Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 14, 1922, Page 1

ATTENDANCE RECORDS sunEA O: BE-SMASHED / Big Entertainment Proznm to “"Begin Wednéuhyg Govmor Praln will Spe-l: SN RRER Northern Mmesota's biggest and best; amwulty\ril d ‘industrial ex- hlblf fion begms here tomorrow with the oped“ng' of : thie ‘Northérn Minn- esota Fair under. the nuspu:es of the Beltrami' 'Cc y- “Agricultural ‘asso- , eitation, ‘Tomorrow: is.i entry day and 1o set program of entertainment has been: arrgnged, but'a mammoth program of entertainment will open Wednesday with an addpess at 1 lock by-Governor J. A, O, Preus, chief ‘executive of Minesota. He is expected to give ‘a very interesting. tdlk on the Minnesota. 3 X : The fair grounds scene of unusual Sunday. morn: a large number of . exhi and. tents erected, saw fast harness horses . working out: for the three-| “day racing program’: which “begins Wednesday: aftemoon and. witnessed’ the; arival of ‘a large number of ‘con- signments. of livestock. . 7 Today saw the ' activities more than duub]ed, everybody ' being in- terested in, something o: the fair - grounds, pected to find . large, gathering 1 L nrnngements for the ) er staged in State Fair. in_.place by fudging of exhibits i time. All prevxous a hnihnc records for the opening da il ‘an oubtedly be smashed tomorrow; while, the four remaining days are e to see any previous_attend doubled.” Visitors ‘hére “this _year are. to be treated:to: another huge: surprise. They will: find. several new buildings, as: wéll“as additional seating capacity ta the grand stand erected ‘last ‘year.: ‘Bleachers have | been erected: at each end) of: the grandstand to accommodate the large crowds = expécted, -especially during the three evenings on which: the historic, pageant of Northern Minnesota is to be staged. Truck load; after -truck: load of material journeyed toward the fair grounds today: and tomiofow is sure to see activities eve reater. The big.~ enterfa program opens Wednesdsy, with horse races occupying a prom part,’ Satur- day will se a.number’ of . interesting . antomobile ' and, . motorcycle: races, a livestock consignment sale of large proportions, the kiddies ‘parade and other features never befote attempt- ed here. The pageant is to be Lhe main evemng attraction . . Wednesday, Thursday and Frlday - Concessions - of various sorts will furnish plenty of varied “entertainment all during & the fair, Every depl ntent is cer- tdin, of being bigge! d better than ever before and those of this north-. ern half ‘of the state who miss this fair are mising something worth their while. “The fair will be edu- _ cational ag- well a ertaining, but. the program committee has nrranged for action- of some sort every min- ute during the. entire five-day show.: (Continued on FREE CHEST CLINIC BE HELD HERI HB(E'I‘"ESDAY ‘t) lié' held” Tde tuberculosis clin . day, August 15, at-the -offices of: Drs. Garlock & Garloékon 'I'bu'd street, This clinic' will'be held u1 der the auspices of ‘the”South Be' trami_County Public Health ‘as&o . R. A. Lanty. of L Julia wdl conduct the"examinations : and will be assisted by Miss Beth > MacGregor and Miss Ida Lincoln, capable nurses. The clinic will be held all day, but those'who plan to attend are asked to make appoint- ments with Miss MacGregor or at the offices so_that unnecessary wait- ing may be avoided. Previous clinies of this have been very successful and it is - expected that this clinic will be well attended. All examinations will be confidential and advice sgiven 1 + PECTHIAY son attending. ‘|'of livesfocly ever held here. aark -at. least s naturd {mand the strike enforce safety laws. Choice Animals to be Offered for Sale on- Closing : Day Saturday, August 19, the last day of:the Northern Minnesota Fair, ~w‘illv witness:the: largest consignment sale: The! sale: will be. held at 10 a. m. 4t the fair zm\mds and will contain cattle of the best type, hogs and sheep. Col.: C: A. ‘Hitchcock, . well-known here; will act as auctioneer for this isple Consignments - in large num- hers have already been made and the: sale promises’to be very successful. It wil serve as a very excellent op- portunity -to :.procure high . grade stock. x i The Exp station / at! Crokgtor," i “8ending a large ‘con- signment, “consisting of 10 head of: hly-bred lmlst.ems and two guern- Duroc, Poland-China and Chegter White hogs:and Shropshire F lambs are included in the consign: iment. fram Crookston. Guernseys from the Jean Duluth, L. Jensen and other herds of eq\ml fame . wil be on sale in addition_to; a large number of high grade Hol stel offered from - high record . Choice Herefords and Red; lls will also be up for sale, in & dition ‘to a mumber of consignments’ of hogs and sheep of the highest: | grade. . Tetms wil be cash, or arrangement consignor, or with bank, be- .fore the sale., Col. Hitchcock is: re- onsible for securing the large con- signment - from Crookston and is very enthusmsnc over this sale. During the Judgmg of the Tlive- sctock exhlbm. the judges will be: | pleased. to. give kheir reasons for g the awards as ‘they. do, ‘an- but will be given out for education- al purposes. if requested. Efforts to "End Strike F | ‘To Mature; Shopmen' Plan ‘Their Next Move Violence in the rail strike flared up over - the . week-end. The_ St. Lious & San ' Francisco railroad bridge, 15 miles northwest of Spring- field, Mo., ‘was .dynamited. = Sever-] al:'gagrds and eputy marshallsy were. fired on:in’the Santa Fe rail- road :yards. and /‘Sani ,Bernardino, California by unidentified men: Three torpedoes were exploded on the tracks near the Santa Fe statjon. Three bombs are believed to. have been hurled at: the west "shore trains. at' Granton: Junction, N. J.; injuring at least a score of persons, principally women and children. Damages_estimated at one million dollars resulted-from the fire in the round houses of the Maine Central &_ Boston Maine Lines at Portland| Mame, when fifteen locomotives were ‘destroyed. Rioting broke out in the shops: at Ashley, Pa. Shots were fired, afl of which went wild. the _foreman in the Lehigh Valley round liouse at East Buffalo was probably - fatally wounded when’ bullets were - fired" at her . home. Five bombs were thrown into the Southern Pacific railroad yards at i Roseville, : California. (By Unlted Press) Wsshmgton, Aug.. 14, (By James T. Kolbert)— Repredentahves of railroad labor, fn]lnwmg the collapse | € ’s efforts. to|: il 'strike, are preparing |} to ‘bring the case of the striking|' end " the shopmen before congress. Big Four brotherhoods to. whom the nkers ‘have entrusted their str’lgc, id to ay ‘the railroad labor. leadgrs, tomorrow | action reconvenes. Just what will be asked of con: gress was not revealed, but it is be- lieved the brotherhoods will place information before congressional committees penrhng to show that motive power is fast deteriorating i to a dangerous condition and de- take this The brotherhoods also will prob- ably use_this ‘means of placing be- fore the committee the views of rail- con!erence again tod-y* resident ‘of by '”fls built of peat through peat : At | passing v ‘| the evening an aged Indian appeared: ilin his official costume and told of R large scale tests of Norway and white The wife of |} Warren S.. Stone, leader of ‘the|’] road labor and thus seek public sup- : will be for the benefit-of the per- port. ‘The railroad Jeaders went in- Pali 00 National Association of State Foresters:Shown Main Forest Resources of This State TOUR BEGAN HERE LAST ; WEDNESDAY FORENOON National Forests; Peat Swn.mps [ Qi!d"hfin ~Range:: Visited ‘our Ends at. Dulfith i Dnluth Aug. :14—Completing a tour of the forest regions " Minnesota, thé menibers al Association of State d in this city late .y, which. includes a representative of the United States and. Canadian forest services as well the foresters of many of the Tn states has been' shown what Minnesota has in the way of forest Tesources and is domg toward _ their preservatum an(( wise utilization” by the State Forestry Board and For- ester T. W. Cox and a’ group of his assistants, The. final visit of the party was at. the .State. : Forestry Experiment Station'at Cloquet, whére many ad- vanced« éxamples’ of forest research and large scale nursery practice in- vited their' interest. X Coming. to Cloquet from the Iron Range. the visiting * foresters ~were given 'a ‘comprehensive view of the fire preven on_ problem presented spected ng- road bed and road sides by ‘spreading a coat of gravel -to-protect. the peat from cig- arette and; cigar buts thrown from icles which are, -accord- ing to-the:experience of the Minn- ‘esota. Forest:Service, the most.com- mon_cause .of the dangerous and:al- most inextinguichable peat bog, fire. The travels which ended Sunday ust. 9, when ‘they asembled at Be< ust -9, when; they asembled at Be: midj "and traveled by motor bus to the Itasca. State Park, where “the business sesgion ~of the association was .held and. a program of techni- cal fnfesh’y papers’ . presented, Im iously.. forest and game. conditions. at Lake Ttasca ‘before the white men came: On August 10 the members of the. asgociation; left Itasca Park in motor busses and traveled by way. of Bemidji and Cass Lake to Win- nehegoshish: Dam.. -On their . way they traversed a large part of the Minnesota’s National Forest where ‘world, pine reproduction .on cut-over areas by natural seeding, due to scientific cutting @ghd adequate fire protection, (Continued on . Page. ) WOULDN'TBE ULDN'T. Passenger Injures Annandale, wteckmg' cTews, sdll were digging .in be moved, remained’ therd! Coroner Moffat announced no in- quest was necessary. revealeéd no victims that would nec- essitate an inquest, he said. ‘Nine of thej victims have been| -dentified, but the body of one man remained unidentified. The Soo line west bound, struck ar oil truck Sat- urday afternoon. ed theh truck throwing the switch and cutting 'the train in two. The engihe and-baggage car followed the main line, but the remainder of the train went into .the siding and crashed train standing there; The dead -aré Bert Clarke and Robert Becker -of St. Paul, Galliner,: Thompson, W. Ulrich, iMaple Lnke, C. W. Wallace, Minn- ,eapohs, Emil ale, and one ‘'orty-one were injured, VISCOUNT NORTHCLIFFE PASSES ‘THIS FORENOON Lon on, Aug 14 cliffe died at.10:12 this"morning at his residence in ¢ The famous English publisher, who has beén on the verge of death for over a week; succumbed peacefully in an ‘especially constructed cham- ber, which ' was built to give him the benefit of all the air possible. Northcliffe scarcely opened his eyes during the long vigil kept by physicians and nurses. er, fighting for mysterious malady with _which he was ‘strikén on a trip around the dnrmg the last hours. Telegrams of regret and condol- ence were Lord Northcliffe will be given a pub- lic funeral Thursday noon. D Watermelons-—The Reconnoztermg Party D 'F RAID. IBETCHER Entire Historical-Drama To Be ; Roh‘e‘-md'.v fi'iir"Gtoimdl ALL GROUPS ARE URGED i TO BE PRESBNT “TONIGHT I Truck and Complete Attendance of Cast is ‘Necm(ry to'Make Pageant Bhing A Complcie Sueeu % Aug. ‘14—Although Soo Line wrack Rehearsal of the entjre historic pageant to be staged here Wednes- red were removed “.‘.‘Y“.Thursdsyt and Fri({ay ev‘enings ‘hospital Sunday, of this week in connection with the | Northern Minnesota Fair will be held this’ evening at the Fair grounds at *7:30. Every single member of the cast is requested to be there prompt- ly at 7:30 so that the production may be carried out without a hitch, The National Tableaux group is re- quested to be at the fair grounds at 7 o'clock, the Prologue group at’ 7:16_and the balance at 7:30. It is essential that every member of ‘every group be present to put this rehearsal over. Costume fittings are being made up_to b o‘clock this afternoon and will continué this evening after the rehearsgl. Those who are unable to be fitted this afternoon and even- ing are to ‘report to the Central school tomorrow afternoon and evening to secure their costumes. od at [ten, Mast Investigation pasenger No. 107, The impact hurl- swithe against a into a freight Albert .Arne mi .and/| that ‘the costumek . carried -Bytt Thurston Management “ore are the very best of any similar company anywhere in the United States. The parade Saturday night. failed to meet with the approval of the Management due largely to the fact that a large number of the groups were rehearsing at that hour and could not take part. Those avail- able did take part, however, and a good bit of publicity was realized in this way, Miss Mary Brown, chief dance di- rector is scheduled to appear in a number of solo dances in addition Adrian, Mmpeao ambrid, 1sconsm, Fred: LaMar, Myllyganis, Annin- unidentified man. five | ser- mcnunt N rl;h» Carton Gardens. pageant. She is especially exper- jenced in Russian Ballet work and has appeared on a number of the leading circuits. She is recugnlzed as one of ‘the very best dancers in this line anywhere in the United States and her part of the program promlses to be exceptxonully interest- ing nnd entertaining. She takes part in the “Moon Dance” and the dance of the “Yellow Rose,” in ad- dition to several others of equal cal- iber, Provided that the cast shows ex- ceptional interest in the rehearsal this evening, the success of the pro- (Continued on Page 6) The publish- weeks against a was scarcely able to speak received by the family. 0 = VAVHATC}?ER ‘TRAID OF7, WELL PROTECT YOU % It has been stated by ' authorities e to directing this feature part of thefi .| coal strike within the “pvices from labor department agents J. C. Garrison Tells of Recent International ‘- Convention and Important: Merger James C. Garrisen, superintend- ent of the Minnesota State Sunday School association, was in ' Bemid, Saturday in the interests of the Bel- trami County Sunday School associ- ation. of ‘which E. D. Boyce of this city is president. M., Garrison. re- ports the recent convention of the Intiérndtional “:asSociation / as. the largest yet held in. the interests of a_more complete program of relig- | ious education’ for the childhood and youth of ‘North A were more. than 7,200 registered del- exates from all over.North America in attendance upon this convention, the largest previous gathering hav- ing a delegation: of 2,700, Several things of importance were nccomphshed Among them were the merger of the International as- so.mtmn\@r‘d; the Sunddy school couneil into one body to be called the International Sunday = Schoal Council of Religious - Education. Thus two of the greut forces in the field of Christian Education have been consolidated. A new general scerétary was elected to succeed Marian Lawrence who has been head of the Interna- tional association . for 16 years, Hugh S. McGill comes to sition from the National Education association. The mew program of the International Council - is the most comprchensive and wide-reach- ing yet attempted by the combined force of the Evangelical church. Mr. Garrison stated that the plans for the 64th Annual Convention of the Minnesota Association to be held at Brainerd October 19-22 are fast maturing and it {5 expected this gathering wil set a new mark in_this great !leld for: Minnesota. ... « TIRE SHOP INSTALLS NEW FREE AIR SERVICE STATION A néw Champion free' air service station has ben installed by Jim ParmLEE of the Bemidji Tire Shop, the old one’having served it's time, being too small for the big demands made upon it. The new Champion is one of the very newest air rhach- ines and will be an added attraction to. tourists or other motorists who need a handy service station, 'TERMINATION OF COAL 'STRIKE SEEMS CERTAIN Bituminous Coal Strike Expected to End Soon Anthracite to Follow (By United Press) Cleveland, Aug. 14—Termination of the nation-wide coal strike seem- ed certain loduy as bituminous op- crators and union mine leaders met here, and Johm L. Lewis, miners’ chief acepted the invitation to at- tend a conference of anthracite op- erators in Philadelphia Wednesday. Indications point to immediate settlement of the strike in bitumi- nous fields. This acomplished, a speedy ending of the dispute in the anthracite fields will follow, it is believed. It is known that operators in the hard coal fields are as anxious for peace as the bituminous opera- ‘| tors, The nation’s stocks have dwindled until the fuel situation will be ex- tremely acute during the entire win- ter"if the miners return to work even this week. (By United rress) Washington, Aug. 14—Adminis- tration leaders confidentially ex- pect settlement of the bituminous|. next forty- #ight hours,’ it was learned here to- day. Conferces of the unions and opérators 4t Cleveland have reached |'a stage in their negotiations from ‘which an announcement or an agree- ment is modrentarily expected, ad- at Cleveland stated. BLACKDUCK FARMEK IS SHOT; WILL HOLD INQUEST red Bork, a farmer living about five miles northwest of Rlackduck, was shot and killed Saturday on his farm, The weapon used was a .32- caliber revolver, Coroner H. N. McKee has called an inquest for Tuesday morning at 10:00 o'clock, at which time the cause of his death will be determined more fully. He is of the opinion that it was a case of suicide. Bork was 37 years old and leaves All Votes Must be Turned 'in At Pioneer Office: Béfe Wumer Wlll ‘be “Q.m" “Other: Active Candidut ‘%0 be “Miuids of He On the stroke of - eight * ¢'clock [th% evening; ‘the ¢‘Queén of ° the Pageant”; contest closes: and-the Wi ins ning young:lady will be :decided just as-soon after thé ballots can' ba counted and checked.: The last few days of this race, especially - today. have proven very - .interesting and the outcome of the contest is far from certain. In fact the two lead- crs are so close that a few season tickets or a few pageant tickets will make a big difference. Every ac- tive candidate for the honors is ex- pected torally all her forcés this carly evening to make a last_effort to win. Every vote secured will have a big bearing on the outcome and friends of each candidate are sure to make the result i finlfin;- The contest: closes. mo Lat 8 o'clock and all vot‘,- hg in the Pioneer office at thi I’;:fllmin o’ der, to count,.. No: pillots wil Mo o Bess recaived -ufter the contes has-beem declared closed at 8 o'clock: The young lady who has ‘sécared the largest number of votes..will be declared “Queen of the Plgelnt" and will-be crowned amid appropri- ate ceremonies Wednesday e%eninr at' the close of that evemna’l pag- eant program. The other young ladies who have shown activity during the contest will be declard “Maids of Honor” and will be much_in, evi- dence at the coronation “of - the “Queen.” The young . lady receiv- ing the second 'highest number of votes will be the *“First Mald of Honor” and the third highest “Sec- ond Maid of Honor,” etc. to include all active candidates. The purchaser of a grand stand pageant ticket before 8 o’clock: to- night at the four local banks and three local drug stores can cast 260 votes for his favorite, while the 8¢a- son tickets to the fair at $2 entites the purchaser to 500 votes for his favorite. Tickets have sold like the. pro- verbial hot cakes today and it is ex- pected that the standing this after- noon will be altered considerably by 8 o‘clock tonight, The last big ral- ly may change the entire stading. All votes must be entered at The Pioneer office tonight before 8 ol- clocks The office wil be open, soon after 7 o'clock for that purpose: Kugl: the results will be bulletinéd as soon as the votes are checked nver by the judges. The standing at press time this afternon, according to the ballots. al- ready cast, was as follows; Myrtle McCulloch. .... 72,260; Mabel Croon.. .. ....49,260 . ° Ellora Olson . .. ..34,600 Ragnhild Moe.. .. .. ..3,000. . Lucile Selvog.. .. 1,000, Florence 'Schulke .1,000 Teresa Bowers. 1, 000 EXHIBIT OF BIRCH AND “ITS PRODUCTS AT mx As nnnounced in the Pioneer urday, the Civic and Commerce, @s- sociation will make an extersive ex- hibit of white birch and its products, each day in its booths at the North- ern Minnesota Fair. A competent . ~ ) demonstrator from the .Minnesoia | Lumber Associates will be .present I ] to explain this exhibit.to all who re interested in this proposed s lhring hardwood opematmn at Bemidji. .. . 7 The Civie and. Commerce, associ- ation will have an official in attend- ance who will gladly list the namés of farmers and loggers who dqlirew to, enter into fair contracts to sup- ply the Minnesota Lumber Associates with birch logq and bolts during: t}fis fall and winter., The Pioneer is great posibilities impressed with fl\a which . this enter- prise offers for the prosperity of a wife to mourn his departure. - e came to this section of tho state from North Dakota about a ycar ago. Bemidji and the farming commun- ity and urges a careful study of the propozals of the Minnesota Lumbex Asgociates, v . — ..._.__‘..‘_‘v--—