Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 7, 1919, Page 1

# — >ages. — "ty tax payer and a true friend of /leg- »' Davis reminded. his auglier;ce'that ‘ing freight ‘and passengers " ecity limits and the ecity does sed, \l," VOLUME XVIL. NO. 108 . BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY -7, 1919 FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH _BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE MfNREQ(‘“' : Do v § BABCOCKROAD PLAN FULLY "EXPLAINED BY HARRY DAV ‘Highway ‘Official Tells of Am. mendment Benefits in Talk at Commercial Club. , ot VMEANS PAVEMENT FOR 7,000 MILES OF ROAD ‘Large Audien(;e .mere;aed With Importaiice of Law’s Adoption—McGarry Talks. Benefits which people throughout . Minnesota will derive by the adop- ‘tion of the Babcock good roads amendment which will be/submitted ;‘.;%xe—wtere of the state in 1920 thoroughly and interestingly explainéd by Harty Davis,: secretary of the Minnesota Highway .Improve- ‘ ment association,. to an: ‘audience which completely filled the Commer- eial’ club -Tuesday - evening. ' Repre- sentative A,“E. Rako, of Bemidji pre- sided at the meeting/ ) Senator P.’H. McGarry, of Walker, " ichairman of the senate highway * commijttee 'during the -last session and:who is entitled to much: creditj} for tie passage of the Babcock bill, was present at the meeting and briefly told, of .the measure’s advant- Senator Jerry Callahan, of inneapolis, who is a Beltrami coun- iflation of benefit to the morthern part of the state, aiso spoke;on:the ‘merits of the amendment. ol the Babcock amendment provides’tor the hard-surfacing of 7,000 miles of trusk highways . throughout the, state, the work to’be paid for by a ficense tax pn antomobiles. He sald that the guestion of good Toads is one of necessity, and that never has this country been confromted with gmne 80 great. - It is the biggest finan- «ial questipn in the world, In 1916 _Stafes for carry- ‘a1l money spent by the natio ermment, states, counties, and'cities. of 25,000 population and over, com~ bined, by $170,000,00. ] . 'Todav’s Highway Cost. | He sald that there are three great means. " of transportation-—rail, water, and highway, and that, the latter is the greatest of all. Twenty ye%re ago there was scarcely an auto- mobile in the state of Minnesota. To- day there are 220,000 automobiles. A few years ago when all travel was |, orse-drawn vehicles, a few hun- dred dollars per mile made an ex-, cellent road. Now with the hea’ * motor. traffic,. even gravelled r ggy that cost. $5000 a mile are tor 4 gyt over night. On the street Feaying the heaviest traffic in the ,wity pf Chicago, 16,000 vehicles r &g daily; on the highway. bearing ‘£ heaviesi traffic in the state of M fhynecota, the Jefferson highway sov of The Twin Cities, 1200 vehicle§ poge daily—one- thirteenth as MUrp “trafric -as - goes | aver_the heavies{"irgyeled street in the Wworld. . Under the rocent road laws, the " state 18 DT ghihited from making in- ten:u; ir erovements, which is inter- g{:d? y - the supreme court as in- g the building of roads and This work is left to the b dges. and cities individually. countles # Often the worst pieces of road are found right in the city or village Timits, 'because of the fact that the *county builds geod roads up to not have sufficient funds to carry ‘work through the city streets. It the Babcock amendment passes -the mgtate will take over the building of all the trunk highways from end to end, so that just as good roads will _be buflt within the city limits as are buift in the country. Should an “eighteen foot paved road be decided ‘upon, the same width paved road “vould be built right through any city or .village on the trunk high- way system, and if the village or city wishes to pave the entire width of the street where the siureet is wider, it will be permitted to do so by paying only the additional cost of -the extra width. Each Vehicle Taxed. If the amendmegt passes, it is es- timated that all trunk highways in the state will be hard surfaced with- in ten years at a total cost of $100,- 000,000 and it will not cost the tax payers a_cent. It is planned to tax all motor vehicles an average of $18 per vehicle. While this is a little higher than the present license tax, there is a provision in the law which does away with personal property tax on automobiles, and when the roads are hard surfaced automobile owners will save much more than the saving in running expense of the additional cost of the license in their cars. If the amendent is pas- the tax will start in 1921, but the benefits will also start that year, the state will immediately take ~“pver the entire trunk highway sys- tem and begin at once to hard sur- face these roads. Mt. Davis explained that the state would be authorized to bond itself for the money necessary to build (Continued on pageé rfoury Mitche; £he amount of money paid the rail-j the the | crmzENSEIP T0 BE TAUGHT BY MAIL To further the study of state and national governments, the University of Minnesota offers through ..s cor- respondence-study department, three courses that are of special present importance. The - basic course is “American Government.” It deals with the nature and origin of our national government, the organiza- ) tion of the executive, legislative and ! Judicial branches. This may be fol- lowed by “State and Local Govern- ment,” a course in whicn are dis- cussed the constitutional basis of state government, the relation of the state to both nationdl.and"local gov- ernment. Those who wish to give special attention to city government can do so by undertaking ‘“‘Munici- pal Government,” a course which takes up organization, functions, and administration - of cities—General Extension Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. PERMANENT HATCHERY COSTING $4.000 WILL BE BUILLT IN BEMIDJi Commissioner Avery Says That Funds Are Available fof Needed Improvements Here At a cost of approximately $4,000 a permanent pike hatchery is to be erected in Bemidji during the sum- mer and it will be read-- '« ©the 1920 season, announced . Carlos {Avery, state game and fish commis- ‘sioner, who was in.the ecity Tuesda$ evening en’ route to St. Paul from Redby where he had been on busf- ness pertaining to the opening of the state “fisheries. L According to Avery funds are now available for ,the erdction -of the’ hatchery to,replace the temporary structire wow ‘being used under much difficulty ‘in consequence of its lack “ of ~safffelenit equipment. and working ‘space. /The. hn%u'na,nc'e of the Bemidji hag. heen ambly demon- strated by the large number of pike fry distributed annually throughout northern Minnesota. ' It is ideally lo- cated, being in the center of an ex- cellenf spawning. district. i 8. C. Bailey, Bemidji game war- den, says that'a large number of ap- plicatipns for fry have been received, nnd,’tb_a»t cans, will be’ shipped to many. points. between- International ‘| Falls "and “Brainerd, Crookston and Duluth and to the Irtn Range. War- den | Bailey asks-that all~parties anxious to receive fr hi litas tions to him. . L e It is expeeted that at least 1,200 cans of pike fry will he distributed from : the / Bemidji hatchery this year, mately 25,000 fry. - ing ear’h can ebntaining approxi- Fie's 2% the Redby fisheries at Red /Lake ‘'did not begin today as rl:‘l:zlmed because of objections heing e in behalf of the Indians, it be- claimed that they are entitled to a bonus on all fish taken from Red Lake. This matter is being attended to by Avery and he expects that a settloment will be reached soon. FARM BUREAU BOARD 'DISCUSSES FINANCES " Finances of the Beltrami county Farm Bureéau were discussed at a well attended meeting of the board of directors held Tuesday evening, one of the most important actions taken being the voting of a $300 a year increase in the salary paid A. W. Aamodt, southern ‘Beltrami coun- ty agricultural agent. The work of Aamodt was commended and his in- crease in salary was unanimously approved. Members of the board of county commissioners attended the meeting and pledged their support to the or- ganization and endorsed 'the work ‘which has been accomplished and iz being planned. “ 8. B. Cleland, assistant state lead- er of county agents, attended the meeting. Agricultural affairs in the Grygla country will come under the Marshall county organization it was announced. L.of spring time.” - BEMIDII WILL HAVE SPEE] SERVICES T0 HONOR DEAD Memorial Day, With New Sig- nificance, Will be Observed. With Increased Solemnity. _ 1, ' were arrested at an early, hour this G. A. R. WILL MAKE PLANS NEXT SATURDAY Department Commander Urges All Posts To See That Cere- monies Are Complete. Because of the recent world war and the American soldiers and sail-] ors who lost their lives in it, Memor-4 ial Day in Bemidji this year will bej observed with increased interest andi At a meeting of R. H. Carr G. A, R’ pgst to be held; added sQlemnity. Saturday plans for the-observing of the day will be complieted. i Tn general order N .’ 10 fust is-] sued by BEdwin P Kearick, depart- ment copjmander of the department’ of Minnesota of the Grand Army of! the Republic, which has been sent to every post in the department Com- mander*Kenrick 87" 2 “Let there be ‘a “'devout and thoughtful observance.of tuis Memo- rial Day by all our people; with an entire absence of everything in the way of unseemly gameg and sports, and particularly to see that the ‘Lit- tle green mounds where the. soldier sleeps,” be not carelessly passed by and be lovingly remembered by the offering of the wreaths and flowers Fate of Nations Trembled. Another paragraph of the order reads: | “One year ago, the fate of nations (our own included) trembled in the balance, and the outcome of the dreadful conflict abroad was beyond all human knowledge,»but we all can rejoice “tiow that-thé . agony is over; that right and justice have tri- umphed and that the spirit of uni- versal humanity and brotherhood has prevailed, and that ‘Freedom’ is to be the watchword of the future, and that ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.'” All Veterans Urged to Aid All veterans of the Civil war, Span- ish-American war, the World war and all members of the allied orders of the G. A. R., will be urged to co- operate in carrying out a program| for the day. :School children are also to participate MISS CALLIHAN PREDICTS BEMIDJT BUILDING BOOM: Miss E. L. Callihan, of St. Paul] secretary of thq Bemidji Towngite and Improvement company, who was in the city Tuesday, predicts that Bemidji will enjoy a period of much’ building during the next year:i The townsite company has’ dis posed of a large number of residetice lots recently and several business lo- cations have been purchased and the buying of several others is being con- templated. -~ According to Miss Calli- han, the purchasers of these lots are .contemplating the immediate erection of residences and business buildings. GOUSSEFF TO SPEAK. In. printing the ‘official program for the Northern Development asso- clation meeting at Cass Lake the name of W. V. Gousseff, assistant professor in animal husbandry of the University of Minnesota, was omit- ted. His subject will be ‘‘Promoting the Sheep Industry in Northern Min- nesota.” OVERLAND AGENCY, UNDER KEENAN ESTABLISHED IN BEMIDJI Under the management of ‘seorge E. Keenan, until recently in the gov- ernment service, being in charge of department of justice activities in the Duluth district, territory head- quarters for the Willys-Knight and Overland automobiles have been opened in Bemidji. C. F. Probst, traveling representative of the Mu- tual Auto company of Duluth, dis- tributors of the Overland car, is in Bemidji and with Keenan has com- pleted arrangements for the opening of the new Bemidji headquarters and display room which are to be locat- ed in the building formerly occupied by the J. C. Penney store at 209 Third street. Keenan is well known in wemidji, and he formerly resided in Deer River, where he was superintendent of schools, and he has a wide ac- quaintance throughout the north- west. He aas had previous exper- ience in the antomobile business. He will operate a sales and seryice station for the Willys Knight, Over- land and International trucks. He also announces that he will carry a complete line of Overland parts and acéessories Keenan expects that TODAY the Model 4 Overland, of which ‘8o much is being said among; motorists, will reach Bemidji soon. % America’s thrift gar, tli‘,onrluud Model 90, has just éstablighed a new world’s record for a non-stop run with the gears sealed in high. The car was driven over the roads around Oklahoma City, Okla., for seven days. In the 168 hout§ of continuous run- ning, the car covered 4,370.1 miles. That exceeds the next best record which had stood since 1916 by near- 1y 200 miles. The remarkable feature of the run was that in making this distance equal to a trip from New York to Los Angeles and back to Oklahoma without change of gear or engine stop, the Overland drivers averaged 624.3 miles a day. The gasoline used averaged 20.66 miles for each gallon. It was gasoline of 59 test. The previous Ameriean Automobile association record for a.24-hour non- stop run was 587 miles. A careful checking of all records leads the Willys-Overland company to the announcement that this is the most remarkable test ever made by any stock ear of any class or type talks, R o | 1 i | SERIOUS CHARGES BROUGHT IN MUNICIPAL COURT TODAY Peter English and Julia Beaulieu were arraigned in municipal court, Judge John F. Gibbons, presiding, .this morning on*charges of adultery. The charges were preferred by the women's husband, The defendants requested 'a hearing and it will be held this afternoon, City Attorney Hallan L. Huffman appearing for the state in behalf of County Attorney Graffam M. Torrance who is attend- ing the county board meeting. Carrie Beaulieu and Simon Sum- ner, were also arraigned in munici- pal court this morning and pleaded gullty to charges of fornication. They will be septenced, by Judge Gibbons this afternoon. The four, all Red Lake Indians, morning in the Kelliher hotel by Patrolmen Lox and Titus, a com- plaint having been registered by Julia Beaulieu’s husband. ~ FORM STRONG LAW FIRM IN BEMIDJI Assistant .'A‘\,ttom'ey General and Bemidji City Attorney Enter Partnership Here. Formation of a new law firm of ex- ceptional strength for Bemidji has Just been completed, whereby Mon- ‘{treville J. Brown, of this city who is now an assistant state attorney general, and Hallan L. Huffman, ‘city attorney, become associated in the practice of their profession. Attorney Brown's term as a mem- ‘ber of the attorney general's legal staff does not oxpire until 1921 and he will not be actively connected with the new Bemidji.firm until that .time. Until March, last year, he had practiced law in Bemidji and for two years ably served as city attorney. e .is .a son of Calvin L. Brown, chigf justice of Minnesota supreme court. Attorney Brown was a mem- ber of the 1902 graduation class of the University of Minnesota college of law. The junior member of the new firm, Hallan L. Huffman, is one of Bemidji's most successful lawyers and is rapidly building up a clientele of substantial proportions. He is now serving as city attorney, being ap- pointed to the position soon after he returned from duty.in the fleld ar- tillery of the United States army, bwhore by his-efficlent-service he won merited promotion”to the rank of a captain. He graduated with the 1914 class at the University of Minnesota. Captain Huffman was - commis- sioned a first lieutenant at the second officers’ training camp at Fort Snel- ling, and was detailed to duty at Camp Grant, afterward going to Camp Jackson, South Carolina, whero he was.promoted to the rank of a vaptain.+ Later, he was trans- ferred to Camp Sheridan, Alabama, where he served as judge advocate of the post. . The office now used by Attorney Huffman, suite one, in the O’Leary- Bowser block, will be retained by the new firm. N BEMIDJI METHODISTS T0 CLOSE CENTENARY “\CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK Missionary Movement of Churc Missionary Movement of Church Stirring World— Program is Important. Bemidji Methodists are planning to subseribe their part of the church’s world-wide missionary cen- tenary movement, the quota here be- ing $1,633 per year for the next five years. For four months an educa- tional campaign has been going on by means of sermons, minute men literature, stereopticon lec- tures, and visitation through church groups, The church wide intensive financial campaign comes May 18. 26, but the Bemidji church plans to make its next week so as to be able to lend some assistance to surround- ing towns in this sub-district. In- ternational Falls and Northome have already covered their quotas. Wa- dena made its goal on March 10th and Fergus Falls covered its quota in 19 minutes on April 27th. Two- fifths of the amount asked of the lo- cal church has been covered by 11 subscriptions, and if' the rest of the congregation respond in similar spirit there will be little doubt as to measuring up to the centenary challenge with a glad vietory. The Methodist centenary move- ment, which aims at placing eighty milljon dollars in its missionary work and twenty-five million in war reconstruction in the next five years, is arousing wide-spread interest. Not only the size of the plan, which is the biggest program for developing Christian civilization ever undertak- en, but the careful surveys on which it is based, the thorough campaign of educating folks to its meaning, and its significance as the forerun- ner of the united campaign of the churches of America more than 30 denominations with 25 million com- municants, appeal to people who have gotten used to. doing things in a big way for worth while causes. The program is one of broad min- istry along educational, medical, and evangelistic lines—the providing of buildings, equipment, and workers to place the work of the church on a basis of efficiency among the peo- ples;, at home and abroad, for whom the Methodist ¥piseopal church is | PEACETREATY:CALL SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS MAY 19 By Fred S. Ferguson . (United Press Correspondent) z Versailles, May 7,.—The Germans received the peace treaty at 8:17 o’clock this afternoon. The presentation of the treaty followed a brief speech by Premier Clemenceau, chairman of the peace conference, in which he welcomed the delegates. The manuscript of the treaty, translated into German, was handed to the enemy representatives by Secretary Dutasta. The entire ceremony lasted only fourteen minutes, This was the fourth anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania when Germany challenged civilization by torpedoing the Cunarder without warning, killing 1,154 civilians. Today she learned what she must pay in finances, territory and loss of nafional prestige. exacted. Her penalty in blood has already been The ceremony took place in the dining salon of the Trian- on Palace Hotel, which is mirrored on three sides. - Here nearly half a eentury ago the modern German Empire‘was born at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian war.. ‘Germany’s dream of world domination began and ended at:Versailles. Premier Clemenceau was- the first to reach the Palace and he was followed by President Wilson. Then came the Italian delegation, just returned from Rome. The Germans entered the hall just six minutes before the meeting convened. Premier Clemenceau sat at the head of the table and President Wilson and the American delegation were on his right. PRESIDENT CALLS EXTRA SESSION Washington, May 7.—A call for an extra session of Con- gress for May 19 was issued by President Wilson today. Re- ceipt of the president’s cable issuing the call was announced at the White House. The date for re-convening congress prgbably means that President Wilson will not be here for the opening session. It ig understood that he desires the house to get to work on appro- ‘priation bills. The senate, with the text of the peace treaty before it, will be able to begin discussion and thereby hasten action on it when the president returns and delivers his treaty message. MRS. BESTUL DEAD. Mrs. A. E. Bestul died at her home In Alida. Tuesday evening at o'clock from a complication of dis- eases after a long illness. She leaves a husband and a sister, Mrs. F. W. Berkey, of Superior, to mourn her death, Mr., and Mrs. Berkey are in Bemidji today en route to the Bestul home. The funeral will be held Sat- urday _at Shevlin. TO NAME DELEGATE. For the purpose of naming a dele- gate to the regional conference to be held .in Duluth tomorrow, the exe- cutive committee of the Bemidji Red Cross chapter met at the Commercial club rooms this afternoon. GIVES DEMONSTRATION. An interesting potato treatment demonstration was givenn by A. W. Aamodt, Farm Bureau manager, at a meeting of Frohn farmers held at the R. E. Raymond home Tuesday. JUDGE MORRIS’ SON ILL. Federal court which was to have convened at Fergus Falls yesterday, has been postponed until July 1, on account of the serious illness of Charles S. Morris, a son of Judge Page Morris. Judge Morris left yes- terday for Pasadena, Cal., whére his son lives, MC GHEE CHAIRMAN OF CHILD WELFARE BOARD J. C. McGhee, county superintend- ent of schools, was named chairman of the Beltrami County Child Wel- fare board, at a meeting held this morning. Mrs. Homer C. Baer was elected treasurer and socretary. Members at the meeting were Mc- Ghee, Mrs, James M. Reed of Black- duck, Willam Lennon, chairman of the board of county commissioners, and Mrs. Baer. The other member is Attorney Bert Middleton of Bau- dette. It is expected that the coun- ty commisgioners will appropriate a fund for use by the board in meet- ing expenses necessary in the con- duct of its business affairs. At home it fncludes vital church plants in all peculiarly responsible sections of our great cities, a real ministry to the foreigner, an ade- quate churching of industrial com- munities, a remembering of neg- jected peoples, such as negroes and Indians, a country church that serves the whole community, and a mis- slonary on every frontier. Abroad, hospitals and hygiene that teach the conservation of human life, schools that shall liberate the illiterate billions of humanity, printing presses and living witnesses to spread the ideals of Christian living throughout the world iz ,#A__T___.,,,,W v‘ { FRANK MEYST DIES AT MINNEAPOLIS Frank J. Meystg manager of the Western Newspapgr Umion office in Minneapolis, died at his home this morning following a week’s serious fllness. Newa of Mr. Meyst's death was received {n ‘Bemidji by Charles Vandersluis, a nephew. The death of Mr. Meyst removes one of the state's most prominent and popular newspaper men and his loss will bring sorrow and sincere regret to the profession. For many years he has been a member of the executive committee of the Minne- sota State Ed{torial association and his efforts have béen largely re- sponsible for the growth of the or- ganization to its present point of usefulness and importance., He was a prominent Mason and had for a long period been active in the Minneapolis Shrine. He is sur- vived by his wife, two daughters and one son. COMMERCIAL CLUB ADOPTS NEW PLAN With but several changes the Com- mercial club following {ts noon luncheon today voted to adopt the re-organization plans as recommend- ed by the special committee, and from now on the name of the organ- ization will be Bemidji Civie and Commerce asso¢lation, and its scope of activities will be greatly enlarged and {its membership materially in- creased. A meeting of the board of direct- ors will be held tomorrow night when a secretary will be named. MEETING THIS EVENING. " There will be a meeting of all members of the Bemidji Country club at the Commercial club rooms this evening. COUNTY BOARD VOTES . $100.000 BOND ISSUE Resolution providing for issuing of $100,000 bonds, under a state law which makes such action possible until May 15 for expenditute upon road construction and improvement, was adopled by the board of county commissioners today. The members of the board plan to go to St. Paul Friday night where they will confer with C. M. Babcock, state highway commissioner, con- cerning bonding for an added amount under the $250,000 law, and to de- cide definitely as to the Beltrami county road program. Several road and school matters have been acted upon by the com- missioners 14