Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 16, 1897, Page 1

Voi Vh—No. 7. : Gererevesscelscecele2 SWSLSISLSISWSVSLSLOE Lt Speaking of Neckwear to see them. —THE FINE T. SHEAR AE SE AE aE DEES Mc Si a ae ae a ae ae afta ae ae ae a a sate ae a ae he a ae ae ae ate ae ae he ae a ae ae ae aE a eH SLSLSLSLSI SPC Well, to appreciate them, They are Great Attractions inour Dry .Goods~- “ Department. Overcoats—A Snap. Come in and See Us. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MInn., SatuRDAY, OcToBER 16, 1897. Two Dotiars a YEAR & % * % * * % * % % % * * * * * * * % & % *® * & % % % * * 2 = % & * * & * * * = * % * * # * % * % a *% * * * * a * * ® & & * & * * * * * * % # % i No Trouble to Show Goods. Thee A Large Portion Of Our Fall Goods In, Courteous Treatment. SISLSLSLSLSS And More to Follow. Special Reductions on All Summer Goods. A Bargain in Gentlefuen’s Light-Weight Our Hat Sale Still Continues—Get One Before it is too Late. you will have without a doubt Itasca Mercantile Company, Grand Rapids, - Minn. a fe ae ae ot age ae ae se ae ae ae af ae ate ae ate ae fe ae ape ae te ate sea ae ope ae age ae ae ae ape ae alee ale ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ale ae ae ae ee ae ae Ne ae ea ae ae ae a ae ae ae ae eae at ae ae ate af ae ae ae ahs ae af ae ape ae ape ae ate ae ae se MCR OIE ate ae ale ae ate ae lea ae ae ae ae ate ae ate ae ate ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ate ae a: - -- Prices Right. BEA ee ea ea eae ae ah ae a ae a a a a a ae fe ARE a a Ea ae a ae a a a ae a ae a ae i ee ak ae ae ae ae ae ae ae a ae ae ae a ae Ws 4 And the man who en- | joys hunting can have iH J double the sport and secure double the game if he goes armed with } one of our NEW PATTE WINGHESTER | SHOT GUN. A ‘Magniticent Fowli 4 This is the most beautiful and occurate thot gun made at any price, end if it’s game you are after all weil as H ¢ 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. | All kinds of Ammunition, Guns, Rifles and Sporting } Goods. { } W.J. & H.D. POWERS. ) Clothing, Dry Goods, aNd Furnishings. These are the lines to which we are giving special attention during tltis season. Prices are down so low that all can reach them. Quality high grade; prices low grade. We’)] get your trade if prices count. Marr's Clothing & Dry Goods Store GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Ae Ee ae ae eae eae eat ae eae eae ae eae ae ae eat ae te ae ae ae ae ea aa Re tee a eae eae ae te ae Do You See This ? tee Of course you do. So does everybody else. Suppose YOUR ad was here! RE AREER ae ate Re a Ane ae ae ae ee hee Se ae a ae ae ae ae ote ae ae He he ae ae ae a ae ah ae a ae ate ae ae ERE tree ae a a SEAR AE AE eae at a aE ae ee ea a ae ae eae ae eae id ae ae ee ae ae ae He ae ae ae ae ae ate ae ae ae ae ae ae a aE [| | THE FAIR AFTERMATH Some Improvements That Are In- peratively Demanded in Fairs. | GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS| | i { | i The Present Officers of the Fair sociation Will Put Forth a Special Effort to Seeure a Suitable Location by Next Fall. ‘The general expression of satisfac- the decided success of the sixth annual fair for Itasca county is accompanied by a demand for grounds and buildings, and a strong effort will be made by the present officers to inauguarate the desired improvements for the show of 1898. Secretary C. V. Gamache has proved to be the right man in the right place. The affairs of the society were turned over to him with no books or records of any kind to assist him, but out of the chaos that was left him through tion with ~ | the dishonesty and disreputable meth. | ods of the former secretary, Bernard, he has arranged the aftairs of the as- sociation with commendable skill and all awards _ will be paid promptly aad as indicated by the judges in the sev- eral departments. It is hoped that from the state ap- propriation there will be left a small surplus with which to begin perma- nent improvements for the future. The business men of Grand Rapids will be better prepared next spring to contribute toward a public measure of this kind than they have been for a number of years, as general business promises to be flourishing during the year. If the proper effort 1s made subscriptions will be secured that will insure the success of this important enterprise. It is very probable that a northern circuit will be formed another year including several counties adjacent to Itasca and a series of races held. The suggestion was made by some of our neighbors this year, but the conditions ing. The recent rapid development of our agricultural interests and the fact that the future of this county de- pends largely upon the advancement of settlement a very proper for the Itasca Agricultur- al association to inaugurate this move- ment early next year and urge its adoption by adjoining counties. But the first thing necessary to be done 1s the raising of funds with ‘which to purchase grounds and erect buildings. ‘Yo longer delay this. work will destroy the usefulness of our annual fairs. Secretary Gamache has been busy for several days issuing checks to suc- cesstul competitors. Every premium was promptly paid io full as designat- ed in the list published ‘by the associa- tion. ‘The list of exhibitors as pub- did not seem to justify the undertak-} our lands, renders it; lished last week in the Herald-Review | \ were the principals in the list of suc- cessful competitors as returned by the several awarding committees and do not f eed repetition. A PARTY OF SPORTS. A Delightful Outing at Winnibizoshish iJ Dam Reported to the Herald-Review. “The story of our trp would make interééting reading,” said a member of. party that returned from Win- nibigdshish this week, to the Herald- view man. “If it were possible to get the facts,” replied the Heraid- Review scribe, “they should be pub- lished, no doubt.” Then the gentle- man exptained that the most startling ‘incidents of the trip were not calcu- lated for publication and their ap- pearance might be the cause of creat- ing more or less ill feeling among | those who are now the best ot friends. |**But,” he continued, after taking a critical survey of his white whiskers reflected in the large mirror before him, it will do no harm to say that we started out on Friday, September 24;~and that our party consisted of H. D. Powers, C. L. Pratt. L. W. | Earle, M. Earle, A, A. Kremer, Jack Beckfelt, myself and Cook Joe Nelson, Dog “Duke” and one tame duck, dcnated by Doc Brown. ‘The first difficulty that we experienced was get- jtng heid up in a log jam above Co- hasset while aboard the steamer Little Eagle. After many hours of weary waiting and many threats from At- torney Pratt against Ab Bonness and his log drive for interfering with navi- gation, we succeeded in getting through with the help of Bonness’ crew of drivers. Well, we steamed ‘trouble with a majority of the crowd who went ashore to buy bread, we continued our journey. to Winnibi- goshish dam. We were gone about three weeks and during that time some wonderful characteristics were devel- oped. Chet Pratt was the bull fighter, J. W. Earle bagged the most ducks, Jack Beckfelt was the philosopher, Arthur Kremer refused to drink whiskey, Burt Powers was the sage, Billy Powers was the gentleman, and 1—well. I kept an eye on the whole gang and stood in with Joe Nelson, who had charge of the commissary department. I might tell some things about ‘hold-outs’ and rattons, but per- haps it-would be better to keep quite. **Yes, we got some ducks, but the ‘weather was entirely too fine for record-making, and if any of those fellows try to tell you big stories, just put it down as imaginary.” The last of the party reached home ‘last Friday ev.ning and that an en- joyable trme was had there is no doubt whatever. The Herald-Review hopes to get a detailed report and will print it when the facts are known to be facts. May McAndrus, aged 11 years, died at the nome of Mr. 4nd Mrs. James Dvffy on Wednesday morning of this week, of inflamation of the bowels. ‘The deceased was a neice of Mrs. Duffy and had lived with the family for some time, ‘he funeral occurred on Friday forenoon and was ely attended. !north to Deer River, and after some} ‘PLENTY R, R, RUMORS Newspaper Reports There Wil Soon Be Much Building. D.. S..& W. TO BE EXTENDED The Wright & Davis Company to ; Parallel the Daluth, Superior & Western to Carry Ore From Hibbing to the Lake. ern Minnesota have been speculating on the extension of the persent line to Deer River for the past five years, and scarcely a week has passed during that time that reports have not ap- peared declaring that the Fosston branch was to be extended at once to connect with the D., S., & W. at Deer River, making a direct route to Du- luth from the Dakota wheat fields. Several alleged changes have taken place in the meantime as to ownership, but no building has been dune, It now appears, however, that the con- nection will actually be made. Hill’s interests can no longer twarth public demands, and it is now conceeded that the Fosston branch of the Great Northern will connect with the D., S. | & W. in time to carry the next crop of Red River valley: wheat directly to Duluth over the new road. It seems to be no longer a matter of specula- tion, but a positive reality. The latest report is sent out from Duluth relative to the proposed ex- tension of the Duluth, Mississippi & Northern. A special to the Minne- apolis Times records that James J. Hill will no longer have a monopoly; of ore handling facilitics from the western en:l of the Mesaba range to Duluth. An independent railroad and dock system, which it 1s thought will throw the Duluth, Superior & Western road out of the ore carrying trade, has been contemplated for some time and is now assured, Information was given out Thurs- day night by an iron man_ connected with the Duluth, Mississippi & North- ern interests, that Wright & Davis, owners of the Mahoning mine and also of the Duluth, Mississippi & Northern have finally determined to build an independent road _connect- ing the Duiuth: Missippi & Northern, which taps the Mahoning and other big open pit mines of the west-j ern Mesaba, with a large ore dock | they propose to build at New Duluth, interests is said to have been caused by the high rates charged by the Duluth, Superior & Western and system. The new road will _ practically parallel the Wuluth: Superior & West- erm system, so far as ore carrying is iconcerned, and will cut off the entire output of the Mahoning, the largest Indicate That } The people of this section of North- ; | farmer. Presideat Hill’s Allouez bay dockage! open pit mme in Minnesota, and probably one or two others. The output of the Mahoning alone is estimated at 500,000 tons this sea- son and iron men think that as com- pared with future outputs this will be comparatively light. Wnight & Davis are large capitalists of Saginaw, Mich., and iron men here say they are capable, financially, of carrying out their plans to the letter. They are the fee. owners of | the Mahoning. ‘The proposed line from Swan River to New Duluth will connect with the Duluth, Mississippi & Northern from Hibbing and will cut at right angles with the Duluth, Superior & Western, following the line of Mission creek and terminating on St. Louis bay near the Ironton Steel works, which recent- ly passed into the hands of the Rocke- feiler-Carnegie interests. The surveys are completed and a force of men are at work on the right- of-way between Sinithville and Carl- ton. The new line wili be about sixty miles long, and while the Wright & Davis people will give no estimate of the cost: an iron man well acquainted with the country through which the road must pass, estimates the cost at $3,000,000. IS STILL IN CHARGE. Maj. Allen Has Not Yet Left the White Earth Reservation. Maj. R. M, Allen, agent at the White Earth reservation, is still in full possession of his office, although by the usual ruling of his department his term expired Oct. 8. He is probably being permitted to remain until the timber contracts that are soon to be let are disposed of, as that is an im- portant matter with which he 1s_thor- oughly familiar, and the department may not deem it wise to make a change uft#it is disposed of, although his Lie Judge ,Sutherland, ‘of Detroit. Minn , has been decided up- on. The cutting of the timber on the reservation.during the coming winter will give employment to all the In- dians and many others besides. Maj. Allen said today that he had placed all of the Indians under his charge, who served in the army during the war, on the ration list, and they will in future draw supphes from the gov- ernment just as Indians who are class- ed as totally disabled—Duluth Her. ald. A Prize Team, Among the successful exhibitors in the live stock department at the county fair last week was Daniel Mc- Cormick, the enterprising Vermilion His team of jet black draft horses were the admur-:d of all visitors. They received first prize and wore ‘This move of the Wright & Davis’ the blue rivbon in competition with a long hst of entries. Every team en- tered was worthy of consideration by the judges, but Mr. McCormick's team were so admirably matched and of such spiendid proportions that they were easy victors. i George Cox has accepted a position as inspector of dredging under Maj, ears 1a the Duluth harbor. !