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—— e EMIDJI DAILY PION VOLUME XVIL' NO. 114 BEMIDJI, MINN,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1919 '-‘ORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH [ COM. BOONE DECORATED : ' TIRUSLICAN WOMEN OF » f Women of Minnegota, who will » A = b o i have the vote for presidential electors “c' ‘ v H i i i 'H W next year under an agt passed by the ] A i b i | 1ast legislature, are tg be offered par- ] ‘ 3 h ticipation in the party councils. In : 8t. . Paul today each of the congres- % ) sional . districts are represented by Ly B women at a meeting at which they are asked to elect a Minnesota repre- ¢ geatative on the republican women's 'Inational executive committee, which f 2 i8' to be formed to co-operate with R the: national committee. They will 8180 name a chairman of the women's President Deputy ExplainsPur-|. :zue cotm;nl‘t,teeh Tli!s Adiatrlct is i presente y Mrs, F. A, Dare of Fapey Bl Secretary- of Northern Dmlop- granm I\thMrs Alry Baptman %: 8t. pose o eachers rainin loud. 'ormer Bemidji resident, g ment muhon Bellevu 'Mrs, John Samuelson, represents the School to Be Held Here. Bemidji in Line for Honor Duluth district, SESSION TO BEGIN JUNE A. D. WILSON SPEAKS OF Mm APTURE ; - 23; CLOSES AUGUST 1, RECONSTRUCTION WORK 10WA MEN ¢ — Uy puitad brew) . - J G ; mwmonm erlin, May 14.—Fifteen thousand majority socialists Mrs. N t Tells of l’l P i1 made a demonstration in front of the Hotel Adlon late .yes- rs. Netzer Tells of Plans for| . PURCHAS[NGTR]P terday following the speech of Chancellor Schiedemann: in Recreanon W o r k.—Mec- : which he said that the peace terms could not be accepted, and Manus, Veteran, Spea.kl Gus Mitchell and H. |.-- Wyatt|Yelled for the downfall of President Wilson and of America. .Have Tussle. With Animal . The tum}xlt grew in front of the American headquarters — Buy F. until 50 soldiers arrived and cleared the streets. The crowd uy Feur Sech.q;. had gathered for a demonstration against the peace terms in hrills galore were pri v ’ Gus ] > 3 " Admission Requirements Defi- nitely. Announced. — Board Accomniodations Assured.’ M, W. Deputy, president of the Be- | Bemidji, the - birthplace- of tho- midji- normal school, has announced Le . the ‘courses which ‘are to he offered Northern Minnesota Development as- “at the teathers' training ‘school S sociation, is inline for the 1920 sum- which is to be held here June 23 to N Angust 1, More than 150 students Lieutenant Commander J. T. Boone are expected to attend the school and of the marine corps is the first navy assurance that accommodations ‘will| wan to be decorated in Wushington be provided is given by the Women’s | for seryice with the A. E. F. Acting Community and Civic elud which is| Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. conducting a' canvass of the. city to| Roasevelt pinned the Croix de Guerre —_— s front of the Reichstag and it later surged down upon the Hotel mer outing of the booster league, |\ e i ¢ BUTOE HenE R Rock- Aldon. members of the Bemldjl Association| rord, JTowa, who were in Bamld.u yes- | were told at their nmoon meeting to-]|terday on a land purchasing trip. SEAPLANE NC-4 REACHES HALIFAX day by Fred T, Lincoln, of Brainerd, | Tire:men, accompanied by John Wil- A - ) seéetzry, ‘who'is in the city on buai- cox, a Bemidji real estate dealer,|. Halifax, May 14.—The seaplane NC-4 reached Halifax on ness, were inspecting a tract of land 12| its flight for Trepassey Bay at two o’clock thig afternoon, and it Bem!djl s-close relation to the m miles north of Blackduck when they | is expected that it will continue to the latter place where it will ascertain: just what rooms can be| g paim Commander B I provided for housing the students.. |y Pam of mander Boone' In |yelopment league was recalled by Secs funexpectedly encountered a Dbear|isin the planes NC-1 and NC-3 for the t Atlantic trip. Th - the secretary’s office. Boone has been with three caubs. T t b € trans- antic “p . retary Lincoln fn a stort talk injwith o 0 protect her oubs| Ny 4106t Chatham, Mass., at 9:05 this morning. COUNTY BREAD MAKING CONTEST WILL BE HELD and . general fltue.ss to teach, unite in promoting the ¢fty’s welfare | caped injury. Kndpl graduates will beadmitted and complimented them on.their ac-| But during the excitement OWOT NNES POTATO GROWERS Expected That Seventy-Five withiout examination, as will those holdi P < tion - in enlarging the Commercial}the cubs selected a tall tree as a point TO PURCHASE ,eatggnfndr:{;;;; l::;gngge?gg,::{;égd STATE SECURE VAST club that it may be made. truly.rep-fof safety and after climbing to its DYNAMITE Girls Will Participate.—Dis- trict Title is Sought. 1 ) resentative of the entire community-jhighest point awaited developmen -n;; X’,fi}ktfé gtgl,;:e i}‘;‘“;f‘;;;‘,‘f,{,fi:;‘;’;’é AMOUNT OF MACHINERY Mr, Lincoln is secretary- of -the Min. | But its hiding place was soon di Purchase of dynamite in carload B nesota League of Community. clubs.[covered.and capture quickly resulted. | lots is the plan of members of the certificate in arithmetic, geography, fn--addition to the bear e A" ““ I“N pisode the |Hines Potato Growers association grammar and history, FOR Ro B G § Can Secure Outine. Jowa men were, delighted by -being | which held a meeting Tuesday, The ‘The . summer 8chool will. be or- ————— “I feel confident that Bemidji can Minnesota Accepts $2,000,000 Beltrami county’'s bread baking contest will be held in the kitchen of T high school domestic sclence class RETURNS FROM CITIES. Saturday morning and much interest ——— is being taken by the participants. S. D, Snyder, county highway en-|The contest will start at 8:30 and gineer, returned to Bemidji this|each contestant’ will mix and bake Al [mormng from - St, Paul where helher own bread, given an excellent opportunity to|farmers in the Hines vicinity plan sanized on-the general plan of work secure the 1920 ‘summer OUtINg.”|yjow a deer from a short distance, much land clearing this year and ‘oftered ‘in the other, state normal % | | schools. Provision will be made for| Worth of Equipment.—Some {men have been active in their sup-lwiti Beltrami county land #nd they |the state law which permits town- those whodesire academic or pro- May Come Here. -port of the association. The $300 aD-{ purchased four sections north of Kel- | ships to. purchase dynamite for the certificates; credit for normal school 5 . by the Beltrami county commission-{tyrned to their home, nied nt, spoke at the meeting. diploma; - better ‘preparation for| More than $2,000,000 worth of jers is an indication of recognition of jpy t;g b:nr. T:xresdfiy eev::ic::pa edi{ agont. sp) AL "o Iveting ~work 'in ®p fal grades; to improve|oiher e 3 ) sociation is doing and it serves to en- | o g 4 quipment adapted to’ road general scholarship. and teaching 3 % courage the officers in their work, 4 - skill™ > building, Minnesota’s allotment inly ajways like to come to Bemigdil for' TAX SALE COMPLETED said Mr. Lincoln, “as the businessi ™ pnty visitors were much pleased | they are going to take advantage of fessional work .for teachers’ state propriation voted to the N. M. D, A, '}jher through Mr, Wilcox. They re-|purpose. A, W, Aamodt, county -~ principalshi; n.prmal training or|steam shovels, motor trucks and}the meritorious work which the as- During the slx ks students will | the war department distribytion of}to visit here brings to ones attantlon 'I‘UBD the results of rOERE| n- machinesy. for .which _the. federalithe results of a prosreitive aud.en- .. conferred With C.°M, Babcock, state| “The contestahts have each baked at grnment - had- no ruse after “the terprising sp g high commissi. i : for classes” to M e gover! men.” With the State bank of Crookston, thg ;’Blyt ‘:;nmo:fln?fler. dconcern 0g | home nine batches of bread raised s 5 war, was acéepted on behalf of 'the Frank McManus, who is Bemidji’s | the F, H. Welcome company and A.|''® eltra; c y road program.|with yeast and three quick breads, He says that a definite program of |and have written stories on how they state by the public safety commission | first Rainbow division hero to return | G. Wedge as the largest purchasers, | . = "0 " ovon and fmprovement | Jearned to make their bread. Thoni meeting Tuesday in Governor Burn-|home, was a guest at the noon.lunch-|the annual tax sale conducted by A. quist’s office at the capitol. eon and in a short talk he told of{D, Johnson, county auditor, came to will soon be completed Who score highest in these stories, It is probable that several of the|his experiences, a close Tuesday afternoon. A large TS home work and demonstration work trucks and steam shovels will be pro-| Mrs. E, F. Netzer, chairman of the |number of tax titles were purchased PALMER-STOCKWELL. will represent the county at the state vided Beltrami .county that they|committee in charge of the summer fduring the two day sale and several fair next September. may be used in the $465,000 road|recreational program, told the aséo-|parties took advantage of the oppor- William Palmer and Miss Phoebe There will be over 75 girls partici- construction and improvement pro-|clation members of the plan and in-|tunity to secure government lands|Stockwell, both from Dakota, were pating in this contest, girls enrolling gram which is being planned, formed them of the tag day which is funder the Volstead act. A bonus | married this morning at the Metho-|from Hines, Blackduck, Debs, and Aquisition of this equipment, do-|to be held Saturday for the purpose|price was paid for several of the, dist parsonage, Rev, Blaine Lambert | the six, seventh, and eighth grades of nated by the federal government on|of securing funds with which to|}tracts. officlating. Mr. Palmer has bought|this city. The girlsare to be divided condition that’ payment of freight|finance the work, uhtum:h nlnemmlle:xd from Bemidji :g'l.?tm‘:?‘s nltthreaha‘zl:lh émd attonf- charges will be guar- 9 where they will reside. y these teams w. emonstrate and loading charg i Dr. I W. Diedrich explainad the FARMERS' HOLD MEETING- the mixing and baking of the bread. anteed by the state, it was predicted, | baseball situation to the members, _— will stimulate road betterment pro-|telling that if the city is to have a With Representative A. E. Rako MEETING THIS EVENING. The girls on the high school team jects in every county in the state. |team this year some immediate ac-|{and A. W. Aamodt, Farm Bureau are Lily Hovey, Carolyn Groves and Commissfoner C. M. Babcock and|tion is necessary. A committee com-|manager, as the principal speakers,! There will be a meeting of the Lucile Vandervort; the W. 0, C. club Engineer J, H. Mullen of the State|prising Attorney Hallan L, Huffman, |an interesting meeting of the Big| Masonic lodge this evennig. The (elghth grade) girls are Bernice Highway department were in confer-| H, R, Jones, W. J, Smith, Dr. Died-|Lake Farmers’' club was held at the third degree will be conferred on Kirk, Lauramae Burnham, and Mar- ence with the commission when the|rich, Charles Vandersluis and J. A.|home of W. E, Stout today. | several candidates. garet Minifer; the Busy Bee club acceptance was voted, Younggren was named to formulate (7th grade) have Margaret Burke, The equipment list includes 567 | plans for the organization of a team, Bertha Phibbs, and Helen Lahr as automobile trucks well adapted for A. D. Wil —s contestants. hauling road building materials, - D, son Speaks- Any of the mothers or others, who steam shovels and other similar ma-| . A: D. Wilson, director of extension wish to see the demonstrations are chinery and tools Commissioner division of the state agricultural de- invited to attend. 1 partment, spoke briefly of work Taoe winners of this contest will PASSING OF BOOZE WILL CLOSE OLD Babock wilsond mut s s the AND BITTERLY CONTESTED ISSUE hich Is to b lished duri e o . various county ofticlals to ascertain | FLCL P %y Seconatiastion and, T S ibe-0f the Atatetnt for e 1 ent to bring such books as will ikely | WhLt equPTont E8h SPURY, MU | ferred to Bemidfi as ono of the most trict champlonship which will be important and attractive citfes in the held later. The team winning in the bearsupon the work. ; d har, - pay the frelght and loading chavges| .., o “Migs May Secrest, state Jeader | washington, May - 14.—€United| East Hamptou, L. L, in 1661, for-| district contest will demonstrate at sessfons each ‘day. The satisfactory completion of any of these double period courses will give regular nor- ‘mal school ‘eredit-and will be trans- ferred to teachers’ certificate where applicable. Single period classes in- primary methods, rural school methods and ..reading methods, may be formed if in sufficient demand by those desir- ing them for certificate purposes only, ‘The rule in all normal schools is at no student is permitted to take ~*more than two full double period courses during the summer school for regular credit, except that in case of strong students:one single non-credit course may be taken’in addition, Tuition is free to those who pledge to teach for two years in Minnesota. Others will pay five dollars for the term, All students will pay a term fee of one dollar to help defray in- cidental expenses, Arrangements will be made to provide texts at the normal school either on the rental ~basis or- actual cost purchase plan, but it will be desirable for each stud- ' will attend a meeting of the board to be held in 8t. Paul soon. The route includes Brainerd, Walker, Cass Lake, through Bemidji to the state park and opens another route which is to be popular among tourists to this city, methods, elementary handwork, hy- .glene and sanitation, games and tion and the committee in charge is encouraged by the support promised. la und methods, rural sociology, ' &flygm textiles and clothing, foods About $400 is needed to complete the fund necessary to carry on the re- ry, m 1 ing, phys- BRd’ cookery anual training, phy creational work as planned, mnearly , TU 1 th- ics, story telling, ral school mei $200 having been raised by personal ods and management,. reading, agri- b subscription and by an appropriation culture, drawing, geography, public of $150 made by the park board. At a meeting to be held in the council chamber of the city hall this evening plans for Bemidji's Memorial day program will be completed. The members of the committee are Wil- liam Schroeder, commander of the d n ifinmetr);:a meantime being: mace D:’“”“;; Mi‘:'“: """kl“‘r‘i"“]‘:'fll“’""‘ry ant; Lieutenant Thayer C. Bailey, ¢ the gountry against|%t€P when it adopted state.wide pro- | Superintendent W. G. Bolcom, Mayor ul;rzen(;m:;llfst:nol fiqur beygangln & hibition in 1846, Other states sWung 1, ¥, Johnson, Alderman A, B. Pal- mild way as a protest in_pulpits into line. mer and Alderman A. V, Garlock. But 72 years elapsed from the against drunkenness, A New England e P soclety went so far as to bind its|time the first state voted liquor out-| Eqward Tobin, of Wheeler town- members ot to get drunk except on |side its borders before national pro-|gship, was adjudged insane by Judge the Fourth of July and general train- | hibition was ratifled by 36 states. |j. E. Harris, of the probate court ing days. When congress passed the national | Tuesday, and he was taken to the Advocates of moderation gave way | prohibition amendment, November, |asylum at Fergus Falls this morning. to those who felt that only total ab-| 1918, there were 33 ‘‘dry” states.|This is the second of six cases ex- stinence was the remedy, Then the|Several others were partially dry,|amined by Judge Harris this year to battle begam. with local option laws in effect, be committed Svecial Courses Offered. nd to properly care for the property, > Proporty DYORErty- | of home demonstration agents, spoke | pregs ) Discontinuance of the li-| bade the sale of more than two drams | the state fair. to. demands including: Primary methods (full credit or for certifi- development activities, in America of one of the world's old-| The constitution of Virginia, 1676, cate); rural school methods and man- BRING]NG 0F EXPERT est and most bitterly contested is-|prohibited sales of wines and ardent literature; games and playground ably antedates all recorded history.|habit of drinking at funergls. Bemidji will have R = 2 a member on methods; . hand ~ work for ~lower Twenty-one Bemidji Odd Fellows|And, although the first temperarce The firet congress of 1777 recom-| "4 00 1 of directors of the newly went to Bagley last evening where R, Provision will be made for special idii Men See = ancient than use of intoxicants, Churches took a definite stand programs of interest, including lec- Bemidji Value of Hav. Mahomed was among the original | against the use of intoxicants. secrotary of the northern division of in Experienced Director the New Orleans to Lake Itasca trunk g work, five candidates receiving the visit to the large mills and lumber first and second degrees. 04d Fel-1, ;" rovalant in Europe till toward | cut farmers, i R N e P yards will be arranged also. fected at a meeting held in St, Paul . nah, G. W. Harnwell, P. L. Hines, { - /"0 0" 100 years later, but its|of Nassau, N. H., in 1795, It attract- ;‘:figs “P;gg;di‘: pogskblemle’ld‘he ‘;’;‘fl and Civic club to place an experi- Towa and the State Park at Lake enced director in charge of recrea.|John Smith, W. H. Blietson, A. J.1™% 0yorq used in anclent times were| temperance societies had heen formed Ttagca. ing to conditions which may arise:|Bemidji during the months of June, Primary methods, U. S. hIstory, cIvis, | pui and Augest E. Dean, George Worth, Louis Larson | i, 5 attributed to the Chinese, who| In 1833 it was estimated that § kept a secret for a time—from the State legislatures commenced to OF FARM BUREA“ TODAY tilled liquors in the old world be.|acted a ““local option” law. Hnrd drinking in England came to{ Many others soon sprang into being. school music. trami Farm Bureau, an enthusiastic H. C. Baer, secretary of the Park held the traffic responsible for a|yag given its impetus by churches in great crime wave, and regulation of | America and Great Britain. by June 25, Sessions will be held|the board of education and W. G. Bol- | gress at the court house this after- ings, dorse the plan, and believe that it|tension division of the state agricul- will result in much benefit. tural department, is the principal NEW BUSINESS MANAGER. Courses of special interest to rural | The title to the equipment .is to - e of the work which ‘is being done by [ qyor business-in the United States,|of distilled liquor for immediate —_— agement (full credit or for certifi- RECREAT]“N WORK BEMIDJI ODD FELLOWS - sues. spirits, except in Jamestown, ; grades physiology and hygiene; soclety was not organized until 1789, mended that laws be gnssed stopping organized Mississippi River Scenic they participated in a big initiation tures, musicals, lake trips, hikes and advocates of prohibition. In 1789 the first temperance 8o0- highway, who was in the cily on Conduct Summer Program i R lows who made the trip were: I, C. the close of the seventeenth century, The first recorded demand for pro- In order that courses may be def- General approval is being given to last Friday, and Included the section Dan Gracie, D. Spencer, W. L. Spen- development during nearly two cen-|ed little attention. lowing are tentative courses to be of- tional activities to be conducted in|Ritchey. T.J. Wickman, A. W. Btott, | 1o ponteq beverages, fn 16 states and that 30,000 men| The Bemidii association will be i and Sam Cutter. ted the knowledge to the Arabs|000 temperance societies had 1, l; arithmetic, algebra, grammar and Plans for the tag day which is to imparted the ki B P e Moors and in turn gave it to otherjpas laws in an effort to limit the came general and drunkenness com- The first large temperance society For the purpose of forming a be regarded as a grave natfonal dan- Next a ‘sign-the-pledge” wave Enrollment will start the opening meeting of men and women from var- ; the liquor business by law was in- d % five days each week, and most of the{com, Bemidji superintendent of | noon. By this time the liquor question y “We could purchase all the play|speaker at the meeting. Other j/ FEdward Odegard. who has been Baer,, “and yet fail to secure half the benefit whieh will be possible by the bringing of an expert recreation- al director to the ¢ity. I think the plan to provide the boys and girls of the eity with a systematic program| The women are to name officers of summer recreation and playjand ¢émplete an organization which ground activities i splendid and it|will enlarge upon the home develop- should be well supperted.” meént work of the Farm Bureal, leader of home demonstration agents, and ‘Mrs. W. T. Coe, of the same de- partment, The meeting was arranged by A. W. Aamodt, Farm Bureau man- ager; teachers will be arranged according|remain in the state, & her department in home welfare and | get for July 1, will mark the decision | drinking. cate); story telling and children’s ATTEND BAGLEY mE‘rma Use of alcoholic beverages prop-{ In 1760, Quakers. abolighed the AY IS'WIDELY ENDORSED review methods in common branches. — advocacy of abstinence is little less|the distilling of grai bighway, announces Fred T, Lincoln meeting, had charge of the initiation other ' forms of entertainment. A Use of distilled liquors did not be- | ciety was organized by 200 Connecti- |\ 2 o 4 o McGhee, R. L. Given, Raymond Han- Inception of the temperance move- | hibition was made by John Chalmers, initely arranged it is desirable’ that|the plan of the Women's Cummunity of the highway between Dubuque, cer, Willlam Rice. Henry Mooney, turies was very slow. In 1827 it was announced that 200 fered and subject to change accord- b C. M. Landon, Dr. A, V. Garlock, W. Discovery of the process of distilla- | pledged abstinence. asked to name the director and he ition, d d fards got the secret—for it was| 250,000 members. oomipogition. middle and upper, grade be held Saturday are nearing comple- FoRM woMEN’S sEmoN Span 80 European countries. Use of dis-|traffic. The lilinois legislature en- was founded in Washington in 1840, FORM MEMORIAL DAY PLANS. women's section of the South Bel- ger. In 1735 a London grand jury|gwept the country. This movement day of the term and will be complete | board, Dr. E. H. Smith, president of |jous sections of the county is in pro- stituted, Similar experiments were . _ a : classes will be held during the morn-|schools are among the rsany who en-{ A, "D, Wilson, director of the ex- had become a great national issue in| G. A R, post; George Cheney, adjut- ground material available,”” said Mr, |speakers are Miss May Secrest, state onnected with Gill Brothers Cloth- Ing store - for the past six years, has resigned his place and accepted a position as manager of the O. J. Laqua clothing store.. Mr. Odegard has had much experience in this line of business and will be a valuable addition to the Laqua sales foreé, " ve Page | |