Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 28, 1910, Page 4

Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postofficeat Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second Clase Matter. ITASCA COUNTY FAIR (Continued from page 1.) collected samples of the blue ribbon exhipits and will send two collec- tions to St. Paul, one to be used by, good returns, He has about 30 aeres of fine farm land cleared on Pokega- ma lake His display was enclosed cord grapes, strawberries and apples. While talking about the grape in- dustry Mr. Hepfel said: “Ours is a good rich soil on which most any- thing will grow and there is ne dif- ficulty in obtaining ashes to use in dressing the land, which I consider brings the pest results in grape rais- ing. I raised about 500 pounds this An Aged Visitor. Perhaps the oldest visitor at the fair grounds was Thomas Wardall, the state emigration commission in their car for advertising Minnesota and the other to be placed on ex- hibition at the annual convention of the Northwestern Live Stock Grow- era’ association, which meet at St. Paul this year. The lack of build- ings is the chief reason for the fact there are not more exhibits and we are badly in need of a live stock building, a poultry building and ,a pbuilding for township exhibits. These in my estimation, would be the biggest factor in building up Itasca county’s agricultural fair. In the way of grains the quality has Peen excellent and in stock roots, such eas mangels, carrots and sugar beets, the showing is exceptionally large and fine. This is another crop the farmers are paying more attdn- tion to, due to their value for dairy cows and the abundance of the yield.” The Heaviest Exhibits. The heaviest exhibits were made wy P. P. Elliott, who owns a farm on vokegama lake. Mr. Elliott entered oats in bundles and threshed, field timothy, barley, corn, sweet coma, speltz, clover, fodder corn, horses, cattle, chickens and turkeys. While he has only a small portion of his land cleared, he produce big results, Another large display was that of U. C. Gravelle, who made large en- tries of vegetables and grains. Wnen Mr. ‘Gravelle settled here about 1% years ago, he purchased his farm of 160 acres for $850, It is now est- mated at about $7,000. He thinks that intending farmers can do 10 better than to come to Itasca county despite the fact the season is short, for the crops grow quickly and we cam raise anything that can be rais- ed any where else in the state: ‘Other large exhibits were those of Mrs. Partridge and Mike Hagen. Two Township Expibits. Only two township exhibits were shown, those of Ardehhurst and Deer River, the last mention town- ship taking first honors. “Louis Sam- uelson, of Deer River, was in charge of that township’s exhibit, which, while not making as good an ap- pearance as the Ardenhurst exhibit, contained some of the best samples of grains, vegetables and roots that have ever been exhibited during the history of the association. .The ex- hibit consisted of field corn, fodder corn, sweet corn, popcorn, two varieties of potatoes, Carmen and Early Ohio, wheat, oats, flax, buck- wheat, spelz, millet, spuash, pump- kins, cabbage, rutabegas, cauliflower, and a large variety of small vegeta- ‘bles. Mr. Samuelson stated that the potatoes would go about 200 ‘bushels ta the acre, That this cowatry can and does produce good wheat crops is evidenced by the fact |Mr. Samuelson showed a half bushel of wheat last spring which covered an exact half acre. The yield from this half acre was 24 bushels, which means an average of 48 bushels to the acre. Not a had showing when one considers the fact that 35 bushels per acre is a very good yield in recognized iwheat-grawing sections. The Ardenhurst display, which was arranged by that veteran egricultur- ist, David Rose, who was also in charge of the exhibit, was much bet- ter displayed than the Deer River display, but many of the articles were not of a nature to permit them to count as points when the judges made their decisions. The exhibit in- father of Mrs. O. J. Niles, who is 95 years of age. Mr. Wardall, who formerly lived in Mitcheli county, Ia., makes his home with his daughter and took a keen interest in the display. He was especially interest- ed in John Hepfel’s display of grapes Agricultural Exhibits, John, Fraser, one of Itasca pio neer and progressive farmers and director of the agricultural depart- ment, stated while im conversation with a Herald-Review representative there was a larger list of entries than last year and that the quality of.the.grain was exceptionally good. Mr. Fraser thinks the quality of the grains is gradually improving and he has great faith in Itasca county’s agricultural prospects. Mrs. O. J., Niles, director of the household department, said the ex- hibits in her department were better than last year, especially the fancy work and china paintings. She call- ed particular attention. to several pieces of fancy work made by Mrs. David Rose, of Ardenhurst, and stated it was work of exceptional merit. . She also called attention to two paintings, the work of George R, Comer, manager of the Gem the- manages to make it |@tre. These were not entered, but were kindly loaned the department by Mr. Comer. They elicited much favorable cricicism and stamp Mr. Comer @is a man of no small artistic abilities. In speaking of the depart- ment Mrs. Niles said: ‘The exhib- its of canned fruits was not as large as last year, but were of bette. quality, as ‘were also the cakes and other triumphs of culinary art. We have only two exhibits of flowers, I am sorry to say, and hope there will be many entries at the next fair. I was pleasantly surprised to note there was many exhibits by the older ladies, many of them exceedingly rare designs and very valuable. The shina work exhibits attracted the attention of all and I was much grati fied at the number of hand painted plates placed on exhibition. The showing made in all the departments ander my supervision was very grati- fying and I was much pleased with the results, The judges who done the sampling and marking deserve much credit, for they had a long and tedious job, but nothing was slighted and everybody seemed pleased with their decisions.” The School Display. The school children’s display was @ success in every way, much of the credit being due Mrs. Hattie F. Booth, county superintendent of schools, she having worked early and late in order to get the teach- ers in the rural districts to awaken interest in the children. In this de- partment were shown vegetables, grains, fruits, cakes, cookies, bread, compositions by pupils in their regu- lar work, fancy work and _ Stencil work and argues very well for the coming generation of Itasca county farmers and their wives. An lowa Man’s Opinioin. Here is the opinion of W. H. Stell- macher, a DesMoines land man, who comes from a strictly agricultural state and whose opinion is worth having. ‘Mr. Stellmacher was an im- terested spectator both days of the fair and was much astonished at the displays, they being even beyond his expectations and he is not un- familiar with this section of the in a glass case and consisted of large and finely colored Catawaba and Con- wee Mr. bis entire crop at $1.00 per bushel. Wnen that can be done in practically a uew country where Wid Jagd sells at trom $10 to $25 per acre, lowa and Ultinois farmers are foolish tor remaining where the land is valu- ed at from $100 to $200 per acre and where the returns are not as great as they are here. I am firmly con- vinced that Itasca county is the garden spot of northern Minnesota and I predict in a few years it will be tamed far and wide for the ex- cellence and quantity of the farm products shipped to outside markets. Dairying is also becoming a strong factor in the development of the county and I took notice your farm- ers recognize the value of breeding pure bred strains.” Mr, Stellmacher secured many samples of the grains, grasses and vegetables exhibited and did not forget to get some of the onions exhibited by Mr. Audette. He will use these samples as evidence in convincing Iowa farmers of the futil- ity of remaining where lands are high when they can get such large returns on their money in Itasca county. Attorney General Simpson. George T. Simpson, attorney gen- eral of the state of Minnesota, who has been enjoying an outing at Wol lake, was at the fair grounds Friday and took great interest fn the dis- plays. While in conversation with a Herald-Review reporter he stated hc had no idea of the many varieties of grains, vegetables and fruits that can be raised in northern Minnesota and the exhibits were a revelation to him of the magnitude of this county’s im- mense possibilities. He was very was very much interested in John Hepfel’s display of grapes and the reporter also noticed that he gave the pastry exhibit a great deal of his attention and we strongly suspect he envied the judges their task. Views of Nashwauk People. Among those from Nashwauk, the metropolis of the range, who attend- ed the fair were Dr.John L. Shellman, Attorney John C. Lewis and John P. Lanto manager of the, Hotel Ollila, which under his management has become one of the best hotels on the range. Dr. Shellman said: “The agricul- tural exhibits are certainly a pleas- ant sight to us who live on the range where all one sees is iron ore. If I were permitted, however, I would offer the suggestion that next year the fair management suggest to the Oliver people, or some other mining company, that they make a display of their ores and mining op- erations. I understand they have small steam shovels amd other par- aphenalia especially for this purpose and, while this would not be of such great interest to people from the range, still to those who have never witnessed actual mining operations it would be an interesting sight. An- other thing, the fair association meed’ more buildings, no matter how great the cost, and I think it would be the best possible use the money could be put to. No doubt the unsettled weather conditions and the fact that there are no barns for housing the stock deterred many from the mak- ing of stock exhibits. The advertis- ing resulting from the imcreased amount of exhibits would repay the county a hundredfold. John C. Lewis: ‘The exhibits are truly amazing and would be consider- ed winners even in the southern part \of the state, where the land is al- most entirely devoted to agriculture. I had no idea of the number of var- ities that could be grown in Itasca ¢gounty and no one who wishes to ‘become thoroughly acquainted with the county in which they reside should fail to attend each and every John P. Lanto: “Having been on the range for so long, everything in the vegetable line is a pleasing sight to me and I think the county institution state. Mr. Stellmacher said: “As I|fair is the best paying deal in Itasca county lands and|that was ever fostered by the bring many buyers to this section of}county. It is everybody’s fair, and cluded fodder corn, field, sweet andj the state, I am fairly well acquaint- pop corn, barley, oats, maccaroni,}ed with the different varieties of wheat, celery, seedling apples, Siber-| grains and vegetables that can be jan crab apples, tomatoes, timothy, | raised here, but the agricultural dis- five feet tall, red top clover, five|play at your county fair made me varieties of field corn, sorghum cane, | realize that I knew very little about @ bundle of peas whose vines were|the glorious opportunities there are about ten feet long, water melons,|here for the man wha desires to citrons, three varieties of apples, car-|make a fresh start in life. As you rots, mangels and Hubbard squashes.| know, land men are sometimes care- The exhibit also included a fine ex- less of the manner in which they hipit of rutabegas, the seed of which] handle the truth and tn talking of |Mr. Rose sent to Scotland for. Mr.}the quality of the produce and the Rose also exhibited a collection of | luxuriant growth, I have, at times, moths and butterflies, native of this | imagined I overstepped the bounds a county, gathered by himself and | little, but after viewing the display, sons, which numbered 341, all dif-}I. am compelled.to admit that not evel ferent varieties, and if this paragraph| my wildest flights of Imagination falls under the eye of eastern moth|could have come up to the truth and butterfly collectors, there is no|about this country. One display doubt Mr. Rose will. have many in-|in particular that attracted my at- quiries concerning the species to be} tention was the exhibit of onions by found in Itasca county. E. Aurette, who lives south of Grand Handsome Display of Grapes Rapids. Somebody afterward gave A dieplay. which attracted much|me - an introduction to Mr. Au- attention was the display of grapes | dette and I learned, to my astonish- entered by John Hepfel. Mr. Hep-jment, they went 500 pushels t fel ig one of Grand Rapids busihess|the acre. The ground on which they men and is the Democratic nominee | were raised was carefully measured for sheriff, but farming is his hob-|and there is no doubt as to the by and unlike most hobbies, it pays truth of the assertion, ‘The onions onan Sem ee o ae as such, should be attended by (all who ean possible get away. It is a liberal education in knowledge of one’s own county.” The Bee Industry. ‘ Perhaps one of the most interest- ing exhibits was that of W. E. Jones, the Pokegama lake apiarist who had 31 jars of strained honey on exhibition, a section from off the hive containing honey in the comb, and an apparatus for separating the honey from the comb. Mr. Jones, who came here from Milaca, about a year ago, has 94 stands of bees at his apiary on Pokegama lake and has secured a large amount of honey. He states the purple flowers from the fire weed, which springs up in the woods where ever there has been @ fire makes the best honey. He will move his family here in a_ short time and expects to engage in the bee industry very extensively the coming year. Views of Business Men. John Beckfelt, of the Pioneer store “The exhibits are good, but the en; tries in the live stock department are not as large as last year, doubt- less dud to the state of the’ weather GRAND RAPISS HERALO.REVIEW WEDNESDAY, se! were of the Withersfield variety and Audette informed me he had an offer trom a Crookston firm tor PT. 28, 1910. crowd Friday. The fair is a good deserves the support of all.” Cc. H. Marr, real estate dealer and general merchandise: county farmers have demonstrated that anything that can be raised in any other portion of the state can be raised fhere. The soil cannot be excelled jeither for its richness or its cheapness and I look for a gener- al movement of emigrants to this section of the state. H. D. Powers, of W. J. & H. D. Powers, dealers in general hardware: “Its too bad the attendance was not larger, for the exhibits should have been seen by everybody, but this was probably due to the bad weath- er. Last year the weather was ideal and large crowds flocked to the grounds both days, so it seems some- what of a disappointment this year. The quality of the exhibits are bet- ter than last year and the fair deser- ves the support of every progressive man in the county, whether he be farmer, business man ot profession- al man.” Cc. HE, Aiken, cashier of the First National bank: “The weather made it bad for those who wished to take their children to the grounds and many daubtless stayed home on that account, but the attendance was good Saiturday and all seemed to en- joy themselves. What attracted my attention was the stock exhibit and dspecially ithe two sows, owned by Leroy Wheaton, They were cer- tainly mammoth animals.” Business Demonstrations. The exhibit of farm implements, machinery, wagons, buggies and sleighs was very creditable. W. J. & H. D. Powers were the largest ex- hibitors and their display included most everything used on the farm. The Itasca MercantileCo. also had several cream separators on exhipi- tion and James Connell, who has charge of the hardware department, was kept busy explaining the merits of the machine to interested parties. Noteworthy Displays. A display which attracted much at- tention was the potato exhibit by C. A. Buehl who, among his other ex- hibits, displayed eleven Carmen po- tatoes weighing a total of fiftee pounds. They were excellent speci- mens of what can be produced in Itasca county. Mr. Buehl also en- tered displays of wheat, oats and other farm products. Another display that attracted con- siderable attention was that of Le- roy Wheaton who exhibited two bulls, one @ pure bred Jersey and the other a grade bull, half Guerns« and half Durham; two heifers; two calves; PolandChina sow with a litter of eight pigs; Red Jersey sow, weighing 550 pounds and = Polan China sow weighing 600 pounds. E. L. Buck of Cohasset, had his chorough bred Guermsey bull, kK kegama, among the entries. He is a magnificent animal and perhaps one of the most valuable in the county. J. D. Heingardner entered tw bulls, both Holsteins, one a yearling and the other a calf. Mrs. B, 8. Booth entered a tomato display that was very good. There peing ten different varieties and nearly everybody stopped to admire them. Prizes Won; In the live stock department the amount of prize money was $512.05, 257.15 was paid out, as there were not enough animals ex- hibited. There was $139 in prizes for horses and only $57 paid out. $194 for cattle, $102 paid out; $31.- 50 for swine, $26.50 paid out; $117.- 75 for poultry, $50.15 paid out. Every animal qn the grounds was awarded aj prize and the fact that the entries wwere not as large as expected is attributed to the fact there are no buildings in ‘which they can be housed. As no herds came up to the requirements of the State Dairy- men’s association, the silver loving cup was not awarded, Special Trains Both Days. Through the efforts of Secretary Graffam a special train was secured for Friday and Saturday on the Grand Rapids extension, and although the coaches were conspicious by their emptiness Friday, they were filled to overflowing Saturday and many on the range took advantage of this convenience, Stores Closed. A majority of the business places in the village were closed both days of the fair and the employes were thus given an opportunity of viewing the exhibits and witnessing the horse races, which was much apprec- iated on their part. A Narrow Escape It was a good natured crowd that attended the fair on both days and there was no difficulty in keeping perder, in fact, an officer was not needed on the grounds. The little daughter of Henry Lord narrowly escaped being crushed under the wheels of Frank Myers’ dray Satur- day afternoon, as he was leaving the gnoungs with a full load. The little girl in front of the team, which was jnot moving at a very fast pace, *tffinbiea and fell and it was which was responsible for the small advertisement for the county and “The Itasca FREE Buster Brown Presents FREE SATURDAY OCTOBER ist. TO ALL BOYS AND _ GIRLS A PRESENT FREE! Warm-Comfortable-Attractive We now have a supply and would be pleased to show them to you. ALL COLORS PRICES 50c ASCA MERCANTILE (OMPA DEPARTMENT ! wale STOREFOF STORE QUALITY’ TESS MAT UW uid Am { WERE CHEERFUL! All because of the genuine ROUND OAK STOVE It's Desirable It is built for the business of heating. The material and workmanship are the finest ever put in a stove. Its heating and fire holding qualities have never been equaled by any other stove on earth. It is handsome, substantial and clean. It is the stove with a good character, and you will never regret the investment if you buy this famous stove. See the name on the leg—there are many imitations. W. J. & A. D. Powers. feared she was struck by the hoofs of one of the horses. Mr. [Myers stopped the team before she was touched by the wheels and on ex- amination. it was found she was not injured. e_=azr=as & Dr. Larson, the eye special- ist, will make his next regula: visit to Grand Rapids on usual aates, the 15th and 16th of every month. All those having de- fective eyes, or in need of the proper se: for the fitting of Cece are cordially invited call at Hotel Pokegama the Mth and ‘Eineow Lamson NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF CO- PARTNERSHIP. Notice is hereby given that the co-partnership heretofore existing between R. S. Reed and Will Nisbett, doing a logging and cedar business under the firm mame of R. S. Reed & Co, has this date been dissolved by mutual consent. All moneys due said firm will be paid to R. S, Reed and said R. S. Reed will pay all liabilities of said firm. Will Nisbett retires from said firm and will not be held liable for any debts hereafter contracted. Dated at Grand Rapids, Mimn., Sept. 17th, 1910. R. S. Reed , Will Nisbett , — ¢