The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-06
BOATS ARE SLOW
Lumber Shipments for August Show
a Falling Off.

figures Of last year. There Is a large
amount Of lumber on docks waiting ship
ment, but boats are slow in taking 1t.
There is change In lumber rates on the
part Of some carriers, but the situation
Is little changed from the immediate past.
have been logging about 10000, 900 feet
feet.
Messrs Charles Tippy of Newcastle, Pa
and T. G. Wright Of Ten Strike, MIMI are
figuring on putting in a saWmlll at be
midi at once and have been looking over
sites. Others are also figuring on mill
sites there.
TIalvorson & Richards. well known rail-
way contractors, are building an extension
for the Itasca Lumber company's logging
road north from Deer river. The extension
Is from the present end Of the main line,
about fifteen miles northerly, into waters
that run to the north.
Alger, Smith & Co. have closed out their
Pigeon river pine holdings, where they
have been logging about 100000 fet a
year for their Duluth mill. to the Pigeon
River Lumber company of Port Arthur,
which has interests close by. M1llen ana
Rupp & Kerr have also sold large tract
Of timber on the north shore, close to the
Canadian line to the same. firm. and this
Will go to Port Arthur for saving.
There have been few sales Of lumber in
this market this week, but prices remain
unchanged. There is a stiffening Of price
In local wholesale yards for building oper-
atoms, and dimension stuff Is bringing
more than for many years, probably more
than in the past. There Is much
building, a good deal of 1t of much i'm
portance. and there bids fair to be Il
steady commencement of new cOnstruc
ton till winter stops the work. There
would be more now but for the scarcity
of men, both In the skilled trades and for
common labor.
The Duluth Safety Car Stake pany
4 II 20 inht
San firm for immediate use and expects TO
do much business at Michigan points this
winter.
The sale Of the entire holdings Of Mitch
ell & Mcclure to Alger, Smith & Co. In
cludes the mill and the large tracts of wa
ter front on which 1t stands at West Du-
luth. this being block wide and three
fourths Of mile long, into deep water
of the harbor front.
MENoMONIE, WIS.-The Dunn county
teachers training school opened this week.
There were over ninety applicants for ad-
mission, but the rooms VIII only accom-
modate about seventy an entrance exam
ina was held. When the new building
is completed, the school will be able to
take care of 100 students. Professor w.
L. Morrison is principal and Miss Eliza
beth Allen assistant.-The September
term of the circuit court will convene in
this city on Monday. There are three
criminal cases and seven civil. Five Of
the civil cases are for divorce The prin-
cpal criminal lease Is that Of G. E. Peck,
who is charged with embezzTing money
from the Singer Sewing Machine company.
George NJ. Peck, son of c.. E. Peck, en-
ployed by the company at New Richmond,
Wis. was found guilty of a similar offense
last spring and sent to the refOrmatOry at
Green Bay.-The republican county con-
vention will be held in this city Sept. 81.
All county officers will be nominated; also
member Of the assembly. \
RED WING, MiNN.-A well-known
Mankato man in this city yesterday said
it is understood in Mankato that L. P.
Hunt is to retire from the management
and edltorship of the Daily Free Press;
that the paper is to be owned by stock
company, and that Colonel Widel Of Man
kato will assume the management. Mr..
Hunt will lbe a stakeholder in the new
Hunt will be a stakeholder In the new
ark, ILL.,, has declined the professorship at
the Red Wing seminary, and Rev. L.
Harrisville Of Chicago will be rendered the
palce. In event he declines it is pre-
sumed Rev. H. Hanson, until recently Of
Chicago and now Of this city, will be asked
to accept the position.-Conrad Meyer o.
Goodhue lost his wedding ring twenty-five
years ago. Recently after a heavy ra1r
he found 1t on his farm.
LEAD, S. D.--Towns in the Black HILL
were recently visited by quartet o
sharpers, who worked the roulette wheels
for sums ranging from $500 to $1,000. The.
played simultaneously, using chips of DIFF
ferent denomina tions, In order to confus
the dealer as much as possible. Mean
while one Of the four would edge his wa
to the wheel and manipulate it with
wire, being so adept that he could max
the ivory sphere fall almost where he de
1iScN1yoy.a6 IN Nod
wood and left the Black Hills immediatel
for Denver They conflded to acquaint
ances here that they had practiced tn
trick all the way from the Pacific coast
HUMBOLDT, IoWA-The Humbold
county fair closed to-day with some YER
good races. The football game betwee
Humboldt high school and Humboldt col
lege resulted In victory for the hig
school by II to S. The races and the1
results are as follows, the track recor
being equaled in the free-for-all: Free
for-all, purse $500. Robert Wilkes wol
Fred Pabst second Elmas o. third; time
2:22h, 2:22%, 2:21. Running race, purs
s75, Red Ribbon won, Allamore secon'
The Lady third; time, :52k.
~APoLLoNlA, WIs.-Assessor H. T
Peterson Of the town Of Atlanta, tn
county, had an encounter with a large fe
W.
presented herself and three cubs at tf
home of Mr.. Peterson and was In the al
of taking possession Of his beehtves whe
they were noticed. Mr.. Peterson fire
upon the bear, when she made a fiert
fight He fired again, this time wount
ing her. She then disappeared IN tt
woods. He killed the cubs. The
weighed 90 pounds apiece.
EXCELSIOR, MlNN.-James A. Pete
son, candidate for congress on the repu
llcan ticket, addressed the voters at t
town hall last evening. He answered t
attack made on him by. Mr.. Fletcher
his record in the legislature on the su
ject Of the taxation Of the steel trust a.
public franchise corporations in tt
state. United States Marshal William
Grimshaw also spoke. A fair sized au(
ence was in attendance.
If you don't believe all the nice thin
Dr. Dick says about Red Raven Spill
ask the man in any drug store, hotel, ca
or club.
Cheap CoionIst Rates Via Great Northe
Railway Daily During September "a
October.
Einsdale and Chinook, Mont. .......s15.
Great Falls, Mont. ................ IL.
Helena. Butte, Anaconda and Kalis-
mel Mont 20