Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 9, 1906, Page 2

——————> Vor. XIII—No, 50. —— cut out the coupon you want and bring zt to the store. Company. Every coupon here printed is worth something to some one. be bought at this sale, at less than regular prices. to the store and pocket the savings. pons. Don’t forget to bring the coupons. C) O8c Pair 50c prir fo) 0} “ Ladies’ Kid Gloves, | nega ies I | | yard wide 2% long, | -Sepeewes regular price 75¢ pr n Cc o @©6: 1.98 79c Women’s Parasols, steel rod, fancy andle, regular $1.25 U_Bed Spread, cut corners, fringed, size Soxgo n C| $1.25 U) LaGrecque Corsets, o| uw Boys’ Waists, sizes P 6to 14, light and dark regular price $1.50 : = I 5 n colors,regular 35 50c fe) $5.98 Covert Jacket, satin lined, sizes 36 to 38, regular price S10 | $3.75 | Covert Jacket, size 38. regular price, $7.00 $2.25 Women’s Shoes. Dongola Kid, regular $3.50 1-3 Off U Regular price on all Dress Goods SLL LAL PAL PAS LAL LIAL ALO ALO ASD AL OAL OAL OLSON ALS ON AL ALN AL ON AL DOL GAL ALOR AL ASO ON AL ALO Itasca Mercantile THE STORE OF QUALITY. Prices Always Lower than Elsewhere for the Same Quality of Goods. ONE WEEK BIG COUPON SALE OUR FIRST COUPON SALE STARTS MONDAY They all tell of merchandise that can Cut out the coupon that interests you, bring it POSTIVELY no goods sold at these prices without the cou- We want to know how many read our advertisements and the coupons will tell the story. Regular price on all Dress Trimmings. 98c yard Silk Back Velvets, regular price $1.50 5c Fancy Silk Stock Collars, regular price 10c $4.98 Black Jacket, size 34, regular price $10 Botws0Q $7.00 Women’s Cravenetts, choice of any, regu- lar $12, to $17. A Cool Suggestion! Buy Have it a Buy a refrigerator! here and buy now. fine line of the most desirable styles. The Lenox Refrigerator ' ‘ is leader perhaps because it i ™ - costs Only $10. It is the best low priced refrigerator made. Others up to $30.00. } | We have got a stock of summer goods which will make you cool to look at. 4 ) tt i “cop horr = Prices are almost down to zero, too. Call and See Them. W.L.& H. D. Powers 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......... Ae DAVE CHAMBERS, Prop. Leland Ave., Grand Rapids. BVSBSISISWSISVES: Pioneer Meat Market THOMAS FINNEGAN, Prop. Fresh and Salt Meats ’ Grand Rapids, Minn. HT | Pi } 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. | y Butter. Eggs. Cheese. THOS. FINNEGA Letand Avetiue, Opposite Postoffice. ee EE Seee SPSL S LANDS. Timber and Meadow Lands in Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, zi is. Cook and all northern counties. Send for free map of Minnesota, with full list of lands aud descriptions of northern Minnesota. Prices—$6 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 erty. Will pay athe Pine and lard wood timber lands. Want good retail agents in all parts of the northwest. W. D. Washburn, Jr. 201 Guarantee Bid’g, Minneapolis, Minn. OUR UNEQUAL ~ TAK GATHERING The Averige Taxpayer: Largely to Blame for Unequal Assessment. SOME OF THE REASONS FOR KICKS The Baie a Dieeiilie Now in Vogue Responsible For Un- Causes Much Trouble. At no time of the year is the mat- ter of unequality of assessments brought heme to the tax payers as at the period ending May 3lst, the date when the time provided by law expired for the payment of the cur- rent taxes without penalty attaching. As the county is in the throes of another assessment, the Herald-Re- ylew believes that a few pertinent re- marks upon this much mooted ques- tion will not be amiss. From the time when our forebears had a picnic in the harbor at Boston, and made fued for the fishes with cargoes of England’s consignments to her colonies, until the present period, the question of unjust and unequal taxatiun Las been a topic of discus- sion, and the solution seems avt to have been arrived at as yet, and we rise to remark that insofar as the state of Minnesota is concerned, there will be dissatisfaction galore until the present system is materially changed. On this feature we may dilate at some future date, and at the present deal only with the system as we find it, and offer a few sugges- tions which appear to us to be appro- priate in the premises. Thad as the present system is, tbe xteater part of the responsiblity for unequal taxes being had may be ac- credited to the taxpayers themselves. ‘The tirst matter in the making of av assessment is the el on by the people of the assessors, and we tind that it is the prevaling custom for the taxpayers to furget there is such an Official as an assessor, and when they choose one they vote fur anyone who seems to want the jub. Fitness and qualification counts for naught; the office is awarded to whomsoever will take it. Hence it is that in some towns the valuation of farm lands and what is commonly called cut-over lands will be placed at $15.00 per acre, while the assessor of another town will place a valuation of $4.00 upon land which has an equal market value as those placed at $15 per acre. ‘This same discrepaucy will appear in all parts of the county, and perhaps will be more noticable in the valu- atioas placed upon village lots. Grand Rapids will probably be assessed more justly in proportion to the value of the lots than other platted lands, but itis only reason- able to supose that Mr. Huntly will not materially lower the average yaluations of our village property. But in other places we will find when the rolls are turned into the county auditor’s hands, that the valuations placed upon the lots are not in com- parison with these of the lots of this village. For instance, if we are to judge by the past, we will find that the lots that cannot be bought in the village of International Falls for $3,500 will be assessed for about one- third of the amount that lots that can be bought for $1000 in this village will be listed at. This has been the prevailing custom for years, and there is no reason to suppose that a Moses will arise in each of the several villages and relieve us of this unequality of assessment. Grand Rapids bas been proclaimed from every housetop in our neighboring villages as being a “hog,” and in the matter of paying taxes we certainly have been hoggish. We have paid at least treble the taxes upon our pro- | perty that lands of equal and greater yalue have Leen called tribute to the county coffers. not claim that the valuations of our property has been placed too high, but we do assert that like property iu other parts of the county have been assessed ridiculously low, making the matter of taxation most glaringly unfair to us. We believe that this is one of the evils that ought to be remedied, and would suggest that the upon to con- Continued on Page 8, We do} | extended review of the work. REPUBLICANS SEND DELEGATES. The Republican county convention tor the election of delegates tb the state convention to be held at Duluth next Wednesday, was held at Village hall Wednesday afternoon last. ‘Yhere were present about forty dele- gates who evidently acquiesced in everything that happened—least- wise there were no protests vented upon the floor of the convention hall. B,C. Finnegan was chosen chairman and A. L. ‘hwing, secretary. These two gentlemen were made permanent chairman and secretary and the chair- man was empowered to appoint pre- cinct committeemen at his conven- lence. A committee was appointed on resolutions and also one to prepare and submit a set of ten delegates to re- present Itasca county at the state con- vention. ‘The committee on resolu- tions were H. J. Minor, of Interna- tional Falls; A. M. Greeley of Ripple; John M. Busch and T. R. Dodson ot Mashwauk; James H. Cross of Grand Rapids. ‘The resolutions submitted were endorsed without comment by a unanimous vote, ‘They “pointed with pride,” endorsed and condemned. Roosevelt was o. k’d as were also Senators Knute and Moses. ‘The his- tory and record of the Republican party in Minnesota was pronounced to be about correct and it was resolved to again take possession of the reins of state government by the nomination and election of A, L, Cole as governor. Hon. D. M. Gunn was unanimously endorsed for senator from this district. Mr, Gunn’s platform—state develop- ment, railroad rate regulation and the drainage of ,state swamp lands—was declared to be in strict accord with the sentument of the party. ‘These delegates were elected to go to Duluth next Wednesday with in- strucuons to vote for Cole: C. C. McCarthy, James Doran, H. R. King, E, J. Farrell, H. S. Huson, John u. Fraser, Grand Rapids; H. J. Minor, International Falls; A.M. Greeley, Ripple; J. M. Busch Nashwauk; M. J. Laylor, Deer River. MONEY MAKING * PROPOSITION. On the front page of this edition of the Herald-Review 1s a business pro- positon by the Itasca Mercantile company that should attract the atten- tion of every 1eader of this paper. Manager Dickson has long since es- tablished his reputation as a man who absolutely makes good every statement made to the public through the medt- um of the press. His personal honor as well as business reputation depends upon the faithfulness with which he fulfills his ofters to the trade. When he advertises that the Itasca store 1s making reductions in the price of cer- tain goods, and states what that re- duction is, you may be sure that the offer will:be made good to the last cent, ‘The Itasca coupon advertisement in this issue really means a great deal to the trading public. The amount that the average family can save by taking adyantage of the liberal discounts offered 1s no small sum in the matter of household economy. As_ will be noted, the sale starts on Monday next. Here is an extract from the published advertisement: “Every coupon here printed is worth something to some one. ‘They all tell of merchandise that can be bought at this sale, at less than regular prices. Cut out the cou- pon that interests you, bring it to the store and pocket the savings. Posi- tively no goods sold at these pnices without the coupons. We want to know how many read our advertise- ments and the coupons will tell the story. Don’t forget to bring the cou- pons.” Remember to take along the coupons as printed in this issue of the Herald-Review. HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL ISSUED. “Pine Needles” isthe title of a sixty-page annual just issued by the Grand Rapids High school. The publication is profusely illustrated with beautiful halftone cuts, representing many scenes in and about Grand Rapids, pictures of the graduates, fac- ulty, school buildings, etc. It con- tains a large amount of useful and in- teresting reading matter relating tu ed- ucational subjects, and also essays by the graduating pupiis, and many _pa- pers thatcombine to make it one of the most useful publications ever is- sued in Grand Rapids. Next week the Herald—Review will give a more} The entire issue has been turned over to C. H. Dickinson at the Itasca Mercanule store, where copies will be for sale at 50 cents each. There should be no trouble finding sale for them Subscribe for the Herald-Review. “perfect Page tally been determined, and tt DEFECTIVE PAGE Two Do.iars A YEAR. DEVELOPING % Railroad Construction to Bovey is Making Rapid Progress. THE MODEL CITY OF COLERAINE Located in the Center of a District Where Exist Hundreds of Mil- lions of Tons of Iron Ore —Finds Continue. Excellent progress is being made with the construction of the Missabe’s fifty-five mile extension from Alborn, on the main line, to Bovey, on the Western Mesaba; practically all of the bridges are completed, much of the track isin place, and there is every probability that the first train will run into the western terminus of the new branch by the first day ef July, so says the Duluth Evening Herald. It is adjacent to Bovey.from which the townsite was recently setapart,and on the shores of Trout lake, a large and well-shaped body of pure water, that the steel corporation’s model city of Coleraine is being established. ‘This. town is already largely laid out. The streets are being opened, many hav- ing now been grubbed and ditched, and a large force of men is at work on Cole avenue, a eontinuation of the new county road leading from Bovey. Although Coleraine will be the cen- ter of a comparatively small district, the existence of hundreds of millions of tonsof ore in the immediate viciniy has wiready been determined, and as the diamond drills are continued in their mission the amountvis steadily being increased. It is estimated that with the mines fully opened at least 42,500,000. tons of ore wi'l be produced annually. Much of this will come from open pits after many million yards of overburden have been re moyed from the ore deposits; the re= mainder,lyiag deeper, will be mined by the underground system, and in both cases, because of the presence of sand in quantity, it will doubtless be necessary to treat a considerable por- tion of the produc’ vy the washing process, adding to working forces and iner ing mining costs. Shafts are sinking, costly plants of machinery are being installed and in general plans are being carried out for many years of large annual production. ‘Thousands of men, the best class of la- bor procurable, will ultimately beem- ployed inthe mines about Coleraine, and in town now being built they will enjoy a model place of residence which in its advantages and environ" Ments is expected to go along ways in solving the sociological problem and making of the miners and their fami- lies better citizens. A liberal policy has been adopted with reference to the sale of building lots and further pro- vision has been made to convert the municipal treasury the proceeds of these sales, out ot which will be met the cost of sewerage, water, and light systems and other improvements of public nature. ings will not be permitted until the planus therefor have been approved by the companys’engineering department and speculation in realty within the city limits will be discouraged. loons will be permitted to flourish but they will be limited in number and will be compelled to bow to certain re- strictions with reference to closing hours and the sale of liquor itself. A start has been made on the construc- tion of the school house which itis un= derstood will cost in the neighborhood of $75,000, and it is the reported inten- tion of the company to erect a $40,000 office building. It has ovly been within recent years that the presence of vast deposits of ore on the Western Mesaba has actu- into ‘The erection of build- Sa- eis no*® question now that the form tends across the lon eXx- ississipi river for a considerable distance. Drillshave been at work in this territory for some time past for the Steel corporation and other tuterests, and while the ore thus far fuund is largely lowin metallic iron, enough is already kuown of the country Loassure that in years Lo come it will be the scene of important min- ing operations. Exploration has been difficult and of necessity has bee icons ducted rather blindly, for the reason that, contrary to the case in other districts tributary to Lake Superior, outcroppings are lacking, drift cover- ing the formation to such a depth as ww obliterate surface iudicatious of the presence of ore. WESTERN MESABA 3 e 9d 29954 on