Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 26, 1913, Page 1

\ f { | \ } i VoL, XXIV. No. 20 CATHOLICS WILL DEDICATE CHURCH Beautiful $30,000 Structure to be Fermally Dedicated by Bishop McGolrick of Duluth. LARGE GLASS WILL BE CONFIRMED Building Used For First Time On Nov. 22, 1911, to be Formally Taken Over With Appro- © priate Ceremonies. ‘Tomorrow will prove particularly, a day of Thanksgiving for tha Catholics of Grand Rapids, whey fhe beautiful new $30,000 church building will be formally dedicated ‘with the Rt. Rev. Bishop James McGolrich, bishop of Duluth, in, attendance, The event will bring Yo a successful close a period of strenuous labor On the part of the priest serving, Rev. Father L: Buechler, the committee in charge ‘of the building andj the members of the congregation generally. Toa Father Buechler’s untiring energy and continuous devotion is in a great measure due to the fact that the congregation is enabled in this most fitting manner to celebrate Thanksgiving Deay. i The Catholics of the village have been particularly unfortunate through: losses of their buildings by fire; The first occurred about 20 years ago when Rey. C. V. Grams ache was the priest in charge of the congregation. The wooden} building erected following this fire served the needs of the people ‘up to the close of 1910, when it was also destroyed"by the same! agency. Father Buechler was at ‘$his time in charge and withi, zeal and dispatoh set about secur- ing for his pecple another church‘ building, the result of his labors be ing the beautiful structure to be dedicated tomorrow. The building is of red Menom- tnee brick, 124x46 feet over all; | with a basement running the fulh j length and width’ of the structure; The auditorium is 40x90 feet, the! jsanctuary 22x24, and the sacristy: 20x26 feet. A graceful tower, 410 feet in height surmounts the build- | ing}.and the raised entrance and | jong steps on either side adds erace and dignity to the ediface: ‘The windows are.of multicolored glass, equipped with ventilators, jwhich, while they subdue the fight, make ample provision for fresh air. The cost.of the strucs ture is in the neighborhood of $30. 000, and anyone seeing the build- fing will admit that the very best of business judgment must| hava Meen exercised to bring thé cost} within this figure. -The church | has a seating capacity of 600. Bishop McGolrick arrived this noen form Duluth and was met at the station by a committee of citi- zens and the Grand Rapids band, | who escorted him to the parochal | residence. The program for tomorrow’s ex- ; ercises will be as follows: a. m., the bishop will celebrate mass for those to be confirmed and approaching Holy communion. at 10 o’clock the ceremonies of ‘dedication will begin, jpriests and altar boys will escort the bishop fronmr the residence to; the church. The bishop will then bless the church on the outside in| the presence of the people. The proceeding will be as follows: The bishop, priests and altar boys, fwill march to the main entrance: | At 8} when the } hs deliver the sermon, he will examine those about to be confirmed. Confirmation will then take place. After the benediction services the bishop will again be escorted to the residence. There are 103 candidates for con- firmation, the largest number in the history of the church. Delegates To Bemidji. The Herald'Review is in receipt of a communication from A. J. Mc- Guire of the Itasca County De- velopment association, stating that there will be no meeting called for the purpose of selecting delegates to the meeting of the Northern Minnesota Development association gathering at Bemidji on Dec. 4 and 5. Mr. McGuire states that all who are able to attend should do so, and that all will be delegates. He also adds that the meeting will be fvell worth attending, and hopes that the county will be fully rep- resented. PNEUMONIA CLAIMS “UNKNOWN VICTIM Stranger Named Baxter Dies at! Hospital and Nothing Concerp-» ing Him is Known Here. A stranger, whose last @¥ame was Baxter, but of whom/nothing outs side of this could be learned, died of pneumonia at . St. Benedict's hospital last evening.. He had been, noticed around the Hotel Pokegam where his peculiar aetions hat led those observing hii > suppose he was drunk. Appr@&ching Manager Oscar Anderson te‘ man, demand- ed the-keys to réom 28,*saying that a would like to goto bed. Mr, Anderson knew that he had made no arrangements for a room, and noting his conditions;**began to. question him. Baxt@W@aid that neh only had he paid tga room, but that the manager “had a sack of ‘valuables belonging to him in the hotel safe. Deputy Sheriff Gun- derson, who happened to be pass- ing, was called, and took the man) ‘td’ the hospital, where an exami- nation revealed the fact that he was suffering from an acute attack yf pneumonia. He was at once, given medical attention, but grew worse steadily and died about 7 o'clock without revealing anything concerning, himself except that his name was Baxter. He was a man apparently bout 55 or 60 years of age and not of the bum variety. In his pockets were found) $12.50 in. cash but not a scrap of paper that, would aid in his identification. NUMBER FORTY-SIX IS SOME HUSTLER Climbs From Third Place to First In Piano Contest—Others Showing Good Gains. Contestant. No. 46, who last week fwas in third place in the piano contest of the Herald-Review and the Allen Dry Goods company, has, this week made a spurt that brings her to the front with a total of Fi 75 votes, while No. 40, wasrin first place last week, has dropped down to third this week, having 325,115 to her credit. No. 38 has also gained a point, moving up from fourth to third place since the last report. A new contender ‘for the highest positions is) No. 100. This lady who last week had 164, 720 wotes in her favor now: 284,095, a gain of 119,375. <A number of the contestants have be tween 150,000 and 200,000 votes to their cerdit, and it is likely that some surprises will be sprung be- fore the contest goes much further, A number of ladies have started ou to boost their totals through the medium of securing subscriptions reciting psalms and sprinkling the to the Herald-Review, and as some cutside walls with holy water, of these live in the country, their after which they will proceed to| totals will not be available until the interior, chanting the Litany| they have completed canvasing pP of All Saints, and sprinkling the interior with holy water. people will then be admitted and, solemn high mass chanted. Rev. €. V. Gamache of Nashwauk, will be the celebrant; Rev. A. Turbi- ‘eaus of Aitkin, deacon; Rev. [Larrigan, Coleraine, sub deacon; Rey. J. A. Limmer, Cloquet. master | of ceremonies. The bishop will, The! their districts. One subscription to the paper at the reduced price of $1.00 per year secures 3000 votes for your favorite candidate, and at this price almost any person ap- proached will help the contestant, the Herald-Review's list. We have printed up subscription blanks to aid in securing names _ for after which, wha: Granp Rapids, IrascaA Country, MINN., APPORTIONMENT OF TAX MONEYS MADE | Collections For Half Of Year 1912 Are Distributed Among Dif- ferent Sunds. AMOUNT AGGREGATES $363,984.22 ‘State School Aid Is $23,341 For Half-Year of Which Dis- trict No. One Gets $11,871.00. County ‘Treasurer John E. Me- ;Mahon has just eompleted the ap- |portionmept of the tax money for jithe last half of the year 1912 to the credit of the different funds, The total amount was $363,984.22, and the objects ahd purposes for which this amount is to be.divid- ed are as follows: State taxes, {state loans, school taxes, county ttaxes, town taxes and village taxes. i The total state tax amount to $39,- 1136.58, and the payment on. state jloans to $4,130.45. Of the latter ‘amount School District No, 2 takes jlup $4,051.87) The total paid) to {the school districts of the county id $100,442.82, distributed as fol- jlows: District No. 1, $43,306.79, INo. 2, $43,221.41; No. 5, $168.18; No. 6, $3,721.55; No. 9, $38,797.94; No. 10, $884.78; No, 11, $342.17. i The county taxes totaled $89,734.- '35, apportioned among the follow- ing funds: jRevenue .. .. .. .. os I - 45,039.34 . 8,745.59 Bonds 2.3. ee oe SOE Unterest .. s... .. -.. .. 4,272.86 jRoad & Bridge .. .. .. ..21,845.49 |, } Special- Bridge... 4 , Ditehes ..%. . Be ‘757 87 funveys aby a bale 192.44 Re-assessment .. .. .. .... 16.90, The total of the township taxes was $48,930.23, and of this amount , the road and bridge fund receives. ‘the largest share—$32,257.30, The tota] village tax was $81,609.79. The treasurer has also received from the state auditor thq semi- annual apportionment for high schools, graded eschcols and con- ‘solidated schools. The amount is $23,341 and is the highest ever re- ceived from the state by the county. The amount of aid from thig source is dependent largely up on the value and condition of the school buildings and property in the district, amounts expended for improvements during the year, and the number and variety of subjects taught outside the general school work. The increase in the amount over that received at the last pay- ment shows that the schools are steadily gaining in efficiency and improving in property value. Fok lowing are the amounts apportion- ed to each district: No. 41, $41,871; No. 2, $1,750; No. 5, $270; No. 6; $7,160; No. 9, $2,220; No. 41, $90. Woke The Natives Up. ‘ D, Kinney, son of a _ Detroit, Mich., multi-millionaire, invaded the peaceful village of Nashwauk last week and proceeded to seat- :tar his money around with a itavishness that astounded the People of that good town. It is ‘claimed that his bar bill at the ‘Ollila for the one evening his ‘party stayed there was $125. The visitor did not confine his bene- factions to the bar room but every: ‘employ of the hotel became the ‘object of his attentions, the smal- lest tip offered being a $2 Dill. When the crowd at the bar was ,Smaifer than the spender thought roper, word was sent out ta gather in the natives from- the streetd in order that the room ‘might be kept full. The merchants also came in for their share of the bounty. The party outfitted on the gpot, securing what they, P,: along by giving her their name for needed for their trip at the Nash- praue stores, their requirements in- | cluding everything from silk paja- mas andi cigarettes to mackinaws be assisted at the throne by Rev, the paper, and these will be given and overalls. The greater part of, LL. Buechler of Grand Rapids,'! to any one applying for them. The ‘the town population awoke on and 8. Frydrychowicz off Cas§ standing of the contestants will be|*Tuesday morning with) the most pe Ay or not it Lake as deacons of honor. | found in the Allen company’s an-/ beautiful headache they had enjoy- Bishop McGolrick will thereupon, nouncement on the last page. wd for a long time. ee ee PATENTS AR RED HELD State of Minnesota Must Comply With Provisions of Grant Before NO LIKELIHOOD OF LOSS TO STATE} Assistant Secretary Jones Simply Asks Assurances That State Intends to Carry Out Governor Eberhart on Saturday received a letter from Assistant Secretary Jones of the interior de- partment at Washington, stating that he has suspended the issuance of further patents under the swamp land grant to the state of Minne- it has complied with the terms and ‘conditions of the grant or that it proposes to take steps looking to th@ performance of the trust. This action is the result of the complaint filed With the depart- ment. by President King and Secre- tary Mackenzie of the Northern Minnesota Development association that the state has failed to comply with the requirements of the fed- eral law for reclamation of swamp and overflowed lands. _ Following is the letter received ‘by the governor: ernor—Refering to our conver- state of Minnesota to comply with pens conditions of the swamp land act of Sept. 28, 1850, (9 Stat., 519), as extended by the act of March 12 i, (42 Stat., 3), I have to dfrect attention to the fact that the act ‘of, Sept. 28, 1850, ‘supra, recites that the purpose of the grant is to enable the several states to con- struct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein and that Section 2 of the act expressly re- quireg that the proceeds of said tands whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall he applied, exclusively, as far as necadsary, to the purpose of re- claiming said lands by means of said levees and drains aforeasid: “The Northern Minnesota Devel- opment association alleges that the state of Minnesota has ignored the foregoing conditions of the grant and diverted the proceeds of the land granted into a general school fund, failing to make provision for swamp and overflowed lands. “Section 2 of Article 8 of the WEDNESDAY NovEMBER 26, sota wntil the state has shown that} 1913 what steps it proposea to take looking to the performance of the trust imposed upon it in the grant- ing act and assumed by the state -when it accepted patents for lands therein granted.” Doddridge-Doran. Announcements were received here this morning of the wedding off Miss Mary M. Doddridge to Al- fen J. Doran, the eveng taking place at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Watt. at Rush City, Minn. contracting parties are among the West} known young people of thig village, the groom being a son of Mrs. Katherine Doran, and spent the greater part of his life here. The bride is a highly re- spected young lady who has been teaching school at Swan River dur- ing the past two terms. Both young people have a large circle of friends and acquaintances who join us in extending congratulations an expressing the hope that the future may have a full measure of prosperity and happiness in store for them. THAT ELECTRIC LINE TOPIC OF INTEREST Extention to Biwabik to be Under- taken During Coming Summer —Grand Rapids Next. Again is the rumor rife that the ‘Messabe Electric line will be ex- tended westward during the com- ing summer. The building of the the reclamation and drainage of| line as far as Biwabik has practi- cally been decided on, and strong pressure is to be brought to bear to have it continue to Grand Rap- idq. This town has been the ob- jective point of the system ever “*Department of the Interior,| since the project was first launch- Washington, Nov. 19, 1913—Hon.|ed, and indications are that some- O. Eberhart, governor of | thing definite will be done in the , St. Paul, Minm: My dear} near future. The presence of officers of the tion of recent date and to a com-|electric line about the new town- cation, filed in this.depart-/|site of Fayton would indicate that ‘the Northern Minnesota|the company has its eye on that Development association, with ref-|;place as one to be soon reached, aes to the alleged failure of the|and if such is the case, the build- ‘ng of the road over the short didtance into Grand Rapids is as- sured. Much will probably depend upon the state of development reached by the new mines of tha Inter-State company at Fayton. Should this concern continue its present evident intention of mak- ing its properties shippers at the earliest possible time, there is no doubt but that the electric line will reach that point, after which the extension to the county seat is 3 small item from the viewpoint of cost. MORE POSTOFFICES . ADDED IN COUNTY \Forty-Eight New Offices Opened Since First of Year AndThirty- nine Discontinued. There have been forty-eight new postoffices opened in this) state since the first of the year, and Peven of these are in Itasca. county. During the same period Constitution of the state of Minne- thirty-nine offices have been dis- sota provides that one-half of the | continued, rural delivery in most proceeds of the principal of all} instances taking their place. Two funds derived from sale of swamp | offices were discontinued in Itasca lands shall be appropriated to the|county, those at Birchgrove and common sehool fund of the state|Gunningham. The seven new ones and the remaining one-half to its) added are: Dora Lake, Dunbar, In- educational and charitable institu- jer, Mack, Pinehurst, Spring Lake tions. So far as can be ascertain- ed from an examination of the statutes of Minnesota no provision thas beem.made by the state for tion. work. ‘of further patents under Minnesota. to submit a full ie a the devotion of the proceeds of the sales of swamp lands or by direct|many of our citizens, and who re- appropriation in kind for reelama-|‘cently spent a couple of weeks and Nass. ~ Tom Morris Not Mayor. Thomas Morris, well known, ry to hunting in this vicinity, has been “I am advised that a considerabla declared illegally elected to the area of swamp lands in Minnesota, | office of mayor of Crookston be- {said to approximate 500,000 acres,|cause of violation of the corrupt still remains unpatented, and in|practices act. All the other candi- view of the law and the condi-|dates on the ticket are in a simi- tions hereinbefore recited I feel it|lar fix the charge against them be- my dyty to suspend the issuance|ing that they failed to file any the|statements of expenses until after swamp land grant to the state of|election and that the city clerk In the meantime, in | failed to post a samiple ballot in ‘order that the department may be|his office one week prior to the fully advised ag to the situation| election, as provided by law. At and be enabled to determine what |this election the socialists were urse should be pursued in the| opposed by the united forees of all matter, the state is hereby request |other factions and the rout was showing, as |complete, but in the heat of battle has complied | the ) elections iwith the terms and conditions of |¥s the, swamp land grant, and if not, ' the legislat Tha! rovisions governing passed by the 1912 session of | lost sight : NEW TOWNSITE IS. IN FAVORED SPOT Location of Fayton One That As~ sures for Community a Most . Promising Future. IRON DEPOSITS SURROUND TOWNSITE Main Traveled Highway Between Grand Rapids and Coleraine Favors New Mining District. Where a little while ago in itasea county an unbroken forest, inhabited: only by native wild animals, today are to be endounit- ered enterprising villages, pros- perous farmsteads, rich iron mines and many manufacturing plants. The transformation that has taken place in this immediate vicinity during the past’ four years . ig simply wonderful. The early set- tler who will make again, the trip from Grand Rapids to Nashwauk and compare the aonditions of ten years ago along the highway with the sights that greet him now will get an idea of the magic pro- gress that has been going on. We are living in a wonderful section bt a wonderful state. And yet only a start has been made in de- ‘velopment. The seer and the sag@ still has a vast} realm for prophetic pictures—pictures that the future will realize, and what is to be built in material progress in all the ramifications of industry will make the present look primi- tive as compared with the future. _The platting »of new townsiteg in a new country are frequently in advance. of necessity and largely. speculative, ‘but that experience has not been had in Itasca county. Villages have sprung up all about Grand Rapids, as if by magic,. and their building has been of nacessity. They are here to stay, flo grow and prosper. The newest of these with a par- ticularly bright future, is the townsite of Fayton, recently plat- ted by George A. Fay and F. J; Mills. Fayton is beautifully . lo~ ‘cated on the west bank of Prairie river, four miles northeast of Grand Rapids jon the main ‘high- way between Grand Rapids and Coleraine. The townsite is in sec~ ‘tion, 34, township 56, range 25, ‘Nature provided at this point all that could be desired by man up= on which ta build a village. Over~ looking -the river and surrounding country from a commanding eleva- tion, with natural drainage, the whole platted tract requiring but little grading to make level streets, thea site at once attracts the admiration of the visitor. Several streets and avenues are now being cleared. The owners of the porperty ‘will begin the erec- tion of a large modern hotel next spring when it is expected! a gen- eral movement in building will be inaugurated. Fayton will grow be- cause a town will be immediately necessary at this point. Two big iron proprties—the Fargo andthe Buckeye mines—are now being de- veloped for actual mining by the Inter-State Iron company. Fayton is literally surrounded with ore lands soon to be developed and ina short time thousands of men will be employed at the several properties. The great Prairie river water power cannot Jong remain’ idle. The growing industries— mining manufacturing and the sur- rounding municipalities—will re- fquire the power with which to generate electricity. It must utilized, It will be developed at the front doot of Fayton. Another _ year will see the building of rail ‘roads ta, the Buckeye and Fargo mines andthug transportation ac- commodations will be provided for passengers and freight to the new The building of Fayton is coin- lent Rae Aa advent of a vast) enterprise means @ substan tial increase in the wealth of Itasca. county and a contributing source to the business