Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 8, 1905, Page 1

| pe Granpb Rapips, Irasca CouNnTY, Minn., Satrurpay, AprRit 8, 1905. Two Do.iars A YEAR. a surface looks like new for years. artic’e for little money. If you do, here is your chance to get-them. cheap. ETE VET PT TES PD AR, BCR SECT ERE his job. He is the man whom we like to serve and who likes us to serve him. He knows we carry a full line of tools and supplies of ail kinds. He knows also that what we have is good, even if it is cheap. Ww. J. & H. D. Powers, Grand Rapids Minnesota. Always likes to have everything ready to his hand, He doesn’t waste time in hunting up things he ought to have at the start of E HAVE the largest line of the goods in the town and as we are forced to keep them up-stairs, we have to make the price low enough to keep people in touch: with the fact that it pays to come here to see them, Don’t buy cheap oil cloth to wear out in a few months but get some good linoleum at a little more cost that will last almost forever. Besides the wear, it makes. a much better looking floor, is casier to clean and can be kept always looking bright and new. It is not stamped like oil coth but the colors are made right in the goods. No bare or worn spots where you walk the most but the whole i, ——————— Are worthy of your inspection:if you are in need of a good serviceable Our highest priced carpet is 75¢ per yard and we have in various styles and prices from that to 35¢. the worth of your money in every instance, and satisfaction. DO YOU NEED LACE CURTAINS? ed line that were bought right, and wé are selling them correspondingly . 4 O a pair From $1.22 and Up And in all sort of styles and patterns Itasca Mercantile Company. (Ee ae Ee ee ea se ee ae ea a Sea SEE EE ES mt Down and $5 per month Grand Rapids Village Lots $5 We have choice residence lots all over town and we are sell- ing them on such easy terme that anybedy cau buy. $5 down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. A house and three lots for sale cheap. We also have some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. REISHUS-REMER LAND cOMPANY, FESAOAAATSE SEHD SSRSSSER GOSS EHESESS THERE TAS SHRS PHCKKSHORHE AKERS HHS SHH SS HG AS EAE he OA EE ARE ARE ATE AE ee SE ARE ag A ae a PRBS We promise you We have an extend- MALO AL ASL ASL NAL OAS ROL NS of Noh Ore honn Gr ———e- [BRING SETTLERS TO MINNESOTA Practical work for attracting im Migration to this part of the state 1s one of the most desirable thing at this lime, says the Aitkin Age. There is little ope of getting any useful assistance from the state, and it has been suggested by B. M. Hung- ford thata half dozeo counties orgav- ‘ize aud proceed to business. The timber group of counties, Itasca, St. Louis, Carlton, Aitkin Crow Wing and Cass, might be a desir- able ‘combinatiou; and the class of Settlers,to go after would be farmers from other timbered sections where prices of Jands have advanced. Such settlers would know how to develop the country and would not be easily discouraged as are the prairie farm- ers who want big ‘acreage and grain fields that they can till from spring seats. This isa dairy and stock country, suitable for diversifled farming, and should be advertised for these pur- poses. The half dozen counties mentioned would have territory enough and be strong enough financially to conduct a campaign in their own behaif. Pos- sibly it would be wise to equip a car with our products and advertising tatter and send out with representa- tives toshow and talk up what we have to offer to settlers. ‘The Cali- fornia car and the North Wisconsin car are doing this work for their sections and possibly the railroads would co-operate ,with the counties Ina similar work, The G. A. R. post of Grand Ra pids will observe memorial day Sabbath at the Episcopal church, Sunday, May 23. Rev. memorial address. All old_ soldiers are invited to attend. By order of H. S. Huson, adjutant. Wa WerzeL, commander, : 5 Murpliy will render a EXPERIMENTS FOR FARMERS Builetm No. 47 by Superintendent McGuire of Grand Rapids Experi- ment Station Discusses Cultivation of Soil. Plowing: Fall plowing is best for nearly all kinds of crops and under almost all kinds of conditions. ‘The earlier the plowing is done in the fall the better fur the reason that the sod has more time to rot, and the air and moisture acting on ihe elements of the svil make them more available for plant food. | When plowing must be done in the jspring plow medium to light rather than deep especially if, the svil is sandy as deep plowing makes loose soil and loose soil holds moisture poorly. Soil that has been spring plowed and loose may be improved’ by roliing. Harrowing it often also tends to make 1t more firm. In breaking ‘up new land plow throughly. The expense of clearing land is too great to only half culti- vate when once cleared. Small flelds, fertile soil, thorough cultivation, must be our system of farming in Northeastern Minnesota. Preparing the land in the spring: Start the harrow as soon as you can get on the field. The surface of the early cultivated soil warms up quick- ly, gets rid of the surplus water at the same time holds the raoisture be- neath which is needed for the crop later on, : Harrow the soil thoroughly. The finer the better, clods are po better than so many stone.. The plants can make no wse of them till they are pulverized. Furthermore the svil that is fine with a smooth surface withstands drought much better than one cloddy and rough. For working up new land a disk or spring tooth harrow is most valuable, Corn ground will give better results when worked up with a disk than if plowed especially if the svil is sandy. ‘The disk is also useful in working up unbroken soil, I. Lbe soil fertility: ‘here is no soil so rich in patural fertility but what may beimproved by manure. Tnere is no soil so rich but what it may be- come improverished by continuous cropping without manure. The sandier a soil the svoner it will ron out without manure. Put every fork- ful of manure about the barnyard on the flelds. Spring is the best time to apply it. If it remains ina pile in the barnyard during the summer the greater part of its value is lost. Soil mukes the best use of fresh manure Where vw apply manure; Next to the garden, potatoes and all kinds of roots are the first that should be manured, The potato crop may be doubled by the use of manure. The ground where you are guing to sow fodder corn aud “mangles for winter feed for the cows need manuring. The hay meadow will do much vetter from a light dressing of manure. The first principle of good farming is to keep-up the fertility of the svil. Know one fact: that this cannot be done without manure. It means this: That you must keep livestock on your farm. Laise feed to feed them. Hay is $10a ton. A good cow will pay $15 for it, and return to the soil fertility which it contains. Keep cows, They are the foundation upon which we must .build our farms in this section of the state. Gaow feed: You can grow from 4to 8 tons of cured fudder corn per acre. ‘I'wo tons of hay per acreis a large yield for . Folder corn takes the piace of hay. Sow in drills 3 feet apart and cultivate. Sow 3 pecks per acre. Cut before frost. You cau grow from 12 to 20 tons of mangles peracre. They are splendid winter feed for allkinds of live stock. They largely take she place of grain. Ten pounds of seed will plant an acre, They do the best on a sandy soil. Grow feed, increase your number of farm animals. The best cultiva- tion of the soil will result in failure without live stock. MRS. T. F. BRADY DIES AT HIBBING The sad news of the death of a former resident of Grand Rapids is given in the Duluth News Tribune as follow: Mrs. T. F. Brady, wife of Judge Brady, of the municipal court, died Tuesday night after an illness of two months. She was taken with grip and complications developed, butit was not thought at any time that her condition was serious. Mrs. Brady was thirty-two years of} ‘age and leayes three little anes. She | had been'a prominent figure in social and church circles. Mrs. Hullette C. Merritt, of Pasadena. Cal. is a sister. She and other relatives have been notified of the death. Funeral | arrangements have not been complet-+ ed, but 1t is believed that the remains will be taken to Saginaw, Mich., for interment. IMPORTANT ISSUE HANGS. Great interest is being taken in the outcome of the appeal which will be taken from the decision of Judge Lochren, of the United States dis- trict court, in the case of Hugh Funk, charged with selling liauor to Indians and also introducing liquor onto the land over which the govern- ment is claimed to have juurisdiction by yirtue of same having at one time been, an Indian allotment, says the Duluth Herald. “Funk was found guilty before Judge Lochren,. last Friday and was remanded to the custody of the deputy United States marshal. He abt once gave bonds, and the case will be appealed to the United States court of appeals, and if another adverse decision is rend- ered, then the case will be appealed to the United States supreme court, fora final decision. The case was in the nature of a friendly test of the ruling of the department of Indian affairs, in which it was claimed that, although the land on which the sa- looa was located (one mile west of* the statiun of Ball Club, has been purenised as a deceased allotment and title had been given to the pur- chaser, Frank Gorenflo, the property was still subject to the Jaws govern= ing Indian lands, and no iatoxicating liquor could be sold there. Gorenfio rented a building to Hugh Funk, and the latter started a saloon therein. Ile was warned to stop the sale of liquor, and in order to test the law in the matter aud ascertain if lands on which a person has receive? a title is still subject to the laws of the Indian department, tad the present suit brought. local interest in the easeis great, us Lhbere are those who claim that if the decision of Judge Lochren holds good, the land on which is located the present village of Cass Lake is in the same condition as the townsite of Cass Lake was purchased at public auction, from the goverment, and it is far from likely that the same law will apply here. Saloous have been established in Cass Lake to number of twenty or more, and they have been conducted as such during the past four years. The new townsite of Richards, as well as any other towns that may have been establish- ed on deceased Indian allotments, is affected by this decision, and the vutcome of the Funk suit will be watched with great interest. BOOM AT BOVEY > IN ORE BUSINESS Duluth, Missabe * tend Railroad Line to that place. © Northern to Ex- The recent acquisition of the iron mines here by the Oliver Iron Min- ing company has been the means of giving the newest of Mesaba range towns a boom, and a summer of great business activity is looked for, The oliver people now control the two developed properties and all of the Canisteo iron Mining company, the Lewis property, which added to | the Diamond and Arcturus mines, earlier acquistion, gives the com- pany an immense tonnage of irop ore. It is understood that Duluth Mis- saba & Northern road will extend its linc from Hibbing to Bovey, ‘The | Great Northern bas a braneh from | Hibbing to Nashwauk, and it is rum- ored that the road will be extended on to Grand Rapids, passing through Bovey. Notagreat deal in the way of actual development can be accomp- lished until rail facilities are sup- plied. Building and all other mater- ial 1s now hauled in Bovey by wagon from Grand Rapids a distance of about 11 miles. He Needs Bread. ; A Washington county (Missouri) editor makes the following hea rtrend- ing appeal: “One of our newly married young ladies kneads bread with her gloves on. The editor of this paper needs | bread with his shves on; he needs | it. with his trousers on, anc unless | Oliver the delinquent readers of this old ragof freedom pay up soon we will need bread without adarn thing un.’ PREDICTIONS ARE NOT CHEERFUL Weather Prophet Says There Will be Storms to be Reckoned With in April. that April will bea A warm wave will pass over the country from west to east during the first few days of the month, and rain and wind storms will follow on the 3rd and 4th. There will be a tendency to hail, and along about 6th there will be frosty nights. On the 7th and 8th it will get warmer and there will be more storms of rain and wind. After these rains and storms it will again grow cooler and there may be frosts. A regular Vulcan storm period extends from the llth to the 15th, and another storm period will commence on the 17th and extend to the 20th. During this period there will be severe elect- rical storms, and possibly tornadoes in some quarters. From the 24th to the 27th there will be another storm period and April showers will thicken into heavy thunder storms. There will be too much rain in some of the leyel countries of the central part of the country. The monib will go out with achange to fair aud cool near the end of the mouth, but the re- actionary storms will return about the 12th and the last day will be warm, with a tendency to rain. Hicks says stormy month. A SPLENDID COMPLIMENT Dr. W.‘O. Thompson, president of the state university of Ohio who visited Superintendent of Public In- struction Olson and Governor Johu- son last week had the following to. Say regarding Minnesota’s education- al work: “Minnesota’s fame along education- al lines is no less in the east than in the west The state bas a splendid educational system that ranks among the highest in the country. The university and the state agricultural schools are classed as models of their kind. The eastern states spend less. money for educational purvoses than Minnesota, and consequently cannot compare with your institutions. Eastern legislators become legthargic when educational measures come up. It was for’ example only a compara- tiveiy few years ago that high schools were established in New York state. strongsfight for features and we expect to ccmpare favorably with Minnesota in future years.” Such a tribute from a gentleman of standing as an educator as Dr. Thompson 1s of more than passing moment. It is one of the best ad- vertisements a state could receive and should be given all the publicity possible by the press of the state. better educational GREENWAY TO BE SUPERINTENDENT Word has been received from Bovey that John C. Greenway is the man the Oliver Mining company will place in charge of the mines at that place. He has been stationed at Ishpeming, Mich., and when it be- came known that he was to be trans- ferred to this range there was much speculation as to the position he was to take. Mr. Greenway is the young- est superintendent employed by the Mining company, but he is said to be qualifled for tbe difficult task of developing the irun ore mines of the western end. Notice. Grand Rapics April 6, 1905. Weitzel had a write up in the Mag- net last week, saying that I had said I mounted those two wolves in Hep- fel’s salcon. I would not disgrace myself to have the pevhle think that Idonesuch bum work as he did on those two wolves. You would not know they were wolves only by the tre hides. I do my own work. [ don’t. hire a man to do it and givé myself the credit. 5 We have just completed an entire deer. Call at our shop and see the work and judge for yourself. FRANK STOREY, Taxidermist. gE = Arbor Day, April 28. Gov. Johnson has named Friday, April 28th as arbor and bird day for Minnesota. He first designated the 2ist as the date but as that is Gook Friday he made a later date... Mrs, T. Olin returned Wednesday from a visit to Nashwauk.