Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 11, 1907, Page 1

N TR A : w«LW.‘W MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1907. VOLUME 5 NUMBER 147. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH BEMIDJI INTERESTED IN MEETING HERE TOMORROW Immigration Commissioner Welsh and Julius Schmahl to Visit Here in Interest of Development.---Will Speak at Court House Hall. I'he proposed visit to this city ofj A meeting has been arranged and Secretary of State, Julius Schmz\hl; will take place at the court house and State Immigration Commis-| hall, tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock, stoner, George Welsh has been ar-| and it is the duty of every citizen of ranged with a view of furthering the Bemidji, as far as possible, to attend interests of drainage and develop-| this meeting and show these men ment in this county, and Clearwater | that we are interested in the work county. | they have taken up for this county. o A party consisting of the above |In the past, Minnesota has been named men, also Senator Cook of | somewhat dilatory in advancing her Wabasha county, Representative J.!own interest along the lines of J. Opsahl, J. C. Parker of this city, | immigration and have permitted County Ureasurer G. H. French, A. G. Rutledge, editor of the Pioneer, . Kaiser, cashier of the First! |many of our citizens to move to Canada, simply because interest was not shown in this work. National Bank of Bagley and O. T. Davids, a real estate dealer of Bag- ley, left Bagley this afternoon and will drive as far as Four-legged lake, lown of Dudley, Clearwater county, The settlement of this community, as well as all communities in north- ern Minnesota, depends upon the work that these men are doing. This work is done at the expense where they will spend the night. ‘of the state and we should give The party will resume their jour-jthese men a hearty welcome, con- ney in the morning and will take|verse with them and make them dinner at the residence of R. C.|better acquainted with our condi- Spooner, Town of Liberty in this| tions and surroundings and_lend them all encouragement possible to assist them in their work. E e We should let all be at the iidji by 5 o'clock tomorrow even- | courthouse hall to meet these men | tomorrow evening. county. They will leave the Town Liberty in plenty of time to reach | Box Stationary Sale Tomorrow. ‘ Commencing this evening, the 4 numberof the former members Pioneer will place on sale the bal-| ance of our large and well selected | of the Methodist = church, gfxtherf.d box paper and envelopes, which at the parsonage last evening in will close out at just one-half price. 1 honor of Rev. and Mrs. Peart, the We do not intend to carry this line | former pastor. and make this special sale in order| f ! e evening was pleasantly spent to get the stock off our hands tol, 8 E ¥ 8P make room for other goods. /in games and social discourse. A Pleasant Surprise Party. A RE-CLAIMED SWAMP FARM SHOWS DRAINAGE BENEFIT Island Farm, Near Floodwood, Produces Crop Values of $800 Per Acre on Former Moskeg Swamps.---Celery Grown Superior to Michigan Product. ( From the Big Falls Compass.) For years the big swamps of Northern Minnesota have been scorned as worthless, or if one saw any possibilities in the muskeg, they regarded the expense of drainage an insurmontable obstacle. Celery culture at a profit of from $800 to $3,200 per acre on the mus- keg swamp lands of St. Louis county is the possibility that is held out to those who within the next few years are willing to grasp the opportuni- ties offered to supply a constantly growing market at the Head of the lakes, says the Duluth Herald. Through the efforts of a Duluth citizen, one of the worst muskeg swamps in northern Minnesota, a vast tract stretching for miles on either side of the Great Northern railway branch to Grand Forks, beginning about five or six miles northwest of Floodwood, is fast being transformed into a vast pro- ductive farm, and it will not be many years before the immense bog on which the railroad company spent thousands of dollars to keep its tracksabove the water will be reclaimed, and Island Farm owned by G. G. Hartley of this city, will be considered one of the model farms of the state. The secret of Mr. Hartley’s suc- Gill Bros. The Popular Priced Clothiers. suit; the color is most people. The this. It's a Men'’s Suits If you like to vary from the brown, you are sure to be up to the last notch of style if you buy a suit of elephant gray. We have hundreds of mixed and solid colors and shades to suit all tastes, cutin vari- ous models $12 to $25 Shoes The Crossette Shoe makes life’s walk easy=-In all leath- ers--$4. Bench made $5 Anyone in mixed You’'ll look well in a brown becoming to women know Our new model Varsity, in brown, makes a swell garment. Hart Schaffner & Marx Make Overcoats contemplating buying an Overcoat will do. well to look over our new models and fashions for fall and winter. They are made and plain grays, and the usual darker fabrics and mixtures $12 to $25 » Shirts Wilson Bros.’ Shirts always fit well and wear well. est patterns $1 to $1.50 Lat- The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes, Becker- Mayer Clothes for Boys, Wilson Bros. Shirts and Crossette Shoes Next Door to First National Bank. BEMIDJI, MINN cess is drainage. His farm in the present condition, is a splendid example of what proper drainage will do for the big swamp districts of Northern Minnesota. When one considers that practi- cally all the effort that has been put forth to bring the Island Farm to its present stage ‘of development dates not more than 'a year and a half, to two years back, the result must-be regarded as almost wonder- ful. An ardent believer in the possibili- ties of Minnesota’s swamp lands, Mr. Hartley purchased what he con- sidered one of the worst swamp tracts in this district, with the intention of proving his theory. By persistent effort he has succeeded in enlisting state aid in the project of swamp drainage in northern Min- nesota, and some of the state ditches already cut his land and the water is being carried off to the Flood- wood river in one direction and to the Mississippi river in another. Lateral ditches, about a quarter of a mile apart constructed by the owner, feed into the state ditches, the latter being of a width and with a depth of water that would float an ordinary- sized boat. Much of the ditching work was only completed this year, but the results speak volumes for the system. Where a few years ago there was from several inches to a foot of water over the land, where this spring, the ground was a bog that would not bear up the weight of a man, now four-horse teams attached to a heavy bog plow are walking dry- shod, while the implement tears up the the old bog turf and loosens sticks and roots, which are pulled up and burned. Mowing machines are run without trouble over vast meadows of grass that were under water a year ago. The greatest success, however, that -has been scored by the owner of Island Farm is the establishment of the facts that the muskeg swamps of this county are the greatest cel- ery producers of the country, Michi- gan not excepted. The Island Farm is raising celery this year for which the commission houses in Duluth are paying a premium. It is of a quality that excels the celery shipped to the Head of the Lakes from Michigan or California, dur- ing the winter season. That the present season was a backward one for market gardening of any sort, isa matter of general knowledge. Owing to the pro- longed cold weather last spring the gardeners were several weeks later than usual in setting out green- house grown plants of which celery 1s a notable example. On the Island Farm celery was planted in the field late in June, where in ordinary sea- sons it should have been set out in May, thus insuring two crops in a season. In spiteof the drawbacks, a late growing season and the fact the ground where the plants were set out was never before broken, being a bog last spring, the four and one- half acres of celery have netted the owner about $800 per acre, and, if he stores celery for the winter mar- ket, according to his present plans, New Millinery. I have just received a new line of fall millinery which will be on dis- play at my store tomorrow. Some of the daintiest, prettiestand most becoming hats ever shown in Be- midji will be shown tomorrow. They will be on display in our millinery department, then, for the first time, Every lady in Bemidji who enjoys seeing or wearing pretty hats should not fail to visit my store sometime there is no reason why the net re- turnsshould not reach a much higher figure. The $800 estimate is made on a market price of 25cts. a dozen bunches. The winter market price of celery has reached 90 cents per dozen in the city of Duluth. On the}Island Farm the old method of banking celery is not followed. Instead, the plants are boarded as they grow, and the bleaching pro- cess is said to be far more satisfac- tory. There is a greater economy in the boarding process, too, in the long run, for the ground that is re- quired in one year for banked celery will support three of boarded celery. This is no small item to be consid- ered when the acreage is limited. The northern muskeg swamps are comprised on the surface of a quantity of rotted vegatation. In the clearing process much of that is burned. The moisture "'underneath prevents the fire from going to any great depth, so that when the bog plow gets in its work the real soil underneath is turned up. Before the present celery crop was raised, Mr. Hartley went to some| expense to enrich the soil with‘v manure, much of which was shippedk from Duluth and Superior. It has been claimed that swamp land, to be productive, must-be enriched, but Mr. Hartley, to test the soil, had a quantity of it sent to Duluth, just as it was taken from the bog, and it| raised excellent celery. - Next year the celery operations on the Island Farm are to be more extensive, just how much, the owner has not determined. During the past year about 390 acres of the vast tract he owns is now cleared and about 200 acres have been broken. Other experi- ments than celery growing will be attempted on some of the new land next season. BANNER DAY FOR THE CLEARWATER COUNTY FAIR Many Visitors Visit Bagley.---The Exhibit Shows Won- derful Development of the County on the West.--- Bagley Citizens Entertain Visitors. Bagley, Oct. 11.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—The first annual fair of the Clearwater County Agricultural association, which is being held in this village and will continue until Saturday evening, is proving a -suc- cess beyond the most sanguine expectations of the most optimestic member of the society. Thursday (the opening day) there was a large crowd in the village, the attendance being at least 3,000 people. ' ’ The main feature of the day was the speech delivered by Congress- man Steenerson of Crookston, who was in a very happy mood, and who made a fine address. The fair association has provided two buildidgs for the reception of exhibits, and all of the space in both buildings was speedily occupied, early in the afternoon on the first day. One of the buildings (formerly used for store pnrposes) is chock full of agricultural exhibits, vege- tables, grains, grasses, and all pro- ducts of the farm that are of a very exceptional high-class of excellence. Contnued on Last Page ) G ™ T Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats a it a favor to be allowed to for spot cash from. reliable makers; therefore our price Palmer Coats Wooltex Coats Before buying your Wic- ter Coat we would consider show you our assortment. It’s much the largest, bought 18 lower, quality higher. Ask to see the Number 762, full length TIGHT FITTING Wooltex Coat. win your approval. customers. during tomorrow or tomorrow evening. Louise Hetland. ASK Wm. 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