Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 2, 1907, Page 1

> VoLt, XV.—No, 19. Granp Rapips, Itasca CounTY, MInn., SatuRDAy, NOVEMBER. 2, 1907. Our Anniversary Sale WE ARE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD Six Bargain Sale THEBIG Days DEPARTMENT STORE GRAND RAPIDS. bn MINN. STORE OF Saturday WSCA YET OME QUALITY ONE WEEK BARGAIN SALE Greeting WE are now in our fifteenth year. Patrons and residents of Itasca county, who has watched the growth and progress of the Itasca Mercantile Co. from the small beginning In 1892 to its present large proportions, know that the wonderful success of this Big Store is due entirely te right methods, selling only reliable merchandise at right prices, at all times, living up to the words of our advertising, with satisfactory treatment to every custo- mer. Now we are going to celebrate our 15th anniversary with a sale in all depart- ments on seasonable, saleable, and dependable goods, the kind you would expect to find at this store. Anniversary Sale of House Wrappers and Sacques Fleeced lined wrapper, strictly tailor made, in gray, navy or black with neat white figure combina- tions, pleated and tailor stitched over shoulders, opening out full over bust, fitted lining, button cuffs, tailor finished flounce skirt four yards wide, sizes 32 to 44, .anniversary sale ONly ....cecdeaseceecee 79c Dressing Sacque 01 superi- or quality, flannelette, Persian designs, tan. red or light blue, collar and garment trimmed with black velvet, stitched lap seams, sizes 32 to 42, $1.50 value, anniversary Bal!) wdcclgce hci dovaye tomes Site te args tamneoleasi donee 98c Special Ten Cent Counter--10c Dont overlook our 10c assortment;a counter of extra values for 10c. New items are placed on this counter daily and it will pay you to look. Anniversary Sale of Skirts ” To celebrate this event we offer the following bargains in Petticoats. You can well af- ord more than one at these prices. Petticoats, made from a fine qnality of material and hig- hest workmanship, wide double flounce with several rows of ruffles, anniver- sary sale...... 79c Heatherbloom taf- feta petticoats, they rustle like silk, in black only, $3.25 val- ues at only $2.39 Extra fine mercer- ized black sateen with wide flaring circular flounce, a regular3.25garment at this sale $1.98 Pure silk taffeta Petticoat in black, red. brown, green and blue, with cir- cular flounce and ruffle of near silk, $6.50 skirts at only ...... $4.95 Women’s Outing Flannel Night Gowns Extra quality velour flannellette,in neat patterns in blue, pink, cream and white. Kimona style sleeves- square or round necks, fancy trimmed, pearl buttons, feather stitched braid. Regular $2.25 gowns Regular $1.25 gowns at this sale....$1.69 at only... - 89c Regular $1.75 gowns Regular 75c gowns at at this sale.... $1.39 this sale... . 45c¢ Anniversary Sale of Men’s Furnishings At prices that force competition to the wall. It is hard for the small merchants to face these prices, but it is our buying power that enables us to make them—buyiug for two large stores in large quantities gets us greater discounts. Now is the time to fill out your wants. Men’s Underwear Men’s heavy fleece lined shirts and drawers, all sizes,our regular 50c value, anniversary sale per garment... .....eseees eee e eee e eet tee 25¢ Men’s heavy cotton ribbed shirts and drawers, fleece lined, our regular 75c quality, anniversary sale per garment .........+-+0eeseeeee reer 48c Men’s strictly all wool shirts and drawers, our regular $1:50 value, all sizes, anniversary sale Per Garment ..... 66. eeeeeet eee te seen eee enes 98c Men’s Flannel Night Gowns Made of good heavy fleecy outing flannel, all sizes, our regular $1.25 values.......------- 89c Men’s Shoes 1 lot of men’s shoes in good heavy box ‘calf and vici kid for fall and winter wear, regular $3.50 and $4.00 values at...... Jpetewes = Men’r sweaters A good heavy. weight honey comb weave, plain red and blue, never less than $1.25, this sale at only .....+.5++ Viaalscetoemse CH MENE SI OR ork? tas 75c : Men’s Bats One lot of good every day hats, odds and ends of Gordon and Lanpher make, all sizes, oe. sale Only...+-esseee retest eect eee e eens cee eeee ic Suspenders Men’s fine dress suspenders and heavy police style, sold in every store at 50c. Get a pair at this sale for .....----+-+++ Selaasiotcs o's» wow weiata 21c Boys’. suspenders, this sale a pair 10c and-5¢ 2.19, Anniversary Sale of Silks and Dress Goods Our entire stock of late fall dress goods and silks is included in this anniversary sale. These low- priced offerings will bring us increased business. If in need of a new dress for fall and winter wear, compare these prices with those elsewhere. 38-in. fancy plaid and gray mixtures, for waists and © suits, white and colors, regular 60c vulues this sale per yd 40c¢ this sale 36-in. black taffeta, per yard ...... 38c guaranteed, wr 52-inch Panama -in $1.50 anywhere, this brown, regular 85c sale, per yd.only98c\ quality, this sale Colored taffeta, a soft price.........- 55¢ lustrous finish, ev- All Panama _broad- ery thread silk, 24 in- cloth serges, 54-in. ches wids, haé been goods, regular $1.25 selling well at 90c & values, this sale 84¢ $1.00 per yard..69¢ Alarge line of tricot flannels in dark red, navy blue, light blue, black and light red, suitable for waistings, sold everywhere at 35c a yard,.anni- versary sale price, a‘yard.... .............. 23c Outing Flannel 50 pieces of flannel in white and colors. our regu- China silks, extra quality, 27-in. black, lar 8c quality, this sale a yard.............. 44ec 100 pieces of extra heavy teasal downs, our regu- lar 1244c grade, for this sale a yard........... 10c A Few Coupons Bargains For you to clip. In order for you to get these coupon bargains you must cut them out and bring them with you. We want to know how many read this advertisement and the coupons will tell the story. Don’t forget to bring your coupon. COUPON COUPON No.1 No. 2 nee 5 Six spools of Coats’ thread for 25c Good for $2.50| Good on any skirt oa me ne you may buy any $3. worth over $5.00 or $4 shoes _ This coupon and $5 will buy- a $7.50 skirt Six to each customer Men's or Wo- men’s INSTITUTE AT BEMIDJI Much interest is being taken in the Farmers’ Institute which will be held at the city hall in Bemidji next today No. 2, on which occasion it is proposed to have a rousing meeting of the farmers in the vicini- ty of Bemidji for the purpose of get- ting together and listening to the disseminating of informatoin on how to farm in an up-to-date manner. Prof. A. D. Wilson, superintend- ent of the Minnesota Farmers’ Institute, and A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids, superintendent of the Northeast State Experimental Farm at Grand Rapids, will be in atten- dance at the institute and will ad- dress the farmers. Messrs. Wilson and McGuire will Speak in both the forenoon and after- noon. and they will have real live Subjects for discussion with the other farmers who attend the institute. The subjects to be dis- cussed are as follows: Olearing land, dairying; growing seed, roots, etc; yaising bacon hogs; marketing farm products, and several other topics. The gentlemen announce that they will be prepared to answer any questions regarding any subject per taining to farming. and more especi- ally to the requirement of the farms locatei in Northern Minnesota. Institutes have been held in St. Louis county during the past week and theyhave been well attended. Reports from Institutes are to the effect that great interest has been manifested in the subjects discussed by Mr. McGuire and Mr. Wilson. Everyone interested 1n agricuiture and the best methuds of farming is urged to attend the Institute, as the addresses which will be delivered at the gathering will be of great benefit to those present.—Bemidji Pioneer. MINNESOTA GETS MORE LAND State Auditor Iverson | received from the interior department at Washington its approval uf indem- sity land selecticns in the Duluth ‘land district, amounting to 32,642,42 acres. The tracts selected are in St. Louis. Lake, Cook, Itasca and Kvochiching counties. They are to be patened to the state make up for school sections on the Red Lake Indian reservation, and also for school sections that fall. short of the 640 because of lakes. The land is largely timbered and in time the stumpage will besold. Mr. Iverson bopes. however, that iron may be located on some of the prices. He bas made as many selections as pos- 1 sible along the general directions of ore finds, picking out stray forties that have been left from timber and stone selections. THE COST OF LIVING It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good. It is becoming quite. clear ‘that the temporary slowing up of business activity, which set in a few '/months ago, owing to the fact that it |was impossible to keep up the pace without stopping for breath, will pave its beneficial side for the hum- Fhle consumer, who has really been getting somewhat the worst of it during the rush of prosperity. ' One inevitable result is that the cost of living will be reduced. It may not be reduced very much, and yery likely it will go upto its old Jevel as soon as the rush begins again but prices were too high, and they haye begun to come down. For instance, the beef trust, which now admits that it has been getting its cattle cheaper than it was awhile ago, announces that the price of meat to retailers will be reduced, and that will unquestionably be followed by a corresponding reduc- tion in retail prices. One reason activity had to pause for breath was that it was producing prices so‘high as to become almost prohibitive. High prices had forced many people to economize, which lessened consumption. ‘This in turn reflected itself in a lessening of pro= ducing, and now ina reduction of of prices. The cut will not be very deep, probably, nor will it become general all at once. But the con- sumer, who has beet; appalled by the steady advance in prices. may . be assured that for the present the advance has ceased. and that during the business breathing spell there will be many reductions in retail prices that will make it alittle easier to get both ends of the domestic’ financial problem together. Two Dollars a Year. ‘VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY John Meagher is Freed of the Charge of Murder CASE 1S THROWN OUT OF COURT Directed Verdict Resulted in Free- ing the Accused Man of the Murder of Morris Frowley ce 2) After tliree days spent in securing ajury for the trial of John Meagher for the murder of Morris Frowley at Big Fork on April 1 last, the case went to trial Thursday morning, re- sulting in a verdict of not guilty. The state attempted to introduce a rock as evidence, claiming it to be the weapon used by Meagher in caus- ing the death of Frowley, but after its witness, Dr. George Hanley, had failed to positively identify the rock, the courtruled it inadmissable as evidence. Thestate then rested its case. the defense doing likewise with- out offering any testimony whatever. At this juncture the defense asked the court for a directed verdict of not guilty. Argument by counsel for about an hour on the motion of the defense was followed by the cuurt’s granting the motion and instructing the jury accordingly. The jury re- turned its verdict of not guilty im- mediately and the prisoner was dis- charged. Meagher is a man who is about fifty years of age and a resident of Northfield, Minn. He returned to his home Friday morning. LOOKS LIKE. A CHAMP The Grand Rapids high school foot ball team looks like the champion of the ranges. It has cleaned up every- thing in northern Minnesota and on the ranges thus far by decisive scores. Friday it played with Virginia, which was also unbeaten and the game de- cided the championship. Grand Rap- ids has the dope for the champion- ship this far as it has twice defeated Hibbing by scores of 33 to 0 and 22 to 0 while the best that Virginia could do was 10to 0. Grand Rapids has also played more games and won by larger scores. Friday’s game settled the matter. however.—Hibbing Tri- bune. WEST MESABA’S GREAT FUTURE “There is no doubt about the future of the Western Mesaba range of Minnesota, notably Coleraine and its environment, according to Michael Curley, chief accountant for the Oliver Mining company, who has left for Coleraine after a short visit here with relatives,” writes a Negaunee, Mich., correspondent to the Duluth Herald, under date of October 29. “Mr. Curley reports that the new district is growing rapidly. The Oliver company has done much de- velopment work at its different prop- erities, and a great change has been wrought during the past year or so. Mr. Curley said that there are so many former residents of Ishpeming and Negaunee at the principal points, Coleraine, Boyey and Holman, that a person from this county has no occasion to be lonesome. Most of the men holding the more important positions on the range are from these two cities, but according to Mr. Curley, someof themare making a record for themselves. “With the excellent crews with which Supt. Greeoway has surround- ed himself, be is in a position to ob- tain the best possible results, and it will not be many: years before Cole- raine will compare favorably in 1m- | portance with the best of towns on the Mesaba range. The Oliver com- pany is erecting anumber of fine buildings, including a modern office, which will be completed within a month, The high schoo), which cost in the neighborhood of $75.000, is one of the finest in the entire Minnesota mining district, and the hospital structure, with a very complete equipment. “People who enjoy hunting haye ne trouble in getting game in the new district, as the woods are ciose te the mines. During the past summer the town had a baseball team, and it now has a high school football team. Good baseball grounds have been pro= yided and a grandstand built. A fence will be erected next season. “A new mining district will doubt- less be opened up near Grand Rapids before another year, as a latye num ber of diamond drills are working there, anti Mr. Curley said that he had heard that ore of fair quality had been encountered. It may de neces- sary to install a washing plant, but inasmuch asthe Oliyer people are having no trouble extracting the sand from the ore in the westera district, there should be no difficulty on that score in the Grand Rapids region.” : THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION I, Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, doset apart Thursday, 28th day of November, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, and on that day I recommend that the people shall cease from their daily work, and, in their howes or in their churches, meet, devoutly thank the Almighty for the many and great blessings they have received in the past, and to pray that they may be given strength to order their lives se as to deserve a continuation of these blessings in the future.” CLAIM LUMBER IS GOING LOWER The state disposed of approximate- ly 6,000,000 feet of timber at the annual sale held at the state capitol on Oct. 31. The average price paid was $7.50 per 1,000 feet. The highest price reached was $9.10, paid by Martie Bros. of Duluth, for a tract contain- ing 710,000 feet of mixed lumber. The sale realized the state about $200,000, of this amount $49,000 being paid down. In all 41,000,000 feet of lumber was offered for sale. A year ago. out of 40,000,000: feet offered over 35,000,000 was sold and nearly $500,000 realized. Theaverage price received was $9.35 per 1,000 feet, and the highest figure $11.35 for one tract.§ The bidding, too, was spirited, while this year it was listless. State Auditor Iverson, who con— ducted the sale, said it was a good one considering the class of lumber offered, and the many smal! tracts, but the lumberman present refused to accept it as such, They declared the appraisals in the face of a drop- ping market were entirely too high. Thomas Shevlin and the Weyer- haeusers, always big bidders, bought but little of the lumber offered What was sola went largely to the small firms. Asked to bid on a number of tracts near which he has crews, Mr. Shevlia gave a decided, ‘‘No.” “Not on those appraisals,” replied Mr. Shevlin. ‘‘Timber bas taken a tumble of nearly $4 a 1,000 now and it is going lower.” added Mr. Shevlin. Other buyers agreed with him. The biggest piece offered was 5,850;000 feet and it went to the Mc- Donald Land & Timber company at the appraised figure of $8. There were no competing bids. ENORMOUS SCHOOL FUNDS The great state of Minnesota has accumulated an enormous school fund of $23,000,000. There still re- main 1,000,000 acres of unsold school lands. The royalties from the iron mines are pouring thousands of dol- lars monthly in the fund. Consider- ing the fact that the great bulk of this enermous fund was derived from the northern part of the state, would it be any more than a square deal for the balance of the state to bejja little more liberal and humane in dealing with the hardy settlers that arestriv- ing to convert this vast primitive domain into an agricultural Eden? J. 5. Ross has purchased the livery business of the Bass Brook hotel at Cohasset, He will increase the stock and rigs at once and be prepared to accommodate the public at all times. Mr, Ross was in town Thursday and reports that business is good and keeps him busy day and _ night. Cohasset is one of the busiest town in the’north country, and has a bright completed last fall, isan up-to-date | future, :