Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 17, 1911, Page 1

Pe POS a ams VoL. XXI.—No 46 Granp RapipDs, Itasca CouNnTY, MINN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, [911 HISTORICAL} SOCIETY. Two Dollars a Year WOMEN'S CLUBS T0 MEET AT HIBBING Annual Meeting of Minnesota Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs Fri- day and Saturday. MEMBERS FROM HERE 10 TAKE PART Mrs. W. L. Huntley is Secretary of Federation—Talks by Mrs. C. C. McCarthy and Miss Florence Burlingame. The third annual convention of the Eighth District Minnesota Fed- tion of Women’s Clubs will be held in Hibbing on Friday and Sat- y, May 19 and 20. The meetings will be held in the club rooms of the urday Club in the Carnegie Li- y building. Mrs, Walter J. Smith of Eveleth is vice president for the Eighth District and Mrs. L. W. Huntley of this village is secretary and treas- There will be five of the state cers in attendance at this con- vention, Mrs. C. G. Higbee of St. Paul, President of the State Federa- tion; Mrs. H. A. Tomlinson of St. Peter, Vice President at large; Mrs. A. D. Stephens of Crookston, s Auditor; Mrs. F. F, Kinney of Minneapolis, Vice President of the Fifth District; Mrs. Walter J. Smith Eveleth, Vice President of the hth District. The program is as follows: Friday, 2°26 p. m. Piano Solo : . Selected Mra. Paul Willard. Address of Welcome ..Mrs. T. S. Sillman.’ sponse .. .. -- Sete <e Mrs. C. G. Higbee, St. Paul Minutes of Last Convention .. | Mrs. L. W. Huntley, Grand Rapids Solo Serenade .. ..Paolo Tosti Mrs. Douglas McEachin _Mrs. McCarthy, Grand Rapids. in Relation to Club Work Martha Wilson, St. Paul. Mrs Homecre RP en Rebecca Pineo Boying- ton, Duluth. Violin Solo, Concert XI, Louis Ifsohr | Rudolph Olsen Friday Evening, 8 o'clock. : . Selected Lyle Boyington. State Home for Girls .... . Mrs. T. F. Kinney, Minneapolis. . Selected Mrs. Piano Solo Miss Rose Silk Miss Burlingame, Grand Rapids. Solo, Bandelero .. ..Leslie Stewart. W, R. Spensley. Women and the Civic Sense ..Mrs. C. G. Higbee, St. Paul. Quartette .... .. .. .. .. ..Selected Mrs. 8S. O. Geiser. Mrs. Douglas McEachin. Harry Angst, W. R. Spensley. Saturday, 10 a. m. Drive to Mines amd returning time to take 12.05 train. WILL TAKE BACK ROAD MACHINERY in Engine and Cars Purchased By the; Township Last Year Returned to Case Company. / A special meeting of the board of supervisors of the town of Grand Rapids was held Tuesday evening to consider propositions from the J. I, Case Co. relative to the road ma- chinery purchased last year. As is well known, the engine sent out was not the one embodied in the con- tract and the township refused to make a settlement. Mr, Johnson, representing the Case company, made the board two propo- sitions at the meeting. The first was to take back the machinery, and release the township from any obli- gations, the township in turn to re- lease the Case people from any claim for damages by reason of non-fulfill- ment of their contrat. The second proposition submitted was to replace the old engine with one exactly like the specifications in the contract and to assume half the debt incurred by the township by reason of freight and repairs paid for. Chairman Nsibett was in favor of accepting the second proposition and so stated before the meeting, explain- ing that the offer practically meant that the entire cost of the new en- gine would only be about $300. He further stated the cost of graveling the two miles and a fraction last year was only $1,100 per mile with the engine, while with teams the cost would have been at least $4,000. Supervisor Zeininger then made a motion that the first proposition of | ‘the company to take back the ma- chinery be accepted. The motion carrried, but Chairman Nisbett states he will not sign an order releasing the Case company from damages, as he considers the township has too good a case against them. Revival meetings are still being held in the Methodis church every evening and the attendance is larg- er each succeeding service. Abraham Lincoln wasted neither time well, nad he saved his money. Why don’t you do the same? time nor money. He applied his First National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MI Capilal $2 5,000,00 President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. F. P. Sheldon. A G. Wedge. c. E. Aiken OFFICERS DIRECTORS John Beckfelt SLetpolues’ $ 5,000,00 Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr Ass’t. Cashier, J. G. Peterson D. M. Gunn. W. C. Gilbert. H. D. Powers. |Says Fodder Corn Will Yield, Un- WGUIRE’S TALK ON FODDER CORN der Favorable Conditions, Four to Six Tons. OLD HAY FIELD MAKES BEST GROUND ‘Use Plenty of Manure as Soil Can- not Be Too Rich—Plant Be- tween May 20th and June Ist. [By A. J. McGuire, Superintendent Northeast Experiment Farm, Grand Rapids, Minn.] An acre of ground properly plent- ed to fodder may be made to yield under favorable conditions, from four to six tons of cured fodder. This fod- der is nearly equal to tame hay in feeding value for cattle. Hay seldom yields more than four tons per acre (two cuttings) and hay land that has been in hay for over two years commonly yields less than two tons per acre. High land that has been in hay for ;over two years should be broken up and planted to corn for fodder this spring. If the season is dry (unfav- orable for hay) the yield of fodder | Will probably be four or five times as much as the hay crop wold be if the land were left in hay. In 1910 twenty acres of fodder corn was grown on the Experiment farm and the yield, field cured, was five tons per acre. It is recommended as one of the most valuable crops that can be grown where there is apt to be a shortage of rough feed, Dur- ing the past winter the farmers have bought hay paying from twelve to eighteen dollars per ton. The cost of growing an acre of fodder corn in- cluding the rent of land is only $10.- 52 per acre. With a yield of four tons per acre the cost of fodder corn would be omly $2.63 per ton, a very great difference between that and} the price of hay when bought on the market. How to Grow Fodder Corn. The old hay field if not too low will provide the best field for fodder ,corn. Am application of manure will increase the yield. The soil cannot be too rich for corn. é Plow medium to deep and disk and harrow till the soil is thoroughly pul- verized. Plant in rows 30 inches apart and about six inches apart in the row. The corn should be planted thickly in the row so that the stalks will ; be fine. When plamted far apart in the row the stalks will be coarser and will not be eaten. One half, bushel of seed per acre |in rows 30 inches apart gives the fodder corn a fine stalk and is about the right quantity to plant. | | Plant from May 20th to June Ist. |The planting may be delayed till ‘June 20th and sometimes it may ‘pay to put in a crop even tho ‘t can- not be done before the first of July, | but the earlier planting is best. | The fodder corn crop is fast gain- |ing favor in northeastern Minnesota. |Every farmer who gives it a fair | trial becomes a grower of fodder corn! and invariably a more prosperous ! farmer. This spring the price of fodder corn seed is from $2.50 to $3.00 per bushel. When it is not handled on the local market it can be bought \from any of the numerous seed houses advertising in the agricultural | Papers. | It can best be ordered on short | notice thru the local merchant and | jif not elready provided should be j ordered at once. The variety used on the Experi- ‘Ment farm is Minnesota No. 13. ; Nearly any of the northern grown jvarieties, either in dent or flint |will give good results for fodder corn. If you have not grown fodder corn give it a trial this season. It may | be planted on new breaking but will give best results on land that has ‘deen cultivated. The Zollerkomen club was enter- tained at the home of Miss Kather- ine Doran last Wednesday evening and it was decided to picnic on the oo side this afternoon. GOOD TALKERS AT DULUTH MEETING Prominent Men at Northern Devel- opment Meeting at Duluth June 1 and 2. SURE ON RECLAIMING LANDS Representatives of ‘Wisconsin and Michigan Associations Will Tell What Adjoining States Are Doing. “Boost for Minnesota” is the slogan for the Duluth meeting of the North- ern Minnesota Development associ- ation which will be held Thursday and Friday, June 1 and 2. Prominent men from all parts of the state will address the conven- tion on subjects of interest. On the program we noe the name of Supt. A. J. McGuire, of the Northeast Ex- periment farm. Mr. McGuire, who is also a member of the state reclama- tion board, will talk on a subject of interest to every settler in the northern part of the state, that of reclaiming state lands. The program follows: “State Development”—Rt. Rev. Jam- es Golrick, Bishop of Duluth, S. D. Works, State Senator, Man- Kato. “Federal Lands in Minnesota” Geo. Welsh, State Immigration Commissioner. “Department of Public Domain” Thos, Kneeland, Minneapolis. “Conserving Soil Fertility” ! Prof. A. R. Whitson, University of Minnesota. “Forestry” Wm. T. Cox, State Forester. “Comission Plan For State Govern- ment.” Ferman A. Wilson, editor Bemid- ji Daily Pioneer. “Newspaper Boosting” Harold Knutson, President Nor. Minn. Editorial Association. “Reclaiming State Lands” A. J. MeGuire, Member State Re- clamation Board. . “The National Corn Show” > Minneapolis 1912. “The Northwest Land Show” St. Paul, Dec. 1911. (The management of these have not yet furnished names of the speakers.) “What Other States Are Doing” W. H. Mylrea, Wisconsin Ad- vancement Association, Wausau, H. W. Reade, Northern Michi- gan Development Association, Es- canaba, I. J. Gibson, Western Michigan Development Bureau, Traverse City. ITASCA COUNTY 5. S, CONVENTION Meets At Deer River River Today and Tomorrow for Two Days’ Session. Deer River has the honor this year Sunday School association, the an- nual convention beng held at that place today and will continue until tomorrow evening. Following is the program: WEDNESDAY. Afternoon— 2:00 Devotional exercises, led by Rev. Parish, of Grand Rapdis. Reports. The Adult Bible Class Move- ment, and the County Work. Mr. Earl Garinger, Coleraine; Rey. Smith, Nashwauk. Teacher Training. Rey. Burgess, Cohasset; Rev. W. O. Garret, Coleraine. Sunday School scholars. Address, “The Meaning of the Sunday School.” President of the Association. Workers’ Conference. Primary—Miss Harriet Dennis, Taconite. Intermediate—Grand Chairman. Adult—Mr. A. M. Locker, Chairman, St. Paul. Praise service, led by Rev. Em- 2:1 3: ran oot 3:40 4:40 Rapids’ 7:45 ‘ ery, Déer River. 8:20 Address: “Sunday School Ex- tension.” Mr. A. M. Locker, General Secretary, Minn. S S A THURSDAY. Forenoon— 8:30 Devotional services Rev. O. Suver, Marble. led | by 9:15 Cradle Roll and Primary Work, Mrs. G. F. Schmidt, Grand Rapids, Mrs. J. M. Stackhouse, Co- . hasset. 9:45 The Juniors. Mrs. M. M. Hursch, Cohasset. The Intermediates. Miss. Bryan, Grand Rapdis. General Discussion. Every member of the Church a member of the Sunday School. Rev. Burrows, Grand Rapids. Discussion. Our County Work Next Year. Mr. A. M. Locker, St. Paul. , Report of Committees and Elec: tion of Officers, STANTON EXTENDS MERCY TO NEGRO Prisoner at Walker Asked the Judge if He Ever Heard the Song “Have A Little Pity.” 10:00 10:15 10:30 11:00 11:30 John Wells, whose little joke with the judge kept him out of prison for a time, was taken to Stillwater last! week as a result of his hilarity over his freedom. Wells was in the county jail, charged with being with drunken Indians and with aid- ing them in securing liquor. As Judge Stanton was going through the jail Wells courteously asked him if he had ever heard the song entitled, “Have a Little Pity.” Next day, when brought into court, Wells plead guilty as indicted and the judge gave him his freedom with a six-month suspended sentence tied to it. Wells then went to Cass Lake and commenced to celebrate. He chang- ed his tune from “Have a Little Pity” to “A Hot Time in the Old Town,” and ended up in the Cass Lake jail while he was a member of the chorus. Judge Stanton was notified and forthwith instructed the deputy sheriff to take Wells back to Walker. From there he was taken to Stillwater to commence that six months sentence.-International Falls Press. ¢ STATE LAND GOES. A $0 PER ARE Lot 5, Section 4, 56-22, Sold to J. H. Sellwood and B. W. Batch- elder At That Price. 3,000 ACRES WERE DISPOSED OF Average Price per Acre Was $12 and the Highest Ever Reached by a Minnesota State Sale of Lands. The state land sale, held from the court house steps Monday, was one of the best that has ever been held in the county and the average price per acre paid was the highest ever received at a sale of Minnesota state lands. Three thousand acres were dis- posed of and the average price per acre was $12, which means the sale | totaled about $42,000. One tract im section 4, 56-22, sold for $60 an acre. | It was sold to J. H. Sellwood of Du- luth, and B. W. Batchelder, of Nash- wauk, and it is understood it will be used as the site for a concentrating plant. The tract in question fronts on the shore of Swan lake. Messrs. Sellwood and Batchelder purchased altogether 838 acres in the same vi- cinity for which they paid $11,899. This was a cash sale. Other desirable tracts sold for from $15 to $32, W. E. Newtonspay- ing $21 for the N% of NW% of sec- tion 36, 56-26. Theodore Nelson, who was recent- ly appointed to the newly created position of manager of the land sales department, had charge of the sale, while E. H. Waldon, of the state an- ditor’s office, acted as clerk. , Friday Evening Musicale. , The Woman’s Missionary society | will give a musical in the lecture room of the Presbyterian church on Friday evening, May 19th, at & o'clock. Admission, a piece of silver. Everybody invited. WY PATTERN | Dear Amy:- me her troubles. her to do, she wouldn't keeping help. room 40 much easier appearance. and see them. Bye, P. S.-You'llL see dandy F. Laura has just Leen over to see me to tell She's Lost that maid she had that was such a treasure. Linoleum for her kitchen floor, as S've Legged St makes a kitchen or Lath- sides, it always gives thema more attractive Sve Lought pretty new mattings for my Led rooms this Summer. Aest, and ake more sanitary, also, Baly John dearly Loves play in the kitchen now, tings if you go down to E. REUSSWIG FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING Now, if she'd buy have 50 much trouble to keep clean, and be- Shey give the rugs a Come over to Bye: Lou. linoliums and mat-