Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 9, 1913, Page 1

BEMIDJ1 VOLUME 10. NUMBER 292. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1913, FARM WORK HARD SAYS NEW REPORT University Investigation Find Labor is. Onerous as Ever Despite De- crease in Manual Work. INVESTIGATED ONE TOWNSHIP Found That Right Kind of Help Is Getting Scarce and That Immi- grants Do Not Come In. BOYS STAY HOME—GIRLS LEAVE Younger Generations Breaking Church Ties—Less Interest in Poli- tics Than Twenty Years Ago. That farm labor is as onerous as ever despite the decrease in actual manual work, brought about by ma- chinery, is the contention of the bureau of research in agricultural economics of the University of Minne- sota after a survey of one of the more prosperous townships Minnesota. in Southern This conclusion, along with others, will be set forth in a seventy-five page monograph to be issued in the near future. A change of type in farming is held responsible for the increased amount of labor regarded, as neces- sary om the farm today, as compared with that of a few years ago. “A painstaking dependable class of labor is required to carry on success- ful farming as advocated by agricul- tural experts,” says the summary at the conclusion of the monograph .. Other points sum “The right kind of farm labor is getting scarce and increasingly diffi- cult to get. “The cause of this scarcity is that foreign labor is no longer coming in to replace the native sons who ‘get some schooling and then try their luck in the city or go where land is SIR- BEERBOHM TREE. English Tragedian Who. WIll Bring Company Here Next Season. ® 191 by American Press Assoclation. ATTEMPT STEAL RECORDS| Party Breaks Panel in Big Oak| Door and Gains Admission to Senate Chamber. DISCOVERED BY CHRISTIANSON By United Pre St. Paul, Minn., April 9.—\What is believed to have been an attempt to steal the records and testimony of the special grain probe committee was made at the capitol building last night. Parties who have concealed their identity successtully tore out 1 of the big oak door and forced their way into the senate chamber. The missing panel was di covered by Sergeant-at-arms Chri ianson. The senate was officially noti- fied of the entrance and unarimous- 1y.passed a resolution offered by Sen- ator Sullivan to have a special night watchman appointed for the senate {evening and to have taken him away | |trom the track twice. | that he was drunk as he persisted in | KTLLED LUMBERJACK CUT IN TWO BY TRAIN Was Struck by South Bound Passen- ger on the M. & I: Near Orth Last Night—Thought Drunk An \mk_nuwn lumberjack was struck and instantly killed by the; south bound M. & I. passenger train | last night. The body was cut in two and was left beside ine track to await the coming of the Koochiching coun- ty coroner. The station agent at Orth is said to have seen the man ear]ier‘in the He believes| lying across the rails. { AUTO CLUB MEETING Regular Election of Officers to Be Held in Commercial Club Rooms Next Friday Evening. Officers will be elected and the pol- icy for the year decided upon at the meeting of the Bemidji Auto club Friday evening at 8 p. m. in the Com- mercial club rooms. Among the pro- positions which will come up are the completing of the road around the lake, the posting of more sign boards, etc. C. W. Jewett, president, and Dr. E. H. Marcum, secretary are the present officers. BAND MAY HAVE LADY LEADER{-Washington;* do but count sacks of gold, paw over great hundles of bonds, check up on notes. ' This and Mrs. Remfrey this morning. Mr.|may appeal to the chap who can fig- passing out thejure out his whole fortune on the fing- ers of his left hand, but it is proving a bore to the employes of the United States treasury department who are The Bemidji band of the future may have a lady leader. An eight pound daughter was born to Director Remtrey is cigars. busy | QUITE AGREE WiTH THE - PROFESSOR: | HAVE TAKE NO OTHER SINCE (. BE- came OF LEGAL AGE e, THEMS SENTIMEN (Copyright) | 'Prof. Menjon Advocates ‘Sun Bathing as the Secret of Health.—News Itém. BUSY COUNTING MONEY McIVER ON THE PANAMA TROUBLE IN BAUDETTE Force of Over 100 Men Checking Na- tion’s Cash to Give Thompson a Clean Bill. Was Fourth Senior to Address High School Students and Talked of the Canal. 0ld Council Members Made Defendant In Suit for $1,800 on Deal In- volving Ball Park. JUNIORS TO RUN “MOVIES" AMOUNT LARG?ET IN HISTORY PROMINENT MEN ARE INVOLVED § By BURTON STANDISH. (Written for thd United Press.) P9 =Nothing~10] money, weigh . great Claude Mclver, the fourth senior to address the High school assembty, gave i tdlk this morning o the stu- Baudette, April 9.—Somewhat of a sensation was caused Monday when it becamé known -that the members of IMPORTANT ROAD dent body on the history of the Pan- ama canal. He was the first to speak since the spring vacation and his sub- tional. An exact date has not been set for ientertain the 1913 graduation class Ject was interesting as well as educa- | restrain them and the junior banquet at which they will | the retiring council had been made defendants in a suit for $1,800, and that application had been made to their successors from deeding over to J."A. Lindsay the tract of land which has been used as a ball park in Baudette for the last few years-The defendant in the| ~ PETITION IS IN Forty-five Mile Highway Proposed for " “Northern Part of County as Unit In Big System. WILL CONNECT PRESENT ROUTES Commissioners Must First Approve Plan and It Will Then Bé Sent " to State Officials. RITCHIE PROTESTS ON BRIDGE Says Third One Across Mississippi Within a Mile Is Not Needed— Eckles Men in Trouble, A state rural highway, forty-five miles long, will be built under the Elwell law in Northern Beltrami county this summer if a petition now before the board of county commis- sioners is-acted upon favorably by them and approved by the state. The petition calls for a road in 158 and 158-30-31-32-33 and 34 which will follow the general direction of the north branch of the Rapid River. The proposed road is the connect- ing link in a series already built-or to be built where ditches have gone through. 1If it is built, it will be possible to drive from Thief River Falls to International Falls, from Be- midji to Baudette, and from Baudette to Zipple and Warroad. The esti- mated cost of the road is $68,900 of which half is to be paid by the-state, a quarter by the county and a quar- ter by the benefitted property. The county commissioners will probably approve-of the.pefition and them-fors: ward it to the state highiay com- mission. The board met Tuesday morning and approved a state highway in Shotley from the southwest iner of 12-153-31. About twenty men from the town of Eckles, led by L. A. Gould, ap- peared before the board to protest cheaper.’ hall. slaving to give Carmi Thompson a|and High school faculty at the Mark-|suit are W. T. Noonan, George B. OLSON NOT GUILTY against their high taxes as their rate “Many farmers regard it unfair oo clean bill and let John Burke assume |ham but they plan to sgive it some|Partridge, Frank Johnson, Frank |the past year was 70.6 mills. It was where they are charged prices high the treasurership United | time during the first week of May. |Slipp and J. A, Lindsay. The men |shown them that of the 70.6 mills enough to maintain a city delivery States with eevry penny of Uncle|There are now $18 in the junior|who have taken up the matter, and service from benefit. “A large number of farmers say they are especially interested in the daily papers because of what they learn from the marketing page. “Occasional failures or mistakes among farmers have tended to create a feeling of distrust regarding the efficacy of co-operation. This diffi- dence has not been sufficient, how- ever, to prevent a steady growth in farmers’ organizations. *Politically, farmers are less active than they were a generation ago. Generally they feel that polities is outside of their domain and that it is futile for farmers to concern them- selves about affairs of state. “The farmers do not feel satisfied with what the country schools have accomplished. “The church membership of the township is thirty per cent higher than that of the state, but the young- er generations are breaking church connections. Farmers maintain that ‘present-day conditions on the farm make it too hard to get to church or anywhere else.’ - ‘The farmers’ wives are not as anx- ious to leave the farm as their hus- bands. Twenty-nine per cent of the men want to go to town to live as soon as they can afford to do so; only thirteen per cent of the wives had the same desire. “With the youth it is different; the girls leave the farm more than the boys. Seventy-eight per cent of the 8ons over twenty-one years of age of present heads of families are now farming, while only forty-seven per cent of the daughters are living on a farm. The causes for the outflpw of youth are the same as the causes for the ‘htred-help problem’ and the tenancy problem.’ They are social causes. “Farmers say that ‘the only way to improve country life is to make it re- turn bigger profits—big money re- turns are needed, not only big crops.’ “Less than fifty per cent of the farmers read their farm papers; but there is a growth of opinion that ‘it is well to keep up with the times, in farming as well as other things.’ “Bach year the farmers of the township could construct one mile of permanent road-bed, well-drained and gravelled, for the amount of money they now distribute over the township, if taxes were used accord- ing to the plans of the state high- which they derive no FREIGHT ~ WRECKED Results in Death of Henry Erickson, of Duluth, Who Was Just Learn- ing the Business. By United Prens. St. Paul, Minn., April 9.—Henry Erickson, age 22, a student fireman of Duluth, died when placed on the operating table at St. Joseph’s liospi- tal following injuries sustained in a freight train colliesion ‘today in the Northern Pacific yards. Erickson jumped from the cab as| his engine crashed into the middle of an out bound freight at a crossing. William_Nelson, €ngineer and Oscar Olson, fireman, both of St. Paul, es- caped injury by jumping from the engine. Four cars of the out-bound | freight were thrown from the tracks| and badly damaged. | NEW CONMITTEES The following were appointed for | the year by the directors of the Com- | mercial club at their last meeting: | University Professor Freed From Murder Charge For Killing of Clyde Darling, Laundryman. PLEADED THE UNWRITTEN LAW St. Panl, April 9.—Not guilty, was the verdict of the jury in the case of Oscar A. Olson, professor in the Uni- versity of Minnesota, who, on the evening of March 5, shot and killed Clyde Darling, a laundry wagon driv- er and admirer of his wife. 1t was a dramatic finish to a dra- matic trial. As the jury filed into the court room last night after less than four- hours, deliberation, the profes- sor rose from his chair and stood sil- ently as they walked passed him. The attorneys for the accused man critic- ally scanned the faces of the twelve men and read in them the verdict of acquittal. Olson did not look. As the clerk read the result of their deliberation, the professor turned his head slowly in his direction, and a look of bewil- derment came into his face. He did not seem to understand. Then one of his attorneys grasped his hand. Sam’s funds accounted for. The quadrennial count, which be- gan several days ago, is a task which would take a single man, counting dollar by dollar, some 300 years to For there is a billion and a half in the vaults, the biggest surplus known in the history of the nation. During the count, not a cent of the money will leave the vaults. Sec- retary of the Treasury.McAdoo ap- pointed a committee of employes to seal up the strong rooms, saving out enough money to meet current ex- penses, and until the counters offic- ially began, the seals were unbroken. Armed guards stand over the work- men to see that they are not molested treasury and as the expenses will be heavy the class must raise a large amount before definite plans can be made. C.J. Woodmansee, of the Ma- Jestic theater, has offered to give the proceeds of next Saturday afternoon’s matinee and the regular evening per- formance to the class. A special program has been arranged for this entitled “Shylock.” A five and ten cent admission charge will be made for the evening program. The public speaking class will pre- sent a farce one week from Friday at 2:30 in the assembly room. All of the class will take part and a few of date including a two real feature film | for the afternoon and ten and fifteen | Isome of the arguments red hot whose names "appear - as plaintiffs, are J. L. Williams, Bert Tonberg, J. W. Collins, Chas. Miller and I. M. Nesje. Mayor Middleton is attorney for the plaintiffs, and it is understood that he is the prime mover in the suit. Coming just as the men were re- tiring, the suit has caused a lot of discussion, and the fact that it has put in jeopardy the new hotel which the Duluth Brewing company intend- ed building at Baudette, has made in their nature. The old council is not worrying over losing any-money in the matter, as the land involved will cover the amount of the suit. Public made a “mistake”, putting slugs of months to figure out the shortage, the side of many years, the counters are and to guard against ‘“mistakes.” Some twenty years ago a workman the outside students. The time for presentation is about forty minutes. There will be no admission charge and the parents and friends of the students will be invited to attend. Special music will probably be pre- pared by the glee clubs for this oc- casion. N opinion appears to be strongly against the action -being instituted, and it is doubtful if ten per cent of the voters are in favor of it. The plaintiffs base their claim on the fact that Mr. Lindsay was a mem- ber of the council when the deal was made, and that it is illegal for a council to enter into a contract with rone of its members. lead in several sacks of silver. It took count having practically to be done over. i As it would be impossible for the count 1 made doll: r in- - to be mad ar for dollar in. Fifteon Candidates Out, Last night was the first evening practice for the High school baseball team. About fifteen candidates ap-| peared and made a good showing for their first appearance on the diamond this year. Those who appeared for practice are trying for the following positions: Johnson, catcher; Bailey working on the weight basis. Sacks of “gold and silver containing $1,000 are carefully weighed and used as a standard. By these, the rest of the money, similarly sacked, is weighed on scales _that register almost to a hair. Thus, it is expected that the task will be completed in about two JOHN RYBERG WINS CASE. A decision, was reached by Judge Crowell this morning in the case of A. L. Dickenson vs. John Ryberg, in favor of the latter. Ryberg had four witnesses present at the case who raised, 34 mills was spent in their town for schools and 17 for town im- provements so that 51 mills came back directly. Investigation also showed that the town board had erred in its levy and had returned double assessments in some cases. Had these not been discovered and rectified in the auditor's office, the levy for Eckles would have -been over 100 mills. A petition from School District 83 to allow it to take in the rest of the town of Shotley was granted. A peti- tion from Districts 103 and 120, in the Spruce Grove country—to divide the two into three districts, was re- fused as one of the new districts would have been left without a school house. A. P. Ritchie and Chairman Rako clashed this morning over the pro- posed road running south from Heff- ron’s addition on Fourth street to and across the Mississippi river. Mr. Ritchie stated that the new route would be about three-fourths of a mile farther to Bemidji from \points south of the river than the present road around the south shore of the lake. He said that the present road had the advantage of being level and paved one-third of the way whereas the proposed road will have five hills and three swamps to cross. Mr. Rako stated that he felt the proposed road was needed in order e | This brought Olson to a realization, | Months. After all is verified, Mr.|and Riley, pitchers; Sullivan and|verified his statements. The trouble| ;.\ 1oole on the south shore of A. P. White, chairman and tears slowly filled his eyes. Thompson will turn over the cash of-{Klein, first base; Claude Bailey, sec-|started over some repairs whiC!l I‘{y- Lake Irving might have a way out. B & opmold ~| “Gentlemen, I thank you,” he said,|ficially to Mr. Burke, take a recelpt|ond; Lloyd Tanner, short stop; Ach- |berg claimed he madé on the building |gyou1q the proposed road be es. T, T, Burke s turning to the jury. for it and heave one grand sigh—for|enbach, -third base;-McIver, Slater he occupies but which is owned by tablished, it will mean that W. A. Gonld e Each of the twelve men smilingly | he no longer will be responsible. and others for the field. Dickenson. Ryberg said that Dick-|gp o 0 " (T g SRR W. N g’,,?-ser'c(.mimm“ advanced toward the man whom they| Washingtonians who are fond of| Tomorrow the regular six week ex-|enson save him permission to repair|,...cc tno Mississippi within a mile W LodBrouta had freed, and extended a hand. making observations and comparisons aminations will be started and will |the building and deduct the cost out| o ooch other. ~ {Gontinued on 138t PAFE). 2 TGontinued on Tasl pAReY | TGontinued on 1Al DARe). “Continued on last page). {of the rent. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO UST PRACTISE THIS "BESO SOPLADS -THE~ == | MEX\can FOR BLOWi (| THE. K155~ FRST WE- GRACEFULLY PLACE— D!HO b TWO IN°MUNICIPAL COURT Fred Silver and Charles Tibbets were tried in municipal court this morning for being drunk. Both plead guilty and were given until to- night to leave Bemidji. Tibbets promised to leave for Princeton, Minn., where he has relatives who .|promise to keep him from drinking and make a better man of him. BEMIDJI ELKS WIN. Word has been received by the Be- midji Elks that the twenty candi- dates from International Falls who were to h-ve been initiated : . 5 and were disputed by thip.a, have been I declared in Bemidji's 1uflsdicglnn. They will be initiated in the near fu- e EERSE R T o