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i SR ge CERES GE ESI ES I IES Toop Vor X.—No.. 31 a esas SHAKES TES SEHK ASSETS CEES: Drug é If i requires.a ten-horse.power Power § start certain machinery, @ nine-horse power engine won't answer. It will be no beller than no engine at all; you must have the additional force or all: your power will be wasted. ’ So in medicine. Ifa drug of acertain strength or potency 2s Nec- essary to stop the progress of disease, a weaker drug will be no better than no drug at all. SRE AE ae ea ee ae a We ne ae ee a seeseHeoeeEe Uh a Oe ae a a REE A RESIS RE a eee eR ae ae eae a aa aa We think of these things. Thatts why you see on our shelves the preparations of the best chemists in the world. We seeto it that our drugs are pure and of standard strength. : We want to supply your drugs and. fill your perscriptions. . ITASCA MERCANTILE C0. ‘Me Me ESE A SRST ea ae a ae a ae ae a ap ae ae ae aa aa a Te ee DROSS A A a ae ae A aa a oe ee he RH a TAKING TIME es 8% @ Todo things right is time well spent. The only time yon don’t 6 want to take time is when your taking somebody else’s “time”, then 7} you want to “hot-foot *1tand put as much daylight between you and ® the 200-lb. guardian of the peace as possible. “4 But honestly, men, you ca buy anything in the hardware, lum- 7} bermen’s supphes or agticultural line, right, till you see our stock and get our prices. Why? Simply because you can’t tell until. you @ know that whether you're paying ‘more and getting a poorer article % than you would get here. And that’s not right buying. % JSomplete line of hardware, steel, iron, steves, tinware, Jumber- & s supplies. wagons. sleighs, paints, oils, glass, farm impliments, , guns, bicycles, cutlery, fishing tackle, etc. Buy here and save money, )) oe yw. J. & H. D. POWRES ee SLSISVWES +TFLSWSGSWSCSTLSTSISISISLSNSLSVSLSVSS j THE STAR CLOTHING STORE ale sae ete as Bae A Word To The Public Make Yourself Happy to make your tome happy.tand to make your- self happy-you must have comfort first, for comfort is the foundation of happiness. Home Comforts are not complete. without good garments, and in order toget comfort out of your garments and at the same time get full value for your money, call on B. L, LIEBERMAN Opposite Pokegama Hotel He Has Them All as well as every thing for man’s gomfort, made to fit, made to wear and wade to sell. And ‘in order to make your little fellow happy he should be dressed as carefiul!y as are the grown folks. Children are’often careless be- ¢ the clothing they ware does not appeal to. their sensitive tastes as being nice. If Requires Care in theselection of children’s clothes in order to preserve neatness. The little ones must be dressed cor- rectly, and thus a pride isergendered in them to keep their clothes neat and clean. For More Information call at the “Star Clothing Store, opposite Hotel’ Pokegoma, Grand Rapids, Minn, B. L. LEIBERMAN. {BOSLSLSSVSLSILSLSLSLSLSILSWSPSMTSCLSLSVSLSLEL SS BSLSSSL ETS PSLST SISLISVS SVU RSee' § SISLSWSLVSVSVSISVSVSVSISVSVSS SISWSWSVSISLSL)]NS: enpensesereseneenen pea’ Itasca Logging road out. of River is about to be: extended -| ward to Grand Falls and on to adian line is agai “reported by" News Tribune of Duluth. That per says: ; Z % of ki this summer extend-its lines from ‘| present terminus to Grand Fa The country through which thd | posed road will run contains a weal of timber, which ‘under present ditions is ‘largely valueless. Itasca Logging company owns a | “Yamount, of timber in” the territo: mentioned and should the plans f the extension prove successful: it predicted that the company will cai ationssthere next winter. Another well authenticated rumor is that in the event that the Itasca Logging company road is extended to Gra Falls, -1t_will ultimately be pushed Koochiching. A well known rail: man who has been looking into situation considerably of late ai who is as well posted as any man Northern Minnesota, gave it as hi | proposed sistance in eliminating the 5-centa iL. Fayof Virginia, a member of the @| to become a law. It looks to me as if” on unusually extensive timber’ Oper) take the bulk of the tax revenue from © he |. A large delegativn o: gle left on t tern Minnesota toad from Duluth Tuesday night for St. Paul to protest against the 5-cent. amendment to the constitu- tion authorizing the legislature to fix and distribute a tonnage tax on™ iron ore to suit its pleasure. Tne’ delegation hoped to be of some as- ton clause relating to iron ore, says | the Duluth News Tribune. “it isa very short-sighted step on |the part of the legislature,” said M. delegation, “if. it allows that clause it were intended as a sup to St. Louis cuunty for a short time, when the state, under the proposed constitu- tional amendment, may step in and iron ore, or all of it if it wishes. I say that it is a short-sighted step.for this reason: Practically all of the iron, ore on the state land is of low grade variety. <A five-cent tax would prohibit the development of many of the low grade propositious, and limit the output of ores from mines that are, already shippers. . I have no hesi- tency in saying that the five cent f Mesaba range opinion that the extension’ to the | tax will cut off 90 per cent of the pro- border line would unquestionably|quction from these properties, on mean the discontinuance of the} every tonof which the state collects Minnesota and International from)a royalty of 25 cents. Ifthe five cent making any extension beyond its _pté|tax becomes alaw I am sure that sent terminal, Black Duck. It every drill working on state’proper- said that the extension ofsthe logg! Bl ties west of Hibbing will be discon- company road would necessitate ®@!tinued. The proposed tax is only a laying of only 30 or 40 miles of rails,|step toward the State gettihg abso- as the line is already extended 30! jute cuntrol of the taxation of mines, miles beyond Deer River in the dit-| and we of the range towns are afraid ection of Koochiching. The com] to trust ourselves to the tender mer- pletion of this line to the internation- cies of the leflislature. This is a. al boundry would be of inestimable} fght that involves our prosperity, benefit to Duluth, as it would ope] our schools and everything we have. up a territory which would nece! “The five-cent tax will bea blow ly look to Duluth as a base of sup+} to Etasca county; which at this very plies, and it is likely that a large moment is onthe verge of a boom. number of lively young towns wuld |{f this law does not pass I happen to spring up at intervals, supported|{now that a road will be built from mainly by the logging and farming] the vicinity of the Stevenson mine to country, said to be excelled no’ G Rapids. to ing sevéral.of be the thing necessary to make ita|are of the low grace variety. If this rich contributor to the wealth ‘of | pill passes there will be no incentive Northern Minnesota, to build the road and the mines will SERGE MaRS lie dormant for an indefinite period. Camps’ Quarantined. When the road is built there will be Last Saturday night about 10 0’ciock | sey eral new towns built up in Itasca County Health Officer Dr. Gilbert} county, and we know that -the loca- was aroused from his peaceful slu m-| tions will have the mineral resources bers by a woodsman who wanted to] to support them in good shape.” learn whether he was afflicted with smallpox or not. The doctor examin- ed his visitor and found that it was a Eokegama’ Court, Cohahect. genuine case of smallpox. ‘The| John McMurchie of Duluth, high man’s name is Oscar Johnson. He|Tanger of the United Order o.fFor- had been working in M. Calahan’s|festers for Mintfesota, was at Cohasset cadar camp on the south side of last Saturday evening and assisted Leighton lake. He was brought to| Organizer Brown in the institution Cohasset and from there he walked to] °f @ court of the order at that place. Grand Rapids to enter the pest house The charter members, it is said, are in case his sickness was of a contage- | Very enthusiastic and they are deter- ous nature. Dr. Gilbert directed |™mined to increase the number of the him to’ that institution, where he |/ocal court until it outoumbers the went immediately. On Monday the |order in Grand Rapids. A number health officer quarantined Calahan’s |0f the members of Locksley court in— camp. Melyin Forbes also has small| tended to be present at the organ- pox in Matt Lalla’s camp where he is | ization Saturday evening, but the quarantined. The jquarantine ap-|{uclemency’ of the weather and bad ‘plies, of course, all those’ who}'oads prevented their attendance. were in the camp when the officer|At some future ;time, however the posted the notices and Dr. Gilbert is | @7a04 Rapids court will pay a frater- in a quandry as to what to do in case nal visit to their brothers and sis- the camp should “break.” After | ters In Cohasset. The new court pondering a moment the doctor said, adopted. the very approprate in his usual dicisive manner: “Well, |D2me “‘Pokegama” and __ elected Tl meet the situation when it |the following officers: Chief Ran- comes—that’s all.” ger, H. J. Jones: vice ranger, J. H. _ Flyna; past chief ranger, M. Callahan; Charged With Perjury. secretary, Mary McCabe; treasurer, Fdward L, Anderson, of Barnum, | Melrose Jones; chaplain, W. I. Gary; Minn., is under arrest in Duluth, chief archer, Chus. Hence; inner charged with perjury. He is alleged woodward, Robert McCabe; outer to have sworn falsely as to improve- woodward, Chas. A. Pague; court ments on a homestead to which he|deputy, Peter Rubado; physician, was trying tosecure a patent. An- Dr. George C. Gilbert. derson was arraigned before United States Court Commissioner Pressnell, Exploring in Sixty Twenty-Four. but waived examination and| F. H. Brotherton of Escanaba. was bound over to the next|Mich., was registered at the Pokeg- United States grand jury. Bail was|ama, Monday. Mr. Brotherton isa mining man of much experience on the Michigan ranges of the upper peninsula. Since August last he has fixed at © $1,000 and furnished by the prisinor’s father, Andrew Anderson and H. H. Hawkins of Duluth. On Dec. 27, 1889, at Carlton, Anderson, in suppcrt of his claim, and for the purpose of proving up and obtain- ing a patient, appeared before Ed- ward A. Pade, acting clerk of the dis- trict court, and swore that he builta log house on the land in October, 1894 at which time his actual résidence sisting of a log barn, root house, well, one half mile of barbed wire fence and 23 acres cleared, all representing anoutlay of $558. It is charmed that Anderson misrepresented thé extent. of bis improvements. | The penalty for perjury is not to exceed $2,000 and not fine of exceed luth News Tribune, began. The other improveménts con=+Satistied. five years in the abe had a.crew of men at work in 6024 with two drills. He was on his way home fora visit, but will shortly re- turn to oversee the explorations. Like all others engaged in prelimin- ary operations Mr. Brotherton was Tather reticent about what he had discovered in that towuship, but in a general way he appeared to be well, _ Tue Herald-Review isin receipt of acopy of the Payne (Ohio) Reflector, of which our former associate, T. J. | Austed, is editor. It is a neat and pewsey publication—one such as:'‘Tom is capable of producing and we pre- dict for the Reflector a prosperous and influential future under the guidence of his skilled hand and bril- } ant mind, |Overcoats | Ulsters.. Now is the time to buy yonr Overcoat _or Ulster_at 25° percent less than the ’ original price, ~ Wé are‘{showing the finest line in Grand Rapids, all made by J. G. Muller & Co. Our object in of- fering you this reduction of— 25 Per Cent Off is to téduce our stock, whlle7you need the coats. 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 GRAND RAPIDS r 7 : IS OUR LINE Lf you want drugs go to a “Drg Store” If you want astove goto a “Hardware Store” For Furniture go to a “Furniture Store” and get just a little finer article a little better made, a little more correct in style and ‘finish. . PRICES AND GOODS GUARANTEED Geo. F. Kremer DS MINN. i C2 i GRAND RAPI ge ae ME te ERE gee Ee EAS ae AE ae aE a ee ate ae a ge a a a ae ae eae ee ae ae a ae ae a aa 2 2 9 * :. Grand Rapids Village Lots 3 a : i 2 = ; ; 3 : A. M. JOHNSON : = Has some very desirable residence’ lots in Grand : Fy Rapids that he has placed on the market. They are # #' located in different parts of the village and include some Fi = of the handsomest sites. within the corporation, Call 3 = at his place of@:usiness on the cornor of Second street # * a i * # and Lelapas fue. : z i: =" A.M. JOHNSON 3 = GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA. ¢ Jane sassanencnsosenoneoeososnsetosaseessosAMORKEESS [Kremer & Krei VVOV2VA20OT Kremer & Kremer The Grocers Groceries—We carry a full and fresh line of staple and fancy grocer- ies atalltimes. Also Flour and Feed. ae Canned Goods—We sell the famous “Nokomis” canned goods-guar- anteed to be the best. Coffees—Our customers who have used Blanks’ celebrated coffee will use noother. ‘Try it. Fresh Bread—Received daily from Regan of Minneapolis, ea eee keep only the choicest fresh fruit that the market affords i Salt Meats—Bacon, ham and salt pork. Pilkles in bottle and bulk. KREMER & KREMER GRAND RAPIDS MINN. BPSLSLSLVSLVS HSL SLSLCSISLSLSE SOSLSLPSLSF CSE