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

- PAGE TWO VISIT TO NORTHERN | " BELTRAMI COUNTY IS | . ENJOYED BY BOOSTERS, ) In an effort to give to the reading‘ public just what happened on tl € some of the ' why some are boosters’ trip to the Grygla country, Baudette, Waskish and Kelliher, it is ot the intention of. The Pioneer to cover every minute of time from Monday morning, August 23, to Thursday night, August 26, but to leave with them an idea of what the © THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1926 from Clearbrook, week with her sister, v Tunberg. . % Gordon Noyes of Shevlin, was a . Bagley visitor Saturday. SIDE LINE EXPRESSIONS BY DITCH FARMERS The following expressions were noted in conversing with actual set- tlers, and are published to show why farmers are pleased and dissatisfied with the ditch work thus far constructed: “The ditches are no good. All they did in some places was to make roads, and darn poor ones at that.” g “We have paid for ditches we never country is like, what the settlers are 1,4 ang for roads a rabbit couldn’t . like, what the ditches are like and ' what the roads are like. What people in the south end want to know is whether the ditches are draining the land, whether the .roads! run on. Something has got to be done mighty quick.” ) —0— “The ditches are a mighty good thing, but we have got to have more can be travelled over and whethgr]of them, if we expect to develop the the settlers are contented and satis-|land.” fied. The settlers are much interested in knowing when a railroad will be put|we are all in favor ‘of when more | projects, ditches will be dug, when roads will ditches. through their community, TR O “When it comes right down to it, the ditch but we ought to have real The ones we have don’t do be completed and connected up nndlthe business.” just how far the co-operation of the southern Beltrami county residents e 3 D onld h the Experimen Lol will extend. we had them planned, 1t wo! ave gion and president of the drainage high seas. 2 strawberries, hemp, pepper mint, bar- done some good, but as it is nobody and conservancy board. Mr. Selvig The trial was a mock affair and ley, onions, rye, peas and other ‘crops lv:?l‘l”:fief:; xfg’;";::goz!:m where.st Tt was evident that the northern neighbors were glad to see the dele- gation fzom the south end and it was also evident that the boosters were glad to mix and mingle with the north-enders. After leaving Bemidji, the first stop was made at Red Lake River, just where it leaves the big lake and where Superintendent Cross of the agency has had a splendid new bridge constructed. Here the boosters Junched and were photographed by the official photographer, Louis son. Louis had them “look pleasant” from the new bridge and then he pushed the button. Reach Grygla Country. The cars then headed for the much heard of Grygla country, but before reaching this veritable paradise they were guided by William Everts over some genuine “corduroy” roads. Bill just wanted to see how the drivers Would enjoy it, and thought that if any were to be eliminated, the time to do it was right then and there. But every driver was right on the job and put his a mishap. This was Johnson joined the bunch and lead the way around the route. ' The new and prosperous village of . Four Towns was reached shortly after car through without. minute, where Andy structed. We have a good start and pecause of my own choosing but be- g “If they let the plan of ditches as is satisfied. The only thing to do is to build them: over again and in dif- ferent places.” gt “No use trying, you can’t make, water run up hill. Some of the ditches ‘were built to slope ‘uphill’. yice and a full but the water doesn’t carry a pump along.” . g “It's a cinch that this country iS ge advised the farmers to get pure’ would not complain if they got value received. “I am willing to shut my eyes to the past and present and look to the future if proper construction is pur- sued and present mistakes corrected. i" “I hope to live to see a railroad built through this great farming country. . “There is no better soil on Gods green footstool . than we have here and a railroad will let the people know that there is such a country. I am glad to see the county agent here on ,this visit. We never knew there was ‘such a person. & “We want your moral support and co-operation, not your money. What we need here is a “revolution” or the kind t6 make our! {something of 0 wants known, and I hope that action will begin at once to start organizing active farmers’ clubs. “Good roads, a railroad and | ditches with big enough outlets is ! what this country needs. If you don't, believe it come again aftef we have had a rain for three or. four days.”, ! Selvig Talks. | Chairman McDonald then called upon C. G. Selvig, superintendent of tal Station at Crook- aid a ‘great tribute to the women of the new localities and stated that their part in the development country was to be admired. ken by the board until expert ad- investigation was made regarding the needs of ditch reconstruction and that the work would be rushed with cautious of 'the‘ He said that no .action would be| —_—— “SIDE LIGHTS” OF i MERRIMENT ON BOOST- ERS’ TRIP LAST WEEK U S The quartettc which rendered the I two selections, “Alfalfa Hay” and “In the Land Where Clover is a Weed,” will be booked with some well known ivuudeville show in the near future. e Vi The address on “Hay Wire” by |one of olir |membered as a master piece, both from delivery viewpoint and the lan- i guage used. g “Arrested” on High Seas. Judge Grindland, J. Johnson, R. Given and J. L. .Elwell were placed under “arrest” on high seas for board- iing the wrong -steamer in Canadian waters. The “captain” of the ship threatened to put them to sea in a irow boat, but after some persuasion ‘on the part of Judge C. W. Stanton he consented to give them a hearing iand trial. W | E. E. McDonald appeared for the defendants and succeeded in proving his clients’ innocent of crime upon afforded considerable amusement for~ the crowd in as much as the defend- ants took the matter seriously. cars on the road. “Ole” Ongstad is a on the road,” was Ole’s slogan, and he surely made good. When Judge haste.| Harris’ “car became disabled Ole justi¢ niod ~ A fine program was provided tied it on behind his new Dodge and no good at all without ditches, but praq cows and sires and.enlarge their; towed it over the worst kind of roads they must quit experimenting and do some sensible constructing. The outlets are too small and you can’t make them do the business unless they are made bigger.” ~ —— “In dry summers great crops can be raised. We always could, but what we want is something certain, rain “or shine.” T “The whole system is punk. They ghould have been built on the quarter lines and then they would have been of some use. o e g “Why, I'd leave this country in a if the ditches were not con- something to look forward to. We need more of them and bigger ones.” g “I am paying ditch taxes and not cent’s worth of benefit. creamery for the purpose of market- ,ing more butter. ‘“Let the grain ' raising. go until you get a railroad,” suggested Mr. Selvig. .Torrance Makes Hit. Mr. McDonald next called upon ! Graham M. Torrance and invited him |to tell why the road was in such poor condition. Without the least hesita- tion Mr. Torrance proceeded to ex- plain the situation. ;" «The road is in such poor condi- tion,” said Mr. Torrance, “pecause I As it is they’ll never giq not know before that there wasj such a thing as a road there. 4T have been your county attorney for a number of years and this is the first time I have visited you. Not cause the federal government waited until now to build a bridge across the outlet. i “The speakers have told you why but they somehow or other lfor twenty miles. He went down steep banks, up steep grades, through imuskeg and sand and over hanging bridges, and never faltered. He was on the job all the time and the two mechanics who assisted him were the best hustlers who ever tackled a re-! | pair job of any kind. 4 -—0— | The “Red” ticket boys got just as 'much for their money as the “Blue” ticket boys, only the variety was not :so great. o= The judgment of the committee in charge with regard to certain mem- bers of the party was objected to, !quite strenuously, when it came to 'sorting the “sheep” from the “goats.” One individual declared that this was ithe second time he was taken for _a preacher, the other time being at a funeral. | There was a noticeable difference| boosters will long be re-’ Qe When it comes to looking afterl away at Remer Monday. Mr. Olson was formerly of Bagley. Miss Anna Olson returned home after spending a Mrs. Frank Mrs. Jean Hobart and Harold Hum- bert attended the Sunday school con~ Baudette and Spooner business men!vention held at the Congregational and were taken by steam boat up the Rainy River onto Lake of the Woods. This trip will long be remembere: as a rare treat, especially by those who weére obliged to ride in the Clipper, alias the Blue Boat, alias the Oasis. The Ginger. alias the Red !Boat, alias the Sahara, carried the | | Mr. and Mrs. Ward Nichols, church Sunday. and ~rs. Arney and Mr. and Mry d Forrest of Clearbrook attended the convention at Congregational church Sunday. Miss Eva Bergland of Clearbrook, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Degerness - Bill Kaiser left for Bemidji Mon- the select crowd, but followed a course|g,y | where the moisture was less dense than its rival, the Clipper. where a mulligan dinner was served and where the guests | plunge in the waters of the Lake of Woods. The party returned to Bau- dette about six o’clock in the even- ing, after which a trip into the coun-|¥ try was taken and where some of the finest farm land on earth was seen. Crops of clover, grains and hay were in abundance. At 6:30 Thursday morning the six- The boats left for Village Island, visit. - Frank Deneen left today for his home in Alexandria, where he will Miss Alice Deigel of Elko visited enjoyed a|here Saturday. EEKE KKK KKK KKK HK TURTLE LAKE * X222 22 2 22 R S Miss Dagney and Myrtle Christen- son of Nymore are visiting at the Jens Nielson home. . : John Peterson, who has peen vis- teen cars left for home, arriving at|jiing relatives in North Dakota re- A. A. Andrews’ farm at noon. over Mr. Andrews’ fine farm and see- ing demonstrated the possibilities of developed peat lands. On this farm the finest crops of were seen. The sight amazed the Sev-|¢ 3 eral hours were spent there looking} urned home Thursddy. Mrs, J. H. Locks called on Mrs. O ‘W. Olsen Monday. Miss Mildred Dickinson expects to leave Monday for Minneapolis where she will do her fall shopping, before Mr. and Mrs. Jens Nielson and visitors, who little dreamed that it danghter, Miss Mettie, and the Misses: was possible to produce in such abun- dance the variety shown by Mr. Andrews. e Waskish was reached about 2:30, past master at this art. “No delays| pore several farmer clubs were cele-]p Reeve nome Sunday. brating a picnic. ‘The visitors were royally recevied and splendidly enter- which- was ‘followed by -dancing and music in the evening. : Judge C. W. Stanton and J: F. Mec- Partlin, who covered the same sub- jects as at the previous gatherings. an opportunity to’ be heard. H. L. Bowen advocated that Red P. M. Sorley made a brief report on and predicted that locality to be the _Christ Esplee of Shotley, when called upon had this to say: “A good deal of drainage has done just as rmuch harm as ditch waters. . This evil must be re- nedied. The floods do a great deal of harm. Red Lake must be lowered if we want to get away from the The gathering was addressed by|q ) good, because the|. Tsmarac river cannot handle all the X%k ok ok % b Dagny and Myrtle Christenson were Sunday visitors at the M. W. Butler home. Blanche Fournir visited at the A. Mrs. Henry Brown, Mrs. Peter Larkin, Miss Wynn and ‘Guy Simp- ?|kins autoed thru our town Thurs- day. Miss Jennie Lawrence visited Mrs. W. Olsen Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Wentworth and sons Philip and Ernest, autoed to- the O. 'W. Olson home ‘Wednesday Mr. E. E. McDonald again presided | evening, “rather late.” Didn’t think and gave some of the local settlers]«By " would ever run out of gas but it seems he did. Clinton Skinner, who has been as- Lake be }owered so that the water|sisting M. W. Butler thru haying, left in the ditches would not back up|for his home in Jones township Wed- land drown out the crops and settlers. | nesday. William Olsen transacted business the condition of the Tamarac river in Turtle River Tuesday. : Mrs. Sarhiuel Deal visited Mrs. O. best in the county within a few years.|w "olsen Tuesday. KR RE KRR RRKKK SPUR * Chas. Lang of Bemidji is in town looking after the cutting of his oats on the Ritchie farm. 12 o'clock. This enterprising village getting one we came, B is but three years old and lies right It’s a joke. The ditch ends near my failed to state the real reason. We!/in riding on a boat and in a carfigods. The work should be done at Mrs. Wm. Gerlinger is the owner in the heart of the ditch drained area, place and is full of water. It won't came in order to get acquainted. The}over the ditch roads. The boat rid-|once and each should be made to|of two finely bred Guernsey bulls,. »|one a pure bred fror imported stock where land is easily cleared and where farmers are developing real farms. | There is a splendid co-operative' creamery here doing a fine business and being operated by the efficient' more of them I might as well give up, alike. butter maker, I. L. Hanson. Thej store is owned and operated by J. R. Olson and enjoys a splendid patron- age from the surrounding territory. The women of that community pre- pared a fine dinner, after which speakers from among the visitors, as. well as from the local community, were heard. E. E. McDonald presided at the meeting and introduced the speakers. He gave a short and interesting talk on the purpose of the trip and com-. plimented the settlers upon their| spirit and development work. Judge C. W. Stanton was the first speaker introduced. He said: “I have heard so much about the Grygla coun- try and have had something to do with authorizing the construction of ditches here, that I have longed for years to come up here. “Just what your opinion is with re- gard to the work thus far done I am not familiar, but I brought with me a “body guard” of sixty men, because I did not know what I might en- counter. I have come also to learn, if I have acted wisely in my decisions. “You need more ditches. The out-, lets should be made larger so thati adequate drainage facilities may be provided. - The ditch taxes thus far run off, because the hill is in the way.” —0— “The ditch taxes are getting pretty strong for me and if they dig any for all the good they do me.” —0 “Too many mistakes made in building the ditches. have been That’s 'why we settlers are grumbling. They have got to get busy and correct them.” —o0— 3 “I would be willing to pay twice the tax, yes, three times more, if they would make adequate outlets and dig more ditches. They are a great thing.” | —0— “If it would do any good I'd keep on kicking, but gained this far. Suppose if we all get together and kick we’d get some! wlhiere.” A A A A A A A A A A AN AN AN This year the crops are fine and if I could count on not being flooded I would put more under cultivation.” Good Roads Endorsed. Representative F. J. McPartlin of International Falls spoke on behalf of Amendment No. 1. After his talk he took a rising vote and it carired unan- imously. “The women are going to vote next November,” said Mr. McPartlin, “and nothing has beeni people in Bemidji know that if they hope to grow more prosperous their | neighbors must prosper. “You-know after all there is no difference between us. We are all We imagine that you people up here may have had grievances and | that your love for us had somewhat waned. But now that we are here and have dined with you and rubbed elbows with you, it is evident that we are no better than those of you who live here. 5 - _ “In our hearts we hold you in the "highest esteem and want you to be- lieve in us. Believe that we have come to learn of your needs and to help you in every possible way. You have made us feel most welcome and | we’re going to come again, and that real soon.” i Predicts $100 Acre Land. Judge Grindland, who was the next speaker, paid a high tribute to the pioneer settlers who laid the founda- tion for this new settlement. “I want to encourage you to stay on the farm,” said the judge. “Mistakes have been made in ditch construc- tion and more mistakes will be madé, i but we know they will be remedied. “In the very near future you will ihave $100 an acre land up here, and { you should keep on making improve- ments. I am more interested in the tupkeep of the present ditch system than in the construction of new projects. We should have some law ing was not so rough, but the “skid- ding” effect was the same with some. ; TR0 As a “songster,” Mr. Cutting easily jcarried off the honors, and as hosts |the two “Bills” from Baudette were real “greenbanks.” —p— The farmers at Four Towns know what they want and know how to.ask for it, so that it will not be mis- understood. Straight from the shoul- der and to the point, was their favor- ite method. - The hotel at Grygla sure put up a fine chicken dinner at a price long to be remembered. The boys are still wondering how it could be done. —o— Some of the boosters have learned that a bottle of ‘“Near Beer” is better than one far away. pay according to benefits received. a splendid talk to the farmers. advocated community organizations and expressed confidence that with united efforts that country would de- velop into a prosperous settlement. “Yoyr fundamental problem,” lem and in order to get the best re- sults, present your difficulties to the 'conservancy and drainage board. M. W. Deputy, president of thex Bemidji Normal ‘school, delivered an interesting address, inviting settlers to send their children to the Bemidji school. He outlined the work being done and predicted a great future for the school and the country. Peter Hogeland was the next speak- fence. 2 Ginger ale “highballs” made with real ginger ale are not hard to take before or after meals. —0— . “Mulligan” is a good dish, when vou can get plenty of it, and the boys were not disappointed in this respect. —_—0— 2 Hard surfaced roads are rotten, when intermingled with soft spots. iy not make a mistake to re-elect him this fall. He can show more results] ties in evidence on this trip. We er who said: “I am always suspicious [dy, last week threshed his and looking for a ‘nigger’ in the|wheat which .yielded 24 bushels to I am glad there are no poli-|the acre. from G.-P. Grouts Guernsey stock County Agent D. C. Dvorcek gavels, m at Nickeson, Minn. J. C. Souder has gone to Wisconsin on a-business trip. David Carnegie is the owner of the first Holstein cow in this section. The Spur school board has engaged said B b5 three very competent teachers for the- Mr. Dvorcek, “is the drainage prob- coming year. KKK KKK XK RREKKK CLEARBROOK * o %k % kb b % b % The splendid rain Sunday helped the clover fields and fall pastures. It made things look greener and every- body feel better. Peter M. Skog, in the town of Ed- winter The stork presented the home of have been saying some nasty things|Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Sheets and Mr. about the ditches for the past seveniand Mrs. Edward Rierbaum with years and I may some right now. “Families have had to move out ibouncing baby daughter each. . -/ On the farm of L. Jensen just nort! Mry "~ are being paid promptly, which indi- they are going to carry Amendment passed to provide looking after and than any other commissioner and the, because -the floods drove them out.]of the Clearbrook village limits was The Tamarac river is not big enough|threshed- a large field of oats which to carry the ditch waters when it|yielded 70 bushels to the acre. Such rains. I suggest that ditches be run|crops speak volumes for the agricul- west and south so that some of the|tural lands adjolning Clearbrook and water will be turned into other rivers. | vicinity. - “I hope they will rush things and| Walter W. Nelson, who represents The roads near Kelliher and in a R i large portion of William Lennon’s :‘Y:r_the settlers along the Tamarac|tie Willys-Knight clectric lighting district are fine, and the voters will| 5y more either, because” we have|son of Leon township this week. I don’t want them to tax us|plants sold one to Ole A. Fngebret- paid enough taxes and never got any-| The Rosen rye has demonstrated thing for them. e its value as a big crop producer in The party left for Bemidji about|this section. Reports as high as 40 cates that the property improved was No. 1. The Babcock plan means for(maintaining the ditches.” g i maintaining people ‘have but to drive through the|gix o’clock and reached home about|bushels to the acre have been receiv- worth while. The roads alone, which: have been constructed by the digging: of these ditches are worth more than: the cost of the entire project. “The development of good roads and ample drainage will bring to this community hundreds of visitors an- pually, which will mean the bringing of hundreds of new settlers.” > To Fix Roads. Mr. McDonald, before introducing the next speaker assured his audience that the roads on the reservation would receive attention, because he intended to take Congressman Harold Knutson over the same route of cor- duroy and the shaking up he would receive would without doubt inspire him to ask for several hundred thou- sand dollars from congress for this Northern Minnesota that we will get millions of dollars of hard surfaced road for nothing. It means that the main trunk lines in Beltrami county will be taken over, built and forever maintained by the state. Laterals and feeders will get all the money now being used on the main highways from the county funds. “The plan will actually reduce the taxes. Beltrami county used about $110,000 on roads. You can cut down your taxes two or three mills and still have five times as much to spend on laterals as you now spend, if you will vote and adopt No. 1.” Wants a Railroad. E. A. Evans made a hit with the crowd with his straight from the Amendment | After the program and picnic at|county to find this out. Four Towns the boosters proceeded| v~~~ |trip, but few expressed a desire to Y 2 to Grygla. Every man had a longing desire to see this much talked of, much advertised and prosperous farming “paradise” known as .the Grygla country, and were a ous to see the city of that name. The party arived there in time for a six o’clock dinner ,and it was a good one. Real spring chicken an all that goes with it and fine fresh strawberries and cream. The program in the evening held THE MILES COVERED TO AND FROM BAUDETTE at the Woodman' hall was presided over by Editor Mussey. The speakers included Judge C. W.'x 4 % & bit curi-| Stanton, ‘E. C. Lonergan, F. J. ARRERER XL S c- Partlin, C. G. Selvig, and a solo by M. C. Cutting. The hall was packed | # % % % % * * * * % to its doors and a goodly number d|of Gryglaites were on hand. nine. make it again the next day. i | 23, 24 and 25. K% ready and plan on taking at least a BAGLEY * All were satisfied with the|ed. The big Clearwater County fair will pe held at Bagley, on September Get your ‘display two days vacatton. 4 Chairman Sam_Hunt, one of the % % % % % % %*|county dads in Red Lake county, ac- Misseés Mabel and Josephine Nelson companied by Mr. Henning, E. G. left Saturday for Fargo, N. D., from Buse, In the hall was arranged a fine|there they will leave for their schools, agricultural exhibit. where they will teach the coming After spending the night in this|fall term. - village the boosters got a six o’clock start for the north, with Baudette as their goal. About 9:30 they reach- ed the popular settlement of Schill- ing, where much to their surprise the good people of this village served one of the most enjoyable spreads Mrs. Hulda Bailey and son, Jerry, of Brainerd, spent the week here vis- iting friends. Miss Ethel Noyes of Shevlin spent | was entitled. Saturday here. A large number of the Bagley peo- ple attended the funeral of Arne Mr. Healy and District Engi- neer Palmer called on business men at Gonvick, Clearbrook and Bagley last week to ascertain the reasons why the Jefferson Highway from Bag- ley to Red Lake Falls did not receive its quota of the traffic to which it A delegation of busi- ness men from here accompanied the Red Lake Falls boys to Bagley where a joint business meeting was held much to the benefit of all concerned. durpose. shoulder jabs when he said: “The C. L. Isted kept an accurate . . n saud: ) . L. . . Rank of Shevlin Saturday. & i a':“:e‘;:" Eg“l‘lk:é’““f;:;" F‘fi‘: T:awild‘sa ditches we have were built like skin-|| record of the miles covered and °f‘$’e é“t’ste trip. ¢ acnester Bugge returne: home from | Vast improvements are being made . ning an animal the wrong way. We(| the distances between the vari- . G. Schilling, postmaster and|y.; von “where he has been employed |On the Jefferson Highway between Bagley and Clearbrook, which has “Some of the ditches are just as deep . at the beginning as at the outlet. The culverts are too small and when the rain comes the ditches get full and the water can’t get through the cul- verts. “We had a big project outlined, but it was overruled and the present sys- tem put in. We must have more outlet or the land will be flooded.” 5 _T. J. Lillevold Talks. “J would be glad to pay three times the ditch tax if bigger ditches were built,” said Mr. Lillevold. “Last year I had 160 acres of fine crops and in July 155 of them were under water. have just as many floods today as we did before the ditches were put in, because the outlet is too small. “A year ago last Fourth of July we needed. row boats to get around. The ditches were filled with water and so was the land adjoining, because of an inadequate outlet. “You members of the drainage and conservancy board, I beg of you to see what is done in the future is properly done. The present system is no good at all. There is not a man in Steenérson township who wounld not be glad to pay dollar for dollar in good ditch construction. They ous points of interest on the entire trip. From Bemidji— To Red Lake Outlet. To Four Towns. To Grygla ... To Schilling . To Baudette . From Baudette— To A. A. Andrews Total miles traveled merchant, was on the job the minute the first car stopped. no record was kept, but they left well filled and entirely satisfied. Rapid River was reached after one a dinner to the boosters which would do credit to the Markham hotel. The party about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. The women served home-made cake and it seemed %‘):::dx‘elby motored as if there was no end to the supply.| Frank Moritz deft for Bemidji aft-|the average condition of the highway Just how many pieces each man ate|er spending the past two months. Wednesday they were the guests of |father-in-law, Tom Olson, Misses Alice and Inez Peterson and to Bemidjt placed the condition of the J. H. b tween the two points on par with. in the state. At present a crew is Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grove left|busy graveling the highway, while for Circle, Mont., where they will|other sections are being prepared for Dahls camp on the banks of the|make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sannon left for of the toughest road problems on the|Bemidji, where they will make their trip. Our good host, Mr. Dahl, served |future home. heavy grading and surfacing. The Red Lake Falls boosters were mare than pleased with the splendid condi- tion of the J. H. between Red Lake Mr. Solberg and son, Eddie, return- | Falls and Bagley. ed-home from Eagle Bend, where they arrived in Baudette|have been visiting. Sivert Lee received word that his|was declared off for the passed ' because of rain. The big game of base ball between Gonvick and Clearbrook last Sunday time being