Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 10, 1913, Page 15

— VoL, XXIV. No. 23 =e as See +—_+— Grand Uapids Herald-Review. Granp Rapids, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10, 1913 Two Dollars a Year NO FIREWORKS AT BEMIDAL MEETING Northern Minnesota Development | | Association Endorses Action Of King and Mackenzie BRAINERD MAN 1S. NEW PRESIDENT | | meeting, Harmonious Work Done Thus Far by Or- | ganization and Outlines Future Policy. | tence of four years | of noteworthy achievement, the | Northern Minnesota Development asociation again met last} week | After an exXIs at Bemidji. the city in which tha | organization, had its inception. The delegateg to this convention could look back on a record of accomy plishments seldom if ever equaled | by a quasi-public organization any- wh in America. Many of the pbjects for which the association ae organized have been accom- plidhed and more will soon be ad- | ded to the list. Reapportionment, the chief goal of the members at the time of orgamization 1s an ac- complisehd fact, and with the ad- sentatioy for Northern, | thus made possible, | will follow in rapid | sota 4 matters It was predicted that this meet- | ing would prove the parting of the » the delegates, the criti- tate’s land policy be- | ock upon which harmony “i to be shattered. Noth- of the kind happened, however. | When the delegates to the conven- tion came to lize the high sense of duty and: utely unselfish mo dictated the policy of the | officials in, demanding | mmonwealth live up to | ut with the the matter of ieir action was ene tives tha ciation federal gov- Judge C, W. Stantom was | {placed| at the head of the com- | mittee having the swamp land! | question in charge, and he im turn appointed a sub-committee consist- | ing of R. J. Bell of Roseau, M. | of Cass, and A. H. Crassweller ‘of St. Louis, to draw the resolu- tions voicing the attitude of the | meeting with regard to the matter. The resolution submitted by this b-committee and adopted by the convention is as follows: “We recognize the merit ana justice of the representations made to tha Department of In- terior by the president and secre- tary of the association with refer- | ence to the drainage of state swamp lands. “We urge legislation providing that none of the swamp lands here inafler patented by the United | States to the State of Minnesota, | be disposed of by the State until provision is made by constitutional amendment and appropriate legis- lation for the expenditure of an |} adequate portion of the proceeds of the sale of such lands, in drains ing, clearing and otherwise improv- g and reclaiming, and in build- i et roads fire breaks, inj ithrough nad around state school and swamp lands then remaining unsold.” | ed vice president im Mr. Albright’s Gathering Reviews | = | meeting in the classes in which he | seit 95 points, while two others of} | Father Burke of the Paulist order. | was sufficient within itself to re- ;fute the charge that the Catholic Had not the by-laws of the or- ganization prevented Cyrus M. King of Deer River, from succeeding himself as president, there is uo | doubt but that he could have beer we-elected, it being realized that | to his work and that of Secretary | {Mackenzie is largely due the suc- | cess that has attended the efforts | of the association. In surrender- A, Albrecht of Brainerd, the retir- ing the gavel to his successor, A. iyg president thanked the dele- gates for the hearty co-operation | that had at all times pervailed | within the body, and pledged that | while he was no longer permitted ito be the leader in the work, he | ‘would always be found lined up for anything the association haid@ in hand that would make for the further advancement of North- ern Minmesota. He bespoke for his | which Father Burke’s | Eucharist.” successor the same kindly treat- ment and enthusiastic support that had characterized his terms of office and added that the work: | was by no means completed but that the future would reveal still | further and greater opportunities | | for the association's endeavors. | Mr. Mackenzie was re-elected sec-| position he has filled to retary, a | the satisfaction of everyone since the organization was formed. C. | S. Condon of McIntosh. was elect- place. Thief River Falls won out over Coleraine and Baudette as the place for holding the summer and the annual meeting | next winter will be held at Brain- Prize Winning Poultry. The Northern Minnesota Poultry | Association held its annual exhibi- | bition of poultry at Crookston from} | from December 2 to December 7. | It might truthfully be said that | C. H. Dickinson of Grand Rapids, a poultry show of his own, im asmnuch as he brought back about all the prizes bestowed at the competed. As an exhibitor Mr. Dickinson is | ‘hard to beat. He took with him to the show 22 birds in all, and brought back with him 22 ribbons, These consisted of nineteen single prizes and three pen prizes. He gathered in all of the first prizes jbut two, and all of the second awards but one. Can you beat it? There were about 130 exhibitors | at the meeting, with a showing df over 600 birds. These came from all over Northern Minnesota and western North Dakota. A silver cup was the trophy awarded Mr. Dickinson for owning) the bird scoring the highest num ber of points at the show. One of | his beautiful White Orpington pul-} curing 95 1-2 points. Anoth-| content ie er black Orphington was | hiss exhibit secured 94, \| LARGE AUDIENCES AT — MISSION MEETINGS St. Joseph’s Church Is Filled Twice | Daily By People Anxious To Hear Father Burke. The most successful religious mission work ever attempted in | Grand Rapids-is that now in pro- gress at St. Joseph’s Catholic | church under the leadership of Rev| Contrary to the usual -experience the attendance at morning service has beem nearly as large as those of the evening. The church has been filled to its seating capacity each evening. Sunday night’s subject, “Christ's | Divinity,” was discussed in a mast-| erly manner by the reverend gentle. | man. Seriptural quotations coupled with other evidences made a strong argument that creatde a deep im- pression on the audience. “The Bible and the Church’s At- | titude Toward It,” was Tuesday| evening's subject. The speaker pro- duced much evidence to show that the Catholic chyrch is not now and never has been the enemy of the Bible: On the contrary his | arguments went to prove the op- posite to be the case. The centuries that rolled by dur- jiug the Christian era before; Protestantism» was established | when the bible was alone in the keeping of the Catholic church. | i church undertook, at any period of its existence to suppress the bible. Tueskliay evening was given to a discussion of “The Church,” ini argument was calculated to show that the! Catholic church is the true church | of Christ. Vhe question box is very liberally | | patronized and the answers to the | many pertinent questions pro- pounded are exceedingly interest- | ting. } The subject for this evening will | be “The Future Life.” Thursday evening—‘“Can a Priest | _Worgive Sins.” Friday evening—The Blessed | Sunday morning—“Social Duties | of Catholics.” Sunday event Wis I am a ‘Catholic.” | lar ize, besides | county residents are on our ; Town and Country Booster HOLIDAY EDITION OF HERALD-REVIEW This Number Will Be Mailed To! More Than Two Thousand Residents of County. “THIS 1S. A FORTY-EIGHT PAGE ISSUE The Largest Newspaper Ever Print-' ed In This County—An In- dustrial Edition Now Being Planned, This issue of the Herald-Review is the largest newspaper ever pub- | lished in Itasea county. It consists of twenty-eight pages of the regu- the Agricultural (Magazine section, which) is made | up of twenty pages, making in all forty-eight pages. The Herald-Re- view this week is essentially a holiday number for Itasca county people. The reading matter car- ried is all in keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, ang in harmony with the announce- ments of the business men of, Grand Rapids. while these are more conspicuous and more attrac- tive than ordinarily. Twenty-five | hundred copies of this number will | be distributed, the extras going exclusively to Itasca county resi- dents. As an advertising medium the publishens consider that every. patron whose business is represent- ed in these pages is to be con- gratulated. The names of more than twenty-two hundred copy. closely covered, thus insuring to our merchants the best possible re- sults. This number is not a “boom edition” in any sense, being made up exclusively of holiday reading matter, with the exception of the ; usual local and general news fea- tures. The Agricultural Magazine sec- tion is also featured with the Christmas spirit throughout its pages and is an especially strong number in every way. A special number of the Herald- Raview that will give particular attention to the agricultural, min- ing, manufacturing and general in- dustrial interests of Grand Rapids and Itasca county will be issu within the near future, providedl sufficient patronage can be secured} to justify the venture. Arrange- ments are now under way to this end. The publishers plan to make the industrial number of great) material benefit as an advertising, medium of the county’s resources) During the past six. months sev- eral hundred names have been adt | ery at Grand Rapids is an institu- | ume of business-is TASCA LOGGERS Weather Conditions Such That Op- erators May Be Forced to Dis- continue For the Season (COLD WEATHER AND SNOW WANTED Several Concerns Have Turned Off Crews And Will Let Timber Stand Instead Of Tak- ing Chances. The representatives of four log- ging concerns met here on Friday last to discuss matters pertaining to their business and came to the conclusion that unless weather con ditions changed very suddenly it ‘would be best to abandon any at- tempt to continue operations and allow the timber to remain on the, stump until conditions for its cut- ting were more favorable. Not for a decade has Northern Minnesota witnessed a winter such as the present one. The grass on the lawns has remained green up until a day or two ago and the finest kind of Indian summer weather has been the rule. Satis+ faetpry ag] this is to most peoples it has set logging operations back to such an extent that even if the weather changes and the work is again taken up nothing like a ‘complete season’g cut can be ex7 pected. Under ordinary circumstances Itasca;| men can work im the woods event lists, | each one of whom will receive a |i The territory immediately, ; surrounding Grand Rapids will be | though there is little or no snow he weather is sufficiently cold to freeze up the swamps. No such weather has materialized up to date and it is feared that it may noy do so. In such case any timben that had been cut down would have to remain in the woods until next winter, and this would mean a deterioration in its value of about one third. Loggers say that men are plenti- ful this year and that every thing locked favorable. for a successful |: season if weather conditions had been normal. The companies rep- resented at the meeting were: Min- nesota Cedar & Logging company, Deer River; Erskine Timber com- pany, Grand Rapids; Gilbert & Fin- negan, Grand Rapids, and Skelly. Brothers, Cohasset. ea AN INSTITUTION OF * GREAT IMPORTANCE MAY STOP WORK: vstablished especially to S anien in-| ducement for increased dairy herds’ in this vicinity, and the dairy herds are only wanted because the «make for better conditions. They twill gerve as the dominant factor m making for the farmer a com- petency; and they make cash sales for the local merchant. The local creamery is a far bigger institu- | ‘tion than most of us realize. Iby should receive the patronage aipd praises of every citizen. The people of Grand Rapidg are supplied by it with) pasteurized milk—healthful and rich. The statements published in these columns from time to time show that the amount of cash al- ready paid out semi-monthly ag- gregatea a sum of money of con- siderable importance both to the farmers and to the local begat ants. It furnishes a steady market at the highest cash price for all the milk and cream offered. The institution has been parti- cularly fortunate in its. manage- ment from the first. Secretary Niles and his co-managers have made every effort to keep expenses ‘down to the minimum, and the main effort has been to pay the highest possible price for material farnished. The local bankers are giving favorable consideration to the pro- position to accommodate ‘worthy. farmers with loans with which to «uy cows, at a low rate of inter- est and on easy terms. If this arrangement is made and farmers generally take advantge of the op- of better conditions will be solved for this particular locality. ITASCA BAZAAR AT portunity thus offered the problem! THE MILLION MARK MAY BE REACHED Indications Are That This Figure Will be Passed Before January 1, in Piano Contest. NUMBER 40 HAS 787,575 VOTES Others Gaining Rapidly And First Five Are Pretty Well Bunched Together In The Big Piano Race. Several of the contestants in the piano contest of the Herald-Review and the Allen Dry Goods company jare climbing toward the million ymark, and we expect to see some of them surpass this figure before \ the first of the new year. Number | 40 still continues in the lead with a tatal of 787,575 votes, a gain of 187,575 over last week. Numbers 32 , and 46 change places im this re- port. the last named having to her credit a total of 700,000 to 690,845 for the former. This is a gain for thie first-named of nearly 100,000 for the week. Number 119 made a / phenominal leap during the week, gaining 200.000 votes and placing jher in fourth place. Another lady. ; Whose hustling friends are making her a formidable contender is No. 38, whose aggregate is well over HIBBING IS SOLD, The Merritt Interests In The Big Department Store Taken Over By Mrs. Power. A deal was last week consumat- ed whereby: Mrs. D. M. Power be+ comes the sole owner of the Itasca, ;"Bazaar store at) Hibbing; a com- panion enterprise of the Itasca! | Mercantile company here. Both {have been the property of H. Cy Merritt of Pasadena, Cal. and the, resident manager of the store here, tary and treasurer of the Hibbing enterprise. This disposes of all the. property of the Merritt in- terests at Hibbing, except the lease of the building occupied by the store. Whiat disposition will be made of the Itasca Mercantile company. property here is not definitely settled, although it ig likely that P the property will be sold outright, | Mr. Dickinson leaves here to make, his home in California im the | spring and it is likely that mat- Itasca Co-Operative Creamery is Great Factor in Development of This Section. The Itasca Co-Operative cream- ters will remain as they are until near the time for his departure. It is one of the oldest and) best known mercantile houses in North- ern Minnesota, and its annual vol- perhaps the ded to the Herald-Review subecrip-| tion of great! importance to every | largest in the county. tion list. most of whom are resi- dents of the county. The price of yearly subscription to the Herald- Review to Itasca county people hag heen reduced to one dollar. The four hundred dollar piano contest! now being carried by the Herald Review and the Allen Dry Goods company is adding many names to our list, and by the first of the year we expect to pass the two thousand mark. The Booster Dance. The first.annual dance of the club} vill take place, at Village hall on riday evening, and to judge by ‘the pr@parations made, it will ba | the ala affair of the season. The committees in change have spared no pains to have all in the highest order of preparedness and those attending are sure of a good time. | This is the first dancing party of the Booster club since its organi- ‘zation, and as the members wish, ; td make a reputation for their ' parties everything will be of igi best. W. J. Sullivna, architect for the | new high school addition was in town ihis week looking after the | for generations of the future. progress of the work. j ter. farmer within patronizing distance of it. It makes a market for milk ‘and cream the year round, andj ‘pays the highest price in cash. This is a dairy country—right here in Itasca county. Nature made it so. The water, the grass, the grains, stock vegetables, the air the climate conditions—all com- bine to make this particular sec~ \tion of Minnesota one of the great- est dairy regions in the United Slates! This is not simply the Herald-Review’s say-so of the mat- Investigation and experiment has been made from every angle— the test has been made complete and the result of thorough’ expert investigation is the conclusion; that Northeastern Minnesota is to the dairy cow what Kentucky is to the race horse. This being true the time will come when Northeastern Minnesota ‘will be world famous, not for its iron, timber or soil products, but for its dairy products. This is in- evitable. The opportunity for this development is here today. Why A Valuahle Load. A load of about 25 bushels of alsace clover seed was on Satur- day brought to town by O. J. Niles’ secretary of the Itasca Co-operative creamery, which for value is a record breaker when the size of tle ‘oad is considered. The seed was harwested and threshed on Mr. Niles farm at Pokegama lake, and at the prices received for this product last spring is worth 25 cents a pound, or $375 for the load of approximately 1500 pounds. This clover was cut from a plot treated no different from those surrounding it and the yield was hy no means remarkable. The huller used was also somewhat of an antiquated affair and Mr. Niles believes it likely that considerable of the seed was lost on this ac- count. The value of the straw left after the seed was threshed out is more than sufficienit to pay all ex- penses connected with the grew- ing and harvesting of the crop, €. H. Dickinson, has been’ secre= | the half million mark. We mention those at the head of the list simply to show the trend of the vote at | this particular time, and not be- cause we necessarily believe that ;the leaders now wll be the event- jual winners, although those far in | the lead naturally have an advant- age. Tihere are a number of con- testants between the four hundred thousand and half milliom mark whose,chances are just as good as those of the leaders. A half day’s hustling may easily put any one of them in the front ranks, and even thiose mearer the bottom, of the list may spring surprises that will upset present indications. We would again urge those who have not tried the scheme to se- cure the subscription and renewal blanks oriinted for the purpose by. the Herald-Review and increase their vobe 3000 at a jump by se+ curing subscribers. Several who have tried this means of increasing their standing have found it most pleasant and satisfactory. We will | be glad to explain further to any- nn interasted who will drop into he office. In the Allen holiday announce ment on another page will be found the standing of the contest- ‘ants at this time. “ARE STILL TALKING STREET CAR LINE President Mitchell Of Road Asks Hibbing For Information (‘on- cerning Extention. The people of the other side of the Mesaba ranga are working hard to secure the extension of tha ‘Mesaba electric railway line to 'Grand Rapids. They have succeed= ed in interesting Oscar Mitchell. president of the company, in the project, and he has asked the com- mercial club of Hibbing to furnish the company with such data as the ‘organization may have concerning, the tdwns to be passed through, the probable businesq to be ex pected, and other information. In his reply to a committee of Hib- ding business then who called oni him to adveeate the extension, Mr. Mitchell has written Rupert Swin- nerton, president of the club, stat- ing that the matter would receive further attenion as soon as the and the price thus received is prac- not this generation take advant- tically clear profit. This experi- age of it now and garner the rich ment opens up a new line of en- ‘reward? There is no need} to|deavor for our farmers, and at the wait and conserve the opportunity | price this crop always brings. it The Grand Rapids creamery was | follow. SAN should prove a profitable line to eh l teki} ell. required information was forthcom ing. The Hibbing club is to hold a meeting this evening at which a committee wil! in all likelihood be appointed to secure the informa- yor requested by President, Mitch-