Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 21, 1912, Page 1

il VOLUME 10. NUMBER 177. CALL CONFERENCE OF COUNTRY .FOLK. Week in December. = TALK OF LIFE ON THE FARM Social Aspects of Rural Communities | To be Subjects of Investigation - and Action. OF NATIONAL INTEREST. Professor Thomas J. Presten and Mrs: Grever Cleveland Engaged..- TO IAST FOR FOUR DAYS| Each Morning to be Taken Up With Boys and Girls Institute :* (By United Press) Fargo, N. D, Nov. 21—With-a knowledge of the fact that a content-, ed country folk is the basis.of a per- manent agriculture, the N‘orth Dako- ta Agricultural College through its extension service has decided to fend its aid and support in calling’ “a Country Life Conference :the third week in December, beginning Tues~ day, December 17 and ending Fri- day, December 19. Everybody, every-- where, every day in North Dakota-is now talking agriculture. = The social aspect of country. life in North Dakota has never been made the particular subjeet-of-any That it representsa most unique and comprehensive pro- blem state conference. cannot be questioned, for no in the union is so dependent upon agriculture “Hiawatha Land of tahe Datothas': -It-ds: mot an uncommon thing tg hear the elite as of society discuss the crop-situation, as well as the farmer—the producer of crops. Boys and Girls Institute The conference will be held at the same time and in conjunction ‘with' the North Dakota Boys and Gifls institute, thus giving the people Who attend an opportunity to see what is being done, in North Dakota, to keep the boy and girl on the farm. The object of the conference is to bring together those who have been active in bettering social conditions in the country, to discuss the efficien= cy of institutions peculiarly rural in their character and to demonstrate with social features whenever possi- ble. In other words, not-only to taik, but “to do ‘the thing (talked about) itself.” To Last Four Days. The conference will last four days. The mornings of each day will be taken up entirely with the North Dakota Boys-and Girls Institute pro- gram, the afternoon with.conference discussions and the evenings with demonstrations. No- pains will be spared to make the discussions. in- structive, the demonstrations inter- esting. The various programs will be built up around the three rural institutions—the: country school, the country church. and. the country home. - Tuesday, December 17, will be call- ed “Country School Day.” The chief topic of discussion en that day will be “The Country. School as a Social Center.” Other subjects will be as follows: How Can the Rural School be Ruralized? Is the Country School the Efficient Force is was Meant to be? The Schoel Teacher as a Commun- ity Leader. School Grounds and Schoolhonse Architecture. The Playground Movement in Ru- ral Commounities. 3 The Country Literary Society. The Country School as a Farm Laboratory for Seed Testing. Milk and Butter Testing, Ete. The Country School as a Neighbor- hood Center. Soils, All these and many other subjects of interest to rural communities will be discussed. A demonstration in’ the form of a genuine rural entertainment- will be given. A typical country band, made up entirely -of ‘country felk|- musicians will rendér a condert, after which an -amateur play’ (the: scene of which will be laid in a rural com- munity in North Dakota) written by a North Dakotan, will be presented by farmers themstlves. CORNER on land or sea, “LAID WEDNESDAY Inm'the presence of fitty or_sixty ople,: the eorner:stone of the G. A. R. monument being built in Green- Wood Cemetery was lald Wednesday afternoon. St. Cloud granite, of Whieh the monu- ment is being -constructed, each di- mension being-six feet and weighing 8ix toms. concrete and will be covered by a smaller stone above which the col- amn will” rise. At the.exercises were the members of the G. A. R., Women’s Relief°corps, eity and county officials, and mem- Bers of the council. stone was placed a copper casket which_will be. sealed in the stome. | The _casket contains - copies-of thej Pion, ~Aand. bronze medal, a G.” button made from captured Confed- erate cannon, a small United States flag, a list of the members of both the men and women’s G. A. R. or- ders and the city and county officials. The stone Was a cube of It was laid on a basé of In the cormer entinel,.. a - Lincoln In the casket was also placed a piece of pine stump which came from the prison’ at Andersonville, Georgia. This prison was one of the worst in the south and at one time housed 30,000 men who were forced to de- pend on a filthy stream for drinking water, when a spring appeared from under a pine stump and furnished enough pure water to supply the camp. G. Pendergast was given a piece of the pine stump and this is the piece placed in the monument. Thousands were dying daily L. In a brief speech, L. G. Pender- gast outlined the movement which re- sulted in the monument, saying that the money was raised by the G. A. R., Women’s Relief Corps, Commer- cial club, city of Bemidji, Beltrami county and school childrén of the county. He laid emphasis-on the fact that the monument is being raised to all‘men and women Who had a part in the war, whether they were in the service of their. country whether officer or private. P. J. Russell lauded the G. A. R., and the work of the Grand Army during the war. » The monument will' be dedicated next Memorial day. It will be twen- ty-four feet high, is set on the basic block of six foot cube and will cost between $1,300 and $1,400 before finished. ~ A tablet saying “In Mem- ory of the Veterans of the Civil War —1912" is on the smaller stone. The monument is located in the south- west corner of the cemetery-and can be plainly seen from the road. _— § WASHINGTON LANDS SHOW. Minneapolis, Nov. 21.—The next| congress of the Northwest Develop- ment league will be held in Washing- ton according to a decision of the di- rectors here last night. Spokane will get the-show. SCOOP Feen “badge And [ N. M. D. A. PROGRAM Third Annual Convention to be Held Friday, December § and 6. ESE ST W.-R. Mackeniie, secretary of the Northern Minnesota Development as- " ‘|sociation, has issued tie following ‘incompleted program for the third annual meeting of the Northern ‘| Minnesota” Development association (Which will:be held In Crookston De- cémber 5:and 6. Thursday, December 5. 10 a. m.—Opening prayer. Address -of Welcome. Response—President €. M.-King. Address; “Team Play,” George Ed- gar Vincent, president of. the Uni- l-vernny of Minnesota. “Appointments of committees on redentials and resolutions. 2.p..m —At N.. W. experiment farm. > i Dedicatory: services and inspection of cew buildings. % 8 p. m.—Smoker. Address—“Development of Minne- sota,” Fred B. Snyder: Friday, December 6. 9:30 a. m.—Address, C. G. Hart- ley of Duluth—“Trunk Lines and Their -Effect on the Settlement and Market Value of Northérn Minnesota Lands.” Reports -of committees. Election of officers. Selection of next meeting place. 2 p. m.—Address, “Minnesota,”— James J. Hill: . Discussion of plans for 1912. ED. COLLINS IS DEAD Island Lake Man Recently Sentenced at Fergus Falls, Dies In Leaven- % worth Prison. J HAD SOLD -LIQUOR-TO INDIAKS Fort Leavenworth, Nov. 21.— (Special) —Ed Collins, of Island Lake, Minnesota, died here last night. His death was sudden. He had been in the prison but two or three days. Ed Collins was found guilty in fed- eral court at Fergus Falls last week of selling liquor to persons of Indian blood and was sentenced to one year and one day in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. In addition to the jail sentence, he also had to pay a fine of $100. Judge H. A. Simons, of Bemidji was one of the witnesses in the case. * Collins was charged with selling the liquor last April. It was said that he furnished it to John Sumner, aged sixteen; Clifford Sitting, aged eighteen; and Ben Lawrence, aged twenty. At the trial it was said that there were not enough persons at Is- land Lake to support a saloon unless some trade was.taken from the In- dians. T. J. Burke, of Bemidji, was noti- fled of Collins’ death last might and was asked to locate his people. Mr. Burke learned that they live in Still- water and the Stillwater chief of po- lice was asked to find them and no- tify them of the death. “HEAP COLD; LITTLE SNOW.” (Special to The Pioneer by United Press) Couderay, Wis., Nov. 21.—The In- dian weather forecast which has of- ten surpassed in accuracy the scien- | tific prognostications of government weather bureau experts was given out today by the Chippewa Indian prophets of the Couderay reserva- tion. “Little snow, heap cold,” for the winter was the forecast, which is based on the antics of the beavers, muskrats, birds, beasts and even the fleas. SHE WAS AFRAID YO | ToutH 1T'S0 T PuTIT UNDER. MY CORT AnD PIES BY THE THOUSANDS Were Served to mm Spectators At Spokane Apple Shiw Which BAKED IN -GIGANTIC - OVEN Spokane, Wash., Nov. 21.—Twen- ty-five . thousand pies, rivaling those like “mother used :to make,” were foaked: in-an’endiens ehain oven sev- enty-five feet long and served steam- ing hot to 25,000 hungry persons at the Fifth National Apple show and Enakops jubilee, which closed here Sunday evening. The apples were first made into sauce in the largest boiling pot ever constructed, its dimensions being eighteen feet high, ten feet in diam- eter and its weight 3,500 pounds. From the kettle the apples went be- tween crusts as filling.for pies. Then they began their journey by endless chain through the oven, which liter- ally threw out pies to the hungry crowds waiting at the exit. Figuring one apple to each pie, being four inches in diametre, 25,- 000 apples, or nearly forty carloads, were baked and distributed free of charge. It proved to be the most spectacular feature ever given by the apple- In ita'#¥rious phase, the National Apple show: launched a movement designated to unite the states of ‘Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon- tana into one big unit for the coop- erative distribution of Pacific North- ‘west apples and other fruits. Robert E. Strahorn, president of the show, has decided, on request of 115 leading growers, railway offici- ials and bankers of the four states, to call a meeting in Spokane December 16 for the purpose of working out a cooperative marketing plan. Dele- gates will repr?ent every fruit- growing district in the Pacific Northwest. Apple growers have no fear of ov- er-production, but they are agreed that an effective marketing system that will eliminate some of the inter- mediate hands through which their product now passes and that will re- duce the price to the comsumer, is egsential to the prosperity of thous- ands of orchards. oW MY \DEA IS TO LIGWT, A MATCH ANO SEE \& 1T/ - .|United States engineér of Duluth, UNITED . PRESS REPORTS EGGS ARE 60ING UP. New' York, Nov. 21.—Fresh eggs at seventy cents a dozen wholesale is looked for here in the very near future. Eggs from Long Island and nearby Jersey points -are already ‘bringing seventy ceats a dozen retail. New York, Nov. 31.—Actording to announcements made todsy by the board of trustees of the Carmegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Andrew Carnegie-has giv- en an additional $2,000,000, making the total amount of his contributions to the foundation $14,000,000. HALVOR STEENERSON HERE Elks from Deer River, Grand Rap- 1ds, Walker, Bagley and other neigh- torigg towns will gather in Bemidji tonight ;fi;_!_*j“gfiq POV-wow and leed” which will be given by the lo- Conressman Halvor Steenerson will be the guest of honor and will make an address. E. E. McDonald will give the eleven o’clock toast. French bouillon made by an Indian from the Red Lake reservation, will be served to the guests. Entertain- ment will be provided by a carbaret show brought fron¥' the Brinkman theatre. - Cigars and other things | will be-provided is plenty and the entertainment committee of Ray Murphy, Harry Maher and George Kreatz promise that after 9:30 there will not be a dull moment in the hall. John Morrison came down from Red Lake this morning and brought with him Ne-gah-ne-o-zee-be-we-nee Ge-bah-quah-e-de-we-kah-mig -0- ze- be-e-gay-we-gah-mig (which being interpreted means “Chief of the Jail Office.” Ray Murphy said this morn- ing that it really means “Chef of the jJail” and that the man is the ome real bouillon cook in the “nort’ con- tree.” The Elks will have a regular busi- ness session until 9:30 and have in- vited their friends to come in at that hour. WILSON WILL NOT MAKE COMMENTS (Special to The Ploneer by United Preas) Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 21.— President-elect Woodrow Wilson de- nied that he had invited William Jennings Bryan to visit him in Ber- muda. Nor does he expect the col- onel. Regarding the report that Colonel Bryan had been offered the first place in his cabinet, Governor Wil- FOREIGN TRADE INCREASING ‘Washington, Nov. 21—A new high record mark both in imports and ex- ports - were established in October. Imports-last month were $177,895,- 830 against $162,571,150, the form- er high record in April, 1912, Exports were $254,696,985 against $228,602,683, the former record in December 1910. DULUTH TO NEW ORLEANS. La Crosse, Wis.. Nov. 21.—The preliminary steps in procuring a com- plete navigable Interior waterway from New Orleans to New York City were taken when Captain E. D. Peck, Minn., sent out hundreds: of letters asking the co-operation of-prominent river men in gaining information to ‘be laid before congress calculated to bring about the dredging of a twen- ty foot channel through the St. Croix river, thus joining Lake Super- ior and the Mississippi river. Captain Peck is secretary of a board of engineers appointed by the secretary of war to investigate. STANDS BY WHITE SLAVER. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 21.—“This is a joke. Nothing to worry about and make one thin here. The judge may go as far as he likes. He will never get any further information from me concerning King.” This statement was made by Miss Mamie Pearson, alias Mrs. Robert King, of Aberdeen, S. D., after she had been given a ninety day work- house sentence in municipal court today for larceny. 1son said: 4 Miss Pearson, who' formerly was| “All statements about cabinet ap- employed as a waitress at the Clair-|pointments may be disregarded until PARCELS POST - AFTER JANUARY 1 Packages Must Not Have o Dimes- %i0m of Over Six Feet and Mast Have Retarn Address. 8 — | Ordinary Omes Will Not Be Accept- ed—Rates Are Based On New Zone System. ary stamps will be marked “Held for will mot be accepted &s payment em parcels. 2. That parcels will be mailable only at postoffices, branch posteffices, lettered and local named stations and such numbered stations as msy be designated by the postmaster. 3. That all parcels must ber the return card: of the sender; otherwise they will not be accepted for mail- i ing. On January 1, the parcels post law e will go into effect and the fourth clags - mailing privilegs. extended to matter weighing eleven pounds or > less and with-dimensions of less than - - = six feet. - The law was passed by the special session of congress lsst sum- ~ mer and provides for a sone system of payment. Each postmaster in the United States is to be furnished with a par- cels post map showing the unmit of area in which his postoffice is locat- ed and the eight postal zomes indi- cating the distance on which the par- cels post rates are based. At the same time the postmasters will be furnished copies of the Guide, a pab- lication which shows "the units of area in which every postoffice in the United States is located. The Guide will contain full information as to its use in connection with the map. Bemidji merchants believe that the parcels post law as it is will go into effect will be a material help in their- business. The law provides for a riate based on the distance the package is to travel. Express rates are fiat, be- ing so much for any distance. A comparison of express and parcels post rates out of Bemidji shows that the post will be much cheaper for. short hauls and about the same for long distances. The entire country has been divid- ed into units of area made by bisect- ing the lines of latitude and longi- tude for each degree of length. The unit in which any postoffice lies. to-. gether with the eight adjacent units form the first zone. The rate on a parcel in this first zone is five cents- for the first pound and three cents. for each additional pound. e The feature of the law which is looked upon with special favor by local merchants is that which pro- vides that the rate in the first sone onvpuhge- going through one post- office only is five cents and one cent. This gives local merchants a-gain of two cents a pound over mail order houses elsewhere. For instance, if a farmer on Route 2 wishes to re-- ceive a package from Bemidji, the rate is five and one cents. On the other hand he can send in produee to the city, to another farmer on Ris' own route or to one on another route leaving Bemidji for the five and ope. cent rate. 5 i = _ The law provides that parcels post covers any product of “farm or fae- tory” so that after the first year it will not be a novelty for butter, eggs, meat and other produce to come {0 Bemidji over the rural routes. t = & ~ RETURNS FROM- CANADA: 2 v Birch Whiting, -who has been up in parts of Canada for the past two years returned to Bemidji yesterday and reports that he has made no_ money in the raising of crops, but 30ld some of his land apd made good: = oA will make his home in the town of -