Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 14, 1906, Page 1

i | * Grand Vor, XIIL—No, 42. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SaturDaAy, ApRIL 14, 1906. Uapids Herald-Review. geek HISTORICA\ SOCcIE Two Douuars Aa YEAR. How Did the Spring Opening Impress Your E TAKE it for granted that everyone in a store where they can always find a complete assortment of new and fresh mer- chandise attended the special showing of last week. Hundreds certainly dic. Re- gardless of the materials sold we consider the affair a demonstration to hundreds, many of whom, perhaps, have not been regular customers of the store, of our desire and constant effort to secure for the people the newest and best material to be found in the market at the lowest possible prices. The past week has been one of busy crowds—busy looking at the new spring stuffs, busy inspecting and comparing styles in every line—and crowds busy buying—partaking of the superior values they find in the Itasca’s array of spring merchandise of every description. . These goods and prices will make it. next week to be busier still Prices Always Lower than Elsewhere for the Same Quality of Goods. We expect 12 Special Bargains Next Week You-save money on every number. They won't last long at these prices, Pick out your numbers, No. 1. No. 2. No. 3, 25¢ Aprons, made of 8¢ Ging- | 15c Turn-Over Collars, dainty | $1 Ladies’ Umbrellas. Special bam. Special............+ 206 patterns. Special. --10¢ while they last, each......89¢ f No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. £250 Ladies? White Waists, | 50c Misses’ Cups, brows and | Ladies’and Misses’ White Duck handsomely trimmed. Spe- blue mixed, with gold buckle Belts. Special values, at this Mal); i: Abt teas $1.89 OM MIGes 5.2. ee ast 40e SUIGAOU TY ceases eeeee se, 10e No. 7. No. 9. 15e and 20¢ Black Cat Hose | lic Gauze s, summer | $10 Women’s Jackets, black, Supporters. Special for this weight. Special for this sale, trimmed with soutache braid. sale, per pair.....-....-.+- 12¢ (So Na SRI ie CR i ea A 10¢ satin lined. Special....... $7 No. 10. No. 11. No. 12. $6 Woman's Ji t. ULlack, | $11.00 Covert Jackets, tight $9.00 Covert Jackets, loose fit- tight fitting, c trimmed litting. satin lined, collar ting, lined, trimmed wiih J with green velvet. Special trimmed with velvet. Spe- buttons on side.” Special for for this sale.......... 000 $3.98 OMI cae Sa cng be $7.98 bile "Bales Ss os eee oe 6.98 Itasca Mercantile Co. The Store of Quality. GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA. % the housemaid—if its the kind that’s wanted. How nice it is for the kitchen or butler’s pantry to have Japanned Bread and Cake Boxes. Mice may not like them— but who cares so long as they can’t get in them, It will pay to see our fine line of Japanned ware just opened and to buy what you want. Our prices are very reasonable Japan Ware Suits WJI&HDP % O = 0 a H SWSBWSVWSS SWSSISVSS SISSSVSVES *: Pioneer Meat Market THOMAS FINNEGAN, Prop. ] | Fresh and Salt 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 "28,5289; cornice SI®SET OLSLSLSLS PSV LSLS PHM ELSISPSS 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 Feastdays.....'... he DAVE CHAMBERS, Prop. Leland Ave., Grand Rapids. LANDS. Farm, Timber and Meadow Lands in Itasca, Aitkin, Cuss. Crow Wing, Lake, St, Louis. Cook and ail northern counties. Send for free map of Minnesota, with full ist of lands aud descriptions of northern Minnesota. Prices—$6 to 815 per acre. Easy terms. 6 per cent. Will exchange clear lands for mortoaged or foreclosed + Farms and Lands Send in full descriptions of your prop- erty. Will bay cash for Pine ‘and: Hari= wood ‘timber lands. Want good retail agents in all parts of the northwest. W. D. Washburn, Jr. 201 Guarantee Bid’g, Minneapolis, Minn, -|self-styled “bad man,” and becau VERDICT OF AGQUITTAL Second Trial of Joseph H. Gardner for Killing of Wm. Garrison Results in Verdict for Defendant. JURY OUT BUT 15 MINUTES Result Not Unexpected, Rulings of Su- preme Court Rendering Such a De- cision Probable. ‘The second trial of Joseph H. Gard- her fur the killing of William Garri- son in the northern part of Itasca county, ended in a verdict of acquit+ for the defendant on Monday night. The case was taken up by Judge Mc- Clenahan on March 20 and about two weeks’ tine was taken_up in securing a jury, about 250 veniremen being ex- amined before the requisite twelve jurymen were selected. The taking of testimony was com- menced the early part of last. week, The evidence on both sidés was largely along the same lines as that of the former trial. The prosecution was conducted by County Attorney Spear, while the interests of the de- fendant were looked after by Judge Steele, of Superior, and ex-Senator C. C. McCarthy and Frank F. Price, of Grand Rapids. Ou Friday the only dramatic inci- dent of the trial occurred. The direct examination of Gardner was taking place when, owing to the long con- tinued physical strain under which he had labored, the witness suddenly collapsed and it was necessary for coart to adjourn until the next day to enable him to conclude his testi- mony. The taking of testimony was con- cluded Saturday night, aud the ad- |dresses to the jury were made Mon- day. The chief feature of the de ) | feuse was theclaim that Gardner shot ‘y when he feared bis Ife was iv dgiger. “Monday evesing’ Judge Mc- Clenahan charged the jury. which re- tired about 9.30. Fifteen minutes later 1t returned with a verdict of not guilty, and Gardner was overjoyed to find himself afree man again, He aud his wife will return at once to their homestead. The shooting of William Garrison took place in 638-23, Itasca county. The men were neighbors, as neigh- bors go in this county, being about three miles apart. Garrison was Gardner bad interfered with some lawlessness attempted by Garrison the latter “had it in for Joe,” and it is clainsed told several people that he would “yet” Gardner some time, The final trouble came over some pota- toes. While Gardner was away from home Garrison went to Gardner’s and touk the potatoes, claiming to those there that Gardner owea him. He also told Gardner’s son to tell his father to “come over and settle for that hay he cut on my land.” Gard- ner on his return, went to Garrison’s in response to the invitation. He took his Winchester with him, the custom being up in that country fora man going anywhere through the woods to take his gun and his pipe. Wheu he got to Garrison’s Gardner asked the other what he wanted about hay. As Gardner, who is deaf, under- stood it, Garrison said, *‘I’ll show you,” and started for his gun which was leaning against the cabin a few away. Gardner shouted to Garrison to stop, but the latter did not heed, and Gardner, believing himself in danger, flred, and as that shot did not take effect and as Garrison seemed to be still going toward the gun Gard- ner fired again, this time hitting his inan. Garrison dropped and crawled through a,fence and Gardner went over to see if he was playing possum or not. Satisfied he had wounded him and not knowing how badly, ina sort of a panic he started away, went to his own house and sent one of his own men over to Garrison's to take care of the wounded man. Gardner walked fifty miles to Hib- bing and wired the Ltasca tounty au- thorities of the shooting, and at their wired order walked back and met them at his own house and took them to the scene of the shooting, Garri- son had died during the night follow- ing the shooting. At his trial Gardner was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life. His friends came to his aid and moved for a new trial, which Judge preme court, and that tribunal in last November ordered a new trial, prac~ tically ruling also that Gardner had shot in self defense and placing the case ina more hopeful light. Judge Spooner, in his charge to the jury in the first trial, ruled -that Gardner should have endeavored to retreat when he thought Garrison had in- tended to take his life. The supreme court ruled that when Gardner was couvinced that his own life was in danger he had a right to shoot, and shoot to kill, thus overruling Judge Spooner’s charge, which had been the charge of Minnesota courts for many years. It is admitted that Judge Spvoner’s ruling was not only in keep- ing with the supreme court of Minne- sota in such cases, but in keeping with the rulings of the judiciary of the entire country from time imme- morial. The reversal in the Gardner case was an innovation. The court teok into consideration the difference in firearms and their use since the es- tablishment of the theory that an assaulted man should retreat before resorting to extreme measures. Judge Spooner’s ruling was in keeping with all precedent, but the new ruling will stand for many decades to come. A new trial was ordered for Gard- ner and he was brought back to Grand Rapids to await a second trial. Then his frieads started out to haye him released on bonds until the second trial should take place. County At- torney Speer fought this, but Judge Spooner consented to the release of Gardner on $15,000 bunds, H..L. Shepherd, of Duluth, who had been most active in Gardner's behalt, started out to get the bonds, and found it much easier than he had dreamed it would be. He secured eighteen bondsmen who qualified for $315,000, and could have as safely qualified for $15,000,000. Gardner was released the day before Curistmas and ate his Christmas dinner with his wife and two children in Hibbing. Since that time, after he had recov- ered from his prison languor, Gard- ner busied himself at his usual occu- pation of cruising until he came here to stand his trial. PREPARE TO- HANDLE CROWD Extensive preparations are under way for the entertainment of the large crowd of strangers who, it is ex- pected, will be here next Tuesday to attend tke sale of Itasca county state lands. Secretary C. E. Dickinson, of the Commercial club, has been kept busy during the past month answer- ing the hundreds of inquiries regard- ing the Jand, the approximate price and the terms of sale, and if one-quar- ter of the people who are interested epough to seek information attend the sale, the towa will be crowded with landseekers upon the date of the sale. The degree of development of this county and the well-known adapta- bility of the soil for agricultural pur- poses are very attractive to outsiders. Forty thousand acres of land will be put up at auction by State Auditor Iverson at a minimum price of $5 per acre. KOOCHICHING WATER POWER A Washington special under date of April 12 says that S. Breoks and ©. J. Backus, of the Backus-Brooks company. interested in the water power at™International Falls, are in Washington looking after a tinal settlement between the United States and Canada relative to the erection of adam at Kuochiching. The Cana- dian goverument objected a year ago to what it claimed was a diversion of water for the benefit of people on the American side. The matter was the subject of considerable correspond- ence and now stands in a fair way of adjustment. J. J. FLAHERTY KILLED IN WRECK Inawreck on the Great Northern railroad Weduesday morning J. J. Flaberty, a well-known passenger engineer in charge of the engine pulling the wrecked train, was in- *stantiy killed and his fireman, John Brown dangerously injured. The body of the dead engineman was taken to his home, 2715 West Fourth | street, Duluth, and the injured fire- mao is at St. Mary’s hospital, Supe- tior. It is thought the latter will re- cover. None of the passengers on the train were injured. < The accident was caused by two lumber laden flat cars on a siding at Spooner, of Bemidji, denied. The!Qass Lake becoming loosened and matter was appea'ed to the state sue running through the switch on to the main line. East bound passenger No, 36 met them on a trestle near Cass Lake. Lumber on the flat car was driven into the engine cab, de- mulishing it and instantly killing Engineer Flaherty. His body was burled a distance of 40 feet into the water, where it was found some time later. The firemapv was pinned in the cab by some of the lumber and pieces of the splintered cab. As the train was still near the town and not under full headway, the force of the impact was not sufficient to cause derailment. Had that occurred the loss of life would have been much greater, as the entire train might have been thrown into the water which at that point is several feet deep. Mr. Flaherty was well-known in Grand Rapids, having been on a pas- senger run through here for a num- ber of years. He had a premonition of the manner of death he would meet and often told his friends he would die in a wreck and on duty in the cab. His fatalistic ideas did not affect his usefulness as an engineer, how- ever. If his train happeued to be late there was a good reason for it. Engineer Flaherty lived for a num- berof years at Superior, but a short time ago removed with his family to Duluth. He was a member of Di- vision No. 1 Ancient Order of Hiber- nians, Superior court Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. These three societies met at the residence Thurs- day afternoon and accompanied the remains to the Omaha depot, from whence they were taker to his old home, Stratford, Ontario, for inter- ment. EXPERIMENT FARM BULLETINS Bulletin No. 60. GROWING FEED—ROOTS. An acre of ground well manured and well cultivated will produce from 15 to 20 tons of routs, either mangles, stock carrots or rutabagas. The total labor expense from plowing theground to getting the rvots in the cellar need not exceed $10, and taking an average yield of 15 Lons to the acre, the cost of producing this feed would be levs than 70 cents a ton. You need a gar- den drill for planting (the Planet Junior has been found most sati tory) and a wheel hoe for cultivating close to the row when the plants are small. The cost of both implements is less than $10, The quantity of seed required per acre is 5 pounds for mangles, 3 pounds for stock carrots and 14 pounds for rutabagas. Grow the stock carrot for dairy cows, mangles for hogs and the rutabagas for sheep or young stock. Sandy soil is preferable to clay. Manure and plow deeply. Harrow the ground till perfectly smooth. Plant in rows two feet apart. As soon as the plants are well up start cultivation, using the wheel hoe to run oyer the row and the horse be- tween the rows. When the plants are about two inches high thin out with the hand hoe; leaving the stock carrots six iaches apart, the ruta- bagas ten inches, aud the mangles from twelve to sixteen inches, owing to the richness of the soil. In this way you need practically no hand weeding and the yield will be greater than if the plants grew closer to- gether. Cultivate once a week alk summer. The amount of hand hoe- ing necessary will be determined by the number of weeds in the land. The cultivation must be thorough and the weeds kept out to get a good crop. In pulling the roots lay them across the row with the tops even. They can then be topped with a corn knife almost as fast as a quan can walk. A man can plow, harrow and plant an acre of roots ina day. Three hours a week will keep thein culti- vated and free from weeds. Two men can pull, top and get them in the cel- lar in two days. To save labor in feeding it is neces- sary to have a root cellar in connec- tion with the barn. A pit in the ground, covered with any kind ofa cheap roof, will acswer the purpose. it must be made frost proof. Roots will largely take the place of grain. For dairy cows they are splen- did milk producing food. Further- more, they keep animals in the best of bealth. Grow roots. They can be grown at less than a dollar a toa, and when compared with the price of bran and other feed their food value is worth over $4a ton. Giye them a trial. Plant the last week in May. Agricultural Society Meeting. The annual meeting of the Itasca County Agricultural society will be held at the office of the Village Re- corder on Saturday afternoon, April 21, at 2:30 o’cluck. A full attendance is desired, A. M. Siser, President. H. E. GRarram, Secretary. <= oo