Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 20, 1909, Page 1

VoL. XVI.—No, 31 Grand Vapid Granp Rapins, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, [909. s Hera ld. evicw. STO Hi Two Dollars a Year. THE COMMERCIAL CLUB 16 REVIVED Many Business Men Responded to Call Made By Herald-Review In Issue of Last Week. MUCH ENTHUSIASM WAS CREATED Hon. G. G. Hartley of Duluth Present at Meeting and Deliver- ed a Sound Business Talk —Officers Elected. In response to the call made in the last issue of the Herald-Review for a meeting of the business men of Grand Rapids at Village hall last Saturday evening there was an encouraging number present. The interest shown was ample evidence that the people of Grand Rapids are fully alive to the importance of giving close attention to the needs of the city’s future development. For some time past the Commercial club has’ been decidedly inactive. In fact there had not been a meet- ing of that organization for more than a year until Saturday evening last. Secretary Dickinson had con- tinued to look after such corre- spondence as came into his hands relative to the town and its welfare, but otherwise very little was done. The cayse for this general lethafgy relative to public interests cannot be attributed to neglect of duty on behalf of the officers of the Com- wercial club. The blame rests with the community as a whole. Just as achainis no stronger than its weakest link, so with acommunity. The whole people must act in unison and with equal energy of purpose to accomplish the best re- sults in the upbuilding of any town. No matter what the natural advantages may be they must be supplemented and augmented by the plans, energy and under the direction of man. Take for ex- ample the city of Duluth, with all the great resources supplied by the lavish hand of nature that sur- rounds her on every side, yet the business men of Duluth are always busy bringing into Jife and activity the multitudinous elements that enterinto the one great plan to build a city of wealth and popula: lation. This is the history of all progressive communities. Grand Rapids is today confronted with opportunities that few towns can boast of. If these opportunities are properly looked after while they are available the future of this town is assured beyond per adventure. If neglected the failure that will} surely follow can be charged up to} a citizenship; that did not make good. The Herald-Review, how- eyer, is by no means pessimistic of the future. Grand Rapids has a live and progressive lot of business men who are fully cognizant of the fact that this is to be one of the big and prosperous towns of Min- nesota, and they are prepared to apply the means and measures necessary to make the most of every possibility. This was evi- denced at the meeting Saturday night last. State Senator D. M. Gunn pre- sided, and stated the purpose of the meeting, mentioning a number of subjects that should be given consideration by the Commercial club. He spoke in optimistic terms of the prospect of immediate growth in population, by reason of additional railway facilities and the certain development of nearby iron properties. Officiale of the Great Northern railway had assured Sen- ator Gunn that the line from Nash-| wauk would be completed to Grand Rapids by July next and daily trains over the new branch would be running by that time. The Du- luth, Mesaba & Northern would also have connections here early next summer. This means the de- velopment of iron properties in the immediate vicinlty of Grand Rapids. Mr. Gunn introduced Hon. G. G. Hartley of Duluth, who happened to be in town. Mr. Hartley is as well acquainted with this town and its environments as any resident heseof. He came up the Mississip- pi and camped where the village now stands more than a quarter of a century ago. He has watched with interest the growth of the town and has ever entertained a friendly feeling for its welfare. He pictured in his remarks the many natural beauties of the place and its business possibilities. He de- plored the fact that the village has thus far neglected to acquire suit- able parks while it is still possible to do so at comparatively little cost. He is owner of a beautiful tract of land lying within the village limits on the east side which is covered with a magnificent growth of white pine. He has had many offers to buy the timber by parties who desired it for the market value. “To allow the cutting of those beautiful trees would be an irrepar- able loss to the village of Grand Rapids. If I lived here they would be of priceless value. I will deed this tract of land to the viHage for a park, without price, provided the municipality will acquire title to that adjoining mine from the Great Northern Railway company. This can be done, I am sure,’’ said Mr. Hartly, ‘‘as I have talked with the officials, and they would deed the tract to the village ata very nomi- nal figure.’’ He dwelt at some length on the agricultural possibili- ties of Itasca county and the rapid settlement and development that may be looked for. As a summer resort town he knew ot none more favorably located in all northern Minnesota, and pointed out many ways by which hundreds of tourists could be induced to spend their summers here, many of whom would ultimately become perma- nent residents. Very Rev. Dean Buechler of St. Joseph’s Catholic church was present and took an earnest inter- terest in the meeting and its de- liberations. He has been identi- fied with similar organizations in other communities and offered a number of valuable suggestions. The Commercial club was reor- ganized by the election of H. D. Powers, president; C. H. Dickin- son, secretary, and C. H. Marr, treasurer. An _ executive commit- tee consisted of the president and secretary, T. A. McHugh, C. A. Bossard and Fred A. King was named. A yearly membership fee of three dollars was voted, payablein advance. About thirty signatures were subscribed to the constitution and by-laws and the fees paid over to the treasurer. Fred A. King, C. H. Marrand KE. C. Kiley were ap- pointed a committee to solicit addi- tional members. D. M. Gunn, A. C. Bossard and Henry Hughes were named as a committee to investi- gate and ascertain certain informa- tion relating to railroad matters. The meeting was adjourned to! Friday, February 5th. ANNUAL MEETING -ON JANUARY 30TH Itasca County Agricultural Asso- ciation Will Meet on Satur- day, January 30th. ‘rhe farmers of Itasca county should bear in mind the annual meeting of the fair association to he held in Grand Rapids on Saturday afternoon of next week. The annual meeting 1s a very important one, as on the action then taken in the election of officers depends the success or failure of the annual fair, Honest and ca- pable men only should be chosen to direct the affairs of the county agri- cultural association, Considerable county money has been expended on the grounds; some buildings haye been erected, and the foundation is laid for future development of the lhasca county fair to large propor- tions, From now en it will rapidly become a big institution of which every citizen will teel proud, It must not be permitted to fall into incompe- tent hands and be managed by men who seek such positions for personal benefit. It isto be hoped that the annual meeting on Saturday the 3oth will be largely attended, Death of Henry Ball. Henry Ball died at St. Benedict’s hospital in Grand Rapids on Saturday morning, January 16, of meningitis, after a brief illness. The deceased was about forty-five years of age, He was one of the old time woodsmen of this section, having been a resident of of Itasca county for about twenty years. When taken sick he was working in one of the camps of Sutton & Mackey, The remains have been retained at Kremer’s under- taking rooms awaiting instructions from relatives in Wisconsin, PRESS BULLETIN STRONG PLEA FOR BY SUPT. M'QUIRE LPT QURE! THE FRW SCHOOL Bulletin Number Seventy Gives | One Should Be Established in Con- Valuable Pointers on Farm nection With the Northeast Grown Seeds. Experiment Farm. CLOVER 1S SURE AND PROFITABLE a BENEFITS 10 BE DERIVED Supt. M’Guire of Northeast Experi- | Suggestion Made at Commercial ment Station Discusses Value of | Club Meeting May Result in Bill Clover and Advises Farmers Establishing School Here by to Give it Special Attention. "Act of State Legislature. The ease and abundance in which | [By E. A. Freeman, Superintendent clover grows in this section of the Grand Rapids Public Schools.) state is the strongest indorsement of | ‘The establishment of a farm school its agriculture. Whenever clover | atthe Northeast Experiment station may be grown, farming may be con-| was brought tothe attention of the ducted successfully. Commeria] club last Saturday even- Clover is not only one of the most jing by Senator Gunn. To the mind valuable feeds for all kinds of stock fof the writter no more important butit enriches the soi] where it is | subject was discussed at this meeting grown. and none should receive more active Clover is grown in every rotation | support of the business men of this and on every feld of the Experiment | community and the citizens of this Farm at least every fourth year. | district. This is done to give all the fields its} ‘phe subject of agricultural educa- benefit. Generally it is used but one | sion js receiving more attention than year and then plowed up for some ” st ny other subject now before the other crop. Owing to the high price | equcational world, and there is no of clover seed, this frequent reseed- greater movement than that of or- ing may seem an extra expense, but | sanizing agricultural instruction in the increased yield not only 1n clover, the public schools and of establish- but ip the crops that follow pays for | jng agricultural training schools and the seed many times. In fact ube in- | eolieges. The movement is not con- creased yield from one acre of the fined to the rural communities, but first year cutting, over that of an old | prevails in many of the large cities of field will more than pay for the seed| the east. In this state agricultural of ten acres. ; Yinetruction is fast being introduced Clover may be seeded with any|inthe public schools. With public kind of grain in this section of the | sentiment so universally favorable state. The growth is so vigorovs|t the promotion of this sort of in- that no consideration need be given struction, no time could be more to nurse crop. ‘opportune than the present for this _Ttmay be seeded with or without’) community and county to push this timothy. On the Experiment Farm gnterprise. a mixture of the two is used, about® 7 half and half in weight. It cures Peon Soe caneclayeliery ue a made to’secure a school of this kind we Wenge spa onghuegs ty for this part of the state? tee to 10 pounds seed per acre and the of the agricultural possibilites of this same of timothy, owing to the rich- section of MJnnesota; because of the ness of the soil, muisture etc. crude methods of tt Nb ole Use medium red clover for the up- in many localities; because a majority land hay crop, mammoth for plowing of the farmers who came here are not under (recommended only for yery paneuen wi the seas He sandy soil) and alsike for low land climate and pale sonalepue 4 they that isin danger of standing water peed cope Us bene uae Wig Brick and where jt 1s left in meadow mordé failure of the early settlers to make a than two years. Clover hay is a valu- success of their endeavors will able feed for dairy cows, but requires deter ce abies : erate considerable care in curing to retain ie ee Cen, ae Shin ; = boys and girls should be made to up green rather than averdried pai for them in the life of the farm, and rained upcn. Best results are secur- REE hE Se ae von ae ed when cut in full bloom. Our sys- made as attractive and as scientific tem in haying is to cut one day, and as any labor in the land. In fact the get in the mow the next. The hay YU2# people of the farms can do may be sufficiently cured in this time eae PMO Te ped eu OT when the weather is favorablé. A this country if they _are _taught to hay tedder is very necessary in cur- apply their efforts in intelligent ing clover bay that yields from 2 to directions. Without practical and 34 tons per acre. Hay that is cut one scientific farming the development of forenoon is tedded the next morning Wal Se ceepe Or uneroounur yc WU) Ue as soon as the dew is off, and again delayed, Ee oe Lae hie just before dinner. The rake is | L¢i8 true the farmer’s institutes are a3 doing a great work, but the work of a started in the afternoon and the hay 4 hauled in at once. One ton of clover | farm schowl would far outshadow the bay cured inthis way is worth two pol Ol tons of hay that has been rained on Farm schools are for the girls as and weather beaten, especially in the | Well as the boys. Here the girls are production of milk. taught the economic application of Grow clover. Feed it on the farm. | their efforts in the work of the home; It has a double value, and for this | the proper caring for the dairy and section it replaces ‘corn as king.” the poultry interests, and many other practical things every farmel’s Making a Reputation. daughter should know. She learns from practical experience that the Among the basket ball teams of | home life of the farm need not mean northern Minnesota none are making | drugery and that it can be made as a better reputation than the boys of Floodwood. They are playing every- tion, as the training adapted to this locality must be gotten here and not at schools: located where soil and climatic conditions are far different from what we have. Here is the logical point for the establishment of such a school. The state has spent thousands of dollars in bringing the Northeast Experimental station to its present degree of efficiency and all the equipment of the State Farm would be no outlay for general equipment and no wait to bring the soil and equipment to a state of use- fulness necessary to the success of the school. The situation in this respect is identical with that of the station at Crookston, and the cost of establishing a local school should not be much greater than that of estab- lishing the Crookston schvol. The state has the farm and equipment. All that is necessary are buildings for dormitory and class rooms and the necessary instructors. I give herewith a letter written me Sept. 21st, 1908, by Supt. Robertson of the Crookstoon Farm School. From it some estimate can be formed as to what such a school would cost here. Crookston, Minn., Sept. 21, 1908. Supt. E. A. Freeman, Grand Rapids, Minn. Dear Sir: I have yours of the 16th. Under separate cover I send you catalog. The first appropriation made by the Siate for this school was $15,000 for a building and equipmeat. Nothing was proyided for runnnig expenses. Class room was secured by using the carriage room for a carpenter shop and the farm shop for a blacksmith shop. Also the basement of the superin- tendent’s cottage was used for a dairy room. All we have for maintainace these two years is $4000 per annum, The superintendent's salary does not come out of this. The num- ber of instructors for last year you will learn from the catalog. The number should be about nine now, but we have to go by the money we may use. Enrollment you will observe from catalog. Sincerely yours, Wm. Robertson, Supt. I desire to add thateach year there are many boys and girls desirous of attending school here, but are pre- vented from so dving on account of the high cost of living in town and their inability to secure a place to work toearn their expenses while attending school. There are many young menin isolated parts of the county without the advantages of an education adequate to their abilities and needs. The proposed schvol would meet this great need and many of these young people would attend. On account of the dormitory the cost of liying would be very low and many of the young people would be able to make their own expenses in doing work about the farm. The schoo! would be in session during the time of the year when the work of the farmis quiet and thus many adults would be able to attend dur- ing part of the session. LC have yiven this matter consider- able attention and Iam convinced that the present is the time for the county ani district to make this move. Senator Gunn should receive the energetic support of the Commercial club and all the business interests of his district to secure this desirable institution as a part of the North- east Experiment station, ONE MORE CHANCE FOR ONE DOLLAR The Herald-Review Will Continue Its Reduced Subscription Rates. The Herald-Review reduced its subscription rate for a period of six weeks prior to the first of January and during that brief time over 250 names of Itasca county citizens were added to the subscription list. No “phony” prizes were. thrown in to induce the public to “bite’. The reduction in price offered and the guick response demonstrated to the publisher that the people appreciate the Herald-Review. The fact that it has always enjoyed the largest cir- culation in the county notwithstand- ing the fact that the price of yearly subscription has been maintained at a SR ee tenseeeeeesenenneneneeaneneei Senet SENATOR GUNN ON REAPPORTIONMENT Speaks Encouragingly of Getting a Half-Square Deal For North- ern Minnesota. BILL FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT JUDGE The Senator and Representatives From This District Given Full Share of Important Committee Appointments. “Northern Minnesota may get some share of justice in the creation of new legislative districts,” said Senator Gunn, who spent Saturday and Sun- day at home, to a Herald-Review man. “We can hardly hope to get all that is coming to us, but it now looks as though it will be possible to get through a reaportionment bill that will give this section a greatly increas- ed representation, One thing in out favor is the individual strength of the delegation from northern Minnesota. Some mighty good men were elected to the legislature last fall from this part of the state,” said he. ‘The St. Louis county members are especially strong men who will exert a big influence both in the house and senate. McGar- ty and Fergusson of this district have both been given such committee ap- pointments as they desired, and 1 look to see good results from their efforts in the house. They are both capable men who will’ work hard for the dis- trict’s interets and will leave nothing undone that is calculated to advance such legislation as is needed by this new northern country. We expect some substantial aid from a goodly number of southern members who are inclined to do the square thing on re- apportionment. The bill that will be agreed upon and accepted, because of its hkelihood of passage, will be intro- duced in the senate by a strong south- ern Minnesota member. We will have to contend with that element, however, from the southera part of the state, that looks with avarice on the natural wealth of this section, It hardly seems possible, but it is a fact, nevertheless, that there are a large percentage of senators and representatives from the south half of this state who regard the iron rifines and other natural wealth of the northern counties as a field for exploitation in the matter of taxation. Many of them do not hesitate to ad- vocate that the iron mines should be taxed to an extent that would virtually relieve all other property of the state from taxation. ‘This is a hard senti- ment to overcome, but we hope to be able to modify it somewhat, and save enough to maintain local governments in this section and build some roads. I predict there will be no tonnage tax law passed at this session.” Senator Gunn said he considered 1t very hkely that a bill establishing a school of agriculture at Grand Rapids in connection with the Experiment farm would be passed. ‘The interest in agriculture is strong, and farming on a scientific basis is becoming the watchword of the state,” said he, “and I feel that such a bill would meet with very little opposition.” In answer to an inquiry as to the probable addition ot another judge in this district, the senator said he thought such a bil! would be introduc~ ed and passed. In the matter of committee appoint- ments the senator from this district was given his full share of work to do by the lieutenant governor. He 1s chairman of the committee on logs and lumber, a member of the com- mittee on taxes and tax laws, banks and banking, reapportionment, public buildings and enroliment. pleasant as any other line of domes- tic work. The boysare taught how thing that will give them a game and already have a long list of victories to their credit. The famous Y. M.C. A. team of Duluth will play Floodwood at the latter place Friday night of this week, and through the Herald- Review a special invitation is extended to the basket ball enthusiasts of Grand Rap- ids to be present and witness what is expected to be one of the fastest games yet pulled off in this section. The trains between Grand Rapids and Floodwood are scheduled very con- veniently to accommodate those who wish to see the game. The line up will be as follows: - DULUTH FLOODWOOD Perry Center “A, Carey Hi to profitably manage the soil and live stock of the farm, the use and care of farm tools and machinery, and all the ordinary repair work of the farm. Both boys and girlsare taught the common branches of knowledge that should enter into the education of every young person, and with this the business side of farm manage- ment. They are shown that farm life is worth while and are lead to believe in the farm and the success- ful outcome of their occupation in their own locality. I know of no agent that would conduce more to making farm life in this locality attractive to the young people of the farm as would a farm school in the training it would give thuse who availed themselves of its advantages. None of the other farm schools of the state meet the needs of this sec- New Firm at Cohasset. J. H. Grady of Cohasset and Henry Hughes of Grand Rapids have formed a partnership under the firm name of J. H. Grady & Co., and have bought the mercantile stock and building at Cohasset of Dunn & Marcia. The new firm has taken charge of the business. Dunn & Marcia have bought the retail lumber business at Cohasset of the King Lumber company. Mr. Grady will be the resident manager of the Co- hasset store. He is an old-time _resi- dent of that town, knows everybody thereabouts, has lots of personal frends, and the Herald-Review pre- dicts that the new firm will enjoy a prosperous business. Mr. Hughes is also well acquainted in Cohasset, having been engaged in the mercan- tile business there at one time, two dollars per year, is pretty good evidence of its general popularity. Being the official paper of the county every citizen should be a subscriber to the Herald-Review. In order to give everyone an equal opportunity the reduced rate willbe continued uotil further announcement. Mr. J. N. Brown is the authorized repres- entative ‘of the circulation depart- ment and in the interests of the Herald-Review he will make a thorough canvass of the county. We have been able to make arrangements with the Duluth Daily Star for club- bing rate that will enable all who desire to get one of the best dailies in the state, afarm journal anda woman's magazine all for the regular price of the Herald-Review. Read the advertisement on another page. NEE RTIVE DARrEL