Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 24, 1919, Page 1

~ VOLUME XVII, NO. 123 WOOL POOLING ~ MEETING HERE! Orkmizafign “Is F;)rmed‘ and l Plans Made for Big Sales RARY PRESIDENT \ Day to Be 'Held June 28. B T SO Schulke Treasurer.-—Storage: *to Be Provided Here. - ~ general View of a miners' colony at the, sheep..industry may be Biss . P 24 Ing to quell the rioting miners. * conducted along scientific and sys- tematic lines, growers of the county at an enthubiastié ‘meeting held Fri- day decided to"ofganize and endorsed .the plan of pooling their wool this year that the best prices obtainable ‘may-he brought. ' 'S0 ‘once more the ‘. farmers of this county have demon- ““strated their enterprise and.progres- -sive spirit as thé wool pooling plan © which will be tarriéd on under the supervision. of ‘the :newly organized * Beltrami County . Wool Growers’ as- soctation will be the first sale of its kind undertaken in Minnesota. H. M. Clark, of Bemidji, was named - temporary president of the association, while A. W, Aamodt, J&pna.ngger of the -farm_ bureau, was 4 4 tegted secyetary and E. E. Schulke, Tenstrike,~ treasurer, These -of- S vers will sérve until the wool sales dy. which is to be held in Bemidji Saturday, June 28, at which the or- ganjzation ' will be completed and made permanent.. Sales Dav Plans. Plans for the sales day will be completed by 2 committee named for “" the'purpose:and which includes A. E. Witting of Blackduck, Fred Barr of Bemidil ani pkjes of Sol- _way. . A gl e provided in Bemidji and’ one ‘day a week will be - Jesignated ag receiving day, on which he - growers, may. store their wool. ' One or two days previous to the sale) -an expert. Wool. mes’ of the govern: ment depdrtment of agriculture will ‘come to Bemidji, grade the woot and make it Feady for the bidders, who will offet sealéd bids for the pur- chase, of. the entire wool stock. The . association reserves the right to re- * ject all bids if not satisfactory. At the'time a farmer stores his wool he will be advanced thirty cents a pound, the balance to be paid when the accounts of the sale have been completed, at which time he will re- e money due, less his pro share of the expenses and six per -4%nt intetest on the original advance. The. gréwers regard the plan as an excellent one. . To Draw by Law| A committee to draw a constitution and.by-laws {ncludes A, W, Aamodt, chairman, E.. E. Schulke and Fred Rice .of . Hagali. The constitution will be presented for approval at the June 28 meeting, The formation of the wool growers’ association:and the endorsement ol the poolinig plan followed interest- ing and instructive talks given by W. 'A. McKerrow, state leader of livestock and- dairy extension work. He discussed -wool marketing and pooling and told éf the care of the flock and of how to prepare wool for market, urging & uniform method of baling. . He rego ds the exclu- sive raising of Sh¥opshire sheep in this part of the country, He urged the growers to keep young stock and to ®ake great care in the preventing of disease. Hold Ram Inspection. . . -At the inspection gnd judgi ws many important suggestions e forwarded by ~McKerrow fn whith he pointed out the strong ‘ points of the sheep, and demonstrat- " ed the proper handling of the ani- mals for trimming their feet, an operation . ‘which is most essential. He explained how the age of sheep may be-ascertained by inspection of teeth and demonstrated how the wool may be expected on the offspring. McKerrow. then explained fleece con- ditions and - the methods necessary to secure uniformity of ‘wool. - H. M. Clark exhibited a registered Shropshire ‘ram. and ,a yearling shown by Gill Peterson was sold to Walter Rice of Hagali. A pure Ox- ford down ram was shown by John Croon, and E. E. Schulke exhibited a registered Hampshire ram. The ex- changing ‘of rams at frequent inter- vals among the flocks of the district was, recommended. 1 A, E, Witting announced that he intends to purchase a pure bred ram and five ewes which he plans to use as a foundation for a large flock on his farm near Blackduck, Much interest was shown by the sheep growers and it is certain that the results of the meeting will great- ly encourage the raising of sheep throughout Beltrami county. _AFORESTERS T0 BLACKDUCK. +# Mark Buckman, division forestry supervizor, and .. 7. Johnson, forest ranger, left this morning for the Blackduck vicinity where they will spend the day inspecting timber BENTALL. IN JAIL ‘DUNGEON’ WRITES FOR RADICAL PAPERS Treatise on Shrinking Shrimps Refers to Supreme Court of United States. In the Crow Wing jail at Brainerd, J. 0. Bentall, former socialist candi- date for governor of Minnesota, 6eTv- ing a year's sentence for inducing his hired mafi: not to register for tle draft, is busy writing -creeds for rad- ical publications. Criticism’ and ridicule of the Unit- ed.States supreme court, the Ameri- can form of government, American institutions, the national congress and unbounded praise for Debs, the Russian soviet government and the “one big union,’” are favorite topics with the man who is also under an- other sentence of five years for sedi- tious utterances. His latest literary effort, entitled “Shrinking Shrimps,” dated at '‘The Dungeon, Brainerd, Minn"—Bentall's abedé—appears in this week’s isgue of an I. W. W, publication printed at Duluth, Eugéne Debs is the sub- ject of the sket¢ch, The “shrinking shrimps” are the men who brought Debs» to justice and the justices of the United States supreme court. This is the insulting way in which Bentall characterizes the supreme court: “And the supreme court. You couldn’t find two university presi- dents in the United States who could name the gentlemen that gave their unanimous opinion that Debs should go to the pen. Shrinking shrimps,! Only with a high powered miscros- cope will the world be able to dis- cover them,” The congress which passed the es- pionage act—the act under. which Bentall was indicted and convicted— also comes in for its share of his ridi- cule. He says that the congress that *‘concocted the scandalous espionage law—it crawled out through the key- hole and got lost.”” MONEY ORDERS FOR SOLDIERS INSURANCE Information has been received in Bemidji that the treasury department has issued a new money order, by which all discharged men will be able to make payment of their premiums for government insurance at the post- offices. This new! money order will enable the men out of the service to make payments with the least pos- sible trouble. They will be given a receipt by the postoffice department at the time payment is made, The premiums may be paid month- 1y, “¢uarterly, semiannually or an- nualfy, Should the insured die, all ‘premiums paid beyond the- calendar month in which death occurs will be refunded. Until this new money order reaches ‘Bemidji, all men are directed to send their check or money order to the disbursing clerk, bureau of war risk insurance, making same payable to the treasurer of the United States, Washington, Premiums are due on the first day of the month, but gne has the rest of the month to make payment and still be insured. During this 31 days grace, the policy shall remain in force but the unpaid premjum wlll be de- ducted from the settlement of any claim arising from death or total dig- ability. JOE REVOIR IS BOUND OVER ON LIQUOR CHARGE] Joe Revoir was arrested at Park Rapids Friday night as he was step- ping from:the Sauk Center train, by Federal Agents W. J. Johnson and| Charies Benson, Revoir was carry- ing two suit cases in which were contained 35 pints of whisky and a' small quantity of port wine. He was| bronght to Bemidji and when ar- raigned before Judge H. A. Simons, United States commissioner, on a charge of introducing liguor into Indian territory, ng of of Federal eourt,- way of referring to his temporaryy.’ " BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVEN[NG, MAY 24, 1919 3 7 Ll WHERE GERMAN TROOPS FIGHT STR“HNG MINERS in the Rubr mining district, Ggriven o (s . » ? 3 CLARK RETURNS AFTER 122 DAYS ON BATTLE FRONT @ Bert Clark, who served with tf_le famous 77th division in France, aad) who was on the battle front for 122 days, returned to Bemidji this morn. ing, having gone through the battjes, of the Baccarat and Vesle sectors, the Aisne offensive, the Argonne fron and the Argonne-Meuse offensive without receiving a wound, nor gs he gassed, Clark participated in-Phe wonderful parade and celebration held in New York in honor of the 77th division, He landed in New York April 29 and was discharged May 18. Clark was a member of a supply company.\ CLASS DAY PROGRAM CLEVERLY PRESENTED BY 1919 GRADUA Exercises at High School Last "Evening Very Entertaining. —Faculty Depicted. - Clever and entertainingw ;Na.s the class day program presented by the{information concerning the quarter- 1919 graduates of the Bemidji high school last evening, the exercises be- ing given under the direction of, Miss Cora Heligh, of the faculty, An original song, offered by the girls of the normal department, a most amusing selection, was the first number of the program, and this was followed by the class will, prepared by Theodore Willits, Hildur Ander- son and Harold Hankey. Muriel Mc- Gee, Arthur O'Leary and Madge Trafton gave the class prophesy. The hit of the evening was a song, the singers being boys of the class attired in the clothes of chorus girls. Elsie Nuss and Esther McGhee presented the gifts to the members of the class, The Owl cdouncil was the representation of a meeting of the faculty at which Superintendent Bolcom advised that all the teachers should graduate the entire class or there would be no checks forthcom- ing at the end of the month. The faculty was impersonated by Alice Whitting, Avis Cameron, Hildur An- derson, Gertrude Smith, Marion Steidl, Elvera Hedman, Dorothy Nan- gle, John Simons, Leo Opsahl, Ken- neth Kenfield, Harvey Washburn, Mpyrtle Madson and Isabel Hankey. Harold Dahl gave a violin solo which was much enjoyed, and Peder Peterson and Alice Elmquist gave the class history., Myrtle Madson re- cited the class poem, and Alice Min- nick presented the lantern of the senior class to the president of the junior class to light the way next year. The last numbér was the class song which wag sung by the entire elass. ! : FIRST HOTEL MARKHAM k MANAGER VISITS BEMIDJI J. C. McAvoy, who was the first manager of the Hotel Markham when it was opened to the public nineteen years ago, is a visitor in the city, be- ing on his way to his home in Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada, from the east where he was called by the illness of «is mother, The first room assigned by McAvoy when the Bemidji hostelry was opened went to E, H, Jerrard, now a resident of the eity and who is secre- tary of the Bemidji Lodge of Elks, and manager of the local branch of the Northwestern Oil company. McAvoy operated a dray line when he first came to Bemidji and at Moose Jaw he is engaged in the stock rais. ing business, SALE COMMENCES TODAY- Kaplan's 25c special sale which commenced today will continue until next Saturday, May 31i. Many at- tractive bargains are offered, includ- ing both groceries and dry goods, The store will be open until 9 o’clock tonight. DEAN KENNEDY HERE. Dean Kennedy of the Univeristy of intoxicating | North Dakota, is spending the week- was|end in Bemidji for the purpose of bound over to the Fergus Ealls term{ making his cottage at Grand Ferks Bay ready for the summer o y. swhere —— e gociely " ORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH } Jistoriea! STEAMERBURNSTO WATER EDGE: LIVES OF 240 ENDANGERED INCHESAPEAKEBAY (By United Press) Nerfolk, Va., May 24.—Lives of 240 persons were en- dangered when the steamer-Virginia burned to the water edge in Chesapeake Bay early today. The passengers were forced to abandon the vessel, many of them leaped to-the water, and it is believed that some of them may have perished. Other steamers rusthed to the rescue and picked up those struggling in the water. ‘govexnment 'troops have been try ] STARTS ATLANTIC FLIGHT Payns, May 24.—Lieutenant Roger started for Morocco from Villg Coublay early this morning in an attempted trans- Atlantic flight from Africa to Brazil by way of St. Paul Rock 20,000 SOLDIERS REACH NEW YORK New Yor}(, May 24.—Eight troop ships bearing 20,000 re- turning American soldiers were scheduled to reach here today. Two had arrived at noon. General March announced today that by June 12 all com- %at troops, exeept regular army units, will have sailed from rance. LARGE NUMBER OF MEN “FOR QUARTERMASTER CORPS MUCH NEEDED S‘ergnlfi Bass, Recruiting Offi- cer, Has Attractive Offers To Qualified Men. RUTLEDGE HERE SUNDAY. Sergeant R, V. Bass, Bemidji re- cruiting officer, announces that a large number of qualified men are needed to fill vacancies in the quar- termaster corps of the United States army, ‘the number of noncommis- sioped officers authorized offering op- portunity for steady and rapid pro- ROUTE OF SCENIC HIGHWAY MAPPED AT ST. PAUL SESSION A. G, Rutledge, former editor of The Daily Ploneer, will spend tomor-l row in Bemidji for the purpose of | completing arrangements for the an- nual outing of the Northern M(fmu,u z]lg;io“ to capablo and ambitious sota Editorial association, of which There is a great demand for bakers, | 12 18 the secretury. The Bemid)i|Bailey Returns From Meeting committee will meet with Rutledge and all arrangements for the June 27-29 affgir will be definitely de- cided, btacksmiths, carpenters, clerks, cooks, electricians, plumbers, steno- gtaphers, machinists and teamsters, The. rates of pay run from $30 a untonth . for privates to $105 per month for guartermaster sergeants. Food, clothing, quarters, medical and dental attention is provided without cost to the enlisted man, B Men 18 to 55 years of age are eBgible.for-enlistment; and they can enlist for one or three years. Other of pirectqrn—Orgqnization for Beltrami County. BASE BALL TEAM WILL HOLD FIRST PRACTICE ‘Bemidji is to have a baseball team this year, and the first practice-.s to be held at the down town park to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Jt is important that all players re- port for this practice as it will be the initial step in the establishment Attorney Thayer (. Bailey, who represented Hblufliml county at - the weeting of the board of directors of the northern division of the Missis- sippi River Scenic Highway associu- tion held in St. Paul Friday, returned to Bemfdfi this morning. The north: ern Minnesota route of the highway was officlally designated at the meét- ing and according to Balley it will follow the Northern Pacific railway from St, Paul to Bralnerd and the master corps will be provided those interested by Sergeant Bass. “ALL A MISTAKE” WILL of a permaneunt organization. BE PRESENTED BY Y. CLUB|" Business men of the city are giving f‘:(l":“:f;t:;l “'&d‘ “‘"\l,e'i""(a"m""] voad = good support to the proposition of ! a‘nen 0 a_xer. e Within the next three weeks, a|forming a team and if the baseball| From Walker the route goes through Wilkinson to Cass Lake, and then to Bemidji, tbe state park at Lake Itasca, Purk Rapids and back to Walker, " Attorney Balle: tended the meet- ing as an alterndfe’ member of the board of directors, ¥ 8. Lycan being unable to be present. Soon as-pos- sible Mr. Lyean will proteed to or- ganize a county association of the ‘ New Orleans to Lake Itagca highway, | of which he will be the president and chairman of the executive committee, the vice-presfdent, secretary, treasur- er and four directors, also being members, The purpose of this asso- ciation will be to look after the in- terests of the Scenfc highway in Bel- trami county, Beltrami county will be required to provide a fund of $75 for the state and national organiza- tion. The county association will also have charge of the blazing and sign. boarding the route and will assist in keeping the roads in proper shape, Senator P, H, McGarry, vice-presi- dent of the northern division of the highway was present at the meeting, and with Fred Lincoln, of Brainerd, secretary, co-operated with Attorney comedy, “All A Mistake,” will be pre- sented at the Grand theatre by the Y, club of the Presbyterian church. The cast will include: Miss Emma Goltz, Miss Pearl Brownlee, Miss Katherine Jackson, Miss Myrtle Madson, C, M, Jacobson, G. W, Farrell, Carlton Crothers and old Dahl. NOW CARRYING FISH 50 MILES TO REDBY 8. A. Selvog, superintendent of the state fisheries at Redby, who was in Bemidji today, says that even though the fish now secured for shipping must be carried hy motor boat a dis- tance of nearly 50 miles, thal the supply possible to obtain by this method is sufficient for the present, but that during thé summer months a greater quantity will be needed. Until the matter of paying the Indians a bonus for the fisli removed from Red Lake, except at extreme east end of Upper Red Lake, is set- tled the long haul will he necessary, If the motor boat built to assist in collecting fish at Red Lake had not talent of Bemidji, and there is a lot of it, will assist, a winning nine can be placed in the field. Because of the Bemidji Box com- pany dance which is to be held Thurs- day evening, the committee in charge of the dance to be given in the new warehouse of the Beltrami Elevator and Milling company by the Military band has changed the date to Wed- nesday evening. $100.000 FIRE LOSS IN ST. PAUL ™" DAY (By United Press,) e St. Paul, May 24.—Fire from un- known origin today damaged Husch Brothers department store here, the loss totaling, more than $100,000, TWENTY-SIX INJURED. (By United Press,) Bayomme, N. J,, May 24 —Twenty- six persons were injured, some ser- jous, when gasoline exploded at the been provided this year work at the|Standard Oil company plant here Bailey in mapping the route so as to Redby fisheries would now be im-|this afternoon. Employes sald it is|include Bemidji. i possible. not known whether anyone was About 20,000 pounds of fish, a|Kkilled. LIEUTENANT W. A. BYRNES .carload, are being shipped from Red- - e . by “each week, according to Selvog, | ENGLAND’S SOLUTION OF RETURNS TO NAVAL SERVICE The fish are being shipped to various WOMEN IN ITS LABOR FIELD'! parts of the state, the law providing that only rough varieties may be sold to points outside of Minnesota, DR. L- A. WARD SLIGHTLY _HURT WHEN CAR TURNS OVER Dr. L. A. Ward was slightly in- jured late this morning when in reaching for a strap on a falling win- dow in his new sedan he released his grip on the steering wheel and the car swerved in such a manner that it{ many, other continental countries or turned over, the accident occuring| America, near plant one of the Crookston Lum- They will work here on equal foot- ber company. One fender, the top|ing with men and with full consent and one window were smashed. The|of organized labor, doctor crawled out.of the muchlne,| In response to appeals of 200,000 the engine still running, and it was | munitionettes threatened with being ! necessary for him to break the wind-|ruled out of #he work shops by ‘‘re- ghield in order to shut off the motor, | stitution of the pre-war labor status” | tearing that leaking gasoline would|the Amalagamated Society of Engin- i become ignited. The machine was|eers has decided to sanction employ- taken to the Jewett garage and will | ment of women at “repetition” work be repaired as soon as possible, on this basls, J. T. Brownlie, presi- e dent of the A. S, E, revealed to the 1 DEBS FARMER INSTALLS TWO United Press. UNIT MILKING MACHINE Lieutenant W. A, Byrnes of Min- neupolis, a brother of Mrs, Hallan Huffman of Bemidji, after a two months sick leave, has returned to Brooklyn naval hospital to await or- ders for duty, He joined the navy {n April, 1917, and was at Great Lakes training sta- tion until November, 1917, when he, was assigned as assistant surgeon on the U. 8. 8. Nebraska of the Atlantic fieet. Applying for service with- the marines, he was sent to France in April, 1918, and was with the Sixth regiment of marines, Second division, He was on front line dressing sta- tions at St. Mihiel, Champagne, Ar- gonne and the Meuse, later going into lermuny with the Army of Occupa- tion. By Edwin W. Hullinger, (United Press correspondent.) London, (By Mail,) —Women workers who “carried on” in the ma- chine shops during the war will work at semi-skilled jobs, principally in certain new industries which British capital is already preparing to ex- ploit on a considerable scale, They will help manufacture articles Eng- land formerly imported from Ger- SEEK TO RECOVER LAND. Attorney E. E. McDonald leaves tomorrow for Brainerd where he will represent the plaintiffs in the case of Brown versus Erickson in dis- trict court before Judge Stanton. In this case Attorney John L. Brown and P. L, Brown of Bemidji seek to recover 80 acres of land which is claimed by Erickson, their step- father, The land originally belonged to the father of the plaintiffs; and upon his death went to their mother, A seri of conferences between the A. 5. K., and their employers be- gan May 6 to draw up a post-war la- bor agreement including a stipula- tion definitely fixing women’s status in the trade. The importance of this may be gauged from the fact that the A. S. B. dominates the mechanical trades, Isaae Erickson, one of the progres- sive and successful farmers of Debs, {has installed a two unit Hinman Milking machine on his farm. Erick- son has seven cows. The machine was installed by N. E. Given and D, A. Whiting of the Given Hardware| - who later married Erickson. Since company (Continned on page Toury thiz marriage the mother has died $ 3 ! [}