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

The ‘Pioneer 18 the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has ' the largest circulation: in Northern Minnesota e VOLUME XIX. NO. 143 — BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 5, 1921 NEW YORK YANKEES TAKE OPEN ING ; — Minnesota — Fair tonight and Thurdday, cooler tonight in east portion. Heavy frost tonight. 55c PER MONTH COUNTY BOARD Associaticn Directory Shown Map of Proposed Trunk Sys- tem Planned By Board WILL BE REPRESENTED AT WATERWAY CONGRESS ‘Association to Stage Lunch and Smoker for Men Teachers Attending Convention The board of directors of the Civic and Commerce association met in regular session Tuesday after the noon luncheon. E. E. McDonald pre- sented to the board facts conccrn- ing the demonstration of peat Jor fuel which is to take place today &t | Corona. He suggested that this mat-| ter is of such vital importance to Be- midji, in view of the enormous peat beds in the northern portion of the county, that it would be well to have the city and county represented It was decided by the board to request Mr. McDonald to act as representa- tive for the association, A .D. Johnson presented a map of the county for the consideration of the board showing the trunk system of highways planned by the commis- sioners for future road construction. When completed, according to the map, the county will have a splendid system of highway trunk lines. On account of some difficulty in getting the bonding company, which bid on| the refundment bonds a short time apo, to go through with their bid thera will be no money available for the continuance of the highway work for some time. . A letter was read-from the J. E. Barr Pickling company of St. Cloud which stated that no further action would be taken on the Bemidji propo- sition until next spring at which time they would be in a better position to know what the situation here would regulre. Tt was decided to consider favor- ably the proposition made by the Tib Route Book company to include Be- midji in its 1922 edition. Letters were read from Charles Carter and M. D. Stoner concerning their trip to the Grygla district last week. They reported most enthusi- istically on the country through which they drove and considered entirely feasible the railway project planned for the outlet from that community to Bemi Mr. Opsahl explained to the board the plans for financing the original survey of the line, which would cost in thé neighborhood of $5.000. Upon request from Mr. Op- sahl, the board of directors added a finance committee of three members to the development committee now working on the project. ¥ .R. Duxbury was named as the representative of the Civic and Com- (Continued on Page 6) MANAGER OF SALESM ANSHI BIG SURPRISES IN TOMORROW’S STANDlNGS; ‘All Important First Period to Ent! Saturday Night—Work Nowi Counts Far More Than After Big Credits Period Closes!| Saturday Evening. You saw who the leaders of The Pioneer’s $4,000 salesmanship club were Monday. Who do you think they will be to- morrow? Credits will be counted at 8 o’clock tonight. There will be a few sur- prise bombs exploded unless present leaders make more substantial gains today than they have in the past. Club members are preparing with fe- verish haste‘to take advantage of the First Period and deem this the logic- al time to show- their friends and acquaintances that they mean to win the biggest awards. ) The race comes to an end, Satur- day, October 29, but the leaders NOW will have % much easier than those who are traveling in the rear. The time to get a big lead is during the first period. Never again after next Saturday night will so many credit: be given for subscriptions. This i final and absolute. Lay your plans accordingly. Opportunity Now This opportunity which The Pio- neex offers to one and all is limited in time—it will not last ferever. Oc- toberf 29 the closing date and as cach day ends, the close of the cam- paign and your opportunity draws that much nearer. Right now your time ise worth a good many dollars per hour. It is A ANt s ~~nnm~ | he given an opportunity to expres ST. LOUIS COMBINES 'SPECIAL LEGION TRAIN TWO CELEBRATIONS TO CARRY DELEGATION St. Louis, Oct. 5.—America’s great- | Several Members of Local Post est spectacle—The Veiled Prophet| Pplan to Take -Advantage of Reduced Rates | { Carnival—began here today. In addition, St. Louis celebrated the hundredth anniversary of Miss- ouri’s state hood. : Thousands of persons lined the To encourage large delegations from every section of the country, walks and streets to view one of the e CiZas 3 largest and most brilliant street pa- | the American Legton, Depariment. of geants of the Veiled Prophet since it | "o nnesotd, fas c'tl Py !“ it came to St. Louis in 1878. - lof onescent per mi'e for all: Leglon- Innumerable floats, beautifully col- | 4ireS who attend the convention via oreds were in the par‘ade |the Minnesota official Legion special ~ " = f" ‘A magnificent ball was scheduled ;‘:‘g‘g‘ ;th:“ lc;xfiz&\hflg:&l{:i{s .f:f or tonight. G sy 2 a0 ke BECH, i bound for Kansas City, where the o e Do s | national convention will be called to e = | or, o S a g i ty in the presence of more maids than 1o der. . October. 31 _and, «continic heretofore. Only once in the 43 years has the Veiled Prophet selected as his | o City. gueen 8 girl who was not a native- | Railroad officials in the state are OTT % csouisian. " | certain that a rate of one- and one- Special displays typical of the car-|pais fare will be granted for the nival season were on display in the | ;und trip between the home town department stores. Theaters put ONand the neay Jiunction where the special shows 'one-cent ra¢ % ies. This, it is be- through November 2. The fare will be 1$10.61 from the Twin Cities to Kan- R ilfeved. wy"' ,"’ ourage a larger at- NORTHERN MINNESOTA ~ |isas <. or e Bemiaii post ATTRACTING ATTENTION 57 % vhion, md it e expectea 4 few will make the trip. Com- Southern Part of Minnesota (1/ Favorably Impressed By Conditions Here .er C. L. Pegelow, who was elect- as a delegate from the Sixth dis- 44 :1ct at-the state convention, plans to lattend. \ ! Those desiring more information as |to how to secure the reduced rate will not hold the lim iscussion of great na- . Miss Keith Clark of videly known writer and |certificates are asked to communi- . cate with cither the commander or That news of the prosperity of| i Northern Minncsota has become wide- | ®h¢ 247utant of the local post. ly spread over the southern portion 5 ¥ g of the state is evidenced by articles' ~Washington, Oct. 5.—Violations of which appear from time to time in |the Volstead act have increased fed- the newspapers of that portion of the [eral court business only 8 per cent, state. One of the latest papers to despite wide-s lnroad bclleé’ Uu}t ]the in- comment on this fact is the Lake Wil crease is much greater, “hief Justice son Pilot, which describes Bemidji as| Taft of the supreme court, today de- follows: |clared. “Northle):rn Minnesota does not| SRR s seem to be hit as hard financially as| the southern part of the state. Up'MEN ON PROGRAM AT there the feeling is one of optimism | 9 and but little depression is seen eitheri CLUBWOMEN s MEET]NG among the business menhor farmers. | Perhaps this is due to the fact that! ; A i T their main crops are mot oats and | Owatomn{, Minn., Oct. 5.—1It takes corn, but potatoes, cows and clover.|more than just women to make the Many buildings are being erected in|annual convention program of the every town. Bemidji is the big hub Minnsota Federation of Women’s of Northern Minnesota, and situated, | Club bt as it.ds, in the heart of the best pota-|''IDS & success. to country in the world, it feels finan-| Men of prominence are to take cially well. | part in the educational section of the “The condition of that section of |program. Dr. Lotus D. Coffman of the state can well be illustrated in|the Universitv of Minnesota, Con- ;h?iirthcoumy fuir.h' dL;\st ]yearftpe'y %reszma;\ SidnoyfABdcx'son lum% l’ir, al e mest tumble-down lot of fair|C. A. Prosser o unwoody Insti- buildings to be found anywhere; the |tute are among the men scheduled to race track was full of holes, weeds |participate. hifl ;vhat few sheds theyfha:id aTd the; International relations, immigra- whole aspect was one of desolation.!tion and disarmament figure largel ahelbu(lsinesi clcmen;, together with |in the subjects for discussion (lnf'ix\;),: e leading farmers, however, got to-jthe three-day program. That is the gether a}r:d put the fair on ’ists feet!chiof reason why men are on the uring the past summer. ixteen | program. thousand dollars were raised, some But the men of it used to purchase a small tract|light iny the d of land and the rest of it used to erect|tional problem buildings. The grandstand alone|St. Paul, a cost $7,000, and outside the state|educator; M fair, it is the best in the state of Min-|Cal., Mrs. Manly L. Fosseen, Minne- nesota, outshadowing even the stand |apolis, and others will take up the at Hibbing. | cudg isarma N6 o gel on disarmament, peace treat- “For exhibits of potatoes, vege-|jug 5 ey s i tables, grasse« und roots, it is hard £0 | ies and other paramount problems. Ly to| George J. Allen, Rochester, en at }h‘i'Bemf“i‘]m‘o, ding, had a hard job today. A on of dairy cal-«pew jdea” of the program committe |was to allow time for ample discus- |sion on the floor of all subject: {the program. Every member wa beat the exhibi fair, and the ¢ tle cannot be cqualled except in the old dairy countics in the southern part of the state.” | her opinion. P CLUB PREDICTS [the entire budget. Rose Berry, Berkeley, | SCHOCL BUDGET IS DECREASED CONSIDERABLY Budget for School Tax Levy Is Cut Down About $34,000 From Present Levy SAVING SPREAD OVER ENTIRE NEW BUDGET School Tax Rate to Be About 66 Mills as Against 74.7 Mills Last Year The regular meeting of the Board of Education was held Tuesday night! at which the budget for school tax| levy for 1922 was formulated. It; will be gecod news to the taxpayers of Bemidji to learn that the budget for 1921-1922 will be about $34,000 less than the budget for 1920-1921. The total budget, as compiled by the board, will be $131,000, as against $165,000 lact year. The budget is made up follows: school board, salaries and expenses, $900; super- intendent’s office, salaries and ex- penses, $5,750; general administra tien, which covers legal services, c of elections, legal publications, etc., $1,430; instruction, $75 books, $3,000; supplies tors and engineers, $5 500; . light, janitor supplie: $3,500; maintenznce, inciuding repairs, ete., $8,500; auxi aries, including health supervision, farm, ete., $2,850; interest ng fund, $2,200; bonds and interest on bonds, $11,700. The saving of $34,000 is not on one special item but is spread over Transportation $3,400; teachers hauewheen xeduced has been reduced and supervisors by six, making a saving of 5,000; text boo e $4,000 less; supplies are reduced $2,000; fuel 2,000, and is also reduced about 3§ aller reduc- other items, each with sm tions. The school tax rate will be about 66 mills as against 74.7 last year. The school nurse’s report was also received at the meecting Tuesday eve- ning. It showed 60 examinations (Continued on Page 6) BOY, PAGE MR. VOLSTEAD! (By TUnited P 5) Polo Grounds, N. Y., Oct. 5. —This is an unconfirmed story subject to denial, if Mr. Vol- tead makes any officially. The bootleggers didn’t do a bad business up around the polo grounds night. With five hundred baseball fans lined up in the cold and with nothing to do but wait for morning, it was only natural that some of our trades-peoplé should hie them- selves out this way fith their wares. t!be a worthy member of the siate as 'DEAL WEATHER GREETS MEET HERE OCTOBER 20 WORLD’S SERIES OPENER Large Attendance Is Expected| and All Available Rooms Will Be Needed instructors in this ate are all expected Teachers and seetion of the st to attend the first annual meeting of the Northern Division of the Minne- sota Education Association, which will be held here October 20, 21 and 22. The program which is being ar- ranged provides for special meetings for rural, elementary and high school teachers ad also for school officers. | To provide rooms for the visitors expecte Ly President M. W. Deputy of the Northern Division to the Bemidji pub- lic in generai. He asks that any who may have rooms for these people notify either Mrs A. Barker, Mi: Leila Stanton, Mrs. Grace B. Thacker or Mrs. Bretta Loufborrow, who com- prise the committee appointed to secure rooms. A large attendance is expected an believed that all available rooms will be needed dur-| Those who ing the three-day meeting. are in a position to furnish rooms and also serve breakfast for the vis- itors ave urged to state that fact to one of the committee. Many noted speake program for the meetings, and anwng these are several or national veputa- tion. The support of all school officers and teachers in this section of the state is urged by the president so that the division n sociation. Further for each details of the programs *s sesston will be an- nounced later, together with the en- tertainment s which are plan- ned for the evenings. DAKOTA METHODISTS MEET AT VALLEY CITY Valley City, N. D., Oct. fifteen years, Valley City again to the North Dak ence of the Methodist church. Although the dele Episcopal ion arviving today is greatly increased in num- bers, it cannot, pioncers say, be more enthusiastic than the smaller con- vention of 1906. The conference, 1920 records show, is seven times rarger in membership than when first founded in 1884, There were 14,469 members last | year. Mont., will preside s of the conference will be the gning of pastors to the vario congregations for the coming yea Speakers will include Rev. Edward Ninde, D. D., Philadelphia; Pre ident J. R. Harker of the [lino Women's college, Jacksonville, 11 N. E. Davis, Chicago, and Mi Gladden, a Mexican mission- whether Bishop ally or figur- not known will speak li vely Thursday night when he tal “Seeing Through John Wesle Spectacles.” It is sa to.do both, having recently come in- to possession of a pair of wlasses be- longing to the founder of Methodism, nd also admittely looking on reli- gion with the eyes of John Wesle, s | ing of yours, tl\enl making more money than you are, for the result of his efforts will be zreatev in value. | Every subscrintion mailed or turn-| ed in to The i‘loneer during these | next three days will carry with it the | greatest number of credits given at | any time during the campaign. After, than you are that member that time there i serious cut in | the number of credits given. A six| months’ subscrintion is worth 500 | credits now, while after Saturday,! October 8, it will be worth only 400, and a one-yemr subseription will be reduced from 1.500 to 1,000, and a| two-year subscrintion will only be worth 6,000 ¢r.dits where now it is worth 8,000. | The winner. votential or actual, will pull more -upport than a wisher who doesn’t secn: to have the strength of character to 1make h hes come true. The mo-t successful man is that one who ful. S seems success- And this i- nowhere more true t}':_m in The Pineer’s big $4,00 cam- paign. No sesf-confidence more essential | S0 many p of great value are to| be awarded th -uccessful leader The worker who wins the Buick four or any oic of the other big prizes, will be the one who believes in himself and makes the others real- | | ace where worth just as much as any other club member entered in this cam- paign. But if you allow another to make better use of his or her time ize that he is ¢oing to be a big prize winner. | Make up y« mind to win the (Continues Tom Page 6) | an appeal has been made | s are on thel .| choicest bleache Bishop Charles Wesley Burns, Hel-! F: Among the | (By United Press) New York, Oct.5.—Brief showers at daybreak here were followed by | elear weather on the first day of the ! world When the sun rose the { was practically cloudless. There a tang of autumn in the , but 1s rapidly taken out by the bright sunshine, (By l'nlurl‘ress) Washington, Oct. 5 for the world's se: games today and tomorrow by the United States | weather burcau. Warmer weather for tomorrow’s game was promised. |[FATHER OF MURDERED GIRL ARRESTED TODAY | Madison, Oct —Martin Limber- ger, father of little Ann Limberger | slain ten ye ago and for wh | death John A I serving a life e Dogskin” Johnson is was arrested i today on a charge of second degree dmurder. 'THOUSANDS OF GOTHAM FANS RUSH FOR SEATS |Fireman From Auburn, N. Y., | Stands in Line Since 10 O’Clock Tuesday (By United Press) Polo Grounds, rs from out of town stormed the | Polo Grounds carly today for world's |series seats. By & o’clock there were [ 1,500 in line at the bleachers en- [trance, and every elevated, subway and railroad train and taxi-cab in this vart of New York brought others to swell the rank | About 500 weary but eager fans had been there all night. They had their reward this morning when those who slept at home arrived to find long lines between them and the seats. The first man in line, that annually [ important figure who becomes nation- ally famous, was Charles M. Kierst, a |fireman of Auburn, N. Y. Charley, linured to the hardship of staying out {all night and a bascball fan ¢ nee he was a mere child, had been out there ever since 10 o'clock Tuesday :umruinm | SHACKLETON EXPEDITION DELAYED BY SEVERE STORM (By United Press) Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. b.—Sir Er- nest Shackleton, in command of the steamship, The Quest, in which he had vear voyage to South cas, which called for help dur- ng a severe storm off the Cape of came into this port wing badly torn. The 1 e Rocks yesterd: today, her | proposed expedition will be inter- |rupted only a short time. } (By United Press) ! Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 5.~The | Quest, which intends to make a 30,- 1000 mile eruise will be ready to sail wd he is qualified from this port Saturday, it was an-iGiant battery. nounced today. oY Fair weather s and | GAME WITH NATIONAL LEAGUERS |ORTHERN EDUCATORS YANKEES TAKE FIRST GAME OF WORLD'S SERIES ? Manager McGraw’s Giants Lose First Battle of Series By Score of 3 to 0 | YANKEES START SCORING MACHINE IN THE FIRST iMays and Schang Open Game for Yanks, and Douglass and | Snyder for Giants Yankees: Three runs, seven hits and no errors. Giants: No runs, five hits and no errors. Starting with but one run in the first four innings, and that in the first, the New York Yankees this after- noon won the first game of the [world’s series by defeating the New . York Giants by a score ot 3 to 0. ! Detailed accounts of the plays dur- ing the game were lacking at press “time, but arrangements are being | made to have a detailed account of leach inning of tomorow’s game for lpuhlwutinu tomorrow afternoon. Mays and Schang opened the game | for Manager Huggins’ Yankees, while Doug and Snyder formed the bat- tery for National Leaguers. The Y 's csored in the first, once in the fifth, once in the sixth. Yesterday’s betting in New York (was 11 to 10 in favor of the Giants | for the opening game, although the sentiment in the grandstand today (was that the team which made the {first run would win the opener. The 11:11(«.- proved true enough. ! (By United Press) | New York, Oct. 5.—(By Harold IJacobs)—The team that lands the |first punch will win. That was the verdict of fandom today as the crowd gathered to witness the opening rounds of New York’s “civil war.” , So evenly were the Giants and the | Yanks matched, in the opinion of ‘grandstand fans, that an overwhelm- ing avalanche would rise with the ini- itial break. Contrary to most world’s series, the fans looked for slugging imalches rather than pitchers’ battles |in the present series. The pitch lare usually working far above the season’s average, but in the present struggle the fans are confident the I|bat will be mightier than the curve. | Should the fans’ dope prove true, lindications would appear to favor the | Yanks. They have hit their way to [the American league title by sheer ;clubbim: power. The Giants are some swatters themselves, however, their team averages .299, compared with the Yank’s .300. | The problem in the state’s fans’ {minds was “what will Babe do?" |Most of the freak betting centers labout Ruth’s ability to make home- {run hitting at the expense of the He has appeared in (Continued on Fage 6) ‘THREE-TENTHS OF THE PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA EITHER INFANTS OR CHILDREN UNDER FIFTEEN !According to 1920 Census, There Are 34,487 Illiterate Persons 10 Years of Age and Ove Foreign-Born Whites. | Washington, D. C, Oct. f—Ac: cording to the census of 1920, 31.1 per cent or over three-tenths of the ate of Minnesota, are or children under 15 years of age; 9.2 per nt are young people 16 to 19 years old; 38.8 per | cent are men and women in the prime of life, being from 20 to 44 years Jd; while 20.8 per cent, being 45 s of age and over, are well along 0 middle life, if they have not Iyeached old age. The urban population as compared with the rural sho some rather | ctriking differences in age, the per- [ centage 20 to 44 years of age being 143.7 for the urban population as com- | pared with 34.9 for the rural, while -ntage under 15 years of age in the urban population as 34.6 in the ru These dif- y indicate larger families ildren in the country than in the , but more probably indicate also the effect of the immigration to the city of foreigners and also of native population coming from the country land thereby increasing the active | adult population of the cities at the |expense of the rural districts. | Almost three-fifths of the popula- |tion, 57.8 per cent, are old cnough |to vote, being 21 or over; and in this | class the men outnumber the women in the ratio of 114 to 100. The males [of military age, 18 to 44, constitute 1423 per cent of the male population [ people in the teither infan | feren of 1 and 22,1 per cent of the total popu- lation, r in State; of These, 26,242 Are S School Attendance According to the census of 1920 are 335,458 children 7 to 13 years of age in the state of Minnesota and of this number 314,905 .or 93.9 per cent were reported as attending school. In 1910 the percentage at- tending school was 93 thus indicating a slight improvement as regards school attendance between 1910 and 1920. Of the children 14 and 15 years of age in 1920, 86.2 per cent were attending school and of those 16 and 117 years of age 42.5 per cent. The percentage of children attend- ing schools was approximately the same in the cities and in the country districts, the percentage for children in the urban population 7 to 13 years of age being 94.5 while in the rural population it was 93.5. “Urban” ac« cording to the census definition in« cludes all towns or and other incorporated places of 2,500 popula« tion or more. the Illiteracy According to the census of 1920 there are 34, 487 illiterate persons 10 years of age and over in the stati) of Minnesota, “illiterate’” meaning unable to write. Of this total 26,242 are foreign-born whites. In the total population 10 years of age and over the percentage of illiteracy is 1.8 wihch, it is gratifying to note, shows a diminution since 1910 when it was 3.0. For the foreign-born whites the percentagé is 5.4. By, counties the percentage of il- i ranges from 7.6 in Ttasca county to 0.7 in Big Stone county, | ‘1»_