Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 26, 1908, Page 1

Smoke Tom Godfrey-High Grade, Hand THE BEMIDJ1 VOLUME 6. NUMBER 137. AILY PIONEER. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1908. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH COUNT Fair Visitors Yesterday Listened to Some of the Best Addresses Ever Given a This Part of the State. P. V. Collins, Editor of the Prof. Bull, of State Agricultural College, and A. J. McGuire, Supt. of Experiment Farm, Spoke. | BOYS, STAY ON THE FARM —Secretary Mackenzie's Greeting Over the Main Entrance. Today is the closing day of the get out and assistin making the attendance somewhere near what it ought to be, should the weather at all permit of attendence. Secretary Mackenzie has labored diligently to give the people of the county a splendid “Farmers’ Fair,” and he has succeeded well with his It is up to the people of the county whether part of the arrangements. they want such a fair, and if they wil exhibits are fine, and the attractions are good. While there no are expen- sive horse races, yet there is enough One of the features of this afte of the championship games of football of the Northern Minnesota Bemidji and Fosston High School teams will High School circuit. contest in this game, and it will be to see this game. The program at the fair yesterday afternoon was one of the most inter- | sota was rapidly becoming the cen- | ter of the commercial and political esting events of the kind ever pulled off in this section of the country. Secretary Mackenzie and h’sEHorace Greeley visited Minnesota. assistants put forth every effort t°*Greeley said it was a nice state— please the crowd, that all present would have “something doing” all the time. Yesterday was “Farmers’ Day” and a strong array of speakers had | been engaged to address the crowds| on topics of interest to the farmer and dairy man, their wives and| children. The speeches were made from a buggy immediately in front of the grand stand and the stands were well filed when Secretary Mackenzie called the speakers to the enclosure. P. V. Collins, editor of the North- western Agriculturalist of St. Paul, was the first speaker. He spoke on “Minnesota as the Great North Star State and Her Possibilities.” Mr. Collins started with the early history of the United States and the attitude of the early inhabitants of this country to the west and north- western part of America. He told how our forefathers, along the At- lantic coast, regarded the west as an impenitrable wilderness filled with swamps and unfit for the habitation of man. He told of the gradual de- velopment of the country and the hewing of homes out of forests as far west as the Mississippi river. “Gradually westward the Star of the Empire wends its way’’ until the pioneer began to immigrate to Min- nesota. He told of the hardships of those early settlers and their earnest endeavor to develop the country from the forest and un- broken plain until the present time, when it is regarded as the “Bread and Butter State” of the union. Mr. Collins told of the develop_ ments of the Red River Valley and how the railroads first entered the valley, being convinced that they would need miles of trestles to cross the valley, which the Indians had assured the railroad management was miles wide and almost inpeni- trable. Mr. Collins stated that when the first No. 1 hard wheat of the Red River Valley was marketed for milling purposes, the millers at that time considered it too hard to be properly milled, and they had to find a special method of manufac- turing this exceptionally hard wheat, which was found to make the best flour in the world. “There is no place on earth to be compared, with Minnesota,” said the speaker. “It has the finest ozone, the most fertile lands, the most beautiful lakes and rivers, and The game will be called at 2 o’clock. The threatening weather is undoubtedly keeping many hundreds away from the fair who would otherwise have been present, Y FAIR t a Similar Gathering in Northwestern Agriculturist; fair, and everyone who can should 1 assist in maintaining it. The going on to interest everyone. rnoon’s program will be the first well worth the price of admission Mr. Coilins asserted that Minne- activities of the United States. Mr. Collins told of the time that fine—but as he was very fond of apples he could not live in a state | where apples could not be raised. |tered in the contest Mr. Greeley had returned to Minne-|least twenty head of stock. sota some six years later and under the main arch of welcome to him were been raised in this state. The speaker declared that Minn- esota farms were the best in the world, but that Minnesota farming was the worst in the world. Statistics show that Minnesota, with all her fertile acres. is the lowest in the list as to agricultural productions per man of any other state in thé union. According to the speaker we pay 50 per cent higher for farm labor in Minnesota over thirty varieties of the|meat and dairy products. finest kinds of apples, which had |crops to the stock-raise more stock,” A sporting feature of today’s program at the fair will be ,a cham- pionship football game which will be played at the fair grounds between the Bemidji and Fosston high school elevens at 2 p. m. The Bemidji high school team will play as follows: Claude Brenneman, c; Kreatz, rg; Carver, rt; Kruse, re; Boyer, lg; Charles Gould, 1t; Humdrom, le; Huffman, gb; Stanton, lh; Gill, rh; Lycan, fb. Subs—Danie Gould, Fay Brenneman, McDonald, Ingalls and Russell. | A letter from C. S. Yeager, super- | intendent of the Fosston high school THE FAIR ~ NOT POSTPONED Cloudy Weather Will Not Interfere With Ghampionship Foot- ball Game.---Come Out and Help Swell the Receipts.--- Good Program On Today. P gives the names of the Fosston foot- ball players as follows: Harry Ruud, Leon Lohn, Eilef Rue, Dwight Lohn, Roy Swanson, Elmer Movold, Elmer Helland, Homer Larson, Jul Furuseth, Anton Alm, Francis Stadevold, Siguard Hillstad and Herbert Whaley. Just what positions these players will occupy is not\iknown at present. Dr. J. H. Orr of this city will referee the game. ' The doctor has had much experience in football, | having been a member of the foot several years, Heis said to be a} splendid referee and the manager of the game is pleased at having secured | 1S ON: his services. , Matt Bright, who has been coach- ing the Bemidji high school team, says that his boys are in pretty fair condition considering the amount of practice they have had. boys have several new plays and, while they may be somewhat ragged in the work, it is expected that they will make an excellent showing tomorrow. The members of the Fosston high school team have among their num- ber the players who formed the Ryan, | ball teamin Still College, Iowa, for|championship basketball team last winter. They are a husky lot and will undoubtedly give the locals a strong game. —_— e than other states. Mr. Collins gave as his reason for low production of agricultural pro- ducts per acre the fact that we did not engage more freely in raising livestock. Mr. Collins referred to the time, a few years ago, when James J. Hill offered large prizes for farming con- tests. There.were over 600 entries to this contest, but only ninteen of the farmers eniered could qualify, as one of the provisions of the contest was that every farm which was en- “Turn the larger part of the grain raised on the farm into stock—into Feed the said the speaker. ! “There should be more intelligent soil cultue. The value of dairy pro- ducts today per acre in Minnesota of the dairy farm is $5.21 per acre, while the average elsewhere in the United States is over $6. The farm- ers of Minnesota should overcome this by intelligent feeding of their stock. ““This is true of every other branch wheat crops instead of diversifying. They should turn about. the day of cheap wheat has passed, must have at|but should diversify their crops. recources. more farm papers, schools, and mixing brains with of these great United States.” beets in the world can be raised in Minnesota, but the farmers are not raising beets. The same is true of beans, celery and other products. “Like the hand writing on the wall at the feast of Belshazzer, the farmers of Minnesota have been ‘weighed in the balance and found wanting’—in diversification of their crops. They have increased the They should not raise less wheat, because “Minnesota should conserve her The farmer is coming into his own, but he should read attend farm muscle, he will become the premier | Professor C. P. Bull, the soil ex-! pert from the University ,of Min- nesota, was the second speaker on| the program. He spoke on “The Fer-| tility of the Soil, and How to Main- tain It.” Professor Bull began his speech by telling briefly of the composition of farming in Minnesota. The finest of the soil, and stated that a famil- jarity with soil composition would go much toward a proper treatiug of the same. “The very best method I know of maintaining soil fertility is by using common barnyard manure— don’t use artificial fertilizers, they tend to ruin the soil instead of maintaining its fertility,” said Pro- fessor Bull. “‘Raise clover; clover is a great soil-fertility assister. Raise clover and use plenty of barnyard manure and your soil will be all right.” Professor Bull stated the average yield per acre in Minnesota of wheat was given as 13 bushels, corn 30 bushels, oats 33 bushels, barley 56 bushels and flax but 10 bushels. The yeild in other states was much larger. This state of affair was caused by the fact that Minnesota ifarmers did not properly maintain the fertility of the soil and follow diversified farming along up-to-date lines. “At the experimental farm, we are raising an average of 30 bush- els of wheat per acre, and other crops raised there are much larger than is the statistical average of (Continued on last page.) The Pioneer gives herewith a corrected table of the election re- turns of the late primary election for the offices for which there was any contest for republican nomin ations, i The table is taken from the offici- al returns as made by the canvass- ing board, and is official, The results for county commis- sioner were as follows: |63; Charles Durand, go. Second District—George Gun-|commissioner from the Fifth dis- is the newly-elected commissioner from the Second district, succeed- ing Mr, Gunderson. Fourth District—]. H. Wagner, Durand is elected commissioner, over Mr. Wagner, the present incumbent, Fifth District—Herman Eik- stadt, 26; A. O, Johnson, 41: Iver Ungstad, 40; A. Danaher, 109. Mr. Danaher succeeds himself as i For surveyor, Roy K. Bliler, PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS. seeking republican nominations and having no opposition at the pri- maries is as follows, as returned by the canvassing board: For member of congress from the Ninth Congressional District, Halvor Steener- son, For court commissioner, M. G. Slocum, 1581 1487 | 1584 The democratic vote is as follows: For .county attorney, P. J: Russell, 35 For register of deeds, F. M. Malzahn, 32 For sheriff, Thomas Tedford, 33 For county superintendent of schools, Vera M. Cameron, 41 For commissioner, 2nd dis- trict, John Gilstad, s s the most hospitable people.” For superintendent of schools, For congress, public owner- derson, 53; O. C. Frederickson, | trict. W. B. Stewart, 1856 | ship, T. T. Braaten, 1 79; . C. Thompson, 279; Helic —— 8 Number of women’s. ballots, For congress, prohibition, Dr. Clementson, 335. Mr. Clementson| The total vote cast for those republican 61 C. G. Forrest, 1 . 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The members of the Company K team have been given some hard are playing a fairly good game, but they are soft and their physical con- dition is such that it will take some little time yet before that will be “fit as fiddles.” It is believed, however, that they will give a good account of them- practice during the past week and | C0. K’S FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS RAPIDS TOMORROW Local Militia Athletes Will Go to Grand Rapids to “Stack " Up” Against Strong City Team of That Place.— Hot Game Anticipated. selves at Grand Rapids. The following will be the line-up of the Company K team at the "Rapids:” - Otto, who has played with the U. S. army regulars, center; Hillaby who has played on the Brainerd team, rg; Tardy, with the U. S. army in the Phillipines, lg; Markham, who was with General Roberts in Egypt, rt; Lucas, who played with Brainerd, It; Stewart, who has played in Bemidji, re; F. Getchell, ex-member of the Bemidji high school team, le; Shock, captian of last year’s high school team, gb; Manter, formerly of St. Thomas College, 1b; Boller, also of St. EThomas College, rh; Kelly, formerly of U of Colorado, fb. Three or four subs will be taken along, who have the reputation of | being “bad men” when it comes to “hitting the line.” { Undoubtedly quite a number of Bemidji people will accompany the { Company K team to Grand Rapids Sunday. CLEARWATER Thursday, Friday and S COUNTY FAIR WILL BE HELD ON OCT. 1-2-3 Officers of the Fair Have Prepared Strong Program for aturday of Next Week — Fine Exhibits Promised. The annual fair of Clearwater county will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 1, 2 and 3, when the people of Bagley will ‘/do themselves proud” in entertaining the farmers of Clear- water and adjoining counties. A complete program has been arranged for the three days’ fair as follows: Thursday, October 1, will be “Entry, Market and Bargain Day.” On this date all the entries for the fair will have to be made; the only Ed. Devereaux will conduct the auction sale for everything will be in Bagley offer special bargains. Friday, October 2, will be “Farm- ers’ Day.” A splendid program has been arranged for this date, which includes addresses by P. V. Collins, editor of the Northwestern Agricul- turist; Prof. A. J. McGuire, of the Experimental station of Grand Rapids; Superintendent W. Robert- son, of the State Experimental Farm at Crookston, and George Welch, spécial immigration agent for the state of Minnesota. The judging of the stock that is entered will also be made by the above experts, on this date. Last, but not least, will be the lecture by Congressman Steenerson on the Panama canal, which will be delivered at Erickson’s hall in the evening. The lecture will prove of special interest as Mr. Steenerson has visited and inspected that por- tion of the canal which has been completed as well as all of the terri- tory through which the canal will pass. Saturday, October 3, will be {“Everybody’s day.” On this date all troubles will be thrown to the winds and he who fails to have a good time and laugh, will have him- self to blame There will be an in- teresting program of laughable and offered for sale on the marketvday|exciting sports, consisting of a Tug- grounds and the merchants will|o-war between fifteen farmers re- siding north of Bagley and fifteen farmers south for a prize of $15. The greased pig, for him who can catch it will be turned loose. Twelve sacks for that number of jumper for a cash prize of $3 will be fur- nished. Five dollars will go to the best foot racer who resides in Clear- water county outside of Bagley. Apples in unlimited quantities will be given to those boys who know how to catch them floating in water. A ball game is being arranged for. Music that will please the ear and stir up the dormant feelings of the “chronic tired” will be on tap, and the glad hand will be in evidence PEOPLES MEAT MARKET * GIVE SPECIAL PRIGES Their New Building Is Complete, With Mndern Fixtures.—Public Invited to Visit Market Today. i “Messrs. A. Klein, A. Hagberg and J. Hormann have completed the building which is now occupied by them as “The Peoples’ = Meat Market.” The building is a modern brick structure with up-to-date fixtures and is the most complete and up-to-date market in northern Minnesota. The proprietors invite the people to call at the market Saturday, September 26, and as a special open- ing sale quote the following prices for meats for the one day only: Pot roast, 8c per pound. Beef Stew, 6¢ per pound. Sirloin steak, 14c per pound. Porterhouse steak, 12J%c per pound. . Round steak, 12%c per pound. Diamond C ham, 17¢ per pound. Picnic ham, 9c per pound. Swift’s Empire bacon, special 20c per pound. ~ They have the reputation of being the makers of the finest sausages marketed in this part of the state. For tomorrow they quote: 3 pounds Bologna saugage 25c. Pork saugage 10c per pound. Hamburger 10c per pound. Remember that the prices are quoted for Saturday, September 26, the day for their opening to the public. 2 Additional. local matter will be found Prime roast, 10c per pound, i on fourth page. ot AN