Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 25, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 128. COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE Annual Report of Superintendent Stewart Shows Big Increase in Length of Rural Term: TOTAL ATTENANCE WAS 4,121 Of This Number, 3,562 are Eligible For State Apportionment Which Will Bring in $26,500 INVESTMENT PLACED AT $335,941 Value of All Houses, Sites, Desks and Apparatus has Increased $19,638. Fifteen New Buildings. Beltrami county for the year end- ing July 81 had 3,562 pupils entitled to apportionment under the state law, | acording to the report prepared by W. B. Stewart, county superintendent of | schools. A letter from the state su-j perintendent of schools Tuesday | stated that the apportionment had| been allowed. The apportionment re-| ceived last year was $21,875.83. The | apportionment for next year will be| about §$26,500. | Mr. Stewart's report shows fur- ther that there are 559 pupils not| entitled to enrollment so that the to- | tal enrollment of the county was| 4,121, in high schools and 2,038 in semi- Of these 2,083 were enrolled| graded or rural districts. Of the 4.121 pupils neariy 1,000 were en-| rolled in Bemidji scheols. The m»1 1al one year ago was 4,057, | Twenty men and 162 women taught during the year in the coun- ty schools. The average menthly| wage of the men was $80, while the| average for the women was Eighty teachers were graduates of a high school, forty-two from a normal | school, and fourteen of a college. ve attended such prepara- hools but did not graduate. .50, “DAGO” FRANK CIROFICI. P ——————— Believed to Be One of the Slayers of Herman Rosenthal. H. Rodes, capt.; fullback. capt.; tackle. Carlisle Indian School, Thorpe, capt.; halfback. Cornell University, Edward W. Butler, capt.; halfback. Harvard University, Wendell, capt.; halfback. Haskell Institute, William Wil- liams, capt.; left tackle. Kenyon College, baugh, capt.; tackle. Leland Stanford University, Louis Cass, capt.; halfback. Northwestern University, Louis A. Stimson, capt.; halfback. Oberlin College, Duffy Seay, capt.; quarterback. Pennsylvania State College, J. Les- ter Mauthe, capt.; fullback. Princeton University, Roy R. Percy L. | Hutchison, capt.; quarterback. Purdue University, Roy R. Hutch- ison. capt.; quarterback. University of Chicago, Halstead H. Carpenter, capt.: halfback. University of Illinois, William H. Woolston, capt.; fullback. University of Minnesota, Clifford Morrell, capt: center. University of North Dakota, John Fifteen new frame school buildings were erected during the year, and| their value is placed at $25.696. A present there are ninety-one frame five brick, gnd tweniy-one stone stone school houses in the county.| The total value of all equipment is| as follows: | School houses and Seats and desks All apparatus .. 4 | Toral value investment .. Total investment year ago $335,941] 316,303 | The value of all libraries of the school. of which there are sixty-one, | is placed at $5,910. The aggregate| indebtedness of all districts in the| county is placed at $185.339, which | shows that the county has a frE\(-" margin of $150,000. On Arbor Day twelve schools planted 122 trees. Following is the financial state-| ment for the year: ! [ Receipts. Cash on hand July 31, "11 $44.6 From aportionment . ... 87 From special tax .. 3 Local one mill tax . ol Special state aid ....... 12,743.29 | Bonds and other sources. 38,408.56 Total . ............$210.508.44] Disbursements: Teachers wages & board $77,083. Fuel and school supplies 14,808.08 | Repairs and improving | grounds . e 4 | New school houses and | BATRR o o= smmesns s & 18,972.62 | Bonds and interest . 22,918.75 | McKnight, capt.; left tackle. University of Wisconsin. Joseph H. Hoeffel, capt.; end. Westpoint Military Academy, Le- land Devore, capt.; tackle. Yale University, Jesse Spalding, capt.; halfback. MALCOLM: More rain! Henry Johnson and Nels Tomes are at Rapid River putting up hay. Gilbert Benson made a trip to Thief River Falls in his auto last Friday. He took four passengers down, and returning brought up Louise and Anna Knutson the same! day. Peter Tomes is back from North Dakota and making things hum on his homestead. Some more homesteaders filed in the vicinity of Malecolm last week. TURTLE RIVER. Keiser, who has been in Be- e past several days, returned home Monday night. Mrs. Keiser was accidentally shot in the calf of the leg last Thursday afternoon by Miss Ruth Guthrie, who was trying to load a .22 rifle. On Sunday morning the M. & L passenger train ran over and killed a handsome black horse owned by W. . Blakely, of Farley. The horse with another. was grazing along the road and had wandered onto the track. The animal took first prem- ium at the Beltrami county fair, re- cently held. Mrs. G. H. Paquin and Mrs. S. A. Paquin shopped in Bemidji on Sat- urday. MURDER MARINES (By United Press). Colon, Panama, Sept. 25—Word has just been received here that twenty-nine American blue jackets have been massacred at Leon, Nica- ragua, after they had killed forty re- volutionists. Blue jackets and mar- ines were landed from American war- ships to protect foreign lives and property and to police railroads. The Nicaraguans deeply resented this and the clash was the outcome of the 1912 FOOTBALL CAPTAINS Annapolis Naval Academy, Peter Beloit College, George A. Dahlgren, James F. Lane Rhora- feeling. 6 G@Y b3/ Charles Swanland was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the petit jury at 11:45 last night. The jury went out-about 4 p. m. Swan- land was convicted of the murder of David Wistrom in the town of Shot- ley on May 13 last. Swanland’s de- fense was that he was insane at the time of the killing, he claiming that he shot a wood chuck. He will be sentenced at 4 p. m. this afternoon. KENYON ON STAND Arthur Kenyon took the stand at 2 p. m. this afternoon in his own de- fense on charges of robbery and lar- ceny. He is proving a reluctant wit- ness having a hard time to remember dates and places. He was placed on the stand following the testimony of Dr. Ward and Dr- Henderson who agreed that he was a monomaniac. Kenyon claims that he is controlled by Jim Stepp. his stepfather. Both doctors agreed that he was sane and rational on every other subject. Dr. Henderson said that he might or might not be capable of distinguish- ing between right and wrong. The Kenyon jury is composed of George Anderson, F. E. Lloyd, John Gilsted, J. Peterson, Earl Helmer, C. C. Hag- {en, Fred Iverson, O. B. Olson, W. M. Haberly, Demp Moler, Hans Torger- {son, and A. R. Garvin. COMMITTEE IS NAMED The officers chosen for the Repub- ilican county committee yesterday |were Jesse. E. Dade, Blackduck, chair- {man; Fred Rhoda, secretary, and F. | S. Lycan. treasurer. NO MORE CANE RUSHES. Minneapolis, Sept. 25.—Minnesota university students will drop a cus- | tom, honored since the founding of | the college, this year, in the passing of the cane rush. The faculty coun- cil has decided that the pursuit of the blackthorn is too dangerous and accordingly, a tug-of-war will be sub- stituted in its stead. President Vincent has offered a silver cup as a trophy to the winning team, and it is to remain in the pos- session of the class winning it as long as they are able to hold it. The num- erals and number of points won will be engraved upon the cup each year. In lieu of the various field events that have been staged before the main feature each cane rush day, a series of wrestling bouts will be stag- ed. The ban has also been placed up- on boxing, and all the rough features have thus been eliminated. October 12 has been set as the day for the event and the underclassmen are starting to train their gladiators. Dr. Cooke, director of the depart- |ment of physical instruction, made an effort to have the push ball in- stalled this year, but the expense is such that the athletic board of con- | trol refused to accept his proposals. (Copyrizhtd IS FOR WOMEN ¥ —_— ONLY Mies Eddy Prepared to Show House- wives Place of Cheese in Fam- ily Diet. | | : - Y DEMONSTRATION THURSDAY P. M. ) . \ Miss Beatrice Eddy. instructor in domestic science at the high school, has invited the ladies of Bemidji to a demonstration ~tonmrfaw afternoon’ of various - methods of - preparing cheese dishes. This is the first of a series of demonstrations which will be given bg Miss Eddy during the winter if the ladies show that they| are interested. The demonstration will be given in the room used by the cooking class- es. It is located on the second floor of the high school bailding near Professor Dyer’s office. Miss Eddy will give an informal lecture and at the same time will be preparing the dishes. The pupils in the cooking classes may be present if they wish. “I hope the ladies will attend this demonstration,”’ said Professor Dyer this morning. “If they show an in- terest in this line of our extension work, the first demonstration will be followed by others. Miss Eddy has outlined a series in which she plans to cover many food stuffs which are good body builders if prepared properly but which are mnot used much in our homes today. The weather may be bad. but it will be pleasant inside.”” The ‘demonstration is for ladies only and the number of men who will be admitted has been limited to three. i 3 . * SNEAD DEFENSE SCORES. Amarillo, Texas, Sept. 25.—Coun- sel for the defense scored heavily yes- ‘terday afternoon in the habeas cor- pus for John Beal Snead, chargedt with the murder of Al. G. Boyce, Jr.; when the evidence of Mrs. L. A. Rog- ers of Dallas, Texas, Was declared ad- missible after a debate of two hours. Mrs. Rogers testified that she with her husband and child occupied the upper story of a house in Dallas, in the lower portion of which Snead, his wife and two children lived from July 8 until August 13. She declared Al- G. Boyee, Jr., call- ed at the house numbers of times during Snead’s absence, and that Mrs. Snead received letters sizgmed “Albert” practically every day. SCOOP rerorter Library books . 1,05 Text boks . 3.613.45 Apparatus . . 1,992.15 Transportation of pupils 2.967.68 | All other expense ... 18,560.82 Cash on hand July 31,12 42,011.14 Total ..-$210,508.44 There are eighty-five school dis-| tricts in the county. ten districts transport pupils, and there are five | consolidated school districts. Mr. Stewart has been the county superin- rendent for six years and during the| past year made 154 visits. The reports show that the a\'erage; length of school in months for rural communities has increased from 7.2 to 7.63 months. This shows that the rural students are attending school nearly on-half a month longer than in 1910-11, COMMUNICATION. The following letter was received Tuesday by the editor of the Pioneer. It presents the side of the potato warehouse case not covered by the Cassler letter which was printed on Monday night. The Pioneer does not care to become the medium for the expression of any personal feeling on one side or the other, but if there are persons who believe they can bring any new facts to light,.the columns are open to them. Sept. 24, 1912. Harold J. Dane. Dear Sir: In last night’s Pioneer there was an article published with the heading “Farmers Want a Vege- table Market,” which was written by W. A. Cassler, in his letter to Harold J. Dane, editor of the Pioneer, under date of September 16th, stating while in the Twin Cities last week, he saw a number of produce buyers, and | found that they were anxious to get into Bemidji to do business, especial- ly the Ryan Produce Co. of Minne- apolis. As all the farmers know from last year's experience, the Fitzsimmons- Baldwin Co. bought all the potatoes they could buy and 95 per cent of the onions, and paid top market price. The latter mentioned com- pany were the ones that boosted po- tatoes to the top notch. We paid out the -total amount of $18,665.73 for vegetables and potatoes last seasom, and our books are open for inspec- tion for any who are willing to in- vestigate. E We have installed a $1200.00 elec- tric elevator to handle the potatoes and vegetables this coming season, instead of erecting a potato ware- house, which we do not think would be advisable until the country grows more vegetables. We have ample space in the cold storage now, as we practically gave our creamery ma- chinery away, in order to make room for farmers’ products. We have leased the land between our building and the Great Northern tracks to erect a potato warehouse when same_is needed. Same was leas- ed last February. In his letter, Mr. Cassler states that the D. E. Ryan Co. of Minneapolis will furnish No. 1 seeds. If the far- mers will remember, this spring the D. E. Ryan Co. made the statement that they would furnish the farmers with all the seeds they wanted, and when the farmers called for the seed. they were told there was none to be had; while the Fitzimmons-Baldwin Co. had plenty of good seed stock, adapted to this soil. This seed could have been purchased at from 30c to 60c a bushel less than from outside GOPHERS ~ MUST FIGHT Are Up Against a Veteran Team When They Play South Dakota On Saturday. COYOTES ARE OUT TO WIN Vermillion, S. D., Sept. 25.—For the past week more than thirty men have been in active practice on the South Dakota gridiron:— This is the largest squad Coach Henderson has ever had to work with. Most of them, new men, are experienced and have shown remarkable ability. All but two of the old players are back, Clifl‘ Coffey and Trackaberry. Their plac- es are filled by Meeter, a man who has already achieved football fame. He is equally as fast as Coffey and much heavier. Coach Henderson says Meter is the most versatile new man he has seen in his football experi- ence. Adler, another new man, will take Thackaberry’s position. He is valuable for his kicking ability and his marvelous forward passing. He charges fast and hits the line even better than the former star. Askew, the rightguard, who raised such havoc with the Minnesota line last year. returned Saturday and is in excellent condition. The other guard position is being hotly contest- ed for by new men, Brooks and John- son, both of whom weigh over 190 and are very fast. Granting that the old veterans will hold their positions the line will practically be same as last year. Downing and Barrett at tackles are doing better work than they did last year. Potts at center is fighting {hard to keep his old position against Willey, a scrub of last year, who has been showing up exceptionally well. The back field ‘will be fully as fast as that which performed against the Gophers Igst fall. Sheeks, right half, is playing the best football of his car- eer. His drop-kicking is likely to be more accurate than formerly. He has been pratticing the drop all summer and just now his toe seems to be in- fallible. Captain Pat Coffey will hold his old position at quarter. He has put more spirit into the tetam than any captain they ever had and the snappy lightning work of the backfield in the coming game will be due to his clever generalship. Coach Henderson is jubilant over the prospects of victory. He declares markets. We furnished the different that South Dakota will be represent- (Continued on iast page). (Continued on last page) BIG TIME AT THE FARMERS’ PICNIC Governor Eberhart and Superinten- dent McGuire to Be in Bemidji All Day Saturday. A FAMILY LUNCH AT NOOKN Diners Will Be Served Hot Coffee Prepared By Students in Miss Ed- dy's Cooking Classes. JESTER TO PRESENT THE PRIZES First, Second and Third Ribbons for Best School Gardens to Be Hand- ed to the Winners. “I will leave St. Paul Friday night and the schedule says I am due in Bemidji at 4:30 Saturday morning.” said Governor A. 0. Eberhart to the Pioneer this morning. The gover- nor is coming to Bemidji to attend the farmers’ picnic which is to be held at the school farm or high school on Saturday. The governor ‘will spend the entire day here. Personal invitations to 250 farm- ers asking them to attend the picnic Saturday were mailed out this week by Bemidji business men. The invi- tations ask them to call at the stores before leaving but urge them to at- tend the picnic if possible. A. J. McGuire, superintendent of the Grand Rapids experiment station, will also arrive in Bemidji early Sat- urday morning and will be on hand early to welcome the farmers. Mr. McGuire says that if any of the farm- ers are having trouble with stock or crops that this is the time to tell about it. The Commercial club directors held a meeting yesterday afternoon and decided that the entertainment com- mittee should take the governor in charge after he is through at the high school. It is believed that he will spend the morning at the school farm, have dinner with the erowd and then make an address in the af- will be made by Mr. Nelson, Professor Dyer ternoon. Other addresses and Superintendent McGuire. Fol- lowing the speeches, the high school quartet will sing several numbers and there will be picnic sports, if the weather permits. One of the features of the day will be the presentation of prize ribbons to the students who won first, second and third in the school garden con- test this summer. The ribbons were made and donated by the Pioneer and will probably be presented by Al Jes- ter, one of the judges. If the weather is favorable, the morning will be spent at the school farm north of the fair grounds. Mr. Nelson and Superintendent McGuire will be on hand to explain the experi- ments that are being made. Mr. Nel- son says that he and Mr. McGuire will to the best of their ability an- swer any questions from farmers who are having trouble with live stock or erops. At noon, the farmers and speakers will eat together at a picnic lunch. Arrangements have been made with Miss Eddy at the high school for hot coffee which will be made and served by the girls in her cooking classes. If the weather is such that it will not be possible to eat outdoors, the meet- ings will be held in the high school and lunches will be eaten in the gym. Coffee will then be prepared in the cooking room instead of at the school farm. The Automobile club has told Mr. Nelson that it will be glad to take the farmers for zn auto ride around the lake and city if the roads are in such | condition that it will be possible with any pleasure. In the evening, the governor will {be the guest of the Commercial club at an informal smoker which will be held in the club rooms. CROOKSTON MILL CLOSED- Because of the bad weather this morning, the lumber handlers in the Crookston yard refused to work and the mill was shut down at noon for half & day-