Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 10, 1904, Page 1

‘ J . Vor. XIIL—No 17 : 4 Grand Rapid a Granp Rapips, Irasca CounTY, Minn., SaturDAy, DECEMBER, 10, tg04. Herald-Revie Two Dotrars a YEAR. g Only | The advantages of such a planare obvious. Is our toy selection. ; Presents for Father Collar and Cuff Holder Neckwear Box Brush Holder Military Brushes Match Safe ; Shaving Set Driving Gloves Nicktie Muffler Handkerchief aS é wad so. vee aa mae Presents for Girls ee er ee 2) CED Gf CRN SS HUNTS GS CREED Fourteen Days Until CHRISTMAS Only fourteen days in which to select your holiday presents. We cannot too strongly recommend that you begin your shopping at once, if you are able to do sO. ad Opportunity for leisurely,selection, completeness of stuck, certainty of ‘finding what you prefer to select. bought now will be stored for delivery at the desired time. A Palace in Dreamland Every kind of toy from a Jumping Jack to a Steam Engine. from the least expensive to the most costly constrivance, and the Dolls— words are too week to discribe them, only this, you will find them in any size, style and price Presents for Mother air of Gloves andkerchief Materials for Gown Toilet Cabinet Glove Box Vase : Carving Set ¢ Fancy Dish Table Cloth and Napkins Presents for Boys Goods —— ww | Gloves Skates Skates Magic Lantern Doll Cloak Steam Engine Game Board Tea Set Shoes Shoes Coasting Sled ; Doll Cab Dress Boxing Gloves Express WaSon Handkerchief Doll Outfits Air Gua Iron Toys & { ; Autograph Albun Work Pee Tool Chest Books of oe & ) On een mn { f Presents for the Baby Rattles, Linen Books, Kittens, Blocks, Balls, Dolls, Dishes, Toy Watches, * ) : Cloaks, Hoods, Ete. lebaree ————S._ An Outdoor Christmas Gives the keenest pleasure and the hest appetite for ; the Christmas dinner. But {\ to get the best enjoyment you must have the proper ) things. ha i} Skates and Sidds } ERR A in EIN ne Tass i a i are among the thing that will help you get the fun. We have i k plenty of them and other things besides that you ought to see. ; ) - Skates for the active small boy or his more sedate father. Up- ) holstered slieghs for the dainty Miss. and cutters for the coasting { j brother. Shall\we save you one, te be delivered at the proper time? x | . i) i P W.J.& H.D. Powers, Grand Rapids Minnesota. SHSCRCOACOKE CASH ANSS CARRIES HERE HONEST TS Grand Rapids G5 ane Village Lots SDD per m per month We have choice residence lots all over town and we are selle ing them on such easy terme that anybody cau buy. ‘$5 down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and tatk the matter over. A house and tnree lots for sale cheap. We also have some choice business lots on our lists. ‘Trey are for sale on easy terms. \ REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY, . \SosepEFOSeOKODSROS CERT EEA a a a aa Re a 2 ‘ SRE eS ee Se A eee a SERIE EAT he AREA EA a ne 2D Ee SRE A ATE a Ae a ae Ha ae aE a aE D Itasca Mercantile Co. Bh Cham Oe Gi pp Bank Elects Officers. F. P. Sheldon, new proprietor of the First State bank, was up from Grand Rapids yesterday, summing up the business with Cashier Huleban. ; In the businessmen interested with Mr. Sheldon in the pure » of the bank from the E. G. Ilicks company of Minnenpolis the institution has a4 more local bearing. and especially that Mr. Sheldon is at the head of it, its success 1s of more local inte Mr. Sheldon has been in the banking busi- uess at Grand Rapids for the past fourteen years and isacquainted with every residest whose residence is of | any length of time in Itasca county. i | ver since the time Postmaster Taylor “busted the bank” over five years ago | wher he received the appointment of | postmaster, defeating Charles Millard jin the race, who was tlen cashier of a branch bank F. P. Sheldon had here, causing Mr. Millard to retire, and the bank to close, most of the people have been doing their banking business | through the First National Bank of | Grand Rapids; of which Mr. Sheldon is cashier. They have found Mr. Shel- don an accommodating and fair fiuan- cier always, and his control of the lo- cal institution 1s generally welcomed with satisfaction. Mr. Sheldon says he is pleased with his deal and assures us he will give the patrons of the bank very reasonable dealing, While Mr. Sheldon was bere a meet- ing was held and the followiag offti- cers were elected: President, cashier, O. E. Hulleban; directors, C. A. Birke, F. F. Seaman, O. E. Hule- han, F. P. Sheldon, The capital of the bank remain twenty thousand doilars, ten Ubousand paid up.—Deer River News. Wanted—at once a girl to work from rr o'clok a. m. to 12:30 0 clock p-m., every day. Enquire at Mrs. F. P. Sheldon’s residence. * Miss Margaret Doran, of the school board visited schools iu Trout Lake last week, = /ARCTURUS IS BOUGHT. Steel Corporation Has Leased the Prop- erty of the Hayward Heirs. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS. After Many Years of Changes and Vicis- situdes the Arcturus Mine in Iron Range Towuship Has Passed Into the Control of the Steel Corpora- tion on a Fifty Year-Lease. Froin St. Cloud the News comes that Attorney J. B. Cotton, of Duiuth, of the United States Steel trust. clo- sed a deal in that city with the Hay- ward hes, D. H. Freeman, Joho Coates, Mrs. C. P. McCiure, Mrs. EB. U. Holden, of St. Paul, and others, for a 50-year lease oi the Arcturus [ron mine property, on the Mesaba range, says the Duluth News lLribune. If it had not been for the efforts of “harles Purdon, Will Eaton and Guy Eater, the Arcturus mine might still be ina nebulous state, but the demon- stration tbat it was a valuable prop- erty was made through their interest in the territory. The mine has been through all sorts of deals, options and Other propositions, which proved uncertainties, until very recently, and the tinal absorption of it by the United Staves Steel corporation is an indication that the largest operating coucern in the country has at last be- come convinced of its value. From what was considered to be a low grade sandy ore, not worth work- ing, the Arcturus and properties in its neighborhood, and of i iber, have become prized possessio The mine has history extending prior to twenty years. but that period ‘is about all that could be traced on it today. In the early ‘80s J. E. Hay- warth of St. Clowd, took the land for | timber and it was cut over by him. Indications of iron were found in the cutting. At the settlement of bis estate, after his death, it was found to be willed to his four daughters, Mrs, Freeman, Mrs. McClure and Mrs, Coates. of St. Cloud, and Mrs. Holden, of St. Paul, From the time of the passing away of Hayward, the property began a continuous performance of conside- rration and rejection by various inter- ests. who were looking for good in- vestment, but could not be convinced, and option after option was exercised, with the custemary expenditure of demonstration funds, only to have the options forsaken by those that held them. : One of the earliest attentions given to the tract was by the Illinois Steel company. Which turned it down on account of the sand in the diggings, and in the early days even the fee owners, had. no real hope of ever being able to separate the ore from the sand, so that it would pay. Finally Charles Purdon. whose leng a ation with iron interests had made him keen to see a good. thing, but who feit unable to finance the proposition satisfae- torily, took up the question with the Eaton brothers, who were ready to see that there was money in sight if Purdon’s.scheme could be carried out. His plan. was. to wash and screen the ore. as is done in the Alabima mines, and acarload was sent tu Cedartown, Ala., for atest treatment. For the results obtained there iz was seen that the ore was of good quality, prac- tically the best of any on the V@rimni- lion or Mesaba ranges, some experts considering it better than that taken from the famous Chaadler mine. * One of those who Was interested in the mine before the Eaton Bros. was Capt. George LU. Wallace, of the Cor- rigan-McKinuney company. who spent 20,000 in explorations on the mine site, but the company rejected the land as impracticable of working agaiust the wishes of Capt. Walace. One of the.tirst Lig concerns to take notice of the property through the F, P| efforts of Baton Bros. was the Union Sheldon; vice president, F. F. Seaman: | Steel company, through W. H. Don- ner, who was president of tre com- ) pany. He came.to.Minneapolis and it was thought that there was good | reason to- believe that the property would get intodevelopment, but after much consideration, dissension amung the fee owners.and. those having vari- ous opticns,,an agreement could not be reached, through uo fault of the Union Steel company, however, it is suid, as that. caneérn wished to get | the property, but was forestalled by the failure of al! parties on theselling side to come to an understanding} -amoug themselves, future of the-property and kept on spending money believing that there could be a winning made in time.- They saw a-chance to dispose of the property to George C. Howe and P. L. Kimberley and Frank Buhl, of Sharon, Pa., and induced the fee own- ers to go to Chicago to take up the mnatter with those men. A deal was nbade and the price fixed at $700,000, and the Duluth folks re- turned with a check for $50,000, which was the initial payment for the prop- erty under the option agreement. This deal collapsed. Kimberly worked the property and their attitude toward retaining possession was that of the proverbial one of the man with chilled nether extremities. ‘They are under- stood to have struck a finger of taco- nite near a diamond drill hole having 108 feet of iron, and were not satistied to keep up the search, ‘The abandoned work and rated the property as worth- less. After they pulled out their driils and went away they began a su:t for their $50,000 on the ground that the deal had been urged by the controlling interests through misrepreseutation, and they claimed that the record title was defective. The suit is still pend- ing, but Guy A. Eaton stated this morning that he believed the suit would be undoubtedly dismissed as a result of the final deal by which the United States Stee! company will take over the mine. After the withdrawal of the Howe- Kimberley-Buhl combination from the field the Standard Mining com- pany was formed to take hold. This Was due to overtures with the Oliver- Snyder company, whose representa- tive, W. A. Barrows, thought the mine a good thing. The company as formed was to take the mine on a royalty basis of twentytive cents and buy the fee owners $200,000 advance royalty. Taey erected a testing plant and spent about $40,000 ail told. The method of operation was to buve the ore jigged and then put through a sixty mesh screen. from the results of the trials the Standard Mining company determined that- the prop- erty was a good risk, but the depres- sion in the iron market killed tbeir enthusiasm, as they were afraid to load up with too much new property in the event of a coutirued dullness in theiron and steel trade. They @e- sired, kowever, to retain an* option on the mine bat the fee owners .de- clined. ‘This wisa year age. Noch- ing was heard of in the way of a new deal until the announcement made that the United States Steel corpora- tion would take the property. t is said that the present arrange- ment with the fée owners 1s a $50,00) bonus anda twenty-five cent royalty, but detalls of the financial terms are withheld by the interested parties. DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION Much Business Disposed of During the Week, Judge Spuoner Presiding. of the district court has been in ses- The December term sion since Tuesday of this week Business was rapidly disposed | of and the calender is being cleared up. Judge Spooner is presiding. Court was adjourn- ed at noon today until 3:00 o’clock Monday afternoon. When court convened it was | found that short seve le grand jury was members and the following members were added: } R. W. Faulkinghor, C. A. Buell, George Sullivan, Ed. Wilson, John Eckman, J. S. Gole and Gust Anderson. Fred A. King wes elected foreman of the jury. The case of Peter Johnson against the Itasca Paper ¢om- was dismissed on motion of the defendaut’s attorney, C. O. Baldwin. Johnson brought action for fhe recovery of $10,000 damages. He claimed to have injured his hand while in the employ of ef defendant com- pany. Other civil cases dis- posed of are asfollows: W. L. Perkins & Co vs James Sherry, continued by eonsent. Gunnuf Johnson, vs George L. Dewey, continued by consent. John Berg, vs Louis Stitler, continued by consent. Peter Torey, vs Alex. Cook, continued by consent. ~ } t | Eaton Bros. still had faith in the | James P. Murphy, vs: North-- west Timber Supply - Co.,. M: O’Brien, J. B. Mayer, Andrew: Peterson continued by consent. Seaman Bros., vs Orlando’ Walker, foot of civil calendar. Thos. W. Sims, vs Fred Gordon: foot of criminal calendar. Northwest Timber Suppy Co. vs James Murphy, continued by con- sent. : George Mayo, vs Northwest Timber Supply Co. continued by consent. J. W. Taftand Geo. McAllister, vs W. E. Myers. Notice of motion continued. M. O. Madson, vs Wm. Attix, foot of civil calendar. Wm. W. Lawver, ys John Dougall et al, Verdict for plff of: $76,88. - 9 Loren Gordon, vs Wm. Hooli- han, as sheriff of Itasca county, foot of criminal calendar. Margaret Mannausau, vs J. B. Connors & Co. Notice of motion continued. Ida Carlson vs Town of Trout Lake continued by consent. * Jerry Butler, vs Daniel Willis, Settled and dismissed without costs to either party. Joseph Molin vs Prosper Deser continued by consent. ~ James D. Carroll ys Flora A. Hobart, substituted for A.D. Eads, stricken from calendar. Same vs Same, same disposition J. M. Jones, vs Orlando Walker Passed. David Chambers, vs Geo. S. Canfield, et al, defauit. Itasca Mercantile Co., vs Henry Bell default. W.E. Neal, vs H. Alden Smith and Jas. T. Wyman, transferred to Hennepin county and stricken from calendar. Lando F. Gran, vs Emily Jor- dan etal, passed: C. H. Marr vs W. Potter, P-. Casey and Wm.:Hoolihan Settled. by stipulation. Ida L. Jameson, . vs. Wm. A. Jameson, Motion of PHf:'ta strike from calendar granted. In the matter of the estate of dames H. Caldwell,. deceased. . Seeond appeal of Michael McA: pine. ‘Fo be submitted on. briefs. In the matter of. same estate. Appeal of Minnie A.. Caldwell), . dismissed on application, of appel+ ant. Julia Harder vs E€ward Harder Findings for plaintifSordered. W. Valencia K. Nelsonsvs Wm. Nel- son Passed, State of Minnesota, vs Wim. W- Lawyer, Nole. Aiton Bros.. ys Chas. E. Seelye verdict for plaintig for full amount . claimed. In the Miller-Kremer contest case, involving the election to the county treasuryship, E. A. Kremer and A. B. Clair were appointed | referees, they to select a third, and the three to re-count the bal- lots of disputed precincts. The other questions involved in the contest will decided by the court. As yet the third referee has not been agreed upon. The suit of Fred Christianson against Ole Hanson for malicous prosecution, occupied the time of thecourtand jury Thursday and part of Friday, the jury returning a verdict for defendent. This suit grew out of an assault on Hanson last September in connec- tion with which Chistianson was arrested but not held tothe grand. jury. The grand jury has vegurned several indictments, among them being that against Wm. Reynolds for arson in the first degree; against Walter Elder and John Scaultz for first degree robbery and Joseph H. Gardner for mur- der in the first degree. Reynolds was arranged and plead not guilty and Frank F. Price was appointed to defend him he being unable to retain counsel. If you like a good time come to the - card pa ty next Tuesday evening at. K. P. hall and also a good lunch for. fifteen. cents. me IOP SORA. BAIN