Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 13, 1908, Page 4

WONDERFUL FARMING AT HARTLEY'S ISLAND FARM Continued from First Page The fields are fenced and there is an air of thrift over it all. Surround- ing the buildings are the fields that have been brought into use. In one| little patch of three acres there were | ©f the tract. raised last year 1,600 bushels of rutabagas and 1,200 bushels of house | carrots—that was on new ground. ‘There are fields of hay that cut two tons to the acre last vear and will go on doing that until they are put into grain or other crops. Over to| the noitheast of the buildings are the plots where the celery was put in last year. The land was ditched and then cut up with transverse| ditches. The four acres of celery of last year wi'l be brought up to eight acres this year and the experience of last summer will be brought to| bear now. The bog was not as has been the general impression concern- ing these lands. It is rather too rich in nitrogen and other qualities and these will be qualified by treat-| ment to equalize the soil. <From the house one hears the ring of the woodman’s axe in the groves of poplar and birch over to the north where the clearing is going on. A camp has been established for the mer in the midst of the tract that is being cleared and they are piling up pulp and cord wood at a tremendous rate. The writer asked the boss of the gang what he was doing and got some information at first hand that was worth while. The tract just then being cut and cleared consisted of 20 acres. It was yielding 30 cords of popular and four cords of birch to the acre. | Laid down at the track the product sour” { ing it out and leaving enough over popular and $5 for the balance. If it had been spruce it would have brought more than twice’ as much. But as it was' poor stuff ina bad country to work in, it was bringing enough to pay for the work of gett- for grubbing and -burning the land with )uat balance to pay the cost And it must be remembered that the work was being done by men hired at the market rate of wages and the work was not being done with that fine regard of small econ- omies as it would be if a farmer with a small tract was doing it himself ‘The ordinory cut-over land will yield a much better quality of tim- ber. Thisis a market out of all proposition to the supply for pulp anp other woods, and there is noth- ing so insignificant in wooded growth on these lands that it cannot be marketed., The very small stuff that has hitherto been burned may be gathered up and sold in the local market to be worked up as box and crate wood. Everything else is avail- able of course. The tremendous demand for pulp woods by the paper manufacturers, has made every acre in this section of value. Spruce for pulp should bring $12 a double cord. Poplar and balsam are worth now $5 and $8 on track, respectively, a double cord. Timber that will cut into ties is worth infinitely more and the stuff that was formerly dis- re;arded—the dead and down wood that litters the ground—is in de-| mand in the mining country close at hand for “lagging.” It is worth $5 a six-foot cord. Inasmuch as the market value of the wood on this 20 acte Island farm was $95 per acre, it was ob- vious enough that every acre on the place that carried wood at all was bringing $2.50 per cord for th e would produce good value. Of course there was an advantage on this. particular tract in the short haul, two teams hauling out 50 short cords a day, but this would be made up for in a longer haul by a better quality of the product. . Mr. Hartley’s experience in a large way is typical of what can be done on the cut-over lands and in the swamps. Firemen’s Annual Masquerade. The members of the Bemidji fire department will give their annual masquerade ball ‘at the city opera house, on the night of February 21st. The date heretofore has always been on February 22nd (Washington’s birthday) but the date i. fixed one day earlier this year because of the fact the 22nd of Februarv falls on Saturday night, and those present at the dance would probably desire to dance after midnight, thereby “fracturing” the Sabbath. A committee of the fire laddies met Sunday and appointed the follow- ing committees to have charge of the dance: Floor Committee—R. Russel, A. Gould, C. S. Dailey, A. Doran. Arrangements—George Fleming, J. J. Doran, M. Downs, M. F. Cun- ningham, E. H. Cornwall, H. Doran, Bart Stafford. Special Committee—Gary Bren- nan, John Cline. Bethel Crouch Dead. Bethel Crouch, the 2%-year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crouch, died Saturday after- noon at 5 o’clock at the Crouch residence in this city. TPhe little girl had been ill for| thirteen days previous to her death. | She was first attacked with croup, which was succeeded by pneumonia, turning into membranous croup, with fatal results. The funeral was held at 2:30 this afternoon from the residence. Rev. McKee, pastor of the Baptist church, officiated and M. E. Ibertson had | | he shortened the time from his pre-i i charge of the funeral arrangements EXPRESS BUSINESS WAS | LARGER 1907 THAN 1908 Every Month Was Larfier, Except De- cember, Which Fell Away Con- siderably Last' Month. H. G. Page, local agent for the Northern Express company, states that the express business .in this city has been very good during the past year. ‘The business of 1907, as com- pared with that of 1906, showed an increase each month of the year, with the exception of December. For some reason, the express busi- ness of Decemcer, 1907, was not as heavy as that of 1906. The so- called “financial panic” probably has something to do with the ship- pmg of Christmas gifts, which would in a large measure account for the falling off that month. On January 17,1907, the officers of the M. & I. and the G. N. Ex- press companies were combined in this city under the name of the Northern Express company, and Mr. Page was put in charge of the mierged offices. It is usual for the traveling audi-| tor to visit the local office twice a year, six months generally interven- ing between the visits. However, only four months had intervened be- tween the visits of D. B. Newcomb, traveling auditor of the Northern Express company, who was here a few days ago. Mr. Newcomb in- tends to make a visit to Eygpt and! vious visit on that account, as he expects to leave for the ‘“‘other side of the earth” the latter part of this! month, Committed to Asylum. ! | Gust Eklund, a resident of Inez,| was brought to Bemidji this morning under the care of J. E. Dade, mayor of Blackduck. Eklund is mentally unbalanced,| and has been acting “queer” for several days- and it was for the pur- { jury, at the ‘spring term of court for |suffered no serious | from the shootiug, i i Johnson of this city, died at her pose of having him examinéd by the insanity board that he was brought to Bemidji. Eklund appeared before the board this forenoon and was glven an examination. Up to two years ago,and ten years previous to that time, Eklund lived at Nome, Alaska, where he had some mining claims. While the examina- tion was being conducted, Eklund referred to these claims and assured the board that there were “millions in it,” so to speak, and his prospects for becoming immensely wealthy were very good, although his property has not yet been developed Eklund says he has been running | up against “fakes,” and he has been getting the worst of it for some time. His general talk is irrational, and the board decided he should be committed to the asylum at Fergus Falls. Exlund has already been an inmate of the Rochester asylum, from which place he was released some years ago. Johanson Held to Grand Jury. Before Judge Slocum Saturday afternoon, Johan Johanson, the man who shot Charles Hill recently, waived examination and was held to swait the action of the next grand Beltrami county. Johanson was charged with having shot Charles .Hill in the shoulder while the two were at aresort in the west end of the city. Hill, the man who was shot, recovered from the effects of his wound and apparently consequences Mrs. Ben Johnson Dead. Mrs. Ben Johnson, wife of* Ben home in Bemidji Saturday evening, at 8 o’clock, after an illness of a month, brouzht on by child birth. The funeral will be held at ‘the Norwegian Lutheran church tomor- row afternoon, at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband,-and a baby girl one month old. IMPERIAL UNlVER |sum was warned several times of INJURED BY A FALLING TREE; MAY NOT RECOVER Erick Balsum, a Woodsman, Brought from Northome this Morning and Placed in Hospital. . Northome, Jan. 13.—(Special to Pioneer.)—While working in the woods near here Saturday Erick Balsum, a young Norwegian, was struck by a falling tree, causing in- juries that may prove fatal. Balsum was engaged in trimming a tree which had been felled, while two of his fellow workers were saw- ing a large white pine nearby. Bal- danger, but did not make any effort to get out of the way until the tree began to fall. In running he un<| knowingly took the direction the tree was going, which came down with a terrible crash, and with the result that the unfortunate man was pinioned beneath it. Balsum was immediately brought to Northome, where it was found that he was still alive, although he was unconscious from the time he he was-hit. Examination disclosed an ugly gash, about four inches long and two inches deep, on the top of |his head, besides other serious mjuries, from which, the physicians rhere claim, he cannot recover. The injured man was removed to the hospital at Bemidji this morning. Word from the hospital late this afternoon, is to the- effect that Bal- sum’s wounds were dressed bya local physician, and that there is no immediate danger of his injuries proving fatal; on the contrary, it is believed that he will recover. Special Notice. All parties indebted to me are requested to settle their accounts at| once and pay the same to C. F. Schmidt, City Meat Market. —H. F. Schmidt. HARDWARE AT COST PRICES In these days of special sales and money saving opportunities, Bemldjl and vicinity a chance to sort up on their hardware needs at we have decided to give the people o. prices never before heard of in Bemidj “Live Dollars Better Than Dead Stock” The year just closed has been the most su and we find that it will be more profitable to s SAL another season. Special Prices on Stoves. The warm weather has been against us and left us with toc many stoves on hand, They are now on sale at Cost Prices It will pay you to buy now for next season. Sale ' Will Continue All of This ccessful in the history of our business, acrifice the profits and get money out o ——————— ——————— WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. AN AN AP NN PPN RN WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recruit. ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minn, WANTED—A good girl for general housework, Inquire of Mrs. C. P. Ekstrand, 422 Minnesota Ave. WANTED—Good girl for general housework. 1007 Beltrami Ave. FOR SALE. FOR SALE: One barber chair. Price $15.00. Apply to H. A. Miles. GIRL WANTFD: $4 to $5 a week. Mrs. A. A. Richardson, 508 Minn. Ave. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Six room cottage, 913 Bemidji Ave. H. A. Miles. ’Phone 8. FOR RENT: Furnished 921 Minnesota avenue. rooms. LOST and FOUND LOST: Dark brown furs, six long tails, two short tails. Finder will please return to Mrs. W. M. Love, 909 Bemidji avenue, and receive reward. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell, librarian. WANTED: Driving horse, at small rent, for balance of winter. A. A. Richardson, 502 Minn. Ave. Our stock is large and well assorted >f them than to carry them over for Owing to the fact that we have hun- dreds of special prices for this sale, we find it impossible to enumerate them here, but you will find each and every article marked with the regular, and the Sale price, so that you can tell at a glance just how much you are saving. ; The prices will be sure to draw the crowds, so come early and avoid the rush. S We 316 MINN. AVE., “We need the money ”’ You need the goods. Don’t forget the All goods dellvered promptly. FLEMING BROS. HARDWARE Week Must Reduce Our Stock place PHONE 57 i