Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 1, 1896, Page 8

~in next season's logging operations, sneer ehcenemerener tant ae So Ss NOTES OF NEWS AND PERSONA County Attorney Pratt'a new home is about finished, Mrs, Dr. Flatt has returned to her home in Duluth. . J. McDonald was up from Swan River Wednesday, Capt J. H. Hasty drove out to the hay fields this morning, Attorney J, N, True returned to Detroit Wenesday morning, L.. §. Budd has bought out the dairy business of Scanten & Weller. Mrs, J. P. O’Donnall has gone on a visit to relatives at Hammond Wis, Elisha Price retarned from the rie river hay meadows yesterday. Miss Maggie Atherton returned from a visit with friends in Brainerd. A Swedish Baptist minister held rvices at the M, E. church last L, Taylor came from Dee y morning to attend t county convention, ’. F, Egan, of St, Paul, visited h erous friends here during th early part of the week, Miss Anna O’Malley favored the playgoers with some of her sweetest songs at the Village hall last evening, Miss Lizzie Hamilton of Chicago, i few days in Grand Rap- P. Brown returned Tues- x from her visit to Minnea- she had a very pleasant time. The LaFayette club has changed its meeting time to Sundays and will meet at the usual place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. George Cox has just received a traction steam engine which he will use in sawing some his large stock of cedar into fence posts, Wm, Weitzel went out to his clai Tuesday and did a good hard da: work making substantial impro ments to his homestead. Mrs. C, H. Marr and her two b reached home last evening aftega month’s visit with friends and relativ at Aitkin and Brainerd. W. E. Neal will go to Northfield Monday. He will bring his thorough- bred Cruikshank short horns up from St. Anthony park in a few days. Lawyer Price is making consider- able improvements at his cozy home. A new barn and a general freshening up with new paint are noticeable. Cashier Sicard of the Lumbermen’ & Miners’ bank of Hibbing, spegt Sunday in Grand Rapids and enjoyéd the hospitality of friends at Bende#’s Point, ‘The ten round glove contest at the gymnasium Thursday evening tween Beaton and Davis resulted inja draw. Beaton showed the best points during the contest. Tom Murray, the brawny pugilist, isas docile asalamb this week and ihe reason for it is the safe arrival of a fine baby girl who appeared at his home last Sunday morning, The fourth quarterly meeting ser- vice of the M. E, Church will be held next Thursc and Friday evenings. Presiding Elder Shannon ot Duluth will conduct the services. ‘The annual meeting of the “Willing Workers” will be held in the old school house at 3. p. m. Thursday, August 6th, The election of officers takes place at this meeting, On Monday Willy Lyons, aged ten years, a son of Charlie Lyons, fell and broke his arm, The fracture was set by Dr. Storch and the boy is doing as well as could be expected, Sam D. Hamilton was among the arrivals at the Hotel Gladstone Thurs- day, He is looking after his crop and getting it into shape to use in George E. Seeley and Will Wilber of Aitkin were at the Gladstone Wed- y. They visited Itasca county and went over to the Pokeg- ama lake region with their birch bark] canoe. Dr. C. M. Storch semoved today ro the first residence north of the Presbyterian church, on Kindred ave- nue. His commodnous new office oc cupies the ground floor front of the building. M. E. Thurston was in town a few days this week. During the coming year his headquarters will be at Walker in Crow Wing country, . where he will look after the interests of the Minne- sota longing company. Genera| Superintendent D, M. Philbin of the Wuluth & Winnipeg, came up in his special Friday morn- ing and took Roadmaster McNaugh- ton to Deer River, They returned early and went on down the hne. Cc, B. Watrous, a sawmill owner Gaines Pa. arrived last evening to renew his experiences in the Red Lake country which he visited with his son last year, He proceeded to Deer iver with a party of Pennsylvanians, ‘A bouncing boy &was born to Mr and Mrs, D. W. Doran this afternoon, We stop the press to make the an- nouncement, as this is the thirteenth born to this worthy couple, and they 3 all still boarding at the Gladstone. Miss Nancy Day started this morn- ing to visit fends at her former home in Ontario, She has made many friends during her residence here and numerous kind wishes for a safe and pleasant trip were extended to her at the train. George R. Brennan came from Vermilion township yesterday and de- posited the coin of the country for his subscription to the HERALD-REvIEW. He says crops look well in Cass county but he thinks the yield of po- tatoes will be smaller the usual, Mr, and Mrs. F. P. Sheldon are en- joying camp life at Bender’s point, lake Pokegama. The coterie of young folks there makes it one of the hveli- est camps on the lake. Carl Sheldon who was over from Hibbing for a couple of days returned to his duties on this morning’s train. At a meeting of the Republican county committee held today at the office of Secretary QO. H. Stilson, it was decided to hold the county con- vention of that party for nomination of county officers on Friday, Septem- ber r1th, at Village hall in Grand Rapids. The primaries will be held on, August 28th. The bond holders bid a good sized amount forthe Duluth & Winnipeg railway viz:—$2,373,719,44 which for 112 miles is over $21,000, per mile. Mr. Hines has said that he can build for much less thanthat, But it should be remembered that it has taken sev- eral years to build this piece of road. Mrs. P. F. Barr, a sister of Mrs, H. E. Graffam, and her daughter Miss Ethel Barr, of St. Paul, are enjoying the bracing air of Itasca coouty. They are more than pleased with the beauties of lake Pokegama. Mrs, Barr 1s an invalid but she is improving nicely in the strengthening ozone of the north, ‘J. F, Lotberg has invented a port- able oar lock on which he has applied for a patent. The new lock may be used on any boat no matter how nar- row or wide and made to accommo- date the person at the oars, Those who have examined 1t say it should find a ready sale and make a fortune for 1ts owner. Wilhs Drummond, city editor of the Duluth News Tribune, was in from the Birch Island camp with Clerk of Court Wade Blaker, this morning. Col. Drummond reports that he is having a splendid time at lake Pokeg- ama. He has caught some fine fish but has not been able yet to equal Mrs. Drummond’s catch of an eleven pound black bass. he school board held a meeting last Thursday evening and elected the following as teachers in Grand Rapids pubhe schools durnng the ensuing year; Prot, Baskerville of Duluth; Miss Lena McCarthy and Miss Bessie Brady of Grand Rapids, Miss Cochran of Winona, Miss Woodruff of Annan- dale, Miss Chink-e* Cleveland, and Miss Allen ol Swan River, Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Sims returned on Tuesday from Duluth, where they were married at high noon on Satur- day last. They received the hearty congratulations of their many friends and are at home at the Chisholm resi- de Mr. Sims will begin the builditm® of anew home on Kindred avenue just north of the brook ere g. M, A, Yancy, who has a farm on the Vermilion just across the line in Cass county, was in town yesterday, and this morning he started for Brain- erd where he will lay a petition from settlers on the Vermilion before the commissioners of Crow Wing county praying for the extension of the road now being built by Itasca county to connggt with the main thorough- fare west, ab petition will likely be granted? The planing mill of W. V. Fuller & Co has been greatly enlarged in its new location corner of Houghton ave-~ nue and Fourth street, It now looms up about twice its former size, New machinery has been added and a steam engine has heen brought into requisition this week to run the planer, lathe and rip saw. Messrs. Fuller & Decker have good reasons to feel proud of the growth of their business which has resulted from having good materjals, excellent work and close at- tention to business, President C, W, Hastings of the umbermen’s State bank, came oyer from Hibbing the first of the week and remained a couple of days. Mr. Hastings is almost a political curiosity in this campaign-—a bank president and an advocate of the free coinage of silver isa combination not to be found every day. } But Mr. Hastings takes a broad vieWy of the question and fully realizes that general prosperity will necessarily increase the business and profits of the local banker just as it will add to the prosperity of the local erchant, artisan or farmer. Capt. George Lydick, county com- missioner, left. Monday morning to be bsent about a month on a visit to his mother who hives in Calais, Maine, It is thirteen years since George left his old home and canie west to grow up with the country, In those years he has grown, however, in more ways than one, He has developed in avor- dupois and at the same time has de- veloped one pf the finest farms in Itasca county, }While visiting among old friends missioner Lydick will not forget to impart some valuable in- formation regarding this rich region and the splendid opportunities that are here offered to the thrifty settler. No representative of this section is better qualified than he to give testi- mony of Itasca county's fertihty of soil and abundant productiveness, be- cause he was one of the first to ap- preciate its value as a farming section and as a result his homestead 1s the envy of many a more recent settler. He hopes to be able to convince a number of Maunites that they can very materially improve their condi- tion by coming to Minnesota and taking homesteads in Itasca county. FILED THEIR CLAIMS. Duluth Land Officers Give Legitimate Set~ tlers a Reasonable Opportunity. Settlers of township 60, range 24, who filed on their claims last week, after years of patient waiting, were generally well satisfied with the treat- ment they received from the Duluth land officers. A. C. Blackman, F. E. Brown and other prominent settlers say thatthe claimants had all reason- able opportunity to assert their rights which was done in the face of a gang of stool pigeons who were ready to file on the lands without ever having made the slightest improvement upon them. The actual settlers stood to- gether in whole hearted, neighborly style and headed off a number of would-be contestants, Mr, Blackman has been in Northern Minnesota six- teen years and is one of the pioneers of 60-24, and yet a speculator is said to have realized $200 by a fraudulent sale of the Blackman claim made just before the plats were opened to a ten- derfoot from St. Ignace, Michigan. He returned to Michigan a sadder but wiser man. The rush at the land office was one of the liveliest of the season. A woman took a camp stool Tuesday evening and took the head of the ine which grew during the night and increased to a lively crowd Wednesday morning, The filings numbered twenty homesteads, five preemptions and seven timber and stone entries, Five homestead entries were sought for lands that are held with Great Northern scrip. These are claimed by Fred, W. R. and Richard Herring, Napoleon Russell and W, E. Myers. The extent of their improvements will pe looked into by an inspector before their claims are allowed, Such bona fide settlers as those of township 60, range 24, who have, in most cases, lived from four to five years upon their claims, cannot easily lose them, and it is not beheved that the scrip loca- tions were intended for the purpose of depriving the actual settlers of their rights, but rather they were put on while explorations for bodies of iron ore were going on, RAILWAY PROSPECTS. Au Excellent Country Will be Reached by the Duluth & Wintipog. Much interest is centered in the prospects of the Duluth & Winnipeg railway being extended now that the sale of the road has been made to the bond holders who are favorable to the Canadien Pacific system. The indica. tions show a desire to proceed with the work but it will take nearly two months to close up the details of the court proceedings, General improve- ments and repairs recently made have put the road into good shape to pro- ceed with the extension. The legal details, however, may not be complet- ed until so late that it will be deemed advisable to postpone the new work until next spring. The Canadian Pacific has advertised for fifty track layers and there have been two official trips during the past week to the terminus of the line but thus far no active work has been done at the Deer River end, C. B. Watrous, the Pensylvania saw mill man who examined the upper country quite thoroughly last summer, returned from Gaines, Pa, last evening. On the way up he stopped at Duluth to see the Duluth & Winmipeg railway people but he says he only learned that they are taking preliminary steps toward new construction and that they are looking forward to lively times in that line next year, Had the court proceedings been disposed of earlier the work would, most likely, have been going on now, Mr. Watrous met his son, W, H. Watrous, here. The latter has been located at Hanna- ford, atthe mouth of the Big Fork river fora year, They had a party of six including Messrs. Isaac Clark and Charles Brown, of Gaines’ Pa. and were going up the Big Fork and over into the Red lake region. While here yesterday W. H. Watrous said; There is pine timber enough from forty to one hundred miles northwest of here to tempt the construction of two or three railroads but the most valuable feature of the country’is that the soils are generally fertile, instead of being light, as some have sypposed, and these characteristics will draw settle ment and development -as fast as the roads are. opened, Our expenence has been in a similar district in Penn- sylvania and it has grown to be one the most valuable and most substan- tial of the rural districts of that state. Its timber for market is scarce now so we will bring our saw mills out here before long, We have two mills that can be removed. I suppose we willhave competition up here. Other mills are talked of for the upper country and itis likely that much of that timber will be sawed where 1t is produced instead of being driven away to build up the old cities.. If the Du- luth & Winnipeg line is built through the Black Duck region it will get a great deal of lumber that cannot easi- ly be put into the streams, A large number of settlers have opened up farms in that country during the past few years, Geo, F, Kremer has bought the in- rests of the Itasca Mercantile com- pany in the lime, brick, cement, etc., departmentaand is prepared to supply all demands‘%tn this line for building and other purposes. Orders left with Kremer & King will receive prompt atten tion, ( Building Material. Remnants in wall paper, from-1 to 5 cents per roll.. H. E. Ricnarpson, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND PRIMARIES FOR Itasca County, Minn, Published by order of the Democratic Conuty Committee. A DemocraticCounty convention for the county of Itasca, Minnesota, will be held on Monday, the 24th day of August, A, D. 1896, ab the Village hall in the village of Grand Rapidsat 2o’clock p. m. for the purpose of electing six delegates to the Sixth district congressional Democratic con- vention, to be held in the city of St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Tuesday, Aug- ust 27th, 1896, ab 12 m. to place in nomination a candidate for congress to be voted for at the general elec- tion to be held in November, 1896, ‘The basis of representation shall be one delegate for each ten votes or major fraction thereof cast for Bald- win in 1894. Every precinct is en- titled to at least one delegate, In accordance with the above ap- porian ed the several precincts will e entitled to the following number of delegates in the convention: Grand Rapids No 1, number of delegates Grand Rapids No, 2, 334 bot Grand Rapid A Diamond sine, “ (3 Deer River, if 3 Pokegama, = ash Crooked Lake, “ ” Bass Lake, i ei aadana, " " ass Brook, Ls . Hartl Luke, “ “ 8, “ “ Snow sall Hansom rook, of * aford, ¢ Han Split Hand, Long Lake, " ~ Loper. at ” Swan River, ing Hs Total, " The primaries for the election of delegates to the county convention will be held at 3 o’clock p. m., on Monday, August 24th, 1896, as fol- lows: Grand Rapids, Precinct Ni Hall, Chairman K. ©. Logan, John Costello; cl Grand Rapids, Precinct At Village hall, Chairman, Charles Kearn P, H. Var- Jey, John Mevonala; cierk, Henry Hughes, Grand Rapids, Precinct No, 8—At Village hall, Laprairie. Chairman Joseph McMahon; judges, John Lofberg, Angus McIntosh; clerk, . 8, McMahon, : Diamond Mine Precinct—At J. H. Dunning's camp. Chairman, C. H. in [nage Lewis Kemmler, W. B. Holman; ¢lerk,"fed Riley, Deer River Precinct—At School house, Chair- man, W. J, Kelly; judges, F, L. Churchill, A. , Brooks; clerk, Murray Taylor. Pokegama Precinet—Chairman, Frank Green judges, Duncan Harris, Rovert McCabe; clerk ohn Berg. At Beckfelt’s Henry Crooked Lake Precinct—Chairman, M, A, Woods; judges, Mike Kelly, A, Lord; clerk, H, Stillman, Bass Lake Precinct--Chairman, Dave Coch- Tan; judges‘ W, H. Clark H, Macumber; clerk, ¥F, M. Lund, Quadana Precinct — Chairman, Lafayette ‘Tay.or; judges, Louis Bulduc, Pete Lavidere; clerk, James Murchie, Bass Brook Precinct — Chairman, Thomas Cook; judges Somes Cochran, Joseph St, Peter; clerk, Wrank Jandreau. Hartly Lake Precinct—Chairman, John Duffy; judges, P. ritggerald, Michael McGann; cleck, #red Baker. Decker Prescinct—Chairman, C, A. Simons; judges, Jumes Keith, Frank Roberts; clerk, T, J, Goddell, McCormick Preeinct--Chairman, Matt Halli- day; judges, Frank Ritchie, Charles McCormick, Trout Lake Preciyct — Chairman, Oscar Truva; judges, Lars Larson, M. Nelson; clerk, Robert Smith, Swan Lake Precinct—Chairman, A. H. Paw- ers; judges, L, K, Todd, J. MeCormick; clerk, Win’ Kenny. Snow Ball Precinet—Chairman, T, J, fWalsh; judges, James Duffy, John Dwyer; clerk, Peter ackett. _ Hannaford Precinct—Chairman, David Rudy; judges, Ralph McKenstry, Wim. Slingerland; ¢lerk, Duncan MeMillan, Hanson Brook Precinet—Chairman. Arthur Wilder; judges, James Affiict, John H. Reichert, cierck, Albert Haley, Kehl & Deary Precinct—Chairman, Michael Devinne: judges, Angus McDonald, Jumes Lusk; clerk, slenry Smith, Split Hand Precinct — Chairman, Thomas Corrans; judges, C. U. Grayelle, A, Black; clerk Frank Thompson, Long Lake Precinct—Chairman, Blackman; judge, ‘Thomas Fitzgerald, Charles Kelly; clerk, Jerry Hickey, Loper Precinct—Chairman, Jobn Law; judges, rs Stoughton, G. Laisure; clerk, William wn, . Swan Riyer Precinct — Chairmrn, Edward bie 4 jpcues, Wiliam Lacey, William Doyle; clerk, Frank Pierce. The committee wili expect the chairman and judges to tamiliarize themselves with the new primary law of 1895, and require compliance therewith. E. C. Kiney, W. F. Sius, Chairman, Secretary. SHIP Sail or Row Boats REMEMBER ALSO, Grand Rapids, - BUILDING Is not exactly in.our line, but we can construct almost anything in the way of that mechanical skill and first-class material is capable of producing. A gteat many boats are now in service on the beautiful lakes around Grand Rapids which were built by us and they give the best possible satisfaction. ‘That we are better prepared than heretofore to do all classes of work in the shop, and our stock of General Lumber is up to the standard. W.V. Fuller & Co., DEDEDE SS Se THE DULUTH & WINNIPEG. Further Delay May Occur tn the Extension of the Road. The St. Paul Globe of the 3oth has the folowing: “The Duluth & Win- nipeg road will take no steps of an active nature this year toward the ex- tension of the line, according to re- port, It will take a least sixty days yet to get the road out of the courts, and by that time it will be too late to extend the road to any point this year that would be of any object in the operation of the line. Had the sale come off earlier in the season the result would have been different. The dirt would now be flying along 200 miles of new extensions, It was the plan in the spring to extend the road 200 ,miles this sea- son, but the tedious delays with which everyone is familiar, had the effect of delaying the project for another year. There have been two surveys made northwest irgin the present terminus of the line, but neither of them. is en- rely satisfactory and another will be made. Now is the time to get bargains in wall paper. H. E. Richardson DEMOCRATID COUNTY CONVENTION FOR THE COUNTY OF ITASCA A Democratic county convention for the county of Itasca, Minnesota, will be held on Thursday, the 10th day of September. 1896, ai the cour’ raom in county court hause at the village of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, at ? o'clock Rom for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates «for the following county offices, to-wit: Auditor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Register of Deeds, Judge of Probate, Attorney, Clerk of District Court, Surveyor, Coroner, Superintendent of Schools. Court Donen teeinnee. County Commissioner, Dis- trict No, 2. The primaries for the election of delegates to the county convention will be hel = tween the hours of 3 and 4o0’clock p, m.,on Thursday, the 27th aay. of August, 1896, at places of which dye ‘notice will Riven, as, Required by law. E, C. KILEY, . B, SyMs, Chairman, Secretary, The Palace Leland Avenue. CHOC eSS== STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. HENRY LOGAN, Proprietor, GRAND RAPIDS, ’ - CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, ETC, Sh A complete and entirely new Titoole ot - Groceries, Canned Gooda, Fruita and Vegetables, Books, Stationery and Sundries. CIGARS AND ToOBRoces. 1 HAVE NO OLD Goons on which to offer reduced pric but everything is new, frost ani wholesome, and you will always get full Lee and measures, and prices will be right, i Benj, Herrig, Jr-, GRAND RAPIDS, - MINN. SISLSCSLSLSLSS wc, pieces) : J.B, SIMS, resident yive-Preside A.B. WHITS, Cashier. E First State Bank OF GRAND RAPIDS CRGANIZED DECEMBER, 1893, Paid Up Capital, - + $20,000.00 Surplus, Siw ee 10,000.00 DIRECTORS; H, ©, Akevey, W, G, Gitnerr, Guo; ¥ Mivers X'8, Whae, A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, This Bank wil} conduct a T, ‘ 4 peerat andr and tomy searay xes in ta: algo furnish abstract ot tiled ata" om Speoiql Attention Given ta Collestiana LUMBERMEN’S STATE BANK ' Grand Rapids, Mine, C, W, HASTINGS, Pros't, »P, J, SHELDON, V, Pres't. ¥, B. SHELDON, Canter, — Capital . * + > $25,000.0c Surplus - + + 5,000.0¢ A General Banking Busines¢ Transacted. Fire Insurance Carefully Wnitten,