Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 25, 1897, Page 1

Vo. VI.—No, 4. EE EE Ne a Mee REL SHEE EE SIE SEE ERM He aE a a sea fe Great Attractions In Our Dry Goods sass | Department. . A Bargain in Genflemen’s Light-Weight Sle" Special Reductions on All Summer Goods. Our Hat Sale Still Continues—Get One Overcoats—A Snap. Speaking of Neckwear SHGRGSEESERSH SEAR OREHESHNONU SHER SENSEKSRNRRNOONR NNER EANAEH ESE REE Come in and See Us. No Trouble to Show Goods, A Large Portion Of Our Fall Goods In, And More to Follow. Courteous Treatment. Before Well, to appreciate them, you will have t to see them. They are without a doubt —THE FINEST. . Itasca Mercantile Company, Grand Rapids, - it is too Late. Minn. SR A A ae ee ee et ae a ee ee ae ee ea a aa eee eae ae ae ae se ae a ae ee ee eae ae ae a ae at ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae a a a a ee a ae ae ae ae a a ae se i ae ee ae ae ae ae ae eae ae ae ae ae ae ae eae a ae oh ae a a ae a a a ae se fe ae SSI Ie ae ae eae a ae ae a ate ae ae eae ate eae ae ae ae ae eae ae ak ea ae - - - Prices Right. RE A i eee a ee 2 a a ee af a ae ae ae a a a a a Re a a ea ean eae eae aR ea eae ates 5S one of our And the man who en- joys hunting can have double the sport and secure double the game if he goes armed with NEW PATTERN WINCHESTER SHOT GUN. A Magnificent Fowling Piece. This is the most beautiful and occurate thot gun made at any price, and if it’s game you are after all well as well as sport, you will be mighty glad of your small in- vestment when you return from your trip if yeu provide yourself with one of these guns. Goods. W. J. & H.D. POWERS. All kinds of Ammunition, Guns, Rifles and Sporting AND Furnishings. These are the lines to which we are giving special attention during this Prices are down so low that all can reach them. Quality We'll get your trade if prices count. season. high grade; prices low grade. Marr's Clothing & Dry Goods Store Clothing, Dry Goods, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Py =| | { } 4 * ‘ a % * 4 = ra i 7 = { ‘ z ° % ¢ = * * | = 4 = 4 i = * = = { % = we e = = { = = e J Of course you do. So does everybody else. Suppose YOUR ad was here!- EE EE REE ER ee eee a a a a eae ae ae eae ae ae a ae ana ae ea A TEE ee aa a A a a a ae Do You See This ? EL Lddudbdiddaddadsbdodishdededucedoadusacedad 3 THEY VISIF THE FARM. Prof. W. M. Hays and Dr. Fernow Take Notes in Itasca County. Prof. W. M. Hays, head of the ag- ricultural department of the _ state university, accompanied by Dr. B. E. Fernow, chief of the forestry division of the department of agriculture at Washington, accompanied by 1. H. Hopkins, a recent graduate of the jschool of agriculture at St. Anthony Park, were arrivals Tuesday evening at the Expermental farm. Dr. Fer- now 1s conceeded to be at the head ot forestry work in the United States and is a recognized authority through out Ewope and America. Under the intelligent supervision of Warren Pen- dergast there was much experinmental work well advanced on the state farm m this county. Dr. Fernow had aided Mr. Pendergast in many ways and thus he feels a special interest in the developments that have already been started in this section, This year there have been grown several thousand seedlings of the different varieties on the farm. While Dr. Fernow was here he carefully inspected the progress that has been made and took notes for future reference along the line of re-growth of pine forests on the cut over and burned sections. Prof, Hays was much pleased with the season’s work on the farm in ag- riculture. The yields in_ vegetables and cereals have proved especially | satisfactory considering the unfavor- able season. Wheat, oats, barley rye, etc., were grown in small lots of sever- al different varieties each, and the offi- cial report will be of great value to northeastern Minnesota farmers. Ex- tensive experiments have been made during the past two years in shrubery. The reports cannot fail to be of im- mense worth to the people of this section. The work of preparing the report for this year will be somewhat delayed owing to the fact that the {field notes have been gathered by three different parties. During the fall and winter the farm will be in charge of Mr. Hopkins. The Wrong Idea The Northwest Magazine says: “Up in Grand Rapids, Minn., a little town of 2000 souls in Itasca county, reached by the Duluth, Superior & Western railway, preparations are being made for a grand moose and deer hunt, extending from October 29th to November 10th. The Grand Rapids Gun club has sent its invita- tions everywhere, and there are in- dications that the hunt will bea memorable one.” And then the Northwest continues to offer some very timely criticism on the advyis- ability of holding what it terms large annual hunts for the extinction of the state’s game. -Our esteemed ¢on- temporary, like others, has the wrong ‘idea regarding the gun tournament. The simple fact of incidentally ad-! vertising that Itasca county is the banner region of the northwest for all kinds of hunting and fishin, does by no means imply an organ moose and deer hunt. The Nofth- west Magazine ynintentionally floes the Gun club a great injustice. Nowspaper Burned Out. On Thursday night of this week the type and material with which Murray Taylor has been getting out a little paper at Deer River for some time, was destroyed by fire. Murray says he thinks it was a case of incendiar- ism, but it is more likely that a match or cigar stub . accidently thrown against the old building 1s what did the business. It does not seem prob- able that anyone would deleberately burn up the outfit for the fun of’ see- ing a blaze, and the moffensiveness of the litte paper rendered it secure from enemies. Mr. Taylor will issue his paper this week from the . Magnet office, but thereafter he may suspend publication for a time. Advertising Inventive Genius. About a year ago the report came from Grand Rapids that one of its citizens, a telegraph operator, by the way, had patented a bicycle pedal, the patent of which he had _ refused large sums of money, and the story was peddled thro’ the papers quite extensively, but no one ever heard of the pedais being pedaled. Now comes the story through the Grand Rapids Magnet that “Thomas M. Crepar, operator at the D. S. & W. railway station at this place, has been granted a patent on an air ship that he has been working on for several years past,” etc. That there are some inventive geniuses at Grand © Rapids there is no mistake, as they manage to keep their town in the public mind in pretty good shape.—Carlton Vidette. —_—__——__® Price of Potatoes. The last issue of Farm, Stock and Home, published at Minneapolis says: “Those who have potatoes to sell this year are going to be in great luck, and in this respect many Min- nesota farmers will be lucky, for in the principal potato sections the crop promises to be good, has shown great improvement since the forepart of July. But inthe middle and eastern states the crop will be very light, and undoubtedly a great many farmers will either be buyers of potatozs or go without. This is another instance where higher price is due directly to scracity, and confirms the fact that scarcity is the only price maker; that but for that there would be no higher price for any article not made so by ‘trust or special legislation.” Pine Stumpage Sale. State Auditor Dunn_is_ preparing for a sale of pine stumpage to be hela at the capitol the first wek in Oc- tober. The cruisers have been at work during the greater part of the summer looking up pieces of timber i; which were reported to be in danger and which the lumbermen were anx- ious to buy. They have found in all some 25,000,000 feet that should be sold, because it has gither been damaged by fire or storm, or is in imminent danger of being lost to the state. .No tracts will be sold unless they have been damaged or stand in danger of bemg damaged. The state could easily sell. 100,000,059 feet of stumpage this year if it was sa dis- THE FOSSTON BRANCH AGAIN. This Time As Usual It Will Surely be Built at Once. One of the best known and most prominent railroad men ih the North- west, in conversation with an Evening Herald reporter recently, said it was ana accepted fact now. in- railroad circles that President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern road, would extend his Fosston branch to a direct con- nection with Duluth during the next few months, and that by the time. the crop of 1898 was ready to move trains would be running direct from the head of the lakes to the wheat fields. This and other information was given with the undersanding that if it was made use of his name was not to be mentioned in connection: with it. He said: “Jim Hull has his plans matured for some very radical changes in the rail- road map of Minnesota and it will be impossible for him to much longer keep the public ignorant of the stra- getie moves he has planned and is about ready to carry ,out It has been frequently intimated that he has purchased the old Duluth & Winnipeg road and that he will use that as a link in the Fosston branch extension. I happen to know that he has practic- ally controlled this property for more than a year. There isa Duluth rail- road man who might confirm this statement iffhe would. 1 refer to D. M:. Philbia, general superintendent of the road. He will not deny it, but if you should ask him about it he would give an evasive answer. .Mr. Philbin is in high favor with Mr, ifill and I make the prediction now that before many moons he will be holding down the position of superintendent of one of the Great Northern divisions. “Although Mr, Hill has acquired the Duluth & Winnipeg he wili not use that line to gain entrance to Du- luth.. For his purposes all of the road that will be used in making con- | nection with Fosston will be that portion which lies between Deer River and Cloquet. From the latter point he will build to a connection with the Eastern Minnesota and enter Duluth by way of Supenor. His object in doing this will be to avoid the heavy grades encountered by the Duluth & Winnipeg onthe Minnesota side of the line’ The Duluth & Winnipeg} tracks this side of Cloquet will be kept! up for local business and for use when the short line through the corner of Wisconsin is out ot order. Had this not been his intention Mr. Hill would not have made such heavy expendi- tures in building elevated tracks into Duluth over Rice’s Point. “Between Fosston and Deer River, the western terminus of Duluth & Winnipeg, in a direct line lies Bemidji lake. The Fosston branch will skirt the southern shores of this lake and here a.town will be built to be called Bemidji. The townsite has been plat- ted and is owned by Sam Hill, son- in-law of Jim Hill, and a number of friends. ‘The building of the Fosston branch line will make necessary some | branch running from Shirley, on the main line to St. Hilaire, from where it extends northward to Thief River Falls and south to Red Lake Falls, With Fosston connected with Duluth the line from Shirley to St. Hilairé would be useless. It will be taken up and therails laid from Red Lake Falls to some point on the Fosston road, probably Mentor. Then the branchewill be extended north from Thief River Falls through Marshall caunty and thus become a valuable feeder to the Duluth line. “Mr. Hill has another, inportant railrord scheme which will more di- rectly affect the southern part of the state, although its importance to Duluth will be far from insignificant, almost ready tobe put inmotion. Of thisI am not at liberty to speak just pow, but I can say that, the plans have been carefully perfected and you may expect work to begin in the field within a few months.” On to the’ Klondike. This is the popular cry everywhere and with every one, owing to the fabulous stories of gold to be found in the Alaskan regions. But the ways are perilous and death awaits the man who seeks for treasure. In the present condition of times, with crops bringing the prices they now do, there are Klondikes everywhere, and some of them are to be found along the line of the Saint Paul& Duluth Railroad or Duluth Short Line. There are no glaciers, no dangerous snow drifts, no death- laden passes, but a good climate, rich soil, prosperous towns and happy people. This line is the favorite to and between the Twin Cities and Duluth, West Superior and other points, where close connections are made with trains running in all di- rections. Always take the Duluth is patronized by the people. Ticket agents will gladly fuarnish maps, circulars and general information, or they may be obtained by writing direct toC. E. Stone, General Pas- senger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota Open Seasom Moose, caribou and Etk, Nov. 5 to to; deer, Oct, 25 to Nov, 15; ducks and geese, Sept. 1 to April 15; quail and partridge, Oct. 3 to Dec. 1; chicken, woodchuck, grouse and snipe, Sept 1 to Noy. 1. Limit: to one person,.fiye deer, one bull moose and caribou in season; 25 birds a day. No shipment out of the state. Ten Dollars a Week for Eight, It does not seem possibie that the table for eight people can be provided for ten dollars a week, But Mrs. Rorer, the most famous cook in America, says it can be done. She has tried it and knows. She proves her case in The Ladies’ HomeJournal” for October. She gives twenty-one menus covering a week’s meals, and gives full, ‘practical directions by which any woman can make as at~ railroad changes out in Polk county, |too. The Great Narthern has a tractive meals as Mrs. Rorer explains, for this small sum of ten dollars, Short Line, for itis up to date. and * 1}