Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 27, 1922, Page 1

Warns Agaiist! Selling to Unlicensed. Buyers e Minnesota state department of Agriculture ' desires to call the at- tention of potato growers and grow- ers-of other farm products to a practice which is unfair and sub- stantially. dishonest. 2 - In- previous: years it has been a comniion, thing for men representing themselves either under the name of some ‘commission firm, usually from tf out. the state, or else operati - rectly in their own name to go_out mong : the . farmers and enter ‘into ontract for the purchase and de- ‘|livery on track of potatoes or other farm products of similar character. i| The. essential fact about this agree- ment is that it binds the grower to deliver his produce to the buyer at :|a certain fixed price, and this con- tract, is .agaipst him enforceable. Te buyer is similarly bound to. buy at a certain fixed price, but when i market conditions bring: the price: s} below. that guaranteed in the con- :Jtract he fails to show up and the! grower, is unable to recover; in some: cases delivery has been made on a consignment ‘basis, and the grower, having lost possession of his. cro; i| has: expreme’ difficultyr in Yevovering ;j}in many cases, occupy Growers are advised that sucl i| transactions ‘are unbusiness like ‘ani 'l'undesirable unless the dealer makin, ,]such a contract has .an_establishe place.of ‘business’ within: the state, licensed' as a commission merchan by . the state, and is bonded to the, | state, for the performance of hisi|groups—the socalled contracts. Otherwise the grower has’ no way to enforce the fulfillment of:| the sales agreement . On the other’ hand , the buyer can enforce such’ Division of Beltrami : County Into Two Counties Has Been Discussed for Yea DEFINITE STEPS: BEING ™' TAKEN AT PRESENT TIM| Petition Now Bbing'Ci in Virious Parts; Will Vote on Project This Fall New Committee this papor dealing Wwith ‘the aub- sion as pro- .cured and .presented by.the resi- dents of.-the nortly end: will be submitted . for the.consi of our readers. The s ono_of . great every .taxpaye! and ought to ‘have the fullest publicity, and:di sion possible in ‘order tkat thé voters in the county may fairly and impar tially pass upon the issue in the Novamber election. choice or because will, era, indications in many years. bment of a new county, to be made up of the northerly por- tion of Beltrami county is a subject that has long been in the minds of residents of the north end. This has been discussed for a number of years, and the sentiment appears to have been unanimous that from a geographical standpoint .the . divis- ion would come about some time. Four years ago an enabling act was passed by the legislature at the in- stance of - those -interested in- . the, matter, and two years ago this act’ was amended ng the minimum; limit of -assessed: valuation ig a new| __-count; ‘Awo and 1 millions.. O Nothing debin the world war, er is concerned a' ready considerable isort amounts to a liver. whenever he: will: lose money: by: delivering. ; v “ When-approached by anyone de- sifing to enter into such a_ contract: find . out. by - writing or .wiring -the; State Department of Agriculture Whether he or his concérn ‘s’ aclic- ensed - commission - merchant’ substantially increased.. e “was; done rhow- ever, and the sibject does not ap- pear to have passed the “discussion’”) stage until Febfuary of this year | the Baudette Chamber of Commerce’ appointed” a special committee and appropriated 'a fund . for the pu pose of an investigation and the se. curing of ‘data upon which to' base a conclusion a3..to .the..advisability,| of filing a petition and putting on| a campaign. This committee, spent: a number of weeks ‘at the county seat ‘going over records in the var- jous county offices..The services of; a competent technical man were se- rge number. 1of figures irding the cost of..op-/ erating the different departments of the present county. A thorough sur- vey was made as to difch liens and| indebtedness as well .as . general bonded indebtedness, valie of coun- ty property, salaries of “officials, deputies, clerks and employees, probable cost of operating.the. new. county, and an estimate, based on’ -carefully considered figures' as to the expense of conducting the busi: ness of Beltrami county after, div- ision had been effected. - The.committee then returned to Baudette, lsecqred. financia§) stat ments” of ‘all counties’ similarly ‘sit~ the agreement are, the name and, home address of the company, and.| the name and address of the con- t_ucting agent,” advises N. J. Holm-. g || Bemidji ' Boys’ band. G. O. Riggs announces Big Lake and Woodland Union| Sunday. Schoals Take Part in Enjoyable Program tendance . A fantasie on Home” is the Last Sunday’ the Big Lake ang ‘Woodland Union Sunday Schoclsi theld- & group gathering at the Silver;| Lake. school house .in Ten Lakes township. Both Sunday schools were! generously |represented - regardless of the bad roads and a very inter-| esting session was held. The program: was directed by Missionary W. S. Cummings of the American Sunday’ School Union who was: present ond"; alto_saxaphones, ending . charge. . - P Jlgrand finale. rs, Henry Sawyer gave as “Uncle \fod” ‘Canjnon of Capitol Hill, who will ‘rounds out ‘46 years service in the House. next :March.” Fordney Michigan joint author with -Senator ‘Fordney-McCum- nder discussion in BEMIDJI BOYS’ BAND T0 ‘GIVE CONCERT TONIGHT For the public concert to be given this evening at Library park by the featured i{{ which requires from 15 to 18 min- utes in playing. This number was arranged by C. W, Dalbey and. is] the biggest thing of its kind ever attempted by the Bemidji . This feature is arranged in the form of variations for the various instru- ments, the first variation being play- ed by the baritoncs and tenor sax- aphones; the second by the cornets; the third by the clarinets; the fourth by the .trombones, basses and bari- tones; the fifth by the piccolos and Heads ‘By Kenneth W. Clark (United Press Staft Correspondent) Washington, July 27, Way as ‘Veterans Yield to Age or Hostile Voters WORLD WAR VETERANS WILL ALSO GAIN SEATS Question 'of Seniority to Be Big Problem in Selecting (United the Press)—Congress is due for an in- fusion of “young blood” as year’s campaign finds many of the veterans of ‘the legislative halls re- tiring to their homes, either from of the popular this -Not only will the younger men seats now held by the stalwarts of another day, but men of a younger political are, will be more numerous in- the next congress than The “young bloods” it now ap- pears likely, will be largely in two progressives and - the service men, veterans of The ' progressives bid fair to in- fuse new life into the progressive | block ‘in the senate by increasing its :|numbers, while in the house the al-i| representation :|of war veterans probably will be patriarch retire of Bandmaster a special with Band. |number which will feature the ex- {|eellent program arranged especially for this concert. The concert will be from 8 to 9 o’clock and indications i|are that there will be a large at- “0ld Kentucky number, s o NN, munspl\i{ EVENING, JULY 27, 1922 HOSPITAL SITOATION - - DISCUSSED WEDNESDAY 430 ARE Discussion ;f‘ fie hospital situa- tion in- Bemidji*®#id the advisability of assisting 'the L'\i}hvran Society in rushing the drive gor funds formed the bulk of the regular meeting of the Civic and Commerce association Wednesday - noof: -Rev. L. J. Jerdee gave a. talk relative:to the plans of the Lutheran Society and outlining the. steps necessary to completing the drive for funds and beginning work .on the new .proposed hospital here, A number of physicians gave short talks announcing that they consid- ered it practical to:support the Lu- theran Society and;aid in every way to secure the completion of the hos- pital as quickly as possible. The sup- port of the association in this pro- Jeet was asured the ociety at the meeting ,of the board of Directors Tuesday noon. John E. Aubrey of the Chautauqua personnell gave a_very interesting talk on community building. E. D. Boyce gave a humorous talk on the National ‘Guard encampment at Fort Snelling, telling of & number of in- cidents at the .camp. JOHN MOBERG In direct contrast to the mas- ter of the photograph, which be- gan this series, g‘em‘bhotogmph of John Moberg appears in this issue. Mr. Moberg is not a man who would ordinarily be called a ladies’ man, as was the case of the preceding picture of this series. Instead, Mr. Moberg is a self-made man, and he did a good job of it. He is also a family man, which cannot be said about the master of the pre- ceding: photograph. i Mr, Moberg is a pioneer resi- dent of Northern Minnesota, and has been foremost in pro- moting permanent industries in this section. He came to Be- midji 28 years ago from Wis- consin and immediately identi- fied himself with the logging in- terests of this scction. He is one of Bemidji's most progres- sive residents owning valuable city property and being identi- fied with many local enterprises. John may not look like this photograph at the present time, but it’s a cinch that he did at some time or other. It is prob- able that the picture was taken before “han com har fron Vis- cunsin.” Somebody else tomorrow! showing here. The program Friday; not much change I tem- perature. A Al HARDING HOPES Confers With Rail Executives’ President and Leader of . Striking Shopmen CHICAGO SHOPMEN ARE CONFIDENT OF RESULT Plan of Union Chiefs Now in Washington Being Kept Well Hidden Today (By United Press) (Washington, July 27—Rresident Harding today in a new attempt to terminate the rail strike obtained from the two leaders of the warring factions the terms upon which the dispute which 1s dalty growing more menacing, could be settled. First the executive held a lengthy conference with the President of the American association’ of Rail- road executives, which represents all the railroads involved in the strike. Then he summoned Bert M. Jewell, leader of the striking shop- men. Out of these and other con- ferences the executive hopes to evolve a complete plan for the res- toration of peace. Chicago, July 27 (By Chas. R. Lynch)—It was quite today as rep- resentatives of the opposing factions in' the railroad war gathered in ‘Washington for another pcace par- ley. Shrowded in the utmost sccrecy Bert M. Jewell departed for Wash- ington headquarters. Shopmen here had nothing to say regarding new attempts to settle the strike. “They are only kidding them- selves,” one umion official declared referring to a statement of western executives that transportation con- ditions were narmal. 7 “We ~won't. make - any formal-an- (Continued on Page. 6) CHAUTAUQUA TO SHOW HERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR Chautauqua patrons are promised another five-day program next year as the result of arrangements whieh were completed yesterday whercby the chautauqua association has been lined up for showing here again. The program [Wednesday, the closing day, was exceptionally welt given, The afternoon program open- ed with local children who had been entered 'in the Junior Town work putting on the “Conquest of Peace.” This was followed at 2:30 by an ad- dres by John K. Aubrey on “The One Mile Town,” a very good ad- dress indeed and well received, The evening program at 8 o’clock was onc of the best of the entire was staged cntirely by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wells, entertainers de luxe, featuring musical Jand dramatic specialties and the threcsact play “Atonement.” reading the ‘story of Queen.Esthe .saving her . people: which; was' very] i ‘much enjoyed. The Misses: Cora ani Ruby Sawyer read their' :Teache: Training theses and Miss Ruby Saw- yer gave a demonstration of Junior,| £ clags teaching, Gathering ‘hér:class] about her on the platform Miss Sn]wv 1 5 yer taught the class as in the regularj| gof:e oéhtheh com;"“ié?l:mwrc?e v?;;; ssiois of the Union Sunday school ‘M?h y | lelrdoli fi ef ived ‘tha| 9sing the blackbodrd in a very in e IepoLt. ha t sen recexte.t & teresting and instructive manner, organization voted .h’ aceoph 16 AN clearly demonstrating the effective: call a general meeting to which rep-| o "’c the. method. (Continued on:psge €) One of -the most interesting fea-| ;| tures of the program was a lesson| 3 review conducted by twelve mem: [ | bers of -the Big Lake Union Sunda; Y | school. This work covered the secon '| quarter of 1922 and was ‘put on wit] ‘énthusiasm and punch. This review| | Cready has fy“ke“ is la regular thing in this Sunday ddies' Parade” for|§chpol and must contribute greatly| ] Minnesota Fair. ‘to' its efficiency. ] hasl The Woodland Union® . Sunday) ]| 2 - me, g0S tC | gehool had just completed the Ten AbT t ,(A“f!““ Ist and|'poing standard, a method or plan able to’be 1 during | of ‘efficiency of operation, and. was ' given recognition of this fact by the| | uated in the north end of Minnesota’ and a chart. from the-office of the state auditor showing comparative cost of running ‘all ‘the counties in the fiscal year 1921. The data-then in .hand . was. carefully . worked out into statgments and a summary made Arom these which comprised the re- Miss Louise, charge of the i begun by her has been taken over by Miss: McCready and .a drive for contestants will be made between now and fair time. ; It is expected that hundreds will be in this feature event and Miss checking of the Ten Points by Mr.] ! Cummings and congratulatory re. B A marks, the banner was presented to! McCready desires the cgcpemnan‘bumin Rogho)t, superintendent at]| of all parents in this section of thel'Woodland, and a prayer was mad state. i " iI'by Rev. J. O. Ferris, The feature promises to be .a| ‘Rey. J. O, Ferris of Minneapoli “‘great attraction. Kiddies, wili .c.fer{ Superintendent of the Northern dis- tloats, paper costumes, etc., resem-|irict of the American Sunday Schooll bling various types of - persorages|Union was the guest of the day and] easons, nations, days, ete. gave a very interesting -addvess onj ! is McCready’s telephone number | the need and value of Sunday school 184 .and those who are at all in-|york. :Rev. Ferris. desctiiéd in a terested are requested to call her by ' viviq manner the real possibiliti telephone and make appointmments. (Continuea on Page 6) 5 —— ' / / // v 7/ / = [LOWER RAILROAD RATES WOULD HELP WOODLOTS Minnesota Might Save Millions on Fuel, Increase Farmers’ Income, Says Forester (Farm Purcuu News Service) Minnesota could conserve its for- ests properly, could keep inside its borders millions o fdollars spent ev- cry year for coal and for freight to haul it many hundreds of miles, and could add large sums to the income of its farmers, if railroads would cut rates on wood fuel enough to make its use on a large scale posible ac- cording to William T. Cox, state for- ester. “In some Minnesota counties which are considered fairly well settled,” Mr. Cox said, “half the land is woods and wooded pastures. There is no reason for considering woodland as waste land, It can and should be pmde nearly as profitable as fields in crop. N “The threatened fuel shortage, if as bad as feared, may not be an un- mixed evil. It may direct attention to the farm woodlot. A million cords of wood are cut annually in Minnesota, to be used mostly on farms and in the smaller villages. But several times this amount should be cut every year to improve the farm woodlots by taking out the dead, dying and inferior trees. There is enough dead timber alone on farms betwecn the Twin Cities and Iowa to go a long way toward heating our homes and places of business for a year. “The railroads of this state prob- ably could reduce their rates on fucl wood considerably and make more money hauling wood than coal.” RAYMOND EDGAR DUNLAP IS LAID TO REST HERE TODAY Edgar Dunlap, who passed away ‘Tuesday at Lake Julia Sanatorium t the age of 27 ycars and six months werc held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Presbyterian church, Rev. L, P, "Warford officiating. Interment was made in the Nymore cemctery under the direction of M, E. Ibertson funeral director. . The deceased leavs to mourn his death, besides his wife, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fy W. Dunlap of White Bear Lake. An infant son preceded him in death. Mr. Dunlap was a member of the Masonic order, A. F. & A. M. and the local order at- tended in a body. FARMERS ARE URGED T0 WATCH FOR ‘BLUE SKY' State Federation Urges County Bureaus to Foil Worthless Investment Schemes Establishment of a farmers’ “blue sky” committee by every county Farm Burcau which has not alrcady formed such a protective body will be urged by the Minnesota Farm Burcau Federation in an official communication to county Farm Burcau boards, according to infor- mation received here. A recent decision of the state supreme court, the warning will say, has pulled the teeth out of the state “blue sky” law by excmpting actual owners of sccuritics from Jjurisdiction of the state securities commission, dcclaring that stocks once sold can be sold again by tl purchaser without the commission approval and even in spite of its dis- approval. In scveral Minnesota counties, the Farm Burcau has maintainced a “blue sky” committee composed of three or four leading farmers. Farm Bur- eau members have been urged to decline to put any money securitics oil lands and leases, or similar pro- motion schemes, until the salesman had submitted his propositi Farm Bureau “blue sky Such committees have issued warn- ings to farmers against manifestly unsound schemes, and in some cases Farm Bureau officers say, have ed stock sclling schemes in where the farmers’ “blue sky”’ committee belived that secur- ities offered were worthless. ODD FELLOWS TO PICNIC HERE ALL DAY TOMORROW Members of the Odd Fellow Lodg- Lake, Tenstrike, Solway idji are to be guests of the lodge at a joint picnic to be held at Diamond Point park all day Friday. It is expected that therce will be a large attendance, since all 0dd Fellows and their families have been ur to attend. The pi lunch to be furnished by t attending while coffee and ice cr will he furniched by the Ben:dji lodge, A program of sports has been arranged for the afternoon., Favorable .‘RP. its. Received From Operators in Ohio and West Pennsylvania PLAN STATE OPERATION OF MINES IN INDIANA Prediction Made That Miners Will Be Back in Coal Pits Within Thirty Days Peace prospects in both th coal and rail tie-ups brighte ed up today with favorable re- ports from conferences at Washington and Philadelphia, Indications that settlement of the anthracite strike wi nesr were current. ‘“‘All ming will be back in the pits within 30 day was the optimistic pre- diction of John Heffer of Ter- re Haute, Indiana miners repre- at Washington restored fresh hopes of a settlement of the rail walk.out. Reports from Pennsylvania were that no more 1l be sent to the bitum- inous fields. (By United Press) 5 Pittsburgy Pa., July [27—Repre- sentatives of 17 coal mines in west- ern, Pennsylvania and Ohio ‘today offered to enter any kind of a con- ference with the United Mine Work- ers to bring the strike to a close This meang controlling a daily pro- duction of 32,000 tons. (By United Fress) Philadelphia, July 27—Predictions that the miners will be back in the pits within thirty days were made by mine leaders here today. —John Heffler declared, “The strike i8 won _ for the miners.” He said he expect- ed a joint conferenco with the op- crators to be called and the strike quickly settled. I Indianapolis, July 27—Governor McCray prepared for state operation of the coal mines today to break the death grip of the fucl shortge on Indiana business. Reports of a serious curtailment of public utilities and industries continued to pour into the state capitol impressing officials with the gravity of the situation. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR \WILLIS COE TOMORROW Funeral services for Willis' Coe who passed away Tuesday aftcrnoon at his home, 1218 Beltrami avenie, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist church. Rev. Geo. Kchoe, will officiate. Burial will be made in Greenwood under the direction of M. E. Tbert- son, funcral director. The deceased is a Spanish War Veteran and mem- bers of the Ralph Gracie post of the Amecrican Legion are to act as pall bearers. il SISTER OF MRS. I. N. FRENCH LAID TO REST WEDNESDAY Word reccived in Bemidji this morning told of the death Tucsday afternoon of Miss Lillian Raymond of Little Falls sister of Mrs. L N. French of Bemidji.. Funeral services were held there yesterday. She had been seriously ill for several: months and had failed rapidly for the: past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. . French were called there about ten days ago and were with her at the time of her death, R A (TR AR TN WORK ON NEARBY ROADS PROMISED BY BABCOCK Highway Commipuitfincr Babcock, Chief Engineer John H./Mullen, and Maintenance Engincer W. F. Rosen- wald stopped over night in Bemidji en route to International Falls and Baudette. They were, guests at the out Markham hotel and g¢hecked Wednesday morning, “We are doing all we can every section in the state bel roads,” sald Mr. Babcock, “but.when you realize that there is not a fif- teen-mile stretch which has not been petitioned for in the several thaus- and mile program, it is quite im- possible to get to all parts at one time, “We are coming back to Bemidji soon and may be here. several tiines before fall. Every effort will be made to complete the Cags . Lake road as soon as possible. We expect to gravel the highway fr'qvm‘Nary to the S c Highway at once.’. good picce of news will be met with enthusiasm by citizens, of Bemidji and tourist who are yet to come. It will give them a fairly good completed. { detour until the main highway ig Rt e e ey e