Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 2, 1913, Page 1

fuperfect Page Grand Rapids Vor, XXIII. FIRGT STEPS TAKEN IN ROAD PROGRAM Bond Issue of $300,000 to be Asked at a Special Election Soon. No. 52 HALF MILLION TOTAL SUM INVOLVED Eight Trunk Lines Provided for in Program Outlined by Com- missioners at Meeting Held Monday. At the meeting of the county commissioners _ held yesterday steps were taken to inaugurate a road building program which will eventually involve the expenditure of half a million dollars and pro- vide for Itasca county the finest system of trunk highways in the state. At a special election to be called for the purpose shortly, the people will be asked to authorize a bond issue of $300,000 for _ this purpose, and this sum, with the } $125,000. now in the treasury. and to be collected this year will*bring the total up to $425,000. Besides this there are already contracts pending that will add $40,000 more to the above amount. The work will he done partly under the provis- ions of the Elwell law and the balance under the old statute. The east and west highway, known as the Duluth-St. Vincent line, will call for an expenditure of $75,000, the Deer River- Northome road, $40,000; Hill City- Release-Big Fork road, $60,000; Nashwauk-Carpenter road, $35,000; Marcell-Third River road, $30,000; Big Fork-Alvwood road, $30,000; Ar- denhurst-Alywood and Moose Park road, $20,000; Effie-Busticagon road, $10,000. This will secure for the county a perfect net work of trunk lines end with the connecting reads already built or proviced for, every sectior of the county will be ned, The beard also unanimously granted permissicn to the town of Marcell to withdraw from school sdistriet No. 6 and form an in- dependent district. It seems to be the opinion of the commission- ers that certain of the school dis- triets are at present too large and cumbersome, and that the school work can be more expedi- tiously and economically aunty tered ky a reduction in size and the creation of additional districts. The board also ordered an exam- ination of the books of the towns of Carpenter and Bearville, where irregularities are said to exist. Asked by the Herald Review to outline more specifically the pro- posed road program, Chairman King of the board said: “The east and west road running through the towns of Swan River, Warba, Blackberry, Grand Rapids, Cohas- set, Deer River and Ballclub, is entirely complete with the excep- tion of the formal report of the surveyors. The plans and specifi- ations for this road as well as the read from Deer River to the north side of the county are com- plete. “I believe at this meeting noti- sces of bids for the construction of the above named roads will also tbe given. The bids will be opened about a week after the election. In this way, we will beable to let the contract sooner than by waiting until the election and then giving the notices and if these roads are to be built at all, the money will have to be raised. “The other roads that have been approved by the county board | are: The road running from the north part of the town of Arden- hurst south through that town and | a part of Alvwood and turning west running through the town of Moose park, connecting with Nort- home-International Falls road on the north and the _ Blackduck- Bemidji road at the west: end. An- ; other road approved begins on the south line of the county on iids-Hill City road and runs north 'road begins in Granp Rapips, ITasca County, through Coleraine, Bovey and up by way of Release along some route that shall be determined tobe the ost practical. “Another road begins at Release and runs in a north-westerly di- rection through the village and town of Bigfork and the towns of Wirt, Popple, and Alvwood and connects with the Ardenhurst and Moose park road in the west part of the town of Alvwood. Another the southeastern tpart of the town of Marcell and runs in a northwesterly direction through the town of Marcell pass- ing the station at Lundeens, the station at Lake Jesse, and the sta-! tion at Spring Lake. At Spring Lake! (the road runs west through the town of Lake Jesse and Sand Lake, | Good Hope and Third River, con- necting with the Summit road run- ning to Blackduck at the north- west corner of the town of Third jAiver. “The last named trunk road | runs east and west instead of north andseuth for the reason that fouth of these roads lie the In- dian and Forest reservations. Both run through settled sections and make it possible for settlers to reach: the Minneapolis & Rainy} River railway and the Northome- Deer.River road as well as afford achance for the people of Big- fork and vicinity to reach Grand Rapids, the county seat,and other towns on the range. “Some of the proposed roads §vill be built under one law, and probably some under another, but however they will be built, there will be no taxation for the pay- ment of a bond that will be great- er than one mill on a dollar in any one year. Any one can determine just how much the tax will be by multiplying the assessor’s valua- tion on the property by one mill. The money voted for one high- way cannot be used for build- ing another. The aggregate for all will probably be about $480,000. COMMITTEE'S DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT Citizens Having in Charge Univer- sity Week Program Will Try and Square Deal. A dance will be given tomorrow evening, the proceeds of which will go toward meeting the bills incur- red during University week that are still outstanding.The sum to be made up is in the neighborhood of $80, and the dance tickets are placed at a dollar apiece. It is the patriotic duty of everyone to at- tend this function in order that enough money may be derived from the sale of tickets to wipe this iadeitedness cut. PLAY CLOQUET FOR HUNDRED DOLLARS The Bunch at the Carlton County Seat Will Not Come Here Otherwise. The management of the Grand Rapids base ball team has been trying for some time to get a re- turn game from Cloquet, and the tnswer is now that the buncit from that town will not come up here to play unless their expenses are guaranteed and a side bet of $100 put up. Manager O’Day of the local team today notified the Clo- quet manager thal he was willing to meet the demands, and agked for a game to be played here on July 20. The Cloquet club has not been particularly fortunate in the meetings between the two teams heretofore until this year, when Grand Rapids, with half a team, ‘Gvqpped a game to them on the grounds there. Anyway, the ball players from that town can have | one hundred Grand. Rapids dollars if they will repeat the perform- | ance here. It is suspected that they do not want any of the game of the locals on the grounds here, and | that ‘the side bet demand was jlonly a bluff. As Grand Rapids has no Fourth of July celebration of its own this year, many of our people are pre- (paring to spend the day at one of the neighboring towns. Keewatin -what is known as the Grand Rap- | (will probably get the bulk Imperfect Page. BIG MINING MEN NN., WEDNESDAY JULY 2, AMP MISHAWAKA VISIT GRAND RAPIDS) OPEN FOR SEASON Make: First Tour of Inspection to|Forty Boys From All Sections Are The New Iron Fields In This Vicinity. Now Gathered at Pokegama Lake Resort. PRAIRIE RIVER PROSPECTS VISITED! IDEAL SPOT FOR SUMMER VACATION \Refuse to Make Any Disclosures As to Future Intentions— In- spect Coleraine Con- centration Plant. A company of mining men con- nected with the Jones & Laughlin company, made their first official tour of inspection to the new iron Kields in this vicinity last Thursday. They arrived by special train over the Great Northern, and put in the entire day looking over the properties in which the company is interested in this sec- tion. Automobiles were chartered to take the visitors to the loca- kions to the south of town where. crilling is now in progress, and they made a thorough inspection of the work thus far: accomplished as well as an investigation of the pos- sibilities of the seetion asa whole from an ore producing standpoint. In the evening a trip was made to the prospects to the east of town in the Prairie river territory gud upon their return from this trip the visitors leftfor an inspection of the ‘concentrating plant at Coleraine. . None of-the members of the-par- ties had anything to say con- cerning the future intentions of the company, stating simply that the trip was for the purpose of acquainting themselves more par- ticularly with the conditions sur- rounding their undertaking in this neighborhood. It was intimated, however, that work along the lines now employed will be continued, which would indicate that the capi talists interested think the pros- pects of sufficient value to make heavy expenditures worth while. The members of the party were: President B. F. Jones, Secretary W. L. Jones and Mr. Laughlin of the company; Captain Walters, Prof. Crabtree, D. M. Philbin and ¥E. F. Bradt, the latter in direct eharge of the concern’s Minnesota properties. H. C. Lawrence, resi- dent superintendent of the com- pany, accompanied the special to Coleraine. WILL ASK CHANGE IN TRAIN SCHEDULE Passengers From Chicago and Milwaukee Now Forced to Lose Much Time. One of the important matters that will probably come before the next meeting of the Town and Country club will be the question of securing a change in the leaving time of the Great ‘Northern rail- road at Duluth and Superior. As the schedules are now arraigned the Great Northern train for these parts leaves the head of the lakes about eight minutes before the arrival of the North Western passenger from Chicago and Mil- waukee, forcing passengers for points further north and westto Jay’ over there a matter of ten or twelve hours. The only alter- native is to make a long detour by way of Kelly Lake, and this is both slow and expensive. As this is the season when summer tourists are headed this way in large numbers it works to the detriment. of the section and the club will be asked to see if anything can be done about it. It would seem that the railroads would be only too glad to co-operate with the people in securing and holding this class of traffic every year, but through some short-sighted policy the company seems to prefer the present schedule, Camp in Charge of Geo. F. Green of Cathedral School at Wash- ington, and Corps of Competent Helpers. Camp Mishawaka, the boys’ out- ing ground at Pokegama lake, was declared open for the season on the 28th, and about 40 boys ofall ages from 8 to 20 years are now domiciled at the picturesque re- treat. There is a small city of tents situated in one of the most Uelightful spots on the shores of this famed lake, and the lads have svarted in to have the time of their dives curing the next two or three mon us The c.mp is under the direct supervision of Mr. and Mrs.. George F, Green, of Wash- ington, where Mr. Green is phy- sical ‘instructor at the National Cathedral school. Associated with in, in the work are L. R. Sar- rett, of Champaign, Ill., professor of English at the University of Ill- inois; H. E. Carlson of Joilet, Ill., instructor at the Cathedral school, who. next year goes to Germany as exchange teacher; Roth Claus- ing of Ohio Weslyan university; Harry Costello of Georgetown university; and Vonna Fitzgerald of Bentoh Harbor, Michigan. The -eatap culinary: department issander |- the supervision of Mrs. Green, who falso looks after the welfare of her charges in many other — re- spects. The rules of the camp have been | established with a view to allow- | ing as much freedom as possible, the only attempts at discipline being the rising and retiring hours, meal times, the hours dur- ing whjch swimming is permitted, ete. Infractions of the rules are very rare, and when they do occur are usually followed by some slight punishment in order to impress the value of punctuality and obedience. “These summer camps are an old institution throughout the east, said Mr. Green to a Herald-Review representative who visited the camp this week, “but there are only a few of them in the middle west. There is no more interesting or healthful section of America than is to be found in Northern Minnesota, and that people gen- erally aré coming to realize this is evidenced by the increasing number who send their boys to Camp Mishawaka every year. This is our third season here, and the attendance has been steadily on the gnerease. It is a good thing for the boys and a good thing for the section. These lads are on the threshold of manhood now ang will retain any impression they get of the country in which they spend the summers, andthis will prove of great value in time to ome, as one of the great draw- backs of this section thus far has been that people have not been acquainted with its possibilities. ‘Every one of these boys will be- come an advertiser and will great- ly aid in calling the attention gf the country to this section, partic- ularly asa desirable place to spend the summer months. I have. al- ready received many inquiries from the parents of these boys asking for information concerning this section, and I have answered by sending such descriptions as I dave been able to get at first hand, together with literature deal- ing with the subject. There will be a number of these parents here as guests during the summer, and I am of course anxious that the conditions surrounding my charges shall be of the best.” Following are the boys stready at the -camp: i George and Henry Faurot, T9t3 Jr., William, ree Silverthorn, Tom Merritt,’ c. ‘Taylor, Riverside, IIl.; William Blanchard, Jr., Wilfred Bronson, Morgan Park, Ill.; Charles €.: Car-, ter, Paul Dahlen, Ira C, Keller, ‘Ben H. Potter, John Potter, Fay Reeves, Rock Island, IIl.; Calvert Cc, Dunn, Alfred Froelich, Edgar C. Kruger, Raymond Wallace, ‘Hard- ing Wilbur, Albert Eddy Wood, Hiram Belding Young, William Foster Young, Philip Young, Chic- ago; Cecil Gott, Harold Lounsber- ry, W. H. Wilmer, Jr., Washington, D. C.; Farley Fergusson, Rockford Ill; George 8. and Wells Marsh- all, Minneapolis; Walton Merry, De- troit, Mich.; Melvin Rembe, Lin- coln, Ill,; John M. Seely, New York; Herbert Speigel, Joseph Parker, Milwaukee; Donald Brock, Charles Edmunds, M. J. and Fred. Speigel, Kenilworth Illinois, ITASCA A LEADER IN STOCK BREEDING The Results Attained at Ex- perimental Farm by Heading ing With Blooded Sire. Itasea county in general and the Northeast Experimental farm in particular, is receiving consider- able notice among cattle and dairy men these days because of the ex- periments made in breeding up from the ordinary run of milch ‘cows toward a more perfect and productive milk strain. It has been the contention. of Supt. McGuire for a long time that this section is destined to become a leading dairy region, and a great deal of his time has been devoted toward discovering the strain of milch cow best adapted to the conditions here. His investigations led him to believe that cattle based on a Guernsey stem would prove the most acceptable, both as regards milk production and ability to withstand the climate. Some re- markable “results ~ have, been achieved at the station by the use of a blooded sire and the common run of cows. The progeny of. this combination has proved hardy, of good swe and must surprising as uailk , producers. W During the recent agrigultural demonstration trip esi by H. H. Belding, the Northern Pacific railrodd, five head of cattle derived frotl this system of breeding were display- ed, and received a great- deal of | attention from dairymen wherever shown. The progeny shows none of the delicacy of the pure. bred, high strung cow, and has proven fully as capable as a producer. At a recent meeting here of the Guernsey breeders of Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, this mat- ter was discussed by men having given the matter the most, care- yul study, and all were “of the opinion that the system was the best possible for this section and that all efforts should be,, made to acquaint the farmers with the possibilities held out to them in this industry through this, channel. Itasca County Crops Are Fine. Reports from all sections of Tdasca county are to the effect that crops of all kinds were never better than this season. The, hay yield promises to outstrip. that of any recent year, while the potato yield, second in importance in this section, is alse promising. There is sufficient moisture in the ground and the hot weather of the past few days has fairly made things hound. The week following the Fourth will see the .mowing ma- chine im full operation in all parts of the county, and everything now indicates that small grains will result in a record-breaking Auarvest. ISH DYNAMITERS GET LIGHT FINES George P. Best and Thomas Lee were arrested at Drumbeater lake yesterday morning by Game War- ‘den, Jesse Harry. They were brought to Cohasset and. charged with dynamiting fish. They plead- éd guilty before Justice A. J. Cush- man and paid a fine of $10 and) costs. The men are both farmers, and as this was their first offence of the kind, they were’ leniently dealt with by the court. ae Saget OW AY MAKING ment Station Tells How to Produce Best Results ‘placebos LONG Hay Pui Up A Trifle Green is Far Better Than That Al- lowed to Become Too Dry As the haying season will bein full blast in Itasca county the first of next week, Superintendent A. J. MeGuire of the Northeast Ex- periment station has issued the following bulletin for the guidance of the farmers in this section. It will be noticed that particular stress is laid upon the importance .f not allowing the crop to become too dry before bemg put in -the jmow or stack as this practice greatly lessens the value of the hay for feeding purposes: “There are two chief factors in the making of good hay, aside from “the crop itself. First, it skculd be cut in proper ‘season, und second, it should be gotten im the mow or stack withits na- tural color but little removed. Hay that is allowed to stand till the seed is formed, becomes woody and less digestable, and this also takes place. when it is dried too much in the swath and rained up- on. Hay that is rained: upom after. it is partially or wholly cured looses much of its food substances. It is washed out. Medium red clo- ver should be cut when in full bloom. It makes the best hay at that stage and produces a larger second crop. Alsike clover may be allowed to stand till the heads are half brown—as it does not produce two crops in the same _ season, Timothy shoul@ be cut for dairy cows after the first bloom. For horses it may be allowed to stand some later. “On the Experiment Farm we ‘practice getting hay in the loft the day after it is cut, unless we are prevented by rain. We start the mower in the morning and cut énlyj what can be hauled in the next afternoon. After the dew is off the next morning the hay is raked into windrows. Very heavy clover is tedded or worked over with the fork before raking up. This is done in the afternoon the day it is cut, if the weather is fa- vorable. When raked, it is leftin the windrow and bunched witha fork into small piles—just such as can be lifted on the wagon in one forkfull. Large piles of heavy clover hay is hard to handle. In small piles it not only handles more easily, but it cures faster. “When rain threatens hay may bebunched with the rake and cocked up. If clover hay is put in the cock quite green it will shed syater. If left in the swath till it will not shed water in the cock. Get the hay up on the green side. Hay is lessened in value far more by over-curing than by Puts ting in too green. ‘The natural moisture in hay after it is partly cured causes but jlittle trouble, but rain or dew should be avoided onthe hay whem it is put in. There is a possible danger of spontaneous combus- tion when green hay is put up that is wet with rain or dew. “In putting in hay that-is on the green side it should be mowed > loosely, not packed down more than is possible, and it should never be allowed to lie as dropped by the hayfork, but Sued “evenly. “Clover haying sohuld be conden way this season July 10th. Some fields of clover are ready for the mower now, June 30, “Try haying this season and putting the “Up greener. Most hay is over mature and over cured.” i Bee. Con me has 4 * , oBeg yoogscday 4