Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 28, 1897, Page 1

— 7 Great Attracti ons Goods-- Department. : : In Our Dry Bee, See Special Reductions on All Summer Goods. Our Hat Sale Still Continues—Get One Speaking of Neckwear to see them. —THE FINEST. {HEAR S E AE SE SE SHE DIESE Se ae ae ae a ae ae ae ae ae ae ate ae ate ate Re se ae ate ae ate she a He. A Bargain in Gentlemen’s Light-Weight Overcoats—A Snap. a ee SE a he ee a a eee a ate eae ae ae eae ae ae at eae a ae eae ae ee ee ae ae ae eae ae a ae ae ae ae ae ee a a ae ae ae ae ae ate ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae es Come in and See Us. Granp Raprips, Irasca County, Minn., SaturDAy, AuGusT 28, 1897. No Trouble to Show Goods. A Large Portion Of Our Fall Goods In, Two Dotvars a YEAR And More to Follow. . Courteous Treatment. SISLSLSLSLEO Before it is too Late. \Vell, to appreciate them, you will have They are without a doubt Itasca Mercantile Company, Grand Rapids, - Minn. ste sae ae ae ae ae ak ae a a ate ate ate ate ae se ae ae ae a ag sk ae ate age te ae eae ae ae ae ae a af ae a ah ae he ae eae ae ae sae ae aes a fe Me ee ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae a ae ae ae ae aise a a at a eae ae ae ae ae ae ae SSRI ae ae ae a a a a a ee ae eae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae - - - Prices Right. eT Tr TT TT) SAME AME ae aS aE aE ae Me a ee ae a a ea ee a aE 46% aed It requires a very hig thi of sense to rom & poor one All is not gold tl ni A Wheel Must Be Judged by the Record it Has Made for Itself. record on two eng the most it the world. e to close our or even HARTFORDS, we'd 1 wheels tha a shops. But so long a continue to repair them. thing B J arin mind t n © get the best work done is at our ke a specialty of the most difficult jobs y a complete line of Bicycle Goods. If Everyboby Rode Columbias, happens. the } Hospital, W of repairing and ¢a We are Headquarters for all Kinds of Sporting Goods. 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'll] get your trade if prices count. Marr's Clothing & Dry Goods Store GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Se ERE RE A He eS He ee eee se he eae ae ae ea ae ae ae ate eae ate ae ae ae ate ate ae ae eae crane ncostndeslciti-4 = = : Should i 2 OU OU : 37 = } % : : : aaa & 4 Subscribe for the Herald-Review 4 e if you want the news of Itasca * S County and Northern Minnesota. z ’ * # 5 Es H The Herald-Review. \ % PHCCPSCMAOCEKE CES HE RS KEKE REESE ‘WILD GAME IS PLENTY | | Western Field and Stream Recommends Itasca County to the Sportsman. \COMPARED WITH OTHERS This Region Has No Suceessful Rival In All the Great Northwest— A Special Correspondent Writes Entertainingly. Mr. F. J. Smith, whose visit to Grand Rapids about four weeks ago was noted in the Herald-Review, 1s a special contributor to Western Field and Stream. The following article from his pen appeared in the last number of that popular sportsman’s | magazine: “If Maine were condensed into one | county and brought along-side Itasca county of this state for comparison as a sportsman’s. paradise, she would hardly merit a certificate *.of com- mendation. There is scarce a game {animal or bird of which Itasca coun- ty cannot show ten to Maine’s one. Moose and deer browse with an abandon and impudence which 1s simply astounding and that, too, {almost within the limits of pretty good corporations. ‘The more cautious caribou keep within the almost m- penetrable swamps in the interior to |the northeast and north and are sel- dom seen except in winter, when the |snows are deep, the swamps frozen jand the big timber wolves are presse¢ with hunger, and drive them out to the open districts where fires and winds have prostrated the forests, | The district I speak of is to the north- | west, | Rapids, Minn., one hundred miles or |so northwest of Duluth or an easy | day’s journey from St. Paul. | ‘To reach the moose ground above |Rangely Lake, Maine, requires, so {the railway guides State, one’ tull |day from Bangor, and a long tramp | over very rough lumbering roads. So |\the Boston or New York sportsman spends near a week getting to and from the ground. I am assured by reputable citizens of Grand Rapids— and a dozen oftheir copper-colored brothers (pardon the term). corrohor- ated them; that itis possible to eat liver and bacon for breakfast in St. Paul and moose of your own killing \for late supper near Grand Rapids. | This animal is khown to be abundant i Caribou, however, must be trailed and this cannot be done until the swamps _are frozen, so the “wise ones” who framed the late game laws need not worry about any of these pretty beasts being slaughter- ed ’twixt the 26th of October and Novemberist. But I give fair warn- ing tothe moose to be a little more cautious. Several of them have’ “bit the dust” already from wandering too close to the Big Fork, and their car- casses—seven of them—which lie rot- =u o & 5 8 o & ° & ik north and northeast of Grand} ring in the sun upon the banks of this stream with scarce the hide broken should be a pretty emphatic warning to Brer’ Moose to “‘keep off the grass.” And this wanton slaughter cannot be lain atthe door of poor Lo. It is that mean, measly, sneaking cuss who calls himself a prospector—perhaps | “sportsman,” who has not a drop of sporsman’s blood in his veins—and the woods up that way are full of the jentters. I hope Agent Fullerton will some day be able to wring the necks of a few of this class of polecats. But as. to fish. Look here! I | quote from Forest and Stream ot July 24th, an item from Rangely, Maine. “We caught two 8-lb. salmon. We also caught a number of trout running in weight from 2to 4% lbs. There were anumber of salmon taken on the roth, that ran from 4 to 6 lbs.” ;Hump. Minnows! compared with | the land-locked salmon of Pokegama lake, four miles from Grand Rapids, Minn., a picture of which illustrates jthis article, six fine land-locked salmon, weight 121 pounds. Mr. | Powers, captain of the Grand Rapids {Gun Club, a gentleman whose re- putation cannot be questioned, in company with two friends last sum- mer landed a twenty-eight pounder of the same species after a merry battle, and he did it witha No. 8 Skinner spoon, and a Smith & Wesson revolver. July 25d ult., I saw and Jate part of two specimens, each weighing 17 pounds dressed. I took the photo of one, but the fish would- n’t hold steady—or perhaps it was I —and it looked more like 4 picKerel. \ plenty, wall-eyed pike, black bass and muscallonge. predominating. As to partridges? The woods are full of them. But if I dwell on par- tridges I might compromise several very fine friends I made while at the I Rapids. Squirrels are plenty, and bears—why I saw one while in town right on the main street. But it was ‘sate from harm—hung up bv the {heels in front of a butcher shop. Its weight was 160 pounds. It after- wards was shipped to St. Paul. The hide was poor, it being shedding sea- son with bears in this, as well as other sections. “As to scenery. There may be steeper precipices, deeper canyons and loftier peaks scattered about the world, but Pokegama Lake and the | upper Mississippi will come in for fair recognition from the lover of nature, What 1s prettier, more inspiring, than a glitsening lake walled up with lofty spruce and hemlock, and perfumed by myriads of wild flowers? Ora | winding nver with a roaring cataract or rapids as one sees. from “Lovers Point” opposite the town of Grand Rapids. Longfellow, to my mind was too hasty in chopping off his tour at Minnehaha, he should have visited | the upper Mississippi. But then the St. Paul & Duluta and Duluth, Superior & Western railways were not yet builded, Stone was .unknown, that 1s the specimen I mean, and Orr hadn’t taken up his residence at Du- luth.. Longfeliow would have been Jonesome. S The gun tournament is an assured success.—Doc. Brown, But the fish are there and in great} GOOD TIME 10 ACT An Opportunity for the Kickers Against the Reseryoirs, SENATOR .NELSON , GOMING As Chairman of the Sub-Committee to Look After Governmeut Dams He Will Visit the Upper Mississippi Coming to Grand Rapids. If it is a fact that the upper Miss- issippi reservoirs area perpetual source of damage to property and.are utterly valuless—as is generally asserted to be the case—the people who suffer losses through their operation will have a splendid opportunity to, present their claims and. arguments.’ to. Senator Nelson, who has been appointed chairman of the sub-committee ‘to in- vestigate the systém during the pres- ent recess of congress. ‘The senator will make a personal visit to the headwaters of the Mississippi, _ to- gether with other membets of the committee. There is no doubt what- ever that the sentiment of a vast majority of the people living along the river from the headwaters through several counties south, 1s emphatically opposed to the perpetuation of these jreservoirs, and they are convinced that the system serves no good pur- pose except to furnish a little employ- ment and much sinecurism for a few government teat-suckers. As was set forth in these columns in a recent issue, it is the opinion of men who are in a position to know whereof they speak, that no industry within the borders of Minnesota is benefitted to the extent of 1o cents per annum through the witholding or turning loose of water at any season, but on the other hand, great damage is an- nually wrought by their existence. ‘The feeling against the dams is grow- ing more intense. every year, and it 1s not uncommon to hear men express the opinion that dynamite should be used toremove them. The men em- ployed to look after the government’s property embraced in the system loudly proclaim that the dams serve navigation, assist the mills at Minne- apolis and the log drivers, and are the means of preventing overflows dur- ing the “early Spring and summer. ‘The matter should receive considera- | tion from both sides. Unless there is! a better understanding than now pre- vails the dams may be removed un- needed improvements along the rtver, and believes that th an opportune time for our people to oefore these representa- tives of congress the necessity of making such improvements. and alterations in the channel of the M ppi below and above Aitkin as will obviate a repetition of the late disastrous floods. Senator Nelson and his honorable committee will unquestionably visit Aitkin during their tour of inspection and Chairman Shook should see to it that the committee appointed at the recent flood sufferers’ relief meeting convene at an early date and formulate plans to the end that further fiood devastations be prevented by the straightening of the river bed is clearly laid before the senate investigation com- mittee on their visit here. The people of Itasca and Aitkin counties should go still further and acquaint themselves on the more vital subject: the actual value and _neces- sityof* thesé artificial ‘ponds, and when the senate committee arrives, be prepared to meet them with a propo- sition to abandon the system entirety. THE TRIP OF THE SEASON, By Steam Boat Up the Mississippi and Thence Through Leech Lake Several of Grand Rapids* citizens have under consideredation a most delightful trip by steamer over the northern waters to Leech lake dam, inelyding a ride over Leech lake, taking one of the boats that ply the waters of that inland* ocean from the dam to Walker and return. Those interested im the proposed excursion are anxious to make the tmp as early as possible while thesplendid weather that now prevails may be enjoyed. Next Monday or Tuesday has been spoken of. The trip will last three or four days, according to the pleasure of the party. Mr, C. H. Marr, own- er of the North Star steamer, has of- fered to make a_ very low rate for the round trip—$z for each person—and meals will be served on the boat for 25 cents. This would make the cost ot a grand excursion very small. The North Star will very conveniently accommodate about twenty couples, and only that number will receive in- vitations. It is to be hoped that a sufficient number will take advantage of the opportunity thus offered to justify Mr. Marr in giving the usé of his boat. PROMISING YOUNG MAN DIES. Warren W. Pendergast, Late Superintend-. ent of the Experimental Farm. Many friends of the deceased in. Itasca county will be gneved to read the following sad news, contained in a telegram from Hutchinson, Minn., to the Pioneer Press of yesterday: Superintendent Pendergast, died at his parents’ home here this evening of cancer of the stomach. He was a graduate of the state university and of the agricultural school and for a year prior to hisillness had charge of the state experimental tarm at Grand ceremoniously.; . But on the other hand, ifit can be shown that they serve any good purpote, the accom- panying loss might be overlooked. Commenting on the proposed visit to the upper Mussissippi of Senator Nel- son’s committee, the Aitkin Age says, concerning the interests of that county: | The expend views it that a goodly sum will be in the near fuiure to make much Rapids.” The body of Andrew Hewett, who was drowned last Sunday at the mouth of Leechriver near Gamblers Poi has been recovered. Word has been sent tothe family of the unfortunate man at Rome, N. Y., and it is ex- pected that the remains will be sent to that place for bunal. ile “Warren W. Pendergast, son of State —~ njucnassiccnantesinelaaconanasthies