Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 4, 1902, Page 1

fe | ES et ee a a a eR RG a a A atincnepeaasec = JANUARY- PREPARATORY _ SALE Before taking inventory we have a few snaps in Ladies Coats and Missess Jackets. Come in and convince yourself of the quality and price. Wealso have some good things in * Men’s and Boy’s Overcoats, Suits and Trous- ers. “Hart Schaffuer & Marx” clothing— none better. Headquarters for -SHOES-— Shoes that are guaranteed to give good wear. Try them and you BUY no other, LADIES’ AND MEN'S FINE SHOES Patent Caif, Patent Vici. Box Calf, Vici Kid, Patent Coit and Patent Enamel. CORRECT STYLES. a Se EINE IR RE Ae Se ae SSNS af ae ae ae Ae ae ae ae ate ate Se as ae ae a a Se ae aR Reale Ge ae atest ae tea ae eae SMEBS™, 3Sas = 35395 a ¢ PUP THAT iN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT. 5 § v dint care what, you want, or how much or y li w little of it, if it’s anything in the way of— a ~<tee—|| bumbermen’s | Suppliesas — ES msave you doll Some of you Lumbermen soem to think yey to send a or your suppl when the’ fact of th t youcan vet good value for your money right here, and Ket iv quicker. Lo boot. Cony) Em We « hn hneofA aws, Peaveys, Cant Hooks. Logging und everything neccessary for a» Log- H. D. POWERS BLSIPASTMAS i} OEM. } Sao Se Se SeSesese i 1\GEO. BOOTH, Manufacturerof Fine Cigars GRAND RAPIDS, {—1—} — + — |} | MINN. ‘a ’ C 97 Have achieved an excellent BooTtu S IGARS reputation all over Northern Minnesota. They are made of the finest selected stock bv experienced workmen in Mr Booth’s own shops kere, and under his personal supervision. ‘This insures the utmost cleanliness and care in manufacture. For sale everywhere. Call for them. i i l l l i l l d l FARNESS that have horses . and all horsemen must not that any old thing in Py] onable prices, Litchke’s hand sade harnesers at Words’ Prices Repairing a specialty. SseesscensseseseesesesenneeMEKERRS ORNS Se EE SeRATES Jeg OIGIEIEIIE NEITHER ROICIOIO HEI MERE iated: iat ae tetateatetea | AEE eae a a ee a ae ee te ae ae ae a » | lic benefit. | to purchas@and maintain an electric ) {light plant thea it should, as a pub §| tract for lighting the | liable and stable. & It means a good deal to men It always pays to get good things forget the harness line can be found at Litchkee’s’ harness shop at reas onutguimery -Granp Raprps, Irasca County, THE LAST MEETING. © County Commissioners of I:asca County Close the Business for the Year i9)1 on _ December 3ist. Itasca then is now made cf Expenditures have been mude the minimum County Commissioners Fraset each have overseen the road work in the respective districts with out extra compensation. ‘They have traveled over the different rouds, ex- pended their own meney, and it may be truthfully said that no more hon- orable or intellectual set of men other state, If their record in the future will compare with that of the past they will stand high in the estim- ation of their respective constituten- cles. JUHN BECKFELT’S PROPOSITION To the Village of Grand Rapids. Let the People Consider It. To the Hon. Viliage Council ot Grand Rapids. Minn GENTLEMEN:—I desire to submit to ou a proposition for furnishi tbe age of Grand Rapids. Mion., with trie light for eet lighting and wid village tentica to the following f. I. The village of Grand Rapids now without street lighting of any kind» I believe that itis the judg ment of the gr majority of tne ens and Laxpayers of tbis place t a reasonable number of street lights should be provided. In the early di of the vill c lamps were provided. [f it wa: ary gto have street lights ago how much more uece now. Il.’ The village has now reached that point where_a reasonable uum- ber of strect hts would bea great public improvement, a good public investment as well as a decided pub- is o There. has been no more successful year’of the county’s adminisiration | fights of 1 record, slreck ‘hts, and shall pay for each Brooks, Lang, Moore, Hennessy and ever served a county. in this or any” ILL. The village should either own and operate an electric light plant or else contract tgr street lighting, IV. If the Village is tot” prep: jared lic benefit. and public necessity, con- public streets of said village, always hdiding the right to purchage a plant at apy time. V. Before street’ lighting tan be ided for said village, or he of said village be lighted, the jage must expend and invest a large amount of money in purchasing building and equiping a plant,, or sowe other person must invest and expend a Jarge amount of money. in building‘ eyuiping and maintaining a plant. Vi, Ordinary business discretiou and prudence require that before any priyate person shall invest money ina plant to furnish electrict light and power to the village and ifs in- habitants he shall have some assur- ance that his investment will be herein specified, one of said p fairly and reasonable, profitable, re- Such assurance is always provided by the village or mu- nicipality contracting with such in- vestor for a certain number of lights, for a certaln length of time ata fixed price or cqnsideration. Before a party can be expected to invest a large sum. of money he must be fairly certain that his investment, his plant will be stable and of some permeuancy. Vii. Lnow own and operate an electric light plantin said village and Lam now furnishing electric light to the inhabitants of said village. IL stand ready to invest sufficient money to extend and enlarge my plant and increase its capacity safli- cient to furnish light and power to said village for lighting its public streets, avénues, alleys and public tion providing the village council of said village will, by ordinance and contract, ensure me such an amount of busipess in providing and furnish- ing light for sucha length ot time and at such price as will justify and warrant the expenditure and invest- ment of the movey necessary for the purchase vf machinery and equip- ment, the extention and enlargement of the plant. Tnerefore I submit the following proposition: I will invest the necessary money grounds for a reasonable considera | ex} and extend and enlarge my plant so as to furnssh said village. of Grand Rapids and its residents and iuhabit- ants electric Jight and power. I will furnish all of the light the said vil- lage may desire or order. ‘The village shall give me a fran- chise to go upon the streets, avenues, alleys and pubiie grounds of said_vil- lage and erect and maintain upon the streets, avenues, alleys avd all public grounds poles and fasten to the poles, wires and lines and cross- lines or wires for transmitting and conveying electricity and light. Al- so to use all said streets, avenues, al- leys and public grounds for digging holes for said poles and for digging | conduits and pipe lines for stretcuing wires for the transmission of electric: ity and power and light. Also to go over under said streets aud stretch wires over and under said 8! $, avenues, alleys and public grounds of said village for the trans- mission of electricity power and light ‘The said franchise to be for tifteen years (15 yéars) from and after the assage of the ordinance granting the ames rich times village f Ehaetiittes Tigh! oreo subjs the i by si D. | tinuing fora period of e ea years the village of Grand | Rapids, Minn, shall rent and take from meat leasu eighteen (18) are 200 nominur candle. power, lightat the end ot each three months at the rate dollars ($7.00) per month Mooulight shedule. —L. wil pd lights furnished the village in repair, the village council tu notily we when any Tats are out of repair. ‘he location of all street lights shall he fixed by the village council. The location of any light may be changed by order of the village couc- cil DUt the village shal! bear the ex- pense of such change and removal. Iskall have the right to shut off the ciecricity and light, temporarily. for the purpose of making necessary: repairs e works or to any part of the system without liability period of of seven aud cous cord cide: ora shall pureb planb® mont! or du duly ed upd ol le to earn the cent. per ss If ube Ce cde tustanding: wetier of said | to surrend- |. 1 ¢ ~ the village shall purehase the property sabject to the lien of said bonds or other.iten providkid whi he amonut of such. n shall be ee hase by the village it shali chery oub the terms of the un- complrted contract with its private co 'S. in case of disagreement as to the amouub of the purchase price it shail be arbitrated by three disinterested persons on tbe bases of the value to be chosen by the village of Grand Rapids, Minn., one by myself or gns, these two to choose the third; se these two cannot agree upon be named in said third person he shall by the Judge of the district coart on applicatioa either of the village or myself or assigus. Hight days notice shall be given the opposite party or making such application to said judge. If the village shall refuse to make such purchase the expense in- curred in the arbitration proceedings shall be paid by the Viilage includ ing the expense of myself or my assigus. The village sha'l pass all and necessary ordinances protect- ing myseif and my assigns aud said property from injury and said property trom molestation, injury or distur- bance, and protecting said property and the use thereof and of said fran- chise from fraud and against fraud and imposition, against waste of elcc- tricity or gas by Cousumers or other persons, and I and my assigns are to be allowed to make and to enforce rules and regulations and conditions upon which I will funish light, elec- tr Y, power, gas, ebc., to consumers all such rulesand regulatious being conditions upon which said eicctric- ity, light, power, gas. etc, will be so furnished all to be consistent with isting law. "Phe said Village Council shall or- dain and pass an ordinance which shail give to me the said franchise and which ordinance shall state fully all my rights. powers, duties and ob ligationsand which ordinance shall state fully all the obligations, duties, rights and powers 0 id village in- cluding all the conditions to be p formed by said village. The said fra e to be fully contained in said ordinance. And the passing of said ordinance by said village council and its acceptance by myself shall be a binding contract between nid _vil- lage and myself for all the conditions contained therein. Yours respectfully, JOHN BECKEELT. Dated January 2ud, A. D. 1902. 5 SORRELL AEST Notice. Sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Itasca County, up to and until December 27th, 1901, for 200 cords of green body wood. Bids should state the kind and amount of wood for which the bid is tendered as_ well s the price. : All hide must be conditioned for delivery before July 1st, 1902 The right to reject any and all bids, "Per order of the board of county commissioners. a [arrest] A. D. BROOKS, » Ee Chairman. | = proper ; “FARRELL, Auditor, 2 A Your stock, while you need Tf you are thinking of buy-— ‘We can Please You} __. And Save You Money. | I Gladstone A. E. WILDER," Prop. riote RST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Sample Room and Livery in Connection. Special Altention Given to Transient Trade. Headquarters for Lunbermen. GRAND RAPIDS. | Qe RR) Ss May be Hibbing Crooks. The Associated Press dispatches last night announced the arrest at Milwaukee of two men giving their names as Harry Williams and Char les Morgan charged with wholesale operations in forged checks in the — northern iumber, had in their p | One half Block From Depot. The Oldest Doll in “Jn 1699, when William Penn sailed from England in the good ship. ‘Can- terby’ for his ¥ Townsend, Kirk, Ladies’ Home Journal, “he brought with him an English doll, of which, so far, Scant notice has been taken, although it is believed to be to-day the sole surviving, representative of| that voyage across the Atlantic. This doll, selected by William Penn's daughter Letitia, was sent by her father to a little Miss Rankin, of Philadelphia, and, after 290 eventful years, still retains in a marked degree much of the brightness and beauty of those early days when she was the of one little Quakeress after ssion wben arrested Lumber company, and it was also dis- covered that they had placed an order: ~ with a Milwaukee printing bouse for 500 morein the name of the J. J Sterns Lamber company of Ashiat The are supposed to be the mei who have worked the northern part. Minnesota and Wisconsin with foi paper, drawn against lumber compa nies in the past few weeks, gang, if itis the same one m 4 rich haul at Hibbing, where the; forged checks against: Northern Luniber company last to Lue amount of nearly: 7 time the frauds were discov had dissapeared, and there was trace of them. changed with the changing of ashins is the court dress of that. period, and is made of striped and delicately tin- ted brocade and velvet; the skirt is very full and is distended over an enormous hoop. She is twenty inches in beight, and her figure is long waisted and slender, as are the pic- tures of court beauties in those days. The full basque spreading cut from ees the belt over the skirt enhances the The hair is rolled] the forms of the First Natio he | of Duluth, and the forgeri ood that they were not e Hibbing bank, and we ered when they were § slender. effect. away from .the face much in w fashion of today. She now lives in i Montgomery county Maryland, in the] Goy, retirement of her great age demands, | institution to the Dul Tt also appears that.