Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 29, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME XViI. NO. 178, CITY SHORTAGE OF DWELLINGS “ 1§ SOLVED IF PLANS MATURE Special Committee Named by Bemidji Association Forms -~ Temporary Association. PRIMARY STEP SECURING LIST OF ALL INTERESTED Certain Sum Down, Balance fln Installments; Interest Esti- mated at 6 Per Cent. _ Temporary organization of what is to be known.as the Bemidji Home Building association was formed at an enthusiastic - meeting of the Be- midji ‘Association committee,..naied 1o investigate -the-féasibility of per- fecting a plan, whereby a series of modern and attractive homes can be built to relieve the house shortage problem which now confronts resi- dents of the city. One: of the primary steps in the movement is the- securing of a list of names of residents of Bemidji who contemplate erecting, or are plan- ning to purchase, homes. For the purpose of securing such a list, the following plan is submitted to pro- spective home owners: % Plan is Submitted. Persons who are anxious to erect homes at a cost of from $3,000 .o $5 000, the plans and specmcafions to ‘be designated by themselves, and _ are willing to make. a. payment of ‘20 per cent of the investiment down, with monthly instqllmemstamount- ing to a trifie more than aveérage rent, the interest rate to be 6 per cent, are requested to so notify H. M. Stanton, secretary of the Bemidji as- sociation.” Should Notify Secretary. The method of %nancixtnzr!mch a ‘proposition has practically been de- «cided upon and it is urged that all persons interested act pr'ug}l;i_tly that no delay may be efcountered in pro- viding Bemidji with needed resi- :dences in the shortest time possible. The proposition of ‘appartment :sidered. - ‘JUVENILE BAND-REHEARSALS. The juvenile band boys will meet ‘at the Central school building tomor- row as follows: - Clarinets, "9 -o’clock; 10 o’clock; cornets and altos, o’clock, all in the morning. Trom- bones and basses, 2 o’clock in the _..afternoon; drums at 7:30 o’clock, evening; and all boys who are work- ing during the day will rehearse at 8 o'clock. Bandmaster Riggs desires a full attendance in all departments. SCENES OF CENTURY saxaphones, 11 Featuring .Recollections .o f Aged Indian; Bemidji, “Ka-Be-Nah-Gwey-Wence,”’ or John Smith, the name by which he is ‘best known, who is the principal figure in the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association pageant fea- ture film, which is to be shown at the Elko theatre Wednesday and Thursday, was a Bemidji visitor Sat- urday evening. The aged Indian, 117 years old, came here for the purpose of selling a little booklet in which is contained an interesting account of his life. The scenario of the production was written by Fred T. Lincoln, secretary of the Development association, and the picture is of much interest. The venerable John Smith, or more prop- erly ‘“Ka-Be-Nah-Gwey-Wence” is the star performer. -As John is re- puted to be 117 years old, his recol- lections go back to a very early period in the history of Northern Minnesota. The intent of the film is to show the progress made in North- ern Minnesota, in one hundred years and old John Smith is repre- sented as relating his story to a historian of the pageant. The picture is written in five epochs and is. of course, particularly interesting to the people of North- ern Minnesota. In addition to the historical scenes, there are many in- teresting scenes in and around Cass Lake and Bemidji. DINNER PARTY. A seven o'clock dinner was served last evening at the A. D. Cameron home in honor of Miss Minnie Ander- son of International Falls. The fol- lowing guests were present: Minnie Anderson, Gladys Getchell, Josephine Parker, Avis Cameron. Muriel Mc- Gee, Margaret Rood, Alice Witting, Alice Cameron, Virginia Cameron, and Dorothy Nangle. The evening “was spent in singing and dancing. youthful friend of the white race_ t.lue| FARMERS AND - BUSINESS MEN Big Meeting Scheduled For Bemidji To Discuss Com- munity Market. W. G. BRADEN, HEAD OF ADRIAN MARKET, SPEAKR | If Weather l’efmits, Program at Library Park; If Unfav- orable, at Court House. With interest among the farmers of Southern Beltrami county and the merchants of-aBemidjl at a high point-in regard‘to the advisability of establishing a community market in this vicinity, the meeting to be held at Library park tomorrow afternoon is certain to be largely atended. It is expected that every one of the 22 farmers’ clubs and the farm bureau will be represented by large delega- tions. ' Braden To Speak, W. G. Braden, community market expert and organizer, who was in- strumental in the establishment of markets-at Stillwater, Minn. ,and Ad- rain, Mich:, both of which are being s0 successfully operated at this time, is to:'be the principal speaker it the Wednesday afternoon meeting. The speaking will begin promptly at 3 o’clock in Library park, weather permitting. Should the weather be unfavorable the meeting will be held in tte court rooms at the county court house. Merchants Invited, At noon fomorrow, a most interest- ing meeting will follow theé regular Wednesday luncheon of the Bemidji Association. F. P. Mann, president of the Fed- srated Community associations of North Dakota, will address the mer- chants of Bemidji. His address will be of interest to every merchant who is interested in the up-building of Bemidji, and whohas the progress of the vast territory in which the city is located at héart. Merchants whe aré -cordially invited to attend the luncheon and meeting. CAPT. ORCHARD TO HEAD LOCAL POST OF SALVATION ARMY Order Brought Strong Protest From Leading Citizens of That City. Captain Orchard? Don’t know Cap- tain Ernest Orchard of the Salvation Army, transferred to Bemidii from a] post he held two years in Brainerd? Well, he's in a class by himselt and when he landed here in. his new berth he said to himself, “This is the house construction, ig mmm.mn-1 are_not members_of the association Captain Orchard place for me,” and proceeded to make himself acquainted. Never met a stranger in ‘his life and his present work gives him opportunity he never had in a business career to work for the betterment of humanity. With Captain Orchard is his good wife and they are much impressed with Bemidji and its outlook for co- operation to make the community Orchard better, and take part in everything in which their services are needed. ! Captain Grehard comes to Bemidji with a bale of strong letters of rec- ommendation. When he announced that he had been transferred letters of protest poured in upon him and 10 JOIN HANDS of the crew. blimp crashed. ————————————————————————————————— DIRIG'BLE EXPLODES; THIRTEEN KILLED Betow; the Goodyear blimp, which exploded above the loop district of Chicago and fell into a bank, killing ten bank employees and three members Above, the skylight of the bank building through which the - BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1919 SOUTH COUNTY | - Col. Marshall of ‘Minneapolis, but orders were orders, and he will be a Yig factor in thwe home service cam- paign to be inaugurated by the Elks ‘odge, which is to result in the es- tablishment of a permanent home for the army, and a haven of rest and welcome of all in need of the spirit >f humanity and helpfulness. Mr. Orchard is ‘some apples,” evi- lently, for in the list of protest is »ne from the chief of police, all :reeds, and in fact everybody against 1is transfer couched in well chosen tanguage, but the captain himself is 3lad to be of service in a practically 1ew field and in a new country. PROPOSED TRI-NATION PACT REACHES SENATE (By Uhited Press.) Washington, July. 29.—President Wilson today presented the proposed 3ritish-French-American defénsive igreement to the senate for ratifica- sion. He sent the treaty to the sen- ite by courier from the White House, Jlong with the ratification of the serman peace treaty. The treaty provides that the Unit- »d States and England shall come im- nediately to the aid of France in the svent of unprovoked German aggres- sion. The president’s mesage said the ‘reaty is intended as temporary sup- port of the treaty of peace. JVER 300 PRESENT. ANNUAL CHURZH PICNIC Fully 300 were preesnt at the pic- iic held Sunday at the farm home )f Ben Anderson near Shotley, and f the roads had been in better con- tition the attendance would have seen much larger. Dinner was served by the Ladies \i' =" the Swedish Lutheran church, *whi.h Rev. J. H. Randahl is pastor id the feature of the menu was two . -ep. Mayor Skrief of Kelliher mels cne of the principal addresses )f the program and Rev. Randahl 1lso spoke. It was the annual out- ing of the Swedish Lutheran church. ST. PAUL FIRM SESURES BRAINERD DEPOT CONTRACT St. Paul, July 29.—A contract for the construction of a $100,000 pas- senger station at Brainerd, Minm. to replace the one destroyed by fire, has been awarded to the McManis & Tarnoski, contractors of St. Paul, by the Northern Pacific railroad. The building will be 40 by 162 feet, two stories high. It will be of concrete and brick, with tiled roof. POLK REACHES PARIS TO SUCCEED LANSING (By United Press.) Paris, July 29.—Frank L. Polk, under secretary of state, arrived here today to replace Secretary l.ans- ing as head of the Americen peace delegation. RED LAKE PASTURAGE AT 25 CENTS PER HEAD A. L. Molander and J. J. Opsahl re- turned from Red Lake Monday, where they took up the matter of grazing lands with Superintenident Cross of the Red Lake agency. The best grazing land will be furnished for 25 cents per head for the season and hay stumpage will be| sold for $1 per ton. Three townships will be reserved for the Bemidji gateway. Mr. Op- sahl says .that two Montana concerns want 5,000 fons of hay each in sin. gle blocks RALPH GRACIE POST T0 ELECT PERMANENT OFFICERS FRIDAY NIGHT American Legion Unit Grow- ing Rapidly In Numbers; Fully 200 Enrolled American Legion Weekly will be Legion, the Ralph Gracie post, is at- taining a membership which is cer- tain to make it one of the most im- porant sections of the organizatior which reaches to every part of the United States and which includes thc names of discharged soldiers, sailors marines, Red Cross nurses and vet- erans of the Spanish-American war on it's rolls. Thé member is g1 that when the meeting for the pur- pose of permanent organization i held Friday evening in the Associa tion rooms, in the Nangle block, that the roll will include no less than 20( names. Returned veterans, who have not joined the legion, are cordially in- vited to do so, and application blank: can be secured of Whitney Brown. secretary, at the First National bank, or at the post headquarters. Bemidji Association rooms in the Nangle block. g To every membeér in attendance at the Friday meeting a copy of the tation which came to the young given. Many interesting articles are to be found in the issue. Subscrip- tions are issued to members of the Legion at a reduced rate. hip of the local post BEMIDJi PASTOR ACCEPTS CALL OF LOCAL CHURCEH (Duluth Herald.) A call to become pastor of the West Duluth Baptist church, Fifty-nine and Grand avenues has been accepted by Rev. Mr. Whitby of Bemidji. The pastor is expected to arrive about September 1 to take charge of the local work. The West Duluth chureh has been without a pastor for almost a year. Rev. A. A. Oesterich left here nearly a year ago on account of his health. BIDS ASKED SOON FOR NEW DORMITORY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Will Be Advertised This Week and Opened Aug. 12, Says Letter Received. President M. W. Deputy of the Be- midji Normal senool today received a letter from State Architect C. H. Johnson, which informed him that the plans for the proposed new dor- mitory had been drawn complete and that they were now in the hands of C. L. Pillsbury’'s office, for the me- chanical plans and specifications, which are receiving hard work. Bids for construction will be ad- vertised this week and proposals will be received not later than Tuesday, August 12. President Deputy says he believes the new dormitory will not be com- pleted until early next spring, and that he hopes the residents of Be- midji will open their nomes to the students that will be here at the commencement of the fall term. OLSON HOME TONIGHT. Alvin Olson son of Mr. and Mrs. 1. B. Olson, will return this evening after serving in the navy for two years and 8ix months et A CERey L oERey | STRIKE; REGIMENT IS ORDERED OUT ing daily and it is probablc$- BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEF "-' FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONT-H W \ CHICAGO RACE WAR “ BULLETIN ; S y ‘(By United Press) 3 ' » ~Chicago, July 29.—Deaths as a result of Chicago's race riots this afternoon totalled twenty. One white man was shot by a negro woman near the business district at noon, and another white man died of wounds received last night. Sporadic clashes occuried throughout the day. Whites and negroes in the jail “bull pen” staged a fight. Ambulances and reserves are dashing from place to place to pick up injured and quell outbreaks. BULLETIN (By United Press) ordered the entire Fourth regiment, Chicago, July 29.—Adjutant General Dickson today Illinois National Guard, to report in Chicago. The men are now in camp at Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Iil. . CLAIMED NlNETEl;:N LIVES EARLY TODAY % 1 y Chicago, July _29.—-Chicag0’s race war, early’ today, had claqned nineteen lives, seven negroes and twelve whité“men having been shot to death, stabbed to death or beaten to death.: The rioting burst forth in the negro section yesterday and spread to the loop district early today. Two negroes were kill- ed in the loop about 8 o’clock this morning. Police and other officials declare the total deaths will exceed the nineteen given out. . T_hqre are more than 150 injured in hospitals. Police sta- tions, jails and other places of safetly are crowded with fright- ened blacks, seeking protection. State militiamen, fully equipped and with riot ammunition situation grow worse. are held in their armories ready for instant action, should the Police believed at one o’clogk this morn- ing they were in control of the situation. was running. Until midnight, everyone was confidept the CHICAGO'’S RAIL LINES TIED UP—STRIKE- % 3 Chicggo, July 29—The giant electrical transportation sys- tem of Chicago was completely stilled today by strikers. The surprise strike of both conductors and motormen on both elevated and surface lines wag voted at midnight and took effect at 4 o’clock this morning and by 4:16 o’clock not a car threatened strikg would be settled. Radicals gained coptrol of the meeting at midnight and compromises were jeered down. FAVORABLE REPORT SOLICITORS MUST BE POTATO FLOUR DUTY| ENDORSED BY BEMIDJI The management cf the Bemidji Potato Products company has re- ~eived word from Washington that the committee which had the matter of imposing a duty of threc cents 1pon all imported potato flour and corn starch had reported out, in fav- v of the imposition of the duty. Prior to the break of the war, the United States imported from Ger- many millions of pounds of potato flour. it being used extensively by many peoples of large cities and by sausage manufacturers and in other products. With the coming of hostil- ities the potato Hour imports ceased and several plants for the manufac- turing the flour were started in this county including the one at Bemidji. The local plant encountered the dif- ficulty of marketing and its sale to the Falk company of New York placed it in a heavily backedl corpora- tion which operates other simiiar plants, and extensive re.arrangement and added equipment is bheing in- stalled in the local plant. The imposing of the duty on im- ported potato flour would insure the success of plants in the United States, and that would include Be- midji. It would seem proper for farm- ers hereabouts and business men to write their congressman and state senators, asking that they use their efforts toward seeing that the duty was Imp’oselL HERE'S AN I0OWA BOOSTER SINGING MINNESOTA PRAISES Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Conger had as their guests Mrs. Conger’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Fuhr- meister and daughter, Miss Nellie of Churdan Towa, and Mrs. C. O. Miner of Washington, D. €., who is Mrs, Conger's niece. The party motored here from Churdan. Mr. Fuhrmelst- er recently sold his farm in Iowa for $70,000 and purchased one in south- ern Minnesota, which he sold at a profit of $1,800. He now owns two more farms near Owatonna. and de- clares that there are no farms equal to those in this state. He has be- come a full fledged Minnesota booster and will doubtless prove a valuable asset to the state ASSN. IN THE FUTURE Promiscuou'l Giving of Money To Be Banned by Merch- ants and Business Men. For the purpose of detecting and warning Bemidji Assoctation mem- bers unworthy and fradulent igencies soliciting advertising, sub- scriptions or gifts of any nature, a plan is now in force whereby proposi- tions of solicitors must be approved by the committee on investigation hefore their requests for support will be rewarded. The plan is effecting a considerable saving to Assoclation members and to the general public. The committee on investigation in- sists on the maintenance of high standyrds of efficiency in charitab.e and philanthropic work by parties or organizations receiving such an endorsenent. All members of the Association have cards in a prominent place in their places of business which an- nounce that no solicitors, whether they be local or foreign, wiil be heard until an endorsement card has been secured. The plan is proving very successful, propositions of worthy na- ture being accorded the most careful consideration. PUBLIC HEALTH MEETING." of There will be a meeting of the Bel- trami Public Health association Thursday morning, July 31, at 10 o'clock, in room 17 Northern Na- tional bank buflding, at which the constitution of by-laws will be adopt- ed. Directors please take notice. Mrs. A. E. Witting, secretary. COUNTY ENGINEER BUSY. Engineer Snyder of Roy Bliler's county engineering corps, has been in the vicinity of Baudette, investi- gating the matter of repairing the ‘state road and rebuilding of bridges; that were washed out by the recent. heavy rains and cloud bursts.