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Show i Si CACHE AMERICAN. LOG AN, UTAH He Found the Source of The FatherWaters s - . -- -- r jl' v V 71 K. $ 'i.. , . ; '. 1 - 1 5 T f ! , '1v Farm Work Animals Scarcity Is Looked For In the Near Future. PAVID & WKAVER. Srrl. nlt.rsl Engineer, Non Cnrollns Biel College) Ther U do surplus farm work slock sod (bo ocsrrlty of muic tad borer will forms as tb mala brordlng centers coatlou to Use BT You can't beat these! RICHT sad mule suitable for farm power are off front old sc mor rapidly dying than they or being produced, la tho western stales, vblrb formerly tary psrt of lb bora produced I iw , Breeding1 of tractors fur powr. i - Uttle Vi , ; 0 1201 Schoolcraft Landing at Lake Itasca m 1W2 hA A - - . ' Vwf 1 Uoreeo and mole supply, farmers hsvo guns Into tractor farming. This bss resulted la displacement of brooding mare. No other aection owns to b Interested In producing the animal of tb slto tb southern farmer needs sod It looks a If ht will bsv to get into this work for bis protection. As long as w bsv small farms, cut op by dltcbes and other obstructions, w shall rootlnu to need animal power fur farming. This means that a market will be available for mules and horses for a long period. From figures obtained from tb Ilorso Association of A merles. It was found there wers eight million horses and mule under four years of age In th United States In 1920. By 1930, this number had decreased to about two and f million. Over half of tbs mules and horses living on Jsnatry 1 were over ten ywtr old, which will explain the present high death rat of theso animals. These figure show half million yearly decrees In horso and mul population and means that mors and more farms will begin to depend on tom other kind of power tinleas tha animals ar produced at homo. fog tho boot tlrvs that over ram from tb world' brgeot rubber fac- tory. Right bow, you caa gal tho lowest Hr price over featured brfaro July 4(h holiday. This statement is true, even though tb price show her Include th new U. 8. 00 tat. Read thsm sod b convinced. Thee price buy th Goodyear Speedway Urea that have bee Bulk Schoolcraft By ELMO SCOTT WATSON V y.v 7- - ilfv'ji t r, V Indian called It The Fa Uil of Water mighty V irX flow hlcb outh tb heart of tha North American continent. Its mystery, Dakota Fanner Records QrV ' It ..ffa Rev WilIiamT Eouteli major ty anil It power cap-Profit in Lamb Raising of the the tlvatcd Imagination J v If ,D'f L. Seaman of Brown county first llle UMn 10 ,,ar C. and the present site of Duluth, Minn, and lected five small canoes In which to travel, IVJ scut them upon perilous four passed on tho placed a gain of 12,710 pounds oo additional of landed Early guides. the American engaged at Fur post eomimny's to gate ( nt0 ,,e 500 lambs, or an average gain per morning of July II be led party of 16 persons lamb of 25 n the hrond sweep of It wa Fond du lac. From there be proceeded by pounds, In his operations well known route, part waterways and part out of Cass lake by way of a stream that be season. Th lambs wer reter. The epic of American last astravelers The was said the MlaslssIppL could uot be complete with- portages, up the Ft. Isuis and Ejst Savanna cended this stream to Lake Pemldjl and then ceived September 12 and merketad rivers and down the West Savanna to Sandy the story of the Mississippi and out In four Installments, beginning Delie then went up the Mississippi to Upper turned south, following the east fork of the cember the thiinu for whut aeem des- hike, 4 and extending to FebruIt has fund-dienow known si the Yellow Head Red Cedar lake which was named Casslna (the Mloslsslppl one of the folk sent,- of the 10. tined to a ary in Its or to river Schoolcraft he beginnings lake confirmed and this Cass lake) present or Man River." nation Tho feed requirement per pound 1lke's reHrt ns the true source of the Mis- swamp. They then began to walk over a To a J'pnnuird pies the credit for being the But Ilke was not destined to have hardly noticeable portage path toward the gain was 4.0 pound of grain and sissippi. 3.8 pounds of roughage. Th grain to stand upon ita banks and the honor of first white becoming the discoverer of the southwpst that ninn was Hernando le Soto who dlv.-osource of the Mississippi." across the portage began early used consisted of 63 per cent barley, true This Journey 27 per cent corn, and 10 per cent ered" the .Mississippi In loti, although there I That honor was to be reserved for an Amer- on the morning of July 13. The Yellow Head, wheat The barley and wheat was possibility that Ianlilo Narvaez, following the ican other the and a led Schoothe Rowe conoe, named Henry way, carrying coast of the Half of Mexico, saw the mouth lcraft mineralogist fed early fo the feeding period, others some loaded with came baggage, and It is bis feat which Is the occasion for after, of the Mississippi a early a 1527 or 1528. It an woods and under- adding the cracked corn toward th In Min- bearing canoes. centennial celebration Through Interesting was In May, l.,4 1. near Chickasaw Fluffs In what was nesota this summer. On July 13, 1S32, School brush they picked their way In Indian file. finish. The barley and wheat conla now the state of Mississippi that De Soto, . . seemed to In fed ungronnd. Tbo rough age we made now known as Lake Is what discovered Every craft slep marching westward In search of gold, reined In Itasca and which has officially been determined crease the ardor with which we were carried sisted of 74 per cent alfalfa bay, the his horse on the east Imuk of the Great nicer, The desire of balance consisting of upland boy, the true head" of the Mississippi and In recog- forward, writes Schoolcraft. year later he was to find a watery grace In that nition of that fact twelve communities In the reaching the actnal source of a stream so cele- corn fodder and chopped sweet un stream and the remnant of his command, clover. vicinity of Itasca state park, organized Into brated as the Mississippi a stream which La der Lnls de Moscosco, floated down the rlcer to what The death loss of 2.2 per cent waa Is known as the Northwestern Minnesota Salle had reached the mouth of, a century and the gulf and then made their way back to Mex- Historical will commemorate the a half (lacking a year) before, was perhaps attributed to accidents, urinary calassociation, ico. So while De Soto has the credit for being event with a pageant which Is free to the pub- predominant; and we followed onr guide down culi and pneumonia. the first white man to see the main stream of The lambs had access to artesian on the banks of Lake the sides of the last elevation, with the expeclic, which will be the Mississippi, It was 1ns lieutenant, Moscosco, Itasca and to whichstaged the whole nation Is Invited. tation of momentarily reaching the goal of our water and loose salt at all times, see who was most likely the first white man to What had been long sought, at last and were boused In a straw shed. The dates for the pageant are July 13, 16 and journey. Its southern terminal. The lambs were started on a feed On turning out of a 31, August 14 and 25 and September 4. In add! appeared suddenly. Dakota It was the French, however, rather than the tlon to these pngennts, the Stinnesota Historical thicket, Into a small weedy opening, the cheer- of barley and alfalfa. Spanish who made the Mississippi one of the society wiU hold its annual meeting In the park ing sight of a transparent body of water burst Farmer. main routes of travel In extending their empire on July 16 and most of Its program will be de- upon our view. It was Itasca lake the source In the New world. IMd Pierre Ksprit Iadisson voted to the history of Schoolcraft's exploration. of the Mississippi." Destroy Quack Grass and Mednrd Chounrt (Iroselllers, fur trader of of exploring expeditions and disFew stories Having found the lake, Schoolcraft was ready or destroying quack Controlling Three Rivers, Quebec, discover the Upper Mis- coveries in American The Indiana called It history have so many ro- with a name for IL Is largely a matter of using sissippi In lGell? Some historians say they did mantic elements In them as has the story of Omuslikos," the Chippewa name for elk; and grass the spring-tootharrow promptly not, but Agnes C. Lnut In her Pathfinders of Schoolcraft's achievement He was born at Hamwho had knowledge of the hike's and often. Start right after small the West" states unequivocally that they did ilton, N. La name used Lac or the Elk was educated existence, Biche, Y, March 28, 1793, and grain harvest, by working the and produees what seems to be abundant proof at Middlebury and Union colleges. Schoolcraft lake. According to a story told years later by ground thoroughly, dragging out the I?ut whether they to back up her assertions. was one of the first Americans to become In- Boutwell, Schoolcraft coined the name Itasca" roots and raking and burning them. did or didn't reach the Mississippi, only a few terested In mineralogy and geology and, because while coasting along the south shore of Su- The following spring, If the land Is more years were to elapse before Frenchmen of those made his first trip to the Mis- perior on his westward Journey. He had asked Interests, spring-toot- h were to be navigating the upper waters of the the missionary for some classical words mean- frequently worked with a sissippi valley in 1817. barrow, corn can be planted, river Marquette, the Jesuit priest, and Louis or true head a On river. of a source, piece Schoolcraft accompanied Governor Cass' ex- ing clean cultivation, the quack Joliet, the fur trader, exploring It from the of paper Boutwell wrote down veritas and and, by mouth of the Wisconsin river In 1G73 and fol pedition in 1820 as mineralogist and although he caput," the Latin words for truth and head. grass can be practically destroyed. seems to have accepted Cass belief that Cass For small patches, an application lowing It as far south as the mouth of the ArSchoolcraft then cut off the first syllable of of dry sodium chlorate at the rate kansas river; Louis Hennepin exploring It north lake was the true source of the Mississippi, the veritas," did the same with the last of syllable of about two pounds per square rod, from the Wisconsin river to the Falls of SL An mineralogist took careful note of that fact that caput," Joined what was left and had Itasca. thony; and Itene Cavalier de la Salle In 1682 Cass lake had two Inlets, Indicating that there Such Is the story commonly told, but Schoo- In the fall, usually will give a good floating down the Mississippi from the mouth of must be some body of water which fed Cass lcraft himself offers a somewhat different expla- kllL Wallace's Farmer. the Illinois to where the Great River empties lake and which therefore might more properly nation. In his History, Condition, and ProsInto the Gulf, the first man to follow It for so be regarded as the source. But he had no op- pects of the Indian Tribes of the United States," Agricultural Notes to his at time the Investigapursue portunity to at mouth a there and distance the long published In 1855, he Included In a list of Names In 1822 the of tions. . position and take raise the banner of France posses-Based on the Indian Vocabularies the name More than of the stuslon of the vast empire drained by this river Agent of Indian Affairs In the Northwest was Itasca" with the following comment: From dents of the South Dakota College created best and fitted for Schoolcraft, being in the name of his king. club la, to be, totosh, the female breast, or origin, of Agriculture are former For more than a century the white men, Brit- the post because of his knowledge of the In- and ka, a terminal subs. Inflection. members. ish and French, busy with their struggle for dians, was given the appointment Schoolcraft and his party remained at Lake In 1832 Cass, who was then secretary of domination of North America, did no more to An Important item In the wealth Itasca only a few hours. Up the long southsolve the whole mystery of the Mississippi its war, instructed his former mineralogist to coneast arm they paddled to the island that has of the Dominion is contributed by west of an the Into No duct doubt there course from source to mouth. country exploration as Schoolcraft island. Here her forests, of which the value is was much speculation as to the origin of this the Great Lakes, the principal purpose being since been known a up put put pole and raised the Ameri- estimated at $1,877,000,000. they For the Chippewas had mighty waterway during this time but It was one of pacification. can flag. The Yellow Head told the explorers not until 171)8 that David Thompson, a British received a painted war club and pipe from that a tiny creek that could not be called a Freqnent cultivation aids In presurveyor and trader for the Northwest company, Chief Black Hawk of the Sauks, who was river was all that flowed into Lake Itasca from venting the growth of weeds, conwhile returning to Grand Portage from a trad- preparing to resist what he considered the the south. Both Schoolcraft and Allen showed serves soil moisture, and allows air in state the whites Is now the In of what to the Mandan villages nnjust aggressions ing visit In the Indian by accepting his to penetrate to the roots. Schoolcraft was Instructed to their confidence North Dakota, found the present body of water of Illinois. to later explorers the task statement. Leaving known as Turtle lake which he believed to be checkmate the activities of the Sauk leader Binder twine should never be a detailed examination of the shores of the source of the Mississippi. among the Chippewas, to try to bring about a of making The coarse the lake, they took their departure through used for tying fleeces. But his claims were disproved seven years lasting pence between them and their heredIts northward flowing outlet, which they were twine fibers get mixed with the later by a dashing young American army officer, itary enemies, the Sioux, to gather ns much surprised to find about ten feet wide with wool. A paper twine Is made esIJeut. Zebulon M. Pike who followed the Mis- information about them as he could, and to an average depth of more than a foot This pecially for tying wool vacwere as as see to St. It that possible many sissippi north to its headwaters. Pike left was the main stream of the Mississippi, and ob1 For purposes of with 20 cinated. evangelical Louis on August 9, 80.1, in a followed It to Cass lake. There, on Star Work horses should be turned out a missionary, William T. Boutwell, they servation , men and provisions for four months, under orIsland, called by the explorer ColcaspI or Grand to pasture at night, especially ders, among other things, to "ascend the main was attached to the party ; Dr. Douglass Hough- Island, Schoolcraft gave the Yellow Head a flag mares raising colts while working, branch of the Mississippi to Its source. By ton went to vaccinate the Indians; and a mil- and the presidents medal, thus Investing him advises W. H. Peters, animal husOctober Pike had reached the present site of itary escort consisting of ten soldiers command- with On July 16, three days bandry chief, Minnesota University chieftainship. Little Falls, Minn. There winter overtook him ed by Lieut. James Allen was provided. the discovery of Itasca, Schoolcraft and farm. after and he built a fort for use as his base of opSchoolcraft's party left Sault Ste. Marie on his men were making their way southward to erations. Undaunted by the bitter weather Pike June 7, 1832, and went by way of Fond du Lac Fort the explorers Wood fence posts and ground Snelllng. From that started north early In December, traveling by and the Savanna portage to Sandy and Cass returned to the Sault by wayplace of the Mississippi timbers la buildings will last 15 to lie reached lakes. While he was still on Lake Superior and SL Croix rivers and lake dog sleds over the frozen river. 20 years longer If creosoted before Superior. Sandy lake. Leech lake, which he considered the he met Ozawindib, or the Yellow Head, a ChipThough the existence of Elk lake undoubt- using. The cost of creosote for and was at of the lake. source Cass main Mississippi, Upper pewa Indian whose home an ordinary post Is about 5 edly was known to long before Rod Cedar lake, now called Cass lake, which he This Indian was hired to guide the party. He Schoolcrafts visit on 13, 1832, historians cents. July reported to be the upper source of the Mis- led the explorers to Star island in Cass lake, have not hesitated to honor Schoolcraft as the here his village was located. From this real discoverer. And so this summer the citisissippi. In March, 1932, 632,631 cattle, His discovery" was verified 14 years later place Schoolcraft planned to push on into the zens of Minnesota will celebrate the 420,434 calves, 1,427,739 sheep and inlets he the one that of of wilderness when Gov. Lewis Cuss through Michigan territory anniversary of the discovery of the iambs, 1,055 goats, 3,664,002 swine led an exploring rarty to the shores of Cass had observed in 1S20, hoping to find the true source of the Mississippi river, confident that it and 3,128 horses were slaughtered lake in 1820. Cass and his party left Detroit on source of the Mississippi. was the achievement of Henry Rowe School- ander federal Inspection, according The Yellow Head, who knew the region well, craft. canoes and on Stay 24 in throe big tdreh-har!o the United States Department of col( by Western Newspaper Union ) July 5 entered the mouth of the St. Louis river, was ready to help him. He drew maps, Agriculture. rliK Full Oversize ( Chrysler Dodgo Nosh per sing! tits per single tiro 4.40-- a ing sorb oeaaatfeus la this poor. low-pri- Thyr BaOooae real Sopertwlst buIM standard to Good-yt- ar marked with th Goodyear name od boom flag-- with tb sir Bilbage of Goodyear beta need conMructloo. 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