Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 12, 1922, Page 1

-, ditching, grading, turnpiking, hauling P ‘ [ gy 5o p The Pioneer is the only d:gs within 100. miles of Bemudji has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota, / PIONEER g . 3 i one of 'three grain 3 [centers in which. the U. §. Grain Eleven Contracts Awarded at Growers, Inc., will open sales agen- Special Meefin“ Held By ‘|cies :vithin 90 days, according to the T R s . ‘Inew administrative committee, elect- Commissioners T“'fd :YV ed. since. the recent conventiop in Chicago. Other. offices will be at Chi- ;|cago and Omaha. * The sales agency will be opened in the name of the U. S. Grain Grow- ers Sales Company, already incorpor- ated- and licensed to do business in several states. The business to be ‘handled by 'the company will be ap- proximately 150,000,000 bushels an- nually. o b LOCAL BIDDERS GIVEN MAJORITY OF CONTRACTS Township of Blackduck Plans Largest Road Jobs Let at This Special Megiini be .able to finance the movement of grain to the same extent as do other grain firms at the present time. The new administration is vig- orously pr ,cuting an economy pro- gram re Q/,*lded by the national convention. ‘o, ago office rent has been .reducen Jfths and 'a com- mittee is 8t Wou, “cther retrench- ments. %, Organization wov. 9 “tinued.in Minnesota last week,". “an 100 new members were obta. J five solicitors, bringing-the to. in the state to2,304. The Minnesota soli- citors reported the best week they have had since the state campaign started.” Nationally, the organization has more than 56,500 members. NORTHWEST AGENCIES . -T0 FORM WHEAT POOL (By ‘United Press) Fargo, N. D, April 12—A huge wheat pool will be formed this year by a group of farm organizations in the northwest as a result of a’deci- sion_reached here yesterday.. The Equity Co-operative Ex- change, the North Dakota branches of the National Wheat Growers, the United States Grain: Growers, Inc., and. thevNorthwestern Wheat Grow- ers joined in endorsing a. program calling for a 100 per cent pool of wheat in' this producing area. J.:M. Road contracts’amounting~ to a total expenditure of $25,386.45 were allowed at a special ‘meeting of the board of county commissioners_held at the court hose Tuesday, when sealed proposals on a number of small road jobs, recently advertised, were reéeived. The board met at™10 A, M., opened the bids, and adjourned until 2 o’clock in the afterncon. At the adjourned session, all new road contracts were let, the majority of which are in the southern end of Beltrami county. Contracts for clearing, grubbing, and installing culverts and work “in- cidental to construction of the var- jous jobs advertised. Halvor Amundson of Debs was the successful bidder-on job No. 2,1028, on county road No. 87, from the west quarter corner of section 15, south about. one-half mile in the township of Roosevelt. His bid was $524.35. Job No. 2203 on couhty road No. 128, from the southwest™ corner of section 35, Steenerson township, north to the north quarter corner of section 23, Minnie. township, went to John Anderson and Swan Larson of Thor- hult on a bid of $3,897.68. K. K. Meland of Pinewood was awarded the-contract on job No. 2205, cn county road No. 87, along the east line of section 16 in the town- r 1 ship of Buzzle. “His bid was $557.60. Anderson, ‘president of the. Equity Contract on job No. 2101 on state | Co-operative Exchange, moved - that 9 he-entt .and -north | the bodies endorse the pool program. road. No: :9;-on-thenen: no! The Equity - had been expected to sides of section 4 of the township of| L Liberty was awarded the. bid of E.|oppose it. A referendum of the or- R. Lee of Puposky, whose estimate | ganizations will be taken and-if the program is endorsed, a committee was entered at_ $1,642.78. a Job No. 2202 on state road No.3,| Will be named to carry out the gigan- tic wheat pool. along south side of section 16 in the YEOMEN LODGE TO HOLD township of Grant Valley was award- ed to Strawbridge and Suckert on a ( MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT bid of $746.08. : Stone Peterson of Solway was given the contract on job No. 2207, on caunty road No. 48, from the center of section 16 south to the south quar- ter corner of section 28 in Jones town- ship. His bid was entered at $1,960.- 55. The contract on job No. 2102A, on county road No. 87, from the west quarter corner of section 27 south about one-half mile in the: township of Roosevelt, was awarded the bid of Mathisen & Gelen of Pinewood, whose offer was $940.94. Job No. 2204, on county roads No. 56 and 27, from the southwest cor- ner of section 30, east to the village of Funkley in the township of Hornet, was awarded to Robert Connell of Blackduck whose bid was: $2,578.74. He was also the successful bidder on job No. 2002, on county road No. 58, along the Minnesota & International railroad in sections 1,12, 13 and 24 in the township of ‘Hornet, his bid on this project being $3,500.. ° Hanley & Underhill of Staples were the successful bidders on the two Jargest jobs offered at this session. They secured the contracts on jobs Nos. 1905 and 1904. Job No. 1¢05 is on county road No. 118, from the southwest corner of gection 16 to the southwest corner of section 14 in the township of Blackduck; while job No. 1904 is on county road No. 15, from the southwest corner ' of secfion 30, north of the northwest corner of section 6 in the township of Blackduck. The bid on job No. 1905 was $3,514.70 and on job No. 1904 the bid was $5,528.05. GOMPERS JOINS FIGHT - ON AWARDS BY LANDIS (By United Press) Chicago, April 12—Samuél Gom- pers today joined Chicago’s labor leaders. in the fight on the wage awards, made by Judge Landis in the building trades industty. Branding the award as unjust, the American Federation of Labor com- pelled Chicago labor leaders to raise at least $2,000,000 to fight the open shop, which he said was the out- growth of Landis’ decision. Landis set wages of building trade workers with"a provision that if the unions refuse-to accept the decree, employ- ers would be justified in hiring non- union men. FIRE CHIEF AND CHAUFFEUR INJURED IN AUTO CRASH The' regular meeting of the Broth- erhood of American Yeomen will be held Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the Moose hall. ft is especially urged that all members be present. G. A. R. BUSY BEE CLUB <HOLDS MEETING TOMORROW The G. A. R. Busy Bee club will meet at the home of Mrs. John Eng- lish, 820 Mississippi avernue, «Thurs- day afternoon. All niembers are. re- quested to be present. PUZILE CONTEST ENDS SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT Contestants Urged to Send in Subscriptions and Get in on Big Prize Motiey The big fun is just beginning in the picture puzzle contest being con- ducted by the Bemidji Pioneer~ You can start today and win a prize, just as well as if you started at the begin- ning. i You will notice by the big display announcement that there are three sets of prizes, and that thete are ten prizes to be awarded in all. The |first set is_for those who do not.send in any subscription money. The sec- ond set is for those who.serid in one subscription and the third set is for those who send in two subscriptions. If you have a good list'to send in, send in your own subscription with the list, which léts you in on the sec- ond class of prizes, tne leading prize of which is five times greater than when no subscription is sent. If you send two subscriptions, your own and that of a friend, yon get a chance at the biggest prizé, which is ten times greater than the first prize:in class ome. Everybody 'is ,enjny_inf the fun of finding’ objeets ju the picture begin- ning. with the letter “B”. The whole family can participate. The rules are simple and there is no catch in the plan. . It is merely a contest of skill. The objects ate ‘clear "and there is nothing concealed and you won’t have to turn the picture end for end to find them all. Start making your list of all ob- jects you can find beginning with the letter “B.” The game is to see who can find the most and submit the near est correct list. The judges will be announced soon and the prizes award- chauffeur, were injured last night|ed April 20. The list must, however, when their car crashed into a big!be mailed by midnight April 15. fire truck en route to a blaze on thelThat’a Saturday night of this week. | west side. The car turned over and 'Get busy now and win some of this they were thrown out, easy money. (By United Press) St. Paul, April 12.—District Fire Chief F. E. Green ~and Louis Gill, BEMIDJI DAILY 'BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY, EVENING, APRIL 12, 1922 snow; not mu perature. . 55c PER MONTH The sales company, officers say, will i Representative of Shtoi" Tax Commission Explains Laws ‘Re(u"ding Assessments SAYS GOOD CITIZENS WILL NOT EVADE TAX Urges Assessors to Perform Duties Without Extenqing Unlawful Favors - Samuel Lord of the State Com- mission addressed about forty asses- sors ‘of Southern Beltrami county at the court house Tuesday, seting forth the duties of the assessors in making a fair.and equitable’ asses- ment. The speaker-explained that under the laws of the state as they now stand, iron ore is assessed at 50 per cent of its true value. Farm lands and all other rural lands are assessed at 33 1-3 per cent of full value, and city and village te?l estate at 40 per cent of full value, Household goods, wearing apparel, furniture, musical instruments, sew- ing machines, and everything in fact that is used in the home to equip or beautify it, are assessed at 25 per cent of full value, Merchandise; livestock; tools, im- plements and machinery of all kinds; manufacturers’ materials and manu- factured products, and all articles used in any kind of business or pro- fession are assessed at 33 1-3 “per cent of full value. The speaker said that “money and credits” are peculiarly the proper- ty of prosperous and well-to-do peo- ple, and of course, like other prop- erty subject to taxation, should all be assessed; but.in spite of the small tax imposed on such property, a very large amount of‘it is concealed from the:assessors. and escapes taxation. Mr. Lord declared that many peo- ple commit wilful perjury in listing such property and are a type of crim- inals much more dangerous to good government than bootlegers or chick- en thieyes. Certainly no one pretend- ing to be a good citizen should at- tempt to avoid this tax. He urged the assessors to use all honorable means to secure a full listing of all such property. Many taxpayers seem to think that the assessor is responsible for high taxes, but nothing would be further from the truth. The assessor, as an official, has nothing to do with mak- ing the taxes of a community either high or low..It is the money that is voted for .public purposes that de- termine whether taxes shall be high or low. When the state or county, or any community is spending large amounts of money, .it matters not what for, taxes will inevitably be high; but the assessor, as an officer, 'has nothing to say about how much money shall be spent. Mr. Lord urges the assessors to perform all of their duties in a help- ful spirit befitting a public servant, but at the same time to do it thor- 'oughly, unflinchingly, and- without ‘extending unlawful favors to any- one. . i the ordinary is in store “readers of the Pioneer VIOLENCE REPORTED IN WEST VIRGINIA STRIKE (By United Press) Charleston, W. Va., April 12— Two outbreaks of ‘violence in con- nection with the national coal strike in West Virginia were reported to state police today. Miners on their way from the Os- wald were fired on from the hillside early today. One man was wounded and four arrests were made. The home of James Penn, non-union man, was blown up by dynamite dur- ing the night. No one was injured. A posse with bloodhounds started to trail the alleged dynamiters today. MOOSE LODGE ENJOYS FINE SOCIAL SESSION Members of the Bemidji Loyal Order of Moose and the Junior Order of Moose enjoyed a fine social ses- sion following the regular meeting of the Moose Tuesday evening at the new Moose hall. As the final number on the program, L. C. Curtis and his son, Clarence, staged an exhibition wrestling match which was very well received. The younger Curtis lost to his “dad” after 20 minutes of hard wrestling, during which he cleverly escaped from a number of bad holds. Several numbers which had been ar- ranged for this program failed to appear, but the Moose . orchestra again proved dependable. Impromptu talks “were given by E. W. Hannah on “Fraternalism,” by C. B. Hoyton “Mooseheart,” A. A. Richardson recited a poem which in- cluded mention of Moose, and C. L. Pegelow spoke on the campaign now on, in Bemidji to persuade the citi- zens to turn “‘square corners.” Dr. H. A. Northrup -explained that the Junior Moose lodge of Bemidji is the only one of its kind in the world now under. open ‘charter: and initiating new members at half the regular fee, The junior ‘ordej«#ien put on a soft-glove contest between Ted Cush: ner and George Annis at 128 pounds each. Emanuel LaFleur acted as ref- eree. The boys went three rounds with the points about even. Sandwiches, coffee and cake were served by the entertainment commit- tee, whose chairman, Frank Annis, announced another social night of entirely different character for the session on Tuesday April 25. NAVY YARD INFLUENCES | WOULD BEAT HOUSE BILL (By United Press) Washington, April 12—Navy Yard influences are at work trying to de- feat the house naval bill with its 60,000 personnel, Representative Kel- }!y, directing the measure, charged to- ay. Confident of its passage with a reduced figure, Kelly claimed that whatever inroads are made by “larger navy” men will be the result of this influence. “The Philadelphia navy .yard, the Boston navy yard and so on around the coast to the Pacific are clamoring to have an established quota regard- lessl of whatever else happens,” Kelly said. The Great American Game Starts SO0N T0 BEGIN * PAYING DEBTS Informs State Department that Negotiations Will Be Begun in Near Future OTHER DEBTOR NATIONS WILL CAUSE NO DELAYS Much of Sum Loaned to Great Britain Was Re-Loaned to Other Countries (By United Press) Washington, April 12, — Great Britain has informed the state de- partment that she is ready to begin immediate negotiations working to- ward refunding of the eleven billion allied debt to the United States, it was learned officially here today. The other debtor nations will not cause any delay in the negotiations, Assurances to this effect have already been received from France, Belgium and Italy, it was said. Great Britain’s commission is ex- fecged to arrive here within a month. ndications are that the :United States and Great Britain, the two big credit nations, will stand together in the negotiations against France or any other power toward cancellation of the debt. Both of these, however, will grant liberal terms of payment. Greag; Britain already has served notice on France. She expects pay- ment of all the Franco-British obli- gations. Much of the $4,000,000,- 000 loaned by the United States to Great Britain was re-loaned to other countries. H. L. MELIUS BEING RE.TRIED IN DISTRICT COURT TODAY Petit jurors assembled at the court house today for the special session of district court which convened here vesterday to complete the regular February term. Twenty-eight jurors reported for duty today, The case of the State of Minnesota’ vs. Henry L. Melius on a charge of improper conduct toward a 1b-year old girl was the first to come before the court today. 5 At the regular February term, the jury sitting-on this case failed to agree and was discharged. A new trial was ordered. At noon today five jurors had been selected to sit at this trial. ARBUCKLE CASE EXPECTED TO GO TO JURY TONIGHT (By United Press) San Francisco, April 12.—The case- of Roscoe Arbuckle, charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Virginia Rappe, movie actress, goes to the jury for the third time tonight, according to indications tdoay. Two other juries disagreed. GEORGE ERICSON OF SPOONER IS CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR St. Paul, April 12—George Eric- son of Spooner today filed as a can- didate for the state senator in the Beltrami Koochiching district. Mr. Ericson said he would conduct a thorough campaign and would empha- size the fact that e is a republican. MTJ% GREAT BRITAIN |Mnucamcnsie Stockmen Are Urged to Guard Against Outbreak; England . Loses 43,000 Animals Farmers all over Minnesota are being warned by the Minnesota Live- stock Sanitary board to guard against the possibility of a new out- break of the foot and mouth disease. There is a serious outbreak now in England, the warning, says. Since Jan. 1, English farmers have been compelled to slaughter 43,735 ani- mals in 966 herds. A strict embargo has been established to keep out ani- mals -and exposed materials from in- fected countries. “It seems possible for the virus of the disease to be carried long distan- ces in the clothing or other belong- ings of immigrant laborers,” the state board’s warning says, “or hay and straw used as packing for crock- ery and other goods. The hay or straw should be immediately burned to pre- vent its reaching susceptible animals. The clothing of such laborers should be thoroughly fumigated before these men are allowed to care for suscept- ible animals, All live stock under the care of these men who have re- cently arrived from foreign coun- tries should be watched carefully for any symptoms of sore mouths or feet. “All who come in contact with livestock should be on the lookout for any sign of foot and mouth dis- ease and report promptly all cases coming under their observation. THOMPSON'S CANDIDATES LOSE OUT IN PRIMARIES (By United Press) Chicago, April 12.—Mayor Wil- liam Hale Thompson’s candidates for the most important positions in the Cook county primaries were defeat- ed, incomplete returns today indi- cate. The Republican faction op- posed to Thompson’s leadership and led by Attorney General Edward Brtindagee and States Attorney Crow, was successful in nominating their candidates to many offices. Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck ap- peared as senator for the nomination to take her father’s place in Wash- ington. Indications were that Ira B. Copely and Clifford Ireland were beaten for the Republican nomina- tion. WOODMEN LODGE TO HOLD MEETING THIS EVENING There will be a meeting of the Woodmen this evening at 7 o’clock at the K. C. hall. All members are requested to be present. ROYAL NEIGHBORS OFFICERS AND GRACES MEE THURSDAY There will be a mceting of the Graces and officers of the Royal Neighbors Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the K. C. hall. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEET THURSDAY NIGHT The Knights of Columbus will hold their regular meeting tomorow evening at the €. C. hall at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to be present. SEEKING PAROLE FOR MAN CONVICTED HERE Merton S. Munn Applies to State Board of Pardons, Seeking - Freedom St. Paul, April 12—A: a mecting late yesterday of the state board of pardons, application on behalf of Merton S. Munn, who is serving a life sentance on a charge of murder, was made in hopes that he may become subject to parole. . Geo. Ericson, Spooner attorney, handled the case for Munn before the board. Munn was convicted at Bemidji before Judge W. S. McClenehan in October 1907 on a charge of having killed Gus Franklin at Spooner. A juryfound him guilty at the time and under the law at that time the judge was compelled to inflict the death penalty and Judge McClenehan set the date of execution by hanging for February 7, 1908. " At the same time Munn was sen- tenced, Judge McClenehan also sen- tenced Peter Mathieson to be hanged for the murder of a man at Tenstrike whose body had been found near where a hole had been chopped in the ice of the lake. : Before the date of these two ex- ecutions, influential friends of Math- ieson succeeded in getting’ Governor Johnson to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. It developed at the trial of Munn that there was extenuating circum- stances and when the life of Mathie- on had been saved Judge McClenehan himself appeared in behalf of Munn and his sentance also was commuted to a life term. The decision of the board of pardon will not be made known for a few days. This is the first time Munn b made a direct request looking ltov.-ard freedom. MAJOR LEAGUES OPEN BASEBALL SEASON TODAY “Play Ball!” Yell Eight Umps and 1922 League Season Gets Under Way &, CIRCUITS BALANCED ° BY SALES AND TRADES Heads of Both Leagues l..ook for Close Races and Good Support By Public By Henry L. Farrell (United Press Staft Correspondent) New York, April 12-—The baseball season opens today. There are more rhetoric and more poetic ways of say- ing it but it all means the same. Al the usual words will come out. Eight umpires will yell “Play Ball!” Elgh; prominent government or city officials will “toss out the first ball.” Sixteen major league club owners will tell how bright their chances are for the pennant. The two league presidents will predict a happy and prosperous season. Then the ball players will go to work. The baby 1922 season looks like it is built for success. After the record breakers of 1920 and 1921, the game may not reach new height, but it is almost certain it will not fall to un- touched depths. This time last year economic conditions were such that the business end of the game wrinkl led its brow and wondered. There wasn’t much money loose, the finan- ciers said, but baseball had a great season. Last season attendance was limited only by the size of the ball parks and interest should be even greater this year because four teams stand for the pennant in each league. Last year from start to finish it was a cut and dried proposition between New York and Pittsburgh in the National League and New York and Cleveland in the American League. During the past winter, sales and triades have. balanced both major league uits un!;ifi New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Boston all have prospects in the National league race while the Yanks; the Browns, the Sen- ators and the Indians have hopes in the American League. Interest in the great Babe Ruth should be greater than ever. Work- ing under a five weeks handicap the efforts of the/swat king to make a new home run record will be more in- teresting than ever. Form a ‘“gate standpoint,” Ruth makes the Ameri- can League. All the clubs will suffer until May 20, when he gets back in the game after serving the sentance imposed by Commissioner Landis, but if he starts clubbing them as he says he will, the loss at the gate ought to be overcome before the last quarter of the race. Players coming back from the spring training camp all said that a lot of the “hop” had gone out of the balls, meaning that the lively sphere which was in use last year has been changed again. This may mean that the 1922 season will not see the fren- zied hitting that made life miserable for pitchers and extremely dangerous for the infielders. The fans got some- what “fed up” on slugging last year and they may welcome less of it now. Addition of flashy youngsters- to nearly every club on both circuits ought to supply the demand for new blood that has been felt for several years and it should increase interest in the game., Chicago, 111, April 12—"Good for the players, good for the fans and good for the club owners is the prom- ise of the 1922 season. Baseball ought to have its greatest season. National conditions are better, both leagues are more evenly palanced, close pennant races are assured and everything points to success.”—Com- missioner K. W. Landis. Chicago, Tll., April 12—*“Baseball ought ta have another good season. (Continued on Page 8) LEGIONAIRES TO HEAR TALK ON CITY CHARTER Those who attend the regular meet- ing of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion Thursday evening will be favored by an instructive talk by Graham M. Torrance on the work being done by the city charter com- mission and the various forms of city charter proposed for the consider- ation of that body. This subject is of vital interest to every citizen of Bemidji and to the Legion members especially, and for that reason alone it is urged that there be a large at- tendance to hear Mr. Torrance on a subject of which he is thoroughly familiar. The business mecting will be called to order at 8 o’clock at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association. W. R. Laliberte, chairman of the special entertainment committee for this session, assures a fine program in addition to the talk by Mr. Tor- rance. Lunch will be served. A number of important committee reports are to be heard and there are severa fore the organization at this sesion, business matters to come be-’