Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 6, 1919, Page 1

i Other issues, su¢h ~sible, the: tendency will “out: all but a few questlonu rage Amendment Is A Cerhmty. Minneapnlls, Aug. 6. —Members of “the Minnesota legislature “will. b ‘called ‘together before the end of the j year for an extra session Go Burnquist annmmces. ; date of theé session is to be d mined; and depends largely-on “ad: vice of the attorney general meeting the forest fire men possible, this will be handlgd . ways and the session deferry cold weather. the governor duy. g Beveral issués pressing for solution will be taken up at the’ extrn sessjon. “They include: 3 Ratification of fedeml aufirags' amendment. Investigation of causés of and- remedies for high cost of -livil Protection against forest Arendment of primary __tion law to do away witfl mi- -nority nominations. ‘State insurance for wprkmtn s ompensntion 3 Budget law to make omy jn state expenditures. < More stringest marriage: 14w =" Plan to Make Seysion Sho s the ~tax, no doubt will bez political ‘reasons, . :generally will want.to holE ~ length of the session as m e to- In the govern “the extra sessio] 2 gxgec request action o only twé or thrée| matters, including suffrage, high cost ‘of living -and the-forest fire question, But it is not in the power of:the gov- “ernor, to limit the.scope of the leg- slature’'s work. It is expected. that e will try to reach an agreement ith the leaders in both houses, how- : ever. outlining a program of work d if possible framing measures to ‘submitted. Primary law reform, “W$hich was defeated last winter by difference of opinion between the f{wo. houses and the governor. will Tavject of conference looking a compromise plan. Suffrage Action:Begarded Sure. 7 ‘Ratification of suffrage amend- ment is one sure ult.of an extra session, and the; rst. agitation for “the ' meeting came from . suffrage sources. It will take only a few min- utes in- each house to pass the rati- * fying resolution, it is expected. Should cbmmlttees take up the (By United Press) New York, August 6.—Bartenders, y. helmsmen of “many a , et r, under the good skipper o1d Man Haftan, are nowlooking for a snug harbor as a result of the demise: *'of their friend, John Bar'Le Corn, one month ago. But the late mixers of merry muc- ilage declare the first of July and the S consequent advent of - prohibition brought the mone relief, viz., they no "longer ‘have to answer the questlon ‘which was propounded " about 98, 764,834 times: ““Well, Joe, whatta ya gonna do after prohibition comes?"” The famous characters who won national reputations for their skill in concocting juleps and toddies are now- seeking other employment, and they have become conspicuous by their absence from the city’s famous thoroughfare, Broadway. . And Broadway misses the men to whom it used to whisper its troubles. The well known cafes and cabarets are .no longer patronized Dy. the crowds of sun-dogers, who once al- most lived in tnem. The owners pre dict that they will soon go into bank- rupey unless the ban on strong lig- uors is lifted. They are fairly whist- ling among tombstones in an effort to maintain optimism: but this is dif- ficult: amid surroundmg& of empty tables. As the Great Thirst approached, the proprietors weré shakeén - With “doubt. Some opined it ‘might be:pos- fit without the admixture of alco- vinced that it is impossible. Prominent restaurateurs say peo- - prolong thg gession. large number of fiew ‘members who IS SADAF ~ ONE MONTH OF DROUTH sible to serve capgrs and food At al fol. but they are now mostly conv-| n New York pinning a on a wounded- dough- 3 ttons are being distrib- uted all over.the country to veterans of the great war upon presentation of dis- charge papers. . Sllver buttons are awarded to wounded men, while the others are of bronze. high roet of living for an investlga— tion, it" is expected that this will NEW MEMBERS JON - AMERICAN -LEGION POST: MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN Expected Roster Will Contain 200 Names By Fl!:lt ‘of September. . . in” Bemidji’s _ Al . Intérest. have enrolled during the past week, and theé membership committee mem- bers are confident that 200 returned soldiers, sailors and marines will be amlmted with the chapter by Sap- tember 1. Donald Shannon, chairman of the membership committee, is complet- ing plans for the conduct of the campaign. All applications for mem- bership should be turned into Whit- ney Brown, adjutant, as soon as pos- sible that the work of:the committee may be lessened. The following have joined the post. during the last'few days: Herbert A. Hannah, John E. Isted, George Nel: son, Waldemar Johnson Earl Bailey, Earle A. Barker, Dr. E, H. Marcum, |- Dr. C. R. Sanborn, Frank Bradley (Spanish-American vetéran) Harold M. Naylor, H. F. Billings, Fred Dy- son, George A. Sthol, Glen Wakefield, Walter Sc and Carl E. Peterson. ple slmply won’t eat enough food to make a floor show possible. There is a distinct-height to which pfices can go and there they must stop. Pat- rons were given a/sad awakening as the prices began to jump immediately after prohibition. These patrons wor- they could drive aaway dull care by ried little about prices so long as a cocktail. But there is slight ex- hilaration to be found in a ham sandwich, plain.’ } he owners entertain vague pes that some-miracle will occur to save their fortunes. The Anti-Saloon League may be declared unconstitu- tional and the eighteenth amend- ment repealedd—perhaps. . Bon vivants intent upon person dressed like a Kewpie and playing a violin. Ladies from our best circles have in the past “been known' to think it a good joke when the young lady on the end tickled a fat husband on his second chin with her toe. - Under present conditions such an incident would furnish a topic for fireside discussion for the rest of the year. Then there is the chance that the cabaret proprietors might abandon the theatre business and entice cus- tom by purveying very good food. But that has not been the New Yor. way. The New York habit has been to order a large plate of something something cold, and followed by something cold Then Per- fect service of perfect food may fol- tow the departure of the cabaret from hot, washed down -with irrigated - by ~something : hot. the diner turns red and glows. - better New York restaurants| eating green corn wouldd—if perfectly so- ber resent the frruption of a young b | CONPLLED FOR DISTRIBUTION: | “TAX RECEIPTS Report of - June Setllement .. Made Publlc ‘:y Doputy Al- Peti o[u Comg" Thiék From Districts Remote From’ Road Program.. Deputy County Auditor’ A]so finished compiling the Juhe tax set tlement. and the .showing" is. mos‘ 1 excellent, being ‘the distribution o theé-sum.of $445,134. TR Of ‘this amount the: state receiv $14,651.47. Beltrami county, $81,035.53. Cities and villages, $33 866.49 Towns, $58,121.04. School districts, $117,5694. 56 Ditches, $107,444.84. State rural highways, 39,077.66. ‘Accrued penalties and interest, $513,469.96. Apportioned to villages and cities, $940.72.. Balance apportioned equally be- “Bemiaite portion is 336.450.20. | GRASPING LIVE WIRE Bemidji's school receive $36,-608.- m[s LOCAL MANAGER OF SWIFT PACKING CO. 43. Thomas F. Buchannan Meets| Instant Death Seeking " sCause of Smoke. .-Mrs. E. M. Davis has lived in gov- -ernment-owned houses ‘In Washington for 16 ygaru, paying an annual rental of ‘one dollar for one and five dollars for nnofl,ler and collecting rent from 22 subleasing tenants. She refuses to stand & ralse ‘in unt and defies evio ‘ot Board Raises Tax Levy. J Under the extensive plans” for Huilding and improving the roads of leltrami county, many petitions have een received from farmers and set- tlers asking that certain stretches of -oads be. constructed as means for nutlets for crops raised, where there RATLROAD ENGINEER 'BROTHERHOOD CHIE BT (By United Presq) : E thmgton, "Aug. G—Declamng that labor’s;, handlmg the railroad situation “raised the banner of de racy in the control of industry,” Warren S. Stone, grgnd- % 3 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, today. told he house- interstate committee that: racy.” “That workers demand economic mdependence ag, as political freedom.” i “That the only way this can be obtained is by givmg ‘workers a share in the management of industry.” 3 “That industrial problems and cost of living wxll be solved as long as the consumer must pay exhoypbitgnt out of their earnings in buying the necessities of life.” “America was established through revolution as the: home of political freedom,” Stone told the committee. ‘“We now de- mand that it become the home of industrial freedom. This can only be accomplished by extending industry the same right ‘on the individual freedom recognized by the founders of our gov- overnment. This can be achieved only by permission of: the producers and the consumers, to share in the control of the n}pnagement ‘of their means of existence.” : PRESIDENT AT. WORK ON PROGRAM Washington, Aug. 6.—President Wilson today commenced work on the message he is to.read to congress within a few days, outlining a. program to reduce the cost of living. The message, it is understood, will ask for new laws to en}::ble the government to war on food profiteers, hoarders and others. re poor_facilities for marketing The “sale “of'"the $350,000 ‘bonds| ‘or carrying out the Babcock plan in *he county- and the designation of oads by'thv tate road commission _('impmved required. al) Grasping a live electric wire, soon after 7 o'clock this morning in the depot of Swift & Company, packers, "[bgm ferred manager of the local plant, was in- stantly killed in his tracks. When the victim of the tragedy arrived at the depot he was accom- panied by George Stohl, employed there, and upon entering discovered the interior filled with smoke. They walked to th rear of ‘i large room in an effort to ascertain the cause and upon their return discovered an electric wire against a large roll of paper standing upright and smoking from the contact. Mr. Buchannan instantly reached over and caught the wire with one hand and was hurled against a pile of lard cans rnearby. The powerful. electric cur- rent burned a deep furrow between his thumb and fingers, shot down- ward through his body and burned two holes on the bottonr of his feet as his shoes rested on a damp floor. Death was instant. Directly behind the electrocuted man was Mr. Stohl and he received a section of the shock, being knocked to his knees, bewildered. The body of Biichannan was taken to the Huffman & O'Leary undertak- ing parlors and a brother, Robert Buchannan, also with Swift & Com-| pany of Winnipeg, wired to. The victim of the accident was about 34 years old and dwring his brief stay in Bemidji had made many friends. FIERCE WIND-STORM. = Things looked decldedly squally ‘or the signers of the individual peti- ioners, practically every one of the etitions being fully justified but the “oard of commissioners acted. Help Out Petitioners. The road and bridge tax has been six mills and it was decided to raise 't to ten mills. The levy for roads 'nd_bridges has been $60,000 per vear and the new rate will bring it up. to $90 000, or $30,000 more for vmpmvement to be spent upon roads 'nd bridges where most needed. The moard thought the road taxes high ~nough, ‘but the desire for better fa- +ilities throughout the county srompted the board to heed the call 1nd take actior® Lively Session. The commissioners’ session today was enlivened by an attempt to shange state road No. 8 in the Third ~ommissioner’s district and the prop- »sition encountered vigorous opposi- tion on the part of the Third against the Fifth commissioner’s district. Fully 200 farmers of both districts met with the board and the Third wert to hat vigorousiy. Comparisons we s introduced to show where the l‘hhd had not_ nearly as much aid a3 had the Fifth-and much caustic nnd pointed comment flowed freely on the part of the Third. Adjournment at noon was taken nntfl 1:30 o’clock. rbeg. Buchaunan,.irans-). om St. Paul a week ago as|" PAVEMEKT DARCE TOMOR.BOW A Community club dance on the navement will foliow the band con- nert, if weather permits, tomorrow wnight. A charge of 25 cents per ~ouple will be made. Ladies without oscorts, 10 cents. TIGHTNING HITS HOUSE DURING ELECTRICAL STORM During the electrical storm .this noon the lightning struck a house on Sixth street and Irvine avenue and although it did some damage, it did not set the house on fire. The fire department was called and made the run . BIXBY AVE. RESIDENTS HAVE CONCRETE WALKS Tmprovements not on the original schedule in ‘the vicinity of the new normal school, has added greatly to those already made, in that the con- crete walk has been laid on the west side of Bixby avenue, between Twelfth and Thirtenth street. When the big concrete walk pro- je¢t was broacked and work com- menced, the residents of Bixby made a request of the council to set the walk grade for their residences. They didn’t want to be left out and all agreed to pay for their walks. 7i0n the»Thirteerith side'of the resi- derice vard of E. B. Kenfield, a con- ¢réte walk ‘has been laid, ‘and on-the vest side of the yard another will be put down. AT (By United Press) St. Paul, Aug.' 6.—A severe wind, rain and electrical storm swept the state today fromn west to the east. iail, rain and wind early this morn- ing at Crookston did ‘considerable damage to-.crops. Telephone and telegraph wires throughout the state were damaged. The storm passed south of Brain- erd and north of Pine City into Wis- consin. PROGRESSIVE FARMERS’ CLUB MEETS SATURDAY AT SHOOK The Kelliher Progressive Farmers’ club will meet at the Shook town hall Saturday, and on the entertain- ment program will include Director Riggs of- the Bemidji ‘band and his musical family. A. W. Aamodt_south Beltrami county agricultural ‘agent, will also be present. J. C. McGhee and Mr. Aamodt to- day went to the Wideawake Farmers’ club meeting at the Carl Jones farm in Nebish township. QUIGLEY PREAOHES SUNDAY. Dr. Quigley, superintendent of the Grand Forks district, will preach in the Methodist church Sunday morn- ing at 11 o’clock. Sunday school at 10 a. m. and- Epworth .league at' 7 p.” m., and at 8 p. m. the. pastor preaches the third sermon on. “What Js the Bible?” entitled .“The Rise and Fall of the Hebréw Nation.” — — T.ABOR ASKS CONGRESS TO NATIONALIZE. RAILROADS (By United Press) " Washington, Aug. 8, —Labor. ~to- day asked congress to nationalize the roilrogds. President Wilson began the draft of his message, urging congress to lower the cost of living. These were the outstanding de- velopnients today in the crisis hrought about by steadily advancing food prices:” In his address to the interstate commerce committee, Grand Chief Stone, of the locomotive engineers of the Big Four brotherhoods, said that labor would not strike to force it through, but would try to compel its adoption by pressure on public sentiment. ! WILSON SPEAKS FRIDAY I Washington, Aug. 6.—President Wilson plans to address congress on W()ULD HAVE PO GROWERS REP ; U RATSTATE MEETING Problepy of Potato Grudc't Will g Discussed . Sa _Ag:wdc 4.> A. W. Aamodt “gouth Beltrami county agricultural ;g.ut, wapty the potato gfowers of south Blltuml to b¢ répresented at tlw meeting at the old state capitol, Panl August 11, and !or the nq Jecting such delegate, M: a circular letter appul to allr ers to meet at the court bouse, Be- midji, on August 7, Thursday of this week, to elect at least one delegate. The meeting at §t. Paul is to de- termine the questiop of potato grad- Friday on the high cost of living sit-| ing for the state, and the letter sent ; l uition, according to an unofficial out by Mr. Aamodt is as follows: i 5 ¢ source of information. N. J. Holmberg, commissioner of : agriculture, has called a meeting for { the purpose of determining whether or not state potato grading should be established and for the purpose en- tertaining all arguments pertaining thereto, such hearing to be held in the old State capitol, St. Paul, at-10 o’clock, August 11, 1919. You and your neighbou are urged to he at a meetinr of the Potato Growers to be hnld.at . the Court House, Bemidii, #t 2 o'clock, Thurs. dny, August 7, t et at least one- § delegate to represont the growers in 1 this county. The following dre some of the questions which yoy will need to con- sider- and instruct’ your delegate to e present at the state.meeting: . Shall the state pow adopt potato grades. 1t adopted, shall the U. 8. stand- F’ds be approved and modifications, STATE MARKETS HEAD TO ADDRESS GROCERS Hugh J. Hughes in charge of the markets division of the state depart- ment of agriculture, will be a Be- midji visitor tomorrow afternoon and evening. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Hughes will hold a conference with Bemidji grocers and the lcuuural committee of ‘the Bemi associa- tion, the meeting to be held in the association rooms. A number of matters of importance are to be dis- cugsed by Mr. Hughes and it is urged that all grocers and others interest- ed attend. SELVIG TO ALASKA. The following item appearing in the Crookston Times will be of in- terest to Bemidji people as Mr. Sel- vig is well known in Bemidji among the business men, having addressed the Bemidji Civic & Commerce aéso- ciation: “Superintenden{ and Mrs. C. G. Selvig of the Northwest School of Agriculture left last evening for cities in the west. Mr. and Mrs. Solvig will stop first at Seattle where Mrs. Selvig will remain to be the guest of her parents. Mr. Selvig will continue to Valdev, Alaska, on business matters and will remain there for two weeks. Returning, he will be accompanied hy Mrs. Selvig. Mr. and Mrs. Bengston of the State needed. he worked for through this epartment? g If the U zrades are not adopted, what modiiications shall be made? Should dealers be required to sell according to grade? Are you going to see to that Bel- trami county is represented w0 CLOUD BURST FALLS AFTER SULTRY DAY And then it rained! Tuesday was an unusually sultry day. Scarcely a ‘breath of air stirred and the evening * waned from a hot spun into a ‘“‘mack- erel sky” and the clouds grew in den- sity. Farm are entertaining the Selvig 1t was along toward 10 o’clock :,T]:g‘;?“ at their cottage at Cass that the wind grew stronger and a 3 gentle shower commenced, lasting . several minutes, when all at once the FORMER RESIDENT HERE. wind heightened and the rain grew heavier until a veritable cloud burst D¥. W. R. Morrison of Billings,| was launched, which lasted past mid- night. Roads were covered with wa- ter, gardens flooded, the effect of the* raging elements being heightened by Mont., formerly of this city, who has been a guest at the William McCuaig home for the past eight days, has .goneto. St. Paul, where he will visit Mr. Rice, general superintendent of the Unjon station, who is an old triend. Dr, Morrison will return to Mis' home Friday morning. peals of -rolling thunder and a brils Hant display of electricity. The morning dawned, bathed in sun, sky became clouded again in the afternoon: