Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1919, Page 1

o —— i { | | - bhd . YOU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS--READ T BEMIDJI D VOLUME XVIL, NO. 17 : " BEMIDJL MINN, TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 21, 1915 TOTAXPAYERS ‘Assessed Vfluafim of -County | foy Over Eight Millions; Aver- 5 . age Per Acre Is$3.36 Commercial club 5 . Get Together; Confe Today With Eng 4> COLLECTIONS RUN CLOSE TO.TWO MILLION MARK Gile Gives Partial Report for Vexatious Problem* Ot the American delegation to the peace congress,’ Henry. White J8 the| nold, ~engineer, Minneapols, midji's water K works rplexitis that held the boards for the paat f years, will be solved by tonight. Di cussion has ended and action Wi now rule. ; At the meeting of the couneil Iast]s night; Mr.-Arnold made his report of investigatton of the wells tdnd watel ! works ‘system, including a (Keolegi~ cal survey of the wells and surround- valuation, shows. the . records of | of his great abllity, [Long known us Co’u_‘ntyf’l‘reunrer Gile, and a partial | the “Tiger,” Mr. Clemenceau has al- rendr.‘t' proves interesting. It shows | ways been a sturdy fighter for democ- that the assessed . valuation of ‘the| Facy- . county .is $8,038,632. The assessed E ' 15" $3.36, and re- e omrents 1o, navo ven 6| $90.000 IN MEASURE 3 3 a 160. From the recordsw;)sieflemjew FOR RED LAKE WORK: the following figures; what the office has done during the 53‘000 RIVER BRIDGE past year,. “an admirable re- cord: TN ¢ % r % Washington, Jan. 21.—The Indian Current tax receipts issued, 18, approprlations' bill reported to the v,bnn long connected with the Ameri- ican embassy o London and afterward ambassador to Ytaly and France. i strata of the Great Divide. His pro-|: ) LAND FOR SOLDIERS TOPIC ings, even including thg;zén!ez\lc_a@ i i OF ALBERTA. CAN.. FARMERS ! bl 1 s i ; 2 _|'house today carries the following | position ‘was that for $27,500 hej - Well! Well . Well! If Postmaster [ (By United Press.) 36};““" redemption receipts, 1| jiomg ¢or Minnesota: guaranteed fo install a well’ system | General Burleson hasn’t backed up| Kdmondton, Ala. Jan. 21.—dLand Y Support of Pipestone school, $54,- el " on the increase of from 100 to 300 |for soldiers was slated for wide dis. Taxes of former ydars receipts, 4,312, ° y per cent in the long distance tele- 650; support of Indian schools, yz,- that would guarantee a ’-“fll?‘°“§ ‘phone, rates in Minnesota, for the 600; for White Earth celebration, | supply for the entire city, capable o Lake agency, $50,000; bui.aing bridge at Red Lake river, $3,000; support of Chippewas, $100,000. MONTHLY MEETINGS OF " THE COUNTY BOARD In times past, the board of county their own’ life out. :Two smal! to $1,796,681.44. They were to- commissioners have met whenever it |crete reservoirs would: he installed, ‘taled as foilows: was considered necessary’and meet- { fully reinforced to'hold reserve-sup- # Current tax ... $ 654,865.12|ings were held unknown to many {ply in case of fires and as auxiliary ° “Interest and. penalty 5,108.70 { who would desire to know the dates. |supply. Both of them can be used Former year-........ 124,087.30| Hereafter, this practice is to be elim- | at the same time, or one can be \;sed, Private redemption . 44,005.33 |inated. conserving-the supply. The reason * Public lands .. 12,660.98 D%cisioln has been r;ucbed tlu;lt the _’for two sn;allt ones, Instigg q; lolxtl; * Mort e tax 1,572.15 | board will meet at the court house|large one, is to preserve qu: Revefltg oon 18,705.87 | the first Tuesday of each month, this of water and not allow’it to stagnate “, s, WlRE lNOUlRY Ditches .. PR 764,345.86 | decision being reached at the sug-|in a large holder. = 28 ‘Teachers’ insurance.. . 1,022.15 | gestion of Commissioner Paulson. A Human Pump.™ - Washington, Jan. 21.—Investiga- Miscellaneous The custom has been for the board| phe main work would fall upon a| tion of the telegraph and telepuone tions .. . 170,307.98 service as administered by Postmas- | ter General A. 8. Burleson is regard- ed as a certainty by members of the telegraphers’ union, who.have pre- sented an appeal to the senate and houge. Responses to letters sent py the telegraphers to members of both houses are favorable to' the inquiry. The general charge is that Post- Swamp land receipts, 188. Teacheys ingurance receipts, 75. Total ‘ot receipts issued, 26,395. Assessgl valuation of county, $8,- 038, 633. . .0/ Average assessed per acre, $3.36. Redeemed warrents, 6,160. _ Colletigus Near Two Millions 2 tions. Were nearly “two millions, and to be exact amounted the new edict, and it is evident that the vigorous protest put up by the entire state had the desired result. if. needed, 1,250,000 gallons.in tw:% ty-four hours. Pure water. from’ th deep wells also guaranteed. 4 Equipment In Brief ‘}: ‘This is the substance of an offi- R women l’lel. a Jciul notice received today by Man- The equipment would include newj, oo Bielitz of the local Northwest- deep well pumps of a type that- wowld . " olanhone company. office. eliminate the old -pumps which BOW | ™y, 45 a1 atated.that the toll rates|; STORM SWEPT TOWN IS the Dakotas the charge will have the cost in vogue in those states added to, the Minnesota rates. 3 ‘plete other reconstruction to meet about pine times each year on days set by the board. 18.05.5¢ | PUBLIC MEETINGS CALLED (5235 FOR HEALTH PROMOTION 42,116.12 small automatic pump that would have a check which takes care of its self. It is so equipped - that when the water is pumped to a cestain height in the tank, the pump stops by a valve being automatically turned. When the water lowers by use to a certain mark, the valve au- tomatically turns and th ater Redemption .- 248,429.87 | the afternocon of January 23 to form 141,667.33 | a county unit. His call is as follows: Schools ......... Clty .or village . well pumps would be turned on and the water thrown direct into the|entire wire system of the country is o at my office in the Northern National | Householders are paying as high s ; $100.000 STATE AID TO bank-building, on Thursday, the 23rd | 30 cents per thousand gallons at pre- p‘l]mne tc;‘onlll:lnatlz:’ni R'.,l“ldtthfn:i\ wé:;l" 5 day, of January, 1919, at 3:30 o’clock | sent, . while there isa sliding scale the. authority wsed 8 LAt 00 1 ey COUNTY FAIRS READY|p ., for the purpose of organizing|for quanity. Mr. Arnold is of the emm&lmlt' the ?tetagm: n;lnnaglent\ient, » county public health association |opinion this is not fair to consumers. | S80oC sl i e etwes | Thus Gen. Mannerheim, St. Paul, Jan. 2L—State aid of | %, SO, RS O ibllo. Health | He says he can produce the water for DetFecn the SPUER Aoy e 3!0'.0,000 to m;xngy and districlie:g;l— association. A representative of the|the city at a cost of between four ncluding wages and alleged discrim- e “l“g‘l,;"‘l";" es, as appropriated b7 | Minnesota Public Health association fand five cents per thousand and that ‘Stet Al d?t 8 ’.’, :‘ Os ;v n:' will be present to-address you and as- | five cents will cover all cost of opera- olaLe # u d°" e i "’“’f - | sist in the organization. tion per thousand to consumers, that o "Q'?fi?,%&e r'e;;tsa;awggh t:gbsa;e t':; “Northern Minnesota is resorted to[no high priced employes would be e beluy of fliniyp by fair |45 & Place whete kipd healtH may, be| nessswiry, * officials wns.l blamed to the {nfluenza maintained angljoljt presence at this epidemic. - Irlr;eftitl;%m:m hl:m}:er:all‘)i' gssifsl :’n }er company of Chlcago, one of wg i da ain g a high stgndard of pub-|largest pump manufacturers an M;l‘: q&:fiffle?lln;ty!—:ze oil;glzgizfltfl:g? lic health and everyone interested |dealers in the United States, was pre- “which-is to be apportioned accord- should take part in the organization [sent and offered to sell the needed and management of this county pub-|pumps. His firm supplies the pumps tiny. She needs no assi outside to preserve orde zg;:;i;‘; gfai&:lsand the telephone, given the United Press. SUMMER CLIMATE OF 5 heim declared, C¢. R, Rank, well known land and|that time w realty dealer, who owns a farm about fifteen miles northeast of Bemidji and is aiso interested in other large \ “Director Minnesota Public Health k London; Jan. 21.—The death of Andn oG Hbh." a) ments for the government and also Prince John, youngest son of King RAL S George, came so quickly and unex-|yag - pectedly oaturday night there was on“gggEB’gA:;E ‘E};figgg&n no time for nurses te summon the king and queen to his bedside before P . ‘he expired. 4 Chicago, Jan. 21.— A, continued The delicate health of Prince John [labor shortage,with resultant hizh made it necessary that he always | wages Tor at least another year was have an attendant. Consequently he |forecast at a conference between was never seen on public occasions seventy-five men representing the with the other members of the royal | various railroads centering in Chi- family. - cago and government-and state em- ployment officials. come to their farm home on Long Lake and spend the warm months, and Mr. Rank today said he had writ- ten his wife to get ready to come up to Bemidjl and ‘“‘spend the rest of the summer,” and be ready when he arrived home. supplies the pumping for the big stee] trust and the -mines on the range and in large cities. He just completed a contract for drilling a well at Hibbing in which a boulder as large as a cottage was encountered and he went through. | A rteport was also received from L. P. Wolfe of Minneapolls, who made an offer to do the work. Joint €ommittees Named, ‘The matter was thoroughly threshed out and Engineer Arnold was closely questioned, His answers out her own salvation.” (By United Press.)* ed,” he explained. Superior, Wis., Jan. 21.—Exhibi- tors from the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were repre- sented at the annual Douglas county MAY AGAIN RETURK, , e Minneapolis, Jan. 21.—A statewide St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 21.—Anpother | survey to list all cases of dependent, bill providing for a return to the|neglected and delinquent children convention system of nominating|was begun today by Director William state ‘officers, except justices of the [Hodson of the state hoard of control supreme court, was presented in the |bureau of child welfare. Local or- fiouse by Representative C. H. War- | ganizations in every county will “e|with a special committee from the[night and it was the general opinion ner of Aitkin. Last week Repre-|asked to assist in the work and make | Commercial club, composed of Presi-|that the time to act is right now, sentative J. B. Hompe of Otter Tail |full reports on which, will be based |dent Robinson, W. L. Brooks, C. C.|and that in Engineer Arnold the county introduced a bill which differs|a summary of the relief measures! Warfield and J. P. Lahr, They will|right man has been discovered to do only in detail. g necessary. . make a report to an adjourned meet- ' the work. The result was the appoiutment of a council comittee, consisting of Al- derman Bagley, chairman of the water committee; Garlock, Backus, chairman of the finance committee, and Palmer to meet today to confer e —_— ing of the council tonignt when the|and Russian armies. water works matter will be settled. A spirit of optimism pervaded the meeting at the council chamber last \ )1 for police purposes.’ SOLDIER 6N RETURN. Waldemar Johnson, brother of Dr. . W. Johnson of this city, who has been in military service for the past several months, having been tioned in California and part of the time in Texas, has gone to Camp Dodge to receive his discharge, and ig expected to arrive in Bemidji any Allfed troops will not be sent into Finland, as reported, Gen. Manner- LD ler of the W “Finland called upon Germany'' he E. D Bowlerd L&¥no & fow BELTRAMI PLEASES VISITOR said, “simply to save herself from Russian bolshevism. The alliés at re unable to help us. “The Germon intervention was a military, not a political expedient. Finland believed she had to choose ing to premiums paid. lic health association 5 . for the Standard Oil company, other v CE TH SUDDEN “Dated January 20, 1919. h“rg: §0§p§rmon9, did thpe p‘lmplng :mldll]l"lss'l,1 w;'éals in Bemidji today, visit- | hetween Germans and bolshevigts. " PRINCE'S DEA DEN. “E. E. McDonald, - |ing his holdings. - She choose Germans. 2 ] in the military camps and cantone: Tvery summer the Rank family 1 oreonally opposed (nviting Ger- many in. 1 wanted Finland to work “We are especially bound to the United States,” he said, by the blood ties formed by thousands of people who have emigrated to Ameri- OLD PO CAL oD i STATE CHILD SURVEY. met the hearty approval of the coun- | poultry show opening here today for|ca. cil and the crowd of citizens present. | three days. “Thirty thousand Finns “What Finiand needs from United States now is food—not troops. We are on top of the situa- tion in Finland. The law-abiding elements have gained control order has been restored throughout Finland. We have adequate troops cussion here today as the eleventh annual convention of the United Farmers’ of Alberta got under way. mat- ters, taxes and scores of farming subjects are slated for discussion. M eceipts, 1,392. M?,'gfflf:,f,‘,’,: ',ef,e,‘l’m, 266. $1,000; logging, booming, towing|producing 1,000,000 -gallons . every | new mandate didn't go into effect School land: receipts, 231. and manufacture of timber at Red twenty-four hours if hecéssary a i |1ast night as scheduled. All other The four-day program is crowded X X states, it is asserted, felt the effect of with business tariffs, mining VOTING ON BONDS TODAY N |l Tyler, Jan, 21.—Tyler citizens to- s their way in pumping "'95?90“., n’ ‘Minnesota will remain the same,|day were voting ‘cg determine of 0N hyt if a call is sent to Wisconsin or|bonds shall be issued to cover the loss to the municipality in the tor- nado of last August, which destroyed dozeng of buildings and killed nearly fifty persons. The waterworks and lighting plant were among the build- TELEGRAPHERS ASK ‘ings destroyed. They have been re- built but the city is indebted for them, The bonds will relieve the warrants and enable the city to com- sta- | . State lands 12,224.20 | 1In line with the state-wide move- ¢ - “Incidentals. - 69835 | ment to establish health associations | #8ain goes to its proper level: P‘Jo master General Burleson has placed | iy ™" 'He has been in the medical i Suspense ; 15,730.64 | in every county of the state, under [emPIOYe is needed to look after it.|the government behind the Western | opartment of the army. Mr. John- Refunds . 1,774.40 | the Minnesdta Public Health associa. |It TUDS its own show and only re-|Union company against the teleg- |, gxpects to resume his position as State fund ... 33,696.90 | tion, for which state aid is given, quires some one to look at it about raphers’ organizations and is using druggist at Netzer's. Safatorium ...... 9,137.47 | E. E. McDonald, director’of the state | °%¢® in two weeks, doing awdy with | the power of the povernment to ac- e 2 Teachers’ insurance. 872.15 | nssociation, has issued a call for a|® Di& salaried employe. The tank|complish for the Western Union what ’ DIEREE. oo oebess o e e oo 579,961.87 | meeting of all persons interested in domestic supply would be regulated |that corporation had been unable to ‘NEED NO A]D SAYS State rural highway. 48,088.45 | public health to meet at his office by. the mere turn of a small valve|accomplish for itself, . St sad St e 3| oo FINNISH CHIEFTAIN (By Mail.)— Miscellaneous 46,043.70 Y 5 - A% tend\ 0;1 fige\tx{fén;lg {g:u?i:fgert;: a;f mains, not into the domestic supply | now in the hands of President New- (By United Press.) Totdl .. v...ouuin $1,343,911.96 | southern Beltrami county, to be heid |Of the house holders. “”‘;'b.r%“fl(;c“ o;qth‘e] ‘;(l/'efilfer:nl U'll':"‘ London, Dec. 29. an eodore N. Vall of the teie-lupinjang has now reached a position where she can work out her own des- nce from newly elected regent of Finland and former White Guard leader, summed up the ination, is entirely the policy of the situation in Finland in an interview whether Finland would eventualiy become a republic or a constitutional monarchy. “That is for the people themselves to decide,” he said. P A © “Within a month we shall call a general election to form a new diet in which all classes will be represent- our have fought under allied flags during the war—in American, British, French the and f ? MINNESC HISTORICAL SOCIETY IY PIONEER UPREME COUNCIL AGAIN DISCUSSES RUSSIAN PROBLEM -3 NATIONS CONFER By William Phillip Simms. (United Press Correspondent.) 2 ’ Paris, Jan. 21.—The supreme war council steering ¢com- mittee of the peace conference, again took up the Russian problem today. Representatives of the United States, Japan, France, Italy and Great Britain resumed their hearings on the: subject of representation and possible recognition of various The principal speaker 'was’ X Bfil@fi‘ of Public; Shows Georges Clemenceau, premier of the tain of Sett P ear Was Activ French republic, Is the president of " 'Water: Co % .Pl}t Y nr o b the peace congress, having been cho- Wate_r, c° 8 A v 2 54 2 sen for that place not only in compli- BRI R v factions now controlling Russia. Beltrami county is growing in| ment to France but also in recognition| With the advent of”T. Rudolp M. Scavenius, Danish minister in Petrograd. GERMAN NATIONAL ELECTION HINDERED. ' . Berlin, Jan. 21.—Spartacans succeeded in preventing the national election Sunday in Hamburg and several Rhineland towns, it was learned today. believed the vote would have favored the centrists and German: ‘democrats, so the apparent country-wide margin for majority: ssocialists in the national assembly id not seriously affected. * 0 ————— In the latter district it' was PEACE PROBLEM NEARING. By William Simms. Paris, Jan. 21.—It is reported that the disposal of preliminaries have progressed to such an extent that a full cougress will be able to take up the essential features the latter part of the week. Following a long conference this morningsthe supreme (his aftetnoon resumed its labors on the Russian situatfon. ing to $250,000,0G8. It became knowil that this. pre- dicament of the railroads-under gov- ernment control, with the inherent olement of the further increase of the cost of living which would result { from another advance in freight | rates, was the subject of considera- tion by Director Geéneral Walker D. Hines and the regional directors last week. i IMMIGRANT LABOR MUST ! BE CHECKED. SAYS WITNESS = Washington, Jan. 21.-—Testifying before the house immigration com- mittee, P. J. McNamara, vice-presi- dent of the legislative committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men and Engineers, sai dimmigration of ,cheap labor into this country from Central Europe must be stopped before peace is concluded’ or the United States will suffer financially | for years. FATHER LEAVES TO ROADS ARE FACING . ANOTHER RATE RAISE. - - T0 MEET DEFICITS Washington, Jan. 21.—With prev- jous and anticipated wage raises ag- gregating close to $1,000,000,a00, the ‘ director general of railroads is fac- i ing the question of agvancing freight rates again or obtaining from.some ‘3 other source the means of meeting a | prospective deflcit for 1918 .amount- 18 y - war ‘council MEET SON HOME FROM FRANCE day, having received a long distance telephone call to the effect that Com- pany B, 125th field artillery, would i | George Cheney went to Hibbing to- i T i { | | be in Hibbing tomorrow night. " The company has been in France, and Mr. Chepey's son, Ed. Cheney, is a member of the company. | Mr. Cheney expects to be away for a ° S & week or ten days. 70 REVISE DRAINAGE LAW. “§t. Paul, Jan. 21.—Plans for a complete revision of .the state drain- age laws will be discusséd at' a meet- Gen. Mannerheim did not know|ing of engineers, contractors, farmers and members of the legislature to be R held in the Old Capitol tomorrow, afternoon. The' purpose of the meet- ing is to tear the present drainage law to bits and set aslde its good features to be incorporated in a new’ law. The bad features, from the viewpoint of those who attend the 5 conference, are to be rejected. Laughter. “Laughter [s man's own attribute,” rays Rabelais, and from the time man service in began to think of othef matters than eating and waoging war he has wooed taughter in some form or other accord- ing to his ideas of what is comical. e The early pictured jokes on canvas, stone nnd paper are not conducive to il h'larity at this day and age, but hey amused the people of the time % ml-in making men laugh helped to Ivilize the race.