Newspaper Page Text
VOLUME 12, NO. 99.
PEA LAND S WORT
MOR E THA N MINE S
Manufacturer Tells of Possibilties of
Great Industry HereWill Produce
Fuel, or Onions and Celery Crop.
C. G. KLEINSTUCK AN AUTHORITY
Has Made Study of Peat for Twelve
YearsIn Attendance at Conven
tion Now in Progress at Duluth.
That Northern 'Minnesota ihas a
future source of revenue of far great
er value than all its mines and one
that will continue to supply untold
riehes as perpetually as the Yalley of
the Nile, is the import of an inter
view with Oarl Cr. Kleinstuick,.. of
Kalamazoo, Michigan vice-president
of the American Peat Society, at the
Duluth Peat convention now in sles
sion and which is being attended by
O. L. Dent, ditch referee of this
district.
Mr. Kleinsituck is one of the
pioneer manufacturers of peat pro
ducts and perhaps the largest owner
of peat lands in the country. Pro
bably no man in the world knows
more about peat than Mr. Klein
stuck, as he has inspected peat beds*
from Vera Cruz to Quebec and from
the Atlantic coast to the Rocky
mountains, and has facts and figures
at his tongue's end.
For the past twelve years, Mr.
Kleinstuck has been studying peat
stoil, and is an authority on the
value of peat, cost of its production,
the best uses for peat aoil, and the
kinds of crops best adapted to the
cleared land. He says what is true
of Michigan peat lands is also true
of Minnesota swamp lands.
Minnesota Peat Lands.
"One of your geologists told m$"
said Mr. Kleinstuck today, "that
fully two fifths of Minnesota was
fine peat land. It is impossible to
estimate the exact value of this-land
either for crop or fuel purposes, but
a fair -idea can be otbtained by illus
trating by the citing of concrete re
sults obtained in Michigan.
"We have burned peat for a long
time and its cost is less than half
that of coal and by many considered
better fuel for many purposes. Great
interest was aroused in peat after
the great coal strike when the
country was) threatened with a fuel
famine. Activities were begun to
of the business, and the work was
not pushed scientifically, and failure
was the result.
The value of peat lands for fuel
purposes* was well illustrated ,by Mr.
Kleinstuck. Swamps with peat beds
-five feet deep will produce 300 tons
per foot depth, per acre,
1,500 tons to tine acre. Machine
peat sells at $5.00 a ton. There is
surely $1.00 clear profit on a ton of
iea which shows that one acre of
peat land will produce $1,500, clear
profit for fuel alone.
The fuel value of the land is a
mere fraction of what the land is
-worth for the production of crops. Cel
ery, onions and peppermint, he says,
are the -best crops for the soil, and
are more productive than an iron
mine.
Celery Lands.
'Land purchased at Kalamazoo a
few years ago for a few dollars an
acre," says Mr. Kleinstuck, "is now
worth $1,200 an acre for the produc
tion of celery. The climate of
Michigan, Northern Wisconsin and
Northern Minnesota is ideal for cel
ery and produced the fbest products
in the world. The soil also produces
fabulous onion yields and is perfect-
SCOOP
i*^
*s*
WW.
RULERS Of BELGIUM.
Forced io Move Capital
by Advance of, Germane
I** A
aadJ
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
Latest Stories of Prominent Authors
Added to Shelves of Public Li-
brary, Reports Librarian.
BOY SCOUTS SERIES IN LIST
Many new books of interest have
just been received at the Public Li
brary, among them being a complete
set of boy scout sieries and the latest
works of the, (principal authors.
Among the'books, according to iMiss
Beatrice Mills, the librarian, are the
following:..
l^n^fe'
Tnoma
& Dixon Old
Y$entfnes, Munson Havens Cease
firing, Mary Johnston The Fortu
nate Youth, William Locks Our. Mr.
Wrenn, Sinclair Lewis) .Pidgin Isl
and, Haroid
M^acGrath _J?ollyanna,
Eleanor Pprter Miss Billy Married,
Eleanor-Porterj.Penrod, (Booth Tark
ington The Heart's Country, Mary
Heaton Vorse Sweetapple Cove,
George Van iSohaick Eyes of the
World, Harold Bell Wright Making
Life Worth While (a book on health)
Herbert Wescott Fisher The Call of
the Carpenter, Bouck White A Bish
op Among His Flock, Etfnelbert Tal
j'bot The Spell of the Yukon, Robert
manufacture fuel from peat but ,pro- w. Service The Garden, Rabindran-
moters that would cast J. Rufus ath Tagove
Wallingford into the shade got hold A set of nine books called "Master
pieces in Color," written iby several
authors, has. also been received. They
include Bolticelli, Henry B. Binns
Walts, W. Loftus Hare Corov, Sid
ney Allmett Titian, S. L. Bensusan
Sargent, T. Martin Wood Hogarth,
C. Lewis iHind Gainsborough, Max
making iRothohild Boucher, Haldane Mac
Fall.
For the Children,
Following is a list of books for
the children: Boy Scouts of the Dis
mal Swamps, Wallie Eaton Boy
Scouts Of the 'Berkshire, Wallie Ea
ton The Torch Bearer, I. T. Thurs
ton Jack of All Trades, Katherine
Birdsall Dick Among the Miners, A.
\W- Dimock Lem, a New England
Village Boy, Noah Brooks Betty
Wales, Jiunior, Margaret Warde Boy
in Sirinn, Padraic Colum.
Hanging Up Auto Signs.
The Bemidji Auto club is* doing
some very effective work through its
members in the way of placing guide
signs throughout this section of the
country. B. W. Lakin -f placed a
large number of signs-directing auto
parties from this city to Itasca Park.
.tja, *_* i Other signs are heing erected on roads
leadlli
(Continued on Pap'e 8) Irections.
THE CUB
REPORTER
city Jrom^arious di-
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRID,
)^i
ass
WILL AGAIN HEAD CLU
B. Lycan Re-elected PresidenfJ
Nridji'i Athletic Association
\dall Succeeds Johnson
ELEC xBOARD ./NEX1 THURSDA
*-4-
Ralph &. Lycan who has 'been a
the head' of the Bemidji Athletic club
since it jrae organised a year lagoy
w&s re-elected at a meeting held last sk
^w.4noTli a
Ai.o
^nor
nof
r+V.o.
1a evening-. The firs year the club's
existence has 'been successful and
Lycan's) selection was made by the
unanimous vote of the meeting.
For several years before the club
was formed, Lycan started the move
ment which Later resulted in its or
ganization and it
his efforts than to those of any other
man that the plan -was carried out
with such success. The firs* year of
the club's life, as is the case with
any proposition of the kind, has been
difficult, ibut Lycan, with the other
officers and the board of control, has
worked constantly in its behalf and
asa eonEjeauence it is on a much bet
ter financial footing than even its
most enthusiastic supporters- had
reason to expec*..
Along athletic lines the organiza
tion has worked its way to the top.
In football it won the%championship
of northern Minnesota, and fought
for the world's' basketball title, giv
ing the wonderful Pond du Lac ag
gregation the hardest series of their
half a hundred games., In Ibaseball
the team was well represented, while
strong teams were formed in hand
ball, indoor baseball, volley ball and
indoor baseball.
Carl Jacobson, one of the club's
star athietetf, and football coach, was
re-elected vice-president and C. S.
Randall was elected secretary, suc
ceeding Carl Johnson,_/, Nat Given,
one of the cluib's: most-energetic sup
porters, and irhd has served on the
board of control during the, past
year, was named treasurer.
The election of the boardvfiif con
trol will-takje jplace':a
was due more tog^Sf
an adjourned
meeting iwMch fet^r be^ held next
Thursday evening, an-d at which ev
ery member {the club is requested
tobepresenk ..^The^ib^ajrd Jof, c^ntrqj.],Luij^^company/r-rln
is" of much: importance to-the wel
fare of the organization and every
man of the club should have interest^
enough to plaice a vote in the naming
of its members.
The advisability of renting the
club rooms for another year was dis
cussed and referred to the.board of
control. The secretary was voted a
Salary of $60 a year.
TO STAND BY ENGLAND.
E. C. McGregor Says Canada is Pre
pared for War.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McGregor ihave
just returned from Regina, Canada,
wher they have been visiting Mr.
McGregor's* relatives for over two
weeks. In speaking of his trip, Mr.
McGregor said: "Regina is a fine
out of the country to get feed for
them. Tthe government has asked
the farmers who have crops this, year
to keep the straw for feed." On the
way back to Bemidji Mr. and Mrs.
McGregor stopped three days in Win
nipeg. He stated, in speaking of
that city:^ "We certainly realized
that England was at war when we
reached Winnipeg. Troops were 'be-
ing drilled and soldiers were seen on
the streets everywhere. Canada is
certainly loyal to her mother coun
try and 1*00,000 troops will "be afht
there from Canada. Mr. arid Mrs.
McGregor had no trouble atMal' In
crossing the border.
little city of 35,000 and has good
pavements and walks. Crops east of one of the First National bank di-
Regina are good this year, but west reetorr..-.
of the city there will be absolntelv '"'-__ "-:_
no crops this sea,*Dn on account
Survf eiJn by Two Daughters,
drought, andthe farmers in that lo-!
cality are forced to take their stock I
Las
AUGUST 81,19J$
S tNIMlttm
Bemidji's Most Prominent *nd
it Citisens Succumbs to bid
at Minneapolis Hospital.
ILL ONLY TEH BAYS
midJP FriendsFuneral Arrange
mej&s'Have Not Been Completed
^Oljlpwing an illness of but ten
paused toy artery trouble at the
ni
V4T
omcs as a Great Shock to Be-
brain, a trouble from
x.n'shad
wihieti
suffered for several
yeawlt'^ValteF A. Gould, for more than
eleven years one of "Bemfdji's most
prominent and foremost .business
men?, died in a Minneapolis hospital
earljjp'-this morning. ^v"'*
News of Mr. Gould's death^came
as a reat Ehoc to his many Bemidji
frienqs, many not knowing that his
condition had been serious. The
trouble which caused Mr. 'Gould's
death was not new, and with "the ex
ceptiqnof lalst summer, he had at
tacks each August for several years.
Two years ago hid condition was con
sidered as critical, but being pf ro
bust physique and with
1 thorough
medical attention his good health
was ipartially restored, although he
never fully recovered from that at
tack.
During the pa*t week prominent
doctors of the twin cities have held
repeated consultations in an effort to
locate the real steat of Mr. Gould's
illness, but they were powerlesfc to
remedy the trouble.,
y*Lived Here Eleven Years.
^"Walter A. Gould moved to Bemidji
frbm Minneapolis, where' he was
connected with the Shevlin interests,
in the spring of 1903, and for, four
yeaj$ held the position of logging
superintendent for the Orookston
-iUMKJ,
%ttn^^icliards,^r thlr-aft&Si* W rectiafe
Gould organized the.Bemidii W&&
her company, In which he still held
an interest at the time of his death.
He Was plso interested in the Great
Northern Timjber company, which has
an office^here/under the management
of Earl Grinolds, a nephew, who on
learning of Mr. Gould's death, left
immediately for Minneapolis.
Was Club President.
Mr Gould was at one itime pres
ident of the Bemidji Commercial club
|and in that capacity was enabled to
assist in:
the city's growth and prog-
jress, an opportunity which he readi
ly grasped.. He was a prominent
Mason, and'.belonged to R^ A.M., Be
midji ehrpter No. 70, and Was a
member cf Elkanah Commandery, No.
30, also of. this city. He was a
thirty-second degree Mason, and be
longed to the Minneapolis Blue lodge
i and Shrine. Until recently he w^^as
Mr. Gould rented a
??r
?n
hous
Vin*tojAiB, where with his
two dturMers, Jessamine and Etta,
he has resided duTing the summer.
He had rlpuned on moving back to
Bemidji, still owning a beautiful
home on Bemidji avenue, and the
family trunks were packed, ready for
the return trip, when the sickness
which this morning caused his death,
came upon him. With him at the
time of .his death were his two
daughters. H-is mother and sister
are at Seattle, and have 'been notified
of his death. Mrs/Gould died here
in 1906
Buried at South Haven.
While funeral arrangements |iave
completed, it'~ is probable
not been
The Best Army Cook .Gets these Volunteers By "HOP
^'*}Bter$3f
%AXTEfiA.G01JI^DEAD*
4f
Prominent Bemidji, Basubws Han
Who Died in Minneapolis Hospi
tasl Early*This Morning.
Because of the interest which, has
been shown since the announcement
was made that tihe pictures of the
Northern Minnesota Editorial asso
ciating outing would be shown here,
C. J. Woodmansee, manager of the
Grand, has arranged tor three shows
this evening and the same number to
morrow night.
These are the pictures taken at
International Falls.*, Spooner, Bau
dette and the Lake of the Woods lM|
month, and they will he presentjed
(here under the supervision of Charles
iScheers of Akeley, president of the
editorial association, and who di
rected their construction. F. A.
Wilson, of the Sentinel, who was"on
tclif. infill deliver- a- short intro*
-Many, well^ known Bemidji men
will be seen in the picturesrincfuding
Judge W. Stanton, Secretary W.
R. Mackenzie, J. J. Ops&hl, P. A.
Wilson,, O. L. Dent, Sheriff Andrew
Johnson and Clerk of Court Rhoda.
Many -scenic pictures will also be
shown, featuring the spots which
ihave won wide prominence among
the world's beauty spots.
The shows start at' 7:30, 8:45 and
9:50.
BAND CONCERT? TONIGHT.
Entertaining Program Arranged for
Regular Weekly Musical.
Alden Remfrey, director of the Be
midji band, this afternoon announced
the following program for the reg
ular weekly concert which will be
played at the city dock this? evening:
1. March"The Crack of the Whip"
Henry
2. Waltz'Drea Waltz"Powell
3. Characteristic"Off the Trail"
Carlton
4. Frolique^Sans-Souci '(Bohemia-
na" Smith
5., Medley"I Love Her Oh! Oh.
Oh! Monaco
6. "Town" Talk" JJaLbey
7. Waltz"The Ourse of An Ach
ing Heart" Piantadosi
8. Overture"Lustpiel-Keler"
Bela
9. March"The Mandator"
Vandercook
Several young men of the city have
issued invitations for. a dance,which
is to be given in the city hall this
evening., Xlood music has been se
cured.
I&BTT-CEBJTS
i'
that interment wijl be made at South
Haven, fiiii chifdhood home, and the
city in which his wife is buried.-He
was 44 yearg^d
SHOW EDITOR'S WgyRES
Movies on Recent Trip of Northern
Association Scribes WillvBe
Pre-
sented at Grand Tonight.
BEMIDJI PERSONS IN FILMS
4
GERMAN S NOW^
HOL BRUSSELS
ANTWER MM
kM
ANTWERP, AJJ&. 21.--THIS CITY
IS BEING PLACED IN STATE OF
SIEGE. ALL FOREIGNERS WILL
BE ASKED TO LEAVE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. KING ALBERT ANB
GENERAL STAFF NOW HERE.
PORTS ARE ALL MANNED ANB
CIVIL GUARD DIRECTED TJ O ACT
UNDERORDERS FROM MILITARY.
^PARIS, AUG. 21.WHILE THE
FRENCH ARMY FROM BELFORT
IS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH
WARD, CLEARING UPPER ALSACE
OF "GERMAN TROOPS OPERATING
IN LORRAINE, IS ENCOUNTERING
STRfetftf^RESISTANCE. 7
AUG.
PER MONTH '*&-
7*^ -*j^v!.
'A
PARIS^ AUG ai.OFFICIALLY
ANNOUNCED THAT GERMAN
CAVALRY HAS OCCUPIED BRUS
SELLS. STRONG COLUMNS FOL
LOWING UP Tims MOVEMENT
AND BELGIAN ARMY RETIRING
ON TO ANTWERP WITHOUT HAV-
ING BEEN ENGAGED BY GER
MANS.
LONDON,, AUG. 21.DISPATCH
FROM CETTINJI SAYS ENGUSH
FLEETS^ SUPPORTED BY FRENCH
WARSHIPS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH MONTENEGRIN BATTER-
IES ON MOUNT LEVCHEN, BOM-
BARDED AUSTRIAN FORTIFICA-
TIONS AT CATTAR0, GREATLY
DAMAGING THEM.
21.DELAYED
VIENNE SAYS
AU|TBIAN GOVERNMENT HAS IS
SUED FINAL CALL FOR ALL ABLE
BODIED MEN FROM AGES OF,
TWENTY TO FORTY-TWO.
V"
Paris, Aug. 21.That the Germans
are making, a- determined resistance
te the Erench, operations in Alsace
Lorraine is indicated by the" war 6T-'
fice's announcement that the Germans
have retaken the town of Ville.
Tt is stated that the fighting lasted
five hours, the Germans charging the
French position in the face of a se
vere fire from the French batteries
posted on the hills just outside, the
town.'
v-
The German Uhlans charged time
and again, using their lances, to good
advantage. Although badly decimated,
and forced back they returned to the
attack ^-in increasing numbers and
found the French retiring, leaving the
Germans in possession bf the field.
The war office in an official .state
ment announces the French re-entry"
in Mulhausen.i
:\^^.^&$:
The recapture was preceded by a
severe battle, duringvwhich the French
troops took one'of the suburbs at the
point of the bayonet. They also took i
as the result of their victory six Ger
man cannon and six ammunition
wagons.
The official note says the situation
in the Vosges mountains is unchanged.
In Upper Alsace the French have
occupied^ Guebwilier, fourteen miles
southwest of Colmar!''"""
In Lorraine it is stated the French
lines extend from the north of Saar
burg, passing by Morhange to Delme.
The situation in the duchy of Lux
emburg and in Belgium is unchanged.
THOMAS NISBET BURIED
Impressive/ Masonic Funeral Rites
Held at Grand Forks Yesterday
Impressive Masbnic funeral rites
were held yesterday afternoon,at S
o'clock for the late Thomas Nisbet,
at the,Presbyterian church ofjGraud
Fortes, his home, and at the Mallory,
Minnesota, cemetery, where inter
ment was made.. Mr. Nisbet died at
his summer home here last Tuesday
morning. The different Masonic bo
died of Grand Forks attended the fu
neral in large numbers and the ac
tive and honorary pall (bearers were
from the tMasonic order, while a
large number of Masons /made the
journey to Mallory by auto to pay
the last respects at the grave of an
honored and respected member of the
society, a .man ''recognized as a good
nelghlbor and fri6ndv
h.m.
5.
-U
and one who
left a wide circle oFfrtett&s to (mourn
his passing. ^:.-JrV^ ''^.f-
fh a new incubator the eggs are so
-T!
Hj
v-V, -rfv*
