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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1912
Page
3
Slogan appealing to buyers to choose the right coal highlights economical flame and lasting quality. Claims quick delivery of any quantity, size, or kind. Mentions cold days and invites customers to see them for steam coal.
Grand Forks February 2 A strong slate of speakers and institute workers will head the North Dakota Corn and Clover Convention in the Grand Forks Auditorium. Prof P G Holden Andrew Ross and A B Chamberlain are among experts to discuss corn crop rotations rural development and plant diseases.
The North Dakota Anti Tuberculosis Association plans an exhibit at Hillaboro on February 4. The display, also to be shown at the corn and clover convention and winter fair, features charts, diagrams, and demonstrations on tuberculosis and its prevention. Speakers Gragg Frorkw and Mrs B Broveds will present addresses, as the campaign aims to educate every man woman and child to understand the disease and its progress.
A North Dakota visit highlights a shift toward livestock based farming in the dry region west of the Missouri River. Alfalfa pastures and fodder corn emerge as key assets, with dairy, beef, and horse industries urged to cooperate in pooled purchases to improve herd quality and market prices.
An agricultural note outlines careful seed bed preparation for dry land alfalfa. It stresses deep plowing, surface tillage, and moisture conservation, recommending fall wheat sowing, summer tillage, and thorough second plowing next spring to subdue native soil. Seed rate is 8 to 10 pounds with no nurse crop, and early mowing aids deep rooting while avoiding first-year hay or pasturing.
Gobhiel Patten of Chicago, noted teacher of literature and dramatic reader, appeared on the Normal platform Tuesday. She read from Rostand's Chantacleer to a large, interested audience, praised for real power and interpretation though the article ends mid-sentence.
The Drama League movement, two years old, works with local theatre managers to secure good plays and educate public taste. Dr. Preston W. Search lectured at the Normal Auditorium, inspiring students and faculty. Basketball eyes a fast five under Coach Rodewald. season schedule includes Hilendale Moorhead Concordia Mayville Normal and School of Science. President McFarland aims to present a high class play next season alongside annual events.
St Paul reports James J Hill founder of the Great Northern plans a costly farming effort to show fertilization benefits. He will pay ten dollars per acre to participating farmers who join a county trial following Professor Shaw and staff directions, with 25 to 60 farmers in each county. Hill aims to shift focus from rail operations to northwest improvement.
North Dakota pupils gain a new civics text by Prof J E Boyle of Grand Forks. The book Beginner's Guide for North Dakota, issued by American Book Company, is attractively bound and richly illustrated with state views. Boyle, economist and political science professor at the State University, contributes a valuable educational work.
Figures from the North Dakota Development League Press Bureau at Grand Forks reveal North Dakota leads Mississippi Valley states in farm area expansion from 1900 to 1910, with an 83 percent increase. Wisconsin and Minnesota gained modestly, while South Dakota rose 36 percent and Iowa about 1.9 percent. Also reported, a fire destroyed the feed mill, garage, and blacksmith shop in Bassab? tonight.
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