Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 19, 1913, Page 1

a Vor, XXIV. No. 19 Granp Rapips, ITasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1913 STATE AUDITORS. 6. WERGON To WoITOR Present at Last Land Sale of Season for Itasca County Held Here on Monday Forenoon. SAYS SECTION HAS GREAT FUTURE Deplores Action Taken by Officers of N. M. D. A, and Says That Protest Can But Retard Work Attempted. Stata Auditor Samuel G. Iver- som was present at the last land sale of the 1913 seasom held on ‘Monday at the office of County Auditor Spang. He was accompan- tied by Theodore Nelson, manager of the sales department of the state. In speaking of the work of the department for the past year ‘Mr. Iverson said that up to the first of November there had been sold a total of 87,949 acres, and that with the sales still to be con- ducted the total would be brought up to 115,000 acres before the sea- som closed. The average price fhaid for these lands} during, the period was a little better than that received last year, being $7.50 per acre as compared with $7.12 for 1912, The total} sales in Itasca 4county amounted to 7399 acres, with an: average price of about $6. There are still about 35,000 acres ready to be disposed of in the county and to this amount will be agded 25,000 acres which are to tbe appraised and put on the market at the opening of the 1914 season. In refering to the future of this section from an agricultural stand point, Mr. Iverson said that no other part of America now offered men: of thrift and enterprise the | opportunities held forth by North- rn Minnesota. That this fact is becoming ¢ rally knewn, aid the auditor, is evidenced by the large number of settlers moving here from other states, notably the Dakotas and Iowa. Mr. Iverson did| not wish to in any way speak dis- paragingly of the opportunities of- fered by those states, but Northern Minnesota, with the advantages of good soil, the finest water and the best markets in the world simply can not be outdone by any section, no matter how advantageously lo- cated it may be. “It is now over twenty years ago.” said Mr. Iverson, “since I first made a trip into Aitkin county, amd upon my return to St. Paul told the newspapers of~ the Twin Cities that the northern part of this state was some day des- tined to be the greatest diversified farming and dairying on in this country. But very little at- tention had at that time been paid to this portion. of the state ex- cept to get the timber off the land, and people at St. Paul ang Minneapolis. evidently thought me visionary for maintaining that it had any other value. Shortly thereafter iron was found in the section, and while this was hailed as am item of the greatest magni- tude, which it was, still people generally could see no particular future for the territory after the timber and iron was gone. The timber is going fast and the iron must of necessity follow in time, but the work now being done of putting farmers and stock raisers on these lands is something that must become of greater value to the entire commonwealth with each succeeding generation.” ‘Mr. Iverson also spoke of the protest formulated and sent to the interior department by the offi- cers of the Northern Minnesota Development association, and said that it could have no beneficial ef- fect on the situation and might do a lot of harm, inasmuch as there were people in Washington wha would be only glad to delay the patenting of these lands to the state upom any pretext whatever. The Herald-Review is not en- tirely in accord with Mr. Iversom upon this question, but his posi- tion makes his attitude one of im- _portance and his views should be given due consideration. He con- tinued: “The state has during the past 12 years expended about $100,- 000 annually in reclaiming these waste lands and larger sums wil! in all probability be provided for the future. These lands cover a large area and their improvement, particularly by drainage, is a vast undertaking. The work must be done with some referrence to the settlement already made and can- not be carried forward altogether with a view to placing lands up- on which there are at present no settiers into shape for settlement. The tracts are widely scattered an no system of reclamation involving the entire area is at present prac- tical, advisable or necessary. I believe that legislatures may be depended upon to do everything within reason for the further and rapid development of the section, but cannot see how the stand tak- en. by the association officials will in any way aid in the work.” Messrs. Iverson and Nelson left i dhe afternoon for Two Harbors, where the Lake county sale was |King, James Passard and Andy Nel-| et clubs and civic orgamizationa held yesterday, and are conducting|son, accompanied by County Sur- | throughout the coumty are making, a sale for St. Louis county at/veyor O. J. Lidberg, returned this | preparations to send delegates) to Duluth today. GRAND RAPIDS MA APPOINTED RECEIVE Fred A. King Chosen to That Posi- tion at the Cass Lake Land Office It was with considerable surprise that the people of this town read in the press digpatches this week that/ Fred A. King, member of the real estate and abstract firm of Kremer & King, had been appoint- ed receiver of the United States land office at Cass Lake, and Mr. ‘King was ag much surprised as anyone. > The appointment had been. tend- ered the Grand Rapids man some time ago, but Mr. King’s business here is of such proportions that he was in doubt as to whether or not he could afford to accept the Offer and had not yet signified his intention of doing so. made, up the work in the near future as the term for which the present receiver ‘was some time ago. In point of fitness and ability to; fill the requirements of the office it is doubtful if a man more abso- tis not altogether a pleasure ex- Inasmuch ; |as the appointment is now however, he has decided to take; appointed expired; FOR BIGFORK ROAD Commissioners Find That Country Along East Side of Long Lake is Most Adaptable. ROUTE SELECTED ABOARD FO BENIN MEETIG ications Are That Large Dele- -gations From Itasca County f Will be Present. WANT COUNTY DETENTION HOSPITAL A. Mi Pierre ts Atiorney’ tar Iron Range Township Will Present Petition at Next County Commissioners C. M. week from a tour of inspection and investigation into the country around Long, Lake. Their object was to find the most feasible route for the north and south trunk line to follow around that body of water. They went up on the west side of the lake and returned on the east, finding that the latter is by far the more adaptable route, This is the highway that will trav- erse the county from the Aitkin county line to the north border and on through Koochiching county to International Falls. The road has beer surveyed as far as Re- lease and work will commence as soon as the county engineer has completed the preliminaries. Much of the clearing of the right-of-way will be done this winter as the route lies through swamps in some ‘places and the work through these !cam most easily be done while the ground is frozen. While a trip through the wilder- ness, over bog and through swamps ‘eursion, the members of the .com- mittee were fortunate on this ex- pedition. Arriving about 40 miles north of Bovey they ran unto the | hunting lodge of Dr. May and Mr. Bartlett, of Coleraine, which they found stocked with provisions, fuel and bedding. An invitation pinned to the door invited way- farers to! enter and help them- lutely qualified could have been,S¢!ves to what was needed, but found anywhere. Mr. King’s long residence here, his connection with land and acquaintance with locations make him peculiarly fit- ted to take charge of the work. It would have been next to im- possible to select any other man wha so thoroughly combines a ‘knowledge of the outside work of the office with the clerical re- quirements. We congratulate Mr. King upon the confidence shown iv him, but believe the department is more to be congrafulated in se- curing. his services. HOGS VACCINATED AGAINST CHOLERA Animals on State Farm All Innocu- lated and Farmers Warned That Disease is Prsent. Dr. Hoskins, assistant veterinar- ian at the agricultural school of the state university, left for home on Sunday after having vaccinated all hogs at the experimental farm here against hog cholera. The in- oculation was a precautionary measure, no cholera having at yet |situated, but constitutes a menace} a he ea appeared among the herd at farm j | FR, According to Supt. McGuire, how ever. there is no question but that | outbreak of a contageous malady a | ? the disease is quite prevalent in Northern Minnesota, and he ad- vises all hog raisers to be on the |Louis county to be properly cared} School: Progress.” C. G. ‘lookout for it. Mr. McGuire also believes that farmers having stock of thig kind to butcher or market this fall should do so as quick- ly as possible and thus be on the safe side. In case the disease should indicate its presence, he urges that the animals infected be killed at once and the remainder vaccinated, as there is nothing that ‘will stop the ravages of the dis- ease should it once attack a herd. Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the Gettysburg address of Presi- ‘dent Lincoln, a Ce jto kindly refrain from carrying away the property upon leaving. The tired and hungry officials did not need to be urged but made the most of the opportunities offer- ISOLATION HOSPITAL TO BE ASKED FOR A. M. Peterson of Coleraine Will Ask to Have One Established at Convenient Location. A petition will be presented at the next meeting of the board of county tommissioners fo be held on the 25th, praying that a county. isolation hospital be built at some convenient place in the county. The petition is signed by A. M. Peterson as attorney for the town of Iron Range, and sets forth that the county is now without a place where patients suffering from contageous diseases can be proper- ly cared for. This, according to the petition, is not only failing to give proper attention to a patient thus to the neighborhood. As an ex- ample, Mr. Peterson calls attention, to the fach that at & recent slight Bovey it was found necessary to send some of the patients for. Thetcost of maintaining such a ‘hospital would bé too great for any one township to meet, and as it would be for the use of the en- tire community,it is the conten- tion of the petitioner that the county should bear the post of con- struction. Has Appecticnincall Completed. ie onwealth to live up. to TO CONSIDER PORTANT HATERS of State’s Delinquency in i Matter of Improving Ceded + Swamp Lands Will be a Leading Issue. : Busines men’s associations, boost the meeting of the Northern Min- nesota Development association at Bemidji om Nov. 4 and 5. There is no doubt but that matters of the est importance to the future ef this section will come up for iscussion at the gathering, and t is the duty of all interested in, ia welfare to be present. Of the questions “to come up for discussion at the meeting! that ofthe state’s attitude in the mat- ter of reclaiming the lands ceded by the federal government is like- ‘y to be of most importance, President C. M. King and Seeres tary W. R. Mackenzie of the asso- ciation, have addressed a protest to Secretary Fisher of the interior de partment, stating that the condi- tions under which these lands rere ceded to the state have not been complied with on the part of the latter, and suggesting that me action be taken to force the its rt of the agreement. Opinion ad“to the advisability of this step is divided, many applauding; the association officials for taking a step that will mean the rapid im- provement and development of this section should the government in- sist upon the state’s living up to the agreement and apply the money received for timber and the sale of lands toward the re- clamation of the remaining portion of the grant, and others saying that the attitude of Messrs. King and Mackenzie endangers the diate’s title to the lands. . A legislative progra for the com- ing session of the legislature will also be formulated with a special view to having’ something dong ipwand the improvement of the lands owned by the state and aid- ing in the rapid settlement. Well known speakers from all parts of The state as well as from other sections of the country will be pregent, and the meeting is sure to prove one of both profit and en- joyment. Following is the. pro- ram for the two days: 40 a. m.—Convention called to order by Cyrus M. King, Deer River, presidgnt, N. M. D. A. Prayer—Rev. 8. E. P. White, Be- midji, pastor First Presbyterian ¢hurch. Address of Welcome. __ 4 Response—Cyrus M. King, presi~ dent. Appointment of Committees. _ is Address—‘Co-operative Marketing’ . T. Wilson, Stillwater, State Agricultural Extension Work. Address—"“The Credit the Farmer Needs,” Hugh J. Hughes, Minne- apolis, Editor, Farm Stock and{ Home. : : ays.” . F. Schears, Akeley, Address—“The Newspapers and the Country Life Movement.” W. P Kirkwood, Country Life mvict Labor on Public High- Minneapolis Journal. toSt.| address—"Co-operation in ‘Rural . Schulz, St. > Paul, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Addrese—‘A. F. Woods, St. Ant thony Park, Dean and Director, University of Minnesota, Depart- ment of Agriculture. Address—“Co-operation of the Busi ness Man and the Farmer.” Tams Bixby, Muskogee, fakla. «| | Address—Robert Carmichael, Farm- ington. Ay! Address—Co-operative Land Clear ing.” A. J. McGuire, Grand Rap- County Treasurer J. E. McMahon} ids, Superintendent, Northeast announces that the tax apportion~ ments for the towns and villages | 4! of the county will be completed Uhis week and in the hands the auditor. © ~~, of a Experimental Farm. ddress—"Roads.” J, H. Mullne, St. tae iad State Engineer on Roa ork. $x ity 3” D. B. Jewell, tnternas itor, Akeley Herald-Tribune. | podieg recovered at 1 o'clock. Editor, ‘daughter of J. . m. Address—“Utilization of |homesteader im the Dunbar lake ‘Ithad been; there on a visit for a tional Falls, Agricultural Agent, Koochiching Coun”. . _ Address—“* erative Develop- ment.” J. D. Deets, Mankato, Secretary, Southern Minnesota Better Development League. Adtiress—F. D, Sherman, St. Paul State Immigration Commissioner Address—J. T. Elwell, Minneapolis, State Senator. a ' Address—L. H. Johnosn, Minneapo- lis, Former Speaker, Minnesota Legislature, nf cg Report of Committees. R t of Officers. Elec ion of Officers. Friday will be largely taken up for 1914. _ There will be music interspersed throughout the meeting. Smoker Thursday evening. _The Beltrami Development Assé- ciation and the Commercial Club of Bemidji have charge of all en- tertainment features. as hosts. DOUBLE DROWNING AT DUNBAR LAKE Caroline Gladys Beardsley and Gunnar Ose Meet Death on Treacherous Ice. Caroline Gladys Beardsley, 23 years of age, and Gunnar Ose, 40 qera: drowned in Dunbar lake hbout noon last Thursday. The scene of the accident is in the far western part of the county, and a full account of the oceur- ance was not known here until the return of Undertaker W. W. Lib- by, who took charge of the bodies. The edges of Dunbar lake had longi been frozen over, and Ose, who was an expert on ice skates, and the young woman had oft been skating near thé shore. O tha day of the accident Miss Béandsley wished to make.a. visit, to a neighbor’s living across the lake from her home, Ose accom- panying her. The wind was blow- ing at the time, and it is thought that Ose was skating baekwards in front of the young woman. thus forming a wind-break for her, they having been Obsérved to as- sume his position om a:number of: oceusions.~ That: this. was"the-easé- 1 the fact of “th would also ac £. the man's age were getting further from shore than usual, until they reached a point where the currant had un- dermined the ice. From bruises on the hands and face of Ose it was evident that he had made many efforts to securg jp hold on the edge of the ica hich would permit of his pull ing himself and companion up, out the surface must have given away, under his grasp. That this was the case is further indicated by. the fact’ that a hole fully ten feet square had been broken where the bodies went down. ; The young woman showed no evidence of having made a strug- gle after striking the water, and as it claimed she suffered from heart trouble it is thought prob- able that death ensued from this cauge. Another thing that lends f&redence to this view is the fact that the bodies were mot together ‘when found, it being almost the: in- variable rule to find them tight- ly locked when two are thus thrown into the water together. Ose’s watch had stopped at 10:30 o'clock, and it is thought that this is the time they went through the ice. A crew of surveyors who had been boarding at the home of the ‘Beardsley’a were the first “to suspect that anything was amiss, fwhen they arrived at noon and} found no preparations for dinner. a little search brought them to vhe hola im the lake where the caps of the unfortunate couple were found floating. Grappling fackle was improvised and the Miss Beardsley, who was @ . Beardsley,- a section, hgd been keeping house for her brother, also a homestead- er there. Ose, who it is stated was the young woman’s bethrothed. shart time. His home was at Fisher, Minn., and relatives’ from that town took charge of the body. Miss Beardsley was buried im Dun- bar cemetery on Saturday. Thanksgiving D; The clerks organization is mak- ing most elaborate preparations for the dance to be given by then the V. hall.on T with discussion on our problems |. CONTEST LEADERS = GHANGE POSITION One Has Nearly 300,000 Votes and Ahead—Get Busy. INTEREST IN OUTCOME INCREASING A Number of Candidates Find That. Getting Subscriptions for Her- ald-Review Gets Votes in Quickest Way. | Although it is sti early in the ‘game, the leaders in the piano contest inaugurated by the Herald- Review and the Allen Dry Gooda company, are putting forth som telling efforts in; securing votes. In this they are wise for altha the contesy does not cfose until March 14, 19f4, those securing the big leads naturally have an advan- tage, although this does not by any ‘means indicate that those with a soa i of votes to their eredif at this time can not be the winners in the end. ~ £ Contestant No 32, who was first ‘on last. week’s list, has dropped back to third place this week, wwhile No. 40, who was in fourth glace at the time of the last port is in the lead at this time, The latter has 295,265 votes to her credit, while last week’s report gavd her but 149,755, a gain of £15,510 for the week. Number 46, who had a total of 168,500 last week had brought her total up ta 269,775 at this writing, a gain of , 101,275. Number 38 is fourth on,. tha jist with 230,925 votes im her favor, while her count last week ‘was. 104,205, a rather astonishing aim of 126,720 in one week. 4 It will be seen by the way in which the leading contestanty are changing places that it is any- body’s victory ag yet. We confi- dently expect to see some of those who at present do not loom among the leaders make a sharp race for the highest place before long. The contest has just started and thera are, many ways for a contestant- to swell her total that have hardly been touched as yet. One lady this tweek increased her vote by 412,000 through’ simply bringing in four subscriptions to the Herald-Review (two rengwals and two old sub- scribers) and she says she will de= vote 'more time to securing votes in this manner hereafter, now that she has found out how easy it is. Drop into the office and let us lain to you a syst ernie ee may be able to cane the amount of your vote. The result of the contest to date will be found in the Allen's Dry Goods company’s announce+ ment on the dast page of this fssue. ee | Halvor Oas Dies Suddenly. Halyor Oas, one of the old set- tlers on fhe-iron range. of Itasca county, died at St. Benedict's hospital here early Tuesday morn- ing of pneumonia after an illness of but little over a day. He was village marshall of Calumet, in ‘which town he had resided since it was staked oul. He wap well ‘known in that section of tha county and was aman highly spok- en of by all. A wife survives him, and he has also a mother living in Wisconsin. Both were present at the funeral, which was held from Kremer’s undertaking rooms yes- terday afternoon. Oas was 39 years of age and) born in Norway. Interment was made in Itasca cemetery. State Stumpage Sale. t While here at the state land sale held on Monday, State Au tor Iverson said that there we Pe a sale of stumpage on state — lands held for Itasca county atan early date, but the exact time for holding it could not be fixed with certainty. ; that it would take place sometime