Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 11, NO. 282. FEEDING FIELDS FOR WILD FOWLS Government Must Provide Food Sup- ply for Duck and feese Since Mi- gratory Law Assumes Care FIVE KINDS RECOMMENDED Scientists Find Plants Best Adapted for Use and Tell of Conditions and Couniry Where They Grow From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington March 27—Now that the government has assumed care of the migratory wildfowl of the coun- try, the first problem occurring to the scientists in Washington is that of a food supply for the birds. It is assumed that federal control will almost immediately result in a great increase in the numbers of wild ducks and geese, for instance, and if this in- crease should come qnickly there would be a real problem in how to feed these creatures of the air. The advance of civilization in destroying ancient grounds has about kept pace with the extermination of the water- fowl, anq now it will be necessary to create new feeding grounds. Fortunately, this is not a difficult task. The government has just is- sued a bulletin on some of the prin- cipal plants on which ducks and geese feed, and in nearly every in- stance these plants are easy to pro- pagate and spread rapidly once they are planted in new regions . It will be largely up to the sportsmen of the country to take care that there is plenty of food the waterfowl. Waterfow]l seem to visit certain localities in great numbers while shunning other localities where phy- sical conditions seem to be equally attractive. The scientists have stud- ied this phenomenon and have dis- covered that the ducks go where cer- tain varieties of plants grow in greatest profusion. The study of these plants reveal five which may be called the staple food plants of American wild ducks. They are del- ta duck potato, wapato, chufa, wild millet and banana water lily. The first named is probably the most interesting. The scientigis have found it grow-, ing in shallow ponds lakes and la- goons of the Mississippi valley from te Ohio River to the mouth of the great river. As the area of distri- 1tion widens toward the south; it| assume( that the plant is truly| a delta plant, growing in the silt washed down by the river and de-| posited at its mouth. Tt is assumed | that the central valley of the Missis-| sippi was once a vast bay, with the | mouth of the river as far north as the Ohio River. This bay has been | filled up with silt “in past ages, but | the delta potato still grow to the northern most limit of the ancient| river mouth. The delta potato, however, can be | transplanted, and it is believed = it will grow anywhere over the south- ern half of the United States. The wapato is another important duck food. It is found in practically B of the United States. Its inctive leaf, shaped like an ar- ad, is well known to every country boy. It may be transplant-! ed either with the bulbs or with the, seed, The chufa is ancther water plant which will grow anywhere in the United States and is easy of cultiva- tion. It is a grasslike plant, very prolifie, p‘rozhlcing 100 tubers to the plant. To be available in summer and overflowed in winter. \Wild millet is a popular food with (Coniinued on Page %) ADOLPH 0. EBERHART. Minnesota Executive to Make Third Try for Governorship. Adolph O. Eberhart has announced his candidacy for the Republican nom- ination for governor of Minnesota. This will be his third appeal to the voters of the state, though to be ex- act if he is elected this time it will be his fourth term as chief executive. The first time he became governor by reason of the death of former Govern- or John A. Johnson. Governor Eber- hart in his announcement names George F. Authier, his private secre- tary, as his campaign manager and states that no political headquarters will be opened. His statement to the public is brief and simple to a degree. He deplores the attitude of those who would villify and besmirch the fair name of the state in their efforts to unseat him and says his appeal to the people will be through the medium of the primary law and not by way of the old time dishonored boss ridden convention. HILL WANTS MODEL FARMS “Empire Builder” Would Place One in Every County and Declares for Extensive Federal Aid STORY IN COUNTRY GENTLEMAN St. Paul, March 27.—“If T had my way the government would maintain a small model farm on its own land in every county of the agrimflmrfi'l states. The sight of well tilled fields in contrast with the others of a neigh- borhood would be worth more to agri- culture than enough pamphlets issued from the government printing office to paper every barn in the country, in- eide and out.” is how James .J. Hill, “septua- > builder of the great ," is quote@ in the current izsue of the Country Gentleman. The writer Raymond G. Carroll, him “farmer-financier, New farthest away commuter. en in his wonderful New York mansion, where he used to serve ban- Thi; quets to his now deceased partners, Lord Strathcona and Lord Montsteph- en, on gold plates, Mr. Hill never feels at his best,” says the article. “Just to have ‘a bit of country’ near at hand he has had a small roof garden con- structed atop his Eastern residence and there he often goes alone to sit and ponder about knotty problems of BEMIDJI MINESOTA FRIDAY EVEN ING, MARCH 2'7, 1914, FARMERSHERETOMORROW Will be Guests of Bemidji Merchants Association at Get-Together Meet- ing and Banquet CLUBS SHOWING MUCH INTEREST All plans and details are complete for the get-together.and co-operation : meeting which will be held tomorrow morning at the high school building, and which is being given for the fa¥- mers of this section by the Bemidji Business Men'’s association. i The main purpose of the meeting is to give the members of Bemidi’s boosting organization an opportunity to meet the farmers and their families and to talk over conditions, devise methods of improvement and as a consequence be better able to aid pro- gress in the further upbuilding of the community. 5 At noon a dinner will be served free of charge to all attending. The meal will be served by the members of the cooking «class of the High school under the directions of Miss Helen Hover, supervisor. The speakers will include E, A. aBrker, president of the Merchants Barker, president of the Merchants Association, who will preside; Frank cessful commercial gardener, presi- dent of the Ramsey County Agricul- tural Society, treasurer of the Min- nesota Field Crop Breeders Associa- tion, ang one f the most successful onion growers in Minesota, W. H. Bofferding of Minneapolis, expert on seeds and A. H. Jester, president of the Bemidji Onion Growers associa- tion. Nearly evéry farmers club in this vicinity will have a delegation at the meeting, and much enthusiasm is be- ing shown. GRAND TO HAVE BIG WEEK Several Big Attractions Secured by Manager Woodmansee—Sanford Dodge and Company Thursday MISS CECELIA LOFTUS IN MOVIES Sanford Dodge, Cecelia Loftus, Mary Fuller and other celebrated ac- tors and actresses will appear at the Grand theatre next 'veek, Manager Woodmansee having arranged excep- tionally strong bills starting Tues- day evening and continuing until Saturday. . Sanford Dodge and his brilliant company will be the attraction of next Thursday night. Three short plays will be produced by Mr. Dodge, who is considered one of America’s sreatest and most successful actors. The first will be a three act Shakes- pearean play of jealousy, Symposium of Othell the Great. The seconq play is a comedy, “The Governor’s Lady,” which Mr. Dodge recommends as a sure cure for divorse. “The Gun Fighter,” is the last play. This is a drama true to life and is interest- ing and thrilling. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights “The Lady of Quality,” with Cecelia Loftus in the leading role, will be shown in motion pictures. This is is another Famous Players picture and is 4 strong feature. The first of the “Dolly of Dailies,” series will be thrown on the screen Friday night. In this picture Miss Mary Fuller will be seen. One of the strongest feature films of the season will be shown Satur- day afternoon and evening when the “Lion and the Mouse,”” will be shown. Next week will indeed be-a “Big Week,” at the Grand. There will be a.x High school Ath- letic association dance in the city hall this evening. NEW PARCEL POST RULES ARRIVE Bemidji Office Receives Regulations Governing Shipments of Perishable Articles—Can Send Vegetables PACKAGES MUST BE LABELED Information Given Concerning Send- ing of Communications With Mail of the Fourth Class Bemidji postofficé officials have received amendments and extracts from the parcel post rules and, reg- ulations, which emphasize centain points of general interest at this time of year. These rales cover the transportation of eggs, poultry, vege- tables, fruits and :various perishable products and jalso communications sent with fourth-class matter. These points are covered as follows: On Communications “Section 458, postal laws and regulations, edition of 1913, is amended by addition of the follow- ing paragraph 5 1-2: “When the sender desires that a parcel of fourth-class matter, on ‘which postage is fully prepaid, with stamps affixed at the rate for that «class, be accompanied with a com- munication which is not a permis- sible inclosure at the fourth-class rdte, the communication may he placed in an envelope, and after the full amount: of postage at the first- class rate is affixed to the envelope, it may be tied to or otherwise secure- ly attacned to the outside of the par- cel in such manner as to precent its ‘separa,tion therefrom and not to in- terfere with the address on the par- cel. The envelope shall be addressed to correspond with the address on the parcel. Parcels to which such communications are attached shall in all cases be treated as fourth-class mail.” Perishable Matter .. Section 475 reads: “Parcels con- taining perishable - articles shall he marked ‘Perishable.’. Articles likely to spoil within the time reasonably required for tramsportation and de- livery shall not be accepted for mail- ing. 5 S“Butter, lard and perishable ar- ticles such as fish, meats, dressed fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and articles of a similar nature, which decay quickly, when so packed or wrapped as to prevent damage to other mail matter, shall be accepted for local delivery either at the office of mailing or on any rural route starting therefrom. When inclosed in an inner cover and a strong outer cover of wood, metal, heavy corru- gated pastebard or other suitable ma- terial; and wrapped so that nothing can escape 'from the package, they will be accepted for mailing to all oftices to which in the ordinary course of mail they can be sent with- out sf)oilingA “Butter, dressed fowls, vegetables, fruits and other perishable articles in parcels weighing mcre than twen- ty pounds shall be accepted for mailing to offices in the first and second zones when suitably wrapped or inclosed and packed in crates, boxes, or other suitable containers having tight bottoms to prevent the escape of anything from the pack- ages and so constructed as proper- 1y to protect the contents. All such parcels to be transported outside of mail baghs. “Vegetables and fruits which do not decay quickly will be accepted for mailing to any zone if packed so as to prevent damage to other mail matter. “Eggs shall be accepted for local ‘LAST JURY DISAGREF Could Not Reach Decision \in Rehnke Versus M. & L Case Judge C. W. Stanton late yesterday dismissed the jury in the case of Ed- gar Rehnke, as trustee, against the Minnesota and Internat\ional railroad, because after having been out for more than 24 hours its members were unable to arrive at an agreement. This was the last jury case to be tried at the present term of court, although there are still several court actions to be disposeq of. Mr, Rehnke was represented by Powell & Simpson of Minneapolis, assisted by E. E. McDon- ald; while Attorney J.N. Searle of Stillwater represented the railway company. The plaintiff as trustee for John Sutton of Stillwater, asked for the recovery of two logging en- igines in the possession of the Minne- sota & International Railway and in transit that were claimed by the firm of Ross & Ross, loggers at Gemmell. MAY FORM BOAT CLUB Plan Discussed at Meeting of Athletic Association Last Evening—Consid- er Baseball Field Proposition DECIDE TO GIVE DANCE APRIL 17, The formation of a boat c¢lub and the feasibility of constructing a base- ‘ball park for the down town district were among the subjects discussed at 'a meeting of the Athletic club last -evening. ‘Carl Johnson, the club’c pop- ular secretary, was elected manager ©of the baseball nine over three other nominees. ‘While it had been planned to give | a dance on Easter Monday, those pre- sent at the meeting thought it would be better to set April 17, and it was so decided. President Lycan was directed to appoint two cofnmittees of three each, one to investigate the construc- tion 'of a base ball and athletic park and the other to look into the organ- ization of @ boat club. - J. L. George, county auditor. has offered to appro-. priate $25.00 toward the purchase of a shell, providing a successful boat club can be organtzed. Commiittes appointed are as follows. Athletic Park—Carl Jacobson chairman, M. S. Gillette and George Rhea. Boatt Club—J. L. George chairman, H. H. Cominsky and A. B, Palmer. The following dance committees were named: Invitations, programs and general supervision, E. H. Denu chairman, B. R. Erickson and Raymond Hannah. Floor committee, Scott Stewart, chairman, C. C. Cross, James Malone Nathan Given. Music and -~ Refreshments—Paul Howe chairman, Wm. Laliberte and Carter Cutter. Three new applications were re- ceived and elected into membership 'they being Pete Edd, Carroll Hill and George Graham. TO VISIT HIBBING Bemidji Firemen “to Inspect Range Village Fire Fighting Appartus Chief Herbert Doran, Jack Hillaby and John Goodman, members of the | Bemidji fire department, will leave ithis evening for Hibbing and Vir- ginia where they will inspect the au- tomobile fire trucks which the range cities have recently received. The three men were named as a commit- itee to view the trucks at a special meeting of the fire department last evening and they will make a Teport to the council on their return in or- der that should the alderman decide to purchase a new fire fighting ap- paratus for Bemidji that '\‘,l;e ‘proper purchase might be named. ¢ bnsiness.” (Continued on Page 8) 7 9 SCOOP iirorren As Usual The Husband Was The Last One To Look By “"HOP' =1 WHY~- HOW-DEE-DOO> WEY 00 POOR. I BID You. SHiLeD AT Moot St e ol ’ / REMEMBERED YOUR O ATTRACT HE. FACE-BUT I CANT ATTENTION OF CE YOUR NAME. MY HUSBAND) 27 i ARON-BUT A DARN FAST WALK — ©ui: i s -Bicro v JOURDAIN HELD T0 FEDERAL COURT Red Lake Indian Accused of Having Killed His Father Bound Over to Grand Jury by Judge-Simons DAVIS ' AISO TO BE . HELD Claimed to Have Furnished Alleged Murderer With Ligquor—Intoxica-~ tion Followed, Then Murder Alexis Jourdain, 26, a Red Lake Indian, must account to-the Federal court for the death of his father, Patrice Jourdain, 50, according to a decision of Judge H. A. Simons, Uni- ted States Commissioner, who Ilate yesterday afternoon bound the de- fendant over to the Federal gramnd jury. The charge on which Jourdain ia being held is murder in the first degree, it being claimed that the death of his father resulted from be- ing shot in the head by the defend- ant during the evening-of March 12. Cousin Testifies The government’s case.-was handled - by Assistant District Attorney Oakley, and in his endeavor to prove.to Judge Simons why Jourdain should be ‘bound over, calleq several relatives- of the accused, man to the- stand. Among these were James Jourdain, a counsin; Simon, a 16 year old broth~ er; the widow of the slain man, and Louis, another brother. ‘Evidence which was introduced at the coroner’s inquest but which did not come out at the prelininary ‘hearing yesterday, was to the effect that two shots were fired, one of which resulted in the death of Pat- rice, and that the ‘other, aimed at Louis, went wild.: Relatives, in an endeavor to destroy evidence of the crime, are claimed to have burned the 'door in which the shot directed at Louds lodged. Liquor the Cause That the fatal shooting took placs after-all concerned had become more or less under the influence of liquor, was shown by the evidence. Pre- vious ito the tragedy Jourdain ang his relatives had visiteq Nebish, where it is claimed they were' able to se- cure whisky. On their return home a quarrel was started and ‘the mur- der tthen took place. Although the wound that killed Patrice Jourdain must have brought instant death, according to Dr. Culp, ‘the Red Lake physician, the widow claims that before dying her husband told her, “don’t cry.”” The gun used in te murder was an Iver Johnson shotgun. Davis Bound Over Since the murder Superintendent Dickens of the Red Lake reservation thas left nothing undone to bring the guilty parties to justice and Ed. Da-- vis, of Nebish was arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Denley, charged with having sold liquor to the Jour- dains. He was bound over to the Federal grangd jury by Judge Simons this morning. Deputy TUnited States Marshall Frank W. Tufts, who has had charge of the prisoners since their arrest to- day said that he did not believe they would be taken to Fergus Falls before next week. : ATTENDS FATHER'S FUNERAL C. L. Istad, manager of the Crooks-~ ton company office, returned this morning from Minneapolis, where he went to attend the funeral of his fa-_ ither Charles W, Istad, who died Monday night. The funeral was held Wednesday afterneon. Mr. Is- ted had been ill since about Christ- mas time, at which time he fell and broke his leg, from which accident he ‘did not recover. He was sixty-nine years old. Stock Players Give Camill “Camille” was staged at the Brink- man ‘Lheat'rq last evening by the mem- bers of the St. Clair Stock company. (Margot Beaton, in the title role, was extremely good, while Boris Karloff an Stewart Kempt, as Count De Var- ville and Armand Duval, carried their theavy parts in a clever manner. Ma- rion Brinkman, the Bemidji actress, handled the part of Olympe excep- tionally well. The class of plays be- ing staged by the St. Clair company and the capable manner in which they are being produced takes large ‘audiences to the Brinkman each night and the popularity of the players seems to daily increase. A X