Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 16, 1919, Page 1

Increase’ of Industry in~ Beltram Cmmty. ’BRIEF HISTORY OF : SHEEP IN MINNESOTA I Growers’ Organization Be Perfected at .Meeting - re Saturday Next Week “Farmers. of. Beltrami’ county, en- 0! raged by the high:price ‘of ‘wool addition ‘to ‘the numerous other dvantages - of’ maintalning sheep, flocks, are.devoting much ‘attention to sheep raising as an industry an e -next few. months will see many ocks' established.. . The formation of a < 'Wool .Growers’ - association “has - created much .interest: . and .at the meeting to (e ‘held in Bemlflji June ‘at which the organization will‘be rmanently perfected, it is expected that a large number of farmers .Wwill be in attendance. On' this.day the firgt, ‘wool sales day will be held and it 18 expected that at lgast a carload will. be sold. tothe highest bidder. 'he. co-operative market plan of Bel- ‘trami county is attracting much at- L= tention throughouhtg(: -state:- - Sheep ee into northern Minnesota recently from the western ranges at 100,000. Bven Yyet, it is asserted, Minnesota has fewer sheep..than fifteen years g0, but. the big income possibilities found ‘in herds of wellbred sheep are expected to increage thé state’s sheep ‘Dopulation from around 500,000 to mong~ farmers yearS ago in the| ‘Back in-1903, rhenlow prices began to: cause the decline of ~the- sheep ‘industry; ‘the United: States had the-largest flock sheep in -its’ history, about 64,- 000,000, worth on the average $2.70 " ‘a head. In-1918 there 'were but 49, 7.000,000 sheep, but. they averaged 7 $10.75 a head. From these facts it is easy’ “to figure why' a ‘pair of wool- “en. trousers costing $6 fifteen years ‘ago, cost.$16.now. . “Minnesota Tenth Once. - hen ‘the United : States had a There is no accurate: data to show | 7 what the state’s sheep "population “now is,~but: if it is more than" 500,- 000, stockmen say, it is because of _ /some comparatively recent propogan- da looking toward the establishment of sheep industry on the cheaper lands of -northérn Minnesota. It is ‘believed ‘this advertising has brought into-the state at least-100,000 sheep “ranges by the plow or drouth. ~-Developing Land. Much stumpy, brushy agricultural nd:-in northern Minnesota can be brought.well along toward tillability by the unaided work ‘of the sheep. Goats are recommended for such ‘work, and they do make good sub- duers of brush. But they are-not as ‘wheat,: while-goat products are more T less of a'novelty and must liave a salésman nlong when - they g0 “to umps have heon a standing bar- rief to the settlement of the cu over lands. - And yet there are hun- dreds of farmers. who have grown rich without being at much paihs to pull out stumps. Clover -in. this re- glon .is a weed, as we. all boast, and Bheep will eat around a stump as “ly as over the spot where it was Sheep have made farmers rlch ‘while the stumps were rotting out in the natural way. ¢ In -northérn Minnesota alone are from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 acres of land that are held to be bettér ‘adapted _to sheep raising .than any other‘area of similar size in- America. --Much of this land-will finally develop into dairy farms, but the-sheep is the logical pioneer of the mill® cow. Sheep will -thrive on raw land that ‘would support cows poorly. - gheep is a defenseless-animal, and the woods are the home of preflntory Animals, sheepmen. say, that sheep -in_slash- ifgs of ‘northern Minnesota are safer rom “wolvés than sheep in central fo-are from dogs. 1 Fleece Heavier. !‘wo\ important reasons are given hy heep do uncommonly well - in ta as compared with country nftller south. In a-warmer climate as that of Minnesota ‘the ach worm, a dangerous pest, re- uces the’ vltomy of sheep.. It is ot found in morthern Minnesota. And in this cooler climate, the fleece v'5 proprotionately hoavior g::.e fl:nco fleece of Flotida is ‘| plete and: modern in- operation. The |~ But experience has proved,H ¢ YA¥RIS & ° lndiun wnrdl &W‘ BM tupity:to:mike good after théy di by Indians wherever possible; lndt'mlmbq of the lnterlor. This. p@fipflfifi“fifi H SALE Ol" POTATO FLOUR: _PLANT IS APPROVED AT - SATURDAY. MEETING Slockholden Ratlfy ‘Action” of Board of Dmeton n Sellmg 3 !o l"alk Compnny . Action ol the board of dlrecton ot 4 the Bemidji Potato Products” col oompany mys $30, 000 for the plant. A’ committee to. close the accounts of the products company was named to- include the following: ‘the of- ficers, who are, President John Mo- berg; Secretary C. W; Brandborg, Treasurer John Goodman, W. L. Brooks, R.: H. Schumaker: and Henry Z. Mitchell, -~ - lcb:l!mltao‘ei to take action on severa! eputed acceunts was named as ‘follows: F. W:.Rhod The Falic sompany, whic! ating séveral other large-potato flour plants, has taken poesession of sthe Bemidjl Institution and new machin- éry ‘is..being’ ‘installed which -will make the ‘mill one of the ;most coa- ficlals of the company assure farm- ers that their potato crop, no mat- ter how large, can be used by the plant and-large warehouses will soon be under construction. Hopa that the new pnmn hmtolled in ‘well :No. 2_would bring the city water supply “to 1,000,000 gallons daily was abandoned by the water committee of the city council Satur-| day afternoon when a trial ohowed that it. would produce far lm ‘than] had been expected. P. D. Bowler, of the Layne- b Bow-1 fer company, Memphis, -Tenn.;: will arrive.in .Bemidji during the next few gays and it is expected that ar- rangbments wfll be made whereby a new well, can be established. ‘Until this is' done the Bemidfi lutor sup<‘ Ply will be shon. P . BmlshPlam Flies:0cean Wimoulsmp (By United Preul) Galway: Island, | Jume 16— Battling sleet aul fog; Cophi- John Alcock and Lieut: A."W. /Brown, both British, hsve icom- pleted the first nonstop nirplane flight across the Atlantic ocean. from New Foundland to Ireland.’ , The pair lef&:St. Johus, N. F; Saturday noonm, New York time, and made the 1930 miles in six- teen hours and twelve minutes. They landed in a bog mear hro d-mam their plane. three pounds. In- Minnesota it is about eight pounds. The high price of wool- is not the only incentive for an increase of sheep husbandry in Minnesota. Mut- ton is one of the essentials, and rarely has it sold at"prices that now prevail and that promise to prevai] for many years. The dual purpose sheep; carrying eight pounds of ‘wool and 100 pounds of meat, is claimed to be.the sheep best fitted to Minne- 'sota and-the flwop that finds favor |t 1o ail pasts of the United States: i CROW WING. CO’UNTY T0 HAVE A 8850000 GOURT HOUSE Crow Wing county. 1s to -have a new court house at Brainerd estimat- ed to %t about $250,000 and work of -conetruction ‘will” start .just as soon as the bids are IQ‘Q. The county commissionersinstructed the county auditor, C. W. Mnhlu;n, to adnrtlu The ¢o rthouse will be built on Jthe site acquired by condemnation several years-ago and on:the:!south end of which uundn the wew" county A4omhich MINNESOTA TOMORROW' Occasion Brmp To Mmd Im-| Noatokd portince of Development .Comig;vvwith New Highways missioners {sstie” $350,000 ‘bonds that mbney .be. provided for road construction and Improvement. Good Roads day, which under proc- lamation by Governor Burnquist will| be ‘observed t hroughout Minnesota \tomorrow is of particular interest to residents of .the county.- Interest in good highways {s great among all classes of citizens, farm-| ers and city dwellers, and a more general observance of Good Roads ) ‘than’ ever, ‘FARIERLADSOFFOUR : TOKNSHIPS FORM BAND A'I'HIRTY TWO PIECES Ollvor l, Boys of uyloy and Pprl Hope .Organize. llver Riggs, dlroctor of the Bemhm Military band, as their ,432 enterprising farmers qt flmp‘ ‘Hagall Taylor and Port. Hope townships have organized a' band. ‘ill*be known as the United Commuhnity band. Instruments have been :ofdered, announces Mr. Riggs. The ‘afficers of the band are Charles Hoffer, president; Ed. Niemeyer, sec- retary-treasurer, and Clarence Trav- is, corresponding. secretary. Theband, which’is composed en- ifof farmer boys, is being by the menibers themselves, manner in which it is or- assures the permanency of nization. Nine hundred dol- been borrowed by the band, which to purchase lnstrumonts. initiation fees of-$10 a ——Umted States troops were in .,-opposite this city, today, and red the ‘territory - south and -east of ling every Villista soldier they found. nce into Juarez was undertaken atb eleven o’clock S commander .in_th into this city as t r heavy assault cars, a number. of i crews, and one pounder batteries, led the advance: night by order from.Gen. J. B. Paso district, to prevent further firing esult of fightmg in Juarez, which was un- m-fhe. Villa forces. eriean machine guns, fully manned with Erwin, Piloted by armoured Negro troops-closely followed, bemg members of the Twenty-fourth-. Umted ‘States infantry, wearing trench helmets and carrying campaign packs. followed closely. Two companies of the Nmeteenth infantry v The adyance encountered little resistance at first but smp- 'ping soon commencéd. After one American soldier had been killed, orders were given to hunt down the snipers and kill on sight. ENJOYABLE MEETING HELD _BY BEMIDJI TOWNSHIP CLUB Beginning at noon with an elabor- ate chicken dinner the regular meet- ing of ‘the Bemidji Townshp Farm- ers’ club held in the Carr Lake school Saturday was a most enjoyable af- fair, Following the dinner a very interesting program was held, the features being a recitation, “De Ha- betant,” (Henry Brummond) by Miss Vera Backus and a talk by Miss May MacGregor, Bemidji Red. Cross nurse who recently returned from duty overseas, both being very much en- joyed and appreciated.. Several mat- ters. of importance to fhe farmers were discussed. :$300" has been Taised to belf applied on that amount. The boys are giving entertainments and are also raising money in other: ways to| help pay for the instruments. The organization will . own all the in-} struments and each member who joine signs a note for $30, payable to’ the: band, the note to become due at any. ti the member leaves the band without being. permitted to do 80 by the members. ~ The. boys will begin their regular rehearsals soon, and they expect to make - public appearance in a few months... Some of the members of the United Community band’ have had ex- | pertence in other bands, and some are goloists -on' band {nstruments. paved highways. Impelled by the campnign of ‘the Minnesota Highway Improvement as- sociation in al} quarters of-the. state, county after county is stepplng into line with .substantial bond’, issues for paved roads that can mean no- thing but the enthusiastic adoption in November, 1920, of the amend- ment to the state constitution which will permit.execution of the plan for a.7,000-mile paved trunk high- way sntem in Minnesota. ‘This will place Minnesota.in the forefront of the states of the Union in the matter of permanent roads.. It will mean that Minnesota will stand abreast of the best of the. New Eng- land states, New York, New- Jersey,’ Peaneylvania and California in. its public highway system. that ' Minnesota will tower above Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon- sin, Towa, Missouri and other middle- western -and gentral states”in - the length and in the conditions of its great system of paved highroads. .. . In a ‘word—without fear of fair contradiction—it means the biggest and best single development for all the people of the state and particu- larly the farmers and the farmers’ families, that has taken place in the entire history of Minnesota. All of the work for good rqads of|. the last twenty-five years in Minne- sota and all of the experience of oth- er states for a period of more than fitty years have been.crystalized.into]. the comprehensive Babcock plan for a paved trunk highway system. Much work has been done, much aggres- sive work remains to be done and it behooves évery Jloyal Minnesotan to personally put his shoulder to the wheel of this movement to make cer- tain that there is-no failure at the beginning of an erg fraught with so many possibilities of development. LIEUT. HANSCOM IS AT NEWPORT NEWS First Lieut. B. D. Hanscom, former pastor of the.Metnodrst church in Bemidji who passed the examination and received his commission as army chaplain in the war service, has ar- rived at ‘Newport News and expects :o ;oon proceed to his home in Du- uth. Ll!ut. Hanscom was with the bat- in Fratcé and saw and did And herofc work * h It “means | “The ‘members of ‘the United Ci munity band are, Chas. Hoffer, Ed. Niemeyer, Clarence Travis; Herman Gregg, Roy Travis, Percy Maule, Bernhardt Hass, Clarence Wild, Br- win-— Krohrf, Harry Falls, Clifford Travis, Mertin Ketchum, Alfred Hass, Martin ‘Hass, Eldin Niemeyer, Arthur Niemeyer, -Clarence Pfeile, Herbert Swensorf, George Hofer, Got- fred' Hofer, Geo. Lundgreéen, Alfred Wild, -Leonard ‘Wild, Alvin Green, Laval Pfeile, Harry Fox, Roy Ru- nick, Sidney Kruger, Roy Gregg, Til- man Gregg, Cuarles Bryant, Frank Sydow. ProsidentTo Carry Treaty “ToThePeople By Robert J. Bender % (United Press Correspondent) Washington, June 16.—Presi- dent Wilson, upon his return home, will immediately carry ‘his fight for the peace treaty - and league of ugnu covenant to the people, according to plans - being perfected now. A tentative itinery, including stops at the principal cities from one end of the country to the - other, is befors the president at Paris. RED IAKE TOWN FARMERS FORM NEW ORGANIZATION At a recent meeting of Red Lake township farmers a_club was or- ganized and officers elected as -fol- lows: John Clicak, president; Joe Hudec, vice-president; V. Koutny, secretary and John Langer, treasur- er. ‘A comstitution was adopted and it was voted to hold meetings the first Sunday.of each month. The members of the club decided to build thetr dafry herds of Holstéin stock and will purchase & puré bred sire: As a result .of a conference held Saturday by Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, and George W.. Cross,- superintendent of the Red Lake reservation, fishing by the state in Lower Red Lake was re- sumed this morning, an agreement having been reached in the matter of demands ‘made by the Indians that they be paid .8l the agency. ' o Sélvog, 'superinténdent of the state fisheries at Redby has been compelled to confine his fishing ac- tivities to the east end of Upper Red Lake, carrying the fish 50 miles by motor boat fer shipment.. The sup- ply has been. small and not nearly sufficient to supply the growing de- mand for fish throughout the state. WILL BE FOURTH OF JULY ORATOR AT BORDER CITY Judge C. W. Stanton has accepted an Invitation to deliver a Fourth of July address at International Falls. The Border City is planning a .big.| celebration this year. Judge Stanton is a former resident of International Falls and served as county -attorney when Koochlchlng county was first established. ~ | DIAMOND POINT IS MECCA FOR HUNDREDS ON SUNDAY The intense summer heat caused Diamond Point park to be.a mecen Yor a large crowd of Sunday outers, seeking relief from the heat in the shade and in the water,of the beach. Dolly Dolphin and Lizzie Lizzard were much in evidence and many of their elders disported -themselves likewise in the placid waters. $20 BAIL IS FORFEITED. Municipal court receipts were in- creased $20 this morning when Fred Larson and two others, both listed on the court record as Jone Doe, who were arrested Saturday night on charges of drunkenness, forfeited their bail, Larson was released on $10 bail and the others on $5 apiece to appear in court.this morning. PICNIC AT SATHRE FARM. Bemidji Business college students and instructors enjoyed a picnic at the E. M. Sathre farm on Bass lake yesterday. AMERICAN ENVOYS PRESENT RESOLUTION (By United. Press.) Paris, June. 16.—The American delegation announced -today that it had reported to the peace conference the resolution passed by the United States semate, asking a hearing for reprosentatives of the Irish republis- t it Serut ‘i ALLIED REPLY TO HUNS IS DUE TODAY (By United Press.) Paris, June 16.—A controversy ia the session of the Big Five over civi- lian control of the occupled districts of thé Rhjne, this afternoon delayed the -delivery of the allies’ reply to the German counter proposalg, ori- ginally set for 4 o'clock thiy after- noon. By Fied 8. Ferguson, (United Press correspopdent.) he. reply of the aly will be dellver:d to Foreign Miu- ister. +Brockdorft. Renzan. An..Versail-. .. les at” 4 o'clock. this afternoon, ac- gordlng to ol!lciul annpuncement to- ay. RO B BEMmH MEN ATTEND COURT TERW AT FERGUS FALLS Several Boml 1. men left this af- ternoon for Fergus Falls where they will' gttend the’ adjourned term of Federgl court which convenes to- morrow morping with Judge Page Morris of Dulutg vrmdlng Among thase ‘who will the term from P. J. Rus- nd Charles- A. Simons, Unitéd Statos commlssloners. Fed- . eral Agents W. J. Johnson and Charles Benson, Frank 8. Lycan, who in to be a grand juror and H.°M. Stanton, -a petit juror. CARNIVAL ARRIVES IN CITY FOR WEEK'S STAY With its many attractions the Little Giant carnival company ar- rived in Bemidji yesterday from 8u- perior and this afternoop will be openéd to the public. The carnival is being staged in Bemidji under the auspices of the Moose \lodge. The show grounds are at the corner of Third street and America avenue. BEMIDJI BOY CHARGED WITH STEALING AUTO Accused of stealing a Buick six- cylinder automobile, Glen Chambers, a 19 year old Bemidji boy, was taken to ‘Lacota, N. D,, today by Sheriff ‘Peterson of that city. Chambers was &rrested here Saturday night by J. ‘I"." Vssler, chief ol police, on infor- mation furnished by the Lacota au- thorities. Chambers, with a compflnlon, is accused of entering a garage at La- cota, robbing the cash drawer of $8 and stealing the machine. The Buick was stolen at 3:30 o’clock Sat- urday- morning and it arrived in Be= midji shortly before 6 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon, mdlcntlng that Chambers I8 a regular ‘“‘king of the roads.” The return trip is being made in the stolen car. TAX TITLE CASE ON TRIAL. An action concerning a tax title is being heard by Judge C. W. Stan- ton in district court today. The cage - -'was brought by Isaac Barry, Jens J. Opsahl and John W. Rad- spinper agajnst “Harriet Campbell, The plaintiffs are represented by Judge Marshall A. Spooner and the defendant by Attorney George W. Campbhell. BOX FACTORY BALL ARTISTS - DEFEATS M, W. A.. 17-T0 0 In a one-sided basebail contest, played at the Athletic park, Sunday afternoon, the baseball team repre- | senting the box factory applied a coat of kalsomine to the téam reprunne- ing the M, W, A/