Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 12, 1903, Page 1

<” a Yt kg cee eke seein pense ge a Asa aT ee Grand ew segment Vou. XIIL—No. 6. ake Jac We are showing 2 neat line of this class of and if you did not get what you wanted at our special! our regular stock, .Our assortment of Misses..and surely please you. as Ladies jackets well made and of exceptional stock, same qualities that we have , We bought them right this year and can sell them usually had to get S1o and $12 for. at 7-50, 8.50 and 9.59:, 0 6” Have other lines at.5, 09 to-7,00 sit up to 15,00 and 18.0. ,00.. of these garments will convince you-of the excellent quality and ‘low price. Children’s capes and jackets at almost any price from t. 50 to 5.00. If the. little folks are in;need of a fall wrap‘or a winter coat of any kind, let-us show you some’ At least 25 per cent ‘less than tney. of these, and you will find you can save money. have ever been sold in the town before. © LADIES SKIRTS. Our New Fall Line i is now on exhibition, and we think both style and price Ladies’ wool skirts, very nicely made at 2,25 each. While we do not claim them ,to be equal to a 5.00 article, you. will find that they are certainly remarkable garments for $2.25. . will please vou, you want than that? Our Line of Skirts includes all prices from this 2.25 article’ up to 10. ‘00. 4 skirt good enough for anyo one at 5,00, 5-50, 6.00, 7,50, 8,00 and_8.50. antile Co Itasca | CAUGHT A-COMING AND A-GOING. It’s bad enough to'pay too muth-for your Bilder’s~Hardware, but when you come to use it and find it unsatisfactory besides, you’re caught a-coming and a-going sure, enough There's no need of that happenin all. Hardware of us, and you'll #oWOhly get"aai® low@pt prices, fectly dependable, serviceable and satisfactory goods to boot. plete stcck of everything in this line. W. J. &H. D. POWERS. Buy your Builder’s ut sRer- Com- t fie =~ e Is the w@ll dressed man, when he has been fitt§d out with a handsome new suit by us; ? ” ty You get measure for measure here, and one hundred cents « AP vis worth of satisfaction’ on every = * dollar of yoyr money. °°, 4 : We are making suits in the highiest dele : of the tailoring art at Reasonable Prices. tae Donanue & Fucina. ‘goods this fall at very low prices? sale, we think you can fird it in. Children’s is of a nature that will : ge vid, An examination |, ¥ * What better do: Mr. Uhapmian’s Reply. To the Editor Herald-Review: In reply to ‘the ‘article in the” Magnet of September 2nd headed: “Chapman handles facts loosely," which was taken second handed from’ the Duluth ren withidut ¢ vany ef* appeared ip full in the News Tribune” August 27th, and ‘if anyone is Suite ciently interested to read it, “I can’: supply them with a copy if they can- not obtain one’ from. other. sources. I have been on the Experiment farm +Since, 1898 and the fact that I have never, upto this time; condemned any, -class. of soil except muskeg swamps for agricultural! purposes, is sufficient refutation of the stigma of handling ‘V' facts loesly or being--a theorist. To . Claim that the most pronounced type. of jick pine land is good permanent agricultural soil is to say that there «fo 18nob, a foot of land in Northern be Minvié®ota e except swamp that cantiot Ve profitably farmed, and those who wish to believe this second statement will undoubtedly uphold the first. If facts are wanted I am willing to supply them as abundantly as desiredé Jack pine sand is fertile enough for a few years, Pit any One expects to farm such soil for twenty years with good results, he will ‘be very much disappointed. “Other classes of sail, as indicated by the presence of poplar and white pine and hardwoods, offer better prospects for farming and I have not classed such soils as destinct- ly non-agricultural, It is also possi- ble to farm, jack pine land where it is near enough. to town to permit df: it’s being. fertilized. to any extent. - But the great.bulk of distinctly jack and Norway pine land is pot good agticultural land and only those ‘thrancially interested in ifwillelaimt that itis so” H.-H. Caapman. RES Mapai 7 Foay a 4 e Capt. Pay ‘Makes a Big Deal. Capt. M. L. Fay returned: tothe city: Tuesdgy evening from a ‘week's trip to Birmingham, Alabama, where he successfully closed whatis Perhaps the biggest deal in the history of the - ‘southetn ore ‘trade, : whereby" W.: H. - Yulwkey, of Detroit, and hiniseff; Pi quired a controlling interest in the fee of 15,000 acres of iron lands and | 000"aeres Of doi] Idd in: the ‘Bi tigham district, within a. radius of « center, says the Virginia Enterprise. The ore lands'are inthe Red Moun- tain district, end contain proven de- posits of 600,000,000 tuns of ore. ‘The coal lands‘are . in the Cahabah and Black Warrior coal fields, and exploratory work thus far on same haye proven 300,000,000 tons of coal, about two-tliirds of which is an | OX- “cellent coking coal aud the balance of domestic varieties. The work ot additional exploration and develop- ment of the lands included :inthe deal will be cammeénced about Janu- ary Ist. »thirty.miles with Birmingham as the ; ‘Held on Sept. 29’ and 30. to ed Will Be More Attractive Than . Ever Before—Merchants Make Liberal Special Prizes, fcounty Agricultural assotiation’ will be side. Septémber ‘29 and 30. ‘The re- ‘| vised list of premiums as published in the: Herald-Review’ will be issued in pamphlet form next week and given a wide circulation throughout the coun- ty. There is some disappointment felt by the officers and others on the failure of . the. effort to have new grounds ready for use this fall, but. nevertheless, a genuine old-time fair may be, had if the usual - terest’ is? , | taken by those ‘who: shoiild be inter- ested in our . annual agricultural show.: In 1904 the new fair grounds will be in readinéss together with a first class half-mile track, ‘and, it behoves our people to make a_ special effort to eep aalive the interest that has always prevailed‘in our agricultural association affairs. A new and interesting feature of the Premiums offered this year was*secur- ed through the efforts ot Secretary Grafirm, in’ which the merchants of Grand Rapids very ltberally co-operat- ed! The merchants have offered special prizes, as’ follows: Aiton Bros.. 100 pounds of Gem | flour for. the best loaf of bread made ; | from; that popular brand. John Beckfelt, of the old reliable Pioneer store, offers a pair of fine woolen blankets for the best display of potatoes. - Emil Litchke,.the harness: man, of- fers a special premium of a fine buggy. le aged oJ. 8 the! nown Bare cliants, offer” nickelplated copper tea kettle for the: best general display. of vegetables. B. L. Lieberman, proprietor of the Star clothing house, will’ present a fine suit of wollen underwear to the exhibitor of the * best *span of draft horses. Manager Dickinson of the, Itasca Mercantile Company, ‘the big store, where everything from’ d shoestring to: a threshing machine may be bought, will give a pair of lady’s $4.50 shoes for the best display. of canned goods. W.P. Nisbett, the’ pioneer jeweler of Grand Rapids, will present a clock to the exlnbitor of the best bushel of potatoes. Save : ’ Ben Levy, of the Enterprise Cloth- ing house, will-give a “Boss” three dollar hat for thes j best display of gtains. ‘Mrs, K. C, Lent, ide milliner, will give a lace hankerchiet for the; best cake made by girl ae fifteen faa of age. C. H. Marr, the clothing” and dry goods merchant, will,” "give ay O’Shanter for the best“ loaf’ of White .| bread made by girl under fifteen years ‘of age, and Lady’s weapier for best butter, Henry Hughes & Co.. the mer- chants who sell everything, willegive a silk umbrella for best driving horse. » George F. Kremer, the furniture man, will*give a pair of tapestry. curtains for best collection of paintings. (all kinds.) R. R. Bell, the druggist, sélection ot any cloth or hair brush in his store for best eghibit:of map*drawing.:« Every article offéred’ ‘in the above list is well worth competing for, and Id. have a tendency to increase cette of exhibitors.” AL gts Rees: In ‘Sunday's puis News Tribune there was a picture of Al Salter, of Duluth, dall, represent most successful hunters of the Zenith city. he News Tribune said: ”A ty eonsisti, g Of, Al. Salter, F. E. i Reky, T!"32 Stone’. and Mruoosore Frerker ‘has returned: from ‘Motley, /Minon., with 162 chickensias. a result of its work. ‘ The party was ciceroned by Al. Salter, who seems to have ac- quired quite a reputation as a captain Of huntidg parties, owing: to the fact that good luck seems to be the rule with him. He never has trouble in getting up parties, and those that are chosen always anticipate good hunt- iag and their anticipations are usual- ly realized. »Last fall he took a party” ne deer ‘haptings and on the return re they oughta wagon luaded full leér.”? of as For Itasca County’s Big Fair To Be PREMIUM LIST NOW READY As Revised This Year the Prizes Offer- The twelfth anpual fair of the Itasca held on the old grdéunds'on'the-South whip forthe t: jargest head of cabbage) ‘brother of, Mrs.. W.' C. Tyn- Ze Fi mas. gne of the: N., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1903. JEVERYBODY GET READY kets and Capes} | sver. CHAPMAN'S CRITICS, The ‘Northern Press Sets Forth Facts in Answer to Chapman’s Paper. Supterintendent H. H. Chapman, of the Northeast Experiment station, may unwittingly have been the agency throtigh which much good will result:to the agricultural interests of northeastern Minnesota. ‘The press and people of this section of the state bave come forward with facts in reply to his misleading statements with a unanimity that canno6 fail to calf'wide attention to the immense, ‘| agricultural resources of this fertile région. One of the ablest expositions , | of the fallacy of Mr. Chapman’s posi- tion is.the-following, taken-from the Cass. Lake Times: In part the ipa Says: ~ *“ “Twenty years of. experience “has shown that the Jack pine soils have not disappointed the farmer; have proven that all kinds‘ of food products haye been continuously grown, year after year, with success and profit. The region about Park Rapids isin point and every farmer who has cultivated these svils for a period of ten to twenty years will testify that when intelligently tilled there is no contingency in the results. The economic geology of a country usually determines its value for what- ever purpose it is adapied;if rocky aud'the svil is sterile, the geologist marks it down as unfit for farming purposes; if there are no rocks and the soil is composed of all the miner- al elements necessary to constitute a productive or capable soil he marks it down agricultural. Jack pine’soils contain all the mineral elements and combinations of a good soil; itis true the surface has a sandy appearance, a rough mechanical analysis will con- vince any chemist or farmer that all the mineral constitutes of'a capable soil are here in abundance. Given, a soil containing sand, lime and clay in impalpable powder, the constituents of clay and lime being sufficient to supply all the needs of plants not of the lime class, and it will :produce all food plants, except a above stated, both for man’ and beast, in abund- ance, if systematically farmed’ “The black carbonaceuus svilsof.the pratrie | . else. in stituents, but they do contain in great abundance decomposed carbon- aceous uiatter which the average farmer considers the strength of the soll and the average scientist looks upon’as humus, without which plant nutrition is impossible. ‘Lhe agri- cultural institutions of today are humus.mad, but not one in ten can tell why, or what role humus plays in the economy of plant nutrition. The Student of agriculture has learned that soils rich in carbonaceous matter are fertile, and jumping at conclus- ions declare that a svil without humus cannot produce food-for man or beast, and among the schollars of today it is a rare instance to find one who knows that humus in a soil serves only to conserve moisture an& deal it out ta,the plant when wanted. It is a well ’ knows fact among vege- table physologists that when mid summer approaches and the plant requires a maximum of water, that the surface of the fleld deficient in humus falls into . impalpable powder and prevents evaporation; this pro- vision of nature is more apparent in soils like the jack pine lands than in regions where a large per cent of Ccar- bonaceous ‘matter, exists, and this provision protects” the plants on the farm of jack pine soil while the black -for another day,'and those. whose in-. Two Douiars 4 Y. Re. nee «| eolte6t' the ‘praries M couse large constituent of humus, so It is a fact, amply. proven, that farms on these soils have been opened and large crops have been grown annually ~ without more fertilizing matter than the farmer with three or four’cows anda- team of horses or oxen could furnish, the balance of fertilization’ being furnished by clover. and other soiling plants. Profitable farming can and will be done in all parts of the great lacustrine basin known as the Mississippi Valley,’ and*what is -— the most potent element of the asser- tion is, that thousands, of:intelligent ablebodied farmers are «not only willing but anxious to make an at- tempt. Take these lands from the willing hands of the. state and turn them over to the experimenter of the agricultural départmeéent and you take the meansof making-happy.and contented thousands of -youny.-men who have for-years stood ready to make homes and a living on lands, though containing no huiius, are sufficiently fertile to attract him who gets his bread from the soil and who is willing to embark in an enterprise which he kaows to be safe. Professor Chapman’s strained effort to belittle the worth of the country he has been employed to succor and protect will not be looked upon by the inhabitants as a fair exposition of the opinion of a servant of the State whose duties are to state facts, not prejudiced opinions; and -it ds ‘the general belief of our-people that. his mission here as a scientific. agricul- turist isor should be, at anend. If the country is as worthless ‘for _gen- eral agriculture as hé would make us believe there is no’ economy‘in keeping him at’Grand- Kapids; at the head of the State: Experiment station terest in the general worth of the country he derides and will not be changed by his misstatement of facts, | may ask the governor to remove him and put in his place some competent mafi who’ will not be “lafluibneed by outside pressure.” F raternal Insu rance. ‘The fraternal insurance world. is. uch.concerned over several. schemes, advanced by differe erie for read- justment in rates of assessment. — It- ms us if the next! three vt four yearsare destined te 8ee # complete making over of the business;:whictr is -: one of the yreatest-insurancd indus- - tries that the cauntry boasts. Itshas~, reached a great expansion on prince! ples that have been ‘found to safe ind now. the gréattquestion is to” put the various orders on a firm and stable basis, oue that will assure:péer- - # Manance and an honest discharge of all obligations. Some ofthe fraternal organizations haye grappled with the problem already, and.think they have solved it. Others are*jost*niéwtak- * ing up the question. rates are adjusted there will -be nu guarantee that they ar dequate. ‘Time only can tell, but readjustment must be continued until theytare ade- quate, or disaster will be inevitable. 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