Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 9, 1905, Page 1

Grand Rapids Vou XIIIL—No, 11 ‘ Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ¢ crald-Review. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 9, t905- Two Do.uars a YEAR. the goods arrive, WAIST ’ your careful consideration. 6 5 windows as to warrant a liberal mvestment. are already beginning to arrive and our display will soon be complete. Our buyers are now in the East, one in Chicago and one in New York and we expect to be able to offer you this year a selection that for quality, style and low price have never Be equalled in this market. To prove ou statement we simply ask your personal examination as Dress Goods, Cloaks, Skirts, NOVELTIES, NOTIONS, HOISERY, Every department will be especially complete and wil! certainly merit FURNISHINGS. Summer-Goods Bargains While they last we can offer you some exceptional ae aM re Ort 1 i i ters and in o rt length pieces and you will find them so temptingly priced on our counters : ps eke ft a Cravenetiés for fall wear, wash goods of medium weight We do not hke to carry over that are especially adapted for fall days now approaching are included in these summer offerings, in order ! to clear our shelves and make display room for the ampie stock now in transportation, | Itasca Mercantile Co. I\ Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Fakes the washing if you have one of our new improved wringers. Half the wringers are good for noting and not worth carryiug home. STANDARD RELIABLE WRINGERS lke we sell are cheapest, and like our hardware are rehaple and guaranteed to give satisfaction. For Wringers and Hard- ware, buy of us. W.J.& H.D.POWERS. Ue aa aaaee NO ees eer G5 AE A Ae Ee eA a Ea eae a ee ee a a ae a ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae a AE Grand Rapids qe o's We have choice residence lots all over town and we are sell- ing them on such easy terme that anybody can buy. % down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. A house and three lots for sale cheap. We also have some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale On easy terms. REISHUS-REMER LAND cOMPANY, | HRSORHSHESHHHT GS HHHHS SH HEH OSA Ses SHOPSRHE ORES SH SP SSSA SHH SSSH ROSS Sess Kee eREER EROS Ee SRE MEE A Ee ke eae NE AE oe EA aR REE A A EEA LABOR DAY WAS OBSERVED All business houses were closed last Monday in observauce of Labor Day. The people of Grand Rapids enjoyed themselves in various ways, althovgh no fixed program was carried out. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs’ ex- cursion to Pokegama lake was not at- tended by as many members as was ‘expected, but those who went out re- port having had a most enjuyable time. The day was perfect from sun- rise to sunset and the citizens gen- erally founa pleasuse in numerous ways. FOOT BALL SEASON OPENS On Labor nay he City and the High School foot ball teams met on the gridiron on the South Side ;grounds and wrestled for supremacy in the first game of the season. The contest was by no means errorless, but considering the circumstances it Was interestingly played throughout. For youngsters the High schovu! boys pul up a remarkabie game and if they improye through the season there is no doubt that they will hold the place gained last year at the head of High school teams in this section. The City eleven also show signs of making ap enviable record. ‘There is some mighty promising material in the team and with good practice and continuous enthusiasm there is reas- on to luok torward to many victories. The Monday game resulted in a tie, neither side scuring. Mike Needham died on the floor.of a saloon in Hibbing last week. Need- ham had been a resident of this and adjoining counties for many years. He followed the woods for a liveli- hood and was known to ail the old- [time woodsmen of this sectyon. ‘Hy R. KING'S OPINIONS ADVOCATES TRANSFER OF GOY- gpa DAMS T0 OTHER HANDS DAD OF WATERS RUNS NORTH Is Major Derby Experimenting With Hudson’s Bay?—A Change Must Svon be Made is the Demand of Northern Minnesota. a H.R. King has been a resident of Aitkin ana [tasca counties for many years. He is one of the pioneers of this section and lived in northern Minnesota before and since the con+ struction and operation of govern- ment dams on the upper Mississippi. We has watched the working of the dams and noted the had results while he sees the good that they might do. He does not condemn them. In an interview recently he said: ‘I have lived in Aitkin and Itasca counties for over twenty years and have seen very high water with its consequent damages, before this. The reservoirs dre uot bad things if properly man- aged, something which has not been dghe with them for some time.” He is’a strong advocate of the transfer of the government dams from the war department to the department of commerce and labor. The war de- pattment has nothing in common with the interests of the producing classes. The fact that the reservoirs areéso manipulated ‘at the present time as to destroy vast tracts of laud in northern Minnesota, contrary to the laws passed by congress for their regulation, does not in the least ap- peal to the pompous engineers in charge. They only seoff at the pru- tests and appeals for relief and con- tinge todam up water just to satis- fy their curiosities as to the capaci- ty of the concrete walls that obstruct the natural flow of the river. The spigeetion of Mt: King“ is” worthy of consideration. It should be discussed by the press and freely advocated by those who see a solution of the vexed question in a transfer of management. Everybody is agreed, except Major Derby and his satellites, that, radical changes must be made. The defend- ers of the present management resort to deliberate misrepresentation when discussing the subject. They claim thatall overflowed lands aaa result of the surplus water has been bought and paid for by the government. This claim they know to be untrue. ‘Thous- ands of acresare submerged today that are owned: by private individuals who are unable to geta civil reply to their appeals for relief. The object pri- marily in view when the dams were constructed was for the aid of navi- gation on the Mississippi. This has never yet been attained, but much else has been attained. Every foot of land within reach has been de- stroyed and the millionaire millers and lumber manufac turers at Minne- apolis have been benefitted to the detriment of the hundreds of farm- ers and manufacturers on the upper Mississippi. Business at Deer River is practically at a stand still. ‘I'he Itasca Logging company’s railway is completely drowed out and has been forced to lie idle for more taan a month, The mills at that point are submerged. The water at Winnibi- goshish dam is so high that it has found an outlet into the Big Fork river and as a consequence the reser- voirs maintained ~ by the United States are emptying to the north into Canada and supplying water to Hud- son’s bay. Now the Big Fork people are kicking. Major Derby may have a scientific object in view relative to the capacity of Hudson's bay, but the poor, deluged peuple along the river in Itasca and Aitkin connties are still unable to understand wherein their interests are served when the | mitjor has scientifically and mathe matically determined just how much water the big Canadian bay will huld. ‘They are still pleading to be let out of the big pond on this side. An effort is being made by those in- terested in continuing the present management of the dams to give cre- dence to a story to the effect that the objectors are land speculators who hope to benefitthrough governmental abandunment of the dams, This story is avsolutely without founda- tion in fact. It is the manufacturer, the farmer and the business man of northern Minnesota who are demand- jing a halt iu this wanton jJestruction of their property. - Mr. King’s suggestion of a change to the department of commerce and labor might be a move in the right direction and eventually solve the dam question. KICKING FOR ROAD TO BOVEY People are beginding to talk ugly about that Bovey-Grand Rapids road. The feeling is much the same as that existing toward the government dams. ‘They don’t propose to sup- plicate any longer—they are demand- ing that the board of county commis- sioners do something that will cause the immediate building of a good’ road between the county seat of gov- ernment and the new mining mevro- polis to the north. No one will ques- tion the justice of this demand. The road should have been built long ago. It is traveled ten times more than any other public highway in the county. It’s condition has always been on the verge of impassibility: The curses uf ten thousand men and the bleached bones of hundreds of horses, done to death while plodding heavy ladeu through mud holes and over rocks and stumps, must indeed disturb the sleeping hours cf those who are charged with the duty of road making. Pzrhaps the commis- sioners are doing the best they can. A contract has been let for three thousand dollars and a good road is promised. Others claim that the route selected cannot be made into a good road. We are not prepared wo pronounce on this point but will look over the trail next week and give the actual condition as it exists to an in- terested public. There is certainly a way to connect Grand Rapids and Bovey with a passable road and that way must be found and made use of. COUNTY FAIR SEPT. 28 AND 29 When it has been demonstrated that Itasca county can furnish a cred- itable display at the state fair the first week in September there can be no reason why the county fair during the last week of the month should not be all that any local enthusiast might hope for. The state fair is held a littie early for the northern counties, but the difference between the two sectidas in the time of ma- turing grain and vegetables is not great—about ten days or two weeks. Begin now to give the county fair some consideration. There is some- thing that most every interested citi- ven can find to bring to the fair. This is the only way to make it a success. Supt. A J McGuire returned from the state fair on Thursday. He says the Itasca county exhibit made a very creditable showing and attract- ed a great deal of favorable attention. He was well pleased with its general appearance as compared with the other counties of the state. GAME WARDEN IS APPOINTED Orrin W. Mitchell has been ap- pointed deputy game warden fer ltas- ca county. Mr. Mitchell is a young man who has lived many years in this county and this appears to be his first offense. It would be too bad to shoot him when he actively begins the capture and slaughter of game law violators, He will only be dis- charging the disagrable duties that he has solemnly affimed to perform. Give hima chance and he may de- velop into an expert detective of pot uunters and other undesirable ani- mals. That’s just what we need in this county, Mr. Mitcbell has spent much time in the woods and knows the happy hunting grounds as easy as any wan we know of hereabouts. The Herald-Review predicts that he will bag violators of the game Jaws with neatness and dispatch. SECURING DATA FOR GOVERNMENT H HChapman, who had charge cf the Experiment farm here for seyeral years, was in town this week. Mr. Chapman is now engaged ip the for- estry department at Washington. He was sent into northern Minnesota this season tu gather data on the vis- ible and prospective supply of ma- terial for- railroad ties to be found here. He has been operating in northern Minnesota during the past three months. Mr. Chapman says that jack pine and tamarac are to be chemically experimented with as ma- terial for ties. Zinc chloride is used in the preservation of otber woods and itis believed that the softer timber may also be brought into use by this means. Sam Patterson, ,who was formerly with Mr. Chapmtn on the state farm now has charge of a sheep ranch near Two Harhors. CLOSE AND GONFISCATE THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES THREATEN HUNDREDS OF SALOONS INDIAN TOWNS ARE HIT HARD Saloons Are to be Summarily Closed and Stocks Confiscated in Cass Lake, Bemidji, Crookston, Foss ton, Walker and Others Our: neighbors up the line are threatened with utter annihilation, They are notified that Uncle Sam’s minions will swoop down upon them about the 10th inst. and close every saloon found in the villages of Cass Lake, Bemidji, Fosston, ‘Crookston, Walker and probably several other places. They will not only close the saloons but will also confiscate all liquors found. ‘This is because the towns mentioned are located within the Indian country. ''he action to be taken by the United States author- ities grows out of therattempt to run asaloon at Ball Club, six miles west of Deer River, on inherited In- dian land. The land was purchased by a white man from an Indian who had inherited the tract and who, un- der the law, had a riget to legally dispose of it. A man named Richard Funk started and conducted a saloon on this land for some time. He was arrested for introducing liquor into the Indian country. His defense was that the Janc on which he was cons ducting bis saloon was no longer In- dian land, as it had beensold and the fee bad passed from the original own- er toawhite man, At the trial he was found guilty as charged under the act of congress prohibiting the introduction of liquor into the Indi- an country. The case was heard be- fore Judge Page Morris. ‘This decis- ion is sweeping in its effect and em- braces the towns mentioned. The in- terior department at Washington has issued an order directed to United States District Attorney Haupt in- structing him to cause the coutlse: tion of all liquor found within the limits of the ‘Indian country.” The United States marshal, whose duty it will be to enforce the order, says the seizure and confiscation of all liquors in the Indian lands in Minnesota in- cludes two wholesale dealers and 400 retailers, and would involve over 200,000 worth of liquor. ‘To enforce the order thoroughly would require about 300 special deputies. Since the foregoing was typed word comes Officially that’ Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Duluth are included under the court’s decision. These are the only towns mennioned, but it is pro- bable that Grand Rapids and ali the rest will go dry, as a result of the resurrection of an ancient Indian treaty with the government. A DANGEROUS PIECE OF ROAD The viaduct built across the creek between Seventh and Eighth streets on+Leland avenue is in very bad shape. The heavy rains haye.washed away about half of the filling and the crossing is really in a dangerous cén- dition. There is oo lignt at that point and it would be a very easy matter fur ateam to side step into the creek on either side, This road is traveled more than any other lead- ing out of the village. By taking ac- tion at once to make the necessary improvemeuts the corporation might be saved a heavy damage suit. The street on either side of the viaduct is also in bad conditiou aud should be filled in and the drainage to the creek made secure from continuous wash- outs. BEGINNING OF CEMENT WALKS On Wednesday morning Street Commissioner Lane and a crew of workmen began making preparations for the laying of cement walks at the corner of LeJand avenue and Sec- ood street in front of the Boston Grand property owned by A M John- sou. This is a beginniug that will on ly terminate with substantial walks throughout the business districts of Grand Rapids. The High school surroundings are assuming a much improved appear- ance as the workman proceed with the laying of cement walks and grag. ing of the lawn, HREeeerAPrAs/F RAKRrE 5 4 cb