Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 17, 1897, Page 1

Grand Rapids 5 ws Vor V.—No 32. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SarurDAY, APRIL 17, 1897. - Two Do.Liars A YEAR SJ . > EESSeeseerseessereeeevessesesngeeussseneces Welcome Spring. the most fastedious. C.J. Flatt, has just returnéd from his purchasing tour and feels confident — that we are amply supplied to — id 3 : As spring com % id song which is larly that we are passeth away; as the birds shed their win- ter coat and sing forth sweet melody of should remind us that a new year of adornment is at hand and more _particu- public withthe most unique and latest designs in dress goods, silks, trimmings, / J eth forth and winter heard near and far, prepared to furnish the tasca ces Mercantile Co. Gren Rapids = = = = Minnesota. EE es ee ee ea ak a ae a ae a ee he ae He eae a a ae ae ae ae a a a a a aka Rae RE 5 ihe Bae REE eae een * B eahad ad eee eee eee een chad A barrel of money May not be made or saved on any single transaction, but the man who expects to make a barrel o2f money, must put hoops cn bis barrel and plug up the bung hole, which, in business, Means, that he must buy close, but buy the best of everything especially in Hardwar s a poor tool or implemeut costs nearly as mucha 1 good one, but cnly lasts about one-quarter long, and isa constant source of expendi ture for repails. We Sell the Good Kind about No matter what it may be. We pride our- selves on carrying the very best line of hardware, iron, steel, , paints, glass, lumbermen’s pplies, e in northern Minnese and no dealer can beat us on pi when quality is considered. Wo want the trade which you are most particular. W. J. & H. D. POWERS. ef New St Of Wr 1 ee ee Me ee ae eae a ea eae ae eae ae ate ae ae ae ock ndow Shades, Curtain Poles, Room Mouldings, wall paper, etc., at Richardson & Stevens. RE i ee 8 eee ee aR a a ae ee a a eee ee ae a a a ae ae eae a ae ea eae ea a eae hha bad has beh nd dink hd 2 ee fe at ae ae ese ae ee ee ee ae ae ae ae a ae a ea an a te ae eee eae a a ae a ae aa RE ME ER a aE If You Must Eat and we suppose you must, you should aiways try to get the best goods i in the market at the lowest possible price. To do this, you should buy your Fish, Game, Etc. yj | Fresh and Salt Meats, at» the well-known meat market of Cable & Libby. This firm has always on band the very best.things the season » affords, at the very lowest prices. Fresh Butter and Eggs Received Daily From the Country, CABLE & Lipsy, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. | —— ] | | } To TEST SUGAR BEET Itasea County Farmers Should Ex-! periment This Season. GREAT FUTURE POSSIBILITIES /Our Rich Sand) Soil Said to Be Weil i Adapted to Abundant and Profitable Raising of Sugar Beets, Experiments that have already been made have demonstrated beyond per- adventure that beet raising for the manufacture of sugar is a most profit- able enterprise for the farmers in a section of country where. these vege- tables can be produced abundantly and contain a certain per centage of sugar. The agricultural department est in the work of testing the adapt- ability of certain sections of the west for the production of these vegetables, and asa result seeds are beimy sup- plied free through the congressional representatives. It is a fact that however, that when the experimental period has been passed and the re- sults summed up, it will be found that of the many entering the contest only a few will be able to make satisfactory reports. If itis finally demonstrated that sugar beets can be. profitably produced in northern Minnesota it will be but a short time when factories will be established. The Duluth pa- pers have already commenced an agi- tation for the erection of a factory in that city, Some representative Min- nesota men have associated with them eastern capitalits and a $250,000 mill So it will be seen that the movement in Minnesota has as- sumed proportions that will eventually: develope a new enterprise in the state and add much to the profits of the in communities where plans mature. to the subject in the past are enthusi- astic in the belief that Itasca county 1s especially favored in soil and cli- matic conditions for the successful raising of sugar beets, and consequent- |ly it becomes the duty. of every farm- erin the county to lay off a small piece of ground and raise beets for the purpose of submitting the pro- ducts thereof to a practical analysis in the fall. Of the states selected by the general government in’ which to make ‘|these tests Minnesota is among the number and 1s classed ‘as: a “sugar beet state.” Congressman Morris will no doubt be aple to supply a sufficient amount of seed to the farmers of this county to make the test a thorough one. Instructions are also sent out by the government giving full direc- tions as to the planting, ete. Those who experiment this season should procure the seed at once, as the planting should be done by the agriculturists i iti factories. establish. f ‘Those who have given some study i 1 | first of May. at Washington is taking a lively inter- ! will be erected at Hastings, it present | The Experimental farm | will no doubt have some interesting jteports to make on sugar beets next | fall, but this alone will not be suffici- jent. The farmers and gardeners | Should join in and Jeng their assistance |and when the tests have finally been made Itasca county people will know | whether extensive heet culture would | prove profitable or otherwise. Judge O. H. Stilson has witten to Congressman Morrs and in a few days there should be a_ supply in | Grand Rapids ready for distribution. HAS MADE A RATE. The Duluth, Superior & Western Would En- i eourage Immigration ‘To encourage immigration to Itasca county the luluth, Superior & West- ern Railroad company has announced arate of $10 a car for what i is classed as “immigrants movablss” to any point on the line. _ This class of freight is made to melude any articles that a settler 1s likely to require, such’as | household goods, farmin gimplements, ‘live stock’and supplies, Itasca county people are this year making a special effort to secure an increase of popula- tion, and. special inducements are be- ing offered to those who will locate ther2 and engage in farming. Consid- erable headway was made, 1n this work last year, and it is claimed that farmers who located there last year are well satisfied with their experience. Land is being sold on easy terms and many good farms have already been opened up.—Duluth Herald. THE DAY FOR TREES. Arbor Day Should be Observed in Grand Rapids. When nature is over abundant’ in her supply of beautiful blessings we are prone to pass along nor notice with appreciation the things that are {grandest, most charming and most useful. ‘This 1s why the grounds sur rounding so many homes in Grand Rapids nave been shorn of their beau- tiful folage and are as bare as the treeless prairies of Dakota. It will re- quire yeats—a half a century—of care- ful cultivation to replace the magnifi- cent trees that have been cut down during the past five years within the | village limits,- when no thought was given ofe their real value. Today many are replanting, having come to realize that a home not surrgunded with foliage lacks the one vital charm | necessary to complete it. | Anent this: interesting subject the state superintendent of instructioh has issued a very--able address to the teachers of the state. He urgesall schools to give the day special con- sideration. Arbor day is designated each year by the governors of the several states, and governor Clough of Minnesota, has set apart Friday the goth day of Apmil, for its observance. ihe Early Gardeners With the earliest spring chirp of the licious fruits of athoroughly cultivated garden. Last week, the judge pre- | bill was defeated. |to be deplored that the immigration Had the bureau pared his grounds and this week sev-| been created and placed under the eral varieties of hardy vegetables have as: His garden has long asa splendid advertisement ot what can beso successtully raised in northern | _ Mipnesota, «nd especially in Itasca county, and many a strang- er has ; bee at the won- z of this northern soil as fame Sades 8 Jadge Stil. son’s i . another of th mi ey and ine. cessful gardeners of Grand foes whose rounds surr the parsonage are a sight well cal- culated.to comvince the stranger that] the Itasca county is great in agricultural possibilities, H. R. KING REPORTS. Our County Auditor Says the Itasca Lob- byists are Strictly In It. That-jolly and genial gentleman, H. R. King, Itasca ‘county’s popular and efficient auditor, procured a leave of absence asa member of the Third house last week and arrived from St. Paul on Saturday evening, returning to his duties again Monday morning. During the entire session there has been a quartette of inseparable _politi- cal warhorses watching legislation from Itasca county, and incidentally ofter- ing advice and assistance to Repre- sentauve Gunn, when important measures were up for consideration They are E. A. Arnold, Mr. Judson, formerly of Lapraine, A. G. Bernard, formerly of the Magnet, and H. R. King. Upto the present date Mr. Ar- nold has been the only luckey member of the quartette. He secured an ap- pointment as clerk for the special com- mittee on banking, but got drunk and lost the job. Mr. King would like to obviate the annoyance of having to be- come pleasant every two years while the campaign isin progress, so he seeks to have a law passed extending his tenure of office to four years. He says there is yet some hope of success in that direction notwithstanding the recent defeat. of the measure in the senate. Brother Bernard wouid be secretary of a proposed immigration bureau, at a salary of $2,500 a year with “graftin’s”’ on the side. Mr. King says that the Moose stands an excellent show of getting what he 1s looking for. Bernard writes his part- ner, Mr. Webster, that he is a sure winner, and. pictures out a money- making future that cannot well be paralleled. There will be lots of print- ing to do—he estimates it at-not less than $8,000 per vear—and the profits will all go the Magnet. ‘The state is the easiest thing in the world to swin- | dle, and especially in the printing line, | and so it will come to pass that the Magnet will be the greatest money - maker in the northwest—when Bernie gets his job. Later—But he won’t get it. The senate on Wednesday reached the control of honorable men much bene- fit would have resulted to the Sixth \district. But, like all other things in which he interests himselt, Bernard killed the bill in his fool efforts to ad vance his own selfish interests and se- cure a place of pelf,in the event of the bill becoming a law. It required the combined efforts of the best men in the community to save the experi- mental farm trom being located else- where through his damphoolishness and treachery, and so.1t will continue as long as he is permitted to exist in the county... If Bernard had remained at home or -to Cuba, instead of spending the last three months at St. Paul, the immigration bill would: | be a law. Ce gs peaanhereinaaine em OE ‘Delinquent Taxes. The fact that there is ooo due the state in deli and about thirteen times that an due counties calls for action at session of the legislature, says t Paul Pioneer Press, and” it is right ' Provision should be made for a clear- ing up sale of lands that have been forfeited to the state, and such provis- ion is emvodied in Senator Potter’s bill now pending. This measure ap- plies to all lands the taxes of which became delinquent prior to January, 1896, and seeks not on!y to realize on the amounts due the state, thus re- lieving those who promptly pay their taxes from the heavy additional bur- den of delinquencies, but to encour- age owners to pay their delinquent taxes prior tothe sale in order that they may retain their properties. Every county in the state would be benefited by this measure. The bill seems admirably drawn to save pro- perty owners from oppression and is aimed to correct several incidental evils of a minor character due to the sluggishness of real estate and to other causes growing out of the past four years. Few measures have been more timely or more needed than the Potter bill and to delay its passage to another session will only aggravate the evil and increase the holdings affected by it. Roubed the Safe. Last Tuesday nightsomeone broke into Logan’s saloon through the rear door and robbed the till of what small watches, and finding the sate unlocked took out $27 in silver that had been left there. No ‘clue tothe light-fingered gent has yet been discovered, and it 1s likely that he 1s secure unti! another » opportunity presents itself for another job in the same line. Lind was Libelled. The friends of Hon. John Lind bead be pleased to learn that the j the suit against the St. Paul ak for libelling Mr. Lind, returned a vere dict in favor of the prosecuition?*.-: immigration bill and killed it, and the next measure taken up was the robin Judge Stilson begins work on /county auditor’s bill—extending the his garden. He is always the first to|term to four years—and it, too, was plant and the first to reap the de-| mercilessly assassinated. It is really The date for the Merchants carmi- val has not yet been announced. The ladies will begin after Easter, pis. the direction of Prof. Baskerville. change had been left, three or four old ° the drill soon’ penance tence