Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 28, 1908, Page 12

DEATH CALLS JOHN MILLER First Governor of North Dakota State Is Stricken by Heart Failure at Duluth. Duluth, Oct. 28—Former Governor: John Miller of North Dakota died shortly: after 8 a, m. yesterday at his home in this city of heart failure. Mr. Miller was one of Duluth’s fore- most citizens. He was a member of the board of trade of Duluth and of the chamber of commerce of Minneap- olis, and always took a prominent part in any question of public inter- est. He was born at Dryden, N. Y., on Oct. 29, 1843. He spent his boy- hood on the farm of his parents near Dryden and then entered the mercan- tile business, remaining there until 1880, He then moved to Dakota, which was a territory at that time, and be- came interested in wheat growing on a large scale. He also engaged in the real estate business. He was elected to the Dakota territorial council in 8 and in 1889 was elected the first vernor of the new state of North Dakota. He refused a re-election. While Mr. Miller was governor the Louisiana lottery tried to gain a foot- hold in North Dakota, but he opposed it successfully. It was related that when a suitcase containing $200,000 was taken to the executive chamber and he was told that the money was his if he would let the lottery in, he shouted, “My price is more than that,” at the same time kicking the lottery agent out of his office. In 1896 Mr. Miller moved to Duluth and had lived here since that time, being engaged in the grain commission busi- ness. He was president of the John Miller Grain company. ROBBERS GET BIG MONEY. They Take $1,000 From Store at Bena, Minn. Cass Lake, Minn., Oct. 28.—Robbers last night entered the general store of Ernest Fleming at Bena and dyna- mited the safe. They succeeded in getting away with $1,500—$1,000 in currency, $200 in stamps and $300 in checks. One man is held as a sus- pect. The federal authorities have offer- ed $200 for the capture of the bur- giars. SWALLOWS CARBOLIC ACID. South Dakota Woman a Suicide in Husband’s Absence. Yankton, S Oct. 28.—Mrs. Frank wenty-four years old, commit- ted suicide at the European hotel here by swallowing the contents of a three-ounce vial of carbolic acid. She s at the hotel for a week with her yusband and took poison while he was at the postoffice. When discovered she was beyond medical help. HOMESTEADER MURDERED. Bechelor Living Alone Is Found Dead in His Cabin. Rice Lake, Wis., Oct. 28. — Louis Joh nm, an old bachelor living alone on his homestead six miles from Win- ter, Sawyer county, was murdered some time between Thursday night end yesterday noon. Johnson was sup- posed to have been rich. There are several dollars to his credit in a Rice Lake bank. HUNTER DEAD IN WOODS. Whether by Accident or Suicide Has Not Been Determined. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 28. — While hunting in the woods near Win. ter, Louis Johnson, aged forty-five years and a well known logging fore- man of this city, met his death, wheth- er by accident or by suicidal intent, it is not yet known. His body was found by a settler. Lived Fifty-eight Years in Duluth. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 28.—Moses Po- linsky, the first Jewish resident of Buluth, died last night at his home. He was eighty-three years old and had lived in the city for fifty-eight years. Old age is said to have been the cause of his death. Poker Players Pay Fines. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 28.—The police raided a gambling house here and arrested Alfred Muchant, Thomas Lawrence, Axel Lund, John Lawrence and John Peterson. In the municipal court they pleaded guilty of poker playing and were fined, Hangs Self in Old Barn. New Ulm, Minn., Oct. 28.—Charles J. Lemke, aged sixty-eight years, com- mitted suicide at the Brown county poorhouse, in this city, some time last week. His body was found yes- ter dangling from a rafter in an aban- doned barn. ee Secretary Metcalf Is Ill. Washington, Oct. 28. — Because of ill health Secretary Metcalf has been obliged to cancel his political engage- ments. The secretary is confined to nis bed and it will be some days be- fore he will be able to get out. Brakeman Killed. Madison, S. D., Oct. 28.—Estus Da- vold of this city, rear brakeman on an extra freight, west-bound, was run over and killed at Egan by being caught in a frog. He formerly lived in Fulda, Minn. THREE BREAK JAIL. Donnertag Brothers, Counterfeiters, in Daring Escape. Madison, Wis., Oct. 27.—Hugo, Al- bert and Rudolph Donnertag, three brothers, arrested at Rhinelander ear- ly in August for counterfeiting, broke jail here last night and were gone half an hour before their flight was dis- covered. They have not yet been captured. They were locked in a cell on the third floor of. the jail and got out of their cage by use of a key and by saw- ing iron bars with a crude saw made from a steel slat from their cell cot. They slid to the ground on a rope made of bedding torn in strips and tied together. SITES SELECTED. important Steps Taken for Public Buildings. Washington, Oct. 27.—The treasury department Saturday announced the selection of sites for public buldings at Willmar, Minn., and Brookings, S. D. At the former place a lot at Litchfield avenue and Fourth street has been bought from D. N. Tallman for $7,500, and at the latter a lot at Main and Fifth streets is to be purchased from Cheever & Cheever. At Willmar con- gress authorized a site and a building at a total cost of $50,000, and at Brookings only a site with the limit of cost fixed at $7,500. MAIL BAGS STOLEN. Two Pouches, Including Registered Packages, Taken at Mason City. Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 27.—Two pouches, containing a quantity of mail, including five packages of registered letters, were stolen from the Iowa Central passenger station at Mason City. The pouches, cut open and their contents spread upon the ground, were found in a grove north of Mason City. Three of the five packages of registered letters were missing. The other two had been opened and all of the mail rifled. GUILTY OF THIEVERY. Mason City-Minneapolis Boys Admit Robbin Cars. Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 27. — George Conners and Frank Murphy, former Mason City young men, who have been living in Minneapolis for several years, pleaded guilty to lar- ceny in Mason City. They were ar- rested in Minneapolis three weeks ago for breaking and entering a number of merchandise cars in the Mason City yards. It is estimated that they stole goods valued at $1,000. CAMPAIGNING KILLS MAYOR. Julius Kuehne of Kaukauna Drops Dead on Street Car. Appleton, Wis., Oct. 27.—Death yes- terday afternoon robbed the Demo- cratic county ticket of its candidate for sheriff when Julius Kuehne, mayor of Kaukauna, dropped dead on an in- terurban car between Appleton and Kankauna. Although he had been in robust health, it is believed that two weeks of strenuous campaigning undermined Mr. Kuehne’s constitution. NEW CONVERT CONFESSES. Salvation Army Repentant Owns Up to Being Deserter. Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 27.—Soundly converted at a Salvation Army meet- ing here, Bayard Brooke confessed that he was a fugitive from the naval prison ship at Newport News, and gave himself up to the officers, and de- clared that he was willing to take the punishment he deserved. HUNTERS PERISH IN THE SNOW. Washington Trappers Believe Missing Men Died in Storm. Green River Hot Springs, Wash., Oct, 27—Trappers are of the opinion that Fred Kloeber and Julius Kumle, missing hunters, perished in the heavy snow storm that fell Monday night. Trappers after a search of four days have found no trace of the men. Injured by Fractious Horse. Spencer, S. D., Oct. 27.—John Lund- strom, living near Canastota, in this county, was seriously injured by being dragged by a fractious horse which he was leading to water. The rope be- came wrapped around his hand, and when found he was unconscious, but it is thought he will recover. Blames Girl for Suicide. St. Paul, Oct, 27.—Leaving a letter to Coroner Miller, in which he ascrib- ed the faithlessness of the woman he loved as the cause of his act, Robert W. Davies, a traveling drug salesman, who gave his address as Minneapolis, took morphine yesterday and died at the city hospital. Scared by a Bull; Lad Dies. New Richmond, Wis., Oct. 27—Carl Halverson, the seven-year-old boy who was frightened by a bull and became insane, died, supposedly from the fright. Thirsty; Break Into Jail. Mitchell, S. D., Oct. 27.—Art Voor- hees and Clinton Bader were arrested on the charge of breaking into jail. What the young men were after was some liquor which had been stored there by the sheriff, which he secured in pulling a blind pig joint. SEEK MEN LOST ON PRAIRIES. Venerable Farmers Disappear From Their Homes. Barnesville, Minn., Oct. 25. — Wan- dering about the bleak prairies, mad- dened by hunger and privation, or élse their dead bodies lying stiff and cold from exposure, the prey of wild creatures, is believed to be the fate that has overtaken two venerable citi- zens of this vicinity who left their homes during the week and have not been heard of since. On Monday night Andrew Silverson, seventy years old and a resident of Moorhead, vanished from his home. On Thursday, John Hutchinson, a farmer residing one mile west of this city, left his home, informing his fam- ily that he was going to the farm of a neighbor named Schidler to talk with him regarding some hay transac- tion between the two men. That was the last seen of Hutchinson, who is old and feeble. A thorough search of the country for miles around is being organized. COURT BOUGHT, HE SAYS. Sioux Falls Attorney Paving Way for More Trouble. Watertown, S. D., Oct. 25.—In a phi- lippic against the South Dakota judi- ciary, from the supreme court down, George W. Egan, the disbarred Sioux Falls attorney, appeared before a small though demonstrative audience in this city last evening and gave his version of the proceedings which end- ed in his undoing. With the reckless- ness of a man who has nothing more to lose he assails the character of the judges of the supreme court, Judge Jones of the Second circuit, Senator Kittredge and nearly all the other members of the Minnehaha county bar, openly accusing them all of being bought up by Mose Kauff- mann, the Sioux Falls brewer, in the effort he ig making to have his wife cleared of the charge of murder, fas- tened on her by Egan in the sensa- tional trial at Flandreau last year. DECREE MAN LEGALLY DEAD. Hannan Is Supposed to Have Been Killed by Indians, Kenosha, Wis., Oct. 25. — Robert Hannan, formerly one of the best known residents of Kenosha county and at one time prominent in the gov- ernment of New Mexico, was declared legally “dead” yesterday. He is supposed to have been killed by Indians. The administration of the estate wag granted on the petition of Mrs. C. F. Clay, Renville, Minn., his daughter. AGED MAN KICKED TO DEATH. Accused Says He Was Defending His Wife From Insult. Duluth, Oct. 25.—Gust Hill of Bi- wabik is in the county jail awaiting the outcome of an assault upon John Gustafson, an old man. Hill is alleged to have beaten his victim so severely that he will die. In defense it is as- serted that Gustafson insulted Hill’s wife, but others say Gustafson was defending the woman from Hill while the latter was drunk. COAST TRAINS DELAYED. Pass Through Driving Blizzard in Montana. St. Paul, Oct. 25.—The Oriental lim- ited and North Coast limited came in about two hours late yesterday, the former after plowing through ten inches of snow that covers Montana. At some places the storm rose to a driving blizzard, which shut out of view the entire landscape. These conditions prevailed on the Boy Killed in Wreck. other road running into St, Paul. Arrested but Released. Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 24.—Wil- liam Sack, who was arrested in Grand Forks and taken to Gilby for a pre- liminary hearing on a charge of grand larceny, was freed. No one appeared to prosecute him. “Sack was accused of having taken some pipes instead of putting them in wells he drilled. Hurled Twenty Feet by Train. St. Paul, Oct. 25. — Hans Johnson, sixty-eight years of age, was probably fatally injured last night by being struck by a freight train at the Atlan- tic street grade crossing. It is said that Mr. Johnson received internal in- juries, besides a number of bodily bruises and lacerations. Early Settlement Anniversary. Yankton, S. D., Oct. 25.—This city early next year will hold a “home- coming week” in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the first permanent settlement in the Dakotas. It is pro- posed to make the week the biggest event of its kind ever held in the Northwest. Tramps Cause $15,000 Fire. Duluth, Oct. 25—Tramps sleeping in the drying shed of the Scott-Graff Lumber company here are blamed for a fire that broke out early yesterday morning and for three hours kept the fire department busy. About a quarter of a million feet of lumber was consumed, at a loss of $15,000. Young Kern Improves. Indianapolis, Oct, 25.—Therg was a shade of improvement in the condition of John W. Kern, Jr., last night. His father was at his bedside all day. LIBERALS WIN OUT IN CANADA Premier Laurier Is Returned to Power, Although Majority Is Slightly Reduced. Ottawa, Oct. 27—Elections for the federal house of commons were held yesterday throughout Canada. Of the 221 constituencies in the Dominion only two, Rouville, Que., and South York, Ont., returned members by ac- clamation. In all the others, with the exception of five which hold their elections later, there were contests. The returns show that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the present premier, who in the last house had a majority of 66, will be returned to power for another five years with a safe, although slight- ly reduced majority. French Canadian Quebec remained Joyal to the premier, electing a mem- bership almost solidly Liberal. Ontario, where the Conservatives expected to make their heaviest gains and where the campaign against al- leged government extravagance and favoritism waged the hottest, did not come up to the opposition’s expecta- tions. The returns indicate an almost evenly divided membership, compared with 39 Liberals and 47 Conservatives in the last house. The opposition gained slightly in Manitoba, but the Liberals carried the remainder of the West with few ex- ceptions. Nova Scotia, which at the last gen- eral election in 1904 returned a solid Liberal phalanx gives the Conserva- tive party several seats. R. L. Borden, leader of the Conserv: atives, was elected by a substanial majority in Halifax, which rejected him four years ago. All the ministers have been re-elected with the excep- tion of William Templeman of Victo ria, B. C., who lost by five votes. CLOTHES REEL ADMITS GUILT. Says He Was Intoxicated When He Put on 3 Sults 7 Shirts and Coat. Red Wing, Minn., Oct. 27.—Rather than wait for the grand jury to re- turn an indictment against him, Charles Foss, who gained the title of th ehuman clothes reel when he slip- ped into seven shirts, three suits of clothes and an overcoat, the property of guests at the Scandinavian hotel, expressed his desire to enter a plea of guilty to grand larceny in the sec- ond degree and take his sentence at once. Judge Williston of the district court gave him a year in the state peniten- tiary at Stillwater. Foss, who is twenty-eight years old, said he was intoxicated when the rob- bery was committed. PROBE NIGHT RIDER OUTRAGES. Grand Jury Is Charged to Take Up In- vestigation. Union City, Tenn., Oct. 27—Judge Joseph E. Jones of Dresden convened his ecurt in special session yesterday for the purpose of investigating the Tecent outrages in the Reelfoot lake vicinity, resulting in the death of Capt. Rankin of Trenton. Some time was taken in selecting a grand jury. The jury was sworn in and Judge Jones delivered a strong special charge. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Oct. 27. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.037-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.02 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.00 7-8@ 1.011-8. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 75 3-4c. Oats—No. 2 white, 45 5-8c. Minneapolis, Oct. 27. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.037-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.021-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.00 7-8@ 1,011-8. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 75 3-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 45 5-8c. Duluth, Oct. 27. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.03; No. 1 Northern, $1.02 1-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.001-2. Flax — $1.22 1-4. Oats--No. 3, 47c. Chicago, Oct. 27. — Wheat — No. 2 red, $1.015-8@1.025-8; No: 1 hard, $1.00 5-8@1.02 5-8. Oats—No. 3 white, 461-2@49c. Corn — No. 2, 7612@ 78 1-2c. Milwaukee, Oct. 27. — Wheat—No. x Northern, $1.07@1.07 1-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.06. Barley — No. 2, 65 1-4¢. * Chicago, Oct. 27. — Cattle—Beeves, $3.50@7.49; stockers and feeders, $1.60@5.45; cows and heifers, $2.60@ 4.65. Hogs—Bulk, $6.25@6.60. Sheep Natives, $2.50@5.40; lambs, $4.25@ 6.50. . Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 27. — Cattle —Beeves, $5.25@6.25; stockers and feeaers, $2.(0@4.60; calves and year- lings, $2.75@3.60. Hogs — Range, $6.25@6.40. South St. Paul, Oct. 27. — Cattle— Grain-fed steers, $6@6.75; cows and heifers, $4@5.55; veal calves, $3.75@ 5.25; good to choice stock steers, $3.50@4. Hogs — Bulk, $6.90@7. Sheep — Yearlings, $4@4.50; spring lambs, $5.50@6.25. Despondent; Kills Self. New York, Oct. 27.—Despondent at the failure of her fiancee to keep an appointment with her, Miss Ida M. Kissam, a young dressmaker of New Rochelle, committed suicide last night in her home by inhaling gas. Summer Cottages Destroyed. Salisbury Beach, Mass. ,Oct. 27.—A fire which started in the New Era house early this morning has destroy- ed twenty-five summer cottages. All the buildings burned were frame structures. Kills Wife, Daughter and Self. Cleveland, Oct. 27.—Roy Hardy, a rivate detective employed by the Big tour railroad, last night shot and kill- jd his wife, his daughter Juanita, swelve years, and then committed sui- BIG ENTERPRISE FOR STATE. Backus-Brooks Start New Rainy River Organization. Last week there was filed in the of- fice of the secretary of -state at St. Paul a certified copy of articles of in- corporation of the Minnesota & Onta- rio Power company, a corporation or- ganized under the laws of the State of Maine. The capital stock is $7,000,- 000. The first board of directors are Ed- ward W. Backus, William F. Brooks, Warren Curtis, John A. Davis, A. S. Peabody, Alexander Smith and War- ren Curtis, Jr. The officers of the new corporation are: E. W. Backus, president; Alex- ander Smith, vice president; John A. Davis, second vice president; William F. Brooks, secretary and treasurer, and Warren Curtis, Jr., manager. At the office of the Backus-Brooks company it was learned that the new corporation has purchased from E. W. Backus and the Backus-Brooks company the immense water power at International Falls, Minn., and Fort Frances, Ont., on the international boundary between Minnesota and Canada. The initial development work of the new company will be the completion of the immense dam and the hydro- electric power stations, producing a minimum of 30,000 continuous horse- power. Simultaneously they will pro- ceed with the construction of the first unit of installation of a ground wood, sulphite and news print paper mill plant complete, having a daily capac- ity of 200 tons of news print paper and fifty tons of surplus sulphite. As soon as the first unit is com- pleted and in operation the company will double the capacity of the ground wood, sulphite and paper mill, there- by making the daily production 400 tons of paper and 100 tons of surplus sulphite. This will mean that International Falls and Fort Frances will soon be- come one of the largest, if not the largest paper producing points in the world. The new company will also generate and make available for general manu- facturing purposes electrical energy and power in sufficient quantities to supply the needs of all commercial users in that vicinity. The completion of this plant will ap- peal with special interest to all news- paper publishers of the United States who have watched the supply of news print paper now being produced stead- ily absorbed at advancing prices. UNIVERSITY STANDS FIFTH. Minnesota Had 781 Students in 1888— Approximately 4,500 in 1908. Statistics from all the great institu- tions of learning in the United States show that there are but four universi- ties in the country that lead the Uni- versity of Minnesota in the number of students in attendance. Minnesota is ted only by Harvard, Columbia, Michi- gan and Chicago. Eighteen years ago Minnesota’s state university had a student body of only several hundred, and ranked in attendance no better than scores of other colleges and universities. In the last several years, however, the growth of this institution has been phenomenal, with a population dou- bling upon itself at frequent intervals, until with rapid strides she has over- taken the venerable colleges first es- tablished by those daring colonists fron» old England, with a fair chance of passing them all and becoming the largest school in North America. Registrar Pierce has just completed a table showing the increase in attend- ance at the university from year to year, and a glance over this forms an interesting study. In the fall of 1888 the students numbered but™781. The approximate attendance this fall is over 4,500, making a total increase in attendance of practically 470 per cent jn the last nineteen years. The stages of the growth of the uni- versity is as follows: 1888, 781 stu- dents; 1895, 2,467; 1900, 3,416; 1908, approximately, 4,500. THINKS RANGE RICH IN SILVER. Geologist of National Reputation Makes Prediction for Minnesota. That Northern Minnesota will be second Cobalt is the claim of Prof. C. H. Meyers, one of the most famous and reputable geologists in North America. He has been over the ground thoroughly and claims to know what he is talking about. Prof. Meyers was formerly connect- ed with the Wisconsin state universi- ty, and later was with the United States geological survey. In an interview he says: “The silver formations in Minneso- ta are the same as in the Cobalt dis- trict. So far as I have been able to learn, no one has suspected the exist- ence of silver in Minnesota and there- fore have made no efforts to follow up the indications. With the notes I al- ready have and my knowledge of geol- ogy and the country I shall be able to make discoveries in the line of copper and silver that will result in a rush equal to that made into the Cobalt dis- trict following the first rich discover- ies there.” Prof. Meyer's reputation as a geolo- gist is shown in the fact that several of his books on this subject have been adopted as text books by schools and universities throughout the country. The State Day by Day _ MINNESOTA HAS BEST LAND. Farms Bring Four Times As Much on Investment as Illinois. Minnesota surpasses all nearby tates, except Illinois, in the value of rm products per acre and when thee cost of the land is considered this state is four times as desirable a place in which to have a farm than Illinois is. Figures have been ccempiled from government reports by the state de- partment immigration, showing the superiority of this state in the pro- duction of cereals, potatoes and hay. According to these government fig- ures, the average value per acre of the cereals, potatoes and hay, is $12.27 in this state ang the average value of the land on which these crops are raised is $37. an acre. Iowa’s crop value is $11.80 an acre and the value of the land is $70 an acre. In com- paring Iowa, Nebraska, and the Da- kotas and Illinois, the latter state alone surpasses Minnesota in the value per acre of the aricultural pro- ducts. The value in Illinois is $14.60 as compared: to $12.27 in Minnesota. But the value of cultivated land in Illinois is $152 an acre, while in this state the average value is only $37. Land in Nebraska can be pur- chased for less an acre than land in this state, but the average value of the products is only $10.51 an acre, as compared with $12.27 an acre here. When it comes to the productions of potatoes Minnesota leads the other nearby states by eleven bushels or more. In this state 101 bushels of potatoes are raised to each acre. North Dakota raises 89 and Illinois 81 bushels an acre. Despite the great productiveness of Minnesota soil the average value an acre of potatoes is only $41 in this state, against $62 in Illinois, nearer the‘ large center of consumption, Minnesota shows up well in com- paring the yield of hay. In this state 1.7 tons an acre was raised in 1907. The next most productive state is Nebraska, with 1.5 tons an acre. The value of an acre of hay in this state is also high, $12.75 compared to $9.37 in Nebraska. BOOST IN PROPERTY VALUES. Board's Figures Show Gain of $26,000,- 000 Throughout State. Although the returns on the equal- izing by the state board show that the assessment on the property of the state is lower by a number of mill- ions than the amount returned by the county boards, yet the actual ine in the valuation of state property by the state board of equalization $26,000,000. Practically all of this in- crease occurs in the value on real es- tate, but the total increase is about $5,000,000 less than it should be to keep pace with the growth of state ex- penses. The returns by the statisticians of the state tax commission have just been issued. This report takes no ac- count of the exemptions which will be later allowed. The increase in realty assessment made in 1907 was by the tax commission in finding $120,000,000 ore lands. The comparison of values follows oe poms a eke Bes 38 gee 38 & 38 Ekg Ss 8hS 38 § 83 og 26 ee See gon ix gg hk a gso ~~ go ° Baa 852 a Bs! Sa! og : 9 OF: me: ii @ 3e i} “9 35 S3,/ 2 83. BEe| ES > soe Sen|/fr er sea Sal22 4 f2e Si BS 4 Bes elas, 85R 2\8S>p gs S128 R gs be MSS Se lesz igs 5| £3 & s)e3 8 583 rd S|) a3 0 fai ra | 2 8 Ss 4 oH S| 8 wl 8 9 I > is Clover and Sand Proves Good Mate- rial. “There has been a wonderful provement in roadmaking in the las few years,” said George W. Cooley, state highway engineer, recently. “Roads built in the Red river valley five years ago would not have begun to come up to the present require- ments of the state highway commis- sion, but every road they built this year is a good one.” The experiment in making roads with clover and sand has been so suc- cessful at Princeton that the commer- cial club is asking the highway com- mission to extend the section of clover toad from Princeton to Elk River, or at least to Zimmerman. The clover was planted near the roadway and cut and worked into the sand by passing ceams. It has partially turned the sand into a vegetable loam. ALFALFA ACREAGE GROWS is Valuable as Milk Proiducing Fodder and Is Adaptable to Minne- 5: sota Soil. Farmers over the state are plan- xing to increase to a great extent their fields of alfalfa the coming year. This fodder has been rapidly growing ‘n favor in this state and the annual production has been increasing by eaps and bounds. Dairymen have ‘ound that as a feed it is rich in milk oroducing cualities.