Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 25, 1921, Page 1

7 'The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota VOLUME XIX.. NO. 82 R TV W1 |GROCERS WOULD FORM | C CITYWILVOTE oo o N OLDSCHOOL oY le Speakers at Meeting SITE AUGUST 2, ™5 Retail gro¢ers of Bemidji are urged to attend a'grocers’ meeting Tues- day evening it § o'clock at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce associa- tion for the purpose c¢f organizing a “Retail Grocers’ association.” As speaker); for the evening, George M. Peterseni of Duluth, secretary of the State Relail Grocers’ association, and F. X. Gravel, sales manager of the Stone-Ordean-Wells company, also of Dulurh, will be present. Mr. Peterson is cne of the foremost gro- cers of the state and the local grocers are promised something worth while from him. Mr. Gravel also has a mes-, sage of importance, ey The need c¢f a retail groders’ asso- ciation in Bemidji has long.been felt by several loval grecers and it is ex- pected that much interest will be shown at this meefing. By attend- 5 ing the first meeting and hearing "PP“;‘““‘}?,“’ "fi?eh o “lptf“.‘;fi?ed the speakers, local grocers will be site for the'new high school bulleing |y, 'ty optain an idea of the bene- when “the fourth of a series of $Pe”|nic 'y 1o had from an association of cial school elections” will be held at| . "ena S the Central school building Tuesday,| "5 " Kolbe and A. Greguson have August 2, for the purpose of deciding | ont out motices of the meeting to upon the old schaol site. This will be the local retail grocers and have Seen a ‘“yes” or “no” vote, the same as|ingtrumental in making arrangements the last two elections, whe!x the Bixby|for a session] which ‘promises to be avenue site and the Irvine avenue|yorth the whileof every lccal grocer. site lost gut. Notice§ have been posted for this| pERERAHS 10 ORGANIZE election by the clerk of the board af- B ter a petition signed by the legal AT SOLWAY TUESDAY NIGET numker of voters and freeholders of ——— the district had been filed with the| The degree team of thd Rebekah clerk, requesting him to call a special | lodge, and oithdr members of ithe election to authorize the school board [lodge Wwill go to Solway Tuesday to build and equip the Junior and|night to institute a Rebekah lodge in Senior high school on the old high|that place. Last winter the 0dd Fel- school site, located between America [lows lodge o' Bemidji, under A. Special Eiection Is Called to Vote on Location for New High School Building POLLS WILL BE OPEN _FROM 4 to 9 0'CLOCK Action of School Board After Election Has Not Been Announced as Yet Citizens of Bemidji are to have an and Irvine avenues and between Sixth and Seventh streets. The polls will be open at the Cen- tral building between 4 o’clock and 9 o’cock p. m. so that all may vote. Those who can vote in the afternoon are urged by the board to do so, that those who are required to vote after working hours will rnot be required to stand in line so long. . Interest in_the selection of a site for the new high school has appar- ently weakened, since the bids for the construction of the building were found too high and turned down. Just what action the board will take after the election has not been publicly an- nounced, although a shert time ago members of the board stated that nothing wculd be done until a suit- able site had been determined and acquired. - 2 - All who are entitled to vote on this project are urged to. do so, so that the result of the election may be rep- resentative of the choice of the ma- Jjority of the voters. GAME WARDEN CLINE WARNS AGAINST LAW VIOLATION Game Warden Cline warns against violation of section! 4 of the Minne- sota Game and Fish Laws relative to the manner of taking game. This section in part ds as follows: “Birds and quadrupeds protelsted by law. shall be taken enly in the daytime with a gun not larger than a ten- gauge fired from the shoulder unless otherwise permittéd in this chapter. No persen while in 2 motor vehicle <hall take game, nor discharge any firearm _therefrom at any protected wild animal, nor carry a pistol or Hohenstein, grand master, instituted « lodge of Odd Fellows at Solway, which has been rapidly growing. Grand Master J. 0. Werntz will of- Ificially institute the Rebekah lodge Tuesday night On Wednesday evening, the degree team of the Odd Fellows lodge of Bemidji will go to Cass Lake and con- fer four degrees on a clasy at that iplace. A new lodge is being instituted by Grand Muster ‘Werntz at Cass Lakeg thati evening and the Bemidji lcdge has been asked to confer the degrees. The Bemidji degree team and other members expeet to auto down and return after the cere- moenies. DIAMOND POINT PARK The daily stream of tourist eamp- ers continues to pour into the Dia- mond Point cawpiry grounds from all | direction. Scme who have camped there for several days left last week to explore other sites, some going as to the Diamond Point/grounds as they found nothing ‘to suit them as well. The registrations since Friday are: Myrtle Ditty and Mrs. Oliver Neilson, Minneapolis; G. D. Williams yand wife Portland, Ore.; P. M. Flora, Gdry, Minn.; E. J. Lamphear, Oklee, Minn.; C. R. Peck, Mankato, Minn.; H. J. Miller and wife, and M. A. \Miller and wife, Galva, Ill; R. R. Hedtke and wife,, Enderlin, N. D.; J. E. Hendrickson and son, Fargo, N. D.; C. H. Hendrickson, Moorhead, Minn.; Lavina Hendrickson, Fargo, . D.; Rev. W. (.. Albrecht and fam- ily, Sleepy Eye, Minn.; Paul Albrecht, PGPULAR FOR CAMPERS i turned-and every far as Winnipeg, but have returned {turn home. revotver, in a motor vehicle, unless|yfijjyaykee, Wis.; H. Albreeht, Hut- the same is unloaded in both barrels| yincon, Minn.; E. C. Reed, A. J. and magazine and taken apart or ¢on-|peed, Anoka, Minn.; G. J. Grosborg tained in a case.” and wife, Meriden, Kans.; J. S. People He advises that a number of in-|;,a wife, Wichita, Kans.; H. E. Blo- fractions of this section have been |, ot and family, ‘Minneapolis, Minn.; noticed during the hunting seasons Theretofore but no guns hiave been con- fiscated by him as yet. He intends however, to see that all vielators of Ahis section are punished hereafter to the full extent of the law. Mr. Cline also appeals to hunters from the sportsman’s standpoint, that it is not fair for anyone to violate this law while others arve forced to live up to it, or at least do. He says he will be on the lookout for all vio- flators of this provision and. gives them due warning at this time. LILLOOET, B. ' C.--- Preliminary worls is being carried out on the de- velopment of the Bridge river power site near here, the total cost of which will be $30,000,000. With the ex- ception of Niagara Falls and Victoria ¥alls this will be the biggest power sitd in the world. CATTLE FATTEN ON SUNFLOWE RSILAGE (By United Press) Calgard, Alta., July 25.---In a se- riey of remarkable tests, experts,of the University of Aiberta are work- ing out new menus for beef and dairy catile that promises to revolu- tionize livestock feeding and save mil- lions to breeders and farmers. When the tests are completed it will have been determined precisely the type of gilage, grain or hay that will bring best results from poor, medium and zood types of cattle. There are ten different scts, each comprising differént types of animals. Tachi set is urder a special diet. J. W. King, wifo and son, Shubert, Neb.; H. S. Latham, Wadena, Minn.; James. K. Banks and wife and Owen Banks, Fargo, N, D., William Farrell 'and wife, Fargo, N. D.; Philip Beckes and family of five, Topeka, Kans.; Peter Grinberg, Minot, N. D.; P, Williamson{ and party, Seattle; Rex Whistler, Noyman, Okla.- ROOSEVELT TRAIL TOURISTS VISIT BEMIDJI TOMORROW Bemidji will be visited sometime tomorrow forenoon by about 100 per- sons making the tour over the Roose- velt highway from Duluth to the Glacier National park. The cars were to leave Duluth thiff morning and spend the might at Cass Lake. They wili stop here for about two hours tomorrow forenoon, according to their plans, amd will take dinner at Fosston. Tomorrrow night they will spend at Grand Forks. THREATENING SECRECY OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS (By Unityd Press) London, July 25.—The secrecy of the Irish peace ‘negotiations was threatened today. Members of the house of commons planned to force Lloyd George to give them the tale of the ofier which Premier De Valera is now submitting to Sinn Fein lead- A ‘/[ ‘Al ) T H i % A | W il Mflhr V) P i 1gh / EATHER REPORT ota—Unsettled tonight sday, probably showers in and eastern. portion, P B5c PER MONTH il J KOORS AND NEUMANN OVERTURN IN-CANOE Telegram Says ‘Explorers’ Are Stranded in Missouri Without Canoe Somewhere in the Mississippi river below Hanibal, Missouri, is a canoe, provisions and cquipment belonging to John Koors and Louis Neuman, two Bemidji vouths who left this city Tu v, June 14, bound for New Or- leans over the Father of Waters. The boys are at Hanibal, according to word received from there by Mrs. J. H. Koors, mother of one of the beys. The message received W short, but stated t the cance oye Lz-Atas lost.” It is though the accident happened at the Keokuk dam, a short distance north Hanibal, the largest dam on the river. The boys asked for advice as to whether they should proceed with their trip and word was sent to re- Undoubtediy they will be Dbrgk here within a few days. Other experiences encountered since they left here one rainy morn- ing evidently have been ncthing cam- pared with this experience which h put a decided crimp into their plan From all reports, however, the bo; are well and are little the worse for their misfortune, _ Out. of this trip, Bemiaji has re- ceived valuable publicity, which may reap returns for. this city. Iriends here have watched the progress of the boys from time to time and have ex- pressed the desire that the entire di. tance might be covered without hap. NEW: ROAD BEING BUILT THROUGH COLLEGE GROUNDS A new drive way is being built through the vpark grounds of the State Teachers college, commencing on Doud avenue just north of the girls dormitory, and winding through the pines and underbrush until it connects with the road leading to the Diamond Point bathho and pienic grounds from the top of the hill on Doud avenue and will make less confusion in driving autos in and out of the gronunds. DECEASED SOLDIER LAID TO REST IN GREENWGOD Elmer Wilcox, 23-year-old son of Mr. and Ms. H. 8. Wilcox of School- eraft, who was killed in action while serving with the branch of the United States in France, army was laid to rest in Greenwood ceme- tery Sunday afternoon following cer monies at the Methodist church. Dr. G. H. Zentz, pastor of the church of- ficiated. The remains were taken from the Ibertson undertaking parlors at 2:30 and escorted by ex-service men, as Yipall-bearers and firing squad, to the church. The final salute was given at the grave by th squad, 2 | Which taps was blown by A. E. Eilet- son. | Pail-bearers | were N. . Given, Darcy MeGee, John Durasche, Har- vy Dreen, Roy Titus and Walter Balk. ers in Dublin. It gs almost certain that the pre- So[mier will be forced 1.0 make some sort Montague, The firing squad was composed of C. M. Landen, Joseph Record, Clifford Abe Patterson, Rudolph far those subjected to sunflower feed-|of an.explanation even if he does Welle, Charles Mascner, Perry Haling ingz have made the most pronounced|not reveal the whole secret. gains. Use of sunflowers for silage is{mier, it is believed, was to face the in charge. of recent origin. Immense areas will be planted this year. experts, i9 equal to that of corn fod- der.” v . aiionl The pre- necessity of some arction to offset the The np:ruive revolt being fomented by the “Morn-'a large number of wvalue, according to the Universityling Post,” which will announce Lloyd friends of the deceased soldier, who George’s conference: with the Sinn Fein. lbofure the armi land W. E. Morris, with Don Whitman The ceremonies were attel relat! wava his life for his country shortly ice was signed. NATIONAL DARY SHOW IN ST. PAUL IN GCTOBER BRITISH COAL STRIKE AVOIDABLE. SAYS CLYNES sjof this city, arrived in Demidji Sun- (By St.i Paul, July 25.- ¢ Dairy Show to be staged here in ctober will present one of the most important educational gatherings ever accorded the Northwest, accord- ing to W, E. Skinner, national seere- tary of the association. it should bring 500,000 peopic in- | to the Twin Cities to witness the spectacle. The world’s best caltle, and - every modern: contrivance of use to dairy and agricultural inter- ests will be brouglt here. ) On. only two other occasions has the national dairy show left Chicago. Once it ‘was held in Springticld, Mass., {Labor Chairman Says Strike Could Have Been Settled Before Miners Quit By Charles McCann (United Press Statt Correspondent) London, July 25.—British national interests demand that prevention in- stead of cure must be the policy to {prevent repetitions of the disastrous coal strike, which has thrown hun- dreds of thousands of workers out of agd again in Columbus, Ohio, Twin |employment during the past three City interests are putting every ef- months, J. R. Clynes, M. P., chairman fort to.‘make the show a big success. | of the labor party, said in an inter- It wiil be staged at the state fair|view today. grounds October %80 14, “There are three great lessons to Arrangements are being made for |be learned from the dispute,” Clynes special railroad induceménts to at-|gaid. tract thousands from all parts of | “Pirst, the national interest, in the Northwest. which the miners’ interest is included, TWO ST. PAULMENTRY |* fibute, bt how fo preven it - RETURN TRIP IN CANOE “Second, the workers’ leaders, who are chosen as the best men in their A. L. Noyes and John B. Fraser, the latter a brothey of Fred Fraser unions, must have power as well as responsibility, so that they can tell their fellows what is best for them if terms are offered. “Third, employers and the govern- ment should see the folly of placing left i the alternoon by canoe,for|large bodies of men in a position their homes at St. Paul. They where they must fight regardless of pect to cun\pletf»the trip (o the Capi- | consequences to the country because tol city in about a week. fighting appears to them to offer the Judging from the trip recemtly |only shield against starvation. made to the Twin Citics by John “During the first few weeks of the Koors and Louls Newmann on their | coal stoppagre, the real issue relating way to New Orleans, the St. Paulites |ro s s obseared. by trantls re almost sure to have lots of ex- o ‘L(('Ulll?l}lll!ll h‘;"‘r;;( 26 ";) AR perience on the we Koors and - i Neuman spent at least two weeks day morning and after a short visit " SMALL APPARENTLY WINS reaching Minneapolis and the pros- pects are good for a longer trip than is expected by these two men from St. Paul. METHODIST SUNDAY SCI_{OOL WILL PICNIC TUMORROW The Methodist Sunday school is iplanming to hold its awvnual picnic Tuesday at Diamond Point, and all members and . friends) of the church and congregation and Sund. are urged to be present. I the church who are summer guests Bemidii, and the ents of the Sun- day school children are especially in- vited. Autos will be at the church at 10:30 to convey the older people and the little folks to the grounds. A picnic dinner 1 be served beiween 12 and 1 o'clock. Sports and games arc being plan- ned by the entertainment comm tee and a good time is assured all who attend. Bach one is requested to bring a cup and spoon, and not to bring a large assortment of fcod, but pl k for one or two items. The refresh- ment committee requesys that the feod brought be chosen from the fol- lowing list: cake, potito sala rangements have been made for the ice cream, [ruit nectar, coffee, cream and wieners. FIGHT AGAINST ARREST Springfield, Jul Len Small today appare Wiz fight to force postponement of his t and trial on charges of juggl- fug ten million in state money until after his term of cffice expires. Sheriff Henry Mesicr of Sangamon y shoulders will fall 1 the warrant, told the ] 1y he would not use force in effort to arrest the in- dicted govermor, *{from Fort McPherson. TABER MOVES GROCERY TO MORE SUITABLE BUILDING 1. 8. Taber, proprieter of the Doud avenue grocery store, has moved his stock into the building immediately south of the former store and now 5 a grocery which is first class in v way. The building is new and has heen put in shape throughout for the gpocery. In the rear part is a large store room which will provide ample spacd for carrying ‘a large sto . Taber r ity returned to Bemidji from the west coast and is now enjoying a healthy business. AGED HERMIT PREFERS SOLITUDE TO CITIES (By United Press) Edmonton, Alberta, July 25— “I have been in civilization a year now, and I am going back home as quickly as I can,” said W. D. Clark, who has been a hermit in the arctie wilderness nearly a quarter of a cen- tury. Clark’s “home” is on the head~- waters of the Peel river, 180 miles from Herschel island, and 110 miles His nearest neighbor is 56 miles away. They see each other once a year. With the ex- ception of this one other man, Clark is the only human being in a thousand square miles of country. The Indians do not go that far north and the Eskimos do not come that far south. “Once a hermit, always a hermit,” |said Clark, preparing to return to the solitude of his cabin in the wil~ derness. ““A hermit wants nobody’s pity. I wouldn’t trade my solitude for all the pleasure and excitement of cities. “[ have seen 10,000 caribou in one herd. What have you in the cities like that? “The mercury gets down to 75 de- grees below in winter but it is really the most healthful climate in the world.” kK . i 4y & & g DEPUTIES STILL SEARCH FOR BANDIT QUINTETTE Men Who Robber State Bank at Almelund Believed to Be Hiding in Wisconsin (By United Press) Taylor Falls, Wis., July 25.— Scrambling over hills and bluffs and searching the St. Croix river bot- toms, a dozen deputies and citizens are still looking for the quintette of bandits who robbed the Farmers State bank at Almelund, Minn., of around §13,000 early Saturday and escaped in an automobile. The machine was wrecked near the interstate bridge here. Posses organized here Saturday night found the two boats in which the men crossed the St. Croix river. The men either are hid in the woods near here or escaped on a train. Sid- ney Topness, a young farmer, was seriously wounded early Sunday when he failed to obey the command to_halt while crossing the interstate bridge. He received a load of shot in his abdomen. Bert Gibbs suffer- ed flesh wounds in exchange of shots at the bridge. Gibbs and companion, Roy Pearson, were returning from a denee at Balsam Lake, Wis. As they approached the bridge a member of the bandits posse called to them to stop. Ole Peterson of Polk county, Wis., said he believed the bandits boarded a Soo Line train at Dresser junction and escaped. They are still search- ing the Wisconsin woods. It is thought the bandits were heavily armed. SHACKLETON TO SAIL TO ANTARCTIC AGAIN (By United Press) London, July 25.—Sir Ernest Shackleton is preparing to start next month on his next voyage of Antarc- tic exploration in a tiny two hundred ton ship, the Quest. The Quest is equipped for every branch of scientific research and will even carry a specially constructed airplanc as an aid to navigators and surveyors. Sir Ernest will pay particular at- tention to the surveying of the Ant- arctic south of the Cape of Good Hope, waters which have nov heen visited in ninety years. FREIGHT PUSHERS WIN OVER TENSTRIKE TEAM Still undefeated, the M. & I. b ball team boasts another victory, ing defeated the Tenstrike team Sun- day afterncon at the local ball park by a score of 14 to 9. Five of Ten- strike’s runs were made after the gixth inning, while Bemidji's total score was made before the end of the sixth, Frank' Phibbs pitched the first six innings and- was then relieved by George Klungness, who was being tried out. Five runs were scored off him in two innings. He was then re- lieved by C. Balley, who finished tho game, Home runs were secured by Bill Jerrigan and C. Bailey. The Bemidji tenm showed up well and proved too strong for the visitors. Other games are belng planned goon, and it is ex- pected that the Blackduck team will be one of the next. CITY COUNCIL HOLDS * REGULAR MEET TONIGHT Tye regular meeting of the city council will be held this evening in the City hall beginning at 8 o'clock There are a number of business mat- ters to be taken up at this time, in- cluding the expected reading of a resolution to authorize the calling of a speclal bond election. PRESBYTERIAN SC}{OOI WILL HOLD PICNIC WEDNESDAY The Preshyterian Sunday = school will hold its annual picnic Wednes- day at Diamond Point, commencing at 10 o'clock in the morning, All members andy friends of the church and Sunday school are invited to at- tend and enjoy an all-day outing. JOE MURPHY WINS FIRST IN GRAND PRIX RACES LePlans, July = 25.—Joe Murphy, driving a Duesenberg, won the 320- mile grand prix here today. Ralph De Palma finished second, two laps ?fihit}nd Murphy, Jewel Joux was ird, LOG ROLLING CONTEST AT BIRCHMONT TONIGHT Tor the benefit of the guests at the Birchmont hotel, B. W. Lakin, of the Crookston Lumber company has arranged for a log rolling contest to be staged at the hotel this morning, at 7:30, This is a feat few of the tourists have seen and one which cre- ates much amuscment and !interest. On Tuesday eveaing, there will be a dinner dance at -lic hotel. Dirner will be served from 6 o 5 o'clock and LONG DROUGHT HEAVYBLOWTO EUROPE'S CROPS Bad Drought in Europe Bringsg Forest Fires, Crop Shortage | and Bad Plagues A1 WHEAT HARVEST MAY BE FAR BELOW AVERAGE Light Rains in Few Sectiong Have Slight Effect on | General Situation | (By United Press) London, July 25.---All Europe suf- feredq today ' in .a drought which brought forest fires, verop shortage and plagues. Huge fires swept through the for- ests of Great Britain and cut a ten mile swarth in Aberdeenshire de- stroying not only woods but threaten- ing many famous estates. It was feared that the harvest this year would fall below the average, wheat especially. In only a few sections where thers have been light rain and these were not sufficient to have any effect on the general situation. Holland also suffered from forest fires. German scientists are experimegting with dry farming but there is little hope of beneliting the present crops. Sweden suffered with Germany; Russia was regarded as a danger spot. Spain’s erop also suffered. It- aly was the victim of forest fires. At Phiest a fire was started when a pow- er house exploded. CICOTTE REPUDIATES HIS CONFESSION TODAY, (By United Press) Chicago, July 25.—Eddie Cicotte, out-lawed batting ace for the Chicago ‘White Sox, repudiated his confession of selling out to the gamblers today. Eddie, one of the finest of the White Sox, stated at his_confession to his part of throwing the 1919 world se- ries if he was promised immunity by the state. The batter is one of the seven “Black.8ox" charged with conspiracy to throw the championship games. Ci- cottee, according to testimony given at the trial, said he would lose the first game if he had to throw the ball over the fence. Eddie was promised immunity if he confessed. “The at- torneys told me to come and tell what I knew and they would free me.” ST. PAUL MAN FOUND DEAD IN TRAIN BERTH (By United Press) - St. Paul, July 25.—Funeral serv- ices for M. N. Goss, 62, who was found dead in a berth in a St. Paul train arriving here from Chicago ear- ly Sunday, will be held Wednesday or Thursday. Mr. Goss died of heart disease. He was a former city com~ missioner of St. Paul. REINSURANCE COMPANY TO AID DAKOTA FARMERS (By United Press) Bismarck, July 25.—Plang for a reinsurnace company on a mutual plan to aid any darmers’ mutual company in case of loss by fire are to be drawn up by a sub-committee named by the North Dakota Farmers Mutual Insurance association, NO POSTPONEMENT OF CONFERENCE LOOKED FOR (By United Press) Washington, July 23.—The United States has Informed the British gov< ernment that it does not believe that there will be any postponement of the disarmament and Pacific con- ference in Washington or that therq should be any preliminary confere ence on Pacific affairs .in London, i BRITISH COLUMBIA TO ! TURN TO THE RIGHT (By United Press) q ‘Vancouver, B. C., July 23.---Brit« ish Columbia is literally going to ‘“Turn to tho Right,” commencing the first of the year. That means the only sovereignty on the North Ameri-~ can continent that follows the oldj European custom of turning to the Jdeft, to change its rule of the roadj to prevent traffic confusion. British Columbians realize It hard enough for the average American to turn{ to the left when he is sober, But with the government selling good liquor at $5.00 a quart terrible autd collisions are feared. JFor in the tight. pinch the touring American al= ways turns to the right by instinctf and meets head on with the British! Columbian who turns to the left. And the story goes the round hera dancing will commence soon after the dinner and will continue until midnight. The management advises that only dinner gnests will be al lowed, to dance at this time, e e -y that after one such smashup a well~ liquored Amerfean touhst jumped ont of the wreckage and beat up the Canadian motorist for being on “thg ig side of the road.”