Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 1

} f | 7 Bs M GLOVES AND MITTENS S ,Don’tyyou need: another pair of gloves or mittens to carry you through to spring? Doubtless you do, and the purpose of thisad 1s to call to your mind the fact that the Itasca is the place to get them. We have them and we that aré right in style, quality and price. goods ata price that you cannot resist. need a glove that we have just what you want. ing buta pair for, trial. will say more than we can. Itasca Mercantile ig 7 cm N = Supply of-our granite ware can be bought at our store tor. very little more than good tinware costs. Ard a very good housewife knows how easy these goods are to keep clean aud how pleasant it is to use Lhem. THESE |GCODS Are not imperfect or damaged, but are bright and new and at the prices we are offering them iv will pay you handsomely to replenish your stock. ‘They always come in so handy you know. W. J. & H. D. POWERS. AND GLOVES lf you must eat, you should always try to get the i best goods in the market at the lowest prices. You should buy Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Game etc., at the Market of Thos. Finne- , gan. They always haveon hand the very best — at lowest prices. Thos. Finnegan, Thos. Finnegan, Proprietor. "WM. C. TYNDALL, A. FITGER & CO’S., Fine Bottled Beer and Malt Bxtraet. Highly Recommended by Leading Physicians as Try It e “Best Nerve Tonic.” Telephone No.—— and Have a Case Delivered to Your Home. os ~ [conducted by the Rev: J. W. Mi have them _ e'! We want your trade in these goods and to get it we propose to sell~you the Examine - them, price them, wear them; and you will know the next time you You buy a mitten or glove to wear not altogether for its looks; we offer you’those that combine both of these qualities ; with a poorman’s price. ¢,What more do you want? The gloves~or muttens themselves Noth- _| Major Derby, in charge of this engi- When you want anything we have it ees Co z “Seeking Information.” “Just by way of seeking a little in- formation, what’s the matter with ina very brief nun-commital com> Independent. In keeping with the instincts of the baboon who'ls “man- aging editor,” the Independent will sneak around and play at] things to all men, and after election the babooa will claim that his complete and un- sellish influence was given to the successful party. But such tacties) will not work—the people are next to. the babven. This calls to mind his performance a year ago last fall in- the first issue of the Independent. Anderson was a member of the Republican county central committee. After anunsuccessful effort to “hold up” the Republican county candidates fora little graft he telephoned from Laprairie to the several Democratic candidates, who happened tv be, in town, inquiring if they had any. objections to his giving them a little “send off” in his first issue. The caudidates, of course, had no objec tion to offer, and the ‘first issue of the Independent—with its Republi+ can committman as proprietur—-came out with pictures and puffs of a col- umn or more in length for each of the Democratic county candidates. The cuts were borrowed from the Herald- the baboon presented bills of five dollars each to the several gentlemeh whom he had “supported.” «The. boys regarded him with a sort. af) pitious contempt. Whether he ever got any of the fives or not we did not’ learn This will serve asa tip to those who may desire to buy the. political influence of the Independ- ent. Five dollars is the price asked. But vou must be the last buyer. to make it stay bought. An Eventful Week. This has been an eventful week in the affairs of the world. ‘The possible far-reaching covsequences of the Ja- pan-Russian war can only now be speculated upov. A full account of the preliminary tighting will be fonad in this issue of the Herald-Review. The-awful disaster by. fire to the city. of Baltimore, where a property loss of $150.000,000 was sustained, is also giyen in this issue. Yesterday, Feb- ruarv 12, was the birthday.of Abra- ham Lincotn, and the people of the United States paid becoming tribute to the memory of the grert emancipa- tor. The public schools were closed in Grand Rapids. Hawthorne’s “Pen Picture” of Abraham Lincoln wilh be found in this issue and should be read with patriotic interest, * os f aeawets tase 9) Services at Prevbyterian church to- morrow morning aud evening will be of Minneapolis, Lcome of the request for more water ‘| period Grand Rapids’ was destinéd to }agreed not to, des*roy ii. standing pat,” says the Ludependent | ment on the approaching village elect :. pbion. That’s a brave little. cag, thal Review. After the paper appeared | |The’ Itasca Papcr Company Will, Be Supplied With Plenty of Water. ‘WILL REMAININ GRAND RAPIDS Major Derby, in Charge of This En- gineering Department, Gives Sat- isfactory Assurance That a Regular and Sufficient Flow of Water Will Be Let Through the Dams » ‘The people of Grand Rapids and Itasca county, as well as the manage- Ment of the Itasca Paper company, have cause to rejoice over the out- -with which to operate the pulp grind- hers of the paper mili. After the ‘matter was presented in detail to heer district-of the war department, ithe major readily agreed to supply a sufficient volume of .water to operate the pulp grinders. For a time Man- ager Bassard was inclined to feel dis— couraged over the outlook. The com- pany was compelled to have pulp made at the Brainerd mill and shipped from there. This method of doing business incurred a financial loss, and if it were to-continue for an indefinite loose this big manufacturing‘plant. Under present arrangements, how- ever, there is n0 danger of such a con- tingency. The Herald-Review is pleased to announce to our neighbors who think taey have water power to give away and have been looking with ‘envious eyes on our big paper mill, that they cannot have it. Grand Rapids hasa magnificent water power and Uncle Sam’s hired men have To the Baboon reply tt that’ scamp Kiley that will so (torrid as to demonstrate the difference between a peanut roaster nd hell. itself’? quoth Editor Kelly f the Independent to his baboon ‘managing editor.” ‘That’s what I want you to do. Tell the public that he doesn’t pay his debts and thaf I do, and that he gets drunk and that. I don’t, and a Jot more mean | things. Roast the big Jobster till the grease runs out bf him.” rep'ied the ‘* managing editor.” A happy thought struck Editer Kelly. “I'll change my style,” quoth he, “and sign your name to the terrible arraigument I aim about to pen, and all the people will think you are smart and thereaf- ter they will not regard you as they do now—a sort of weak-minded ba- boon. We'll fool them. This effusion in your defense will contain none of my brilliant quotations and quaint sayings, but will be in quite a diffez- ent vein tu.apything I have hitherto attempted, and you will get credit for having. written it yourself, my boy Won't that be great?” And so it was agreed that the Herald-Review should've roasted to a crisp. 5 * a" Since Andersun—the baboon, as he is: familiarly known — wishes to assume responsibility for KeHy’s article we will no} quarrel with him on that score and will grant him all the honor that attaches theretu. He starts out in reply to our comments ‘of two weeks ugo by dismissing the subject without discussion. He tirst says ‘‘this paper is published by An- derson Brbs., I veit-g managing edi- tor.” The Herald- Review will wager four dollars agaist a snowball that the baboon dvésn’t know the mean- ing of the term ‘managing editor.” Continuing he says: ‘Uf such men as John G. Fraser, James Passard and A. D. Brooks need defense from ‘the assaults yf EB. C. Kiley it will be when the people of this county will have taken leave of their senses.” If ‘they or any other gentlemen needed defense from vhe assaults of E. C. Kiley or defense from the assaults of anyone els¢ they ‘woald certainly be vindicated if defended by the babovn. 1n the foregoing quotation he shows his depth, force and logic. But it hardly wakes clear why two such houest mien as Fraser and Passard should pay out more. of the public funds to the Independent for publish- i edings, etc., thau the Grand et offered to do the same hen they should have-ac- themselves with the weil- Shat the Magnet’s cireu la j|lation. ¥-13, 1904. ‘tion is nearly double that of the In- dependent. This is the proposition discussed by the Herald-Review and this is the proposition that the Inde- pendent.dismissed without comment. Honest and intelligent legislators do not generally put up jobs of this kind in back alleys prior tu the holding of their legal meeting. County commis- siobers, in the. matter of letting county printing, are presumed, under the law, to consider bids and the value of newspapers as advertising medi- ums, and that value can only be de- termined by the extent of the circu: This they did not do. The job was put up loug before the Janu- ary meeting was held. What induce- ments were held out to members of the board for this unprecedented per- formance, we do not know. It could not have been politics, because An- derson has no more political principle than a native baboon, which he so strongly resembles both physically and mentally. ‘ ae The Independent goes on to say that the low moral standard of the Herald-Review editor renders any- thing he might publish entirely harmless and denies that the “man- aging editor” ever told Commissjonerc Passard that the Independent’s cir- culation was equal to that of the Magnet and Herald-Review combined, We hzrdly think that Mr. Passard will deny having told us that Ander- son made such a claim to him. It was whi'e riding to town from an in- spection of the new fair grounds that the conversation took place, and there is.uu reason why the member from the 4th district should have forgot- ten it. *,* When Anderson says that his little dump is equal ‘to either the Magnet or Herald-Review in equipn.ent, he knows he’s telling an untruth. He has not one-tifth the material to be found in either of the other plants and he knows it. * * * * Particularly will I be glad toshow the ‘rattle-trap’ press on which 1 printed Kiley’s paper until furced to quit because he would not pay Tor the work,” says Anderson. If this isn’t substance. When Anderson says we owe him and did not pay him for press work he is aliar and he knows he isaliar. He owed the Herald-Re- view a bill for advertising lumber, lath, ete., for three or four’years, and being unable to collect: from him we uudertook to take it out ip press work, but he turned ort such ahomi— nable printing that we were forced tu give at up as a most unprofitable means of collecting a debt. He still owes us and it looks as though he al- ways will. Anderson says he pays his debts. Hedces, when he has to. If his dealings with the Herald-Review is a criterion to gu by we must cun- clude that he discharges his financial obligations by either ignoring or re- pudiating them. He may not owe much, for the very good and sufficient reason that he can’t get much with- vubt ready money. He’d do well try- ing t» establish a line of credit on that baboon face of his. He’s lucky to get served after planking down the coin and making his wants known. * 8 As to our personal standing in this community it is 9nJy necessary to re- cord that we have been doing business iu: Grand Rapids for a dozen years; have prospered to our entire satisfac- tion; we like the location; like the people hereof and propose to remain adozen or two more years, Our liv- ing here has not depended upon the products of a good old father's farm and our fire has not been kept burn- ing by the sweat of a. father’s brow. We'll be here doing business when the baboon will have. been forgotten by the people of Itasca county. What the Sewer Cost. On the original contract of $5,857 for the construction of the Kindred avenue sewer, there was but $48 allowed ‘by the council in extras, For the lumber used through the quicksand sectton of the street an ex- pense was incurred of $638. ‘This amount was paid by the village on au aggreement entered into when the contractors were about to throw up the job. If they had done this litigation would likely have fol- lowed and the sewer would not have been completed ~ fast fall. 1n taking this action the coun- cil had the encursement of the tax- payers whose property will eventual. pay the entire cost. ‘The engineer’s and helpers’ wages amounted to $825. This includes the survey and plans of a general’ sewerage system for the entire Village. _ Hall & Monks putin a bill of $288 for extra iabor which the council .refused to allow. —Of the total cost of the sewer school district i The contractars No. 1 paid $2,500. _ lust about. $1,700 on the work, Two Doxvars.a YEAR. WRITE UP OF ITASCA The St. Paul Globe Reprodnces Some Facts About Our County. ITS RESOURGES AND RICHES Some Things That Should Be Constant- Kept Before the Public ‘Eye—Too Much Advertising of the Great Opporttmties Offered Here’ Cannot Be Done, , A representative of the St. Paul Globe was here a few weeks ago and as a result of his obseryations he re- produced in his paper the following extract from a write-up of this coun- ty, which was published in° pamphlet form several years ago. The facts ure as true today as then, and they are facts that cannot appear in publi¢ too often: Itasca county has an area of 5,789 square miles, It contains 3,763,123 acres of land. Its extrome length. north and south, is over 108 miles; its width, east and west, is over 63 miles. Itasca county is an empire. The Mississippi river, ‘The Father of Wa- ters,” flows southeasterly through the coun- ty, from its western to itssouthern boundary, a distance of nearly 200 miles. Within these 200 miles the government of the United States has built a large system of reservoirs, and the river.is navigable for large steamboats the en- tire distance. There is scareely a section of land in the whole county that does not contain a lake of clear, pure water, many of which rival the most famous lakes of the world. The surface is undulating and high. and the soil through- out the county is exceedingly fertile, Por- tions are heavily timbered with almost all the hardwoods, such as maple, oak, elm, ash, birch and basswood; other portions are heavily timbered with pine ; other portions are covered with a much lighter growth of timber, such as poplar. white birch, etc, Along the rivers, espectally the Misslssippl, the Big and Little Fork and many of the srftuller streams, there are vast tracts of land covered witha splendid growth of wild grass, called * natural meadows.” many of which shove been cut for years by, the lambermen. } Phousands of acres of these natiiral meadows, along the Bi tle Fork riv- Itasca county’can farnish Homes: to settled as many portions of the old set ‘ed states. It has the land now lying unoccup! <q to dothis. Thisland can be had by almost anyone who waats it. Itasca county has as fine and healthy a eli- | mate ascan be found in the United States. The winters, though cold, are extremely dry and invigorating, and the summers are simz ply perfection. Already many invalids are seeking and finding health in the vast forests and upon the shores of its beautiful lakes. It is to homeseekers that Itasca county offers the greatest opportunities, plenty of timber for buildings, fencing and fuel. Every win- ter there are employed in the pineries of the couuty at least 10,000 men. Thisemployment commences about the Ist of September of each year and continues until the Ist of April following.-while nearly as many men are alsn employed from about the 1st of April until the ist of July in driviug the logs down various streams to the market. Itascu county lies within the area covered by glaciers in bygone ages. The soils, as they exist here today, are nearly as they were left on the retreat of the ice and subsidence of the floods. They are marked by a great diversity of character und non-conformity, and vary from stiff clay, usually light colored, to sand and gravel. Sand preponderates, but is gen- erally found mixed with fine silt and clay, and underlaid at varying depths by the elay. Thesame causes which distributed the soils so unevenly left the surface rolling and some, times broken, providing good drainage. To agreat degree the character of the tamber will indicate that of the soil, especially the subsoil, White pine seldom grows except.on soils underlaid with clay. Norway and jack pine occupy the sandier and poorer soils, Poplar grows upon soil of a better character than the latter trees, while the best farming land grows vak. basswood and maple. Swamp land which grows large spruce, tamarack or cedar has the possibility of good hay bot-~ toms; but where the only tree present is small, stunted black spruce, the swamp is underlaid with undecomposed peat, and can- not be profitably farmed. The soil of Itasca county is as good as in any other county in the state of Minnesota, and for all root crops, such as potatoes. tur- nips, rutabagus, mangels, parsnips, carrots* bests, onions, cabbage, cauliflower, etc., Itasca county cannot be excelled by any equal por- tion of the United Ssates, All of the wild and tame grasses grow here luxuriuntly. furnish- ing splendid pasturage and an abundance of hay. Many thousand tons of hay are pressed every year from off the natural meadows. Corn, wheat, rye, oats, flax and maay other grains are grown to a splendid maturity. At present oats are the chief grain crop of this section, and the season is usually very fayor- able for # large yield. Barley does equally well. The usual yields are thirty to forty bushels per acre. Barley is sown in this latitude about the first of May and hurvested the latter part of July. The six-rowed Mansury harleys are the best yielders. Flax has been grown succeasfully, but the acreage) so far devoted to it is necessarily small. apis Buckwheat is a good crop. the season being usually favorable'to the filling of the heads. Winter rye is an absolutely sure crop. It has never been known to kill out, as it so often does on the ‘prairies further west. In this latitude it should be sown quite early in eR, (Continued on Page §,} ORE heads of families and still not beasthi ly