Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 12, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11. KOLL WOULD CHANGE| ™= moeex . 1509ACRES OF STATE DRA]NAGE LAWS| Fropeag Tor moersumenc ™| LAND SOLl) TQDAY ‘Wednesday afternoon, November Former Receiver of Cass Lake' hnd 26, has peen set as the date for the |Many Attend Auotxon condmod By S stions Relativ [Freshman-Junior L@uury Soclety Theodore Oitice: Offers: Sugge b program. Owing to the fact that the Melson, But Only Small To Construction of Ditohes Sophomore-Sentor - program which Amount 0f Land Taken : s s was given on Halloween was classed . & h T nfi that Wlll “TTHER DRAINS ARE MOCKERY" smong tho best ever given by sltner Th¢rg has been no change in the Ta e soclety, the Freshmen and Juniors $535 WORTH OF TIMBER SOLD Warrant any merchant in offering a material reduction will endeavor to go their opponents : ST . > Belleves That They As Now Builtjono bottar by praparing an oriina | st sl o Yeur—Wi Bo Bonun-| § i) the price of clothing. Any merchant claiming that § |2 Motiv,of Gad Bepits And ? "’;::lx_:l’r";: arediin clase of buinem " overy aay| d in March—Have Brought ‘make a large saving to the public. because. of § | °£:$¢°;» f:;:-g :;:: . iating shess sondentn and no prec| o0 InEext Salw | & the new Tariff law is-MIS RESENTING conditions. $ | Sl In a communication received from |STam promises to be the most unique M. N. Koll, of Cass Lake, formerly |88 Well as the most interesting given | . Although one of the largest gath-| & Patmnlm‘Honest ' Advertisers and you w1ll*get Honest ; One of the largest “round-up”-fn- 5 . & |stitutes éver held in’ Bennml county - recelver of the land .office at that|!R the Bemidil schools this year. ~[erings to yet attend a sale of state 'Pnces @d Honest GOOdS . : e = e Wil take place on Saturday, Novem- place, and prominent member of the land 1o Beltrami county, only a small ¥ P 3 . ¢ ber 22,834 culimination to tl Northern Minnesota Development as- number of acres were disposed of F sociation, in speaking of swamp land MANY A"END MEE"NG by Theodore Nelson, who conducted drainage says; the sale this morning, 500 in all be- |1 “About the State swamp lands and the clearing of them before offer-|High School hmflty Visit Opsata ing purchased. meetings* which have been - held. throdghout the county this fall by - members: of the Bemidji hlgh school .. i faculty. The meefing will begin ut - Ing for sale I have an idea that-1| gohog) Where Program Was Ar- In addition to the salé of land, sl | Bemidji m Shof n“ Near Kelliher|10. o'clock in the morning, = want to present for discussion in $526 was taken in by Mr. Nelson be- % R T % B. M.-Gile lxrlculturist in the Be- - view of the coming meeting of the ranged—Lunch Served cause of timber being purchased, E‘?l’ Monday x"m‘_am‘m mids schools, this"; mam!nz announc- - < Northern Minnesota Development As- o) bringing the total up to the $1,800 'l.‘o Bemidji Toa.-y soclation at Bemidjl. during the entire year. m""‘m: Whilz “ cmoh“n; s‘” % DYER COMPLIMENTS TEACHERS Prof. A. D; Wilson, head of the Agri-- “The laws now provide that no The 600 acres which were dispos- Anmnoement of Candidacy L : "o | cultural Extension Division, and “Fa- - petition “setting forth that it will be ed of today were sold at an average ot Yet !’orth m FIRST TO BE SHIPPED HERE|ther ‘of Minnesota’s Farmers Clubs,” of public benefit or promote public Nearly:75 farmers were present at p@‘lca of a little more thaf five dollars g - TO KEEP TAB 0K ExpENsEs health” County Commissloners may|ng meeting held at the Opsata school construct ditches or drains. Under 1 it evenin, hi f the State Drainage law the State| " 8 At which ‘enibera. o Drainage Commission has power to|the Bemidjischol faculty lectured. W, “construct ditches”—and repair or|P. Dyer was the first to speak and extend them-—as many'’ asare neces- [explained the reasons for the visits Bring $20,000 ,During the eight sales which have been held in Beltrami county during the “year,- 3,686 acres of state land have been disposed of, bringing in -address. . - * To A. H. Jester, of this city, be- longs the honor of having shot the first deer ‘brought to Bemhm slnce the big game open season began on . Before leaving. fod Walker, where he presiding at the Qass connty term of district court, Judge C. W. Stan- ton, gave ordérs relafive to:the build- ing of: judicial ditohes seventeen and “Gile this morning said, “We hope that Will ‘Be Necessary. After Formal the farmers of this part of the atate £ : approximately $20,000. eighteen in Beltramffcounty, and ap<| . Announcement:0f ‘Hat Being in ~ |Monday morning. The deer, which |wiil not miss the ' opportunity of - - sary to drain .ah.iI ldnds in a fit man- |5 the various school: The sale today will be’the last to; pointed C. W. m,&wtum & sur- * The Ring” m,-ym'meu 18 -a.doe, was killed near Kelliher, [hearing ‘Mr. Willson and besides by mer for farming. Mr. Dyer credited Miss Elsie Boo-|be conducted in this county this year. 5 their presence show that this north- ern country is rapidly being settled up with a wide awake and progrss— sive et ‘of men.” _Other prominent men in northern Minnesota development work wao wlll be-présent at the meeting and -| will ‘give- addresses are Prof. A. J. McGuire, head of the Grand Raplds experimental farm, and Otto Berg, the ;: !;zn:re;;cn:;;l:e ‘:::::;; dr:;: bar with being one of the best instruc ditches. Practically every one con-|tors now employed in the rural dis- versant with conditions in the tim-|tricts and with accomplishing. more bered swamp land area of the Btate|than was expected in that dis-| . Goes To Park Rapids knows that it takes more than mere- trict. Tomorrow morning Mr. Nelson b e 1y the making of the ditches to drain Liowi hie b will go to Park Rapids where he will|ordered by Jmt‘fnwn.wn. e the lands properly or anywhere near| Followlng the short speech_.bY|oqnguot a sale in Hubbard county, |Séived with much -'°¥‘W~?“ thepe: properly so long as trees stumps, |Superintendent Dyer, Miss Helen lrpm there will go'to Walker where moss and other obstructions remain.|Hoover lectured on the composition |he will have charge of a sale Friday, vey of them eni‘ly‘l{[qm}ny morning, only a short time after the season opened. The deer arrived.in Bemidji this morning from Kelliher, via Minne- sota and ‘Initernational express, and -was the first to be handled at the Be. midjl éxpress oftice. Mr. Jester wn rather surprised when informed this morning that'he Next spring they will be resumed in March, a .month earlier than this year. . “No, not, yet. Kt ll too elfly in:the game, and I am too b\uy with: ather. matters these. days,” .said _quernor A, O. Eberhart, when asked if he had made a formal announcement of his candidacy for chief ‘executive, ‘while. at Crookston yesterday. . had woen the distinction of bringing|a member of the Crookston Experic The water is prevented in an € |of fo0d materiala. Charta were dis-|In Cass County. Ho will return to :::dg"e“" success fn far . q’uh:": cmwl"‘ghet:emr u‘:‘"’: good |40W0-tho frst deer.of the season: [ mental farm faculty. Mr. Berg was tremely large measure from getting his home in St. Paul Friday evening. fon = 2 y 13 t:e dltihes that. are 'mads 9 :’;:z:"a;l;‘“g‘:fr'::l;:‘:"“"‘(;t‘:' :: . Robert AnR.oberu ot !ntermuonnl thing to announce cneself'so early in| 05¢ar Tyren of'Kelliher and Harry|formerly agriculturist in the Be- ; Johnson ' of Bemidjl completed the|midji schools and is well known t numbers already by the trees Falls, while in°Bemidj| .8 the campaign, as after formal an-| % . Er«;sr :ts = meat substitutes Miss Hoover is an CORN AVER AGE INCRE ASES “The completion the - ditches {nouncement is made an aceount of all |PartY- among the farmers of Beltrami coun- unu oots, ete. R e interesting speaker and her lecture will mean a‘great thing for Koochi-|campaign expenses has to be made; According to'Mr.. Jester; and G. 6. |ty. - f':::“;“:;"z ::ll;:s AtaveiReen proved one of the hits of the even- ching county-and thé amhouncement |according to the election jaws. I have| WIRter, Who ‘this morning Teturned 8 ing. e 2 3 A from'a business visit' to " Kellther, ] : ; A that they will be bullt was recelvad |also been kept quite busy dedicatin, : , e d :;w::f:: :::z::::‘::e::uofi; :nv:!:; Bueford M. Gile was the uext|Gfowth of Corn During 1913 7.5 with ‘much joy there, Tt<is the big-|new school hl:m:el over tfie stut: indg. hunters are'pléntitul around'that sec- m" centage of the results ap.|-Dehker and selected for his subject| Bushels Per Acre Greater Than. - | gest drainage project that'l have ev-|have several more dates of that na- ton of the country. y small perd B “Alfalfa.” Stereoptican slides were, er known of.” ture to 111" No accidents have as yet been re-|talk to-the women folks at 1: 30 1,. parently sought by the ditch 1aWs| ., 0p on the varlous methods. for That of Last Year The hearing on Diteh 17 was held A ortet rami county. One man | the afternoon. has l:a;mn ‘;b:::egitci::‘fib:;alt;n caring for alfala and the jfect of lost August and that‘of No. 18 on| fm:l QOPP“; }Tfih:m o i the Iron rarigs -Mon-| ~ At 'moon the girls of the domestic speaking of " |varlous grasses-on the soil. ‘Mr. Gil§|" ed what was being'done al ! s bered area. I can take any unpre- 2 BN A mumo “TTER BESIII.TS Miss Olson-Coming Miss Olson of Crookston, who is re- garded as one of the best demonstra- tors in this part of the state will he first mber.. . - 2ol der charge of -was thie principal speaker of -‘the| the frs d“ of No 4 e “|tHe’ publte ntmuu ll[lllntlnn ‘the i : o3 3 7 “Hoor T Judiced observer out to a state ditch evening.and gave the farmers many- 5 gtter was i 3 " and show him in less finn an hour| ; i s ; [th ot 1 ‘o Bk ~public]\ ‘PRF X NP « only the ditch is dug in the timber| o o0 \he'oon Mr. Gile urged the |cording .to reports mcelved'by Fred - * |that he was meeting with.no oppos! 3 = mg ml’l" and that where the ' timber snd farmers to plow in the fall as a stumps have been removed it is the real article of drainage for the lands iy of that kind. All farmers are requested to bring at least a ten ear sample of corn, ‘Which will be displayed on the tables D. Sherman, Commissioner. of Immi- means to retain the moisture in the|gmation. “I have made a .speclal ef- ground: . fort to seciure accurate . figures on ‘Miss Vera Backus teacher in ex-|Minnesota’s crops this year, and be- “If 1 am right in my contention| o.ion wag called upon and re- lleving these figures are as near ‘cor- and I feel that I can prove it, WAY | pongeq with a reading entitled “The |rect as is possible to get thiem,” sald Is it not very proper to amend the eX-| gy ate9 Cow.” This number was |the commissioner, isting drainage laws so they will do Special blanks, toggther with a let- the work they are intended for not ter of instruction, were sent to re- only in the open country, but also liable mor in every county’ im the in the timbered sections by providing state. These men reported the for the obstructions of whatever na- yields, conferred with farmers and ture to the complete dralnage|.;;oion coop which the members of |business men in different parts of the of the lands the legislature had In|y,o clagees of this department are |county end based thelr estimates ac- mind when the laws were made. DO|p,14ing on the High school ‘farm.|cordingly, you get the idea? Recome the trees|y pajley arew an out line of the| “It would seem that any well post- and stumps also when you dig th'e plans which were used in the con-|ed man, by communicating with re- ditches and drain properly. That's|.i.,ciion of the buflding and showed | liable men in different parts of the all there is to it and presto! you have |, joar1y each step taken by the ama- county, could furnish a very -accur- ] cleared state land to sell and wherelyo, . oarpenters, ate estimate of the crop ylelds in 18 the constitution that allows you| = Ay the close of the evening Mr. his respective county,” he added. to drain by digging diches that will| pyor ggatn spoke and urged the far- The" acreage for the various coun- not allow you if you want to clear| ors 15 gend their children to the|ties, and the state, was Teached by |impracticable methods of today, aind. obstruotion to making a good Job of |gport gourse which commences in the |estimates of a perceitage increase. or | the peculiar characteristics of the 1i- it. The only constitutional objec-|pemigsi High school on November 24. decrease in the different 'counties,|quor law breaker, and because of tion that comes to my mind 18 the |y, g1g5 fnvited the farmers to|using the last census report asa basis|them that it was absolutely neces- possibility of the powers that be ot |yyng thoir wives and children and |té figure from. The following figures|5ary that entirely mew and more wishing to see Northern Minnesota|.itanq the meeting of the Beltrami tell the story of Minnesota’s corn|Dracticable laws be adopted by the to Lave the legislation. If my theory|eounty farmers which will be held |crop for 1913: state. is right it seems to me the thing must |y pemigji November 22. As an in-| Total acreage, ....: ...2,438,666| . Mr. Rankin will follow in another work out and I am basing my theory | g, cements Mr. Dyer named the speak-| . Average yleld per acre; ..:.... lecture tonight giving the key to +he i on” personal observation of the W1Y|ers' who will come from all points Total production, ....102,423,972 |solution and outlining thb charactef the ditches drain now without the| ¢ i1o state for this meeting. At the|. .In 1912 Minnesota corn averaged|of the bill necessary to cure the removal of the trees and stumps and | oe of this speech lunch was served|34.5 bushels per acre. In 1911 corn|Wrongs of liquor selling, as to how they do drain in the places|py the young ladies of the district.|averagéd 33.7° and in 1910 32.7| These leatures are considered the where they have been removed. Those who made the trip were; M. |bushels per acre. These figures are|best of Mr. Rankin's talks, “It seems to me that existing 1aws|ang Mrs, W. P. Dyer , A. D. Bailey |taken from the United States Govern- b can be easily amended 8o that mot|gng W. L. Brooks who drove out in{ment report..It will be noted that only can state lands be so cleared at | o Brooks car and Miss Vera Backus |there has been a steady Increase in public expense and charged back to|nfigg FHelen Hoover, Bueford M. G corn yields for the past four years. the land, same as now the cost of|james L, Malone and E. A. Barker |The figures for this year show an in- ditching is charged, but that it can|gyp, grove out in the Barker car. crease of 7.5-bushels per acre over alio be extended to such 1ands a8| rpree more trips will be made this|last year's United tSates Government are owned by private Individuals.|ea) pefore the meeting in Bemidji. report, The system of spreading the cost as = in ditching over a period of ten ur ATTENTION! twenty years in the taxes with a low| ., oo plo special meeting of rate of interest would insure a Very o ..q 4 M thig evening. = Work in low rate of interest for the owners|n degree. 3y of private lands and plenty of time D. L. Stanton, W. M: with land in such condition that they X 3 2 ELATET L SOOOP B8 “Tel Me,Fair One’~And She Did Parcel Post Provides Attractive Clu’utmn "Methods and. Much. Less Delay tion to that mennu except in the large cities. : “The country districts are not op-|- posing this proposed law; it is only in the cities that’we meet some op-|’ 2 position,” sald he. 3 4 % S - Inspected Mustinka Dl'nh ERICK?ON RECEIVES BALLETIN The State commission Monday in- : spected the Mustinka ditch, which drains about 26,000 acres-of lands near Wheaton. The party was met by autos and viewed the lower end of the drainage canal in the morning. State Senator Rustad gave a dinner for the state officials at noon, Yesterday morning, with Geo. Warren representing Governor, Eb-| erhart and Assistant ' Secretary of State Larson representing Secretary Schmahl, State Auditor Iverson and the balance of the party ‘including the newspaper representatives pro- ceeded to Bagley where State. Ditch No. 68 will be inspected, . and to- morrow the party goes'to Badger near where two systems, 95 and 69 which have been completed will be |, inspected for a couple of days, the party returning to St. Paul Friday or Saturda; Largest Congregation To Yet Attend Temperance Lectures Listened To Rankin Last Evening. TELLS. OF THE LIQUOR LAWS e school ‘building. % :There are-no premiumr- omrad. the object is to let others sé& what is éruwn *1f farmers have seed. like their samples, this will give them an _ It s advised ~ ‘that. neop send | opportunity to advertise, it they théir Chrismas »nckasau al once.|wish to place it on sale. Sa You can send them now'by parcel Will Test Milk Y post and mark them “Do not open o' until Christmas.” The parcel post al- ing M:;lg?le In soeking of il tovd lows this to bs written on Christmas| "5 5 packages. By sending the packages now, delivery will be assured ‘and many weary postoffice employes, who are rushed to death during the week jor two just before Christmas, will 'rise. up and call you blessed, The first holiday season since the inaugiration of the parcel post is ap- proaching and according to circulars sent out from Washington, an un- precedented rush is expected. A bulletin just received by Post- master Efickson calls attention to PAPER AGMN (HVEN LIFE the necessity of preparing for & rush “It 18 desired,” says the circular,]|: rnatio: - |“that the widest publicity posible Robert’ Apn"b‘“' of. International HIGH SCHOOL TEAM PRACTICE, |P® #iven the advantages of mailing Falls Will Edit Bemidji Examiner A g hoilday parcels early in order to se- And Minnesota suu]m Basketball practice. commenced :l““ fi:l’dplr:m“o:l::“eh' SI“;""" ¢ 1 gyin- | tion and delivery e great volume| - ;\:l:‘:;cn;:g::at:::‘:’s:::.h D:or‘yt:g of holiday mail. Attention {s'invited | FORMERLY WITH BORDER CALL team which is now heing organized. [t0 the fact that it is permissible to| : : L ¥ A manager will be elected this week:|Place on parcels the words Do not The Bemidji Examinef has agaln = Delbert Elletson was elected captain (oPen until "C Lriatmas,’ or worda/ tg boes brought to life, Members of the The following are the last two|at the close of the season last year that effect. : Soclalist party in Bemidji have se- weeks’ callers at the N. M. D. A. dis-|and will have charge of the quint; T cured the services of Robert ApRob- play room in Minneapolis: which promises to be classed among May IM““ Here erts, an experienced newspaper man M. J. Brown, Bemldl; C.. A.|the strorgest in Northern Minnesota| . B, Cornell, a = Minneapolls ‘lamdi o o oorial palls, to take hold Moody, Warroad; O. G. Lee, Bagley; | this winter. The first game of the , 'was in' Beiidji yesterday ac- of :zhe sheet; and the first issue under Mr. Aspelund, Gonvick; J. H. Can-|season with an outside team will be|companied ‘by a party of Wisconsin| his charge will appear this week. fleld, Sauk Centre; L. E. Hanson, Be- | played the first week in December, | farmers, looking over Beltrami COUR®| " ik A. Roberis was formerly editor cida; J. A. Jacobson, Moose Lake;|but it is probable that e practice ty land. The visitors were much im- Socialist paper printed at spend the mext several days hunt.|Prof. C. A. Selvig, Crookston; V. M.|game will be arranged with the Be-|pressed with the quality of sofl found, International Falls, “{deer. He will be joined by a party urlowem, Hines; D. B. Jewell, Interna-|midji Athletic Club lecond tum be- | here and expect to purchase ln the 7 ; % . The new editor said this morning Bemidji hunters tomorrow. i tional Falls; Ed Brinkman, Bemidji. |fore Thlnhsivlnl 4 L ‘near utnre | that “the paper would print a news edition for - Beltrami, Koochiching and Clearwater. counties each ‘week, | which would be known as the north- ern edition, together with the state duly applauded. A. D. Bailey instructor in manual training discribed the work done by the boys taking manual training and mechanical drawing and told of the — One of the largest and most en- thusiastic audiences to yet attend the temperance campaign lectures was present to listen to Mr. Rankin last evening. While not many took the pledge, the Methodist church was well filled with those who have al- ready signed. Mr. Rankin delivered the first of a series of four lectures on the “State Enforcement of the Liquor Lawe.’” He contended that the difficulty in enforcing the liquor laws was due to sample of milk from their cows to be- tested may do so. Leave it at the. Agricultural room with your - name and address and it will be’tested and- the results sent you. To get a' fair sample do not take first or-last milk from cow, but take about a cup ful from the well mixed entire milking both night lnd morning,” VISIT DISPLAY ROOM. John McDonald .will leave this evening for Kelliher where he: will % same would be true for those who v puchased the lands from the state as now! Simply add the coat to the Y A s .- -|edition ‘of the Minnesota - Soclalis price of the lands same as now ditch w T 7 | ey 53 . | which is the state _publication of tho costs are. If the theory is wrong, . % 3 i i - HERE Y¢ s h R iy g Soclalist party. - what's wrong with it?° I will be : : TELL 5 . A N ; 7 11 | m ¢ the work done here pleased to hear from any of those | | COME. g ; : S eaking of e - 3 o o : 7 g pREn 4 b i s e 2 by Richard ‘T. Procter, the former g interested with suggestions for I . P £ » - X Y g s B 2 gdym,x- of thavExmlnér: who last : propose to bring the matter up for =y o« 9 : = : 4 = e B week left Bemidjl under fire because discussion at the Bemidji meeting of B S ‘ 3 . 4 3 % 7 * |busineéss men, Mr. Association. 3 1o A ¥ 3 W 2 B 4 i R COMING TO HEAR RANKIN. Says the Crookstoh Times:—Three; drunks were rounded up'by the po- lice last evening, and as none of thenr had any money, they were given the " key to the sutomobile trail towards ed that he had been ‘able to persuade 2 | to attena the mesting and give an of the ‘ggriculaura] room ot the Mgh - aking of this = feature Mr. “Any person wishing to bring a : - 4 T 5 |- 2 X 2 o of attack upon . prominent Bemidji - - the Northern Minnesota Devolopment s : vy oo & e , :