Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 16, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 67. ARSTRIAN PLAN PROVES SUCCESS Representative Connelly Says Patron- age of Agricultural Scheme Worth Something to Farmers There. PRESIDENT POINCARE. | “French Executive Wili Visit Numerous European Rulers. Bemidjl will "be given an oppor- tlml'ty to witness the best blnblll game ‘of the season next Sunday af- terncon when the nine of the Ath- letic club will meet the fast Akeley i 3 sggregation. The Bemidji boys _are ; traveling at a fast clip, having five SETTLE GOVERNMENT LAND straight wins to their credit,” their i last victory being over the Grand OHair of Illinois Given Boost—Vis- L e eonliriad i g one of the best in this section of the ‘ tory for Pinchot Conservationists state, Akeley has a good team this | by Wilson’s Action. Year and ‘its supporters are coming | to Bemidji with the expectation of ! o 2 win. ' A large crowd should turn | By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. out to the game Sunday and show o s Washington, July 16.—The pat- the players that good ball is appre- I » ronage of agriculture by the govern- slafed in Bemiap. ment of Australia is worth something to the farmer there. Representative Connelly, of Kansas, described to the |SCHOOL REPORT IS ISSUED House some of the inducements : which the Australian government Dr. E. H: Marcum, Treasurer, Com- offers to induce settlers to go upon pletes Record of Year’s Finances— the government lands. Said Mr. Better Condition Than in 1813, Connelly: “Over in Australia the government | —on—o—m-———-——— builds a residence upon the land,|QT, PETERSBU"G FIRST STOP giving the settler the choice of 14 different styles of houses to select|President Pclncare to Visit Many of from. It seeds one-fourth of each Furope’s Rulers. allotment to alfalfa, the settler pay- Paris, July 16.—Leaving here for ing one-fourth of the costs and hav- | Russia President Raymond Poincare ing ten years in which to pay the|started on one of the most extended Femalnder. official tours ever undertaken by a o French chief executive. Besldes this the government loans [y % oo iqen i first visit the to the settler an amount of mONeY| s, of Russia, with which country equal to 60 per cent of the perman- | France is allied, then the king and ent improvements that he places on[queen of Denmark at Copenhagen, the land at a rate of interest varying then the king of Sweden. from three to three and one-half per Next he will touch the coast of Nor cent per annum. He is given en- way, where he will meet the monarch 2 couragement in many ways to become | °f Norway. a home owner and live upon the land The chamber of deputies early this month pasr~d a special credit of §80, and help to raise enough to feed the 3 people of the country who are en- 000 to defray the cost of the journey. gaged in other than agricultural pur- suits. He is given 30 years in which PASS BOND RESOLU’"“N to pay for his land, paying six per cent interest on the purchase price; . four and one-half per cent goes to|Commissioners Close Transaction With John Nuveen for $221,000 to Be Used in Ditch Construction. BALANCE ON HAND OF $5467.24 Dr. E. H. Marcum, treasurer of the board of Independent School Dis- trict of Bemidji, has just submitted a report of the board’s finances for the year ending July 31, 1914, which shows the treasury to be in much bet- ter shape than a year ago. In a similar report made in 1913, it was shown that the balance on hand amounted to only $562, while this yeat’s balance is $5,467.24. The report also shows that there are $63,- 000 in outsanding bonds, $5,000 of this amount being due September 1, and which can be paid out of the June settlement money, which has now been received. The district’s total indebtedness last year amounted to $85,864.22; which has been cut down to $81,- 992.96 this year. This shows that after the expense of the school opera- +ions have been paid the total indebt- edness has been reduced nearly four thousand dollars during the year. The treasurer’s report shows that small amounts have been received from the industrial departments, coming from the sale of farm pro- duce. The July report whleh—-hnsflu been suvmifted, follows:, Treasurer’s Beport. Money on hand, July 31, pay the interest on the debt; one and one-half per cent goes into a sink- ing fund which at the end of 30 years pays the whole debt.” Boost for 0’Hair. Gilson Gardner, a fearless and pro- gressive Washington newspaper cor- respondent, has the following kind words to say about Representative Frank T. O'Hair, of Illinois: “From the 18th Tllinois district | comes the announcement that Joseph G. Cannon proposes to run again for congress. This should be quite an inspiration to the friends of Frank T. O’Hair, the present Democratic TWO DRAIN PETITIONS FILED During the first week in August Bel- trami county will receive $221,000 from John Nuveen, of Chicago, & resolution having been passed by the board of county commissioners before it adjourned yesterday afternoon, providing for the sale of the bonds. The money will be used in ditch construction. Two more ditch representative from the 18th district, | petitions were submitted to the who defeated Cannon in the last elec- | sommissioners during the ses- et iy 12,542.09 tion. It is to be hoped that O’Hair gion one calling for a ditch g ;’m tam produce. 94.20 will run again and be re-elected. He|,or¢h and the other southeast| " ° old books to Guth- rie Dist. . State apportionment and high -school aid...... State aid to high and graded schools ...... November settlement gen. fund, .$6,036.32; sink- ing, $1,040.37 ... Refund on books .. . March settlement and ap portionment as follows, gen. fund, $18,438.15; sinking, $2,189.77 .... Book fines and from ma- terials used in classes. From industrial depart- From Dist. No, 49 .96 has been an excellent representative Bod for that district, in most delightful contrast to Cannon. He votes intel- ligently and progressively, and he is a tireless worker. He has not been in the house long enough to make a marked impression, but the impres- sion he has made has been a very good one.” Victory for Pinchot Conservationists Conservationists of the Pinchot school are delighted with the turn affairs have taken in Washington. After studying the problem for sev- eral months President Wilson has come out in favor of the Pinchot plan of conservation of water power. Un- der this plan no water powers or po- wer sites belonging to the govern- ment are to be alienated from the people, but development is carried on through a system. of leasing. Be- cause he has taken a definite stand on the question the Adamson water power bill is to be re-drafted. Sec- retaries Lane and Houston, in whose departments the Pinchot conserva- tionitsts are thickest among the gov- ernment scientists, will have a big hand in the re-drafting of the bill, which is expected to settle the water power problem for good. OWNER IMEIBED T00 FREELY Duluth Saloon Closed Because Pro- prietor Was Intemperate. Duluth, July 16.—For the first zune in the history of Duluth a silocn has been closed, because it is alleged -its proprieter, Gust Johnson, imbibes tod freely. W. A. Hicken, commissioner of pub- lc safety, has sent word also to other saloon keepers warning thewm to be temperate. He says men who cannot control their own appetites for liquor are not desirable in the saloon business in this city. Three saloon keepers have elected recently to keep sober for the first time in years. LURTON FUNERAL IS HELD Body of Late Justice Placed Beslde Children's Graves. Clarksville, Tenn.,, July 16.—The body of Horace H. Lurton, late as- sociate justice of the United States supreme court, was buried in Green- wood cemetery here beside the graves of his two children. The interment -followed services at Trinity Episcopal church. of the Red Lake. Should these dit- ches be ordered built they will com- plete the drainage system of that sec- tion of the county. Blakely Brothers were awarded the coutract for the construction of di- vision one of State Rural Highway Ne. 9-B. The next meeting of the board will be held on Tuesday, August 18. GENERAL HUERTA QUITS; { CARBAJAL IS PRESIDENT Mexico City, July 16.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—General Huerta re- signed from the provisional presi- dency, Mexico Republic, last evening, and his resignation was immediately accepted by the senate and chamber deputies by a vote of 121 to 17, Fran cisco Carbajal was then appointed president and at once took the oath of office before a joint session of the deputies and senators. In his final message to the congress, General Hu- erta denounced the attitude of the United States taken during the last rebellion. Huerta and Blanquet left Mexico City late last night. 5,753.90 6,150.00 20,627.92 65.74 151.04 44.68 Total receipts .... Warrants paid .. $52,091.38 $46,624.14 Balance paid ..........$ 5,467.24 Balance on hand is as fol- lows— Cash in Northern Na- tional ......... $ Déposit certificates 387.34 5,079.90 Bonds outstanding. Of these $5,000 is due Sept. 1, 1914. Warrants outstanding... $63,000.00 18,992.96 Total indebedness ....$81,992.96 E. H, MARCUM, ‘Treasurer. Sailor in Double Tragedy. San Francisco, July 16.—Decoying his sweetheart, Alice Wallace, into a private booth in a cafe, George M. Austin, a sailor on the United States cruiser West Virginia, shot her Race Called Off, ~ The race across -Lake Bemidji which was to have been held this af- tornoon between Carl Johnson and Sivert Madtson was called off because of the nonappearance of the latte: through the body and then killed him. self. Miss Wallace has slight chance of recovery. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO TOTAKE U3 MUSKY) (_EisHiNG—! There were 298,760 marriages in France during last year. R Rectoisi iy ‘Governor. Eberhart deyoted the bulk and thinking on by way of preparation and progress. St. Paul, July 16: }_Bpeclnl to the Pioneer.)—One reason the Minnesota efticiency commissiontls able to re- port such substantial brogress in less than a year is that it confined its problem to one lhint&? the organiza- tion of the state government. _A similar study was made in' Tow by a legislative ‘committee, which hired experts to work through the yeaf. They started with accounting methods and office system. They re- ported that before anything effective could be done it Would.be necessary to organize the stat@ government. After that it would take two or three years to work out the office system. Experts Engaged, Experts engaged in{ North Dakota reported almost identieally tha same recommendations. ‘Minnesota had thq_ good fortune to start at the beginping. As soon as the legislature adopts the plan of organization, the enoi;omy may fol- low in two directiony—one - saving money by slmpn(ying method, the other holding down expense by in- telligent study of thq budget. Thirty Men Agree. That is one reason Minnesota has got to a point in less than a year where thirty men haye agreed on a solution of their problem and a large proportion of the public -~ believes their’s i7 the right answer. The ocher reason lsfthat Minnesota has been doing a good deal of work in that direction. The whole state has been crying for leconomy. Mr, Lee and others have been extremely urgent for economy ©on the stump. of two messages to discussion of the problem. The legislature has been moving in the direction of system ? The-com: mittee on ‘public accaisnts-tn the Tadt) legislature did a lot of work leading in this direction and-the agitation for the public domain blll ‘was right on the same path. Will Adopt Report. All that and a great deal more was The efficiency commission’s report, a more definite piece of work, car- ries it a stage farther. And it ap- pears that a large proportion of the public and of their candidates is ready to adopt the report. INSPECTS CONTEST CORN T, ‘A. Erickson, Contest Specialist, Views Crops of Eckles Boys and Results Prove Pleasing. ALSO VISIT J. C. McGHEE FARM T. A. Erickson, of -Minneapolis, who is in charge of the boys’ and girls’ clubs in the state corn raising and bread-making contests, inspected some of the acre corn crops in the town of Eckles this morning and ex- pressed himself as being much pleased at the showing made by the contestants, The fields visited were those of El- mer Dobeon, Joey Bowers, Archie Bowers and Bert Brennamen. Photo- graphs were taken by Bueford M. Gile; high school agriculturist. Wal- ter Danlicker and Howard Wilson, also in the town of Eckles, have fine corn crops, hut it was impossible to visit these fields at this time. Mr. Erickson also visited the Mc- Ghee farm where he inspected a fine patch of alfalfa. Mr. McGhee has a s00d crop of rye, which is ready for cutting. Sisters-in-law are not allowed to marry brothers-in-law in France. The Boss Saves Three Beans A- l)ay COIJNTY PROGRE PLEASES DR. SCHUI.Z State Eupgrintendent Shows & Con- linuance of Interest for Beltrami in Talks Before School Officers. URGES MORE PRACTICAL WORK Bemiidji Farmer to Do Extension - Work for State Department, Wife of Mexican President _ Flees' From Capital City. A. P. Ritchie, formerly superin- tendent of the Bemidji public schools, but who is now one of the county's most successful farmers; has ‘Deen appointed as one of the staff of the state university extension lecturers; A.°D. Wilson, director of the agri- oultural extension and farmers’ in- stitutes, has informed Mr. Ritchie of the appointment and says that the Bemidji man will ‘be called upon for much ‘{nstitute work next fall. The appointment is a high compliment to Mr. Ritchie and shows that his knowledge and ability as a farmer is recognized. -He was recently elected | # president of the Better Farming club. CIVLL CASES POSTPONED Only Ditch Hearings and Petitions for Citizenship to be Considered at Spooner Tomorrow. ‘W. B. Stewart Quotes Figures Show- ing Remarkable Gains Made in Number of Pupils in Five Years. 2 €. G. Schulz, state superintendent of schools, is proud of the progress which has been made in Beltrami county school circles during the past few years. This was made evident when the man who has done so-much™ for the state along educational lines, spoke before those in attendance at the annual meeting of the county school officers Wednesday. Praises Practical Work. SThe state superintendent is strong in his appeal -for more practical and industrial work in the schools. He children, the family of General Blan- |Sald that the progress which has quet, Colonel Luis Fuenies, Huerta’s |been made in this county during the son-in-law, and his wite; General Li-|past five years is unequalled by any borio Fuentes, Eugenio Paredss, |other county of the state and is some- treasurer peneral of Mexico, and sev-|thing of which every citizen should eral relatives and friends of Senora 'feel proud. Mr. Schulz = predicts Huerea, __ |that within ten years thé schools will |be 2!most’ entirely consolidated. Pleased With Meeting, Mr. Schulz complimented the jcounty on the interest shown in the officers meeting and said that he never had attended a similar meeting which had given him more enjoy- ment and pleasure. The superinten- dent made remarks which will {prove profitable. to those who heard .him and he proved to all that his knowledge of the needs and accom- plishments of Minnesota’s education- al system is thorough. He has al- ‘ways taken great interest in Bel- trami county, and the citizens pride in its progress ‘and success ‘is his also. 3 | Show Wonderful Inerease. Beltrami’s increase in school en- rollment was shown by figures quot- ed by W. B. Stewart, county super- intendent. = During tae - term just " An important Bemidji closed an increase of 575 was shown R to an increase of 253 in 1913 over change was consummated yesterday 915 Tpe total enrollment in 1914 when 'C. A. Huffman, of this city.;wan 950 while in 1913 it wasi4,374. purchased the interests of Kenneth Superintendent Stewart showed that Melver in the furniture store of Mc-|at the rate of increase for this year Iver & O'Leary. The new firm will the school pupils in less than ten B years will number 10,000. The be known as the Huffman & O'Leary |ouperintendent sald that during the | furniture company. past year there were 127 schools in = | session, two associated and two ¢ closed, making the total 131, : 1 Apportionment $8.57. Supt. Stewart said that the ap- portionment this year amounted to $8.57 for each pupil, a total of $32,591.71 being received, showing that $6,461.78 was lost through the failure of some students to at- tend school the required number of days. 3 The crisis so long expected in Mex- Ico has been reached. The family of General Huerta is in. flight. Those in the party leaving the capi- tal included. Sercrs Huerta and her SIX HELD T0 GRAND JURY When the special term of court convenes at Spooner tomorrow morn- ing it will.be for the purpose of hear- ing applications for citizenship and final hearings on three ditches only, the seventeen civil cases which had been set.for trial, having been post- poned until mext Wednesday, when Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rapids will take charge of the term. There will be about forty applica- tions for citizenship before Judge Stanton tomorrow, : Andrew Johnson, sheriff; Graham M. Torrance, county attorney, and Fred Rhoda, clerk of court, left this morning for Spooner, golng by way of Grand Rapids, Hibbing and Vir- ginia, Buy Additional Land.~ John G. Morrison, Jr., and Omar. Gravelle; of Red Lake, purchased 2ighty acres of land, mostly meadow, ! adjoining their farm in the town of Roosevelt. These men have already purchased considerable stock and are planning to add more and within & few years predict one of the best dairy farms in northern Minnesota. HUFFMANBUYS OUT W'IVER, Former Abstract Man Becomes Mem- ber of Well Known Furniture Store Firm--Will Assume Charge Soon. Twelve in Jail. There are now twelve prisoners in the eounty jail, five of which are bound over to await action of the grand jury. There are now six cases for the grand jury. TEAM IS REORGANIZED. HAS LIVED HERE SEVEN YEARS “Little Bemidg” Baseball Nine Ar- ranges Schedule—Play Shevlin, business “Bemidji is to have another “base- ball team, the “Little Bemidg” ag- gregation of last year having been reorganized. Ed Ripple has been se- lected as manager and already he is arranging a schedule, having four teams slated for games now. On next Sunday the team will play its first game when the Shevlin nine will be played at that place. Last year the “Little Bemidg” team made a brilliant record and the players are out to better it this year. Among the players who will play with the new team are, Auger, Riley, Claude Bail- ey, Earle Bailey, Ed Ripple, Alex Ripple, H. Wolfe, George Graham, Fred Graham and Ray.Johnson. CHAUFFEUR UNDER ARREST Accused of Killing Woman With Auto and Placing Body on Ralils. Colorado Springs, Colo., July 16.— Charles N. Brinson, negro chauffeur, is held as a suspect in connection with the killing by an automobile of Mrs. Daisy Anthrim. The driver of the automobile, after Tunning -her' down and dragging her body for nearly a ‘block, stopped, threw the body into his car and drove to the edge of the town, where he placed it across a car track in an ef- fort to give the impression that the woman was a victim of suicide or a murder. Since coming to Bemidji seven years ago Mr. Huffman has been one of the city’s most prominent business men. During his first year of resi- dence here Huffman was in the cloth- ing business and then became one of the principal members of the Bel- ‘trami County Abstract company. Last December Mr. Huffman sold his ab- stract company interests and spent the remainder of the winter in Cali- fornia, returning to Bemidji but re- cetly. Before coming to Bemidji Mr. Huffman was in business at Lady- smith, Wisconsin, where he owned one of the leading furniture stores of that place. While the change of ownership was cqmpleted yesterday, Mr. Huffman will not assume active charge until the last of next week. P.J. O’'Leary, the other member of the firm, has oeen connected with .the business 'since early last spring when he and Mr. Mclver bought out the holdings of J. P. Lahr. The new- firm intends to enlarge the stock of the store and will con- tinue to operate the establishment in the same manner which has caused it to be known as one of the leading furniture stores in the northwest. An undertaking parlor is operated in connection with the store. Gain in State Aid. There are now 75 schools in Bel- trami county securing state aid, a gain of 16 over the year previous. During the past year special state aid to the extent of $26,725 was re- ceived, an increase of $5,760 over 1913 when $20,975 was obtained. Contestants Make Hit One of the main features of the days program was the introducing of the boys and girls of the corn and ‘bread-making eontest. Special pro- grams were given for both and they were addressed by Dr. Schulz, who expressed his great pleasure at hav- ing an opportunity to talk, A. T. Erickson, state rural school speci- alist, Agriculturist B. M. Gile, Mrs. Bird and Miss Helen Hoover. One 6f the most interesting talks of the day was given by Mrs. Jaques. Teach Self-Control That all children should be taught self-control and obedience was the essence of the talk given by Dr. W. > A. Shoemaker, president of the St. Cloud state normal school. Dr. Shoemaker’s talk was eloquent and scholarly and was much appreciated * by his listeners. ‘Mrs. E, M. Hayner recited the “Raven” in a manner which called forth much praise from the school officials. : Miss Loitved gave a spinning demonstration which caused much interest. Todd-Walker. ‘Miss Ruth Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Walker of this city, and.Burr Todd, formerly of Park- Rapids, were united in mar- riage last evening at the Presbyter- ian manse at 8 o'clock, Rev. S. H. P. White officiating. The ceremony was performed.in the presence of the immediate relatives of the contract- ing parties. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the home of Mrs. M. A. Downs, & sister of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Todd left this morning for Arnegaard, North Dakota, where they will make their future home. Club Membership Grows. One more name has been added to the list of members of the Municipal court automobile club, the applica- tion of I. P, Batchelder, the Minne- pota avenue merchant, having been accepted. He paid the regular ini- tiation fee of two dollars. Mr. Batch- elder qualified by admitting that he turned around in the middle of a By "HOP" T A T TN e ~HILES G HORE LINE L4 YRS, GUIDE, Neset-Aakhus. .. . BEEh Miss Torbjor Aakhus of '.own of Bemidji and Olaf Neset of Thief River Falls, were united in marriage at the home of the bride's father, Gunder H. Aakhus, in the town -of Bemidji, yesterday, Rev. Larson ot Nymore officiating. The bride is a well known young lady in that town and the bridegroom a jewelry man of Thief River Falls. Mr. and Mrs. "Neset, will be at home in Thief River ° _TFalls after August 1. They will !spend their honeymoon in St. Louls, " Missourt. ‘Read Pionser want ags