Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 27, 1903, Page 1

Voi. XIL—No. 47. Ei : Granp Rapips, Irasca CountY, Minn., Saturpay, JUNE 27, 1903. Two Dotvars a YEAR. ARE YOUR SCREENS UP? LY time is here again and you certainly want your house protected. You can’t get the screens up any too soon. All kinds of screen doors, $1.00 to $1.50. Wire netting of all size meshes. Common at 2 cents per foot. Fine at 3 cents per foot. | VEN then occasionally a fly or two will get in as some one goes through a door or leaves cne open too long. To correct this diffi- culty you will need a five cent package of “Sure Shot” fly paper or a few sheets of “Tanglefoot” to catch them. We have both Sanne bs | Ys : bs Itasca Mercantile | Company. | | | 1 \N | By flies and mosquitoes when we will sell you one of the famous screen doors for $1.25. Windows all ready td put in i: A 3&e. B 45e. We also have a full stock of all sizes, 16-mesh wire cloth so at 8 cents per square foot. Screen your house and eat your ‘ meals and sleep in peace. | W. J. & H. D. Powers — ——— ————— SWEASSSSSWSLSIVSSSVS AWS WSLSSH'SISVISLVSEVCS ; If you must eat, you should always try to get the best goods in the market at the lowest prices. You should buy Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Game etc., at the Market of Finnegan & Ce. They always have on hand the very best — at lowest prices. Thos. Finnegan, Thos. Finnegan, | Proprietor. | 4 | SVSSSVSSSSISS FLSLVSVSVSISIESS i SVWSVSISVCS 6 sees gE age aE a aE AE aL aE a a a ae aE a ae ae ae aE ae oe ae se ae ae ae ae = age a ae ae ae ah ae ae ae a ae ae aa ae ae ee tee 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 ¢ GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA. BEE EE Fee EB eae ae eee ae eee ae a a a a a a ge Re Ree Ae ae ee tee ate te ate ae ate Pe ae eae aa ae ee eae 6B Ae eee a ea ae ae ee a Grand Rapids Is It doesn’t take the energeti. people of Grand Rapids long to move when once the notion And when they move they move effectually and with Teh days ago it looked as though there would be no Fourtn of July strikes them. force. celebration in Grand Rapids as no action had been taken co make the necessary prepara tions. However, whena pub- lic meeting was called at Vil+ lage hall last-Friday evening the citizens generally a ed and everybody appeared to take an active interest in the effort to make Grand Rapids headquarters on the 4th for every body in Itascaand all the neighboring In order to get upa celebration that is worthy the name and counties. the event it commemorates those present recognized the fact that it would be first nec- essary to raise considerable money in order to success fully carry out a suitable pror An executive committee was ap- gram for the occasion. pointed to proceed with full authority in preparing a pro- gram, raising funds, etc. ‘The committee found a ready re- sponse to their solicitations for funds, and the result is more than Fifteen hundred dollars was soon rais- ed, thus enabling the program liberal prizes and offer the people an satisfactory. committee to give entertainment on a much A GREAT CELEBRATION tions For Elaborate Fourth —_ FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PRIZES A Great Program of Amusements ‘Has Been Prepared For the Occasion:--Flattering Prizes Offered. ALL. ARE CORDIALLY The Citizens of Grand Rapids Have Made Lib- eral Contributions of Money and With One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars to Dis- burse in Prizes the Committee on Arrange- ments is Enabled to Entertain All the People in Itasca and Adjoining Counties. ‘|upon the program when it is -dent of Itasca county, having a home- BIDS ARE COMING IN Recorder Gole Hopeful That Sewerage Bids Will be More Favorable Next Monday evening at 8:30 o’clock is the time set for opeming the bids that will be submitted to the village council for the construction of a sew- er-on Kindred avenue, extending from the High school building to the Mississippi river, a distance of 3,100 feet. Reéorder Gole expresses the opinion that the bids will be more favorable than thos¢ submitted two weeks ago. He is already assured that there will be at least six com- petitors for the work und it fs to be hoped that the contractors will sub mit honest estimates this time, in- stead ofentering into a trust, as ap- peared to be the case heretofore. ‘Lhe council is not inclined to believe that public money should be turned over to some stranger or set of strang- ers, to be expended for the sole bene- fit of contractors rather than for the municipality. When the contract is awarded it will be to the lowest re- sponsible bidder. and when the work is completed it will be according to the contract made with the village. Making Prepara- A BACKWARD SEASON A. C. Bossard Reports Crops to be as Un- promising Elsewhere as Here Mr. A. C. Bossard, manager of the Itasca Paper company, returned last week from atrip througl the south- ern part of the state, portions of Wis- consin and Illinois as far east as Chicogo. During, his travels he paid particular attention to the condition of the growing crops along his route. He found, from observation and in- quiry, that northern Minnesota’s cereals and vegetables are fully up with crops of the sections through which he traveled. The cold, back- ward weather that has prevailed here was also experienced elsewhere and the effect on growing crops has been equally detrimental. With favorable weather couditions in Itasca county during%the balance of the season the yield will yet bea fair average, ex- cept where the late frost killed early veyetation. RAILROAD YARDS“AND DEPOT, INVITED larger scale than was ever before attempted in this section of the state. The people from neighboring towns are cor- dially invited to attend. All who come may be sure of hay- ing a royal good time from sunrise until they become tired out, The full list of amuse- ments has not yet fully been decided upon, but every avil- able feature of interest that can be secured will appear Sentiment in Grand Rapids Seems to be’ Opposed to Present Plans of Company. If the newspapers of this village represent the sentime nt of the people of the community, the idea of building a’ freight depot and additional tracks in the center of town is not very popular. Last week the Herald-Review printedan extract from the Magnet which condemned the proposition. The following is from the last issue of. the Indepen- dent: ‘To the council we havea word to say regarding the proposed addition of more. railroad tracks to those already passing through the center of the village. It is well known that a boy of ten years can Kill a royal Bengal tiger—if it catches it when it is three days old. Soin like manner it can easily prevent this addition to our troubles by stopping it before it is. begun. Which may sound very Irish, but is good common sense just the same. Any railroad company respects, an imperative “Thou shalt not,” far more than it does a respectful remonstrance; and ‘that is just what the council should treat the Great Northern to, if it proposes to add another track to those running through our town. Safety to human life goes ahead cf convenience to a railroad company, or any other consideration, anc the council should see to it that not one additional danger be added to those that already exist in the shape of tracks and fast running trains in the very center of our daily life.” issued, The day wi!l be ushered in at sunrise by,the roar of one hundred guns. At 9:304. m.,a street pa- rade will form‘on Leland ave- nue in front of Village hall, in which will be included a bat- talion of mounted calithump- ians, and other special features to interest and amuse, Huson Post G. A. R,, with the fa- mous Buctail band, will lead the procession, followed by many civic societies; the May- or and village council in car- riages, the firemen and citizens. The parade will be led by the Grand Rapids cornet band, Orations will be delivered by Rev. Father O'Mahoney of Grand Rapids, and Hon. C. M. King; form- erly of Wright cuunty, but now a resi- County, Liquor Licenses. County Attorney Spear reports thirteen applications for liquor licenses outside of organized villages since March. Eight of the thirteen applicants have paid the requir. edamount of five hundred dollars each. Following is the list of those who will deal out wet goods accord- ing to law as authorized by the board of county commissioners: W. W. Wright and J. J. McDonald, Swan River;S. J. La Chapelle and L. O. Fisk, Grand Falls; George Labrie, R. J. Rofedal, W.S. Swank and Edison Bearman, Dexterville; S. E. Grindall F. O, Johnson and Edward Bancroft. Phena; C. D.. Lewis, Diamond; Ed- ward Laughlin, Bartlett. Under a law passed by the last legislature one-half of the license money received y the county will be apportioned to the township from which it is paid. Heretofore license money coming from unorganized villages all went into the public school fund. stead in the Big Fork country. Mr. Kang is rated asone of the most elo- quent orators in the state, The list of sporting events will in- clude all kinds of races. Men, boys and girls will race; Indian canoe races, boat races, bicycle contests, horse races, log rolling. A base. ball game between Park Rapids and the home team will be played in the after- noou. s Everybody is invited and everybody is expected. Ample provision has been made to entertain all, and all are assured a big time, ee aN nee a a et i, DEFECTIVE pare PREPARING THE GROUND Contract For Cleaning County Fair Grounds Let to J. H. Dunning. WILL BE READY FOR 1903 The Work Now Being Done—Grounds and Track Will be Prepared for Use | In Time For the Fair This Fall— Forty-five Acres Included. At a special meeting of the board of county commissioners held last Saturday the contract for clearing and grading a space of 1000x450 feet in the center of the track recently purchased by the county for park purposes, and also for clearing, grad- ing and surfacing a balf-mile race track. J. H. Dunning was the suc- cessful bidder and was awarded the contract at $2,995. There were four bidders. Theodore Betts and ©. S. Brock made a partnership bid to do the proposed work at $4,179; W. E. Myers’ bid was $3,975; C. E Seelye, $3,400. It will be observed that there was a vast difference in the estimate made on the. work by the rarties bidding. Mr. Dunningstarted a crew of men to work Monday morning an@ will continue with a full force until his contract is completed, which will be about the middlecf August. No better location for fair grounds could lave been selected in the yicinity of the county seat than that decided upon. by. the committee representing the Itasca County Agricultural as- sociation and the commissioners. It is located conveniently to the busi- ness portion of the village on the banks of Ice lake, and when the task of improyment is finally completed— which will be in two or three years— the Itasca county fair grounds will be second to none in the state. The officers of the Agricultural association may have to contend with crops not up to the average this.season, owing _. wo the unfavorable weather condition, but they will nevertheless be active to make thefair a pronounced success. Now that suitable buildings, a stand- ard race track, good grounds, etc., will be at their disposal the officers will perform their seryicves with added zeal and determination to make the first fair on the new grounds all that. the. most enthusiastic boomer of ltasca county might hope for. The committee appointed to re~ vise and issue the premium list for. 1903, will make an early circulation, of the new list for the coming farr,_ thus giving farmers and others an opportunity to prepare for the oc~ casion. No Ball Game Tomorrow Acting Manager Doran of the Grand Rapids base ball team telegraphed from Park Rapids to Manager Brady of the Hibbing Tigers that the game scheduled between Grand Rapids and Hibbing for tomorrow at the latter plaee must be declared off. Inas- much as none of the boys have yet returned from Park Rapids we have been unable to learn the cause of their failure to keep the appoint- ment with the Tigers, but we presume it was due to their fulness—of ens thusiasm—over their victory at the tournament, Killed by the Cars Ole Sandberg was killed by a Great. Northern train last Sunday night a couple of miles west of Degr River. It is not known how the accident oc- cured, but it is said the deceased had been drinking in Deer River and it is thought he started to walk to the foot of Ball Club lake where he was employed by Mr. Dumas, who runs a shingle mill at that. place. The in- dications point to the probability that Sandberg layed down on ‘the track and went to sleep. Both legs were severed froin the body. The re- mains were discovered Monday morn- ing by the section crew. Coroner Russull was notified. He went to the scene of the accident and decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The remains were interred in Itasca cemetery on Tuesday last. It was re- ported that the deceased had a sister living at Shevlin, but the authorities were unable to locate her. Willow River Drive In . B. P. Munson’s crew began to ar- tive from Aitkin yesterday, bringing with them the news that the Willow river drive of sixteen million feet had been delivered into the Mississippi. A clean drive was. completed on Thursday after forty-five days work; | |