Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 30, 1903, Page 4

_————— TWO DOLLARS A YE Rh IN ADVANCE Serdaabanpdhiaanbind wRnte ab a wlbuaid se: Mntored in the Postotfice ut Grand Rapids Minnesota, as Secynd-Class Matter Development of Northern Minnesota. ‘The visit of the commissioner of the general land office to the vorth- ‘ern part of the state is of great inter- est to the people of the towns and and cities in the immediate yicinity of the Indian reservations. The passage of the Morris bill at the first session of the last congress created possibilities for which the northern part of the state had been contend- ing for some time. It is notonly that the immense bodies of timber on the Indian reservations should be put on the market to be handled judiciously and to prolong the lifeof the lum- der industry in the state, but also Ubat the great area of land occupied by the Indians should be offered to vhose who would mzke homes there and develop the part of the state where settlements are few and far Uetween. The Indians were making no practical use of it, and the Indians were no better off forhaving the right to roam over the large counties of Abat section. i The Indian will be better off with lishing the Mesaba Ore, puta few months ago sold bis Interest in that paper to bis partner and fora time had charge of the job department of that paper. About a month ago he purchased the interest of J. A. Me- Intire in the Tribune but in_ three or four days was stricken withthe dread disease that terminated his earthly existance. Mr. Higgixs was greatly respected und Jetves a large number of friends to mourn his decease. He leaves a young wife aad child in fairly com- fortable circumstances. He was a member of the Modern Woodnien, the Samaritans, the Foresters and the K..P., and by his death these orders lose an active and conscien- tious worker. As a fellow of the craft we haye learned to have the greatest respect for him and regret the calamity that has fallen on the happy home of our friend, but we join the many frieuds in sympathy for the widow and fatherless. — Advocate, Hibbing. A PATRIOTIC COMMENT. The Members of the G. A, R., Hereby Most Courteously Tender a Vote of Thanks. How our hope was enkindled, our patriotism encouraged, our spirits revived, and our cheeks made to glow with new faith and animation, as we listened to the very able address ‘few hours on his way home to Grand Rapids fa small allotment of land and the op-| Which Father O’Mahany delivered on portunity to become inderendent of Meworial day. It.awas a pleasure to government bounty, than he would if| hear him speak so hopefully of the left to drag out. his existance without | future of our country; for in his great responsibility. In the years since |S0U! he sees no serious obsticle in the these reservations were set aside for|W#Y of uur future national greatness him he has made practically no ad-|#ud glory. We were deeply gratifled vancement towa-d civilization. Some | & see that he bore the high rank and few of them have been industrious] distinguished honors of the pulpit, beyond their fellows and have proyen|@d Was possessed with that great that where the disposition and oppor- | H0ble spirit of devotion tahis adopted unity were present they are capable }Cuntry, and that true and never of better things. If they are all|Yielding patriotism which is so emi- brought to a realization that they|meutly accorded to so many of his must take their places in the world |countrymen, whoserved in our reyo- and take the responsibility of self |!utivnary war, as also inour civil war, -against in the law. -Served from sale altogether. support, something can be made of them. The passage of the Morris bill awakes this pussible, but the chief iu- ‘terest of the peuple of the state is in the results that will follow tue open- ing of the reservations that have so Jong been held back from develope- ment. The ruthless destruction of the remaining forests of the state -will not follow the openiag of the reservations. This was provided Several very large tracts of timber are to be re- In ad- dition to this two hundred thousand acres of the timber is to be sold sub- ject to the provision that the pur- whaser shall, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture, leaye five per cent of the timber. ‘This Aland is then to be taken charge of by ithe department for the purpose of reforestration, and to be operated on scientific principles. After the timber is cutoff the other lands they are to be treated as agri- cultural lands and opened up to home- stead entry. Herein lies the greatest benefit 10 be derived from the work- ing of the law. Southern Minnesota has developed wonderfully. ‘The rich agticultural Jands of the south Bart of the state have produced crops that have supported thousands of settlers and brought millions of dollars to the wealth of the state. Up to the pres- ent time the northern part of the State has been dependent almost en- tirely on the timber and ore resources, vith little further in yiew so jong as the immense reservations. were left as the homes of the Indians who were of benefit to no one. But there are thousands of rich acres that are capable of bringing forth crops year after year and which willafford homes fo a population that will be lasting. The commissioner found at least eighty percent of the land is adapt- able for ugricultural purposes. Under the homestead laws this land will be- come the homes of thousands of set- ters who will flock in as soon as the jJands ar offered. ‘The development of the agricultural lands means the perpetuity of the towns and cities already existing and the growth of Avany more. The cry that the natur- al resources of the state are being exhausted by the manufacturers of lumber is a false alarm. Timber rops are of no value until they are harvested. It takes many years to renew them. Agricultural crops are renewed every year. With a reason- able amount of timber left standing for forestry purposes along scientitic lives, and for protection at the sources of the streams, the country will be more uniformly productive and results will be better from farms than from forests.—Mississipp: Val- Jey Lumberman. P< BE AMOR [aa S. H. Higgins Dies. Early Monday Morning it was re- ported that S. H. Higgins, publisher of the Tribune, bad died during that morning. Mr. Higgins was one of the first to be taken with the small- pox and had been in quarantineabout ir. Bigs a Ss 2 y, ageund has reside here fora senbor of years. For some time he was as- Sociated with C. M. Atkinson in pub. and distinguished themselves the greatest worriors, leaders» and gen- erals the world ever knew. Here permit me to mention a few names of the galkant race, the fame aad gloy of their countrymen; Jeremiah O’Brien and General Sullivan, Como- dore Barry, General Pickens, General Stark and the Ruttledges, Charles Carroll, of Carollton, Anthony Wayne, Sergeant Jasper, General Richard Montgomery, Geueral Knox and Chas. Thompson, and many others, was upon the lips and deep in the hearts of the ninety-eight men at home. The Irish blood so freely shed in American battles for liberty, had taken root upon Irish soil, and as Andrew Jackson fought at New Orleans, McDonough at Like Cham- plain, Shields and Reilly in the Mexi- can war, so did the Irish regiments, the Irish brigade and the Irish legion perfurm deeds of valor unsurpassed in the recent war. Who among the surviving veterans of the union can ever forget Logan, Sheridan. Harney. Mulligan, Kearney, Hayes, Baker, McCandles, McCall, Corcoran, Meagher and thousands of other gallant Irish and Irish American soldiers who fought and died that the nation might live. There are seemingly a few people of the yast generations who have sprung into existence since the close of our civil conflict that seems to realize the vastness or magnitude of the rebellion, and ouly by such noble beings as Father O’Mahany is the public reminded what it cost to re- store and preserve the union. You cannot point out in the history of any race of people that degree of mutual Magnanimity and forebearance that has characterized the people of this great country in returuing to unite bands and hearts in the maintainence of its institutions, in the elevation of its honor and in the perfection of its glory. No man could have done more honor where honor belongs to the G. A. R, no man could have more strikingly illustrated the be- nificence of a government looking for its support and maintenance to.people of all conditions, pursuits and beliefs. ‘This was fully illustrated last Sunday by Father O’Mahany at St. Joseph’s Catholic church. By his loyalty to the truth, directness of aim, credit to the hero, honesty of purpose, gener- osity for the vanquished, tenderness for the weak, and catholicity of feeling for all. The looms of timeare never idle and the busy fingers of the fates are ever weaving as in tapestry, the many threads aud colors that make up our several lives, and when these are exposed to critics and admirers there shall be found few uf brighter colors or of nobler pattern than Father O’Mahany. The abundant gift of a pure exam- ple, just budding into a useful life, and the good and God-like achieve- ments of such a man cast upon the bosom of the public] fe in this world, will start waves of influence, and establish rights and power and good, whicb will widen and extend the channel of prosperity until they break against the shores of eternity in the resurrection morning. VETERAN SoLpier. “Charley Seele, wel nown to many imers, n Carlton between trains from Duluth, where he had been at- tending United States court, yester- day.—Cariton Vidette. Boston and Return—$27. Account the National Educational Associatiou Convention at Boston, July 6th to 10th. the Duluth, Sout Shore & Atlantic Railway, will make the following rates from Duluth: Via Montreal or Buffalo, direct rail... $27 00 Via St. Ignace, Detroit and Buffalo, by train aud steamer..... nb se gecereee Via Owen Sound, Toronto and Montreal by train and steamer. Via Owen Sound. Toronto and Buffalo, by rail and steamer.... ....-..... - 34.00 Via Owen Sound. Toronto, St. Law- rence River und Montreal, by train And Steamer «5... iirc secs, seteeesees 36 00 Tickets at above tates will be on sale July 1st to 6th inclusive, and will be valid for return passage leaving Boston July 12th. Upon deposit of return portion of ticket’ and upon payment cf fifty cents the return limit will be extended until Septem- ber Ist. ¢ For further information, sleeping car or stateroom reservation, please write or apply to, M. ADSON, General Agent, 426 Spalding Hotel Block, Duluth, Minnesota. 27 85 30.50 It is time that the people of North- ern Minnesota united in a dezermina- tion to solve the question of drainage without delay. We have too feebly appreciated our needs in this respect, and we have been too modest in our demands. We have attempted great things ourselves, but we mst at- tempt greater. We must quadruple the ditches we are digging, and we must demand that the svate take up this matter*upon a large scale. Now is the time to begin the agitatiou of this matter. It is a duty incumbent. upon the state to properly develop the northern part of Minnesota by an extensive system of state ditches. Thousands of dollars, hundreds of thousands are needed, and the state must be made to see that they must be furuished.—Crookston Times. Annual Spring Excursion to Detroit and Buffalo. The Annual Spring Excursion to Detroit.and Buffalo, via the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, connecting at St. Ignace with the palatial passenger steamers of the Detroit and Cleveland Navigatiou ‘Company, will leave Duluth June 14th and June 19th. Rate from Du- luth to Detroit and return, and intermediate points between St. Ignace and Detroit, $12. Duluth to Buffalo and return $14. ‘Tickets will be good for return passage until July 6th. For fur:her information, sleep- ing car and stateroom reservation, etc., please write or apply to, M. ADSON, General Agent, 426 Spaldiug Hotel Block, Duluth, Minnesota. NOTICE. Parties trespassing upon my lands in Itasca county are hereby notifled that they will be prosecuted to the fullextentofthe law. Parties who have recently cut timber upon these lands through mistake or otherwise, will please call at the office of my local agents, W. T. Fay & Son, Grand Rapids, where a fair settlement will be made for timber so removed. The trespassers for the past two years have now been checked up and hard feeling will be avoided by calling at the local office. Lands in question are included in titles mentioned is advining advertisement. W. D. WASHBURN, Jr. 300 Guarantee Building, 30mj6. Mioneapolis, Minn. House Moving. Chas. S. Brock has a complete equipment for the moving of frame structures of any size. His outfit is calculated to baul.apy frame build- ing in Grand Rapids and he guaran- tees satisfaction in every case. His prices are right, and if you have any buildings to move it will Y to get figures trom Mr. Brock. e has had years of experience in the business and has demonstrated by his work in Grand Rapids that he is thoroughly competent in his line. Wanted—Housekeeper on farm six teen miles from Deer River. Good wages will be paid. ‘Two or three persons to cook for. Steady employ- ment for six ot seven months. Apply at this office or to John Howard at Hotel Northern Deer River, tor fur- ther particulars. A number of settings of buff Ply- mouth Rock eggs for sale at $2.00 per setting, C. E. Seelye. If you want ice cream—good ice ream—ice cream received daily from Duluth—go to Gordian Meagher’s, When you want pure tea and- coffee go to Hughes & Co Confectionery of ali kinds 2t_Gor- dian Meaghr’s —s reabouts, spent a | 9 ART IN SKIRT LIFTING. Excels American in This Matter. “Inherent .grace is no greater in French girls than in American girls,” said Mme. Baker at the national con- vention .of dressmakers. “But in the dainty. art of carrying their skirts in their hands while taking the air of the boulevards, French girls are in- comparably superior to their Ameri- can cousins. The secret is that the French maid’s petticoat is made to clear the ground, while the Ameri- can’s drop skirt is as long as the outer garment. The American must lift both skirts to prevent their trail- ing in the dirt of the streets. She grasps a great bundle of unwieldy cloth, so heavy and clumsy that almost invariably she pulls it around in a way that plays havoc with the effectiveness of her gown. The French demoiseile has only the outer skirt to care for, and she has no need of muscle to lift with fairy grace the fabric.—Chicago Record-Eerald. Pans SE French Giri INDIANS SELL THEIR LANDS. Many of the Tribes Are Rapidly Dis- posing of Their Possessions. Those Indians who are allowed le- gally to sell their lands are rapidly doing so. Last year members of the Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Pecria, Mia- mi, Wyandotte and “hippewa tribes have made 305 conveyances, aggregat- ing 30,000 acres, for $204,000. The Fort Berthold Indians have ceded 208,000 acres for $260,000, to be paid in stock, cattle and agricultural implements, after setting aside $50,000 for a poor fund and paying out $54,000 per capita. ~The Rosebud Sioux have ceded 416,000 acres in Gregory county, South Dakota. The Red Lake Indians in Minnesota have ceded 256,152 acres for $1,000,000. The Devil’s Lake Indians in North Dakota have ceded 104,000 acres at about $3.30 per acre, to be paid in cash, $145,000 down and the balance in ten annual payments cf $20,000 each. @ Almost a Painful Scene. A disagreeable scene between well- known gentlemen was narrowly avert- ed in San Francisco the other night. It was after Mr. McGovern and Mr. “Young Corbett” had concluded their momentous debate to the disadvantage of the former that the two gentlemen met in Mr. Corbett’s dressing-room. Mr. McGovern was impetuous and in- sisted on another encounter. Mr. Cor- bett was disdain’’. “I hate you,” he said, “and I can beat you every day in the week and twice on Sunday.” This so exasperated Mr. McGovern that it was with difficulty that the friends of the gentlemen could pre vent them from coming to blows. Greeley’s Piety. Horace Greeley was one of the most profane men that ever lived. Cursing was second nature to him. He even called himself names that would cause a duel in the South if applied to a friend or enemy. When he realized that he was dying he said aloud: ‘Well, the devil’s got you at last, you d—d old ——.” A week after the funeral his daughter, Miss Gabri- elle Greeley, wrote to Whitelaw Reid, the young editor in the Tall Tower (Tribune), to know what were the words of her father. Reid wrote: “Your dear father’s last words were, ‘I know that my Redeemer liveth.’ ”— New York Press. Fire Extinguisher. Old fashioned women always pro- vided themselves with fine gowns for use in the possible event of being |‘ forced to face a fire in a scanty night toilet. The modern women meet the same possibility by storing, inva con- venient place in every room, bottles filled with a mixture made from ten pounds of salt, five pounds of sal am- moniac and four and a half gallons of water, says the Chicago News. Should a fire start break a bottle or two of this over the burning place. If used in time it will put out a small fire, and in any evert may delay the ravages of the flames till the éngines arrive. Many Tons of Ore Mined. Never during the winter has so much ore been mined and hoisted to surface at lake iron mines as this sea- son, in the region about Duluth, Minn. Stock piles have been as large as now, but the ore on ground was an accumu- lation which several seasons of poor demand had helped to make. Last fall there was very little on surface, as shipments had about cleared up the stocks of the previous year’s work. Now this newly mined ore is ready by. the millions of tons for the opening of lake navigation. Returns to the Fold. Rev. George K. McDonald, the Bap- tist minister, who gave up his church in Astoria, Long Island, and started a saloon, has found the venture unprof- itable and given it up. Seeing the error of his ways—and having made a failure in the saloon business—he attended. a church meeting and sought readmission to the fold, con- fessing that he had sinned grievously. He may be restored after a time, but not just yet, it is thought. A Sample of Maine “Beer.” Prof. J. G. Jordan, of Bates college, was recently asked to analyze some so-called “beer” confiscated by a sher- iff in Maine. His report was as fol- lows: “I should say that it was com- posed of the rinsings from a sour mo- lasses barrel, the suds obtained in washing a barroom floor and all of the mouldy grain the liquid would absorb. It is only 2.75 per cent alcohol, but a man ought to be prosecuted for selling such stuff.” [Order for Hearing on School AOS SE AA i Soaled bids will be received by Council of the Village of Grand Ray nesota, at ttecorder’s office in. . nb ee tio Peer rer District Petitions for Forima- tion of New District, Law of 1901. ; Whereas, a petition duly signed. and the signatures thereto duly acknowledged, has been duly presented tothe Board of County Commissioners of Itasca county, Minnesoti, @t ut session of said bourd hold on the 9th day of May, A. D., 1903, asking for the formation of a new school district to be composed o* the following described territory, towit: All of congressional township 37 range 22, now om- braced in the town of Nashwauk, Now therefore, it is ordered thut said peti- tion will be hea:@ by this board at the session thereof. comme: cing on the 6th day of June. A. D.. 1903, at the otlice of the county auditor. in the Village of Grand Rapiis, in said county, And it is further ordered. that notice of time and place of such hearing be given b: Posting a copy of this order in one publ Place in each of the school districts to b effected by sid petition and b; ant leaving with the clerk of each of said school districts personally a copy of this order, ut least ten days before the time ap- pointed for such hearing, and thata copy of said notice be published twice in the follow- ing nhame:! newspapers. to-w Grand Rapids Maguet and Grand Rapids Herald-Roview. Beets JOHN G. FRASER, Vice-C Gea ateae of County Commis- sioners of Itasea Coanty, Minnesota. E.J. FARRELL, z County Auditor, aud Ex-officio Cierk of Board. ae ote fies also, nthe ie'in this »! civil engineer, West Superior. Wiseon= HER Certiliod check of ‘hen percent of the ount of the bid, ‘al Villuge of Grand pids, must accompany othe Wilhage Council qoserves the right to reject auy andall PAG ORGE RIDDELL, J. 8. GOLE, President. Recorder. NOTICE. Bids will be received up to2 o'clock p. m., Saturday the 6th day of June 1903. for the construction of a barn at the County Poor Farm, ns and specifications can be had upon rane an the office of the County Auditor. Village of Grand Rapids. Itasca county, Minnesota. dull The right is reseryed to reject any and u! bids. handing to Per order the board of county commuis- sioners, J.G. FRASER, Vice Chairman. SCLGISLSSISISVSTS Y SPRING ; and SUMMER treasurer Of © SIGS -SAP stock. where. SUITS In all Shades and the Latest Styles at Johnson, The Tailor, S Remember that Johnson carries No need to wait for returns from Chicago cr els Come in and look at the Spring and Summer pat- terns.and styles, the goods in i aS Sea Hotel Gladstone 4 A. E. WILDER.¢ Prop. SE fi fed FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. PRESS, Sample Room and Livery in Connection. Iz 40, Special Attention Given to Transient Trade. feadguarters for Lumbermen. eS pee GRAND RAPIDS, TERS RE One half Block From Depot. Well, Well! Here We Are Again! With a pull line of Windows and Doors. We have the most complete line west of Duluth.. We also have a large line of Screen Doors and Windews, all sizes, all colors, and all prices. We also carry a tuli line of Plasterers’ Material, such as Lime, Brick, Hair, Cement and Wall Plaster. Cali on d.d. DECKER, at the Lumber Office, or ’Phone No. 9. 530 SE De A ae SE a SHES ee Ae SI SS A EA ae ae ae ae ae ea eae ae ae ae ae a a ae eae ae | “BETWEEN GREAT NORTHWEST ScTHE EAST. 9 Ns it T.-H. LARKE‘Asst.cent pass -act.7 FINEST MODERN’ TRAINS ING CARS AcLA-CARTE DULUTH MEN N22 ByRtesecensengsEHESSHFOoENeDENESEONSOHKKERERALS SHED RRR v = eas @ =4 £ a i? A Favorite kesor : se for refreshments and where may be seen avd heard one * He of the largest phonographs in the world is at A eee s , %, 333 JNO. OREILY’S Sample Room ? Sea a HH The Northern. 3 * : s it delightful ber 222 Cabinet Rye Whiskey s.rg (elizhttul beverage always In B SSH Rapids, Wehandle the finest whiskoys ever distlited. : eee , 3 Jc. Doc, Welsh i #8: NORTHERN CAFE Dee. Welsh, Cier. § Pt In connection—open day and night, All delicacies of the season 2 eee served at ull hours. a eae 4 ? . $ ees n ue rop.: Bee O a Hae b] ° 2 uae a nee & ace rs