Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 7, 1922, Page 1

Tuesday; Tuesday. e ‘Other Associations - Boos . for Better leuloe%yAr%' lnvnod to Share It .. TROPH[ES ARE 'OFFERED . “GUERNSEY -EXHIBiTORS PRIl Breeders and.Calf Club Mem- bers: Urged to List Anlmall The Beltrami County Guernsey | reau club will ‘have aclub booth in the gucrneey cattle ern Minnesota Fair, August ‘15 to 19 inclusive, as the result of action taken :at a special meeting of the directors of the club held in the di- rectors rooms of the Security State Bank, Bemidji on A Monday, July 31. Those present at this meeting were: Gust, Swanberg, president, E. P. Johndal, Ole Woid, L. P. Evans, H. M..Clark,-Wallace: Winch, -Theo- :dore Gerlinger and B. M. Gile sec- ‘retary. A committee 'consisting of L. P. ‘Evans, Theodore Gerlinger and E. P, Johndal was appointed to look after aranging and. securing furni- ‘ture for the"booth; * *All other- as: sociations organized for the- purpose’ of xdvnncmg the -interest of better livestock in " Beltrami county ~ and ity are invited: to share in' the booth. The: secretary was*delegated to arrange for printed matter and’ ‘to secure meémbership cards. It was . ‘voted_to - offer:a years’ membershlp in the association and a year's sub- scription to Hoard’s Dairyman for $1.50. This is.a _regular $2 value for $1.50 Hoard’s Dairyman is the highest - ¢lass'-dairy : paper : published. ‘Various members of the society will ‘be appointed to be responsible for the booth on. different days. The club :went.on-record as being strongly . behind -the if Bank calf ‘club-mermbe; all “bf ‘them;to . exhibit' plan most tion sales ¢ Farm Bnruu News Service Acting under -orders to take all ipractical’ steps ‘to ‘éstablish a coo) eratlve grain, .sal T fdmnesotn agricultural working at:top speed in an effort to provide immediately the neces- sary facilities for handling the farm- ers’ grain coopératively. *The committee was created by a coriference: of representatives farmers’ elevators, county Farm Bu- Teaus, “the ‘state department of ag- i{riculture, and the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation in -FSt."Paul on August 4. J. F. Reed Fpresident of the Minnesota Farm Bu- committee representing ‘the Farm Bureau Federations of | midwest in session at Chicago, ai tempting to get a sales agency of the U S. Grain Growers into operas tion at once, it is understood that th Minnesota committee would consid the ‘handling of “grain “through the Grdin, Growers, Plans as proposed by &' reorga;y nization committee K n_Growers, gested by the stnte d | agriculture, ‘weré cofimended. to the bt the earliest committee of five leaders ig of session in federation, was unanimously elected chairman of -the committee. The other members are olmberg; state ,commissioher agriculture; T. B Cashman, mem- ber of the Minnesota Fap federation’s ma; T. H, Hage grain man; ta director of the. U.s, ers, Inc, The conference.met. i a call sent.out by the: Farm :Bureau urging farmers’ - elevators and friends of cnoperutlve matketing..to come together and” work out_some "N, J. of ki hng .fi er. and ‘Tesponise to ‘all fr handling the. 1922 harvest cooperatively for. farmers:who-have joined the U.-S. Grain G .others who ‘desire. to market. coop- eratively, in case ithe U. S. ‘Grai Growers is_unableto " function thld fall. The committee of fiy powered and- instructed’ to make the ers, and iwas | em- rapid and thorough investi; possible to_determine ‘the be: ‘means” of providing a ‘cobperative agency immediately,. With stal of the U. S; as. well as -one- sug-. rtment of ‘$consideration of the Minnesota com- mittee of five. The first considera- tion, . viding: 'some practlcal ¢ handling grain cooperatively with- The directors,é would be at ‘lesst” forty pure-bre guernsey cattle fimn -Beltrami couti ty at the fair here:and H. M. Clark president ass the would do*his - were comf y housed. efforst of President Ttrami county’s most inte lernsey breeder, three highly engrkvéd 8olid silver trophies «have been -donated by th€:Security: State Bank, “the’ rthérn “National Dbank_and the ‘First*National Bank awarded during the Fair at ~The-First-National trophy [ ‘is to be given to the owner of the “best purelired. Guetnsey sfre over two years old. The Northern National trophy is to go for the best grade guernsey heifer calf under one year. The Security State Bank trophy is to go for the best purbred cow or heifér over two years old. The con- testants must be from Beltrami county or the two nothern tlers of and d by the: as- €. Dvoracek All Guernsey .club members are: sociation to notify’ county agent, who!'Ha§ charge this year of entries of | ck,, just how many animals théy will enter so_that: all guernseys may be in thé"same barn. The fair association is charg- ing $3 for a double stall and $1.50 for a single stall this year. Hay and grain will be furnished free' during the fair, RALPH GRACIE POST T0 _ MEET-THURSDAY NiGHT —dil A very lmport ht meting of the Ralph Gracie post ‘of the American Legion is to- be hetd Thursday eve- ning at the;rooms wf the: Civic -and Commerce associatjon at 8 o’clock: This is the last'regular meeting’be- fore the Northern “Mifnesota Fair and the state convention of “the American Legion at Virginia and for that reason it is urgEd that every member be presem: at this sesion. A number 'of! important reports ‘are to be made? “concerning’ ‘the “post’s activitiesdi § :a number of WAhou terest to allmfither “The delegates to- the tion will probably rer structions at this time relative to the post’s support for state commander |i and other important elections to be made at the state convention. There is little ‘doubt but-that this meeting will be of interest to all 5 members-and ‘the officers of the | post desire that the' post make .o P good showing ‘in the program u:.der way for the bnllnce of this month, In Fforce light form after rand have Troppman'r Gfocery Is Scene of “Suspected” Visit of lar?” night ab directions and were placed to cut off | every:-avenue .of escape, while ome patrolman held his hand on his gun and. with the other trained: his flasn- _on the interior of the store. A i the dark, but it’was impossible to tell who or what it-was, After flash- ing the light about for some time and was ‘about to force therear door a‘lady stepped toithe front and ask- ed what the trouble was. She proved to be Mrs. Nathan Strand, wife of thé Manager of the grocé ment, who had stop; 2gain in the evening ag,they realized that the police. were on the job and taking nn chafites’ -0f being a target Mr. Reed said, is-speed in pro- meany ' of rance left: Vtoday for' Gmfirck where itch' heanng of age The hearing ‘will'ibé held before Judges ' Stanton an will sit jointly tate ‘Torrance represents Mong Ruffy Bro return to ‘Bemidj :Grindelund who ‘He. eéxpects to Thnrfiday ¥ - Sunday. Night Burglar: “When is a ‘burglar’ not a burg-|" ?”’. . This problem - was solved by the” Bemidji “Police force s t-9:15, when a call. came | [to -Headquarters form ‘a who had noticed some one in Trop- pman’s grocery department. Sunday paszerby -a very short time the had-responded from ditferent could be made 'out, standing eai‘zr‘t atending * the ‘| wait for her husband.: yvho was n an e elsewhere. The matter was all very easily ex- plained when' Mr.. Strand: but “there will probablyibe ~ plenty of 'lights burmng whenever hthey arrived occasion - to -stop -at-the-'store a8/ about .in ‘an un- There have been a issions elsewhere re- cently where /| tablishments’ ing mistakemr=f having lights ‘on ‘whille in 'the build- ing and is regarded by the police-as a very dangerous practice. p\rowlers by not - | service. Sulphur ;:}hnu Local PASSENGERS AT STAT[ON SEE HORRIBLE COLlslSlDN timony, Mack Glenn, engineer. of \the Tex- a8 'Express w]uch crashed into local No. 72 ‘is held- responsible by John Cannon, assistant general manager of ‘the road. Glenm, according to railroad officials drove his engine by the block signal set.against him. The engineer was almost 60 years old “and for 37 years had no marks against his record. satisfied that the block signal was ‘gt least pdrtjally set. Glenn (was killed when he leaped from the cab st: before the -crash. The fast express telescoped four of the wooden coaches on the local and ‘hurled them ‘over a 20-foot em- bankment. The 140 mJured are be- ing ‘cared for ‘n St. Louis hospitals. ‘Thousands of people forming end- lines passed by the six uniden- tified-bodies, - victims of ‘the. crash, brought hes lie ensuing year were elected Slturday night by the board of +education of Independent School District' No.' 7, Dr. J. T. Tuomy be- ing ‘re-elected president of the board. He is the only member of the pres- ent board who ‘has at least a year’s W. - N.--:Bowser, elected to the board, was appointed clerk to succeed Mrs. Florence F. Netzer, whose term expired recently. *“A. P. Ritehie was re-clected treas- The resignation of A. L. Mo- lander was accepted and County Au- ditor A. D. Johnson was elected to fill the vacancy. W. N. Bowser and Ella Rasmussen are the two new members who took their places on the: board. Saturday night. urer. Mrs. retiring: members and J. W. Smith. entive | - Oflicinll S-y Block Sl(ml Was at Least Partially Set Against Fast Train (By -United Preas) St. Louis, Aug. 7—Final probe in- to the Sulphur”Sptings ‘train smash- up which clmmed 27 ‘lives was be- gun today P Inveshgat\on ‘| cause ' was -begun when George Elders called a number of e passengers and members of the n crew before him. to’offer tes- ‘men, one woman and two children oy and a girl. The six unidenti- ed bodies are held at, De Soto. the remainders b thi: ‘dead” havitig-been Miss Mubef Stinesbugge, 20 of St Louis, who with her sister Florence (Continued on page 6) BOARD OF EDUCATION YOUNG MEN WANTED AS_INDIAN. BRAVES | i i Young men, ‘who since early ;]| 'boyhood:have hadl the desire to i act the part of an Indian brave | ‘are mow offered that opportun- committee for the geant ‘to' be . .staged dnfln[ the Northern Minnesota Fair is looking for a number: of additional:- young men to act:the part of “Indian braves. These young men who want to take part are’urged to report at Li- brary park this evening at 7:15 ‘when' the:’first rehearsal will be held. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS """ ENJOY ANNUAL PIENIC e A five coach. train on the Minne- apolis, Red Lake ‘and Manitoba rail- road carried the big crowd to the K. of C. picnic held at Redby, Sun- day-and all report a fine time, which consisted ofl picnic lunches, races, 'baseball- games and. a concert;. by | the Bemidji -Adult Band. The management of the picnic is loud in -their: praise- of the picnic grounds available .at Redby and the band was “the life of the party”. They ‘rendered a fine concert during the picnic -and played while wait- ing for-the train and on the return home. The baseball game between the boy’s team of Redby and St. Philip’s church boys’ team resulted in a scorc of 4 to 8 in favor of the St. Philip's boys. The band boys and the K.C.’s played indoor basebal] and a 12 to 9 score resulted in favor of the K. C.’s. Prizes were awarded contest- ants_in the races for men, girls and toys’y The train returnod to Be- midji about 9 o’clock p.m. wn,h a tired but happy crowd GREAT NORTHERN GRANTS SPECIAL RM'E FOR *FAIR Fare -nd a H;lf Grnnted for /Certain Stations; Red Lake ke Give Special Service R ) of the Coroner posed that the Kolbert) —President Officials are at the White House. mation -of' its point. ternoon. special conference In lme with the s)ecml low rate whieh, titne -1t already granted by the Soo line for the . Northern.-Minne “Fair- here August 15 to 19, inclusive, the Great Northern Railway company now an- nognces a similar rate of:one.and | offe-half fare for the round trip with 2 minimum of 50 cents has . been authorized for the Northern Minne- sota Fair from *stations Grand Rap- ids to. Crookstory Tilden: Junction to Theif River Faljs, Wadena to Wilkinson all inclusive, Dates of sale ‘have ‘been set to be effective from August 14 to 19, with a return limit of August 21. This rate is expected to attract an additional number of visitors to the fair and historic pageant ‘here. All lines ‘leading to Bemidji are expect- ed to have a similar low rate for the round trip. Special -train service will be giv- en by the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba railroad running from Be- midji'to Redby during fair week. On Wednesday, August 16 and Friday, August 18, No. 11 will wait at Bemidji until 4:30 p.m. so that those attending the fair can still take in most of the afternoon’s pro- gram and return home the same day. Manhattan, Too late - to -hurt Lake Railway, A. recently sent by Mr. Molander. The are Mrs, Netzer greater exhibits than years, by A L. Molander, general manager of the railroad. The Drone i Plan Probably Will Be Put to -Work; This Aftexngon; Jewell Said to Favor It HARDING CALLS SPECIAL CONFERENCE WITH PRESS Proposes Seniority Question Be Submitted. to.Labor Board for Determination (By United Press) Washington, August 7.—President Harding, in a new move to end the nation-wide rail strike today, pro- seniority question, which is the chief obstacle to settle- ment, be submitted to the Railroad iLabor Board for determinatioh. The president appealed to striking shop workers to return to work pending the decision of the Labor Board. (By United Press) Washington, August 7.—(By J. T. Harding has formulated a new plan which he be- lieves may end the rail strike, Presi- dent Jewell of the shopmen’s union announced today, after a conference The plan prob- ably will be submitted this afternoon. Jewell did not reveal the substance of the proposal nor give any infor- It ~was inti- mated, however, that the shop lead- ers considered the proposal favorably since Jewell said President Harding had indicated he would make a full announcement of the plan this af- President Harding has called a of - newspaper men for 1 o’clock this afternoon at is expected a n- nouncement of the plan will be :;\ade Kans. — Hessian fly found again in Kansas wheat belt. 1922 crop, but farmers fear for next season. RED LAKE LINE SHIPS FAIR EXHIBITS FREE President H. M. Clark of the fair association has received the tidings” from the head of the Red L, Molander, to the effect that all agricultural and livestock exhibits for the Northern Minnesota Fair at Bemidji will be transported free, from all stations on this railroad ‘to Bemidji and return. “Pleame notify farmers clubs and individuals and say to them there is no limit as to the quantity that may be shipped” is the message This important piece of news will be welcomed by farmers and towns- people along this railroad and will This -information was given out|doubtless bring to the lug fair far ICOALP ACE (0t fl,_mf 108 Siceess Mine Leaders and Union Heads Jovial as They Wait for Opening of Meeting (By United Press) Cleveland, Ohio, August 7.—Suf- ficient tonnage is reported to make the coal -peace conference, which opened today, a complete success; Thomas Mayer, one of the most con- servative operators of the central competitive fields, announced - this nmorning. The large. question has been whether enough operators would at- tend to make any agreement signed effective in-hastening the end of the strike. Mine leaders and union lead- ers were jovial and greeted each oth- er cordially ‘as - they awaited the opening of the conference this af- ternoon. Active Sale of Tickets Opehs Today and Competition Is Sure to Be Very Keen s HONOR CONTEST WILL CLOSE NEXT MQNDAY Every Purchnuer of Tickets in Advance Sale Entitled to Vote. for Favorite N With the sale of tickets already in full swing, the “Queen of. .the b Pageant” contest has now begun in earnest and indications are that it “;ill be highly successful. The: tick- ets went on sale today i dji and in all the nearby tw‘:‘nl&em;nj villages. Candidates -for the ‘honor of being ‘‘queen” began weork . .in earnest and are set on making ithe best showing possible, Two new :nominations. have heen made since Saturday, both from. Ny- more. The names of Annie .Hulda and Lena Taie have been:.enfered in the contest and these ladies are expected to gain a henvy vote in that territory. Miss' Marguerite Donovan, t!cenb q ly nominated entered the contest in edrnest this morning and is out to win. She is well known here and is sure of hearty support. At the present time she is employéd by the C. W. Jewstt Co. of ‘this city:" Miss Mabel Croon is another new candidate, although she was nomina- ted several days ago, Miss: Cidon is another very popular Bemidji girl and is surc to make d e¢loke contest . for her opponents, y Miss Edith Glasglow has “been nominated by :the :American - Legion Auxiliary and - is expected: to gain the entire support of theiladies’of that organization. Miss Myytle McCulloch,:the Mooké candldnte, is out for honors and.she is alsa expected ‘to make aigood run Miss.. Ellora Olson,. Yeoman! ‘eandi- date is also active in the contest and is expected ito be . among ithe ‘Jead- ing contestants all the way;through. Other nominations included Dor- othy Nangle, Josephine Parker,:Rag- nhild Moe, Kiwanis candidate, :Flot- ence Schulke of Hagali township all of whom. are expected to enter. the contest shortly although.acceptance B or refusal of the nomination has not been made as yet. Season tickets to the fair at':$2 count 500 votes, while grandstand pageant tickets .at 75 cents count 2560 votes. Each candidate receiveés 1000 votes throwgh acceptance -of i i { the nomination. The. candidate re- = ceiving the highest. number:of .votes (Bv United Pressy Cleveland, Ohio, August 7.—The miners - operators conference ,was postponed until 2:30 this afternoon, This action was taken to give the miners' leaders time to draft their proposals to be laid before the opera- tors of the central competitive field. The general committee of the United Minc Workers met at 10 o'clock this morning to draft their proposals. MOOSE HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT The second Moose business meet- ing for August will be held Tuesday, August 8, advanced one week be- cause the regular date next week conflicts with the Northern Minne-, sota Fair and the Historic Pageant. Moose members are reminded that there will be much of interest to come before this meeting: the Moose candidate for ‘“Queen of the Pag- eant”; the moose calves for Diamond Point Park; and the moose head for the president. Dictator H. Z. Mitchell has consented to give some brief re- port of his recent three weeks’ trip to Montana. A quantity of picturcs of the Moose pageant queen candi- date have been prepared and one will be given to every meémber attending this mecting, , unless more “than a gross of..members attend. MR. & MRS. FRED MARQUARDT INJURED IN AUTO CRASH Fred Marquardt is suffering from a broken collar bone and Mr quardt with a few minor bri the result of an automobile col near the Swenson farm, one n west of Bemidji on the Jefferson highway Sunday cvening at about 7 o'clock. ( Both cars were badly damaged, it is reported. Mr., and Mrs, Marquardt were brought to Bemidji at once for medical atten- tion and it is expected that they will recov nicely. The occupants of the other car escaped injury it is reported although the car was damaged. TO REGULATE SHIPMENTS OF COAL IN MINNESOTA State Railroad and Warehouse Commission to Check Up Where Coal Is Going “glad will be “Quecen of the. ‘Pageant” while the others who remain active until the close of! the contest. next Monday evening at 8 olclock will be the “maids of honor”:at the corona- tion ceremonies. Every purchaser. of a season ticket to the fair or a [ SE— grandstand pageant ticket is en- titled to vote for his favorite. If the tickets are sold by the receipt form, the young ladies\will see to it that the votes are cask for them. Candidates are authorized, to solicit the sale of tickets lnyw\ere, giv- ing a form rcceipt, supplied by the =S C contest management, which can b taken up later when the tickest sre delivered by the party selling’ the Tickets are on sale &t the dour; Be-, midji banks and three druz\storen. Those purchasing. them direct aré urged to vote for their choice bt that time. Only purchasers of tickets can vote unless the ‘candidate -sells. the tickets by using the :form~. eipt. Then she is permitted- to Vnfle or herself when she iprocures the fck- ets at the selling agencies. 1 The first report on the .atandink of the candidates will' be puhllnho(l tomorrow. PAGEANT REHEARSALS T0 BE BEGUN TONIGHT Intensjve rehearsal will be held all this week in preparation for the staging of the historic-pageant Aug- ust 16, 17 and 18 during the North- | ern Minnesota Fair. The dancing groups i ding, the cntire childreh’s ‘ groups will practice regularly at P the new armory, 1y i Open . air rehearsals wnll be, in Library park each, ebening at The entire Indian: graup will hearse this evening, at that, hour and all members are asked to, be (present. A number of Indian Braves are.need- ed and young men are uked to re- port at the park this eyening Lo take those parts, The Mardi Gras group and ' 'the Early Pioneer group are to rehearqu Tuesday fvening yin Library . park at 7:15, Carl B. Reld professional director and pageant master has charge of the rehearsals. All those who have offered their seryices are expected to be present at all re< hearsals, s Lo that in previous (By United Pra-6 St. Paul, August The state railroad and warehouse /commis today passed a re olyn regulating shipments of coal in Minnesota. Af- ter the commission’s plan, cach ship- per will have to dbtain a permit to ship coal so that the commission will be able to check up accurately where the coal is going. Any firms charging exhorbitant prices will have their permits taken away. This, Mr. Bowen pr]nm(d ‘is the only way the commission can eliminate price gouging, as it has not the authority to regulate fuel prices. The state must have 400,000 tons of coal a week at once if its fuel needs are to be met. Ivan Bowen, fuel administrator, made this announcement following the statement that 200,000 tons a week would be available at once. The fuel administrator announced that the anthracite supply in Minnesota is 750,000 tons short, while its sup- ply of bituminous supply is five mil- li ng short. !Bowen -pointed out that Min- nesota. must have its supply at once if the fueh famine is to be averted, ns shipping on the Great Lakes closes in November. SOUTHERN STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT ON TODAY (By United Pross) Faribault, August 7.—The round of the annual Southern Min- nesota tennis tournament began at the Shattuck courts here this morn- ing. Any residents of Southern nesota is eligible to enter the contest.