Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 4, 1911, Page 9

ee ereennernend tee nena een PAGE tail THE COUNTY FAR THE GEST EVER (Continued from page 5.) eg oN fair is astonishing in that. ‘there is so wide a variety and range | of agricultural products shown. This section of the state is without a peer interests and during the next two |years you will see an influx of set- jtlens so great that every available ‘tract of land will be taken.” Another lowa Man’s View. W. H. Stellmacher, of Des Moines, | Towa, who has perhaps induced more settlers to locate here than any oth- er one man, came up with a party ,of Iowa farmers, he knowing full | well that when they looked over the jarray of grains, grasses and vege- There may have been jarger dis- tables they would undoubtedly make plays in the houschold departme.t purchases. He is doing a good work, samples are taken every five feet and the grades of ore, through all the different stratas were shown. On the whole, the Coleraine exh bit was a most creditable one and we cannot see how it could very well be improved on. The Women’s Department. as regards agricultural and dairying | GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER. 4, 1911. ing atcomplished in’ northern Minne- sota in the way of improving’ the strains of cattle. I noticed that near- ly all the entries here were Guern- seys or a cross between the.Guernsey , to cover it, for this. fair ‘s of inestim- | able benefit to all the county. People ‘from outside can see what we are do- ing and what is being done. They can see that this is o e of the great- est agricultural and dairying <ec- and Jersey. Both are noted for the | tions in the northwest. Yes, I con- "ch quality of the milk, but the sider the exhibits this year far Guernsey is the hardier anima]. How- ever, where the two strains are crossed, it makes a good hardy ani- mal and suitable for all around dairy purposes. The hogs, too, show that} the farmers of this county believe in | keeping thoroughbred strains and in a few years they will be well repaid | for weeding out the scrubs, as this | section will become noted for the} excellence of its livestock. As a | whole, it was one of the finest collec- ahead of those made at any former fair. The time was, when the ex- ‘hibits that were brought in were se- | lected ‘chiefly on account of — their ; enormous size, but th's is all done | away with now. The farmers have ‘been brought to realze that the size has nothing to do with the sale- able merits of the product.” intelligent Criticism. There’s as much to consider in fixing up a horse stylishly as there is a man. Here's a well dressed team. LITCHKE took the measure and made the suit. He's good at it. He uses the best stock and does honest If you get a cheap suit of clothes it looks cheap and It pays every work, won't last long. Just so with a set of Harness. time to get good stock and well made up. LITCHKE guaran- tees his stock and work. You know what you are getting when you buy of him. _He is right on hand every day in the year to make good his guarantee. See him when you want in former years, but there was nev- er none better than the exhibit made this year. There were rag carpets, quilts, comforts, spreads, lunch clothes, center pieces, doily sets, table mats, hand knit stockings and socks, pillow cases, shirt waists, all kinds and descriptions, and in fact, everything imaginable, both in practical and decorative work. Mrs. J. A. Davis exhibited some es-' pecially fine pieces of work in hand embroidered waisis and infants’ dresses and Mrs. Gibson entered | some hand knit socks and mittens that more than one man would like to have for hunting trips. The report- er was shown through this department by Mrs. A. J. McGuire, one of the judges, and in commenting on the work she said: “There should be | more entries like that of Mrs. Gib- This class of work should re- more attention from mothers, son's. ceive for the girls of today know hardly anything of knitting and it is fast becoming a lost art. We had only one entry for the rag carpet exhibit. This is another department in which | there should be more displays.” There were dainty specimens cf, Hardanger center pieces and drawn | while the exhibition of hand- painted china, the work of Mrs. Glenn Slade, was by far the best that has, been seen bere for some time, A hand bag, also entered by Mrs. Sade, was very much admired. In the culinary department there scenic work, were entries of bread, rolls, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, pies, pickles, chow chow, canned fruits and vegetables of every description, and butter and cheese that point to the fact that cooking is not a lost art in Itasca county. The was certainly no place for dyspept’c individuals, for they would have died of envy after looking over the are ray of eatabjes. Will Advertise Itasta. F. J. Kuppinger, of Davenport, Iowa, who owns several fine farms | in the vicinity of Grand Rapids and | Deer River, was an interested visit- or at the fair grounds and whenever he found an exhibit that was partic- ularly good, he at once opened up negotiations to purchase it, and he lJeft the grounds with as nice a col- lection of grains and vegetables as was ever seen anywhere in the state. This collection, Mr. Kupp‘n- ger afterward explained to the report- er, will be taken to Davenport where he will place it in a display window as a means of showing what can be done wet season. on Itasca county land during a In speaking of the fair, | for the men he brings here are a] pepondusn farmers who understand farm- ‘ing and who conduct their work on ‘a business basis and if there were a ‘few more land men of his calibre lo- cating setters on Itasca county lands, laces of it would only be a short time until | |this section would be so thickly set- tled there would be room for no more. Mr. Stellmacher was an inter- ested visitor at the fair, showing his party all the different displays and in speaking of it he said: “I have at- | tended the last three Itasca county | fairs and let me tell you right here the one that just came to a close , beats anything I ever saw. I attended the Iowa state fair and while, of course, the collection of exhibits was many times as large, they had noth- | ing that would compare with some of your exhibits here. Take the wheat | for instance. Its only in a few plac- es nowadays that No. 1 wheat can be raised, yet, all the wheat raised in Itasca was No. 1 and the farmers told me their yields averaged 25 to 35 bushels per acre. I tell you, this is something wonderful. Why, ;if Iowa farmers can be made to be- lieve this, there wil) be a rush of work in lunch clothes. settlers such as has never been seen | Po abrovre: before. The corn, toe, was good. In fact, it was just as good ag that raised in our famous Iowa corn belt. And did you notice the potatoes. Say, but they were beauties, so nice and smooth and round, They were all of a uniform size, too. This shows that the farmers are conduct- ing their farms along scientific lines. I am taking back a few samples of some of the grains and vegetables with me. Watch my Iowa friends’ eyes stick out when I show them the samples and tell them about that hous hold departme>t | etalk of corn 14 feet 6 inches in heighth. What Supt. A. J. McGuire ‘Said. “After looking over the exhibits in both the agricultural and live | Stock departments, I am more firmly jconvinced than ever before that co- operation is the only thing,” said Supt. A. J. McGuire, of the North- east Experiment farm, pausing from his duties of sampling dairy butter long enough to give the reporter his views on the fair. ‘‘Everything shows that the farmers have a definite aim products of a uniform size and quali- ty. The weather, though, prevented a great many from making exhibits and also cut down the attendance to less than half what it would have been had the weather been good. And in this connection I desire to state that I think that if there is a deficit the board of county commis- “The Itasca Mr. Kuppinger said: sioners should make an appropriation oY, in view—that of raising agricultural | P. W. Wilkie, formerly of Des | Moines, Iowa, who purchased a tract | last spring, was much interested in the livestock exhibits and states they were some of the best he had seen. He a’so said the agricultural exhibits were far supeior in appearance to those made at the Iowa state fair, but, said Mr. Wilkie, looking over the pens of swine, “one mistake the farmers make here is that they keep their hogs too long. I noticed several | at the fair here that are not money producers for the farmer at all. To make money on hogs, the farmer ; must fatten them for market just as quickly as possible and as soon as they reach a marketable size, dis- | pose of them at once, that is with the exception of the brood sows. The | farmers in Iowa were a long time Yearning th‘s and the farme-s of north- ern Minnesota should profit by their experience.” What the Fair Officers Say. Wm. Hoolihan, president of the Itasca County Agricultural a:soc’a- tion: “Naturally, the fair improves each year and as the county becomes more thickly settled it will continue More exhib‘ts will be | made and more buijdings will be necessary to house them. Th’s fair was held under the most adverse it was the best collection of agricul- tural products ever shown in the county.” | A.M. Sisler, secretary of the asso- ciation: “Despite the weather, I am well satisfied with the results accom- plished, The fa'r has been a suc- tess from every viewpoint with the exception of the weather and, after ypoking over the collection of exhib- its, 1 am satisfied this is the best Mlisplay ever shown in Itasca coun- ‘ty and I know of no other county fair in the northern part of the state where the exhibits were any better. | The attendance, too, was surprising- | ly good and there were many trom outside, as well as from the | Deer River country and the range. I think, too, the changing of the ad- mission price from 50 to 25 cents | had something to do with it. Fifty | cents is too much to charge the ; farmers when they go to all the | time and trouble to bring in their | exhibits and then, the regular ad- | mission charge in the southern part | the state, where they have more | free attractions, is only 25 cents.” What School Men Say. Supt. E. A. Freeman, of the Grand Rapids schools: “Considering ; fact we only decided at the last mo- | ment to make a display from Grand Rapids schools, I think we made a very creditable showing. That people are interested in the work being accomplished in the schools, I am more firmly convinced than ever, for there was a constant stream of | visitors to the building that housed the schoo] displays. It was a practi- | of land northwest of Grand Rapids | circumstances, but from what I hear, | here | *| from a lumbering into an agricultural the | the | tions of livestock I have seen for some time.” Prof. Bilsborro, at the head of the , agricultural department of the Crook- ston schools: “This is one of the richest agricultural sections, undoubt- edly, in the state and one thing I wish to especially commend your farmers for and that is the fact that they are all rais- ing the same varieties. This is an; important thing to consider when marketing crops and I strongly sus- | pect that my good friend, Supt. A.-J. McGuire has been instrumental in getting the farmers to do this. The; exhibit of agricultural products, as aj whole, was one of the best it has been, my good fortune to see and I am glad that I was invited to be! present, for, through judging the exhibits I have learned a great deal} about the character of this county, its people and its soij.” What the Bus'ness Men Say. | Henry Hughes, of H. Hughes & Co.: “One thing that should be done at the next annual meeting is the making of a larger appropriation for sports. While the fair is supposed | to be an exposition of the products of the soil, yet, many come here with the expectation of seeing some good races and they should not be disap- pointed. Other fairs have good horse races and there is no rea- | son why Itasca county cannot do ; the same, although the inclement | weather would have prevented them , this year, anyway.” George F. Kremer, furniture deal- av: “¥ would have gladjy given $5 ,; had the track only been in fit condi- ‘tion for the races. In my opinion, | county fairs and horse races go to- !gether and but for this one thing, ‘the fair was a success in every par- | eular.” Cc. M. Erskine, logger and Cohasset | merchant: “I was down to the state | | fair this year, but to my notion, the | exhibits at the Itasca county fair, while not as large, were of far bet- | ter quality and appearance. The po- tatoes were especially better and I | think that in the future the state fair should be held two weeks later ; in order to give the farmers . of | ;northen Minnesota a chance.” | John Beckfelt, pioneer merchant: “The fair held last week shows that Itasca county is gradually evolving county and I don’t think there was ever a better array of grains and vegetables shown in the northern part of the state. I was glad to see too, that the admission price was cut down to 25 cents, for dt is hard- ly the fair thing to charge more than is being charged at other county | fairs.” | G. B. Heath, of the Bovey Iron News: “After being on the range, | | this collection jooks great to a man | that has spent the larger portion of | bis life in an agricultural district. I | notice the Coleraine schools have a} | ‘are solos, anything in the Harness line. It'll pay you. He’s got a big stock of everything in horse furnishings. Plush and Fur Robes.for the Automobile EMIL LITCHKE, Harness Maker and General Horse Furnisher Grand Rapids aa? : : 3 Minnesota *|pass over him, was witnessed by nearly every person on the grounds and the applause it brought forth showed he was a favorite with fair visitors. UNCLE TOM’S CABIN NEXT MONDAY NIGHT The Martin Revival wijl appear at the Grand Rapids Opera house on Monday, Oct. 8. It is an undisputed fact that there is no better produc- tion of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” on the road today than that made by Al. W. Martin several years ago and im- proved ‘with each season since. It is the largest company with possibly few exceptions, such as special re- vivals, ever used in the production of the play, it is claimed, for it con- tains a company of the original “Georgia Shouters’” who play negroes in the cotton fields, and who are seen in plantation dances and heard in plantation songs in the | scenes showing the quarters of the negroes on a plantation where the! master was a humane man. There quartettes and choruses in which the old-time songs, as well as the new ones are sung by voices having the peculiar negro sweetness, There are a number of excellent dancers and they dance among oth- ers, the latest shuffles, called the “S’wanee Shine.” There is a pack of genuine bloodhounds, gaunt and ug- ly looking beasts, such as were used to track escaped negro slaves, and@ such as are now used to track es- caped criminals in the South. 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