'&&-9 jxa&rz r- ,» 2% v,.. •y- ,-^-5V? ^••r% ~t"' '5 KFi,^:i-.^.'*'' ,.,....... »J 'T" «,*- _^-t»-A.,v *, INTgfeyATIQNAL FALLS PRESS PAGE SIX FREIGHT RATE FIGHT Duluth to get Mr. Whitcomb, the Do you know This Little Pig Goes to Market a father of the two latter. NEIGHBORING TOWN NEWS you can roll 8 »J The troublesome muskeg between «r# it* r# V# ri Loman and International Falls is being •The Kolhause family of Mizpah dgai fixed so our citizens may go to are enjoying a trip through central Farmer Bears Whole Burden pf Rail International Falls without much lOcts from and southern Minnesota. Charges on Grain, Bureau Tells trouble. FARMERS one bag of MARKET Government. August Neuirkirch of Mizpah, is An up-to-date thresher and Fordson putting a foundation and basement tractor was purchased by Oscar The farmers in every grain producing under his dwelling.- Johnson, Ole Nelson, Pete Sather county in Minnesota are bearing and Emil Ostlund. The ones mentioned the whole cost of high freight rates J. M. Allard of Big Falls was at have been busy threshing oats on grain front the farm to the terminal Littlefork Saturday collecting exhibits and clover for the farmers. market, Thomas E. Cashman, representing for' the state fair from this vicinity. the Minnesota Farm Bureau The home of Mr. Gross and children federation, told the interstate was saddeed Saturday by the commerce commission in Washington Dr. Stevens of Montevideo is visiting death of Mrs. Gross and her baby last week. The farm bureau cited, as at the home of his son, A. E. child. Funeral services were held at an example, the fact* that on July Stevens at Littlefork. He plans to the Birchdale church which was decorated manager, hire employes and decide IS, this year, Minneapolis paid 35 This Little Pig Goes to Market Hereafter remain for a week's stay. with-flowers and greens showing questions of policy. The usual commission cents a bushel for oats, while farmers A» a Farmer'# Profit. GENUINE the sympathy of friends and charge will be levied for selling at Milbank, S. D., got only 25 Miss Louise Forrer and Mrs. Earl "BuuDurham neighbors. All business places were live sjock, but earnings will be cents. Freight rates *'made up the New Plan of Live Stock Marketing Forrer of Minneapolis, are guests at closed during the funeral hours. Mrs. prorated back to the members on the difference-- in price, the bureau figures the home of H. W. Forrer at Littlefork. About to be Submitted to America'* Gross was 35 years old and had lived TOBACCO patronage dividend plan. showed. Mr. Cashman testified They will remain for a couple Army of Producers by Federation in this county for about ten years. The directors of the terminal associations in hearings on proposed reductions of weeks' stay. of Farm Bureau's. The services were in charge of Rev. will be elected by delegates in rates on grain and hay. Howard and special hymns were in annual convention.Voting delegates Increases in freight rates on farm Erick Sampson of Littlefork, has BY ROBERT FULLER sung by the choir. The place of interment will be apportioned on the basis of products, put into effect while values remodelled his house, adding two Special Correspondence. shipments consigned to the terminal was the Birchdale cemetery. rooms, and preparing to stucco the of most crops were rapidly decreasing, association and not by state lines. exterior. When finished it will be not only have wiped out the producers' Chicago.—The Farm Bureau Federation Third.—The various terminal associations profits, but have forced the one of the many neat looking residences is moving fast. The demand for BETHLEHEM will federate into a national beginning to appear in the farmers of the northwest to accept a Subscribe for The Press. Only an institution to market, for the producers organization, governed by a board village. The Wm. Morris and Dimon wage cut greater than the pay reductions $2.00 per year. themselves, the hundreds of of not less than 7 nor more than IS residences of the same place are also in almost any other line of millions of dollars' worth of live stock directors. The national board will industry, Mr. Cashman and F. W. ready to be stuccoed. sold every year has been met. be supported by the terminal commission Peck, director of agricultural extension CHURCH Closing Out The marketing committee of fifteen ».« «.« associations. M»'« work through Minnesota, told ». •. appointed by the Farm Bureau Federation No contract to be signed by the •.» J.J the commission. has agreed on a plan and is BIRCHDALE SHAVINGS & members is contemplated. "An increase of even five cents a fi about to submit it to the live stock The sub-committee on cooperative bushel in the cost of shipping grain ».• «r« •*. »,• »*. .• .*. »,• •.• farmers of the whole country. I have marketing will call a conference to is enough to cut the farmer's actual Mr. Lovejoy and son Charles made it from headquarters that the following Our Lumber REV. A. W. MacNEILL be held in Chicago, September 2, to wages for his labor 50 per cent", Mr. is the plan agreed to: an auto trip to International Falls work out a standardized plan for the Peck said. "Five cents a bushel is First.—Cooperatiye live stock shipping organization and management of cooperative Mr. and Mrs. Gregg have re- a relatively small part of the cost of associations will hold membership live stock shipping associations. producing an acre of wheat but turned to teach..at our schools. in the terminal live stock commission An effort will be made to outline The church will be closed when the producer is operating on a associations, which in turn the ideal shipping association. narrow margin, as even the best Minnesota Bert Maglady has gone to Minneapolis will hold membership in a national -during August, re-opening All prices from farmers are operating this where he will teach agriculture association of live stock producers. COWS REPAY GOOD FEED AND year, a difference of five cents a the first Sunday in September. Individual stock growers may also CARE. bushel may mean a difference of 50 Oscar Johnson made an auto trip to secure membership in the terminal $12.50 per N During this time we per cent in the return for the farmer's International Falls recently. association. "The average cow as milked in hour of labor. In figuring the results Second.—The terminal live stock are kindly invited to worship Up Minnesota," says Dr. C. H. Eckles, Myron Barnes returned from Illinois of high freight rates on the producers commission associations provide for chief of the, dairy division of the with jthe Methodist congre­ where his mother recently had the establishment of PRODUCEROWNED of food, the interstate commerce state college of agriculture, "yields died. and CONTROLLED cooperative commission must use the same gation and it is hoped that as her owner about 160 pounds of butterfat basis it uses in figuring the results live stock commission companies in a year. Why not work her Mrs. Tuey and daughter Ethel returned S. E. Thompson many as possible will avail at the markets where needed. of rate changes on the railroads that a little harder? The cows alreay in from Minneapolis where the The demand for the terminal cooperative is, it must take into consideration the themselves of the opportun­ use, if properly fed, would easily produce latter received treatment for appendicitis. commission companies must effect on the wages of the men doing 200 pounds as an average. There & Son come from the producers themselves, the work." ity to do so. is proof for this statement. who will thereby pledge their support "The experimental farm at Grand Mrs. Webb, Harry Whitcomb and in advance. Rapids several years ago bought a Mrs. Vanover made an auto trip to Subsidiary to each cooperative FARM BUREAU NOTES bunch of common cows to start a commission company will be a stocker dairy herd. Most of them came from a and feeder company,' from which the stockyards, but when these common the patronage dividends will be prorated Harold Blesi of the University cows of no recognized breed back to the consignor-member. Farm at St. Paul, accompanied M. M. were given good feed and care, but The commission assoc:ations at the Abbott, the local Farm Bureau agent no better than cows should have, and terminal markets will be governed made the second inspection tour of potato that may be given on any good farm, by boards of directors ranging from 5 fields the latter part of the week. these common cows averaged 196 to 7 in number, who will select the Among the patches considered were pc**nds of fat in a year. They beat those of R. C. Fraser at the Falls, O. the average of the state 36 pounds, J. Wold at Ray, Francis White at even though they were scrubs, because OHIOAN HEIR TO Littlefork, C. E. Brown at Littlefork, they had a chance to make 3,600,000 LEV and J. M. Allard at Big Falls. M. J. good. Dobb of Happyland withdrew his application. "Don't call your cows bad names The field of Charles Gallings because your cream check is small at Littlefork was rejected unless you are certain they are getting because of vafietal mixture. Other rxi the right kind of feed and care. fields passed the second in The small check is not their fault. spection. Bin inspection will be Giving the cows a chance means first made after the potatoes are dug of all giving them plenty to eat Raw and stored. Potato crops look very material :is necessary for making promising at the present time, Ml M. milk and it is a great mistake not to Abbott claims. give the cow enough to make use of 1 0 what ability to produce milk she may Miss Susan Hough of Little Falls, have Morrison County's Home demonstration "The important things in feeding agent, will arrive here tomorrow are to have a silo full of good silage morning and give a demonstration of or a root cellar stocked with mangels Patrolman Joe Bokau, who came the making of home made dress as a starter. Next comes good hay, here from Bulgaria but is now a forms in the Domestic Science room either clover or alfalfa. Give the cow member of the American Legion at of the Alexander Baker building. The what she will eat of these roughages Toledo, has been notified that he is meeting will start promptly at 10 sole heir to an estate of 3,600,000 and grain in proportion to her milk lev Before the war this would have o'clock and it is expected that two yield, one pound to each four pounds, amounted to $750,000 in American representatives from each of the local if a Holstein, and one to three if a money, but at the present rate of farm bureau units, where the sewing Guernsey or Jersey. You have then exchange is $40,000 Patrolman project has been undertaken, will Bokau says, "I fought for this done your part and if the cow does country, and J'U stay and enjoy my be present. not make good look up the butcher's £4Qi)0Q here telephone number." R. E. Olmstead of the University Farm at St. Paul, accompanied M. M. money Abbott, Koochiching County's agent, on a recent visit to Wayland, Frontier and Center, where the Farm Bureau ^EOPLE who know good what it cost to make that particular organization problem was discussed. paint wonder how we can color. This means that all Frontier, and Center decided sell such extra high-grade paint colors are cheaper than ether to hold meetings at an early date as Certain-teed for such reasonable high grade paints, and many colors to complete their organization. Wayland prices. very much cheaper. folks signified their intention of organizing a unit as soon as conditions You can't/ buy better paint than Very simple! The Certain-teed warrant. Certain-teed. It is made only business is enormous. Besides from the highest grade materials. paint and varnish, they make the BETTER STOCK TRAIN The formula is printed on every known Certain-teed Roofing Well SCHEDULES PLANNED. can. You will find that Certainteed and Linoleums. They are not paint spreads better and whollydependent on paint profits. lasts longer than ordinary paints. Therefore, they can afford to A committee of shippers, farmers, We have the right Certain-teed make a very small profit on stockraisers and packinghouse representatives Paint or Varnish for everything everything they make. and railroad officials is at inside and outside your work today on changes in train schedules Each color is priced according to See us before you paint* for marketing of Minnesota live stock. Heavy losses are suffered, by Falls Lumber & Coal Co. farmers because shipments are' not properly distributed on the South St. Paul market, the committee has Phone 81 International Falls, Minn found. On some days the market is glutted, causing congestion and depressing prices, members said. The Whiz-z-z! The leading speed demons committee met yesterday at the state of the world will race at th6 coming ft capital and began planning changes *v. in train schedules, so that an. equal MINNESOTA STATE FAIR supply of stock will arrive on the market every day. The farm bureau and the Central Co-operative Commission September 3 tolO association are represented on. curat MINT.* VARNISH,* RQOflNOv UNOUEUM aelateol mdou6vs on the committee.