Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 28, 1913, Page 1

Vou, XXIII. No. 47 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., WepNnespay May 28, 1913 DEVELOPMENT MEET FRIDAY, MAY 30TH Fourth Get-Together Meeting of the Itasca County Develop- ment Association. AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAM Excursion During Afternoon by | Train, Boat and Automobile. Dairy Hall Dedication— Evening Banquet. The meeting at Grand Rapids on Friday afternoon and evening of this week of the Itasea County De- velopment association will complete the series of four get-together events planned for the association this year. The meetings at Cole- raine, Deer River and Keewatin were all well attended and from every view point were decidedly | succesSful. For the unusual inter- est shown by citizens generally much credit is due the officers of the association, and especially to President |! Vandyke and Secre- tary MeGuire. It is due to their efforts that these meetings have attracted the presence of prominent citizens from all sections of the county, and the favorable advertis- ing that has followed each meeting has rendered their efforts most val- uable in a very substantial sense. The meeting this week is caleu- lated to be on a little larger scale { than its predecessors. Men of coun- try wide prominence have been se- ' cured as speakers. The afternoon program will include a trip to Co- hasset, excursion trip on Pokegama | lake; automobile ride, dedication of new dairy hall and inspection of | the experimental farm. A banquet at Hotel Pokegama at 8 o’clock in the evening, followed by a number | of pertinent talks will conclude the fiscal year’s program in a fitting manner. The committee in charge of ar- rangements requests the Herald-Re- view to announce that automobile owners at Grand Rapids, Colerai Bovey and Cohasset will be as to meet the party at Marr’s landing and convey the passengers to town. | It is desirable that every section of the county be represented at this meeting. The people from all parts of Itasca county will have busi- ness at the county seat before the first of June. Let every settler take advantage of this opportunity to attend the big “booster” meeting-} for their home county. | A special Memorial Day program has been arranged for the forenoon | and the afternoon and evening is | reserved for the excursion and Pro-| gram of the association. 1 Part I—An excursion by train, boat and automobile. | 42:30 Leave Grand Rapids train for Cohasset. 1:00 Take boat for Pokegama lake excursion. | 3:00 Disembark at Mann’s land- ing, Pokegama and take automobile for State Ex- perimental Farm. Part Il—Dedication of New Dairy Hall and Inspection of State Experiment Farm. 1 Visitors welcomed by Supt. A. J.!MeGuire. | t | | | | 2 Address of dedication by |" Prof. A. V. Storm, Agri- cultural ‘College, Mr. T. | A. Hoverstad, Comme’r. } Agriculture. . 3 Inspection of State Ex: | periment Farm. 6:00 Return to Grand Rapids. | | | EVENING PROGRAM Itasca County “Booster Banquet,” Pokegama hotel at eight o’clock. Dinner fifty cents per plate. 4.. “Business and Patriotism”.... Baap SEES rw Mr. R. Swinerton 2. “Town and Country”.......... H Sie gts Mr. E. GC, Kiley 3. “Improvement of Home Premi- ses (Illustrated with thirty colored stereoptican views, mostly from Itasca county.) 4, “Training for Farm Life”.... 5. “Agricultural Resources and Possibilities of Northern Minneso- age Raat Mr. T. A. Hoverstad | 6. Business Session. Next meet- ing, time and place. Election of delegates to the Hinckley meeting | | Music by Qua | ternoon ‘at 5:30 o’clock. | immortality Prof. A. V. Storm | of The Northern Minnesota De- velopment ‘Association. tet. Death of Katherine Toole. Katherine Toole, aged sixteen years, youngest daughter of M. L. Toole, ‘died at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Katherine C. Lent, in Grand Rapids, Monday af- The cause of death was pronounced by the at- tending physician to be appendicitis She had been 'seriously ill since Thursday of last week, and the doctors appeared to be helpless to stop the progress of the trouble until death gave unending relief. The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at St. Joseph’s Cath- olic church, at 9:00 o’clock, and in- terment will'be in Itasea cemetery. When Mr. Toole was notified of his daughter’s illness last week hé came at-once from his home at Federal Dam and was ‘constantly at her bedside. of Minneapolis, and James of luth, are here and her sister Cass Lake, Mrs. John Gilbertson. Katherine Toole was born in Grand Rapids a little more than sixteen years ago while her father was sheriff of Itasea county. For several years the ‘family lived in Cass Lake, where Mrs. Toole died about three years ago. Since then she has been a student at St. Mary’s academy in Duluth, spending her vacation here with her grandmother and at Cass ‘Lake with her sister. The funeral of this ! beautiful young girl—one of Grand Rpaids’ children—will be pathetic beyond expression, for not one, as the last good-byes shall be said, but will feel that a loss has been sustained for which there is no ‘compensa- tion for the bereaved relatives and frineds. May time bring its -resignation, and may the shores of eternity that receives her soul, surround it with everlasting sunshine and flowers. Vainly. groping after the Infinite meanings we ask: Why should so precious, so sweet a life be taken? The old, old question which will never be ‘answered till the veil of our mortal vision be rent by and we see in the great light, face to face. Then also may we behold-the heavenly man- Du- of 'sion which perhaps she was called thither, thus early, to help prepare for her loved ones.! Scared Deer to Death. Peter Aiken, chauffeur at the Buchanan garage, was the indirect eause of the death of a yearling}! fawn last Friday morning. He was coming into town from the north at a fairly fast clip, when the little animal jumped up in front of the ear and dashed head first into a fenee on the side of the road. The first attempt failed, and upon try- ing it again, the deer fell back with a broken neck. You'll Never Get Ahead by Following the Crowd. Think It Over! D°x: wait for some other merchant to show you the great advantages the parcel post gives you! Grab them yourself while the others are standing around wondering what to do. The parcel post isn’t meant to help the mail order concerns. IT WAS INTENDED TO HELP THE SMALL MERCHANT AND THE CONSUMER—THE BUYING PUBLIC. Every small merchant’s store is now the geographical center of a district extending fifty miles in every direction, where- in he can ship goods more cheap- ly and quickly than any one else. He has now a bigger field for trade than ever before. Once he realizes this fact he should not be slow to take advantage of it. The merchant who starts at once to make himself known to his bigger public will necessarily reap the biggest reward. DONT WAIT- FOR THE OTHER FELLOW TO BLAZB THE WAY FOR YOU! Two brothers, Lake} ALL PREPARED FR STRUCTION OX UNIVERSITY WEEK) FODDER COR CRP 'Final Program Completed and Is Poiaters on How to Prepare Ground; One Embodying a Variety of How to Seed and Best Var- Interesting Subjects. iety to Plant | ENTIRE WEEK OF ENTERTAINMENT) ROOTS AS FEED FOR THE STOCK Regular Chatauqua Course Brought | Every Farmer in Itasca County Who Right to Your Door and Pre- Has Dairy: Cows and Other sented at Practically No Should Grow Roots For Expense to You. Winter Feed The week from June 9 to 15 in- | ®yA.J. McGuire, Supt ee ce Experi- clusive, Should be made the sum-| Fodder corn is planted in drills mee nuleay weelt by the people of so thickly that few ears are form- Grand Rapids, During these days] oq jt is grown as a substitute for a complete Chatauqua course that} aye sufficiently fine in texture to it has taken thousands of dollars}p eaten without cutting up. It is and months of valuable time to g@b} good feed for dairy cows and it established. Matters of every de-| may be used for horses with satis- scription of interest to the people} factory results, especially during generally will be under discussion,|the winter months when not in and subjects of art, music, drama,| hard work. For dairy cows fodder education agriculture, political econ« corn has a greater value than tim- omy, etc., will be presented by ex-|othy hay. According to Haeckers perts in each of the different lines} Feeding Standard a ton a fodder of work or study. - corn contains 74 Ibs. of ‘digestible That our people are displaying! protein, a ton of timothy contains a gratifying appreciation of the val|56 lbs. Protein is the chief milk ue of the coming event is evidenced producing substance of feeds. on every. side, and it is to be An acre of ground will produce hoped that when the course’ is} from three to eight tons of cured closed Grand Rapids will be found| fodder corn. heading the list of towns in the]in from 90 to 4110 days. Fodder amount of interest and enthusiasm|corn may be planted as late as displayed. June 1 with considerable assurance That the preparatory work done}f a paying crop. From May 25 so far meets with the approval of}t0 June 1st is the best time for those having the matter in charge Northern Minnesota. is evidenced by a letter received by}. The best land for fodder corn is Secretary Peterson of the generafja clover sod. Manuring the land committee from President Vincent | Will increase the yield. The rich- of the University of Minne er the soil the better. Soil that is Following is the letter: low in fertility will not produce “T am glad to learn of the inter- PIE Uh @ Oheee Coy eee ore est that you are taking in the pro- less it is manured. Fodder corn they will have brought to their doors jay and by thick planting the stalks It will produce a crop posed University Week in Grand Rapids, We are anxious to make this in every way a success,and we are grateful for the co-operation which we are securing from and your committee. I hope you will do everything in your power to give publicity to the program not only in ‘Grand Rapids itself, but in thé whole tributary region. One of the important ideas which underlie the plan of these weeks is to bring the town and country into closer association.” One thing to which the Herald- you} Review wished to call the particu- lar attention of its readers is the lunch to be given during the noon hour on Thursday and Saturday noons. The ladies who have volun- teered to preside at these functions will have to forego many items of pleasure and interest owing to the time necessary for the prepar- ation and service of these noonday luncheons, and the rest of the peo- ple should see that they receive sufficient patronage to reimburse them for the money outlay inei- dent to this very important part of the program. During the luncheon an of the University of Minnesota, will deliver an address either on The address at Saturday’s dinner university, who will speak on “Common Interests of Town Country.” Wednesday evening is dramatic night, the three act Henry Jones drama, “Judith,” being the offerings The play itself is said to be masterpiece in which the young men and women of the university have ample scope to display their talents. On Thursday evening the Univer- sity Glee club gives its entertain- ment. The club consists of twelve men assisted by Miss Eleanor Poehler, contralto. This will be ! will be by Dr. John H. Gray, of the jt and], a| the special musical treat of the course, and alone would cost the price of a season ticket were it to be heard in the general order'of, things at a play house. Parents particularly should make! will be filled with subjects of in- it a point to hear Dr. Allen Hoben,| terest to those who wish to make | whereby all the merchants in town who speaks between 3 and 4 o’clock| the most of their opportunities and | agree to keep their places of ‘busi- Monday afternoon on “Biology and enjoy the benefits of enlightened be. closed all day on Memorial Boy Nature.” Dr. Hoben is secre- may be planted on new breaking but in this case the soil should be disked and worked till thoroughly pulverized. New land that is only half worked will produce but little corn. i produce amount of more than double the feed if manured and plowed and planted to fodder corn. j In preparing the ground for corn, plow deep and work the soil the same as for garden. Plant in rows three feet apart. A bushel to three acres will give the right amount of seed. Fodder corn may be planted with a grain drill by stopping up the cups to those three feet apart. It can also be planted with a garden drill. Never seed broad-cast, , The best variety for Northern Minnseota is-perhaps Northwestern Dent. Minnesota No. 13 also does well. The flint varieties are not recommended for fodder for the reason that they do not yield as heavy as the varieties mentioned. The large southern corn should not be used as it does not mature suf- | ficiently. The Root Crop Root, like fodder corn, makes a on Thursday, Dr. Raymond V., Phel-/| cheap and very important feed for | dairy stock for the farmers of the timbered section. Every farmer “The Industrial Struggle,” or “Busi- Should grow roots for winter feed ness and Health”—the choice of the} Whe has not got a silo and that subjects to be decided by the diners. | Means practically every farmer. ots are especially well adapted t bushels per acre. From 10 to 45 tons however is a profitable yield. Where stock must be fed in doors a long period they require some kind of a laxitive feed. Farmers in the older settled sections have silos but here where farming is not | as far advanced, the silo is too great an expense except for an oc- EEE tary of the Chicago Juvenile Pro- tective association, and one of the foremost authorities in the coun- try on that most pulizngand im- portant of all subjects, The Boy. These are only a few of the many interesting and instructive things crowded into a week of en- joyment and profit. Every hour citizenship to the fullest. Old hay land, if high, will. casional farmer. Ton for ton, roots are nearly as valuable as feed as ensilage. Roots are both food and medicine for stock during the win- ter. Dairy cows fed roots will di- gest all their feed to better ad- vantage. The ground for roots should be prepared the same as fodder corn. It should be rich, well drained , and thoroughly worked before the jerop is put in. Roots should be planted only 30 inches apart and if the soil is in a high state of fertility, 24 inches will do. The time for planting will depend on the season but generally from May 20 to June 45. Rutabagas will grow under more favorable conditions and produce a larger crop than any other variety. Mangels yield well and keep well through the winter. The stock car- rots also yield well when on rich soil. Table carrots may be grown to advantage for stock. For ruta- bagas and carrots, seed two to three pounds of seed per acre. For mangels seed 8 to 12 pounds per acre. THE MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM COMPLETED Address by Rupert Swinnerton and Appropriate Exercises by the ~ School Child will furnish the greater part of the program to be rendered in hon- or of the old soldiers on Memorial Day, and this is particularly fitting, It seems but a few years ago that the ranks of the marchers on the day set aside to commemorate the deeds of the men who so unselfish- ly gave of their best toward the preservation of the Union were largely filled by those remaining from that awful struggle, and they were then as fully able to mareh i> the resting places of their com- rades as were the youths who marched with them. Rapidly their ranks are thinning and it will be but ‘a few years until the last of i them have made the final march and their presence, like their deeds, will be but a memory. To ineul- cate in the youth of the land arev- erence for the remnant of that vast } army and a genuine admiration for | their achievements should be the duty of every citizen, and this ean- not be done better than by per- mitting them to participate in the memorial observances. \ the ravine at the High school grounds, and from this the numbers on the program will be given. oration of the day will be delivered by Rupert Swinnerton of Hibbing, and the remaining numbers of the program are as follows: Music, selected..Grand Rapids Band Song, “Tenting To-Night”........ vepeae Public School Children Invocation Rey. A. A. Myers Song—First, Second, and Third Grade Girls, Forest Lake School Drill Kindergarten Children Song, “My Own United States”... -Six Girls, Central School Drill—First, Second and Third grade Boys, Forest Lake School Recitation, “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Speech ..--Fred Rosholt Music, “Boys of the Old Brigade” Male Quartet Song, “America” ... ..School and Audience Benediction. The parade will form at the Vil- lage hall at 9:30 a. m. promptly, proceed to and along Main street o the timbered section of North- to the Beckfelt corner, then north rm Minnesota. They may be made ; to the High school grounds, where o yield as high as 30 tons or 1000 | the exercises are to be held. The formation will be as follows: Marshal of the Day The Band : The Veterans and Grand Army Circle Orator and Officials of the Day Representatives of the Itasca Coun- ty Development Association The Mayor and Members of Village Council Grand Rapids Fire Department The Booster Club Fraternal Orders and other Societies The High School The Central School People along the line of march are requested to decorate their plac of business and residences. Stores Will be Closed Friday. An agreement has been made the A platform has been erected over The; Grand Uapids Herald-Nevie Two Dollars a Year GOMMISSIONERS ARE SESSION Considerable Business Transacted at Meeting Held Yesterday. Continued Today. ANOTHER RURAL HIGHWAY APPROVED Public Roads Take Up Time of the Board and Action is Taken on Many Petitions Pre- sented by Citizens. What might be termed “rapid fire” action was taken yesterday im the matter of approving rural high= way No. 5, the proposed Elwell road from Deer River to Northome. Au~ ditor Spang had made every prepar= ation necessary for action ‘by thea state highway commission, and alk was in readiness except favorable action by the county board. The state commission was in session yesterday, and the auditor had The children of the public schoo'g made arrangements to advise it by wire what action the county board had taken immediately upon its consideration of the petition. Fav— orable action was taken about 14 o'clock in the forenoon, the result telegraphed to St. Paul and at 3 o'clock in-the afternoon Mr. Spang was advised that the state commis— sion had approved the proposed road officially. Chairman King was in St.Paul at the commission’s meeting. Vice-Chairman Passard, presided at the meeting, which was attend- ed by Commissioners Shellman, Nel- son and O’Brien. _After working until about 7 o'clock last evening. and adjourn—— ment was taken until eleven o'clock today. Five miles of the Arbo township road, from Coleraine ‘to the Prairie river road, was, contracted. for with Ross K. Noble. His bid was for $6,900. The plans-and specifica- tions will be altered to make the contract price about $5,600. This is the road asked for by the Cole- raine Commercial club. Fifty dollars was appropriated for the observance of Memorial Day | at Bovey. One hundred dollars was appropriated for roads and bridges in-Balsam township; $100 for re- pairs on the Vermilion road; $300 to Marcell Township; $500.to Grat- | tan township; $350 to Itasca County Development association; $350 ta Feeley townhip; $300 for-repairs om Moose Lake road in town 57-26. The: official proceedings will ap- pear in full-in the next issue of G. A. R. Ritual.... Supt. Freeman jthe Herald-Review. “BRIVATESECRETARY” BY THE SENIOR GLASS Closing Play of School Year to Be the Best yet Attempted by Seniors “The Private Seeretary,” put om by the members of the Senior class of 1913, will be given two nights of commencement week, June 2nd and 3rd. It is so well recommended by other schools where it has beem played and so well prepared that it is considered worthy of being put on two different nights in Grand Rapids, Between the acts the orchestra will play and there will be enter- tainments by the pupils of the kindergarten pupils,under the di- rection of Miss Ely. The kinder- garten performance will begin at 8:30 harp. The doors will -then be closed and persons coming late will not be admitted until that part of the program has been complet- ed. New scenery has been bought for this play and the auditorium has been re-seated to accommodate the large crowds. Reserved seats are on sale at the Ttasea Mercantile for 50 and 35 cents, in two boards, those for June 2nd in one board and those for June 3rd in the other. A ticket musé be used the night for which it is bought. It will not be good for any other night and cannot be ex- changed at the window. Everyone will appreciate this point of view because of the confusion that woul, ita