Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 12, 1913, Page 1

Vou. XXHI. No. 26 Granp RapiDs, ITASCA County, Minn., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1913 TELL THE FARMERS HOW TO GET Ack Speakers at First Meeting of the ‘Year Discuss Important Agri- cultural Subjects LARGE ATTENDANCE, KEEN INTEREST Experts Deal with Stock Raising, Crop Rotation, Poultry, Soil Conservation and Other Subjects | The doctrine of how to getrich! on a farm was preached to au- diences composed of settlers of the eountry around Grand Rapids at th first farmer's institute of the year, last Friday and Saturday. ‘The meetings were addressed by ex- perts in crop scultivation market- ing and stock breeding, and the discussion indicated an intellgient and appreciative interest on the part of thuse who attended. The princpial sepakers were J. A McGuire, of the experiment farm, 0. C. Carlson and E. W. Smith of Parkers Paririe. Mr. Smith open- ed the institute at the village hall with a talk on the surest way to prosperity. He told the audience nearly half of which was composed of women, that many farmers re- main poor because they buy more } than they sell; that they come to town and spend money, selling nothing, and therefore return home poor by the amount of eash they expended. “The farmer never should go to town without taking with him some thing to sell, something that will show a profit in cash ever the} sums handed out for.articlees..pur- chased,” he said. “The tiller of the soil always has, or should have something to sell. Butter, poultry eggs, pgarden produce—any of these things will find a market, and when the farmer returns home } with their price in his pockets, he will be just that much ahead. “Farmers make another mistake | that helps them to remain poor, when they sell domestic animals at live weight. One can get more for the shoulders and hams of a hog when cured than for the whole| animal living or newly killed. As far as possible tbring the products of your land to the highest possi- ble state of market perfection be- fore offering it for sale. In that way only can money be laid away. The through- “Breed good stock. bred, or the grade animal, will al-|five children, ys fetch a fancy price while the ; Thomas, Joseph and Ed Herschback wa. scrub goes begging.” Mr. Smith spoke in the afternoon | VanCouver and Thomas Herschback | at the high school auditorium on clover growing and corp rotation. | He dealt with the benef ver to the land itself as well as its worth as give pra ical- information on its propogation, harvesting, food value, | MINERS WILL GET and the best way of feeding it to get results. Crop rotation he treated in the} usual way, to show the benefit and} danger of repeating the same crop at too short intervals, and con tion, with its is followed. Mr. MeGuire spoke on dairying, poultry rai at the Friday and Saturday sessions. Dairying he characterized as the most profitable line of farming, judged from every angle, when pro perly acrried on. He reminded his hearers that into the problem of dairying enters the breed and care of the cow, her proper feeeding and care in housing and sanitation. “Good results cannot be attained,” said he, “‘unless the same care is taken with your cattle as you woul take with your stock if engaged in a merchandising enterprise. <A herd of serub cows may look im- pressive enough, but you cannot reap profits from them. The dif- ference is the difference between 4150 and 400 pounds of butter — fat. The scrub will give you the former if you are lucky, and the carefully for their milking qualities, and the grade of the herd improved by breeding with thoroughbred stock. ea should be carefully sea | He said poultry business, can be profitably carried on in this coun- ~ \try, and cited results attained at the }experiemnt station to show that ‘the net profits from a flock of | about 600 birds was about 100 per | cent on the investment. He also | }dealt at length with care of land, | use of fertilizer, and other phases } of soil cultivation. | Miss Florence Burlingame of the high school spoke at the closing | session on the children’s depart- | ment of the county fair, outlining } what is expected of the children, | and telling of the premium that | is to be awarded. | L. M. Boelter was the last speak- | er, his subject being the need of cur reney reform, in order that the | armefr may be able to borrow , money at as low a rate as other | business men. He said the large reserve now required by law, which lies idle in the bank, is mostly re- ! sponsible for the high interest charges on long time loans, and urged his hearers to write their con-, gressman to impress upon him the © necessity of reform. O. J. Niles told of the work being SCHOOLS GROWTH In this way the farmer will have 7 in a few years a herd grading al- | most into the miler of pure strain.” | District No. One Erected Sixteen Buildings, and Five More Are Petitioned for GAIN OF OVER 800 IN ATTENDANCE Influx of Settlers General Over Whole Territory---Educational Facilities are Ideal in Ktasca. Sixteen school buildings erected, last season, one school started in a rented building and five buildings petitioned for, is a record that testifies to the growth of the ru- ral population of Itasca county. District No. 1, in which Grand: Rapids is located, and which em- braces a territory of 65 townships, orange grove in the Miami dis- trict, and mkaing money. Joseph Heronson, formerly of Calumet, is in the same district, and has forty acres of melons almost ready to ship to the New York market. Sev- eral others, who went down from this district; are cultivating land : and doing well. t : " Mr. Haiey says the development ‘Plans to Accomplish Much for Itac- |. Florida is being carried on al- ca Connty Daring the most entirely by northerners, and has been for many years. A big Present Year. colony of truck farmers and orange growers is located at Orange Lake, almost midway between St. Au- ustine and Tampa, all composed of northern people. They have been there for a score of years, and have thousands of acres of land in orange groves and truck farms. Hundreds of trainloads of produce are now ready to go forward from there to the eastern centers of population, There has been no damage from frost and the Florida fruit is in the best condition. The ever- The Automobile club is fathering |S!ades are now being drained, says campaign for good roads that is Mr. Haley, and when cleared of ected to bring results this year, water will be one of the greatest ind in the effort it will have the |{ruit districts in Florida. The work ll sympathy and support of the |is being done by government — en- Booster’s club of Grand Rapids, | 8neers. and the commercial organizations in every village in the county. a OLD B AD PR ACTIGE BUZZ WAGON GLUB ‘WILL BOOST ROADS j Recipe canoe } | | ‘OTHER INTERESTS WILL AID CAUSE ‘Business Men and Farmers Efforts ; Also Are to Be Enlisted--- |. Work Will Be Done With Candidate.s Delsgates From all Cities in In Section Will Try to Kill It Passage Is Thought — Possible. — : There is to be a final hearing oa the tonnage tax bill before the house committee on taxes at St. Paul tomorrow, and it is pres that its fate will be decided ~ that time, so far as the committes may decide it, ar The range ocuntry is bitterly op- posed to the proposed tax, and Du- has the destinction of this great! work with the county authorities done by the co-operative creamery, | growth, which comes exclusively, and waged that more cream be or almost so, from the influx of brought in. settlers to the hitherto wild coun- and the officials of the various towns, to envolve a harmonious luth and most other places in the northern part of the state — are in the same mood, according atid ce! QW EVIDENGE AGAIN a profitable crop, and | ed ing and general farming; The farmers and their wives were guests of the Boosters’ club at din- ner both days. The meal was served in the Cathelic hall, by the girls of the domestic science class at the high school. The committee which made the arrangements for the institute was made up of E, A. Freeman, L. M. Bolter and 0. J. Niles. PIONEER IS CALLED Henry C: Herschback Aged 77, Dies After Illness Lasting — a year. part o fthe state lost a pioneer of the old school of empire builders. Mr. Herschback came to Minneso- ta in the early days and setled at St. Cloud. He was one of the stur- county a wilderness made it one of the most onward and productive sections of the state. For the past eleven years he resided at Grand Rapids, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E, M. Remer, where he died. He was 77 years old and had been in poor health for about a year, death be- ing directly due to dropsical trouble Mr. Herschback is survived Mrs. Remrer and of Grand Rapids, Al Hersehback of of Minneapolis. The funeral was held Saturday s of clo- | atfernoon from St. Joseph’s Cath- | ‘olic chureh, and was largely attend-! ADVANGE IN WAGES soil |Steel Corporations and Indepen- attendants | profits when the proper system | dents Add 15 Cents a Day to Each Man’s Pay The steel corporation and inde- cided to give their mine workers an advance in wages, approximating fifteen cents a day for the rough- er kind of work. Surface men will be raised from $2.10 to $2.25 and underground men . from $2.25 to $2.40. The officials of the employing companies make the concessions vol untarily, in view of the high cost of living. | It is the highest rate of wages ever paid for similar ser- vices _in the Minnesota mining country, but far below the scale in the west and southwest, where ‘the cost of living is practically the samei : About 18,000 men will be affected by the advance in all the range country, from Bovey to Tower, OVER SILENT RIVER In the death of Henry C. Herseh- | bach, last Thursday, the northern | dy Germans who, finding Stearns | try. The new buildings aceommo- date more than 800 children, and account for the addition of nearly /300 families to the agricultural ' population, : Following is a list of the build- ings, which gives a more accurate gauge of the uniform growth of the territory they serve than can be obtained in any other way: New frame building in town of | Wirt. New building in town of Alvwood: | (north end.) New school in south end, rented building. New school in town of Good Hope @ be accomplished: by all interests ; pointed out, would mean the crippl- - ‘ou Dunbar Lake. pp. Ae iplishes stained. : As Ss : Ape -bacting as a unit to promote the ing not only of the local govern— | New. building in town of Grattan ie dsp Sa a ian é It wa 4 _at Pine Top. : Deer Lake and Moose Lake. | Carpenter. A new building on Sturgeon Lake in the town of Bearville. | New building in the town of Sago | on McGuire Lake. | New building in town of | Splithand on Splithand Lake. | New building in Swan River. | New building at Effie. | the | ship. New school established at Max. \goshish. . | School established at Mareell. | Besides this there has been com- consolidated school in Cohasset, and there will be built during the sum- mer. a consolidated building in | berry. The last building mention- ied is the first expensive consoli- dated building in the country dis- tricts in the county. | New building in 57-26 ‘between’ Two new buildings in the town c{ them is by no means selfish. The New building in Busticagin war, New school esablished on Castle ; | Creek on west shore of Winnebi- | the country in the town of Black-| | program that will have in view the creation of highways which will ‘form a complete system. extend- Work After Having Fare ling to all parts of the county 3 ; Where there is any considerable Paid. iF j serv, | Population to be served. The old practice of imprisoning | President Sitz of the Automobile lumberjacks who jump their jobs railrodd fare paid from a distance, ‘elub says his organization is de- ;termined not to abandon the bat- without working, after having their has been resumed in the jailing of Lumberjacks Jailed for Refusing to tle until it is won. “There are |Many good roads in the county,” ed he, “but there are also many | was investigated by a congression- rails which it is a joke to desig- nated as a highway. The authori- ties have done very well, but we texpect that additional good will in connection with it were not su- “OF course the automobile owtier }1);5 umiy ‘likes good roads, but his fight for|no{ be imprisoned for refusing to pay it back any more than could any other person borrowing mon- ey and failing to settle. The men imprisoned were hired in Minneapolis to work for the St. Croix Lumber company. Arrested for Selling Magazine . Morris Hostettler of Hibbing has : E r been placed under arrest by fed- is well spent, and will yield am-} pa} authorities accused of selling ple returns. Jim Jam Jems, an President Stone of the Boosters’ Jication of Bismarck, N. D. He elub announced yesterday that he igs out on $500 bonds. His arrest {will soon name a committee on js due to the activity of Geo. V. roads, which will work in con- Chase, U. S. Marshal, of Fargo, junctios» with the automobile club who is prosecuting the publishers | farmer also wants highways which will be at all times traversable, | over which he may bring his pro- ducts to market in the towns. And jhe must have them before the ;country can be expected to fill up ‘and the centers of population be- | come prosperous as theyyshould be. ‘It will take money to build good ‘roads, of course, but such money py |Pleted within that time a $36,000) OF any other organization that may and conducting a campaign against be interested for better highways. newsdealers who handle the pub- “United effort on the part of lication, which the government has _the two organizations, with the branded as a _ menace to’ public support of the farmers throughout morals. the county, should accomplish ; ;much in this direction,” he said.’ “The country men are a unit for DOMESTIC TRAGEDY EL pore ce tareatics interdicted pub- to printed accounts, Ali of them will be represented by delegations which will urge up- on the committee the unwisdom ef a tax on the mining. of ore ané@ attempt to convince that body that such a law would mean disaster te the towns and villages in the irom country. drawal of their taxes, it will be nts butof the shool system, three years or until the court had time to pass on the lay after the lower leourts had dis posed of it, in itself a slow pre- cess, FEAST PROMISES TO BREAK RECORD Preparations Practically Complete for Booster’s Club Barquet Next Wsdnesday. Preparations are practically com~ plete for the Boosters’ club ban- quet at St. Joseph’s hall next Wed- nesday night, at which W. H. Kit- len, personal representative of Prest. Pennington of the Soo, is expected to make a statement out- lining the policy of that road oa buiiding to Grand Rapids. The tickets, which are on sale at The Itasca Mercantile Co's. store, the Red Cross Drug store, Allen’s It will be put forward as an ar} - jen |fument against the tax that — oo: two men at Ely. This practice mining ‘companies: will feht Se al committee three years ago, and | ‘he ee ond Oe will 2 pronounced illegal, although the eee dst es hi 4 The ta charges of practical peonage made |**ttled on its merits. The with: PAT NaI, Petitions are now in for a new, the three interests combined, with building at Dora Lake and for a;20 one in the opposition, so far | new consolidateed building in the 48 I am able to observe, should’ town of Trout Lake. The latter Convince the county and town of- building better highways, and BARED 10 PUBLIG Boy Fights Officers In Order to Dry Goods house, and other lead- ing business places, are going fast, and the alfeidance promises te be a record breaker. The toastinaster will be Rey. Fr pendent mine operators have de- ; This is one of the most permanent Finnish farming settlements in the county. The idea of building consolidated schools that are modern in every particular is gaining ground in this district and patrons and directors alike are anxiously watching re- j sults. Here are a few other facts re- garding District No. 4: It has 65 townships, runs 65 schools, has a paid board of direct- ors and has complete educational supervision by E. A. Freeman of Grand Rapids, has three consoli- dated centers, Big Fork, Grand Rap- ids and Cohasset. It allows $7.50 per month for board for high school students who-liye in the dis tricts too far for transportation to the high school. It has an indus- trial high school, domestic science, manuel training, agriculture and normal schools. Runs night and normal courses. Runs night and 100 in attendance and conducts a hasset.t _ he public library and play room at Co* venorts that peoplel from the range|to the railroad station, place asks for a $5,000 building. | ficials that the people demand eet Stay With Parent Whe Wants most that it is possible to jin this direction.” It is the intention of both clubs to unit» in an effort to pledge can-' didate in the towns at the com- ing spring election to the fur- ‘therance of the roads movement. The ciection will occur on the ‘first Tuesday in April, so that j nearly two months is left in which to de the proselyting. ARE MAKING MONEY give i To Keep Him. Rudolph Walters and his eight year old son Paul caused some ex- citement Friday, and incidentally forced Sheriff Riley to chase them as far as Prairie river, before the boy was put on the train bound for the state school at Owatonna. The seven children of the Walt- ers family were reported to be in want and suffering from néglect, and their case was taken before the probate court, resulting in IN SUNNY SOUTH their comitment. The father has been in the woods most of the | —. winter. : : | Range People Prospering in Florida) He objected to parting with the . |boy, and just before noon Says Chas. T. Haley, Just Charles F. Haley of Duluth, just returned from a trip to Florida, was in Grand Rapids yesterday on his way to Crookston. He has been in the south all winter, and Friday attempted to take him out of the jurisdiction of the Minnesota’ authorities. Paul had no hanker- ing to go to the state school, much’ preferring to be with his father, or relatives in Wisconsin to whom the latter proposed to send him. After their capture, when brought the boy country and other parts of northeil made a vigorous resistence, and Bucehler, and toasts will be res ponded to as fottows by local mem: Mayor George Riddell, “Parks and Playgrounds;” G, H. Dickinson, “In- dustries:” R. A. McOuat, “For the Good of the County;” James Pas— sard. “Development of Roads an@ Streets.” and J. S. Gole, “Immi- ration.” The addresses of the speakers with the exception of Mr. Killen, will be limited to ten minutes each, and most of them are ex pected to be of five minutes dura- tion. q In order to secure the largest possible attendance, and to foster a wide public interest in the ae- tivities of the club the tickets have been put down to the nomianl price of 25 cents. The sale will be closed on Feb. 15 in order to make ar- rangements for the supper on 2 basis of the sales at that time. The ladies of St. Joseph’s churck will serve the meal. M. L. Smith of Deer River, whe came down Friday, reports that bred animal the latter if you give | which will add about $64,000 to the Minnesota who went down there | gave the deputy sheriff considerable] Village active, with logging oper- her a chance. It cists about the | monthly payroll. The payment of personal taxes|are prosperous and correspondingly | trouble before being placed aboard|@tions adding much to its business same for the upkeep of each. Higher paid employes will also be | is getting heavy as the time nears|happy. E. L. Zimmerman, a form-|the 2:35 train for Duluth. The|pProsperity. He says loggers be~ “Farmers are more often than|given a raise, but smaller in pro- | when the 10 per cent ean abel Virginia newspaper man, is|struggle caused some {lieve the season will last another not forced to begin with scrub cows. portion than the miners, | be imposed. raising produce and cultivating an] among those on the platform. © month, ae