Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 20, 1910, Page 1

et oa TT VoL. XVIIL—N, 44. GRAND Rapips, Irasca CouNTY, MINN., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2., [gI0. i Two Dollars a Year. THE PROBLEM OF CLEARING LANDS Superintendent McGuire Gives Very Interesting Treatise on the Subject. ADVOCATES THE USE OF DYNAMITE Experienced Men Can Blow From 40 to 80 Stumps Daily—Tells What Amount Should Be Used. Press bulletin No. 85, which ha: been recently issued by Supt. A. J. McGuire, of Northeast Experiment farm, gives a very imteresting treat- ise on the problem of clearing lands for farming purposes in northern Min nesota and it should be read by every farmer, as the article treats in full on the costs, methods to be employed and advice on handling dynamite. We give it in full below: Clearing Land. Trees, brush, down timber and stumps withhold ten million of acres of land from cultivation in Northern- Minnesota. The clearing of this land is the most important economic pro- blem of the state. Under cultivation it would give employment to and sup- port to one hundred thousand familie; It would add one hundred millions of dollars to the channels of trade annually. It would make a good road possible for every section line and a consolidated rural school for every township. It is: not the cost of clearing land that is the great obstacle. A. farm cleared and under the plow will al- weys soll for more than the cost of clearing, plus the purchasing price of the uncleaned land. The difficul- ty is, that the clearing of the land to the farmers from the prairie sec- tions is a new kind of work, and a work that is not the most agree- able. (Land cleaning at its best is hard work, but when the work is con ducted to the best’ advantage, it is ithe cheapest and surest way to sec- ure a farm. Cutting the Brush. A light double! bitted ax and brush scythe are the tools required for cut- ting brush and small trees even with tthe ground. ‘This is important as the land can then be mowed over, which is impossible when the stubs, are left five or ten inches above the ground as is commonly done The brush should be piled closely not. thrown together, or it will not burn as well. The Down Timber Old logs and trees should be skid- ded together with a team and if dry at' the time, should be burned the same day, as a large pile of logs, half decayed will dry out slowly when rained upon. If the stumps are to be removed at the same time that the brush and down timber is remove it i well to defer burning the brush and piling the logs till the stumps are out, then pile the stumps on the brush and log piles and burn all to- gether. f The Burning. To pile everything up in good shap and then start a fire in each pile and go away and leave the burning burn- img to take care of itself, is to of- times more than double the work of purning. Burning requires the care and skill of a fireman. A big fire will burn anything and everything but it has to be kept big by rolling the parts close together as they burn by throw- ing the outside material into the cen- ter. By! keeping| the parts together it will all burn and burn easily and quickly; but let the fire once go out witht the pile only half or two thirds burnde and it will require twice as much work tof burn what remains as if the first fire was carefully tended. In gathering up stumps that have been plasted, it is well to burn them at the same time. Start the fire and pile the stumps on the fire instead piling all the material before burning. Start three or four fires in different parts of the field, so that the loads will not have to be hauled to far. By burning the material in small piles and having three or four fires going at once the load can be driven up the fire that is most burned out so| that the heat will not be too intense ‘to work near it. Where very large stumps are to be burned it may be necessary to use a for piling. .For description of derrick see Farmers Institute An- nual No. 21. Removing Stumps by Use of Dynamit The chief obstacle and source of expense in clearing land are the stumps. In number, stumps may run all the way from ten to two hundred per acre and some times higher. The only practical methods thus far the stump puller and the use of dy- namite. These two methods are some dumnjs oy} S3unqyds ‘pourqmoo seu} with dynamite and loosening the dirt and pulling the pieces out with a stump puller. F ‘Of the two methods, the use of dynamite exclusively, is mow the most commonly practiced. Dynamite properly placed under a stump will jGontinued on page four. GRAND RAPIDS 10 GET ROUNDHOUSE General Superintendent Philbin Was Here to Look Grounds Over Monday. WILL HAVE ROOM FOR 5 ENGINES Probably Be Located At West ,End of Yards-Work to Start Soon --Will Be Big Boost for Village. General Superintendent Philbin, of the Lakes district of the Great Nor- thern system, arrived here, accom- panied by a party of friends, on a special train Monday for the purpose of conferring with the water and ligh commission in regard to furnishing wated at) Grand Rapids. There has been much talk of a round house being erected here but nothing authentic could be obtained on the subject until yesterday. While in conversation with a Herald-Review representative Mr. Philbin stated that although the matter had not been initely settled, there is every reason to believe that a round house would be erected here in the near future. The probable location is on the ‘Y" at the west end of the yard and there will be room for 5 engines, th three that tie up now and two that will haul ore on the Grand Rapids extension during the shipping seas- on. It will be composed of brick and the work of erection will start about June 1. Mr. Philbin says that the original plan was to build the round house at Gunn, but he discharged the idea as this would necessitate the running of a special train each morning and evening| to carry the employes to and from their work as they would undoubtedly make their home at Gran Rapids. The building of the round house at Grand Rapids ‘will be a big boost for the village as it will pring additional families! and will also énsure the per- manency of the trains on the exten- sion tieing up here. Mr. Philbin de- parted during the afternoon for Sup- erior tol inspect the docks at that | place. j COMIC OPERETTA FRIDAY EVENING The operetta, “Jack and the Great Bean Stalk’? which will be presented at High school auditorium by the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of the Grand .Rap- ids schools under the direction of Mis Anna M. Becker Friday evening, Apri 22 is {a travesty of the fairy tales of “Jack the Giant Killer Killer” and is brim full of laughable scenes and actions. (TASCA COUNTY Majority Will Be Retained in Their| List of Those Who Were Appointed Present Positions If So Desired. i Ree Se ee discovered for removing stumps = MEETING MONDAY EVENING At High School Auditorium for the Purpose of Sounding Senti- ment in Regard to Enlarg- ing High School. At the meeting of the school board of district Nc. J, heli Monday even- ing, nething much cvtside or routine business was transacied. but it was decided to call a mass meeting for Monduy evening April 25 to be held a the High school auditorium fer the Burposes of discussing plans for en- larging the High school building. The attendance has increase] at such a vate that the present build- ing does 10’ eve sufficient roo ad vari i have been advo ated for the ef ie buildin, at the jeast possible er) ense. One of these ts 10 Convert ihe auditoriuza ‘y- to an assembly room and replace the opera chairs with reading chairs. The other is to build another story on the north wing of the building. When this building was erected the ' .ndations were made strong enough to bear the weight of two stories, but the north wing was erected onl: one story high and it is stated that an additional story could be put up at a comparatively small expen-e As this is a matter t).at concerns every tax payer the board deciijed to eall a mass meeting. as Séfore’ stated and sound the public sentiment on the matter. ~The board does not wish to take any radical step without first consulting the public and they earn- estly request the citizens to attend this meeting and give their opinions. The meeting will be called to order a 8 o'clock p. m.. The following teachers have been re-electeq for the coming year to the positions now held by them: High School Building. Miss Mary Lothrop, principal. Miss Florence Burlingame, English and librarian. Miss Ada Kremer, Latin. (Miss Abbie Carpenter, domestic sci- ence. Miss Anna Becker, music and draw- ing. Mr. Richard G. Krueger, German and science. Miss Katherine Fisk, eighth grade. Central School Building. Miss Honora Hessian, principal and seventh grade. % Miss Effie Hall, sixth grade. Miss Laura Hoefling, fifth grade. Miss Carmen Miller, fourth grade. Miss Ailda Holmes, third grade. MissKatherine Doran Second Grade Mrs. Clara Grove, first grade. Miss Bessie Santee, kindergarden teacher. Miss Lillian LeFebvre, assistant kine ergarten teacher. Forest Lake School Building Miss Margaret Aiton, principal and third grade. Miss Anna Sampson, fifth and sixth grades. Miss Ruth Bachus, fourth grade. Miss Irene Norby, second grade. Miss Viola Bachus, first grade. Supt. E. A. Freeman, who exercises supervision over all the schools in district No. 1 was re-elected for a term of 3 years and his ‘salary was fixed a $2,300 for the first year and an additional $100 raise for each succeeding year. Cohasset Schools Francis Carroll, principal. Miss Phoebe Smith, Miss Hazel Prescott. Miss May Hegdahl. The teachers in the various schools have done excellent work during the present school year and the board would like to retain them, as can be seen) by the appointments made, The price of admission has been fixed at 35 and 25 cents and the pro- ceeds will be turned over to btu we understand that many of them the | Will seek new fields of labor when the High school athletic association. Seat | Present term expires. can now be reserved at the Itasca Mercantile company store and are going fast. The solos, choruses and music are airy and catchey and every FOR SALE. Thoroughbred Rose Comb Brown close to the fire and thrown in by|one is promised an interesting even- Leghorn Eggs. $1.50 per setting. In- hand, piling each successive load on ing. puire of T. H. Shoaff. to Assist in Taking 1910 Censvs. ° QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE: ASKED Enumerators Started Work Thurs- day, April 15—Have 30 Days in Which to Complete Tak- ing of Census. The census enumerators appointed to take the 1910 census in Itasca county are now busily engaged in their work, having started Thursday. The taking of the census must be completed in 30 days and then the work of tabulating the information received will be commenced. The following is a list of enumerators in Ttasca county and their respective districts: Claud Fish, towns of Alvwood, Ar- denhurst and Good Hope. Henry J. Remer, towns of Arbo and Balsam. John E. Crawford, village of Cohas- set, towns of Bass Brook, 53-26, 45- 26, 53-27, 54-27 and parts of 143- south and east of the Mis- sissippi river. Harry M. Johnson, towns of Bass Lake, 56-27, 57-26, 58-26 and 58-27. John P. Hayden, town of Bearville, Carpenter, 60-23, 60-24, 61-23, 61-24, 62-23 and’ 62-24. T. M. Saunders, village of Big Fork and town of Big Fork, 61-25, 61-27, 62 2), 62-26 and 62-27 ‘George W. Meyers, towns of Black- Wk ry, Harris, 53-24 and 53-25. Rollo C. Lacy, village of Coleraine and town of Trout lake. Neil B. Burgess, village of Deer River and towns of Deer River, 144-25 north of the Mississippi river, 144-26, 145-26, 146-26 and 146-25. Otto Sheer, towns of Goodland, Feeley, Sago, 53-22 and 55-23. Harold J. Luther, village of Grand Rapids and town of Grand Rapids. Ed. Chill town of Grattan, Popple and Wirt. Howard C. Stake, town of Green- way, including villages of Marble and Calmuet; C. J. Franti villages of Bovey, Hol- man and Taconite and town of Iron Range. ELEGT TEACHERS (ENUMERATORS FOR |.Sx.co- = == FOR COMING YEAR} If you are foreign born what ‘was the year of immigration to the United States ?; Are you naturalized or alien? Are you able to speak English? If not what language do you speak? What is your trade or profession? What is the general nature of the industry in which you are engaged? Are you an employer or an employe or working on your own account? Are you out of ‘work at the present time, Alpril 15? How many weeks were you out of work during the year 1909. Are you able to read? Are you buble to write? Did you attend any school Sept. 1, 1909? Do you own or rent your home? Is it owned free of mortgage? Are you a survivor of the Union or Confederate army? Are you blind in poth eyes? Are you deaf and dumb? since Irven J, Sombs, towns of Lake Jes- sie ‘and Sand Lake. John Lundeen, towns of Marcell, 59-25 and 60-25. Wm. J. Ibbotson, town of Moose Park, Nore and Third River. John P. Raattama, villages of Kee- watin and Nashwauk and town of Nashwauk. Theo. H. C. Endeward, towns 58-22, 58-23, 59-22, 59-23 and 59-24. Paul Falconer, towns of 146-27, 146- 28, 146-29, 147-27, 147-28 147-29 and 148-27. Each enumerator carries a badge prominently displayed on the lapel of his coat and all questions asked must be truthfully answered, how- ever, the enumerator is not allow- ed to divulge any of the information so gained. The following is a list of questions that are being asked by the enu- merators: What is the name of each person ‘whose place of abode on April 15, 1910, was in this family? (Children orn after April 15, 1910, will be om- itted from the thirteenth federal cen- sus.) What is the relationship of these persons to the head of the family? (In private families the husband is the “head”; in hotels, boarding and jodging houses the proprietor is the head.) What is the sex of each of these persons? What is the color or race of each 0 thee persons? What is the age of these persons at the last birthday of each? (If the birthday falls any date after April 15, 1910, the date of the pre- 'eaeding birthday should be given.) Are these persons single, married, widowed or divorced? If married, how many years has the present marriage existed? How many children have been born end how many are now living. __ 43-3t| What is the birthplace of each of SHIPPED ANOTHER CAR OF POTATOES Grand Rapids Grower’s Associa- tion Shipped 600 Bushels to Duluth Saturday. $1,400 PLEDGED FOR WAREHOUSE Price Received Was 25 Cents Per Bushels--1,600 Pounds of Car- rots Sold At $1.35 Per Hundred. The Grand Rapids Grower's assoc- iation, which was formed last fall, shipped another car of potatoes to a Dultuh commission firm Saturday The car contained 600 bushels of potatoes and 1,600 pounds of carrots. The potatoes were from the farms of A. M. Sissler, C. A. Buell, Geo. Moores Geo. Affleck, John Frazer ‘and O. .J Niles and were sold for 25 cents per bushel, while the carrots sold at $1.35 per hundred weight. For the car that was shipped two weeks ago, 32 cents per bushel was received and while many will exclaim that this is a very low figure they should stop and consider that a yield of 200 bushels per acre is not uncom- mon in thisi section of the state and they cam be raised at a small cost, reut of land seed, labor and machinery and in fact the total cost per acre will not exceed $25 to $30, which figu ing at the rate of 200 bushels per ucre would amount to about half the cost of the crop. Prof. C. P. Bull says in regard t Minnesota’s potato crop: ‘No state in the uniom enoysj a better reputa- tion for yield quality in potatoes than Minnesota. Her alluvial rich loam soils, combined with the king of fertilizers, clover, makes a growth and quality known far and wide. In the potato sections of the state farm- ers think nothing of getting 200 bu- shels yields and more is not uncom- MIGAPPROPRIATED VILLAGE FUNDS Shortage Found By Examiner in Examining Keewatin Village Books. TREASURER AND CLERK ARRESTED Alleged Shortage of $167.82 in Re- corder’s Accounts, While the Treasurer Is Said to Be Short $490. For sometime past there have been frequent rumors that there was some- thing wrong in the affairs of the vil- lage of Keewatin and a short time ago application was made by several citizens of the villege, petitioning the board of county commissioners to order an examination made of the books of the village and on March 4 Special examiner W. C. Heilbron was sent here by Public Examiner Shaeffer to make such examination }On April 4 Mr. Heilbron made his report to the public examiner, who immediately forwarded it to County Auditor Spang and at the same time noiified County Attorney Price that repprt had been forwarded. County Attorney Price proceeded to make an examination pursuant to section 2, chapter 344, general laws of Minne- sota, of 1907, which says that when- ever a report shows a violation of Jaw, or the misappropriation of pub- “die moneys, a civil or criminal pro- secution can be made and he shall proceed at once. Upon examination being made of the report it was found that Charles F. Good, who had acted as treasurer of the village of Keewatin for some time, and up until April 5, 1910, had time, and up until April 1910, had misappropriated the the sum of $490 being a balance of the liquor license money which had been paid by Jacob Kuru on March 14, 1910, and, althoug his successor had taken office, there was no entry upon the books showing the receipt of this money by Good. The county attorney upon discovering this, filed a complaint and a warrant was issued by Court Commissioner Pratt, charging Mr. Good with mis- appropriation of public moneys. Good was arrested last evening by Sheriff Riley and brought to ‘Grand Rapids and the case was continued until to- day for further hearing. After further investigation of the report it was found that the village had entered into commercial pursuits and had been in habit of purchasing ing coal and selling it to citizens, but they paid for same, some of the amounts! were) not accounted For to treasurer. Thereupon County Attorn- ey also made complaint against Vil- lage Recorder P. A. McEachin charg- ing him with the misappropriation of public moneys to the amount of $167.82, that being the amount collect ed by McEachin for coal and water supplied by the village to various per- sons which had not been accounted mon. Early, medium and late matur- ing varieties grow equally well. The northeastern and east central coun- ties of the state are especially well suited for growing potatees and here we naturally find them one of the chief crops produced.” Supt. McGuire states that $1,400 has already been subscribed for the erection of a potato storage ware- house and it is thought the ware- house will be erected this summer. It is very likely it will be erected on the spur leading to the paper mill. The Grand Rapids Grower’s associa tion was formed for the purpose of providing a market for the potatos grown in this vicinity and it is do- ing good work. The association guar- antees the tuber to be sound and in good condition and im this way better prices are obtained. Club Elects Officers. At) the annual meeting of the Wo- man’s club, held April 12, the follow- ing officers were elected for the ensu ing year: Pres. Mrs. J. F. O’Connell 1st vice-president, Mrs. W. C. Gilbert 2nd vice-president, Miss Honora Hess an; recording and corresponding sec- retary, Mrs. T. J. Peach; treasurer, Mrs. A. L. Thwing. for. McEachin was arrested last night also and brought before Court Com- missioner Pratt and his hearing set for this morning. The preliminary hearing of both the defendants came up before Court Commissioner Pratt this morning. The state was represented by County Attorney Price, while the defendants were not represented by counsel They waived ‘further examination and were held to await the action of the grand jury at the October term of district court and bail in the sum of $500 was fixed In the case against McEachin while the bail was fixed at $750 in ‘the case of Good. McEach- im has secured {bail and it is expe: ed that Good will also do so du the day. Mr. McEachin states that this mon- ey, which he is charged to have mis- appropriated, was collected by him since the books were taken by the special examiner and he has been and is still willing to turn this money over when; he is notified who is the proper officer to receive it. Good stated thit he did not care to talk for publication but said very emphatically he was not guilty of the charge. i: ng eee {bani cigar