Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 5, 1921, Page 1

VG SERIRE v :: D rton tonight. VOLUME XIX. NO, 65 " BEMIDJI, MINN,, TUESDAY EVENING, JU 55c PER MONTH ?ractieall{li\i ery Nearby Town Draws Its Q‘!‘!h From Here for Julyv 4 Programs BIG FAIR HERE THIS FALL WELL ADVERTISED TR Diamond Point Park Furnishes Entertainment for Those Who Stayed in City (e _ Although this city had no celebra- tion on July 4, residents took part in the celebration' staged in nearby towns. - Practically every neighbor- ing town and village had a celebra- tion of some kind and Bemidji was well represented at each. Approximately 50 gutomobile loads -of visitors from Bemidji attended the celebration ‘at Park Rapids and re- port a very enjoyable time. Large delegations visited Cass Lake and ‘Walker, some making al three towns. Hines, Tenstrike,. Kelliher anr Pu- posky_ also came in for their share of the visitors from this city. A num- .her of speakers were provided and among these were Judge C.'W. Stan: ton, who spoke at Hines; Dr..G. H. Zentz, at Kelliher; P. J. Russell, at Laporte; J. Leroy Elwell, at Guthrie, and F. R. Duxbury at McIntosh. Although Bemidji ~went out.of town to celebrate, there was a large number of visitors. in the city Mon- day, especially tourists who have come here to spend a few weeks. . Many of Bemidji's citizens prefer- red a quiet picnic to a celebration, and ‘these people “beat it” early in the day for their - favorite picnic grounds. The younger folks in the . city kept those who stayed at home fully aware that it was the Fourth o: July, athough no’accidents from fire” works have been reported. A log rolling contest was held at Diamond Point (Monday ' afternoen. Those who took part are Mose La- Bounty, John Butcher and Dick ?reen. This--provided ...gmusement or a large number of pleasure seelg— “ers. . Large crowis were at Diamondy Point Sunday ana;Manday, but it is ? - pheesabetwi-bathers - was somewhat less than on previous Sundays, . : The Moose baseball team traveled to Northome Monday and tqu on the Northome local team, winning by a score of 14 to-9. . 5 The .Northern : ‘Minnesota, - Fair, which is to be held at Bemidji on September 20-23, was well adver- tised by those going out of town to celebrate, since mnearly every auto load of visitors: carried atvertising ‘matter on"this big attraction. BEMIDJI “EXPLORERS TO LEAVE MINNEAPOLIS TODAY Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Koors return- ed Friday from Minneapolis where they visited their son John, and Louis Neumsnn, who_are making the trip by canoe from Bemidji to Ne_w Orleans. / They report' the boys in the best of health and enjoying the '!l"hey accompanied ‘Mr. and; Mrs. Koors as far as Anoka on their re- turn trip to Bemidji,: where they ex- pected to get their canoe, whicly they had been compelled to leave there a few days for’ refiairs. In shooting the rapids at Anoka the canoe sprung a leak, and had to be repaired before they could continue on their trip. They expected to spend the Fourth in Minneapolis, and leave there to- day. PEOPLES OIL COMPANY OPENS FILLING STATION fThe People’s Oil Co..opened. its fill- ing station at Fourth street and Bel- trami avenue Monday morning, even though the station has not, as yet been entirely completed. A canopy will be placed pver the two gasoline filling punips Within a short time, and soon aftér the 04d Fellow build- iné has been, mpved to lts new loca- tion or disposed bf, the company will coniplete its filling. station. N A concrete driveway has been con struoted on ~Beltrami, avenue, past the pumps, and out 4gain to Fourth street. There are at present two fill- ing pump, one for Enérgy gasoline and the other for ordinary grade of gasoline. ‘The station will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p. m. The pumps are the vigible type, equipped with an electric driven rotary pump. This company also handiles Mohile, Puri- tan cil and greases. i BEMIDJI FARMERS' CLUB. MEETS AT CARR LAKE SCHOOL The Bemidji Township Farmer_s’ club et at the Carr Lake school house Saturday in regular session, and enjoyed a_dinner and. business session. Rey. L. P. Warford, pastor of the Presbytcrian church here, ad . dressed the gathering on tional Spirit.” Rev. ‘Warford reports a very enjoyable meeting. BEMIDITIRES ow WELL FOR‘ Believed . CELEBRATIONS Bixby Avenue Site Would Provide Work at Once That the Bixby avenue site for the new high schcol is becoming the popular one, not only in the eyes of those who have advocated it from the | viewpoint of an.educational center and from its beautiful surroundings, but among ‘the men who are seeking immediate employment, is self evi- ‘dent. Tha building of the new school is a much larger project than the av- erage person realizes. It will give employment to a hundred men this smtimer, provided the Bixby avenue site is chosen next Thursday. At the present time.there are a large number of men Tooking for employ- ment and the school board will urge upon the successful contractors that local labor be engaged where and whenever practical. i fThe men who earn their livelihood by the sweat of their brow, are con- vinced that the proper place for the new school is Bixby avenue. They realize = what. a beautiful park, grounds and surroundings mean to themselves as well as to the public in general. They know.that such a campus will- benefit the city as a whole and every enterprise in ft. Reports reaching ithis office indi- cate that many of these who sup- ported the old site now favor the Bix- by avenue site and some who were led to. vote for the Irvine avenue site though ‘the circulation of the dodger entitled ‘“Truths,” but which were in reality lies; have declared that no 'such method will mislead them in the coming election. s ASSOCIATION TO.HOLD LUNCHEON TOMORROW NOON The regular weekly luncheon -of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation will be held - Wednesday noon and the regular business session will follow.-The directors of the as- sociation met at luncheon this noon and held their regular business ses- sion. A large attendance is yrged for the meeting tomorrow. SETTLEMENT OF IRISH QUESTION THOUGHT NEA London, July 4. (By Ed. L. Keen) ---The settlement of a century-old Irish question appeared definitely in the meeting today. . Sentiment in fd- vor 'off a quick and definite solution among the three groups of the trian- gle representing the :Sinn-Fein;- U¥- sterites and ithe British government appeared certain. .. John Smut, preémier. of South Af- rica regarded as one of the greatest speakers of the empire, arrived in Dublin today. While Smut is not an official representative of the British government, he)is recommended with almost unlimdited weight, not only with the government but with the ccouncil of dominion premders. RAIN CAUSES BIG LOSS TO O’LEARY-BOWSER C0. Defg?tive Drain Pipes Cause Rain to Flood Stpck After Heavy Sunday ‘Rain One of the heaviest rains of the season visited Bemidji Sunday after- noon and ‘taxed the storm sewers of the.oity to such(an extent that the water.-backed ‘up and flooded the streets in ‘many places. The wind and rain storm lasted Jess than an hour but the fall of water fod that period was unusually ‘heavy. The O'Leary-Bowser company on Third street, dealers in dry-goods and women's furnishings, reports damage to the extent of $5,000 due to defective drainpipes which are meant to carry the water from. the roof of the store. W. N. Bowser, fin ,srpeaklng of the damage, said that they had just re- cently had the pipes looked after by ‘a plumber, but that the extreme heat of the past week had evidently melt- ed the tar on the roof, causing it to run into the drain pipes and clog up so that they didj not,take care of the flow of water as expected. The roof of the building is con- structed dn such a way that it forms two reservoirs with two take-off sew- ers leading to the city sform sewer, )and when these pipes become clogged it causes an enormous amount of wa- ter to gather on the roof, and having no other place to go it found its way through the partitions downi to the rooms . occupied; : by the. store and flooded a conaiderable amiount of the stock. This was not discovered until Mr. Bowser came down to the store in the evening. He immediately se- cured help and set about covering up the stock as much as possible and getting it out of the way of the big- gest streams which were still pour- ing through the ceiling. The water was still dripping in the store ‘Mon- day, which shows that a great quan- tity had gathered on the roof {in thal | o came ' o' Bemidit short period. The loss to the stock will be stood by the firm, since there is no ‘insur- ance to be had to cover accidents of ithis nature. The store will be closed until Thursday mornin, get the stock straightened out, and then the water damaged stock with establishment. that, Selection of in' order to o offered for.sale at reduced ‘priges «Qur Na-'in order to make room for the usual high grade of stock, carried by this |(Comrighn) LAKE BEMIDJI CASTS UP DROWNED BATHER Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow for W, H. Elletson, Drowned Last Friday After two days and two nights of searc/ing for the body.cf W. H. El- letzon, who was drowned while swim- ming in Lake Bemidji late Friday afternoon, the lake cast up its dead ‘anid the remains were found at about 8 o'clock Sunday ‘evening by Bert Ayers, who lis employed at Diamond Point by Archie Ditty, custodian. It is said that Mr. Ayers was sent out near Grand Forks Bay in a boat to investigate what Mr. Ditty thought might e ithe missing body. The object proved to_be i{:log, but the body--was;-however, discovered while Mr, Ayers was retyrning to the point. Funeral ,services will be held at the Baptist church tomorrow after- noon at 2:30, Dr. G. H. Zentz of the Methodist, a brother Odd Fellow, of- ficiating. Interment, will be made in Greenwood. Oild Fellows -are to attend in a hedy and are asked to meet tomorrow afternoon at jthe hall at 2 o'clock sharp. They are asked to bring their badges with them. The Rebekahs are to meet at the hall at the same hour and attend the services in a body. The A. 0. U. W. “of ‘'which Mr. Elletson was also a member, will meet at the church at 2:30. All members are asked!'to attend the ser- vices. The (Carpenters’ local union, of which Mr. Elletson was a member, will also be well represented. The Union Band will also attend the ser- vices. ‘Among the out of town relatives who are here to attend the funeral are two sons, George of Minneapolis, who arrived Saturday night, and Wil- liam H. of Carns, Neb., who arrived Monday night. = A brother, Hugh a Ritchie of :Sioux City, Towa., iis ex- pected to arrive this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blliott and family of Riceville, Iowa., are here now. Mrs. Blljott is'{a sister of Mrs) Elletson. Mr. Elletson was 58 years aof age and had, lived in Bemidji for the past 20 years, having been employed at the carpenter trade: He leaves a host of friends to mourn his death. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR L. P. ECKSTRUM SUNDAY Despite the inclement weather, the funeral services for L. P. Eckstrum, who passed away at Battle Creek Thursday afternoon after an extend- ed illness, were well attended. The remains were brought to Bemidji on the afternoon train from Duluth Sun- day. 5 The ervices were held at the Pres- byterian church Sunday afternoon at 2 g'clock. Rev. L. P. Warford, pas- tor of the church, officiating. The Preshyterian male quartette assisted in the services. Elks and Odd Fel- lows were well represented, the Elks attending in a body. Mr. Eckstrum was a member of both lodges and be- fore his illness he was a regular at- tendant at the meetings. Interment was made in Greenwood. Mr. Eckstrum was 49 years of age. from Minne- apolis about 20 years ago. He is sur- vived by his wife, his mother, who lives in Canada; a sister, Mrs. Peter- son of Shevlin, and. five half-broth- ers, three in Canada, one in Roseau county dnd one in the west. Before his iliness, Mr. Eckstrum operated a plumbige and heating establishment here for many years. He has a wide circle of friends in this communty who mourn his untimely death, BEMIDJI TEAMS BEATS NORTHOME JULY FOURTH A pick-up baseball team represent- ing the Bemidji Moose lodge played Northome at that village Monday and won hy a scorejof 14 to 9. Heavy hitting featured the game, while the infield work was exceptionally good. The Bemidji line-up included Frank Philbs and Ed Auger, Battery, Alec Cameron, I ., Arlo Achenbach, 2t Oscar Slevert, 3 b., Fred Phibbs, Sanford Ralph r. f., George A strong, c. f., Jim Lang, 1. f., and C. Davis, sub. CITIZENS' TRAINING CAMP OPENS AUGUST 1 Army Officer to Be at Elks . Club Today and Tomorrow *to Outline Details “Let’s Go,” is the slogan of 10,000 young - Americans between the ages of 16 and 35 years of age, who will attend the Citizens’ Military Train- ing camp tol be held throughout the country during July and August this year. Ten thousand young Ameri- jcans will come. together in these centers to gain the incalculable ad- ventages, moral, mental and physi- cal, of military training. Ten thou- sand young Americans will return home with an understanding of young Americans from other parts of the country. The same boys will return home better physically, with a clear- er moral vision and a wider experi- ence. All this with no cost to them- selves and resulting in no obligations whatsoever to the government. The camp for this section of the country at Fort Snelling, Minn., will open August 1 and close August 31. An attendance of 600 minimum and a possible 1,100 maximum is expect- ed. That the camp will be a success is clearly shown by the interest be- ing shown in all parts of the country. Only Minnesota has been back- ward in taking advantage of Fort Snelling camp. The four other states to be represented at this camp have already supplied their quota, and more. To remedy this situation in Minnesota, the army plans to send a number of regular army officers to 30 or 40 of the largest towns in the state during the half-week from July b to July 8. One -of these officers will visit Be- midji today and tomorrow. His head- quarters will be at the Elks’ club; where advance information can be obtained by all who are interested. The government pays all expenses, ytransportation to and from camp. Meals, quarters, uniforms, medical attention are all furnished by the government. Candidate gives only his time. The aim of the camp is to teach a young man how to serve his country in peace and war (elemen- tary military training, including rifle practice; how to take care of his body and build up his health; habits of self-control, resourcefulness, self- reliance, and other elements of manly character; discipline, precision, and a sense of order; co-operation and team work; athletic sports (swim- ming, boxing, baseball, track and field, ete.- There will be an abundance of entertainment. All who successfully complete the course will be given a military training certificate indicating their proficiency. Only those applicants who can fur- nish a certificate from their minis- ter, school teacher or other responsi- ble citizen as to their moral charac- ter will be considered. Information in regard to this camp may be obtained locally, as stated above or by writing to .the Com- mandant of Fort Snelling. IS FORMALLY OPENED $65,000 Hotel Structure at Head of Lake Bemidji Birchmont’s new summer hotel was formally opened to the public Mon- day evening with an informal din- ner followed by an informal dancing party. This occasion marked the com- pletion of the new $65,000 hotel structure which replaces the ~old Birchmont hotel destroyed by fire last fall. i 3 About 120 persons enjoyed the opening affair last evening. An ex- cellent banquet dinner was served, and danding was enjoyed until ghortly after midnight. Dot Van's A Syncopators furnished the music for the occasiion. Guests are arriving at Birchmont rapidly and tdndications are that ev- ery room and cottage will be taken within a few days. The reservation list is already well fllled. For the entertainment . of the \ guests and the general public there A 2 will be two dinner dances and one regular dance held at Birchmont | each week, according to the present plans. The dinner dances will be 3 short informal affairs. intended for L those who take dinner there on' those evenings. The regular dance will be open to the public. The days on which these dances will be held have not as yet been announced, This hotel is not intended for tour- ists alone, and residents of Bemidji are urged to vidit the hotel, which is owned entirely by local capital. LEGION IS MEETING FOR DISTRICT CONVENTION TODAY (By United Press) St. Paul, July 6.---Communities throughout the northwest were cele- brating the Fourth of July Monday —-gome staging rip-roading old fash- ioned programs, and others safe and sane and notiselessly. In cities where fireworks are ta- booed,. there were various ways of letting off patriotic steam. Hamline residents had a’ perfectly 4 noiseless celebration---with fireworks Washington, July 5.—The Comp-|‘ eyerything. The fireworks were trollér of Currency today issued . alexhibited on a motion picture screen call for the condition of the national|...an innovatjon in sane fourth cel- banks at the close of business June|ebrating. 30. In Fergus Falls there was an his- FEDERAL COVERNMENT lorleal paeatit, deolBr ot 1% minds of AFTER SPECIAL TAXES the growing generation. Several oth~ er citles also staged pageants In con- (By United Press) St. Paul, July b5.---The federal nection with their celebrations. At Bainerd, the Elks made at a “Glorious Fourth.” A regular old fashioned rip-roaring shooting 4th government today began a big drive to enforce collection of special taxes. Internal revenue officials promised widespread prosecution in cases of July program was staged. Mont., for instance, figured where violation of tax provisions can be proven. thel younger generation couldn’t do enough shooting and banging to ap- Luxury taxes are the most fre- quently evaded, officials said. The- pease the villagers so a regular wild west ghow wus staged. Famous broncho busters of the plains and mounteins, fancy riders, gunmen, aters, entertainments, soda fountains |and lasso artists were ibilled to en- and .cosmetic counters are most lax [tertain. It was an affair planned by in collecting taxes, it was said. the American Leglon. In a great many cases {gnorance is Willmar, Minn.,- ted the day responsible for failure to collect and |right with a big celebration staged turn over taxes, according to Charles|by the American Leglon. It was pre- G. Rogers, in charge of collections in | liminary to the annual legion district this district. convention. S. S. Subber, assistant supervigor Bismarck got excited over a cham- of ihe field forces under the depart-|pionship baseball game, ending a ment of internal revenue, was expect- |haseball ~ tournament that aroused ed to direct tha work of an extra|much loca) interest. A public dance force of a dozen tax experts. Their activities for the most part will be confined to St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. on the pnincipal street last night was VALLEYT‘;}ITY PICKS TEAM " (By United Press) T Willmar, ‘Minn., July 5.---The an- Shortstop Tournament Will Belnual dgistrict convention of the Amer- . . . ican Legion with delegates from 14 Continued This Week With |southwest counties of Minnesota was & in gession here today. State offiicers Finals Next Sunday were here to address the convention. Dr. B. W. Johnson and Mrs. W. N. ] NU Dl:)\v,er won the golf tournament at CONTI ED HOT WEATHER the Bemidji Country dlub Sunday. The short stop tournament was play- FOR lNTERloR STATES ed Monday, but the matches were not finished. Dr. D. F. McCann and Dr. (By United Press) B. Borreson played. the sensational Washington, July b6.---Cooler golf of the day, both holed the last|weather is due for parts of the Mid- hole lin 4 to tie the match. dle Atlantic states and continued hat Results of Monday’s play, first [weather s in store for the western round, are as follows: Dr. Marcwm |half of the territory east of the Mis- defeated Dr. Stanton, B. W. Lakin |slesippi, the weather bureau stated defeated F. . Lycan, George Kreatz |today. 5§ defeated Miss Donna Lycan, Dr. Nor-| The heat wave,is almost broken in thrup defeated S.;8. Wilson;- Dr:*Bor=| North Atlantic states, the burean reson defeated D, J. Moore, Dr. Mc-|stated. A great mass of heated air Oann defeated W. N. Bowser, Tom |is hgnging over thg interior states Burke defeated Charles Nangle, Mrs.|and there qis no immediate prospect B. H. Marcum defeated Mrs. W. N.|for relief, the weather forecast said. Bowser, Dr. Johnson defaultdd to 1.|Cocley air is fanning the Northern J. Cool, G. S. Harding defeated A. P.[and Wastern states. This is coming White, R. H. Schymaker defeated W.|northeast and will keep the heat IL,! Brooks, B..F. Anderson defeated [wave in subjeotion. B. A. Dille, Mrs. McMillan defeated Mrs, G. M. Torrance, Alec Shaviteh { 2 defeated Mrs. Lakin, A. L. Younggren NORTHWEST CELEBRATES defeated A. J. McMillan and Ed Jack- g i g h . son defeated R. B. Lycan. In the mext round, B. W. Lakin WITH VARlED PROGRAMS defeated Dr. Marcum, Dr. Northrup defeated Geprge Kreatz, Dr. McCann . and Dr. Borreson tied, Tom Burke de-| Some Cities Stage Rip-Roaring feated Mrs. Marcum, Cool defaulted ven o {0 Harding, Anderson defeated Schu-| Old-Fashioned Programs; maker, and Younggren defeatet Juck- . 1 son. G. . Harding battle dhls way Others Noiseless to the last eight by defeating Ander- son. . All matches will be played off this week and the finals will be played Sunday. i b Among the arrival§ at Birchmont are Tom Kelly and Paul Jumper, both well known golfers of (Minne- apolis, the former beinig considered one of the best golfers in the state. COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY ASKS FOR BANK CONDITIONS designed to accomodate the whole JUDGE STOCK AT FAIR town. Devils Loke also had a Daseball game to enthuse over. The Rughy team was there td meet the Devils Lake stars. In Fargo---well, It was *circus (By United Preas) Valley City, July b.---A live stock judging team to represent Barnes county at the Interstate fair in Fargo ranged {what wag billed as a ‘‘mam- July 11 to 16 was being picked here, moth celebration.” - The Valley City today. The stock judging c8ntest is|commercial club has been staging a day” as well as the Fourth, of July. That's enough about that. one of the biggest features of the|community Fourth of July celebra- coming fair, tion for years, Valley City’'s commercial club ar- s b ROBBERS BLOW s e s| STANDARD OIL COMPANY SAFE $250 in Cash and Two $100 Liberty Bonds Taken From 0il Company Safe LANGDON ICE CREAM "' PLANT IS ALSO VISITED Blood Marks in Both Places; Jobs Believed to Be Work of Professionals Evidently working on the assump- tion that the pickings would be easy and the harvest large since the banks had been closed since Saturday noon, safe-crackers visited the office of the Standard Oil company early this morning and secured about $250 in cash and two $100 Liberty bonds after blowing the safe with nitro- glycerine. The clock in the office’ was stof ped at 2:45 this morning and thitsli: tpe‘ same time that passengers ar- riving on the early morning train hfiurd #h explosion which they were sure was more Founth of July co]t‘g:::‘\m:n.part ot . A number of checks which were in the safe were not taken. The two Liberty bonds were taken from an envelope which also contained two discharge certificates which belonged to members of the local office force and which were placed there for safe keeping. The discharges were not taken, The Langdon Manufacturing plant was also_visited, soon after the other visit, it is believed. Nothing of any value was taken from this plant, the unlocked safe containing Htllo else than a number of checks which were carefully looked over but left. That both jobs are the work of the same men is the opinion of the offi- cials of both companies as well as the police, since bloodmarks |were found in both places. Evidently one of the robbers was injured in some way when the Standard Oil company safe was cracked. The safe blowin at the oll company's office’is ‘l)GMOVB§ beyond doubt to be the work of ex- perts in that line, since the manncr in which the door was blown off show- ed experienced hands had turned the trick. Entrance at the oil company’s of- fice was gained by breaking a win- dow in the office. A side-door was forced open at the ice cream plant. The. police department is on the job, but with practically no available clue as yet, the chase appears to be a blind one. The only clue a8 yet reported is the finger marks on the glass from the broken window at the oil com- pany’s office. JUVENILE BAND MEETS FOR PRACTICE TONIGHT Director G. O. Riggs has announced that the Juvenile band will practice at the band rooms in the City Hall building this evening at 7:30, All members arc requested to be on hand promptly. The regular weekly band concert will be held Thursday eve- ning at 8 o’clock at Library park and 2n excellent program is being ar- ranged by Mr. Riggs. The Beginners' band will meet for practice Wednesday evening at 7:30, and an examination will be held at that time. Those passing will be ad« mitted to the first division, POST MORTEM OF WORLD SERIES BEGINS TODAY (By United Press) " Chicago, July 6.--The post mortem of the 1919 world series started to- day. Trial of the baseball outlaws and allegel gamblers became an ac- tuality today when Judge Freund heard the motion of the defense to throw the case out of court. He ord- ered the picking of the jury to pro- seed. Seven former White Sox and four alleged gamblers faced court, charged with selling out. After the 12 umpires 6f the 1n+ door baseball game were picked In an. endeavor that the master mind of the alleged plot mighfj not esoape pun- ishment, the state announced that gearch of the country by scores of detechives will be made for those who are alleged to have had a part in the plot. Ring Lardner, humorist and sport| writer, is to be one of the dmportant witnesses fon the state, it was and nounced. | Heads of organized base« ball and many others are to testify, for the state. The defences are: Ed« dy Cicotte, Claude Willlams, Chicld Gamdil, Swede Risberg, Joe Jacksony Happy Feleh, Carl Zork, Ben Lewiy David Zelfer and Buck Weavery i BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HOLDS MEETING TOMORROW The Board of Equalization will meet in the City Hall Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, Those inter- ested in the matter of adjusting theiy taxes are urged to attend, /] e | i 1 | ‘ {