Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 6, 1920, Page 1

* of the season in a district game to- e ¥ e BEMIDIIPLAYS CRUCUAL GAME Must Win to Remain_ in_Dis- 5 trict Title Race; Real ' - W Test of Schedule LAST MEETING OF BOTH IN COMPETITION IN 1917 Largest Crowd of the Season Is Looked for; Additional * Seating Provided “The Bemidji high school basketball ‘team are to meet their first real test inight when they “clash with the strong Brainerd high' school five gt the armory. Bemidji basketball fans will have their first opportun}ty of seeing a Brainerd high school quint in competition against the local high .school five since 1917 when Bemidji won in a stubbornly played game in the last minute of play by the score «of 20 to 18. Game Means Much. 1f Bemidji can defeat the Brainerd quint tonight their chances for the title will be much brighter. Should Brainerd win out the locals chances wduld receive a sad blow of winning the district championship, which this time appears to rest between Be midji and Little Falls. 3 Bemidii Has Won Most Games. The Brainerd and Bemidji high :schools first- met on the basketball floor on February 24, 1912, Brainerd -winning by a 26 to 25 score. The “Bemidjl high sckool team at that time consisted of Captain Alex Ripple and Barl Bailey at forwards; Glen ““Peck ‘at center; “Tubby” Achenbech and Ryan at guards. The two schools *-qid not meet again until February 13, 1915, when Brainerd was defeated by a 37 to 4 score at Bemidji. "“Bemidji also won the return game played a week later at Brainerd, on February 20, by a 32 to 20 score. The team .that year consisted of Captain “Fuzz”’ Johnson and Lloyd Tanner; at for-} wards; Alec Cameron at center; Fred and George Graham guards. It was this team that won the district cham- pionship and went to Northfield at the state tournament, being defeated by Mountain Lake after winning over Rush City by a decisive score. Former Games, The results of the Bemi _Zames played to date follow Feb. 24, 1912; Bemidji, 25; Brain- -erd, 26. At Bemidji. Feb. 13, 1915; Bemidji, 37; Brain- erd, 4. At Bemidji. i Feb. 20, 1915; Bemidji, 32; Brain- «erd,” 20. At Brainerd. Feb. 12, 1916; Bemidji, 27; Brain- <erd, 30. At Brainerd. Mar. 3, 1916; Bemidji, 45; Brain- erd, 13. At Bemidji. ‘Jan. 16, 1917; Bemidji, 20; Brain- erd, 18. At Bemidji. Mar. 9, 1917; Bemidji, 20; Brain- erd, 17. At Brainerd. & Feb. 6, 1920; Bemidji, ? ? erd, ? ? At Bemidji. o Bemidii “Finishes Training.” Coach Smith put kLis quintet through the last real workout yester- day afternoon, preparatory to the Brainerd game. Coach- Smith and hie men are leoking for the hardest kind of opposition from Coach-Beyers team, who will arrive ‘on the six o’elock train. Bemidji is not claiming a victory. in eadvance, but the navy blue and white shooters are agreed that if Brainerd is to win, they must put up 4 real battle. Welch and Ebner Dangerous. In Welch at left forward and Ebner at center Brainerd has two of the best basket shooters in the district. It was these two men who single handed came mighty close to defeat- ing the Little Falls quint on their own floor. Whoever Coach Smith se- jects to guard the speedy forward will have to be on thé alert every minute for he is considered one of the shiftiest men in the district, scor- ing five field baskets against Little Falls three weeks ago. Hall To Officiate. #rank Hall of Little Falls, former Macalester college star has been se- Tected by Coach Smith of Bemidji and ‘M. B. Scherich, principal of the ‘Brainerd high school to officiate to- nights game between thees two an- cient rivals. Additional Seating Space. According to the advance ticket sale it is predicted that the largest crowd of the season will be present to witness tonights important game, ‘wiich will have an important bearing on-the district championship. ‘Tickets Brain- [ » P MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. Today’s world’s news today. ~ ¢+ RUSSELL BROOKS One of the star players of the Bemidji high school team. ALIEN SOLDIERS MAY “BECOME CTTIZENS + OF AMERICA FEB. 11 Honor;bie and Two*'Witnesses Are All That's Needed to Receive Papers The court - calendar has.been ar- ranged for the next term of district court in -Beltrami county and con- tains a total of 50 civil cases, 21 hav- ing beel continued over from the September term, one new trial order- ed at the last term, and 28 new cases. There are also nine criminal cases, which were continued over. Two of the civil cases have been under fire for the past two years, the National Elevator company vs. Great Northern Railway, company, regard- ing the leakage of grain from cars in transit. o : 3 Fed of the cases are of more than ordinary importance, the criminal cases being mostly confined to viola- tions of the liquor laws. The grand jury has been called for Tuesday, February 10. Naturaliza- tion hearings will be held on Febr- uary 11, and the petit jury called for February 12. Persons of foreign birth, who have served in the military forces of the United States during the past war, and who have been honorably dis- charged, can appear before the na- turalization examiner, R. K. Doe of Duluth, on February 11, at the Bel- trami county court house at Bemidji, and petition for and receive naturali- zation papers on that date. It is re- quired that person appearing have his discharge papers and be accom- panied by two citizens of the United States who can vouch for the person named in the discharge. Non-residents, as well as residents, can take advantage of this oppor- tunity and no fee will be charged for the services rendered. All persons, who are affected by this order, are urged to appear at this time to take advantage of the act while it is still effective. . An American citizen, who served in the Canadian army and enlisted prior to April 7, 191%, may appear in court on the same date and take oath of allegiance to the United States. Those who enlisted since April. 7, 1917, need do nothing since they have not ex- patriated themselves. MAYVILLE vs LANGDON. (By United Press) Langdon, S. D., Feb. 6.—Mayville and Langdon high school basketball teams play here today. have been placed on sale at Board- man’s drug store for those that wish to purchase them there to avoid the rush at the armory. The probable lineup of the two teams as announced by Coach Smith of the Bemidji quint and Coach Bey- ers of the Brainerd team is as fol- lows: Bemidji: Brooks ... Stapleton Stechman . Cochran ....... .... Hill Higbe . .. . Sheflo Game Called at 8 Sharp. The game tonight will be started at 8 o’clock sharp, that the game will be over in time to allow anyone ‘to take in the second.shows that wish. Brainerd: Rosenberg .. Welch . Ebner * CHECKTREATY Best to Launch Their Program & FLAT REJECTORS CAN'T LEARN LODGE’S INTEN Plan to Serve Ultimatum_ On Him So They Can Talk Indefinitely By L. C. Martin (United Press Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 6.—Republican “bitter enders” in the senate will meet tomorrow to decide how best to launch an attack they hope will again prevent ratification of the peace tréaty. Senators favoring flat rejection are hampereéd by the fact that they can not learn of the plans of Senator Lodge, leader in the fight for ratifica- tion with strong reservations. Ten of them' met yesterday in an effort to determine their course when the treaty is called up Monday when he moves to suspend the rules and pro- ceed to consideration of the treaty. Under the rules they can talk end- lessly on this motion. ‘Some of the irreconsiderables urged that the ulti- matum be served on Lodge, threaten- ing-to tie up the treaty unless he agrees that no effort would be made to-limit debate on the treaty itself. RETURNS FROM DRIVE FOR NEAR EAST HELP ;NI:'I'I'EI)ABOUT3550 Tomorrw Is “Tag Day” I This Drive; Any Sum May Be Given Returns from the drive to secure aid for the Near East Relief in an effort to feed the starving Armenians netted only $550 when the count was made last evening. Bemidji’s quota has been set at $1500 but from all appearances is going to fall short. On Thurdday the business men were canvassed and some responded very liberally while others caused disappointment to the committées. The canvass will continue today and tomorrow and an effort will he made to interview everyone. In case any one who cares to aid in this project is not interviewed by the committee, the donation may be left with A. T. Carlson, who is the chairman of the local committee, or at the Pioneer office. Tomorrow is tag day and an effort will be made to tag everyone. Any amount which the giver feels able to give will be aprectated greatly and will entitle the peron to a tag. Herbert Hoover is quoted as say- ing that “in the Near East is the mopt desperate situation in the world.” It is reported tRat 000,000 persons in th Caucasus will perish from starvation before the next har- vest unless American support is con- tinued, and that thousands of little children have but a single garment to cover their nakedness and protect them from the-bitter cold of winter. Everyone is urged to give as much as possible to aid'in this situation :nd to put Bemidjl’s quota over the 0op. i —_— COMPANY K’ WILL MUSTER IN SATURDAY Every member of Company K, Sixth Minnesota National Guard in- fantry, should be at the Bemidji asso- ciation quarters Saturday evening at 8 o’clock to muster in. Lieut. Col. Stutz will be here to do the work. This is imperative and the following notllce by Captain Mooré is given, and no member who is employed need be detained but few minutes from their duties: To All Members of Co. I. N. G.: : You are hereby notified to report at the Bemidji C. & C. Assn. rooms on Saturday, February 7th, at eight o’clock in the evening, to be mustered into the state service. DANIEL J. MOORE, —Commander Co. K, 6th Reg., M. I. N. G. K, M. Meet Tomorrow to Decide How : FARGO BOUT TONIGHT. (By United Preis) trargo, Feb. 6.—Ecdi .De Beau, St. Paul’s featherweight, will meet Neil Tierney here tonight in a 10 round boxing exhibition, L « BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1920 dogs. LDHIGB at agricultural shows. RS. MARCUM & WADORY ARE GETTING RAPIDLY SETTLED IN NEW SUITE Eqnépxmgnt Represents the Lat- ‘est Devices in the Med- ical Profession Doctors Marcum and McAdory are now practicaly settled in their new quarters in the Barker Drug and Jewelry store building, on third street, having ‘moved from the Schroeder building the first of the week. Their equipment represents some of the very latest devices in the medical profession, and the appointments of their new quarters are tasty, pleasing and sanitary. The two front rooms are used as private offices and adjoining this is used jointly by Doctors Marcum and McAdory and G. M. Palmer, dentist. The other rooms-in the suite com- prise an X-ray room, equipped with the latest X-ray fleuroscopic table of the Victor type and machine with Coolidge tubes, a dressing room, transformer room, operating room, retiring rooms, library, laboratory, developing room and several toilet rooms. With the Victor X-ray machine, it is possible to photograph any part of the human body, as well as to see clearly its every organ and bone. This is made possible hy the use of a powerful light throWwn ‘upon the body, through which may be clearly detected the workings of the inner man. A . The operating room, besides the operating table, is equipped with a gas sterolizer and other devices ne- cessary to this department of the pro- fession. Bemidji has a right to feel proud of its medical profession as a whole, and especially of the modern offices by Doctors Marcum and Mec- Adory. PURPOSE IN HOLDING SATURDAY CLASSES GIVEN One purpose in holding school on Saturdays at the State Normal schoel in Bemidji is to give teachers in serv- ice and citizens an opportunity to do class work in various subjects which will be offered. A number of teachers in the city schools and the local com- niunity have expressed a desire for 'such work and will meet tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock in the Normal School Asembly Hall to complete ar- rangements. Mr. Deputy, president of the-Nor- mal School, says that courses will be offered in-any one or more of the following subjects, or in any other subject in which a safficient number will enroll: Primary Methods, Ele- mentary Psychology, How to Study and Teaching How to Study, Modern Literature, Arithmetic, Algebra, Ge- ometry, Ancient or Modern History, United States History, Physical Edu- cation. These classes will be held on Sat- urday morning at hours available to faculty members of the Normal School and will open to any who are eligible. Rural teachers will be en- rolled and work will be adapted to their needs. For work satisfactorily completed eredit will be allowed. WARD BROS. PURCHASE ~ ERICKSON AUTO LIVERY The new auto livery of Jonas Erickson has been purchased by the Ward Bros. Auto Livery which is tak- ing over the equipment consisting of a Dodge taxicab and a Ford sedan. Ward brothers have been in the livery business for several years and Countess Bathurst of Clreucu&er animals, and.her estate,contains ginny prize winners., especially goats and She is-here seen /with one of ‘her favorites, which has captur a large.reception room, which will be park, England, is an ardent 1over> of several LEGION QUINF AGAIN POST. SCORE 19 T0 11 Visitors Lead by One Point First Half; Locals Come Back in Second Playing a hard defensive game throughout, Little Falls legionaires and BemidJi legionaires met in a hot- ly contested battle last evening at the Armory, resulting in the defeat of the visiting aggregation by a score of 19 to 11, an even larger margin than the defeat of the night before when the score stood 17 to 10 in favor of Bemidji. Three changes in the lineup were made on the local | team, Berrigan, Bemidji's old time ' center, giving way to Phibbs, and Opsabl in place of George Graham, the locals’ stalwart stationary guard. Bailey took Phibbs’ place at right| forward. g With this combination, which. has not been used before this season, the | locals played well. The first half featured close playing on both sides, ! Bemidji taking the lead at the start ! and shortly after losing it to -Little | Falls for a few minutes at a time! until the end of .the half, which found Little Falls in the lead by one point, ! the score being 10 to 9. ) Locals Speed Up. = The second half began with a burst: of speed from Bemidji and was main- tained during thé entire period. The locals quickly took the lead by gecur- ing the field basket and then after several minutes of hard defensive| playing crept up another notch. While | the visitors .secured only one point in the second half and that on a free throw, Bemidji made 10 points which brought the score 19 to 11, where it stood at the final whistle. This contest was much better played by both teams than the battle of the night before and although sev- eral comparatively easy shots were missed occasionally the game was well worthy of better support from the basket ball fans than it received. .Next week, Thursday, the Thief River Falls bunch comes here, expect- ing to give Bemidji another defeat like it received in that city, but the locals intend to show Thief River sports what a real basket ball game is like. How They Lined Up. The lineup and summary of last night’s game is as follows: Bemidji (19) Bailey, rf. . Plummer, If. Phibbs, c. . Opsahl, rg. F. Graham, lg. Free throws missed, 5. Little Falls (11 Tourtourllot, rf. Meyers, If. Barber, c. . Sims, rg. Dickenson, lg. Free throws missed, 4. Referee—Dr. Diedrich, Minnesota. Umpire—Erwin, Illinois. Timekeeper—Berrigan, Bemidji. Scorer—Olson, Bemidji. COUNTY BOARD AGAIN APPOINTS DR. JOHNSON Dr. E. W. Johnson was reappointed as the county physician for the com- ing year, and H. M. Clark as member of the Sanatorium Commission for Beltrami county for another year at the meeting of the board of county commissioners which terminated late Thursday afternoon. Besides these appointments the salaries of the s —~oooo oroMHE NowaOWy coorNg cocoroN MRemom'T wnoom'U cocor”t Weather forecast 24 hrs., Markham; Storm brewing in direction of wind. —— COURTRUTZS 45¢ PER MON’ J o o (] INBELTRAMI Upholds Judge McClenahan’s Decision in County District Court FRAUDULENT CHARGE OF TAXATION DENIED Property Holding Concern Will Have to Produce Its Share of Expense In a decision of the state supreme court, filed today, the Bemidji Town- site {md Improvement company must pay its long delinquent taxes, as de- creed in the district court of Bemidji by Judge W. S. McClenahan, who denied a leave to answer to charges thgt the Townsite company had not paid taxes on its property in Bel- trami county for the year 1912, in that if fraud in taxes was believed to have been practiced, the Townsite company should have taken up the matter before. The syllabus of the case is as fol- lows: “The trial court did not err in denying the motion of a landowner to vacate a tax judgment and for leave to answer made something over five years after its entry when the land owner long: before its motion haq knowledge or notice of facts which, if pursued, would have dis- closed the defense which it claimed. “Failure of the county auditor to send to the state auditor a list of unredeemed - lands in June of each year, as provided by G. S. 1913, Sec. 127, does not prevent nor de- feat a sale. *‘Order affirmed.” . ‘“ OPINION OF COURT. “The Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement company made a motion to vacatea delinquent tax judgment and for leave to answer and for judg- ment against a sale on the judgment. The motion was denied and it appeals from the order denying it. “In 1912, the lots of the Townsite company in Bemidji were assessed. 'I‘]le taxes were not paid, the company did not answer, and in March, 1914, the usual tax judgment was entered in the district court of Beltrami county. The lots were offered for sale at the May sale and were bid in for the state. Subsequent taxes have accrued, but there has been no actual sale. A sale was advertised for August 11, 1919, pursuant to G. 8. 1913, Sec. 2127, et seq. Shortly before this date the com- pany’s motion to vacate the judgment and for leave to answer and for an injunqtion was made. A temporary restraining order was granted ex parte. “The company claims that its lots were partially, unfairly and unequally assessed; and that they were assessed at a valuation greater than their actual value. These defenses can be interposed upon the application for the march tax judgment. G. S. 1913, Sec. 2108. Fraud Was Alleged. “The company alleges fraud; and without examining the question of the materiality of the fraud, though as to some of the company’s claims it was not material, we proceed directly to the question whether the company was entitled to the relief asked. “The county board of equalization, on August 9, 1912, increased the assessment of the personal property 571’ the Crookston Lumber company in Bemidji from $242,000 to $387,- 200. A few days later a petition was presented by certain business men of Bemidji, through the Com- mercial club, asking that this assess- ment be reduced. Upon considera- tion, the board changed its former action, so as to increase the assess- ment from $242,000 to $276,000. At the same time it increased the valua- tion of the real estate in Bemidji 10 per cent. These matters have always been of record. It appears that they were of general notoriety. The company had large holdings in Bemidji. It necessarily knew, or is charged with knowing, the amount of assessments against its property, and if there was an over-valuation it of course knew it. The answer al- leges that it was suspicious of the assessment but was unable to ascer- tain a basis for the present motion until August, 1919. If there was county superintendent and assistant superintendent of schools were raised. In addition to the discussion re- fraud, evidences of it were put of record and the fact was of general notoriety. We cannot escape the con- from time to time have added more|garding the sale of the county bonds | clusion that if the com; cars to their equipment, consequently | in amounts of $250,000 and $100,000 | diligent it would hvmi:;d.be:: they have at present a .well estab-|and for which no bids were placed, fense, lished livery patronage, maintaining an office at 210 Beltrami avenue. . ! | | ' ——ta | road matters .and routine business constituted the balance of the session. if there was one, long before (Continued on Page Eight) ] i SIS L - - i |