Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 16, 1907, Page 2

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New waists in white silk and lawn dress goods for waistings and suitings, wash goods of every description, new back combs in all the newest styles in light and dark shades, new belts, new hand bags, Easter ribbons, velvet, satin and silk. New Corset Styles That will give shape and style to your new Easter Gowns. both the well known P. N. and La Grecque Corsets. Both moderately priced for their splendid values and They excel all makes in hose supporters, a neces- sary style feature, and the forming which is absolute- ly rust proof. of the type of form we can fit you elegantly and com- 39¢ 0c $1.00 $1.50 39c 50c . . up to $2.50 style. Granp Rapips, Irasca County; MINN., SaturDAY, MAR. 16, 1907. New Easter Glove Styles The well known Francis I. Simmon’s Co. importers of fine Kid Gloves are the gloves you find in this department; every pair guar- anteed and you can get them fitted at our glove We carry in stock counter. The new long 16 button gloves are to be black, white, found in our stock in all shades, tan, mode and grey. Price per pair $3.50. Regular length kid gloves $1.00 $1.25 and $1.50. "1 Long silk elbow-length gloves in black and white, a pair $1.39. Regardless Prices range from Handsome SKirts for Easter Wear Just received another shipment of néw styles in women’s skirts, in plain, pleated and strapped, in new novel effects, fancy checks, plain colors, gray, blue, black, red, brown and white. Prices range at $12 $10 $8.50 $6.00 $5.00 down to $2.25. Victor Talking Machines NEW Bulgarian Art Cloth Pillow Top FREE 4 : including back. Size 22 x 22 inches. Stamped and tinted with a Diagram Lesson complete so that any womanor girl can finish the pillow with beautiful effect. All given FREE with pur- chase of six skeins of Richard- son's Grand Prize Embroid- ery Silk, price 25 cents. Don't miss this unusual bargain. should buy them. trouble. neither one can be built without tools. The best tools are always the cheapest and here is where you It’s because we sell The Best Hardware tools and everything else at, and generally under what plenty others ask for inferior goods. standard, safe, guaranteed hardware and save Stock now is extra good. ' (Grand Rapids, Minn. Drainage Meeting. A number of facts are to be consid- ered at the: meeting called at the courthouse on the 23rd day of March at2PM. Thereport recently pub- lished by the state commission, in- cluding 30 northern counties gives thenumber of acres of wet state Jands as 2,368,678, diyided as follows: 1,364,558—acres in 29 outside coun- ties and 1,004,120—acres in Itasca and Koochiching. There is no ques- tion but that the appropriation will be large this year, and no reason why ltasca and Koochiching counties are not entitled toa large share of the same, yet it will be necessary to pre= pare petitions, appoint committees and make demards if we want to bein line in this work. Thisis a matter thatevery resident, and especially every business man of these counties ought to be interested in and -yourattendance,at the meeting is earnestly requested. Yours Respectfully, J. S. GOLE See, Sale of State Lands. The Herald-Review has received from State Auditor S. G.’ Iversona coming season, The list shows that sales will. he held counties, the first sale being scheduled for Grand Rapids on June 11, , The amountof state lands in Itasca county which will be offered for sale is 35,000 acres and its sale to actual settlers would be a gréat boost to the county in general and Grand Rapids profit would be considerable. The tgrms of the sale will be the same as have formerly maintained thatis, they will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. A payment of fifteen percent must be made at the time of purchase, and the balance may run forty years at four percent interest annually if the Buy our purchaser so desires. Where is much valuable land among the offerings in Itasca county and it should find ready purchasers, : INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE VILLAGE CAUCUS AND ELECTION Both Events Pass Over Peaceful Manner in a ELECTION GOSSIP AND GOMMENT Caucus Largest Ever Held in the Rapids. Nominations Made Are Generally Satisfact- ory to Everybody. ‘The caucus, called for Monday night at the village hall, wasalive one and bad an attendance which un- doubtedly exceeded that of any previous eveut of alike nature held in the village. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 o’clock by the chairman of the village committee, E. C. Kiley, and tie business of electing caucus officers was dispatch expeditiously. ‘The offices of chairman and secretary were awarded to Geo. Riddle and F. E. Reuswig respectively. I. D. Ras- mussen aud E. A. Kremer were appointed tellers of the meeting, after which the nominations for village offices were the order. Lhe caucus was a representative one as every interest of the village, social and materia}, had delegates in attendance. F, F. Price, io zn intox- icated condition, was conspicuously, we might say obnoxiously, in evidence; and his attempts to pettifogulize the proceedings of the caucus rendered him an object of pity, even though his actions were despicable, deplor- able and disgusting, Many were the expressions of disgust voiced by citi- zens in attendance, that a character ofhis standing in the community sbould enter a meeting sy represent- ative of every interest 1p the village. and through his drunken horse-play, attempt to turn a public meeting in- to, a burlesque. He is eyidently working in conjunction with the In- dependent, and his actions at the two | notice of sale of state lands for the! in 18 different ; caucus show them to be fit companions as the expressions of neither one of the twain have pith or point, and in making the nominations Mr. Price accomplished only what would have resulted had he not been present. The ticket nominated was the desire of the caucus, and his attempts, by pretty trickery, to cugry favor with the people are but a move toward popularity with the council, a bid for the office of village attorney. Nominations were made and carried in the following order: H. D Powers, chairman; A. C. Bossard, Keo Leroux and L. R. Ruot, trustees; W.C. Yancey, recorder; Joho Mc- Mahon, treasurer; Chas. Kearney, justice of peace; A. A. Seamans. constable. Following the adjournment of the village caucus the township caucus was called to orderand nominations made in the following order and prac- tically with oat any friction: John McDonald, supervisor; Joseph Mc- Mahon, town clerk; James Passard, treasurer; John H. Whipple, assessor; Wm. Walker, justice of the peace; A, A. Seamans. constable. With the conclusion of the nominations the meeting, which was mot as weil at- tended as the one preceding, ad- journed. The village and township elections on Tuesday were very quite and none of the spectacalar events, un = sually to be chronicled, occurred. In fact the vote was very light, the voters undoubtedly feeling | Satistied with the tickets as framed jat the caucus aud not doubting of their /election, and as a result only 210 votes were castin the village | election, while at the township | election only 140 ballots were cast. | In both cases the caucus ‘tickets were | elected almost unanimously. | Another issue bésides the election of the officers marked the township i election, that of voting the i | of bonds to the amount of 000 for he cyumpletioy of the Bovey road and [the payment -of the Prairie River bridge bonds which come due next month. This issue was carried by a majority of 16, there being ~ 136 yotes cast of which 76 were favorable to the project and 60 against. While the Herald-Reyiew came out ia open advocacy of some candidates who were not nominated, it is well pleased with the ticket, knowing each menaber to’be a man of sterling qual- ities and worthy in every way of the trust reposed in them. . D. Powers, the re-elected presi- dent of the council, is a man of un- doubted integrity and wide experi- ence, and that he has been re-elected but shows the gratitude and recogni of bis services in the past. A.C. Bossard, another member of last year’s council, was also honored with re-election. .Mr. Bossard’s ser- vice throughout has been that of a govd, solid, conscientious business man, and his efforts in behalf of the interests of the village are but given recognition by his election. Of the two other trustees, Keo Le- roux and L, R. Rout, the Herald-Re- view cannot but say that it reposes In them the utmost confidence, although neither of the gentlemen has previ- ously been honored by the gift of a Village office. Both are good, consci- entions avd reliable men, and will yive the villaye efficient service. W. C, Yancey, the newly elected recorder, isa young business man well qualitied, both by training and natural qualities, to fulfill the duties of is office. He has long been a resident of the Rapids and his record as aman of ability and honor is evidenced by the positions of trust with which he has always been identified. Of the newly elected treasurer. John E. McMahon, little need be said as he, like Mr. Yancy, is one of the village products who bas always shown himself to be an honorable, uprightand courteous young map, and one of unquestioned ability. The candidate proposed for the office of treasurer by the Herald- Re- view, Mr. F, A. King, was only de- feated in the caucus by the feeling that two offices: should not be dis- tributed to people engaged, as Mr. Yancey and Mr. King, in business in the same office. Mr. King has proven} himself a good official, having all the}; qualities which goto give good ser- vice. He is efficient, courteous, painstaking and obliging and the Herald-Review is proud of its nomi- nee. ‘he newly elected /village council will hold its first meeting about March 25. The township election was but what anyone could have predicted, who has been in touch with affairs of the town and the businesslike manner i which they have been conducted during the past year, and the people could not do better than vote as they did. John McDonald has served during three previous terms and his reelection is a more fitting tribute than could be paid by the pen. a uance | Joseph McMahon has also served previously and ip an efficient manner. In fact every member of the town board was deserving of reelection and no comment except of a favorable nature can with truth be made by anyone. BIG TIMBER DEAL MADE LAST WEEK Midian Lumber King Disposes of Minnesota Timber. NELSON AND WALKER BUY TRACTS Two Large Tracts of Standing Pine Purchased by Red River and Leech Lakes Companies. The trausfer of two big timber tracts in the Leech lake region was consummated during the past week. The deals were made by C. F. Ruggles, the widely known Michigan lumber dealer, who disposed of his holdings to ‘I’. B. Walker and B. F. Nelson. The sale to Mr. Walker, of the Red River lumber company, included holdings in the Leech lake and Kabekona country aod consists of over sixty million feet of pine. The consideration was between six and seven thousand dojlars. The pur- chase was a desirable one for the Walker interests as it adjoins proper- Lies now owned by the Red River ter adyantage and larger profit by them than by anyone else The Akely mill will undoubtedly handle the entire output of the tract. The Nelson deal was composed of Mr. Ruggles’ holdings in Beltrami county in the vicinity of Bemidji and Turtle River and the conSideratiou almost half a miliion dollars. The timber on this tract 1s easily access- ible to the Minnesota & Internation al railway aud willbe cut at their Leech Lake company’s mill at W:iker. Tbe deals convey two of the largest tracts of big timber now left in the state and insures to Walker and Akely a continuation of their princi- pal industry for some time to come’ DEFECTIVE PAGE Two Dollars a Year. TWO KILLED IN A RY. ACCIDENT Engine and Twenty Cars Derailed at Jessie Lake. JOHN MPVEIGH ONE UNFORTUNATE Conductor and Engineer Are Killed —Rest of Train Crew Escape With But Slight Bruises —Cause of Wreck. Jessie Lake, on the line of the Min- neapolis & Rainy River railway, the ola Itasca line, was the scene of a horrible accident at about 5:45 o’clock Thursday evening which resulted in the death of two members of the train crew and the wrecking of one engine and 20 cars, The accident was caused by care- lessness on the part of one of the train crews undoubtedly, which resulted in a head-on collision between two log- ging trains, one loaded and the other composed of nineteen empty trucks. The loaded train, which was south— bound, was traversing a steep grade and ata high rate of speed when @ train of empty trucks, northbound, came into view around a curve just ahead. The empties were being pushed ahead of the engine and the train crew did not know of their dan— ger until the shock of the collision was felt. Both trains wege making good time and the concussion was frightful, eighteen of the nineteem empty cars being thrown from the track, some of them toa distance of over 100 feet. No injuries, aside from slight bruises, were sustained py the crew of this train. The crew of the southbound traim was not so fortunate, however, two of their number, Conductor Norton, @ vew man io the company’s employ of whom little is known, and Engineer John “M€Veigh of “this city, were both badly crushed, the body of the conductor being buried under the tender which had been hurled@ high in the air by the contact. The fireman and brakemen escaped serious injury. ‘The accident is said to be @ue to carelessness on the part of the con- ductor in charge of the northbound train in not stopping for orders at the Junction. The train was in charge of Conductor A. Marcell, one of the vld- est men in the employ of the road in point of service. John McVeigh, age 24, the other victim, has been a resident of Grand Radies since childhood and was well and favorably known to everyone in the city. A young man of sterling qualities he held the respect of every one and his demise is a Joss to the community which will be felt by rel- atives, friends and acquaintances a- like. Tne unfortunate engineer is the son of John McVeigh, Sr., who has long been a resident of the city. He is survived by his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. Jhon McVeigh, one sister and three brothers all of this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow after- noon ot 20’clock. Will Celebrate. Coleraine will witness its first commemoration of St. Patrick’s day tomorrow afternoon, the representa- tives of the Emerald isie having de- cided at the last moment to give an entertainment. The Greenway school bas been secured for the affair, the program for which will include a lecture on “Ireland” by Rev. P. J. Killeen, augmented by vocal solo and quartette numbers by local talent and music by the Coleraine band and and orchestra, whith makes its initial appearance for the affa The program will commence at 2 il) be followed by s Bric company and can be handled to bet: | ed: ollowed by supper A. cordial invitation has been issuéd to’ everycne to attend. Taken Il “Suddenly, David Vermylia was taken sudden- ly il while in this city Wedovesday evening and as a result has been un- able to attend to his duties as cash- ier of the State Bank of Bovey. M. L, Boulter of the First State Bank of this city left Thursday morning to fill the position during Mr. Vermylia’s illness, “ "MINNESOTA ) HISTORICA SOCIETY. i