Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 28, 1914, Page 1

VoL, XXIV. No. 29 Grand Rapids Herald-Revie Granp RapiDs, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28, I914 Two Dollars a Year. | manager for the London Metropole | Insurance company, and was regarded 00 This YEAR?” | ago, and in his early days was con- nected with newspapers both in Cana- da and here. He was at one time a state official in the state of Wash- a | ington, but of late years has made California his home. He leaves a 5 widow but no children. Mr. Gunn Question Asked and Answered at | was quite well known by the business Annual Meeting of the Booster }men of Grand Rapids having visited ° : {here last year. Club Friday Eveniag. | | Night School to Open. | All persons interested in taking MADE PROGRESS DURING PAST YEAR ‘it's stron an ovoortanity. to. en- jroll Monday, Feb. 2nd, from 7:30 to ene /8:30 p. m. | feed da eta Mai . I Ad f Le I rt- Picci tyoseritng, mechani- teria vance © Se POE cal drawing and the common branch. ance Than Spirit of Unity | cs. iless than six and the sewing class and Helpfulness Made | will be limited to twenty. The school Manifest. will last ten weeks and will be held jon Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ood ‘evenings from seven until nine. M’CARTHY IS NOT A number of tickets to the banquet had | CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE been sold prior to the date of gather-| ing, the fact that the seating capa- Grand Rapids Ex-State Senator An- ty of the hall limited the number} 2 nounces That He Will Not t might be accomodated to 100; many from attempting to be Seek the Nomination. re who otherwise would undoubt- Tie . have taken part., C. McCarthy of Grand Rapids, ident Ralph A. Stone of the who some time ago announced him- b, acted as toastmaster, and five Seif as a candidate for the place on speeches on the subject: the district bench now held by Judge Shall We Do Next Year?”|/B- F. Wright of Park Rapids, this mate by the following: H. G ; Week declared that he had changed 7 his mind and would not seek M. Sisler, Lester Lofberg, E. A,| nomination. Senator McCarthy gives Freeman, J. D. Dan, ©. H. Dickin-|0Ut no reason for his change of atti- gon, O. J. Niles, James Passard and|tde in this regard, saying simply Fred Carson. The speakers were|that he would not be a candidate. unanimous in their opinion that the The announcement of his intention to club had made a good start and hadj@2ter the race brought forth many ex- proven its worth to the community.| Pressions of regard from the press of The fact that because of its activities|the Fifteenth district and there is a better understanding now existed|20 doubt but that he would have between the people of the town and 80Me into the primaries with very those in the country was alone enoug. | dee and a, good. ‘chanes: of to repay all the trouble and expense The eimination of Séaater. Me incident to its maintenance. Sug- : gestions for the coming year were | Carthy from bes ene repealed! J. ward making the organization an ac-| ‘7° Ll 8 | Judge Wright. tive, energetic factor in the develop-| ment of the town and country, and if | these are consistently followed the WOULD HAVE ITASCA STAND PART OF COST present year will see many improve- ments and changes. Hubbard County Does Not Think it Should Pay All in Case Sent In his annual report Secretary Pet- erson called attention to some of the things accomplished dur' the past year. None of the items are in themselves large cr of great impor- tance but in the gregate they make by Change of Venue. Mark Wooley of Park Rapids, coun- ty attorney of Hubbard county, is here today for a conference with County Attorney R. A. McOuat rela- tive to the sharing of expenses by The Town and Country Booster clut held its annual meeting and election of officers at the High school last Friday evening. Although the usual) kept were ‘ Becker, Miss Florence Burlingame, A. | quite a differer le report en- umerates among things to be placed on the credit side of the ledger for the past season: The rest room for farm women, new buildings at the county fair grounds, afifty percent in- crease in the business of the cream- ery, new roads begun and contemplat- ed, between fifty and a hundred new settlers in the territory adjacent to Grand Rapids, and mining develop- ments. All things were by no means to be credited to the activities of the Booster club, but in the securing of Grand Rapids to Park Rapids on a change of venue by Judge C. W. Stanton at the fail term of court. The case was that of Minnesota Cedar company against the Minne- apolis & Rainy River Railway com- many the organization has been a cover damages alleged to have been factor. caused by fire starting from sparks Among the things for which the of defendane’s locomotives. A num- club should be directly given credit! ber of similar cases against the com-| is the securing of lyceum and lecture’ pany were tried here resulting in courses of the highest character for!each instance in a verdict for the the people. These have been well! plaintiff. Defendant therefor re- | patronized as a rule, but a greater | quested that the last case be tried in| appre tion of them on the part of another county, the application being e would have helped in}granted. The case came on for trial | s. Especially is this true, attractions presented during | These were of the at the Hubbard county seat and re- sulted in a verdict of $14,000 in favor of the plaintiff. The costs in proceedings amounted to in the neigh, borhood of $1,400 and the object of Mr. Wooley’s visit is to see if Itas- ca county can not be brought to bear a share of this expense. NEXT LYCEUM NUMBER ON SATURDAY NIGHT Fourth of Series is Miss Ida Mar- garet Lewis, a Noted Inter- preter znd Reader. The fourth number of the Lyceum the university week. highest order and did not receive the support that their excellence merited. | indications are, however, that every- of thing of this kind will be better, treated in the future. Officials of the Soo and Great) Northern railroads have been here during the year just passed, and the; advantages of the section as a sum-! mer resort has been proven to them | and a promise secured that these, advantages will not be lost sight of in the advertising matter of the; roads. | The remainder of the report is | largely taken up with recommenda-; tions for the future and embodies | many suggestions that might with’ series will be given at Village hall profit be taken up seriously. These! next saturday evening. The attrac- will come up for further discussion at tion is Miss [da Margaret Lewis, an a latter day. . ‘interpretive reader of national repu- A board of directors was elected | tat: She is called the “Sunshine consisting of the following boosters: ‘Girl From the Sunshine State,” and C. ©. Peterson, A. M. Sisler, O. J.\is said to create an atmosphere of Niles, Miss Florence Burlingame, H.! good cheer by her work and cap- G. Becker, A. L. LaFreniere and R. tivates her audience by her pleasing A. Stone. This committee will elect personality. Especially are her piano- officers for the ensuing year. logues and dialect stories said to be fine. Senator Gunn’s Brother Dead. The Daily News of Hutchinson, John W. Gunn, a brother of Senator} Kas., says of her: D. M. Gunn of Grand Rapids, died at | “Ida Margaret Lewis was greet- his home in San Francisco at 3)¢d by a big crowd at her interpretive o'clock Monday afternoon. Senator recital. She shows complete mastery Gunn was made aware of his condi-,Of the needs of a reader for stage tion on Sunday and left at once for | Work. Every number was hugely en- the California capital, but a telegram |Joyed by her listeners, and in their announcing the demise of his brother|#Ppreciation of her work caused a overtook him shortly after leaving the|SYmpathetic atmosphere which brot ‘Twin Cities. Deceased was state Olt the finest work of the reader.’ No class will be organized with the | the two counties in a case sent from | pany, and was a suit brought to re-! the | MYERS BLOCK (5 BADLY SCORCHED Fire Starting From Defective Flue Causes Loss to Several Tenants | Sunday Afternoon. BUILDING 1S PRACTICALLY WRECKED ‘Occupants Manage to Save all Stock and Furniture and Their Loss is Comparatively Slight. Fire on Sunday caused a damage of about $1200 to the building owned by George F. Myers, situated on the | corner of Kindred avenue and Fourth | street. | | The blaze was discovered about| 3 o'clock and the department re- | sponded promptly but owing to the jlocation of the blaze it was a hard | | matter to get it under control. It is | thought that the fire originated from ‘a defective flue leading from the fur- nace in the basement, and when the; | nature of the structure, which is old {and of wood, is considered, it is re- |markable that it did not become a |total loss. There was practically no wind and this was in favor of the fire fighters. The damage to the building is estimated at about $1200, and is total, there being no insurance. George F. Comer, proprietor of the Gem thea- tre, which occupied one side of the building, places his loss at $250, this |being the damage to improvements recently completed. The piano, mov- ing picture machine and seats were saved. Kent & Taylor, plumbers, lost about $150 worth of tools and im-! plements. Everything was removed from the tailoring shop of Sherman & Dennis, and their loss is slight. Pending repairs to the burned building, which will be begun at once, the Gem theatre will give its enter- tainments in the village hall, to which place all the paraphernalia was taken and put up while the fire was | still burning. Kent & Taylor have moved their work shop to the build- ing recently vacated by George Hewes jon Leland avenue, and Dennis & ;Sherman will do work at their resi-| |dences until their old quarters are} | again habitable. i ‘DELINQUENT CHILDREN ~ ARE TAKEN CHARGE OF |Four, Ranging From 16 to 10 Years i} | ofgAge, Taken Charge of by | the Authorities. Judge of Probate C. B. Webster and; Sheriff T. T. Riley last week made | a trip to the country in the north- west corner of the county about 14) miles from Northome, where they had taken four children by the name of | White from their home and placed | them in state institutions for delin-| quents. Charges of the most serious | | nature are brought against the two! ; boys, aged 16 and 13, respectively, the | girls, 12 and 10 years of age, being} the complaining witnesses. ; It seems that the mother of the | children died about three years ago, jand as the father, who is reputed to !be a hard-working settler, has often found it necessary to leave home in order to secure work, the children ; | have been much alone. A man hired to do the heavy work on the place first discovered the condition of af- fairs and notified the father, who, realizing that it would be impossible for him to take proper care of them, asked the authorities to do so. All four were sent to state institutions, | the boys to Red Wing and the girls to Sauk Center. Will Give Concert. The executive committee of the} Music club have completed plans for a concert to be given some time ae ing the last week in February. The | first part of the program will be a minstrel number, to prepare material! for which the following committee has been appointed: Miss Katherine Gilbert, Miss Ruby LeMere, Miss Rue Beatty, Mort Taylor and R. F. a ton. There will also be chorus, quar- | tet and solo numbers by the mem-} bers of the club. Mr. Corwin, who is instructing the club asks us to state that it is important that all members be present at the next meet- ing of the club on Monday evening next at 7:45 o’clock. turned Tuesday from Sauk Center and Red Wing where he had been with the state institution by him. | ister was, in his opinion, that of Me- jot the Hennepin county | vailed upon Governor Hadley to with- j peated. Governor Hadley, however, | OGENE OF LEGAL BATTLE CHANGED McDonald-McMillan Case is Trans- ferred to Bemidji, Where it is Continued This Week. MARRIAGE CEREMONY 1S DENIED Signature on Marriage Register at Windsor, Ont., a Subject for Handwriting Experts. The case of McDonald vs. McMillan, eccupying the attention of Judge C. W. Stanton in the district court here last week, was on Saturday transfer- red to the court room at Bemidji where it is now being heard. On Thursday several letters alleged to have been written to Mrs. McMil- lan by McDonald were produced. The writer of these often referred to her in endearing terms and mu’ of the matter contained in them was such as a man would likely write to his wife. These letters McDonald denied all knowledge of having written. Checks aggregating thousands of dol- lars which Mrs. McMillan claims were either given or sent her by the plain- tiff were also ‘disputed, McDonald saying that he had no recollection of ever having issued them. In the afternoon the matter of the genuineness of the handwriting on the marriage register at Windsor, Ont., was a subject of scrutiny by handwriting experts, McDonald fail- ing to remember that he had ever signed such document. C. S. Welch of the state bank examiner's office, who was cashier of the Minnesota National bank of Minneapolis, at the time McDonald kept an account there, that. the signature con the reg- Donald, although admitting that it! mayhave been a clever forgery, A. P. White of the First National bank of Bemidji, also testified that in his; opinion the signature was that of! McDonald, although there were dis- crepancies that showed that it might’ of jt he also called the attention of | 16 have been otherwise. i On Friday Judge J. W. Mollyneaux bar, was, placed on the stand to testify con-' cerning the settlement alleged to have been made upon Mrs. McMillan by! McDonald whereby the former was to receive a royalty of four cents on all ore mined at the Brae mine in Itasca) county of which McDonald was the! fee owner. H Judge Mollyneaux testified that as, trustee and one of the attorneys for Mrs. McMillan he had been approach- ed by McDonald and promised a fee of $5000 if he would fix matters so that the woman would marry McDon- ald when the divorse suit insti- | tuted by the wife of the latter had been settled. An interesting feature of the case} was brought out on Saturday when names of Governors Johnson and Eb--| erhart were mentioned in the case. It seems that in 1909 the state of Mis- souri made a requisition upon the state of Minnesota for the person of! McDonald, stating that he was want- ed there for bigamy. Governor John-! son looked into the matter and pre- draw the request, which the latter! did. In 1911, Eberhart having suc- ceeded Johnson as governor of Min-, nesota, Governor Hadley was urged to revive the requisition, it being claimed that agreements made by Mc-| McDonald at the time of the with- drawal of the request for extradition by Governor Hadley had been brok- en by McDonald and that Minnesota of the district and to that end these| jout the winter. People residing in the} Keewatin, and says he will have a good winter’s output ready to ship in the spring. The Erskine Lumber company, with camps on the upper Prairie river, has kept its crews cutting right along and now that sleighing is here will get in the average amount. Skelly Brothers at Cohasset have also re- established their camps after having practically abandoned them. The slight surplus of idle woods- men noticeable in northern Minneso- ta towns the past month has disap- peared and the industry seems about normal. Gilbert & Finnegan, the local buy- ers of forest products, say that job- bers under contract with them now are making up for lost time and that the present weather is ideal for hauling. Particularly is the change welcome to farmers, both to those who have ties and pulp wood on their land and those who wish to put their horses to work during winter. Express Rates Reduced. The local office of the Great North- ern Express company has received the new rate sheet, which shows substan- tial reductions on all packages and for any distance. For instance, a five pound package.to St. Paul which | formerly cost 40 cents can now be sent for 28 cents; a ten pound pack- | age costs 26 cents against 50 cents | before, and 20 pounds goes for \52 cents which formerly cost 60 cents. Similsr reductions are made to Chica- go, New York and all intermediate points, the reduction in many casey reaching 100 per t. CIGARETTE DEALERS WARNED BY SHERIFF Are Told That Sale of Pills to Boys will Meet with Swift Pumsh- ment—Pool Rooms A Iso. Dealers in cigarettes and cigarette “makings” were on Sunday afternoon warned by Sheriff Riley to discon- tinue furnishing the goods to minors, if such had been their habit. He call- ed their attention to the law regu- lating the sale of these articles and left a copy of the statute covering the case with each one in order that there shall be no mistake as to» what will happen if the practice is not discontinued. He made direct charges against no one, simply stating if the. provisions of the statutes had been overlooked it would be better to be|} more careful in the future. In order to make a thorough job} pool and billiard room proprietors to} the law governing the conduct of} their premises. Complaints reached the sheriff's office that boys were al-; lowed to loiter in these places. The} proprietors were told that the first complaint along this line hereafter would mean immediate arrest. | TWO-SHORT COURSES — AT OUTLYING POINTS Extension Workers to Divide Week of Feb. 16-21 Between Big | Fork and Blackberry. Agricultural Instructor W. C. Cor- | two short courses in agriculture held | 43- win informs us that there will be, during the week from Feb. 16 to 21,! inclusive. The first three days will! be spent at Blackberry and the re-| mainder at Bigfork. It is the appar- ent intention to make this agricul- tural instruction available in all parts} courses will be held at different points within its’ boundaries through- localities where opportunity to attend these valuable lessons has been giv- en them have enthusiastically taken advantage of the privilege and have been close students at the lessons in| better farming. As the value of these) gatherings becomes more widely known we may look to see farmers|’ would now turn him over to Mis-| souri if the request were to be re-! refused to interest himself further in the matter. A COLD WEATHER GIVES IMPETUS TO LOGGING Snow and Cold Weather of Past Week Revives Industry that Suffered Thus Far. In speaking of the winter condi-| tions in Northern Minnesota, the) Grand Rapids correspondent of the! Minneapolis Journal says that the) cold weather and snow of the past week have to a great extent revived requesting a session for their neigh- borhood at least once during the winter. A fine lot of stereopticon slides were this week added to the appara-/ tus of the school. These slides are imported from England and are on th subjects of botany, farm crops, soils} py the Inter-State people, and last week this company secured a fifty- year lease on the Fargo and Buckeye properties, which would indicate that and fertilizers and animal husban- ary. a Poultry Show at Deer River. Today and tomorrow the Itasca County Poultry association will hold an exhibition at Deer River, this be- ing the second annual event of this kind. There were 100 birds at the exhibition last year and it is thought VOTE GETTERS ARE. VERY BUSY FOLKS Herald-Review and Allen Dry Goods Co. Piano Contest Bringing Out Hustling Qualiti GAIN OF EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND This is Record Made by Contestant No. 46 Since Last Report— New Contender Com- ing Forward. Contestant No. 40 still maintains her place at the head of the list in the Herald-Review and Allen Dry Goods company piano contest, al- though her lead has been cut down some since last week. Her total now foots up 3,391,275, making her gain for the week 340,500 votes. Number 46, who is only 525,775 behind the leader, made the most remarkable gain of the week, increasing her standing by 824.255 votes. Thus she passes No. 32, who was second last week and leads her by 54,039 votes. Number 32 gained 525,775 during the week, bringing her total up to 2,708,- 790. Number 17 is only about 30,000 votes behind her, having 2,645,385, a gain of 365,055. Number 96 is also still a contender to be reconed with, having gained half a million during the week, bringing her total up to 2,645,385. We understand that a new contestant, heretofore not down om the list, has been given number 137, -and is coming forward with rapid strides. Watch for her count next week. Following is the standing at this time:. 85858 rey a BS 38 BEE SEeES Eee bs 1 FS cont on c2 bomt 3 12 13 14 15, S88 3333 17 000 18 +991,000 19 41 000: 2 2,552,160 38 ‘ef BREESE 38832332 pope Sich. 625 90 FA 00 re 1,715,100 35 2'166,000 od 1,792,300 2,19: 38 T3910 bo 1,719;400 ef 1,752'000 a 1,708,500. 3 00 a 8 a 45, 46 47 Seger Bek ca i 2232 13 ER 8 38 foe 8 je 3 5 By 333 ig re eas : ii 4543, 680 FARGO MINE SHUTS DOWN FOR SEAS temporarily suspended River last week. summer this property has been thor- oughly explored under an option lease the exploration work has proven highly satisfactory and in all proba- bility work will be resumed at the Fargo on a much larger scale. It is understood this property will be stripped during the coming possibly by the hydraulic Superintendent H. 4C. that the number will be doubled at this exhibition. Prizes of $1.00, 75 and 50 cents will be offered for first,’ the forest product industry in North- ern Minnesota which had been prac-|sist of one male and two femalejening in the spring. He said that tically at a standstill because of the/birds. The merchants of Deer River|work on the Judge of Probate C. B. Webster re-| mild weather conditions prevailing are also offering up to that time. B. P. Munson, hte Minneapolis log-| event is one that should be liberally{he expected to hear the White children, committed to] ser, this week shipped another car-| patronized by all poultry fanciers in|finite concerning the P; load of ‘horses to his camps near second and third best, pens to con-} special prizes for the best in different breeds. This the county. when seen at the offices of the com- pany here, said that he had received no word from headquarters as to what provisions to make for the op- company’s prospects to the west of the , be continned: during tie Siig Etat zB de- ig 63. eee 569, : 69 2. 7819.10 137 eT The Inter-State Mining company operations | at the new Fargo mine at Prairie During the past = 3 333