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en Grand Rapids UcraldRebieww. ~ \ Vout V.—No, 42. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1897. Two Do.tvars a YEAR Our Dry Goods and Clothing Dep’ts Will be the subjects of inspection in the near future caused by the ar- rival of new goods... No Trouble to Show Goods. New.. Stylish More Goods If you contemplate purchas- ing it will pay you to wait a few days and receive the benefit ofthe ..-™%..-, Courteous Treatment. New Goods and New and Latest Styles. Itasca. . Mercantile Co. Coming. —- Itasca.. Mercantile Co. Our Grocery Department Is stocked with all table delicacies. . . . Strawberry Shipments Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays, MERCANTILE COMPANY. Our Hardware Department Ice Cream Freezers and Refrigerators at a bar- gain. . FLOUR, FEED AND HAY. ITASCA ? wer his is a Great T Big World THE SALES ARE GOOD. Chippewa Pine Has Been Patented to the Purchasers. A Washington dispatch under date the school lands on the reservation is pow pending before Assistant Secre- tary Van Deventer, and will be de- cided in the near future. of June 15th, says that Secretary Ce Aud 1s made Palle trident peonts v Bliss has decided the question of THE SILVER REPUBLICANS. And Is Made UDC os peers Le AO whether or not the Minnesota Chip- We have a great big store, and it is NG, pewa pine land sales held up by|Hon. Chas. A. Towne Establishes Head- made up of all kinds of goods to suit all_~—~ Secretary Francis, should be con- quarters At Duluth. He orders the commissioner of the general land office to issue pat- firmed. kinds of peopie. We have cheap goods for the man that wants cheap goods, and the —. very best goods tor the man who is willing The Sixth district especially and % to pay tue ““b st-gocdst! DEES: feat De ea ents for the lands held by Staples, | Minnesota in general is to be congrat- tween the two extremes we have e finest nile s fe a . . ‘ Z y stock of good, honest, common goods tor Weyerhauser and others, and also} ulated upon the establishment at Du directs the completion of the survey and estimate of the cost of this work to be furnished at once. The secretary cites all the circum- stances of the sale of lands at the Crookston office in July last. After reviewing the recommendation of the commissioner of Indian affairs that the sales be cancelled,tte opinion says that the government fixed a price and the purchasers merely acquiesced by the acceptance of the offer, and pur- chased. The secretary finds no such inade- quacy in the price paidas will author- | said: ize the cancellation of these entrie: “JT am here to establish head- and they are released from the ae quarters in this city and I shall of suspension and may pass to patent.|remain here permanently, except ‘The same order is made with refer-| when Iam called away by business ence to eleven entries made by Mr. | engagements or the necessities of the Staples. cause. We had a very interesting T. B. Walker, of Minneapolis, sub-| and unexpectedly successful meeting mitted an informal answer to the|of the national committee at Chicago. rule against him, stating that he paid} When I was appointed chairman in the appraised value for the land and | March, and this meeting was called, purchased it in good faith. Tho fair-|I was confronted with very great dif- ness of his entries is unimpeached by | ficulties. any testimony before the secretary, “There had been no previous or- and they are ordered to pass to pat-| ganization of the party, and the mix- - . Bes) ent. ture of political matters in the vari- You are cordially invited to attend the The secretary then deals generally } ous tates made it necessary for me ‘ with entries made by parties who} to tind out where the Silver Repub- = failed to respond to the rule against | licans were,.and then make arrange- Annual Spring Show them. Thisrule recites that it has| ments for/ representation at the na- | been charged that ‘the estimate of} tional committee meeting. _Thirty- at timber upon land described was! two states were represented and we M ’ C] hi as ;smaller than it should have beenjhad an attendance of about 200. > made.” In the opinion of the secre-|'There was only one representative alt S ot INg KY] Dry Goods Store | tary the charge is without any proof | from each state, but from two to four of truth and will not authorize fur-| from each state voluntarily came out ther action. He says: ‘Therefore, | of mere enthusiasm for the cause and the order of my predecessor, so far as|a desire to meet its representatives it directed your office to withhold | from the various states. your approval from whatever sales| ‘I was unamously elected chair- may have been made during Decem-| man, with power to-appoint an ex- ber, 1896, which are not already ap-| ecutive committee of seven, of whom proved, is hereby revoked and an- nulled. The order of Secretary Fran- cis, of Jan. 4, 1897, stopping all sales of timber until further notice, is re- affirmed.” The local officers at Crookston and luth of the national headquarters of the Republican Silver party, the or- ganization of which was recently per- fected at Chicago. Active prepera- tions for future campaigns will con- tinue under the direction of Mr. Towne, who was made permanent chairman of the new party. The al- lied silver forces of this district will be greatly strengthened and assisted through the iutluence of the national committee so closely identified with the work. .In an interview with the Duluth Herald of Monday, Mr. Towne common people, at common prices, that Kean be found up north here, and it would hustle a good many of the more pretenti- eus city stores to show stch a complete stock as we carry. We Must Forgot to Tell You... What kind of a store we run. It is usnally called a hardware store, but our stocks are so extensive and our lines so various, that it would be more appropriate to call it a “Headquarters-for- Everything” store. But that cuts no figure. When you want anything in the line of hardware, iron steel, stoves, tinware, lum- bermen’s supplies, doors, windows, paints, oils, glass, farming tools. guns, cutlery or fishing tackle, remember that the right place to get the right goods, at right prices is at . Aaa W. J. & H. D. POWERS. A RECEPTION OF 380 DAYS DURATION. No admission charge. Entertainment closes promptly as P.M. Grand Rapids, May rst. men, Ex-Senator Dubois of Idaho. The others I will announce in a few weeks. While for organization Wash- ington was better, from now on the work may be prosecuted almost as Duluth are ordered to make nu more|easily from Duluth, and it accords private sales of pine lands under the| with my wish to be at home and schedule of appraisement approved {among wy friends. »° April 24, 1896, and heretofore pub- “As to the work, that will consist lished, until further orders from the] in the organization of states and ter- department. The secretary also|ritories in which the political situa- directs the commissicner to complete tion is such as to call for it. This the survey of all lands ceded by the}comprises all of the Central. states, Chippewas in Minnesota, by the act|thuse of tae West and Northwest, of March 4, 1890, and ulso to report in| nearly all of the East and some of the detail the amount of lands beretofore! Southern states. Our object, of surveyed, the amount of money ex-|course, is to get together men of pended for this survey, and what part|former Republican affiliations. who of these lands so ceded have not been | are out of sympathy with the present surveyed. drift of the party toward the gold RE AE EE HE a ea ae ae ee eae ae ae ee a a ae ee te ae eae eae eae a ae ae ee ate ate ae ee ee New Stock See a & se eae Of Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Room Mouldings, wall paper, etc., at Richardson & Stevens. ERE Se a a et EE A Ee a a a ee ee ae ae ae ee ae eae ae He ee ea a i eae ae ae ae a se ae eae ae EASA ae aa a SF shsodahashiidiia cabashaiaabashahashislaabashaahion ‘The question of the state’s right to I have as yet only named the chair-j standard and'the serfdom of trusts, and who believe that monetary re- form is first and most necessary of all reforms. We expect to act in abso- lute harmony and co-operation with the Populists and silver Democrats for the success of the cause we believe to be paramount to all others at pres- ent.” Mr. Towne is in constant receipt of invitations to deliver addresses on different,aspects of the question of bimetallism, and he deems it his duty to accept some of them. He spoke June 15th at Chester, Pa., be- fore a large gathering of silver clubs composed of Republicans, Democrats and Populists. June 22nd he will speak at Cincinnati before a gather- ing of the silver clubs of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. On June 28rd he will speak at Des Moines, Iowa, and from thre he will go to Washington and remain until he leaves for Los Angeles, where he will speak in con- junction with Mr. Bryan July 5th. The meeting is to be a gigantic one, under the auspices of the silver club of that city, which has a membership of 6000. Some time during the summer he will speak at Charleston, S. C., in re- ply to Chairman Bynum of the gold Democratic party. PROF. BASKERVILLE CHOSEN. The School Board Re-Elect Him as Princi- pal for Another Year. As was generally expected and hoped the members of the school board set their seal of approval upon the splendid work of Prof. Baskerville during the school term just closed and-have re-elected him to the posi- tion of principal for another year. This action on the part of the board insures a continuance of the onward progress..that has marked the past year with gratifying results to the entire school. Col. Leahy has also been employed. He will very likely be assigned to the Sixth grade. The colonel is a thoroughly equipped edu- cater, of long experience,and he holds a first grade certificate. Miss Mar- garet Doran has also been employed. She has just completed a course at the state normal school at St. Cloud, and with her former experience in the schoo! room as teacher, she will no doubt give excellent satisfaction. ‘here is one more teacher to secure, and the selection will likely be made at the next regular meeting soon to be held. Mrs. Clara Grove has an application filed with the board and with her splendid endourse- ments from the faculty of the St. Cloud normal school, from which in- stitution she has just gratuated with high honors, she will no doubt receive favorable consideration. Special Rates July 4th. The Duluth, Superior & Western has made a reduction to all points on their line and return at one fare and a third for the round trip. Sales will WORK AT THE ARCTURUS About Forty Men Employed Under Captain Maliman. Tt is no longer a speculation as to the value of the Arcturus iron proper- ty in 56-24, about twelve miles north- east of Grand Rapids. This property is situated a short distance east of the old Diamond mine and belongs to the same vein. Experts who have ex- amined and worked different pros- pects in Iron Range township during the last half dozen years have all agreed that it @ontained a fine quality of soft ore in paying quantity. The stock piles at the Diamond and Are- turus have long since reached ship- ping proportions, and several moves have been made by interested capital- ists to bulda railroad out to these mines, but one objection followed an- other and no work has been done be- yond prospecting. Capt. Mallman was put in charge of the work a year ago with a small crew of men. Sev- eral test pits were put down on the Arcturus location,and it has been dem- onst rated beyong peradventure that one ofthe richest iron properties on the Minnesota ranges is locatec in 56- 24. About two weeks ago Capt. Roberts of Crystal Falls, Mich., ac- companied by Henry C. Foote, re- presenting the Illinois Steel company, were here and announced at that time that work would soon begin in earnest. It appears that they meant business as today there are forty men employed running day and nightcrews. An 800 toot drift is being cut, 4x5 feet, connecting the three shafts. Capt. Mallman 1s in charge of the work, and Mr. Foote is also on the ground. A gentleman who 1s in a position to know whereof he speaks says that a line of road will be extended to the mine this summer, and that shipments will be made not later than next sea- son. The Ilhnois Steel company, one of the richest concerns in the country, now owns the Arcturus. Judge Morris as a Joker. Among the news dispatches from Washington in yesterday’s papers was one announcing the probable selec- tion of E. A. Arnold of Laprairie as superintendent of logging operations on the Chippewa reservation. This indeed would be the crowning achieve- ment of Morris’ congressioual crear. The oaly consideration that. has ever been accorded Arnold in Itasca county during the years that he has claimed residence at Laprairie is one of piteous contempt. Border- ing dangerously close on imbevility, absolutely without personal or poli- tical principles, unscroupulous in all his undertakings, he is certainly one of the most generally disliked men, without regard to party lines, that has ever presumed to aspire to public office in the state of Minnesota—con- sidering, of course, that he is not one who has attracted public attention outside the county in which he has been operating. “fhe very suggestion of such an appointment is so redicu- lous that it has already resolved into a huge joke. However, we Democrats can stand it and realize a nice profit be made on the 2nd and 8rd of July, good going on those dates only; re- turping up to and including July 6. at the next congressional election, but the Republicans are up in arms to a degree that promises rebellion. De EES dl "