Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 26, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 307. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1912. - THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE -~ Historfa] Soclety WINVESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY. v TEN CENTS PER WEEK. HILL TALKS OF FARM AID PLAN Will Furnish Man to Show How the Work Should Properly Be Done. TO COME HERE NEXT YEAR Will Pick Out Ten Or a Dozen Plots In This Neighborhood For Demonstrations. RNEED LAKE SHORE DRIVE Advises That Land Be Bought While It Can Be Obtained At Low Figure. (Continued From Thursday). “I tried a great many schemes. I tried offering prizes for the best kept farms. I offered a prize of $150 for the best kept farm in each congres- sional district in Minnesota and North and South Dakota, and I think it was $75 for the second and $25 for the third. About 600 farmers entered in the competition and only ninety-three could qualify. Condi- tion was that every farmer should have twenty head of live stock on his farm for breeding purposes. He might have cows, he might have mares, he might have sheep or he might have hogs. He might have twenty of any one kind or twenty made up of each. Mules did not count. And I say there were ninety- three who could qualify, and the rest called themselves farmers in Minne- sota. The real place for those peo- ple is in the grave yard. It is hard to say but I have wintered them in winter and kept them in summer, and I think the whole community would be better off if they were planted in some evergreen pasture with a tombstone at their head with their name on it. Tried New Scheme. “I got a man over in Wisconsin, a good man, recommended by the agri- cultural department of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, and that agricul- tural college, while ours in Minne- sota has been doing good work, is in a class by itself in the United States. They have done more in ten years for the agricultural interests of the state of Minnesota than we are like- ly to do for the next ten years. They recommended a man to me and I have had him with a number of graduates from the University. We have about 200 five-acre plots of ground and we furnish the seed, se- lected seed, to the farmer, pay him $8 an acre for cultivating his own five-acre plot, and the crop is his. Now, you might wonder why we pay him $8 an acre. Well, I know him and I know him by the back, and if he had not the authority to force him to do his duty by his land, he would neglect it, and if he won't do it, he can’t get the $8 per acre or any part of it. That is why we pay him the money. “I want to tell you the experience I have had already. We send a man out into each neighborhood where these different plots are situated, to show them what to do and how to do it. Now, a little over, about half of them, begin to say, ‘well, isn’t that plowed right?’ ‘No, you have got to plow it as it ought to be. That is a poor job of plowing, about two or two and a half inches, and you have got to plow it six, and then you have got to disk it, and harrow it, and if you don’t want to do it just so, we won’t bother you, we will go to some other fellow, but if you are going to get that eight dollars from us, you have got to earn it “The men who were willing to take the money and the seed and then not willing to try and learn from the man sent there at our ex- pense to show them, not willing to take the time or trouble. They want the Almighty to grow it. The only thing they are really willing to do is to take the money and what they can sell the grain for. We have got them with the standing martingale (Continued on Page 7) CPPOOCOOOOOQOOOGOE® 54 CURRENT EVENTS. 4 0000090000000 0@ @ Bringing Bodies Home. Minneapolis, April 26.—(Special Pioneer wire service).—The bodies of Astor, Hays and Straus were recov- ered by the ship, Mackey-Bennett, ac- cording to press dispatches just re- ceived here. The ship is returning from its search for bodies of the Ti- tanic dead and is expected in New York soon. . Assessors Make No Change. The annual meeting of the town as- sessors of Beltrami county was held in the office of Auditor George yes- terday. By a resolution vote, it was decided to assess personal and real estate property on the basis of fifty per cent of its actual and full value. This is the same basis which has been in use for the past three or four years. - Band Concert Tuesday. The April concert of the Bemidji band will be given on Tuesday even- ing in the city hall. This will be the first concert to be given by the band with Mr. Remfrey as director. music for several weeks and promise that the concert will be a good one. The minstrel show cleared the band {a little over $70. . Water Main Breaks. Buildings fed by the water main on Minnesota and Third streets were without water for some time last night owing to a break. It is said that the main has been broken for some time but that it was protected until the excavation for the new block at Minnesota and Third weak- ened the support. The main is thir- teen feet below the surface. . New Store to Open. W. A, Elliott, who has recently come to Bemidji from Valley City, N. D., will open a five and ten cent store about May 4 in the building former- ly. occupied . by the Model Clothing moved its stock”to the old Lumber- men’s bank building. Mr. Elliott has been busy for several days building his fixtures and unpacking his stock. He says that the goods he will handle will range in price from five cents to one dollar. » Townshiip Officers in Error. A news bulletin from the Minneso- ta forestry service states that town officers are no longer authorized fire wardens under the new law. At present, each district is in charge of a district ranger, L. F. Johnson hav- ing charge of this district, and dur- ing the fire season, he has several patrolmen under him. These men are the only ones authorized to spend state money for fire fighting. The present law, however, indicates that the town officers are required to co- operate with the state officers. - Eighth Grade Play. The eighth grade students are pre- paring to give a play about May 24th. They have selected the courtship of “Miles Standish.” The play, which consists of seven scenes, appropriate tableaux and drills, Indian scalp dance, mountain march, witches drill and gun drill, will occupy about two hours. The eighth grade teachers have been drilling the play and the Indian dances. The gun drill is be- ing coached by Jack Hillaby. The characters in the play are: Miles Standish, Wm. Ward; Precilla, Lucile Moritz; John Alden, Alex Cameron; Messenger, Earle McIver ; Elder, Wm. Kolste. Olympic Abandons Voyage. The liner Olympic has been forced to abandon her voyage to the United States and has put back to South Hampton. About 300 of the crew struck on Wednesday just as the Olympic was to sail for New York. The men alleged that the ship did not carry sufficient life boats and that the new collapsibles recently in- stalled were unseaworthy. One man said that he could put a finger through the canvass. Yesterday the firemen and oilers who left the ship stated they would not return until eighteen men who had not struck were discharged by the company. The Olympic is a sister ship of the Titan- ie. % Texarkana, Marshall, Paris, Cleb- urne, Longview and Tyler, six young citles in Texas, form the circuit of the South Central league this season. SRR O The boys have been working on the|: BASEBALL The box score of Ameri- ocan Assoclation games will bhe posted on the Ploneer bulletin board, corner Fourth and Beltraml, each day as fast as they come in by telegraph. . RESULTS OF THURSDAY’S GAMES American League. ‘Washington 1, Boston 4. Chicago 8, Cleveland 0. Detroit 6, St. Louis 1. Philadelphia 5, New York 4, (13 innings). National League. Boston 7, Brooklyn 5. 4 New York 3, Philadelphia 1. Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 0. St. Louis 2, Chicago 5. ' American Association. No games scheduled. company, .the.-latter ‘concern having K s iivs v wieis s WEE SR S DR, § BASEBALL STANDINGS. ....................... 3K American Association. Won Lost P.C. Columbus . 2 .846 St.Paul . ........ 5 615 Minneapolis . 5 583 Toledo 6 .538 Milwaukee . 7 . 417 Kansas City 7 417 Louisville . 7 364 Indianapolis . 10 167 Games Friday. Louisville at St. Paul. Indianapolis at Minneapolis. { Columbus at Kansas City. ! Toledo at Milwaukee. Natiohal League. Won Lost P.C. Cincinnati . 2 .800 New York .. 3 2700 (Boston ..°., . 47 1..636 Philadélphia 5 444 St. Louis ...... 6 .400 Pittsburgh . 6 .400 Chicago . .. 5 444 Brooklyn . . iq .300 Games Friday. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Boston at New York. St. Louis at Chicago. American League Won Lost P.C. Chicago . . 8 3 127 Boston .6 3 667 Philadelphia . .... 6 3 .667 ‘Washington . 5 4 .556 iCleveland . 5 6 .455 St. Louis ........ 5 7 .417 Detroit . ........ b 7 417 New York ... .1 8 11 Games Friday. Philadelphia at Boston. Detroit at St. Louis. New York at Washington. Chicago at Cleveland. CPOOPPPVOPOOOOO®OO © Calendar of Sports for Today. © COOORPCVOOVPOOO® OO Friday. National championship of the Am- ateur Fencers’ League of America at New York. Pacific coast interscholastic track meet at Berkeley, Cal. Matt Wells vs. Packey McFarland, 10 rounds, at New York. SRR R AR R R IR R R @ BASEBALL NOTES. e 0000000000606 60 Pitcher Harmon, of the Cardinals, started the" season by downing the Pirates. Last year Harmon tied the Pirates in knots every time they faced him. . Catcher Gabby Street believes that the Highlanders have the strongest pitching staff in the American league in Vaughn, Ford, Caldwell and War- hop. On April 11 George Appleton, the veteran baseball fan of Boston, saw his forty-first consecutive opening game on the old South End grounds —the first in 1871. Out of a total enrollment of 261 in Peking University last fall, 153, or nearly seventy per cent, belong to the Volunteer Band and have conse- crated their lives to Christian ser- vice, talked of American woman. and has brown hair. Madeleine Talmage Force. New York shipping firm. GOPHERS TO PLAY BALL Authorities Arrange for’ Intra-Mural Games. Thirty Minneapolis, April 26.—Notwith- standing the abolishment of confer- ence baseball for this year at the Unlversity, Northrop field will be cut by many spiked shoes before the sem- ester is over. An inter-department series, under supervision of Dr. L. J. Cooke, gymnastic director, has been arranged and thirty games will be played in all, twenty preliminary and ten final contests. Each of the four classes in the law, academic, medical, engineering and agricultural colleges will pick a nine which will play every other class in its college until championships are settled in each department. Then an all-star team will be chosen for each college from the men brought out in the class games, and a final series for the all-university pennant will be contested. Each of the five college teams will meet every other in the final games. All varsity students are eligible and if the players show up for the games with the same regularity they have displayed in the practice, some baseball of near-big-league class is forthcoming, especially as some of the ineligibles are overlooking no op- portunities to get their batting lamps trimmed for a summer’s engagement with town teams of the northwest. Children’s Books. Felicia ...........Elizabeth Gould Felicia’s Friends. .. .Elizabeth Gould Daughter of the Rich Mary E. Waller Boy Life in the United States Navy.............H. H. Clark Hope Berham..........Nora Perry Jack Ballister’s Fortunes. . = cesicaseesa.....Howard Pyle Men of Iron. .Howard Pyle Cleared for Action.....Willis Allen Cadet Standish.’...Willlam Drysdale Jolly Good Times....Mary P. Smith Juan and Juanita....Francis Baylor IMidshlpman Farragut. . James Barner Mrs. John Jacob Astor, the Most Interesting Widow In America. Mrs. John Jacob Astor. through the death of her husband in the Titanic disaster, becomes one of the world's wealthiest wiGows and easily the most Sbe is in her twenty-first year, tall, graceful Her late husband’s estate is vs Before her marriage to Colonel Astor iu September She is a daughter of William H. Force, head of a e e e S SR S Dl T _— lued at $100,000,000. st Mrs. Astor was Miss DYNAMITE BEING USED Nebish Farmers Clear About Acres in Past Two Weeks—Are Now Seeding. ARE SETTLING NEAR SCHOOL Farmers in the country adjacent to Nebish are making good use of the car of dynamite recently shipped by J. J. Opsahl. Mr. Opsahl has just returned from a trip to Nebish and says that about 16,000 pounds of dy- namite have been sold already and that the remaining 4,000 pounds will be sold in a few days. Many settlers have come to this district this spring ‘and are rapidly opening up their land. The majority have settled near the Hay Creek school house. They come from Min- nesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, andJ one from Maryland. The following list of actual set- tlers shows that good progress is be- ing made in the opening of the cut- over land: Cleared Acres and Name Bought in erop H. F. and F. G. Cleve- land . ... Le.. 220 24 J. W. Fox . 80 8 J. Karhoff ... . 80 8 J. F. Sederholm . . 160 60 R. Gillman and son... 80 10 R. C. Hannaford . 80 8 B.H.Case ...... . 80 4 A. Rognlien . . 160 25 J. W. Evans . . 35 10 A. P. Reeves ... . 80 15 Pomeroy -Reeves .... 80 10 Addison Robinette ... 40 10 Eight for Roosevelt. ‘Word has been received here that the eight delegates at large from Mis- souri to the national Republican con- [UNIVERSIT "18 to 8, inclusive. YT0O REACH THOUSANDS Condensed and Popularized Course in Higher Education is Being Prepared. TO VISIT EIGHTEEN TOWNS Assembly The Third Week Of June, THE DATE MAY BE CHANGED Conflicts With the Meeting of the Northern Minnesota Develop- . ment Association. One hundred thousand people of Minnesota are to get a condensed and popularized course in higher educa- tion when the “university week"” dur- ing next June will be held at eighteen towns. The final itinerary was an- nounced today by Prof. Samuel Quig- ley. Lecturers; scientists, entertain- ers and practical demonstrators, com- posing a staff of seventy-five persons, will interpret this Chautauqua idea of university extension, instiuted by. President George E. Vincent. The final program - of the “university week” will not be completed until fMay 1, when it will be circulate@ among the towns to be visited. ! Comes Here in Juse. The first week will be spent in Sonthwestern Minnesota, from June Commercial clubs and farmers’ drganizations are mak- ing'preparations for-the reception of the portable university. In the south- west portion St. James, Windom, Worthington, Luverne, Jackson and Fairmont will be visited. It is esti- mated that the attendance will be approximately 5,000 for each place. The southeast section of the state will be visited from June 10 to 15, in- clusive, and Waseca, Owatonna, Roch- ester, Plainview, Red Wing and Grand Meadow are the towns on the schedule. The last week, from June 150 17 to 22, inclusive, will be spent in the northern part of the state. The towns to be visited are Brainerd, Crookston, Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Coleraine and Cloquet. Permanent Staff for Each Town. A permanent staff will be located at each place throughout the univer- sity week while itinerant groups, numbering fifty in all, will spend one day in each city. The chief popular lectures will be given by President Vincent and Dr. Richard Burton, hend. of the English department. As one of the features of entertainment Dean George B. Frankforter will give a demonstration on liquid air. In connection with this lecture Prof. B. L. Newkirk of the engineering col- lege will give an exhibition with his gyroscope and mono-rail car. Concert and Shakespearian Play. Other features of entertainment will be a concert by the Glee club, aided by a local chorus in each case and the presentation of a Shakes- pearean comedy by the University Dramatic club. Prof. A. W. Rankin will speak on “How Minnesota Edu- cates Her People,” and Maurice Flagg, of the State Art society, will speak on “Art in Common Things.” Other lecturers will be Professor Em- eritus Maria Sanford, Dr. Hardin Craig of the English department, Dean A. F. Woods of the agricultural college, Dr. H. M. Bracken and Dr. H. W. Hill of the sjate board of Health, C. G. Schultz, state superin- tendent of public instruction, Martha Wilson and .Clara Baldwin of the state library association and members of the university and the agricultur- al college extension division. Date Here May Be Changed. An effort is being made by some of the towns on the northern circuit to have the university week the fourth week instead of the' third week in June. The Northern Minnesota De- vention have been instructed for|Velopment association meets at Inter- Roosevelt. the delegation. - % Hadley is in control of {national Falls two days of the third (Continued on last page.) Local Clubs Asked to Co-operate In