Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 31, 1900, Page 28

18 GRAND RAPIDS, ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. | dOnn BGI Ponce Sloe. The Pioneer Store Has Grown to Mammoth | Proportions, and Remains as Popular as Ever with the People. — ! John Beckfelt is the proprietor of } the oldest mercantile establishment ij in Grand Rapids. Mr. Beckfelt has been in business here nearly seventeen years. His store occupies spacious quarters at the corner of Third street ( and Kindred avenue, facing on Kin- dred avenue with a 50-foot front and extending along Third street a dis- tance of 120 feet. Besides all of this space Mr. Beckfelt has a large ware- house in the railroad yard for heavy | goods. He dealsin general merchan- dise. As he has been in business here | continuously since May, 1883, he is } | } t { acquainted with everybody in th - ie oo oe JOHN BECKFELT'S FAMOUS “PIONEER STORE,” GRAND RAPIDS. . jt) and has established a I wide reputation for square dealing. | Mr. Beckfelt was the first county : county. Mr. Kremer was register of treasurer of Itasca county, and before Kremer i Kil] Real Esiale deeds in the same county at the same | : that he was county commissioner one ’ ¢ time. They came to Grand Rapids ' term before the county was organized. =e if in 1891, and formed the partnership t He was a member of the first school The real estate firm of Kremér& now existing. Mr. King has been vil- board, and remained a member of that board for four or five terms. He was also chairman of the town board some time. Besides all of this, he was post- master of Grand Rapids about seven years. He has large interests in the town, and thinks its future will be King consists of E. A. Kremer and Fred A. King. They have a tine office in Hotel Pokegama, Grand Rapids, and are agents for the sale bf ia great amount of good agricultural lands. This is a thoroughly reliable firm. lage recorder of Grand Rapids the last three years, and still holds the posi- tion. His ancestors were related to President Madison, and Hon. Stephen Hopkins and other noted men. o- An insurance business is also done. Formerly Mr. King was county clerk of Saginaw county, Mich., for six years, and the third time he was elect- ed he received a larger majority than had ever before been received by any candidate for county office in that L. F. KNOX’S SAW MILL. very prosperous. He owns the fine electric lighting plant. by which ex- cellent electric illumination is fur- L. F. Knox has a saw mill in Grand ro nished in Grand Rapids. Mr. Beck- Rapids with a capacity of 25,000 feet of lumber per day. The output is very largely used in the town and county. Mr. Knox is one of the most prominent citizens of Grand Rapids, and is one of the strong pushers for the growth of the interests of this lo- cality. He owns a large amount of property in Grand Rapids. felt is progressive, enterprising, liber- al and popular with everybody. Siiekeetnse THE GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL. A picture of the large and elegant Central school building in Grand Rap- ids is printed on the fourth page. It is an exceedingly handsome structure, and the interior is one of the prettiest in any school building in Minnesota. The school board consists of— Mrs. C. C. McCarthy, Clerk. E. A. Kremer, Treasurer. T. M. Brady, Trustee. Prof. E. T. Carroll and the teachers under his direction are doing their work well and making a good record. A BIT OF THIRD STREET SCENERY, GRAND RAPIDS.