Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 22, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the-only d within” 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation imj Northern Minnesota.” b dally ir ‘tonight and Supday. Cold- BEMIDJI, MINN,, SA'_!'URDA‘Y E&NING, JAN. 22;1921 \ Would Do Away “With All State Aid for Many Schools in This Country \ LowW VALUfD DISTRICTS TO RECEIVE LITTLE AID Several Fe. of Bill Would Be Beneficial to Schools in New Communities County Superintendent of Schools J. C. McGhee has sent out to friends of the schools in Beltrami county a circular letter regarding the propos- ed bill for the revision of state aid for schools in Minnesota and in the letter he calls particular attention to the changes which would affect schools in this county. The letterin part is as follows: “The proposed bill for the revision of. state aid will do away with all state aid for school of one, two or three rooms ,efcépting $76. for each first grade teacher employed.for 8 or more months. - Thé present laws give the following aids: $150 for each first grade teacher employed eight or more months and $100 for each sec- ond grade or first grade teacher em- ‘ployed for seven months in a properly equipped school; $300 to a class “A™ and $150 to a class ““B” consolidated school; and a supplemental aid of not exceeding $200 for each teacher to districts which do not secure enough money to run their schools with a tax levy of more than twenty mills. 1t is proposed to give tg echools employing first grade teacheys as aid one-third of the tax-levy for mainten- ance which-lfes ‘between gwenty and thirty-two niifle:"“ The - tax:levy . for maintenance of s¢hools in common school districts éan not be more than twenty-five mills; therefore, all the aid a common s¢hool district could receive would be $16.66 for each $1.- 000 raised by dfstrict taxes. The dis- tricts of lowest valuation or those needing the most help would receive very little, if amy, as it is certain that for a number of years these schools will be unable to secure.first grade teachers. The ald is also limit- ed to $6 per pupil in the grades and $10 per pupil. jn the High school. Again the supplemental aid is limit- ed to what is .hecessary to ralse the aggregate sum of a twenty mill tax, qne mill county tax apportionment and all other alds, to $1,000 for a district employjng one first grade teacher, $1,5600 to a district employ- ing two first grade teachers, $2,000 . for a district employing three or more first grade teachers. As these dist- ricts must pay more to maintain their schools than the above sums, they would not recelve any supplimental aid. Bt = “Among the good features of-the bill _are the following. The. state shall pay $700_toward the salary and $300 toward the expenses of a coun- ty nurse; $25° transportation aid, which ought to be.increased to 850, for each pupil transported by & com- mon school district; and a state tax levy »f two mills to be added to the general school fund: o, TR, BRITISH SUBMARINE IS LOST IN'ENGLISH CHANNEL (By. Uhited Press) London, Jan. 22.—A British sub- marine, K-5, with a crew of six of- ficers and fifty men was lost in the English channel Thursday, it was an- nounced today. - Details of the acci- dent were not made public. 'CURTIS READY TO MEET THOR JENSEN TOMORROW three Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, L. C. Curtis, will take on| Thor Jensen of Winona at the arm- ory. Jensen weighs 165 and Curtis 156, consequently the local wrestler will deal ‘with a man considerably heavier. . In seéheduling this match, Manager Joe Morris wishes to give |E Bemldjt fans an opportunity to see Curtis in actian against “more beef” since to date .he has handled every opponent of his own weight. R ensen is confident of his own abil- ity. He has heard that Curtis is one of the best mea of his own weight In ' HARMONICK CLUB IS PLANNING BIC PROGRAM |Funds From “Court of King Cole” to Be Used in Better- ing Organization - — Plags for the development of a'mu-~ | sical organization which will not be equalled-in the entire northwest are now being made by the members of the Harmonlck _club, under whose auspices “The Court of King Cole” | will be presented Monday.and Tues- day nights, and as soon as work on the.play is over the members will de- vote their tome to this program. The Harmonick club, which is com- posed of the best male singers of the city is purely a civic proposition and the members have always been ready {and willing to serve on any public occasion. when it was possible for them to do so.” With perhaps the ex- ception of. the Juvenile band no or- ganization has been called upon as| frequently during the past year to as- sigt.in . programs as the Harmonic¢k club and the club is now recognized | as one of the leading organizations of Ats kind in the entire northwest. | Several weeks ago the members of | the clubdecided to stage a play that funds might be secured to carry out the program that is now being con- sidered and it was decided to present “The Court of King Cole.” This play was eelected because it is an unusual production and one which will be a real treat for all who attend. The best musical talent in the city has| been secured for leading parts and with a well trained chorus the af- fair promises to be the best home talent production presented here in| many years. . A special five piece orchestra will play both evenings, being composed of Joe Forester, violin; Raymond Nel- gon, piano, G. Oliver Riggs and Del- bert Elletson, cornet, Fletcher Grim- oldsby, trombone and Percy Riggs, traps. Mr. Elletson will play cgrnet Monday evening and Mr. Riggs will play Tuesday evening. B The- costumes .in.the.play are el- aborate and - ecvery entertainment featuze from the funny sayings of the Humpty Dumptys to the clever danc- ing -of. pretty -Bpanish_girls and ‘ti solo work of the leading characters, all of whom are amofg the best sing- ers of the city, are sure/to please. The last rchearsal was held Jast night and all is now in readiness for the first presentation of the affair Monday night. ! BFM™INTI HIGH DEFEATS BRAINERD IN CLOSE GAME Hi_lbo Scores Ffiteon Points | Against Former Home Town Basket Aggregation Bemidji High school’s basketball quint invaded Brainerd yesterday, and this morning returned with a vie- tory over the south district team by a count of 21 to 14. With Brainerd taken into camp, St. Cloud and Be- midji the only undefeated teams in the third athletic district, and when- St. Cloud meets the locals a fast contest is assured. Higbe, left forward on the Bemidji quint, was easily the star of the en-| tire contest, he having scored fifteen points of . the twenty-one, four field bagkets and seven out of ten free throws. = Stechman completed the scoring with the remaining three field lo did the scoring for Brainerd, Welch securing three field baskets and two out of seven free throws. Higbe was indeed in his glory, playing against his former home town aggregation, and the little forward showed that his previous practice on the Brainerd floor was not in vain. “Brainerd’s team is composed of tall, slender men, built for speed and teamwork, and the Bemidji bunch never once allowed the quint to get anything y. Coach Smith says| that Braitierd’s outfit is dangerous| and . its opponents must be on the lookout at &ll times. He commented | |upon the_excellent teamwork shown! By the locals in carrying the ball well| under. their own basket and breaking | up Brainerd’s plays. \ | The lineup was as follows: Brainerd { Substitutions—Hill for Erickson. Referee—Schrapp, St. Cloud High. LEGION POST ORGANIZES |already uider way over the question !regullrly every evening in prepara- the world, and tomorrow afternoon | he will endeavor to prove that he is| better than Bemidji’s representatiye. | He has placed a good-sized sum as ap-| -Fargo, Jan. 22.—In order to aid | pearance meney and promises to give | members who may be in need of their Curtis the surprisé of his life. | bonus money the Gilbert Grafton post The Winona wrestler won over of the American Legion has organ-| John Albrecht of Minneapolis twice | ized a saving fund authorized to lend' in fitteen minutes, and those who saw {ex-service members_of the post not to Curtis and Albrecht wrastle for oue |exceed 50 per cent of the bonus they: hovr and twenty minutes here last |are entitled to under the state law., winter will recognize that tomorrow's | Directors of the fund were selected | boit promises to be one of the i3 [at a recent meeting. FUND IN LIEU OF BONUS, RVICEPROPOS — - NEW STRUGGLE Initiative Skirmish Is Already Under Wa_y Between Labor and Capital WAGE REDUCTION IS PROMINENT QUESTION Asquith Says World Wide Wn'_e__;liad_ucfion Is Appar- ently Very Inevitable (By United Press) London, Jan. 22. (By Webb Mill- er.)—Great Britain is on the verge of a_new nirumle between capital and labor. The initiative skirmish is of reducing wages. Labor is attempting to maintain the point that before wages and capi- tal can get together a good start must be made toward pre-war wages on the groypd that prices will fall and Great Britain will be compelled to compete industrially with countries where wages are low. ¢ TheDnited Press obtained the opinjon of leaders on both sides. “A world ‘'wide fall in wages is inevit- able,” said Lord Asquith. One of the foremost British authorities on industry said, “‘prices are falling and will ‘continw. to fall. It is obvious that wages which were raised as a re- sult of increased cost of living must fall gimultaneously.” Arrangements have now been com- pleted for,a series of three games between the Bemidji city basketoall team and the Two Harbors All Stars, runners up for.the state title last year. The games will be staged here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 10, 11 and 12, Heavy ex- pense {8 connected with the series and it s expected that an advance sale of tickets will be made. Two Harbors has practically the same line-up this year as last and three exgeptionally hard battles are looked for. The locals are practicing tion for these and other games. On Friday night of next week the local quint will travel to Thief River Falls and from all reports that game will be a hard one. Last year Thief River Falls won over Bemidji on their own floor and Bemidji later on did the same thirg to Thief River. Several other.games out of town are belng arranged, while a' game, with, Macalester college is being planned to be played here early next month. s basl:ots. Welch, Lagerquist and Shef-|. . L. MRS, E. W. JOHKSON NoT CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE, Tty To the voters-of the First ward, City.of Bemidji: There are severa] residents of the First ward who have the impression 1 am a ’candidate for alderman’ from' this ward. It is 2 mistake..- 1 was endoksed without my per- missjon or knowledge and I covet no political office what- ever. z = I am not a candidate 4 ' MRS. E. W. JOHNSON. —_——— WIL% OPEN NEW JEWELRY STORE ON BELTRAMI AVE. E. P. Peterson, who has been em- ‘ployed for some time as jeweler at the George T. Baker Jewelry store, announces that on Monday, January 24, he will open a jewelry store in the -Moe Tailoring -establishment at 308 Beltrami avenue. i He states that he will have a r} pair. thop fully equipped to do all kinds of watch, clock and jewelry re- pairing and that he will carry a com- plete line of jewelry, watches and clocks) N TODAY IN. CONGRESS Senate. The senate manufacturing commit- tee continues hearing on the Calder coal bill. The appropriations committee dis- cusses the sundry civil bill. ‘The senate committee discusses the minimum wage bill and further hear: ing on the Packer bill. \ e. \ The house continues hearings’on the agricultural appropriations bill. The ways and means committee continves hearings of the agricultur- al committee with regard to tariff. Foreign relations committee con- tinues hearings. Military affairs sulesmmittee con- tinues hearings on‘#ar department. *. Appropriations subcommittee con- tinues hearings on diplomatie, riv- ers and harbors, efficiency and con- sular bills. Judiciary committee considers plafis to inporporate firms engaged in Chi- npse trade. INDIARA DEFEATS ‘GOPHERS AT MINNEAPOLIS 25 TO 23 (By United Press) ‘Minneapolis, Jan. 22.—Two short shots in the end of the game brought victory to the’Hooslers in the tight game between the Minnesota and In- diana basketball teams last night. 'The (isitors scored 25 to the Gopheis 23. The game was close until the last few minutes. BELGIUM WOULD FIX SUM FOR GERMAN REPARATION (By United Press) Paris, Jan. 32.-—The Belgian gov- ernment is urging the supreme coun-, cil to fix a lump sum for German’re- _parations as soon as possible, accord- ing to a Brussels correspondent of the Echo Paris. o TAX REDUCTION FORECASTED / HOUSELEADERS Good Believe Allowances Will Be Decreased ELlHl‘J ROOT FAVORING DISARMAMENT PLANS Y Urges Preliflenk-elect to Bring About General Agree- ment Soon T . (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 22.—Drastic tax reductions will be imposed during the first year of the incoming administra- tion, leaders in the house believed to- day. The regson is that with the big deflcit hanging over the treasury and appropriations bills for the fiscal yenr beginning July 1, things will have tu be moved from some angle. Thus far’seven bills have been re- ported from the appropriations com - mittee assigned with similar apyro- priations for the present year that showed an increase of -$13,5600,009 Representatives Mondell are confident, however, that the ap- propriations will decrease squewlmx also. 1 (By United Press) ‘Walker,) —Steps to bring about a shoulg be taken by President-elect Harding promptly, Elihu Root today told Chairman Butler, of the house naval affajrs committee. SENIOR AND FRESHMAN . TO REPRESENT SCHOOL Miss Ragnhild Moe, who won gec- ond place in the Senior girl's de- iclamn‘ory contest on Monday even- . |ing, was awarded first place in the High school declamatory contest held at the Methodist church last evening. Her selection was “The Swan Song.” Mise Rutli Caskey, freshman, was given second place, her selection be- ing “The Keeper of the Light."” Judges of the contest were Mrs. J. T. Tuomy, Miss. Vera Backus, and Rev. L .P. Warford. A prize of five dollars was given to first pfce and two and a half dollars to second place. These two girls will represent the school at the district declamatory contest which will be held during the early part of next month. A saxaptone solo by Charles Van- dersinis, a vocal solo by Thelma Bow- ers, and a violin solo by Pacha Gold- berg completed the program. A large number of parents and friends of the school were present,. Class spirit was evidenced strongly, at times, duting the announcement of the winners. and Gord | ‘Washington, Jan. 22. (By Herbert ! general agreement on disarmament | oot NORTHEDITORS . IS KILLED INSTANTLY jswa..fi;g Sleigh {Throws soy; CONSIDER NEws ! Under Wheels of Moving | Freight Engine | George Hebard, Jr., séven year old ‘ |son of George Hebard, who lives a {short distance west of the city, was| {instantly killed yesterday afternoon! |about 4 o’clock when he was thrown | Ifrom a sleigh, driven -by his™father, | |under the wheels of a Soo Line! freight engine at the crossing on [Minnesota. avende. @ itnesses of the| SAUK CENTRE CHOSEN |accident, Mr. Hebard was driving al |team belongirig to William Stillmaker, | FOR NEXT MEETING |south on Minnesota avenue, andi | when=near the Soo Line tracls, the! |team became unmanageable. Just i then a Soo line freight engine, which | was switching at that place, approach- | led from the west side of the cross-| jing. Mr. Hebard, fearing he could! ‘nnt get control of the team before | he reached the tracks, evidently en-| | deavored to swing the team to the, |left along First street and in so do- |ing caused the back end of the sleigh nesota Editorial association at Crook- to swing around against fl;:e moVing | ston regarding the prpposal to have ’:l?g I:leédfh:‘x‘::“éle';gthl:: :lnr'i!:lewv:h:ve?: "o';'the daily news digesy/sent to the varl. Ithe engine, where his body was in-| ©US Papers in the north end of the | stantly crushed. - | state by wireless telephone from the | On the sleigh at the same time was| Dunwoody Institute and a committee 3 3 i 5 3 4 |sister Lucille, nine years old. Before Was appéinted to confer with the in- |reaching the tracks Lucille jumped!?“f‘““’fi inneanolis A0 0 oot | off the sleigh and her foot painfully information as to the feasibility of injured, although it was not thought' the plan, This committee gensists o |to be serious. }w; Ix‘cc ocf §:\i=:‘ (?efntr;o% st]?!n,D::a The remains of the boy were wk-‘nf Bemidji, W. H. Verity of Wa- | 5 len to the Huffman and O’Leary un-!| st | dertuking pgrlors, and an inryquml dena and Harry Phillips of Mahno- held this afternoon. The coroner's Men: ad 5 jury returned the verdict that the| The association . met hvith the oy came to his death Dy being | largest mttendance in its history and thrown, from a sled,-under an engine 8ll numbers on the program were n the Soo railroad. | pulled off according to “Hoyle” ex- Committee /Appointed to Re- port on Feasibility of Wire- less Telephone Service Association Approyes Creation of Proposed State Park for Bemidji Much interest was shown yesterday at the meeting of the Northern Min- 01 | Funeral services will be held to-|¢ept the appearance of the adver- I morrow aftermoon at 2:80 in the{f-!fling agency men. A great recep- Mothodist. Episcopal church. Dr. G. tion was given at the Northwest \H. Zentz will officiate. Burial will be School of Agriculture by C. G. Sel- made in Greenwood under the di- Vig and students. Crookston people | rection of H. N. McKee, undertaker. are giving the ‘editors and publishers S e Ia royal entertainment under the di- | ELKS HOLD ENJOYABLE | rection of W. E. McKenzie of the i | Crookston Times. ~DANCING PARTY FRIDAY | E. H. Denu, secretary and manager A fair sized attendance enjoyed the of the Pioneer:Publishing company, informal dancing party held by thein attendance at the convention, has Elks lodge for lodge members and ' advised The Pioneer that' friends last evening. Muslc was fur- strongly in favor of the wireless tele- nighed by the Willlams orchestra. i 3 Appropridtions Have Exceed- ed Disbursements By Over Five Thousand ./ The Park Board has compiled a statement showing its receipts and disbursements for the last three years. | The information is interesting espe- .cially because of the large balance remaifing unspent from the appro- priations made for park purposes. The state follows: Receipts Disbursements 1018 ... $2,295.84 $1,027.89 1919 . 3,344.43 3,064.49 1920 . 6,530.34 '4,439.73 1921 .. 1,613.05 30.00 Total $13,783:66 $8,662.11 Cnih in bank $5,231.56 . $13,783.66 $18,783.66 There is now due from the county auditor’s office, on taxes collected, $700. Some of the larger items of ex- penditure made by the board were the purchase of the’ Ralph Gracie parki, $2,713.26; fountain for same, $78; well, $187.69; plans and speci- ifications for Diamond Point park bathing houses and pavilion, $120; |repairs on rustic - bridge on Lake |Buulevnrd. $260, and trees for the boulevaras, planting, etc., $319. BEMIDJ1 WINS FOURTH IN [ FIVEMAN TEAM MATCHES Bemidji's bowling team at Grand |Forks won fourth place in the five- |man team. events last evening with a +otal of 2,632. Auders and Sie- |vert won third place in the doubles |vesterday, with 1,048. |scored 1,738 in the all-events and took third place with 598 in the ¢ingles. Popp took tenth place'in the |singles with 566. The final games of {the toutfiament are being rolled to- day. Bemidji’s representatives are sure to bring home a gocd slize of the prize mone: 4 | TRAPSHOOT TOURNAMENT OPENS AT FORT SNELLING (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 22.—The twin city midwinter tournament opened at the Fort Snel- ling gun club range today with crack shots from all parts of the country .participating. annual Anderson ! trapshooting | | phone service and may purchase an outfit for local use. Plans are to g« at least ten or twelve papers in this section of the state to band together to hire a man at Mihnéapolis to_send in the daily digest. > “Such an outfit would cost ap- proximately $300,” stated Dr. C. A. Prosser of the Dunwoody Institute, “and the cost of upkeep would be | negligible.” The outcome of the committee’s action on the project 'will undoubtedly bring about an in- | teresting innovation in news service {in Minnesota. (By United Press) Crookston, Jan. 22.—The publish- !ers of Minnesota today again indorsed action in connection with the state !primary elections in resolutions adopt- !ed at the closing session of the Min- nesota Editorial Association conven- tion. ’ i Officers clepted for the coming year |are: President, H. P. Phillips of Mahngmen; vice-president, A. L. La- fernidre of Grand Rapids; secretary- !treasurer, A. G. Rutledge of Minne- (apolis. The executive committee relected consists of W. E. McKenzie, of Crookston, E. H. Denu of Bemidjl and M. Widsteen of Warren. Sauk Centre was chosen as the place for the 1922 meeting. The association also went on record as approving the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence tide-water project, re- questing that the state appropriate funds to aid agricultural interests of the state in every way. The association also approved the creation of Lake Bemidji state park, the resolution for same having been submitted to the committee by E. H. Denu of Bemidji. Duluth made a strong fight for the- 1922 convention at the annual ban- 'quet ‘Jast night. WOMEN VOTERS TO HOLD BUSINESS MEET MONDAY evening in the Civic and Commerce association fooms from 8 to 9 o'clock. | Mrs. H. C. Baer, chairman of the league, Will have charge of the meet- ing. There will be reports of the city finances read at this meeting. All persons running for municipal offi- ces are invited to attend and give a talk. All those interested in partici~ pating in the work of the league will please call Mrs. J. T. Tuomy, secre- tary. . The first automobile in the Garden of Eden was a Ford. Think what Adam and Eve missed by not arriv- .ing a little later on¢ K he is . The League of Women Voters will /' hold a business meeting on Monday i