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VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 22.
SCHOOL BILL
IS DISCUSSED
Would Incorporate Numerous
Beneficial Measures Into Bill
Affecting Four Ten-township
School Districts.
THWING IS PRESENT
Senator-elect Confers With Su
perintendents and School Of
ficers of Four Districts at
Meeting Here on Friday Con
cerning Legislation.
Beneficial measures of vital impor
tance to the four ten-township school
districts in northeastern Minnesota
will be incorporated in a bill which
will probably be put before the state
legislature at its next session by Sen
ator-elect A. L. Thwing as the result
of a meeting of school superintendents
and officials of the four districts at
the Central school here last Friday.
Superintendents C. E. Campton of
Two Harbors, W. E. Noyes of Tower,
H. E. Wolfe of Deer River and C. C.
Baker of Grand Rapids attended the
meeting, besides members of the local
school board and representatives from
each of the other school boards. Mr.
Thwing also attended the meeting.
Establishment of voting precincts
more available for the average voter
throughout the districts than under
the present system and the taking of
office of officers elected more closely
following their election than under the
present system were two of the para
mount issues that will be incorporat
ed in the proposed bill. Under the
present system to vote on school mat
ters except in a general election, the
voters from all parts of the district
must come to one place and cast their
ballots. Under the proposed system
this would be eliminated and voting
precincts be established in various
parts of the districts. Under the
present system the election of at least
one officer in November does not be
come effective until nearly two years
later, when he takes office.
Many other matters of interest to
the ten-township districts were also
discussed at the meeting, including
the question of a larger school board
for these districts and the proposition
of changing from common to inde
pendent districts. A. L. Thwing sug
gested the changing of the name from
ten-township district to general dis
trict.
District No. 1 has many problems of
aoministration and other matters that
are not common to the other three
districts, it was brought out at the
Friday meeting. These matters also
will be considered in the proposed leg
islation, it was said.
—Buy it in Grand Rapid*—
CENTRAL CHILDREN
TO GIVE OPERETTA
“Outlaws of Etiquetta” Will Be
Presented on Friday Eve
ning of This Week.
“ Outlaws of Etiquetta,” a two-act
operetta, will be presented on Fri
day evening of this week at the high
school auditorium by a cast composed
of children from the Central school.
The proceeds of the operetta will be
devoted to the Junior Red Cross fund.
All seats for the operetta will be 35c
and there will be no reserved seats.
The performance will start at 8
o’clock in the evening. One of the
features of the entertainment will be
the first appearance of the kindergar-
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—Bay it in Grand Rapid*—
PIONEER RESIDENT
OF LA PRAIRIE DIES
A. E. Arnold Passes Away at
His Home Following Pro
longed Illness.
A. E. Arnold, pioneer resident of
La Prairie and prominent in the af
fairs of the village throughout the 32
years of his residence there, died at
his home in La Prairie late Tuesday
afternoon. He was 79 years of age
and is survived by his widow and two
stepdaughters, Mrs. Charles Curr and
Mrs. Nellie Bowman of Minneapolis.
Funeral arrangements had not yet
been made this morning pending the
arrival of Mrs. Curr today.
Mr. Arnold was born near Roches
ter, N. Y., and came west when still a
young man. He came to Itasca county
from Minneapolis 32 years ago, set
tling at La Prairie. During the early
days of that village he was one of the
most ardent boosters in Itasca county
and especially for La Prairie. To the
day of his death he was loyal to the
community in which he lived and al
ways entertained the firm belief that
La Prairie would regain the position
of the principal village of Itasca coun
ty. and the prestige of its early days.
During the early years of La Prairie
Mr. Arnold was a dealer in real es
tate. For the 17 years previous to
the discontinuing of the post office at
La Pairie, about five years ago, he
was postmaster. Since then and up
until the time of his death he was in
terested in farming. Mr. Arnold was
ill about three months previous to his
death.
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Do Your Christmas Shopping In Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW
I REE SUCCESSFUL
2 TINICS ARE HELD
3
Tu ^ulosis Suspects Examin
ed at Deer River, Grand
Rapids and Nashwauk.
Tuberculosis clinics held at Deer
River, Grand Rapids and Nashwauk
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week, respectively, were especial
ly successful from every point of view,
according to Miss Elizabeth M. Han
son, state demonstration nurse, under
whose direction the clinics were held
in conjunction with an examining spe
cialist. Dr. H. I. Lampson of Nopem
ing sanatorium conducted the exam
inations.
At the clinic held at Deer River on
Thursday there were nine persons ex
amined. Twelve persons were exam
ined at the clinic in Grand Rapids at
the courthouse on Friday and 16 were
examined at the clinic in Nashwauk
on Saturday. All of the clinics were
marked py the absence of visitors and
persons attending merely for exam
inations, according to the nurse.
Additional tuberculosis clinics are
urgently needed in various other sec
tions of the county, in the opinion of
the nurse, and it is probable that there
will be more held early in the year.
According to present plans, a number
of additional clinics will be held dur
ing January at several of the range
towns in the county.
—Uo lour Xiuaa. Shopping at Home—
EMPLOYMENT FOR
VETERANS IS AIM
M. A. Spang Will Act as Local
Representative for U. S.
Veterans’ Bureau.
Bringing together of disabled and
rehabilitated ex-service men and em
ployers throughout the state is the
object of a drive now under way un
der the direction of the United States
Veterans’ Bureau, with headquarters
in Minneapolis. Employment officers
from the bureau are visiting the vari
ous cities and villages of the state to
bring nearer to the prospective em
ployer of rehabilitated men the em
ployment service the bureau offers.
M. A. Spang, secretary of the Grand
Rapids Commercial.club, has consent
ed to act as local representative in
Grand Rapids for the bureau and em
ployers. He will keep the bureau in
couch with ine local labor situation
and communicate to that office any
local openings that may appear avail
able for men who have completed
their vocational training under the
direction of the bureau.
Bert C. Lindvall and George A.
Ferguson, employment officers of the
bureau, were in Grand Rapids on
Thursday of last week and announced
that all applications for vocational
training must be in the Minneapolis
office by Dec. 16r If there are any
men believing that they are eligible
to this training, they are urged to
send their names in, which is all that
is necessary -for the investigation of
their cases. Applications should be
sent direct to C. D. Hibbard, Keith-
Plaza building, Minneapolis.
The United States Veterans’ Bureau
is now training over six thousand men
in District No. 10, which includes
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Montana. As these men complete
their training, the demand for employ
ment opportunities will increase. To
take care of this, the employment
service is now canvassing the employ
ment possibilities throughout the dis
trict and perfecting the organization
so as to take care of this increased
load.
—Shop at Home Thia Year—
H. S. GIRLS PRESENT
DELIGHTFUL PLAY
Ability and Talent Mark Pro
duction of “Miss Fearless &
Co.” at School.
A delightfully refreshing comedy
superbly presented. That, and much
more might be said without reserva
tion concerning the presentation of
“Miss Fearless & C 0.,” at the high
school auditorium by JMembers of
the Girls’ League on Thursday and
Friday evenings of last week under
the direction of Miss Marian Conger.
For two and one-half hours on Thurs
day evening the adult audience sat
absorbed in the intensely interesting
and cleverly presented problems of
Miss Fearless and her “buddies.” At
no time did the interest lag and
throughout each girl taking part car
ried her respective role in a highly
professional manner. Miss Conger
cannot be commended tjo generously,
and likewise, the girls who took part
in this excellent production.
While the presentation of the play
was an evening’s entertainment in it
self, there were two additional fea
tures. of the program which proved
of more than passing excellence. The
high school orchestra, under the di
rection of C. E. Graves, found a warm
welcome on presenting its numbers
and was forced to play several en
cores. This organization, while small
in number, surely makes up for this
by the excellence of its music and
the high school has there an orchestra
that it well may point to with pride.
The other extra number on the pro
gram was a dancing specialty given
by six girls during the interval be
tween acts two and three. The grace
and charming way in which they pre
sented their number was highly com
mendable and of necessity was fol-
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GRAND RAPIDS. ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DECEMBER 13, 1922.
TRACHOMA SURVEY
MADE IN COUNTY
State and National Physicians
Examine Children in
Various Villages.
While the trachoma situation in
Itasca county is not serious there is
a possibility of its further spread in
various sections of the county unless
preventative measuress are taken, ac
cording to Dr. J. N. Gehlen of the
Minnesota Board of Health, who in
company with Dr. Talaferro Clark of
Washington, D. C., specialist on the
disease in the United States Public
Health esrvice, is making a survey on
the presence of the disease in north
ern Minnesota, where Indian and white
children are associated. The two
physicians examined the children in
the Grand Rapids schools on Tuesday
of this week, but found no evidence
of the disease here. An examination
of children in the Cohasset school
also revealed the absence of the dis
ease.
The survey in the Grand Rapids
schools and the Cohasset school fol
lowed a survey jpade in Keewatin,
Nashwauk and Bovey last week, where
children were examined for the dis
ease in a number of the grades at
each village. The physicians left on
Tuesday for the Cuyuna range, where
they will continue their work. Dr.
A. J. Chesley, executive oificer of
the Minnesota State Board of Health,
accompanied the two physicians on
their survey on the Western Mesaba,
leaving the party on Friday.
According to Dr. Gehlen, there is
some trachoma in the western part
of the county among the Indians and
whites in sections where the two as
sociate, but what little there is would
be very easy to eradicate now by
proper treatment and its spread may
easily be prevented.
The survey is being made under
the direction of a commission for the
blind appointed by Governor J. A. O.
Preus and the survey is being made
by the State Board of Health. A re
port will be made on the findings at
the next legislature with a view to
the enactment of legislation providing
for the prevention of the spread of
the disease.
The services of Dr. Clark of Wash
ington were secured for the survey,
owing to his familiarity with the sit
uation and conditions in northern Min
nesota. Dr. Clark made a survey of
this territory ten years ago.
—Shop at Home Thia Xm»»—
BAKETBALL TEAM
TO START TONIGHT
High School Quintet Will Clash
With Buhl at Local
Gymnasium.
The Grand Rapids high school bas
ketball team will open the 1922-23
season this evening at the local high
School when it clashes with the Buhl
high school quintet. Indications point
to an interesting contest and it is ex
pected that a large crowd of local fol
lowers of the cage team will be on
hand to witness the opening conflict of
the season. The game will be played
at the high school gymnasium and will
be called at 8 o’clock. The admission
will be 15 and 30 cents.
During the past few weeks the local
high school athletes have been work
ing hard for the coming contest. A
likely looking crew of candidates have
been working out under the direction
of Coach O. J. Eide and it is expected
that the quintet which will represent
the local school on the floor this even
ing will be one able to take good care
of itself against the visiting quintet.
Buhl is reputed to have a worthy ag
gregation of eagers and is looked to
for an interesting battle.
While available material for the
local high school team, in so far as
veterans are concerned, has been
rather limited, there are several new
men who have been showing up well
and are expected to show considerable
class on the floor this evening. The
lineup of the team will not probably
be known until the players trot out
on the floor for the tip off this even
ing, but it is understood that a worthy
quintet will be present to do battle
with the visitors.
—Buy it in Grand Rapid*—
SPECIAL PICTURES
FOR BUREAU UNITS
Boys’ and Girls’ Club Film
Being Shown With Health
Pictures.
“Partners,” a comedy-drama of
farm life in the stock growing region
of the northwest, will be the feature
film of a movie program being put on
by Miss Elizabeth M. Hanson, state
demonstration nurse, and A. H. Frick,
county agent, in various villages and
communities in the county during this
week. The program includes, besides
this film, health films which will be
shown by Miss Hanson and also a talk
on health work by the state ndrse, as
well as a talk on agricultural subjects
by the county agent.
The program is scheduled for the
Wendago Farm Bureau unit meeting
on Saturday night. Thia after
noon it will be given at Deer River,
according to plans, and this evening
at the Morse unit meeting in thd Rus
sell school. Thursday evening the
program will be given at the regular
meeting of the North Feeley unit and
Friday evening at the Freestone unit
meeting. The program will be given
Saturday afternoon at the McCormick
school. •
LAKE PROJECT
IS PRESENTED
City Engineer Puts Proposed
Boulevard and Linking of
Lakes Before Commercial
Club, Giving Cost of Work.
INDIAN AID URGED
Resolutions Passed at Meet
ing Asking Congress and
Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs to Assist Needy in Win
nibigoshish Territory.
The estimated costs of a boulevard
encircling McKinney, Ice and Hale
lakes, the construction of canals con
necting the three and the approxi
mate costs of building three bridges
necessary to the project, were put be
fore the Grand Rapids Commercial
club last evening by City Engineer
Frank Reusswig at the regular meet
ing of the club held in the courthouse.
He also showed a plat showing the
proposed boulevard, the linking of the
three lakes and the position of proba
ble bridges across the canals.
According to the figures presented
by the city engineer, the building of
the bouleva^, a total of 6.7 miles,
would cost in the neighborhood of
$15,000. He figured the cost of the
canals, totalling a distance of .6 of
a mile, to be approximately $3,500
and that of erecting the three bridges
from S6OO to $2,000 per bridge. The
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—Shop at Home Thia Xmaa—
FARM MANAGEMENT
COURSE IS PLANNED
First Meeting Will Be Held the
Evening of Dec. 20 at
Bigfork.
Wednesday evening of next week
the farm management course to be
given under the direction and instruc
tion of Prof. William L. Cavert of the
University farm wiil be opened with
a meeting in the R igfork school, it
was announced by A. fl. Frick, county
agent. All persons in that vicinity
interested in farm management are
urged to be present at this initial
meeting.
The following evening, Dec. 21, a
meeting will be held at the Rahier
school by Prof. Cavert. During the
two days the university farm manage
ment specialist will visit around at
the various farms of the two com
munities, spending Wednesday, Dec.
20, in the vicinity of Bigfork and
Thursday, Dec. 21, in the Effie-Busti
vicinity.
Farmers of the Bigfork district de
sirous of having the farm manage
ment specialist visit their homes are
urged to leave their names with C. E.
Holycross or W. A. Brown and those
in the Effie-Busti territory with Orin
Patrow. The professor from the uni
versity will visit the various farms
during the day and assist in the estab
lishment or working out of farm man
agement courses. He is especially
well fitted for this work, having spent
several years studying farm manage
ment problems in Northern Minne
sota. He will devote two days each
month to these two communities for a
period of five months, according to
present plans for the course.
—Buy ft in Grand Rapid*—
DEDICATION HELD
AT GREENWAY HIGH
Many Attend Exercises at Im
pressive Edifice in Coleraine
Friday Evening.
Over a thousand people attended the
dedication of the Greenway high
school at Coleraine last Friday even
ing. This was one of the great events
in the history of the Canisteo district
and Itasca county. The dedication
was attended not only by large num
bers of people of School District No
2, but -by a notable group of educa
tors from all sections of Northern
Minnesota.
The building was opened for public
inspection beginning at 7 o’clock in
the evening. Many of the various
departments were exhibiting their
work. The big center of attraction
was the shimming pool and many
comments that marked the great pride
which the people have in the school
house were heard on all hands. The
program began shortly after 8 o’clock
with Alexander King, president of
the board of education, as chairman
of the evening. Mr. King read a mes
sage from H. C. Dudley, formerly
president of the board, and from John
C. Greenway. Mr. Greenway ex
pressed the honor which he felt at
having the new high school named
as it is and gave to the people of the
district his best wishes. Mr. King ex
plained that the building cost approxi
mately $875,000 and gave an itemized
statement of the different items in
volved. Musical numbers by the high
school orchestra, the girls’ glee club
and a vocal solo by Miss Ruth Cliff
marked the evening’s program.
J. M. McConnell, state commission
er of education, at St. Paul, made a
learned address upon educational
problems. He spoke of the general
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BOWLING LEAGUE
GETS UNDER WAY
Court House Maple Smashers
Take Three Straight From
First Nationals.
Local pin smashers swung into ac
tion at the Kienholz and Bouvette
alleys Monday evening when the
courthouse crew defeated the First
National bank three straight in Hhe
opening games of league play. Wil
liam Kienholz rolled high score of the
evening in his third game when he
toppled the pins for a count of 201.
With four teams already in line for
competition on the local alleys during
the coming months and prospects good
for at least two more entering a pro-^
posed league, Grand Rapids is likely
to be the center of some interesting
maple smashing during the coming
months. So far the teams in line
include one headed by S. L. Sather,
one representing the First National
bank, one the courthouse, and one
Kienholz and Bouvette. Indications
point to the entering of a team from
the paper mill and one composed of
local printers. There is a probabil
ity that a couple more may swing
into line.
Spots and new pins for the alleys
are expected to arrive in the near fu
ture and other improvements at the
alleys are being made this week.
There was no league here last year
and it is. expected that the revival of
the sport will be marked by consider
able enthusiasm.
Prizes will be hung up by various
business houses of the village, accord
ing to present plans, and also by the
proprietors of the alleys. There will
be a weekly high score prize as well
as team prizes and other individual
prizes.
Following are the scores made on
the local alleys Monday evening:
Court House—
Torgeson 160 145 169
Vipond 130 150 149
Waisanen 150 135 190
Sennett 135 148 170
A. Peterson 182 194 177
Totals 757 762 856
First National Bank—
Maddy 170 162 135
Kienholz 145 125 201
H. Peterson 135 157 128
B Pike 156 140 145
Affleck 120 170 162
Totals 726 744 771
—Shop at Home This Xmas—
VILLAGE COUNCIL
AUTHORIZES RINK
Skaters of Grand Rapids to Be
Provided With Ice Near
New School.
Flooding of the property north of
the new senior high school to pro
vide a village skating rink for the
winter months was decided upon at
the regular meeting of the village
council on Wednesday evening of last
week. A committee composed of L.
A. Whittemore, Dr. E. H. Binet and
George Arscott appeared before the
board with a request that a rink be
provided for the skating enthusiasts
this winter. A resolution providing
for the establishment of this rink was
passed by the council.
The approximate size of the rink
will be 150 feet by 250, large enough,
it is believed, to accommodate the
skaters of the village. Electric lights
will be installed for the lighting of
the rink and a caretaker will be put
in charge of the rink at all times.
Otto Gildemeister, John Costello and
G. J. Dauphinee compose a committee
appointed by the council to superin
tend the construction of the rink.
The final estimate on the Sleeper
avenue sewer, south, to Montcalm &
Shook was allowed at the meeting and
also the final estimate of E. C. Mornes
& Co. on the Barrows avenue sewer.
Numerous routine matters were also
taken up at the session and bills
for the past month allowed. The date
for a special meeting of the council
was set for Dec. 19, at which time a
hearing will be held on the remaining
sewer assessments for the sewer con
struction on the south side of the
river.
—Do Yoir^maa Shopping at Home—
CITY TEAM WILL
GET INTO ACTION
Basketball Enthusiasts Organ-
ize for Series of Games—
. Strong Lineup.
Grand Rapids will be represented by
a city basketball team this winter that
will be prepared to meet all comers,
and that will be out for the cham
pionship of this section of the state.
Regular practice started last week,
and the squad of players is added to
almost daily.
Lloyd Vipond is manager of the
team this year, and has made ar
rangements for the team to practice
in the high school gymnasium. The
home games will also be played in
this gymnasium.
Included in the squad of former
high school and college palyers that
are out for the team are such men
as Sam Lee, Leo Miller, John Ahder
son and Herbert Beaudry for fof
wards; John Logan, Don McDougall,
“Red” Sheehan, Ted Parry, Elmer Ol
son and Ed Martin for guards, and
Roger Forrest for center. Other
players are wanted, and any men who
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CHICKENS PROVE A
GOOD INVESTMENT
White Leghorns Return Hand
some Daily Profit to
Earl King.
Thal it pays to raise good chickens,
and to take care of them, is the belief
of Earl King, who has a well estab
lished poultry farm in the north part
of the village. Mr. King is raising
the D. W. Young strain of white Leg
horns, and finds that they are great
egg producers.
Last spring Mr. King purchased 500
day-old chicks, and their vitality is
shown by the fact that he lost but
56 of them, bringing the remainder of
the shipment to maturity. The cock
erels were marketed in this and other
markets and 209 pullets kept for win
ter layers. These pullets began to
lay before they were five months of
age, and are now furnishing over six
dozen eggs a day. Feed costs at pres
ent amount to 65 cents a day, leaving
a net profit of an average of $2.75 a
day so far this month. The eggs find
a ready market locally at more than
market prices.
Next spring Mr. King plans on
marketing baby chicks himself, and
will install some large incubators to
meet th^ demand. Several advance
inquiries for the chicks indicate that
there is a good market for this im
portant product of the poultry farm.
—Shop at Home Thia Year—
RATING BUREAU
PROPOSED HERE
Local Business Men Meet on
Thursday Evening to Con
sider Proposal.
A meeting of all business men inter
ested in selling at retail has been
called for tomorrow evening, to con
sider the establishment of a rating
bureau, where all persons w’ho ask
for credit will be rated, and their de
sirability as customers established
This meeting will be held in the Com
mercal club rooms in Legion hall,
commencing at 7:30.
A census of the business men in
Grand Rapids indicates that there are
approximately 90 firms and individ
uals that do a more or less extensive
retail business, and extend a line of
credit. The proposed rating bureau,
it is said, will vitally interest every
one of these 90 places of business. A
committee of local business men went
to Hibbing last Sunday and inter
viewed the secretary of the Hibbing
organization. His report indicated
that the Hibbing men have found the
organization of a credit or rating bu
reau very much to their advantage,
and it is thought that a similar organ
ization here would do away with much
of the bad accounts that now are
found on local merchants’ books.
In discussing the proposed arrange
ment, one of the local business men
stated yesterday that a paid secretary
would have to be employed, but that
the secretary would take care of rat
ing customers, and through the elimi
nation of deadbeat accounts would
much more than save the expense of
his salary and other expenses to the
organization. “The man who pays his
bills promptly every month,” said this
merohant, “has nothing to fear from
the establishment of the rating bu
reau. He should, rather, welcome it,
for it will do away with the deadbeats
who fail to pay their bills, and will
enable the local merchants to sell at
lower prices than is now possible.”
A large attendance of retail men
is expected at the meeting tomorrow
evening.
—Shop at Home Thia Y'ear—
MANY PROJECTS
ARE COMPLETED
Annual Report of County Agent
Reveals Much Work
Accomplished.
A glance at the annual report of
A. H. Frick, county agricultural agent
for Itasca county, indicates that the
county agent is a busy man, and also,
that Itasca county is rapidly develop
ing from a region of cut-over stump
land to one of prosperous farms, well
tilled, and with good stock and build
ings.
During the past year, 41 projects
were completed by the Farm Bureau,
under the direction of the agent. Last
year, with 36 projects completed,
Itasca county led all the state in num
ber of projects completed. It is*
thought, when all the reports are in,
the showing this year will be equally
as good.
The land clearing project was of
major importance this past year. Pic
ric acid to the amount of 69,800
pounds was purchased at cost and dis
tributed among the farmers of the
county. Over 4,000 acres were brought
under cultivation. About two-thirds
of this amount was freed from stumps
and the remainder brushed and seeded
to grass.
In the dairy project, 21 pure-bred
sires were put at the head of Itasca
county dairy herds, and six new pure
bred bull rings, or associations, were
formed, with 38 members. Dairy calf
clubs were formed among the boys
and girls of the county, and many fine
animals raised.
The report indicates that there ajre
a total of 47 marketing and purchas
ing associations in the county, of
which four were formed during the
year. Total profits to the farmers,
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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
POULTRY SHOW
DATES ARE SET
Fifth Annual Exposition of
High Class BiiMs Coming
Early in January —— Many
Attractive Premiums.
MANY WILL EXHIBIT
Advance Inquiries Indicate
Large Number of Exhibitors
Premiums Will Be Paid in
Cash Last Day of Show-
Preparing Premium List.
Jan. 6,7, 8 and 9, 1923, have been
selected as the dates on which the
fifth annual poultry show will be held
by the Itasca County Poultry asso
ciation. The show will be held, as last
year, in the village hall in Grand
Rapids.
The first day of the show, Satur
day, will be devoted to entering birds
that are competing for prizes. All
entries must be made on that day, and
the birds placed in the coops that will
be ready to receive them. Sunday,
Jan. 7, the show will be closed to the
public, but all entries will be judged
on that day, and ribbons designating
the prizewinners attached to the
coops. The public will be admitted
free on Monday and Tuesday, and
bird owners will be permitted to take
their fowls home on the afternoon of
the last day of the show.
Liberal cash prizes will be offered
in every class of birds, and these
prizes will be paid in full on the last
day of the show. This does away with
the work incidental to sending out
checks after the show, and has proved
most satisfactory in other similar ex
hibitions. Entry fees will not be re
quired from exhibitors unless their
birds get into the prize money, when
a small fee will be deducted from the
prizes won.
Mr. Lane, formerly of the faculty
at University farm, but who is now
conducting a series of poultry short
courses in the northwestern part of
the county, will judge the birds that
are on display. Mr. Lane is one of
the judges who are accredited by the
United States department of agricul
ture, and his work is said to satisfy
the most criticaL Owners of poultry
can be assured of fair and impartial
judging on the part of Mr. Lane.
Officers of the Itasca county asso
ciation are confident that this show
will surpass all previous efforts. They
are working now on the premium list,
which will be issued early next week,
in time for general distribution. The
officers of the association are: T. H.
Shoaf, president; A. M. Sisler, vice
president; Henry Thaxter, financial
secretary; and A. H. Frick, recording
secretary.
—Shop at Home Thia Xau—
DISTRICT COURT TO
RECONVENE FRIDAY
Small Number of Jury and Civil
Cases Remain to Be Disposed
of by Court.
The fall term of district court will
be reconvened on Friday morning of
this week at 9 o’clock with Judge B.
F. Wright of Park Rapids presiding,
according to an announcement this
week by I. D. Rassmussen, clerk of
court. But a half dozen jury cases
and a small number of civil cases re
main to be tried to conclude the cal
endar. Practically the same jury will
serve during the short session.
It is expected that the coming term
will be brief and will be concluded
well before Christmas. Court was
adjourned Nov. 28 to reconvene on the
15th of this month.
—Buy it in Grand Rapid*—
MUNICIPAL TREE
PLANS ARE LAID
Decorations on Streets Will
Mark Observance of Yule
tide in Village.
Grand Rapids kiddies, and theif
parents, too, will enioy a municipal
Christmas tree and*party, as a re
sult of the co-operation of Grand
Rapids business men who are donat
ing funds for the purpose of creat
ing real Christmas spirit in the vil
lage this year. The work is in charge
of Martin Halvorson and already suf
ficient funds have been raised to in
sure the success of the venture.
Christmas decorations will be put
up on the streets, and there will be a
big municipal Christmas tree on one
of the street corners. Another Christ
mas Tree will be placed in Legion hall
and the children will be invited to
come to the hall on Christmas after
noon for the party. There will be
nuts and candy free to the children,
a program of music and a general
good time.
Last year the village council ap
propriated the funds for the munici
pal entertainment, but did not feel
like doing it this year. Mr. Halvor
son undertook to put on the festivities
this year and funds donated by busi
ness men assure even a bigger tfine
than last year. The Legion is donat
ing the hall and other organizations
will do something to help make the
day one which will be long remem
bered by Grand Rapids children.