Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 10, 1912, Page 1

a j ! —_—#} pa a fp =—e Grand Rapids Village and Township Vor, XXIL —No 41 RAMQUIST HEARING TAKES MANY DAYS Coleraine Case Occupies Most Of Past Week in District Court. CALOWELL CASE ON FOR FRIDAY Judge McClenahan Will Be Hare Monday For Closing Weeks of Court-Rhody Hearing to Begin Monday. The case of Emil Johnson of Min- neapolis against P. L. Ramquist of Coleraine has occupied the attention of Judge Wright in district court most of the past week. Johnson en- | Grand ar emyttitorical gegh il NNESOTA d6 Herald-Review. S=" Granp Rapips, ITasca County, MINN., WepNnzEsDAy, APRIL 10, [912 Set the improvised tester in a room | at about 70 degrees F. Supply mois- | ture as needed, and within a week | the ge! seeds can be counted | and the value of the sample ascer- tained. Seed tests beth for purity and pow- er of germination, may also be ob- tained by sending samples to the Seed Laboratory, Minn. Agr. Exp. St University Farm, St. Paul. If seeds have ideal storage, i. e., a dark, cool, airy place, they will re- | tain their germinating power longer than where they are stored in a close warm or moist place. The conditions under which the secds were grown, | and their stock of.original.vitality, al- | so determine the length of time for | which the seed will remain viable.' Oily and starchy seeds usually de-' teriorate more quickly than those of | an albuminous character. With good | conditions, the following may be | roughly stated as the dependable | length of life for the various seeds: | Kohirapi, 3 to 4 yrs Asparagus. 1 yr Muskmelon, 4 to 6 yrs.Beet, 3 to 4 yr Cabbage, 3 to 4 yrs. Carrot 1 yr. Cauliflower, 3 to 4 yrs-Celery, 2 yrs. Cucumber, 3 to 4 yrs. Eggplant, 1 yr. Kale, 3 to 4 yrs. Onion 2 yrs. There’s a breath in the air that whispers, Of the blossoms stil] unseen, There’s a2 song in the wit that tells us Of the coming of summer green, In the voices of children passing There’s a note of gladness heard, 3 And a spring song thrilis over woods and hills In the voice of a pro bird. | Have you dreamed of thc |patter of raindrops, § And the breath of ii early rose? And the deep green flame of the forests From their battle with the snows? Have you seen the light om the hilltops With its promise of summer gold, And the crimson note of the robin’s coat, By the touch of spring unrolled? The fragrance of June and clover Drifts into my thought today; voice of the wind is calling Where the dancing sunbeams stray. Let us take the road together | The Where the morring sunlight lies, And follow the gleams of our springtime dreams Out under the April skies. HISTORICAL _ No. One Two Dollars a Year in connection with the annual clean- , UP. | This cleaning should extend from ‘cellar to garret, from house to out- | buildings, alleys and yards. A flying | Spark lodging, a lighted match in or | outside of buildings has caused many | disastrous fires. The chore poy may carelessly throw a match or cigar or cigarette stub into the rub- | bish surrounding barns or in barns; | | the clerk may throw either into the rubbish of the basement of business , blocks where paper, excelsior and! other packing materials are often al-| | towed to accuumlate; -the thought |less passer-by may throw a cigar or cigarette stub through the grating in| | the sidewalk into the dust and fijth | below. Perhaps we cannot prevent | | the people from carelessly throwing! matches or cigars, but we can Dre- elit the accumulation of combusti- blee and inflammable materials, if e will. In thig cleaning up of premises, the attic should not be forgotten, In them dust and spider webs accumu- late and all sorts of inflammabple.stuff is stored away. Attics are too often without ventilation. Thus, when the fierce summer sun beats down upon i | COMMISSION WILL STUDY METER PLAN Water and Light Commission Will Visit Places Where Meter System is Used. DICKINSON REAPPOINTED MEMBER President Riddell Makes Mistake In Assuming Authority to Ap- point on Water and Light Commission. At the meeting of the village coun- cil Monday evening C. H. Dickinson was reappointed as a member of the water and light commission for the coming year. Mr. Dickinson has Lettuce, 3 to 4 yrs, Parsnip, 1 yr. tered suit against Ramgquist for Watermelon, 4 to 6 yrs.Pepper, 2 yrs. money which he alleged was due him on the contruction cof a house for ae eipkghegrs see eee the defendant at Coleraine, and the 5d p , é Sweet Corn, 2 yrs. Pea, 2 yrs. hearing of evidence in the case has covered several days. It is expect: | ed that the case wiil conclude today. The cases of Mabel Baies, Edith Neubeuer, Lillizn King and Phyllis Dale, charged with being inmates of a house of ill repute, were heard Monday, the women receiving a fine of $25 each. Florence Hennescy was granted a divorce from William Hennesey on the grounds of de‘ertion, and John Rusch received a decree of divorce} from Susan Rusch on a similar charge. The case of Frank Caldwell, charged with a statutory offence will come om for hearing Friday and will occupy the court's attention for the remainder of the present week. Judge McClenahan will be here Monday and will hear the remaining cases on the calendar for this term, beginning with the Rhody case, which will probably occupy a week, as there will be about 50 witnesses to examine in connection with this hearing. CHOICE OF GARDEN SEEDS DISCUSSED Specialist Tells How To Test Seeds And What Sorts To Choose. At this time of the year, seed- men’s catalogues are beginning to come in, and the annual problem of picking out and ordering the s2eds for the season’s garden is worrying the farmer. With the professional gardener or trucker, the problem is a trifling one, for he usually knows so definitely what he wants, and from whom he will buy it, that it is the work of but a few minutes to choose and order. Very often his order is placed months ahead.. There is nothing to lcse and everything ta gain by this practice, even on’ the ordinary farm. Order early! Standard sorts should be chosen. As a general rule the practical.farm- Squash, 3 to 4 yrs. Salsify, 2 yrs. Turnip, 3 to 4 yrs. ADVICE TO FARMERS BY SUPT, M’GUIRE Results of Experiments Along Dif- | ferent Lines--Record of Dairy Herd Given. The three most important crops in northeastern Minnesota are clover, | fodder corn and potatoes, The seed for each of these crops this spring is scarce and high priced, but no farmer should change his plan for seeding them on account of the high price of seed. A dollar invested in seed for any of these crops, may be made to return $10 and more in the crop. Cloven seeded on the Experiment farm in 1911 cost $1.60 per acre for s:ed. In October this clover seeded- in the spring (with a grain crop), was pastured with dairy cows. It provided pasture at the rate of one acre for 30 cows for one day with- out injury to the next year's hay crop. It produced twenty-two pounds of butter for each acre pastured, worth $5-50. This alone, was more than three times the value of the clover seed, not counting the 1912 hay crop. Foldercorn on the Experiment farm in 1911 yielded from ten to fifteen tons of green fodder per acre. One bushel] of seed was used for seed for three years. This spring Minne sota grown seed corn is very high priced, but varieties grown farther south may be used for fodder corn, and this sced may be purchased from the large Seed houses at from $1.50 to $2.50 per bushel. The dairy herd on the Experiment farm, consisting of 31 cows, averaged in 1911 5356 pounds of milk per cow’ and 253 pounds of butter per cow. —May Stanley. } WILL REOPEN CAMP JUDICIAL HIGHWAY. AT POKEGAMA LAKE) {ESTABLISHED eden etieast Cathedral School Judge Hughes Gives Favorable De- At Washington Begins Plans cision in Matter of Road on Line For 1912 Outing. t of Itasca and St. Louis. ITASCA COUNTY LAKES ATTRAGT WILL BENEFIT MANY FARMERS Beautiful Pokegama Declared Fin-' Itasca County Commissioners At- est Place for Vacation—Fishing téad Hearing at Virginia Last and Canoeing Unexcelled Tuesday—Sixteen Miles Says Washington Man of New Road. \ Already preliminary plans are be-; The matter of establishing a judi- ing made for the opening of Camp’ cial highway in townships fifty-four, Mishawaka at Pokegama Jake, five! fifty-five, fifty-six and fifty-seven, on miles from Grand) Rapids. The camp the line dividing: the counties of ig under the supervision of George Itasta and Saint Louis, Minnesota, F. Green, athletic director of the! met with no opposition when present- National Cathedral school for boys ed on Tuesday to the district court, | at Washington, D. C., who annually over which Judge Martin Hughes pre-| brings a large camp of boys to tas‘’é sided, at Vinginia. J. B, Connors the delights of the summer play- and A. P. Silliman, of Hibbing; P. greund of northern Minnesota. TAS McEachin, of Keewatin; Superin- Tie: Aoneat- amd lake. rcgidn: O8 this temdemt Corcoran, of the Saint Paul district provide an ideal place for tha ™Z@ ane ron seb of ee | city-bred boy to come in touch with 1nd, were appoin ay Jatge pature, and the boys at Camp Mish- | Hughes as commissioners to lay out if ' awaka ere taught to pitch tents, ‘he new highway. : blaze trails, build camp fires and! Commissioners King, O’Brien, Nel- cook their own meals. In this way. 5B and Shellman and County Audi- they learn to be observant and self- tor Spang represented Itasca county reliant and acquire a valuable know- at the hearing, and J. B. Connors and ledge of wood craft. /A P. Silliman represented St. Louis. | The new road is apoutt 16 miles 1 1 the | an important feature of life at the # lensth and will be built from the t center of the dividing line of the a eee ‘two counties, bordering Keewatin pall, football, track, tennis, swim- towpship, and to the center of the aah ball. The cAID| sividing line bordering Goodland Special attention to athletics form These cows are only representatives of such cows as the average farmer may have. They were fed largely on clover and fodder corn, most of the fodder corn in the form of ensi- er or grower has no time to waste 0 highly-pictured, untried ing plot. With many growers, the question of using left-over seeds from last year's operations will arise. Such may be used with perfect satisfac- tion in many cases. In fact, where a strain has proved especially good in one season's trie], it is often much better to use old seeds rather than to risk buying a new strain. Even if several years old, secds may be tested for germination; and, if they | | per cow, leaving a profit above the novelties. |lage. The value of the butter at the | The Jake is 1,281 feet above sea level The farm garden cannot be satisfac-;local market price was $77.90 per! and enclosed by picturesque wooded! ee ‘up strenuously, with the result that torily made into an experimental tesa cow. The cost of feed was $31.24 | nis. It connects with the’ Mississippi adarge number of farmers in both St | river: as well as with the almost un- ; 451. and Itasca counties will have cost of feed of $46.65. Dairying can be made a very profitable business for the farmers of northeastern Min- nesota who will regularly grow the ‘two above mentioned crops, clover and fodder corn. Potatoes on the Experimental farm in 1911 yielded 250 bushels per acre, Carmen variety. 500 bushels have been sold on the local market at 75¢ pen bushel. 1000 bushels are still give a high per cent of strong germi 2n hand which will probably bring ation, they should be used. one dollar per bushel. The cost of To test such sceds is a simple mat-| growing the potato crop, including ter. Secure two large dinner-plates|seed, labor and rent of land, was and some pieces of blotting paper of|about $25 per acre. Potatoes are about the same size as the plates-!the cash crop for the farmers of nor- Place a.blotter in one plate and.place | theastern Minnesota. Farmers should one hundred of the seeds upon it.|not rush in for a big crop this spring Over them lay another blotter. Pour;because they are high priced, but water into the edge of the plate un-| should start out to annually grow as til it rises high enough to soak the |many acres as can be given proper at- plotters thoroughly. Turn the sec-| tention and care. The potato market ond plate upside down on top of the|is moving north, and the farmer who Aug. | opens early in June and closes Aug. manip. 24 of each year. | | This route will open up a very Pokegama lake is one of the f@' 14,26 section of fertile country. The vorite spots for campers, its nearness matter of laying out the road has to Grand Rapids making it easy tO p26) agitated for some time and keep in touch with the outsid¢ world. j,te1y the good roads advocate of , both counties have taken the matter ending chain of lakes of this regioN 4 ¢o0q road to convey their produce offering an endless’ variety of canoe 4, neighboring market towns. trips. The peculiar shape of the; lake, with its many arms and islands, gives it the outline and form of a spider, “Pokegama” peing the Indian STOP DANCER OF : word for spider. The lake has a; ~ UAL FIRE 10 shore line of 165 miles and affords! the most delightful opportunities for sailing, boating and canoeing. D ie: Conek Be Curd | Handling of Refuse Can Be The national convention of the In- ternational Rotary clubs of America Materially Reduced. will be held in Duluth the latter part ae of July. There will be over one! At this season of the year, nature thousand delegates, representing 64 is about to put on her most beauti- cities in the United States, Winni-'ful garb- The people generally rea- peg, Montreal, Toronto, London, Hdin lize the necessity of putting their burgh, Belfast and Paris, Sidncy and Premises in order. The figures fur- Brisbane. The plan of the meeting is nished by fire statistics of 1911 em- to bring about a better relation P! indicate the necessity of the roof, the attic becomes a verit-| served on the commission during the able furnace and spontaneous com- | year ending April first and his ra bustion occurs in the rubbish, dust, appointment will meet with the ap oily rags, highly varnished pieces of | proval of the taxpayers, who realize furniture, etc. |the good work that has been done Spring is the painting season and | a caution as to the handling and sice ing of rags used in wiping varnished | or oily surface or wiping paint from the painter's hands is timely. The only safe place for such greasy rags | is in the stove. If kept for any| length of time to be used again, they should be stored in a sub | stantial, covered inon receptacle. Many fires are started each year by the careless burning of the rub- bish accumulated in yards and Alleys during the winter, The burning of this rubbish is too often left to the children, which annually not only costs a large number of lives or Seri-| ous injury, but result in the petal de- struction of many thousand dojlars worth of property. NOT MORE THAN 320 ACRES SAYS SMITH Attorney General Rules Not More Than 320 Acres Of State Land To One Person An important opinion relative to traffic in state land was given last week when Attorney General Smith ruled that not more than 320 acres of such land could be sold or con- tracted to be sold to any one pur-! chaser. The ruling was made in answer to a number of questions propounded by State Auditor Iverson. There are a number of state land sales planned for 1912 and the question answered by Mr. Smith was one in controvers:,' Mr. Smith holds that not only is a person or corporation prohibited.from purchasing more than 320 acrcs of jand but that this proh‘bition.extencg during the lifetime of the one and the legal existence of the other. However, there is nothing to prevent either from acquiring additional] state land by taking assignments of certificates of land sold to other purchasers. Regarding frequent rumors that much valuable state land had been purchased) by state officials, Assis- tant State Auditor Brown said that he had no knowledge of any such purchase. “Some state land possibly may be in the hands of a state official, but we have no record of it here,” he said. “It id only when the owners prove up and apply for a patent.that we know the actual owner. This generally does not take place until five or tem years after the purchase is made. Purchasers of state land have 40 years in which to make the final payment. “Of course there may be some traffic in assignments of certificates, but names of those to whom assign- ments are made do not reach this office. I do not think there is any unusual traffic in homesteads as is claimed by some. There was a | time when there could have béen- but the law is more stringent now, and besides there is not the chance of profit that some people think. | pointment of the jhave under cons deration by the members of the commission. Measrs. B. C. Finnigan, H. D. Powers and C. H. Dickinson. President Riddell, the newly elect- ed president of the council, was evi- dently laboring under the conviction that his authority included the ap- members of this commission, h's proposed nomina- tion of Frank F. Price to act as a member being one of the mest ab surd propositions that the village council has had to meet. It was pointed out to Mr. Riddell that the power to appoint the commission was vested in the members of the coun- cil, and the reappointment of Mr. Dickinson received the unanimous vote of the councilmen. The members of the commi:sion the ques tion of installing water meters, te replace the flat rate now prevailing and appeared before the council re_ lative to a propos<d trip to towns within a radius cf 50 or 60 miles, where the meter system is being used. Warren is one of the towns in question where the water and light service is on a paying basis un- der the meter system and it will be among the towns visited. The members of the council were unani- mous in their approval of the propos- ed visit of investigation. Dr. Schmidt was reappointed as village health officer for the ensuing year. 1912 SEASON FOR SPEARING SOON HERE Fihs Will Soon Be Running In Streams Here--Laws Regulat- ing Spearing Given. “I want to be somewhere alone, where all the time will be my own, Where I can fish or hunt and lie and just let time go driftin’ by.” The fish spearing season is at hand, and everyone who has listenefl to the ‘‘call of the wild” or the wen- derlust, or whatever it is that makes one want to quit work and get out in the open, is getting ready to enjoy the excellent sport that the streams of the district furnish so lavishly. Within a few more days, with fa- vorable weather, fish will be running in all the streams- The first fish to leave the lakes in the spring are the wall-eyed pike. The pike start to run to the spawning grounds just as soon ag the open water appears around the edge of the lakes. They are followed by the suckers and pickerel, who feed on the pike spawn. Black bass do not run until some weeks later. The old-time fishermen say that bass begin to rum when the cherry trees begin to blossom—and the latter have shown no inclination to come. out in spripg garb as yet. Game Warden Harry calls atten- tion to the fact that non-residents of the state must take out a license before they go fishing in Minnesota waters, and also to the fact that the Season for trout opens April 15, while up. $150,000 would —n0t | ‘rhe gtate land sells at a minimum of|for other varieties, black, gray and $5 an acre and it is not profitable|Oswego bass excepted, the fishing season begins May first.