Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 11, 1905, Page 1

—_ ; { ‘ t Fas _ ¥TIIL—No, 20 sacar Pane 09° We want your trade and so make you these low prices 50 SKirts To close out at the following prices.:: $4.50 Skirts, Tan fancy mixed, at $6.00 Skirt, Gray heavy, ITASCA MERCANTILE CO. THE UP-TO-DATE STORE. { You'll find that we are not exaggerating or misquoting a single item mentioned in these advertisements, It means a great saving to every economical buyer. to keep away from this store VEXZ WEEK. Our splendid organization has been bending every effort to make this sale one that will ever be remembered by the fortunate ones who share in the bargains offered. We intend that every day shall show definite progress, and to that end we are inaugurating a series of sales that for the saving advan- tages offered have never been paralleled in Grand Rapids. _ Soi in and see for yourself whether we are promising or performing. othing that is not perfect. THIS IS YOUR WEEK. No one can afford Two Douuars a YEA Every department tells tts money-sav- ing story here, Tricot Flannels. We have an elegant line of these Tricot Flannels in all colors. 35- cent valves—This Sale 25 cents. Flannelettes. An extra large assortment of them to select from. quality the best. Prices low and .10c, 12c, 15c, 18c. Outing Flannels. Outing Flannels have advanced in We've plaioy ates. Co ee $3.00 $3.50 Skirt, dark Giay, at idcsbeid Tle $1.75 $5.00 Skirt, Blue, fancy, at BR Rigs ah eee cece G2.50 $8.50 Skirt, Black Serge, strap trimmed, at. - $6.00 $5.00 Skirt, Blue Cheviot, Bb~ scan sen simmgh ren $2.50 | nothing, shoddy to offer or n $10.00 Skirt, Black, trimmed flgunce; aps... Fo chen 28 $6.00 t s " $4.50 Skirt, Black Cheviot ~ Pe | t icoats trimmed, af .....0 6. 6 3.00 ‘ 4 , Of new Silk Mercerized $5.75 Wie veoh seats Sat sa Hauke at. se cesses. 8B 00 ateens in aCKS. sasha sun Bi, repaid, $1.50 Petticoat at...........5 $110 rimmed, ates... .cecees ee $4.00 ian Bartinoat ate he: ... 165 $8.00 Skatt, Black,+ basket SOO SPSLLIeGe weave; abiou en shee $4.75 : Shey at $7.50 Skirt, Brown’ Serge, 2.75 Petticoat at pleated, at. 4.00 Petticoat at $8.75 Skirt, Black Vo Hs 3.50 Petticoat at\........... 1.98 FT aM RP St OME $6.50 Ladies’ Knit Jackets, In Red, White and Brown. FS ee Ree yrint hin $9.00 Pri $12.75 Skirt, Gray, Blue, sae eae Brown, at.. $1.75. $2.25. $11,00 Skirt, Black, pleated, $3.50. Abe. hb ae eee $8.50 $12.75 Skirt, Black, pleated Ladies’ <& Misses’ Re BEC It Fa SS 9.50 . Golf Gloves Every one who has ever and Mittens bought goods at this store talks about our low prices and the good qualitees—and they come back for more. wl rol evo nt nolL obohoh ohooh. POOR FARM OPTIONED COUNTY BOARD GIVES AN OPTION ON THE COUNTY POOR FARM. $65,000 IS AMOUNT OFFERED At a Meeting of the Commissioners Held Thursday W. C. Gilbert Is Given an Option on the Poor Farm Good Until January 1,.1967. Pi A matter that has agitated the board of county commissioners ard been discussed considerably by the public, was temporarily dispused of last Thursday when an option to buy the property for $65,000 was granted to W.C. Gilbert by the board. The option will expire January 1, 1907. The deal stipulates that Mr. Gilbest may buy the land for the sum men- tioned any time between now and 1907. hat there is valuable iron on this property has been the opinion of mining men for some time. The right to explore the land was granted to B. C. Finnegan and others three years ago, and some exploratory work was done at that time. Since the Finnegan lease expired several offers have been made the commissioners to Option the land, the tenders ranging from $30,000 up to $65,000. It is the opinion of County Attorney. Spear that under the Jaw the commission- ers could not lease the land on a roy- alty basis; that they only bad the legal right to sell it. In order to give the option it was necessary for the cowtissioners to pass a resolution vacating tbe premises as a poor farm, The resolution will not be put in force, hovever, but will be conducted ® for “the jeare of the -of school district No. 10, adding there- In all colors— GIGPER Ss 3.05 seencec side 25¢e and 50c Mittens 15c, 20c and 25e county’s: dependents. It is expected that the work of exploring the land will begin at once. OTHER COUNTY BUSINESS. The town of Turtle Lake was organ ized, comprising four townships, 59 and 60-26, 59 and 60-27. It was ordered that bids be adver- tised for to cut out and corduroy the recently laid out road from Swan River station east to the St. Louis county line, a distance of six miles. Liquor licenses were granted to Edison Bereman, who will do busi- ness at Dexterviile; to J. J. Stone, at Indus, and to D. J. McDonald, at Laurel. A petition was considered and granted changing the boundary lives to townships 53-26, 54-26, 53-27 and’ all that portion of 148-25, lying io ltasca county. Commissioners O’Brien, Mullins and Passard had examined the work done on the Hill City-Grand Rapids road by Contractor Tom Hughes, and reported that the work was not com- pleted according to specifications, and recommended that the dill of $1,000 presented for same be not allowed. The recommendation of the commit- tee was favorably acted upon, and Mr. Hughes will not be compensated until the road is put in better condi- Important to all Cloak vas} Buyers. Handsom Fall Styles in Coats—swell effects—at prices that represent ‘Coat, Fancy Brown— Semi-fitting. empire back, with pleated seams, fur collar, yoke and | sleeves satin lined. Length 45 inches. Price $20.00 Blaek Kersey Empire Coat—- With pleated seams; yoke and sleeves are satin lined; with good fur collar. Length 48 inches. * Price $16.00 Fancy Mixed Coat— Loose back, flat collar, trimmed with black silk velvet. Length 45 foches, Price $10.00 a great saving. Brown Kersey— Half fitting, empire back, stitched solid and trimmed with brown slik velvet. Length 45 inches. Price $20.00 Castor Kersey— -Box pleated back, stitched yoke. fiat. collar, stitched and trimmed with silk velvet, yoke and sleeves satin lined. Length 48 inches. Price $21.00 Black Heavy Cloak— ki “Half fitting, trimmed with black silk braid, yoke and sleeves lined, velvet collar. Length 45 inches. Price $12.00 MONEY SAVERS—PRICE REGULATORS Itasca Mercantile Co. GRAND RAPIDS, : MINNESOTA had been satisfactorily done and in accordance with the specifications. Chairman Passard. Commissioners O'rien, Mullins and Lang were pres- ent at the meeting, Commissioner Tone being absent. The board met Wednesday at 10 o’clock and ad- journed Tuesday afternoon. The next meeting will be held the latter part of December to close up tne year’s business. (TRIBULATIONS OF POSTMASTERS It would save a whole lot of disap- pointment and misunderstanding if a whole lot of the postoffice patrons | were a whole lot better acquainted with the postal laws. A stranger will present a nioney order for payment and when identification is required by the postmaster: the payee fre- quently flies into a rage, considers the request a personai insult as implying a question of : their integrity. A case of this kind recent- ly happened at the local postoffice when the assistant postmaster was denounced by the patron ax a foo] and scoundrel, A letter, probably of com- plaint, was forthwith dispatched to the ‘‘Generdl Postmaster” at Wash- ington by the irate payee. Under the tion than’ the committee report it to) Postal laws the postmaster is not per- be at present. mitted ,to pay out money to anyone Appropriations for the cutting out| that he does not personally know of public roadways in the northern | Without identification. This and part of the county were madevas fol-| Similar cases come up almost daily. lows: Blackriver road, $200; Clark Another matter that brings down road, $100; Rogers road, $200; Watts | more or less wrath on the head of the road, $200. 61-22, for the sum of $275. defenseless postmaster is that of the Wm. Furlong was given a ‘contract delivery of registered mail. A Clerk tu cut out one mile of roadway and | in an office ‘or a member of a family build a bridge across Bear ‘river in} or frm applies for the delivery, ofa registered letter or package and offers Sherah Yost was paid“ $550 for | to sign for another without anorder Work done on the Blackberry. road} from the addressee. Commissioners O’Brien, Mullins, Pas-| may know’ the parties | perfectly” well sard and Lang reported that tuey had| and feel certain that vhe delivery { ‘examined the. work and found taat it| would be al right, yet he is ‘nob per- Thé postniaster- mitted to deliver the registered mat- ter without a duly signed order in every instance. This order must be kept on file and submitted to the ip- spector when he calls. Sec. 858 of the postal laws covers this point com- pletely. Itreads: ‘Registered mat- ter must not.be delivered to any per- son except to whom it is addressed, or to whose care it is addressed, without a written order from the addressee, duly verified; and no exception will be made to this rule because of rela- tionship of any nature between the addressee and the person claiming the matter.?’ If the general public understood what. is required of the postmaster by the portal laws and the impossibility of bis violating any of them without detection there would be fewer kickers on the village Nasbies everywhere. SEASON OPENS FOR BIG GAME Beginning yesterday the season of twenty days opened for the legal kill- ing of deer and male antlered moose. Of November 30 the season will close and thereafter killing will continue toa greater or less extent, but con- trary to law and Sam Fullerton. Any resident. of Minnesota may secure a deer’ vr moose license on payment of $1 at the county auditor’s office. This entitles him to kill two deer and one male moose. A non-resident ‘must pay $25 for the license to hunt deer or moose and $10 for a license to huat game birds. No female or cow moose may be killed at. any time: or under any circumstances: é During the past few days there wene many arrivals at Grand Rapids from different sections of the state and some from other states: Quite a Foumber -went, into the woods a' few sof time to make ready ect likely run- rice. We bought before the rise so we have them at 8c, 10c, 12c, 15c. Our Children’s Coats A full line of Misses’ and Children’s Coats, in both long and short lengths, at any price you want, from $2.00 up to $8.50. * Now for a Good Bargain. Bought at a low price—about 100 Misses and Children’s Coats, just the thing for school wear, some not exactly up- to-date in style. but have the wear in them, You can own them at ONE-THIRD THEIR VALUE. Coats that le at fom 82.50 to $8.00 A Snap for the Economical Buyer. Dress Goods [Make It a Rule We have many new things in our Dress Goods Depart- ment. Among them are: Broadcloths, 54 in, Mohairs, 54 in. Serges, 45 in, PRICES: 49c, 65c, 80c and $1 per yard. OUR STATE INSTITUTE PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR ‘ MEETING AT GRAND RAPIDS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH a Valuable Instructions to Be Given Far- mers and Others in Agriculture, ~ Stock Raising, Dairying, Ete., Free of Charge. ‘he legislature of the state has provided a free school for farmers at which much. valuable information may be gained by those who are in- terested and will attend the institutes that are held throughout the state. They are uader the direction of men who are eminently qualified to impart practical farm and _ stockraising “pointers.” It has been arranged to hold an in- stitute at Grand Rapids on Saturday, November. 25, at Village hall, com- mencing at 10 o'clock sharp. Every farmer in the county who can pos- sibly do-so should attend. Circulars have been issued advertising“ the meeting, frum which the following is taken: The young pednle entice soon take up the work of the aged, and a day spent in attendance at a farmers’ in- stitute may result in their adoption of methods the value of which cannot be estimated. At the farmers’ insti- tute they will meet those who have traveled the rough and rocky road of experience, who will try to aid them in avoiding-some of the many difficul- ties they had to encounter. F The farmers’ institute is the state's traveling school of agricul-~ ‘| ture, whi Never to buy until you see the Big Store's Low Prices. It costs nothing to get posted on prices and will save you money. old the experience, means and meth- ods for the best kuown practical re- sults. It is:all free, no collections and no charges. Tell all your neigh- bors. Bring your friends and get all the benefits. Be sure you are on time. At the close of the forenoon ses- sion, a very valnable book of over 350 pages (The Institute Annual), de- voted to agriculture, stock raising, horticulture, dairying, sheep hus- bandry, swine husbandry, «poultry raising, domestic econdmy, etc., wilk be given free. This book is estimated by those who have carefully examined it to be well worth from %5 to $25 to those interested in thesubjects there- in contained, No farmer should miss this free gift at close of first session. The institute will be under the di- rection of ‘'T. A, Hoverstad, who has had a long experience in institute work in Minnesota and North Da- kota, and who also has been in the work in the eastern states. He will be ably assisted by other experienced institute workers. He wants every- one to feel perfectly at home in the iustitute and ask such questions as will be helpful to those in attend- ance. Many hesitate to ask oral questions, and for all such the question box is the source of information. Prepare your questions in writing, at your leisure, on what you want to know and put. them.in the question box; then at the proper time the questions will be distributed to the parties in whose department they, properly belong, and they will be read and an- swered, so the whole audience wil} get the benefit. The hours fer holding iastuaten are from 10 a. m. sharp to 12 m., and from 1:30 p. m. sharp to 4 p. m. Every hour will be rich in sperma and should not be missed. There will be no fixed program, but vhe work will be confined largely tu the wants “of the locality; conse- ape ntly the importance ef being ere continuously: 7