Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 23, 1908, Page 1

Vor, XVI.—No, 14. THE VOTES ARE CANVASSED Only About Three Thousand Votes Polled in Itasca County. BUT FEW RIVAL-GANDIDATES NOW For Sheriff Riley Wins Over Harry Bither Gets Republican Nomina- tion for Attorney.—Frank F. Price the Democratic Choice Will Be the Next County Attorney for Itasca The vote throughout the county was light, only about 3,000 votes being cast, and the result is about what was expected by the politically wise. In the 15th judicial district B. F. Wright will win over Alfred L. Thwing by about 1000 majority. For Congress Clarence B. Miller wins over J. Adam Bede by more than 8,000, while it is conceeded Thomas M. Ferguson and Patrick H. McGary will be our next representatives. The vote for the various candidates in Itasca county is as follows. REPUBLICAN PARTY. Judge, 15th Judicial District—Al- fred L. Thwing, 1435 Judge, 15th Judicial District—B, F. Wright, 1053 Member of Congress, 8th district— J. Adam Bede, 930 Member of Congress, 8th district— Clarence B. Miller, 1461. Member of Congress, 8th district— Car] E. Taylor, 123 Representative, 52nd Thomas M. Ferguson, 724. Representative, 52nd district—A. L. Hamilton, 739 district— Representative. 52nd district— Charles W. LaDp, 770 Representative, 52nd district— Patrick H. McGarry, 1412 County Treasurer—Chas. 436 County Treasurer—A. A. Kremer, 1333 County Treasurer—Keo Leroux, 798 Clerk of Court—I. D. Rassmussen, 1698 Sheriff—Jesse Harry, 1276. Sheriff—T. T. Riley, 1442 Register of Deeds—E, J. McGowan, 1762 Judge of Probate—H. 1193 Judge of Probate—Charles Kearney, 1150 County 1103 County Attorney—Chester L. Pratt, 646 County Attorney—Willard A. Ross- man, 595 County Surveyor—Jobno A. Brown, 1813 Coroner—Thos. Russell, 1645. Superintendent of Schools—Hattie F. Booth, 1750 Superintendent of Schools—A. T. Reid, 759 Commissioner, D. McDonald, 227 Commissioner, 2nd district—Wm. Welte, 172 Commissioner, 3rd district—D. wv. Greer, 214 Commissioner, 3rd district—Jno. P. Trebilcock, 389 Commissioner, 4th district—James Passard, 481. Commissioner, 5th district—Archie McWilliams, 591 Commissioner, 5th district—O. J. Urdahl, 70 Director, school district No. 1, for term of 3 years, commencing Aug. 1, 1910—F. E. Reusswig, 474 Clerk, school district No. 1, for term of 3 years. commencing Aug. 1, 1909— James D. Doran, 550 ‘Treasurer, school district, No. 1, for term of 2 years commencing Aug. 1, 1909.—C. E. Aiken, 570 PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PARTY Congressman, 8th Conl’ District— Alexander Halliday, 25 DEMOCRATIC PARTY County Auditor—M. A. Spang, 140 Sheriff—George Riddell, 68 County Attorney—Frank F. Price, 89 County Surveyor—W. E. Martin— 7 Commissioner, Ist district—Cyrus M. King, 36 Commissioner, 2nd distriet—Morris O’Brien, 18 Commissionnr, {4th district — Neil Mullins, 30 Director, school district No 1, for term of 3 years, commencing Ang: 1, 1909. sogobn Hepfel, at L. Frye, S. Huson, Attorney—E. H. Bither, Ist district—Johno Grand Rapids Herald-Neview. Granp Rapips, Irasca CounrTy, Minn., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1908. ITASCA COUNTY'S BIG EXHIBIT The Seventeenth Annual Fair Ex- ceeds all Previous Efforts. MORE THAN 1900 EXHIBITS SHOWN Perfect Weather, the Completness of the Exhibits, Good Man- agement and Big Crowd Makes a Success. Last Friday and Saturday the Itas- ca County Agricultural Association held their 17th annual fair at the exposition park which is rapidly ap- proaching completion on the north side of the village and despite the fact that the officers in charge had many contentions to overcome in completing preparations for the fair the exhibition was beyond question the most successful held by the as- sociation. From the county’s fertile fields, verdant meadows, growing orchards and vinyards, the dairies and the homes, the exhibitors had gathered a magnificent attestation of the rich- ness and productiveness of Itasca’s soils and of the industry and culture of our people. The weather man too contributed to the success of the oc- casion and with fair weather, a mag- nificent display of the products of fleld and home, and an attendance consisting of a liberal outpouring from the farms, the mining sections and the villages of the county the fair of 1908 passes into the history of the Association’s events as the best ever. Under the rules adopted by the di- rectors of the association, Friday was devoted to the closing of entries and placing of the products and articles exhibited in position, and Secretary Gole and his corps of assistants were literally swamped by the influx of entries. However, things were in ship shape Saturday morning for the judges to make their awards, and that they had a task of no mean mag- nitude is evidenced by the fact that there were 1960 entries contesting for honors at their hands. The entries of horses was small, but many splendid animals claimed the judges attention, and the grades of the animals shown makes it evident that our peopleare becoming possessed of a better grade of horse flesh. Splendid herds of cattle were on exhibition, and one cannot fail in the prediction that ere long Itasca county will rank bigh up as a dairy and stock raising county in the galaxy of counties that comprise the great bread and butter state of Miunesoba. ‘The showing of grains and grasses was truly superb and the exhibits of roots, vegetables and products of the fields were ‘‘dreams of delight’ for the agriculturalist to behold. The Herald-Review cannot coin pbrases to describe the splendor thereof, but we cannot refrain from giving ex- pressions of our delight over the mamonth display of ripe tomatoes that were gathered together, and it might be said in passing that Iowa will have to look to her laurels if she outdoes Itasca in the production of superior coro. The dairy and culinery departments contained exhibits that reflected credit and pride upon the good house- wives of our farmers, while in the canned goods, preserve and pickle de- partment evidence there was a plenty that’the ladies of Itasca haye reached the apex of perfection in that line. The ladies department was a thing of beauty and a joy forever, beyond the power of our pen to describe—it was perfection personified. « The fine art department contained splendid exhibits of the superior talent of our local adepts with the brush and pen—paintings in water colors and oils that were magnificent specimens of art. The school display contained untold evidence of the culture and progress af the school children, and was. one of the most attractive features of the fair. W. J. & H. D, Powers, the local hardware men, were of hand with a mammoth display of machinery of all’ kinds for the farm and dairy home, in addition thereto having a practical demonstrator on hand to show the| — { superiority of the lines of stoves aac) ranges the firm deal in. Henry Hughes & Co., too, bean on; hand with a big ne machinery, wagons, dairy Bee and one of the firm’s clerks gave de- monstration of the qualities of a washing machine that the firm is agent for. On Saturday afternoon the Grand Rapids band turned out, to the de- light of everybody, and they assisted in no mean measuretothe enjoyment of the attendants. The track not being in such a state of completion that would warrant the association to advertise a racing meet, that feature of the pees plated program was called off, but to give some pleasure to the lovers of horse racing a scrub pony race was pulled off, the ponies of Walter Aiken and Joseph Kennedy entered, and half-mile heat run. A dead heat was the result and the prize money was divided between the boys.} One of the pleasures of the oc- casion on Saturday afternoon was an oration by the Rt. Rev. Bishop McGolerick. of Duluth. The rever- end gentlemen has few superiors as an orator, and that he delighted his hearers was evidenced by the hearty applause accorded the speaker. Gil Hartley, of St. Louis and ltasca counties, miner, lumberman, capital- ist and farmer, was on hand and gave an impressive talk, and his hearers splendid gems of truth— atalk replete with suggestions for the betterment of the farm, the home and fireside. Gil does not deal 1n magic phrases or flowers of rhet- oric that glitter and glisten, but he isa hot tamale when it comes to handing out the good, hard sence in spoken words. He is a practical farmer and his talk was from one farmer to another. Following is a ] ist of premiums: Louis Carlson, Bovey, Minn. Draft mare with colt... Andrew Winters, ‘Grand jy ra Grade dairy bull,. . Th. Jersey Sow,. Burbank Potatoes. Pickles, beet............ do sweet cucumbe’ do chow-chow, Jelly, raspberry. do cranberry. H B. do strawberry Butter, dairy Cottage chees sIst 2 00 White bread... «Ist 150 Potatoes—burbank. 2nd 100 Display of beans. Beans, navy... Caulifiower. snowball. Bundle of timothy. do ofclover.... do of second clover.. do of Red top do of blue-joi ‘Team in harness... 200 t 200 200 P. P. Elliott, Grand Rapids, Team in harness. Cow (beef)..... Heifer in milé (duel). Cow (dairy). Dairy heifer Heifer calf (dairy). Chickens Wyandotts (y Pekin ducks........ Bundle durum wheat do Blue-stem wheat. do Oats do Buck Grain, Durum wheat. nd 2 00 it: 00 100 Beans white. Mangle reda.. 20 100 Rutabaga-monarch . Onion red globe... do golden gio! Hubbard squash. Marblehead squash Mammoth squash. Pie pumpkin..... Mammoth pumpkin Field pumpkin Watermelon .... 100 10 Corn bread.. - 20 Sponge cake. 7% Ginger brea Dark cookies Pumpkin pie. Pickles—sour tomato do sweet tomato. 3rd do carrot. 50 @o onion: 2nd do chilli-sauce.. Tomato sauce | Chow-chow.. Watermellon pickl Canned strawberries, wil 10 Cottage cheese... from his repository of thought gave! .| bome. 3 00| in the growth of clover. This wonder- ful ~l AGRICULTURAL POSOIBILITIES Farming in Northern Minnesota Not an Experiment. DARYING AND DIVERSIFIED FARMING More Farmers The Crying Need of this Section. Results Dem- onstrate the Profits. (A. J. McGuire, Superintendent of State Experiment farm, when interviewed by the Herald-Review talks entertainingly of Fai ing and shows its profits in on alluring manner.) “There is a call for farmers in Nortbeastern Minnesota. Tue in- creased demand for farm products, due to the development of the mining industry, and the assurance of profit- able returns from the soil,are reasons why this section of Minnesota should be settled. The fact that of the ten million acres of high land in North- eastern Minnesota, Jess than ten per cent.is in the hands of actual farmers, gives no logical proof that this land is unfit for agriculture. There were natural causes for its late settlement. The forest was a barrier to the emigrant wagon of the farmer, with his family and all his belongings. He was forced to follow the trail of the prairie to locate a permanent It was the adventurer with his pack sack who took up the land in Northeastern Minnesota, not as a farmer, but for the possession of the timber, and when that was sold he could again pack his sack and drift out of the country with the logs. _THE EXPERIMENT FARM rs ‘ G.H. Jacobs, Grand Rapids. The state legislature of 1895 passed Draft team...... ee Meek _.ist 400] bill providing fur an experiment C. K. Munday, Grand Rapids, station for Northeastern Minnesota, Ram (over 1 yr,) -Ist : ies or the timbered section of the state. Ram (under 1 yr. + Ist 200) Grand Rapids was choosen ater much Ewe (under 1 yr) Ast i 00 Flock of 4 ewes,... “ist. 4.00| deliberation for the location. Itasca Ti | county donating 375 acres of land for A. F. Brooks, Grand Rapids, the farm. A Minneapolis firm in sym- reper aatiactoey Sa cy {93|Patby with the movement, later Strawberries (wild) canned gra 75 | donated 80 acres, making 455 acres in do tame, canned 2nd 100} all. The land of the experiment farm is very representative of all of North- eastern Minnesota, having some sandy soil, Some clay,some stony and broken, alittle of the muskeg swamp and also the cedar and tamarach low lands. The Experiment Farm was opened the spring of 1896 under supervision of Warrén W. Pendergast, agraduate of the school and college of Agricul- ture of the University of Minnesota, and one of the ablest young men who ever went Out from that institutivn to serve the state. He was a close 200 observer of natural conditions, anda —33 50; man of splendid judgement, and during his brief experience he saw into the agricultural future of North- 4th 1.00} eastern Minnesota, but it was not his 3 00] to carry out the possibilities in farm- 300! ing he believed to exist. He received oo|@ mortal injury on the farm he had 150|learned to love. and was forced to 200| give up it all, and return to his boy- 10! hood home in summons of the dark messenger that may come early or too 3ojlate. It surely seemed not his time 3 00| to die, he had planned so much. The 200) Experiment Farm is still being «per- ated under many of his plans, and 2 00 | Way it always be, in his high purpose, 150] and nobility of character. The state established the Experi- ment Farm in order to determine the 1 00| agricultural possibilities of the coun- 30|try, and to work out a system of 300} farming that would be practical and 2) most profitable under the natural 3 0 | Conditions pecutiar to Northeastern 3 09| Minnesota. In neariy every mail letters come 3.00 asking for information regarding the 100 soil and climate and the various crops 2 00| that can be grown, and the advisibil- 100] ity of locating in Northeastern Min- 1) nesota. RECORDS OF CROPS GROWN so} The Experiment Farm has records 1.00} covering ten years of work, and these %) records speak best in answering the 95 | many inquiries pertaining to farming. ‘Wheat has yielded as high as 30 50| bushels per acre, oats 80, barley 40, 5°land potatoes 300 bushels per acre, and the average of all these crops for Bs ten years has been considerable above 1 50] the average of the state. 10} The strongest indorsement of the agricultural merits of the county is _MINNESOT/~ HISTORICE PA te TY: Two Dollars a Year. | sections of the state, finds a native| uable crop. habition in Northeastern Minnesota and yields as high as four tons of cured hay per acre at a single cutting. A twelve acre field on the Experiment Farm that had only its natural fertil- ity, having never been manured, yield- ed 3% tons of cured hay per acrein a cutting in 1906,and the following year (1907) 3.65 ‘tons per acre. Two tons of hay per acre is considered a large yield. The great value of clover is not so much inits production of feed asinits effect upon the soil. Clover leaves the soil richer,s+having the power draw an element of fertility (nitrogen) from the air, and leaves it in the soil stored in its abudant roots. So successful has been thegrowth of this wonderful plant that Northeastern Minnesota has come to be called the “land of clover.” With the exception of corn safely maturing, every crop that is essential to successful farming has been grown on the Experiment Farm with good results. While corn as yet may pot be grown succesfully for grain, it produces excellent fodder, and for this purpose frum ten to fifteen acres is grown on the Experiment Farm every year. It is used for both fodder and ensilage, yielding from 5 to 8 tons per acre of cured fodder, and from 10 to 15 tons per acre of ensilage. All kind of root crops find the soil and climatic conditions of North- eastern Minnesota especially favor- able to their growth. Potatoes is the great money making crop for the farmer of few acres undercultivation. Stock roots, such as -carrots, mangles and rutabagas yield from 12 to 20 tons per acre. Roots may be made to take the place of grain to a large extent in feeding live stock in the winter, and their food value in comparison with high priced grain make thema val- TRUCK GARDENING Vegetables and small fruits have been grown with marked success on the Experiment Farm. Truck garden- ing offers a paying opportunity ia locations tributary to the mining towns. Over ten thousand car loads of vegetables are shipped annually to Duluth, Superior and the Iron Range. This could better be grown in North- eastern Minnesota making it cheaper to the consumer and of higher quality. THE NEED OF FARMERS The same might be said of the but ter, meat and egys that are shipped in every year in large quantities. The farm products consumed in North- eastern Minnesota should be grown here. A movement with thisend in view is now being make by the Duluth Commercial Club, and like organiza- ticns of many of the cities and town thruout Northeastern Minnesota. The lack of settlers, or rather farm- ers, is largely due to the agricultural possibilities of the country being un- known to outsiders, and as a result thousands of homeseekers have pas- sed byon into Dakota and Canada where opportunities are much less for the farmer of limited means. THE SYSTEM OF FARMING FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA During the past four years the Ex- periment Farm has been given largely to working out a system of farming for this section of the state. Dairy- ing is the base of this system of farm- ing. Any one who has made acareful study of the natural conditions of the country, and the crops that do best, could come to no other corclusion than that dairying will be the most profitable system of farming for tne average farmer. Grass is the most abudant crop in Nortbeastern Minne- sota. Growing among the stumps where another crop would not be pos- (Coutinued on Page 4) There is one Trouble with This Coat And it’s just this: It’s such a good looker and such high quality, that every time you take it off and turn your back, Somebody wants to steal it. Now of course that’s fool- ishness, for it costs only $4.00 but it’s the biggest $4.00 worth that you ever saw. Look at the picture. That coat’s worsted has a racked stitch that is a beauty. It comes in seven or eight different colors—well, you can not touch a coat for $4.00 in any other make but the Bradley. Come and see it, and * garments are others. TASCA WERCANTILE(OMPA olpnieck GRAND RAPIDS auke « STORE MINN. QUALITY All the Children nearby country ought f to wear Bradley-knit garments. Bradley-knit high quality. That is, the yarns are specially selected. The knit- ting is first class, the shaping is good and the gar- ment gives splendid service. Service— that’s what counts in children’s garments. Bring them » into this store and ’ let us show what we can do for them. mmernierene