Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 26, 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. 83 TUESDAY BEMIDJI, MINN, UNCLHOLDS | BUSY SESSION HONDAY NIGHT Three More Licenses .Granted for Sale of Soft Drinks; Three Turned Down 'CITY MILK ORDINANCE MAY UNDERGO CHANGES COUNTY AGENTS ENJOY OUTING AT GLENGARRY| HERDS OF TEXAS CATTLE Four-Day Summer Outing Is First to Be Enjoyed By “County Agents County Agent Dvoracek returned Monday afternoon from Walker where the Minnesota County Agents’ association was spending a four dav: outing at, Glengarry, 'This is the first onting of this character attempted by the county agents, and will be made an annual event hereafter. Twenty county agents and their families were present from all parts of the state. Some of them took advantage of the camping grounds furnished by the city of Walker, while the majority \. | had headquarters at Glengarry. Report of Finance Comm’ | “rne Walker ~Automobile club Covering Proposed Bon\ %, |served a fish fry . Saturday evening, \ ©, 'and a trip on Leech Iake was enjoyed Issue Is Accepted % 5 Sunday.” The comparatively small at- : \ % ‘endance was due to the difficulty in \ 13 vanging a date when all the county Monday night and considered a num- ber of matters, some old and a num- ber new. The soft drink licenses again came up for consideration. Six applications were on file for license, Ditty, nes being the fortunate ones, A. Brose, Stapleton were refused. George Abraham and Ole Gen- dric while |J. Frank Gagnon and Pat|county, accompanied County Agent The appli-{Dvoracek to Bemidji on their way three of which were granted—Archie Vi11§4 ‘ig Stone county; A. P. The city council held a busy sessiol\“ . ents of the state could leave their Q -k, and the fact that the date was “ set far enough in advance to al-' \\ agents to make nceessary ar- T3y wents. nty Agents R. C. Roske, Orton- Hep- ., Glenwood, Pope county; C. elehan, Fergus Falls, Ottertail cations of. Brose and Stapleton were thome via Itasca Park. While in Be- presented a second time having been midji they enjoyed a picnic dinmer presented at a previous session of the fand pronounced the camping grounds couneil. peared for Brose and Stapleton, the license committee nor the coun- Attorney P. J. Russell ap-|at Diamond Point the best they had but |seen anywhere. The location for next year’s outing cil as a whole could not see their way | will be decided at the annual winter to change their decision. A resolution was presented to ap- propriate $100 for the repair of the road on the east side of the lake from Plant No. 2 of the Crookston Lum- ber Co. to the end -of the city limits across the Mississippi bridge. The Tesolution received no second and was therefore not voted upon. A resolution asking for the use of the front rooms of ‘the city hall for use of the Bemidji Labor League had been prepared, but was withdrawn and will be considered at a later mazting. E. A. Barker, president of the Civic and Commerce association, stated that he had invited the Labor League t6 meet in the Civic and Com> merce association rooms. for its next H. E. Reynalds asked that a boat R e street for use of the various launches plying the lake. The matter was re- fezred to the city engineer. v "A resolution was presented asking for the construction of a highway commencing = at .the intersection of Central avenue and Roosevelt streets running west on Roosevelt street to its intezgection with Carpenter ave- nue, thence southwesterly along Car- penter avenue to-a point where its prolongation intersects the north and south quarter line of section 21, township of Bemidji, then south on the saij, north and south quarter line to the center of section 21. The reso- . lution was passed. This is the new highway that is to be provided for traffic coming in from the south of the city instead of the present route, which is almost impassable on account of the deep sand through which the present road runs. g An ordinance was given its first reading making some changes in the present milk ordinance. Some of the most important changes proposed is that the application for licenses for selling-milk be made-to the city cletk instead -of the board of health. Also, that all hotels and restaurants must serve mik in the same bottles as that in which the milk was put up at the dairy or -pasteurization plants. Pro- ducers of milk having two cows or less may be required by the board of health to bring their cows toa desig- nated place for the purpose of hav- ing a tuberculin test made. The milk inspector’s report showed in a sedi- ment test, 20 clean from sediment, 3 poor and 2 dirty. One milk pro- ducer was ordered to stop selling milk. . A petition was presented by the residents of Central avenue, Fifth ward, for the extension of cement sidewalks on the east side of the street from Fourth to Eighth streets. The walks were ordered constructed. The report of the finance commit- tee was presented and certain recom- mendations made. The report recom- mended that the city clerk keep in an indixed form a record of all different classes of licenses and notify all per- sons ten days before their licerise ex- pires; that the tax-levying committee (Continued on Page 6) ASSOCIATION TO HEAR FACTS ON SOIL SURVEY Present at the weekly luncheon of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation Wednesday will be State Commissioner of Immigration Oscar H. Smith; State Auditor Roy Chase; Commissioner of Agriculture N. Holmberg, and Dr. J. F. Alway of the extension conference. FORD PUSHED UP ON SIDEWALK BY DODGE A car, bearing the inscription on the front, “Dodge Brothers,” chased a driverless. Ford up on the side- walk in front of the Boardman Drug store, causing considerable damage came cicse to chasing it clear into the store. A car driven by Mrs. Claude Titus of Nymore, after leaving the People’s 0il Co. filling station, bumped into the rear of Dr. I} .A. Shannon’c car, which was parked in fromt of the store about 2:30 thijs afternoon and to the Ford. PACIFIC COAST MAY BE " SCENE OF DISCUSSION (Bv United Pressy London, July 26. — The Pacific coast of America may be the scene of a general meeting of powers to dis- cuss Pacific questions. Dominion premiers, according to information here, recomyend that the proposed conference be held in a coast city. It was reported today that the British will attempt to bring the question of war debts into the dis- a‘fhament conference. Premier Lloyd George will take a corps of finance experts with him to Washington. The experts will be armed with informa- tion on the proposed conference and Britain’s debt to the United States. LOCAL NAVAL UNIT TO ~ CRUISE GREAT LAKES Forty-six Will Enjoy Summer Cruise; Will See Monster Pageant at Chicago Ferty-six out of fifty-four members of the Bemidji unit of the Naval Militia and Naval Reserve Force will leave early next Saturday morning for Duluth to take part in the Great Lakes cruise which will continue from that date until August 15. Much interzst has been taken in the coming cruis¢ by the Bemidji' com- pany as is evidenced by the number which will represent the unit at this time. & The boys will leave Bemidji on the 2:32 Great Northern train Saturday morning. A sleeper will be provided for the boys at Bemidji. Crief Machinist Mate W. E. Morris will be in charge of the unit when leaving the city. Lieutenant E. A. Barker will precede the boys to Duluth. Licu-|. tenant R. B. Lycan will not take the cruise, however. The boys are looking fo rd 1o a big time while on the cruise. and especially to their visit at Chicagn, during five days oft the Tageant of Progress. The trip will ve the boys a chance to learn more of their duties as sailors besides providing them witly a healthy recreation. L0G ROLLING CONTESTANTS ARE QUITE EVENLY MATCHED A large crowd, including @ number of people from Bemidji, witnessed J-| the log rolling contest at Birchmont Monday evening. The three conies- University of Minnesota. These stateqiants, Nick Green, Mose LaBounty officials are coming to Beltrami coun- ty in cinnection with the soil survey which 13 being made in the southeasi- ern townships of the county by the state. The importance of the survey will be pointed out and interesting talks are to %e made. in connection with it. 1t is urged that every member of the association and others interested in this matter be present at the meeting. lield Friday evening. and Joe Boucher, were quite evenly matched lalthough Boucher was the popular contestant, however. This evening a dinner dance will be held for those who dine at the ho- tel, following the dinner. The Min- neapolis Syncopators will furnish the music for ghe occasion and an en- joyable evening is assured. The reg- ular weekly dancing party will be 10C0 WEED ENDANGERS COVERNORLE | SHALL'S ARREST San Engelo, Tex., July 26.—Texas cattlemen are again-confronted with the dread-loco weed, the eating of which causes thousands of casualties among_the great cattle herds which roam the southwestern plains. Loco weeds are to cattle what EMIDJI DAILY EVENING, JULY 26, 1921 ORDEREDTODAY - PIONEER Wednesday. tion tonight. 65c PER MONTH' MUSKOGEE MEN T0 TRY TRIP HOME IN CANOE “Floating down the river” is evi- dently going to be a popular sport in the very near future, when applied ippi. Word has been “HUGE BRIDGE PLANNED FOR DELAWARE RIVER Preliminary Work on Largest Suspension Bridge in World to Begin Soon drugs are to the human system, ac- cording to recent investigations. The loco weeds thrive just before the spring grass sprouts and then again late in the fall. With little to graze upon, cattle eat the loco weed, which is in appearance not unlike alfaifa, |Judge Smith I8 Firm in His Decision that Small Is Amenable to Arrest Lavinia, that Forrest Bebb and an- other young man of Muskogee, Okla., who are prominent in civic affairs there, will ship a canoe to Bemidji soon and try the trip down the Mis- sippi to their home. They plan to have the canoe arrive (By United Press) Philadelphia, July 26.—Prelimin- ary work on the world’s largest sus- pension bridge—the Philadelphia- Camden Delaware river bridge—is expect to begin within the next few weeks, now that the final site for the although its color is purplish. Cattle, T once they eat the loco weed can satis g fy their appetites with noth'irr;g eilse.‘OVERRULES 'boNTENTlON e T fatls mytriment, _ The| OF SMALL’S ATTORNEYS cattle become thin from undernour-| ishment and thousands = die. What| substance is contained in the plants Declares Governor Would that are poisonous has not yet beeni $ here soon, and they themselves plan to arrive about July 31, and ‘shove off” the next day after their arrival. Two St. Paulites left here Sunday afternoon for their home by canoe, and as far as is known they are ting along nicely. John Koo Louis Neumann, both of this s were stranded at Hanibal, Mo., when structure has been decided on. The Philadelphia end of the bridge will be at Franklin Square, while the Camden end will be at Second and Pearl streets. Both ends are but a short distance from the main thor- oughfares of the two cities. The bridge, which will cost $28,- 871,000, will have a span of 1,760 determined, One theory presented is that some animal parisite or small fungoid hidden. on ‘the plant is re- sponsible. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AFTER RABBIT PROMOTER Fargo, July 26.—United States officials will attempt io prove this term .of federal district court that C. W. Birss, North Dakota’s famous rabbit promcter, attempted to use Uncle Sam in promoting his alleged project by carrying on a mail cam- paign. Birss was arrested a year ago last April by county authorities when it was discovered he was prospering ‘through the sale of rabbits on: which he" promised flattering dividends. Investors included many young men and women in responsible busines: positions in Fargo and elsewhere through the state. Later investigations are sai prove that letters were sent to per- sons in North and South Dakota, Montana and Minnesota. Advertise- ments were said to have run in daily papers. in nearly every state in the Union. This gave federal authorities a chance to take part in the prose- cution. JUDGE PAGE ‘MORRIS TO PRESIDE AT FARGO COURT .. Fargo, July 26.—Judge Page Mor- ris of Duluth will preside over a term Lof United States district court-open- ng today and expected to be of short duration. < Criminal cases will in- clude indictments returned by an emergency jury which has been in session since last Friday. Authoritics have indicated ‘that indictments of at least one prominent man was asked of the grand jury. No details as to the case were given out. EAU CLAIRE POLICE CEIEF DIES TODAY FROM WOUNDS | Eau Claire, Wis., July 26.---Chief of Police, Elmer Sunday died this morning at 8:40 at a local hospital. Death was caused from a wound re- ceived yesterday when he was shot twice by an, unknown bandit who an hour before robbed the Minnesgta Light & Pcwer company of $1,000. REBEKAH ORDER T0 BE - ORGANIZED AT SOLWAY Grand Master J. 0. Werntz and (Grand Secretary A. L. Bolton, of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Ord- der of Odd Fellows of Minnesota, ar- rived in the city this morning. They will go to Solway tonight to institute a lodge of the Rebekah order at that Wisconsin- | Break Law By Calling State Troops for Protection (By United Press) ! Springfield, Il July 26.—Judge | Smith today held Len Small amen- lable to arrest, charging him with em- |bezzling large sums of the state’s !money, overruling the contention of I Small’s attorney that he is immune from arrest by virtze of the office. " Judge Smith T |nor is liable to arres 't The aws snapped together as he spoke. {He ordered .the clerk |warrant_for Small’s ;nds of Sheriff Mester. s 13 |ion, {personal protection. When the judge | finished reading his opinion, the chief d to |counsel for Small leaped ‘to his feet| |which it has passed down from fath- | for postponement of serving the war- |rant to give him gnd his associates {more tinte to prepare the case. They |asked that serving of the warrant be held until September. | AR 'HARDING ASKS CONGRESS {Would Give War Corporation More Powerito Aid Rail- “roads and Farmers (By United Préss) Washington, July 2 | Martin)—President Harding today asked congress to broaden the powers |of the War Finance corporation so the railroads and agriculture. He made this request in a short message addressed to the senate and |the house of ropresentatives. Har- ding gave only the bare outline of the |plan_he wants congress to approve. | Details are to be given out later. these salient points of his plan. That the War Finance corporation to buy railroad se: |be empowered eral so that officials may have funds dipping into-the treasury. That the powers of the corporation be broadened so that it can extend further relief to livestock raisers and farmers. July 26, ed to ha Washingtesn, ding is oppc the y-five-year-old eyes gleamed and his | former, is law by calling on state troops to pro-| |tect him from arrast. The governor in secret in the churchyard of Plain- s | has no right to calllon the militia for | palais, FOR FINANCIAL RELIEF, |pointed out to him in 1860, by his The president, however, made clear |he held Thurs lcurities now held by the director gen- ance to b to settle with the railroads withoutil' - | CYRUS M. KING STRICKEN Itails “J. By L. C.|presumed site of the grave, M. de | Speyr, after some search, pointed out their canoe overturned and all their belongings were lost. It is believed that they are now on their way home. MYSTERY CLEARED FROM TOMB OF JOHN CALVIN (By United Press) Geneva, July 26—The mystery which for three and a half centuries “The gover- has surrounded the burial place of ven- | yohn Calvin, the great Genevese re- about to be solved. Calvin’s historian, Theodore de to. place the |Bege, recounts thut it was his mas- arrést in the ter’s wish that no memorial should mark the place where he was buried. |~ Judge Smith held that, in his opin-|This wish was faithfully carried out the governor would violate ihe fand when Calvin breathed his last in May, 1564, his remains were interred now within the city limits. the secret of the to only ome of Basle, in Since those days, tomb has been known family, that of Speyr, er to son with the injunction never to reveal it as long as there were | descendants in the family. The last |of the race, Fugene de Speyr, who is over 70 years of age and lives at Avignon, in France, has just inform- led the consistory of the Protestant church of Geneva that, having no descendants, he desired to reveal the secret of Calvin’s tomb, which was | grandfather. A meeting was accordingly ar- ranged a few days ago between M. de Speyr and representatives of the church and the cemetery was visited. Near the stone which bears the ini- » as indication of the | where the tomb should be. The city authorities have given permission for Ithat it could give financial relief to|the site to be explored. RALPH GRACIE POST TO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT All members of the American Le- gion are urged {o he present the meeting of the Ralph Gr: ¥ d evening at the rooms of the Civie and Commerce ion beginning at 8 o'clock. veral matters of import- aken up at this time and is almost impera ge attendance WITH PARALYSIS MONDAY s M. King of Deer River was aralysis in Montreal while on the d | op waterway resident | inspection trip with a party of men - appointed fer that purpose. Mr. tion until the tax |King was at one time a candidate for town, and will go to Cass Lake to- house take a va morrow with the Bemidji lodge of | bill is passed, it tated following | governor on the Farmér-Labor ticket 0dd Fellows to institute a new lodge|a visit to the W House today by | le was appointed to the committee of Odd Fellows there in the evening. Representative Mondell. by the governor. ‘The Po 7't O f Missing Men 7 507 %57 feet, 150 feet longer than the Wil- liamsburg bridge, which is at present the largest. From approach to ap- proach the bridge will stretch 8,190 feet, more than a mile and w half. It will be 125 feet wide in the center of the span and 135 feet above mean high tide. The bridge is of the two-cable sus- pension type, each cable to be 31 inches in diameter, with 16,531 wires 192 of an inch in diameter. The first work to be done will be the construction of caissons in the Delaware river bed. Several streets will have to be widened and many buildings torn down to make way for! the bridge. Engineers hope to have the bridge finished in 1925 or 1926. Opening exercises may be held at the Sesquicentennial celebration here in July, 1926. Ralph Modjeski, chairman of the board of engineers for the bridge, de- clared the structure will be the “best bridge in the world.” Modjeski, who was born in Poland and is the son of the late Helena Modjeski, famous ac- tress, is one of the foremost civil engineers in this country. Inability of the present system of ferries to handle the tremendous traffic between Pennsylvania and qu Jersey at this point made the bridge necessary. The state of Pennsylvania will furnish $8,273,500 of the cost of the bridge; New Jer- sey, $12,324,000; while Philadelphia will furnish the same as Pennsyl- cania, ALMELUND BANK ROBBERS STILL AT LARGE TODAY (By United Press) Taylor I%alls, Wis., July 26.---After four » rching, sheriff’ posses today had given up hope of capturing the bandits who robbed the Farmers State Bank of Almelund, Minn., of nearly §14,000 last Saturday morn- ing. Posses scoured Chisago county hop- ing to find a new trail but there was not much hope. Sheriff Johnson clung to the theory that the bandits caught a train at Dresser Junction, ?|a few miles below here. Sidney Topness, a young farmer who was shot when he failed to obey a command to halt while crossing the bridge Sunday, Is reported in a seri- ous condition today. TOURING PARTY PASSES THROUGH BEMIDJI TODAY Roosevelt Highway Boosters Make Stop Here on Way to Glacier National Park Leaving Duluth Monday forenoon at 8:30 o’clock, 50 persons began the first annual tour over the Rooscvelt highway to the Glacier National Park. Last night was spent in Cass Lake, the cars leaving for Bemidji about 8 o'clock this morning and arriving; here at 10 o’clock. After pausing for a few minutes in the city, they left for Birchmont for a short stop before leaving for Fosston, where they will take dinner. A few cars from Cass Lake accompanied the tourists to Be- midji. It is planned to spend the night at Grand Forks tonight. That city has made arrangements for their recep- tion, as has been done by practically all of the towns and cities along the highway where short stops are being made. Among the “leading lights” in the party are A, W. Tracy, T. W. Walker and Nels Nigsen, in the pilot car; R. J. Whiteside, A. W. McKenzie, pho- tographer; Larry Moore and Regi- nald Cowen, in the press car; C. R. Hauks, J. L. Hammond, E. Zauft, C. Mork and F. Fraker. LIKE VICINITY S0 WELL { THEY MAY LOCATE HERE Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coy and daugh- ter, of Wathena, K visited thelr son, Dr. J. L. Coy at Campbell lake for two weeks during the fore part of July and were so impressed with the beauty of northern Minnesota, were clover does so well, and the possibil- jties for stock raising are fine, that Y lupon their return from Canada they stopped here again with a view to buying property here. in fact Mr. Coy seems to realize that an acre of Northern Minnesota land ds just ad good as an acre of Eastern, Kansas land, and they ex- pect to locate here soon. They left for their home today, bent upon com- ing buck here in the near future, ¢ BEMIDJIHOLDS THIRD BARGAIN DAY TONORRO Local Merchants Join Hands Once Each Month to Draw_ | © Traders to Bemidji | EXCEPTIONAL BARGAINS . 'ARE OFFERED SHOPPERS Merchants Give Public Benefit of Trade Stimulus; Big Day, Is Being Looked for Not content with selling merchan- dise every day at the lowest market price, Bemidji merchants have join- ed hands to offer the buying public exceptionally enticing bargains once each month. This city’s third month- 1y Market Day will be held tomorrow and many bargains are in store for those who trade in Bemidji at that time especially. Each Market Day heretofore has Dbrought more out- siders to Bemidji and it is expect- ed that this will continue until all persons residing anywhere in this vi- cinity will look toward Bemidji as their shoppng center, Located ‘as it is, Bemidji is the logical trade center for many miles around and the more trading done by residents of the community, the better the markets will be for their products. On Market Day, an opportunity is oftered for residents of the commun- ity to come to Bemidji and get bet- ter acquainted with their neighbors. To show these people that Bemidji welcomes them af all times, local merchants are offering special in- ducements to get them here at least once each month, Bemidji merchants are holding regular monthly meetings at which ‘times they openly discuss their prol lems and advance ideas for better- ing their service to their customers. Clerks are also invited to thesé meet- ing and indirectly they receive valu- able instruction which aidt the es- tablishment in holding {ts customers. Able speakers are secured for each meeting and the advice given by them is taken back to the stores with the firmidetermination to put it into jmmediate practice wherever practi- cal. It is the aim of the merchants that the customers are the ones who are (to receive the direct benefit ot these sessions. Forty merchants have clubbed to- goethed in advertising their bargains for Market Day tomorrow, while a number of others have advertised in- dividually as well. From all indica- tions this Market Day will be the best yet enjoyed by the local merchants and those who trade in Bemidji on these occasions. GOOD FEELING RESTORED AGAIN IN PANAMA CITY Panama, July 26.—An incident at the opera Il Trovatore in the Nation- al theatre, Panama City, last night is confirmation of _the fact that the Panama-Costa Rico-United ~ States “war” is over. Bracali is taking part of the Met- ropolitan singers to Peru where they rare to sing under a government sub=~ vention during the centennial cele< bration. Among the singers are the American soprano, Louise Taylor, and the Costa Rican tenor, Salazar. They handled their roles well and the Panama audience, including the pres- ident and numerous officials, as well as some at the other end of the social scale, applauded them generously. And everyone in the audience knew well that Salazar is a loyal son of the Costa Rico that was an enemy a few weeks ago. "~ MORE ARRIVALS REGISTER AT DIAMOND POINT PARK Monday arrivals at Diamond Point, registered at the office of the park custodian, were J. M. Higey and wife, Athens, Ohio; M. P. Roske and wife, Ortonville, Minn.; C .M. Kelhan and wife, Fergus Falls, Minn.; A, P. Henderson and wife, Glenwood, Minn.; J. C. Moe, F. G. Brice, Mrs, J. R. Hall, Swanee, Okla,; Miss Eth< el Robinson, Minneapolis; Mrs. Ho< mer Robinson, Great Falls, Mont.j Liloyd Honi, Dows, Iowa. PRESIDENT OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY IS MISSING ¢ (By United Press) Banff, Alberta, July 26---Searchers scouring the mountains in the viein+ ity of Mt. Affaboine up to an early hour today had found no trail thaf would lead them to Dr. Stone, pres sident of Purdue university, Lafay<4 ette, Indiana, and his wife, who leff the Mr. Affaboine club here July 17 to traverse the surrounding couns try. i Stone and his wife had with theny only four days’ food supplies and, when at the end of the fourth day they did not return to camp, search- ers set out to find them. “The only clue was found Sunday afternopn when the searching party found someg toilet articles bearing the initials of ! Mrs. Stone. \ —