Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 6, 1911, Page 5

_ Toyland Beams with Brightness « XMAS SUGGESTIONS Below we name only a few of the many different articles carried in our stock that make most acceptable gifts. Leather Goods Novelties Leather Bags Stationery Calendars Christmas Postals Christmas Tags Etc., Etc. HOLIDAY Our Handkerchief section has just re- ceived a bountiful Sssorrment of eeney GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 1911. in Toyland. Useful Gifts for Christmas for Everybody THE CHRISTMAS STORE Ready---Everything Ready! Gifts thing have been here for some time but now they have more room, crouding back our staple goods mak- ing room to show these pretty gifts. To finish bright you must start right. Eve. HANDKERCHIEFS The earlier you begin the more cheerful you'll be Christmas The Spirit of Christmas is Abroad EVERYBODY HAPPY Everybody, big and little, is thinking about Chistmas. flooded with letters to Santa Claus, but how easy it is to bring the children right here to Toyland. And the best thing about this Christmas store is that it’s just as interesting to grown folks as to children. See the hundreds of beautiful gifts that are attractively displayed throughout the store. affords you your best opportunity in toys and gifts of all kinds. that is prepared to assist you in solving the gift question. Just take a glimpse The | Fine dressed dolls Handkerchieff. THEBIG Especial bea tiful Embroide aH a: GR? Cicer an Sypher agua oeramrvenr | GRAND spacaavseenaresesroosst sees 5c upto $1.00 @ STORE DOLL IN WONDERFUL ARRAY Jointed French dolls, $1.00 to $8.00 Kid body dolls from 25¢ up to $5.00 Celleloid Dolls Indians Dolls TASCA MERCANTILE “MINN. <<} Toys Dolls Drums Horns Baby Carriages Pianos Chairs Kid Dolls Books Magic Lanterns Moving Picture Machines Building Blocks Steam Engines Games Tin Toys Toy Trunks Sleds Watches Doll Houses Candles Tops Toilet Sets Manicure Sets\ Handkerchiefs Calendars Post Card Albums Beads Glove Bows Coats * Hair Ribbons Fur Sets Dress Patterns New Neckwear Scarfs Stationery Mittens Gloves Waists Talking Machines and many others to numerous to mention Hs The mails will be This store It is the store —__ as, OEE THE PLEASURE IN GIFT GIVING Lies in Having Made from 25¢ to $6.00 lay means The early hi ing. Rag Dolls ae se stocks are Baby Bumps Shopping now offers this advantage. ness---salespeople the Right Selection De- the hurried, tiresome rush and disappointments in those few days pre- ceeding Christmas. Gift purchasers will not find anything lacking from our stock. morning hours are ideal for All our sections are in readi- are less occupied--- in more orderly arrangements and conditions generally are a comfort and convenience to you. Again we em- when the APIDS phasize the wisdom of shopping early stocks are complete. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY We will give each little girl accompanied by her parents One Childs Dress Free. Come and See Toyland XMAS SUGGESTIONS READY-TO-WEAR Waists Skirts Coats Furs Fur Hats Sweaters Crepe de cheine Gowns Dressing Sacques Silk Hosiery Neckwear We pack and wrap all parcels ready for sending away—Free of charge. STILL HAVE BIG TRACT OF TIMBER W. T. LeFevre, clerk of the town of Wirt, was here Friday to certify a 5-mill special road tax recently lev- ied. Wirt ie the largest town in the county, containing four townships, and has a valuation of $263,006. A school was started, the first one in lea | “If anyone thinks the timber hae all settlers were compelled to furnish | tiful, but it will also guard \the building, the school board of- fering to provide a teacher. Mr. LeFevre, in speaking about tim- prospects in the north country: been cut in this: section, they should take a trip up through Wirt. The other day I traveled straight north from my claim through solid cedar and pine a distance of six miles. This tract is about the game length in breadth and is one of the best the towm, Monday near the Wirt stands in the northern part of the postoffice, but as there are only eight children of school age, the } | Rubber Tires For Buggies Put On and Adjusted ——BY——__ Christ Vann BLACKSMITH Coleraine, Minnesota state.” MANY DEER KILLED THE PAST SEASON The hunting eeason closed Thurs- day and it ip estimated that deer were killed in Itasca county during the open season, Nearly 700 400 | licenses wore iesued from Auditor Spang’s office. innumerable accidents that have oc- Said | cured when men have been mistaken | for deer by green and inexperienced | hunters. FAMOUS PAINTINGS AT THE LAND SHOW against * GETS 20 DAYS FOR STEALING OVERCOAT In Judge Bailey’s court Monday af- [say William Smith was given a| 20-day sentence for stealing an over- coat. Smith was a guest at the Mon-} Jereal house, and when he left it was discovered the overcoat was missing. | The proprietors immediately caused a a |behind the sleigh in pulling out the | others, OISTRIGT ‘COURT. SESSION RESUMED, | District court opened Tuesday af- ternoon after an adjournment since last Tuesday with Judge Stanton on the bench and the case of J. W. Paintings of western life by Charle , warrant to be issued for his arrest Reynolds vs. Great Northern Rail M. Russell valued at $50,000 will be exhibited at the Land Products Show and he was found wearing the coat. In justice court he pleaded guilty Way company was taken up. Rey- nolsa, who is a Duluth attorney, in St. Paul Dec. 12 to 23. The ar- | and was sentenced to pay a fine of owns a fine farm near Goodland and rangemente have been made Brown & Bigelow, a St. Paul firm | which has the contract for reéproduc- | ing the paintings. Im addition to Russell’s work, the show management has secured a painting twenty four feet wide and fifty feet long of a Wenatchee, size of the famous ranch, owned by President Penwell | It i¢ estimated that | of the land show. in addition to this number, there were| Three enormous paintings, among 500 hunters here from outside coun- ties. There seema to be a generat feel- ing among hunters, and among the homesteaders ae well, that a stricter law should be passed at the next session of the legislature fon the preservation of game, and the gen- eral opinion all over the northern part of the state is that the only manner in ‘which this can be done is to prohibit the killing of the doe. If this ie done for five years hunters claim that deer wil) not only be plen- the finest ever made of scenes in Yellowstone. National Park, will be displayed by the Northern Pacific railway company, which just bought the paintings in New York City. The Great Northren railroad will show a collection of paintings of scenes in Glacier National Park, the new play ground of the people in Northern Montana. The exhibit of paintings at the Land Products show will be of the largest and most distinctly western ever made at any exposi-| tion. was given the 20<day jail sentence. ‘ROBT, WAKEFIELD | NEARLY DROWNED, ‘Wash:, apple orchard and one of sim-! Spokane | While crossing the Ballclub river, near its mouth, Friday, Robert Wake- field, narrowly escaped drowning, when a sleigh he was driving and behind which was tethered a team of horses, broke through treacherous ice and precipitated him into six feet of water. Wakefield narrowly missed going under the ice and strug- gled for some time before he regain- ed safe footing. In frantic efforts to free themselves the team hauling ' Wakefield worked alone for an hour jthe sleigh became entangled and |includes displays from the by. | $10 and costs. He had no money and alleges thet by reason of sparks be- ing emitted from the engines on the Swan River-Hibbing branch hay be- longing to him wag burned. LAND SHOW WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK After a year of preparation the! Northwestern Land Show will open in the St. Paul Auditorium Tuesday, Dec. 12, and continue un- tik Dec. 23. While called a land show, the ex- position is in reality a “products show” just like the world’s fairs and larger state fairs. It is egricul- tural, industrial, horticultural and farms, forests, mines, lakes, rivers and finally successful, when he secured | parts of the harness and used the’ ire animals which were being led | in an effort to save them. He was, factories of seven etates and Alas- ka. Some of the state exhibits are ‘said to be finer than those which the states made at the Seattle or Portland expositions because the states have been in the “show busi- ness” and it takes experience to gath- er and arrange a good display. Minnesota has a large part in this exposition, occupying 1,500 square feet. While the other stetes are represented, it has been shown that Minnesota can always get her share. The work of the railroads to secure settlers for the northwest results ev- ery year in Minnesota securing about 55 per cent of all the settlers who move west and pass through the Twin City. next | Grand Rapids Minnesota Civil Engineering ITASCA ENGINEERING CO. J. A. Brown - - - Manager Phone 168 Surveying Estimating Construction Superintending Drafting