Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 16, 1908, Page 9

—t— News G ‘A. C. Bossard was a Duluth visitor last Saturday. . Hartley McGuire of Minneapolis was in town the first of the week. Geo. W. Prescott and Ed Ramguist were in from Bovey yesterday. E. P. Racklift of Aitkin was regis- tered at the Pokegama last Friday. Jack O’Connell came up from Swan River to vote at yesterday’s primary. Ed Ramquist came in from Cole- raine and spent Saturday with old friends. Last Satureay W.C. Gilbert received a fine two seat buckboard for his Shet- land pony team, For SaLE—1000 pound horse and delivery wagon, $75 takes it. R. G. Lacy, Coleraine. A. L. Nutting, of Duluth, is looking after the piano business in Grand Rapids this week. St. Louis county grand jury has closed its duties and returned fifty- nine indictments. Bears visited Frank Voigt’s piggery at Deer lake last week and got away with ten head of pigs. C. G. Miler of Duluth was calling on his old friend, the business man, in Grand Rapids yesterday, Messrs. Betts, Bernie and Pearson visited Sand lake Sunday and returned with a nice bag of ducks. Mrs. C. C. McCarthy entertained sixteen of her ladies friends at a luncheon last Friday afternoon. Last week we omitted to mention the birth of a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs, WilhamHooliban September sth. >. R. Lewis returned from the Sturgeon lake district last Friday and reports that country comparitively free from forest fires. Miss Eliza E. Reddick came up from Aitkin last Fnday and visited with friends Saturday returning Sunday on the steamer Onole. Duluth contributions to the fire stncken portion of the range amounts to $37.000 and the committee expects to make it $50.000. Geo. Cochran who has been visiting his parents at Wabana lake for the past month left yesterday for his home at Linnton, Oregon. Will Nisbett has disposed of his old automobiles and is now the possessor of a Ford runabout. It 1s a dandy machine and can make good time. Emma Anderson of Big Fork county as adjudged insane last Friday and nto Fergus Falls for treatment the following day by Deputy Shenff. Fish. Mrs, B. C. Finnegan who is at the Northwestern hospital in Minneapolis was operated on last Friday for apen- dicitis and is reported as doing nicely. Considerable complaint is being made about merchants selling tobacco to children and sooner or later an example will be made for this breach of the law. The Keeler club house at Deer lake was entirely destroyed by fire last ‘Thursday. The house was unoccupied at the time and the origin of the fire is a mystery. Wilham Campbell who has had charge of the dry goods department of Henry Hughes & Co. has gone to Park Rapids and is succeeded by G. A.Johnson uf Minneapolis. Dr. J. Gendron returned last Friday trom a four weeks vacation spent at Maple lake, Crookston, Cass Lake and vicinity. Mrs. Gendron and son will follow in a couple of weeks. The ladies of the M. E. church will serve a fine hot dinner and supper at the fair grounds next Saturday. The menue will contain lots of good things and you are invited to patronize them, Chester Pratt came up from Min neapolis Saturday and spent Sunday with his wife at the White cottage at Deer lake. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt re- turned to Minneapelis Monday atfter- noon, Mrs. O. H. Whitaker of Superior will be in Grand Rapids about the 1st of October to give lessons in china painting; anyone’ wishing to take lessons, please notify Mrs, I: D. Rassmussen or Mrs, W. J. Powers. The time for holding court in this district has been changed from the first Tuesdays in June and December to the fourth Tuesdays in March and October. The change will not take eflect until next year. Plan to attend the county fair. You have earned a day ortwo offand there will be much to learn by comparison of the different exhibits and it will do you a world of good to visit the fair and renew acquaintances, The big drive from up nver got out of Blackwater last Saturday and Super- intendent Long of the Boom company expects to get the rear away from her During the Week Grand Rapids and Vicinity athered; _ ina day or two. Mr. Long expects to get the logs to Brainerd before the freeze-up, provided he has no bad luck. This is the rear for the summer and the last drive of the season. Mrs. C. Lb. Burnett -and daughter Jean, ot Brainerd are guest at the Kearney home this week, Mrs. A. Greenamire of Lincoln, Neb., and the Misses N. W. Sisler of Chicago and M. E. Sister of Omaha, who have been'visiting the home of their brother, A. M. Sistler of La Prairie, departed tor their homes last Fnday. Hammond Elsworth, formerly as- sistant cashier ofthe First State bank of this place, but now with the First Nat- ional of Minneapolis, came up last Saturday to visit old acquaintances and spent Sunday with W. J. Powers and Moody Winsor at Sand lake try- ing for bass. County Surveyor John Brown has finished the field work of surveying Itasca county ditch number one. This is a ditch at the south end of .Poké- gama lake and when cug will add some 2.000 acres of fine agricultural land to this vicinity, The ditch will be three miles long. The Deer River schools opened for the year witha much larger attendance than last year. About 40 pupils who could not be accommodated were taken’to the basement of tne Methodist church. The hearing on the injunc- tion to restrain the district from issuing bonds for a new school building will last’ Sunday to its capacity by people . of denomina- tions to hear Norman Tully, a aivinity student at McAllister college, and a Grand Rapids boy, dehver his first sermon, His talk was.a masterly one and no more loving tribute could have been paid him than the large atten- dance, He will be heard from later inhve. , There has been an order issued by the Indian Department to the effect that hereafter all Indians’ checks and other papers which they have to sign, will have to be signed by his thumb mark instead or an “X” as has formerly been the custom. Hereafter when you receieve an Indian’s check with a spatter in one corner as though a duck had stepped on it with a muddy foot, remember its only the Indian way of signing a name. The origin of the fire that resulted in the destruction of the town of Chis- holm is said to have been caused by a spark from an engine, not far from the logging camp of Power & Simpson, about four and one-half miles from Chisholm. The spark caught in some dry grass. A cruiser named Brown at- tempted to stamp out the flames, but fanned by the high wind, they were soon communicated to the bushes that surrounded the little village. The remains of Miss Etta Kennedy, the young lady of Duluth who was drowned in Ball Club lake two months ago, were found floating near shore} Thursday. The body was badly de- composed. Undertaker G. Herned prepared the body for burial, and the remains were interred in the township cemetery. The casket left the church at ten.o’clock this morning and. Rev. Boyle officiated. The dead girl's mother was present.—Saturday’s Deer River News. Double.crews are at work moving be held before Judge McClennahan, | !88 in the upper Mississippi because Sept. 22. There are nearly 450 pupils enrolled in school district no, 2, Bovey and Coleraine, as compared with 80 two years ago, At the first fire drill at the Greenway school this year over 200 pupuls left the building within a min- ute after the signal was given. The ptimary grades are not as crowded as last year butethe intermediate grades have a larger attendance, making it necessary-to equip another school room. . t + of the present low stage of water, ac- cording to Minneapolis officials of the various boom and driving companies. A rise of twelve inches would permit the reduction of the driving crews by half. As it is all the driving companies expect to lose money. A drive of 80.000.000 feet is now hung up and it will take 500 men ten days to jerk it loose and into clear water. Last year’s drive of 260.000.000 feet was handled with half the number of men.—Missis- sippi Valley Lumberman. , In yester- day after a two Weeks campaigning throughout the judicial distinct. For Sarz—Yoke of fiva years old well broken oxen. Call on William Hoolthan. The new road to Bovey that Jack O’Brien has had the construction of is about completed and hereafter the traffic will be to the south of the fair grounds instead of through the centre of it. It 1s a fine piece of work and reflects great credit upon Mr. O’Bnien’s ability as a road builder. WILL VISIT GRAND RAPIDS The Right Reverend James McGol- “rick, D. D., Bishop of Duluth. The Catholics of St. Joseph’s church will have the honor of receiving a visit from Bishop McGolrick of the Duluth diocese next Saturday. His Lordship will arrive by the noon train and on Sunday morning asolemo high mass, with special music, will be rendered in St. Joseph’s church. Mass will begin, at 9:30 after which the Bishop will administer the sacrement of confirmation. Notice to Parents. Beginning pupils will not be re- ceived in the kindergarten and first grades after Monday, September 2ist. By order of the Board of Education. For toothache use DIKES tooth- ache drop or wax. Every package is guaranted. For Sale. I offer my residence property con- isting of four large lots and two story, seve™ room house, located on he southwest corner block ten} Houghtons First Addition to, Grand Rapids. Eigth unimproved lots in the village. Fifty-acres of hardwood within 5 miles of Grand Rapids. Call or address E. R. Lewis, Grand Rapids. For summer complaint use DIKES blackberry compound. Every bottle | is guaranteed. The Newest Fall Coats at Special Prices ' at Cost of Material Friday and Saturday for Early Buyers. $15 and $12.50 Coats Special at $10.00 25 womens’ coats, new fall styles—made of good quality black kersey. Yoke and sleeve lined. Trimmed with fine silk braids. length about 50 inches. ‘Come and save $2.50 to $5.00 on your fall coat by buying Friday and Saturday—remember $12.59 and $15.00 values for $10.00. Semi fitting and lose back styles, Heavy Outing Flannel Night Gowns CAN YOU DRAW, LITTLE GIRL? If you have not seen the little ““(BUCK’S’”’ range—now in our show window—you should see it—today. It is a perfect stove in little—will bake and cook just like a big one. On October 10 we are going to give it to the little girl— fourteen years old or under—who will draw the best reproduc- tion of the trade-mark shown on the above picture. * = X Miss Whiting, instructor in drawing in the High school, Miss Aiton of Forest lake school and Miss Edmonds at Central school have consented to act as judges. Perhaps you will be the fortunate little girl. store today—register your name—and get a littlé booklet— which will tell you all about this interesting contest. Come to our For men, women and children—night gowns ready to wear, for every mem- ber of the family; made from good fleecy outing flannels; made good and full, long-lengths—for women at 85c, 1.25 1.69 and $2.00; for men at 50c, 1.00 and $1.50; for children and infants at 50c and 85c. Bed Spreads and Towels : at Home Saving Prices. A big purchase of bed spreads and towels for our two stores enables us to offer you some great inducements to buy at money saving prices—don’t wait until they are all gone, but come at once and make use of this oppurnity. “ . ~ Towel Sale Bleached turkish bath towels with fringed ends, size 18 x 39 a _ towel sold in many places at 25c—we are going to sell them 214e two tor 25¢ ~ Bleached cotton Huck towel, extra large size —honeycomb weave firmily woven—striped border. 15c values—special at.............. Oc Bed Spread Sale $2.00 values $1.39 The QUALITY Brand bed spreads in white, positively the finest quality, crochet quilt ever offered at the price. Handsome Marssilla pat- terns, fringed cut corners—size 72 x 81—$2.00 values for-only. :.......006c.ee cc ecaseees $1.39 Special Suit Sale for Women For One Day Only If you are wanting a swell suit for fall wear, advise us so we can telephone to you of the exact date, we expect to have them abgut Saturday or Monday and we camsave you at least $10 on every garment. Let us know if you are interested and we will send you word. Saturday TASCA MERCANTILE OMPANY Blankets and Comforts New Furs New Coats wool PornnaiG, [TPGRAND RAPIDS fy THE or , at low Price nage ake ‘ MINN. ie 3 For Fall | ; Grand Rapids - Minnesota a 00000060 00000000 0000 000000000000 000 00000000000 0000 THE PIONEER Kuh-Nathan & Fischer; Liebman, Phillipson & Schiff; McMillan; Ederhimer, Stein & Co., and Keystone Clothing. McKibbon and Roswelle Hats and Caps. Douglas and Watson Plum- mer Shoes. Clarendon Shirts. Goods bearing the names of these well known firms can be had in this city only at ‘“THE PIONEER.” . SUITS OF SUMMERWEIGHT N Somewhere among our suits---prices $10 up to’ $25---is your price. Be it $12, $15, $17, $20 or even more, you can pin your faith on the statement that with your price, whatever it is, there goes intrinsic value every time. JOHN BECKFELT, GRAND RAPIDS. ITS UP TO YOU. \ If you want the best for Your Money. We have the goods. ’ Our prices are right. Come in at once. And be convinced. Our.Fall Showings are very fine and the assortment of fabrics complete. ent’s Furnishings. - . Ladies’ Furnishings t Everything Ready to Wear. Cc. H. MARR