Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 17, 1913, Page 6

a PAGE FOUR GRAND RAPIRS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1913. Grand ‘Rapias Weraide'MReview Published Every Wednesday By KILEY @® SPENCER) TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rap. ids, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County “Homer Mussey and his father have opened a print shop at Deer- wood and last week published the firt copy of the Deerwood Times. They are both good newspaper man and the snappy appearance of the venture first issue of their new places it at once among the credi- table papers of the state. —-. A clash between the Virginia school board and three teachers over renewal of contracts is im- minent. Ida Henry, Marion 0. West and C. E. Clem, are the instruct- ors who returned to Virginia, claiming they had been hired again. The teachers say that the board placed their names on the available list and sent them blanks for acceptance. Later the board withdrew their names and now re- fuses to engage them, they assert. BEEN ER Ft COWARDLY “CITIZEN.”’ An anonymous writer to the Coleraine Iron News—one of those cowardly and contemplikle crea- tures who hides his identity _be- hind “Citizen,” criticises the press of Grand Rapids for not report- ing a case in municipal court wherein a local business man is alleged to have been arrested, con- victed and fined for violation of the game law. If the alleged inci-, dent took place as stated in the communication, what about “uiti- zen?” Why didn’t “Citizen” give the name of the business man? Why didn’t “citizen” sign his own name to the communication and thus prove that his palm hadn’t been tickled? and prove that he is brave and not afraid of the de- stroying influence of the all-pow- erful business plutocrat to which he refers? No. “Citizen” is coward. Reputable newspapers can't afford to pay any attention to creatures of that character. ————____ The Democratic tariff bill pass- ed the United States Senate by a vote of 44 to 37 amid great enthu- siasm and demonstration. The fi- nal vote was. almost on party lines. Two Republicans, LaFoll- ette of Wisconsin and Senator Pointdexter of Oregon were re- corded for the bill while the two Democratic senators from Louisana were linked in opposi- tion to the bill. The two Repub- lican senators say that it is a pro- tective measure and much better than the Payne-Aldrich bill that ws made a law during the Taft administration, therefor they see no sufficient reason for voting BALLISTITE. WATERPROOF Smokeless Powder We have anything you may need for the trip. H.D. POWERS 7 place upon other shoulders. Sid- against its final passage. The two Democratic senaotrs from the ure did sé because ef the provision in the bill relating to sugar pro- tection. By all disinterested and independent observers this _ bill is commended. It was constructed on lifes of proteetion. The con4 sumer has been benefitted while the duties have not been lowered below the point of sufficient pro- tection said to have been desired by the Progressive party of the senate. A conference committee will now meet to adjust the dif- confidently predicted that within aw. eS i AS nesota made a spectacular exit from membership on the and Means committee of House of Reprseentatives a the siring to longer remain a member of that important committee. no part in the making of the tariff bill sons he says membership, he is doing service when been deprived of that opportunity ings of an Only Child. He of the fact party unmindful Democratic goes to the country he would have his own voice a dominant factor in that work, the responsibility for which he could afterwards easily ney should be content to hold the secondary place to which the vo+ ters of the country have assign- ed him and his party. J ———_——____ CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL. The bird season is with us and whe big game season is not far away and it is seasonable to ke re- minded that we cannot be too care- ful with shooting irons. The campaign, moral and legis- lative, against accidental shooting in the woods has been very effec- tive. The number of persons kill- ed by hunters during the hunting seasons has been wonderfully re- duced, ‘but there does not seem to be much protection against the inan who is careless with his gun. An individual of this character blew the whole of his face off with a shot gun while riding in a buggy near Bismark, N. D. a day or so say, every day. A gun is loaded, cocked and them have killed when not loaded whether or not an accident act- ually follows.—Hibbing Tribune. STONE RECORD BROKEN. The value of the stone proauced in the United States in 1912 reach- ed the large total of .$78,284,572, an increase of $1,176,005 over 41914, thus breaking all previous records. Although the percentage of in- crease for 1912 over 1911 was not large, according to E. F. Burchard, of the United States Geological Survey, and although some of the varieties of stone showed a de- crease, the total increase was con- siderably larger than the increase of 1914 over 1910, when the total value was $76,520,584, the increase then Feing but $587,983. Pennsylvania has always held first rank among the stone pro- ducing states except in 1908, when Vermont reported the largest production. In 19412 the Keystone State produced 11.68 per cent of the total of the entire United States, with Vermont second, pro- ducing 841 per cent. Other large order of output are New York, Ohio, ‘Indiana, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri and Wis- consin, the production of each of which was valu@dat more than $2,000,000, south who rejected the party meas- two weeks the bill will become a Hon. Sidney Anderson of Min- Ways few days ago and accompanied his res- ignation by a lengthy address tg the members of the house in which he detailed his reasons for not de- Mr. Anderson said that he had and that so far his voice and judgements as to the proper kind of a banking bill have been con- sistently ignored. For these rea- is a fraud and he no longer desires to have his constituents believe that he has Now the Honorable Sidney seems to be thinking a little wrong. His protest is too much like the caper- is the Penrose of the House. Seemingly that the is responsible for the kind of a tariff bill that some place out of the sun primed with danger. Thousands of and the man who is careless with | a gun is guilty of criminal conduc AN EASIER WAY. Bemedji Pioneer:—There wag an easy way for President Wilson to settle the trouble in Mexico, a way, in which a weaker President, fol- lowing the line of least resistance, might have gone. That way was to follow ithe advice of Huerta himself, All of the capitalistic pressure in this country is in that direction. Recognize Huerta. Let the oppres- sive but timorous gold of the wor! flow into his newly established credit. Crush with financed and equipped armies ithe brave paupers who dare dispute the right of a branded assasin to dictatorship.} Restore the old order of the Diaz regime—peonage, slavery, the ex- Mexican serfs, not knowing where | to place the true responsibility, ‘| would curse God and die. President Wilson has not follow- ed the easiest way. Until the Mex- ican people themselves have a fair chance of expression at the polls} there will be no recognition of any Mexican government. Mexico is walled in. The sympathetic corpor- ations which have been shipping armes to Huerta are stopped. Eu- rope will hardly dare to give com- '}dent’s stand Meanwhile the Huerta treasury is dwindling. He has no} credit. He must come to his senses before long and accept our terms of settlement or fall into the maelstrom which he himself | hag created. Seed Corn Pointers Your pocketbook, the principles of good farming, and the govern- or’s proclamation all suggest, the careful observation of “Seed Corn {Week,” but in view of the fact that the average Minnesota farm- er is too busy with his fall work out the suggestions embodied in the proclamation, the Herald-Re- view takes pleasure in giving its corn-raising farmer friends a few suggestions gleaned from the Uni- versity Farm News. The News is published by the extension divi- sion of the state university. The setting apart of a seed-corn day for the gathering of seed is important but all the time and la- bor is of no value unless the seed is properly cared for after gather- ing. Seed gathered early in the season in the proper way. con- tains a very heavy percentage ‘of moisture, therefore requires much care in curing or it may mold and spoil. The day corn is gathered it should be husked and put where there is free circulation of air. The ears should be so placed that no two are touching. This method of storing can be accomplished in several ways. The old- fashioned way of storing was to braid the ears in long strings and hang them in the attic. This method is very satisfactory. Another method that is sometimes used is to strip the ears entirely of their husks and tie them through the middle with binding twine, placing from ten to twenty ears to a string. The string of ears are then hung “iff and where there is free circulation of air. Still another method that is ago. Similar accidents are recorded|sometimes employed is to hang in the newspapers nearly every | poultry netting on the wall day. It might be more truthful to and place the ears one in a mesh. And sometimes finish-nails are driven in the wall and one ear placed on! each nail. | After hanging in any of the above described methods for two months, the ears should be dry enough for storing. At this time they may be taken down and’ stored in a bin, provided they are not piled over two or three ears deep, or better they may be left hang- ing until ready for shelling in the spring. In either case they must not be exposed to a damp atmos- phere as the dry ears readily ab- sorb moisture from the air. During the cold weather freezing will in-| jure the germ if it is damp, but not if it is thoroughly dry. If the farmers of Minnesota are to have a good corn crop in 1914, it) is time to lay plans for it now. The difference in yield of next year’s corn crop resulting from seed gathered at the proper time in the proper way, and the seed as frost, which in Minnesota usually comes between September 10 and 20. In a normal season if the corn is acclimated it should be far enough along toward maturity so stone producing states named in| that good seed can be gathered at|of Chisholm. this time. When a large proportion of the earlier ears show the dent begin- ning to harden, the seed-corn day has arrived. Whenever a desirable seed ear is found it should. be bore to Huerta after the Presi- | acre. to set aside six days to carrying! gathered, providing it is produced on a hill that has a full stand of corn. No seed ear should be gath- ered from hills of corn with less than three well-developed stalks. It will be noticed that the larger and more fully developed ears are produced on the hills that have from one to two stalks. It is un- desirable to use these ears for seed as their size can be accounted for from the fact that they had less competition in life, Trahter than inheritant tendency to pro- duce heavily. : Seed-corn gathering should be regarded as a specific duty that must be performed on a certain day, and as soon as,that day comes all of the work must be ferences in the House bill and/ploitation of a defenseless and a a the amended Senate bill. It is|}subdued people. And future gen-|dropped and all turned into the erations of ignorant, wretched|cornfield to gather seed. In no other way can the best results be secured. When you get into your own corn field during Seed Corn Week you may see so many good plants bearing good ears that you will just feel like keeping a-going. Hope you do and while you are se- lecting good seqd corn for your- self, select some for your neigh- bors. They need it to help boost the average yield of corn in this State to over forty bushels’ per How many rows’ has an average ear of corn of the variety which you raise? How many ker- nels per row after tip and butt kernels have been shelled of? How many hills will one ear plant, us- ing 3 kernels per hill? One acre of corn checked 3 ft. 8 in. contain 3,240 hills. If your ear has 600 good kernels, it will plant 200 hills, 3 kernels per hill. At that rate, it would require about 17 ears per ane. Remember, however, that in selecting the corn in the field, you go over it rather hurrieuly. When winter comes, and you look {le vars over carefully, you will find mary that-will not suit you. Of thes: that do suit, a number jicay net grow si-crg, unless the “IL Is Prope dried and stored. A good reve is to seleet twice as may ear? from good plants in the field as are needed to plant the required ryvmber cl acres for next year. This allows a very close se- lection to be made during the win- iter. Seed corn with deep, well-filled kernels and small cobs has a high shelling percentage and tends to- ward the production of a high yield of shelled corn: per acre. It |should be selected as far as possi- ble without danger of late matur- ity. The shallower-kernel indica- es-earlier maturity and judgment must be used in deciding just how ‘far to go in saving kernels of the type that we would like to be able ) to mature but that the frost may reach. The only way to be safe is to select ears that have matured be- fore the time at which killing frosts may be expected in ordinary years. On this account the Agri- cultural College urges the selection of seed corn during the week set aside by the Governor’s proclama- tion as “Seed Corn Week.” At least fifty ears of corn should be selected for each acre to be planted the following year. “With this number that promise early maturity further selection can be made by more careful study of the ears and the kernels and by eliminating those that fail to ger- minate strong until the twenty ears showing the best type of ‘ker- nel, the highest shelling percen- tage, and the strongest germina- tion test remain. State Treasury Report State Treasurer Smith has is- sued a statement of the receipts and disbursements of funds for the fiseal year ending July, 31, 1913. "s that July 31, 1912, there was . cash balance of $2,992,728.00 in the state treasury and that during the year $17,809,401.36 was received, making a total of $20,- 802,129.91 to be accounted for. During the year the expense of state government in all its bran- ches amounted to $18,959,762.04, leaving a balance of $1,842,367,90 at the beginning of the fiscal year, August 4. The balance of $2,992,728.55 in the traesury July 31, 1912, added to the total receipts, and the cash balance of $1,842,367.90, added to ordinarily handled, may mean|the total respectively, make the many bushels per acre. total the same. The best time to gather seed . corn is before the first. killing Game Warden Appointed The position of deputy game war den at Hibbing made vacant; some time ago by the removal of George Woods, has been filled by the ap pointment of Joseph E. Cummings, Ellis Walsh of Virginia, and George Woods, the late holder of th» title, were each applicants for the job, nit the state game war- den, W. R. Rydrr, saw fit to give the place to Mr. Cummings. The Schubert Club and Lady quartette of Chicago, which will feat. appear at the High school auditorium on the 22 of September, under the auspices of the church is one of the most accom- plished muiscal attractions of the present day. Their travels have been from coast to coast everywhere meeting with successful re- ‘ceptions. EXTOLS THE LAND "haa OF CERTAINTIES ne Gus Rosbrook, John Lahte and Immigration Commissioner to Dis-|U. Rosdet bave heard the call of The many attractions and assets| Country and those who have _ been of Northeastern Minnesota, ‘“The|Skeptical in the past need be so Land of Certainties,” are alluring-|"° longer. For one bit of con- ly portrayed in an illustrated, de- scriptive booklet which is being sent throughout the country by Fred S. Sherman, commissioner of immigration. In a sound common sense man- ner which will meet with the ap- proval of prospective citizens and settlers, the booklet sets forth the ‘many advantages of this section ‘of the state. It does not devote space to the scenery and the many: features hich would appeal to the sightseer or the sportsman, but gives straight facts in an inter- esting manner. It is full of infor- mation such as persons looking for a change of location would want to know and will undoubtedly have much effect in bringing many new farmers to this end of Minnésota. Attention ig called to the pro- fits in the many different crops which may be raised on the fertile acres of Northeastern Minnesota, to the nearby markets, to the suc- eess which has been had in raising various small grains, to the oppor- tunities in dairying and raising live-stock, to’ the different ‘kinds of soil, to the mining and lumber- ing and kindred industries, to the cost of the land the state auctions as well as other sales, to, the ragu- lar rain-fall, to the excellent cli- mate, to the cost of methods of clearing land, to the purity, and abundance of the water supply, etc. The immigration commissioner has the first edition of 15,000 copias off the press and is send- ing several thousand copies to people in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, South Dakota and Canada, who have recently writ- ten the department for information relative to Northeastern Minnesota. He would be glad to furnish copies to others outside the state who might be interested if the list of names are furnished him, He now wants to put out at least 25,000 copies to people outside the state before Jan. 1, and asks the people of this section to help him attain M. W. A. Readjustment he fight that has been made by the head camp of Modern Wood- men of America for a raise in the jatsessment rates of the members of that order semes to have made little impression on the rank and file of the order, for at a recent referendum vote taken, wherein seven plans of raise were submit- ted to the camps of the order the ‘old rates got a vote above that given to all the new plans, ~ This vote of course is not bind- ing but it will no doubt go a long way in determining fhe action to ‘taken by the delegates fo the vineing evidence along this line attention is directed to a fiela of corn in township 148 owned by Miss Hunter. Marie Hanson has decided to at- tend school in Deer River the coming year. The Max school will be presided over the coming season by Miss Alma Sanders of Rosy, Minnesota, B. B. Rosbroodx had business calling him to Bena, last week. Squaw Lake school opened Mon- day under the direction of Miss Frances Bluntache of Bovey. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Robertson have again taken up their resi-— dence at Max after having camp- ed at the meadow for a month. Will Vote On Bond Issue A special election will be held in Koochening county this month to see whether the voters will al- low the issue of $300,000 worth of bonds for the purpose of building roads in that county. The advocates. of the plan to use that much money are using the argument pretty strongly, that Itasca county voted a similar amount, and it is argued that Koochening does not want to be behind its neighbor. Big Manufacturers Exhibit. Gorgeous Fall Fashions Display. Farm Garden and Dairy Show. Band Concerts. Thousands of free souvenirs given to visitors. : ¢ ] tribute 25,000 Booklets Telling the Daketa harvest fields and have 3 respoi ded About Northern Minn. Corn wil ripen in this northern - ~