Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 8, 1903, Page 1

Vou XII.—No. 1. The Second Week Granp Rapips, Itasca County, Minn., Saturpay, AucusT 8, 1903. Of our reduction sale is at hand, and for your consideration, we again offer some exceptional bargains. Every- showing, and the opportunities offered. Why not be oneof the fortu one who visited the store last week, 80 far as we know, went away both pleased and satisfied with the nate ones. We havethe goods and are making unheard of ,prices, and you should reap the benefit. $1.75 Ginghams, of all Styles and patterns, Rocking Chuirs, selling at $2.50 and $3, These ~ Tegulur price 8, 10 und 12% cents...... 6, 8 and 10c ‘chairs are among our best barguins, now...- Corsets. latest styles in all siz . $1.75, cut this week te .. 89c Canned Tomaton ey oa stand llc Couches, we offer an elegal this week. Here ts an elegant chance Red C Coffee. an extra fine 0c coffee. If you if need of a couch or any furniture. are using a low priced coffee, here isa chauce Tho couch sells this week at ouly.. $11.20 | notte be missed. For sixdays at..... ...... 15c IS Gro These are buta few of the many items in our Dry Goods, # a invite your inspection of of these lines, as also in Gent’s Furnishings, what it is you want te buy, you can certainly save money here. ery and Furniture de artments; we rdware. Shves, etc. ‘edo not care DAILY BARGAIN COUNTERS. Not afclearance sule thereon of remnents and such like, town, You ure on usual bargain tables. oe t or something new every day. ‘These tables have been a surprise to thé people coming in. two of these upon Wiaents and such like, but staple koods that are being sold and used every day ce sale heron OE eae ae if you do not examine there tables, nothing of the kind you ordinarily expect to by every tunity in a AFFIDAVIT: GRAND RAPIDS. MINN., July 28, 1908. ©. H. Dickinson. manager of the Itasca Mercantile company, being duly sworn, deposes and uffirms that In the advertise- this accompanies, or an; are the actual prices at wl other which such affidavit may accompany, that t! ment w! eppeint pel for the sule purpose of “special pri are for the sule purpose o' n seniaaelaed bg uch and every purelmser without exceptions ; during the time for which Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th. day of July, 1903. e E. A. KREMER, Notary Public. he prices quoted as the “regular prices other which such atti these articles in the past, und that the reductions made in the ich we have boon svir tmamense stock In all departments, taut such prices will be strictly they ure advertised. C. H. DICKINSON. Second Week of Sale August 10th to 15th. WELCOME! We are always glad to see the dollars coming our way. We ean start them your way if you give us your patronage. We have the largest and most complete stock of hardware and tinware in the north country. Which we will sell at prices that can- not be duplicated outside of the cities. Come in and be convinced. We mean what we say, W. J. & H. D. POWERS. GuaresesssaesssseseseNeses ti i 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 & Ge. They always have on hand the very best — at lowest prices. Thos. Finnegan, Thos. Finnegan, Proprietor. WHF SERDSSASOKHHEKHSH“SHSKeH SUES Sees seseesesesenseoe * 2 2 : Grand Rapids Village Lots 3: H H 2 ' : A.M. JOHNSON ) # Has some very desirable residence lots in Grand & Rapids that he has placed on the market. many are H { $ located in different parts of the village and includesome ® | % of the handsomest sites within the corporation, Call Hy } ‘ at his place of business on the cornor of Second strcet # { : and Leland avenue. 3 | . A.M. JOHNSON. } ¢ GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA. $ ® AEA EE EE EE a Se ee A a || ITASCA MERCANTILE CO. { ENLARGING THE POKEGAMA i po Grand Rapids Popular Hotel Now Receiving Desirable Improvements. Contractor Alex Roberts of Duluth will be a nuisance in and about Hotel Pokegama during the next two months, but when he has put on. the tinal fidishings the hotel will have been-enlarged by the addition of twen- ty-four rooms and the basement, con taining the heating plant, storage _rooms and closets, will have been en- tirely rearranged and greatly im- ; proved in convenience. For a town! of three thousand population it would jseam that Grand Rapids is amply sup- | plied with hotel accommodations, but such is not‘the case. With nine ho- teis and several boarding houses the clerks frequently find it necessary to disappoint applicants for rooms. Es- pecially has this. been true of the Po- kegama during the past year or so, and Landlord Gunn has been com- pelled to build the addition now under! construction in order to accommodate his rapidly increasing business. When the present work is completed the Pokegama will have about eighty sleeping rooms. New furniture will be put in the rooms on the parlor floor. Another Game Violator Convicted, Game Warden Philip and Sheriff Hoolihan went to Grass lake the first of the week and arrested Del'Linden on a warrant charging violation of the game law. Many deer and moose hides were found on his. premi+ ses, where he conducts a moonshine tannery. He was brought to town, taken before His Honor Justice Hu+. son, where he -pleaded guilty, was fined one hundred dollars and costs, amounting in all to $115. He paid up and returned to his rendezvous, wheré he will no doubt continue his viola+ tions, notwithstanding this is his third conviction. Horace Lydick of Cass Lake, an account of whose arrest was given in these columns last week, had a hearing befure Jystice Huson. He pleaded guilty and was fined $100 and costs, a total of $122.50, for killing a cow moose on the big Fork river last June. The amount was pa:d. Did Not Pay License, John Wellwood, the man arrested at Nashwauk for conducting “an eye- less swine in that vicinity, pleaded guilty before Justice Huson on Mon- day. In default of $250 bonds to ap- pear before the grand jury, Wellwocd ladguishes in the county bastile, He did not pay $500 license as was reported. Thomas Ohn is organizing a Grand Rapids drum corps, the members of which will be boys of the village. We should not kick on the recent cool days. They were great wheat producers and potato ripeners, ¥ |} good was aceumplished in the matter HISTORICAL. SOCIETY. Two ae a Year, SHALL ITASCA EXHIBIT At the State Fair This Yeart—It -De- yand it would be well to identify it with what is called the Western Mesaba range. As youare aware they are drilling off and on all the way be- tween Grand Rapids andthe Arcturus mine. Grand Rapids should be A COMMERCIAL CLUB ‘the Business Men of Grand Rapids Will Meet at Village Hall Next Tuesday. | identified as the center of this min- pends on Contributions. eral district, * * * If vou can form a Commercial club there 1 should be ORGANIZE COMMERGIAL CLUB | #124 to put up $100 toward its sup | THOUSAND DOLLARS NEEDED port. I feel that there is an exvep- tional opportunity to build up a live town at Grand Rapids. Itascacounty is as large as the whole state of Con- necticut and one hundred per cent richer. With its water power and Diveussion of the Subject by Herald- Review Results in Definite Action For the Formation of Permanent A Creditable Exhibit of the County’s Resources Cannot be Made With Less Than that Amount Businessmen’s Association. railroad’ connections it will be the center of population, unless the peo- of Money. ple are permitted to go off to small eeeeeeeenceseneececes | and less favored adjoining towns.” This is only one of many. men inter- ested in Itasca county and Grand Rapids who are ready to join hands with our local business men in main- taining an organization to induce and assist settlers and farmers to locate upon and develop our lands; w in- duce and assist manufacturers to locate at Grand Rapids, and to assist and encourage labor by encouraging means for its employment; to collect and disseminate reliable information of the resources of the town and county. The meeting Tuesday should he largely attended. The state fair will open this year on August 3ist. The time is short in which to make preparations for a county exhibit and if anything is to be done in that direction for Itasca connty it behoves our people to be- stir themselves forthwith. Individ- ual county exhibits are becoming one of the most interesting features of the state fair. 1t has been demon- strated beyond peradventure that no more effectual means of advertising the resources of a new agricultural county can possibly be employed than by preparing and exhibiting the products of its farms to the thousands of visitors who annually journey to the great fair at Hamlin. Itasca county last year was’ represented at the fair with avery.creditable display of her products, and the results at- tained were noticeablethrough the in-_ ee that followed. for lands. Those who have had no experience cannot. realize the amount of work entailed in the préparation and arrangement. of cereals, grasses, vegetables, etc., that must be gathered and properly. arranged for display. Justice cannot. be done such an undertaking in much less than three weeks time, and taere~ fore'the first important matter to dis~ pose of is the raising of the necessary funds. A list is now being circulated: for contributions. Those who will. subscribe—and every business man should—are urged to do so with no. unnecessary delay. Last year the: contributions came almost wholly from Minneapolis and St. Paul own- ers of Itasea county lands. They will not be expected-to bear the fult: bur- ‘den. Let none of our people have any fear that the backwardnessof the season Will make a good exhibit im- possible, “The committee appointed by the County Fair association to look after the matter of a state ex- hibit have been making investigation and report that Itasca county can present a fur better variety of farm products this year than many of the most noted agricultural counties of the state! It would be neglecting our own best interests to fail this year to take advantage of the opportunity .so favorably presented. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting-of the business men of the village of Grand Rapids held at Village hallon Tuesday evening, Au- gust 11, 1903, at 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing a Businessmen’s Association. All persons who are interested in $ the material welfare of Grand 3 Rapids apd Itasca county are 2 urged to be present and lend r * : evening their assistance to the accom- plishment of the purpese stated, By ORDER OF COMMITTEE. Soosoxnxxesesenexesseeens A Businessmen’s association and Board of ‘Trade was organized in Grand Rapids in 1895, a set of officers were elected,constitution and by-laws prep- ared and adopted and a well equipped bady of energetic businessmen were reg urly formed for the purpose of advanc- ing the commercta!, mercantile, manu- facturing and agricultural interests of the village.and county.” Through the efforts of that organization much SHSSHASCHSSHHRISSSHSORESSRESS COUNTY EXHIBITS The State Fair Offers Unusual Inducements to Counties this Year. One of the most valuable features of the Minnesota State Fair has de- veloped from the offer of the manage- ment of special premiums for county exhibits. Competition has been keen among the counties in the last two or three fairs and at the fair of 1903: it promises to be stil) more. attractive. More counties than ever will partici- pate in the display, and building on the experience of former years, the exhibits will certainly be finer. The fair management offers $1,290 for county exhibits ta be divided pre rata among the county exhibits scor- ing seventy points or more, and inad- dition makes these offerings: For the exhibit scoring highest in this class an additional $200 will be 3 for the exhibit scori a hig sat, 8150; foréthe Sine Bae third highest $100; forthe exhibit scoring fourth highest, $75; for the exhibit scoring fifth highest, $50; for the exhibit scoring sixth highest $25. For taste and design in arrange- ment of the exhibits in this class, the following premiums are offered: Ist— $60.00, 2d—850.00, 3d —$40.00, 4th—$30.- 00, 5th—$20 60. Entries in this class must be made by Saturday, August 22d, to insure space. The fair opens Monday morning, August 31st with an address by U. Sv Senator Fairbanks, one of the great orators of the upper house of con- gress. of disseminating information of the rces of the county, and thereby attracting the attentionof those who are seeking new homes and new up- portunities for the investment of money in manufacturing and other enterprises. It was largely through the efforts of the energetic men who ad-the interests of this community’ county at large has:-been advanced to their present commanding positions among the thriving young cities and most prosperous counties of Northern Minnesota, during the past ten years. The immigration. conventions and other public enterprises of a like character have done much to bring about the prosperity. we now enjoy. ‘The results accomplished by judicious and persistant advertising of a com- munity cannot be known directly and immediately, but as vegetation springs from the soil well watered we can look back from theharvestseason over the days of the growing grain and behold the rich results, that without the necessary stimulation and cultivation would fave been a barren waste where ripened crop pre- vails. So with the stimulation of the material development of com- munities in all the ramifications of industry. The active, energetic and intellegent Businessmen’s Asgsocia- tion or Commercial club can be to the town and county what summer rains are to grains and grasses. All growth must be fed by natural nourishment, and business organization is the natural food of municipalities and the country that surrounds them. Somehow interest in the old organi- zation grew lethargic until it floally ceased to exist. Grand Kapids is now beginning to awaken to her own im- portance, and realizes that she is among the leading towns of this rapidly developing portion of the state. In order to keep apace of the times modern methods ‘must be adopted in makiag known to the peo- ple ‘east, south and even west, the great natural resources of wealth that are here ready .to be developed when labor and capital are induced to combine for that: purpose. It is for this purpose that the men of Grand Rapids will meet at Village hall ‘Tuesday evening to form a Com- We Raised His Salary. A couple of weeks ago the Herald- ; Review inadvertantly stated that the} treasurer for school district No.1 ithroughout northern Minnesota as. received a:salary of about $800 a year. |.9ne of the old-time woodsmen of this. The amount actualiy reeesved by {section of the state, has located at, ‘Treasurer E. A. Kremer for last year’s } Bena, where-he will engage in the lo-~ work was about $400, instead of $80. | caring business. His knowledge of News to Baumbach. {northern Minnesota and many years W. R. Baumbach denies the report i experience as.a cruiser and estimator published in the Grand Rapids papers ! of timber will enable him to do alive- last week to the effect that his com-|/y land office business. He will keep pany, the Iron Range Electric Tele- | teams on hand for theaccommodation prone cid th elke i cpt the} of those who desire to employ his. ser- ran ls exchange. Mr. Baum -} vig, bach tape be knows nothing of such a} Vices Tor trips Into Lhe; counkry. deal being contemplated.— Wadena ; Tribune. Will Crnise and Locate. Frank Lawrence, who is well-known Herald -Review—job printing. 90000000 OOO 88 8828580098 98S8899S SOSH SEES 0FETES Bell’s Confectionery On Third Street. The ‘only place in Grand [> where a delicious drink of () | (] BY right from the Fountain, canbe had. I will make a specialty of serving soda with the most delicious Flavors. mercial ‘club, and take such other When ordering Soda ICE CREAM Here area few of my preliminary steps as may be deemed pia, gos pale : special drinks: pare sn the LSriscice he “ ing Flavors: duced i Dal Ca ars active association. rs receiv Oo * Lemon recel ly express. by the Herald-Review from non- wane a ns etsiska ite resident owners of lands in this | Chetry Phosphate CRUSHED FRUITS county indicate that many of them Moxie. Made Fresh Every Day, will cuntribute liberally toward the maintenance of such an organization. One gentleman who owns large tracts of land in Itasca county and who maintains an agency here, writes as follows: ‘It is hardly a week but what I get informed about mining operations between Grand Rapids and Hibbing. Grand Rapids is the natura) trade center of all that region Them. I will always Keep:a High Grade Line of Cigars. My Chocolates are Especiall: Fine. T: PTTiiitiiite ttt id ———————— ——_— Cc. R. BELL, The Confectioner. POKES FSSSETTTROOTIT EAHSRORSS $09 HSHS9TFSHTHTE ETSY: Ce ideas FESO SH: es ee —_—_——— DEFECTIVE PAGE