Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1921, Page 1

" !reau in putting o The Pgonger s the, on] within 100 miles of Bemi e s INYEARS ORK in South End of County and 14 in North' MEMBERSHIP RAISED TO 821 IN PAST YEA Summary of A ompli_ ; Past Year Poin 1 That the. Beltrami; County Far.v Bureau association has done and doing much toward beitering 1 _ing conditions in‘this'countyis cli ly evidenced by the worlc a edi by -that. organization. past year, a summar given by ,Cé\;nty Azqi\: D. cek at the annual meetin; sociation last Baturday. { In line with the.pro: heing done; the .mem}:e association has been in 274 a year ago to 821 & “time on-$10 dues for and $5 per-year thereafte: Sdu the organization units in 'various seven units ha d southern half of the caanty-and fou teen in the northern end. The objeci of these units is.gelf-eyident, Any large organization b by ‘having 2 smaller orgénization.within it, and many matters which apply>to a cer- tain community can be worked out to best advantage through the members in_that. particular - township. Forty- nine farm bureau unit meetings we held’in the county with a total at< tendance of 917. X = % Sponsored by, the. farm. burea six farmers’ if §yéhx 68 were held wit an attendance of 829, The farm mai agement schoold avere held with an attendance of 26, © 2 AR (b v rburenu pics nic held in Bemidji last,summer, 300 were present, Phis affai ranged entirély by the f ‘Through” thi 138 articles, lication. The 3 . farmers’ club ‘meetings, at. which there was ‘a total attendance of 669. Four community fairs ‘were also at- tended by him and the products Judged. : 3 ; The farm: bureau alsp .assisti preparing the county exhibit for. the state fair, which won first place in the mnorthern section for the third timq in four years, making the sil- ver trophy the permanent; property of the county. * Co-operation iven.by the n ¢ land cleal campaign and “assistance was given the Beltrami County: Land, Glearing associationg. wheneyer, le. The farm bure: 16 potato seed’ tr tions in ‘the.county during thy. yi with a total attendance of 160, T ty-farmers applied” for certification ofl seed potdtogs on . 300%. . acres. Five potato tours.were: held. Through thé encoursgement .of the farm bureau, 20 pur d sires were introduced and 28 head of . grade * Guernsey cows and heifer: chased. Twenty-five T were purchased by the boys and girls in the calf. club, through the co-oper- ation of the .farm bureau and ‘the Sccurity State bank. A committee Tepresenting bureau. supérvised’ the 29,000 pounds ‘of Wool, which was collected and sold at the best avail- able price. . A poultry: culling 'sthool ‘was also sponsored by the farm bureau an-attendancé of o The bureau was also ir forming the Bemidji Produi oci- ation. A ‘series of nutritional. meet: ings were. also held, -arrangements for these having béen madé by the fagn bureau. % % 0-operation ‘was given by the bu- reau to' H. A.°Pflughoeft, high school agriculturist, who was .appointed leader_ of ‘the b, and girls’ club work in this cotinty. 2 These “are but the ma (Continved:; on -P; as ! projects GERMANY 'AB‘Y.E,‘[G‘PAY PART OF JANUARY QUOTA . (By United Press) ' Berlin,! Dec.” 20.—The answer of Chancelloy Wirth to the note of the n!lxed reparations commission will be dispatched today,. it, was learried. Wirth’s reply will state Germany is able to pay 200,000,000 gold marks on her January installment, but ¢an- not possibly contribute a single mark in Fe'bruary; The. January install- ment is 500,000,000 gold marks, and 275,000,000 for February. (By United Press) London, Dec. 20.—Meafs ~ of im- proving. the general economic situa- tion of Hurope was discussed at- a meeting by Lloyd George and Premier Briand today. The meceting lasted more than two hours. 7 ) METY a y and “ ‘{g'gngstown, Ohio. e farm | pooling | of |/ S. | with Great Britain, it was anfiounced | to.p) as, One of Four Industrial . Répresentatives compény/of this, city ‘and well known here, has been named -on the, commi tee of 16 to study the material gath- ered in the survey of the relation of tmnspop,ation and_ agriculture under the direction of the joint commiission of agricultural inquiry. [cCpmn i3 one of foll;‘»to rep- Mz, M APlx:;?m{ industry on this important com-| ittee, He is now vice-president- manager - of - the - Shevlin Carpenter, Clarke Co., makirg his home in Min- C mbers representing indus-{ ryéa F: R. Todd, Moline, Ili,, J. Al mery; National Association of Man- A:'J. Campbell. of The men representing transporta- . v are Daniel Willard, president_of \Baltimo; Ohio; Howard El- ixman: of the board of the L.’F. Loree, president y s f ‘Réprégentative Sidney Anderson. of Minnesota, chairman of the joint com- ‘| migsion, in-announcing thé personnel the committee; stated that it was] is hope that through this medium of 3 &}lmlysigé &a.splelndi)(ll work “in whicg‘ q ver 1 Dpeople ‘have patticipated D YDE-R i the past six months may be'S. B. CLELANB so thoroughly correlated, that sugges- tions and conclusions for recommen- dations to congress may be well ounded upon ‘sound. economic fun- damentals. 5 APPLICATIONS FOR BONUS BARRED AFTER DECEMBER 31 County Auditor A. D. Johnson has received a notice from the state audi-|, tor gdvising him that all applications for state soldiers’ bonus must be filed: on or prior to December 31, 1921, or by Thes tuie luat :the of! nus law ny’ person_kno ilzn'qol‘g former service man’who. is-entitled" to: the Minnesota s honus..and has ‘not. applied for-it is asked to advise him i ince he will be unable to fter: December 81. « ) 'VOTES T0 SUPPORT FAIR H. M. Clark, president of the Bel- -trami County - Agricultural associa- tion; briefly outlined the accomplish- m and ‘plans of the association ‘before.the annual meeting of ‘the Bel- trami County Farm Bureau associa- tion in annual session Saturday. "Feeling that the Northern Minneso- ta fair is a farmers’ fair, although so 3 idji merchants have dis- layed. the most support as_a whole, Mr. Clark explained the plans for the coming year and outlined the accom- plishments which have been made by combined support: during ‘the past At the close of Mr. Clark’s talk, thé farm -burean association went on rec- fod 1o support: the fair officials and| the fair in the coming year, realizing that ‘the ‘association is fast building up and e;;ppsition, and exhibition which rivals‘any other county fair in the state. - The farm bureau has al- wiys supported the Beltrami county fair and this Vote of confidence was merely an ‘éxpression. of comtinued slipport. DE VALERA WILL SUBMIT NEW SET OF PROPOSALS (By United Press) Dublin, Deg,;.20.—Eamonn De-| Valera will submit to the Dail Eireann 4 new, set of proposals for settlement today. o i | ‘Representative Etchihan was the first”of the anti-tréaty to speak. “It is a treaty of terror and sub- jection of the Irish people,” he de- clared. ‘“The supporters of the pact go into the British.empire with their (hands as well as their heads up.” SALVATION ARMY BUYS /CHRISTMAS GIFT BASKETS .. The purchasing committee for the alvation Army, which was appointed _purchase the baskets of food for milies in Bemidji for the holi- day. lod,, has already purchased 60" baskets 'of goodies which will be distributed by the Army. this week.|. The_ committee is composed of Mrs. E. H. Smith, Mrs. E. W. Johnson and Ensign Knudson. The Sunshine Gro- cery was given the order for the pro- vigions, . ;¢ % LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE HOLDS MEETING TONIGHT The régular business meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose will be held this_evening at the Moose hall at 8 o'clock. Initiation will be a feature of, the meeting and all members are urged to be present, Thomgs: A. McCam;; formerly con-|* [tiected ‘with the Crookston’ Lumber time. In that he meant that the farm- s ! M i MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 7 “Minnesota-=— Geénerally’ fair to- night and Weédnesday; colder in east’ and. south portions tonight; continued cold Wednesday, 3 DEC. 20, 1921 '5EA R \\\;:\'\. SIS SIS 3 1 .. 'BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, ANE! THOUGHT WAS. |- : e MmO WELL HES: AN EXPERT ST ' TR 9, :!'.."l 5 O, A, S8, 7 LAND GIVES INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS Wér.ki'ng" Outline to Better Farming Conditions' S. 'B.. Cleland,. assistant county agent leader in Minnesota, of the ex- tension division: ~of the University farm,’ St, Paul, gave a very instruc- tive address before tiie annual meét- ing of the Beltrami County Farm Bu- reau association Saturday, He comiplimented the organization on the order of business Tor the meet- ingy éspécially on drawing reéal state- ments 6n accomplishments . - and re- por r the Tuture programs.: He declared that foresight is most neces- sary’ td\_thé success of this county, stating that land clearing is one: big prejes He spoke briefly on the tubercu- losis condition ‘in this county, citing for an example Kanabec county. In that . conmimunity. a drive against tu- berctilosis has been going on for some time -With ‘very-favorable results. By a year from now, that county expects to have;its herds free from' tubercu- losis. | He urged that Beltrami county inaugurate 'such a4 campaign. Marketing of wool and’ potatoes were -algo touched upon Lriefly. He declared that prior planning is_essen- tial to finding a market at harvest ers must plan to produce what the public wants to buy. . Declaring ‘that -Beltrami . county needs more help to aid the farmers in “coming into their own,” he adyvised that the northern half of the county have ‘an agent'on full time. advised that the county secure a home demonstration agent as soon, as pos- sible.. He declared that there are two kinds of taxes—the voluntary taxes, which are authorized, land taxes and taxes of,all kinds whith are paid in money; and the involuntary taxes, plant diseases and inefficient farming. Plans must therefore be made, he said, to escape the involuntary taxes *|lin order that the voluntary taxes may be paid. R L SIX MORE WOMEN HELD IN CONNECTION WITH RIOTS . 'A{By United Prees) - Pittsburg, Kansas, Dec..20.—Six more women, charged with unlawful asgemblage in connectjon with the “amazon army’’ riots, were under ar- rest here today. 4 MAY CHANGE BEMIDJI- PARK RAPIDS HICHWAY Secking a_change in the roufing of - Highway ' No.. 4 between -Park Réplds and- Bemidji, a delegation of four . from the Commercial club at Park Rapids and two from Laporte called “on ‘the traffic and highway committee of the Bemidji' Civic and Commegree association Monday eve- niig and asked the co-operation of the association in this project. "The delegation hopes to re-route the highway by way of Lake George, thereby shorténing the distance’ by road to Park Rapids by several miles nd giving another thriving' commun- Gives Beltr;mi Farm Burepu ; ‘upon which to work. i He also; BOMB SHAKES NEW YORK POLICE HEADQUARTERS (By United Press) New York, Dec. 20.—A bomb that shook New York police headquarters was set off early today, On watch to prevent car- rying out threats to bomb the financial district, police made ready to'call out reseryes and ambulances, when they learncd that'it was only a short distance from heoadquarters. No one was hurt. SUGGEST PAYING BONUS TEROUGH TAX O WINES Washington, Dec. 20.—(By James Kolbert)—An oasis—the drys call it a mirage—was making itself visible jin the prohibition desert today. In a statement ‘made by Secretary Mellon, he said he favored an amend- tment to the Volstead act, which would permit the sale of. light wines and beer as a means of meeting the sol- dier bonus demand. Mellon stated that he had a letter from Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee asking the amount of rev- enue a high tax on the sale of light wines and beer would yield: An ap- | proximate estimate places the sum at iapproximately $500,000,000, which would meet some of the bonus de- mands. Fordney refused to comment on the Mellon statement. Mellon, however, stated that tain congressmen want the admi }tration to come out strongly in favor ! of the proposal to pay the World war veterans a bonus. SOLWAY 0DD FELLOWS " DEDICATE NEW HOME About. twenty members of the lo- cal lodge of the I. O. O. F, attended the dedication of the new Odd Fel- lows’ building at Solway Saturday night. The local degree team of the Rebekah Todge conferred the degree work upon a class of candidates pre- vious to the dedication exercises. Grand Master J. Moose Lake and Grand Seerétary A. L,'Bolton of St. Paul had charge of the services, which were most im- pressively ‘conducted before a well- filled house of Solway citizens. The services were open to the general public. ' After the dedication ceremony, the Solway lodge conferred the in- itidtory degree upon a class of candi- dates. % This lodge was organized last spring and now has about sixty active members.: They formerly met in the old school building until it was burned, and they then built their own building in - which all organizations aré now meeting, including schools and churches. The members of the Rebekah lodge served a sumptuous banquet to the visitors and ecitizens in the early eve- ning-and after the lodge session again served a splendid lunch, PHILADELPHIA SOLDIER DESCRIBES HANGING OF 12 (By United Press) ity a_better’ outlet to botu this city ™ Washington, Dec. 20—The hang- and Park Rapids, Thd matter has béen ‘taken up with the association previously by letter and was referred to the board of directors of the as- sociatioft at ' their xegular weekly meeting this noon. 3 L. P. Rice of Park. Rapids was chairman of the visiting delegation, while A, D. Johnson of this ecity, county auditor, is chairman.of the traffic and highway commitee of the association, ing of 12 American soldiers in France was described today by George N. Taylor of Philadelphia, testifying be- fore the senate committee investigat- ing the charges of Senator Tom Wat- son that American soldiers were hang- ed” without trial, Taylor said, “I did not know wheth- er the men-had been tried by court- 41 five: v martial.”” He told the committee he could call 28 of his comrades to sub- stantinte his statements, SOVIETS PLANTRIP INTO NORTHERN SEAS Plans Being Made fér More Extensive Expedition into Kara Sea By William Sweets (United Press Stait Correspondent) London, Dec. 20.-—Although two ships of the Soviet government's re- cent expedition from Western Europe to the Kara Sea. were lost, plans are “already being considered for a mor¢ expémsive expedition in 1922, the pb- ject of which will be to further open up- this dangerous ice-ridden water- way that connects the West with the far reaches of Siberia along ‘the Arctic ocean, results of the 1921 expedition garded quite satisfactory, es- pe y in having demonstrated the possibitity of arranging. a heavy goods service on a large scale, Under the experiment, 556,632 pounds of goods from abroad and..100,000 poods of tar from Archangel were delivered in Siberia, while 294,666 poods of wheat were brought from Siberia to Archangel. Besides the purely practical result that has been achieved: by the suc- cessful exchange of goods between Siberia and the West, the expe must be credited with an immen scientific-technical as well as polit al importance. Hitherto the northein route has been used but seldom and by private concerns, and always on avery modest scale. According to official reports of the 1921 experiment, the ships parti pating in the expedition were divided into two groups, the first comprisin, scls and an ice-breaker, all laden with various foreign goods in English, German and Swedish p[rts. These made their way to Murmdnek, from which port they sailed out Au- gust 15, At the same time a second fleet” sailed from Archangel to the Siberian coast, consisting of five transports and three ice breakers. Each fleet completed its voyage. The Archangel group saw ice only on the horizon, in the Kara sea; but the foreign group which followed three days later found itself amongst the icebergs for about a day and a half. - Near the island -of Bieloi, the two groups separated. One sailed to the mouth of the Ob and the other to the mouth of the Yenisseis At these re- spective river openings, they were met by the river boats and proceeded to the transfer of their cargoes. The interchange - of goods took place in (Continued on Page 8) ESSAY CONTEST WILL CLOSE FRIDAY NIGHT When the ‘essay conhtest, being conducted by the Civic and Commerce agsociation on “What Makes Bemidji a Good City?” is closed Friday night of this week, it is‘expected that about 650 eseays will have been entered for the various prizes. About forty haye been” entered since the contest was extended and approximately 600 are to be entered from the high school before the contest closes. The essays are to be no more than 300 words, written on one side of the sheet only, either by pen and ink or typewriter. Twelve prizes are offered, the first being $10 in cash, thchscqu $5, and teén others of $1 each, The - winning essays will be used] in future advertising propaganda for the city, according to the plan of the association. All essays are to be tur ed-in to Misg Leila Stanton, secre- tary of the association, not later than Friday night, Decembey 23, ON ' PARLEY e World War Hero Declares That Square Délling Is Only Way to Success PURFESN ‘(By United Press}, Jamestown, Tenn,, Dec. 20, (By L. W. Miller, copyrighted 1921 by the United Press),—"Every night you say your prayers ask the Lord to stop war. The way for nations to get along is to deal with each other as men.do who hope to get along on the square. Up here in the moux- tains when a man whips another he doesn’t jump on him with his boots,” declared Alvin York, who killed and captured more Germans than any other soldier ‘during the World. war. York discussed the Washington conference in the drawling voice of the Tennessee moutaineer, - York’s home today is a two-room cabin of hewn logs, deep in the hills of Ten- nessee, eleven miles from Jdmestown, over aimost impassable wagon tracks. “The conference will not be suc- cessful unless it gives a square deal to the little nations. If'it gives some- thing only to the big powers, I hope it falls through. Even Germany must get justice. Germany was whipped, but-that is no sign that they should hop on her and take everything shé has. But; Germany ought to pay for every. penny of actual damage she did.” “How do you feel against the Ger- mans now?” he was asked. “I have not a thing against them. 1t was not their fault they fought us. It was the fauit of their leaders. No honest, man wants war, I'know what war ig, I was over.there, and believe me, if there is anything that can put an end to it, it will be a great Christ- mas present for the common folks of the world. g “] am too busy running my farm to know: anything about internation- al politics, but I do know what is square and that is all that counts.” “Would you go to war again?” he was asked, “That depends,” he replied. “I'd feel Tike it, of course, unless it w some squabble of other nations that didn’t concern us, but if Uncle Sam called n¥e 1 would go.” In spite of his hatred for war, Sergeant York has great admirvation for: Marshal Foch, It is the regret of ‘my life that J' didn’t see' Foch when he «was here.. The last time I séw him was. in. Prance,” When discussing his financial standing, 'he said, “Many tales are circulated about m{ farm, but there is no danger of losing it. Every pay- ment has _byen ma’dq hen due.” LAND CLEARING DRIVE IN COUNTY CONTINUES The land clearing program in Bel- trami county is continuing at a rapid clip and farmers are at it during the winter months more aggressively than ever before, L. P. Evans, one of the progressive farmers of Frohn townghip has re- céntly made a contract with Christ “1Johnson to cléar 100 acres of land, an ‘acre on terms of a cash payment of $2.60 an acre, the balance to ap- ply upon a forty-acre traet purchased by Johnson from Xvans. In thig man- ner the man who does the work will be working. for himself, clearing his own land and also helping out his £ | neighbor, Co-operation of this kind promises to put many idle acres at work pro- ‘ducing crops and indications are that other farmers in this section of the state will follow similax plans. GRAND WINDOW AT WILSON'S TO ADVERTISE MOVIE SHOW G. S. Harding, manager of the Grand theater, is going to give a train of cars to somec kiddie for Christmas, He' could rot resist the temptation of playing with the toys before parting with them, so he con- ceived the brilliant idea of decorat- ing a window. He secured, the permission of S. S. Wilson to use-a window - and spent most of Monday, enjoying himsell with the delightful electrical train and railway. He has a show booked for Christmas day, entitled “Dangey- ous Curve Ahead,” so Glen lays his tracks in treacherods curves in the Wilson display window, Killing “two birds with one stone’’ by advertis- ing the giving away of this splendid toy and also, his feature: attraction at the Grand Christmas”ddy. ¥ h MOTHERS TAKING MORE INTEREST IN' ATHLETICS (By. United, Press) Minneapolis; . Deg, - 20:~Mothers, once the strongest objectors to foot- ball and. other rough sports, are to- day listed among the Toremost bot- ers for them. This surprising fact was. made-known. regently 'by L. NV McWhorter,” West High school prin- cipal. 1 roahe il According to McWhbrter, mothers of the West High seliool have organ- ized a8 the West High Mothery of Athletics, and ‘do all in - their pawer to Help the boys interested in spirts keep up in’ stddies and alto meid their ‘uiforms. All'mothers of hoys who are mem- bers of athletic teams or of the squud are cligible to membership. Judge Hendricks of Crookston, newly clected mun al judge, was a buginess visitor in the cil)- today. R TR FOR ABOLT Lotd 'Lee 'of the British Arms Delegates to Address Next Plenary Session FRANCE’S ACCEPTANCE OF RATIO ANNOUNCED Acceptance - Depends Upon Plan for Deéreasing Pro- portion of Light Crafts ! A} (By United" Press). Washington, Dec: 20,—The British delegation hag asked that the plenary session’ of the arms conference be held tomorrow: ‘or Thursday, so that Lord Lee can present the British re- quest for abelition of submarines. It was.said that it was very unlike- ly that the session could be held be- fore Thursday, $ (By “United Press) Washington, Dec. 20.—Lord Lee of Fareham, first lord of the British ad- niralty, will tell a plenary session of the arms conference, probably Thurs- day, that hig nation regards the sub- marine as a viper, endangering prog- vess and making war cheaper instead of more difficult, Belicving that he will have a gen- erous measure of suppoxt from not only the British but also American public opinion, he will appeal that this weapon be abolished from the seas. (By United Press) Washington, Dee. 20.—(By Frank Getty)—France’s acceptance with reservations of the reduction of one and seven-tenths in the naval scale was. annouanced at a meeting of the committee or 16 today by Albert Sar- raut, head of the French delegation. The reservations, making this accept- ance dependent upon decreased. pro- portions of submarines and light crafts for France, were offered by Trance’s spokesman at the same time. FRAUDULENT FUR BUYER ARRESTED AT LA CROSSE Frank Hartman, alias Fred Thom- as, has been arrested at LaCrosse, Wis., on & warrant sworn out at Lit- tle Falls, where he was wanted for fraud. Hartman visited that city re- cently, deposited a sum of money in one of the banks, went out into the surrounding country and purchased furs, and_then withdrew his deposit from the bank before the checks were cashed. He operated that same scheme here and at International Falls, each in rapid succession. At International Falls it was found that he had shipped a consignment of furs to LaCrosse, Wis,, and the officials there were notified to be on the lookout for him. It developed that the furs shipped there were consigned to Fred Thomas, his alias, and Hartman later called for the shipment. It was then that his arrest was made. e KING'S FOURTH SON MUST ADVANCE WITHOUT HELP (By United Press) London, Dec. 20.—Prince George, fourth son of King George, attained his 19th birthday today, , The young prince who_is a midshipman. in the Royal Navy, is destined for a naval career. Unlike his eldex brothers, the Prince of Wales and Duke of York, who had too many calls upon . their time to stick to soldiering or sailor- ing exclasivély, youhg George spent the, full term at the naval college, and full sea-going term as cadet and mid- shipman, He will have to work his way up like other young naval officers and has little chance = of the rapid jumps granted to his brothers. AGRICULTURALIST URGES ' SHIPPING CLEAN PRODUCE, 8y United> Prassy Fargo, Dee. 20.—North Dakotd farmers pay-thousands of dollars an« nually for freight on weeds and dirt, Dr. John Lee_Coulter, president of the North Dakota Agriculture col- lege, declared in an address to extena - sion works in ’their post-graduate course at'the college, ‘We explained the huge expense and waste which results because the farms er does not separate the weed seed from ‘his grain and clean his potutoe:’ before they leave the farm. FIFTEEN-YEAR.OLD GIRL | TAKES INTELLIGENCE TEST Northwood, N..D., Dec, 20.—Mar+ ian Hagan, 15, with a score of 186, made_the bust showing out of sev- eral thodsand High school students in the state’ who took the army intelli- gence test; Don McGibbon of Willis- ton way second, with 182, Miss Hagan’s score is more than twice the average for the 16-year-old high school student. The average score for college students is 140,