Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 6, 1906, Page 2

a 7 PAL ANAL IPAL OAL AAS RAL PAL POL PAS PAL DAL PAL PAL IDA SPAS DASA Vou XII.—No, 28 You do yourself an injustice if you fail to attend our January Clearance Sales to make it easier to dispose of. saving reduction to you and give you the benefit to induce a liberal purchase, the able selection is thus assured, best values go first. Cloaks and Skirts, Furs and Woolens, Winter Dress Goods, lars less than the us ce for the goods, easily see if you aal pri as you can Watch ' Window. SOAP ALOIS IPAS IOI OOS 3 NAL AALS IAS AAS PALA} ‘or Health’s Sake yur culinary department nust be properly equipped with samtary cooking uten- sils. Enameled Tes Kettles and Sauce Pans are the best and cheapest in the end. ‘They wear longer | be and are the only perfect ves- cooking sels We have a large stock of them just opened up. for purposes. Prices are reason— able, as they are on everything else we sell. Call and look them over. Wd & AD POWERS Every piece of goods bought for.the winter’s business has been cut in price Just think what this means to you—three months yet of cold weather to use these goods, and every article being sold at a money- We have to clean out for spring goods soon coming in— You know, of course, that Some of the lines are now very heavy and a good desir- Winter Underwear, Men’s Furnishings, Ladies’ Novelties, taple Merchandise of All Kinds. Inperfaah Pago You can buy the material for a dress or skirt now at from two to five dol- The same is true of many other articles our Show 1 | SWSVSVWSSSLSISISLCSISIEL HES Pioneer Meat Market THOMAS FINNEGAN, Prop. Fresh and Sait Meats We Carry Only the Best that Can be Had. Our Special Brands of CANNED GOODS are the best offered to the public. Poultry. Game, Etc. Butter. Eggs. Cheese. THOS. FINNEGAN ee St, Louis, Cook and all northern counties. Send for free map of Minnesota, with INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE COMMISSIONERS. MEET | AND ORGANIZE BY ELECTING SRANK-S, LANG AS CHATRMAN. PASSARD “1S VICE-CHAIRMAN AppOiitnients Ate Made and Salaries ¥izéd—The Board Generously Dis- tributes Printing Three Ways. Adjourned to February 20, The board of county. commissioners of Itasca céunty held their first an- nual meeting‘ for the year 1906 on Tuesday of’ this week in the school superintennent’s office. Commissioner Tone was present from District No. 1, Lang from No. 2,O*Brien from No. 3, Passard fronr’No. 4;-and Mullins from the 5th. ‘Lhe first business to come up was the election of a chairman for \the ensuing year and’ the honor was unanimously accorded: to Commis- sioner Lang, the member from the north end of the county. The selec- tion was a wise one as to ability and fitress. Mr, Lang’s‘several years’ ex- perience-on the board has admirably equipped him for the position. The retiring chairman, James Pas- gard, has discharged the duties of that important office to the satisfac- tion of his colleagues and the public. He was elected vice-chairman to serve during the present year. After organizing the board took up the matter of salaries of county of- ficers. “The salaries of the’ county physician and chairman of the board of health were fixed at $40 per month; sch9o] superintendent, $800 per year; county attorney, $1,500 per year; judge of probate, $825 per years the treas- urez’s.compensation was estimated on the per cent basis, as prescribed by law,” ab $2,500 per year; fhe’ court house and jail janitor wil! be paid 860 Ser month. il ‘Phodaué ~Yussett- “wire reaps poinyed county physician and Dr. J. Gen¥on chairman cf the board of healih. James A. Quigg was appointed as- sessor for the unorganized portion of the county. . Charles Huss was reappointed jani- tor for the court house and jail. When the matter of the county printing was brought up there were several bids presented. The commis- sioners seemed inclined to divide the printing so far as possible, and ac- cepted bids as follows: ‘The Herald- Review was designated as the paper in which shall be published the finan- cial statement; the Magnet will pub- lish the official journal of the board and other notices, and the Border Budget and Press of International Falls will each publish the tax list. Auditor Spang was authorized to procure alist of blanks, books, sta- tionery and supplies from the several county officers of their respective estimated requirements for the ensu- ing year and to get bids for supplying the same from manufacturers and printers. In response to the advertisement one bid was submitted for the build- ing of a county road from Swan River station east to the St. Louis county line, a distance of sbout six miles, from W. A. Baune of Flood« wood. The bid was very complete and concise, but the board did not feel justified at this time in letting the contract at the figures natted and the bid was rejected as being too high. Peter Spina was granted a license to sell intoxicating liquors at the Sb. Paul mine location, section 24, town 57-22. The license will.date from January 1. County Surveyor Brown was au- thorized to lay out aroad from the north side of Feely township along the east side of Trout lake to Bovey, following the old road. This action is taken to straighten out the diffi- culties that have sc loug made trouble The Palace Restaurant DAVE CHAMBERS, Proprietor. When you can’t get what you want to eat at Dave Chambers’ “Palace Res- , taurant” it's because the markets don’t keep it. The Sunday Dinner Is always prepared with the idea of pleasing :pat- rons who remember the good things at home on Feast days. . DAVE CHAMBERS, Prop. Leland Ave., Grand Rapids. LANDS. Farm, Timber and yvoxtges Lands in Itasca, Aitkin, Cass. Crow Wing, Lake, township. Seven hundred dollars was trans- ferred from the county revenue fund to the “secret service” fund-of the county attorney. A like sum was set aside for use of the county attorney last year, but he used very little of it, preferring to send his expense ac- counts directly to the board for al- lowance. In this manner the shrewd attorney probably hoped to | zepresent ad shag Payers that he "ana e economically. But fall list of lands and descriptions of northern Minnesota. Prices—$6 to #15 peracre. Easy terms. 6 per cent. Will exchange clear lands for mortgaged or foreclosed Farms and Lands Ren’ se in p fall descriptions of Soe among the residents of Trout lake | contingent fund for his use would make up but a very small amount of he sum expended through his vin- dictive operations: The express and postage account was provided with a contingent fund of $150. Townships 68-27 and 157-25 were or- ganized as a_ civil township and named Liodford. Two hundred cords of wood are wanted at the court house. Bids will be advertised for. Bids are wanted for the comple- (tion of the Romans read around Black’s arm on Pokegama lake. A hundred dollars was appropriated for the repair of a bridge in Manitou township. Auditor Spang was authorized to prepare a complete record of cuunty roads, A resolution was adopted making the filing of bills against the county obligatory on claimants at least three days prior to any special or regular meeting, Parties having claims against the county will do well to bear this requirement in mind, Heretofore it has been the habit of many persons to bring in their bills the day of the meeting and in some cases while the board was in sesslon, thus making it impossible to properly audit the accounts before passing on them. _ An adjournment was taken to |) February 20. $40,000 SCHOOL BUILDING The rapid increase in the popula- tion of Bevey makes greater school facilities immediately necessary. The permanency of the village is assured beyond any doubt. It will soon be one of the most important mining towns in northern Minnesota. It’s growth in population and wealth in assessed valuation will at once devel- op so rapidly that public improve- ments of all kinds will have to keep up arapid pace to meet the increased requirements. Bovey is still a part of school district No. 2, of which La- prairie isa portion. The officials of the district are residents of the latter place and Bovey, the.richest township in the CodnLY, tas “NO Tepresentation, ‘The board has been considering the advisability of erecting additional school room at the new mining town and now has the project under con- sideration. A building to cost $40,- ooo is being planned, ‘There are many residents of Bovey,’ however, who do not take kindly to the idea of submitting the management of their big school fund to outsiders and are advocating the organization of an independent district that will com- prise but the one township of Iron Range. The present assessed valua- tion .of the township is $777,952- Should the district be bonded for $40,000 or $50,000 for a school building the township of Iron Range, in which Bovey is located, would have to pay-the bill, all but a small fraction, and why not adopt the home rule plan, is the argument being ad- vanced by citizens of the village. They point out that to organize an independent district it 1s only neces- sary to make application to the county board at the next meeting and it will be granted. This action will cause no trouble or expense. These protest- ing citizens feel that they are better able to decide what they need and should have than are men who. reside in another town. ‘They desire, too, to have the selection of teachers within the control of a resident board. When matters relating to school affairs are to be considered the péople do not feel that they should be required to dispatch word to officials residing in another village to come and adjust them. The argument seems to be all in favor of the contention of the Boveyites. The Woman’s Club, The Woman’s club will begin work again on Tuesday evening next, Jan. 9, 06. The study for the month will a on Japan or the lecture 1, volume, 3, of Stoddard. The month’s rk will be in charge of the Misses L. ran and Boehr and Mrs. Clair. An in- teresting time is anticipated and it is hoped that all members will be preseut at every meeting. On Tues- day evening the meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Clair. Roll callis to be answered with quota- tions about Japan or from Japanese writers; failing to find such, a cur- rent event may be given, The Land of Gold. If you want to learn about the. op- portunl Nests make money in Alaska ip ml ing, stock-raising, farming, dese! , or in the different vocations, ‘ineering mechanics, teaching, printing, Iryou great comin, DEFECTIVE PAGE {1uxury, and that the $700 put into a t REPORT OF THE CENSUS BUREAU SHOWS PHENOMENAL INCREASE. -- ITASCA LEADS ALL OTHERS - ‘ Growth In Population of the State Aec- - Y credited Almost Entirely to North- - ern Counties—The Report Isa_- Splendid Advertisement. The decennial census of Minnesota - just issued in advance sheets by Sec- retary of State Hansen has been received by the Herald-Review. Under the heading ‘Counties That -Have Increased,” the report says of: Itasca: ‘The list of counties showing an. in- crease under classified heads, with ~ percentage of increase from 1895 to 1900 and from 1900 to 1905 shows some- f very interesting facts, though it. . should be remembered that the per- centages of growth of the northern = counties, many of which only started -~ their development but a. few years - vy? ago are misleading to those unac« — ~ i quainted with the settlement of that - ‘ part of the state. The counties ~ showing 100 per cent imcrease and { 2 over in the last tem-years are all J northern counties. which-for the most: part have been thewaetive field of operations for.athe lambermen and loggers who are leaving the cut over lands to the new settler. The rail— road developments in. that part of the state have opened up mauy avenues for the sextler and the townsite pro- moter has been busy dotting the map of that part of the state with many 5 new and thriving villages and cities : in the last decade. The develop- mentof that part of the state has been phenomenal, and yet most of northern Minnesota js in its infancy as regards. actual settiement. In Itasca county the present census shows returns from thirty-six organized and nearly 100 unorganized townships as against nine organized and sixty-Lwo. unorganized ten years ago. Thelist,of. villages in this county. also. shows a remarkable growth in settlement. Itasca county has nearly,6,000 square miles _ of territory and reaches from the . northern boundary. of Aitkin county, _ a distance of 100. miles to the Can- adian boundasy line. In 1890 the county had less than 800 inhabitants. The record of: growth from 1890 to 1900 can easily be understood; as the - county has practically made all its development in the last few years. During the past ten years it has gained iu population nearly 200 per cent and the last tive years made a growth of over 150 per cent. In every;county of northern Minnesota census returns show plainly the foot prints of the new settler. Itasca county’s increase during the + past five years is 6,956. Beltrami and / Clearwater counties are reported as - one showing a combined increase . during the.same period of 9,521. St. Louis county, outside the city of Du- luth, increased during uhe past five years 22,608. Thus it will be seen that the increase of this county has _ been greater than that. of any other northern county except St. Louis. As compared with Aitkin county dur- ing the same period the increase. of Ivasca bas been 150 per cent, while. thatof Aitkin was 41 percent. Dur- ing the past five years the popula- tion of the village of Grand Rapids has increased nearly 100 per cent. A Printer Farmer. J. H. Johnson, who is the sole pro- prietor of a Deer Lake farm, accom- panied by his scn, A.. M., were. visitors to Grand Rapids Thursday. For well nigh unto forty years Mr. Johnson made a living by doing | things in the mechanical depart— ments of print shops—he is a printer. by trade. Having amassed a fortune by picking up types he concluded to. retire with bis family to the shores, of Deer lake and enjoy his declining years in luxurous leasure. Since coming to this’ section several years. ago he has actually grown younger in .— appearanse and he saysif it were not contrary to the inexorable rule of arithmetic he would actually believe. he had grown younger in years. Of course, like all printers, Johnson keeps busy at something all the time. In the sumwer he farms and 13; roid ah winter he logs. During hi se9 pete pe batle Ls N of