The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-10
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Tenstrike Is Selected by
Committee as Best Site
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ALL COMMUNITIES ARE
URGED TO ENTER TEAMS
Several Contests to Feature
This Big County Event
on Monday, May 22

The farm of Merton Ketchum,
just west of the village of Tenstrike
will be the scene of the gigantic
land clearing demonstration to be
staged under the auspices of the
LBeltrami Corlnty Land Clearing
Association on Monday, May %.
This site was selected Tuesday by
the land clearing committee on site
during meeting at Tenstrike with
E. Z. Schulke Of that village, Edison
Washburn, land clearing manager,
Bemidji and A. E. Whiting of Black
duck. This site is nearly ideal for
such a demonstration in as much
as it is located close to Tenstrike,
on a good road and has the neces-
sary requirements of uniform brush
field, stumps of various kinds, a
few stones, and sufficient open
space to afford the crowd an OPP
portunity to witness the entire dem
onstration. 1t also contain small
drainage project, affords ain OPP
ortunity for a breaking demonstra-
ton, and gives plenty of room for
the parking of cars.
Several farms were looked over
by the committee, but none near
the village had the possibilities for
a demonstration which this one pos
sessed, the committee reports.
The Tenstrike Commercial Club
met Tuesday evening and the men,
bcrs were given an outline of the
contests to be staged. These contests
will consist of brushing and single
team stumping. The brushing teams
are to consist Of six men each,
each team to supply itself with SIX
axes, two brushhooks or scythes and
one canthook of peavey. Each OF
these teams will be allotted one
fourth of an acre of land which
must be close cut and cleared and
the brush piled for burning, and
the soil ready for grass seeding. 49,,
The horse stumping contest will
consists of teams made up OF one
pair Of horses, two men, one root
hook, one chain and one axe. This
pertains only to old stumps and
small poplars which have been cut
high above the ground.
For the brushing contest purse
of $50 is offered the winning team
anu Quiet SulLdU1c .P11LCS VAIN w
offered in the other contests!
Every community and farmers
club or farm bureau unit is urged
to enter one or more teams in these
contests in order that the competl-
ton may be as keen as possible and
that the demonstration may be car
ried out rapidly. Teams have already
been entered from Northern, Turtle
River, Hagali and Kitichi. Tenstrike
has entered two teams.
The Tentsrike Commercial Club
invites the public in general to be
present att this big demonstration
and make the day one of profit as
we'll as pleasure. The ladies Of the
Presbyterian and Lutheran churches
at Tenstrike will serve lunch at
noon for all those who attend. A
nominal price will be asked and
plans are being made to care for an
exceptionally large crowd.
The land clearing committee an
nounces that the following men
have been selected to act as Judges
of the various contests: M. N. Kohl
of Cass Lake, C. B. Kinney Of In
ternational Falls and w. H. Gem
nell of Brainerd.
Efforts are being made to secure
Governor J. A. o. Preus to deliver
an address on this occasion.