Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 6, 1919, Page 1

PR()GRAM NOW | COMPLETE FOR | BOOSTER MEET AT CASS LAKE NO. 107 Complete Lut of ‘Speakers An- nounced by Secretary Lin- coln of Development League ] INDIAN'PAGEANT TO FEATURE RECREAT!ON 3 { #Sheep Groweu, County Agents i and Scenic Highway Offic- ! ials Also to Attend Meet. Northern Minnesota's. lour-in—one . :convention which is ‘to be held at 4 Cass Lake June :20-21 is certain to f - be one of the most-successful develop- § ““4ent méetings ever held in the state, i and the. program for the Northern Minnesota ‘Development association just announced by ¥red T. Lincoln, {} secretary, i of exteptional interest, 3 and full ©of features. . - “ Offigers of the development asso- § - ciation have asked other: organiza- 7 tions to meet with them at Cass Lake f tand in' consequence there will be bupiness sessions of the Northern Minnesota “Sheép . Growers’ associa- tion, assoclation .of County Agents and the Scenic Highway association. The program, as annoupced by Sec- retary Lincoln, follows: .Fridav A.. M, June 20, 9 a. m. Call to order. Prayer. ‘Welcome, ‘mayor Cass Lake. Response, R. R. N. M. D. A, Brainerd. Announcements. Committee appointments, “Deep Water-Ways Connection with the O?n." Chas. P. Craig,Du- luth. ¥ “Our Common Pmblems ’’ Hon. F. A. Duxbury, Caledonia. "M!nnesoh,’thg Natural Vacation Ground of ‘North Amsrica," Carlos W. E. LaFountaine, Wise, president Avery, state YE-A warden.. . “The Of fl%fi e 'Imrger Citfes in| Development W or rk," ‘B :M:' McMahon, general seeretary, St. Paul nmcia— tion. % “Noon .Luncheon. : . 1:30 p ,m... *“The Valueof Dalry- ing Products to the Human ‘Race,” Hugh J ,.Hughes, .managing editor Farm Stock & Home, Minneapolis, “The Habcock .. Trunk Highway Sttmulate.Rural Development,” E .T. Winghip, president, Minnesota Auto- mobile association “Fertility of Minnesota Soil, " Hon. bert. Carmichael, Farmington. 4 p. m. Meeting of Scenic High- ~~way officials. 8 p..m, . Smoker—Auspices Com- mercial club ‘at Judith lodge, M. N. Koll, toastmaster,: Saturdav June 21. . 9 a. m. “The Relation of Sheep Production to Narthern Minnesota Development,” Q. M. Olson, county agent Park Rapids: “Sheep «Husbardry it ‘Northern Minnesota,” Clyde D. Campbell,.coun- . ty. agent, Park Rapids:” “Public Markets'for Northern Min- . mesota,” E. A. “Colquhoun, agent St,.- Louis: county: “Northéern Minnesota, a Tangible * Asset,” H. M. Gardner, vice president, Civic and Commerce association, Min- neapolis. 11 a. m. Assemble at Commercial club docks for lake trip. 12 noon. Fish dinner on Stnr Is- land. . 1:30 p. m. Historical < and bait casting contests, beach. 5 p. m.to midnight. wows down town. 6 p. m. -Supper %% 9 p. m. Dancing, armory. BAUDETTE MEN HERE ON ROAD MATTERS William T. Noonan, editor of the Baudett® Région, W. F. Zauche, Bau- dette village clerk, F. D. Nelson, su- pefintendent of the Spooner mill and Julian Peterson, cashier of the Spoon- er state bank, formed a delegation from the northern part of the county who are in the city to appear before the commissioners on matters relat. ing to the road program. Members of the party will ask the board to change slightly the program as now planned, giving an additional $50,000 ta be used on the Waskish- Baudette road, the official route to be designated from Waskish instead of from ..elliher. They believe that such a change will benefit the entire county. This is Noonan’s first visit to Be- midji since the end of the legislative session. He held position of assistant desk clerk in the house of representa- tives during the session and his effi- cient work was often commended by legislators. - His bright weekly news letters to"I'he Daily Pioneer were read with much interest by readers t the paper, who were thus enabled ~ to closely follow the work of the law- county pn,gsant Norway Indian pow- makers. Early cabbage requires a warm rich soil. Late cabbage will do well on mitch cooler seil if it is rich. BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 6,-1919. FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH '| AUDITOR. PREUS TO COMBINE TIMBER. LAND DEPARTMENTS 3. A. 1. Preus, state auditor, late yesterday announced a plan to con- solidate the state timber and land deparitments June 1. 0. H. Diercks will continue as superintendent and w!ll be assisted by J. F. Gould, now manager ot land sales and who visits Bemidji each month. Oscar Arneson, former timber su- perintepdent, will aid in the prose- cution of ten timber trespass claims aggregating $100,000 and set for trial this month, the auditor said. He will then retire from state of- fice to. mahage a-St. Paul councern manufacturing a portable power saw. WOMEN OF BEMIDJI WILL PROVIDE 100 'ROOMS FOR PUPILS Community and _Civic Club Members to Make Thorough . Canvass—Plan Directory. Importance of the providing of suitable and .sufficient accommoda- tions for students who are to enroll in the -Teachers’ Trainlng school to be held in’ Bemidji this summer, be- ginning June 23, has aroused the in- terest of ‘members of the Women's Community and Civic club, and by a thorough canvass of the city they aim to secure promises f6r room and board for at least one hundred girls. The canvass will start immediately and gll -women of the city who have rooms are urgently reguested to so notify. Mrs, Earle A. Barker, giving the name, number of rooms available and the price asked. In this-'way a complete directory can be provided and upon: the arrival in the city of students they can immediately be re- ferred to Mrs. Barker. All women are asked to co-operate in this movement ,remembering that the Normalschool is no longer a mat- ter of theory, but i8 a reality and Be- midji must provide room accommoda- tions until the dormitory building is ready for oocupancy.. It is planned to have the board and.room directory xn completed form by June flrst. NEW ROAD MUCH NEEDED IN TEN LAKES DISTRICT One dozen hustijhg farmers of Ten Lakes township are in Bemidji todny to- ask the-Beltramii sounty board comm1astoners to -establish a road on both stdes of the newly erected:-Leet] bridge, such an action giving a direct: route of travel “for settlers: in “tlie townships of Ten Lakes, Sugar Bush; Brook Lake and Moose Lake-to Be-: midji. The road would connect with tiie federal aid highway from Cass Lake to Bemidji and would afford a route which would save the farmerd twelve miles in trips to this'city. It would also establish a road to within four miles of the Elwell Blackduck- Cass Lake road. The farmers-are urgent ln their appeal to the commissioners and be- lieve. that the road would provide advnntages which the hoard “must give consideration. Ten Lakes farmers in the clty are Carl Strecker, town clerk; Alfred Rogholt, assesgsor; M. O. Roguolt, justice of the peace; Frank Severson, ‘chairman of supervisors; Alben Carl- son, town treasurér; Oscar Heuglom, supervisor, Alex Sawyer, Henry Saw- yer, Herman Bjerkebek, Tom. Philips, Ed Larson and Joe Johnson. MUCH BUSINESS COMES BEFORE COUNTY BOARD With all members-in attendance, the board of Beltrami county com- missioners met in regular session at the court house this morning, Wil- liam. Lennon,, of Kelliher presiding. Much business of importance is to come before the board at the meet- ing, which it is expected will last several days. = Several delegations from various parts of the county are in Bemidjt to appear before.the board on road and school matters. The bonding of the county for $2650,000 for use in road construction will be discussed and the appropriating of $250 for the Northern Minnesota Development association will be considered, The erection of a county poor houae will also be acted upon. 3 THRIFT LEAFLETS RECEIVED, Several Bemidji persons Yave re- ceived a series of, leaflets issued by the United States treasury and de- partment of agriculture. The series is entitled “Waste Not, Want Not.” Seven steps in personal, househald, and business economy are described in a way intended to aid American families to perpetuate wartime thrift. ELKS PLAN ENTERTAINMENT FOR NEW CLUB OPENING Bemidji Elks are planning enter- tainment of a special nature to mark the opening of their new club room in the Elks Temple. It is expected that the club rooms will pe ready for occupancy about May 20, the new furniture having. reached .the city. A big initiation meeting is to be held by the lodge June 5. - MISS CALLIHAN IN CITY. Miss E. L. Calllhan, of St. Paul, secretary of the Bemidjli Townsite and Improvement company, is in the city today op business. DAVIS TOTELL (OF STATEGOOD ROADS PLANS HERE TONIGHT Secretary of State Auocintion Will Speak at Commercial Club Rooms This Evening SENATOR McGARRY TO ALSO TELL OF PLANS Provisions of Babcock Amend- ' ment ‘Will' be- Explained in Detail.—<Public. Invited Good roads enthusiasts of Bemidji and Beltrami county are invited to attend a meeting.to be held in. the Commercial club rooms this evening at eight o'clock at which Harry G. Davis, secretary - of the Minnesota Highway Improvement association, and, Senator P. H. McGarry of Walk- er, will be the anenkm z Davis will come to:Bemidji early this evening from Walker where he addressed a good ‘roads meeting to- day, and this evening he will com- pletely outline 'and -discuss the ad- vantages to be derived by the adopr tion of the Babcock good roads amendment which will ‘be submitted to the voters of the state next fall at the general election. The meet- ing will be of interest and benefit to all persons who .are interested in the better roads program and R. L. Given, president of the club, hds is- sued an invitation to the public. 261 Miles of Pavement. In connection with the meeting to- night it is interesting to know that Minnesota takes rank as one of the leading states in the union this year in road improvement, according to announcement just made by C. M. Babcock, state highway commis- sioner, Approximately $25,000,000 of pub- ‘| lic money will be avaflable for road construction in the state by July 1, 11920, and. with" this vast amount of of{ reyenne certain, the. state aund”the various units will proceed to let con- tracts and make other preparations for-a Wwonderful era of highway im- provement. It will only be a begin- ning.- Mr. Babcock says for adoption the people next year will make $100,- 000,000 available for hard surfaced roads in the next decade, without touching the regular state road tax or local road funds. . Counties Rivaling Each Other. Counties all over the state are rivaling each other in plans for road construction. Already plans are! ‘made for 261 miles of paved road and 1,663 miles of graveled roads to be built with the aid of federal funds and county bond issues. The total cost of these roads is estimated by the highway department at $14,- 892,600. Other- road funds to-be available are figured as follows: County road levies....$4,863,453.39 Township levies. .. 4,315,006.38 Cities and villages. ... State fund distribution 1,980,000.00 PORAL o vvmsass sisue s Signst s $11,954,661.20 Some of this money will be used to meet the federal aid allotments, but Mr. Babcock estimates a total of $25,000,000 will be available. Federal aid available immediately, including what was not used last year is $4,119,936.33, and on July 1 of| next year another distribution will be made, of which Minnesota will have $2,841,649.06 to stand. SUPPLEMENT TOMORROW. Because of the heavy rain this af- ternoon the Minnesota law supple- ment will not be distributed by car- riers of The Pioneer as stated in the editorial column of this issue. The supplement will be distributed to- morrow. A scene outside the city prison at Bkaterinburg, Russia, where political prisoners, bolsheviki, Bcenes like this can be seen daily, the women bringing food and notes to the prisoners. The feeding of the prisoners | commissioners ‘of the trunk highway amendment by | 796,192.48" AVERY VISITS STATE FISHERIES AT REDBY Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, arrived in Bemid)i this morning and went immediately to in- spect the state fisheries .at Redby ch are to open for the new season tomorrow. 8. A. Selvog will have su- pervision of the fisheries again this year. The first refrigerator car was gent to Redby vesterday and it is ex- Y pegted that daily shipments of fish {will be made during the year. It is .o:gected that the output will be ma- ally increased this.year as a boat system of fish collection has been in- augurated which will permit the pur- cbase of fish at all points along the shores of Red Lake. Life When Machine is Ditched—Jones Injured Peter Olson, about 84 years old of Waskish, was Kkilled this morning five miles northwest of Kelliher when his Ford automobile skidded in the mud and was over-turned in a ditch. ‘Walter Jones and his father, who re- sided near Kelliher, were riding with Olson when the accident happened, and the latter suffered; several brok- en Tibs and other serious injuries. Olson has been the carrier of the rural mail between Waskish and Kelliher and was driving to Kelliher when the accident which resulted in his'ideath took place. It is believed that Olson may have been drowned, a8 when the machine was lifted from his body his head was found to be under water which filled the ditch, -Authorities were immediately noti- filed’ of the accident and Jones. was hufried to his home where his in- jul&es were' treated. . N. McKee, of this city, coronor for,.Beltrami -county was notified of ccident by J. A. Wilson, Kelli- herigonstable, and the latter was given .anthority to have the body taken to Kelliher. McKee will go to Kamnu: to. investigate the accident thisvevening. : Olson is.sunvived by his wife and eigl t children. MANY IMPROVEMENTS . FOKIARK AT ITASCA Electrig” thts are to supplant lamps and candles for Douglas lodge and . many other modern improve- ments are to be made at the Itasca state park, announced W. T. Cox, state forester, while in Bemidji en route to the park to make arrange- ments for the changes. Park funds of about $36,000, pro- vided- by the recent legislature in- clude $2,000 for an eleetric plant. $8,000 for new buildings and $5,000 for additional furniture and equip- ment, also $1,000 for work on roads and trials. Mr. Cox will arrange to have logs cut and made ready for building new cabins next year. Electric lighing and other modern ideas were opposed by persons who vigit the lodge annually, the forester ¥Etd, but fire protection made neces- 3 sary the changes ACT ON CLUB CHANGES - AT MEETING TOMOROW ‘Ofticers of the Commereial club are anxious that the full membership at- tend the meeting which will follow the regular noon luncheon tomor- row Among the matters of import- ance to come up for discussion will be the re-organization plans as sub- mitted by the special committee at the meeting a week ago . Under the plan recommended the name of the ctub would be changed to Bemidji Clvic and Community association, the dues would be assessed according to an allotment plan and the commit- tees would be reduced in number and given extended authority. RELATIVES BRING FOOD TO BOLSHEVIK PRISONERS has become a serious problom on account of fhe shortage of food m Russia. IN AUTO ACCIDENT Peter Olson. of Waskish, Lost|treaty for presentation to the Germans tomoyrow. This consist- PEACE TREATY IS NOW READY F- PRESENTATION TO HUN DELEGATES (By United Press) i Paris, May 6.—With the Italian delegation speedmg back to Paris the final step was taken today in preparing the peace ed of a secret plenary session of the conference at which the pact was presented to the representatives of the lesser allied powers for ratification. .. Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino will arrive i n ample time for participation in the ceremony of presenting the terms to the German delegates, which has been scheduled for three o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The blockade section of the supreme economic council was today directed to draft plans for economic isplation of Germany which will be employed if .coersion is required to obtain Ger- many’s signature to the peace treaty. LATE SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKE BEMIDJI FAR OVER LOAN QUOTA Now Total $172,150.—Country Districts Slow to Report Progress of Drive. Bemidji has overscribed its quota of the Victory loan by more than $37,000 and is still going, according to figures compiled by C. D. Lucas, vice-chairman of the county cam- paign. The total subscription here now is $172,160 and with the town- ships in this vicinity included the amount is close to the $200,000 mark. No definite reports have been received from the Blackduck or Baudette cam- paign chairmen, but workers here are confident that Beltrami county i-will within the nax: lpw dws cribe its quota. - Subscriptions made through the midji banks now total: Northern ational bank, $51,700; First Na- tional bank, $60,060; Eecurity State bank, $22,200; Farmers’ State bank, $6,360. Employes subscriptions amount to the following: Crookston Lumber company, $9,360; Red Lake rallway, $250; Mlnneaom and Inter- national ranway. $16,000; Soo Line, $1,500; Great Northern $1,900; Ar. mour and company $1,160. Other subscriptions to the credit of Bemidji are: Provident Life and Trust com- pany, $1,000; Northwestern Tele- phone company, $100 and Marshall- Fleld company, $100. YEOMAN GIOVER TO TELL OF SERVICE IN THE NAVY Ir order that the many features of the navy may be brought to the at- tention of Bemidji young men who contemplate enlisting in the military service, the navy department has au- thorized the visit of Yoeman A. 8. Glover to this city, and he will be here tomorrow. Glover will make his headquarters at the Army and Navy club. SAUM BOOSTERS HERE. John Anderson, Peter Krogseng and John A. Carlson, prominent Saum residents, were in Bemidji to- day to appear before the board of county commissioners on school matters. Sergeant R. V. Bass, of the Bemidji recruiting office, has enlisted two more for duty in the coast artillery. They are Raymond Eldred, of North- ome, who has re-enlisted, and Lemten Sparlin of Orth, who will be a three year man. are impriscned. CREW AT WORK PICKING. UP 15.000 LOGS IN LAKE Under the supervision of Ed. Capp, foreman, a crew of the Crookston Lumber company has begun the work of picking up logs which are scat- tered around lake Bemidji. It is be- lieved that at least 15,000 logs will be picked up by the crew, which will remaln at the work uptil it is en- tirely completed, tents apd a cook car being provided. Camps will be established at various points around the lake. Most of the logs scattered around the lake became loose by working their way under the double- strength booms, MEMBERSHIP OF GOLF CLUB IS NOW:COMPLETE Nlno applicants were voted mem- % p in the Bemidjl- Cotmtry elub o meetlug of ‘the bourd of govera- ors held in the Commercial club rooms last evening. = This brings the total of new members to tweaty-three, fourteen having been elected at a previous meeting of the board. The golf clyb now has an active membership of stxty-five ,the limit fixed by the by-laws of the organiza- tion, and from now on the namés of applicants wil] be placed on a wait- ing list and tHe bership fee will be increased to| $180. in Bemidji fis Interest in‘i g growing each gday: under the di- rection of Orvifle Chapin; profession- al in charge of the course, a most successful playing season’ i{s antici- pated. A meoting of the club mem- bers will be held at the Commercial club rooms tomorrow evening, and all are requested to attend. FUND FOR RECREATION SUPERVISOR STARTED General approval is being given to the plan of the recrcation and play- grounds committee of the Women's Community and Civic club to provide a recreation supervisor for Bemidji during the month of June, July and August. A fund for the work has been start- ed and five dollars has been contri- buted by Mrs. E. A. Barker and the Clvie elub has donated $10. The Civic club is also planning to start a membership campaign which will enable it to give an additional $60 to the movement. DAIRY OUTLOOK VERY PROMISING The year 1918 was one of the best in the history of Minnesota dairying. The present year promises to be still better, says A. J. McGuire, agricul- tural extension division of the Uni- versity of Minnesota. The co-operation creameries of the state pald an average price of 57 cents a pound for butterfat in Jan- uary, 1918 and 68 cents in January, 1919. For February, 1918,, the aver- age price paid was 53 cents ;for Feb- ruary, 1919, the average price paid the farmer by the co-operative cream- erfes was 61 cents. The world demand for butter is such that dairy farmers should do everything possible to supply this demand. Cream separators should be operated so that no butterfat fs lost in the skimmilk. The amount of whole milk fed to calves should be reduced to a minimum. With the high price for butter should go high quality. Every dairy farmer should use a cream-cooling tank and see that his cream is de- livered to the creamery in firkt class condition. GIVEN SALARY INCREASE. One of the measure s passed by the recent legislature provides an annual salary of $800 for the members of the Beltrami county board of commis- sioriers, aud gives them a refund of all money they spend for expenses in attending to official business. The formerly received $250 a yvear + —