Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 10, 1921, Page 1

only daily emidji and in The Pioneer s tI within 100 miles of ( has the largest ' circulation Northern Minnesota B VOLUME XIX, NO. 96 Summary of Program on First Lap Features Mid-Season Highway Report THIS YEAR IS CERTAIN TO BE RECORD-BREAKER Babcock Forces Speed in State Trunk , Highway Improve- ment Shown By Survey Charles M. Babcock, state highway commisgioner has made public a mid- season review of activities in the Min- nesota highway department covering the 90-day period since Good Roads Amendment No. 1 went into effect. The summary, fndicating that oper- ations are well advanced on a large %gale toward spreading early benefits over} the entire trunk route system, is as follows: About 6,200 of the 7,000 miles of trunk Toutes ‘temporarily designated and taken over by the state for main- tenance. ‘Army of 1,126 patrolmen covering the. system to smooth temporary routes until permanent improvements can be extended. ” Another big malintenance force, equipped with 150 trucks and 50 tractors---surplus war equipment re- built for poad work---shaping up high ways for patrolmen were necessary. Office and field forces increased from small number: to. nearly 3,000 employes, exclusive of hundreds of contract work, but administration expenses held to less than 7 per cent. Approximately $8,000,000 of new construction, for 1921 completion in about 75 scattered sections, placed under contract at prices from 15 to 50 per cent below 1920 levels charged counties. Fight continued for new federal aid apportionment to enable Minnesota to carry out its full 1921 program for 677 miles of grading, 438 miles of gravel surfacing and' 80 miles of new paving. ! : Undertakings advanced as outlin- ed, Commnissioner.-.Balbcock left” for ‘Washington to: continue the fight for farm-to-market- road legislation in order to add $2,225,000 of grading and gravel surfacing and $500,000 of paving to 1921 construction lists un- der the state development program. 2 Year a Record Breaker. . However, new high records 1n high- way improvement thiy year are as- sured the state with road funds from all sources expected to exceed $26,- 000,000. The trunk funds include nearly $6,000,000 of motor vehicle taxes, $5,000,000 of county bond money and probably $2,840,000 of federal aid, it is estimated, while ccunties will have nearly $12,500,000 to spend on the laterals or feeder reads---$10,,850,000 of local tax reve- nue and $1,650,000 of state aid. . Extra organization work accom- plished and urgent projects under way after the first strenuous three months - period, Commisstioner Bab- cock expects the trunk system to show steady ,increasing results. ‘While there can be no let-up, little difficulty is anticipated in keepiing things moving. Weak sports in the organization are bringng changes and by fall the trunk highway forces will aim at 100 per cent efficiency. Strives for Practical Results. Commissioner Babcock’s policy, as anonunced at the outset, is to get the utmost in quick results this, season by maintenance work and to stearily build up his organization for even better showings in the future. Minnescta’s new highway laws were passed and Commissioner Bab- cock was reappointed under them April 25, Until that time the commis- sioner was Without “authority or funds to make even preliminary sur- veys. He started at the very begin- ning with ‘the construction season already on. Then came the anhounce- ment that greatest stresy would be taid on melintenance this year. Designation of temporary location of ‘trunk routes listed in the Babcock amendment were rushed, and as the roads were taken over, patrolmen were found for the 5 or 6 mile sec- tions. Also,, big truck and tractor fleets went\in to the field to shape them up temporarily for the patrol- men when necessary. Poor Links Fixed First. Attention was wgiven then to the new construction projects. Acting on (Continued on Page'6) OPPONENTS OF LEAGUE « SEEKING MORE SIGNERS Fargo, N. D., Aug. 9.---Opponents of the Nonpartisan League have enough signers to the petition to ef- fect a recall election on high state ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS " HEAR RED LAKE REPOR i 5 { Industrial ‘Committee Reports en Location of Consolidated Indian Offices Reports of the industrial committee and the Red Lake committe consums ed most of the time of the board of directors of the Civic and Commerce asgociation in sesgion Tuesday. George T. Baker and (John Claffy both re- jported for the industrial committee relative to the the consolidated In- dian offices. Mr. Baker reported on the various dites shown to CommiSsioner Burke and Mr. Claffy reported on the inter- view he had with Mr. Burke at Red: Lake and later in Bemidji. He stat- ed that IMr. Burke was favorably im- pressed with Bemidji so far as trans- portation and general conditions were concerned but favored a site some- what farther removed from the centre of the city than those shown him, in- asmuch as the office would\be more or lesg. a place for Indians to con- greg:k‘&( hen they came to Bemidji on buy o, +, and for that it would be better' % ve the offices a short dis- tancd f\ % the actual business gen- tre. Mh @ ffy stated there w:& a posibility\ ao, qking arrangements for the ‘erecty % t a suitable building, one story \ 4 .asement, on a corner lot somewhy est of Minnesota ave- nue 'in the . nity of Third and Fourth stree, i J. J. Opsahi, with the Red ), »rted in connection development pro- ject. He-state, .sat at the meeting at Red Lakey tfie attiude of the of- ficials and the desire of the Indians was that the land in question should first be drclined, then allotted and settled, and means of .transportation furnished after the allotment. It was pointed out that draining the land was included| in the Red Lake con- servancy project. The draining of the land itself will be done tin the same manner asithe public draining of amy |/ other lands and will be under the jurisdiction of the courts. 1t is_expected that the deepening and 'strafghtening of the channels of Red Lake and Clearwater rivers will start next spring -and the digging of the laterals into the main chan- nels will undoubtedly follow prompt- 1y,, GRAND RAPIDS:DULUTH ROAD WILL BE PAVED / Roy K. Bliler, who is in charge of the Minnesota State Highway work-imr| this district, returned last night from Grand Rapids, where the state has let a contract for a million-dollar paving job from = Grand Rapids to Keewatin. This job covers 29 miles and is the connecting link for-a paved road between Grand Rapids and Du- luth. Mr. Bliler states that work on the new paved road will begin at once. ! \ RALPH GRACIE POST TO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT A series of high class entertain- ments for the coming winter have been planned by the executive com- mittee of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion, and at the reg- ular meeting of the post Thursday evening at the rooms of the ‘Civic and Commerc§ association, these pro- posals will be submitted for action of the post membérs. It is very impor- tant that there be a large attendance at this meeting in order to act on this project. / Reports will be made by the dele- gation which attended the state con- vention at Winona last week and it is expected that a very interesting and profitable meeting will be held. All ex-service men, who resided in Minnesota prior to entering the mili* tary service in the late war and whose bonus claims have been denied by the statd soldiers’ bonus boatd, are urged to send their names and application numbers to the adjutant of the Bemidji post so that when the bonus board of review holds a hear- ing on August 26, all claims in this vicinity may be disposed of quickly. VISITORS INVITED TO INSPECT PEAT FIELDS All persons interested are invited to visit the Golden Valley peat ex- perimental fields on the main road ong mile east of Golden Valley post- oftice, and 16 miles east of Holt, Marshall county, on Saturday, Au- gust 13. Signs will be put up along the roads from Holt, Goodridge and Grygla to guide visitors to Golden Valley. At 2 o’clock there will be a short program consisting of brief address- es and an explanation of the experi- ments; their purpose and their teach- ing.” After that the plots will be vis- ited with university guides. WORLD WAR VETERAN DIES ON STREET IN MINNEAPOLIS officers. However, they are taking no chances, they want more gigners. Theodore Nelson, secretary, said: the petition would continue in circu- lation until they have 80,000 signers. _With 68,850 tigners today, they al- ready have more than enough to bring about the election. Governor T'razier, Attorney General Commissioner Hagen will be ousted if ithe recall is successful, (By United Press) Minneapolis, ‘Aug. 9.---Heart dis- ease brought on by German poison- ous gas killed Corporal Samuel Lun- dean of Battery' A, 5th Field Artil| lery. The corporal died on’the street here Tuezday. In his” pocket was a 1 Lemie and citation for gallantry in action. Un- 1ess relatives are found, the American Legion will bury him, "BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1921 IDJI DAILY PIONEE 85¢ PER MONTH, TEN THIRTY, WHERE (AN THA BEMIDJI FARM CLUB HOLDS REGULAR MEET Interesting Speaker Tells Club Concerning Seed Corn and Potato Flour / . The Bemidji Township TFarmers’ club met at the Carr Lake school building Saturday, August 6. The hostesses on this occasion were Mrs. A. P. Volkman and Mrs. E. L. Schultz, who served an excellent din- ner, which was) greatly enjoyed by all. ‘The dinner hcur Dbeing over, all gathered in the-assembly room, where the program was opened by singing ‘the club song. Next in order was'the reading of the mynutes ofi the pre- vious meeting by the secretary. The speakers c¢n the program were H. A. Pflueghoeft, Bemidji high school agriculturjst and Mr. Remmers agent of the Falk American Potato Flour corporation. P Mr. Pflueghoeft made mention of the observance of seed corn week and urged the selection of seed corn as soon as it matures. He laid special emphasis on selecting the ears which ripen first, so as to build up an early maturing variety of corn. Mr. Remmers spoke on the future of the potato flour industry, stating that @ tariff was necessary to protect the «American manufacturer of this product. He also gave an interest- ‘ing account of his stay on the Island of Trinidad, where he spent two years. His talk on the religion, man- ners, habits and customs of the na- tives was very much enjoyed by all. N'ORT‘H DAKOTA INSURES OVER 12 MILLION.ACRES (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., Ayg. 10.---More than 12,000,000 acres were insured with the state hail department during 1920, according to the annual report just issued. The amount of inllem- nity was seven dollars an acre. In- demnfty warrants issued total over 3,398,000, Private corporations ‘wrote more than twenty million dollars worth of hail insurance the same year, and paid more than $1,000,000. AMERICA’S ATTITUDE: TO REGULATE COUNCIL’S ACTION Paris, Aug. 10.---America’s attitude toward congress at the beginning of the world war wAl be used by the Allied Supreme coundil today to de- cide its course in the Greeco-Turkish war. BOUNDARY DISPUTE UP T0 LEAG_UE)F NATIONS By Henry Wood, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Geneva, Aug. 10--Chile has already launched her fight to prevent the September Assembly of the League of Nations from undertaking to revise 1904 Ancon peace treaty hetween Bo- livia and: Chile. Bolivia’s request that the League take up this question was put on the agenda for, the Second General As- sembly of the League over the pro- test of the Chilean delegation. The latter challengedi squarely the com- petency of the League to undertake the revisfon of such a treaty as that of 1904---a treaty which, according to the Chilean delegation has already demonsirated its efficacy as a means for maintaining peace. As the next step in her fight the Chilean delegation has just protest- ed to the Secretariat of the League in which ‘e question is inscribed on the agenda. . Accorékng to the protest, the a sembly will be ealled uppn to pass up the whole question in dispute, GOVERNOR LEN SMALL IS OFFERED CHANGE OF VENUE (By United Press) Springfield, ‘August 10.---Len Small, Illincis governor, arrested after two weeks playing hide and seek with Sheriff Mester, today was cfferfed a change of venue by States Attorney Fred Morti- mer. The governor has frequent- ly been quoted .as saying he would not be given a fair trial in Sangamon county. RECUCTION OF FEDERAL - TAXES APPEARS SOLVED — Ways and Means Committee Has Bill to Reduce Present War Revenue Act (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 10.---The diffi- cult proposal of reducing federal taxes/in face of huge state demands on reasury appeared solved today. .\ Bill to collect from three to six hundred million a year less than the present revenue act was the aim of the house ways afid means as the result of the inter President Harding in the t The President who was in a two- hour conference with' house lead last night may concede to the propos al, which av: Obtain millions in revenue thru a drive to get back taxes; Reduce high) surtaxes to a maxi- mum “of thirty-two per cent as of January 1, 1921, Repeal of luxury tax January 1, 1922, g Cut transportation taxes in half on January 1, 1922, and repeal them on January 1, 19 The only in- 1se would be in flat corporation income taxes from 10 to 12% or 15 per cent. CAIRN ON MT. EANON HONORS DR. W. E. STONE ol _ (By United Press) Banff, “Alberta, Aug. 10.---A cairn at the cap of Mt. Einon today hon- ors the first man to scale the peak--- Dr. E. W. Stone, late pr ent of the Purdue univeristy. It was just as he was stepping to the utmost pro- jection to Mt. Kanon that Dr. Stone fell, Dr. Eamers explained today. Dr. Harlan Stone, brother of the dead explorer, accompanied by a nephew is due at Eau Claire camp to- day where the guides have taken the body. Mrs. Stone, whao lis now com- pletely recovered will join the party there. The hody will probably be buried at the foot of Mt. Eanon. AGED NORWEGIAN PASTOR PASSES AWAY AT ST. PAUL St. Paul, .Aug. 10.---Rev. Nils srandt, 97, said to be the oldest Nor- awegian pastor in the United States, died at a St. Panl hospital last night. He will be buried Saturday at De- corah, Towa. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS - CALLED T0 CONFERENCE (By United Press) 5 Washingfon, Aug. 10.---Precident Harding called the leaders of both heuses into conference again today in the hopes of bringing about an end to the present deadlock and enable con- gress Lo take a briel vication. The questions given the president are: Extent to have taxes cut. Agree- ment on a tariff_ bill to satisfy in- teregts of produ and consumers in all sections of the country. BOARD PETITIONED TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE Motion Passed to Build Schoel on Old Site If Election Fails to Carry N A delegation of citizens called on the board of education Tu v night when it met in regular sion_and presented a largely wsigned peition king the board to proceed at once with the construction of the new high school building on the old site without further delay. The petition recited the condition of school mat- ters with reference to the housing of the pupils and the inconvenience and handicap under which the teachers were working in the séattered quar ters. Morris Kaplan and S. C. Bagley spoke in behalf of the petition. A motion was passed by the board to the effect that in event the election to be held August 18 carries we pro- ceed to build on the new site and i fails to carry we proceed to build on the old site.” Standing committees were named as follows: Finance, Molander, Rit- chie and Brooks; teachers, Brooks, Netzer and Tucomy; purchasing, Tuomy, Netzer and Superintendent J. C. West; building, Smith, Ritchie and Brooks; fuel, Molander, Smith and Tuomy A special meeting of thie hoard of education was held this morning at which the bids for the construction of the high school were reconsidered. It is expected that a contract will be let in the near future. ' HARRY BLILER PASSES AWAY IN CALIFORNIA Harry Bliler, brother of Roy K. Bliler of this city, passed away in California Monday after an extended ill The deceased was at one time a resident of this city, having left here about 12 years ago. Roy Bliler leaves today to attend the funeral which will be held at T'airhaven, Minn., Sunday. The de- ceased leaves a wife and daughter, his father of Columbus, Ohio, a sis- ter, Mrs. Gilkinson, of Osakis, and a brother, Roy. ESSEX LEAVES CHICAGO FOR DULUTH TUESDAY Mrs. E. A. Barker received the fol- lowing message from her husband this morning: *“‘August 9, Municipal Pier, Chicago. Leave here today. Hope to be at Duluth Sunday. Every- one has had good time. Boys in fine condition. Essex won two hoat races. Weather has been ideal.” GRIDIRON SCRAMBLE IN BIG TEN IS DUE SOON Minneapolis, Aug. 10.---With the opening of colleges and universities throughout the Northwest about this time next month, an annual foothall seramble in thel Big Ten and state conferences will get under way. Minnesota’s chances in the Big Ten are considered equally as good as last , 1f not somewhat better. In- tions are that there will be a wealth of new material to look over, Athletic Director Cooke said. The Minnesota State conference, coaches helieve, will get under way with a better; schedule and greater interest in the games this fall. The first game in the Minnesota college conference schedule is slated for October 4, when Concordia of Moorhead is due at Carlton. Other games will he played October 8 be- tween St. Olaf at Moorhead and Stout Inctitute at Macalester, Hamline will the North Dakota Aggies at Far- 2o, and River Falls Normal will play Carleton at Northfield, on the same day. ‘ ENGINEERING CLASSES WILL BE HERE FRIDAY University Students Shown Thru Local Mills During Visit Here From fifty to sixty seniors of the University of Minnesota Englineering class will arrive inj Bemidji on the M. & I. early morning train I enroute to Cass Lake where they go into camp for a period of weeks. This group of young men will be in Bemidji until the Soo train leaves for Cass Lake at 9:40. The instruc- tor and one of the students are now in the city as the guest of Howard Palmer, who has been showing them the sights of the city, They express- ed themselves that Bemidji is one of the beauty spots of the northwest and as being delighted with the recep- tion accorded them. They want all students to go thru the local mills and it is desired that all who can be at the train or the ‘Markham hotel at 8 o’clock Friday with cars do so in order to show the boys the real Bemidji spirit for an hour at least. The six weeks’' camping feature is a part of their regular course which is required; of all engineering stu- dents, Last year they weng to Inter- national Falls, and it is hoped ‘that Ben will be selected next year. six TWO KILLED AND TWO INJURED IN GUN BATTLE \ (By United Press) Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 10 are dead and two seriously wounded as a result of, a gun battle on Union avenue between ix bandits and four men who were taking $85 from a bank te the Ford Motor company’s plant. The dead are Howard R. iGamble and Policeman Carraway. The wounded are Edward McHenry, cash- ier for the Ford Motor company and Policeman W. F. Harris who was shot through the stomach and is in a piti- ful condition. McHenry saved the payroll by dashiing into the Ford com- pany's office amid pistol shots. TO0 HOLD ALL-DAY SERVICE AT BOOTLEG LAKE SUNDAY The Edgewood and Bootleg Lake Union Sunday /schools will hold an all-day service at the old Parks place on the west side of Bootleg lake Su day, August 14, heginning at 10:30 a. m. Rev. T. B. Nordale will preach the morning sermon, which will be fol- lowed by Sunday school. Rev. George W. Kehoe will preach in the afternoon and H. E. Rice and M. E. Hinckley will also speak. The Bap- tist quartet will sing during the day. Al basket dinner will he enjoyed at ncon. All friengs of the school are dnvited to attend. STGCK JUDGING CONTEST T0 BE HELD TOMORROW Between 15 and 20 contestantd will take part in the Beltrami county stock judging contest to be held i the vicinity of Bemidji tomorrow. Of this number, several will come from Kitichi, Tenstrike, Wilton and the icinity of Bemidji. The contestants are to meet at the Central school building at 10 o’clock tomorrow forenoon and from ther they will be taken to the farms of W G. Schroeder and Alfred Moen, where both Holsteing and Jerseys will be judged; by the contestants. The winner in Class A, and also in Class B, will be given a free trip to the Minnesota State Fair this year. A. J. Kittleson, assistant state boys’ and girls’ elub leader, will be in attendance. Much interest is being shown by members of the club in this work, according to H. A. Pflughoeft, instructor in agriculture at the Be- midji schools. TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR SALE OF ROAD BONDS Notices of the sale of trunk high- way reimbursement bonds of Bel- trami county are being published this week, The sale will be held on Wednesday; September "7, at 10 o’clock a. m. at the court house, Be- midji. Bids will be received at that time for the sale of $85,000 bonds in denominations of $1,000 each to be dated September'1, 1921, and to bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. These bonds are to be issued on ac- count of expenditures made in per- manently improved_roads. All bids are to be accompanied by a certified check covering two per cent of the amount of the issue. HAIL STORM DOES LITTLE DAMAGE AROUND BEMIDJI —_— The hail storm which passed over Bemidji and districts south and east last Tuesday afternoon, is reported to have done very little damage notwith- standing the enormous size of the hail, Many stones were as large as a hen’s egg, measuring as much as an inch and,a half in diameter. The fact that the hail came down slowly accounts largely for thé little dam- age done. The northern end of Hub- bard county, Frohn and Bemidji townships comprize the area over which the storm spread itself, DEPARTMENT T0 .. s HOLD SERIES OF “SPUD MEETINGS State Department of Agriculy ture to Aid Potato Growers in Marketing Crop | [R— MEETING TO BE HELD HERE SEPTEMBER: 16 Proper Methods of Grading and Loading to Be Discpssed By Experienced Men i Improper grading and loading of potatoes and other perishables causes the Minnesota farmer and shipper & loss that runs well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. This loss is largely due to lack of knowledge of what constitutes proper grading for marketing and to improper methods adopted in loading, also to careless and improper methods of billing and accounting. The state department of agriculs ture believes that the best way to offset these losses is to carry the story of ‘how they may be avoided di~ rect to the shipper prior to the open- ing of the heavy shipment season. It announces the following schedule of grading, loading and accounting i meetings: North Branch, August 10; Cambridge, August 11; Elk Riv- er, August 12; Alexandria, August 29; Fergus Falls, August 30; Moor- head, August 31; Detroit, Septem- ber, 1; Wadena, September 2; Little Falls, September 3; Park Rapids, September 12; Ada, September 13; Crookston, September 14; Thief Riv- er Falls, September 15; Bemidji, Sep~ tember 16; Grand Rapids, September, 17; Aitkin, September 19; Carlton, Duluth, September 20, and Moose Lake, September 21. The aim of the department will be to demonstrate at each of these meet~ ings the methods essential to proper grading, shipping -and business ac- counting. The meetings will take on the nature of demonstrations and in~ dividual work with shippers. Diffi~ culties that shippers have encounter< H ed in the past will be met and the manner of overcoming them will be explained. /i The department of agriculture par- ty will consist of Hugh J. Hughes, di- rector of markets, and George Wick~ er, special assistant in auditing and accounting, together with a compe-~ tent corps of assistants including an expert in potato grading, loading and marketing. The party will also be accompanied by Prof. Paul Miller of the Minnesota university department of agriculture, and probably by a representative of the United St{ltea bureau of markets. N 3 One-day stops will be made at each of the points named in the itinerary, and, unless otherwise definitely ar- ranged, the grading, the loading dem- onstrations and accounting work wjll begin promptly at 9 o’clpck and con- tinue throughout the day. The direc~ tor of markets in charge desires that each person attending these meetings bring his own particular difficulty and ¢ present it for explanation. Any spe- i cial difficulty that may ‘come up lo~ 1 cally will be considered by the di« § rector of markets and his corps of workers. The railroads are lending their co~ operation and will have freight and refrigerator cars on track and con- venient to the places of meeting for purposes of demonstration. Arrange- ments are now being made with those locally interested. as to the exact place of meeting, and announcement of such meeting place will b(; made through the local press. - | While these meetings are: fl'esignell primarily to assist local associatior managers, individual buyers and car~ lot shippers, to cut out their losses i grading, loading and forwarding, all who are interested in proper methods of grading, loading and handling cf potatoes are invited to be present at these meetings. There will be no sef{ program, there will be no long speeci< es. All are urged to.bring thein 3 shipping troubles to the place of meeting, state them to the director off § markets and the problems ' will bg il turned over to the person in the par4 ty best qualified to help solve themy U. 5. RELIEF WORKER » - MEETS SOVIET LEADER (By United Press) ~ ™, 1 Riga, Latvia, Aug. 9.---Walter Ly« man Brown, chief of thef American Relief comimission assigned to Ruseia, arrived today:and went into confer= ence with Soviet leader, Bouis Lila vinoff, head of the Soviet delegationy, He was accompanied by M. Shapalinf former famous singer. 1 Brown demanded assurance in re4 gard to American prisoners and guary antee for the safety of relief workers, = E b (By United Press) 4 4 | Riga, Aug. 10.---The six Ameriea 4 prisoners in Riga will reach Narva 5 today enroute to freedom. They wilk the line into Estonia and a.s' g ected at Reval tonight, ) SPa—