Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 2, 1910, Page 4

Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. VACANT BUSINESS BUILDINGS Does any tax payer want to see vacant buildings in the village of Grand Rapids? At the coming vil- lage election on March 8, a proposi- tion will be submitted to the voters whether or no Grand Rapids shall have saloons the coming year. To vote the town “dry” means that there wil be many vacant buildings as a mute testimonial of the “deadness’” of the ‘village. Other lines of busi- ness will also suffer and it would soon present as forlorn an aspect as the neighboring villages we might mention, if comparisons were not od- sous. \Those who would see Grand Rapids continue as the best town on the range will see that it is not vot- ed “dry.” ———j]V5-—_— THE FERTILIZING VALUE OF SNOW. Some scientists has computed that there is annually brought down in rains, snows and dews about 9 to 10 pounds per acre of nitrogen of avail- able plant food. This, if bought in the form of commercial fertilizers, Soula cost, say, $1.75. This is why snow is often called the poor man’s fertilizer. The bounteous covering of snow upon the fields this year prom- #ises an unusual supply of nitrogen for the soik and should imsure good crops. Since reading the scientist’s estimate of the value of snow as a fertilizer, we understand why our father, used to hustle us out ‘early in the morning im the spring time in order to plow under a generous fall of snow before it melted. He had an *‘idea that the snows brought some- thing down from the atmasphere that twas of ‘value to the soil and scientists have proved that his idea Was correct. : peas ese Eee WARDEN WOLFER’S REPORT. The report of Warden Wolfer show that at present there are 665 prison- Of this num- are serving life ers in the penitentiary. ‘ber eighty sentences and fourteen are serving twenty five year sentences. of the prisoners now in the peniten- tiary are over sixty but the majority range in age from thirty to forty. gre less than twenty years of age. The social relations of the prison- ers show that 444 of them are single, 186 are married, 14 are divorced, 88 are widowers and three are separat- ed. 260 of the prisoners are intem- perate in their habits. There are 55 total abstainers among them and the rest moderate in their habits. Four- teen of the prisoners had college education, 25 went thru high school, 368 had a common school education and 88 are illiterate. seven Ten years of age, Twenty-six of them ES ee COOKING FOODS. Since every housekeeper must pre- pare more than a thousand meals in @ year, and since upon her depends in so great a measure the health of her family, it is obviously of great importance that she shall be trained & the selection and cooking of foods and im general domestic hygiene. Prof. Juniata Shepperd, head of the domestic science division, at the School and College of Agriculture, thinks that among the most import- ant things which she teaches her stu- dents are the relative food and money values of foods, home sanita- tion, and the value and dignity of the work which home market performs. The young ladies who attend her elasses learn how to feed a family ‘both well and economically, how to prepare them so that they will be most digestfble and will yield the greatest amount of nutrients and so ‘that they will, moreover, reach the table im a palatable condition. Since canned fopds are very often of inferior quality, the students are warned against using them under the impression that they are cheap. oe EN Ee 8 FORESTRY IN EUROPE. Raymond Orr, of the Minnesota Forest School, while in Europe last summer found forestry ta be a great benefit to the farmers of Germany, especially in the care and manage- ment of their. wood lots. As the farms are small and the land very valuable every available piece of ground is put to some use,} even permanent fences being done away with to make the fields larger. In many cases farmers have set aside 10 ito 40 acres for the growing of trees. Such a tree growth is put under scientific management, a state forester having charge of a group of farms im) @ certain district. It is his duty to advise and assist the farmer in every way possible, so that a good revenue may be ob- tained from a ground which would not make profitable agricultural land. The forester must display good in- telligent management, for on his judgment depends the profits. These wooded areas yield annually a net return of six to ten dollars per acre. The expense varies from sixty to ninety cents per acre. The, duty of the forester is to planting, selecting trees marking trees to ibe cut, etc. After a cutting has (been made the ‘forester comes around to check up and give imstruction in planting. Two trees are planted for every ome cut, because bome die, are damaged or removed in thinnings, and in {the étnal stand there will be the same number of trees as there were in the previous crop. Pine, spruce and beech are the common trees planted. They yield lumber, fence posts and -cordwood. The fores{ school of this state could be of great benefit to the farm- er by sending competent students to advise with him on this subject, he being required to pay only the ex- penses of the man sent. It seems as (though this would be a fine thing not only for the woodlot owner but jalso a.good practical ex- perience for the ‘student as well, and aid greatly in giving impetus to this vital national problem, “the conserv- ing of the timber supply.” assist in ———<@q@x too KEEN A SENSE OF JUSTICE. President Maft has a keen sense of justice; he has the much-praised “judicial mind.” But there are indi- cations that it is being overworked. There is such a thing as seeing so many sides of a question that one be- comes bewildered, and in attempting to carry out al theory of justice to all, fails to do justice to any. Mr. ‘Taft wants postal savings banks; thene is no doubt as to that. But im framing the» law to carry out thts project into actual effect, he sees too many sides to the question. "He makes it apply to subjects with which it has no legitimate connec- Rion, and drags im imterests which have mo proper relation to it. “The United States has outstanding $731,000,000 of two per cent bonds, which were taken almost entirely by the national panks as a basis for circulation. Considerably less than $50,000,000 of these bonds are held by private individuals, and against the rest the banks have issued prac- tically the limit of motes. The time is mearly here when the government must issue a considerable amount of Panama canal bonds. As the banks meed no more circulation, these must draw a rate of imterest What will attract the individual in- yestor, probably three per cent, which tay hurt the market for two per cents, sending their value below par. , Viewing this situation as a whole with his judicial mind and acute sense of justice, the president insists thal. if postal savings banks are establish- ed, the deposits must be used to re- tire the two per cent bonds at par, that it may be possible to float resultant upset of the bond market and.a loss to the national banks; im other words, that they may re place the two per cents with three per cents. As to the very large majority of ‘these circulation bonds are held im the east, especially in New York, this would send these postal savings deposits to the money centers, to be added to tthe hoards already there, and this is exactly the one thing ‘the people demand shall not be done. The centralization of the country’s cash is already too complete for its financia¥ health. But ‘the president imsists, and this is the original form of the bill which ‘Mr. Aldrith promised to have his senate adopt. If the president chang- es his mind, Mr. Aldrich will change his. If the president does not change his mind, the progressive senators will mot vote for the bill, and the country will endorse them, as it. i im their refusal to vote for the tariff (bin. In either event, the postal savings banks bill fails to pass, and Mr. Ald- rich is the one man who is satis- fied. He doesn’t want these banks, but would consent to them if the de- posits could be directed to the hands of his masters. So it is that he and his are supporting the president and his policies. So it is that the president, in his broad everything except that he is being bamfoozled. view, sees THE SMALL AND LARGE CITY. The Alexandria Post News is not far from a great truth when it says: “The inland cities of Minnesota are going to be the most desirable places of abode in the state within the next fifty years and that condition will be hastened if those who prosper will use their prosperity to make the scene of their prosperity what it can be made. “The big cities allure the residents of thd Mitte towns ‘because the little towns do not afford the standard of living, which the cities do. The most of these thimgs are possible in the little town iff the people will but pro- vide them.” , Any small city puts its limitations upon itself. Socially it may be just as far advanced and by the nearness than the big city. A dinner is said (to be the highest test of social ele- gance and perfection. Those familiar with the so-called inland towns have been guests at dimmers there, as per- fdct in their appointment and ser- vice, as any they have ever attend- ed anywhere. There is the same experience at other privaite and public functions. But there are small towns and small towns. The difference lies in the point of view of the people who live in them. They all have many families who know, who have the culture, the means, the education, to meet any social requirement. The trouble iis the frequently pre~ vailing feeling of the men that for example, correct dress, and a con- formity to social rules and customs, is snobbery, and ‘that to prove they are of the “piain people’ they must juever wear a dress suit, amd that only “boiled shirts.” There are communities in this state where many of the men have evening suits, which they wear only when away from home, but never would ventura to don in their own city. The small town can have lecture courses, good plays, good ‘music, hand some parks, fine sports and a far freer, more wholesome life than is ‘possible i, the large city, if fit will. It is only mecessary ito spend {the money as the larger place has to spend fit. It is only necessary to know that it is no more extravagant to pay $2.00 for a theatre ticket at home than abroad, that $10 or $50 spent in entertaining at home is more wise- ly used, than the same sum to lunch friends at the Spalding or Carlings. That $25 a year dues for a local Com- mercial club is the fee usual in the city. That other expenses are im pro- portion, and that money is just as hard to get or hardér in the large Place, as, in the small. In fact it is ‘usually the narrow- ness, not to say stinginess of the men, which puts the limitation on the small town. They scrimp their wives and families by setting up petty barriers, and this often, that they may “blow themselves” when away. Peta ge a MORE ABOUT CONSERVATION. President Taft in a recent mes- “@udes” wear UF diedipiecReclpboelvelechodkodlocks checkeche cdestechechedkcdochedl, hedhedh hohe chedhechecheche deeded rder Your Easter Outfit Here at Home Order Now... .. it my BtOre as fo sce te Capes. I have it March 27 is Easter Sunday The American Ladies’ Tailoaing Co., Chicago, whome I represent have issued their Spring Fashion Portfolio. on show It pictures in actual colors 66 of the most charming new siyle in man-tailored garments. Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts and It shows 238 samples of fabrics, the latest weaves in cloths and silks. . . JOHN YOU GAN HAVE A GARMENT MADE IN TEN DAYS Considering material and workmanship Prices are extremely low. (DON’T FORCET TO INSPECT THIS LINE BEFORE PLACING YNUR ORDER BECKFELT, Grand Rapids sage to Congress had tthe following to say upon the subject of conserva- (tion. The extract which we print below is of special iintenest to most of the readers iof our paper: In considering the conservation of the natural resources of the country, the feature that transcends all others. including woods, waters and minerals is the soil of the country. It ‘is in- cumbent upon the government to fos- fer by all avaiilable meams the re- sources of the county that produce the food of the people. To this end the conservation of the soils of the country should be cared for with all the means at the government's dis- posal, Their productive powers should have the attention of our scientists that we may conserve the new soils, improve the old soils, drain wet soils, ditch swamp soils, levee river soils, grow trees on thin soils, pasture hillside soils, rotate crops on all spils, discover methods for cropping dryland soils, find jgtasses and iegumes for all soils, feed grain and millfeeds on the farm where they originate, that the ‘soils from which they come may be enriched. A work of the utmost importance to inform and instruct the public on this chief branch of the conserva- tion of our resources is being carried on. successfully in the department of cape public attention that state ac- (tion, im addition to’ that of the de partment of agriculture (as, for in: stance, in the drainage of swamp lands), is essential to the best treat- ment of the soils in the manner above indicated. The act by which, in semi-arid parts of the public domain, the area of the homestead has been enlarged from 160 to 320 acres, has resulted most beneficially in the extension of “dry farming” and im the demon- stration which has been made of the possibility, through a variation in the character and mode of culture, of raising substantial crops without the presence of a supply of water as has been heretofore thought to be necessary for agriculture. But there are millions of acres of completely arid lands im the public domain, which, by the establish- ment of reservoirs for the storing of water and the irrigation of the lands, may be made much more fruitful and productive than ‘the best lands in a agriculture, but it ought not to es-j; Ld The Acme of Stove ecrnomical investment, There be the last consideration. A stove os range made of loose joint defects may not be stove or range. “BUCKS” It means perfect stove or desire it, wigl give perfect and lifetime. The “Buck's” stoves and are the cheayest in the long Wide nized the importance of this meth- od of artificial distribution of water on the arid lands by the passage of the reclamation act. The proceeds af the public lands create a fund to puild the works needed, to store and furnish the mecessary water, and fit was left} to the secretary of the interior to determine what projects should be selected among those sug- gested, and to direct the reclamation service, ‘with the funds at hand and through the engineers in its employ, climate where the moisture comes from the \ to construct the works, Bucks’ Stoves and Ranges and Range Perfection A stove or range will be a most extravagent, or a most ‘s no half way buriness about it. The person who considers pricesonly when selecting a stove or range, is making a most grievous mistake, price should No matter how nice and attractive a new stove may be the appearance is all in the “finish”, it soon wears off and be- cemes a most unattractive appearing object. poor material soon wears out and your money has been uselessy squandered. A poorly made, poorly constructed stove or range, with .poor, loose joints, is a most extravagant investment. These apparent at the time of pur_ chase, but are soon very apparent in the operation of the d§otect yourself against these unseen, hidden things, buy the stove or range that bears the Trade Mark range satisfaction for the rest of your days, fora “Buck's” for whatever purpose you may economical sergice and last a ranges, the best in America run. Then by all means buy H.D: Powers the country of arid and semi-arid lands without being convinced that this fis one of the most important methods of the conservation of our national resources that the govern- ment has entered) upon. It would appear that thirty projects have beer undertaken, and that a few of these are likely to be unsuccessful because of the. lack of water, or for other ‘but generally the work which has been done has-been well done and many important fengineering problems have been repisons, clouds. Congress recog: | No one can visit the far west and|met and solved.