Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 16, 1906, Page 1

{ —_ Vor. XIII.—No, 51. <r Butterick children. Trunks, bags, stationery, books and sporting goods. thing necessary to spend an enjoyable vacation Trunks. Suit Cases and Traveling Bags. There is nothing like feeling safe about your baggage when yout. vel. You wantsomething that will stand the hard us- age of baggagemen. Itasca suit cases and traveling bags are al- ways safe. We have a full line to select from at a saving in price. a White Canvas Oxfords, very cool for outing wear, botn ladies’ and_ child- ren’s. Prices, S8de, $1, $1.25, $1.50 and $2. a | Bare-foot Sandles for hot little feet. No stuff- ed or thorns can bother the little fellow with these sandals. Price per pair, 90¢ and $1. : New Outing Shirts for vacation wear. A big selection in woven Ma- dras, Percales and Mo- hairs, Wilson Bros.’ make. They give you a perfect fit, with plenty gf room, at $1, $1.80 and MEN’S COLLARS, - All the .atest shapes, high, me- idum and low. Ask for the Out- ing Collars. SPRING HALF HOSE Fancy .or plain. We vouch for the qualities and excellent styles; per pair, 25c, 85e and 50¢. NECKWEAR Newest styles in Neck- wear for vacation wear. New FKour-in-hand, 50c Walk-over Shoes and Oxfords, new _ shapes, dull and patent leathers, $3.50 and $4. % Granp Rapips, Irasca CoUNTY, ‘GOOD ROADS Prices Always Lower than Elsewhere for the Same Quality of Goods. Itasca Mercantile Patterns, None Botan Company. Perfect Fitting | THE STORE OF QUALITY. JUNE, THE GET-READY-T0-GO-AWAY MONTH This is the month great preparations are made for vacation time, and we were neyer more able to furnish you with the necessary articles for pleasure trips. Outing apparel for men, women and secure extra goods in these lines, so that you might be able to pack your trunks full with’ every- A Splendid Showing of Men’s Outing Apparel. Trunks, Suit Cases and Traveling Bags We have made special efforts to ~~ SUMMER UNDERWEAR ° Shirts and Drawers, summer weights, in cotton and wool, in flesh, blue and ecru colors, per garment, 25e, 50e¢ and $1. A Cool Suggestion! Buy a refrigerator! Buy it here and buy now. Have a fine line of the most desirable styles. The Lenox Refrigerator is leader perhaps because it costs Only $10. It is the best low priced refrigerator made. Others up to $80.00. We have got a stock of summer goods which will make you cool Prices are almost down to zero, too, Call and See Them. W.L. & H. D. Powers Grand Rapids, Minn. to look at. 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- Tons who remember the good things at home on Feastdays........ es DAVE CHAMBERS, Prop. Leland Ave., Grand Rapids. BWSVSVSLSWSSSISVSVSISVEVSS* 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. e Butter. Eggs. Cheese. Letand Avenue, Opposite Postoffice. See LANDS. Farm, Timber and Meadow Lands in Itasca, 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 northern Minnesota. Pyices—$6 to #15 per acre. Easy terms, 6 per cent. Will exchange clear lands f for mortgaged or foreclosed Farms and Lands Send in full descriptions of erty. Will pay cash for Pine end Haris wood timber lands. Want good ret agents in all parts of the northwest. W. D. Washburn, Jr. 201 Guarantee Bia’g, Minneapolis, Minn, } INN., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, tg06. Two Dotiars a YEAR. CONVENTION A Subject of Vital Importance to Every Citizen of Itasca County. ENGINEER COOLEY WILL SPEAK At Grand Rapids on the Subject of Road Building on Friday Af- ternoon, June 29th—Big Attendance Urged. _ There is no subject of greater im- portance to the people of Itasca county than that of public road build- ing. Itis not only necessary to raise funds with which to build roads, but it isequally necessary to know how to build them. It is safe to say that one half the money expended in road building in Itasca county since its Organization has been absolutely Wasted. Men are given contracts who know no more about the skillful construction of a highway than they would know about the building of the Panama canal. County money is aid them in liberal sums for work hat is washed away by thelirst heavy } rain that falls, or is rendered impas-— sible by the hauling of afew heavy loads over it. Good, permanent roads ¢annot be built without the exercise of a knowledge of the work. Mr. George W. Cooley, engineer of the State highway commission will be here on the 29th inst., and will dis- course on the subject to the people of uhe county. His iastructive talk is ‘sail to be most valuable to comrauni- vbles. Where he has spoken ir differ- ent counties, reports come that he is accomplishing much good and a gen- eral and intelligent awakeuing is the result:throughout the state. In all surrounding: counties Goud Roads Passoclations are being formed. It cosis nothing to become a member. In that it is different from the drain- age. movemeut. There is no graft connected with it. There should be alarge attendance atthe meeting. Farmers and business men should all take advantage of the oppurtunity offered to learn something about how to make roads in a new country. The proposed organization will be per- fected on the 29th. The meeting will be heldin the afternoon and will probably be called to order about 2 vclock. An evening meeting may also be held if 1t is deemed advisable. Under the appropriation made by the last legislature there will be $60,000 state funds available for road build- ing in Minnesota next year. This money is expended under the direction of the state highway commission. Any county is entitled foa percent- age of the amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total. The commission has among its projects the building of a state road from Mille Lacs through Aitkin and Itasca to International Falls on the Canadian border. This plan is one that meets with much favor by the citizens of this section. Under state control there is no doubt but that such a highway would be well constructed and would prove of vast value to this entire northern country. It will largely depend upon the activ- ity ot our county organization as to the results that may be attained for Itasca county. The action of the commission is largely optional with the members. A great influence cau be brought to bear through the energy of the local organization. ARE MOVING TO WASHINGTON C. J. Johnson, the railroad contrac- tor, has loaded his outfit for shipment to Elienburg, Washington, where he has a contract for the construction of seventy-seven milesof road for the Milwaukee company. This piece of work will keep the Johnson company busy for the next three years. To ship the outfit required forty cars. Mr. H. J. Williams, who has had charge of the office work for Mr: Johnson here expects to go west ina few days. Mrs. Williams 1s now visits ing in Minneapolis at which place she will be jomed by her husband oa his way to Washington. Since coming to Grand Rapids Mr. and Mrs. Wil liams have made many friends who 1egret that they are to leave, but who will rejoice to know that they are going to the most delightful climate to be found in the Pacific states. The. hnson contract extends from the * dent. ‘Cascades to Ellensburg.’ A. L. COLE IS THE NOMINEE At the Republican state convention beld in Duluth on Wednesday of this week, Hon. Albert L. Cole of Cass county was nominated for governor on the fourth ballot. The whole ticket is made up as follows: Governor—A. L. Cole, Cass county, Sixth district. Lieutenant Governor—A. O. Eber- hart, Biue Earth county, Secund dis- trict. Auditer—Samuel G.I1verson, Fill- more county, First district. Treasurer—Clarence C. Dinehart, Murray county, Second district. Secretary of State—Julius A. Schmal, Redwood ‘ccunty, Seventh district. Clerk of Supreme Court—Carl A. Pidgeon, Wright county, Sixth dis- trict, Attorney General—Edward T. Young, Swift county,Seventh district. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner—Charles F. Staples, Dakota county, Third district. Chief Justice Supreme Court—Chas. M. Start, Olmsted county, First dis- trict. OUR LASTING PROSPERITY In a recent address Superintendent A. J. McGuire of the Northeast Ex- perimental station, made the follow- ing peroration: “Nature has endowed northeastern Minnesota with wonder- ful resources. in its forests there were hundreds of millions of dollars, but there isa sad part to all this. This great wealth has been largely remoyed from the country leaving in its trail only the skeleton and desol- ation of a fallen forest. Its iron mines have developed into the richest in the world. The shriek of the ore trains as they pass tell that this form of wealth is, too, leaving the country and but little remains in its stead. There is another form of wealth, however, greater than either or both of these. In the mil- lions of fertile acres there is a form of.wealth the development of which means a lasting prosperity to north: eastern Minnesvta. in the building upof agriculture we may hope to fully utilize nature’s resources, and in this employment. fair Minnesota may still offer homes to millions.” STREET MASHERS AND OGLERS Street mashers—that disgusting and contemptible specie that ogles at every young girlor woman that passes by—is becoming prevalent in Grand Rapids. The street ogler is generally a physical and moral degen- erate whose only right to run at laage 1s granted because he is a weak imita- tion of mankind. There is but cne way to treat these creatures in a de- serving manner, and that is fora man to swipe them to the ground whenever they are detected in their insulting practic:s. Several complaints have been made of late concerning these specimens of lost manhood. The policemen are apt to give the matter their personal attention, GOOD WORDS FOR M. A. SPANG The Big Fork Settler has the fol- lowing words of commendation for County Auditor M. A. Spang: ‘M. A. Spang is entitled to the unamious support of the voters of Itasca county. The auditor’s office under his surer- vision has been run in an impateial and business like manner. Mr. Sprang is serving his first term and owing to the fact he has infused into this branch of our county managment un- usual efficiency and business sagacity it’s up to the people to reward him io the same spirit and fairness that the service has been rendered.” O’MALLEYS GET THEIR CLAIM J. R. O’Malley and wife returned from ‘Washington, D.C., last week, and expressed themselves as higly de. lighted with their trip. ‘They were shown every courtesy while in Wash- ington by Senator Clapp and Congress- man Bede, and were presented to Preseident Roosevelt. After their re- turn here they received a telegram an- nouncing that the Secretary of the In- terior had rendered a decision hold- ing that Mrs. O’Malley was justly en- titled to hold her allotment on the White Earth reservation. ‘The claim is valued at $20,000,—Aitkin Indepen- k STORY OF ~ PERSECUTION John A. Lasezke Held in Jail Five Months on Truped-up Charge. seats ae THE STATE WAS NO EVIDENCE Itasca County Pays the Bills to Per- secute Innocent Victims of Av- arice and Downright Devilishness. It is a pitiful story that John A. Lasezke tells of the bardships en- dured by his family and his own in- carceration in the county jail at Grand Rapids during the past five months. If his story is true, and the evidence at hand strongly indicates thatitis, somebody should be made to pay for the wrongs that hehas suf- fered, Lasezke is a Polander who lived at the Keewaitin mining settle- ment with his wife and four children. He owned asmall building that he rented to one Peter Casey, who, it is alleged conducted a blind pig therein. ‘The presence of Casey’s pig was objec- tionable to the owner of another pig operaling in the same locality and as a result warrants were issued for the arrest of Casey and also for the arrest of Lasezke. ‘I'he former pleaded guilty to the charge of selling liquor without a license, while the latter, not being guilty, refused to perjure himself to accommodate his persecu- tors and the county attorney. He was kept in jail from January 29 to March 22, without a preliminary hearing, notwithstanding he was prepared to appear before a justice on the day of his arrest. During the interval be- tween the dates mentioned he was frequently importuned to sigo a, document by Spearin which he would have admitted his guilt. Lasezke is a pretty intelligent Polander, how- ever. He is well educated, being able to speak six different languages flu- ently. He is popular among his countrymen and with other nationali- ties whose languages he speaks. In the campaign off two years ago he took a prominent part in local affairs in that end of the county, and he admits that he did not work for Spear’s election. At his hearing in March he was remanded to jail te await the action of the grand jury. This week he was brought before that body, and the august county attorney also appeared. ‘The latter stated that Lasézke was a desperate character; that he was guilty of the offense charged; that upon being turned loose he would, in all probability, again resume his illegal vocation. However, the kindly hearted Spear informed the grand jury that he had no evidence to produce and advised that the man who had beet held in jail for nearly five months be turned loose. Asa matter of fact Spear had no evidence to produce against. the man, and he pever had any evidence of his guilt. What would the people of this county think if they became convinced that they had elected and were paying a salary to a county attorney who would postitute his office to the base uses of one blind pigger against another? During the time that Itrsca county was keeping this nan in jail at public expense his wife was toiling over a wash board to support herself and four small child ren. In this she was unable to meet the necessities of life, and the county commissioners were called upon to give her aid. Casey, at the time he pleaded guilty, was sentenced to serve ninety days in the county jail. 1t is said he was liberated after being in about forty days. This sad story of official persecution is only of many that might ve told. The voters and taxpayers of this county are fast be- coming aware of the true character of the maa who draws a salary as county attoroey, and his days are numbered. When he has finished his career as prosecuting attoruey he will be ready to move away to other and more con- genial surroundings. ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT OF GIRL It was reported here this week that amannamed Mitchell had been ar- rested in Cass county m the Bear river district, charged with the crime ot having assaulted a fourteen-year old girl of that neigborhood. The vic- tim of the assault is the daughter of a homesteader named Heffingion.