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\*r*- V' TJM Pioneer la th only tolly within 100 miles of Bemldjl and has the largest circulation In Northera Minnesota VOLUME XIX. NO. 153 PEAKERASKS OFCHILDHOOD Interested Audiences Hea|r Darius A. Brown Deliver Important Message WOULD HAVE CHILDREN'S HOMES OPENED TO NEEDY Declares Nation Has Vital Problems to Be Solve in Immediate Fuj Whether a man or wo connected in any way with iratermty or not, it was dent from the faces of all at the two meetings addressed by Darius A. Brown on the vation of childhood that he had earnest attention and interest audience was with him from the and" continued so until he had finis His message was one that affee every home in the nation and there fore contained a personal message to all who heard him. For an hour and a quarter the afternoon he gave his hearers a great human message, relating the great dangers which are lurking about lor ruining the boys and girls of the nation, telling of the need of conserv ing the child life of the nation and pointing out the jnethod adopted by the great fraternity, under whose auspices he spoke, to give to the un fortunate boys and girls, who were deprived of the shelter and instruc tion of a home, a substitute as nearly as possible perfect, in the develop ment of every side of the child's na ture. "We have capacity in our present Mooseheart for 5,000 children when all the buildings are completed as planned, but our hope is to have a Mooseheart not only in Illinois but one in the South, another in the East, one in the West and another in the North, and our dream finally is to be able to throw down the bars to the children of the nation and see that not only every child of a departed brother Moose but every needy child in the nation is given art education and .a- trade, in life," said Mr. Brown, "and by an education we mean the physical,, mental, moral and spiritual development- of the child. "We, have many vital problems in our nation to solve in the very imme diate future. Although it is almost (Continued on Page 8) POLICE SEARCHING FOR FAKE H0 TE PROMOTER (By United Press) Minneapolis, Oct. 17.Minneapolis police today were searching for L. L. Jennings, hotel proprietor, who claims to have been a partner of "Cy Thom- son." .Jennings is wanted to answer for swindling three persons out of $75. Posing as joint owner of a ho tel at Austin and also of the famous Oakdale farms, Jennings is said to have interested victims in a proposed hotel at Chateau Thierry. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Kehrman of Minneapolis lost $50 when they ac cepted jobs from Jennings in the Austin' hotel. After a trial they were to be sent to the French resort, Jen nings promised. He obtained pos session of their trunk with $400 in Liberty bonds and a sum of money. These were recovered. Thomas Kon don of Pierre, S. D./'^ave Jennings $25 for a ticket to Chateau Thierry and hasn't been seen since. If you want to be a winner put a little more speed into the race and get busy. Big results are to be ex pected this week in The Pioneer's big salesmanship drive for after Tuesday night, October 22, lowest credit of the campaign goes into ef fect. All the wide-awake club mem bers are struggling for supremacy, with the realization that the final re sults depend almost entirely on what is done this next few days. As the last few days of this stu pendous campaign come in sight the club members are working with might and main for the highest honors that are to be had. Not only will these luxurious grand prizes be awarded the best hustlers, but the fortunate winners will receive the praise and congratulations of all Bemidji and surrounding territory on such a vic tory. Before Tuesday night, October 22, when the lowest credit schedule of the campaign goes into effect, you can get the winning credits that will make one of the big prizes yours. Start today with that one thought. KELUHER WOODSMAN JOES SEEFWITH GUN Chris Hovie, about 30 years of age, was found dead in his shack, about five miles northwest of eiliher Sat urday forenoon by an employee of the Larson Brothers cedar yards, who went into that vicinity to check up on the cedar which Hovie was cutting for that company. Unable to find Hovie at work,- he went to the shack and there found the laborer lying on the floor dead. County Coroner H. N. McKee was summoned at once, and after investi gating the circumstances surrounding Hovie's death, pronounced jt a case of suicide. Near the body was found a single-barrel shotgun and two un exploded shells which were loaded with bullets. Judging from the posi tion df the fatal wound, and from the position of the gun and the body on the floor, County Coroner McKee be lieves that Hovie s*at on the edge of the bed, leaned over the muzzle of the loaded gun and fired the shot which ended his life. The bullet en tered the center of the man's chest and went out through his back, slight ly to the left of center. Directly in line with the wounds, considering tihat the bodjr was in that position when the shot was fired,, was a bullet \ole through the roof of the shack. Hovie had not been seen since last ednesday, and it is not known just at day he committed the act, al though Mr. McKee judges that it must have been done either Thurs day or Friday. The body was fcuried at Kelliher. As far as is Tcnowh, the dead man has no relatives in this country. He was a single man and lived mostly in seclusion. TOUR TO GRYGLA REGION PIANNED FOR THURSDAY Number*bf Cars to Leave Here Thursday Morning, Return Friday Afternoon The trip into the Grygla district and towns northwest of there, which was planned for last Thursday, was postponed until Thursday of this week. On Thursday, October 20, it is planned to have a number of auto loads leave here early in the morning to make the trip into that territory. A number of directors of the Civic and Commerce association have sig nified their intention to make the trip and others are falling in line. The trip will cover the territory from here to {Jrygla and thence north westward through Gatzke to- Roseau and back by way of Thief River Falls, returning to Bemidji Friday after noon. The object of the trip is to make the citizens of Bemidji better ac quainted with the people and the ter ritory in that vicinity and to see the developmeit which has already taken place there. It is expected that ten or twelve cars will make the trip. Anyone who can take the trip is urg ed to let Miss Leila Stanton, secre tary ox the Civic and Commerce as sociation know as soon as possible. FOUR BEMIDJI PLAYERS ASSIST HAMLINE ELEVEN Four former football players of the Bemidji high school took part in the Saturday's game when Ham line University defeated Macalester by a score of 21 to 0. In the original lin-up, John Simons played fullback and scored the opening touchdown of the game. As substitute, John Koors replaced Dirks at right tackle, Myron Plum mer replaced Hoffert at left half, and Walter Higbe replaced H. Kaplan at quarterback. Koors and Higbe were members of the Bemidji state cham pionship team last year, while both Simons and Plummer were locally recognized as exceptionally good football material. CLUB MEMBERS URGED TOSPEED UP MORE IN CREDIT GETTING ONLY THIRTEEN DAYS LEFT Club Members Are Close in the Standings Published Today, and It Is the One Who Works Hardest Now Who Will Ride Away in the Buick Car October 29. It's the final burst of speed that wins in nearly eyery race. If this is foremost in your mind, work with all your might today, tomorrow, and up to the closing hour of the second pe riod. This is the way to make sure of success when you have it within your grasp. This is absolutely the last op portunity to secure big credits. After Tuesday the 25th the credits will be reduced on subscriptions so that a subscription for one year will be worth 800 credits, two years 4,000 instead of 6,000 as it is now. It is possible to over-estimate the importance of these last few days. To some it will mean a glorious vic tory. To other club members who fail to take advantage of the oppor tuntiy, it will mean defeat. What are you going to do? You must decide at once and act accordingly. After read ing this, there is still time for you to secure several more clubs of sub scriptions and thus increase your credit totals and your chance for one of the bigger and better prizes that will make you the winner or send you down to defeat. SOLDIER STUDENTS MAY ORGANIZE FARM COLONY ^4,\ **-w Tentative Plan Calls for Group of 100 to Form Colony in Northern Minnesota Soldier students of the department of agriculture of the University of Minnesota are considering a Nor thern Minnesota land colonization project recommended to them by Principal D. D. Mayne of the school of agriculture at University Farm, and Charles Bowe, agricultural di rector for the tenth district under the United States Veterans' Bureau. The matter was presented to the veterans at a formally called meeting in the .assembly hall at University Farm. Albert Determen, represent ing the college of agriculture Knute Lothberg, representing the school of agriculture Oscar J. Jacobson, repre senting the "vestibule" school, and Kenneth Law and 'George Carlson, representatives at large", were named as a committee to investigate the proposition. Principal Mayne told the men that the tentative plan was for a group of 100 to form a co-operative land association with stock of $60,000. Half of this stock, he said, could be taken up in six months from savings from the allowances paid the men by the government. The plan calls for the colonization of at least a township of land. Sev eral cut-over districts have already been surveyed, and one, which has a railroad and a magnificent lake has been gone over thoroughly and will probably be selected. The land, says Principal Mayne, can be bought for a few dollars an acre. The project also contemplates tr^e organization of a city form of government when the colony has 500 population, with the operation of co-operatively owned stores and other business under takings. TORRANCE TO ASSIST IN COURT AT BAGLEY County Attorney Graham M. Tor rance leaves Tuesday morning for Bagley, where he goes to assist Coun ty Attorney William McClennon in the prosecution of George Quinn, who is charged with murder. Mr. Torrancie is acting as special assistant attorney general, having been appointed as such by the attor ney general of the state. The Bagley term of court, which opens Tuesday, will be presided over by Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rap ids. FINAL INSPECTION OF STREETS IS DUE SOON The third and final trip of \the judges selected by the Woman's Civic and Community to decide upon which street or avenue has made the great est improvement in appearance dur ing the summer, will be made in a day or so. Upon this inspection will depend where the cup, donated last year to Irvine avenue, will go this year. The judges have found in their previous trips that the down town streets and alleys, also most of the down town vacant lots-were in good condition, but that a number of va cant lots in the residence district had not been kept up as well as they might have been. Some backyards in the residence district were untidy al so. It is urged that these conditions be bettered before the final trip, as they may be the means of depriving the residents of a street the posses sion of the cup. if. '^^^SlM^^AMd^^M^t^&^iM^i BEM1DJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 17, 1921 EDUCATORSTO OPEN SESSIONS ERETHURSDAY t- Program^ Armory Thursday Night Opens Three-Day Division Convention i. SECTIONAL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FRIDAY Interesting and Instructive Programs Arranged for Numerous Sessions The first convention of the Nor thern Division of the Minnesota Ed ucatibn association is to open here Thursday eveping at 8 o'clock with an appropriate program at the new armory. The main sessions of the three-day conventioh are to be held in the armory, while the other meet ings will be held at the State Teach ers college arid at the Methodist church. Mayor A. V. Garlock is scheduled to give the address of welcome, and J. A. Cogswell of Bagley will give the response. Following addresses by Miss Tneda Gildemeister of Winona and Rev. Bishop Bennett of Duluth, a reception will be given the teach ers by the Women's Civic and Com munity club and the Women's Study club. Friday's session will begin with sectional meetings. Rural and con solidated school instructors are to meet at the armory at 0 a.m., ele mentary teachers at the State Teach ers college, junior and senior high school teachers at the Methodist church, and school boards at the State Teachers college. An interesting and instructive program has been ar ranged for- each sectional meeting and it is expected that each will be largely attended. I The afternoon sessio'ii will begin at 2 o'cock at,the new armory, and for this an instructive program with sev eral musical numbers has been ar ranged. The evening program will be gin at 8 o'clock. This- will also be held at the new armory. Saturday forenoon's meeting ^wtebegin at 9 o'clock, "and "will' consist largely of entertainment features. The city schools and the State Teachers college are to be in session Thursday and the visiting teachers will be welcome at any of the ses ions. A special assembly program will be held at the teachers college at 10 o'clock Thursday forenoon. A buffet luncheon will be given Friday night after the conclusion of the program at the armory, by the Civic and Commerce association for the men teachers and instructors at tending the convention. AGED RESIDENT OF SUGAR BUSH TOWNSHIP DIES HERE Williaan J. Hutchins of Sugar Bush township passed away at St. An thony hospital Saturday morning at the age of 71 years. Arthur Hutchins of Brookston, Minn., was in the city Saturday and made arrangements for shipping the remains to Crow Wing for burial. Local arrangements wore made by M. E. Ibertson, undertaker. The deceased leaves, besides his brother, one daughter. Little Bo Peep j"^tyw*' BEMIDJI MUSICAL ART 'CLUB WELL UNDER WAY i.h HI I'ILIJ. 1 First Formal Program Was Held Friday Afternoon Membership Not Limited The Bemidji Musical Jr club made its debut with its first formal program Friday afternoon at the Civic and Commerce association rooms. The forming of this club tills a long-felt want in club circles and indicates a step forward in the prog ress of the citizens of Bemidji to ward greater culture and education. This club aims to stimulate gen eral interest in music, to encourage the development of talent in the com munity and eventually to draw artists of note to Bemidji as a musical cen ter. As a starting point, the organiza tion has decided upon American mu sic as its course of study this year, and the program Friday was the first stop in this field. Miss Bartha Fibigar, instructor of music in the public schools, read an interesting paper on* "Native Music. Indian and .Negro," and told of the progress being made in America to discover, harmonize and preserve In dian tribal songs and Negro melodies. Two songs by the high school girls' glee club followed th eroading of this paper and appropriately illustrated American Indian music. "The Land of the Sky Blue Water," by Cadman, and "The Rose" by Lieurance, were the selections given by the glee club. They were artistically performed and received with enthusiasm. At the business session, Miss Leila Stanton read the constitution and by-laws drawn up by the committee appointed for that purpose. These were adopted by the club without any changes. The Bemidji Musical Art club wishes to announce that membership is unlimited and that a large mem bership is desirable in order to pro mote a greater interest in music. An nual fees have been set at $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. Meetings will be held twice each month, and at 4 o'clock to enable teachers and students to attend, YOUTHFUL BANDITS GET $30,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY (Bv United PIVKH Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 17.Two youthful bandits held up Simon Kam er, jeweler, in his store today and es caped with $30,000 worth of loot. REVIEWS NELSON CASE .St. Paul, Oct. 17.The state par don board today was to consider the application for pardon of Andrew G. Nelson of Alexandria, who is now serving a 20-year sentence at Still water for manslaughter. Nelson is a son-in-law of United States Senator Knute Nelson. He was sent to priRon following conviction on a charge of killing Joseph Middlcton during a quarrel on a farm near Alexandria. His sen tence was affirmed by the state su preme court. Another important case scheduled to be heard by the pardon board to day was the application for pardon of Clarence Hines, a business man of Canby, Minn., also convicted and sentenced on a charge o'f manslaugh ter. Hines killed a child with his auto mobile accidentally. Business men of Canby tendered Hines a banquet before he left for prison. He went to Stillwater volun tarily and alone. \.*,i&$iC'<&\.i(iA*< \J&*-' vj^'i^ttf .J^p^w^W'".pakPi REDUCED RAIL RATES INTEREST LEGJ0NA1RES For the national convention of the American Legion to be held at Kan sas City October 31 and November 1 and 2, railroads in Minnesota have announced a one-cent per mile rate to and from the convention city. This authorization to passenger agents throughout the state is along similar lines as the authorization just re ceived by J. J. Pearcc, local agent for the Soo Line and the M. & I. This one-cent rate will be given on identification certificates to1 MOOSE LODGE TO HOLD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT The regular meeting of the Moose Lodge will be held Tuesday night at the regular hour. Considerable busi ness of importance will be taken up, including the special dispensation un der which the lodge is now working. Also the proposed plans for the new hall will be shown and discussed. It is urged that every member who can do so be present. PLANNING CAMPAIGN TO SELL FARM MORTGAGES National Effort Will Be Made to Secure Investors to Relieve Farmers (By United Press! St. Paul, Oct. 17.A national cam paign to bring investors into the farm mortgage market will be launched in 40 states by the American Farm Bu reau Federation, according ,to word received by the Minnesota branch of the organization. The Minnesota bureau requested the American Federation to stage such-a campaign, particularly to re lieve farmers of the Northwest, whose mortgages are coming due and who are linding serious difficulty in re funding the obligation. James li. Howard, president of the National Federation, in a letter to the Minnesota Federation, said ut most support would be given the far mers in the national effort to secure funds of private investors for the re newal and extension of farm mort gages. "Farm securities are the best in the world," he said. E. G. Quamme, president of the St. Paul Federal Land bank, has secured a statement analyzing farm credit conditions in the Northwest, which will be presented to leading invest ment houses of the East in an at tempt to secure co-operation in se curing liberal investments in farm mortgage securities. "The investing public can perform a national service by co-operating in the campaign," Quamme said. "Very few farmers have any mar gin of profit and the farmer must renew his mortgage for a term of year.i if lie is going to proceed," said Quamme. EDUCATIONAL PURE FOOD SHOW UNDER WAY TODAY (l'.y United Press) Minneapolis, Oct. 17.The first educationl pure food show in Min neapolis war under way here today with the Minneapolis Journal and Minneapolis food dealers co-operat ing. It will continue all week at Ken wood armory. (By United rresH) Washington, Oct. 17."The Shan tung award," made famous since the peace conference and Hure to come up for a big part of tno discussion at the limitation of arms conference in Washington in November, is be ing reforested. This activitiy is set forth in a re port made public today by the Amer ican Forestry association, which has just received from Dean John Reis ner a statement on forestry progress in China. Reisned is dean of the Col lege of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Nankin. His report says that following the third flood disaster of the year in the Anhwei province three great rail roads of the flooded provinces have taken up reforestation as a means of saving themselves and for pro viding market for the future. "Devastation in the Anwhei prov ince, says Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Foreetry Association in giving out the report of Dean Reisner, "may be under stood v/hen we consider that the i be good in coaches or sleepers upon payment of sleeping car charges. The identification certificates may be secured by any member in good standing of the American Legion, through the local post. Requests are to be sent in to state headquarters by the local post not less than one week prior to the convention. A number of the members of the Bemidji post are planning to take ad vantage of the reduced faro and at tend the national meeting. Likewise, it is expected that the reduced rate will attract thousands of Legionaires who otherwise might not attend. yfIftvgsc Wtim Minnesota: Generally and Tuesday, preceded tied weather in er tonight. 55c PER MONTH GOVERNMENT 10 KEEP ROADS ffi KU1ING0RMK VMMMHHM This Was Definite Assurance Given By High Officials at Washington 1 HAYS DECLARES MAILS WILL BE KEPT MOVING Meeting of Railroad Unioni Heads Postponed Today Until Wednesday Washington, Oct. 17.The federal government will keep the railroads in operation. This was a definite assurance that came today from high administrative officials after President Harding and other government officials resumed negotiations to avert a nation-wide strike. The feeling prevails in official Washington that the strike call will not materialize on an extensive scale, but at the same time the government realizes that the transportation lines must be kept in operation whatever happens. The federal government has as yet framed no program of action. Wheth er the government would seize the roads in case of the strike call is not rescinded and the walkout begins, no prominent official would say. Moves to prevent a nation-wide strike, and preparations to meet it, if it materializes, were made today. With assurance from high officials that the railroads would be kept run ning, Harding has considered the call ing of a conference of railroad men and executives to avert the strike. When union leaders in Cleveland were informed of the conference plan they said they would answer the call to attend if President Harding sent it out. At the same time from the head quarters in Chicago and Cleveland the railroad men went ahead with strike preparations, such as sending out for a formal call for a walkout beginning October 30. Throughout the country mayors and governors were preparing' for measures to prevent any shortage of (Continued on Page 8) NOT BEING A SOLOMON, JUDGE DISMISSES CASE Judge J. F. Gibbons needed the wisdom of Solomon in a recent case which came before him fori settle ment. The case was one of Lambert vs. Lambert, or, in other words, Mrs. Lambert wus asking Mr. Lambert, a resident of the Red Lake Indian reser vation, for support. Mrs. Lambert was formerly Mary Merselt. She has a daughter, Christine Mer selt, who, according to the story of her mother, was supposed to marry Lambert. A license was secured for thin purpose, but for some reason not explained to the court, Mary beat her daughter Christine to it and married Lambert herself. Lambert was then alleged to have married tho daugh ter a few days afterwards. Other evidence also brought out the fact that Lambert really wanted to live with an Indian woman. Mary decided the best thing for her to do was to get out, which she did. Evi dence did not show how the daughter fared. Tho older Merselt brought ac tion against Lambert for support. Tho judge decided it was too much for him and dismissed the case. CHINA HAS ACTIVE PROGRAM OF REFORESTING VAST FLOODED AREAS TO SAVE HER PEOPLE Report Made Public Today By American Forestry Association Shows that China Is Fast Reforesting Big Development Has Been in Shantung Province. flooded area is twice the area of Mas sachusetts, or about 15,000 square miles. The population of the Bay State is around four million people, which is a million and a half less than the sufferers in the flooded areas, The deforested condition of China is the cause not only of the floods bulj of most of her famines in that coun try." "The big development," says Deanf Reisner's statement, "has been in Shantung. This work was organized by Mr. Lin of the Forestry Depart* tnent of the College of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Nankin, an American missionary in stitution, which loaned him for tho work. "A forest service has been ostab lished, with a chief forester and elev en assistants. The first planting sea son saw the organization of three forestry stations, the establishment of three nurseries, with plans for two more for the following season, over 55,000 trees planted on 2,000 (Continued on Page S) -.^i*,-' \i 5 J'Ji-ffli