Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 11, 1911, Page 1

—y VOLUME 9. NUMBER 191. FARMERS'INSTITUTE MEET SUCCESSFUL Plans for More Meetings During the Months of January and March. DYER AND BERGH PLEASED State Dairy and Food Commis- sioner Winkjer Gives Advice. MISS BESSIE ROWE ALSO SPEAKS The High School Girls’ Chorus Please —Smith Says Raise Potatoes. The good attendance and live in- {ETest manifested last week at the | series of meetings conducted in this part of the state by the Farmer's In- stitute gives strong evidence of the | fact that a new movement is taking| place among the farmers of North- | ern Minnesota, which if it continues to grow, will make this part of the state one of the foremost farming sec- | tions of the country. The meetings which were held un- der the auspices of the High School and managed by Prof. W. P. Dyer, principal, and Otto Bergh, teacher of agriculture, were the first- of the kind to be held by the Institute, Fu- ture meetings were talked of for Jan- uary and March, and it is expected that several eminent speakers will be heard at that time. H. G. Larson of Berner, a member | of the Farmers' Institute, was the 000U00000800006006 © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, ¢ 2000000009000 900 The case of Jim Fox, charged with the murder of Policeman Frank Glas- gow at Hillsboro last June, came up for trial today at Waco, Texas. The case was bEought here on change of venue from Hill county. Celebrating the advent of the Oca- la Northern Railway into Palatka, hundreds of visitors gathered at Pa- latka, Fla., today to listen to ad- dresses and to participate in the fes- tivities arranged by the local board of trade. The first referendum election in Springfield, I11., since the adoption of the commission plan of government will take place tomorrow. A vote will be taken on four measures, all of which propose further restrictions on saloons. to preside at the mass meeting at New York tomorrow night in support of the arbitration treaties now pend- ing in the senate. Andrew Carnegie and Henry Watterson will be among the speakers. A special convocation of MeGill University, for the purpose of con- ‘ferring the honorary degree of Doc- tor of Laws on the Duke of Con- naught. will be held in the Royal Victoria College at Montreal, Que.. tomorrow afternoon. Cash prizes amounting to $10,000 jand a number of valuable trophies are to be awarded the winners at the second annual South Atlantic | | States Corn Exposition which opened | at Columbia, S. C., today. The show will continue until Friday. Practically all of the members of the Republican national committee have arrived in Washington, D. C., for the meeting tomorrow at which the time and place for holding the national convention will be decided and other matters preliminary to the presidential campaign will be dis- cussed. A number of Massachusctts cities are to hold their municipal elections tomorrow. More than ordinary in- first speaker Saturday morning. . He! terest is- manifested in the mayor- gave an interesting talk founded on ality contest in Salem, where Arthur his own hard earned experience in|Eoward. the young editor whase re- farming and dairying. He was with-! form methods caused a great stir in out experience when he entered up- on agricultural pursuits, and was placed at every disadvantage. There were no mills in the vicinity and| scarcely any facilities for farming. Mr. Larson’s address was instructive and interesting, and the history of his life presents a striking example of what courage, determination, and stick-to-it-iveness will accomplish. He said: “The time is here now for more and better farmers. Northern Min- nesota is in its virginity yet is mov- ing rapidly on to development. It used to be said that it took two gen- erations to make a good country, whereas nowadays it takes but one.” | He concluded his talk by answering | general questions regarding his meth- ods. State Dairy and Food Commission- er. Winkjer, of St. Paul, then gave some valuable advice derived from his observations and inspection of dairying throughout the state. He spoke of the advancement which had been made in the right direction by farmers in the vieinity of Duluth, the use they had made of timothy and clover as a fertilizer. He de- clared dairying to be one of the most profitable branches of farming and pointed to the fact that it more than any other conserved the fertility of | the soil. He traced the development of dairying for the last thirty years and compared the old methods and correspondingly low prices of dairy products with the methods and the prices of the present day. In the afternoon Mr. Winkjer spoke of the several methods of conducting the | creameries, viz: the home, the fac- tory and the local methods. He ad- | vocated the latter, principally upon| the ground of co-operation. He dis-| couraged the shipping of cream to factories on account of factory mon- opoly and control. . Miss Bessie N. Rowe, in home economics at Crookston, gave an interesting talk on “How to Keep a Woman Cheerful.” Miss Rowe spoke of the woman of the home- stead as the homemaker and the man as the home builder. She declared that the woman in order to fulfill her part in adorning the home and making it what it should be must be provided with the facilities for do- ing her work and that she must have pleasant and healthful environment. She devoted a large part of her time to hygienic conditions in the home and in the school house. She dwelt upon the fact that the male members of the household spend their work- ing hours almost altogether in the open air, while the women are of necessity indoors the greater part of the time. Her illustrations on home helpfulness drawn from the oriental nations were interesting and showed the great amount of study she had given her subject. In the afternoon Miss Rowe gave a demonstration lee- the “Witeh City” during his former term as mayor, is seeking election again. The case of Benjamin Marks, al- leged to have been a member of the notorious Mabray gang of swindlers, came up for trial in the district court at Council Bluffs, Ia., today. J. C. Mabray, the leader of the gang, | who was recently released from the Leavenworth prison, is to be tried on other charges pending against him as soon as the trial of Marks is concluded. Papers dealing with all phases of philanthropic, religious, educational and social work will be read before the National Council of Jewish Wom- en, which holds its triennial sessions at the Hotel Walton in Philadelphia, Pa., this week. This council is one of the largest and strongest of the women’s organizations in the coun- try and will have among those par- ticipating delegates from all parts of the country, many of them of nation- al reputation. and their partiular food values. The talk was enthusiastically received by the ladies present, and Prof. Dyer ex- pressed the hope that such lectures may be continued here in the near future for the benefit of those inter- ested in the subject. The afternoon session was opened with selections from the young ladies chorus of the High School. E. W. Smith of Parker's Prairie was to have been the speaker of the after- noon, but owing to the enforced ab- sence of Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirkpatrick of St. Paul, a member of- the Insti- tute, addressed the meeting on the subject of potato raising. He said: “In order to succeed in improving any one thing a man must know first for what he is working. This is so instructor | with the raising of potatoes as in ev- erything else. - Last year there were 5,000,000 bushels of potatoes raised in this state, netting for the state $3,200,000, which means $4 to every farm or §1 to every person. This means 61 bushels to the acre, ap- proximately. We can make this av- erage 200 bushels to the acre this coming year if we determine to do so, which will mean $5,000,000 for the state or $2 to every person. There were more potatoes raised last | years in one county in Maine than in our entire state. We can make our yearly product equal that of Maine if we try. To improve the present output of potatoes we must study the situation.” Mr. Kirkpatrick then gave the fol- lowing points as a test of good pota- {toes, “First, will they yield? Sec- jond, will they sell? Third, will they cook well and economically? Does the variety show _improve ment?” Mr. Kirkpatrick strongly advised co-operation in potato rais- ture on “Salad and Salad Dressings” ing. Joseph H. Choate has been se!ected' DEMOCRATS HAVE 0 TROL OF HOUSE 227 Democrats, 160 Republicans and One Socialist Make Up the Roll. SENATE ALSO GROWING STRONG Party Leaders Coumt on Insurgent Republicans to Vote for Low Tariff. s INSURGENTS HOLD BALANCE Marging Growing Narrow in This Body Also—Stands 44 To 50. | BY WINFIELD JONES. | Washington, December 11.—The i Demoeratic party is as firmly in con- trol of the House of Representatives during the present session of Con- gress as it was during the extra ses- sion, called by the president to pass the reciprocity bill. This party is now stronger in the Senate than previously even though New Mexico sends two Republicans to the Senate. Recent deaths in the membership| of the House and the more recent elections have not changed the vote in that body to any material extent. When the House organized at the beginning of the Sixty-second Con- gress there were 227 Democrats, 160 Republicans, one Socialist, and one independent on the rolls. _Since that time Representatives Mitchelll of of New Jersey, Madison of Kansas. Latta of Nebraska, and Gordon of | Tennessee have died. Three of the five were Republicans while the Nebraskan - and ~ Tenmeseal— were Democrats. The two Democrats have been succeeded by Democrats and Mitchell was succeeded by a repre- senative of the same party, making a gain of one Democratic vote in the aggregate changes. It was by reason of the coalition of the Democrats and Republican in- surgents in the House that the House leaders were able to override the President’s vetoes on the wool, cotton and farmers’ free list bills. This same coalition is still possible in that body. There are about 30 in- surgent Republicans whom the lead- ers can always count on for a low tariff vote. There are at least 54 whom they depend upon for a vote on the revision of the rules. By a Democratic-insurgent coali- tion in the House it is still possible to override a veto, assuming that the 30 Republicans are still willing to - rebel. By such a combination 252 votes could be polled and this with the few scattering members who occasionally leave the party res- ervation can nullify any presidential veto. A decidedly more interesting, if not more effective situation, obtains in the Senate, where the two parties are more evenly divided and where the margin of difference between them continues to narrow down with each election. - ‘When the Senate meton the fourth of March there were 50 Re- publicans and 41 Democrats holding seats in that body. But one vacancy existed. That was in Colorado and this still exists and will continue to do so for another year unless a special session of the Colorado legis- lature is called in the mean time. | Since March, -however, Senator Frye of Maine has died and has been |succeeded by Obidiah Gardnmer, a Democrat. This made the Demo- cratic total 42 and the comjng to Washington of Hoke Smith of Georgia who failed to take his seat as the successor of the late Senator Clay, during the extra session, brings the Democratic strength up to 43.° Considerable doubt still-exists as to the complexion of the first legis- lature of New Mexico. While it is, on its face Republican, the insurg- ents in that state say that they cam control enough votes on joint ballot to combine with the Democratic | members and send one insurgent and one Democrat to the Senate. The stalwart Republicans, how- ever, are certain that they can elect both Senators. The contest probably will not be settled until the legisla-| ture’ organizes _and gets down to work. Should one more Democrat come to the Senate from New Mexico the total will grow to 44 while the republican total will once more rise to 50. The death of Senator Frye reduced it to 49. Kansas, Loudenslager| (Copyright, W11) bar—News: Speakers Kubwa All Over the World Will Address the Chicago Convention. ~ INDUSTRY LEADERS PRESENT Chicago, M., Dec. 11.—Many of the foremost business men of the na- tion were assembled in the gold room of the Congress™Hotel-today at the opening of thé‘three days’ conference called by the National Business League of America. In his opening address President George W. Sheldon explained the purpose of the gather- ing to be “for the conmsideration of imperative measures for the general welfare.” The speakers further ex- pressed the hope that the conference would aid in determining what ails the business of the country and what remedial legislation should be asked of Congress. During the three days of the con- ference speeches will be delivered that will command the attention of the nation, not only because of their commercial and political significance, but because of the prominence of the men who will make them. Among the scheduled speakers are John Kirby. Jr., president of the National Asso- ciation of Manufacturers; Frederic A. Delano, president of the Wabash Railroad Company; George M. Rey- nolds, president of the Continental and Commercial National Bank .of Chicago; Robert W. Bonynge, mem- ber of the National Monetary Com- mission, and Frederick Townsend Martin of New York. Resolutions will be adopted urg- ing upon Congress the necessity from a business point of view of early leg- islative action dealing with currency reform, questions of transportation, the promotion of American foreign commerce, and the creation of an American merchant marine. adjournment of the present Con- gress. All indications point to the election of two Democrats from that new state. Their votes would, give the Democrats.in the Senate 46, leaving but a majority of four for the republicans on a straight out party divislon. ¥ No other changes can now be fore- seen in the line-up of the Senate un- til after the 1912 election. The cap- ture of two Republican states will give the Democrais a majority at that time, assuming of course that they lose none of the members of the Senate-which they now hold. In sizing up the political elements of the Senate the insurgent Senators must always be calculated upon. They are more often against their party on big issues than with it There are twelve Senators who are classed as ‘progressives” and who “insurge” with more or less regular- ity. = In this class are Senators Borah of Idaho, Bourne of Oregon, Bristow of Kansas, Brown of Nebraska, Clapp of Minnesota, Crawford of South { Dakota, Cummins of Iowa, Gronna of North Dakota, Kenyon of Iowa, La- Follette of Wisconsin, Poindexter of ‘Washington, and Works of Cali- fornia. : Less than one half of these insur- gents combined with the Democratic _ Arizona is yet to qualify as a state and is expected to do so before the minority can control the Senate ab- rrance. - NEW CHARGES ARE MADE Sheriff Hazen Gives Attorney A. L. Janes Some Additional Infor- mation. TO CONTINUE PROSECUTION | | i | St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 11.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)—Sher- iff A. B. Hazen of Beltrami conj an afidavit now in the Assistant Attorney __General A. L. i Janes charging that Dr. D. F.-Dumas, mayor of Cass Lake, offered him $500.00 in cash to secure a venire a jurymen that would acquit him of any criminal charges and that he fur- ther offered to pay the sheriff $500 more if the jury should fail to bring in a verdict of guilty or disagreed. This statement was made by Mr. Janes today upon his return from Brainerd where -the state failed to prove its second charge against Dr. Dumas. In addition to this charge entitled to know that Dr. Dumas did not deny, during the course of a trial at Brainerd, the testimony of Martin Behan, in which the state’s star wit- ness testified that Dr. Dumas offered the country and not appear against him as a witness. It is also reported that Lyndon Smith who will succeed George Simp- son as attorney general will continue the prosecution along the lines be- gun by the present official. $3,000 GIVEN IN PRIZES. | Poultry Show Opens at Atlanta To- day—Closes Tomorrow. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11.—The annual exhibition of the Southern Interna- tional Poultry association opened in the auditorium armory today and will be the center of interest among poultry fanciers until it closes next Saturday. The largest display of birds ever seen here is offered. Prac- tically every section of the South is represented, and the competition among exhibitors is lively. Three thousand dollars in cash and 100 sil- ver cups will be distributed among the winners. 1 < Stores to Keep Open. 3-ginning tomorrow evening all the stores of Bemidjt have decided to keep open their respective place of business until Christmas. Among those who have expressed their in- tention of doing so are O'Leary-Bow- ser Co., Gill Bros., Palace Clothing Store, Berman Emporium, Schuneider E:ios., and T. J. Crane Company. Draws $100 or 90 Days. A man who gives his name as Mec- Kisas drew a fine of $100 or 90 days in jail for taking a grip belonging to John Brown, a lumbermaun, and disposing of it for $5. He appeared before Judge Simons in the munici- pal court and the case was prosecut- ed by County Attorney G. M. Tor- Mr. Janes declared that the public is| him $1,000 at Fergus Falls to leavel King George Has Taken Ten Tons of Plum Puddings to India to Present to Indian Prinoss at the Delhi Dun DUMAS FOUND NOT GUILTY The Jury Reaches a Decision Afer Three Hours of Delib- eration. COST IS ESTIMATED AT $1,800 .*Brainerd, Dec. 11.—(Special to the Pioneer)—The jury in the case of State vs. D. F. Dumas, charged with “trime of arson -committed at | Blackduek, Minn.; returhed a ver- dict of “not guilty” after a delibera- tion of three and one-half hours. The jury retired at 5 o’'clock Saturday evening and at 8:30 announced that they were ready to report. The first ballot taken showed eleven for ac- quittal and one for conviction. Dr. Dumas was confident of acquit- tal from the first and after the ver- dict had been rendered, said, “I am | very grateful for the kind and con- siderate treatment received in Brain- erd during this trial. I expected vin- dication at the hands of the jury, as I am absolutely innocent of any con- nection with this affair. The verdict of the jury indicates that justice will be done a man, even though it is sometimes delayed.” M. J. Daly, who made the closing argument for the defense was the re- cipient of many congratulations. George H. Spear, counsel for Gearlds, who was named as co-de- fendant with Dr. Dumas, expressed gratification at the result of the trial. Mr. Spear said: | “On Dec. 15 the state will finish !taking testimony in the Edward E. Gearlds case, he being a cd-defend- ant with Dr. Dumas in the Blackduck arson charge. This preliminary hear- ing will take place in the municipal {court at Bemidji.” Attorney E. E. McDonald of Be- midji, who has assisted the state in the prosecution of Dr. Dumas at Brainerd, said: “There is nothing further for the state to do in his case at Brainerd. In my estimation the trial of Dr. Dumas will cost Bel- trami county about $1,800.” J. P. OMICH BUYS GOULD STORE Well Known Curio Store to Be Con- tinued Under New Owner. Arthur N. Gould has just complet- ed transactions whereby J. P. Omich becomes the owner of the A. N. Gould Curio Store on Beltrami av- enué. Mr. Gould has been the pro- prietor of this store for the past three and a half years during which time he has conducted a very successful business. Mr. Gould has as yet not disclosed his plans but will undoubt- edly engage in other business in Be- midji. J. P. Omich, the new proprietor of the store, is one of the first set- tlers of Bemidji and has been en- gaged in business in the city for many years. He was formerly pro- prietor of the Curio Store and later sold out to the firm of Crane and Gould. Mr. Omich will make no changes in the store at present. It is easier to hold a man off than than it is to hold him down. It is announced upon Teliable au- thority that Gertrude Elliott is con- templating a revival of Mrs. Bur- hvmukflngvfllpuy’flam of Bishop Nicholas in Ibsens “The Pretender” when that drama will be Texas Man Reports this Wonderful Potato Crop in the Empire State. PHOTOGRAPH WITH ARITCLE Published in Scientific American Un- der Date of June 25, 1896. SPROUTS BEFORE PLANTING It Took From 60 to 75 Potatoes to Fill a Bushel Basket. The artiele below quoted, though sixteen years old, should be of inter- est to potato growers, considering the high authority from which it is tak- en. The original article is accom- panied by a photograph of a single hill of potatoes uncovered from an acre which the grower claimed pro- duced 3000 bushels to the acre. We regret we cannot reproduce this pho- tograph. Scientific American, 1896: “Mr. C. E. Ford of Rusk, Texas, who writes that he has been taking and has kept files of the Scientific American for thirty years, sends a photograph from which the accom- panying photograph was made, and gives us particulars of the remark- able success e has achieved in rais- ing potatoes. The potatoes he pre- fers for forcing are the Early Rose variety, the vines or stalks growing 6 to 8 feet, and but seldom blooming or having balls. 3 “The Triumph is said to make a crop quicker than the Early Rose, and to stand the dry weather better. Mr. Ford believes in ‘intensive’ cunl- ture, or the higher fertilizing and in- creased labor on a small piece of land, rather than little labor and fer- tilizing on a large tract. “He sprouts his potatoes to the size of English peas or marbles be- fore planting and then raises a crop in from four to six weeks, all of large size, without a peck of small pota- toes to an acre. He writes: “‘There were forty seeds the size of peas planted to every hill. I plant my potatoes in the water furrow and leave a balk 4 to 6 inches wide, and then the potato seed is dropped on the balk, a part of the seed falls on each side of the narrow balk. I cover with two furrows of turning plow, I make my rows two feet apart, the hills 18 inches apart in row, which makes 140 hills across an acre and 70 rows to the acre makes 9,800 double hills of potatoes to the acre, or 19,600 single hills. As you will see, a hill of forty seed potatoes goes across the balk making the hill cover some 18 inches, or half the ground. I never plant less than 60, and the 60 will every one make as fine pota- toes if we have plenty of rain. “ also give my potatoes fertiliz- ing with liquid manure every rain. It takes from 60 to 75 potatoes to make a bushel, never more than 75. I have kept the same seed for 26 Jan. 25th, and Irish the whole year around. “‘By sprouting your potatoes you have eating potatoes in less than one-half the time it takes under the old style of planting. It takes from four to six weeks to sprout the seed potato to the size of peas; the sprout room I keep warm by 2 small char- coal fire in a bake oven. One barrel of charcoal will be plenty for the whole time. I put my potatoes in small barrels or boxes, so as to get them warm easier than in a big heap or bulk. The smaller the boxes the easier and quicker they will sprout. When the potatoes get large enough I knock off the hoops, take down the staves, and there are thousands up- on thousands of small potatoes from the size of a bird’s eye to that of peas and a few the size of marbles; the whole mass is held together with small roots. I take a hand barrel and carry the seed down the row, and the third person breaks off as many as you wish,—not less than 20 to 40, and let them fall on the balk in the water furrow and give two plowings. My sprout house has dou- ble walls and is filled between with sawdust, also overhead, and has dou- ble doors.” It is said that later in the season, when Dorothy Donnelly begins her starring tour under the direction of Liebler & Co., John Barrymore will POTATOES T0 ACRE years and have potatoes both sweet .