Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 19, 1913, Page 2

VoL, XXIV. No. 19 STATE AUDITORS. 6. IVERSON Io VIoITOR 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- son was present at the last land sale of the 1913 season held on Monday at the office of County Auditor Spang. He was accompan- ied by Theodore Nelson, manager of the sales department of the state. In speaking of the work of the department for the pd@st 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 ‘county amounted 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 ,000 acres which are to be appraised and put on the market at the opening of the 1914 season. In refering to the future of this to 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- erm Mir ota. That this fact is | becomin nerally knew said j 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 ago.” said Mr. Iverson, first made a trip into county, and upon my return Paul told the newspapers of - the Twin Cities that the nortt of this state was tined to be the g farming and dairying this country. Bui very t tention had at that time been paid | to this portion. of the state ex- cept to get the timber off the land, and people St. Paul and | Minneapolis. evidently thought me j 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 tihe 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 years some 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 'he was in doubt as lo whether or Offerind had not yet signified his; intention of doing so. Inagmuch as the appointment is now made, | hawever, he has decided to take up the work the near future as j is more to be congratulated in se- curing: his services. ‘HOGS VACCINATED 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 seitiers into shape for settlement. Granp Rapips, ITasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1913 Two Dollars a Year ROUTE SELECTED FOR BIGFORK ROAD ; Commissioners Find That Country Along East Side of Long Lake is Most Adaptable. The tracts are widely scattered an WANT COUNTY DETENTION HOSPITAL no system of reclamation involving the entire area is at present prac- tical, advisable or necessary. I believe that legislatures may be A. M. Peterson as Attorney for 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 the afternoon for Two Harbors, Iron Range Township Will Present Petition at Next Board Meeting. County Commissioners C. M. ‘ALL ABOARD FOR BEMIDWI MEETING | Indications Are That Large Dele- gations From Itasca County Will be Present. TO CONSIDER IMPORTANT MATTERS * Swamp Lands Will be i a Leading Issue. Busines men’s associations, boost where the Lake county sale was |King, James Passard and Andy Nel-| er 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 0. J. Lidberg, returned this | preparations to send delegates) to Duluth today. GRAND RAPIDS MA APPOINTED RECEIVER Fred A. King Chosen to That Posi- tion at the Cass Lake Land Office It was with considerable surpris 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 as much surprised a8 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 not, he could afford to accept the, the term for which the present| receiver was appointed expired! ome time ago. | In point of fitness and ability to fill the requirements of the office | it is doubtful if a man more abso- lutely qualified could have been; 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. Wing upon the confidence shown iv him, but believe the department | 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 appeared among the herd at the farm al TBs According to Supt. McGuire, how ever, there is no question but that the disease is quite prevalent in Northern Minnesota, and he ad- vises all hog raisers to be om the ‘lookout for it. Mr. MeGuire also helieves 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 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 hag 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 is not altogether a pleasure ex- cursion, 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- selves to what was needed, but, te 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- ed. 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 Commissioners 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 situated, but constitutes a menace to the neighborhood. As an ex- ample, Mr. Peterson calls attention to the fach that at a recent slight outbreak of a contageous malady a Bovey it was found necessary to send some of the patients toSt. Louis county to be properly cared for. Thetcost of maintaining such a ‘hospital would be 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 should indicate its presence, he were people in Washington wha would be only glad to delay the patenting of these lands to the state upon any pretext whatever. The Herald-Review is not en- tirely in accord with Mr. Iversom upon this question, but his posi- tiom makes his attitude one of im- portance and his views should be county should bear the post of con- urges that the animals infected be struction. a 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. dent Lincoln, T + Tax Apportionment Completed. County Treasurer J. E. McMahon, announces that the tax apportion- —————_- ments for the towns and villages | 4 Today is the fiftieth anniversary|of the county will be completed. of the Gettysburg address of Presi-|Whis week and in the hands of st i the auditor. NTENTIONAL DUPLICA 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 greatest importance to the future ef this section will come up for discussion at the gathering, and it ig the duty of all interested in, ij 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- ‘ly to be of most importance, President C. M. King and Seeres tary W. R. Mackenzie of the asso- ciation, have addressed a protest to Seeretary Fisher of the interior de partment, stating that the condi- tions under which these lands were ceded to the state have not been complied with on the part of the latter, and suggesting that gome action be taken to force the ‘commonwealth to live up to its part 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 jthat the attitude of Messrs. King and Mackenzie endangers the dthte’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 {pwand 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 prepent, and the meeting is sure to prove one of both profit and en- jjoyment. Following is the. pro- ram for the two days: 40 a. m.—Convention called to order by Cyrus M. King, Deer River, presid@nt, N. M. D. A. Prayer—Rev. S. E. P. White, Be- midji, pastor First Presbyterian church. Address of Welcome. _ 3 Pee es M. King, presi- fRee eae of Committees. 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{|¢4Ps of the unfortunate 3 :} were found floating. C. F. Scheers, Akeley, |fackle was improvised and Home. ways.” Editor, Akeley Herald-Tribune. Address—“The Newspapers and the Country Life Movement.” W. P. Kirkwood, Country Life 2 B m. Address— nviet Labor on Public High- Minneapolis Journal. Address—‘‘Co-operation, eae Progress.” C. of Public Instruction. Addresg—‘‘A. F. Woods, St. An> thony Park, Dean and Director, Editor, ‘daughter of J. Utilization of'|fomesteader im the Dunber | tional Falls, Agricultural Agent, Koochiching Coun. . _. Address—“Co-operative 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. ' Address—L. H. Johnosn, Minneapo- lis, Former Speaker, Minnesota Legislature, . vs Report of Committees, Repgrt of Officers. Elect ion of Officers. Friday will be largely taken up with discussion on our problems. for 1914. There will be music interspersed throughout the meeting. Smoker Thursday evening. _The Beltrami Development Assd- ciation and the Commercial Clu of Bemidji have charge of all en- Questions of State’s Delinquency in) 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 wera drowned in Dunbar lake fibout noon last Thursday. scene of the accident is in the far western part of the county, nd 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. CONTEST LEADERS GHANGE POSITION One Has Nearly 300,000 Votes and Others Are Steadily Forging 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 company, are putting forth some 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 ar number of votes to their eredif at this time can not be The edges of Dunbar lake had |i), winners in the end. fi longi been frozen over, and Ose, who was an expert on ice skates, and the young womam had often, been skating near the shore. Onl tha day of the accident Miss Beandsley 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: ocexsions.- That this. was*the-ease ‘would also account for the fact of the man'& not Noticing” that“ they 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 jy? hold on the edge of the ice hich would permit of his pull- ing himself and companion up, but 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 fredence 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 wag amiss fwhen they arrived at noon an found no preparations for dinner. Contestant No 32, who was first ‘on last week's list, has droppeq ‘back to third place this week, awhile No. 40, who was in fourth wlace 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 avd her but 149,755, a gain of 145,510 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 list with 230,925 votes im her favor, while her count last week ‘was. 104,205, a rather astonishing waim of 126,720 in one week. (3 It will be seen by the way in which the leading contestants are changing places that it is any- body’s victory as yet. We confi- dently expect to see some of those who at present do not loom among the leaders make a sharp nace 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 12,000 through’ simply bringing im four subscriptions to the Herald-Review (two renawals 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 axplain to you a system, whereby you may be able to double the amount of your vote. The result of the contest to cite will be found in the Allen's Dry Goods company’s announce> ment on the jast page of this Wssue. ee ek Halvor Oas Dies Suddenly. Halvor 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 = little search brought them to | vijlage marshall of Calumet, im che hola im the lake where the, |. nich town he had resided since couple ‘bodies recovered at 1 o'clock. Miss Beardsley, who was @ . Beardsley, - it was staked out. He wap well Grappling | known in that section of tha the | county and was aman highly spok- en of by all. A wife survives him, and he has also a mother living im & | Wisconsin. Both were present at lake | the funeral, which was held from section, hgd@ been ‘keeping’ house | Kremer’s undertaking rooms yes- shart time. His home was at University of Minnesota, Depart-| Fisher, Minn., and relatives’ from ment of Agriculture. Address—“Co-operation of the Busi ness Man and the Farmer.” Tams Bixby, Muskogee, fakla. Address—Robert Carmichael. Farm- ington. : Address—Co-operative Land Clear ing.” A. J. MeGuire, Grand Rap- ids, Superintendent, Experimental Farm. ddress—"Roads.” Road Ws Address—‘‘ erative Communit; Clubs.” OD. B. Jewell, Interna- Northeast | ing , the dance to be given by them at| certainty. J. H. Mullne St./the Village hall.on Thanksgiving| that it would take place sometime — te Engineer OM |teye, Nov. 26. There will be no| about the middle of December, and effort or expense spared to make| the that town took charge of the body.|; while here at the state in ‘Rural | for her brother, also a homestead- | terday afternoon. . G. Schulz, |er there. Ose, who it is stated | years of age and born in Norway. Paul, State Superintendent | was the young woman’s bethrothed.| Interment was made ‘had been there on a visit for a | cemetery. Oas was 39 in Itasca State Stumpage Sale. land Miss Beardsley was buried in Dun-| cale held on Monday, State Audi- bar cemetery on Saturday. Thanksgiving Dance. tor Iverson said that there would _ Pe a sale of stumpage on state lands held for Itasca county at an The clerks organization is mak-| early date, but the exact time for most elaborate preparations for| holding it could not be fixed, with Mr. Iverson thought exact date will be found in this the event of the fall) seasop. | the Herald-Review in a latter issue. | P TE EXPOSURE