Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1920, Page 1

NEW ALDERMEN ARE SEATED IV | ciry comer, \ Take Up Their Duties of Ad- ' yancing Best Interests .of Home City APPOINTIVE:OFFICIALS “* ARE Au- RE-ENDORSED New Committee Named; Four " Former Committees Are . No Longer Needed - DEPARTMENT HEADS NAMED: COMMITTEES ARE NAMED Councili ‘vice pres.—E. D. Boyce, * Pirst Ward, unanimously appointed. City attorney—Huffman, 7; Pege- low, 3. Health officer—Dr. Shannon, 6; Dr. L. A. Ward, 3. . .Street commissioner—W, E. Hazen, - unanimously reappointed. Truck driver in charge—William Gaines, unanimously reappointed. "Asg’t. truck driver—Ed Jewett, unanimously. Also, caretaker city ‘building. Reappointed. Scavanger—Joseph Hahn, pointed. City. -engineer and water sux_)erin- “tendent, E. J. Bourgeois, reappointed. Assigtant appointed: to water supt. ~—Harold Shwisher, reappointed: " “Police Department. Chief of police—Tom Bailey, re- : ... appointed. \ ; prattolmen—-‘Onlcers Arnold, Bren- . nan’ and Titus, reappointed. reap- Council committees for the ensuing - ‘President Vandersluis: - 7 Finance—Backus chairman; Boyce, McKinnon. ¥ ;: Auditing — Palmer, Jomnes, Boyce. -Streets and walks—Palmer,- chair- man; Backus, Barnell. Building—Jones, chairman; Car- ver, Cooper. Health—Morken, chairman; Jones, -.Cooper. Purchasing—Backus, McKinnon; Bagley. Municipal entertainment—-Barnell, chairman; Carver, Mcninnon. This is a new committee of the council. Water and light—Bagley, chair- man; Palmer, Vandersluis. Four commiittees were disposed with as they were. not needed, the council taking dare of the affairs of each committee. They are the poor committee, the duties of care for the poor being taken over by the county, except in urgent instances in Be- midji. The sewer committee was in name :chairman; chairman; . FARMERS' THREE DAY SHORT COURSE WILL -~ COMMENCE THURSDAY "Held at Blackduck March 4 to 6; Much of Value on Program . Farmers’ Short Course will be held at Blackduck on March 4, 5, and 6. _The sessions will begin each day at 19°a.'m. and at 1:30 p. m. The pro- . gram arranged for the course. Prof. “’A. J.‘McGuire will talk on the fol- lowing subjects: ‘Building" up a Herd. 4 Feeding Dairy Cattle; the Practi- cal and the Scientific. : Bréeds of Dairy Cattle. The Cooperative Creamery; its Ad- vantage to a Community. R Plans of Dairy Barns. Farming in the Timbered Section; clearing up the farm. W. L. Cavert will discuss the fol- lowing: . 3 : Cost of Producing Butterfat and ‘Way of Reducing Same. Cost of Producing Potatoes and ‘Way of Reducing Same. B Lessons from a Profitable Northern Minnesota Farm. Cost of Keeping Work Horses and ‘Way of Reducing Same. Planning Cropping Systems With a View of Maximum Returns. ° What are the Profits of the Farm Business. ‘Miss Juanita L. Shepperd will talk to the women about: Household Conveniences. Feeding for Health. “* Producing,and Conserving Food. ‘Planning the Family Meals. */“s7fhe Business of the Household. Profitable Dairy " "irne Ploneer is & member of the United | year were announced as foilows, by ! Special Ven “Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Council: s “Having been called by the people B, lecessary as| . ihis city to be its chief magistrate Entire List Drawn Is for the second time, I take this oc- % i | casion to again thank them for the - Exhausted honor conferred upon me. I am not 'unmindful of the duties and responsi- bilities, which the office imposes on me, particularly at this time when For ‘petit jurors to sit at the: con- tinuance of the term of dfétrict court, | there is. a feeling of unrest and dis-|' beginning March 30 at 9 . m., a spe- Lcontent, not only in our favored city, cial venire has been issued, since the | but“all over the land—all over the entire list of names selegted by the |world. d / board ‘of county commissioners: has| : For me to attempt to point out all the reasons for this unrest and dis- already been exhausted. The special content would be as futile, as for me venirs calls for 30 jurorsas follows: |4, suggest the remedy. It is a fact, F. B.'Harris, Battle River. which cannot be denied, however, E. A. Barkley, Kelliher. " that the unprecedented high cost of Gill Peterson, Turtle River. living and the activities of profes- Barl Merriman, Blackdudck. sional agitators, many of whom are Carl Bye, Blackduck. =: not citizens, have ‘Divid. Betterholm, Baudtte. about and are responsible for this M. Larson, Nymore. unhappy, not to say, alarming state Ole Selvag, Solway. of affairs, . 58 BEd Laudtke, Bemidji. “In this connection I recommend Axl,:l P"’“”“'] K°111h°’é~ i and urge that all employes of the g° \%’ vgt s""z"i’ G"““ OB+ 4= city employed by the day at manual Tt o Blackduek Iabor, be paid a fair living wage, tak- James Hand, Shotle 2 ing into consideration the high cost Arthur Dua.i Black{l.uck of living, that they be required to C. M. Johnson, Bemidji * work but eight hours per day, and Gust Palm, Baudette. * | that ‘in return, it be seen to that such Lee Lnkin: Puposky.. employes given an honest days work M. D. Weeks, Spooner. in return. Charles Walstad,”Nymore. Reviews Past Year. William Henrick, Malcolm. . J. J. Dunn; Baudette. George Weinor, Nebish. * John Dancher, Bemidji. Ed Odegaard, Nymore. Gust Berg, Bemidji. made by me, in my first message to 'you have been carried, or are being Thomas Melby, Dutchie. Syvert Dokken, Saum. Richard Leet, Bemidji. STATE PAYS HUGE SUM "TO BELTRAMI COUNTY . DURING THE PAST YEAR Local Taxes Paid to State for All Purposes Less and the demonstration beyond doubt or question that we have an unfail- ing supply of the purest water, with- cost of which would have been enor- mous, ful, still, lake water. association. Outlines 1920 Program. . | completion.of our armory, or & the guestion of our getting State Auditdr J. A. O. Preus, information .of the county auditors BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVE 'MAYOR'S ADDRESS TO, NEW COUNCIL carried out. Among these is the re-| Charles Mosen, Bemidji. modeling of our city hall, the exten-|true, that ¢ sion and repair-of our water works,|our roads, with one or two exceptions, D “This year will, I fiope, see the "'!un Onesixtr h ; ) loast| unfork ] one-in | OF Né&r 1 Actording to a statement issued by |the near future definitely settled in|I recommend and urge, that during for the | the affirmative. My recommendation | the - bathing. season a life’ guard be for & suitable memorial to our soldier|stationed there during.the day time, boys has taken form in the securing and that he be furnished :suitable life NING, MARCH 2, 1920 years be continued, and that no new, salary-paying offices be created by your body, which are contrary to the provisions of . our character. It specif- ically enumerates who and what such ofticers; elective and appointive, shall be, and; emphactically declares that no-others shall ‘be created. Improvements Made. . ““Our_revolving . fund has been wn for the sum of $20,209.34. This -represents the cost, largely of sidewalks and curbs, laid in anticipa- 'tion of /paving, and the cost will be largely 'paid. back by . the property benefitted, The permanent improve- ment fund shows an outlay of $19,- 856. 'This represents permanent im- provements which must be paid by the city; and were made in. view of the proposed Babcock system of high- largely brought|ways, and with the intention of being ready to ‘take advantage of it, whereby, we' will be reimbursed for the_cost 'of paving a strip eighteen feet wide on certain streets and av- enues. "We should strain every nerve to securd;our share of that appropria- tion. * This means that we must pro- vide thg money, and pay for paving the en and avenpes, in the first place, as well avenues, :and then, we will be paid back 'the cost of ‘the-eighteen foot strip, and the balance of the cost of such paving, exclusive of street and “] am' gratified to feel and know |avenue: intersections will be paid by that many of the recommendations|the property abutting. Would Improve Roads. : «J¢ is'ynfortunate, but nevertheless e ‘very worst parts of are the parts immediately in connec: tion with our .paved streets, and this fact has caused a great deal of un- out resorting to a filtering plant, the|favorable eomment by tourists. I recommend that in this work, and and although perhaps health-|all our public works, all things con- sidered, our local contractors should “QOur city hall is modern and up to|be given the preference, and that in date in all respects and affords ample the purchase of suppliep,and material office rooms for all departments of |used by: the city, no individual, firm our city government, besides splendid | or corporation, 0 quarters for our Civic and Commerce |3, profiteer ‘should be patronized or who is known to be considered. Urges Life Guard. “In view' of the fact that several drownings occurred at ond ; Point-Jast-summer, and ‘showing the amounts which: the by the park board, I"aiti advised, :of saving apparatus and .appliances. I state treasury paid to each county during the calendar year, 1919, and the amounts the counties paid in to the state during the same perfod of time, 83 counties in the state paid $3,557,254.02, while the remaining three counties paid $2,690,701.37, making a total of $6,247,965.39. Of the total of $8,816,434.54, ; v anl which the state has paid to the coun- |caused bitter and well merited criti- ties, 83 counties reecived $7,508,-|cism by str-w%l('ls, s and our own people 817.73, while the other three coun-|as well—a drinking fountain. ties received only $1,307,616.81. the ;Ie';e:n"&“"s';“fi:g"g Hennep}n, Ram-1 ~ «The condition of our finances, is, Beltrami count.y paid to the state on the whole, satlsigctory, although during 1919, for state taxes 828: some of our funds are largely over- 437.84 for all purposes. Pa'ym;mt’s drawn, viz: Qeneral fund $29,719.39, from the state to this county amount- ;’:“;3:;‘?;7 B‘gg'gz‘*:i:& :g'ggggg' ,082.34, ,309.80, ed to $182,473.53, which is over six making in all over drafts of $48, times the amount paid in. : to, get from the county, at the April FARGO BANK CLOSING settlement, about $25,000. Our ex- EC;HO IS HEARD TODAY | penditures for the years have5 been 3 extraordinarily heavy—$159,957.72 (By United Press) the largest item of which $67,888.72 Bismarck, N. D., March 2.—An|was drawn on the water fund, and I echo of the Scandinavian bank clos-|am satisfied, and I believe the people a gite for a memorial park, near the Normal school, but I am still of the opinjon that such memorial, or an+ of a fountain in our downtown park, and thus combine a beautiful re- " Report on Finances. ing was heard here today when-argu-|of the city, generally, are well satis- ments were made before District|fied that it was well spent in securing Judge Nuessele in a suit brought by|an adequate supply of artesian water, Attorney General Langer and ‘Secre-|and in. extending our water mains tary of State Hall to prevent pay-iand improving our water system, and :inentt of tsi;la;y t}g H. Oi Paulson, as|it ijg a splendid showing, that with eputy state bank examiner. such a large expenditure, that fund Paulson was appointed by O. E.}is gver drawn only $3,309.80 Lofthus, bank examiner, to succeed ; Ginseal Fund. . e und. P. E. Halldorson, after {le latter,|e closed tHe Fargo bank. “The general fund shows an ex- penditure of $43,044.13. Out of this HARMONICK SINGERS |ronwing Sapcnses of the city, and 1 GREATLY PLEASE HEARERS other memorial should take the form |steps be taken in th 508.40. To apply on this, we expect, recommend and urge ithe closest working relationship hetween your body and the park rd, so that ear future to begin a system of;'selentific im- provements of our parks. Unless minder of their sacrifices with a cry-|this is commenced and carried on ing necessity, the lack of which has!from year to year, we will have to supply many of the natural beauties of our parks which nature has so lav- ishly supplied. Gentlemen, I am a servant of the people ag you are, all and each of you. 1 want to work with you and every other good citi- zens in buildings up a bigger, better Bemidji, in the enforcement of law, {in" making our city more. beautiful iand attractive, in advertising its un- equaled beauties and advantages to the home builder and as a market, and in advertising the hundreds of thousands of cheap, fertile acres sur- rounding it. Let us be open and candid in our relations with ourselves and the people, tolerant of each oth- ers views, unopposed to free speech, the right of assembly and petition, within the law. Co-operation Welcomed. «] extend to the people of the city of Bemidji a cordial invitation to be present at your meetings. They are not star chamber nor executive ces- sions. They are for the transaction solely of public business. Your at- tendance will be welcomed by the council. It will hearten and strength- en them, will show your appreciation of their efforts for the good of the city, and, remembering that they are giving their services gratis, your at- tendance will also remove many false impressions which many’ people have am glad to be able to say that no city of the size of Bemidji, in Min- Before a large attendance the Hur- monick Glee Club presented a very. nesota, can make such a good show-|of all governing or legislative bodies, ing, and as the public examiner well|and will give you a better understand- s8id, a few years ago: Although our|ing of how the business of the city enjoyable program last evening at’ city continues to grow, we manage to the Methodist church under the aus-|Fun it at a minimum cost. I cannot pices of the B. P. O. Elks, The club|too strongly urge that the precedent is composed of some of the best talent | thus established and followed for in the city and after several months of training under the direction of Béth Evans - Yaple has grown to a membership of 15, all of whom have previously had experience in glee club work. It is the object of the club to create a better interest in music among the citizens of the city and to that end will ilve sezeral slmll:ar contests dur-| Granville, Ill, March 2.¥—Bees ing the coming months. played “ha’nts” to George F. Treudt Much credit is due to Raymond |y : % Hannah, tenor, who, besides carrying here recently, but George didn’t mind out his own part in the program, took |it—When he found they had pro- the place of Don Gray who was un.|duced several hundred pounds of able to participate in the concert on|honey during their spooky evening account of illness. sfestas. The program previously arranged F . g was well tarried out and every num- hl; ‘;‘;n’:;’;e;ah:nb:fli’e:;n'f’;‘;:d'b;": ber was greeted with favor. Mijss Arvilla Kenfield acted as accompanist | Peculiar buzzing sound coming ap- parently from the roof of his house. and during the number ‘“Beautepus Night” wai assisted by Mr. Mauritg, | For a time he-blamed the noises on violinist. - electric wires, but neighbors held to As a closing number the club sang | the belief the house was haunted. Finally' when Treudt made a search “The Star Spangled Banner” which’ met with hearty recognition. in the garret, he found the house had (By United Press) ‘GHOSTS’ LEAVE HONEY - | DEMOCRATIC TEMPEST IN ROOF OF HOUSE| -“BREAKS. SOUTH DAKOTA is conducted than any published ac- counts can give. - “Sincerely, “L. F. JOHNSON.” (By United Press) . @ioux Falls, S. D., March 2.—Sioux Falls today was the center of the first Democrati¢ tempest of the nationa’ elections this year. 4 - James ‘W. Gerard, minority candi- date of South Dakota democrats for the presidential nomination and James O. Monroe, independent Demo- cratic candidate, are elated for a de- bate tonight on presidential cam- paign issues. e A A R A A A A A A A AN many, many more inhabitants than he had imagined. Thé bees had been at work for months. Sl ol il TN . SR o O O3 1 SIS 7 N A SN | OO G SO RO - 0L P B 2 B LI S QUL MU A s TSR T T O o L B 20 i T of width of such streets|Its. machinery is ready to assume ;a8 the 'intersections of streets and| Generally fair, brobably colder. NORTHWEST ROADS IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN OTHER SECTIONS For Private Control Turn-Over, Says Executive Heads of Systems (By United Press) . St. Paul, March 2.—Railroadd of the northwest are in much better shape than roads in many other sec- tions of the country for resumption of private control. While executive heads of the lines had made preparations in advance for resamption of private control, many readjustments are now made necessary by passage of the Bsch- Cummins bill. In the Twin Cities, the chief relic of government administration of the roads is the joint ticket oftices, which will be maintained indefinitely, offi- cials said. In.addition to the down- town consolidated ticket offices the station windows will be maintained Jjointly. . The Northern Pacific has settled upon organization and methods to be adopted under ' private ownership. responsibility. The Great Northern has undergone adjustments and pnnges in depart- mental administration. Most of the Omaha pre-war admin. istration is intnc%\ Few others of the many roads “pperating in the northwest have made significant changes in administration. There have been many stories abroad that the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Burlington routes would merge soon after pri- vate operations are résumed. Offi- cials have pointed out that congress will have to change the anti-trust laws, apparently, before such a step could be completed. A BEAUTIFUL LIFE SLOWLY EBBS WHEN MRS. MARCUM PASSES, Leaving an Aching Void in the Hearts of Family and Host of F_riend_- Bemidji was stunned this morning, when it was learned that one of the city’s best known and loved young women had passed away at St. An- thony’s hospital, Mrs. Walter F. Mar- cum, wife of the business manager of the Sentinel. Death resulted from an attack of the “flu” about a year ago, that later developed into lung trouble. Mrs. Marcum was 30, years old January 26. She was born in Min- neapolis and resided there with her parents until 1906, when the famuy. moved to Bemidji. She attended the| schools of Bemidji and was a grad- uate of the high school. On June 24, 1912, she married Mr. Marcum of this city, and since that time they had made their home here. Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Jack, five years old; her parents, Mr. and Virs. George Kreatz; taree brothers, Clayton, of Detroit, Mich.j Reuben, of St. Louis, Mo., and Ray- mond of Bemidji; also a sister, Miss Lorraine Kreatz, who is a student in the High school. Mrs. Marcum was a member of the Presbyterion church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, being active in both, before her illness. - e EASTERN STAR CHAPTER TO PASS RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT The regular meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, scheduled for this evening at the Masonic temple with initiation as a feature, will be devoted solely to the preparation of a tribute to its late sister, Mrs. Wai- ter. F. Marcum. ‘There will be no initiation ceremonies and it is hoped the attendance will be large. MITCHELL ELECTED FOR THREE YEAR TERM H. Z. Mitchell has returned from Minneapqjis, where he attended the annual convention of the Minnesota Editorfal association, held at the Radisson hotel, and at the election of ofticers and committeemen Mitchell was appointed to the executive com- mittee as the successor to the late Frank Meyst, and will serve a term of three years.” ': When Mr. Meyst died, Mr. Mitchell was named his successor temporarily, and at the meeting of the associa- tion was chosen a permanent execu- tive. The meeting was one of the largest ever held by the association and offi- cers elected were: = President—J. R. Landy, Olivia. First vice—Philip Leisch, New Ulm. . Second vice.—W. E. Verity, Wa- dena. Third vice—J. -B. Coughlin, Waseca. i Soere'tary—l. E. Casey, Jordan. Treasurer — Herbert Hotaling, Mapleton. Weather forecast. 24 hrs.,, Markham; = 45¢ PER MONTH = I ROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT 'HAY SHADOK TREATY ISSLE lnv Mfi!hl Campaign ‘Aca cording to Developments of Past Few Days | SENATE IS NOT LIKELY ° TO TAKE FINAL ACTION If Such Should Occur Public Attention Would Be At- tracted at Once ' | By L. C. Martin (United Press Correspondent), Washington,, March 2.—The pro- hibition = enforcement may over- shadow the treaty as the big issue of the presidential campaign, according to developments of the last few days in the political situation, as it 'be- comes increasingly evident that the sepate is not lLxely to take final ac- tion on. the treaty, and that the treaty issue will be thrown into -the eampaign there is an apparent move- ment to dwarf it by injecting prohi- bition into the fight. This movement is believed to have the backing of some politicians who do not want the ‘treaty as the para- mount issue in November. Their be- lief is that prohibition would over- shadow the treaty and that this would be particularly true, it is held, if the two parties went into the cam- paign with slightly different treaty blanks, both tavoring reservations, any so-called Americanizing reserva- tions. But the clear;cut isuse of beer and light wines for home cons!gnment as against the present strict enforce- ment of dry laws would get public attention at once. BIG DOINGS IN MOOSE LODGE IS PROGRAM THIS EVENING Tonight will be a *““big night” in the Moose lodge, for it will be the occaslon for electing all otricers of the order, and there will be also an initiation of a class. There will also be a gratifying feed in honor of the new executives and members, and it is heartily dedsired that every member, who possibly can, be present. SUITABLE HOUSES FOR RURAL TEACHERS NEEDED (By United Press) Moorhead, March 2.—One of the problems complicating the rural school teacher question will be solved when directors recognize the necessity of building teacherages, ac- cording to 8. 0. Tang, county super- intendent of the Clay schools. Re- luctance of farmers to room and board teachers in some localities has made it hard to get well qualified instructors into the county schools. BUY YOUR TICKETS FROM COMMITTEE OF LEGION SELLERS The More Post Sells the More It Receives From Janis Photoplay Elsie Janis will be filmed in a pho- toplay entitled “A Regular Girl” at the Grand theatre Wednesdady and Thursday of this week, both at the matinee and the evening perform- ance, under the auspices of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion. This picture shows the well known Elsie mingling with the “boys” again as she did “over there,” when she became known and loved by every man or woman in uniform. Miss Janis, after two years absence from her public, has returne: with the same dash and “pep” that has wom her addmirers wherever there is life and smijles. This is her first appear- ance in a Selznick picture and the production has been termed a ‘‘regu- lar” picture wherever it has been shown. The cast also includes Matt Moore as the leading man. Tickets have been on sale for some time by every member of the Ralph Gracie post at 35 cents each. The- committee in charge of the ticket selling consists of Whitney Brown, Fred Fraser and R. E. Welle, and is- desirous .of having as many a8 pos— sible purchase tickets from a,Legion member, since the more tickets sold by the Legion, the more proceeds go: to the local post.