Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-04-29
Can GROW CUCUMBfRS
Van VoorhiS g. johnson Will
Put in a Picking
Plant

At the meeting OF the commercial
club held Thursday evening OF last
week. the proposition of the picking
firm of Van WORMS &. johnson, az
presented by the board OF directors OF
the club, was approved, and the
aoreement has been singed with the
comnanv. Supt. 81. E. White ap'
neared before the club with sugges-
ton that land should be leased,
nlouphed, divided in small tracts,
seemed IN cucumbers and then turned
over TO tho schoolboys for them to
ra,sa same during the summer vaca-
t;on- rhe cost Of rental, SEED, etc., to
no taken ont when crop is marketed.
committee composed of H. F..
White. Rev. w. 81, North and F. A.
Nelson were appointed to look after
tho matter. In order that the money
tn finance same would not come from
the Golfers of the Commercial CLUB,
several members announced their Will
7nuness to assist in raising the sum
The potato proposition was dropped
for this season at least, as the board
If directors found that the farmers
showed very little interest in the
proposed plan.
n;ttee on a fair, L. y. Vessel stating
that none was ready as yet; although
# was certain a fair Of some KIND
would be held.
A resolution was passed approving
the enactment of law, now being con-
sidered in Washington, y. o.,
ests blinghing a national department
If health. and a copy of it will be
sort IN Senators Nelson and Clapp
ond CONGRESSMAN G. A. Lindbergh.
r. was sueRested that efforts should
:he made to secure full count for this
c;tv in the taking of the 1910 census.
which ends today, by assisting the
enumerators to get names OF residents
of this city who ale temporarily
absent. A committee composed OF
DR.. }. Il. MilIspaugh, P. >: vasaly,
n. N. Bergheim and Ed. N. Lafono
was appointed to meet with the
enumerators. The meeting was held
last Friday evening.
The matter Of taking up with ne
board of county commissioners, the
advisability of roofing the Jail with
asbestos shingles while the court
house was receiving similar roof
inQ, and the replacing of the present
deIapidated shed near the Jail was
left to a committee composed OF j.
K Martin, DR.. L. M. Roberts, Chas.
Sylvester, A. Simonet and Frank
Renick.
In regard to some Of the Com
merc1al clubs chairs which were
badly IN need of repairs, Al. Simonet
agreed to repair them free of charge.
The club decided to request Mayor
Moeglein to decide on Clean Up"
week, during which time everybody
lis to clear their premises of filth
and rubbish. after which a COM
mittee to be appointed will 90 on a
tour of inspection through the city
and see that premises of each property
owner in the city is sanitary. The
board of health will then be notified
of those that are not.
Jacob P0sch and j. j. Gross were
nno,nted to secure the signatures
Of the farmers of the county to con-
tracts with Van Voorhis & johnson
for the seeding of 100 acres of land in
cucumbers to be disposed of to the
local picking station exclusively this
fail. Farmers and gardeners may also
sign these contracts at N. N: Berg
helms office, the Victor Clothing
company store and the F. A. Nelson
photograph studio.