Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 16, 1913, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT OA Do not be discouraged from grow- ing potatoes with the present low price. This time in 1912 potatoes were worth $1.00 per bushel. One year with another the potato crop is the most profitable that the farmers of the timbered, section of Northern Minnesota can grow. Potatoes are profitable even at 25 cents per bushel when a large THE POTATO CROP By A. J. McGUIRE Superintendent North Central Experiment Station, Grand Rapids before planting. The time of planting will depend upon the season, but generally from May 20th to June ist, for late potatoes, will prove satisfactory. Select a variety of seed that yield well and that is recognized as a standard variety on the mar- ket. Grow only one variety, un- sss an early and late variety. The Ohio Ea rly is the most popular} ‘SALE OF SCHOOL AND OTHER STATE LANDS State of Minnesota, State Auditor's Office. St. Paul, April 1st, 1913. Notice is hereby given that on May 19, 1913, at 10 o’clock A. M., in the of- fice of the County Auditor at Grand Rapids, Itasca County, in the State of Minnesota, I wili offer for sale cer- tain ungold state lands, and algo those % state lands which have reverted to the state by reason of the non-paymnet of 4 interest. 8 Terms: Fifteen per cent of the pur- ee chase price and interest on the unpaid balance from date of sale to June Ist, 1914, must be paid at the time of sale. JMPERI - FURNISHING HOUSE . GRAND RAPIDS. CPG PPOCPESTESEEESHS SE TESSEH SEH ETOES ey os 8 =) MINNESOTA. yield is secured per acre. The | early variety. It has excellent qual-| The balance of purchase money is pay- cost of growing potatoes on the| ity and yields fair. The Triumph feat notte Daan gate of acta : Experiment farm last year was] is an early potato grown chiefly | c¢ interest on the unpeid talance aartoar MILLINERY | LADIES 42 cents per bushel (the regular|for southern seed. It is rather | per cent per annum, payable in advance i field crop. Every expense was! inferior both in yield and quality.|on June 1st of each year; provided, the The latest and ew ew ew TAILORING charged from the cost of the seed,| For a late potato, only the white | Principal remains unpaid for ten years; best inLadids’,Mis- Suits, Skirts, and which was figured at $1.00 per busa v el to the rent of the land, at $ per acre. A total charge was ma against the crop of $46.00 per acre. | Had the crop been sold at 25 cents | per bushel from the field there would have been a net profit of| $53.00 per acre. The yield was 396 bushels of marketable. potatoes per acre. The experiment farm has given} special attention to the growing of potatoes for the past twelve years. It has grown and improved one} variety for its main field crop, the Carmen No. 1. This variety was selected after being tested for four arieties sell to advantage. Pota- toes of the Carmen and Rural type are most in demand. It pays the farmers of a community to growllg same variety. To command buyers and establish a market the pota-! quent may be redeemed at any time up toes of any section must be uni- form. Mixed potatoes are not wanted on the market. Seed potatoes should be treated every year for scab. Soak the seed three hours before cutting in one pound of formaldehyde to 40 gallons of water. Plant only good sized, well shaped seed. Small potatoes pro- duce small potatoes. Potatoes run but if the principal is paid within ten years from date of Sale, the rate of interest will be computed at five per cent per annum. Appraised value of timber, if any, must also be paid at time of sale. Lands on which the interest ts delin. ses and Children's Headgear, at rea sonable prices. A trimmer who kncws her business. DRESS MAKING You will “have a fit’’ and be delight- ed if our expert designer make your clothes. Fit, Style and Workmanship SSRSSSS ESE CRESS SR et to the hour of Sale, to an actual purchaser. All mineral rights are reserved by the laws of the state. Not more than 320 acres can be sold or contracted to be sold to any one purchaser. Agents acting for purchasers must fur- nish affidavit of authority. Appraisers’ or before resale ee ok oe New Laces New Buttons and Buckles New Band Trimmings New Foulards Violcs, Eponge, French Crepe New Fancy Work reports, showing quality and kind of! Soil, are on file in this office. Lists of lands to be offertd may be obtained of the state auditor or the state commissioner of immigration at -guaranteed. DRESS A FIRST-CLASS Coats, well m: 2 welllined and aper- fect fit guaranteed. FANCY WORK Pillows, Towels, Centerpleces, Scarfs, Doilies, Aprons, Pin Cush- ions, Caps, Bags, Fringe, Lace, Silk, Fioss, Etc. Pretty work for pretty singers. CORSETS AND years in comparison with 60 other|out more from poor selection of|st. Paul, ana of the county auditor at different varieties. The Carmen No}seed than any other cause. Find| above address MATERIALS DR E SSM AK E R BRASSIERES SAMUEL G. IVERSON 4 is a white potato, oval in shape and medium to late in maturing. It grows a heavy vine, light greca in color and with a white blossom. the true type of the variety and select accordingly. The amount of seed per acre will depend upon how the seed is cut Silks, Voiles, Chiffons, Mar- quisettes, Etc. Laces, Bandings, State Auditor. With years of experience now A full line of Case Corsets always on hand. Once worn, always worn. Cor- On the market it classifies as a}and how planted. Seed cut down| "The Herald-Review’s Job Printing Fancy Trimmings, ready to serve you. All classes || sess made to Rural. It is a good keeper and has|to one eye and planted one piece Plant i f the Best ia the Beautiful Exclus- ’ order. The best on excellent table qualities. in a hill will require the least phuagdiin . ae: ive Designs of work done---prices reasonable the market. During the past number of years |amount per acre. Soil that is rich | State. Prices right. 4 the experiment farm has distribut- ed several thousand bushels of this seed. It now the most exten- sively grown potato in Northeastern is should be planted more heavily than soil low in fertility. On the experiment farm the planting is in rows 3 feet apart, with hills 15 Minnesota. The experiment farm| inches apart in the row. The seed can supply choice selected seed of}is cut in 4 and 6 pieces depending this variety this spring at50 cents |upon the size of the potato. One per bushel. piece is planted to the hill. In Potatoes do best on sandy loam soil. Potatoes require a well drain- ed soil—they will not stand water. When necessary to plant on low land the ground should be ridged and the potatoes planted on the ridges. Potatoes require a rich soil, both in humus and fertilit A clover} climate. Potatoes grown in North- sod, manured the year previous, } ern Minnesota in 1914 won the first gives the best results. On the ex-| prize at the Land show in New periment farm potatoes are grown] York in competition with the world. in a three-year rotation; grain,| They won again at the Land Show] clover and potatoes. The land is} in St. Paul in 1912 in competition matured eyery third year, on the, with the eastern states. Potatoes | clover, at the rate of 10 tons per|is a crop especially valuable for | r the farmer of 40 and 80 acres potato ground should be} and with the high quality produc- plowed deep, from 8 to 10 inches.) ed, the timbered counties of North- It should be double diseed, spring-|ern Minnesota may develope a po- toothed and harrowed thoroughly} tato growing section second to none. 1912, 15 bushels of seed were plant- ed per acre. The natural conditions of the timbered section of Northern Min- nesota are most favorable to the growing of potatoes. tato is a native of a tropical coun- try, it does best in a cool, moist Put Off at Wrong Station Veit Bergman and Olaf L. Olson, } s are still running snow water, which discourages fish from biting. While the pc Completely the latter a brother of C : There are no real trout streams | Olson of Spang township, are two|in this vicinity, although some | Equipped promising young men who arrived| have been stocked in the last four | an ct ire et Sweden last Friday. |or five years, and those who know They came by the way of the their location may get an occa- F Merry Widow and were directed to} sjonal bite there. ee | Mite TOLEDO. O. leave the train at Gunn junction, Local fishermen go to the St. | which they did. Finding they had | Louis county streams in the vicini- made a mistake and with no one|ty of Alborn, and a few looking eau th ca es th in sight to direct them to Grand | for real sport go down to Carlton, at ptur e eye Rapids the boys started east in-|where there are some brooks that | © e e stead of west. After walking along | give results, t the tract an hour or two, they | _ 1S Cc on th d lan =m came upon a habitation where they | a= = Z at gets a secon g ce managed to make themselves un- | B. < NO. 846. stood as being in search of | BANK STATEMENT od Rapides Hee ahey see rr ASS—these are part of the surplus val headed west and returned to Gunn nga Hae opp eae iyaiadee P © . ™ sal ead get station, there taking the road that | leads to Coleraine. After traveling | a considerable distance they met a | business on April 4, 1913. RESOURCES Loans and discounts. * man to whom they again appealed | Overdrafts-_._. "i = for information that would .take oe cake them to the capital of Itasca coun- | 10,000 00 ty. It was late in the night when they finally reached their destina- | tion. The boys have a very poor ---1,387 55 Due from bank Cash on hand (items below) opinion of the United States rail- ieee: ae year road man who put them off at the | Silver 865 15 wrong station, They were met | Other... - 8886 here Saturday by Charles A. Olson, | Tt! cash assets....__.-.$ 17,065 42 They will probably become valuable citizens of Itasca county. | — | Returns to Geand Rapids Checks and cash item: Other reservos__.. Total.. LIABILITIES Here is the an- swer: Justcon- How can they doit? when you buy an price of $985 ceases to be a wonder and becomes a plain business proposition and a matter of mere arithmetic. SOPPROPEOEOEIEP ECD FEPAEERVEEOHD SSS PSS See ee OCTET Tee TTL Rano oooooeooooooonooooies sider two auto- epee oa Then imagine a site of ninety-four acres all dotted with J. A. Amberg and family have re- tactierereastisin Surplus Fund 9.00000] mobile manufacturers. One builds five thousarid cars in buildings, testing roads, tra rtation faciliti Naatirms fe sear aha ‘ , , transportation facilities, a floor ian : i pia geo area ana a © | Undivided profits, net 121401) one season and the other (The Overland) produces forty of 3,789,720 square feet, seven thousand workmen, so a Bakery 2a tact hat eee hie thousand in the sametime. A certain tool and machine equip- most up-to-the-minute machinery equipment that money plpasing mews dousbopleawitt: enige ment, which is needed by both manufacturers, no matter can buy. That is the home of the Overland, a home in the good bread and all kinds of bakery | 7,t0Bank how few or how many cars they make, costs, say, $100,000. full sense of the word, because every part used in the con- _ a emeie ni base iciauniod Savtapeitn The .cost of all manufacturing equipment must ultimately struction of the car enters here at one side of the plant, in the form of raw material moving ever onward in a steady stream, to leave at the other end, a product finished in every the bakery here a number of ye | come out of the manufactured goods. That principle holds and in that respect | good for all manufactured articles, whether they be peanut ars needs no intro- Total deposits Other Liabilities. duction to the people of this village a ae roasters or automobiles. To the manufacturer of only five detail, and ready for the road. Under his management the place | stare or’ Misnesora, | thousand cars the cost of this $100,000 equipment is, therefore The whole gaara! goes on continuously hour by hour, is upulously clean and the bak- tasea f** $20 per car; to us it is only $2.50 per car. day by day, each machine doing its rt, operative skill- lbert, President. and D. M. j Vermilyea, Cashie, of theabove named bank | dosolemnly swear that the above statement is | true to the best of our knowledge and belief. When you multiply this saving by the many special appli- ances in use in the Overland plants, the fact that we offer you an absolutely high-class and fully-equipped car at the low ed in the one department, yet the w! and run that the greatest number under a system that permits no ing has that home-like flavor that most people insist upon having. Mr. Amberg contemplates making some ros ies Pa balanced of cars can be produced Part to double on its track or, stantial m sa { W.C, GILBERT, Presi ‘ substantial improvements aon the os gE Scent to go to the same machine twice. property and increasing the bak- | Correct: Attest:e i i facilities. |W. ©. Ginper’ T . 5 Saat ing facilities \D.M. GUNN { Directors _Come in and take a look at the big $985 Overland. | it with other cars. Take a ride in it. It involves no Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th draw your own day of April, 1913. Mutual Garage, Grand Rapids, Minn, = mei Trou t Season Opens The trout fishing rseason opened Tuesday, but there: was no great exodus of the Grand Rapids anglers. O. G. ANDERSON, (SEAL) Notary Public, Itasca. Oo., Minn. My commission expires Dec. 11, 1919. ‘Published April 16, 1913.