Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 25, 1903, Page 1

. iP I é 3 Hurry. Hurry, Hurry! oe bargains in build: Wage Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., MEN'S SHOES LADIES’ SHOES. OLD! _ Read these facts, we want your business, you want our shoes. Why do you want them? Because we try to give our customers good honest values combined with new and up-to-date styles, and at a moderate price. We have high and low cut spring shoes that your feet will be proud to wear. No such shoes ever before honored our town with a visit. Just step in and take a look. WALK-OVER SHOES. We have been unable to find any- thing better in men’s shoes, that is the reason that we have these- The pink of perfection in foot wear has been obtained in these shoes. You can own a pair for $3.50 or $4.00. FORD SHOES. The pretty parts of this shoe for wo- men are too numerous to mention, and perfect shoe making has made every part practical. Quality and price make it economi- $3, $3.50 and $4 HARD WEAR SHOES For the Children. They are hard wear in “quality -as well :as:ewellas name, and the best shoe for Hittle ‘nvoney ‘inade. The ‘Red Schoo! House” Shoe is stilPbetter‘atva shght.advance. °"§ii25-for a «pair will “convince = a * Itasca Mercantile Company. BY.a bump on yourself if you are louking for er’s hard » We canssupply you with evi | Latches, door knobs, hooks, pe bottom Lov. The st in stoves, cutlery, silverwea arry ts thr class and guaranteed kinds of hardware we W. J. & H. D. Powers, CERNE VS FATS Fe Fee MeFeFeS+ ee ee lf you must eat, 3 should always try lo get the best goods in the market at the west prices You should buy Fresh and Sait Meats, Fish, Game, etc., EP ) | uw the Market Finnegan & Co. They alway ave on hand lhe very Dest at lowest prices. Thos. Finnegan, Thos. Finnegan, Proprietor. HARNESS Heavy. Light, Single and Double. Everything Kept as in uv First-class Harness Shop. My Goods a Sold at Minneapolis Prices. Sole Agent for Balsa: uf Myrrh, tre Best Liniment on Earth for Domestic Animals. Repairing done Promplty and Neatly. ything in-that line. locks, etc., anid will make the price way down to We deal | 6 ; SFE %o%o FSIS SOM Fe FeO! ee ‘BIG MILLS HAVE | SHUT DOWN.| Every Plant in Minneapolis Suspends Operations for an Indefinite Period. MANY WORKMEN THROWN OUT. Two Thousand Employes of the Mills are Idle While Several Hundred Others are Indirectly Effected. Unjust Diserimina- tion on the Part of Lake Transportation Lines the Reason Given for the Action. Minneapolis April 18.—Every fiour mill in Minneapolis have closed down for an indetinite period. Two thousand men are thrown out of employment and several hundred persons, such as coopers and machin- ests whose work is dependent uponthe operation of the mill, are effected. The same condition exists in the country towns where there are cus- tom mills. ‘ Unjust discrimination on the part of the lake transportation lines is the cause for the cessession of operations. Until this afternoon the managers of the mills did not expect that such drastic action would be necessary to protect them from heavy pecuniary Poss, but-the lake transportation nes, made-a Fateon Wheat whieh “the mils Jersbelieveis-an intentional aiserim- ination ‘in “Payor, of wheat dstapgainst the “manufactured ‘product “avd: in order tudivoid operating their -prantis at -adoss they condladed toshutdewh, | Until today'the rate on whéat from Duluth:to Buffalo was 3 end “3s ‘cents a busherand 9 cents per 100 pounds on flour, 2n equivalent ot 5.4cents for a similar amount of flour. Altho this discrimination has ex- isted for some time the*millers con- tinued to ship fiour, although the ured product was placed at intage ar regu WHEAT RATES IS ‘Today the climax came. portation lines reduced the rate on wheat to 2 centsa bushel and made bo reduction in the rates chafged for Ube transportation of flour, Asa result the Pillsbury-Washburn,. Oonsolodated and Wasbburn-Crosby companies closed down their | when the night shift reported for work RLS inost Serious that has confronted the toiling interests for many vears. Ap- parantly the manufac $s Gf Aout are entirely at the me portation companies and to cc with Ube present unfair t would mezn heavy losses. The discrimination that shas cop- tinned for some stime bad eperwted } disadvarrlageously to the millers, but they “Have borte up under iis jong as they coutd. Phe difference in the rate between the two commodities is how so great that the millswannot operate without a loss | The mills will all continue to till their contracts. A short time ago, when the freight situation was ser- jous, they kept men at work and the flour was stored. This will be used to fill contracts, and if the companies should run out before the problem bus been solved enough men will be pul Le work to supply the demand. The daily capacity pf the” plarts closed aggregate 80,000 barr 4 Later—The above matte taken up by the inter-state commerce !ecomnnssion, and the railroads have | agreed to reduce the rate tour. About two-trirds of. the have again started up employing about | 1,200 men. | i E | of the tre n Taree as been op n New Swamp Land Ruiling. the of al land} some fifty 2 result of a decission of y of the interior which was received at the ottice Saturday afternoun. contests which now pending be- | tore the register and receiver will be | a. Copy are dismissed. ws: TAT begun _re- | non-Swawnp- | i nds in Minnes6ta, | {| | wi her he ore ort j veyed, must be deter field notes of Che survey. In the futy therefore. ore re sas rothe Honot ve entertained in contes ainst swamp tnads. If the The incl wre Unanimoys fleld notes show that the land is | in trying 1 the electric | swatppy. no amounbof testimony an} light and. wat works eplant with; the part of Witne: prove the contr Up io the pre | have been allowed }very numerous. ¥V | brought to swear | bot swampy ip + 'ineumbent upon the the copbrary or the homesteaded. swamp land hus been granted to rai)- {roads and.their title shag thas bern imperfeet.— Dnloth Herald. es Will suffiee te! time coutests i es would be jand vould be ‘ ‘The situation is recognized as the ait j With one man Jess and co | inspection are personal friends of Mr! } with at y before it was would advise soun as th ‘dat Datuth that | the best way odo would be . ajze that they mus do the work: withe have been | mo opinions that the costs aught mot b6 2 dand Was i exceed $24,000 for sand it-was|jjne with the views ttken by uhet state to prove | eancd f Much of the state | plain to press or publ pertaining to the plants, and invite any one interested to call-and jook s ATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1903. Two Douiars a YEAR. A COMMUNICATION, Recorer Gole Corrects Some Misstatements and Gives a few Facts to be Thought Over Eprrofi Heraty-Review: Deir Sir:—Kindly grant me space in your paper to make a correction of several articles appearing in the last issue Of the Magnet. he first article relates to the repert of experts, and as these same experts made their re- ports to me, I deem it a duty to make the flowing report. and correction. The inspectors first looked over the! boilet§, and uhey both ecncluded that} they Would be splendid steam pro- ducer§ fora plant located glose to the coal fle'ds, but the very poorest for this Place, as they ‘are coal burners and Will not burn wood successfully. ‘This {ga very important item. ‘The report for March shows the costof fuel cousumed Lo be $441.23, and as this is considered an average month for fuel consdmption, it means that over 5. aunonally goes to the mer- chants and transvortation companies outs! of the villaze—money that shoulfl have been spent here at, home; monéy that would have aided our farm in theclearingof their farms; money that if expended at home would herp Daild up our town. And, inthis ou 10n, there is little doubt that, ‘with Wood for ‘uel the plant could be d with Jess expense to the Vvil- Ee experts pronounced thegenera- ybe youd muchines, but stated | would not be practical to ran tors that beste paraile) unless on a double bes-Har osyssem. and as this is oily single, they both agreed that the results of a test might be disasterous to the plant, and they advised not to undeftake sane unless in the pres- ence bf Mes: Robertson andBureh, and with thei ene 'The engines they pronuunced good for bigh speed iaciames: bit not equal in onurente or results to the Corliss type. ‘Tue con calls for pumps of the Deaw : ke, but Uhuse put in RB fcheaper ard much interior type — the maak “Dean, of Holyoke.” Thgepuns to. vf Lhe plant and the lightegenersicn hey — provounced woods As to the scule of rates- they state@they vcre Jower than Duluth people wes ptying. Their re- port, BO far as ihe machinery being fitted fwrtie town, was that i was evidemBly voi planned with av eye to] in the future. ectric Jine they pronounced Wd, Re tests showing a loss Of So: ~2 por rent from the power ase the center of distribution They called attention to the fact that guy wires were pot put up properly, and formed a perfect circait i any of the wires happened to g: and test on the guy wires. ‘This isa most serious matter and a defect ich might have resultedin whe Joss ofjite. Lf a circuit bad been formed and any person had accidently touch: eththe guy wir ustant death, would bave restiited, attended with a big damage suitagainst the village. The polesare vot painted property op jn accordance with s| feations, aud though the contract calls for lightning arresters not ove has been up. The plant is far from veing perfect, uecording to the report of the experts who inspected it last week, the fool- ish mutterings of the brainy editor(?) of the Magnet to the contrary not-} withstanding. 4 The other article referred to would make it appear t he coun-} cil were aiming to inc he cost} of runping the electric light and Water works station, which is nota fact, asthey are vetting ready torun it equently with less expense. [op this convection | I will also call attention to reports circulated that the electric plapt ake a profit of $300 in March. en a total net earning basis of $890. and $130 for water rentals making a little over $1,000 tx earnings for the combined plan The costs of boul plants over $60,006 kuterest at 5 pe t would be WO; the de- preciation and ineid sas figured by the experts 1s 10 per cent., making } $6,000; the s ries at $260 per month is-83,120; the cost of fuel about making a total cost ‘to the for the ope jon of both s. of $17,120.00 per anpnuny = ‘Phus it be seen that the plants rt L 4 about $1,450 per month to them- selves. and this is figuring that the bonds be paid for by taxation. Pie experts who conducted is the | fhe isone of their em- ployees at the present time, but des pite this fach* they both were very elaphatic io then itement that the plant wasnot z Bareh, Y the plapt and the counert could ae- to come np finish itso th ept of iS TiMeexpesse as pi atid plant are, us} Wilh atvany Lime take pletsure tuex- ver the records. J. 8. Gorn DEFECTIVE PAGE oa Hughes & Co, a a 1) can find, if you will kindly ask to see, the most com- plete line of Dry Goods that can be shown in this city. You Our new line of Ladies’ Street : and Dress are of the finest in Colors and Styles you have seen this year. In Blacks and all shades of Grey. Prices from $2.00 to $10.00. \ line of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Jackets are of 1 The latest in Color F , Our the same idea. and Style that can be shown. And j at prices that are right. ‘ It’s a pleasure for us to show i our goods, for everything is i new, up-to-date and clean. Kindly ; give us a call whethcr you buy or | —=_— not. va | HENRY HUGHES & CO. 4 SSS S555 S=S=S=S=S2]=S= SS = sy é Geo. F. Kremer FURNITURE and UNDERTA KING. i Carpets, Draperies, Curtains, Shades, Wall Paper, a SSS SSS) i Picturses and Picture Framing a Speciality qd ‘ i ij THE FURNITURE STORE, LENT BLOCK " "MINN. § SS ost SS SSIS SS GRAND RAPIDS, es ey ys qs {Reesaea Rese seneHseRH ee THESe DERE S ARO NAEENORAaEES + * TT 4 ¢ Grand Rapids Village Lots :3 H 2 2 ee * : A. M. JOHNSON =: = . ° = = ~ Has some very desirable residence lots in Grand & Hi Rapids that he has’placed on the market. many are = % located in different parts of the village and include some S . aes 2 of the handsomest sites within the corporation, Call Bi 443 = at his place of business on the cornor of Second street AAG : and Leland, avenne. é / = RAPIDS MINNESOTA. $ 1 = SEE TEA See REID a a ee ee a EE ea a eat aa Ke oe FRSCECGCE CECE SECECE CEBERE oe ee : @ t y % For High Grade Goods At Lowest Prices. , Nakowis Canned Goods Cider Vinegar, Heinz Pie! Kennedy's Crackers and Cakes, Heinz , rv rg egar, Swift’s Premium Hams. Faust Blend Coffee, Kore Krisp, 0 Creamery Butter, Jap Rose , Soap. Fels Naptha Soap, Heinz Baked Beans, Hiawatha, Pure Spices, Ralston's Breakfast Food, Nakomis Yeast, Blanke’s Cevion Pea, « Blanke’s Faust ‘Pea,.All Kinds of Fresh Fruits. vuarantee our goods tobe the best-an the market. Phone 24. A. H. KRFMER sae sain ARSE ON al Sp gp Ns i to ¢ The Grocers. 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