Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 12, 1898, Page 1

ee Two Dotuars a YEAR Don’t You now ee Eee ee Re ae ae eae tee We have just what you want. ‘ee ee eae ae eae ae ae ae te te ea ae ae ae a ao eae tea aa edahedechcheheietecechaiaisietethtet hat the Itasca Mefcantile , Company is the largest concern, outside the large cities, and it is the place to do your trading for we carry everything handled by general. dealers. AEA Ee ae ae ae ae ae ate ae ae ae ae eae a a ae ae ae a ae ae ae a ae eae a ae ae eae eee ae ae a ae a a ae ae ae ea ae Se EE ee Ee ee ee ee ae ae ae ae ete ITASCA MERCANTILE gnepseenasoneseranersees. : | — shouses They are heavy weights at “blowing”. bat * mighty small potatoes. We-make no claims, r way; sell at prices consis- and give your money back if you're except that we tont with the high quatity of our goods, not satisfied. We aro Hardware Headquarters. We carry. at all times, the verv choicest assortment of fine goods carried by, iern in northern Minnesota. look over our stcck; ask prices; buy if you » not intruding nor causing any inconvenience by tions that suggest themselves to you. s, paints, oils, lumbermen’s supplies. sporting W. J. & H. D. POWERS. Better any ¢ Come in and see for yourself; want to; but ace thay youn | possible to convene, and if the zeal o Reduce our i Stock of Also a number of Overeoats We offer our line of Twelve Dollar $9 1Frieze Coats for Good Warm Heavy Coats from $4.00 to $8.00. BARGAINS C.H. MARR In all lines of winter goods. DEMOCRATS GETTING READY, The “Unterrified” Hold a Love Feast and Organize for an Active Campaign. In response to the call of the chair- man of the democratic county com- mittee, about 40 representatives of Itasca county democracy assembled at the Hotel Gladstone last Wednesday evening and held a council Anent matters political, and before adjourn- ing formulated plans tor catrying on a vigorous campaign from now until the election in November next. -A_mote harmonious gat hering 1t would be im- and enthusiasm displayed By each of the attendants is any eriterion of the vigor which the democrats will exert throughout. the campaign, then it bodes ill for the opposition. United in action and confident in the right of the cause which they champion the democrats 6f Itasca county will sweep all obstacles! from their path and piace Itasca second i in rank as a democratic stronghold in the state. ning room of the popular hostelry, the guests being seated at a table which groaned beneath the edibles which Manager Farrell had heaped | thereon. W. B. Holman presided,’ and ina neat speech explained the object of the gathering, calling for an unreserved expression from all on the question of ‘‘For the good of the cause.” Then supper was announced. And such a spread—‘twas fit for ye gods of High Olympus, and did full justice to the reputation which the culinary department of the Gladstone deservedly enjoys. After the inner man had been regaled, fragrant Havanas were, passed around, and then came a “feast of reason and flow of soul.” A free-expression of views on many tepics was had, and matters pertaining to organization and the con- ducting of an active campaign were considered and steps taken for con- solidated action from now until the close of the campaign of 1898. | This business being disposed of, Mr. C. O. Baldwin, the well-known Duluth attorney, who is attending court here, held the attention of the meeting. His remarks were full of wisdom, and as he eloquently unfolded the resources of his great brain his hearers felt in- stinctively that this man was not of the common type, ‘Truthful and logical were his deductions, and _ his words of cheer and sound counsel gratified his audience not a little, and when he closed a hearty manifestation was tendered him. ‘The meeting then took up the vil- lage and township election matters, and it was decided to place Free COMPANY, The meeting was tjeld* in the dun was introduced, and for 20 minutes he | _ Silver tickets in the field, and to this end a committee was appointed to confer with the village and township precinct committees anent the holding of caucuses te nommmate the candi- dates for the several offices. The sense ofthe meeting was taken upon the timber for the several offices to be supported in the caucus, andthe fol- lowing slates received the unammous support of the meeting: VILLAGE TICKET. President—H. D. Powers. “Frustees—Jonn F. O’Connell, J. J. Decker. Recorder—Fred A. King. Treasurer—Thos. Hennessy. Justice of Peace—Chas. Kearney. TOWNSHIP TICKET. Supervisors—J. J. Decker, chair- man; ,Anthony McAlpine and John Castello. Clerk—C. T. Glover. Assessor—Chas. Malleny. Treasurer—W. B. Holman. «. Justice of Peace—W. B. Holman. ‘It was in the “wee sma’ hours” when the gathering broke up, ‘and as the attendants wended their way homeward expressions of satisfaction were heard on all hands, and each ‘felt that a profitable evening had been spent, |The Itasea Lumber Co.’s Good Work. *“F. C. Gerhard, with the Itasca Lumber Co., was up at the camps of the company ip the northern part of the state last week. He says that they are having good success’ in their log- ‘ging operations. The weather has been ideal; plenty of cold weather to make the ice roads good, and not enough snow to hinder work. The company is operating on Swan and Deer rivers, and up to date has \bank- ed about 21,000,000 feet. The tm- ber that is being cut on Swan river]: is being hauled to the Mississippi over the line of the Swan River Logging Co. That being cut on, the Deer river being banked on lakes north of Deer river and will be brought out in the spring over the railway line of the Itasca company.—Lumberman. a Loggers Made Happy. The flurries of snow during the past week brought smiles to the faces of our lumbermen, who were becoming very soucitions “Wbout the weather, which had May-like tendencies heretofore. for the past tew days, however, the temperatureéshas been colder and: the i ae favorable for logging than a time this awinters ‘Phe two-ineh fall of the beautiful yesterday was welcomed: by all, and with it: the hopes of the loggers for a full contract cut rose a point or two. Bosssesse i bhi t Ltt LTT TLL LLL TT TT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT Are You Hungry? Are rou mungryr E carry, in our Grocery Department, a complete line of Canned Goods, Dried Fruits, Teas, Coffees, Spic els—in fact everything one would expect to find infa first-class Grocery House. SeNSKSeRREREHe Le SHEROEREHeeH GHEE EEE ES EES: geeeeneageseanaeoeNENAE NRE ORT EERE SENAASO RENEE EEEE fAre You Cold? ; = . * # # 9 * ?Are You Sick? ; Are You Cold : 3 : H i 3 = Grand Rapids - Minn. : = . o = END at once to our Drug Department and 3 : UST visit our Dry Goods and Clothing De- = 2 , wage & 2 = Lis = get the doctor’s prescription filled. We # = partment where you will find all kinds of * ° eae ? 2 : also carry a complete line of Patent Medicines, : ’ Dress Goods and Wraps for the ladies, and 2 é Druggist’s Sundries, Toilet Articles, Soaps, s $ kinds of Clothing and Furnishings for the gen- « = = : Lotions, Sponges, etc. : - tlemen, Also boots and shoes. 2 errr os 4 SeecerseosrseseseesssesnssssesseeEsReHEREOOnENoSaEESS Pd e2ee ROR®, es, Vegetables, Pick- SE SEA Re a ae ae a ee ae eae ae eae ae ae ate ae ae ate ae Ree Ree ae ae ae ae ea eae a ae ae a ae a aa —_ The Indians Protest. The Leech lake Indians, incited by someone who hopes to gain some-/} thing thereby, recently hell a council of war and formulated a protest against the manner of disposing of the reser- vation timber, and have __ petitioned the interior department to use its good offices to secure the repeal of the act of 1889 providing for the same. After seven years trial of the law, the In- dians allege that nothing but scandal and corruption has been the outcome of the present law, and they desire its | repeal, to the end that in lieu thereof a law may be passed which will en- able them to dispose of their timber at a more profitable figure. Here is there latest effusion: “Owing to our condition as quasi wards of the government, which pre- vents our going into the courts of the country for the redress of wrongs of long standing, we appeal to you to use all fair and honorable means to secure an amendment to the act of 1889, par- tucularly of the portion which relates to the disposition of our pine lands. ‘The present system as it now operates 1s the greatest injustice ever perpetrat- ed upon a defenseless people and places us at the mercy of unscrupulous lumber syndicates and unscrupulous timber estimators. We have seen our pine possessions growing less and_be- ing wasted year by year, and the gov- ernment, our guardian, has stretched forth no helping and protecting hand, but has permitted the pine rings of the state to place an undellible stain upon the government in its dealings with its delenseless wards. We have borne these wrongs with the patience and fortitude unknown in other peoples. Now, after a seven years’ trial of the present law, whicl. has brought forth nothing but scandal and corruption, we ask for its repeal, to the end that we may get a fair and reasonable price for‘our tunber on the bank un- der the registered scale system, and we believe that you will aid in secur- ang the desired end.” The D., M. R. & N. Ry’s Extension, It is reported that the extension of of the Duluth, Mississippi River &| Northern road to a point about six- teen miles northeast of Hibbing, which has been talked of for several years, will be made this spring, and that the coniract has been awarded to Williamson & Cambell.—Lunuber- man. Notice. } The public is herepy notified that! a man representing himself to be an agent ofthe Singer Sewing Machine Co., who has no authority and isa fraud, is now canvasing the county. H. S. Huson, Co. Mgr. . Geo. Wickham, who for the past five years has resided in Grand Rap- ids and vinicity, leaves Monday for Saginaw, Michigan, where he will DISTRICT COURT RE-CONVENES. Commissioner Lydiek is Acquitted of Count No. 1 in Short Order. Judge Holland re-convened the ad- journed term of the district court here -|on Wednesday morningilast. The grand jury not having completed its labors It was sent out to finish up its work, and it is still grinding out indictments. The first case taken up was that of the State vs, Geo. Lydick, for grand larceny in the first degree. The in- dictment charged that Mr. Lydick had unlawfully taken possession of acertain 25 cords of wood which was the property of the county. Several witness were put on the stand to sub- stantiate the state’s case, but the evi- dence elicited was of such a flimsy nature that the jury would undoubted- ly have acquitted Mr. Lydick even if the defense had rested the case when the state concluded its case. As it was the defense easily proved that the wood in question was the property of Hon. D. M. Gunn, and that the coun- ty had no right, title’ or interest 1n the same, And the jury did the rest. ‘Today being a public hohday, Lin- coln’s birthday, his honor yesterday adjourned court until Monday. The Ladies’ Catholic Union Organized. On Thursday afternoon the ladies of St. Joseph’s church met at the home of Mrs. Lent and organized the Ladies’ Catholic Union with a good membership and the following corps ot officers: Mrs. Lamphere, presi- dent; Mrs. Kiley, secretary; Mrs. M. McAlpine, treasurer. The organi- zation was brought into being for a most commendable purpose, that of raising the necessary funds to cancel the indebtedness against the church, and it is the intention of its members to do this as speedily as possible. Money to be applied for this purpose will be raised by means of entertain- ments and szciables. It is to be hoped that not only the members of St. Joseph’s church, but all others will give the ladies a liberal patronage up- on the occasions of their festivities. Clara Louise Thompson Coming. The Ladies of the Maccavees have made arrangements for a re-appear- ance here of Miss Clara Louise ‘Thompson in one of her excellent stereoptican entertainments. The views to be exhibited are from the famed gold fields of Klondike. ‘The date of her appearance has not yet been fixed. Sociable of the Young Ladies’ Sodality. About 150 people attended the card party given by the Young Lzdies’ Sodality, of St Joseph’s church, Wed- nesday night. After the card playing was ended an excellent lunch was served and ali who attended reported avery good time, ‘The first prize was won hy Mr. Martin, of Minne- apolis, which consisted of a “yellow visit with friends and relatives for an indefinite penod. kid,” and the booby prize was cap- tured by Miss Lizzie McCormick, es enna i { ee } ali asain ans ntriatnauipoannatirniaioniahticduaie ——- +