Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 9, 1908, Page 1

THE VOLUME 6. NUMBER 174. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1908. MINNESOTA. | l 1ISTORICAL ] | SGCIETY. | Historical Society, . ii0] EMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH PRIZE-WINNERS IN THE POTATO CONTEST NAMED dJ. E. Youngman, the Winner, Raised 2321-2 Bushels from Half an Acre of Forty Miles North of Bemidji. REPRESENTATIVE J. J, OPSAHL, Who Gave $250 in Prizes for Best Yield of Potatoes in Beltrami County. Prizes have been awarded in the| potato-growing contest which was; inaugurated last spring by J. J. Opsahl, of Bemidji, legislature from this (the sixty-first) legiolative district, who offered prizes aggregating $250 for the best five bushels of potatoes taken | from any half-acre field of potatoes| raised during the szason of 1908, and for the best total yield on any half i acre of 1908 crop of potatoes. | The results of the contest hasj given unmistakable evidence that the soil of Beltrami county is such | as to be the very best for the suc-| cessful raising of potatoes. ! Mr. Opsahl offered his prizes as follows: $50 in cash prizes to the| four farmers raising the best five| bushels, and $200 in cash, divided | into four prizes, for the best total yield on a half acre. i The following farmers of the‘ county entered in the contest: Aug- ust Jarchow, Bemidji township, Rosby postoffice; Fritz O. Oberg, town of Cormant,Blackduck; Charles F. Schroeder, town of Grant Valley, Bemidji; G. W. Thompson, Blagk- duck; H. E. Sturdevant,Taylor town- ship, Tenstrike; J. E. Youngman, Cormant, In 0. S. Quale; Battle township, Foy; The. Wonzer, Be- midji; Wm. T. Souder, Port Hope twp., Farley; W. T. Blakeley, Port Hope twp., Farley; Charles Krah, Prosper Albee, Richard Porter, K. Mclver, Northern twp., Bemidji; Charles Hayden, Blackduck; W. E. Rowley, McDougald twp., Williams; W. R. Mackenzie, A. P. Blom, Rob- ert Stei, R. C. Spooner, Liberty twp., Spaulding; A. T. Wheelock, Maple| Ridge twp., Fowlds; L. S. Stadem, Hagali twp., Tenstrike; N. G. Rey- nolds, Northern twp., Bemidji. The contest for the best five bushels was decided at the annua! fair of the Beltrami County Agricul- tural association, held September 24-25-26, and the followihg were the winners: August Jarchow, first premium, $20; N. G. Reyrolds, second, $12;! W. R. Mackenzie, third, $10; Charles R. Krahn, fourth, $5. | On account of the late, cold spring, many who had planted their representative | in the { Town of Northern. | Northern twp., Bemidji, 189% bush- Land Near Cormant, 1 | | | | | | the potato contest, were discouraged, because their first crop did not “come up” and did not replant. However, quite a few farmers of the county replanted their crop and results were all that could be desired —fine potatoes and a generous yeild, in every instance. The rules of the best half-acre contest were that the measurements of the half acre should be made by the members of the town boards of supervisors and the awarding com- mittee, as appointed by Mr. Opshal, was composed of Fred A. Malzahn, president of the fair association; and N. G. Reynolds, a farmer in the Last Saturday, the awards in the contest were made, as follows: First prize, $100, won by J. E. Youngman, town of Cormant, Inez postoffice, yeild 232% bushels on half acre. Second prize $50, N. G. Reynolds, els. Third, $35, W. R. Mackenzie, Liberty twp., Bemidji, 164% bush- els. Fourth, $15, W. E. Rowley, Mc Dougald twp., Williams, 164 bushels.| W. G. Thompson of Blackduck | came next with a yield of 141 bush- els, and A. Jarchow of Bemidji fol- lowed Thompson with 115 bushels. The results obtained by the win- ner in this contest (Youngman) were 232} bushels on a half acre, being 465 bushels per acre, which at 60 cents per bushel, would net $279 per acre for potato growing near Cormant forty miles north of Bemidji, on the heavily-timbered clayland of the Red Lake basin. The yield secured by Youngman shows conclusiuely that potato - rais- ing in this county is a profitable undertaksng. Beltrami county farmers have for markets for their potatoes the vil- lages and cities, the lumbering camps, of this community; and east of usis the great mining district. Climate and soil are just right for raising potatoes in the vicinity of Bemidji. Potatoes are a crop that need no scientific farming, and the vacant spots between stumps on newly-cleared land is just as good a potatoes early, so as to be “in” on place as any. The Da.ily Pioneer 40c per Month jand N. L. i respectively engaged in the confec- | Messers. George Stein, one of the pioneer boys of Cass Lake, and who is very popular at that place, is a visitor in the city, having spent Sunday at the Markham. Mr. Stein was for many years cashier at the G. N. depot in Cass Lake, having severed his connection with that position, some six months ago. A NEW BUSINESS BI.I]fiK FOR LOCAL ENTERPRISES N. L. Hakkerup, Photographer, and S. T. Stewart, Confec'ioner, Will Occupy New Biock. A asw cement-blo~k building is| being erected on Third street in this city to accommodate S T. Stewart Hakkerup, who are tionery businessand in photography, Stewart and Hakkerup being forced to vacate their present ilocations in the Moore block on account of the sale of the croperty. The new building will be seventy- five feet long by twenty-five fect wide and is one story high. Cor- | tractor Ben Erickson of this city is The build- om»lete, erecting the stru.ture. ing and the lots will cos tabout $3,500 and belongs to N. 1.. | Hakkerup, the photographer, The new location is just across the street from Messrs. Stewart and IHakkeru:.” old places of business. Mr. Stewart will conduct his con, fectionery business in the front par| | of the new edifice and will carry a complete line of figs, dates, fruits, candies, and one of the finest lines of hot-drinks in the city. Mr. Stew- art expects to be in his new location by the latter part of the week. Mr. Hakkerup expects to move into his new quarters tomorrow and will have one of the best photo- graphic studios in the city and will keep up with his usual high grade of work. Mr. Hakkerup will occupy the rear of - the structure and will have an entrance on the side. STOLE A MARCH ON Power Company at International Falls "Has Sidetrack Constructed, by Strategy, on Sunday. AN-OBDURATE PROPERTY OWNER | WANTED BIG SUM FOR HIS LOT | ; i Company Rushed Completion of Track | Through on Sunday.—Lot Owner i Couldn’t Stop Work. Word on good authority comesi from International 'Falls to the | effect that the Minnesota & Ontario Power company, which is construct- ing the big pow:r dam across the Rainy river at that peint,constructed a sidewalk or spur from-the M. & I.! railway to the site of the new | dam yesterday Ly the use of strat-| 5 | ‘egy, there having been a controversy between an Internationa! Lzlls man | iand the power people. ! , which the pomr} 1 The right-of-way. -‘comrmny wished to secure, is about 150 vards long and runs across sev—i era! lotsin the heart of International . The company finally secured | ermission from <1l of the owners of i the lots with the exception of one, | who held out for $5,000 for his lot. The man was offered, according to the report, $3,700 but would not| accept this. Material for the construction of | | spur was gathered at Nacoda, a’ small side-track seven:miles south of | the “Falls” Saturday night. | Promptly at midnight Saturday, a gang of men were rushed to the place of the proposed | | right-of-way and began the construction of the spur, HOLD-UP LOT OWNER| jof buckshot. i have to institute proceedings to con- | known as “Ted,” is wearing an un- i usually broad smile- on his counte- | finishing the work yesterday after- noon, The man, whose lot the power company has failed to secure was unable to stop the building of the spur as he could get out no papers Tt is reported that the out-witted man walked the lot and emphatically declared that, it he did not have a broken thumb, he would give the construction gang a “dose” The Mianesota & Ontario Power company will only on Sunday. demn the land and pay the mana reasonable price for his land. S’gned the Warrants. Mayor J. P. Pogue and City Clerk Maloy signed the salary warrants for the month of October of Judge Bailey and Clerk Fisk, of the muni- | cipal court. On the back of the warrants is the following protest: | “Notice is Lereby given that| there 1s no money in the fund on which this order is drawn, and that I assume no responsibility what- ever in signing the same. i (Signed) -*“‘J. P. Pozue, Mayor.’ | “‘Ted” Has a Son. E. R. Getchell of this city, better | nance of late. The smile is due to the ayrival at his home recently of a bounciog little son. It is wh's-!| vered by “Ted’s’’ relatives that he cut the ice out of the rain barrel this | morning just to hear the echo of the word, “papa,” as he softly mu-- mered it to himself. Five Dollars Reward. A reward of $5 will be paid for| the’ return of the overcoat which was stolen from the Markham hotel Tuesday night and no questions will be asked, or reward will be paid to anyone furnishing information leading to the recovery of the coat, Coat should be returned to Pioneer office for reward. GEML ROLLER R NOTICE! Skating at the Rink | Wednesday Eve'ng -WITH MUSIC Admission 10 and 25c A FARMERS’ INSTITUTE - FOR BEMIDJI DECEMBER 4 A. J. McGuire, Superintendent of Northeast Experiment Farm at Grand Rapids, Will Be .in Charge of Insti- tute.—Meetings Be neficial to Farmers. A. J. McGUIRE, Superintendent of Northeast Experiment Farm, Who Will Have Charge of Local Institute. The Pioneer has received the fol- lowing letter from A. D. Wilson, superintendent of the State Farmers’ Institutes to be held throughout the state under the auspices of the University Farm at St. Paul: “St. Paul, Nov. 7. _"Editor Pioneer, Bemidji.— “We have arranged with Supt. A. J. McGuire of the Experiment Station at Grand Rapids to spend sometime during the next few months doing Institute work in northern Minunesota. Mr. McGuire has suggested a list of meetings he thinks should be held, and among others he has a meeting at Bemidji, Friday, December 4th. In order to held a successful meeting at that time we need the help of the business men of your place in making arrange- ments and in helping to get out the audience. Our state law provides for the payment of the salaries of the Institute workers as well as their traveling expense and allows a small | amount for advertising, but we have to call on the different towns for the furnishing of the hall, and also must depéud on local men for doing such advertising as cannot well be done |, from this place. “These meetings are needed in northern Minnesota and we believe can be made to help the farmers of that section. Conditions in northern Minnesota are so entirely different from conditions in other parts of the state and in other states, that until the farmers learn how to meet the conditions of that section they are working at a disadvantage. Natur- ally, the sooner the farmers get on the right lines of agriculture, the better it is for the business interests. “Mr. McGuire' will have charge of the meetings and with him will be Mr. F. B. McLeran of Wrenshall, Carlton county, and one other in- structor. We plan to send only those instructors who are perfectly familiar with conditions in northern Minnesota—men who are actually farming in that district and know what the farmers have to meet and | overcome. | “Can we count on each of you for. help in holding a good big Institute {at Bemidji? ! “We will furnish asupply of posters ;to be put up in the town and neigh- { borhood, will furnish reading notices {for the use of the local papers, iand will also send out . letters of invitation to 200 farmers living | within a radius of five to ten miles. | We will want the business men to | furnish the hall for the Institute, furnish us a list of names of 200 | farmers, such as we need for sending out our advertising, put up the | posters we send, do whatever else they can to get the farmers to attend. Please talk this matter over and i then let me know as soon as possible | how matters stand with you, to whom i to send posters, who will furnish the jna‘rfles we need, etc. Thanking you for the help you can give us in this work, | “Very truly yours, —"A. D. Wilson, “Superintendent.” The matter of working out some of the suggestions which are made | relative to holding the institute here will be discussel at the meeting of i the Bemidji Commercial club, which will be held at the council chambers, in the city hall, tomorrow ( Tuesday) | evening. Everyone in the city who isa | member of the club should be on hand and assist in this work, as well as the - discussion - of many other | matters that are of vital importance to Bemidji. There should be a much closer | alliance between the farmers in this | vicinity and the “town folks” than | now exists; and a rousing meeting of | farmers, where they can receive some | very beneficial “pointers” would go ia long way toward forming the | desired “alliance.” _— Tke Black, the popular traveler for the Kelly-Howe-Thomson Hard- ware company, left this morning for Walker and other points south of Bemidji. He intends to pass on through to International Falls this evening, from the south, and “make” the north-country towns before re- turning to this city. Anyhow, Mrs. Black is away; and Ike don’t care whether he is home or not, at present. : g Card of Thanks. To the many friends who were so i kind to me during therecent illness and subsequeut death of my husband i Patrick A. Walsh. Especially do I thank the Masonic bodies of Cass Lake and Bemidji and the Eastern Star members, and also the Bemidji lodge of Elks. Z Their kinduesses shall ever be gratefully remembered by me. 7 —Mrs. P. A. Walsh.