The Irish standard., 1897-05-01


and transact the business Of their vari-
GUS positions in an efficient manner.
The Father Of Waters. with not SO
much breadth or depth az Il has here,
passes near the village and Grand Rap
ids can boast of splendid water power
and electric light plant which was put in
in 1896. and other matters metropolitan
In their nature. The state experimental
farm located there is about mile from
the town, is successfully conducted and
has number of good buildings thereon.
This institution was granted an appro-
priation, this year of $4,000.
While lumber is the principal indus
try, there are some. good iron mines
adjacent which promise to play very
important part in the future develop
ment of that section Of the state. Grand
Rapids is situated In the western end Of
the iron range and the Arbutus and Dia-
mond mines are within twelve or four
teen miles of the village. Diversified
farming, too, is receiving much atten-
ton and the next decade will show won
derful advancement in this respect.
There can be little doubt but that In
the no distant future agriculture: will
have forged itself to the front as one
of the principal industries.
There are four churches In the village
namely: Presbyterian, Methodist, Epis-
copal and Catholic. The latter, st. Jo-'
seph's Catholic church, was built In 1877
but destroyed by fire in 1895, when 1t
was rebuilt at cost of $500. The par
sonage was built in 1894 at cost OF ST.
200, and twelve lots make up the ground
which was donated to the parish. There
are about Is families in the parish ana
some eighty children attend the sunday
school. Rev. C. V: Gamache Is PASTOR
and the present trustees are T. H. Hen
messy and Henry Hughes. An excellent
choir of. eight members are noted as
follows: C. P. Murphy. F. I. Buneman'
James Doran, Loretta Doran, Adelaide
Chism, Lena Paul.
Grand Rapids can boast of some very
fine buildings. The public school pt'lio-
ing, built in 1896 at cost OF $z1'ooo' -
one of them. There are eight teachers
and the building is complete In all us
commandments. The court house is an
other, magnificent structure and was I'M
ished in 1896 at cost of 100000. botn
of these buildings are thoroughly MOD
arn and rank with the very best OF sucn
buildings found in the much larger
cities of the state. The county JAIL
which was built in 1894 at an outlay OF
s23 900. could not well be surpassed IN
point of construction, and is. presided
over by M. L. Toole, who is known as
one of the best sheriffs in the state.
Then there are some good hotel build
ings, amongst them the Pokegama ana
Gladstone the latter in charge OF u.
w. Doran, an old and worthy citizen
of that community.
The Herald-Review and the Magnet
cover the newspaper field in Grand Rap
ids. They are both excellent pubitca-
lions. E. c. Kiley is publisher OF the
former, and is also the present Judge OF
probate of Itasca. county. Mr.. Kiley has
had considerable experience in a news
paper way and is certainly doing his
part in keeping before the general pub
lie the advantages of Grand Rapids az
we'll as of Itasca county.
G. G.. Mccarthy, county attorney, has
splendid general practice in his pro-
fession, and is very popular as an Off
cial. The full list of county officers is
as follows: Auditor, H. r. King; treas
urer, A. A. Kremer; sheriff. M. L.
Toole; register of deeds, A. B. Glare;
clerk of court, j. D. Rasmussen; Judge
of probate, E. G. Kiley; court commits
sioner, o. H. Stilson; county attorney,
G. c.. Mccarthy; county surveyor, F.
Smith; coroner, H. B. Ehle; school
superintendent, Mrs. o. H. Stilson.
Speaking in general terms, Itasca coun-
ty has reliable and painstaking set Of
officials. %. ..-..:-.s
p. In the matter of railroad facilities,
Grand Rapids is supplied in this re-
spect by the Duluth, Superior and West
ern, which has it's terminus at Deer
River: The train leaves Duluth daily
in the afternoon for Grand Rapids and
beyond, the return train leaving Deer
River each day in the early morning for
the Zenith City. D. M. Philbin is gen
eral superintendent of the line, with J.
F.. 'Kf1lorin as general manager. They
are men of experience in railway mat
tiers and the duties assigned: them,
down to the smallest detail, receives
prompt attention and are carefully at
tended to by these gentlemen.
II. H. Hennessy and Frank P. Muir
ply, both of Minneapolis. formed part
nershfp in 1895. and the firm of Hen
Messy & Murphy has been very success