Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 28, 1900, Page 1

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Wood frame spring all kinds of seeding machin- THE BEST and where to get it A True Story In Mighty Few Words * By J. D. POWERS. HAPTER 1.—GENERAL Groceries. When we started “in buSiness, here we made up our mind to secure nothing but the very best of everything we handled. We were told that we couJd not hope to succeed by déing business along these lines, but the excellent patronage we are receiving indi- cates that that our system is the correct one. There is nothing that people are as particular about as their groceries. They want them pure and fresh and will not patronize a merchant that does not keep them that way. That’s the kind of custom we get and that’s the kind we hold. People never come to our store and say: ‘see here, mister; this isn’t what I ordered—I want the best,’’ because the best is aJl we haye to send them. (To be continued in our next.) ¥. D. POWERS. ne DAA RA RE RR eae ‘y, Minn., Sarurpay, ApRIL 28, rgoo. Two Dotiars A YEAR % ‘ Inspector Aiton Will Recommend That Central Schoo! be Advanced. OLD LANDMARK DESTROYED The Sherry Hotel is Burned to the Ground Early Thursday. Morning ---Was One of the Oldest Buildings in the Village. State High School Inspector George B. Aiton was here this week looking into the matter of our preparedness for being transferred from the graded school class to that of the high schools. His investigation must have resulted satisfactorily as he had no hesitancy whatever in saying that he considered our educational institution fully entitled ‘to the pro- motion and that he would so recom- commendation is equal to an appoibt- ment. Besides the additional pres- tage that this will give our school and village, it will add six hundred dollars per year to our apportion- ment. The advancement from a graded toa high schvol has not been made without much hard work~on the part of both teachers and pupils, and the work does not end there. Although.the honor is secured, hearty co-operation by parents, pupils and teachers will-be necessary to retain it. We nore by the Aitkin papers that that town is about to loose its high school appropriation on account of lack of interest and non-attend- ance. The state will net pay $800a year toa schoo! that does not have high school classes worth the men- tion, and although we believe that trouble of this Kind will never arise here, it as well that cur people should know the consequences of allowil interest in the school to become dor-| mant. There have been a large nunm- ber of pupils doing high school work at the Central for several terms, and one and one pupil. Miss Bertha Fuller will at the end of the present term graduate to the university. Miss Fuller has received her entire bigh school course here with the exception of one term, which she spent at Grand Forks, N. D. These facts de- cided the inspector to recommend that. Grand Rrand be put on the high school list. Mr. Aiton left for Minneapolis Wednesday. OLD LANDMARK GONE. Sherry’s Hotel is Burned to the Ground Early Thursday Morning. An alarm of fire roused the citizens ofthe village about 1:30 o'clock on Thursday morning. Tre blaze was at Sherry’s old log hotel on the river bank atthe foot of Kindred avenue, and although the depart- ment was almost immediately on the ground, the fire had gained such headway that about all that could be done was to save some nearby lumber piles from being destroyed. ‘The fire was undoubtedly of incindiary origin. as the hotel had not been used asa habitation of any kind since early last spring. About six o’clock the pre- vious morning the place tad been dis- covered to be on fire, but was pit out without an alarm being turned in, The burned structure was the old- eston this side of the river and the next oldest in the neighborhood, the only building here at the tiine of its erection being the hut of Joe |Gould on the south side ofthe river. It was built in 1872 by Lo Seavey, who occupied it asa hotel and stopping place when the only means. egress and ingress was to trek through the wilderness or catch the semi-oc¢asion- al Aitkin steamboat. In 1881 the place was. sold to M. McAlpine, who in turn sold it to Sherry & Foley in 1884. TD. M. Gunn, now the proprie- tor of the Pogegama, was. fora short time the manager of the place while it was the property of this concern. Some years ago the building came under the sole control of Mr. Sherry, who was its proprietor at the time of its destruction. ' Democratic State Convention. The Democratic state convention wiN be held at Minneapolis on June 20 for the purpose of electing | eight delegates to the National Con- vention to be held at Kansas city on July 4th. According to the call, Itasca county is entitled+ to eight delegates at the state convention. The county convention for the selec- tion of these delegates will be heid on June 14th. Besides electing state delegates this county convention will also appoint the county central committee and decide upon its pre- ference for member of ‘the state central committee, , A HIGH SCHOOL NOW mend to the state board. This fe- } .| the methods to be pursued A Company Purchases all the Lands of the N. P. in This County. The Northern: Pacific \Railroad company has disposed of all its lands in Itasca, Aitkin and Cass counties to a company that will hold them for speculative purposes. The officers of thiscompany are: F. E. Kennaston, Minneapolis, president; F. E. Barrows, Fergus Falls, vice president and gen- eral manager; F. B. Lynch, St. Paul, “secretary and treasurer; J. O. Woods, Breckenridge, counsel. he company will dispose of the lands to settlers on the plans employed by the railroads, selling them on long time and on easy payments. The organization will at once commence advertising the advantages offered by this section to industrious farmers and will prove a great factor in diverting the tide of emigration in this direction. The amount of lund purchased by the company in this county aggregates 50,000 acres, and includes some of the best in this section. Our citizens can do much to aid the settlement of the county by answering inquiries and di- recting inquirers to the proper people. In fact, much depends upon the attitude of the people already here whether or not others will con- sider it a desirable place to live. Thete is no doubt but thet our coun- vy will see an influx of hometseekers such as Minnesota has seldom before witnessed, and we hope that their reception will prove to them that it is the intention of civilians and authorities alike to assist them in every way to get a foot hold. LOOK OUT FOR FIRES. Much Danger in Burning Brush During This Extremely Dry Weather. Although forest fires have been ragivg near the towns all around us, we have escaped even the smoke thus far. Cass Lake, Hibbing and other nearby places have been in danger of destruction more than once during the past two weeks, and the little towo of Nary was entirely wiped out. We are fortunate to be thus spared apy apprehension and _ everyone should tuke particular pains to see that no carelessness on their part starts -a conflagration of any kind. We have noticed that people around town have been setting fire to piles of rubbish or brush lying near build- ings, and this is a most dangerous proceeding. At this time of year it is always more orless windy, and sparks and embers from these fires are scattered over a large territory. During the prevailence of dry spells like the present everything is like tinder and it would take yery little to set things ablaze. Itis much better to let the brush or rubbish lay tuan to take chances of burning the neighborhood up. ADVISES THE OFFICIALS. State Auditor Dunn Has Something to Say Concerning Tax Abatements. State Auditer R.C. Dunn has is- sued a circular to the county auditors and assessors of the state regarding in the levying of assessments. He also has something of particular interest to people here to say concerning tax abatements. On this point we quote the circular: ‘I wish to give notice to all concerned, and especially to property owners, that if they fail to see that their property is properly listed tor thxation, they, and they alone, are to blame. If any property owner has a grievance the proper place to have that grievance redress- ed is before the local board of review. ‘Hereafter few applications for abate- ments of taxes will run the gauntlet of this office.” Regarding valuation, the state auditor says that. people may rest assured that the state board will not reduce valuations below what they are at present,so that nothing is to be gained by underassessing. He also says that assessors should be + careful to make their assessments fair and just, and that it is the duty ofevery property owner. to list his holdings with the assessor.. In cases where it is difficult to secure satis- factory statements, the law clothes _the assessor with ample {powers to go to the extreme if necessary. The Editors’ Outing. BE. A. Nelson of the Hallock News, secretary of the Northwestern Editor- jal Association, has published what. he believes will be the itinerary of thé association’s next outing, which takes placein June. The route as Jaid out will be from Minneapolis to Winnipeg and Warroad, thence by, and across the Lake of the Woods and up the Rainy River to Fort Frincis and Koochiching, thence by steamer to Tower and home by Du- lu This trip will be of particular value and interest to Graud Rapids scribes. NEW LAND SPECULATION CONCERN { R AIN IS B ADLY NEEDED Unless Streams are Soon Increased. COUNCIL'S SPECIAL MEETING C. L. Pratt Appointed Village Attorney and Arrangements Completed for the Construction of New Side- ? walks --- No Ill Feeling. © Considerable uneasiness is mani- fested by lumbermen here on account of the phenominally dry spring we have thus far had. On the streams that depend entirely upon the rain fall to swell them to proportions sufficient for fhe driving of logs, much timber is liable to be left. The greatest danger of this is on the upper Mississippi. The government dams at Leach and Winnibigoshish lakes have practically no water in them, and the logs in these lakes stand a very good show of staying there. There is somewhere in the neighborhood of eighty million feet in these waters. There is not a great amount of timber to come down Deer tiver this spring and this. will be brought out without much difficutly. The Swan river is alsoa dependable stream and C. B. Buckman, who does the driving there, thinks he will take out the entire cut. The Prairie river also bas a sufficient’ water flow to en- able Price Bros. and the Powers- Simpson company to get out tbeir timber. Some of the tributaries of this stream, however, are very low. Day brook, on which there are about 22,000,000 feet is practically dry, and unless the situation changes and heavy rains come all this will be left where it Of the loys on this brook Powers-Simpson own about 14,000,000 feet, and the balance is distributed amovg a number of small contractors. The stream isa bad one to drive at any time, but this spring it is prac- tically impossible. It is estimated that there is at present enought logs in the booms at Minneapolis to run the mills half the season, and in order to secure enough fer the other half it looks as ifa large number of men would have to be employed and much money expended. VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. At a Special Saturday Night C. L. Pratt is Elected Village Attorney. The most important business com- ing before ‘the village council at its special meeting held Saturday even- ing, was the election ofa village at- torney. The council had gotten along without such an official thus far this year, but matters coming up made it advisable’ to appoint one. The nameof J. R. Donahue was pre- sented by Mr. O’Connell, Mr. Hepfel nominated F. F. Price, while Mr. Huntley put forth C. L.. Pratt. The first ballot resulted in Messrs. Dona- hue and Price receiving two votes each and Mr. Pratt one.. The latter’s name was dropped and the second bailot gave Mr. Donabue three votes and Mr. Price two. The gentleman elected was hunted up and made ac- quainted with what had happened, whereupon he announced that it would be impossible for him to serve. Nominations were again in order and Messrs. Pratt and Price were the con- testants. The latter was elected by amajority of one vote. Although the members of the council all hada preference as to who should be the legal adviser of the village there was no friction evident, and in spite of report spread in some quarters, the best of feeling prevailed. A communication from Dunn & Marcia, the Cohasset saw mill men, was read, offering to furnish the lumber necessary for sidewalks at $11.75 per thousand feet. The village will have to build quite a lot of side- walks for non residents and charge the work up against the property fronting on same, and as this was the lowest bid submitted for the necessary lumber, the order willbe given to the Cohasset con- cern, This, of course, does not bind the resident citizens, who haye a right to purchase the lumber for their sidewalks any place they wish. An amendment to the sidewalk ordinance was advised. As_ this ordinance now stands it provides that no sidewalk shall be wider than eight feet. Asitis desirable to have ten foot? walks on. several streets the ordinance will be amended so as to make this possible. . Much Trouble With Drives Expected | COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET. Fy & They Held a Special Meeting Monday and Tuesdiy---No Abatements. ’ The board of county commissioners held aspecial meeting on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Several laid-over bills were acted upon, anda large amount of new ones allowed. There were a number of applications for tax abatements, but these were all laid oper until next meeting. The beard displays a praiseworthy disin- clination to reduce the taxes assessed” by the equalization board and each application must show conclusively that the »roperty in question was overassessed before any rebate will be granted. The board also dJecid- ed to build a fence around the court house and jail grounds. This will be a good thing as heretofore it has kept the employes busy chasing horses and cattle off the lawns. The board adjourned subject to call. PPOSPERITY ON THE BORDER. The Northern Part of the County is Rapidly Being Developed. Although a large part of the Rainy River region is in Itasca county, it is so far from the county. seat that our people are inclined not to pay much attention to its progress and develop- ment. There is perhaps no section of the northwest that has experienced such a tremendous growth and in- se in population for a decade pst, and being a portion of our coun- ty this fact should be gratifying te all. Great factors in the progress of this section have been its newspap- ers—the Border Budget and Rainy Lake Herald—both published ab Koochiching. They have labored ceaselessly and intelligently in the interests of their neighborhood and to their efforts it is greatly due that the possibilities of the border are as widely known as they are today. From the Budget we glean something of what the coming summer has in store for the people thereaway. The gold mines have passed their ex- perimental stage and are now for the most part dividend producers. . Much logging has been goin on during the winter in the adjacent woods and our contemporary believes. that mills to saw this product will soon be erected in its town. And last but not Teast, the-unsurpassed agricultural lands.in the Rainy River valley are fast being settled up by a most desirable class of people. In fact so far has agricul- ture advanced that the markets of Koochiching and Fort Francis get much of their supply from the home farmers, thus escaping the freight rates which are of neces- sity high and correspondingly lessen- ing the cost of living. The Herald Review is pleased to note these un- mistakable ‘evidences of a growing community and hopes that in a short time the men who built homes and braved the rigors of the frontier a few years ago will see the section they have cultivated become great and rieh. AN EMPHATIC WARNING. A Stampede Narrowly Averted During a Play at Village Hall. On Thursday night while astereop- ticon show was holding forth at yil- lage hali, a couple of boys going up the street noticed smoke issuing from between the planks of the sikewalks in front of the entrance door. The lads rushed int9 the fire hall and pro- cured axes with which they cuta hele in the walk, under which they found some paper ablaze. ‘To exting- uish it was the work of but a few moments but some galoot in the hal’, which was about half full of people, discovered what was going on and raised the cry of ‘fire.’ A stam- pede was only avoided by the pres- ence of mind of some of the ‘gentle- men present, who assured the crowd that- there was no danger. In the present dry condition of everything it would have taken buta few min- utes for the entire entrance to the hall to be ablaze, in which case noth- ing could have prevented a;cathas- trophe, as the only means of escape would have been the narrow stage stairs. The grand jury at its last session reccomended that another en- trance be added to this hall, but no attention has thus far been paid to the matter. The affair of Thursday night, however, has demonstrated the necessity of providing such exit, and the council will take it up at its next meeting. The Webber Comedy company, one of the very best repertoire organiza- tions in the west will fill a three night engagement at Village hall, commencing evening. Change of each night. Prices, 15, 25 au cents. = neering nga ee nten ee ay