Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 9, 1922, Page 1

L o The Pioneer. is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern ‘Minnesota, * ~~ -— WEATHER: !\linncsotn.»—(}ene!fl’fl)r{fl £ night and Friday;:ightly*“c Friday in no 01 EMIDJI DAILY PIONEE. VOLUME XIX. NO. 273"~ o BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY E(IEN[NC:, MARCH 9, 1922 BUSINESS MEN HEAR PLANS OF BURBAUEADS 5. B.‘Cléland and President of Beltrami Farm Bureau Address Association CLELAND EMPHASIZES " LAND CLEARING WORK Burecau Plans to Send Big Delegation to St. Paul Dairy. Show Next--Fall S. B, Cl¢" ud and A. E. Witting addressed % ‘bers of the Bemidji Civic & % ‘ce association Wed- nesday no. % g an outlini of the work being, ® " the Farm Bureau thoughout th [y .and-in. Beltrami county. onnected with 't of the state ‘es in coun- 2, Mr. Cleland,) ‘o the extension de, university told ox ties in- Northern- %a-and es- pecially emphasized\ .ork done i the land clearing last year.. He pointed -out the great advant- ages.in growing uniform crops, anil cited instances where potatoes of onc variety could be more. easily marketed and at a higher price than where mix- ed varieties were grown. . Mr. Witting was enthusiastic about the work being done by the Farm Bu- reau and told of the plans for the coming year. He urged that Bemidji get behind the big advertising pro- ject to gend 100 or more cars to the dairy show at -St. Paul -next fall. Streamers and banners carrying ad- ‘vertising of -the Beitrami County Farm Bureau should be floated by the car owners and night control at one or two cities en route. il The ‘plan is to take the Bemidji Juvenile band along and do some et- fective advertising by parading thru dinneapolis and St. Paul streets, hailing to the world that Beltram county is. destined to’ become tie greatest dairying county in the world. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR JOHN WORKMAN WEDNESDAY Funeral sefvices for Johrt Workman who passed away Sunday atterncen at his” home .at: Puposky, were . id yesterday at 12:300’clock at tae Presbytérian church; Rev. L. P. wer- ford officiating and M, £, Thertson Gi- came on the train from Pupisky and recting. A large numoer of re ‘*ives Redby to attend the funeral and re- turned at 2:30, the Red Lake train being held in Bemidji until that time to accommodate them. Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery. CONCORDIA COLLEGE SHOWS INCREASE IN. ENRQLLMENT (By United Press) Moorhead, March 9.—In three years the- enrollment at Concordia Lutheran college, has increased from 82 to 160.. An ‘investment of $10, 000 30 yeats ago has:been increased slntil today the college property 1s jorth $400,000. - "One-third of this year’s 30 grad- uates will enter the theological sem- inaries. - Over seven thousand stud- ents have attended the college sinze - its foundation. TOO LITTLE CONSIDERATION SHOWN TOUNTRY PARISH Fargo, March' 9.—Too little con- leration has been given to the coun- y parish in the past, according L¢ Dr. Walter Lee Airheart, of Fargo, rural development worker for - the Methodist church in North Dakota. He declared -the .church is now working to make the country pastor- ate more desirable that it may become the life aim of the.ministers. A. F. AND A. MASONS PUT ON FIRST.DEGREE WORK Bemidji lodge No. 233, A. F. and A. Masons, heid a speeial communi- cation Wednesday evening and -con- ferred the first degree work upon a class of candidates. ‘A fair-sized at- tendance witnessed the degrees woih. The next regular communication is to be held Wednesday evening, Ma’ h 15. KIWANIS CLUB MENBERS ENJOY SCGTCH COMEDIAN Johnnie Main of St. Paul, a bus- jness visitor-in- the city today, en- tertained the Kiwanis club this roon i 2 very enjoyable manner. John- nie Main.i§ a°Scotch comedian of ra1c ability. and his numbers brouglt Liearty applause. His first number was ‘“Nanny” or “I- Never Loved Another Lass But You.” This number was exceptioral- 1y well delivered and met with hearty favor. 'This he .followed with “The Message Boy” and “When I Was Twenty-Une.” Another ' number which mot with hedarty approval was|p. a short war story, “‘Granny’s Lad- die,” one of the boys who went. Mr. Main is to appear before tie meeting of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion this evening as a part of the enjoyable program Le- ing arranged for this session. STATE EQUIPMENT MAY. Babcock, Offers Big Fleets to Push Cosoperation on All Local Road Work More than 100 trucks and 50 tract- ors—rebuilt war equipment—and other heavy machinery will be ready for use on local roads over the state in 1922 under an offer made this week by Charles M.. Babcock, state highway commissioner, toward en- couraging closer_ co-operation be- tween counties and townships on locai road work. ‘The expensive. equipment will b2 put into service at actual operating cost, plus, a reasonable charge fo: depreciation, Mr. Babcock said, and will save from 10 to 40 cents of every road dollar. It will be used where counties-and towns agree upon read work which demands heavy equipment to.produce maximum results at min- imum cost. The fleets will be in charge of state-crews of expert mech- anics and operators. Commissioner Babcock = expressed satisfaction with the response to the recent recommendation that coun- ties unite with their townships on definite plans for systematic devel- opment of local or secondary roads. “n many counties,” ‘he sad, “tiie highway engineers are. taking steps to adopt the plan and in others tae additors and commissioners are act- ing in the initiative. Always active in -the good roads movements, the newspapers are again giving valuab.e help and indications are that bigger benefits will be“ forthcoming . this year on the so-called local roads.” R. M. Cooley, equipment supeni- tendent for the highway department said 100 big trucks and 50 tractois will make up the heavy-duty flecus ready to start out early this spring to break road-building records, znd work most of the time on local roads where arrangements are made in ad- vance by local road officials. The plan will work to the department’s advantage also, by avoiding long jumps for the outfits. CHEBOYGAN FiRE TAKES / 5 TOLL OF THREE LIVES P (By United Press) Cheboygan, Mich., March 3.—Tte business section of Cheboygan was a pile of charred wood today following the $500,000 fire, which dcstroyed four. business blocks and took tie lives of three persons. . Prompt dis- patch of fire apparatus’from Graylin and Gaylord, nearby cities, saved the entire. city from burning. .. The fire started in. the Frost-Keos- lér building. The dead are Frank Hohler, Edward Laway aud. George Tobias, a boy 12 years of age. ST. PHILIP PARISHIONERS BID PHILLIPPE FAREWELL Th basement of St. Philip’s church was well filled last evening when par- ishioners gathered to pay their re- spects to Rev. Fr. J. J. T. Phillippe who .leaves this week to accept a charge at Warroad, after serving this parish for the past 11 years. A pursce which totalled over $300 was present- ed Fr. Phillippe by the parishioners, while he received a number of other presents from the choir. ) _The Ladies’ Aid served refresh- ments and a short musical program was also enjoyed. Altogether, the esteem in which Fr. Phillippe is held in this community, was clearly evi- denced on this occasiont* SPLIT OVER FOUR-PLY - TREATY GROWING WORSE, Tnntf Opponents Endenvoriilz to Bring Woodrow Wilson Into Present Fight By_Lawrence Martin. . (By United Press) Washington, March 9.—The demo- cratic split over the four-power Pa- cific treaty grew worse today as the result of careful efforts by treaty opponentg to bring Woodrow Wilson into the fight. At the same time efforts to * smoke’ Wilson cut were under consideration by senators who believe that if the former president is against the treaiy and wants it rejected he ought to say so openly. Borak today continued ro deny that he had received a leiter from Wilson. One democratic senator, wao suid he would follow. Wilson’s leading if he knew what it was, declared that in Lis opinion anti-treaty senators were attempting to use the former presi- dent’s name and influence without wroper authority. Big guns of both sides were ready today to continue the treaty fight. Senator Underwood was prepared im- mediately to speak in support of tic treaty. . READING CIRCLE UNIT TO MEET HERE MARCH 18 The Bémidji Reading Circle Unit will hold its monthly meeting at the Teachers college, March 18, at 2.30 . m. The second spelling contest will also be held the same day. The contest will begin at 2:30 p. m. All teachers are Trequested to put up their exhibits as early as possible. For further information write to the ‘county superintendent or Mrs. Ida Jeffries, Turtle River, Bureau Association Also Appoint Assistant BAUDETTE MAN WILL ASSIST IN NORTH END Annuai Meeting of Bureau io Be Held in Bemidji _Wednesday, March 22 Daniel C. Dvoracek was re-clected county agent for Beltrami county by the directors of the Beltrami county Farm Bureau association at a meet- ing held in the court Louse Wednes- day afternoon. The board also saw fit to approve the appointment of an ‘assistant agent in the morth end, of the county, H. C. Lende of Baudette being name to this position. In add:tion to the above, they ap- peared before thg county board of commissioners and secured an appro- priation of $4,000 to carry on the program for the year., $1,000 of which is to be used for the purpose of car- rying oft the land clearing work, so well started last year. Plans of operation for the coming year were gone over and outlined, and special attention will be given to the encouragement of raising blood ed stock, the growing of uniform crops and the furthering of better farming conditions generally. The annual meeting of the farm bureau will be held March 22 at ‘he Bemidji Civic & Commerce associa- tion rooms in the city hall. New directors will be elected at this time. The bueau is planning on a big day. Dinner will be served at noon, which will be followed by the regular an- nual. business session. All farmers, whether members or not, are being extended a cordial invitation to be in attendance. il Notices are being sent out to all farmers and a drive for new members will be launched soon, to build up a large and enthusiastic organization for.the farmers in Beltrami county. Washington, . March 9.—Several naval--sub-chasers now are cruising in the south Atlantic waters in scarzh of rum smugglers. These boats are Joaded (with prohibition "agents mn search of smugglers’ nests hidden along the Florida coast. BISHOP MITCHELL TO SPEAK HERE MAY 13-14 Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell of the Methodist church has announced that he will be in Bemidji upon invita- tion of Dr. G. C. Zentz and the offic- jal board of the church on May 13 and 14. He will deliver a lecture on Satur- dn{ evening, May 13 and will preacn both morning and evening of Sunday, May 14. . This is Bemidji’s first opportun- ity to hear Bishop Mitchell and plans will be made with the neighbo.- ing communities to visit the city dur- ing his brief stay here. He is consid- ered one of the outstanding preach- ers of the country and will doubtless draw a large attendance at thcse meetings. ‘ PERSHING SCORES BILL 5 2SS RATIONAL Washington,. March 9.—The country will be without an armed force large epough to handle do- mestic emergencios if congrsss cucs the army, to 115,000 enlistgd men, General Perghing declared’ | _ today. . £' When told by Chairman Kahn %that -the army appropriation bil!, | 1 soon to be introduced, will num- | ber 115,000 enlisted men, Per- ing said, “well, all I can sa¢ s that the people wili suffer.” T0 STAGE STYLE SHOW | " AT THE GRAND TONIGHT ‘Women'’s apparel and millinery will be displayed at the annual spring style show to be staged this evening| at the Grand theater by the Elko Hac Shop and Wilson & Co. This show will be staged between the first and sec- ond performances of the regular theater program so Lhat patrons of| either show may W ss it. Thef dresses, suits and coats to be shown are furnished by Wilson & Co., and| the hats to be shown are furnished by the Elko Hat Shop. \An appropriate program ! arranged and this event pro: be entertaining as well as ins tive. The various modes will be dis-{ played by living models. | BEMIDJI MUSICAL ART ' CLUB MEETS TOMORROW 1 The Bemidji Musical Ar prepared a most inte for the regular mee it the rooms cf the Ci association Friday afternooi -t o'clock. A number of current musical events will be reported by 11 1 Mrs. Grace E. Tahcker, Mrs. } nold, Mrs. H. L. Hui'nic M. Torrance, Mrs. M. Lakin, Mi; perg and Miss Arvilla Kent A group of songs, a “Qris,” and “By the ¢ Harriet Ware, will be sung b 1da Virginia Brown, with Mr. Riggs at the piano. W a Minnesota woman, 5 will precede he |<ketch of the compos ¢ Longfellow’s ‘“‘Robert of will be read by Mrs. .John The beautiful musical accon by J..J. Wootan wili be pia piano by Miss Ragnnid members are urged to be pres enjoy these delightful number LEGION POST TO ENJOY - A'MOCK TRIAL TONIGHT Military court martial will have nothing on the mock trial A be staged by the Ralph of the Americ: session at the Contmerce association at 8 o’clock this evening. T. C. Bailey, who is chairman of the committee in charge has made no announcement concern- ing the trial except that every memr ber should be presei& at the meeting to witness something worth theiwr while. Other entertainment is assured aid altogether a very intercsting session is promised. Reports of several com- mittees will be heard and a number of important business matters are to come up for consideration at this sesston. Plans are bging made for au exceptionally large attendance. As an zdded entertainment feature for this cvening, Johnnie Main of St Vaul; a Scotch comedian of rave abil- ity, is to appear on the program with a number of Scotch songs and stories All Legion members are especiall urged to take advantage of the cy portunity of hesring Mr. Main an- ihe baiance of the programi prepared {or tonight none 1 the A tto _|ference of coal ope! |urging the operalors and Secretary of Labor Davis Seeks to Bring About General _Conference | ILLINOIS AGREEMENT APPARENTLY PROBABLE N. P. Officials Declare Coal Movement at Head of Lakes Beats Past Records Washington, March 9.—Secretary of Labor Davis today made a finul effort to bring about a national con- « tors and miners which would avert a nation-wide coal rike threatened for April 1. he secretary issued a statement ers to ordance join in the confercnce in with the wishes of Harding. The Illincis miners today guarded the only loop-hole through which the {nation-wide coal strike may be af-|, fected, according to the general be- iiel of governmental officials heret Secretary of Labor Davis believes that the 1lllinois district agisement will be made and that other districts will follow in reaching seprate con- . |clusions with their operators. 1t is estimated that at least 75 .| per ¢ent of the workers will be willing n special di ct agreements if *|the Illinoig experiment proves suc- cessful. With coal enough in the northwest and exceeding previous records, Nor- thern Pacific officials said today that coal movements from the head of the lakes in February exceeded last year s movements by 4,414 cars. Thus far ch, 2,176 cars have been moved pared with 752 for the same per- iod in March last year. : RHODA JUDKINS IS FOUND GUILTY IN DISTRICT COURT The case of the State of Minnesc'a Rhoda Judkins on the charge of legally selling the: jury, which returned a verdict guilty. ~ The case of the State of M: nesota vs. Pat Stapleton’ is now b gore the court, selection of the jury eing nearly accomplished at ngon The sentence in the case of Rhoda Judking has as _yet not been today. pronounced by Judge B. ¥. Wrigh.. FROHN TOWNSHIP MAY HAVE NEW BRIDGE SOON A bill granting the consent ¢f von- gres§ to the state of Minnesota (2 construct, maintain and operate bridge across the M sippi river at a point suituble to the mtere: 2 i intoxicating liquor came to an end here within a few minutes after the case was given to SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS SHOWS ACTIVE SESSION Huge Nuiaber of Bills Offered Result in Small: Number of Laws Enacted (Capitol News Service.) ‘Washington, March 9.—Analysis of the proceedings of the Sixty-sixth congress discloses the fact that dur- ing its session 16,239 public bills were intreduced in the house and more than 5,000 in the senate. In addi- tion, 481 joint resolutions were iu- troduced. As a result, 470 new laws became part of the national sta- tutes, not including 124 private bills which were enacted. The facts answer the ecriticism sometimes aimed at the press by congress that it failg adequately to re- port the activities of the national leg- islature and certainly provide foul for thought for those critics of con- gress who say it is not sufficiently act- ive. Many members of the national leg- islature are alive to waste of time and effort involved in the mere presenta- tion of so many bills, few of which can_ever receive consideration or be made into law. The physical limita- tions of hours in a day and days in a session should, they control, be con- sidered and_some means found to make it passible to decrease the larg: number of bills presented. Large as the number above quoted is, 1t is lesy than that of some previous year hich, as the country is growing, i in itself an indication that the vast majority of bills offered are-unnecec- sary and an obstruction to vital legis- lation. SCOUTS TO BID FAREWELL TO MASTER FRIDAY NIGHT Boy Scouts Troop No. 3, will give a farewell party for their scoutmast- er tomorrow evening at 7.30 at the Civic & Commerce rooms. A sclec tion of various games and a *‘fe will be enjoyed. Every member requested to be present. CASPERSON & NETLAND BUY LARSON BROS. STORE Andrew Casperson and Sivert O. Netland of this city have purchasca the Larson Brothers grocery store in the new Kaplan bulding and will take possession Monday mornmg, March 13, carrying an up-to-date line of fancy and staple groceries. Mr. Casperson until recently was connected with the groeery depart- ment of the F. G. Troppman store while Mr. Netland has been employed by the Crookston Lumher compuny. for several years. Both men are weil and favorably known in Bemidji. and Ole Larson, have disposed of the store preparatory to entering into the wholesale grocery busmess under the firm name_of the Moberg-Larson company. This firm recently purchas- ed the Koors building on Minnesota avenue and plans to open a whole- sale grocery establishment sometime in April. The Northern Bread com- gnny'is now located in the Koors uilding and will be located theve navigation in section 25, town:uip |temporarily with the wholesale groc- 142, north, range 32 west, namely | €Ty until the bread concern erects u Frohn township, Beltrai courty. [building of its own later. hag been introduced 1: the house 1ep tatives by Represcita Harold Knutson of the Sixth distr of Minnesota at the request ol the Minnesota Highway which will construct the br is authorized. Mr. Knutson introduccd toe Liil March 3, and it was rrel to toe comniittee on Inte en i wate ana For 1 to be pain THOSE LITTLE RED TOPPED WORE YEARS A.. —i BooTs WE A0 —WELL THeyRe THE LATEST THING (N FOOTWEAR FOR WOMEN-NoW™ Larson Bros. opened the grocery : |store in the Kaplan building several months ago and have enjoyed a sub- stantial business. The new firm will .| welcome all old patrons as well as the new. SEPARATE JURY ROOMS NOW BEING DEMANDED Agitation Against Locking Up Mixed Juries Extends From St. Paul to Trenton /Bv United Press) St. Paul, March 9.—The country’s Jjails will have to be remodeled. men are going to campaign for scp- arate jury rooms. A separate jury room with adequate toilet Iacilitids will be demanded, according to rep- resentative women here. The discussion started when seven women were locked in a county jail with five men until they decided, after 48 hours, that George Thomke was 6uilty of automobile theft, “Women will not expect luxuries, of course said Miss E. Calihan, can- didate for clerk of the supreme court. “Means should be provided, however, tq give them scparate quarters.” / Governor, Preus believes the pres- ent facilities for caring for mixed juries are “intolerable.” Shenffs will be required to provide accommo- dations for mixed juvies. (By United Press) Trenton, N. J., March 9.—Agitation against locking up mixed juries of men and women all night threatered to break out in Trenton today. Hus- bands and wives of six jury womcn and six jury men may get together in some sort of a protest, following ex- amples of St. Paul husbands and wives, The Trenton jury disagreed and was discharged after 20 ‘hours deliberation. The: six men and six | women spent the night in a big room in the:court house. They played cards and read newspapers. In St. Paul the mixed jury was locked up for two night i the jail |ruom iwith only curtains between the women and men. This resulted in the agitation, “|functions of a joint clearin Larson Bros., composed of Louis V. |s TATE BUREAU OFFERS T0 AID State Federation Is Inviting Co-operative Organizations "to Open Conference PROBLEMS OF COMMON INTEREST ON PROGRAM Amendment to Income Tax Law Is Being Urged for All Co-operative Bodies St. Paul, March 9.—Full use.of the whole farm bureau organization as a clearing-house for all farmers’ com- mon problems, will be offered to the principal state-wide co-operative or- ganizations of Minnesota. The Minnesota Farm Burcau fed- eration is inviting officers and direct- ors of nine agricultural organizations to a state-wide conference, to work out, in detail a plan by which a'l these bodies may act promptly and with a united front on all matters affecting the whole farming popula- tion of the state. The farm bureau will offer the use of its state head- quarters, its oftice force, and the facil- ities of the national offices of the federation in Chicago and Washing- ton, to consolidate the power of the co-operative marketing agencies of the state for united action. The execut board of the state federation, in gession last week, vot- ed to ask nine farm organizations to send representatives to a conference to discuss common problems and tne -house. Informal invitations are being sent to the Central Co-operative Commission intion, the Minnesota Co-opera- reameries association, Inc., the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., the Min- ensota Potato Exchange, the Twin City Milk Producers, the Faimers Terminal Packing Plant, the Wool Growers, the Farmers’ Mutual Hail Insurance organizations, and the Min- nesota Co-operative Shipping asso- ciation. New York farmers already have created such a clearing-house, ac- cording to a bulletin of the American Farm Bureau federation. It is known as the Conference Board of Farm Organizations. Several times a year the officers and directors of the State Farm Bureau, the Dairymen’s lea- gue, the Grange and the Fruit Grow- ers, meet to take united action on problems affecting all farmers of the The i last meeting dis reulosis in dairy ¢ tle and legislation to improve state drainage laws. “The result of the work of this con- ference board,” the farm burcau bul- letin says, “is to unify the agricul- .t unnking of New York and en- able all the farm organizations to present a solid front.” The Minnesota Farm Burcau fedei- ation executive board, at its Marc: mecting, passed a resolution urging Minnesota’s delegation in congress to support an amendment to the inconie tax law, giving all co-operative organ- jzations specific exemption from pay- ment of income taxes. At present, the federal commissioner of .internal revenue has ruled that surplus or rve funds set aside by co-opera- tives are taxable as profits. The co- operalive organizations’ stand is that such funds are not profits, but mouey belonging to members, and invested in the business. The farm bureau also appealed to the internal revenue department to prepare a special, sim- ple income tax report for co-opera- tive organizations, so that it would be easier to make reports requirad, either in paying taxes, or to obtain exemption. CONDITION OF G. E. CARSON IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING According to the latest word receiv~ ed from Mrs, G. E. Carson, the con- dition of Mr. Carson onw shows con- siderable improvement, although the latter part of last week found ms condition still very critical. It is now apparent that if his condition contin- ues to improve as it now is he wil be able to be moved to his home here in ahout two or three weeks. Physie ciang at St. Mary's hospital Minnes apolis, are now very hopeiul regards ing his condition, which is said to he the best now it has heen since Miy Carson arrived there, ARBOR DAY PLANTING The forest experiment station o2 the division of forestry of the Uuie versity of Minnesota offers Minnesota schools an opportunity to obtain 25 small evergreen trees for Arbor Day planting. The request for trees must be accompanied by 25 cents to cover the cost of digging, packing and shiping. This offer is open only to the schools of Minnesota and onty one ghipment ca nade to a schoud, The evergreens will be shipped from the nursery at Cloquet in time for planting on Arbor Day, the date for which will be set by the governor's proclamation. Requests receivea later than April 1 caniot be filled. Address all requests to assistant sup- erintendent of the forest experimcng station, University Farm, St Pauy, Minn. M &