Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 29, 1911, Page 6

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The jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $10, but Judge Stanton set the verdict aside, stating there was no evidence to warrant the payment of damages. Zelbert took the case ‘to the supreme court where the de- cision of the judge was sustained, the supreme court ruling that inso- much as the land was not fenced and the growth of grass was very sparse, there was no evidence to warrant damages being given. THE UNITED STATES ~ STEEL CORPORATION Does Business That Foots Up Year- ly to Hundreds of Millions. Gross receipts of the United Steel corporation have ranged as high as $757,014,757.00 in a single — twelve- month. And from the date of organ- ization on April 1, 1901 to the close of the fiscal year, Dec. 31, 1910, have reached the snug sum of $5,813- 243,724. This rather lays it over our dear Uncle Samuel in a business way. The United States government's to- tal receipts from customs and all other sources of revenue in the fis- cal year ended on June 30, last, were only $700,109,906, a total which the steel corporation not only exceed- ed in its banner year, 1907 but again in the year ended on Dec. 31, last, when the gross earnings were $793,961,424. The next largest corporate earnings in this country, if not in the world, are those of the big railroad sys- tems,.and these are only a fraction of the steel corporation’s showing. The Pennsylvania system, for in- stance which comes next in line, showed gross earnings last year of $346,215,000. The Southern Pacific, which is next, showed for the fiscal year, ended on June 30, last, gross earnings of $132,620,000, and the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe $107,565.000. All three of these ag- gregated only $586,4000,000. Perhaps a more impressive mea- sure of the corporation’s position in the industrial world is the fact that its out-put of steel is larger than that produced in all the plants of Germany-Britian’s and more than three times as large as that of France. The latest statistics avail- able for foreign counttries are those of 1909. In that year one of low pressure production in this country, the United States Steel corporation turned out 13,355,189 tons of steel jingots, against Germany's 11,856,- 000 tons, the United Kingdom’s 5,931- 000 tons and France’s 3,020,000 tons. Last year the corporation’s output was 14,179,369 tons.—Ironwood Re- cord. WORK SUSPENDED ON UPPER MISSISSIPPI The party of government surveyors junder ‘W. H. Carling, which has been making a survey of the M’ssissippi viver between Grand Rapids and Ait- kin for the past six months, finish- ed its work Thursday and departed for St. Paul. An appropriation of $20,000 was recommended last year by the rivers and harbors congres- sional committee and was passed by congress last spring which provided that the course of the upper Missis- sippi should be straightened. The government has had a dredge working in the vicinity of Sandy lake all summer, and will commence Ithe work of straightening the rapids below Grand Rap‘ds the coming spring. The channels of several cut- offs will also be deepened thus per- mitting large boats to ply up and down the river. that you're going to get the best clothes this Fall that your money will that you're getting the full value to which you're entitled, Have Us Measure You for fashionable clothes tailored to order from exclusive woolens by Ed.¥; Price & Co. our famous Chicago tailors, and costing no more than would manufactured ready-made gar- ments of the same cloth made for nobody in particular. buy. To be absolutely sure GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1911. REAL REASON FOR TRUNK ROADS Writer in Prison Mirror Says Every Citizen Should Boost For the State Highways. Many who have not the interests of this section of the state at _ heart, are setting up the howl that the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation was formed for political pu. poses; that the proposed state rural highways are being advocated ex- pressly for the automobile owners; that the St. Cloud meeting will be a political gathering and nothing more. In refutation of these charges, F. J. L, writing in the Prison Mirror, pub- ished at the Minnesota state peni- tentiary, at Stillwater, gives an able dessertation on the reason for build- ing these roads and the good they will accomplish. The articlé follows: You can’t effectually block pro- gress, though you may succeed in the erection of a passably strong barrier, for progress, itself, will not admit of being compassed. That, it seems to me, is symbolic of what the Northern Minnesota Development association stands for—progress. For a comparison, let us say that “Jim” Hill had been asked why he wished to, and did, build through to the coast, the Great Northern rail- way. Do you suppose he would have answered that his object merely was to put into commission regally equipped passenger trains to carry the wealthy business man, or the sight-seeing tourist from the Twin cities to Puget sound?—as you who have said that the building of trunk (macadam or other) roads to con- nect the large cities was so that automobiles might thus holiday along its course? The veriest numskull that ever ousted a president from the White House to put a better in his place, as descanting upon their respective merits to his cronies, in the old-fash- ioned cross-roads store, could, and with a greater degree of accuracy, tell the real reasons both for the building of “Jim” Hill’s road, and the ones advocated by the North- Minnesota Development assccia- ern tion. But some among those who are called public-spirited citizens are, first of all, far-see.ng politicians; and politics, of an unadulterated form is the motive underneath the pres- ent fight against good roads. Cut aswath through a primeval wild- erness and witness the transformato ensuing from its settlement. Build a railroad from Minneapolis to Fargo and see if whether in the years to come you are not required to con- struct feeders, (branch lines) to gather in the outlying produce not easy of access to the main line. A turnpike from International Falls to the Twin cities would be built by the progressive, economical business men of Northern Minnesota for auto- mobilists, would it? As well as the same body of men would undertake to build a giant pier out into Duluth harbor that thus they might be the first to greet incoming vessels. By all means good roads—a main or trunk road first, if you please, that the farthermost point may be put into more d:rect communication with the great trade centers; and as the “blazed trail” is worn into a beaten highway, so will its border- ing lands become tilled by the hus- bandmen for whose settlement and returns in produce, the building of good roads shall have been under- taken. Expense, you remark. Well, why do men unite their capital to {found a banking institution other than to call in the surplus reposing |in their midst, and that other and |interchanging valuations may be de- | veloped? Why do men build ships | to carry goods in large quantities from ‘one to another remote point? Why sidered), not economical preferment. ‘Suppose the United States govern- ment at Washington had foreseen how destructive to our rich agricul- tural, asi well as mineral] lands, the construction of military highways will have been, what do you think the pioneers, by their numerous cara- vans would have accomplished _ to- ward the running of lateral lines at the different points? If a trolley line will increase the value of prop- erties along its course, what would a wagon road do to an otherwise non- producing section of the state? If by making easy of access lands that now produce nothing, and which may be bought for a few dollars an acre, to become productive, what natural increase in value would follow mere- ly the builded highway without a furrow being turned on an acre there- of? It seems to me that by construct- ing roadways to connect the north- ern, with the other half of this state, the designers have in mind some- thing beside mere divisional devel- opment. For my part, I cannot see how such work could possibly fail to benefit the south half even more than it would the northern portion. What trade demand is to be ob- served in the direction of the rail- ways of the state, aside from the port of Duluth? For answer look upon the commercial map of your state. By building good roads, set- tlement of unoccupicd land is sure to follow. Farms developments go. toward establishing small trade | warts; small trade marts grow with the increasing abundance of the har- vests, and, in turn, demand outlets for the surplus, which means the building of branch lines of railways for quicker transport of that surplus to the great consuming centers. You don’t have to ask the poor, hard- working, land-poor young farmer what he would do, if a good road is provided him over which he may journey to the rich, undeveloped lands in the wilderness. Just build the road and then watch him put yoke to his oxen, his little ‘all’ into his wagon-box—he’ll show you what he would) do, There is more stress to be laid upon the fact of lack of good roads in these our north states as the cause of those migrations to the Canadian provinces of Albert and Saskatchewan than upon the acclaim- ed favorable climatic conditions, etc., of those northwest, provinces. If your public spirited citizen is the genuine article, he will boost every inch of him for the possibili- ties for rich harvests lying dormant in his own state, and would! scorn to be the knocker that he is when op- posing the good roads work of the Northern Minnesota Development as- soviation. M’GUIRE TALKS ON ITASCA DAIRYING Gives Figures on the Dairy Herd and Butter Sales at the North- east Experimental Farm. Supt. A. J. McGuire was a Duluth business visitor Friday while on his way to attend a farmers’ meeting at Aitkin and th's is what the News Tribune contained in the following day’s issue: A. J. McGuire, head of the state agricultural experiment station at Grand Rapids, Minn., while in Du- luth yesterday called attention that it was the only experimental sta- tion in the timber land section, a district comprising more than one- third of the total area of Minnesota, and had been established eight years. In his judgment, the farmers in that section should depend principally on dairying and the raising of potatoes for their livelihood. did “Jim” Hill build his great trunk line railway—for passenger, service only, and the profits(?) arising there- from? Do not these various branches |of endeavor stand concomitant.of.re- cognized economical value to some- thing not directly touched upon by @ main trunk line? What is meant by the expression that the farmers would; oppose the building of trunk lines, but that they would favor and support radii lines of wagon ways to and from the local market centers? Do not these radii lines to the local points carry beyond? For what po- sition does the garnery at this or that local point mean put that its object, secondarily, is to serve as a medium for the support of the large consuming centers? Pshaw, the trouble with so many of us is, that we either are rank economists, or because of our selfish French dry cleaning and pressing of ladies and gentiemen’s garments |cupidity, or as a means to an end Furs altered or remodeled. Work called for and delivered. Phone 40. Dennis & Herschbach politically, we might even be tempt led to oppose the Christ’s descent from the cross of Calvary, if we could, by this means attain to our The station has been milking 50 cows this year McGuire said. One cow, Belle, yielded 6,887 pounds of milk, made into 300 pounds of but- ter it sold for $83.72, while the cost of feed was only $22.28, thus giv- ing the station a net profit of $61.44. She has been milked only 36 weeks and in the eight remaining weeks of the year it is expected that the profit will amount to a total of over $75, Last year only 28 cows were milk- ed, averaging 5,488 pounds of milk each. The 260 pounds of butter sold for $79.49, the cost of feed was $30.16, leaving a profit of $49.33 on each cow. Mr. McGuire called attention that the cows were fed on open pasture from the first Monday in May until ‘Oct, 20, and the young stock from April 28 to INov, 10. This is a long- er pasturage season than is enjoyed by even the centra] states, he said, and is due to the clover being green from the time the snow melts until hit again covers the ground. ‘political, ‘or social but,-(all: con- | here is no better way of locating goods, keeping track of things and rid of mountains getting than by the Bell Ne sive business man. place of a personal visit. If your inquiry must extend Long Distance Service is indispensable other way is so far reaching, so quick, so inexpen- sive, so satisfactory, and so necessary to the progres- It is the modern way and takes the of detail Telephone, to distant points, the Bell KeSPHOMES r( Office No. (fy, MESABA TELEPHONE CO 0. V. Hemsworth, Manager 67 Residence No. 108 MAKING SUCCESS OF GINSENG FARM County Surveyor John A. Brown Now Has 102,000 Plants Under Cultivation. County Surveyor John A. Brown, who is also assistant engineer to the state highway commission has suc- cessfully demonstrated that ginseng can be grown in northern Minnesota. His ginseng farm is located in the northeast part of the village and is about 100 feet square. He now has 102,000 plants under cultivation. Of this number, 60,000 were planted two and one-half years ago, while the balance, 42,000 were grown from seed this year. The first planting will bear seed next year and will mature in 1914, when the roots will be market- able. Mr. Brown for a number of years wa asociated with J. H. Koehler of Wausau, Wis., who operates the larg- est ginseng gardens in Wisconsin. In the last few years the latter has made a small fortune from ginseng. In one instance Mr. Koehler shipped direct to China a few packages of roots in one consignment, which brought him $17,000. The ginseng brought him at that time $13.50 a pound, “Ginseng has been successfuliy raised in ‘Wisconsin for a number cf years,” said Mr. Brown, when asked concerning his ginseng farm, “and to my mind there is no reason why it cannot be grown in the northern part of this state. It doesn’t require much land, expense, time or care and it looks to me like a good gamble. There isn’t much chance to lose if one goes at the proposition in the right way, I would advise apy one interested in ginseng culture to write to Mr. Koehler at Wausau, who is an expert on the culture of the herb and undoubtedly he would gladly give |any information desired.’’ | Mr. Brown's ginseng garden was the first one on record north of Wisconsin until R. R. Eell put in a ; Small tract this summer, and he de- |clares that climat'c conditions are are just right in the northern part of ;Minnesota, Five plants can be put |into one square foot of land or 217,- 800 plants to the acre. WANT DIVISION OF TOWN. OF BEARVILLE A petition has been filed with County Auditor Spang, signed by 21 residents of the town of Bearville, in the northwest part of the county, asking that a division of the town be made. Bearville is composed of two townships, 61-22 and 62-22 and the citizens living in the south half claim that all of the town officers live in the north half of the township and {that by reason of this, all the bene- ‘fits in the way of good roads and bridges, etc., are given to the north half. The petition will be acted on at the next meeting of the county commissioners on Dec, 6 and a date of hearing set, NON-RESIDENTS PAY FINE OF $25, EACH In justice court Wednesday before Judge Huson, -William M. Gieser of Wilmont, S. D., and John Gieser of White Rock, S. D., were fined $25 and costs each for shooting deer without having a non-residence game license. The complaint was made by Game Wardens Harry and Center- wahl, who confiscated the guns and deer found in the hunters’ posses- seem The costs made the total amount $32.40 each, which was paid. The offense was committed in Balsam township. ' Big enough for the biggest game. Quick enough for the most dangerous game. , Deals five, ning rapidity or de recoil-operated rifle that locks the The: only, has left the ing, one-ton blows with light- ate fire as need may be. the chamber until after the bullet muzzle. Built to handle the heaviest ammunition with