Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 8, 1913, Page 1

1LY PIONEER. VOLUME 11. NUMBER 11 . THE BEMIDJI D : ADVOCATES FARM CREDIT SCHEME Representative E. R. Bathmflx In ) duces Bill to Establish Bgttqr Farming Credits. 25,000 MILES ROAD IS.BLOGAN Believes Government is Proper Agént to Conduct Financial Institution For Farmers. By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. . -~ Washington, Sept. 8.—Representa- & tive E. R. Bathrick of Ohio, has a no- vel plan for combining the movement Mr better with the mov,gmem for good roads to the great benefit of everybody in the country tarm credits anyone. In other words, if the gove .coormment undertakes any grea#:sys-|- tem of supplying capital to farmers ¢ at cheap rates there are sure to be large profits accrumg to thé'govern- ment from this source, even .thiongh the government charges a very law. rate of interest. This profit*Bath- rick proposes to apply td:tfhe con- struction of good roads. «: Twenty- five thousand miles of models roads in five years without cost te the tax- payers—this has become ‘Bathrick’s slogan, ek The Ohio representative has taken a keen interest in farmers’- credit, and was studying the - European forms of farm finance months .bafore the recent government commission for the study of this subject had even been thought of. Mr. Bathrick in- troduced a farm credit bill in. con- gress nearly a year ago. He;Nasitwice reintroduced this bill with modlfic&v tions based on further study of ‘the subject, the last reintroduedsii tom taining his plan ro;( go0d, ronds con- struction. & Mr. Bathrick believes Lhe govern- ment itself is the proper agency to conduct this great, financfal institu- tion for farmers. His proposition is = to have the government issue bonds based on farm ‘iland “mortgages which will be offered by farmers ben- efiting in the ‘plan. With this tre- mendous credit-the government can borrow millions ‘of dollars at 3 1-2 per cent, money which can ‘be.reloan- ed to farmers at an advance of one per cent. Farmers ndw pay on the average 8 per cent‘on money bor- rowed on the security ‘of mortgages. “The benefit of- my plant to the people would be-two fold,” said Mr. Bathrick: “a .general back-to-the- farm movement and' improved rural highways extending :to” every prom- I inent city in the country: The plan | involves the institution of a Federal Farm Credit scheme, . embracing direct loans on farm:lands and in- direct loans through Banking com- panies to assist fa provlding for short time crop loans. “It is not an extreme assumption that after a reasonable time of oper- ation the government would have loans outstanding to. the amount of $1,700,000,000 on the mortgage of the farm home dwnéers, This would be $1,300,000,000 short of the total - land mortgage farm. debt, At the end of the first "six months’ period, k after the interest had been paid ‘ © o upon its bonds, the government ! would have in its” fmunng account - for re-investment 54'2 500,000. This sum is re-loaned.” 'fhus the govern- ment would be drawing ¢ompound in- terest upon its fafm investments. As we take each re-loan sum for all of the six months' Period" of the five years, relending at”the end of each six months, the fiet profit to the gov- ernment after deduct(ng expenses is $136,000,000, which will build 22,- 666 miles of publlc roads :At a cost of $6,000 per mile. “As soon as the re-investment of 4 the government’s profit is well made, bonds should be issued against it to secure the cash for the road building, which could begin the_second year. The money borrowed by the farmers would be repaid by the amortization, or installment, principle, so that in about 25 years of small payments the borrowers would cinéel their debts.” STATE FAIR ATTENDANCE v IN BIGGEST IWO YEARS 1913, 1912, Monday . 88,453 80,792 Tuesday . . 81,808 41,826 & Wednesday- . 133827 47,531 f Thursday . 62,644 ° 60,621 / Friday ...... 53;480 | 42,891 Saturday .... 65,186, 67,825 Totals .....%::335,298" 341,486 and-ithout a penny’s expemse to |: NETZER DISPLAYS TROPHY $50 Cup to Be Gfivén By Northern Pacific Road on Exhibition at Local Drug Store. FARMERS ARE OUT TO WIN IT The fifty dollar trophy cup to be given by the Northern Pacific road, has reached Bemldji and is now on display at the Netzer arug store of this elty. The cup will be awarded to [ the farmer who exhibits the best 3 _[Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey heifer calves at the county fair this week. $50 Silver Cup Offered by The North- ern Pacific Railroad to the . Farmers of This County. , The silver cup for the best calyes, is fo be" compéted for each year and to become the permanent property of the person winning it three times. The winner’s name will be engraved upon the cup each year. $5 cash for the best 10 bundles of any variety of clover grown in Bel- trami county. $5 cash for the best bushel of dent corn grown in Beltrami county. The committee who were in charge of the state fair exhibit have return- 2d to Bemidji and will direct its ef- forts toward the county fair exhibit. The showing made by this committee with the Beltrami county exhibit is a credit that will long be remembered by the people of the entire state and will make this county’s display one of the best, if not the best in the state. M. E. CHURCH DEDICATED Services Were Conducted in The Eve- ning After Raising Necessary Money. PLEDGE SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED The new Methodist church was dedicated Sunday evening after the regular services. The necessary monies were pledged in order to per- mit of dedication. The amount needed Sunday morn- ing at the opening of the service was approximately $6,500, being about half the amount of the entire cost of the building. During the two serv- ices conducted this amount was pledged. The church was packed to its doors during both meetings, both galleries being filled to capacity, and every available chair was occupied. Dr. M. P. Burns of Minneapolis, conducted the services in the morning and Rev. A. H. McKee of Detroit preached the TANGLES ARISE IN THAW CASE Fugitive Will Appeu in - Montreal Court September 15—Staves Off Deportation. APPEALS TO INTERIOR MINISTER Special Board Finds Thaw Guilty of Entering Dominion By Stealth —Jerome Absent. N Coaticook, Que., Sept. 8.—Harry K. Thaw’s lawyers having thrown a ‘wrench into the plans to deport him and William ‘Travers—Jerome having imotored quietly away to Nortons Mills, Vt., after his arrest and release on $600 bail on a charge of gambling, Coaticook resumed its normal state and Thaw remained, deserted by counsel, in the immigration detention room over the Grand Trunk raflway station. Thaw may remain here a week or a day. Not until Sept 15 is he to appear at Montreal before the full king’s bench, appeal side, on the writ. of habeas corpus obtained by his law- vers. It is optional with the immigra. tion authorities to move him at once or keep him here until the last mo. ment. As matters stand the case of the fugitive slayer is more snarled up than any time since his escape from Mat- teawan. Ordered deported for tw> reasons—entering the Dominfon Dby stealth and having been an inmate of an insane asylum within five years— his appeal to the minister of the in. terior automatically stayed proceed- ings. Next Hearing in Montreal: Then came the writ of habeas cor- pus and the Testraining- order grant: ed at-Montreal.” As a matter of fact the restraining order was issued prior to the time the deportation decision was returned and it is a question whether this does not invalidate the findings. In any event Thaw will have his court hearing and the matter of his deportation, thought practically to have been settled, is now so com- plex as to make forecasts out of the question. The arrival of the writ here on a special train was greeted with wild cheering by the crowd around the railway station. Thaw himself thought it was returnable at once and had prepared to go to Montreal on a spe- olal train. For an hour the crowd waited, then the special whirled away, but Thaw was not on it. It had only his victorious lawyers, headed by J. N. Greenshields and N. K. La Flamme. Tt was they who had obtained the writ and they who had rushed here, E. Blake Robertson, who presided as chairman of the special board that found Thaw subject to deportation, has gone to Montreal, leaving Agent Whillans in charge. Whillans said that they would not attempt to move Thaw until instructions had been re oeived from the Dominion authorities at Ottawa. COURT OPENED THIS MORNING Judge C. W. Stanton Presiding Over Present Term. The September term of the district court opened informally this morning when 25 applications were received for naturalization papers. The regular term of court will open tomorrow morning by Judge C. W. Stanton at which both criminal and civil cases will be heard. Mr. and Mrs. N. #. Jenner passed through Bemidji Saturday on their way home to St. Paul from Puposky where they’ have spent a vacation with the parents of Mrs. Jenner, Mr. and Mrs. F. U. Gardener, who were the first to buy and. settle on .the Crookston Lumber company’s cut- over lands on Boston lake. MISSING G!ll. FOUND mood Emll ’l‘nnh Girl Four Miles —Had Nothing to Eat Since Wednesday. FEARED CHILD WAS KILLED Beulah Ganthorn, two and a half years old, was found by & blood hound four miles from her home, six miles from Erskine, Sunday .afternoon shortly after four p. m. by a blood hound after five days of gearching by five hundred men. The child had ‘|not had anything to eat since Wed- nesday and is now in a critical condi- tion. < Men from Crookston, Mentor, Er- skine, McIntosh and- Fertile aban- doned.their busimess to help the grief stricken parents hunt for the child whom it was feared had fallen victim to a panther which escaped from a menagerie at Crookston ' and which was reported to'be in that vicinity. No trace of blood could be found and as a last resort blood‘hounds were used to trace the lost . child. One hound found the scent but’ continual- 1y lost it in the uuderhrush After several hours of this work a cmall cloth was found Which-Mrs, Ganthors * had tied around the girl’s: foot where the shoe was tight. From that point the hound did not leaye the scent and led the party directly tq the girl, who was found a mile further away from home, ! ATHLETICS DEVELOPING More Candidates Expected Out To- night For Track Meet Which Will Be Held Friday. FOOTBALL. TEAM..TO PRACTICE Many new candidates are expected to report for track meet practice at the fair grounds tonight as there are only three days left in which to prac- tice for the event. Cards have been sent to every member of the club re- questing their presence as a large number are necessary to make the event interesting and successful. Ralph Brandon who so far holds all rcords for every sport attempted for the meet left yesterday for Grand Rapids where he will be employed in a bank of that city for the next few weeks. Mr. Brandon will endeavor to return to Bemidji for the meet, but is in doubts as yet as to whether or not he will be able to do so. Shortly after the meet which is Friday of this week the Athletic club football team will be organized and commence active work fn developing the team and making it one of the strongest in the Northwest. Better material could hardly be obtained in any city than is now available for the city team. The players who state that they will appear as candidates are not heavy but are of the fastest in the northern part of the state and expect to carry off all championship honors. ‘William McDonald, formerly quar- terback on the Bemidji High school football team will try out as candi- date for that position on the city team. McDonald is an excellent man for this position and his work on the High school team in former years helped them ' to carry off many championship honors. STATE FAIR ENDS WITH SURLUS Attendance Falls Short of Last Year By More Than 6000. The state fair closed at Hamline Saturday was pronounced the biggest success ever held in this state. The automobile and motor cycle races proved to be big drawing cards on the last day. The following is a record of attendance of each day as com- pared with a year ago. . ~ BEMIDJT MINNESOTA, nomtmma, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913. il!l**i*iiii{i*ii cl'oeg Town Friday P. M., . Efforts are being made to close up the town next Friday, BEMIDJI DAY at the County Fair, The features for this day will be a fleld and track meet, auto- mobile and motor cycle races and pony races. The best exhibit of crops, stocks, chickens, school exhibits, art work, etc., will be shown. It will pay every man, woman and child to visit the fair on all three days. KKK KKK KR KKK KKK KR * Kok ok ok k ko k ok ko ok ok k k& hhkkhkhkhkkkhkhkhkhkkk 1| G SCHOOL TEAM STRONG ;Engage in Lively Scrimmage Every Evening With Fast Eleven of ) Second Team. | NINE VETERANS BACK IN SQUAD With thirty men out for football practice every evening the Bemidji | High school football team promises to be one of the fastest in the North- west this season. Nine veterans of the last two years are back on the squad and their team work shows strength and skill that will undoubt- edly place them among the champion teams of Northern Minnesota. Several strong husky farmer lads ihave:reported for the team and are doing excellent work. Many of these men will be given a chance to play in the line during the games which are now being scheduled. If possible nine games will be played before cold weather interferes. The High school second team has proven themselves nearly as strong as their heavier players and afford excellent material for the first team men to clash with. In many cases when the teams are engaged in lively scrimmages.the first team are unable to gain any headway with the second team and are forced to produce the ball to their 'second team opponents for not covering the necessary ten yards. HUNTERS RETURN WITH GAME Many Report in Form of “Fish Stor- ies” But Get Game. Bemidji sportsmen returned from the first day’s hunt this morning and last evening, some reporting good luck, while others report “fish stor- les.” The biggest hunt thus far reported was made by B, W. Lakin, J. P. Rid- dell, George Pellow and T. H, Mec- Cann, who went after prairie chick- ens, returning with fifty-two. Others who had good luck were George Kreatz, Ralph Lycan, George Baker, Ted Getchell, Dr. G. M. Pal- mer,’ T. R. Symons and R. H. Schu- maker. NEW PIER AT INDIAN AGENCY ‘Washington, Sept. 8.—A pier to cost $1550 practically has been prom- ised by the commissioner of Indian affairs for the Indian agency at Red Lake, Minn.. THis is the information given by Representative Steenerson, ‘who took the matter up with the In- dian office today. The expenditure will be made out of funds of the tribe, Mr. Steenerson said, and will not re- quire a special appropriation by con- Do you want to see the prettiest girl? Would you like t osee the best exhibit? Would you care to see the girl? Would you like to see the best tatoes, -.chicken, bull, pig, man or wo- Wednesday, Sept. 10th. Never in the history of the county have the exhibits been so plentiful! or so fine as they are sure to-be at this year’s county fair. The manage- ment have prepared a splendid pro- gram for the three day show and it will be; worth your while to attend all gest affair ever attempted in this sec- tion of the state. Entry Day Wedneulay. adhegtay 1 een- designated entry dly at ‘the fa grounds and all exhibits, stocks, races, and contests should be listed on this day to insure the best results. Arrangements are being made for races by automobiles, motorcycles and ponies for this open- ing day as well as Thursday and Fri- day. County Day Thursday. Hundreds are expected from every section’ of the county to attend the bigitair and Thursday has been desig- nated Beltrami county day for the benefit of those residing out of the city. They are invited to attend each and every day, but special arrange- ments have been made to give those living at a distance, where they are compelled by traln a day of their own. Feature attractions on this as well as other days have been prepared and the object of the management is to spring surprises every hour of the day. There will be something doing from morning until evening and everything on the program will be pulled off as scheduled. Friday, Bemidji Day. On this day the stores, banks ans business places of the city will.close in order to give their employees ‘an opportunity to attend the county ex- hibits. The show far exceeds any- thing ever before shown and all mer- chants, it is believed will close their places of business at mnoon. on this day. Track and Field Meet. The Bemidji Athletic association have been given this day to pull of an exhibition, such as has never been seen in this section of the state. That the contests will be hot, fast and fur- ious is a foregone conclusion, List of Events. The following is a list of events and each will prove a feature in itself as this association has some excellent material which will surprise even gress. those who have seen’ this kind of a evening sermon. THE CUB SCOOP reporrer [EVERY SINCE oL CAME) ON TS PAPER-TOU'VE- THOVGHT (T Was Your gxflba\r IM TIRED MANACNG B rom | S MR HAVER 7 Birthday Greetings To Everybody DONT ST OP YO CH\N BACK” SHEE-Pee! By "HOP” three days of this, the best and big-; BER 10, 11, AND 12--FINE EXHIB 10 SEE THE BIG EXH man, then come to the big Beltrami county fair which opens in this city Jln a rowboat when he was ov: Wednesday Is Entry I)ay---Thursday Is Beltrami County. Day--Friday Is Bemidji Day---The Stores, Banks and Busmess Houses fo Close TRACK MEET, RACES, CONTESTS FEATURES If You Want to Have the Time of Your Life Take Ia the Big Attractions that Have Been Prepared - By the Committee In Charge H meet in the various universities. Fifty yard dash, 100 yard dash, - 220 yard dash, 440 yard rum; poly vault, running high jump, runming broad jump, hammer throw, shot vut. one mile relay race, Special prizes have been offered by: Schneider Brothers and E. A. Blrlflj of this city for the man who wins the imost points in the various events, There are several young mex out-for. the honors and the contest in most of (the events will wax warm, as:the competition will be keen. : The fair association have also of-: {fered some attractive prizes. in some of the events and the association is. anxious to give the people an exhibi- tion that will long be remembered. COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHY Short Meeting Will B Held as Thesy is But Little Important Bakk -~ ness to Transact, ONE LIQUOR LICENSE mnrn According to City Clerk George Stein the council meeting tonight will be one of the shortest ever held by the local council unless business men of the city or residence ‘have business which they wish to call to the council’'s attention. Only a. few - small business matters are now in the hands of the clerk to be brought up this evening but there will be the us: ual number of bills. No word has been heard from any of the gas companies which have of- fered the city a proposition on .ge8 and as the matter has been delayed jt* is probable that no active opergtionh will be started along this line uatil next spring as the contract of either company has not been accepted. - One liquor license transfer will h voted upon tonight, but no mew it censes have been asked for. & KKK KK KRR R R KXENGE [ OBITUARY. & KRR RRRNRR JAMES LAPPEN DIES THURSDA Body of Bemidji Man Lies Four hn on Lake Shore. Sunday morning at Internationpl: Falls the body of James Lappen of Bemidji was found within a few- of the International Falls dock. dications showed that the body . haa: been lying on the ground for some. time as it was badly decomposed. Raje atives of the deceased man were nogi- fied and the B. P. O. E. lodge at B midji-sent a committee consisting ol‘ ‘F. L. Bursley and R. F. Murphy m take charge of the remains which will be brought to Bemidji this evening. A committee of Elks consisting-of John McDonald, D. C. Smyth' and-¥;: A. Wileon -will meet the train and ge: sist in removing the body to Murph; undertaking parlors where it will re-. main until funeral arrangements sre completed. The deceased leaves four childrex, Irene, Aloysious, William and Jem: He is well known in this city havis resided here for the past ten yesrs The funeral will be held from 8¢, Phillip’s church ‘Wednesday morn! and the remains buried in the Gflg lic cemetery. A late report which relchod Ahe city states that Mr. Lappen died Thursday afternoon from lmlu; He had been employed by the Inter- national Falls. Lumber company as- cruiger and had been over to the city, . He was about to return t.o the camp by death,