Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 31, 1900, Page 12

THE HOTEL GLADSTONE, GRAND RAPIDS. WILDER & HICKEY, PROPRIETORS. THE HOTEL GLADSTONE. This Large, Finely Equipped and Very Pop- ular Grand Rapids Hotel is Thronged with Customers the Year Around. HE Hotel Gladstone is a fine four- T story building, 80 by 120 feet in size, and contains fifty nicely furnished and commodious rooms. It is centrally located at the corner of Kindred avenue and Fourth street. The building was constructed in 1893 by D. W. Doran, who opened the hotel and conducted its affairs until April, 1899, when it was taken by A. E. Wilder and N. E. Hickey. the present proprietors. The hotel has from the start been well managed, as is sufficiently shown by the large busi- ness that it has continuously. Mr. Wilder has lived here fourteen years and knows everybody. He has been in the hotel business before, and knows how to make his establishment popular. For some years he was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi river, running between Grand Rapids and Aitkin, and is well acquainted with the whole tributary region. Mr. Hickey has been here six years. He is a thorough hotel man, and is favorably known throughout the up- per country. Both of these gentlemen are identified with the growth of this part of the state, and are at the front in all matters intended to promote the industrial and commercial devel- vpment of the country. e POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE.. The following table shows the pop- ulation per square mile in several parts of the world: Great Britain and [Ireland 315 Germany ceed Ea sD IRR ea ape es 223 Belgium a 541 Italy ; 270 France .. ee SS Saxony $3 606 Itasca County : 1 Puaveseor: SOMETHING ABOUT ADVERTISING. A few weeks ago the city of Grand Haven, Mich., voted to issue 20-year bonds to’the amount of $22,000, the proceeds to be used to induce manu- facturers to locate there. The wisdom of this plan is open to doubt. A local- ity that has unoccupied advantages can make such advantages known at a trifling expense. If, after they are generally known and fully understood, there is nobody who has enough con- fidence in them to invest in their de- velopment, it is very good evidence that there is either something wrong GRAND RAPIDS, ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. with the supposed advantages, or the time is not ripe for the work to begin. And it too often happens that invest- ors who have made up their minds to in- vest see a bonus in sight. and proceed to rake it in as somuch clear profit. But the principal thing is to properly make known the ad- vantages as they ex- ist. and if there is merit in them they will find takers. It should not be forgot- ten, however, that the whole country is flooded with adver- tising matter, and to attract attention it is necessary for the matter itself to be more attractive and interesting than the average. The ‘‘sur- vival of the fittest”’ is found in the advertising field as well as elsewhere. Resources that are worth advertising are worth ad vertis- ing well. The mere brag, blow and bluster that passed current in the days of professional town- booming have not yet entirely disappeared, but are with- out influence. Readers easily recog- nize the difference between valuable information and bluster. The essen- tial thing is to embody the informa- tion with handsome pictorial illustra- tions ina form so attractive that it will be read wherever it goes. The circulation can be run up to any num- ber that the locality is willing to pay for, with the certainty that each copy will be read by several persons. ————-s- A FEW POINTERS. Four thousand men have been em- ployed the past winter in the Itasca county lumber woods, at wages averag- ing $30 per month and board. : Several of the millionaire lumber- men of Minneapolis made the greater portion of their wealth from their log- ging operations in Itasca county. It is estimated that 1,000 men have been at work during the past winter in northern Minnesota making rail- road ties. Good tie-makers earn from $35 to $40 per month besides paying for their board. LIPO LIA |