Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 24, 1912, Page 2

PAGE TWO. News G Do not fail to gaze in at the north window of the Itasca store. The month past has been ideal weather for logging operations. Mrs. Rose Lauzon visited ‘with friends in Cohasset last Friday. it seems that the temperature can- not get above the goose egg mark. John Johnson, who has been in Fosston for the last month, returned Friday afternoon. P. C. Paulson, from Hastings, is the newly imaugurated baker at the Amburg bakery. Mesdames T. R. Pravitz and W. G Gilbert spent several days in Du- luth, returning Sunday. Mrs.” Gordon Meagher came over | from Bovey Friday and visited with old friends for a few days. An ox team, wearing the old-time yoke, was on the streets Friday and attracted considerable attention. ‘Geo. Ruby, A. D. Ingersoll Henry Seaman, all of Deer and River, were in town Saturday in attendance! at court. The wood and coal men are happy these days and the consumers of those commoditics are correspond- ingly discouraged. Herman Brandon, who has been spending the past month in Danville, Ill, the home of Joe Cannon, will! return this week. | Miss Kate Hilling is again at her Post of duty in her brother’s store after having been ill with tonsolitis for several days. | Don’t neglect to be- present at} “The County Fair” at the high schoo] auditorium tonight and to- morrow night. The net proceeds are to be turned over to the Ladies’! guild of the Episcopal church. During the Week Grand Rapids and Vicinity | Editor Kiley of the Herald-Review | Usually the big fish makes its es- ; through the ice in Pokegama athered | A. J. Davis spent last Wednesday jand Thursday in Deer River in the |interests of the Itasca Forest Pro- | ducts Co. of this city. Cashier L. M. Bolter, of the First State bank, who was incapacitated for i duty for several days with a severe attack of neuralgia, is again at his } post. | During the past month the plumb- ers have certainly reaped a harvest in their line, and they have been kept almost constantly busy day and night. Geo. M. Blasing has added a great Dane dog to his bunch of monstrous canines. The dog is certainly a beauty and is thoroughly broken to harness. The newly organized Grand Rapids | orchestra furnished music for the masquerade ball at Coleraine last | Monday night and gave the best of} satisfaction. Victor Romans is now permanent- ly located in Helena, Montana, and writes his’ mother, Mrs. S. E. Ro mans, that he is well pleased with his position and the city. D. A. Crichton, assistant cashier of the First State Bank, left for! Duluth this morning to be present! at the Clan Stewart annual ball at the Spaulding hotel tonight. and Editor LaFreniere of the Inde- pendent were in attendance at the Northern Minnesota editorial meet- ing at Long Prairie last week. but recently many extremely speared lake, ranging in weight from ten to fifteen pounds each, and they are very toothsome at this season. cape, large pickerel have been GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW, The Gem theatre is putting on ex- tremely meritorious films these days. Hold on to your potatoes until next spring. The price is sure to go up. We've heard of people being stuff- ed full of prunes, but it is only re cently that the people have begun to stuff the prunes. On or before February first the auditor of Itasca county will file with the clerk of the district court the list of taxes delinquent for the year 1910. The police should do the stunt of gcing about town smashing the ther- mometers. If a fellow would keep his eyes off them he wouldn’t pay any attention to the cold. By all means bust the frigid indicators. For the past month the weather has been so cold that the hens haye refused to deposit their eggs for the reason that the chicks contained therein would be frozen to death he- fore the eggs were harvested. A new moon came into evidence! Jast Friday and along with it an added cold snap. the moon have anything to do with weather prognostications, the weath f, clerk has evidently forgotten to turn a leaf. W. C. McCullough, an _ old-time cook, and the peer of them all, has! been spending a few days in town He will resume the position as cook for a steel gang on the Great North- ern road in North Dakota next! spring. The prices to gain admittance {(o the “County Fair” tonight and to- morrow night at the high school auditorium are 35c and 50c. The | ladies of the Episcopal Guild will be pleased to meet you there. Dont disappoint them. Young blood certainly runs warm. Although the recent weather has been extremely frigid, still it is im- possible to keep the average young- ster in out of the cold. The school children persist in being out of doors, and judging from their rudiy cheeks they are none the ‘worse off | and will never peddle the white| plague. Saturday, Jan. 27th One Day Only PRIZE PACKAGE The last big unloading sale day, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m. SALE we will place on sale 1,000 Prize Packages, your choice The fact that all ou 25c r goods are brand new. These will be the greatest values ever given in Grand Rapids---every package contains more than 25c worth and there are some packages worth as high as $7.00. You'll want to buy more than one package but you cannot. Only One Package To a Customer No exchanges, no refunds. Remember the date, Saturday, January 27th. Beon hand prompt at 10 o’clock and have the right change ready for the biggest 25c ‘worth you ever bought. We cannot tell you what packages are the best but some of them are worth as high as $7. Everybody gets Big Values |Alice: Bauley of Bovey on 122, If the changes of| Since | time jcumulating old shoes and other arti- | ing after the duties that devolve up- Mike Gerdon of Bena was in Grand Rapids Tuesday Icoking after some business matters. ‘Rey. Mr. Larson of Holy Commun- ion Episcopal church went to Deer River where he conducts services every two weeks. Billy Nash was released from St. Benedict's hospital Monday where he had been for a couple of weeks getting repairs after a general break- down that looked like pneumonia. Jos. Allen gathered in a nickel of the 1883 vintage—one that has the big “V” without the word “cents” underneath it. It is one of the first batch of nickels coined and is extremely rare, its value as a sou- venir being several dollars. Clerk of Court Rassmussen issued license to marry to LeRoy Guptil ard Dorris Ada Blackburn, The ceremony tcok place at Bemidji on January 9; to Lester Levior and January | Cashier C. E. Aiken appeared at the bank Saturday for the first time his attack of typhoid fever several weeks ago. He gained five pounds in as many days and is wor- rying for fear he will soon become so obese that he cannot toot his horn He will soon resume his duties at the bank. Mrs. M. Brooks, who has been in the millinery business in this city for many years, recently sold her establishment to Mrs. Wachtel, who will continue the business and also add a dressmaking department. Mrs. Brooks has gone to Devils Lake, N. D., where she will make her fu- ture home. J. W. Gibson, register of deeds of McCook county, S. D., was here this week looking after some of his Itas- ca county real estate holdings. Some years ago Mr. Gibson was a north- ern Minnesota real estate booster, and he never fully recovered. He owns a valuable tract in the Black- berry district. Mr. George Knutson of Sauk Rap- ids, where he was instructor in agri- visitor in Grand Rapids a _ short ago. He consulted with school board of district No. One with reference to the agricultural work that is to be taken up in the schools here. Mr. Knutson is a graduate of the Minnesota state agricultural college. Charley Blodget, the popular freight man at the depot, went to Duluth Sunday morning and returned the following morning. Charley recently fitted up a suit of rooms and gave out that he intended to live the quiet life of a recluse, but when he started for Duluth his friends began ac- cles, but so far they have no use for them. C. M. King, president of the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion was a passenger through Grand Rapids yesterday on his way to St. Paul where he will attend a meeting of the Highway commission. Mr. King is one of the busiest men in Northern Minnesota these days look- on him by virtue of his position as head of the association. H. E. Graffam, the imsurance man, made a business trip to Bena yester- day. He wrote some fire protection and visited with some of the old timers of Grand Rapids, now resi- dents of the reservation town. He says Ernest Fleming is still the Rockefeller of the village, while Jake Johnson amd Clark Clay are rapidly getting into that class. As a busi- ness proposition Mr. Graffam says Bena is as good as any town along the line. Mayor Ed Chill of Bigfork was a visitor in Grand Rapids yesterday. \G. Fr Crosier, representing the Kennicott company, arrived in the city last Sunday with a crew of men j told. for the purpose of putting up the tank. The tank proper is 48 feet high and 25 feet in diameter, which will rest upon a tower 75 feet in height. It is entirgly of steel, and when completed will be practically air tight. The rising generation is certainly a race of inventors and thinkers, as witness the multiplicity of appurten- ances which are resorted to in or- der that the youngsters may coast down the hils about town. Those who do not possess the first-class coasting sled are not in the least discouraged, but resort to scoop shovels, pieces of sheet iron, aban- doned lard cans that have the bot- toms melted off and split down the side, boards and other things that will slip, and away they go at break- neck speed and often give the fel- lows the laugh that own high-priced coasters or bob sleds. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912 —— The Housekeeper Who Keeps Posted on Electrical Devel- opment is the Wise One She uses the Westinghouse Wire Type Tungsten saves three-fifths machine motor. light and try them for while. Then come in and examine some of the !abor- Do you enjoy the splendid white of these lamps? If not, or- der a few to-day lamps and thus of the lighting bill for other purposes, such as heating the iron and running the sewing a saving devices that the, saving in the lighting bill will provide current for. W. J. & H. D. POWERS LATE IES (SD EERE ETE ETE ©. D. Folke, representing the Bur- roughs Adding Machine Co., ‘was exhibiting one of the machines to our bankers and business men jast Saturday. The device is propelled by electricity and will do almost any- thing but speak out loud. The demand for men to go into the woods is great, and whether the real scarcity of men or the cold culture at the public schools, was a| ¥°ather is the cause cannot nf ea o' e But truly, the day old-time lumberjack is past. Twenty years ago the lumberjacks and river | | pigs would go into the woods early | { in the fall and remain until the iogs were floated to their destination sometime during the following spring or summer, but today a large ma- | jority of “spurious jacks” have don- med the apparel of tramps and wan- der from camp to camp, merely for the chance to get a square meal or two. Business Reliability Lieberman Bros. are successful business men. Ben Lieberman, who has been at the head of the firm and local business manager since locating in Grand Rapids, has es- tablished a reputation for reliability as a merchant that in large measure is responsible for his continued suc- cess. When you buy of Lieberman jopens. She has rented | and the suit was made by the Lie berman tailor in Chicago. When it arrived some defect was found in the goods. Complaint was made to the makers and the garment re- turned. The desired changes were made without @ word of complaint or extra charge, although the entire suit was remade from a different pattern. Genuine Reduction Sale. | An amnouncement that appears m today’s issue of the Herald-Review | will be of unusual interest to the jladies of Grand Rapids and vicinity. |Mrs. A. Wachtel has purchased the millinery stock of Mrs. M. Brooks, and she proposes to sell every ar- ticle in the store at just what it }cost her, which was a little less 'than fifty cents on the dollar. This \gale will be, says Mrs, Wachtel, just what it is reported to be in her ad- |vertisement. For this there are two |good reasons: First, it will enable ‘her to sell a large amount of goods at such prices that the result will ibe to gain for her a wide and favor- |able acquaintance with her future patrons, and second, she does not want any old amd out of date goods in her store when the next season the August you may depend upon it he will make | Johnson building on Kindred avenue good every representation made to his customer. An imcident that oc- curred a few days ago illustrates the Lieberman methods. Lester Lofberg ordered a suit of clothes through the firm. The measures were taken which will be stocked with up-to-date millinery goods for the spring trade. Mrs. Wachtel will also open a first class dressmaking establishment. The present sale will be carried on at the Mrs. Brooks store. here is no better way of locating goods, keeping track of things and tid of mountains getting than by the Bell Ne other way is so far reaching, so quick, so inexpen- sive, so satisfactory, and It is the modern way and takes the sive business man. place of a personal visit. If your inquiry must extend to distant points, the Bell Long Distance Service is indispensable hipments of Goods of detail Telephone, so necessary to the progres- MESABA TELEPHONE CO 0. V. Hemsworth, Manager Office No. 67 Residence No. 108 +