 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 the new proposals. The board mem here.are puite sonfident that he will give his assent and that the bids for the building can be received on 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 was in Monday and convinced the board that his children are outside of the walking limit and so the route has been continued. HIGH MARKS FOR BABIES AT FAIR Thirty-Six Contestants at Baby Con- test Give Individual Evi- dence of Fitness. The scores in the baby health | contest) at the Itasca faim gave un- mistakable evidence that this is a healthful and invigorating locality for babies to keep in proper physi- | cal shape. In the-class*for baby + girls under i8 months old there were ten entries. The examination made by Dr.Luther showed that the entire number came close to the! perfect line. The winner was Eleanor Kent with 970 points. The second prize was taken by Ruth Cook scoring 961 points. No one of j the ten went under 930 points. | The boys entered in the class un-j der 18 months old numbered seven-;} teen, While some of these went | below the mark maintained by the | girls, nevertheless the greater part made a good record. The prize! went to Jerome Larsen who was, given 968 points. Nearly all of the} class kept close to the top. In the class for girls over 18 | months there were nine entries, j These scored on an average as well as the younger girls but the lowest score here was 922 while the low- est, mark made in the under 18 months class was 931 points. Gladys Lieberman carried way the prize in this contest with 980 points. Florence Dion came second , with » marking of 979, Dorothy King third with 966 and Ida hent | fourth, having 961. There were but six entries of boys over 18 months old. While; these were all well up in the conditions necessary to give them proper credits it seems that boys | the proper standards than _ girls and as a consequence the lesser number presented for examination. These six were Carroll Lee, Hubert Herschbach, Chas. McMahon, Clyde Blair, David Doran and Leslie David Doran took: first place and for that matter the first iplace among all of the babies at the contest with a mark of 981. Clyde Blair was a close second, hav ing 980 points and tieing with Gladys Lieberman for the second place among the entire list of con- testants. May be Crosby Postmaster. Mark Atkinson, who edits the! Crosby | Crucible, is said to be slat- ed for the postmastership at that Mr. Atkinson was formerly favorably ‘known on the range. It is staatde in an item from St.Paul | that Fred Lynch, who is on te in- side of matters political for the tsate of Minnesota, has endorsed his candidacy, and this makes it there down to the Buckeye and nite, Bovey,! Coleraine and from Prairie Rirer mines. ALUMNI BANQUET AT GRAND RAPIDS State University Graduates to Gather from Range. W. A. ROSSMAN SENDS INVITATIONS Arrangements are Under way for Entertaining Visitors with sup- perat Pokegama Hotel and Visits Over Village. 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 who reside in the range towns or Itasca county are arranging the gathering, anyone who is attending FOUR PRISONERS ARE LIBERATED Killed the Vukobrotovitch Boys in Self Defense. INDIANS CAN HUNT ON 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 changes of murder and assault were set free in rerord breaking time by the different juries having the power of decision. A _ 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 the university at this time OF} yinnesota against Louis Nocovitch.| who has been fortunate enoughi|to}/charged with killing Mike and} have graduated from that school Steve Vukobrotovitch on the even- of learning is extended a cordia welcome ‘at the meeting The banquet is to be held at the Pokegama hotel at Grand Rapids at 8:30 p. m., and among the speakers to respond to toasts will be George 4 inaic di Maeva: 0b H./Vincent, president of the uni- that evening playing “ards, and that : NOW the four later started for home, a member of the university fac-|the boarding house of the three versity, and Prof. West, ulty. A special train will be run from|Keewatin while the accused man the range towns and will bring}lived at Stevenson. On the road members of the society from Vir=|the two brothers were killed and ginia, Hibbing, Coleraine, Bovey, Keewatin, Chisholm and perhaps other places along the line. A short reception will be given preceding the banquet during which a few addresses will be made. The speakers will be Prof. Willis M. West, toastmaster; Pres- ident George E. Vincent; E. B. Johnson, formerly registrar of the ot the department of mining en- gineering; Judge C. W. Stanton of Beme and represenia‘ives from elher places. The arrangements for the ban- puet and entertainment are under {he direction of Superintendent A. J.. McGuire of the Northeast; Min- nesota Experimental farm, Attorney W. A. Rossman of Grand Rapids. Invitations have been sent out to all members who reside on the range or anywhere in Itasca county. These invitations convey the information that the plates to the banquet will be $1.50 apiece ,and that in order for the prepara- tions to be complete and satisfac- tory those who intend to attend should send word to Mr. Rossman at Grand Rapids. The attendance will no doubt be between 250 and 300 as the wives and husbands are invited. It will readily be seen that some preparation will be re- quired in order to give a satisfac- tory reception to this number. During the afternoon of the ban- 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 placed in position by that time so that perhaps a practical dem- onstration can be made of this method of mining. The president and secretary of the association reside at Hibbing, and it is understood that about 30 members of the alumni are jalso residents of that. village. While Grand Rapids has not so many members as Hibbing it never theless has a creditable represen- tation, as will be seen when the list is called. Here is the local W. M. West, 0. J. Niles, L. A.Whit temore, R. A. Stone, F. R. Harrison, Mrs. F. R. Harrison, A. L. Thwing, JW. Rossman, E. A. Freeman, C. B Webster, Mrs. C.'B. Webster, almost a certainty that he will R. A. MeOuat, A. J. McGuire, J. D. Doran, John Siverts, Misa Leila soon be handling {the mail for his)Bush, Miss Maude Welles, |Jarvie AIT’ AITPIPLAILA 1 Partridge, H. W. Star's. | |ing of April 19, 1913. ; and! 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 being further down the street in t two men are left who kiow anything about how it was done. The claim of tb» state was that Nocovitch murdered the two men and the other man says that so far az he knows Nocovitch just turmed around and shot them. He alone escaped by making a quick get-a- y i The prisoner told a different | story and one that was evidently eredited by the jury for they turne him loose after having taken two ballots. The first ballot indicated that eleven jurors thought him ‘uot guilty and one was for con- | vietion. 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 Vukorotovitch 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 went 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 indiet- ments ‘against Him and not being satisfied with 'the verdict intends to bring him to trial on the other indictment. | (Continued on Page Four) ‘RILIDI IR ATO CYDHRCIIDE Spoke At Nevis Fair. . Prof. A. J. MeGuire 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 j;state of Minnesotaa \indicate that a number of quack doetors are running around vaccinating hogs fo cholera.: Notice has been: sent out from the University tothe 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. as Fair Premium List. 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.constitutes the important part of the fair and this paper is therefore as. anxious as its readers to get this, before tha public. ENROLL OVER SIX HUNDRED PUPILS Average Attendance of District No. view, Two Dollars a Year STOCHHOLOERS 1 MEET fH TE Building & Loan Association of Grand Rapids Completes De- cade of Creditable Effort. ONLY ONE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE It Now Has About $33,000 Loaned on Houses and Has Issued Nearly 600 Shares Since 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 1, Rural Schools Shown to be About Eleven in Sept. Out of reports received at the of- fice of Superintendent Freeman from the teachers of rural schools for the month of September for 51 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, 15; 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. x “Bas If the other nine schools whose reports have not yet been, receiv- ed for the first month of the year has the same average, number | of pupils there would be» approx- imately 650 pupils enrolled in the rural cshools of district, No.4. Since the above was: written the reports of two more sehools have been received. The Horton: school, 45 pupils, and the Kintop: school, five pupils. § Farm Women Elect. The newly organizeds¥arnr Wo- men’s club held a meéting at the Laprairie school houseyon 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, Mrs. Bun- 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 aa follows; Song—“America” ...... Bo .. Chu Poem—“Me-y Autumn.!........ +» Mrs... MeCormick ‘Paper—“My Idea of a Country Club. .............. Mrs. Bunnell Adress Mrs. Margaret Baker, Extension Department, University of Minnesota 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. During the years of the exist- ence of this association many ldéans ‘have been made 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 to be retired and the holders are 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. ; Loans are sometimes made for three-fourths of the entire valua< tion of tle 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 indicate e sdeysed uo prey ore suweoy 7eq} 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. GC. 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 Mr. Bailey expressed the view, fol- lowing this visit, that the gun clubs, will herafteer cooperate with the game wardens in this section. - ae