Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 23, 1921, Page 1

NGS WILL BEGIN ONDAY Firqr Series of Booster Land * Clearing -Meetings. Will Be Held Next- Week- MEETING TO BE HELD New Manager ofr, clearing will begin at! next Monday, A.'W.Sto) ness manager of the Beltr: Land Clearing association, sisted in the series of meet] J. Swantes, fleld manager ofy clearing department of the \! tural Bxtensfon division of the Uni- versity: Farm, Cl;urleu Cnrter,‘ pres- ident of the land clearing association | and D. C. Dvoracek, county agent and other land clearing boosters. Following “ig' the. schedule to be followed: Blackduck, city hall, Mon- day, March 28, 2 p. m.; Kelliher, city hall, Tuesday, . March 29, 2/p. m.; Bemidji, city hall, Wednesdsay, Marchi' 30, 2 p. m.; Puposky, town hall, Thursday, March 31, 2 p. m.; Solway, .school, Friday, April 1, 2 p. m.; Tenstrike, ‘school, Saturday, April 2,2 p.-m, . Another series of meeting will be arranged for other points.and out- lying districts with the sama’ force, definitely scheduled to be published next week. ‘To Create Enthusiasm. The purpose. of these meétings is to bring before the farmers. of this county the land clearing program as adopted by the land clearing associa- tion to create enthusiasm and a de- sire for more cleared acres; to make land clearing more efficient and gen- eral through the sale of dynamite at carload ratés;” ‘organization of the community- for ‘cooperation in land clearing when possible, and to stimu- late community pride and spirit for the ‘mist.new adres.” " i Every ‘opportunity will be given every farmer to. put in his order for dynamite for.the season. The brush- ing of at least two acres for every acre stumped, will be emphasized, thereby “pushing the brush 1line back,” and-by sowing clover and grasses in-the brushed’ acres, ‘‘make clover grow where brush grew be- tore,” providing feed for the cows, and corn for the farmer. . Associstion Shows Progress, The Beltrami County Land Clear- ing association - organized February 19, has made substantial progress. The total amount of $5,000, sub- scribed by the business men of the county, has been collected and is available for use. At a meeting of the board of directors, ten applicants for position as business manager of the association were. considered. These applications were the ‘result of advertisements carried in the local and -Twin_City papers. From this number of applicants the most desir- able were selected and negotiations were opened. o :board, at;the farm bureau office ‘oh’ Monday, March 21, engaged A. W. tone of Park Rapids, for the seasom. Mr. Stome was born in St. Cloud and spent all his early life on a farm. In 1919 he graduated from the Min- nesota . Agricuyltural school at St. Paul, and following this: he spent a year at Wisconsin Academy at Madi- son and a year at the Oberlin college at Oberlin, Ohio. ' During these years he took special training: in public speaking, & training that:will be of great value to him in organization work in the county. His éxperience as sales manager in rural districts for three years strengthens this valu- able training. His practical experi- ence in land clearing was “acquired in personally clearing up 60 atres of land with the use of dynamite and stump pullers. For the past three years Mr. Stone has been in the em- ploy of the Minnesota State Forestry department, his work being with farmers in new districts. Dynamite at Cost. The bqard, at one of its meetings, voted that dynamite be soid to set- tlers »t cost, it being felt that no one should make any immediate profit from the sale of dynamite. Ord fon approximately three . carload have already been received. PREMATURE EXPLOSION (By United Press) Burlington, N. August Larson, 50, the coal. Peter Larson, no relation, a miner, | professional men to rushed to his assistance and was se-| American people whether or not the verely injured in the second explo- American Legion reports are based sion. He will recover. - IN BEMIDJI"WEDNESDAY | » iociation: | disabled veterans, “to prove whether BURIES MAN IN COAL D., March 23.— owner of the Lassen mine near here, met instant death at 5 p. m. last night when a premature explosion buried him in Rev. L. P. Warford Gives Talk to Local Business Students on, “Undeveloped Resources” “Undéeveloped Resources,” was the subject of the address delivered by Rev. Lester P, Warford, pastor of the Presbyterian- church, to the students of the;Bemidji-Business college Tues- day morning. Rey. Warford’s, address was freighted with interest and inspira- tion. 'He. said: “The greatest resources of the world today are not iron, copper, and lumber. ' The ‘real resources are hu- man resources. - Business people dis- covered tHis after - many years of study, and found the great need of labor is to' strengthen this human fotindation—to revive in the workers a .desire to produce, and a joy to serve.. How much cur success as a nation depends upon the fundament- ‘al; ‘the character of the individual, ¢an only- be understood when we re- alize how dependent we are one upon the other. : “We might' characterize integrity, vision, and industry, as elements of .| undeveloped: resources,” said Rever- a |énd Warford. “The genuineness and value ‘of the signatures of the stocks and bonds we_place in the deposit box at the bank depends; first, upon the integrity of ‘the lawyers, clerks and stenographers who drew up' the papers; ‘second, upon the integrity of the - officers . who signed the docu- ‘ments; third, upon- the integrity of the: courts and’ judges; fourth, in ather Probably rain or SHOW ht and in East- THursday. &armer tonight in'¥ast, colder 85¢c PER MONTH BEMIDJI, MINN.,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1 921 QUIT FOLLOWING ME AROUND . .WE HAVE MORE ORDERS THAN WE. (AN \ | TARE CARE (OF NOW HoT 50 VERY COME F100,FIDO NICE DOOOIE the -integrity of the community which would determine whether or not the order of the court would be executed; fifth, in the integrity of the bamk to which the Dapers was intrusted. We. are all dependent upon the honesty, or integrity of each other. “You cannot accomplish anything if you cannot appreciate the word ‘yision’; that is, the ‘power of vision.’ For lack of vision an Indian tribe in Brazil living ‘at the foot of a great waterfall failed to utilize the thous- ands of horsepower that they let go undeveloped.” In closing, he said, “No person in looking ahead can tell exactly what the future will be. What we need today is to be able to visualize. You are going out into the business world to climb up the ladder tirat leads to success:. In Proverbs we read, ‘Where there is no vision the people perish.” Industry, plus vision and faith, are the qualities that make for great- ness/’ DELEGATES SELECTED-- 70 DECIDE ON RECALL SALARIES SET FOR TEACHERS Nine Months’ School Year at Same Salaries ' Salaries for the Bemidji public school faculty for the coming year formed the bulk of the discussion at the meeting of the board of educa- tion held at the Central school build- ing last' evening. Action taken in- dicates that the salaries will remain gpproximately the same as this year, but the school year will be shortened again to nine months, Several in- structers will be done away with, and the general attitude of the board is to save as much money as possible and, at the same time be practical. _High school instructors will be paid on a schedule of $140 per month minimum- and $160 maximum. Ju- nior high school instructors’ salaries have been decided upon as $130 minimum and $145 maximum. Grade teachers with two years’ experience will be paid between $120 and $130. Those with less training will be paid | (By United Press) Fargo, March 23.—District con= ventions this afternoon will be con- fined to the selection of delégates to the state meeting in Devils Lake March 30 and 31, in the opinion of officials at the headquarters. It is not expected that such delegations will be'instructed as to the recall of the candidates to be chosen for the offices affected, it was said. Delegates from the precinct cau- cuses Were named this afternoon in the various legislative districts to choose delegates to a state meeting which will decide whether or not to recall state nonpartisan officers. ROTARY CLUBS TO GET qualifications. The home economics department will have only one instructor next school year, in place of two as at present. The manual training de- partment will also be taken care of by one instrnctor. Two are engaged this year. The industrial arts de- partment will be done away with en- tirely next year. This work is now being carried on in grades up to the in proportion to their experience and | sixth grade. Plans:for a new high school build- ing are expected to be ready for sub- mission to_the board within a short timé., Architect Broomhall of Du- luth is preparing the plans for the building. MATERIAL ARRIVES FOR NEW BIRCHMONT HOTEL The arrival of the first material for the new. Birchmont hotel is an- nounced. Two cars of western lum- ber have arrived from the coast and will be unloaded at once. Other material is_ on the way and Contractor George Kreatz announces that he intends to start work on the hotel early next month. A. F. AND A. M. T0O CONFER THIRD DEGREE TONIGHT The third degree will be conferred upon a class of candidates this eve- ning by the Masonic lodge, A. F. and A. M., at the Masonic temple. All members and visiting brothers are urged to be present. Lunch will be gerved after the regular session. A special invitation is extended to all thirty-second degree Masons. DEMAND FOR AUTOS IN ~RURAL WESTERN CANADA (By United Press) Calgary, Alta.,, March 23.—Plush- lined limousines have no place in rural western Canada, but nearly every farmer has a car and to meet the growing demand, particularly in the agricultural districts, Canada im- ported 2,265 automobiles from the United States in 1920. This is in ad- dition to the big output of the fac- tories and branches in Canada. During the same period, according to figures compiled here, Canada im- ported from the United States 1,376,- FACTS ABOUT LEGION| Directors Order Survey of U. S. ¢- on ‘Condition and Care of* Disabled Soldiers (By,_ Unifed. Press) Indianapolis, Ind., March 23.— The board of directors of the Inter- national Association. of Rotary clubs has’ ordered a nation-wide survey of conditions surrounding the care of American Legion reports are based on hysteria or upon actual facts,” according to a letter received at Le- gion headquarters today from Ches- ley H. Perry, Chicago, secretary-gen- real ,of the Rotary organization. Perry said the Rotary board had endorsed the Legion’s consolidation program for relief to the Qisabled and would support the Legion’s ef- forts to obtain its enactment into law. His letter said in part: - “The. 50,000 American business and professional men who form the 800 Rotary clubs of the United States, have started out to gather the actual facts in their respective com- munities with regard to the mannfer in which the United States govern- ment is handling the cases of disabled ex-soldiers. The rotarians have been shocked: by the disclosure made by the American Legion regarding the circumstances surrounding - the re- habilitation of Uncle Sam’s disabled ex-service men. Each Rotary club is appointing a special committee to in- vestigate conditions in its community and._report to the club. Every club will then report to the headquarters office of Rotary in Chicago. The re- sult will be that from 800 communi- ties in every part of the United States will come evidence of business and "~ [OCCUPATIONAL TAX BIL T ARMONfi)fifi_ PROBLEMTODAY Plans to Harmonize Domestic PICTURED AS MONSTER Killing of McPartlin Bill Would Not ‘Stem Flood of Similar Bills (By_United Press) St. Paul, March 23.—The occupa- tion tax, aimed at the iron ore in- dustry, was pictured as a monster that would reach out eventualiy and drag in each known profession and industry for exorbitant taxation, af- ter the hearing of the senate tax committee last night. ( Killing of the McPartlin general occupation tax bill will not stem the flood of occupation tax legislation that would follow passage of the oc- cupation tax on, mining companies, witnesses- told tife committee mem- bers. Even the farmers would be roped in for tax om their occupation, said Judge McGhee, appearing for the “unorganized public.” WOMEN VOTERS' LEAGUE HAS INTERESTING MEET The League of Women Voters held a very interesting meeting Tuesday evening in the Civic and Commerce association rooms. Mrs..-H. C. Baer, chairman of the local league, read reports of the work of the league in legislative affairs. Miss Asbury gave a very inspiring talk. One of the points she empha- sized was that ‘“‘women should find out the place they could best fill in civic affairs, and then work.” She also said, “Every woman should edu- cate herself in civics, and should know why she is voting for or against a candidate,” and that “We must work to rpabe America the ‘Ideal’ Amer- 2.’ Miss Wager gave a most explicit and complete outline for the study of civies, and 15 women: enrolled as members of the class to be conducted by Miss Wager every Monday eve- ning, and is to cover 12 lessons. The national convention the League of 'Women voters is to be held in Cleveland in April. PRODUCTS FROM CANADA TO BE USED IN AFRICA (By United Press) Winnipeg, Man., March 23.-—Cana- dian products are to be largely used in an enormous engineering works on the west coast of Africa, according to Major General J. W. Stewart, C. B., head of a big Vancouver firm, which will soon begin a big harbor works at Takoradi. The harbor will care for much of the shipping to the famous “gold coast” of Africa, he said. The Brit- ish government is expected to expend $50,000,000 on engineering works on the gold coast. The harbor unit will cost about $17,000,000. Canadian cars, steam shovels, loco- motives, cement, iron and lumber will be shipped in large quantities as soon as shipping opens up. Negro labor will be used for the most part, but white men will supervise all of the construction projects. NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN . CHOIR IS ENTERTAINED The members of the choir of the Norwegian Lutheran church, 723 Minnesota avenue, met Tuesddy eve- ning at the home of Mrs. C. M. Bacon, 727 barrels of gasoline and 6,500,000 barrels of crude oil. Western Canada now has one auto- mobile for about every 15 residents. prove to the on hysteria or upon actual facts.” | 621 Lake Boulevard. After rehears- ing their Easter music, a social time |was enjoyed and Mrs. Bacon served !very nice refreshments, Politics With Expansion of Trade Is Big Job (By United Pre Washington, March harmonize domestic politics tratfon, The cabinet meeting yesterday de- veloped the realization that *Presi- dent Harding must not only seek to get the facts within his own party in forming his program of world policy, but must create a working re- foreign countries ing unhampered development lationship perm of American’overseas trade. with This new angle of the administra- tlon’s task, it was learned today, was disclozed partly by Secretary Hughes' survey of the foreign situation and partly by Herbert Hoover's outline for increasing American trade with was pointed out, are now dealing with countries where American business | with the Detroit tourists. is) awaiting a definite ruling of the government's relation to the rest of Europe. Foreign traders, it is not represented Decause it the world. LOCAL PHARMACIST BUYS April 1. business for himself. » BRITAIN PROCEEDS WITH (By United Press) with soviet Russia. under the new agreement. CONFESSES TO ROBBERY (By United Press) in the Minnewauken jail confessed to the robbery. BARKER IS PROMOTED TO Reserve force. This Lieut. Barker. Cities exclusive of Duluth. The pointment was made by Guy of the Fifth division. 3.—Plans to with American trade expansion abroad to- day formed the crux of the foreign problems confronting the adminis- STORE AT PARK RAPIDS W. F. Johnson, pharmacist at the Boardman Drug store, has purchased the P. A. Walling drug store at Park Rapids and will take possession on Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will move to Park Rapids at that time. Mr. Johnson, more commonly known as ‘““Red”, will have the best wishes of this community for his success in London, March 23.—Great Britain proceeded today to establish contact A commission will be sent to Moscow at once, it was announced, that the preliminaries may be arranged for opening of trade OF TOKIO STATE BANK Devils Lale, N. D., March 23.— Lorrain Nolan, 19, was to be lodged today charged with the robbery of the To- kio State bank. He is said to have HEAD SECOND BATTALION Lieut. Earle A. Barker has recently been advised that he has been ap- pointed commander of the Second battalion of the United States Naval is a distinet honor which has been conferred on The new commission will give him control of all Naval reserve activities north of the Twin Ea- ton, commanding officer of sub-dis- trict §), which comprises the states of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Lieut. Ralph B. Lycan has been ap- pointed to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Lieut. Barker and|unable to reach a ~ompromise, the he will now be commanding officer |men demanding $60 and the farmers STANDING COMMITTEES NAMED FOR ASSOCIATION Mrs. Leila Sanborn Unanimous- ly Re-elected as Secretary for Ensuing Year Standing committees for the Civic and Commerce association were an- nounced at the meeting of the board of directors Tuesday. These com- mittees were presented by the com- mittee on committees and confirmed by the board of directors. Mrs. Leila Sanborn, who succeeded her brother, H. Mayne Stanton, as secretary of the association, was una- nimously elected for the ensuing year. The following committees were named: Finance—E. B. Berman, chairman; J. L. Elwell, H. W. Bolger, A. A Warfield, and the chairman of the Finance committee of the city coun- cil, board of education and park board, together with County Audi- tor A, D. Johnson. The last foud be- ing ex-officio. Membership—C. L. Pegelow, chair- man; G. O. Riggs, R. H. Welle, Paul Howe and A. Danuser. - Publicity—J. M. Culver, chairman; R. A. Hannah, G. W. Harnwell, A. A. Richardson and Ed. Ripple. Agriculture’ — Charles Carter, chairman; D. C. Dvoracek, Clarence Nielson, E. H. Winter, John Wilcox, A. T. Davidson, A. A. Andrews and H. A.Plughoeft. Industrial Development — George T. Baker, chairman; E. E. McDon- ald, John Claffy, A. M. Bagley, J. P. Lahr. Trade—A. T. Carlson, chairman; L. B. Wilson, Alex Shavitch, G. D. Backus, C. A. Hoffman, David Gill, W. R. Laliberte, F. G. Tronpman. man; R. O. Bagby, M. W. Deputy, E. D. Boyce, G. W. Campbell. Traffic and Highways—B. W. La- kin, chairman; F. 8. Lycan, A. D. Johnson, S. D. Snyder, John Gilbert- son, J. L. George, E. J. Bourgeois, G. A. Walker. Inter-community Relations—T. S. Ervin, chairman; H., Z. Mitchell, E. H. Denu, G. D. Backus, F. R. Dux- bury, T. C. Bailey, Frank Koors, L. P. Warford, G. H. Zentz, C. W. Stan- ton. Jobbers—T. J. Burke, chairman; F. W. Langdon, B. F. Anderson, J. K. Given, W. J. Miller. Entertainment — N. E. Given, chairman, G. S. Harding, Alex Doran, J. E. Parmalee, Don E. Whitman. Taxation—C. W. Vandersluis, chairman; W. N. Bowser, C. A. Huff- man, A. P. Ritchig, A. Py White, TOURING PARTY WILL PASS THROUGH BEMIDJI A touring party from Detroit, Mich,, is expected to pass through Be- midji some time next month on its way to the Glacier National park. The party will be joined, at Duluth, by a number from the Duluth Auto- mobile club, who will make the trip The trip will be made over the Theodore Roosevelt national trans- continental highway. Cass Lake has been selected as the first night stop after leaving Duluth; Grand Forks, N. D., the second night; Devils Lake, N. D., the third night; Williston, N. D., the fourth; Glasgow, Mont., the fifth; Havre, Mont., the sixth, and the park, the seventh night. It is announced ~ that Lawrence Moore, editor of Sparks Magazine, will be tourmaster and will be in charge of all arrangements. U.S. ASKS SURRENDER OF PAIR HELD IN GERMANY State Department Asks Ger- many to Surrender Pair Who Tried to Capture Bergdoll SOVIET RUSS ARGUMENT (By United Press) ‘Washington, March 23.—The United_ States has called on the Ger- man government to surrender Frank Vimmen and Carl Neus, two Ameri- cans in prison for the attempted cap- ture of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft evader, it was learned today. The surrender of the Americans has been asked in a statement made to the German government through the state department and also through Major-General H. P. Allen, commander of the American armies of occupation in Germany. It is understood that the Harding administration is determined to se- cure the release of the Americans, but whether Bergdoll himself will be demanded is not known. NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS EXPECT LABOR FOR $35 Parshall, N. D., March 23.—Farm- ers in this vicinity do not expect to pay over $30 to $35 a month for their help in seeding. They expect to derive the benefit from unemploy- ment in the cities, which, they think, will send the men to the western farms. Farmers and laborers at Bowbells attempted to settle the wage ques- tion by a joint conference but were standing pat at $40. Civic Affairs—G. M. Palmer, chair-| CONFERENCE T0 PLANPAYMENTS Note Hints that Germany Can Not Pay Billion Marks Required Today FURTHER INVASION OF GERMANY IS EXPECTED Reparations Committee to Plan Advancing Troops Into Rich Industrial Sections (By United Press) Berlin, March 23.—More confer- ences with the allies were demanded by Germany today to arrange for in- demnity payments. The Berlin go ernment sent a note to the allied re- parations commisison which hinted Germany cannot pay the billion marks required today. There was anxiety in official circles. While the reparations note setting March 23 as the date for initial pay- ment was not regarded as ultimatum, it was partly considered so.. Advises of the government stated that Ger- many was showing too much includ- ing a final settlement; and serious trouble might result. "Nevertheless, financial experts in Germany declar- ed that the sum named by the com- mission will consider advancing the large a payment would wreck the \country financially and promote fur- ther industrial trouble. At the same time this class was the most worried over the possibility that the allies jmay decide to inflict future penal- i ties, it was known. The French are indignant over the German attitude. (By United Press) Paris, March 23.—The possibility of further invasion of Germany arose today on the receipt of another tem- porizing note from Berlin, 1t is be- lieved the allied reparations come mission wil consder advancng the allied troops into other rich indus- trial sections of Germany. Confls- cation of property was urged in some quarters, COUNTY ‘F_AIR ASSOCIATION HOLDS BUSINESS MEETING A meeting of the Beltrami County Agricultural association was held this afternoon at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association. The county fair premium list and other matters pertaining to the coun- ty fair this fall were discussed and plans for active work outlined. The proposition for securing addi- tional ground for building purposes came up for discussion and a tract south and west of the present grounda is being favorably considered. STOCKHOLDERS OF NEW HOTEL COMPANY TO MEET The Bemidji Birchmont Hotel com- pany stockholders, officers and direc- tors will hold a meeting in the asso- ciation rooms Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Matters pertaining to the title of the land and other details in connec- tion with the building will come up for consideration. The committees on subscription are constantly at work and it is hoped that the re- quired amount of bonds will be sold within the next few days. PARK BOARD OFFERS ELM TREES FOR EXPRESS CHARGES George T. Baker of the park board announces that the trees, which this board has for distribution are not be- ing taken up as fast as was expected. The board has some 500 elm trees at its disposal and those desiring some will place their order with N, E. Given, secretary of the board. The trees are suitable for boulevard, park and school grounds and the only cost in connection with securing them is the payment of the express charges. FARM ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASKED TO ENDORSE PLAN (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., March 23.—Execu- tive committees of various farmer or- ganizations of North Dabkota today were asked to endorse the grain mar- keting plan drawn by the farmers’ ‘“committee of 17.” A national convention will be held in Chicago April 6 at which it is ex- pected farmers of the country will en- dorse the grain marketing plan rec- ommended by the committee. ELECTION REFORM IS PRACTICALLY CERTAIN (By TUnited Press) St. Paul, March 23.—Primary elec- tion reforms in Minnesota were prac- tically issued today. The house elec~ tions committee was to recommend for passage the bill recently passed by the senate providing ~for party political convention endorsement of candidates for office. The bill probably will come up for final passage next week,