Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 1, 1911, Page 5

Get Them At POWERS TWO RANGE ROADS MAKE REDUCTIONS Announce Rate of 60 Cents a Gross Ton on all Points from the Mesaba Range. Ore rates on the two iron range roads of the United States Steel cor- poration will be cut to 60 cents a gross ton, within the next thirty or forty days. The announcement of the proposed reduction came this morning from President William A. McGonagle of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern, and was later confirmed by President Frank E. House of the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad. The present rate on iron ore is 80 cents per gross ton from all Mesaba | range points to Duluth. This rate covers all shipping points on the Du- luth, Missabe & Northern road, and all the Mesaba range points on the Duluth & Iron Range railroad. From Tower the rate is 90 cents to the docks at Two Harbors, and from Ely it is $1. Rubber Tires For Buggies Put On and Adjusted puma, eee Christ Vann BLACHSMITH Coleraine, Minnesota Tires put on while you wait. Immediate attention given to each customer. sWhen the proposed change takes effect there will bea flat rate of 60 centa a ton from all points on the two ranges. The cut from Ely will therefore amount to 40 per cent; from Tower, 33 13 per cent, and from all Mesaba range points, 25 per cent. “The tariffs are now being prepar- ed for filing in Washington and St. Paul,” said Mr. McGonagle. “They will be filed within a very few days, and the new rates will take effect thirty days from the date of filing. “This change has been carefully considered by our directors for some time, and they have decided that it is the right thing to do to reduce the rates at this time. Further than that I am not at liberty to discuss it.” . President House said that he had nothing to add to what Mr. McGon- agle had stated. He confirmed Mr. McGonagle’s statement as far as the Tron Range is concerned, and said that the new rate would be effective from all points on the Duluth & Iron Range road. Soo Line Rates. There is already a 65-cent rate in effect on the Soo Line, with a fur- ther provision for a 60-cent rate any time the shipments exceed the 2,000,- 06 ton mark. The Soo Line rates from all Cuyuna range points to the docks at the Head of the Lakes will therefore be the same as the rate from the Mesaba and Vermilion ranges, as soon as the shipments ex- ceed the mark mentioned in the contract, which will probably be ne: year. The Great Northern road will un- doubtedly be compelled to meet the reduction. Attorney J. A. Murphy stated thic morning that he had not heard cf any contemplated reduction and referred inquiries to Superin- tendent D. M. Philbin. Mr. Philbin could not be reached up to 1 o’clock this afternoon. The reduction will, of course, af- fect independent shippers as well. On the Missabe road, Mr. McGonagle estimated that about 15 or 20 per cent of the gross shipments came from independent owners and on the Duluth & Iron Range road Mr. House estimated roughly that from 30 to 35 per cent of the shipments came from independent owners. The reduction in rates will not have much effect this season. The new rate will not be in effect until the latter part of November, and by that time the greater part of the ore will have been moved for the season. If the tariffs are filed at once, however, there will probably be two or three weeks of the navi- gation season remaining in which ore can be shipped under the lower rates. An interesting feature of the reduc- tion is the fact that the Great North- ern will not suffer any decrease in income, even if it meets the new rates, at least until the lease on its ore land is cancelled. Under the Hill lease the freight on ore is set at 80 cents a ton, or in other words the royaltis are based on the ore at the Superior docks and all ore must be shipped over the Great Northern. If the freight rates are cut under 80 cents, the decrease must be met in increased royalties. The Murray Cure Institute Of Minneapolis It Cures The Composed of Purely Vegetable Compounds Destroys the appetite for drink, removes the alcohol from the system and builds the system up to its normal condition, leaving the patient mentally and physically the same as he was before the drink habit was to look back to, one who has a desire to be a man again can We do not want a patient to come to us who does not do so. desire to stop drinking, and we will not take any one who is forced to come to us, as we do giye value received to our patients in return. One of the most thoroughly equipped institutions of the kind in the United States, Officially endorsed by the Medical Profession. 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Mr. Cox does not expect as much cutting of white and Norway pine as usual, but there will be considerable cutting of cedar, and while the total cut may be less than last year, there will be more small camps, and the department’s work will be more difficult. He ex- pects a decrease in the cutting of pine because there is a good supply on hand. “The work of enforcing this law will be no snap job,” said Mr. Cox. “It requires that all slashings and tops shall be disposed of so as not to endanger adjoining property, but at the same time the lumberman is to be permitted to do it in the most economical manner. “There will be so many different conditions and therefore so many dif- ferent instructions necessary that the rangers will have to be exceed- ingly careful. Where cedar is cut and other timber left standing, burn- ing the slashings is a difficult job. Where pine is cut clean it is not so difficult, but it must be done with caution just the same To have the rangers give the wrong instructions would not only make trouble for the department, but might endanger life and property as well.” CAMPAIGN FOR NEW CHILD LABOR LAW Speakers to Tour State Urging Passage Before Next State Legislature Convenes. The entire state of Minnesota is to be campaigned thoroughly before the next legislature convenes by speakers who will urge the passage of a new child labor law which the state child labor committee, which met in Minneapolis, believes to be the best child labor law in the Unit- ed States. This law was drafted for the last legislature, but there was not suffi- cieut time to pass it. The bill raises the ages of messenger boys from 16 to 18 years and prohibits the em- plorment cf girls of less than 21 years of 2ge as messengers. It pro- vides for medical examination of children as to fitness for labor, an eight-hour day for all classes of work and similar laws beneficial to child taker. Before It Is Too Late. If you have a gray haired mother In the old home far away, Sit down and write the letter You put off day by day. Don’t wait until her tired steps Reach Heaven’s pearly gate, But show her that you think of her | Before it is too late. |If you've a tender message, Or your photo, I would say, Dont’ wait till you forget it | But send it her today: | Who knows what bitter memories | May haunt you if you wait? So make your loved ones happy | Before it is too late. We live but in the present The future is unknown. Tomorrow is a mystery Today is all our own. The chance that fortune lends to us May vanish while. we. wait, So spend your life’s rich pleasure Before it is too late, The tender word unspoken, The photos never sent, The long forgotten messages The wealth of love unspent, For these some hearts are breaking For these some loved ones wait So show them that you care for them Before it is too late. ' Remember that Byam’s photos | Are the finest in the State, Come get your pictures taken Before it is too late. Promptness wins many a battle, Delay causes many failures. MILLIONS OF AGRES AWAIT SETTLERS Vast Tract of State Land in This Section of the State Still Awaits the Plow. “The state of Minnesota contains approximately 50,000,000 acres of land, 90 per cent of it being capable of agricultural development, says George Welch, state immigration commissioner. But, according to the last United States census, only 34.1 per cent was actually tilled. It is es- timated that 26,000,000 acres of the entire surface have been converted into farms, leaving a balance of 20,- 00v,000 acres in its virgin state, awaiting the homeseekers to convert it inte farm homes. Most of the land in Minnesota hag gone into the hands ot private owners, although the federal government owns, upwards Of 1,500,000 acres, a large portion of which is now open for homesteads entry, while the state has still _re- maining unsold 2,491,791 acres of land, 300,000 acres of which are of- fered for sale each year on most ad- vantageous terms. In 1909, the farm lands in the state of Minnesota produced an ag- gregate of $420,591,360, or as fol- lows: Corn, $30,582,240; wheat, $95,- 961,600; oats, $33,406,650; barley, $17,432,000; rye, $1.459,200;. flax, $7,- 875,000; hay, $10,380,800; buckwheat, $53,060; potatoes, $6,440,000; live- stock $125,000,000; dairy products, $50,000,000; poultry, $27,000,000; mis- cellaneous, $25,000,000. There are today approximately 180,- 000 farms with an average of approxi- mately 160 acres to each farm, so that the average production per farm for 1909 was $2,387. In addition to the great cereal crops in Minnesota her hay and for- age crops are unsurpassed by any section on the American continent, and while livestock production has not received the attention which the opportunities would merit, sufficient has been done to demonstrate not only her ability to produce it cheap- ly but that the quality is unsurpass- ed. The senior and junior herd prize of shorthorn cattle, as well as the grand champion female prize at the national livestock show in Chicago in December, 1909, were awarded to Minnesota bred cattle. The quality of her butter product is unequaled by any state in the un- ion, as she has won seven out of nine of the premium banners award- ed by the National Creamery and Buttermakers agsociation for the best quality of butter produced by any individual state in competition with the 46 states of the union. In 1907, by combining corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye and flax, Minneso- ta produced an average of $12.27 per acre; Illinois, $14.60; Nebraska, $10,- 39; South Dakota, $10.51; North Da- kota, $9.59. In 1909 Minnesota pro- duced from the same crops $14.88 per acre; Illinois, $16.51; Iowa, $11.- 99; Nebraska, $11.91; South Dakota, $12.72; and North Dakota, $13.00. While the average value of land up- on which these crops were produced im Illinois was $152.58 per acre; Iowa, $70.03, and Minnesota, $37.97. RAILROAD RATES LOW TO LAND SHOW Great Northern and Northern Pa-| cific Announce Rate of One and One-third for Round Trip. That the thousands of people in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the Dakotas who did not attend the Min- nesota state fair because of wretch- ed weather, may still have an op- portunity to see the finest collection of agricultural products ever brought together, the railoads have announc- ed reduced rates to the Land Show to be held in St. Paul December 12 to 23. While the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific roads are the first ones to make’ the announcement, it is expected other roads will follow. The rate will be one and one-third fare for the round trip from points within two hundred and fifty miles of the Twin city. The great exhibit made by the counties of Minnesota at the state fair has been preserved and many additions made, while the best sam- ples have been secured from six other ‘state fairs, making the land show a condensed exhibit from all the state and county fairs of the American northwest. here is no better way of locating goods, keeping track of things and getting than by the Bell rid of mountains of detail Telephone, Ne other way is so far reaching, so quick, so inexpen- sive, so satisfactory, and so necessary to the progres- sive business man. place of a personal visit. If your inquiry must extend It is the modern way and takes the to distant points, the Bell Long Distance Service is indispensable Office No. by) MESABA TELEPHONE CO 0. V. Hemsworth, Manager 67 Residence No. 108 School Edited News Notes | 'y High School Staff Supt. E. A. Freeman has returned from Minneapolis where he attended the M. E. A. He reports a most successful convention and immense attendance, nearly 5,000 teachers be- ing present at the various sessions. Miss Fiske of the eighth grade also attended the convention and her room rejoiced in a “good whole holi- day.” Athletic affairs seem ‘all twisted up” owing to various reasons the first football team disbanded Satur- day afternoon after making a heroic but vain attempt to meet its Bemidji engagement. The second team hold- ing itself in readiness to meet Mar- ble on the home field, at the last moment received the unwelcome news that the Marble team was like- | wise disbanded. No games therefore are in sight for some time. The high school pupils of Cohasset are enjoying their ride these days in their new bus. Hannah Landy visited with parents at Cohasset over Sunday. Three benefit performances were given at the Gem theatre Friday ev- ening for Herbert Harry whose leg was broken a short time ago. The affair was given under the auspices of the High School Athletic associa- tion. The following members made up a double male quartet; tenors— Robert Gilbert, Howard Doran, Rus- sell Kremer, John Costello; basses— Wayne Gilbert, Chas. Fairwood, Day- id Kribs and Webster Tyndall. her For Sale. Being overstocked, I will sell a number of good milch cows, of the Guernsey and Jersey strain, also some Barred Plymouth Rock cock- erels and other thoroughbred chick- ens. —A. M. Sisler, Laprairie, Minn. 2-18, WANTED—Seven hundred school children to get their supplies at Miller’s. Big stock to select from. For Sale. Registered Poland-China pigs, fall j and spring litter; two Shropshire rams; White Leghorn chickens, good laying string; Barred Plymouth Rocks; Toulouse geese; white Chi- nese geese; Pearl guineas; two milch cows; grade Guernsey bull, 1 year old—U. C. Gravelle, Grand Rapids. THE ART OF TAILORING has been revolutionized by Ed. V. 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