Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 11, 1912, Page 1

- - will split up into a number of round VOLUME 9. NUMBER 216. PEDAGOGIC PLANS NOW MADE PUBLIC February Teachers Program to Be Featured By Talks From Vincent and State Superintendent. GEORGE. B. AITON ALSO SPEAKS Following Conference Here With President Keenan, Secretary Dyer Makes Announcement. STANTON TO MAKE ADDRESS Entertainment to Be Given Visitors By Bemidji Talent Under Direc- tion of Miss Knappen. With Dr. Geo. E. Vincent, the new president of the University of Min- nesota, State Superintendent Schulz and other prominent speakers and authorities on education, on the pro-| gram, the North Central Minnesota | Educational association will convene in this city on the evening of Thurs-| day, Feb. 8, for its annual three- days’ session. Program arrangements have just been completed by the president of the association, Super- intendent G. E. Keenan of Deer River, and the secretary, Professor WP, Dyer of this city, and the pro-| gram is now complete. President Vincent’s address will be the feature of the meeting this year. ‘He has not announced his; subject as yet, but probably will speak on some of the questions which face parents and educators of today. Following his speech, a public recep- tion will be held in.order that-the teachers and the citizens of Bemidji may become acquainted with the head of Minnesota University. Schulz to Speak. | Friday morning, Feb. 9, the con- vention will convene at 9 o’clock in the Hight School assembly room. President Keenan will deliver his annual address and then the general | subject, “School Efficiency’” will be ! discussed. C. G. Schulz, state superintendent of schools will talk on the subject, “By What Standard Should the Effi- ciency of a School be Measured?”’ State High School Inspector Geo. B. Aiton will discuss the question, “What Should be Eliminated in the Smaller High Schools so that In- dustrial Subjects can be Intro- duced?” Dr. L. V. Harvey of the Stout Institute of Menominee, Wis., who is considered an authority and who has been a pioneer in indus- trial training will give a talk on “What Industrial Work Should be Attempted by the Smaller Schools?” A paper on “The Preparation of the Teacher to Meet the Present Needs” will be read by Superintendent W. A. Shumaker of the St. Cloud Normal School. The morning’s program will be concluded by an address by Dr. Hill of the State Board of Health on “What Advanced Steps Should be Taken Along Sanitary and Hygienic Lines to Increase the Efficiency of the Schoolg.” Round Tables Planned. Friday afternoon, after an address by Professor C. W. Thompson of the University of Minnesota department of Economics on “Educational Néeds and Opportunities,” the convention tables, which will be conducted as follows: Normal Department round table— Miss Leader Hewett, Park Rapids. Science and Agriculture—D. B. Jewell, Deer River. English—Miss Rilla Palmer, Thief River. Industrial—A. D. Bailey, Bemidji. Grammar Grade—I. S. Hov, Bag- ley. - Primary Departmeni—Beulah Ben nett, Akeley. Rural Teachers—W. B. Stewart, Beltrami Co. There will be no formal program Friday evening, but the teachers in the Bemidji schools will give an en- tertainment for the visitors. A pro- gram is being prepared by the Be- midji teachers under the leadership of Miss Marjory Knappen, and re- freshments will be served afterward. None but members of the association will attend this function. Judge Stanton to Talk. Saturday morning, Professor Reed of the Moorhead Normal will deliver Minnesota. ricultural, financial American continent.’ alone, lers, and in earnest. likewise. E couraging immigration marketing it. ity at all. ‘want. effective. Jects. o R R RO O R O R R R R R R R R R R R RO CRORORCR I ! ©®®®®®®©®®®=®®@®®®O®® PR IR IR RSP SR JRBRCHRE SRR IR OB MR e BEMIDJI SPIRIT STRONGLY PRAISED. The Duluth Evening Herald, under the caption “Good for Bemidjl,” says editorially: 5 “In Bemidji, birthplace of the Northern Minne- sota Development association, which has done splend- .id work and which will yet give forth the fruits of its early promises, rises a new movement of meaning to “The Bemidji Commercial club, ‘firmly believing,’ as it says with manifest sincerity, ‘that Minnesota has been better endowed by nature with natural resources, fertility, pure water, pure air and healthy climate, beautiful lakes and places for recreation, as well as mineral and agricultural wealth than any other state in the Union or on the North American continent,’ has appointed a traffic committee to enlist the co-opera- tion of the different transportation, industrial, ag- and commercial interests “in boosting Minnesota as the best state on the North “This is good work, and the spirit that puts fire into the announcement of it displays an earnestness and vigor that are going to make it count. “Of course Bemidji can’t carry out this big purpose It can do much, because its people are hust- But every other community in Northern Minnesota should join hands with it and get behind a big, broad, boosting movement that will bring Minnesota into her own. Bemidjl deserves all possible encouragement and praise, and the best form of these testimonials would be for “The state is doing a little something toward en- into the northern sections. It is very little indeed, however. - The immigration bureau is poorly supplied with funds. The state, which owns most of the land to be offered to prospective settlers, does not even know itself what the character of this land is and has no businesslike method of The branches of the state government which should be concerned in various divisions-of the work of development were mostly created a long time ago; and as a whole they are sadly defective. is an overlapping of autherity in some places, and others, perhaps more vital, One of the first things to be done is to correlate the state’s functions of conservation and de- velopment, and so make them into an effective whole. One of the next things should be a complete survey by the state of its landed posessessions, so that it will be in a position to- tell prospective settlers what it can offer them and to provide them with what they “The ‘Northein Minnesota Development association independent of state and local work, is maintaining an immigration bureau in Minneapolis in charge of - Secretary Mackenzie of the association. hands and will give a good account of itself. “When the state is doing .the right thing,:snda-z " when all -the communities follow"thé cxample 6f Be- midji and co-operate with each other, with the state ~and with the Northern Minnesota Development asso- ciation, the campaign to settle Northern Minnesota will assume large proportions and will be irresistibly “The Bemidji committee will make the enlistment of the railroads in this work one of its principal ob- Though the railroads have been doing some- thing, they haven’t been doing enough for Minneso- ta. They have been too much interested—from the Minnesota view-point—in settlement farther west, Where they own lands and where settlement will give them a longer and more profitable freight haul. How- ever, it is to their interest that all the territory along their lines shall be settled as soon as possible, and it ought not to be hard to increase their interest in Min- nesota’s problem of development. The Soo road, which apparently has a closer interest in Minnesota develop- ment than the Hill lines, can be counted on to set an example in this respect that will be helpful.” -each community to do There are reached by no author- It is in good fi@*@@@@@@@@@@@@@‘@@@@@®@,@@é)@@@@@@@0@@@@@,@@@@0@@0@@@@@06@0@@9@6‘6 i @@0@@@@@@@@@@0@@@@@@@@% —_— Man’s Views of a Practical Educa- tion.” The convention will be closed by a business session Saturday af- ternoon. Bemidji teachers met in Superin- tendent Dyer’s office to make ar- rangements for the entertainment of the visiting teachers. ‘The follow- ing committees were appointed, with chairmen as follows: . Reception, Miss Eliza Loe, high school principal; entertainment, Miss Marjory Knappen, high school; English department; refreshment, high school domestic science class; decorating, Miss Minnie Lyons sev- enth grade; exhibit, Miss Floy Don- aldson, art instructor. MAKES A BIG DISCOVERY 8hortington Finds That Things Once Bemoaned May Prove Great- est Blessing. “You know how opposites are at- tracted,” sald Mr. Shortington. “When I was a younger man my very particular friend and chum was a chap who was six feet-four, while I wasn't much more than: four feet six. Despite the disparity in our di- mensions we were the closest of friends, and as far as_I was concern- ed there was only ome thing that marred my otherwise complete happi- ness and that was that I could not be as ta!l as he. Fut the time came when I thought differently about that, and when -in fact, he, instead. of be- ing proud of his altitude, wished only that he had been built on my more limited scale, and that was when in our later life we had both come to be afficted with raeumatism. “Then when I lovked at him, racked with pain throughout his tall frame, I was glad that L was not tgll but short; and when he reflected on the nearly two feet mure of space in him- #elf that the rheumatism had to roam over he used to grean and wish that ne had been bullt short like me. FOGD VALUE OF CHESTNUTS Are Rich In Starch and Fat, Better Than Potatoes and Almost as Good as Bread. (Copyright, 1913y R News Item—An_investigation is ART SHOW FOR. WOMEN Display of Handieraft M Brought to Bemidji to. Be Seen at Com- - mercial Clab. “SEE IT,” SAYS MRS, SANBORN be exhibited ‘by the Womans Study ‘club in the Commercial club- rooms tomorrow afterncon - from 3 to 6 o'clock. g Most of this work, which includes every variety of hannicraft article, feom the smallest piece of hand made lace to water-color scenes and leath- er bound books, comes from the Min- neapolis School of Fine Arts, but some of these samples have - been made in Norway, Bohemia, Russia and other places famous for skilled needle work. Delicate laces in many designs come from the above countries and include table runners, doilies and in fancy bags. Lunch sets of cluny: lace, crocheted runners, dutch collar de- signs, and tiny pins covered in Irish [crochet. 5 -Useful as well as artistic are the crocheted and gayly stenciled pillow covers, curtainsg, table runmers and bed coverlets, which have been made by the women of the Michigan mines. The. stenciled designs are in linen crash, in’ several colors. One. table In France much attention is givem|runner will be of special interest for to the propagating of the "chestnut, d the fruit is spoken of with enthu- m and respect. -In French liters ture, especially in stories for children, the chestnut tree is quite as impor tant a feature as the plum tree in the politics of this country, where we speak lightly of the chestnut and then pay at the rate of $6 a bushel for them. The small French chestnut s called the ‘“chataigne,” but the large or giant chestnut is the “mar- ron.” The marron is cultivated ex- tensively in France and Italy, where 1t is used in large quantities. “Every soda fountain menu,” says the New York Soda Pountain, a trade Journal, “has some reference to mar. rons, and marrons glace are a favor ite after-dinner morsel at all the larg er hotels, yet féw persons realize that ‘Wwhile primarily & dessert delicacy, marrons are an exceedingly whole- some_and valuable food. It.is not generally known that the fruit of the chestnut tree is nearly as valuable bread and more valuable than po- toes as a food, being rich in starch and fat” - + In some districts of Pennsylvania much attention i1s now given to ‘the planting of chestnut trees. There are several hill counties in Indiana, like Brown, Monroe and Morgan, where the marron and the smaller sized chestnute could be made a source of profit. —_—s His Connections. The office boy for one of the largen financial houses in New York recently found a package of valuable papers. * He promptly returned the property the reason that it has been woven entirely by ‘blind children of a school for such in Cleveland, Ohio. From the Minneapolis school and the Red Wing Handicraft Guild and tile work, in 'vases and paneled reliet work in rich, quiet tones. Met- al work, in letter racks, fancy pins, brass is shown. Beautifully hand bound books in tooled leather, de- signs in . water colors for leather purses, and ;place cards will be of special interest, to the.children: A picture in pastels, “Marten and Jacob,” and a design for a stained glass window show exquisite color scheme and splendid composition. < A number of well posed photo- graphs will interest those interested in this form of of mottos, door_ glass designs-will appeal to the de< votee of conventional art. _ The only opw;tuqlty the women will have to see these displays will Dbe tomorrow. ~An admittance fee of ments will be gerved. “If they only knew whdt art and beauty is represented.in: this-display, every woman : in Bemidji ‘wonld be sure to see it,” said Mrs. C. R. San- born; president of the Woman’a cl to its owner and was told he would|' rd. = sald the & “shall I gend {t to you, care | “Isw’t it singulas. how. things come | fism, an address, and Judge C. W. Stanton of thig city will talk on “A Business about? The things that at one time |* of —1” mentfoning the name of the We may moat bemnoan may prove in | ot fie Da: the end our greatest of S EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1912, | to be that which comés from the In- on in Chicago in which an effort is being made to nruvé that policemen * have accepted money from women of the red light district and gamblers to be- permitted to operate. CItis belleved - that “there’iwill be wholesale dismissals from the police department. MAY MEAN NORTH STATE FAIR I ’.l‘nrned‘lim Today, New Move Postible Declares, Mackenzie. - Minneapolis, Jan. 11.—Represen- tatives of twenty northern. counties. met to discuss ways and means ‘of getting a later date for the satate fair. They. will make their fight this afternoon. to control the fair,” said W. R. Mac- kenzle and C. F. Mantke, “and we are not pledged to any person for Drepldent. . We groed 1o dentiment among- our , people . I8 against President Glotfeuter because of his treatment of our resolutions. ‘We will support any southern Min- nesota man who will give us a square deal, We also want the. secretary’s report mdde in advance and printed 80 it will be available for the mem- bers at the time of the meeting, We are not making any threats, but our association has authorized us to go ahead with a ' northern Minnesota fair, and one city has already offered $20,000 cash bonus and a site worth $5,000 for such a fair. If the fair at Hamline cannot be held two weeks. later, we want to know why. At least we are entitled 'to a hearing and we are going to get it.” _ HEAR CONCERT DESPITE COLD “We are not. trying| BITTER- COLD- CONTINUES Continent Suffers with Unbroken Wave, Sunny South Shaking With -Below Zero Weather. SOME SUFFERING IN BEMIDJI s mal depths last night and again to- day the atmosphere contains a chill extraordinary for Beltrami county; most thermometers hitting the 42 be- low mark last night, although gov- ernment instruments said it was 34, and today the former instruments .refused to budge above the 20 below line while the latter came up to 15 but hustled ‘downward standing at 18 below at 3:30 this afternoon. The:promfsed warmer weather did not materialife and a bitter blast continueg to sweep the country, ex- tending_its frigid fingers as far as the orange groves of Florida and California. As-far south as St. Louis it was 14 below while in Chicago much suffering has resulted as a re- sult of 16 below. In Bemidjl there hag been some Miss- Fisk. Pleases: as Does Andrew Rood and the Band. e Despite the bitter cold, the con- cert given last evening by the Be- midji City Band in the City Hall was well attended. Miss Clara Fisk gave a humorous selection “The. . Lady. Across the Afsle,” which kept her au- dience in a merry mood and did much credit to Miss Fisk as a portrayer of| wit. Two songs, “The Harbor of Love,” and “Love Dreams” sung b; come samples of the popular pottery | sngrew Rood were well rendered. |\1'8 temperature.” Most of those present remained for a dance, which followed the program. The members of the band'wish to their generous assistance in the pro- gram. & : Albert Utech, of Turtle River, who| i8 logging at Northome, was fm-the city. today on business. 5 | Snakeroot ‘is so called. because it has the power of stupefying snakes, The finest of tortoise shell ig said | dfan Archipelago.. 2 The largest clam of record weig ed 527 pounds, the shells’ weighing 507 pounds; and the meat 2 The manutacture of ‘sugar from} ten cents will be charged. Refresh-[starch was first begun at St. Petera- meeting burg, Russia, in the year 1811. - " A South Carolina man has 40 acres of tea plants. The shrubs are) ! ‘about - three feef high an in-rows six feet apart. suffering. Many pupils had their hands and faces frozen on the way to school this morning. At the central building teachers obtained a supply of alcohol and as the white cheeked children came in the frost was tak- en out. Owing to the inability to keep up 2 normal amount of steam, nearly all trains are more or less delayed. ECKSTRUM FACES WRITTEN CHARGES Johnson Files Document WAithr Com- - mittee, Alleging Incompetency and General Disqualification. IAKEB SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS- Contends Meters Continually Misread and That Bills Do Not Conform to Water Records. ACCUSED CLERK TO < REPLY Admits Some Mistakes Sure to Ooour But Contends He Has Given Honest Service. Following informal * accusations at the regular meeting of the city council ‘on - Monday - evening that many. errors had been made in the ‘|reading of the water meters of Be- . |midji, C. G. Johnson now Kas pre- sented formal charges in typewritten form to W. C. Klein, chairman o fthe water committee which is making an investigation. Mr. Johnson’s written | charges follow : “State of Minnesota, County of: Bel- trami;, City of Bemidji. Before the Water Board.of the City of Bemidji. In the matter of charges preferred against L. P. Eckstrum, superintend- ent and clerk of the water board of said city. S “I C. G. Johnson, a resident tax payer and property holder of the city of- Bemidji, said county and state, do hereby charge and accuse L. P. Bek- strum, superintendent and clerk of the water board of the city of Bamid- 11 _as being incompetent, unfit and him as such superintendent and wa-— ter clerk. . “I do more specifically allege and accuse the sald L. P. Eckstrum of in- competency and disqualification in the following particulars, to-wit: Alleges Repeated Errors. “That the said L. P. Eckstrum has repeatedly misread the meters con- nected with the water system of the said city of Bemidji, and has repeat- edly erred in the computation of the water rates and the amount of wa- ter used and passing through the said meters and in the bills sent to the patrons thereof. “And I further specifically charge that of twenty-five meters read per- miscuously throughout said city with- in ten days after the said L. P. Eck- strum had made his readings of Jan- uary 1, 1912, and rendered his state- ments therefor, each and every one ments therefor, each and every of said meters were overread and un- derread from one thousand to two hundred thirteen thousand gallons, and the patrons thereof were over- charged or undercharged therewith. «“And 1 charge upon information and belief that the great majority of The official forecast for Friday says: ¢ : “Probably. snow with slowly ris- Cold Delays Peature Film. Owing to the extreme cold weath- vases and bowls are of copper and | hgny Migs Fisk and Mr. Rood for|er Manager Woodmansee of the Ma- Jestic' today cancelled by long' dis- tance telephoné his order for Arah- Na-Pogue, to have been given the. first time tomorrow hight. “I did this,” said = Mr. Woodmansee, “be-| cause 1 wish all Majestic patrons to have & chance to see this magnificent Irish production. - Watch'for date la- tor” e TR T SOCIALIST COMMITTEE . MEETS Representatives from all Parts of the ~ County in Bemidji Today. - g 'i’@xe‘ county, oomn}létefi -of the Pub- lic O'Wncrshlp-(g'oelnllnt), party is the ‘meters used by fhe patrons of the water system of the city of Be- midji are and have been incorrectly read by the said Eckstrum during all the time that he has held the said office of superintendent and clerk of the sald water board. Charges Improper Records. “I. further charge and.accuse the said L. P. Eckstrum as superintend- ent ‘of the water board of non-per- formance of duty in said office in this, to-wit: : ~ “That the said L. P. Eckstrum has not kept a cdreful and complete rec- ord of the exact location of each tap and shut-oft cock near the curb line, the name of the plumber performing the work and the date of same and turned the same over to the city en- | gineer as required by ® General Ordinance No. 45, said term of office. ¢ uring his 41 further ‘charge and sllege on - x information and belief that the said fon ‘B, - 3 e s - | wholly unqualified to do snd perform— the. mercury” curfed to i~ 11,6 ‘work and duties-devolving-upon