Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 27, 1904, Page 2

} lo Sa Von XIII.—No, 2 / Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., Sarurpay, Aucusr Two Do.Liars a Y GE FEE ee EE Ea a BEA ae ah ae te ate ae ate ae ae ge a ate ate te ate ae gs a eae ae age ae ak ae te ape ae ate ae ae ate a me ae eae ae aa ea ae a ae ae Where Do You Buy That’s All classes of good will pay tribute to our sales here. use of expiating on the usual apportunities of this sale with all the superlative adjec- tives in thejdictionary, for certainly the facts and prices will speak louder than words. We had some new arrivals in ladies’ wearables a few days ago and they are prettier, it exactly, and we aim Where you get what you want at the best prices. What’s the to have that place daintier and finer than you have seen thi: season at almost double the price. _ This may seem like an over- drawn statement, but we think not, and you'll agree with us the minute you see our offerings. Come at once, and you will eoderatalake yourself on so doing. A chance to reap the benefit af such low prices as these docs not come every “day. Scan the articles we mention, see the goods, note what you can save by deciding the place to buy, and buy now. And bear in mind that our goods are the highest ‘character, we stand back of every item we sell. Manufacturer -s of all kinds found themselves with big stocks on their hands at the of the selling season. Cold and backward we ather now redounds to your ad- vantage. Dress eoods, silks, wash goods, linens. muslins, prints, underwear, notions, corsets, laces, wrappers, hosiery, waists, skirts, rugs, carpets, furniture, etc , all these are included this time. It would be just as sensible to walk over good hard money without picking it up, as to overlook these values, providing of course, you have use for them. elose Pleasant Corsets you look welland feel well, too. Cool summer hold their shape, and are guaranteed to give youa sfaction. Nothing like being com. fortable. We sell and which will give you satis sfaction equal to that of Our best one, and there is none to beat you for the small price of one dollar and We mean corsets that make ts that are light, airy and perfect figure and tne best of sa the kind that costs little money any made and vastly exceeding most makes. it at any price or of any make, we offer fifty cents. Others to suit your taste and purse. Shirt Waists , but just now the most interesting There are many interesting subjects these days is how to keep cool. Our solution is DRESS COME ORTABLY. Stylish shirt waists at Mate summer prices argue that you purchase here and purchase now. What's the use of sitting down and sewing and having all the bother of fitting and trying on shirt waists at the dress maker’s when you can purchase these shirt waists at a big saving and then know that they’ll be comfortable and good looking as well. See them and the prices anyhow. en A A EAN ‘ Itasca Mercantile Co. GG: effect of uhe visit of the | Harbors | country. committee to the editorial in yesterday's News under the Fellow | Mississippi Dams, ” | bune, and said. “That editorial was all Who has gotten hold of so _Many of the dealers around here—The Trust Man. cept in one unimportant detail. article {still of wood and earth. been ; nment.”” Mr. Hartley We make our own prices, instead ef quoting what somebody else | Says Dams are Damaging the Couutry. Hartley, asked foran inter- view on the purpuse and probable Rivers and north at this time, referred to the Tri- leading ‘Useless right, ex- The said the Pokegama dam is The fact is, rebuilt uf con- then ve out the following statement for ASPafryd for his locality, and when logging | commeneed on the Indian reservation under the “dead 2nd down” plan, {larger appropriations were secured for dams at Leech Lake, Winnibi- goshish and Pokegama Falls. These have been built and rebuilt, but have proven of no value to the’ lumber- men. In fact they are a damage. With these dats out, logs could be driven from Cass Lake to Grand Rap- ids for twenty cents per thousand, but they have made su much trouble {for the lumbermen, that Towa con- cerns, are pulling logs out at Cass |Lake and shipping then to Grand Rapids at a cost of $2 per thousand on hundreds of millions of feet. This, of course, makes earnings tor the railroad companies, but ca ying Ylogs is a poor traflic at best, on a | passenger railroad. The Mississippi river between these dams and St. Paul is so long and and small and crooked that the result of the closing and opening of these dams has no beuiticial effect whatever on the flow of water below St. Paul, and there is nO Steamboat navigation above of any account, excepting one small boat playing between “Aitkin and Grand Rapids and that boat would be much better off with the regular flaw of water. The only possible benefit arising from the appropria- ttlups for these dams,:is the moucy spent in their construction aud maintenance, and that is questiou- able. It brings a lot of men to- gether at Pokegama falls, for in- Stance, for a year or two, wages above Uhe ruling rates, and stimu- lates local business, and when they’ are gone the place is worse off. here “It is desirable, of course, for the people of this locality that Mississip- pi river navigation be improved, as it facilitates the carrying cf our pro- ducts south, but if congress would go about this in good faith, the money that is being worse than wasted on these dams should. be spend on im- proving the channels and dykes ov the Mississippi below St. Paul. I hope the members of the Rivers and Harbors committee, who have taken the pains to go into that couytry, Will goa little beyond the Winnnibi- goshise dam, and see the utter des- truction of the forest around that once beautiful lake, and.then bear in tmjud tbat the dams are creating that sort of havoe> overt large portion of that country, and that they are con- demning lands four feet higher than ‘the top of the highest dams thus cut- ing off communications by county lroads and shutting out civilization. | Practically every acre of this devast- ation occurs within a tract of land which has been appropriated by the ‘forestry bureau, anotber braneh of government, ab an expense of siderably over $1,000,000, Lhat is, pro- | viding the government is honest with the Indians and pays them for it, as the forestry oflicials have assured me it will do. . “Phere are ten thousand Indians in this state, aud a luge portion of {their allotments are overflowed and practicaily destroyed by these dams, and pools of water are backed into low places and a'lowed to lie stag- nant to breed diseas This alove is {a greater damage Lo civilization than all possible good that cau ever arise from the expenditure of government money ‘in building and operating | these dams. “] talked with a government en- con- valle us en sell you a first class Wagon or Buggy, the kind that j the News 'Lribune: ’ 'gineer in St. Paul receatly, who has Will give the best satisfaction from the day you eeu , ay ues “Lremember when the first appro-| some hand in this work. He did not you a price that the tru id lik Y aie, shiner a) eae sp priation was secured to start this}clain to me that these dams ime | Gur eae Enicies has been very carefully selected this sea- reservoir system, by some lumbermen | proved navigation on the Mississippi, son, and as a result, we bave some espe tine Buggies to offer. | who owned a large amount of timber|but he said they protected Well made. from shaves and runuing g tobe foe mck, top. ;on Pine creek, which empties intolalong the river in Aitkin county, Wagons for heavy work, also well made. Lev us tell you more | the Mississippi between Brainerd and] from being flooded. ‘Phis, of course, obout them. Aitkin. The first dam to facilitate}is the yeriest nonsense, Aynone jlog driving was built on that creek | familiar with the topography of that and is still maintaiued by the goveta-|locality knows that the buttons Ww. J. & H. D. Powers, Grand Rapids Minnesota. LOL EAL EOL EOL AAL ALO L AALS AALAND ment. Later, when logging the Mississippi built linto auother dam was there know of Sand creek, Pacific crosses it between rand Rapids e5 and $5 illage gis per month We have choice residence lots al over town and we are sell- ing them on such easy terme that anybody can buy. $5 down and $5 per month is certaialy easy. Come in and talk the matter over. A house and three lots for sale cheap. We also have somé choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY, it, 1b is never |more than two think other feet deep. any government person at all familiar jot water in the Mississipp* any navigable point: T been of some fittle benexu Re Se Ae EE SOE AE AE age SHE aD ak ak a Ge ae ae ah a a HE wend SEB A EE EH A ee ate eee oe ag eae a a a na A ER com- | along the Mississippi menced on Sand creek, which flows 2 = ele But he didn’t get us. We're ; it has recently eam »sbody’s slaves. r it considerable expense to the don’t suppose many of your readers ‘The Northern here and ) Brainerd within about thirty miles|narrow bottom of ite junctlon with the Mississippi. Where the Northern Pacitic crosses! are damaged more than improved by more than two rods | wide or six feet deep, and at this |time of year 1 do nob suppuse it is engineer with j these two creeks has even imagined |fer a moment that these dams have |men representing those districts, to- | had any preceptible effect on te tiow 18 getber with the whole congressional viver, at bare > have}ing congress for an appropriation to to the lumbermen, but the fact is that they have been very disappointing in that SS a cae respect, 4s each new cungressman is é ected from the northern part of; Herald-Review office. this state, I suppose he feels a cere tala pride in getting anappropriation anywhere from Pokegama Falls to St. Paul do not ubove Aitkin, | average ten rods wide excepting for a 1} few miles extending from Pokegama alis to Deer River, and ail these troyed by the government. And the Jands in Aitkin county referred tt by this engineer the so-called reservoir system. “Intelligent white people have be- gun to settle in the upper Mississip- I don’t} pi country, and they are beginning to or} feel the scourge of these Cams. I want to predict now that it will not be many years before the congress delegation of this state, will be ask- dig out these dams, and relieve that | country of their pernicious effect. Get prices on Our telephone number 1s 159 Jands j eal Welsh ra lands have been condemned and des= | job work at the } | in the same way ever capable of the | GARDNER’S PLEA SELF DEFENSE Prisoner Ciaims Garrison Would Haye Killed Him Had He Been Quicker. Frank Clemens bas returned from Grand Rapids, Miun., where 4e bas spent &@ coupic of Gays on busine While at Grand Rapids be called at the county jail, aug had a conference wilh. Josepa Gardner, who is con- lined (here on a charge of murdering a Man hamed Garrison, White Gardner does not deny slay- ing Gartisuu, be clans that be com- Muilved Ube Geed it sell Gefense—that bis neighbor would surely have shot him baa he nov beeu quicker with the rife. Pubue seuvimert continues in fayor of tue prisouer, and it is e+ Heved Unab te wiit secure an ac- quittal. One of the cldeuls of interesting in- nd laaprisou- nent of Gar loyally of his Wife, Altgoupga sbe oiives ~many iniivs drome civiligilion, aud contin Wes Luo take cate of che little home- stead, she unas cine lo work fur the (ouerallon oi ver ustaud, irequently going tO Graded ikapids to look after tis Interests. lose week she came ly Superior to Cunler with frieuds of ber husbaud. Altorucy McCarthy, a prominent Hibbing sawyer, aus Ueen revained to defend Gardues.— Wuiuth Lribune, mivst sev Is ute Chouuard is Crushed. ‘The news tnat be must die on Aug. 30, paylug he penalty tor the killing of lis Wiie al Cass ta e last winter, Was brokeu to Witham Cnounard at the Cass -couary Jali on Sa urday Light oy Sheri George 8. Hardy. Mr. thar received tue oflicial nouilicativa of cue action OL the governor lu ihe case on Saturda: aud wt Saturday eveaiuyg alter tid Went Lo Counerds cell to break Lhe news. Jb was nob altosetuer a pleas- aul task, and Mr. iiardy said Loday hub he Was uwboub as much moved, lis Lhoughi, Cuouuard nimself. Chounard raiuer expected what Was coung abd aciuok of strange auxiely came o iis face as Luc olicer of cbe law read ine documents Which set the day of execution. He Cauplb tbe gist OF the-~communica- tiou avd then burica ais face in pis havds and wepti bitlerty. He was very Wiuch overcome aud ILis tuought he wiil be a complete wreck betare the day of the bhavging.-—brainerd Dispaccn, A Man and His Watch, It is the steady-yguing sort of worker Who gels must duue in Lue end. It is With men as it is with watches —the most reliabie aud serviceable are the ones tbat are steadily at work, There is a Pennsylvania engineer who was retired on a position after 48 years of service. 1 tave ¢ -doue watch for more than 26 years, he says, aud it always kept bbe rigbu time. Needless Lo say he has been a sober, orderly wan. dor 40 years be has uot toucbed a drop ofdiquor. He never even smoked or cuewed. His healtb has always been good. . The fact that this man has been able to carry one watch so wany years is uot surprising. although its “dite? has been much longer than that of the average time piece. All walchinakers say Ubat a wateh jars takes of the traits of the one who carries it, Lf its owuer is steady, evenstempered and reliable and never flies of the handle, his watch behaves itseif in the most proper manner. Lf the owner is a genius, with an erratic, excitable, uncertain temperament, the watch cuts up ail sorts. Of prauks and is Lov fast or tuo stow or else will uot rupatall. Watch repairers louk with consider- able suspicion on mea whese watches always need regulating. ‘Tbe man whose watch is always right, “just to the tick, sure to be oue Whu keeps regular hours, does not eat or drink couducts everything in a methodical manner aud consequently enjoys good health. Men who partake of wine suppers, bits and stand off their rs ae always complaining that watches UO DOL keep good Lime, ‘Phe vacant house decays soonest, he watch, or tbe man, tbat is kept uing regularly tS the longest and is of best service while it lasts. The stingy old miser who stops lis clock every night so it wou’t be wear-} ing out while he is asleep yains nothing for his trouble. This vld engineer's watch has kept good time fur 26 years for the reason that the man himself has kept his habits correct all the vime. Had he jever gone out, just once, ona high old time and wound up by pawning his watch next muruing we neyer should have heard of his wonderful timepiece, for nu watch was ever kuown to keep guod time after being subjected to such humiliation. ‘The retired eugineer is old in -years but young in spirits. He has kept | himself as he kept his watch. He} enjoys the admiration and gratitude of all the officials over him, for the reason that, whatever the run as- signed him, he made it on time and bad no worries left over. The watch that works only by fits and starts is never to be trusted. Nor is the man who does his work Democracy Elects Delegates. The Democrats conyened in county convention last Monday afternoon and elected Itascacounty’s delegation to the state convention at Minne- apolis next Tuesday. The several precincts of the county were sparing- ly represented, but this fact did not in ary manner retard the enthusiasm of the delegates in their purposes and deliberations. Several spirited dis- cussions occurred over matters coming before up for action thereon by ihe convertion, and while the republicans strive to have it appear that the talks had resulted in discord in democracy’s ranks, the several propositions were disposed of with satisfacticn, To the uninitiated the convention may have seemed devoid of harmony, and some pseudo republi- ‘cin may have imagined that he saw a disrupture of the democatice party of Itasca county mirrored in the near future, but the convention asa whole clearly showed that democrats, indi- vidually or co'leetively, wear no man’s collar and believe in equal rights to all and special privileges to none. The delegates elected to go to Mivneapolis are: E. ©. Kiley, Frank I, Price, Dan Collins, J. S. Gole, Neil McLaughlin and T. H. Hennessy. The conventicn paid Judge Spooner acompliment for his etliciency asa jurat, and the delegates one and ab) advocate the re-election of Commis- sioner Brooks in the second district and the election of Neil Mullens to the office of county commissioner for the fifth district. Chairman Wilder was authorized to appoint a committee of five, who, in conjunction with the chairman, were delegated with authority to appoint a county committee for the ensuing two years. ‘fo The Editor of the Hefald-Revie w-. Some ill advised person is spread- ing the statement thatin the eveat of Joseph McMahon’s election to the oftice of Judge of Probate, I will be benitited thereby. This is an error, and I desire to publicly announce that I will be no more benefited by Mr. Joseph MeMahous — election than will be all good people of [tasca county when we have a good competent, efficient, and clean Pro- bate Judge. To thisend I espouse Mr, McMahon's candidacy. No per- cuniary benefits will come to me. He stands on his. own ability. and I have no hesitancy in commending him to every voter. JIUGH McEWAN. FARM PRODUCTS. Great Agricultural and Horticuitural Displays Promised for the State Fair. Since the opening of the new Agri- cultural Hall at the Minnesota State Fair grounds, a few years ago, the agricultural department has made rapid growth and now bids fair to crowd out the horticultural division within a short time. At this year’s fair the agricultural display, proper, will be better than ever. Special pains has been taken to adjust the mium offers so as to make a more satisfactory division of the prizes for county exhibits and also to encourage renee tu make individual exhibits. N.S. Go.don, of Crookston, is super- intendent of the agricultural division and A, W. Latham, of Minneapolis is in charge of the horticultural depart- ment, which is housed in Agricul- tural Hall. The State Fair will open this year on August 29th, continuing until September 8rd. Half-fare rates are made on all railroads. South Shore & Railway Bargains. Duluth, Atlantic From Duluth to pak and return, via direct rail, $2: Tickets on i August 11th, i2th, and Fina) return limit September ‘Through sleepers, August 11th. Boston ane return, via train and steamer, $26.65 via Detroit and Buffalo. Good leaving Duluth Aug- ust 12th. From Duluth to | Albany, N. Y., and return. Boston, Mass. 3th. 3oth. New York, N, ¥..‘5 “* Montreal, Que. “ Quebec, Que. ree St.John,N.B “% “ Toronto. Ont., “ * ets on sale daily until September, 30th. id for return passage until Oct. 2ist. Pro- | portionate rates to intermediate points. From Duluth to | Sault Ste Marie and return.. St. Ignace Ny 12.50 Mackinac Island * 12.50 ‘Tickets on sale every Friday, good for te- ‘ turn passage until the following Wednesday. From Duluth.to | Detroit, Mich., and return. i Toledo, Ohio, “ Cliveland. Ohio, * Buffalo, -- 20.00 Tickets on sale evéry Friday until August | 26th, valid for return passage until Sept. 15, Marr Apson, Gen’l Agt., 212.50 highest ACHIGVEMEHL pussible to his ! station, Fe OT INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE a 430 Spalding Hotel Block, Duiuth, Miura.