Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 24, 1911, Page 2

p D-Hevi cw. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SQOIETY. Vor, XX .—No 47 _| be allowed $648, which le‘t a talance 10 NSHIP MAKES of $3,000 to be paid the comzany. | The engine furnished with the out- DEALWITH CASE C0 iit did not do what was claimed for 1 it and the superviscrs finally made At Meeting Thursday Evening Sup- the Case people make them a pres- tent of the old engine. However, they ervisors Reconsider Tuesday 7 Evening Meeting. contract which bound the company to deliver them a seventy-five horse power engine. Naturally, when the engine did not give’ satisfaction, Chairman Nis- bett notified the Case company he would hold them to their coatract. ;Cons.dercile dickir ng was done un- DECIDE TO KEEP ROAD MACHINERY t:"‘insity. tne case company sveing there was no other way out of it, | consented to fulfill their contract. The board must have caught them when they were seeping, however, for the engire, which has been used one season, is virtually a present to the town as the following figures will Prove. The total purchase price is $2,750; ; the dump cars, eight in ail, are A special meeting of the board of | valued at $325, each, making a total supervisors of the town of Grand of $2,600; the water tank is valued Rapids was held Thursday evening | at $148.25, while the set of exten- to act on a petition signed by twen-/sion rims cost $150. This, without in- ty-four representative tax payers, | Cluding the value of the new engine, who petitioned the board to recon-| Which is $2,250, makes a total of sider its action of Tuesday evening | $2,898.25, or $148.25 more than the e wherein it turned down one propo-| township is paying for the whole } sition made by the Case Company outfit. In addition to this, the com- in regard to the road machinery and | Dany is throwing off the accrued ip- accept another wherein the company | terest of $185 and receipting a bill. agreed to take back the machinery, | for repairs of $52, which makes a’ the township to release it from all; total of $385.25 the town is receiving claims for damage. in addition to the engine Proposition of Case Company Too Good to Turn Down—Repre- sentative Tax Payers Peti- tion Its Acceptance. The first proposition of the Case} Without cost. The engine, which is Company was as foléws: The com-! to be laid down f. o. b. cars Grand pany agreed to replace the sixty | Rapids, has been inspected by En- horse power engine, in the possession gineer George Shook and he reports of the township with a seventy-five | it as first-class in every respect. horse power engine, equipped with! Chairman Nisbett, who conducted extension tires and guaranteed to|the negotiations, has showed he is a be first-class in every respect. They | Past master at a game of wits and also agreed to return the origina] |his devotion to the interests of the | town orders amounting to $3,000.00, township will be the means of sav- with accrued interest amounting to '1ng large sums in road work. $185, receipt a bill of $52, which| The township now has a contract | was due the company for repairs,| With M. Callahan, who will use the and accept town orders in the aggre- engine and cars in gravelling the — gate sum of $2,750, interest at 6|Grand Rapids-Cohascet road for per cent and to start when machin-; Which they will receive nearly the | price of the first. payment on the baa fit. A Tale of Two Cities. } ery is received. At this meeting the above propcs:- tion was turned down, but interested ' tax payers, who foreseeing that good" roads are necessary to prosperrity,! Despite the fact that fully 600 got up a petition which was signed people witnessed the reproduction by the heaviest tax payers in the | of Chas. Dicken’s novel, “A Tale of township and village and, at the| Two Cities,” at the Gem theatre ’ Thursday evening meeting, the sup-| abou; two months ago, fully fifty of ervisors, wishing to serve the best|that mumber have requested the interests and will of the taxpayers, |management to again secure it. Mr. | decided) to reconsider their action Comer has acceded fo the demand and accept the first proposition. land it will be shown Saturday even-| This was certainly a wise move, ing, May 27. It was first secured | as the following will show: The or- for Friday evening, but in order not! , iginal purchase price was $3,648 and to conflict with the May Day Festi- for this amount was received one en- val Mr. Comer finally arranged it for gine, water tank, eight dump cars Saturday evening. Three shows will. and a set of extension tires. For be given and more if necessary, the! first commencing at 7 o’clock, sharp. the old engine, the township was to were wise enough to hold onto their . (der: THE GRO MAY ONY FESTA Will Be Held at the High School Grounds Friday Atternoon and Evening, May 26. MARGARET M'ALPINE TO BE QUEEN Has Issued Proclamation Asking} That All Business Houses Close Their Establishments on That Date. —Ye Order of Events in ye Grand May Day Festival, Friday, May ye Twentysixth, nineteen hundred elev- en, as commanded by her most puis- sant Majestie, Margaret, May Day Queene of this most mightie realm, Grand Rapids, Minnesota. —At ye South Side Park, midway of two and three of ye clock, ye very doughty baseball warriors of this fayre land will contend for ye bright banner of victorie with their haughtie amount of feed that can be rivals of Cass Lake, ye neighboring | duced. village. —Following this, ye assemblage will pitching quoite, potato race, three- legged race, wheelbarrow race and egg race by ye maidena to be con- cluded by a track meete between ye eighth grade and ye High School Freshmen. —During ye hours from five to seven of ye clock, a moet-vouptiful repast will be served within ye spacious Hall of High Palace to all who pre- sent at ye Grand Entrance ye “Open Sesame”, a silver token of moderate value, twenty-five cents in coin of ye great realm. —Maidens of ye Royal Societies will preside over refreshment booths and will. furnish refreshments for the in- her man upon presentation of modest Pieces of coin of ye great realm. —Promptly at seven-thirtie of ye clock will occur ye Grand Marche to the High Palace of all loyal sol- dierie from ye adjoining palaces, Cen- tral and Forest Lake. Ye Grand Procession at eight of ye clock will issue from the Northe Entrance of ye High Palace in ye following or- Herald. . ..Henry Graffam Royal Attendants.. .. .. .. .. . Representatives of ye grades Crown Bearer.. --Beulah Nisbett Bishop... .. Russell Kremer Queene..Margaret Loretta McAlpine Attendants... .. 0. 5031... --Twelve tall Maidens of ye High School. Players.. .. ..Clowns.. .... Soldiery —Ye order of ye march will be due Northe to Ninth Streete, thence East to Kindred Avenue, thence Southe | — First Nation Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MIND oo - Brightness comes from a feeling the knowledge that there is something to fall back on. of satisfaction of stability and It is the establishment of a firm position that enables us to advance. Capital $25,000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr Ass't. Cashier, J. G. Peterson DIRECTORS John Beckfelt D. M. Gunn. W. C. Gilbert. H. D. Powers. to a point midway between ye En- trance to ye Palace and ye slope of ye Hill, thence Weste to ye Palace of Coronation. Here shall occur ye ancient and honorable ceremonie of ye crowning of ye May Queene ac- companied by ye shouts of her loyal subjects and ye inspiring chorus and orchestra under ye direction of Miss Becker and Mr. A. L, Roecker. After whiche shall be given various and numerous games and dances for | ye pleasure of ye Queene and ye} bodie of devoted citizens. —Younge and olde are welcome to jye coronation and games without | monie and’ without price. Charges will be made for ye things that sat- jisfy ye inner man, but all entertain- | ments are to be free. —During the evening hours the pro- duct of the school shops will be on exhibition. Here you will find finest crafts ever turned out by ye school children, The work will be in charge of Mistress Abbie J. Carpenter and ; Master of Work, Ray W. Hoisington. Don’t miss this fine exhibit. —Come ye olde and younge. —All monies gathered in at the en- tertainment will eb used to clear DONT BRING IN TOO MUCH STOCK Is Advice Given in Farm, Stock and Home By Supt. A. J. McGuire. KEEP PLENTY OF — CHICKENS The Settler Will Thus Be Able to Reduce Living Expenses Until the Land Is Cleared. The new settler often makes a mis- take by bringing in too much stock. More stock than the farm will pro- vide rough feed for will prove un- profitable. A farmer going into the milk business with a good market ‘for milk at five cents per quart or more, can afford to buy all kinds of feed if necessary, but if the products of the dairy are to be sold in the form a butter, the number of cows should! be in proportion to the pro- It will pay the new settler who will have his land to clear to reduce his herd to four or five good dairy cows, two brood sows and the ‘repair to ye Court of the High Pal-| number of horses required to do the _ace, there to witness and join in ye|farm work. A good sized flock of | various sports and gambols, such ‘ks|Chickens may be made profitable from the start.‘ Where the farm containg natural meadow this reduc- tion in stock of course would not be necessary or advisable. It is only when the feed has to be grown largely under cultivation. ‘The Importance of Corn. The ojd settler will often say: “You caa’t grow corn.” This state ment is generally made by a farmer who hasiprobably tried once or twice to grow corn for grain and failed to have it mature and om this ground condemns the corn crop: The corn crop is most important in the tim- ber section as a fodder crop, yield- ing in this capacity as large returns as corn will yield anywhere. It is the great catch crop. It may be Planted $n the new land or if the hhay land shows a poor crop from a dry spring it may be broken up and put into corn and a crop of fodder secured in ninety days. Corn may be planted for this purpose as late as July ist, but is usually does best when planted from May 25th, to June 10th. Thé new settler can bring no more important seed than a_ few bushels of fodder corn. Minnesota No. 13 or any of the flint varieties does well for fodder. Northwest- ern Dent and Minnesota No. 23 may be grown for ear corn when the grain is desired. Clearing the Land. The bill in the legislature providing for the clearing of a certain number o acres by the state on each frac- tion of land solq by the state is a good one. The state should clear up from ten to twenty acres on every tract of land sold to a settler. The state should clear this land because it is a work that the average new set- tler does not understand and the state is not benefitted by selling its lana at any price to a farmer when that land is not used to advantage by the farmer. The state should see! that there is a road to every piece of land it sells, and that q part of that land should be productive when the farmer goes on it, and further- more the state should sell only to the actual farmer. The speculator is no benefit to the country. A certain company in Northeastern Minnesota is acting this wise part of building a road to the land, clearing a part of it and selling to only the actual farm- er and what a company can afford to do the state can afford to do, if it is the best thing to do. The clearing of the cut-over and timber lands of Northern Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin is a greater task than the building of the Pana- ma Canal, and it might be said that the wealth of this land when cleared and under cultivation will be far greater than that of the Panama Canal. The old fashioned way of grubbing the stumps out required a generation to clear the farm, Labor was cheap. up all-athletic debts and start the | atnletic Association out on a sound basis next year. Today labor is expensive, but money is relatively cheap. A few cents’ worth of explosive properly placed un “iKAND RAPIDS, ITAScA CounTY, MINN., Wepwgspay, MAY 24, toIT der a stump will blow it entirely out of the ground and break it up into Pieces that can be easily handled, With explosives the clearing of land becomes a comparatively easy prob- lem. When explosive are purchased in large quantity the price is from ten to fifty per cent cheaper than when purchased as many farmers buy Here again is where the state can clear land to better advantage than the individual. Land sold by the state for agricultural purposes should be in part at least prepared by the state for the plow. When There Will Be No Crop. Every now and then the season will look as though the crop would be a complete failure. In 1910 the Two Dollars a Year THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS | Story of Sunday’s Game With Be- midji Sounds Like Bryan’s First Campaign. AS THE FINAL SCORE WAS 17 10 1 drouth, some other year a later spring and again continuous rains. Prophets now predict another dry dry, season in 1911 and it probably will be. But last year, in a dry sea- son, oats yielded fifty bushels per acre, weighing 40 pounds to the bushel. Potatoes yielded 250, bushels per acre, fodder corn never yielded better. This yield was secured in sections where it was pronounced dry but where the soil was in a good state of fertility and well tilled. A season in the timber section when the spring was unusually late, grow- ing weather not coming till June Ist, the crop yield was above the average! In the wet seasons the pasture was at its best and the returns from the dairy was highest. There never was a year when the earth did not bring forth its harvest for the farmer who farmed well. Failure comes to the farmer who trusts to the season. There is no such{ thing as luck in farming. A farmer burns out, losing all his prop- erty by forest fire and people say he has hard luck. A fire break around his buildings would have pre- vented the fire: There is cause and effect to everything. A poor crop is always more due to poor farming than to a poor season. Dry seasons seem to run in cycles and it is quite probable that this coming season will be dry, but with proper cultivation there..will be no danger of failure. In fact most crops do best in a dry season if the condi- tion of the field is otherwise right. The ravages of rust and blight do not appear in the dry season. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a 25 cent straw- berry short cake supper at the lec- ture room in the church next Wed- nesday evening. Visitors Were Entirely Outclassed and Juniors Had the Game Their Own Way All the Time. We're not exactly certain, being 4 little bit rusty on French history, but if the game Sunday was not like the slaughter of the innocents, it was at least (we’re on home ground now) like Bryan’s silver campaign in 1896, only Bryan advocated a ratio of 16 to 1 while the Grand Rapids Juniors have fixed their ratio at 17 to 1. Bemidji was first up and drew what can usually be expected from the Juniors—a blenk. The latter then pounded out five runs before the side was retired. Bemidji was white washed aagin in the second and Gran Rapids ren in another score. In the third, with a man between third and home the, boys “‘slopped over” and Armstrong scored. This is all the Bemidji boys were allowed dur- ing the entire game, while Grand Rapids scored two runs in the third, three in the fourth, two in the fifth, two in the sixth, one in the seventh, another in the eighth and did nat play the last helf of the ninth. ‘The line-up of ‘the Grand Rapids team was as follows: Lee, 3b; Pow- ers, rf; Erskine, ¢; Brandon, 2b; Benton, cf; McAlpine, ss; Betz, 1b; Whaling, p; Costello, if, Features of the game were a home run by Whaling and a three-bagger by Erskine. Grand Rapids got 14 safe hits, while Bemidji secured only 2, which in a measure explains the score, as the visitors were unable to find Whaling. The balance of the team was in good form and gave him magnificent supportt, =) oF Dear Amy: Don't you krow there are Lots of people who would nat like th up so everylody could ikure and Augs they hav You eit houses to Le Lifted see the kind of fusrn- e. and YS wouldn't mind, would we? Qnen't our husbands good to us to give us gust whatever we want to beautify our homes with? No wonder we are happy! Bui S've always practiced economy in huying things for the home. Sve Lought the best, it is true, Lut that is the cheapest, ' So Long, Lou, P. §.-You get the Lest furniture, and at hea~ sonakle prices, from F, E. RE FURNITURE and USSWI UNDERTAKING G sik nessa