Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 21, 1921, Page 1

* warehouse proposition. The Pibiufifi is' this’ only. within 100, mi ! | hag the largest circul 1ti0} Northern' Minnesotas 3 XVIIL NO, 283 o of‘,xamuf'-gl 65¢. PER . MONTH LOCALPRODUCE “ \italization. Fixed "% With Shares %, . Each \ — 1 RECTORS NAMED T, BEGIN WORK Another General Meeting Will -Be Called Soon to Complete” _ Warehouse Project A local produce association was or- ganized Saturday afternoon ata meeting of farmers at the city hall called for that purpose. Cyunty Agent Dvoracek acted as chairman and H. L. Boyer was elected tempo- rary secretary. After calling the meeting to order the county agent briefiy outlined the needs of a co-operative _association and more adequate warehouse facil ities at: Bemidji for more satisfactory. marketing of all kinds of farm prod- ucts. He-cited the various co-opera- tive enterprises that had operated at one time or another at Bemidji and failed for one reason or another. He warned against two of the most com- mon causes of failure in'cogperative enterprises; namely: _inefficiént man- agement and, no doubt the more seri- ous, the active disloyalty of ‘members and shareholders. He staged that un- less each and everyone was ready to support an association with 100 per cent loyalty in boosting it, and mar- keting ‘their products, then its or- ganization would be time wasted: He showed that a warehouse of 100,000 bushel ‘capacity was necessary with facilities for cleaning and handling clover seed, small grains, both for seed and for feed. Several farmers| responded to'a request for. discussion. Everyone admitted the vital need of such ‘an organization, but more or less pessimism was expressed because of previous failures of farmers’ en- terprises. The advantage of co-opera- in this district in selling potatoes gnd 3 especially-aied stock and: rod- ucts was -also shown. - This system would make the Bemidji association the central unit because of ‘its matu- ral loeation and its railroad facilities. F. S. Jordan, field manager of Min- nesota Potato exchange, explained the system of handling the' sale: of -cars consigned by local- associations from the time the car was loaded and ship- ped, until the: grower receives his return, and the system of pooling cars, like grade and variety. He pointed to the enormous future _x selling power of the exchange and the possibilities .of a national potato or- ganization similar to that-of the fruit growers. He touched briefly on the buying power of such an organiza- ion. His talk led to a general discussion of the exchange, and expressions re- garding its success the past year. L. T. Bjella emphasized the need of im- mediate action be taken to assist the farmers in disposing of their present stock of potatoes in- order thuzt-they would be in a position to build a warehouse to take care of thig year’s crop. It having been previously voted to organize a produce association, the sentiment toward the exchange was determined by vote, not a véte-being cast against it.--The . county .agent read the growers’ agréement with the local association, and the association’s agreement with the state exchange. This was further explained by E. E. Schulke of Tenstrike, a director of the ftate exchange. Th order that this association could begin operation at once, the present capitalization was. fixed. at -$2,000 with shares at $25 each. Nine farm- ers who have potatoes to sell ~signed their intention to purchase. shares, and the following temporary directors were elected to incorporate the asso- ciation and to affiliate with the ex- change: W. G. Schroeder, A. Ritchie, 'Richard Martin, George French, L. T. Bjella, C. L. Straw- bridge, Chris Larson, all of Bemidji. Another general meeting will be called in the near future to talk the It is intend- ed then to amend the articles of in: corporation of the present association to increase the capitalization and also the size of shares, and take defini.te steps towards the erection of a suit- able warehouse and work out plans for co-operation among locals. ’!‘hu meeting will be widely advertised with the Hope of securing the attend- ance of a larger percentage of the farmers in this locality. The board of directors called a meeting for 9 o’clock today at the farm bureau office to complete the incorporation and take steps for im- mediate action of selling potatoes through the exchange. CHAMBERLAIN 1S NAMED ‘AS umzxsts‘ LEADER (By United Press) London, March™ 21.—J. Austin Chamberlain today was unanimously elected leader of the Unionist. party succeeding Andrew Bonar Law who gesigned. P.|$1,500 for each from HEARD BY STATE COURT, County At;o}ney Torrance Wlll Represent State in Case on-Perjury. Charge County Attorney Graham M. Tor- rance leaves this evening for St. Paul where he will appear before the su- preme court Wednesday on behalf of | the state in the case of state of Min- nesota against Frank Storey, charged with perjury. Storey' was convicted here on Febru- ary 28, 1920, on a charge of perjury, committed ‘while testifying as a wit-| " ness for the state in the case of State vs. Joseph Thiebault, on September (24, 1919, ° Storey county- attorney -in May, 1919, 'that he had purchased ligyor from /Thie- bault at Baudette, and on the trial of the: case testified that Thiebault was not the man who sold him the liquor. After his conviction and sentence and commitment to Stillwater, this appeal was taken to. the supreme court, < i = CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR T0 BE SOLD AT AUCTION D. C. Clarke, president of the Louisville Real Estate & Development company, has. announced. that the sale of Camp Zachary Taylor, at auc- tion, would begin ‘Monday, April 25 and continue daily until all of tle land, buildings and contents of build- ings have been disposed of. ‘The properties to be disposed of comprise about 2,000 acres of valu- able land, adjoining the city of Louis- ville; about 2,000 buildings of various dimensions, and a vast amount of equipment.- There will be something like 4,000 separate sales and bidders are expected from all parts of the country. Camp Taylor represents an outlay on the part of the government of aver $10;000,000 and it has been de- cided to. dispose of the land, build- ings apd contents in small units so as to secure the benefit of the great- est possible competition. By this method it is estimated that a much greater sum in the aggregate will be realized than the best bid made for the camp as a whole. SPRING MAKES DEBUT Bathing Beauties and B. V. D.’s . ‘Usher in Spring in N. Y.— Kansas City Chilly New York, March 21.—Blossoms, butterflies, bathing beauties and B. V. D.’s ushered the first day of spring for New York. The only thing lack- ing'was bock beer. The weather man omised a duplication of yesterday’s temperature of 76, the hottest day March on record, when hundreds of persons appeared at Coney Island. Hundreds of th®m took a swim. The shouts of kids playing baseball in va- cant lots today: mingled with the shouts from the beaches. (By United Press) Kansas City, Mo., March 21.— Spring this morning was marked by the chilliest weather in the month. The birds s7,ug long and loud in pro- test. (By Unitéd Press) Dallas, Texas, March 21.—Miss Spring’s return today was the first intimation Tekas had that she had been away. In a few more days the back -garden will be well matured. The winter was unusuaily'mild. CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL MAY BE BUILT AT RED LAKE W. W. Coon of ‘the department of the interior, Washington, D. C., who has been looking after the interests of the Indians at Cass Lake and Red Lake, consulted Superintendent.J. C. McGhee regarding the future educa- tion of the Indians in Beltrami coun- ty-. On:behalf of the United States government he offered half of the cost of the building not exceeding the govern- ment. The matter will be considered firther ‘later, and if the means ‘of building can be secured, a consoli- dated school may be built at Red L:x to care for at least 100 chil- dren. DENSITY OF POPULATION 355 PER SOUARE MILE Washington, March 21.—The den- sity of population in the United States in 1920 was 35.5 per square mile, the census bureau today.-an- nounced. This is an increase from 20.9 in 1910, 25 in 1900 and 21 in 1890. Rhode Tsland has the greatest number of people per square acre, Nevada has the fewest. The density of population in the various states include: Minnesota 29.5; North Dakota, 9.2; South Da- kota 8.3; Wisconsin 4 SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT The regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held at the Cen- tral school building Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. A large attendance is}n{ the Normal school desired. reported: to the |- V/ \\«: N2, Z N NS DNNNRE 77 N N SIXTEEN GIVEN FREEDOMTODAY Defendants in Matewan Battle Case Given Verdict Today of “Not Guilty” (By United Press) Williamson, W. Va., March 21.— The jury in the Matewan battle case returned 4 verdict of not guilty in the trial of sixteen defendants charg- ed with the murder of Albert Felts, private detective hired by Tocal mine ‘cperators here during the strike. The jury returned the veredict at 11:20 after deliberating since Saturday at 5-p. m. The defendants received the news without emotion. They had confidently expected an acqdittal since the trial began. (By United Press) Willidmson, W. Va., March 21.— Labor troubles in Mingo county mines resulted in the battle of Mat- ewan and reached a climax today in the result of theftrial of Sid Hatfield, youthful police ¢hief and fifteen co- defendants. Ten men were dead when the open battle in the streets of Mattewan be- tween Baldwin-Felts. detectives and deputy sheriffs ended. Albert C. Felts leader of the private detectives and Mayor Testman of Matewan were among those killed. The fight occurred last May after the Felts men had evicted striking miners from the company houses. The detectives had completed their work and were = enroute to the railroad station. An altercation arose over warrants—one Felts held for the ar- rest of Hatfield: and one for Felts’ ar- rest Hatfleld atempted to serve. CASUALTIES IN CONFLICT NOW TOTAL TWENTY-SIX (By United Press) London, March 21.—Casualties in} the wide-spread Sinn Fein offensive and crown forces Saturday reached a total of 26 deaths and one missing, it was announced today. Eleven soldiers were killed and 15 Sinn Fein fell. One soldier is ‘missing, 15 soldiers and 7 republicans were wounded. WETS PROBE VALIDITY . OF HARDING AMENDMENT ‘Washington, March 21.—A provi- sion of the prohibition amendment originally proposed by President Harding, when a senator, makes it valid, it was claimed in the second big edict on the constitutionality of the dry law in a brief filed with su- preme court today.. The action of the constitutional amendment whic his claimed to val- idate all the ratifications by the state provides that the amendment would 1ot be operative uniess ratified by three-fourths of the states within seven years after being submitted on ratification by the state. The brief for the “wets” assert that the supreme court is upholding the amendment and that the Volstead act last June did not pass on the face of its validity. PHILOMATHIAN CLUB TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The Philomathian club will meet | tonight at the residence of A. P. Ritchie, Minnesota avenue. The sub- ! ject for discussion is Argentine, -F |aguay and-Uruguay. The subject will be taken by President M. W. Deputy and discussion led by G. D. Backus. STATE INVESTIGATES ELEVATOR EXPLOSION Search for Additional Bodies to Be Halted Until After Debris Is Cleared Chicago, March 21.—The state to-| day began a last investigation of the explosion of the Armour and Com- pany grain elevator in South Chi- cago which cost the lives of two per- sons and possibly four others. Two personé have been found and officials of the company believe four more were buried under the debris. Search for additional casualties will be halted ungijthe wreckage is cleax- ed. The blast, caused by spontaneous combustion, shattered windows with- a radius of 50 miles. Damage is esti- mated. at nearly $2,000,000. TROUT CLUB PLANTS FRY IN ADJACENT STREAMS W.'C. Klein of the Bemidji Trout club has returned from Laporte and other points on the Minnesota & In- ternational line where the club has planted 250,000 brook trout fry in the various streams. This makes a total of 825,000 trout fry planted this year in this vieinity. Mr. Klein expects good fishing at the opening of the season this year since the snow is practically gone and this will bring the creeks to normal levei about April 15, when the season opens. THIEVES VISIT OFFICE AT CENTRAL BUILDING Juet what thieves expected to get in the office of the superintendent of schools is hard to understand. Never- theless, somebody pajd the office of Mr. Bagby a visit Saturday night, relieved it of about $10 in stamps, but, so far as can be learned, nothing more, Papers were inconsiderately strewn over the floor and the lock on the door broken. It was -not learned where entrance to the school was igained. AVIATORS INJURED IN CRASH KEAR CLOQUET Duluth, March 21.—Hugh Oswald with Arthur Pierce who was seriously injured in an aeroplane crash at Clo- quet Sunday reganied consciousness for the first time sinee the crash, this morning. Both men will recover, at- tending physicians said. Pierce, ) neapolis aviator, was carrying Os- wald as a passenger when forced to land because of engine trouble. Plerce suffered a broken hip and Os- wald a fractured skull and a broken nose. TRANSIENTS TAKE GRIP AND 60-DAY SENTENCE Two transients appropriated a grip bolonging to another man at the Great Northern depot Saturday eve- ning and made their escape with it on a freight train- which was leav- ing for Cass Lake. The owner of the grip left the waiting room for a moment and when he returned he discovered his grip had been taken. The two men were taken off the train at'Cass Lake and returned to Bemid- i In munijcipal court this morning {they pleaded guilty to a charge of | petty larceny and were fined = $100 leach or 60 days in jail. Being un- {able to raise the fine they were both {escorted to the county jail to spend llhe next two months. cough. ] 3 DELBERT SHITH ESCAPES AGAIN Eludes Federal Authorities Who Find Stolen Money in Boarding House (By United Press) Ashland, Wis., Mar¢h 21.—Delbert Smith, alleged mail train robber and murderer of a mail clerk, has again sluded federal authorities. As they were about. to close in on him, Post- office Inspector Haugdahl'ol St. Paul and Chief of Police Blair were said to have missed Smith by a few hours in & boarding house here where they recovered nearly $2,000 in currency, stolen from-the North Coast Limited near St. Cloud, February 18. Smijh was seen here March 3, po- lice said. “They were told some per- sons saw him March 7' but this is not definitely established. He ask- ed a taxicab driver to take him to Stockton, Wis., the night of March 3 where he wanted to.catch a train making connections with the Cana- dtin flier. The taxicah driver declin- ed to make the drive and it is believed that Smith got someone else to take him, The currency found at Mrs. Davis’ boarding house amounted to $1,857 in bills, Mrs. Davis told the police that the money was left with her by Mrs. Belle Vidmar, who is reported to be a sister of Mrs, Grace McDon- ald, of St. Paul, arrested there with her mother and another woman and charged with complicity in the rob- bery. She is said to hdve made two trips to St.’ Paul and dfd -not return the second time. It was reported here she was arrested in March under an alias. Neighborg said that they saw Mrs, Vidmar with Smith. Y GERMANY CARRIES UPPER SILESIAN VOTE SUNDAY (By United Préss) London, March 21.~—~Germany car- ried the upper Silesian plebescite yes- terday, tccording to press dispatches from Berlin. which quoted: figures. With two districts missing the vote was announced as Germany 876,000 and Poland 389,000. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT VISITS NORTH SCHOOLS|, J. C. McGhee, county superin- tendent of schools, returned Satur- day morning from Kelliher, after spending a week visiting schools near Saum, Stanley, Waskish, Heulin and Belle. Among the schools visit- ed, the pupils at Belle and the Gen- ron schools were found to be greatly pleased with the improved conditions in their schools. Each of these schools had been lo- cated. in a homesteader’s shack for several years, but now are in new substantial school buildings. The new buildings were erected by the settlers donating the walls and labor and the county board of education paying for the other matecial. The building at Belle is of logs 20 feet by 20 feet with a 12-foot ceiling, and has been equipped for a state aid echool. The Gehron building is a frame 24 feet long, 16 feet wide. Twenty children are enrolled at the Gehron and 22 at the Belle school. In some of the schools around up- per Red Lake, a number of children were kept at home on account of hav-|n ing a disease similar to whooping -y - REVISION OF RAILROAD " LAW IS EXPECTED SOON Rail Experts Believe Change Will Be Made in Provision for Rate-making € (By United Press) ‘Wachington, March 21.—A revi- sion of the rate-making provision of the Esch-Cummins railroad law prob- ably will be forced on the new con- gress, railroad experts here believed today. Just what this revision is to be will depend upon the decision of the supreme court at a case brought be- tween the state railroad commission of Wisconsin and 42 other states to test the constitutionality of the rate provision of the present law. The decision will determine wheth- er congress can give the interstate commerce commission power to fix in- tra-state as well as interstate rates. The commission claims such a power is valid while the states claim it in- vades their sovereign rights. GOVERNOR OF MONTANA * WOULD DOUBLE OIL TAX (By United Press) Helena, Mont.,, March 21.—Declar- ing that the special session should not adjourn “without at least doub- ling the one per cent tax already provided on oil production,” Govers nor Dixon, in his message to the spe- cial session of the Montana legisla- ture: Calls attention to a critical situa- tion in the state treasury. Refutes statements that the reve- nue laws passed by the regular ses- sion will produce over $2,500,00, an- nuady, declaring that they will bring in only $580,000 in 1921 and $7560,000 in 1922, Asks inheritance tax corresponding to tested Wisconsin plan. Asks liberal approprator for tu- bercular hospital at Galen. Asky for laws to better control illi- cit liquor traffic. Asks tax commission to remedy unequal and inequitable assessments levied in taxes for support of state, county, city and schools.” NEW ADMINISTRATION - TACKLES LABOR DISPUTE Diu’)u!e Between B:igthAa&ckel; and Employees Goes Before New Commission Today (By United Press) Washington, March 21.—The Harding administration today tackled its first labor dispute. The one between big packers and their em- ployees went before the commission and three cabinet officers to lay the foundation for opposing classes. Sec- retary of Labor Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Hoover composed the commission. ‘The employees claim the packers, by giving notice of wage cuts, broke an agreement which was to lay dur- ing the period of the war and which is still in force because the war has not yet ended technically. STATE BOARD QUESTIONS MAILED TO RURAL SCHOOLS State board high school examina- tion questions are being sent to the rural schools this week, from the county superintendent’s office. The examinations will be given in spell- gn;,r, grammar, composition and Amer- ican history on Thursday, March 31, and in arithmetic and geography on Friday, April 1. All pupils in the rural schools receiving certificates in each of these subjects are given a county diploma. The second examina- tion will be given May 27, 31, June 1 and 2. MOOSE LODGE TO HOLD SPECIAL MEET TOMORROW A special meeting for the trans- action of general bhusiness will be held tomorrow night by the Moose lodge. Ballotting on applications, membership campaign matters and general business will be given atten- tion. o % WOMEN VOTERS’ LEAGUE MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT The League of Women Voters will meet Tuesdsy evening at 8 o’clock at the Civic and Commerce association rooms. A pleasing feature of the eve- ning will be a talk by Miss Asbury, English teacher at the State Normal, and her subject will be “Civic Duties of Women at this Time.” All who have heard Miss Asbury on previous occasions will be glad to hear her again, as she is a very interesting speaker. A report will be made by Mrs. H. C. Baer on what the League of Wo- men Voters is doing in other ldcal- ities. Plans for the election of .of- ficers will be discussed. A class will be organized for the study of civies; Miss Mabel Wager, teacher in the Be- pidji high school, to have charge. Everybody is invited to attend the meeting. A OF LANDDROPS SEVENPER CENT Department of Agriculture Re- port Shows Average Value of March 1 as $83.78 HEAVIEST DROP SHOWN IN SOUTHERN STATES Stastiticians Attribute Drop to Reduction in Prices of 1920 Crops Washington, D. C., March 21.— The average price of plowland per acre in the United States decreased about 7 per cent during the past year, according to a report just issued by the United States department of agri- culture. The average value of plow- land per acre on March 1 of this year was $83.78, as compared to'$90.01 in 1920, and $74.31 in 1919. The statisticians of the department at- tribute the decline to the reduction in the prices of crops. The report shows that the heaviest drop in the price of land is in the southern states where cotton is the principal crop. In some sections of these states there has been a decline of 30 per cent in the price of plow- land during the year. The average price of plowland in Georgia this year is $36 per acre, while last year it was $46—a drop of about 22 per cent. The average in South Carolina last year was $61, while this year it is $60—a drop of 20 per cent. Probably the greatest drop in any one state was in Kentucky, and is at- tributed to the decline in the price of tobacco. In 1920, the average price of plowland in this state was $70 per acre, while this year it is $563. This is a decline of approximately 24 per cent, Towa is the state having the highest price of plowland per acre, The re- port shows that it is valued at $200 this year, as compared with $219 last year—a decline of about' 9 per cent, Illinois ranks second in the value” of “plowland, "aecording to the report, the price per acre being $157. In Alabama and Mississippi the aver- age price of plowland per acre is $26. The western states show the least decline in prices of land, and in the case of California, Oregon and Colo- rado there is a slight increase over last year. Plowland in California was valued at $130 per acre last yegn;, while this year the average is 5. The report shows that there was a rapid increase in the price of land from 1917 to 1920, when the highest price was reached. The decline dur- ing the past year is not as great as the increase from 1919 to 1920. Land -« = Vprices are still higher than any year preceding 1920. LUMBER PRICES HAVE STRUCK BOCK BOTTOM (By United Press) Minneapolts, March 21.—Lumber prices have struck rock hottom, ac- cording to Harrison Hatton, secretary of the Northwest Lumbermen's asso- clation, Building will reach normalcy in the northwest by this fall, he said. Alreafly there as a noticeable stimu- lation in building as a result of cheaper buillding materials. Lumber prices have dropped as much as 35 and 40 per cent in some cases, according to Hatton. He pointed to a number of busi- ness buildings being erected in Min- neapolis as well as to numerous dwel- lings and flat buildings. RALPH GRACIE POST TO MEET THURSDAY EVENING Definite plans for the membership drive to be staged by the Ralph Gra- cie post of the American Legion will be submitted to the post in sessionm Thursday evening, at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association. All dembers are to have an fmport- ant part in the drive and a large at- tendance is urged. * Several matters of importance are to be taken up this time and an in- teresting session {8 being planned. VICTIM OF SLEEPING 5 SICKNESS HAS RECOVERED (By United Press) Minneapolis, March 21.—Miss An- nie Miller, 33, is the first victim of extended sleeping Sickness to recover, as far as health authorities could de-.- termine today. She was asleep six weeks. Hospital authorities who per- mitted her to be discharged yester- day declined to give details of the treatment used. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR “B.L. T.” AT CHICAGO TODAY (By United Press) Chicago, March 21.—Bertram Les- ton Taylor, well known humorist and poet who conducted “A Line O’ Type or Two” in the Chicago Tribune and Minneapolis Journal, will be buried this afternoon. He died Saturday.