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

THE BEMI JI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 1 02. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ALL EYES TURNED ON STATE FAIR Exhibits Arriving By Car Loads and Grounds Are Now Source of Interest. BIG ATTENDANCE EXPECTED Bumper Crop Will Give Farmers Money and Early Harvest the Necessary Leisure. WISCONSIN AFTER PRIZE Will Make Strong Effort to Capture $1,000 Premium Offered For Best Butter Shown. By United Press. St. Paul, Minn, Aug. 26.—One week from today the great state fair of Minnesota will be in full swing. Already the grounds are pulsing with | life. Exhibits arriving at brief in~i tervals in car load lots furnish a! source of never-ending wonderment | Znd interest to the hordes of curi- csity seekers. All eyes of the pleas-| ure-bent from now on will be turned toward the fair grounds. And this is to be the greatest state fair in the history of the Northwest —second only to a world’s fair or; 2 national exposition—if the unre-| lenting effarts of the officials now bending toward that end can make it so. But there will be many fea- tures about this fair of particular interest to people of the surrounding | states, not to be found in an exhibi~i tion inviting the attention of the| world. | Those in a position to know c!aim[y that the record-breaking attendance at the fair will be greatly helped by CHARLES R. VAN HISE. ESa———————— Member of Commission Arbitrat- ing Railway Enginee Demands. by Rockw tween the world’s famous stars, Bar- ney Oldfield, Wild Bill Endicott, Louis Disbrow and others, who will circle the oval at a nerve-racking, laeath-dealing speed. A new feature in the line of ex- |hibits, of especial interest to farm- ers, will be a piece of concrete road- way, 150 feet long, laid by a con- crete manufacturing company for the express purpose of showing farmers what can be done in the way of im- proving country roads. The roadbed is seven inches thick and twenty feet wide. It was laid in twenty-foot with wire mesh. On country roads the twenty-foot strip rums in the center of the thoroughfare, which is “shouldered” with gravel or macad- am. The exhibit will show the evo- lution of a roadbed, from its original condition to the new method of per- fection. A Night Horse Show. The leading society event of the the record-breaking crops this year, | which gives the farmer plenty of | money and entitles him to a well-| earned vacation. Crop prospects are o far ahead of other years that har- vesting will be completed by the time | the fair opens its gates and the| threshing in many cases will be over | with. At any rate, it will be so well | in hand that every farmer with his family can leave and spend a few days at the fair. Officials in charge of the fair hon-| estly believe that this year's exposi-| tion will be the most successful in | the history of the Northwest. The number of exhibits is by far greater | and more varied; adjoining states. North and South Dakota and Wis-| consin are well represented, and the concessions have been sold for larg-| €r amounts than ever before. Wisconsin is making a strong ef- fort to capture the $1,000 premium| offered in the butter exhibit. North and South Dakota are sending in some prize winning stock, including swine, sheep, cows and horses, and the exhibitors aver that they will re- turn with a goodly showing of silk| ribbon around the necks of their fav- crite animals. The fair will be ushered into exist- ence with a sacred concert next Sun- | day afternoon at 3 o'clock, and it| will be repeated in the evening, Be- ginning Monday, there will be aero-| plane flights at 11 a. m. and 4 p. m. each day of the week. LaFollette to Speak. An additional feature to the regu- lar program on Monday, September | %, will be a speech by Senator R. M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin, according to local politicians who have been ad- vised that Senator LaFollette will be in Minneapolis on that date, and who anticipate no trouble in inducing the senator to deliver an address. M. E. Harrison, assistant secretary of the| Minnesota State Agricultural society, said he had been advised that in all probability Mr. LaFollette would | make a speech on the official open-| ing day of the fair. The other main event for Monday will be an effort to break the world’s team record for the mile of 2:02 3-4, Ly Minor Heir, 1:58 and George Ga- no, 2:02. A few days ago this team did the mile in 2:05, one-quarter of a second quicker than the time which Wwas the record for twelve years. Thursday, September 5, is Pio- reer’s day, and it will be featured by the keynote speech of Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt, opening the Bull Moose campaign. Good Auto Races. As an appropriate finale, the auto- mobile events on Saturday, the clos- ing day, are expected to draw record- breaking throngs to the fair grounds. Automobile enthusiasts from all parts v | tair will be the “Night Horse Show,” a combination exhibit of horse-flesh, livestock and extraordinary vaude- le features, to be given the first four nights of thé fair in the Live- stock pavilion. A close second to this will be the staging of “Old Mexico,” in front of the grandstand every evening, por- traying in one of the most spectacu- lar fireworks displays on record the |storming and capture of the fortress Chapultepec by the American troops in 1847 under General Winfield Scott. This was one of the renowned incidents of the Mexican war. The fair will close on Saturday ev- ening with a gorgeous display of fireworks. Minnesota children will have the chance of their lives on Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Day, when they will be admitted to the fair free of charge. After careful consideration the managers have decided that the youngsters are entitled to a day of tun and instruction without expense. They chose Monday as the proper day because it is Labor Day, and | there are no schools in session. The |rule as decided upon provides that |all children under fourteen years of age when accompanied by their par- ents or guardians will be admitted to the grounds free. This is an innova- tion at the Minnesota state fair, as rever before have the gates been op- €n to the little tots on a holiday. Sev- |eral years ago children were admit- ted without charge on Saturday morning, but this year there will be ro restrictions, and from morning to night the yotuhful men and women will be given the freedom of the 300 acres of ground. LOSES FINGER IN GEARS. Cass Lake, Aug. 26.—(Special)— Arnold Larson had the misfortune to have the first finger of his left hand caught in a gearing at the saw mill early Sunday morning. Dr. Dumas was called and amputated the finger close to the hand. sections by layers, and was reinforced | Columbus, O., Aug. 26.—Rounding out a career_of one hundred years as the permanent capital of Ohio, there began in Columbus today a celebra- tion in honor of the great forward strides that the century has witness- ed. During the entire week there will be a succession of reunions, pa- triotic meetings, brilliant fetes and historical pageants, all in honor of the centennial anniversary. The formal inauguration of the celebration of the great natal day, making the passage of a century since the seat of the state govern- ment was removed from Chillicothe to Columbus, began with a salute of 100 guns, the ringing of bells and the Iscreeching of countless factory whis- tles. The day was devoted chiefly to the reception of the many prominent persons invited to take part in the celebration. Features of the week will include a reunion of descendants of Ohio gov- ernors, a military and civic parade, a centennial banquet, a reunion and parade of Grand Army veterans, and historical exercises under the auspic- es of the Daughters of the American Revolution and other societies. Two evenings of the week will be devoted to an elaborate pageant en- titled “The Story of the State,” show- ing, in artistic magnificence and his- torical accuracy, scenes of the old Northwest Territory and Ohio from the time of the Mound Builders, the seat of whose densest population was Ohio, down to the present day. HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN. School officials of the state have been notified of the willingness of the state board of health to help start an inspection of the health of the school children of this place. The toard has employed Dr. Ernest B. Hoag, lecturer in public hygiene, of the University of California to have charge of this work. He can be ob- tained for a limited number of ad- dresses on health subjects by apply- ing to the secretary of the state board of health. The board offers the local health officers and school authorities blanks for each pupil which when filled out will give Dr. Hoag a general idea of the health of the children in that particular school. Many places in addition to this survey are thinking of having regular inspection of the pupils by a physician or nurse. In many places where a physical examination of the school children Las been made parents and teachers have been surprised at the generally poor condition of the teeth and fre- | quency of obstructions in the nose. These and other troubles not seen easily, interfere with the progress of the pupil in school. If corrected when the child is young he is saved much embarassment and ill health. —State board of health talks No. 10. TURTLE RIVER. At a meeting of the directors of School District No. 17, held recently, bids for hauling the school children of this district to the school at Tur- tle River village, were received. Contracts for two routes were award- ed to Paul Utech and Earl Eastman. Other routine business was transact- ed. That Nat Lake is an ideal fishing spot was proved on Thursday by Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Keiser. Twenty-five good sized fish were caught and Mrs. Keiser proved her ability by pulling in a ten-pound pickerel. This is by far the largest fish ever secured in Nat Lake. Turtle River was well represented in Bemidji on Wednesday. Those taking advantage of the pleasant weather to shop were Mesdames Craver, Irish, Latimer, Sauder and Keiser. | Mrs. J. Hammersly, who is the guest of Mrs. Geo. Paquin, spent Sat- urday in Bemidji on a business and pleasure trip. On Thursday evening fifteen friends and neighbors of Mrs. J. W. Wheeler, surprised her when they walked in unannounced and took possession of her home. The evening was spent in- dancing. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO AT FISHHook. HoLLow PD.Q.! of the Northwest are expected to “tour in” to witness the races be- (Copyright.) FOOTBALL SCHEDULE OUT University of Minnesota Team Will Play Four Conference Games Dur- ing 1912 Season. ALUMNI PLANNING REUNION Minneapolis, Aug. 26.—(Special to the Pioneer)—The Minnesota foot- ball schedule for the season of 1912, as~_announced by Manager Helon Leach, is as follows: Sept. 28—TUniversity of South Da- kota. Oct. 5—Ames Agricultural college of Ames, Iowa. Oct. 19—University of Lincoln, Neb. Oct. 26—University Towa City, Towa. Nov. 2—TUniversity of Illinois of Champaign, IIl. | Nov. 16—TUniversity of Wisconsin of Madison, Wis. Nov. 23—TUniversity of Chicago of Chicago. All of the above games with the exception of the one with Chicago will be played on Northrop Field at the University here. The schedule includes all but three of the eight members of the Conference, the ab- sent teams being Purdue, Indiana and Northwestern. Alumni of the University are plan- ning a grand reunion at the Wiscon- sin game. The word is being passed around to come to the game and take part in the celebration that will fol- low. Many alumni who are now in business on the range have signified their intention of returning for the game and others will comé from points as far west as Montana and Idaho. FIRE of Nebraska of Towa of IN CASS LAKE Special to The Pioneer. Cass Lake, Aug. 26.—Fire was discovered at 5 o’clock Sunday morn- ing in the boiler room of the North- ern Pine Crating company. It de- stroyed the building. A small amount of steam was carried in the boilers which was enough to enable the early arrivals to check the flames. ‘When the fire was partly extinguish- ed near the fire box, new fires were kindled under the boilers and in a short time sufficient steam was rais- ed to entirely extinguish the fire. The loss is about $1,000, only partly covered by insurance. WASHINGTON LETTER By United Press. ‘Washington, August 26.—Improp- er handling of eggs is responsible for the annual loss of the huge sum of $45,000,000, according to depart- ment of agriculture experts who have been investigating the egg smashing business. This enormous loss is due to small eggs, cracked and broken eggs, dirty and rotten eggs. The improper handling is a loss to farm- ers, middlemen and consumers alike, say the experts, and they urge ev- erybody to get busy and institute re- forms which will do away with it. Here are some of the plans suggest- ed for betterment: Encourage the production of large eggs. Take Steps to insure proper dispo- sition of infertile eggs. Dirty eggs will be reduced to a minimum it proper care of nests is taken. More than ten per cent of eggs re- ceived in New York during the year are stale. This is not necessary if cggs are promptly collected and ex- peditiously shipped to market. The American output of precious gems, though small, is increasing ev- ery year and the total for 1911 show- ed a goodly increase over that of 1910, according to a bulletin just is- sued by the U. S. Geological Survey. The yield in 1911 showed $2,750 worth of diamonds, $9,500 worth of emeralds, $215,313 worth of saphires and $44,715 of turquoise. Promising finds of emeralds have been made in North Carolina, some of the gems running as high as $100 to $200 a carat. The largest emer- ald found has been about one inch by three quarters by one-half. Most American diamonds come from Cali- fornia and Arkansas. Urging the necessity for better methods of conserving the health of the 20,000,000 school children in the United States, the federal Bureau of Education calls attention, in a cir- cular just issued, to the fact that seventy-five per cent “need attention today for physical defects which are prejudicial to health and which are rartially or completely remediable.” Pointing out the ailments that the children suffer, the circular states that 400,000 have organic heart dis- ease, 1,000,000 at least have now or had tubercular affection of the lungs, another million have spinal curva- ture, flat foot or some other deform- ity serious enough to interfere with their health. A million have defec- five hearing, five millions have de- fective vision and an equal number (Continued on last pawe.) BIG OHIO CELEBRATION : 7 2 . HOW IT APPEARS TO THEM TEDDY WANTS T0 TESTIFY Colonel Roosevelt Wishes to Be Al- lowed to Appear Before Senate Committee Today. RECEPTION FOR VISITING TOURISTS Auto and Commercial Clubs Unite to Entertain Crookston People on Tuesday Night. IAUNCH RIDE ON LAKE - Will Be Given Visitors on Wednes- day Morning—Band Concert To- morrow Evening. THREE CARS TO FOSSTON W. L. Brooks, Dr. E. H. Marcum and E. A. Barker to Accompany Friends into Bemidji. Starting at 7:00 tomorrow morn- ing the Crookston Automobile club will leave for Bemidji on its annual tour. Those in charge of the runm, stated today that they believe twen- ty-five cars at least will make the start from Crookston and that several others are expected to join the club en route. The cars will be due in Bemidji about 5 p. m. Tuesday and Wwill leave on the return trip at noon on Wednesday. The Bemidji Automobile club and entertain the visitors. Tuesday ev- ening, there will be a reception in TO REFUTE JOHN D. ARCHBOLD Oyster Bay, Aug. 26.—Colonel Roosevelt has announced that he wants to appear today in Wash- ington before .the senate com- mittee investigating campaign con- tributions to refute the testimony of John D. Archbold Saturday concern- ing his knowledge of an alleged con- tribution of $100,000 by Mr. Arch-! bold to the Republican campaign fund of 1904. “I have wired Senator Clapp, chairman of the committee,” Colonel Roosevelt said, “that I should like to appear before the committee. At _the time Colonel Roosevelt made his announcement he had not received a reply from Senator Clapp, but. had arranged to leave Oyster Bay for Washington in time to ap- pear before the committee today. The colonel says he might receive a reply during the evening. The colonel’s telegram read: “As I am not willing that Mr. Archbold’s statement about myself siould pass without immediate offi- cial contradiction, I request the priv- ilege of appearing before your com- mittee on Monday. My engagements are such that it will be the greatest inconvenience to me and many oth- ers if the hearing is deferred to a la- ter date.” Colonel Roosevelt met the corres- pondents after a day spent in rowing on the bay and picnicking with his family. “It is a most unheard of thing,” he said in commenting on Mr. Arch- bold’s testimony and his departure for Europe, “that Mr. Archbold should depart without testifying about the $25,000 he gave Senator Penrose. It is a most peculiar thing that the committee should allow him to depart without so testifying. There are no dead men concerned in the transaction. He could be sure of what he was testifying to in that. “I do not want a day more than necessary to elapse without placing on the record my testimony.” NO CATHOLIC SERVICES. There will be no services in St. Philip’s church tomorrow morning as Father Philippe had a slight op- eration this morning at 11 o’clock. BY MHOP" the Commercial club rooms at 8 p. m. H. C. Baer, secretary of the club, has notified chairmen of all commit- tees to ask their committeemen and their wives to be present. Mrs. C. K. Sanborn will have charge of the punch bowl. Director Remfrey has promised that the band will play a concert on Tuesday evening and this will prob- ably be staged under the Commercial club windows on the corner of Third street and Minnesota avenue instead of at the dock band stand. Wednes- day morning, the entire party will be taken for a trip around the lake in launches which have been char- tered for the occasion. It was orig- inally planned to take this trip on Tuesday but it was found that the visitors would not be able to arrive in time to go around the lake in daylight. ‘W. L. Brooks, Dr. E. H. Marcum and E. A. Barker will leave Bemidji in their cars tomorrow morning for Fosston where they will meet the tourists and accompany them to Be- midji. Others have been urged to ieave Bemidji about 3 p. m. and meet the cars in or near Solway. The run will come in from Wilton on the south road by the Cassler farm. The Crookston club expects to drive into Fosston about 11 a. m. and will be the guests of the Foss- ton Commercial club for lunch. A stop of about two hours has been scheduled for Fosston and the cars are expected in Bemidji later in the afternoon. Rules for the Run. Following are the rules for the cars in the run: The start will be made from Wal- lace’s corner at 7:00 a. m. sharp, Tuesday, August 27th. All cars are requested to be in the block north of Wallace's Drug Store, at 6:45 a. m. Each car will be given two cards with its number upon them, which cards are to be hung one at the front and ome at the rear of the car, and will be started by the starter at in- tervals according to the number which will be determined by lot. Route. The route taken will be from Wal- lace’s Drug Store south on Broadway to Robert street, east on Robert across Robert street bridge and along Maple Lake road to Mentor, thence to Erskine, McIntosh, Fosston, Bag- ley, Shevlin to Bemidji. The path- finder has gone carefully over the route and road will be marked as usual. Flags and Confetti. The pilot car will leave in advance of the pace-maker. The route will be marked with confetti,.white flags, red flags and blue flags. The con- fetti will be dropped at a point 100 yards before turns and twenty-five yards after turns, and at points where there is any danger of taking the wrong turn. Red and White Flags. ‘White flags will be placed at turns. A turn to the right will be marked by a white flag placed to the right at the point of turning. A turn to the ieft will b€ marked by a white flag placed to the left at the point of turn- (Continued on last page.) the Commercial club have united to