Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 2, 1913, Page 1

Historfal Socfety S X 5 THE BEMI Jl1 b VOLUME 11. HUNDREDS NUMBER 109. Superintendent W. P. Dyer BEMIDJI MINNESOTA, OF - STUDENTS ENROLL 3 IN CITY SCHOOLS and Miss Eliza Loe, High School Principal, Talk to Pupils Outlining Work for Coming Year BUSINESS COLLEGE COURSE IS NEW DEPARTMENT Floor of Building. Agricultural Department Under Supervision of Pro- fessor Bueford Gile Has Taken Quarters On First Many o Take Course. Several hundred children enrolled in the various departments of the Be- midji schools this morning and each were told exactly what their work for the school term would be. Shortly after the gongs.in the High school building announced that school Was called Miss EHza Loe made a short speech of welconya to the freshmen < who are entering - the ' High school and to the new students who have en- rolled for the first time in the Bemid- 3l schools. Miss Loe’s talk was directed almost entirely to the fresh- men. Her main object appeared to impress upon them -the value of a High school education and that they would never regret the four short years they spend in completing their education. H This is the-fourth year Miss Loe has acted ‘ds principal of tke Bemidji High school and the present Seniors . are now passing through their fourth Year of training under her supervis- ion. More students have reached the Senior year this term than in former years and under her management the school has shown a great deal of de- velopment. This term promises to be Lo the most successtul of any school { year in !h‘é.' history ' of the Bemidji schools. More students have en- rolled than in former years and the best instructors that could possibly be secured have been engaged to di- rect the work of the students, Carefully laid plans have been made to make the work interesting to the students and if each pupil enters into the plans which have been ar- ranged for their benefit the results of the year’s work will be equal to any in the state. Shortly after Miss Loe addressed the students, Professor Dyer outlined the course to be followed and endeav- ored to impress upon the students that they had a serious proposition before them which they did not ap- pear to: realize on entering High school, ) | 1 » “Your High school career is an ex- ample of what you will attain in fu- ture years, and I wish to impress upon. you that when selecting your studies for the year and the course which you wish to follow, do not pick the ones which you tkhink are the easiest, but select the studies which ' will be of the greatest benefit to you after you leave High school,” said Mr. Dyer. He also outlined the course for the present term and recommended the Normal department to those who wighed to prepare for a temporary position after leaving high school. Another course which the instructors believe will be taken advantage of by the majority of seniors who are not planning on attending colleges is a complete course in Commercial work. Not only will the Seniors be allowed to take this course, but any student in the city over the age of eighteen years who would prefer studying at home instead of attending a commer- cial college. With the present equip- ment and adventage offered by this department Mr. Dyer believes that this course is equal in every respect = to any offers, which a business col- S lege might make. This department is instructed by Miss Mable Wager who 18 thoroughly experienced in every !onn ‘of work connected with a Commercial department. Each stu- dent taking this course will be re- quired to take typewriting, steno- graphy, bookkeeping and if any faults are found with their penmanship and spelling they will be entered into that class. Public speaking will also be a fea- tured course which many of the stu- dents will be required to enter. Be- fore graduating they will be forced to have a credit in this work. The agriculture department has been moved to the first floor of the building and is now in charge of B. M. Gile. Mr. Dyer stated that he was pleased with the interest being shown in this department and that more are enrolling 2very year. Many of the students are now unable to see the value of this course unless they are planning on becoming:farm- ers but-- Professor--Dyer, impressed upon them that the knowledge gained along this line would never be regret- ted. At present a successful business man is almost required to have a cer- tain knowledge of the nature of the soil and will be much better fitted to deal with the farmers. One young man who has been studying this work outlined in this course since it was first started two years ago éntered an agriculture college this eyar and plans on becoming a scientific farmer. “I am thoroughly pleased to find that as far as I can learn the students are appreciating this course and do not believe that it is beneath their dignity to follow up this course,” said Mr. Dyer. “I have discussed this course with many business men and find that many regret that they were not allowed the opportunities of studying agriculture as are the stu- dents of today.” Many new plans will be carried out in the Industrial course during this term, but Mr. Dyer did not rec- ommend the course to boys who were taking it because they believed it easier than the other subjects on which they are given an option, but only to the students who are plan- ning to follow occupations that this course would benefit. Anclent History was a subject also recommended by the professor and it is probable that many students will take this subject. A higher algebra class will be formed if emough stu- dents can be secured to take the sub- Ject. At the close of his talk to the stu- dents Mr. Dyer reminded them that on entering any college this term or hereafter, a major and miner course is required. That is if a student wishing to enter college can show that he has obtained at least three credits in one subject and two. ot an- other will be allowed admittance. The superintendent wished each and every student success in his or her work this year and invited them to consult him at any time for infor- mation or advice. W.'P. DYER, CONVENTION IS SUCCESS Christian Endeavor Meeting Brought to Close Sunday After Electing New Officers. is GERLINGER AGAIN PRESIDENT Many Bemidji people were pl:esent at the Beltrami County Christian En- deavor Union Convention held at Blackduck last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The convention was a suc- cess from beginning to end. It even 'tram all parts of the stafé ‘Were:pres- ent and the endeavorers were given a rare treat in the line of speeches. The most. important talks were given by Rev. E. E. Test of Mizpah, Rev. G. A. Malone of Bemidji and Miss Mildred J. Haggard of Minneapolis. Friday evening Rev. Malone of Bemidji spoke on the purpose of the Christian En- deavorer and held his audience all the time he spoke, It was a very fit- ting sermon for the beginning of a convention of this kind. A short ad- dress of welcome was given by the president of the Blackduck society and C. Stanley Knott of Spur sponded. A reception was then giv- en in honor of the visiting delegates. Topics of importance were discussed Saturday and election of officers was held Saturday afternoon for the com- ing year. The following being elected. President, Chas. Gerlinger, Spur; vice ‘president and junior superintendent, Oline Wentworth, Blackduck; secre- tary and treasurer, Axel Swedburg, Buena Vista; missionary superinten- dent, Pearl Condon, Bemidji; pastor counsellor, Rev. J. H. Frarey, Black- duck. Te- CARLSON AFTER HOLIDAY GOODS Goes to Cities Tonight to Meet Fac- tory Representatives. A. T. Carlson, proprietor of the Carlson Variety store on Fourth street, leaves tonight for the twin cities, where he will meet represen- tatives of holiday manufacturers and will look over their lines and place orders for holiday supplies for his store. From the cities he will go to Valley City, North Dakota, to close-up some business matters and move his furni- ture to Bemidji returning about Sep- tember 11th. Superintendent of the Bemidji Public Schools, Who is “the Man of the 2 o Hour” in Our City Today. 5 excelled the convention of the Crookston District held in Bemidji two years ago, Popular -speakers| FIXES SEED- CORN. WEEK Governor Eberhast:- A'pi)ointl Days From Sept. 15 to %'fof;l’nm- ers to Seleot Seed COm. ANNOUNCES HIS PROGLAMATION Governor Eber'nnrt 1B_lued and caused to be filed in the ‘executive department of this ltste th= follow- ing proclamation. (! “Minnesota is now m'oduelng over two million acres o_t corn ‘annually, representing a product’ worth more than $30,000,000. yields of corn se- cured by. Mlmunnb -during the /pastfive years have ‘been equal to the yfelds in many of the-best corn sections. ‘Minnesota is in the -Corn Belt and can compete successfully with any of the other corn growing states, Good seed corn is important in every state, but it is especially im- portant in Minnesota, because varie- ties of corn must be planted that will mature in from 100 to 120 days. Minnesota cannot successfully depend upon importing seed corn. - The best seed corn for Minnesota farmers is carefully selected seed corn that has been produced on their own farms. Good seed corn in Minnesota may easily mean an. increased yield of five bushels per acre. This will be worth to the state at least $7,000,000 an- nually, or more than $40 per farm. “I therefore heartily endorse the campaign for the careful selection of seed corn being made by the Minne- sota College of Agriculture, and here- by appoint the week of September 15- 20, inclusive, as'Seed Corn Week. I earnestly join the College in urging that every corn-grower in Minnesota shall on at least one day of the week designated make it his especial duty to go through his corn fleld and se- lect for seed the best ears from his sturdiest stalks, selecting and stor- ing them after the plan outlined in Extension Bulletin No. 9, which may be had by writing the Agricultural Extension Division, University Farm, St. Paul. “GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and the Great Seal of the State at the Capitol in the City of St. Paul, this 30th day of August, A. D., 1913, (GREAT SEAL) “ADOLPH O. EBERHART, “Attest: “Governor. “JULIUS A. SCHMA] “Secretary of State. Gerald Sexton left this morning for St. Paul, where he will attend a Catholic parochial school. A MISS ELIZA LOE, Principal of the Bemidji - High . _School, Who Enters Her Fourth Year Here, NEW MEAT MARKET OPENS Pierce and McElroy to Operate Shop Next to Majestic Theater on Third Street. SHOP COMPLETELY REMODELED Frank Pierce, who has been in the meat business for the past twenty years, and a resident of Bemidji for the past thirteen years and Owen Mc- Elroy who for the past three years has had charge of the Swift and Com- pany’s distributing plant have open- ed a new meat market on Third street Bext door tg the Majestic theater un- der the firm name of Plerce and Me- Elroy. Mr. Plerce was formerly in busi- ness with John Horman and up to last week was employed at the Gra- ham market. He enjoys a wide ac- quaintance in this city and his friends are pleased to have him re- enter in the meat business in Be- midji. The building which they occupy has peen completely renovated and new fixtures, refrigerator and blocks installed. The shop was opened Monday morning and is now com- Dletely equipped for catering to the trade of this city and surrounding country. FAIR IS RECORD BREAKER Bemidji People Who Attend Report That Crowd on First Day Ex- ceeds All Previous Years, SCORCHING WEATHER MONDAY Reports from Hamline, where the state fair opened Monday indicate that the attendance far exceeds any previous record made by the fair as- soclation. Up to two o’clock the gate receipts had equalled. the total re- ceipts of any first day of the fair and the crowds that entered after that hour represents the increase. Doctor G. M. Palmer and wife re- turned from a visit to the cities and report that the crowd at the gate was the largest ever attempting to enter at one time. Charles Warfield and family re- turned from a day at the fair and state that the exhibits are bigger and better than those of past years and the special features and attractions are creating more interest than ever before. EXTRA New Haven, Conn., Sept. 2.—About twenty persons were killed and near- 1y 100 injured in a collision early to- day on the North Haven, New Haven railroad between North Hayen and Wallingford. The wrecked train was the White Mountain express and Bar Harbor express, the former being tele- scoped by the latter in-a fog. Both trains were heavily loaded with ex- cursionists. 15 Persons Killed. Kirkby Stephen, Eng. Sept. 2—Fif- teen were killed and thirty injured in a colision of two sections of the fam- ous London to Scotland express. i Thaw’s Attorney Objects. Sherbrooke, Que., Sept. 2.—Over violent objections of Thaw’s council, Judge Haleburn of Superior court to- day ordered habeaus corpus proceed- on. Afme Geoffron, who represents the prime minister attorney general, then announced ‘that the attorney general had intervened and that the matter must be decided at once. WILL ORGANIZE TEAM Football Candidates to Meet Tomor- row Night to Elect Captain and Manager. RILEY 0UT FOR QUARTERBACK Tomorrow afternoon Julius Bestul, coach of all athletics in the Bemidji High school will call a meeting of all the candidates for the football team which will be organized this week. A aaptain ‘and manager will be elected at this meeting as the captain - ap- pointed last year by the team has left for another city where he will attend college. “I have been looking over thie avalilable material in the High school this morning and find that the out- look for a fast team is excellent,” said Mr. Bestul this morning, “and I will take immediate steps to get the team-started at light practice so that no time will be lost in developing the team.” Earle Riley, substitute quarter- back on the team last year will un- doubtedly run the team this fall as there are no men at present who are planning on opposing him for this position. Riley is an excellent man for this position and will undoubtedly help a great deal in making thé team one of the fastest in the Northwest. COLLARD PLEADS GUILTY Hearing Was Held Before United States Court Commissioner Sim- ons This Morning. BAIL IS FIXED AT $2,500.00 Clayton Collard, the messenger for the Bemidji postoffice, was brought before United States Commissioner H. A. Simons this morning at 9 o’clock on a charge of taking money from a registered letter to which he plead guilty. ‘The judge fixed the bail .at $2,600 and the boy’s mother is spending the day endeavoring to secure the bonds- men. He was remanded to the coun- ty jail and if the bond is not furnish- ed by tonight, he will be taken to the Jail at Fergus Falls to await the act- fon of the Federal Grand jury No- vember 11.. Up to three-thirty this afternoon the bondsmen had not been ‘secured, according to the com- SCOOP REPORTER Scoop Knows How McGinty Felt Now % BY uHO 7 inigs brought by New York should ‘go |- SATHRE T0 OPEN BUSINESS S8 COLLEGE Will Cater to Office Employu, fill Employes, Clerks and Others Wishing to Take Course, —amemm =3 LOCATION NOT YET DECIDED Will Employ Two or More Eficient Instructors in Shorthand, Book- keeping and Typewriting. to - Professor ' E. M. Sathre, Bemidji is'to have a business college, which is to be opened by him on October 6th, for the purpose ot giviog courses ‘in shorthand, bovk- keeping and typewriting. Two or more instructors have been engaged to take charge of the classes which will be conducted both durlns the day and evenings. According —_— Prof, E. M. Sathre, Mr. Sathre is a graduate of . $he University of Valparaiso, Ind. and has been closely connected with schbol work for the past twenty years. Be- fore he came to Bemidji he”was for five years head of the faculty of the . Crookston college and now. holds ‘the position as secretary of that scheol. He camé to this country on account of his health, due principally to over._ work. After spending some two years on his farm northwest of Be- midji he has regained his health and feels as he says, “like a youth again,” In speaking of this country asa health resort Mr. Sathre said “The fact that I have regained my health in your delightful climate speaks well for it from an advertising view- point. I would not hesitate to recom- mend it to any who might be in: search of health ds well as to tholt who care to keep well,” Before coming to this state * Mr. Sathre was for two years stenograph- er for the government at Washing- ton, D. C. He is a graduate of both shorthand courses, the Pitman and Gregg sys- tems, having a post graduate certifi- cate signed by Mr. Gregsg. During the short time he has been in this country Mr. Sathre has beén active in farm club organization, co- operative store organizations - and country telephone line conmstruction, having helped the farmers of the town of Liberty to build a telephone line and a mercantile company both of which are a decided success, The school will cater to office em- ployes, clerks, mill hands and young people who have either finished the high school or have stopped attend- ing the public schools, TWENTY IN VAUDEVILLE Home Talent, Assisted by Miss Ethel Cushing of St. Paul to Stage Musical Comedy. 2 MOOREHEAD MUSICIAN, SOLOIST —_— Tomorrow evening at the Brink- man theater 20 young people of the city will endeavor to entertain the theatergoers of the city with a high class ' vaudeville show which ' em- braces geveral oratorical selections by Miss Ethel Cushing of St. Paul and Miss Ora Kron, solofst. Comedy sketches by talented young men and women of the city promise to keep the audience in an uproar. .. The chorus consisting of groups of the best singers in the city will render several late songs and will undoubt- edly prove one of the features of the entertainment. ¢ Together with 3000 feet of moving pictures which alone are worth the price of admission this entertainment - will undoubtedly prove one of the most successful home talent produc- tions staged this season. . The admis- slon charge will be children and 35 cents '