Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 28, 1912, Page 6

at PAGE 81x PAloE-WINNING ESSAY ON FARM LIFE David S. Rima of Warba Gets| Week at State Fair for Competitive Essay TELLS OF ITASCA COUNTY FARMS Clifford Sisler Wins Second Place With Interesting Essay on Same Topic-Farm Best Place on Earth David S. Rima of Warba, a junior in the Grand Rapids High scool will represent Itasca county farm boys at the state fair, being awarded a week there at the expense of the fair management. His essay on “Our Farm Home” won first place} among the Itasca county boys compem ing for the week which the fair of- ficials offers one boy in each county this year, the offer being based on competitive essays. Clifford Sisler son of A. M. Sisler of the Itasca County Fair association, was a close second in the contest. The essays py the two boys, which set forth farm life in Itasca county in a particularly clear and well-writ- | ten manner, follows: Our Farm Home. In the northern part of Minnesota, | four miles from the village of Warba, is located “Our Home Farm.” It is | a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, thirty of which is under cultivation, and about twenty | of beautiful meadowland; the rest be-| ing covered with excellent timber, | mostly oaka and basswood. To me it ig one of the most beautiful farm- steads in northern Minnesota. The location is an ideal one, being tra-| versed by a small] creek, which wends its way eastward through, the meadowland to Swan River, a tri- butary to the great ‘Father of Wa-, ters,” which is only four or five mile@ below. Since the Swan River flows | through the village of Warba, and! meadow creek is a tributary to it, we are provided with an excellent | water course to the village to use| when the roads are in bad condi- jon, Tis farm, with its excellent | meadow lands, together with the | wonderful fertility of the soil, en- ables us to keep a nice herd of cows | and sheep, several horses, a dozen pigs: one hundred chickens and other ‘fowls. Our present farm buildings are not @s modern, perhaps, as the ones at the “Experiment farm,” being most- | ly log structures; but by having them put up with care, and sided and painted, they are just as good, if not better, than the ordinary frame! puilding. The house is a frame structure, built on an exceptionally good plan, and with the beautiful lawn, which rounds over the hill slope, and out to the road, it affords a sight, that mot every Itasca county farmer is able to equal. Farming, to me, means a whole Jot more than merely milking, til- ling the soil, or any of the common chores associated with this occupa- tion; it means to me not only this, but more; it means health, vigor, beauty and frendship. Where in the cities can one become a perfect picture of health? Where can one develop that love for work, and the vigor in doing it, that one can on the farm? And is there anywherg in this country, where friendship is needed and develops more, than in a farming district? I think that the farm is the best place to live, of any place, on the face of God’s pretty: green earth. In the spring, summer and fall, one can enjoy the fragrance of the crops and the woods; and as for me, there is an endless amount of fun to be had skating on some of the fine lakes, or fishing or swimming in Swan River; and in the fall and winter hunting and trapping in the woods. So now can you tell me where, if not on the farm, is there such a natural source for sport? Oh: the farm life is the life for me. There are many changes that can tbe made on our farm, to increase our financia] returns greatly, for in- tance: an increase in the acreage of cleared land, this would enable ug to keep more cows, which are the main source of wealth for the Itas- «ca county farmer. Farm life, @s it exists in nor- thern Minnesota, is not a perfect life by any means; although it is a good life, there are many things _|that can be done to make it more \good, sandy loam, which is mixed enjoyable; and the main one of these, 1 believe, is the extension of the good roads movement;, they are the main hold back to the Itasca county farmer. Other very pleasant and economic conveniences for a farmer are the telephone and R. F. D. Route; these add greatly to the pleasure of farm life. But these will appear as: soon as the good roads are made, and so with all the conveniences available in the cities; and so now I take the stand: That when these | things are accomplished, that farm- ing will not only be more enjoy- able, but will be the predominating occupation; and farming will no longer be scoffed at, but will be considered ‘by all to be the highest | class of work. And with this accom- plished, there will be no more of thos agitation, of the boys leaving the farm for the city; but things will reversed, @nd there will be a gener- al cry, throughout the nation, of “back to the farm.” DAVID S. RIMA, Warba, Minnesota. Our Farm. Our farm which is situated in the southern part of Itasca county, apout two and one-balf miles from Grand | Rapids, its county seat, consists of seventy-five acres of level, well drained, very productive soil of which sixty is under cultivation; the remainder bordering a river, is used for pasture. The farm buildings are set back about thirty rods from a smal] river, which @ffords a beau- tiful view at all seasons of the year. The soil consists largely of a with a light clay in the lower parts. We practice a system of rotation as far as we can; but our fields are not as well arranged as they will be in a few years, owing to the clearing and breaking up of new land, This year we have about ten acres of potatoes, ten of oats, five of| corn, fifteen of hay, and about twen- ty acres of tame pasture. We have always made a practice of keeping eight or ten milk cows, which bring us an average of about one hundred dollars per cow, but how, ever due to the high price of feed, the average net income is only 4bout forty dollars per cow. The work of caring for stock and the growing crops: is indeed interest- ing, and work that I always like. Such work makes boys sound in body and in brain. Then in addition to the godd healthy work on the farm is also added forms of recreation such as barn dances, ice skating, literary societies, boat rides, etc., which all prove that the farm is the place for a good time if it were only taken ad- wantage of. Now, of course being interested in the home farm, I have thought of a few ways that I think would make it more profitable. The first thing I have noticed is the ration our cows get. F or roughage we have always) fed good timothy and clover hay to them .and with hay as expensive as it always is in our section, I think that a great deal could be saved by raising and feeding a cheaper feed in its place. This other roughage could be fodder corn. Certainly far more fodder corn can be grown on an acre, than of hay; but the hay is worth three to four times as much on the market. Every farmer that Keeps ten or more cows should if Possible build a silo. It would save at least a half of the work of haul- ing and feeding, besides saving 50 per cent of the food value of the fod- der. The objection urged to this is the expense of machinery for filling. The solution to this and other ex- pensive machinery problems, is co operation. Three or four adjoining farmers could unite in getting such machinery ag that for filling silos, or twine binders , potato planters, sprayers and diggers, etc., by so do- ing the best tools could be had at comparaitively reasonable prices. An- other thing that I would suggest is that we get more cows; if eight or ten have proven profitable under the older system of feeding, why would not fifteen or twenty double this un- der the better system? A great many things should, and easily could be added to the aver. age farm life to make it more enjoy- able. The homes must be made more attractive, music should be ad- ded, debating societies formed, in short all enteratinments of young people should be added that are pos- sible. The boys would grea‘ly ap- preciate installing motors to separate milk, pump water, saw wood ,this is not impossible and it would have wonderful results. Get them inter- ‘GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912 ABOUT THE STATE News of Especial Interest to Minnesota Readers, ice Agents. After forcing payment by Minneapo- Ms people of more than $34,000 to the United States treasury department secret service agents believe they have broken up in that city one of the worst rings of smugglers that has operated in interior cities of the coun- try. George E. Foulkes, treasury agent, has had charge of the investi- gation covering six months. In keeping with the rules of his de- partment Mr. Foulkes has declined to give the names of those implicated, but obtained $28,000 from one man as & payment in connection with the smuggling of diamonds. Mr. Foulkes says that after the so- lution of that case he was advised that several wealthy men and women who made their home in the Leaming- ton hotel were systematically smug- gling costly jewels and clothing across the Canadian border. Five weeks ago he registered at that hotel and in less than one month he said he collected more than $6,000. | State Immigration Commissioner Hits Upon New Plan of Advertising. H. J. Maxfield, state immigration commissioner, has hit upon a new plan of advertising the state. He proposes to issue this fall a booklet under the title, “Minnesota Farmers,” that will give farmers in other states all the advantages of an “experience” meeting. ers in every county of the state seni in testimonials giving their actual ex- periences in farming Minnesota lands since they came into the state. They will be asked to report the kind of crops they have had, the comparative These testimonials will be gathered to- gether in booklet form. Was Long a Member of Minnesota Methodist Conference. Rev. John R. Creighton, D. D., is dead at River Forest, Ilil., after forty years of active ministry in the service of the Methodist church. He had lived in River Forest for the last eight years. Dr. Creighton was born April 23, 1837, in London, Ont. He joined the Minnesota Methodist Episcopal confer- ence in 1861, was ordained deacon and elder by Bishops Scott and Simpson and helped. to locate and build the first buildings of Hamline university in St. Paul. He was its secretary for ten. years. He was also secretary of the Minnesota conference for eleven years, a member of the book commit- tee for four years and presiding elder at four different times. ON RECORD AGAINST RECALL Minnesota Bar Association Down Progressive Idea. Following a strong argument against the recall .of judges and the recall of judiciary decisions, by Frank B. Kel- logg the Minnesota State Bar associa- tion, in session at Minneapolis, went on record decisively as opposing the two measures, The vote on the recall of judges was 14 for and 61 against and on the recall of decisions, mentioned as the “Roosevelt” plan, 8 for and 62 against. Mr. Kelloge’s address ended a spir- ited debate. He denied that the courts in this country are arbitrary and de- clared that they are in reality the greatest in the world. Votes Minnesota Progressive Call The call for the first meeting of the Progressive state central commit- tee was issued by H. T. Halbert of St. Paul, chairman. A letter sent to the fifty committeemen calls them together for a meeting at the Mer- chants hotel, St. Paul, on Tuesday night, Sept. 3, two days before Colonel Roosevelt delivers an address at the Minnesota state fair. Handspring Proves Fatal. Hervey A. Roberts of Duuth, twenty-five years of age, received in- juries while turning a handspring which caused his death. His spinal column at the base of the skull was fractured. Mr Roberts was a mem- ber of a contracting firm. Five Persons Are Injured. Five persons on a sightseeing trip at Duluth, aboard a high tallyho, were hurt, one seriously, when a be- wildered cow got in the way of the four horses, frightening them. They swerved to one side of the road and ested in their work and they will have no desire for further interests and father and son will work togeth- er in making the farm more profit- able, attractive and enjoyable. —Clifford Sisler, Grand Rapids, Minn. the vehicle was tipped. Caswell Quits Committee. I, A. Caswell, clerk of the state su- preme court and a strong Roosevelt man, has resigned as member of the Republican national committee Wealthy Minneapolis People Accused | turned to Long Beach, Cal., with some of Smuggling by Secret Serv. _| thousands of dollars worth of «ecuri- Mr. Maxfield will ask that ten farm-)| increase in value of their land and to| annie mary Obliak euinracst “iey <apoitit:| hart to the citizens of Minnesota, set- | date seeking and selection than at any REV. J. R. CREIGHTON DEAD) GRAND LARCENY IS CHARGED Warrant Issued for Widow of Minneap- olis Millionaire. | Sheriff Langum of Hennepin county has left Minmeapolis for Sacramento, Cal., armed with requisition papers for Mrs. Clara Rood Royce Ake ley, widow of Healey ©. Akeley, the millionaire Minneapolis lumberman, based on a warrant charging her with LARGE SUM IS COLLECTED | sv=z¢ larceny and embezzlement as The specific charge is that she vio- lated the state statutes when she re- ties owned by Mr. Akeley, and the is- suance of this discloses that for some time the county attorney’s office has been conducting a secret investigation of Mrs. Akeley’s actions. While the complaint filed against Mrs. Akeley alleges she made away with onfy $120,000, it is thought the stocks and bonds and other securities listed will aggregate more than $500,- 000 in value. Some of the bank stock, for instance, known to be worth par and above, was listed as worth “more than $1.” HELPLESS WIFE VIEWS DEED Father Charged With Killing His In- fant Child. Anton Marick is under arrest at Owatonna charged with infanticide; and the entire community is aroused over the crime. According to the story told by Mar- | ick’s youngest son, the boy, two broth- ers and a nurse were driven from the | house by Marick. The boy said he | looked through a window and saw his | father seize the baby, born a few hours before, and beat it to death FARMERS TO WRITE BOOSTS, Fit his fist, while the mother looked on terrified and helpless. Marick is sixty years old. His wife is critically ill from the shock. CONSERVATION CALL Second Congress to Be Held ‘The proclamation by Governor Eber- ting forth his reasons for calling to- gether delegates to the second Minne sota Conservation and Development congress, Nov. 19 to 22, inclusive, was made public following a meeting of the conservation commission at Min- neapolis. The proclamation, in part, follows: “Agricultural wealth and extensive natural resources are not Minnesota’s greatest assets, nor do they distin- guish this state except as to its pre- eminent rank among the states of the Union. Every landmark in our terri- torial and state history has been made Of its citizenship, and current as well the men of Minnesota and to the wom- en who have had their part as well, as the state’s greatest asset. To these, a favored location, of fertile soil and boundless resources, have been but materials to be worked in the mighty structure of a sound, progressive and powerful commonwealth. It is to | men, rather than to material things, that Minnesota has looked for every advance step and it is to the sound and constructive judgment of its citi- gens that it owes its rapid advance- ment in achievements and prosperity. “Acting, therefore, upon the sug- gestion and invitation of strong com- mercial bodies in this state, and in the conviction that the best prosperity is that brought about by the adoption of harmonious programs of legislation and action, and having in mind the de- gree in which current welfare of the state may be served by such a confer- ence, I hereby proclaim the holding of the second Minnesota Conservation and Agricultural Development con- gress, in the city of Minneapolis, on Nov. 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1912.” ‘FAVORS ROOSEVELT IDEAS Congressman Lindbergh of Minnesota Seeks Re-election. Declaring for establishment of rules “by which the people may review the acts of the legislative and executive branches of government, and of the decisions of the courts,” Representa- | tive Charles A. Lindbergh of the Sixth Minnesota district announced that he would be a candidate for renomina- tion. Though Mr. Lindbergh will file as a Republican he took occasion to say in his announcement that he had not voted the straight Republican ticket in the past and he did not ex- pect to do so in the future. Mr. Lind- bergh expressed the belief that, as a tule, no political party has a “monop- oly of all the good men,” and he add- ed, “I notice that the candidates of j the parties this year are no exception to the rule.” State Officials in Wreck. Swerving to one siae in order to pass a motor bus in the highway near Fort Ridgley an automobile in which S. G. Iverson, state auditor; Kelsey S. Chase, state superintendent of banks; Alex Janes, assistant attorney gen- eral; a son of Asa Wallace, assistant state fire marshal, and a driver were riding, struck a ditch, hurling the state auditor to the ground, dislocat- ing his shoulder and severely shaking significant by the sturdy achievements | as past progress points inevitably to | GENERAL APATHY iS IN COMMAND Candidates Unable to Arouse Interest in Campaign. ROT FIGHT FOR FIRST PLAGE Wise Ones Say, However, That the New Statewide Primary Law Favors the “ins.” (Special Correspondence.) St. Paul, Aug. 26.—With the close of this week candidates for office will start on the last lap of the primary campaign race and the outcome has more than one aspirant guessing. Lieutenant Governor S. Y. Gordon, who wants to handle the ship of state, stunt down in the Second district; E. T. Young, likewise ambitious, is | touring the Third district; W. E. Lee, also suffering from gubernatorial itch, is hitting the high spots, and L. C. Spooner, among the first to get in the game, is touring the Northern coun- ties. As for Mr. Eberhart, he has not rested since the campaign began. So you see they are all on the job, and according to their state ments each is bound to win. This activity, not to speak of the scramble for office in the various counties, would indi- vate that the campaign for place is on with a vengeance, but in the face of | 4t all, dear reader, yours truly can not GOVERNOR ISSUES yet see his way clear to admit that the voters think so. That blanket of disinterestedness and silence which I spoke of two weeks ago still prévails and ‘will not lift. There is absolutely no crystallization of sentiment as far |as the “outs” are concerned. And this seems all the more remarkable when it is considered that Minnesota now has on its books a statewide primary in Minneapolis Nov. 19. beet something its promoters claimed the people were clamoring for and | | which, in their opinion, would inject more ginger into the game of candi- time in the history of the state. The promised ginger has not materialized and Minnesota offers the spectacle of the two great parties going to bat with less than a third of the voters able to tell who’is running for the big jobs and the other two-thirds indiffer- ent as to who will land. + + Six representative citizens of the great North Star state are making the race for governor and the other day I canvassed two of the populous blocks in St. Paul ir order to satisfy myself as to the standing of each. I hate to admit it, but I only found fifteen per- sons out of possibly 150 who knew who was running for the highest office in the gift of the state or who had convictions. This does not apply to St. Paul alone; it covers the entire state. Insurance Commissioner Preus, by a friend who he was going to sup- port. “Governor Eberhart, of course,” was the answer. “Is he a candidate?” jasked the friend in a surprised tone \of voice. Preus tells the story as a joke on himself and Eberhart, but he | admits that it is an illustration of the political ignorance or perhaps apathy that covers over half the state. tr + The old saw about familiarity breed- ing contempt possibly applies, but the observations of those actively con- nected with the political game this year is that the people of this great commonwealth have been handed con- siderable of a lemon in the statewide primary law and the corrupt practices act, which was the chief offering of the late special session of the legis- lature. Every day is bringing the weak points of both to the surface and the whole thing, when reduced to the concrete, is that the two are about the best things for organized politics that were ever perpetrated. This, ticians and not yours truly. With them politics is a profession and they watch the weather vane like a hawk does the barnyard. Their observation and that is the reason they have lean- Ings toward certain state candidates. Accepting their dope, and it is in every way logical, the Republican state ticket which will be nominated at the state primaries will start with A. O. Eberhart for governor and con- clude with Judge Mills for railroad and warehouse commissioner. It will be the same throughout as charged against the Republican convention two years ago and which many claimed was machine made. That convention, however, did rout the ma- chine forces in the case of two places, lieutenant governor and clerk of the supreme court. In the Twin Cities every daily from the Minneapolis Journal down will be found support- ing Governor Eberhart before the fin- ish of the primaries. Not open mind you, but in that so called inde- pendent way which characterizes the so called nonpartisan paper. The daily press of the Twin Cities will not, if it can help it, play a loser and Eberhart, as I have pointed out, has not been put in that class by the prac- tical fellows. Show them some other winner and hav will he on the iah hied himself to greener fields last | week and is now doing a handshaking | Governor Eberhart’s right hand man, | while upstate the other day was asked | mind you, is the view of practical poli- | is that the new law favors the “ins” | privately is all right, but “I told you 80,” makes a better head line and in | perrauety What the owners think | addition an excellent editorial caption- t+ + + | ‘What the voters think about it does not cut much ice in these days of ad- vanced legislation and schemes to let | the people rule, but for your benefit, | dear reader, 1 will say that Fred Pike ' of St. Paul has completed the ticket which the Democratic organization will present to the voters the 17th of next month. The early part of the week Mr. Pike filed the name of J. J. Reider of Rochester for railroad and warehouse commissioner and he said the other candidate for the six-year- term for the same office would be forthcoming before the close of the week. Mr. Pike is presumed to be working for the organization and so far there is nothing to refute the state- | ment. According to the backers of the statewide primary, however, Mr. | Pike and his kind should be a thing of the past, but somehow or other he | sti continues to flourish. There is talk in some quarters of opposition to those selected to make up the or- ganization ticket, but it will not mate- rialize. P. M. Ringdahl, the candidate for governor, is the only candidate on the Democratic side with an opponent. Professor Andrist of the state univer- sity has seen fit to enter the field, but there is nothing to show that he will make good. Down here Ringdah! and the Democratic organization ticket is the best bet. + t+ ¢ W. E. Lee of Long Prairie is now @ , full fledged candidate for the Repub- lican nomination for governor. He paid over his $50 last week and re- ceived a receipt. In this neck of the woods “Bill”’—that is what they used ' to call him when he was in the legis- | lature—is said to be spending more | good money to land the gubernatorial | nomination than any man in the game. They say he has men employed im | every county in the state and these men do nothing but sound his praises. | University students are doing the | work. Whether this spending money talk is hot air or the truth I do not | know, but I know this, that “Bill’ Lee ‘has the Eberhart crowd and some of | the other candidates guessing. Re ports are coming in daily at the sev- eral headquarters that he has a strong following in this and that county. } Some of the fellows are predicting | that he will be second in the race. Mr. Lee was never known as a spender, he never acquired a half dozen or more country banks that way, but it has to | be said that the talk regarding his spending qualities is strong. +e + J. F. Rosenwald of Madison, he of {the loud voice and the avordupois, | who wants to be railroad and ware- | house commissioner, has a new scheme to get the best of his rivals. | He has called upon Commissioners | Mills and Elmquist, the present mem- bers of the board, to answer him pub- | Hely why they failed to inquire into | salaries of railroad officials with a view of having them reduced and why | Jim Hill got the best of it in past | hearings relating to his road and rail- Toad matters in which the Northwest | magnate was interested. Mr. Rosen- wald is not going to let Jim Manahan ‘or any of the advertisers get the best of him when it comes to pulling the | Publicity bell rope. { +t + ‘Who gave oleomargarine a standing, despite legislative acts designed to | put it out of the game and what the | dairy industry of the state thinks about it seems due to have a bigger | place in the present contest for one of | the places on the supreme bench than the fitness of either for the job. Judge: Bunn, the present Democratic mem- | ber of the bench, who wants to be re- turned on a nonpartisan basis, aided in giving oleo a standing and now a number of country papers, and espe- cially the dairy representatives, are. | after his scalp. Oscar Hallam of St. | Paul, his lone opponent, has not taken: ‘any part in the controversy, but it is ‘certain he will not get hurt in the: scrimmage. It seems a pity to drag the findings of the highest court in the State into a scramble for place on the bench, but what are you going to do about it? Butter is some pumpkins in Minnesota and boosters only are rec- ognized. Py i Have you received a copy of Gov- ernor Eberhart’s booklet; his bid for | your support? Ralph Wheelock, his secretary, compiled it and in his opin- | don it is some publication. His excel- lency does not promise anything, but if he has overlooked any credit for _ laws passed by the legislature during , the past two years or things accom- Plished by the several state depart- ments then yours truly has fallen: | down on his job. Joking aside, the booklet is a good one and Mr. Whee lock is to be congratulated on his work. There is one thing to its credit, that overworked Johnson phrase, “He- has made good,” is missing. + toe | The one candidate for renomination | on the Republican ticket without oppo- | Sition is Walter Smith, state treas- | urer. So far no one has appeared to | contest him. Mr. Smith was a prod- | act of the last state convention and it jis presumed that rivals have figured it out that he is entitled to a second | The office of state treasurer | carries with it greater responsibili- | eee less salary than any office in the gift of the state. Two years ago an effort was made to increase the emoluments of this office, but it failed. The effort wil: be renewed this and it should succeed. + 4 +"