Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 29, 1922, Page 1

* within: 100 miles- of Bem nas the largest circul . 9 Northern Minnesota. -~ == *'\ The Pioneer is the oaly daily . VOLUME XX, NO. 190 — BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDN Britain Suspe. 5 - [[MPORTANCE OF ‘With Greece LABOR PROFITEERING DEPLORED BY HOWARD National' Faym' Bureau Head Sees Better- Prices ~ for Farmers Who Stick (Farm Bureau News Service) J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, in an address delivered at the Uni- versity Farm, St. Paul last week, said labor had no more right to pro- fiteer than has capital. Mr. Howard attended the second annual meeting of the Conference for the Prevention of grain rust. Mr, Howard thinks the farmer who sticks to his industry soon will be #ewarded by an era of higher prices. Mr. Howard told of a former sena- tor now practicing law in Chicago, who, in remodeling his home, had employed several. plasterers. These workmen were being paid $16 a day, extra pay for work on Saturday and Tuesday. “I bélieve,” he said in telling of the circumstance, “that these laborers havea right to a fair wage, but’ such obvious profiteering is intolerable. These high wages, in the last analysis, fall.on the farmer, who cannot pass them to- others. Mr. Howard said he was looking forward to a shortage of farm labor with corresponding decreased pro- duction. This step in the cycle will be followed by higher "prices for those who stic] the farm. Thé Farm Bufeau presidenttold the delegates that grain rust - is 'a serious menace in the wheat growing sections, just as is the - cotton boll weevil in the South and the European ¢orn borer in the corn producing .., BRITISH MINISTER IS : y SUMMONED BY CURZON Six Members of Greek Staff, Which Fell ‘With Flight Of King, Executed —— Londow, Nov. 29—Great Britain today suspended relation with Greece because of the execution yesterday of six ministers of the cabiriet: which fell ‘'when King Constantine abdicat- ed, it was ‘officially announced. British Minister Lindley was or- dered to ‘Lausanne ‘to confer with’ Lord Curzon, foreign secretary,” to form some drastic action toward the Greek government. He left on his mission - immediately; only the first secretary of the legation remaining in Athens, according to a Central news dispateh.’ 3 The cabinet ministers were - ex- ecuted following' - conviction by a military tribunal as responsible for the recent Turkish victory over the Greek armies. (By United Press) - Athens, ‘Nov. 29—Six members of the Greek cabinet, that fell when King Constantine abdicated, were executed here yesterday, it was offic- jally announced. = They were shot by a firing squad. The ministers were condemned by a military court which investizated the recent Greek defeat in the war with Turkey. They are accused of being resppnsible for the Greek collapse. 5 Among “those condemned to die were the former Premier Chourairis, arch enemy of Venizelos and instru- mental in- restoring Constantine to the throne. ~Upon the overthrow of Venizelos, he succeeded to the Pre- miership under Constantine. PARTRIDGE SEASON WILL B et CLOSE THURSDAY NIGHT | -~ B ““Fhe artridge season, which g opened October 15, closes Thursday | And Securities; - Robbers November, 30: .The open season on|. . % ¢ fisher, mink, muskrat and ‘martin be- | . Cause No‘Alarm gins Friday, December 1, and closes % March 31. The game warden, John - ) § Cline, and his deputies are busy look- | Faribault, Mina. Nov, 29—Bank ing up trappers who have failed to [robbers éarly today looted the, State procure a license, Mr, Cline states. |Bank of Lonsdale, 16 miles north- west of here, and escaped with $25,- 000 in cash, and securiti The robbery was not discoverediuntil the opening hour ‘at 8:00 this morning. Officials of the bank ‘said the robbers took about $7,000 in cash and . $18,000 in bonds and negoti- FIREMEN TO HOLD DANCE AT NEW ARMORY TONIGHT A very enjoyable public-dance: is assured by the Bemidji Fire depart- ment this evening at the new ar- mory and it is expected that this Eveape With $25,00 in Cash’ Land Clearing Association To Continue Program for fAinPther Season WILL RUN ASSOCIATION AS CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE County Agent’s Office Urges Doing a Few Things Well During Coming Year Beltrami county ‘has-set the pace for land clearing in the state of Min- manner. _ nesota for the-past two years and in- dications-are that it will continuee to do sa for years to come. ; F. R. Duxbury, president of this association, emphasizes the import- ance of the work and stated that al- though their plans for the coming year: did not include the hiring of a special man, the association would continue the work in an aggressive The county agent’s office cannot be dispensed with in Beltrami coun- ty without a great loss to the coun- ty,” ‘said Mr, Duxbury, in speaking to the directors of the Civic Commerce association Tuesday noon. “The work done by this office has and been’ of greatest importance to the land clearing work and the distribu- tion of dynamite and general publi- city” ciation without A. A. Warfield, who has been sec- retary-treasufer of the association since its organization, said, in speak- ing of the next year’s program, “we shall continue to operate this asso- incurring and ‘make every effort to cheap dynamite and explosives for the farmer. ) ‘| “The farmer has been taught how to use explosives and if he does'nt know, his neighbor will be glad to expense secure help him. The effort to secure cheap get the 'coming year.” D. C, Dvoracek tol #that ‘the county agent’s office would urged the doing o fa few things well the coming year and advised that 3 dynamite will be made with the help of the banks, which believe we ‘can d ther directors farmers would be strongly urged to jmprove ‘their livestock, brush their land and sow clover. “If progress is made in this direction, we will have accomplished more,” said Mr. Dvora- cek, “than if we touched lightly on many things. The salvation of the farmer lies in dairying and this is the thing to encourage most.” FIREMEN HAVE ENJOYABLE BANQUET TUESDAY NIGGHT The Bemidji Fire Department held - PIONEER —d —t L ESDAY, EVENING, NOV. 29, 1922 JAMES COUZENS. MAYOR OF DETROIT, IS NAMED NEWBERRY'S SUCCESSOR 2 (Bv United Press) "% i (By Joel P, Overton) =~ % | Lansing, Mich.,, Nov. 29—James | Couzens, millionaire mayor of De- troit; was named United States sen- atorifrom Michigan to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Tru- man H_ Ngwberry’ g *Mayor Couzens will go to Wash- ington unembarrassed by promises of political: patrons or pledges as to his policy,” “said 'Governor A, J. Groesbeck in making public the an- nouncement_. ‘“‘He can represent the state without being backed by ties of any kind.” . The new senator will take office at the beginning of the regular ses- ison of congress in December. Al- though recently reported in ill health Couzens has regained his strength and oldtime vigor. MUSICAL ART CLUB TO HOLD PROGRAM FRIDAY The Bemidji Musicad Art club will have as its subject for its next meet- ing to be held Friday afternoon “Music of the Mountain Whites.” This' meeting will be held at the rooms of: the Civieiand Commerce association’:at 3 loclock, an hour earlier than usual, s_!:xce there will be no school Friday. ', After the meeting a silver tea will be served, the proceeds to go toward the piano fund, which the club is raising to pay for the piano recently purchased and now kept in the as- sociation rooms. Mrs. R, H. Schu- maker s chairman of the hostess committee. ~ Mrs. Blaine Lambert will give a talk on “Mountain Whites and their music.” This will be followed by a group of Mountain Whites melo- dies, sung by Mrs, A. G. Jacobson, including “John" Riley” and “Old Maid Song.” 5 Miss Ida Virginia Brown will sing “Give Me Thy Heart” and “My Love is Gone to Sea”, both written by Francis Hopkinson. At the close of the meeting community singing will be enjoyed in preparation for the Christmas program to be given Dec- ember 5. Mrs. Jacobson. will lead the assembly singing. CREAMERY ASSOCIATH T0 EXPAND ACTIVITIES A decision to expand activities' of the Minnesota-Co-operative creamer- ies association was reached at a meeting of directors, held in'St. Paul last week. ~ The business of the asso- ciation has grown so rapidly that the capacity of several departments, es- pecially that of marketing butter, must be enlarged, according to A. J. McGuire, general manager. The number of member creamer- ies has reached 364, an increase of 10 for the month of November. The association does not owe a cent, other than regular monthly bills. The fi- HOLD ANOTHER | Gasoline Savings HEAVY TOURIST| Would Pave Roads . BEMIDJI CITIZENS TO s Plans for Next Year’s Summer Tourists to be Made at Duluth:Dec. 15-16 TEN THOUSAND LAKES ASSOCIATION TO MEET Preparations to be Made to Take Care of Increased Number of Visitors Plans for another record tourist year in 1923 will be made at the an- nual meeting of the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association in Duluth, December 15th and 16th. The call, announcing the dates and place of the annual meeting was sent out yesterday. At the same time, it was disclosed that preparations must be made to take care of -an increased upmber of visitors to Minnesota the next sum- mer. During the season just passed, more than 500,000 visitors from other states spent their summer va- cations at the Minnesota lakes. This is the largest number of any year since Minnesota first began to adver- tise its lakes. With the yearly increase expected Minnesota must prepare to take care of thousands of additional ourists next summer, it was pointed out at the offices of the Ten Thousand Lak- es Association. Plans for the year’s work of the association will be mapped out at the meeting in Duluth. Not only will the association map out an extensive campaign to attract additional visit- ors to Minnesota, but further means of improving the service of resorts and tourist camps will be considered. Efforts are being made to arrange for the holding of mectings of the Minnesota Game Protective Associa- tion and the Minnesota State For- estry “Association in Duluth in con- nection with the meeting of the Ten Thousand- Lakes of Minnesota As- sociation. Problems of mutual inter- est to the different associations are schéduled for consideration. Among these questions are game conservation and prevention of for- est fires. Representatives of the three associations ‘hope to work out a co-operative program through which Minnesota’s visitors as well as thecitizens of the state will be in- duced to save game and fish and min- imize the danger of forest fires. Means of inducing larger numbers to utilize the great outdoors recrea- tional facilities of the state will be considered. The committee in charge of plans and meetings now is endeav- oring to obtain a speaker of national a very enjoyable venison dinner at the rooms ‘of the Civic and Com- merce association Tuesday evening. From all reports the boys did justice to the spread and as a result re- prominence to lead in this discus- sion. Efforts are also being made to obtain a speaker of prominence in the field of forestry or fish and [able paper. : The yeggs gained entrance by prying open a rear window. They caried an acetylené burning outfit and burned: holes in two :doors of the nancial condition is such that it is possible to expand in almost any di- yection desired by the creameries. affair will be largely attended. The public in general is invited, and the proceeds will be used toward defray- ing the expenses of the 1923 state firemen’s convention to be held in Bemidji next June. safe. There was no hoise or dis- = -turbance of any kind to atouse any 1 of the 5,000 residenits of the sleep- NEW COMPANY FGRMED inft ;'Iillaz& ’l‘_hix;emwa; i no nigh; [ g TO HANDLE INSURANCE | nce onty one other robbery has oc- carred in, Lonsdale in the -last year and thdét was a minor ore. | : No one saw an automobile or sus- picious characters &bout the town. The bandits evidently used an. auto- mobile, however, for a considerable amount of pennies, nickles and dimes were discarded ' near 'where Reynolds & Winter have sold their the highway crosses theMilwakee insurance department to a new cor- | tracks east of town. A farmer poration known as Lahr-Huffman, found the coins there this morning: Intorporated, comprising J. P, Lahr, A farmer west of town reported C. A. Huffman and H. L. Huffman. |being disturbed in the fight when The new firm will take over this'|his dogs were aroused. . He looked business December 1st. out but could see no one. The Rice The real estate business of Rey- ! county sheriff and towns in all di- nolds & Winter will be retained by |rections were notified of the rob- them and they will continue in their |bery when it was discovered, but present quarters where desk roomno one had. a description of the ban- will be provided. The new corpo- dit car or even knew the number of yation will occupy the quarters in the | the bandits® Dalton block, now being used by - Rt & el ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS VISIT CONCRETE PLANT C. A. Huffman has been prominent The directors of thié Bemidji in business in.this city for.the past and - Commerce Association ' visited 15 years and.will have charge of the general office work for the new com- pany. Hg s also secretary-treasur- er of the new firm. J. P Lahr'?i's president of the new |the plant of the Bemidji = Concrete corporation. and H. L. Huffman is|Manufacturing company, Tuesday vice-president., . . - afternoon upon invitation of Ray Mr. Lahr has been a resident of | Olsom, secretary and ' treasurer of this fast growing establishment. This new corporation is haking' rapid advancement i the produc- tion of concrete tile and brick, as Bemidji. for: the past 20 years and as well as other concrete material; been active in public affairs much of the time, he being president of and Bemidji business men are inter- ested in its success. the city council at the present time. Mr. Olson has expressed a desire H. L. Huffman has been reared in this city since childhood and‘is a product of the Bemidji public schools and the: University of Minn- s 3 de esota. He has been a practicing at- | to have all business in _Bem}t!!h Aas torney in Bemidji since his gradu- well as the general pnbhc,_ visit this ation from the law school. plant and watch its operations. Ac- cording to Mr. Olson, there is a great market for the product they maun- facture and with the proper en- couragement and support it is des- The general nature of the busi- ness of Lahr-Huffman, Incorporated, tined to become prominent among Northern Minnesota’s principal in- shall be to maintain an agency for dustries. Lahr-Huffm.n,r Incorporated, Take Over Insurance of Reynolds & Winter writing and selling insurance of ev- erv nature, transact general real cstate and brokerage business, make (Continued on Page 2), morning, ed this afternoon. B, A. C, CLUB NOT TO MEET UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY There will be no meeting of the B. A. C. club tonight, the meeting having been postponed untfil next Wednesday evening, it was announc= ghired only a light breakfast this ISSUES PROCLAMATION DIVIDING COUNTY TODAY St, Paul, Nov. 29—Governor Preus today issued a proclama- tion dividing Beltrami county and pointing to the Lake of the Woods county as the northern- most county in the United States. » game conservation. Announcements of = the meeting have been sent out to all summer re- sorts and commercial organizations in the state. All persons interested in the! recreational development of the state: are urged to attend. Directors for the coming year will be elected at the meeting. Sessions are to be held at the Spaulding hotel. OBSERVE THANKSGIVING Stores to Be Closed All Day, Open This Evening; Church Services Thursday . Bemidji is to observe Thanksgiv- ing day Thursday in the usual man- ner. The majority of the local chur_ches have announced special services for Thursday, while Union services will be held at the Episcopal church with Rev. L. P. Warford of the Presbyterian church as preacher, This service will be held at 10:30. Practically all of the Bemidji stores will be open this evening to care for the usual Thursday trade, and, so far as is known, all will be closed Thursday to observe the day in a fitting manner. The closing schedule of the Civic and Commerce association calls for the stores to be closed all Gay Thanksgiving day. Every citzen of the cit yis urged to observe the day in some manner, by attending church services or some similar observance. schools closed this afternoon for the remainder of the week, The State Teachers colleze closed its fall term this noon with a short graduation exercise this forenoon. The college will open its regular winter term next Tuesday forenoon. There will be no issue of the Pioneer Thursday, that the employ- ees of the company may observe the day as they see fit. HOUSE PASSES SHIP SUBSIDY House Passes Adminlstration Measure This Afternoon; Goes to Senate (By special wire from the United Press Bureau, St, Paul.) Washington, Noy, 29—The House passed the Ship Subsidy bill late this afterncon. Washington, Nov, 29—The Ship Subsidy bill, with its fate constitut- ing the first out and out test of Pres- ident Harding’s leadership over the republican majority in congress, will come to a final vote in the house late today with the outcome very much in doubt. ’ Administration leaders throwing every ounce of power behind the President, profess confidence the Subsidy will pass by not less than 20 votes. Opponents claim they have the bill beaten by at least 10 votes. These estimates, based on the polls made by the contending factions, indicate how close the vote will be. The thing that was worrying both sides was the fact that 50 or 60 members are not on hand to vote, although telegrams have been sent out calling in all absentees there un- doubtedly will be a considerable rumber who will not resvond. If the bill passes the house, President Harding will have succeeded ship sunbsidy legislation further than any president. A number of executives have tried to secure enactment of shipping aid without even getting it through one branch of congress. Former President Taft twice ap- pealed personally for ship subsidy and failed to secure favorable action in either house or the senate, But regardless of whether it car- ries the house, senatorial leaders have frankly informed Harding the Subsidy appears to have little or no chance of passing in the upper cham- ber. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO INITIATE BIG CLASS A class of 45 candidates is to be initiated into the Knights of Colum- bus Thanlisgiving day. The class and the order will go to mass in St. Philip’s church at 8 ofclock in the morning and the first degree work will be put on at the K. C. hall. Dinner will be served and the second and thizd degrees will be put on in the afternoon. at the old armory. The class includes candidate from Blackduck, International Falls, Ca: Lake, Park Rapids, Puposky and sc !eral other towns and cities in this section of the state. After the de- gree work, a banquet will be served in the baserf:nt of the church by | Divisions No. 1 and 4 of the Cath- olic Ladies. A smoker will be held in the even- ing at the K. C. hall and it is pected that every portion of the da degree work and entertainment v » Jargely attended, members to be it from all neighboring com- The high school and the public|® tions - Thursday. Highway i’igures Show- ‘Gains Possible by Buying Roads’ Instead of Extra Gas: PRACTICAL TESTS SHOW SAVINGS POSSIBILITIES Savings on Single Item Held Ample to Cover Paving Costs for 10 Years \ Possible savings on gasoline alone, in the next ten years at present pric- es, would pay the whole cost of pav- ing the entire 7,000-mile Minnesota system of trunk highways, according to practical, tests made by the Iowa State college. Expert engineers re.- port that equal savings can be made roads, and this added, the possible savings would equal the paving tests in five years. Even greater savings possible on the life of every car and the comfort and convenience afford- ed by the hard-surfaced highways would represent net gains, they as- ert. Charles M. Babcock, state highway commissioner, made it clear that there is no immediate plan to pave 7,000 miles or even 700 miles on the trunk system, and that the figures are applied to the Minnesota high- way program to emphasize that the proposed bond issue to speed up betterments are *“just good busi- ness.” Figure Big Savings Towa test averages showed that a gallon of gasoline is the motor fuel necessary to transport one ton 14 miles on an earth road, 21 miles on a gravel road and 31 mileson & con- crete pavement. With gasoline at 24 cents a gallon, the mile fuel cost are 1.71 cents on earth, 1.15 cents on gravel and .77 cents on paved roads. Further, the tests show possible sav- ings of 56 cents a ton on gravel over earth roads, 94 cents on pavement over earth roads and 38 cents on (Continued on page 2) STUDEBAKER AUTO LIVERY OPENED HERE RECENTLY The Studebaker Auto Livery, op- erated by W. R. Spears and R, M. Thome, who use heated and en- !closed cars, has been opened in thé building opposite the Markham hotel 207 Beltrami avenue. This concern i3 equipped for day and night ser- vice on both local and country trips. THANKSGIVING SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED BY POSTMASTER Post office hours at the Bemidji office for Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, are announced as follows: General delivery window open from 10 to 11 a. m.; No delivery by the city or rural carriers; other mail will be made up and dispatched as usual, LEGISLATIVE BLANK TO FARM BUREAU MEMBERS S— Farmers Vote on Agricultural Issues Before Legislature And Congress as Well (Farm Burcau News Service) A state-wide referendum is being taken by the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation to determine the posi- tion of its members on important issues affceting agriculture that are to come before the legislature and Congress. F. L. French, secretary, has sent to all county directors and other lo- cal leaders, a supply of blanks, p-er pared in the ferm of a questionaire, vhich, when filled out, will give the Federation, especially its legislative committee, accurate information as to the desires of its membership. It will take approximately three weeks to complete the referendum. Allowing a week to compile returns, a complete recapitulation will be ready by the time the lcgislature opens. . The questionaire will be submitted at every local farmers’ meeting to be held this month.. Each question will be submitted for ° discussion, after which a vote will be taken and recorded The questionaire, which follows closely that submitted to legislative candidates a month ago, is divided into two | One deals with ques- tions before the state legislature and the other with issues that will be decided by Congress. Results of the congressional referendum will be sent to the Washington office of tife American Farm Bureau Federation. e legislative issues the fed. 3 to know whether mem- avor the creation of an inves- anize a state rural i a result of the pas- of Amendment No. 1. It also ks for expressions relative to re- (Continucd on Page 2) S on tires with paved, against unpaved 1