The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-23

ACTIVITIES IN COUNTY
BEING WATCHED CT OSELY
County Auditor Reports On
State Road No. 4, Shorter
Route 10 Twin Cities

$ldJl Civic ana tCfmmerce aSSOCldIAOll
was we'll attended w ednesday and ali
interesting program followed the reg
ular luncheon at which H. z. Mitchell
vice president Of the ssociation pres
sided. .5
Harry Funston Of the 500 railroad
gave an interesting talk on imMigra-
ton into Northern Minnesota and he
touched upon the land clearing pro-
gram in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
He said; wisconsin during 1921
cleared about 100000 acres of land
and Minnesota with its first year
OF actual work cleaned ! 10000 acr- Is.
"a new rate for immigration
movables, which now includes sc
ond hand cars has been granted by
the railroads which amounts to- S55
car, or practically a one-haH rate.
The passenger rate is less than &c q
mile, which should have q tendency
to bring a flood of new settlers into
this country. In checking over our
records I find that a larger percent
age of new settlers are brought here
from southern Minnesota, in whoa
case Minnesota is selling herself" a
George Winter Of the Crookston
Lumber company urged that tic
business men talk business farming
to the farmers. The farmers are
afraid Of the word, efficiency said
Mr.. Winter" and for this reason vs.
should forget this word and talk bus
mess farming. n. Ia z.,s s.t ~
stDairying is the all-year-round
crop on; the farm and the farmers
should be taught how to care for
their stock properly. They Should
know whether cow is q sbearde or
producer. The average production
Of butter fat per GOWN Minnesota
is 100 pounds "A COW that does not
produce 200 pounds Of butter fat IS
boarder and not d profitable pro-
Queer" yssysES.5 .:z f
Mark Thompson Of Duluth gave. q
short talk on land clearing. He said:
"Bemidji has set the pace in this work
and all eyes are on Beltrami counsy
for 1922. hope Beltrami county
will carry on with credit to herself
as upon her activities depends large
iy the work other counties will do. 4
stClear land Ind be able to raise
feed for the cattle, SO that it will not
be necessary to ship In feed. As YET
we are not producing as much as We
consume, therefore land should be
cleared and production increased.
Mr.. THOMPSON further urged thae
farmers keep small tract Of The
poorest soil for wood product pdrpo-
ses, as many farmers now realize:
the mistake in clearing all their land
and now have to buy fuel for til olr
-own use. .s 4, W. ;&3. ;s.sal "a
Charles Carter IF the land clearing
association called attention to- the
wood fuel rate herring set for March
20 in this city and urged all to attend.
He outlined the land clearing pro-
gram for the year and pointed ort
The need Of following up the clearing
of land with giving publicity to tho
prospective settlers, 80 That they
might be brougt into the country,
thereby increasing the prediction II
crops and the settling Of the, cor'o-
munities. VI s3$ssss 5'3
Robert CRUDE cf Mooseheart, Iii
was called upon for b short talk: He
encouraged the business men to give
some attention tp the yotns men Of
the city, especially those Between the
ages Of 16 to 81. He cited what the
Moose organization Is doing and urg-
ed that Bemidji encourage the yo:,,ig
men to become members of this
Junior organization.
A. D. Johnson, county auditor,
gave report on the new state road
number A, which has been PLANNED
to connect with Walker making 4
shorter route to the Twin Cit q
"The work on the road," said NJ
Johnson, stis being held up on account
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