Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 29, 1920, Page 1

MAHCJI - 1920 ' Fair, fresh winds tonight, tomorrow . me Jist twenty min- ' KRR : ; a ‘deal’ after they 2 | 3 S iy : ; ¥ PAPER WILL AS'rorfl':m i " "Unless your nbuflp‘» fi;-h»pfih .advance peiied to discon- """u:’:‘lb:!:“‘.l:f“,u * SHORTAGE QF PRINT PAPER " ' . .07 Nome Without: Certificate ‘Ave :hl" subscyiption lfl‘:in r ." Cflm!y Sehool. ‘- becauss, your eudk‘ — i ~|Lyons Schbol, Strand ' by a large number e labor organi- re ‘sush mempers liefs: have | its “attitude toward merican citizens who :in‘# square deal for all )enance of law and or- the protéction of inatitutions down ir forefathers. The ion . expresses rpose-of the organ- ‘the -boys.to all in time Lundé Schools Are Benefitted County: Sfiperinténdafit of ,Bchoo‘la J..C. McGhee has réturned from Ne- 'Dish, ‘after visiting schools in dist- ricts No.. 42, 130 and 39 for two days..’ He reports that.in district No. [’ 42 ‘mapy improvements have . been ! e Lyons school, . which has heen: remodeled’ {0 secure state aid.{ New furfliture, blackboards, |maps and fixtures have been installed and 'the general condition of the building bettered. SERE 1 ‘The:Strand school anu ‘the Lunde school, which are in the same dist- riet; have also been placed. in better condition and surrounding the school grounds has been bailt;a woven wire fence. i vy o 3 85 The school board ‘at district ‘No. 42%consists’ of Mrs) John Bergquist, clerk; Henry Gripp, {reasurer; Knute H: Strands, director, and much credit is-due the membars of the board for the improvements : which™have been niade. before congress, which provides for, the ‘settling of the Chippewa estdte and the opening of all lands not-need- ed for allotment purposes. % ‘According-to members of the com- mittee, were in Washington, they state that allotments have all been made with the exception’of the Red Lake-Indians. . They report, als: that favorable-action will be.faken on the part of congress, and that the committee will make a report on-the bill within & week. : : Should’t):is bill ‘pass it will mean that betwéen two and three million acres of land will be thrown on the ‘{ market, which, when sold, will go on the tax books of the county in which thre land is located. - It will mean th€ extension of pub- lic “school, system ‘into parts where now - only -the reservation -schools are: RN S Ay 25 Monday-—Charfs Drake vs. Alber- tha: Drake, order Hennepin county; e, ex rel, Therest Scherber vs. . Probate tourt of Hennepin and State innesota, et 31, order Hennepin county. - ; “Puesday—Louls - C.:,Btokn "‘and George W. Brown vs.: California and Western :Land, company, order -Hen- nepin county? ' Northland Pine Co., Inc., .v8. ‘Bjorkland, et ‘al; William nberg, et al.,” order, Hennepin unty. - VRl 5 P Wednesday—R.. . C. = Mathwig vs.|. ‘Minnehpolis, St. Paul and Soo Rail- and Walker D. Hines, ‘et\al, di- eneral;: order Marshall coun- ‘ty; 'Rose Marie Rose wvs. Arthemise Marchessault, respondent’ and: the 1’ 6f French Cinadian Catholics of :the United States, acorporation, 1ishee, ‘order: Hennepin county. Thurs| hristian Klinkert: by s .guardian, William C. Frank, ap- ellant, .vs. Katie Streissguth,: etc.; L rder Sibley county; Dan ey, appellant, vs.: James. Mec- , “respondent, - order Sibley no settings for Friday. bor -league -held- a ession at the Moose aftérngon at. 2 o’clock ttendance is reported. orts were. made and 4 ine busirress carried out. b“ ‘next meeting of the league will “on Sunday, April 11, at the olse hall-at 2-o’clock. - Women ate especially urged to attend all- the m -0f this organization and are in 'to ‘membership,. JForthe next . mfls is planned fo have & woman pesker on home econorrios. - The competent and incompétent In; dians will be classified, and the tribal fund amounting to some six mil dollars will bé divided. To the com: petent Indian’ their pro rata share; will be paid in cash ‘and’ the incom- petent Indians’ interests will be fully safeguarded and protected. Provision is also made in_this bill for acquiring title to Star Island and ten ‘sections of timbered lands near Cass_Lake, which ‘will ‘be placed on the market; in tracts of any size that may be feasable and for which there may be a demand. el .- Mf. Morrison returned to his home in Red Lake this afternoon and other members of the committee left for their respective homes Sunday and A STATE IS ORGANHNG - HOME GUARD LEGION Minnesota is organizing” a Home Guard Legion with headquarters in Minnesota, -and- to. the commanding officers of each of the home guard companies throughout the state have been sent urgent requests to have a 1ocal organization:formed to be'a part of the Minnesota Home Guard Legion. The-Legioti ‘has its own magazing, subscription - which' is stibupated at '$2'.per. year. glon: and under the supervision of di- rectors and it is considered that it will ‘be a most effective ‘medium of keeping & permanent interest in' the Home Guard. R The nominal sum of $1 .per year has been designated as mgembership dues and, an attractive service bpt- ton has been. désigned. fo! bers to wear. Charters are to-be is- sued to ‘every compguy and the Le- glon ofticlals are plasning fo organize a state encampment. \ It fs owned by the Le-| the mem- | giv¢ “portion of Minnesota POSITIONS WERE VACATED DECEMBER 10 Seftlement Brings Much Re: K /liefl,d(:iEv@nyi ' Inferational Falls,, March) 29 The strike of ‘the employes of 4he road; owned by the B, W. Backus in- terests opei-fitlns-;wmllu and paper mills here and at-other points in this sectfon, have been settied and the men all returned to" work Saturde! at the positions: which they lett Dec. 10 last. It is understood the men won their biggest contention, an hour day, and alsgo all wage dqnundl_ made. About_seventy-five mén: were affected. The ‘strike:-breakers brough in are leaving for Fort Francis, Ont. and other places seeking work. the strike “began’ there - have ‘b# six’ companies of the Minnesota Na- tional ‘guard here in succession, thie]: 1ast one leaying about two Weeks ago. ‘Bringing.of’. soldlers.. A1 uch criticism: - of- Governor Buri- quist and othen state ‘officials’ deem- ed responsible and the friction re- sulting has.not entirely disappeared. During ‘the heightof the critieis of -the' stateofficials, " Sheriff" Hugh McIntosh . hajd | chaxges' 1 inst him by the Ba teres! e report goes and the officer was suspended - from office by the’ gover- nor pending hepring’of charges and John Wall of Minneapolis was named acting sheriff, a position he mow fills, Later McIntosh,disappeared and his whereabouts is still unknown. Settled at Conference. The settlement of the strike was. brought /about at a conference be- ween E. 'W. Backus and the follow- ing’ officers of’ railway, organization: Jay “Larisey, Cleveland, 'Ohio, -vice- president - of - the -Order- of Railway Conductors; A. Johnson, Superior, as- sistant grand chjef of the Locomotive Engineers, and R. A. Henning, Min- neapolis, business -agent for the| Machinists * union.’ ‘While nothing about "the conferente except that the men got all they wanted was given ut for publication, it is said that the tone of ‘the meeting® was amicable from start: to finish.’ News of the settlemént -of the - strike . brought 1| much relief to all concerned. " TWO CHILDREN.ARE On' March 23, appeared in ‘The|’ Pioneer 'a “request that came from] Mrs. Sam Johnson of Lansford, N. D., to help locate two children, who were wanted to help settle an estate, the' mbther’s name *having been Beland, until married 15 years ago to “a man named Sloan,” whp was: reported-to the~ writer as being in business in Bemidjj;.and stating that;the children were now: about 28 and 25 years old. That-night of The Pioneer issue; ‘| E. H. Denu, business mansager of The Pioneer Publishing company,. wrote [y letterosto Mrs. Johnson and sent her a copy of The Pioneer, and on March 29 she, wrote a letter in reply, re- ceived today. i "“Your letter of the 23rd and.copy of ‘the paper ' received:~ And at 4 o'clock p. m. d received a telegram from John Sloan, the boy) saying that his mother ‘and sister are living at ‘Coleraine, Minn. I to thank you for your service.” ; RED RIVER VALLEY JUNIOR FARMERS MEET THIS WEEK . (By United Press.) Crookston, March 29.—The junior farmers of the Red River valley attend an institute. this week at the agricultural | school. ~ Instraction in agrichltdre ‘andstock raising will be iven: to the boys and home ego- nomics 5 the girls, A similar course will be given next we'akfl‘ng for the boys and girls of central ' paper be stopped, as existing: condi- " tions leave us mo pursue. " other course to b Your eo-mntio‘n' will be greatly : appreciated. BEMIDJI PIONEER PUB. CO. ~ P yontySix . Cases to ‘sHeard; Some Are 3 I' . RS the continuation of the Frb rm of the district court whic o'clock a: m. )~ 5 The first jury case at the adjourn- ed-session will-be Louis Anderson, as administrator for Philip - Anderson, deceased; . vs., the .,Great . Northern Railway:comp for alleged neglect ot companyi~which- _resulted in_the eats, | ddath of ‘Pmng',Andemn. <“Amonk the jury cases for trial are two actfons by Joe' Morris as plain- tft against T. K. King and others, involving the/lease of Kelliher ho- tel, and the ownership .of the 4 rni- ture’ and equipment ~in the hotel building: . . The balance of the calendar is made up,of cases’ of minor import. Judge C. W. Stanton will preside dur- ln§ the session. . RED CROSS COMMITTEE NAMES COUNTY NURSE At a meeting of the Red Cross Nursing Activities committee held this morning at the Court house, Miss Theresa Erickson was engaged as’' county . school nurse for the months of ‘April and May to succeed Miss ' Mae MacGregor, whose resig- ngtion became - effective’ on March Miss Erickson was' formerly coun- ty nurse. for Hubbard county since that time has beenactice i this viciniy during the influenza and measles epidemic. - % ROYAL ARCH MASONIC CHAPTER ‘Bemidjt Chapter No. 70, R4/A. M., was inspected Friday = evening by Grand High Priest Ira F. King, of Stillwater. s .. JThe work master degree. was. work- ed, after ‘which a social ‘session’ was held; which was ehpoyed by all pre- sent. - PARCEL POST DELIVERY SAVES NERCHANTS COSTS i (By Unt ’ 7 8t. Paul; March 29.— delivery -for merchan articularly in_middle classes and larger cities will save st least one-half the cost of maintaining his own delivery system, ao;tmum ©.'N. Riths declares here "The St. Paul.postoffice is the first in the Unitey States to take over the entire delivery system for one depart- ment store. Mannheimer Brothers have ‘abandoned eight-delivery ‘cars and Uncle Sam is' delivering all their parcels. . . ‘rThe experiment has been a great success,” said Postmaster Raths. “We have gained at least 20 per cent in the speed of delivering the parcels. It meang more revenue for the postoffice department with no additional cost, becauge we can fill cars that some- times went out without a full load.” Morris| The department here has received|This will be the second regular high commendation for {nitia] success 'of {he venture. B s bt el ' SUMMER NORMAL TERM | WILL SOLVE PROBLEM Alnou:cemént-to _This Effect !3 Has Beoen Sent to | All Teachers County. Superintendent of Schools J. C. M¢Ghee, has addressed a letter to: the Beltrami county. public schools, in which he says to teachers ¥]1and students: LA ¢ ..., . (By United Press.) s & Chicago, March 29, — Tornadde triking the mid-west, Palm Sunday, léast 62 lives. Hundreds of ere wrecked and hundreds of people were injured. :(The list of casualties: were great; .communication;. shattered . by the resumed. i The' 1ist of known ded T ¢ér] was: Chicago, six ; nearby Iillinois tow twenty-two3 southern Wisconsin, o southern ‘Michigan, ' eight; ' India; twenty-four;. Misgouri, one. . The western®‘outskirts ‘of Chicago made a picture ‘similar to a-war-torn country. Scores of buildings were crimbled and ruins were being searched’ today for-the missing. Atlanta relief workers today cared for thousands of homeless and: many; injured in a series of tornadoes swept over portions of Georgia Alabama, yesterday and ' last nighti Between 50 and 60 persons were| killed. ; La Grange, Ga., was hit the hard- est, and 40 were reported killed there, BEMIDJI ASSN. ASKING 8 NORWAY STUMP REPORT * ks Commercial clubs of Northern Min- nesota have been requested to co- operate with the Bemidji Civic and ‘Commerce asociation to ascertain the approximate number ‘of norway .pine stumps, available for the wood dis< tillation plant, which is being planned :rr Bemidji to manufacture turpe ne. . The Stellar company' of Minnen’p- olis contemplates ~locating a pl lurtee,tobetheflm«fliukindin state. i PIONEER LOCATES In the Daily Pioneer, issue of Sal urday, appeared the ;gist of a lett from Louis Lajeunesse, a-member Of; the United States army, in station at Fort -Mills, Phillipine Islands, seek-, ng the whereabouts of hi ssister, w! was before her marriage Louise La: gunesse, Whose wedding took’ plad in Bemidji a few years ago, ant mak- ing an inquiry if she was still a resi- dent of Bemidji, the letter being adl- dressed to the thé Knights of Colums ‘bus, Bemidji. . 1 Shortly after ‘the issue of the Pi neer,-Mrs. George Lyons, 231 Missis-! sippi avenue, saw the article in the Pioneer and several friends called upon her to notify her:that they had seen the inquiry. She was-formerly the Louise LaJeunesse, sought by the brother, a soldier in_the Phillipin a0’ sh¥"éalled ‘&t the Pi ‘t morntng: and obtafned the letter {nquiry from her brother, who at o time resided for ten years in this cit: and ‘had not seen his sister for ni 'years. \ 7 ) 4 COUNCIL MEETS 'I"ON!GHT. * To dispose of general routine busi- ness, the city council meets tonight at the council room at.the @ity building. sion with' the new ' eouncil members since ‘eloction,. . . ez SEE v ma by to|pleted before that time. ses-|ston: route 1 . Imastly cleared of spow, Peltnmifluounty offers you a good plq_cp if you can qualify as a teacher j| for’the coming year. We want teach- i|ers and students to make the neces- cary. effort to secure certificates. . It s not intended that schools should mploy teachers who are not quali- fled,. A notice to this effect was sent’ out {n January by the Commissioner of Bducation, J. M. McConnell, to all school boards in the state. .Special limited certificates: were issued the last ‘two years as amw emergency meagtire. It- will not be easy to se- cure such certificates this year. How to Secure Certificate. High school board .credits marked pass plus, are accepted towards a teacher's certificate' in'‘the following. subjects: civics, physiology-hygiene, English, 1 or: 1l I, spelling, com- mercial geography, commercial arith: high. school .American history. Algé in the following First Grade Subjects: * algebra, geometry, physios, physical geography. High school students, who want to teadh, should :get as many <credits tn" "' this,way .as possible, then complete the work peed¢d at the Summer school, and the Teachers’ examina- tions. Those who enter the Bemidji Normal ~pril .26 can seture four credits towards a teacher’s certificate, and those who en une 14, can make up two credi the six week's Examination in.July. The teachers' examinations will be heldjat Beémidji and Baudette July 26,37, 28, this year. Those expect- ing’to teach must appear at these ex- examinations as a mattér of prepara- a certificate, or the necessary credits. 1f in doubt about teaching, take the examinations a sa matter of prepara- tion, in case.your other plans fall through. Renewing Certificates Teachers, who must renew their certificates by doing Reading Circle work, are required to make applica- * i tion at the time of the examinations. Apply for the renewal on the days of hefexaminations in person of by let- the:@xaminatione im\person or by let- ;el;;:d, with the Reading Circle certi- ci All R. C. work should be com- & Outlines of the course have been mailed to all eachers, and the work is fully ex- plained there. Let.there be no strag- glers—no changing of the mind, a few days after examinations. Renew your certificate whether you expect to teach or not. Then if you decide to accept a school later, there will 1be s!rlnn to your application. o Summer School 1 Students who desire certificates should attend. Teachers who mnow hold special limited certificates. are equired to make an effort to secure complete certificate if they wish to continue in ‘school work. ,Summer school is the place to do the work. Thosé who would secure First Grade certificates” must earn three profes- sfong] credits.at the summer school. /Annduncements from the Bemidji ormal-has been sent to all teachers, ‘and Bn- early. application to M. W. [Deputy, president, is advised. !’ Further information will be cheer- 'tully given at your convenience. BABCOCK ROAD N0, 8 Duluth Herald of Sunday re- in_ its Highway Weather Ser- é:department, conducted by H. #V. rdson, local weather observer, 1 3 “fthe following concerning the condi- tion’ of-Babcock highway, No. 8: - Roosevelt highway, weat, Duluth to Grand, Forks, via Grand Rapids-Cass Lake-Bemidji~Bagley-Dugdale <Crook- bad condition due to high wateér. Raad soft {n places and Rl A