Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 16, 1907, Page 1

paket is Rapids Herald-Review. JHISTORICAL “SOCIETY. Granp Rapips, Irasca CounTY, MINN., SaturDAy, FEB. 16, 1907. ‘ Two Do.tiars A YEAR. Nothing that is not Good. Everything that is Good. 1907 Spring Goods Grand Rapids, - ltasca Mercantile Co, The Store of Quality Minn. 1907 Spring Goods KEEP YOUR EYE ON OUR WINDOWS For the Newest and Most Exclusive Ideas for Spring and Easter Wear We believe.in being on time---this year we were ahead of time and people seem to app ociere a chance to get their new pepe rn in time to make t spla; Wash Goods, Dress Goods, t from that you have seen and every item > yee be inten “Bhirt Waist he smartest and newes ings in i aists, the Laces and Embroideries different ou may need to com- We are plete your spring garments will be found here. ITEMS TO WHICH WE CALL YOUR MOST EARNEST ATTENTION New Waists of Special Interest Our display of waists is what you might expect to find in the cities. Exclusive patterns, only one of a kind. People who have seen them say they are beauties. tax. 506 75¢$1 + $4.00 waists. and $ .50 aw $5.50 .00 a benefit. All over net waists with silk underfay at.. and $1 blue and red. Prices range Attractive SKirt Styles 100 new styles to pick from—the most interesting lot of styles in women’s skirts that you have seen in a long while—grays and plaids, also plain colors, black, brown, gray, Whether you wish to buy or not inspect them and get ideas that will prove $12 $10 "$1.25 2nd Floor NEW WASH GOODS ATTRACTIVE BOTH IN STYLE AND PRICE Complete showing of White and Colored Wash Fabrics. The advantage of buying now while assortments are at their best. White Dress Fabrics and Waistings 45c 35c 25c ings, a yard 35c 25c Mercerized embroidered waists, a yard. India linons, a 1 up 3 yards 10c 122¢ %> 35c Special embroidery, showing a very large as- sortment of wide patterns in flouncings, brad- ings, galloons, trim 8c 10c vid 98c ming, embroidery Silk Persian lawns, sheer and dainty.. Sheer lace effect baliste waist- a yard.. Printed new plaids. patterns, a yard Colored Wash Fabrics for Dainty Dresses Pongee De Soie in tan, gray, black and white, a yard. Printed silk New Challies, a yard. A brilliant showing of colored dress goods. A special large and interesting collection in spring weights in all colors and the beautiful “A PAN’S A PAN” and still there is a difference. The dif- erence is in quality. Quality is what you're assured of when buying pans here. GOOD PANS that tell the truth and never lie, are what we offer you. They’re bright and new from the shop. and are sold at right prices. Any pan bought here is warrant- ed to “‘pan out’’ all right. W.J. & H. D. Powers . Grand Rapids, Minn. - et Subscribe for the Herald-Review Eagle’s Ball. Pokegama Aerie No. 366, F. O. E. scored a big success on Monday evening last the occassion being the fourth annual ball given by the fra- ternity, musicof a high order was furnished by Rocker’s orchestra and the program of dances was most complete. The village hall, scene of the festivities, was richly and tastily decorated and the floor in excellent condition; in fact every feature of the evenings entertainment was propitious to an enjoyable time. Supper was furnished by the ladies of St. Joseph’s church and the spread will be long remembered by those partaking. The attendance was the largest accorded any social event during the year and the committee in charge were highly elated at their success. Have Large Audience. The village hall was filled to its capacity On Friday night the occasion being the performance by Beach & Bowers Minstrels. The performance furnished nothing extraordinarily new or attractive with the exception of a fewsong parodies and jokes which, however, were well rendered. The ballads with the exception of “The Amorer’s Song’ were poorly rendered. The comedians Wade and Stuart of a high order and furnished most of the entertainment for the audi- ence. Fell From Ladder. While engaged in white washing the wall of the machine room of the paper mill Thursday forenoon, Chas. Olds, an employe of the Itasva Paper company, fell from a ladder and was quite seriously cut about the head. The young man was sent to his home and the wounds immediately dressed and no serious results are expected, although a vacation of several days from his duties will be necessitated. Subscribe for the Herald-Review. CITIZENS HOLD MASS MEETING Protest Against Proposed Tonnage Tax Legislation is Made. H.R. KING PRESIDES AT MEETING Enthusiastic Addresses by Prof. Van Dyke of Coleraine and Others "Resolutions Drafted and Passed. ‘The citizens’ meeting held at the covrt house Monday evening for the Purpose of protesting against the pro- posed tonnage tax on irou ore was accorded an attendance that bespeaks how strongly the people of the vicinity feel on the subject. H.R. King was appointed chairman and F. A. King secretary of the meeting after which a lively discussion of the subject was held. Several addresses founded on tax figures of the range towns were made and a committee appointed to attend to the drafting of resolutions contain- ing the arguments set forth and showing howand where the cities and villages of the range would be treated unjustly by the proposed tax jlegislation. The resolutions com- | mittee is composed of C. C. McCarthy jand F. P. Sheldon of this city and i Prof Van Dyke of Coleraine. ; The resolution as drafted by the committee areas follows: | | RESOLUTIONS. | WHEREAS, There has been intro- duced at the present session of the Minnesota State Legislature, certain bills providiug fora change in the mode of taxationgf the iron proper= ties in Northern Mionesota, which ills, while containing different con- ditions and provisions, all provide or a tonnage tax upon the ore mined, to be paid direct to the State Trea- sury, instead of or in lieu of, the taxes levied upon said properties upon their valuation and collected and paid as now provided by law, and WHEREAS, Said proposed change in the tax laws affecting said proper- ties will result in great disaster to all that section of the state in which are located said properties, and will especially result in great disaster, loss and damage to the citizens of Itasca county, and especially and particularly to the school districts and schools of said county, for the reason that under the existing law, in «several large school districts in this county and particularly in school district No. 2 and school district No. 9, eighty-five (85) per cent of the total amount of taxes now collected are levied upon, andare paid by the prive said school districts and this county of the said eight-five (85) rer cent of said taxes, thus throwing the entire burden of supporting the local municipal governments, namely, townships, villages and school dis- tricts upon the balance of the taxable property, would result io the total paralysis of business—the crippling of the said municipal governments, and the closing of the schools; and WHEREAS, because of the miring industry, large numbers of people. in- cluding many from foreign countries, are brought into our county with thousands of children of school age, it is absolutely essential to the very existence of society, that our public schools be maintained at their present high standard and that the school facilities be increased as the popula- tion increases, and it would work in- calculable mischief, wrong and dam- age to take from this locality, so tar as taxation is concerned, the very thing that brings these people here; at least, the taxes upon the product that these people produce, and put such taxes into the state treasury of this state, and then compel the balance of the property to not only provide schools and municipal gov- ernments for the people owning such property, but also for these thou- sands who are here engaged in the business of miniug. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the citizens of Itasca county in mass meeting assembled, do hereby protest against all of the said proposed bills and proposed legislation, and against all bills and all legislation having for iron properties so called, and to de-j their object or purpose, any change in the general charater of the mode of taxation of said properties. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, Yhat we will consider ita rank in- Justice and that it will in fact be an injustice to the people of northern Mionesota totake from them the taxes collected upon these properties and at the same time compel this people to support and maintain the munici- pal governments in which these properties lie, with the great, increas- ed cost. of such support made by and because of the mining operations themselves, and a still greater in- justice and wrong by depriving this people of the opportunity to provide sufficient schools and educational facilities for that large number of school children who are brought into and now live in the mining regions, because of the fact of their parents being employed therein, which chil- dren need allof the advantages of the public schools of this state, more perhaps, than any other: And it is of the utmost importance to the community in which these children live, to the section of the state that provides their parents with the means of livelihood, business and occupa- tion, and to the state at large, that schools and educational facilities be here provided as good as anywhere else in the state. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the people of this county take immediate and united action in in- forming the legislature of this state of the true condition of affairs in this county, and in the mining localities, and of all the facts herein stated, and also take immediate and united action in furnishing the legislature of this state full information of the inevitable result of the said proposed legislation, and also take immediate and united action and use all bonor- able means to defeat the enactment of the said bills into law, and the enactment of any and all laws haying for their object or purpose, the said change in the tax laws of this state. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a committee of five (5) citizens of this county be appointed by the A motion was also made that Senator Gunn be urged to frame and present a bill to the legislature pro- viding for legislation that would allow appointment of a board of controi for municipal light and water works plants, the appointments to be made by district judges. The object of such legislation is to keep the institutions from being factors In municipal politics, make the service better and cut out some of the ex- pense to the municipality and seems to meet the approval of every citizen. A bill covering the matter is already in the course of preparation. ~ Meetings similar to the one held here have also been called and like action taken at Hibbing, Eveleth, Virginia and Chisholm. The chairman appointed a com- mittee of five C, C. McCarthy as chairman, and composed of Prof. Van Dyke, Coleriane; J. M. Bush, Nashwauk; F. E, Reuswig and A. C. Bossard of this city to meet and con- fer with the legislative committee on ore taxation, which is expected to visit the cites of the west end to the rauge during the coming week, to show them the injustice of depriving the towns of the range of the income they have formerly derived from the taxation of the ore properties. This committee will also visit the capital city and present its protests and arguments before the legislature. On motion a committee of three was also appointed to solicit funds for the carrying out the work of the foregoing committee. F. P. Sheldon, Henry Hughes and E. A. Kremer were the choice of the chair. chair to organize and take such action as shail seem best in the premises, and to appear before the committees on taxes and tax laws of both houses of the present state legislature, and all other committees having to do with legislation upon tax matters, and the legislature, for all of the purposes hereinbefore stated. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished to the press of the state of Minnesota, and also to the senator and representatives from this district, and to all of the members of the state legislature. Coleraine Bank Nearly Finished. The new bank building at Coler- is fast nearing completion. The heating plant has just been installed and the vault doors and new safe are being installed. Work will soon be commenced on the tile floor the workmen in that line being expected here next week. LIBRARY JUST ONE YEAR OLD Records of the Year Show Its Growing Popularity. CLUB ROOMS NEWLY FURNISHED Partial List of Books Lately Re- ceived and a Resume of the Record of the Library for Past Year. On Tuesday, February 12, the Grand Rapids public library celebrated the first anniversary of its birth. At the time of its opening a year agu the in stitution was equipped with only 148 volumes; but the infant institution has steadily grown and each month has witnessed the arrival of a goodly consignment of books until at the present time there are 1465 volumes. The patronage of the library has kept steady pace with the growth of the institution, the records for the month of December, 1906, which was 856, and January 1907, which shows 1,279 books withdrawn, showing an increase in one month of 423 volumes. The January record shows that 1144 volumes of fiction and 135 of non- fiction were withdrawn from the library and the number of borrowers are shown to be 700, a large number being of them being children. The library, aside from its equip- ment of books for the English read- ing people, has also a good seclection or Norwegion and Swedish books, mostly fiction; and is greatly aug- mented by the state traveling library both in the English and Scandinavian literature. Considering the number of French inhabitants of the city it is thought by some that the addition ofa list of French books would be«# welcome acquisition, even though the books supplied for the benefit of the Seandinavian patrons have not been in as great demand as could be expected, The librarian, Mrs. Elizabeth Huntley, is enthusiastic in her work and proud of the rapid growth both in range and quantity of books; and the patronage, which should the duties increase with as great speed forthe next six months asit has in the same lenght of time past, would require the services of an assistant librarian or the services of the librar- ian during the whole day. The club room in the basement of the library building has recently been furnished with chairs and tables in golden oak and of a very comfor- table pattern and presents a yery cozy and homelike appearance. The following is a partial list of new books received at the library this month. Fiction—Midsummer Day’s Dream, Watson; Saul of Tarsus, Miller; One Way Out, Von Hutton: Maker of History, Oppenheoim: Heart that Knows, Roberts; Katrina, Gilson; More Stories of Married life, Cutting: White Fang, London; Incomplete Amorist, Nesbit; Divine Fire, Sinclair; Whispering Smith, Spearman. Chippinge Borough. Weyman; Cattle Baron’s Daughter, Bindloss; Conjurer’s House, White; Non-Fiction — Standard Light Opera, Upton; Poems, Campbell; Home Furnishing-Practival and Artis tistic, Kellogg: Everday Thoughts In Prose and Verse,Wiicox; Psychic Phenomena, Hudson; Juvenile—From Cattle Ranch to College, Doubleday: Little Colonel Stories, Johnston; Lost in the Jungle, DuChaillu: World of the Great Forest, DuChaillu; 1n the Boyhood of Liacoln, Butterworth; Japanese Fairy Tales, Williston; Mountain-Land, Chambers. Killed by Cave-in at Bovey. George Zeirich, age 19 years and an Austrian by birth was killed bya cavesin at the Canisto open pit. Two cave-ins occured, the first bury- ing him to the waist and the second completely covering him the earth which was frozen, crushing him to death instantly. He has no survi- ving relatiyes in this country.