Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 29, 1901, Page 1

Grand Rapids JHerald- — VoL. IX.—No 48. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SaruRDAY, JUNE 29, 1901. Two Do.trars a YEAR, etee ee I INVENTORY SALE In order to reduce our stock in all lines as low as possible before invoicing, we will offer For the Next 30 Days Exceptional Bargains in all Lines. Come in and See. SAVE MONEY. asc Mercantile bo,). sssnvessagencoeesessensensnenseeeeerel esse esses seers VELSWSLSLELSLS LE LE MUTSLSLSISLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSOSLSLSS She’s Happy Because she rides a Columbia. Ever notice what satisfied expressions all Columbia riders have ? That is be- cause of its easy running qualities. It’s no work at all toride a Columbia. Get your wife or daughter a wheel and they'll be happy too. Now don’t A Le selfish. Let them taste the joys % and exhileration of cycling. If you can’t afford to pay $50 for a Columbia, you can get a Hartford or Crescent for $35, or the Vidette for y % % * * ® & = & & 2 * & = & 2 & * * & ad * & * ® & * & & & & & e & & & & & & # = & & * % * & %& % & & & & & & & = = % 2 & % % 2 & 2 = % & & % = % ® & = = iidikidhihh hhh LE EEL EET TEE TT Pee eer ee Ce eee ee ee ee ee eee ty $2 Either ot these will give the utmost satisfaction. % Come in and see our wheels. 4 y We have full line of sundries avd } do exvert bicycle repairing. ) % y W. d. & Fi. Be Powers. d sk fe ae ae ae ae ae ae ate ate ae age ee a ae ae eae ate ae teat ate ae ae eae ee ate ate eae te Se ae ae ate ae a aa tea A Favorite Resort for refreshments and were may be seen and heard one of the largest phonographs in the world is at JOHN O’REILLY’S Sample Room “The Northern.” ever distilled. including all the most famous t for the celebrated ae Here you will find the finest whis! brands. Nonpareil Rye Whiskey, 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. JOHN O’REILLY, Proprietor. Fe gl 22 TRO AREER Re REE RE te a Rete RE RE * New New Spring Goods Goods Having received a new Stock of a Cee 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 FELSLELELELELELSLSLELSLSS CLOSES IESE SERIES II Ren nt Re Ree te ee a te te kate teal SE Rete nite tea te te de te a a ae te aa ACSA 8 Sa REDE 8 2 'S%SSH | cess it would damage the crops more A GRAND CELEBRATION Grand Rapids Will Celebrate Independ- ence Day in a Patriotic Manner. OVER $500 OFFERED IN PRIZES Handsome and Substantial Prizes to be Given in Many Events—A Grand Dis- play of Fireworks—A Dance to be Held in I. 0. 0. F. Hall. Grand Rapids will celebrate the Glorious Fourth in magnificent style this year. The celebration of the day is under the auspices of the Firemen, aud the members of that organization are sparring no effort to make this year’s celebration of Independence Day the greatest ever witnessed in our village. At sunrise the national salute will be tired and the day offii- cially ushered in. About 10 o’clock the parade will line up as follows: Grand Rapids Band. U. R.K. of P. often it does. In its native state every fertile soil is filled with fragments of roots, leaves and grass. When this material is partially decayed it is commonly spoken of as humus. Humus acts like a sponge. It absorbs and holds water in the soil and immensely in- creases its power to withstand drought. The decay of humus helps to liberate the plant foud. The bene- ficial effects of humus in these two directions become more apparent and more necesary, the sandier the soil. Many consider that sweeping fires, that burn a large portion of the tim- ber, are a benefit in reducing the cost of clearing. burning almost all of the ground litter and much of the humus in the soil 1s apt to be destroyed. If the soil is in- clined to be sandy its fertility will be seriously injured. In the deliberate use of fire in clearing, great care should be taken to destroy as 1:ttle of this litter as possible. Never post- pone burning the brush heaps until itissodry that the fire wiil burn fiercely over the ground. The more of this material that can be plowed under, the better the prospect for the future. NEW STAMP LAW. Improved Order of Redmen. Modern Woodmen of America, Fire Department. Calithumpians, zens on foot. Carriages. In the afternoon the programme of sports will be given at Riverside park and over $500 is offered in prize for the numerous events. The ground tioor of the Oddfellows hall is being pre- pared, and dancing will be held in the important Changes and Modifications To Come Into Effect July 1- On the Ist of July the new internal revenue goes into effect and the stamp tax t» which business has been sub- jected for more than two years will be greatly modified. Nearly all docu- ments used in daily business trans- actions will be exempt from tax after the first of next month. After July 1 no stamps will be re- quired on telegraph or telephone mes- afternoon and evening. In the even- ing there will be a grand display of fireworks, for which department over $300 has been expended. A large of people are expected from neighbor- towns to assist in celebrating Ameri- ca’s national holiday. TO PREVENT EPIDEMIC. ) | Doctors Say Lumber Camps Must Be Burned at Once in Wisconsin. Down in Superior there seems to be! ence of smallpox. The following re- port has been sent out from there: “The burning question with the city officials is how to get rid of the proba- bility of a smallpox epidemic next winter. That is, in fact, what is bothering people who are afraid of thedisease. The plague has not de- creased toany material extent and it is expected that there will be some cases of smallpox all through the summer. A goodly number are now at the isolation hospital. Everything is being done that is possibe to stamp out the disease and comparatively few residents uf the city have had it. But it still continues to come in from outside points aad especially in the neighborhood of the lumber camps in this vicinity. The only plausible thing to do, it isclaimed, is to burn the lumber camps. This is what the authorities say must be done if the disease is to be eradicated entirely. The matter has been laid before the state board of health, and when the committee from the city council goes down to attend the next meet- ing it will be brought up again. There is no doubt as to the lumber camps being the constant source of supply for the disease and the matter of burning these will be pushed with the utmost vigor. Dr. Wingate of the state board of health is expected to be favorable to the proposition, as he realizes that the camps are a constant menace to the state and he says there will be in Wisconsin and Minnesota a smallpox plague equal to any there has ever been if the disease is not stamped out this summer.” EFFECT OF FIRE IN CLEARING. Superintendent Chapman Gives Useful In- formation on Clearing New Land. The fertility of soil does not depend entirely upon the amount of plact food it contains. To enable plants to take up this food it must become so- luble. But when it is brought to a soluble form, if the plants do not take itup much of it is washed away and lost. In most soils under natural conditions plant fuod is being liberat- ed about as fast as the vegetation which grows thereon is able to make use of it. A second and equally im- portant factor in the production of crops is the presence of a-sufficient quantity of water in the soil. Water constantly evaporates or drains away from a soil in absence of rains, and if there were nothing to check this pro- considerable alarm over the preval: {” sages, bank checks, bonds, certificates of deposit, drafts, express receipts, life insurance policies, leases, mort- yages, power of attorney, promissory notes, money orders, protests, ware- house receipts. These are the articles the tax upon which has been directly borne by the public. Many moditication have been made in the revenue bill which affect the manufacturers. The tax on beer, cigars, tobacco and cigarettes has been reduced. It. is estimated that the govern- ment receipts will be reduced from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 annually by the revision of the reyenue act. Bank checks with two-cent stamps imprinted thereon are being received in large numbers for redemption at the internal revenue bureau. On and after July 1 no stamps will be neces- sary and the banks, which are loaded with stamped checks, are endeavoring to get rid of the surplus stock. It looks as if there would be a deluge of stamped checks pouring in upon the revenue bureau, just as there was in 1883, when «rooms and corridors were filled with the accumulations, which came every day by express and mail. It is yet undecided whether the owner of stamped checks will receive them again after turning them in for redemption. In 1883 the stamped checks were punched for cancellation, then given back to their original own- ners, so that they could be used. At the present time there seems to bea misunderstanding between the auditor of the treasury and the com- missioner of the internal revenue as tu the course to be pursued, the lat- ter believing that the auditor has de- cided that when a Stamped check has been submitted as a voucher for claim it cannot be returned. This does not coincide with the informal statement made by the auditor one day last week, and it will probably require an official order from the secretary of the treasury to finally settle the matter. The demand for the return of the stamped checks is very emphatic many business associations having taken the matter up in earnest and insisting that if the stamped checks are completely destroyed commercial houses will suffer great loss. GATHERING INFORMATION, trict Light Problem. Last week Mayor D. M. Gunn, paid securing cost of municipal electric lighting and was successful in his visit. This This is true, but in the ]. ATELEPHONE EXCHANGE Work Now Progressing on The Grand Rapids Exchange—Will Ready soon. PLANT TO BE ONE OF BEST The Offices Will be Located in McAlpine Block —Long Distance Connection to he Made before Next Fall—The New Acquisition a Good one. On Monday of this week work was commenced on the Grand Rapids telephone exchange and already con- siderable work has been accomplished. The necessary poles have already been erected and in the course of a few days the wires will be strung. Both W. R. Baumbach and A. B. Kerlin, president and secretary respectively of the Iron Range Electric Telephone company, were here this week, super- intending the work. Rooms for the exchange have been secured in -the McAlpine block. Mr. Baumbach‘also informed a Herald-Review-representa- tive that the long distance telephone would be in operation before autumn. No doubt but this will prove of in- estimable value to our merchants and the enterprising promoters should re- ceive a generous patronage. The price charged for phones has been placed ut $2 for business places and $1 for residences, which priees will be increased 50 cents when the long dis- tance wires are up and in working order. FULL TAX NOT EXACTED. Important Decision Rendered by Supreme Court Regarding Delinquent Taxes. Property sold for delinguent taxes may be redeemed from such tax sale by payment of the amount paid by the purchaser, with interest; and un- der chapter 322 general laws of 1899, it is not necessary that the full amount of taxes shall be paid with in- terests and costs. So‘the supreme court -holdsin a de- cision filed on Friday of last week, affirming the judgment of the Ram- sey county district court in the case of Sylvester Kipp and Orrin Kipp, re- spondents, vs. William R. Johnson, county auditor of Ramsey county, ap- pellant. [n this particular c: the amount of money directly at stake is so small as to be in itself of no conse- quence, but the effect of the decisicn will be to decrease the county rev- enues to a material extent. A lot owned by the Messrs. Kipp was sold for taxes amounting to forty- six cents and was bid in furten cents. The owners wished to redeem the property and tendered the amount of the purchase price and interest, but the county auditor, as had been cus- tomary, demanded that the full amount of the taxes with penalty, in- terests and costs be paid. On behalf to the state in this case the attorney general in showing the injustice of allowing the owner of property to re- deem without paying in full what he owed to the county, pointed out the fact that the respondents had wilfully piled up costs amounting to more than twice the amount for which they sought tu redeem their property, be- side which they wished to redeem for less than one-fourth of the amount they honestly owed. This contention is admitted by the court, but the court further says that the law is such as to permit of no other con- struction than that placed upon it and once the property has been sold the state has no further lien upon it. The decision was written by Justice Lewis. The American Boy. Grandpa Pezse of the Anoka Union has been sizing up the situation quite correctly as is shown by the follow- ing: ‘Goodbye, my dear American boys! Youain’t going to be it any longer. The boys of foreign parents are the ones who are guing to come to the front from now on. Scan the listsof the graduates from the Uni- versity, Hamline, Carlton and other institutionsof learning, and you will discover that English names are the exception rather than the rule. you would rather have fun than secure an education that would fit you for something better than mere menial labor. You would rather run the streets and learn to smoke, swear, play cards, etc., than take time to cultivate your brain and prepare yourself for some profession. All right, if that’s what your after, you'll get it, easy enough. Only wait about two decades and you will be shoveling sand, sawing wood and the like, and the boy who secured the education will be the man who will pay you for this kind of work. You made your choice, and you must take the conse- quences.” HAVE YOU EVER TRIED QUR 15c COFFEE? It is ahead of anything you have The Village Council Investegating the Elec- a visit to Wadena for the purpose of information relative the ever tried for the Price. Our 20 Cent Coffee arc Our 25 Cent Coffee is vetter Our 35 Cent Coffee is best. Will compare it with anything you can buy tor the Money..... week Edward C. Burch, a consulting engineer:of Minneapolis has been bere examining the Beckfelt electric light plant, as to its vaiue and to give an estimate as to the amount of new machinery that it would be necessary to procure to make it a strictly first class plant. Itis expected the pro- position to purchase the present plant | will be submitted to the vote of our Henry Hughes & Co. citizens shortly.