Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 8, 1911, Page 1

_ Stanton, ']-‘ VOLUME 9. NUMBER 113. FAST ELEVEN FOR | ROSEAU WINS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS — " FIRSTHONORS Bemidji to Be Represented on the| Gridiron With Seven Regular Players. | St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 8.—(Daily | Pioneer Special Wire Service).—The winners in tho northern division of all the counties exhibited at the State ir are as fo'lows: Roseau County | 1st, Cass Connty 2nd, Clearwater County 2rd. No report has been re- ceived-as to the standing of Beltra- W. LYCAN ELECTED MANAGER Gould, Newman and Ex- 850,000,000 ACRES OF FARMSIN U. §. Statistics Show That Growth of Coun- try’s Population Exceeds That . & of Farms. Covers Six Per Cent of World's Area Captain Larson Are Not to Play. {101 County in regard to its place on | hooth exhibits. i entered in the state of Minnesota the ‘ first place was awarded to Roseau | McDONALD CAPTAIN THIS YEAR County for the best appearing booth | | on the fair grounds. Red Lake Coun- | !ty was given seventh place in the beauty contesi Games With Crookston, Grand Rap-| The standings of Beltrami County ids, Fosston and Other Cities |m -lhe exhibits of various grnins,’ | fruits and vegetables compared with Scheduled. I Tast year are uz follows: ! Place in 1910. Place in 1911, |'Mhreshed grain 6th $th ! ects for o winning hign|GTein intheshearGth o i ) Corn 1st 6th school Tootball eleven appear 9"""‘Native grasses “rd 7th better than had been hoped for by|Tame grasses 2nd 5th ! Coach Robinson and Captain McDon- | Millet and forage crop 6th 8th f ald, and with the squad of candidates | Potatoes 1st 3rd | which turned out for the initial prac- | Stock vegetables 5th 5th ] tice last evening it is expected that| Culinary vegetables 1st 2nd i Bemidji will be able to be represented | Fresh fruit 5th 9th i on the field this fall by one of the Canned fruit 5th 3rd | strongest and fastest teams in north- | Miscellaneous 6th 5th | ern Minnesota. | The number of counties that ex- W. Z. Robinson, a member of the|hibited this year compared with last high school faculty, who coached the|vear ran about the same throughout 1910 eleven will have charge again, | tne entire state as it did in the north- and with the knowledge that they|ern division. Where there were six have one of the most successful high |or eight counties represented in the school coaches in this section of the|northern part of the state last year state as their instructor. it is expect-|there were fourteen this year. Al- «d that the twenty-five or more can-|though Beltrami County did not run didates will enter into the football!away with any first prizes, it stood spirit from the start. At the meet-|well throughout the entire list. ing of the candidates yesterday af-| s | ternoon Coach Robinson said: i “With this bunch to work with, 1! Mrs. Sage 83 Years Old. | see no reason why Bemidji can not| Lawrence, L. L, Sept. §.—Many] turn out 4 winning team. We have Dbarcels containing flowers and an al- enough veterans on the squad to in-|MOSt conntless number of congratu- stall confidence and courage in the!latory messases were received today new men. 1 shall expect all of the at the home of Mrs. Russell Sage to candidates to get out to practice ev-| remind the philanthropic widow of | ery afternoon on which practice is|the famous financier of her eighty-| neld, and that they shall train as|third birthday anniversary. Despltel well as possible.” | her four-score and three years Mrs. But four of last years regulars will | Sage enjoys vigorous health and is be missing when the eleven lines up able to devote several hours daily to in the first game of the 1911 sched-| the task of examination applications | ule. these being Captain Larson, who | for charity or philanthropy and to| at right half-back, led his men to|reviewing reports of the work accom- | 4 big victory over the Grand Rap-|Dlished by the many colleges, homes ids champions of 1909, after Bemidji| and other institutions that have bene- had been scored upon in the first few | |fited by her liberality. Mrs. Sage minutes of play; Dana Gould, who | gives little to the individual appli-| at left end, has been a mainstay of cant for charity. It is said that if the last three teams: Neuman, ihe\?lle responded to all the begging let.— voung man who made a name for ters she receives the Sage millions | himself in the first game last year at|would be exhausted within a year. | T FAST RACES AT MONTREAL tune to break his arm in the Crook-| ston games and Stanton who ha: played left half during the past thres years. It is probable that Captain Mc-| Donald will be back at his old posi tion, at quarter. this year. It is ad- mitted that McDonald is the best| quarter since Huffman made such a| tavorable impression in 1908 whea e piloted the Bemidji eleven to its| first victory over Grand Rapids, the| Jockey Clubs Have Made Big Prep- arations for a Successful Meeting. $1.,000 STAKES ARE ADDED score resulted 12 to 6. } Hendrexson, the big fullback ofn‘ last year will be back at his old po- | sition, which insures this position of | oo o e Montreal | a fast and steady veteran, while the | other two backfield vacancies will be‘“‘"c}‘eytm"b s fi““.::ef:“g i‘:;i::?f rather hard to fill, although Peck, 322“; ‘1’;‘:‘";‘:‘:‘ “;eetin;p:ver ke the old reliable at left tackle, and |or® o Cr o8t e R track, Grendell who was only out during the |31 '1® RO B HOr O on. Jatter part of the 1910 football sea-| o : ; oo%, atioula make thelotier candidates 100 &8 pomibie, and many - Hiistle o aither of them, provemgnts have been made to fhe «Rabbit” Bailey will be stationed|P1ATt since the close of the spring at i old position, right end, where | TECling: The stables are Alied b he won fame last year as being onelne”b 400 hclrses. all 4t and’ ready of the best endmen in' this section,| (7 the starter's bell. o WilbaF Lyohn 18 6Ep6etan. o misks |, Themeeting will'sontinue theough i the whole of next week. The over- than hold his own in an endeavor to| 12 WO BF BEK KRt B L again land a position as a regular| Sve Beimdsal dollirs whileg lue ot on the team. H 5 the a by The team will lose one of its most e number of handicaps to omising candidates in Ripple who| % T2 pre ; : ] ) while working in the Crookston mill | The big stake events of the meet ; g will be the Earl Grey Cup, for during the summer has two of the A ! 1ds a e Hhgora of HiE 1aft Hand eut, o ‘ang) S Yoar 0lds andup, with $1,000, ad which will not have healed sufficient- :f:' ‘“}‘Il:n;i‘:: a fqo“rsf)te‘::athoemfiocp ly during the season to allow him to g2 D. 2 year olds, six ter the fray. furlongs, with $1,000 added; the enter 3 Other men'who shiotild prove fhaja| Sratheons Stesplochase; for 4-yeny olds and up, two and a half miles selves real football men on the squad | °'¢ i 3 are, Shannon, Simons, Akenback, El- with §1,000 added; the Derby Cup, lotoos. Sellivain andiEeveraliothers: . |05 57 yeat: olfier sad. up,. canadian ‘At yesterday’s meeting Wilbur Ly- owned, one and three-fourth miles, ~|with $1,000 added; the Champion can was elected manager and he will atoneearrange for a schedule, whiek | Sie- for 8 year olde #ud up, one A = mile, with $1,000 added; the Hen- will include games with Grand Rap-| . P i b rie Memorial Steeplechase, for 4 year ids, Fosston, Akeley, Crookston, Bag- alds: and 3 mil ith $,1000 ley and possibly Ada and Grand| on;. & miles, with & o jadded. Forks. I It is possible that the first game of the season will be played during the county fair with the city team which is being organized and will be com- prised of such men as Huffman, Ly- can, the Brenneman brothers, Finni- gan, Irvine, who was a star on the Stillwater high school team at one} time, Larson, last year’s Bemidji high school star football captain and | others. Both Huffman and Lycan were successful candidates for the University freshman eleven last year. | i | Of the entire number of counties|. {fire and Has Five Per Cent of Population. | GRAIN DEALERS TO TAKE ACTION Will Hold Convention at Omaha, October Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh. | ‘Toledo, 0., Sept. 7.—Here are a rewI statistics for you. Everyone likes| statistics if they are not presented in a dry form, and these are mot dry. We have a land acreage of 1,900 ! million acres, of which probably 850 | million acres are in farms, improved | and unimproved, 450 million acres in desert, barren and grazing lands| nd 600 million acres, more or less, | covered with forests. We have less| than 6 per cent of the world’s area and but little more than 5 per cent of its population, yet we produce more than one-third of the world's output of coal, three-fourths of its corn crop, two-fifths of its pig iron| and 20 per cent of its wheat crop. The equivalent of 50 billion board feet of timber products, exclusive of | wood is taken from our forests every year. Our total farm products approximate and “annual value of 3| billion dollars and our manufactured produets an annual value of 20 bil- lion=dellars. In 1770 there were but:85-cabs, carriages and chaises in New-Xork city. Today our factories turn out annually more than 900,000 family |ana pleasure carriages. Doesn’t this record read like a fairy tale, but the cost has been ter- rific. Half of the coal is left in the mine; half the tree never reaches the form of lumber; 1 billion cubic feet of gas, with a heating value equal to 40,000 tons of coal, is wasted daily. Twice the quantity of material that will be excavated from the Panama canal is eroded from our soils and goes down the Mississippi ever year. Here are the problems for the pres- ent generation to solve: “How are we to conserve our na- tural resources and to increase the| yields of our fields so that produc- tion will keep up with consumptien?” The Grain Dealers National Asso- iation, which is one of the most pro- gressive organizations in the country, has tackled these problems. It is not so muck interested in the con- servation of the forests and mines of the United States as it is in the soil. The National Conservation Commis- sion, appointed by President Roose- velt, is quite capable of looking after the forests and streams of the coun- try, but the Grain Dealers National Association, which holds its annual convention at Omaha Oct. 9, 10 and 11 next, is vitally concerned about the grain growing possibilities of the future. The organization has lifted the grain trade to a high plane. It has abolished nearly all the abuses of the business and now it is entering wider fields of activity. It wants to assist in the great work of making the arid regions of the west and the swamp |lands of the south blossom as the rose and add millions of bushels of grain to the country’s supply. About 1,000 delegates will attend the convention Jjrom all over. the country. They will be addressed by | some of the most prominent political and educational leaders in the United States while several officials from the department of agriculture will tell| the delegates what Uncle Sam is do- ing to increase the yields of grain by irrigation, by teaching dry farming and by showing the farmers the val- ue of planting good seed. NEW MARKET FOR BEMIDJI Fischer and Erickson Will Open Shop Tomorrow Morning. A new meat market will be op- jened at 523 Minnesota avenue next ! saturday morning. The proprietors are William Fisch- er and O. E. Erickson. Both men of Duluth. They are still young men and have had considerable experience in the meat selling business. ‘The building has been equipped with all the necessary utensils need- ed to, operate a meat market. RAISES MUCH CORN AND WHEAT —_ i CROOKSTON SCHOOL BUSY | Agricultural Department of Experi- ment Farm Doing Big Chicken Business. C. E. BROWN MAN IN CHARGE One of the most important lines of work of the State Agricultural School located at the-Northzest Experi- ment Farm near Crookston, is car- ried on by the Poultry Department with C. E. Brown in charge. Mr. Brown enters upon his fifth successive year of work at that place and has been successful in breeding laying strains of barred Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns that have been very profitable. He understands tnoroughly all phases of the poultry 1ndustry. His lectures embrace the en- tire work of raising, feeding, housing and caring for cnickens. At the present time a new poultry house is under construction which will give the Northwest Experiment Farm one of the best in the country. Besides having the above men- tioned breeds, representative ani- nals of other breeds are kept for school demonstration work. Mr. Brown is an acknowledged authority on poultry. A bulletin published by the Experiment Station last year met with so great a demand that the first edition of 10,000 copies was quickly oxhaunsted.” To supply the demands, a briefer bulletin will soon be pub- lished in the Farmers’ Library pub- lished by the Extension Division of the State Agricultural College. The School numbers among its faculty cxperts teaching other subjects so that those who attend are able to get practical training along various lines. SANTA ROSA TO CELEBRATE 10,000 Strangers. Flock Onto the Streets Early Today. Santa Rosa, Cal. Sept. 8.—Special and regular trains brought to Santa Rosa today thousands of visitors for the annual Admission Day cele- bration tomorrow. The visitors came from every nook and corner of Cali- fornia and the railroad men estimate that fully 10,000 strangers will be in town before tomorrow morning. In honor of the occasion the business section of the city is handsomely decorated and illuminated. Many of the delegations are ac- | companied by bands and drum corps. The festivities will begin bright and tinue over Sunday. The program will include in addition to the big parade of Native Son parlors and Native Daughter parlors free street enter- tainment, band concerts, dancing, athletic events and fireworks. Nothing Doing in Court. The municips} court has been un- msnally quiet caring the past three Géays The only things en record of |any consequence were a few drunks and onme case of disorderly conduct. |Indge Pendergast stated today that | were formerly in business in the city he believed Bemidji was the best be- {naved town. considering its being a center for the I"mberjack transients, 1n Northern ‘finnesota. He said, {“Most frontier towns the size of Be- _ ANTICIPATION early tomorrow morning and con-| HARMON SPEAKS AT BOSTON May Be Democratic Eastern Opening Boom for President. Boston, Mass., Sept. 8.—The ap- pearance of Governor Harmon of Ohio here tomorrow as the guest of honor and chief speaker at a barbue out- ing to be given by the Democratic organization of Boston has aroused considerable interest in political cir- cles in New England. i It will be the first speech that the Ohio governor -has delivered in the East since he loomed up prominently as a presidential candidate. The fact that the names of two New England- ers—Governor Baldwin of Connecti- cut and Governor Foss of Massachu- setts—are mentioned in connection ‘with the Democratic nomination for vice president, lends additional in- terest to the Harmon visit. The poli- ticians take the view that if either Baldwin or Foss is to be supported by New England for second place on the Democratic ticket, as is intimat- ed, a Western candidate for first place might naturally be expected to enjoy an advantage in this section over Governor Wilson of New Jersey, the nomination of whom for president would probably be followed by the selection of a Western man for vice- president. SELECT Y@UR SEED EARLY Supt. Wilsow of the Agricultural | Farm Advises Farmers to be Careful. SELECT RIGHT KIND OF SEEDS A. D. Wilson, superintendent of the extension division of the Agricultural Farm at St. Paul has issued a spec- ial addition of the Farm News, and in a letter calls attention to the spec- ial feature of seed corn selection. It is the aim of this publieation to place before the farmers of this state such news from time to time that will make them better farmers and help them to raise the right kinds of grain, etc. This edition encourages the farmers to make their selections ‘of seed early and carefully. It may mean the difference between a good and poor crop next year. Increasing the Yield of Corn. There are three important factors which aid in increasing corn yields. First, the soil must be in the proper condition, productive, well fined and well drained. Second, a cornfield must receive proper tillage. Third, the selection and storing of seed corn. This last factor is especially im- | portant in Minnesota, where climatic conditions are such that late-matur- ing varieties cannot be successfully grown. One example will suffice. At Aitkin, in northeast Minnesota, a yield of 63.9 bushels per acre was secured, in 1908, by the proper selec- tion of a variety of corn particularly adapted to the locality. Many farmers ihroughout . the state are now grow- ing corn equaling in yield that grown in the corn belt states. They are able | to do this simply by selecting a corn midji would ronaire a: continual sit-|adapted to the eonditions of their soil ting of its mun’cipal judge.” REALIZATION STATE FAIR CROWDS CUT SHORT BY RAINS €t. Paul Day Yesterday Was a Dis- L appointment in Every Pos- sible Way. LESS THAN 15,000 ATTENDANCE Last Year's Attendance More Than Double That of the Present Year. RACE PROGRAM IS RUN TODAY Special Features Conducted in Front of Grand Stand—Track is Still Maddy. The crowds at the state fair have thus far been disappointing. Of course the weather man has been to blame No day this week has the wrogram been carried out according to schedule. The officials have pinned their hope on today’s weather and from re- ports they have not heen entirely dis- appointed, although the sun has not been shining continually, it has man- nged to peep through the clouds at ‘ntervals and cast a ray of hopeful sunshine upon the state fair grounds. Some of the races were pulled off zoday in spite of the condition of the race track. The aeroplanes contin- ued to make their regular flights and a special program was arranged and pulled off in front of the grand stand. Yesterday was St. Paul day at the fair. The weather man was out in full dress keeping up 2 -continual drizzle all day. Less than 15,000 peo- ple attended the fair yesterday com- pared with nearly 50,000 on the same day last year. No day thus far this year came anywhere near last year’s record. Here are the comparisons of attendance for the first four days: Attendance for the Week Compared. 1911 1910 Monday . .... .14,607 73,647 Tuesday . . .36,110 67,537 Wednesday . . .32,108 52,224 Thursday . ... -18,737* 47,616 *Up to noon yesterday. The attendarce at the state fair today received over our special wire service places the estimate over 50,- 000. Horse ranes are being pulled off 2nkle deep in mud. Although the Fun did not shine there today, the “veather was much warmer which ac- counted for tiie big attendance. Should the weather man give us ideal ‘weather tomorrow the grounds will te unable to 1LHid the crowd. Auto- mobile and hors= races will be pulled off from early morning until dark. New York—Kicking one foot to dislodge a grasshopper in her open work hose, a young lady cast her shoe cn crowded Broadway. I Iit in a ‘axi”and the chauffeur captured it and helped put it back on. BELTRAMI COUNTY Decision in Brainerd Against Crow Wing County Favors the County. |TICENSE FEE G0 TO COUNTY Ten Per Cent of All Issued to the Cities and Villages Goes to Road Fund. JUDGE McCLENAHAN SO DECIDES County Auditor Mailed Blank Re- ports to All Clerks and Ex- pects Auswer, A case that this county has been awaiting for for sometime has re- cently been decided in a decision handed down by Judge W. S. McClen- ahan of Brainerd. The decision is to the effect that the city of Bramnerd will be com- pelled to pay to Crow Wing county money sued for under the law that ten per cent of all the liquor license money shall be paid to the county for the purpose of building roads. The suit involved amounted to about $1,- 200. This same matter was up before this county some time ago. County Auditor James L. George, on Janu- ary first sent out blank reports to all the city and village clerks for the purpose of assertaining the number of licenses issued in the county. Four of these lists or reports have been received thus far. Yesterday Mr. George sent out a- second - report blank, having held back awaiting the outcome of the Brainerd trial, and it is expected that these will be properly filled out and promptly re- turned. Mr. George said today that if these reports are not attended to promptly, the county attorney would have to take up the matter. The cities and villages who have issued licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors since January, 1910, will be asked by the county to remit the ten per cent due them according to law. Should this law be enforced accord- ing to the recent decision at Brain- erd, the county would become about $5,000 better off upon the payment of the ten per cent by all the liquor licenses issued. WHERE TO STORE SEED CORN Best Place is Aitic Where it is Dry and Has Plenty Air. After time has been spent selecting seed corn, it would be folly to store 1t in a place where it would not keep. Freshly-gathered seed corn should not be left in piles in a warm room, or on the floor. It will either sprout, mold or do both. Always store seed corn where there is a good circulation of air, so it will dry out quickly. Nev- «er leave it in boxes, in piles, on the porch or in the barn. It should be taken care of at once. There are only three necessary con- ditions for storing seed corn; and, if these are followed, one may be rea- sonably sure that ninety-five per cent or more of his corn will germinate, provided it was properly matured. Pirst, there must be a good circula- tion of air about each ear, to carry away the surplus moisture. Second, 4 temperature must be maintained above freezing. until the seed is thor- oughly dry. Third, seed corn must he selected early enough, so that it may have plenty of time to dry before cold weather. Where to Store. Numerous tests of seed corn have been made. Of all the thousands of samples tested, those that were taken from a house attic, where there was a good circulation of air, gave the highest perceitage of germination. Second in per cent of germination was seed corn stored in a cellar in which there was a heating plant. Cellars without furnaces are usual- 1y damp and undesirable for storing. Samples of seed corn stored in oat- hins, on porches, under the eaves of barns, and in open sheds, have also been tested; and they usually gave tests too low for the seed to be of value for planiing. It is easily seen that seed corn kept in an attic or an snused second story room can haj the required conditions for drying; namely, good circulation of air and an even temperature, above tha freez- ing point.