Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 18, 1903, Page 1

Vou XI.—No. 50. eererer The Cat Came Back SOME TIME AGO, NOW THE “Dux back.” DON’T FAIL TO SEE IT. FACTS: All umbrellas are, presumably, water- proof, that is they shed the rain, but in doing it they absorb so much water in the cover that it is necessary to drain them after using. ‘This serious objection hds been overcome by a recent invention of a process ren- dering the cloth absolutely tion-absorbent, and umbrellas covered with this fabric will throw the water off as readily as does a duck’s back, consequently this umbrella is named the and it adds noth’ng to the cost of the umbrella. A new line just in.- Come and see it demonstrated —we will show you that they do all that is claimed for them by an actual demonstration. We have them in all grades and prices, from $1.50 to_ $3.50. Itasca Mercantile Co. __ OUR LINE se ‘of Tents and Camper’s Outfits is Complete... , We can supply anything from a camp stool to a circus tent. From the oid skillet and lid to the most modern camper’s store. Itisa pleasure to know when you retire in your tent that should it rain before morning you will be sheltered‘from the wet. Oar tents are guaranteed to turn water. Don’t go without one of them. W. J. & H. D. POWERS. EMSMSVSLSVSLSVSSVSSSWSMSLEP: lf you must eat, 1... you s! ould always try to.get the best goods in the market at the lowest prices. You should buy Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Gate etc., at the Market of Finnegan & Co. ‘They always have on hand the very best — at lowest prices. Thos. Finnegan, Proprietor. Thos. Finnegan, SESSeNSSi COUNTY BOARD DUN Regular July Meeting is Hela a Tuesday and Wednesday. COUNTY TAX LEVY 1S MADE sidered—Total Tax Levy for 1904 Fixed at Eighty-Four Tousand Dollars. All members of the county board were present Monday afternoon when Chairman W. G. Moore called the reg: ular July meeting to order. The first matter presented by Audi- tor Farrell was a communication from Maj. Jones of the war department, relative to public highways on Indian reservation lands. Hecited the law granting permission for such roads and gave instructions as toyhow the commissioners shall proceed. A petition was received from the townshipof Deer River asking for an} appropriation of $500 to be used for ) road building, which was laid over} for further consideration, ‘The people residing on the townsite of Northome want to incorporate as a village. ‘The necessary petition, containing the required number of signers, was presented. The petition was granted and September 10, 1904, fixed as the date on which the election shall be held. A petition for the appropriation of $300 for road purposes in the town of Watrous was laid over. Petitions were received from resi- dents of townships 159 and 160, range: 26and 27, for authority to organize, ——— = a WessessecereTESSseee “ESCH S OCG SKAS SHAS KSA AK Soa 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. SEAT EE SEES AEST TER REE EA AE EE Ee AE EE a a a EE AA Ah Ee Ae ae a ae a ae a a ° which-were denied on the ground that the territory included did not have The sume action was taken ip ree twa similar petition from 151-26, the assessed valuation of which is only } fifteen Uhousand dollars. Sixty-six, range 24, presented a. pe! tion fer -organizition--which granted, tbat township is $60,000.. A new schov] district is desired by |) the citizens of towns 54 and 55, range 27. A petition was presented and re- ferred to the board of schovl district No. 1 of which the territory described is a part. Township 155, range 26 petitioned to have auew public road laid out, The matter was laid uver. Attorney J.A.Murphy, representing the mine owners on the western end of Mesaba range, principally the Great North ern Railroad company, appeared be- fore the board and requested thata stipulation be made in conformity with astate law, regarding public highways under which minerai might be fuund. Anact was passed by the last legislature which makes provis- ions'for such a condition. The road- way may be changed under the ‘diree- tion of the county commissioners and uhe expense incurred is to be assumed by the parties doing the mining. The matter was referred to County eweseseses | Attorney Spear. Hon. R. C. Dunn, ex-state auditor, has some interest in the new town- site of Big Falls on which an enorm- ous tax had been levied, presumably on the theory that some day Big Falls will be a big city. Mr. Dunn present- ed a petition to the commissioners asking for a currection of the matter, and the assessment was materially reduced, Deputy Sheriff Rewag | presented a| list of uncollected personal taxes which was promptly returned to him with instructions to coilect the same where possible. Otherwise the sev- eral amounts would be charged up to the sheriff. The financial condition of the eP%e® | county was discussed at considerable length when Auditor Farrell present- ed his report The trial balance for month of June shows the county treasurer to contain at the present time $169,791.02: Five thousand dollars was trans- ferred from the poor fund to the road and bridge fund. H. D. Powers, John Beckfelt and D. M. Gunn appeared before the board and urged that-an appropria- tion be made for the purpose of as- sisting in the improvement of the Iron Range road. On Wednesday the commissioners took a drive out to section 25 in township 56-24, and after looking over the situation the sum of $400 was appropriated toaid in the construction of a road: two miles in length on section lines lead- ing to the Hartley mines in section The assessed valuation of | fort had been omitted. sufticieut assessed valuation, it velo ' only about eleven thousand dollars. 25, township 56-24. This road will be permanently located and wil! accom- modate a large number settlers as well as the mines. The tax levy was fixed as follows: Revenu $30,000 00 25.000 00 10,000 08 12,000 00 Road and bridge. 7,000 00 Total.. cesereeeeee 984.000 00 Last year’s Sires was 5 881, 000. Under | the law the fund> which should be Mach Business of Importance is Con- | —is nevessarily the smallest. Only a {levy of 1 mill can be made on the the largest—that of road and bridge total assessed valuation which brings it down to the insignificiant sum of $7,000. The only remedv for this is the transfér of money from some of the other funds to the road and bridge fund. At 9:30 Wednesday evening the board adjourned until Saturday of next week. On Monday the mem- bers will meet at the auditor's office as a board of equilization, and they expect to be in session about five days. LOOKING UP TIMBER PROOFS. Special Agent Patterson of the General Land Office in Grand Rapids. Timber and stone proofs made in the Duluth land district since 1900 must be gone over, according toa ruling made by the department. In 1900 a form of cross-examination of claimants and witnesses was issued by the land commissioner, inaddition to the regular form of proof in use prior to that time. It appears that the cross-examination was not used in this district, and patents will ‘not issue from Washington until this provision has bee& complied. with. Special Agent G. W. Patterson was sent to Grand Rapids to look up imber proofs made beforé Clerk of juurt Rassmussen in which the cross- The me omission had been made in the com plete. PUTTING IN WASHING MACHINE FOIOREE ee te at Through Cleansing Process. Capt. H. Jarchow has been busy the past* few days installing the new washing machine to be used on ore produced from the Argturus mine. This is the first machine of the kind instalied on the range, although they have been successfully used in the southern states for some time, on a asimilar quality’ of ore. The ma- chine is calculated +o seperate the sand from the ore. It will be ready for trial ina few days. The Stand- ard Mining company are operating the Arcturus under a lease from the fee owners. WANTED TO ARREST HUSBAND Mrs. Dobson of Vermilion Brook Says Her Husband Cruelly Abuses Her. Mrs. Fdward Dobson came down from Vermilion Brook, in Cass coun- ty, last Saturday and applied to Jus- tice Huson for a warrant for the ar- rest of her husband. As the offense had been committed in Cass county the Itasca jurist “had no authority in the premises and referred her to the Cass county courts. Mrs. Dobson was accompanied by her four children, three of whom’ are by a former hus- band, the oldest about twelye years. She alleges that her husband is in- sanely jealous of her and that on Fri- | day of last week he threatened to kill + her. To protect herself and children she came down the> river ina boat to the farm of James” Haywood, who brought the mother aud children to town with his team. If the story re- lated by Mrs. Dobson is true the man should be severely dealt with by the authorities of Cass county. She says he frequently whips ber in a most brutal manner. He does this because of his insane jealousy. Ed Dobson and his family have been living on the farm and at the home of his father, Wm. Dobson. The husband became jealous of his father and drove him off the premises, notwith- standing the farm belongs to the old man. Mrs. Dobson says that her hus- band also shot at her oldest daughter some time ago. She isa rather pre- possessing woman in appearance, about/thirty-tive years of age. From here she went to Cass Lake and evi- dently secured a warrant, as the sher- iff of Cass county made inquiry by wire of the authorities here conceru- ing Dobson’s whereabouts, who had apparently left his home when the officers called. Dobson has a brother in the insane asylum abt Fergus Falls. [THE . COUNGIL MEET An Interesting Session at Which Many uluth land office, and consequently’ a great many hundred proofs are still ‘Subjects Are Considered. oe SHE WANTS $1,500 DAMAGES Mrs. Unlda Kerschbaum Offers to Set- tle With the Councit For Cash— Elevated Bridge Ordinance is Re- pealed—Bills Allowed. The regular monthly meetiug of the council was held at Village hall on Monday evening last. The mem- bers were not called to order untila little-after nine o’clock by President Riddell, and there were present Rid- dell, Gole and Becker. | Rassmussen and Clair were absent. It was after 12 o’clock before an adjournment was taken, and at that hour ail the busi- ness had not been disposed of and anvuther meeting was held Thursday evening. ‘The council would have made much better progress had they been given half a chance, but with four attorneys present, each one de- termined to talk, the city fathers had to take second place. They generally manage to get along tirst rate in spite of the presence of Village Attorney Price, but with a quartet of legal luminaries singing a tale of wve the public will readily understand that they had little chance to do business. Attorney Otis had a smallpox claim, as did also Attorney Spear, while Attorney Thwivg had a_ personal injury claim that be magnanimously agreed to settle for $1,500. Atturney Price was present 1n his official capa- city. Notwithstanding adverse cir- cumstances, however, quite a little business was disposed of. Ordinance No. 36 was passed. It is a repeal of ordinance No. 27, which was entitled ‘An ordinance fur the bridging of Hoffman, Houghton-and DeLaittre avenues,” etc. No. 27 was passed seven years...ag and was intended to cause the construction of ‘viaducts across’ these avenues. ~ much kicking was made by property owners whose houses would be left many feet below the abutments of the bridges that no action was -ever taken under its authoity. . Mrs: Hulda Kirschbaum has filed a claim against the village for personal injuries sustained by falling in the street at the corner of Second street and Kindred avenue. ‘A. L. Thwing, as Mrs. Kirschbaum’s attorney, ap- peared before the council and offered to settle fur $1,500. The accident occurred about six weeks ago and after the claim was filed with the recorder some time later, investiga- tion was made and conclusion reached by the council that the municipality was inno manner to blame for the lady’s misfortune. A sewer was being laid into the saloon building of Kelly & Seeley, and lumber had been hauled to the place and unloaded close vo the sidewalk. Reasonable precaution had been taken, it is said, to make the walk safely passable. Mrs. Kirsch- baum attempted to cross the street to Powers’ hardware store by walk- ing over the loose boards instead of using the sidewalk: She fell, and, it is alleged, sustained internal injuries to the extent of one thousand flive hundred dollars. The claim was laid on the table and members of thecoun- ci] say they will fight it in court should the plaintiff see fit to press the matter to that extent. Mrs. Kenfleld preseated a claim for $505, through her attorney, George H. Spear. .She had taken care of. small- pox patients during the winter of 1901-2. She offered to call everything off for $200. The matter was laid aside for future reference. Mrs: Kenfield charged six dollars a week for the board of each patient and one dollar a day extra for nursing, etc. President Riddell appointed Mrs, Geo. F. Kremer, Miss Margaret Doran and Mr. H. G. Becker members of the Library board to act for a term of three years each. The appoint< ments were approved by the council Several other matters of interest were considersd and disposed of. Thirty-eight bills were audited and allowed, aggregating the sum of $1,674.50. MORE DRILL WORK PROJECTED Iron Range Township Attracts the Atten- tion of Mining Mea—Drilling Continues Woods & Newton, the mine con- tractors, who have been operating a. diamond drill on the southwest of northeast. quarter of section 29-56-24 since the first of April last are still at work on the property. While nothing definite can be learned from those in a position to positively know as to the quality aud quantity of the iron developments, it is said that the fact is well established of the exis- tance on this forty of a very fine’ quality of ore and in sufficient quan-- tity to make the property one of the’ most valuable yet found on the west end of the range. Fletcher Bros. of Minneapolis own the fee, and the amount of work that has already been done is pretty govud evidence’ that they are satisfied with the show- ing that has been made. Just north of the Fletcher forty lies the proper- ty owned by John Lewis which was optioned some time ago to Hibbing parties for $50,000 and a good royalty. It is reported that E. J. Longyear of Hibbing and G. G. Hartley of Duluth intend to put drills to work on lands operating, — which are working om property op- tioned by W. B. Holman. This firm will also. put a drill con the Eounyeany Hartley property-in 56-24. Committed to the Asylum. for time with his brother in townsnip 457, range 24, was before Judge of Probate ‘Hason Monday on a charge of insanity. As the patient entered the court room he caught sight of a picture of McKinley bang- ing on the wall, whereupon he ap- pounced to the judge and jurors that he was the last man to whom McKin- ley had ever spoken, and that he would take McKinley’s place as presi- dent. He was accompanied by his brother who gave the necessary information as to Rudolph’s insane acts. He had anattack last February but recovered inja week. Drs. Gil- Lert and Russell acted as jurors. ‘They found the man to be insane and he was taken to the asylum at Fergus Fails Tuesday in charge of Deputy some: Sheriff Hulbert and James Chisholm. Polsted is avout thirty years old, and a native of Sweden. He has lived in this county about five years and inthe United States fifteen years, although he never became a natual- ized citizen. lying south of the Fletcher forty. _ Messrs. Woods & Newton have six Two DOLLARS A YEAR. Rudolph Polstid, who has lived * (SE ee ee SSR a ee ae ae A a a we right from the Fountain, can be had. pags ordering Soda Water take your choice of the follow - ing Flavors: rau “Pine Apple Strawberry Vanilla Chetry Phosphate Sarsarparilla Moxie. Lemon RR a ee a ae ee ee ee a a ee a a ae a ae Ra ae ee a ee ae ea a REE Bell’s Confectionery On Third Street. The only placé-in Grand where a Celicious drink of I will make a specialty of serving soda with the most delicious Flavors. ICE: CREAM The very best that ts pro- duced if Duluth will received daily b: ~~" Served with CRUSKED FRUITS Made Fresh Every Day, My Chocolates are Especially Fine. I will always Keep a High Grade Line of Cigars. C. R. BELL, The Confectioner. SRR AR a A Ae AR a a Soda Wate Here are a few of my special drinks: Alaska Snowball Artic Sherbet Phosphate jountain Cream Russian Sherbet Thirst Quencher M: allow sh eg Try Them. miter itt ieee | Cl ve