Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 17, 1906, Page 1

te as Vor, XIII.—No, 34 sad Grand Uapids Granp Rapips, Irasca COUNTY, NN., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, tgo6. 5 Two Do.uars A YEAR. White Petticoats. $1.00 Vatues—on sale at.........- 69e .25 Values—on sale at....... ... T9e 1.75 Values—on sale at.......... 98e 2.50 Values—on sale at........ $1.48 3.00 Values—on sale at........ 1.85 Corset Covers. Made of Nainsook fine Cam- bric; trimmed with Val. lace and ribbon braiding. Sic Values... 2.00 ce o0si os pee esis 22¢ 250 Valuer sister a ses seo aa 1de 50e Values . «+. 290 jie Values... - 38¢ » Drawers. Made in fine Cambric, trimmed in lace and ‘embroidery and hemstitching. 35¢ Values . 50c Values . Gide Values . a S12 “Vulties@.. oc.) 722916 Jo. 4s SAS AAS AIAN With a Poor Heater. It’s time, patience and valu- able fuel wasted for nothing. Good Heaters can be had at our hardware store. Prices on that kind commencing 1906 are ex- tremely low. Don’t shiver; keep convinced. warm, Do it now, and buy ,f An all linen unbleached C Commences Saturday; Feb. 10. Don’t Monkey —_.._ YY Do it by buying a new keater. wJ& HD POWERS SLL AS p Another Great Sale for Money Savers at the Itasca Mercantile After-Inventory Sale of White Goods and Remnants. - Night Gowns. Some are lace trimmed; some are embroidered. $1.25 Gowns—Sale price........ $ .73 1.50 Gowns—Sale pric 98 225 Gowns le price. -. 1.24 2.50 Gowns—Sale price........ India Linens. Just received—a case of India Linens. These are positively the best bargains you have ever seen. ESE ER Ge yard sale .. Se yard 15c Yalues, extra sale au y lle yard 30c Values, extra fine, on sale Gras a's saidiwlaicia a. <laieints cee eae 20¢ yard 40c Values, extra fine, on sale CU RAABINP SO EA pat tiie CARA ae 25e yard Crash. Can you equal’ this— Bleached Roller Crash..... 84e yard hb, . 8e yard -10¢ yard 12¢ yard -2le yard cheap at 124. on sale at.. ldc grade, on sale at... 18¢ grade,.on sale at. de grade, ou sale ab... Ends The Itasca ; Mercantile Company. % i} See them and be one. ° Pioneer Meat Market | THOS. FINNEGAN “85,2292: c:otnce i SISLSWSLSLSVHOSESLSLES: THOMAS FINNEGAN, Prop. Fresh and Salt Meats We Carry Only the Our Special Brands of CANNED GOODS are the best offered Poultry. Game, Etc.. Butter. Eggs. Cheese. Best that Can be Had. to the public. Curtain Swiss. Plain, Stripes and Figures 25¢ Values—on sale at.........+ 18¢ 22c Values—on sale at.. - 16¢ 20¢ Values—on sale at. 138¢ 124¢ VaJues—on sale at... -- 9% 10¢ Values—on sale at........-- we Towels. A large assortment in all linen and huck, plain; some with borders, and some with fringe. 10c Towels—on sale at... - te 123¢ Towels—on sale at.. 35¢ Towels—on sale at............ $1.00 Towels—on sale at.......... 60e. White Spreads. Standard sizes in desirable patterns, OU625 Valued 7-1-3258 = eens oe $ .80 B29 Vial WOR. 5 ose wipeis. v's big sine’ 1.69 3.75 Values 2.98 3.25 Values... - 2.69 Saturday, Feb. 24. ot ;ditions that defy success. OREST RESERVE IS BUT A FARCE Hon. A. L. Uole, of Walker, who as taken a very active part in all atters looking to the development Of the state as a whole, and more es- fecially the north half of the state, has been a close observer of the forest reserve movement in Minnesota, and if well posted on the movement ever” Since its inception, remarks a writer in the Duiuth News-Tribune. Mr, Qole has decided views in the matter and says relative thereto, and the es- tablishment of the park about Cass’ Lake: “i think it 1s surrounded by con- It is trav- ersed from end to end by the Great Northern railway. All over the pro- Posed reserve are scattered homes and farms. The fires from the en- gines as they pass over the lands, are almost certain to break out periodi- cally and "sweep over the reserve, Scattering death to all young trees; and, more than that, it is menaced by a hostile local sentiment. I think the law creating this reserve was the result of impulse, founded on guess- work or hearsay testimony. The hi tory of that legislationgis somewhat interesting: “Some years ago a well-meaning gentleman from a distant state visited the Leech lake Indian reservation, and soon; thereafter began agitating the questiomof converting the whole reservation-into a national park. He succeeded in interesting the Women’s Federation of Clubs. ‘hese ladies ab once got busy. They went to the legislature and obtained a memorial to congress. They went to some of the commercial clubs and got peti- tions which were afterwards scat- tered broadcast throughout the ¥ sissippi valley. All of these docu- ments favored the changing of those 600,000 acres into a national park. What was the evidence gny or all of these men acted upon? sha any one of these gentlemen investigate the question and«convince himself by dis- covered, facts that on that reserva- tion is the best’ place in the state for a pational ‘park? eIf so, who is the uian an} what are his reasons? I have searched diligently for answer to these questions, but as yet nave discovered none. What did congress know about conditions here? So far as I have heen able to learn, every- thing was guesswork and_ hearsay. When I was last in Minneapolis, while talking on this question with one of the most zealous advocates of the Cass Lake forest reserve, he gave me the sentimental reason that the permanent forest at the headwaters ot the Mississippi should be sacredly The Palace Restaurant DAVE CHAMBERS, Proprietor, When you can’t get what you waut to eat at Dave Chambers’ “Palace Res- taurant” it’s because the markets don’t keep it. TheSunday Dinner, Is always prepared with the idea of pleasing pat- rons who remember the good things at home on Feastdays)....-.. ie DAVE CHAMBERS, Prop. Leland Ave., Grand Rapids. LANDS. Farm, Timber and Meadow Lands in Ttascu, Aitkin, Cass. Crow Wing, Lake, St, Louis. Cook and all northern counties. Send for free map of Minnesota. with full list of lands. aud descriptions of hern Minnesoté. Prices—36 to #15 per acre. Easy terms. 6 per cent. Will exchange clear lands for, mortgaged or foreclosed }\ Farms and Lands Send in full descriptions of your prop- erty. Will pay cash for Pine and Hard- wood timber lands. Want good retail agents in all parts of the northwest. W. D. Washburn, Jr. preserved. Had he taker a little bit of pains, he would have learned tuat the Cass Lake forest reserve is not on the Mississippi river at all, buton one of the numerous tributaries of the Mississippi. There is altogether too much ignorance surrounding this Important question. “As is usually the case when im- portant steps are taken without first giving them proper investigation and study great mistakes may be made, and needless barm done thereby, Look at the damage done by this hasty and ill-timed action. After congress had, a few years before, passed the so-called Nelson law, pro viding*for the sale of the entire reser- vation, and after the secretary of the interior, pursuant to that law, had advertised and sold a few forty-acre tracts upon which to build Cass Lake (18,000, 1 think, being paic for one forty), and after many people, be- lieving that an act of cougress had stability, went to work and built up there a beautiful city, with all the modern improvements, investing in the upbuilding of the city all that they had in the world, there came the so-called Morris law amendment es- tablishing a national forest reserve, which bottled up and destroyed them. Besides this, the development of the country has been retarded by remoy- ing from settlement 225,000 acres of good agricultural land. I know that in certain quarters it is claimed that this land is worthless. The best answer to that claim is the sturdy farmers, who know what soil is, at the government sale last Augusé, waiting to file on the few sections inear Cass Lake which the governs ment foresters were so good as to leave outside the national ferest re- serve. Every forty was taken and hundreds went away disappointed. “Let us not repeat such follies. Let us take time by the forelock and investigate existing conditions before | it 1s too late.” Wm. Weitzel, the well-known taxi dermist, was at Hibbing last week on a’ business trip. While there he 201 Guarantee Bid’g, Minneapolis, Minn. took several orders for goods in his line. % ‘ | Bovey TO GIVE PLEASING |EXPERIMENT ENTERTAINMENT The. following is the excellent pro- gram prepared by Sunday school chil- dren of St. Joseph’s churca, which will be given in the High school audi- torium Friday evening, February 23. Admission: Adults, 35 cents; -chil- dren, 25 cents. No reserved seats. Curtain rises at 8:30, sharp: Opening Chorus—(a) Old-Glory; (b) Labor Song. Piano Duet—I'wo Juveniles— Madge Sennit and Rosemary Logan. Recitation—“Tne Lion and the Glove.”— Agnes Cassidy, Action Song—“We Are the People."—Twenty- four small children. Piano Trio— At the School Festival.”—Grace McDonald, Clara Sennit aud Florence Craig. Pantomimic Drill—“A Trip to Newer Lands.” —Boys and girls. Piano Solo—‘Spring Song.” — Mae Benton One-act Farce—“The Ghost in the Boarding School.”—Margaret McAlpine, Ruby Le- mere, Alta McIntosh, Aura Lothrop, Zita Doran, Tableau—“Home, Sweet Home.”—Miss Ellen Boer and Mae Benton, accom panists. EIGHTH DISTRICT FEDERATED CLUBS The delegates of the Eighth dis- trict Woman’s Federated clubs met at the library building in Duluth on Tuesday last, holding both morning and afternoon sessions. While the number of delegates in attendance was not as large as had been antici- pated, the meeting was most helpful, entertaining and in every way memo- rable. The delegates from Grand Rapids were Mrs. J. F. O’Connel] and Mrs. A. B, Clair, from the Woman’s club, ef whom the Duluth News- ‘Tribune in the course of its report of the proceedings makes the following mention: “Mrs. O'Connell, of Grand Rapids, was called and gave a short history of the Woman’s club, speaking of its greatest work as the securing of th Carnegie library recently. She said: ‘The greatest trouble which we have found in club life was that to many women join who are allured by ex pected social aspects, giving no con- sideration to the hard work eon- nected with preparing programs and papers. These in ably find fault with the clubs, both inside and out- side, and the blame lies entirely with themselves.’ “At this point the principal diver- sion of the afternoon was presented. Mrs. O'Connell suggested that Mrs. Clair, the other Grand Rapids dele- gate, might be able to add some in- formation, and she was promptly called up. She came to her feet, liter- ally gasping, and made one of the prettiest and most coherent little speeches ever heard in any woman’s meeting. She explained that it was her maiden effort, and that sbe had defeated a recent proposition for a stereopticon lecture in her own club because she simply felt that she could not stand up and make the announcement of it before the mem- bers. When she found herself on the floor before a hundred Duluth club women she felt like a man who has been pushed into cold water and finds the chill exbilarating. She talked delightfully, and announced her in- tention of going home to make a busi- ness of making speeches, and to spend the rest of her life discouraging timidity in other people. ‘Phe rafters of the club room started with the applause which greeted this born orator.” DEATH OF JOHN E. BOWDEN, A Well-Know Citizen of Grand Rapids Summoned to Unknown Beyond. John E. Bowden, an old-time resi- dent of this village, and who for many years followed the business of a blacksmith here, died very suddenly last Saturday evening. He went to visit with a neighbor, and had but arrived there when he was stricken with apoplexy, the end coming ina very few minutes. The funeral was held on Tuesday from the M. E. church, Rev. Hollis R. Scott preach ing the sermon, Mr. Bowden was born in Illinvis on August 3, 1884. In 1874 he was mar- ried to Miss Sarah Jones, who, lived but a few years after their union. | o41, the Home for the Frientiless at Later in life, in 1884, he was marrried to Mrs. Jane Elder, who, with three children, survives him. The deceased was a member of Battery H, 2nd Regt. Illinois Light Artillery, and served a considerable length of time in tne civil war. Don’t forget the ski tournament at tomorrow afternoon. ‘The shde is reported to. be in excellent | condition, and the long list of famous runners who will take part ought to be able to furnish sport worth seeing. | unshels per acres, | uncertain. FARM BULLETINS Bulletin No. 53. SMALL GRAINS. The small grains—wheat, vats, bar- ley and rye—have been grown con- tinuously during the ten years’ work of the Experiment station. Flax, peas and buckwheat have also been grown. This last year, 1905, thirteen va- rieties of wheat were grown: twenty- one varieties of vats and four of bar- ley. These varieties were grown in small plots, the object being to deter- mine the varieties best adapted to this section of the state. This va- riety test has been conducted fora number of years. each year retaining the promising varieties and discard- ing those that are uot adapted. Aside from the variety plots, four acres of wheat were grown; 16.5 acres of oats and 9.5 acres of barley; also 4 acres of rye and 1 acre of peas. The field wheat was University 165, originated at the Central Experiment station at St. Anthony Park, from which the seed was secured. The yield was 18 bushels per acre, grain of good quality. This yield is con- sidered goud, as the season was very unfavorable. The varieties were sown cn rather low ground, and largely drowned out. Enough seed, however, was.sccured to continue the test. The yield of wheat for the past eight years has been 17 bushels per acre. The field oats in 1905 yielded: 38.5 bushels per acre. The seed was Improved Ligowo, a variety found te be the best adapted to this part of : the state. In the variety test the average yield was 39.2 bashels per acre; the < highest being 51 bushels and the Jow- est 23.7 bushels. In 1904, a more fas » vorable season the varieties averaged 67 bushels per acre, the highest being : 81 bushels. The average yield .of oats for eight years has been 40,5-, bushels. ‘The field barley was on low groungud and one-half the crop was mostly:y drowned out. One field :of 4 acres-~ yielded 19.8 bushels per aeres.. In thew variety test, more favorably located; the best yield was 36, bushels; the average 30.6 bushéls. Of .the twenty varieties tested during.bhe pasty eight years, the variety Maasbury » has proven the most satisfaetory. Thig variety is now used; exelusively. for ~ fiela use. A fleld of 4 acres was sown to win- ter rye. This was pastured with: twenty-six sheep from May 1 to June: 1. A partof the.field, 1.8 acres, was bot pastured afterthis date and was allowed to mature... This yielded 16 Winter rye has, never failed to lime through the win-. ter, and when nob pagtured , hax yielded as high as 30 bushels per acre: It is recommenaed for very sandy soil, where other grain would be more It is also useful for early, spring pasture for sheep or hogs, but not for dairy cows, owing to in im- parting a disagreeable flavor to the milk. The growing of field peas is still in an experimental stage. Thus far the yield has been comparatively light. The vines make splendid growth, but fill lightly. The yield for the past year was 9.8 bushels per acre. Ex- periments will be conducted more extensively in the future with the fleld pea, owing to its value as a feed for fattening hogs. It may be said that all of the small grains can be yrown most success- fully in this section of the state. Tbe climate is favorable, but the yield, as elsewhere, will depend largely upon the fertility of the soil, the thoroughness of cultivation and the quality of the seed. McGuire. SEEKING FOR A LONG-LOST SISTER “Good news awaits Kittie Mary Drury, or Kilkowsky, and Victor Kilkowsky,” is the opening statement of a letter received by Marshal Jesse Harry the other day from Edwin’ W. Drury, of Watseka, Ill. The writer states that the woman, who 1s his syater, was adopted by Kilkowsky Chicago in 1@84and she may have, as- sumed the name of her foster parent. Drury says that he has not seen his apples since the time she was taken ftom the home, but is of the opinion that she with her father through adoption afterwards located some- where jn Minnesota. Owing to the request embodied in the letter that every step possible be taken to locate the parties, the au- thorities are of the opinion that the settling of a valuable estate is de- pending on the outcome of the search.