Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 5, 1916, Page 1

™ VOLUME XIV. No. 214. | BELTRAMI COUNTY EXHIBIT AT GOPHER STATE FAIR IS IN LINE FOR PRIZES Stands Alone Among Counties in Claim That Its Potato Crop is Not Damaged. RODUCTION OF ALFALFA INCREASED 300 PER CENT / County Exhibit in Charge of Ener- getic Boosters; Mangel Exhibit is Good. By V. E. Michel. (United Press Staff Correspondent) State Fair Grounds, Hamline, Minn., Sept. 5.—Minnesota is today at war with herself. It is a bloodless war of friendly competition. Fourteen counties have entered exhibits. Not a one of them today would admit but that theirs is best. Never before in the history of the state fair has the competition been so keen. Never before have so many counties been represented. Ex- hibits of the products of each county —agrain, fruit, minerals—are shown. Beltrami Exhibit Good. In the Northern Minnesota group, W(Beltrami and Crow Wing county show up very well. Morrison also has an interesting exhibit. Nicollet county’s exhibit from Southern Min- nesota is full of interesting and edu- cational features. Standing alone among counties is the claim of Beltrami that its potato crop was not damaged by the hot sumimer. Throughout the rest of the state there is a general complaint that hot weather caused the plants to go to top, and that the marketable tuber showed up missing when the spuds were dug. But these energetic boosters for Beltrami county—B. M. Gile, agri- culturist, and Harry Winters, of the ~firm of Reynolds & Winter—claim Beltrami spuds will run 400 bushels to the acre. George Miller of this county has 35 acres that will run 250 bushels to the acre, at least. But that’s not all Beltrami county pro- duces. The production of alfalfa in the county has increased 300 per cent this year alone, Mr. Gile says. Mangel Exhibit. “Now look at this exhibit of man- zel,” said Gile enthusiastically. b Mangel, be it known, is not connected S f with the laundry business, It’s a ¥ product that looks like a beet and cattle take to it like a kiddy to a circus. He showed an exhibit of mangel by August Jarchow. ‘“Now, f can you beat a proposition like this— ‘, a county where land is purchased for i $30 an acre, and where a man can raise cattle and all their food, too?” The correspondent admitted he could i not, and moved on, Schools Get Attention. Those schools in Koochiching coun- ty are gaining a lot of merited pub- A licity this week. There is an exhibit i from the rural and consolidated N schools, under the direction of George [ Cochran of Little Fork. The schools there are taking the consolidagion strong, he says, and it is workmg Cochran pointed with pride to his exhibit, which showed nine first prizes. Essays on cattle got a first ! and a second prize, while poultry, i essays did as well. The county cop- ped off one first on a flour essay— and away up in a country more fa- [ mous for lumbering. There were three first prizes for sewing exhibits. John Berg, International Falls, and Joe Allard, Big Falls, were in ” f&,,charge of Koochiching county’s ag- g ricultural exhibit. Grasses, grains ! and fruit showed that this county can 4 make itself famous for more things than having the longest name in the state and producing the x_nost print paper in the state with all its present high prices. Hospitality Strong. Hospitality was the thing that stood out strong in the Nicollet coun- ty exhibit—but that was by far not all that Henry Robel had to show. Robel is one of the best boosters in the state—for Nicollet county—but he is truthfully conservative about it. He has been in charge of the ex- hibit of this county for many years. He admits Mankato to be a regular town, but recalls with pride that North Mankato has the neutral ad- vantage of being in his county. Corn down in Nicollet county is running about sixty bushels to the acre, he says. Potatoes are of excel- lent quality but not as plentiful as last year. Grains afe doing well, but apples is where Nicollet county scores a touchdown. The “wealthy” apple, he says, is being raised in the ma- jority down there. These apples, he claims, are very well adapted to the county. Building Material. Building material forms a large part of the exhibit of this county, -which ‘is in the heart of .the district that furnishes 84 per cent of the building material of the state, ex- clusive of wdod. Sands ‘and stone from this. productive section are .shown. Notable is the sand in an 7 (Continued on Page 4) ! i BEMIDJI GHILDREN BEMIDJL. MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 5. 1916, GOUNGIL APPROVES WID UF VEGKTION pLaN oF NoRMAL Schools are Opened; Attendance is Large; New Teachers are As- signed to Worl “And then the whining school- boy, ‘With satchel and shining morn- ing face, Creeping, like a snail, lingly to school.” ——Shakespeare. unwil- “Oh, Jiminy C’rismus! School be- gan again today. “Yes, sir, vacation is over and in place of goin’ swimin’ and playin’ around,” we got to study ’rithmetic and all that kind of stuff.” Such were the statements of many Bemidji school children this morning. Vacation is over and school began today. The attendance was very large, but arrangements have been made to take care of all the students. New teachers were assigned to their positions today. BROTHERHOODS PRAISE STAND OF GITIZENS At a meeting of representatives of the four railway brotherhoods in Be- midji Sunday resolutions were passed thanking the Commercial club for not taking sides opposing the brother- hoods in the recent railway contro- versy. A resolution was also passed thank- ing the Pioneer for its neutral stand. MANY ENTER BIG MOVIE CONTEST Many fieople have entered the moving picture contest being con- ducted by the Pioneef. In fact, so many people have submitted answers that the moving picture editor is swamped. The contest will be closed the latter part of this week when prizes will be awarded. HEAVY TRAVEL TO THE STATE FAIR Local railroads are reporting heavy travel to the state fair. The Min- nesota & International railway is ac- commodating the Bemidji people who desire to atend the fair by operating an additional sleeper. Many Bemidji people are motoring to the fair. TWO HUNDRED INJURED AT WELSH-WHITE FIGHT Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 5.— Two hundred persons were more or less injured when a portion of the arena of the Welsh-White fight col- lapsed yesterday. Freddie Welsh re- tained his title after going the full scheduled 20 rounds with the chal- lenger, Charlie White of Chicago. Referee Billy Roche of New York awarded Welsh the decision on points. Cedar Rapids, O., Sept. 5.—In less than eight minutes of actual fighting yesterday, Johnny Kilbane of Cleve- land spoiled the hopes of George Chaney of Baltimore for the world’s; featherweight championship. A ter- rific right smash settled the fight. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 5.—Kid Wil- liams of Baltimore outclassed Frankie Brown of New York in a ten-round battle yesterday. MARGUERITE CLARKE AT GRAND TONIGHT The Famous Players Film com- pany’s picturization of Mark Twain’s beloved romantic story, ‘“The Prince and the Pauper,”’ in which irresistible Marguerite Clarke is starred, will be shown at the Grand theater tonight. “The Prince and the Pauper” is a film that will be appreciated by folks of all ages for its merriment and clever humor with .its dashes of dramatic thrills. Marguerite Clarke is said to reach the artistic climax of her career in this picture. WHEAT GLIMBS UP; SHORTAGE PREDICTED Chicago, Sep¢. 5.—Wheat went up two and a half cents today, on ac- count of strong foreign cables and the prediction of a wheat shortage. $00 BRAKEMAN BADLY HURT AT THIEF RIVER| . Earle Robinson, a Soo Line brake- man, known in Bemidji, sustained a broken leg,”several broken ribs and was injured internally in the {freight yards at Thief. River Falls Saturday when he jumped from-between two cars on which he was working: to: give a signal. He is at the Thief River hospital in a ‘critical condition. o . Defictive Page SGHOOL GROUNDS AND CITY PARK Report is Made by Landscape Engi- needs; Plans Include Drive, Boat Landing and Grandstand. COUNTY GIVES $250 TO AID COUNTY FAIR Bemidji Band to Give a Dance Every Friday Night; Commission to Investigate Taxes. A. P. White, the Bemidji member SENATOR NELSON ROASTS MEASURES OF DEMOGRATS IN SENATE ADDRESS Minnesota Senator Gives Legislation of the “Mule Party” a Warm Grilling. STRIKE ACTION IS HELD UP AS “CROWING GLORY” Tariff Law Destroys Protection and Fails to Produce Revenue, He Says. 3 Washington, .Sept. 5.—“I cannot of the state normal school board, ap-|omit referring to the greatest legis- peared before the city council at its|lative glory of the Democratic party regular meeting last night and pre- sented plans for the normal school grounds and the c¢ity park at Dia- mond Point. The plans were the same as published .in the Pioneer a week ago. Many Improvements. The plans were drawn by land- scape engineers and included im- provements for the city park. Theé plans include a beautiful drive, con- crete boat landing, grandstand and auto parking space, bath houses and play grounds for the city park. The council unanimously accepted the plans and the report of the engi- neers. The Pioneer will yublish the complete report of the engineers in tomorrow’s paper. Manager McLauchlin of the Be- midji band applied to the council to secure the use of the city hall every Friday evening for dances to be given by the band. The matter was referred to the city clerk and mayor. An amendment to No. 84, automo- bile and vehicle ordinance, was pass- ed, all aldermen voting in favor of the ordinance. Tax Committee. - “Alderman Lahr, City ‘Assessor Lloyd and City Attorney Russell were ap- pointed as a committee to appear be- fore the state tax commission at a meeting to be held here in the near future. Efforts will be made to low- er the tax rates. An appropriation of $250 was made for the Beltrami county fair. This appropriation is the same that is made annually for the fair. City Engineer Swinson was in- structed to repair 23rd street. This road is in need of repair. It is the main road to the Holy Cross Catholic cemetery. Inasmuch as permanent bath houses will be erected next year at Diamond Point to conform with plans of the normal school engineers, the lumber in the old bath houses at Dia- mond Point was sold to A. A. Carter for $25. The city attorney was instructed to start condemnation proceedings for 15th street on Irvine and Doud avenues to make the street 60 feet wide. J. J. Jenkinson was awarded the contract for the moving of dirt for the approaches to the new Mississippi inlet bridge. The Bemidji Business college to- day opened its fall sessions with a good attendance. Miss Henriette Anderson of Port Huron, Mich., is a new instructor in the college. She has been teaching at Liverpool, O. this session in the passing of a law to increase by legislative act the wages of a certain class of railroad employes 25 per cent over what they are receiving now,” said Senator Knute Nelson with intense sarcasm in a speech in the senate yesterday on the legislative record of the adminis- tration. “This is the culmination of' Democratic wisdom in the field of legislation. J Time Will Tell. “Time will tell whether this bill will be of any personal advantage to those who held us by the throat and threatened to strike, and whether it will help democracy to secure the re- election of Woodrow Wilson. One thing is certain, that if the increased wages are sustained and allowed it will of necessity impose a great ad- ditional burden upon the farmers and producers of the country. The ultimate burden will fall upon them. This is a piece of the so-called con- structive legislation of the Demo- cratic party.” Other Laws Reviewed. Senator Nelson reviewed the tariff and war revenue laws, the currency legislation, the trade commission act, the Clayton act, the child labor law ang-the ship purchase law. v “Th): avowed purpose of the tariff law was to destroy protection and to' produce revenue,” he said. “It was successful as a destroyer of protection but an utter failure as a ! revenue provider: “Like the Democratic tariff law of 1894, this Democratic tariff act of 1913 produced deficiency of reven- ues.” The meeting of the Bemidji Town- ship Farmers club which was sched- uled to be held at the Jester Farm re- sort September 9, will be held in- stead at the farm home of A. O. Pad- dock, six miles south of Bemidji. The Jester resort is crowded with sum- mer guests and would be unable to accommodate the farm club. GRAND RAPIDS MAY BE HERE SUNDAY Grand Rapids today telephoned Ray Johnson, manager of the Bemidji football team, in an effort to arrange a game to be played in this city next Sunday. - Final arrangements will be made tonight. The Bemidji team is strong and is ready for the opening game. J. O’- Connor has been named captain of the team. __—__’5%”:’? & u.:f‘ EXTRA RAILROAD COMMISSION FILES RAILWAY ORDER (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 5.—The state rajlroad and warehouse commission today ordered that the Northern Pa- cific regard the Minnesota & Inter- national Falls and Big Fork & In- ternational Falls and Northern Pa- cifie as all one road with continuous, mileage in computing freight rates. This will save ‘hundreds of dollars annually to shippers. 1 ATTENDANGE REGORS AT STATE FAIR BROKEN Monday’s Attendaiice Exceeded Only|; in 1912 When Roosevelted | Visited Fair, (By United' Press). ] St. Paul, Minn., Sept..5.—That the, threatened railway, strike did . mot keep peaple from coming to the Min- nesota State Fair was, eyvident yes- terday when 92,617 people attended the opening of the fair. This .ex- ceeded all records for opening . day with the exception of 1912 when Roosevelt , visited . the fair. The weather today was rainy, with promise of clear weather late this afternoon. A feature of the fair yesterday was the racing of Saidye Densmore owned by A. D. Dinney of Minot, N. D., in the 2:05.pace. Machinery attracted much atten- tion today. Many new exhibitors were entered in the machinery show. The automobile show, was larger than any previous one. Building mater- ials got a huge share of attention, too. Nine model houses costing $10,- 000 were brought from Cleveland to ;lelmonstrate different building mater- als. Live stock and cattle exhibits this year exceeded all records for their size. « = < It is estimated that the atténdance’ will be over 45,000 today.. Last year it was over 30,000.. The receipts yesterday were over $31,000, as com- pared to over $20,000 last year. GOMMISSIONERS FAVOR JEFF ROAD Jefferson Highway Directors Holding Meeting With County Board This Afternoen. Beltrami county’s directors of the Jefferson Highway association are meeting this afternoon with the board of county commissions which is meeting at the court house in reg- ular session. It is reported that all the commis- sioners are Jefferson highway enthu- siasts and the county board may make an appropriation today to pay the county’s share of assessment for the highway. Several road matters came before the board this morning. H. E. Palmer and a number of men from the town of Grant Valley asked the board to repair State Road No. 3 between Sections 9 and 16. Mr. Pal- mer stated that the road was impas- sable and that the residents of the district were unable to market their crops. He stated an instance where a farmer.was unable to sell his hay crop because it was impossible to haul the hay to the city. It is ex- pected that the commissioners will take some action to have the road improved. '|SIXTY TAKE OUT HUNTING LIGENSES Sixty persons have taken out small game hunting licenses in Beltrami county, according to a report at the office of the county, auditor this morning. This is about the same number as last year. The season opens Thursday. liv.ng- - 'RUSSIAN TRANSPORTS LAND SLAV TROOPS AT RUM: Histozjlen} séalaty : A BEMIDJI GOMMERGIAL . T0 HOLD MEET TONIGHT —_— The Bemidji Commercial club will hold a regular meeting at the club rooms tonight. The meeting wlil be- gin at 8:30 o’clock. As there are several important matters to be taken up by the club every member is urged to be present.. = CONCESSIO] ‘Will be soid-at thongfi.lr grounds Thursday at 1 P. M., for lunch coun- ters,.refreshments, etc. ‘Agds':ucgep;tfilt» i.dg:rs will be re- quire 0 deposit: $3.00, - - - C. F. SCHROEDER, " Secretary. X 1V 1 BERLIN REPORTS THAT RUMANIANS ARE CHECKED IN TRANSYLVANIA trian Right. _. e 1 RUSSIANS AGAINST tlay FORTY CENTS PER MONTH : BULGARIAN TROOPS First Time in War That Slavs Have - Been in Battle with Bulgaria Troops. __ (By United Press) Rome, Sept. '5.—Russian trafis. ports have landed, large, Slav, contjn- gents at the Rumanian port of .Con- {stanza to aid operations against Bul- garia. 6AY o : Rumanians Checked. Berlin, Sept. 5.—The Rumanians ' haye been,checked on both wings in the Transylvania invasion. Budapest, Sept. 5.—It is reported %hat the Rumanian advance has been . alted near Orsova on the extreme Austrian right. - Petrograd, Sept. 5.—The Rusgians which crossed through Rumania in action against the Bulgarians en- countered the Bulgarians at Dod- rudja this morning. This'is the first time since the war started that the Russians were in a battle with the Bulgarians. To Visit Front. Rome, Sept. 5.—United States Am- bassador Page will visit the Italian front soon. Paris, Sept. 5.—Newspapers state today that Field Marshal von Hinden- berg has arrived on the western front and is urging commanders to a more stubborn defense on the Somme. Sofia, Sept. 5.—The Bulgars and Germans have captured the Ruma- nian towns of Kurtbunar and Akka- dunlar. Geneva, Sept. 5.—A dispateh from Rome" states a British official told an Italian official that the war would last 18 months more. Berlin, Sept. 5.—The Bulgarians have captured the Rumanian town of Dobric, twelve miles inside the Ru- manian frontier. London, Sept. 5.—The Canadian Pacific steamer Montreal is sinking off Tilbury. It is reported that it was in a collision. - WELL KNOWN LUMBERMAN DIES AT FARGO. N. D. (By United Press) Fargo, Sept. 5.—William H. White, engaged continually in the lumber business in the Red River valley since 1873, died of heart failure yesterday. He formerly resided at Brainerd. Mrs. C. L. Knox of Cour d’Alene, Idaho, who has been a guest at the A. T. Carlson home, returned to her home today. REVENUE BILL IS AMENDED BY SENATE d (By United Press) ‘Washington, Sept. 5.—The senate today amended the revenue bill to permit the president to use such a part of the army and navy as he deems advisable to prevent preference by belligerents against American firms or shippers. MEXICAN COMMISSION GOES T0O NEW LONDON (By United Press) New York, Sept. 5.—The Mexican- American commission left today on the president’s yacht, Mayflower, for New London, Conn. RESULTS OF CONTEST TO » BE ANNOUNCED SOON The results of the essay contest conducted by J. J. Opsahl on the sub- ject “Beltrami County Saloons vs. Beltrami County Dairy Cows as Farm and Home Developers,” will be an- nounced soon. The essays are being read preparatory to the awarding of the prizes. DRUNKENNESS REDUCED 80 PER CENT IN WINNIPEG (By United - Press) Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 5.—During three months of Winnipeg’s conduct without saloons, drunkenness has been reduced 80 per cent, and all crimes have been reduced 60 per cent, Chief License Inspector McLean re- ported today. Ivanhoe, Minn., Sept. 5.—Follow- ing a dispute over payment of his wages when he has no prisoners in the county jail, Sheriff Charles has locked up all the county records in his home, used as a ¢ourt house, tie- ing up all county business. Miss Margaret F. Gorman return- ed Sunday to Williston, N. D., where she is an instructor in the junior high school, after a visit of several weeks with her sister, Mrs. P. Waller.