Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 1, 1919, Page 1

BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDA_Y: EVENING, FEB. 1, 1919 GENERAL PERSHING DECORATED BY FRANCE VOLUME XVIL NO. 27 © - WMILLIONSOF | | FORESTTINBER | N MINNESOTA § Pl 25 Only Thirty or Forty Rangers o " in State’s Employ; Fully - g “77 - 300 Are Needed * ASSERTED TERRIBLE FIRES | © COULD BE PREVENTED _ About: 3300,000 Neeaed for i3 § y; Present Sum , Is"Relatively Small { S lsv trying to protect 20,000,000 acres of timber land—an opiplre—w’lth 30 or 40 rangers,” de- -clared ‘A. P. Billiman of Hibbing in charging the state with neglecting one of fts:greatest soyrces of wealth, at the annual meeting of ‘the ..nne- sota Forestry ‘assoclation at the West hotel, Minneapolis. . " Mr: Silliman predicted there would be other and greater fires unless more comprehensive ~ prevention methods were adopted by the state. One of the purposes of the meeting it to stir up sentiment to secure legis- lative actibn by which the appropria- tion for the stateforestry service will be increased from $650,000 to about $300,000. ' It was stated that 300 < rangers were needed in the fire sea- son and that 100 .men should be per- manently engaged in this work. “We khow,” said Mr. Silliman, “that fires like the terrible one of! __last fall can.be prevented and we are here to make séntiment that will see 10 it that they are prevented in the future.” § 5% 3uginess Progosition. . Mr. Sillffnan-sald the state had re- “ceived from the morth country from the sale of land;'the sale of timber In the nume of France, President Poincare bestowed upon General Per:sl\!ng;_tfii‘ Grand (Jross. of the Legion’ of Honor, the most prized of decorations that France can bestow, at the American general hendquarters. Fjderallslrlgn' wmmsto i Vickers Buys Jury Indicts . To Auow REY! Brick Block of Pan Qfficers H, Gunsalus (United Press Correspondent.} Paris, Feb. 1.—The United States, supported by Great Britain, has sub- mitted to France a proposal for the v 4 A property deal of much general Chicago, Feb. 1.—Thirteen officers | This move was made in conformity | nierest to the business district of of the Pan Motor company of St.|with unofficial information abtained | Bamidii and oné of the most import- Cloud, Minn., were indicted by the|by American agents that Uremier and of several months 18 that where- federal grand jury here today on|Foreign Minister Tichitcherin -will immediate withdrawal of all troops from Russia, it was learned from an h by James Vickers, proprietor of a res- charges of conspiracy and use of the | accept the proposal for a joint con- ¢ mails to defraud. ference, providing_ that the sallied tajirant just west of the Troppman anthorative source today. forces ave first witharasil’ store on Third street, has purchased SERGT. HARDING WIRES " from Harry Gunsalus the two-story corner brick block at the southeast corner of Minnesota avenue and HOME FROM MEETING. r +Rev. George Backhurst, rector of ’ggird street, the d_eal involving 322.1 ESTERDAY'S PAPERS--READ THE PIONEER Y PION > b "“.\e\‘l -«¢r¥-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH IN SPEEDY ACTION; FRAMEWORK BEING By Fred S. Ferguson. '’ (United Press Correspondent:) { Paris, Feb. 1.—The usual plenary session was postponed today to permit the peace bureau to speed up action on the framework for the league of nations. ' PEACE CONFERENCE FAVORS U. S. POINTS. By Robert J. Bender. 2 g (United Press Correspondent.) . : Paris, Feb. 1. (Copyrighted 1919 by United Press.)—The . peace conference has developed so marked a tendency to accept the practical application of President Wilson’s fourteen peace points and to speed up its work, that the belief was expressed today that President Wilson may find a second trip to France unnecessary-. - : GERMAN TROOPS ATTACK POLES ON FRONTIER. Zurich, Feb. 1.—German troops have attacked the Poles at several points along the eastern'frontier. VIENNA POLICE CALLED TO QUELL MOB. Vienna, Feb. 1.—The entire police force of Vienna was called out Friday to suppress a mob of thousands of unem- ployed, who were pillaging shops while marching on the Reichstrath buildings. Many arrests were made. Communist inciters urged the people not to pay rent until they had been given work. ' HARNWELL GIVES HIGH SCHOOL OUINT ADVICE TO STUDENTS| DEFEATS WADENA IN G. W. Harnwell, manager of the DlSTRlCT TITLE M .St. Hilaire Lumber company, ad- and from ore royalities $37,000,000 -up-to-the presext=tine. - He declared it was not a matter of sentiment but the Episcopal church, has returned from- Cass Lake, where he held serv- jces and presided at the annual sup~ per and parish meeting of the Episco- THAT HE'S LANDED ‘With t’hefl ocking of trfin‘spov al Newport News, the Tenth engineers, 0. “Mr. Vickers will.take .possession of his. new holdings and occupy it about May 1, with his business. * It was about six years ago that dressed “‘the-students of the business college Friday afternoon, upon the subject of “Actual Practice in Busi- By C."S."Crothers. (High school reporter.) a’business proposition to protect this rich territory.. - . .-Among-the other demands which will; probably be expressed in resclu- tibns will be for a closed season for setting fires in the woods, for practic- “ing forestry or the state timber lands forestry division, disembarked and a message was wired from Sergt. Glenn: Harding of Bemidji to Oliver Whalay notifying him of the fact. Sergeant Harding was, until he en- listed, one of the thearical firmof pal churcll\. After the meetl;xg abou&, Mt. Vickers started in the restaurant fifty couples enjoyed some of ule O« ' | business in a small way in his present time dances. location. He was successful “and SENATflm bought the building. He continued to suGceed and built up a large pat- ronage by serving good meals at low The Bemidji high school's’ firet basket ball team went to Wadenn last evening and ran up a score of 32 to 11 on the defending team. This makes the. third dfstrict game” that Bemidji has played and won and ness Life.” His talk was of great interest to the students. Mr. Harnwell emphasized system, accuracy, and punctuality as carner- stones of business success. i ““The principle of a good business man,” said Mr. Harnwell, ““is a place 1o, conserve the supply, and for the . planting and retention of trees along ‘the highways of the state. s Oldest in States. "The Minesota Forestry association was started in 1896 and is the oldest forestry., association in the United Stgteg.! Its original purpose was to ‘éncourage the-planting of trees on the prairies, but it 'has expanded and at présent itsiwork is to protect the Wwealth of the state in the worth woods. 3 “The soclety’s‘officers-are James A. Lawrie, Duluth, president; O. C. Buh- lén,. “with the colors,” secretary; Phil H. Hanson, 8t. Paul, treasurer. ~ ARE NOW DEMOBILIZED -By; United Press.) Washington, Feb. 1.—Demobliza- tion hds pasged the million mark. There have beerr discharged from the American camps and over seas forces 952,411 ‘men and 61,237 officers, Chief .of--8taff March today an- nounced. g Harding & Whaley and ‘when he-left g for “over there” the business affairs of the Elko and Grand were left with HUN COLGNIES PLAN Mr. Whaley. As soon as dlscharged,’ Mr. Harding will return to Bemidji| Washington, Feb. 1.—Republicans and take up his work where he left | of the senate sharply attacked the off. plan for dealing with German col- R onies and occupied territories of Tur- HAFNER PLEADS GUILTY. key in Asia which it.was announced Andrew Hafner entered a plea of |1l Paris yesterday had been proposed “guilty” before the district court and byi Px;eslld%nl JY“”“ and acceptfid n was sentenced to an indeterminite p"s:‘c Pte }Loda fiuvreull)?’counlc a term at St. Cloud, he having been ena orh ge, republican 9:19;‘" charged with stealing.a watch from declared the report of the plan which, the pocket of a cattle buyer, wao he said, would commit the United h'\ppgned to dose curled up in an |States to co-operation in maintain- a;lto in a livery barn, after having ing o::fier in the occupied terrl'eorles, shipped a car of steck during the ‘Sv” absolutelyrull;bellevilblei and Hafner sold the watch for $10 and Py proceeded to get drunk Thanksgiving wo‘.:led lnvolvg ’:‘1 it";pefldo“s and pre- morning and-ran afoul of the police, | Posterous undertaking. being 'held in bond since. Senator Johnson of California de- PRGN T S R nounced th: method t}))l making pu}fllc _ EARL RILEY WRITES. the proceedings at the peace confer- Friends of Earl Riley are in receipt enfe Iand dtecla{edu}:et woulgi l&e;er of & letter from him written from|Yote for a treaty 2L _proviced ior Parts. Farl left with the Bemidji | the sending of American troops (o naval militia, and has been in the service ever since. He says Paris is Africa or Asia. Senators Walsh of Montana and a wonderful city and must be seen to be appreciated. Lewis of Illinois, democrats, ex- pressed doubt regarding accuracy of the statements in the dispatiches. The e e e - — By C. S. Crothers. (High school reporter.) The Bemidji high school girls’ bas- ket ball team defeated the Akeley girls last night at the armory by a score of 29.to 4. minutes after the start, Elsie Shan- non had-nade. the first basket and soon after . .Loraine Kreatz, who proved to be thestar'of the eveninz, made the next two, the second hasket being thrown. soon: after she netted the first, Madge Trafton made the fourth, then there was a personal called on Edla Rudy which Akeley missed, Miss Kreatz then netted an other, followed by Miss Shanno:. Miss Kreatz threw the next two, the last being made just as the half ended. i Helda Fagers made the first and i only field basket for Akeley, about § the middle of the first half. She shot 5l the ball from nearly quarter way up — i the floor and it landed in the basket #. .. witliout even touching the ring. econd. - Mndmt&lhoonmggo(s B8t “in the second halfimehich: was-eoon followed by one made by Miss Kreatz after a good dribble, Miss Kreatz then made - BEMIDJT HIGH SCHOOL CO-DS DEFEAT AKELEY, SCORE 9 T0 4 Within three| latter declared the reported plan | would violate the fundamental prin- ciple of selfdetermination of peoples, as applied to the German colonies, and said he believed the real agree- ment was merely for the temporary administration by the League of Natiofis. AGED FARM HAND PASSES ON o AFTER HARD DAY’S WORK ]a free throw and Miss Shannon made 3 S he next one. A personal was called | John Demro, who made his home (t)n Miss Trnflonpwlth which ' Miss| With W. J. Tisdell, between.Puposky Fagere netted with a free throw, Migs | and Foulds, was discovered® dead in | Shannon netted another and soon '_l’_isddp;‘l'“fig:d‘}:%l;rw“f{'; ::;19: 33;3?:‘;- lafte i - el . S - after Miss Kreatz made another bas or and had worked for Mr. Tisdell for some time, and had cut wood the He did about as he i ket, Akeley made the next and the | game ended with Akeley and Bemidji |struggling for the ball. A large|day previous. Jc:'ro‘\l\?(f sk the game. < pleased on account of his: age, 73 | Lineub of Teams years, and when he failed to arise it The line up: 1 “| was believed he was tired and al- | Bemidii Akeley | lowed to rest undisturbed. He had | Elsie Shannon. .. .If.... Olive Sliter complained of rheumatism. Madze Trafton....rf . Coroner McKee was called. The f Louise Anderson | funeral will be held tomorrow, in- | Locaine Kreatz. ..c. .. Helda Fagere | terment in the 'Puposky cemetery. Elda Rudy......lg.. Francis Sineex | No relatives are known. i el T N EW BISHOP NAMED T0 SUCCEED IRELAND Francis Stiner (By United Press.) ! Summary: Bemidji field baskets, | Kreatz 7, Shannon 4, Trafton 3; | fowls, Trafton 2 personals, Rudy 1:, i personal, Kreatz 1; free throw, Ake- |ley fleld baskets, Fagere 1; fowls, | Vivian Perske 1 personal; Fagere 1| Rome, Feb. 1.—Augustine Drawl- | personal and 2 free throws. | ing, bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, has been named archbishop at St. Paul, sifccoeding” the 1ate John' Irelamd, it was officially announced today. | Referee, Dr. D. W. Diedrich; time | keeper, C: §. Crothers; scorekeseper, ' “Raymond -Hannah. |in his methods when the change 1s i prices and also branched out in rent- ing rooms. He will make no changes for everything and everything in its place.” His closing advice was, “Grow too big for your job and a bigger one will offer itself."” PURCHASING MILLINERY. Mrs. L. W. Galloway of Cass Lake left this week for Chicago and east- ern points, where she will purchase millinery stock for her store. The new millinery is located in the Elk’s building and will open for business as soon as Mrs. Galloway returns from her trip. RAKO WOULD LEASE ITASCA STATE PARK Among the bills introduced in the state legislature is one by Represen- tative Kaxo of Beltrami county and Representative Hines, it being to au- thorize thé leasing of Douglas Park lodge and other buildings at Itasca State park. made, but will rent the second floor of his new building as a European hotel. RED RIVER VALLEY FARM, CROPS AND STOCK SHOW FEB. 10 (Special to The Pioneer.) Crookston, Feb. 1.~Interest among the,Red River Valley farmers and townspeople is centering in the Northwestern Minnesota Farmers' and Women’s meetings which will be held. 4t Crookston during the week of February 10. Recongtruction plans, necessary to ‘the return of a peace basis, with the chief emphasis given live stock raising, are the out- standing features that will be taken up. Organized under the auspices of the University of Minnesota North- west School of Agriculture, these leaves Little Falls and 8t. Cloud, who are also in this district, for Bemidji to play in the Third district cham- pionship. Next Friday e%lns sees the com- ing of one of the&fastest teams that has been in Bemi: 1 this season, when Little Falls will 'play the first team at the armpry. Both are the fast teams in the district :and they are both out for the championship. - HEAR PRACTICAL TALK The éxlh:ect of *‘Office Training,"” Thursdday morning at the busingss college, was the chash register. In the afternoon the students, threugh the courtesy of W. N. Bowser of the O'Leary-Bowser company, were given an opportunity to examine the store's register. Miss Eberlein, now a student, of the college, who for several years was an employee of said store, -conducted the demonstration. ‘meetings are held at the same time as the farm chops show, the winter live stock show and sale, and the poultry exhibit and in connection with the annual ‘meetings of the Red Rivar Valley Development association, the Red River Valley Potato Growers’ as. sociation and the Northwestern Min- nesota farm bureaus. All of these earnest groups of farmers are actively co-operating to realize more fully the possibilities of this section of the state. AMERICAN TRANSPORT ASHORE: PASSENGERS SAFE London, Feb. 1.—The American transport Narragansett, enroute from Havre to South Hampfon, ran ashore off Wembridge point. The troops aboard were taken off by car ferries. UPHAM BUYS DRUG STORE. The Waiker Pflot says: Mr. Up- ham, of Crookston, has conciuded a deal this week to purchase the Crow Drug store. Mr. and Mrs. Upham were both here recently to look the situation over. They seem much pleased with Walker. Mr. Upham is a lincensed druggist of good stand- ing and will take possession at once. Arlean Crow will undoubtedly re- main for a short time as assistant, but expects to go to Minneapolis shortly to take a course in pharmacy. As Arlean wants a career, this will be undoubtedly the first round in the ladder of fame, Mr. and Mrs. Upham are former residents of Bemtdji; Mr. Upham be- ing employed -hers as a druggist. By C. 8. Crothers. (High School Reporter.) There are now classes in manual training, mechanical drawing, busi- ness English, and business arithmetic in the night class at the high school. The agricultural class was not very well supported, that subject was dis- continued. There are about twelve enrolled in the manual training class and are making fine progress. This class has been conducted one month and it is expected that it will continue for another month. Mr. Durbahn Is an exceptionally fine instructor. Good Corps Instructors. The business English class has an enroilment of twenty and is making fine progress under the supervision of Miss Ethelyn Hall, the principal of the junior department. The business arithmetic class also has an enrollment of about twenty. This class has had”very reguiar at- tendance and is making good head- way under the supervision of Miss Lurline Gutzler, the eighth grade arfthmetic teacher. The most important class of all and the one which has been neglected the most is the agricultural class. This is a class which every person o NEW CLASS INPOULTRY WILL - START, NIGHT SCHOOL MONDAY who has poultry should be Interested in and should also attend. It is a general thought that classes conducted in a night school -call”tor studying and recitation, such ®s™is carried on in the day sthodl and’ this mistake is the cause for not hav. ing larger classes. On the other hand, these classes are to he comducted on the lecture plan, which gives those attending a chance to ask questious and make it more interesting. every person who poultry come out to prove to be lines. greater amount of covered New Class Monday. A new class is to be started Mon- day evening and it is requested that is interested in Monday evening and enroll in this class. It is going a most interesting class, conducted on the lecture plan. Harry Olin, the agricultural director, is to conduct the class along scientific Mr. Olin is a graduate of the Michigan Agricultural college, and a graduate of the science class at Yale. This night class will be illustrative. The class will not be organized if there are not more than six and there can be fifty accommodated. The larg- er the class the more there is to be gotten out of the discussions and &: \ ground will' be it h