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i ] 5l g - ! : “-'I-’\‘,} e ROVEER, . /o WS OUT OF TODAY'S PAPER ' _MEMBER UNITED’ PRESS ‘The Pionegr is ‘s member of the United Press, Today’s world’s news, today. Weather: forecast 24 hrs, Markham; ET \ Clearing, with squalls. Fairitomorrow . 45c PER MONTH — ) WON RAGE To HELP SUFFRAGE - STAMPEDEF()R | LAND BY THOSE Many ’Fariher_l- From Other : . ) [ POULTRY DATA FORPEACE WAS |- vstneme"| BELTRAMI CO. STATEDTODAY) ————| AREC0 1,200 Farms in :Southern Part | Had _AboutF . Slxt;::mg States Seeking Homes A Per. Fi 1 ot g , ) Spring Chicken a la;Beltrami i g i §% ‘ | of Opportunity 4 Patatoes a la. Blackduck ‘| WARM WELCOME HAND HEARTILY EXTENDED {| CONSTANT DEMAND 1N " ' 'BEMIDJI NOT SUPPLIED SECRETARY OF STA TAKES OATH'OF Creqméd ,Cl.rzfits ,fif\ ; er ‘Buttered Asparagus Tips T‘ | . ~Corn Fritters a-1a Baudette ] President Call Mipefs and ;;ddhm- ‘“dt Tomato Sauce ‘Markh.un Hotel Serves and| 'l ‘| Absolute Facts of What Has ream, Babcock Plan Uses Large ,Qu:nti!yf;,Com parison jn Counties $ erators to Co}fer qun“ ; j Part of the State " Spooner 1 Food Cake Tenstrike Coffee ’ W 5 ) -~ b 3 \ o Pioa cofr L By Hugh Bailee. " ( Members > ‘Data gathered by W. L..Calvert, Ages o (United ‘Preds Correspond: ‘trami Cou ; l‘lie x{uag 013%% farm management demonstrator,: an in Ngn)"t;;; e]:fi:l::::tam; farm: e : ni 2 g i ‘County Real- te Bo N. E..Chapman, poultryman), with the o 5 From the states of Illinois, - to right: Mr. Jesse A. Bloch, milllonaire senator and- tobacco manu- of nois, Iowa, indiana, Nebraska,. Wisconsin and southern Minnesota, as well as ‘trom North Dakota and J{ontana, come the tidings that farmors have sold their farms with a view to taking up homes in northern Minnesota. ‘Why? That's the question. +{easily answered. ' ‘Because: ‘1.—You can raise as much on an 49 acre of land in-Beltrami county as 3 A Wuh%o‘ n, March 23 —President| partake of the above delicacies at the “division of the state agri- . Wils ik veto the\)Knofl\relolnfi{oa first annual banguet of ‘that body t9 ::::::;?nc&il:ge. nwho recently sp%ll'(e ‘faéturer of West Virginia, who raced across continent to cast his vote for v, deé a state of ‘peace with Ger-|be held at Hotel Markhsm, Wednes-|, o1 audience of interested poultry | women's tights in West Virginia, and Mrs. EIll A. Yost of Morgantown, West: Aty oF ANy ‘@:; e Haout| iy evening at 8 o'clock, marking the | yraisers in Bémidji, shows that Minne- | .Virginie, chairman of the campaign committee of the West Virginia Equal may- pase in an effort to bring about| progress being made by real estate|sata's poultry products in 1919 were/. SuMrgye association and who has been directing the long fight 1s Wedt Vi&- peace. without - ratifying. tho peace|owners and ~dealers in Beltrami|yorth - qearly = $61,000,000, ~ The fa for ratification. It was Bloch's vote that decided the fate of equal wuf~ treaty, it was learned today. county, ¥ number of laying hens in the state in West Virginia, * ¢ : - Among the guests expected to at-| was foynd to be 12,000,000 and the x ¢ T = b i T HOUSING - It is ADVICE OFFERED TO : % ; tend and who have had a vast amount ra productfon per hen in| "% G.0.P..WOMEN MAY DECIDE. | ;¢ experience in the realty business, fn::m ieociggw'ae placed, at seven doz- (By United Press.) are Senator P. H. McGarry of Walker, |en. * ! j e €hicago, March 28.—Womdn dele-|C. E. Southwick, secretary .of the| = Beltrami' county contributed a}° PRI IEM BEM“' IE HEEP RMSE Rs i oy gates to the republican uafiog ‘con-| Minnesota Realty Owners and Deal-|small amount of the $60,980,000 re-| PROB lN Jl STA S lyl::ll‘i::;lnl;;lfi: G m:ove 2.—You can secure a quarter sec- | "@ . . vention in June may hold the bala ers association; ‘- Senator Elwell,| ceived from- poultry in: Minnesota| ;. - 1 2 A 7 of :power in selecting the republican| kno) as the - father -of the good|during the year 1919. According to| = ’ Sl'm"w BE SOLVED BY EXTB‘SION EXPERTS 'tion or . more here for about one- & .~ pregidential; . nominee; - republican movement in Minnesota; .G. G.|reeords in the office of the county| . ; ar T s & B g eighth of what they aré selling land v . Womien leaders prédicted today.:.. . |Winter of Minneapolis, manager of|agricultural agent, southern Beltra-| - b : or in the above mentfoned states. i _One hundred women are ex;xeud the land .department of the Crookston unty has, 1,200 farms with an | Plans -Discussed to Take Care 3rd—You find here churches, 1 1o be elected to the conventio Lumber company; E. C.. Leedy, -im-|average of sixty hens per farm." This| / of Visit A D schools, soclal centers and markets, A ‘. cording to Mrs. Gf ‘W. Reine E%fi'm g‘:ll:i:li‘mfi for fll‘v?flfi | 1Y m"f"" 189 1‘.‘;"’;’“" 1“:‘2 —‘l:“" g:“:‘] ‘“:‘:,"fi- 3 tors as.cLome . second to none in the northwest. % : cago. Becretary .o orthern Railway company; W. n in , bu umber is ¢ B A A \ tion of ‘the national. Gemmell, general ' manager of thel !‘ng“; S,Nfl‘l“:: Bumzctl:e fi:lsd& In the West We "'hwuvo rmnzzog},onl:“fionhém Al y 33 | ey shows but two, flocks of 200, and| "po red e ,{Minnesota. The kind who extend a of laying heas; and only about | fPo 1¢;lnpehtne- h;““"“ .congestion| gy Ppgyul, March 28.—Co-operativé|warm ‘hand of welcome. The kind i ing, from. 108 ta oF: “’“::"" e coming '_.““’m‘?,g'”‘.“’ marketing of wool as a farm bureau|who are glad to see you do well and zen rang : 3 are: nuder: wa; tg;q%-flmw' A'-_J‘V“:-; project. is_recommended . letter|ihe kind who will help yoy to.do well " of--bet beachson’ s of Lake Bomid)i| 0. county sgents:by W (¥étyiody up here Bas tbmie ‘from ¢ . et izt the dont res begh s 'm’m b farm management-demonstrator, .mf somewhere and knows what it means B whle e p : g it ¥ :‘: mter of tu a age ;’ W A, McKerrow, state - leader offto greet others with hénd of sincere valug ttend:. . Fresh Eegs: Demanded - - ttages, erect & large building.to.bely, anpock ' extension, both -of. Uni-|fellowship. time” is ‘planned. and' the comm The constatit demand fot “fresh{used as a:general dining Lall, where Versity farm. They advise that.the B e; University Farm Officials Sa; Counties and Communities « Should Organize ice | tim planned: antl' | nittes mand fof Y ! It f. easy to make 4 home in Nor- icidl{in En:eunpiax':_m effort to ma d poultry by the ity of Be-fneals ean be-gerved on the cafeteria|, o) Trowers of a given community|thern Minnesota.. Yes, and it will one to be.we! . |plan. 1 bea “h i > e. we . _|or county form a wop) selling associa~{bea “home, sweet home”, too. You'll - C. W. Jewett; who recently return: tion similar to a livestock shipping never want'a better one and you’ll 1) _ od from aa extended trip through the | associstion for the handling of wool | never want better nelghburs. Strang- | 34 the presént time the bulk of poul- |Fangement, it being.most successrully [ o1 commission only, the prodices Vhaix #ararise, Gro DIk tRLly. M0 40 '| try - products .are-shipped’ into: the]con: fucted. in western summer resorts, | receive. all proceeds less the. sheak, and the bigger this mm'lly be- . X { pern A .| handling. : Y pountry from farther south., The It is g well known fact that tour- |’ “Sellsn of wool,” says Mr. Cavert,) comes, the happier and more pros- “MINE CONFERENCE CALLED. 3 N - (By United Pre;s) Many hotels, restaurants and cafes of | 18ts were; compélled to sleep in their y y i e T4y Ykied Prew) Williston, NAD:, March 23.—Miss | the sity usé large quantities of eggs | Cars and out in the open last summer, | ‘are often at a great disadvantage D eore, s (IR, & .. "Washington, March .23.—Premdent 'E. M. Jack of this_city enjoys the ry daily. ‘The Markham ho- while touring’ through' this section of because it is not worth while 1 liate to come to any new' coramunity. ‘Wilson today called miners and oper-|ynjque-distinction of being'pres! Tequires two and pne half |the ‘state, and there should be mo|outside buyers to travel . long' dis/[JHt0 10 COmE Lo AR M O are ¢ ators to join a conference to reviselgs 5 state engineers’ association. The | cas ‘tlie tables, or repetition of such experiences, as far[tances to purchase the relatively :‘&““ to move from an old community to ) P quantities the growers have to offer.|, oiior byt if they feel the warm = the ;wage schedules on® the basis re-) North Dakota association chose Migs|over ‘ten dozen per day." ‘The ‘price |48 Bemidji -is_conterned,” said Mr. a8 ¢d'in ‘thé majority report of | Jack, who is. Williston’s ‘city engi-|pgid during the past winter has rang- | JEWettl o Almost any commodities can ‘be|, ... af fellowship and hand of wel- /The Tagley Land & Investment Company, who own and operate some ten farms in the Red River Valley, comprising more than 2,000 ‘acres of fine farm land, have decided to open offices in Bemidji May 1st. It will be.the company’s main offices with E. J. Tagley, former cashier of the Gully State Bank, in charge. Besides owning farms in the Red River Valley, The Tagley Land & In- vestment Company owns a chain of banks in Northern Minnesota, a large flour mill at Gully, Minn., a number \‘ e ; “Much Ado About Betty” has been selected as the class play for the senior class of the Bemidji High school,; and the first rehearsal was held today in preparation for the 3 commende J ] \ by ‘the coal commission. <y neer, as their president in their 1ast|ed ‘ffom' $12!to $22 per case. Three!’ Consiflerable interest has already|marketed advantageously if they can 5§ : = convention. 2 g % iggamn'nd: ‘pounds of :onltry‘was wised {Deen: created and active work along|be handled in carlots. The United|“*™® 8?80;'&1:‘:::1"?‘? ;:;:‘?)""h"“ X C—— ,- ‘| by this hotel, at an average price of the 1ines above suggested will soon |States crop reporter says that except| . . H ] ey v ROGRAM THUR' for cliicken, and 34 cents for turkeys. [ two or three very.small counties g - P. 4 E e 0VER 150 FAMIUFS g J’Jhere are about 1,500 families in sm m Y there is a;aflicienth she;p inh ehu_ch LAND AND INVBTMENT o / ~ : . the eity, that should use from four to, 3 county in Minnesota to furnish ship- % * On Thursday evening at th: Mevth- WOUI‘D COME lF THEY | five ca‘s'es of eggs, and 75,000, pounds|. -. S : ments of one to six cars of wool. If coMP ANY WIU. OPEN odist church, a program will be given com.n SECURE HOUSB of poultry, annually, making, a splen- ; CAST smcrm FoR this wool could be pooled and sold HEAMU ARTERS m to be-a first-class entertai‘;ntnent. 1;29 K TN all' Kinds. ' There should “bé more| ers would realize from 8 to 15 cents | . program will be 3;‘:“‘;‘1‘“ tl(:m::r vl s large poultry flocks in the immediate a pound more than they could ebtain By way of introduction, the organ-|.ge, ¢iotics~ Compiled = Prove|vicinity of Bemidji to supply this lo- | by marketing it alone.” A 3 - o 4 B r i W o . ol ;‘;?:5 ":“:st;’:?‘x;;fx;:;‘:fig;’i:gy This to Be % Fact; £ Beltrami Like Carlton . “Much Ado About' Betty” Is|used successfully in Minnesota and( ly Interested in Rich Lamis have supported at the Georgia Robin- Action Needed " The character of the'land about Title; First Rehearsal neighboring :o“,;zi‘;;i,,,‘;':ffi;,,;‘,',‘,‘;‘;;‘;;,'; and Banking iy d 4 E Bemidji is much like: certain sections, Held Today 3 past two years. ey have also made| - . -« =T 2 : d u 8. 2 a plpdge toward the maintenance of |’ Statistics gathered heré during the| yhere poultry keeping -has become d“{l.fl_th""t.bi“ g:‘::;g Z‘:‘;fi?‘“ mo:nat the new dining hall of the Wesley|past few. months show that there are|yery popular. Last year the cream-|, p}x e T“c aon, - iaslonc® Th%;n lan e ey & et {) re il % ery, which handles the eggs of its of wool on col o P being made by Queen Esther circles, | cities, who desire to rent homes_in b sty entitles them tothe privilege of nam- Bemi:iji, but are unable to do so, be-|average price of 45 cents per dozen, ‘1"9 119918 d‘“d b¥l I°w:ufl‘s‘d.n"2“g;t$. <ying the new hall. cm%!e every house is now o¢cupied. 1e average net profit per hen on the price ::r t‘}'l:m;el%e:e 1 ™ 5.0 % i e aripus plans have been suggested|’ ° (Continued on Page Eight) < . = 3 \ to ;tlalieve thiil condition, but the] gHERE RN iy S . 2:5";‘::;:: on May 7, afternoon problem is still unsolved. 2 " oo oo WARNING lssum To To relieve.these conditions 'gmd en- MAI-E CHOIR FEATURE The play is written by Walter Ben y * " PUPILS TO KEEP OFF |5y aussqubicerstomake toeirhomel * O NOON-DAY LUNCH [5oovicne sporosimstely o, nour PERMANENT OFFICERS . - : ¢ and Corlhn:,eracec:?:;l::iaiieo: haseb"e;ll: o Foatdeab-daa for presentation. The cast of char- DEFEmVE LAKE ICE active preparations to solve the prob- ;f::nr;eficl:%? l:n:letgen of lmet cdhss Retail Clerks and Salesladies com- . . - 4 ave, been selopiel plef;eq-l their organtzation at Odd Fel: . QUEEN _ngrm‘mvn ‘| 20. cents per pound for geese, 24 cente besln.»ilt-h said, : for several undeveloped counties in by the Queen Esthers, which promises did x%arket for poultry preducts. of PRBW ATI Y 7 it is practically certain that the farm- i ~ E—— Tagley In A i ization wish to say-that the proceeds cal demand. Two methods of selling have been agley Interests Are Extensive- ' son’ orphanage in Porto Rico for the 0 : ! whout Barnum. in Carlton dounty, and its sale for cash on a designated orphanage of Porto Rico. Tuis pledge more than: 150 families from .other s . patrons, paid $53,000 for eggs, at an was used by many Minnesota counti i Hare and is made up of three acts, lem . Featuring .the noon-day luncheon . 2 4 CrTe © " |of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce|follows:. s : Harnwell Also Warns - of vocal selections by .the Harmonick | Major (Jartre Labor accepted the organization as|have options on, or control, some 20,- ’ 000 actes of land in Beltrami and 4 Clearwater counties. Because :lan houses have agreed to use some of ! h . b 'Glee club,, under the direction of |Ned O’Har _Ralph Lofmaker a member of the federation. ; &eekers are_coming into this territory ] their capital for the purpose of|'yys Paul Yaple and accompanied by |Mr. E. Z. ich......Carlton Crothers|® 'O O O 1" olected as follows: Danger of “Catching-On” building houses to be rented. i ed. iy A 4 e Miss Arvilla Kenfield, pianist. & President, C. K. Foucault; first vicé? Auto Trucks- . Others have agreed to invest cer-I 2 136 w3 ¢ \ fain amounts to be placed in a-fund v'v}'s:lrev?elte' mbtn:uu;;t i:?)tth;maptteo":t'il:: igbe | President, John Mno[one second vi ‘ybia?ie :Egfius&g;awi:gmthg;x; ’t?; 5 Sounding a warning which should Wh'i‘chheyw’rltlzilli):e ?fl:ddii‘;l;l:h“ &uhlpo;;)see; of the board of diregtors of the asso-|Officer Riley. i g;::ld;rr:;'i dgfl:s Fred majoy portion of its efforts in the be carried on by the public school|and appreciate the fact that the ciation at its meeting’ today will be|Officer Duga: tary, Miss Agnes land dgvelopment business, “Every where you go people are talking Northern Minnesota lands,” said Mr. Tagley, “and we have reas- ons to believe that there will be a A great influx of settlers into this terri- tory.” ! " The People’s State Bank pf Pine- wood is one of their chain of banks , and Mr. Tagley expects to go there next week to open this new institu- tion The charter has already been granted and the bank will be in oper~ ation within a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Tagley will take-ap- partments in the Kaplan building. laid heforedt}.lg _busines:] s;lss'i;oréhto- fir. Ebgnezet O’Hare..Robert Naylor urer, H. H. Kerr. =7, i - 2 morrow and it is urge at - there | Mrs. Ebenezer O’Hare. " b Rt . P l(a;t,e:;t: vgifl‘;}:-‘,l,‘g:fil, :Sfas:;n;r(;lse;g: 22‘:::?:'1 from 500 to 1,000 during the |y, "; "jayse attendance that all busi- Flovence Bagley|,, .Lhe local. has a membership of ¥ P it C g year, provided enough houses may be takén ecare of properl Fg fta LaPointe | thirty and will meet the second and tive of the Bemidji Cl(;gc am‘}i Cotx};‘l- can be - erected. ness may e, of properly. tl::;a V?Iegls’tler fourth Tuesday each month. g “merce association, addresse e| That money invested in building in T AND MRS DI . i f meeting of the local teaching corps|Bemidji/ is a ‘good investment can PRESIDENT AND MRS DEPUTY ' |Et e D—-MY;IQNR"“F GOVERNOR’S MANSION “held at the High school building at|not be disputed and if the funds are| = HOSTS TO FACULTY MEMBERS e Jaze o FURNISHED BY WARDS 4:15 o’clock Monday afternoon, and|properly handled, earnings on such - . . K. M. Dj B :lex y;nMng A ’ explained the = dangers g“r]mf the | investments will be most satisfactory.| = The members of the Normal 8¢hool | Miss Chizzle ldre; Argafi Columbus, Ohit., March 23—Ohio’s pres .t. Season regarding the af egdm 5| taculty took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Pearlie Brow'n new executive ansion into which this vicinity, and also dangers of ride- JURY RETURNS VERDICT _ | W. M. Deputy at the Markham Sun- 3 G:v?m';)r] i.l'amdestM.b Co'.)l:l :::)sfl;sg :;Oivi; ed, is believed to be catching by the childre day evening. The tabie was ve The ice on the lakes is filled with OF $5.500 FOR EYE LOSS prgtily*decgratefl with y‘ellow pandlg - et |the United States furnished entirely ot ) -. Lottie French ;. "¢ho work of inmates of state ins air-holes and in many cases these ‘and daffodils. After, dinner, the holes have been covered by a’thin party wént to the Deputy home, —_— stitutions. coating. of ice or snow and can not where it enjoyed a pleasant evening.| LEAGUE MEETS WEDNESDAY The furniture was made at the[Mr. Taglewis a young man, full of bg'l?n by the children. Parents are|five hundred dollars was the “value| . The guests of Mr. and Mrs. Deputy P Mansfield reformatory, the blankets|‘vep’ and energy, and promises to be- ‘wariied not to allow their children on |placed by a Cass county jury on an|consisted of Miss Mary Deputy, and| The Scandinavian Lutheran young|at the state penitentiary, and the|come one of the city’s most.valuable the lakes at any time this spring while | eye. 'W. L. Martin, who iost an eye|Misses Maybell Bonsall, Emma Grant, | people’s league will meet in the|linens by inmates of the institute for | boosters. Bemiqji has room. for more the ice is breaking up, for this city|while working for the Amenia Land|Maude Kavanaugh, Helen Reinheim- | church parlors on Wednesday even-|the blind. Experts who have inspeet-|0f this type of hustling young men - does mot want any Tepetition of the |company, sued for $15,000. The jury |er, Eunice Asbury, Lucy Dunigan and{ing, at 8 o'clock. = A cordial invita-|ed the work declared it was of highest [and extends a cordial hand of wel- (Co zxmed on Page Five) allowed him about one third. LetHel Hahn. tion is extended t6 all. quality. S . come to these new comers. teachers of Bemidji- as' well as'the|population of this city may ‘be in- (By United Press) Fargo, March 23.—Five thousand 3 53 { |