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.w-, 5^1 fc"* h M.r.Z. ^-pKir.v*tmHtimz The Pioneer ii the only 4sily has the largest circulation In Northern JMinnetota. VOLUME XVIII. NO. 239 PROGRESSMADE Negotiations Made With For mer. Owner and Operator F. S. LVCAN AGREES TO SUPERVISE NEW HOTEL Committee of Business Men of City Meeting Today to Complete Plans The finance committee and the building cpmmittee of the Civic and iComm'erce association on the Birchmont hotel, report progress on the project. Negotiations With George Cochran, the previous owner and operator of the hotel, have been made with reference to the amount of interest he would take in the'hotel project. Mr. Cochran has, with his usual magnaralty .agreed to sell to the inew Bfirchmont hotel organiza tion. When it is formed, the twenty lota taking in the space from the Jacobf property east to the Ervfn property, together with all cottages, buildings, boathotfses, boats, docks, boilers, pump house, pressure tank and other appurtenances .situated on this plot tor the sum of $12,000 $2,000 of which, Mr. Cochran agrees to take in stock of the new company, and, for the re maining 110,000 he accepts a mortgage subject to a first mort gage Which may 'be placed on the property. This same property was valu ed by a committee consisting of H. B.-Reynolds, George Kreatz, and.A. A, Warfield at tho suni of |1&,000, and in the amount Mr. Cochran has accepted he is evidencing his strong desire to see the new hotel project put thru successfully. -F, S.vLycan, proprietor of the (Markham hotels has' agreed to take the operation of the hotel under his supervision for a pe- riod"^ iWafcears if the project Is Consummated: This also.means a big^acrifice on the part of Mr. Lycan andit is felt that by thus offering his services he has pav ed the way for the successful operation of the hotel. A .large representative com mittee of the business men of "the city met at luncheon in the association rooms today with the finance and building committee to complete the details of the fi nancing. These details wjU be given in full in tomorrow's Pio neer. Watch for them. CATTLE SHOW BIG GAIN ON SWEET CLOVER FEED (By United Press) Fargo, Jan. 28 Cattle pastured on sweet clover for 32 days showed an average gain per, head of 130 pounds, again of 4.2 pounds per day, according to B. S.-Eastman of Gilby, farmer, Who urged-the need of more sweet clover pasturage on North Da kota farms.' Mr. Eastman pointed out that it required three to live acres of other pasturage to feed one animal, but that two animals could live on on* acre of ,sweet clover. As to the value of sw#*T clover crop, ire cited the case of J,. W. Scott of G* byr who fed 400 ewes on 70 acres and then eut a crop from" the same patch,. Furthermore he placed his stoc on trie market the last of October saving 60 to 90 days custo mary feeding period and* marketed them at the Jfme when stock prices were highest. TWIN CITY SCOTS OBSERVE BIRTHDAY OF ROBERT BURNS St Paul, Ian. 28Twin City Scots' and members of the various tw,ln city clap will assist the Clan Camp bell, number 116 of the Order of Scottish \5lans, to celebrate the one hundred and sixty-second anniver sary df the birth of Robert Bufrns at the St. Paul (Masonic temple here tonight.. CHIEF CAMPBELL FREED FROM SCANDAL CHARGE J(BV *M*m4*3ffi United Press) fc St. Paul, Jan. 2%Zl. J. O'Conhell,leave brother of Mrs. Br 3. McCarthy, in a statement today declared Chief of Police^Campbell 'innocent' of charges made agaihst him by the woman. Chief Campbell was given a clean bill of health by Police Commissioner Smith yesterday following an investi gation of the scandal which involved Campbell and Mrs. McCarthy. Deputies took Chief Campbell to the county jail when they found him in a room with Mrs. McCarthy. The woman confessed to Commissioner Smith that it was a frame-up. O'Con nell in hi* statement today said, "My sister is-aot a woman of strong mind 'and no doubt this had been taken advantage of by some designing per- sons." He said, "Her mind had been -affected \aince, she had scarlet fever when a *1rl." lilfciMHifctttiliMiiMiJiiiiaafM"!*! |$STA!T|JPA^JEOJECTIST!ir S RECOMMENDED FAVORABLY In message to Judge C. W. Stanton today^Senator Leonard If. Nord advisfcd him that.the .bill to provide for the estab lishment of the proposed. Lake Bemidji State Park has, been recommended'for passage by the Public Domain committee of i the senate. Considering the- favorable at-* tttude that various prganiza- U6H3 in this section of the state have assumed toward the pro ject, ipdications are that the I proposal will be ^passed upon favorably by both houses with in a very short time. THEATRESTD/ fiTf fl NEAR EAST! EFFUND Special MatinJ I Be Held Tomorrow if Bemidji i loon at atres A special prof fc has 'been ar ranged for the _^es to be held at Rex, Elkon and Grand theatres, to morrow forenoon for children and those adults who are able to attend. All proceed* will be turned over to the Near East relief fund to aid the starving children of Eurppe under the direction of Herbert Hoover, who is sponsoring the drive throughout tfoexJnited States. Parents are urged to assist in the project, since the local theatres have agreed to furnish everything connect ed with the picture free of charge. An, admission price of ten cents will be charged children, while grown ups will'be admitted for twenty-five cents. Tnls admission fee for adults does not, however, limit the amount which can be donated at this time, and itf is urged that those who wish to, contribute freely at this time in order ti make the proceeds to be turned over to the relief fund suffi ciently large to make a good showing for this city. The Rex program will be a Fox special, "Treasure Island." Will Bogers in. "Almost a Hus band", a Pathe review, and a selected comedy will make up the program for the matinees. The performance at the Grand and the Rex will start i 10:30 and at the Elko at 11 o'clock. NEW CENTRAL STUDENTS TO EEPOET ON MONDAY Parents of children who are to enter the central school as beginners with the opening of the second se mester are urged to see that such children report at the principal'svof flce at the Central building on Mon day forenoon at 10 o'clock. Mrs. John Smith and son, Walter, arrived this morning Jrom Couer d'Alene, Idaho, for a visit at the home of Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. H. Waldron at Tenth street and Dal ton avenue. ARMY APPROPRIATION SUFFERS HEAVY CUTS Appropriations for Rivers and Harbors Work Placed at $50,250,000 for Year (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 28With a re duction in the War department esti mates of $699,275,000, the Army ap propriation bill carrying a total of $331,222,000 was reported to the House today by the appropriation committee. The appropriation of the committee is based on an army of 150,000 men. Thus the bill was a reduction of about $64,000,000 com pared with the appropriation for the current year. JUVENILE BAND MEETS AT SEVEN TOMORROW NIGHT Director G. O. Riggs of the Juve nile band announces that all memb ers of the bandi are requested to be at the band rooms in the City hall at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening. The band will play at the basketball game at the armory between Bemidji and Croofkston High school. dry TEAMPLAYSTHIEF RIVER FALLS TONIGHT Bemidji's city basketball team will for Thief River Falls where it will take on that city's aggregation this evening in what promises to be a close contest. Last year Thief River Faljs was defeated^here by a fair margin after having won over Bemidji on the home floor. Both contests were attended by a large crowd of enthusiasts who are anxious to see the outcome of the battle to* The locals are in first clase condi tion for the fray having practiced regularly every evening, and the Thief River Falls bunch are aided by having taken part in a large number of games already this season, while the Bemidji team has had only two SsMB6of It tt expected that a number of loc al fans will accompany the team to Thief River Falls this afternoon. SENATENAVA1 HEAR DANIELS Naval Officers to Discuss Sus pension of Building for Six Months COMMITTEE TO TALK QVER BORAH'S ADVICE Borah Drafts Resolution Cover, Investigation of Important Points to (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 28. (By L. C. Martin.)Secretary Daniels and Ad miral of the Navy will be asked to tell the Senate naval committee whether suspension *of building for ^six months would be safe and expedi ent. The committee will meet soon tqf talk over Senator Borah's resolu tion and will ask for information on the point. Senator Borah expeets the naval representatives in the committee to report against suspension. He has already drafted a resolution for a complete investigation to cover these points: the reported British suspen sion of naval building for the pur pose o'f studying new ideas in naval construction the opinion of Ameri can and foreign experts as to the battle cruisers and surface ships as against submarines and aircraft the manner in which \he naval officials receive sjid treat suggestions from naval officers of subordinate rank concerning innovations the relative cost/of the sixteen battleship pro gram now under way and the air craft submarine policy. FORD MOTOR COMPANY ISRE-OPFJflNGfLANT Detroit Factory Will Soon Be on 25 Per Cent Capacity Three Days a Week (By United Press) Detroit, Mich., Jan. 28.The Ford Motor Highland Park plant is re opening. Many heads of departments, machine men, a"hd millwrights are called back. By Monday it is said the plant will be operating at about twenty-five per cent of its capacity. Three days a week will be the working schedule at present. The plant has been closed more than a month. The men who were called, back to work will get the plant in shape for the resumption of production. The first jobs in the re-opening are being given to picked men who were noti fied by mail. Gradual expansion will bring thousands back to work. MASONIC DANJCE PROVES TO BE ENJOYABLE AFFAIR A second of a series of Masonic dances was held Thursday evening at the Masonic temple. A large at tendance indicated the popularity of the parties and the next one will be given Thursday, Feb, 10. 1^Iia*S^^l44-^w*fdX ?5*K *& wisdom of building dfeadnaught*. of the post on Feb. 10, when new officers will be elected. The newly elected commander will also be called upon for an address. He will be ask ed to outline the work he proposes for the post during the coming year. National headquarters of the Le gion is organizing a speakers' bureau composed of three thousands mem bers scattered over the United States and from this bureau speakers will be selected to address nearby posts upon calls, issued by the state department. Bemidji is to have sev eral speakers in the bureau and plans are being made to interchange sneak ers with nearby posts to aid in put ting "pep" into the meetings. The program for (the next meeting (will include an address by John M. I Culver, "oafs," r# the awarding of an attendance prize, which was orig inated last evening and which will be awarded to the person whose name is drawn, provided that he is present when the drawing is made. Every member is especially urged to be pres ent on Feb. 10, when officers for the coming year will be elected and other important business will be brought before the post. JvW^ tqf~* BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, JAJ*. 28, 1921 LEGION MAKES PLANS FOR VARIED ACTIVITIES 'c- Plans for Special Activities Mapped Out at Meeting Thursday Night Ealph Gracie Post of the American Legion held a meeting last evening which, in all ways but election of of ficers, resembled an annual session. Plans for various projects for the en suing year were discussed in detail and keen interest wa^ evidenced by all members. Committee reports brought forth news of projects under way and these indicate that the post will soon resume its customary activ ity in the community. The boving committee has assured the post that within a very few weeks another boxing card will be staged here. Arrangements are* be ing made with Al Arne of Interna tional,Falls and Gunner Quinn of Minneapolis to form the main event, and if these fighters are secured, lo cal fans are assured a first-class head liner. Plans are also under way for an American LegioA ball to be held in the new Armory' in a few weeks, this event hereafter to be an annual af fair. Tiie dande committee is al ready at work in(preparation for put ting on a novel idance. A dramatic club is soon to "be or ganized within the Legion with John M. Cutver as instructor and head. Lo cal talent' will be used throughout in putting on the productions FARM MANAGEMENT TO BEDEMONSTRATED HERE Farmers living in the vicinity of Bemidji will have an opportunity on February 4 to study farm manage ment under the supervision of W. L. Caverf, farm management demonstra tor of the agricultural extension di vision of the University Farm. An all-day session is planned and will begin at about" nine o'clock in the rooms of the Bemidiji Civic and Com merce association. A similar meeting will be held at Hines the followiiig day. Only two topics may be discussed atone meeting and it is expected that potatoes and. dairy products will be chosen for the local subjects as were chosen at Hines. Hitching /J WAGECUTSFOR RAILROADMEN Labor Committee of Railroad Executives in Conference on Wage Cuts RAILROAD BOARD TO HOLD HEARING ALSO Industrial Readjustment Will Depend on Railroads, Say Officials Today (By United Press) Chicago, Jan. 28. (By C. Lit tle) iFive men 'barricaded them- seTves in a hotel room here to draw up a case designed, to prove that the wages of two million railroad em ployees should be slashed. The five holding the conference comprised the labor committee of the association of railroad executives. The report they drew up will be It" is I presented to the standing committee planned to stage'at least two plays of the association. This body after here before the latter part of May the' pawing on ^^^make^helr^presen- dates to be decided upon as soon as the club had organized As the result of a motion passed, Commander^N. E. Given will deliver a retiring address at the next meeting tation in a form of a petition to the United States Railroad Labor Board. The railroad Boardthe supreme court of railroad capital and labor will hold a hearing on the petition before reaching a decision. Not un til the railroad problem is settled will industrial readjustment 'be accomp lished, authorities admitted general ly- Normalcy will come when the rail road probelem is solved for, the four sides aro unsettled. The four sides are: railroad management, one mil lion stockholders, two million em ployees, and the traveling public. DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS ORGANIZED PERMANENTLY Important Projects Indorsed By Congress Representing Three Big States (By United Press) St. Paul/ Jan. 28"Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin have com bined to make the Great Lakes basin the greatest agricultural and Indus-' trial section of the country" said Gov. J. A. O. Preus today. A permanent organization of the Tri-State Development Congress was accomplished last night and the fol lowing projects endorsed: A big re forestation program Federal Hood control Liberal rural credit pro gram Classification by analysis of all lands and an extension of the topographical survey Regional com munity planning Deep drainage of marsh lands and definite assurance to settlers on Such work Uniform me thods in financing drainage projects A bureau of information to serve prospective settlers and development of tourist traffic. A committee was named on per manent organization and efforts will be made to secure a large member ship in the next congress. PlONBB^ mfi 44 BEMIDJI OUINT MEETS CR00KST0N TOMORROW Local Cagers Promise Speedy Contest With Polk County Aggregation Here Coach Paul F. Schmidt's Croobston high school basketball quint will meet the Bemidji high school tossers to morrow evening in the old Armory at 8 o'clock in the fifth game on the locals' schedule. Though this is not a district game, interest in the result of the game is at top pitch and the players themselves are in excellent condition to give Crookston a trim ming. Coach Smith's men have been re ceiving hard scrimmages all week and are in good shape to enter the contest. Early this week Captain fligbe gave signs of illness, but the star will be able to' start tomorrow night, it was announced this evening. Coach Smith is spending most of his time demanding closer teamwork. He sees the lack of that as his great est obstacle to district championship hopes and believes that caging accu racy will almost take care of itself in the development of it. Crookston has shown much class in the early contests this year, having garnered in two victories, one over the Ada high school five last Friday by a 20-to-lG count, after Ada had them beaten 16 to 8 at the end of the first half. The wonderful'defen sive game put up by Coach Schmidt's quint resulted in holding Ada score less ty the second half while the Polk county quint counted 12 points. It is this same ability to come back strong in the final period that is fear ed largely by the Bemidji team. The Crool33ton style of play, however, will be more rounded out than any of the Bemidji opponents to date and will prove of value to the Bemidji mentor, who is ferreting out the weak points of the local tossers with a view to elimination before Feb. 4, when Be midji tackles St. Cloud on the local floor. OFFICIALS PROBING ALLEGED CONFESSION North Dakota Coal Miner Walks Four Miles to Tell Police He Killed Lessee (By United Press) Minot, N. P., Jan. 28.Ward county officials today are investigat ing the alleged confession of Jack Collier, miner, known as "Oklahoma Jack" who walked four mile* to Kcn mare to tell the officials he had shot a man. John Reynolds, a miner, was found dead near Collier's shack with four bullets in his uouy. Collier 1H alleged, to have been drunk yester day with hard cider. In an argument with Albert Hanson, a coal mine leBBee, he shot Hanson twice but the latter was rescued by Thomas O'Neill, another miner. Reynolds, although warned of Collier's condition went to the latter's shack and the shooting followed, SIXTY PER CENT LOSS POCKETEDBY FARMERS Washington, Jan. 28.Based on December first prices paid to produ cers the value of all farm crops of this country for 1920 was slightly under $10,500,000,000 according to the Department of Agriculture, com pared with $16,000,000,000 in 1919, and a little over $10,000,000,000 as the flve-year average 1914-18 inclu sive. This is proof positive that the agriculturalists were the first to suf fer from the slump in prices, while the fact remains that the ultimate consumers profited little or nothing by lower living costs. During 1920 the United States imported something like $i,500,000,000 in foodstuffs, to say nothing of other products of the farmprobably an aggregate of not less than $2,000,000,000. compared with an estimate of something like $50,000,000,000 the year before the war. And two billion dollars of Am erican money had a terrific purchas ing power in 1920 on account of de preciation of foreign exchange. In bulk, .the importations of 1920 would be considerably in excess of four times the 1913 importations. This situation suggests one of the main reasons why the American farmers are demanding emergency tariff legis lation. I MINNESOTA HIST* **m CIRCULATION OF BOOKS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED At a meeting of the board of the public library, it was de cided to Jdiscontinue the circu lation of books until the small pox epidemic has abated. The reading room will be kept open, and books, except those in homes where there is 'smallpox are to be returned as usual. Books in homes where there is smallpox are to be kept in such homes until further no tice. By order of the library board. Grace A. Warfield, Secretary. -r Al^if^wta iWeathe*: pafrtiy 1 *1 fife*Tut unsettled, tonjjht .and I P"*"-^" fifta* ndrihwest' lid uniettled tonight .and uyCiflder inndrif and weg portions*Saturday. I 55c PER MONTH BEMIDJISTATE NORMALSHOWS E PROGRESS Advancement During Past Yeai* Shown in Report Made By President Deputy MAXWELL OF WINONA URGES LAW CHANGES Would Revive Bill Empowering Normal to Grant Bachelor's Degree in Education i The progress of the Bemidji State Normal school during the present school year and the advancement over the previous year are set forth in the following report by President M. W. Deputy as presented at the regular quarterly meeting of the state normal school board at Mankato on January 25: "Since the last quarterly meeting of the boards eleven new students have been enrolled in the adult de partment, making the total for the year one hundred eight in the ele mentary department, six additional children have been admitted, bring ing the total to ninety-eight. Dur ing the quarter there has been but little illness among the students and the attendance hus been unusually good. The city schools have, as usu al, showed a willingness to co-oper ate with us and havo arranged for their school nurse to give some time to our elementary department with out cost. Three students, having completed the work for the two-year course, were awarded diplomas at the end of the fall term, and it is recom mended that their graduation be ap proved. "A uniformly good quality of work has been done by the students and teachers, and the spirit of the school is most commendable. Two liter ary societies have been organleod which, thru friendly rivalry and an interest in the development of ability to appear well betoro a public aud ience, seem to have a wholesome in fluence" for good. At the opening of the campaign for relief of European children, the public speaking class in charge of Miss Eunice Asbury pres ented the causo before the entire school us.sembly with the result that $140 was quickly subcrlbed and paid by the students and faculty. "The facilities of Martha Sanford Hall under the able management of Mrs. firaco B. Thacker, have made it possible not only to provide desirable living conditions for a limited num ber, but also to afford excellent op portunities for the bettor social train ing of practically the entire student body. At present, all available space in Martha Sanford hall is taken and some are on a waiting list. Numer ous inquiries indicate that the en rollment for both the summer school and for the next year will bo increas ed considerably In which case we shall havo much difficulty to provide suitable living accomodations until such time as the proposed new wing shall bo added to the present build- ing." A number of other matters of im portance to all the Normal schools of the state were discussed. President Maxwell of the Winona school refer red to proposed legislation which he thought should receive immediate attention and regarding it he otated: "There are three details of new legislation which I could wish might receive the favor of the board and the approval of the legislature. They have been discussed by the presi dents of the schools at various times and, I believe, ip general approved by them. These items are: first, the change of the legal name of each of the schools from State Normal School to State Normal College, and the des ignation of the board as the State Normal College Board second, auth ority in law for the award by the State Normal College Board of tho bachelor's degree in education and third, the substitution of free tuition for the ipreeent requirement of a pledge to teach for two years, or in lieu thereof a cash payment of thirty dollars per year of attendance. "A bill empowering the Normal School Board to grant the bachelor's degree in education was approved and introduced by this board in 1911. It easily passed the state senate but died in the house with many other bills on account of the unusual con gestion of business which character ized the session named. The argu ments for the action taken ten years ago are even more cogent at the pre sent time." CIVTC AND COMMUNITY CLUB AFTER MEMBERS The Women's Civic and Community club opened a membership drive to day and is planning to visit every home in the city desirous of obtain ing as many as possible to join the club at once. Bemidji ladies are asked to assist an making the drive a success. Those who have not been Invited to join are asked to hand in their names and membership fee of one dollar to the committee on mem bership. _. f' j^ i ffr,