Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 25, 1919, Page 1

0] %'_"‘4’ - i i © take promipent par ke . publications 4 VOLUME XVIL. NO. 71. BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVFNlNG MARCH 25, 1919. MANY FARMERS INTERESTEDIN LAND HERE; BIG YEAR CERTAIN - Soil*TFillers From: Other ‘States Interested in Opportunities " - Offered in Beltrami. NEW REALTY BOARD PLANS ‘ACTIVE WORK Will Provide Desired Informa- tion to Hundreds—Meet- ing Saturday. That Beltrami county’s rural dis- ‘tricts -are to greatly benefit by an influx of farmers this summer is gghe encouraging, ~prediction of Bemidji Teal estate dealers who announce that never have inquiries concerning farm ‘lands and.demands for lntor- mation concemlng the agricultural possibilities_ heré“been so numerous. ‘Che conditions'are indeed favor- - able for(a big year<in the county’s rural districts,” said P. R. Peterson, who has been -named secretary- treasurer of the newly organized Bel- trami County Real Estate Board, *and requests. for information are , coming from men, who are really in- - terested in. our tountry and who should they .decide td locate here will in promoting progressive farming® They are men who Hiave been successful farmers in Iowa, Indfana, Illinois and other states but who want. to.come to a new ‘country. “ -Qlubs-of “Beltrami - county aflords a won- derful oppoytunity for this class. of men. Market conditions are improv. ing every day, the climate cannot be surpassed and the sojl is of the best. ‘The enterprise of the various farm- ers clubs the -county has done much. to bring .Beltrami - county - to the notice of fatmers who are look- ing for new .loeations. ' Their work has “been chronicled iA ' the ‘farm and their -achieve- ments brought to the attention of _the outsider who has been: made to ‘wonder, at _the progress: in: agrlcul- ture made_ here.” That these men who are becomlnz interested iif Beltrami cotinty may be provided with full facts concern- ing opportunities here is to be a cuief part of the work of the new Real Estate board. Its membership will includé” the "realiable real estate .#Jealers of ‘the county. The charter members of the board are E. B. Berman, J, W. Wilcox, W E. Dean, George H. French, J. J. Op- sahl, A. R. Erickson, J. P. Lahr, F. M. Malzahn, E. H. Winter, P. R. Peterson, all of Bemidji, and V. M. ‘Owen of Hines. A meeting of the or- ganization- will be held at the Com- mercial club rooms Saturday after- ‘noon at 3 o'clock and every real estate man of the county i3 urged to be present and to. hecome a member. GIVEN 90 DAYS IN JAIL FOR STEALING Frank White, a stranger in Be- midji, must spend. the next 90 daye in the Beltrami county jail in con- sequence of stealing a grip belong- ing to L. S. Sears. White was ar- rested on a warrant sworn out by Chief of Police Essler and when ar- raigned before Judge John F. Gib. ‘bons said: “The stealing of grips is becoming quite a 'habit in Bemidji and it is Lo “wwmy intention to put a stop to it. 1 don’t care whether it is only a razor, these petty robberies have got to stop and this court is going to co-operate with the police départment in end- ing them:” White was given an option on:.paying a fine of $100 or going to :jafl, and having no money be will be a guest at the county jail during the next three months. Charles Parent, ‘who for 15 years has been a woodsman for the Crooks- ton Lumber company, was arraigned on a charge of drunkenness. He was lm;gd guilty and fined $10, which he paid. JUVENILE BAND WILL NUMBER MORE THAN 100 Bemidji's Juvenile band is to be a winner. This was assured at the first meeting of the organization yes. terday afternoon and last evening when 103 enthuiastic lads attended and announced that they either had secured their instruments or that AIR MAIL PILOTS OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE These are the pllota that carry the air meil daily between London and. Paris for the Britlsh peace conference delegates, BEMIDJI CLUB WINS PRIZE IN SPUD CONTEST Exhibit at Development Asso- ciation Show Scores Well —$300 Is Awarded. Detailed announcement of the winners in the potato contest of the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation has been made by T. A. Erickson, state boys’ and girls’ club work leader. Fred T. Lincoln, of Brainerd, secretary of the®association is now. preparing the chec«s for $300 in cash prizes which the young pota- to growers contested for. John Brandt of Mille Lacs county won first prize of $20 and a trip to the state fair for the record yield of 504 bushels of Burbank potatoes from an acre. -~ Awdrds in Cash. Part{cipants in the individual con- test were scored -on yield, report showing cost and sélling price of the potatoes, exhibits and a written ar- ticle on ‘“How I Helped Uncle Sam by Growing Potatoes.” Scores in Detail. . The first three' individual prizes, the variety of potato grown and the number of bushels per acre are given as follows: 3 Triimph: Theodore Johnson, Bel- trami, 280 bu.; Frederick Johnson, Beltrami, 272 bu.; Margaret Wieson, Itasca, 216 bu. Irish Cobbler: Alvin Hoiem, St. Louis, 288 bu.; Knute Thorson, Becker, 200 bu.; Millard Hornquist, Isanti, 200 bu, Rural New Yorkers: Naimi Saari, St. Louis, 504 bu.; Catherine Liebl, Stearns, 480 bu.; Selma Hyttinen, Itasca, 464 bu. Green Mountain: - Millard Shobe, Ralph Bunnell, Mille Lacs, 480 bu.; Itasca, 445 bu.; James Johnson, St. Louis, 436 bu. : Burbank: Josephine Olson, Ait- kin, 416 bu,; Swanson, Lake, 408 bu; Lester Harrison, Carlton, 384 bu. Winnine Potato Clubs. The following.is a complete list of the winning potato clubs, showing showing the names, county and score: La Prairie club, Itasca, 89.725; Lincoln school, Sunshine. No. 101, St. Louis, 83.6; the North Star club, No. 9, St Louis, 79.28; Willing ‘Workers' club, St. Louis, 77.6; Lin- coln School club, Lake, 77.; School No. 48, Improvement club, St Louis. 76.86; 'Minnehaha club, Lake, 76.40; Waldo club, Lake, 74.59: Boys and Girls, Social club, No. 86, St. Louis, 72.47; Junior Improvement club, No. 18, St. Louis; 70.65; Bemidji club, Beltrami, 70.407; Little Citizens’ club, No. 65, St. Louis, 67.01; the Industrial club, No. 79, St. Louis, 64.3; Boys and Girls’ c]ub. No. 2, St. Louls, 64.3; Glendale School club, No .2, (66,) St. Louis, 64.22; Castle Danger club, Lake, 63.75; Vermillion Handicraft School club, No. 40, St. Louis, 63.61; Boys and Girls’ club, No. 122, St. Louis, v3.; High School club, Lake, 61.775; Iron School club, St. Louis, 61. CASS LAKE BANKER'S MOTHER DIED TODAY L. W. Pearson, Mrs. H. N. mother of Harding, Cass Lake banker, died at her home in Northfield this morning. |Mrs. Pearson, who was 86 years old, had been in poor health for some time and her death was not patriotic lady and during the last winter knitted 65 pairs of socks for American soldiers. G. 8. Harding, they had been ordered. The next re- | of Bemidii, a grandson, who just re- hearsal will be held Thursday after- noon and the same hours observed yesterday will be followed. Director Oliver Riggs believes that the band will have at least 120 mem- bers @and he is delighted with the in- terest ¥hown by the boys, and also by the parents who.are co-operating in every possible way to make the or- ganization a success and a credit to the city. When some people talk it waste of time to yawn is a turned from service overseas, recent- 1y visited Mrs. Pearson at North- field. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Harding will leave tonight for Northfield to attend the funeral. MASONS MEET TOMORROW. There will be a meeting of the Masonic lodge in the Masonic hall at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. There will be work in the third degree and officers are anxious that all members be present. -|TO0 MANY CANDIDATES. RUN unexpected. She was an extremelyl 1 OUT OF APPLICATION FORMS Several aspirants of the Bemlidji postmastership are anxiously await- ing the arrival of more blanks that they may file their applications. numerous are candidates for the posi- tion that the postoffice has been un- able to provide the necessary appli- cation forms, but sixteen having been provided. But A. P. Ritchie, postmaster, promises that a new shipment will be on hand in a day or two and calls attention to the fact that applicants have until April 15 to have their requests on file at Washington. Several wrong applica- tion forms were received by candi- dates, and all making -application should Dbe certain that the blank form they use is number 1312, . WAR; WOUNDED DAY Sergeant Daniel E. Newton has sent his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Newton the following telegram, dated at New York March 24: “Ar- rived New York safe. Destination Greenhuts hospital.” Am well, Writ- ing.” Newton enlisted in October 1916, six months before war was de- clared and went over with General Pershing, having been on the Mexi- can border before going overseas. He is a member of company 1. 26 in- fantry, first division. Sergeant Newton went through the war without a scratch until the morning the armistice was signed at which time he was wounded, receiv- ing a broken wrist, a wound in the left leg and eight cuts in the back. He has not heard from his parents for seven months, as their letters have been going to Germany and he has been confined in a hospital. ' As he enlistea for three years he will not receive his discharge until next October, but expects to come home on a furlough. JOE BUSH SURRENDERS, Joe Bush, well known in Bemidji and whose brother, Charles, now re- sides in this city, has signed his con- tract and will pitch for the Boston Americans this year, Manager Ed- ward Barrow announces. Bush fis considered one of the best twirlers in the American league, and ‘fear that he was a hold-out annoyed Manager Barrow greatly. BROOK TROUT FRY TO REACH HERE SATURDAY 8. C. Bailey, game warden, was notified today that 42 cans of brook trout fry will be sent to Bemidji Saturday by the state game and fish department. This will be the second shipment of trout fry received in Be- midji this spring, 25 cans having ibeen distributed here a short time ago. Warden Bailey urges persons who are anxious to secure brook trout for planting in streams in this seétion of the county notify him at once in order that a portion of the shipment may be reserved. The fry will ar- rive in Bemidji on the 7:55 Great Northern train Saturday evening and will be immediately delivered to those who desire them. ,|COUNCIL NAMES E. J. BOURGEOIS CITY ENGINEER Will Also be Superintendent of Water Department—Paid $3,000 a Year. E. J. Bourgeois, for twenty-three vetirs A resident of Beltrami county and who has resided in Bemidji since 1898, was named city engineer at a special zeting of the city council held last evening. His salary will be $3,000 a year. ‘The appointment comes following a decision of the council to combine the offices of city engineer and su- pevintendent of the water depart- ment. Six applications for the office ht‘}l e filed at a meeting of the council d last week and a.special commit. tee was appointed io make recom- mendations. At the special meeting last night this committee reported that either Robert Jacobson, an engineer of Fargo, or Bourgeois, who announced that he would accept the appointment if tendered him, were qualifield to fill the position. A vote was taken and Bourgeols elected by a count of six to four. Bourgeois came to Beltrami coun- ty in 1896 and was first employed in the construction of the Nebish to Red Lake railway. Since that time he has been engaged in civil engin- eering, ditch construction and super- vision work, . and was the official engineer of several of the county’s largest judicial ditch projects. He served as assistant county. surveyor under M. D. Stoner and will un- doubtedly be a capable and efficient officer. The work of the office, in- cluding as it does, the duties of the city engineer and water department superintendent, will occupy all of his time. PLAN BIG YEAR FOR BEMIDJI HATCHERY Under direction of E. W. Cobb, su- perintendent of fisheries for the state game and fish department, pre- parations are being completed for the operation of the Bemidjli hatchery this season. Nets and material for starting the work have been received in Bemidji and it is believed that work of collecting spawn will begin within ten days. 8. C. Bailey, game warden, says that indications point to a most suc- cessful year, and believes that the splendid record of last year will be exceeded in the amount of fry dis- tributed. Last year fry was de- livered to many parts of northern Minnesota, and so plentiful were eggs that the Bemidji hatchery could not care for the supply and many of them had to be sent to hatcheries at Detroit and St. Paul. TO NEW POSITION Miss Anna McManus has resigned her position as stenographer with the St. Hilaire Retail Lumber com- pany and sr(‘vp!od a similar position with the C. W, Jewett Anto company. Miss El}u Beach, who has formerly done the stenographic work for the firm has charge of the store depart- ment this year DORMITORY, COSTING $100,000, FOR BEMIDJI NORMAL SCHOOL ASSURED Assurance that an appropriation of $100,000 for the con- struction of a dormitéry for Bemidji’s Normal school will be provided by the legislature, was givén this afternoon when the senate finance comimittee and house appropriations committee, in conference, placed the appropriation on the general budget .. This information was received by The Pioneer in a message received from Representative A. and recommended its approval E. Rako, this afternoon. | his BEMIDJI DAILY PICVEE 0‘\ FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH ALLED TROOPS MUST BE SENT INTO HUNGARY OFFICIALS SAY (By United Press) . Paris, March 25.—American or allied troops must be rush- ed into Hungary at once to save the situation was the opinion expressed in advices received today by the peace conference from its agents in that country. The allied forces in that coun- try now are entirely inadequate, it was stated, and must be immediately reinforced to prevent Bolghevism from obtaining a foothold from which it can be spread into western Europe. The conference has been deeply impressed by the collapse of the Hungarian government. FIRE UPON BRITISH MONITORS. Paris, March 25.—Two British Monitors arnved in Budapest after being fired on enroute, it was reported in dispatches re- ceived through diplomatic channels today. They proceeded to the Hungarian capital along the Danube from Belgrade. One British patrol boat was seized by the Hungarians, but it was returned later with apologies. THIRD REVOLT IS PLANNED. (Copyright by United Press) Berlin, March 24, by courier to Paris.—Spartacans are planning to launch their third revolution before the first of April. This revolt, it was learned from Spartacans themselves today, is intended as a signal for a general Bolsheviki uprising throughout central Europe. Rugsian Bolshevists have been asked to start an invasion to insure the revolution success. The Spartacans plan to open hostilities without warning. ENTENTE COMMISSIONERS INTERNED. London, March 25.—Travelers reaching Vienna from Bu- dapest report that all entente commissioners have been intern- ed by the new Hungarian government an Exohange telegraph dmpatch reports. VICTORY GARDENS T0 BE POPULAR IN BEMIDJI THIS YEAR Maintenance of home gardens to meet the continued need for food i8 being urged by the Department of Agriculture in a nation-wide cam- paign now well under way. Federal garden experts say that the interest is as great as last year, when the patriotism of war acted as an incentive. Pamphiets and other publications pointing out the neces- sity of continuing last year's war gardens are being distributed. Officlals of the department have pointed out that the need for home production of vegetables continues, because while there are fewer Ameri- can soldiers overseas, there are more hungry civilians now than before in other countries who look to the Unit- ed States to furnish them with food. Moreover, it was said, the rallroads of the country still will be overbur- dened and the state, county or town that feeds or assists in the feeding of itgelf will ald greatly in reconstruc- tion aboard and re.adjustment at home. Continuance of the so.called war gardens, the department believes, will olso play an important part in domestic economy. Gardners, who last year were dis- couraged hecause of failures, are be- ing urged to make another try, as it is felt that the experience gained by the failure should result in a suc- cessful garden this year. Reports go far received by the de- partment indicate that many thou- sands of home graderners who went “‘over the top soil’* last year in the production of vegetaples for home tables already have started thefr “Victory gardens.” OFFICER FOILS ATTEMPT TO ROB STREET DISPLAY CASE Patrolman Lox foiled an attempt to rob the street display case of Sha- vitch Brothers last night when on one of his trips of inspection he dis- covered a man breaking into the case. The man made his get-away and as he had broken the case Officer Lox took several pairs of shoes and boots to the police station where they were kept until returned this after- noon WILL CON‘TXN'UE WORK. Fred Cutter, sop of Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Cutter, of Bemidji, has written parents that he will be dis- charged from service next week and requests that they send his civillan ciothes to him. He has been on duty at the Aviation General Supply Depot at Middleton, Pa., and following hig digcharge, will remain with the gov- ernment for a period of three months. Another son of Mr. and Mrs. Cutter, Carter, is still in France. Worth It Tommy (lald up from cating too much dinner)—*“I feel awfully sick ma, but it was worth it."—Boston Transeript ‘| GAINEY WINS NEW HONOR AT HAMUNE Daniel Gainey’ of Bemid)i, attend- Ing Hamline university at St. Paul, -phes been chosen a member of the: committee. on ceremonies of the Men's Forum, an-organization formed with the purpose of discussing cup- rent issuep im-the flelds of polities and economics according to t’he prin- ciples of parliamentary practice. The committee on ceremonies prom- {ses to be one of the most important committees of the body. Gainey was recently elected cap- tain of the Hamline basket ball squad for the 1019.20° season. Although this is only his second year at Ham- line he has won three H’'s in ath- letic's, one in basket ball {n the sea- son of 1918-19; another in the sea- son of 1917-18 and a third in foot- ball during the season of 1918, RESUME WORK ON PLAY. With the return of Miss Sarah Mitchell, of the high school faculty, from a trip to Chicago, work on the senfor play began, and yesierday characters for the cast were selected and rehearsals started. Several of the parts are most difficult, one for instance requires that the same boy assume the role of a millionaire’s son and also that of a village tailor, The date for the presentation of the play has not been selected. MANY CONTRIBUTE TO SOLDIER BANQUET FUND Liberal contributions are being made to the soldiers banquet fund, and the epread which is to be given at the Markham next Monday night is assured. Those who wish to con- tribute, but have not done so, should notify Mrs. A. Lord or Mrs. A. A. Warfield. Boys who plan to attend should leave their names at the Army and Navy club. Each returned sol- dier is privileged to take his mother, wife, sister or sweetheart to the banquet. SUGGEST NEW CLUB NAME AND WIN $10 Although a large number of names have been suggested for the new com- munity club which is to result from the plan to enlarge the activities of the Bemidji Commercial club, the special committee which is in charge of plans is anxious that others be presented. The person who suggests the name adopted will win a prize of $10 which s to be given by the First National bank. Proposed names should be mailed to Attorney Hallan L. Huffman, secretary of the special committee. COMMISSIONERS TO MEET. Beltrami county commissioners will hold the next meeting of the board ut the court house Tuesday, April, 1. e — —— ekl