Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 22, 1911, Page 1

Grand a 10S Herald-Uevi cw. Vou, XXL— RECLAMATION OF PEAT SWAMP LAND Supt. McGuire Tells What Will Best Grow on Northern Swamp Lands the First Year. No, 38 ADVISES THE SOWING OF FLAK: But Says That Clover or Timothy Is the Most Sure Crop and Puts Ground in Good Condition for a Crop. (By Supt. A. J. McGuire, of — the Northeast Experiment farm, in Farm, Stock and Home.) T. T., Thief Riv- er Falls, Minn., writes: “I own 160 acres of land in the drainage district in eastern Marshall County, that is all swamp and as the the ditches are to be finished next summer I am anxious to know what this dermant land will be good for when thoroughly drained. The top soil varies in depth from one to three feet down to the clay, and consists of peat and between the peat and the clay another layer’ of black soil. to break up in season 40 acres of this land and | would appreciate the in- formaton. 1. What time and how deep shall I break? 2. Shall I backset the breaking or not? Will it be just as good to break it in the spring and sow it in right after breaking? 4. What’crop will do bes ‘on this land, flax, wheat, oats or barley? 5. I am intending to sow flax next spring after breaking, but somebody told me flax would injure that kind of land for future use. Is this so? Shall I have the soil an- alyzed? If so, where?7. Do you kno of any other method to cultivate this kind of land and of any other crop to raise with more benefit in the start than those mentioned under question four? ” Ans.—Swamp lands are so varied in kind and physical conditien that it is a difficult matter to determine be- forehand what will yield a profitable return the first year. The swamp land in question here would to be of peat formation ‘and crop seem well under process of decay. tent of decay under which the peat has gone will probably determine the possibility of crop production. If the top of peat still contains the growing moss from which the peat is formed it would not be advisable to layer Next summer it is my intention | The ex-' T put in a crop of any kind the first | year, with the possible exception of grass seed. If the peat is quite wel decayed and underiaid with soil at not too great a depth the possibility of crop production the first year is more favorable. Plowing will give the best results where it is possible to plow. Plow | deep and disc thoroly and harrow! and work down as firm as possible Drying out is the greatest aanger:| from peat soil. A peat soil not suf- ficiently decayed to permit plowing will not grow a crop other than grass. | Flax will do better on a peat soil | than any other grain crop and especi-! ally if the land is to be cropped the year it is broken. Barly seedng in such a case would be advisable. Aside from flax it is not recommend- ed to try any other grain the first year, unless fall rye and this when | seeded early (Sept. Ist) has given} quite satisfactory’ yields on peat land. Hay is the surest crop for! peat soil (red top, timothy and al- sike clover) This is not only the surest crop but it prepares the soil for grain crops and especially if pastured. When hay or pasture can be used to advantage it is recom- mended to put peat land into hay first. A grain crap the first year, even.flax unless the peat is well decayed, is more or less risky. When the peat is uneven and such that the plow will not. work; to an advantage, the disk should be used | ahead of the plow. . | “The Division of Agricultural Chemistry and Soils of the Minneso- ‘ta Experiment Station is making a st i of the agricultural value ‘of the va- rious types of peat soils of Minne- sota. An agent of this division made ‘an extended trip last fall over the northern part of the state getting in- formation as to the results farmers were getting in reclaiming peaty soils and collected a large number of sam- ples of peaty soils. These are now being analyzed and pot culture ex- periments conducted to determine what fertilizer, if any, thse soils need. “This next summer it is the plan to co-operate with farmers in various sections of the state who are reclaim- ing peaty lands, in carrying on fer-- tilizer tests to determine in a practi- cal way what kind of treatment such soils need in order to give the best results. “The Division desires to get in touch wih all farmers who have had any experience in reclaiming peaty lands, whether with good or poor results. They would especially like to get in touch with those who expect to raise their first crop'on this kind of soil this year. They would like to arange to co-operate next summer with a limited number who are _ re- claiming considerable areas of — this kind of land. “Write to Professor Ralph Hoag- land, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn But 1ts ‘Safer ‘MONEY IN THE BANK | Copyright 1909, by C. E. i Have | Zimmerman Co.--No. 17 | High flyers don’t get far, it is those who stay close to the earth and plod along, putting a little in get ahead. , Capilal $2 5,000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. F. P. Sheldon. A G. cE Wedge. . Aiken So don’t fly high, but put some money in the bank. irst National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MIN Sutplusy John Beckfelt the bank each week, that really $000.00 Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Peterson DIRECTORS D. M. Gunn. W. C. Gilbert. H. D. Powers. , before a considerable ‘damage had been done to the build- ‘by Lieberman | hall, ‘the damage ; $$1,000. ‘adjoining building, | Lieberman Brothers, was unsuccessfu | | The authorities are scarching for the | perpetrators of POTATO SPECIAL noon, April 3, and Grand Rapids Farmers Should Attend. The Coleraine Commercial has is being sent out by the Duluth Com- |mercial club and it will exhibit 02 Monday afternoon, April 3, from 1:30 to 5 o'clock. This potato special, | which is for the purpcse of spreading | knowledge concerning the growing and selling of potatoes, is sent out under the auspices of the state ag- ricultura] college and the special train is furnished by the D. & I. R. and D. M. & N. railroads.free of charge. Talks on potatoes and poultry, rais- ing and marketing producte will be made.by C. E. Brown, O. M. Olson.an N. E. Chapman, of the college agri- cultura] staff, and A. B. Hostetter and H. A. Hopkins, of Duluth. Mr. Hopkins ig manager of the Farmers’ Co-Operative Market assoc- iation and he thoroughly understands both the farming and marketing. Grand Rapids farmers should avail themselves of the opportunity to |hear ‘him. Every farmer should bring a sample of his last year’s crop of potatoes. They will be examined by potato specialists. ARREST BOVEY MEN ON CHARGE OF ARSON John Barrett and Fred Star Arrest- ed on Charge of Firing Bovey Business Block. Our neighboring village of Bovey came near going up in smoke—or at least a part of the business section— early Friday morning. Some amis- creant, presumably with a grudge against Mayor Provinske and J J. Specht, tried to burn them out at 2 o’clock Friday morning and would | have succeeded but for the watch- fulness of Patrolman Kingston, who) discovered the fire in time to prevent a general conflagration. The incen- daries bored a hole through the outer walls of both buildings, one of which) is occupied by Specht’s saloon and| the other by Provinske’s furniture | emporium; after pouring a quantity of gasoline into the holes the match was applied and the holcs corked up. At 2 a.m. Kingston discovered the fire in. Specht’s saloon, which had evidently been burning for some time between the wall and back-bar, and turned in an alarm; the fire depairt- | ment quickly responded and soon had the flames extinguished, but not amount of ing and contents. The building is i 'a double two-story frame one, owned Brothers, and pied by Specht’s salcon, Bentz’ and the Eagles’ lodge hall on the second floor. The damage to the building estimated at about $1,500, covered by insurance, while to Specht’s stock and probably total about attempt to fire also. occu- fixtures will The the cowardly deed, an@ if caught it will go hard with John Barrett and Fred Star arrested on a complaint charging them with the deed and given a hear- ing before Justice Franti, at Bovey, Monday. The case was postponed to Thursday, March 30 and their bail was fixed at $500, each, which they were unable to furnish, were Deer River People Arrested. Jacob Mohr and Beatrice Everton. of Deer River, were arrested om com- plaint of George Herreid and J. D. Burgess, charged with selling intoxi- catnig liquors on election day. The hearing was held before Judge Bailey and was continued to Friday. Millinery Opening. Mrs. M. Brooks wishes to announce to the ladies of Grand Rapids that she will hold her spring and sum- mer millinery opening at her mil- linery parlors, on Kindred avenue on Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 30, 31 and April 1. In addi- tion to a beautiful line of hats she will have on display a nice line of |,° visit over Sunda: fancy goods club | secured the potato special which | the | owned by | ‘SKY PILOT HIGGINS Self-Styled “Sky Pilot of the Lum-, | see pool | |oney was all gone, GRAND RapiDs, IT sca COUNTY, MINN., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, (gII | 'A GOOD WINTER FOR AT MODEL VILLAGE | Will Be at Coleraine Monday After- MINNESOTA LOGGERS B. P. Munson Repicts Big Cut the Past Winter and Larger Portion ‘ Ready for Spring Drive. B. P. Munson of Minneapolis, one of the most extensive cedar operators in the north country, has been he the past week paying off crews and preparing for the spring drives. Mr. Munson, who does all cutting through jobbers, states the past winter has been a very good one for loggers and says that prac— tically all his stuff was gotten out before the early break-up. He states that his season’s cut will run about 4,000,000 feet of logs and in addition there are.50,000 ties, 40,000.fence post and about 10,000 telephone and tele- graph poles cut and when one takes into consideration the fact that prac tically all this stuff is ready. for the d he can then begin to dimly compre: hend the enormous amount of labori involved and money expended in strip- Ping the lands. Mr. Munson had- about thirty jobbers on contract work and their operations covered a con- considerable stretch of territory, csamps being located on the Prairie. river, Swan river, Vermillion lake, , upper Mississippi and the Mesaba range. his ON THE LUMBERJACK: berjacks” Tells Harrowing Tales to Credulous Easterners. Frark E. Higgins, self-styled ‘sky pilot of the lumberjacks,” who has given Deer River an uneviable re- putation by stating the lumber jacks were ‘ ‘“ugged and robbed, seems to have isade an impression on credu- the ‘poor lumberjacks” aad mony have lous easterners with his tales about subscribed liberally to his ‘so-called fund for labor among the lumber camps of northern Minnesota and the reclamation of the lumberjacks, whom} he pictures as men, who, the instant ; \ippi NEW COUNCIL HOLDS ITS FIRST MEETING President Bossard Suggests Re- ) trenchment and Urges the Coun- cil to Observe Economy. The new council held its first.meet- ing last evening. All members be- | 5 present, viz: President A. C. Bossard, Trustees King, Anscott and Russell and Recorder Sherman. President Bossard called the old council to order and Recorder Le- Febre read the minutes of the last meeting which were approved with- out change. No further business be- img presented the official legislators of Grand Rapids for 1910-11 adjourn- ed sine die. Two new members appeared on the village council for this term—Dr. Russell, trustees and Frank Sherman, recorder. President Bossard and Trutsees King and Arscott were re- elected. The president made a brief talk to, the council, calling attention to the fact that the village is already carrying a heavy indebtedness that is burdensome to the taxpayers. In his opinion the first thing necessary to do in behalf of the municipality would be to make arrangements to get out of debt as fajst as possible. He expressed the hope that all would work in harmony to that end. The matter of acquiring title to a certain tract of land to be used for the benefit of the municipality was considered, and a resolution re- mitting certain taxes levied for muni- cipal improvements was passed. This action is calculated to assist in the establishment here of a creamery and potato warehouse. The property in question is situate on the Mississ- river bank west of the paper mill railroad spur. J. F. McCormick was reappointed village marshal and Geo. Moores as ‘night watchman. The salary of each was fixed at $75 per month. , Thomas Benton was continued as street commissioner and his salary increased from $70 to $75 per month. Frank F. Price was named as vil- lage attorney and his compenation fixed at $400 per year. The Herald-Review and Independ- ent were both designed as official | papers of the village, each to receive one-half of the legal rate per folio. they step in a saloon, aré made in- toxicated and then drugged and | robbed ‘ | In the New York Christian Work | and Evangelist he gives the’ follow- } ing account of Dear River and the} towns along the Itasca line. *** “At | Deer River we found fifteen saloons fon a population of less than 1,000, | and the liquor men were not satis- | fied with this, but built saloons along | \the line, almost to the camp doors, | In many of these towns, if a lumber- jack wanted to get warm, go to a saloon; if he wanted to eat, he had to gotoa saloon if he wanted to be shaved he had to go,to a saloon. It was a common hundreds of lumberjacks either staggering in the streets or sleep- ing in the ‘snake rooms.’ Many times load these poor, drunken jacks, like so many pigs, so the saloon- | keepers had no further use for.them.” Many who have read this and other en them credence and imagine northern } Leo R. Burrows, pas- } tor of the Presbyterian church,” who | had heard these same reports in the | east, arrived here, he at first imagin- ed they were true. quiring turn of mind, however, he glad ly availed himself of an invitation to visit the camps north of Deer River and when he returned his views were changed considerable. In speaking on the subject to a Herald-Review re- presentative, he said: “The trip cer- tainly opened my eyes. I had the im- pression that lumberjacks were poor- go-lucky bunch of fellows who, was far better than the average lab- oring man is provided with. I talked | with the men concerning the reports as given in the east and found they | were at wide variance with the real conditions.” Lester Lofberg, time keeper for the drill crews at Keewatin, came in on) the “Merry Widow” Saturday evening yy with his parents and friends. 7 ie shaa tod thing to} | I have seen contractors drive ‘in andj; The b | into their sheds—their }town hall on ticles along similar lines, have giv-|poard are officially Being of an in- | ly fed and worked like slaves. Insteac! however, I found they were a happy- {limited extent. of }ever, is in very good condition as course, were expected to do their/to public highways, and little need, day’s work, but the food given them/be done except repair the roads al- [ready built. {hence the company is evidently The matter of fixing compensation of the village treasurer and recorder was laid over until the next mecting owing to the fact that a, bill is now pending before the legislature that, | if passed, will effect the action of the council. Indications Are That Little Money Will Be Expended During the Ensuing Year. d of supervisors of the of Grand Rapids met at the Monday last, and clos- ed up its business for the last year | adjourned, sine The min-} the last meeting of the old published = in town rand die. utes of that | this issue of the Herald-Review. innesota is inhabited only | | py lumberjacks, saloons and Indians, i |} and when Rev. them.—Coleraine Optic. | Supervisor Hugh McEwan retired | jafter three years service on the boaid jand Wm. Hoolihan | gin his official duties. The members of the new board held a sort of an |informal business meeting as\a start- er, reviewing the financial condition of the township—its present’ indebted- jness and available funds according to the assessed valuation. It was mu- tually agreed that expenditures for the present year should be confined to a cash basis, and the public debt not increased above its present fig- ures.’ This ‘will reduce the amount of road work for the season to a very The, township, how- It will be noted in official journal published today that the board pro- poses to enforce the provisions of the contract made with the J. I. Case Machine company in the pur- chasing. of the engine for road.work, The engine does not come up to the requirements of the contract and up | against a proposition that it cannot | Set away from. The township will jot be out anything on the deal. BEGINS BUSINESS | Two Dollars a Year APPORTIONMENT MADE BY AUDITOR March Settlement ot Taxes Collect- ed By County Treasurer Strader to March 1, 1911. AUDITOR SPANG ISSUES WARRANTS Taxes Apportioned Amount to $52,- 531.71, About $2,000 More Than for March Collections of Last Year. The March apportionment of tax moneys collected from October 1, 1910, to March 1, 1911, has just been completed by Auditor Spang and his corps of assistants and warrants are being made out and sent to the var- ious funds, towns, villages and school district treasurers in the amounts due of the moneys apportioned. The total amount apportioned was $52,- 531.71, nearly $2,000 more than for the same period last year. The re- spective amounts apportioned fol- low: State revenue and schools... $3,639.32 Apportioned to County $5,596.10 2, 495. 06 County revenue...... Road and bridge revenue.... Poor fund.. Bonds . Interest . is Ditch lien and interest. Apportioned to School Districts. District Noel... 66. 4ccsss $8,566.70 District No. 2.. - 4,639.06 District No.5.... 129.48 District No. 6.. . 8,026.62 District No. 9.. - 3,026.62 District No. 10.. 40.54 District No.11 148.17 $17,600.95 Apportioned State Loans School Dist. No. 1 1.82 Sshoec_ Dist. No. School Dist. No. 6.... School Dist. No. 9.. School Dist. No. 10.. School Dist. No. 11.. Town of Ardenhurst.. Apportioned to Towns Arbo. . Alvwood. . 99.03 Ardenhurst.. 115.15 Balsam. . 277.91 Bass Brook. . 540.61 3ass Lake.. Bearville.. Bigfork. . oe Blackberry . . Carpenter.. . Deer River.. Feeley. . Goodland. . | Grattan.. qualified to be- | | Grand Rapi | Greenway .. | Good bape Harri Iron iiss Lake Marcell. . .. Moose Park.. Nore.. Nashwauk Popple.. | Sand Lake.. Sago. . Trout Lake. . Third Lake.. Wirt... Oteneagen.. mi, Seratagels sine Wanina .... .. «1 6. wees Apaortlaned to Village Bovey.. | Cohasset. . ) Calumet... Coleraine. . Deer River .. Grand Rapids.. ; Keewatin.. .. .. .. Marble... Nahwsauk.. Taconite... Jessie... 1,830.98 699.35 3,835.77 687.66 A 1,202, 47 a: TORE $19,392.25 Following is a summary of the amounts apportioned to the state, county, school districts, towns and villages: State taxes.. S - -$3,639.32 County apportionment.. .. 10,745.90 Sshool districts.. .. - -17,600.95 Apportioned state loans.. ..1,153.29 Towns and villages.. .. .. 19,392.25