Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 24, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 75. RUSSIAN PEASANTS ARE ABLE FARMERS Canada Encouraging Their Immigra- tion—Nations May Plan Control of Flow of Immigrants. WANT MORE RESTRICTION HERE Investigation Proves Foreign Coun- tries Do Not Desire United States To Keep Its Doors Open. By Congressman C. H, Tavenner. Washington, July 24.--Co-operation between the United States and the countries of Europe with the view of controlling the flow of immigra- tion to this country is proposed in a report to the Secretary of Labor by W. W. Husband, a government ex- pert who has been making an ex- haustive investigation in Europe of the problem of immigration. The report upsets the idea that foreign nations are anxious for the United States to keep her doors wide open to the immigrants from Europe. On the contrary these nations are anxious - for restriction, and the American demand for restricted im- . migration is shown concretely in the Burnett bill, which, having passed the House, is now pending in the Senate. The Husband report, which practi- cally advises restriction, will pro- bably have considerable effect upon the fortunes of the Burnett bill in the Senate. That European nations are look- ing upon unrestricted immigration to the United States with more and | more disfavor is evidenced in some | of the agreements Which have lately been made between these nations and various steamship companies. Aus- tria is reported to have reached an agreement recently with one large steamsll‘ip company that the latter will no longer transport to America young Austrians who have not com- pleted their compulsory military service, It is the opinion of Mr. Husband that unless the immigration problem is handled scientifically Europe will continue to pour I1mmigrants into this country by untold thousands. “Unless artifically restricted, it is believed that immigration from eastern Europe will continue at its present floodlike proportions for many years,” his report reads, “al- though in some of the countries there is a feeling that industrial develop- ment will soon create a home market for surplus labor, as in the case cof Germany.” The report states that immigration theoretically ought to regulate itself in obedience to natural economic laws. B “The difficulty,” it continues, “arises chiefly from the fact that the economic laws are constantly inter- fered with by artificial influences, back of which is the desire for gain by those who profit through immi- gration.” Mr. Husband mentions the steamship companies as the chief offenders in artificially stimulating immigration, and declares that in some countries the steamship agents are so hated by the population that they are compelled to do 'their work very secretly. Although it is against United States law to import immigrants for laborers, the report states that nearly every immigrant knows before leaving home where vork will await him in the United States, An interesting conclusion in the report is the that the United States is soon to begin receiving large num- bers of Russian peasants as immi- grants. The heavy Russian immi- gration of the .recent past has been almost entire Russian Jews, who are almost exclusively -city dwellers, » The Russian peasants are farmers of a high type, an the report regards SCOO 0 ME-{TS ONE '7,.1 - Receives. Many . Congrat;aooi o, on Reaching His Eightieth Yo > @ 1912, by American Press Association. Scores of telegrams were received at Baltimore congratulating Cardinal Gibhons on his eightieth birthday. Letters and telegrams came from all parts of the world, many of them bringing words of cheer from fellow members of the sacred college of the Catholic church, and some from rulers of Europe. CITY BAND TO ENTERTAIN Program Announced for Concert to Be Given at City Dock This Even- ing—New Musicians Join. ORGANIZATION MUCH IMPROVED With an increase in membership, and playing in a manner which is fast causing it to be recognized as one of the leading musical organizations in the northern part of the state, the Bemidji band will give another of its popular dock concerts this even- ing. An excellent-program has been pre- pared by Alden Remfrey, director, which is as follows: 1. March—“The Eastern Wheel” ................... Boehulein 2. Waltz—*“Cremona”.'. ... Tobain 3. Medley--“Don’t Stop” Von Tilzer 4. Meditation—‘“Angel of Love” ...... srrsraiireaase e Giese 5. Intermezzo—“The Linnet”.... .................... Althouse 6. Medley—“Down in Dear Old New OFPeanS™ il v s .. Whidden 7. Overture—“Croxden’’ . .Beebe 8. Frolique Saus-Soucie—‘“Bohemi- BRA s 355 ovy svtenag Smith 9. March—“Knights of Columbus” B T Buser William 8. McCartney, special agent for the Fred L. Gray company of Minneapolis, accompanied by his wife, were in Bemidji today. While here they made the trip around the lake, leaving on the noon train for ‘Cass Lake, where they spent the day. Mr. and.Mrs. McCartney will return ‘to Bemidji this evening, leaving for Walker on the late M. & I. passen- ger, where they will spend Satur- day and Sunday at Glengarry. them as highly desirable immigrants. “They afford for the United States the best opportunity for developing the movement to the land since the Scandinavians settled the North Central States a generation ago.” Canada is encouraging immigra- tion of Russian peasants. The Doukhoborg are ,Russian peasants who cleave to a finantical religion. They are subjected to some persecu- tion in Canada, but the dominion encourages them to come because of THE CUB REPORTER their great ability as farmers. Five Sections—Each Member to || APPOINT FORTY-FIVE WARDENS| In an effort to bring the commis- sion in closer touch with the actual: work of its body, the Minnesota game and fish commission has divided the state into five” game protection districts, each district to be in charge of a member of the commission. . The’ new plan, it is hoped, will give the board opportunity to exercise more careful supervision of the activities of the wardens. [Beltrami county is in the terri- tory to be supervised by D. L. Dur- lin of Frazee. The counties assigned to commissioner under ments are as follows: George Bradley, chairman, Nor- wood—Lac qui Parle, Kandiyohi, Wright, Renville, Carver, Brown, Lyon, Pipestone, Cottonwood, Nobles, Watonwan, Chippewa, Meeker, Yel- low Medicine, McLeod, Sibley, Red- wood, Lincoln, Murray, Jackson, Rock and Martin. 55 T. O. Ofsthun, secretary, Glenwood —Wilkin, Big Stone, Pope, Sherburne, Swift, Benton, Otter Tail, Douglas, Morris- on, Traverse, Stevens, Stearns; Isanti, Chisago and Kanabec. H. A. Rider, Executive Agent, St. Paul—Anoka, Ramsey, Scott, Good- hue, Rice, Faribault, Freeborn, Fill- more, Steele, Olmsted, Winona, Wash- ington, Hennepin, Dakota, Le Sueur, Blue Earth, Waseca, Mower, Hous- ton, Dodge and Wabasha, D. L. Durkin, - Frazee—Beltrami, Clay, Polk, Red Lake, Hubbard, Mah- nomen, Kittson, Clearwater, Becker, Pennington. Roseau, Wadena, Nor- man, Marshall. = Fred B. Meyers, Biwabik—Lake; Koochiching, Itasca, St. Louis, Cook, Pine, Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing. At the meeting held thls week 42 game wardens were appointed, to he placed on the pay-roll August 1. each this arrange- The commission funds are now ex- hausted but an appropriation _of $80,000 will soon be available. The monthly payroll of the wardens amounts to $3,150. Some of the new wardens are appointed to serve but one month. CAN TAKE LUNCHES, Persons Going to Sons of Herman Picnic Not Obliged to Buy Meal. There will be no objection to per- sons taking their own lunches to the Sons of Herman picnic which is to be held at the Brinkman summer home, down the Mississippi, next Sunday, nor will there be any daa- ger to the taking along of children. The affair is to be public in every detail. There will be something do- ing throughout the entire day. Boats will leave both docks at intervals during the day. Mrs, Alfred Jewell of Shefield, lowa arrived in Bemidji this morning and is the guest of Mayor and Mrs, Wil- liam McCuaig. Mrs. Jewell is Mrs. McCuaig’s ~ sister. Mr. Jewell will arrive next week for a visit. The McQuaig family and their guest left today for Big Turtle lake, where they have a cottage. For -carrying additional baggage on automobiles, an Englishman has|- invented a trailer to be attached to the back corners of a car and sup- ‘ported by a single wheel at its rear. A fireproof cement to close craks is furnaces is made of 75 parts of wet fireclay, three parts black oxide of manganese, three parts white sand and one part powdered a.sbestos. Game Commission Divides State Intof Grant, Todd, Mille Lacs, regular | Fint Day for Cudldates to File. rfixnvz FIGHT. - IS AVOIDED Aspirants Classed As Non-Partisans —erespective of Number,’ Names Are Placed on Election’ Ballot. Beltrami county is in a peculiar situation. No one seems to want the job' 6f county surveyor, 5 Rdy Bliler, the present official, ‘may not ask re-election, and when in- ‘terviewed this morning, Thomas Swinson, city engineer, stated that he had no intention to request the voters of the county to place him in the. position. There are certain re- strictions in connection with ‘the sal- ary of the office which causes the position to lose its attractiveness to the average engineer, one of them be- ingjthat an official must confine his work to that of the county, his sal- ary: bemg paid by the month and not Fny the day. Tuesday First Day. Under the state law next Tuesday is the first day for those seeking election to the office of county sur- candidacy with County Auditor J. L. George. For some reason, not exactly clear, the legislature saw fit to exclude the filings for this office from the reg- ular “filings for county and state of- ficers which were- required to be made not less than 20 days before the primary. Non-Partisan Ticket, A special section of the 1912 elec- tion Taw provides that,on “or before Thesday, seven weeks preceding any °enerai} election, candidates desirous of beipg placed on the general elec- tion pallot as non-partisan: candi- detefi for county surveyor shall file the proper affidavit with the: county wvdi&or, paying the regular filing fee an¢ ‘411 names of ¢andidates'so filing shall be placed on the general ballot as the non-partisan nominees.” No Primary. This means that, unlike the “weed- ing” out process obtaining at the primary election, all candidates, ir- respective of number, who file for surveyor, will have their names placed on the general ballot tobe vo- ted at the November election. The ! last day for filing will be Sept. 15. WILL COST BUT LITTLE. Lakeshore Washouts to be Repaired by Dirt From Beltrami Avenue. ‘While to repair the caveins and washouts along the lake-front caused by the storm of Tuesday night, would cost eity several hundreds of dollars, under ordinary conditions, | such will not be the case. When work is begun on the Beltrami avenue pa- ving from Seventh to Tenth streets, it will be necessary to remove many | yards of dirt. This will be hauled to the lakeshore and used for the re- pair work. According to €ity En- gineer Swinson this will cost but lit- tle. Precautions will be taken tn remedy future danger from the wash- outs. Cook-Sherberg. : Miss Marie Sherberg and Albert ‘Cook, both of Blackduck, were united in marriage at the Presbyterian manse at 12 o’clock. Rev. S.'E. P. White read the marriage ceremony. London has three city companies which admit women as apprentices.i There’s A Difference Between Lonesomeness And Fear L TO PROVE ITSEZT-TLLUTAKE A 055 SE2 \HlN(zTO BE BRAVE AT HOME AN QUITE'Y DISH OF MILK AN’ GO QUT AN’ I~ ANOTHER, THINGTO BE BRAVE WAY 0 UP 10 TAKE A DRINK-SEZ T- LLTIE A == STRINGON\T AN BRING \T HOME, N TH'WOODS ALLNIGHT an' @ \-\Evzr-,\w'm WOODS-PQOH SEZT-T WHEN TVE COAXED-AWILD cAT M AATTN-KATT-CAT: "POOHSEZ HE - kil ~(OURE SCORED TUH 4§ TR \TZCUMMALD gy veyor to file official notice of their |- R K KKK |#% 1S BREAD MAKING EXPERT * i**li#*#l*fi#*fii The above i§ a'likeness’ of Neitie Batdorf, the little twelve year old girl 'who learned the art of baking bread in the neighborhood ' school house under_the supervision of her teacher and since the death of her mother has been haking‘ bread for the entire family, consisting of nine children. Nettie is a bright little girl with dark brown eyes, modest and unas- suming. She is proud of her record in winning first-prize in her district in a bread-baking contest, The photograph was taken by Bue- ford M. Gile, high school ‘agricultur- ist, on the Batdorf farm in the town of Turtle River. FAVORITE WITH STUDENTS J, C. McGhee, Farmer-School Teacher Who Takes ‘Great Interest in Welfare of Pupils, B0Y OF ACRE-YIELD CONTEST Accompanying this article is a picture of .J. C. McGhee, the farmer- school teacher, and one of his stu- dents, who'has entered the state acre- vield.corn contest. ~Mr. McGhee con- duets a fine farm in the town of Eck- les, keeps it in good shape,.is raising a family of splendid: children and teaches tae school in his dlstrxct dur- ing the winter months. The boys in that community all stick to him like glue. They like him because he is one of them. He knows how to teach boys and keep them interested in their work. He not only teaches them arithmetie, grammar, spelling, reading and writ- ing, but tells them how to farm as well, : Through his efforts the town of Eckles has one of the best delega- tions now entered in the acre-yield corn contest. An inspection by Prof, Erickson recently brought out the fact that this class of young farm- ers will be mear the winning point ‘when the prizes are awarded. Cutting Down Hill. A. A. Carter, street commissioner, has a crew of men at work on Elev- enth street, between Irvine and America avenue, cutting down the large hill. This will open the street to more travel than previously, it having been used but little. Bv AT1S-T AINT SCARED O WiILD CATS BUT N COURSE B4 T DONT GETSCARED BUT I MAYGEY £ SORTAH T DRAW TH LINE 'Defecf ive Page k’l'! GEKTS m 'MONTE SUMMER SCHOOL | TERM BiG SUCCESS | Today Last Day of Five Weeh’»Se; sion—Examinations To Take Up Three Days Next Week, LN MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN WORE Big Increase in Membership Over Inst Year, Seventy-eight Being Enrolled —Course of Unusual Strength. After one of the most successtul summer Teachers’ Training school terms ever held in Bemidji,. the ses- sion ‘which has been in progress here during the past five weeks, will he brought to a close,insofar as the class work is concerned, today. -Examina- tions will be held the first of next week, Monday, ‘Tuesday and Wednes- day. 5 The enrollment of the year-has been one of the encouraging features of ‘the session, seventy-eight pupils having taken advantage of the op- Portunity to attend what has perhaps been the most complete and possess- ing the ablest faculty of any of the state’s summer schools. Much Interest Shown. Since the opening of the term, when a trifle more than sixty pupils enrolled for the work, great interest has been shown by both pupils and instructors in the work, with the con- sequence that the course has been one of great benefit and advantage to all concerned, ’ Gratifying. to Supermtendent “The school has been one of great success,” said W. B, Stewart, super- intendent of the county schools, who has been director of the session. “The enrollment has been extremely pleas- ing, there being an increase over that of 1913, because of the agricultural and normal school courses which are offered and have of course ‘attracted many from out of the district. The session has.been an advantageous one and we have every right to feel proud. of the record made.” : Speclal 6qpnes»9flem‘ Several courses ot offered Tuother” summer schools, during the entire session, have been given the pupils attending the Bemidji term, being true in the industrial work depart-- ment. Ths fact no doubt has played a large part in the enrollment. These On Faculty. The faculty which has gone through the term. and with such success, follow: W. P, Dy@l‘, superintendent of the Bemidji schools; Prof. Biddinger, of the Fari- bault schools; Mrs. Jaques, one of the most prominent summer school workers in the state; Mrs. Libby- Bird, the well known Minneapolis primary teacher; A. D. Bailey, in- structor in manual training, Be- midji; Helen Hoover, domestic sci= ence instructor, Bemidji, and Bue- ford M. Gile, Bemidji agriculturist. From Many Counties. Pupils from mhny northern Min- nesota- counties have attended the session, students coming from Itasca, Koochiching, Cass, Hubbard, Clear- water, Red Lake, Roseau, Penning- ton and Beltrami. GOPHERS TAKE MANY PRIZES Minnesota Live Stock Carries Off Ribbons at Fargo Fair. Minnesotans shared generously in the live stock awards at 'the North Dakota state fair, Fargo. L. Hansen of Kragness, Minn., took third place for stallions four years or more. With twenty-two <Berkshirqs on exhibition, the Farmer farm of Farmington, Minn., captured five firtss, five sec- onds, four thirds and four fourths. Farmington Light was awarded the ‘|grand champion premium. for boars under six months, and Miss Premier Fifteenth was awarded the grand champion ribbon for sows under six months. H. A Berenthal of Wyck- off, Minn., has -thirty-six head of Chestér. Whites on exhibit, and his -|entries took twelve firsts, eight sec- onds, four thirds and two champion nbhons = Martm Kenfield of the Dee1 River ‘\hnufacturlnv company, .arrived in Bgmid)i ‘at-noon. today from Minnea- polis, ~having made the trip in a Huidson 33, four-passenger machine, which he purchased ‘while in - the city for Fred Schofield, also of the Deer River firm. Mr, Kenfield left for Deer River this afternoon.