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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13
Central Granite.

Nov. 10.-Mrs. viii Prouty was :
9 visitor at Hillside Farm Sunday. She
was the guest Of Mrs. r. H. and Mrs.
w. III. RuCker. -.
viii Ruoker spent Sunday with his
family at Hillside farm. ~. a..
Bert and Chas. Leigh and Sidney
Palmer Of SocialCity were seen on our
streets Sunday.
It is customary to log In the day.
time, but ask H. T., who was ."log-
ging' 'one night last week.
Jaw and Belle Rucker apent Sunday
with Mr.. Haywood at Sullivan Lake.
J. P. Driver went to Huff on Satur-
day and returned Monday.
Many of our young people are get
ting up an entertainment to be held In
the near future at Summit school in
District 81.
Anyone interested in having an
Xmas tree at the school horse for the
people and children in District 60, call
at the scool house Tuesday evening I,
Nov. II Come one, come all. aud do
!, your best The meeting will be called
to order az 7 80. Over five weeks will
be left to get ready in, so all come
that can.
Jay Rucker went to Pierz Saturday.
Henry IamDorlln ID WORKING luz
Henry Ferguson. They built hen
cop last week At any rate, we
know that it will be used, il no fowls
can be gotten. The boys, themselves,
might use it and it would still be
"hen-coop.
Sunday school was held as usual
in Summit school, Sunday.
Robinson Crusoe and his man Fri
day were seen around here last week.
Henry Vandenheuvel was bust
ness caller at j. P. Drivers on Mon
day.
J. P. Drivers cattle got out Mon
day and destroyed some Of Jos Yer
nig's corn. Mr.. Vernlg shut the COWS
up.
Pierz and Vineland mail carrier
was late on Tuesday. Hurry up.
Harry, that's an awful hill to climb.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13
H0L DINGF0RD

Nov. 1O-Frank Zwack, who left
two years ago for Washington, is vi
sitting with his relatives.
Frank Stein has returned from :Da-
kota
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bentkosky are
the proud parents Of boy.
J. B. Edebern, F. M. Ward, A.
Calvert, E. P. Nardian, w. W. Ward
and Mr.. Mcbride, ST.. left Friday fo1
their yearly deer hunt fifty miles
north OF Brainerd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Crabtree are
happy over the arrival Of their first
born, baby boy.
The wedding bells rang for Mr..
Galliher and Nancy Osborn last week.
L. Lemmer of Wisconsin, is visit.
ing with his brother, A. Lemmer and
Rev. Father Lemmer.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13
A Dinner That
Cost $l25,0oo

A Chicago man dined at a great
New York hotel few months ago. He
had but one guest, and his check
called for only $S.75-outside of the
tip-an extremely modest amount Tor
a dinner at the hotel in question. 1t
developed later, however, that the
dinner had actually cost the man from
Chicago little matter Of $125.000,
and that, it will be admitted, makes
the meal historic one, so far, at
least, as cost is concerned.
The Chicago man in question had
gone to New York to complete the
purchase of an entire block in the
business part of the city. He was rep
resenting large Western capitalists
who wished to make an investment
He went about his work shrewdly,
working through half dozen or more
local real estate brokers, each Of
whom was intrusted with the business
of getting an option on one or more
of the separate pieces of property
which made up the block.
The whole deal was under the gen
eral direction of the man from Chica'
60 and his attorney, a New York law
yer of wide reputation. The Chicago
man made his Office in the hotel. To
his room each of the real estate
brokers came every day to report
progress and to receive directions for
their future operations. Everything
The plan on which the Chicago pro-
moter was working required for it's
completion the purchase of every foot
of the block, as improvements were
planned which would cover it's entire
surface.
Every evening the Chicago man and
his New York lawyer dined together
at the hotel and talked over the prog
ress of the day. After month had
been spent in the securing of options
for six months it was found that prac.
tically all the property involved had
been secured There remained, in
fact, only single plot, with forty
feet frontage and depth of little
more than $50 feet.
Unfortunately this particular piece
of property lay right in the center of
the block and stretched back so that
it cut the block almot squarely in two.
If the block was to be covered with
the single great building which the
plans called for the possession of that
lot and the old four-story building
which occupied it was absolutely
necessary.
1t must not be ina ined that no eff.
forts had been made to get an option
on. :his keystone to the whole proper.
ty. The broker assigned to that piece
had exhausted his ingenuity in trying
to get an option. From the first he
found the old man who owned the
piece unwilling to give an option at
any figure. He would sell-yes-but
his price at the first interview was
$4,000, which was just $4,000 more
than the maximum set by the pro-
moter from Chicago. So the broker
had been obliged to report his failure
and had been finally told it made no
difference-the property was not at
all essential and the Chicago people
did not intend to be "held up"
Finally, after everything else was
we'll in hand the man from Chicago
sent his lawyer around to see the own.
er of the forty feet frontage. He was
authorized to buy the property out
right, paying $4,000, if that should
prove necessary to get it.
STRANGELY enough, when the LAWYER
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13
SWANVILLE

Nov. 1O.-R. Martinson has bought
q farm four miles south of the vii
Mge.
Nate Barber has leased the Jay
Perkins place. which r. Martenson
has been running. His mother, Mrs.
Amos Barber, will be honsekeeper.
The Catholics will have fair next
week. for which great preparations
are being made.
Mrs. W. 81. Cox visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin, at Sank
Centre.
Henry Krause and family have
gone to st. Paul. Mr.. Krause takes
charge Of q restaurant
Albert DENIM. Marshall Short,
Gill and Curt Vincent, are back
from the West.
Thos. Willet is hunting near Axe
ley. ~
Mrs. Blakley Is recovering from
her illness.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13

"l'lI let you have it for $125,oo0."
lied the attorney to call the next
morning and get deed for it.
The two men sat long ever their
coffee and cigars, feeling relieved that
the end of all their planning and hard
work was at last fairly in sight. Then
the Chicago promoter paid the check
for 1915 and went to bed. The law
yer drove home with the determine
ton of stopping on his way to the
Office and closing up the deal for the
last forty feet.
A little before II o'clock he called
at the Office of the owner. .
II have come" he said, Ito accept
your offer to sell that forty feet for
100000. I am ready to pay for it
to-day and want you to have the pa
pers made out at once"
I'm sorry" said the other. "but I
don't own that property now. sold
it this morning to man who called
at my house before came downtown.
for $4,000
''Who bought it?'
The name of the young man who
had sat at the next table in the hotel
dining room was given and the law.
yer hurried over to see him. He was
sitting at a big desk in a handsome
Office. He readily admitted that he
was the present owner of the forty
feet in question and said that he had
bought it for an investment.
How much will you take for it,"
I'm not at all anxious to sell, but
If it will be eny object to you I'll let
it go to-day for $150,000.''
The lawyer took a cab for the no.
tel and saw his principal. The Chi
cago man cursed softly to himself and
announced that if it had come to a
game of highway robbery he didn't
propose knowingly to play the part Of
the sucker. He wouldn't pay the
$150,000. That evening the two dined
together again, and again the lawyer
urged him to close the deal without
further delay.
IF you don't look out some of the
other people will get WISE" he said
land then there will be the devil to
pay. You'd better make the best of
a bad business and let me pay the
$150,000."
Permission was finally given to pay
the exorbitant amount and next morn.
ing the lawyer paid his second call.
Sorry" said the youth. my price
to-day is $175,00O for that lot. It is
increasing in value right along.'
So the eefair went along for several
days, the asking price jumping up
SIS, 900 every day. Finally in sheer
desperation the man from Chicago and
his lawyer went together to call on
the rev owner OF the forty-foot strip.
"Since you want it so badly" he
said, "I'll knock of tho $4,000 in
crease for to-day and let you have the
property for $225,0OO.
And at that figure the deal was
finally made.
"How on earth did you get on to
this deal?" asked the Chicago man
of the man who had held him up.
why, you see, l sat at the next ia.
BILE to you at the hotel the other night
and couldn't help hearing all that
was said. What l. heard made me
think that the forty-foot strip was Ger.
tainly q good buy, 80 went out early
next morning and bought it." :.zz
:. >"Well,'' said the man from Chicago.
with sigh, that little dinner seems
g have cost me. Just t116, 900 .-H i.
n. IN Chicago Tribune. s s... !
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Reported BY Ralph p: Towle: :,

Reported by R0lph II. I0W4e.
j. Wetzel and " to City L F in
19-40.32 el.00' !.
United States to Fardens Roe patent
ne and sw NV and lots and 8, H.
1879
Metropolitan Music Co to P F Ham
mereley " 45 # lots 9-10-11 blk 10
Searles add s 100
Olaf O. Searle and W to Karl Peter
son n NV and NV ne 7.41-9O $11O0
vertin and " to J E Mathewson
I'll NV 7-49-30 $3.50.
NPR Co to Arthur NJ Wickwire W
NV 5-132-29 1904
Sylvan Lake Live Stock Co. to A
Horr ne SO 21-133-30 $500
CA Lindbergh and W to G Bolander
sw SO 35-129-30 $3.50
IF Imp Co to Mrs Julia Fischbach
lot 6 blk 2 Miss add. 500
HIP Bell and " to Jerome W Robey
NV ne and NV 4-39-31 $3.50
Jos Dionne aud " to Geo Boudreau
ASSIGNMENT contract lot 10 blk High
md outlets 1876.
Leon L Herrick and " to BENZ
Rushton ne 80 and Q go SO 10, W sw H.
1881 1910.
Home Land Co to A B Welles NV ne
and NV 12-41-28 5000
81 G Gilbert to G A Lindbergh sc
and n sw 1O-131-S0 1926
c. Lindbergh and " to D Bunker
and n sw 10-1S1-30 $3.50.
Ar Davidson and " to D Bunker
NV 1O-1s1- 80 $3.50
Up Bell to T r Beaumont contract
ne and NV 1899 $4,000
J. Aug Janek and W to s T Stodolka
! one sixth acre in No corner go ne 90
1923 81
simon stodolka and " to Johanna
Jauek Same as above 81. 90
Miss River Lam Go to CW6etts lots
2-8-4-5-s in 28-13s-51 $500
CIV Belts and " to Martin and
Robt Ssr gent same az above $1,000
Lizzie Stephens and hus to Nellie
Burton so 36-41-82 $4,000
Nellie Burton and hus to Lizzie
STEPHENS lot blk A Miss add $500
Nathan Church and " to W e and
Mary Bird ne 81-133-29 $1,000
Mary Bird and hus to N Church lot
80 blk 8 Morrills Q add $1100
pauline Rhoda widow to Otto A
Rhoda lots 1855 blk 81 SWAMI $500
W D Washburn Jr and " to R Ros-
enberger ne 4 10-131-31 $500
Jas Houle and to Geo Pusc lots 8
and 4, 93-42-31 $500
Anton Rogmapz and W to Fred
Tre9in NV NV 19-130-30 1896.
Henry Manus and " to B F Erb NV
"a. ne and se 19-130-30 $4,000
e L Trask and " to Saml Lord SO
sw il, ne NV 23-49-28 $500
y Jos w Uptegrove and " to Leo o.
better n NV and NV ne 9.39-31 $l4OO
+ Jerome W Robey and " to B F Erb
NV ne aud NV 1881 $3.50 -. : :
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13
s.eweetest Baby:

Whose baby is the loveliest? 4 p: -. !
- Mothers own: 4 (. :"";h = :
All around the wordsworth, south, east,
west 49, .''v = 49,
~~4 Hers alone! ,-*>.-
For whether it be a Chinese tot,
With eyes aslant and shaven crown,
Or q dear little girl of the land Of the
= free, '.~.
Or toddling prince of London town,
Or the one rare treasure Soudan slave
Hugs to her breast, all wee and brown,
Each in its mothers gentle pride. I
Is fairer than all the world beside.
Woman,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-13

called ne was told that the place was
no longer for sale at $4,000. It had
gone up greatly since the brokers' last
interview. In fact, it would take an
even 100000 to buy it. The lawyer
went back and reported to his princi.
pal and the latter threw up his hands.
Never" said the Chicago man. I'm
willing to be robbed to a moderate ex.
tent, but when it comes to a plain
case of holdup like this l. quit. Wen
build all around the measly little for.
ty feet and let it stay there. Certain.
1y we'll never" pay more than twice
what the property is worth for the
privilege Of owning It n. -
s Then be- ad the tiagwulyvsr Is g.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
FAvoRs ONE HUNDRED FOOT STREET.
J. D. Crimmins Predicts Big Future for
Fifty-ninth-st. at Hearing.

The Board OF Estimate gave public hearing yes
terday the question Of widening Fifty -ninth-st.
from Second TO Fifth ave and from Eighth 10
Columbus ave, by taking off forty feet from the
street the north side
Mr. Peabody, representing the Hotel Netherland.
at Fifty -ninth-st. and Fifth-ave said he opposed
the widening OF the street. because he declared.
if forty feet were taken of OF the hotel which is
in the way of the proposed improvement. it would
cost the city than S5.000o00 repay the dam
age done to the property He added that the hotel
was only one hundred feet wide in Fifth-ave.. and
to take off forty feet OF it in Fiftyninthst would
practically make the building useless a hotel
What would be left" said SIT. Peabody, would
not be worth the cost OF taking away the remains
F. B. BlOominSdale, of the drygOOds firm O. that
name, also spoke in opposition to the widening of
the street at the expense OF the north side Of the
He opposed a proposition of Controller GrouJ that
Fffty-Seventh-st- might be available the ground
that il would be infringement on vested rights
Alfred COnkln. of West Sixtietn-St-, was strongly
opposed to the widening Of the street He favored
the double tracks being up. and the track
ninth-St
John D. Crimmins said the case was not new
one, but had been talked about for thirty years
Fifty-ninth-st-, he said. the most COnsested
Fifty-ninth-st to One-hundredth-st went through
this street, and with the made the street al
most tmpaSsa BILE He asserted that he owned =
large amount of property in the street. and that
he was by All means in favor OF wide street.
Mr.. CrimminS In favor OF making the street
100 feet wide. He predicted that in the future
Fifty-ninth-st- would be one Of the main business
streets Of New-YCrk-
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
DOCTORS FAVOR MUZZLE.
Women Champion Their Pets at
Hearing ON Dog Ordinance.

1rI,ro r,os , large attendance in the aldermen 3
chamber yesterday afternoon at the heari''e oeio.
the committee laws and legislation on IHe VI
dinance introduced by Alderman Myers requiiiiis
that ali dogs when on the streets shall be nuzzleu'
If caught without muzzle the ordinance proVlueS
that dog shall be conducted to the poullu anu %
redeemed payment of a fine or % di'e' ~
days incarceration. the proceeds from ~ sucH - - -
devoted to the police pension IuIu' Ah'4N
many women present
The remarks of the first speaker. Mrs NJ Jeh-
nings were greatly appIauded- She SAID the poo.
people who owned and loved their dogs couiu ~
afford to pay for the license or the mu%@his %
dog She said the leader for the dog was All iis"'
but the muzzing of them was all wrong
TRY 1t on Yourself" said the speaker, "and see
if you will like it. I had to muzze NINE ana
when he attacked he could not deteno himself
1t will ruin the nature of dog to muzzle IT, Inc
mad dog scare is due to the dogs being annoyed
by boys 1 don't think the city is a place for dogs
but for that matter its no place for children"
But we have some good children in the CITY,
said Alderman Mathews
"Oh, yes. and We have some good dogs 100 salu
Mrs. Jennings.
Peter Cedar. of No 113 West Thirty-seVentn-st-'
connected with a kennel club said that II the
ordinance was passed it should be experimental
with for only three months to see how IL "ouiu
work
Dr. Reynolds " Wilcox said that for twenty
five years he had tried to find a case OF hyoFo-
phobia but in vain. and had attended autopsles on
people said to have died from hydrophooia oiilS
to find that they had died from other causes lie
characterized hydrophobia a piece OF supersu-
tion and said that he had never been able TO ma
such a. disease He said ne opposed the ordinance
to muzzle dogs, and said there was absolutely no
necessity for such ordinance VI.
DR. G. n Lambert president Of the New-York
Medical Society, favored the ordinance ana aI sanu
that he was surprised that man OF Lne ~ alev, sci,
gence of DR.. wilcox would say there was no such
disease rabies. a., "a
Il beg your pardon" said DR.. Wilcox Il said
hydroDhobia." ..
well. it is the same thing g. replied DR.. Lam
bert; there Is difference"
In closing Dr.. Lambert said that the only way TO 10
control wipe out the possibility of rabies IS 0y
muzzng all dogs DR. George Rambaud, or tne lne
Pasteur Institute, favored the ordinance as af G,9
DR.. H. d. Gill, city veterinarian, both hoIolns
that the only to stop rabies was to stop a tne
cause, that Of the dog bite and that the onIy way
to stop the dog bite to muzZle the dog ~,
At meeting of the Board of Health during lne
afternoon, a resolution favoring the ordnance 10
naSSed.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
SEES GREAT CALAMITIEs IN STARS.
'Progessor" Meyer Foretells Trouble for
Warships, Theatres and the Reliance.

professor Gustave Meyer, Of Hoboken, has
been gazing at the stars again. though when he
able to get glimpse Of the stars these last
few weeks. in Hoboken. is mystery. This
time ne presages great calanities TO our warships
on April 20 q and % and on May l. and s. Cap
tains must use great caution, he says.
OF more local interest, however, Is his warning
that the stars predict calamity in the theatres
of New-York May /. s. 8. 10 or IL. He says the
Fire Department had better watch out. We can
assure the professor that his warning will be
needed far the Fire Department is
cerned Last night Commissioner Sturgis out
10 take peep at the stars hirnself-the stars and
the little nebula in the chorus-and a result
kept his men busy clearing out the persons stand
ing from every house in town To be that
wasn't hard work in some of them, but in few
it kept the busy. Other disasters in the
theatres the fremen not competent TO
avert None Of them can avert more performances
Of Mr. Blue Beard, for instance.
The professor" has discovered that the Reliance
will lead very eventful career. and will prove
an easy winner if she lives till the She will
be an easy winner If she lives because when she
was launched Venus was posted in the eighth
sion of heaven But she will have q hard time of
1t living because Mars, fiery and evil he is,
mean enough to get himself posted in the twelfth
mansion. As the professor puts it:
This signifies that secret foes will attempt TO de-
stroy the Reliance by fire, therefore ii will high
ly advisable for the manager of the Reliance 10
Keep q more than Vlgilant eye upon her, and the
secret enemies who will attempt this dastardIy
work Will resemble people Of tall, well built body
light brown hair, oval visage. sanguine ruddy
ccuntenance. In disposition they will be ambitious
fond or recreation and very subtle
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
ARRIVAL OF BUYERS.

Robinson Co; Charles weinstoc,. cloaks No
The Fair. Cincinnati. Ohio; H. F. Smith. cloaks, No
43 Leonard-st.
Shepard. Norwell Company Boston; Mr. Woods, rugs
No. 43 Leonard d-st.
Hunley, Smith Drygoods Company St Joseph No :
r Wall. notions. dress goods and embroderes No
43 Leonard st.
ingston, drygoods. No 60 ILspenard-st
Naughton drygoods, No 90 Lispenard-st
E 2. Hunt Co. Great harrington, Mass: Mr. Hunt
drygoods No. 80 Lspenard-st-
z, D, starbuck Co.. Saratoga Springs: M star
buck. drygoods, No. 60 Aspenard-st.
George W. Anderson Sons, Portsmouth, Ohio: Mr.
Anderson, drygoods. No. 60 Lispenard-st.
s. A. Goldsmith Company, New-I.ondon. Conn; dry
goods, No. 90 Lispenard-st.
N C. Gilbert & Sons. Norwich. Conn; N. G. Gilbert
furniture Furniture Exchange.
NJ. c. Drake & Co. Kingston, N Y; Mr.. Drake.
niture Furniture Exchange.
S. Hecht. & Sons. Baltimore: Benjamin Scheisner
furniture Furniture Exchange.
J. H. LOwensten. Eberon N J.: furniture, Furniture
]. D. Horn & Co. Jacksonville Fla; J. d. Horn.
d. woiT & Co, Newark, n. J.; W. Kirch furniture
Furniture Exchange
Furniture Exchange.
E. W. & s. c. Kipp. Jr.. Ossining. N Y; S. c. Kipp
jr. furniture. Furniture Exchange.
Long Island Furniture Company. Long Island: p J.
Consskey. Furniture Exchange.
A. w P Alenson Las Vegas N. NJ; Charles
Sefeld. furniture Furniture Exchange.
P. Deisroth Estate, HazletOn, Penn: ". a. Desroth
furniture. Furniture Exchange.
+. j. Essig. Chicago. Ill; Mr. Essig. tewelry. Astor
House.
A, L. sercomb Company. Chicago Ill. Mr.. sercomb.
lev lry
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
PR0-CATHEDRAL CHANGES HANDS.
Bishop Potter Said To Be Unable to Garry
Burden-City Mission Society Takes 1t.

Bishop Potter will soon give up responsibility for
the Pro-CathedraI. in Stanton-st, and the work
there will cease to be part of the Cathedral Foun-
dation of St. John the Divine. BY action of St.
Georges vestry legal title to the property has been
ordered transferred to the ProCathedral Episcopal
City Mission Society, and Bishop Potter will trans
fer the institutional work to the society. The
name PrO-Cathedral will be abolished.
Bishop Potter is said feel that he can no longer
carry the burden of its support, which he has per
sonally done since 1895. He once lived in Stanton-st
for a month, and has talked much about the con-
nection between the PrO-CathedraI and the real
Cathedral. the ground of which latter the chill
dren of the East Side sometime to be per-
mitted to play.
The Pro-CathedraI it is said. was the first free
pew Episcopal church in New-York. the first TO
inaugurate institutional work represented by
st. Georges. st. Bartholomew and others, and the
first establish settlement. The City Mission
Society began work in the field in 1888, and out of
1t grew the Church of the Epiphany.
Two years ago the PrO-Cathedral came into pub
lie prominence through the contention of its vicar
Mr.. Paddock. for improved conditions the East
Side. The present vicar IS the Rev. Philip NJ Ker-
ridge, whose wife Miss Grace Briggs, q daugh-
ter OF the Rev. Charles a. Briggs.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
SAYS SHE WAS TRICKED BY HUSBAND.
Mrs Leicester Holme Seeks to Have Trust
Fund in His Favor AnnuIled.

Mrs. Lizzie Hastings Holme has brought suit
in the Supreme Court against Leicester Holme,
her husband and William H. Phillips, trustee OF
a fund created by her for her husbands benefit, to
annul the deed of trust, by which she deposited in
PhiIips's charge six hundred shares of stock Of
the Morris and Essex Railroad Company. valued at
$50 each; $S5o0O of New-York City additional water
stock and bond and mortgage Of $50 O00 made by
Mayor Low on premises at No. 80 East Sixty
fourth-st.
Mrs. Holme. through Howe & Humme her at
torneys. yesterday obtained from Justice Blanchard
leave to Holme with the summons and COM
plant by publication, it being alleged he is a resi-
dent of Paris, France, and seldom comes here.
The plaintiff says she resides at the Hotel Well
ington. and was married TO the defendant July
Y, 1898. About May a. 1894 she desirous of
leaving New-York. and wished him to travel with
her through Europe and other places. He
the time an Excise commissioner, with a salary
of $500 year, his appointment being for four
wears, and IN order 10 induce him TO go to Europe
with her she agreed 10 create the trust which she
now asks TO be annulled and declared void.