Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 26, 1919, Page 1

! et $250000 ROAD VOLUME XVII. NO. 176 BONDSSOLDTO CAPITAL TRUST (0. AT PREMIUN St.\ Paul Ban_k—nnd Cass County State Bank Act Together .- In Transaction. '$2,000 NETTED COUNTY. _ BY COMPETITIVE BIDS Kreatz Awarded Contract For - Building Poor Home On the_Count)( Farm. Two bidders for the $250,000 BEMIDJI, MINN.,, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1919 LONG DELINOUENT RTY WILL AUG. 12 Business Men Det_erniine;i That| Owners Must Pay or Lose Holdings. WOMEN'S WAGE which the taxes have remained delin- quent since 1912, a large number of business men have formed an associ- ation and at the sale to be held Au- gust 12 the property desired will be bid_in. & Figures quoted at the office of A, D. Johnson, county auditor, show that these delinquent taxes reach a total of $59,639, and with the inter- est.due the $90,000 mark it passed. Much of the property from which taxes are due, it is said, is owned by the Bemidii Townsite & Improve- ment company, and comprises many Official 'Notice ~Being Ser " Out to 7,000 Employers. . - Throughout State. MINORS ALSO AFFECTED l‘-'igur.e.a ~Apply to Population - Centers Larger and Smal- UNDER NEW RULING| of the most desirable residence and i business sites in the city: Those who are anxious to become worth of road improvement bonds, associated in the plan are urged to for Beltrami county competed for:so notify H. Mayne Stanton, secre- the issue before the board of county commissioners Friday afternoon. The principals were the Northwestern Trust company of St. Paul and the other the Capital Trust and Savings bank of St. Paul, in conjunction with | A complete list of city property upon the Cass County State bank. tary of the Bemidji Association. It is important that immediate ac- tion be taken that the committee may ascertain just how many more busi- ness men are interested in the plan. which taxes are delinquent can be Right off the reel one of the bid-|inspected at the office of Secretary ders started with a premium of 50 Stanton in the Nangle block. cents per thousand. The others rais- ed it and then the other until the Northwestern Trust company reach- ed $7.50. The Capital Trust bank representative went to $8 and secur- ed the bond issue, paying the county around $2,000 for the privilege of taking them. Worth Going After ! In this connection it can be said that the successful bidder had thor: oughly investigated the finances of} the county, an -aid was to be forthcoming in some of | --the work, proved an inspiration to g after the issue. The bonds will ran | ten years, bear 5% per cent and; ‘have no “strings” attached. HOW’D YOU LIKE NICE JUICY BUFFALO STEAK? (By. United Press.) Winnipeg, :July 26.—How would _you like to go back a century or so nd feast like the pioneers on a big uicy buffalo steak. The buffalo in Wianwright Park in Alberta are increasing so rapidly that the-government is considering nd the fact that federal: killing a number of the herd annual- ly for marketing. Early this year there were more than 3,400 buffalo. in the park in practically a wild state. It is costly to keep up the herd, according to government The total road bonds sold amounts | agents. to $350,000, W. L. Slayton of Tole- ‘do, Ohio, having = taken $100,000; worth when the bids were first ad- “vertised. - Poor Homg¢ Cont George Kreatz 3 ‘general - contract }o county poor hom county’s 160-acre farm, east of the egst shore of Lake Bemidji. lgle lwill f’brect the ! _home proper and also.large bam,. fifgolg’fi)ng 10?K§£Isns».nnd-epefifi,efi-’ tions approved by the state. The bid of Mr. Krestz was $20,880. Work will start immediately as the cost of the county paying the expenses of care of paupers and dependents in all garts of the county is a heavy bur- en. ;:c! i Other Contracts Let The plumbing and heating con- tract was awarded to L. P. Eckstrom. ‘who bid $5,324 on the work. The His h ol Marketing a certain number of the buffalo every year would tend to bring down meat prices, according to government ofticials. A few were marketed last year, and the meat . proved popular with the proletariat. Originally the herd was obtained from Pablo an old Indian, who for years had bred buffalo on the Flat- head Indian reservation, in Montana. then numbered 80v. ot oAl SALE OF SURPLUS WAR FOODSTOCKS Believed Plan Advocated Would Insure Opportunity for People to Buy. Washington, July 26.—Immediate plumbing and heating is to be of thei’sale of the $12,000,000 surplus of most modern type and in conform- ity with well drawn plans. The electric’ wiring for the build- ing will be done by the Minnesota Electric Light “and Power company. It was the lowest bidder at $185. $1.000 FOR' RECOD. i (By United Press.) Fargo, July 26.—One thousand | dollars of $5,000 offered for the, auto races will be given to the driver who breaks the present state record | being asserted that “notwithstanding food stuffs held by the war depart- | ment under-a plan which will “in- sure opportunity for the people of the United States to buy,” has been reccommended’ by the ten Republican members of the house war investi- gating committee. The five -Demo- cratic committeemen withheld deci- sion. pending review of evidence taken by a siibéommittee. “Inexcusable delay,” the report de- lared, resulted in the spoiling of 'nil- lion of pounds of hams and bacon, it of 1:00 at the inter.state fair to-|the authorization of surplus by the day. But one day of the auto races, in- stead of two as heretofore, will be held, but they will surpass in qual- ity any heretofore staged on the lo- cal track. chief of staff on November 30, 1918, no action was taken with reference to decla irmgan to declaring a surplus until' May, 1919, six months after the declara- tion was authorized.” (By United Press.) Sacramento, Calif., July 26.—Cali- fornia has begun an experiment in the cabinet form of state government. The department of agriculture was established to control all state gov- ernmental activities of an agricul- tural nature. State Horticultural Commissioner G. H. Hecke has been selected by Gov. Stephens as cabinet officer to head the new department. If the trial proves satisfactory biils will be -introduced hefore the next legisla- ture for a complete cabinet system of state government, with 12 depart- ments in addition to a division of finance, to control all governmental - functions. A bill providing for the depart- ment of agriculture was passed by the legislature this spring. All laws passed - during thé session, except emergency measures have become ef- fective. A law giving the wife equal rights with the husband in testamentary disposition of community property, among those becoming efleccive, is to be fought in the courts_to test its constitutignality. o M calls for a division of the com- CALIFORNIA EXPERIHENTING " WITHCABINET GOVERNMENT munity property, unless otherwise disposed of in the will, and requires consent of both husband gnd wife for the testamentary disposition. State aid for orphans is greatly increased. Orphans and half orphans will now receive $10 peremonth, where half orphans formerly® got $6.- 25 and whole orphans $8.33. State elementary school appropria- tions are also greatly increased, the rate being raised from $550 to $800 per teacher. A state industrial farm for delin- quent women is authorized, and $150,000 appropriated to found it. quired on all milk products in which any adultgrants are used. This law remove the butter fats from milk, re- other substitutes. The revised motor-vehicle act, while raising the speed limit from 30 to 35 miles. makes many new safety regulations for auto traffic. Tt standardizes traffic rules b and towns throughout California, as well as upon the highways in the country districts. VERDICT OF PROBERS The label “‘imitation milk” is re- was framed to hit milk canners who placing them with cocoanut oil, or mak- ing the state rules effective in cities ler Than Bemidji. Ofticial notice of new. minimum recent order of the Minnesota Mini- mum Wage commission is being given this week to nearly 7,000 employers of women and minors throughout the state. . g A special corps of clerks at the state ‘capitol offices of the commission is preparing notices for mailing. Miss Eliza Evans, secretary, ha¥ prepared a tabulation showing the schedules for full-flegded- and apprentice workers both in cities of more than 5,000 population and smaller places and employers are requested to post it for reference. Princival Minimums. The principal minimums are $11 a week with 23 cents an hour for over- time in cities of more than 5,000 and $10.25 a week with 211 cents an hour for overtime in smaller towns. 3pecial schedules governing appren- ices are based on three months, per- iods of experience, as previously an- nounced. ) : These figures apply to cities of 5,- )00 or more population. Apprentices 18 years or older. First three months, $8.64 a week for forty-eight hours or less, and 18 cents an hour for additional hours. Second three months, $10. a week ‘or forty-eight hours or less and 21 «ents for each additional hour. After six months, $11 a week of ‘| "orty-eight hours and 23 cents for sach additional hour. Apprentices under 18 years— First three months, $7.20 a week »f forty-eight hours and 15 cents for wdditional hours. y ““Becond - three months, $8.64 a veek of forty-eight hours and 1§ wents for additional hours. Third ' three months, $10 a week for forty-eight hours and 21 cents or additional hours. After nine months, $11 a week of “orty-eight hours and 23 cents for ad- ditional hours. For Smaller Places. These figures apply in municipali- ‘ies of less than 5,000 population: Apprentices 18 years or oider— First three months $7.68 a week »f forty-eight hours and 16 cents for additional hours. - Second three months, $9.12 a week of forty-eight hours and 18 cents for additional hours. After six months, $10.25 a week of forty-eight hours and 211 cents fqr additional hours. Apprentices under 18 years old— First three months, $6.48 a week f forty-eight hours and 16 cents for 1dditional hours, Second three months, $7.68 a week of forty-eight liours and 16 cents for wdditional hours. Third three months, §9.12 a week | of forty-eight hours and 19 cents for wdditional hours. . After nine months, $10.25 a week )f forty-eight hours and 211 cents for additional hours. BIG PACKER DIES Milwaukee, Wis.,, July 26.—Pat- rick Cudahy, president of the Cnd-I ahy Packing Co., Cudahy, Wis., died suddenly yesterday afternoon from an apoplectic stroke. BEMIDJI GOLFISTS IN RETURN MATCH GAME/ Bemidji golfists have gone to St. Cloud to play a return match, some of the best of the golf club having made the trip. H. C. Baer, T. 8. Ervin, A. P. White, W. L. Brooks, Ira Cool and B. W. Lakin left yesterday for SL. Cloud, Mr. White and Mr. Cool mo- toring down with their wives. The, others went hy train. Several days ago a party of St. Cloud golf enthusiasts came up- to Bemidji and engaged some of the lo- cals on the green. They were de- feated, owing, in a large measure, to their not having been familiar with the course. Then they asked for return matches and the invita- tion was accepted. The Bemidji tourists that accom- panied the sociability runover the Jefferson highway to Winnipeg have returned and they devoted much of the time while in Manitoba's capital to golf. They pronounced the links! in fine snape and thoroughly en- joyed their stay. With the exception 50 _HOW ENGLAND TRAINED WOMEN DRIVERS Regent's park practice for women of royal army %ervice corps. PIONE FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH A studem drivifg her car through narrow gates, which barely allow the machine to pasy wages, effective August 4 under thei bet\yw’en. thereby attaining great accuracy and preclsion in driving. HISTORICAL PAGEANT COMING TO ELKO “The Recollections of Ka-Be-Nah- Gwey-Wence,” a historical pageant produced at Cass Lake under the di- rection of the Northern Minnesota Devglopment association and the scenario of which was written by Fred T. Lincoln, secretary, will be shown at the Elko Wednesday and Thuraday evenings. A number of Bemidji men have seen the picture and many compli- ments are given by them on the unique spectacle of Indian life in| which John Smith, the star performer aged 117 years and probably oldest living being in the United States fig- ures. The pageant film will appeal par- ticularly to tourists and those who have ‘not seen Indians in their prim- itive life. The evolution in North- ern Minnesota in a century is re- markable and it is the concensus of opinion that no more convincing vehicle could have been conceived thanthis film. PEACE TERMS PROVE BOARD DIVE FATAL TO CORNELIA M’'PHERSON: -SINKS IN DEEP WATER Body Recovered With Hooks Too Late for Pulmotor To Be Effective. A tragic fate befell one of Be- midji's best known young girls, late Friday afternoon, when Miss Cor- nelia McPherson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan McPherson of 617 Minnesota avenue, attempted a dive from a springboard near Diamond Point in Lake Bemidji and struck the water flat on her stomach, ac- cording to eyewitnesses, and failed to return. The young girl was 14 vears of age and unable to swim and where she struck the water was about twenty feet deep. Coming up to take a swim, were Roy Wheelock and Manager Dodson of the carnival company. Wheelock saw the fatal dive but was unaware of the inability of the girl as a swim- mer nor the depth of the water. He was called soon afterward and dived several times in hopes of recovering the submerged young swimmer. Historical Society X “Bill” Gaines, driver of the fire de- Bl"ER To AUSTRlA partment truck, who lives nearby the T I scene of the tragedy, saw the whole Vienna, July 26.—The new lermsjafl'air and immediately commcnz.:e(l of thi Austrian. peace. treaty are mak- search with grappling hooks, catching ing no special inipression on tlie geii- the bathing’ trunks and‘drawing her eral public. The newspapers, how-ito the surface. A pulmotor was ever, remark that the world is still ) brought into play but of no avail. attempting to treat Austria as a! The mishap occurred in front of great state instead of one which has!the Freeman Doud cottage, about lost five-sixths of her territory and|4:45 o‘clock and it is said by sev- been reduced from a great empire of [ erg] that the victim had been coaxed 56,000,000 persons to 6,000,000 who|ipte going to where she met her fate are facing a winter in which hun- by a young man from Duluth, Named dreds of thousands arc sure to die of | &) R "Charles. He was taken to jail famine or cold, and soon released. To a Pioneer rep- The Neue Freie Presse says: “The P g 3 f : 4 g resentative he stoutly denied having allies wish to force Austria into done as reported. bankruptcy and thereby get a prior PRESIDENT HOPEFUL claim on her income which will be applied to damages and reparations.” Dr. Carl Renner, the German-Aus- A R S trian chancellor’ and 'head of the Washington, July 26.—Diplomatic peace delegation which visited St |discussion with Japan over the Shan- Germain, ‘in an interview published | tung provieion in the peace treaty here says: have reached a stage where President “We are invited to ‘an American | Wilson is re])rusente_d as very hopeful duel,’ that is, we have the option of |of developments within a few days shooting ourselves or of being siiot. [that will clear the air and remove \Within the next ten days the Aus-|much of the Senate opposition. trian delegates nmyust furnish proofs _ that Austria is willing to pay with TRMNLQAD OF SHEEP ARRIVES IN BAGLEY assets which are non-existant.” Abcording to a report received by KREATZ GETS CONTRACT lN AUD‘ToR’S 0mc uled to arrive at Bagley today for pasturage. There were 4,500 in the Johnson Will Move Desk Tolshipment. C e R ¥ Last night a trainload of sheep ommissioners Koom; passed through Bemidji, enroute to Quarters Cramped. Cloquet for pasturage, the second big shipment that has been sent there At the session of the board of|from Montana. county commissioners Friday after- vt e noon, George Kreatz was awarded|. GERMAN WIRELESS OPEN the contract for the enlargement of Washington, July 26.—Uncensor- the vault in the county auditor’s of-| g yireless communication with Ger- fice, the present vault having been| .,y by way of the Nauen station is congested, with no more space for|,pe; for the first time since the records and valuable papers. United States entered the war. BAND PICNIC SUNDAY AT DIAMOND POINT which will necessitate the removal of the desk of County Auditor Johnson. The east window lighting will be re- tained and the clerks will occupy the Wi e Benia e hel e ei Viien the Bem han plds L greatlyienlargedivault roontfor thetr outing at Diamond Point, Sunday, it will give its concert at 2:30 o'clock, to which the general public is cor- dially invited. duties. Picnic dinner will start at 12:30 The wall between the auditor’s of- fiice and the commissioners room will o'clock, and band members who are not auto owners should be at the Elk be torn out and Auditor Johnson will move his desk into the space occupied by the commissioners when they meet, giving ample space for the conduct of temple corner, between 12 and 1 p'clock when they will be conveyed to the pienic grounds in cars of other members of the band. the increasing volume of business. PROS AND CONS LIVEN A program of sports will be given, UF COMMI"EE SESS!ON and P. R. Peterson will give a dia- oA lect reading. The sports will con- 3 ~ " sist of tub races, diving contest cast- Washington, July 26.—Eugene N.linez women’s peanut race, 100-yard Fogs, former governor of Massachu- dash, standing broad jump tug o’- setts, advocating public ownership of | war, cracker eating contest, wrestl- all public utilities, and James L.|jyg match. A feature of the program Quackenbush, who declared Mr. Foss’! will he a tone sustaining contest be- proposals were “‘stuff and nonsense,” | tween members of the band. gave the federal electrical railways e e o commission the livliest session since FRENCH ELECT OCT. 12 it started its investigation of the con- Paris, July 26.—Elections for a of one.short streteh they found the roads good. 2 dition of the street railways in this|new French parliament will probably country. be held October 12. e Pame PRESIDENT FOR THIRD TERM, IS OLLIV 11v OF DEMOCRATS Leading Opponents of League of Nations Assert Plans Now on Foot. TRY TO BEFUDDLE THE PEOPLE WITH DISTORTION Claim Opposition - is Based Upon Personal Jealousies and Partisanship. By L. C. Martin. (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, July 26.—That the lemocrats are planning to make President Wilson a third term candf. date was the declaration today of eading opponents of the League of Nations. They asserted the demo- crats have carefully worked out a plan to create the impression throughout the country, by means of senate speeches, that opposition to the league is based on personal jeal- ousy and partisan hostility to Presi- dent Wilson. This will open the way for the claim that unless Wilson runs again and is re-elected the league of na- tions will be ruined by Republicans, should they get control of the ad- minjstration. GERMAN BUTCHER CANT BE SUBSTITUTE (By United Press) Paris, July 26.——The council of five, it was learned today, has noti- fied Admiral von Tirpitz, former Ger- man minister of marine, that his sub- stitution for the ex-kaiser in assu- ming guilt for the war is impossible and cannot be considered. Von Tirpitz was told he could tes- tify in behalf of the former emper- or, if willing to take chances of in- criminating himsqlf. CAMPAIGN TO RAISE ~"$1.000 FOR VICTIMS OF FERGUS FALLS TORNADO Bemidji's Share Only $400; Rest to Be Secured In The Country. Beltrami county has been called upop to raise $1,000 for the relief of those who suffered from the cy- clone at Fergus Falls. The total amount to be raised in the state is $300,000. Beltrami county can and will rigse this $1,000 without any ef- fort, says those. in charge. W. L. Brooks, because of his ex- perience as chairman of the Liberty Loans, has been appointed by Gov- ernor Burnquist as chairman for this county. He has already written let- ters appointing the same men as chairman, who were so successful in the Liberty Loan work, for the terri- tory outside of Bemidji. For those living in Bemidji proper, subsgeription blanks will be found in each of the local banks, and if each person will do his share, the entire amount can be raised without any difficulty. Otherwise, committees will have to be appointed for soliciting. It is hoped that Ben:idji can raise its allotment of $400 ‘ simply through spontaneous generosity of the people, and that no soliciting will be neces- sary. Do not delay, as the amount is very small and Beltrami county must shm:' its- generosity just as. quickly and just as willingly at. is showed its wonderful patriotism in the past. The quota for the different divi- sions of the county is as follows: North end ... ...$180.00 Bemidji Spen s - 400.00 Townships adjoining Bemidji 100.00 Red Lake territory 25.00 Tenstrike territory 25.00 Blackduck territory ... 110.00 Solway territory 20.00 Grygla territory . 60.00 Kelliher territory 80.00 Total—$1,000.00 FINALS IN CLASS A TENNIS TOURNEY SUNDAY Tomorrow forenoon at 11 o’clock, Bert Barker and Darcy McGee will play on the courts of the Bemidji tennis club, near the normal, for the championship of Class A in the sweepstakes now being completed. R. Riggs and Welle will finish their set this afternoon, and the winner will play Thompson Sunday morning for the title in class B. Hinkley and Barker met last night in the semi-finals, the latter winning by 6-2 and 6-2. Feir and McGee also played last night. Feir took the first set by 6-2, and McGee won the sec- ond by the same score. The third game went to McGee by a like score. After the finish of the singles series the doubles will be started. Te HOVE ——p PR S PECT Y (A S + — | | ]