Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 31, 1920, Page 1

Ry G EMIDJI DAL BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 314/,1920 VOLUME XVIIL. NO. 29 MEMBER UNITED PRESS ° The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. Today’s world’s news today. . BEMIDJI WINS [STATEGETTING OVER MECHANIC/ PREPAREDFOR « ARTS; GAME IS Zt SENSATIONAL| <M ONROADS ‘Lecal High Plays Visitors Off Their Feet at Outset; Final Score 21-18 STAPLETON STARTS WITH TWO LONG SIDE SHOTS .An Informal. Dance Will Be Held After Second Game Played Tonight ing Mechanic Arts high school .ofysl::.yuli’fiul off its feet in the first thalf, the Bemidji high school basket ball’ team defeated the Trainers at -the Armory last night in one of the most sensational games ever wgbl- Tessed here. The final score was 1leVslth the score 19 to 10 against them and ten minutes to play, Cap- -tain Copeland of the ‘Trainers shot four baskets in rapid succession. This ‘made the score 19 to 18 with Be- _midji on the long end and less than two minutes left to play. Bemidji Gets a Lead. The first half ended 14 to 8, in Bemidji’s favor. When the Trainers _started off the second half with a rush and scored six points before the home men had registered, Be- ‘midji rooters were on edge with ap- prehension, yet they never losj; heart _and continually cheered their men until final victory sent them into _paroxysms of joy. Stapleton Shoots Three. Stapleton made the first twc baskets of.the game in the first five _minutes of play on two long shots from the side of the court. Late in the first period he caged another long ope, making a_total of three in the first half. Brooks and ‘l{xglge also -found the net for a basket apiece in ‘the first half. Captain Copeland Stars. Captain Copeland at right fo::ward was the big star for the Trainers, .scoring fourteen of his tepm's eigh- teen points. Time and time again -this star would advance the ball to ‘the center of the floor, only to run afoul of the stonewall, five-man de- The five-man defense of the visitors :stopped the locals in their attempts to advance the ball into thglr op- ponent’s territory. Mechanic Arts found similar difficulty against Be- midji for Coach Smith’s men use the :same style of defense. A peculiar feature of the game was that the majority of the field goals were made on comparatively long shots. The local basketeers missed innumerable -easy shots, this being especially true of Captain Stechman and Brooks who were off form in their shooting. Meet Again Tonight. The second game of the series will be played tonight at the Armory. ‘The game will be called promptly at 38 o’clock. The game tonight will no doubt be more closely contested than last night for the locals will be out to make it two straight while the “Trainers will play their hardest to make it an even break. Dancing After Game. After the game their will be danc- ing, informally. The music will be furnished by Van’s three-piece or- «chestra. Dancing will continue until .12 o’clock. The summary of last night’s Bemidji, 21 . B, 3 Brooks, rf. Stapleton, If. Stechman, c. Cochran, rg. . Higbe, lg. .. Mechanic Arts, 18 Copeland, rf. game: (%) Schmitt, rg. . Ryan, Ig. ... Sassner for Schmitt Goldstein for Lang 0 Schmitt for Dindorf. Hammerstein for Schmitt. Clarren for Ryan. 4 Referee—Dr. Diedrich, Minnesota. DRINKS HORSE TONIC FOR BOOZE: VERY SICK Chippewa Falls, Minn., Jan. 31.— Edward Simon, working on a farm near here, reached upon to a’ beam in the barn in the dim light for his bottle of liquir and took a few swal- lows, then became deathly sick and when a physician was called, it de- veloped that he aad imbibed horse tonic. The whisky bottle, which Stwmon thought he had taken, was on the other end of the shelf. 4 1 0 1 B. 1 0 [ 1 0 1 cococoocoo moocoo Homp~ooN cone T Oo»—tcoo»—-:’a orocoon | 1920 L -PENDING HUGE ®, \ \ & ®, % ling Work Will More Tha, >Suble That Done . *\ny Year PEAK OF 2,200 MILES PROGRAM NEXT SUMMER Babcock Plan Will Make Arter- ial Roads Available in State Counties Minneapolis, Jan. 31.—Minnesota is about to spend $35,000,000 on the biggest road building project it has ever undertaken. - Orders launching a construction and improvement program that ex- ceeds by $20,000,000 the work done in the state in any previous year are going out from the offices of the highway commissioner for Minne- sota. The good roads project to be carried out this year, involving more than 2,200 miles of arterial high- ways, is part of a $50,000,000 under- taking begun last year, but which is to reach its greatest extent next summer. I3 Project is Statewide. This statewide project includes construction of 400 bridges and 10,000 culverts in 1920; graveling of 1,530 miles of roads, grading of 1,805 miles and hard surfacing of 189 miles; and maintenance, for the first time-jn the ‘state’s history, of 6,000 miles of arterial highway by a corps of paid patrols, operating with single-workmen, gangs, teams, trucks and even tractors. Hard surfacing of 58 miles for which contracts were let last year, but which could not be undertaken because of lack of men and material, now forms part of the 1920 program, bringing paving pro- jects up. to 247 miles.. . 553 Miles of Paving. The work to be completed this vear is the beginning of -a series of undertakings which are designed to give the state, by the end of 1921, approximately 600 miles of hard sur- faced roads. Work scheduled in 23 Minesota counties includes building 553 miles of paved road. 3 These are the funds, available for work mapped out’for 1919 and 1920, from which the state already has drawn about $1.,000,000 for last year's work: County bond issues ....$16,000,000 County road taxes, 1919. 5,397,986 County road taxes, 1920. 8,766,000 State aid funds, 1919... 1,980,000 State aid funds, 1920... 1,935,000 Federal aid, two years.. 5,542,200 Town road taxes, two YOars .....coeeenees 9,000,000 Village road taxes, two VORLE - ivoiao beis: direiansiasiann 1,500,000 Total ......... s S $50,120,986 Unexpended funds available for last year’s work, added to the federal aid, the county and town tax levies, and the state aid which becomes available this year, gives Minnesota more than $35,000,000 which it can put into development of its high- ways in 1920. 13.085 Miles of Arterial Roads. Of the $50,000,000 made available for road work in the two year period 1919-1920, about $29,000,000 was for use on state aid roads, C. M. Bab- cock, state highway commissioner, said. State aid roads are roads on which the state pays its aid funds to assist the counties in development of arterial roads. The state system in- cludes 13,065 miles of roads selected by the state highway commission de- partment as most vital to the state and . most necessary for handling heavy traffic. Of this sum, Mr. Bab- cock said, $3,000,000 was required to be used for maintenance of exist- ing roads under state and federal laws, leaving $26,000,000 for con- struction. Last Year’s Work. “In 1919 the actual work accome plished on state aid roads cost little more than $6.000,000, according to our figures,” said the highway com- missioner. “The state highway sys- tem will be improved this year by work costing $20,000,000, although some of the projects cannot be com- pleted in one season.” Record’s of last year’s work show 1,000 miles of grading, 500 miles of graveling ana 90 miles of paving. Less than half of the paving work was finished, last year, 200 bridges were constructed at a cost of $800,- 000, and 400 large culverts were built at an expense of $270,000. An Industry By Itself. Road building in Minnesota prom- ises to become an industry by itse.f,” Commissioner Babcock said. ‘‘Pros- pects_ for 1ncreasing road work have led several firms to begin erecting new rock crushing plants to furnish "FIRST COMPLETED BRIi)GE ON THE OLD SPANISH/THAIL il A flock of northern hoineseexers on the old Spanish Trail Nighway bridge at Lake Charles, bridges to be completed on the famousold Spanish The bridge cost aver $2,000,000. ‘PIONEER’ LOCATES LONG LOST ADDRESS OF WANDERING LETTER Carl Anderson Lives in Frohn; Mother Is Sister of Tree Tragedy in B. C. The Carl Anderson, to whom the letter from George A. Hally and Henry Alix was written from Badger Creek, B. C., appearing in The Pioneer of Friday, has been discov- ered to be Carl Anderson who lives on Bemidji route No. 4, in the town of Frohn, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Angerson, the nephew of John Hammer, who was killed by a felled tree on his farm holdings ,he being a neighbor of the writers of the letter. N~ It also developes that Mrs. John Anderson is a brother of Mr. Ham- mer, who was the tree victim. The Anderson family is well known in its community and when a-phone call came into The Pieneer last even- ing from a resident ‘of Bemidji it gave the clue to the location of the young nephew, who was a frequent letter writer to his uncle. A call to a neighbor in the vicinity of the An- derson home solved the problem, and he promised to notify the young man of the presence of the letter on file in the Pioneer office, which contains information of value to him. SCHOOL EXECUTIVES MEETING"AT NORMAL Consolidated school principals and superintendents and others interest- ed in the boys' and girls’ club work for the coming year met at the State Normal this morning. The session was caled by C. C. Swain, state rural school inspector. J. F. Watschke, superintendent of the Pine River school, and A. G. Somermeyer, superintendent of the Laporte schools, are among those from out-of-town who attended /the meeting. A A A A A A A A ALY material for building and maintain- ing our highways.” Paving the 247 miles of road scheduled for hard' surfacing this year, he estimated, will require 35,- 000 carloads of material, while work to be done by larger cities and towns, and graveling of thousands of miles of other roads will bring the de- mands for -erushed -rock, sand and gravel up to hundreds of thousands of tons. The state highway engin- eers have figured that to pave one mile of road requires 2,700 tons of crushed rock, or coarse gravel, 640 tons of cement and nearly 1,500 tons of sand. The demand for crushed rock or washed gravel alone will amount to 20,000 carloads this sum- mer, Mr. Babcock believes. Car Shortage May Hinder Work. Lack of transportation, which was one of the most serious problems con- fronting the state’s road builders last year, is likely to be the principal dif- ficulty again this season, according to the highway engineers. They are confident that if the railroads can furnish cars to handle a constant stream of material, they can com- plete the state’s biggest road project this year. The material must be hauled from gravel beds wherever available, and from rock crushing plants scattered through the state. New plants are being built at New Ulm, Jasper, Pipestone, Ortonville, Faribault and Granite Falls, while plans have been made fo rthe erec- tion of others at St. Cloud, Sartell, and other advantageous points. .ae established plants, from which crush- ed rock was furnished for last year's !work, are at Duluth, Pipestone, St. Cloud. Jasper, New Ulm and at Dreseer Junction in Wisconsin. 7 MODERN OFFICE SUITES ARE BEING LEASED| THOSE INTERESTED AT C. E. Battles, who is installing modern offices on the second floor above the Penney department store block of which he is the owner, and also over the Battles hardware store, adjoiming, will have excellent office quarters, modern in every detail. when ready for occupancy and al- ready a large number of inquiries have been made. ' S. C.; Bailey, who has resighed as game warden to take a position with the state auditor- as salesman for state lands, and also his brother, Attorney T. C. Bailey, have taken a suite of three front offices, the being all to be desired. Dr. Caldwell a recent comer to Bemidji, who pur- chased the Tuomy residence, has taken a suite of four front rooms for his practice. At present he is taking a post graduate course. It is also said that Miss Ida Vir- ginia Brown will also have a music studio in the new office quarters. ~-/ADVICE TO BUSINESS " COLLEGE STUDEN'I'S Second Number .‘of Lecture Course Presented by Lumber Dealer G. W. Harnwell of the St. Hilaire Retail Lumber company delivered the second number of the lecture course Friday afternoon at the Bemidji Business college. “Making the most of your min- utes,” was the subiect chosen by Mr. Harnwell. He said: o . “It matters not whether one be a millionaire or a student, each has the same amount of time, sixty min- utes for every hour, twenty-four hours for every day and every minute of that time is precious. “A student entering the business world should not mistake activity for productivity. The person who does his work most quickly is not always the one who is most efficient. He likened the desk of -the workman's bench. Systematize your desk. Have a place for everything and everything in it's place. There are but four things that are essential to a well arranged desk. Unfinished business, work which has been considered but not completed, papers which have trail running Dbetween Jacksonville, Fla., and the Pacific coast. gl ¢ Central | on this Weather forecast 24 hrs., Markham - DT — Bt i e R A GET TODAY’S NEWS OUT OF TODAY’S PAPER “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION Largest circulation of any paper in North 1 4 Minnesota. Adyg accepted W 14 Storm brewing in, direction of v{md.l 45¢c PER MONTH PEACE TREATY TOBEBROUGHT UPIN SENATE FEBRUARY 10 Formal Notice Given Today La., the first of the LARGE ATTENDANCE OF FLOOD CONTROL HEARING Seven Counties, Including Bel- trami, Are Affected by River Overflows Several hundred, interested in the drainage and flood relief hearing, held at Thief River Falls on Thurs- day, were practically unanimous in their opinion that a flood control dis- trict be organized of the waters trib- utary to Red Lake and to the Red Lake river. This district comprises large areas in seven counties, Polk, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Clearwater, Koochiching and Bel- trami. One of the main objects of the establishment of such a district is to put in & dam at the mouth of Red Lake river to control the waters of Red Lake and to lower the normal height_of .the water in_that lake by about three feet. This project would reclaim many thousands of acres in| Bpltrami county along the Tamarack river which is at present frequently |flooded. Another object of the creation of the district is to afford legal means to provide adequate outlet so that large areas in western Beltrami coun- ty, Pennington, Marshall and' Red Lake counties can be properly drained without damage to other land. It is expected that a great bene- ficial result of the project will be to create several good water powers on ,Red Lake river. Judges Grindeland and Stanton will soon file an order establishing the flood control district and will ap- point a board of five directors to have the management of the district. ELKS MASQUE BALL WAS BIG SUCCESS The Masque ball, given under the auspices of the Elks lodge at the Elk temple hall last evening, was one of the most enjoyable events of the sea- son. The hall was resplendent in costumes of all description, there be- ing about 125 masqued couples in attendance. Excellent music was furnished for the dancers by a splen- did four-piece orchestra. The prizes were awarded as fol- been completed and are ready for fil- ing, and the working tools.” i “Mr. Harnwell punctuated his re- marks with many valuable dont’s. “Don’t jump into your work as you would go into the dark, but under- stand what is to be done ibefore starting; don’t use the telephone for social talks; don’'t entercain your friends at the office; don’t do fancy work; dont’ lose time between jobs, for time is capital. 1he first half hour in the morning should be the one in which more is accomplished than at any other_alotted period of the day. y His closing remarks were: *Sys- tematize your work; put in your time to the full and you will succeed. There are less employers who want to take all and give nothing, than there are employees who give all and take nothing.” ‘ (By United Press) Princeton, N. J., Jan. :’.L—Prol’es—l sor Robert H. McElroy of Prlnnetonl University, to whom has been in-' trusted the task of preparing the' authorized life of the late President Grover Clevalnd, has made an appeal‘ to the public for letters written by the former chief executive’ wmchl lows: Best dressed lady, Mrs. D. L. Dannenberg; best dressed gentleman, Dr. Dyson; most comically dressed lady, Mrs. Fred Rhoda; most comical- ly dressed gentleman, Mr. Ohm of Shavitch Bros. store. SPOONER MAN GIVES SOME SWEDISH PRICES Spooner, Minn., Jan. 31.—Gust Erickson, manager of a local store, this week reecived a letter from Al- fred Palm, now visiting with his brother Otto at their old home in Sweden. telling of arriving safely after a stormy voyage. Mr. Palm writes that sugar is plentiful and that American made goods are found everywhere. He gives a list of staple articles nearly all American, which are sold there, among which are: Coffee, 37 cents; sugar, 12 cents; flour, :7}2 per hun- That Hitchcock Will Then Move for Discussion SEVERAL QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED BEFORE Democrats Hope to Get Help From Mild Reservation- ‘ist Republicans By L. C. Martin (United Press Correspondent) Washington, Jan. 31.—Formal notice was given in the senate.today, that on Tuesday, February 10, Sena- tor Hitchcock will move to take up the Versailles treaty in open session. This action was announced today by Senator Walsh of Montana, fol- lowing the collapse of the bi-parti- san conferences’ efforts at the treaty compromise yesterday. Hitchcock will move on February 10 that “the senate will now proceed with consideration of the treaty with Germany.” motion a trail of events which must result in decision of several ques- tions before that date. They include: Will the democrats support Hitch- cock practically as a unit when he makes his motion, or will they desert his leadership in. sufficient numbers to prevent resumption of the treaty debate. ‘Will the mild republican reserva- tionists combine with the democrats in sufficient numbers to make Hitch- cock’s motion successtul. How will the irreconcilable repub- licans vote. Will Senator Lodge maintain his opposition to calling up the treaty or will he surrender on this point in the face of the coun- ‘t:'y‘s demand for immédiate ratitica- tion. o 8 | Answers to some of these questions depend on conierences to be held be- tween now and February 10. As things now stand Senator Hitcheock ibelieves, he said that 43 to 44 democrats will support the motion. Sume, however, privately expressed themselves as strongly op- posed to it. If Hitchcocn gets 43 democratic votes he must have six the senate. If Lodge and his followers stand pat, Hitchcock must look to the re- publican reservationists or irrecon- cilables, Senators McNary, McCum- ber and Colt, mild reservasionists, favor this movement and that makes three votes. Senators Kellogg and Lenroot. counted with this group, are believed to be against jt. * McNary predicted today that the republicans would furnish all votes necessary to put the Hitchcock mo- tion over. STOCK ON FARMS IN THE U. S. WORTH EIGHT BILLIONS JAN. 1 (By United Press.) Washington, Jan. 31.—Stock on farms in the United States was worth $8,000,000 on January 1, the agri- cultural department announced to- day, following a nation-wide survey. BEMIDJI LODGE LO.OF. CONFER THIRD DEGREE A very interesting meeting was held last night by the Bemidji lodge of Odd Fellows and was largely at- tended. The third degree was com- ferred upon a class of candidates by the local drill team. The gathering was composed mostly of the loeal 0Odd Fellows although there were quite a number from out of town since several other lodges had been invited to attend. The state grand master and the grand secretary were unable to come to Bemidji to attend this session on account of illness in their families. Mayor Edward C. A. Johnson of Vir- ginia, who was expected to be pres- ent, failed to appear. The reason is' not known. Nevertheless a very im- portant meeting was carried out. Following the business session a splendid lunch was served, which dred pounas; American pork, 33 cents; beef, 32 cents; potatoes, 89 cents per bushel; butter, 56 cents; olemargarine, 37 cents; summer sausage, 28 cents; cheese, 56 cents; milk, 8 cents per quart; kerosene, 24 cents per gallon; men’s shoes, $7.30; women'’s, $6.26; men’s work trous- ers, $2.60, and good ‘“hand-me- was followed by a most entertaining social program. Noble Grand C. J. Winter presided. — MAYBERRY JURY COMPLETE. (By United Press.) Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 31.— may:e,in the possession of indi-|down” suits, $36.50, with prices de-| The jury, which will sit in the trial viduals throughout the country. iy Cleveland wrote most of his let- ters in longhand and kept no coples.l clining. Average wages paid for common labor is $5.26 ‘per day. of Senator Newberry and 184 other defendants in the Michigan election fraud charges, was completed today. Senator Walsh's notification set in‘ {republican votes to get a majority of - Il