Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 15, 1906, Page 2

er . rate a tof clover hay you sell $7750) “ = orth of good fertility with it. Feed Grand Rapids Herald- Ueview. Vo, XIV.—No, 25 Granp Rapips, Irasca CountTy,.MInN., SatuRDAY, DEc- 15, 1906. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Two Dotuars A YEAR. = The Farmers Institute. The institute opened Friday morn- ing with a very creditable turnont of farmers, many of whom were accom- panied by their wives, and the talks! were listened to and the closest at- tention given each speaker. We are sorry our limited space probibits our giving the lectures in full as. they contained a wealth of good informa- tion for the husbandman. Speakers, O. C. Gregg, superin<| tendent of the Farmers Institute of Minnnesota, subject—agricultural education: A. McGuire, superin- tendent of the Northeast Experiment Station,. subject—general farming, dairying: O. °M: “Olson, farmer and, stock raiser. Montevideo, Minp.,| subject--soil fertility, ‘hog raising: | A. McLeran, farmer and horticul- riten county, Minn., sub-| land, growing vege-| es and small fruits. A few pointers from the institute. Northeastern Minnesota is especially | pted for du ng, for the production of bacon perk, for poultry | ra g. for root crops and . potatoes, | for the growing of vegetables | small fruit. This is the line of} og we should follow. | All the hay and grain grown on the | farm should be fed on the farm. It essary to do this to keep up ity of the soil. When you is nec the fe that ton of cloyer to a good dairy cow. She will pay more for it in butter than the bay would bring on the market and the fertility that} would have been sold in the hay is returned to the soil in manure. The cows at the Experiment Farm during the past year averaged $38, per cow ip net protit, over and above the cost of the feed they consumed. Keep cows, keep dairy cows. It costs as much to produce a pound of beef | as it does a pound of butter. At the} present time a pound of dressed beef | will sell for five cent, a pound of good butter will sell for over twenty-five | cents. Keep dairy cows. The bacon hog should be kept in| | appraised at $% connection with dairying. be grown on the skin milk and clover pastures and fattened on barley, peas and roots. These feeds produce the choicest bacon. The Large Improved Yorkshire is the best bacon breed for this section. There is a growing demand for bacon pork and northern Minnesota may become the bacon producing section | of the United States. State. Stumpage Sale. Yesterday C. S. Atkin, state stum- page Clerk, and C.S. Brown. deputy state auditor, conducted a sale of state landsat the Pokegama_ hotel and out of 78 fractions offered, sixty- five pieces, at an appraised value of 5, were sold for $16,310. But little competiton arose amongst the bidders excitement. Those bidding at the sale were Al. Powers, W. C. Gilbert, Sutton &} Mackey, J. B. Connors, Itasca Cedar & Tie Co., Gust Paulson, Geo. Dewey, | }Clarance Buchanan, J. Lefebre, Moore & Co., rank Voight, Jack Mohr, M. O’Brien, Martia Bros., 8. E. Thompson, and Louis Swanson. Monday two sales were held: in the forenoon at Two Harbors and in afternoon at Duluth. . In Lake county the sale amounted to $6,500. The value of this stumpage as appraised was 290. In St. Louis county the bidding was» kept up for some time, and was the Cloquet Tie & Post company. which wished to control tory, that company paying into the state treasury a little over $14,000 of the $28,300 taken Puluht. One tract appraised at $190 was sold for $2,000. At Park Rapids eight tracts were offered and sold at 740.. The Cass county ie amount- d to $8,550 and the tracts sold were Local French citizens are interested in the movement of the French Un- 1on of St. Paul which has sent an invitation to Sir Wilfred Laumer, prime minister of Canada, to visit thein next month, ‘They can | and the sale was devoid of; the | stimulated by | that. terri-| in by the state at! Court Proceedings. Futher prosecution of C. C. Miller, furmer treasurer pf Itasca county, will be postponed until June next, 2 aresult of an application for a con* j between the defendant and Execu- actly pleasant. The verdict will throw the -cost: of the appeal upon ‘the county, and the total expense tinuance before Judge Spooner. thus incurred will amount to not less Notice of the motion for a contin-|*han $500. The prosecution was uance was given on the first day of! handicd by the attorneys of the game and fish commission at special re- the term, but it was not expected | ® anything would be developed on the} est. i : hearing which would be productive} A verdict of guilty was re- of delay. To the general public’s ‘turned in the, case of Re A. Holnies, surprise it was shown that Miller has|Cbarged with obtainiig money . under a clot of blood on his brain, and that} f4lse pretenses. Holmes lives at the stain incident to a prolonged Bemidji, and was arrested for using trial might cause his death. ‘The |¢Pfederate money. affiadvit setting forth these facts | State vs. Arthur mtiee SUTy, was made by Dr, C. M. Storch, ove of disagreed: retrial next week. our leading physicians. The prosection | Willlmann vs. Board Gounty. did not question the accuracy of the | Mlssioner still at trial. diagnosis made by Dr. Storch, but |) a eae requested the defendant to submit to Good For Bernard. Com* {a confirmatory examination to be rae ey | made by Dr. Russell, together with A recent number of the Crookston {some physician from Duluth. To Journal contained the | following re- | this consent was refused and the} ation to our former townsman: A. Washington’ at where he |G. Bernard reached |court was obliged to determine the} floon today from’ Oklahoma, the question on the original showing | the out come being as ora The attended the national drainage con-j | pending case against E. J. Farrell, | ¥eotion asa delegate from Minnesota. \fromer auditor of the county, was{| fhe most important action taken by coutinued. following the a jon in|the convention was a decision to/ state swamp lands, s establish a permanent Washington, and Capt. Bernard has been named us manager bureau. He was also elected chair- The nature of the | prosecutions is such that the later} ses ought logically to follow the | former cases, it is said. Miller’s con- dition is reported to have -come> asa, }surtrise to his at‘orneys. Up tyethe-ensvin the Sunday before court opened| Pen offices at one they were engaged in preparing fur|#ttention to the general | his defense, the state having given | federal BEE COS : notice that it would move one of the Le Miller cases early in the first week of! Wants Murder Case Retried. | the Miller cases. Capt. Bernard will e his court. In state vs. Beech F. Ward, of Miss Hilma ieraaters is not satis- Fairmont, the jury returned an fled with the justice of Itasca county acquittal. Ward is a former member | courts and is soliciting funds in this of the board of game and fish com- and St. Louis counties to aid iu the missions and was charged with have prosecution of Albin Johnson, who ing shipped a part of a carcass of a Shot her brother, Fred Hemmin cow moose from a point near ome to his home in Fairmont. When brought to trial in the justice court at Northome a conviction re- sulted, from which he appealed. Much interest attached to the case, fork river. Johnson was released by. the courts on defense. Mis to have the ¢ jon al Falls Echo. as it was known that the relations| tive Agent Fullerton were not ex-{ Is lt a Contest? The following (fon m the Big Fork Compass would lead one to believe that the up country towosare getting ready to take a hand In the county division matter. Koochiching county may yet find; trees on the track before it steams | into the station. Reports from locale | ities indicate an organized movement to contest the result of the recent vote on county division. Northome has raised seyeral hundred dollars to begin a contest. Ata mass meeting -held Monday night it was decided by our citizens to contest the election iu so far as it related to the organization of Kooch- iching gaunty, appointed to solicit funds to secure legal services. It is the general opine | ion that when the voters of 17 pre- cincts in the-county lost their votes on accanyt of the carelessness of election clerk: No More Money for Survey. bureau in} man of the executive committee for) years. subject of | | working data for the establishment North- | last spring at his home on the Bi oH! the grounds of self) Hemming is seeking | vey which Mr. e retired.—Interna- | The Minnesota legislature will not} be asked to provide any more money | of the} for a topographical survey s George A. Ralph, of Crookston, engineer of the tate draindge board, in the Cass | of the Lake Voice, who bas been in charge hot the survey work for the pa two Mr. Ralph says that he will ve able to present a report to the legislature in January whieh will be as complete as is necessary to furnish of drainiage svstems. Instead of further funds for the prelimary survey, the legislature will be urged to appropriate 100,000 at once, to jstart the woak of systematically draining state lands, and av attempt will be made to establish an appro- priation of $100,000 per year for 10 years to provide funds for working out the immense system of canals und ditches planned for northern Minnesota. .The topographica] sure Ralph has just com- pleted was authorized by the 1905 | which appropriated | ‘legislature, anda committee was | a contest is in order. | | $15,000 for the work. Engineer Ralpb }and his assistants have goue oyer every bit of the swamp land owned | by the state, and they are now finish- ing up maps and elevations which {will show the nature of the entire (northern part of the state, and ‘which will indicate the system to | secure satisfactory drainage of all Nands. “The gigantic drainage sys- | tem can be started at once,” said Mr. Ralph, “if the legislature will authorize appropriations for the work. Our maps will show all the elevations, and will be complete except for working out of the minor details, which can be done when the actual work of drainage is under- taken. The project is one which should be pushed with all vigor at |the present session. The northern ‘lands are worth millions of dollars, jand until the water is drained from the inundated territory, deyelopment of the northern part of | the state will be greatly retarded.” An [lets Appeal. My friend. help the editor in wild-eyed search for news. W your friends come to see you, if are not ashamed of it tell him; w your wife gives atea party if you have recovered from the effects of the gossip, dropin with the news; when a baby arrives fill your pockets with cigars and call: if you-go toa party steal some of the good things, }and leaye’em with the itemin our sanctum. © It yo wife licks you come in and let us see your scars and tender sympathy through the paper; if your mother-in-law has died don’t be bashul aboutit: givein all the common place news, In short what- ever makes you feel proud, sad, lone- some-or glad submit it to our 24 kart wisdom and see our matted locks part and stand un end with gratitude which will pour from every pore like moisture from the dew be-sprinkled earth. The public library has just been in- creased by the addition of fifty new ! books. ITASCA MERCANTLE CO. THE STO GRAND I RE OF QUALITY RAPIDS, MINN. nt THE STORE OF ITASCA MERCANTILE CO. QUALITY GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. \ onan you come and see what this store holds for Christ- mas you will wonder if we left any for the other stores to show. Just glance through our list of presents for Christ- mas, you will find some suggestious that you will profit by--- any articles that you may select will be held for future de- livery---and we cordially invite you to look through this mammoth stock. Handkerchiefs for Men, Women, and Children tion of fine and servicable hiets as we are showing can be seen at 3 store. We have built up a handkerchief trade because we have always g' better handkerchiefs for the money than other Our collection this season is more com- n ever. Ladies’ pure linen hemstitch- 5c aD oo dered hand- c ed handker Se and s loped em- 10c 35c 50c Latte iene a 25c 35c Men's embroidered Mice Gale 20C./5C Te we 15¢ Shoe Department 1.75 hand made, Parlor lamps Dinner sets Silverware Clocks “i linen hen broidered handkerchiefs 5c Pictures Carving sets A nice range Children’s handkerchiefs. .... Dous An immense collection of dolls of all kinds—we are a , the very fi look alm > and expr s Juliet slippers, vici nd-turned s dolls mac Men's. =tippe ke in appear- Dressed dolls.. 10 a knit Bliniee . he 98 with soft lamb wool lined n black or red, only Cc Bis »rint- % Beal 25g « $4.75 : Fancy Stationery Doll Clothes Xmas Cards, Photo Albums, Postal Everything for the doll — doll Card Albums and stockings, doll hoods, A large display of fancy station- ves—in fact, everything im- | ery put up in very attractive boxes maginable for the doll in our up-to- | for the holiday date doll department. trade. sole Hand decorated china Cy) IB ease this list very carefully---you will surely find something you can give for Christmas that will be appropriate, lasting and useful. Remember, this store is full of a complete Christmas stock of practical values that you cannot possibly duplicate elsewhere. Blankets Pillow tops Pillows Pillow cords Carpets Waist patterns Iron beds Linen doilies Bed spreads Tray cloths Lace curtains Handkerchiefs Fine table cloths Scarfs Fine towels Aprons Books for Holiday Gifts Special Holiday Editions for the C hildren Fairy books, animal sto: bible school stor adventurous autho: in one sylable and range in price from the highest class volum the cloth covered book of $e. Beautiful bibles printed on fine parchment and linen papers, bound in different kinds of leather, Prices 4.00 down to $1.00 Christmas Linens Visit our linen department if you want to please the housewife. We carry an enormous line of fine and 1se- ful gifts. The follow ing items will give a few suggestions of suitable gifts for givers: Fine table cloths, fine towels, tray cloths, fine napkins, lunch cloths, center pieces. INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE Fur sets Books Suit cases Trunks Shoes Glo OU don’t need a fat and bulging pocket book to shop here. If you wish to make small sums accomplish wonders you can surely do it at this store. Just at Christmas time many people wénder how they are going to make their money hold out---this indicative list of what we are showing may help you to solve the question. Men’s Furnishings ’s store with all the up-to-date A complete me: shi specially prepared to meet ngs, We xe holiday t furt the Neckwear for men in the latest shapes and pat- pens, an tamense voce Oe 50c 25c square shapes, plain and 50c $1.00 $2.00 kind—Lampher's | well noven wnt $4.00 $1.50 75c¢ kind a complete line of fanc night robes, fine dre 8 youths, boys and children in yles and pr Silk waists Neck mufflers in silk, newe colorings, at, . Gloves of every gloves — lined lined... Slippers Men's fancy golf gloves Also pende: for m range of ves Christmas Hosiery Practical gifts are < accept abh ad nothi tical than a nice pai le hose either in the plain or fancy kind. 50c » $1.24 For Women and Men A most comprehensive assortment of fine silk and linen umbrellas with beautiful handles, suitable for either men or women. Handles of pearl } and natural box wood, richly trim- med with silver or gold. Prices range from. $1 $5 Toys Of every description from 5¢ to $15 anical toys waa * * of silk or *-printing Toy locomatives Doll go-carts Doll trunks Paints Air guns Ladies’ Back Combs in all the latest designs of fancy carving or handsomely mounted 5e » 75c Price Drums Skates