Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 8, 1901, Page 1

—— Vor. IX.—No 45. Grand Rapids Herald-Neviex MINNESOTA HISTORICAL _ BCCIETY. a. Y ~Minn Ht Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SaturDAY, JuNE 8, rgo1. ae Two Dotviars a YEAR, ‘BIG FOURTH OF JULY Grand Rapids Will Haye One of The Biggest Celebrations in Minnesota 15 - JUNE - 15 Our Seimi- Annual Clearance Sale ! Bargains in All Departments. OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS \y | F i] | baa dachahdch allelic shadtaedashidadeeleahabsieeh dahlia } | : t Already Raised and the Committee Is Not Yet Through Soliciting Funds— Many Visitors Expected From Our Neighboring Towns. ERE Ee Ee aa ea eae a ae a me: It will be a hummer! It will e excell any celebration of the glorious Fourth that has taken place for many aday in these parts. It will be conducted on a large scale with plenty of tbe coin of the realm to carry out every number of a long pro- yram in the mest approved style. 1b will be one continuous round = of patriotic pleasure, from sunrise to an usfixed hour in the following dark- This is what Grand Rapid: ration of Independence day will aud more too. ‘Lhe committee on ngements and program haye not yet reported, but tbe enthusiasm cf the firemen, who will have the enter- taiument in charge, and the interest taken by our citizens generally, is ample evidenee that nothing will be Jeft updone that may add to the en- joyment of the occasion. The firemen will meet tonight at Village hall, when final details will be arranged and the several committees assigned to their respective duties. The soliciting committee went out a couple of hours this week and in that short time raised over five hundred dollars. As much more will be raised later on. ‘This amount of money will enable the firemen to celebrate on a most liberal plan. Provisions will be made to entertain visitors from all our neighboring villages. We expect large delegations from Deer River, Cohasset, Black- berry, Swan River, Hill City, Lrop Ravge and Pokegama. Hibbing people contemplate coming on a special train with their crack base ball team. Hibbing is oue of the best towns that ever happeped and Grand Rapids takes pride and pleasure in giving the peuple thereof the best that the markets afford when they atch for Date. e will Save You Money. sca Mercantile Co AE AE TE a at te ate ae a ae ae a ae ae ae a ae ae ae a ate ae ae a ae eae a ae ae ae a ae ae ae a a ae ate ae ae ae a a PeMer Sere ler ess te tasswEteSerELSTSLSNSTSLSNS LSS Getting Bxperi= enee ! cle experience is one of the t things under the sun shah eet LL LL tL ELE LL LI LiL Li Li it litt i tite ti TTT TTT TT rer TTT UU ae se ate ae ge ae a ea ae ae ae ae Ee ea ae A ee ae eae ea ea a ae ee ae tee a ae ee ee ae a te ee | | } | SISLSLSLSS j Be; de. Not in fails and cost of Arnica, ‘a aa Se ae U % but in baying a wheel. A cheap call upon us. When \ he Herald Re ® — wheel never gave satisfaction view comes out next week it will tell 6 yet. Don’texperiment, Get one all about the details. . % a you know will give you satisfa . = —<——e } i A Poundmaster Appointed, One that has aw reputation Here is our line: tion. to sustain, The village council bas finally se- cured a poundmaster ‘ what is a poundmaster.” Herman Kramer is the new public servant, and he’s a hot one. No bossy will escape his watch- ful eye—in the night time. We doubt very much it a padlock on the barn would stop him. He only start- in Thursday night but he corraled every critter from Cohasset to La- Prairie. Herman will do well this summer if he isn’t so unfortunate as to get a charge of fine bird shot under his coat tail some dark night when he’s out of his jurisdiction. Pound- mastering at a dollar a head beats berry picking an@ selling rheumatism allto pieces. MINNESOTA UNSURVEYED LANDS. High Time That the Government Lands of This State Be Surveyed. For a number of years past’ the de- sierability of having the remaining government townships surveyed has been urged by those who are interest- ed in the development of Minnesota, especially the northern portion of the state. On this subject the Duluth News Tribune has the following very timely article: ‘There are in Minne- sota 4 approximately 50 townships, containing more that 3,000,000 acres ofland, whichare yet unsurveyed. » $50.00," - HARTFORD, $35.00. 5 $25.00. - - CRESCENT, $35 00. JAY BIRD, $15.00. VED been tried and aré guaranteed to ; There is no expesiment about these. They ng and a full Jine of Sundries. give entire sati tion. Expert rep: ; +W.d & &. B. Powers, ciagunniin STSCSS SISISSS LESSEE SOLES SVSLSLSLSVSSSLSLSLSISLSOSTSCSLSLSD BVSS es Se ae ate ae ae ates ae ate ae ae ae See ae ae ae ae he EE ee ee Me Re ee ate ae ae ae ae Se ae ae ae ae he ae ae a ae ae ae RE es A Favorite Resort for refreshments and were may be scen and heurd one of the largest phonographs in the world is at JOHN OREILLY’S Sample Room “The Northern.” Here you will findthe finest whiskeys ever distil brands. Agent for the =a, % including all the most famous ebrated Nonpareil Rye Whiskey. SEE ee ae te ee ae as te ae te ate ae ae a eae me ate ate ae ae at ate a ae RE NORTHERN CAFE In connection—open day and night. All delicacies of the season served at all hours. Dave Chambers, the famous chef, has charge of restaurant. This will be news to a_ great JOHN O’REILLY, Proprietor. majority of Minnesotans. It is time to have this land survey- Be Sea aE aE EA eae a Ae ae ae ae ae a ae me a ee eae ge ee eae ae ae ae ae ae a ae a aE RE Se REE Ee a ae ae ae a a Rea a A ke ST AE eae ee ae a ae a ae ae a ae ee a ea ea ae ea ee ae ee a eae a ae ae aaa ed. According to the present. law, a survey can be secured by the filing of a petition of a certain number of inhabitants of a township. Ofcourse there can be no survey until the township is at least partly settled. “As amatter of encouragement forset- tlement theland should be surveyed first. The survey will have a ten- dency to prcmote and disseminate a knowleege of the character of the land. Ifthe corners are there any man can tell how.to pick the forties he wants. Itis the general interest of the public to get this land settled and cultivated, or at least thoroughly exe plored, and nothing will set’ the pro- ; cess going so rapidly as a survey. But the state basa special interest in iNew Spring Goods Having received a new Stock of Spring Suit- ings Iam now prepared to give my customers the benefit of these Choice Goods which were purchased at Right Prices, First-Class Workmanship Guaranteed. | Johnson, - The Tailor ‘phone system in Grand Rapids, Swamp lands within its boarders. The state bas suffered at the hands of judividuals in its swamp land pro- Derty, often because settlement has gone ahead of survey. Valuable school lands, too, fall into the hands of private ‘parties because the law givessquatters a preference if they get in ahead of the suryey Minnesota’s representatives in congress, it seems, might take this matter up with ad- vantage to the interest of their con- Stituents.”” PUBLIC OWNE The Village Council Will Again Take Up the Matter of Buying Light Plant. HIP. The council will hold a spectral meeting this evening for the purpose of considering the propisition of buying the electric light plant. John Beckfelt offered it for sale at the same figures asked a year ago, eleven thousand dollars. A special election was held last year when the Matter was submitted tv the voters. The proposition tu buy the plant car- ried almost unaminously but, the ma- jority of the council thereafter refus- ed to act, holding that the price asked Was exorbitant. The Herald-Review is nob an expert on the value of elec- trict light property, but it does know that at $11,000 tre plant will in a very few years, pay for itself. In addition to this the village will be supplied with street lights and in time the costof commercial lightiog wijl be greatly reduced. We _ believe in the public oweue.ship of electric plants, telephones, rilaoads, street railways, etc., and therefore heartily endorse the proposition to secure control of the plant before itis too late. The matter must first be submitted to a vote of the electors of the village. YOU MAY TELEPPHONE IN JULY. The Iron Range Electric Telephone Company Will Install System Here Next Month. Treply to what the Herald-Review had to say last week anent a tele- Hfon. writes: ‘I note the last issue of regarding the W. BR. Baumbach your comment in the Herald-Reyiew telephone system promised you by Mr. A. b. Kerlin, president of our company, (The Iron Range Electric ‘Telephone company.) We shall have. completed the exchange at Hibbing about the 25th of this month, when our force goes direct io Grand Rapids. In four weeks from that time we hope to have ipstalled in your city an exchauge that will be of the most modern, up-to-date system manufac. tured. I take a personal pride in giving Grand Rapids a first-class ex- change. I haveea very warm spot in my heart for the people or your city, editors included.” POOR FARM PROBLEM. No Action Yet Taken On The District Plan by Our Neighoring Counties. Under the provisions of the state law, which allows two or more coun- ties to jointly provide for the care of their dependent pvor, the board of commissioners of Itasca county made an effort at their January meeting to interest some of the neighboring counties to consider the plan.’ Thus far no favorable re- sponses have been received by Audit- or Farrell, who was directed to com- municate with the offfcials of adjoin- ing counties. Itasca county has a splendidly equipped building and a fine farm for the care of the poor. This institution was established at an original cost of between six and seven thousand dollars. It costs over two thousand dollars yearly to maintain it. When other new counties have had the same experience that Itasca has enjoyed they will begin to realize that the poor problem is one that draws money out of the treasury to an alarming extent. Itasca county prepared to conveniently acc date all the dependant of Cass Beltrami as well as her own for at least a dozen years to come. It cer- tainly would be economy fer these three counties to act together in this matter. is A Dastardly Deed. The Deer River News gives the following accountof one of the most devilish deeds of the kind that hasever been perpetrated in this county: “Charles Stark, residing near Ball Club, was the victimof i tardiy perpetrated by some unknown miscreant a week ago yesterday, in which he is minus six head of cattle, including.some valuable milch cows. The cattle all died suddenly and an investigation showed that paris green caused their death An old squaw said she saw a man administering the stuff, but his identity cannot be established from the descirpiton she ) FSLSL PLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSS SL SSSLES ae SSH his matter. It is entitled to all the ° gives.” FIRE AT DEER RIVER Hotel Quigg Totally Destroyed and One Man Burned to Deatu SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED A Very Narrow Escape for Many— Some are Scorched—Small Insurance on Hote! Property—Jas, A. Quigg and Noah Fletcher the Losers Deer River suffered a severe loss last Monday afternoon when Hotel Quigg was totally destroyed by fire. A man named Ted Maloy, was burned to death, only enough of the charred remains being left to enable Dr. Russel lto determine thata human being had met a horrible death. It is said that Maloy was in an intoxicated condition at the time and started to make his way into the dining room through a closet passage way. As he entered the small room the door closed behind him. Upon vpening the door leadingin to the dining:room itappears that he was immediately suffocated with smoke and fell to the fioor. No one saw him enter the room, but this conclusion is reached judging from the place where the remains were found, Jas. A. Quigg hada narrow escape. He was upstairs the fire was discovered and only suc- ceeded in getting out after badly scorching his auburn locks and injur- ing his left hand, which he has still bandaged up. ‘The hotel cook also had a narrow escape. Several others were more or less injured. The fire seems to have started in the kitchen and before it was discovered the whole rear of the building was in flames. The loss to Quigg and Fietcher will be about $5000 with a small insurance. SOME CITIZENS PROT The Itasca Mercantile Wareouse ot Le- land Avenue Appears to be Unpopular. There is considerable protest being made by many citizens in regard to the. warehouse of the Ltasca _Mercan- tile company recently located on Le- land avenue, south of Metzger’s mar- ket. Itis by no means a handsome structure aud it detracts very much from the appearance of the street. 1t is no doubt a very convenient arrange- ment for the Itasca company, but if we may judge from the expressions, liberally made by business men, with inference to its present location, the building is not generally regarded as a desirable attraction. The little | manen % people are now residing. lis done in the oldest v some distance and ;able improvements on the park at the depot and the one to be made‘opposite Hotel Pokegama will make that part of town the most beautiful in Grand Rapids, and es- pecially will jt produce a favorable impression upon the stranger. The good effect will be largely offset by the flat, red, barn-looking warehouse just across the railroad track from Manager Bueneman of store, is as much inter ed in the welfare of Grand lapids as any other business man in the com- munity and he will no doubt be as anxious as any to move the building to a less conjpicuous place. Another abominable appearing piece of architecture is the shed built over the side walk on Leland avenue just north of the Michigan house. It detracts from the appear- ance of the whole street and should be ordered removed by the council at once. If it is the intention of the authorities of Grand Rapids to allow little wooden sheds to be built here and there over the sidewalks, it would be meet and proper to change the name of the. village to Shantytown. In this way we could demonstrate to outsiders that we are at least con- sistent. A LETTER FROM THE WEST. Frank Rice, Formerly of Grand Rapids, Writes His Impressions of Oregon. Frank Rice, who cruised the woods of Northern Minnesota for many years, is located at Dallas, Ore., where a great many former Grand Ina etter to the Herald-Review he says: “As Tam located in Oregon I will try and give my Itasca county friends a description of the state as near as | can. It is summer here 90 degrees in the shade. Strawberries are ripe and gras about knee high. The main products of the farms are hops, prunes and grapes. Everything The people are easy going and careless. The mountains are well timbered with white and yellow fir, larch and cedar, while white oak grows in the foot- hills. The best of the timber is being homesteaded fast. We got a claim with 10,000,000 feet on, but there are are not many left with as much. I have met a good many Minnesota men since I came here and they all seem to like it first-rate. Wages are not 60 good here as pegs going from $1 per day on farms to $2.50 per day on the rivers, but you have to board your- self, generally $3.50 per week. The streams are full of fish, mostly moun- tain trout.” ID. M. Gunn contemplates moving his livery barn back from the street miking cousider- property - now, | In order to keep essary enabling us to carry a | partment. as the price. 1 ONY HOGHES & Ul creasing business we hav to enlarge our store, GRAND RAPIDS. pace with our ever in- e again found it nec- making it nearly double the room it formerly occupied, thereby arger stock in all lines. We will also add a hardware and crockery de- Our aim ir all departments will be, it has always been, to give you a better grade of goods than you can get elsewhere for Henry Hughes & Co.