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

=g 8 5T T ) * .w«MEMBER UNITED. PRESS... ~~Phe-Pioneer-is-a member ‘of the United Prgqs. Today!s world's news: today. ééléitifig Wlnp Together """ Heavy Team Leocal tootball eritics have.got.it all ‘doped out” that the local players stand a mighty good chance of win-! ning: the staté championship in foot- hall this year. Excellent material and fine coach- ing have developed the Bemidji team into as snappy and agresslve a bunch as ever stepped onto the local grid- Dedication . ‘ C\eremcmes Thursday; - Will -Fly.«It From Staff in Spring FIVE ARE SCHEDULED .~ TO GRADUATE IN JUNE AnmmlElectuin, Officers of ‘the Cll-pter bnys have been practising steadily and yesterday ran .up quite ‘O»B-JECTS OF ROLL CALL a score on the second team, The prac- 4TO BE EXPLAINED THEN [tico the last few Weeks has been very strenuous, tackling, sprinting, block- ing, work on.the. tackling dummy, signdl practice, and scrimmage and the boys are ‘“up and at ’em’ all the time. There is some rivalry for the positions of guards and fackles, but the ends and backfield have been about decided on. ' The team is quite heavy this year, % Southern nty’ | the Ntie averaging 165-and the-back-| One of the shortcomings of the ter of the American RetL Cros% is ?9;39;55.11 'dm}flelgalyst alt‘; b?h‘gllmb‘" Normal school in Bemidji, was the anni 0,8t i tic member- | fe and dr nto the locals by = gflp d?&"”' dfi Coach Smith and “Doc” Diedrich. A lack of a flag‘ and the tagulty and stu- 4 p strong schedule has been secured and | dents haye ‘“‘chipped in” and bought some fast and interesting games ard|a handsome emblem, which they will agsured the'local enthusiasts. So far|pang in the assembly room tomorrow I.Blf,:‘,isdllng nt;eelci:;g;gedasfl:vr;? :st t‘ht: with all due ceremony and dedication ! services, Later, a flag staff will be players, are confident of & “wallop" at ‘the championship. erected in the grounds surrounding the main-building and from it will be '| fung the flag. The children’s department, includ- ing the kindergarten and four grades, are largely attended. In fact they have been more applications than there was room for; ‘and-the grades are doigg excellent work, The latest and best jdeas and practices have been introduced and the faculty is interested in making this a most practical feature. Five Graduate in June. Among the student enrollment there are flve who are prospective eting and a committee to complete §t. Paul, graduates next June, they entered the . .artangements has been-named as fol- | corn crop this year Be largest in | Bemidji normal with advapced stand- Jows: “Mrs. Fi:8.-Aenold; chatrman; | the histosy. okthe ahm.mrms to ings cbtatned at other nérmals. The Mrs. Hallan L. Huftman, Rev. l.ester J. H. Hay,-deputy sta/ B- | Bemidji normal is giving a regular P. Warford, and H. M. Stanton. er of agriculture. four year high school course, with ad-) . Beveral prominent speakers will be “The estimated corn ditfonal teachers, in training work, “brought to Bemidyi: for the.occasion | ,000 acres, | which leads to the normal diploma, and the peace time program of the per acre of | entitling the holder to teach in any Hed Cross, the Home Service activi-|forty-five bushels, as againet 2,750,- elementary school in the state. ties and other interesting topics will | 000 acres, averaging a yield of forty| Graduates trom the high school can be fully explained and discussed.. . [bushels an acre, for last year,” Mr.|complete the course in two years and All branch chapters are to be rep-| Hay said. then bé eligible to teach in any ele- -resented at the meeting and it is ex=; “Both the size and qualit.y of the|mentary school in Minnesota. pected that the affair will be the|ears this year excel”anything this| Several additions to the equipment most largely attended of any Red [state has ever produced before, and |of the main building rooms have been «Cross gathering ever held in Bemidji. | it is doubtful l’ the corn crop-of any|installed and the class rooms present Branches to be repersented are: |other states is better,” he said. a fine appearance. In the spring the ‘Blackduck, Tenstrike, Louis, Pine- The wheat crop this year has been|grounds will be improved with lawn wood, Kelliher, Red Lake and Wilton. | a failure generally, according to Mr.|and ornamental gardens, under plans The committee on the compiling of | Hay, and he attributes the failure to|drawn by the state architect. a history of the Southern Beltrami|drouth in some sections and exces- e 5 <ounty chapter was authorized to|sive rains in others. Dormitory Progressing. provide a copy of the history for the “Not a small factor inthe wheat| - Work on the new dormitory is pro- ‘Beltrami courty war records commit- | crop failure this year was the pres-|gressing rapidly and it is hoped by tee, which in turn will deliver it to|ence of the Bow thistle, the greatest|the contractor that the structure will the state war records commission | menace to a wheat crop. Summer|be enclosed by Thanksgiving day and -with the other records, showing Bel- | fallowing as a means. of eradicating|the interior will be ready for occup- #rami county’s participation in ‘the|this weed was generally resorted to| ancy at the June summer term next .great world war. The history com- |throughout the state, and the result|year. Already several inquiries have ‘mittee includes Mrs. Frank T. Beaver, | was that an enormous acreage of|been received concerning the term ‘Mrs. F. S. Arnold and Miss Donna | wheat could not be harvested.” Mr.|next summer. Lyecan. Hay said the average wheat yield,| President Deputy of the: school is was eigihttbutshels‘ axr; ncr{;‘ tl]l]isl ye;zr, ll‘r.:dlngAhlshtigxl;e stretched ;o calpa- as agalnst twenty-five bushels for|city. t the Park Rapids fair last ‘CROOKSTON ASKS FOR ~ GAME WITH BEMIDJI last year. Saturday Mr. Deputy spoke on “Es- Where the wheat crops were a fail-| sentials for Good Americanism.” and ure, the rye crops helped to recoup |its application to the schools. On Oc- the farmers’ losses, according to MT.|tober 30, he wil] address the North- Hay. . western Educational association at Ed Erickson of Crookston writes The Pioneer that he wants to play a gdmé of football with the Bemidji City; -team. He advises that his eleven prefers,to play the game in Bemidji, Entered Bemidji Normal With| Credits From Other Nor: rgnl; in State ‘Home Service Speakers Will Explain Meaning of its: third ro)l call Here are Lieuts. Louis call were consumat the ex{ecudvo cd mittqe oc t! y, A. P:-Carlson;being ed chairman The membership drive will follow i cloflely the annual meeting of e Beltrami county chapter, which ig:to, M]NNBOTA sm NEw be held in Bemidji at 2:30.0’clock th atternoon of Wednesday, October 22 1t:is expected that all features of the roll call -will be. definitely explained |- _at the annual meeting workers named and all arrangements completed whereby Chairman Carlson will be prpvlded. with a working. organiza- “tion, which will carry the drive to a sifcessful conclusion. To Arrange Program. - ‘Bfforts are being mede to -provme a . JBrpgram of merit for the annpual wan brought to Brooklyn fron —_—— CANNING SCHOOL TO .o’clock in the afternoon, and club secretaries. should have ings. meeting scheduled. city hall at 2 p. m. Reed, Miss Wessell, Mrs. W. and Mrs. Cas Thompson. at 2 p. m. Latteral, Mrs. B. M. Armstrol Mrs. A. A. Metzinger. a. m. building. the farm women. Schroeder, Mrs. Nels Willet, Florence Meisch. sessions. Saturday October ’'1.—Hin solidated school at 7:30 p. m. Committee in charge—Mrs. BABY CLINIC HELD ARMY. OFFICERS R AID Doine Field Work. Fé ball stars” to get a good snappy charge of the ‘training department, ‘If the boys who have football as- | gence officers seized nearly a ‘ton of | Next : Monday .and: Tuesday - the tGrookston, - Minn. {ltér a member of the state normal Saturday... Rutabagas and cabbage yields|Crookston, naving received an invi- have been unusus.uy large. tation to make an address. - Miss Maud Kavanagh ,a member of bnt, gives Fosston as a second choice. the faculty, is doing field work for ere’s your chance, ‘‘Bemidji BOISHEVIK CENTEkS the Normal, and Miss Grant, in gage in your home town or on neu- i1l do i tut h: ‘tral grounds if you like, with a city (By United Press.) next v?ee'l;“g;l &X‘,’.‘L’Zxfiinflfifi’?i’l alout the size ‘of Bemidiji. Gary, Ind., Oct, 8. Arms \inte]h- state department. pirations desire to arrange such a radical meratrure in raids on “red" t eeti t = _somtest, hey are {nvited to write B4 g}er;;%g”%‘qw toy: B% ] Three ba“;ggd e Eftckson, 110 South Main street, | Bol 0 be lead~ | dret werd a egt ? Mr. Deputy .and A. P. White, the lat- board, will attefid. The presidents of the state normals will hold-a:confer- enhce on Monday. ‘Bemidji has some wonderful ma- el i ) KrURNED INRANTRYMAN | game. _ AGAIN,ON HOMESTEAD clab. s Dr. E. J. BULLETINS (Bulletins.) Rochester, N .Y, -Oct, 8.—Plane No. 11 from :Mineola left. here at 12:50 for-Buffalo today. No.. 31 fol- lowed clowly Huenekens, examine the babies from 9 t the morning and from 2 to the afternoon. Children up to five years A \\ H{ Cbe, alyoung homesteader of| near Silver Lake, 12 miles east of Be- midji, has been discharged at Camp Dodge from pverseas service and wa: \in Bemidji‘today geftingiready to:ré-| sume the development of his honie-| stead. He is a nephew of W. H: Mc- Pherson of that vicinity. ‘Mr. Me4 Pherson having raised the young sol- l dier sinte He was two years old. Coel was a member of the Third Pioneer infantry, Company F. 2 1 He 'is buying ‘lumber ‘and eqmp-. ment for improving his holdings, pre4| . i paring té move onto his homestead. Sacramento; Calif;, -Oct. 8.——Plane j| No.- 66 arrived here from the Presido ] “|at 7:35.and left at 7:56 this morn- -ling. Plames-Nos. 62 and 58 arrived at 7:40 and left twenty minutes later. GOING AFTER TOWNLEY. { (By United Press.) & ‘Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 8.—The plat- form of the Citizens’ Economy lcague, ‘an. organization formed with dvowe& purpose of opposing President A} C. Townley of the National Non- partisan league, will be chosen at & mpss meeting today. The Economy league is headed by Rep. Edward H. Hérbert, Dunn county; Carl Brady, Blsmarck vice-president, and Lieut. F; B. Street, Linton, secretary. Pill-'.SlDEN'l' STRONGER: at this time. be reexamined at this time, mothers so desire. will receive attention. Reno, Nev Oct 8.—Five planes in the transcontinental race arrived here from Sacramento, Calif., today. will be sent here by the Mi Public Health association. nurse. Ninety bables were exam | &y g « ’ i (By United : 1 3 NPSSA' S “FINE IDEA. adat e ect (i 3 ,’I‘l;e‘ Ipi‘;lsl ..Thomas; Bhibbs, farmer on Be- nt continyes to m rove slo idn R. F. D, No. 2 says of Pio- Said o stalatiens ¢ his bbisiblane 5f Sear Taabl rdport ' | ngon today. He is stronger now than The farmers will Eany time since his illness* began) that the committee in charg: (Washington Bmghamton N. Y., Oct. 8.—Plane | rangements for at this time. No. 29, the first to arrive in this city { mothers at the controkstation, arrived at ibabies-to the clinic kindly co! e idea. ate it.” _Apppetite is better and he wants to-get- “pprec t of bed. vt;hin two mlputes Tbey were Nos. | phone 619, bctore Saturday. 11 and 13. e, & 25‘ tive Paae : | | ] A . canning demonstration school of instruction, under the aus- pices:of the Woman’s section of the Beltr#ini county farm bureau, will be held at various points, commencing Thursday:at the Blackduck hall at 2 Committee in charge—Mrs. Committee in charge—Mrs. .\lg Hopp and James Duncan, the latter atop of Kaiser Wilhelm's field kitchen ‘which was used by him in the late war. It Nazaire, France: . m St. BE HELD IN VARIOUS | LOCALITIES THIS WEEK Opens Thursday in Blackduck; Kelliher Friday; Bemidji and Hines Saturday and farmers a club delegate present at all of the meet- i Miss Adele Kock of the Univelsit) Farm, St. Paul, will discuss “Canning of Fish, Meats and Poultry” at every of these schools and the in charge are as follows: October 9—Blackduck Committee in charge—Mrs. J. M. E. Brod, Friday, October 10.—Kelliher hall, Henry ng, and Saturday, October 11.—Bemidji, 10 to 4 p. m, in the Domestic Science rooms at the Central school Lunch will be served by W. G. Mrs. Ed Larson, Mrs. H. C. Baer, and Miss Members of the Bemidji Woman’s Civic and Commercial club are cor- dially invited to be present at these es Con- Charles Johnson and Mrs. J. F. Johnston. SATURDAY 0CT. 25 -Another ba.by cllnlc will be held on | Octpber, 25, at the high school building under the auspices of the Women’s. Community and Civic the noted baby specialist of Minneapolis, will 0 12 in 4:30 in of age, who were not examined at the last clinic held May 10, will be examined All children. umder two years of age, who attended the last clinic, will if the Any special case Dr. Huenekens and = staff nurse nnesota They will be assisted in their work by Miss Mae MacGregor, the county school nurse, and Miss Mostu, the Bgmidji school ined at the cliniec in May and it is necessary e know Aile A the number of children to make ar- Will all planning - to bring their mmuni- 10:45 from Mineola. Others arrived |cate with Mrs. R. L. Schumaker: Tele- October WHAT HOMESTEADER DID - IN SEVEN HARD YEARS ~ WITH BORROWED FlFl'Y Walked. 45 Miles Until He . 'Selacted Claim; Effort Brings Reward W..C. Schilling of Shilling, Minn., arrived in Bemidji today and met With the county board on some maf- ters pertaining to work in the north end of the county. Mr. -Bchilling is postmaster of the villnge of Schilling, has a big gen- eral store there, a garage, two auto- mobiles and operates a 160 acre farm on the side. ‘He took a homestead there seven yeirs ‘ago after borrowing $50 and| walking through the swamp and woode for 45 miles. Today he owns his farm, a big store building stocked with $7,000 worth of merchandise, two “automobiles, five horses, some twenty cattle, chickens and other farm equipment. “The beauty of it,’”” said Mr. Shil- ling, “is that it's all paid for. It was some hard work to put it over, but hard work is what I have been used to and I am satisfied with lhe re- sults.” TEN INNING GAME WON BY SOX BY SCORE 5 T0 4 (By United Press.) Cincinnati, Oct. 8.—_The White Sox came back yesterday and showed a fighting spirit that brought jthe world to four games for the Reds ang: two games for the Chicago Amerf cans, it being a victory for the Sox, 6 to 4 in a ten-inning game. The Reds appnrently had the. game ‘‘sewed up” and won lg world’s title, when “Kid" Gleason §‘ American league champions batt their» way into the lead over tliq Morans. The game was the best game of flh ‘eries and the seventh will be played today here. Chicago batteries were Kerr and Schalk, the Reds, Ruether and Rari, den. In the third inning the Reds ptished over two runs and two more In the fourth, At the end of the fourth the score stood 4 to 0 for the Reds. ' The Sox found Ruether wild in the fifth and pushed over one run. Ruether was still wild in the sixth, Weaver doubled and Jackson singled, scoring Weaver. Felsch doulyled, scoring Jackson. At this stage Moran put Ring in the box in place of his star hurler. <'Sehalk,’ Chlc:go’ catcha er, singled,;“scoring Fels¢ch which tied the score.:'The:seore tood ‘4 to 4iat the end of the sixth. 1At the end of the eighth the score wps still -4 -téo 4. The ninth was réached and still not an extra run by either side. :Into the tenth inning Lhey went and the Sox got tHe needed run adross the pan while Cincinnati was b;ankei Final score, Sox 5, Reds 4. LONG DISTANCE RACER " MEETS SLIGHT MISHAP (By United Press.) {Minepla, L. L, Oct. 8.-—Benedict Rpwell,” assistant secretary of war, narrowly escaped .injury this after- nqon when an airplane fell fifty feet: afld overturned. He 'and ‘his pilot w{re buried beneath-the-plane and i ' bgdly shaken up, but Rowell went up again ghortly afterward. § : Largelt clrculahon,%:. Nonh Comrplnwnnoqbt@ 5 AEROPLANE lS NOW STARTED Ilt Is From New York and 'Frisco at the Same Time NO NIGHT JOURNEYS ARE PERMITED FLYERS Route Is Over 5,400 Miles Across and Return; 71 Machines Start I (By United Press.) New York, Oct. 8.—The greatest aerial race- i1 history ‘began at 9 o’clock this morning when seventy- one aeroplanes started to take off on a trans-continental flight between New York and San Francisco. Fifty- five machines were leaving Mineola, '|Long Island, at about two-minute in- tervals and the remainder were to start from San Francisco. The race is to be across the con- tinent and back, more than 5,400 miles and was expected to consume at least. twelve days. There will be no might’flying. Lieut. J. B. Machle, driving a No 17 Adelphian got away at exactly 9K010K030. Two minutes later, General Charlton, British attache, took the air in No. 9 in a Bristol Four of the planes at Mineola were eliminated by minor accidents before ‘| getting off the ground. | . | PLANES LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, Oct. 8.—The firat airplane from the Pacific coast in the lu‘anscnntlnemm afr-race left the ground at the Presido at 6:50 o'clock this morning. The plaié-is a 1De Haviland, driven by Lieut. J. P. Reichter, with Lieut. J. B. Patrick observer. Pourteen others followed at two minute intervals. (By United Press.) New York, Oct. 8.—A coast to coast flight of army airplanes was on today. A totul of 80 planes were en- tered in the contest for three classes of honors—shortest sime across the continent; fastest actual flying time, and fastest time based on handicaps given each class of aeros. Fifty-seven planes were to leave Hazlehurst field, Mineola, L. T, for the Pacific coast simultaneous with the departure from San Francisco of 23 planes bound for The Atlantic sea- board. The race was open to government planes with a speed of 100 miles an hour or better. Any army pilot from the Eastern, Central or Western de- partment of the army was eligible to compete after he had received writ- ten approval from his commanding officer. Rules for the flight as announced by Capt. Archie Miller, commander ‘of army aviation on Long Island, in- cluded the provision that there would be no night flying and that there |should be compulsory stops off at ‘control stations along the routes. No ‘stop shall be for less than half an hour nor more than 48 hours, The stops were designated as fol- ‘lows: RBinghamton, Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y.; Cleveland and Bryan, 0.; Chicago and Rock ‘Island, IlI.; Des Moines, Ia.; Omaha and North Platte, and Sidney, Neb.: Cheyenne, Olcott, Wolcott and Green River, Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Salduro, Battle Mountain and Reno, Nev.; 8 cramento and San Francisco, Cal. in the Toronto to New York race contest. The flights were planned jointly by the army and the Ameri- can Flying Club of New York. No prizes were offered, the glory of winning being the only incentive The flyers will be fed en route vy Red at, o expgnse to. the: government AUTOS ARE SPEEDING TO HIGHWAY MEETING (By United Press.) from southern and northern counties Highway meeting here. tomorrow. The tourists are exp*«-eed to i here late today. Transcontinental Several of the flyers who took part : have entered the trans-continental ' Cross socigties: and Iocal civic bodies ' Little Falls, Oct. 8.—Automobiles | of the state were speeding; here to- ' day for the Minnesota State Jefferson !