Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 6, 1906, Page 1

PR gi RARE A GIO, > eet Meee ee | | | | Vor, XIV.—No, 15 Grand Rapids | ne . Granpv Rapips, Irasca County, MInn., Saturpay, Oct. 6, » HERALD-REVIEW $1.00 PER YEAR A Reduction in the Price of Itasca County’s Leading Paper. FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS Special Reduction is For Ninety Days With Opportunity for All Delinquents to Pay up and Get in the Game. The publisher of the Herald-Re- view has decided to make a special reduction in price of subscription for a period of ninety days from 2.00 per year to $1.00 per year. This offer will hold good for just ninety days from this date. Thereafter the regular price will be resumed. During the next three months the Herald-Review expects to increase the circulation to double its present number of subscribers. A _ first- class weekly paper cannot be pub- lished profitably at $1.00 per year, but in order to increase the circula- tion for the benefit of advertising patrons and to advertise the paper itself in every section of the county this liberal offer is made. Mr. Thomas H. Wells has been appoint- ed solicitor for subscriptions and will start out to travel over the en- tire county. During his travels he will report to the paper his observa- tions of the conditions existing in different sections and also comment on the people with whom he may Herald-Review for one year for one dollar. This chance may never again be offered. Now is the time to subscribe. The Herald-Review has one of the most improved news- paper presses made for use ina country office and is prepared to furnish the people of this county 10,000 copies weekly. THE COST OF A BIG COUNTY Under law the county commis- sioners must appoint a committee consisting of their own member- ship to investigate a proposed high- way. The past year Commissioner Lang inspected the Swan River and a Northome road for which services he drew, according to law, $227. Commissioners Passard, Mullens and O’ Brien to render legal a Kooch- iching highway made a trip to the north end at a cost of $344 to the county. This week Commissioners Passard and Mullins went up to) International Falls on a_ similar} mission, and yesterday Commis- sioners Tone and Lang made a trip to Goodland, for which services an- other good sized bill will be asses- sed to the road and bridge fund. These trips alone cost about $1,000, or one-twelfth the entire amount raised this year by the county for the building of roads and bridges. It should be remembered that no reflection can be cast upon the commissioners for these* expendi- tures. The state law demands that the commissioners shall personally view all roads that are laid out. The Herald-Review simply calls attention to these expenditures to let the people of this end know what is becoming of some of their money by reason the present size of the county. Division would remedy this evil. become acquainted. Those who are in arrears on subscription ac- count may pay up and get the The best proposition ever dime, choice of 14 different a well afford one of each while little. Granite Wash Bowls Drinking Cups Pint Dippers Soap Dish 3 qt. Kettles 9in. Soup Ladles Loqt. Yin. Jelly Cake Pan ldin. Iqt. A Beautiful Collection of WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ CLOAHS AND SHIRTS We have never been able to show such beautiful garments at the pri are simply wonderful. quoting. The value: put into them is good. We most popula An endless v cole Blue, Brown and Plaids and Checks all sizes. $5.00 up to 89.00 TalKing Machines The celebrated VICTOR talking machines with power- ful motors inclosed in hardwood case _ with metal top, equipped with new 20th century sound box. Seven inch or ten inch records can be used on — thi machine, With each machine we give 200 needles and one Standard Japanned flaring bell amplifying horn, $10 Grand Rapids - Graniteware Special icle Read this list, all_for 10¢ each: Granite Iloq. Pudding Pan Pie Pla asting find elsewhere, and you will ag: Children’s Cloth Coats riety to pick from in p mixed Bulgarian Art Cloth Centerpiece, ONE CENT Hand knit hosery for all members of the family at O’Donnell’s. SLES PEAS PAS PALL AS PAL IPAS ILM OS PAL OAS EAL OAS OAL OAL AAR PRICES ALWAYS LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE FOR SAME QUALITY OF GOODS. ITASCA Mercantile Co. The Store of Quality offered for a uu can cost so Lamp pric premium for the therefore offer prices you m lqt. Covered Bucket good, They come in low shapes—tall Pudding Pan shapes—with large globes—very rich in ap- 2qt. Milk Pan pearance. Most of them have the round burners with tew Pan Spoon as $3.50, $4.0 The styles, the fabrics, nt you to make a comparison of t Bear Skins a can as $1.98, new. stamped, for Buy six skeins of Richardson’s Embroidery Silk at our Art Department and get a 27 qr} inch Bulgarian Art Cloth Centerpiece, Stamped and Tinted in Colors, for one cent additional. several handsome designs. Your choice of Minn. Decorated Parlor Lamps High Grade Artistic Lamps at Common But we never overlook the low prices and clear white light and the prices are as low th us that the Savings are Unprecedented. styles in vogue are represented in this line. Chilerens’ Bear SKins wash them and keep them t They come i and White at $3.75, $ GOV. JOHNSON’S POLITICAL SPEEGH Minnesota’s Chief Exective Tells What He Has Done. SPEAKS TO A LARGE AUDIENCE Candidate Pendergast Also Makes a Speel—Governor Discusses Acts of His Administration At Some Length. Gov. John A. Johnson yisited Grand Rapids Thursday, arriving on the 1:25 train in the afternoon and re- maining until yesterday at the same hour when he left for Bemidji where he spoke last night. Thursday after- noon he drove over to Coleraine ard Bovey where he spent several hours getting acquainted with the voters. He was amazed at the rapid growth of the new mining towns and marvel- ed to witness such progress, in so short a period of time. In the even- ing he spoke in the district court rooms of the court house. To say that the large room was packed and ghen some does not tell it all. Scores of people could not get within hear- ing distance and gave up the effort to hear the chief executive of the state. Mr. Pendergast of Bemidji, candidate for lieutenant governor ou the Democratic ,ticket, was also here. A.B. Clair,” member of the state central committee, accompan- ied the governor and Mr. Pendergast from Duluth. He acted as chairman of the meeting and introduced the speakers, first presenting Mr. Pender- gast, who spoke tor about thirty one might expect to pay a these maste decorations. y these truly artistic lamps at ‘ht expect to pay for common center draft, and makes a 10 up to 88 00. are now the tailoring and everything hese garments with those you The very popular this fall, you Brown, Red, Grey 50 up to $6.50. .| 400d campaigner. erald- Ucvicw. HISTORICAT SOCIETY. tgo6. Two DoLuars a YEAR. minutes. He referred to the neces- sity of Northern Minnesota develop- ment through the drainage of state lands and the building of highways. He devoted some time to a discussion of a prejudice thas exists against old Soldiers who believe in Democratic brinciples and the injustice that is thus done them. He enlisted in the civil war with the First Minnesota and went all through the conflict. Governor Johnson was, of course, the Principle attraction, and everybody Was anxious to hear him. As a public Speaker he is above the average, of fine presence, a kindly, honest face aud impresses any audience with his earnestness. John A. Johnson is a He possesses the rare faculty of keeping on good terms with his audience, never saying harsh or unkind things of the rival candi- date or the opposing party. He has his piece well learned and speaks it well from start to finish. If Governor Johnson had no opposition he would get all the votes in the state—he is such an affable gentleman. But, un- fortunately for him, the opposition has been quite active in bebalf of the Republican candidate and they find that many of the creditable things accomplished or attempted during the present administration were it no manner attributable to the governor, The great trouble with Governor Johnson in this campaign is the number of credit marks which he appropriates to himself that right- fully belongs to others. ‘The collec- tion of money from pine land tres- passers. for instance, was the work of Attorney General Young. The rail- way and warehouse commission; also, has had to do with whatever reduc- tions and regulations that have been Made in railway rates. The governor spoke for nearly two hours. The audience remained to the end, many standing during the entire time. He deyoted his speech almost entirely to the things done under bis adminis- tration. He di sed the treatment accorded to timber trespassers, rail- way regulation, the two-cent rate, insurance, state development and drainage of swamp lands. BELATED VILLAGE _ MPROVEMENTS Contractor Doyle Having Trouble in Getting Men on Sewer. WAGES NO OBJECT 10 WORKERS With a Mile of Sewer Pipe and ’ Blocks of Water Main to Lay and No Men It Looks Bad. Contractor Doyle of St. Cloud who has the laying of about a mile of sewer pipe in Grand Rapids is liable to meet Jack Frost about half way, and if he does there'll be trouble. Anton Bartseh, who has charge of the work of digging the trenches, has been operating a Jittle over a week and has not progressed quite half a block yet. He is offering $2.25 a day | for common labor but is unable to get men at that price. He is digging along with a short crew but at the | present speed would not lay a mile jin six months. Times are too good. Nobody wants to work but the boss and he wont work. Contractor Doyle figured that when he got ready to do the Grand Rapids work he would offer $2.25 a day and would be able to get all the men he wanted at that but in this he has been sorely- to Seventh, thence west to the new ward school building. The King Lumber company has about completed two blocks of ce- ment sidewalk on Hoffman avenue between Sixth and Eighth streets, including two crossings and an alley- way. The council has also ordered cement crossing put in across Third street from the McAlpine & McDon- ald corner and the Great Northern depot platform. Cement crossings have also been ordered on Second street and Leland avenue. A Delightful Entertainment. Miss Josaphine Northmore and Miss Adele MacClearen of Duluth delighted a large audience at Vil- lage hall last Monday evening. Miss Northmore is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Graffam and had visited here a number of times, but never before had the people of Grand Rapids been given an oppor- tunity of hearing her in a concert. While Miss Northmore is still in her teens she has already won an enviable reputation as a_ tenor singer of unusual ability. The audience expected a rare treat and were not disappointed in the least. The program contained nine num- bers, Miss MacClearen ‘appeared fin a number of recitations that were received with evident appreciation. Miss Northmore’s voice is certainly remarkable. She sings with an ease and grace that is seldom equalled. Her strong, sweet voice is always under perfect control and in correct tenor range. Should the young ladies ever return to enter- tain in Grand Rapids they may be sure of a crowded house. Senator Clapp Coming. It is announced that United States Senator Moses E. Clapp has been secured by the Republican commit- tee to speak in Grand Rapids some time next week or the weck follow- ing. The Minnesota senator is rated as one of the most eloquent men in the state and he always has something to say that is well worth hearing. The date of his coming will be duly announced. Hon. A. L. Cole, the Republican candidate for governor, will also speak here ‘curing the campaign. Signers of Independent Petitions. Several candidates who have consid ered the visability of running on an independent ticket have discovers ed that it is by no means easy to pro- cure the nec ry number of names. The law requiies 10 per cent of the total vote cast, and this means a list of more than 250 in this county. Not ouly must there be 259 names obtain- ed, but no person may lawfully sign a petition for an independent candi- date when such person has _ partici- pated in the primary election. The recent primary was so generally at- tended that 1t is ey mely doubtful if there were 250 voters in the county at the time who did not take part. In other words, no independent candidate can succeed in getting his name on the ticket without going to great trouble. Several persons who bave been asked to sign a petition fora certain independent candidate have inquired whether they cuuld do su if they voted at the primary a signature is not only ineffective in itself because no court would permit the signature to be counted as one of those necessary to make up the num- ber required for the petition, but to sign a petition stances is clearly against the law and might bring unpleasant consequences in its train. Section 215 of election laws, 1 : ll nominating certificates containing the names of more than cne candidate should be void. No person who_has yoted ppointed. Unless the labor supply ‘ increases the sewer will not be com- | pleted this fall. Superintendent Garris of the water and light plant has ordered the material for putting in two blocks of water main between Barrows and | Howes avenues on Seventh street. | The council ordered the work done | this fall, but Mr. Garris is not sure j that he will be able to get men at the going wages, or at any wages for that matter, The sewer contracted for by the council begins at the corner of Hough- ton avenue and Fourth street running west on Fourth to Sleeper avenue, theace north to Sixt street. From Fourth street north on Leland ave- nue to Seventh street. The line also extends east and west on Fifth at a primary shall be eligible as a petitioner r any nomination to office for which nominees were voted upon at such primary; nor shall any person join in a petition in nominating more than one candidate for the same office, un- less more than one person is to be elected thereto; in which case if eligible he may petition for as many candidates therefor as there are persons to be chosen. The violation of the above is a mis- demenor and is punishable with a fine not to exceed $100 or 90 days in the county jail. Chris Hansen was arrested by a game warden on a charge of violation of the game laws. Before a jury he was acquitted. Frank Smith was also under arrest on the same charge and was also found not guilty. The game warden was an importation from St. street from Leland to Sleeper avenue. Beginning on Hoffman avenue at Fifth street the line will run north Louis county, He had no evidence connecting the parties with any ' violation as alleged. Such | 2 under such circum- | SEEING THE NORTH COUNTRY Business Men and Statesmen Visit Northern Minnesota. / SHOWN AGRIGULTURAL PRODUCTS Duluth and Twin City Representa- tive Men Make a Trip Over the M.& M. Through Itasca County and are Greatly Surprised. Drainage, agricultural possibilities and the general development of the lands of Northern Minnesota received a mighty “‘boust” this week through the visit to points along the line of the Minnesota & International rail- way north of Bemidji of members of the commercial bodies of Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis, several ex- members and present members of the state legislature, two congressmen and a United States senator and sev- eral members of the State Drainage league. A special train carried the party from St. Paul through to Big Falls, arriving there at an early hour Tuesday morning. The train was met by a delegation of citizens, headed by a band, and escorted to a hotel, where breakfast was served. A stop of an hour and a half was made at Big Falls and the visitors were shown a splendid exhibit of farm products raised near Big Falls, and also samples of the soil there. Another stop was made at North- ome, Where the citizens had prepared ao exhibit of grains and grasses and vegetables. showing the productive- hess of the soil. United States Sena- tor Clapp addressed the gathering at Northome, as did several local speak- ers, and after an examination of the exhibits the trip was resumed south- ward, the next stop being made at Blackduck. Here was shown the ex- hibit of corn, wheat, oats, barley and all kinds of vegetables that was sav- ed frem the eounty fair of last month. Prof. Andrew Boss, of the state school of agriculture spoke, and also State Engineer George A. «Ralph and J. M. Hanaford, land commission- erof the Northern Pacific railv The journey was resumed at 30'clock. The special was at Bemidji at the and under the direction of Gen- eral Manager Richards of the Crooks- ton Lumber company the party w shown through the sawmill, which was being run to its fullest capacity. A supper was served at the Hotel Markham. after which a ‘smoker’ was tendered at the Masonic lodge rooms. P. J. Russell pres:ded at the‘‘smoke er” and in a neat speech welcomed the visitors to the city, after which he called on Prof. Boss of the agri- cultural college. Prof. Boss stated that he had been more surprised at what he had seen on the trip and that he had been shown exhibits of corn and other cerials that had been great surprise to him. He had | visited other portions of the north halt of the state, about ten years : | and had been impressed that, owing to the stony conditions of the soil, it | would hardly ever be fit for agricul- tural purposes. He greatly changed | his views by the present trip. He | had examined some of the soil and was greatly impressed with the possi- bilities contained therein. He be= | lieved that the soil was capable of | producting, if properly handled, as | good if not better crops than any | other portion of the state, | Senator Clapp was presented. He had seen the exhibit of corn, grain and vegetables shown in the lower room of the building and desired to | congratulate the people of the city on | the showing made, He believed that | the future of any community de- | pended upon its agricultural re- sources. There had for many {years been a vatural prejudice against the north half of the state relative to agricultural possibilities on account of being pine lands, He had been | greatly pleased at the progress made along this line of late years. He ; thought drainage of the lands the | overshadowing question. He told of the measure adopted in congress last winter to appropriate money for a topographical survey of the Indians lands of the state. The people should be satisfied to adopt agriculture as a (Continued on Fifth Page.)