Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 8, 1919, Page 1

DING BIDS: ON FIRSTROAD 'WORK DELAYED; TECHNICALITY _ . #=rCertification N.ot - Received From State Highway Com- mision to Set Route. - - ENGINEER:SNYDER AND of vth" comhlissionerp to.change state road %o. 8 to the Puposky:road. in fairness’ to Sam Bllis, Toma aftve of the Fifth districti: ould be emphatically: statdd.that district, nor did he.endeavor Afvert funds from the Third dis- trict’to his own. His stand was commendable in that he waited until the matter was thoroughly explained by the engineers, before committing himself- with regard: to: placing ap- proptiations-from his:funds. (By United Press:) » Boston, Aug. 8.—The = steamship North-Star. was ashore-near Green | lsland, on Nova Scotia, early today, and asked ‘immediate assistance by wireless. The boat was leaking bad- 1y, stated -the message. ' " PAULSON WILL CONFER}! Proposed Road To Puposky Is “To Be Congratulated;-Fifth . Gives $20,000. - Letting_of contracts on bids for the improvement-of the Cass Lake- ‘Bemidji-Solway road-of ‘the’ Babcock ‘system were deferred-.until the next ‘meeting of the county commissioners, ;September. 3 _owing to the state high- ‘way ‘commission mot having issued o Beltrami county. a. certification of the designation’ of the road to be improved: - i) o _"State Highway Engineer Snyder of £h nty engineering department :and Commissioner Paulson of the Be- -midji district will go_to St. Paul ‘Monday to confer = with the state ‘highway authorities and go into. de- ‘ails on what is to_be done here. . “For clearing, grubbing and grad- . ‘ing of the road in question, from the ‘east boundary of the county to the ‘western. boundary, separating‘ Bel- ‘trami. from Clearwater county, Leet . Bres. and Tom Smart bid $54,888.60. Bridge and culvert construction are added items and 8. J. Groves & Two afternoons da week will be devoted: to swimming on Diamond oint, under the supervision of V. G. MecAninch, - playground = supervisor, and if two afternoons are not suf- ficlent,” three will be devoted to that sport. - - B . Everyiboy and girl in the city [should take advantage of this oppor- tunity as there is but one month of the summer vacation left and ‘an ex- ‘ceptionally actfyé’program has been arranged for thé*€losing season. Mr. McAnich is also making ~arrange- ments for a track meet. < A number ¢f new. games will be taught the boys and girls in order 'that they may carry their recreation on into the winter months. Mr. Mc- The U.S. S. Melville, on \;'Iilch GOVERNOR BACKS * SALVATION ARMY DRIVE: PROCLAMATION Desig_lgutog’ Sunday ni_ Time U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMENCE | TO SELECT CONVENTION CITY S (By United Press.) ofithe board of directors of the Unit- ell States Chamber of Commerce are spending the day in Portland, ~'The party which is made yp of 25 mem- | bars, “left Chicage, Jduly-37; for a Aninch has offices in the quarters of|; the Bemidji association, and ‘he ery morning_ 'between the and 10 o'clock, at which on _to par- he 18} A, ¢nts regarding the. various featuresf ay, '“-—z 1 he: recreational work -which he s ervising. 3 McAninch was brought “here this gummer by the ‘Woman's Civic & Community club. 5 Soms. of Minneapolis ‘bid on the en-f “tire road,improvément, and no part 4 Othér Bids Numerous. 28! T} of it, thelr figures . being $157,-[" Jowa Bridge ¢ompany Of Min- |~ néapolis bid $28,888 and the Tilinois | d%e cnpany- of St.” Paul bid |- pan ‘Bridge company, Duluth and -Roofing - ¢ompany, . WhitaKer- Glessner; company of ‘Minneapolis; P. ton. . any of St. Paul ‘put, in a bid on road construction -which was a little high. : ’ Board’s New Quartérs. - | vi The:, nty commissioners -have‘ new quarters in' the court house, the being “caused by ~the ‘ plans ion"of the county auditor’s vault, whicti will ¢ause, Auditor John-| son to :move his desk ‘into" the room ‘formerly: used by ‘the commissioners, | the partition to. be taken out. .- The commissioners’ new quarters’ those formerly occupied on the cond floor by -'the draft board' of Heltramj county and are spacfous and light, équipped with Tong table and increaseéd 'seating capacity, being a_ .marked:{improvement_in both. equi ment and -lecation. ; ; Coneratulations Due. Thie county commissioners,- in-ap- propriating $40,000 for a road from “Bemidji: to one mile ;west of. Pu-l posky, are_ to be congratulated. In: reaching .this conclusion, there was “the part of any u; to raise ges' until all men were back], on_their jobs, : Strikers are repor turned to all shops -on the Lacka- wanna-and Norfolk and Western line. WILSON'S MESSAGE ON H. C. OF L. IN.CONGRESS (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 8—President | Wilson’s address message to congress on living costs will be delivered-about 3 o’clock this afterncon. In addition to recommending spsci- fic government action, it probably will take up the labor ‘situation, strikes and production. It waslearn- ed.today that greater - production, without interruption, will -be urged. FRENCE BACK TO U. §. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. French have received -a message from!' their son, Sergeant. Leonard French; that he has arrived safe. and sound in the good old United Sstates from France, and is now in Norfolk, Va., and ex- pects to arrive home soon. {SOLIDATED SCHOOL " HODERN INEVERY DEFALL or .exceptions_ beirig i : Y 3 ol ‘authoriti ‘easily ‘adjusted matter in' co tiom tting the contract for the new consolidated *school to be erected near Six Mile Corner, E. A: Robers of .the architegtural firm of Roberts & Funk, offices in the First National bank building, has gone. to St.” Paul to confer with the state ‘board, veturning tomorrow morning. ./The gbatacle: encountered was -a zuling that basements of such build- ings should have class room ceilings twelve feet high, and not be lower in the ‘ground than three feet. -In 'the|- proposed school at Six Mile Corner the manual-training department and domestic science department are to be ‘located” in the basement arrange- ment and will easily be taken care of. The huilding will cost about $23,- 000, general contract, and additional equipment will naturally’ increase its cost, but when ‘completed there will be not a better equipped stricture of its kind in Beltrami county. The plans call for a school building. modern in_every detail. It was laid out by Roberts &:Funk, with special reference as to its needs, and every department -is- in harmonious rela- fiosn to others. ual_training dgwt and ‘the d@- | thouss there is.nio way to get'it.. rtmernt, modern mestic science ' de xes of ‘pupils. lavatories_ for “both: -universally -recognize pll |- 3 d ‘most favorable; | quist, governor of Mineso “of : the organigation, urging attention to the drive intheir. se! taons, © 7 ¥ ‘and sides there are hear: reports of:the courage and patriotism on the shown Nits sharing with the men;the ms ships e _front,” . th reada lendid uerv:gm:’{'? e b splendid . ices, 1t is no POsH raise $600,000 in the muPio M nésota diring the weéek of ““Now, therefore, I, J. by designate Sunday, the 10 th day of August, 1919, as a day: to. be set aside in’ memgry of the brave and unselfish ‘members of this organiza- tion who did so ‘much for civiliza- tion during the World war and re- from all’ pulpits of our be called to the neces- sity for. the ising. of the funds aforesaid and that all our citizens be to contribute liberall 8id week to this most w LABOR SHORTAGE CAUSED' BY IMPOSING HEAD TAX Laredo; Texas, Aug . 8.—Inability to secuyre $8 is keeping many Mexi- can . laborers from jobs that literally are before their eyes—and inciden- tally causing a farm labor shortage on .the ranches of the Rio Grande Valley, that is worst in years. - - 'Since ; passage -of the. draft laws, when thousands of Mexican laborers left - the, United States for Mexico, to .avoid military service, cheap bor has been at a premium through: out iTexas ‘cotton belt and in truck farms and construction camps. ; With the war over, employers im- medjately took steps to secure return exicans, but -the United States Immigration Service refused to lift its ban. An $8 head tax is the first .and most serious problem con- frontming the Mexican who wants to come batk-to his-old-job in-America. Eight dollars to the average Mexican laborer in-Mexico, is-as much as eight .. He hasn’t that much and A ‘modern low pressure .steam plant| Al will be installed an@-an artesian well with pump will furnish.the water for the ‘entire building: ' .. - e The main floor will contain “the superintendent’s -office and’ library, each accessible from the hall of the Kin entrance one on - either: side. e class rooms will be on the west side of the building, ample, attractive and well lighted. Ventilation of the building will be the fan system, locat- ‘®d in the basement. ‘As- thé_school gfows, the second story- will be finished. It has two large rooms that can be thrown to- gether, making a splendid hall for community gatherings of every na- ture. and- commencement days. It is also designed for rooms for added 'school work. e 2 The structure will be erected on a slight eminence .of ‘prominence and be decidedly attractive. It will have stucco as. a feature of ‘the exterior, rather ornamentat in desjgn-and pre- senting an attractive appearance. Every detail hasbeen planned and specified and when completed will no doubt attract the attention of various centers throughout the county, con- the basement floor is the man-, templaing consolidaed schools. - ur of wéstern cities. They haye aha, Denyer, Salt = Lake Los Angeles and San Franciséo. ‘Titd~directors will hold a meeting /Seattle tomorrow, at which time’ ‘Fby the party on its return to Chicago. BOAT LINE SERVICE " CONNECTS BIRCHMONT ‘A regular boat service has been ablished on Lake Bemidji by the Birchmont Beach Hotel company and boats ‘will ‘make regular trips from the Aubolee -boat-house; at the foot injof Third .street, to ‘Birchmont.” The ed by the Birch- S men of the crew met their death when oune.of the vessel's bnf Melville was being towed ?hroq&h the Panama canal by the auxlliary cruiser Prairle at the time, Y R BIRCHMONT WILL HAVE: T0 DEVOTE MORE ROOM: |2 - FOR SUMMER INFE "Plans Contemplated For. N “Néw buildings--. for Birchmont Beach_for 1920 are matters now um: der consideration by George W. Coch ran, proprietor of -this_popular sum- mer resort. has béen a’record breaker and huti- dreds have.been turned away on.ac- nd indications for mext year promise to eclipse the 1919 record. / "“1t 18 because of the tremendous de- ‘new buildings' are mnecessary. Just The ‘business this year| OI'le‘ Terrorist, Under Arres Boasts of Killing Eighty - ' Helpless Victims. AMERICA DEMANDS h !+ "ROUMANIA: BE' EASIER ‘Roumanian King Defer s His ‘ to Budapest; Hears of Plot On His Life. (By United Press.) ! ! Budapest Aug. 8.—While the al- 'éd” troops are maintaining order:in: apest;.the Bolsheviki are report-: slaughtered hundreds of the ise. population. Secret mur. hundreds of victims during: .29 egime are just hp_-‘ ing known. . . . e o Terrorist Abraham Kohn, who was. aFfested today, boasted in an inter- view he had committed efghty mur:"" - Y i ) | ders.” ™™ e The - slayers own. U. 8. OFFICIALS 'MAKE DEMAND. London, Aug.' §. — American - of- ficials have sent an ultimatum to the. [Roumanijans, asking that they mod- ify the demands upon Hungary and threatening to withhold “of - Count ‘Ttaza are’ i with, according to Vienna advices in what the new plans will be has not|aa Bxchpnge telegraph dispitch from yet been disclosed, but substantialj additions to Birchmont will ‘doubt- less be ‘made. ‘We ple have been turied away,” said Mr. Coghran, “put hope that next year ill ‘be' better able :to care We ‘are OYEEY, e é tes and ° receiving’ =08 Lh n?ig, and -if | plans materialize ‘wilt not-disappoin hour which 'does not interfere with the regular schedule by applying at the hotel office. 5 HAIRCUT AND SHA' Masculine Bemidji will receive an- oher jolt in the high cost of living, commencing next Monday, when a new rate in haircuts and shaves go ! iy war, the removal of ex- cess:adornment -on the facial anatomy of the patrons of the shops was rais- «d-'to! 20 cents and hair cuts like- wise took a flight, up to 40 cents. The new rate will be 50 cents for the removal of straggling hair, while the amputation of . whiskers will be set at-25 cents. KILL CARIBOU, CANADA’S PLAN Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 8.—The prairies of Canada may soon be dyed with the blood of hundreds of thous- ands of slaughtered caribou. Dupli- cation ‘of the great buffalo hunts on the prairies' of, the United States, years are expected in the Cana- diap earibou country—this time for the ose of Jolting the high “coit C northern barrens of their country. Caribou meat is wholesome and nu- tritious "and :the' only difficulty is placing.it on the market, they said. “H¥ith -the ‘prevailing high price of beef, ‘pork “and veal, they said, it would be ‘economy to fit out hunting expeditions ‘to-drive ‘the great herds to. points. south and kill -off - the ‘ani- | als for the ‘market. In the winter, huge droves migrate to the less se- .vere 'climate of the sheltered wood- ; (/By.Unned Press.) 3 London ~— (By Mail.) -~ American soldier-students: at* British . univer- .sities are doing something else be- sides studying. They are negotiating entangling slliances between United Statgs male citizenry and the gentler sex of Britain. In other words, they are marrying English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh girls. wherever they hap- pen to he quartéred by the army edu- cational. authorities. According to the ‘“American Sdldier-Student,” the .organ of. the student d@tachment of the United States army in Great Britain, ten marriages with British girls have oc- curred among the detachment at Uni- versity College, London, while other detachments ‘at, Oxford, Cambridge, and elsewhere are not very far be- hind. There: are between -gix -and seven hundred” Ameriéan students in London; apd Ediburg a earhnnshleta many. >Nine weddings -are -reported from Edinburgh, and there is hardly a town in which students have spent .the Jast three months that cannot report an Anglo-American wedding. P .-~ e of the South Churchill river | in Alberta. - Hunters on iledges can easily reach this country. 'ROBINSON PURCHASES __BLACKDUCK BUSINESS (Blackduck American.) One of the largest deals involving Blackdick city property that has been made here for some time was the sale this week of the Aisop com- pany’s.retail lumber yard. The purchaser is W. Z. Robinson, well known Bemidji lumberman, and the business will be carried on in the future under the name of the ‘Blackduck Lumber company. - ‘Everett ‘Bergin, who has been in the employ of the Alsop company, will remain with the new firm and will take the management of the yard.' 5 The Alsop eompany-will retain their cedar, wood and pulpwood yard, it is said and will- continue to do a wholesale business in this line. 80 .many,”’ . + Mr. Cocliran fayors ‘the construc- tion.of other summer hotels on Lake’ Bemidji and believes that it will be necessary to accommodate those de- siring to ‘spend their summer vaca- tions here. ; - SOME JEWELRY HAUL (by United Press) San Francisco, Aug. 8.—Two men| robbed a. Morgan jewelry company’s store of $100,000 worth of jewelry, shortly after the :store opened for RETURNED SOLDIERS " CAN AID CAMPAI The Elks committee in charge of the Salvation ‘A¥my drive, that start Monday, is anxious to 8 the services of as soldiers as possible, whether they, ‘be- long to the American Legion or not. The man who has been in camp or at the front is splendidly qualified to explain to peaple the desirability re of raising money for the Salvation, Army. Those soldiers willing, to' as: sist are urged to be at the Elks club’ rooms at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Several men can- aiso be used to ad- vantage If “they report at b6; o’clock Monday ' afternoon. o Here is an excellent -opportunity, paign of the o such great work in their behalf dur- ing the strenugdus days in the battle, zone and flelds’of ‘battle. It will re- quire little or ‘practically no effort, and would b arty recognition of te campaign for the all who need] " ystical “‘zero|greatly interested his hearers and was hour.” ; regret exceedingly that peo-| many retufned. ‘phaggn 4 POSEN TROOPS MYTINY. | Berfin,-Aug, 8.—Troops and police, in station at Posen, Prussfa, mitined ‘Thurséday and attacked ‘seyeral offj- s, 8ays_a, dispatch to ert. 7~ Sevaral-ofticers . wg) i : X h At andof Roumania: arrival In ‘Budapest, upon discovery q'x‘_a plot asaiqst» his life. i ROUMANIA NOTIFIED. TO FOLLOW ORDER 3 (By United Press) Paris, Aug. 8.—Members of the American peace commission today notified Roumania that the United States would withhold economic as- sistance this winter unless she im- mediately obeys orders of the peace conference, with regard to her ac tivity in Hungary. IMPRESSED WITH BIRCHMONT. ‘Mr. Peyton, proprletér of the Pey- ton Paper company, Duluth, is in & to|Bemidji for a brief vacation and is stopping at the Birchmont. He is accompaniéd by his family, and so impressed is Mr. Peyton with his outing that he emphatically dsserts Birchmont is the best summer recrea- tion center in the state. : FROM STATE OFFICIAL At & meting of grocers and merch- | ants in-general, held at the Bemidji sociation rters, Hugh J. ughes, former éditor of- 'k and . Home,” state, in charge of groceries and narkets, spoke on the topic ‘“Mark- et Conditions.” Members of the agricultural com- ittee of the local association were resent, also. ; "What - was said 'by Mr. & gort of “shop. talk.” (By United Press) Portland, -Ore:, - 2 hundred members of the National Editorial Association arrived here to- day on a special train; and during the next two days Portland will be the scene_of the association’s annual con- vention. The “convention on wheels,” as it has been called, left Chicago July 26, proceeding through Canada and stopping at Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. . The editors will go'to Oregon City, Ore., tomorrow, where the officers of the association will officiate at the unveiling of a Monument commenor- ating the establishment of the first newspaper on the Pacific coast. Aug. - 8.—Three| Leaving Portland Sunday, the “convention on wheels” will go to M_edlord, Ore., whence Medfordites will take the entire party in automo- biles on a two-days trip through Crater Lake National park. Returning to Portland, the news- ‘paper men will journey on their special train to Tacoma Wednesday and. visit Ranier National park. A Jbusiness session will be held in Ta- coma the following day. Seattle will be the scene of another business meeting Friday. Victoria, B. C., will be reached Sunday and the final busi- ness sesion of the convention will be'held there the next day. . The re- turn trip to Chicago is to be started: from Vancouver, B. C. August 19. tp' have seized control.in south- tern Hungary, and are said -to .~ food sup- - mand. for hotel accommodations: that:{ plies if..the request is not .complied . " FORNATIONAL EDITORS