Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 14, 1896, Page 1

~ Grand Rapids Heral Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., SATURDAY, NoveMBER 14, 1896, Heratp—Vou. Ill, No, IX Voi V.—No, XII. { That our prices are the lowest, our Kindly remember us when in need of goods the best. In our Ladies’ Misses’ and Children’s SOSOHOSO SONGS LOS BSSSESSSSSSSESKG sR EE My, hy 13 Departments, Winter Wraps, = * = a & = GN é q . : = each complete in itself, you can buy anything all kinds of Flannels, Gloves and Mittens. 3 : = When * from a paper of needles to a ton of coal. Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, Caps, Etc. 2 oe ‘ H 3 Itasca Mercantile Co. Itasca Mercantile Co. . H : : | | “ e | | Remember : | We buy in large lots which | We do not say it boastingly, but we do - enables us to assert that we have the Sell Cheaper We always Shopping Largest and Best EE Ae ee ae a ea ea a a a ae SEE EEE assorted stock in the county at prices that 7} ERE EE ee Re ae ste Re ae te te than the ordinary store keeper. ISVS IRISL EOS SLaVeceles SSNS SES! have a host of bargains for you, are within the reach of everybody. Itasca Mercantile Co. Itasca Mercantile Co. W. J. HARDWARE, Even the ‘Man in the Moon” can see that our stock of is the finest in the northern coun- try, and when you lumbermen need anything in the line of Camp, Logging. Driving or Mill Supplies, don’t get the mistaken idea into your heads that you can get better goods and pay less than right here at home. at right prices. Just drop in and look us over—and don’t be affraid your purchase won’t suit, because in that event you have your money back. We also; carry com- plete lines of IRON, Stoves, Tinware, Doors, Windows, Paints, Oils, Glass, Farming Tools and the:Swellest line of Sporting Goods in the country. & H. D. POWERS. Lumbermen’s Supplies WE CARRY A FULL LINE STEEL, Sapa ad DBLVVVSVVTVVVWS 008080 Don’t Bet on the Election. But if you do bet and win, don’t spend the t gain “Jollying up” ys pet ea tkine youtsel? feel likea millionaire for a day or two only to wake up feeling like a defeated candidate. It Don’t Pay To invest the same amount‘ot money in some usefu! article of Silverware or Jewelry. or a Clock., Watch, or even an Engagement Ring, would be far more profitable, id make someone happy. We have all these things and many others for sale. Nisbett & Warriner, ; and woul — the bo! i The Jewelers. ee es es ee ee ee ed sd * THE OFFICIAL COUNT No Material Changes Brought About by the Canvassing Board. ITASCA MIXED THINGS UP A Little *Alf-an-Alf was Popular With the Voters for County Offices--- Morris Goes Out of Itasca With a Majority of Six Votes. The canvassing board for Itasca county, consisting of Auditor King, Chairman Lydick of the board of county commissioners, and Justices Stilson and Holman, began their labors last Thursday and concluded the count and footings last evening. Protests were filed by. three candidates as follows: Attorney Price objected to accepting the returns from Swan Lake, Snow Ball, Decker, Spider Lake,Bass Lake, Kehl& Dearys and Bow String precincts, alleging illegalities in the voting. Attorney McCarthy offset the above with objec- tions to the Swan River, Koochiching and Rainy Lake city precincts and P. H. Vatley filed objections, claim- ing irregularities in Judge Rassmus- sen’s candidacy for the office of clerk of court. There was no materia! change from the report as published in these col- umns last week, with the exception of the yote on coroner. It at first ap- peared that Dr. Russell was the suc- cessful candidate, the conclusion be- ing bassed on the large vote which the doctor received in Grand Rapids, but the outside precincts brought in a majority for Dr. Ehle of 57. Aside from the vote on congressman, which : \ for these stories, as he conducted an entirely honorable campaign. The official table, as given in this issue, will show that the vote for county offices was very erratic, and politics were not considered, although there are but 86 votes in favor of Mc- Kinley, and 67 for Clough over Lind, with Page Morris leading Towne by 6. This shows that the vote of the county 1s close between the two part- ies. Doran was complimented by a majority of 122 over Gunn, and it will be seen that the full vote was polled for the legislative candidates with con- siderabie interest, as the Itasca county gentlemen received nearly a hundred more Votes than the senatorial nomi- nees. King’s majority over Lacroix was 134, and Kremer was re-elected coun- ty treasurer over T. J. Welsh by 83 votcs. Andy Clare’s’majority was 119 over Charles Kearney. In the four- cornered fight for judge of probate E. C, Kiley’s plurality over Arnold was 142. C. C. McCarthy was elected county attorney over Price by a majority of 330. I, D, Rasmussen re- ceived 207 more votes than P. H. Varley for clerk of court. Frank Smith was elected county surveyor over John Brown by 72 votes, A. E. Wilder’s majority over C. E. Seelye, for county commissioner, was just 160. Mrs. O. H. Stilson for superintendent of schools had no opposition and receiv ed 1,228 votes, while Judge Stilson was the only candidate for court commis- sioner and his ‘vote was 1,198. Dr. Ehle will continue to perform the duties of coroner by a majority of 57. The Farmer in Politics. Speaking of the election in Wadena county, and the campaign thereaway, Hon. W. R. Baumbach said to a Herald Review man: “I am _ pretty well acquainted with the farmers of our county, but I must confess that I never fully appreciated their knowl- edge of things political until this: fall. In going through the country I was surprised to find that the farmers had been making a much closer study of the money question than those resid- PINE LAND TRESPASS State Auditor Dunn Going Down the Line to Protect the State. CRUISERS MAKE REPORTS One Firm is Reported to Have Cut Illegally Four and One-Half Mil- lion Feet of White Pine in This State and Must Pay Up. State Auditor Dunn has flopped back again to his regular routine after having devoted about two months of his time to the case of Clough vs. the People. The Pioneer Press contains the following which will no doubt be,read with interest by many Itasca county citizens: State Auditor Dunn has had three crews of cruisers and land examiners in the field during the past two months, looking over the state lands in the extreme northern part of the state, and extended west from the northwestern part of St. Louis county alovg the international boundary line westward across St. Louis, Itasca and Beltrami counties. This territory is of vast extent and has heretofore never been visited by the state cruis- ers. It was suspected that the rich tim- ber belt in the northeast part of St. Louis county had suffered from the depredations of unscrupulous lumber- men and the result has justified Mr. Dunn’s suspicions. R. F¥. McClellan, the state cruiser who was sent into this district six weeks ago, returned and made his report yesterday, and from him the state auditor learned there had been an actual trespass on state pine lands by one lumber firm amounting to 4,500,000 feet of very Vethat there has been extensive tres- pass on state pine lands by lumbering firms in the district ex- amined by McClellan and,McKenzie, but it isonly now that I have been able to secure the evidence necessary to prove the fact. This reminds me that Jobn Lind in an article publish- ed in the Penny Press, is reported to have made certain allegations in re- gard to this office, to the effect that all the appropriations made by the jlegislature for the two years of 1895 and 1896 for paying for the examina- tion of state pine, mineral and other lands, had been devoted to selecting lands to be deeded to the Great Northern railway. This is absurd, a willful atement and as ridiculous as it is untrue, and if Mr. Lind did make the statement, which I very much doubt, he must have known it was untrue when he made it. “Tn addition to McClellan’s crew,” continued Mr. Dnnn, “I have hada crew in the field headed by Capt. Jonathan Chase of Minneapolis, who in the past six weeks has examined twenty-six townships in the northern part of St. Louis county and along the Canadian boundary west- wards, This region has never before been examined by the state’s cruisers. He has reported to me today, and from his work the state will benefit by the setting apart of timber, agri- cultural and other lands for the bene- fit of the state institutions and as in- demnity for school lands lost by prior settlement or natural causes. “Ex-Senator Dedon and a third crew are at present in the extreme north- ern part of Itasca county and will re- port on their work in a week or two, ‘The result of all this work will be ta detect trespass and by furnishing the office with data as to the growth of timber, etc., to enable us to prevent and discover any trespass in the future. ‘These facts show conelusive- ly the ridiculously false@and’ absurd character of the statements printed by the Penny Press, and I cannot but mis: SeRSHEnelosssassseeeeesesy sees er et stood 776 for Morris and 770 for|ing in the cities and villages, They | Valuable white pine; and in addition | give John Lind credit for having too : It is not po But it is Profitable : Towne, the closest was between Sher-| had been reading a much more sub the examination has disclosed that | much sense tu naye made them. ‘They = Necessary ae 4 iff Toole and John Fraser, the form-|stantial class of literature than our|on state pine lands on which logging | Were probably cooked up in the office 3 i red Both to the meat mer- $ er’s majority being but 38. This was | townspeople and were equipped with | permits were never issued, the firm andused for 70 ire to mark the 3 to Advertise ae Cee a ies nanoK oe: z a complete surprise to the friends of] reasoning and arguments that would | cutting the pine had failed to report Aine eae een into eternal —— . ae ments concerning the # Sherift Toole who had reason to be-}make a man think seriously. While] the true amount cut through the sur- fk * to tell people they are red best place to buy meats iz lieve that his majority would be larger | those located in the villages confined | yeyor general’s office. z 4 hungry, or what they ae and provisions, and then = than it was two years ago. The close | their reading largely to the daily news-| This alleged trespass was commit- Preparing For the Log Crop. 2 , Prd furnish the evidence to % vote, however, is easily accounted for. | papers and therefrom arnwved at parti-| ted about three years ago in most| The principal hotels have hada . should eat. ae every patron. - As has been the experience with|san conclusions, the farmers have| cases, though some isa year or two|g00d transient trade this week mostly 1S ap se eee ne ae a ae a many another good man, his friends] been reading the best arguments pre-| oiger, But conclusive evidence has | With crews of men from Minneapolis That's What We do, and We Find That it Pays. CABLE & LIBBY, DEALERS IN asa MEATS CANNED GOODS, FISH, OYSTERS, ETC. GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. were more difficult to overcome than his enemies. Men who pretended to be Mr. Toole’s friends and ardent supporters were most industrious in proclaiming that he made a most serious mistake in consenting to allow his name to go before the Republican convention, and they had “told him so,” etc. This sort of fool talk was continued until a large number of peo ple who did not know the facts were kkd to believe that Mr. Toole had actually committed a crime. At the same time there were a number of senseless stories circulated through the camps calculated to prejudice the lumber boys against the shenff. Mr. Fraser was in ho manner responsible sented on both sides of the contro- versy, by the ablest writers in the country. I had given considerable time to studyidg the money question, but the farmers of Wadena county were as well prepared to vote intelli- gently as any class of citizens m the United States. This applies not only to those who voted as I did, but to our Democratic and People’s party friends as well.” For Holiday Trade. R. S. Crandall, the photographer, has received a-fine stock of picture frame mouldings, which will be sold at very reasonable’ prices. ‘The as- sortment is more desirable now than jt will be later in the season. been secured in every case, Mr. Dunn says, and the trespassers will, under the law, be compelled to pay the state double the amount of the trespass and will be liable for other damages. The result of this trip alone will be | the recovery by the state of a sufll- cient amount of money to defray the whole cost of the state land examin- year current. Cruiser McClellan leaves at once for the same territory to examine other alleged cases of trespass of a similar extensive charac- ter and he will be accompanied as be- tore by State Cruiser J. A. McKenzie. “T have known for some time,” said State Auditor Dunn on Monday, ing deparument for last year and the} on their way to the lumber camps. This movement is a few days later this season than the corresponding movement of a year ago and the total number of men employed will proba- bly be a little less than last year. Some of the logging contractors have not closed their deals for the winter’s work but nearly all of them expect to run theircamps. The ground was so soft last week that the snows were of little value for heavy sleighing but the frosty weather of the ypast few days has caused some improvement. The leading loggers are nearly all here supervising their business and the axes will soon be singing merrily in most of * the logging camps.