Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 29, 1902, Page 1

eal t Grand Uapids Vou X.—No. 34 Granp Rapins, Irasca County, Minn., Sarurpay Marcu 29, tg02. aati acechetatechetathchdethdinirite Housekeeping Helps. The little things that make your housework easier are the things you are best pleased with buying. We have the odd things that will give pleasure to the busy housekeéper: All everyday necessities. Do You Cook? Then you have to chop things; meats, vegetables, fruit, etc, and need Une of our meat choppers, for they save time, lighten labor, work well. Meat Cutters—Convenient size for cutting meats, ‘biscuit. vegetables, nuts, or anything that needs cutting. ‘The best meat cutter ever sold, so easily cleaned, and the price will surely please you. On The Carpet question it is much cheaper and pleasanter to revive faded colors and take away that worn-out ap- pearance with the aid of u good CARPET SWEEPER, than it is to select and lay a new carpet. Our Sweepers do such good work that you would be greatly suprised at the result if you have never used one. No dust or dirt in the room after a run around the room. Do you clean Do you take ... Windows? ieee ei rr rr ttt tt tt tt et ttt ttt comfort? , There is only one easy and sure You can if you have one of our way, as a dozen in town cun tell-you, easy chiirs—a surprising amount and ‘that is to use our WINDOW of comfort for a minimun of expense. CLEANER, Just come in and try them once, Does not scratch and saves so much Made for the comfort of the tired labor. Once use and you will never housekeeper. be without, sd chathashasheshshashashethateniainiaishdshdeddiiddddieied tA LLLTLL GUL ITASCA MERCANTILE CO. SrttiT ttt TT ttt tii ttt ett ttt ttt Se GER eR ee a a a ‘- SPSS SLSLSSSSSISVSSSISOSLS LS SISVSVSISISLSISVIVSE SS ves 9, @ Q PSLSLSSOLSISES: Sit down a minute and figure out how much money and time yon lost last year by not having the proper farm tools to do your work, Then make outa list of what us mike you prices. Wecan really save you money onany farm ou the best to boot. We have the most thoroughly up-to-date line arm Implements in this seetion—every one the leader in itsclass. No guess work about any of our mach:nes—all have established reputations for doing the work in the easiest manner. You will surely miss it if you don't see us before buying Farm Tools of any kind, 393: iW. J. & H. D. POWRES aes f FIGURE IT OUT. S8e! S9ESSS: 'B.L. LIEBERMAN. i Children’s | BOOTS and Adulis’ Suits Opposite Pokegama Hotel STAR CLOTHING ae seecsces : Grand Rapids - - Minnesota, o \ ‘| afternoon, INTEREST IN IRON ORE | Explorations in This Vicinity Continue to Increase in Activity. MANY DRILLS NOW AT WORK Shat the Western Mesaba Will Sooh Be a Heavy Shipper No Longer In Doubt—Iron Ore on Three Sides of Grand Rapids. Iron ore has been found on three sides of Grand Rapids—north, south and west. For some time past Kribs and Ickler’have been prospecting on land south of town on sections 19 and 20 in townghip 53, range 25, and itis the intention of these gentlemen to putin drills to further test the de- posits. A few days ago Roy Wheaton found iron on the north-west quarter of section 34, township 55-25. ‘This is on the south side of Lilly lake about one mile from town. Mr. Wheaton was offered $1000 for a half interest in one forty, by H.C. Ickler, of St. Paul, which he accepted. This week he re- ceived an offer of $2,500 for the other halt of the forty which he declined. Two drills have been at work for some time on the southwest quarter of section 36, 56-25. This is a lease from the state held by Hopewell Clark. The work is being done by the East- ern Minnesota. Test pitting is also being done on this property. A. B. Coats and T. J. Jones of Vir- ginia were here this week. They are two of the uption holders of the Hol- man forty. They desired an exten- sion of the option for one year. ‘This Mr. Holman refused to do without doubling the price. Inasmuch as the parties holding the option have been made an offer of $150,000 for a re- linquishment of their right, it is al- together prubably that the $30,000 will be paid by April 8, when the pre= sent option expires. ; It 1s reported that what is believews| to be a valuable find of iron ore ham been made near Koochiching of Rainy river, and that S. S. Curry of Detroit has taken an option to buy & large tract embracing the find, for $1,500,000, THE ARCTURUS SALE Deal With Howe and Kimberley: Closed For the Property at $750,000. The Duluth Herald gives the’ following report of the sale of the! Arcturus, mine: John Coates and D, H. Freeman, of St. Cloud, returned home on an early train Saturday carrying a check for $50.000, in the shape of first payment for the fee of the Arcturus mine, in Itasea county. George C. Howe, P. K. Kimberley and others, by the pay- ment of the sum mentioned, obtain a four-months option on the property. If they take the property, they will pay the fee owners $700,000 more on or before July 12. If they don't, they will forfeit the $50,000. There is litle doubt but that the deal will be closed. The size of the check for the option is a guarantee that Howe and Kimberley are satisfied with the prop- osition, and the fee owners are get- ting a good thing out of a proposition that for many years went begging. The Arcturus, in fact, had such a bad reputation until Charles Purdon and Guy A.and W. Eaton demonstrated the value of the ore in connection with a simple washing process, that iron mén did not care to investigate it. They put about $1,500 into an ex- periment in washing the ore, and then started out to organize a deal for the property. They were instrumen- tal in bringing about the deal, which is now ina fair way to be closed. The washing process which is to be applied to Arcturus ore when prac- tical mining operations are begun on the property will add. much to the value of all western Mesaba ore lands, for practically all of them carry silica mixed with the ore, and it is this substance which is to be washed vut. The Arcturus is the firs; Mesaba range mine outside of St. Louis coun- ty totakea definite position in the mining world. It is situated where for years nobody with good judgment would admit there were vaying de- posits of good ore. The St, Cloud people bought the fee to 1.800 acres of land in that section years ago, and have held on it evec since. The mine is sltuated on the n¢ of section 13-56-24and the st of section 12-56-24, The ore on the Arcturus is‘Ssaid to | Mr. Walker has retained possession -that the sand may be easily and cheaply removed bya washing pro-| Two DotraRsia YEAR. Stances it is said, with clay. In some Cases the sand is said to be free from the iron and in others to be mixed with it. Mr. Purdon, who was associated with Don H. Bacon for years, took a car load of the ore to Kentucky in January for the purpose of putting it through the process for reducing southern ore, which is afflicted in much the same way. From Kentucky he went to Pittsburg, and it is sup- posed that the results of the test with the Kentucky process must have been satisfactory. E. M. RY. BUYS BIG TRACT Company Said to Have Purchased Walker Mining Lands tn Itasca County. It is reported in iron mining circies that the Eastern Minnesota road has purchased the T. B. Walker lands on the Western Mesaba for $250,000. The report, however, cannot be defin- itely confirmed, says the News Tri- bune. Itis known however, that the Eastern has been negotiating for the lands and another authority says that the proposed consideration was $200,- 000. P.L. Kimberly, Captain Harry Roberts and other have been explor- ing the Walker Jand under an option to buy or lease. The lands are situ- atedin Itasca county and were ac- quired by T. B. Walker for their tim- ber. The latter has been cut off but by keeping up the taxes. Owing to the difficulty which is often experienced in confirming iron ore deals, the report that the Eastern has acquired the Walker lands may be considered of equal value to the report that it has not. The fact is established, however, that the road has been negotiating for the lands. The Eastern Minnesota interest is very reticent about matters involv- ing its moves on the Mesaba range, and it may be its representatives have ‘enjoined secrecy upon other parties to the transaction. The T. B, Walker lands havea new interest at this time in the eyes of iron ore men. Mostof the vres found in that section are mixed with sand and since it has been demunstrated cess, the sand becomes less of an ob- stacle to making the product mer- chantable. The T. B. Walker lands embrace about 2,200 acres. A part of the land is in close proximity to the Arcturus mine. Sam Cable’s Crew. As every one knows, Sam Cable is traveling representative for the Cud- ahy Packing -compaay of Omaba, in this section of Minnesota. Every— one knows that the head of the Cuda- hy company has bad a misundertand- ing with one Crow that mysteriously disappeared some time ago, and the whereabouts of which said Crow is much sought after. On the bottom Ne regular monthly quotations Out to their road agents the 's print, in red ink, the line “Fook out for Crow” For some time’Sam did not understand the meaning of the omnious words, but he did not like to display his ignor- ance by inquiring. Fiually, however, his curiosity overcame his spirit of pride and in a momeut of confidence he quietly showed the line to a brother road agent and wanted to know what the blankety ‘blank it meant, anyhow? ‘Why,’ replied the friend, in a mysterious way, ‘‘do you not know that the Cudahys spent over $25,000 on Crow last year, and that they are still looking for more Crow?”? Sam confessed that. he had not been advised of that fact, but what in the blahkety blank could his concern do with twenty-five thousand dollars worth of crow? ‘Sausage, sausage,” replied the wise guy. “Every man on the road for Cudahys are in- structed to keep a look out while traveling for flocks of crows and when found to report the same immediate- ly to headquarters. Haven’t you re- ported any crows yet?” Sam became alarmed, but had to acknowledge that he had entirely neglected that end of the business. The road agents were all “put next,” and on the homeward trip Sam was noticed to be attentively “rubbering’’ through the car window and occasionally making notes in hisorder book. A few days later he received a letter from the Omaha office, thas not spoken to the road agent that “‘wised him up” on crow. Prof. Geo. B. Aiton, state high school inspector, came up from Min- neaphis, Sunday, and put in consider- able time during’ the week lovking over lands which he owns in Itasca beofa very high grade. It has the misfortune, however, to*be’ mixed with streaks of sand, and {b.some in- i DEFE CTIVE PAGE county. Wednesday he visited Cen- tral school. Se eee a since which time he| THE ADVENT OF SPRING Suggests to Mother Earth that she throw off her warm mantle of Snow and bedeck herself in brighter colors. SUGGESTS to us that our shelves must be cleancd of warm fabrics to make room for those NEW THINGS that are arriving daily; and in this connection we will say that we really believe we are in a position to offer the best bargains IN DRY GOODS to be obtained in town—The only way we can convince you, however, is to have you come in and see what we have and compare prices on material for Spring dress. HENRY HUGHES & CO. i Wholsale and Retail Dealers in General Merchandise GRAND RAPIDS COHASSET SSS= FURNITUR ' Tf 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 i p GRAND RAPIDS MINN. § WHESESS SHED: HS EG Grand Rapids Village Lots A. M. JOHNSON Has some very desirable residence lots in Grand Rapids that; he haszplaced on the market. They are located in different parts of the village and include some of the handsomest sites within the corporation, Call at his place of business on the cornor of Second street and Leland avenue. A. M. JOHNSON GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA. FF SOTERA EHSO ESET OFT TESTE TES SESS CHES Ho SII ER: : ee ee ae st ae a te ae ae ath ae ae a ae ae ae a Brreeeeenases SURARHHHSSHHSESS te MRE Wee Kremer & Kremer The Grocers Groceries—We carry a full and fresh line of staple and faney grocer- : ies at ali times. ¢ Also Flour and Feed. i Canned Goods—We sell the famous “Nokomis” canned goods-guar- anteed to be the best. Cofftees—Our customers who have used Blanks’ celebrated coffee will use no other: - Try it. Fresh Bread—Received daily from Regan of Minneapolis, Fresh Frait—We keep only the choicest fresh fruit that the market affords © 3 Sait Meats—Bacon, ham and salt pork. Pilkles in bottle and bulk. |