Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 22, 1909, Page 2

Vor, XVII.—No, 14 "WW THE LAND OF THE BALSAM-FIR” An Eminent Agriculturist Visits The Northeast Experiment Farm at Grand Rapids IMPRESSIONS IN DAKOTA FARMER Editor M. L. Greeley Writes of Great Northeastérn Minnesota and the Work Being Done by Supt. McGuire. [M.L. Greeley in the Dokato Farmer] The call of the wild in nature, and of the beautiful and successful in farming, took us the other day to the steamboat landing at Aiken, Minnesota, and for a hundred and seventy-five miles up the head waters of the Mississippi, overhanging ma- ples, towering tamaracks, fir and pine, birch and balsam marked our way. . It would take pages to describe half we saw on this long river jour- ney, and many more to tell what we saw and learned after leaving Grand Rapids, the beautiful pine girdled lake and river surrounded city, to visit the state farm two miles north and east. Here, under the shade of stately pines, is the splendidly kept headquarters of the station; and here Supt. McGuire, with the charm- ing new mistress of the farm home, warmly welcomed us. It was a strange and decidedly un- usual place to be studying agricul- ture; talking of alfalfa, clover and corn; calves, pigs and poultry! Just to the west of us as we sat at the long lunch table ‘in the shadow of the pines” the smoke from great paper and saw mills showed against the sky; and_ for miles stretched above the great dams on the river, pine logs from many streams and camps hid the wide waters. Just to the north and east other clouds of black smoke flecked the heavens, aiid these, we were told, were coming from the long ore trains .and the greatest iron mines on earth at Cole- raine, Bovey and Taconite. Close by were drills going into the earth for more iron, and farther on streams were being turned to expose already visible ore, and new railroads for carying it were building everywhere. But here, with all the accumulated millions of boom and lumber compan- ies; steel trusts and combines could do to divert the earth and its peo- ple from their true mission, the ir- esprressible superintendent and his most estimable wife talked only of agriculture, talked enthusiastically of its mighty mission for that em- pire of rich clovered soils and near- by and unequalled markets. Here, surrounded by lumber camps and iron mines, is a farm of 455 acres, hewn from the wilderness, but as pretty in its great fields of corn, clover, and small grains, . alfalfa, small fruits and blue grass pasture, as any prairie lands. Although many miles north and west of Duluth, we saw some of last year’s prize corn at Omaha over nine feet high, and Minnesota No. 13 nearly ten feet high. These corns will both make enormous fodder, and will be grown principally for that. Northwestern Dent and White Cap Dent—Minn. No. 28—not only grew strong thick fodder, but Mr. McGuire says he had no trouble whatever in maturing either. This is particularly true of Northwestern Dent, the earliest ears’ of which have been saved at this station un- til this corn is pretty nearly a sure thing. é Superintendent McGuire is doing a mighty work, a work unsurpassed by any other man connected with agri culture in the state of Minnesota. Fresh from his own home farm, he went to Minnesota’s great school of agriculture, and from there back to land again. From what he has done himself he knows all he is, by voice and pen and object lesson, so ably teaching others. His abiding faith in agriculture, and particularly in its great possibilities in the vast empire of cheap lands surrounding his work, is unbounded, and the vast enterpri- ses about him do not jar his faith a particle. “The long ore trains that thunder down to the great lakes,” he (Continued on page four). THE COUNTY FAIR - BEGINS THURSDAY Larger List of Exhibitors Than Ever Before—Live Interest Taken By All. HIBBING SPEEDERS ENTER RACES Grandstand and Sheds Completed and Seven Additional Stalls Are Being Erected for Accomada- tion of Hibbing Racers. Itasca county’s eighteenth annual agricultural fair begins Thursday September 23, and the opening day will be spent in registering the ex- hibits and arranging them for dis- play in their proper departments. It should be distinctly. remembered by all who desire to enter exhibits that no entry will be received after 6 o’clock p, m., Thursday, and the of- ficers of the association state that this rule will be strictly adhered to. -The forenoon of Friday will be spent in judging the exhibits and awarding the ribbons. In the after- noon the 2:45 trot or pace for a purse of $200, the 2:18 pace for a purse of $300 and the marathon race and the hundred yard dash will be pulled off. The Grand Rapids band will furnish music« during the day and the Retail Clerk’s association wil: give a dance at Village hall during the evening, to which all are invit- ed. Coleraine and Deer River will play ball Saturday afternoon for a purse of $50. Both teams have played win- ning ball and an exciting contest is looked for. The two principal rac- ing events are a 2:25 and 2:35 pace fo purrses each of $200. The Cole- raine band has been secured for the occasion and everything possible is being done to make it a day of plea- sure for all. Secretary Graffam has _ received word that tén speeders from Hib- bing will enter for the race meet, which will make it necessary to build seven additional box stalls for the accomodation of the racers. Other horses from Duluth, Superior, Vir- ginia and Eveleth are expected to en- ter for the meet, attracted here by th size of-the purses, and it will be one of the most successful racing events of the! season. For the accomodation of Deer Rive: and Cohasset people, Secretary Graf- fam has made arrangements with the Great Northern officials to attach a passenger coach to the morning freight and for the convenience of Bovey, and Coleraine people, stages will be run at,intervals of one-half hour each. The Episcopal ladies will serve meals and lunches at the fair grounds and BE. T. Douglas has secured - the privelige for selling fruits, confec- tions, etc. Every farmer should remember that the fair is jgotten up for the purpose of displaying the agricultural possi- bilities of the county and each and every farmer should make an exhibit of some kind. The officers of the association Have labored long and earnestly to make the fair a success and have made made numerous improvements on the grounds. The grandstand and the sheds for housing the exhibits have been completed and the carpenters are rushing the completion of the stalls for the racers, County Superintendent Hattie F. Booth has written to each teacher in Itasca county, asking that they co-operate with her in making the children’s display a success, and from the reports coming in, it is thought the exhibit will prove very interesting. Pennsylvania Needs Us. A Pennsylvania editor has been im- prisoned for criminal libel, after he offered to show that the published article complained was true. The political boss flourishes in perfectiqn in Pennsylvannia, but it was not thought he had waxed so strong as to be able to use courts to throw a seare into the editorial fraternity But it appears he has. Where would E. C. Kiley and Claud Atkinson get off at, if they lived in Pennsylvania? —Aitkin Independent. Governor Johnson is Dead John A. Johnson, governor of the ; and the world found it clean, and state of Minnesota, died at St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester Tuesday morn- ing, September 21, 1909, at 3:25 o’clock,, This is the saddest announcement ever published in the state. No pub- lic man has passed over the blue rim that marks the visible confines of morality so beloved of his fellow men. as was the late chief executive. He was close to the hearts of the peo- ple in a degree that few men have ever known. His friends and ad- mirers were not confined to any class or caln. He was alike to rich and poor, to high and low, and recogni- tion of his real greatness was not con- fined to the members of any party. He towered above mere partisanship and by sheer force of his native character he won the admiration of all men. The following fitting tribute to the dead governor is from the Du- luth Herald of today: John A. Johnson is dead. He died as he had lived, quiet and un- afraid—a Christian gentleman. He fought a noble fight, and he met his one great defeat as he had met vic- tory, master of himself. With every bit of strength in his wiry body, and every ounce of energy in his clean, clear, mind, he met the onslaughts of the Reaper and when he saw that the énd was inevitable he turned his face to the wall and went to meet his Maker. He had lived a man’s life, done a man’s work in a world of men, and done it well, and he died a man’s death. What better could one ask of life? John A. John- son asked nothing better. He gave to the world the best that he had, and the best came back to him. In material things Governor Johnson was rated as a poor man in this age of millionaries. In the honest este@m, and genuine love of his fel- low men he was a Croesus. He gave to the world his esteem and his love, and the world’s esteme and love re- turned to him, a hundred fold. He looked for the hearts under the coat of a man, and he judged the man by it. The world looked for the heart under the coat of John A. Johnson, the charlatan about him. honest,’ and manly, He held out the right hand of fel- lowship to his fellow men, whether he were in overalls or in broadcloth and the fellowship rang true. That was the secret of Governor Johnson’s popularity. ‘There was nothing of He rang : Other men have preached the ‘ ne of fellowship and equality: fovernor Johnson practiced it. Other men have. fought for honors, and riches, and power, and popularity and found them rainbows, ever re- ceding before them, Governor John- teemson fought to keep his honor un- sullied, his soul clean and his con- science clear, and honor and eSteem came to ‘him. His character was one priceless jewel which he guarded, and right well did he guard it. Doubt- less he had his temptations and his weakness in common with other men, but to him they were obstacles to be overcome, not to be succumbed to. He met them with a steady eye, and an unrelenting will. The perfect . Christian gentleman was the goal toward which he strove. How close he came to it, will perhaps — be known “When earth’s last picture is painted.” The memory of his kind smile, and the inspiration of his clean, manly, hon- orable life will not soon be forgotten in Minnesta, the state which gave him birth and which he loved and served. Funeral Tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon the J. Lawler chaplain of the \governor’s staff will conduct services in the capitol. Thursday the body will be taken to St. Peter, where funeral services will be held under Presbyterian auspices with Rev. R. E. Clark in charge. 1n- terment will \be in the family ceme- tery at St. Peter, where Governor Johnson is to be buried beside. his mother. Honorary escorts will be state officials, the St. Paul lodge of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias, who will accompany the ‘special train ,to St. Peter. * Rev. J. EBERHART TAKES OATH OF OFFICE Former Lieutenant Governor As- sumes Office of ‘State’s St. Paul, Minn.,Sept. 21—Adolph C Eberhart of Mankato is the seven- teenth governor of the state of Minne sota. He took the oath of office to- day before Judge Charles N. Start, chief justice of the state supreme court. Edward E. Smith of Minne- apolis, who under the law become: lieutenant governor, as president pro tempore of the senate, will take his oath of office next, week. ; ‘The ceremony before Judge start to day| was simple in the extreme. Mr. be $ reading rooms will be open as usual. | River News. Eberhart had been informed by the at trney general that the gvernr’s sig- nature was necessary on requsitio~ papers and he decided to take the oath at once. New Books at Library The public library now has nine new pooks ready for circulation. The titles are as follows: Bride of the Mistletoe, by James Allen; Adrift on an Iee Pan, Wilfred T. Grenfell; Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery; Anne of Avonlea, L. M. Montgomery; White Mice, Richard Harding Davis; Women in Question, John Reed Scott; Much Ado About Peter, Jean Webster King in Khaki, Henry Kitchell Web- ster; Romance of a Plainsman, Ellen Glasglow! Hereafter no books will WILL TeoT THIRD TREET PAVING Blome Company Will Give Paving Severe Test Friday By Running Steam Roller Over It. LELAND AVENUE CROSSING OPENED Have Added Larger Force of Men and Are Now Completing Block Between Kindred and Hoff- man Avenues. The R. S. Blome company will give a public demonstration of the strength of the granitoid pavement Friday afternoon by running the heavy steam roller up and down the length of the street. The test will be held on Friday on account of it being one of the principal days of the fair and they wish to give fair visit- ors an opportunity of witnessing the test. The barriers which protected the Leland avenue and Third street cross- ings have been removed- and the street is now open for traffic. Here- tofore teamsters have been compelled to go several blocks out of the way in order to deliver goods’ to merch- ants whose place of -business abuts that portion of Third street being paved, and the removal of the bar- riers will be hailed by them with great joy. 4% ‘ The paving of the block between Kindred and Hoffman, ayepues, will be completed» Thursday, and Supt. Schonfield states that the Hoffman avenue crossing will be completed Saturday evening. Where the pave- ment abuts the gutter, hot asphalt is poured in the space intervening, which makes the pavement entirely waterproof and causes all water to drain into the gutter. The cement walk on Leland avenue between the Great Northern tracks and the pavement curb was taken up and a new walk is being put in, which is on a level with the curb. Heretofore this walk has been flood- ed with water during a heavy rain and the raising of the walk to stan- dard grade will do away with this annoyance. The Blome company has been handicapped on account of not having a sufficient number of men, but an- other crew is expected here in a few days and the work will be put through with a rush. G. N. EXTENSION SOON COMPLETED Are Laying Steel Between Grand Rapids and Coleraine—Laying Spans of Steel Bridge. Contractor Riley recently returned from a trip to the Cascade mountains where he went to look over some pro- posed grading that A. Guthrie & Co. will do., He states that the work on the Grand Rapids-Nashwauk exten- sion is nearing completion. It is expected that the road will be ready for passenger service about October 1, the big steel span on the bridge over the Oliver Iron Mining Co.’s mine at Coleraine having been put in position, and the rails have been laid from Nashwauk to Cole- raine. The steel crew are now lay- ing steel between Coleraine and Gran@ Rapids junction. The depot at Marble has been com- pleted and the carpenters are now buisly engaged in erecting the depot at Coleraine and at Bovey. It is thought that with the completion of thas extension. shipments from the western Mesaba will be materially increased. Tom Brady Not Guilty. ‘Tom Brady returned Wednesda; from his visit of a month to his old home at Arnprior, Ont. Tom’s close friends at the Mohr hotel just knew he had got married, and after he went to bed some of the guys went and put “wife” after his name on the re- gister. The next night the band turned out and serenaded him. The mob went to his room and insisted on entering, but found him alone.—Deer HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Two Dollars a Year. DISTRICT COURT CONVENES OCT. 26 Judge Stanton, of Bemidji Will Preside at the October Term of District Court. EIGHTEEN PRISONERS BEHIND BARS Hill and Johnson Cases To Come Up—Clerk of Court Rassmussen Receives Order From Judge To Draw Jury. The October term of court opens at Grand Rapids, Tuesday, October 26, and the calendar promises to be a large and lengthy one. Clerk of Court Rassmussen has received or- ders from Judge Stanton, who will pre side, to draw a list for the grand jury The petit jury will sit one week later than the grand jury, on November 2. This is done for the convenience of the county attorney, so that he can give his undivided time to the grand jury. The Hill and Johnson cases will come up at this session and they un- doubtedly will occupy the center of the Jtime'ight. They are charged with accepting bribes in connection with the Bovey saloar cases, which also come up at this time, and a large number are watching the cases with interest. There ere eighteen prisoners lying in the county jail, charged with com- mitting various offences and numier- ows others are out cn bail, some of which were «ertinued over from the spring term of court. SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS MEETING New Division of Village Made For Children Attending Central and Forest Lake Schools. A regular meeting of the school board of district No. 1 was held at Central school Monday evening and the matter of making a new division of the village for pupils attending the Central and Forest lake schools was taken up. Heretofore the village has been divided in two parts for pupils who are in the sixth grade and under. Houghton avenue was the dividing line and all who lived on the west side were required to attend the Forest Lake school and all on the east side the Central school. The new division is as follows: All children on the west side of Hough- ton avenug and on the west side of Hoffman avenue, beginning at Sixth street running north will be required to attend the Forest Lake school. The change was made on account of the grades being crowded at Central school, while at Forest lake the teachers complain of not having scholars enough. Isaac Jacobs was given a contract to haul pupils to the Carpenter school during the months of Decem- ber, January, February and March at $50 per month. On account of the spring thaws making the roads impassable at the Moose park school, the teacher was given permission to hold school on Saturday if the pupils would attend, in order that they might receive the benefits of the full term. The county attorney will be furnish ed with a list of names of children of school age not attending school REeEeeAPIUASE BAREL and prosecutions will follow at once. The board proposes to see that the law is strictly enforced. The usual grist of bills were allowed. County Commissioners in Session A meeting of the board of county tcommissiners is being held at the court house this (Wednesday) after- noon and numerous matters of impor- %|tance are being taken up. Bids will ‘be received and considered for the building of the twenty additional cells on the county jail. Tries Starvation. Henry: Chase, who tried a week of starvation cure on his wife and beat her up “when she would ask for food or water, was sent to the county jail for 90 days by Judge Burgess Mon- day-—Dier River News f