Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 20, 1922, Page 1

_———— The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation 1n Northern Minnesota, -~ EMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | night and Friday; warmer tonight in east and south portions. L ekl Minnésota — Pa somewhat VOLUME XX, NO, 1 BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1922 85c PER MONTH RITCHIE GIVES OUT POLICIES. oo e e ASCANDIDATE] 75+~ Outlines His Stand in Regard ' to Number of Projects of y./ Importance to Public MAY 10 LAST DAY FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE Senatorial Candidate Given Encouragement From Both City and Country May 10 is the last day for filiny for state or county offices, and / the day approaches the “hats” one’ one, are being cast into the - ring for the searching scrutiny people. 2 Of course this is a free co” énd every man has the right / , for office, provided he is a ¢ of the cox_i‘lhmunity in whicg he” e one outstanding . , .e upon the part of the citizens of #iis county at first appeared to be that of proper- ly distributing representation. Espe ally was this true of the senatorial and representative situations, In the case of A. P. Ritchie and W. T. Noonan, from the information available, it appears that the office did seek the man and not the man the office. For the past eight years Ko- ochxchmg county supplied the senator. This year citizens from both counties nceed that in fairness to the district 45 a whole, Beltrami county should be entitled to represent the district in the ' state senaté. 2 Weeks passed by and no candidate announced himself for this_ office. The citizens of Nonthern Beltrami County urged that they be given the selection of the house' member and conceeded to Southern Beltrami coun- ty the right to name the senator. A. P. Ritchie was urged by many so-calleq factions to make the race. He consented to do so, provided both ends of the county could get togeth- er upon’ his candidacy, as well as up- on someone from the north end for the house. The demand for Ritchie and Noon- an scemed- to ‘nféet With- “immediate approval from practically every sec- ticn of the county, s Mr Ritchie receiving most en- couraging reports from city and coun- try districts both counties. En- dorsement after endorsement from farming clubs and communities have been made for Mr. Ritchie. Considerable interest is being tak- in drainage laws and in'this con- nection Mr. Ritchie gives out the fol- lowing interview, which clearly shows his stand in this regard. “Taxation has become burdensome; therefore public expenditures should be limited to public necessities and these spent only where they will do the most good. “Our drainage laws in some cases have been abused until they are likely to become a liability upon the- entire. population of the county and that this abuse may not further.be encouraged and become a burden upon the people, Iam in favor of an amendment to our present ditch laws whereby the lands benefitted only, may become liable for the assessment of such improve- ment. “The present automobile law is in many cases unjust and should be amended to make the burden more equitable. “During the past year the agricul- tural interests of the ‘country have been “hard hit.”” This is the basic in- dustry of our entire country and un- til something can be done to relieve this depressed condition _prosperity can not return permanently to us. There should be closer cooperation be- tween the producer and the consumer to the end that the producer could re- ceive more for his products and the consumer secure them for a little less. We hear a great deal about the devgl— opment of our “idle acres”, these will yemain idle largely until farming can be carried on at a profit. When that time comes the problems of the real- estate dealer will have been solved. ) ne will not then have to beg people \'0 buy or clear up land; they will do in spite of even opposition, “Closer cooperation should be had (Continuéd on Page 8) ASSOCIATION MEMBERS ENJOY SHORT PROGRAM Roy Papermaster, who just recently moved here with his parents, enter- tained the members of the-Civic and Commerce_association after the noon luncheon Wednesday by giving his _masterful reading entitled ‘“When Fogh Spoke to Johvmty". . ”i‘his reading won first honors in the oratorical contest in which T, Papermaster represénted the Grand Forks high school, He is a graduate this school and is now attending the University of North Dakota. L. F. Johnson, forest ranger of this district, gave a most interesting talk on Forest Protection Week. Mr. Johnson cited many tauses of forest fires and stated that over 90 per cent were caused by human agencies. He called attention to the work be- ing done by the rangers throught the state and pointed tut the advantages of maintaining efficient fire-fighting|b; forces in the wooded districts. lcan composer, in the program tc.b 'given Friday, April 21 at the Civic and le-~ Suite by Mrs, Einer :Johnson. f no, From an Indian Lodge, Song &1 BEMIDJI MUSICAL ART (LUB MEETS TOMORROW ell to Be Honored in Pro- “The Bemidji Musical Art Club will honor Edward MacDowell, the Ameri- «be Jommerce association rooms. As a native composer, MacDowell is possibly nearer to the hearts of the ‘American people than any other geni- us this country has produced, and his works are a never ending source of pleasure and inspiration to the lover of the quaint and original in music. The following program gives prom: ise of being a highly enjoyable one. Current events; Mesdames., Burke, /White, MacMillan, Moore, Smith, Mis- sess L. Flatterly, N., Flatterly, Dofge, Hoag, Wilson. ¥ Piano prelude, from the First Mod- cal, -To a Wild Rose, by High o0l Girls’ Glee club. om sea pieces, A. D. MDCXX, by rs. William Budge. Vocal, The Robin Sings in ithe Apple Tree, The Maid+Loves Light, by Miss Helen Wilson. Piano, Scotch Poem, To a Water Lily, Shadow dance, by Mrs. Einer Johnson. A. F. & A, /MASONS CONFER - WORK ON LARGE CLASS Third degree work was put on by Bemidji lodge No 233, A. F. & Masons in regular communication at the Masonic hall last evening, a large class being taken into the order, Prior to the degree work, the regular busi- ness meeting was held. Lunch. was served at the close of the session. A special communication is_to be held next Wednesday when third de- gree work will be conferred on anoth- er class and it is urged that there be another large agtendance for this ses- ston. - DAILY PIONEER ENTERS TWENTIETH YEAR TODAY With today’s issue, The Bemidji Daily Pioneer enters upon its twen- tieth year. Twenty years ago to- day it made its appearance’ in Be- midji, when this city contained a population of less than 2,500. A real venture at this time, the pub- lishers professed faith in the expan- sion of the city and the expansion of the paper, which was‘sure to follow the growth of Bemidji. The first issue of the dail prophesied that some day Bemidji would become a city of 10,000 inhabitants. Today that is a very conservative prophesy, although at that time it might have been considered rather doubtful. The Bemidji Weekly Pioneer was published for eight years previous to the daily publication and has been continued since. Both papers have shown gradual expansion, justified by the expansion of the city, until today the weekly issue is considered one of the best in the northwest, while the daily stands alone in its class, being the only daily paper within a radius of 100 miles. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ARE AIDING NEAR EAST RELIEF/| Sometime ago Dr. Brock of Minne- apolis, who had been touring this part of Minnesota in the interests of the Near East Relief, appeared before Bemidji Council 1544, K. of C., and related to them the said plight of the Armenian orphan children. After hearing his address the memb- ers of the council decided to make a direct appeal to the members and a committee was appointed to call on the members and although the com- mittee has not been able as yet) to see all the. members a very nice amount has been secured which will lh_efmrmad over to the Near East Re- el, KARHUNSAARI WRESTLES CURTIS TOMORROW NIGHT L. C. Curtis, Bemidji middleweight wrestler, is to meet Henry Karhunsa- ari, of Virginia, the “Terrible Finn” at Brainerd Friday evening for the second encounter between these two mat artists, At the previous match at Brainerd, the referee called the bout a draw after Karhunsaari had fouled Curtis. Later amother match was ar- ranged and the Finn failed to appear, Curtis taking on a substitute wrestler and winning the match easily. There is a possibility that a sec- ond meeting between Ralph Parcaut kof Royal, Iowa and Curtis may be ar- ranged to be held here within the next few months, Parcaut defeated Curtis in their first match here after one thour.and 20 minutes of hard wrestling (winning the second fall as the result|. of injuries forced upon Curtis during |the first. S If Parcaut is induced to come here, and he has made a very favor- able offer for the second match, he will probably make the trip by air- plane, his pilot using the machine for passenger service while here. This ‘meeting may be arranged if sufficient interest is showr by the fans it is nounced. \ REV. W. H. MILLER TO SPEAK AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY Rev. W. H. Miller, representing sota, will speak at the evening serv- jce at the Baptist church Sunday. He comes here highly recommended y lic is urged to hear him. ILLOYD GEORGE CALLS PARLE A BIG SUCCESS % Declares Cornerstone of Peace in Europe Has Been Laid at Genoa Conference NESTOS NAED ASCANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR Jamestown Convention Names Present Incumbent to Head G. O, P. State Ticket GERMAN DELEGATION NOT TO ANNUL PACT |course in the state. Wednesday morning a crew of five men_ started to work clearing and Lloyd George, However, Be-|brushing for the new nine-hole course in the 60 acres recently acquired, adjoining the present course, so that when this is completed, the club will have a full 18-hole course. It is not contemplateq to complete the new nine holes this season, but work SIMON NOMINATED AS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE -Plnm for Amalgamating Two Parties After Primaries Being Talked Over lieves Germany Will With- draw From Treaty A. P. RITCHIE Mr. Ritchie is a candidate for the from this district (By United Press) Genoa, April 20.—“The success of | rants. the Genoa conference is assured,” Premier Lloyd George declared to-|joined this year and, as yet, the “The cornerstone of European | membership committee has not com- | peace and reconstruction has been |1aid,” he said. “Both the Russian obstacles will be overcome,” the pre- He sd#id that prob- ably these would be settled today and announced the conference will take up consideration of the Pan-Ameri- can pact of non-aggression. The nations will agree not to at- tack each other without lengthy con- (By United Press) N. D, April 20— Amid an ovation lasting for several minutes, Governor Nestos’ name ‘was the conference this He was unanimously re- nominated for re-election. The Dem- ocrats_nominated Charles Simon of New England, present assistant at- tcrney general, for governor. candidates must go into the primaries state senatorshi at the coming election. progressive worker for the welfare 7 of the community and state in which he lives, he is expected to poll a heavy vote when his name is sub- mitted to the people. SALES AGENCY SAVES ITS PATRONS BIG SUM Farmers’ Co-operative Firm Is Marketing Livestock at Less Than Half Regular Fee placed before mier declared. The conference was expected to complete its work by noon. Accord- A.ling to an agreement from the forces of Senator P. J. McCumber and his Republican confer- ence would not endorse acandidate E. B. Burkner of Grand Forks and George Young of Valley City were endorsed for congressmen from North Dakota. J. F. T. O’Connor of Grand Forks was endorsed by the Democrats for |’ to the Russo-German treaty, signed George said: ‘“We have reason to believe that Germany will withdraw Had any other nation, represented here at Genoa, so our backs, it would the conference.” Lloyd George was optimistic in his are having the (Farm Bureau News Service) South St. Paul, April 20—Another récord breaking financial statement was issued today by the Central Co- signed behind Plans for amalgamating the two primary election parties after were worked out this morning, con- Since January 1, it has accumulated profits of more than $30,000 for its 1armer patrons. The Central Co-operative Commis- sion_association was established on the So. St. Paul market eight months ago. At the close of its tirsy tive mon- ths of business it declared a patronage dividend of 25 per cent and a stock dividend of 8 per cent, It paid back to the farmers $19,124.22. That sum amounted to $2,349 more than the total amount paid in for the capital stock o speech, the premier a late "adjournment referred indirectly to work out a plan of dove-tailing the two tickets for the to oppose the Non- named_before “It would never fully succeed until all nations of the world belonged.” 20.—(By Henry Wood)—The German delegat'on to- day declared flatly they would not annul or withdraw from the com- mercial treaty signed with Russia at Rapallo on Easter Sunday. Rathenau, former minister, confer- red with Senator Schanzer of Italy in an effort fo frame the Gtrman of- ficial reply, which announces this, so that it will not disrupt the Genoa ORGANIZED LAND CLEARING NOW ON IN SIX COUNTIES Organized county-wide work land clearing is now in progress in six northern counties, say land clearing section men of the University of Min- nesota. Business fien and farmers of Aitkin county joined forces on April 4 in organizing the Aitkin Land Clearing association. counties which have such associations are St. Louis, Beltrami, Crow.Wing. Each county association will co-operate closely wil n ty farm bureau and various organi- zations of the town business One of the first acts of the new Ait- kin county association was the mak- ing of financial arrangement where- by credit for purchasing dynamite can be readily obtained. AN [NORTH DAKOTA PROFESSOR ADDRESSES FARGO SENIORS y the farmers the selling ag- i 3 cement made today showed even greater savings for the first three months of 1922. In Jan. and February, the agency showed a et surplus of $21,800. For March its d | gross profit is $10,339. These protits accumulated to be yeturned to the patrons of the associa- tion in dividends amount to about 60 per cent of all the money rt the association in commiss vther words the farmer’s cooperative gompany saved its patrons approxi- mately $8,90 on every car of stock it handled in January and February. It cost the average private $14.50 a car to handle livestock in 1920, according to figures made pub- lic last week by the National Live Stock Exchange. In Jafuary and Feb- ruary this year, it cost the Central Cooperative Commission $6.88. The National Livestock Ex- change also informed the joint cong- SHORTAGE OF YOUNG FARM HORSES INDICATED Surplus of undersized wnsalable farm horses, with young horses of good quality in diminishing supply, tractor to supplement rather than to supplant horses on the farm. These are the important conclus- dons drawn from the returns of the state horse survey conducted from University Farm by J. F. Kuehn, sec- retary of the Minnesota Horse Breed- ers association cooperating with the Minnesota Livestock association in an effort to encourage breeding. Nine hundred replies have been re- ceived to a questionnaire addressed to all county agents in Minnesota, secretaries of county fairs and agri- cultural societies, graduate veterin- arains and leading livestock breeders. “The report shows,” says Mr. Ku- (By United Press) Fargo, N, D., April 20—Prof. Got- tfried Hult, of the North Dakota Uni- versity, will be speaker here today at cap and gown day at the Fargo col- agricultural conditions, that the The senior class, all of whom are age profit made by the comm BEMIDJI COUNTRY CLUB MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Work Already Started on New Nine-Hole Course; Season Will Open May 1 The Bemidji Country club is mak- ing a number of improvements at the golf grounds at the head of Lake Be- midji this season. Fred Goughnour, one of the new members, is rolling the course, using his ten-ton tractor to pull the big steel roller. The whole course has been top-dressed with black dirt and all re-seeded so that when the season opens, May 1, there will not be a better nine-hole will be done only as the income war- About ten new members have menced the‘r work, and when they do, the membership will be over 100. Last year’s income from out-of-town players was over $1,700, and it is expected that it will be over $2,600 this_season, Willard Crummy of Minneapolis has been re-engaged as professional and instructor for the season, and he and Mrs. Crummy will be here April 20th. A new cottage for them to live in is being erected on the golf course. Gust Stahl is again ‘in charge as greens-keeper and has his crew get- ting the course in shape, and a num- ber are playing though the season has been cold and backward. BABY CYCLONE SWEEPS CHICAGO; GIRL KILLED (By United Press) _ Chicago, Aprii 20.—One school girl was killed, two probably fatally hurt and fifty injured when a baby cyclone swept Chicago’s loop district last night. The grl, Vita Jacobson, 8, was struck with a piece of rock, blown from a three-story building. Frank Brand, a saloon porter, was: snatched from death by a pedestrian in rubber boots, who broke Brand’s contact with a-falling.trolley wire. The prop- erty damage will total thousands of dollars, JURY FINDS IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT IN FROST SUIT, In the case of Frank Frost vs. Tom Fenson, in which the plaintiff sought to recover alleged losses to the amount of $5600 as the result of participating in a poker game in the place of business operated by the defendant, the jury found in favor of the defendant. The case of Henry Scado vs. Jim Cummings is now before district court. This is a suit entered by Seado to recover alleged damages re- sulting from the rental of a farm by Seado to Cummings. K(HOLDING HEARING TODAY ON ' TEACHER’S RETIREMENT FUND (By United Pro St. Paul, Minn., Apr ) girls, appear today for the first time n acedemic dress. They will be guests at dinner tonight of Dean and Mrs. | Guy R. Vowells. C. L. Isted left last evening on a business trip to Minneapohs, while there will vi\sxt his son Elwood. men amounted to $1.72 a car in 1920. All profits and savings made the Central Cooperative Commis association go back to the farme: patronage dividends. In addition to the $30,000 profits (Continued on Page 8) chn, “that only one third as many horses were raised last year as in 1917 that there is a decided shortage of young horses of good quality, and that most farmers now realize that the tractor will supplement rather than displace the horses on the farms. R’member WHEN YOU WERE A BOY, A NICKLE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY,BUT HAT DID You v;o WITH ng | GAVE You WELL LETS SEE HERES A NICE NEW FIVE CENT, PIECE - AN'DONT] SPEND IT ALL IN ONE PLACE (OMON GIVE on_the teacher’s retirement fund being held here today by the retir ment insurance board. No action r garding the fund was taken at the cent meeting of the board. The next legislature may be asked to provide additional funds for the teachers. REPORTS VERY HELPFUL EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS Miss Mary Lilleskov, assistant coun- ty superintendent of schools returned last evening from 'St. Paul where she went last week to attend a series of cducational meetings held there Wed- nesday and Thursday. County superintendents met on Wednesday and in_the morning took up the subject “Certification,” and instructive talks were given in the af- ternoon when P. C. Cunning di cussed “State Board Examinations”; James McConnell discussed “Tenc ers’ Qualifications,” and Dr. Hagger- ty also give an educational talk. General sessions for all were held on Thursday when Dr, Courtas of De- troit, Mich., gave a series of talks on “Rating Teachers,,; Dr. Horn of lowa, discussed “Silent Reading”; Fletcher Swift, professor of education, U of Minnesota, spoke in the English build- ing on “School Support and the Dis trict System”, chancellor of the Un versity of Kansas spoke at the Uni- versity armory on “University Con- vocation.” A conference of a few of the coun- ty superintendents was called where the “Indian Children” were discussed relative as to whether it was best to let the child attend the public school the Anti-Saloon League of Minne- he league, and the general pub- or'whether the national government should look after the child’s education and how such a school should be fin- anced. Miss Lilleskov reports a very enjoyable time and helpful sessions. JUNIOR ORDER OF MOOSE TO GIVE DANCING PARTY TONIGHT The Junior Order of Moose wiil give a dancing party this evening at rthe new Moose hall. Their friends, members of the Moose Todge and t} Mooscheart Legion and friends of TAXLAWMUST | BE REVISED T0 STOP DODGING Breakdown of Present System in Practice Shows Need of New Form of Tax SITUATION REVEALED . '* IS TRULY DEPLORABLE Abolition of All Exemptions Over $500 Is Suggested by N. Y. Publisher Editor's note. This:is the fourth of a series of articles dealing with the federal income tax sit- uation. By Bruce Bliven New York, April 20—Income tax dodging exists in the United States today on a scale so tremendous that one hesitates to describe it. Mlllio_ns of persons who * should have paid taxes have failed to do so, withholding from the government bil- lions of dollars. Other millions have violated the law by failing to file income tax re- turns though they were not obliged to pay any tax. Under the law everyone with an in- come of $1000 or more must file a return, even though his exemptions are larger than his total income, and he, therefore, owes the government nothing. Through ignorance or indif- ference, millions of persons have broken the law in this regard, and are liable to fine or imprisonment. These facts, as they have been de- veloped from offi¢ial government sta- tistics by Jason Rogers, publisher of the New York Globe, have been set forth in detail in preceding articles in the series of which this is the fourth' and last. Breakdown of Government The situation revealed is truly de- plorable. It means no less than the complete breakdown of our govern- ment in one of its most vital functions and a function which touches the very heart of the democratic theory, What can be done about it? Must we admit, as the French have done, that the income tax is an uncollect- able tax, and seek to raise the neces- sary revenues for government ex- penses by other methods? b_ly no means; though Mr, Rogers believes that the situation here re- vealed is an excellent argument 1n favor of the sales tax. New Form of Tax Needed . But his chief interests is in the in- dicated faults in our income tax sys- tem. Not the tax itself, but its pres- ent form is bad, in his judgment. He would remedy it by abolishing practically all exemptions on incomes of $600 and up. He would begin with a flat tax of 1 per cent., or some other virtually nominal amount on incomes of $500 or more. He reasons that an individual who won't,pay $6 a year toward tne maintenance of his government is a pretty poor citizen. o raise the amount necessary, he would tax larger incomes at progres- " sively higher rates. A Hodge-Podge of Compromises We have all accepted the present in- come tax law, with its complicated surtaxes, its numerous loopholes, and exemptions, some of which, such as the exemption of federal and state sularies are vicious and unfair, as a matter of fact, it is a_hodge-podge of compromise, a most imperfeet docu. ment. Its exemptions place a premium on_lying. . Mr. Rogers wold have the nominal income tax collected at the source wherever that is praticable, as it would be when an individual receives his income in the form of wages, sal- ary ete. The Cost of Collecting The argument has been advanced that almost universal tax dodging which now goes on cannot be stoppéd because it would cost mote to coliect these taxes than they amount to. Mr. Rogers rejects this argument as fal- 5. A tax should either not be at all, or it should be collected whatever it costs. But there is no reason why the government, under the law, should not assess a small fine on (Continued on Page 8) FRANKLIN KNOCKS OUT FORMER BEMIDJI MAN . Dick Franklin of this city, heavy- weight fighter, knocked out Al Tardy of Grafton, a former resident of this city, at Grafton Wednesday evening. A right cross to the jaw sent ‘hé Graf- on man to the mat for the count in the fifth round of a scheduled ten round bout. Franklin states that Tar- dy was in much better shape than he had expected him to be and that he had a hard time in putting him away. A number of matches have been arranged for Franklin at Grafton and other North Dakota cities within the next few months. Included among these is o match at Grafton in May when he will take part in the main event. At this same match Al Tardy will meet Young Miller. Franklin is also to meet Fred Fulton of Minnea- polis at Devils Lake next June dur- ng the Legion convention. He is also | Moose and the Legion are invited to,scheduled to meet Bosco Brown of lattena Fargo al Grand Forks next month, S