Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 15, 1913, Page 5

} PAGE FOUR Grand Mavies Weraid-Review Published Every Wednesday te el 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 Writing of school children's eyes, a physician says: “Next to myopic astigmatism distinet lesions are most prevalent in eyes with hypermetropic astigmatism.” Un- doubtedly “the eyes have it.” What they have is a conundrum to us and we regret that they have it. eer Those who invest in northern Minnesota land at the present time need not be worried over financial | stringencies or panics. The land | is as sure to raise in value as that | night will follow day. There is no} human agency in the way of anti- legislation that will stop; this rise in value. Try it. | eae ek ee After the obligations incurred in promoting the state fair, were set- tiled, the management has found | that there is $35,000 left in the | treasury. This is certainly, a great| result considering the fact that the weather was somewhat unfavorable The Minnesota fair is a great ex- hibition each year and seems to be getting better. eee Rats have recently invaded the town of Hibbing for the first time since the ~lace was incorporated as a village and the people there are badly worried. It had been sup- posed that rats would not and could not live in a place where there was so much noise, but this theory has been exploded. It seems that cats do not thrive very well in this country and then the fact that no rats had ever appeare peford made the people slack in raising cats so that the advent of the rodents has found them with- out a sure means of protection. —_—_>. The estate of J. Pierpont Morgan has paid the sum of $2,500,000 for the preliminary transfer tax. This shows that the estate is worthi| anyway $100,000,000 exclusive of the! $50,000,000 invested in the art treasuries. There is general com- ment over the estate and the man- ner by which Mr. Morgan piled | up this snug fortune. One thing| is certain and admittedly certain ly all intelligent observers and that is that he could not do it today. His was a graff from start to fin- ish. From the tos! $20,000 made by the sale-of old rusty Springfield rifles in 1863 through a friend in the government down to the last he worked his special privileges through hired men on the inside. A different class of men are at the helm now. nt The foot that rocks the boat had his counterpart a couple of times in Bigfork last week. One man left a loaded gun on the counter at the C. @ Holsman’s store and an in- quisitive ‘boy came along and de- sired fo find out whether the gun lwas loaded. His efforts resulted in the discharge of the gun, the load going through the floor. The second case was similar. Someone left a loaded gun in the Big Fork Mercantile store. tried the hammer and trigger on it with the result that the charge went through the window. Quite a commotion was created around the| |town over the two incidents, com- | |ing so closely together as they did.| The people of Big Fork are li- censed to get excited because when the person or persons who left the loaded guns lying in the store, are still at large, the danger is not past. fa < SE Reais || James J. Hill has come forward again with a prophecy. This time he ~has been talking about the money bill being constructed by the Democratic congress. He says that he is against the main pro-, visions as it is too Socialistic. Now Jim if“again in that role which so poorly becomes him. He ha> one gte¢k statement that has been made time and again in the last few years and that is that con gress should adjourn for ten years and let business alone. Then some thing could be done. Then again he says that what the people need is to go to sleep for ten years. These statements come from the same id-* but are different forms phraseology for that idea It is the monarchy coneption: of govern- ment and has been discarded long since. As it applies to the money question it) amounts to this—that the money issues should be turned over to a central bank and taken out of the hands of the govern- ment. The whuih at Cohasset are going to brave a “home bake” sale Satur- day afternoon at Stokes’ grocery store. ———____— 5 ladies of the Christian When You Buy Hardware Px ae “Look Ahead It pays to get “quality” in every- thing you buy; but it especially pays in hardware. ss A hammer, a saw, a rake, stove, etc.—these are things you'll want to use years after you buy them and they should be of such quality that they will last for years. Buy your hardware here at this home store where the repu- tation of the manufacturer who makes the hardware, and of this store, that sells it, are well known for square dealing. Sending away for something in the line of hardware is a “hit or miss’? sort of buying that seldom really saves, and never is so satisfactory as dealing here at home. We are right here, to stay— and you don’t have to spend time and postage to tell us what you want. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN HARDWARE TODAY? “VULCAN” THE ORIGINAL HARDWARE MAN t H. D. Powers Some boy also/ jin the spring and seeds Canada field jthe orchard to another until the entire FEEDING GATTLE FOR THE MARKET In spite of the important effect of values at marketing time there are a few factors that must be kept in mind by the cattle feeder, says the Iowa Homestead. For instance, steers of poor quality that could under no cir- cumstances be made into prime fin- ished cattle should not be carried to a high finish. The last hundred pounds of gain required to make a steer prime are the most expensive, and the in- crease in the selling price must be cor- respondingly larger to secure profit Phéwp by American Press Association. Windsor Bell, herewith illustrat- ed, was first in her class and cham- pion female Shorthorn at the recent royal agricultural show at Bristol, England. Windsor Bell is owned by his majesty King George. The Shorthorn breed of beef cattle is very popular in England, as it is in this country and indeed wherever quick maturing and hjgh grade beef is valued. The Shorthorn stands in the first rank of beef pro- ducing breeds and is excelled by no others in impressing its good qual- ities on common or scrub cattle. from the additional finish. Obviously, therefore, it will not be profitable ordi- narily to put on this high priced finish when there is every assurance that it will not command a high price in the market. On the other hand, on a well bred steer this last hundred pounds | may make him a market topper, and the result in this case may justify the high finish, though the latter part of this may be made at a high cost. The relative supply and cost of grain and roughage to be disposed of are factors which should in a measure de- termine the length of the feeding pe- riod. Cattle for short feeding are usu- ally in higher condition at the begin- ning of the feeding period, and there- fore the proportion of grain to rough- age consumed is greater than with cat- tle fed for a longer period. Where feeders wish to dispose of large quanti- ties of roughage the feeding period is necessarily longer than when a larger proportion of concentrates to roughage is to be fed. In a general way, there- fore, it may be said that the low grade steer should be used for a short feed only, while in the case of the well bred, fleshy steer a high finish will usually bring the surest and largest profits. In the case of the individual who raises his own feeders and carries them to a finish there is only one type that can be handled at a profit on high priced land—namely, the steer that in- herits fleshing tendencies. Such cattle are the outcome of clearly defined breed characteristics, having in color and conformation the stamp of one of the great beef breeds. It does not dis- count the sound doctrine which re- quires that corn belt farmers raise only a good type of feeders to say that when feeding cattle are put into the feed lot from outside sources it is, un- der certain circumstances, entirely prac- tical to use steers of rather inferior grade if these are bought right and brought to a nicely warmed up condi- tion on the cheaper sorts of feed raised on corn belt farms. Hog Mulch For Orchard. A Michigan man uses hog mulch and handles it very successfully. At least, he calls it a hog mulch. His land is not particularly good. He cultivates peas, sometimes using a small quantity of oats. When the peas are pretty well formed he turns in 200 hogs. They do not touch the trees, and by the use of movable fences he has been able to switch them from one part of crop is fed down. He furnishes his hogs with a little corn and then turns them to market as a byproduct of his orchard. The orchard is well cul- tivated by the rooting of the hogs, and a large amount of humus is available to plow under the following spring.— Orange Judd Farmer. Sealing the Silo With Water. Hoard’s Dairyman says that the best way to seal a silo is to put a consider- able quantity of water into the silo after it is filled with silage. This way of sealing a silo was discovered by accident, a heavy rain on an un- covered silo furnishing the water seal. It was feared that much silage would be ruined by the water, but when the owner began using the silage he found a very thin layer of silage rotted, whereas before the rotted layer had been many times as thick. Now this owner always seals his silo by cover- ing the silage with water. Stock Ought to Have Grain, Adding a little grain to the roughage ration of even the stock herds not only saves roughage, but by furnishing a greater variety of feed better diges- tion will be promoted and more nour- ishment obtained than from a like amount of a single article of feed. POINTS FOR DAIRYMEN. The farsighted dairyman has provided himself with a series of soiling crops to be used during the dry season, when pastures will inevitably be short. There is no prospect of over- stocking the dairy cow market. ¢ Dairy farming is the best soil fertility insurance. The dairy farmer is often judged by the amount of clover or alfalfa that he raises and his attitude toward these two crops. Comfort for the cow has a 2 tendency to increase the milk ¢ flow. Q It is better to salt the cows ¢ every day. Two to three ounces to each cow is enough. HORSES IN HOT WEATHER. A Little Thoughtfulness Adds Much to Their Health and Comfort. Man looks out for himself. of his forgetting that. But too often he is simply thoughtless and so forgets the rights and needs of his horse, says | Dr. A. 8. Alexander in the Rural New | Yorker. Let us give these things more thought. Let us love to be kind and kind to be loved in return. Give the hard worked horse cold water in small quantities often when at work. How would you like to get along all fore noon or afternoon without the help of the little brown jug set in the cool mud | of the nearby slough? Shade his head when at work. The cool cabbage leaf in your hat might remind you of his hot head. Sheet his body against sun and flies or at least allow him the help of a fly net. Wash his nose and mouth at noon and allow a little cold water; then feed one to two pounds of hay while he is cooling off and afterward allow all the water he wants and then feed the oats. Do not feed more bulky feed than this small amount of hay at noon when the horse has hard work to do. Much bulky feed simply distends the digestive organs, does not nourish and proves a nuisance; also it helps to cause heaves. The harness should be removed at noon and the collars wiped and then set in the sun to dry. Screen the stable against entrance of flies and darken it to prevent flies from biting Photo by American Press Association. The announcement that the Shire Horse society of England, desiring to encourage the owners and breed- ers of Shire horses in America, had resolved to offer ten gold challenge cups, valued at $20 each, has aroused much interest among ‘American breeders. Two of these gold cups will be awarded annual- ly to representative American shows in rotation for five years. The so- ciety selected the International Live Stock exhibition at Chicago for its offer in 1913, and the gold cups will be awarded (a) for the best registered Shire stallion and (b) for the best registered Shire mare. Horses entered for these cups must be registered or eligible for regis- tration in the American Shire stud book. The Shire stallion here shown is Tandridge Future King, first prize winner at the recent show at Bristol, England. He is owned by Lord Rothschild. and direet sun rays from irritating the eyes. Keep the stable clean and per- fectly ventilated. Do not allow fiy breeding manure to congregate any- where near the stable. Allow the horse ample time in which slowly and per- fectly to masticate his feed at noon. Bolted feed does little good. It is not properly wetted with saliva and is not perfectly digested. Sunstroke and heat exhaustion kill the horse that is suffering from indigestion in hot weather. Care, such as we are sug- gesting here, tends to prevent indiges- tion and incidentally prevents sun- stroke. Do not forget the daily cleansing of the skin. Wash soiled parts. This is beneficial in hot weather, but re member to dry the parts washed. Groom the skin perfectly. Keep the currycomb off the animal’s legs below the knees and hocks. The currycomb should be used mainly to clean the brush, not to scratch the skin. Indigestion In Cows, When a cow exhibits signs of indi- gestion make her take abundant out- door exercise every day, and she should go on pasture all day. Mix in her feed night and morning a heaping table spoonful of mixture of two parts of powdered wood charcoal and one part each of granulated hyposulphite of soda and powdered hydrastis. Allow free access to rock salt. No fear your wearing of what can be right here. A Lieberm Clothiers and Furnishers The very style — of an Overcoat - one would see in New York City, can be seen in our store. We took particular pains to select the very hest in quality and styleand for the lowest consistent prices, Regardless of how careful {you are about how good clothes you desire to buy, this store can furnish them and please you. Our window display is just a fair sample Suits, Hats and Men’s Furnishings Men’s, Women’s, Boy’s and Girls’ Shoes in the correct makes and assured fits are always in stock and ready for inspection, The handsomest Mackinaw in all the land of those who live in a cold climate. You need good ones and we have them. fer fic apparel for appearance or seen here in Mackinaw is the mainstay anBros. GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Seek County Division. Northern Beltrami still has its heart “sot” on a division of the icounty according to the following from the Baudette Region: “That the question of dividing Beltrami county is not a dead issue despite the present law that demands an eight million dollar valuation was shown at the board of trade meet- ing last Thursday nijght when the matter was up for discussion. It was the general opinion that special legislation could ‘be secured to apply to counties situated as. |Beltrami county is, and an effort will probably be made at the next session of the legislature to get the necessary bill passed.” $6,000 for Liquor License. The town of Little Fork, in Koochiching county, has become a much talked of place, recently, be- cause of the fact that the council there has placed the liquor license at the magnificent figure of $6,000 per year. About a year ago the license price was $500 and then in August, fhe price went up to $750. A little later the price was placed at 61,000 and one license has been. granted at the last figure. Now th: license has been slated at the $6,000 figure and the next license expires in November and all the proprietor will pay the and renew his lease when \ time comes. Teacher Sues School Board. Miss Ida E. Henry who has been a teacher in the Virginia schools for the past two years was reelect- ed last spring and accepted. Notice was sent to her by the secretary of the school board that she had been elected. The contract was then signed up and she went to take up her work. The board then flatly refused to assign her a place and she stayed and offered her ser- vices and now brings suit for the first month’s” wages. Several others have had a similar experi- ence and await the outcome of her suit. Miss Henry isa resident of Aitkin, Minnesota. HILL CITY NOTES. Hill City is to have a Farmers’ in stitute tomorrow. Swenson’s meat market is to have an expert meat cutter every evening from this time. anxiously waiting to see whether | week. price | booster for northern Minnesota and the|is greatly interested in all H. Steinarsen arrived in this city last week from Marietam, having. driven the entire distance of over 300 miles. He has been traveling a lot in.the past year. Om his travels he visited Norway and was mar- ried. His wife is expected to ar- rive from the old country this week and they will make their [Dome at Hill City. Al Phillips of Splithand was a@ are | Hill City visitor the first. of the He is an _ enthusiastic the country in south Itasca county. /CAR Groceries, CAR The Live Grocer GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA You will always find the choicest line of Coffee, Canned Goods Fruits & Vegetables . at Carl’s store. | also sei] gasoline & feed The Live Grocer GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA Teas and - ee ee