Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 4, 1912, Page 8

| i i j i Capilal $25,000.00 President, F. P. Sheldon. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. Sheldon. Wedge. FP. AG. Cc. E. Aiken Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No. i9 A man with money in our bank always has a deep feeling of security. This is only one of many advantages derived from allowing us to take care of your savings. First National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. OFFICERS John Beckfeit Seetpole $ §,000,00 Vice-Pres.," A. G. Wedge Jr. DIRECTORS D. M. Gunn. W. C. Gilbert. H. D. Powers. CUT-OVER LANDS INVITE SETTLERS Northern Minnesota Offers Most Attractive Opportunities Re- maining in This Country. WHAT THOMAS SHAW SAYS OF LAND Red Clover Country [Discussed by the Learned Professor In Chi- cago Tribune Land Show Edition. The Chicago Tribune issued a spec ial ten page section with its Novem- ber 24 edition, which was entirely de woted to the recent land show of Northwestern states held in that city. Prof. Thomas Shaw contributed an article on cutover Jands of Northern Minnesota, from which the follow- ing exrtacts are here reproduced: By cutover lands is meant lands that once grew timber from which) the valuable portion has been cut diown. and into lumber. The trees that ere not cut were too smail for the use pamed, but many of them were destroyed in the lumbering pro- cess. Those not destroyed are still growing and myraids of others have sprung up, thus covering the land with various kinds of trees. The stumps of the trees that were made into lumber still remain andi al so portions of the same that were ne- j-ected: These lands therefore had an appearance that was unattractive to the prospective settlers, who were fooking for homes, and this in con- nection with the fact that until re- cent years they could get free land in prairie regions ready for the plow, explains why the cutover lands have not been occupied. But those free prairie lands located in the humid wountry are all gone. Where Cutover Lands are Found. These cutover lands are found in the states of northern Minnesota, western Montana, western Washing- ton and western Oregon. In northern Minnesota they cover many millions of acres, more probably than 10,- 000,000, all or nearly all of which is cultivable and will grow excellent crops. Adaptability of Land. The land in northern Minnesota hhas excellent adaptation for growing winter wheat, rye, oats, barley and peas. In addition to clover it grows excellent timothy and red top. The Jow lands, when sufficiently drained, will produce enormous crops of mixed hay and without reseeding for many years. By mixed hay is meant alsike clover, timothy and red top. From twio to three tons are frequently pro- or it may be made into ensilage. No country furnishes potatoes of a bet- ter quality and the yields are large. At the New York land show in No- vember, 1911, open to all the North American continent, the exhibiit from northern Minnesota was held for the resenve prize. Swine May Be Grown, Swine may pe grown as sucessful- ly in this region as in Denmark. The grasses for summer pasture are eas- ily as good and winter grains may be obtained more cheaply. In addi- tion to barley, peas may be grown ‘im finest form These, along with the skim milk and barley, with clover and alfalfa pasture for summer and rape should it be desired, will gore duce bacon as fine as any that can be grown, in tthe world. The adaption of the region for} truck farming is equally high. It would be difficult to fimd) conditions anywhere better adapter to the grow- ‘img of all kinds of vegetables, and {therefore to truck farming generally. All kinds of smaj) fruits, as cur- rants, gooseberries, strawberries and plums, succeed well. Some hardy kinds of apples may be grown, but mot so successfully as tthe fruits named, This region is also becoming noted for the high quality of its cel- ery, and the area of the land adapt- ed to the growth of jthis plant is large enough to produce practically an unlimiited quantity. The demand for these products at the mines is almost without limit. This region is also capable of pro- ducing beef and mutton of high qual- ity and cheaply. That such is the fact, will be evidenced in the foods named | previously hat can be grown so} abundantly. Poultry flourishes equa]- ly well. With but a few, acres of land one could make a good living by growing poultry, All these products are shipped in from outside places at the present time to supply the de- mand ait the mines, Climate Is Healthy. The climate of northern Minnesota is very healthy. In winter it is cold. The thermometer in some instances gets as low as 38 degrees below zero | in winter—a little lower than at St. Paul, but the days thus cold are not many. It is not the damp cold from proximity to large bodies of waiter, but dny cold, and therefore it is nat so severely felt as when the air is both damp and cold. The summers are comfortable. Snow usually cov- ers the ground from the middle of November to the middle of March or the first of April. Shewing Could Be Improved. Figures show that deaths from tub- erculosis are as numerous in the country as in the city. In spite of all the fresh air on farms, this prevent- able disease still increases, This shows that im some way the cities overcome their handicap of crowded quarters and less of sunlight. Investi- CHEAT VALUE OF PULIBTY WRK Home Section Whenever Op- portunity Offers. E. J. FARRELL AND E. L. BUCK SPEAK Both Are Enthusiastic Over the Future of Their Home Section and Are Spreading the Good Tidings. The publicity campaign that has clubs of Itasca county is already be- ginning to bring results, according to E. J. Farrell of Grand Rapids, sec- retamy of the Reishus-Remer Land company, one of the biggest concerns of its kind in ‘northern Minnesota, been carried on by the Commercial | {pect ot starting logging early. A’ number of Duluth firms, representing ‘sawmills here and the tie and post dealers, have opened camps, but, the conditions described prevail in all of them. Of late years extra) inducements have had to be offered men to get them to go into the woods, for labor iis ‘becoming scamcer every year, but this; year, it is said} mot only extra, but extraordinary inducements are being furnished at the camps and far bet- ter food than usual is being laid up for the “lumberjack” who is favoring employers with his services. Labor is Scarce in all lines, it is claimed, and) with the West demiand- ing men for railroad construction ev- en during the winter: it is expected that there will be something of a dearth in the supply. Just what effect this will have on logging this winter is still to be seen. | Headquarters at Deer River. D. M. Price, general manager for | ‘the Namikon Lumber company, one| lef the largest logging concerns in the state, has bought the Marr pwild- ing near the Everton hotel which {he will convert into a modern office. With this Mr. Price has purchased spacious ground room from C. H. Marr upon which he will erect a ware- house for storing of camp supplies. says ‘tthe News-Tribune.. iMr. Price is quoted as stating that The Commercial club last spring|he will continue his head office in decided the best way to attract set- | Deer River for three years or more, tlers was to place the advantages of | after which his operations will be so the coumty before them in descriptive |1ocated that a move of his office will literature. To this end, a corps of|be necessary. Perly Holmes. head writers scoured the country, inter-| clerk, will be in charge of the new viewed the farmers that have already | ctifice. made a success» made comparisons on the crop yield as compared with other sections and got up a booklet | that gave the result of their investi- gation, About 100,000 copies were |€2 town lost his claim) shanty Thurs- printed and distributed throughout |@4@Y morning. by fire. The shack | the southern part of the state, Iowa,|@md all its contents were lost, mak- | and Illinois. ing ita sad Thanksgiving: for Mr. Hub-} “This plan of campaign has brought | berd. Mr. Hupberd! had a good fire in wonderful results,” said Mr. Farrell.|the stove and remained working too “The secretaries of the different |!ong out in the timber. When he re- clubs and onganizations have been turned flames were breaking out flooded with inquiries from) prospec- |"he Toof and as he opened the door tive settlers. Their lettens have been |t° try to save some of the goods the turned over to the different real es- | Whole building at once became envel- tate dealers and we have given them | °Ped im. the flames. Mr. Hubberd does, all the information at our command. |20t much mind the loss of the shack | The result has been that an unusuaj-|#S he imtended soon to puild a good’) ly big number of settlers came in th’s house, but the contents were worph | Homesteader’s ShantyBurned. | Fred Hubberd, a setiler in Oteneag | last fall and conservative estimates |Cmsiderable to him=Deer River place the number that will settle in //N@WS- | Itasca coumty next spring at nearly ' ire es ; i : Se | ARSON TRUST IS ALLEGED) “Itasca is developing more rapidly, | | both as to agriculture and population, | Wisconsin Fire Marshall Has Warrants | than any county im the state. The | for Many. population is now over 17,000, a gain) Madison, Wis., Dec. 4.—With the ar- | San Francisco Policemen Nar- rowly Escape Death, = San Francisco, Camps Without Crews Is Situation | in the Logging Industry in This Section. A shortage of men is threatened in, of 376 per cent in tthe last 10 years,! pest of Fred W. Cowie ct Waukesha | apd we feel confident that the state | and the swearing out of warrants for census in 1915 will show over 25,000 | six or seven other men, the state fire persons im the county.” i department, through Fire Marshal T. Northern, Minnesota land that now | M. Purtell, made public startling evi- sells for from $15 to $20 per acre will! dence of an “arson trust” that ok imaidic of five years, be eagerly souzht | been operating in Wisconsin and oth- <i, 3 er states for several years. at from $50 to $75, is the opinion of | wr purtell declares the “arson H. L. Buck of Cohasset, who was also trust” was organized at the time of | seen by a News-Tribune reporter. | the world’s fair fires in Chicago and | Mr. Buck came to northern Minne- | that since then it has been operating | sota about 10 years ago. He first lo- | all over the country. Since the burn- cated at Hill City and was instrument-| ing of a hotel at Waukesha, Wis., two al in turning attention to northern | Ye@rS ago the state fire marshal has Aitkin, county th h the advertis- ' been on the trail of the gung. ing campaign, he carried on. Several | years later he removed to Cohasset | and proved his faith in the land. He OFFICERS LURED T0 has purchased several farms and mad | models of them in every respect. GAS FILLED ROOMS Speaking of the development of northern Minnesota, he said: “Set- oe tlers are pouring in. This is mostly | due to publicity, and I think next spring will witness the biggest influx | of settlers in history. Good fanming | jand can at present be pnurchased in | Itasca county for from $15 to $25, ac-| cording to the distance from town. | i } This same land sold: two years ago, | Dec. 4.—Chinese at from $6 to $10. While there is | Samblers lured two police officers to still plenty of good land WEES sale, it | imprisonment in gas filled chambers, | is being gobbled up fast, and five leaving them to be asphyxiated. Each | years gence land will sell at prices | of the men carried a small ax and) that woul@ now seem exorbitant.” chopped holes through the walls and | escaped. | | Corporal Goff, the first victim, was | BIG SHORTAGE OF | walking alone when a Chinese brushed by him and whispered “big fight in Siberia club.” | MEN IN THE woods Goff rushed to the club. He thrust aside the doorkeeper. As the door) swung back he heard the bolt click and simultaneously the gas lights went out. Trying the other doors he found himself in a narrow hallway seven feet long and found that gas was rushing from the open jets, which he could not reach. After fifteen minutes’ work with his | crowd followed the negro out of the | building. | Steers, | $3.75@7 Banker Said to Have Paid $50,000 for Son’s Freedom. terest, wanted. Loans made for five, six or seven years, with privilege to pay part or all of mortgage after three years. Lowest rate of interest and prompt service. REISHUS-REMER LAND (0. GRAND RAPIDS COMPENSATES CHORUS GIRL August Belmont Pays Heavily for Re- lease of Son. New York, Dec. 4.—Fifty thousand dollars was paid by August Belmont to Ethel Loraine Belmont, the chorus girl bride of his son Raymond, on con- dition that she leave her youig hus- band, according to a statement made by close friends of the young woman. The separation is said to have been arranged last Friday, one week after the elopement, which estranged father and son. The $50,000 settlement reported to have been made by the traction mag- nate is said to be a second large sum which the young woman has received from Belmont senior since her ac- quaintance with the millionaire’s son. Before the marriage, it is said, Bel- mont paid the girl $10,000 to break off her friendship for his son. Ttasca County Abstract Office Abstracts Real Estate Fire Insurance Conveyances Drawn, Taxes Paie for Non-Residents Kremer & King Props. Grand Rapids - = Minn. JOHNSON SECURES MARRIAGE. LICENSE Will Wed Lucile Cameron, Min- neapolis White Girl. Chicago, Dec. 4.—Jack Johnson, the | negro pugilist, has obtained a license | te marry Miss Lucile Cameron, the Minneapolis white girl who has been identified with Johnson’s recent trou- bles in the federal court. Johnson explained to the county clerk that the records in ceurt show that the Cameron girl is over eighteen years of age. Johnson gave his own age as thirty-four years. A hooting When Chief of Police McWeeney was informed that a moving picture concern had arranged to photograph the wedding he said if possible to do so he would prevent the exhibition of the pictures in this city. Jewish Rabbi Dies in Fire. New York, Dec. 4.—Louis Levy, a Jewish rabbi, lost his life in a fire which swept away an apartment house in Upper Fifth avenue. Seven per- sons were injured. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, Dec. 3.—Cattle— 5@8.25; cows and heifers, 0; calves, $4.00@9.00; feed- $3.50@7.00. Hogs—$7.00@7.50. | mbs, $3.25@7.00; wethers, | ewes, $2.00@3.65. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 3.—Wheat—To arrive 1 Northern, 805%¢c; No. 2 7656c; Dec., 795gc; May, On track, $1.26%4 @1.26%4; $1.25%4; Dec., $1.25 Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 3—Wheat—Dec., 84c; 7H Corn: to arrive, Jan., $1.26%4. A Calling; List . The Fire Department j The Pohce The Doctor The Baker The Butcher The Grocer The Caterer The Livery Stable and anybody else you want; called by Telephone. Place your order now and get your name in our new Telephone Directory which goes to press in a few days. MESABE TELEPHONE COMPANY. For Further Information Call O. V. HEMSWORTH, Commercial Manager. Tel. 67. May, 90c; July, 8734 @87%c. Dec., 481%4c; May, 483gc; July, 49%4c. Oats—Dec., 315%,@31144c; May, 32%c; July, 32% @32%c. Pork—Jan., $19.37; May, $18.70. Butter—Creameries, 29 @36c; dairies, 26@31lc. Eggs—22@ 27c. Poultry—Turkeys, 13@18c; chick- ens, 12c; springs, 12c. the lumber camps in this part of the country this winter. Those companies which have established logging camps are having great difficulty in getting full crews: and it is claimed that so far there are no such things as full crews. They have what they call “skeleton crews,” consisting of cooks and foremen and no workmen. However, this is expected to be remedied to a very large extent be- fore long, for soon the lake traffic will be aver and there will be deck- hands and freight handlers looking for winter jobs. Also the type of men, gators say the poor showing of the | jt is claimed, who ordinarily work in: country is the result of closed bed|the woods in wintre, will wait until room windows in farm houses. If| the cold is too strong for loafing, and every bed room) in farm house | will then want to get good, warns near Grand Rapids Places to sleep amd good “grub” to ry night eat during the winter months ané will begin applying for jobs in é is litt] there and a ax he cut through the wall and was rescued. Officer Bailey was trapped | similarly in another club at almost the same time. “MONTANA HARRY” IS DEAD Was a Scout Under Custer at Little Big Horn. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 4—Harold Willis Powell, or “Montana Harry,” as he was better known throughout the country, believed to be the last sur- viving scout who was with Custer at the battle of the Little Big Horn, fell dead in a hotel here. Powell, who was sixty-four years old, was the holder of several gold medals of honor from the government bestowed for bravery in the field. On his breast was found a gold medal r Pine Ridge Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Dec. 3.—Caitle—Beeves, -$5.60@11.00; Texas steers, $4.40@5.75; Western steers, $5.50@9.20; stockers and feeders, $4.35@7.65; cows and heifers, $2.75@7.65; calves, $6.50@10.- 50. Hogs—Light, $7.25@7.65; mixed, $7.30@7.75; heavy, $7.35@7.75; rough, $7.25@7.50; pigs, $5.25@7.25. Sheep— Native, $3.75@4.65; yearlings, $5.00@ 6.35; lambs, $5.75@7.75. 5. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, Dec. 3.—Wheat—Dec., 793gc; May, 85c. Cash close on track: No. 1 hard, 82%c; No. 1 Northern, 80% @82%%c; to arrive, 807¢@81%c; No. 2 Northern, 79% @80%c; No. 3 Northern, 76% @78%c; No. 3 yellow eorn, 43@44c; No. 4 corn, 40@41c; No. 3 white oats, 2934@29%c; to ar- tive. 2914c; No. 3 oats, 26@28%4c; barley, 40@58e; flax, $1.26%; to ar- tive, $1.26%. ¢ Grand Ravids Minnesota Civil Engineering | =. TASCA ENGINEERING CO. J. A. Brown - - - Manager Phone} 168 Surveying Estimating Construction Superintending