Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 6, 1897, Page 1

— “ Vo... V.—No, 24. Granp Raribs, Ira‘ sca County, Minn., SATURDAY, Frpruary 6, 1897. . -_Two Dotiars a YEAR This space belongs to the Itasca Mercantile Company. This is a Verry Funny World deal funnier. But some of the people ‘n it are a great Lowest on Earth, ‘We sell all kinds. of H»rdwars, Ir Supplies, Do Farming ‘To They seem to think that if they can buy .a thing real cheap that they have a'big bargain, when, nine times out of ten, they svon regret their unwillingness to pay a decent price for a decent article, no matter what it may be. storekeepers charge ‘too much where they think the customer. will stand it, but we don’t de business that way. price, and , while it may not be the Of course, some We have but one -. you can bank your last cent on its being only ’ a fair price for goods that will give you satis- * faction. , Steel, Tinware, Lumber: Windows, Paints, Oils, Glass: s Guns, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, ete., and if your purchase don’t. suie, you can bave your money back. n,} ‘ ‘That’s What We Call Busittess. HARD TIMES Egr BVA CEDERE ig A Speciality Made of all Kidus of Repairing. Are not the best times in which to sell jewelry, but then you do not kuow how cheap we are selling Gur large stock of Watches, Chicks, Diamonds, and in fact everything el-e kept in a first class jewelry store. If youcomtempilate mak- ing ‘a purchase of anything in our line— usefull or ornamental—dou’t fail to call and get our prices. \ tg Doe Freeo all Goods Bought of Me. WILL NISBETT, ¢ Expert Watchmaker and Engraver. 3S if ~ i } = at praes + oe | } If You Must Eat and we suppose you must, you should aiways try to get-¢he best goods in the market al the lowest possible price. To do this, you should buy your Fresh and Salt Meats, ish, Game, Etc., at the well-known meat market of Cable & Libby. ‘This tirm bak always on hand the very best things the scason affords, at the very lowest prices. Fresh Butter and Eggs Received Daily From the Country, CABLE & LIBBY, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. : IMMIGRATION MEETING Representative Pushers Gather at St. Paul and Tell About Our Greatness. ITASCA WELL REPRESENTED Cc. C. McCarthy Speaks of ‘A Wide Extent of Conntry in Minne« seta Awaiting Settlement and Enlightened Self-Interest.”” Last Tuesday morning the Itasca county representatives to thefstate im- jmigration convention, heid on Wed- nesday at St. Paul, were’ among the south-bound passengers. This me- tropolis was well and ably represented. The meeting was one of the most largely attended of any yet held and the opinion is expressed that» good result swill follow. C.C. McCarthy, Rev. Father Gamache, H. R. King, W. E. Neal, A. G. Bernard, W. H. Dunne, J. J. Decker, and L. F. Knox were among the Itasca county gentle- men who held seats in the convention, Addresses were made by many, em- ment men and it was shown that the work already done through the imini- gration societies had brought many settlers into the state and had attracted general attention to the opportunities oftered by Minnesota to ,those of the over crowed east who are seeking new homes. It appeared to be the prevailing opinion among the repres- entatives present that the state legis- lature should pass a law at the present session creiting an immigration bu- reau. Among, the able addresses made was that of Attorney McCarthy. We clipa paragraph from his re- marks, which’ is an excellent text to gutd the energies of men in a new, undeveloped country. the character of the people who can make any section rich and prosperous. Natural wealth cannot develope itself, and Mr, McCarthy seems to appreci- ate this fact. He said: “To my topic ‘A wide Extent of Country Awaiting Settlement,’ I insisted upon the addition ‘An Enlightened Self In- terest.’ Primarily itis men who make the state. Rome dominated the world, yet the resources of Italy were hmited. Every Roman was Rome— when a citizen of that ancient: capital j; wanted resources he found them. An enlightened self interest will find resources in Minnesota or’ else here, There should be in this country a prevaling idea that every man is in- dependent, With that idea from the over-crowded factories of the East, the congested centets of the West will pour a multitude who will seek an outlet for their energies. We have in Minnesota room for thousands, and places for them. In Itasca alone we have 3,500,000 acres of land await- ing development. There’s no need After all,-it 1s |* lin this county why mem should not be industrially free and independent. We.want good, honest citizens, and the opportunity for them lies in Minnesota.” Rev. Father Gamache spoke upon the duty of the clergy to aid in assist- ing the immigration society. The man of the cloth was sent to help the poor, and it was by helping them to saga happy homes for themselves im earth that the priest was enabled | to.fit men for heaven. OUR VILLAGE PAS. Shall Grand Rapids Elect a New Council This Spring or Nit? As the time draws near for the heretofore annual election of village olficials, the Question arises as to the correct interpretation of the 1895 law, which has something to say regard- ing the election of village officers for a term of twu years. Recorder Miller was interviewed ths moruing relative to the opinion uf the council on that important subject. Mr. Miller said he had written to several village recorders of neighboring towns, and the opinion seemed to be divided or undetermined as Lo the exact meaning of the law. ‘The question has not yet been settled by the courts and until a test case is made it will be difticult for the unprejudiced citizen to determine whether the council elected in 1896 should hold foro e year or two. A plain reading of the Jaw by a plain e'vizen would leave the impression that the village trustees were to be elected for a term of two years after the passage of the act referred tu, and su it appears to the Herald-Review. However, the courts may hold differently. Members of tue. present council who have been seenand interviewed on the matter express a willingness to step out if their terms ot.ottive legally expire at the end of one year, but if not they will hold over.. It does not appear that any stubburn fight to hold over will be wade by any of the gentiemen who, now conrol the destincs of Grand Rapids, but it is like'y that they will have to be convinced that the 1895 law .does not mean what it appears :to say before they will call for a pew election. i Iteresting Land Decision. The decision of the secretary of the ititerior in the case m re Nancy Desmond was received at the Duluth land pffice this week. _ The lands are in se¢tion 24-68 20. Nancy Desmond applied to enter the lands under the timber and stone act. She admitted at she had never seen the land, but offered testimony as to its character from an expert woodsman whom she sent up there. The rules required personal examination, but the local officers thought, she had taken a ‘ better method ofascertainig its charac- ter, than if she had viewed it nerself and received her application. The general land office retused to allow it. She appealed ang the secratary re- verses the commissioner and gives her the right to prove up, there being no ‘adverse claim. Judge Holland held a special term of court at Wadena this week for the accommodation of those who desired ‘to take out second citizens papers, TO PROTECT WORKMEN A Measure Introduced by a Duluth Member that the BoysWill Endorse. NO MORE TIME CHECKS A Bill to Compel Employers of Labor in the Lumber Camps to Pay Cash at the End of Every Month and Improving Lien Laws. A bill was introduced in the state legislature the other day by Mr. Lay- bourn of St. Louis county, and refer- red to the committee on logs and lumber, of which Mr. Gunn is chair- man, which is of considerable’ im- portance to the lumber jacks of this section, and which will no doubt re- ceive their unqualified endorsement. The bill provides that “any person that may perform any manual labor in cutting, banking, driving, rafting, curbing or towing logs or umber in this state shall have a hen thereon as against the owners thereof and all other persons except the state of Minnesota for the amount due for such service and the same shall take precedence of all other claims there- on, and any verbal or written agree- ment expressed or implied made by or between any person or persons, or chartered company or companies designed to act as a waiver of right under this act or any portion thereof shall be wholly void. “That every person performing labor on logs or timber as aforesaid, shall receive his wages or compensa- tion monthly at the end of each and every month he so works, and if at the time of the completion or. termi nation of his labors there be due to him wages or compensation for the fractional part of a month, he shall receive the same at the time of the termination of his labor and if the party orjparties liable therefor neglect for the space of ten days after such wages or compensation shall become due as above specified, the plaintiff tach and safely keep the property described in such affidavit or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the plaintiff's claim with costs, dis bursements, charges and expenses. In case of alevy upon logs such officer shall file a certified copy ot such writ with a copy of his return of levy indorsed on specifying the mark or marks upon such logs and the quantity of same levied upon by him in the office of the surveyor general of the lumber district within which suit is brought and such mark or marks recorded and the same shall be a sufficient levy thereon, but the officer shall, if necessary to save the same from loss, proceed to have such logs scaled by him as by law, without delay, or as soon thereafter as such logs shall arrive within the hmits of the boom that is the proper destination of such logs, and nothing shall be done to hinder or delay the driving of such logs to such destination. That any person or persons that shall manufacture into lumber or remove from boom that was their proper destinatination any logs or umber that have been attached, levied upon and scaled as aforesaid, or who shall if such logs have been attached and levied upon, drive them to any boom othr than the one for which they were originally intended without the written consent of the officer making the attachment or of the plaintiff and with intent to evade the hen in this chapter provided, shall be deemed guilty of larceny and punished accordingly. When more than one writ of attachment or ex- ecution shall be levied upon the same property they shall take pnority in the order the levies are made, pro- vided that logs and lumber in the Kirst lumber district may be held at Stillwater and logs and lumber in the Second district may be held at Minneapolis, by the sheriff attach- ing the same, notwithstanding the destination of such logs may be be- low those places respectively.” Sustained the Commissioners. Contrary to the opihion of County Attorney McCarthy the proprietors of the Magnet were inclined to think that the statutes of Minnesota some- where provided that they should be given bulic printing, and applied for a writ of mandamus before Judge Holland to compel the commissioners jand county auditor to give them ia an action to enforce his lien on} whatever they might see fit 'oask for. such logs of timber for the amount due him, shall recover treble cost. “That any agreement made by or between any person or persons, com- pany or corporations,for/the purpose of reducing the wages or compensa- tion originally agreed upon for such labor and services, or to extend the time of payment, beyond that above specified, shall be absolutely void, the lien herein created shall not attach as against the clam of the owner or legal occupant ot the land upon which logs or timber were cut in cast of trespass, or when the logs and timber were cut and carried away without the consent of such owner or lezal occupant. “The attachment shall require the As the Herald-Review had some interests in the re Gans Attorneys F. F. Price and A. Y. Merrill were retained to look after its interests. C. L, Pratt repsesented the claims of the Magnet. The motion came ap for hearing at Brainerd on ‘Thursday of last week when the action of the commissioners in awarding the print- ing of all legal notices, except the tax list, to the Herald-Review, was sustained. The tax list case was heard on Thursday of this week and the commissioners were again sus- tained. And so it happens, under authyrity of the district court of the Fifteenth judicial district, that the Herald Review is and sha! contiune to be the official per of Itasca county for 1897. The Magnet may continue to be the official paper of First street and the personal crgan of the Moose in his railroad building sheriff or other prayer officer to at- enterprises. * Pi — ] i! } i fee eee ee