Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 14, 1897, Page 1

seed moey —— . Granpv Rapips, Irasca County, Minn,, SaturpAy, AucusT 14, 1897. ~ Two Do.tiars A YEAR FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. Bed Room Suites, s15 to s35, Wardbrobes, Folding Beds, Kitchen Cabinets, Carpe Rugs, Couch Folding Bed Lounges, ts, es; Pi Cu Carpet Cots, Mattresses, llows, Springs, rtains, Matting, Sweepers. 6 ft. and 8 ft. Extension Tables, Extension Centre Tables, High Back Dining Chairs, Rockers and Easy Chairs, Folding Camp Chairs. One 4 1-2 ft. Oak Roller Top Office Desk at a Bargain. “The quality of our goods is remembered long after the price is forgotten.” ltasca Mercantile Company, GENERAL SUPPLY HOUSE. Some Churn Logic A good churn is one that will convert cream into but- ter. A better churn is one that will make the greatest amount of butter from a giv- enamount of cream in the shortest time. That’s the kind of achurn weare selling this summer. Some people call it “that new-fangled bar- rel affair.” It doesn’t make any difference, though, what you call it. It makes butter, - lots of it. and it does it easy. What more could you ask? About Other Things... Our line of hardware, farm machinery, Jumbermen’s supplies, paints, oils, glass, guns, sporting goods, etc., 1s the most complete, and composed of the highest grade goods ever shown in northern Minnesota. We are dispensers of satisfaction, and don’t want anybody to pay for an article that is not entirely satisfactory. —_W.J.& H. D. POWERS. Clothing, Dry Goods, AND Furnishings. These are the lines to which we are giving special attention during this, season. Prices are down so low that all can reach them. Quality high grade; prices low grade. We’)l get your trade if prices count. Marr's Clothing & Dry Goods Store GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. snesnonneuneutereqnsansnssnnansencansnss AMEE EE ae ae ae ae ae ae see You Should Subscribe for the Herald-Review if you want the news of Itasca County and Northern Minnesota. Re EE an ae a ate a ae a eae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae aah The Herald-Review. ah ee ae he ee se eee a eee she ee ae ate ee ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae eae ae a eae ae abe ae ae ae ae pe ae a ae ae ae aa a TERE Ee Re ee eae ae ae ee ae ae a ae ae ea S hdeskieh ,| Lt Is Time ITASCA COUNTY FAIR That the Officers and Di- rectors Arrange Detai!s. |MATTER OF STATE EXHIBIT 1 | The Late Crops May Make It Undesir- | ableto Compete at the State Fair —Secretary Gamache Will Push the County’s Interests. Secretaay C. V. Gamache of the! Itasca County Agricultural association and President D. W. Doran have is- sued a call fora meeting of the di- rectors and officers of the organization to be held on Thursday afternoon next, August 19, at Village hall m Grand Rapids, At this meeting matters of detail regarding the 1897 fair will be arranged and the dates for holding the same will be decided upon. It 1s desirous that as many farmers as_ pos- jsible should attend this meeting and express their preference as to the time | of holding the fair, and also to advise as to the most desirable place in Grand Rapids in which to make the exhibit. Some dissatisfaction has been ex- pressed by farmers in regard to hold- ing the fair in Village hall, and there- fore it may be decided to select the grounds and pavilion on the South Side.. This would give opportunity | for the addition of athletic sports, ball games, horse races, etc., in connec- tion with the other attractions. Here- | tofore the Itasca county fair has: al- ways been held too early in the sea- son when much of the finest products of the soul had not advanced to ma- |turity and thus the most luxuriant) | growths of our farms have never been { jexhibiied. The same is true of the j state fair. The present officers have | decided that the best results will fol- | low if the dates are fixed for about the first week in October. An effort will be made to add many attractions to this year’s show that have not heréto- fore been attempted. A program of entertainment will likely be arranged; including games and contests, horse and foot racing and other features that will draw a large attend- ance. There seems to be; some objection to the idea of making an exhibit at the state fair this season for two very important reasons: First, the state tair is held at too early a date for the northern j counties to receive full justice; and i second, the lateness of the spring this} season and the heavy falls of cold rains had a Very decided tendency to retard early growth, and crops are not as well advanced as in former years. However, this subject will be considered ‘at the meeting to be held next Thursday, It is urgently de- sired that a full representation of farm-! ers be present at that time to give the} officers the benefit of their experience. Secretary Gamache proposes to do everything in his power to make the fair this year a more pronounced suc- cess than ever before. His well known energy and executive ability will not admit of failure if he is sup- ported by the public. The Duluth Land Office. The recently appointed register of the Duluth land office, Senator Wm. E. Culkin, took charge of affairs in his new capacity on August rst. The senator had considerabie opposition to his appointment from prominent Duluth Republicans, not, however, through any personal feeling, but be- cause they considered a Duluth man should be made register. This senti- ment Mr. Culkin is hkely to soon overcome by a policy that will win favor with patrons and practitioners of the office. He isa bright lawyer and made an enviable reputation while in the state senate, and as a federal of- fice-holder he will no doubt give equal | satisfaction. Chief Clerk C. B. King] still retains his position and it is probable that Register Culkin will de- sire his retention solely on the ground | of competency. _ From many years’ acquaintance with Mr. King and the transaction of considerable business before the Duluth land office, we know him to be a_ thoroughly reliable gentleman and a most competent, obliging and painstaking public ser- vant. Receiver. Ryan is booked to remain until’ the expiration of his term, a year hence. Game Commission Criticised. Dan Gunn intimates that State Game Warden Fullerton has veered several - points from the truth when he made that assertion about moose meat being one of the standbys of the Grand Rapids hotel menus. Dan further states that he would as soon think of serving up a mess of snakes on his table as moose, and we believe him, although some have pro- nounced fricassed rattler good chew- ing. Mr, Fullerton must have a cer- tain amount to say in order to show a plausible reason for his cfticial exist- ence, and he 1s in duty bound to make a show of activity, in some way com- mensurate with his salary drawing ca- pacity. In reality there is no reason for his existence as state game high muck-a-muck; nor for the existence of the commission of which he is the ex- ecutive. There is no reason, either, why Mr, Gunn should not serve his boarders with moose meat when it is in season, other than a Jot of unnatur- al and un-American restrictions, based upon barbarous and medieval ideas, that the wild creatures of the forest} should be preserved for the delectation of a favored few. As a matter of fact the system works more oppressively here than in Europe, where it origin- ated and belongs. There the ‘‘ta- vored few” pay themselves for the pre- serving of the game. Here the pub- lic at large pays; and the few have the fun.—Cloquet Pine Knot. Local merchants are enlarging their stocks in anticipation of a good trade AN ASSURED SUCCESS The [tasea Gun Club’s Tournament Will Be a Winner. ‘THE SPORTSMEN ARE COMING There Will Be a Great Gathering of the Clans Wio Come to Seek Recreation and Sport in Itasca County, The big tournament 1s already an assured success. Fortunately the dates of its occurrence, October 29 and 30, just preceed the opening of the deer and moose hunting season so that the big event will receive a large number of patrons who will be en route to the hunting — grounds. “The responses with the proper ring to them are rolling in on us,” said Dr. Brown, secretary of the Itasca Gun club, to the Herald-Review- today. The committee in charge of invitations and publicity has been submerged with the task which devolved upon its members, but they are industriously working their way through to the 33rd degree of success. From far and near come true ‘sportsmen’s re- plies to the club’s letters, saying many of the intending visitors have contem- plated a trip to this region of game and sport for some time, and now that an especial effort is bemg made for a gathering of the clans that they will be only too glad to avail them selves of the opportunity offered by the local sportsmen. The committees in charge ~will have completed ar- rangements for the proper entertain- ment of their guests by the time ofthe tournament which occurs October 29 and 30, Every detail towards the} comfort and amusement of the visit- ors will be carefully looked after, and not a hitch in the program will occur. The truth itself seems an exaggeration when one attempts to «tell of this natural home of game and fish of all kinds. ‘The woods are full of them,” and that expresses the idea to be con- veyed in a very mild manner indeed. The lakes and streams are also “full of them,” and they’re in the air. They are all over. The state laws allow but five days in which moose may be killed, but in that short time the bunt- er may enjoy a thmilling experience that comparatively few are privileged to enjoy. The excitement and ex- pectancy of the chase, the final round- up and the tales to tell, all go to make up a bright spot in the life of a hunt- er. Here is the ideal ground for the gunner and the reelsman; none can even compare with it. The game 1s here, the accommodations are here and the crowd will be. Locally, everybody 1s interested in the coming event, and each citizen is doing his mite towards making 1t the success it this fall. Wath the advent of the lum- berjack a little life will be infused into business generally in this region, deserves to be. It means something as is expected. It means great adver- tising through good mediums. It means that in years following there will be a class of sportsmen visit these haunts who come for recreation and sport alone and not to exterminate the game. All the sporting papers in the country have been notified of the big tournament and they in turn have taken up the refrain and are telling their hundreds of thousands of readers of the event of the year. All the gun clubs have been told of their oppor- tunity to show their skill before a throng of crack shots who will “break breech” here on October 29 and 30. While the work of the different com- mittees is not yet completed, enough has been done to ascertain the feeling ofsportsmen with reference to their coming, and it is encouraging. The big tourney will be a decided success, Since sending out the postal circulars Secretary Brown has been receiving daily from half a dozen to a dozen replies signifying the intention of the writers to be present at the tournament. The answers come from all states of the Union, and a representative gathering of American sportsmen will assemble in Grand Rapids. A program of the tournament iu detail will be published as soon as all arrangements are com- pleted. Extension of the Fosston Braneh, It is given out by good authority that Foley Bres. have the contract for the extension of the Fosston branch to Duluth. Supphes have already be- gun to arrive at Fosston addressed to that prominent firm of railroad con- tractors,and it 1s understood that their outfit now at work on the Cava- lier extension in North Dakota will be transferred to Fosston as soon as their work is completed there.—Graceland Enterprise. Aitkin Seconds the Motion. The Grand Rapids Herald-Review in its issue of last week stigmatizes the reservoir system on the headwaters of the Mississippi as a “gigantic fraud,” and there are many settlers along the banks of the Father of Waters in Ait- kin county, who, having lost their en- tire crops by the late floods, heartily “second the motion.”—Aitkin Age. He’s Father of the Movement. Aitkin county has a good friend and true in A. Y. Mernll, the father of the railroad land taxation move- ment, and the prime factor in the long fight which ended in the passage of the Anderson bill at the last session of the legislature. The railroads have intimated that the Anderson bill 1s un- constitutional, and now comes Mr. Merrill with a scheme to test the va- hdity of that measure in the supreme court. Acting upon Mr, Merrill’s suggestion, a number of our heaviest taxpayers prevailed upon County Aud - itor Stearns to refuse to place the lists of railroad lands upon the assessment rolls. Stearns left them off the tax roll, and J. N. Mazr has, through A. Y. Mermill, made application to the district court for a writ of mandamus to compel Stearns to place the rail- to Grand Rapids and this northern {country to have such a ¢lass visit us road lands on the tax list—Aitkiq Age, ff ee