Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 11, 1915, Page 1

i | . field; VOLUME 13, NO. 297. BEMIIJ], MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1915, ronm mmi Poultry Am’& Potato Shows Succes=, \: Prizes Awarded One of Chief Attractions to Delegates of Northern Minnesota Develop- ment Association Meet. FIRST SHOW FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY POULTRY ASS'N. Over 300 Exhibits of Potatoes; Dis- play Extraordinary Fine; Prof. Erickson Explains Club Work. RESULTS OF EIGHTH OF AN ACRE CONTEST GIVEN The combined poultry and potato show held in connection with the Northern Minnesdta Development as- sociation, Thursday and Friday, was very successful. There were a large number of ex- hibits and much interest was &howu‘ in them by the delegates to the meet- ing and others. It was generally de- clared that the exhibits were among the best ever seen. Prof. T. A. Erickson, state leader in Boys’ and Girls' club work and agent of the United States depart- ment of agriculture in Minnesota, in speaking of the boys’ and girls’ po- tato contest, said: “The boys’ and girls’ potato con- test in Northern Minnesota is a part of the junior extension work carried on by the University of Minnesota.” In connection with the boys’ and girls’ farm work in Minnesota, Prof. Erickson said: “Three thousand five hundred boys of Minnesota are growing from one to five acres, each, of corn, doing their best to use the best methods for producing high yields at low cost. | Eighty counties of the eighty-six are represented. One thousand boys and girls are each growing an eighth of an acre of a standard variety of po- tatoes, and competing on yield and cost of production. Three hundred fifty boys and girls are showing what may be done with one pig, or a litter of pigs, in making the swine industry a paying proposition on the farm. Two thousand junior farmers have gardens varying in size from a few square feet for the ten-year- olds up to the regular club gardens of* one-eighth of an -acre for those from 12 to 18 years, growing a few standard vegetables, supplying their own homes with a supply of fresh vegetables, selling what they can, and then canning the surplus for the market or for winter use in their own homes. Twenty-five hundred girls from sixty counties have vied with each other for eight months to see who could become the most pro- ficient in the art of bread-making. Calf Contest. “Forty boys in Wabasha and Sib- ley counties are in a ecalf contest, with the object to show who can produce the best calf in the most profitable way. Several hundred ru- ral schools of the state have conduct- ed egg laying and poultry growing contests with splendid results. Al- falfa growing has been a club project in a few counties. During 1915 there were in the state 700 regularly or- ganized boys’ and girls’ clubs, with officers, constitution and plans of work for carrying on some special club project. “The big lesson that farming pays is being proven by our club boys and girls, One of the leading agricul- tural men of Minnesota, when asked to make a conservative estimate of what the’ boys’ corn work meant to the state in dollars and cents, said, ‘It has increased the value of our corn crop at least $1,000,000. “The purpose of the boys’ and girls’ club work is: (1) To interest the boys and girls in farm life and help them realize the wonderful op- portunities of the farm; (2) to teach them better methods in agriculture and home-making; (3) to establish in boys and girls habits of thrift and industry, by teaching them how to prevent waste in home, garden and (4) to develop leadership in country life; (5) to connect the school and the home. The Potato Work. “For Northern Minnesota, a one- eighth of an acre potato-growing con- test has been the special project. In order to standardize the seed and market potatoes, the work has been limited to two standard varieties, the Rural New Yorker and Green Moun- tain. In most counties the seed was provided by the county, schools or business men’s associations. More than 1,000 boys and girls took part in the project this year. “A traveler through Northern Min- nesota during the summer of 1915 would have found one.of the potato demonstration plats on a large num- ber of farms jealously taken care of by these young farmers of 10 to-18 years. A large part of the best po- tatoes grown this way will be sald as seed under the 4-H brand. “Each club member has kept a careful record of the cost of produc- tion and methods of cultivation of his plat. The yield has been checked up “he local leader, which may be a % the local - teacher, county ag anyone interested in the boys virls’ work. ~The North- ern Mr. ¥ (a Development associa- tion has generously provided funds for the prizes. “By the rules of the contest any boy or girl from 10 to 18 years of age living in the territory north of the south line of Pine, Kanabee, Mille acs, Morrison, Todd, Douglas, Grant or Traverse counties are permitted to enter. The rules required each con- testant to grow at least one-eighth of an acre of potatoes, do all the work, keep an accurate record of all operations and write a story on the subject, ‘How I Grew My Crop of Potatoes.’ Big Yields Reported. “Boys and girls from twenty-four counties have been enrolled in the contest with a total of 875 members. Beltrami county stands at the head of ithe list with 350 enrollments; St. ouis, second, with 90; Koochiching, third, with 75; Carlton county, with 60; Crow Wing with 50, and Itasca county with 45 potato club members. Orf the first 100 boys and girls re- porting, twenty reported an average of 360 bushels per acre. - When we consider the fact that the average for the state for the last ten years is 100 bushels, the work of the boys and girls means a good deal. “‘Getting the boys and girls to work in groups is made a strong feat- ure of the work. We have some splendid illustrations of results. At East Grand Forks two counties south of the Canadian line, 157 boys or- ganized into a corn elub in 1914. Forty-two of them finished with an average of 70 bushels an acre. The club sold 200 or 300 bushels of seed corn under the 4-H label. This boys’ club captured $1,000 in prizes. The president is a 15-year-old boy, John Croy, who has made a record an older farmer might well be proud of, grow- ing 91 bushels of corn on his eclub acre.” The results of the boys’ and girls’ potato contest are as follows: Rurals—Sophie Halvorson, Ron- ald, first; Ruth Ehnstrom, Carlton, second; Ole Halvorson, Ronald, third; Axel Hammerstrom, Moose Lake, fourth; Andrew Tofte, of Tofte, fifth. The following received minor prizes, Louay Heikkile, Bovey, Eliza- beth Tofte, of Tofte, Frederick Steb- ner, Duluth, Wallace Halbeck, Two Harbors, James Nelvberg, Forbes, Al- bert A. Hill, Cloquet, Lloyd Lewis, Flak, Frank Tougas, Fort Ripley, Ar- thur Wiegent, Warren and Roy A. Johnson Pequot. Green Mountain—Andrew Howe, Merrifield, first; Ida Sabin, Mission, second; Charles Van Horn, Ossipee, third; Howard Harris, Fort Ripley, fourth; Clarence Homerud, Duluth, fifth. The following received minor rewards: Clifford Strand, Sawyer, Edward Pfeifer, Iverson, Floyd Wilkes, Wahkon, John Jacobson, Em- barrass, Harry Cochran, Pequot, Willie Rutger, Deerwood, Lester An- derson, Brainerd, Raymond Stebner, Duluth. The prizes in the adults’ potato contest are as follows: Bliss Triumphs—Charles F. Schroe- der, Mrs. Schroeder, George M. Sev- erance, John Patterson, B. M. Gile, James French, all of Bemidji; C. Mel- by, St. Louis county. Russets—C. W. Clark, Puposky; James French, George M. Severance, B. M. Gile, A. P. Ritchie, John Pat- terson, all of Bemidji; James Rutt- ger, Deerwood, Crow Wing county. Early Ohios—E. C. Craig, Bemidiji; 1. J. Hayes, Chisholm; B. M. Gile, Bemidji; N. Ryagg, Welton; Harvey Carlston, Bemidji. Green Mountains—B. M. Gile, Law- rence Johnson, Otto Johnson, George Miller, all of Bemidji; J. N. Skrivseth Turtle River; Fred Howe, Merrifield, Crow Wing county. Rural New Yorkers—Charles C. Boehl, Munger, St. Louis county; Herman Stebner, Hermantown, St. Louis county; high school farm, Be- midji; Frank C. Boehl, Munger, St. Louis county; A. Hammershow, Moose Lake, Carlton county; Oliver Johnson, Munger, St. Louis county; William Stone, Moose Lake, Carlton county. Burbanks—S. Berkland, Fort Rip- ley, Crow Wing county; Lurther Berkland, Fort Ripley, Crow Wing REPORTER the | FInN oD HoME - AN SHE SENT M AFTER 1 e | ment. ‘makes it necessary for all appoint- ‘ments made since its last session to bz county; John Patterson, Bemidji; Lee Heltz, Bemidji; Otto . Johnson, Bemidjl; Loren Coyle, Bemidjl; . E. Taylor, Merrifield, Crow Wing county. The poultry show was the first to be held by the Beltrami County Poul- try assoeiation. The prizes awarded are as follows: s Barred Plymouth Rock—W. J. Cor- win, first, Grand Rapids; Tom Simons 2nd, Clair Vincent 3rd; Elgen Grey 4th; Maurice Angell 5th; Dan Grey, 5 6th. Buff Orpington—R. Carrick, 1st, Arlo Achenbach, 2nd. Buff Plymouth Rock—Dr. J. Warn- inger, 1st; Mrs. J. Warninger, 2nd; Walter Nuss, 3rd; C. W. Clark, 4th. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds— Gladys Gainey, 1st; Alice Dyer, 2nd; Pinehurst Farm, 3rd. Single Comb Rhode Island Reds— J. 'W. Dye, Turtle River, 1st; Elmer Gainey, 2nd; B. M. Gile, 3rd. ‘White Plymouth Rocks—Herbert Woods, 1st. Buft Wyandottes—P. first. Brown Eggs—Fred Fred Craner, Turtle River, first; Mrs. Mary Henry, 2nd; J. W. Dye, 3rd; Henry White, 4th; Alice Dyer, 5th. ‘White Eggs—1J. E. Boobar, Nary, 1st; H. R. Carrick, 2nd; Gordon Smith, 3rd. Geese—Clifford Smart, first. Indian Runner Ducks — Leslie Bailey, 1st; Lee Hiltz, 2nd; Clifford Smart, -3rd; J. C. McGhee, 4th. Mallard Ducks—Leslie Bailey, 1st. Turkeys—H. R. Gillette, Nary, H. Flake, (Continued on Frge 4) P. M. APPOINTMENT SENT T0 CONGRESS President Wilson Nominates A. P. Ritchie for Postmaster at < Bemidji. ‘Washington, Dec. 11.—A. P. Rit- chie has been nominated by President Wilson as postmaster of Bemidii, Minn: ‘When Mr. Ritchie received the ap- pointment of postmaster this sum- mer, congress was not in session and ‘was not able to pass on the appoint- The convening of = congress approved. There: is~no.question- but| that this ‘will be done in the case of the postmastership here. RED LAKE GHIEF TO HAVE FINE HOME ‘Warroad, Minn., Dec. 11.—W. F. Dickens, agent at the Red Lake In- dian agency, came here and awarded the contract to Phillipson & Johnson to erect a four-room cottage, 24x28, for Chief Na-ma-puck. The build- ing will be located near his present home, will have a cement foundation, a fireplace and a screen porch. The estimated cost is $1,000. The chief has lived for a number of years in a very dilapidated shack. KELLIHER COUPLE LICENSED TO WED A wedding license was issued this morning at the office of the clerk of court to Marinus Kaupanger and Miss Ida Anderson, both of Kelliher. BEMIDJI TAKES STEP AS JOBBING GENTER Another step towards making Be- midji a distributing and jobbing cen- ter was made when the Smith-Robin- son Lumber company became the wholesale distributor for the Cornell wood board in this territory. The remarkable success and uni- versal popularity of the Cornell wood board since its inception on the mar- ket made it necessary for the manu- facturors to locate branches in sev- eral parts of the country. The Cor- nell company has its Northwest of- fices in Minneapolis. [GERMANY. REGALLS ATTAGHES BOY-£0 * AND VON PAPEN Emperor William Personally Takes Charge of Case; Lansing Given - Omoml Notice: U.S.TO snbuims 3 CONDUCT FOR MEN Washington Shows Much Satisfaction Over Outcome of the ‘Washington, Dec. 11.—Emperor ‘William has personally recalled the naval and military attaches of - the Germany emhassy here who by their activities rendered themselves “per- sona non grata” to the United States government., The emperor requested the United States to use its good of- fices in securing safe conduct for the departing attaches and for their sue- cessors who will be named later. Delivered by Count. A communication from the German foreign office announcing the action was delivered to Secretary Lansing late yesterday by Count von Bern- storff, the German ambassador, who hurried here from New York when he was advised a reply to the request of the United States had been re- ceived at the embassy from Berlin. Mr. Lansing after a conference of five minutes with the ambassador, auth- orized the following official announce- ment: “The German ambassadér has in- formed me that the emperor has been pleased to recall Captains Von Papen and Boy-Ed in compliance with -the wishes of the United States.” Much Satisfaction. There was much satisfaction in of- ficial circles today at the prompt action taken by Emperor William and at the outcome of a situation which for.a time appeared to be threatened with serious difficulties. Count Von Bernstorfi’s manner as he left the state department reflected his own apparent gratification. i The British and French embassies immediately- will be asked by Secre- tary Lansing to_secure, snfe conduct for the return to Germany of the officers. “NEAL OF THE NAVY” NEW SERIAL STORY Beginning with this issue of the Daily Pioneer, “Neal of the Navy,” one of the most popular modern nov- els, will be published serially. The novel is written by William Hamilton Osborne, who is also the author of “Red Mouse,” “Running Fight,” ‘“Catspaw,” "Blue Buckle,” ete. “Neal of the Navy” has been ngv- elized from the play of the same name and produced by the Pathe Ex- change, Inc. The photoplay will be shown at the Grand theater every -Monday night. SUPPLY COMPANY HAS NEW SIGN The Bemidji Supply company has added a large electric sign to -its unique advertising system. The sign is made of wood with mettalic trim- mings and is painted blue and yellow with the words ‘“‘Bemidji Supply Company” in white. The sign was made in Bemidji by the C. W. Nelson, the local sign painter. EXPLOSION KILLS ONE South Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 11.— An explosion yesterday in the fuse plant of the Bethlehem Steel company at Redington, six miles from here, killed one workman and injured 16 others, several of them seriously. The accident occurred in the Pellet de- partment of the plant and resulted, it was said, from a spark ata die, communicating with quanties of pow- der in the room. XXX AAKR KA AKX A KA AA KK AR A TR K Ak k kX k ok kk kK KREKK KK KKK KK KK KK CONRAD LA JAMBE CUTS W00D. ON THE . STREET FOR POOR ¥ The city council at its reg- ular meeting Monday evening. refused to allow Conrad La- Jambe permission to cut the Wwood on 13th street between America’ and Minnesota ave- nues, as the members of the council believed that the wood should be given to the poor of the city or those who were in need. The city engineer was instructed to allow any poor person or person in need to cut the wood. Conrad LaJambe joined the Good Fellows, cut the wood and distributed it to the poor and needy. The wood was-an excellent Christmas present ~for the poor and needy and Mr. LaJambe deserves much praise for his act. If all the citizens would as- sist the poor in this way or any other way, the poor and the needy might be able to get a new hold on life this Christmas. *hkhk Ak kA Ak Ak hhkhhkhk Ak khkdhhhkhkhhhkhkkkkkki TR KK KEKK KK KK KK 00D FELLOWS PLAN BIG MEET NEXT MONTH The 0dd Fellows’ lodge of Bemidji is planning a big meeting to be held next month. The state grand lodge officers will be present and degrees will be conferred upon a class of 20 new members. Several members of the lodge living in Bemidji' who are members of the order in another city will transfer their membership to the Bemidji lodge. With this addition the local 0dd Fellows will have a large lodge. The 0dd Fellows’ hall has been redecorated and presents a very neat appearance. J. WILLIAMS TO OLDER BOYS' MEET J. Williams left this morning for Detroit, Minn., where he will repre- sent the M. E. Sunday school of Be- ‘midji: at-the annual meeting of the Northern Minnesota Older Boys’ con- ference. A two-day session has been arranged at Detroit, beginning today. ILLINOIS AND IOWA HIT BY SLEET STORM Chicago, Ill., Dec. 11.—Traffic is tied up and wire communication is crippled by the worst sleet storm of the year. The storm is general throughout Illinois and Iowa. ping on the lakes has been abandon- ed at points near here. BIG LAKE FARM GLUB HOLDS MEET The Big Lake Farmers’ club held its regular monthly meeting Wednes- day at the home of George Ostrander. About forty farmers and their fam- ilies were in attendance. Discussion on co-operation with lregard to crép raising, land clearing and road building took up the after- noon’s program. A committee was appointed to make arrangements with either the Bemidji or ~Rosby creamery for handling cream from that section. About sixty cows will be pledged from members of this club, should arrangements be ef- fected. The next meeting of the club will be held at the John Anderson farm, at which time new officers will be elected. B. C. Hugman, cashier of the Farm- erg’ State bank of Faulk county at Aberdeen, S. D., who has been miss- ing for a month, has returned home. He says he remembers nothing from the time he left the bank a month ago. -His‘accounts at the bank were all perfectly straight. The Boss Can't See This Huck an Stuff Balacdtive Baae World Relatlons of Umted States At GREEK STEAMERS ARE: DELAYED BY ALLIES Athens Papers Carry Reports That Goods Are Being Held Up; French Continue to Retreat. - Athens, Dec. 11.—Local papers to- day carry reports that Greek steam- ers.are being delayed in allied ports. Dispatches from the Greek fron- tier points reported French forces compelling a continued retreat. They contained no mention of the evacua- tion of Serbian territory by the Al- lies. The British received artillery troop reinforcements- Thursday and main- tained their positions yesterday in the face of violent attacks .during the day. Battles raged along the en- tire front.. The Bulgarians used heavy shells to pound the French positions. FIRST DRUNK CASE SINGE NOV. 20 The municipal court had its first case of drunkenness since Nov 20 this morning when August Peterson, a lumberjack, pleaded guilty and was fined one dollar. PLANS FOR REMODELING SGHOOL ARE GONSIDERED The committee appointed by the school board at its regular meeting, Wednesday, to investigate the con- dition at the Central school and de- cide whether a hall and east entry should be built to avoid fire danger, decided to have W. D. Gillespie, an architect of Fargo, draw plans for such changes. The plans and changes will then be considered. HEAD OF ENGINEERS <+ -OF ARHMY AT-HONOLULU TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Honolulu, De¢. 11.—Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bromwell, 46 years old and head of the army engineers Grave Dnnger of Severance of Diplo- "7 matic Relations With Austria. 7 DISPUTE WITH FRENCH OVER SHELLING COAMO Congress Starts Action to Break English Embargo of Amer- ican Commerce. GREECE REFUSES CONCESSIONS TO ALLIES; RELATIONS CRITICAL Washington, Dec. 11.—World rela- tions of the United States came to a head today. With Austria there is grave dan- ger of the severance of diplomatic relations over the Ancona attack. With .France there is a dispute over the shelling of the American steamer Coamo. ‘With England, congressmen sought [to start vigorous action to break down the embargo of American com- merce. i = There is an apparent deadlock With Germany over the Lusitania Set- tlement. Apprehension over the Austro- German relations has increased. Aus- tria’s silence is deemed ominous. DECISIVE BATTLE AS ALLIES RETREAT Rome, Dec. 11.—One of the decis- ive battles of the war is believed im- minent as the Allies continue to re- treat from Serbia. Dispatches indi- cate that Germany intends to carry the encircling movement into Greek territory. The combined central power armies are expected to make ditionary forces back to Salonika. It is believed probable that Greece will be forced into the conflict, possibly within a fortnight. GREECE REFUSES MORE CONCESSIONS TO ALLIES Athens, Dec. 11.—Greece has re- fused to make more concessions to the allied powers.. Conversations with the allied diplomats have ceased. Relations are approaching. a critical stage. Greek officers have been dis- patched to the frontier with state- ments that they cannot yield to the commands. It is possible that King Constantine may choose to fight in- dependently, resisting first one and then the other armies that are threat- corps hére, shot and fatally wounded himself yesterday. He died two hours after the shooting. The colonel was alone in his residence when the shooting occurred. FORD MAY LAND- Ship- | AT ENGLISH PORT London, Dec. 11.—Germany may permit the Ford party to land at one of the English ports and then proceed to Switzerland in case the Dutch authorities refuse permission for a peace conference. BORDER GITY MAN HERE ON LARGENY GHARGE S. Hammond of International Falls was brought to Bemidji this morn- ing by Thomas White, sheriff of Koo- chiching county, to answer to charge of grand larceny before Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court. It is believed that ‘Hammond will enter a plea of guilty. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DIES VERY SUDDENLY IN NEW YORK New York, Dec. 11.—Professor Ed- ward Van Dyke Rofiinson, educator and economist, died suddenly in his home here yesterday of heart disease. He had received an appointment to the faculty of political science in Columbia university five days ago. Professor Robinson has taught in the public schools of Minnesota and in the University of Minnesota. BUR-LEEVE ME -BUCKLEBERRY EINNS GONNA BE SORRN HE_ EVER CAME. B&Ko'm ening Greece. ENGLAND ATTEMPTS TO STAVE OFF CONSCRIPTION London, Dec. 11.—In a whirlwind attempt to stave off conscription thousands of men eligible for mili- tary service are overwhelming re- cruiting> offices in London and in provincial cities. Many are anxious to enroll before Lord Derby’s re- cruiting campaign ends tonight. Re- cruiting clerks worked all Friday night. A line was formed at day- light. Men are enlisting by the thou- sands. MAY DEMOBILIZE GRECIAN. ARMY Paris, Dec. 11.—The Athens News Agency reported here today that the Greek government will soon issue a decree, demobilizing the Greek army. i BRITISH STEAMER IS SUNK; CREW SAVED London. Dec. 11.—The British steamer Busirus has been sunk by & submarine. The crew was landed. One member of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Ingstad was drowned and three were injured when the vessel was sunk by a sub- marine. ALLIED WAR COUNCIL SETTLES QUESTIONS Paris, Dec. 11.—All questions of urgent nature are being settled with complete accord, it was stated today, following another session of the al- lied war council. "It is presumed that the agreement covers all the re- ported disputes regarding the con- duct of operations in the Balkans. The war office today reported a heavy downpour of rain all along the front. - A violent explosion in a Belgian pow- der plant near Havre is believed to have killed a number of persons. TWO MILLION ACRES OF LAND OPENED TO SETTLEMENT IN S. D. ‘Washington, Dec.-11.—Opening to settlement of 2,000,000 acres of non- aerable land in Pennington, Custer and Fall River countiés, South Da- kota, was announced today by the department of ‘the interior. The land will be available for entry January - 10 next. = Two employes of the Dubuque, Ia., National bank are charged with em- bezzling $20,000 and making talse entries on the bank’s hooks. % A Head Today a supreme effort to drive the expe- _