Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 44

40 DAILY PIONEER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915, BEMIDJI MAY " BUILD NEW HIGH SCHOOL Board of Education Meets and Con- siders Plans; May Improve Cen- COST FOR BUILDING ESTIMATED AT $40,000 Crowded Condition of Schools Make Necessary Immediate Action; Present Quarters Inadequate. - - - Bemidji may build a new $40,000 high school building. At a regular meeting of the school board held last evening at the Hay- nper-Lahr land office, the building of a new school house was discussed. Reports were given in regard to the enrollment at the schools since 1910. The building of an addition to the present high school building and the improving of the Central grade school building were considered. Drafts Presented. Drafts and estimatés for a new building were presented to the board by W. D. Gillespie of the firm of Hagby & Gillespie, architects, at Fargo, N. D. The necessity of a new building or an addition to the old one has been brought about by the crowded cir- cumstances in the graded school as well as the high school. Since 1910 the increase in the high :school building proper is 86, while the normal department, a branch of the high school in the Central school building, has been increased by 14. The increase in the seventh and eighth grade is 54, there being 33 in the eighth grade and 21 in the seventh grade. This makes a total increase outside of the normal de- partment, 126. There has also been a agricultural teacher, an eighth grade teacher and a sewing teacher ‘added and one of the teachers drop- ped which has left the increase of the past five years in care of only two additional teachers. Increase in Classes. ‘While there have been only two classes in the high school in which the membership has been decreased, there has. been-increases in almost’ every other class. Latin grammar has decreased six and Ancient -History: one. The increases in the other classes are, Caesar, eight, English i, 23, English II, 7, English III, 10, English IV, 9, elementary algebra, 22, plane geometry 12, modern his- tory 24, drawing 10, cooking 42, ag- riculture 23, typewriting 6, wood- work 11, mechanical drawing 11, bookkeeping, 0, shorthand 6, com- mercial arithmetic 30, German I, 13, German II, 11, higher algebra 7, ‘chemistry 15, physical geography 42 In addition to these have and sewing 17. increases several new classes ‘been formed in other subjects. Only Have 30. - Northwest colleges refuse to ad- mit as students from first class high schools anyone who has attended classes in which there are over 30 pupils, without taking an entry ex- amination. There are already three such classes in the local high school. Neither will the colleges permit the teachers of high schools to have over five classes a day, which rule is vio- lated by all but one of the Bemidji high school teachers. Much Room Needed. . The need of a mew building is shown by the inadequate quarters of all the classes in school today. There should be five manual training rooms, one for each of the following purpos- es: Bench work, forging, mechan- ical drawing, painting and lathe. The economic departmént needs three rooms, one for bookkeeping, one for typewriting and one for banking; the agricultural branch demands necessitate three, one for labora- tories, one for recitation and one for an office. At the present time these special departments are, all but one, confined to one room. "Would Have Auditorium. The plans which Mr. Gillespie sub- mitted were for a $40,000 building that would include an ideal gymna- sium provided with bleachers, lock- ers, track and all modern parapher- nalia and a large, spacious, well ven- tilated-and lighted auditorium. The building as proposed would be separate from and directly in- back of the present high school, thus facing west on Irvine avenue. It will be heated from the same heating plant with the addition of one new boiler, and will be ‘nearly joined to the old building ‘\by a one-story room to be used for the forging department. The question of remodeling the Central school house was considered and an investigation was given it this morning. Suggestions were made to cut a hallway right through from “the east wing to the main stairs, making safer passages in case of fire, to have the ventilators clean- ed, to have the cupola removed and to ‘repaint the building. Fire 'es- capes were suggested, to be - placed above each of the present entries and an east entry from the east wing proposed. Fire prevention precau- tions seemed to require the isolation of the boiler room and lining it with some fire-proof material. The sani- tary condition of the toilets attracted attention and steps will also be taken to secure better ventilation for them. To Visit Schools. Before the final stages in the com- pletion of plans are passed it was decided that there would be a large saving by several members of the board visiting the high schools of neighboring towns to get opinions as to the sort of building Bemidji would be most benefited by. With these improvements Bemidji would have a high school second to none in the state. The auditorium itself would give Bemidji a place in which such entertainments as lec- tures, debates, declamatory contests and home talent plays could be staged conveniently to both the audience and the participants. The new gymna- sium would put the local school on an equal basis with some of the schools in the southern part of the state with which it has to compete for basketball honors and would ob- viate the necessity of spending large sums. for a hall for . practice and games. SCHOOL WILL GLOSE DEE. 17 Bemidji schools will close Dec. 17 for ‘the Christmas holidays, and the school children are now preparing for their Yuletide vacations. Pro- grams will be given in the various buildings on the closing day. Schools will reopen Monday, Jan. 3. CHURCH CHOIR TO GIVE CONTATA “The Light Eternal,”—text by Rene Bronner, music by H. W, Petrie. A Christmas Contata will be given by the Presbyterian Church Choir on Sunday evening, December 19th at ‘8 o’clock. The general public is in- vited to attend. The choir consists of ‘the following persons: Mrs. C."W. ‘Warfield, Miss Lee Given, Miss Car- rie Armstrong, Miss Muriel McGee, Mrs. Geo. Markham, Miss Mabel Brooks, Miss Elaine Boyd, Mrs. (. G. Johnson, C. A. Warfield, Clinton Springer, C. D. Lucas, N. E. Given, George Armstrong, T. Johnson, E. H. Jerrard; Mrs. A. A. Warfield, organ- ist; Miss Ida Virginia Brown, . di- rector. Edward F. Brinkman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brinkman, will leave today for Minneapolis where he will be married to Miss Lauritta Dabbits, December 15, at the home of the: bride. Mr. Brinkman and his bride will leave with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brinkman after the wedding for an extended trip to New York and East- ern Canada. Later they will take a trip to Europe. A regular meeting of the Presby- terian Ladies’ Aid society will be held in. the church this afternoon at three o’clock. All ladies are cor- dially invited, as this is the 1last meeting before the sale. No lunch will be served. S Miss A. Austin, ingtructor in mathematics at the high school, re- sumed her duties this morning after being absent yesterday on account of illness. Subscribe for the Pioneer. KK KKK KKK KK KKKK * * * REPRESENTATIVE SKATES; * ': FIRST TIME IN 48 YEARS * Representative L. G. Pend- ergast, who is in his T74th years, went skating the other day on Lake Bemidji. He skated out on the lake and was met by a party of boys who tried to pass him. The representative held his own and would have beaten the boys were it not for the fact that one' of his skates came off. 2 “I tell you one thing,” he said, “if my skate had not come off I‘would have shown the young fellows how to go. I can gkate just as good as I’ did 48 years ago.” x * F Ak ok ok ok ok k ok kokkokkkkkk RA KAk AkKkhkhkhkkhkkkkkkkk BEMIDJIHAS MODERN TELEPHONE SYSTEM Aerial Wire in Service in City Would Be Enough to Reach From Coast to Coast. The citizens of Bemidji may be proud of their telephone system as it is modern and up-to-date in every re- spect. ? There are fifteen miles of aerial and underground cable in service, containing approximately 3,000 miles of wire. If we were to include the aerial wire in service within the city limits .in addition, there would be enough wire to reach from coast to coast. 31/, Miles® Underground Wire. In the underground cables there are-approximately 1,200 miles of wire placed in threevand one-half miles of underground conduit. At the exchange there are about 7,000 local calls handled daily, or approximately six calls per station per day. 2 { The telephone exchange central office is located in a building owned by the company on Beltrami avenue. The building is of brick; modern con- struction and built for exchange pur- poses. On the first floor is located the wire chief’s office, storage battery, power machinery and the testing ap- paratus used for locating line or in- strument trouble, while on the sec- ond floor is the operating and retir- ing room and the manager’s office. Over 400 Farm Stations. The switchboard and apparatus used are manufactured by the West- ern Electric company and is common battery -type, five sections of switch- board. being in service for local aad long -distance purposes. The' telephone system is what s known as full metallic, two wires be- ing used for each telephone circuit, and the construction through the en- tire plant is first-class. Considerable care is exercised to maintain same in a condition that will make it pos- sible to furnish reliable and efficient service. - In addition to the large number cf telephones installed throughout the city of Bemidji, the company also furnishes service to - approximately 400 farm stations-in the.vicinity and also connects with a number of com- panies operating in the count; Less than- sevénty years years ago, in 1846, the telephone was born: The| inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, still“lves, as ‘does Thomas A: Wat- son, the man who built the first tele- phone instrument. Make Many Improvements. < From a humble beginning in a lit- tle Boston workshop, the telephone has been developed until today there are something more than fifteen mijl- ‘These are the essentials of a rip- ping. adve d U. S. Navy. Per-. peen officially grant- g U.S. battleships for scenes. the Balboa Amuse- cing Co. Launched orraine plays the partof Illington, the charming n the U. S. Navy. The story’ fairly tcems with adventure and romance. _ Readltinthe Daily Pioneer Saturday, Dec. «|11th. - See pictures at the X%k * x k& % &% %% ¥ %|New Grand Monday, Dec. 13. 1fon ‘telephones in. the entire world, of which nine and one-half million, or some 65 per cent, are in this coun- try. In 1876 the longest telephone line in this country was two miles. In 1884 the longest distance telephone transmission possible was 235 miles; in 1895 the first 1,500 miles was built and in January, this year, San Francisco first talked with New York, making possible truly nation-wide communication, uniting the large ma- Jority of all the ‘telephones in'the United States, having a universal system. 4 Efficient telephone service such as we know today, is unknown outside of the United States and parts of Canada. Long distance transmission is practically confined to this country. The Northwestern Telephone Ex- change company, which company op- erates the Bemidji exchange, is con- tinually making improvements to the system and just recently completed the installation of a new system at Cass Lake. D0 YOU NEED A .KIDNEY REMEDY? Dr. Kilmer’'s Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything, but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble, it may be found just the remedy you need. Swamp-Root makes friends quickly because its mild and immediate effect is soon realized in most cases. It is a gentle healing herbal compound—a phys- ician’s prescription which has proved its great curative value in thousands of the most distressing cases accord- ing to reliable testimony. . All druggists in 50c. and $1.00 sizes. You may have a sample size bottle of this always reliable preparation by Parcel Post, also pamphlet telling about it. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents, also mention - the Bemidji Daily Pioneer. TWO MEN GET EIGHT WOLF BOUNTIES ‘Wolf bounties were issued today to Charles E. Simons of the town of Williams for one wolf and to Robert Johnson of the town of Summit for seven wolves. A glance at the want column may help ‘you -sell it. “TINES ARE HARD” NOT KNOWN HERE| BANK ASSITS FARMERS The Northern National bank of Be-* Large Demand for Men; Conditions Prosperous; Crookston Company Increases Operations. “Times are hard” is becoming an expression of the past in Bemidji for conditions are back lo their normal status and in some instances are ex- ceeding all previous records. Instead of having men looking for work, work is looking for the men. Quite dif- ferent from circumstances of last year in the entire country when em- ployment was scarce, there are no vacancies and positions in almost every line of work. The Crookston Lumber company has extended its logging operations in the vicinity of Kelliher and ‘is daily making large shipments to all parts of the country. The prospects are for a full season’s running for the mills here during 1916. Not alone is the demand in the east and south for rough lumber but a large amount of other lumber is being shipped. Prices have advanced in all parts of the country and especially in the south. Other manufacturing plants and business houses report excellent con- ditions with a large amount of work ahead. According to statistics collected, there are more men employed and at higher wages than for some years past. Merchants report that with the closing days of the year very pros- perous and with increased demand for labor who will spend their money in Bemidji, there is no exaggeration in predicting the coming year to be the most prosperous in the last decade. NORTHERN NATIONAL midji is assisting the farmers in Bel- trami county by making a iarge num- ber of small loans to them. The bank was organized in 1901 by W. R. ‘Baunbach and W. L. Brooks. The present officers of the hank -are A. P. White, president, A. D. Steph- ens, vice president, W. L. Brooks, cashier, and George W. Rhea, assist- ant cashier. The deposits of the institution are over $456,000, showing a large gain over the deposits of last year. The =2, bank has been growing steadily ever since it was organized. 'Tha savings department was opened February, 1914, and has shown ' a steady and consistent growth. A large percentage of the stock of the bank is owned Ly citizens of Be- midji and the.bank,may be truly con- sidered a local ome. The ‘stockhold- ers of the bank are among the most prominent and wealthy citizens ~f the city. The bank owns the Beltrami Coun- ty State bank of Tenstrike. The bank has never missed a divi- dend since its organization. This shows that loans have been conserva- tively and carefully made and no se- vere losses have ever been sustained through any errors of mismanage- - ment. NOTICE. - To parties who are indebted to W. G. Schroeder for merchandise, dating back 60 days from Nov. 1 and over are requested to settle as soonm as convenient and before Jan. 1, 1916. ‘W. G. SCHROEDER. —Adv. tf The Want Column will give you the desired informat!n. BERGLUND'S STORE DOLLAR SALE 1 can of peaches...........c..c...'veee.nee.... 13C 1 can of pumpkins... 1 bottle olive salad. 6 bars Lenox Soap... 1 large Washing Powder. 2 bars Castile Soap......... All the above for $1 ;O ...15¢ ...25¢ .25¢ 10c 3123 Red or black caps may be had on any of these Wells, un- less other- wise specified; black will be furnished on single wells No 51, 3 in., screw top-- .. .Price $1.50 Made of glass and Hard Rubber No. 52-3 in. Cut Glass Price No. 53-3 in. Plain Glass Pri. No. 54-3% in. Cut Glass Pri. No. 54A-4 in. Cut Glass Pri. 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