Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 1, 1913, Page 8

i ; i i sao Henry Hughes & Co. $5.00 per bbl. The Popular Store We have a large stock of the Grafton White Lily Flour on hand. This is a flour every housewife knows as we have been the exclusive handlers of this First Patent Flour ever since we commenced business. $2.50 per cwt. $1.25 for Fifty Pounds “ “ “ half “ “ “ Glass Jars at Low Figures Mason strong shoulders, pints per dozen-____. quarts per dozen-_._ EZ glass sealers, pints per dozen--------------- quarts per dozen____ half gallons, per dozen---------------- 95c¢ gallons, per dozen Honor Brand coffee, per Ib. Santa Claus soap, per box Lennox soap, per box --.. Ben Hur soap, per box----.- der. Fair Week Specials A good cup quality coffee, per Ib Royal Cup Coffee, per Jb. can-.- A beautiful Spoon with each 25c can of Gopher Baking Pow- This is a Baking Powder second to none. phone us. ee We have opened our Potato Market again and will pay cash for all potatoes coming in. Call or Phone 58. aed OVER 2000 ENTRIES AT THE COUNTY FAIR (Continued from Page One.) are looking forward to greater ac- hievments in the coming years. The farm products showing) was especially fine. Several individua} exhibits were of such order as to rank with anything of their kind in the state. The Ferndale Farm articles will be remembered. Dr. A. C. MeGee is the owner of this farm, which is situated north of Deer River four miles. He has a corm which he ealls the Ferndale Early Dent. This is a new variety resultant ley, /lbert Brockway, Bob John- son, Irvin Martin, John Hoyt, Elias “rkkila, Csear Blander, (. V. Sn ith, Charles Lehto, Frank LaVa!!cy, W. A. Watson, Albert Malmzien, Andiew Tanberg, David Tuomi, Thomas Kannar, Matthew Shumaker. The exhibit was one rich in varieties of corn, pump- kins, beans, beets, potatoes, fruit tractive article, however, was a Rattlesnake cucumber. This had grown in two half cofls and look- ed very much dike a real reptile. To add to the imagination Mr. Hendricks had placed areal snake rattle on the tip. The booth provided by R. E. Webb from near Nashwauk was one that also deserves much cre- dit. He lacks the advantageous soil that is to be found in. some other from polenization of the Sunshine dent and the Northwestern dent Places, yet he had a lot of things or “Bloody butcher.” Dr. McGee is|to show. Corn, onions, beets and like all practical men, in that he | other articles. He is a raiser of understands that the lack of corn | Indian Runner ducks and Pekin in this section is the supreme ob-| ducks and several pictures of his stacle in the way of agricultural |yards-were placed for view. development, as well as the, Another individual exhibit to be raising of all kinds of livestock. seen in the agriculutral building He is therefore starting in now to Was that of P. P. Hlligtt, who owns produce a kmd of corn that ma- Lake View farm near the west end tures without the possibility of |0f Pokegama lake. His collection failure. This can only be done by ,izcluded some famous Tea corr, 20 crossing varieties, some of which will mature Lut lack the proper feeding value, wish something that before was minus the maturing quality but Jong on feeding value. This can be done by planting al- | latest ternate rows of the kinds of corn desired to be mixed, but Mr. Mc- Gee says that he alternates every other hill in the row as that system is much more rapid in re- sults than the former way. Dr. " McGee had about 40 forty different individual articles on exhibit. He ‘was formerly a doctor at LaSalle, Illinois, but came to Itasca coun- ty for his health. He has 120 ac- res and says that’ is enough’ for any one man to handle. The Al- ton Red raspberry, which was brought from Mason City, Towa, and the Palmer Black Cap raspberr wereamong the articles which he prizes most highly. The Lakewood Farm exhibit was another of the individual showings which attracted much attention. This farm is owned by W.C. Grav- elle and is near the Pokegama lake. Mr. Gravelle has about 100 arti- cles shown. Among the lot ‘was Northwestern Dent corn, North Dakota dent, this being the first year that the North Dakota dent has ripened here. The Minnesota No. 13, the White Cap Mrnnesota, No. 23, were shown. Also the Desota plum, Compass cherry’ and the Aiken cherry. Beans, grasses and canned goods in many kinds were to be seen. A very uniquely desigmed col- lection was shown by J.C. Hen- drickson {kinds of grasses and grains, 44 | different varieties .of vegetables, 8 kinds of beans, honey, and 40 kinds of canned goods. Mr. Elliott is right at the front in all of the things, agricultural. W. E. Jones, the famous bee man, was there with 100 cans of honey, in frames and in hives. His apiary contains about 165 stands of bees and surely requires some care which he is always able to give. Harris township has never been represented at the county fair thefore but they made up for all delinquencies this time. Among those contributing to this display were certainly numbered many of our valued citizens. Their pro- ducts lack nothing of variety and excellence. The exhibitors include Lew Romans, who owns 100 acres with a 20 acre clearing. He| has been there 12 years. J. M. Fran- cisca, has 80 acres and 15 acres under cultivation. He has been in Itasca county six years. Fred Yost has resided on the farm in Harris township for six years, has an 80 with 20 cleared. Sam Benzing is one more real farmer with 40 acres cleared. He has been there for 8 years. Theodore Liebrick has a 40 wilh 10 acres cleared. ‘D. K. McClain has lived there, for four years but has 50 acres cleared out of a 160 acre farm. Some of this farm was, however, under the plow when he secured it. G.M. Staley is ‘another of the Harris township exhibitors who has been making a fine show- ing. He has 50 acres under cultiva- 50 acres. J. M. McIntyre has a ter section with 30 acres cleared. {He has been in this county but four years. William Dibbert has 40 acres cleared with fine crops. Mr. Clough, another exhibitor, has Leen a renter*so far but will soon be the owner of some land. S. f. Hagadew, a resist for five years, has 8@ acres e"!h 42 aeres unaer ‘he plow, Go. ee Becker, Jr. while having been a_ resident but three years has an £0 with 20 cleared. Henry Becker has a 40 with 8 acres ready for raising crops} Henry Thaxter is @ com- | paratively new land owner among this list of farmers. He has been working at Grand Rapids, but bought a 20 acre farm and will move out next spring. He however found time to get about 3 acres of clearing and to make an exhiblt with the rest this fall. Mr. Mundy, Mr. Romans Mr. Niles and = Mr. Dorothy had fine displays of corn, well matured. W. P. Brown made perhaps the bes} showing of melons of any ‘one so far. He had a lot of water melons and musk melons here. From his farm in Harris township he picked 2,500 musk melons a few days before the frost and wrapped them in paper and will market them in a short time. The township exhibit from Ar- denburst was in charge of Winn Guptil. He surely placed the arti- cles in good and telling shape, About 125 individual articles were shown" comprising com, gras- ses, grain and fruits. Judging from the variety of aritcles and the quality there must be some fanmers there who know how to conduct a farm. The Deer River exhibit was in charge of Mrs. Trempler and com- prised +"! cf the latest and most? successful articles to *e found on any Itasca county farm. She had an artistic arrangement. This and grains. The most curiously at-| township was the winner in their class and when that is said it will be known that the line of exhibits had exceptional merit. Deer River has the goods. The trotting race free for all for farmer’s horses had three entries. Victor Erickson, A. L. Leliberte, and J. P. Murphy of Blackberry. It took but two heats to determine who had the swiftest animal. Mr. Leliberte carried away the honors, easily, winning both times. Erick- son came second. The Itasca Mercantile Co. erect- ed a tent and gave a most credi- table display of John Deere goods and DeLaval separators. J. O. Per- ry of Duluth, the general separ- ator agent, was present to assist with the display. The H. D. Powers headquarters also attracted much attention. Mr. Powers is the agent for the Sharpless separators, mechanical milkers and the Saginaw silo. The rise of the dairy industry in this county has made the demand for silos a most prominent feature of business. There are seven silos near Grand Rapids. Among this list of farmers owning this impor- tant dairy aid are Axel Anderson of Blackberry, John G. Fraser, William Hoolihan, W. C. Gravelle, William Cronkhite and F. W. Gra- velle. So far as is known this county has but one mechanical milker and that is on the farm of F. H. Alden at Taconite. The Iowa separator made at Waterloo, Iowa, had a showing also with T. J. Gan- non of Minneapolis acting as agent. The U. S. separator and the Northern Rock Island Plow Co., each had exhibits. These are hand- led by Niles & Aiton of Grand Rapids. The foot ball game betweén the High schocd and the Town team Friday, resulted in a victory for the latter by a score of 14 to nothing. One touch down was made in the first half by Lester Lofberg and then goal was kicked. The second half Doran made another touch down and a goal kick | fol- There were no star plays . made, but each side played foot ball with! all the vigor of which they were possessed. Thé members of the High school team were a little light as a rule and this seemed to be the main reason for their de- feat. They were not outclassed but it was rather as the Confederate of Balsam townshi;y tion out of a 150 acre farm. E. H. soldier said, “They jest wore us Above the booth were the words |Dorothy has 40 acres, under culti- | out.” MeAlpine, Farrell: and Whal- Balsam Township. This was made from wood. Twenty-four kinds of wood were used. There are 65 farms in that township and on the side of the wall were shown the pictures of 27 of these. Each one of them have nicely construct- ed houses and well ‘kept yards. It shows that Balsam township is up and coming when it comes to live farmers. The names of those whose farm yards were to be seen in picture were, Joseph Ruoha, W. Cc. Carpenter, Charles Waisenen, Alex Maki, Isak Makinen, Henry Kannar, CG. W. Sommars, Frank Lebisto, August Lindholn, Gus Val- vation out of 180 acre farm. He has been living there for the last seven years. C. K. Mundy has been here for 41 years, has 160 acres, and 70 of it isbeing worked. Ed- ward and Fenton Lawler have been in this settlement for one year, but have cleared 14 acres on an 80 acre property. Duncan Harris is the oldest settler in the neighbor- hood having beem farming there for fifteen years. The township was named after him. He has now 45 acres under the plow out of 80 acres. O. J. Niles has been the for ten years and has a good lot of clearing, amounting to nearly ing were heavy enough to hold up with the Town team but outside of those three it was different as to weight. The line up of the teams foltows. Town team: Center, Russell Kremer right guard, Carl Hepfelt; left guard, Edward Erskine; right tack- le, Otto Litchke, left tackle, Geo. O’Brien; right end, Will Powers; left end, Henry Graffam; quarter back, Lester Lofberg; left half back Tom Erskine; full back, Allen Doran. The High school line up: Center, Wayne Gilbert; right guard, Clar- ence McClain; right tackle, George Moors; right end, David Cribs; left guard, Douglas Price; left tack le, Lon Powers, Herman Litchke; left end, Wallace Aiken and Hal Brown; quarter back, Harold Lee; right half back, Frank McAlpine; full back, Edward Farrell; left half back, Will Whaling, The high jump Friday was won by Rellis Wright, Joe. Kennedy tak ing second. The high mark was 4 feet and 5 inches. The 50 yard running race was won by. Sandy Dinwiddie, Harvey Longhurst sec- ond and Charlie Erskine third. The 400 yard dash the same boys wom in the same places. The running jump was won by Fred Jutras with a 13 foot and 3 inch leap. Joe. Kennedy came second with 13 feet and) 1-2 inch» On Saturday the field of jump~ ing brought out a good display of athleiic talent. The races , and running race—C. A. Myers, finst; David Kribs, second; Fred Carson, third. Pony race—Howard Spencer, first; Morris O’Brien, second; Walter Newman, third. One-half mile free-for-all horse race—Fred Hilkey, first; Morris O’Brien, sec- ond. The 440 yard rumning race— C. A. Myers, first; David Krihs, sec- ond; F. A. Fuqua, third. Ont-half mile foot race—Will Powers, first; Dayton Price, second; Joe Kennedy, third. Bicycle race, one-half mile- Harvey Longhurst, first; Elmer Ro ecker, second; Will Powers, third. The relay race between Grand Rapids and Hibbing was won ‘by Grand Rapids, Will Whaling, Frank McAlpine and David Kribs being the Grand Rapids representatives. The ball game between Hibbing and Grand Rapids resulted in a victory for Hibbing by a score of 7 to 4. The Hibbing battery is a ids players. Booth, the pitcher, throws a very swift ball and the eatcher, Red Carroll is a _ real John Bunny on. the base ball field. He is a good player besides. Mrs. €. E. Seely of Coleraine had charge of the rest-room for women. This proved to be a really fine and much appreciated accomodation for women and children. | The Methodist women took a very active part in the fair throuehl their excellent lunch service. The things which they had to eat were of the very best. i Nashwauk Herald: Those who at- tended the Itasca county fair at Grand Rapids from Nashwauk, say that it was the best ever held and that the exhibits sure prove that Itasca county soil is in a class by itself. Andrew Lundquist from near Swan Lake was one of the exhi- bitors who had a creditable dis~ play of garden truck. Webb Latham, the liveryman from Coleraine, was on the ground every day and said that he was busy hauling people to the fair. President Cox and Secretary Grif- fin of the Hibbing fair association, accompanied by the Chief of police, McFadden, were visitors at the Fair, Saturday. The Baby health contest was a new feature but it was assuredly, one of the prominent features and under the charge of Dr. Luther was made one of the most profi- table portions of the fair. Itasca’ is the first county in the state to take up the baby judging and make it a partofthe County fair pro- ceedings. The State fair has had this for some time but Itasca stands at the head of the list for its progressiveness in this, among the counties of the’ state. Because of the amount of labor involved in the correct compiila4 tion of the list of.awards, the Her- ald-Review was umable to secure a copy of the same in time for this week’s issue, but the premium winners will be given in full next week. I DAYS ENOUGH TO RIPEN CORN CROP Experimenter Claims That He Has Discovered a Way to Produce a Crop Colonel Freeman Thorp, the fa- mous portrait artist who has a farm at Hubert, Minnesota, has ta- ken up the study of Horticulture in earnest. Asidefrom a general line of horticultural study, he has been making an intensive study of corn raising and according ta the conclusions that he has reached that article as one of the sure Min- nesota products is not far in the jdistance. ? It will be of interest to many. farmers to hear what the Colonel has to say on the subject, regard- ing his experiences and the results therefrom. Mr. Thorp remarks that winners follow: One hundred yard’ little too strong for the Grand Rap-' OU and your farm wagon spend < great deal of time together. Of all, your tools, it is your standby. Its wheels roll along under big loads for you— towering racks of hay and grain, sacks of produce over miles of roads to market, loads of sand and gravel, anything that needs moving. When next you ride on top of a load, listen to the constant racking, creaking, groaning sound of the wagon box and wheels, as the load pitches back and forth over the roadruts. It takes solid strength to stand up long under that. I H C wagons— Weber New Bettendorf Columbus Steel King give the buyer the most he can get for his money because they defy hard usage for the Tongest time, and are easiest on the horses. These are a few of the things that contribute to the making of the unbeatable I H C wagon reputation. Selection of the finest grades of lumber, oak, hickory and pine, and of the best quality steel and iron; many months of toughen- ing, air-drying of every piece of wood; skilled assembling of parts, fitting of bolts and rivets, and perfect shaping and ironing; application of the purest paint to act-as wood preserva- tive and to prevent shrinking and warping of the wood. In the construction, the wagon undergoes many careful inspections by experts who test every part and verify each operation so that when the wagon is ready for the farmer, it is practically perfect in every gy 2 up to the I H C standard. Study I H C wagons at the local dealer's. Get catalogues from him, or, write the International Harvester Company of America St. Cloud Minn, or nearly so, for we have in North- ern Minnesota 95 414+hour days, while they have 120 12-hour days. But this is not all. Entirely irre- spective of this, I will guarantee to mature any corn in Minneotsa that can be matured in Illinois or Southern Iowa, by using my method. ® “My method is simple, but suc- cessful. I eliminate the danger of the crow and the cut-worm, the spring drought and the summer floods. It is merely to germinate the corn first by soaking it in warm water until it begins to sprout, then to plant it five inches! deep with a spoonful of commer- cial fertilizer. “In this way my corn is up two weeks beforé my neighbors. It will have its root five inches deep into the ground before the first green leaf appears: The crow will be un- able to pull itup; the cut worm cannot burrow deep enough to hurt it; the drought will have no effect, for it will get its moisture from below, and it will be so well root- ed thiat} no floods will touch it. “I predict that inside of 10 years Minnesota will be the greatest corn state in the Union, and the grower will then smile at the statements made now that we cannot raise the saime varieties of corn that Illin- ois and Towa can.” Pile Driving With Dynamite’ According to statements made in a recent copy of the Engineering News there has been a new use use found for dynamite which will in- terest builders in every quarter. \This is a new type of, explosive, force and has been put on the market by the Siegwart company, of Lucerne, Switzerland. The new pile utilizes the bulged bottomprin- ciple common to several patented piles but is novel in that the en+ larged base is formed by the use of explosives. The process of mak- owed out by the explosion. Fi- nally the tube is little by little filled with more concrete, and 18 drawn up gradually at the come rate as the concrete is filled into it. ; After ‘he completion of this pro- cess, and after sufficient time has been allowed for the hardening of the ‘concrete, there is in position, in the’ grcund a pile with a base greater lateral diameter than it is possible to produce by any other means. Moreover, on account of the action of the gas formed by ex- plosion, these piles will give the best possible results in compress- ing the earth. In fact, one pile on this system serves the purpose of several piles on any other system, thus: insuring a great economy. By using cartridges of greater or less strength the size of the excava- tion made by the gass is controlled by will; by the use of a cartridge 600 or 700 grams the weight there if for instance, made a spherical hollow of 3 to4 feetin diametér, according to the qunlity of the ground material. Construct New Bridge The work on the new bridge to be put across the Big Fork river is being rapidly pushed along and it is expected that the bridge will be ready for use in a very short time. The structure is located at the Deer River rapids and will (meet a long felt want as the old bridge has for some time been a source of great danger to the tra- veling public. New Nashwauk Postmaster Ascar Johnson, the newly ap- pointed postmaster of Nashwauk took charge of the office on last Thursday. There has been some talk about the post office being moved to another location, but Mr. Johnson, has since taking up the work, stated that there will be ing the pile is described as follows: An iron tube contaifing a wood+ en pile with an iron point and a device at the ‘upper end for deaden- ing the blows of the pile driver is ing the blows of the pile driver is driven into the ground. The wooden pile is then removed and the cartridge provided with an electrical detonator is fixed in. position at the .bottom of the hole ard the tube is filled with wet concrete a_ little above the level of the surface of the ground outside the tube. The iron tube is then drawn up; some feet to prevent its end from being shattered by the i “People who say we have only 95 days for our corn season to II- inoiy’ 120 forget that we have as many hours of sunlight as they, force of the explosion. After the detonation the concrete sinks’ downward, filling up the space hol-| no change in location. Dr. Larson -Ghe ... Optometrist IS AT THE POKEGAMA HOTEL THE ee ee a 4