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

VOLUME 10. NUMBER' 168. FARM ON WHEELS ATTRACTED MANY Was Open Two Hours Each On Sat- urday and Sunday Afternoon While In Bemidji. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION WORK Exhibits Gathered and Arranged by Dean Woods’ Men and Soo Furnished the Train. THIRTY-SIX ATTEND BANQUET . . Local Business and Professional Men Ate With Visitors In the High School at 6 P. M. “The most complete agricultural train which has ever visited Be- midji,” was the way the people who visited the “University .Special” spoke after they had visited the train Saturday and Sunday. It was complete from the live stock and crops which bring in the revenue of the farm to the machinery- used in the harvests and the kitchen uten- sils of the housewife. It had a car devoted to the boys and girls, the farmers of the future. It had a do- mestic science car. In fact, the train was the University Extension depart- ment on wheels. Shortly after the train pulled into | Bemidji at 3:45 Saturday afternoon, the pupils of the eighth grade classes in agriculture marched from the High school to the depot bearing a banner on which was inscribed: “BE- MIDJI'S FUTURE JACK PINE FARMERS.” At the train they were treated as special guests and shown every attention. The car which seemed to arouse the most interest was the rural school car in charge of ‘G. F. How- ard, a member of the State High School board. In this car was a re- production of the Crookston School of Agriculture in detail. The. ecar also contained samples of corn pro- duced by school children in the Min- nesota acre corn contest. There was a sample of shelled corn from Hec- tor which went ninety-six bushels to the acre; another from Hector that went seventy-seven bushels to the acre; one from Polk county of 105 bushels to the acre. - JOB E. HEDGES. Nominated by the New York State Republicans For Governor. @ 1812, by American Press Assoclation. SATURDAYFOOTBAL Bemidji 19; Grand Rapids 3. Dartmouth 24; Cornell 0. ‘Missouri 7; Drake 14. Pennsylvania‘27; Michigan 21. Chicago 3; Northwestern 0. Wisconsin 64; Arkansas 7. Ilinois 9; Purdue 9. Princeton 54; New York Univers- ity 0. Yale 10; Brown 0. i Carlisle 27; Army 6. Ohio State 23; Oberlin 17. Simpson 27; Grinnell 9. Shattuck 17; Pillsbury 0. East Grand Forks 44; Ada 0. South Dakota 44; North Dakota 0. assisted by the following girls: Misses Hilda Galchutt, Elizabeth Ti- tus, Mona Flesher, Arvilla Kenfield, Mae Simonson, Lillian Booth, Ina Robertson, Fern Robertson, Alice Neely, Anna Werner, Ruth Getchell, | Ruth Jennings, and Beulah Dennis. After the dinner had been served, Professor Dyer asked the guests to listen to several impromptu speeches and called upon T. J. Burke to wel- {come them to the city. He was fol- lowed by N. E. Chapman, state poul- try expert who was in charge of the train. Mr. Chapman said that the thing needed in this north country was brotherly love and co-operation. He also said that the train was try- ing to reach the average farmer, his wife and three children. “The boy and the girl are needed at home on the farm,” he said, “but we want to take the half a boy and half a girl and make them into useful citizens Mr. Howard- was kept busy ex-|of other pursuits.” plaining the various articles shown ! in a model domestic science equip- ment for a rural school. The car Dr. E. H. Smith spoke for the school board and was followed by George F. Howard. Mr. Howard has also contained an assortment of iron |charge of the work of the boys and implements made by students in the Crookston school:: The entire train was open from two. .until four Sun- day afternoon and the attendants were kept busy answering questions. Contrary to the general opinion, the train had no officials of the Soo line on board. It had been called the “Soo Special”” but a more proper name would have been the “Univers- ity Special” as it was in charge of girls in the rural schools of the state. G. G. Winter was asked to tell of the way in which cut over lands are be- ing taken up for farms, F. B. Mec- Leran was asked to tell of his ex- periences as a jack pine farmer, Miss Bull spoke for five minutes on domes- tic science, and A. J. McGuire, of Grand Rapids, told of the need of the farmers in this part of the state and how the University was aiding University men and was in reality!them. Mrs. Margaret Baker told an extension course on wheels. One of the Soo men started with the train but left it the second day leaving only the engineer, fireman, conduc- tor and brakeman to represent the road. One car contained sheep brought from the University school at Ham- line; the second housed the horses and cattle of which several different breeds were shown; the third car was devoted entirely to poultry and the things which go with poultry housing; farm crops weFe exhibitéd in the fourth, most of exhibits hav- ing been gathered at the state and county fairs; the dairy was given the fifth car; the sixth car was devoted to the boys and girls; domestic science was given a car; and the peo- ple with the train had a sleeper and a diner. The eleventh car was for forage. The Pioneer has not the space available to describe the train in de- tail, but it was the general opin- ion of those who went through it Saturday or Sunday that it was the most complete of any which has ever been to the city. The number of farmers who were in the city Satur- day surprised the men on the train and they were assured that had the train been in at 3 p. m. as adver- tised, more farmers would have been on board. _ At 6:30 the men and women who came with the train were taken to the High school -and there were greeted by eighteen Bemidji business and professional men. A four course dinner was served by the students in the domestic science classes under the leadership .of their - instructor, Miss Bestrice Eddy. Mis Eddy was something of the needs of the North- ern Minnesota farmers’ wives. Superintendent Freeman of Grand Rapids, said that Grand Rapids did not need the “farm on wheels” be- cause they had a model farm at home with Mr. McGuire at the head. Rev- erend Flesher was introduced as the “man who represents a profession which always has the “last word” and was followed by A. E. Nelson, instructor in agriculture in the high school. After the talks, the men adjourned to the Commercial club rooms where they enjoyed a smoker. The following Bemidji men were guests at the banguet: Messrs Nel- son, Smith, Carson, Lakin, Dyer, Burke, Flesher, Baer. Russell, Denu, Baker, White, Brooks, Dane, Me- Cann, Winter, Schumaker and Tor- rance. The men and women with the agricultural train were: N. E. Chap- man, of the extension bureau of the State University; F. B. McLeran, farmer and extension worker; W. A. McKerrow, in charge of the horses and cattle; C. E. Brown, of Elk |River, a Minnesota potato king and assistant superintendent of the state farm; George F. Howard, member of the State High School Board; F. H. Gibbs, expert farmer and market gardener of St. Paul; Charles Nelson, of Litchfield, vice-president of Min- nesota Dairymens’ association; Mrs. Margaret Baker and Miss Mary Bull, of the Agricultural College of the University; Miss Helen Stearns, member of the Public Library Com- mission; Charles Matthews, assist- ant poultry husbandryman at the Agricultural - College; - Phil - Jordan ] = (Continued pn 1aat PAg®); Audit Shows Association Made $60,- . 000, Which Cleans Up 1811 Debt of $40,000. MOST SUCCESSFUL IN HISTORY Minnesota’s most successful fair, which is synonymous with the world’s most successful state fair, was held from September 2 to 7, 1912, on the grounds between Min- neapolts and St. Paul. Nearly four hundred thousand peo- ple passed through the gates of this great Northwestern exposition dur- ing six days. The receipts amounted to practically $275,000, or enough to pay the expenses of the fair and leave about $60,000 to be applied on last year’s deficit. These figures place the fair just closed in a class by itself and leaves the North Star state without a near competitor. ‘While, in a last analysis, the at- tendance and the revenue are the results by which the success of any fair is judged, the Minnesota state fair of 1912 will go down in history ag far more than a mere amusement drawing card and a revenue produc- er. It was the most comprehensive and the best balanced state fair ever held in Minnesota or elsewhere, and it taught more practical lessons to more people than any school ever did in a much longer period. Aided by almost perfect weather, every event of the week’s program ‘was given according to schedule and every department filled with the fin- est exhibits ever gathered together, was viewed, studied and enjoyed by tens of thousands .of visitors every day. > Perhaps the department most talk- ed about was the agricultural. In this building, there were housed the best soil products of forty-six of Minnesota’s countties, representing about seventy per cent of the state’s area. In artistic arrangement and in valuable information -strikingly told, these exhibits were superior anything of the kind ever seen. The story of Minnesota, agriculturally, was told in a line under this ome roof and over 100,000 people took advantage of the opportunity. There were many remarkable exhibits, but the counties scoring the highest were Houston in the Southern section, Douglas in the Central and Roseau in the Northern section. In the live stock department there ‘were more horses, cattle, sheep and swine than ever taken part in a Min- nesota show before and there was more general interest in the judg- ing and awards. Minnesota is coming into her own as a live stock producing district, and the breeders and general farmers accepted the state fair chance of see- ing and studying all of the best types and will profit by what they learned. On Machinery Hill seventy acres of space was crowded with all of the most improved implements and in- ventions, and this district was one of the most popular of the big grounds. In comnection with the machinery department, the automo- bile show in the grand stand build- ing, proved to be a real attraction, and all of the dealers represented there reported remarkably good busi- ness, and almost without exception, have signed up for space for the 1913 fair. They agree that at no other automobile show are they fur- nished with such a great buying au- dience. - There is not space to take up the various departments in detail, but in the woman'’s, apiary, dairy, poultry, horticultural, floricultural, liberal arts and other departments there were great exhibits and unusual audiences. - The amusement program needs lit- tle comment, as the grand stand at- tendance of 146,004 during the week is proof positive that the horse races, the automobile races, the night show, the vaudeville, the aeroplanes, bal- loons and other features, were high class and what the people want. The advance argument that there would be something to interest everyone was proven to have been founded on fact. Nearly four hun- dred thousand people of all-classes and from all parts of the country, came, saw and went home praising the greatest of state fairs. After all, the greatest thing accomplished, is to have brougat so many people together, and given so many a chance to meet and study their neighbors and their common needs. Report of the ticket audit depart- ment shows the attendance: during the week as follows: - 5 Monday ... .7 .. .. .. ..112,111 Tuesday .. .. . .. .. 41,826 Wednesday. .. .. .. .. .. 47,531 Thursday .. 60.221 and Spencer Cleland, _students in|Friday .. .. ..., .., 42,891 —_— THE STATE FAIR REPORT Score Stood 19 to 3 At the End of Forty-cight Minutes of Hard © Play. NO COMPLAINTS wmnm Visitors Said That They Were Fairly Beaten and Were Satisied With After The Game. Coach Fred Carson, Grand Rapids: —“We were beaten fairly and square- ly. We have not one word of com- Plaint or criticism to make either against the Bemidji team nor the of- IMPORTANT MEETINGS | Two to be Held In Commercial Club Rooms Monday and Tues- day Evenings. CITY NEEDS MORE WATER Two important meetings. will be held in the Commercial club rooms tonight and tomorrow might. For this” evening there has lgew caled an assembly of all men in Bemidji interested in securing a better water supply so that in case of fire the city will not be in danger of the water running out. The directors of the county fair will have a meeting in the club rooms Tuesday night. At an adjourned meeting of the council held last Tuesday evening, a special committee of Messrs. Han- nah, Smart and Miller was appoint- ed to join with the water committee of Messrs. Klein, Bailey and Bisiar, and City Engineer William Everts to form a committee which is’ to meet with the Commercial club this even- ing. The Rex Hotel fire foreibly brought home the fact that the city is without adequate water protection in case of a big fire. At the meeting tonight, it is hoped that information will be brought by which the city fathers can decide the best way of increasing the available water supply. Some favor a lake pumping station, some favor a series of shallow wells and some a series of deep wells. The council has been working on the problem for some time and dif- ferent members have said that with the new fire wagon Wwhich arrived last week, the city now has mains and apparatus enough to fight a large blaze but that the supply of water is far short of what is necessary. By meeting with the business men to- night, the councilmen hope that the matter can be settled by the adop- tion of a definite program. STOVE GOES AT $25.00. The stove that was advertised to be sold to the highest bidder Satur- day evening at the C. E. Battles hardware store went to Mrs. J. C. Courtney at her own price, $25.| Practically all the other bids receiv- ed ranged in price from $21°to $25. The stove is an Art Garland base burner and is regularly sold for $50. Mr. Battles stated that although the price is a low one the stove would g0 as advertised. PUBLIC HEALTH CAN BE BOUGHT Health officials frequently point out that a lower death rate—fewer people dying—depends in large part upon the amount of money spent on their work. It is dollars or deaths. With money, inspectors can hunt out the dirty places and haye them clean- ed up in a way which, will not be done if one makes it hi bysiness to attend to it, - With money the water supply of a-town may be kept free ‘Many towns this winter are agree- ing to. set aside more money for the prevention of disease.’ © o+ ——Heslth Talk No. 18; - QThe vacation season sends a flood of good chances to you through the classified page. clerks, stenographers, office help, traveling QMany new alliances are formed during this season. QWatch for your chance. HOME TALENT PLAY “Jerry, the Outcast,” to be Produced This Evening In the City Hall for Catholic Church. SEVEN AMATEURS IN CAST “Jerry, the Outcast”” will be pre- sented this evening by seven young people of this city in the city hall. It will take about two hours and a half to stage the play and it is said that it is cne of the best home talent plays ever presented in Bemidji. Each character has shown consider- able talent ou the stage in the past and all are well known in, this city. A). Neuman handles the leading male role. He has been in nearly every home talent presented in Be- for the last four years. He won . the oratorical championship of Northern Minnesota for the Bemidji high school two years ago. In this evening's performance, he takes the part of Gerald Weston, or “Jerry, the Tramp.” ¢ Ed Gould will play “Colonel Mat- hew Lee.” Hiram Simon’s role is “James Blackburn” or Colonel Lee’s nephew. He is one of the best ora- tors for his age in the city and this evening he will have an excellent chance to- demonstrats his ability. He also won honors in the declama- tory contest in the Bemidji high. “Jack ‘Worthington” is a rival of Blackburn’s and he is well repere- sented -by Horace Roberts. Beatrice Gounld will play Mrs. Lee, the wife of the Colonel. “France” is the leading | feminine role and will-be played by | Miss Nell Fullerton. Dora Barrette has proved herself more than a match for her-part in the play. The tickets for. reserve seats are on sale at Net- Zer’s drug store. The priceiof admis- q Caretakers, silitinnte| companions—in fact| upset things genezally. [arris not the best o were glad to pisy Be- er team and their victory was earned and deserved.” ) Coach Earl Carson, Bemidji :—“We are glad, of course, to end the seasom. with a victory which gives us the championship of Northern Minnesota CLOSE RACE FOR OFFICE Official Returns With Two Precincts Missing Give Moon Lead of Six EUGENE AND GUDRID STILL OUT RETURNS ON GUDRID. Anditor George at 2:30 announc- npey v o of the range and by defeating Grand fapids by such a margin we can lay elaim to all of Northeastern Minnesy- * ta to Duluth. On the south we have met and defeated teams as far as Brainerd. On the west, East Grand Forks has defeated everything in its vicinity. We therefore feel eatitled ° Harris plurality .. .. .. 12 le_lil gives Harris an official lead of six. — to the championship of the territory Moon T OFFICIAL COUNT. | s|between Esst Grand Forks and Du- ——| “At this time I wish to express my Moon’s plurality .. .. ... 6| appreciation of the work of Harold - This “cgunt does not include the Dane, Bailey, A. E. Nelson precincts of Gudrid and Engene. eysr Tuer, and A, E. Fier in aiding me to build up the team. One man cannot han- dle all of the material we had out and without the assistance of these men, my work would have been materially handicapped and the standard of the team lowered. We have some good material coming on for next year and hope to be able to retain the cham- pionship.” With C. 0. Moon and J. O. Harris, running neck and neck for county register of deeds, the court house to- day has felt an undercurrent of ex- citement which has reached down to the city itself. The canvassing board {is meeting in the commissioners’ rooms and the first act was to tabu- late the returns on register of deeds. The results are given above. Although no official returns have come from the town of Gudrid, the Pioneer has received unofficial re- turns on the regular Pioneer election blank which says that the town gave the following vot: Harrisyig o & w8 umi i MOOD. S in ST e Meeting the strong Grand Rapids team which three weeks before had defeated them 19 to 6, the Bemidji high school football team overwhelm- ed their opponents Saturday after- noon-on the home grounds by a score of 19 to-3. The game was fast from the start and it was the general opinion of these who saw it that the score fairly represented the merits of the two teams. Those who saw the game here could not believe how the score at Grand Rapids was made pos- sible. Around the ends and through the line, the Bemidji backs were able to gain at will and were forced to punt but once during the forty-eight min- uets of play. On the other hand, Grand Rapids met a stone wall time after time when trying to pierce the Bemidji line and their only chance for a touchdown resuited in the ball going to Bemidji on their 7 yard line. g On the defense, Graham and Ellet- son, the ends, were pulled back to the positions usually occupied by the halves and Stanton and Peck went on the line. This gave the line added weight and ‘Stanton and Peck were adle to break through and spill plays for a loss. In spite of three days during which time the team had no practice, the tackling was the best of the season. Witn a biackboard and chalk, Coach Carson had explain- 505177 VE1L RSP S | ] On the fact of these returns, Har- ris has a lead of six. Many doubt if any election was held in the town of Eugene as neither the Pioneer nor |the auditor have received any re- turns. If this is the case, and if the Pioneer returns from Gudrid are ac- curate—which seems to be two big “Ifs” in this case, then Harris will have been re-elected by six. The canvassers have not attempted to tabulate official returns on other ioffices as no other close contest are looked for. Following is the official vote with- out the missing precincts of Gudrid and Eugene. Eugene. was made an election district since the primary and is said to be a Socialist strong- hold. George .. .. .. .. .. ..1,618 Conway .. .. .. .. .. ..1,260 George’s plurality . . French Geil .. Geil pluralify .. .. P:t:::::x ed the Grand Rapids pldys until the Hazen el Bemidji boys were familiar with them. Johnson plurality . Harris .. .. .. . Moon The game. started promptly at 4 P. m. when Grand Raplds kicked to Stanton. - He returned the ball to Clark GRAND RAPIDSTEAM AR