Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 4, 1904, Page 9

| News Gathered During the Week Mr. ‘Toole of Cass}Lake, visited here the first of the week. John Rellis returned last week from a business visit in Duluth. D. M. Gunn intends to build a hotel at International Falls, ‘There isa fine piece of new side- walk on Third street and it was badly needed. ~ S. M. Dinwiddie secured the con- tract for painting and repairinging the village hall, Mrs. K C. Lent will be a Duluth visitor June 7, to represent Locksley court, U. O. F. Mrs, Mike Guitar was here trom Nashwauk Thursday to transact busi- ness aiid returned Friday. ‘C. F. Frye has sprung into promi- nence through a fish story. A hard thing to doin this day ot stories, The Brainerd Arena has changed hands, W. S. Cox, the former owner has sold it to the Arena publishing Co. Ed Hashey’s cow tried to put the passenger train off the track one day last week, with seriotis results to the cow. The ice cream social held Thursday night at the residence.of Mrs, Aitkin, by the ladies of the Maccabees.was very successful. The great and good poet that said “what is so rare asa day in June” only made a thistake in one word, he should have used raw in the piace of rare. Dr. Storck and August Johnson of Grand Rapids, and Charles Burke of Deer River, were visitors in Miane- apolis to attend the meeting of Zurah ‘lemple of Shriners, All members of Itasca court M. W. aA. are requested to meet at K. P. hell, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock: All Royal Neighbors are cordially invited, By order.of council. Don’t forget the ‘Bakery Sale” given by the Catholic ladies, at Mrs. £. C, Kiley’s next ‘Thursday afternoon and evening. Lunch and ice cream will be served for which twenty-five tents will be charged ; Drumbeater ‘tribe “of © Indians ‘are progressing so rapidly {that they are liable to run out of dog meat. Sachem Price undertook to eat up a hve dog, the result was disasterous to the dog. The Catholic ladies have a novel sale slated for next ‘Thursday after- noon and evening at Mrs. E, C. Kiley’s residence in the Herald-Re- view building. Lunch and ice cream and cake will be served, all for the sum of 2§ cents. Everybody come. M,. M. Toole, most popular official that ever held office in Itasca county, our ex-sheriff, was a visitor in Grand Rapids this week from Cass Lake, where he is ingaged in the hardware business, _ Rev. L. H. Steinhoff, district mis- sinary of the Minnesota Baptist State convention, will preach morning and evening, June sth, at the Methodist Episcopal church, this city. T. ‘G. Morrison, pastor, The Catholic ladies will have a “Bakery Sale” at the livmg depart- ments of the Herald-Review, next ‘Thursday afternoon and evening. Lunch and_ ice cream will be served during the sale, to the which a cor- dial invitation 1s extended ~to ail to attend, Mr. Briggs in fencing in a piece of Jand near the river, built his fence cross First street and Mr. Messinger complained to Commissioner Williams, the latter notified Briggs to remove the fence from the street twice and it ‘vas not done. County Attorney Price received instructions to take legal proceedings to have the matter stright- ened up. J. E. Sullivan: of Deer River, who was brought to St, Mary’s hospital a few days ago with a bad case of blood poisoning, 1s reported to be improv- ing rapidly, and will probably be able to return to his home within two or three days. It was feared for a time that his hand would have to be am- putated.—Duluth Evening Herald. Tony Johnson has organized'a new orchestra for Grand Rapids, which, if it 1s patronized according to its worth, will not have many idle even- ings. The orchestra recently played fora dance in Deer River and the Itasca News is loud in its praise. The orchestra can be secured for dances or parties by applying to Mr, John- son, whose card avill be found in an- other column in this paper. Word from Grand Rapids is to the effect that F. E, King is prospering in his lumber business there, and is at present engaged in building himself a fine new modern house, which will gontain baths and hot water heating ‘plant. The new residence will cost / several thousand dollars. Mr. King’s Wadena friends wi!l be glad to hear of Ais prosperity——Wadena Pioneer Journal. A call for the state convention of the Prohibition party of Minnesota has been sent out by the chairman, Geo. W. Higgens. and the secretary, W. G. Calderwood. The convention will be held on June 14 inthe Y. M. C. A. hall in Minneapolis. The Fifty - second district, which comprises, Itas- ca, Aitkin, Carlton and Cass counties, is entitled to seven delegates. New Company Formed. A brick company has been formed at this place and it is expected that they wiil start very soon. ‘Ihe Itasca Brick company 1s the name of the new senture, and with such men as the following at the head of it, it will be successtul: Geo. E. Myers, presi- dent; M. McAlpine, treasure; Geo. F. Kremer. secretary. The other men interested in the company are August Johnson and M. Ponti. ‘There will be eight or ten men given empoly- ment at first, and Charles Eisnach, an expert brick maker of Neenah Wis , will take charge of the work. The yard will be established one block east of Geo. Kremer’s residence, on the site of the old yard. Much Needed Ar‘iele. A street sprinkler is as much need- ed in Grand Rapids as anything well could be. The village council at their meeting last Wednesday decided to expend $30 per month of the village money for four of thesummer months viz; June, July, August and Septem- ber. Mr O’Brien will nndertake to do the work and tbe business men should liberally subscribe to this necessity. Again Doing Dirt. Murry Taylor of the Itasca News, Deer River, has established a rep u- tation for doing about the dirtiest things that his abbreviated imagina- tion can conceive, at all times. Last week he slandered one of the most prominent and law-abiding citizens in his community—Mr. John Jones. The facts were distorted in Taylor's report of ‘an altercation that any ordi- nary ‘newspaper would. have.paid.: no. attention to whatever. Taylor forgets past favors and slanders those who have beeir his friends. Carroll to Leaye Wadena. Prof E. 'T. Carroll of Wadena, who was formerly superintendent of the schools here, has received a very flat- tering offer from Virginia. ‘The Vir- givia school board offered Mr. Carroll $1700 a year but the offer was refused on account of his engagment with Wadena. ‘he Virginia school board theu raised the offer to $1800, and Mr. Cdrroll submitted the offer to the Wadena schouvl board who readily granted him his release. The Wadena Journal in mentioning this, sys: Mr. Carroll’s position in this mat- ter is certainly commendable. The Pioneer Journal will regret to see Mr. Carroll leave Wadena. It be- lieves he is the best man we have had at the head of our schools for many years. His work in Wadena the past year has been conducted under the most trying circumstances. It is not a secret that he found the school in a deplorable condition, without any head or system, and io getting them under proper i.eadway he has natur- ally bad much to contend with. But he hus succeeded in making a marked improvement, and in another year he could dv more, He is just the man Wadeni needs for a series of years. There are but few school superin= tendents in the state who stand high- erin educational circles than Mr. Carroll. The unsolicited offer he re- ceived indicates that he is thoroughly practical, possesses great executive ability and has had much experience. J. B. Cotton One of the Five. Joseph B, Cotton has been chosen to make the seconding speech for the nomination of Roosevelt at the Chi- cago convention, J. Adam Bede has ut forth every effort to secure this onor for Mr. Cotton, who was not Only the chuice of Mr. Bede, but of many other influential northwestern men. As it is planned now there will be five secondiug speeches made, and the-only other man named is Harry Stillwell Edwards of Masco, Ga. TONY’S ORCHESTRA, ANTON F. JOHNSON, Leader. 3eIK Music furnished on all occasions, Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices reasonable. HC Grand Rapids, . ARE DANGEROUS|§ Requirements of the Law Must Be Complied With by Loggers and Settlers. The fact that so many timber and cut-over districts in Nortbera Minne- sota ard Wisconsin are threatened with serious fires now, is a condition” that is somewhat unusual for this season of the year, says the the Du- Juth Evening Herald. Forest’fires are always. more or jess. frequent in the fall, after-everything is dried up, following a long spell of dry weather, but to have enough dry weather during the past two months to cause danger from fires is some- thing that has not happened in the spring and early summer months io this part of the state for many years, I'he state firewarden has already sent out to the various boards of county commissioners, particularly in the timber districts of the state, copies of the state laws relating to the precautions that should be taken to prevent forest flres and ‘the steps wherever discovered. One of the noticeable features of the firewarden’s instructions — this year is elimination of the word ‘“‘wil- fully” in connection with the start- ing of dangerous fires in timber country, of the leaving of brush and tree tops in such condition as to aug- ment a fire should one be started. Under the instructions of the fire- warden there will be vo such thing this year as a logger or settler escap- ing punishment in case of a tire, if he has not complied fully with the letter of the law relative to the cleaning up of brush piles and tree tops.. The authorities intend to hold the indi- vidual or firm responsible whether or not the neglect was wilful or unin- tentional. By this means the firewarden figures that greater cure will be exercised by those concerns who have been logging this past wiater, and who havelet the matter of clearing up the rubbish go by default. Complaints are already coming in from sections of the county where logging’ operations were conducted that the loggers did not burn up the tree tops, as directed. Homesteaders in township\56-17 are said to fear a conflagration that may be as bad as the Hinckley fire, because the logging operators in that: towne ship failed to observe the law last winter and burn up the tree tups and brush. It is claimed that the wouds are full of the dry brush and decaying timber, and that a tre throogh that district would sweep everything be- fore it, including much valuable standing timber. In the township there are some fifty homesteaders, while there are as many more in adjoining districts. 'The law which the firewarden has sent to the county commissioners 1s to he printed in the papesr, under di- rection of the board and at the ex- pense of the county. The communication from Firewar- den Andrews, including the copy of the laws, has been passed on by the county attorney’s office and it is to be printed later, the commissioners figuring at their last meeting that it was too early vet to agitate the mat- ter. In view of the danger that is threat- ening some of the timber districts in the county, it is likely that a resolu- tion may be passed at the meeting, the first week in June, to have the state fire laws published at once. BUBLIC SALE OF GRASS ON STATE LANDS! Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday the 15th day of June 1904. at ten o'clock a. m. I will offer at Public Sale FORK CASH, the See hay on the State Lands in the following townships for this season; Rs All state land in Itasca county. Sale will be held at the court house. Grand Rapids Minn.. according to instructions received from the Stato Land Commissioner. Complete description uf the lauds can be et t the sale. iN JAMES MURCHIE, Agent for State Lund Commissioner. TAKE NOTICE That under instructions from the State Land Commissioner the method of selling the hay onstate lands has been changed. Instead of the old way of selling all hay on state lands in any one township at a minimum “| price of $ per township the following rule will bein effect. The minimum price for said:grass wil! be $1.00 per forty acresand each forty purchased must be specified by me on the receipt given the purchaser, < No entire township will be ofiered unless desired and no reduction of the price can be madeon account of anyone purchasing ina large tract. 1 have no discretion in the mat- ter and must collect at least $1.00 for each forty acre tract sold, as the lowest price, and each forty will be offered at the auction at an upset price of $1.00. Twill any grass stumpage unsold at time after 00 per forty JAMES MURCHIE, Agent State Land Commissioner. Se Bass May Now be Taken. Bass season is now open in Minne- sota and until March 1, 1905, it will be lawful to catch any variety of fish in the inland :lakes and streams of the state. a Ever since May 1 a person could angle for all varieties except bass without fear of getting into trouble with the game wardens ‘There are so many lakes and rivers in Northern Minnesota in which to the sale, at private sale, at an: the sale at a minmum price of acres* that should be taken to check Shem | Henry Hughes & Co. Will Give Away Base Balls, Bats and Catchers’ Mitts, One Week Longer. See them in the south window A complete cutfit, ball, bat and mitt free, with every boy’s suit sold during the next 1o days. Choice of a ball or bat free with every pair of boy’s knee pants or long pants sold in the next 10 days. the store. We are making this generous offer to advertise our boys’ clothing department which has grown rapidly the past few seasons and is now one of the strongest in We show only up-to-date styles end our prices are the lowest. Boys Suits $1.50 each and up. Boys’ Pants 85c a pair and up. SALE CONTINUED ONE WEEK. | HENRY HUGHES & (0. fiish, that there is little danger of any of them, unless they are very close to town, becoming overcrowded with people from the cities for some time to come. Every angler has his favorite ground for trying his luck with hook and line. There are dozens of lakes all through Northern Minnesota, which are not fished at all, except by the Indian and claim-holder. They are so far from civilization so far as railroads are concerned, that they are seldom reached by Duluth anglers, unless it ibe in the fall of the year, when-the sportsmen areafter deer and moose, with no time to turn their attention fishing. There are so many good fishing places within easy reach of the railroads that enthusiasts do not fiind it necessar-y to go to those farthest in the heart of vhe big for- ests for excellent sport. Itis merely a matter of choice with the angler whether he takes the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Iron Range roads or goes to Brain- erd and then up the Minnesota & International, for on any of these lines he may find within easy reach, a body of water such as he is seeking. The fisherman may catch all the bass and trout he wants for the use of himself and friends, but the law prohibits bis selling any of them. This does not bother the true sports- man any, howerer,. for no one but ene of those despised. beings branded as a “game hog” or “fish hog” would ever think of accepting money for the fruits of his day’s pleasure. The true sportsman caunot measure the value of his day’s catch by money alone. It would be impossible, for there are two manyjthings to be taken into the reckoning. A Popular Demand. In demanding the removal, or rather, raising, of the bridges which — - obstruch steamboat uavigation ob the Mi ppi_ river between Cass Lake and Bemidji. Frank Tibbett: is doing an act of justice toward northwest developwent which ought to receive the sanction of every cibi- zen in this part of Lhe county, and it is exceeded in public benefit by only one thing—the making of roads. Mr. Tibbetts has bought a boat at Be- midji and wishes to float it te C Lake. ‘The government | surveys show the river to be a navigable thoroughfare and therefore it is the same as a highway of any public nature. and cannot be obstrac ted Mr. ‘Pibbets has cor torneys and atl agree that ‘the city Bemidji « i county and the M. & Larilroad must remove their bridges he complains of. Mr. Tib- betts’ act marks a most important paragraph in northern Minnesota history, and it is very queer some one has not made the move long before this.—Ltasca News. PIONEER STORE My Line My Shoe De- Dress Trimmings Have Just Opened a partment is pe egy Beautiful Line of complete: 1% eae x é & i Queen Quality for Ai-overEmbreiedry | Spring Suits, Walking Skirts Woman Are acknowledged Silk Skirts, Silk Jackets eee the best in the city K.N. &F.Cloth- ing for men. L. H. & Co. Clp- thing for Chil- dren McMillan Pants For Everyone None Better and Silk Pitticoats When you are tempted to send your money to mail ord- er houses hundreds of miles away, bring their catologue to us and see what we can do in matching their prices. Bring samples, too, if you have any and compare the quality of their goods with ours. We believe that in a majority of cases we can at least save you mail or express charges and rememboryou an examin all goods before buying. This may save you from disappointment. JOHN = BECKFELT GRAND RAPIDS ~ Aibright for Children If you want pure food try my line ot Home Brand Teas, Coffees, Spices and Can Goods —— ——————————