Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 15, 1916, Page 1

I =—.is examining the students of the Cen- [ | | H l > / | | 4 i } ricultural economics in the Minne- ota College of Agriculture, who vis- d Bemidji last week. Dr. Durand ii "z The trip included visits to VOLUME XIV. NO. 275. SCHOOL NURSE T0 BE EMPLOYED FOR | BALANCEOF SCHOOL, YEAR,BOARDDECIDES, | Miss Bessie Burns Will Be Retained | Through School Year if Possi- ble to Secure Funds. MUCH GOOD WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED Board Discusses Construction of a ~ New Grade School Building at ; 4 Nymore. | A\t a meeting of the board of edu- cation Tuesday night it was decided to employ the school nurse, Miss Bes- until the Christmas holi- | days and until the end of the school | sie Buruns, vear if possible The education realized | the need of a school nurse and would | employ a school nurse regularly if lhel funds were available. | Miss Burns came to Bemidji three weeks ago to work one month under the state board of health as a result of the sale of Christmas seals in Be- midji. Bemidji is in the midst of several epidemics and the board decided to retain Miss Burns until the Christ- mas holidays. In the meanwhile ef- forts will be made to find a way to keep Miss Burns for the balance of e school year. "It was suggested at the meeting that a Tag Day be held, the proceeds of which being used to retain the school nurse. Mrs. H. C. Baer, Mra. A. G. Wedge and Mrs. D. L. Stanton, representa- tives of the Woman's Study club, at- tended the meeting of the board and requested the board to retain Miss Burns. It Miss Burns is retained the study club has agreed to assist her in every way possible. The club will also agree to aid in securing medicines, etc. The school nurse was | secured in Bemidji through the ef- forts of the study club. It was pointed out that Miss Burns board ot t#al school and s accomplismmg[ ‘much good. She visits at the homes and is in that way able to aid the Associated Charities in their work. The board of education set the Christmas holidays beginning Dec. 22. The board authorized the renting of the armory for basket ball pur- poses at $40 per month Howard Parsons, architect, \vhn’ designed the present high school, at- | #>nded the meeting and discussed the | onstruction of a grade school in the | ~vmore district. It is planned to con- | struct a $30,000 schoo. in the spring. | Mr Parsons suggested that a on story building constructed. Thl-l board will probably send representa- | tives to visit other school in tne) state to decide on what kind of a| building should be constructed. | RURAL CREDITS, BETTER ROADS, SETTLERSNEEDED Jetter credits, more settlers needed in the and things | northern section of Minnesota, according to Dr. iJ. Dana Durand, director of the 1919 United States census and proiessor of ag- better roadd are the three wds here with members of his ad- vanced class in agricultural econ- omics studying settlement and devel- opment problems in the Northern Minnesota section. State action to improve conditions by providing a system of credits to enable new farm- ers to get a start more easily is advo- cated by Dr. Durand. The visit to Bemidji wa9 made with R. E. Hodgson, E. B. Brossard and Mark Serum, students in the college of agriculture. The trip was a part of the laboratory work of the stu- dents, designed to put them in touch with conditions that must be met in development schemes. the #Vhite Earth Indian reservation, Itasca State park, Park Rapids, Grand Rapids, Meadowlands and Duluth. EXPLOSION WRECKS JAMISON COAL MINE (By United Press) Clerksberg, W. Va., Nov. 15.—A terrific- explosion wrecked the Jami- son coal mine late this afternoon, Ten persons were recently killed there. Toduy's accident is not de- tailed. ANADIAN ).INERS TH2EATEN TO STRIKE (By United Press) Winnipeg, Man.,, Nov. 15.—A strike of all western Canada miners is threatened. The men demand a 26 per .cent wage increase for 15,- 000 employes. Tl e companies have Just granted a seven per cent raise. THE B | opponent. las attorney general received 2,665.! '$130.62 PER CAPITA R R R IR I I R I B I I % RESULTS OF ELECTION * ;"{xngjfia‘* L4 All the precincts in Beltrami coun- ty have reported the election returns, glving the following results: Wilson carriedt the county by votes. The vote was as follows: Wilson 1,908, 1,329, Kellogg for United States senator carried the county @er his Demo- cratic opponent by 610 *votes. The vote was as follows: Kellogg 1,793, | Lawler 1,185 and Calderwood 717 Governor Burnquist swamped his | opponent for re-election. The vote for governor was as follows: , Burn- | o 579 Hughes Anderson 181, Johnson 67. Frankson, the Republican candi- date for lieutenant governor, deteated hiis Democratic opponent nearly twol to one in the county. He received 1,862, Thorson received 934, Hanson S84 and Simonson 230. Julius Schmahl for re-election as| secretary of state ran away from his)| Schmahl received 2,432 votes and Johnson 923, ! Henry Rines for state treasurer re-| ceived 2,677, Lyndorr A Smith for re-election | ¢ railroad and warehouse com- missioner Mills received 1,871 votes, Heden 959, Lind 752. Judge Quinn received less votes in the county than did his Minneapolis opponent. Quinn received 1,505 ! votes and Anderson 1,571. Harold Knutson for congress re- ceived 2,406 votes. Donohue received 1,054 and John Knutsen 411. Judge C. W. Stanton for re-elec- tion as judge of the fifteenth judicial district received 3,121 votes. Charles S. Carter of Hines was de- feated by 213 votes. He received 1,731 votes and Pendergast received 1,944 votes. / Jodeph E. Harris was elected judge of probate by 147 votes. Clark re- ceived 1,741 votes and Harris 1,868. In the second district commission- ership race Imsdahl was elected. He received 494 votes, Hilden 423. In the fourth district commissioner race Lennon received 283 votes and Jerome 288. J. C. Thompson was defeated for commissioner of the fitfth district. Sam Ellis received 407 votes and Thompson received 322 votes. INDIANS RECEIVE $14,490 FROM THE GOVERNMENT AT A PAYMENT MADE HERE White Earth Reservation Red Men Receive Annuity and Payment in Bemidji. PAID TO INDIANS Annuity is $19.50; One Hundred and Ninety-six Indians Receive Share in Payment. Indiansi of the White Earth reser- vation today received 314,490 in a payment here today. One hundred and ninety-six Indians participated in the payment. The payment was ronducted at the ci.y hall by J. H. Hinton, superin- tendent, B. P. Six, chief clerk, and William Dailey and A. J. Powers, clerks. Checks were paid at the city hall. Eighty-one Indians received $130.60 per capita. The money for incompetent adults and minors was placed in a bank. Each of the 196 Indians received $19.50 annuity. The Indians casbhed their checks at banks in Bemidji and purchased many articles from local merchants. TWO KILEED IN FREIGHT WRECK (By United Presd) Hopkins, Minn., Nov. 15.—Guy Rager of Chester, Mont.,, and E. R. Spiers of Minot, N. D., were killed in a rear-end collision of two Great Northern freight trains here today. Both of the men were stockmen and were in the caboose of the freight was smashed. The freight was await- ing orders on the main track when the second freight crashed into fts rear. BANK IS CLOSED; CASHIER MISSING (By United Press) Williamstown, W. Va., Nov. 15— The First National bank has been closed. Cashier George Hunter has disappeared. BLACKMAIL CASE I8 CONTINUED (By United Press) Washington, Nov. 16.—U. 8. Com- missioner Taylor continued until Dec, 18, the hearing of the government'’s case against Dr. Graves, charged with attempting to blackmail Count- ess von Bernstorff, ADAMSON ACT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL; ASK INJUNCTION Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Other Railways File Orders. CLAIM ACT IS AGAINST THE FIFTH AMENDMENT Managers Representing Railways Again Dig Deeper Into Adam- son Law. (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn,, Nov. 15.—The Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Minneapolis & St. Louis lines, separ- ately and simultaneously today filed in the district court applications for injunctions to restrain the action of the Adamson law. They allege that the law violates the fifth amendment of the Federal Constitution. . Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 15.—Penn- sylvania lines today filed an injune- tion restraining the United States government from enforcing the Ad- amson law. New York, Nov. 15.—Managers representing the greatest railways again dug deeper into the Adamson law. The object is to establish fa- vorable terms for its operation. Sev- eral roads are filing actions against the operation of the law. This is being done to prevent the penalty clause operating against them. FOUR DEAD FROM FIRST COLD WAVE (By United Press) Chicago, Ill.,, Nov. 15.—Four per- sons are dead from exposure as & re- sult of the first cold wave. Houston, Tex., Nov. 15.—Unhar- vested southern Texas orange crop is a total loss. Killing frosts have done $100,000 damage. The temperature was 26 degrees above zero. PETERSON IS SENT T0 FERGUS FALLS David Peterson of Eckles was ad- judged insane in the probate court Tuesday afternoon and was ordered sent to the hospital at Fergus Falls. He had been an inmate of that in- stitution several years ago. MISS OLIVE HINES T0 WED MR, WENTWORTH A wedding license has been issued at the office of the clerk of court to Miss Olive Lydia Hines of Hines and Byron Nathaniel Wentworth, A wedding license has also been is- sued to Louis Matowsak and Josie Vondrka. SENIORS TO GIVE LITERARY PROGRAM The Seniors of the Bemidji high school will give the first of a series of literary society programs to be given by the different classes of the high school during the year, Friday afternoon. The program will be as follows: Vocal solo, by Edith Mills; current events, by Martha Larson and Daisy Sullivan; story telling, by Olga Skin- vick; a farce, “The Templeton Tea- pot,” presented by the following cast: Mr. Horace Templeton, a collector of antiques, Vernon Lamson; Prof. Al- geron Gates, in love, Chester Kin- ney; Mr. Eric Dean of Boston, Daniel Gainey; Mr. Leon Brunnett, an in- ventor, Maurice Witting; Mrs. Hor~ ace Templeton, Emma Klein; Hilda Templeton, her daughter, Medora Rice; Sue Templeton, the old maid aunt, Mable Johnson; Mrs. Leon Brunnett, Milre Achenbach, WILSON MAY BE BETTER MAN NOW (By United Press) Berlin, Nov. 16.—"With the cam- paign worries off his mind, Presi- dent Wilson may prove to be an al- together different person and see the opportunity when it arrives to help obtain peace in Europe,” Count Ap- ponyl said this morning when he ar- rived from Budapest to address the Relchstag. MASQUERADE BALL TUESDAY, NOV. 21 The first masquerade ball of the season will be given at the city hall Tuesday under the management of Carroll C. Hill. The music will be furnished by Burchard’s orchestra. Tickets will sell for 76 cents. ’ : 'k MINNESOTA | RISTORICAL. ’ " Although the Bemidji Crop Show does not open for three weeks, ex- hibits of corn and potatoes have al- ready been recelved. The crop show will be held Dec. 7, 8 and 9 and it promises to be even bigger and bet- ter than the show that was held last yeag W. G. Schroeder has kindly con- sented to store the exhibits of pota- toes in his basement until the time of the show. Any adult wishing to exhibit may at any time leave his potatoes or corn, properly marked, at Schroeder’s store and they will be placed on exhibit free of charge at the time of the show. At Battles’ Store. During the week of the show ex- hibits of corn, pbtatoes and poultry should be left at Battles’ Hardware store where.the exhibit will be held. Hntries close Wednesday evening, Dec. 6, and the judging will begin promptly the next’ morning at nine o'clock. Experts in each particular line will do the judging. The merchants of Bemidji have donated very liberal prizes and it is only through their co-operation that Bemidji 18 able to put on such a high x l class seed show., Premiums are of- fered on corn, potatoes and poultry. One object of this show is to fur- nish a place where anyone interested in corn, potatoes and poultry may come and see what the right types are. Farmers can only improve:by selection and potatoes especially de- teriorate rapidly unless the best is saved for seed each year. The judges of each class will re- main on hand during the entire week and visitors are invited to find why one sample of potatoes and corn or one pen of poultry took first prize and another second. Banks Give Prizes. The local potato and corn contest among the boys and girls will be de- cided at the time of the show. Each contestant in the potato contest will have a peck of seed on exhibit and each contestant in the corn contest will have twenty ears of corn on dis- play. The Northern National bank, through W. L. Brooks, is offering the first two prizes on the potatoes sand the Security State bank, through H. C. Baer, cashier, is offering two first prizes on corn. Anyone desiring a copy of the premium list may get one or more copies if desired from B. M. Gile, Bemidji school agriculturist, who is secretary of the show. Sheep Raising Profitable; Bemidji is Central Point For Good Pure Bred Stock By B. M. GILE (Bemidji School Agriculturist) To every one who observes the trend of affairs on the farms in the Bemidji country, the increase in the number of farms where sheep are kept is noticeable. A sheep raiser is seldom found who is not enthusiastic over the profit from this class of live- stock. Sheep are also a great help in clearing up the farm and in in- creasing the fertility of the soil. Sheep are often called the “Golden Hoof™ because they never impover- ish the land upon which they tread. Sheep manure is worth more per ton than any other class of manure ox- cept that of chicken and it is always spread evenly over the land. Some one has said that no spreader has yet been invented that does such perfect work as the sheep themselves, Sheen are Profitable. Sheep are one of the most profit- able classes of livestock. The factors which make this true are not hard to find. In the first place they re- quire less labor than any other class of farm animals. At lambing time, which is the shepherd’s harvest, the successful sheep raiser must be pre- pared to give them considerable time, but in the busy haying and harvest time all that it is necessary to do is to see that plenty of pure water and salt is available and to count them occasi8nally to see that none of them are in trouble. Secondly. less expen- sive buildings are required. If sheep have a place that is dry and out of the wind, they will not suifer with the cold. Sheep require less outlay of capital. The price of eight good sheep at present is about equal to the price of one good cow. With the present good prices for wool, the fleece will pay for the maintenaace of breeding ewe and she will raise one, two or three lambs, which with the high prices for meat makes a good net profit for the owner. Mr. Clark, of the Clark Pole & Tie com- pany, is authority for the statement that we will never see cheap meat again. This, together with the great shortage of wool caused by waste {n the European war, will undoubtedly make the wool and mutton business good for years to come. Get Pyre Bred Sheep. From what has been said, it is not intended to give the impression that it would be wise to give up the-dairy cow and stock up with sheep, but rather to show that a great many more farmers might profitably keep a few sheep. E. E. Schulke of Ten- strike has a good flock of sheep. Mr. Schulke says that they are the most profitable class of stock he has on his farm. Other prominent sheep raisers around Bemidji are Lawrence Steinbrook, Frank Silversack, August Jarchow, Peter Narum and Fred Dudley. The Moore, Burke and Traf- ton farm recently purchased four pure bred Shropshire ewes and two Shropshire rams. The production of good breeding stock will be of great benefit to sheep in this community and it ought to be a profitable un- dertaking for those concerned for the reason that people for a hundred miles in every direction are looking toward Bemidji as a central point where they may send and get good pure bred stock. Many farmers are expected to at- tend the Farmers’ Institute which will be held at the high school build- ing in Bemidji Saturday, Dec. 9. The Corn, Potato and Poultry show will be held on the same day. In previous years this institute has been held about the first of Novem- ber. This year it was thought that it would be a good idea to extend the-crop show which is held Dec. 7 and 8 in connection with the annual meeting of the N. M. D. A. over to the ninth and hold the institute on that day. Last summer the merchants of Be- midji were invited to a big dinner given by the farmers at the fair grounds. On Dec. ninth, the Bemidji Merchants’ association will try to show some of its apprecjation by fur- nishing a good warm dinner to ev- eryone who attends the farmers' meeting. This dinner will be pre- MINNESOTA HAS MONEY TO LOAN (By United Press) 8t. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15.—Minne- sota will have money to loan the firat of the year, ’ With the shortage of money re- ported early this year the board quit recelving applications for loans from #chool districts and municipalities. Now flgures show that the board will have $103,000, Dec. 1, and ex- pects to have still more before the first of the year. Ma_ny Farmers Expf;cted to Attend Farmers’ Institute In Bemidji, Saturday, Dec. 9 pared and served by the girls in the domestic science department of the high school under the able supervi- sion of Miss Antoinette Olson. The program will bear a close re- lation to the crop show. The first prize samples will be used to show what can be done by selection. The entire country has its eyes on Northern Minnesota as a source for seed potatoes. George Miller, “The Potato King,” will probably make a few remarks on potatoes. The entire program will be an- nounced next week. A. L. Molander of the Minneap- olis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway has agreed to provide a way for peo- ple living along the Red Lake line to leave Bemidji about 9 p. m. for thelr homes. This will enable them to attend the institute, do whatever trading they wish and attend the first picture show before returning home. ONE KILLED: THREE INJURED IN ST. PAUL EXPLOSION (By United Press) 8t. Paul, Minn, Nov. 15.—Fred Stees, 20, of Minneapclis was killed and three others were slightly in- jured this morning when an acetyl- ene generator at the Brown Sheet Iron & Steel company exnloded. A fire followed. The damage was $3,- 000. C. R. Rank of Minncapolia was in Bemidji today on a hunting trip. RAILWAYS CLAIM |Exhibits Being Received : For Bemidji Crop Show . ' Tobe Held December 7=8-9| NINE MILES FROM midji yesterday. IDJ1I DAILY PIONEER BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, WEDNESDA Y EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1916, i x ENTS PER MONTE RUSSO-RUMANIANS. CAPTURE BOASIC, CERNAYODA CITY Petrograd Says Germans Have Pushed Back Rumanian Forces in the . Juil Valley. FRENCH PROGRESS NORTH OF SOMME British Storm Men and Metal Against the German Sub-surface Fortifications. (By United Press) Bucharest, Nov. 15.—The Ruma- nian® and Russians are again on the offensive in Dobrudja. , They have captured Boasic, nine miles from Cernavoda. Petrograd, Nov. 15.—Heavily re- inforced German troops have succeed- ed in further pushing back the Ru- manian forces in Jiul valley below the Vulkan pass district. London, Nov. 15.—With unbated fury attending the initial smash the British are storming metal and men against Germany’s vaunted sub- surface fortifications on both sides of the Ancre brook. | London, Nov. 15.—With bomb and bayonet, following a terrific barage of fire, the Canadians have taken the last sector of the famous Regina trench from the Germans. Paris, Nov. 16.—The French have further progressed north of Somme. HUGHES LEADS IN MINNESOTA BY 223 VOTES (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn.,, Nov. 15.—With ten precincts of civilian voters and ) 15 precincts of soldier vote missing, Hughes is leading Wilson at noon today by 223 votes. The total vote is Hughes 179,634, Wilson 179,311. The official recount of Hennepin county tomorrow may be the decid- ing factor. San Francisco, Cal.,, Nov. 15.— With two-thirds of the counties’ votes officially counted, Wilson has in- creased his plurality over Hughes by 286, Pnited Press returns show. Roswell, N. M., Nov. 15.—The Re- publicans have filed contest proceed- ings in eight precincts of the plains country in eastern New Mexico. ELECTION OVER, INQUEST ISN'T; VERDICT AWAITED (By United Press) New York, Nov. 15.—The elcction's over, but the inquest isn’t. Vance McCormick has lost interest in the corcner's verdict and gone home, leaving William Willcox to sit up with the body and hear the evidence, it he wants to. One brilliant New York reporter today is still smarting from the Democratic chairman’s comeback to his prepature inquisitiveness. “What,” asked the reporter, ‘‘do you expect to get now that Wilson has won the victory?” “A great deal,” said McCormick, “of sleep.” It is a question whether Chairman Willcox will get even that for days and dayst Old John W. Gloom, who ran him- self bow-legged all week, trying to decide which of the two chaiimen to stay with, was stretched out all over the Willcox sanctum today. The only cheerful thing about Republican headquarters is the decoration. No- body has troubled to cfface the pic- ture of Uncle Sam lifting the old flag out of the dust for Hughes. They have oven suffered to remain un- touched the merry quip: “Blect Bill Jones for sheriff! kept us out of jail!” As for Democratic national head- quarters with its staff of 300 and its oftice building full of mahogany furniture, nothing remained dut an air of victory. *~ The last vestige of- Democratic doubt as to Wilson's vie- tory has vanished and the great rooms are as empty as a ditch dig- ger's stomach at 6 p. m. He Senlator George H. Sullivan of Stillwater, president pro tem of the state senate, was a business visitor in Bemidji today.. George E. Ericson, editor of the Spooner News, was @ visitor in Be« X