Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 25, 1912, Page 1

U i Says Fertility of Soil Must Be Con- served Or Exhaustion Will Follow. TELLS OF OWN EXPERIENCES Each Cow In His Barns Raised Five Pigs From the Skimmed Milk. TO SEND AN EXPERT HERE Man to Take Charge of Eight or Ten Plots Next Year and Cultivate Scientifically. James J. Hill, speaking in the Ar- mory last night, made the following speech after the usual introductory remarks: “This evening, I was very glad tol find that your chairman proposed to take me out and show me the coun- try, show me some of the farms. Now, 1 know something as to what Bemidji amounts to as a railway station. We keep close tab on such things and know that Bemidji has a good stand- ing in the Great Northern office. “The greatest source of all that is of value in the world is the farm. The farm, the forests, the mine, and and the sea are the sources from which everything of value in the world and in all the countries of the world is derived. “We have, with our future growth and development, to look to the cul- tivation of the soil and all the na- tions of the world that have taken care of their soil, all the nations of the world that have been intelligent and have given proper regard to the preservation of the fertility of the soil, have continued to be nations and those nations that have neglected to, have passed away from the map of the world. They have lost their places among the nations of the world. Plow a Great Invention. “The first great step in human civilization was the invention of the plow, a forked stick used to stir up the soil. Now the invention-or the use of that forked stick intended to plow the land was of more conse- quence to the world and to human- ity than anything that has ever been done in the world before or after, much more than the steam engine or more than the telephone or any- thing else we have in all the list of our various useful devices. It made mankind a producer . Prior to that he lived by the chase. The agricul ture of the world has been the foun- dation of its prosperity from the be- ginning and it will so continue until the end. It is said that, ‘God made the country and man made the towns.’ Now, no town can continue to live unless it has a country be- hind it to support it. ' “I was rejoiced this afternoon to see that you have an excellent good soil. There are some things you can raise better than others. I might say there are places in Minnesota where I would rather, if T had to, cul- tivate a farm and raise wheat. I would rather take some locations than here, but there are other crops VOLUME 9. NUMBER 306. HILL PRAISES FARMERS AND CALLS THEM THE BACKBONE OF PROSPERITY lin Great Britain, or in England or tributed about 800 thorough bred bulls, most of them in Minnesota. ‘I got the best stock that I could buy Scotland, and between six or seven thousand pigs. I kept it up for a number of years and they were al- pig. Some of them would sell the bull or make Christmas pork of the pig, but they know more now, and so do I. 3 “They made a political issue of it. They said I was trying to ruin the reputation of the state. It was the home of No. 1 wheat and trying to get the people of Minnesota to raise live stock was a reflection on their good semse. I started in here in Meeker county because that was the county in which I put the first bull and we planned to start out cream- eries. The first creamery was built near Litchfield. Pete Hanson was our secretary of state and was treas- urer, and I think he is now, and he is my authority. We could not buy a carload of pigs in a week. Now you can buy a carload of pigs in a day, and without going far from Litchfield. After they have a dairy or creamery, the skimmed milk takes care of the pigs. Dairy is Profitable. For many years I had a dairy on my farm near St. Paul and by proxy milked 150 cows, and I made each cow raise six pigs from the skimmed milk. I usually sold 1,000 pigs a year, and when I say to you that the creamery and dairy are profitable, I am speaking from my own experi- ence. I know they are and I know they will preserve the fertility of the land. When a man sells a bushel of wheat or a load of wheat in northern Minnesota, he is selling a part of his land with it. If he will keep on, what he has left will not raise any wheat. He lias got to take care of it, or else they will be as others have been before. “The Valley of the Euphrates, his- tory tells us was the most fertile part of the known world, possibly except- ing Egypt. What is it today Piles cities stood and the land is occupied by a few bands of roving Bedouin Arabs who would rob you in a min- ute or stick a dagger in your back, if your back was turned or if you were outside of his own tent. They are always hospitable to guests while in their tents. But Egypt, long be- fore Joseph went down for corn, was a productive country. Why? Be- cause the waters of the Nile fertil- ized it. Nile a Good Fertilizer. “The annual rent for those over- flowed lands in Egypt is $35 an acre. And these lands, not through man’s work, but through the work of Provi- dence have been fertilized every year from the earliest history up to the present time, as far back as the twi- light of history, the very earliest dawn of it, and will continue for all time. And you must not let your land be exhausted. B “Take all of northern Africa, at one time a very successful agricul- tural country. What is it today? The people are winning it back from conditions almost desert like. Take the Island of Sici’y. Sicily, original- ly a Greek colony, very successful, well cultivated, very attractive. Rome wanted it, wanted the grain it raised to feed her people. Sicily was conquered and Rome allowed an an- nual tribute of 12,000,000 bushels a year on that island. And they paid the tribute, but what is it today? you can raise better here than you can elsewhere, “T saw, this afternoon, out here, the farm of one of your merchants, Mr. Schroeder, and he isn’t wasting anything in riotous living or fancy farming, but he has an excellent start and he has a useful, practical, sound enterprise out there that in four or five years, if his life is spared, you watch it and see if he doesn’t have a model farm. I know he is alright. He isn’t depending on rais- ing a great deal of grain. This coun- try is going to be a great dairy coun- try, and a dairy country can make more money than a grain country. Has Helped Twenty-nine Years. “It will be twenty-nine years ago. this fall since I tried to start in and help the farmers of Minnesota :o stop doing the Paganini act. He could make excellent music on one string. In 1883, there was no rain from seed time until the second or third of July when the rain came. It was late, but it came in time to save them from an entire crop fail- ure. I have found that out west in what they used to call the Big Woods; Litchfield, 'the county seat of ‘Meek- er county, that all were trying grain Aarming 1 thought that T would make a real effort to get them to take up mixed farming, and I started in to -glve them. cattle and hogs, I dis- “We know that at one time it had a wonderful population, we know from the ruins of the cities and their various works. We know that they had a great civilization, great popu- lation. We read it in history, but today they do not raise a million and a half bushels of grain. Some or- anges and some oil. What’s become of the population and the people who once lived in those cities. A month from now you will go down and find them extras, working on the railroad, called Dagoes. They are working for a doHar and a half a day, and going back in the fall or early winter by steerage to their own countries or sending their money back to support their families. Their own country is so poor that it can- not longer take care of them. The olives and the oranges raised on the hill sides are not enough. Don't let (Continued on last page.) Doctor For Red Lake. Washington, D. C., April 24— (Special) —Assistant Secretary of the Interior Adams has notified Congress- man Steenerson that his request for an agency physician at Red Lake, Minn,, has been granted. The de- ways willing to take the bull or the| of desert sand guard where .those| The box score of Ameri- can Association games will be posted on the Ploneer bulletin board, ocorner Fourth and Beltrami, each day as fast as they come in by telegraph. WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS. ; American Association. St. Paul 7, Toledo 6. Minneapolis 2, Columbus 3. Kansas City 1, Louisville 0. Milwaukee 9, Indianapolis 9. Tied in ninth. American League. Philadelphia 7, New York 0 Washington 5, Boston 2. Chicago 6, Cleveland 1. & Detroit 5, St. Louis 9. National League. Boston 3, Brooklyn 1. New York 11, PhiPadelphia 4. Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game post- poned. Rain. @ _— % | BASEBALL STANDINGS, | & —-— @ American Association. Won Lost P.C. Columbus . .11 2 846 St. Paul . ... 8 5 615 Minneapolis . LT 5 583 Toledo by | 6 .538 Kansas City .5 7 417 Louisville . . 4 7 .364 Milwaukee . ..... 4 7 .364 Indianapolis . ... 2 9 .i82 American League Won Lost P.C. Chicago o 7 3 .700 Boston 5 B 3 625 Philadelphia . .5 3 .556 Washington . o 3 556 Cleveland . .5 5 .500 St. Louis . 5 [ .455 Detroit . ot 7 .364 New_ York . B 7 125 National TLeague: Won Lost P.C. Cincinnati . 7 2 778 New York . .6 3 667 | Boston . ... Son 4 600 | Philadelphia . ... 4 5 500 St. bouis ........ 4 5 444 Pittsburgh . . & 5 444 Chicago .3 5 ' 375 Brooklyn . 3 6 .333 (N (Copyright.) \‘\\\\\\\fl¢ I l R ) MAUDE SLATER BURIED. The funeral of Maude Slater was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 in the Baptist church, Reverends Foley and Flesher officiating. Miss Slater had been ill for a week but last Sun- day was taken suddenly worse and died at 9 p. m. The Normal depart- ment of the High school, the Glee club, members of her Sunday school elass, her brother’s class and the Brotherhood of David attended_ in a body.. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Miss Slater was born in 1893 in Monticello. Later she lived at Mille Lacs and from there went to Min- neapolis- where- she Zraduated from Irvine school at the age of ‘thirteen. Tor. some time she liveds with -her parents on their = claim near Ball Club, moving to Bemidji three years 2go. She was a student in_the High school and was planning a further education. While on their Ball Club claim, her parents lost a son, Char- lie, and the services yesterday were for that child also. The pallbearers were selected from the High school friends, EXTRA TITANIC BODIES RECOVERED, Minneapolis, April 25.—(Pioneer Special wire ~service)—The ship, Mackey-Bennett, reports the recov- ery of 205 bodies of those who were drowned when the Titanic sank. It does not expect to find many more. The boat is rushing towards Halifax. Among the identified bodies are Wal- ter Douglas, of Minneapolis, and Widener, of Philadelphia. COTTAGE HOTEL BURNS. Cass Lake, April 25.—(Special wire service) —The cottage hotel on Star Island burned to the ground this morning, causing a loss of between $4,000 and $5,000. Insurance is $500. The building was-owned by Frank Suitor. The fire started in the kitchen, cause not known. There was no salvage. A high south wind carried the' flames into the big trees but the fire was extinguished after —_— S getting a big start. Photos by American Press Assoclation, partment has ordered . & physician who has been stationed at Sanavier agency,: New Mexico, to report for duty at Red Lake agency at the ear- Hest practicable date. famous New.York merchant; (4) Jami B. Harrls, theatrical manager Frank D. Millet, noted artis Ounard Jine, w ;. (8) Among the well known persons who were passengers fcan head of the Astor family; (2) Joseph Bruce Ismay, Ci Smitl Some Notable Persons Who Were Passengers on Board the Ill Fated White Star Liner Titanic. NO GOPHER . BASEBALL Board of Athletic Control Cancels Conference Schedule For This Year. FOOTBALL MAY GO SAME WAY Minneapolis, April 25.—Intercol- legiate baseball at the University of Minnesota. was. abolished for.a year Wednesday at a meeting of the ath- letic ‘Board ‘of control. The cancel- latioli of the schedule ;already ar- ranged with conference colleges fol- lows the annihilation of practically the entire team by <the eligibility committee- who used every peccadillo they could find against the men to prove their professionalism. In the drastic action of the board which was done at the suggestion of Coach Dennis Sullivan is seen a fore- cast of the probable action that will be taken next fall in tlie case of foot- ball. ¢ The' eligibility committee at a meeting a week ago declared thirty out of thirty-five candidates inelig- ible. Coach Sullivan began scouring the campus for material with which to build a team -around four real baseball men. The task was an im- possible one and the cancellation of the schedule was accepted as the on- ly thing left to do. * ‘The board discussed the proposi- tion of quitting the conference for some time but because of the late- ness of the hour the matter was not put to a vote. The burden of faculty influence on the board is being used 'NEW BRICK DEPOT Says Great Northern Will Build a Good One and That Work Will Start at Once. WILTON ROAD IMPRACTICAL. Is Too Short for Steam Operation and Should be Used as An Elec- tric Line. WILL ASSIST LOCAL FARMERS Next Season Some Are to Work Un- der His Direction and Be Paid Liberally. 1. “We will build a good depot, one of which Bemidji can be proud. Have you a good brick yard here? We will need lots of brick this sum- mer. Work will start at once.” 2. ‘It is impracticable to oper- ate the Wilton railroad by steam as the line is too short. The only prac- tical way to use that road is to oper- ate by electricity. The Great North- ern can do nothing with it at this time. » 8. “Next year we will select sev- eral farms near Bemidji on which crops are to be planted according to our directions. We furnish an ex- pert to show how the work is to be | done, furnish the seed free, give the farmer all that he raises, and then pay him $8 per acre as a premium— all for doing as he should do.” Bemidji is to have a new. Great Northern depot. James J. Hill, chairman of the board .of directors of the Great Northern, so said in his speech in the Armory last night. He further promised that work Wwould start at once and that it would be completed before the fall ship- ments of farm products. The baild- ing is to be of brick and wili prob- ably be located just to the esst of the water tank and tool house. Mr. Hill's special train arrived in the city at 5:20 last evening. As it slowed to a stop, the empire build- er was seen struggling into an over- coat and looking intently at the Union depot which could be plainly seen from the Great Northern tracks. Immediately upon stepping from his private car, Mr. Hill looked long and closely at the Great Northern depot. When the Commercial club directors were introduced, he said, . “We will build a good depot” (and he emphasized the “good) “one of which Bemidji need not be ashamed.” Automobiles were in waiting and a twenty-five mile trip was taken out to keep the institution within the|through the town of Frohn and then conference fold, as they say for an- other year. The students of the uni- versity, however, have voted unani- mously to quit, the alumni are of the same opinion and the university sen- ate is expected to fall in line and se- *|cede from the great “sister-hood” of the west. The board will hold a meeting within two weeks and voice their formal opinion in the matter in the form of a resolution to the |senate. Relay Team in Philadelphia. ~ The board voted money to send the university relay team to Philadelphia to participate in the Pennsylvania relay: carnival to be held next Satur- [day. The Minnesota team consisting of 'Tydeman, Shaughnessy, Lindberg and Chapin will ‘in' ‘company with Coach Dick Grant leave tonight for the Bast. The team is entered in the two-mile and four-mile events but will probably not start in the latter |event. The board Teferred to the “M" committee the recommendation that basket ball “M’s” be awarded to the following players: Captain Lawler, Leonard Frank, Cy Sawyer, Robii- liard, Wipperman, Giltinan, Bratrud, Reuben Johnson, Jesnes and- Wan- less. Dr.J. J. Cooke also recommend- ed that wrestling “M’s” be awarded “|Richter and Brosius who took first 8ces in the wrestling tournament at the U_h&vgr!lty of Tllinois recent- west to Schroeder’s farm. At the farm, Mr. Hill insisted on sceing everything and discussed crops and farming methods with Mr. Searoeder for fully half an hour.. Returning to the city -Mr. Hill dined at the Markham with the directors of the Commercial club and several uther guests. ~ At the tables were seated Mr. Hill and Messers. Gould, Burke, Wedge, Nicholson, White, Vvard, Dane, Baer, Barker, Bowser, Bacon, Jester, Lakin, McCann, Dyer, Mal- zahn, Wilson, Lycan, Brooks, Raiser, Stephens, Nebel, Torrance and Schu- maker. The Bemidji band serenaded while the party was at table. In the Armory, Mr. Hill found a crowd in spite of the fact that there Wwere other strong attractions last evening. From the moment he was introduced by Mr. Burke, chairman of the entertainment committee of the Commercial club, Mr. Hi!! held the attention of his audience and for an hour and a half his words were eagerly received. ~After his speech - {Gregor, and Alex Ripple will leave he went to his car and tue special left at 10:30. e " Owing to the talk being given in the evening, it was imposmble for a large number of farmers to attend. In order that his words might be car- ried through the country, the Plo- neer had a stenographer to take the speech and it will be printed in full, and also in the weekly of May 2. ds =1 |