Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 3, 1897, Page 1

EEE Re a aa ae Grand Vo. V.—No, 44. flo Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SATURDAY, JULY 3 wo 1897. No Trouble to Show Goods. Courteous Treatment. 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. . . New Goods New and Latest Styles. Itasca. . Mercantile Co. If you contemplate purchas- ing it will pay you to wait a few days and receive the benefit of the . . . Comitig. More Goods Our Grocery Department Is stocked with all table Gelicacies./5; 27. aoe Rapids HeraldRebiew Two Dotuars a YEAR Strawberry Shipments Mon- New .. Stylish Ice Cream Freezers and Refrigerators at a bar- AIDS 0s othe ee days, Wednesdays and Fridays, Our Hardware Department FLOUR, FEED AND HAY. Itasca... Mercantile Co. When You Meet a Bieyele.. On the street just notice the name-plate it bears,and see hew many Columbias you will meet ina day. Ask Columbia riders how they like their wheels. We may be prejudiced; the manufacturers may be prejudiced; but the great army of Columbia rid- ers would certainly not say a word for a wheel if they thought they had been cheated in buying it. The Col- umbia bicycle is the best bicycle in the world. There are now About 400 Different Wheels Being built in the United States. night concern in the couutry is building wheels—to sell. —to SELL. Canyon pick the good ones? chances on any ol The Hartford Is the Columbia’s cousin—made by the same firm. Almost every Cheap John, fly-by- That’s all Or will you take your thing? Almost everybody from Bangor to Frisco KNOWS how the Columbias are built. SOME others but are worth more than ALL others. Columbias cost more than It is a good, Fon- est road mechine, and though not so highly finished as the Columbia, is built on honor, and will give $75 worth of satisfaction to every W. J. & H. D. POWERS. buyer. For Sale by A RECEPTION OF 30 DAYS DURATION, You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Spring Show Marr's Clothing & Dry Goods Store No admission charge. Grand Rapids, May 1st. Entertainment closes promptly at 8 P.M. AREER RE EE EE ee ee a a a a ee ee ae ee eee ate eae eee Ree tea paper, etc., at SRAM RE ae eee a HE New Stock Of Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Room Mouldings, wall Richardson & Stevens. a a a ae ea A ee ee a ae ae ae a ea a a ee ee ae ae ee ee ae ate a aa a AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, Everything Necessary Being Arranged For the Next Fair. The new officers of the Itasca Agri- cultural Association are leaving noth- ing undone that is calculated to make the next fair a more pronounced suc- cess than any that have been held in former years. Ex-Secretary Bernard left the books of the association in rather an unsatisfactory condition, but this fact will in no manner dis- courage Secretary Gamache, who has accepted the duties imposed upon him with that same spirit of energy and enthu- siasm which characterizes and brings success to any undertaking with which he becomes identified. He has already commenced the preliminary work forthe coming fair, and pro- poses to place Itasca county at the head of the Northern Minnesota list at the next industrial show to be held at Hamline Park early in September. Hon D. M. Gunn has just returned from St. Paul where he was success- ful in securing the amount due from the state appropriation. This im- portant matter had been neglected by the ex-secretary,but the state officials recognized the rights of Itasca county inasmuch as two of the best exhibits for 1895 and 1896 had been made there- from at the state fair. Our farmer friends should begin at once to make preparations for their exhibits. No matter how energetic the officers may be their efforts will fail unless those who are actively engaged in farming determine to make the fair a success. Koochiching is Growing. A letter from Koochiching, one of the first settlements of the 1892 boom in the Rainy Lake country, contains information’ which would indicate that that town, which has been for several years in a state of dullness which bordered on total collapse, has taken a. new lease of life, says the Duluth Herald. Indeed it seems to hold out new changes for becoming a future metropolis even greater than ever before. The new item which gave hope leaked out in a general way during the recent yisit of Hor- ace V. Winchell, of Minneapolis, to the townsite in which he has been in- terested ever since its foundation. It has been known ever since the first explorations in the Rainy Lake country that in the woods south of Koochiching, on the American side, were vast quantities of spruce trees, and that the opportunity for a paper excellent. There are around Kooch- iching, bothon Rainy river and on Rat river, a tributary of Rainy river, a number of unexcelled sites for water power of great force, lasting the year round. During his visit in the northern country Mr. Winchell gave out infor- mation to the effect that the town- site company had under way arrange- ments for utilizing these’ resources, Se ee ee ee a a a ae a and he stated, without going into } mill or a good many paper mills were; particulars, that 300,000 tons of paper would be manufactured at Koochich- ing and shipped. He also stated, without going into particulars, that these and other factories will be op- erated cheaply by the Rat river water power, all of which pleased the in- habitants of Koochiching immensely. They have been watching for the boom for several years. Work of the Fire Warden Law. The officia) report states that the. main work under the fire warden law is to make peo- ple more careful about caus- ing fires and more thoughtful of the benefit to the public and to the in- dividuals of forest resources. There are several million acres, in detached areas, in the state only fit for growing timber. Trees take from the soil only a twelfth part of the mineral substances required for field crops, hence itis profitable that the non- agricultural lands be retained in or planted with timber. Properly pro- tected and managed our forests might afford a sustained, permanent and growing industry, furnishing in log- ging and the working up of lumber wages for many thousand more la- borers than are now employed. Forests hold much more moisture than bare land; they maintain the supply of water in streams and tend to prevent overflows and inundations; they en- rich the soil; they modify the ex- tremes of temperature and lend beauty to scenery. Forest belts, as wind-breaks, lessen the injury of drouths. Forest fires not only de- stroy valuable property but they make families afraid to come in and settle up the land available for agriculture. These are some of the facts that old and young might think of with profit} A Good Showing. W.H. Holman, of Grand Rapids, has been doing some work the past week on his property, lot 4, section 25, 71-22, two miles and a half from this city. On the surface the vein was 6 feet wide and the ruck did not pan. Atadepth of four feet some colors were obtained and fine specks of gold could be seen with a glass, with every shot the pannings improved and free gold was scattered through the rock. Ata depth of eight feet the The Duluth-Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Tribune learns that Premier Gueenway is making satis- factory progress with his negotiations for a railroad to Duluth, and it now looks as if he would be able to bring them to a successful consummation. Laboring with its contemporary, the Free Press, which is earnestly fight- ing the proposed air line, the Tribune remarks that in connect‘on with the Crow’s Nest railway bargain, the Free Press recognized a great boom to the settler in the reduction of three cents a hundred-weight on wheat promised two years hence, and the Tribune asks: “Ifa reduction of three cents a hundredweight on wheat meansa direct saving to the settlers of halfa million, will it please tell the people of Manitoba what a reduction of seven cents a hundredweight (which is guaranteed under Mr. Greenway’s Duluth scheme) will mean to the set- tlers?” ‘To the contention of the Free Press that the rates primised could never be given, the Tribune points out that wheat is carried between Chicago and St. Paul, a slightly longer distance for six cents a bushel, and that wheat is also carried by the New York Cen- tral from Buffalo to New York,a greater distance than from Winnipeg to Duluth for a cent andahalfa bushel. and our contemporary con- cludes: ‘As we have repeatedly said in the past we now reiterate, that if Mr. Greenway can carry the enter- prise to a successful issue, if he can secure the rates promised, and can issue the continued operation and maintenance of this road as an inde- pendent corpuration, he will have placed the province under such a debt, of gratitude to him as will c»use his memory to be revered as an emanci- pator who relieved his province from heavy burdens at a critical time.” The Literary Pirate. The Prison Mirror is thoroughly ap- preciated by one of the scholars of the Red Wing high school. A mem- ber from the late graduating class took an article from our columns, changed it slightly, and hurled it with the eloquence of a Demosthenes at an admiring audience of friends at the high school commencement ex- vein is eight feet wide, pans, big,{ercisesin that city. We highly ay- shows lots of free gold and it looks as if it would widen as more sinking is done.—Rainy Lake Journal. Bad for the Purchaser. A debtor that transfers some of his property at the wrong time in order to get it out of the hands of his cred itors, sometimes gets the man that purchases it from him in a lot of trouble. This is the case of N. P. Clark & Co., who transferred some logs toC. P. McClure. The latter worked them up in lumber, and later the assignee of Clark, Lucas Kells, brought suit to recover the logs and the lumber manufactured therefrom. The supreme court holds that he is entitled to do this, and he is not al- lowed to pay the price of the logs, nor may he obtain an accounting as to the cost of manufacturing the lumber. He simply has to give itup. The de- cision of the lower court is affirmed. preciate the compliment thus paid to our local contributors, and we admire the good taste shown by the graduate in his selection. We shall set an ex- ample of charitable forbearance by refraining from publishing his name or the name of thearticle unless com- pelled to do so to prove our assertion We wish him the best of luck in his path through life and hope that his longing for riches and literary fame will never overstep this little mistake. You may steal a man’s brains with impunity,but do not touch his pocket- book. State prisions are erected for the special benefit of despoilers of the latter class.—Prison Mirror. There will be a regular mceting of the Village council this evening. ITASCA MERCANTILE COMPANY. AN OLD-TIME FOURTH Grand Rapids Fire Department in Charge of Celebration. A SPLENDID PROGRAMME Patriotism Will be Uncorked on Mon- day and the Day and Night Will be Filled With Pleasure—Dance at Village Hall. When the firemen of Grand Rapids undertake to accomplish anything they succeed to the full measure of success. It had been conceded that the business community would hardly care to contribute funds for a Fourth of July celebration this year, and our people had rather given up the idea of observing the nation’s natal day for 1897, when the energetic fire de- partment took up the matter and in a very short time the boys had a glor- ious old-time fourth well organized. A long and interesting program has been arranged, and if the weather is favorable Grand Rapids will enjoy Independence day in a most befitting manner. In the evening a dance will be given at Village hall under the auspices of the depart- ment. At sunrise the national salute of 121 guns will be fired and at 9 o’clock a. m.,the parade headed by the Grand Rapids brass band followed by the G. A. R., K. P., Fire Department, Civic societies, bicycles, and citizens in carriages, will be formed in front of Village hall. The lime of march will be north to Seventh street, west on Seventh to Houghton to Fourth, thence east to Kindred avenue, south on Kindred avenue to Third street east on Third to Leland and then south on Leland to the picnic grounds where the Declaration of Independence will be read and speeches by C. C. Me- Carthy, orator of the day, and others will be delivered. The Itasca Gun club will entertain the public with a shoot at their grounds, after which a picnic dinuer will be served near the ball grounds A game of ball will be played between the Hose company and the Hook and Ladder company. The boys have been In practice for some time and the game promises to be a very inter- esting one. The committee on sports have arranged some very interesting contests for the afternoon, including foot races, horse races, etc. Methodist Church Celebration. In the mormng there will be special singing by the choir. Subject of sermon: ‘Some National Victories Won and to Win.” In the evening a special program will be rendered by the Sunday school, to consist of choruses, solos, quartets, etc. All are invited to the celebration, ee" enema | \