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lots To Wreck Fast Passenger Tr suws HOUSE NEWBERS The Pioneer is the only daily ‘within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulstion in Northern Minnesota. I (. cal thunder 8ho I3 change in temperature, BEMIDJI, MINN;, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1922 . TWELVE BOYS AND GIRLS WILL REPRESENT COUNTY CREAMERIES OF STATE FACNG CONPETITION McGuire, General Manager of Co-operative Creameries, Outlines Situation Minnesota State Fair, September 2 to 9, as the result of club work dur- ing the past year. Norman Webester of Bemidji will represent the potato club, Harold Rohrer of Turtle River. the -pig club, and Lois Watson of Puposky, the dairy calf club; Ruth| / Essler of Bemidji and Juliette Martin |} ‘of Nymore, the bread baking club; Bernice Kirk of Bemidji, the cake baking club; Theodore Fenske of Be midji, the potato demonstration tear Calhoun Grier and Martin Hass Tenstrike the dairy judging team H. A. Pllughoeft, agriculturic FLOOR LEADER IS the Bemiidji schools spentMonday f.k LREADY BEING TALKED this week in Park Rapids judging N dairy calves in the dairy calf contest there. Two calves were selected to be sHown at the state fair. HIGHWAY FACTS CAN BE . SECURED AT STATE FAIR |- Visitors at Hiéhway Depart- ment Exhibit Are to Be Given Answers to Questions © AT PLINS 0" FAT PLUNS ¢, 08 Game of Politics & Themselves; Im- ant Positions at Stake CO-OPERATION PLACED STATE FIRST, HE SAYS Chairmanships of Important Committees Being Lined } Up in Lower House Implores Farmers to. Continue to Make Minnesota Butter Finest in the World By Laurence M. Benedict ‘Washington, August 31, (United Press)—The Republican majority in the house is now deveoting a good deal of its time (unofficially) to in- ternal politics. - Administration members, back from a six weeks recess spent at home in the gentle art of trying to be renominated, are now playing the game of politics among themselves, with the stakes the floor leadership, and a number of important committee chairmanships in the next congress. Voluntary retirements among the “old timers” and involuntary retire- ment decreed by “fickie voters” in the primary elections that htve been held thus far have already been so numerous as to necessitate an almost complete ned deal in the republican organization in the lower branch. By A. J. &cGuire For 25 years Minnesota has been recognized as the greatest butter state in the Union. Minnesota won this dis- tinction chiefly thr the quality of but- ter produced. Minnesota has made high- quality butter because of its 600 cooperative creameries. Other states. built co-operative creameries at the same time Minne- sota was: building. its creameries, but in the other states the co-operative creameries have been largely killed off. In Minnesota they have survived but they are by no means safe. Twenty five years ago the coopera- tive creameries manufactured prac- tically all the butter that was made in Minnesote. At the present time:there are 2,000 cream stations: scattered throughout the state and owned by the centralizers. 1] The centralized system is what kill- ed off the cooperative creameries in other states-and they are now making every effort possible to get control of. the butte¥ industry in Minnesota. To this end one of the largest central- jzers in the United States has announ- ced its plan to establish sweet cream creameries in: Minnesota. It is doing: this in order to be able to = compete with the co-operative creameries on the-New York and Philadelphia mar- kets where the. consumers” demand high quality butter. The centralizers have: practi¢ally all the ‘other butter markets of the United States, and they are now making:a . drive to get these two impertant markets. The establishment of sweet cream Residents of Bemidji and vicinity— partners in the good roads program— will find answers to any questions on highway progress, plans and policies at the exhibit of the state highway department at the state fair. - Also, highway officials there will be giad to | get suggestions of highway users for trunk route improvements—particu- larly those taking only small outlays. The foregoing announcement: in & new bulletin from the highway depart- ment follows that in The Daily Pio- neer recently which with other news- papers sent hundreds of proposals for | And the scramble is already on. The changes and betterments to Charles | vacancies do not have to be filled un- M. Babcock, state highway commis- [till next March 4, when the new con- sioner, in response to his request. gress comes in, but by that the time “Pblic interest shown in the bet- |'the problem of making the new selec- ter roads program is gratifying and | tions will be only a matter of ratifica- it augurs for the bigger success of |tion. The “slate” being made up now. the undertaking,” said Mr. Babcock. The majority party may lose heavi- “The plan was to get criticisms but |1y in the November election but the nearly all of the scores of letters and | belief prevails here that it will retain cards to date have been most friendly [:control over the house and the reor- and ‘will, spur the organization = to | ganization-to be effected next year greater. efforts. An ‘effort is being | will be worked out without any help made to acknowledge gu‘geplies and ‘freavibo demoerats. ; . —— b great pumber of _ ques® ére is little real talk of putting The general result'is en- £y 3 ‘man 1o contest with- Speaker % Gillet in'the next congress and so the The large majority of readers. re- |republicans are giving firts thought to bt sponding to the commissioner’s' - re- kthe position of floor leader, creameries in Minnesota by the cen- quest for suggestions caught the idea| - (Continued on Page 8.) tralizers is putting’into effect . the|__to bring out minor changes in ~ MINE_ VICTIMS MAY BE which |* NO ISSUE OF PIONEER ON MONDAY, LABOR DAY Due to the fact that Monday, September 4, is. . Labor Day, there will be no issue of the Be- midji Daily Pioneer on that date. Employees of the company will be permitted to spend the day as they see fit. Monday advertisers are urged to have their copy in the hands of the advertising man. ager Friday or Saturday morning for publication Saturday. CHECKERED COATS NOT ALWAYS FAIR EXCHANGE 4 Exploiter of Law. and Order Picture Vouches for This; Loses $200 in Mix-Up Even representatives of and boost- ers for law and order campaigns sometimes fall victims of “foul” play and in their dire stress, have to rely on the mercy of wayside Good Samar- itans. Such a calamity befell Preston L. Hickey, exploiter for “In The Name of the Law”; a drama of police life to be shown at the Rex theater for 3 days beginning next Wednesday, while he was en route from Minneap- olis to Bemidji yesterday. The Good Samaritan role was played by Mrs. Mary Brinkman, proprietress of the Rex Theater. It all happened in a mix up of checkered-suits. Hickey is a show man Naturally he wears a checkered suit. Another young man wearing checker- ed regalia sat beside_Hickey on the train yesterday. The two fell into con- versation. It was hot riding. Both shed their coats. Conversation lagged. Both dozed and fell asleep. ‘When the brakeman entered shout- ng “Brainerd” Hiekey’s friend, jump- ed to his feet, grabbed his coat and bag, bid Hickey good-bye and left. It was not until after the train had left Niswa that Hickey reached for a cigarette. The pocket was empty. Alarmed he reached for his wallet in the inside pocket containing $200 ex- pense money., ‘That was gone too. Then a panic ensued. Upon investiga- tion Hickey found the stranger had taken the wrong coat and with it went pocketbook- money, business references and all Upon arriving in Bemidji Hickey wired the home of- fice of the “accident” and also the Brainerd police to head off any stray checkered suits. “Jt isn’t so much the taking of my coat that I mind,” Hickey said today, “because the one he left is fairly good. But, it wasn’t a fair ex- most dangerous weapon the farmers’ [ markings and so forth to increase the ALIVE; IS BELIEF TODAY creameries have yet had to go.against.fcomforts and conveniences of high- The cooperative. creameries in Min-} way: travel without expending large nesota have kept'in the lead because famounts. A few proposed paving jobs they have made better buttr. than|some that there should be ; a state th centralizers; but now, with the cen*| trunk highway through every = town (By United Press) tralizers taking the field for: high fand-so- forth, but according to the| At the Argonaut Mine, Jackson quality butter, the cooperative cream- | bulletin, the survey indicated that the | California, Aug. 31—Intense heat eries will have to put forth except-|petter road program is popular and [was encountered by rescue parties ional effort the hold the ground that | advancing satisfactorily in virtually | today as they dug their way towards they: have made- during. the: past 25 f'every section of Minnesota. the subterranean chamber where 47 years. s ; s gold ‘miners- are entombed in the The Minnesota Co-operative Cream- depths: of the Argonaut mine. ‘ erics Assobiation, Ingj, has-seen. this It is believed the victims will be competition coming, and fortunately found alive as they tried to raise barriers of rock between themselves and the fire that cut them off half a mile under ground. The number of men buried was for the creameries it is prepared to met it; 855 cooperative creameries raised. to 47. when the street clothes of ‘four, who had failed to check have become members ‘of the - state association, and through this = com- in at the mine office before going below; were found in the lockers. MORRIS AND BAKKE' TO RUN NEW. PALACE. CAFE H.: Morris and O. K. Bakke, pro- prietors of the Milbeth Cafe in the Kaplan building, have moved. to the quarters formerly - occupied by the Palace Cafe on Third Street. The bined power they are going to be able | place is being remodeled, and . im- to wage a successful battle. provements are being made; The The association has organized the {new concern plans to operate a first five counties, During the flush, June |class restaurant in every respect. five. counties; During: the: flush' June and July, 72 cars of butter were ship- ped weekly on which there was a net saving of $180:a car. The association has a New York of- fice for the distribution of the but- ter, and through this office as high as 14 cars of butter have been dis- tributed in a day. The association has| been successful financially from the beginning. It has never been a dol- lar in debt, and the $19,000 that has been paid in by the’ 335 = member creameries in capital stock is prac- (Continued on Page 8.) Preus in a proclamation today dés- ignated the week of September 25 CLEARWATERFA!R OPENS; to October 1st as Diversified Farm- ing Week. He urged that each com- m m: mm'mnniti during the week make a 3 survey of the farming situation and encourage diversity of production and converting a greater production of farm crops into-meat and dairy products. “The. people of Minnesota have just garnered a bountiful harvest,” the proclamation read, “but as often happens a large yield is accompanied by falling prices which greatly re- duce the farmers reward for his season’s labor. This year as often before many farmers find that pro- duction of grain and hay is prof- itable -only- if - they are fed to live stock. “In the periods of low prices, just 'as in seasons of poor yields, farmers who practiced diversified farming to the highest degree suffer least. “The production of milk, cream, butter, beef and pork, mutton and wool, eggs and poultry has relieved the -farmers in many sections of the state from the uncertainties of Designates Week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 as Diversified Farming Week (By’ United: Prese) St. Paul, Aug. 31—Governor PRECTES With a grand array of livestock and agricultural exhibits assured for the three-day: exposition, the Clear- water County Fair got underway to- day at Bagley. Today was entry day and exhibits of stock:and farm pro- ducts were sure to be-among the best ever shown in Clearwater coun- ty. The main entertainment program opens Friday and includes an aerial fiying circus with wing ~ walking, parachute jumps and all kinds - of stunts in the-air. Indian war ‘dances and other Indian sports are scheduled as well as foot races, sack races and horseshoe pitching. A baseball game and canoe races are also- schedulde. Music will be furnished throughout: the fair by the Bagley band. It is expected that quite a number from Bemidji will attend the fair at least cne day. Attendance is invited from the entire northern section of | one-crop farming. the state, visitors ‘being ‘assured-that” “It has given farmers a steady the livestock and agricultural exhibits income instead of one that is seas- will warant their attendance onal.” Aol NN\ ~ change. He got all I had and except ‘'for a box of matches, his pockets were empty.”? In the meantime, Mrs. Brinkman is acting as chief financial asset and advisor to the stranded exploiter. vSenate Passes Soldier Bonus Washington, Aug. 31 (Spec- ial wire from United Press)— U. S. Senate this afternoon passed the adjusted compensa- tion bill, termed as-the soldier bonus bill. The bill now. goes to conference. BOYS BAND 10 PLAY AT FAIR Wednesday Evening: Concert in Library Park Makes Big 'Hit With Large Audience BOYS TO PLAY, SUNDAY AT MINNEHAHA FALLS To Parade Twin City Streets Saturday; Fair Engagement Opens Monday Morning Giviug the people of this communi- ty one of the best band concerts ever heard here, the Bemidji Boys’ Band gave an hour and a half program in Library park last night before what may be termed one of the largets at- tendances of the season. The program which the boys gave last night is the same as that which will be played be- |* fore ‘thousands of people at Minneha- ha park, Minneapolis, next Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock, a reg- ular two hour program, but crowd- ed into an hour and a half last night. Bound for the Twin Cities and its engagement at the Minnesota State Fair next week, the band will leave bright and early tomorrow morning; and is scheduled to arrive, at the state fair grounds tomorrow night, where they will be housed in tents during the fair. The trip will be made in four large auto busses, a motor truck being used for the baggage and in- struments. Several touring cars will also accompany the boys. Baggage and the musical instru- ments are to be loaded on the truck this evening and the start for the Twin Cities will be made at 4 o’clock tomorrow morning, A light lunch will be served at Pine River, dinner at St. Albans on Mille Lac Lake, and supper at the fair grounds according to the presefit plans. of Bandmaster G. O. Riges. Saturday forenoon will see the boys parading the strets of Minneapolis and the same afternoon will see them parading the business streets of St (Continued on Page 8.) CLUB MEETS SATURDAY At the first meeting of the club year of thq Woman’s Community afternoon between 3 and 4 o’clock in the Civic and Commerce associa- tion rooms, Miss Beth MacGregor, Red Cross community nurse, will talk on the need of a “Loan Closet” in Bemidji, said closet to ‘consist of bedding, towels, linen and garments for the sick. Miss Mac Gregor will cite some of her personal experiences which will show why such a closet in Be- midji will be of great benefit. The other members on the program for the club meeting will be announced tomorrow, All members and friends are urged-to be present. and.Civie Club to be held Saturday | {PRIORITY IS EXTENDED: WEST OF MISSISSIPPI (By Unitedl: Press) Washington, Aug. 31—The Inter- state Commerce Commission today declared an emergency existing on the railroads west of the Mississip- pi and extended its priority orders to their vast territory. Under a previous emergency dec- laration, the priority system was ordered only for territory east of the Mississippi although all railroads ‘were urgered to expedite shipments on the essential commodities. Priority in the movement of food fuel, livestock and perishable pro- ducts is ordered by the commission. The order will be effective tomor- row, September 1st. Priority in the movement, ex- change, interchange and return of cmpty cars to be used for the trans- portation of these commodities also was ordered. This was taken to mean that a shipment on the western lines is deteriorating rapidly mak- ing such drastic action rnetessary. BIRCH: SURVEY BEING MADE IN THIS COUNTY Association Hears Report on Survey Now Be\m; Made; Plan Meeting Soon In making the survey for birch wood in this territory, the Beltrami County Land Clearing association and the county agent’s office, thru the Farm Bureau, have reported about ten million feet of birch tim- ber in six townships thus far re- ported. D. C. Dvoracek made the re- port at Wednesday’s association meeting and stated that question- aires were not coming in as rapid- ly as desired and that Assistant County Agent, Edson ‘Washburn was making a tour of the birch dis- tricts and would have his report ready the latter part of the week. In order to detcrmine that the schedule of prices submitted by the Minnesota Associates was a fair price to pay farmers for their birch a meeting of the Association mem- bers and farmers who have birch wood to sell will be called as soon as possible. At this meting represen- tatives of the Minnesota Lumber Associates will be present it is un- derstood. G. Oliver Riggs gave a detailed outline of the proposed trip ‘to be taken by the Bemidji Boys’ Band to the State Fair. He told of the buss transportation arrangements and gave a complete resume of the boys’ program from the time they leave Friday morning at 4:00 o’clock un- til their return to Bemidji. J. G. Morrison, Jr., of Red Lake was called upon by President J. L. iElwell for a few remarks. Mr, Mor- rison responded briefly, telling of the large quantity of standing birch on the reservation and the vast acreage wasted during past years. He extended all an invitation to attend the Red Lake Indian fair to be held in Red Lake September 14, 15 and 16. It was decided to hold no meeting of the association next weck on ac count of so many planning to at- tend the state fair at that time. FARM BODIES RECEIVE FALL CAMPAIGN CALL Agricultural Organizations Rallied to Support Rural Credits Amendment (Farm Bureau News Service) Nearly 4,000 agriculturalorganiza- tions in Minnesota were called on this {week to rally to the support of rural credits amendment—Amendment No. 1. In letters to the leaders of farmer’s elevators, co-operative shipping asso- ciations, co-operative creameries, ¢ounty Farm Bureaus, township Farm Bureau units, farmer’s clubs, boys and girls” clubs, and other organiza- tions, the state rural credits campaign committee called on the farmers of the state to vote solidly for the amendment. . “Vote Yess,” is the slogan adopted by the committee, headed by J. F. Reed, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. “Get Your Neighbor to Vote Yes,” is another, “The rural credits amendment, Amendment No, 1, is the most import- ant issue that has been before the voters of the state in years,” the call says. “It should be talked over in every public meeting. Every agricul- tural community, the town as well as farm should see to it that its solid vote is cast for the amendment. Pass: age of Amendment No. 1 will enable the legislature to establish a rural credits system that will build up the prosperity of the whole state by buili- ing up its basic industry without one penny of cost to the taxpayers.” 58¢. PER-MONTH ains Are Discovered Dynamiting, Bullets. and Fire Aid in Spreading Reign of Terror Today BRIDGE IS DYNAMITED: AS TRAIN TIME NEARS: Seventeen Passengers Hurt: i Head-On Train Crash: Near Jercey City 4 (By United Press) Chicago, Aug. 31—Dynamiting, bullets and fire aided in the spread of the railroad reign of terror, to- day. Plots to wreck passenger traing. bearing hundreds of men, womei and children were revealed. Police patrolled the. homes of, rail. workers in one community to pre- vent their burning. Three men were held at Chicago after detectives al- leged they had uncovered a plot to dynamite the Western Express of - the New York Central and wreck other trains. The wreck of a section car near Council Bluffs, Iowa, was all that prevented the fast Illinois Central passenger train from crash; ing into a pile of spikes and. rocks road officials said. One of the nine men rding the car was Kkilled; and two were probably fatally injured, Windows in houses one half a mile. away were shattered when the Pei- nsylvania railroad bridge at Wil mington, Delaware was dynamited just before a fast passenger train was due. Seventeen passengers were in® jured in a head on crash near Jer- sey City, N. J. Police patrolled the homes of railroad workers in, Al- giqray Loufsiana, /to prevenif “their being burned. An.explosion of. dyn- amite on the C. C. C, & St. Lonis, near Cincinnati derailed part-of a, work train. The fast Chicago and Alten train ran into an open switch near Bloom: ington, Ia. Authorities said the. switch had been tampered w'th. Four men were held at Garyy Indiana, charged with murder ag the resut of the wreck of the Mich- igan Central Million-Dollar express there. (By United Press) Sacramento, Calit., . Aug. 31— William Merro, president of; the, lo- cal federated shop crafts, was shiot: and killed here today by an alleged, railroad shop crafts strike breaker. H. E. DeBolt, employed in the, Southern Pacific shops, is said to have confessed to the shooting. He claimed he shot in sclf-defense. NEBISH MAN ARRAIGNED HERE ON LIQUOR CHARGE Frank Carney, Nebish, was ar- rested by the Indian officers and was arraigned yesterday. He waived examination, and gave bonds for his appearance at Fergus Falls, November 14th. A wash boiler still, a forty gallon copper still, sixteen gallons of whiskey and the ususl paraphernalin was reported found in his possession and seized, by. the officers. He was arraigned before the United States Commissioner Judge H., A. Simons. SENATOR JOHNSON WINS CALIFORNIA NOMINATION San Francisco, Calif.,, Aug. 31— Senator Hiram Johnson today had won the Republican nomination for senator. Returns from 5,802 of the state’s 6,695 precincts gave Johnsor 274,801 and Moore 209,152. LODGE SUPPORTS BONUS; NOT TO HURT TREASURY (By United Press) ‘Washington, Aug. 31—Argu- ments of bonus opponents that the four billion dollars estimated gov- ernment expense will be an inex- pedient and untimely drain on the treasury are absurd and idle, Sen- ator Lodge, Michigan Republican leader told the senate today, “The bonus will not hurt the tregsury,” he said. “It was gaod enough to stand the shock of war It can stand this shock perfectly well with bonus payments' entend- ing over a longer period of years. Lodge threw bitter exchanges at the arguments that the bonus bill will cost the government several billions, as some senators charged. - “In estimating that amount, op- ponents figure that each solaler will take advantage of every option of the bill. Lodge said “This is untrue for a veteran is allowedi only one option and the cost will be not more than the finance committee estimas ted, $3,845,659,481. i e