Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 11, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 267. McGUIRE'S REPORT ON WORK OF FARM State Experiment Plot at Grand Rapids Devoted to Demonstrat- i ing for Northern Minn, LARGE YIELDS ARE RECORDED Oats Went Sixty Bushels, Potatoes 230 and 394, and Fodder Corn Fifteen Tons Per Acre. . POULTRY BUSINESS IS PAYING Chickens Brought in Profit of About $2 Per Hen During 1912—Were in Charge of C. W. Channel. By A. J. McGuire, Superintendent Special to The Plonear. Grand Rapids, March 11.—The work of the experiment station dur— ing 1912 was as follows: The growing of field crops com- mon to the timbered section of Nor- thern Minnesota. The breeding and raising of dairy stock, hogs and poultry. The rotation of crops and the test- ing of the value of stablc manure and fertilizers. The testing of the different varie- ties of grains, grasses, corn, pota- toes, forage crops and fruit trees. The clearing of land and the test- ing of the value of muskeg swamp land. The chief field crops grown were oats, wheat, barley, potatoes, fodder, corn and clover. The oats yielded 60 bushels per acre, the wheat 22, barley 26, potatoes (early) 230, po- tatoes (late) 394, .fodder corn 15 tons (green weight) per -acre, clover hay 6 tons (two cuttings) per acre. These were the largest yields ,that have been obtained on the ex- periment farm, but are the result of a normal increase from year to year, due to imcreased number of dairy stock kept on the farm. Forty cows and seventeen heif- ers were milked. The average pro- duction of the 40 cows was 5629 1bs. of milk, and 247 pound of butter fat. The heifers milked less than half the year, most of them coming in in September and October. The total sales from the dairy in 1912 were $5267.09, of which $4720.58 was for milk and cream. The total sales from the experiment farm in 1912 (110 acres under- cultivation) were $7144.47. Poultry department: In 1911 we established a poultry department on the experiment farm. Up to this time the poultry on the experiment farm were limited to 100 hens and kept to demonstrate poultry raising as a part of diversified farming, They proved very profitable with such care as is practical for the average farm- - er to provide. In establishing the special poultry department, the ob- Ject sought, is to learn the possibili- ties of poultry raising on a large scale in the timbered section of Northern Minnesota. For the new poultry department, a tract of five acres of land was set apart and a poultry house and a| poultryman’s residence built. = The poultry house was built according to the most modern plans but not ex- pensively. It is 21 feet long and 16 hd feet wide and divided into ten pens Wwith a feed room in the center, There is a concrete foundation under the entire building but earth floors are used. The cost of the building com- plete was $1100 . It has a capacity of from five to seven hundred hens. At the beginning of the year 1912, the flock consisted of 488 hens, 302 of which were pullets. They were not especially selected, a number of the hens being old and a number of the pullets late hatched. During the year they were culled down to 248. The total number of eggs laid was 2,464 dozen. The total receipts for the year was $807.34 and with the addition of 127 more fowls than at the beginning of the year. The cost of feed at the market price was $387.29 for the year. Bstimating the surplus fowls at fifty cents each, the total receipts would be $482.55 above the cost of feed. This is not a large profit, but sufficient for the first year to indicate very favorable possibilities for the poultry industry in Northern Minnesota. The poultry department has re- cently been taken in charge by Mr. C. W. Channel who has made a study of poultry raising in actual farm ex- perience. (To Be Continued Later.) Copyright by Chickering. JOSEPH J. ROBINSON, - Took Seat as Senator From Arkansas. Was Formerly Governor. KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK * ANNUAL MEETING TONIGHT * The annual meeting of the ¥ Commercial club will be held % at 8 p. m. this evening in the ¥ club rooms. Several members * who havé been out of town all ¥ winter have returned and will % attend the meeting. LB R EE R EEE SR ESES] * Kk k ok ok k k ok ok ZACHARIAS-CONDON. Rose Condon and John Zacharias were united in marriage Saturday evening at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Condon. Rev. S. E. P. White offic- iated. TO PRESENT TWO PLAYS Besides “The Elopement of Ellen”, the High school senior play, another one act comedy entitled, “A Bache- lor’'s Banquet” will be presented by members of the High school. Miss | Marjorie Knappen has charge of both plays. The caste of characters will be as follows: Dick Foster, Harold Hayner, Ma- |jor womeroy,” shg\'relL Case, Nat. Stlllmnn. Alex Cameéron; Mrs. Morti- mer, Lottie Mattson; Della Mortimer, Anna Hedman; Constance Oldfield, Angelina Munt. JACKSON A SUCCESSFUL BIDDER Edward Jackson won the contract for the new Moberg garage to be erected on the east side of Minnesota avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets. The building is to be one story but with sufficient strength in the walls to add a second if neces: sary. The roof will be supported by steel beams three feet high and fifty feet long. These will be placed on reinforced concrete piers. A beam will be placed every twenty-five feet. By using this construction, there will be no posts used in the building and the floor space will be clear. SHEEP COST $5 PER HEAD J. J. Opsahl, who has charge of the sheep matter for the Commercial club, has received the following let- ter from a Montana rancher relative to the price of sheep: Dear Sir: I herewith give you quotations on the classes of breeding ewes you peo- ple would require. Such sheep that you should have there are good young ewes of two, three or four years, bred to lamb in May, and would cost $5 a head here. Some a little older can be had at a slight reduction in this price, but these quotations are for April de- livery. After that they are very liable to go. higher as there isa strong demand and the supply is none too great. I am still thinking of put- ting some. sheep on brush land but have not decided just what I will do and probably will not be able to de- cide until next. month. I have an agent in - Wisconsin looking over some cut over lands with the idea of putting sheep on. I am expecting his report soon.and before I do anything will advise you. SCOOP . THE CUB REPORTER THEATRE. LAST NIGHT AND T™ FoLks away: LIKE SMAaLL. PoxX - ! More interest 15 being shown In ithe coming “Big Bemidg”-Superior| | Athletics basket ball games which will be played in: the armory on Thursday.and Friday nights than in any other athletic contest ever held in Bemidji. Special music for the games is being prepared by the “Hoodoo” band. People from Cass Lake and other nearby towns expect to attend the games. The Superior ‘quint met’ deteat at the hands of the Duluth Boat club by a score of 18:to 19 Friday and there- by lost ~the ~championship of the head of the lakes for which they were working. If Bemidji wins from them, the manager will try to sched- ule a game with the Duluth Boat club team to be played in Bemidji. After the game Thursday night the manager of the rink wlll allow those present to skate until eleven o’clock and on Friday night he will give a dance but the team will not give a dance either, night. Arrangements are being made to make room for the | crowd that is expected to attend and seats: will be placed on the stage so the crowd will not all be jammed in the balcony. IN-THE LEGISLATURE' Special order in the senate 11 a. m. Wednesday, is the house initia- tive and referendum bill. 5 Special order in the senate 2 p. m: Friday is the house reapportionment bill. Public hearing before the senafe roads and bridges committee, -8 p. m. ‘Wednesday, on the R. C. Dunn good roads bill. Final meeting of the senate reap- | portionment committee Wednesday | afternoon to act on the house bill. Resumption of hearings by the house grain probe committee, 10 a. m. Wednesday. ~ Special order in the house on the Cashman distance tariff bill March 18.at 2 p. m. Special order -in the house 11 a. m. March 19 on the bill creating a NO BAND CONCERT ‘Word ‘was received in Bemidji this morning that because of the hostile attitude of the University authorities the annual band trip would not be taken this year and the concert date for March 26 in Bemidji has been cancelled. RUNAWAY CAUSED COMMOTION Some ‘excitement was caused yes- terday when a big work horse madly galloped through town draggin an ice jack on the end of a long chain which was slewing in every direc- tion. No damage was done as the horse was stopped before it could get into the business section. GRAND RAPIDS HERE MARCH 21 A basket ball game has - been scheduled between the Bemidji High school team and the Grand Rapids team for March 21. The game prom- ises to be close as Bemidji was de- feated by a small score on the Grand Rapids home floor. This will prob- ably be the last game played by the High school team. - BUCKLAND IS CHALLENGED Ellsworth Ramsdell of Akeley has challenged Bertel Buckland for a race to be staged at the roller rink Wednesday night, March 19. Rams- dell has had a great deal of exper- ience on skates and believes he can win from Buckland. He owns a pair of fibre racing skates which are su- perior to any skates in Bemidji and will use them when he races with Buckland. If Buckland wins . thi§ race Irvine Sherman will challenge him for another race as he blames the skates which he wore in the former race for his defeat. If he should race Buckland again he will wear Rams- Phatos copyright, 1913, by American Press Association. 1.—8ecretary of ‘ the: Treasury—Wil- liam G. McAdoo of New Vo k. 2—Postmaster. Ge Burleson of Texas. 3.—Attorney General—James C. M-- Reynolds of Tennessee. lin K. Lane of California. | — Albert 8. B—Secretary F. Houston of Missouri. Garrison of New Jersey. 4—Secretary of the Interior—Frank- f Agriculture—David 6.—8ecretary’ of ‘War—Lindley M. B7-—8nfret-;y of State—William J. 8.—Secretary of Commerce—Wlillam c.o ‘R_-gficld of New. York, ecretary of the Navy—Jossphus: of North Carolina " 10.—Secretary of leon—w. l. Wii- son of Pennsylvania, BOOSTERS ARE NEEDED OLD PIONEER IS George. Kreatz Says Spirit of Los An- geles Promoters Should . Be Manifested Here. Insane in Hastings. Returned last night from a trip in which he made the complete circle of the western states, George Kreatz said the thing that impressed him most was the boosting of the Los An- geles business men. “They haven’t a thing there but sunshine and sand,” he said, “but they make so much of them that people flock there from all over the country. An Ed- monton man told me that people,| made- their money here and spent it there.” If we had as many boosters as Los Angelee. we would'all be rich in a tew yet Krentx had a talk with G. B. Pnpe whfle in Montana and says that Mr. Pope is a first class sheep man. Mr. Pope i impressed with the possi- bilities in the cut over'lands of Min- nesota_for grazing. purposes and hopes to ship in sheep here this spring. He says that the time is short and action must be taken at once. . sane at Hastings March 3. 100 years. born. but came to Bemidji in 1897 opened a restaurant. steady stream of customers. had. around town for a living. place. he was not responsible. - dell’s racing skates. rwe‘( HAD THE. CRUST YD THRW ME ‘ THE DRAMATIC CRITIC,0UT OF THE. TELLUM T Be GETTING BACK ATUM WiTH @& Roast/]\ovr N & OF THEIR Stow THAT WiLL keer Every l(nock Is A Boost, Scoop {Continued oo Iast page). (Continued on last page! 4l Ulu DEAD Charles Sykes, Colored, Passed Away March 3 in State Hospital for MET .. MANY : BEMIDJI PEOPLE|CAME TO. BEMIDJI "IN 1897 Charles Sykes, colored, died in ‘the state hospital for the incurable in- Mr. Sykes’ age was estimated as close to In his youth he had been a slave and never knew when he was Sykes at one time lived in Staples and He had been a valet ‘and his politeness won him a In 1898 his place was destroyed by fire and he lost practically everything he After 1898 he did odd jobs In 1902, Sykes was taken to the poor farm but he had not been there long before he tried to set fire to the The grand jury refused to in- dict him for arson and it was believed On an action in probate court, he was séntenced to Fergus Falls by Judge Clark. The NEED NOT® SIGN IT P. J. Russell Says Tibbetts License is Good Without Mayor McCuaig’s Signature, LOW AWNINGS IN DANGER A storm of protest and opposition to the mayor arose in the council last night when Mayor McCuaig re- turned unsigned the liquor license of William Tibbetts for’the use of the former Marin ‘location. John Moberg, alderman from the First, stated that he believed the li- cense should not be granted since the mayor did not:wish it but his opinion appeared to meet with no favor. 8. C.-Bailey, alderman from ithe Second, expressed himself as in favor of letting the whole matter go over until next Monday night, but Tom Smart; his.associate alderman, said that the matter. should be set- tled at once: Mr. Bailey expressed it as his opinion that if the council saw fit to grant any license and the mayor did not, wish that license granted, the council should disregard the wishes "al of the mayor and follow its own in-| hospital authorities = soon returned | clinations. P, J. kusuell, city attor- (Continued on last paxe! ~ jbrought. ‘ln. I {verdict wasin: at-tew: this morning. Nine Last Night—The State Had Rested Before Six. g PRISONER WAS ON THE STAND Not Remember Hearing Shot Fired —Is Son of Insane Man. The Verdict. “Guilty as charged in -the indict- ment.” August Johnson was convicted for the murder of Sam Marin the night of Feb. 1 in the shorteat murder trial ever held in this'‘county and one of the shortest on record in the state. Just twenty-five hours from thé time the drawing of the jury was started, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. At 9 a. m. Monday morning the court rapped for order and the se- lecting of the jury was started. By noon, the Jury box was full. . At 3:30 p. m., the witnesses had been heard and Johnson was on the stand in his own behalf.. County Attorney Torrance finished for the state at 6 D.m:- A recess was taken unti] 7:30 when the attorney. for the defense was heard and the jury charged. Court. ddjourried at 9_p. m. and the {The jury viewed the Marin premises during the afternoon. In the court room which was crowded to its capacity, a pin could have been heard to drop while John- son was telling his story on the stand. After a few questions from his attorney, he traced his move- ments from the time he came into Bemidji until he was arrested in Wilton. According to Johnson, he arrived here at 12:20 the night of January 31 and went to the Brink- man to sleep. In the morning he went out for breakfast and while waiting had several drinks. Later he went to Palmer’s hardware store and bought a box of cartridges and from there went to the Svea hotel where he drank some more. About noon, he went to Marin’s place and offered to shake the bartender for the drinks. The bartender refused but Marin stepped up and did the shaking. From this point to the time of the arrest in Wilton, Johnson’s story was the same as that printed in the Ploneer the first issue following the murder. stand that he went up stairs to get his overcoat, in which he had the gun, so that he could go out to call the police. Shortly after his arrest, he told the police that he intended to make Marin gave up the $17, which he claimed Marin owed him, at the point of the gun. In this one instance, his story on. . the-stand varied from that printed at the time of the shooting. Johnson claimed that he had no recollection of having fired the shot and did not know of it until he heard Marin cry out. He further stated that he was born in Denmark, had lived in this country twent years, and that his father had committed suicide in an insane hospital.. The fact that Johnson had acted queer while in the saloon was brought out by both witnesses for the defense and the state. - There was an attempt on “impulsive insanity’” before the jury ‘{as applying to “this case. The jury retired at nine nclock last night and took eighteen ballots before arriving at a unanimous con- clusion.: -At the-start the jury was divided as.many: believed:the sen- tence under the indictment:was un severe but rathar than let Johnson trom: five to twenty years’ ater. Judge’s Instructions Were Given at Testified in Own Behalf That He Did Johnson claimed on the the part of the ' defense to bring' The sentence will be