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Vor X.—No. 27 Granp Rapips, Irasca Count “tie AEN A ON HAD Napids (6 58 ee ee Ee a ea A a Sree Talk You wonder why your shoes do not wear longer Why they do not keep their shape, especially why you do not get your MONEYS WORTH, We will tell you, Good Shoes cost Money and no Merch- antts goiug to give shoes away, Therefore in~ or- to get the better class of goods we must pay more fore them and in the end you’have reaped the beni- fit for the reason that the additional 50 cents or $1 on the cost makes them 50 per cent better on the wear, comfort. style and above all the Satisfaction of HAVING WHAT YOU WANT, RRR AR AE SE A A eR Re ae eae ee a a OK aE Ladies fine shoes Mens fine shoes. ITASCA MERCANTILE CO. 25 A ee a SS SRR eA A Ae eR EEE BE ea SUG A eS a SE ae ae ae a ae ae ae NE eae a a ae a ea MOO SRR GEE ae Re eRe ee a SSE ae a ee eae Gee ee ae tea a | snesacsescsncnuecdbonadieties Se ee ME SLSLSISS SWSS FWSM 5LSVTIFOSISLSI SLOSS SLSISI SSF 4 4 %SlSCSMSED) Sess se SIEPMS2 DE: LEADERS Eesscanscectaiassicanecilil MEA Minickasisias €8SSS8GSESe gv, % There always was and always will be, in business as well as in pol- 6 j Our ue is tobe recognizea as the le :ding bargain givers g i , Linware stoves, lumbermen ’s supplies. agaicultural im—- @ piiments. be oils, glass, bicyles. sporting goods, ete., in this sec~ é tion and we guess we’re getting there all right. @ % assorted stoch: 1t is the best quality and ® cur prices are wos active—so attractive in fact, that it will pay @ you to drive out of your way to buy here 4 3 C7 fi J H. D. POW id , e ° @ \jseseS= S22 S52:Seo seseseSrsesseS—s2) ,GEO. BOOTH, Manufacturer of Pine 1——} an oon oees Eee ALL DUBIUS Some Loggers Fear They Will Lose M<1 This Season pases i Despite the bright outlook for coming season that is claimed many of the lumbermen, some of t loggers are complaining that cond! tions are exceedingly unfavorable to them, and that some of the operators are bound to lose money in this wie ter’s operations. They account for this by declaring that wages are so high and that the cost of living has advanced so much that the increased cost of operations will eat up all the profits. It is j known that many of the logging con- tracts were not made until well mi in the winter because the logge! were holding out for the best possiblo terms from the lumbermen. ‘They held that the price of lumber had ad- could afford to pay more this seasoh than in the past. Many of the luni- bermen are doing their own logging, but there are some contractors tha are said to the winter. 4 There is a steady demand for m for the woods, and wages paid run all the way f.om $30 to $36 and even per month. I A New Game For Winter Evenings Here is a novel and amusing way of entertaining young people and older folk at parties or family gatherings. Let the hostess act as a nc who will give each man present name of his future wife, according his occupation. Then have those present guess what these names should be. ‘To make the subject clear, tell them that a civil engineer's wife will be “Bridget.” Here's a list of some others: A chemist'’s “Ann Eliza”; a umbler’s. “Betty; a humorist’s, *Sally?; a clergyman’s, “Marie”; ashoemaker’s, Peggy’’;sex- ton’s, ‘Belle’; porter’s, ‘Carrie’; dancing-master’s, ‘Grace’; milliner’s ‘Hattie’; gardenener’s, ‘Flora’ judge's, Justine’; pugilist’s, “Mamie”; pianist’s, “Octavia”; life saver’s, ‘‘Caroline’; upholsterer’s, “Sophy”; astronomers, “Stella”; doc tors’s, “Patience”; _ fish@e “Netty”; gasman’s, “Meta”; marks- man's, ‘‘Navy.”—February * Ladies Home Journal. Moose Meat May Have Smallpox. Four quarters of moose meat were bought by a local meat market and today exposed for sale, the meat bay- ing been purchased from S. Fullerton state agent for the game eonimission and in accordance with the law. It seems that the meat was confiscated in one of Powers-Simpson & Co's. camps, and, as a result, Geo, Osborn of Itasca county has. been held to the Grand Jury. In a published inter- view, A. H. Powers of the firm, states that the camp whese the meat came from was under smallpox quarantine atthe time the arrest and seizure was made. If this is true the question arises, has the meat been fumigated? and has the state the right to sell meat from an infected camp? The four quarters Anoka got are but a part of seventeen that were sdld in other _MInn., SaTturDAY vanced and that the lumbermeh| Fesr sary 8, 1g02. Froze to Death. t Coscher Russell was ‘called to Deer River today to hold an inquest over -}the remains of a man who was frozen to death last Thursday. It seemed the man frozen had been in the em- -| ploy of J. W. Coffron; up in the Bow String country. For several days preceeding his death he had been drinking and some time early Thurs- day morning he left the ranch at an early hour, hatless and but thinly clad, No one knew until breakfast time that he had gone out, Search dis- closed the fact that he had wandered out into the woods and_notwithstand- ing the extreme cold he taveled about ten miles before being over come. ‘The body was found, frozen stiff, near Grouse Creek. The de- ceased came here from Michigan and had at one time been well to do. Enough Law. Senator E. Clapp said; ‘After a somewhat lengthy conference with the secretary of the interior, I feel warranted in saying that the agricul tural lands on the Chippewa Indian reservation of northorn Minnesota will be opened for settlement, wheth- er or not congress passes any legisla- tion this session. “There is law enough now and per- haps too much, on the subject. “The fact that the land has not been opened for settlement is owing to the factional feelings which have existed for a long time between var- ious _interests. “It looks to me as if we might take one thing at a time. and get these lands‘opened up, and then take up the disposition of the pine lands ana the forest reservation.” Atall events, Secretary Hitchcock has ordered a special agent to Minn- esota for the purpose of ascertaining the area and getting the classifica- tions of the agricultural lands of the Red Lake district, Senator Clapp has been giving a great deal of attention to the subject subject, and his views are shared by nearly all of the Minnesota delega tion in congress.—Duluth News Tri- bune. Francis J. Carmody Since the recent fall of snow there has been renewed activity among the the small loggers that were depend ing on snow roads for their skidding. ‘The scarcity of snow for some weeks past has been a serious handicap to those operators that haye not had the ice roads, but now that sleighing is gvod in all parts of the district there has been an increased demand for men for the camps and now nearly every idle man cau find work at good wages. If the present favorable weather conditions continue, some of | the operators will continue work into April,,though most of the large con- cerns are figuring on only a month and a half more logging A SONG OF WINTER. Sing a song of rapture, Gayly everywhere! Fonr and twenty thousand Snow-flakes in the air. Sing a song of sieigh-belis Ringing loud and clear, While the roguish urchins Follow in the rear. ie gy EE EE ee hacer Me herein lcs pve aa lela aac ha citation ci o Dancing School Class open for instructions, meet every Monday and Wednesday evenings at 8330 at Village Hall Private lessons given by appointment. Call or address at the office of Reishus-Remer} Land 6 A ee a, ae ae ae ae ae ae eae ae aE ae ae ae ae ah ae ae ae Se ae Te ae ae ae ate ae ae ae ee te ae ae ae ae a a | HENRY HUGHES & GO. Overcoats Ulsters.. Now is the time to buy yonr *Overcoat or Ulster at 25 percent less than the price, We arei{showing the finest line in Grand ‘Rapids, all made by J. G. Muller & Co. fering you this reduction of— 25 Per Cent Off is to reduce our stock, while you need the coats. Our object in of- If you are thinking of buy- ‘ing an Overcoat or Ulster, give’us’a call. "> We can Please You And Save You Money. HENRY HUGHES & CO. Wholsale and Retail Dealers in General Merchandise \ COHASSET| Two Douvuars a YEAR. Socials|{every | Friday ERE ee Ee Ae i ee a ae a ea eae Sing a song of sledding— Now the sports begun! Four and twenty snow-birds - Looking at the fun! a Sing a song of sunshine, For the storm is o'er; Gay old earth is laughing Attbe marble fioor. parts of the state, including the Twin Cities.—Minneapolis Tribune. DX Wd Cigars GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Hotel Giadstotic A. E. WILDER,‘ Prop. Minnesota Asked to Send Exhibit The American Society of London, England, has addressed a communi- cation to Secretary of State Hanson, soliciting his services in the prepara- tion of an exhibit renresenting Min- az CDR DRXL SX SSC SC SCN ” Ha i nl ‘‘BOOTH’S CIGARS reputation alt over Nuon Minnesota. They are made f-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. oe oe Fresh bread, doughnuts, cakes. etc, All kinds of cakes made to order on Sample Room and Livery 5 ASSESS Sesseesaqas of the finest selected stock by experienced workmen in Mr nesota in an American exhibit to be | short notice, at thé Bakery on Second in Connection. *s —' Rooth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervision. held at the time of King Edward’s | street. 7 TOs AEE: pe This insures the utmost cleanliness andjcare in manufacture. coronation. The exhibition will be W. J. Barrows, Proprietor. | : iy at i? For sale everywhere. Call for them. eld in the famous Crystal Valace| poo ember the Maccabee dance at | J Special Attention Given to Transient Trade. | 13S S252 FS SS S555] SaSSesae" about the middle of May. Village hali February 10. ‘The Cath. | B Headquarters for Lumbermen. by soles The society has already secured} olic jadies will serve supper. "s bal many exhibits from eastern business rete y \% | firms and is now seeking for a repre-| The county commissioners are in | 0% 5 a eee session today. os sentative national display of agricul- tural, manufacturing and mineral products. ‘The letter will probably HARNESS! 34) os) Summons. It means a good deal to men that have horses It always pays to get good things and all horsemen must not forget that any old thing in the harness line can be found at Litchkee’s harness shop at reas onable prices, Litchke’s :and made harnesses:'at Montgumery be referred by Secretary Hansun to the legislature. For Diphteria. The Scientific American gives this receipt, which is at least worth a trial: At the first indication of dipntheria in the throat, make the room close. then take a tea cup and pour into it an equal quantity of tar and turpentine, then hold this cup of Minnesota, County of Itasea. Dis- trict Court. Fifteenth Judicial District. Chester A. Congdon, plaintiff, vs Walter . Goforth. Gilbert vans, Frederick A. Powers and C. E. Powers, defendants, The state of Minnesota to the above named defendants; ‘ou and euch of you are hereby summoned ant juired to answer the complaint of the laintiff in the above entitled sction, which filed in the office of the clerk of the dis- trict Court of Fifteenth Judiciul District in pee i for county of Itasca and state of Minn- and to serve a copy of your answer to the veld c complaint on thei anbed bers * their office in the isdale Rapases ie ity. of Fall and Winter Good | Having received a new Stockof nisms Suitings 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 Words’ Prices Repairing a specialty. Emil Litchke. over the fire so as to fill the room | ste. Withein ewonty days anit ste service with the fumes, The patient inhal-| day of such service; and it you fail to answer z ing the fumes will cough off the mem- i abel that i will appl the braneous matter and the diphtheria | Court for the rellof demanded the “com will pass off. The fumes of the tar soared Duluth, Minnesota, November 27th. turpentine loosen the throat apd thus MY BILESON CONGDON & DICKINSON. Y cone Gaaeseceaeesseeesssteess 1! afford the releif that has baffled the Attorneys for Plaintiff, - the skill of the physicians. g a Heal Balin, wSLerceasesseeeeceses ot