Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 30, 1922, Page 1

[ ‘;riie,‘Pianu i‘ th‘ only. dail within' 100, miles of 'hemiifi Pt ~has: tho;&nrseut 1 Northern Shislation innes The HalingiWalker Electric Cos Saturday morning, April 1, %?l,open,,fqflyuainm 4t 119 Third By Defeated Minority ' ECKHART IS DEFEATED' AS AGENCY TREASURER Henry C. Lau of Tracy Named to Serve as New Director for Minnesota t, MJflg ;complete line of fixtures, el- ectrical ' ‘applances, and. supplies. The. b\lfiue& will_be located in the of the: building occunied by he, Brosvik Tailor .shop. This newly organigzed ih‘s\ ;s €Ol 0 perience in “electrical. wi Walker is a former ‘employee of the Minnesota® Electric Light and Power Co. and the Naylor Electric Co., whi . Mr.- Haling has-been an employec of the former company. In addition to handling a complete line of supplies and fixtures, this firm | gladly submit estimates on wiring and other electrical work. A full line of Nationa Mazda lamps will be carried. The stock is now arriv- ing and: will be put in'readiness for the “opening . of “the- shop Saturday Chicago, March 30—The first an- H sual convention of tiie’ U. 'S: Grain . Growers, Ine., ended here last week in a tumult raised by.a-defeated mi- nority, but a new board of directors, elected daring the meeting, has set- tled down to the practical work of ‘handling grain and going. ahead with organization work. ST R The atmosphere is gradually clear- |- ing, and the more impoitant events of the convention begin to .stand-out over the sensational incidents of fac- tional bickering that marked the. ses- sion. So far, the definite results of the meeting are the following: Frank Myers. secretary, and seven other members of last year’s board were re-elected. William' G. Eck- kardt ‘of Illinois, treasurer, whose policies have been a storm center for months, was defeated.. Henry C. Lau, -of Tracy, Minn., who cast the vote of 479° Minnesota ‘members as one of the_state's three | Chri: elected delegates, was elected to the . board to represent Minnesota. Min- nesota representative on the board last yera were F.- Schilling -and J.:M. Anderson. . J. F: Reed, president of the Min- _ nesota Farm Bureau federation, at- tended the convention, and was. sug- ‘gested as a candidate for the board of direetors:. He ‘declined; later his * ‘name was presented anyway, and al- . though not elected; he received 19,855 votes in spite of the fact that he'is not a member of the Grain Growers. The whole ¢onvention was marked by repeated outbreaks .of: hostility between . ‘the - delegates supporting FPresident Guétafson .and “the’faction backing M. Eckhardt; whose policies appeared. to have cau: int i satisfaction in several of the, states represented. Mr. Eckhardt was stren- uously supported by Illinois, whose ‘Agricultural associatios the chief creditor of the U, S. Grain Growers, The dispute that broke in the annual meeting involved also the disagree- ment _between adherents of. a .com- pulsory pool and those who fayored giving farmers a chance to decide whether they should pool their grain or ‘sell through the Grain Growers by some other. method. ustafson stood for the- Iatter method; Eck- Lardt® and . his - supporters ‘ stood’ for | compulsory pooling. After three days of jockeying and-bickering, the whole dispute came to a head when ballot- ing for directors began. "Gustafson received 41,785 votes, the unanimous, vote of the meniBership ds cast by the delegates. = Eckhardt received i8,940 votes, not’ erough to élect 1m. i Five Illinois men- were elected to the board; F. A. Mudge was chosen in Eckhardt’s place. ‘When ‘the election - results were announced, R. A. Cowles, one of Il- linois directors, rose; ‘and. protested -against Eckhardt’s elimination. He and- other.:Hlinois men - said the; would' declifie to setve on the board. In, the mids§iof a bitter altercation, adjournment’yvas moved and the con- vention ended. The rext step was a “rump” meeting of some of the mi- nority directors and delegates; so far however, none of the protesting di-| Tectors have resigned, and a majority of the board his'been meeting to get the marketing machinery ‘of the Grain Growers into working’ order. A rumor was spread that the three Minnesota. delegates were - backing the Eckhardt minority and took part in the “rump” convention.” Mr. Lau, Minnesota’s” new."member on the Grain .Growers' board, issued a state- ‘ment emphatically denyingthat the Minnesota delegation had supported the faction; opposed to the-adminis- tration of the"U; S. Grain Growers. The three elected delegates, Mr.Lau, Otto Nelson of St; James, represent- ing 506 members, and H. L. Saverien (Contnued.on Page 4) X DR RECEIVE INSTRUCTION On April 4th the State Tax Com- mission_will send a man to Thief River Falls for the purpose of in- structing assessors from that section in the work of making assessments. According:to Auditor, A. D. John- son, the elected assessors from the northwest ‘part of Beltrami county will attend this meeting. Deputy Auditor H. W. Alsop will represent the auditor’s office 2t this meeting and will supervise the distribution of necessary records to the assessors from this county. o “All assessment books and records will be distributed at this meeting and complete instructions will given those who are to fix the val- uation on personal and real proper- {y this year. - g " Minnesota d hat and sogewha and FriddWnot temperature. 85c PER MONTH cng;is : . Invites fiq’r‘ their pl I battle with the scryb. -were- - first -highly developed ‘on’ the - |Island of Guernsey, which is"second in size of the Channel Islands, being. ahout nine miles long and four miles wide. By a long continued policy of excluding all cattle from the outside. the stock of this island has been built up into a distinct breed. . As early ad 1850, Guernseys were i brought to the Uniited States and have grown in: favor in this country ever since and have been materially improved. 3 During the.past year through the ¢ leadership of the farm bureau, there have been_brought into ‘this country 20 pure-bred guernsey . bulls —and through the calf club, fathered by the Sécurity State Bank. 13 pure- fbred guernsey females were brought Republicans ax. ' ‘Making Ready, . “tate - vcdnvemi_on B a4y - St. Paul, March -80:—-With only: two real contests looming, congres- sional district _conventions of Re- publicans ‘and Democrats: were ‘not expected to develop anything -excit» ing. today. | Congressman Andrew J. Volstead faced opposition in the Seventh con- gressional district convention of the Republicans. nucl of “endorsing Theodore Christianson, state representative, in that district. istianson is known to have a large following and some opposition 'to | Volstead has developed because of the alleged failure of .the Volstead act to make prohibition entirely -ef- fective. In the third district, there was a hot contest for the Republican en- dorsenrent -with two “favored sons” in the running. ? ‘Washington = and Sibley ¢county delegations in the Third district are instructed for R. J. Thoreen of Still- water. Congressman Charles R. Davis is reported ready to file' for re-election whether he receives: the engorppmqnt of -the '-convention ‘or not g < Representatives: Sidney Anderson probably will - be. endorsed - in’ the First .distrcit; Frank Clague in the Second; Harold Knutson ‘in the Sixth; Oscar Larson in the Eighth; Halvor Steenerson in the Ninth, and Thomas D. Schall in the Tenth. Walter R. Newton has been - en- dorsed in the fifth district conven- jon and the Fourth. district conven- tion took: no action. —_— FIRST LUTHERAN CHOIR TO GIVE CONCERT ON APRIL 7 A concert is to' be given by the First Lutheran church . choir Friday evening, April 7, at 8 o’clozk. The members of the choir have béen put- ting forth their very best efforts and unlimited time to make this musical the very best ever given by that or- ganization. % - The best hopes are retained for thfe loyal support of this concert as has been given by those who are much interested in the work which is be- ing carried on: P LEGISLATORS ATTEMPT 70 MAKE LAW RUN WILD Dangers of Reactionary Laws “ Pointed Out By National Congressmen Washington, March 30 . (Capital News: Service) .—Attention is drawn by fiational legislators to the results of *reactionary forces expressing themselves in attempts to make laws remedy - conditions. not normally touchable by legal enactment. A bill to make ‘attendance ‘at” church com- pulsory, offered in the Massachu- setts legislature. The bill met a de- server fate and was promptly killed. South Carolina: has a notoriety- seeking . legisiator who has followed in the footsteps of his . Kentucky brother in proposing a bill to for- bid the teaching ‘of what he naively terms “the ‘cult known as Darwin- ism.” It will probably meet the same fate as was given the Kentucky bill, ‘which was lost.' In Kansas there is some local excitement as to the right of a school board or.a court of law to tell a parent how loiig a dress she must put on her -high ‘school daugh- There was much talk |y to Beltrami county. One of the calf club members by the name of Audrey Jondahl' paid about $150 for hre calf and refused $300 for her at the Nor- thern Minnesota Fair last fall. This shows that with good care and feed, pure-breds -become very profitable. Guernseys will bring to their own- ers-health;-wealth and prosperijty, The picture. in' connection ‘with- this arti- e of Countess Pure, a guernsey cow. that produced 18,626.9 pounds of ilk and 1,103.9 pounds of butter fat in one year. If such a high pro- duction 'is. possible surely the aver- age production in Beltrami county should be raised from 150 pounds of butter fat in a year to at least an average of 400.pounds in the next ten ears. . One .of this community’s progres- sive farmers recently'said, “I realize that one of the mistakes of my-life was not in making a start with Guern- seys ten years sooner. Every one should: profit- by the mistakes of others and get started now with at least one’ pure-bred female provided he has; a good ‘barn, plenty of feed and likes good live stock.” | 32 There is a big demand for Guern- sey milk because it contains 25 per cent-more solids and 26 per cent more food value than ordinary milk. Then too, Guernsey milk and cream have a“ pleasing color and flavor that are not equalled by ‘that of any other cow. * ‘wis ‘organized in Betrami county last fall ‘and’ there are: already 32 mem- bers. - All people wishing™to join the Guernsey Breeders Club are asked to génd one dollar to B. M. Gile, seé- retary,. at: Bemidji. EASTERN STAR MEMBERS ENJOY TRIP TO WALKER An_enjoyable time is reported by the_thirteen members of the Order of Bastern Star of Bemidji-who went to Walker on the morning train yes- terday and returned this morning on the enflg morning: train. * The Bemidji' officers instituted a new chapter there last evening, which' they assisted with the a- tion of candidates. _Entertainment was provided for the visitors by the Walker members throughout the day. Some were entertdined, at the San forium and others at the hotel. Lunch was served at the hotel at noon ‘and dinner by the Ladies’ Aid preceding the meeting. After the work, they adjourned to the Commercial club rooms where a 12 o’clock luncheon was served. The Walker people were very hospit- able .and the Bemidji ladies were royally entertained. },oéul Me'rciaantg Preparing to Care for Large Crowds Next Wednesday i EXCEPTIONAL BARGAINS BEING OFFERED PUBLIC 'Bemiaji Business Men Seeking to Enlarge Trade Zone and Gain Business Bemidji merchants are offering exceptional bargains. for another Dollar Day to be staged Wednesday, April 5, when it is expected that a large number of new:shoppers will be attracted to this city to take advan- tage of the opportunity offered to purchase necessities at a very low price. Last Dollar Day. it was con- sidered. that the bargains offered ‘were very good, but: this time even better Jargains are: being offered and the results of the special sales are_expected to surpass those of last Dollar Day; although at that time they were considered very satisfactory by those merchants who took part. Considerable interest _has been shown all along by a largé number of Bemidji merchants and it is expected that before long all the stores in Bemidji will have something special to ‘offer for these Dollar Day sales. The special offerings for Wednes- |day may be found in this week’s issue of the Bemidji' Weekly Pioneer and also in Monday’s issue of the Bemidji Daily Pioneer. Those merchants who are taking part in these sales are anxious that Bemidji’s trade territory be inc¢reas- ed and especially welcome shoppers from out of town. Nevertheless lo- cal shoppers are offered the same bar- gains which are offered visiting shop- (Continued on, Page 2) A Guernsey Breeders association VICKERS PLACESCENE - OF REPORTED ROBBERY As’the-result sEANIix-up of some kind at the J: Vickers place, on Third street, early Wednesday —morning, one suspect was ‘held in_the city jail until this morning awaiting a com- plaint from the owner and operator of the Vickers place. Details re- garding the incident are lacking, al- though a number of conflicting stories have been voiced about the city. As near as can be ascertained, some sort of a mix-up occured at the Vickers place early Wednesday morn- ing and when the incident had passed an overcoat was missing. It is also said that Hickers was hit over the head by one of the three young men who were concerned in the mix-up. At any rate, no complaint has as yet been lodged by Vickers, and what disposition .will be made of the incident is not known. The affair was entirely over before the police department was informed concerning it, .and as a result no definite de- tails of the fracas are available. In municipal court this forenoon, Thorvald Lund. was heard on a charge of drunkenness and was sen- tenced to a fine of $10 or 10 days in jail. He si already serving the jail sentence, not being able to pay the fine. He was arrested about 9;30 last evening. CHURCH CENSUS SHOWS Census Shows' an Increase of 761,727 Clidrt_:'ll . Members . During Past Year (By United Press). New York, March 80.—The chur¢h membership of the United States showed -an_ increase of 761,727 in 1921, according to complete ot_hc.ml figures to be printed in the Christian Herald, April 1. This census of the religious life of the United States was made by Rev. H. K. Carroll. The gain is an excess over that of 667,007 reported in 1920. The Chris- tian Herald will say: “Most of the denominations share Baptist increases for 1921 were in- cluded, the total of gains in 1921 wo:ld almost certainly reach 850,- 00! Y “The Salvation Army appears with a remarkable increase, 59,247, The net gain ,of the Lutheran up is about 18,000. The gain of the Rom- an Catholic church _appears much smaller than usual. In 1920 it was 127,579 ; this year it is under 50,000, the smallest figure reported in many years. The Disciples of Christ reg- istered an advance of nearly 24,000. “The Later-Day Saints, Utah branch, gained 45,000 and the reor- ganized branch 2,496. The increase of the Protestant Episcopal church is 5,768, which is rather under its usual gain. “The United Brethren in Chrisi makes an advance of 13,245 and the Evangelical Association and United Evangelical church of 4,617.” in the increase: The Methodist group appears to have grown to the remarkable extent of nearly 300,000. Nearly a third of this, however, is credited to the Colored Methodist Episcopal church. The Presbyterian group advances by 62,649. It should be noted that the Welsh Calvinistic church disappears from the list of separate bodies this year, having been merged in 1921 with the Nor- thern church. “In_the Baptist group the three large Baptist bodies, which are grow- ing rapidly, are represented by the returns for 1920, for the reason that their statist.cal year is the calendar year and no figures for 1921°are available. The Free Buptist body no longer appears as a separate organ- ization. It has been in the process of merging with the Northern Bap- tist convention for several years and has now practically disappeared. If The regular meeting of the 3 0. F, will.be held Friday even! n the Moose hall at 8 o’clock.” There will be third degree work and it is urged that all members be present. PEGPLES OIL C0. ADDS ANOTHER NEW STATION Ray J. Kaliher of the Peoples Oil Co. returned last night from Grand Forks, N..D. where he has been for the past week completing a deal whereby the Peoples Oils Co. of this city purchased the Quality Qil Co. of East Grand Forks. The Quality 0il Co. wa: independant company and had alw: enjoyed a nice busi- ness in that vicinity. The new own- ers intend to make lextensive im- provements to the station just as soon as the weather will permit. This will be a big asset to the other sta- tions which this company now has in operation. The new station has a-storage ca- pacity of 50,000 gallons of gasoline and kerosene with a'large warehouse capacity. The purchase also includes the office building, trucks and equip- ment. The new Bemidji station is already under construction and will be completed as quickly as possible. WHAT AN AWFUL TIME MOTHER USEP e SHINE YOV WouLD NOT” WEAR VOU%ND Now RAIN OR SHI o0 Yoo GRLOSHES 0 HAVE TO GET YOU TO SR RNy NS AL SR ter!’ In Chevy Chase, a surburb of{ ’ the mation’s Capital, " citizens = want | District of Columbia lorses to wear muzzles to- keep them from eating the ‘hedges! There is an active anti- blue law society: engaged in’combat- ing the intentions of the men who believe “thou ;shalt not’”: laws pro- vide real morality. 2 All these things, it is urged in the Capital; are examples of that react- jon from the libertjes and relaxations of war times, which try to express themselves in too drastic legal re- strictions of American liberties. Eternal vigilance, it is noted, is no less the price of liberty today than be| before the Revolution, and only by a sane and. balanced judgment and moderation can the fanaticism of the -blue law advocate be held in check. RIBBERS ASSOCIATION ENJOYS SHORT BUSINESS MEET Regular business constituted the greater part of the regular meeting of the Civic and Commerce associa- tion held after the noon-day luncheon 'Wednesday. R. L. Bowen of Was- kisk gave a very interesting talk on the proposed water level for Red Lake undér. the drainage’and con- sérvancy plan' and apparently fav- ored a lower maximum level than that now proposed by the engineers who have had thig matter in consider- ation for some time. Mrs. Paul Yaple entertanied the as- sociation with vocal solos, which were very well receive W. N. Bawser spoke briefly relati to citi: taking more civic pride in Bemi and refraining from cutting corners and tramping down vegetation sét out to beautify the city. This matter was referred to the newly-appointed civic committee and it is understobd that some sort of plan to encourage civi pride will be mapped out soon. COAL WALK-OUT STARTS - IN ILLINOIS AND OHIO Half of Southern Ohio Mines Are Idle and Those in Illinois Closing (By United Press) The great coal walk-out started to- day in Illinois and Ohio. Although the official call for a_ nation-wide suspension of work by 540,000 men is effective at midnight tomorrow, miners in those, two states began dropping their tools today. Half the Southern Ohio mines were idle and those in Illinois commenced shutting down. Meanwhile West Virginia non- union miners were working feverish- ly to store up reserve supplies. The Kansas court was expected to order miners in its jurisdiction to remain at work. “The war cabinet” of the miners met at Indianapolis for final plans. Representatives of operators and miners were summoned to Washing- ton to testify before the house labor committee, which will investigate the causes of the tie-up. In the anthracite fields lively prep- arations were being made for sus- pension of work C. D. LUCAS TO ASSIST IN FILING MONTHLY RETURNS C. D. Lucas, special representative of the state internal revéenue -office, announces that he will be in Bemidji the last two days of each month for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in ofiling their monthly returns on their income tax payment. He will be located on these days in the office in the basement of the postoffice building. Mr, Lucas is a resident of Bemidji and. desires to assist all those who may need his help in filing their returns. A. T & A. MASONS PUT ON SECOND DEGREE WORK Bemidji lodge No. 233, A. F. & A, 'Mnsons, met in special communi- cation Wednesday evening at the Masonic hall and put onv work in the second degree. The next regular meeting is to be held Wednesday, April 5, and a large attendance is requested. BELTRAMI DELEGATES ARRIVING AT ST, PAUL Attitude of Majority of State ' Delegates Already There Favors Kellogg (Special to Pioneer) St. Paul, March 30.—Delegates from all parts of the stafe are arriv- ing for the Republican state endorse- ment convention which convenes at 11 a. m. Friday. Some of the first delegates to show up here were from Beltrami county nad the list includ- ed Gene Berman, chairman of the Beltrami _county delegation, and Thayer Bailey. Mr. Bailey will make a speech at the convention to second the nomination of Roe Chase for secretary of state. Miss Eloise L. Calihan, who, if someone doesn’t, throw a monkey wrench in the machinery, will go in- to the convention with 968 of the 1,088 delegates in favor of her can- didacy for clerk of the state supreme court, will be nominated as a candi- date, presented by the Beltrami county delegation, making the nomination speech. The complete Beltrami county delegation will ecome ‘in later today for the dis- trict convention at St. Cloud. Mr, Berman and Mr. Bailey left last night for St. Cloud, returning to St. Paul tonight, The attitude of the majority of the delegates now here indicates the re-nomination of Kellogg for sena- tor and Preus for governor and the entire list of present office-holders, wlmi( the exception of supreme court clerk. BENVILLE MAN FILES AS CANDIDATE FOR THE HOUSE C. G. Stenmon of Benville filed Wednesday as a candidate for mem- ber ‘of the Fouse from Beltrami county to the state legislature. Mr, Stenrpn is a well-known farm from the Benville community and quite 2 following in that section. H. Z. Mitchell [ MAKING READY FOR BIG STATE MEETS FRIDAY By Tomorrow Night Most of " Candidates for Primaries Will Be Made Known DISTRICT CONVENTIONS ARE IN SESSION TODAY Four State Conventions to Be Held in Minneapolis and St. Paul Friday (By Unitea Press) St. Paul, March 30. — Political finger tips touched the checkers to- day for the last move before the state convention: tomorrow. By tomorrow night most of the candidates, who will go before the voters .in June, will be known. In eight congressional districts Repub- licans and Demdtrats were holding conventions today. The conventions will endorse candidates for congress. Tomorrow there will be four state conventions in St. Paul and Minne- apolis. Republicans will meet here, the Democrats, Nonpartisans and Nonpartisan Working: People will convene in Minneapolis. The Repub- lican convention is expected to en- dorse Frank B. Kellogg for reclect- ion. A strenuous campaign for Judge Oscar Hailam of St. Paul, was ap- parently winning last minute votes, but it was not believed possible that he could swing enough support to make the contest close. The supporters of Mayor George Leach of Minneapolis, claimed he would have 200 votes on the conven- tion floor. The Republicans also are expected to endorse Governor Preus and other state officers for re-elect- ion, with the exception of the su- preme court clerk, There is a hot con test for the endorsement of that office: with a woman, Miss Eloise Calihan, holding the advantage. There was a report that Irvin A. Caswell, ‘T however, was- stagihg' & ‘come-back for that job. It had been generally understood a woman would be en- dorsed for that office. The Demo- cratic situation was uncertain, It became apparent that the convention would have to draft someone for the senatorial race and probably for the gubernatorial candidacy. James A. Carley of Plainview and Thomas E. Cashman of Owattana seemed the most likely senatorial timber in the eleventh hour. Henri Shipstead, who ran for governor last time, was expected to receive the ,endorsement of the Non- partisan Working People. There was only one real contest in the Repub- lican ranks for the congressional en- dorsement, that is in third district. Congrgssman Charles R. Davis, Reu- ben Thoreen of Stillwater and Aug- ust H. Andreen of Red Wing are con- testing for the Republican convention endorsement at Fairbault today. | There was no telling what would happen, but it was believed Con- gressman Davis would lose out in the end. DIVORCE HAS BEEN MADE MUCH CHEAPER IN LONDON London, Mar. 30 (United Press)— Divorce is cheaper in London. today than it ever was before, Wives, suing as poor persons, are shortly to receive special concessions. Under the old rules a wife could not proceed with her case unless she first deposited twenty dollars in court With the new rules in force any poor woman can get her freedom and she will not be obliged to produce the twenty dollars court money, pro- vided she swear in an affidavit to the effect that she has not that amount of money in her possession, For years the poorer class of work- ing men and women lived on together unhappily owing to the restirictions upon their appearing in court. SENATE TO ATTENPT T0 ELIMINATE CASH BONUS (By’ United), Preéss) Washington, March 30-—A move will be made in the senate to climin- ate completely the cash; bonus s tlement of the soldiers bonus bill, as passed by the house, Senator Smoot of Uteh zaid today.after a conference with President Harding. The house approved the bill giving the cash bonus only to men whose total adjusted compensation did not exceed fifty . dolilrs, i said he favored a paid up 20-year endowment insurance policy with a, loan value' and a sales tax to raise the nccessary funds. The American Legion is bringing pressure on the senate finance committee for eariy bonus action. As a resuit it develop= ed tod that practical assurances have been given that the committee will report the measure out shortly,