Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 14, 1922, Page 1

The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has-the largest circulation in North- ern Minnesota. SIS e o, :* Unsettled and colder onight ; t snow in east. Sun- ° ay ProbaBly fair; colder in east and south portions, VOLUME XIX. NO. 227 88c PER MONTH JURORSDRAWN | FOR FEBRUARY TERNOF COURT on Gr;nd Jyry -and Thirteen on Petit Jury WOMEN MAY BE EXCUSED ON REASONABLE REQUEST Jury Rocms'beil;g Aifeied to Accommodate Both Men and Women Jurors The drawing of the names for the grand and petit jurors for the Febru- ary term of court took place in the clerk of court’s office Friday—". noon, the board being ‘comp: Justice of the Peace F. M. P gast, F. Wy Rhoda, clerk of ¢ and Andrew Johnson, sheriff. \ Ten women were drawn om grand jury of the twenty-three thirteen on the petiti jury, comp: ing thirty-six names. The first W man_to be drawn on the grand jun wag Mrs. Douglas of Blackduck. Her’ was the third game drawn. Jessie Bel- four of Funkley was the sixth name drawn in the list of petit jurors, she having the distinction' of ‘being the first woman drawn on this jury. With the above.representation of thirteen out of thirty-six on the petit jury and_ten out of twenty-three on the grand juryy the women of Bel- trami county fared well, and will have a good opportunity of showing their fitness as jurors at the Febru- ary term of court. ‘Women may be excused from serv- ice by the judge upon request, pro- vided, of course, the judge deems'the excuse reasonable and of epough im- portance to grant the request. The rooms for the jury are being altered so that’accommodations for bothmen and women will be provided for. The county commissioner’s room will. house the men and the office of, County Superintendent of Schools J. C. McGhee" will be made ready for the. accommgddation of the women, Mr. McGhee taking “quarters in the rooms occupied by the county agent on the grourid flcor.* K The followinig. is” a list of both petit and grand.jurers: Petit Jurors Carl Boe, Blackduck; J. D, Ham- lin, Nebish; Charles Coffin, Puposky: J. L. Lambert, Finikley; C. H. John- son, Bemidji; Jessig Balfour, Funk- ley; George Rhea, Bemidji; George Ditling, Blackduck; Oliver Anderson, Blackduck; Sam Dah]gard. Kelliher; Mrs. J. R. Flynn, Baudette; Herma Finskey, Bemidji; Brolie Aule, Kelli- her; Ross Noble, Blackduck; David Gill, Bemidji; Mrs. John Malmquist, Louis; Mrs. 0. H. Oven,Baudette; John Jorusek, Roosevelt; Henry Pin- gel, Island Lake; Mrs. George Pa- quin, Wilton; Jens Beck, Kelliher; Mrs. Arthur Tenen, Spooner; C. G. Stenmoen, Grygla; Mrs. D. E, Ferrier, Pitt; Mrs. Carl Jones, Nebish; Her- man Levandoski Bankton; W. P. Engen, Pitt; Mrs. 0. W. Decker, Kel- liher; Mrs. Joseph Steidl, Bemidji; Mrs. John Landro, Grygla; G. F. Moore,- Saum; John Kreuth, Saum; Leet Moon, Blackduck, and Mrs. Will- iam Hall, Wilton. Grand Jurors Charles Warfield, Bemidji; Halver Annenson, Debs; Mrs. Dr. Douglas, Blackduck; Edward Johnson, Black= duck; N. C. Skie, Spooner; Gustave Sandell, Stanley; Mrs. J. W. Skinner, Saum; Mrs. J. W. Smith, Nymore; Andor Sylte, Pitt; Knut Strand, Ten- strike; George Foley. Kelliher; Mrs. John P. Erickson, Wilton; Ed Rako; Bemidji; K. K. Melland,” Pinewood; W. G. Schroeder, Bemidji; H. A. Sorenson, Grygla; Mrs. J. B. Fergu- son, Graceton; Mrs. M. L. Morse, Bemidji; Henry Hrahn, Tenstrike; Nina M. Smith, Bemidji; Mrs. C. E. Battles, Bemi Mrs. M. D. Weeks, Spooner, and Mrs. E. E. Robideau, Tenstrike. ANDERSON SUSPENDED, FROM GRAIN GROWERS (By United Press) Chicago, Jan, 14.—Suspension of J. M¢ Anderson of St. Paul as first vice-president of the United Grain Growers, Inc., was announced here today. Anderson, who is president of the Equity - Co-operative Exchange, was also suspended as chairman of the sales committee by the growers, and authority to act as the Northwest sell- ing agent was ‘withdrawn. The an- nouncement today - indicated a wide split between the two grain organiza- tions and it is believed that this ac- tion by the growers’ officers is the first move of an act against it. An- derson will make a counter act at the annual meeting in Fargo some time in Jafiuary. N Anderson sent his' resignation to the growers last week and the direc: tors demanded he come to Chicago to meet with them. This he failed to,do, according to Frank M. Myers, secre- tary of the growers, and his resig- nation was not accepted, i Swith STATE TEACHERS LOSE __ TO CROOKSTON AGGIES B;mid"'s Offense Proves Weak and Visitors Benefit; Final Count Is 21 to 15 Weak offense caused the defeat of the ‘Bemidji State Teachers college basketball ‘quint at the new armory Friday night at the hands of the | Northwestern School of ‘Agriculture, Crookston, the final score being 21 to 15. The visitors presented a first- class line-up, but one which Bemidji should have beaten by a fair margin had the team shown up to its usual style of play. The first p_enod ended the score' 10 to 7 in favor of Crookston. Both: Horns, center, :and Tommy Simors, left forward, failed to show up anywhere near their usual abll_lty. Horns, especially, missing the major- ity of passes directed to him, thus giving the ball to the opponents. Romens and Elliott showed up well at the guard positions, and so did Berg- land, although the latter pl}\yed only. 15 minutes of the first period. Riggs failed to score although-he proved of great assistance to Simons at the ‘forward positions. Riggs relieved Romens at right forward, when Ro- Aens went to left guard in place of “ergland. Horns, led the scoring for Bemidji h two field baskets and three free A_Aws, while Simons and Romens vleted the scoring with two field svals each. - ~ - For-Crookston, Johnson, left for- ward, led the scoring-with three field goals and three free throws. Ander- son, center, netted three field goals also. Emerson, Ness and H. Peterson, taking turns at the right forward po- sition, completed the scoring for Crookston with three field goals. Prof. J. W. Smith of this city served as referee and his work met with approval. ~The Juvenile band gave an enjoyable program before the game and between halves. Preliminary to the main game, Leo Stapleton’s team defeated the Sixth gradeteam 'of the college by a score of 8 to 0. These juveniles provided fine entertainment for the early fans. The second half of the game 'was played during the intermission of the main game. The Bemidji teachers will meet the Walker high school squad here on Wednesday, January 25, instead of on Wednesday, January 18, as was| previously announced when the game was only tentatively Coach F. P. Wirth of the Bemidji team states that regular practice will be ‘used to correct the faults shown in' Friday night’s game and much drill ‘'will be held to improve the team’s passing. COMMITTEES APPOINTED FOR NEW YEAR FOR COUNTRY CLUB “Following the annual meeting of the Bemi@ji Country club held Thurs- day evening, the following commit- tees have been appointed to serve during ‘the year 1922: Membership, George Kreatz, W. L. Brooks, G. S. Harding, Dr. D. F. McCann and A. J. McMillan; greens, C. M. Bacon, F. S. Lycan, Dr, E. W. Johnson; téur- nament, H. C. Baer, B. F. Anderson, R. L. Given; rules and caddies, A. P. ‘White, Dr. H. A. Northrop, G. M. ‘Torrance; ladies, Mrs. G. M., Tor- rance, Miss Donna Lycan, Mrs. D. L. Stanton. - LOCAL HIGH TEAM LOSES TO LITTLE FALLS HIGH Bemidji’s Second Venture Into District Schedule Results. in 22 to 14 Defeat — As a climax to Bemidji’s “off week” in basketball, the high school quint Jost to Little Falls at the latter city Friday evening by a score of 22 to 14. Handicapped to some extent by the small floor, Bemidji tried hard to win but without success. C. A. Chris- topherson, who accompanied the team to Little Falls, reports an enjoyable trip and fine treatment by the Morri- son county players and fans. Neumann led the scoring for Be- midji with three field baskets. Davis scored six points also, but on ‘one field goal and four free throws. Hen- ry-‘completed the scoting with one basket from the floor. Boyce and Smith defended the guard positions. ‘Peterson substituted for Neumann at right forward for about ‘ten min- utes in the second period. Bastien of Little Falls, right for- ward, led the. scoring for his team, with three field goals and two free throws. Abrahamson, left guard, came second_with three baskets from the floor. Fortier, left forward, netted two field goals, Kiewell one field goal, and Cose two free throws. Cose substituted for Bastien at right. for- ward during the second period. Brown substituted for Fortier at left for- ward. Baker occupied the right guard position. Adams of St. Cloud referced the game and his work apparently met with hearty approval. The Bemidji boys returned home this morning, none' the worse for their defeat and confident that they can give Little Falls 2 much closer battle on the Bemidji fluor, MINNEAPOLIS ARTISTS T0 APPEAR HERE SOON Bemidji Musical Art Club Has Fine Concert Scheduled for Monday, Jan. 30 . On Monday evening, January 30, a-concert of unusual merit will be given by four Minneapolis artists, Carlo Fischer, ‘cellist; Margaret Gil- mor MacPhail, pianist; William Mac Phail, violinist, and Mildred Langtry, soloist, under the auspices of the Bemidji Musical Art club. The club, composed of Bemidji musicians and music lovers, has one . |ereat object—to advance the inter- ests and promote. the culture of mu- sical art in Bemidji. In this, its first artist concert, the club is bringing to the city four of the best artists in Minnesota. The trio, consisting of a ’cellist, violinist and pidHist, together with a soloist gifted with a magnificent voice and a most charmng personality, in- sure and exceptionally diversified program. It is the-first time that Be- midji has had the opportunity of wel- coming four such talented artists, and the club anticipates hearty and enthusiastic support. NEW.YEAR HOPES BASED ON SELF-EVIDENT FACTS ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—(Capital News Service)—Comptroller of the Currency Crissinger, after an exhaus- tive study of economic conditions, an- ticipates confidently “that 1922 will take its place in history as.one of the landmarks in the record of human progress. , Men have turned their faces definitely in .the right direc- tion; they have set their feet in the paths to restore security and pros- perity; they have faced their minds on the higher and better’ things.” Secretary of Agriculture Wallace says: “The coming year should be a better one for the farmer and for those who deal with him than was 1921.” Mr. Wallace cites the improvement in credit conditions through regular channels and by special agencies cre- ated to meet the farmers’ needs, bringing a lowering of interest rates; reductions already made-in freight rates on farm products; reduction in the cost in 1922 of producing farm crops and probable increase in - the price of grain, following what seems likely to be a decrease in acreage planted to such crops, as reasohs for agriculture optimism. COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER _ “PROPOSED BULLDING CODE To consider the building code which has for some time been proposed for this_city, the city council will meet in adjourned session in the council rooms, ~City building, Monday eve- ning. A special committee, directors of the Civie and Commerce. associa- tion and members of the city council have been meeting regularly to go over the proposed code and make any changes or corrections desired. The committee has now completed its work and when the council met last Monday evening, "H. E. Reynolds, chairman of the committee, reported that the project was ready for the council’s consideration, All persons interested in this pro- posed code are invited and urged to attend the meeting Monday night and show an active.interest-in what the committee is trying to accomplish, o SINN FEIN PARLIAMENT APPROVES PEACE TREATY (By United. Press) Dublin, Jan. 14 (By Charles. Mc Cann).—The South Ireland parlia- ment today approved the peace treaty with Great Britain, establishing ‘an Irish Free State. Eamonn De Valera and his followers were absent from the meeting. Ratification by the South Irish par- liament means that representatives of each section in the south, except the radicals under De Valera, have ap- proved the action of the Sinn Fein parliament, the Dail Eireann, and their vote accepting the treaty. HAYS T0 ACCEPT OFFER TO HEAD FILW INDUSTRY Senator Harry New of Indiana Is Most Likely Successor to Postmaster Hays Washington, Jan. 14.—Postmaster General Hays has definitely decided to accept the offer to become virtual head of the motion picture industry in the United States. Hays’ acceptance of the $100,000 offey made by the national associa- tion of the motion picture industry will be given at a conference with representatives of the ciation in his office’at 1:30 o’clock today. He is virtually certain to leave the cabinet March 4, the expiration of his first year of goverhment service. Washington, Jan. 14.—Postmaster General Will Hays today announced his intention of resigning from the president’s cabinet to become the movie king of the United States. Official announcement of his inten- tion was made by Hays following a conference at the White House this morning. It was stated to the United Press on the highest authority that Senator Harry New of Indiana is the most likely successor to Postmaster General Hays. The new office bears somewhat the same relation to the motion picture industry, one of the foremost indus- trial ‘enterprises in the nation, as that of Judge Landis does to organized baseball. Following the conference at the ‘White House Hays and Harding both issued a sfatement, but no mention was made of when the resignation would become effective. CENSURES GROWERS FOR FAILURE OF POLICIES Fargo, Jan. 14.—J. M. Anderson here today gave to the United Press exclusively his letter of resignation from the United Grain Growers, Inc., dated December 20. He censured the grain growers organization for its al- leged failure to abide by its original poli 4 Briefly stated the letter read that the United Grain Growers, Inc. poli- cies which have been conducted dur- ing the last month by those in charge have departed from the fundamental principle around which the committee of enteen built its plan—the co- operation of the new. organization with all existing bona fide farmers” co-operative marketing associations. “This was deemed the best policy because there were several such agen- cies functioning. It was demed waste- ful and .unnecessary to begin again at the bottom and build up a new and rival agency.” “It was fully r were to expect co-operation of all farmer elements we must assume a frieundly, co-operafive attitude to- ward them and not a hostile and dom- ineering attitude,” he s: ed that if we INTEREST ON FOREIGN DEBT MAY PAY BONUS G. 0. P. Congressional Leaders Working Out New Plans to Pay Soldier Bonus (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 14.—The United Stateg will pay a soldier bonus with- out one cent additional taxation up- on the people, under plans 1'epu_b1u:nn leaders in congress were working on today. This plan calls for payment of the bonus with interest on the foreign debt by sale of bonds issued against collection of the war debt principal. ., “The proposal that the foreign debt be used to pay the bonus undoubtediy will be adopted if it proves advisable, and I belive it will,”” Representative Fordney, chairman of the house ways and means committee, said today. President Harding is in favor of the plan and he has personally commend- ed it to the committee.” The first step in the bonus program is the enactment of the foreign re- funding bill, already passed by the house and shortly to be taken up in the senate. On the heels of the debt bill the house will bring out the bonus measure, pass it in short order and send it to the senate. The bonus bill as now planned will carry no means of raising revenue. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO HOUSE U. S SHRINE Washington, Jan. 14.—(Capital News Service).—The Declaration of Independence and the original draft of the Constitution of the United States are to be preserved to postenity in a bronze tabernacle in the exhibi- tion corridor over the door of the library of congress, if present plans of Herbert L. Putnam, librarian, bear fruit. The tabernacle will be 8o con- structed that the precious papers will be preserved-from the action of light, air, dampness and, as much as pos- sible, time, while permitting the parchments to be viewed by the gen- eral public. The originals have been for years in the State department, but are now in the vaults in the na- tional library. Congress will be agked in the pres- ent session for an appropriation suf- ficient to construct the tabernacle and at the same time make provision for other archives of the government which in their original form are price- less from a patriotic, historic and edu- cational standpoint. Plymouth, Wis.,, Jan. 14.—~Henry Krumrey, president of the Wisconsin Cheese Federation and a great friend of Senator LaFollette, was found dead by hanging in his cottage at his cottage at Crystal lake near here last night. DEFECTIVE FURNACES CALL OUT DEPARTMENT Defective furnaces caused two calls for the fire department since 7 o’clock last evening and as estimated damage to property amounting, to $225. At 7:45 the department was called to the Baptist parsonage on Eighth street, where about $25 damage was done. The smoke pipe leading from the furnace proved too close to the floor above and the sills caught fire, Fire Chief Dailey reports. At 3 o’clock this morning the sec- ond call came, this one being from Tenth and Park avenue. A defective furnace in the Hendrickson property is reported by Chief Dailey to ha been the cause of this fire. Damuge is estimated at about $200, |LUMBER MARKET REPORT ‘SHOWS RISING STRENGTH American Lumbermafi Reports Greatest Activity Shown in Douglas Fir The lumber market continues to exhibit strength, with the greatest actiyity shown in Douglas fir from the, Pacific coast. Fir logs are scarce and high in price and manufacturers are having difficulty in securing suf- ficent quantities to produce the lum- ber needed .to take care of orders booked. Consequently, buyers are working hard to place orders for fir and price advances have been well sustained. In the southern pine re- gion orders are considered satisfac- tory for this season and the market is firm but not as strong as the fir market. Prices generally, acéording to the American Lumberman, are firm and the tendency is to advance them. In fact, substantially advanced price lists have been issued by a number of manufacturers and while they have not been “seasoned” by a large vol- ume of purchases, these advances have not slowed up buying, which continues good. Therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that, consid- ering the supplies of lumber avajl- able for sale, the price advances are fully justified. According to figures gathered by the National Lumber Manufacturers association orders for 1921 exceeded production by 4 per cent, and ship- ments exceeded production by 1 per cent. This,of course, varied in differ- ent sections. For example, in the ter- ritory where California_white pine and sugar pine are cut, orders were booked for 83 per cent more lumber than was produced, while in the red- wood manufacturing district orders were booked for only 74 per cent of the lumber produced. ;. In the two major soft wood produc- ing regions, namely, southern pine and Douglas fir, the record of orders, shipments and production tally al- most exactly for the totals of the entire country. In view of these facts no immediate change in the trend of the lumber market is expected and the belief is general that higher prices will result. FIG AND ORANGE FARMING IS SUCCESSFUL IN TEXAS Robstown, Texas, Jan. 14.—Fig and orange farming may become one of the biggest industries in this section of the West Gulf Coast countrics, ac- cording to plans of leading farmers of this section. The oranges and other citrus fruit growing industry in this district is in an experimental stage, but a number, of small orchards have produced abundant yields of excellent guality. Local interests are planning to p]apt' 5,000 fig trees in this immediate vicinity as soon as proper irrigation can be arranged. Individual farm- ers are also making plans for exten- sive additions to their citrus orchards, beginning this spring. DECLARES CLOTHES ARE ONLY WASTE OF TIME London, Jan. 14.—Ten years of a woman’s life is spent in putting on and taking off her clothes, according to the Dean of St. Paul's. Man, ac- cording to Dean Inge, wastes but two oil his years bothering about with his raiment. “All in all,” Inge declared in an ad- dress before the Savage club, “clothes are. the canse of an unredeemable waste.” NAVAL DISARMAMENT PACT NOW COMPLETE Shantung Is O;der of Business Today; Compromise on Rail Question Expected (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 14.—The naval disarmament “treaty is to all inten- tio’?s and possibilities finished. his historical document, waiting only a little burnishing and the di: posal of minor matters, will probal go.early next week to the full dis- armament committee for its approval, and then to the plenary session for an open okeh by the five powers. Arthur J. Balfour, prominent in forming the League of Nations, is known to hope that the beginning of a new world peace era has been és- tablished. He believes it is incumbent on mankind in time of peace to lay down rules for settling disputes and _|otherwise to prepare against war. He regards it well to lay rules which will so permeate the conscience of man- kind that the great crimes committed in the last war will not find any imi- tator in the future, Shantung was the order of busi- ness today. A compromise on the rail- road ig anticipated. The delegation now is working out the vista offered by the unfinished agenda. The Chi- nese served notice that they intend to present for discussion the twenty- one demands, . ST. CLOUD, TECHNICALS WIN OVER STAPLES HIGH SCHOO! (By United Press) St. Cloud, Jan, 14.—The St. Cloud technical high school defeated the Staples high schoo! 2% te 18 last night, Tt cam o i i e vA TRty COXOUTLINES. STATEFOREST BOARD POLICY of Additional Forestry Measures Proposed DEFENDS WORKINGS OF BURNING PERMIT LAW Encourages Lumber and Mining L Companies to Organize for Fire Protection . et In a letter to The Pioneer, State Forester W. T, Cox, among other things, gives an outline of additional forestry measures proposed and urged by the state forestry board. This_board has oftentimes been s verely criticized for lack of a policy, although it has had a pretty definite one for years. Moreover, through leg- islation from time to time the vari- ous features of this policy have been incorporated into law. “Much has been said about the burning permit law and the hindering of land clearing operations by pro- hibiting burning when the settler feels that it is perfectly safe to do s0,” declares Mr. Cox. “The forestry board does not wish to work a hard- S 1ship on any settler. In fact, the for- estry service and its field men should be able to assist the settler in his problems. We have in Northern Min- nesota, aside from the state rangers and patrolmen, 710 township fire wardens. These are given appoint- ments from this office and work under the supervision and direction of the district rangers. In some townships there are two fire wardens so that the settlers may-obtain permits with- out hardship or loss of time. Last fall the burning permit law made it pos- sibel for this department to control a fire situation which otherwise must have resulted in disaster. “There were reported in 1921, 716 fires which covered 72,000 acres. Fifteen hundred fire fighters were employed to combat these fires which * caused a total loss of $180,800.” Mr. Cox encourages companies to organize into protective associations. The department is endeavoring to or- ganize all of the larger lumber and mining companies in this co-operative work and hopes that next year will see many more companies banded to- gether in the interest of fire protec- tion. The styte forestry department does not claim to be infallible, Mr. Cox vites just and constructive criti- sm, considering that any such ad- vice might tend to increase the pro- tection which the state is endeavor- ing to give the settler. The forest policy approved by the Minnesota forestry board has in mind the agitation regarding an early timber shortage and the pres- ent difficulty in obtaining pulpwood for the paper mills. Careful study of the forestry board’s policy, as outlined herewith, is invited by the department. The policy in brief follows: . “All soil should be made product- ive of the crop to which it is best _|adapted or for which there is the greatest public need. “While agriculture and forestry are hased upon soil production, the methods necessary in forestry and the time involved are so different from those of agriculture that for- estry demands an entirely different form of administration, . “State forest policies should be in- itiated and carried out in co-opera- tion with the national government and with private owners wherever and to the fullest extent possible. “In accordance with the policy of the federal govérnment and so that the state may enjoy the benefits of federal co-operation state forest leg- islation should establish general principles and procedure only and vest in a properly constituted and (Continued on Page 6) i ) BEMIDJI LABOR LEAGUE ™ HOLDS MEETING SUNDAY Nomination and election of officers for the Bemidji Labor League dur- ing the coming year will be the order of business: at the meeting of the league to be held Sunday afternoon at the rooms of the Civic and Come merce association at 2 o’clock. Candidates for offices at the coms ing city election will also be endorsed and the session may go even further and endorse candidates for state offices. ‘A member of the board of educa- tion probably will be present, as ar- rangements are being made for this, and that member will be invited to speak concerning the school bond is- sue which will come before the voters of the district next Wedrfesday after- noon and evening. Altogether a very important meet- ing wiil be held and it is urged hy the offic of the league that there be a large attendance. All laboring peon'e a to attend and tako part in the s of the league,