Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 10, 1919, Page 1

‘; *Drainage Bill Opposed—Near- " the teeth are counted. : Members from southern- Minne- VOLUME XVII. NO. 85 o e e L IDJI DAILY P BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1919 . STATE FISHERY AT REDBY WILL BE CONTINUED: “BILL APPROVED County Division Meuuré To Be Dealt With Next Week Says Noonan in Weekly Letter MORE CLERK HIRE FOR COUNTY AUDITOR ASKED ly 2,000 Bills Introduced During Session. (By W.'T. Noonan.) St. Paul, - April - 9.—Baudette’s prospects of annexing an armory are about as bright-as a ‘bartender’s fu- ture,” which isn’t very bright -since the nation decided to wrap ‘a rain- spout around his neck. . Things were, going along nicely until the legts— lature decided to.unravel the home guards, and then it was all .off like an old shoe. However Bemidji still has a fighting chance to get one, and i fighting will do the ‘trick’the “City ‘of Enterprise” will land one ot the military bungalows. {Qounty division and .its opponents will go to the mat in the senate next week, and in this case Baudette will not be-out of luck, becausesall signs 3oint to the bill becoming a law, al- wough it may know that {t was in ‘fight when the scrap is over, and sota went on a speeching spree the other day and tried to kill Pat Mc- Carry’s ten thousand lakes bill° with wholesale preseriptions of talk, but they got nowhere with their talk- fest They waved their 'various limbs and donated the argument that the bill was about as-essential.as a hair in the hoarding house bhutter, ‘but whey, they were through the bill was still able to sit .up..and take punishment, and"the smiling. face of the gental Pat, who had .come.over from the senate to watch the fire- ~works, ‘was aH it up-like a Christmas trée, The bill was then hustled over to the govermnor, who lost no time in decorating the dotted line with a “J.” two ‘““A’'s” and a ‘‘Burnquist. “The size of the appropriation. is to, be decided later, but Mr. McGarry, tions out of the treasury for north- ern Minnesota, will see to it that it is plenty—probably fifty thousand strips of the long green. With such ized chunk to advertise the north- part of the state as a playground great results should come, in the way of ‘thousands of tourists with plenty of money and a disposition to spend it. Hardlv Recognize It. The bill codifying the game and when farmer members got through rivetting amendments to it the au- thor needed a blueprint to recognize it. - About the only addition that ‘wasn’t sewn on was an annex making it unlawful to hunt, shoot, convey or have in possession cooties less than three weeks old. Chicken, rabbits, red foxes, black bear, pike, pickerel and suckers were all affected by the amendment, and the most important (Continued on Page Eight) WHITE WOULD MAKE BEMIDJI CENTER FOR DISTRIBUTING SHEEP . dlorth Dakotan Plans Head- quarters Here If Suitable Ar- rangements Can Be Made. L. H. White, who operates a large sheep ranch at Cogswell, North Da- kota, is desirous of making Bemidji his headquarters for the distributing of sheep throughout northern Min- nesota. While in Bemidji last eve-!| ning he said that with its splendid railroad facilities Bemidji is ideally located for his purpose and his re- quests are that he be supplied with sufficient unloading chutes and be- tween 160 and 200 acres of land near the city that he may care for the sheep while awaiting ' distribution. The pasture would, of course, have to have a water suppiy. White plans to ship from 2,000 to 3,000 head of sheep to inis vicinity soon, and he has a large number of orders from Blackduck, Kelliher and iron range points. He has just de- livered about 450 head to F. B. Kan- ady at Akeley, the animals to be sold and distributed on a profit shar- ing basis. Should White find it possible to establish his headquarters here it will bring -sheép buyers to Bemidji from all points in northemn Minne- sota and will be a great incentivel furthering the sheep industry, ich is being carried on so success- fully in this part of the state. J. J. Opsahl is much interested in the proposition and men who are in a position to provide assistance are urged to take the matter up with him. rétve Pome HUN U-BOAT COMING TO U. S. View of one of the five captured Ger- man submarines that are on their way across the Atlantic and that will be used. in the campaign for the Victory lgan. One will be in the Hudson river, one in the Potomac, one will go up the St. Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago; a fourth will visit gulf ports, and the fifth will go up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. PLANS COMPLETED FOR BABY CLINIC T0 BE HELD MAY 10 Women’s Community and Civic Club Names Committee to . Direct Preparations. Satphrday, May 10, and women of the cityhave practically completed plans Wh‘dmiby its success. is assured, committee to have charge of all ar- rangements has been named by the] }t;midji is to have a baby clinic Givic ‘club,.under the supervision of which the clinic is to take place. * Mrs. R. H. Schumaker has been named chairman of ‘the committee and her assistants are Mrs. E. Johnson, Mre. J. A. Youngren, Mrs. Hallan Huffman, Mrs. F. S. nold, Mrs. A. E. Witting, Mrs. N. E. Given, Mrs. E. J Boyce, Mrs R. E. Richardson 'and Miss Verna Barker. A doctor of the state board of who is not only head of the highway j,¢a1tn will have direct charge of the eltrami county, Represen- committee, but the most experienced ()inic and he will be assisted by two ?;:(i,:eofx BE{t lgakio znd §. B ?Elwell highwayman in the legislature when, ;rse5 experienced i it -¢omes to dynamiting appropria-|Tne clinic is to be held in the high|ier yp with the state highway com school building, beginning in thelmigsioner to ascertain whether the In the evening the women | yongy may be made available for of the city will be addressed by the| ther rogds of the county. in morning. physician sent here to have charge of the work. FOREST FIRES IN 1918 CAUSE ENORMOUS L ranger of Bemidji. The map shows the location an extent of the principal fires of last year, the burned-over territory being marked red. The large fires were those at Moose Lake, Bruno, Cloquet+| Duluth, Bain and Arthyde. hundred and ninty-six other fires were reported by rangers of th state as being extinguished befor becoming dangerous. The record tells that between 300 and the burned-over area in the con- 000 acres. In all 600,000 acres were burned-over during the year. Eleven towns and villages «were completely destroyed by the fires and five partly burned. Young timber worth $2,- 000,000 was destroyed. ASK SOLDIERS TO MARCH IN VICTORY LOAN PARADE Returned soldiers of Bemidji and Beltrami county are asked to parti- cipate in the parade to be held here April 17 which will mark the open- ing of the victory liberty loan cam- paign in this vicinity. The chief feature of the parade will be a whippet tank used in the battle of the Argonne forest and the St. Mihiel salient, and which is one of the twenty being sent through the ninth federal reserve district for pub- licity purposed in connection with the bond drive. Earl W. Byer, chair- man of the arrangement committee, urges that all returned soldiers take part in the parade and asks that they leave their names with Lieut. Thomas Swinson at the Army and Navy club. TO RESUME PRACTICE HERE. Attorney Ascham, who gave up his practice of law here last August to enter military service, returned to Bemidji today and will re-open his office. He took the army training at Macalester college, St. Paul, and was discharged in December, since I-| henefit to the county. the Work.|hag heen appointed to take the mat % Homes numbering 5,000 were de- | commissioner. fish laws was up the other day, and‘fltmyed by forest fires in Minnesota last year and the total loss of prop-|Mrs. George Walker of Bemidji, who ery amounted to approximately $25,- | recently r?urned from France, told 000,000, according to information in-|in an intefesting manner_of his ex- cluded in new maps compiled by the | periences on the battle Minnesota forest service which has|is the proud possessor of the croix been received. by L. F. Johnson, forest | de guerre. a| TRACTION ENGINEERS AND - Three|and a course for threshermen will be e{and June. e | school will begin May 19 and close J and 350 lives were lost in the fires,|June 21. flagrating of October 12 totaled 200.- | farm, St. Paul. ENDORSE PLAN *GIVING COUNTY FINE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS Commercial Club Recommends That = Commissioners Issue $250,000 Bonds for Roads, SPEND THIS AMOUNT FOR ROADS COSTING $517,000 Situation Made Possible by Federal Aid and Passage of Babcock Plan Amendment. . Bemidji’s Commercial club Wed: nesday afternoon approved the mnq' building plan which will give Bel tramj county highway construction costing $517,500 for an expenditure of but $2§0,000, this amount to be secured by a bond issue made DOS- sible for the unanimoeus vote of mem- bers of the county Loard. This ugl— usual situation is made possible Dy, the Beltrami county allowance of $90,000 provided by the federal road buflding program, and through re- turns from the Babcock road amendy ment whigh is to be submitted to the voters of the state next fall for ap- proval. y 8. D. Snyder, assistant county sur-; veyor, hag completed a map showing the program of road construction which would result under the plan; he thoroughly outlined the system suggested to the Commercial club members, making prominent many features. which are certain to prove of advantage to the county in gen- eral. ¥ Where Monev Wonld Go. 1t ig.plpnned to spend $165,000 on the compjeting of the Cass Lake- Solway. read which runs through Bemidji; ' to spend $70,000 on the Bemidji-Blackduck-Kelliber road; Bemidji Women’s Community and|sy75 7900 on the Kelliher-Baudette- Spooner road; $32,600 ‘on ‘the ew:E and west:road across the north end of the county and. $75,000 on the road leading from Bemidji into the Benville country, providing road fa- cilities which would prove of great The $90,000 federal aid has been designated for use on' the Cass Lake- Solway road, but a committee com- prising James L. George, former au- A special meeting of the Baudette Commereial club was held recently and the proposition after being sub- mitted by Engineer Snyder was unan- imously ‘endorsed. The plan is also favored by R Bliler, county sur- veyor, and he hos recommended it to Charles M. Babcock, state highway ‘George Walker, Jr., son of Mr. and front. He THRESHERMEN'S COURSE A course for traction engineers offered at university farm in May The traction engineers’ une 14, and the threshermen’s school will begin June 16 dnd close Persons interested should B. Bassett, universityi address L. ADAMS PRESBYTERY SESSION IS SUCCESS Yesterday the semi-annual meet- ing of Adams Presbytery came to a close after two days session. There were about fifteen pastors and sev- eral laymen representing churches of Beltrami, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and Kittson counties. Rev. R. L. Barrackman of Thief River Falls, former moderator, spoke Tuesday afternoon. The first busi- ness item of importance was to elect which time he has been visiting in the southern part of the state. a new moderator to succeed Rev. L. P. Warford of Bemidji- whose term expired. Rev. John P. MacLaren of Kelljher was elected to fill the va- cancy. In the evening a popular meeting was held, Rev. S. M. Kelly of Red Lake Falls preaching the ser- mon; - Wednesday was given to busi- ness meetings, at which all the dif- ferent reports were read, and plans for the new era work discussed. That the business of bringing sheep to this country from Nqrth Dakota and Montona ranches to .northern Minnesota to graze and make ready for market can be carrjed on profitably is being amply demonstrated by Raus Richey of Bag- ley. This man expects to market 10,000 head of sheep this season, and he will bring in about the same num- ber, having already made purchases of 2,100 head in Montana, 5,000 in Wyoming and placed orders for 2.- 000 more. The sheep are now arriv- ing at Bagley Boys At Play Ground Electric © Enslon in his garage that he might DISCUSS PLAY GROUNDS 7.450 MINNESOTANS ARE INCLUDED IN WAR CASUALTIES Minnesota casualties in tle world war numberéd 7,450, according to a preliminary estimate made by Lieu- tenant T. Glen Harrison, intelligence officer to Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow. Lieutenant Harrison {s compiling war records of Minnesota men and has tabulated the casualty list as made public. The total an, nounced, is subject to correction and to" additions from the period of March 15 to May 7, 1918, when no lists were given out by the war de. partment, he explained. Minnesota men in service totaled about 98,0600, and the name of one man in each hundred will appear on the complete cascualty list, Lieutenant Harrison predicted. CHAIN THROWN OVER HIGH VOLTAGE WIRE CAUSES FIRE DANGER . Line in Nymore—Former Alderman Is Injured. Valley, have been disposed of. . Boys at play were responsible for e-grounding of 2,300 volt electric es on Lincoln avenue, {n the Ny- district, the consequence of joh brought painful' injury to ‘W. Smith, foreman at the M. & ; ‘Tound-house, and formerly a rep. resentative of the Fifth ward on the city council, and also started a num- ber of fires which were extinguished before damage resulted. Smith suffered a broken arm when reached for an electri¢ light ex- sources today. B financial commission. i better see work he was doing on:his antomobile. He was sitting beside the machine and had just taken hold f*% of the light when he was throwsf ’ 3 heavily, hig#ight elbow being broken in & most serious manner. He was ungble to turn off the current, but luckily his son w—w and he turned the switch. = Smith went to the Northern Pdcfle hospital at Brainerd this morning where. the arm wjll*be treated. Inygstigation by A. J. NayIor manager of the Minnesota Electric Light and Power company yesterday afterpoon disclosed the fact that s had thrown a small dog chain over the primary wire, which carried ,300_ volts, thereby connecting it with the Secondary’ or service wire which carries but 110 volts. This high voltage carried to buildings caused a number of persons to re- ceive severe electric shocks and a few fires were started before the trouble was explatned. 0 APPLICATIONS ARE RETURNED; REASON' " IS NOT ANNOUNCED M Applicants for appointment 'td the Bemidjl po.tmastership, and there are Yo:1ess than twenty of them, are in a quandary as 'to just what is meant by the return of their appli- cations by the sresident of the Unit- ed States civil service commission at Washington. A large number of the applications have been returned to the senders with this announcement: “The postoffice department has withdrawn its request for a certi- fieation for filling the position of ostmaster at Bemidji, Minn.,, and he examination announced for that oftice has been canceled. Your ap- plication cannot, therefore, be given further consideration at this time.” And the applicants are anxiously awaiting an explanation. AT MEETING TONIGHT Providing of added play grounds for the children of Bemidji will be discussed at a meeting to be held at the Commercial club this evening at 8 o'clock. The meeting was called by Mrs. E. F. Netzer, chairman of the play ground - committee of the Bemidjl Women's Community and Civic elub, and the boord of educa- tion and park board will be repre- sent. The matter of providing a physical culture director for Bemlidji will also be discussed at the meet- ing. BARWISE-KENT. Corporal Lee A, LaBaw, who last June enlisted in the United States marine corps, and has been in Franee serving as confidental clerk to the intelligence officer of the Thirteenth regiment, may be en route home at this time. In a letter just received from the corporal he says that he has made application for discharge and expected to be on his way. back to the Ilnited States within two weeks. Before enlistment LaBaw was official court reporter for Judge C. W. Stanton, of the distriet court, the duties of which position he will resume on his return to Bemidji MAY COMMAND AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI Charles F. Barwise, who has re- cently returned from military serv- ice in France, and Miss Lillian Kent were married last evening at the Presbyterian parsonage, Rev. Lester P. Warford officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Barwise will make their home in Bovey, Minn, General Mangin, who has been command rench army_of oceupa- tion in Alsace-Lorraine and Baden, was called to Puris to be pldeed at the bhead of an allied mission to Hungary. It wos intimated that if nécessary he might eommand ailied forces to combat the hol<heviki in that regiop. | | ! [ + 4 " REACH AGRFEMENT ONFOUR PRIN QUESTIONS WHICH THREATENED PEACE (By United Press) Paris, April 10.—Thé situation in Paris has changed al- most over-night from one of ‘deepest gloom to the greatest opti- mism. The four principal questions which have been preventing immediate settlement of the peace terms, those of reparation, responsibility for the war, and the claims to Fiume and Saar | | alo, FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH Historje il S‘)t'h-:y UaL Although an agreement on these propositions has been reached, the peace conference is not yet out of the woods re- garding the secret treaties entered into by the Allies before American intervention. This was learned from authoritative In regard to repural%m; the representatives of the four great powers are understood ‘to have decided that Germany must pay an injtial installment of $5,000,000,000 within two years, with an undetermined balance to be fixed by a permanent The league of nat_ion"}e;mmiuions will meet tonight to re- the re-draft of the g itial covenant.. It will also hear a of women who wish to present certain recommenda- +, |NO' DANGER IN MINNESOTA FROM 17-YEAR LOCUST Absolutely no cause for alarm on the part of Minnesota farmers exists in connection with the 17-year lo- gm. This statement is ussued by " Ln Washburn, university farm, St. Paul, to offset the effect of mis- quetations of him -in' some of the ‘papofs <of ‘the northw ‘relative ‘to the occurrenge of;,n_ rood of the™17- ear locusts” in fiusota.’ - No brood is scheduled to occur in Min- nesota to the best of his knowledge, says Mr. WashBurn. This insect, he adds, is met with only in very limited areas, and then only oc- casjonally, in this state. ALL TILE FLOORS NOT ALIKE. RULES JUDGE IN DECISION TODAY Contractor Jackson Can Recov- er but $1,285 of $1,829 Sought in Dalton Case. All tile flooring is not alike, in the opinion of Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court. With especial reference to the floor in the dining room of the Hotel Dalton, in this city, the court finds that it is *‘de- ficient, defective and Iimperfect’” and that by reason of the failure of Ed- ward Jackson, contractor, to sub- ¢tantially perform his contract for the installation of the floor John Dal- ton, the proprietor, has been dam- aged in the sum of $544.00. His lionor pays further compli- ment to the floor in questioff by say- ing that “the ceramic tlling is sec- ond-class and mnot of good quality; that the work of laying the said til- ing was performed by workmen in- efficient and inexperienced in that kind of work; that the said floor is now and was when the work of lay- ing the same was finished unevem and irregular on its surface; that many small pleces of tile never ad- hered firmly to the bed or base on which the same were laid, leaving many defective places in the floor, in several of which places, compris- ing an aggregate surface area of sev- ? |eral square yvards, the tile, soon after it was laid, became loose and wholly detached from the bed; that such imperfect and defective condition of the floor was due attributable to the inferior quality of material used and the lack of skill in the performance of the work and not to any subse- quent uge or treatment of the same.” Judicial determination of the mat. ter arose from the fact that Jackson agreed to construct the building, in- cluding extras, for $18,264. which sum Dalton paid $16 and refused to pay the balance of $1,829.67 because of the defective tile floor. Jackson accordingly filed a lien and brought suit to foreclose it. According to the decision filed today Jackson will recover $1,285.67 instead of $1,829.67 which he asked. The case was tried March 14, John F. Gibbons appearing as attorney for Jackson and C. W. Scrutchin as at- torney for Dalton. BLACK PEARL. VALUED AT $3.000 SOLD BY BAKER George T. Baker, Bemidji jeweler, has sold the black pearl found in a shell below the Mississippi river dam several years ago. The pear] was ex- amined by experts who placed its vajue at no less than $3,000. N. Desbecker, a pearl purchaser of Buf- N. Y., bought the stone. | { 1 - | | { | I