Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 5, 1920, Page 2

Walla Walla Valley Suffers Severely Each Year From Furry Engineers (By United Press) Walla Walla, Wash.,, May 5.— Beavers damage the property of farmers in the Walla Walla valley to ilte extent of $15,000 annually, it is estimated. " 'Phe ranchers who suffer due to the unrestricted operations 0° the furry little engineers would kill them offt— it it were not for the fact that beav- er carries on under the wing of the law, being protected by federal sta- tute, as well as the state law. The beaver has become such a men- ace that the United States Biological survey service will conduct experi- ments in the Walla Walla valley dur- ing the latter part of June which will detormine the fate of thousands of beavers in -many middle-western states, as well as Washington. The animals will be captured alive, £ possidble, and remove to the na- tional foreet reserves, where they can do mo harm. It successful, the plan wiil be ad- opted in other states. If it fails, and it' may—for this animal is mighty Nard to trap—the biological survey service will petition for legislative permission to exterminate the beaver. Certain sections of Michigan, Wis- consin, Minnesota, Montana and other er middle western and western states are confronted with the same prob- lem as Washington, although the damago is most extemsive in this state, according to Leo K. Couch of the rodent division of the survey ser- "ALICE_JOYCE vies. Couch, who bas made a study of the beaver and his operations in the Walla Walla valley, says the most beaver dam he ever saw Cros- ees the Walla Walla river near this city. It is a perfect specimen of engi- neering skill and is more than 75 feet long. It raised the water in the river four feet, forming a ‘‘beaver pond’ of large proportions. It had ‘been made of sticks, small stones and in eome instances, tree trunks from three to five inches in diameter and from three to five feet long, and was plastered together \ith wonderful cilities, the call continues: “The waterways and railways can no longer handle the volume of traffic STUDENTS' COURT HAS BEEN DEVISED FOR YOUTHS Fargo, May 5.—A method of hand- ling youthful offenders without con- taminating their names with the dis- grace ¢f criminal courts and prison has been devised by District Judge A. T. Cole in a ‘“student court” recent- ly organized here. The officers of the| court consist of representatives of the high school, Fargo college, the agri- cultural college and the various busi- ness colleges of the city. This court will handle minor 0:'4 fenses. In instructing the court, Judge Cole advised them to use “com- mon sense’ ‘rather than to seek to follow legal precedence. Police and sheriff will call the court into ses- sion when its services are needed. Records will be destroyed-as soon as the case to which they pertain has been disposed of and nothing of youthful discretion will remain to hurt the offender in‘after life. WOULD MAKE ‘TIDAL | ~BORP’ DEVELOP POWER (By United Press) Fredericton, N. B.,May 6—While harnessing the power of a river’s cur- rent is an old story this province may be the first community to make use of the energy generated by the ebb and flow of the tides of the ocean. A bill has been introduced in the provincial legislature to provide for investigation into the possibility of using the waters of the ‘“Tidal Bore’ on the Petticodiac river in this pr- vince for hydro-electric energy. © This tidal phenomenon is a result of the waters of the Bay of Fundy seeking an outlet after having grad- ually flowed in the narrow inlet be- tween southern New Brunswick and Northern Nova Scqtia. At high tide ©Of all the reigning favorites of the early motion plctures, Alice Joye® |the water courses.suddenly up the ene shines as & star today. With such notable plays as Chbarles Klelo'® Petticodiac river and attains tremen- “The Lion and the Mouse” and “The Third Degree;” the famous Drury Lan® |dous momentum, forging ahead in a melodrama, “The.Sporting Duchess;” Rex Beach's story, “The Vengeance of |foaming wall. It is this power the Durand,” and “Slaves ¢f Pride” as her mediums, Miss Jeycs has entered as | legislators would put to some use and | appropriations for research work have been asked. e There is only one other “tidal bore” —that on the Tsin Tein river in . al government can secure this result.” { oy ih .- Calling attention to the urgent need of increased transportation fa- THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS . FOR QUICK AND CLEAN SERVICE EAT AT THE REX CAFE Across the Street from the Markham Hotel . b WHAT--- Does Your Y Bank Check SAY? Your check, if it carries the name _NORTHERN NATIONAL, is a tribute to your good judgment. It is a silent witness that you have chosen Quality in Banking Service. The | Northern National “At Your Service” BEMIDJI skill. In this work the beaver makes ex- cellent use of his flat scale covered tafl. With it he digs the mud car ries it to the dam and there it an- swers well the purposgs of the mas- on’s trowel. The mud is pressed into the crevices. The dam is securely anchored to trees on the river bank to withstand spring floods. Frut trees near small streams in the Walla Walla valley have either been girdled or cut down and drag- ged into the streams by beavers. For- ty prune trees in one prchurd were completely cut down by the powerful THEIR DELEGATES Expected to Go to State Convention Uninshfucted convention today. ‘In all 1, 101 delegates were to be ventions did not meet until afternoon. chiselshaped front teeth of these ani-| A majority of the counties are ex- mals. The bark of these trees i8|pected to send uninstructed delegates sweet, and as such bark forms a part to the state convention which ‘meets of their regular food, the beaver|in St. Paul next Saturday. stores them for food against the time when their ponds and streams are covered with ice. Beavers cause much damage to ir- rigation ditches, damming the canals and stopping the flow of waters. Re- peated tearing out of these dams only incites the little engineers to greater effort to replace them. UPGRADING MONGREL FOWLS Noteworthy Progress Reported by Con- tinued Use of Males of Pure Breeding. Noteworthy success is reported by the United States department of agri- culture In gr:}dlng up mongrel flocks of poultry by the continued use of males of pure breeding. During the last fiscal year, according to a state- ment of the burean of animal indus- * ‘Purebred White Plymouth Rock Pullet. try, the third generation of Barred . Plymouth Rock grades showed marked wuniformity in color and type, and ‘White Plymouth Rock grades showed much fmprovement, but did not all come pure white fn color. In both kinds of grades individuals occurred which #0 closely resembled stock of pure breeding that it'was impossible to tell the difference by their appearance. Att Critiolsm. A conceited painter in Brooklyn named Tilton, carried away by his en- thusiasm for his own productions, de- «clared at a studio tea to a group of his devotees: “After all, there are but three great painters—Titlan, Tin- toretto and Tilton.” When the remark was repeated to Mrs. W. W. Storey, mother of the eminent painter, Julian Storey, she exclaimed: “Well, the only thing I know to equal the ‘Assump- tion’ of Titian is the assumption of “Miton.” Hennepin county will have the biggest delegation in the convention, with 129 to be named today. St. Paul’s delegation will number 46 and the St. Louis county delegation, in- cluding Duluth, will number 48. Oth- er counties are apportioned represen- tation as follows: Aitkin, 9; Anoka 11; Becker 11; Beltrami 11; Benton 9; Big Stone 9; Blue Earth 15; Brown, Carleton and Carver 9 each; Cass 10, Chippewa 9; Chisago amd Clay 10 each; Clearwat- er 7; Cook 6; Cottonwood 10; Crow Wing 11; Dakota 12; Dodge and Douglas 10 each; Faribault 15; Fill- more 18; Freeborn 15; Goodhue 17; Grant 9; Houston 12; Hubbard and Isanti 8 each; Itasca 12; Jackson 11; Kennebec 8; Kandiyohi 11; Kittson and Koochiching 7 each; Lac qui Parle 11; Lake 7;. Leseuer 11; Lin- coln 9;: Lyons 12; Mahnomen 7; Mc- Leod 12; Marshall 10; Martin 14; Meeker 11; Mille Lacs 9; Morrison 11; Mower 14; Murray 10; Nicollet 9; Nobles 11; Norman 9; Olmstead 5: Ottertail 18; Pennington 7; Pine 11: Pipestones9: Polk 14; Pope 10, Red Take, 6: edwood 12; Renville 13; Rice 15; Rock 10; Roseau 7; Scott 8; Sherburne 9; Sibley 9; Stearns 16; Steeler 12; Stevens 8; Swift 9; Todd 12; Traverse 8; Wa- basha 11; Wadena 8; Waseca 10, Washington 11; Watonwan 10; Wil- kin 8: Winona 16; Wright 16; and Yellow Medictne 10, CHURCHES GET GOOD ROADS SUNDAY CALL FOR MAY 16 Pastors Are Requested to Preach on Highway Problems Washington, May 6.—(Special)— Issuing a call for the observance of Good Roads Sunday, May 16, in ocon-. nection with National Ship by Truck —Good Roads Week, May 17-22, the committee in charge of arrange- ments for the week have addressed & letter to clergymen of every denomin- ation inviting their attention to the “relation between good roads and right living and good roads and Christian progress.” Stressing the point that the early construction of better highways will prove one.of the quickest means of facilitating production, the call says: “The purpose is to fix in the heart of citizens the conviction that the next step to be taken for the weifare of the community, the nation and the world is immediately to improve the highways and to inaugurate meas- ures whereby every mile of road bed in the United States may bdbe hard surfaced as soon as the combined for- ces of counties, states, and the feder- R ~ =Sy that mush be moved. . 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