Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 8, 1921, Page 13

A MODERN DAIRY FARM NEAR BEMIDJI. L e — e OKLEE You will find this thriving, hust- ling dity on the Soo line about six- -1y niles west of Bemidji and twenty- six miles east of Red Lake Falls, the county seat. It can now boast a population. of 500 people and is grow- ing rapidly. It hastwo churches, two well organized banks, four general stores, two hardware stores, three grain elevators, one creamery, two garages, two implement dealers, two restaurants, two confectionery stores, a butcher shop, one drug store, two blacksmyith shops a feed mill a flour and feed store a barber shop, and billiard ‘hall, two hotels, and a gcod representative list of othier business houses.. A weekly newspaper, the Oklee Herald, is published. Oklee is situated in Minnesota’s best agriculturaliand dairy section. Ships hay, smalligrain, clover seed, stock and dairy products. There is room here for thousanils of people, those desiring to locate in Oklee will meet with the co-op- oration of ithe townspople. The farmers as well as the business men are enterprising and energetic, and those with capital who desire to get in on the *“ground flcor” will find Oklee the ideal spot for invest- ment. & Property must necessarily increase greatly in value in the next few years. Improved- farms are selling at §40 tad $85 per acre and there is somie wild land to be had at reasonable prices. The history and growth in farm products shows it to have been very healthy. : In educational advantages the town is on a par with any town many timey its size and the children are given the bencfit ‘of a high school education ‘combining Domestic Sci- ence and) Manual Training. . “Phe local light and power plant is operated by. the ithe city. Oklee was named after a Minneap- olig man by the name of 0. K. Lee. PARK RAPIDS . This is the county seat of wHub-‘ bard county and is located on the| (Great Northern railway about 60 | miles south of Bemidji. It can boast of a population of 1,000 people and i considered one of the best sum- mer resort cities in the state. Summer hotels and summer cot- tages ard located on the shores of its | many beautiful lakes and fishing, boating and bathing are the best to be found anywhere in the country. 1A was incorporated in 1882 and is surtounded by hundreds of the best farms in the state. The farmers are a prosperous and contented lot in this community and al have fine homes and good out-buildings and silos. In Park Rapids we find a city of beautiful homes fine school buildings and splendid churches. The streets are wide and the buildings are sub- atantial and of good appearance. It has several good hotels, some of the finest garages and stores in this sec- tion of the state. PR - & There are some thirty-five stores any more other busjness en- It supports three splendid banks, all reporting a healthy condi- tion both in and outgide the city. 1t is the nearest city to the Minne- sota State Park near Lake Itasca and Jias some of the finest roads leading intd- it from every direction in, the northwest. There are two weekly newspapers here and [both always on the job to boost the advantages of this heauti- ful, thriving'city of Park Rapids. Tl city derives its name from the park Region and the Rapid Fish GULLY Guily 'has two general stores, one bank, a weekly newspaper, a grain clovator, a flour and feed mill, hard- wware store, a furniture store, a lum- ber yard, hotel, restaurant, black- smith shop and garage. ¥t is located on the Soo line about 50 miles west of Bemidii, in Polk county. . The principal industry is farming apd 2 t to this section of the state ind)cates that they have some of the b farmg and farmers to be found ir/ Nerthern Minnesola. As is true of Clearbrook and Gon- vick, Gully is also al hustling farm town yvillage, where graips, grasses, clover and potatoes are raised abund- antly. The dairy industry is also growing rapidly and the future of - this community is certain to de- velcp rapidly. (+.-Gully has a population of about 500 and is one of the new Soo line towns in Northern Minnesota. - (Continued from Page 3) DIVISION G Grasses and Grains in Straw Each exhibit to be a bundle measuring at least three inches in diameter at band. Note: Grasses to be judged for hay value. No material to be entered in this division that was used in the Beltarmi County Exhibit at the State Fair. Class 1 2nd 3rd Clover, medium red $2.00 $1.00 Clover, aslike ... 2.00 "1.00 Clover, mammoth 2.00 1.00 Clover, white, sweet .. 2.00 1.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 2,00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 .2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 200 1.00 50 2.00 1.00 50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 - .50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 50 2.00 1.00 .50 Alfalfa ... Oats, Swedish select Qats, Silvermine Oats, White Russi 9 Oats, Big Four 10 - Kherson 11 Oats, any other 12 Barley, 6 row 18 Barley, 2 row .. 14 Wheat, winter . 15 Wheat, blue stem 16 . Wheat, marquis 17 Wheat, fife .. 18 Wheat, maca 19 Wheat, any other 20 Rye, winter .. 21 Rye, spring 22 Timothy 2.00 1.00 .50 23 Bluejoint 2.00 1.00 .50 24 Redtop . 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 25 Millet, golden .. 26 Millet, hog ... 27 Millet, any other 28 Speltz 2.00 1.00 .50 29 Buckw! . 1.00 .50 30 ' Bromis Duermus 1.00 .50 Class 2.—Ensilage and Fodder Corn, Six Stalks Lot 1st 2nd 3rd ...$2.00 $1.00. § .50 1 Ensilage, ears developed 2 Fodder, little or -no ears devel- i oped. Southern seed 2.00 1.00 .50 3 Sorghum .00 .50 .26 *4 Field Peas .. 1.00 .50 25 5 Wild Peas . 1.00 50 .25 - 6 Wild Vetch 1.00 50 26 7 Tame Vetch 1.00 .50 26 8 Rape, 1 plant . 50 .26 9 Soy Beans, 2 plai .50 .25 10 Cow Peas, 2 plants .50 .25 DIVISION H.—VEGETABLES Class 1.—Potatoes, one-half peck, or fifteen 8-ounce pota- toes. Potatoes should not be washed, but otherwise cleaned. Lot ; ist 2nd 8rd 4th 5th 6th 1 3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 § .50 2 Triumph 2.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 "1.08 .50 3 Russet ... © 2,50 2.00 1.50 100 .50 4 Irish Cobbler.. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 * .50 5 Rural New Yorker 250 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 6 Early Ohio, 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 7 Burbank 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 8 Kings . K 1.50 1.00 .50 9 Any other competing together. Note: Select for uniformity, smoothness, true to type, in all classes of vegetables. Class 2.—Table Vegetables, Six Specimens 1st 2nd 3rd Lot 1 Rutabagas .. . 2 Carrots, long 8 3 Carrots, half long 75 .60 4 Carrots, ox heart 75 50 5 Turnips 6 .50 6 Beets, long 75 .50 7 Beets, round 75 .50 8 Parsnips ..... 75 .60 9 Cucumbers, large, ripe 75 .60 10 Cucumbers, large, green 75 .50 11 Cucumbers, green, pickling, 2 to i 4 inches long, 1 quart. 1.00 5 .50 12 Peppers, green . 5 .50 13 Peppers, red 75 .50 14 Leeb . .76 .50 15 Salsify .. J5 50 Class 3.—Table Vegetables, Two Specimens 1st 2nd 3rd $1.00 §$ .75 1.00 75 .50 1.00 5 .50 1.00 5 .50 1.00 5 .50 1.00 5 .50 1.00 76 .50 1.00 L5 .50 1.00 L5 .50 1.00 .75 .50 1.00 5 .50 1.00 .75 .50 1.00 75 .50 Lot 1 Cabbage, early .. 2 Cabbage, late, flat 3 Cabbage, late, round 4 Cabbage, red 5 6 7 8 9 Cauliflower Muskmelons, ! g, Muskmelons, any other .. Watermelons ......... Watermelons, any other 10 Citrons ... 11 Brussels Sprouts 12 Egg Plant . 13 Kohl Rabi 14 Herbs, collection of eight or more for culinary purposes correctly named 1.00 75 .50 Class 4.—One Specimen Lot ! 1 Squash, green, Hubbard .. 5 2 Squash, golden: ... g 3. Squash, any other ! 4 Squash, white bush, 4 ) 5 Squash, yellow bush, summer + 6 Squash, crookneck, summer .. 1.00 6 ¢ .50 7 Squash, any other ..... 1.00 6 50 8 Pie Pumpkin, round, yellow .. 1.00 6 50 9 Pie Pumpkin, long, yellow . 1.00 6 | 50 0 Pie Pumpkin, any other .. 1.00 .75 50 (Continued on Page 6) THE'UNIVERSAL-CAR The Greatest Car Values of Today ' Are Ford Values * For Business For Pleasure For Homes For Farms For City or Country ... . For Short Trips or Long Ones L T —it‘mattcrs not what mission there is to perfofm,- a member of the FORD, FAMILY will do it a little better and at less expense. T.he best people in the world today are riding in FORD AUTOMOBILES, and as long as FORD Cars remain the blgge§t values; in the automotive industry, will this remain a fact. Regsrd]egs of whel‘? Jou live, there’s a FORD dealer near you, Regardless of where you may drive, FORD parts and repairs are waiting for you when you need them most. A ROLLING STOCK DEPARTMENT STORE tl‘hat’s what they term the C. W Jewett Co., Inc., establishment at Bemidji.” The appealing thing to the farmer is thal he can secure practically every kn@own machinery need for farm use, under our roof The Universal Ford Family “Respected By All and Despised By None.” These dependable, pop- ular lines should come to your mind first, when you think of machinery, FORD TOURING CAR—$415.00 (f. o. b. factory) Fordson Tractors Oliver Chilled Plows FORD COUPELET—$695.00 . (f. o. b, factory) Tractor Brush Beakers Oliver Disc Plows Oliver Cultipackers Doderick Auto Engine Disc Harrow Doderick Auto Engine Quack Grass Harrow Dederick Auto Engine Steel Lever Spike Tooth Harrow Ansco Tractor Drill Original Tractor T ~ FORD ROADSTER—$370.00 Spreader . by beetocy) , Stover Feed Mill » FORD SLDAN—$760.00 Stover Cord Wood Saw - . (f. 0. b, factory) ., .} Wood Bros. Individual . Thresher h Swayne-Robinson Ensgi- lage Cutter Landford Tractor Baler Martin Farm Ditcher and Road Grader Martin Special Road Drag FORDSON TRACTOR—$625.00 Universal Tiractor (f. o. b, factory) Grader o= Cutmore Mower ‘At- n-urry Open Expross tachment for Tractors . 262A on Ford Trusk Chassis Coswell Automatic Bin- der Hitch OLIVER CHILLED PLOW—$130.00 ) TRUCK CHASSIS—$4 (f. o. b. Bemidji) (f. 0. b, factory) - C. W. JEWETT COMPANY, INC. E. P. McMahan, Manager \Your nearest dealer is almost at your very door. You may be interested in some of the equipment this announce- 2 ment carries, and if you desire more information it is easily obtained from one of these FORD SERVICE Stations. Northern Auto Co., International I'alls, G. P. Ballou, Mgr, Clearwater Auto Co., Bagley, J. Randall, manager Charles McDonald, Shevlin M. A. Rognlien, Wilton . Blackduck Co-operative Exchange, Blackduck s A C. Peterson, Kelliher 3 H. L. Leseman, Northome . LR Aaron Bengson, Mizpah SN 4 0. M, Paulson, Little Fork ' =~ .~ Frank Marcoe, Malcolm ! i H Marin, Guthrie b . Puposky Mercantile Co., Puposky Nelson Quality Store, Leonard Burt Noble, Nebish ASK ABOUT OUR TIME PAYMENT PLAN bt £ { ;fillIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII||IIIIl||||ml||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!II|||IIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIII||II|II|lIIII|IIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIllIIlliIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIH - fl"“’"“""“"“'""'“""""'"'"'""'"""""""""""""a? ¢ . & AU NiF OO AL .——- == =