Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 32

i £ | _$ | Bomidji Praised As Gash Market For Farm Produce By B. M. Gile. (Agricultural Agent Bemidji High School.) This territory comprises one of the most fertile regions of Northern Min- mesota. There is a varlety of soils varying from a sandy loam to & heavy clay loam and it is all good. Bemidji is praised as a cash market and the prediction is made that the population will reach 25,000 by 1925. Agri- culture in this section is farther ad- vanced than in other Northern Min- nesota counties. No other common- wealth in the United States is so blessed as this section of the country, when it comes to opportunities for hunting and fishing. The soils of this area vary from a heavy clay loam to a sandy loam. Bemidji is located on a narrow strip of sandy loam about three miles wide and the railroads entering the city follow this strip. Many land pur- chasers who do not want sand land come into Bemidji and seeing the sand do not stop to investigate and go to another locality, ignorant of the fact that within a mile south of Bemidji is located a tract of thou- sands of acre of as good clay loam soil as the sun ever shown on. In fact that sandy land is not for sale in any amounts as it is all taken up and has been found to contain such a large percent of clay that it gives excellent returns for dairy and vege- table purposes. The clay lands lying south and north of Bemidji are in most cases covered with enough wood €0 that when it is converted into cord- ‘wood and pulp wood it will more than pay for the land. Bemidji with its 7,000 inhabitants, furnishes a ready cash market for this wood and the demand the past few years has ex- ceeded the supply. That clover is a ‘weed on this soil is shown by the fact that the road sides are lined with medium red clover from the seeds that have fallen there from the haul- ing of hay through them to the old lumber camps. The undergrowth in the woods is thickly matted with wild peas and vetches which are in themselves an excellent forage and signify that these lands are admir- ably adapted for alfalfa ae the ex- periments carried on by the local agricultural extension service have subsequently proven. The ease with which corn, clover, alfalfa and all the grains can be grown, combined with an ideal climate has destined this area to become a stock and dairy country surpassed by none. Bemidji a Cash Market. ‘We must take off our hats to Be- midji as a cash market and a great market center. It is not necessary for a practical farmer or prospective buyer to be told how fundamentally important this is. There are many other places in Northern Minnesota that has as good soil as the Bemidji country but none of them that have +|000 by 1925, and that have three and quality of the sofls. schools. The Bemidji high school ranks smong the thirty best schools iz the state, being’ one of the thirty schools selected by the state to come under the Putman Act. This act gives Bemidji special aid to maintain an Agricultural Department in con- nection with the school. The school has a demonstration plot of ten acres and carries on extension work in the rural districts. There is a Farmers’ club in nearly all the communites around Bemidji and most of the com- munities now have telephone lines and mail service. The clubs have organized a mutual fire insurance company which has been very success- ful. A Dairy Breeders’ association has been recently organized. There are several registered Holstein and Guernsey bulls in ‘the country now and arrangements are being made to bring in several registered cows. A, few years from now the Bemidji coun- try will be looked to for good grade and purs bred milch cows for a radius of one hundred miles. The country schools are already well established. A state normal school has been located at Bemidji so that higher education may be re- ceived without leaving home. No other commonwealth of the Union is so blessed as this section of the country, when it comes to op- portunities for hunting and fishing. In the magnificent forests as well as on the water courses, game is found. There are deer, moose, par- tridge, grouse, prairie chicken, duck and other game. This section of the state studded with thousands of silvery lakes, of- fers more charm to visitors from distant states than any other section, and a vacation here gives health and pleasure and determination to come again. A new, large summer hotel has been built at the head of Lake Be- midji costing about $30,000. This means more people for Bemidji and more people in Bemidji means more demand for farm produce. a consuming city of 7,000 people, ‘which it is predicted will reach 25,- trunk railway lines running.through them. Duluth and Superior, with a non-producing population of 200,000 are only 180 miles to the east. Min- neapolis and St. Paul with a non- producing population of 550,000 are only 230 miles to the sopth. Win- nipeg with a population of 300,000 is only 270 miles to the northwest. To this must be added the demands of a large mining population along the iron range only 100 miles east. These people spend for milk, cream and butter alone $4,000,000 a year. There is a creamery, an ice cream plant, box factory, lath mill and an onion growers’ assoclation which handles all kinds of vegetables, ready to pay cash for produce right in Bemidji. Is Healthful Climate. Vital statistics that a more health- ful and invigorating climate than that of Northern Minnesota cannot be found anywhere. The writer of this article formerly lived in Southern ‘Wisconsin. When I came up here I expected to find the winters very severe on live stock and on the peo- ple. I have been agreeably surpris- ed to find that neither, owing to the high altitude here and the re- sulting dryness of the air. There are only a few days when the there- mometer stands any lower than it does in Southern Minnesota or Wis- consin. It is very noticeable during 'winter days when it is very mild that there 18 rarely ever any slush under foot. The annual rainfall is exact- ly suited in amount to the character The aver- age precipitation is about 80 inches, of which 73 per cent falls during the growing season. Natural Dairyini Region. As has been briefly referred to, this country is a natural region for dairying and diversified farming. Consider a county where there is an inexhaustible supply of pure spark- ling water on every hand; where clover, alfalfa, red top, timothy and blue grass grow in abundance; where the cut-over lands are a tangle of wild peas and vetch, where corn and all the farm grains can be matured and where succulent roots and vege- tables are produced in enormous ton- nage. Add to this a temperate win- ter climate, a grazing season as long as that of Jowa, long summer days, sunny skies, shade and shelter and all you need to make this region the leading dairying region of the north- west is more farmers and good cows. Small fruits and plums have been grown here for years and are in- creasing rapidly in acreage. Bemidji has one two thousand poultry plant and a host of enthusiastic poultry raisers. Eggs and poultry for meat purposes are not being produced so far in great enough quantities to supply the local demand. Bees have made one farmer comfortably well |off here and there is a great opportu- nity along this line. Wild flowers, Ibasswood and honey producing clov- ers are found in abundance. Take Pride in Schools. The citizens of Bemidji and the {county take a great pride in their é of teis Mil Unsurpassed You can’t afford to eat or drink Qualit THE BEMIDJI DAILY FIOREER OLLAR DAY 1S YOURDAY Dec. 10ih, at the Bazaar Store A $1.00 Sale served of our entire stock of beautiful coats, suits and .dresses, excepting plush and corduroy, all go at One-Half the Regular Price We have also selected from our stock some of our newest and best mer- chandise, every piece of which is well worth the original price asked, and For this one day, price is as follows: - Heavy cotton blankets worth $1.25 to $1.35, sale price.................$1.00 Bemidji Shoe Store sale will start at 8 o’clock on the day mentioned and will continue till ten o’clock at night, and the prices quoted are good on:that day only: PULLMAN SLIPPERS 50c Carpet Slippers for men or wo- for men or women, put up ina neat men, will put on sale for th_ia $1 leather case that can be carried in day only...................3 pairs for pocket or hand bag. Makes a hand- LADIES' COMFORT SHOES, Juliets, some present; sells for $1.50. This cushion sole, rubber heel. Werth $2; oy Bl @ pair ez onlysizs @1 4 pair $1 100 pairs men'’s and women's $1 Rubbers, at...............2 pairs for SEVERAL HUNDRED PAIRS LADIES' SHOES consisting of patent, gun metal and kid, in lace or button, shoes worth up to $4.00; also a few pairs men’s shoes, all arranged on tables for your inspection at One Dollar a Pair OUT OF TOWN CUSTOMERS That every person in the county may have a chance at this sale, will state that if you cannot get into town on that day, just drop us a line a day or two before the sale, en- closing your dollar and tell us what you want and will mail it to you prepaid. - You may want a pair of those nice traveling slippers, or a pair of fancy ladies’ slippers in black, wine or red; or anything you see described in this ad that you may want, will send to you and guarantee you get your dollar’s worth. Good heavy Wool Sox, one day only at...............5 pairs for Fancy Slippers, Overshoes and many seasonable articles in footwear that you are needing right now, you will find at ‘this dollar sale. In making the rounds do mot fail to stop in at this shoe stqre—313 Beltrami avenue—and look our bargains over. You are sure to find something you want. C. A. KNAPP. Yes $1.00 does the work of two in Ladies’ suits, dresses and coats. Nothing Re- Ladies’ Sateen petticoats in blacks and colors up to $1.50 for.. . $1.00 Cemforts worth $1.25 to $.150 At s AR e e S 100 Ladies’ and Misses’ Toques and Caps was 65c each, now 2 for... .. . $1.00 anything which you are not ab- solutely sure is PURE. Every ° drop of our milk comes from a HEALTHY COW, fed on bal- anced ration, milked in abso- lutely sanitary quarters and then the milk is clarafied. The Wholesomeness and Pur- ity of our Milk is Unsurpassed. Let us deliver you a bottle tomorrow morning. You will readily taste the difference. Phone us your order now, to-' day, while you think of it. Schroeder Bemidji, Minn. W.G. Phone 65 or 66 Ladies’ wool scarfs, former price $1.25 to $1.50, now................. ..$1.00 Ladies’, Children’s and Misses’ flan- nelette gowns, $1.25, $1.50 ea $1.00 Fine neck pieces, $1.25. $1.50 and $2 kind, one day for............... $1.00 Sweaters up to $1.50, sale price SR E R L I, ) ) 1) REMEMBER: every =AhThe ‘Bazaar Store These are special prices on seasonable goods article of which is well worth the original price. ‘