Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 23, 1897, Page 1

Vou VI.—No. 8. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SaturpDay, Ocrose R 23, 1897. = Great Attractions In Our Dry Department. ; SLSLSLSLSLS®: Speaking of Neckwear to see them. They —THE FINE T. BS SE IES BE A SERMON Re set ae a ae ae ate ate ate ae ae ae ae ate ate ate SPSL SLES TSLSLSLSLVSISLVSLESS: Special Reductions on All Summer Goods. Hat Sale Still Continues—Get One Goods-=-- A Bargain in Gentlemen’s Light-Weight Overcoats—A Snap. a Ee ee eee ee ae ee ee ee ee eee a a ae ae ee eee eae eae eae te ae ae ae ae ae aa ea eae eae ea aa ea No Trouble to Show Goods. Come in and See Us. A Large Portion Of Our Fall Goods In, ‘Two Dotiars a YEAR And More to Follow. 5 Courteous Treatment. ® . Our Before it is too Late. Well, to appreciate them, you will haye are without a doubt Itasca Mercantile Company, Grand Rapids, - Minn. -- + Prices Right. 9 9 9 9 8 0 a ees a eg a ee ae gene ete eae ge ea a eae go ange eae gee ag a nae ag a se gg a gt ga a Se ae ee ee aE EE Ee OR eee eee EERE RRS ERES ae eer arr ree nee rememmenmmnans! And the man who en- joys hunting can have double the sport and | secure double the game if he goes armed with one of our ‘| WINGHESTER | HOT GUN. t = ae 4 Be AM agnificent F wling Piece. This is the mest 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. 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 this 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. SIZE UP RESERVOIRS | | | se os | | |Senate Committee Looks Over Dams and Study Navigation. | Big | | | |THE PARTY TAKES A RIDE On the & ment Steamer ‘Gere Poe,” and Sindy ihe Great Prop- ing Devises Known | | erty-Destre | as Mississippi Reservoirs. | “What’s everybody’s business is no- | body’s business,” was clearly demon- {strated this week when the sub- committee of the U.S. senate visited jthe headwaters of the Mississippi river to investigate the government reservoirs in an effort to devise some means whereby the regular annual damage to property may at lessened somewhat. Settlers and log drivers have suffered incalculable damage j through the operation of these dams ever since they were constructed, a dozen years ago, and the feeling against their maintenance has be- come very intense. That they are | utterly worthless is easly demonstrated, and if the facts were presented to congress in proper form, backed by the demands of the thousands inter- ested, there never would be another | | |muittee came here for the purpose of taking testimony regarding the system and personally surveying the territory that has been overflow- jed by the backwater and to learn such other facts as might be brought to their attention. Notwithstanding ‘ot northern Minnesota people along the was offered by any interested citizen, except those employed at the dams. The presenting of the peoples’ side of |the argument might be termed every- vody’s business, and consequently the }important service was leit undone. The senators completed their investi- | gations yesterday, having gone as far north as Winnibigoshish on_ the steamer Gen. Poe. ‘They enjoyed the trip very much and were greatly | pleased with their experience navigat- SEAGER ae ea a ae a ae eae ae eat a tea ee EE aE ee eae ate ae ae ae he eae ate ae ae ee eae ae ae ae ae ae ae ate eae ae ae ae ae eae a a ae se ae ae ae ae ae a Do You See This ? Of course you do. So does everybody else. Suppose YOUR ad was here! BEE EE EGE AN eae a a eM ee ee ae ae a eee ae eae aa ae eae ate RE jing the headwaters of the Mississippi. The committee consisted of Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota, Senator Georg W. McBride of Oregon, Sena- G. H. Berry of Arkansas, and Senator J. H. Gallinger of New Hampshire. Hou. C. A. Pillsbury of Minneapolis, a northern trip, as did also Congress- man Morrs of Duluth. ‘Iwo days | were spent above the Pokegama dam, and yesterday afternoon the special car of the senators was attached to a D., 5. & W. special and at 4 o’clock ! puilcd out fur Duluth. A representative of the Herald- Review had a. bnef interview with imembers. of the comnattee aml eae ae a ee ae NE A RE a ae ee the unanimous objection to the dams | | Mississippi valley, not a single’ word | accompanied the members on_ thier} | praised of the feeling -here. Senator | Nelson saidhe was aware that the dams had not given enure satisfac- tion, judging from what he had read }the committee would be pleased to {hear all that might be said upon the subject. Congressman Morris feels a great deal of interest in the matter jand 1s very anxious to be made ac- } quainted with the facts. The loggers are perhaps as much interested in the removal of this nuisance as are the settlers, and they oon to be inaugurated, the next congress that the dams of |the upper Mississippi are a nuisance that the public hereaway will not tolerate much longer. FALSE ALARMS, j {Some Papere and People Who Are Pertetu- ally Looking for Indian Uprisings. Ap article that appeared in the Duluth News ‘Tribune of Thursday junder the caption, “May Don War | Paint,” and which proceeds to relate |that the Indians of the Minnesota j reservations are very much dissatisfied with the law passed last winter grant- | ing permission to cut dead and down j timber on the reservations, is a fair |sample of what might be expected | from those who know nothing of the situation. The fact is, the Indians are dnanimously in favor of the act, ‘and Chief Flat Mouth, the most in- |fluential leader among the Chippe- ollar appropriated for their mainten- | was, says that if the department has/| jance. ‘Lhe members of the com- any doubt about the sentiment of his| | people upon the subject, he will make }a trip to Washington and _ personaliy | explain that the Chippewas are favor- able to a law granting permission to {cut allthe timber upon the reserva- /tens. Under the plan adopted the Indians are given employment at good wages and are sure of | getting their pay through the agent in charge. He says the Indians are aware that the inevitable forest fires will destroy all the timber now stand- ing, and eventually they will get nothing, The employment thus fur- nished makes the Indians more am- | bitious ard industrious, and many of them become competent ~ business men. ‘The objections that are made }comes from those who. are irrespon- isible and indolent, and whose aim is to exact tribute from some source. The average Indianis by no means lacking in shrewdness. They realize that it 1s nota very difficult | matter to create suspicion in the In- | dian bureau at Washington, and by so doing the malcontents have ‘the satis- faction of seeing the more industrious of the tribe involved in trouble, and sometimes put to unnecessary ex- pense.. ‘The News Tribune should | not.be so ready to give publication to the-kicks of men hke Beaulieu. John O’Brian took out a_ party from Ohio this week™to Balsam lake jn town 58.24, They will fish and hunt about a month. The party con- .sisted of Frauk Barnap, Charles. Fox, Herbert Moore, Win, Lank:rd, Weish leamed that they had net ‘becn ap-|Egbet and Join Hicks jin a Grand Rapids paper, and that | will hkely join ina general move, to convince ; all) Ttasea County Well Filled With Hunters From Every Quarter. READY FOR THE SHOOT | | the Itasca Gun Club Has Completed | All Arrangements for the Big Shoot to Take Place Here on October 29 and 30. There is no section of the west bet- ter known asa paradise for hunting and fishing than Ita$ca county,. In former years the number of visitors has been large, but today the woods and streams hereaway are alive with sports from every section of the coun- | try. The advertising that has been done relative to the tournament has attracted the attention of sportsmen more than ever before, and every in- coming train is loaded with hunters. During the past week over two hun-| dred strangers have pitched their tents | in this county, to be here when season opens. Next Monday the deer sea- son will be open, and there is a great deal of preparation for the event go- ing on. Deer are said to be very plentiful and hunters also wiil be plen- ty. The slaughter is limited by law as one person 1s allowed to kill but five deer, and none are to be shipped unless they are accompanied by a per- son not an employe of a common car- rier. In Wisconsin there is a new de- parture in the way of limitations. The hunter must obtain a license trom the clerks of certain counties befure he can kill any deer, and while the Wisconsin hunter only has to pay $1 for his hcense the outstler must put up $30. The season in that state does not open until Nov. 1. The moose season is something new in Minnesota, at least for a uumber of years. During ali this time the moose and caribou have been under the protection of the law all the year around unul this year, when the legis- lature fixed Nov. 5 to ro as the time during which the vig game may be killed. The prot:ction of the law was thrown about the animals because it | was believed that they were in danger of extermination, and_ it is said that the idea,has been a beneficial one, for while a few moose have been killed there has been no open slaughter, and } as a consequence moose and caribou! are said to be more plentiful than they have been in years, % Letter8 continue to pour in on Sec- retary Brown of the gun club, assur- ing him of the writers’ intention to be has been extensively advertised and it is evident that there will be the largest attendance yet recorded by any tour- jnament held this season. The com- ‘SPORTS OF THE WORLD) present at the big shoot. The event’ will be a memorable one, There are already many arrivals who come to attend the tournament, but who desire to take advantage of duck hunting and fishing in advance of the event. Ample preparations have bzen made to provide accomodations for all visitors, and Grand Rapids’ guests will have no reason to complain when they are ready to return home. “A BORROWED TANDEM” Burt Caldwell Arrives From Rochester With His Bride. Burt Caldwell, who formerly resided in Grand Rapids, but who left about a year ago to seek his fortune in other fields, returned here Wednesday even- ing ona tandem, accompanied by a young woman, Miss Jessie Stewart. The pair came through from Roches- ter, Minn., @nd claim to have been married at Minneapolis. Young Caldwell evidently desired to take a wedding trip and these being rather paniky times and railroad fairs high, he borrowed a tandem bicycle. Word was wired to Sheriff Toole by Sheriff Stewart of Ol mstedjcounty,to ar- rest Caldwell if he should show up here. Wednesday evening the young man and _his bride arrived and Cald- well was taken charge of bv the sher- iff and lodged in the county jail. The Olmstead county sheriff arnved last evening armed with warrants for both parties. He left this morning for Rochester accompanied by the tan- dem riders. Caldwell says he hired the wheel for a weck, believing he could make the trip in that time and return the wheel. Upon arriving here he went to the depot for the purpose of returning the wheel but Agent Mc- Lennan wouid not accept it for ship- ment without being crated. Before leaving Rochester the young man left instructions at the post office to have his mail sent to Grand Rapids, so it appears that he did not intend to steal the machine. This morning before departing he expressed the opinion that he would have no trovble in clearing — of the charge of larceny. Soid His Interests. Last week Mr. W. C. Gilbert sold lus interests in the First Bank of Grand Rapids and retired from the actlye management of the business of the bank. Mr. J. P. Sims and Cash- ier A. P. White were * the purchasers of Mr. Gilbert’s interests. The affairs of the First bank are im no wise changed by the retirement of Mr. Gilbert. Mr. White will remain as cashier, and the same. policy that has inspired public confidence in the im- stitution will continue to be observed in the future. Mr. Gilbert has be- come quite largely interested in pine land holdings in this county, and he ifelt that his tmber interests were sufficient to command his eutire at- tention. He will remain a citizen of Grand Rapids, a fact that his numer- ous friends will be pleased to know. W. C. Gilbert is in St. Paul this | bined attractions at this season war- jrants the belief that the Itasca shoot» week, attending the state land sale. He is expected home this evening. °