Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 26, 1907, Page 1

Vou, XIV.—No, 31 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MiInn., SATURDAY, JAN. 26, 1907. an ne Miivi: =SOTA so Grand Rapids Herald-Neview.— Two Dotuars A YEAR. a Ara WATCT OUR WINDOWS READ OUR AD AND *SAVE MONEY ltasca Mercantile Grand Rapids, - ODDS AND ENDS The Store of Quality Minn. Nothing that is not Good. Everything that is Good. WE WILL NOT CARRY GOODS OVER THESE PRICES PROVE IT Co. AFTER INVENTORY SALE Just finished inventory---we have gone over every depart- ment, measured every yard, counted every item 1p our mer- chandise stock---have found a lot of items which we must turn into cash in order to take advantage of the cash discounts on spring goods now beginning to arrive. We are offering values that mean 80 to 75 per cent under our regular prices. $3.00 EXTRA SPECIAL Child’s angora fur muff and neck riece, regular value 20c 29c 1 lot of China ware, some decorations such as Ame Tea r all pieces have valu but they are odds and end Read this list:’ Large platters, si cake or bread plate; water ju; large fancy cuspidors. choice of allregular 25c and 35¢c combs. 15c EACH Women’s picked 1 lot of fancy belts, and_ blac yellow 5 alues $1.00 1 lot of fancy braids, white and colored, for children’s dresses. 15c SUIT Children’s fleece-lined union suits, sizes 4, 5, 6}s5 and 7. pair left. 10c Foley’s Cream, a delight- ful toilet article for chapped hands, a regular 25c article. black wool alues. 19c PAIR Choice of all men’s wool sox, black and_ fancy, regular values 35c. ~ 25c PAIR Children’s leg- gins, black, all wool, regular value $1.39 For ladies’ and ined with medium weight flannel, ex- cellent workman- ship and quality, sells the world over at $2.00. describe. all fancy embossed shapes. can Beauty roses and heavy gold edges, good 50c and must go at 29¢c. ze 93, inches; fan fancy rose designs; Backcombs oat (Se 15c YARD dc PAIR Only 1 dozen left hose, dc PAIR Children’s drawers, small i fleece-lined, only 20 Odds and ends. 69c Ladies’ knit shawls, white, black, pink and white, all regular $1.00 values. SARE CRRA US SS IO SN a SOE EE reais Bot ls pang Now we have told you of a few men's fine (2% litems that mean a saving to you, sna, while you are down just take a look]® i 29c :, hand- wool hose, well worth 35c, extra fine quality. styles from all makes. Belts | wp to 5inches wide, regular 5 69c PAIR that sold up to Every oe and 40c values, but they y C BOLT dies’ faney{one goes as odds and ends. fare odds and ends. Get Torschon lace, supporte . first pick. 4 to’ belt, red, white TUrdl? rularly at infant's 75 1 lot of men’s underwear hirt only—regular $1.50 garment. 25¢ 1 lot of children’s Tam O'Shanter toques and bonnets, sell everywhere at 39c PAIR Ladies’ rubber gloves, first quality shaped, sizes 7 and white, black : | $ and more that we haven’t room here to value $1.00. around the store, youll find many Hodes keepers cai? do without them at this price. Regular PSO CUCCOUSCUCWCUSWUUOUUVUUVUUTUUVVWOVWADWOTA HONESTLY It don't pay to put in a cheap furnace. It don’t pay the purchaser and it don’t pay the furnace man. There is no reputation to be gained, because the cheap furnace makes all the trouble and gives the furnace business in a good many localities a bad name. There are so many failures that people get suspicious; they think it impossible to get te eg a good satisfactory furnace job, then they talk about hot water which is good, of course, but costs as a rule twice as much and cannot furnish as good a quality of warm air as the perfect furnace job. We calculate it is the best for us as well as our clients to sell a furnace of highest quality like the good ROUND OAK and toadvocate good furnace work. Our profit taking is no greater than if / we sold the cheay est furnace w could buy and shaved the cost of | installing down to the last cent. The question really is: { “Which is the best and cheapest for you in the long run buy the best furn- | ace made and put money enough with the cost of the furn- } ace to install it RIGHT?” ; Plans mat free. Get Furnace Book “WARMTH AND COMFORT” and esti- furnished | | “Welcome to Dowagiac, Fritz! Make yourself right at home.” W.J. & H. D. Powers Grand Rapids, Minn. w Subscribe for the Herald-Review ww THE LUMBERJACK A SCARCE ARTICLE Fora region in which the white pine is no longer kiug, the cut of timber in Northera Minnesota will foot up a very considerable total during the present season, but it will be much less than were the jsnpply of labor adequate to meet the demands. Thousands of men will find employment in the woods this winter, and there is work for many more who cannot be procurred. Numerous small jobbers who have operated injseasons past are making no preparations toopen camps for the reason that they cannot secure sufficient help nor can they afford to pay the ruling wages with the risk of serious losses resulting from une favorable weather conditions. It has been many years since wagesin the woods have been as high, quality of much of the available labor consider- ed. Nowadays camp foremen do not inquire whether a inan isa practical Wwoodsman—the time when it was possible to make a selection of crews has passed. As one woods superin- tendent aptly puts it, “if I run across a man who can chop without cutting his foot I hire him at $385 a month, which, of course, includes board and accommodations; in fact, the biggest part of the duties of a camp voss in 1n these times is to keep his men from{getting burt,” A large propor- tion of the men procurable now are foreigners, possessing very little or no knowledge of woods work. The old time “‘lumberjac s a decidedly scarce personage now. He has passed away along with the supremacy of the pine. His wasa strenuous ex- istence in the old days, and if he has not paid the penalty of the paec that kills he has kept up with the progress of the big tree logging and will be found wielding the axe in the furests ad- jacent to the Pacific coast. His place is not being taken by the younger generation for the reason that the lumbering industry is on the decline in this part of the state. Subscribe for the Herald-Review. | tor lath bolts, leaving OPPOSE BURNING | Arguments Presented Against i Movement Started at Northome. 'A POOR BUSINESS PROPOSITION Prominent Lumberman Urges That the Burning of Cuttings Would Destroy Growing Timber. Recently the Commerical club of Northome published a circular solicit- ing aid for a law compelling lumber- of the state to destroy in some most naturally by burning, the Slashings. The circular has elicited a great deal of favorable throughout the northern portion of the state. So widely and favorably- Phas it been commented on that the lumbermen, always alert te. oppose anything tiat will detract from their profits, have been moved to reply to it. Following is the statement of Fietcher Walker, maueger of T. B Walker's great lumbering interest as quoted by the Akeley Tribune: “From a lumbering standpoint, I vit the following a suggestion at may not have been called to the attention of the interested people. “Standing timber in Minnesota is getting scarce, and most of the lum- bermen are cruising the territory tri- butary tu the logging operations, and are purchasing what timber they can. They are doing it ia a practical busi- bess way, figuring out what the logs are sold for, del:vered at the mill,and will pay no more than the difference to any settler, so that any cost puton tbe logging would detract trom the value of the settlers’ timber or lugs. “Conditions in the territory we are logging in do not come under the head of an accumulation of dangerous debris, for the timber is cut well up into the tops. Timber down to six inches is cut for logs, and smaller timber, down to three inches is cut only the brush and tops. along with the very small trees. To burn these lands over, it would require the piling of the tops, aad would be quite an expense; would add to the heavy expense of logging, and would put upthe price of lumber to meet it with the resuit that be- tween the settlers in the woods. with timber, logs or wood to sell, and the farmer on the prairies, would have to pay this extra cost of logging, which { do not believe either of them will do without a protest, as both of them believe they work hard enough now for what they get for their labor. ‘‘Where the sawmills are located re- mote from the timber, the cutting is done locally, in that they would leave most of the very small timber and top logs, so there is left on the land a lot of wood and many a settler has in the past, purchased land, and cut logs, bolts, wood and cedar sufficient to pay for it, which would ‘have not been possible if fire had been through it the following spring. “To require all of the spruce pulp wood lands that the large trees have been cut from, to be burned over each spring, Seems very poor business judg- meot, to say the ieast, and to burn the cedar lands, after the poJes and posts have been cut, and in most cases the tamarack is still remaining, seems very improvident. To haul out ali of the limbs and tops would make a large expense, and this would have to be paid for by the farmers, by whom most of the posts, and all but the very long poles are used, and who already are objecting in a half-hearted way at the present prices. “I do not know of a lumberman who would dare turn luose a crew of men with instructions to- burn over the county, after it had dried suffi- ciently to burn as a danger ofa spread of the fire, and consequent litigation would be too great and it would have to come about the fire crews, would be in charge of some responsible parties, such as a state officer, who would take the responsi- bility of setting the fires, which might endanger life and property. “The same amount of labor spent in getting through a bill reducing the freight ou pulp and cordwood, so that a settler could purchase the cut over lands, and market the cordwood, at TIMBER SLASHINGS comment | a good protit, would help clean up the ands faster’ than this bill, and amount to something to both the railroads, and to the settlers, as it j into the country.” | NORMAL SCHOOL | FOR CASS LAKE Senator D. M. Guan b ntroduced a bill in the senate. providing for the establishment of a normal school at Cass Lake. Following are some of | the sound reasons advanced for in- creased normal facilities in the state: There will be an effort made in the coming legislature to provide for the ‘education of more teachers for cur i public schools. The state now is op- erating five normal schools for that purpose and is also aiding 12 high schools with normal departmerts. The normals are lo-ated at Winona, Mankato, St. Cloud, Moorehead aad Duluth. So far these schools have not been jable to take care of the demand for professionally trained teachers. In the reports of the state superintend ent’s office it may be found that only | one-third of the teachers of the state are professionaliy trained and that | the graduates of our normal schools are yoing almost entirely to the citi | and villages, thus not filling the de- mand and leaving the country schools and the country schovis to get their j workers wherever (hey may. a | From reports of normal school presidents it appears that all the present institutions are overcrowded with students. Several of them will ask the-present legislature for more room in order to take care of those wishing to attend. The value and efficiency of our normal schools as a part of our edu- cational system is eyident from the call there is for their graduates and the fact that the entire output goes to the best schools of our state. “Now, there is no particular need that this state, rich as it is in all its resources. should suffer from a lack of traiaed teachers, and if the present facilities for educating trained teach- ers are not sufficient, more such should be arranged for. Superintendents in this north central part of the state report that on account of the rapid development of this section and on account of the distance from different normals, it has become more and more difficult to get teachers and almost imp ble to get any with professional training. Counties like Lake and Itasca bave no vormal trained teachers in the county schools. Hubbard county re- ports two. This condition.is true in Beltrami, Crow Wing, Wadena, Clear- } water and Koochichlng. DEATH OF CHARLES HOLTZ The following piece of news is taken from the Rochester Bulletin: “In the midst of life we are in death. This is illustrated in the demise of Charles M. Holtz who pas- sed away at his home 10 the Parkside Flats at five o’clock Monday a, m. S.nday he was abie to eat dinner with his parents and brothers and sisters at the family home. He had returned from Colfax, Iowa, but a few days previously and was appar- ently as well as he had been for a long time. He had been at Colfax for two months and had received some benefit. About five o'clock in the morning he was siezed with an attack of coughing and the violence of this produced heart failure. The struggling for about a year was dia- betes and dropsy. Mr. Holtz was in business for a year at Grand Rapids whence he re- turned to Rochester on account of failing health, last September. He was a member of the order of Red- men. Funeral arrangements have not been completed but services probably be held on Wednesday. The Methodist ladies had their usual luck last Tuesday evening. Every time they serve supper at the hall they have the most wretched weather. They certainly can get up the best suppers and have the most disagree- able weather of any society in town. M. E. Church Services. Preaching at 10:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. SundaySchool: « Junior League. Epwerth League Prayer Meeting...Thursday, Choir Rehearsal..Thursday, 8:30 p. Ladies Aid Society meets every Wed- nesday afternoon. A cordial invitation is extended to all. would help very much to get settlers} fatal illness from which he fad been]; will | 7; ;mence QLD SETTLER WILL DANCE The Date of February Fourth Has Been Selected. NLL OLD SEITLERS ARE INVITED Full Arrangements Have Been Made And The Invitations Will Be Sent Out Early Next Week. Never in the history of Grand Rap ids has there been a more successful party than that given by the Old Settlers Society on the 12th day of February 1906. Shortiy after that date a permanent organization was formed and quite a goodly number of the old settlers of the county joined, paying their membership fee and-be- ing entitled to all the rights of the association. The date selected this year for the annual reunion and dance has fixed as February 4th, Monday even- ing, at which time the old boys and girls will have the floor from the com- mencement of the Grand March until the close of Dan ‘Tucke The officers of the association do everything in their power to make the occassion the best ever attempted in this part of the count The best of music will be furnished, a bounti- ful supper served and no expense will be spared to have everything all that the old setters could desire. Quarter steps and half steps will be tabored and nothing but the good old fashioned dances, ranging from the quadritle to Money Musk and the Minute. As we understand it the entertain ment and supper will be free to those holding membersuip tickets, and a general invitation is extended to all who settled in the county prior to Dec. 31, 1905 to get a membership ticket and join in the fun. It is the intention to have invitations, with announcement of committees, issued early the coming week. Whether you get an invitation or vot and were here in the county from the above date, you can consider yourselt just as much entitled to be present as though you were the present of the association and bad lived in Itasca county as long as Cap. Murchie. If you are an “old settler” com- to practice up on “pigeon wings’’ because you will be expected to do your best on Monday evening. February 4th. been will Village Council Proceedings—Official Publicati inn,, Jan., 14, 1907. of the vill Grand Rapids, ular monthy st : council Was held at the office of the villag recorder. ) being present, President and Dibbert and The minutes of the meeting of Dec. 10th, was read and approved a read. Reports of Treasurer I : and Bailey and Secretary Dickinson of the Library board, read und Ordered filed. It being the time and place for the be: of Mohr & Dibbe ication for a li D to sell intox i same was taken up. They b hed a satisfactory nd said notice of duly published, upon d license ng, Justices Huson ng. ation was allowed a d. Jd presented an application for fthe William Hayes license to ness to be conducted in the me upon motion, duly car- ion for a de applic 1. 1907 for ning upt. D. M. Philbin of the Great Nort ve to the fill on Third st r the court ni d filed. ard P. Burch re read and order- read and orde ion from lative to electric light ed filed. Resolution relative to fits to property holders north side © Eighth street, Kearney’s t Addition, on account of sidewalks constructed, offered by rustee Bossard and upon motion, duly ear- ried. same was ordered published. Upon motion, duly onded and the treasurer Was instructed to prey of alll oustanding caders drawn on the Con- tingent Fund. The following bills were audited and allow- ed and warrant sordered issued: W. Puller, wood a3 Northern Coal & Dock Co.. A. L, Ide & Son, piston ring: W. L. Neuman, work on electr ne... Itasca Mercantile Co.. mdse for hall... . Hughes, pub.. proposals, sewer...... -J. & H. WD. Powers. mdse. . Richland, repair bridge . E. Lopote tuning pian W. Forest. drayage... 0, Kiley. publishing Huson, justice f =m Om. R. H. Batley, justice J. B. Clow & Sons, water pipe... H. Hughes & Co., mdse for J. while quarentined - L. F. Knox & Co., rere) “ Noren, ment was taken until 11th at 8 o'clock. H. E. GRarram, Recorder. HISTORICAL | |