Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 26, 1919, Page 1

: IONEER L AN N R RICAL N b . Sl | fMT)\:'l _FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH PLANSFOR COUNTY RAILROAD WANING; HELD GOVERNMENT NOAUTHORITY 1t looks very much as if the efloru and equipment. lt is further contem- of J. J. Opsahl, to have a railroad|plated that the service, passenger and constructed in Beltrami county, | freight, is to be furnished by the would attract little attention in wne|raliroad companies ‘whose lines are state legislature this session, not-|extended, through orders made by the }vlthist;xndlrlnlgljxlsl aggresslvailnctlon. director general.r n giving their views anent the cam- . 2 paign of Mr. Opsahl along this line, Legislature Powerless, - “The legislatu: f German prisoners of war at'work clearing away the debris trom the cathedral of Ypres “mch they wantonly _{,l;,eégyl?:;ézfa:fi?%:f: :;é“sn:n::‘fi. powerl:ss i‘t it ha:etl(x’e en:x‘::a::&:: ':? destroyed, * 3 : ; - ) | 2. Nora: authority, which we very mudh “Dear Mr. Opsahl: + We have ro- doubt, to enact legislation' which will President result in-carryl t the aforesal ceived several petitions from the set- ng:ou 8 A0 tlers, business and professional men, plan. This Is ko for tho réason that }hfi;{,{;gggg i Rew | SENATOR M'GARRY OPENS NAVAL COMMITTEE T0 |KNOTTY PROBLEM ; | DA, Tal e oot s o Tt sresacnt cxects 16| WAR ON MARKET FISHING| REPORT QUT BILLFOR |. DECIDED BY JUDGE | our sucstoutons’shereby i sounty | parties, namely, unis foderal govert finite step in his plans 3 may aid in building a raflroad in Bel- or thel- P ? 8 raflroads, has no authorpjty; under unv sfonal approval for the St. Paul, Feb. 26.—Unless there is INCREASED « RoGRAM YA ‘pan—a Kkitchen pan—nestled T 8" 2o trami county. nstitution at a J % law of which we ure’ famiiliar, el drastic revision in the present law < The proposition i{s a meritorious|into the rail Iy tl i Tive prestdent | LT T arket fishing In Minne- | knowingly- in .the’ hands 'of the one ailroad ' construction. busi Y { one but it occured to us at once when | peg, njun lain in detail each | v, " hore ‘won't be a game fish in (By. United: Brogs.) Who claimed its ownership and raid- | we recefved your letter that such a bo;;disn ::dj‘c;t:g'm:n*\m‘glm“: eoiml‘ia‘r the state in ten. years. 108 Washington, Feb. 26.—By & strict | 2104 glowingly into the face of the | proposal would encounter strong op- | tive bodies of the State of Miniesdta. R.. “This was the statement made by party vote, the senate naval commit-},ne who held it. position, as it would, as in the case by legislative enact- WOUI;DD CUSS LABO Senator Patrick McGarry of ‘Walker, | tée today decided to report-out -the} : nravor Vandersiuis, proprietor of | °f diteh bonds, put the county pri- t4’such aithority upon tha . Presldent Wilson i3 ‘t'st‘g' anxinus 0} coupled with the announcement that[nevy bill carrying an -increased |fho yBe‘mldjl Hardvare peomnany, matlly. responsible for ‘the bayment) tedera) through. the Mwlt. goyernors-of the s he would ask for a special meeting of ; Aled as.an expert he|Of them. Secondly, it was a gues-| director genéral.of railroads or other- i to disc the joint house.and-senbte fish and building program, with a. provision|¢alled as pert witness as to the| yjon iy our minds as to the consti=| wise, an loglslation_promulgatéd by B AR allowing the president to su vend.it | worth of the pan,- unfeelingly re- ; ';%g “GIVES DINNER, HOPING : fOR CONGRLSS APPROVAL Usiited: Press.)- game commfttees early next week, at arked fhat It -was * - about tutionality of such an act. There-| ¢ gtate tegislature, u a-thy Which meeting He 'wold havé pre-|it the league of nations makes. this fyieney :;tgnul. Chat thet A Bad L L L P suggestion atbrasald, codld not bring ] * - ST Vi out t sent a -group of speakers expert on course advisable. Jdone yéoman service in the house- received his letter giving his opinion, al "Ther: ;:Fn\any ;.tlwr objon!lenn able revisions of tune law. yetain possession of the coveted 3 erehce was planned | -‘There isp't another thing,” de- iitchen utensil. :,m:,l:.k’:bule“(,l:lld2:23“:}‘:03:?&3?33“ p;gg“::f ‘:‘““t’l:’e‘" “dl "°"u?°°m?g ent of labor and will | clared Senafor McGarry, “that a This was but an instance of what| “In view of these facts We Drefer|viaw of ih::hu j’l:'“ ! date depending on the | tracts tourists to Northern Minne- SECOND GAME 25 To 9 transpired in Judge Gibbons’" court[not to introduce a bill which we doubt one thing the state needs more than an- was sued for its recavery by a another to encourage its development| Twenty-five to nine tells the 8tOry | geighbor. with whom the dof);nd,;n mever become 'a law. The members it is the presénce of these same tour-| of the "second defeat of the “Big|j}iaq been engaged in a neighborhood | trom the Northern part of the state|’ B fsts. They come to fish but having|Bemidg"” basket ball team at the |gryerence on Mississippi avenue, one’| have a thousand and one lhlngs to do: -y “o FanSEEATOL 6 Tt they-Bitker wai- of the Tom Hackors quintety 'E:?.f“eiz “Anid after fstening to the expeind- | and: we prefer: that ouf: tim&1n this| - St. “Hebe 96 e Nimoeks ‘Weimar, _Qrinq,ny, ; ‘ee °;n em"ixomeiz Yn c't}fcms?atg maRe flrstasmyed Monda ntgnht ing of Blackstone by the attorneys|:ession will not be taken up further|anti-red flag bill" Dmcd the house (Copyright by ‘United [Press, 1919,) | permane ° : 3 ¥ 01g " lon both sides, Judge Gibhons ab-|With this new matter. We are not|with only toup ‘votes in opposition, . “Yet by the laws governing market | - Summery: Field goals, Bemi.jl, |stragtedly lighted his pipe and weari-| saying this to complain of your in-| “They thréatened they would semd the lower 1egislative branch fishing as they stand today the state g ¢ an govérnment, is favored | 18 doing everything possible to take| personals, Phibbs, 2 personals, War-{cossion is nine-tenths of the law.” |taining to development of Northern|said Représentative . B. Nimocks ln vy snt Bhert as the only solu- | #Way game fishing in the state.” field, 1 personal; free throws; John- Sl Minnesota. You have always been a| hig speech on the Bill. tion ¢f the political and economic sit-| e son 2, Warfleld 1; Two Harbors; fleld 8 real booster for the development of “If they ‘k@ep.this threat, it's aal. SPECIAL COUNCIL WATER v}"llc:rullerg Mlnneauta! and \{we waulrl all right, I have nlrendy lved 100 o e to have you write us from time|years.’ 0 ¢ the .cabinet have. not as Strand 2, Knutson 1, Stein 2, Scott pamiers of the oabizet have 2ot TO DECIDE CLUB ROOMS 2, -Eower 5. “Wikinson 17 “fres COMMITTEE HEAR REPORT | ic,ims; oven the; o Coples ot t gmerican. Bo ""m‘w : tromznon States’ Lozal Oninion ge" ”“dl’“m(’!."'e - bt d-‘.’l.—.-......__ : 3 Nord 2 y indicted an city council and Engineer Arnold of enator Nord referred the matter| oo . "...4 tronr- DMATEFD STOVE 18 BELIEVF Minneapolis met Tuesday night in B to Attorney General Hilton’s office and in reply received the following Mayor Vandersluis, exalted ruler of the Elks, has called a speéial meeting FRISCO GOES TO THE MAT the fishing situation to suggest work- shing gge! 0 BORS T T llold of the family who fain wouldl, oopy of which we are enclosing, by | which might be urge’ agafnst tie 'l'w HAR AKES 8 the state, executives, | sota like the fishing. 1f there is any Tuesday, whon the possessor of the|very much would ever-get out of the committee, and it it did it could JOUSE P come and seen’ the agricultural ad-|armory- Tuesday night at the hands doy. not so-Jonz ago. We are right up to oitr necks.in on" of a tional workers’ Z=Oreation :of -a".13 Phibbs 2, Smith 1, fouls; Johnson, 2 ||y exclaimed “Keep the pan. -Pos- |terest taken in different matters per-|me into eternity {t you pnsa thi bill,” ““{Q goals; L. Strand 5, K.nntson 3; S.teln ChflanlOl' Echldemann and other ELKS Mm TOMORROW 1, Scott 1, Lower 1; personals; L. to time, even though you fail in this Coples. of thwe: can Bdllhp 1k The special water committee of the Représentative George L. Siaxel of of the lodge membership tomorrow, to WITH THE STREET RALWAY R e over th t Mr. Ar- @ | Giscuss and take official action on the i‘i,‘?deifi”.ffie‘éfiiufi‘s":éif’éin? to Alder- | [rom M. J. Brown, assistant attorney ?;egign?%rnm’&gs:: o ot P te‘:xe = contentplated improvements to the (By United Press.) man Bagley's report from an insepc- | general: E o8 g “Dear Sir: Yours of February 6, logy was ordared printed in the jour- addressed to Clifford L. Hilton, at-| DAl torney general, is before me for at- tention. ““You state that the suggestion has been made that a law be passed by the legislature for the purpose of enabl- ing settlers along ditches in Northern Minnesota to procure raflroad facill. “The labor reperesentatives of fll" ties, such suggestion being embodied Nouse: met ‘md pledged themselves ? Elk temple club quarters, it being the L the residence intention to finish and properly equip W!?:xrx] tgga'ég:%‘:m(;t ?file”Ul;;zlbe'd %_.f‘;”‘ . Nymore, the the lodge parlors. ways against this city is argued in X It was intended to have the meet- t°$2,000. “ the U. 8. supreme court in March, e ing- tonight.but at the‘last inute Sen. Hiram Johnson will be one of the Nottir was Saved except the fur- niture, and it ‘s beliéved an over- th%dtei:;geysa;:\?:l::goi[t'rlbuted Iiberal- |3ttorneys representing the city. Dam- ‘TMeatéd tove was the orlgln of .the 1y to a campaign fund for this pur-|28° ‘suits against the city totalling Dlase. s nearly $7,000,000 are indirectly in- ppose and it is the intent to complete Ived. | Johnson’s fee will be $10 original plans when the Elks erected [ yoived- Jonnsons fee & 210 their handsome temple. 4 tion of the Langdon, N. D., water sys- tem, installed by Mr. Arnold. The re- iport is said to have been a ‘“‘warm’ one and:will be presented to the council at its meeting next Monday night. It seems that the question of em- ploying a competent city resident en- gineer for the city’s needs is becoming more popular and the chances are such will result. Represenmuve F, E. Miner of Min- neapolis spoke dgainst the bill, clos- v ing his arguments with the ironical i statement, “I hope this bill passes. It 18 a good bill.. The red flag may hle th‘a emblem of the league of nay E— tions.” in a petition which reads as follows: 0 a _“We, the undersigned, citizens :2,‘:?’:&! th ?mb]e:‘l::llnrg;’ il of, or taxpayers in, Beltrami apolis. We are not lving {§ past county, respectfully ask you to | ,o0q " We nre lving in the {llugtrious use your best efforts to amend today in the greatest counfgy 'on the rural highway hor dl;‘alnlnge;l ‘earth.” and road laws so that the lan owners in the northern part of It was pnnsed by n Vote:iol ‘22 to the country, where railroad serv- ice is needed for farm develop- ment, will be given power and authority to petition the federal railroadg-direttor for needed rail- road service along the same prin- The United Railways Co. {8 suing because the city established a street- CNMMINS IS NAMED eneeysem on Mrkatsret, araiel | HNDRED MILLION FOR " TO HEAD DEMOCRATS | i o ey e ';‘on‘:'ffi, LANDS FOR SOLDIERS the private concern. The company OLDIER mtru.s Hm'r srmm.me Mrs George dd of 811 Irvin ‘avenué has received word that her brother, Fl‘#oyd Mills, has been trans- ferred to.l t Snelll{lng hospital for rle— < construction. .- He -was -severely (By United Press.) seeks an injunction to prevent the (By United Press.) :om:ged t‘;:s:‘l::(i;:nlt:;‘lmj':'gi;ci B.‘;led Washington, Feb. 26.—The demo- city operating these lines. Washington, Feb. 26.-—The senate Io:: ut:rtlnk for phome * His condl. | cratic national committee today elect- Incidentally, San Francisco's street | public lands committee today favor- tion is reported much improved. ed Homer S. Cummins of Connecticut | car fare has remaind at.5 cents, whlle| ably reported Secretary Lane's bill, 8 p, P! as chairman to .suceeed Vance Mec-|fares in many other cities have appropriating $100,000,000 to retain Cormick. . . jumped to 6 cents. Friends of the!land for returning spldiers. it " The four reprenenmtlvu who voted against the bill were Enstrom, Miner, Pittenger and Strand. COLD WAVE REGISTERS THERE mTfiEQUITEA A IR A municipal line claim competition is| p Fis | ciplesor lines as used in securing ’ N q the reason for this. : T STR. ARIS® | the posthl route service. ' = - . -— WAR STILL IN PROGRESS| FLU IS NOT UNKIND. GUN THAT STRATFED PARIS | uie? 3 o ovn, an 10 UNUSUALLY LOW MARK . KEPT HE) NE prove the federal director, (By United Press.) (By United Press.) T.HEE RING BEW, | to co-operate with the goveri. The cold wave that hit Bemidji in. London, Feb, 26.—The war still is [, Melbourne, Jan. 28. (By Mall.)— i (By United Press.) costing Great Britain $20,000,000 & fl"hat the dpanish influenza epidemic (By United Press.) ! With the third army on the Rhine, which has attacked the antipodes is| [ondon, Feb. 12. (By Mall.)—A |Feb. 2. (By Mail.)—The secret of ment by entering into contract creased in inténsity Tuesday night with the director through our and ‘the mercury ran down rapidly, day. cal county board, other munici- |about the lowest of the winter. ; {:gl dIl;za:elflsiz;l;l;;‘zme]tq};:vlfg?: ;"5 woman of Godstone, Surrey, has re. *‘Big Bertha," the h\]lgo gun that pall bz'mrds,) b(yorleashe-ng to the This morning some of the indica- Y K A covered ‘her wedding ring, which dis-|fired upon Paris, still is jealously o CH]CAGO VOTERS NAME the world, s the belief of Dr. Robert- | appeared six years fgo while she was y ; raflrond company avallable ditch | tors registered 26 below zero In 6% o guarded. From a commission of high 3 German artillery experts sent to con- MAYOR CANDIDATB for Victoria, Australia. The calf swallowed the ring and|fer with the Third army American A : Dr. Robertson ‘points out that thewouldn't give it up. It became|officers attempted to elicit some de- " (By United Press.) | s oiate Tk Bttt Wik oo | 2owit as The Golden Oxit” e Gasney ol ly ad A few days ago the Golden Calf, The German officers frankly ad- ] n, lant; toves. Chichgo, Feb. 26.—In Lng O: thg Victoria have declered quarantines|now grown to sedate cowhood, was|mitted that they knew little about it. within soven and onehalf miles |ing plants and stoves greatest primary. battles ever staged |agninst the -disemses which is char-|pyrchased and killed by an Oxted [They declared that information on each side of the main line, - in Chicago, yesterday, Mayor Willlam | acterized as “pneumonic influenza,” | hytcher, who discovered the ring em-|about the “Big Berthas” was kept leAN AGENT HEARTILY in the same manner as the rural Hale Thompson was re-nominated by | causing all metropolitan theatres, |y, highway or drainage assessmefts . o » | bedded in an internal organ. secret even from the highest German the republicans and Robert M. Sweit- } dance halls, and meeting places to Ak o artillery officers, Only a few i‘!&fl'fifl?&ié’lbfi‘é‘éfi‘l‘v’fi;‘}‘Jr'n‘a'.’fi WH.COMES TOURISTS zer, democrat, won the nomination {be closed. The New South Wales 'y Lle pecially picked officers lmew of the il i t and service, giv- for mayor for his party. cabinet has decided that the wearing + d t 17 ralls, equpmensan Y : of anti-infivenzd masks be made com- HEARING ON FUTURES L‘f;"&"‘: tg',;w:tzltlsp?clkegenz:nsweer:é ing the railroad departments op- grades, or public streets or roads, |posed places; while some are reported or to underwrite bonds for the at 27 and around 22 below zero. Be- purchase of tiey, (and spread as- midjt shivered as it went to work and sgessments for same against the store owners and homes -throughout lands or industries benefited the city industriously fired the heat- son, chairman of the board of health feeding a calf. Indfan Agent W. J. Johnson is tions to purchase on payment to o b NAME SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL. pulsory. B getting to be ‘‘quite some™ reception Since January 21 only 337 new BILL SET FOR THURSDAY ;;gnogge:e:;fgi);r:nd kept Isolated| the public for advances made. committee these days.and along that (By Unitted Press.) cases of the disease -were reported In The crew were under oath to com- What It Would Imvly. line was present to receive James Es- ser when he arrived in Bemidji from the Twin Clties aboard an M. & I. train. “Jim"” had a suitcase and pack sack and these Officer Johnson offered to carry. They contained a dozen facilities for the persons referred to.|quarts of booze and after an intro- “The above plan, if I may refer to|duction to Judge Simons the judge it as such, contemplates the construc- | was so impressed that he placed him London, Feb. 12 (By Mail.)— ‘Women engineers here are putting up a fight to keep their jobs. During the war hundreds of Brit- ish worhen took a course of intensive training to equip themselves for the new work of munition making. The men's: anions did not welcome the “You i{nquire whether a law can be drafted along the lines suggested, which if enacted by the legislature and approved by the governer, would result in the procurement of raflroad Melbourne, with only 27 deaths re- St, Paul, Feb. 26.—Senator Charles | m{t sufcide to avoid capture or re- sulting. There were only 12 cases|W. Gillam of Windom, chairman of | vealing information about the guns. in Sydney, two of them being con- | the sénate grain and warehouse com- | The German officers claimed they did sidered serious. mittee, has called a special meeting of | not know what became of the guns e, P TR that committee for Thursday after-|after the armistice, but believed they New Note ir; Street Musiec. noon to consider once more the bill| were destroyed. A new note in street music is struck introduced by Senator F. H. Peterson \d, where a performer on g | Of Meorhead, which would make spec-| gy A GRDUCK SOLDIER WOUNDED women's invasion, but owing to thef in the Sti ulating in grain futures amblin, tion of extensions of present railroad |as a boarder with the sheriff until he shortage of war material and labor | planc-or exhibits a placard stating “nde,.g.he law. B g NOT MISSING AS REPORTED | gystems in certain counties of the|gave bond for $500, to interview the | they ‘were forced to submit to it. that he is un ex-convict. who has done |/ At a previous hear,ing. members of state, through the joint undertaxing|federal grand jury at Fergus Falls s i The government training schools| four years. There are also statements | the Minneapolis Chamber of Com- Int the casualty Hsts a short time|'of the federal government; through|next May. ? now have éloséd their doors to women | g¢ ¢4 police supervision-and the instra- | merce .argued that trading in futures|ago, Private John Sanderson of Black- | the director general of railroads, and Then Mr. Johnson took a jaunt to _ and they are in danger of being oust-| ., .t 1ict’s desire to do well; nnd, asa |18 neceéssary to insure stability of the diuck was reported ‘missing tn ae-|county boards or other municipal leg- | Benedict and received John Fallgren ed from this branch altogether. Thej . " "0 0 piih the placard |MaTket. - At that time they an-|tion.” islative bodies; the county boards or|as he came in on the train from the women aré determined to-enter thef = " > "'h Ea nd(lrf"ss of his fitm nounced their desire for a further A revised report made public Tues- |'other municipal legislative bodies to|south. His baggage included eight 4 3 competttion siand . have. > organdzad | .70 S o dical af hearing_and. time to present figures|day, eent out from Washington, gives |'furnish rights of way and the federal|quarts.of extract-af corn and e;will: o themsebéés? inte e Women En— ~0f selig nd o s medical “at- and- statistied ih:“engport ar their | Sanderton as “eounded. degree_un-}government, through the director|also- pibke imArip te Ferm Falis:-dn gineerlng goéiety. téndant;—=Lundor Chronicle. elaim, ; determined.” general of rallroads, to furnish-rafls!May. 3 it 3 — . - e g \ | | | | | ] { ) O ) 2 D