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Vow. X.—No. 40 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MInn., SaTruRDAY May io, tg02. Fee ESRC EE AEE REE RE Rae SH age EE EASY Picture- Taking eSome hesitate to buy a camera be- sause they believe that picture taking rt difficult toacquire. The true. The perfected cam- nd camera supplies we handle make it easy for anybody to take good pictures. A little care is required of course, but’ just enough to make the work intensely interesting. We have low and medium priced cameras that. do practically as good work as the expensive ones. Chances are that. we can supply you with a complete outfit for less than you would expect the camera alone to cost. We charge nothing for instruct- ing you. 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SSCTVSFSPSWSVS VTS AOLES Best soods at lowest prices—always, i W.J.&H.D POWRES ITASCA MERCANTILE CO. “Rb SE Eee ee ae ae ae Ree a RE Wrttiroirit tii SE iti titrritt ttt tt tt ttt ttt tt EXPLORATORY WORK CONTINUES. | MEW REAL ESTATE AGENCY. The Grand Rapids Real Estate Company Is Now Ready For Business. Testpitting and Drilling on the Grand Rap- ids Range Grows More Active. Exploratory work on the Clair mine, |. section 2, 55-25. is develupitig very | F- O. Werden, C. E. Seelye and satisfectory indications of good ore, | Bichmond Knox have formed a part- although the testpettiag and drilling | Hership and willdeal in real estate, has not progressed far enuugh yet to | handling pine, mineral and agricul- determine its value. On ‘Charsday | tural lands, besides dealing in city quite a vein of lignite coal was gone | Property. Tieir office in Grand Rap- through and when specimens of it ids will be on Leland avegue in the were brought to town and exhibited | few building erected some time ago there were many who had high hopes | by J. F. O'Connell hetween Second of the long looked for coal deposit of | 80d Third streets, These gentlemen northern Minoesota having finally | have listed several large tracts of been discovered. But as lignite has | land in different sections of the coun- been found in small quanties alloyer | ry and are prepared to meet any this section the discovery was noth- | demand for any. kind of real estate ing unusual and those who are some- | that may be called for. They are what familiar with it did not become | thouroughly familiar with the lands at all sanguine. of this county and their represent- George W. Wallaceof Duluth has a | @tions may be depended upon. crew at work on the nwt of the swt Tt BO BER of section 3, 55-25, about two and :a Steamboat to Grand Rapids. half miles northeast of tuwn and the The Irene made her first trip Tues- showing made indicates that a good | dav, running up to Willow River and body of ore will be uncovered.’ Mr. | return and its builders were highly Wallace is operating for the Corrigan- | delighted with the new boat. The McKinney company. eugines developed more speed than The Jobn Lewis 40—the nwi of the | the bends in the river would permit net, section 29, 56-24—promises to | the use of and it is certain that they yield » immense body of ore, judging | have abuntant power. It is a grace- from the showing that has been made | ful looking boat and conveniently ar- by the drills. Ope hundred feet of | fanged. Regular trips will be made ore was gone through some days ago| to Grand Rapids on the first and and the drill has just penetrated 150] third Fridays after the first Wednes- feet of iron in another location close | day of each month and to Swan River by the first. Mr. Lewis gave an op-}every Wednesday except on the tion to Carlson and others for one | weeks of Grand Rapids trips. May year, taking $500 downand the bal-|6and 23 will be dates of leaving for ance of $25,000 to be paid ina year if | Grand Rapids and May 14 and 28 will uhe property is taken. ‘Thereafter | be dates of leaving for Swan River.— Mr Mewis retains a one eight interest. | Aitkin Independent. It is located about five miles from Grand Rapids. Mines and Railroads, Archie Chisholm of Hibbing and A. Fifteen new mines in the Masaba L. Gross were in Grand Rapids Wed- | range wili very soon be in a position nesday and Thursday, and drove out to ship ore. By June 1 nine new mines to: Mr Gress’ homestead in 56-23. /It | will be shipping over the ’ Eastern has been known for sgme,time t84t| Minnesota roadto the docks at there is iron ‘on this land and testpit- | 4 nouez bay. It will not be necessary ting has been done which showed up y any means, for all of these pro- very good indicationg. Mr Chisom perties to wait until that date to be- has secured a ag Ave fe Soe Mr. gin moving ore prior to that time. Gross, which covers Uae set of sedhof} Th addition to those spurs already section 18 and the net of the net Of] onger construction or contract, the section 19 and the ud ot the nwt of | pastern Minnesota will this week let sectiow 20, 556-28: acontract for the construction of a ck toto the new Kinney-Hawkins Band Concerts ed Beginning next week~ the Grand | 5’ Rapids City band will give evening | whith to the Deering harvester fur- concerts to the public from the stand | nace interests was completed last opposite Hotel Pokegama. ‘The boys | week, will be reached by a track that have been practicing considerably of | will be an extension of theline now late and are prepared to givea yery | running into the Stevenson of the|] creditable entertainment. ‘The mem- | Corrigan-McKianey group. This line | fi bers are C. E. Aitkin and Tony John- | leaves the old main line at Kellv lake. son, cornets; Zella Currie and Roy | It will be by far the most extensive ne and McDonald, altos; A, A.| apur building that the Eastern will Nelson, George Becker, tenor; George | do this season. It is said also that a Hewis, baritone; Will Hennessy, and | considerable part of the line will be |} Elis Anderson, clarinet; Will Nes-| pretty heavy work. The Chicago||j bitt, bass drum; Frank Handy, spare | people that bought this mine.are ina|# drum. hurry for the ore, and it is quite}] likely that a heavy movement will be This property, the sale of lu FURNITURE in the success of any business enterprise is the ability to keep up with the times— With the object of maintaining at all times our position as. catercrs to public wants and needs we have recently purchased a full line- of staple articlesin furniture and shipped them in a car load lot so we can ‘ make satisfactory$prices knowing the new comers from the eastern states will not be satisfied with the old prices, heretofore asked—We also bought a car load of buggies and agricultural _ implements of standard makes and’ wejjcan now offer bargains that will. not displease you— Come in and see what we have and our prices will do the talking. HENRY HUGHES & C0, Wholsale and)Retail Dealers in General Merchandise | GRAND RAPIDS COHASSET ~~ & UNDERTAKING We have some choice bargains in Bed room suits, | Chiffortntes and dressing tables'in golden oak and mahogny, A: conplete line of cubboards. sideboards, bookcases and china closets. assee § Insane on Religion ececrescees! Miss Elsie Langstoff, aged twepty- ' two years, was brought to Grand Rap- ids from Hill City on Thursday after- noon for examinativn as to her sanity before Judge of Probate Huson. The young woman was fouud to be insane and was committed to the asylum at Fergus Falls. -Friday afternoon she was taken there by Deputy Sheriff Harry, accompanied by Mrs. Charley Dahl as matron. The patient’s mind seemed to be overburdened with reli- gion and a desire to annihilate saloons. She had been employed asa domestic at Hill City for several months._ @s SWS! SLSLSTESSSTSLSVSVSGSUE Lath, Pickets and Sidewalk Materiais Mill at Mat Lalla’s Place, 1 mile east of town. We have started our new mill and will be prepared to supply the trade with lath, pickets and sidewalk stuff at reasonable prices. Fire Wood 3 Telephone No 96 Grand Rapids Minnesota, and length, any quantity, any quality, dry or green, at right prices, delivered at any time. GSU TRS ISU Enea MOSEL ET ues Death of J. B. Murray. J. B. Murray, aged 52 years, died in this village on Thursday morning at 6o’clock. He had been ill but.a short time, the doctor pronouncing the cause Of death to be spinal menin-, gitis. The remains were taken on the afternoon train to Shawano, Wis., for interment, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gilbert, the latter be ing a niece of the deceased. eseses ‘*Tobe” Murray, as_he was famili- | arly known, had been a timber eruis- VaaValkotury Sarnett SWSSSVSSSLSSRWSVSOSAGWS NSS ; JOHN S LOFBERG Contractor and Builder. Estimates Given on all Work 3 er in Itasca county for about eleven years. His reputation for comipeten- cy and reliability as a woodsman was of the best and his services were al- ways in demand. Up to within & few days of his death for some time he had been in the employ of A. B. Clair and apparently was enjoying his:usual gsod health. Tene A A First Class Papér, There is no paper publisued in the United States that is more universal- ly read in the community in which it circulates than is The Daluth Bven- ing Herald. The Herald prints the entire Associated Press reports: and has an average of twelve pages daily. HOUSE MOVING I have the only complete outfit for the careful and safe moving of buildings in Itasca county. JOHN S. LOFBERG q Grand Rapids Minnesota. If you are not already a subseriber = hd you should send for asample copy, or eves SSIES 25 cents for one month’s trial, Du- months, 50 cents; three months 25 cents. sep bagi uth Weekly Heralk, $1 per year; six |” reached before the{close of the season. | A Gathrie, the contractor, who does |]# most of the Great Northern construc- tion work, has ueder contract and construction spur tracts leading to these nine new properties. Some of the tracks were barely a quarter of a mile long, for in some instances the Eastern practically passed over or clese to the properties, and little had to be done except to put in frogs, a switch and lay the rails into the mines. ‘This was notably so in the case of the Perce mine, near Chisholm the spur leading to which is practi- cally finished. . 5 ELKS CARNIVAL Minneapolis to Have,a June Fair On a Comprehensive Scale The Elks’ Carnival at Minneapolis, June 2nd_ to 14th, is to combine the features of a mammoth street fair, June Festival and Carnival of fun on a scale never attempted in the North- west. It is to bean affair that will attract visitors within a radius of a thousand miles at least, and the rail- roads have accorded excursion rates, Beginning at the Court of Honor, located at the Masonic Temple, Hen- nepin Avenue and Sixth Street, the streets are to be enclosed for a dozen blocks to the northwest, along which will be a line of bootbs fer mercantile and manufacturing exhibits, many of which will be of striking architec- tural. design. Following these will be Turkish Kiosks, Japanese Tea Houses, Moorish Temples, Boer Farm Houses, etc., ending in a plaza, about which will be grouped a score or tore Midway shows of a diversi- fied character. There will be parades, illuminations and various carnival features foreach day, annoancement’of which will be made from time to time, il ' Geo. F. Kremer GRAND RAPIDS , SEE M8 28 Ee ee A ae a eae a a Grand Rapids Village Lots A: M. JOHNSON Has some very desirable residence lots in Grand Rapids that he has placed on the market. many 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 s GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA. BREA EE EE ee ee ee a a ae ee eee ee a ae a EI a ee ae a A ae aE A AE Ee ee ae a ee ae Re a ae EE Ee Ee RRA ae a ae ae he a SAXON OATS A large’ consignment of saxon oats just _re- ceived. A beautiful decorated dish given away with every package and the price is five ceuts below the market. ‘ We have all other kinds of breakfast foods also such as: Vitos, cream of wheat, Rals- ton’s breakfast food, Quaker oats, Pettijoha’s breakfast food, Wheat grils, Nature’s break- fast food, Grape Nuts. Farina, etc. and tke finest line of staple ardjfancy groceries found anywhere. Call in and set us. KREMER & KRFMER} Grand Rapids weet Jinnesota \ 1 ee tne Sonne a PRRIS BS 2 s 5 + | &