Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 17, 1919, Page 1

. ~according ITS NEW ON Published by Kenfield-Lam- * oreaux Interests of Which . x'Factory Unit " INTERESTING HISTORY OF " FIRM IN INITIAL ISSUE § . Correct . Policies Evidence Marked Progress to This Red- S ‘dear reader, peruse a copy of acufl’a K-L News? Neverlieard © of any such.meWspaper? . The egi- rial desk of The Pioneer. was.graced ‘with the first two iBsues today and, to “custom among the Fourth Estate, we heartily welcome * the'new baby, for it is about the brightest and. most - chatty publica-. _/tion” we hive seen in a long, long time, . * In fact, the n: stands for Ken ne of the newcomer amoreaux, the ‘Bemldji Box com- ; sst-of the name News” is emln_e%fly:«’correct, , Itis the official”publication of the Kenfleld-Lamoreaux Co.. of. Wash- burn, Wis., Northern Pine Crating company of Cass Lake and 'the Be- midji Box company,.and is issued every two weeks. It is filled chock. . full 'of items’of nterest, not only to the' company officials ‘and employes; but.to the reading public as well. " Had The Right Stuff.: Number One of Vol. 1 shows that Fred Hess isoccupying .the sdlt'orial sanctnm and the lead prticle Js & his- tory of twenly-five-yedrs ago, when E. BE.-Kenpflelff of ‘Bemidji and O, A. i mb’ moreaux Jéhf:d tosozh‘:i;t W:::é burn, Wis., and started!tho: making time, Mr. Kenfleld was foreman of | _, shingle mill and Mr.-Lamoreaux held “the responsible position of chauffeur| of. a. tram , horse. - Inventory of finances totaled "$35 and they.’bor- rowed $50. nmiore to make the ‘first _payment on the plant; Mr. Kenfleld 1 -was the plant force, while his gfirmer “ was the office. crew, and frequently “1ent a hand at spare times handling - slabs. mm ; i ent. " The gfi:‘isufle cs?gf}r&}'on was in- “significant, compared to the ship- ent of the ‘first ear of reels and as “the rear of ‘thé freight was lost in :the’distance ‘the *‘captains of indus- tiy’”’ . realized that there were some : z & werkers; . Yet they waited and fln: ly the @raft arrived. Thus the first step in what today has developed intg’ one-of the miost.im- . port&nt industrial.concerns in. Min- nesota and Wisconsin,: was, -taken. Stép by step; :fought ‘upward . every inch, this pair’ Wended their way. They. encounfered -hard -times and surmounted. the difficulties swith a spirit that boded success, and'so their efforts were crowited. . - ; Bemidii -In 1913, They bought the first plant, and in 1909 built the Cass Lake plant. In 1913 they built: the Bemidji plant, which was a great.success from .ae outset, necesgitating. doubling the capacity with .the addition of a new ess than two.years It was when things appeared a little cloudy, a few years ago, that it was decided to employ a salesman- “ager and M. 8. Lamoreaux, brother of 0. A. Lamoreaux. , Orders increased Srapidly and so.valuable was his serv- ces he is today.the president of the ‘Washburn plant of the company :while Mr. Kenfield is one of the founders, treasurer and manager cf the Bemidji Box company, president and business manager of the North- ern Pine Crating company, vice presi- dent and tre: Lamoreaux Co. - ‘M. 8. Lamoreaux is generat man- ager of all three companies. \ Not a bad record for ‘the ‘hoss’ pilot, the “boss” of the first crew and the “drafted” ‘salesman. : Box Company’s Executives. The Bemidji Box company’s plant s intelligently -directed. Its execu- tives are as follows: President—M, S. Lamoreaux. Vice pres.-Sec.—O0. A. Lamoreaux. . |old days. Tomorrow is election day .in Be- midji, when voters of the city will be called upon to elect a mayor, alder- man-at-large and ‘five aldermen, one fram each of the respective precincts of the city. _ J In the mayoralty race it ‘is up to the voters ta select the candidate who will ‘be ‘the official head" of the city and it should'be carefully considered. It will mean that the best. interests of the community ld" be served and this policy -has been openly stated by A. T. Carlson, one of the di- dates for the city’s chief executive a-platform upon’ which:he stands, Bemidji is far ahead of the ‘“kood She should be. . It isn’t a question ‘of the scenes and practices of yesteryear.'- It is a question of changes of scenes and conditions of the. past. r 3 - Bemidji is standing upon the thres- hold ‘of one of the most prosperous eras in its history. = Its flower of young manhood is once more com- mencing tp return and resume their places in the community life of the city. “Even while the war has been on Bemidji has prospered and progressed and now that peace has come and dormant activities beginning to be- come astir, it should be the aim and honest endeavor of every good to aid to his utmost in the efforts of all right thinking people. - There are the sons and daughters of this City of Enterprise to be con- sidered. . They should be free from sinister influences . and ~clean and wholesome surroundings, should pro- tect in every manner: There are the weaker - characters: that ~“should be freed from all menace oz the part cof « unscrupulous individuais whose prey. they are. . The “advent of the great normal ‘school with its influx of women stu- dents should be carefully taken into consideration that Bemidji may be cleansed upon/ their - welcome and while they are endeavoring to obtain the benefits afforded by this state seat of learning. £ re There are many other reasons for a clean administration at the-head of &) ity’s government, well known to, -everyone, .and ‘this ‘should’ safe g the utmost by all right zens.” o d be no domination of votes to be cast tomorrow. It is the inalienable right of every voter to cast_his_ballot free from contamina- tion, and he should. vote for the one who would ‘aid him in safeguarding his home interests, and his bus interests, ‘and ‘should not: be enced by any malicious fabrications on the part of those who fear the glare of the limelight. A. T. Carlson has come out openly for a clean and wholesome city and has stated his policy openly and fear- lessly. Optimistic Thought. Advice after mischief is like 1. ine after death e e e e e ———— Treasurer—E. E. Kenfield. Plant manager—John Gilbertson. Business manager—E. E. Kenfield. Production manager-—W. B. Er- win, of the Kenfreld- | ° Timber agent—Q. A. Brooks. Bookkeeper—B. D. Bayce. Foreman box factory—I. Joanis. Forman saw mjll-—F. Morgan. Foreman yard—Henry Berg.' Power plant—Joseph Allen. Girl’s Snlendid Record. When the war broke and labor be- came scarce, like other industries, girls were employed at the Bemidji plant. That they have given efficient and faithful service is clearly indi- cated by the report of the star crew for the last half of January, when Miss Lucille Degerman scored high- est, defeating another member of the fair sex and two male ‘employes. There is also noted in the “plant efficiency” record that during the last half of January the Bemidji plant stood highest in per centage of all plants of the company. Erwin Local Editor. The editor of -the Bemidji section is W, B. Erwin, production manager. Betides being. that he was also crack basket ball player for ‘the Orange and Blue at the University uf Illinois, lending his services to the Bemidji high- schopl team, in his spare time, and the K-L News con- tains a -bright and newsy section from Bemidji activities, as well as from Cass L.ake and Washburn. It is heartily welcome. BEMIDJI WILL CHOOSE MAYOR, § ALSO COUNCEL Carlson and Johnson Entrants for Mayorship; Incumbent: Council President **|NEW MUNICIPAL FORM - WILL ALSO BE DECIDED| City Assessorship Race One of Interest; Rhea and Stein Are Unopposed Two matters of importance to the| people of Bemidji will be decided by the voters tomorrow, that of electing a mayor and city council and decid- ing whether Bemidji shall change its form of aldermanic government and adopt the commission-city manager plan. Mayor Vandersluis, who has served the city as mayor for the past thrée years, declined to again be a candi- date and is unopposed for the alder- man-at-large, which carries with-it the presidency of. the city council. H. M. Clark is the returning ¢ouncil president, 3 To succeed the major two . candi- dates are making tlle race, A. T. Carlson, well known merchant, and L. F., Johnson, forest ranger. The most interesting contest of the campaign is ‘that between City Assessor Lahr and Willlam:C. Klein, friends of both predicting victory tor their favorite candidate. v George Rhea of the Northern Na- tional bank is unopposed for re-elec- tion .to the. city treasurership, and George Stein, city clerk, is also alone in his candidaey for re-election: Aldermanic Candidates. . ‘For: aldérmen of the city council, theterms of five expire. In the first ward, “Alderman ’Bagley, - who has completed his term, has no opposi- tion for re-election. - His teammate ia Dr, A.-V. Garlock. ) The same situation is in the second where Alderman Backus is again a candidate and is unopposed. ' A. B. Palmer is his ward colleague: Three In The Third. The' third ward presents an in- teresting three-cornered race, Alder- man Phillippi having gone west for the benefit of his health, after years of service as a council member, A, T. ‘Wheelock was the first to file for the vacancy, and friends of John Mo- berg eirculated his petition and filed it. He was an alderman from the first when he moved to.the third. B. W. Cooper was the third to enter the running. E. L. Benner is the other representative. The fourth ward will again send Pearl Barnell to the council. He is another who is unopposed. When Street Superintendent Hazen retired from the council to take his present position, Barnell was appointed by the council. His seat mate .in the council is Alderman Croon. Smith Declines Office. J. W. Smith’s. first term is expiring in the fifth, he being one of the first representatives from that 'part of the city when it became a unit of Bemidji. Illness of Mrs. Smith has caused him to decliné to again be a candidate, and H. R. Jones of East Bemidji amnounced when Smith declined to again come out. Isadore Joanis thus .becomes senior alaerman from the fifth. The polling places are as usual and the polls will be open until 9 o'clock at night, as is customary. WIDE OPEN POKER GAME IS ‘PULLED’ Sheriff Johnson and Deputy Sher- iff “Jim” Cahill, strolled into the basement of the building second door east of Minnesota avenue on Third street, Saturday afternoom, and run into a poker game going full blast, the keeper being Thomas Boe. The officers confiscated several decks of cards and a quantity of poker chips. The inmates, three in number were fined from $5 to $15, while Boe was held in bond of $500 to the next grand jury. ARIS . Y P Cia GO By making a successful landing on the roof of the Galleries Lafayette, a Parls department store, Jules Vedrines, a French pilot of note, established a precedent in aviation. Vedrines won a prize of 25,000 francs for accomplishing the ffi(eut. The roof was 52 feet wide and 75 feet long. Y 5 COMMERCIAL CLUB'S ANNUAL BANOUET - THURSDAY EVENING On Thursday evening at 7 o’clock the dnnual banquet of the Commer- cial club will be held at the Mark- ham botel, at which time the orator of thie occasion will be Hon. F. W! Murphy of St. Paul, president of the state fair board and one of the dis- tinguished speakers at the big Crook- ston five stock show held last week. This will be the first annual since the outbreak of the war and it 18 urged that all members of the Com- mercial club be present. President Robinson is asking members to pur- chase an extra ticket and Invite a guest not a member of the club, GAINEY STARS IN HAMLINE VICTORY St. Paul, Feb. 17.—Playing true to form, the Hamline basket ball quint triumphed over the Minnesota Aggie five on the farm school Saturday afternoon, 24 to 15. The Red and Gray team used a five-man defense which the Farmers were unable to break through with any regularity. Poor basket shooting on both sides characterized the play of both teams although the Methodists were the biggest offender in this respect. Time and time again Kratz or Mec- Ginnis had easy chances, only to blow them. But for their inability to make three shots, the count would have been much larger. McGinnis, Hanson and Gainey blore the brunt of the work for Ham- line, The Gainey mentioned {8 Dan Gainey of Bemldji, who is a star member of the Hamline quint. CHIMNEY ACTS UP. The fire department was called out shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday ev- ening to put out the chimney fire which started in the flu of the Be- midji shoe store, IR EE R RS SR TR R R RS * POLLING PLACES. * KX KK RK KKK KKK KKK For the municipal election tomor- row, the polls will be open from 6 o’clock in the morning until 9 o'clock at night. The judges named by the city council and'polling places are as fol- lows: First ward—Judges, F. 8. Arnold, J. J. Conger, W. Klein. Miller's store. Second—B. R. Brickson, J. A. Par- malee, R. J. Fenton. City hall. Third—P. M. Decaire, G. A. Walker, O. B. Stephens. Log house. Fourth-—Matthew Larson, John Klein, William Dugas. Mallory’s Fifth—D. D. Kidder, K. Paulson, Elmquist. Fire hall. ST, PHILLIP'S RED CROSS HAS SPLENDID RECORD - DURING PAST YEAR Report of St. Philip's Red Cross circle for the past year and up to the present time: Receipts .. ... $179.15 Disbursements: Donation to Beltrami Co.. Red Cross chapter . ..$126.66 Donation to Seven Sisters’ War fund ....... 10.00 Donation to fire sufferers ... . 10.00 Donation to K. C..war-fand ., .. 8.004 Purshasing knitting machine . 26.50 Purchaging flag . 1.00 oo 817915 The circle knittea and sewed over 1,000 articles for the local chapter. And“the officers wish to thank the non-Catholics, as well as the mem- hers of the circle for the able and generous assistance, They also wish to thank Sister Dorthea for repeat- ing several plays for the benefit of the circle, and the Bemidj{ Pioneer for the many courtesies shown. The followIng made donations: Mr. and Mrs, J. N. Cushner, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson, Mrs. Mary Ripple, Mrs. J. Dalton, Mrs. J. M. Newman, Mrs, F'. McManus, Mrs. F. Finn, Mrs. L. F. Johnson, Mrs. J. Cahill, Mrs. P, M. McLaughlin, Mrs. Joe bL.on- deau. The officers were as follows: President—Mrs. L. F. Johnson. Vice president—Mrs. D. Burgess. Secretary—Mrs. G. S8ummers. Tregsurers—Mrs, T. J. Burke and Mrs. L. M. Ford. Knitting and Sewing committee: Mrs. P. M. Peterson, Mrs. G. H. French, Mrs. J. C. Parker and Mrs, T. Beaudette. TELEPHONE COMPANY APPEALS TO COURT 8t, Paul, Feb. 17.—The Northwest- ern _Telephone Exchange company has appealed to the Minnesota su- preme court from the order of the Ramsey county district court, issuad Jan. 20, restraining it from effecting a proposed 26 per cent increage In long distance telephone rates in Min- nesota, and from continuing tele- phone installation _and removal charges. Notice of the appeal was served on Attorney General Clifford L. Hil- ton, The Tri-State Telephone and Tele- graph company, it was reported, will also appeal, J. E. markham, assistant attorney general, having been ad- vised that the company’s attorney would serve notice. Miss Arlfi:e get an!. wgo ..as been {1l at the home of her uncle apd aunt, Mr. and Mrs, C. M. Bacon, for the past week, is improving and ex- pects to be able to resume her high school studies in a short time, >108 OFF OF BOLSHEVIK, IS ADVOCATEDAT PEACE LEAGUE British Official Would Ignore Disturbers and. Recognize Other Factions — LABOR AND WOMEN ARE NEW PROBLEMS France Will Abide by League of Nations If Proposition Gm Through By Fread 8. Ferguson. (United Pregs Correspondent.) Paris, Feb, 17.—~The Russign sit- uation was again the foremost qués- ‘tlton .before the peace conference to- ay. N ! Winston Churchill is reported. to |have projected & new plan, incluu.ng a hands off policy to the Bolsheviki, while giving every -economic assigt- ance to other Russian governments. A committee on uopentfon Waa! also to continue hearings today. - siderable progress has bden ‘made to- ward the solution of the indemnities question. i Two other subjects, never before lnked with international affairs, la- bor and women, are gaining increas- ing importance {n the conference. FRANCE WITH LEAGUE. By William: P, Simms (United Press Correspondent.) ~Parls, Fob, 17.-~France will abide by the decision of the peace confer- ence regarding the league of nations, whether that deocision " is for or against the league, it was learned upon high authorzity today. PROPRIETOR'S FACEIS BATTERED IN FRACAS Charles W. Sears, proprietor of the notorious “Stockholm’ joint on Bet- ond street, received & badly battered face in a fight in his place with In- dian Agents Johmson amd Benson, when the latter discovered the accused serving out of a piteher at his place. face wag. sewed up. Johnson received a lacerated hand during the fricas, sald to have been participated in by the wife of Sears. ¥, - ‘The proprietor of- the: place was arrestéd and arraigned before .udge Simons and held to the Fergus Falls foderal grand jury at the May term, {n bonds of $1,000, and it is sald this is not the firgt offense. This place has ]o?g been noted as an {llegal liquor selling joint and has been “pulled” as many as three times in a week. GET YOUR COMMERCIAL CLUB BANQUET TICKETS AT ONCE Tickets for the annual banquet of the Commercial club, at the Mark- ham hotel next Thursday' evening, are going rapidly and -it" would be well for those who intend to.be pre- sent to secure theirs ‘early. Only 150 will be disposed of. ~ INTERVENTION IN RUBSIA (By United Press.) - Paris, Feb. 17.—Renewed pressure for immediate intervention in Rus- sfa was being executed on the.su- preme war council today. SPARTACANS RIOTING. 4 (By United Press.) Copenhagen, Feb. 17.—A new Spartacan roit has broken in Dresden. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IS AGAIN IN SENATE (By United Press.) Washington, Feb. 17.—The woman suftrage resolution, defeated by one vote last week in the senate, was re- introduced today. Think In Interest— Save February 17-24