Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 22, 1913, Page 8

~ show you how to 14th wins Piano. DRY GOODS CoO. GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA A Complete Line of Ladies’ Coats, Suits, Skirts, & Waists Women’s and Children’s Shoes and Gent’s Furnishings LAND CLEARING AND FARM WORK’: Will be Discussed in Five Day Pro- gram at the North Central Experiment Station. GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS All Designed to Assist in Clearing Remaining Timber and Raising Crops Afterward—Live Stock Discussion. The instructors of the Agricul- school ani coilege at, Univensity Farm, St. Paul, will spend a week at the North Central Experime: station at Grand Rapids to dis- cuss agricultural problems with th farmers who are opening up the timbered section. The rapid settle ment of the cutover and tiv section of Northern Minnesota calls for the best instruction and assist- ance the state can give in the prob lems of land clearing and in the development of the tnumberland farms. Through the request of the Northern Minnesota Development association, a committee was ap- pointed at the university farm by (Dean A. F. Woods, to prepare a short course in land clearing and farm development. This committe consisting of Prof. Andrew Boss. ‘Supt. A. D. Wilson, Prof. E. G. Cheyney and Prof. John T. Stewart after going over the ground, re- commended that the course be given at the experiment station at Grand Rapids. The course will be held Oct. 27 to 31. No charges will be made of the farmers/attending. Board. and froom can be had at Grand Rapids at not to exceed $1.00 per day. Con veyance will be provided from Grand Rapids to and from the ex- periment station. free. Instruction will be given in the Dry Goods Company Store, for the Herald-Review. Contest open to anyone. Co. or the Herald-Review for full particulars relative to contest. Lady’s twenty- year gold filled Watch. win. Second Prize use anid handling of explosives, stump pullers and machinery for breaking and tilling new land. Lec- each day will be followed by work in the field. The even- will be devoted to illustrated lectures, including both lantern slides and moving pictures. One evening will be given to rural edu- cation and rural organization. Lectures will be given each day ing work, on agricultural subjects that pertain to farming in the tim- bered section. The closing day will be given to the subject of dairying and live stock. z Ten instructors will take part in the course, including Dean A. F. Woods. Prof. Andrew Boss and Supt. A. D. Wilson. Monday, October 27. 9:30 a. m. Inspection of experimen station. 10:30 a.m. Organization, for work 1:00 p. m. Opening address— Re- view of Work of Experiment Sta tion —Supt. A. J. MeGuire. 2:00 p. m. Practice work—Logging and Brushing Land.—E. G. Chey- ney—A. J. McGuire. 4:00 p. m. Use and value of timbe —Prof. E. G. Cheyney. 7:30 p. m. Moving pictures—Land clearing with Large Steam Ma- chine. Use of Dynamite in farm ing Tuesday, October 28. 9:30 a. m. Use and Handling of Explosives—Dynamite and Virite for Removing Stumps anid Stone. Piling and Burning Stumps and Brush.—F. B. MecLeran—A. J. Mc- Guire. 41:00 a. m. Purchasing explosives. —D. E. Willard. 1:00 p. m. Demonstration and practice work—Blasting stumps and stones with dynamite and virite —F. B. McLeran.—A. J. Mc- Guire. 4:00 p.m. Crops for newly cleared land.—A. B. Hostetter. 7:30 p.m. Potato growing and il- lustrated lecture on farm opera- tions.—A. B. Hostetter, W. A. Dick- enson. - Wednesday, October 29. 9:30 a.m. Stump pulling by team; team and block and tackle; team and stump puller; one man stum puller—A. /J. McGuire. 44:00 a. m. Farm drainage—Johnj T. Stewart. \ in connection with the land clear- |; OPEN TO EVERY WOMAN OR GIRL IN ITASCA COUNTY If you have not already had a number better get in the race. Come in and let us Votes issued with every one cent purchase at the Allen and 3,000 votes given for every subscription taken Contestant having the largest number of votes on March Call on either the Allen Dry Goods ees First prize this $400.00 Claxton Piano Third prize Lady’s ten- year gold filled 2:00 p. m. Demonstrationand practice work with stump. pullens —Work conducted by manufac- turers of machine. 4:00 p. m. Soils and soil manage- ment.—Dr. Alway. 7:30 p. m. Rural organization. Fred Ward. Rural education.—A, V. Storm. Thursday, October 30. 9:30 a.m. Preparation of land for craps—Mark Thompson F, B. MeLeran. 11:30 a.m. Cropping system-<- for timberland farms.—Prof. Andrew. Boss. 1:00 p. m. Demonstration. and prac tice work with machinery for breaking and tilling new land. Review of practice work with ex- plosives and stump pullers. 4:00 p. m. Construction of buildings.—A. J. McGuire. Friday, October 31. Live Stock Day. 9:30 a. m. Dairying and hog rais- ing.—A. J. McGuire. 10:30 a. m. Production of feeds— Supt. A. D. Wilson. 1:00 p.m. Stock judging.—Prof. A. Boss, Supt. A. J. MeGuire. 3:30 p. m. Address by Dean A. F. Woods. 6:30 p.m. Banguet at Experimen station. Superintendent A. J. McGuire will gladly give any information desired by those who anticipate attending or who are interested in any way in the coming gathering. THREE MEN KILLED IN GROSBY MINE One of the Worst Accidents That Ever Happened in Itasca County. A serious mime accident occured at the Crosby mine at, Nashwauk Wednesday night at 10:30 o'clock; in which three miners lost their lives. The Nashwauk Herald tells about it: : The men were working under- ground loeding cars with iron ore and after having put in a blast the men resumed work when, without warning. to hundred tons of earth caved in upon them, killing three The killed are: Chris Matuno- farm Name. Street No. County. Fourth Prize comb, brush and mirror. Fill out this coupon, mail or bring it to our office with $1.00 for one year’s subscription to the HERALD-REVIEW and get 3,000 votes. Toilet Set, Town or City. State. vich, Mike Kokich and Eli Martin. The first two named were Monten- egrians and the latter an Austrian. Matunavich was 32 years of age and leaves a family in the old, country. Kokich was 43 years of age and also jeaves a‘wife in the, old country, Martin was 21 years, of age and single. The mjured are Joe Delao, an Italian, living on Fourth street with his family, and Nick Yove- tich, a Montenegrian. Both of the injured men will recover, as they are not seriously hurt. Yowvetich, was taken to Hibbing aud placed, in the Adams hospital. Superintendent Barber with Capt. Wivell and others worked for four hours before the bodies of the dead men were dis~ covered. EXPLORING FOR ORE IN CARPENTER TWP, Carpenter township in Itasca county is the center of some inter- esting mining explorations which are being conducted now. John, Helmer of Duluth is the main figure in the investigations being carried on. Mr. Helmer will be remembered as the plaintiff in a recent suit which wa: tried at Grand Rapids against the Itasca Lumber Co. The sub. ject in dispute which was settled in his favor was the worth of tim- ber om an 80 acre tract above Deer River. In regard to the mining explora- tions in Carpenter the Bear River Journal has the following account: “John Helmer of Duluth, who has extensive iron mining holdings around Mountain Iron and Buhl. T. P. Corey, the Buhl hardware dealer, ;and Mose Helmer of Chis- holm, were in the village Saturday afternoon. Mr. Helmer spent the together. MINNESOTA AHEAD OF ALL THE WEST “The Pacific coast is 10 per cent climate and 90 per cent inflated valuation.” said George J. Silk of Pine River, Minn., today. Mr. Silk. sold out at Pine River in July and took an extended trip through the west looking for a mew business lo- cation. He has returned to Minne- apolis determined to stay in Minne- sota and cease looking for some- thing better. “I only wish every Minmesota mam could take the trip I have tak en and see what I have seen,” said Mr. Silk. “He would come back a better booster for Minnesota and would get over the notion that the grass is greener in the next pas- ture. “Conditions are not good in our northwestern) states, but on thq Canadian side they are far worse. Values are away out of sight and there isn’t the business to support them. The Canadian west is suf- fering a great money stringency. ‘Money shares are getting as high as five per cent/a month from people who simply must have the money, and there is hardly any money loaned at less than 10 per cent. Since last March 30,000 resi- dents of Vancouver have left for the states. some 14,000 of them be- ing Americans going back to God's Country. Those are government figures, and they do not represent travelers: but actual residents changing their location.” The western Canada farmers are harvesting a good crop this year, the first one they have saved from frost in three years and the rail- roads are absolutely powerlesq to handle it. About 75 per cent of the crop is being threshed, and I saw lhad friends in business in, almost very place I visited, and they alk | told me they would like to come | back to Minnesota ina hurry if they could only get loose.” ‘MUCH INTEREST | IN MINNESOTA | Minnesota is attracting thousands of homeseekers this bulk of these come from the states | of lowa, Illinois and Indiana. The Minnesota exibit at the state fairs of Illinois and Indiana were partic- ularly attractive to the farmers of those states and daily people are visiting Minnesota in search of moderate priced lands, who receiv- ed their first inspiration to seek a home in the North Star state, by visiting the Minnesota exhibits dur ing their state fairs. At Illinois last week thousands of names of prospective Minnesota homeseekers were registered by the men - in charge of the Springfield exhibit and literature setting forth Minne- sota’s great advantages as a place in which to acquire a home at. moderate cost.| will be mailed to them from the State Board of Im- them from the State Board of Im- migration office at-St.. Paul. The people living in the territory of high priced $175.an@ $225 an acre land in the states above mentioned, are looking for an opportunity to secure a home where it does not require so much cash to make a start. and within a short time there will be a large increase in the movement towards Minnesota and the moderate priced lands. In Tilinois last week at the state fair, hundreds of farm renters and factory men visited the Minnesota exhibit booth. and stated freely that they were going to make a trip to where farmers have been digeing | Minnesota in the near future, with pits, lining them with tar paper|_ view of taking advantage of the and dumping their grain into them opportunities offered here because there is no other place to|for homebuilding. AN of them put it. Bight out of ten farm | have some means but not enough’ afternoon looking over the ore out-| houses seen from: the railroad are |to start a.home within the states cropings on the Dwight Palmer. Robert Hutchinson and Geo. Lockwood in the town of Carpenter. He was non-committal as to the result of his trip, but he deems the indications worthy of more extended investigation. homesteads of | Vacant, with the windows broken id of high priced lands. Commissioner “The west has been overplayed|Freci D Sherman of the and a reaction is coming. Seattle’s|Board of Immigrati that || railroad tonnage ‘shows a decrease |the interest shown 1 of of 331-3 per cent ‘this year. I was|Minnesota at the Tl! is State fair through Washington and Oregon fer exceeded any all expecta- @nd found things very dull. 'tions. scsi \ ‘ year The- ase”