Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 1, 1913, Page 2

John T. Ring, Treas. Nashwauk | Our old friend Moore could find fun |ed in order not to distrub those |ti ._4 Business Meeting, Reports, | in any sort of calamity from a man-| industries that have benefited by Resolutions, Place for Next j|gled arm to a “busted” saw mill, | protection. That there should de- Meeting, etc. ov a “lagaroo” oufitt with an early | velop a tendency towards resirict- Evening Session, 7:00 O'clock. | thaw. They all looked alike to him, | ed business activity would be most. Imperface Hage Vor. XXIII. —No 27 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Mi 7 RE WET tee FOR PROSPERITY Although Suspicion Points Strongly | | te Frank Lansing, He Cannot iy Laine { How it May be Used to Ad- =| be Held. | vantage by Merchants. ltasca County Development Associ- Psd First State Bank of Grand Rapids Minnesota Should Clear Tract on Discuss Plans For Future Improve- ; tion Will Hold Second of Ser- : ee aga ve — Sizes Up Business Conditions 1 Each Forty it Owns is the Pease Peron oy a ments—Find Satisfactory Re- - ‘ | Marshal Johnson learned lat an : 4 5 roprid is ma 4 ies on that Date. | individual in whom the authorities | For Herald-Review. K ‘ Policy. ing excellent article from the Du- sult Thus Far. rea. considered-themselves somewhat in- Mas ont K < luth oe recommends it to 4 terested was registered at a local | iy Gran apids merchants for care- = } tho sr the name of Davis. In- ful perusal. It is worth while. Read . 2 : —- WWTERESTING PROGRAM PROPOSED) siiuttit rowed that cnis bacie MQ GAUSE FOR FUTURE FEAR. WOULD GIVE BEGINNER A START) ic. stv. Merchant: ANNUAL MEETING ON JANUARY? = was a party by the name of Frank | {) “The fight against the parcels 4 } - — Lansing, for whom the village and ; om AS Be Ree sos Fe Pale oe goes into effect the first 7 | county authorities had been look- |. ° si F i of the year, was always waged in oe a i Many Subjects of Importance to|inz for a long time. It seems that | Nineteen-Twelve Closes With Rec- State Would be Far Ahead in Long} the name of the local merchant.| Shareholders Will Meet at Village. | fiasca County Will be Discuss- ane. the soit not inage | ord-breaking Industrial Condi- Run if Settler Could Begin a oe ee Hall in Grand Rapids—Bills | | mn re marshals province, sc . a . p: te $ ed--Large Attendance Urg- lhe kept track of him aa notified tions and Nineteen-Thirteen companies are more or less secret- All Paid Up to January | ed by Officers. jihe sheriff's office, and Deputy Promises as Well. ly allied by investment, the rail- Ist, 1913. eS 7 | Sheriff Gunderson gathered him roads, and even the wholesalers and | —— jin. It seems now, however, that | many retailers themselves, all de- i yn Thursday, January 9, al Deer ped Haye io. peers as ; ‘The year 1912 closed with an ar-~ ‘The Northern Minnesota Devel- prpstocrtec: — saa Canta The -directors of Itasca Co-op~' a | River there will be an interesting ithough satisfied: that he should |@Y of record breaking s pment association's legislative | joea) merchants and leave nothing | erative creamery held a meeting . j zens of Itasca COUN-j nog pe at large | substantiating all that has mittee may be able to accom- but big city mail order houses. last Saturday at the office of Sec- ond of a series of get-| ts ne ig: ‘rested at Swan d of general industrial revival h a great deal of good for this “None of them stopped to think |Tetary Niles. There were present together meetings of the Itasca|,,“2"Siné was " we aps ie d the new year opens with little |Setion if the state during the forth-| that if the business of the coun-|4- J- McGuire, president; Neil Me- | County Development association | River on’ “Septa\ 4%, eapte sitive evidence that this activ-/#oming session. One of the great-| try merchant is on a basis so inse-|inley, vice-president; 0. J. Niles. will be held in that village in the |‘heft of a suit of clothes irom A. | ity is not to continue. In the last }ds projects to be advocated is that | cure that cheap carriage would |Seeretary and treasurer; Wm. Hoo afternoon and evening, Business}; Roeeker. a Grand Rapids tailor. | jonth, nevertheless, there has hepny _clearing state lands, making it} »uin it, it was bound to die any-|!iban, Frank Grann and A.M. Sis~ men, professional men and farm-|At the same time he secured 2). more cautious note in trade re-!Mady for cultivation, *and selling wisi oidinaimiar die Jer. E. L. Buck of Cohasset was: ers from all sections of the county | ° ie the cbpOl by the sim | ports suggesting a tendency to slow settlers at an advance over the “But they did the ‘country mer-|the only absent: member, he- eed will be present, and they are look- jP'° ss of walking off with | Gown, but it is not yet clear wheth-| appraised value, equal to the state’s| onant less than justice. He gives|00 a trip to Cuba. ed for in goodly numbers. Pre: [7 when ee Oe a looking. = er this is a development not usual} xpenditure. Supt. A. J. McGuire of | .nedit, and the mail order houses} Many matters -of interest to tes dent J. A. Vandyke of Coler was arrested and -breneht to best during the holiday period or the be-|jhe North Central experimental sta- diu't "His goods are on exhibition | 2ssociation were considered. The urges the business men of Grand on mone. re oe = Ge - | ginning of greater business curtail-/ton at Grand Rapids and also 2]. approval, and the mail order |¢¥PeTiences of the past year were” Rapids in particular to lay aside ee after nis ue — Hepes ers | ment. member of the state commission or purchase os ‘sight unseen. He|%one over and plans for improve~' other duties for that day and take |'#ilor shop was broken into and 4} Me stock market, which is gen-|feélaimation, is an advocate of this knows: Hass customers. and’ thd maya suggested. While the cream~ the noon train to Deer River. suit of clothes stolen. Lafons'con-| jrany 2 barometer of coming| plan. The limited experiments thus ordes henee dice ery management has met with’ The meeting held at Coleraine |!tionery store was burglarized | ovents, has been exhibiting marked | far made have convinced the mem- “On top of these advantages, the}Many obstacles, and progress has in November was the best and and a quantity of goods — siolen liquidating tendencies, and ,ordi-|ters of the commission that land local pareel aoe rales as so|been slow, the: directors are hope- most fruitful of any ever held in about the ae time, and SuSPI- | narily, this would imply the dis-|¢dearing on a much larger scale is ccubbid denon one the zone rates|ful of putting the institution on a — the county. An effort will be made | 10" Pointed strongly to Lansing. | counting of a less active trade per- best possible expenditure the . ; secure and dividend paying basis, f : pie 4; |He eseaped arrest, however, by |; és that the local merchant has a clear 3 f to excell the Coleraine effort at}, . 2 ° iod ahead, but the stock market could possibly make. advantage in: transportation rates and make it a source of great ben-. Deer River. The new officers are |!¢@¥ing for parts unknown, and has | 45 had troubles peculiarly itsown| \No one familiar with conditions |“ . "efit to the farmers of this com- ~ energetic and enthusiastic in their . besssnea of until he showed | ang is not at present so safe a|im the eutoyer timber country has Pe 2 sence en, work and have already succeeded ne eer prophet of the future as it hes x whose be sig in creating unusual interest among] When his room at a local hotel | peen in the past. jured by the mail order houses is all classes of citizens in the gen-]was searched, he was found tohave! The stock market has laci eral movement to advance the coun-! in his possession four pairs of new | public participation from ithe ty’s material welfare. The people|Pants, one dozen pairs of buckskin | ¢ investors or speculators. It is of Itasca county. are awakening | mittens, a number of ly -believed—thet- securities to the fact that communities, no|¢andles and a whetstone. He ex-fare in strong hands and that for aew more than corn, will grow: without }Plains his possession of these ar-jthe past year or more the market| It is. the proper cultivation. The first|ticles by saying that a farmer for | has been manipulated in an attempt thing necessary in community cul-|whom he had worked in Dakota|to bring about. a bull market for tivation the “getting-together”}has given him the articles in lieu | the distribution of these holdings. is spirit. But that’s only the plowing. | of cash. While the greater prosperity fol- ; Seeding must follow, with proper Sr ee lowing the rich harvest of last | cession. care and then the harvest. Villages, Wedded in the West. summer should have stimulated in-| Range cities, counties, states and sec- A copy of the Yamhill, (Ore.,) Ree- terest in securities, the tremendous tions comprised of many states money demand to finance the move- ord reached the Herald-Review sanc- tum this week, which gives an ac- count of the marrange of Miss Flora }Mae Moore to Mr. Byron B. Shook at the home of the bride’s parents at Yamhill on December 17. The bride’s parents are Mr and Mrs. W. G. Moore, formeriy residents of Cohasset, where Mr. Moore was engaged in the saw mill business. The program arranged for the}He was also one of Itasca county’s Deer River meeting is as follows:;commissioners from distriet No. Asternoon Session, 2:30 O'clock. |'Two. The announcement causes the High Schoo! Gymnasium. Herald-Review to reflect that George 4 Good Roads, The Settler’s {Moore is getting to be an old fellow. Need. .. J. M. Price. Bergville|It seems only a little while ago 2 Reasons for a Mounted Pa- that Flora was a wee girl—and now trol for Northern Minnesota |she’s married. How the years do .. .. J. B. Michela, Coleraine| fly! Well our best wish is that Discussion lead by . the bride’s day will be as full of . Geo. E. Keenan, Deer River sunshine as her father’s has been 3 Plans for Financing the Af- and only the bright side of life will fairs of the Association.. be visible to her as time goes on. ment of the crop and increasing business needs checked stock mar- ket activity by high interest rates. Furthermore, the war in the East precipitated European liquidation of American securities and it was necessary to protect hte market from complete demoralization by ab- sorbing this distressed selling frem abroad. Under these conditions it would seem that the weakness in stock market was independent of busi- ness developments in the United States, and, therefore, net a good eriterion for judging the future tendency of industry. Cognizance, however, must be taken of the approaching inaugura- tion of a new political administra- tion at Washington. A change in economie policy, even if there is a general demand for lower tariff rates, must be carefully consider-} have found it necessary to do the work that Itasea county is now be- ginning, before real prosperity came their way. The proper ef- fort will bring the desired results. There will be at least two more similar gatherings, the last of the series to be at Grand Rapids, for which special attractions will be offered in the way of prominent speakers on the program. olicy. ho age is jal natural. That there would be a pause in industry, until all tariff uneertainty was removed by the | publication of the new schedules, have been generally admitted and it is possible that the first evi-| | dence of that slowing down is now |C@ putting in its appearance. That underlying conditions in the country’s industrial situation are sound is not to be questioned, Everton Hotel, 4 Association Banquet at Ev- erton hotel. Fifty cents per plate. What ‘Itasca Expects of Its County Officials. From the Point of View of— (a) The Farmer .. and we imagine he hasn’t changed much, notwithstanding his extreme old-age. The fololwing is taken from the Yamhill Record: “A quiet wedding was solemniz- ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Moore, at Yamhill on Tues- day, December 17, at high noon when their eidest daughter, Flora i) A. H. Randall, Arbo | my The Business Man.. Frank Provinski, (b) Bovey oe Mae, was united in the bonds of 4 The first meeting of the board = (ec) The —— oes, Cohaseet |[BO!Y matrimony to Mr. Byron | pomeuene & wD eat no ne iE cotiity cairns oners for the| '? bow cheap carriage rates are|holder, but also by citizens who : ae eeounty Of. [Baker Shuck. ~The bride was | eee ee aoe tea ie pean ein. { tear 1913, will be held on Tuesday, |™de. ‘That weapon is his local/are interested in the community's Respor e for the County Of- | Gressed in pale blue chiffon over tical administration is likely to in-|t' : ’ | newspaper.” welfare. ° ficials— white net trimmed in pink rose | °Te@8¢ the conservatism of the bus- R. A. McOuat, Attorney. iness world in preparation for tar- : buds and blue forget-me-nots. | - M. A. Spang, Auditor. She was attended by Miss Ethel iff changes. 3 ation for Itasca : Hutcheroft, who wore a cream oo -\ Boe: Kaley, Grand Rapids messaline trimmed with point lace. J. J. McCarthy Dead. and W. J. Stock, Coleraine | pe groom was dressed in navy Hin Gs Gn, eee sk 4 General. Discuss of the |hjue and attended by Frank Moore. incl cotaver ear Above Subject for-all. " ee - | word Christmas morning of theje “The bride Has been stenograpn- er for the Reliance Lumber com- jpany for the past five years and has proved her faithfulness to all. | to attend the funeral. The groom is an electrician, hay- } the ing graduated from the Polytech- |! Grand Rapids, engaged in the prac- nic Electric College at Oakland, | tice of law with his brother. He Cal. They are both well known in-| was fifty-four years of age. ~ Yamhill and have a host of friends to wish them much happiness in the future.” death of his brother, J. J. McCarthy at his late home in lower Michigan. Creamery Shareholder Notice. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the sharehold- ers of Itasca Co-operative creamery will be held at Village hall in Grand Rapids, Minn., on Tuesday, Janu- ary 7th, At one time 1913, at 3 o'clock, p. m. Q. J. NILES, Secy-Treas. Editor and Mrs. Kiley are spend- ing New Year’s day at Floodwood. AIFF aAaIPIirraalilAl PROSPECTS GOOD ON AGHT TAAGK ws} Tribune. always behind individuals in busi- ness progressiveness. They are nev- er jeaders, and usually far behind in the pro- ago adopted the policy of commun- ity setlement, clearing, road mak- ing and ditching before selling. The state should adopt this same ss than 20 acres cleared. The set- s could then be sure of mak- ig a living from the land itself. It ould make possible the use of the inters for more clearing for him- If instead of forcing him to leave omej to find work. | Morever, which could not easily be made ac- cessible to a good road, and if drain- tion should be relentlessly avoided. To isolate settlers, to place them on uncleared land, remote from soc- intercourse and cut off from markets, compelling them to go to a distarce to get work for the cash for absolute necessities, is only to promote discouragement, failure and insanity. This has been proved time after fe io this north country and the present policy of the state is nét merely unwise, it is positive- fly: ertninal. ANNUAL MEET OF ary 7, at which time the chair- in and vice-chairman will be el- and the different standing ittees appointed. The coun- t} physicians for the different dis- jets of the county will be ap- jinted, as will also a superintend- it for the poor farm. The desig- men of the newspapers in which Mr. McCarthy left on the first train cedings of the board are to be official publications and pro- Open for Business Next Satur- | usiness, and as his advertisement Y a announces, will have on display 6v- mde during the coming year is day in O’Donnell Building er 500 samples from which suits deceased was a resident of{ajo one of the matters to be set- _at. this meeing. There is al- a jarge amount of routine busi- Awaiting the consideration g is thus one of unusual im- LOCAL MERCHANTS AND THE PAPER Coming of the Parcels Post and FOR PROSPERITY tion. ‘At the annual Seis to be. held in the 7th, shareholders whe. are not patrons of the creamery will be asked to contribute to a sinking fund. It was found by the. secretary-treasurer’s report that all bills incurred for carrying on the business has been met, yet it is neeessary to provide for the payment of interest on notes held | er stating that he is in busines and keeps “fine goods,” but that isn’t advertising. Everybody knows he is in business, and nobody ex- pects him to say anything else than that his goods are ‘fine. But it doesn’t get him anything. “What his possible patrons do not know is that he has bargains as well as the mail order houses. This knowledge he can convey to them only by advertising. “What the country merchant ought to do, parcel post or no par- cel post, is to study advertising. Let him study what the city retail merchants do in that line. Let him learn how to do it for himself by copying them. A country merchant could do no better in this terri- tory, for instance, than to study the retail advertisements in The Herald. If he does not take the Herald, his local newspaper editor probably does, and he will be glad to keep it on file for this use if he is asked to do so. “The country merchant should ad- vertise precicely as the city mer- chant does only in that way can he let his possible patrons know what he has in stock and what bargains he can offer. He can circularize his territory, it is true, but it will cost him more and he can be sure that though every newspaper is read, nine out of ten circulars reach the waste basket immediately. He must advertise, and he must do it exactly as the successful city mer- chants do. He will find no better school to study advertising meth- ods in than the advertising columns of this newspaper as they are fil- led by the Duluth merchants. “The country merchant, if he knew it, has a weapon at hand with which he can successfully fight the city mail.order house, no mat- a fact that a state or city is but always followers, The Duluth and railroad, Tron for example, leng by the bank, until such time as the profits increase. ; No tract should be sold with | The Grand Rapids creamery is having the same experience that similar institutions in everywhere : when starting. The patronage is nok 4 i i | what it should be from the farmers, until they come to realize Gat it is to their own interest to main- tain it in every way possible. Loc- al merchants take all the butter made and pay the New York price for the grade creamery, adding freight charges, so the sharehold- ers are getting a better price for their product than if shipment were made to an outside market. The present price is 38 cents. Pas- teurized milk is shipped outside from the creamery beside supply- ing the lozal market. Hibbing cream- eries pay 10 cents a quart for Grand Rapids creamery milk, while local consumers are supplied the year around at the uniform price of 8 cents. The grade required un- der state law is 3 1-2 per cent but- ter fat. Grand Rapids milk grades 4.2 per cent. or 14 per cent high- er than the law specifies. The one thing necessary to make the Itasca Co-operative creamery a suecess is more co-operation. Every man who has milk or cream to sell should patronize the local institution, and its success will be assured beyond per acventure. The meeting on Tuesday of next week at Village hall should not only be attended by every share- no tract should be sold necessary, to a ditch. Isola- < 4 tear EIR COUNTY BOARD ner Will Make Appoint- and Designations for Coming Year. this country, the local branch be- ing No. 506. The ‘“‘Wear-U-Well” is a popular priced shoe, the prices ranging from $1.98 to $2.98 per pair. In connection with the shoe business, Mr. Kelm will also con- duct a made to measure tailoring NEW SHOE STORE FOR GRAND RAPIDS Tne Wear-U-Well Company Will Grand Rapids is to have anoth- er shoe store, dating from next Sat-'! urday, when E. 8. Kelm will op- en in the O'Donnell building on Third street with a full line of the famous ‘“Wear-U-Well” foot wear. 1} This concern has stores all over! and overcoats will be made to or- der at the one price of $15 for suit or overcoat. As Mr. Kelm is a busi~) ness man~of experience, whio. em joys a Jarge acquaintance in “this section, the venture should prove a success from the start. county legislators and the TAIIDIIP ATO CYDOACIIRE