Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 21, 1912, Page 1

_ py which many potatoes can be grad- ed in a day. A digger with high OFFICIAL PAPER OF rand Rapids Herald-Review. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ovr Rapids Itasca Co. and ge and School Dist. Township No. One Vou, XXII. —No 3 1230 ACRES STATE LAND SOLO MONDAY August Sales Shows Substantial In- crease in State Lands Purchased | PRICES RANGE FROM $5 10 $25 Extra Sales will be Held in Novem-' ber in 16 Additional Counties —1200 Acres Sold In Koochiching . One of the largest sales for the Present year took place here Mon- day, when 1230 acres of state land in Itasca county were sold by Theo dore Nelson, of the department of state lands. The sale was except- jonally good for this season of the year, August usually being a dull month for land sales, and ranks next to the opening sale in April, when over 8.000 acres were disposed of. The lands were scattered all over the county and ranged in price from $5 to $25 an acre, the last nam- ed price being paid by Nels Lind of Kiron, Iowa, for lot two in section 29, township 57, range 26, Among those who bought land at the sale Monday were Halver Aos, Calumet, 80 acres; T. E. Hersch- bach, Grand Rapids, 80 acres; Joseph Graham, Calumet, 40 acres; Mae Doyle, Swan river, 40 acres; Mike Vuckovich, Nashwauk, 40 acres; Sam Peiakovich, Nashwauk, 40 acres; J. F. Kuppinger, Mason City, Iowa, 120 acres; John Kivisaari, Marcell. 120 acres; Henry Scheer, Howard Lake, 40 acres; Alfred E. Scheer, Howard Lake, 160 acres; Leonard McLaugh-| lin, Bigfork, 40 acres, William Ber- tram, Cohasset, 40 acres; Herman W. Johnson, Deer River, 23.48; Ralp Richards, Deer River, 40 acres; Olof H. Engman, Stratford, Iowa, 40 acres; John Felix James, Deer River, 40 acres; Richard F. Beall, Deer River, 40 acres; W. F. Purfeerst, Deer River, 40 acres; Nels Lind, Ki- ron, Iowa 29.60 acres; A, L. Roe-| eker, Grand Rapids, 40 acres; Nellie G. Coger, Grand Forks, N. Dak., 40} acres. In addition to the regular sales to be held this season there will be extra sales held during the month of November in Marshall, Kittsor Polk, Clay, Lake, Otter Tali, Hous- ton, Grant, Mille Lacs, Carlton, Todd Wadena, Becker, Pennington and Hubbard counties. ‘Mr. Nelson declairs the August sale to be the best for this season of the year that has ever been held. He came here from International Falls, where 1,200 acres of land were sold last week, leaving Monday af- ternoon for Duluth, where the Aug- ust sale of St. Louis county lands takes place Wednesday. | | TALKS ON VALUE OF POTATO. MAGHINES Experience of Successful Potato | ara Given Regarding | Machines for Digging There are several kinds of diggers that have proved successful in Min- nesota. Many of these diggers have a sacker, though the sacker has not wbeen successful generally. It re quires an extra man and two extra horses which.is.much more expensive There is an attachment that drops the potatoes in piles containing apout ome and one-half bushels that is a success. If the ground is clean and /ed to sell them at, for the follow- the potatoes are ripe, a potato scoop can be used in scooping the tubers | “into a basket. If the potatoes are/ thieves’, then there should be honor, green, the skin will be rubbed off. There is no digger that has a sort- er which will grade the potatoes as they are dug. The only successful} window at 39c, just because he has ‘way of sorting potatoes is by screen- ing them in the warehouse, a method ‘WILL HAVE THREE Granv Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepnespay, AUGUST 21, IgI2 HOLMBERG SCHOOLS Grand Rapids, Cohasset and Black- berry Schools Named as Centers Contracts Let The proposition to have the schools of the county consolidated wher- ever feasible, under the provisions of the Holmberg act, which gives the patrons of the school district. In addition to the three centers! which the directors propose to estab- lish in Grand Rapids, Cohasset) and Blackberry, a petition was present- ed from the town of Feeley asking that the Warba school be made a consolidated schoo] also. On investi- gation the board decided that it was feasible to attach the Sand Lake school] to Warba, but unadvisable to take similar action with the Tichenor school, owing to the long drive that it would necessitate for very young children. Application for the three centers has been made as follows: For the Grand Rapids school, $1,500; state aid: for the Cohasset school $1,500 if the schoo] meets the class “A” pequirements if not the schoo] wil receive the class “B”’ aid, $1,000; for the Blackberry school, $750. The latter schoo] will also be eligi- ble to the $1,000 state aid for er ection and equipment of building. At Monday’s meeting of the board contracts for the erection of new school buildings were let as follows: Swan River school] building, Stock-| well & Tracy, Cohasset, $845.00. Effie school, Fletcher & McKin- non, Cohasset $965.00. Vault in Central school building, Grand Rapids, John Lofberg, $268-00. Lowering Sand Lake schoo] build- ing, William Pogue, $40.00. Lowering and moving Shoal Lake school, Charles Brock, $80.00. Contracts for the transportation of school children to the consolidated; schols were let as follows: Pokegama Lake school, J. F. Mec- Cormick, $65 a month. McCormick school, Duncan Harris, $37 a month, Cohasset school, $65 a month. Cunningham school, Nick Johnson, $20 a month. Blackberry school R. D. Ssephard $55 a month. GRAND RAPIDS MAN AWARDED PRIZE C. C. Peterson of Itasca Dry Goods Company Sends Sclution to Merchants Problem { Amos Forsythe, The Dry Goods Reporter of Chica-| go a journal devoted to the dry goods business and kindred lines, | in its issue of July 20th presented a@ problem that very often faces mer- chant and asked for the best way to meet it. The Reporter presents a store manager addressing the “Boss” as follows: “Last week I pought a lot of lawn dresses and intended to use them for a one days sale at 49c. But on coming by Smiths this morn- ing I saw him putting the identical thing in his window at 49c. Now, would you put them in the window at 39¢?” It then asks of its readers: “What did the Boss say?” Mr. C: C. Peterson of the Itasca Dry Goods Co. sent in the following answer which was awarded the prize by the judges and on account Of sev- era] points made that are of gen- era] interest we reproduce- eo aa POD OO DGGE DPD DP EP ROPROV PRR PDDECP PEDERI even among merchants. Our com- petitor bought the goods in good faith. He did not know that we had them and the fact that he is show- ing them in his window is in no way intended to interfere with us, nor wheels is superior to one with low wheels 25 they hé@ve a better lift e machine is driven over wet does it show any underhanded me- thod of doing business on his part, We cannot lower ourselves to that Kind of -merchandising even tho it is often done by people who eS Princeton Union: The Grand Rapids MORE BOUQUETS FOR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OF COMMERCIAL CLUBS Newspapers From all Parts of Minnesota Commend Publicity Campaign That is Being Carried on by Business Men of Itasca County This Summer ie being taken up very favorably by LITERATURE SENT OUT WILL TURN TIDE OF HOMESEEKERS THIS WAY Accuracy and Reliadlity of Information Given by the Literature Prepar- ed is Commended by Publications in All Parts of the State--Message a Tonic for the Sceptical eo Herald-Review last week published a neatly-printed and profusely illustrated supplement of 28 pages entitled, “A Tale of Agricultural Development, in Itasca coun- ty.” It should be appreciated by the people of that section of the state. : Sauk Center Herald: The Grad Rapids Herald-Review last week issued a 28 page magazine supplement, printed on book paper,setting forth the advantages of Itasca county. The issue is profusely illus- trated and the reading matter will provea tonic to the man who thinks there is no good country on top of the earth. The editien reflects credit on Publisher E. C. Kiley, Who hag just rounded out twenty years of efficient journalism in Grand Rapids, and is good advertis- ing for that part of the state. : Grand Rapids Independent: The industrial edition of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review, which was published last week, was a great credit to that ‘paper, and should be productive of much good in the way of inducing settlers to come to Itasca county. The subject mat- ter of the magazine edition was most crisply and pertinently writ- ten,and the job neatly done from a mechanical standpoint, Long Prairie Leader: The Grand Rapids Review issued a very comprehensive write up of Itasca county last week. The issue was im magazine form, well written and handsomely printed, The is- sue in part of a publicity campaign the business men of the county have inaugurated. Editor Kiley is to be congratulated on the excell- ence of the issue. y Wadena Pioneer? The Grand Rapids Herald-Review has issued 2 28 page magazine supplement, profusely illustrated, which deals ex- clusively with the resources and picturesqueness of Grand Rapids and Itasca county. The edition is a beautiful one and will prove of vast benefit to the county. International Falls Press: Jated on the splendid agricultural and industrial supplement issued with its regular edition of last week. It is a work of art and shows great enterprise on the part of Editor Kiley and the business men of his city and surrounding country. Nashwauk Herald: A 28 page booklet has been and distributed throughout Itasca county by the Publicity club- The book is profusely illustrated with farm scenes, Jakes, schools and other public buildings and contains valuable data on the productiveness of Itasca county soil. It is part of the pub- licity campaign by the various Commercial] clubs of the county. Nashwauk is favored with a 64 word writeup and for Keewatin it took 263 words to properly describe that thriving village. Bovey Iron News: Quite @ nUmber of kindly remarks have been heard from those who have se€n and read the advertising matter sent out last week by the Grand Rapids Herald-Review in ex- ploiting Itasca county. The matter seems truthful to us of the county and should it fall in the hands of outsiders, the data can all be verified by them. It is good literature and when time has been given it to be scattered and absorbed, a result should be seen ; The Herald-Review is to be congratu- issued County recently Itasca in increased inquiries for homes in Itasca county It is a forgone conclusion with our . People that there is money to be made in It@eca county farming lands. Not of course as in the mesa lands of New Mexico, or the broad prair- jes of Iowa. Itasca county is not the place for the mile long fur- rows. No one needs a township of land here. Our farms should be smaller and the results are better than if too much is attempt- A forty or an eighty is plenty with us. Oats and wheat are not our long suit. While these can be raised, of course, nature has made this more of a grazing and dairy country. With; grasses growing luxuriantly all about us everything points to grass farming instead of with plow. There are too many trees and stumps for broad fields. A settler with stock can begin the first season. He may and should clear some land but with stock, the land is ready at*once. Today in the woods and burned over country a reyala- jon is in sight. A carpet of green covers everything and almost tropically. Tors of good feed are going to waist on every acre. The circular sent out by the Herald-Review cannot put it strong enough, one should see for themselves. The views of farm homes are all ac, tual and real; only the stories of the settlers themselves cannot be produced ed. ee eeeeeaeeeeeeer™™" know thkt any focl can cut prices but it takes a merchant to offer ac- hual bargains. enough more made on something else as the balance at the end of the year must be on the right side ~ or we must quit. all the time be on the lookout for goods that can be sdld at a price, but if I paid any attention to our competiter at all it would be more business to our city and we will all benefit from it. We must under ordinary conditions “No, I would not put them in the/ «rourth we are doing business|work on the same committees for oe zo og pagans ced with a certain amount of expenses|the purpose of advertising the and if we, thru underhanded|advanteecs cf this town for ing reasons: methods force ourselyes, as well|manufacturiug puurposes. We “First, there is ‘horor, even amon|as our competitors, to sell too|must get together for the pur- many goods at a loss, there must pe|poses of securing correct freight rates, and taxation, for our schools and for every social improvement that is in view. There @re so many reasons for working in harmony that # would not under any conditions “Fifth, we must have leaders and is nothing else in view. low undermine a competitor when there I may b@ | finish. | jed the county auditors. GRAND RAPIDS | BREAKS EVEN Lose One and in One Win Sunday’s | Game With Golden Rules | of Superior | j In two of the most exciting games| played this season the City team divided a double header with the fast Golden Rules of Superior at the south side park last Sunday, The Golden Rule aggregation came to Grand Rapids with a giltedge re- putation but were held on even terms by the home boys. The two games ;Played Sunday proved conclusively that we have a bunch of ball-tossers that can easily match up with any amateur team in northern Minnesota. Both games were thrillers, the first | going 11 innings ‘before either side could push @ run across. The second game was also close, the score being 2 to 1 in favor of Grand Rapids at} the beginning of the ninth. The Sup- erior men then took a brace and! clouted out a victory, 4 to 2. «A: big crowd turned out to root for the home boys. Whalen took the mound for Grand Rapids with Hicks at the receiving end. The former pitched great ba]] all the way throug allowing only three scattered hits | and was backed up in good style. | Bradley for the visitors, also pit- ched airtight ball and lost because of an error in the seventh frame. In the second inning McAlpine; reached the third station, but got homesick and was caught at the plate when he attempted to score on} a tossed ball. In the third Hicks! wasted a two bagger with two down and was stranded. The Golden Rules had chances to score—but could not hit when hits were needed. Finally, in the eleventh inning, Betz was by a pitched pall and went clear to third on Lofberg’s sacrifice, afterward sco1! ing when the second baseman drop- ped the ball]. The crowd went crazy for a few minutes at the exciting The second game seemed to be another Grand Rapids victory until) the last five minutes of play. Grand} Rapids scored two rung on hits by Betts and Hicks. The visitord at! j last scored after 15 innings without |a run, on a brace of two-baggers- | The big feature of the game was Whalen’s pitching. Betts and Hicks were the only two home players to} collect more than one hit during the matinee. For the visitors, G./ Campbell did the best work, having | 18 putouts in center field, and also collecting a single: double and triple. | Cook made three two-base hits in the second game, and McGrath as ‘short stop and Olson as pitcher did excellent work. | COMMISSION IS | PREPARING PERMITS State Commission Prepares Licenses | in Readiness for Opening of Hunting Season The state game and fish commis- | sion is preparing 32,000 small game | licenses for distribution to county | auditors next week in time for the! opening of the season, September 7.) Applications already have peen mail-| A like num-; ber of licenses for big game will be; distributed soon for the opening of, the season, November 1. The state! will obtain $57,600 in revenue from) the licens¢s, if all are sold, $1 being the license fee and 10 per cent be-| ing the county auditor's fee. | Birds that may be killed from the | opening of the season to Novembey} 7 are cortle de ver snipe, prairiv | chickens. virnaice white breaste? or) sharp tail grcvse. woodehuck, uplane | and golden plover, quail, patridges, | Tough grouse or pheasants, other | than Mongolian pheasants and Chi-| nese ringneck or English phesants | may be killed from October 1 to De-| cember 1. Wild duck of any variety: | wild geese, brant or waterfowl may} be killed from September 7 to De- cember 1. The number of licenses several | Two Dollars a Year COUNTY OFFICES. ARE ALLURING Five Candidates File for Neil Mul- lins’ Position as Commis- ioner from Fourth MISS BURLINGAME ENTERS RACE Probabilities are That Every Office Will be Contested--Second District Rivalry Keen. Present indications are that every county office in Itasca county will be contested this year, although the odds are strongly in favor of the reelection of the majority of the officials who desire to be returned to office. To date no active opposition to Prosecuting Attorney R. A. McOut has developed, although rumors have been rife for some time that there would be other aspirants for the office. Glen Strader, county treasurer will run for re-election on the Repub- lican ticket. and will have consider- able opposition, John E. McMahon, Democrat and W. J. Powers, Repub- lican, having filed for the county treasurer's office. Lester Lofberg has also filed for the treasurership, on the Democratic ticket. County Auditor M. A. Spang will again be a candidate and C. J. Franti of Bovey has entered the race against him. To date E. J. Meowan is the only candidate for register of deeds. J, A. Brown has filed for re-elec- tion to the office of county surveyor and, so far, has no opposition. For clerk of court I. D, Rassmus- sen, the present clerk, will again be a candidate and W. A. Kiley bas also filed on the Republican ticket for the clerk's office. F. A, King” of the Itasca County Abstract com- pany will be the Democratic candi- date although he has not yet filed- T. T. Riley, sheriff, and Dr, John Dickie, have filed on the Republi- can ticket for the sheriff's office, and George Riddell will campaign for the sume office on the Democratic side. There will be considerable rivalry for commissioner from the Fourth district, which has been represented for the past eight years by Neil Mullins. Mr. Mullins will not con- sider re-election, and James Passard William R. MeVeigh, John G. Fraser aud Frank Gran will make the bid for Pp. blic favor on the Republican ticket, with John Hepfel on the Democratic 8.de. Maurice O’Brien, commissioner from the Second district, will again be a «indidate although he hag not yet filed. Opposing him will be J. F. Sandloff, Republican, and Charles A Olson, Democrat. Miss Florence Burlingame is the latest candidate to enter the race for superintendent of schools. Ral- ph B. Taylor of Deer River has also filed on the non-partisan ticket against the present county superin- tendent. Other non-partisan filings are Clarence B. Wester and H. S. Huson, the latter opposing Judge Webster for the office of judge of probate. All the candidates have been care- fu: to comply with the provisions * of the new law, as regaris filinz their expense account with the coun- ty auditor. Most of tae accounts merely show the filing fee, as poli- ties are still luke warm and the ac- iaal campaign will not commer until the filings close Ausuast 27 There will be but one more expeu- se account to file, September i4 the second Saturday of the rienth, when it is obligatory for canlidates to “come across” with the necessary information to County Auditor Spans. Picnic Postponed. The annual picnic of the patrons of the Itasca Co-operative creamery has printed | been postponed. Several arrange- help|thid year is the same as last, al-|ments which the management had though not as many small game li-:tm mind could not be perfected in are being issued because Of/ time for August 17, the date former- of 1911, which allowed bi€/ly set, and it is expected now that game hunting on one li-}the picnic will be held during Sep {