Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 28, 1921, Page 1

i e 5 i 1 R | { .| 'The Pioneer is the : daily | within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest in Northern: Minnesota, - | | 'HE BEMIDJ1 D e -— TR R A e e { AILY ..... wevveress PIONEER Y — VOLUME XIX. NO.8 |’ BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1921 * BUREAUSHO L Organization of Farmers Has Past Three l_Yun 7~ . POTATO CULTURE GIVEN y BIG BOOST BY BUREAU Comprehensive .Pl;ogram‘ AI- ready Arpanged for Activ- ities for Comiing Year o N : _’t‘ihe Beltrami.: ,Fan;n Bureau ass ciation /was, ‘organized in ‘thesprin s of 1918, and has been in op'eiiflog « ‘about three ‘yeéars. It is an' organi zation of farmers, 90 per cent of 320 members today./being bonafide. farm- . _ers.. ‘An agnual meeting is held'each *" year when the officers and board of directors_are selected: for the follow- ing, year.. v;‘hefi board of diréctors is - 2 {‘.flr thet y ‘! ing the work. . The :program ‘of werk: "~ for 1}92»1_ ‘wag adopted from recom- - - mendations~of;'the various. agricdltu- 1." ral-associations.’ e el .+ The: purpose “of .the farm'bure i8 to'help make farming miore profit- able.. Through'its manager or: coun- ty agent, ‘it: is-always really to Work with a community or. individual in'lo- ‘cating” his'problems and working ‘out . -solutions; for'them, be' they ‘pro S ' of ‘farm” management, préduction ‘or marketirg. ;The . county - agent' . heen' -termed'* “the farniers’ man,”: and 4] table walking: encyclopedia of + cultural lmuwl dge. He The farni ‘b .. funds’ appropriated by 2 States government, the state,” the _county, -membership - dues, 4 sonal ‘subscriptio t . ‘reduced to a.tax would be about six- Il per one dollar valua- 2 _eounty -fifrm bureau “does not’ claim to_o]‘n%v,e' ageomplished | ‘anything alorie,. “but :t‘& ted the farmer, and'bas been ipstrume htal in extensive.potatd improvement dur; ing its three years.of existence. Stand< ardizption of " vatietiés™ of - potatoes .. was advocated, farmers were showm the value of growing. a few varieties well, trup to type, rathen than many varieties indifferently, because, stand- vantage,.i:Today, 'after only three years, the' four: standard varieties recommended: make up safely.75 per cent of the’ potatoes grown. . Certification of potatoes for seed was encouraged in: order that farmers might’take advantage of the . ‘peculiar soil and elimate conditions favorable to the production of seed. Last year, 62 farmers - applied for certification and_over-18,000 bushels were certified.” In spite. of the disap- pointing potato seed market, certified seed sold at an advance of 50 cents per, hundred pounds over table stock: PROSPECTS FOR PASSAGE OF FARM LAWS BRICHTEN Minnesota Federdiiiém D:,é!ez'at'e Returns From Conférence ° ; St. Paul,:April 28.—Congressmen !'.are, giving:‘more: willing attention to! the -demands.of ‘agriculture than ever before, "according to. V. E. Anderson of Wheaton, - farm, buread. federation representative; on-a national farm bu- reau committee of farmers’that has been preparing a farmer’s legislative program for presentation to congress. - Mr. Anderson has just returned from the capital. ‘Some members of the committee organized to voiee the de- mands of farmers in <6 states, are still in Washington. el 2 Mr. Andérson was appointed chair- man of a subcommittse to investi- gate transportation as it affects the farmer. The progras of laws agked by the American Farm Bureau feder- ”“ation, as a result of this committee’s worls, includes: « # ; Repea); of the Adamson railroad law. Repeal of the parts of the Cum- mins-Esch law giving the railroads a guaranteed income. Returning to each state absolute control of intrastate rates-and serv- ice. Reduction of freight rates. The federation also opposed a sales tax, and urged increasing the limit of federal land bank loans to $25,- 000, and establishment of a $50,000,- 000 federal fund, equal to the profits of the United States Grain gcorpora- tion during the war, to. be;loaned to grain farmers ‘to help develop their co-operative marketing enterprises, FINEPROGRESS| of ; B thly. for: conferefice regard- . is only hu-| ek canbe sold to better ad-{b | Beltrami county .has become’ known}. (Continued on Page 8) "TMINNESOTA ACTIVE IN NEW MARKETING AGENCY New Oo-orp:r:i—v: Marketing ‘Agency Organizes to Sell Its Members’ Crops St_. Paul, April 28.—Minnesota is playing a large part in the organiza- tion ‘of the United States’ Grain Growers, Inc.,” the now national co- operative marketing agency created by the'farmers themselves, according . | to reparts received from the board 'of _|directors by the Minnesota Farm Bu-|' reau: federation. ;. W..F. Schilling, one of the Minne- sota farni bureau delegates to the con- vention which launched the new com- 'pany, and now a member of the board of -directors, has been elected chair- man of the finance committee. He is also a: member of the organization committee. ‘The task of putting the new sales agency into'actual opera- .}tion has ‘been divided among eight committegs, which are now working - { on. salesimethods, transportation, or- ganization; legal problems, finance, statistics, ;education and pooling. /-J. M. ‘Anderson of St. Paul, ‘was elected- first vice-president and C. H. Gustafsor: of Nebraska, president. Mr: Gustafson was chairman of the committee; of 17, which planned the grain. keting -corporation ' after eight mo! ’ investigation. . The di- rectors have just notified the Minne- sota Farm'Bureau federation that ar- of | rangements have been made to per- board | mit any: grower to.-pool one-third of | his ‘crop:i-Other methods include di- through - the -new agency, i of the grower’s ‘whole “Jocal, state:or interstate irectors voted to urge all ool their exportable sur- Is Entirély Satisfied With His Bride but Cannot Remember Having Wed Her "By United Press) Pittsburgh, Pa., April 28.—Otto iHeier ‘had learned today that there had' beeni‘a war, that John Barley- corn is planted, that Harding is pre- The total cost ) sident and there is a Mrs. Otto Heier, bride of five weeks. Physicians at Mercy hospital herc said Heiet;swas a victim of amnesia 'and' that his mind- has been. wiped clear of @ll events during the pdst] -five weeks by his affliction. 3 ;. Proppefiup on a cot he puffed a ‘cigar and{ttide to recall the amazing Zapout which he had been Hé gazéd with pleasure at the pret- ty ‘woman who has not ieft the béd- gide .since ‘he entered. the huspital Monday. - He said. he had not'the slightest . recollection of seeing her efore. ¥ B “WhileI'cannot remember of ever being married, I'll tell the world 1 got a-pretty wife e unconscious,” ‘he said. (v Sk Mrs.-Heier said her husband left home in apparent good: health Mon- day morning." He was brought home that evening in an automobile. His weird talk caused Mrs. Heier to call physiclans who diagnosed his case as amnesia. ’ 'DOCTORS FIGHT T0 SAVE 'VICTINS OF SHOOTING 2 (By Unitea Press) Chfcago, April, 28.—Doctors today were still fighting hard to save the livesof the-two girls who were seri- ously ' wounded yestarday following the"end of ‘their weird love affair. Thhere are hopes for ie razovery of Katherine ' vavis who was shot by ‘Jeanette Hoy when sh»'alighi>d from an-elévated train in the hear: of the 160p district.. Miss Hoy, daughter of a prominent ‘contractor, however, has only a slight, chance to live. B .A:C. CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET WEDNESDAY NIGHT The B. A. C. club held its annual banquet at the Presbyterian.church ilast evening at 6:30 and after a regu- lar. .“feed” various speakers. were theard. ~In addition to tlks by the officrs o fthe boys’ club, several:of the business men of the city were called upon for short talks. TWO CONVICTED L W. W, FOLLOW THEIR LEADER (By United Press) Chicago, - April 28.~—Two other convicted L. W. W. followed the ex- ample of, Big Bill Haywood and fled the country, according to informa- tion received here today. Otto Chris- tensen, attorney for the I. W. W, said he received word that one of the men was in Petrograd and the other in Bohemia. Their names he will not make publi WISCONSIN' BALL TEAM IS HEADING FOR CHICAGO (By United Press) Madison; April 28 -—Wisconsin's base ball nine started-for Chicago to- day to play two games. The Badgers meet Northwestern at Evanston to- ‘morropr- and Chicago at Chicago Sat-| Y E _ Methodist Workers here today. urday. IREPORTS SHOW THAT BUSINESS IS ON UPGRADE _Business Is Picking Up Despite Bad Weather ' FARMERS NOW HAVE AN OVERSUPPLY OF LABOR County Road Work Is Started in Several Sections and Makes Good Progress St. Paul, April 28.—Although cold weather, rain, and snow flurries in some districts, combined to check agricultural activities throughout Minnesota during the past week, it was noticeable from many reports ob- tained by the Merchants Bank of St. Paul, from bankers and publishers,] that business is on the upgrade and that even small hamlets are authoriz-] ing expenditures which are intended to attract spring and summer trade. Several bankers announced that re-: quests for building loans have ‘in- creased sharply, but owing to the fact: that county banks have little, if any,] money to loan, there is uncertainty] regardfig the probable scope of build-| ing- activities. Despite this-fact, au- tomobile sales in nearly all the lead- ing cities were said to be equal to, and in some cases, better than’those! of a year ago. On the other hand; farm machinery is moving slowly, de- spite recent reductions in price, bank- ers said. 1 For the first time in at least six years, farmers have an oversupply of jabor. A slight “back to the. farm” movement was reported in some of the southern and central counties. Young men who lost their jobs in in: dustrial centers have returded to ‘their former homes, but -one banker, in a thickly settled farming commun- ity, declared that the ‘movement, while noticeable , was not ' heavy enough to be regarded as especially significant. Further reductions - inthe 1921 wheat crop were forecast but general reports corroborated other announce- ments that the winter-rye crop came through splendidly and that the yield will be above normal, unless sharply adverse conditions occur. The sugar beet situation seems 1o be a little un- certain ‘becanse of the prevailing “Jow .market,” but the leading com- panies announced that a maximum acreage is assured. . -Canning com- panies, . in>the. southern counties at least, apparently -expect greatly to increase their’ output of corn, peas and other vegetables. County road work was started in many sections on April 15, and, al- though Subsequent . rains and cold weather intervened, considerable progress has been made. Passage by the state legislature of a tonnage tax on iron ore will not affect the road building program in St. Louis county, but city and village projects, which were to be-financed by local mining revenue, may be put through on a less ambitious scale, Iron Range banb- ers indicated, however, that “it is too early” to forecast the effect of legislative action and intimated that they, and mining officials, will not re- gard the issue as:settled wuntil the federal supreme court makes a final decision regarding the constitutional- ity of the state measure. MAY DAY SUSPECT IS HELD BY AUTHORITIES Milwaukee, Wis., April 28.—One man, whose name is being withheld, is held by federal authorities in con- nection with the distribution of alleg- éd May Day uprising circulare, ac- cording to police today. Thousands of circuldrs: are said {o have been distributed. at night- calling on the workers to strike against,the gov- ernment May 1. The circulars turn- ed over to authorities are said'to have been headed ‘“May Day 'Red: Labor Today.” Orders have been issued for rounding up all known radicals. H St. Paul, April 28.—A hundred more circulars calling for-“May Day uprising of the workers” were dis- tributed in ‘St. Paul last night. They were signed “‘Central Executive Com- mittee of the Communist Party of America.” They were different from those cir- culated a few days ago but conveyed approximately the same appeal. “This May Day you must demon- strate,” said the new circulars, “let us resodve this May Day to prepare for the revolutiofi.” “The goverfiment of the United States was-established by force, it is maintained by force, it will be de- stroyed by force,” it reads. “On this May Day let- us prepare for the social revolution which “is spreading around-the world.” METHODIST WORKERS' OPEN - TWO DAY INSTITUTE AT FARGO Fargo, April 28.—The, obligation of the church toward children wili be the topic around which addresses and discussions center today at the opening of a two day institute of the CAST IS SELECTED FOR - CRADUATING CLASS PLAY “The Clever Crook” Is.Chosen as Senior Class Play to Be Given in May Practice for the senior: class play, “The Clever Crook,” which will be presented at the Grand theatre in the last week of May, will ‘be started this evening by the members of the cast selected by Miss Esther Young, Eng- lish instructor in the high school, who is to have charge of the production. All selections have now been com- pleted and/Miss Young believes that she has selected-those who will most ably fill the various roles. Both a matiriee and evening' performance will be staged. Eleven boys and eight girls make up the cast for the annual senior class play. The cast is made up as follows: Mrs. Carr, Bessie Knox; Madge Carr, Ruby Leet; Joan Carr, Elsie Shannon; Caroline Carr, Thelma Bowers; Alice Carr, Dorothy Wilson; Nell, the maid, Grace McLayghlin;. Mrs. Jamison, dealer in stocks and bonds, Lorraine Kreatz; news reporter, Ragnhild Moe; Mr. Carr, absent-minded husband, Walter Higbie; Cluney, kleptomaniac, Bob Naylor; Dr. Willoughby, Preston Gibson; Jack Doogan, the crook, Phil Denu; Rev. Spelain, Tom Simons;’ sergeant of police, Hovey Lord; De- tective Joe Thompson, John Koors; Police Officer O’Malley, Roy Staple- ton; Police Officer ' Clancy, Morris Opsahl; Police Officer O’Brien, . Ru- pert Stechman; Police Officer Casey, Kenneth Longballa. - YOUTHS ADMIT PETTYROBBERY Two Bemidji Lads ‘Arrested for Series of Robberies and Thievery Here As a result of evidence left Tues- day night when they burglarized the office and garage of C. W. Jewett, and the shoe store of Dick Melville, it was possible to catch the young burglars who have been committing petty robberies and thieving all win- ter.in Bemidjj. Footprints of a pe- culiar make of tennis shoe proved the final undoing of the pair. After being taken into custody by the police separately, Walter ‘Woock and Jimmy Lappen last night admit- ted their part in the Tobbery of 17 places of business in thegeity. It was only after a-grilling of-three: or four: hours that they finally made a state- ment telling in full their activities. They stated they had no,accomplices. After the robbery of the Beltrami Elevator Co., Woocl was thken. into custody, owing ‘to the. “that ‘he was ' wearing ‘tannis-shoes, the soles of which wereimarked wijth the same’ marks as were those worn by the one doing the robbery. No further evi- dence was obtained against him at that time and he was let go. The same foot prints were largely respon- sible for his second arrest and other incriminating evidence was found to ‘make his guilt certain this time. (Wiith the co-operation of some young men of the city, who turned over to the police valuable informa- tion and evidence, it was possible to get immediate action which resulted in apprehending the two guilty of the ‘crimes. The cases have been turned over to County Attorney Graham M. Tor- rance. It is not known at this time what-charge willvbe preferred against them. WALSH WOULD INVESTIGATE EX-SERVICE MEN’S CONDITION ‘Washington, April 28.—A sweep- ing sensational investigation of the alleged mneglect of sick and disabled ‘ex-service men is provided for in a resolution introduced today by Sen- ator Walsh of Massachusetts. The resolution calls for appointment of a special investigating committee by the vice president. TWO MEXICAN GENERALS CAUGHT ON RIO' GRANDE (By United Press) ‘Mexico City, Mexico, April 28.— Prestdent Obregon today ordered that steps be taken for the” extradi- tion of two Mexican generals cap- tured yesterday by American author- ities while crossing the Rio Grande at Clarendon, Texas. Military authorities here convinced that the capture had nipped a revolutionary plot. The generals, captured were Candido Aguilar, son-in{dlaw of former Pres- ident Carranza, and Francisco Mar- ‘guia. were (By United Press) iSan Antonio, Texas, April 23.— Francigsco Murguia and Ageular, son- in-law of former President Carranza of Mexico are heing held by United States officers at Laredo, Texas, to- * | day charged with violating the fmmi- gration laws. They were apprehend- ed-on Clareno ranch near the city of Myer in Scarr county when they crossed the border for a ‘conference with Estevan Cantu, chief of the new Mexico rtevolution, which is being planned. MINNESOTA LEADS U. S. INRELIEF CORN GIFTS BILL F lXED AT ss.te': ok ikaegt 5 Sulievers 132 BILLIONS Allied Reparations Commission Completes Task Three Days "' Ahead of Schedule PROPOSALS PLACED AT 38 CENTS PER DOLLAR German Reply to British Note Is Branded as Highly Unsatisfactory (By United Press) Paris, April 28 (By Webb Miller.) —~Germany during the war inflicted a damage of $132,000,000,000 on the allies and their associates, according to the allied reparations commission which completed its task today. The German offer of $50,000,000,000 in comparisont with these figures in a proposal to settle her debt is 38 cents on a dollar.. The allied ‘bill of dam- age was submitted last night to Dr. Von Oertzen, Germany's representa- tive to the commission. The reparations commission to re- port the’ total, completed its task ‘three days ahead of schedule. Under the peace treaty the bill was to”be ready May 1, 1921, . (By United Press) Liondon, April 28 (By Ed. L. Keen) —Germany's reply to the British re- quest for amplification of her repar- ations note was branded today as highly unsatisfactory. The British general office got the matter and will leave it to the supreme council to pass on the German proposals. The German answer was sald to be vague and to throw no light on the original proposals. o ‘“The time is come when big offers cannot be considered,” the Cerman official told the United Press, “‘the German' offer of $50,000,000,000 is below the Paris total,” according to the official and unless the terms are made clear the allies will not discuss it. (By Unfted Press) London, April 28 (By BEd.'L. Keen) —The German reparations proposals are ithoroughly unsatisfactory, Pre- mier Lloyd George told the House of Commons today. The offer is “‘unani- mously regarded”ds’ inadequate,” he said, “but it is being thoroughly- ex- 0DD FELLOWS CELEBATE ANNIVERSARY OF LODGE The 1. 0. O. F. lodge will celebrate its anniversary on Sunday, and will attend the Presbyterian church for morning worship at 11 o’clock in a body. The Rebekah's are requested to meet at the hall at 10:30 to at- tend the service with them. RED RIVER VALLEY WILL INCREASE POTATO ACREAGE (By United Press) Fargo, April 28.—Potato acreage in the Red River valley will be in- creased 25 per cent over last year, according to A. P. Probstfield, man- ager of the Northern Potato Grow- ers sales company. He igave as one reason the large amount of potatoes still in the hands of the farmers who have been hold- ing for price increases. LOCAL GOLFERS TO KEEP | RECORD OF EACH ROUND The handicap committee of the Be- midji Country club announces today, that, starting May 1, it will be neces- sary for all players to turn in a score card for every round played, Failure to .do so will ibe sufficient cause to place such players at scratch. “The chairman of the committoe states, ““Through this method only, can we arrive at a basis on which we can handicap each player correctly. ffo be fair to @ll and certain that handicaps are not too high or too low, we must have cards for each and ‘every round played. If we do not get them, such ,player can expect to be put on scratch. No player ehould leave the club house without first ob- taining a score card and immediately upon finishing the round, turn same in properly signed by the opponent. Prizes will be offered from month to month gnd we want all members of the club, old or new, to compete for them. Through proper handicapping every player will have a chance of winning and we hope to have a big list for all events. Further, by hav- ing this check on all scores, it will be very simple to pick the players to represent the club in inter-city matches. Wie look for all scores to be turned in as we believe the play- ers will recognize the difficulty we will bs under if they fail to do so, and we will act accordingly.” DR. TWO TO ASSOCIATE WITH DR. DANNENBERG Dr. Earl R. Two.is to be assoclat- ed with Dr. A. Dannenberg in the |practice of chiropractory. He recent- ly completed a post-graduate course in this subject, Exceeded All Others in Proportion to Crop St. ‘Paul, April 28.—Minnesota farmers who thave raised 44 carloads of corn to save the lives of famine sufferers in’ Poland, central -Europe and Asia Minor gave more grain, in proportion - to ‘their crop; than any other state in the union, officers of the Minnesota”Farm Bureau federa- tion were notified today. Starting_their,corn relief drive al- most a month after the other states launched thé campaign, Minnesota’s farmers took third place in the actual quantity of grain donated. Illinois, which raised four and one-half times as much.corn 'as Minnesota, gave a little more than ‘three times as much for relief work. Ohio, which raises twice ‘as much, gave only 50 per cent more, and Indiana, raising more than twice as much, just equalled. Minne- sota’s record with 44 cars. Every dollar’s worth of corn, at American. 'prices, - represents. food worth at least'$12 when. it reaches the famine zones, Carl S, Vrooman, former assistant secretary of agricul- ture and director of thé American Farm Bureau federation’ corn relief drive, said. On that basis,; Minnesota federation officers announced, the gift of the farmers-of this state is equivalent to $250,000 in food for the starving.abroad. The total giit of American farm- ers is 431 carloads of shelled corn, or more than 600,000 bushels. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK -PREDICTS GOOD CROPS Prediction Is Based on Present Moisture and Condition of Soil in District (By United Press) Minneapolis, April 28.—The next grain crop should be a good one, the report of the ninth district federal reserve bank said today. ‘The prediction is based on present moisture and soil conditions with es- timates of acreage plamted and to be planted. Financial position of farm- erg has improved owing to prevailing tendency to change from a cash ba- sis of renting to a crop basis and to change from cash labor to schemes for co-operative effont by exchanging their -own labor, the report sald. Mhere also, has been a Seasonal’ {m- Provement ‘in Dusiness activities thru- out the ninth district but this in- crepse has not been ‘as’large us it was expected. Some indtistries gained in volume; the report siid. - There were increases in capper production, re- tail lumber and in lumber cutting and shipping by manufacturers, but they are less than' i yedr ago. “It is too early yet to form & con- clusion concerning the size of plant- ing activities this spring,” states the report. There was no improvement n cred- it conditions, during March. A num- ber of banks experiented withdraw- al of deposits whilé the federal re- serve bank lost. in reserve deposits, it said. SECURITY BANK FORMS PURE-BRED CALF CLUB The Security State bank of Bemidji has formed a pure-bred registered calf club.and has already 15 mem- bers. - Only boys or girls from homes where the calves will be well fed and cared for are urged to grow pure- bred livestock under the club plan. The calves are to be shown at the county fair and liberal prizes are to be offered by the bank in addition to those offered by the fair associatio. ‘The bank is financing each of these young livestock growers for one year. ARRESTED FOR STEALING HAT TO APPEASE WIFE (By United Press) Terre Haute, Ind., April 28.—Wil- ltam Leucht told the court his wife who had left him promised to return to their home if he woul get her a new hat. * So Bill offered the hat to ther. ) Shortly aftepward he was arrested on a charge of stealing two hats, a Dunch of flowers, a bolt of veiling, a (bucket of paint and a brush from the Field Millinery store, where he work- ed as a janitor. ASKS DRYS OF NATION TO TO FIGHT REGULATION (By United Press) ‘Washington, April-28.—Character- izing the forthcoming new beer regu- lation as a “break in the dyke of pro- hibition,” Wayne B. Wheeler, for the council for the anti-saloon league, to- day issued a call for the drys of the nation to seal the break. “These beer regulations merely help the drinkers to get beer for bev- erage purposes by getting the phy- sician to use it for imaginary ill- ness,” said Wheeler, “all medical :properties in beer are easily obtain- able in any number of drugs. It's all a fake and it 1s up to the friends of prohibition” to uphold the prin- ciple for which we have fought for %0 many years." LARGEST CLASS INHISTORY-OF BEMIDIT HIGH Fifty-one Make Up Class to Receive High School Diplomas in June THELMA BOWERS LEADS SEVEN HONOR STUDENTS .Gra‘dunion Exercises Will Be Held, at Grand Theatre Friday, June 10 Despite the loss of the Bemidji high school by fire several months ago, 51 members of the senior class are to receive their diplomas in June. This, by far, is the largest class to gradu- ate from the local high school in one .year. Of the number to graduate, 29 are girls and 22 boys. Nine of the boys are members of the 1920 state championship football team. The entire basketball team is also in« cluded. Miss Thelma Bowers leads the hon- or students with an average of 94.8 and will be valedictorian at the graduation exercises, Miss Ruby Leet, with an average of 93.8, ranks as salutatorfan. Other honor stu- dents with averages above 90 are Dorothy Wilson, 92.8; Pearl Phibbs, 91; Bessie Knox, Ragnhild Moe and Martha Anderson. Included din the graduating class are Lester Smith, who won fourth place in the state oratorical contest at Minneapolis, and Miss Ragnhild Moe, who won the district declama- tory contest. 'Hovey Lord is presi- dent of ithe graduating class. Graduation exercises will be held at the Grand theater on Friday, June 10, and arrangements are already be- ing made for appropriate exercises. A speaker for the occasion has not as yet been selected. The diplomas will be presented by Dr. E. H. Smith, pre- sident of the board' of education. Those who are to graduate are as follows: Martha I. Anderson, Thélma \Harrington Bowers, . Lucile Phyllis Cota, Philip Edwin Denu, Ellen Ma- ero“(i‘m;h rni1 MYfl'M!xx@ggflrfl& . ellie Iris, Gory,. Preston ;Bdward Gibdon,, {)alhoun Eyan Grigr, Tone mlmhélh Halvorson, . Opra Olivia Hanson,| Walter Jay l—flgble, Grace Evelyn [Isted, Lucllle.Blien ' Jameson, Dorothy, Ella Jarchow, Knox, flohn Barle Koors, Lorraiue Ione Kreatz, Quincy Lloyd LaLofe, Ruby Tsabel Leet, Kenneth Martin Longballa, Hovey Ariston Lord, Rag- nhild Moe, Della Hildreth Martin, Clara Louise Miller, Lisle Mooney, Charles McDougal, Mary Grace Mc- Laughlin, Robert Naylor, Leo Cleora Newman, Arthur. Olson, Morris J. Opsahl, verne Tone Packard, Almee Genevieve Peterson, Pearl B. Phibbs, Marshall Albert; Powell, {Ruthi M. Rice, Esther Dorothea 'Schroeder, Elsle Winnifred Shannon, Howard ‘Theodore Siats, Thomas Winston: Si- mons, Agnes M. Skinvik, Lester J. Smith, Rupert Carl Neal Stechman, Francis Roy Stapleton, Mabel Swen- son, Pearl Mae Tanner, George Don White, Wilbur Floyd Wileox, Stan- ley Willlam Wilcox, and Dorothy Blizabeth Wilson, IMPORTANT CHANGES IN. STATE AID TO SCHOOLS Changes in State Aiq to. Rnrai Schools Outlined By County Superintendent McGhee Important changes have been made by the state legislature relative to the allotting of state aid to rural schools in Minnesota, and County' Superin+' tendent of Schools J. C. McGhee has undertaken to-explain these changes for the benefit-of those interested. Concerning these changes, he gives the following information: “Many of your readers are anxious to learn about the state aid law as amended by the last session of the state legislature. ‘While the laws have not yet been published, the fol- lowing are’ the main features as far :.s can be learned at:the present ime: 2 “Ungraded elementary schools, that is, schools employing omne or more teachers but not ranked as greaded, $160 for each first grade teacher, and $100 for each ''second’ grade teacher, with' an eight-month term and three-fourths of the amount for a seven-month term.. ‘An'additional aid, not exceeding $125, may: be giv- en for-a superior school under stand- ards set by the state board. “Graded elementary .schools with ;%lal") or more teachers, from $600 to “Four-year high school, $1,000; two-year high school _department, $400; junior high school, three-year course, $300; semior high school, three-year course beyond the juitior high "school, $300. One 'thousand dollars aid’ will be granted agricul~ (Continued on Pago 8), e Bee ™ June o