Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 13, 1897, Page 1

Grand Ra yids Ueral Vout VI.—No, 11. EE Ree ae te Speaking of Neckwear to see them. _—THE FINEST, EAE Se AE AEE Ae SSIES a St ae a ae ae ae ae aE: GCS Granp Rapips, ITasca,County, Minn,, SaturDay, NovemBer 13, 1897. Great Attractions in our Dry Goods-- Department. A Bargain in Gentlemen’s Light-Weight Overcoats—A Snap. Come in and See Us, sthatithashsheththatheththsietntininedteiubsndeubibibsbidiuddbiitd LC * Two Dotiars a YEAR No Trouble to Show Goods. A Large Portion Of Our Fall Goods In, And More to Follow. Courteous Treatment. Special Reductions on All Summer Goods. Our Hat Sale Still Continues—Get One Before Well, to appreciate them, you will have They are without a doubt Itasca Mercantile Company, Grand Rapids, - it is too Late. Minn. eae te ate SE Se a eg a a ee ge a EEE Se EE ee a ae ee A ee se eae a eee ee a ae ee eee a ee ae SI a ae ee ae eee ae ae eae ae ae ae a ae ae a a ae ae te ae eae te --- Prices Right. Se Re a a a ae a A A a a a a a ae a a a a eae a ae ae ES gan old, Out-of-date Rifle, What is more diszusting to a sportsman, than to get a bead on a good fat Deer or Moose, and then have the game get away, because the “measly old gun” wouldu't shoot straight? TAKE NO CHANCES! We will sell you the best Rifle in the world at a pric well afford to pa und it will Shoot just what it is dat, too. We are headquar , Shot Guns, Revolvers, Kmives, Traps, Ammunition, and Sporting Goods of all Kinds, and we allow nobody-to sell goods of equal merit for less money than we do. Come in and see us; look over our stoc! sk the priceof anything you see. We won’t bother you about buyi W. J. & H.D. POWERS, hat you can | sale the state had ever had, j Our Winter’s Stock Is daily arriving, and will this season be larger than ever. It comprises all the latest styles and patterns in Suits, Overcoats. Trousers and Furnishings, purchased on our recent trip East, and personally inspect- ed before shipment. Every garment guaranteed and our prices are always right. Marr's Clothing & Dry Goods Store GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. SHKTKE SHS SSSA ETH HEE ee 4 { iE ee ee ee ee ae ae ee ae eee ea aa ee aa OUR NEW LINB OF Cloaks JUST OPENED. PRIGES RIGHT. + ——~ ; | rt } c. 4. MARR. {EE ee A ee a a ee ae ae eee ae ae eae ea ee ae ae ae ee a ea ea RE Re a Me ae she a ae ae a eee ae a a ae ae ae ae ae ae: ! NEAL VS THE LAND SALE. He Bids Against Farmer Voigt and Gets Left. The following explanation of a kick regestered by our friend W. E. Neal ed in the Pioneer Press of last: “Despite the fact that | all concerned with the recent sale of state pine which occurred at the capitol on Oct. 21, were unanimous in the opinion that it. was the best a few Populist sheets throughout the state, following the lead of a Minneapolis paper, are endeavoring to cast dis- credit upon the sale and Auditor Dunn, who conducted it. The basis for the attack is found is the allega- tion that one piece of timber was sold $1.60, when another bidder had offered $1.65 for it. Out of this some of the papers have constructed the veracious story that the state lost $3,000 on the tract, and none of them have put it less than $500. The facts in the case are these: Among the tracts offered for sale was section 36, town 57, range 27, es- timated to contain 225,000 feet pf pine, appraised at $1.50 per thousand. This tract adjoins the farm of Frank Voigt of Deer River, Itasca county, and Mr. Voigt came to the sale to bid on it, desiring to doa little lum- bering this winter. When the tract was reached on the list Mr. *Voigt bid $1.60. Auditor Dunn repeated the offer three times, after the. fash- ion of the professional auctioneer, and not hearing no higher bid, knock- ed the tract down to Mr. Voist. The latter was a stranger to the auditor, and had to come up tothe table to give his name, so that there was quite a little delay following the sale, but nota word of protest was heard. After the sale had concluded, some jtime later, W. E. Neal of Grand Rapids, who was present at the sale in the intrest of Freeman & Gray, lumbermen of St. Cloud, went to Mr. Duna and claimed that he had bid $1.65 on this particular tract. He wanted the sale reopened and said that he would have paid as high as $2 a thousand for the timber. He had-no explanation to offer why he had remained silent while the tract was suld to Mr. Voigt, and had allow- ed the sale to be consummated, and Mr. Dunn very promptly declined to reopen the sale. He said he had heard no higher bid than $1.60, and he could not open the sale as to that tract without giving any one the right to demand the sale of some other tract, which he had bid in and thought he had paic too much tor, should also le reopened. Neal only expressed bis willingness to pay $2 for the pine, and if the sale had opened up and that tigure had been realized it would have madea difference of just $90 to the state, 40 cents a thousand on 225,000 feet of pine. And out of this state of facts | the Populist papers have coustructed their attack upon Auditor Dunn, and the $3,000 luss to the state,” An Old Timer. Last week the largest log that ever went through the mill of the C.A. Smith Lumber Co. was rolled out on- to the log deck and _ sent to the car- riage, notes the Mississippi Valley Lumberman. It was an old white pine patriarch probably several hun- dred years of age and had been in the river for two or three years. ‘The log was scaled and showed a measure- ‘ment of 1,480 feet, but as it was old jit had rotted a good deal and would not make that amount of lumber. It was a reminder of what the lumber- men used to get ih the first years of Minnrapolis as a manufacturing cen- ter, and the time when they did not cut everything as it came, but could choose their tmber and cut only the best. It was more expensive logging that way, but they were getting more money for their lumber and could afford to be particular. Dunn and the State Lands. State Auditor Dunn of Minnesota proposes to test the stat:’s rights to sections 16 and 36 on the Red Lake Indian reservation. It will be remem- bered that the claims of the »state for these sections on the reservation has been before the interior department at Washington for years, but no final de- cision in the matter has been made. At the sale of pine stumpage in St. Paula couple of weeks ago Auditor Dunn sold the stumpage on section 36-150 36 on the ceded portion of the Red: Lake reservation. This stumpage will be cut this winter, and itis thought likely that the United States government will bring suit to recover the value of the timber from the state, and in this way the question of the ownership of the disputed sec- tions will be brought into the courts, No Danger of Outbreak The reports recently published in many papers to the effect that there is idanger of an outbreak of the Cass Lake Indians as a result of an en- counter between a party of Indians who were violating the state game laws, and a game warden, in which enconnter the latter was murdered, has no foundation in fact. ‘The In- dians of northern Minnesota will never again create any general dis- turbance. ‘There will likely be cases of individual crimes, such as the kill- ing of Wetzel, the game warden, but beyond that there need be no fears of trouble, Any sheriff in this section 1s entirely safe to arrest a whole band of Indians if their behavior should de- mand it. It was entirely unnecessary for Governor Clongh to write a letter to Chief Ne-ga-ne-bin.ais, advising {him to direct his people to submit to which he wanted, or! peer the authorities of law. If the Beltra- mi county sheriff is “onto” his job he’ll simply take any Indians for whom he may have warrants, just as he would an ordinary white man. The Bermidji Pioneer gives the follow- ing version of the affair at that place on Cass lake: “The bad habit of re- servation Chippewas going into the the adjoining country to hunt, in and out of season, in order to preserve their own game fields on the reserva- tion, has had its natural conclusion, Charles Wetzel of Gull Lake, @arden | for the eastern part of Beltrami coun- ty, was in Bemidji two weeks ago and reported a large Indian camp on Gnat and Turtle river lakes hunting moose and fishing with nets. He said he would not try to arrest them, but sim- ply warn them off and take their guns. It now appears that he was killed and his body lay on the ground for over a week before 1t was found by white men, when there were Indians within ten miles of here who knew ali about the matter, and when theChippewa preacher, Rev. Mr. Morgan, had passed through here on his way to White Earth with full knowledge of all the particulars, which he refused to give to the county attorney. Settlers from Turtle Lake say that there were four or five gangs of Indians passed up that way to Red Lake agency last week on the dead run for home, all evidently fearful ofsomething happen- ing to them, while the settlers knew nothing of the affair. Iver Erickson, who lives near Wetzel’s home, says Wetzel told him he should not attempt to arrest the Indians, nor do anything that would excite them, but that he would warn them back to the reserva- tion; that they had three or four moose hides streached on the trees, and the carcasses hanging up to dry and he did not think he could get along with the settlers if he allowed the Indians to hunt that way. The neighbors of Wetzel all give him a good name and describe him as anything but quarrel- some, but decidely nervy, and that if he got into a fight he would do all he could to take care of himself; but that he would not fight if he could get out of it. They think the squaw must have been the aggressor, and that Charley probably tried to get away from them and was pushed or stabbed by her, when he would shoot quick enough to do all the damage that was done. ‘The direction of all shots in the bodies of the Indians goes to show that he was down when he was shoot- ing. It is decidely uncertain whether any Indian at :ll was killed. They say the dead »body of the squaw has been buried but there is doubt, while the men wounded are recovering. Annual Human Slaughter. Commenting on the recent ac- cidental shooting in this county, the Aitkin Age says: “As was expected, the annual slaughter of human _ be- ings mistaken for deer in the woods of this section is now in full oper- ation, several instances having al- ready been reported. Commenting onarecent case in Itasca county, County Attorney McCarthy, in a letter to the Grand Rapids Magnet, says that in his opinion a man who makes such a “mistake” is guilty of murder in the third degree, and should be punished accordingly.” The Stemer North Star isin dry dock at present. The boys were coming down river with her one night about a week ago and up near Mocre’s farm they undertock to go around a short bend under full head and the attempt resulted in laying her up full length on a mudbank. She now lies in a position where she’ will not sink during the winter. THANKSGIVING BALL. Knights of the Maccabees Will Entertain Their Friends on the 25th, The Grand Rapids’ social program for Thanksgiving mght has been pre- empted by Pokagama Tent no. 33, K. O.T.M. On that date they will give their second annual ball at Vill- age hall. The Sir Knights will under- take to make the event one of the most enjoyable affairs or the season, and to that end every effort will be put forth. The famous Di Marco Bros.’ orchestra of Duluth has been engaged for the occasion. ‘The or- chestra is composed of three pieces— the violin, harp and flute, It is re- garded in the Zenith City as one of the most desirable furnishers of dance music to be secured at the head of the lakes. ‘The Ladies of the Maccabees will turmsh the supper for the occasion. Bear Stories. Every man is either a bull or a bear, keeping things up or growling things down, and of late years there have been a great many bears, some of whom have survived and are still telling their bear stories. ‘The fact remains that there has been a decided improvement during the past season in the amount of business done by the St. Paul & Duluth railroad,which has always been the favorite line be- tween St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, West Superior and other points of interest and importance. This fine is modern, up to date, running luxur- ious trains at convenient houre over a smooth roadbed between handsome terminals, ‘Ticket agents will always supply you with maps, etc., or they a be obtained by writing direct to C. E. Stone, general passenger agent, St. Paul, Mion. Two $100,000 Trains. On the first »f June, 1897, the Bur- lington Route placed in service be- tween Minneapolis and St. Paul and Chicago, two new trains, built ata cost of considerable more than $100,- 000 eacb, and recognized by everyone who kas seen them, as the finest trains on earth. The trains are. lighted by electrici- ty; heated by steam; have wide vesti- bules, a la carte dining car, a buffet library car, chair cars—everything, in brief, that any other train has and some things that no other train has. No extra fares. For Those Who Want the Best.: The Burlington’s ‘Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago and St. Louis Lim- ited.” New from end to end. Most costly, most beautiful, most luxurious train ever placed in service on any railroad in any country. Pronounced by My Pullman “The finest train that ev8r Stood on wheels.” Lighted by electricity§# Heated by steam. Compartment and standard sleepers, library car, buffet chair cars, alacarte diner. No extra fares. Mens, Ladies and children’s felt shoes in all sizes at Beckfelt & Mather.