Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 16, 1907, Page 4

FOUR LOSE LIVES IN TIRE AGED MAN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE BURNED TO DEATH AT » NEW ULM. New Ulm, Minn., Nov. 12.—Henry Ginner, aged seventy years, and his three grandchildren were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home Saturday. Henry Ginner was an invalid, prac- tically paralyzed by rheumatism. His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Louis Ginner, left her home to-go to her father’s house on an errand, and in order to prevent her children from leaving she locked the door. She had not been gone long when Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Karl, neighbors, noticed that the house was in flames. They gave the alarm, but when rescue-of the grand- father and children was attempted it was found that the entire inside of the dwelling was ablaze. Nothing could be done to save the victims. The mother was overcome when she reach- ed home and found the house in flames, It is supposed that the children either played with matches or med- died with the stove and in that way started the fire. HEINZE IS OUT. Syndicate Buys His Stock in Butte Bank, Butte, Mont., Nov. 12.—Through the consummation of a deal announced by John MacGinnis, president of the Sil- ver Bow National bank of this city, A. Augustus Heinze is eliminated from the directorate of that*institution, all of his stock in the bank being ac- quired by a syndicate headed by Thomas A. Hinds and A. B. Cook. Mr. MacGinnis was formerly vice president of the United Copper com- pany and during the Heinze-Amalga- mated warfare was Heinze’s chief lieutenant in his operations in Butte. “GYM” WORK PARALYZES, Little Girl Is Seriously Hurt by Fal From Trapeze. Hill City, S. D., Noy, 12. — A fall while doing some gymnastic work in the school room probably will result in Gertrude Miner, a ten-year-old girl, becoming a cripple for life.. The little girl was swinging on a trapeze when her hold broke and she fell, landing on her arm.* Within twenty-four hours both arms were entirely paralyzed, and local physicians believe the injury will be permanent. HORSE KICKS HARD. South Dakota Man Has a Variety of Injuries. Hot Springs, S. D., Nov. 12.—While cleaning his horse last night, John Frager, a driver for the Cable compa- ny, was kicked by the animal and knocked down, sustaining a fractured collar bone, a couple of broken ribs, the right knee completely sprung out of joint and several gashes in the head, requiring half a dozen stitches. PRAIRIE ABLAZE. Nearly 500 Tons of Hay Burned Near Benson. Benson, Minn., Nov. 12.—A prarie fire near Clontarf, six miles west of Benson, did considerable damage last night. About 500 tons of hay were burned. Tie wind was blowing almost a gale and wisps of blazing hay were blown from stack to stack, across firebreaks that had been made, WRAP UP WARM; KILLED. Man and Wife Are Run Down by Train. Burlington, Iowa, Nov. 12.—Mr. and Mrs. George Gillinger were run down by a train as they were driving across the track near Clatty, and both were instantly killed. It is thought they were bundled on account of the cold and did not hear the train. LEFT MONEY BY FRIEND. Colored Woman of Sioux Falls Is an Heiress. Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 12. — Mrs. George Coleman, a colored woman of this city, according to advices from Norfolk, Neb., has fallen heir to be- tween $3,500 and $4,500, which was left her by a friend who recently died in Holland. Trainmen Also Firemen. Miller, S. D., Nov. 12. — Handling freight is not the only work of the train crews between here Black Hills. The heavy trains are pulled by small engines and in going up the grades live cinders are thrown out on the prairies/ setting fires, and the train is stopped and all hands pitch in to put out the fire. Disastrous Floods in Italy. Rome, Nov. 12. — The rain storms and floods throughout Italy contiaue. Railroad tracks are being carried away in several places and reports are being received of the destruction of houses and the drowning of cattle. Several human lives have been lost. Two Killed) on Track. Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 12.—Freder- and the | =") | MEASLES AFFECT MIND. Girl’s “Decline Gradually Continues and She Is Sent to Asylum, Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov. 14. — A ipeculiar case of insanity, resulting from measles, was investigated by the county board of commissioners of in- sanity, and the patient, Miss Hattie Henderson, was ordered confined in the state hospital at Independence. Mental derangement developed simul- taneously with the recovery of the girl from an attack of measles. This was almost two years ago. She grad- ually has grown’ worse since them. The case has been puzzling physicians who have been interested in caring for the girl. She is seventeen years old. Be ES Sy FRIEND AND $180 GONE. North Dakota Man’ Is Victim of Confi- dence Game. Fargo, N. D., Nov. 14.—A confidence game was worked on August Fernster- man of Greely, Iowa, here yesterday to the extent of $180. With two compan- ions ke came in from Oakes, N. D., having $280 in all. He was induced to purchase a grip, place a draft for $100 and $80 in cash therein and check it, giving one “friend” a claim check. He was then taken out to see the town and was “lost,” and when he came to he discovered his grip and money were gone. No traces of the men have been found. LO MUST NOT KISS COP. Indian Who Tries to Embrace Hand- some Officer Is Fined. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Nov. 14.—Be- cause he attempted to kiss a police- man, Joe Mofett, an Indian, was ar- rested and fined $6. The policeman called Mofett’s action disorderly and could only explain it by believing that the Indian was drunk. Mofett, how- ever, denied beng drunk and stated that he thought the policeman so good looking that he could not resist the temptation to attempt to kiss him. HUNTER’S BODY IN BOAT. Boy Pulls Gun Toward Him and Is Killed. Benson, Minn., Nov. 14.—The four- teen-year-old son of Anton Enge, liv- ing about twelve miles south of Ben- son, was accidentally killed while out hunting Saturday afternoon. He went out alone in a boat, and failing to re- turn, search was mgde and his body was found in the boat. He evidently had been pulling the gun towards him, as nearly the full charge had gone through his heart. 4 IOWA MAN GETS $20,000. Oskaloosa Citizen Sued a Millionaire for Alienating Wife’s Affections. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Nov. 14. — V. T. Hamilton was given a verdict of $20,- 000 against W. W. McNeil, the local millionaire, who was sued for alienat- ing the affections of Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton married McNiel shortly after she had obtained a divorcee from Hamilton and the latter promptly sued. McNeil is many years older than his pretty wife. No Criminal Cases on Calendar. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Nov. 14.—For the first time in the history of the cir- cuit court of Chippewa county no criminal cases ‘will be tried at this term of court. Thefe was one larceny and two assault eases on the calendar, but the defendant in the former case decided to plead guilty and the defend- ants in the two latter cases decided to abide by, the verdicts of the lower court. Two Killed in Fight. Rapid City, S. D., Nov. 14. — John and Joseph Graves, noted colored sprinters, are dead here as the result of knife and club wounds inflicted in a fight with Ed Wallace, also colored, several days ago. Wallace claims se!f- defense. It is alleged that Wallace was beating a woman and the Graves brothers interfered. Reserve Agents Approved. Washington, Nov. 14. — The Conti- nental National Bank of Chicago was approved as reserve agent for the First National Bank of Hendricks, y Bank of Chicago for the First National Bank of Carrington, N. D. Arrested for Forgery. Fargo, N. D., Nov. 14.—Charles Wes- ton, wanted in Minneapolis for the for- gery of a $35 check on the Palace Clothing store, was arrested here. He | forged the name of his mother. The | boy was taken back to the Flour City. Lid Fits Well. | Superior, Wis. Nov. 14. — Shortly after o'clock last night it was evi- dent that the order of Mayor Linley {for midnight closing Of saloons every j night of the week had been obeyed. Fraudulent Banking Charged. | Leon, Iowa, Nov. i4.—Leroy Ware, !former cashier of the Farmers and | Drovers’ bank of Seymour, which closed its doors recently, is now in | jail awaiting trial on the charge of fraudulent banking. Sea Claims 123 Lives. St. Pierre, Nov. 14——One hundred and twenty-three persons perished in {ck Kuchelhem and wife, crossing the the fishing fleet from this.port during Pennsyivania railroad track just west the season just ended, according to of here in a buggy, were struck by a official statistics. fast passenger train and killed. Seven vessels were lost. The improvement of field crops by systematic methods of breeding was started at the Minnesota experiment station in 1892 by Prof. W. M. Hays, now assistant secretary of agriculture at Washington, D. C. The entirety, of the problem was at that time hardly realized. The methods and the far- reaching results were simple and but little known. But as each year’s work progressed new methods were achiev- ed. They rendered the efficiency of the work more secure and greatly fa- cilitated the detailed manipulation of seeds and machinery necessary to suc- cess. At first it was hardly supposed that varieties bred at the university farm would maintain their superior qualities when introduced into locali- ties, north, south, east and west of the one in which they originated and were acclimated. The results, however, as hereinafter briefily stated, have very largely dispelled all fear in this direc- tion. The first “nursery breeding plot” plantings were made in rows, one or more feet apart, with seeds one foot apart in the row. When the plants were well up each hill was thinned to one plant. Thus eaeh plant had an equal chance and comparisons be tween plants was made easy. This method was finally abandoned in 1898, for what seemed at that time and has since proved to be a far more satisfac- tory method. In this method the seeds in all breeding plots are planted in little plots (centgeners),,one per hill, and the hills four inches apart each way. This makes a miniature field with conditions approaching very closely those of actual field conditions. A comparison of individual plants is here an easy matter and results more reliable. The matter of breeding (in modern | sense) is the selection of individuals | possessed with characters of high quality and with the power of trans- mitting these characters in full value to the. progeny. In the row em first used the se- } lection was based entirely upon the record of the individual itself. In the method now used the selection is based upon the performance of the} progeny of the selected individuals. It | is, therefore, apparent that in the former no account was made or could be made of the prepotency of the indi- viduals, but in the latter case, by har- vesting all the plants in the centege- ners and ascertaining the average yield per plant a comparable measure s secured, by which the propetency of the selected plant can be ascertained. In short, to state the principles of breeding followed at university farm, it may be said that two laws are close- ly studied and used. These are the “law of variation” and the law “like begets like.” To assist judgment in| making use of these laws many data are recorded. With these data the first law enables the breeder to select the desired plants, while the second law is used after it has been proven whether or not the selected plants | transmit those qualities or characters for which they were selected. If cer- tain plants do transmit a high-breed- ing power, for instance, the seed from these plants is increased. Thus there has been obtained a pedigree stock or variety. The plant breeder and the farmer can rely upon its being superi- or to its parent. variety or other com- mon varieties. In this connection it must be remem- bered that a highly bred variety of any plant must have more than “serub” care if these improved charac- ters are to be maintained. This means selection of seed, culture and soil fertility. What Farmer Can Do. It may seem that the average farm- er could hardly afford to select or breed his own field crops, but such is | not the case. There are many ave-j; nues open to him who will exert the energy and the thought necessary to the work; e. g., the fanning mill stands ready to separate the heavy, plump and sound seed from the poor seed and chaff, and the former is by far the best to use. Again a farmer can pick a few of his best heads from! PLANT BREEDING WORK AT THE MINNESOTA EXPERIMENT STATION > his field and by planting separately the seed from these, and increasing the quantity from year to year, ob- tain a strain superior to the common field. Once again, a farmer can by planting several hundred seeds in hills a few inches apart, and with one seed per hill, secure a selection of superior Plants. With these as a foundation, improvement is rendered certain. It is) needless to here point out the ad- Nantages a farmer may have by pro- ducing an improved variety. Such a work would require from three to five years perhaps, but would repay many- fold for the effort. Centgener breed- ing is not to be recommended for th average farmer. . One other class of breeding should be mentioned, but had best not in- dulge the average farmer. This is the crossing and hybridizing- method of obtaining new stocks from which to select. Experiments conducted ‘here show plainly that selected crosses (a progeny of two plants within a given varicty) have greater power to yield than do the original stocks, also that hybrids (the progeny of two plants of different species or type) have 6 HYBRIDIZING. greater power to yield than do the crosses, Since it takes from twelve to twenty years to get a hybrid secured, selected and typified, it is hardly wise to recommend such breeding practices to the farmer. To those who have spent years in plant breeding work marvelous results are not surprising. Time will bring about results that seem _ practically superhuman, but results ‘already ob- tained. warrant this statement. A few of the results obtained at uni- versity farm will serve to illustrate the possibilities to be achieved and the immense value of such a work to the state. Table Showing Average Yields of the New Varieties of Pedigree Crops. No. Yrs. Yield, Bu. a Ave. Minnesota Wheat No. 163— ADP. iccca se eeans gs bute 8 26.8 12.96 (innesota Wheat No. 169— AZ Ass pcre o:5:0520:s Sew es 27.2 Minnesota Wheat No. 188— 12 028.2 — cesce 13 + 64.3 33.2 Minnesota Oats No. 26— Bt. ce tend das dose «Sips she's 70.6 2.00% 13 Minnesota Barley No. 105— 8 26.4 Minnesota Flax No. 25 5 b10 9 29.44 * 18.0 a Average state yields for ten years from United States Year Book. b Estimated. In 1899 the agricultural division at university farm distributed to farmers in various parts of Minnesota a new fife wheat, Minnesota No. 163. Two > tributed in a similar manner. In 1906 a new bearded wheat, a hybrid, Min- nesota No. 188, was also distributed. Since that tirne there have been dis: tributed two new varieties of oats, Minnesota No. 6 and Minnesota No, 26; a variety of yellow dent corn, Min- nesota No. 13; a variety of barley, Minnesota No. 105; a variety of “seed” flax, Minnesota No. 25, and a variety of rye, Minnesota No. 2. These varie -ties are all improved by breeding and have met with favor in nearly every locality in which they have been grown, In the case of Minnesota No. 169 wheat, No. 25 flax and No. 13 corn the results have been exceptional. They have been successful and are highly prized in Minnesota’s border states, * These varieties, if,grown exclusive: ly in all parts of the state, would add millions of dollars to the farm value of our field crops. Data gathered by the agricultural division show that the percentage increase in production of the improved varieties over their par- ents and the varieties commonly grown has been from 5 per cent to 25 per cent, the latter being that of No. 25 flax. ; A Practical Demonstration. It is ofttimes a very difficult matter to explain in a_ satisfactory way the fact that crop rotation and intelligent spstems of cropping are immensely more profitable than continuous crop- ping to one class of crops. It is an indisputable fact that wheat grown continuously upon the same farm has proved a profitable practice. How long such a system of cropping may continue profitable is a question which years of experience only can solve. How much more or how much less wheat growing will net per acre when compared with a mixed farming prac tice depends upon a number of factors, but these cannot be here discussed. At the Minnesota experiment sta tion there are upward of sixty plots set apart for rotation experiments. There are very few duplicates, so for the most part each plot or small field has a new story to tell. On some of these plots the same crops have been planted each year for the past thir teen years. Thus one plot is designat. ed for wheat, another/for corn, anoth- er for potatoes, etc. In still other plots these crops are included in ro- tations which are applied. Thus on these plots there is corn the first year, wheat the second year, meadow the third year, pasture the fourth year and oats the fifth year, or some such arrangement of crops, then wheat again the sixth year and so on through the rotation. The best evidence ol the comparative value of «wheat or corn in rotation and grown continu: ously on the game land is offered when the crops are growing. The next best evidence appears in the figures which represent the ~ results of the crops in yield. The following table gives the yield of wheat and corn grown under con: ditions just described: Wheat continuously .. . 18.56 Wheat continuously an pounds clovey seed annually .,....... 21.8 Wheat in rotation with, corn and meadow ........ Corn continuously apy ae Corn in rotation with grain and MEADOW 5.25 oodles cee toes 59.9 Difference in favor of wheat in ro- tation Difference in favor of corn in ro- tation ............. e005 passece 29.52 While these are only a few of the re. sults, it may be reasonably asserted that similar results attend the grow. ing of any crop in rotation and contin- uously. Aside from these there re mains another profit-bearing enter. prise in connection with the rotation which is practically excluded by the practice of one crop system of farm: ing. This is stock raising. Other demonstration work of this sort is constantly carried on at the ex. periment station. The best time of plowing, of planting, of manuring have been thus worked out and likewise many methods of farm practices, all of which add an untold profit and be years later a new blue stem was dis- | pleasure to farming. TOO MANY SCHOOL BOARDS. Town of Cove, Mille Lacs County, Is if Having Trouble. The town of Cove, School District No. 17, Mille Lacs county, is suffering from too much school board, and as a result the schools are closed and the district is in danger of losing its state aid next year. The attorney general has been asked to solve the problem for the district, as the conflict of au- thority between the two boards has re- sulted in completely tying up the schools. ‘ The trouble grew cut of a difference between two school officials, in which ‘one of them sought to oust the other from office. The district took sides with their friends -in the fight, and as a result the members of the old board of trustees resigned and new appoint- ments were made. In the meantime, however, the old members withdrew their resignations and attempted to continue to act as the legal board. This raised the question as to which of the two boards was authorized to appoint teachers, and with a prospect of having to appeal to the courts to get their salaries the teachers were not anxious to secure appointments from either board. The situation was further complicated when the county treasurer gave notice that he would refuse to pay any warrants drawn by either board until the question of the legality of the organization was ‘leter- mined. C. S. Jelley, special counsel in the attorney general’s office, is trying to find the answer to the problem and will probably suggest that the best way out of it is to have the two boards act together and agree on the appointments of the teachers and to tave all warrants and all proceedings approved by the members of both boards. This would give them a tem- porary working basis for the opera- tion of the schools and then quo war- ranto proceedings might be brought in the courts to have the questions judicially determined. ACCUSED BY GIRL WIFE. Bigamy Charged to Hubbard — Com- * plainant Has Gone Back Home. The deputy sheriff of Morrison coun- ty arrested Charles Hubbard in Brain- erd on a warrant charging him with bigamy. Hubbard came to Brainerd about three months ago with a girl wife, aged fifteen, whom he married in Little Falls last spring. They quarreled continually, the police hav- ing been called in several times to re- stére order. About a week ago they lad another quarrel and the girl left, threatening to throw herself into the river. She was found about two miles from the city by her mother, who came up from Little Falls. She took her things and went to the home of her mother in Little Falls, where she now is. The deputy sheriff came up yester- day afternoon and arrested Hubbard on a statutory charge. According to the story told he had married a girl in Wisconsin several years ago and was so crue] to her that she left and re- turned to her parents. No divorce was ever secured and he married the girl in Little Falls. It was on the complaint of the latter that he was arrested. When taken he was “batching it” with the brother of the girl making 4] the complaint. The brother went with Hubbard and the officer to Little Falls. 35 TAINTED COWS KILLED. Since the enforcement of the re- cently enacted milk and dairy inspec- tion ordinance at Mankato was begun 120 dairy cows have been given the tuberculosis test, and thirty-seven of these have been condemned. Thirty- five of the condemned cows were slaughtered in the presence of four members of the state sanitary board, several local physicians, dairymen, farmers and others, and the govern- ment inspectors at the packing house. A post-mortem examination revealed the fact that every one of the cows killed was afflicted with tuberculosis. Some were incipient cases and some were in the last stages and might have been picked out as victims of the white plague by external signs. The slaughtered cattle were from six herds that have been supplying milk in the city. The presons present were convinced of the efficiency of the tubercular test, and several farm- ers expressed a desire to have their cattle tested. The local health author- ities will continue to make tests as rapidly as possible, and condemnation will be enforced whenever sufficient numbers of condemned cows are got together. It is estimated that the milk of 700 cows is consumed in Mankato and all are to be tested. WIFE ILL; HOME BURNS, Farmers’ Helpmeet Is Able Only to Drag Herself to Safety. Ivanhoe, Minn., Nov. 12.—The resi- dence of Ben Olsen, a prominent farm- er of Royal township, burned to the ground during his absence. His wife, who was confined to her bed by ill- ness, was practically alone in the house when she discovered that fire had started in the upper story. She dragged herself to the shelter of some trees, where she was found and cared for by some neighhi His Time Would Come. “Well,” sighed the Billville brother, “havin’ quit about everything else, I think I'll take to smokin’.” “T shouldn't do that, dear,” said his wife. “At least not now. Wait a while. You'll be sure to smoke here- after!”