Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 22, 1912, Page 11

: ' / ' COMMISSION FAVOR THE METER SYSTEM Members of tne Water and Light|Supt. McGuire Tells Of Recent In-| Commission Back Sunday From Tour of Inspection The members of the Water & Lig! commission, Messrs. C. H. Dickinson, H. D. Powers and B. C. Finnigan, re- turned Sunday, from 2 four days’ trip to neighboring towns, where; they inspected the water plants, with particular reference to the meter sys tem. The towns Visited by the commis- sion during their* junket included: Crookston, East Grand Forks, Grard Forks, Moorhead, Fargo, Barnesville, Fer- gus Falls, Wadena and Bemidji. All of these towns have the meter sys- tem in uce and find it more satis- factory than the old flat rate to water consumers. Asked concerning the condition met with, Mr. Dickinson, chairman of the board, said: “We found everywhere that there is a large saving under the use of the meter system. Towns twice the size of Grand Rapids do not use any more water than we pump for use under our present arrangement. In fact, we only found one town, and that ha dent than dairying. The country is| matter recently. a population of 8,000, that is using more water than we are.” The commission will compile the data gathered and report in detail on their trip at the next meeting. Spring is just like the fellow with @ note to pay, sagely remarks an. ex- change, all she asks is time. Warren, Thief River Falls; BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR BEAR RIVER stitute and Work Bear River Farmers Are Accomplishing. | The farmers’ institute held at} Bear River last Friday drew a large attendance, the principal speakers be- ing Dean Wilson, of the agricultural ; extension work of the state univer- sity, who spcke on crop rotation, | Supt. A. J. McGuire who talked on} dairying, and Commissioner C. M. King of Deer River, whose subject | was good roads. Asked concerning the development |of the Bear River region, Mr. Me- |Guire said: “The Bear River country compares | favorably with any agricultural sec-, tion I have seen in Northern Minne- sota. When it gets railroads and good roads it is destined to become one of the richest agricultural sec- tions of Minnesota, It has a fine rich clay merl soil] and excellent ‘qrainage. The farm of Lars Brude j}and others there was a genuine sur- , Prise to me. They ee favorabl | with any in the state. I should say (that there is no better industry for | the people there to engage in @t pres} | well adapted for it and a creamery could be made a paying proposition. With that section remote from mar- ket as it is at present, the farmer can much better afford to haul but- ter at @ price of $600 a ton to mar-| ket than small grain or vegetable crops. It can be made one of the richest dairy sections in Minnesota (~ BURK’S BIC UNCLE TOM’S CABI COMP ANY A Mammoth Amusement Enterprise Under a Palace Pavilion Theatre! 70 People Engaged GRAND SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION More Men, Women and Children! More Horses, More Ponies, More Donkeys! Largest Pack of Siberian Blood Hounds. THE BIG TWO-CAR CITY SHOW! A Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra WATCH FOR THE BIG FREE STREET PARADE Will Exhibit at Grand Rapids THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY 23RD UNDER WATERPROOF CANVAS, RAIN OR SHINE Grand Free Exhibition Show Ground at7 p.m. ‘GREAMERY DOING GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW. NESDAY, MAY 22, 1912. ‘lass OF NINETEEN GOOD BUSINESS WLL GRADUATE | Farmers Take oR Interest Ip Conmencement Week Will Begin. Cooporative Concern---Meeting May 31—List Of Those Will | Leyton Brook Today. Graduate This Sprin-. Secretary O. J. Niles of the ce A class of 19 will graduate from | operative creamery and Supt. A. | the high school this spring, the class | McGuire went to Leyton Brook: Taal members being: | Where they held a meeting this after) Lelah Aiken, Blanche Gaard, Fran-| neon in the Leyton Brook school cie Wirsor, Tekla Roecker, May Res- | 2 jhouse to discuss the creamery ques- holt, Alice Hegdahl, Jessie Forsythe, | tion with the farmers of that dis-) Marjorie Sisler, Edith Ressler, Cora | | trict. | Dinwiddie’ Maud Amberg, Gertrude} Several of the farmers in the Ley- | ghook, Mary Brandon, Josephine | ton Brook district have fine herds of |Durand, Will Powers, Webster Tyn- | dairy cows and more are taking up dal, Clifford Sisler, Tom Cook and| }the matter of increasing their herd, since the Grand Rapids creamery was started. It is expected that a large number .wil]] begin to ship to) the creamery as a result of meeting. |} About} 2C0 cows are being used mow, but the local creamery is equipped to handle the milk from | 400. Trout Lake farmers are ship- ping in and the movement to bach: up the local concern is becoming gen eral. learn what a short sighted policy it is to ship to the ‘trust’ creameries,” said O. J. Niles, in discussing the “The policy of those concerns has been to pay a |high price for butter fat in districts where there was a cooperative con- cern until they could kill of the local ; enterprise and then they |the producer what they wished. Our |people are beginning to realize this fact, and that there is more money for them in holding together and patronizing a cooperative concern.” the | musical interpretation of “The Build- | jtion of Miss Annie M. ; structor in music. | prominent features of the Commence- “The farmers are pveginning* t0|ment week program. The class day could pay | Guy Kelly. | Commencement week exercises will | | begin Friday evening, May 31, when | the high school chorus will give a| under the direc- | Becker, in-| img Of the Ship,” The baccalaureate sermon will be given Sunday, June 2, by the Rev. J, J. Parish. ‘“‘Hicks At College,” tha senior class play, will be one of the | program has not yet been outlined, but will be announced later. ‘FREE TRIP TO FAIR FOR FARM BOYS Management is Offering Trip To) Itasca County Boy—Require- | ments Given. It is expected that the coming month) will sce a large increase in }at the creamery, the supply being at its lowest during the winter and aired tenors area S months. HIBBING MOTOR _—-MEN ENTHUSIASTIC Want Club House, Says Tribune— Will Have Clam Bake At Pokegama. piles in Hibbing and during the past | |people in this city. Most of them| went to people who did not own ma- chines before. The automobile has had the effect of placing Hibbing in} closer connection with some of the |and incidentally has started a healthy There will be a considerably, increas- | led summer colony from Hibbing to} ; Sturgeon lake this summer and the} |resorts to the west in Itasca county | will also be much favored by peo- | ple from this city. j@ble that its first run will be to} | Lake Pokegama, where it is pro- posed to have a club house. On the day of the run there will be a ;clam bake and genera] big time at) |Pokegama bay. Local motor enthusi-| jasts are anticipating the event with une. COUNTY CONVENTION Democrats Will Select Delegates To State Convention—Precinct Caucuses Saturday. The Democrats of Itasca county will hold their county convention next Wednesday, May 29, at 2:00 otiock p. m., in the village hall, Grand Rapids, to select seven dele- gates and seven alternates to the luth, June 6. Precinct caucuses will be held Saturday, May 25, and from the pres- ent outlook there will be a big gathering of representative Demo- crats here next Wednesday, Memorial Day Specialties. Abraham Lincoln's wisdom, justice and mercy never reached a grander| and more eloquent climax than in “The Seventh Son.” A widowed | mother loses six sors in the Civil war; the president pardons and saves her seventh. This beautiful film will| be one of the special features for the Memorial Day bill at. the Gem theatre. “Washington Crossing the Deleware” will also be shown, and the comedy will be furnished by “A the amourt of butter fat received | There are upward of 100 automo-/| | Week ten new cars have been sold to| farm boys in Itasca county, and any interest in the gocd roads movement, been started for the organization cf| |a local automobile club and it is prcy. The monthly sale of school considerable interest.—Hibbing Trib-| NEXT WEDNESDAY Democratic state convention in Du-! ’ | | The management of the state fair | is offering a free trip to one boy | from each county, based on competi- | tive essays. The age of the boys| | competing is limited to 16 to 19! |years and the subject for the essay s “Our Farm Home.” | The essay is to pe divided under | | the following heads: | a. Describe your farm home. ; b. Why I desire to continue to) |live on the farm. | ¢, What changes should be made | }in our farm management in order to secure better financial returns, d. What can be done to make |farm life more enjoyable. Supt. McGuire will send out litera- ture on the subject this week to all jone who fails to receive it should | write to him for the particulars. The local boards who have charge | ef the contest in each county are the| |chairman of the board of county | by the fair management. ‘STATE LAND SALE HELD HERE MONDAY | | and | other state jamds was held here} | Monday by Theodore Nelson, of the | state land sales department, 57 tracts | being dispesed of, the prices running from $5 to $20 an acre. A large number of buyers were on | hard for the sale, and the bidding | |for several of the tracts was spirited. TALK TEMPERANCE = | SUNDAY EVENING. A movement has) A temperance meeting will be} held in the Methodist church Sunday evening, May 26, under the direction | jof the Young Men’s Bible class- Supt.| A. J. McGuire will be the speaker of | the evening, and the class quartet; will furnish musical numbers. \ | Grand Rapids Minnesota Civil Engineering ITASCA ENGINEERING CO. J. A. 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