Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 16, 1920, Page 1

| Press. TOMORROW I - VOTERS SHOULD - , -opposed by Tem Mohler. & ~N 52 ; éfgving Proposition Is Strongly MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member of the United Todsy’s world’s news todsy. ~ BEMIDJI D VOLUME XVIII. NO. 42/ % % ©, SEVENIDLY SIT ONTHE SANDOF LAKE BEMIDJI AND FIND CITY That Was in 1896 When Be- midji Was Born; Meeting ELECTION DAY USE JUDGHENT Favored by Boosters for- " Their Home City Held on Lonely Shore NEAREST RAILROAD WAS POLLS OPEN AT 6 AM. AND CLOSE AT 9 P.M. SIXTY-FIVE MILES AWAY Hard Work by Civic Leaders Brought Up Modern Town, Says “Modern Highway” One Change Made in Voting Place in Fourth; List of Judges in Precincts This photograph shows the sym- bolic document to be pregented by ‘e |France’ to the family eor relative of Tomorrow is municipal election|each decea American soldier of the .day, when a mayor for the coming | world war. R -years will be named, city officers AN A AAAANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS be chasen, aidermen W b° 2nd Be-| LOCAL HIGH TRIUMPHS OVER FOSSTON BASKET TEAM: SCORE 24 TO 12 midji will enter upon another year of progress, under the plans pre- Brooks Plays One of the Best Games of His Career; De- for 1920. fense Puzzles Visitors In the January issue of The Mod- ern Highway, published by the Jeffer- son Highway association at St. Joseph, Mo., appears an article relat- ing to Bemidji, entitled ‘“Sapphire Hunters Found a City,” it being a narrative from the time Bemidji came into being until the present day, and is one of the most interest. ing stories ever written of Bemidji’s history. In detail it is as follows: Chief Bemidji Wise. Chief Bemidji was a wise Indian. There is none who contradicts that historic fact. There is nothing to show, however, that even he either dreamed of, or desired, a monument to his_.name such as has been builded b ythe pale-face. Before his death a few years ago he saw the white man’s civilization . transform the mighty woods. On the shores of Lake Bemidji in less than a quarter of a century has grown a city of beauty, bearing the name of the old Chippewa chief. Paved streets and brick buildings have displaced the trails and huts. Mazda globes and ornamental posts have succeeded the pine knot, while the gas heater and black diamond furnace have supplanted the ever- burning camp fire. Little does one imagine that the charming, thriving metropolis on the lake. shore, where tall pines swayed and painted war- riors mingled, is the blossom of the seedling cabin of 1894. -+ One of the most important proposi- tions to be voted upon tomorrow is that of connecting by paving of the two Babcock highwa}'.trunk. lines, where they enterdtfie city, with tl.xe -paved streets and avenues now in '%:midh. to connect with the high- way routes where they enter and leave the city. It should be favored by the voters for it would be by :’h’s Playing a brand of basketball that ;{",‘2?}’:;’.‘33‘,& t,r: ,’;';fi;a,:,“,, an; swept Coach Hughitt’s quint off their . i ket~ idji tribute a small por-}|fget,.ihe Bemidji ‘high school bas or Byt g b%l? ve defeated the fast Fosston tion individually. [ba s List of Candidates. team at the Armory Saturday night The candidates for the election to- by a score of 24 to 12. Both teams morrow. are as follows: isplayed good basketball throughout Mayor—Mayor L. F. Johnson, can- displayes B00t " s N i he game. i R didate for re-election; Morris Kaplan, | ¢ 1 R i Stein, uno Playing a style of play that was Clt)r‘ Olark - Sverpe i “ p-' characteristic of the last two games, Bemidji started shortly after the first whistle blew and was never headed, Coach Smith’s change of line working to a good aevantage. - Strong Defense. Fosston did not seem able to do much with the style of defense Be- midji used. Time and again Fosston George W. Rhea—City . treasurer, unopposed. i 3 City Assessor—William C. Klein, present assessor; J. P. Lahr. Park Commissioner — George T. "Baker, unopposed. H Candidates for Aldermen. First Ward—E. D. Boyce, unop- posed, as successor to Alderman 1d advance the ball to the center . Garlock, who declined to make an-| %, floor only to lose it when they . Seven Sit On Shore. -other race. met the derense put up by the Be-| “On an afternoon in the autumn of 1896 there sat in a circle on the lonely shore of Lake Bemidji seven practical business men, idly drawing pictures in the sand with small twigs that had:been washed ashore by the miniature billows. They were Tams Bixby (better known as ‘Doc,’ an editor and political power .in Minne- sota for many years); Harris Rich- ardson, Henry Hutchinson, A. C. Clauson, W. J. Hilligoss, Louis John and F. A. Silver. They had bought Second Ward—Alderman A. B. Palmer, candidate for re-election, “Third Ward—Clarence K. Fou cault, Bert Carver. One of these -will be the successor of Alderman E. L. Benner. Fourth Ward —P._ R. Peterson, Naish McKinnon. One to be the suc- cessor of the late John Croon. Fifth Ward—Otto Morken, unop- midji five. The first half ended with Bemidji leading by the count of 13 to 8. Higbe started the scoring for Bemidji by dropping- in two free throws and Brooke followed with a basket, giving Bemidji a total of four before Captain Larson counted a bas- ket for his team. Higbe came back [with two nice long shots from near| the center of the floor making the count 8 to 2 before Fosston counted again, Russell Larson netting the posed. Alderman Joanis is .not a candidate, he having served two basket from near the center of the|the land ‘mear where they sat with -terms. court. good, hard cash—bought it on the representations of a man who had Judges and Polls. First Ward—Judges, F. S. Arnold, | ‘Henry Miller, Edward Netzer. Polls, ‘Miller’s Store. . Second Ward—Judges, B. R. Erick- wson, J. A. Parmalee, Robert Lord. Polls, City building. Third Ward—Judges, P. M. Di- caire, O. B. Stephen, Charles B. Hoyt. Polls, Log House at Dicaire’s Store. Fourth Ward—Judges, G. E. Car- _son, Matthew Larson, John Cline. Polls, George Baker’s former jewelry _store, location, East Third street. Fifth Ward—Judges, D. S. Kidder, William Christianson, W. Daugherty Jr. Polls, Fire Mull, Nymore. The polls will be open at 6 o’clock in-the morning and close at 9 o’clock t-night. FRENT PROFITEERING IS FARGO MEETING TOPIC sought them out in their offices in the city—and now they were not par- ticularly happy over the purchase. “They were sixty-five miles from the nearest railroad. It was a good two hundred,yards to the nearest thing that bore even a resemblance to a house. Back of them a thick forest, mainly pine, but with scat- tered balsam, oak and birch trees whispered derisively and seemed to be laughing as the wind stirred the leaves. Even the flickering surface of the lake seemed to be smiling as though there was something amusing in their presence. “One of the group dug up a bit of blue tinted crystal from the sand and tossed it to another of the party. “*‘Have a sapphire on me, " he said, and the rest laughed. « “‘Thanks,’ was the snappy rejoind- er of the recipient, ‘T own a share of ninety acres of ‘mines’ of that kind myself, so you can keep yours.” And he cast the ‘gift’ into the lake.” Brooks and Fyffe Banished. The second half was much harder fought than the first half. In this half the Bemidji quint put up one of the best defensive games seen on the local floor this seaosn. The Fosston men had but few trials at the hoop in this half and most of these were anything but close, they cageing only two field baskets in the entire half. Fosston’s offensive consists practi- cally of three mer, the Larsui broth- ers and Fyfre their center. Three men found it an impossibility to break through the locals five man de- fenge on the large floor. Brooks, who played one of the best games of his career was ejected from the game in the closing minutes of the game for having the maximum number of per- sonal fouls as was also Fyffe, the visitors center. These two men play- ed a strong game for their team, but over eagerness caused them to be dis- placed when four fouls banished % them. Fargo, N. D., Feb.. 16.—The gen- ' H 2 eral public will have an opportunity Standing of Score. Site Worth Something. tonight to tell U. S. District Attorney Bemidji (24) B.F. P. T “As business men sometimes do Hildreth what they know about rent |Brooks, rf.............1 0 4 0 these ‘investors’ in sapphire mines profiteering. Naylor, rf.. "0 0 0 O0ftalked over the mater. It finally ap- For the past week a committee ap-|Higbe, If. .. ‘'4 8 0 0]pearedasthough all were agreed that pointed by the leading clubwomen |Stechman, ¢ 2 0 0 0ofthe site was worth something. One has been gathering data which will |Cochran, rg . 1 0 2 o]|wanted to make it a game preserve. be presented to the mass meeting to- |Stapleton, lg 0 0 1 0]That was defeated because it ‘is too inght. Landlords and renters. will [Riggs, Ig.............. 0 0 0 offar from everywhere’ The council both get a chance to presemnt their finally concurred that the country views. Totals ..oouvvn. .....8 8 17 0|was one of great promise and was Net incomes of 12 to 15 per cent Fosston (12) B. F. P. T.| worth the effort to make it good.” are profiteering, according to Col. |R Larson, rf........... 2 0 1 2 It was the beginning. Half an Hildren, who accepts the interpre-|L. Lgrson, If. 1 2 3 ofhour alter, when the president seated ‘tation of Judge McCall of iwestern |Fyffe, c.... 2 0 4 o0]in state on a pile of lake sand, the Kentucky. Movald, ¢ 0 0 0 ofsecretary reclining a few feet away The investigating committee al-|Olson, rg... 0 0 2 1|and scratching the minutes of the ieged that one landlord operating |Lade, 1g...... Erioliel Lol 0 0 0 o]meeting in the smooth surface of the two apartment houses reserves the beach, and other members stretched right of search and any time of the| Totals .............. 5 2 10 3|at length on the warm shore, a town- day may enter his flats to see if win-| Free throws missed—Higbe, 5; L. site and improvement company was dows are raised. If they are, he|Larson, 5. organized, and the first step taken penalizes his tenants five dollars for| Referee—Dr. J. W. Diedrich, Min- to develop what has proved and is each offense, it is said. nesota. proving to be a northern empire with Another instance was found where Timekeeper—W. B. Erwin, Illinois.| 2 live commercial center and pros- Tent on a two room flat, kitchenette N R R pects unsurpassed by any other terri- and bath, had been increased since tory of 40,000 square miles in the April 1, 1919, from $27.50 to $50. Cardiff.—The clan Jonmes was in|United States. The investigation committee is|strong force at a ‘Welsh village wed- Bemidii Is Born without enforcement power but hope | ding near here, when the bride, bride-| And so it was that this charmin groom, two bridesmaids, two parsons 2 so to arouse public opinion as to pre- it e vent the rumored general raise ex- city was born and the county of Bel pected March 1. and the organist—no relation to one another—were named Jones. (Continued on Page Eight) BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1920 —_— —, UNMARRIED BOWLERS Frank Hubert Smashes the bowling contest against the unmar- ried men two weeks ago Sunday, they seemed confident that they could al- ways win, but the unmarried men have turned the tables on them twice. Sunday afternoon the “singles” won by 127 pins, leaving them only 18 pins behind in the two contests. terday afternoon the ‘“meal ticket” outfit won by a total of 168 points in the three-game series. them in the lead by 150 points so far this season. to reach the 200 mark while the op- posing team broke the Frank Hubert smashed the maples for the highest score of the match, it being 204. [ 202 in the last game. Grand Total 2 Barney Popp .. Frank Hubert Grand total 2,601 SENSATION PROMISED al developments were promised today when the faculty of the University ot Minnesota meet to consider ‘“serious allegations’ regarding academic free- dom in the institution.” out by President M. L. Burion fol- lowing publication in the December issue of “Foolscap,” a student paper of an editorial asserting there was “intellectual school. paper, admitted to a lecal committee of the American Association of Uni- versity Professors that he wrote the editorial. " source of his information. students to the faculty until the in- structors are given academic free- dom,” Deinard wrote. e o “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION circplation of ‘ Comteat Miamesogio esiyerting. asoopied on this' guaran Weather forecast, 24 hrs.," Markham: Unsettled; increasing winds, warmer RENCH PRESS | BITTER OVER WILSON'S NOTE drawal of U. S. From European Questions Y 45¢ PER MONTH = FROM THE NETHERLANDS Along Mercantile Lines A last minute argument that -has been advanced against the city paving program is that an enormous sum of money will have to be paid out for interest and that in the end the paving will cost nearly twice the amount set for the improve- ment. This is erroneous and is l.mdoubtedly due to an unfamil- .iarity with the system. The $1565,000, that is to be used for the paving that will be paid for by the benefitted prop- erty owners, is to be raised by the issuance of certificates of indebtedness which will be sold and which can be taken up as fagt as the improvements are paid for. Any property owner benefitted by the pavement can pay the total amount of his as- sessment at once or he can take advantage of the fifteen years, in which case he would be ex- pected to pay the interest. The only interest that will have to be paid by the taxpayers at large is on the $30,000 that will be used for the paving of intersections and past public property. In case the refund is secured from the state the money so received can be -applied at unce to taking up the certificates of indebtedness and the interest will stop. . Bemidji needs the paving and it should be worth the slight amount of interest to get it :now- while this city is vieing ‘;with her other northern neigh- bors for the tourist trade. A newly established mercantile concern, that did not take ad- vantage of its credit and borrow ° money with which to extend its business would stand still and it is Just so with a new municipal- ity such as Bemidji. To wait until the money was collected before proceeding with munic- ipal improvements would mean the stagnation of the . city. Business-like methods favor do- ing the work now, and paying for it with the additional pro- ceeds that will come into the city as the result of the ‘im- . “provement. PAPER CALLS LANSING DISMISSAL “BRUTAL” Wilson’s Declaration Gets Hot Reply From Both Great Britain and France By Henry Woods. (United Press Corrsepondent.) Paris, Feb. 16.—Premier Millerand in an interview this afternoon ad- mlurd t:lathreAséd?mi Wilson's inter- vention in the Adriatic quest: h Miss Jetske Cremer, daughter of the|again delayed the golmqgon_ lons hed minister from the Netherlands to the United States and Mrs. Oremer, has jolned her parents in Washington. Bhe is of the debutante age and al- ready 18 a populur member of the yonnger set. Paris, Feb. 16.—The French press is aroused that President Wilson has sent a note to the entente, informing it that if it settles the Adriatic ques- jori without concurrence, the United ; States cannot concern itself further with the settlement of pending H ropean questions. 3 §Lil;n':ie is particularly bitter g ‘eriticism, declaring that Wilson from his “proud isolation” in the Shnuld He‘ire White House is again attempting to direct affairs on the continent “of which he has no conception.” La Libertie charges Wilson with having bxutslly-‘iismissed Secretary Lansing. i i [SS— BRITISH REPLY TO WILSON. (By United Press.) Paris, Feb. 16.—The British reply to President Wilson’s note threaten- ing American withdrawal from Eu- ropean affairs if the allies persist in ‘i their proposed settlement of the Adriatic dispute, without American consent, declares that Great Britsin and France are obliged to carry out the terms of the ultimatum submitted i to the Jugo-Slavia, January 20, it | was learned today. ) Jugo-Slavia must accept the solu- 4 tion offered or Great Britain and the French will support Italy in carrying fout' the past of London. ~ (By United Press) - Chicago, Feb. 16.—'*President Wil- son, because of his illness, should re- tire from office now, under the advice of his physician, family and friends,” Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, former pres- jdent of the American Medical asso- ciatton and professor of surgery at Rush Medical college, stated today. In a statement, which he said was based on known facts, regarding the president’s illness, he said: “The president’s stroke resulting from paralysis ¢f one side of his body is due to a disease of the ar of his brain, with a plugging up of thé arteries which supply the right part of his brain, which controls his left arm and leg. “The disease of the arteries is per- manent and not a temporary condi- tion. In other words, the president has a permanently damaged brain. He is evidently slowly recovering from the paralysis of his arm and leg and may recover fairly well, although never completely the use of his limbs. But the diseased arteries, which were responsible for the stroke and the damaged brain, will remain and will not be recovered frof.” CASS LAKE SAWMILL COMPANY HAS BOUGHT RUGGLES TRACT. REPORT TURN THE TABLES ON MARRIED BRETHERN Maples for High Score; What Happened When the married men won in the WHAT POLK SAYS. (By United Press.) New York, Feb. 16. —Frank L. Polk, acting secretary of state, today confirmed the report that the United States is not in agreement with the Franco-British compromise propogal 1 settlement of the Adriatic dispute. i “It is well known that this gov- | ernment is not in agreement with. the British and French proposal,” said Polk. Yes- This leaves Th i e married men were unable VEHICLE DRIVERS ORGANIZE WEDNESDAY line twice. George W. anso;, secretary of } the State Federation of Ladbor, will be present at the installation to be Barney' Popp secured Married ‘Men 1st 2nd 3rd held at the Moose hall on Wednesday i 3 igg }}z 18; e:en;‘ng, Etils fl‘o’clock when the local : 13! ;. = of the auffeur’s and Teamster’s " 150 182 155/ Located on East Side of Lake|union will be organized and officers ~ . 182 140 183 T Al h installed. | 1183 141 175 Beimidji and Along the Everyone who is interested in the ' ° formation of such an organization is especially urged to be present. SENATOR LODGE CALLS UP PEACE TREATY 1 (By United Press) . Washington, Feb. 16.—Senato Lodge called up the peace treaty in the senate at 1:42 o’clock this after- noon and moved at once that the senate take up his proposed on amendment on the reservation realt- ing to withdrawal for from the league of nations. i COUNTY NURSE HOME FROM SCHOOL CLINICS Miss Mae O. MacGregor, county nurse, returned last night from Baud- ette, where she has been engaged in conducting a clinic in the schools af Baudette and Williams, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. She was as- sisted by Dr. Cole of the State Board of Health in the baby examinations. Dr. Allison of Minneapolis, of the . Minnesota Public Health assocfation, was the dental specialist of the clinic. Dr. Forten of the Lake Julia Sana- torium had charge of the chest and lung examinations. He was also as- sisted by Mrs. Forten. There were 146 chest and lung cases examined, 264 dental cases, and 39 babies re- ceived medical examination. 707 1781 ,383)1" ¢ 8rd 202 158 140 Mississippi From a seemingly reliable source, report comes that J. Niels & Co., ot Cass Lake, who operate a saw mill, have purchased a large tract of the Ruggles timber on the east side of Lake Bemidji and along the river, with the intention of logging it next spring and summer. A representative of this concern met Ruggles in Bemidji the last week and it is asserted that Ruggles made an offer that was deemed falr, if the work could be started at the time desired. It is also reported that George W. Cochran has secured a tract from Ruggels and that he hopes to secure another nearby tract in s trade of some other timbered land from the Backus interests. pehs The plan of the Neils interests, it is said, means that the logs will be put into Lake Bemidji and run down the Mississippi to Cass Lake. MRS. MCFADDEN PASSES. Many friends were saddened to hear of the death on Saturday even- ing, of Mrs. Douglas McFadden, at her home, after an illness of but a few days. She leaves her husband, a ten months old child, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Winebrenner of Lake Plantaganet, a sister, who also resides at Puposky, and a brother, Paul, of this city. The funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church on Wednesday morning, at 10:30 o’clock. 2nd 160 204 166 166 192 168 184 864 876 Unmarried Men TODAY AT UNIVERSITY (By United Press) Minneapolis, Feb. 16.—Sensation- The call for the meeting was sent despotism’” at the Benedict Deinard, editor of the He also disclosed the “There can be no response by the §