Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 4, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI D. Historlal Soctety, ILY PIONEE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 187. FARMERS' INSTITUTES TO BE HELD BY MISS BULL, McLAREN AND NELSON Work Will Take Two Weeks and Every Village in Southern Beltrami, Koochiching and Clearwate: If Possible. r Counties Is to be Visited THE SPEAKERS WILL BE WORKING ALL DAY AND NIGHT Schedule Calls For Thirteen Days of Constant Speaking, With Long Jumps, Waits and Drives Between Times— First Meeting Will Be In Farris. BIG RALLY IN BEMIDJI ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14TH Eight Hundred Invitations Have Been Sent Out and a Record Crowd Is Expected — Special Program For Sunday Session - In the Nebish Schoolhouse. Beginning on Monday, December 9, Miss Mary Bull, F. B. McLaren and A. E. Nelson will hold a series of farmers’ institutes in Beltrami, Clearwater and Koochiching counties. The meetings are a part of the extension work planned by Mr. Nelson. who is instructor in agriculture in the Bemidji schools, and Miss Mary Bull and Mr. McLaren will assist him for two weeks. Miss Bull is an instructor in domestic science in the College of Agriculture at Hamline and Mr. McLaren is a farmer and state institute worker who lives at Wrenshall, Minnesota. F. B. McLeran went to Wrenshall eight “or nine years ago when he was broken in health and when the county was as thinly settled as the country adjacent to Bemidji at the present time. farm, stuck to one line of endeavor He grubbed out a and at the present time is recog- nized throughout the state as an authority on the clearing and farming of timber lands. He was here during the month of November on the University agricultural special over the Soo line and many farmers heard him at that time. The series of institutes as worked ou ut by Mr. Nelson cover a period of two weeks and mean that the speakers will address meetings afternoons and evenings of every day with some good measure. They will have to get morning meetings thrown in for up at all hours of the night to catch trains, stay up late to wait for the next stop and in several in- stances will face long cross country drives in the Northern cold; ~All this that the farmers of Bemidji and vicinity may be aided. this winter in such a way that their next.crop will be bigger and better. First Meeting at Farris. = The party will leave Bemidji at] noon Monday and go to Farris where a meeting will be heid early in the’ afternoon. Returning at 3:30 they| will go to Kelliher at 6 p. m. and hold a meeting in Kelliher on Tues-| day afternoon. All day Wednesday, | December 11, will be devoted to meet- ings in Blackduck. There will be a| big farmers’ meeting in the after- noon and one of the business men in the evening. From Blackduck, thei party will go to Northome in Kooch- iching county where a meeting will be held Thursday afternoon. Follow- ing the Northome meeting, the party will drive to Mizpah, hold a meeting there in the evening and return to Tenstrike arriving there about 10:30 p. m. At Tenstrike a meeting for school children especially will be held in the consolidated school early in the afternoon. After that meeting, the party will drive across country to Turtle River, hold a late afternoon | meeting and return to Tenstrike for | an evening meeting of farmers and | business men. They will leave Ten-‘ strike Friday night and come to Be-| midji arriving here about midnight.| Meeting Here December 14. Eight hundred invitations have| been sent out to farmers in this lo- cality to come to Bemidji Saturday, | December 14, for a grand farmers’| rally. Other attractions than Miss Bull, Mr. McLaren and Mr. Nelson as speakers have been provided and it is; planned to make this the big mid-| winter farmers’ meeting. Sometime | during the day an effort will be made to revive the Bemidji Poultry club! which has been inactive for some [JACK JOHNSON AND LUCILLE CAMERON ARE WEDDED IN CHICAGO TUESDAY AFTER- NOON BY NEGRO MINISTER. Chicago, Dec. 4. — Jack Johnson, | the negro pugilist, was married Tues- |day afternoon to Miss Lucille Camer- on, nineteen years old, of Minneapo- lis, who recently appeared as a wit- ness against him before the federal grand jury, which has just returned indictments charging him with white slavery. The ceremony was held at ithe home of Johnson's aged mother, a negro preacher performing the cer- emony before a dozen guests and re- porters. A thousand persons gathered out- side the house and a squad of police kept them in order. At the last moment, the chief of !police prevented the taking of mov- .ing pictures of the wedding, for | which Johnson was to receive $5,000. Johnson and his bride leave to- morrow for a honeymoon trip. CATTLE TICK IS BAD By United Press Chicago. Dec. +.—That cattle tick, an insect feeding on cattle, cost the people $100.000,000 annually was | asserted by Peter F. Bahnsen, state time.. The institute will be held in|Veterinarian of Georgia, speaking be- the High school and will follow some- | fore the United States Livestock San- what the meeting held in October | itary association. when Governor Eberhart was here. As originally planned the schedule called for a meeting at Nebish on Tuesday afternoon, December 17, but| the change in the time card of the Red Lake railroad which will go into effect December 16 makes it neces- sary for the Nebish meeting to be held Sunday, December 15. Miss Bull and Mr. McLaren will be left in Be-| midji to attend the Bemidji meeting| and have Sunday for rest but Mr.| Nelson will go to Nebish on Saturday | afternoon. He will be accompanied | by Miss Beatrice Eddy, instructor in domestic science in the High school, who will give a talk to the ladies, and by Harold J. Dane, editor of the Pion-l eer, who will talk “Boosting.” Mr.| Dane and Miss Eddy will return to! Bemidji Monday with Mrs. Nelson,| *Mrs. Dane and Miss Marjorie Knap- pen who plan to make the trip also. | Sunday Meeting at Nebish. \ The Nebish meeting will be held (Continued on last page). | “The little insect is a great factor in the high cost of living,” he said. He advised enforcement of state livestock laws and education of farm- ers to protect cattle. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBZli‘ 4, 1912 MINNESOTA CLIMATE Being a short article on how the cli- mate of Minnesota has and is af- fecting the life of the people, na- ture of industries, etc...This ar- ticle was prepared especially for the Pioneer by Eugene Van Cleef, professor of science in the Duluth State Normal school. Both the rural and urban popula- tion have reason to be proud of Min- nesota because its. very favorable climatic location offers unusual ad- vantages. Not everyone recognizes the fact that the climatic character- istics of most localities are probably as important a controlling influence upon the lives of the people in that community as all other factors com- bined. The elements of climate, that is, the daily weather conditions are 80 common that they are usually tak- en as a matter of course. Undoubted- ly a closer study of the fluctuations in temperature rainfall, humidity, and wind for the seasons of the year and for a series of years would re- veal information of considerable prof- it to the citizens. It is worth while to reflect upon those things which seem to be ordinary everyday mat- ters. What does Minnesota’s climate mean to its people? What is its ef- fect upon agriculture? Does it in- fluence the marvelous mining indus- try? Are lumbermen conscious of it? Does the individual layman respond to its pecularities? Minnesota lies in the heart of the North American continent and is the most northerly state in the United States. Despite the fact that ap- proximately 10,000 beautiful glacial lakes are scattered over its surface, it is well drained in three distinct directions. The Red River of the North drains the northwestern fer- tile lands; the St. Louis river with its tremendous development of water power drains the northeastern sec- tion into Lake Superior; the Missis- sippi river with its many meanders and its several large tributaries car- ries off the surplus waters of the central and southern parts of the Gulf of Mexico. Such well balanced drainage system is a most valuable asset to an area that is essentially agricultural. Glacial Deposits of Rich Clay. Although Minnesota is noted the world over for its unequalled iron ore deposits which supply nearly three-fourths of the world’s needs, it is perhaps equally famed for its ag- ricultural products, particularly wheat. The glacial soils composed largely of rich clay, boulder till, and alluvium such as is found in the Red River Valley, have an important bearing upon production; but with- out climatic conditions as they are such bonanza farms as the state pos- sesses would be unknown. It is worth noting at once that the glacial lakes of this region indicate a great change in climate. Some 10,- 000 years ago a vast sheet of ice moved down slowly from the north- ern portions of Canada and spread itself over the Northern United States. It extended over an area bounded essentially by the present cou; of the Missouri and Ohio riv- ers. When the ice-sheet receded, that is, when the ice melted, the waters filled up the many depressions which had been either gouged out by it, or formed by the deposition of glacial till. This ancient arctic climate which gave .way during subsequent thousands of years to the present ex- hiliarating atmosphere left indirectly then, thousands of magnificent lakes that are of almost invaluable econ- omic importance. Annual Rainfall Varies. The average annual rainfall varies from 20 inches in the extreme north- west to 30 or 32 inches in the cent- ral and eastern parts. The average annual temperature ranges from 26 degrees in the north to 44 degrees in the south. Averages however should not be taken as a basis upon which to form judgments. The important factor is, how are rainfall and tem- perature distributed throughout the vear? ing the growing season? The ma: um precipitation occurs ~__iConiinuea on 1s g e (Copyright.) ““APPEAL TO REASON” T0 CROOKSTON TONIGHT by the Commercial Club and Many Leave. TWO0 NEW MEMBERS ELECTED Many Bemidji business men will be in Crookston tomorrow and Fri- day for the December meeting of the Northern Minnesota ~ Development association. Several left this after- night train. At the meeting of tne Commercial club held last evening the following men were appointed as additional delegates to attend the Crookston meeting: T. J. Burke, J. 0. Harris, F. S. Lycan, Thomas Mc- Cann, H. C. Baer, A. P. White, An- ton Erickson, L. F. Johnson, Tom Hughes, A. G. Wedge, Jr., Al Jester, George Kreatz, W. G. Schroeder, Clyde Bacom, Phil Gill, and W. A. Gould. W. A .Gould, president of the club, presided last night for the first time in several months as he had been confined to his home and the hospit- al. Fred Johns and E. E. Kenfield were voted in as members and a re- port from the traffic committee on the Red Lake harbor matter was re- ceived and read. W. N. Bowser called the attention of the club to the fact that many teams were standing unblanketed on the. streets during the cold weather. L. F. Johnson, president of the coun- cil said that a state law covered this offense and that a policeman should be called any time an animal was suffering. He promised to call the Committee of Delegates Appointed | noon and others will leave on the| Twenty-one Days " to Christmas Only three weeks to that great day. Get your shopping out of the way. DULUTH ADOPTS COMMISSION FORM “Duluth yesterday adopted the commission form of government by ‘a large majority,” was the message re- ceived in Bemidji by K. K. Roe this morning. Many Bemidji people have been watching with interest the fight waged in Duluth during the past four weeks between the forces for the commission and those against it. The interests opposing it came out on Monday morning with a full page unsigned advertisement urging that the light were at work and the ad proved a boomerang. There has been the new charter be refused but it was| taken to mean that'interests afraid of | much interest in Bemidji in the com- mission form of government for some time and many have stated recently attention of the mayor to the matter. i Thomas McCann stated that he; thought the city should provide shel- ter for farmers’ horses and advocated a city built shelter. J. O. Harris be combined with a public market. The public affairs committee, of which B. W. Lakin is chairman, was building of a combined market and shelter. club providing that enough money can be raised. said that he believed a shelter should | instructed to solicit funds for the| One will be built by the; that some action will be taken here in the near future. CLEANING OUT REX DEBRIS. A. A. Carter and a crew of men are at work cleaning out the interior of the Rex hotel of the debris which fell inside during the fire which de- stroyed the building last month. TWO MORE GAMES BOWLED. Two games of the bowling contest ARE HEARING EVIDENCE. | were played off last night in the lo- The jury in the first of the Can-|cal bowling alley but no high scores adian Northern fire cases was com- | were made. Art Masten was de-| ‘What is the di.slributifin dur-| pleted yesterday and the plaintiff started introducing evidence at once. plaintiff had not yet rested. defeated Scott Stewart. ' of thirteen games. feated by Charley Gould, but later| Paquin is At press time today, the case for the still in the lead, having won ten out]| LYCAN ELECTED CAPTAIN Fullback on Champion 1912 Football Team to Lead Bemidji Through Next Season. BOYS BANQUETTED LAST NIGHT Wilbur Lycan, fullback on the champipn ‘Bemidji High school foot- ball team during the 1912 season, was last night chosen ¢iptain for the coming year. Mr. Lycan is a junior in the high school and is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Lycan of this city. The election of captain followed the speech making at a banquet given the football team at the High school last evening by Professor Dyer, Coach Carson and Mr. Nelson, and prepared by the girls of Miss Eddy’s cooking classes.. Lycan was called on for a speech and said that he would try to be as good a leader as Earl Bailey, the retiring captain, and hop- ed that the team next year would re- tain the championship. Earl Bailey was called upon to toast the 1912 team and he said that it was with real regret that he was leaving the high school. He thank- ed Coach Carson for his work and A. E. Fier, Harold Dane, Thayer Bail- ey and A. E. Nelson for their assist- ance. The girls of the school were told that their rooting had much to do with the success of the team and Hiram Simons was complimented on his ability as a rooter king. Lester Achenbach was called on to tell of his last game and Mayne Stan- ton of the “Game We Lost,” which was at Grand Rapids. Thayer Bailey told the boys of some early High school football history and was fol- lowed by Harold Dane, who said that the real good from football came from the discipline it made necessary. Earl Carson. the coach, spoke of “Football Spirit,” and complimented the team on the way it’came back and defeated Grand Rapids. A. E. Nelson closed the program with a toast to the “Champions” and told the boys that he hoped many of them jwould be able to continue their work in some college or university. He complimented them on their work this fall. Professor Dyer presided as toast- master and used the opportunity to jtell of early days at Hamline when he played on the Hamline team. The girls who prepared and served the banquet were Miss Eddy and the (Continued on Iast page). SCOORP rerorrer REPORTER Scoop ME & Goop' BOOST STORY ON THE. XMAS DINNER WE GRE. GUESS THIS \SNT PoOR— T AN CERTANLY TEAR. OFF THIS 508 STUFF — EVERY TIME T READ OVER MY OWN COPY T™ Just A Typographical Error THE PAPER. (S oUT-Naw/ TO SEE How THEY PLA STop THE. PRESS B0SS - T WROTE "200 LVES wiLL BE MADE. HAPPY "AND 0ME. OF THE CIPHERS SLIPPED UP AGAINST LWES™ (T Now REMS 20 OLIVES" msTeAD, OF 200 uves=' TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MAC VEAGH SAYS SYSTEM IS BAD Annual Report Charges That Counm- try Is In Dange rof Panic as Long as Present Methods Prevail. CURRENCY IS NOT ELASTIC Movement of Crops-and Storing of Coin In Treasuries Tightens the Money Market. WANT NEVER FAILING RESERVE Believes Banks Are Not Suffering by Reason of Unorganized State —Should all be Independent. By United Press. Washington, Dec. 4. — Declaring that as long as the banking and cur- rency system of this country re- mains as it is today the disaster of a panic is always present, Secretary of Treasurer MacVeagh in his annual report to congress today urges the adoption of a new system which would afford greater protection. “The system under which we are living not omly will not prevent a panic, but after a certain point in the generation of panic conditions is reached, will make it inevitable,” he declared. The secretary charged that the present system established under fed- eral laws, not only promotes and en- courages panics, but at all times the country is carrying a heavy and need- less burden of unfit and wholly, us-~ fit currency system. This system never permits free commercial, financial or industrial action,” the secretary asserted. MacVeagh lays stress on how the present currency plan tightens mon- ey during crop moving times. Tak- ing large sums of money out.of the ordinary field of use and locking it up as a miser does, in the vaults of the treasury, according to the sec- retary, is unscientific and unreason- able. He advocated such a change in the system as will provide trust- worthy bank reserves. “A new system,” he says, “Must include provisions for a never failing reserve and a never failing currency and for the perfect elasticity and flexibility of both; for the perman- ent organization and co-operation of banks, which according to the secre- tary are now suffering and causing the nation to suffer by reason of their unorganized state; for a central ageney to act as an agent for the or- ganized banks, so that no one bank can be owned or controlled in any manner, directly or indirectly by any other bank.” The secretary urges congress to give serious atten- tion to the opium traffic in America. He said the smuggling of the drug into this country reaches an enorm- ous figure. ARE LAYING IN MILITARY STORES BY United Press. Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 4.— Al- . most 600 carloads of wheat and corn are now on their way from Rotter- dam to Zurich, following the an- nounced governmental plan to fill all the military storehouses with sup- - plies. The grain came from the United States and Canada and many more shiploads are afloat. The Balkan situation has greatly reduced the exportation of grain from Russia. ONE CENT POSTAGE BY United Press. Washington, Dec. 4. — One cent postage within the limits of any eity is the proposal made in a bill intro- duced by Senator Penrose, Pennsyl- vania. MT'S. THOMAS MALOY CALLED.. Ars. Thomas Maloy died at her ome, 915 Beltrami avenue, Tuesday evening at 6:30 after an illnesi of several weeks’ duration, caused by complication diseases due to old age. ‘The funeral services will be held from the residence Thursday after- moon at 2 o’clock. Reverend Har will have charge of the funeral serv- Ices. 2 i |