Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 17, 1919, Page 1

OPTIMISTOVER: THIS PORTION OF MINESOTA H. E. Esty, Former Bemidji Resident, Firm Believer in | -4 Coming Section s SEES $100 LAND HERE . |[° WITHIN TWO YEARS “Will Grow Equal Crops With $600 Acre Land in His. . - Home Vicinity » ; H. B. Esty of Leshara, Neb.; fo! erly a resident of North Central M: . nesota is ‘“some’” optimist, when ' comes to believing-in the futur this section of Minnesota. e Mr. Esty is here on a potato, buy- I ing trip, and formerly lived on the Fred Malzahn farm, on the beautiful shores. of Wolfe Lake. This was about ten years ago. Since then he has're- .sided in Nebraska. Sees’ Wonderful Future “Say, this country has a wo ful future,” said Mr. Esty when't: ing over old times with a Pioneer Tepresentative the other day. “I want you to send me the Piopeer,’’ ‘he continued. *“I want to keep'in “touch with North Central Minnesota “because it’s coming to the front il “the next few years.. ¥, “Do you know that land up here, the black soil I mean, will be selling for $100 an acre withintwo years? i Yes, 1 venture to say inside' of a - .year. ‘People down home are ail -+talking Northern Minnesota. - They: ican gee that-it’s the land of oppor- P tunity.” . .. Rent Cotild Buy- Here. hy, down ‘there farms are sel ..“You’ll see some great ’changss in ‘the next two years. Cheap land will ‘be a thing of the past. They’'ll have ‘to pay what it is worth, and believe "me that good cultivated land up here will grow just as much as some ‘of ‘the $600 an acre land in Nebraska and Towa.” Views Are Valuable. When men talk like Mr. Esty .does, and- when men like Mr. Esty -talk about North Central Minne- sota, the people of~this community must realize that there is a great fu- ture before this part. of ‘the state. God Almighty has blessed Minne- sota with the soil, the sunshine and the moisture. People from all states are hearing more and more about this wonderful section. That it is the comping “paradise’” for agricul- ture and dairying is self evident. People from Towa, Nebraska, Mon- tana and -North Dakota are flocking “here at a great rate, and the next few years will see them headed this way as never before. Time_For Action. Bemidji and neighboring towns should make preparations. Strangers +within our borders will be given a warm welcome. When they arrive “here they will find even more than they expected. Good roads, cultivated lands, tim- ‘bered lands, oveautiful lakes and ‘streams and modern cities and vil- lages will make them gaze in won- derment. They will find here a place which they will love to call home. HUMAN BRUTE PAYS HANGING PENALTY (By United Press.) Chicago, Oct. 17.—Thomas Fitz- ‘gerald, confessed slayer of six-year- old Janet Williamson, was hanged at the Cook county jail this morning. He was pronounced dead at 9:26 o’clock. Fitzgerald seized the little girl as she walked along the street last July. He choked her into insensibility and buried her alive in a coal pile. GOPHERS HAVE HARD TEAM IN HOOSIERS Minneapolis, Oct. 17—Gopher foot- . ball players were on their way to In. dianapolis today to open the “Big “Ten” conference season Wwith the Hoosiers. From now on it will be *big times” on the conference gridions. The sea- son is away to a flying start. ‘Cold weather and plenty of hard work has put the conference teams on edge. .MEMBER UNITED PRESS ““The Pioneer is a member of the United Pross. Today's world’s news today. 24 bolsheviki of Gary, Ind. Only Four Teams Lefi in University of Minnesota football fans are waiting for next Saturday, however for the big celebration. Iowa will play on Northrop field against ‘Williams’ huskies. Weapons, revolutionary flag gnd other thihgs captured ina raid x’xm‘d§ b feral troops on the headquarters of the . . DISTRICT TITLE | WILSON CONCERNED ON IS NEARING FINISH: COLORAINE TOMORROW Conference; Coleraine Comes Saturday s nigh school fébtball 3 standing a splendid chance "B team One of -theé -contenders, Coleraina; e in midji Saturdady after- noon to play the Beniidji high school team on Athletic park field at 3:30 o’clock jand Coléraine is one.of the strofigest high school eleven’s on the raguge. A warm fiight to win - is looked for by both teams, and the high school students will be out in force, as every one has pufchased a ticket and will root hard for victory of their favorites, and it is hoped ‘| there will be a large turnout of peo- ple of Bemidji to lend encourage- ment. In the Bemidji team this year are three of the 1917 team that won the championship that year. Back with the, team this fall is Hovey Lord, just returned from naval service, al- so Russell Brooks, home from war service. The team this year is the heaviest in years, being reinforced by some of the best players turnd out of the high schools at Grand Rapids, Brainerd and Crookston last year. The local boys are also young heavy- weights, remarkably active, trained to the minute and confidently expect to win. From now on, the games played by the few remaining teams will be played to the-finish. ’ROUND WORLD DERBY MAY CONTROL IN ST. PAUL (By United Press.) St. Paul, Oct. 17.—Commissioners arranging for'the “‘around the world” air derby were in St. Paul today talk- ing over things with aerial enthusi- asts, - : Lessons taught by the Jong flights in the continental air derby recent- ly, now on between New York and San Francisco were discussed. St. Paul udoubtedly’ will be one of the ccontrol stations in the “round the world’ ’air race. The commissioners are visiting twenty cities over the country arranging for the event. Either lighter than air or heavier than air machines or both may be en- tered by one pilot in the race. DIEDRICH NAMED OFFICIAL INTER-STATE FOOTBALL GAME In a recent game in which St. Thomas college team was one of the factors in a squabble over the choice of a referee, but when St. Thomas plays the North Dakota agricultural college at Fargo Saturday afternoon, the contest will have one of the fairr est officials the game ever knew in; Minnesota, Dr. J. W. Diedrich, of Be« midji, at one time all western foot- ball team member. He knows the k1 ' nations Ts&h h NEXT TREATY CLASH (BI“ United. Press.) ‘Washington, ‘Ott..17.—President’ Wilson faagain suffering. from gland swelling,” Dr. Grayson announced tg- day. “It 15 checking:his general im- provement,”. added ‘the nal phy- siciah of the presiden & was impossible to tell whether an operation. would be necessary u;x«til a -conference with “a specialist’ of | which’ wi PRICE OF HOGS $14. LOWESY IN 2 YEARS St. Paul, Oct. ontinuing the decline that set in two months ago, top prices on hogs on the South £t. Paul market dropped to $14 Thurs- day, the lowést price in more than two years. Hogs were 35 gents lower today, making a decline 6f 75 cents for the week, and lending emphasis to the prediction of' traders that the $12 hog, long absent:from the market, will be “with us by Christmas.” 30 Per Cent Drs: Since August: The decline sinfe early in August has been more thdl 30 per cen. Hogs then were selling at the record mark of $22.50. Bulk of th sales on the.market were much nearer the $12 goal than the top quotation would indicate, be- ing from $13.50 to $13.76, while some hogs sold as low as $12.50. The consumer received encourage- ment likewise in.a decline of 15 to 25 cents in-the price of cattle, and prices of pork.in the retail stores were quoted lower, reflecting the drop in the price'of live hogs, which has averaged a.-doNar a week for eight weeks. $ Bacon Down to 47 Cents. First quality hams, that sold for 44 cents a pound two months ago, were quotéd by a large retail store today at 35 cents, while the best ba- con had dropped from 56 to 47. Prices of eggs were soaring Thurs- day, advancing 2c a dozen after an increase of 1¢ Wednesday. Butter was selling at 62-cents after a jump of 1c Wednesday. Retail stores asked as high as 72c for the best quality. RESOLUTION OFFERED TO BAN BARGAINING By Ralph Coucb. (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Oct. 17.—The indus- trial conference this afternoon debat- -ed a substitute for the resolution in- dorsing collective bargaining., The substitute, offered by Chair- man Wheeler of the capital delegates game from start to finish and can be|would reserve for e€Tnployers the depended upon in every phase of | right to refuse to deal with organized even a tough game. employees and their representatives. .| MR 5 o 1 b The physician also stated that it} CALLED FOR STATE WORK: Cox Reorganizes for State Foi- _est Protection; “Get Closer” Is Slogan M. Buckman, Wh for the past several months has been a district i Bemidjf, /ontire state, istrict and is getting r« b the ladk of funds, the appropriation ‘being 'pitifully small when the her- culean task is comprehended, which | it isn’t recognized in the ‘southern portion of-the state. Under the revised system, men will ‘| b assigned to and held responsible b{ various branches of forest work, sfich as reforestration, fire preven- tfon, land classification etc. The re- yistgn will not embody changes in the personnel of the forest service men, but a change in assignments will be made. When Mr. Buckman leaves this dig- trict a new district forester will suc- ceed him. The new system will make possible closer supervision and a I closer personal touch between the foresters and settlers. Another feature in the ‘‘getting closer” campaign is that township of- ficials will be induced to ac. as fire wardens under direction of rangers. ‘FLYING PARSON’ TO REACH HIS STARTING CONTROL TOMORROW rt. of the ! "|Spencer, Sterling, and-Townsend; { “Democrats — Ashurst,. Bnnkhehd,t 3 Major Spatz on Return Trip Has Good Lead Over Westerners (By United Press.) Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.—Lieut. B. W. Maynard, who was forced to land yesterday, in the transcontinental ait return trip derby, arrived here this morning ana left for Des Moines, lowa, at 8:56 after working all night to replace the defective motor with one from a Martin bomber. He ex- prects to reach Mineola, L. I, the starting point, Saturday noon. TWO MORE RETURN WEST. New York, Oct. 17.—Lieut. Kiel and Liuet. Queens left Mineola today on the return flights to San Francis- co. MAYNARD REACHES DES MOINES. Des Moines, ia.,, Oct. 17.—Lieut. Maynard arrived here at 10:18 o’'clock this foremoon. He lost his way between here and Omaha and was forced to land to obtain direc- tions. REACHES ROCK ISLAND. Rock Island, Ill., Oct. 17.—Lieut. Maynard left for Chicago from here at 12:47 this afternoon. SPATZ STARTS WEST. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 17.—Major Carl Spatz, west bound, arrived here at 9:16 this morning. Weather—Hotel Markham: “PIONEER’S” .CI . Largest circulation North. Central Minneso change. Fair; probabie cold, winds. SHANTUNG TREATY - AMENDMENT DIES o 45c PER MONTH .- Washington, Oct. 17.—The long-debated Shantung amend- ment to the peace treaty, presented by Senator Lodge and approved by the foreign relati ons committee, finally was re- jected in the senate late yesterday with a majority of an even score against it. In the vote of 35 to 55, fo to the pro-treaty forces, while those supporting the proposal. urteen republicans swung over three democrats lined up with Of the six senators absent, two republicans were put on record as in favor of the amend- ment and one republican and three democrats as opposing it. The roll call which came at the end of another six and a _half hours of debate, in reality swept away six amendments instead of one, each change in the treaty having been numbered separately by the committee in its decision to strike out the word “':Japan" and substitute the word “China” throughout: the sections relating to the province of Shantung. By unani- mous consent, however, the six changes were debated and voted on as one. iny three of the committee’s forty-five amendments now remain to be acted on by the senate, 36 previously having been rejected. Of those remaining, one relates to American repre- sentation on the reparations committee and two to equalization of voting power.in the League of Nations assembly. \ VOTE IN DETAIL. | +“The vote in detail follows, fo, afoption: Republicans—Ball, Borah, Bran- degee, Salder, Capper, Curtis, Dilling- ham, Fall, < France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Harding, Johnson (Califor- nia), Jones (Washington), Knox, LaFollette, Lodge, McCormick, Me- ‘Lean, Moses, New, Newberry, Norris, Page, Penrose, Phipps, ' Poindexter, Sherman, :Sutherland, Wadsworth, Warren and Watgon; 32 R mocrats — Gore, Reed, Walsh (Magsachusetts) ; 8... ... v - Again: adoption, 56 f fim pyublicans—Colt, Cuihmins, e, K Kenyon, Keyes, Lenroot, fc- Cumber, M¢Nary, Nelsoh, Smbot, Beckham, 'Chamberlain,;; Culherson;’ ‘Dial, Fletcher,” Gay, Gérry, Harris, Harrison, Henderson," - -Hitchcock, Jones (New Mexico), Kehdrick, King, Kirby, McKellar, - My¢rs, Nugent, Overman, ‘Owen, Phélan, Pittman, Poffierene, Ransdell, Robinson, Shep- , Shields, Simmons, Smith (Ari- 'zona), Smith (Georgia), Smith .(Maryland), Sténley, Swanson, Thomas, =~ Trampgell, Underwood, Walsh (Montana), Williams and Wolcott; 41. The six senators absent or paired were: For adoption—Feruald, re- publican, Maine, and Elkins, repub- lican, West Virginia. Again adoption—Edge, republican, New Jersey, Johnson, democrat, South Dakota, Martin, democrat, Virginia, and Smith, democrat, South Carolina. Would Strike Out Sections After the vote was completed Sen- ator Lodge announced that later he would move to strike out entirely the sections awarding the Shantung rights to Japan. Notice was given by a number of the republican sen- ators, who opposed the committee amendment that they will present. resolutions dissenting from the Shan- tung award. More than 20 senators took part in the debate, extended speeches being made for the amend- ment by Senators Johnson of Cali- fornia, Sherman of Illinois and La- Follette of Wisconsin, all republicans, and against it by Senators Phelan of California, democrat, and McCumber of North Dakota, republican. Sen- ator Williams, democrat, Mississippi, injected into the discussion a bitter denunciation of the attitude of some Irish-Americans and sharp replies were made by Senator Phelan and Gerry, democrats, Rhode Island. DR. PALMER EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OCT. 21 Dr. G. M. Palmer and family are expected to arrive in Bemid,i about the 21st of this month. Their house- hold goods were shipped from Min- neapolis Thursday and they will mo- tor up from the cities. Doctor Palmer hag purchased the M. J. Brown home on Lake boule- vard, into which he will move as soon as his furniture arrives. He will open dental offices in the new quar- ters over the E. A. Barker Drug and Jewelry store on-Third street, when this addition is completed. T0 CUT STEEL QUIZ SHORT. Washington, Oct. 17.—The senate labor committee has decided to end its investigation of the steel strike as quickly as possible, probably after ‘hearing a few more witnesses, but without further visits to strike zones. s, FALLS T0 FOE OF BOLSHEVIKS, REPORTTODAY — T "British - Fleet After Bombardment BOLSHEVISTS’ BIG NAVAL BASE CAPITULATES Si;dl Concussion Shatters Win- " 'dows in Finnish Villages ¢ )" Miles Away - (By United Press.) Washington, Oct. 17.—Petrograd and Kronstadt are reported fallen in a state department dispatch today from consular sources on the Swed- ish horder. The dispatch gave no de- tails. Advices from the British ad- miralty cast doubts on the reports. London, Oct. 17.—Petrograd has fallen to the forces of General Yu- denitch, commander of the Russian Northwestern army, according to ad- vices from Helsingfors today. At the same time, reports received said that Kronstadt, the great Bol- sheviki naval base, had capitulated to the British fleet after an intense bombardment lasting all of yester- day. The reported capture was celebrat- ed by Russians in Helsingfors, but there was no official confirmation. , General Yudenitch’s forces cap- tured Catchina Tuesday night. A reliable report from Reval, Co- penhagen and Stockholm states that Yudenich has occupied Tsarko-Selo, Krainhoye-Selo, fourteen miles from Petrograd. It is stated the dritish naval attack was directed from Ku- poria bay. Windows in the Finnish villages were sghattered by the concussion of the bombardment. COL. HOUSE WILLING TO ADVISE SENATE Washington, Oct. 17.—Colonel House, through a personal represen- tative today, advised the senate foreign relations committee of his willingness to testify regarding peace negotiations in Paris. CONFERENCE MAY FACE BOLSHEVISM (By United Press.) Washington, Oct. 17.—Suppres- sion of Bolshevism and the reduction of the high cost of living may be brought before the conference of American nations to be held at Washington within the next few months, it was learned today. 7 Ceptured by Big’ -