Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 1

‘i errr OFFICIAL PAPER ITASCA COUNTY. LLL LALLA LL LY LL Le Uf 4 Lf W, EEEEIT eo PYTTT TTT! OF IN ITASCA MERCANTILE COMPANY. WAMU LLY LL LL LLL LL Li ALATEST CN LZ Grand Uapii Vou IV.—No. 41. NION Frequently consolidation is called monopoly. In many instances that is the correct interpretation, but there are numerous cases where the consumers are greatly benefited by consolidation. For instance, that great monopoly, The Standard Oil Co. No one can truthfully say that this great corporation is using its power to the detriment of the consumers. This giant syndicate manufactures and places its pro- ducts on the market at a price far less than it costs smaller con- cerns to produce them. Think of it, were a barrel of oil given you at one of the refineries of this corporation, the freight charges alone would cost you more than the oil is retailed at by your local merchant. The more monopolies of this kind, the healthier the consumer. gence, vigor benefited. tented, it is all that it appears. union the patrons are greatly Its columns are filled with wholesome news; its adver- tising space is running over; its circulation doubled, and conse- quently its rates reduced; its quarters a model of perfection, and its editor happy and con- s Herald-Revi Granp Rapins, Irasca County, Minn., Sarurpay, Jung 6, 1896. b CIRCULATION. Larger than that of all other papers in C2 Ttasca County com- bined. Heratp—VoL. Il, No. 38. indicates intelli- and strength, and By‘ this A stroll through our | that we have the most and best selected stock Duluth; that our price high, We are makin reductions the coming Paper, Paints, Hard Hats, Caps, Gent’s F Goods, Ete The Itasca Mercantile Co., is also one of these consolida- tions, which has brought oy and happiness to the trading public. spacious store will convince you and the quality of our goods the followfng departments: Drug, Stationery,Crockery, Wall vare, Shoes, LLL LLL LYTLE LL LLL LN NOL LN THERE IS STRENGTH i It is hardly necessary’ to use foreign corporations in illustrating the benefits of consolidation, we can see ‘the good results at home. For instance, the HERALD came out last week adorned with an entire new costume, The Herald-Review, in appearance, arge and | complete north of s are low ig special f week in urnishing <> is ee EE NE ES eS ee le ee He he ee aE ee He ee a ae a : YOU CAN'T WORK WITHOUT TOOLS, No use of talking, if you are on a farm you can’t do the thousand and one odd jobs that pop up every day, with- out tools. And don’t think you can save a few cents by buying cheap tools. Our highest priced tools don’t cost much — they cost the lowest price for high grade tools. . Here You Have "em. Anything you want froma tack hammer to a jack plane, ora brad awl toa buck saw We also carry a full line of PAINTS, O1LS, REFRIGERATORS, ICE CREAM FREEZERS, ETC.— THE BEST TO BE HAD AT LIVING PRICES. W. J. & H. D. Powers. ——— COA VOO ee ee Grand Rapids Ladies Keep apace with the prevailing styles, and our experience with the trade here has demonstrated that no exception is made to this rule in the line of Jewelry. Belts are worn this season, and to meet the demand and to please every artistic taste, we have a carefully selected stock of Ladies’ Latest Leather Belts, Woven Wire Belts in both Gold and Silver, Dress Sets, Silver Buckles, Belt Pins and Skirt Supporters. They are well worth a careful inspection. Nisbett & Warriner, 0-0 O The Jewelers. ALL THE DELICACIES OF THE SEASON. Choice Cuts jot: BL Sirloin and Porter- Qh Beef steal Legs of Mutton and Ribs of Beef. ‘All Kinds of Sausages. Spring Lam Fish and Oysters in Season. Lake Superier Trout. Dealers in all Kinds of FRESH AND SALT Meats Leland Avenue, GRAND RAPIDS. Shad. __Cove Oysters. Canned Salmon, Mackerel and Olams. peviled Ham, msipe © oe ae 's Feet. pe. ipped Bee: Fresh Laid Whitefish. | Summer aNeaee. Pineapples | White String Beane | Tomatees - Strawberries | Cucumbers - Lettuce | Onions | Piepiant | ‘ elery | Radishes WE SELL THE FAMOUS “EMPIRE CREAMERY BUTTER” Prompt Free Delivery. Cant & Lipsy. ON THE MOVE. Many Immigrants Seeking New Homes May be Secured by Personal Solicitation. It is well known that a great num- ber of people in various parts of the United States are seeking to change their eee of residence. Most of ers anda edt maepedion of them are well acquainted with the live stock business and believe in following it in connection with the diversified feat- ures of agriculture. Such men have made the greatest success in farming in Northera Minnesota, and such people are the kind to secure in push- ing the development of this section of Itasca county which offers such favor- able advantages. The question, however, 1s: What is the best and most desirable method of calling the attention of those home- seekers to these resources and advan- tages? ‘The immigration meetings, committees and conventions are ot value, especially locally, in stirring up ~{ the spirit of enthusiasm in the work and the efforts of the newspapers have, ina general way, been well directed and have made the merits of Northern Minnesota known somewhat throughout the land. The papers of Grand Rapids have been very ener- getic in presenting the really valuable features of this section to their readers —they have accomplished more in this cause than the papers of any other new town in the State. They have subscribers in other states than Min- nesota, ‘and the inquiries that are made from different localities show that the tendency to change location is strong, as the peopie who have felt the ill effects of the hard times during the past few years are anxious to get away from their old circle, which in- volved expenses that they could not well avoid, and remove to where they can start anew and plan more econ- omically. Most of these are still com- paratively well to do, but they cannot afford to “keep up the old style.” It has been suggested by prominent business men here that if the efforts of two or three energetic and enthusiastic citizens of Itasca county were used in personal solicitation in certain com- munities where people want to seek new fields, a large proportion of home- seekers would more readily be secured for Itasca county. The most desir- able fields for such solicitations could be determined upon easily and visited personally, and the arguments used, seconded by the suggestive papers and documents that can be distribut- ed, would be the most direct and ef- fective means of securing the desired immigration. | Many prominent’busi- ness houses have their traveling men give personal attention to. the fields in which they are advertising, with the highest success as the results of their efforts. Similar personal efiort seems to be the best way to put these move- ments of homeseekers upon a business basis. It would place the respons- ibility of looking after the details in the hands of those whose duty would ; cases, would give their district a better chance in the strife for immigration which naturally arses. The opportunities for doing such work effectually do not come frequent- ly. Thisisa highly favorable time for it. There has been no period so favorable to immigration since 1880 to 84, when the Dakotas, Washing- ton and Oregon were greatly bene- fitted. The railroads sent their repre- sentatives personally into various states during that period and the results were wonderful. No claim of originality is presented for this plan, as it 1s an old one that has proved valu- able heretofore and promises to be a good one in developing the varied and substantial resources of this mag- nificent domain. CAUGHT FOR FIVE HUNDRED. An other Forgery Brought to Light at the Lumbermen’s State Bank. Cashier F. P. Sheldon received another of the Stevens Bros. check forgeries in his Wednesday evening’s mail—this one tor $500. _ Excepting in amount it was an exact duplicate of the check for $100 recently reported in the Heratp-Review. It had been cashed way down in Missouri. This $500 forgery was passed upon the the Household Furniture Co., of Providence, R. I., showing that the slick penman had made a long jump in order to accomplish his purpose. The check was dated Apml 28 and deposited by the furniture company 1n-their Providence bank on May 26. It purported to be certified by F. Sheldon, paying teller, and was signed Stevens Brothers, drawn in favor of M,. R. Stevens, and thus endorsed. Through the New York Clearing house it came to the Merchants National bank, St. Paul, and was re- ceived by the Lumbermen’s State bank here Wednesday evening. F, P. Sheldon, cashier of the Lumbermen’s State bank said: “This forgery dif- fers from my cettification in using the words ‘paying teller’ instead -of ‘cashier’ and the maker seems to not know the initials of my name. The checks of eastern city banks are signed by the paying tellers. This litho- graphed form of check showing the name of Shook & Stevens was never made for Stevens Brothers of this place and there “has been no such firm as Shook & Stevens. I tele- graphed the Providence bank as soon as I saw the forgery.” If the fellow don’t jump to Nicar- auga or out of sight he stands'a good chance of answering for his crime be- fore long. The District Court. The June term of the District court is a comparatively short one, as the hoth civil and criminal, only numbered about forty, and most of the civil actions were either continued or disposed of without being sub- mitted to jury. A new indictment against Peter McKenna _ was returned on Thursday, charging him with mur- der in the first degree and the pn- require them to be attentive to the interests placed in their hands and it —— } soner was atraigned yesterday. He McCarthy, who defended him in the former case, at the January term on the same charge of killing John Bacon at Napoleon Russell’s ranch in town- ship 60, range 24. On that trial the prosecution was presented, and on the motion that the state had failed to make a case, the action was dismissed. There were many who thought that the dismissal ended the matter so far as McKenna was concerned, but the attorney general has thought other- wise, and it remained to be seen what view the court would: take: of this feat- ure of the case. McKenna’s trial will probably take up a consiperable por- tion of next week. John Ottman, who was charged with stealing railroad tickets from George Lydick, after a conference with Attorney Price, entered a plea of guilty. He is but 17 years of age, so Judge Holland sentenced him to the state reformatory at St. Cloud where he will remain until he is of age. Edward Seward was represented by C.C. McCarthy, and changed his plea to guilty of stealing a watch from Tom Muuray. He was sen- tenced to two years at Stillwater. Thomas Sawyer, of Laprairie, charged with stealing a rifle from Lewis H. Noble at Dunning’s Trout lake camp, plead not guilty, and in- formed the court that he did not think that he needed any lawyer. Sawyer accepted the jury personally Thursday, and the case came to tnal yesterday morning. The jury dis- Some of the civil actions were trans- ferred to Brainerd where they will be heard in chambers by Judge Hol-| land in July. ‘Notable among these cases are: Crowley Electric company vs. Itasca county, for not proceeding with its contract for electric hghting, and the appeal of the commissioners in the case for the allowance of their claim. The civil cases dismissed were: Isaac M. Garrison vs. H. C. Ackeley, W. Hartop vs. Julian Blaker, Conrad Ronning vs. George Lydick, and James W. Milligan vs. James Sherry. Civil cases continued: Beaurivage Wine company vs. Dufficy,O’Flaherty vs. Holman, Clark vs. Lyons, Fidelity T. & T. company vs. Cameron, L. R. Root vs. Cameron, Bowman vs. Ran- dolph, Erickson vs. McIntosh, Arnold vs. McIntosh, Kearney vs. Winn. A jury was called in the case of Dr. Dunsmoor vs. Frank Caldwell. The defendant did not appear and a_ ver- dict for plaintiff was found tor $118.99. The cases of Wright vs. McDonald, Gautheir vs. Pillsbury, and Phillips vs. the W. S. Savings and Loan com- pany, are to be heard at Brainerd by the court. The jury in the case of Carrie Hal- vorsen vs, T.-J. Feeley and Ida E. Feeley, returned a verdict ot $185.00 in favor of Miss Halvorsen. The case was closely contested by Draper, Davis & Hollister for the defendant and Frank F. Price for the plaintiff. A verdict for the defendant, I. D. Rasmussen, was found in the suit brought by M. L. Olenick of Mimne- apolis, who claimed a balance of abont $40, while Attorney McCarthy argued that his chent acted in the capacity of an agent and had returned was \ppresented by Attorney C,C. the goods, FARMER HINES. His First Meeting Hore in the Interest of the Duluth & North Dakota Ry. The Farmer’s railway meeting at Village hall Monday evening gave evidence that the enterprise meets with great favor here. There was Scarcely standing room when it open- ed, and the comments of all classes show that the remarks were highly appreciated. Mr. Hines answered questions from the audience prompt ly and easily and showed his confi- dence in the early progress of the road _ to successful operations, Rev. W. H. Robinson invoked the divine blessing, and with the introductory remarks of the chairman, Mr. Hines, delivered the address, of which a brief summary is as follows: Mr. Hines went into the project with practically no money, to tind some relief from the heavy freight rates that North Dakota had to pay. The difference in freight on the 60,- 000,000 bushels of wheat of Dakota would mean a grand saving to the farmers, who would thus become able to patronize the producers along their line and buy their lumber, tish, furni- ture and general. supplies nearer home. New villages, towns and new business would spring up. A recent sale of cedar posts was cited as an in- stance of the Northern Minnesota products that can be sold in Dakota and Manitoba even under the present unfavorable conditions. Mr. Hines said the logging trade should not pass to Minneapolis. The logs should be sawed by mills right here and the lumber go directly by rail to the prairies. Such lumber as ties, posts, Staves, etc., could be shipped by rail to the Red river and then floated down that river to Manitoba. Work done on the Farmer’s railway y people along the line is paid for with stock, the workeos being board- ed or supplied by the company. The stock is looked upon as a good invest- ment and is taken readily by business , men as well as farmers. Mr. Hines hoped to build the road through with- out bonding it at all. The course of the line was practically settled ex- cepting the 26 miles of unfinished right-of-way laid out fron: Deer River. He expected to have that point set- tled very soon. In response to Mr. Leahy’s inquiry as to the cost of the rails, etc., it appeared that new rails could be laid and the tract com- pleted for $3600 per mile. By using second hand rails, $2000 per mile. Men were willing to loan money -on bonds to the extent of 35000 to $8000 per mile. As to the rolling stock, it could be obtained at very low prices or leased. He had learned, however, that the Duluth, South Shore & At lantic railway hasa large amount of rolling stock which it would be will- ing to use with the Duluth & Winni- peg railway for, business with the new road and that very favorable arrange- ments could thus be made to go for- ward with traffic operations. The audience was so interested in Mr. Hines’ remarks that they heard his lengthy address withouta sign of weariness. He went to Duluth where he completed arrangements for the 26 miles extending from Deer River. He was here last evening en route to Deer River with surveyors, and said that he expects to begin laying track on this end of his road by the ist of July. He seems to have uo difficulty in obtaining all the men he needs. Parties here and elsewhere who are well experienced in railway work will go out and take stock in the road for payment, as they deem ita safe investment and that the new road is an excellent improvement. for this district even if Mr. Hines should happen to call others to his assistance ip aaktog the road a complete suc-