Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 21, 1907, Page 2

Shop in the morning and avoid the rush year we have prepared to closing out every item of of Gift Goods. Gifts for Men. Suit Cases Hat Brushes* Shaving Sets Ash Trays Umbrellas Linen Handkerchiefs Neckwear Collars and Cuffs Suspenders Shaving Mirrors Tobacco Sets Pipes Fancy Vests siffles Muff Buttons y Lisle Hose ht Robes Fur Lined Gloves Silk rs Cuff 1 Gloves Silk Handkerchiefs Shirts alk Over Shoes Safety Razors EAE ES Every year the scramble for Holiday Goods toward the end results in many disappointments for the‘ very late buyers, but this this a busy shopping center up to the last call. We don’t figure on goods for we carry in stock the year around a reasonable supply TASCA WERCANTILE (OMPA pepartwent |'ORAND RAPIDS By or oRe oF STORE MINN. ; QUALITY make Xmas and A PARTIAL LIST OF WHAT TO BUY Gifts for Women..| Gifts for Bogs. Silk Petticoats Watches i Fur Neckpieces Pocket Knives Fancy Baskets Neckties Pincushions bs Suspenders Ladies’ Gloves Games Evening Fans Steam Engines Dress Patterns Handkerchiefs Jewelry Novelties Dress Shoes Lace Collars Dress Shirts Work _.Bags Golf Sweaters Handkerchiets / Skates Neckwear ' tandsleds Umbrellas Books Patterns . Bibles Cuff Buttons A pair of Skiis Kastman Kodak ts Glove Boxes Music Rolls i Card Cases Silk Handkerchief Kimonas Hair Brushes Belts Kid I % Back Combs Fountain Pens Magic Lanterns Watch Fobs Book Strafs Pocket ‘Combs Pocket Books Hand Bags Leather Pillows China Ware Hosiery Face Veils FR OM OVER THE SEA We take the following extract from a letter received from Miss Marion Sutton, who was for a long time a teacher in our public school: We reached Hongkong Friday evening but were not allowed to land unti] Saturday morning and then such a time. ‘‘l’he Min nesota”’ (Great Northern) has no lauach here and we were abouta mile from the pier and were told we would have to land and transpert our bag- gage the best way we could. Every one who bad not faith enough to walk was so disgusted and indignant with the whole performance. One man, in trying to make use of a sam- pan (small boat) lost one of his largest trunks overboard, the other one be- ing smaller floated and was rescued. I hope he will sue the company for damages. Of course a private launch met the Taft party. The reception at the pier was quite imposing. A company of soldiers in uniform,a band and the government officials met them and conducted them to the Hongkong Hotel. We ‘did not getour baggage together ready to leave the boat until nearly ten and would not have, then had it not been fora manager who was anxious to secure all the guests possible,- so by registering at his hotel—paying $4 a day—$2 in our money, he took us bag and baggage ashore. You can’t imagine how thankful we were to leave that old boat. We have already secured our passage on the P. and O., an English steamer which leaves for Singapore next mr urday. * * * As I sit here and look out the win- | this foreigr money. dow upon the mountains, studded the white, tieecy clouds which are j floating by, I can scarcely realize that Lam not looking upon some wonder- ful picture. Everything is so entirely different than anything I ever seen except the English sparrows, and yes, really.the babies cry in English. Our board is very good, I can find nu fault with it except nothing is saltea and we have to eat pudding wiih a tablespoon. We havea great many bananas also the persimmon, which is much like our tomatoes though it has a sickish sweet taste, the ponelo which isa little like our orange and white in color and the the carambola. which 1 cannot take time to describe, but which tastes a little like our watermelon except that it is more tasteless, I do not like it at all, it is as large as a good size apple, yellowish green in color. * * * Ihave scarcely seen a lemon or orange since leaving Seattle. All candy, cookies, crackers etc are done up in tin boxes. Hongkong is a terribly wicked’ city. in all of the parts, there being so maby soldiers and sailors here all the time without homes or friends. We do not dare to leave the hotel after six o’clock in the evening unattended Strange as it may seem one need not fear the natives in the least but the foreigners. We have had to change ‘money three times since leaving Seattle and will have to change again when we reach Singapore. Our money is worth nearly twice as much as any of much less. Have seen and drawn work, also laces. ever have In my life. ing on the bay. * range to their very summits. is beautiful just as itis pictured arsenals, etc. Arahs, Portugese, force.of every foreign city. Rev. Mr. Lyons, and Miss Dagens INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE Granpv Rapips, Irasca CouNTY. Already we have sold more goods than we figured on and had to send in re-orders on a number of articles. This will be a bene- fit to all those that could not buy early as you will find our stock new and complete on many items, yet aS soon as this adis out we know the final rush will be on run out early. TL bad a five dol- lar gold piece changed today and re- almost as expensive here as at home, at least a foreigner cannot get it very thé most beautiful carved iyory, band painted china, cloisonne and satsuma ware I think I have longed fur money more than I Hongkong is a horsesnoe in shape, walled-in by the mountains and open Really England bas done wonders here, not only for her- self and China but for al) the world in opening this port to foreigners. The svilis red as‘ on the mountain in northern’ Minnesota aud great military roads, which are never used except in cases of emergency wind rovod and round the mountains The foliage in our old yellow geography. The ferns palms, hydrangeas, etc., that. we care for so tenderly grow in wild profusion along stone walls, on the mountain side, along streets, around cathedrals ‘The streets are paved and in walking a few blocks you may meet people frum all over the world, Chioese, Japanese, Jews, Egyptians. French, English, German, Malays, Americans, Sheiks, ete,, all in their native costume. The Sheiks are from northern India, great large men who constitute the police We were with a party of friends, Wife and three children, Rev. Mr. Hosifes and wife 1 last Tuesday Only two more | shopping days | Monday and Tuesday inevitable certain items will Gifts for Girls. Dress Patterns New Coat Fur Sets Books Gloves Hat Pins Hair Ribbons Handkerchiefs Cup and Saucers Umbrellas Box Stationery a Skid Dolls Manicure Sets Toilet Sets Kid Mitten Work Baskets Glove Boxes Hdkf. Boxes Dressed Dolls Beads Bracelets Calendars i $ Gold Pens ; Doll Carriages Lace Collars Postcard Albums when they left for Manila. Tuesday morning Miss Dudley and I visited with electric lights to their veryjcieved . Exchange changes} the Botanica! gardens but neglected {summits and the moon hahging just| every day. Monday we had to pay 8/t0 take umbrellas so could not walk above péepiny now and then through | cents on a dollar exchange. Silks are; around very much as the sun’s rays here are flerce. Miss D wanted to take my picture in a Sedan chair but the coolies as well as the Chinese and Japanese in general are so suspicious ofa kodak you can’t get near them, so just as She was about. to snap my likeness they suddenly sat me down in the streets and got out of the way, looking*as ugly as possible. Monday morning we all took the peak tram- way to the top of the highest moun- tain over looking the bay. The rail- way is so steep we just about lay on our backs. The whoie of itis not shown on the card. After leaving the car we walked about a mile in this way, the view at the top fully paid us for the effort made, we visited the signal station and saw the forts along the coast upon which were stationed rows and rows of canon, Hongkong has a fine land locked har- bor. Oct. 18-I have not mailed my letter as I knew it would not go until the return of the Minnesota which leaves port at noon today, We leave for our boat the Oceana in about ten minutes which also leaves port at noon. Our hotel bill was ba sae or $15 in one money. A man who recently ticked off 117] years attributes his long life to the fact that be didn’t marry when young. Still, some credit is undoubt-" ly due to the fact tnat he never fen railroad tracks, wisely re- ned from rocking a boat and ai- ways kept the muzzle of unloaded guns | pointed away from him.—Two ‘rade Jo ee Ln ae oe Se | HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 4 Mren., SaTuRDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1907. Two Dollars a Year. INJURIOUS ‘ADVERTISING Development of Northeastern Min- nesota Has; Been Retarded By Lack of Proper + Publicity. State Mine Inspector Points Out Some Facts That Should _ Be Heeded By Home- seekers. The Mesaba Ore has the following article written by F. A. Wildes, Jr., State Mine inspector, and which is worthy of being passed along: For many years the public has been told by those who knew little of the subject that the north-eastern Minnesota was of no value for agri- culture, or for anything else, save as a temporary abiding place for the festive tumberjack and the iron miner. People in other states have reached the conclusion that the soil is non-productive from a careful reading of geological repofts, whose chief purpose was the study ef the rock formation. The geologist has studied a limited area and that for a limited spacejof time. From data thus gained, they who read his re ports, come to the general conclusion that where granite does not outcrop, the “formation is a ferruginous chart more or less amphibolitic, cal- cerous, sideritic and gray, red, yel- low, brown or green, with bands and shots of iron ores.” Feeling some- what alarmed they consult an agri- cultural report that has this reassur- ing statement that the soil contains “potash, soda, lime, iron, magnesia, sulpburic acid, phosphoric acid and salica In-yarying proportions, under- laid by a subsoil mde up of hydrated sillicate of alumina intermixed with felspatic crystals and quartz sand, formed by subaerial disintegration of translated into our own tongue means a good soil with a clay subsoil. By vhis time but little more is needed to convince bim that North- ern Minneasota is indeed a barren wilderness. His mind is fully made up, however, after reading the ready made jokes on our Climate. He hears it reported on good authority that the sleighing is frequently in- jured in July and August by the warm weather: he is told by the fun- months beyond a doubt. Heretore the nan in the east seek- ing a new home has been confined to practically these sources of informa- tien regarding the-~ vast empire Northern Minnesota. The land here has been held in the main by Jumber companies who either did not wish to colonize or knew the value of landand “ Northero Minnnesota should heartily were iu no hurry to sell, and the second large owner was the state. With a large area owned by these two inactive fee owners progress was necessarily slow. The railroads owned large tracts of land in the | west which they wished to have im- proved, hence the generous advertis- ing.of lands in North Dakota, Mou- tana, etc. Canada caught the spirit and a wild rush was made from the states to take lands many bundreds of miles froma market and across a tariff barrier as weil, crossing en route some of the most promisingly located aud fertile lands that ever lay, out of doors. The Canadian land boom hud hardly began to subside when a campaign was started exploit- ing lands on the arid plains of Texas. In the meantime many thoughtful people in Minnesota had begun to realize that the remaining part of the public domain available for agricultural was very limited anda concerted demafd has been made for the properly advertising of Minnesota's resources. The’ state has even installed a bureau of immi- gration for the purpose of diverting the tide of emigrants crossing our borders to inférior lands beyond to our own bread acres. Another cum- mendable move being made under authority of the state, which means mach to Northern Minnesota, is the work of draining swamp lands and the construction of roads. We of pre-existing rock areas, which being | ny man that the coldest winter that he (the funny mar) ever experienced was one summer i ». Louis counts and assures him tbat the present blizzard will clear off in 10 or 11} in | co-operate with these movements by | boosting the merits of our land. Quly a small area of Northers Minnesota land is stony. The soil is wonderfully productive. Tocon- vince even the most skeptical all one | has to do is to note the timothy, red- top, clover and even alfalfa that grows so luxuriantly even along the tote roads on the Mesaba range. te say nothing of the crops of potatoes, turnips and carrots that are pro- ; duced among the rocks of the range. The fame of this country could rest safely op the "German rose, wrapt ie its green surtout,” alone and its merits should be brought to the at- tention of all lovers of sauerkraut. The writer well remembers the time when the people of southern Minne- sota were skeptical about their abili- ty to raise apples and other fruits ‘| They admitted that corn could be matured in good years and that or exceptionally good land ciover could be produced profitably. Today Minnesota is securing gold medals at the expositions for her excellent qualities of apples, and has entered the markets to the east as a competi- tor. The apple belt has moved as far north as Aitkin, Itasca and St Louis counties. Fruits as well as plants adapt themselves to climatic conditions. No finer dairy countr than this could well be found and we have noted that all who have under- taken it near the iron range have succeeded very well indeed. The improtance of developing latent resources of this part of state is of vital interest to us whether we are employed in the mines orelsewhere, for we are now put to the necessity of importing all our vegetables, etc., and paying in creased prices for stale products as well. The great advantage this part of the state has over other localities is its close proximity to market. Duluth has a great future ahead of it and will always bea good market, The iron ranges will never produce the smallest fraction of what they consume, besides the market here will always be a cash market. The writer has recently returned from a the the all, trip-through the east.. He. found f people trying to wrest a scanty liying lfrom the rocky hills of Maine, ané | extended an tation to come té | Minnesota where their energies would | produced them 1 unda | Minnesota is a parac in comp }Son. Volumes might be written on the healthful tion of the cou its lakes, but tt the patience followed the st ippr wh reader ry thus far. has Not Guilty. Mirnesot n State of McDonald bas | district court si McDonda! urge of a tria morn | | on the degree, the complainant Larry Martin. Thisis t j occurred at 8 } and about v | published the item at the time. Ti lcase was tried on the part of the state by Royal A. Stone, f tt | Attorney G G and “Cou | Attorney red L. Thwiug t } the part of the defense by Frank FE. | Price and C. C.. McCarthy. _ The | following gentlemen comprise? the | jury: Wm. Norberg, E. R. Brown Oscar Harlan, John Bendry, Peter Peterson, Iver Kingen, Carl Magow- son, John Richards, Wm. Nelson Geo. Slayter, J. Rutter and Ben Dixon. So far asthe testimony of the complaining witness was con- cerned, it was apparent that it was a case of too much booze and a desire to find a bunch of trouble. This was corrohorated by others on the stand. The primary cause of the difficulty being a refusal on the part of Mc- Donald to give Martin any more liquor. The case was ably, fairly and impartially tried by the attorneys on both sides. The charge of Judge Spooner to the jury at nine o’clock Friday night, is too lengthy for us to give in. full, but was a clear, fair and inbiased state- ment of the facts as deduced from the testimony. The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty on Saturday morning. Card of Thanks. Mrs. Holman and daughter desire to extend to the good people of Grand DEFECTIVE PAGE Rapids their heartfelt thanks for the many evidence of sympathv extended during the last illness of the husband and father. Especial thanks are ex- tended to the Ladie’s Aid of the Presbyterian church, the Odd Fellows and Redmen. : Mrs, J. N. Hoiman.