Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 8, 1897, Page 1

@O Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SATURDAY, May 8, 1897. Special Attractions to Farmers. J. I. ©. Steel Plows. Steel Frame Adjustable Spring Tooth Harrows, Wood Frame Spring Tooth Harrows. Hiller’s Single and Double Plows, Hay Rakes, Mow Machines, Wire Fencing, Barb Wire, Wide Tire Wagons, Road Wagons. Wonderful Attractions... AT THE 3 ... Itasca Mercantile Company. prices, so cheap. People go where attraction leads them. Our store has been entirely remodeled on the interior until it hardly presents a natural. appearance; that is not the only reason why so many peoplevare con- stantly visiting us; but because their good sense and judgemen: brings them. We are carrying out a method that never fails, and that is style, quality and Many stop and wonder if we are really in earnest when they examine quality and prices. Never before in the history of our business were goods sold If you have not already done so, you. should at once call and look thro’ our new Spring Stock. All.departments are now complete and we venture the assertion, that we have the most:complete and attractive Spring Stock ever shown to the good people of this city. Itasca Mercantile Company. FGF OO OTOL Mr. Farmer: Are you going to need a new plow. harrow seeder, rake, mower or reaper this eid or summer? Let us just remind you that if you are, Powers is the place to get it. ‘That is.if you are rarticularabout getting a good machine. We don't blow much about gelling cheap, but don’t you dream, for @ mom- ent, that we will let any chap sell lower than we will. We're not built that way. What We're here for - We're Slicer te Shad) not up here for our bealth. That would. be just as good. perhaps,in the orange groves of California.’ We're bere for bus~ iness—to make money, und we will sell you anything froma pitch fork to a potatoe digger.or from # saus- age stuffer to # self-binder. from our mammoth stock of hardware and farming machinery. at as small a margin of profit us possible—but we must have profit. DaDat DS OES We want particularl the farmers around do business with us, to get acquainted and do business with ere, and will make it to your interest to XIX PR W. J.& H.D Powers. OSS SDR RST EXPECT TO BUILD SOON Farmers’ Road in a Fair Way to Real- ize the Dream of Hines. FINANCIAL MEN INTERESTED President Munger Reports That He Will be Abie to Raise the Necessary Money Within a Month or So and Begin Construction. % S. Munger, president of the Duluth & North Dakota Railroad company—the “Farmers road’’—left the other day for Drayton to attend a meeting of the , board of directors to be held there, #says the Duluth Her- ald. President Munger will report to the board the result of his recent trip to the East for the purpose of interest ing.capital in the enterprise. associates the closing of any deal tha will insure sufficient money to warrant the resumption of construction work, he will show that very satisfactory progress has been made and that there is every probability that his efforts will be crowned with success A RECEPTION OF 80 DAYS DURATION. You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Spring Show No admission charge. as P.M. Grand Rapids, May 1st. 4 New Stock hy ad Shee Of .Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Room Mouldings, wall paper, etc., at Richardson & Stevens. qecteese SECKHER HHO G: CHOCO ETT EAR ATES CET EN REET RRR RT RENO REET Oooo Marr's Clothing § Dry Goods Store Entertdinment closes promptly within the next thirty days. Itis possible that the directors meeting will be adjourned for a month to take action on prospective offers for the company’s bonds. In Eastern finacial circles the idea of building an independent line of road direct to the wheat. fields of North Dakota is looked upon with favor, and 1s generally believed to be not only feasible but likely to prove profitable to investors, It is there deemed altogether improbable that President Hill of the Great Northern will build the much-talked of Fosston branch to Duluth until he is forced to do so by some other line invading the territory, for the reason that such a move on his part would be equival- ent to constructing a line that’ would be a direct competitor of the one he already has, and would not only in- crease his business, but would have a tendency to cut freight. rates and re- duce the revenues of hissystem. The Great: Northern now hauls much wheat: from the northern wheat belt to Minneapolis, where it is ground in- EE Re a eee eae a ae a ae ee ee eae eB | to flour and’ then hauled to Dulut $ | for shipment to the Eastern market. If the Fosston branch should be built the bulk of this wheat would come direct to Duluth, where it would have to be hauled for even less than the rate to Minneapolis, and much of the flourtraffic from Minneupolis would be lost. It is because of this condition that Eastern railroad promoters doubt the sincerity of Mr. Hili’s alleged inten- tion of building the Fosston branh this year, and they assert confidently that he will make no move in this direction until he is forced to do so by some rival hne beginning the actual work of’ construction. It. has been Ee a Ee a ea ea ae ae a bck demonstrated satisfactorly that the Duluth & North Dakota can be built and equipped atacost which, when compared. with the stock and bonded indebtedness of other lines in the same territory, is mdiculously low. A road that 1s stocked and bonded for no more than the actual cost of construc- tion would have such an immense ad- yantage over any lines now in exist- ence, that it could afford to haul wheat at a price far below the present tanff, and still be operated at a good profit. An independent road would give Duluth an immense - advantage. which it could never attain with the Great Northern’s Fosston branch, and it would result in the marketing of large quantities of wheat here that how goes to Minneapolis. There isa reasonable probability that the efforts of President Munger will prove successful and that before the season is much farthur advanced the bonds of the Duluth & North Dakota will have been placed, and the treaury of the company supplied with sufficient funds to warrant the begin- ning of the work of construction. To. Extend the Itasca Line. While he will be unable to announce to raf retary ‘work on the Itasca umber company’s loggiging road, west from Deer River, locally known as the Sims’ road, is now under way and it is very likely that the twelve- mile extention, heretofore referred to in theses columns, will be made the present season. In reply to an inquiry from the Herald Review, Manager J. P, Sims said§ that the definite arrange- ments had not yet been made, but it ig to be inferred that the exstention will be built from the present indications. Civil Engineer George Cox is now running the location survey and other preparations in evidence point to early operations. There is aiready thirteen miles of track laid, but it will all re- quire extensive repairing, as the ties are badly rotted. Two or three short branches will be extended from the main line into the heaviest timber, so that the entire twelve miles to be built this season will not extend directly west. It is only a matter of time when this road wilkbe more than a hauler oflogs. It will run through a section of country that will demand railway facilities and its ultimate extension to the Ramy Lake gold fields would not be surprising. An Inventive Genius. Our fellow townsman, J. S. Lotberg has an inventive development of the head that is liable to land him among the millionaires. Some time ago he invented a portable ore lock for boats upon which a patent has been issued, and for which he was recently offered $5000. Another device upon which he has applied for a patent is a corset clasp joint, which is calculated to be unbreakable The Washington pat- ent attorneys and publishers, John Weddurburn & Co.,have sent Mr. Lofberg.a silver badge in recognition of his ability as an inventor. . He has several schemes on file in Washington and they are all considered by com- petent men to be improvemgants. that will bring in rich-rewards. | Beforé purchasing your Spring Outfit Do not fail to look through our establishment and be convinced that we mean what we say. State School Funds The school districts and municipali- ties ot the state are already being heard from in regard to the recent act of the legislature in authorizing the withdrawal of $4,500,000 of the permanent school fund from outside securities and the investment of that amount in school and municipal bonds. There is an eager scramble among the school districtsand villages for a loan trom the state fund. Dis- tricts that have had to pay 5 to 7 per cent before, jump at the opportunity ot getting the state loan at 4 per cent. School district No.4 of Itasca county, has applied for a loan of $240. Died. On Thursday morning J. A. Quigg arnved from Deer River with A. F. Bissell, whom he took to the Ehle & Russell hospital. The man had been brought across the country from Walker in a delerious condition, pro- duced from too much whiskey. In making the trip over the lakes it was necessary to te him to the bottom of the boat. When he reached the hospital he was in a_ very exhausted condition, and yes- terday morning. he died. Bis- se!l was a saloon keeper at Glen Flora, Wis., and it appears that he made the trip into northern Minnesota woods for the purpose of getting away from Grink. The sudden change was more than his system could stand, and after being out three or four days he be- came delerious. What arrangements will be made for .the funeral has not yet been determined. Congratulations. ‘The Beltrami Eagle is enthusiastic over. the organization of Beltrami county,. and, among other things it Says: “This county is to be congratulated upon its good luck to get attached to the Fifteenth Judicial District, pre- sided over by Hon G. W. Holland. Mr. Holland is a judge of rare ability, ‘and an old resident: of the district, having practiced law in. Brainerd, his present home, since 1871. He is now serving his second term as judge, and has made a record that is un- excelled as to the correctness of his decisions, rulings, etc.,as they have been most invariably sustained by the supreme court. eis very popu- Jar throughout the district and is always a welcome visitor, except to the criminals who get their just punishment when convicted before him. By his shrewdness and good judgement he has at different times saved the several counties comprising the district the expense of new trials in such cases. He is in every waya very good officer, and the poor stand just as good a show as the rich with their cases before him, for it is one of his principles to give equal justice to tll. -In our estimation a worthier judicial officier could not be found in ahe state.” B. F. Huson Post. Memorial day exercises will be ap- propriately observed in Grand Rapids by the members of the G. A. R. On Sunday, the 23rd, the Post will attend services at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in a body, and on Saturday, the 2gth, memorial exercises will be held. A program will pe published: in the next issue of the Herald- Review. LOGS FOR A CENTURY Northern Minnesota’s Supply of Pine Said to be Inexhaustible. C. A. SMITH THE AUTHORITY No Danger That Logging Will Soon be a Thing of the Past in This Section According to Estimates of the Minneapolitan, While in Washington recently C. A. Smith had occasion to present some arguments relative to the supply of standing pine in northern Minne- sota to the tarriff committee, in sup- port of the proposed $2 duty on lum- ber. He is reported as foliows: While in Washington Mr. Smith met a number of the senators, and in answer to their inquiries. as to how loug the pine in the northwest. and Minnesota in particular, would last at the present rate of manufacture, told them that he believed that Min- neapolis» would be manufacturin lumber 100 years from now. He sai that aloug in 1870 or.1871 there were manufacturers of lumber in Minneap- olis who thought then that the man- ufacture of lumber here was at its height, and that the pine in Minneso- ta to come to Minneapulis would not last more than eight or ten years, but that the manufacture had increased to more than double the amount that was then being manufactured and that there was more left than they had thought there was altogether. Mr. Smith says that. he has spenta large amount of time and money in the pineries of Minnesota and is as sure as any man can be that there is fully 40,000,000,000 feet of standing timber in the state. All the time that the lumbermen are cutting the pine off there is pine growing on the cut over tracts. To illustrate this hesays that about ten vears ago he bought a section of timber land on the Rum river and ordered the pine that was large enorgh for lumber cut off. Two or three years later a man came to him an‘ asked him what he would take for the pine on that section. _He:was surprised to know that anyone con- sidered .what there was left as worth anything and was prepared to sell it for $100.or $200. ie asked the man what he- would give, and was still more surprised to received an offer of $400. He said, “Give me $600 and you can have it.” He held firm at that price and received the $600. The per- mit was given in writiug,and no time limit was stated. Winter before last one of Mr. Smith’s estimators report- ed that the man was still cutting pine from that section, and on inves- tigation it was found that he had cut more than 1,200,000 feet from this see- tion that had been cut over only about ten years ago. He called a halt and atopped the deal. He tells another story that was told him of a certain tract from which the timber has been sold three times. These illustrate that there will be timber for lumber in the state for a large number of years in the future. Prof Baskerville is now engaged in grading the public schools for the next term.