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

The Pioneer-is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota VOLUME XIX. NO. 80 ADDRESS OPEN HEET TONIGHT All Ex-Service Men and Public in General Urged to Hear Bolles and Vernon BEMIDJI ONE OF FIVE STOPS IN MINNESOTA Activities and Purposes of Big Organiza*ion to Be Outlined %o % ‘le Speakers \ % \ o, > T O ¥ \Mial ‘interest to ev- @ American Legion, @, wen and the pub- outlined in de- ‘muél E. Bolles, ‘e Legion, and Ternon of the Subjecty ery memb all other ex: lic 'in gener tail this eveni! national adju State Commanide) Minnesota depari) the Legion, at an open meen\ e held dt| ithe rocms of the Ciy, ' .nd Commerce associakion meghmiflg at '8 o’clock. Both men are thoroughly experienced in the Legion work and are in'a po- sition to explain every phase. These men arrived in the city this, noon from Crookston where they. were royally entertained last evening and took part in 4 public meeting. After speaking here this evening, they will go to Duluth, where they will address a large gathering of ex- cervice men tomorrow night and then they will leave for the Twin Cities to complete their tour of Minnesota. iBemidji is fortunate in Having these noted speakers visit the city since only five cities in the state are being visited on this trip by tlie Na- tional adjutant. Ccnsequently, the public in gemeral is urged to realize the cpportunity offered for getting better acquiinted with' every phase of the Legion's activities. The Legion executives were met this noon by a small delegation fremn the Ralph Gracie “post and were shown about the ¢ty and the neigh- boring country this dfternoon. This evening will ‘be takenj to dinner at the new summer lotel at Birchmoht and will be esconted back to the city in #ime for the big meeting. All local fraternal organizations and all other parties who are inter- ested in. the activities of the Legion are coraially ifivited to attend, while all ex-service men in this entire com- munity are especially urged to do so. Both men have something of inter- est for the public this evening and it ¢s hoped that a large atendance will welconre their appeararce here. e, % HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MAKES 06D DETOURS W. F. Rosenwald, St. Paul, chief highway maintenance engineer, re- cently said: “The highway depart- NEARLY SIX AND A HALE MILLION FARMS IN'U. . Interesting Facts Given Out By Census Bureau on Farms in United States Washinngton, D. C., July 22,.---The Bureau/of the Census of the Depart- ment of Commerce, announces, sub- ject to correction, the following pre- liminary figures from the 1920 cen- sus of agmiculture for the United States with comparative figures for 1910: Tlfe number of farms in the United States on January 1, 1920, according to the Fourteenth census, was 6,448,- 366. Of this number 6,186,813, or 95.9 per cent, were operated by male farmers and 261,553, or 4.1 per cent, by female farmers. There are no comparative figures for earlier years, since the census of 1920 was the first to obtain linformation separately for male and female $arm operators. The percentage ‘of farms operated |\ by women in the various states rang- ed, from 1.9 in Nebraska to 7.2 in Rhede Island. In seven states the proportion of farms operated by wo- men was 6 per cent or greater. These stateq were Rhodq Island, with 7.2 per cenit; Mississip with 7.0 per cent; New Hampghire, with 7.0 per cent; Connecticut, with 6.9 per cent; Alabama, with 6.4 :per cent; Massa- chusetts, with 6.2 per cent; and South Carolina, with 6.2 per cent. The states which reported over 10,- 000 female farm operators were N sissippi, with 18,932; Alabama, with 16,264; Texas, with 16,128; Georgia, with 13,982; North Carolina, with 12,151; South Carolina, with 11,5795 Kentucky, with 11,399; Tennessee, with 11,374; Arkansas, with 11,027; and Virginia, with 10,028. Of the 6,186,813 male farmers, 3,- 737,326 were owners, (67,762 were managers, and 2,381,725 were ten- ants. The 261,553 female farm oper- ators were distributed as follows: 187,769 owmers, 763 'managers, and 73,021 tenants. In 1920, 60.4 per cent of all male farmers were own- iers, 1.1 per cent were managers, and 38.5 per cerit were tenants, while 71.- 8 per cent yf all female farmers were owners, ‘0.3 pér cent were managers, and 27.9 per cent were tenarts. The totall land area in_farms on January 1, 1920, was 955,676,545 acres. { Male farmers operated 929,- 878,145 acres, or 97.3 per cent, of the total farm acreage, while female farmers operated 25,798,400 acres, or 2.7'per cent. - The states leading §n the number of acres in farms operated by women were Texas, with 2,806,281; Georgia, with 945,166; Mississippi with 913,- 030; Alabama, with 919,382; Mon- tana with 908,761; Missouri, with 880,610; and Kentucky, with 871,- 407. The average size of the farms with female ‘operators was 98.6 acres, while the average fo the farms of male operators was 150.3 acres. REGULAR WAVILLE DANCES HAVE BEEN CALLED OFF The regular schedile of dances on Wednesday and Saturday evenings at the Waviile Pavilion has been abol- ished due to the fact that no per- ment is making every efforti to marle; . pent arrangements could be made and maintain good detours around new construction on trunk highways. in some instances, however, the de- tour roads, unlike the trunk routes Duilt to carry heavy traffie, will not stand up even with the best possible maintenance. The thing to do then ks to look forward to the fast ap- proaching day when the regular route will be recpened to travel a better highway than before.” g The engineer cited an example, the Big Lake-St. Cloud detour on trunk highway No. 3, and asserted that only continuous spffihkling or permanent jmprovement would provide the sur- face equal to the demands of the heavy traific on dt. HAIL CONFINES WORK TO ONE DAKOTA FARM (By United Press) Garrison, N. D., July 22.---Rain and sun fall alike on the just and unjust Dut hail around Garrison is more par- ticular. It confines its' nefarious work to Frank Spitanik’s farm. C. N. Condon, county hail adjustor felt an investigation was justified when Spitanik with a 75 per cent hail loss was the only farmer to report. In- vestigation proved that the hail fell there and nowhere else. STRAW HAT MAY LEAD TO ARREST OF BANK ROBBER Appleton, Wis., July 22.---A straw hat found in a ravine near Outa- gamie County State bank was the only clue discovered today that may lead to the arrest of a lone bandit who robbed the institution of $10,000 in eash Thursday afterncon. The hat evidently fell from the head of the bandit as he was running away. ' CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL TO MEET THIS EVENING © The Bemidji Central Labor Coun- cil will hold its regular meeting this evening at 8 o’clock in Moose hall. All delegates are requested, and members of the various affiliated lo- cals are invited, to attend as matters of importance will be discussed. The " delegate from the Central. Labor Council to the convention of the State Federation of Labor, held at Brainerd July 18-20, will make his report. with an orchestra. The pavilion will be rented out for public or private parties and dances however, the man- agement announces, and dances will be given by the management at such times as suitable arrangements can be made for music. 0DD FELLOWS TO HOLD MEETING THIS EVENING The I 0. 0. F. will hold a busiriess meeting at the Odd Fellows’ hall th evening at 8 o’clock and it is'desired that all, members be present. NEGRO USES GUN WHEN * oRoEeD 0K ThA Hita’ T;en';- Year -Old Girl Wrist and Seriously Wounds Man (By United Press) Fargo, N. D.,July 22.---No charge has been placed yet against William Small, negro, who made use of his gun when ordered from a freight car at Casselton. Missing the policeman who had insisted that he get off, he hit a 10-year-old girl in the wrist and seriously wounded'Julius Husch. Au- thorities are awaiting developments in the situation of Mr. Rusch before making the charge. At St. John’s hospital here it was said Mr. Rusch’s condition was good this morning and unless infection sets in he will be alright. ['HE BEMIDJI DAILY BEMIDJI, MINN,, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1921 IONE Saturday, sligl near Lake Superiors d T BARNABY ENTERTAINERS CLOSE CHAUTAUQUA HERE High Class Entertainment Closes Five-Day Run; Big Crowd at Last Number The closing concert of the chautau- qua program, given by the Barnaby Entertaine way a fitking close to thq series of numbers on the chau- tauqua course. aby are real, high class entertainers and presented a beautiful series of numbers character cally different from any previously presented. Their productions were staged with rich curtain effects, complete footlight equipment in colors, dimmers and spotlight. Dorothy M. Baraby has a most pleasing) personality and, in charming manner, presents her varied numbers. The oul nding feature of their numbers was the sketeh “His Dream of Liberty.” . Written in col- laboration with S. D. Henry, Mr. Barnaby, has in this sketch, produced something enfirely different and at the came time wonderfully artistic. “IHome Ties,” a one-act play, was presented by Mr. Baraby, in the role of a grandfather, and Mrs. Barnaby. as granddaughter Betty. The sweel- ness and yathos contained in this little playlet carried with them mem- ories which were real and lasling. The chalk talks of Mr. Barnaby, chief of which was “Mandalay”, were very clever. His portrayal Rund- yard Kipling’s descriptions in that poem were visualized cleverly by his chalk drawings. Dr. Frank S. Hollett, who substi- tuted for Henry R. Mills on account of Mr. Mill’s illness, presented in his lecture “Through the Wilds of Lab- rador by Dog Team and Komatulk,” in a most interesting manner many of his experiences in his six years work \in Labrador. Perhaps no man, with the excepttion of Dr. Grenfell, the cele- brated Labrador missionary, has had more interesting experiences with the inhabitants of upper Labrador than has Dr. Hollett and many of these ex- periences were given by him as well a portrayal of many of the habits and customs of the Esquimaux, who live in that country. Dr. Hollett has acted as superintendent of the Be- midji chautauqua anil much of the success of the program may be at- tributed to the splendid manner in which the artists were introduced by him. By his enthusiasm and genial- ity he instilled a real chantauqua gpirit, which is bound to remain for the future. Dr. Hollett will also sub- stitute for Dr. Mills at Cass Lake and Park Rapids and possibly at other points until Dr. Mills is sufficiently recovered to resume his lecture. EARLY MORNING FIRE AT DENISON RESIDENCE Fire caused by spontanecus com- bustion did considerable damage to the house occupied by Dr. W. K. Denison at 917 Minnesota avenue, When Small was ordered off thejand the furniture and clothes belong- car he shot at the policeman and then ordered Rusch, whoze car stood by, ito drive him away. Rusch .with the car and the negro became nervous, jumped out of the car and hid. The little daughter of Emil Priewe cailed to him from her home and the negro shct off the gun to silence her and hit her wrist. Then he turned the gun on Mr. Rusch, one bullet hitting and passing through his side. Automobiles on the street mobilized in a posse and caught him thres miles from town. fumbled | ing to Dr. Denison, at 1 o'clock this | morning. It originated in a clothes :loset under the stairs, and when ¢ covered, had cut off escape that way, =0 that the doctor was compelled to get out through an upstairs window. ‘Mrs. Deriison and children are vis- iting relatives at Orr, Minn., and the doctor wags the only one in the honse at the time. \V. Z. Robinson, whose house is close to the one burned, turn- ed lis garden hose on the fire until the arrival of the fire department, and kept the fire frem spreading to both houses. Mr. and Mrs. Barn- LEMUEL & BOILES® ~ National Adjutant of the Amenican Legion avill addre an open meeting at the rooms of the Civie and Com- merce as: tion at 8 o'clock this evening, State Commander A. 1. Vernon' wiill also speak. A large at- tendance is especially urged. GRAIN GRADING LAW TO BE DECIDED TODAY, (By United Dress) St. Paul, July Whether the | Minnesota anti-; ading law is a Joker or'an ace was to be decided to- day. Members of the the Bquity Co- operative Exchangze declined an am endment to.the bill passed by the I legislature ¢ ing it a huge jok Represenfatives of the Minneuapolls Chamber of Commerce and l!|||\|l1|} rd of Trade are heore for a con- o, They were asked (o co-oper- ale to eliminate the praciice of short | selling of grains on the Minnesota market. The law, if enacted, will go | into effect August 1. i PULLS BUNCH OF ONIONS AND FINDS GOLD RING (By Yankton ring lost y Miss Mary Calbush of onions here today. 28.---A gold pulied a bunch KIWANIS CLUB HEARS INTERESTING SPEAKER The necon-day meceting of the Ki- wanis club at the Elks Club rooms ‘Thurzday was presided over by B. W. Lakin acting chairman for the lumber dealers who had charge of the pro- ¥ The program as previonsly arranged was not carried out but in- stead Frank S, Hallett of the chau- tauqua gave an inspiring 20-minute talk on “Building.” The motto of the Kiwanis club, “We Buiid,” and the topic was v ppropriate for the oceasion. L) Dr. H. A. Northrup brought to the attentjon of the club the fact that Be- midjl might lose about four miles of the Babeoek highway running thrn 7 the road in certain proper 1 rable disens- tion, Aft committee for {public affairs proper action. The attendance prize, ai logger's tape line, was won by Mayor A. V. Garlock. Tiis donated by John Claffy. The committee, in charge of the arrangements f gentation on Jul thing in readines: tendance expected. i)xlul]ly +in Bemidji, City Health Officer tall ill children to be made found when (] erred to the |# WARNING GIVEN BY Dr, Govern Cases of Infantile Shannon Issues Rules to Paralysis Owing to the existence of several of anterior poliomyelitis, com- known as infantile paralysis, Dr., B. A. Shannon issues the following instructions with respeet to rules gov erning precautions to be taken in such cases. Seetions 400, 401, 404 and 405 of : 1th laws; bearing on this disease, are as follows: Section 400-—The local health offi- cer shall post in a conspicuous place upon the entrance to premises where ;xnuzrinr poliomyelitis exists a notice in words and form as follows: WARNING ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS Exists on These Premises. Posted by order of Dr. E. A. Shannon, Health Officer. e 29 Dated July 1921. Section 401—The patient shall be irolated for at least two weeks af- ter the first symptoms appear. The ient’s room shall be carefully tsereened throughout the course of the disease and during convalescence, if any flies or insects are about, Section 404—Children in the house and persons associated with the pa- tient shall be kept under observation for two wecks after last exposure. During this period the children shall not attend any. public, priviae, paro- chial, church or Sunday scohol, or any public or private gathering whatever. Residence, boarding or lodging in the house during the isolation of the case shall constitute exposure. Section 405—Whenever poliomy- elitis prevails in a locality, the local board of health shall cause a search for, and a careful examination of, and all isolated children with fever shall be pending the diagnosis. Prompt reperting of all recognized cases or suspected cases of poliomy- and epidemic cercbrospinal meningitis personally or by telephone or telegraph is essential in addition to the written requirements of the law. MRS. H. L. HUFFMAN WILE GO TO STATE CONVENTION ial mec ary of the Ralph Gr. sterday afternoon at the Commerce association Huffman, president, ato to attend the Wi- Atl a spe men's Auxi post, held and ing of the Wo- was el state convention to heg held at nona August 1, 2 and 3. JUVENILE BAND PLAYS AT BIRCHMONT TONIGHT The members of the Juvenile band who are to play at Birchmont Hotel t are asked to be al b dy to leave at 7 o o be provided and will be hall at that time. It is request- ed zlso that ony who contemplate go- ing out to the concert from town ar- ble to fall in behind the and and make the trip together so ton hall | that all will arrive at the same time. The concert is scheduled to start at 7:260 and will continue for an hour. It .is requested by Director Riggs that no ‘band members go in indi- vid s as he wishes to have the entire band together on its arrival at An extraordinary program is & sured for next week on, hut the commiitice in charg 1id to be l“keeplng it up their s Birchmont, S E—— 1fle LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER | | trom here. 85c PER ISUMMER MOTOR TOURISTS NOW SWARMING IN WEST Flivvers and Paved Highways Displace Old-Time Way of Summer Touring (By United Press) Potland, Ore., July 22.-—Gone are the slow-moving vans, the moth- eaten wagons with their worse moth- steeds, the canvas-covered prai- schooners. The tourist of yester- has been relegated to the limbo of oblivion with the advent of the Hivver and the paved highway. The modern gypsy is here. Portland is the clearing house for hundreds of tourists each at this time of the year. And these tourists are in a class by themselves. California or Canada bound, they are pouring over the highways of the Northwest—an animated, good-na- tured, Goth-like hoard, roving of eye, cheerful of countenance, and amiable of aisposition. In vehicles of all sorts they come, from the touring cars with neatly ar- ranged cases containing baggage to big lumbersome bodies mounted on “fiivver” chassis, in which whole fam- live day in and day out, and from' whose windows the eager faces of children peer, and from whose sides oat stringloads of varicolored wash.” No weather can deter them, no hardship can cast them down. They {{are out for a good time. Some parties {1have been on the road for months, {|othes have just started. In the auto camp here license tags fromi as many as thirty states have mingled thair colc nd their com- binations of numerals. Along the highways drifting smoke betokens the presence of campers along meander- ind beside cool rivers. #oing somewhere. \Where? t know. “We're seeing the country,” they lsay. “We'vd worked hard for years and now we're taking our vacation. s a great life”” 1t no uncommon sight to see the puny radiator of a cheap ear puffing steam through the water vent as the puny engine beneath the hood battles valiantly to hurry along a ba like tonnenu with a family of a dozen. The camaraderit of it all! ul, look there's the people near Yosemite,” a youngster They dos or, Hello, folks. Haven't seen you since we pulled out of Fourth of July canyon, | 's tricks?” Or, “By George, we'd sure been out of luck if you folks hadn't Joaned, us that gasoline there in the desert.” The whole Northwest is pervaded with the spirit of the modern gypsy. And, here,-where their Mecea seems tobe, the long lines of them stretch back into the Middle Western plains, up into the mountaing of Canada, or down into the rice bottoms of Cali- fornia. ake way for the migratory an,” mutters the traffic cop, as he swings his semaphore to watch them chug past. DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT PICTURES TO SHOW IN N. Y. (By Unlted Press) New York, July Motion pie- tures of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight will be shown in several theaters here tomorrow to test the validity of the federal law barring fight pictures in this state. THIS TIME LAST YEAR Peckinpaukh of the Yankees batted fwo home runs in suce off Cove- leski of Cleveland. Olson, Brooklyn shortstop, married Miss Ivie, at Wellsburg, W. Va. ONE OF MASKED BAND KILLED WITH SHOTGUN Col. Simon Declares Ku Klux Had No Part in Violence in Texas and Florida (By United Press) Childress, Texas, July 22.--The first death in the “war of the masked ter- rors’ 'caused a tense situation today in the country at Northfield, 20 miles C. 1. Burden, a member of a party of masked men was killed when a band went{ to the home of Henry Adamg. The masked men call- ed for Adams to come from his home. A shotgun report from the house was the reply. Burden fell fatally wound- ed and died within a few hours. Atlanta, Georgla, July 22.---Vigor- ous denial that the Ku Klux Klan had any part in recent attacks of violence in Texas and Florida was voiced: today by Col. William Joseph Simon, member of that oganization, in an (interview with the United Press. .|The members of the Ku Klux Klan are organized, not to tear down, but 81to strengthen the law in America and *[to clearify and preserve certain fun- damental principles, Simon declared. MAJOR BRUCE CAMPBELL DENIES BERGDOLL CHARGE (By United Press) ‘Washington, July 22.---“My an- swer to Mrs, Bergdoll's charges that 1 demanded $100,000 from her and that T obtained $5,000 to obtain her son's release is false,” Major. Bruce Camphell stated before the house Lergdoll committee today, ——) DIANOND POINT FASTBECOMING ATENTED CITY « Park Board Has Difficulty in Finding Space for Campers | to Pitch Their Tents | “TIN CAN TOURISTS"” ! PRAISE CAMPING SITE Each Day Sees Arrival of Several Auto Loads for ! Short Stay Here b lTMu_v Diamond Point presents a bicture of a tented city. Tents of campers are so thick that it is becom- ing a problem to find space upon which the campers may pitch their tents. A Pioneer representative had a short visit with some of the tour- ists Thursday and found that the reputation of Diamond Point as an ideal camping ground and resting plune is growing fast and extending far and wide. An organization has been started and is known as the “Tin Can Tour- ists”, whose numbers last winter had grown beyond 30,000 compmising touri; who are touning from plate to place pitehing their tents and roughing it. The object of this elub is to instill a spirit of cleanliness and order jin all public camping grounds, leaving them clean dnd ord- erly and to boost far and wide the zood pluces and warn their brother tourists of the bad places. The num- bers of the club are growing fast and from remarks heard from tourists in Bemidji our city is being spoken of by ‘the “Tin Can Tourists” as a place which cannot be beaten for the tonrist mper. Courtesy, cleanliness and an ideal camping site are the points upon which Bemidji is win- ning outy according to campers now using Diamond Toint camping grounds, The following campers have piteh- ed their tents during the last week at Diamond Point: T. Bartness, Albert Lea; Mr. and Mrs. Houseman, Falr- mont, Minn.; Mr, and! Mrs. L. J. Hinten, Truman, Minn.; M. H. Garri- son, Omaha, Neb.; W. F..Blanken- burg, Steele, N. I.; W. G. Heeht and wife, Truman, Mgnn.; Mrs, Clara An-~ thony, Mankato; L. H. Rector and wife and Donovan Hinton, Truman, Minn.; Leon I Cole, Lishon, N. D., *. T, Rtolls and family, Winfield, Kan- sas; John B. Regan and family, Man- kato, Minn.; John J. Doud, Minnea- polis; Oscar Sauer and family, Mel~ rose; Mr. and Mrs. Short, Ottawa, Kansas; Otto Klingberg, Alvarado, Minn.; Paul Tanisch, T. Gdiffin and F'rans Roets, fergus Falls, Minn.; W. B. Lance, Seattle; Sadie Pope, L. T Pope and C. J. Pope, Chicago; F. G. and . M. Pope, Millbrook, 11.; W. 1. Kranhold and wife, C. C. Crellin and wife, J. F. Emmett and wife, W. Anderson and F. Decker, all of Minneapolis;- 0. D. Cannon and fam- ily, Tort Atkinson, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fryberger, Muscatine, Towa; Mr. and Mrs. George Hevener, Winton, Towa; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Abernathy, Storm Lake, Towa; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Erickson, Minnepa- polis; Don and Rex Whistler, Nor- an, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tidd, Little Ialls, Minn.; Mrs. Catherine ing, Mrs. Minnie Ayers, ;Wilton Junction, Towa ;Judge A. R. A, Lou- den, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest” Storer, Mr. and Mrs. rank Collins, Minneapolis; Thad W. Hal land wife, Exeter, Calif.; Dr. N. W. Spencer, 'wifd and son, ffoux alls, 8. D. A number of tourists who spent a few days at the park and sought other places but later returned, to Bomidji and stated they could not find any place to compare with Dia- mond ,Point. TEACHERS OF FARMING WILL GO TO SCHOOL Teachers of agriculture in Minne- sota’s high schools will assemble at University farm July 25 for a week's intensive study and added training. Their course will include the funda-~ mental principles in vocational agri~ cultural teaching, better methods of class room instruction, home project work, and the latest scientific attain~ ments in agriculture. This intensive courss is being pro< vided by the department of agricul~ tural education of the University of Minnesota of which A. V. Storm is chief, and by the state department of education, represented by E. M. Phil~ lips, directors of vocational educa< tion, and Jaul Calrow, state supers visor of agriculture. y .""—’h.{ DE VALERA TAKES PEACE ' PROPOSALS TO IRELAND s ) (By United Press) Tondon, July 22.---President Des Valera carnied Great Britain's peace offer to Ireland today. “The fmme- diate future is uncertain,” he told a cheering crowd, who bid him fare~ well at the station here. “No cause bul a just cause can ina spire such enthusiasm. A just cause is hound to win, but it may take scme time to attain the end.” 4'