Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 18, 1911, Page 2

4 i | ao pee grn,.,, "however, in northeastern a ace ‘ts. for, fodder,’ "either field ew. ie MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Vor. XXI.—No. 30 GRAND Rarips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepyzspay, JANUARY 18, 1911 ‘Two Dollars a Year CORN TREATISE GAN BE SUCCESSFULLY GROWN HERE Advises Farmers in This Section to Grow Minnesota 23— 1910 Yield on Experiment Farm Was 36 Bashels Per Acre. mual, by Supt. A. J. McGuire, of the Northeast farm who ig perhaps the foremost authority on agriculture im all its branches in ‘this section of the state. The farm- ers of Itasca county will undoubtedly ldgvote a great share of their land thts coming season to corn tham ever before and those who wish to receive geod yields should heed the advice f Mr. McGuire, as he, speaks from The article follows: “The term northeastern, Minnesota, as used in relationship to the work ‘of the State Experiment farm at Grand Rapids, signifies all the pine growing section of northern Minneso- ta, which includes the greatest part | of geyenteen counties, and in acre- age nearly one third af the entire of the state. This area has one chief stumps. On account of the work and and expense of clearing, the @eneage under the plow must needs be mecessarily the stock. The cultivation corn crop improves the condition of the jand for the following crops. It fits in with a rotation of crops that is important in the system of farming in northeastern Minnegota. The use of corn in northeastern Minnesota is favorably with ear corn grown in the southern part of the state. All of the southern counties of northeastern Minnesota are growing ear corn quite successfully, and farmers who have given special jattention ‘to.corn have’ succeeded in growing it to matarity im‘ the counties bordering \Canadian lime. The chief use cured or for ens‘lage, amd for this ‘purpose it should be much more gen- | erally grown. Corn On the Experiment Farm. “€orn has been grown successfully for fodder on the Experiment farm for the past ten years. Its highest yield has been thirteen tons per acre green weight, The past season 32 acres were im fodder soo Leehige Ex- perimext farm, fram which tons were But in the silo for ensilage, and ‘the balance’ dade eri of ae erop) shocked in the . The ia now (October 17) being fed in the dle to the dairy stock, and sup- with mangels. There has been no'year on the experiment farm when corn has not given a profitable Hs tion with Prof. C. P. Bull, of Univer- sity farm, St. Paul, has conducted ex- | i work with different var- | perime’ jeties. of corm, with a view of determ- ining their adaptability and yield. The varieties tested were Minnesota Minnesota 23, Northwestern Dent, Minnesota King, Pride of the North, Mercer - Minpesota 23, has given the most sat- isfactory results, and has been select- e¢ as the.standard var‘ety-for north- - eastern Mimpesote. The past season : 41910), Minnesota 23.yielded at the rate of thirty-six bi is of shelled corn per acre, under /field conditions. JOf this, 80 per cent was quite well - matured. It was D May 25 ana stricken with frost September 8, \ giving it only n'nety-s'x days growth. In early maturity, Northwestern: Dent ‘4g nearly equal to’ Minnesota 23, but it is lacking im yield and qual'ty But, for northeastern Minnesota, this yariety would be second choice of tested, bereits on the Experiment sVaniety attains: its growth quite early and, while not ‘producing large yields, is not coarse as are many of the southern variet- ies often introduced by seed houses. How the Corn Crop Is Grown, | “Corn on the Experiment farm, both 'for fodder and ear corn, is planted ‘on clover sod. For fodder corn the land is manured at the rate of 12 loads per acre during the wimiter, | spring plowed (about May 5),° and thorough} disked, spring-toothed and harrowed until the seed-bed is im perfect condition. The average date of planting, for the past six | years, has been about May 26, al | though it has been planted as late | as June 15, with satisfactory: results. It should never be planted until it is | evident the growing weather is at | hand. The field on which the ear corn was grown the past season was & | clover sod, fall plowed (shallow) and disked; mianured at the rate of 16 |laads during the winter; plowed 4@ ddcond time im the spring and ‘the | seed bed thoroughly prepared. | The fodder corn is planted with | a grain shoe drill, in rows three feet | apart, and at the rate of one-half bushel of seed per acre. The rows, | three feet apart, are secured by stop- | pig up the cups in the drill except | at poinits) three feet apart. i ing the seed at the rate of one-half bushel per acre makes the stocks so close together that but ffew ears are farmed, but what is |lost in the absence of ears is more | tham made up by the fineness of | texture (all the stock is consumed) amd an. increased yield of fodder The ear corn is planted in rows | three feet apart, with hills cighteen inches apart in the row, and three or four kernels planted to the hill. | When the plants have attained a | height of six or eight inches, all but two of the plants are thinned out, | leaving the two strongest. Both the | fodder and ear corn are cultivated | every week or ten days durimg the | growing season. Harvesting and Curing “Fodder corn on the Experiment farm has been harvested at various wiages of development and used for ‘both ensilage aind cured fodder. In @ season of unfavorable growing weather, some of the fields of fod- der corn have to be cut before the | tasseling stage, to avoid frost, and ‘this immatured fodder has been us- ‘ed for both cured fodder and ensil- age, and the results have been sat- istactory. While the yield has not been so high as fram matured corn, the feeding value for dairy cows seems almost as great. Fodder corn cen, thus be sown as late as July | “Im harvesting the point is to al- | low the corn to stami as long as pos- | sible before cutting, if not, matured; t should be cut before a killing frost. ‘A silo has been unsed on the Experiment farm for the last five It has been filldd with bundredg of tons of green fodder every fall and from the standpoint of having a splendid milk-producing feed throughout the winter, the silo as One of the most satisfactory im- vestments on the farm. The cost of the silo, however, and of the machin ery for cutting the corn and filling the silo, puts it beyond the reach of | the pioneer farmers. The silo is onily | to be considered when a farmer thas | ten or more cows, and when there are two or more farmers who will co-operate in buying the machinery. The cost of a one-hundred-ton silo is from $150 to $300, according to the material used and the manner of its construction. “Fodder corn, shocked and cured in the field, is practical for every farm- er. If the corn is planted thickly, so the stalks jwill be fme and df it ts cut’ in the proper’ season and well shccked, there will practically be no weste. - Corn On Breaking. Minnesota is often confronted with fore feed cam be secured. Corn may be used to great advantage to secure f2ed the first year. Corn has been grown at the Experiment farm, on a piece of land that was brushed, had the stumps blown out and broken tmmediately previous to planting the corm, June 1. When this is dome a piece of high land should be selected and the soil thoroughly broken, disk- ed and hakrowed, until it is as, mel- Jow as an old field. Corn planted on sod only half broken will amount to but little. Manure will add greatly to the growth of corn on new land. Ear Corn. “To grow ear corn successfully, es- pecially in the northern and central parts of Mimnesota, much attention must be. given to selection of seed. Select a variety that is early in ma- ‘turing amd select the best and earl jest maturing ears from th’s each ar. Corn will gradually adapt it- self to the section to which it is grown. The Experiment farm strong- ly recommends Minnesota 23. This is a white-capped, yellow Dent corn that has been developed at the Uni- versity farm, at St. Paul. “The richness of the soil, the pre- paration of the seed-bed and its cul- tivation and care, has much to do with maturing corn. The richer the soil the better. Two plowings, one im the fall and one in the spring, wit] ae, ‘improve the condition of the soil. . ‘In growing corn, it should be re- membered that southern Minnesota was once cons‘dered too far north for corn. There is no more reason today ‘but whatever the stagé of matumity,|~ “The new settler im northeastern | 4 the problem of feed. A hay crop re- | t. quires two years from seeding be- | talk ENS HENS OSTIT EDU By Jury-—Charged With As | | sault im First Degree. THREE WITNESSES ARE ARRESTED i Dan Travica, Who Testified im Stupar Case—Stupar i Js Acquitted. The case of Matt Mairele, who was charged with shooting a feltow coun- tryman at Nashwauk, went to the jury Tharsday merning and the jury returned a verdict of niot guilty the same evening. Wm. F. Noble was declared guilty of the charge of poisoning the well of John Castor, in the town of Third River. Noble was charged witl putting strychnime in the well, which was supposed to have caused the death of of a horse belonging to Cagtor. | In the case of Mike Stupar, the Calumet saloon keeper, who was charged with causing the death of George Gevich im hie saloon on Oétober 9, ithe case was dismissed bythe court on motion of the de- epee: he Mbengp 6 on the ~ ground of it evidence. : A surprise was sprung in thig case when .e@ warrant \was sworn out by not County Attorney McOuat for 1 arrest of Nick Rabitich, Juno Kaz- char and Dan Travica, three of witmesses, on a charge of perjury, their testimony at the trial not ag- reeing with that given at the pre- liminary hearing. The next case taken up was that Jim Goggle Bye, who is charged wi the murder of John Caldwell, which oocured om tite shores of Sand lake. ‘Ait the hour of gaing ta prass) but. four jurymen had been secured. ee ae rf NORTH AND SOUTH - " RAILROAD RUMOR Talk of the Soo Building From Twin Cities to Canadian Border Line. According to report of recent daite, the Seo road has purchased the Minm- neapolis & Rainy River road. This is ® logging road runming north from So has @ crew at work extending sota & International line. The fact ‘that (this iwork fs being paid for in for i9vy, which was 32.30 mills, but 8 i aa Bey Fee its | 68.90 ‘mille, while , probab | the Great Northern between | | Ogilice and Milaca and passing, rt the nich farming country be~ jtween Cambridge and Princeton. Last wimter a crew of surveyo ‘Spent several weeks west and south-| Arb pweet of Ogilice who at the tmejA were said to be employees road, which would seem the north and south road |Nick Rabatich, Jaro Kachar and|While Amount of Levy Is $844,- the lime imto Big Falls, on the Minne-| LY ‘} amd townships, from which the aver- age is derived, the town of Deer hi Mairele Declared Not Guilty |County Has Immense Resources, |S! ,;, ~~ 556.79, Average Rate of 35.71 Mills—Fourth in Taxable Size in State. } The slogan of the Northern Min- neasota Development association: and are for sale at from $8 to $20 per acre and those who do not take ad- vantage of these low prices will, in a few years, bitterly regret the fact they passed up their opportunity. When the fact iis taken into con- sideration that Itasca county con- tains 1,173,585 acres of taxable land, which does not include town lots, one, eam begin. to realize its greatness | n¢ jts relative importance as com-| pare? with other counties. No coun- in the southern part of the state, no matter how thickly settled, | can compare with it in valuation and, when it is more fully developed, it will be the leading county im the state. The average value of the acreage | of Itasca county is $18.41 per acre. including town lots and the total | yaluation of Jands other than town! lots is $21,210,702. The value of town property is placed at $1,076,184 while the value of taxable personal property is $962,992, making a total valuation. of $23,649,878. To meet the various expenses incurred by the county, school districts, vil- lages and townships, the people of Tlasca county will be required to pay taxes in the amount of $844,556.78 on this valuation. To raise this amount of taxes re quire; an average rate of 35.71 mills, a little higher than the average rate instance—the | commission. Of the rates in the various villages’ No. 6, pays the highest tax, hae Fanaa [O. 9, River, in the town of Nashwauk, 20.20 milllg. The village of Grand Rap- ds is second highest, 68.80 mills, while the village of Deer River is third with 64.00 mills. _ ‘Tov.n and Village Valuations. ‘The total valuation of each town- ship and village in the county follows: a «se +s 207,740 ; 77 41,347 186.512 . 61,788 2.) 59,708 » 484,754} 162.1 1.187294" 58.643 48,283 106.290 450,960 | $9,583.77; road and bridge $44,942.83; 7 | Provost, conductors: Mesdames Les- 79 | licenses were issued by Clerk.of Court | were | ; fA , Grattan {ok s. ek. 45,641 bi . Good Hobe .. BS SIN sh Lie roo Benge.” Stos nai ee - 87,10 ioe Lake Jessie ©. 65,247 | i Moose Park .. -+ 60,556 : Marcel .. +. 205,723 : Nore = 142,875 : Oteneagen .. .. . 88,433 —---- Nashwauk .. 1,289,407 Popple .. «+. 42,219 ode on Z Z 734 Containing 1,173,585 Acres | Trout lane seas Third ver of Taxable Lands. Wirt 263,005 Wawina 65,942 Pani Unorganized BRovey village Bigfork v@lage 20,248 TOTAL VALUATION 1S $23,649,878 teenage’ ty ” ’ Coleraine village .. Caiumet village .. .. .. Deer River village .. .. .. Grand Rapiis village .. .. Holman village .. .. Keewatin village .. Laprairie village .. Marble village .. .. Nashwauk village .. Taconite village .. .. .. .. 1,708,158 1,530,134 TOMAR care oes $23,649,878 Town Rate and Levy. The rate and the amounts levied in each township in the county is as fcHows: of all citizens interested in the wel- Rate Mills Levy fare of the narthern half of the state |A™DO .. -. -. .. ..44.20 $11,147.45 has been—“‘Northern Mannesota|ATdenuhurst .. /.°.42.00 3,654.73 Spells Opportunity.” No better sen- | Alvwood 44.30 2,035.25 tence could have been coined to ex- | Bearville ++ --45.00 8,393.04 press the situation, but there is one | Bigfork .. s+ +e 49.80 3,912.37 county im particular that has more |Bass Lake .. .. 44.70 2,671.14 and better opportunities than all the | Bass Brook .. .. .,40.90 19,202.82 others included in the term, north- | Balsam No. 1 53.50 ern Minnesota, and that county is|Balsam No. 2 .. 41.30 10,366.78 inasea, To slightly change the phrasc| Blackberry .. .. .. 4,012.82 to fit the situation—Itasca County |Carpenter .. .. .. 2,968.17 Spells Your. Opportunity—and by | Deer River No. 1 . Bice the words, your opportunity, we mear| Deer River No. 5.. 3,170.37 the opportunity that is placed before | Deer River No. 6.. 68: ‘ every re of this paper who has|Feeley .. .. 46.90 5,306.04 retained his or her homestead rights, | Grand Rapids No. 1 37.90 or wha has the small sum at hand— | Grand Rapids No. 2 22.70 15,076.03 25 per cent—to pay down when pur- Goodland No. I .. 53.70 chasing state lands. Goodland No. 2 .. 59.20 7,084.83 ‘A Herald-Revew representative has! Grattan .. .. .. 46.50 2,545.56 just, gone over the abstract of taxes | Greenway No. 1 .. 34.90 he |ior the year 1910, which was recent-|Greenway No. 2 .. 22.70 14,972.33 ly completed by Auditor Spang, and +» 47.20 383.35 noticed the total acreage in Itasca - 44.26 3,519.49 county, on ‘which taxes are levied, 1,778.06 ig 1,173,585 acres. The total acre- 5,152.94 @ge of the county, after deducting | 4 2,755.46 the area of the numerous lakes, is, 12,856.48} roughly estimated, 1,800,000 acres. a 6,931.19 This means there are about 625,500 ;Oteneagen .. .. 4,847.37 res. or over one-third the entire | Nashwauk No. 2 of this County, which are }Nashwauk No. 9 .. 26,273.00 to ° Popple... .. .. . 2,818.07 Sago .. 3s 1,815.26 Sand Lake .. .. 505.20 tas , mh trout-Eakte-Now i<<,88.20: ports prolific, and is especially adapted to'{Trout Lake No. 2 ..27.50 10,096.62 the growing of potatoes and other Third River .. .... 2,534.3 roots and for dairying purposes, as | Wirt No. 1 .. - 45.30 has been proven’ by the records of | Wirt No. 2 .. . 55.90 — 13,249.01 the Northeast Experiment farm. For Wawina ~ .. 45.50 3,609.80 this reason, we say—lItasca Counity | Unorganizen No. 1. .32.20 Spells Your Opportunity. In ad- | Unarganized No. 5..25.10 ition to these lands, there are many | Unorganized No. 6. .42.80 acres held by private parties which | Unorganized No. 10 36.70 42,817.52 s+ se $258,662.75 Total oes Village Rate and Levy. Rate Mills Levy Bovey .. - .-41.00 $ 8,810.80 Bigfork .. «. 49.80 1,089.60 Cohasset . - 60.90 4,576.39 Coleraine .. . 30.70 112 29 Calumet .. . + 42.70 3,322.58 Deer River .. - 64.00 10,181.08 | Grand Rapids 47,445.21 Holman “ - 330.31 Keewatin 116,057.80 Laprairie 179.90 Marble .. % . 174,939.26 Nashwauk - 34.80 59,428.67 Taconite 30.20 42,211.14 Where the Taxes Go. ‘ Of the aggregate amount to be! raised, $844,556.78, taxes are levied im the following amounts and for the following purposes: State revenue .. ..$ 34,771.61 | State schools .. .. sees 29,094.63 Int. and prin. state loan 11,787.30 County purposes é 190,604.92 Village purpeses .. 215,520.29 Township purposes .. . 99,219.81 School dist. purposes 268,558.22 Total §.. «. 42+... $844,556.78 The ttax levied for county purposes is distributed as follews: Revenue poor, $14,902.14; bonds and interest, 929,804.28. Itasca county ranks fourth in taxable size im the state, St. Lou's beimg first; Hennepin, second; Ram- sey, third,.and.some.idea.of the value of the ore properties can be gained from’ the fact that one section of Jamd im the town of Greenway has a valuation of as much of the entire county of Kamebec. The total valu- ation of the entire state in 1860 was only $36,753,000 and when it is rem- embered that Itasca’s tax valuation today is $23,649,878, people living at distance can form a fair idea of our greatness. W. C. 0. F. Installation. At the regular meeting of W. C. O. F. court, No. 616, held last evening the following officers weré elected | for the ensuing vear: Margaret Cas- sidy, chief ranger; S‘mnett, vice chief ranger; Emma Gendron, re- cording secretary; Josephine Nera financial secretary; Katherine Ponti, |: ‘treasurer; Mesdames Passard and ; arge and Hepfel, sentinels. Marriage Licenses Issued. During the past week the following I. D. Rassmussen: Luigi Lombord to Mary Querio, both of Holman. They married Wednesday afternoon \ten-dollar bill that they might GREAMERY 1S NOW AN ASSURED FACT Farmers Decide to Incorporate Co- operative Creamery Association, Capitalized at $5,000.00. VALUE OF SHARES WILL BE $50 EACH Articles of Incorporation Will Be Drawn At Once for Ratification At Next Meeting—Have A a meeting of the farmers held at village hall Saturday afteri.con, it was, after cons.derable discussion, decided to form a co-operative cream- ery association, Supt A. J. McGuire acted as chair- man of the meeting and it was decid- ed to captalize the association at $5,000. The shares were fixed at $50, each and of tthe total amount of stock, $3,000 must be paid up. The nighest amount of indebtedness the association can operate under was fixed at $1,000. The village of Grand Rapids will be called on to provide a site for the creamery and as far as possible the shares will be sold to farmers only. if, after thoroughly canvassing the vicinity, any stock remains unsold, it will be offered to the business men many of them having expressed & desire to aid the new project. Of the amount to be raised, $3,- 000, $700 was subscribed Saturday afternoon and the chair appointed a committee consisting of O. J, Niles, Forrest Fulton, E. J. Berthrong and F. W. Gran to go out among the tarmers to dispose of the balance. The articles of incorporation, which provide for aj governing board of seven directors will be drawn up at once, to be in force irom Ji 14 and to continue for a period of 20 years, and they will be passed on at the next meeting, which will be held Thursday, January 26. * During the> xl club and the business men of Grand Rapids for petitioning that the saloons be reopened, it.being.held that their position did not give them the right to ask for a continuance ‘of that which is not for the general good of all and thai further, liquor ‘beinz responsible for a majority of crime committed, and thus raising taxes, the farmer is being taxed to pay for that on which he receives no returns. The resolution was un- animously adopted. The matter of a potato warehouse was left to be. decided on at the annual meeting of the Grand Rapids Growers’ association, which will be held at Village hall, Saturday February 11, when the past year’s business will be thoroughiy gone M. Cort, of Minneapolis, a cream ery expert, was present and offered some very valuable suggestions to the farmers on the best methods of or- gamizing and the proper manner in which to get together and his talk was enjoyed by all. An Honest Boy. David Knibs, about fifteen years old son. of Mrs. Prudence Kribs, is em- ployed at, the Gem theatre. He is a modest, honest, appearing youth, pnd he is evidently all that his ap- pearance indicates. He is certainly an honest boy. One evening last week thf cdifor of the Herald-Re- view attended the Gem enterta nment and accidently dropped a ten-dollar bill on the floor. When the cur- rency was missed the owner rather suspected that it might have been ‘dropped at the Gem and mentioned the matter to Mamager Comer. The next morning while sweeping out the place David picked up the ten spot, and immediately reported the fact to Mr. Comer. The money was _ at once restored to the owner. How many boys in Grand Rap:ds would have done as David Kribs did? The Herald-Review hopes there are many such. However that may be, this boy is of the kind that is worth while in the work. There is always @ place—and a responsible place— for him. Business men ir ai] ihe ramifications of industry, everyy: ete and all the time, are looking for boys and men like David Kribs. His ser- vices and reliability are always in demand. His greatest asset is his integrity. Many a boy may envy him the opportunity to pick up the ap- propriate it to their own pleasure. The temptation to a boy, umder the circumstances, to keep the money, is easily understood. He was alone in the building. Had he retained the money the secret would have been all his own. But this boy had the moral courage to withstand tempta- tion. He is homest. As the years go by and David Kribs developes in- to ma:hood the Herald-Rev ew ex ects to see him hold an honorable place amd be successful wherever he may that made them man and wife. L. Bedor and Mae Weaver, both of Deer River; Andrew Oswell to Nellie Glinee | was passed criticising the Commerci-